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Pakistani girls affected by the floods wait for their daily ration of food at an army relief camp in Sultan Colony in Muzaffargarh distric of Punjab on August 25, 2010. Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns on Thursday as rising floods threaten further havoc in a country straining to cope after its worst humanitarian disaster.

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Pakistan orders nearly half a million to evacuate Agence France-Presse

HYDERABAD - Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns on Thursday as rising floods threaten further havoc in a country straining to cope after its worst humanitarian disaster.

Torrential monsoon rains triggered massive floods affecting a fifth of the volatile country — an area roughly the size of England — where a US official warned that foreign aid workers are at risk from Taliban attacks.

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17 million people, while officials warn that millions are at risk from water-borne diseases and food shortages.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said 1,600 people have been confirmed dead and 2,366 wounded throughout Pakistan’s four provinces, Pa-

kistan-administered Kashmir and the northern district of GilgitBaltistan.

In the southern province of Sindh, where the floods have washed away huge swathes of the rich farmland on which Pakistan’s struggling economy depends, a senior administration official warned that fresh floods threaten three towns.

“We have warned people of Sujawal, Mirpur Bathoro and Daro towns to leave for safer places in view of possible flooding there,” Hadi Bakhsh Kalhoro, the senior official in Thatta district, told AFP.

“Sujawal, Mirpur Bathoro and Daro towns have an approximate population of 400,000,” he said.

The Sindh irrigation minister said waters were also mounting pressure on a protective embankment in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh village, where former leaders Benazir Bhutto and her father, as well as her two younger brothers, are buried.

“We have strengthened the embankment because we don’t want mausoleums of our martyrs to be flooded,” the provincial minister, Saifullah Dharejo, told AFP. Continued on page 6

Bali weaving industry lack of professional resources Bali Post

Bali craft industry need professional human resource and capital support. In developing the traditional weaving cloth in Bali, there are crisis on the professional human resources because the youth in Bali not attracted to learn how to weave cloth.

The statement was said by IB Adnyana, the owner of Putri Ayu weaving in Gianyar regency. “We hope that the government also takes

part in giving support to the youngster in Bali so they want to become weavers. We must pass on the culture of Bali to the younger generation sooner or later,” he added.

Adanya said that the weaving cloth from Bali is highly demanded by the tourists because the motif and pattern of the cloth is unique and can not be found in other area. In Bali, the development of the small industry is done in Gianyar, Klungkung, and Karangasem regencies.

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Tourists watching Balinese making the traditional woven cloth at Batubulan, Gianyar.

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Friday, August 27, 2010

Bali News Australian drug smuggler says sorry in Indonesia court Agence France-Presse

DENPASAR - Australian drug smuggler Scott Rush told an Indonesian court Thursday he would like to “rehabilitate” himself and become an “ambassador against drugs”.

The 24-year-old member of the socalled Bali Nine gang is appealing against his death sentence for a 2005 attempt to smuggle 8.3 kilogrammes (18.3 pounds) of heroin into Australia from the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

“There are no words to express how I feel or to express my sorrow for what I’ve done. I have only hope that I can be forgiven,” Rush told the Denpasar district court in Bali.

“I often wake up having nightmares, I often think about the firing squad and how long will it take me to die,” he said, reading a note that he wrote on Indonesia’s Independence Day on August 17.

“I pray I can be given a chance to rehabilitate myself. I’d like to be an ambassador against drugs.”

Rush had a life sentence upgraded to death on appeal in 2006.

His lawyer, Frans Winarta, said that the death sentence was unjust as Rush

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Convicted Australian drug smuggler Scott Rush (L) talks to one of his legal team inside the court room in Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on August 26, 2010 as he appeals his death sentence for a 2005 attempt to smuggle 8.3 kilogrammes (18.3 pounds) of heroin into Australia. was only a courier, not the mastermind of the operation.

“We hope the judges can accept this appeal, cancel the Supreme Court’s decision and reduce his sentence to 15 years in jail,” he said.

Two other Bali Nine members, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, have also launched appeals

against their death sentences.

Five others — Martin Stephens, Matthew Norman, Si Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj and Thanh Nguyen — are serving life sentences.

Renae Lawrence, the only woman in the group, received 20 years but has had her sentence reduced by almost two years for good behavior.

Murderer of Japanese citizen to be convicted 20 years in prison Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The defendant Mawardi alleged to have killed the Japanese citizen, Hiromi Shimada, was ultimately sentenced to 20 years in prison, on trial at Denpasar District Court last Wednesday (Aug 25).

The panel of judges chaired by I Gusti Bagus Komang Wijaya Adi declared that defendant was proven to have violated the Article 339 of the Criminal Code. “Deed of defendant was categorized to be sadistic because he did not only kill, but also molested and robbed the victim’s property. The judge saw no forgiving reason to negate the deed of defendant. Additionally, defendant is deemed capable of accounting for his criminal acts,” affirmed Komang Wijaya Adhi.

In its decision letter, the judge declared that defendant was proven legally and convincingly to have committed a criminal act followed or accompanied with murder or preceded by a theft crime and abuse. Based on a number of witnesses presented at the trial, all provided information having relation to each other. Completed with the information of defendant before the trial, it more convinced the panel of judges that defendant had been duly convicted in accordance with his deeds.

Deeds of defendant, the judge continued, seriously damaged the image of Bali as an international tourist destination. Meanwhile, the alleviating consideration was both defendants admitted and regretted their actions and having a family dependant. The incident occurred on December 25, 2009. It was

started from the meeting of Mawardi, Abdurahman and Shimada at Wati Cell, in Tuban area, Kuta, about at 8:00 pm Local Time. At that place, they were in group of three sat on a table for drinking arrack. Shimada, who was interested to see the stud used by Mawardi, then asked him to set similar stud around her genital.

Having drunk, Shimada invited Mawardi and Abdurahman (separate file) to her rented house at Jalan Sadasari No. 17 Kuta. In her home, the woman born on February 25, 1968 invited again the two building workers to have a cup of arrack. However, Mawardi and Abdurahman refused, so Shimada chose to drink alone.

Shortly thereafter, Shimada asked permission to take bath. At that moment, Abdurahman followed Shimada and forced her to have an intercourse.

Shimada who was naked refused the request and chose to scream.

Abdurahman assisted Mawardi to hold the hands and mouth of Shimada. Then, they both brought her into the room and lay down Shimada on the floor.

Mawardi then sat on the victim’s stomach while pointing a knife at around her stomach. Since the victim constantly struggled, he then struck the victim’s face with his left hand repeatedly. However, because she kept on giving resistance, Abdurahman then bound the victim’s mouth with a cloth. Meanwhile, Mawardi then turned the victim’s body into face downward position. And it went on until the victim was found to have died. (015)

To respond Chief of National Police’s command

Bali Police Chief promptly examines firearms of officers Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Robbery cases with a firearm are now becoming a serious concern to the National Police. National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri even ordered all provincial police chiefs to anticipate the movement of armed robbers.

Instruction of the number one person at Police Headquarters was directly responded by Bali Police Chief, Inspector General of Police Hadiatmoko. The first step taken was immediately examined the firearms held by the members.

Chief Hadiatmoko declared the command of National Police Chief to probe the firearms of the members should be followed up immediately. Examination was conducted to determine the function of firearm held by every single police personnel. “If the National Police

Chief instructed to examine the firearm of the members, Bali Police would promptly undertake it. Following the hand over of the office, it must have been conducted,” he asserted.

Meanwhile, Spokesperson of Bali Police, Police Great Commissioner Gde Sugianyar added that firearms examination brought by members would be conducted periodically. For example, the examination was held at the flag ceremony in the morning or on assignment. “Examination to firearms belonging to members is conducted on a regular basis, and at particular moments without prior notice,” he said, last Wednesday (Aug 25).

When asked about the team performing the examination to his mem-

bers, the three-jasmine officer mentioned it would be committed by provost unit. Such an activity was very confidential or carried out at certain moments based on the order from superiors. He exemplified that it would be executed if the situation of societal security was disrupted by the action of a crime involving armed robbers getting more intense and disturbing residents. “Firearm examination to the members can not be announced in advance. If notified, it would not be incidental,” he said while mentioning that every firearm examination to members should have been coordinated with the respective working unit.

Regarding to technical matter of firearm examination, Gde Sugianyar said it could be performed to any indi-

vidual and working unit. Officers deployed would examine all documents and asked about the function of firearm. Each member holding the firearm would be asked to make a note something like official report about the function and use of the firearm. By such periodic inspection, the institution wished the usability of firearm would be controllable in terms of security and safety.

When asked about the development on the robbery case of BRI customer, Gde Sugianyar affirmed that police continued to work hard and chase the perpetrators as well as examine the eyewitnesses. “We are still investigating the case. Hopefully, it could be quickly revealed,” he expected.

As already reported, the customers

of Bank BRI named Ketut Suardaya and Gusti Ayu Astini were robbed by sword-armed gangsters, last Monday (Aug 23) at 11:00 am Local Time. Initially, the victim withdrew money worth IDR 75 million from Bank BRI on Jalan Gajah Mada, Denpasar. The couple then headed for the business premises of their son located on Jalan Pulau Moyo by driving a black Suzuki Swift. When parked the car in the area of Ads Wet Game managed by their son, Agus Darma Saputra, 23, suddenly two robbers came from behind and immediately seized the bag belonging to Astini. Perpetrators successfully carried off the money worth IDR 500,000, while the money just withdrawn from the bank worth IDR 75 million was safe. (jep)

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Robbery Reconstruction at Singaraja Trade in Office

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Accused Performed 54 Acts in Five Locations

Discussion Ranperda ABT blocked PP Badung Potential to get 50 billion

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Mangupura (Bali Post)

Reconstruction on the robbery at a Trade in Office in Hardys supermarket areal, Ngurah Rai Street, Singaraja, last Wednesday (25/8) went tense. Besides being watched by many people one act to another, it was also being tightly secured by the police.

In the reconstruction, accused Gede Mertayasa alias Bagler (36) performed 54 acts in five locations. Starting at a garage near Buleleng KPUD Office, then continued to the Trade in Office.

After that it continued to Singaraja City Garden and then to his flat also to Tukad Banyumala.

From the reconstruction result, it is seen the accused have planned this robbery very well by borrowing a hammer for the garage mentioned above.

