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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Heavy rain triggers landslide in Tabanan PAGE 8

Affleck heist film tops US box office PAGE 12 CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO

A fallen electric pole lies across a street in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian province on September 20, 2010. China warned of flash floods and landslides as Typhoon Fanapi made landfall on the mainland, one day after slamming Taiwan with heavy rains, leaving more than 100 injured on the island.

Typhoon knocks out power, transportation in Taiwan Associated Press Writer TAIPEI, Taiwan – A powerful typhoon made landfall in eastern China on Monday after ripping into Taiwan, flooding the southern part of the island, crippling transportation and shutting off power as thousands of residents fled mountainous areas prone to landslides.

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this year and the 11th typhoon to hit China. It landed in Fujian prov-

ince at 7 a.m., according to the flood control headquarters, after crossing

Taiwan on Sunday with peak winds of 102 mph (162 kph).

Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau said as much as 44 inches (112 centimeters) of rain had been dumped in southern Taiwan by early Monday — with more to come.

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Abbas says won’t negotiate ‘for single day’ if freeze ends Agence France Presse

NEW YORK - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Monday he will not take part in US-backed peace talks “for a single day” if Israel does not extend a freeze on settlement building at the month’s end.

“The negotiations will continue as long as the settlement (construction) remains frozen, but I am not prepared to negotiate an agreement for a single day more,” Abbas told AFP. Abbas is to give a speech at the UN General Assembly in New York this week about “efforts to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land since 1967 to create an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,” his spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said. Israel and the Palestinians began long-awaited peace negotiations under US mediation on September 2.

But so far Israel has stubbornly refused to extend the partial 10-month ban on new construction, and the Palestinians have vowed to pull out of the talks if building resumes.

The deadline for the end of Israel’s freeze on settlement construction is widely accepted as September 26, exactly 10 months and a day after the original cabinet decision. But the Israeli military order regarding the moratorium states it will only close at midnight on September 30.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, left, walks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right.

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Bali News Alleged to hypnotize

An Iranian tourist captured as shoplifts at Discovery Mall The ranks of Kuta police detective unit (Reskrim) managed to capture a criminal alleged to using hypnosis, last Saturday (Sep 18) night. Even, the suspect was a foreign citizen. His name is Mahadi Arab H, 29, from Iran and lived in one of the hotels around Jalan Kartika Plaza, Kuta.

The suspect was proved to have shoplifted some merchandise in eight stores within the Discovery Shopping Mall, Jalan Kartika Plaza, Kuta. confessed not to bring money because he left behind his wallet at the hotel,” explained Chief Ganefo.

Related to the chronology of the incident, the suspect initially came to the scene by pretending to be shopping at 10:00 pm Local Time. He visited the store one by one. Then, the suspect took several items from each store. Having got some items at hand, the suspect went out. Well, when the suspect was coming out of the mall no single shopkeeper realized it. “The suspect entered the store, took the goods and came out,” he told reporters last Sunday.

Finally, the suspect entered the last store namely the eighth one. Numerous articles had been taken and the suspect went out of the mall. Well,

one of the shopkeepers just realized that the suspect had not paid the goods. The witness then reported the incident to the local security officer and proceeded to police station. Immediately the members of mobile detective unit were deployed to the scene to arrest the suspect.

The items taken by the suspect consisted of two T-shirts, a headdress, a handbag, color box, a wallet and some other goods. Total loss suffered by the 8 stores amounted to IDR 1.2 million.

“So far, the suspect is still being examined intensively by investigator. Later, the case will be developed, who knows the suspect did not only commit a crime in that location,” added the former Chief of South Denpasar Police. (kmb21)

Burden of Bali increasingly heavier

Population rate reaches 5 million in 2015 Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The growth of Bali’s population is considered uncontrolled and very potential to trigger a variety of social problems on the Island of Thousand Temples. Currently, the population of Bali has already reached 3.9 million. In reality, the carrying capacity of Bali is actually just 1.5 million inhabitants. If such rapid population growth remains uncontrolled, the population of Bali in 2015 is predicted to reach 5 million inhabitants. Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika predicted such a rate in the dialogue with perpetrators of Bali tourism at Jaya Sabha Building recently.

Mangku Pastika did not slap down that Bali increasingly bore heavy burden. Over the past three years, population growth of Bali had reached 300 thousand inhabitants or it increased 100 thousand people every year. This condition, he said, of course gave a very heavy burden to Bali because its real carrying capacity was only

Many regional migrants presumed to get away without ID card Singaraja (Bali Post)—

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Allegation on the use of hypnosis was seen when the suspect was in action. A number of items were taken by the suspect from eight stores and no single shopkeeper was aware of the goods stolen by the suspect. They just realized when the suspect came out of the mall. Eventually the suspect was captured without resistance. Now, the suspect had been arrested in Kuta Police.

Chief of Kuta Police, I Gede Ganefo, last Sunday (Sep 19), said the theft case by foreigner was still investigated by the officers. From the recognition of the suspect, he was determined to commit the theft crime because he did not bring any money to the Discovery Shopping Mall. “He

Buleleng traditional ports without supervision

1.5 million. “At the moment, Bali is already overpopulated. Just imagine how crowded Bali will be later in 2015 if the rate of population growth is uncontrollable. This condition needs to get serious attention from all components of the Balinese community,” he reminded.

This former Chief of Bali Police added that the rapid rate of population growth was clearly going to give heavy emphasis on the preservation of the natural environment of Bali. This condition, he said, was exacerbated by consumptive behavior of the majority of Bali human also contributing a pressure to the environment. He gave an example on the increasing number of motorcycles in Bali every year reaching 3,000 to 4,000 units. Of course, such thousands of units of motorcycle denoted a source of pollutants contaminating the air in Bali. “If such thousands of motorcycles are put in a row, how many kilometers will they be.

Such consumptive lifestyles also

kindle Bali to be getting more and more congested and crowded,” he added.

Furthermore, Mangku Pastika said the distribution of population in Bali was truly uneven. He added that majority of the population of Bali was in a huge crowd in South Bali (Denpasar and Badung—ed) as an impact of the rapid growth of tourism industry in the region.

South Bali was not only thronged by regional migrants from outside Bali, but also triggered urbanization of the native residents of Bali itself.

“The centralized tourism pies in South Bali indeed have made the distribution of Bali’s population uneven. On that account, the Bali Provincial Government had a plan to discontinue the construction of new hotels in South Bali. On the contrary, the construction of new hotels will be diverted to other regions such as West, North and East Bali. Thankfully, such an initiative received a good support from the perpetrators of tourism in Bali,” he said. (kmb13)

Except for passing through the Gilimanuk Port, the backflow to the Island of Bali also often took advantage of the sea route by landing at traditional ports scattered along the beach of Buleleng Regency.

Unfortunately, those traditional ports were not controlled by the officials of civil registry office so many regional migrants were alleged to get away without identity card and travel permit.

Information collected last Sunday (Sep 19) mentioned that traditional ports usually used as port of entry to Bali were Sangsit Port in Sawan subdistrict, Buleleng Port in Singaraja City, Pegametan Port in Gerokgak and a number of other small ports along the coast of Buleleng Regency. Those traditional ports indeed were commonly used every day as an alternative route to deliver and bring in basic goods from Buleleng to Madura and other places in Java. However, just before and after the Idul Fitri holiday, the ports were also commonly used as a point of homecoming and backflow from and to Buleleng.

One of the vessel skippers usually conveying passengers from Sangsit Port to Madura admitted that he was accustomed to carry passengers from Sangsit to Madura. Those passengers were mostly residents of Madura that had been living in Denpasar all this time. Before and after Idul Fitri, the passengers transported from Bali to Madura or from Madura to Bali through Sangsit Port increased sharply.”Few days ago I carried twenty passengers from Madura. Most of them work in Denpasar,” he said.

In Buleleng Harbor that had been transformed into a tourist attraction are often found passengers coming to Bali by motor boat. They are usually transported along with staple goods such as bananas and fruit.

Moreover, during this time Buleleng

port remains to be used as strategic place to send building materials purchased in Buleleng to Madura.

Exit and entry of passengers through those traditional ports did not get the supervision from relevant officers caring about the population in Buleleng. In Sangsit Port, for instance, there was only a harbormaster in charge of supervising the boat traffic. The harbormaster claimed to have no authority to conduct identity checks to passengers exiting or entering through the port.

Meanwhile, the Head of Civil Registry Office of Buleleng Regency, I Gusti Ngurah Sudirama, admitted during this time there was no oversight specifically undertaken at traditional ports existing in Buleleng. His party did not indeed organize a population control program at traditional ports. Sudirama said that passengers passing through the port of entry and having no identity card would certainly be ensnared when they arrived at the destination.

“Population control will be regularly held by village apparatus under coordination of subdistrict head.

Should there be any regional migrants getting away, they must be captured at the village where they live,” said Sudirama.

Similarly, Sudirama said that all this time his party just supervised the flow of passengers that may leave or enter through the Celukan Bawang Port. Bali Provincial Government had divided the duties for each region.

Gilimanuk was overseen by Jembrana, Padangbai by Karangasem Regency and Port Celukan Bawang,” he said.

Based on the result of monitoring in Celukan Bawang, his party did not find any ships carrying passengers to Bali. Big ships anchored in Celukan Bawang only transported goods. “All this time, it was not found any human passenger conveyed by vessels in Celukan Bawang,” he added. (kmb15)

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French Tourist Hypnotized, IDR 11.5 Million Gone Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Hypnotize crime action been attacking around lately and in these past few days there have been victims, not only locals but also foreigners. French tourist, De Vito Jean Roger (42), admitted has been hypnotized and millions of rupiah has been taken away from him.

According to the report, the hypnotizer was also a foreigner. Victim met the person in Kuta Square Shops, Kuta last Friday (17/9) around 7.45 pm wita. They were just talking then the person started to hypnotize.

Without knowing it, the person took his belongings.

It is suspected the person was using hypnotize because it is seen that victim was following the entire person’s instruction. Victim was

used so as much as EUR 1000 will be given which in rupiah it’s IDR 11.5 Million. “It’s suspected strongly victim was hypnotized as victim was not aware following the hypnotizer’s instruction,” police from the Kuta Police Sector explained last Sunday (19/9).

As money is given then the hypnotizer went way and so victim just realized he’s been tricked. He tried to find the hypnotizer but it re-

sulted nil, “Victim did not remember the hypnotizer’s face.”

Head of the police, Adjunct Police Commissioner I Gede Ganefo, SH, MH confirmed the report and the police are still investigating it also a fast attack troops have been directed.

