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Egyptian riot police move forward to push back protesters, unseen, during clashes in downtown Cairo, Egypt, in the early hours of Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square Wednesday after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak’s authoritarian rule.

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Egypt opposition calls for second day of protests Agence France Presse

CAIRO – Egyptian activists called for a second day of street action on Wednesday as authorities vowed to prevent further protests following huge anti-government rallies in which four people died. The pro-democracy youth group April 6 Movement, the driving force behind Tuesday’s protests — the largest and most significant in Egypt since bread riots in 1977 — urged people to head back to Cairo’s main square Wednesday.

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“Everyone needs to head down to Tahrir Square to take over the square once again,” the group said

on its Facebook page — which along with Twitter had helped to organise Tuesday’s protests. In a

separate statement, it urged Egyptians to carry on protesting.

“To continue what we started on

January 25, we will take to the streets to demand the right to life, liberty, dignity and we call on everyone to take to the streets... and to keep going until the demands of the Egyptian people have been met,” the group said. But the interior ministry said further demonstrations were banned and anyone taking part would be prosecuted.

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Qantas plane makes emergency landing in Bangkok Reuters

BANGKOK – A Qantas Airways Ltd Boeing 747 plane was forced to turn back to Bangkok and make an emergency landing due to “technical problems,” a Bangkok-based air traffic controller said on Wednesday.

The Sydney-bound flight carrying 354 passengers and 18 crew members left Bangkok on Tuesday evening and returned to the Thai capital about two hours later, said a Qantas spokeswoman in Bangkok.

An air traffic controller in Bangkok said the pilot sent a message to request landing in Bangkok, citing “technical problems.” It was

unclear what caused the problem, the Qantas spokeswoman said.

“Qantas is investigating what happened. We do not know whether it was a mechanical problem,” the spokeswoman said, adding that the passengers will take a different plane to Sydney on Thursday morning. A midair engine explosion in a Qantas A380 last year grounded Qantas’ fleet of the superjumbos and shook confidence in the national flag carrier.

A Qantas Airways Boeing 747 is seen parked at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport January 26, 2011.

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Bali News Disaster Fund Less for Denpasar Typhoon Loss IDR 150 Million Denpasar (Bali Post) – The extreme weather lately has been growing to disasters. In the beginning of the year, a number of disasters have been hitting Denapsar and ironically many of them caused material loss such as the typhoon that came a while ago. Even though, the disaster fund has decreased from last year’s.

In year 2010, the government budgeted IDR 2 billion for disaster fund yet for this year it was only IDR 1,5 billion. “The fund decreased a little, but in the amendment it can be increased,” Head of Public Relation Section for Denpasar Government, I Made Erwin Suryadarma, last Tuesday (25/1) stated.

Meanwhile the loss caused by the typhoon in several points of Denpasar last Monday (24/1) reached more than IDR 150 million.

It included victims got minor injuries and a number of houses’ roofs have been blown off.

Erwin explained that the lessening fund was due to the over budget last year as only IDR 1 billion was used. Yet this fund can be increased depending on what’s needed.

The fund becomes more important to Denpasar these days.

Besides typhoon, Denpasar is where flood visits too. This fund for unexpected events is for victims who are experiencing damages due to the disaster, “The usage of this fund is all for disaster management such as help for the residents who were disadvantaged by it.” Erwin admitted flood is the disaster that’s been hitting Denpasar lately accompanied by landslides and typhoon such as the one that hits three villages in South Denpasar, also in Penatih, Padangsambian and other places, “If it needs help, then the fund will be taken from it.”

Meanwhile Denpasar House of Representatives Head of Commission D, I Wayan Sugiarta, admitted that the disaster fund usage can’t be expected as disasters can’t be predicted, “If there are many of them, IDR 1,5 billion might be all used.” (kmb12)

Two Strong Wind Victims in Sanglah Hospital Two from six victims that have been hurt due to a fallen banyan tree at Tegalalang, Gianyar last Monday (24/1) has been treated in Sanglah Hospital. The two victims were I Nyoman Reca (68) and I Nyoman Lanus (70), Pejeng Ali Tegalalang Gianyar residents. Reca got his hip bones and right foot fractured while Lanus got his left foot fractured. According to one of Lanus family members, Wayan Wirya, the two victims were just sitting down in location while eating porridge. Without any warning, the banyan tree that grew nearby them fell and hit Lanus, Reca and four others.

According to Wirya at that time the wind was very strong but no rain accompanied it and the banyan tree fell silently, “Before, that tree had its branches falling so local residents cut them yet it grew again and now it fell.”

The two victims still treated in Sanglah Hospital were visited by Gianyar Regent, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati or friendly called Cok Ace. He gave some cash to victims as help.

Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Board for Third Area Bali reminded in their everyday warning to keep beware that rains with thunder and strong winds can come all of a sudden. The weather in some regions is cloudy and has potential rain with wind speed 38 km/hour. (kmb24)

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Tourists are seen crowded on Kuta Beach.

Forming Indonesian Tourism Board IDR 21 Billion Allocated Jakarta (Bali Post) – Culture and Tourism Ministry (Kemenbudpar) allocated IDR 21 billion from the State Budget and Expenses (APBN) year 2011 for Indonesian Tourism Board (BPPI) to start off. “Because we’re very excited about it, we have allocated IDR 21 billion especially for BPPI so it can go on,” Head of Culture and Tourism Source Development Board for the Ministry, I Gde Pitana, stated last Tuesday (25/1) in Jakarta.

Pitana who’s also a team member of BPPI construction opinioned that if there is a side thinks that the Ministry has violated Law No. 10 year 2009 on Tourism because of the lateness in forming BPPI, that’s not right.

As according to Pitana the Ministry have worked everything off as detail as possible in developing BPPI and always reported it to the Indonesia Republic House of Representatives (DPR RI), “We have tried to do everything as the Law stated and have time to time reported it to DPR during meetings.”

In the Law No. 10 year 2009 on Tourism stated that BPPI should be formed the latest two years after the law was made and so BPPI has to be

formed this year. Inside it stated that BPPI members will have 9 people with 4 vice associations, 2 vice profession, 1 vice flying association, and 2 academicians/experts. BPPI has a duty to grow Indonesian tourism image, increases foreign tourists’ visitation and foreign exchange, also increase national tourists’ visitation and spending.

The board will work by the State/ Region Budget and Expenses as stated by the laws also research for developing business and entrepreneurship in tourism. Pitana explained that his side is very serious in forming this board, “We are very serious, we feel that we have worked It out and we’re waiting for the names suggested for association.”

In reality there were many associations that gave their candidate name but it’s not completed as regulated such as curriculum vitae and photo, “There was also associations handing candidate names that are not allowed to sit in this team as they are DPR members already.”

For that, the board gave back those names and asked for others to give in their names and apparently this message hasn’t been received by the association so BPPI construction team are still waiting, “Those from privatize company hasn’t come up. Since October 2010, we have asked their names so there’s lateness in giving in their candidates names completed with documents as regulated.” (010)

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Local agricultural products must enter the local market Denpasar (Bali Post)— Resolution to the polemic on the utilization of local fruits among the hotels, restaurants and supermarkets has not found any solutions. Tourism businesspeople consider the obstacles encountered such as the readiness to meet the standardization of quality, quantity and continuity can be resolved if the government is willing to discuss the matter with the Bali tourism businesspeople to find the best solution.

“By sitting together to find the best way out, we have confidence that government, tourism practitioners and farmers will not blame each other as happened so far,” said the Secretary General of the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Bali Chapter, Ferry Markus, Tuesday (Jan 25).

So far, according to him, the tourism industry never refused to use the local products because by using the product itself the company could reduce the cost. However, the industry usually obtained the supply of fruits and vegetables produced by local farmers through the second party, namely supplier.

“If we take directly from the farm-

ers, of course we will find many obstacles such as production limitations. In reality, the industry requires the continuous supply of local products,” he said.

He said, the circle of tourism businesspeople responded the issue positively, but they still questioned about the ability of farmers in providing fruits as long as the continuity and quality of the fruits produced by farmers complied with the specified standard in terms of quality and sustainability.“Our farmers have not been able to meet the criteria of tourism industry. On that account, it requires a long time to be absorbed by the market as well as hotels, restaurants and supermarkets,” he added.

Regional Coordinator of the Association of Indonesia Tours and Travel Agent (ASITA) for Bali, NTT, and NTB, Bagus Sudibya, previously also proposed to provide a reward to the hotel management that had utilized the local agricultural products as applied by the Thai government.

“Thailand has been giving awards to hotel management that utilized the local products since 1970s. The rewards given by the government of Thailand to hotel management in the country is incentive in the form of hotel and restaurant tax cuts and value-added taxes (VAT) when building a hotel,” he explained.

Provision of rewards to the hotel management was viewed very supportive to the economy of Thailand.

Supporting factor of the tourism industry in Thailand was agriculture and small industry. To synergize the tourism sector with agriculture and small industry, the Thai government had made a clear regulation.

“When businesspeople make investment in hotels and restaurants, the Thai government provides tax incen-

characteristics. It is in the rainy season as today many clouds of this kind are formed,” he said. Endro explained that the period of January to February was the peak of rainy season sparking the high growth of cumulonimbus clouds and bringing violent winds and lightning. “Once again, we are asking for the society to increase their vigilance in order to reduce the risk caused by heavy rains, thunder and lightning that potentially occur in the upcoming months,” he said.

Existence of this phenomenon would also affect the sea waves.

Therefore, traditional fishermen and the sea crossing should be more vigi-

lant. His party always monitored the development day per day as the changes would occur rapidly. To do so, his party would make coordination with relevant parties all the times.

Due to such bad weather, the fishermen did not dare go to sea and caused the fate of fishermen to get worse. “Traditional fishermen at Kedonganan Village have been out of a job within the past few weeks. They chose not to go to sea as the waters were affected by bad weather accompanied by heavy rains,” said Wayan Kereb, one of the local fishermen.(par)

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Dark cloud seen on top of a hill.

tives for hotel and restaurant if they had commitment to use the local agricultural products,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the Rector of the National Education University (Undiknas) of Denpasar, Prof. Dr. Gede Sri Darma, at different place stated that to increase the production and productivity of the local agricultural products, the application of location-specific technology by farmers was very necessary.