In that garage, the accused admitted going to use it to nail something in his room. After successfully getting the hammer, he then straight away went to Hardys Singaraja. At that time accused brought a black bag pack and drove a blue colored Shogun motorcycle. Accused went in Hardys and went straight away to the Trade in Office on the south side of the ground floor.

When going in the areal for reconstruction yesterday, Bagler’s face seems pale and shocked. During the abuse act inside the office, accused seemed very weak. The atmosphere went tense so then the police gave him mineral water twice so it can be continued.

Inside the office, accused strangled victim Mirza Resti Nirmala’s neck, a Trade in Office worker, who was working alone at that time. Accused then punch victim’s head with his fist. Victim was then forced to open the safe and accused took the money and some items. Accused then abused the victim and hit her on the safe door then with the hammer twice on the back of her head.

Accused then left the Trade in Office and went to the Singaraja City Garden to save his hammer on the motorcycle’s compartment. He then

gave back the hammer by throwing it to the garage then went to his flat to change his clothes and wrap up his blood stained clothes. The next act, Bagler went to Tukad Banyumala at Bakti Seraga to throw away the plastic bag with those blood stained clothes.

Head of Criminal Department Buleleng Police Resort, Adjunct Police Commissioner Dewa Made Adnyana, mentioned there were 54 acts in this reconstruction and that accused has planned this robbery as he has borrowed a hammer to hit victim’s head twice on the back of her head. According to Adnyana, this reconstruction also mended the news all this time where it says victim was shot.

In this case, accused has violated Criminal Code section 365 paragraph 3 and with possible punishment 15 years jailed. (kmb15)

HIV Positive Cases, Many Works as Commercial Sex Workers HIV spreading through sexual intercourse in Bali now is increasing. For sure in July 2010 there are 100 people coming for counseling and did a check up in Sanglah Public Hospital VCT (voluntary counseling and testing) Clinic. 17 of them were positive and all spread through sexual intercourse.

From the 17 of them, 9 were commercial sex workers (PSK), 4 were husband and wife, three from risk of heterosexual factor, and one from PMTCT (Prevention of mother-to-child transmission). “Now there are more PSK who check themselves as they felt that they have a risk factor,” Head of Special Treatment Medical Service of Sanglah Hospital, dr. I. A. Miswarihati.

For that by those who likes to “buy

snacks” outside it is suggested to be careful or much safer to not “buy snacks”.

To avoid HIV/AIDS spreading through sexual intercourse is quite hard as according to Miswarihati, many of the PSK consumers don’t want to use a condom even though the PSK demanded it.

When actually, a protection like condom has been researched it can prevent HIV/ AIDS spreading through sexual intercourse. But as it’s not used so the consumers can have the disease and for those who have wives already can also spread it to her and the family, “It’s more dangerous now that kids who are still Junior High School and High School also like using PSK service.” This kind of cases makes HIV cases moved to a much younger generation and in some cases

there are people died at 25 to 30 years old due to having the disease since 15 to 20 years old, “There’s a young patient that got HIV. After being examined the risk factor, turns out during Junior High it used a PSK service.

The total of HIV patients that now uses the ARV (Antiretroviral) therapy in the Sanglah Hospital VCT Clinic since 2004 has been 738 cases. If the consumption of ARV is arranged and all life then it can fix the sufferer’s life quality so they won’t fall to the AIDS stage. The people died in June are 4 people and in July are five people as they have fallen to the HIV/AIDS stage, “If it’s known early and then did a therapy, then it can be prepared to not go down the AIDS stage.” (kmb24)

Increase Life Capability

Disadvantage Residents Given IDR 6 Billion Denpasar (Bali Post) –

This year 2010, government gave various life capability education programs especially for disadvantaged residents. The budget was no hesitation, as much as IDR 6 Billion is being given to be used. Head of Bali Province Education, Youth and Sports Agency for Non Formal and In Formal, Made Mertanadi, SH, stated this to Bali Post last Wednesday (25/8).

According to Mertanidi, the budget comes from central and Bali province government. As much as IDR 3,5 billion of the budget comes from the Declaration of Funds State Budget and

Expenses 2010 and IDR 2,5 billion from the Bali Provincial Budget and Expenses 2010 ,”The special program that’s funded by the Declaration of Funds has been ongoing. The fund is distributed to some training institutes and education on life’s capability (PKH), village entrepreneurial training institute (KWD) and city entrepreneurial institute (KWK). The total of fund received on each institutes varies depended on the kind of activities done.”

And the one funded by Provincial Budget and Expenses 2010, its activities are not starting yet. This time it’s still verifying process on incoming

proposals. It was said, the 2,5 billion will be divided to 100 of disadvantaged people groups that are in the 9 region/cities of Bali. Each group should have 10 people from the disadvantaged families which will then be given IDR 25 million, “On a certain time, they will be taught skills that is potential to be developed in their area and can be a new income source to increase their life prosperity.” The distribution will be priorities at Karangasem, Buleleng, Bangli and Klungkung which are noted to have high number of disadvantaged families in Bali. (kmb13)

Tax management authority of underground water (ABT) to district or city is still blocked on Government Regulation (PP), which until now has not been published. That causes the Badung Regency Government has not dared to propose a draft Ranperda to the legislature.

We have prepared a Ranperda draft. But we can not propose to parliament Badung, because the PP as a follow-up to Law 28/2009 on regional tax and retribution that has not come down, said Head of Badung Mining and Energy Department Cipta Karya (DCK) Putu Wiarka, Wednesday (25 / 8) yesterday.

According to him, if Ranperda hastily delivered and discussed in the legislature, Badung threatened to be re-change legislation. The reason a number of points ABT tax management is unclear rules, including its authority.

Wiarka exemplifies the basic price problem ABT is now increased a thousand percent by the Governor. Logically, if the authority be submitted to the district, the Badung also entitled to determine the base price of ABT

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within the law. And if it is implemented, the current base price is determined ABT Governor, can not be applied.

If the problem of authority, it is clear that the right Badung.

This is what we do not yet know whether allowed or not. Including whether the decree could live in copy-paste from the Governor Rule, he said.

He also explained that the imposition of any applicable price floor progressive ABT. It means that depending on the various indicators. There are seven indicators, said Wiarka, which determines the base price of ABT. One is location. Eg water-based prices in Kuta and the evening, obviously would be different. It involves the intrusion of sea water and the quantity of use, which in this case in Kuta price will be more expensive.

Problem ABT tax, if the management had was handed over to the district / city, then the potential to increase revenues Badung (PAD) more than Rp50 billion per year. Just when Badung in past still manages ABT taxes already get a Rp 5 billion. If yes now just count, Wiarka said. (DED)

Parking violations rampant,

Satpol PP threatens to crane vehicles Gianyar (Bali Post)—

The public order officers (Satpol PP) issued the threat that the institution would forced to crane or transport by force any vehicles parked improperly at no-parking areas. This threat was issued in touch with the rampant illegal parking and violations committed against provision of the parking restrictions, especially on pavement. This assertion was applied considering that illegal parking on the pavement resulted in slum impression.

Such a condition was discernible on the street of Ubud and Gianyar Market. Ubud having a relatively high congestion remained to leave some problems of parking. Satpol PP patrol encountered two vehicles parked on the pavement despite sign of parking restriction had been installed. The same case was also seen in Gianyar market. Some motorcycles were still parked on pavement so they consequently harmed the pedestrians. Ironically, such a view resulted in the slum image of Gianyar City.

Last Wednesday (Aug 25), Chief of Satpol PP Wayan Kujus Parwita

justified the existence of violations committed by society in terms of parking on pavement. “Just now, I’ve got a report from our staff conducting a patrol and disciplining two motorcycles parked on pavement in Ubud Market. They had been disciplined,” he explained, accompanied

by Operational Section Head of Satpol PP, AA Partama.

Enforcement against the violation of parking vehicles was mostly done by the store owner. In addition, the society visiting the market also often parked their vehicles at forbidden areas. To discipline the violation that also stipulated in the regional regulations concerning with orderliness and sanitation of the areas, the officers would take firm action. “If they are constantly stubborn, the officer will transport the violating motorcycles,” he asserted.

Furthermore, controlling against the violating parked vehicles would be further coordinated with several agencies having relevance to the problems. They included the Department of Transportation and circle of National Police that also had authority to do so. (kmb16)

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International

Japan PM faces party challenge from powerbroker Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan faced a party leadership challenge from a scandal-tainted powerbroker Thursday, raising the possibility of the country getting its sixth premier in four years.

Ichiro Ozawa, 68, said he would run for the presidency of the ruling centre-left Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) next month in a move that spells more instability for the not yet year-old government.

Ozawa — a major faction leader and veteran of backroom politics dubbed the “Shadow Shogun” — announced his bid to oust Kan in brief comments to reporters, adding that he had the support of ex-premier Yukio Hatoyama.

“I have humbly decided to run in the leadership election after (Hatoyama) told me he would lend his full support,” Ozawa said of the top ruling party post, which would traditionally see him elected by par-

liament as premier.

The move is certain to distract Japan’s young government from tackling challenges such as dealing with a strong yen that is threatening a flagging economic recovery and reducing a huge mountain of public debt.

“For the time being, everything will be about politics, not policies,” said Tomoaki Iwai, politics professor at Nihon University. “It will be difficult to take swift policy action to deal with currency and economic problems.”

The DPJ — which in a historic electoral landslide almost a year ago ended more than a half-century of nearly unbroken conservative

Briton arrested in Thailand over mass protests

rule — on September 14 elects a party president, the post now held

by Kan. Ozawa, a former party leader, was seen as the architect of the election win and still commands the loyalty of many rookie members who owe their political lives to him.

But he has also become a liability with voters over political funding scandals in which several of his aides have been indicted.

Prosecutors have decided not to take Ozawa to court, but an official judicial review panel is still studying some claims against him and may yet decide to force prosecutors to build a criminal case.

Ozawa resigned from the party leadership over a year ago over one scandal, and stepped down again as the DPJ’s number two in June this year over another, on the same day Hatoyama resigned as premier.

The Hatoyama government had

dived in opinion polls, in large part due to the mishandling of a row over an unpopular US air base on Okinawa island — a dispute that upset Japanese voters as much as the Obama administration.

Kan, 63, took over as party chief and premier but was quickly weakened when his party lost its majority in an upper house election rout in July.