Moreover to reveal this police have inspected some witnesses and looked over the crime scene. Sadly there is no answers yet until now, “We are still investigating the case.” (kmb21)

All Day Rain Landslide Closed Parts of Road to Tirta Empul Gianyar (Bali Post) –

The heavy rain pouring in Gianyar Region since Saturday night until the next day Sunday (19/9) have caused some parts of the road to Pura (temple) Tirta Empul, Tampaksiring, Gianyar closed. The condition caused traffic as only a part of the road can be used. The landslide happened on the north of Pura Mengening, Banjar Sraseda, Tampaksiring Village. The soil on the west with height 4 meter experienced landslide with trees coming down to parts of the road. Luckily Tampaksiring Police were ready to arrange the routes so there’s not fatal traffic. More over, since Sunday morning there have been loads of residents wanting to go to Tirta

Empul for cleansing (melukat).

Gianyar Region Disaster Management Board (BPBD) also went to location to check the situation. After coordinating with other institutes, there has been evacuation by workers since 10.30 am wita. Trees that also went down were cut and the soils covering the road were moved aside so it won’t block the road anymore.

Witness Tampaksiring Village Secretary, Wayan Diatmaja, the landslide of a land owned by a resident happened on Sunday around 2 am wita. The pouring heavy rain caused the soil vulnerable and those above the roads came down. There’s no casualty in this incident only just because of a fallen tree it

pulled a telephone cable which almost broke, “Workers have been coming and evacuating also fixing public facilities so on the day all will be normal again.”

Meanwhile besides in Tampaksiring, the heavy rain in Gianyar also caused landslides in Tegallalang precisely in tourist object Ceking where the landslide caused a third of the road can’t be used for vehicles to go through.

Remembering this is a tourism place the BPBD Secretary, Pande Supartha, mentioned that the board have coordinated with institutes connected to evacuate those soils so there will be no traffic anymore. (kmb16)

Use As Street Name It’s Time, Bali Artists As Heroess Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Bali’s name known internationally today is also because of Balinese artists in the past. Because of their spectacular artworks Bali’s reputation became higher overseas.

More over tourism as the first economy income in Bali is not far off because of the characterization of these artists and arts. So to respect the services they have done, it’s time Regions and Cities Government to immortalize their names as street names just like any Balinese and National heroes who have been immortalize. Art practitioner and observer Prof. Dr. I Wayan Dibia and Head of Panjer Village Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Budiana explained these to the Bali Post on Sunday (19/9).

According to the two great teachers, using Balinese artists name as a street name is normal. More over,

all this time Bali have been using culture tourism so this could intense it even more. Dibia, agreed by Budiana, mentioned “It is true that a Balinese artist is also a hero. Even they’re not using guns to get rid of invaders, they truly are heroes as they have made a strong foundation for the next Bali development. Bali without arts and culture, of course it won’t have a specialty and will be just something small in the international world.”

Every region or city in Bali has great artists, those who are alive and have died, and very suitable to be immortalized as street names.

Denpasar City who has been claiming itself as a Culture City for example has the great artists Ida Boda who’s a dancer from Kaliungu, Penyarikan Sariada who’s a dancer from Gemeh, I Made Regog who’s

a karawitan artist from Belaluan and more of them who has great reputation internationally. While in Gianyar it has I Gusti Nyoman Lempad for painting and I Tjokot with Ida Bagus Tilem for sculptures.

In Badung there’s I Wayan Lotring.

“For sure all Bali area have great artists whose name is suitable to be immortalized as street names. If region or cities government in Bali is serious in immortalizing their names, I am sure it’s not hard to do it,” This time Budiana was agreed

by Dibia.

Both great teachers think the artists will much agree if Bali street names are using artists’ names instead of flowers, fruits and animals.

While for those with heroes names its better not to be changed as that is to respect their duties in freeing Indonesia from the invaders. (kmb13)

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Heavy rain create flood in all part of Jembrana regency.

Hundreds of Houses in Jembrana Under Water

Election Commission Office Sank, Two Houses Holed Negara, DenPost

The pouring rain with speedy winds hit Jembrana since Saturday (18/9) has made mess everywhere as some parts of Jembrana were under water. Those areas are Gumbrih, Pekutatan, Yeh Embang, Mendoyo, Lelateng, Negara, Tegal Badeng Timur, Negara, Pengambengan Negara, Kaliakah, Banyubiru and Candikusuma Melaya. More over Jembrana Election Commission (KPUD) office were also flooded and the water goes in the data room also media center. This also attacked the computers when actually right now they’re preparing chooser data and candidates application.

“We have taken up the computer’s CPU and have secured all the data so if water has gone down then we can use the computer again,” some of the KPUD workers explained.

From what’s seen in these areas on Sunday (19/9) in Gumbrih there are 37 houses flooded. Even a cemetery in the area also flooded. So residents then help each other taking out the water from the cemetery and it is found a pig was dragged by the water.

Vice Jembrana Regent, Putu Artha, also with Head of Jembrana Kakankesbanglinmas Board, Suherman, yesterday were supervising the areas.

Flood also caused fences on GOR Pekutatan in the east side broken and fell down. According to Putu Artha this is caused by the flood also its wrong planning from the first.

Some places in Yeh Embang also flooded which caused lots of the river’s rail broken down. Also floods on the paddy fields of Lelateng and Tegal Badeng Timur.

Tens of hectares of the fields became a lake and a bordered land owned by a resident also under water.

The condition in Pengambengan

is worse and worrying. According to residents the flood this time is much worse than the one happening last July.

What’s much worse was a house owned by a widow, Sumarni (45) from Munduk, Pengambengan, Negara, broken down. The widow just built this house helped by the locals and was in tears as Putu Artha gave some help. Another house, owned by Hadimin (35), has its room holed and water coming in the house like a river, “Thankfully I was woken up by a neighbor when my room was broken down at 3 am.”

A resident named Nurkholis who has its house in front of MI Darussalam at Kelapa Balian, pengambengan was forced to move as the house made from wood was no longer there. Sulaemi hoped for a solution from the Jembrana government to avoid such flood in this area, “Don’t just supervise it.”

Fina, a teacher in MI Darussalam said the school has been caught by flood every time a pouring heavy rain comes. This is due to the small sized culverts because of a factory construction.

She hoped there will be a solution because this is delaying studies process in this school.

In some places at Kaliakah Negara and Cndikusuma Melaya also under water and a goat also house equipments were all dragged.

Putu Artha mentioned how worrying this flood is and asked Kesbanglinmas to go through this disaster so the nature disaster budget IDR 2 Billion can be used to manage every time a heavy rain comes down to these areas, “All this time the budget was never used.” Artha also hoped that the residents care about the drainage around there, “The drainage infrastructure has to be fixed especially those on river borders.” (120)

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Thai army says grenades missing AFP

BANGKOK (AFP) – About 30 rocket-propelled grenades have gone missing from a military base in Thailand, officials said Monday, raising fears of fresh violence.

Army chief Anupong Paojinda said a forensic investigation was underway to try to find those responsible for the disappearance of the weapons at the base in central Lopburi province this month.

A series of grenade blasts have hit Bangkok in recent weeks, as the capital remains under emergency rule following mass “Red Shirt” protests in April and May that left 91 people dead in clashes between troops and demonstrators.

Officials said it was unclear whether the apparent theft of the grenades was linked to the unrest.

The Reds — who held peaceful gatherings Sunday to mark the anniversary of the 2006 coup that ousted their hero Thaksin Shinawatra as premier — deny any involvement in the grenade blasts.

Thai authorities are also struggling to quell a six-year insurgency in the country’s Muslim-majority southern provinces.

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Workers dismantle posters of election candidates a day after parliamentary election in Kabul, Afghanistan

British troops leave volatile Afghan district AP

KABUL, Afghanistan – Britain’s military handed the U.S. responsibility Monday for a dangerous district in southern Afghanistan that has been the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting by British troops.

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Thai soldiers carry their weapons as they take part in military exercises at a base in Lopburi province

NATO said the 40 Commando Royal Marines were being reassigned throughout central Helmand province, which remains a volatile battleground even though tens of thousands of foreign and Afghan troops moved into the area in February.

British troops arrived in Helmand’s Sangin district in 2006 and have partnered with Afghan national security forces to provide security to allow governance and economic development to take root.

Since the conflict began in 2001, Britain has lost 337 troops in Af-

ghanistan, including more than 100 in Sangin.

“British forces have served in Sangin over the last four years and should be very proud of the achievements they have made in one of the most challenging areas of Afghanistan,” British defense secretary Liam Fox said.

Under the new NATO deployment plan, which was announced in July, the U.S. will operate mainly in the north and south of Helmand, with British, Danish and Estonian troops working in the heavily popu-

lated central areas.

Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, the No. 2 American general in Afghanistan and the operational chief for the allied forces, said in July the British move was part of his effort to consolidate and better organize forces in Helmand. Rodriguez rejected the notion the U.S. was bailing out British forces, noting Britain has taken high losses in Sangin.

On Sunday, a joint Afghan and coalition force detained several suspected Taliban insurgents and seized 45 pounds (20 kilos) of opium in neighboring Nahri Sarraj district of Helmand, the coalition said. The joint force was tracking a Taliban bomb-maker who specialized in building detonators for improvised explosive devices.

Sweden’s govt rejects any ties with far right AP

STOCKHOLM – Experts say Sweden’s center-right governing coalition will negotiate with an opposition party after neither major bloc secured a majority in parliament and both ruled out working with the farright party that holds the balance of power.

Political scientist Stig-Bjorn Ljunggren on Monday said Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is expected to enter talks with the opposition Green Party after his four-party coalition won 172 seats in the 349-seat legislature.

The left-green opposition took 157 seats in Sunday’s election, but the Islam-bashing Sweden Democrats held the balance of power after winning 5.7 percent of the votes for 20 seats.

The Sweden Democrats want sharp cuts in immigration and have called Islam Sweden’s biggest foreign threat since World War II.

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Voters fill the booths at a polling station during general elections in Stockholm, Sweden

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Temple Ceremony Calendar of Event (Sep 3- 23 2010) 4 h – “Tumpek Wayang”, day devoted to “Sanghyang Iswara”, the lord of puppeteers, when blessing ceremony is given to shadow – puppet play sets for proper function and magical power.

Temple Festival at: - Pr.aspahit, Jembrana.

- Pr. Panti Gelgel, Ds. Pangembungan, Sesetan, Badung.