“Farmers play important role in supplying food for the community, so that the lives of farmers needs to be improved. But, we realize the level of technological mastery of farmers remains low, so they need continuous coaching to achieve the results as expected,” he said. In addition, he did hope that the instructor could keep on assisting the farmers in carrying out their farming activities. (par)

Heartbreaking, children prisoners mingled with adults

Watch out of cumulonimbus threats Mangupura (Bali Post)— The Metrology, Climatology, Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Region III of Denpasar, asked the public to watch out of the growth of cumulonimbus clouds. The clouds bringing violent winds and lightning might cause tornado that could endanger safety.

The Division Head of Information and Data of BMKG Region III of Denpasar, Endro Tjahjono, stated the phenomenon of cumulonimbus clouds was closely associated with La Nina storms. The phenomenon characterized by the sea surface warming set up a very large water vapor so it could produce a mass of clouds.

“One of the clouds potentially arising is cumulonimbus clouds that can kindle a tornado as occurred recently in the Bali region,” said the Division Head of Information and Data, Endro Tjahjono, Monday (Jan 25).

According to him, there were ten types of cloud namely stratus, cumulus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus, altostratus, altocumulus, cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, and cumulonimbus located at the altitude of 450 - 2000 meters. Its low position was white and black, resembling a tower and bringing a storm.

“We do expect the community to watch out when seeing these

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Farmer plant paddies on his rice field. Local agricultural products must be utilized by the tourism indsutry in Bali.

Denpasar (Bali Post)— Putting a child alleged to commit a crime into a prison is not the best solution in the mental development of the child. Moreover, when in the prison he is placed together with adult prisoners, such a condition has the potential to exacerbate the future of the generation.

It was revealed by Chairperson of the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAID) of Bali Region, A.A. Sri Wahyuni, accompanied by Division of Legal Affairs, Luh Anggreni, Tuesday (Jan 25), commenting on the detention mechanism of a detainee alleged to have committed a crime. “Prison is not the best solution in fostering a child to make him better. Although the concerned child frequently commits a crime, there is actually a better way to do so,” explained Sri Wahyuni.

According to her, the better solution was by placing the child into an institution having a complete handling. At least, it had a psychiatrist studying about the psychological aspect of the child. Afterward, it was followed up by taking back the child to his parents, or providing an opportunity to government officials in each region to participate.

At present, added Anggreni, there were still law enforcement officers who just placed a child into prison mingling with adult prisoners. Their reason varied, such as the child had committed similar acts re-

peatedly. “Actually, the Chief of Bali Police himself had issued a referral letter about guidelines for child detention,” he said.

So far, it was still encountered, as in the number two of the guidelines, that in handling children dealing with the law, both as perpetrator and witness, there were practices of shaving the hair of children without paying attention to the fit and aesthetics. Similarly, it was followed by taking the property or money of the children where it had no something to do with the case, ordering them to clean up the police station or to wash a car, giving physical punishment and a number of other acts.

Likewise, it was found the treatment of children as the victim did not apply the Law on Child Protection as the main article in asserting the rights of children as victim of crime and stayed to publish the photograph, identity and family of the children. There was a tendency to resolve the case of children as perpetrator by using the formal legal system and the law enforcer stayed to lack of creativity in finding out the alternative solution against the children’s problem beyond the formal legal.

How about the reality if parents deliberately urged their child to commit evil deed? Anggreni clearly stated that encouragement of parents to do so was included in the classification as exploitation against the children’s activities. Such an act could be threatened with a criminal. (015)

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Ivory Coast leader orders seizure of regional bank Associated Press Writer

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – Incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo’s government has ordered the seizure of the regional central bank’s offices in Ivory Coast in an attempt to retain control of state finances after being cut off from the money used to pay civil servants.

His political rival Alassane Ouattara, who is the internationally recognized winner of the presidential election held nearly two months ago, condemned the move Wednesday.

“This illegitimate and illegal decision to requisition is null and void. Thus, anyone who participates directly or indirectly in its implementation will be subject to sanctions and criminal prosecution,” the statement said.

Without access to government funds, it’s unclear whether Gbagbo will be able to continuing paying the country’s military and security forces. Ouattara supporters hope that by stemming the flow of funds to Gbagbo’s government they can

force a mass defection.

Gbagbo’s finance minister Desire Dallo announced on state television late Tuesday that the Ivorian government was seizing the regional bank’s offices in Ivory Coast. Employees are to answer to local officials in Ivory Coast instead of the regional bank based in Dakar, Senegal, the order said.

The Central Bank of West African States, known by its acronym BCEAO, regroups the treasuries of eight West African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.

Gbagbo’s access to state accounts was first revoked in December, when officials said that only representatives of Ouattara’s government would have signing privileges on state accounts. However, Ouattara officials said despite that action, Gbagbo had been able to still access money from the central bank. The head of the central bank, a Gbagbo supporter who had been accused of not cooperating with Ouattara, resigned Saturday.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir (C) conducts a government presidium meeting at the Government House on January 25, 2011 in Moscow. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed to avenge the Moscow airport bombing that killed 35 people, saying that “retribution is inevitable”.

Putin vows revenge for Moscow airport bombing Associated Press Writer

MOSCOW – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed revenge Tuesday for the suicide bombing that killed 35 people at a Moscow airport — a familiar tough-on-terrorism stance that has underpinned his power but also led to a rising number of deadly attacks in Russia.

AFP/Sia Kambou

African Union chief and Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika (R) shakes hands with incumbent Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo’s Prime Minister Gilbert Ake Ngbo before a meeting at the presidential palace in Abidjan.

Lax security also was blamed for Monday’s explosion in the international arrivals area of Domodedovo Airport that also injured 180 people, with President Dmitry Medvedev criticizing police and managers at the airport, the largest of three that serve the capital.

NTV television showed a photograph of what it said was the detached head of the suspected bomber. Investigators have said that DNA testing will be necessary before the man, who appears to be in his 30s, can be identified.

A two-second video of the blast itself, broadcast on state television and said to be from a closed-circuit

TV camera, showed a burst of flames and passengers falling and fleeing as smoke filled the hall.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion has fallen on Islamist separatists from Chechnya or elsewhere in the restive Caucasus region who have been battling Russian authority for over 15 years.

Chechen insurgents have claimed responsibility for an array of attacks, including a double suicide bombing on Moscow’s subway system last year that killed 40 people. They also have used Domodedovo Airport before, with two suicide bombers slipping through its security in 2004 to

kill 90 people aboard flights that took off from there.

Putin rose to power in 2000 on a now-famous vow that Chechen rebels would be hunted down and killed “in the outhouse.” But despite a second devastating war that brought Chechnya back under Moscow’s control and sanctioning the violent rule of his chosen Chechen leader, Putin has been unable to wipe out the Islamic insurgency that has spread across much of the Caucasus.

A brutal crackdown on the insurgency has produced a backlash that has led to almost daily attacks on police and security forces in the Caucasus and brought the terror to Moscow.

Muscovites have also seen a sharp rise in ethnic tensions between Slavic Russians and Muslims from the Caucasus, many of whom come to the capital in search of work.

Obama backs Seoul, demands North Korea give up nuclear Reuters

WASHINGTON/SEOUL – President Barack Obama told North Korea to stick to its commitment to abandon atomic weapons, throwing his support behind ally South Korea ahead of talks to try to calm tension on the divided peninsula. Seoul announced on Wednesday that it would hold its first meeting with North Korean officials since a deadly artillery attack on an island in the South in November.

“On the Korean peninsula, we stand with our ally South Korea, and insist that North Korea keeps its commitment to abandon nuclear

weapons,” Obama said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

The two Koreas will meet at the border truce village of Panmunjom on February 11 for preliminary military talks to discuss last year’s two deadly attacks against the South’s Cheonan warship and the island of Yeonpyeong.

Seoul has held out the prospect of high-level military talks, possibly at ministerial level, if Pyongyang accepts responsibility for the attacks and agrees not to carry out such provocations again. North Korea denies it had anything to do with the sinking of the Cheonan and says the South provoked its artillery attack.

“To establish peace on the Korean peninsula and see true development of

North-South relations, the North must accept these proposals,” a South Korean unification ministry spokesman told a news briefing.

The South also wants separate bilateral talks with the North to ascertain its sincerity about denuclearization, an effort that comes as the Pyongyang urges regional powers to resume aid-for-disarmament negotiations — so-called six-party talks — it walked out of two years ago.

Few believe the North has any intention of honoring its 2005 pledge to denuclearize, citing revelations last November about its uranium program which give it a second route — alongside its plutonium program — to make a nuclear bomb.

AFP PHOTO / Nicholas KAMM

US President Barack Obama waves following his State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress and the Supreme Court on January 25, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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New Executive Chef at Hard Rock Hotel Bali IBP

KUTA - Fresh from the Jumeirah Emirates Tower Hotel in Dubai, Zulal Ahmad (Zee) joined Hard Rock Hotel Bali as Executive Chef to oversee its 5 restaurants and bars, In-Room Dining, weddings, corporate functions and banqueting services.

Chef “Zee” brings with him 26 years of culinary experience in 12 luxury hotels to his role. He took his first steps in the catering industry in his home country, Indonesia. To which he continued this path in Christmas Island - Australia where he focused more on Indonesian and Asian cuisine. From there he moved to many different hotels around Indonesia as an Executive Sous Chef where again he was star-rated as the hotel’s top Asian Cuisine Chef.

The Indonesian native who grew up in a Jakarta, said he jumped at the opportunity to work at Hard Rock Hotel Bali, as the Leading Entertainment Hotel in Bali which

has been honored with several awards. The most recent accolade was The Most Favorite Hotel in Indonesia at the Indonesian Tourism Award 2010 in Jakarta.