Kan pledged to fight for his job, telling lawmakers: “In this leadership election, I want to ask the Japanese people what kind of Japan we want to build. I want to appeal to all Japanese people.”

If Ozawa were to win the DPJ leadership race, he would likely be voted in by parliament as Japan’s third premier in one year and the sixth since September 2006 — perpetuating Japan’s years of “revolving-door leadership”.

South Korea and China offer aid for North Korea flood crisis Agence France-Presse

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BANGKOK - A second British man has been arrested in Thailand for alleged involvement in violent anti-government “Red Shirt” protests earlier this year, police said Thursday.

Keith Wayne Bush, 49, from Manchester was arrested on arson charges at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday after arriving on a flight from the United Arab Emirates, according to immigration police.

His Thai wife, Alisa Bush, 33, was also arrested after she went to the airport to meet him.

A court in northern Chiang Mai province approved arrest warrants for the pair on May 28 for allegedly trying to burn down a town hall, participating in an illegal rally and inciting unrest,” said Police Colonel Pakpong Saiubon.

“Both denied all the charges,” he said.

Pakpong said the Briton fled Thailand shortly before the arrest warrant was approved.

He is the third Westerner to be arrested in connection with the protests, which sparked a series of clashes between demonstrators and armed troops in April and May, leaving 91 people dead and almost 1,900 wounded.

Another Briton and an Australian served six weeks in prison and were released after pleading guilty to violating a state of emergency through their participation in the mass rally, which was seeking immediate elections.

Unrest paralysed much of the capital in April and May, while militant demonstrators set dozens of buildings ablaze including the stock exchange and Central World department store after an army crackdown.

Thai authorities have used their emergency powers to arrest hundreds of suspects, including many top Red Shirts.

Kan has diverged from the party’s 2009 manifesto, which Ozawa helped draft and which featured massive spending programs, particularly for families.

Ozawa has been critical of the Kan administration for suggesting a consumption tax hike and fiscal austerity to reduce a public deficit.

For now, scandal-tainted Ozawa’s prospects look uncertain at best, said Tetsuro Kato, visiting professor at Waseda University.

“It does not seem like Mr. Ozawa is well prepared to go into the leadership election,” Kato said. “The opinion of the general public should affect the voting pattern of the politicians.”

The blunt-talking Ozawa raised eyebrows Wednesday when he said Americans had a great democracy but were “simple-minded” and like “single-cell” organisms.

SEOUL - South Korea offered Thursday to ship emergency flood aid to North Korea, while China will also help out its close ally amid reports the impoverished country’s food crisis could worsen this year.

The isolated North has reported widespread flooding this summer, which washed away homes, roads, railways and farmland and caused an unspecified number of deaths.

The deluge caused North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to change his route on a reported visit to China Thursday, heading via Manpo in North Korea to China’s Jian City and avoiding a flood-stricken area, a South Korean official said.

South Korea’s Red Cross said Thursday it had sent a message to North Korea offering emergency aid to the communist country.

“North Korea received our message today and we are waiting for a reply,” Red Cross spokesman Lee Yoon-Hwan told AFP. It was the first such proposal since tensions mounted dramatically over the sinking of a South Korean warship in March with the loss of 46 lives, he said.

Seoul cut off most cross-border trade and relations after accusing Pyongyang of torpedoing the ship — an accusation vehemently denied by the North.

The South is ready to ship relief goods such as food and medicines, Lee said, adding the scale of aid would be determined later.

North Korea’s sole major ally China will also provide an unspecified amount of “emergency relief materials”, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Thursday.

“This measure will encourage the Korean people in their efforts to recover from the flood damage as early as possible and more energetically step up the building of a thriving nation,” the agency said.

The report followed a message of sympathy from China’s president Hu Jintao to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il. In the message, quoted by KCNA, Hu expressed “deep sympathy and consolation” over “the sad news that some parts of your country were hit by severe floods recently, causing casualties and property

losses”.

Heavy downpours last week swelled the Yalu River, which forms part of the border between China and North Korea, sending water spilling over its banks on both sides.

After decades of deforestation, the North is particularly vulnerable to flooding. In 2007, it reported at least 600 people dead or missing from devastating floods.

Aid groups warned that this year’s flooding would aggravate the North’s chronic food shortages. A famine there in the mid-1990s killed hundreds of thousands, and the UN children’s fund estimates one third of children are stunted by malnutrition.

A bungled currency revaluation last November, designed to flush out entrepreneurs’ savings and rein in private markets, backfired disastrously, fuelling food shortages and sparking rare outbreaks of unrest. In 2008 South Korea suspended an annual rice shipment to its impoverished neighbor as relations soured.

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The World Music Masters at Kudeta IBP

KUTA - This Saturday, August 28, 2010, Kudeta will presents an encore performance from the world music masters Tijuana Cartel. The show will starts on 10 PM and visitors can get free entry before 9 PM. Their mojo gets bigger by the day as they travel the length of the breadth of the country leaving a trail of larger and larger dance floors behind them. The secret to the success of Tijuana Cartel is how they turn an utterly unique blend of flamenco, percussion, trumpet, beats, breaks, positivity and pulsing global rhythms into a uniting and exciting musical force.

If Carlos Santana had been hanging out in Iraq for the last 10 years then he would have to sound something like the Gold Coast’s own Tijuana Cartel.

Tijuana Cartel delivers a perfect marriage of lustful rhythms and upfront electronica. They are inspired by everything the musical world has to offer, from Funk to Hip Hop to Reggae to the Middle Eastern flavours of the Sub Continent to the dance venues of London, and it is this fusion that creates the unique earthly musical energies that encaptures all those that come before them .This eclectic collection of traveling musicians and their myriad of personal influences gives Tijuana Cartel their distinctive sound, and it is their infectious & inspiring onstage performances that are earning them the highest accolades from audiences all over our fair land and beyond.

They will nationally release 5 song EP this August 2010 and a new album in March 2011 to be produced by one of the world’s leading dance music producers. Arguably the hardest working dance band in Australia, having amassed over 300 live performances in 2009 to ever-growing audiences.

Tijuana Cartel is definitely something special and is a band on the up that love what they do and the feeling is contagious. No matter where you are over this coming winter, you are sure to hear the crazy Mexican Flavours and mashed up Phat Dancin beats of - the Tijuana Cartel.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Phone : 223 036 Fax : 268 690.

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

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

Phone : 222 142.

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

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

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News South African strikers rally in major cities Agence France-Presse

CAPE TOWN - Thousands of striking public service workers gathered for rallies in major cities across South Africa on Thursday to press their claims for higher wages on the ninth day of a crippling strike.

The rallies were scheduled as unions representing over a million workers, who declared an indefinite strike on August 18, threatened to broaden the strike into a total industrial shutdown.

“We are expecting thousands and thousands of people,” said teachers’ union general secretary Mugwena Maluleke in Johannesburg.

The marches were a message to the government to bring a revised wage offer to unions, said Maluleke, who estimated that nearly 800,000 workers had joined the strike.

“If the government does not do that, this strike will continue. The unions are not willing to back down.”

The country’s largest trade union federation Cosatu has called on all of its affiliates — which include unions in key mining and manufacturing sectors — to strike in solidarity with public servants if their demands are not met.

The public sector strike has severely hit schools and hospitals with army medics mobilised to support skeleton staff.

Unions are insisting on an 8.6 percent increase and a 1,000-rand (137-dollar, 107-euro) housing allowance. The government, which has offered a seven percent rise and a 700 rand allowance, said it cannot afford the union demands.

AFP PHOTO/Noah SEELAM

Indian Catholic nuns pay tribute at a statue of Mother Theresa on her birth centenary in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on August 26, 2010. Mother Theresa (August 26, 1910– September 5, 1997) was a Catholic Nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India in 1950.

Mother Teresa remembered, 100 years on Agence France-Presse

KOLKATA - Nuns, priests and slum-dwellers held a solemn mass in Kolkata on Thursday on the birth centenary of Mother Teresa, known as the “Saint of the Gutters” for her life’s work with the city’s sick and dying.

The mass, presided over by Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo of Ranchi, was celebrated at the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity — the order of nuns that Mother Teresa founded in the eastern Indian city 60 years ago.

A message from Pope Benedict XVI was read out at the two-hour service, which drew around 1,000 people, including scores of residents from the city’s slums which have always been the focus of the order’s work.

The chapel, decorated with flowers and candles, was so packed that hundreds had to stand outside.

“We are here to pay respect to a great soul who spent her life caring for the poor and destitute,” said schoolteacher Sumit Kothari.

Afterwards, the nuns who succeeded Mother Teresa, Sister Nirmala and the current head of the order, Sister Prema, released some white doves as a symbol of peace and compassion.

Mother Teresa, a Nobel peace prize winner and now Roman Catholic saint-in-waiting, was born on August 26, 1910 to Albanian par-

ents in what is now Skopje in Macedonia.

As Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, she arrived in India in 1929 and two years later took her first religious vows as a nun, adopting the name under which she would achieve worldwide recognition.

In addition to Kolkata, Thursday’s anniversary was to be marked in the three neighbouring Balkan states of Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo — all of which lay claim to a slice of the Mother Teresa legend.

Mother Teresa began her missionary work with the poor in Kolkata in 1948 and the teeming east Indian metropolis remained her base until her death in September 1997.

Her grave in the order’s headquarters has since become a pilgrimage site.

Mother Teresa was beatified in 2003, after being fast-tracked by the Vatican, but her elevation to sainthood is still awaiting proof of a medical miracle.

“We’re all hoping for her early sainthood,” said Sunil Lucas, West Bengal president of the Catho-

lics International Media Organisation. “But we understand that this takes time.”

“We don’t have it yet,” Sister Prema, who took charge of the order last year, told AFP on Thursday. “Miracles depend on God, not on people. We are waiting.”

For all the reverence with which her name and memory are treated, Mother Teresa was not without her critics.

One her most vocal detractors was the British-born author Christopher Hitchens who, in a 1994 documentary called “Hell’s Angel,” accused her of being a political opportunist who failed those in her care and contributed to the misery of the poor with her strident opposition to contraception and abortion.

A series of Mother Teresa’s letters published in 2007 also caused some consternation among her admirers as it became clear that she had suffered crises of faith for most of her life.

