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Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Several children conducted “Ngelawang” procession in front of Jagatnatha temple in order to preserve the tradition which is usually being held on Galungan day.

“Ngelawang” derived from the word “lawang” which means door and it is a term in Balinese language which means performing from one village to the other in order to vanquish the evil spirit.

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Due to ATM Card Jammed IDR 14.5 M Vanished million and the incident has been reported to Denpasar Metro Police.

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Lately, fraudulence case frequently happened within the territorial of Denpasar Metro Police.

Unless behaving careful and well prepared, misfortune will approach. Similar case afflicted Nyoman Mudana (57), a resident of Jalan Sulatri, Denpasar. Someone admitted to be Indra Gunawan, not long ago deceived him.

It was explained, when victim would like to withdraw his money at an ATM on Jalan WR Supratman, Kesiman, Kertalangu Denpasar, his

ATM card jammed in the machine.

Of course, the victim was confused and had no choice but contacted someone. In fact, it was the perpetra-

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Meanwhile, the allegation of fraud action by means of bad check also ensued again. I Komang Setiawan (43), a resident of Buahan Hamlet, Tabanan, underwent this fraud allegation.

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Officers evacuate the body which was found in the mangrove forest in Serangan, Denpasar on Wednesday, October 21st 2009.

The body was probably drowned and washed away to the forest.

A dead body was found in the mangrove forest in Suwung southern Denpasar. The body which was found on Wednesday, October 21st 2009 had rot in several parts and the face can not be recognized anymore.

The body was found approximately 150 meters from the highway, wearing black shirt and black pants. The evacuation of the body took two hours because the road

was muddy and slippery. Currently, the body is in Sanglah hospital for the autopsy.

The information gathered in the scene, the first finder of the body was Abdul Salam, a security officer in Kimia Farma pharmacy. Abdul was walking on the area to find clams. After several minutes, they sense a bad smell and then they saw a dead body near the garbage. He directly go to his friend ti tell the finding.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Bali News Farmers in Selemadeg and Kerambitan to Lose IDR 16 B

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The picture of the slump area in Denpasar. The increasing number of migrants entering Bali made slump area increase in several parts of the city and it could worsen the face of Bali in general

Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Again, mice ran amuck at the rice granary of Tabanan.

Now, it is the turn for agricultural field at East Selemadeg and Kerambitan. Due to this attack, local farmers failed to harvest their paddy. Information gathered at location mentioned that more than one thousand hectares of land at a number of subak territory faced harvest failure. It was estimated that they suffered from a loss worth IDR 16 billion.

Mouse attacked a number of subaks in these two subdistricts.

They were Subak Lanyah Delod Jalan, Subak Belumbang, Subak Sungsang, Aseman 6 and Timan Agung. Farmers at location said that the land planted with paddy and corn was begun to be attacked by mice since last August.

“As consequence, only few crops could be saved, while the others totally failed,” said one of the farmers.

The Head of Indonesia Association of Paddy and Crops Farmers (AP3I), Bali Chapter, I Ketut Arsana Yasa, familiarly greeted as Ketut Sadam, said that such fierce mouse attack truly harmed the farmers. He added that a number of subaks planting corn should have harvested at this moment. However, most of them failed. He himself planting corn at 2-hectare of land totally failed because stalks of corn were cut down.

The loss experienced for 2 hectares of land amounted to some IDR 32 million. Normally, a hectare of land could produce 8 tons of corn.

“However, we could not return the cost of production. A hectare of land needs a production cost of IDR 6 million. My corn has totally run out. Other farmers also found the same fate,” he said. If calculated, Sadam said the total loss of Subak Sungsang with the extent of 225 hectares and added with other subaks of some one thousand hectares was estimated to reach IDR 16 billion. By this es-

timation, said Sadam, price of corn was IDR 2,100 per kilogram where one hectare could produce 8 tons of corn. By doing so, one hectare can produce some IDR 16 million. And, if one hectare normally produced some IDR 16 million, so one thousand hectares of land would suffer a loss of IDR 16 billion,” he explained.

Minimal stock of mouse poison

Today, the endeavor undertaken remained minimal such as by spreading mouse poison.

Strangely, those mice did not touch the poison and they even turned fiercer. In fact, the administration of poison was ineffective to eradicate the mice. Sadam added that such a fierce attack never occurred before. He with other farmers expected that government could provide assistance for the preventive acts.