- Pedharman Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan, Besakih.

- Pedharman Dalem Sukawati, Besaih.

- Pedharman Kaba-Kaba , Besakih.

- Pedharman Dalem Bakas, Besakih.

- Pr. Pedharman Mengwi, Besakih.

- Pr. Penataran Giri Purwa, Ds. Kutarejo, Tegal Dalimo, Banyuwangi.

5th _ Temple Festival at: - Pr. Maospahit, Ds. Gerenceng Denpasar.

8th _ Temple Festival at: - Pr. Ulun Kulkul, Besakih.

- Pr. Melanting, Ds. Camenggaon, Sukawati.

- Pr. Penataran Agung, Teluk Padang, Karangasem.

- Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Pangembungan, Bongkasa, abiansemal.

- Pr. Pasek Bandesa, Ds. Riyang Gede, Penebel Tabanan.

- Pr. Pasek Banjar Jawa, Buleleng.

- Pr. Gaduhan Jagat, Ds. Singakerta, Ubud.

- Pr. Masceti Tengah, Ds. Mancawarna, Tampaksiring.

- Pr. Penataran Batulepang, Ds. Kamasan, Klungkung.

- Pr. Paibon Pasek Gobleg, Ds. Kedonganan, Kuta - Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Songan, Batur,

Kintamani.

- Pr. Pasanggerahan Agung, Ds. Bebandem, Karangasem.

- Pr. Penataran Dalem Peed, Nusa Penida.

- Mr.Pasek Perateka, Ds. Pekandelan, Sidemen, Karangasem.

- Mr.Pasek Perateka Taman Sari, Sukasada.

- Pr. Kawitan Jero Wenayu, Ds. Wenayu, Bedulu, Gianyar.

- Pr. Jati, Ubud.

- Pr. Gua, Besakih.

10th _ Temple Festival at: - Merajan Geriya Kebon – Tabanan.

- Pr. Candi Gora, Ds. Tianyar, Karangasem.

14th _ Temple Festival at: - Pr. Puseh Jagat Dalem Dukut, Nusa Penida.

- Pr. Dalem, Ds. Batuyang, Batubulan.

- Pr. Pasek Magending, Kediri, Tabanan.

- Pr. Pasek Undagi, Ds. Timpag, Kerambitan, Tabanan.

- Pr. Desa + Pura Pucak, Br. Taman Bedulu, Gianyar.

- Mr.Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung, Ds. Sulahan.

- Mr.Pasek Padang Rata, Ds. Padang, Karangasem.

- Pr. Telaga Sakti/Dalem Tarukan, Ds. Ambengan, Nusa Penida.

- Pr. Dalem, Ds. Padangan, Pupuan, Tabanan.

- Pr. Yogha, Br. Teba Jero, Kaba-Kaba, Kediri Tabanan.

- Pr. Dalem Purwa, Br. Kawan, Bangli.

15th _ Temple Festival at: - Pr. Agung Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Sibang Kaja, abiansemal.

- Pr. Dalem Samprangan, Gianyar.

- Pr. Ds. Galiran, Bhakti Seraga, Buleleng.

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

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

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

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

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Lockerbie bomber ‘can get out of bed, walk’ AFP

AP –

A homeless man tries to protect himself from rain with plastic sheets

Landslides, monsoon floods kill 47 in north India AP

LUCKNOW, India – Heavy monsoon rains and landslides swept the hilly areas of northern India over the weekend, killing at least 47 people, officials said Monday.

Twenty-four people died Sunday as falling boulders crushed their homes in three villages in Almorah district in Uttrakhand state, said Prashant Kumar Tamta, a state government spokesman.

Another 23 people were either swept away by floodwaters or died when homes collapsed in landslides in Pitthoragarh, Champawat and Uttarkashi regions of state Saturday and Sunday, Tamta told The Associated Press.

Rains continued to lash the region on Monday, threatening dozens of villages near Tehri Dam whose water level

was nearing the danger level.

The area is 250 miles (400 kilometers) southwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state.

On Friday, a boat carrying mostly schoolchildren capsized in a flooded river near Faizabad, a town in Uttar Pradesh state, drowning 15 people, said Surendra Srivastava, a police spokesman.

The annual monsoon season from June to October brings rains that are vital to agriculture in India.

However, monsoon rains take a heavy human toll in South Asia every

year.

In August, flash floods killed at least 175 people in the remote and mountainous Ladakh region of the Indian portion of Kashmir.

In neighboring Pakistan, monsoon floods have killed more than 1,700 people and damaged or destroyed nearly 1.9 homes in the past six weeks.

India is experiencing an excessive rainfall this season after a drought last year. The rainfall recorded Sept. 1-15 was 22 percent above the average for the period, according to the India Meteorological Department.

Anwar loses bid to strike out sodomy charges AFP

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday lost another bid to have sodomy charges against him thrown out, on the grounds his accuser allegedly had an affair with a prosecutor.

Anwar, a 63-year-old former deputy prime minister who was sacked and jailed on separate sex and corruption counts a decade ago, has argued that the relationship undermines the entire case against him.

The High Court in August conceded the allegations that 25-year-old Saiful Bukhari Azlan and lawyer Farah Azlina Latif were romantically involved were presumably true as the prosecution had not denied them.

But it refused the defence request to strike out the sodomy charges, say-

ing there was no proof of its argument that Saiful could have been passed confidential trial information by the junior prosecutor.

In another blow for Anwar on Monday, Court of Appeal judge Ahmad Maarop said it could not hear the case because the High Court order in August was not a formal decision which could be reviewed.

“We have no jurisdiction to hear and determine this appeal. We dismiss the appellant’s appeal,” he said, drawing an angry response from Anwar whose counsel said they would appeal to the nation’s highest court.

“Justice was not served in this case.

The right to be heard was not there. It was an absurd judgement,” he told reporters. “This is a sorry state of affairs of the judiciary in the country.”

Defence counsel Karpal Singh

bitterly criticised the decision, saying it merely rested on a technicality, and that the defence had had no opportunity to put forward its arguments.

“The decision given by the Court of Appeal is unsupportable, illogical, against common sense. Unfortunately, we are bound by it,” he said.

“This court, in my view, has abdicated from its duty to do justice.”

Anwar has repeatedly said he is the victim of a political conspiracy and that he fears he will not receive justice on the charges which carry a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment.

The trial, which opened in February but which has been punctuated by lengthy delays and made little progress, will now resume and the High Court will on Tuesday fix a date for the next hearing.

LONDON – The cancerstricken Lockerbie bomber can get out of bed and walk although he is clearly a very sick man, said the father of a victim after visiting him in Libya.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet alMegrahi invited Jim Swire, whose 23-year-old daughter Flora was one of 270 killed in the 1988 bombing, to visit him and the two men spent an hour together on a hospital ward in Tripoli on Tuesday.

Swire, who is British, is convinced of the Libyan’s innocence and has spearheaded a campaign for an inquiry into the bombing.

Megrahi, the only person ever convicted of the attack, was released from a Scottish prison in August last year on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Scotland’s devolved government, which has control over its own justice matters, freed the bomber after he was given just three months to live and he returned to Libya to a hero’s welcome.

But more than a year later he is still alive, to the anger of relatives of the mainly American victims who died when Pan Am flight 103 blew up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.

Swire, who last saw Megrahi in a

Scottish prison in December 2008, said late Sunday that the Libyan looked better than he expected during what he described as a “man-toman confidential meeting.”

“I was very relieved to see him as well as he was. He is a very sick man but he can get out of bed and walk though not very far,” said the 74-year-old.

“I think one of the reasons he has lived so long is he has had good treatment in Libya and he has been returned to his family and his community and his country.

“These are a huge relief to the body in fighting cancer because your immune system depends very heavily on how much stress you are under.”

While many US-based relatives of victims strongly oppose Megrahi’s release after eight years of a minimum 20-year term, some British families wonder whether he was guilty of the bombing at all.

Swire said he would be willing to visit Megrahi again: “When I go to see him it is not that difficult because I don’t feel I’m going to see my daughter’s murderer because I am satisfied he didn’t do it.”

Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence agent, has secluded himself in a Tripoli villa and only emerges to undergo hospital treatment. He has always denied carrying out the bombing.

Typhoon...

From page 1 TV images showed water submerging streets and first floors of buildings.

Military vehicles entered inundated areas to help trapped residents in the southern part of the island, including Taiwan’s second largest city Kaohsiung, late Sunday. Schools and offices were closed in southern Taiwan on Monday.

Officials evacuated 10,000 residents from remote areas vulnerable to landslides, half of them in the southern part of the island, according to Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operation Center.

The center also said 107 people were injured. Some were cut by broken glass and others hurt when they fell off motorcycles in strong winds.

Landslides caused by torrential rains are traditionally the greatest danger the typhoons bring to this island of 23 million people, which is riven by a series of tall mountains and narrow valleys dotted with hundreds of isolated farming communities.

Taiwan’s China Airlines suspended all international departures from Kaohsiung. All of Taiwan’s domestic air and rail service was halted.

Officials said seven intercounty roads in central and south-

ern Taiwan were closed because of safety concerns, and another 18 were blocked.

Taiwan’s government has deployed thousands of emergency workers and military personnel throughout the island to try to mitigate damage, mindful of the estimated 700 deaths caused by Typhoon Morakot last year.

Following that disaster, President Ma Ying-jeou’s approval rating collapsed, and he was forced to replace many of his senior ministers.

The Taiwan Power Company said in a statement 170,000 Taiwanese households had lost electricity as of Sunday morning.

In eastern China, the Fujian provincial water resources department said 186,700 people had been evacuated.

“Fanapi is the strongest typhoon to hit Fujian in 2010 and we should prepare for the worst,” said Sun Chunlan, Communist Party chief of Fujian, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

Authorities in the province evacuated about 150,000 fishing crew and recalled 55,000 boats to shore. An additional 6,000 elderly people, women and children living along the coast were also moved to safety, the water resources department said.

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AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO

Christian Protestant Church devotees wait for a service at a church in Bekasi district, outside Jakarta on September 19, 2010. After initially being stopped, the Protestant congregation were allowed to hold prayers at the church closed by local authorities following months of violence and hostility towards the congregation by Muslim vigilantes.

Police arrested a local leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), an Islamic vigilante group on September 15 over an armed assault on church elders.

Government yet to name national police chief candidate Antara

JAKARTA - The government has yet to submit a name of National Police (Polri) chief candidate to the House of Representatives (DPR).

Deputy House Speaker Pramono Anung said at the Parliament building here on Monday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had yet to submit to the DPR the name of the National Police chief candidate.