She was granted Indian citizenship in 1951 and received a state funeral after her death.

Bali...

From page 1 Adnyana said “we will keep urging the Balinese youth to learn and inherit the traditional Balinese culture.”

While the wooden craftsmen from Sedana Santhi grup in Batubulan said that the competition is very tight especially for wooden handicrafts. I Wayan Sumarata, one of the craftsmen said that the government should give training in marketing management and product benefit so the Balinese crafts-

men can survive.

He also said that the system done by Bali Industrial department has positive effect on craftsmen in Bali. Sumarata said that the main problem faced by the craftsmen is the availability of raw materials.

Currently, the wood is very expensive so the price of the products can not compete in international market. (044)

Pakistan...

From page 1 The United Nations warned that 800,000 people in desperate need of aid had been cut off by the deluge across the country and appealed for more helicopters to deliver supplies to those people reachable only by air.

Authorities were also battling to save the city of Shahdadkot from surging waters after most of its 100,000 residents had been moved to safety.

Rescuers safely evacuated 90 percent of people from the nearby flooded town of Qubo Saeed Khan. Efforts were being made, however, to rescue thousands of others stranded in at least 25 villages surrounding the town.

“We are using helicopters and naval boats to evacuate these people,” local administration official Yaseen Shar told AFP. In Washington, which has put Pakistan on the front line of efforts to beat back the Taliban in Afghanistan, a US official said Pakistani Taliban were planning to attack foreign aid workers engaged in the relief effort.

“According to information available to the US government, Tehreeke-Taliban plans to conduct attacks against foreigners participating in the ongoing flood relief operations in Pakistan,” the official told AFP. “Tehreek-e-Taliban also may be making plans to attack federal and provincial ministers in Islamabad,” the official warned.

The Pakistani Taliban have pre-

viously denounced all foreign aid for victims of the country’s catastrophic flooding.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban faction is a key architect of extremist violence that has killed more than 3,580 people across Pakistan in three years.

However, US officials say they have encountered no hostilities in flying aid to stricken parts of Pakistan, where anti-Americanism runs deep.

On the ground, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says 4.5 million people remain in urgent need of shelter.

Officials warned yet more Pakistanis could be affected in the fertile southern plains of Sindh province, which face the risk of further flooding in the next few days as the major Indus river threatens to burst its banks.

In Kotri, a western suburb of Hyderabad, the river had swollen from its normal width of 200 to 300 metres (yards) to almost 3.5 kilometres (two miles), according to a local army spokesman.

Pakistan officials are in talks with the International Monetary Fund in Washington amid reports Islamabad is asking the fund to ease the terms of a loan worth nearly 11 billion dollars.

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Indonesian terror suspects go on trial Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Alleged Islamist extremists from a group dubbed “AlQaeda in Aceh” went on trial Thursday accused of plotting to kill Westerners including US aid workers and tourists.

AFP PHOTO / BAY ISMOYO

Members (R) of a group of suspected extremists allegedly belonging to “Al-Qaeda in Aceh” sit in a Jakarta court room for their hearing on August 26, 2010, facing multiple charges, including carrying out acts that caused “terror or fear”, possessing illegal firearms and participating in militant training. The suspects are the first to appear in court out of more than 100 people detained after the discovery of a militant training camp in Aceh province, Sumatra, in February. If convicted they could face between three years in jail and death.

More than 20 suspects were scheduled to answer charges including carrying out acts that caused “terror or fear”, possessing illegal firearms, providing money and sanctuary to terrorists, and participating in militant training.

If convicted they could face between three years in jail and death.

They are the first suspects to appear in court out of more than 100 people detained after the discovery of a militant training camp in Aceh province, Sumatra, in February. Some 66 remain in custody pending trial.

The camp allegedly gathered militants from various regional groups, including some with links to Al-Qaeda, under the leadership of Indonesian terror mastermind Dulmatin who was killed by police in March.

They undertook religious indoctrination and military training with

the intention of driving Westerners and Christians out of Aceh, prosecutors said.

The targets included American civilians and aid workers, churches, tourists and Western non-government organisations, prosecutor Firmansyah said in documents submitted to the court.

“If they couldn’t go to Palestine they would fight Americans and their allies in Indonesia, especially Americans in Aceh,” he said.

One of the suspects allegedly shot and wounded a German aid worker in Aceh last year, threw grenades at a UN office in the provincial capital and shot at the rented house of two US student teachers there.

Aceh is a deeply religious province on the northern tip of Sumatra which was hit by a devastating tsunami in 2004 and was rebuilt with international aid.

Indonesia condemns Heists, terror plots expose weapons threat to Indonesia Malaysia over border spat Agence France-Presse

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JAKARTA - Indonesian police fear that assault rifles left over from a civil war in Aceh province could fall into the hands of terrorists who favour Mumbai-style gun attacks instead of bombings.

Police believe some of a recent spate of armed robberies could be linked to former rebels or terrorist groups, or both. Robberies have been a source of funds for Islamist militants in Indonesia in the past, they say.

The hold-ups have also exposed an illegal trade in deadly militarygrade weapons in the mainly Muslim country.

A terror group discovered in Aceh in February was allegedly training for a gun attack on Jakarta similar to the assault by a squad of militants on Mumbai, India, which killed 166 people in 2008.

“There are a number of terrorist suspects (from the Aceh-based group) still at large. I suspect that the loot from armed robberies has helped finance this terrorist group,” national police spokesman Marwoto Soeto said.

In the most spectacular of the recent heists, 16 gunmen armed with military-grade assault rifles attacked a bank in Medan, near Aceh, in broad daylight last week.

Wearing motorcycle helmets and using hand signals to coordinate their movements, they killed a police officer, wounded two guards and made off with around

40,000 dollars in cash.

Security consultant Martin Hughes said the Medan robbers demonstrated a high level of training combined with extreme aggression and a willingness to use violence, even murder, to achieve their gaols.

“It would suggest to me that you have people with previous experience in the Aceh conflict or members of the security forces,” he said.

“But I think you need to have more information before you can start to make a judgment on that, because of the variety of possibilities.”

Analysts said the number of weapons handed over as part of the 2005 Aceh peace deal, which ended a 30-year conflict, was suspiciously below what the Free Aceh Movement rebels were believed to possess.

Still more weapons entered circulation with the end of communal fighting in the regions of Poso and Ambon, they added.

“I’d assume that some people would have cached weapons for a rainy day. There’s certainly no great surprise in the trading of firearms,” Hughes said.

National Police chief of detectives General Ito Sumardi said an operation to track and seize illegal weapons had begun Wednesday and would continue as long as needed.

“Based on the national police chief’s instruction related to the in-

crease in armed robberies, I have ordered police across the nation to conduct a sweep for illegal weapons,” he said, in comments reported by Antara news agency.

The sight of powerful automatic weapons like AK-47s and M-16s in the hands of the Medan robbers is sure to set alarm bells ringing in the headquarters of Indonesia’s US-trained anti-terror police squad.

Some of the dozens of militants arrested in connection with the Aceh training camp earlier this year have told police they were planning a Mumbai-style gun attack on targets in the capital.

The suspected shift in tactics in favour of attacks by squads of suicidal gunmen follows an internal debate among Al-Qaeda-inspired terror groups about the number of Muslims being killed in indiscriminate bombings, analysts said.

Police are on the lookout for trouble during the ongoing religious month of Ramadan, which militants have marked in the past with violent raids on bars and nightclubs.

Tensions are also higher following the arrest earlier this month of radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir — a figure revered by many Islamic extremists — for allegedly funding and coordinating the Aceh group.

Islamist websites have said the arrest is part of a US-led plot against Islam and a provocation to all Muslims ahead of Ramadan.

JAKARTA - Indonesia said Wednesday it is investigating reports that Malaysia abused three Indonesian officials after illegally detaining them in Indonesian waters, but called for calm on both sides.

Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told lawmakers that any abuse of an Indonesian official in Malaysian custody would be “unacceptable” under any circumstances.

In response to tough questioning from lawmakers demanding to know what action had been taken, the minister said Jakarta had sent a protest letter to Kuala Lumpur on August 18 in which Indonesia “strongly condemned the arrests”.

“We are gathering information and interviewing the officials about what happened in the detention centre and on the boat,” he said, amid conflicting reports about how one of the officials suffered head injuries in custody.

The officials — arrested in disputed waters last week and held for several days before being released Tuesday — complained of being handcuffed and given only one meal a day.

Natalegawa said Indonesia was increasing maritime patrols in waters claimed by both countries off the Riau islands after the latest in a string of incidents and alleged incursions.

“Indonesia never considers those zones as grey areas... On the contrary, we’re increasing patrol operations to show our jurisdiction and sovereignty over them,” Natalegawa said.

Police said they had boosted security at the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta after protesters managed to hurl a package containing human faeces at the building on Monday.

Three demonstrators were arrested and scores of police backed by water canons prevented them from throwing more, but Malaysia on Wednesday accused Indonesia of failing to do enough to protect the site.

“We’re continuing to monitor the situation,” police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said.

Despite the periodic escalation of tensions between the prickly neighbours, Natalegawa said relations remained strong and called for dialogue to resolve disputes, especially the maritime border.

He rejected a lawmaker’s suggestion that Indonesia withdraw its ambassador from Kuala Lumpur, saying this would be counter-productive. Officials from both sides would meet “in the coming weeks” to discuss the maritime border.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday there could be “no compromise” over Indonesian territory.

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Bali Today Only three modern shops have permit Bali Post

DENPASAR – Currently, Denpasar filled with modern shops and the number will increase because some of them are still under development. However, only three of the modern shops have the proper permit or ITUM. The statement was said by the head of Denpasar Authorization Department, A.A. Ray Soryawan on Thursday August 26th 2010. He also said that the proper modern shops must have the permit according to the local rule number 9 in 2009.

Soryawan explained that until August 2010, Denpasar government only publish one permit for modern shops which is for Alfa Mart. There are some shops that apply for the permit but it must be postponed because the shops don’t qualify especially in terms of the buildings. “There are some requirements needed to get the permit including the characteristics of the building,” he said.

Each permit which contains 1 company name only can have 28 braches in Denpasar. Soryawan said “according to the rule, for one company, the total branches are limited to 28 consist of 1 regular shops, two franchise,

and four self operated shops.”