“I had heard many good things about the property and was excited to work with the team at Hard Rock Hotel Bali. This hotel provides a unique and memorable guest experience with all the staffs’ attitude and the brand’s high recognition by Indonesians thru the numerous and prestigious awards it has won. I feel so extremely proud to be a part of this team” Chef Zee said.

General Manager Andrew Khoo said Zee’s strong background at highend restaurants and luxury hotels would further enhance the dining experiences available at Hard Rock Hotel Bali’s restaurants. “With Zee’s wealth of experience, we are looking forward to taking our restaurants and bars to an even higher level of satisfaction and provide diners with another “address” for good quality food”.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event forJanuary 3 through January 26, 2011 04 January Special Event at Tenganan Pegringsingan Usaba Sadha Main ritual of twelfth month commanced with temple annyversary celebration of Pura Accompanied by Gambang orchestra at 18.00 pm.

Temple anniversary celebration at Pura Dalem Puri,Pura Ulun Kulkul, Pura Kiduling Kreteg, Pura Benua Kawan,Besakih complex,districk of Rendang,Karangasem regency 05 January Special Event at Tenganan Pegringsingan Usaba Sadha Main Ceremony held at Pura Jero when the whole temple adherents go praying to the temple in their finest traditional dress while Gambang orchestra cheeras the atmosphere at 17.00 pm.

06 January Special Event at Tenganan Pegringsingan Usaba Sadha Last ritual held at Pura Jero ended with procession of Deities back to Subak Pemaksan (the agricultural temple) at 18.00 pm. Followed by special event held for the elderly people of the village.

12 January Temple anniversary celebration at: * Pura Luhur Pucak Padang Dawa, Bangli village,distict of Baturiti, Tabanan Regency * Pura Silayukti,Padangbai village, district of manggis,Karangasem Regency * Pura Air Jeruk,South Beach of Sukawati Village,Gianyar Regency * Pura Dangin Pasar,Batuan Village, District of Sukawati.Gianyar regensy

* Pura Desa Lembeng,Ketewel village, District of Sukawati.Gianyar regency * Pura Penataran,Batuyang Village, District of Sukawati.Gianyar regency * Pura Budha Kliwon,Penatih Village, east of denpasar 19 January Temple anniversary celebrations at: * Pura Ratu Pasek Besakih (the mother temple) complex,distric of Rendang, Karangasem Regency * Pura Dalem Batur Village, distric of kintamani,Bangli regency 22 January Temple anniversary celebrations at: * Pura Dalem Tarukan,Bebalang village, South oe the town of bangli. * Pura Benua Kangin,Besakih (the mother temple complex)Karngasem Regensy * Pura Dalem,Pemuteran,Jelantik tojan Village,Klungkung regensy * Pura Pucak Sari,Gunung Sari Village,district of Penebel,Tabanan Regency.

26 January Temple anniversary celebrations at: * Pura Bandesa Mas Kepisah,Pedungan village, south of denpasar * Pura Pasar agung,Kaba-kaba village, district of kediri,Tabanan regency * Pura Dalem Petinget, Kerobokan village, district of kuta,Badung regency * Pura Dalem Pulasari,samprangan village, district of blahbatuh,Gianyar regency * Pura Natih,Banjar kalan,Batuan Village, District of Sukawati,Gianyar regency

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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Somalia in 20th year of war Associated Press Writer MOGADISHU, Somalia – Aweys Abdullahi Ali has never known a day of peace in Somalia. Gunmen have killed his mother, set his home on fire, driven away his friends. Ali, who is 20, sees no end to the violence. Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of Siad Barre, Somalia’s socialist dictator whose overthrow ushered in years of brutal clan-based conflict. This arid Horn of Africa nation is now home to a generation of people who have known nothing but war. Some have seen neighbors beheaded by al-Qaida linked insurgents or killed in U.S. missile strikes.

“I’ve woken up to the crack of gunfire ever since I was young,” said Ali, a dark-eyed young man with a wisp of a beard. “I never believed Somalia was ever peaceful and I used to wonder what my parents were talking about when told me about the old days.”

Ali, like most of Somalia’s 8 million citizens, was born after Barre’s fall. Even though Barre had his opponents imprisoned and tortured, Ali imagines the dictatorship as a long-vanished golden age compared to the anarchy that is now affecting all of Somalia except for the northern regions of Somaliland and Puntland.

Government forces and al-Qaida linked insurgents have carved up the battle-scarred capital of Mogadishu.

Temporary roadblocks, some just rusting barbed wire stretched across the cratered roads, mark constantly shifting front lines. Gunmen scan the waiting citizens: Are their beards too long? Not long enough? Are that one a spy? What clan are they from?

Do they have any money? The lucky passers-by are just told to pay a bribe.

“Once I refused, and they showed me the body of a dead young man and said if I don’t pay something they will kill me,” Ali recalled. Not even home is safe.

Last year, the gunmen came to rob Ali’s neighbors. The woman screamed. Ali’s mother ran outside to help. They shot her.

“We rushed her to Medina hospital but she died,” Ali recalled.

Medina, considered one of the better-equipped hospitals in Mogadishu, is frequently so full of

war casualties that the overflow of patients are treated in tents outside.

These days, Ali and his father live in a ruined house near an African Union peacekeeping base.

There’s no water or electricity. The afternoons are sweltering and dull.

There are no jobs. They have no money for school. Those with money fled long ago.

“Imagine being 20 and never having been to school,” said Denise Shepherd-Johnson, a spokeswoman for UNICEF. More than two-thirds of Somali children have not completed even primary school, she said. “Imagine in the future you’re asked to run a country and you have no idea what a government even does. Imagine trying to dream when the world of possibilities is so limAP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh ited you are just trying to survive,” Hundreds of protesters marched in Mogadishu streets, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 calling on the UN’s she said. world food program to assist the thousands of families displaced from the drought stricken arAli can’t picture a better future eas in the south and center of Somalia. or remember a better past. He can’t imagine the nightclubs his parents described on the Mogadishu beach front or the cool grass of the lawn in their old comfortable house before it was shelled. The old Catholic cathedral, built by Italian The 33-year-old woman was in on an upper floor of the colonialists, is roofless and gutted. Reuters BUENOS AIRES – An Argen- the intensive care ward of a Buenos Panamericano hotel.

Ali doesn’t think the war will end “If I hadn’t got out, I’d be dead,” anytime soon. Corruption, clan poli- tine woman survived after jumping Aires hospital after the suicide atCajal, 39, told local television, tics and regional rivalries fuel the from the 23rd floor of a downtown tempt, the Telam agency said.

Taxi driver Miguel Cajal said he which showed pictures of his conflict. Somalia’s U.N.-backed Buenos Aires hotel on Monday, administration doesn’t account for landing on a taxi moments after the got out of his parked taxi and ran for mangled vehicle, its windshield and the cash it’s given by foreign do- driver dashed to safety, the state safety when he saw a policeman roof crushed by the impact of the looking up at the woman, who was woman’s fall. nors, then begs them for more. news agency reported.

Archenemies Ethiopia and Eritrea fund opposite sides in the conflict.

An Islamist insurgent movement Egypt “The people want the ouster of the re- to its people’s aspirations. called al-Shabab has attracted forgime.” They also tore down posters “The Egyptian government has an eign fighters, some with experience From page 1 of Mubarak and chanted, “Mubarak important opportunity to be responin Afghanistan.

“No provocative moves, or pro- get lost,” “Bread, liberty, dignity,” and sive to the aspirations of the Egyptest gatherings, or marches or dem- “We will follow Tunisia.” tian people, and pursue political, ecoonstrations will be allowed,” the Among demands are the departure nomic and social reforms that can ministry said in a statement. “Le- of the interior minister, whose secu- improve their lives and help Egypt gal measures will be taken against rity forces have been accused of prosper,” it said in a statement. State anyone (in contravention), and they heavy-handedness; an end to a de- Department spokesman Philip will be transferred to the prosecu- cades-old state of emergency; and a Crowley said that Washington was tion,” the statement continued. rise in minimum wages. closely monitoring developments in Members of April 6 Movement A statement released by the Egyp- Egypt. said they would take to the streets tian interior ministry late Tuesday said “All parties should exercise reregardless. “We’ve started and we security forces had decided to allow straint, and we call on the Egyptian another suspect to kill Jerry Ortega. won’t stop,” one member told AFP demonstrators “to voice their de- authorities to handle these protests The broadcaster was fatally shot on Wednesday. Tuesday’s demon- mands and exercise their freedom of peacefully,” Crowley said.

Monday and police caught the al- strations, dubbed “the day of anger” expression,” with a commitment to French Foreign Minister Michele leged gunman moments later with and inspired by the uprising in Tu- “securing and not confronting these Alliot-Marie said in Paris on the help of passing firemen and by- nisia, left three protesters and one gathering”.

Wednesday that France regrets the standers. policeman dead, according to medThe ministry said a number of pro- loss of life in the anti-government Colleagues believe Ortega may ics who said one protester died testers, “particularly a large number protests and supports calls for more been have been silenced because Wednesday of his wounds. of those affiliated with the Muslim democracy “in all countries.” “I can of his work. He had criticized proDespite some 20,000 to 30,000 Brotherhood... began to riot, damage only deplore that there were deaths vincial officials linked to corrup- police being deployed in central public public property and throw ... One must be able to demonstrate tion and opposed the operation of Cairo, thousands of demonstrators stones at police forces.” The White without there being violence, let mining companies in the resource- marched to Tahrir Square on Tues- House said on Tuesday that Egypt’s alone deaths,” the minister told rich island province. day, where they chanted in unison: government should be “responsive” France’s RTL radio.

Philippine police charge 5 in death of broadcaster Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine police have filed murder charges against a former provincial administrator and four other men in the shooting death of a hard-hitting radio commentator who became the country’s latest media fatality.