“Probably, one day, it needs organizing a collective mouse hunting or shared experience about its prevention,” he explained.

He also admitted, the predator of mice has diminished radically in keeping with the damage on the ecosystem. Snake, mouseeating bird and other kinds of predators kept on hunting so the ecosystem was not harmonious.

Whereas the subak member, he said, was very intense to keep the environment for the sake of agricultural sustainability in Tabanan. (kmb14)

Deputy Regent Disappointed

Many Project Deviances to Ensue Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Deputy Regent of Klungkung, Tjok Gede Agung, was unable to hide his disappointment, last Tuesday (Oct 20). When committing instant inspection to a number of physical projects in 2009, no single contractor of the project could be encountered at location. As consequence, Tjok Agung was unable to get explanation in person regarding to the project development from contractors.

A number of projects inspected, among others, were asphalting and drainage toward Watu Klotok Temple, establishment of Community Health Center II Dawan at Gunaksa Village, Sangkan Buana Bridge and some others. Ironically, other than being unable to find any contractor (project implementer), Tjok Agung also found some deviances in the projects. One of them was the talud project on road irrigation heading for Watuklotok. Based on information of a worker, depth of talud was 30 cm. However, based in his inspection, its depth was improper, Tjok Agung said.

Similarly, the project of Community Health Center II of Dawan did so. Up to this moment, the project was estimated to have run for 60 percent, whereas the time limit of completion was at the beginning of this November. “I feel pessimis-

tic the project could be completed punctually. Originally, I would just like to remind the contractor. Unluckily, no single contractor was found at location. Actually, I am very disappointed to see such reality,” ended Tjok Agung who was accompanied by Inspectorate of Regency, Public Works Services, Head of subdistrict and so forth.

In relation to such violations encountered, Tjok Agung confessed that he would send reprimand letter to each contractor.

Additionally, he would remind the project consultant, both supervisor and implementer to intensify their supervision. “In years to come, we would not like to find any inconvenience on the project implementation. It can happen that the building has damaged in relatively short time after completion,” he said.

Previously, Tjok Agung also encountered the reality that some projects were not worked on pursuant to constructional specifications. A number of projects in Banjarangkan subdistrict were inspected in the previous month. One of them was SDN 3 Banjarangkan. At the project was found the use of timber that did not meet the specification. Meanwhile, implementation of most physical project in Klungkung Regency in 2009 has been commenced in last August 2009. (kmb20)

Dogs Positive to Rabies

Found in Bangli and Karangasem Denpasar (Bali Post)—

After in Badung, Denpasar and Tabanan, now in Bangli and Karangasem Regency were also found dogs that were positive to rabies. It was known based on laboratory examination toward saliva sample of dog biting one of the residents of Tianyar, Karangasem and Bangli. In fact, it was positive to rabies.

The Head of Bali Office of Animal Husbandry Services, Ida Bagus Alit, revealed it last Tuesday (Oct 20). Alit added it was committed to prevent the wider transmission of rabies. Team of Animal Husbandry Services handled both regencies right away to make socialization. “We have gathered local residents to take preventive measures,” he said.

The prevention endeavors, to name a few, consisted of the stoppage of interprovincial or inter-regency animal traffic, especially that of dog, in Bali. Secondly, it aimed at improving the awareness of community in order they were willing to bring their dog for vaccination, both at local village hall or local animal husbandry services. Bali Office of Animal Husbandry Services has distributed vaccination to all regencies/city.

Its details are 50,100 vaccines for Badung, Tabanan (38,000) and Tabanan (25,000). Then, Buleleng, Karangasem and Gianyar respectively obtained 10,000 vaccines, while for Bangli, Klungkung and Jemberana has been allocated 5,000 vaccines.

In the meantime, stock at the province amounted to 81,000 vaccines.

Alit added that the obstacle found today was the shortage of people’s awareness. They would only come when dog bit one of their family members. Even, some residents did not tie their dog and let it roam at large.

On that account, Alit expected the participation of residents in preventing and managing the rabies case. “Local resident could also take part in eliminating wild dogs in their area because they themselves know exactly about the wild dogs at their residence,” he said.

Likewise, he appealed local residents no not eliminate the dog biting right away. It needed an observation for at leas 14 days to ensure if the dog was positive to rabies or not. (kmb24)

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Car’s Tire Deflated

IDR 160 M Disappeared Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Again, foreign tourist from Japan became a victim of street crime in Denpasar City. The couple—Hitayama Taku (54) and Ani (40) was unlucky since they lost their cash amounting to more than one hundred million rupiahs. They underwent theft action at particular location on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, Tuban, Kuta, Badung, last Tuesday (Oct 20).