He said that there are some shops that exciding the quota given by the government such as Circle K which has 48 shops throughout the city and the government will act to reduce the number of the shops.

Previously, there are some shops that are sealed by the government because they didn’t have the proper permit. According to the latest data, there still some stores that didn’t have the permit and didn’t apply either which will be closed by the government. (kmb12)

Two people buying groceries in minimarket on Denpasar.

Currently, Denpasar filled with modern shops and the number will increase because some of them are still under development. However, only three of the modern shops have the proper permit or ITUM.

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Bali Needs Independent Eco-friendly Power Plant Consumption of electricity in Bali is very insufficient. Moreover, Bali as a world tourism destination needs to be backed up by great power supplies.

On that account, Bali needs to build an independent electrical energy that can realize the prosperity of society and create sustainable development of Bali. It can be resolved by optimizing the use of renewable energy such as water, wind, and solar that is appropriate for generating electricity.

This idea was revealed in a seminar entitled ‘Realizing the Independent and Eco-friendly Bali Electrical System” that supported the Bali Clean and Green program, last Thursday (Jun 24), in Denpasar. The seminar presented a number of sources, such as Prof. IA Dwi Giriantari, PhD., Antonius RT Artono, Agus S. Matik, and Dr. Ketut Gede Dharma Putra and moderated by Prof.

Dr. Wayan P Windia.

Ketut Gede Dharma Putra said the

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Supply environmentally friendly electricity, Solar thermal power plants. Consumption of electricity in Bali is very insufficient.

Moreover, Bali as a world tourism destination needs to be backed up by great power supplies. On that account, Bali needs to build an independent electrical energy that can realize the prosperity of society and create sustainable development of Bali.

electricity used today highly depended on the power plant in Java using diesel fuel that tended to damage the environment. Bali was very possible to make renewable energy generator because Bali had that potential. “This seminar means to provide programs as well as inspires the people of Bali to create a new energy program in Bali,” he said.

In the face of participants of seminar attended by the circles of academician, community leaders and government officials, Dharma Putra assessed the fuel usage in electricity in Bali stayed very large. Such condition was very contradictory to the discourse initiated by Bali government in achieving clean and green Bali. Therefore, it was necessary to realize the provision of eco-friendly electricity energy that had to be done immediately.

General Manager of PT Indonesia Power, Antony RT Artono expressed the real condition of the electricity in Bali actually remained to have reserves of about 20 MW. At peak hours, the need of electricity reached 535 MW (March 2010). However, another 20 MW of energy reserves was very prone to shortcomings, if improvement occurred to one of the power stations in Bali. For example, regular repairs to gas generated power plant of Gilimanuk would cause the supply of electricity energy to reduce.

Even, in the upcoming August 2010, one of the power plants in

Gilimanuk will experience routine maintenance. As a result, about 130 MW of electrical energy will reduce. If there is no substitute, it is ensured that blackout will be inevitable because such amount of power covers 30 percent of customers in Bali. “Hopefully the additional power at Pesanggaran power plant could be completed in

the month,” said Antonius.

On seeing this condition Dwi Giriantari expected there would be utilization of energy sources available in Bali. Moreover, the utilization of renewable energy has not been utilized optimally. For instance, large potential of geothermal energy has not been taken advantage well. (BTN/015)

Bali entrepreneurs expected to care for environment Antara

DENPASAR - Bali’s entrepreneurs are expected to care for the environment to support the province’s Greening Program, the head of Bali’s Biological Environment Office, AA Alit Sastrawan, said here Wednesday. Sastrawan said all entrepreneurs who had businesses or industrial plants in Bali should support the program to make Bali green and clean.

Entrepreneurs could endorse Bali’s green program in various ways such as participating in greening activity, caring for the disposal of plastic trash, protecting beaches from abrasion, and other environ-

ment preserving exercises.

“If we want to contribute to environment protection, we should do it in our own industrial environments first,” Sastrawan said.

Though some entrepreneurs were already contributing to the care- forthe-environmental movement, some other entrepreneurs still lacked concern for the environment, he said.

Therefore, Sastrawan hoped the regional authorities would consistently carry out existing regulations to support the efforts to make Bali a green and clean province.

“It should be done, because many entrepreneurs are operating in Bali but not paying attention to the environment,” he said.

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Unique burial tradition in Bangli BANGLI – The people in Penglipuran and Bayung Gede in Bangli regency have a unique burial tradition. They differentiate the burial position between male and female. I Wayan Supat, the elder in the village, explained that the female will be buried face up while the male the other way around.

He said that the different position symbolize “akasa” and “pertiwi”. “The female represent pertiwi or earth so they are berried face up while the male represent akasa which means the sky so they must be buried up side down so they can meet with different element. It also means the meeting

between earth and sky and according to our believe, both elements are the basic elements which create live,” Supat said.

The different burial tradition only exists in both villages in Bangli. While the head of Bayung Gede village, I Wayan Suwela said that only both village have the tradition. “Both villages have historical relationship so there is similarity in the burial process. If someone died, the elder will hit the kentongan, traditional alarm, as the symbol of condolences. Then, the people will gather to discuss the proper date to burry the body,” he explained.

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Suwela also said that during the process of bringing the dead body to the cemetery, the people don’t use any offerings, not like the other Hindus in Bali. After arrive on the cemetery, the body will be bathe once more after the similar procession done in the house of the dead person.

The water that being use to bathe the body is not ordinary water. The water must be carried using bamboo by the relatives. After the dead body bathe, the body will be carried around the cemetery 11 times toward the right. “After all procession is done, the body will be buried according to the tradition,” Suwela said.

Out of Date Imported Foods Spread in Buleleng Denpost

SINGARAJA - Tens of imported foods kind out of dated in some supermarkets in Buleleng Region. Besides that, there is some packaging damage on canned foods which questions its quality. This was founded by Buleleng Region Cooperative Selling and Industries Agency (Diskopdagprin) when doing a raid in some supermarkets at Singaraja City.

Head of the Agency, IB Surya Manuaba, clarified these out of date canned foods were founded in Tirta Dewata Supermarket at A. Yani Street, Banyuasri Village, Singaraja. It was found as much

as seven kind of products has been out of date mostly on the imported ones but also local ones.

Meanwhile the raid result from ABD Food Mart at West Udayanan Street, Singaraja, workers also founded out of date canned foods. In here they found five kinds of products including Del Monte tomato juice, condense milk and sardine fish.

Joined by Head of Selling Board, Made Sudiarba, Manuaba stated, “Yes besides out of date we also found some of its packaging damaged and affects the products’ quality itself.” When all out of dated products found, his side won’t do any confiscation.

Workers only directed the super-

market managers to not display out of date products and also gave a warning letter to the product distributor to pull off unsuitable consumed products, “We don’t confiscate because the supermarket manager is ready to not display those products and to the distributor we remind them to pull if off.” Meanwhile ABD Food Mart manager straight away separates those out of date products which then were given back to the distributor.

This raid does not only go to shops and supermarkets but they also raid a 3kg gas tube agent at Anggrek Street, Singaraja. The result, workers found some tubes with no SNI label, “We asked the agent to be wiser and check the gas tubes before being distributed.” (118)

Rujak

(Vegetable & Fruits Salad with Palm Sugar Sauce) OVERVIEW: This popular snack, in intriguing mixture of sweet, sour and spicy hot flavors, is prepared at countless warung throughout Bali.

INGREDIENTS: 1 small pineapple, peeled and sliced evenly 1 sour mango, peeled and sliced 1 pamelo or grapefruit, peeled and cut in segments 1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded and sliced 3 water apples (jambu), quartered (optional) 1 medium sized star fruit, sliced ½ small papaya, peeled, cut in half, seeded and sliced in even segments 1 green apple, peeled and sliced 1-cup rujak sauce

PREPARATION: Combine all ingredients in salad bowl and mix well.

Serve at room temperature.

Helpful hint: although this is served as snack in Bali, you can serve it as part of Balinese meal or buffet.

BASE RUJAK: 6 tbsp tamarind pulp 1-cup palm sugar syrup 1tsp dried shrimp paste, roasted 6 bird’s eye chilies, left whole ½ tsp salt ½ cup water

PREPARATION: Combine all ingredients in a heavy pan and bring slowly to the boil. Stir well and simmer for 10 minutes.

When cool, squeeze to extract all the juice from the Denpost/Robin

Tens of imported foods kind out of dated in some supermarkets in Buleleng Region. Besides that, there is some packaging damage on canned foods which questions its quality.

tamarind and strain through a sieve. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Tenganan Village IBP

Tenganan Village is one of the oldest Balinese Traditional located in Karangasem Regency, east part of Bali. This village is much referred by cultural literature science of Tenganan Pegringsingan, which is very famous in the island. It own very unique local community life pattern which is one example of Bali Aga Village cultures (Hindu Prehistoric) and different with other countryside in plain of Bali. Nowadays, this village has been appointed as a place for tourist destination which can present the attractive and unique matters which able to add the variation of object and fascination for tourist to come.

Tenganan village is geographically situated among the hill in west and east part of this village. This village is located in Manggis sub district and Karangasem Regency or about 1 hour drive from Denpasar Town. It is a small village consisted of three Banjars (group of local community) those are Banjar Kauh, Banjar Tengah and Banjar Pande. The regional of this village is consisted of three complexes those are resident, plantation and rice field complex. The history of Tenganan village is expressed in a few versions. The first version is mentioned that the resident of Tenganan village are come from Paneges Village, a vil-

lage is located near with Bedahulu Village that is located Gianyar Regency. The second version is expressed that word of Tenganan recognized in one of Bali inscription that was written by the word of Tranganan. The third version is expressed that the Tenganan Village Resident prays to the Bukit Lempuyang Temple. The word of Tenganan is ascribed by a Tengah root word which can mean to aim to middle of Pegringsingan, the fasten cloth type weave that is typically produce by Tenganan village resident. The structure of resident in Tenganan village is built in linear consisted of six rays. Each of ray consisted of some lawn broadly, the building form where the local community use it to present the handicraft for tourists. All the tradition existences of the human being are harmoniously with the God, human and environment as according to Tri Hita Karana concept. The Tourism Destination of Tenganan remains to draw during the time, goodness as tourism cultural object, tourism nature and agriculture tourism.