Among those charged Wednesday is a former official in southwestern Palawan province who had allegedly owned the gun used by

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ASEAN closer to one-stop online trading system Antara

JAKARTA - ASEAN traders and governments have come closer to benefiting from the ASEAN Trade Repository (ATR), an online system for accessing trade laws and procedures for all Member States.

In the support of the ATR, which was called for in the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) signed in February 2009, the ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM) discussed the elements at a workshop held in Jakarta recently, according to statement of the Jakarta-based ASEAN Secretariat.

The ATR will allow traders easier access and better compliance with prescribed regulations, reducing the amount of time necessary for each transaction. This improvement will help cut cost of trading. Likewise, governments can benefit from the ATR as voluntary compliance of traders is more effective than enforced compliance.

The Senior Officials also discussed possible models for National Trade Repositories (NTRs) that will support the ATR at national level.

Both Repositories will be a onestop reference point for all tariff and

non-tariff measures to be applied to goods entering, exiting and transiting a Member State, including all governmental requirements regarding specific commodities.

“Establishing NTRs in all ASEAN Member States is necessary for the implementation of the ATR and the ATR is a critical component of our effort to make trade regulations in ASEAN more transparent,” said Gusmardi Bustami, Chair of SEOM. Gusmardi also highlighted Indonesia’s efforts to lead the initiative by making available all its trade rules and regulations through the existing Indonesian National Single Window (INSW) portal. Indonesia is the Chair of ASEAN for 2011.

Prior to the workshop, officials from the Ministry of Trade of Indonesia and other government agencies gathered for a full-day workshop on the establishment of the In-

donesian NTR. Trade facilitation expert, Mr Walter Hekala, stated, “The establishment of the user-friendly and comprehensive ATR will facilitate trade by ensuring that all ASEAN trade rules are available through a single site, while the hosting on the NTRs will give the highest assurance of reliability.”

The SEOM and Indonesia workshops were supported by the U.S. Government through the ASEANU.S. Technical Assistance and Training Facility.

The ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) entered into force in May last year. The ATIGA consolidates all commitments related to trade in goods. It focuses on tariff liberalization, non-tariff measures and includes matters related to simplification of rules of origin and its implementation. Various agencies and regulatory bodies dealing with entry of goods will jointly operate in ensuring smoother operations at the Customs entry points.

The ASEAN Economic Ministers have set 2015 as the target to have the ATR fully operational.

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Elite Indonesian anti-terror police commandos belonging to Special Detachment 88 secure a residential area in a village in Central Java province where eight suspected terrorist were arrested during a raid in Klaten and Sukoharjo districts on January 25, 2011.

Government urged to declare extreme weather national disaster RI, Saudi government repatriate Antara

JAKARTA - The People’s Coalition for Fisheries Justice (Kiara) has asked the government to declare the current extreme weather conditions a national disaster as they were preventing thousands of Indonesian fishermen from making their living.

“There are 53 districts and cities in Indonesia which have been impacted by the present extreme weather conditions and 550,000 people are being victimized. Look-

ing at the facts, we urge the government to declare present extreme weather conditions a national disaster,” Kiara Secretary General M Riza Damanik said here on Tuesday.

Riza also criticized the divergence between the data collected by Kiara and those issued Marine and Fisheries Ministry where the latter stated extreme weather had impacted 41 districts and cities in Indonesia and a total of 473,983 people.

“The ministry fails to count the

damage done in several areas. In Jakarta province, for example, the ministry only studies areas such as Muara Angke and Thousand Islands while there are also other areas like Cilincing, Marunda and Kali Baru where the fishermen cannot go to the sea due to bad weather,” Riza said.

Meanwhile Secretary to an NGO called Coalition of Indonesian Traditional Fishermen (KNTI) Dedy Ramanta said the government was slow in handling the problem faced by fishermen.

US agrees to have six RI warships destroyed Antara

JAKARTA - The United States government has agreed to destroy six more than 30 years old Americanbuilt Indonesian warships.

Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Seoparno said on the sidelines of a naval leadership meeting in Jakarta on Tuesday that the six naval vessels will be destroyed in Indonesia.

“It would be too impractical to send the ships back to their builders. Although they (the US) really do not have the heart to have them destroyed, they eventually agreed.”

A little jokingly, Soeparno said the American-built LSTs and LDPs are already 64-70 years old. And

every time US military met the ships they saluted them as their seniors.

So, it is time for replacements.”

The six LSTs included KRI Teluk Langsa 501, KRI Teluk Bayur 502, KRI Teluk Kau 504, KRI Teluk Tomini 508, KRI Teluk Ratai 509, KRI Teluk Saleh 510, and KRI Teluk Bone 511, built in 1942-1945.

With regard to their replacements, the navy chief said had made plans of procurements from PT PAL. “Since they were cargo ships, we would be able to procure them from PT PAL, because it had successfully built one LPD, namely KRI Banjarmasin, and is building a similar ship, KRI Banda Aceh,” Soeparno said.

He wished to make it clear in the recent naval leadership meeting that he will place the program of modernizing the armament system on a solid footing in stages from 2010 to 2014 up to 2024.

Soeparno said in modernizing our armament system there are three steps, namely destroying those which are no longer worth operating, and replacing them with the new ones and increase capacity and capabilities of the still useful and operational armament system.

In the procurement of new ones, priority will be given to local production. “If this is not fully possible, we will be producing them jointly on the condition of technology transfer,” he said.

1,420 migrant workers Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government in cooperation with the Saudi Arabian government helped return 1,420 problematic migrant workers to Indonesia, a minister said.

“Both governments have agreed to cooperate in solving this problem soon. However, the return of the Indonesian migrant workers from Saudi Arabia must follow Saudi procedures and regulations,” Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said here Wednesday.

Muhaimin and Indonesian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Gatot Abdullah Mansyur held a meeting here Tuesday evening (Jan 25) to discuss the question of problematic migrant workers staying under a Jidda bridge. According to data from the Indonesian embassy in Riyadh and consulate general in Jidda, a total of 1,420 Indonesians had been sent home during the period of January 1-23, 2011.

The Indonesian consulate general in Jidda had helped provide them with travel documents in lieu of passports and medical check-up for those who needed it.

Forty four people had been transferred to King Abdul Azis Hospital for medical treatment until January 13.

Some he migrant workers, who finally became over-stayers, had run from their employers because they had felt of being treated unfairly, for instance their salaries had not been paid, or they had been sexually molested.

While some others had been cheated by a syndicate which had persuaded them to change employers at the risk of violating the Saudi immigration regulation.

Over four million Indonesians have become migrant workers (TKI) overseas particularly in Malaysia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait.

Twelve Islamic organizations including the largest Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah as well as smaller ones such as Al Irsyah Al Islamiyah, Al Washliyah, Al Ittihadiyah, Perti, Persis, Syarikat Islam Indonesia, PITI, Rabithah Alawiyin, Parmusi and Mathlaul Anwar conveyed their concern after holding a meeting at the NU head office in Jakarta, early December 2010.

“We expressed our deep concern over various tragedies that have befallen Indonesian female migrant workers in various countries,” Suparwan Parikesit, the spokesman of the organizations, said when reading their statement of concern.

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Bali Today To curb illegal villas

BVA to prepare directory Bali Post

MANGUPURA — Bali Villas Association (BVA) is planning to develop a directory of legal tourist accommodation to restrict the movement space of illegal or unlicensed villas. The directory will provide information specifically related to tourist accommodations that have had a license issued by the government. In other words, they belong to the legal tourist accommodation.

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This villa capture one of the most inspirational views in Bali. Bali Villas Association (BVA) is planning to develop a directory of legal tourist accommodation to restrict the movement space of illegal or unlicensed villas.

Bali has achieved some MDG targets Antara DENPASAR - Bali province has achieved the MDG targets in various aspects of development, particularly in curbing the mortality rate of under-five infants and the maternal mortality rate, a local official said.

Bali is one of Indonesia’s provinces that positively contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets, a spokesman for the Bali provincial administration, I Ketut Teneng, said.

He said Bali’s infant mortality rate was recorded at 8.83 per one thousand live births in 2010 or better than the figure in the previous year which reached 6.92 per 1,000 births.

Likewise, the maternal mortality rate had continued to drop from 71.04 per 100,000 in 2008 to 73.63 per 100,000 in 2009 and in 2010 it got better.

The efforts to improve the community health rate are a target in the Bali

health insurance program, namely free health services to all the people. The program would be implemented more intensively in 2011, Ketut Teneng said.

“The program is in compliance with the government’s commitment to achieve the MDGs in line with its commitment to improving the people’s welfare, as well as contributing to the improvement of community welfare,” he added.

There were seven excellent programs of Bali health insurance program which substantially represented the MDG implementation in realizing the Balinese people’s welfare.

In designing the achievement of the MDGs, the Bali provincial administration was trying to make breakthroughs, among others, by building productive partnerships at all levels and elements of society as well as implementing a comprehensive approach to achieving propoor growth.

Bali fruits export was $292,153 Antara

Denpasar – Bali’s fruit export during January through November 2010 period was 535 tons worth $292,153. The number decreased 25% compare to the same period in 2009 which was $450,458.

Gede Darmaja, the head of Bali Industrial and Trade Department, said “in term of volume, the number of export was also decreasing up to 46%.” He also explained that the fruits exported abroad are mangosteen, salacca and mango.

There is great hope that the fruits production can be increased in the future to support the export. Darmaja said that the revenue gained from non-oil and gas export was $469 million during January through November 2010 period. The number increase 1.6% compare to the same period in 2009 which was $462 million. However, the number of farming export was not significant in increasing the non-oil and gas export. The improving economics condition throughout the world will also increase the number of export from Bali.

Darmaja said that currently, Bali exporting many commodities to 83 countries throughout the world and there is great hope that the number will increase in the future.

“Currently, we and the Bali Hotels Association (BHA) have an agreement to publish a directory of tourist accommodation in Bali. Quite a few tourist accommodation facilities such as villas but have no license make us uneasy,” said Chairman of Bali Villas Association (BVA), Ismoyo S. Soemarlan, Tuesday (Jan 25).