“The DPR has not officially received the name of prospective National Police chief from President Yudhoyono,” Pramono said.

But he added that the House

leader had communicated with officials at Presidential Palace in relation with the matter.

“The House of Representatives has made communication with the minister/state secretary,” said the former secretary general of the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle (PDI-P).

Pramono expressed hope that the DPR would receive the name of the candidate for the National Police chief post by this week.

“We hope to receive the name this week, or before Thursday September 23, 2010. Otherwise it would slow down the process of fit and

proper test,” Pramono said.

He said the incumbent Police Chief Gen Bambang Hendarso Danuri would finish his term in office in the middle of October this year.

Meanwhile, presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said President Yudhoyono would probably not send the name of National Police chief candidate to the DPR on Monday.

“It’s still not sure today. The president is careful in this matter because it has a wide range of interest but it does not mean that the president is wishy-washy,” Julian said.

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Indonesian antiterror squad kills three suspects Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesian anti-terror police shot dead three people and arrested five others over a bank robbery in which heavily armed gunmen escaped with around 40,000 dollars, a spokesman said Monday.

Police spokesman Iskandar Hasan said the US-backed Detachment 88 counter-terrorism unit conducted the raids Sunday as part of an investigation into the bloody heist at CIMB bank in Medan, North Sumatra, last month.

But he could not confirm that the suspects were involved in terrorist activities.

“It’s true that at around 6:30 pm (1130 GMT) we arrested those suspected of robbing CIMB Medan,” Hasan said.

“We’re not able to say whether this is related to terrorism.”

Motorcycles and weapons including at least one semi-automatic assault rifle were seized during the operations in Belawan and Tanjung Balai cities of North Sumatra province, he added.

Local media reported that the suspects engaged police in a gunfight but this could not immediately be confirmed.

In the most spectacular of a se-

ries of recent heists, 16 gunmen armed with military-grade assault rifles attacked CIMB bank in Medan, in broad daylight on August 18.

Wearing motorcycle helmets and using hand signals to coordinate their movements, they killed a police officer and wounded two guards, showing a level of training and ruthlessness that raised suspicions about links to terrorism.

The involvement of the anti-terror squad in Sunday’s raid indicates police believe the heist was the work of extremists trying to raise funds for new attacks in the mainly Muslim country. Robberies have been a source of funds for Islamist militants in Indonesia in the past and police earlier said a recent spate of armed robberies could be linked to former rebels or terrorist groups, or both.

The hold-ups have also exposed a flourishing illegal trade in militarygrade weapons in Indonesia, with the alleged involvement of corrupt police and military personnel.

CPO to contribute $80.9 billions to RI’s economy Antara

BOGOR - The oil palm industry is expected to contribute US$80.9 billion to the national economy in the next four years, an expert said.

Over the period the oil palm industry would serve as the main engine of the national economy because of its role in contributing foreign exchange earnings to the state coffers and in promoting the people’s living standard, Prof Dr Erliza Hambali MSi of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture

(IPB) said here on Sunday.

With the projected foreign exchange earnings of US$80.9 billion in the 2010-2014 period, crude palm oil would serve as the country’s key food commodity, he said.

“Palm oil will contribute 80 percent of the country’s key food commodities as a whole,” Erliza said.

The remaining 20 percent would come from tea, coffee, cocoa, tuna and shrimp, he said.

He said only 55 percent of the country’s CPO was processed do-

mestically to produce goods with low added value, and the rest was exported. This suggested that much of the added value was enjoyed by CPOimporting countries which could produce it into goods with high value added, he said.

Therefore, he added, the government should encourage the development of the downstream palm oil industry which would increase foreign exchange earnings to the state coffers and promote the people’s living standard.

FOTO ANTARA/Ujang Zaelani

Police spokesman Iskandar Hasan (left) said the US-backed Detachment 88 counter-terrorism unit conducted the raids Sunday as part of an investigation into the bloody heist at CIMB bank in Medan, North Sumatra, last month.

Military chief nominee not yet received invitation for fit, proper test Antara

JAKARTA - Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Agus Suhartono said he had yet to receive an invitation from the House of Representatives (DPR) to undergo a fit and proper test as a candidate for the Indonesian military chief. “Not yet... I have not yet received it,” he said here on Sunday.

On September 3, President Susilo

Bambang Yudhoyono wrote a letter to the House on the nomination of Suhartono as a sole candidate for the military chief to replace Gen. Djoko Santoso who will soon start retirement.

The House is scheduled to conduct a fit and proper test on Suhartono next week but no exact date has been set.

Some lawmakers hailed President Yudhoyono‘s decision to choose Suhartono as the next military chief.

“His decision to choose Admiral Agus Suhartono is right,” Yorrys Raweyai of the Golkar Party faction in the House said early this month.

Yorrys who is a member of House Defense Commission I said as the new military commander Suhartono would be able to improve the country‘s maritime strength.

A Commission I member from the ruling Democrat Party, Yahya

Sacawirya, meanwhile said whoever was chosen by President Yudhoyono the Democrat Party faction would support.

“President Yudhoyono`s choice is certainly unquestionable although I myself do not know Agus Suhartono`s track records as our classes are far apart,” he said.Earlier, Suhartono said he had prepared himself as a candidate for the post.

“In this respect, I have prepared myself to face a fit and proper test at the DPR,” he said.

According to the schedule of the committee for the transfer of post of the Indonesian military chief, President Yudhoyono will induct a new military chief on Sept 29.

The newly-elected military chief is scheduled to receive a baton from the former military chief on Oct 2.

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Bali Today Heavy rain triggers landslide in Tabanan Antara

TABANAN - Incessant Heavy rain and strong wind triggered a landslide and uprooted a number of trees in Tabanan District, Bali Province, Sunday.

“A minor landslide occurred at around 11 am local time near Patung Jagung at Bedugul,” Adjunct Commissioner I Made Punia of Tabanan police office, said.

Floodwaters eroded a cliff surrounding Patung Jagung area and triggered a landslide which buried part of the road there, he said.

The landslide disrupted traffic in Tabanan district, especially for vehicles heading to Singaraja or Denpasar, he added.

Local volunteers and public works personnel cleaned up the mud from the road about an hour after the landslide, to normalize the traffic again.

A number of trees in Tabanan city and Wanasari village were also uprooted by strong wind

which hit the areas during the heavy rain.

Meanwhile, a flood triggered by heavy rains, destroyed two houses and submerged hundreds of houses at Negara, Jembrana District, Bali Province, on Sunday.

Indonesia having two seasons in a year, namely dry season and rainy season, was supposed to experience dry season during April-October.

But due to the climate change impacts, La Nina has been developing in the country and triggered a wet drought in the country.

One of landslide locations on Tabanan regency because the heavy rain that keep pouring this past few days.

Denpost/Gagah Prahaditha

Ceramic Arts Stay to Exist in Bali Nowadays, ceramics or pottery has become a Balinese tradition remaining to exist and survive. Even, this art continues to be preserved and developed pursuant to necessity of the community.

Recently, the development of ceramic handicrafts indicates a progress, either on the use of mate-

rials and its workmanship. Both design and styles change in accordance with the demand and passage of times.

Moreover, the art of ceramics or pottery from outside Bali has now set to spread to this region. They market their ceramic products in Bali because Bali is a busy tourist destina-

BTN/Doc

Balinese woman working in her ceramic’s workshop. Nowadays, ceramics or pottery has become a Balinese tradition remaining to exist and survive. Even, this art continues to be preserved and developed pursuant to necessity of the community.

tion visited by myriads of world tourists. Nevertheless, traditional ceramic or earthenware vessel craftsmen at Kapal Village, Mengwi, Badung Regency, are still producing clay pottery.

Through generations since hundreds of years ago, residents of Basangtamiang and Tegal Saat, Kapal Village, have deeply involved a pottery maker. This handcraft works mostly involve housewives, while husbands make this work as a side business after working in their paddy fields and dry fields.

By and large, their product is earthenware for kitchen equipment, such as cooking equipment, water container and others. There is a variety of potteries used for the needs of Hindu religious ceremonies with the so-called coblong, dulang, jempere and so forth.

As fuel for the production process, they remain to take advantage of firewood especially coconut shell and fiber and straw that are easy to obtain from the surrounding areas.

Since the rapid development of Bali tourism, Balinese pottery craftsmen also received orders from local hotels and restaurants. They usually demand various kinds of pot, vase, garden spot lights, contemporary sculptures and ashtrays.

Even some restaurants ordered plates and appliance for cooking rice that look so unique. “Cooking by this pottery will make the rice to taste more delicious,” said a vendor of ceramic vessel from Kapal Village. (BTN/Yan Beryas)

KK involves dozens of foreign tourists Mangupura (Bali Post)—

Implementation of the seventh Kuta Karnival (KK) 2010 does not only involve the local community.

The annual extravaganza event estimated to cost nearly IDR 2.5 billion will also involve dozens of foreign tourists spending holiday in Bali.

Chairman of the Kuta Karnival 2010 Organizing Committee, Made Suartha, said the involvement of foreign nationals in every organization of KK was one of the efforts to promote and raise the Bali tourism in the eyes of the international world.

“KK of this time does not only involve foreign citizens in any activity as in cultural parade, Paddle for Peace and other activities, but we also engage them in the committee,” said Morgan at the Hotel Simpang Inn, last Sunday (Sep 19).

According to him, foreign tourists getting involved in the event came from several countries like the Netherlands. Currently their number was estimated to reach more than 70 people. In the meantime, the inspirer of the KK, I Made Supatra Karang, asserted that implementation of KK this year should not until lose its soul or spirit. As a tourism destination, KK triggered by a humanitarian tragedy of the 2002 Bali blast de-

served to get appreciation.

“Hopefully, the KK event of this year should not lose the spirit or soul as it was first time inaugurated. In reality, it could have reechoed the revival of Bali tourism after hit by bitter tragedy few years ago,” he said.

It was also revealed that KK would organize a series of events that could not be separated from the inspiration of peace. For instance, the release of turtle hatchling event and flower sowing would become the core of activity. Meanwhile, all other activities organized were intended to jazz up the event and make it more reverberating.

This Kuta figure stayed to expect the committee in order this KK could take advantage of the right moment. It aimed to promote the Bali tourism and keep on maintaining the comfort and peace of Kuta as a world tourist destination.