It is a very famous village throughout Bali where most of the local people knows where it is located. It is located in Karangasem Regency and close to Candidasa. You can find many travel agencies serve the tour to visit this village and you may join Karangasem Tour which you will discover places of interest in east part of Bali including this village.

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BUSINESS View of the front of the New York Stock Exchange on March 13, 2009. US stocks slumped on August 24, 2010 after a dismal housing report deepened fears for the recovery of the world’s biggest economy.

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Weak data trigger US recession fears

China hopes for wider use of yuan in Southeast Asia Agence France-Presse

DANANG - China said Thursday it hoped for wider use of its currency in trade with Southeast Asian nations.

“We are looking at the possibility of trade settlement in yuan or (ASEAN countries’) own currencies” within the framework of a free trade deal that took effect this year, said Chinese commerce minister Chen Deming.

“We hope to settle trade with ASEAN countries in (their) own currencies or in yuan if everybody is willing to do so,” he said on the sidelines of annual talks with his counterparts from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Analysts say China is stepping up efforts to increase overseas use of the yuan as the nation seeks to reduce its exposure to the US dollar

Japan set to draft fresh economic stimulus

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WASHINGTON - The odds of the US economy slipping back into recession have risen as new data point to a worsening housing slump and the manufacturing sector slowing markedly amid high unemployment and weak consumer spending.

TOKYO - Japan will prepare an outline of fresh economic stimulus measures “as soon as possible”, the government’s top spokesman said Thursday, amid reports that a plan could be ready by the end of the month.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku said the government would draw up stimulus plans in the coming days.

“Given the current situation, we will decide on it as soon as possible,” he told reporters.

His comments came as the Nikkei business daily and other media said the government planned to put together an outline of the fresh economic package by the end of August, citing unnamed government sources.

The daily said Prime Minister Naoto Kan was considering a supplementary budget to pay for the new measures, without citing sources.

Pressure on Japan to produce a bolder economic policy and counter the effects of the strong yen has mounted as stocks fall and slower export growth and weak GDP data point to a slowing recovery.

Exports have been crucial to Japan’s post-recession growth but the yen’s current strength against other major currencies harms repatriated overseas profits, while there are fears the strong currency could send more production abroad.

All of which pose a challenge for

The US government said Wednesday that new homes sales fell to their lowest level in about half a century and manufacturing orders came in far worse than expected.

Sales of new single-family houses unexpectedly slumped 12.4 percent in July to 276,000 units from a month earlier — breaking below the 300,000 level for the first time in the 47 years the government has been gathering the data.

The figure baffled most economists, who had expected sales to rise on the back of falling prices and record low borrowing costs.

On Tuesday, an industry group said existing US home sales — considered the core of the residential real estate market — plunged a whopping 27.2 percent in July to levels unseen in more than a decade.

In another surprise Wednesday, government data showed new orders for manufactured durable goods — items such as planes, cars, refrigerators and computers — rising only 0.3 percent in July.

In addition, business capital spending showed a massive contraction, according to the data.

Core capital orders — a proxy

for future business investment — declined 8.0 percent, the worst such reading in 18 months.

The lackluster orders for durable goods signal setbacks for the star manufacturing sector.

Against the bearish backdrop, the prospects of the US economy going into a “double dip” recession is increasing, especially as high unemployment restrains consumer spending, a key growth driver, economists say.

“The odds of a second dip have risen, but this owes to weaker hiring and consumer spending,” said Aaron Smith, a senior economist for Moody’s Economy.com.

Housing was also turning out to be a “bigger headwind” for the overall recovery, he said.

The new data for durable goods’ orders “indicate that the manufacturing sector is slowing markedly,” said Boris Schlossberg, director of currency research at Global Forex Trading.

They also suggest that “consumer demand is deteriorating rather than improving as we move into the second half of the year.”

A housing mortgage meltdown plunged the US economy into the worst recession in decades in December 2007.

The economy started growing again since the middle of the year, but expansion has slowed in recent months blamed mostly on the effects of a near 10 percent unemployment rate Reflecting the gloom, the government is expected to significantly revise downward the economic growth chalked up in the second quarter.

The government could downgrade growth to 1.4 percent from 2.4 percent previously when it presents an economic report on Friday, most economists said.

More disappointing data raise the risk that third quarter gross domestic growth would come in below 1.0 percent, said Ryan Sweet, a senior economist with Moody’s Economy.com.

Latest reports also strongly suggest that the ranks of working Americans will shrink in August for the third consecutive month, he said.

“Still, sentiment requires careful monitoring and could be the difference between lasting growth and a double dip,” Sweet said.

“The recovery is too fragile to withstand any additional slowing in spending by businesses and consumers.”

and allow its currency to take on a greater global role.

In the past two years, China has signed currency swap arrangements with several nations and launched trials for yuan trade settlement with a number of mainly Southeast Asian countries.

“We will organise a seminar specialising in the study of this issue at an appropriate time,” Chen said. “It will facilitate our cooperation on regional currencies.”

Despite the global success of Chinese exporters, the yuan plays only a minor international role because of restrictions on exchanging it for other currencies. Official controls make it difficult to move the yuan in and out of China.

The ASEAN-China Free Trade Area, which took effect earlier this year, is the world’s biggest by population, with a market of 1.7 billion consumers.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s government as it plans to cut the industrialised world’s biggest public debt — equal to nearly 200 percent of gross domestic product.

Hiromasa Yonekura, the president of business lobby the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) told reporters he had told Kan the government “should intervene in the currency market”.

The yen has steadily appreciated against the dollar in recent months as global investors have shunned the US currency due to the uncertain outlook of the world’s number one economy.

The yen’s rise to 15-year highs against the greenback and a nine-year high against the euro helped push the Nikkei index below the 9,000 level Tuesday.

For every one-yen rise against the dollar, Japan’s exporters can lose tens of billions of yen earned overseas when repatriated, threatening a sector that Japan depends on to offset its weak domestic market.

Given lower stock prices and the yen’s surge, the Bank of Japan is considering additional monetary easing such as injecting more funds into money markets, the Nikkei has reported.

Talk of possible intervention caused the yen to weaken in Tokyo trading hours, while stocks snapped a four-day losing streak to close 0.69 percent higher.

The dollar fetched 84.76 yen in Tokyo afternoon trade, up from 84.59 in New York late Wednesday. The euro rose to 107.76 yen from 107.02.

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Paris steps back to 30s for 3D Scorsese film Agence France Presse

PARIS - A dozen hefty security guards held back the crowd gathered on a Paris street this week to glimpse US director Martin Scorsese jump into a limo at lunch break during the shoot of his latest film, a 3-D fantasy releasing late next year.

But the Oscar-winning 67-yearold, shooting in the City of Light for only the second time in 17 years, was too quick for the fans, skirting the crowd incognito on foot to be picked up a few hundred yards away by a luxury limousine.

“Keep moving, we’re shooting,” said harried security guards. Also on hand but also shunning the paparazzi was British actor Ben Kingsley, who played in Scorsese’s recent hit, “Shutter Island”. Costars Jude Law, Asa Butterfield, Christopher Lee and Sacha Baron Cohen had the day off.

Scorsese was shooting “Hugo Cabret”, a tale based on a 2007 graphic novel by Brian Selznick about a boy who secretly lives in the walls of a 1930s Paris train station.

To restore the ambience of those times, a squad of carpenters, painters and sundry handymen were on hand early morning transforming the facade of the Athenee theatre in central Paris, where some of the action takes place, as well as the

Opera-Louis Jouvet square the theatre stands on.

Artificial snow covered the ground and in place of its current shop fronts, the scenery wizards installed a 1930s hat-shop, watchmaker, haberdashery, pharmacy, as well as a news-stands stacked with 1931 editions.

With Paris almost empty as usual every summery August of its couple of million inhabitants and their cars, local and international film crews have flocked into town inspired both by the city’s beauty as well as new tax breaks. The French capital recently had a major cinematic outing with the worldwide release of the partly Paris-set sci-fi blockbuster “Inception” and is now set for more celluloid exposure with 20 feature films being shot here this year.

This summer alone saw three major US projects. Before Scorsese hit town, Woody Allen began shooting his latest work, “Midnight in Paris”, with French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in her first major film role in the movie which is set in the 1920s.

And pop star Madonna spent three days here in August to shoot part of her film “W.E.”, about Britain’s King Edward VIII and the American divorcee Wallis Simpson for whom he abdicated in 1936.

AP Photo/Jacques Brinon

U.S director Martin Scorsese, center left , talks with a unidentified assistant, during the filming of “Hugo Cabret” which he is directing, in Paris, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010.

Jimmy Fallon, center, host of the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, is joined by John Shaffner, left, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman and CEO, and the show’s executive producer Don Mischer at Emmy Awards Press Preview Day at Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. The annual awards show will be held at Nokia Theater on Sunday.

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‘The Pacific,’ ‘Glee,’ ‘Mad Men’ vying for 2010 Emmy Awards Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES - War miniseries “The Pacific,” comedy series “Glee,” and hit dramas “Mad Men,” “Lost” and “30 Rock” are among the big contenders for this year’s Emmy Awards, along with actor George Clooney’s humanitarian efforts. Producer Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s epic, World War II miniseries “The Pacific” has garnered 24 nominations, making Home Box Office (HBO) cable television network the most prominent in the event, with 101 nominations this year.

The show covers the exploits of young American soldiers proudly defending their nation after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Another top contender in the August 29 award ceremony is Fox Television’s “Glee,” in which a Spanish professor takes over a high school music class given up for hopeless by his predecessor. The comedy series garnered 19 nominations in this, its first appearance at the Emmys. It already won a Golden Globe for best comedy earlier this year and threatens to dethrone “30 Rock,” a three-year winner of the best comedy series.

“Nurse Jackie” and “The Office” are included as contenders in the category. In the drama series, the successful “Mad Men,” with 17

nominations, is aiming for its third consecutive Emmy.

But the series about the highpressure world of advertising in 1960s New York is facing tough competition from “Lost,” the globally popular tale about survivors on a mysterious island, the final episode of which aired in the United Stats in May. Nominated for 12 Emmys this year, “Lost” has made off with nine awards in the past six seasons, but only got the top award for best drama series in 2005. It will have to cross swords this year with, among others, “Dexter” and “True Blood.”