According to Ismoyo, out of the 800 villas existing in Bali, it was estimated that only some 500 villas had a license. In 2006, the number of villas was only 50 units. However, in 2010 the number had soared sharply and almost reached 900 villas.

“The unlicensed tourist accommodation facilities have been reported to the government. We will make a sort of tourist accommodation directory as a form of our socialization from the association to the tourists,” he said.

Explained, the directory of legal tourist accommodation would be distributed to tourists through the consulate offices or the embassies of the neighboring countries, police, local government and travel agencies. “It also includes the airport and seaport as the target points to distribute our directory,” he continued.

These measures, recognized

by Ismoyo, were intended to prevent the inconvenient cause and adverse things happened to tourists, associations and local government. So far, the illegal tourist accommodation facilities often ignored the minimum standards of security determined by police department. In reality, the legal villas were required to meet the minimum standards of security.

“Similarly, we do not want if tourists feel aggrieved when staying in illegal tourist accommodation, moreover, if their standardization of safety facilities is unclear. We do hope the consulate will help us promote this,” he added.

For information, the members of the BVA are currently estimated to reach 70 villa entrepreneurs.

In 2006, the entrepreneurs paid taxes to local government worth IDR 25 billion. Meanwhile, in 2010 the number increased to reach more than IDR 100 billion. (par)

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Bank credit to develop in 2011 Antara

Denpasar – The development of bank credit in Bali in 2011 will increase compare to last year.

The head of Indonesian Bank b ra n c h D e n p a s a r, J e ff r ey Kairupan, said that the increase is predicted will be around 24%.

“Based on the data of credit in 2010, the development was pretty well considering that on that time Bali’s economics condition was still recovering,” he said during the Banker Dinner event on Tuesday, January 25, 2011.

The bank credit will still being dominated by consumptive and work capital credits where most

of them will go to housing and vehicles. “The banks should have the courage and competence in urging investment credits in order to develop Bali,” he added.

Jeffrey said that the small and middle industry credits are quite stable in the last five years in the range of 85%.

“This condition shows that the banks in Bali area trying to develop the small and middle industries in Bali which is the biggest industry in the island,” he added.

He also explained that the bank was able to suppress the non performing loan (NPL) on the level

2.5%. The highest NPL is on transportation, warehouse, and communication business followed by health and social activity, construction, and education field.

While the NPL for the main sector such as commerce and accommodation service stable on the level 2% and 4%.

The loan to deposit ratio in Bali is also quite good whether it is on public banks or credit bank.

“The loan to deposit ration will keep increasing but we urge everyone to proceed with cautious. This is the form of commitment of the banking world to take part in the development of Bali,” Jeffrey said.

(Diced Fish Roasted in Banana Leaf) OVERVIEW: The spicy fish dish is excellent for barbeques.

INGREDIENTS: 600 gr (1¼ 1lb) boned mackerel fillets, skin removed and cut in 2.5 cm (1in) cubes ½ cup basic marinade 1 heaped tbsp tamarind pulp, soaked in ¼ cup warm water and juice extracted 1 tsp black peppercorns, crushed 1 ½ tsp salt 3 lemon leaves, cut in hair like shreds 3 tbsp oil 2 salam leaves 2 square of banana leaf 30x30cm (10x10 in) PREPARATION: In deep bowl combine mackerel cubes, spice paste, tamarind juice, crushed black pepper, salt, lime leaf and oil, and mix very well in order to coat fish evenly. Cover and marinate in cool place for 2 hours. Place one salam leaf in center of each piece of banana leaf. Top with half of seafood mix and fold the same way as for Tum Bebek. Place parcels directly onto moderately hot charcoal and roast very slowly for one hour. Alternatively, bake on rack in a moderate oven or under a grill for about 30 minutes. Serve with Sambal Matah, Sambel Tomat, wedges of lime and steamed rice. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Jukut Uraba (Mixed Vegetables With Grated Coconut)

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

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

For the dressing: Combine all ingredients and mix well in separate bowl.

Mix the dressing thoroughly with the vegetables; season to taste with salt, pepper and limejuice. Serve at room temperature. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Painting Museum IBP

Museum is an interesting place to see many things depending on what it displays. In Bali you can find many painting museum because except famous with natural beauty, Bali also famous with its cultural activities, such as painting and sculpture.

The famous and often visited by tourists that holidaying in Bali is painting museum that located about 200 meters from Puri Saren / Ubud Palace and it is dissociated by dell, climb a piece of wide plain with beautiful view call Puri Lukisan.

It is situated in calm and peaceful area of Ubud Bali so that this place is an ideal place for who wish to see and enjoy result of art from all big actor like I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, Ida Bagus Nyana, Anak Agung Gde Sobrat, I Gusti Made Deblog, Rudof Bonnet, Walter Spies and more.

This museum is opened in the year 1956 by minister of Education and Culture, Mr. Moh. Yamin. This museum is consisted of three special buildings in U-shape. In the middle of this museum is the courtyard and fishpond with the beautiful lotus flower.

The building no 1 is a place for a permanent exhibition of puppets dressy or puppets style painting. This building is collecting the painting from I Gusti Nyoman Lempad and the clarification about the existence of Pita Maha Organization. The Building no.

2 is also a place for permanent exhibition or still from masterpiece result of all artist of Balinese modern dressy style. The Building no.3 is for a temporary exhibition.

There is only one museum is exist in Ubud Village that is Puri Lukisan Museum, but Ubud sub district area until the year of 2003 is built with 4 new painting museums those are: Puri Lukisan Museum, Neka Museum, Arma Museum and Rudana Museum.

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Fed likely to keep $600B bond-purchase plan intact Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve is all but certain Wednesday to maintain the pace of its Treasury bond-buying program because unemployment remains high and sinking home prices are eroding Americans’ wealth.

Those and other risks, such as state and local government spending cuts, will likely cause the Fed to stick to its plan to buy $600 billion in Treasury bonds by the end of June. The bond purchases are intended to aid the economy by lowering interest rates, encouraging spending and raising stock prices.

Ending a two-day meeting, the Fed policymakers will likely highlight improvements. Factories are producing more.

Consumers are spending more. And businesses are hiring a bit more.

At the same time, Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues will likely note that the risks still justify continued bond purchases.

“The economy is growing at a faster clip, but there are a lot of potholes on the road to recovery,” said economist Chris Rupkey at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi.

“The Fed will stay the course.”

Two of the new voting members have been skeptical of the bond program.

They’ve warned that the purchases could eventually trigger inflation by flooding the economy with billions of additional dollars.

Even so, Charles Plosser, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, aren’t expected to dissent at Wednesday’s meeting.

The Fed’s main policymaking group now includes four regional bank presidents who are rotating onto the panel as voting members. Economists predict a show of unity. “We expect no dissents,” said economist Michael Feroli at JPMorgan Chase Bank.

That could change in the spring, when the Fed must decide whether to extend its bond purchases. Any push to renew the program beyond its scheduled June 30 end date would likely face stiffer resistance. Plosser and Fisher might even pressure Bernanke to scale back the program before June.

The Fed is also considered certain to repeat its pledge to hold interest rates at a record low near zero for an “extended period.” To bolster the economy, the Fed has kept rates at ultra-low levels since December 2008.

As the economy strengthens, Fisher and Plosser may prod the Fed to start raising rates. Holding rates too low for too long risks igniting inflation. But most economists predict the Fed won’t start raising them until next year.

Bernanke pushed the bond-buying program because the economy was growing too slowly to make much dent in unemployment. Unemployment is now 9.4 percent. Even with stronger growth likely this year, the unemployment rate is expected to dip only slightly below 9 percent.

The Fed will probably repeat its concern that high unemployment could constrain consumer spending, which powers roughly 70 percent of U.S. economic activity.

Another restraint likely to be cited is the depressed housing market.

Home prices fell in most of the biggest cities near the end of last year. Average prices in eight major metro areas have hit their lowest points since the housing bubble burst, according to a report Tuesday by Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller.

Those falling prices are weighing on household wealth. For many people, their home is their biggest asset.

Bernanke has argued that the Fed can maintain its bond-buying program and hold rates at record lows because inflation isn’t a threat, despite rising energy prices. Competitive pressures are restraining many companies from raising the prices they charge consumers.

Inflation “hawks” such as Fisher and Plosser are especially vigilant about price increases. They tend to be more concerned about the threat of high inflation than about the need to stimulate the economy.

The two other new voting members — Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago — have backed the Fed’s bondbuying program.

Fed watchers think Kocherlakota, a first-time voting member, will lean toward hawkishness on inflation. Evans’ reputation puts him among the “doves”_ those concerned more about strengthening the economy than about warding off inflation.

The 11 members of the Fed’s policymaking group — the Federal Open Market Committee — also will update their economic forecasts for this year.

The projections will be released in midFebruary. Growth is expected to strengthen. Unemployment is likely to stay high, around 9 percent.

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This file picture, taken on March 3, 2010 shows newly assembled Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles at the company’s plant to wait shipment for customers in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

Toyota to recall 1.7 million vehicles worldwide Agence France-Presse

TOKYO – Toyota Motor said Wednesday it will recall 1.7 million vehicles worldwide over concerns about possible fuel leakages, the latest setback for Japan’s troubled auto giant.

The move will see the world’s largest automaker pull 1.28 million vehicles in Japan and 421,000 overseas, Toyota and the Japanese Transport Ministry said.

The news sent shares in Toyota tumbling and they ended 1.87 percent down in Tokyo.

“Slight cracks may appear on the engine fuel pipes. If it continues to be used, the crack may be widened and there may be risks of fuel leakage,” the ministry said in a statement.

The recalls include around 245,000 of Toyota’s luxury Lexus vehicles in the United States over faulty fuel pressure sensors connected to engine fuel delivery pipes, it said.

The car giant will pull 74,590 Lexus, Crown and other cars in Japan over similar leakage fears. Domestically, 19 models such as Noah, Voxy, Caldina and Isis produced between 2000 and 2009 will be affected.