“Implementation of the event has an orientation in the empowerment, attraction, promotion, and expedition. All the times, we hope the KK could support Kuta and Bali as a sustainable tourist destination,” he asserted. In the meantime, the Advisor to KK 2010, I Wayan Puspa Negara stated that the event should remain a concern of all parties, including government, stakeholders, and society. (par)

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Balinese Culture Consensus Indonesia’s asset in developing industrial relations Antara

DENPASAR - Indonesian traditional culture of consensus is a main asset for the country’s success in developing harmonious industrial relations, Director of UNI Asia Pacific Dr. Kun Wardana Abyoto said here Monday.

He conveyed the view when meeting with five labor union activists participating in the Seventh Asian Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) being held in Denpasar, Bali, for four days starting Monday morning.

Kun said labor unions and company management can promote consensus in a positive way to reduce potential disputes.

“Potential dispute is very possible to be reduced,” he said.

Kun explained about Vice President Boediono’s support to UNI and Indonesian’s labor unions to develop industrial relations based on harmonious partnership with entrepreneurs.

The support was expressed when

the vice president received an organizing committee members of the Seventh IIRA Asian Regional Congress recently, he said.

Vice President Boediono supported UNI and labor unions to develop any concrete programs because the partnership harmonious will not only promote the companies but also improve the workers’ welfare, he said.

“UNI see Indonesia as a country which is taken into account together with China, India, Brazil and Russia,” Kun said.

The congress is being participated in by representatives of industries, labor unions, governments, academicians, and businessmen.

Topics to be discussed in the meeting will be among other things on industrial democracy, partnership, and appropriate works needed to respond to the global financial crisis.

The agenda of the four-day congress will include a signing of the Global Framework Protocol between UNI Asia and Pacific and Telkom Indone-

sia, and paper presentations by dozens of academicians and researchers from leading universities in the Asia Pacific region.

Indonesia’s academicians from North Sumatra University (USU), Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Hasanuddin University (Unhas) and Krisnadwipayana University are also scheduled to give speeches in the international forum.

Indonesian labor union activists attending the congress are among others secretary general of labor unions association (ASPEK) Muhamad Rusdi, and general chairman of Hero’s labor union Rusdi Salam. Representatives of ANTARA’s labor union, Danamon Bank’s labor union and Makro’s labor union are also attending the congress.

Foreign participants and speakers in the congress are among others from the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, India, China, Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Karangasem preserve ”Syawalan” tradition Antara

AMLAPURA – The “Syawalan” tradition by eating “ketupat” or rice folded with coconut leafs is still being done by the people in Tumbu village, Karangasem. They usually eat the “ketupat” on the Ujung Beach.

Rusnah, one of the residents in Amlapura, said that the tradition was done started on Friday, September 17th 2010 and will go on until 15 days after Idul Fitri. “Usually, before the

tradition is carried out, the Moslems in the village will conduct fasting for six days. Before they start eating the ketupat, the people usually take a bath on the beach,” she added.

Rusnah explained that the purpose of taking a bath on the beach is to clean them. After finish eating the ketupat, the Moslems will visit the cemetery of Datuk Mas Pakel or also known as Sunan Mumbul It is a sacred cemetery and often being visited during big days such as Idul Fitri. “Sunan Mumbul was

one of the servants of the Karangasem King,” Rusnah said.

According to the legend, Mas Pakel was framed and the people said that he will give bad luck to the kingdom.

Then, some of the officers in the palace suggested that Mas Pakel should be killed.

The King told of his royal guard to kill Mas Pakel. The guard brought Mas Pakel to Ujung beach to be executed but when the sword swung to his neck, Mas Pakel was running on the water and vanished.

Kacang Kara :

Green-streaked Bean in Yellow Sauce Villages located at mountainous area in Bali are rich in various vegetables. One of them growing well in the area is kacang kara or green-streaked bean. Most people prefer to pick it when mature and they just take its bean. This bean is usually cultivated in backyard and let twist on fence plant or high trees in the garden.

Common way to enjoy this green-streaked bean is by frying. However, if people wish to taste differently, it can be added with yellow sauce. In essence, it is a good side dish to accompany your meals on cooler area.

Ingredient: 250g young green-streaked bean Spices: 6 cloves shallot, 3 cloves garlic, 2 large chilies, 2 small chilies, 2 candlenuts, 1 slice aromatic ginger (kencur), 1 slice turmeric, 1 slice ginger, and ½ tsp salt Others: ½ tsp salt, 1 cup palm oil and 250 ml water Method: · Cleanse the green bean and drain thoroughly.

Bruise them on stone mortar and then fry them halfdone. · All spices are ground and stir-fry by 2 tbsp of palm oil taken from the oil used for frying the bean. Put the bean into the spices on the frying pan. Add the water and salt while stirring until the water runs somewhat dry.

When it has been cooked and tender, take out and serve. (BTN/punia)

Sambel Sere Tabia (Fried Bird’s Eye Chilies)

INGREDIENTS: 25 bird’s eye chilies finely sliced 60 ml Coconut oil 1½ tsp dried shrimp paste ¼ tsp salt PREPARATION: Heat oil in saucepan until smoking hot. Crumble dried shrimp paste and combine with ¼ tsp salt.

Add chilies, shrimp paste and salt to the oil, stir over heat for 1 minute and then remove from heat and allow cool Store sauce in an airtight container for up to one week in refrigerator. (www.baliguide.com/balifood) C.045 ibp

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Penglipuran Village IBP

Penglipuran Village is a traditional countryside owning unique characteristic life, socializing and culture. It is located in Kubu Village , Bangli Sub district and Bangli Regency. The natural nature and environments of countryside is designating the pittance touch of modernization influence. This countryside is supported by cool atmosphere because it is located on the height land about 700 m above sea level and according to history of all old doyens that this countryside is taken away from the word Pengeling Pura what its meaning remember to ancestor, but there is also telling that the word of Penglipur mean the entertainer.

It is said that at former empire era, all king often use this area as a place to amuse themselves, because its nature is beautiful and can give the peacefulness and inspiration at the time of experiencing a problem.

The houses exist in this countryside from north to the south is look very beautiful in particular the Balinese traditional entrance gate which are made similar each other.

When we step down to this village, we will meet the Balinese houses are oriented northeastwards to Mount Agung which is located in north-east of Bali Island . The structure of house building between one house and others are equal in particular to condition, form, size and function from the building except building of family bed room is freeform. The family temple building is places the same direction to the Agung Mount, kitchen is located in upstate from the lawn and the building of Bale Sakaenem is the six beamed building which its function for ceremony place. The place for look after the livestock and the place to plant assorted vegetable are referred as non irrigated dry field which is called Teba. Its Construction material is made from wood except family residence. It is predominated by substance from bamboo because around this countryside is bamboo producer.

The countryside is lead by a leader which is Bendesa or Kelian or Penyarikan or Patengan and he/she is assisted by Sinoman. The social system is recognized by the 12 group

terms that are number 1 until 12 as member of Pemerincik that is commissioned member converse the problem or plan and its result is submitted to the member. They are very trusting of 12 groups and have represented the tradition in heritage away

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BUSINESS Australia bank flags rate hikes to manage mining boom

Government could seek foreign investors for GM

Agence France-Presse

Associated Press Writer

SYDNEY - Australia’s central bank warned Monday of a “fairly robust upswing” as the nation experienced the biggest minerals and energy boom in more than 100 years, flagging a return to rate hikes.

DETROIT – Investment bankers handling the upcoming General Motors Co. stock sale are expected to court foreign investors as well as those in North America, according to a U.S. Treasury Department statement.

GM and the Treasury Department would not comment Sunday on reports that the automaker is in talks with its current partner in China, SAIC, about buying a stake in the Detroit company. SAIC is owned by the Chinese government.

The Treasury Department, in a statement issued late Friday, said investors in GM would be sought across “multiple geographies,” with a focus on North America.

The U.S. Treasury loaned GM about $50 billion to help it through bankruptcy protection last year. GM has repaid $6.7 billion.

The rest of the bailout money was converted to a 61 percent government stake in the company.

The government hopes to get the remaining $43 billion back with stock sales that could start in mid-November.

Foreign investment in U.S. automakers and other companies is common. Before the stock sale, GM will put on a two-week “road show” of presentations for investors, and several stops are expected to be in cities outside the U.S. The Treasury statement also said banks underwriting the GM stock sale will be expected to balance getting the maximum price per share and return for taxpayers with having a stable base of shareholders and keeping up interest in several sales that will occur after the initial public offering.

Individual investors will get “ample opportunity” to buy GM shares, but institutional investors such as mutual funds, hedge funds and pension funds will be sought out, the statement said.

“We expect that a large and diverse group of institutional investors will be offered an opportunity to participate, with no single investor or group of investors receiving

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens said the country had experienced several years of favourable growth and he forecast the trend to continue, with above-average growth expected into 2011.

“We expect, and indications from businesses are that they do as well, that resource sector investment will rise further, as we experience the largest minerals and energy boom since the late 19th century,” Stevens said.

“If downside possibilities do not materialise, the task ahead is likely to be one of managing a fairly robust upswing,” he added.

“Part of that task will, clearly, fall to monetary policy.”

Resilient Asian demand for Australia’s raw materials helped it be-

come the only advanced economy to dodge recession during the global downturn, and Stevens said high export prices would bolster the economy “even as the stimulative effects of earlier low interest rates and budgetary measures continue to unwind.”

Inflation would not fall much further and the terms of trade would remain at record heights, he added, indicating that the central bank may not remain on the sidelines much longer.

The bank has held interest rates at 4.50 percent at its past four monthly meetings after Australia in October became the first country to tighten monetary policy following the downturn from a 50-year low of 3.0 percent.

Analysts said the RBA comments

firmed the chances of a rate hike before the end of the year, with ANZ Bank economist Katie Dean saying October was a “live” possibility given the jobless rate had fallen to 5.1 percent.

“The minutes from the September Board meeting, due (Tuesday), will provide guidance on how close the recommencement of the RBA’s tightening cycle is,” said Dean.

“In our view, the national flow on from the terms of trade boom supports the case that interest rates will need to move to a contractionary setting, potentially upwards of 5.50 percent in 2011,” she added.

The Australian dollar rallied following the remarks, fetching 94.55 US cents in late trade, up from Friday’s close of 94.39 US cents.

Nissan to double China capacity to tap hot market Reuters

ZHENGZHOU – Japan’s Nissan Motor Co Ltd plans to double its production capacity in China to 1.2 million units by 2012, as it aims for a 10 percent share of the world’s biggest auto market.