In the best actor and actress categories, all of last year’s winners are in the running, including Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”), Toni Collette

(“United States of Tara”), Glenn Close (“Damages”) and Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”).

They will compete with Tina Fey (“30 Rock”), Michael C. Hall (“Dexter”), Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”), Hugh Laurie, (“House”), Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife”), Steve Carell (“The Office”) and Edie Falco (“Nurse Jackie”).

In the category of outstanding made for television movie, critics are keeping an eye out for “You Don’t Know Jack” directed by Bary Levinson (“Rain man”), a brilliant portrait of euthanasia advocate Jack Kevorkian, popularly known as “Doctor Death” who served eight years in prison for helping a man commit suicide.

Tax bill grounds ‘Crocodile Dundee’ star Agence France Presse

SYDNEY - “Crocodile Dundee” star Paul Hogan has been barred from leaving Australia because of a row over his tax affairs, his lawyer has said. Tax officials served the actor, who lives in the United States, with an order stopping him from leaving after he returned for his mother’s funeral last week, according to a statement reported by the AAP news

agency.

The 70-year-old was “stunned and disappointed” by the order, said the statement from Andrew Robinson of Sydney law firm Robinson Legal.

Hogan shot to international fame playing Outback eccentric Mick “Crocodile” Dundee in the 1986 comedy, which was a box-office hit around the world.

He is embroiled in a long-running dispute with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) over an alleged multi-

million-dollar unpaid tax bill, AAP said.

The statement from his lawyer said the order means Hogan cannot leave Australia until the bill is settled. “Paul continues to vehemently deny any wrongdoing,” it said, adding that no charges had been brought after five years of investigation.

“He will continue to defend his position through all available legal and other channels. He is stunned

and very disappointed that the government could treat him as a flight risk,” it said.

“The process of detaining Paul in Australia away from his wife and child in Los Angeles has devastated Paul and he hopes that discussions between us and the ATO will lead to a prompt resolution allowing him to return to his family.” The ATO told thne news agency it would not comment on individuals’ tax affairs.

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(FILES) A file photo taken on June 6, 2001 shows Australian actor Paul Hogan posing for photographers at a Tokyo hotel.

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In a picture taken on August 20, 2010 two Chinese men send text messages as they walk along a subway tunnel in Beijing. Some Chinese people are finding that when they pick up a pen to write, the Chinese characters for simple words have entirely slipped from their mind.

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Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan Agence France Presse

HONG KONG - Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system. Yet aged just 21 and now a university student in Hong Kong, Li already finds that when she picks up a pen to write, the characters for words as simple as “embarrassed” have slipped from her mind.

“I can remember the shape, but I can’t remember the strokes that you need to write it,” she says. “It’s a bit of a problem.” Surveys indicate the phenomenon, dubbed “character amnesia”, is widespread across China, causing young Chinese to fear for the future of their ancient writing system.

Young Japanese people also report the problem, which is caused by the constant use of computers and mobile phones with alphabetbased input systems. There is even a Chinese word for it: “tibiwangzi”, or “take pen, forget character”.

A poll commissioned by the China Youth Daily in April found that 83 percent of the 2,072 respondents admitted having problems

writing characters. As a result, Li says that she has become almost dependent on her phone.

“When I can’t remember, I will take out my cellphone and find it (the character) and then copy it down,” she says. Zeng Ming, 22, from the southern Guangdong province, says: “I think it’s a young people’s problem, or at least a computer users’ problem.”

One notoriously forgettable character, Zeng says, is used in the word Tao Tie — a legendary Chinese monster that was so greedy it ate itself.

Still used as a byword for gluttony, the Tao Tie is one of many ancient Chinese concepts embedded in the language. “It’s like you’re forgetting your culture,” Zeng says.

Character amnesia happens be-

cause most Chinese people use electronic input systems based on pinyin, which translates Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet.

The user enters each word using pinyin, and the device offers a menu of characters that match. So users must recognise the character, but they don’t need to be able to write it. In Japan, where three writing systems are combined into one, mobiles and computers use the simpler hiragana and katakana scripts for inputting — meaning users may forget the kanji, a third strand of Japanese writing similar to Chinese characters.

“We rely too much on the conversion function on our phones and PCs,” said Ayumi Kawamoto, 23, shopping in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district. “I’ve mostly forgotten characters I learned in middle and high school and I tend to forget the characters I only occasionally use.”

Tokyo student Maya Kato, 22, said: “I hardly hand-write anymore, which is the main reason why I have forgotten so many characters.

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Deep-sea images reveal colorful life off Indonesia Associated Press Writer

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor — including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous.

They predicted Thursday that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14.

More than 100 hours of video and 100,000 photographs, captured using a robotic vehicle with high-definition cameras, were piped to shore in real-time by satellite and high-speed Internet.

Verena Tunnicliffe, a professor at the University of Victoria in Canada, said the images provided an extraordinary glimpse into one of the globe’s most complex and little-known marine ecosystems.

“Stalked sea lilies once covered the ocean, shallow and deep, but now are rare,” she said in a written statement. “I’ve only seen a few in my career. But on this expedition, I was amazed to see

them in great diversity.”

Likewise, Tunnicliffe has also seen sea spiders before, but those were tiny in comparison, all around one-inch (2.5 centimeters) long: “The sea spiders ... on this mission were huge. Eight-inches (20-centimeters) or more across.”

One animal captured on video looks like a flower, covered with glasslike needles, but scientists think it is probably a carnivorous sponge. The spikes, covered with sticky tissue, appear to capture food as it passes by. Scientists used powerful sonar mapping system and the robotic vehicle to explore nearly 21,000 square miles (54,000 sq. kilometers) of sea floor off northern Indonesia, at depths ranging from 800 feet (240 meters) to over two miles (1.6 kilometers).

The mission was carried out by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ship, the Okeanos Explorer. An Indonesian vessel, the Baruna Jaya IV, also took part, collecting specimens that, together with all rights for future use, will remain in the country. Confirmation that a species is new involves a scientific peer review and other steps and can take years.

AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)

This image provided by NOAA shows a close look one of the many interesting images collected by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July.

Sony working on 3-D TVs that don’t need glasses Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Koji Sasahara

Models with 3D glasses and a Blu-ray disc pose with Sony’s 3D Bluray disc players/recorders in Tokyo, Thursday, Aug 26, 2010.

TOKYO – Sony Corp. is working on 3-D televisions that don’t need special glasses, joining a race with rival Toshiba Corp., but sees cost and technological hurdles to overcome before they can go on sale. Toshiba said earlier this week it is working on glasses-free 3-D TVs, although no decision had been made on when they will go on sale.

Mainstream 3-D TVs now on sale, such as those from Panasonic

Corp. and Sony Corp., require glasses. But there are already screens that don’t require glasses, mainly intended for store displays. They require the viewer to stand in specific spots for the 3-D effect to emerge, and the image quality is much lower than that of screens using glasses.

“Seeing 3-D without glasses is more convenient,” Sony Senior Vice President Yoshihisa Ishida said Thursday at Tokyo headquarters.

“We must take account of pricing before we can think about when to start offering them.”

Sony showed its latest 3-D products for the Japanese market, including flat-panel TVs and Bluray recorders. Sony said it plans to be No. 1 in market share in Japan in 3-D TVs and 3-D players and recorders, taking advantage of its position as an electronics maker with a movie studio.

Sony said it will start selling in Japan next month two films and two music videos in 3-D, and planned home software of 3-D theater releases, including a 3-D “Spider-Man” opening in 2012.

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Champions League nights await Spurs, Ajax Agence France Presse

PARIS - Tottenham, inspired by a Peter Crouch hat-trick, crushed unheralded Swiss outfit Young Boys and former European champions Ajax overcame Dynamo Kiev in Champions League play-off action on Wednesday. Joining this pair in the lucrative group phase were French side Auxerre, Slovakian outfit Zilina, and FC Copenhagen.

Wednesday’s play-off winners go into Thursday’s group stage draw along with Tuesday’s triumphant quintet - Sporting Braga, Werder Bremen, Partizan Belgrade, Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Basel. These 10 play-off qualifiers go into the pot in Monaco with the 22 European heavyweights who gained automatic admission to the group phase.

Spurs are making their Champions League debut and their first foray into Europe’s top flight competition for half a century. This prized place in the group stages could generate as much as 20 million pounds (24 million euros) in extra revenue yet Harry Redknapp’s men almost missed out on the financial bonanza, going 3-0 down to Young Boys in an unforgettable first half performance on the Swiss outfit’s plastic pitch in Berne last week.

Two second half goals gave them hope and Wednesday’s 4-0 rout saw the north Londoners safely through 6-3 on aggregate to ensure last season’s performance

in pipping big-spending Manchester City to fourth in the Premier League hadn’t been in vain.

Crouch settled Spurs’ nerves’ in the rain at White Hart Lane with a fifth minute opener, with his fellow England international Jermain Defoe adding a second after the half hour with a little help from his left hand.

Tottenham, the first English side to taste European glory with a 1963 Cup Winners Cup triumph, emerged for the second half with Carlo Cudicini replacing injured Heurelho Gomes in goal. The Italian didn’t have a great deal to do however with Crouch completing his first European hat-trick, his third goal coming from the penalty spot, to set the home fans dreaming of more memorable Champions League nights to come over the winter.

“We came out and played exceptionally well tonight,” said Crouch.

“To have the chance to play Inter Milan or Real Madrid at White Hart Lane...that’s why we worked so hard last year, we want massive games.”

Defoe added: “All the hard work last season has paid off, it was a fan-

tastic performance.” Redknapp remarked: “It’s been an awful long time since Tottenham played in a top European competiion, this was the dream for me and now we’ve achieved that.”

FC Copenhagen scraped into the group phase, overcoming Norwegian neighbours Rosenborg 1-0 leaving the tie balanced at 2-2 with the Danish capital side going through on away goals. In Wednesday’s other ‘derby’ encounter Zilina beat Czech rivals Sparta Prague 1-0 for a resounding 3-0 aggregate win.

The game was marred when 16 people were injured in violent clashes between fans and police before the kick-off. Auxerre, who finished a surprising third in the French first division last season, earned their place in Thursday’s draw with a 2-0 second leg win over 2008 UEFA Cup winners’ Zenit St Petersburg from Russia for a 3-2 aggregate victory.