No accidents have been reported out of more than 140 cases, it said.

In 2008 Toyota ended General Motors’ 77-year reign as the world’s largest automaker but the road has been a bumpy one for the Japanese giant, facing the impact of the economic crisis, recalls and recently a

strong yen.

Previously lauded for its vehicles’ safety and reliability, a US recall of around four million vehicles in late 2009 swelled to nearly nine million units by February 2010 for brake and accelerator defects blamed for dozens of accidents.

As criticism mounted of its slow response and bureaucratic inflexibility, Toyota tightened its recall policy and by November last year had pulled nearly 13 million vehicles over a range of issues.

Wednesday’s recall adds to the tally and may also increase pressure on the automaker as it battles to retain market share in the United States where it is losing ground to reenergised rivals such as General Motors, say analysts.

“The recall is sizeable and it may further damage Toyota’s brand image and put trust in its technology in doubt,” said Tatsuya Mizuno, auto analyst at Mizuno Credit Advisory. “The timing is bad as Toyota is barely recovering from the previous massive recall.”

Mizuno also noted that with auto parts increasingly globally standardised, worldwide recalls were more likely once defects come to light.

On Monday Toyota said its global group sales rose eight percent in 2010, enabling the firm to narrowly retain the title of world’s biggest automaker despite its recall crisis, although a revitalised GM has narrowed its lead.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor sells house ‘because we’re not rich’ Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband have put their Bel Air mansion up for sale because they can no longer afford the mortgage and her medical bills, he said Tuesday. The house is on offer for 28 million dollars, Prinz Frederic von Anhalt said, showing reporters around the 28room, 12,000-square-foot mansion in a plush area surrounded by homes to the rich and famous.

“I am sick and tired of hiding behind those three words, ‘rich and famous,’ he said. “Maybe we are famous, but we are not rich.”

Gabor’s medical care costs about $21,000 a month, and the mortgage and upkeep on the house take another $35,000. “We are talking about $56,000 I have to raise every month,” he said.

“This is why I have to sell the house. It is a must.” The one con-

dition for the buyer was that the ageing pair be allowed to remain in the house. “The new owner has to pay for everything,” he said, voicing confidence that someone would offer to buy.

“Everybody is filthy rich around us, and so somebody is going to (want) the house,” he said. The couple decided to sell after the 93year-old actress had most of her right leg amputated earlier this month, due to an infection that doctors determined would have killed her had it not been treated.

The flamboyant star — who was read the last rites during a health scare last year — has been in hospital since just after the New Year due to the infection.

The health of the Hungarianborn actress has been deteriorating for a number of years. She was partly paralyzed in a car crash in 2002, and suffered a stroke in 2005.

Salinger secrets remain secret Associated Press Writer

One year after J.D. Salinger’s death, we know little more about him than we did in his lifetime.

That has not kept outsiders from trying, or insiders from resisting.

Rumors of completed, unpublished manuscripts remain rumors; no one is talking. There are still no Salinger e-books or planned film adaptations of his work. One awardwinning biographer was rebuffed in an attempt to write an authorized book about the legendary novelist of “The Catcher in the Rye.” Salinger’s longtime literary agent, Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates, Inc., would not comment on whether the estate had been approached, but said no biography had been authorized and that it was “very unlikely” such a project ever would be. (The would-be biographer asked not to be identified, citing a desire, fitting for all things Salinger, for privacy.)

Salinger died Jan. 27, 2010, at age 91, an international celebrity although few would have recognized

him had he appeared on their doorstep; he avoided the media for much of the last 50 years of his life. Besides “The Catcher in the Rye,” he released just three other books: “Nine Stories,” “Franny and Zooey” and “Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters and Seymour.” His last published work, the short story “Hapworth 16, 1924,” came out in The New Yorker in 1965.

Salinger’s widow, Colleen O’Neill, still lives in Cornish, the small New Hampshire town where Salinger moved in the 1950s and where residents honored his wishes to be treated as an ordinary and private citizen. A few weeks after his death, she rose to speak at the annual Town Meeting in Cornish, thanked townspeople for keeping their distance and even for steering astray curiosity seekers looking for the Salinger house. Nothing has changed since, friends and neighbors say. “She’s a friend. We respect the family’s privacy, that’s pretty strong,” says Cornish resident Caroline Storrs.

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From L: US actress Sarah Jessica-Parker, US actress Kristin Davis, English actress Kim Cattrall and US actress Cynthia Nixon pose as they arrive for the British Premiere of ‘Sex and the City II’ in London in 2010.

‘Sex and the City 2,’ ‘Twilight’ top Oscars spoof awards Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – The “Sex and the City” sequel and the third installment of teen vampire series “Twilight” were top of the flops, as nominees for Hollywood’s Oscars spoof — the Razzies — were revealed.

Renowned Hollywood actors and actresses Jennifer Aniston, Ashton Kutcher, Robert Pattinson, Miley Cyrus and Barbra Streisand were also nominated for their parts in 2010 major studio productions by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation, which organizes the annual salute to the worst of the worst.

Last year, “most of what Hollywood released was either a remake, a ‘reboot,’ a ‘re-imagining’... or an outright rip-off. In other words, it was a banner year for only one of Tinsel Town’s best-known award shows... the one that dis-honors Worst Achievements in Film,” said the foundation.

The nominees for worst picture

were big-budget “Clash Of The Titans,” “The Last Airbender,” “Sex & The City 2,” “Twilight Saga: Eclipse” and “Vampires Suck,” for the awards show set for February 26 — the eve of the prestigious Oscars.

The foundation singled out “Last Airbender” director M. Night Shyamalan — a “repeat offender,” according to a statement released alongside the nominations.

“In addition to Worst Director and Worst Picture, the film is up for Worst Remake, Worst Screenplay, Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble (the entire cast) and a brand-new Razzie category for 2010, Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3-D,” said the foundation.

Up for worst actor was comedian/ musician Jack Black for his role in “Gulliver’s Travels,” action star Gerard Butler in the weakly received “The Bounty Hunter,” Ashton Kutcher for two critical flops he made last year — “Killers” and “Valentine’s Day” — and for “Twilight: Eclipse,” the two leading actors Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson.

The cast of “bling-obsessed superslick chick flick Sex and the City 2” — Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon — all got nods for the worst actress nomination.

In the worst screen couple/ensemble category, the foundation jumped all over terrible chemistry in supposedly romantic movies, such as Aniston and Gerald Butler in “The Bounty Hunter,” and the entire cast of actors in “Twilight: Eclipse” and “The Last Airbender.”

Jackson’s doc pleads not guilty in star’s death Associated Press Writer

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, copies of J.D. Salinger’s classic novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ are seen at the Orange Public Library in Orange Village, Ohio.

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson’s doctor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop superstar’s death as the case moved rapidly toward a trial that will likely be televised. “Your honor, I am an innocent man,” Dr. Conrad Murray told Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor in a soft voice. “I definitely plead not guilty.”

Lawyers for Murray, who is accused of giving Jackson a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol

and other sedatives, said they would be ready to go to trial within the 60day statutory time limit, which would make for an unusually speedy trial.

Deputy District Attorney David Walgren said the prosecution would be ready to go as well for the trial he estimated would last six weeks.

The judge scheduled the trial to begin March 28 and set a pretrial hearing for Feb. 7. “Dr. Murray is looking forward to finally telling his side of the story,” defense attorney Ed Chernoff said outside court.

Asked why the defense wants to

begin the trial so quickly, Chernoff said, “Dr. Murray has been waiting 22 months for his opportunity to do this. It’s the first chance we have to force the issue.”

Pastor said he was inclined to allow television coverage of the trial and will hear attorneys’ views on that and other issues at a Feb. 7 hearing.

District attorney’s spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said outside court that her office has a policy of not opposing cameras in court. Cameras were allowed at the hearing Tuesday for the first time, marking a shift in Pastor’s previous ban.

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hopin’s hallucinations possibly due to epilepsy Associated Press Writer

LONDON – Frederic Chopin’s habit of drifting off and hallucinating at the piano may have been caused by epilepsy, according to a new study of the 19th-century romantic composer.

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FILE - In this in this undated file photo, 19th century French-Polish romantic composer Frederic Chopin is seen.

Malaysia releases lab mosquitoes to fight dengue Associated Press Writer

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia released about 6,000 genetically modified mosquitoes into a forest in the first experiment of its kind in Asia aimed at curbing dengue fever, officials said Wednesday.

The field test is meant to pave the way for the use of genetically engineered Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes to mate with females and produce no offspring or ones with shorter lives, thus curtailing the mosquito population. Only female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread dengue fever, which killed 134 people in Malaysia last year.

A similar trial in the Cayman Islands last year — the first time genetically modified mosquitoes have been set loose in the wild after years of laboratory experiments and hypothetical calculations — resulted in a dramatic drop in the mosquito population in a small area studied by researchers.

The plan has sparked criticism by some Malaysian environmentalists, who fear it might have unforeseen consequences, such as the inadvertent creation of uncontrollable mutated mosquitoes. Critics also say such plans could leave a vacuum in the ecosystem that is then filled by another insect species, potentially introducing new diseases.

Government authorities have tried to allay the concerns by say-

ing they are conducting smallscale research and will not rush into any widespread release of mosquitoes.

The Malaysian governmentrun Institute for Medical Research said it released about 6,000 sterile male lab mosquitoes in an uninhabited forest area in eastern Malaysia on Dec. 21.

Another 6,000 wild male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were also placed in the area for scientific comparison, it said in a statement.

The institute provided few details of the experiment, but said it was “successfully” concluded Jan. 5, and that all the mosquitoes were killed with insecticide.

It said it is not planning to release any more mosquitoes until it analyzes the results.

It was the first such trial in Asia, an official in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make public statements.

Duane Gubler, a professor specializing in infectious diseases at Singapore’s Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School who was not involved with the research, said the plan is likely to be effective in fighting dengue if it is combined with other biological control methods. “We need new tools.