The new plan is 20 percent above Nissan’s earlier target, underscoring the car maker’s strong interest in China, which has been a major bright spot for many automakers as the global industry struggles to recover from a steep downturn.

Nissan, 44 percent held by France’s Renault SA, runs an auto venture with Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd, which on Monday announced the opening of its first sport utility vehicle (SUV) plant in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou.

“Among the Japanese carmakers, which represent 20 percent of total sales in China, Nissan holds the number one position,” Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said at the opening ceremony for its new SUV plant.

“Still, we believe we have the potential to earn a higher market share through our partnerships with Dongfeng and Zhengzhou Nissan. Our current objective is 10 percent.” said Ghosn.

Nissan is now the top-selling Japanese automaker in China,

overtaking Toyota Motor Corp, thanks to a model line-up that included small cars that met the government’s tax incentives.

But it has been lagging the market’s growth recently due to a shortage of production capacity, and officials have welcomed a slight slowdown in the market’s sale for that reason.

Separately, Nissan-Renault has no plan to buy shares in General Motor’s upcoming initial public offering, Ghosn told Reuters on the sidelines of the ceremony.

Ghosn also told reporters that Nissan was expanding its other two production bases in China.

“Our three key manufacturing bases in Zhengzhou, Huadu and Xiangfan, we will nearly double Nissan’s current production capacity in China to 1.2 million vehicles by 2012,” he said at the opening ceremony. “This is 200,000 more cars than we announced at our year-end results this past May.” China’s vehicle sales jumped nearly 48 percent in the first half of 2010 but analysts and auto makers say the growth is expected to return to normal after the breakneck speed in the past year fueled by government’s stimulus.

Although many automakers were confident that China’s auto sales could rise about 25 percent to 17 million units this year, some

analysts were a bit cautious.

“There are not many sales forecasts for next year and the golden week (starting on Oct 1) sales will be critical,” said Jonny Wong, an analyst at Yuanta Research.

“Forecasts of 17 million unit sales this year could be a bit high,” he added.

Nissan said the new SUV plant in Zhengzhou has a total investment of 1 billion yuan ($148.7 million), and will be run by Zhengzhou Nissan Co Ltd, a joint venture between Nissan and Dongfeng.

The new plant would have an annual capacity of 180,000 units and together with Zhengzhou Nissan’s first plant, the company’s total production volume would reach 240,000 units by 2012 after the expansion, Zhengzhou-Nissan said in a statement.

“The Zhengzhou Nissan plants — currently our base for light commercial vehicles and sport utility vehicles — now comprise our second-largest production site in China after Huadu,” Ghosn said in the statement.

China’s car sales in August jumped nearly 60 percent from a year earlier, bouncing back strongly after sluggish sales in the summer months with help from central government subsidies for fuel-efficient models.

a disproportionate share or unusual treatment,” the statement said.

The government will make ensure general guidelines are followed in the sale “but will not involve itself in decisions regarding allocation of shares to specific buyers,” the statement said.

Last week, new GM CEO Daniel Akerson said it will take a couple years for the government to get its money back, but GM has a goal of returning the cash.

Akerson, a former telecommunications industry executive who took over from Ed Whitacre Sept.

1, said the government bailout saved a lot of jobs at GM and helped to preserve the U.S. manufacturing base.

The bailout has bred resentment with some car buyers and hurt GM’s sales, however. The automaker hopes the stock sale will end its government ownership and raise money for investment and to reduce debt.

GM filed paperwork in August starting the process to sell stock to the public.

Akerson indicated that it would take consistent earnings from GM and several stock sales before the money is returned.

President Obama also has said all taxpayer money will be returned, but spokesmen later said he meant the money his administration pumped into GM, not bailouts made by the Bush Administration.

GM made $2.2 billion in the first half of the year, a strong sign to investors that it is much leaner and healthier than it was before bankruptcy, when it was losing billions.

The company will not sell any shares of common stock, leaving that to the government and its three other shareholders. But it plans to sell preferred stock, which pays a dividend and will be converted to common shares in 2013.

Chrysler’s top executive, CEO Sergio Marchionne, said last week he expects Chrysler’s IPO to take place in the second half of next year. Chrysler got $12.5 billion in bailout money from the government in exchange for $7.1 billion in loans and a 9.9 percent ownership stake.

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Entertainment

Lady Gaga, Katy Perry lead MTV Europe nominations Reuters

LONDON – Lady Gaga and Katy Perry go head-to-head at the MTV Europe Music Awards in November, with five nominations apiece. The U.S. pop princesses are both shortlisted in four categories — best pop act, best song, best female act and best video. Completing the nominations for Lady Gaga is best live act and for Katy Perry “best world stage performance.”

Elsewhere in the nominations list, rapper Eminem has four nominations including best song, best male act, best hip hop and best video for his Rihanna collaboration “Love the Way You Lie.” British stadium rockers Muse, along with Thirty Seconds to Mars, Linkin Park and Kings of Leon, find themselves up against “Prince of Darkness” Ozzy Osbourne in the best rock category. Pop phenomenon Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, B.o.B, Plan B and Jason Derulo are nominated for best new act.

Perry and Linkin Park are confirmed to perform at the annual event, one of pop music’s biggest nights outside the United States.

Italian press blasts “Eat Pray Love” as kitsch Reuters

ROME – Italian newspapers have greeted Julia Roberts’ latest film “Eat Pray Love” with scorn after its local opening this week, scoffing at its romantic vision of an American woman’s voyage of self-discovery in Rome. “The only thing missing in Julia’s Rome is the mandolin,” the daily La Repubblica wrote on Saturday.

“Eat Pray Love,” based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir of a globe-trotting quest for meaning after divorce, follows Roberts’ character Liz to Italy, India and Indonesia as she searches for life’s lessons under foreign skies.

The section in Italy, where Liz savors gelato, pizza and the warm Latin way of life, left local critics fuming, however. “It rains spaghetti, the Italians are always gesticulating and following foreign girls shouting vulgarities but then

getting engaged to a nice housewife to please their domineering mothers, all this under the sign of ‘dolce far niente’,” La Repubblica’s critic Curzio Maltese wrote.

The Turin daily La Stampa damned the film, directed by Ryan Murphy and co-starring Spanish actor Javier Bardem, as “kitsch” regretting that the Italian actors in the cast were left drawing on retro images of Italy from the 1950s.

“That’s the way they like us in the United States, dark, boisterous, uninhibited; we’ve always known that, but this time the effect is beyond the limits.”

Il Messagero said it was not particularly bothered by the cliched portrayal of invasive mothers, nosy landladies and pleasure-loving Italians but it was offended by Roberts’ Spanish co-star Javier Bardem.”Watching the glorious Bardem playing the Latin lover in a film like this really hurts,” it said.

REUTERS/Gerardo Garcia

Actors Javier Bardem (L), Julia Roberts (2nd L), Richard Jenkins (2nd R) and executive producer Ryan Murphy pose during the launch of their movie “Eat Pray Love” in Cancun June 29, 2010.

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Affleck heist film tops US box office Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES - “The Town,” Ben Affleck’s fast-paced bank heist flick set in his hometown of Boston debuted as the top movie at North American theaters this weekend, industry estimates showed on Sunday. Supplanting “Resident Evil: Afterlife” in the top spot, “The Town,” the second film to be directed by the actor, earned 23.8 million dollars in ticket sales, according to projections from box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Second place went to another new film, teen comedy “Easy A” about a high school girl who lies about losing her virginity to improve her social standing, which earned 18.2 million dollars.

M. Night Shyamalan’s “Devil” supernatural thriller about Satan trapping victims in a Philadelphia high-rise came in third, raking 12.6 million dollars in tickets sales. “Resident Evil,” the latest in a long-running science fiction series, fell from the top spot last week to fourth with 10.1 million dollars.

“Alpha and Omega,” about a wolfpack in the wilds of a Canadian nature reserve, opened in fifth place with 9.2 million dollars in tickets sold.

In sixth place was “Takers,” the bank-robbery thriller starring Hayden Christensen, Idris Elba and singers Chris Brown and T.I. which earned three million dollars. George Clooney’s spy flick “The American” was seventh with earnings of 2.76 million dollars.

Rounding out the top ten were “Inception” in eighth place with a shade over two million dollars in ticket sales; crime comedy “The Other Guys” with two million dollars, and romance flick “Eat, Pray, Love” which claimed 1.7 million dollars to finish in 10th place.

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ABC’s ‘Detroit 1-8-7’ finds character in city Associated Press Writer

DETROIT – When “NYPD Blue” veteran James McDaniel signed on for a new ABC cop show called “Detroit 1-8-7,” he served as cheerleader-in-chief in the creators’ campaign to shoot in the Motor City.

The actor figured they didn’t stand a chance because it had never been done. But he craved the authenticity of being in the downtrodden city — far from traditional acting hubs and his beloved New York — even if it meant suffering for his art.

McDaniel was floored on both fronts: The network brass approved filming the show in Detroit, and he found the city to be both inviting and inspiring.

“We get here, and imagine my surprise: My wife and I actually love it. We really get it,” he said while waiting to shoot a scene on a weedpocked parking lot near downtown.

The first network television drama to set up shop full time in Detroit is discovering a city that goes beyond its Rust Belt reputation. And its writers, producers and actors hope the struggling town is a secret weapon for “Detroit 1-8-7” as it prepares to enter the crowded market of crime procedurals.

The title of the show, which debuts Tuesday at 10 p.m. EDT, uses a former California police code for homicide and features fictional

members of a Detroit Police homicide unit. The real city has been unable to shake its reputation as a haven for violence, but those involved say they can show the grit without glorifying it.

“People’s fear was it was just going to be street crime and gang violence and things like that. It’s really not,” said star Michael Imperioli, relaxing after a full day of rehearsals and shooting in Detroit’s Cass Corridor. “A lot of it is not about the

dead — it’s about the living — the people who are connected and affected by these crimes.”

McDaniel and Imperioli, whose credits include HBO’s “The Sopranos” and playing another prime-time detective on ABC’s short-lived “Life on Mars,” are the best known actors on “1-8-7.” The diverse cast also includes Erin Cummings (“Mad Men”), Aisha Hinds (“True Blood”) and Shaun Majumder (“Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle”).

AP Photo/ABC, Mark H. Preston

In this publicity image released by ABC, actors Michael Imperioli, left, and Jon Michael Hill are shown during filming of ‘Detroit 1-8-7’ in Detroit, Aug. 17, 2010. The first network television drama to set up shop full-time in Detroit is discovering a city that goes beyond its Rust Belt reputation.