Dutch giants Ajax booked their ticket after goals from Uruguayan captain Luis Suarez and Mounir El Hamdaoui saw them through 3-2 on aggregate against Dinamo Kiev.

No place for Ballack in Germany squad: report Agence France Presse

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Picture taken on March 28, 2009 shows Germany’s midfielder Michael Ballack warming up with the ball prior to the Germany vs Liechtenstein World Cup 2010 qualifying football match in Leipzig, eastern Germany.

BERLIN – Germany midfielder Michael Ballack is set to be dropped by national coach Joachim Loew for next month’s Euro 2012 qualifiers, according to reports in the German media on Thursday. The 33-year-old is still working his way back to fitness after suffering an ankle injury in May which ruled him out of last month’s World Cup, but German magazine Kicker says Loew believes he is still short of match fitness.

Loew will name his squad on Friday for the qualifiers against Belgium and Azerbaijan and if Ballack is not selected, Bayern Munich defender Philipp Lahm is likely to retain the captaincy having led Germany to third at the World Cup. Loew was in Dortmund last Sunday to see Ballack make his first appearance back in the Bundesliga after four years in the Premier League with Chelsea as his side Leverkusen beat Dortmund 2-0.

The national coach has always said he will only select players in peak condition and with Germany facing Belgium in Brussels on September 3 and Azerbaijan in Cologne on September 7, Ballack is out of time, claims Kicker.

After his injury, Ballack only returned to training at the start of August and has played only a Bundesliga and Europa League match.

He will miss Thursday’s return leg clash against Ukrainians Simferopol in the Europa League with Bayer holding a 3-0 lead as he continues to work on his fitness.

(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Tottenham’s Peter Crouch, left, jumps for a high ball with Switzerland’s Young Boys’ Hrvoje Bukovski during their Champions League second leg qualifying soccer match at Tottenham’s White Hart Lane Stadium in London, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010.

Benitez hits back at Mourinho jibes Agence France Presse

ROME - Inter Milan coach Rafael Benitez has hit back at his predecessor Jose Mourinho’s jibes in a videochat with the club’s fans. Mourinho has previously claimed that Benitez, the former Liverpool and Valencia boss, will have an easy job having inherited his own treble-winning team.

But Benitez retorted that the new Real Madrid coach also took over a winning side when he arrived in Italy. Inter had won three straight titles when Mourinho joined. “First of all I’m surprised that Mourinho

has spoken because normally he doesn’t speak, he talks about nothing,” Benitez said jokingly about his outspoken rival.

“He’s not here any more but if everything was so perfect then why did he leave? Why did he choose to join another team? That was his decision.

“It’s clear to everyone that this is a good team and it was too when he arrived at Inter. “I’m very happy and don’t like talking about these things.

I think he speaks from outside, but it’s better for us to concentrate on the work we must do for Inter.”

Inter Milan coach Rafael Benitez gestures prior to the start of the Italian Supercup soccer final match between Inter Milan and Roma at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010.

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Dementieva leads seeds into New Haven quarter-finals Agence France Presse

NEW HAVEN - Top seed Marcos Baghdatis bounced back to beat Argentina’s Juan Ignacio Chela 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Pilot Pen US Open hardcourt tune-up. The Cypriot, who lost all three of his service games in the first set, rallied and broke Chela’s serve four times in the final two sets.

Baghdatis, ranked 18th in the world, has now reached the quarter-finals in four of his five starts in the US Open series of events leading up to the final Grand Slam of the year, which starts on Monday in New York. Women’s top seed Caroline Wozniacki cruised into the quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Dominika Cibulkova.

Wozniacki, who won a rain-delayed final in Montreal on Monday, was cheered on by American football players from nearby Yale University. The Dane had visited a team workout last year.

“That they all came and supported me today was just fun,” she said. “We should make this a tradition.” Wozniacki, battling a sore back, trailed 4-3 in the opening set. But after receiving treatment she gave up only two points the rest of the set.

Wozniacki next faces seventh-

seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta, a 63, 6-2 winner over Olga Govortsova. Russian fourth seed Elena Dementieva outlasted Ukraine’s Kateryna Bondarenko 76 (7/4), 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, building match fitness for the US Open after tearing a left calf muscle in the French Open.

Next up for Dementieva will be French sixth seed Marion Bartoli, who ousted Australian Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 6-1. Russian eighth seed Nadia Petrova also advanced, defeating American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3, 6-2 to book a date with Aussie second seed Samantha Stosur.

Maria Kirilenko and Dinara Safina booked an all-Russian quarterfinal. Kirilenko beat Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky 63, 6-1 and Safina downed Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova 76 (7/4), 7-6 (7/2).

The day’s men’s action began

with completion of three rain-disrupted second-round matches.

Ukraine’s seventh-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov downed American James Blake 6-4, 6-2, but when he returned to the court for a third-round clash he was toppled by Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7-1), 6-2.

Troicki had completed a two-set victory over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen earlier in the day. Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili beat fifth-seeded Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (9/7) to reach the quarter-finals.

Elena Dementieva of Russia celebrates a point against Kateryna Bondarenko of Russia during the Pilot Pen tennis tournament at the Connecticut Tennis Center on August 25, 2010 in New Haven, Connecticut.

US NBA stars romp past Greece

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Eye injury rules Kessler out of Super-Six Agence France Presse

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USA basket team player Derrick Rose during their friendly basketball match against Lithuania at La Caja Magica pavillion in Madrid, on August 21, 2010.

ATHENS - Eric Gordon scored 18 points, Kevin Durant added 15 and Derrick Rose chipped in with 11 to spark the United States to a 87-59 romp over Greece Wednesday in an exhibition game ahead of the World Basketball Championships.

The Greek team was led by Kostas Tsartsaris who scored 24 points and was the only double figure scorer for the hosts. Greece took a 2-0 lead but the Americans rallied to take a 11-4 advance and never lost the lead from there.

The Americans led at half-time 42-32 and built up the lead to 68-44 after the third quarter when they outscored the Greeks 26-12 who were plagued with 25 turnovers in the contest watched by about 12,000 spectators at the Athens Indoor Olympic Stadium. Both squads depart for Turkey on Thursday to participate in the world championships which open this weekend.

The Americans have not won the world crown since 1994 at Toronto, sending a nonNBA squad to Greece in 1998 due to a labor dispute and stumbling on home soil at Indianapolis in 2002 in the first losses by NBA talent on a global stage ahead of a bronze-medal showing at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Those humiliations led to a revamping of the US national team program ahead of the 2008 worlds in Japan, where the Americans lost to Greece in a semi-final and settled for third before reclaiming Olympic gold in 2008 at Beijing.

COPENHAGEN – WBC supermiddleweight champion Mikkel Kessler of Denmark has withdrawn from the Super-Six World Boxing Classic tournament because of an eye injury, his German promoter announced Wednesday.

Kessler was to fight American Allan Green on September 25 in Denmark for his third and final bout in the round-robin tournament that brings together the best WBA and WBC super-middleweight boxers.

The Dane lost his first fight against American Andre Ward in November 2009 before claiming the WBC title from Briton Carl Froch in April this year. Promoter Kalle Sauerland said Kessler, who will be replaced in the Super-Six, will be out of action for nine months.

The other boxers involved in the tournament are Germany’s Arthur Abraham, Froch and the American trio of Green, Ward and Andre Dirrell. The top four will go on to fight in next year’s world title playoffs.

(AFP/SCANPIX/Uffe Weng)

WBC super-middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler of Denmark announces his withdrawal from the Super-Six World Boxing Classic tournament because of an eye injury, his German promoter announced Wednesday.

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McLaren could yet run F-duct at Monza McLaren could yet decide to keep the F-duct on its car for the Italian Grand Prix, despite the team saying earlier this week that it would be removed for the Monza event. McLaren’s managing director Jonathan Neale said on Wednesday that the team will wait until it has analysed the performance of the F-duct at Spa this weekend before making a final decision.

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Dovizioso determined to stay at HRT ANDREA Dovizioso wants to remain in the works Honda team next season, despite the Japanese manufacturer signing Casey Stoner for 2011. HRT has Dani Pedrosa, Stoner and Dovizioso under contract next year. Dovizioso’s manager, Simone Battistella says Honda has proposed moving him to the Gresini team, but the Italian is determined to keep his place at HRT. “I think it would make sense to carry on for another year with the

works team in order to have the chance to have a real go at the title,” Dovizioso told Gazzetta dello Sport.

“Gresini is a fine team but I want to carry on with Honda: it’s a chance I believe I deserve and that was decided in agreement with the HRC bosses.

“From the Barcelona race onwards, Pedrosa and Stoner have improved more than I have. But it’s also true that certain rumours are annoying, it’s upsetting to let so much time go by to discuss such a delicate is-

sue.”

Battistella added that he believes his rider will remain at the factory team: “I expect all contractual parameters agreed with HRC get respected.

“We have let them know that our intention is to carry on the project started in 2009 to its end: we expect a reply as soon as possible.

We’ve never discussed with Gresini: Honda has proposed us to race in that team in 2011, but that’s not what we had agreed.”

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Andrea Dovizioso

“We have the option to run it or not [at Monza],” Neale said. “At the moment we’re just looking at all the options. We’ll watch carefully where the end-of-straight speeds come out at Spa and make the decision in the following week.”

He explained that although the Fduct gives a straightline speed advantage, the team is unsure at the moment whether the gain on such a low downforce circuit will offset the compromises of running the device.

“It all depends on where you want to be for total aero efficiency,” he said. “There tends to be a herd instinct in Formula 1 of where the downforce and end-of-straight speeds are set.

“Other teams have F-ducts and are performing well in straightline speed. If we think there’s an advantage from it, we’ll run it. If taking

the weight of running it out and making the rear wing more efficient is effective, we’ll do it. But it’s all just fine tuning, it doesn’t make a big enough difference to win or lose you a race.”

Neale added that McLaren is no closer to understanding the situation with the flexi-wings of Red Bull and Ferrari.

“I’ve seen the footage and we can’t explain why those cars operate in the way they do,” Neale said.

“We’ve spent a lot of time looking very hard at the cars, but it’s just speculation on our part. It’s a discussion for the FIA and those teams to have.

“We presume that because Charlie [Whiting, FIA race director] has issued a clarification for the coming races, there was an issue. We’re all working with the FIA on it.”