Nothing we’ve done in the past 40 years has had an impact” on dengue, Gubler told the AP.

Chopin’s tendency to lapse out of consciousness was interpreted by his partner George Sand, pseudonym of the French novelist Aurore Dudevant, as “the manifestation of a genius full of sentiment and expression.” But in the analysis published this week, Spanish doctors say Chopin’s hallucinations may have been due to a temporal lobe epilepsy rather than the result of any sweeping artistic tendencies.

Manuel Vazquez Caruncho and Francisco Branas Fernandez of the Complexo Hospitalario Xeral-Calde in Spain analyzed descriptions of Chopin’s hallucinations from those close to him.

They propose the French-Polish composer suffered from a type of epilepsy that produces conscious hallucinations that last from seconds to minutes. The research was published in the journal Medical Humanities, a specialist publi-

cation of the BMJ. Caruncho and Fernandez cite an extract from Sand’s memoir, where she recalls returning to the home she shared with Chopin, along with her son, after a long journey delayed by flooding. The composer had been playing one of his preludes and told Sand he was lulled to sleep while at the piano and saw himself drowned at the bottom of a lake.

Hallucinations are typically seen in patients with severe psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Other romantic composers such as Robert Schumann, who was committed to an asylum, experienced auditory and visual hallucinations which some believed were the product of his musical genius.

Caruncho and Fernandez say Chopin’s hallucinations occurred mostly in the evening or coincided with fever, unlike those linked to psychotic disorders.

While Chopin was plagued by health ailments, like severe headaches and insomnia, there is no record he was diagnosed with any neurological problems. Some historians have suggested the composer’s frequently noted melancholic moods may have been due to depression.

Experts are split on what ultimately killed him; his death certificate lists tuberculosis as the cause, but others suspect it may have been cystic fibrosis. A request to the Polish government to perform genetic tests on Chopin’s heart was denied.

Determining medical conditions and what killed historical figures is extremely difficult without forensic proof. In recent years, scientists have suggested the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was killed by strep throat after comparing accounts of his illness with diseases prevalent at his time of death.

And after years of computer scans and DNA testing, researchers concluded Egypt’s King Tut died of complications from a broken leg and malaria.

T. rex still king, says dino study Agence France Presse

PARIS – Palaeontologists fought back on Wednesday in a spirited debate over the Tyrannosaurus rex, saying revisionists who branded the great dinosaur a shameless scavenger have got it all wrong. For more than a century after its discovery, many scientists routinely described the Tyrannosaurus as the king of the killing machines — six tonnes of teeth, muscle and sinew, designed to run down dinos several times its size and shred them.

But over the last decade, a new wave of T. rex scholarship has painted another, less flattering, picture. T. rex, according to this theory, was just a 12-meter (40-foot) freeloading lizard that was too clumsy and slow to do its own hunting.

It simply barged in on a meal after nimbler predators had done all the dirty work — in other words, it was more hyena than lion. The first broadside on the carnivore’s predatory credentials came in 2003, when American expert Jack Horner concluded that T. rex’s clawless forearms, beady eyes and lumbering legs meant it was “100 percent scavenger.”

In 2007, John Hutchinson of the Royal Veterinary College in Britain dished out another blow, demonstrating the “clunky” dinosaur needed more than two seconds to pivot 45 degrees, making it easy for would-be prey to evade capture. But a new study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, may help redress the bal-

ance.

Chris Carbone of the Zoological Society of London and colleagues say that some of the traits that raised doubts about T. rex’s predatory prowess are larded with ambiguity. An enhanced sense of smell, inferred from enlarged olfactory bulbs, is a common trait among scavengers such as vultures — but it can help a hunter too, they note.

T. rex’s eyes, it turns out, are not that small after all, and its binocular vision — along with its crushing bite and impact-resistant teeth — are all

well adapted for killing. But Carbone’s most most persuasive argument for predation has nothing to do with the giant theropod’s physical traits.

“We took an ecosystem approach, establishing a complete list of all the species in the area,” he explained by phone. “What is novel is that we make inferences about abundance from the size of the animals” in the Late Cretaceous, he said, referring to the period 85 to 65 million years ago when T. rex reigned supreme.

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Visitors look at a 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton n Las Vegas, Nevada. Palaeontologists fought back on Wednesday in a spirited debate over the Tyrannosaurus rex, saying revisionists who branded the great dinosaur a shameless scavenger have got it all wrong.

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Goal king Berbatov salutes tough Manchester United Agence France Presse BLACKPOOL, United Kingdom – Dimitar Berbatov hailed Manchester United’s mental strength after his brace helped Sir Alex Ferguson’s side come from two goals down to beat Blackpool 3-2 at Bloomfield Road.

Blackpool went into the break 2-0 up on Tuesday thanks to goals from Craig Cathcart and DJ Campbell, but United produced another of their famous late comebacks as Berbatov and Javier Hernandez ensured the leaders remain unbeaten in the Premier League this season.

“We have the mentality that we can win even when we are 1-0 or 2-0 down,” said Berbatov, who took his tally to 20 for the season with 19 coming in the Premier League. “We are always confident that if we can score one, we can score even more. The first-half was not so good for us but we overcame that obstacle and in the second-half we had a very good game.

“It was hard in the first-half because it is not a friendly ground and the pitch is not the same as at Old Trafford. The ball bobbles around and Blackpool played well and scored some goals and could have had more, but we said we could do it.” United were all at sea until Ferguson replaced Wayne Rooney with Hernandez with the clock winding down and that proved to make a huge difference as United turned the game on its head in the space of 15 minutes.

“The substitutions did change the game,” added Berbatov, who has scored 13 goals in his last 10 appearances. “Giggs has experience and his cross was excellent and Chicharito just wants to score goals, but it was the team-spirit that won the game.

“I hope this is not the best football of my career. I hope the best

is still in the future ahead of me in a Manchester United shirt. “We now have to move on until the end of the season and finish on the top but we cannot underestimate the other teams.”

Ferguson admitted United rode their luck in the first half but he was impressed with the way they hit back to move five points clear of Arsenal at the top. “The first half we were battered and we couldn’t handle Charlie Adam, his corner kicks are worth 10 million pounds,” he said.

“We changed it at half-time, brought on Ryan Giggs, started to penetrate and, in the end, ran out deserved winners.” Blackpool manager Ian Holloway was furious with referee Peter Walton for not awarding his side a penalty straight after the break when Rafael, later carried off with concussion, tackled Luke Varney in the United penalty area.

“If that’s not a penalty on Luke Varney then deary, deary me,” he said. “Rafael makes no effort to play the ball at all, he wipes the player out, and it’s a stone-waller. “If we go 3-0 up, who knows? Saying that, what a team United are. The players they brought on, the way they came strong at the end, they are a magnificent team.”

Blackpool have also been unsettled this week by the constant speculation over the future of captain and talisman Charlie Adam.

Adam has handed in a written transfer request at Bloomfield Road, which was subsequently rejected, yet rumours persist that Liverpool are in the hot seat to land the midfielder.

Draxler fires Schalke into semis Munich - Substitute Julian Draxler’s goal with a minute left in extra time secured Schalke a place in the DFB-Pokal semi-finals with a dramatic 3-2 victory over Nurnberg.

The Royal Blues twice battled from a goal down in normal time, Mario Gavranovic cancelling out Julian Schieber’s fourth-minute opener on the quarter-hour mark and Ivan Rakitic again restoring parity 13 minutes into the second half after Schieber had put the visitors ahead for a second time after 32 minutes.

The game went to extra time

and Schalke coach Felix Magath, seeking a win over his former club, provided what proved the masterstroke by bringing on Draxler for Peer Kluge in the 116th minute. Draxler took only three minutes to net the decisive goal and Nurnberg had no time to respond.

The remaining three quarter-finals take place tomorrow and all involve sides from the Bundesliga 2 hosting top-flight opposition.

Bayern Munich visit Alemannia Aachen, Hoffenheim travel to Energie Cottbus and Duisburg host Kaiserslautern.

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Manchester United’s Javier Hernandez, left, is congratulated by team mate Dimitar Berbatov, center, after scoring a goal against Blackpool during their English Premier League soccer match at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, England, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011.

Asian Cup dream within reach for Socceroos Doha - The Socceroos are bracing for one of the biggest moments in their careers after setting up a showdown with familiar foe Japan in the final of the Asian Cup in Qatar. Australia romped into Sunday morning’s (AEDT) tournament decider with an emphatic 6-0 semi-final win over Uzbekistan on Tuesday to earn a shot at a first major international trophy.

For the squad’s senior members, the match could represent a final chance to claim a piece of international silverware to show for what has been Australian soccer’s most successful period.

And fittingly it will come against a nation that has figured in some of the Socceroos’ most significant moments.

Australia scored their firstever World Cup win with a 3-1 defeat over Japan in the group stages of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, while it was the Blue Samurai who dumped them out of the 2007 Asian Cup with a crushing penalties defeat.

“For us it’s one of the biggest games of the older boys’ careers,” said Tim Cahill, who scored twice in the famous 2006 come-frombehind win in Kaiserslautern.

“I have got some fantastic

memories of them (Japan). “... We were expected to be here and we had to work so hard to try and get this position. “We can see the finish line

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Australia’s midfielder Harry Kewell (R) challenges Uzbekistan’s defender Sakhob Juraev during their 2011 Asian Cup semi-final football match at Khalifa Stadium in the Qatari capital Doha on January 25, 2011. Australia won 6-0.

but there’s still a massive job to do against Japan.”

The Japanese booked a spot in the final after downing fellow heavyweights South Korea on penalties after a thrilling match finished 2-2 after extra-time on Tuesday. Australia’s semi-final was a vastly different story, with an early Harry Kewell goal opening the floodgates for Sasa Ognenovski, David Carney, Brett Emerton, Carl Valeri and Robbie Kruse to inflict further pain on a hapless Uzbekistan.

Kewell described the win as one of the greatest moments in his career while proud captain Lucas Neill said the win had opened up a huge opportunity for Socceroos both young and old. “You don’t get too many chances to play in tournaments and then to put a consistent run of victories together and good performances, “ Neill said.