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Millions of South Koreans on the move for holiday Agence France Presse

SEOUL - Millions of South Koreans began heading for their home towns Monday as the annual exodus for the autumn harvest holiday got under way. In Seoul alone, traffic authorities said some 410,000 cars would leave the city Monday on the eve of the three-day Chuseok holiday which starts Tuesday.

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Passengers walk to take a train at a railway station in Seoul on September 20, 2010 on the eve of the three-day Chuseok holiday. Millions of South Koreans began heading for their home towns as the annual exodus for the autumn harvest holiday got under way.

Families traditionally get together in home towns, prepare special food to thank their ancestors for the harvest and visit family graves during Chuseok, one of the country’s two major holidays along with Lunar New Year.

The Korea Expressway Corporation said about 1.5 million cars were expected to have left Seoul by Thursday. The transportation ministry expects more than 40 million of the nation’s almost 50 million people to make journeys of some sort for family reunions or traditional ancestral rites during the holiday.

It has increased frequencies of trains, buses, planes and ferries. The exodus in the past has effectively turned some stretches of highway into giant car parks. But the ministry predicts lighter traffic this year since many have stretched the public holi-

Jupiter making closest approach in nearly 50 years Associated Press Writer

rare this time is Uranus making a close appearance at the same time, Phillips said. He called it “a once-in-a-lifetime event.” While seen right next to Jupiter through a telescope, Uranus actually will be 1.7 billion miles from Earth on Monday night.

Phillips urges stargazers not to give up if it’s cloudy Monday night. Jupiter will remain relatively close for many weeks, he noted, providing good viewing opportunities for some time. And for those who are early risers instead of night owls, Jupiter will be visible setting in the west just before sunrise.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Better catch Jupiter next week in the night sky. It won’t be that big or bright again until 2022. Jupiter will pass 368 million miles from Earth late Monday, its closest approach since 1963. You can see it low in the east around dusk. Around midnight, it will be directly overhead. That’s because Earth will be passing between Jupiter and the sun, into the wee hours of Tuesday.

The solar system’s largest planet already appears as an incredibly bright star — three times brighter than the brightest star in the sky, Sirius. The only thing brighter in the night sky right now is our moon. Binoculars and telescopes will dramatically improve the view as Jupiter, along with its many moons, rises in the east as the sun sets.

“Jupiter is so bright right now, you don’t need a sky map to find it,” said Tony Phillips, a California astronomer under contract with NASA. “You just walk outside and see it. It’s so eyecatching, there it is.”

Phillips has never seen Jupiter so bright. “To an experienced observer, the difference is notable,” he said Friday.

Coincidentally, Uranus also will make a close approach the same night. It will appear close to Jupiter but harder to see with the naked eye. Through a teleAP Photo/NASA scope, it will shine like an emerald-col- The planet Jupiter is seen in an undated handored disk less than one degree from out file image provided by NASA, released Jupiter.

Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, taken by the refurJupiter comes relatively close to bished Hubble Space Telescope. Jupiter will Earth about every 12 years. In 1999, it pass 368 million miles from Earth late Monday, passed slightly farther away. What’s Sept 20 2010, its closest approach since 1963.

day to take a total nine days off.

More and more people are using the break to visit resorts or go abroad. Hotels and condominiums at domestic resorts are fully booked while airport officials forecast more people will fly abroad this year.

President Lee Myung-Bak sent a holiday email to 590,000 civil servants, praising them for their hard work. In a separate radio address he also reaffirmed Seoul’s desire for regular reunion programmes for families separated by the peninsula’s division.

“Those who have home towns on the northern side will have deeper thought of home towns and families on a festive day,” he said. “I hope (the two Koreas) will celebrate Chuseok together some day.”

After months of tension, officials

from North and South Korea met for talks last week but failed to agree on arrangements for a family reunion programme. They will meet again on Friday. The North has suggested restarting the programme after a oneyear lapse, a move which could ease tensions.

Relations soured dramatically this year after the South accused the North of torpedoing one of its warships and killing 46 sailors in March.

The North denied involvement, and threatened retaliation for the South’s military exercises staged as a show of strength. But it has been making a series of apparent peace overtures this month. Tens of thousands of Koreans on both sides have not seen family members since the 19501953 war sealed the peninsula’s division with minefields and barbed wire.

An employee works in a clean room at a production plant of Brazil’s Ceitec company in Porto Alegre May 19, 2010.

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High-tech cow earrings mark new path for Brazil Reuters

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Years after India broke into the hi-tech business with information technology and China by way of manufacturing, Brazil may find its entrance in an unusual place — a cow’s ear. The South American giant is preparing to use its first locally-designed microchip in cattle earrings, a device that could eventually help authorities crack down on destruction of the Amazon rain forest caused by roaming herds.

Produced by state-funded firm Ceitec, the “Chip do Boi” or “Cow Chip” is part of homegrown innovation efforts that Brazil hopes will help it overcome challenges in its sprawling economy and over time make it an exporter of niche technology.

While commodity exports and increasingly affluent consumers have made Brazil’s economy an emerging-markets darling alongside China and India in recent years, it trails those nations in the high-value areas of technology and science.

“Brazil has competitive advantages in areas like agriculture and clean energy, and it

makes sense for the country to maintain those advantages through technological innovation,” said Ceitec chief executive Cylon Silva, a theoretical physicist with a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

“There’s no way that a country of Brazil’s size and influence can go without an electronics industry.” The company opened in 2008 with a $500 million reais ($290 million) investment from the government, which Silva says was crucial because private investors would have seen the first-time venture as too risky.

Engineers at Ceitec don space-age looking sanitary outfits known as “bunny suits” complete with face masks to keep dust and particles out of specialized labs filled with hightech machinery that slice silicon wafers with molecular precision. The cattle trackers can help ranchers demonstrate their cows have not been exposed to illnesses and may be crucial for creating a database of cattle showing which animals grazed on recently deforested land.

Brazil’s state development bank said last year it will begin requiring the ranchers it finances to show where their cattle have grazed, possibly using such devices.

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Lyon left groggy by vintage Bordeaux

(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

FC Barcelona’s Gerard Pique celebrates with Lionel Messi from Argentina after scoring during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Atletico de Madrid at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, September 19, 2010.

Barcelona down Atletico to end Calderon jinx Agence France Presse

MADRID - Champions Barcelona got their title bid back on track with a 2-1 win over bogey side Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon on Sunday to stay within three points of league leaders Valencia.

Barcelona, humiliated 2-0 by Hercules in their last league outing, had lost their last two trips to the Calderon but first-half goals from Argentine Lionel Messi and Spain World Cup star Gerard Pique inflicted a first defeat of the season on Atletico.

“We missed several chances and their goalkeeper (David) de Gea had a great game,” said Barcelona striker David Villa. “In the end the two goals were enough and this is an important win although we have no time to rest as there is another match on Wednesday (against Sporting Gijon).”

It was Barca coach Pep Guardiola’s first win at Atletico, who had a maximum six points before kick-off and his side climbed to fifth a point behind Real Madrid and three points off Valencia. His joy, however, was tempered by seeing Messi stretchered off in the final minute after having his ankle kicked by Czech defender Tomasz Ujfalusi, who was sent off for the tackle.

Messi is expected to be out for a fortnight after doctors confirmed ligament damage to his right ankle.

Earlier Valencia replaced Real Madrid at the top of La Liga winning 2-1 at promoted Hercules to

make it a perfect nine-point start to the season.

Valencia lie two points ahead of Real and Sevilla who came from behind to win 2-1 at Malaga on Sunday thanks to goals from Alejandro Alfaro and Martin Caceres. It was Atletico’s second defeat in a week following their 1-0 Europa League loss to Aris Salonica, however they stay third in the league above Barcelona on goal difference.

Barcelona were on a high after their 5-1 thrashing of Panathinaikos in the Champions League and had a full strength team with eight Spanish World Cup winners in the starting XI. Atletico received a boost with forward Sergio “Kun” Aguero shrugging off a knock to start.

Barca took the lead on 13 minutes when Messi flicked the ball into the corner of the net with the outside of his boot after being fed by Pedro Rodriguez.

Atletico responded quickly and were level in the 25th minute when Raul Garcia headed in a Simao corner after goalkeeper Victor Valdes had mis-timed his punch. Barca took seven minutes to restore their lead with defender Pique finishing like a striker, controlling a Messi corner on his chest and drilling a low shot into the corner for his first goal of the season.

Xavi and Pedro forced Atletico goalkeeper de Gea, only 19 but being tipped for a bright future, to produce two smart saves early in the second half.

Villa could have killed the game off but fired over on 73 minutes and was denied by the terrific de Gea in a oneon-one minutes later. “Victor Valdes (the Barcelona goalkeeper) came to congratulate me after the game,” said de Gea. “The truth is that Barcelona were superior and we couldn’t do anything.”

Atletico’s Ujfalusi was sent off in the dying seconds for hacking down Messi who clutched his ankle on going down and left the field on a stretcher.

The Atletico defeat means Valencia, league champions in 2002 and 2004, are the only team with a flawless record after a 2-1 win over Hercules on Sunday.

Hercules won 2-0 at Barca last time out but goals from Spanish international Juan Mata and Pablo Hernandez were enough for Valencia, who played most of the second half with ten men following the dismissal of defender David Navarro. Villarreal climbed up to fifth with a 2-1 win at promoted Levante on Sunday. Brazilian international striker Nilmar scored a first half brace for Villarreal who sit a point behind thirdplaced Real.

PARIS - French league giants Lyon were handed a wake-up call Sunday thanks to a 2-0 defeat to Bordeaux which left the former seven-time consecutive champions fourth from bottom of the table. Lyon midfielder Yoann Gourcuff had provided much of the prematch buzz following his shock move to the Stade Gerland from Bordeaux two weeks ago.

But despite calmly brushing off the jeers of some disgruntled fans, the versatile France international failed to light up a match which left his new coach, Claude Puel, covering his face in despair. In the end, goals by Bordeaux midfielder Alou Diarra and a lastminute gem from Brazilian striker Jussie left Lyon with only one win, and five points, from six games.

Like many of the so-called big French clubs, Lyon included, Bordeaux’s start to the 2010 campaign had struggled to take off. This was only their second win in six games, and they are still eighth from bottom in a table dominated by former French and European giants Saint-Etienne, who share 13 points with Toulouse but lead by virtue of superior goals difference.

After sweeping aside Lyon, who won the title seven years in succession from 2002-2008, Girondins coach Jean Tigana will be hoping they have turned the corner.

Bordeaux opened the scoring

through Diarra on the hour mark to heap the pressure on. And as Lyon battled for a late equaliser, Jussie’s fine individual effort three minutes into injury time provided a painful finale to the match for the visitors.

Released deep in midfield, Jussie kept possession throughout a mazy run which took him past three Lyon players before he sent what looked like a weak low shot under the diving Lyon keeper Hugo Lloris. Earlier Rennes spurned the chance to move to the top of the table when they were held to a goalless draw at Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.

The draw means Rennes remain in third place, a point behind Toulouse and leaders Saint Etienne, who are top of the table for first time since 1982.

PSG move up to ninth. In the day’s other early kick-off, a last-minute goal from summer signing Moussa Sow earned Lille a 1-0 win at home to Auxerre.

Auxerre, who lost 2-0 at AC Milan in the Champions League in midweek, remain in the bottom three and are without a win this term. Saint-Etienne went top with a 3-0 victory at home to Montpellier on Saturday, with champions Marseille climbing to eighth on the back of a 3-0 win at bottom club Arles-Avignon. Lyon travel to Bordeaux in the weekend’s headline game later on Sunday.

Vidic hails ‘incredible’ Berbatov Agence France Presse

MANCHESTER - Manchester United skipper Nemanja Vidic has hailed Dimitar Berbatov’s new-found eye for goal after the striker netted a superb hat-trick against Liverpool.

Berbatov became the first Manchester United player to score a hat-trick against old rivals Liverpool in 64 years on Sunday as the Red Devils clinched a 3-2 win in an epic encounter at Old Trafford.

Vidic believes Berbatov’s virtuoso display should silence the Bulgarian’s critics once and for all after two difficult years since his 30.75 million pound club record transfer from Spurs two years ago.

“We are all aware how good Dimitar is,” said Vidic. His skills with the ball

are incredible. The criticism he got last year was because he didn’t score many goals. This season he is scoring a lot, and important goals too.” Vidic believes Berbatov is benefitting from a more selfish approach in front of goal, something that has seen him score seven times in six games across all competitions this term. “He has learned what he has to do,” said Vidic. “He has changed his game compared to last season. He is in the box more and is more of a threat. “Dimitar has always had a great touch and gave us composure but because he is also going into the box, he is scoring goals. “That is why he is getting so much credit.

“If he keeps doing that we have a good chance to win the league and for him to gain some personal reward by becoming player of the year.”

(AP Photo/Jon Super)

Manchester United’s Dimitar Berbatov, right, scores his second goal against Liverpool during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday Sept. 19, 2010.

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Uchiyama defends WBA super featherweight title Agence France Presse

SAITAMA - Japan’s Takashi Uchiyama fended off a challenge from Roy Mukhlis of Indonesia by a technical knockout to defend his World Boxing Association super featherweight title on Monday.

The knockout came two minutes 27 seconds into the fifth round when the 30-year-old champion hit a powerful right hook and went for it to flatten Mukhlis, forcing the referee to stop the bout. “I knew he (Mukhlis) had lost his concentration after I hit his stomach. That’s why I hit a right hook very well.

I was able to do what I practiced.

I think I can be stronger,” said

Uchiyama.

It was the Japanese fighter’s second defence of the title he wrested from Juan Carlos Salgado of Mexico also by a technical knockout in January. He stretched his unbeaten record to 16 straight wins, including 13 KOs. The 23year-old Mukhlis, ranked fifth in the WBA, now has 22 wins, including 17 KOs, against three defeats and two draws.

Japanese champion Takashi Uchiyama raises his arm just after his victory against Indonesian challenger Roy Mukhlis during their WBA super featherweight title boxing bout in Saitama, suburban Tokyo, on September 20, 2010. Uchiyama defeated Mukhlis with technical knockout in the fifth round.

Olivier Rochus (C) hugs Belgian team captain Reginald Willems (2ndR) as the team celebrates their win over Australia at the Davis Cup World Group play-off in Cairns on September 20, 2010. Belgium won the playoff 3-2.

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Belgium defeat Australia to stay in World Group Agence France Presse

CAIRNS, Australia - Belgium won both the reverse singles to defeat Australia 3-2 on Monday to retain their place in the 2011 Davis Cup World Group. The 117thranked Steve Darcis overcame Australian Carsten Ball, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-4 in the fifth and deciding singles rubber in two hours 23 minutes, to hand the Belgians victory after they had trailed 2-1 following their doubles loss on Saturday.

The stage was set for Belgium’s comeback when their number one designated player Olivier Rochus held out Peter Luczak 7-6 (10/8), 6-

4, 6-7 (0/7), 7-6 (7/2) in almost four and a half hours earlier on Monday.

World No.126 Luczak was a replacement for former world number one Lleyton Hewitt, who injured his hand while playing in Saturday’s doubles.

Darcis praised world No.79 Rochus, who won both his singles rubbers, including his epic victory over Luczak. “This is a very proud moment. We never expected to beat Australia in Australia,” Darcis said.

“But I have to say thank you to Ollie — we couldn’t have done it without him.” Rochus said he won the match for his teammates. “We are family, we have known each other

for so long. It has been a great week together and we play for each other,” Rochus said.

Belgium was forced into the playoff after a 4-1 home defeat to the Czech Republic in the World Group first round in Bree. Australia, the 28time champions and second only to the United States in Davis Cup wins, will next year have to play in the Asia-Oceania group once again.

It was the first time Australia had lost a Davis Cup tie on hardcourt since 2004. The playoff went into a fourth day after rain ruined Sunday’s schedule and forced the RochusLuczak match to resume on Monday at 4-4 in the first set.

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Floyd Landis slams world road championships organisers Agence France Presse

SYDNEY – Disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis has slammed world road championships organisers in Australia after they withdrew their support for a conference he is listed to attend. Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title for doping and earlier this year admitted using performance-enhancing drugs.

However, he was scheduled to speak at the “New Pathways For Pro Cycling” conference which takes place in Geelong, south of Melbourne, later this month on the eve of the world titles in the same town.

The meeting originally had the support of the world championships organisers but a spokesman for the championships confirmed at the weekend that it had withdrawn its backing, saying they did not want to give Landis a “soapbox”.

Landis posted a statement on the conference website explaining his motives. “To be clear, I do not wish to use the conference as a soapbox, nor do I

wish to hijack the world championships,” he said.

“Indeed, the behaviour and comments of the persons and organisations that seek to shut down the conference as a consequence of my participation demonstrate that they are interested only in selfishly perpetuating their own positions and purported authority at the expense of progressive reform. “(They have a) total disregard of the sport’s long-term interests, including those of the riders and fans, which they are charged to protect.

“By offering an inside perspective of an athlete confronted with decisions regarding the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs, I hope to be able to contribute to a better understanding of how those decisions come to be made, and how athletes can be better supported by those in a position to facilitate better decisions and decisionmaking.”

The UCI Road World Championships, which take place from September 29 to October 3, are being held in Australia for the first time.

Disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis (pictured in May) has slammed world road championships organisers in Australia after they withdrew their support for a conference he is listed to attend.

Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title for doping and earlier this year admitted using performance-enhancing drugs.

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Stoner relieved to end win drought Casey Stoner wins at AragonCasey Stoner said it was “a big relief” to finally score his first win of the season in the inaugural Aragon MotoGP. The Australian Ducati rider dominated the race from his second pole position of the year, after getting the better of championship leader Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) in a first-lap fight.

He was chased hard thereafter by local Honda man Dani Pedrosa, but always looked in control and recorded a comfortable five-second victory.

“It’s a big relief to be honest,” said Stoner. “We had the first race [in Qatar] almost wrapped up until I made a mistake and there have been a couple of other moments through the year where we might’ve

been in with a chance of a victory but it’s just been a mistake on my part.”

The Aussie praised a set-up overhaul on his Ducati machine for allowing him to return to the top of the MotoGP pile.

“We’ve been struggling this year to get the bike set up well and really have it there on pace. We’ve been close to Jorge and Dani but two or three tenths a lap [slower] and it’s almost impossible for me to make that difference.

“This weekend we tried something completely different for us.

Since my operation I noticed my

body position is not in the right area.

We changed the bike completely and since then we’ve had a much better feeling with the front end. We were able to get the bike working almost the way we wanted it to.”

Stoner admitted that his crash in this morning’s warm-up had weighed on his mind prior to the start.

“I had a little slip off this morning, which was a little bit worrying going into the race,” he said. “I was staying away from every white line I could. I didn’t want to get too close.

“But we were able to pick up the pace when we needed to during the race and bring home a win for the team and for everyone who’s stuck by me. Sorry it took so long.”

Lorenzo not panicking over title JORGE Lorenzo says he is not panicking about Yamaha’s disappointing current form and would rather be defending a points lead on a slower bike than having to close a gap on a faster bike.

Having dominated the early part of the season, Yamaha has slipped behind main rivals Honda and Ducati in recent weeks, and at Aragon last weekend it could only finish fourth and sixth with Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi - the first time Lorenzo has missed the podium all year.

Yamaha’s main weakness has been a relative lack of straightline speed, and Lorenzo said that poor traction made this particularly acute

at the new Spanish venue.

“From the beginning of the weekend we had problems with traction,” he explained. “We had a lot of wheelspin from the middle to the exit of the corners. “The performance of the tyre went down very quickly and very much. Normally I am stronger and stronger every lap.”

He added: “It’s obvious that the Yamaha now is not the strongest bike on the grid. But it’s not so bad. I want to return to victories. For now, it’s difficult.”

Lorenzo has now finished behind title rival Dani Pedrosa (Honda) in three straight races - but his points lead has only come down from 77 to 56 points in that time, meaning

Pedrosa still has to make bigger gains if he is to snatch the title in the remaining five rounds.

That has left Lorenzo feeling relatively confident about his position, even if he does have to defend a dwindling advantage on a less competitive bike for now. He hopes that a new engine expected for Motegi can also help get him back on terms.

“I’m not worried, because [worrying] doesn’t give me more speed,” he said. “For sure I’d prefer to have 56 points’ advantage than not to. I’d prefer to have this [points gap] with a slower bike than to have the fastest bike. So we hope for the new engine and we’ll see what happens.”

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MotoGP Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain rides his bike during the MotoGP Aragon Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Motorland racetrack in Alcaniz, Spain Sunday Sept. 19, 2010

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MotoGP Ducati rider Casey Stoner of Australia lifts the trophy after winning the MotoGP Aragon Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Motorland racetrack in Alcaniz, Spain Sunday Sept. 19, 2010.