“To get to a semi-final is excellent and now to give yourself a chance of winning something.

This is probably the first for me.

“Hopefully there’s one or two more, but I’m running out of years.

“Some of these guys who are young, hopefully this is the start of many for them, but this is a good habit for them to pick up early.”

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Nadal loses, hopes over for 4 Slams in a row Associated Press Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia – Rafael Nadal’s bid to win four straight Grand Slam tournaments is over. The injured Nadal lost his quarterfinal 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 Wednesday to fellow Spaniard David Ferrer at the Australian Open.

Nadal, who appeared to have tears in his eyes during a changeover while trailing 3-0 in the third set, took a medical timeout for an apparent leg injury after three games and was clearly out of sorts, failing to chase down balls that he would ordinarily return easily.

It was the second year in a row he lost in the quarterfinals here due to injury — in 2010 he retired against Andy Murray due to a right knee ailment that kept him off the tour for two months, again on the Australia Day national holiday.

“This is one big victory for me, but it’s not like a victory really,” seventh-seeded Ferrer said on court after the match.

Nadal, who didn’t bother chasing the winner on match point, won last year’s French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open and was trying to add the Australian title so he could hold all four major trophies at once. That hasn’t been achieved since Rod Laver won four

in a row in 1969.

The only fireworks came Wednesday night during the match — Australia Day celebrations forced a 10minute interruption while the sky outside Rod Laver was lit up by a pyrotechnics show. As the fireworks exploded, Nadal changed his shirt and briefly left the stadium. He came back a couple of minutes later and took off his right shoe and fidgeted with his toes and sock.

After losing the second set, the usually fidgety Nadal slumped in his chair at the changeover, completely still with his head bent. The crowd cheered almost exclusively for Nadal — “Come on, Rafa,” — they roared, while often applauding Ferrer’s errors. All, eventually, for nothing.

Nadal came to Australia with a virus he picked up in Doha, Qatar two weeks ago. He sweated profusely in several of his matches, but appeared to be over his problems, saying after his fourth-round win over Marin Cilic that he thought he had recovered.

Murray won’t have to get past Nadal this year, but he will have to beat Ferrer and either defending champion Roger Federer or 2008 champion Novak Djokovic to claim his first major title.

He advanced earlier Wednesday with a 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3 win over unseeded Alexandr Dolgopolov, after Kim Clijsters and Vera Zvonareva advanced to the women’s semifinals.

Clijsters, the growing favorite in the women’s draw, advanced to a semifinal against No. 2 Zvonareva, whom she beat in the final at the U.S. Open last September. It will be the 10th tour meeting for the pair, with Clijsters holding a 6-3 advantage. Clijsters had some nervous moments in her 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over No. 12 Agnieszka Radwanska.

None were as bad as when some air force planes flew in formation overhead as part of celebrations for the Australia Day holiday. Cannons went off earlier when Zvonareva started the Australia Day proceedings with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Petra Kvitova.

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Spain’s Rafael Nadal rests on his racket during his quarterfinal against compatriot David Ferrer at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.

Lakers rout Jazz 120-91 for 7th straight home win Associated Press Writer

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Shannon Brown #12 of the Los Angeles Lakers goes up for a dunk against the Utah Jazz in the second half at Staples Center on January 25, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

The Lakers defeated the Jazz 120-91.

LOS ANGELES – Kobe Bryant scored 21 points in three quarters and the Los Angeles Lakers led all the way in defeating Utah 120-91 Tuesday night, handing the Jazz their season-worst fifth straight loss. Pau Gasol added 20 points, Andrew Bynum had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Lamar Odom scored 17 off the bench for the Lakers, who won their seventh in a row at home.

Deron Williams scored 17 points and C.J. Miles added 14 for Utah, which has lost its last nine against the Lakers at Staples Center. The Jazz went 0-5 on their road trip, including losses to four teams from the East.

The Lakers had the game in hand after the first quarter, when they shot 72 percent from the floor, hit all three of their 3-pointers and went 8 of 10 on free throws while building a 17-point lead. Los Angeles stretched its lead to 28 points in the second quarter, leading 66-38 at the break largely on the efforts of its bench. Odom, Steve Blake, Shannon Brown and Luke Walton played most of the minutes, while Bryant, Gasol, Ron Artest and Derek Fisher got some much-needed rest. The Jazz shot 14 of 43 in the first half, when the Lakers had more rebounds, assists, steals and fewer turnovers.

The Lakers’ lead reached 33 points in the third, with Bryant hitting two free throws to make it 88-55 before leaving the game for good. The Jazz got no closer than 27 in the period.

Joining Bryant on the bench in the fourth to chat and watch both the game and the crowd were Artest, Bynum and Fisher.

Odom provided the final quarter’s highlight, tossing up a high-arcing jumper with a sideways glance before sailing out of bounds and into the crowd while getting fouled. Bryant got on his feet to applaud. Brown drew an even louder reaction when he careened in for a fast-break dunk only to miss. No matter, though, the Lakers were up by 38 and he just smiled.

Contador may be suspended for one year: press Agence France Presse

MADRID – Triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador may be suspended for one year over his positive doping test at last year’s event, Spanish newspapers said Tuesday. The disciplinary committee of the Spanish Cycling Federation (REFC) is to announce its decision on Thursday, and the rider will have 10 days to appeal, the sports daily Marca said.

“All indications are that the sanction proposed by the committee will be one year, so he will be stripped of his last win” at the Tour de France in July. Another sports newspaper, AS, said Contador “could suffer a year’s suspension”.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) provisionally suspended Contador in August in advance of a decision on his immediate future by the REFC after trace amounts of clenbuterol, a banned weight loss/muscle-building drug also used to fatten cattle, were found in a urine sample taken during the Tour de France.

However, the rider denies any wrongdoing and says he unknowingly ingested the clenbuterol from beef brought from Spain to France during the second rest day of the Tour, just four days before he won his third title on July 25. Clenbuterol was banned by the European Union in 1996 but it is still administered illicitly by some cattle farmers.

Marca said the fact that “no one has been able to show how the substance entered” his body, together with the minute quantity of clenbuterol detected means that the RFEC will propose a sanction of one year rather than two.

Contador, who also won the Tour de France in 2007 and 2009, has threatened to quit the sport if he is suspended for two years.

The 28-year-old is planning to train this week with his team, Saxo Bank, on the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca.

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Schumacher sim sickness downplayed The Mercedes GP team has played down the significance of Michael Schumacher’s problems with the German squad’s simulator. Schumacher has been unable to spend long stints in the simulator as he is suffering from sickness when using it.

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Karthikeyan to run old car in Spanish F1 tests NARAIN Karthikeyan has revealed that he is unlikely to get his hands on the 2011-spec Hispania Racing entry until the final pre-season F1 test at the Bahrain International Circuit in early March.

The Indian, who makes his return to the top flight for the first time since a frustrating campaign with Jordan in 2005 and a season testing with Williams the following year, is due for a seat fitting this week, but that will be as important to make him comfortable in the Dallara-designed 2010 backmarker as it will for the new machine currently in build at HRT’s German base. If it makes the Bahrain test, HRT will already be better placed than it was a year ago, when it unveiled its first car and drivers Bruno Senna and

Karun Chandhok on the eve of the opening race in Sakhir.

Speaking to the Times of India newspaper, Karthikeyan admitted that he was hoping for largely dry conditions in the early tests so that he could both reacclimatise to an F1 car - the specification of which has changed significantly since his last serious outing - and assess his fitness levels which, despite competing in both sportscars and NASCAR Trucks since his F1 sojourn, need tuning to the forces that he will face in the HRT. “Our new car won’t be ready for the first three tests in Spain, where I will drive the 2010 car,” the 33-year old confirmed, “[and] I hope the conditions in Valencia remain dry so that I can make use of the full time testing over there.

“The [rule] changes will make it more exciting, as it will further even out the differences between the big teams and the rest, [and] as drivers, we will have to adapt ourselves to the changes fast. I will have to do the same, [but] the fact that I was out of F1 won’t be a handicap as I have been racing in other competitive series.”

While the recent announcement that concept artist Daniel Simon has been appointed to give HRT a graphical makeover after last year’s drab carbon black with yellow-andred stripes affair has aroused some interest in the team’s 2011 programme, Karthikeyan is more interested in getting his hands on the technical package that will be at his disposal this season.

Loeb says he won’t race at Le Mans SEBASTIEN Loeb has ruled out racing in the Le Mans 24 Hours this year, despite speculation linking him with a return to the event. The seventime world rally champion contested Le Mans with the Pescarolo team in 2005 and 2006, finishing second overall in the latter event.

He then tested for Peugeot at the end of 2009 with the view of racing with the team in the 2010 24 Hours, but then decided against it.

The Frenchman has again been linked with a return to the historic race this year, but on Wednesday he denied he will be taking part in the event. “I won’t be doing Le Mans this year,” said Loeb.

“In terms of schedule, with the development of the DS3 as well, it was too heavy to combine all,” he was quoted as saying by the French media.

The team said it was a problem that has affected him often during his career. However, Mercedes claimed that Schumacher is not disadvantaged by it, despite the lack of testing allowed during the year. The team also said it is working on much more realistic simulation technology that will be ready shortly.

“Throughout his career, Michael from time to time has been susceptible to simulator sickness which has affected the length of time that he can spend on a simulator,” Mercedes said on Wednesday.

“This is a relatively common occurrence for many people in all fields of simulator activity including military, aircraft and racing cars. “Michael has not been disadvantaged as together with his engineers he has made his simulation work effective.”

The team added: “The simulator is one of a number of tools which drivers use to prepare for the race weekend and the condition has not adversely affected Michael’s race preparation or his competitiveness with regard to his team-mate. The situation has been exacerbated by the level of our current simulator technology.

“For many reasons, we have invested in higher-quality and more realistic simulation equipment which will be completed and available for our drivers shortly.”