Modus operandi of the perpetrator in committing their wicked action was by deflating tire of vehicle. It was identified that two perpetrators could take away the cash of victim worth IDR 160 million. The case has been reported by victims to Kuta Sector Police to be followed up further.

Information obtained by Bali Post the day before mentioned that such theft action took place at 1:30 p.m.

Local time. The couple just took their money at moneychanger a certain location on Jalan Raya Kuta. Afterwards, they have lunch at Taipan restaurant. When they arrived at location, victim felt something wrong happening to his car.

In fact, one of the tires of Daihatsu Gran Max with police number DK 1350 AV driven by victim got flat tire.

Afterward, victim took left lane to stop his car, right in front of Bali Mutiara Shop. Unexpectedly, a motorbike then approached the victim. Instantly, the rider of motorbike grabbed victim’s

bag existing in the car.

One of the perpetrators remained on the motorbike and started it when his friend could grab the victim’s bag.

The incident was so quick. Even, the victim could not identify what kind of motorbike they rode, explained a witness at location of incident.

When all valuables have been taken away, his wife got shock right away.

Even, when he reported the case to Kuta Sector Police, her face remained to look pale and her husband calmed down once a while by embracing her.

Before the incident, he was just coming from a moneychanger to take money and had lunch at Taipan restaurant, admitted Hitayama who spoke Bahasa Indonesia fluently.

In the meantime, Unit Chief of Kuta Sector Police, I Made Karsa, when asked about his confirmation, he justified such theft action. His party stayed to investigate the case and both perpetrators were under pursuit of police. (kmb21)

Rabies Anticipation

Animal Husbandry Services of Denpasar Targeting Dog Vendors Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Following the issuance of Denpasar Mayor’ Regulation No. 25/ 2009 regarding to Rabies Prevention and Management in Denpasar, Denpasar Office of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Maritime (Disnakanlut) commenced to take action as arranged in the regulation.

“Other than performing socialization, orderliness making toward the existence of wild dogs keeps on running,” said the Head of Denpasar Disnakanlut, Dewa Made Ngurah, when met in Denpasar, last Tuesday (Oct 20).

He said the targets in the rabies prevention, without exception, were dog vendors. Moreover, dog trade at Satria animal market was judged to have opportunity to transmit rabies. More seriously, dog vendors at the market did not complete their dog with good maintenance like administration of vaccination. In addition, the dog offered to buyers consisted of many kinds. “This market does not only of-

fer Kintamanian dog, but also that of outside Bali. Considering that dog trade has something to do with animal distribution, it needs taking action,” said the Head of Disnakanlut.

Dewa Ngurah acknowledged, since the regulation of Denpasar Mayor was just issued few weeks before, his office would only take action by summoning to all animal vendors existing at Satria Market. “Dog owners at Satria Market will also be summoned.

We’d like to give them explanation about the hazard and prevention of rabies,” he said.

However, if dog vendors running their business improperly, or illegal, we would dismiss them entirely. The Mayor’s Regulation socialized after Kuningan obliged the community to keep their dogs in a cage. Even, they should be well treated and never let them roam at large. “Should there be any owners not complying with the regulation, we would certainly capture their wild dogs and eliminate them,” explained Dewa Ngurah. (kmb12)

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Officers prepared to toe a car which park illegally. The government is increasing the inspection on illegal parking in order to decrease traffic jam in Denpasar.

Stall and Motor Service Completely on Fire Gianyar (Bali Post)—

Raging of flames completely destroyed the stall and motor service belonging to a resident of Tangga Yuda, Kedewatan, Ubud, Gianyar, last Monday (Oct 19), at 11:30 p.m. Local Time. The building sizing 12 x 8 meter belonging to I Wayan Jejel (58), a local resident, was destroyed by the flames.

The permanent building of stall and motor service established at roadside was daily used as business site. Raging of flames has destroyed the entire of building caused the contents like television set, refrigerator, cash and other

kinds of valuables to burn. Fortunately, two vehicles of Kijang type and Corona sedan as well as a motorbike could be saved. “Only spare parts were completely burnt,” explained the victim.

Such flames were first known when victim would like to urinate.

At that time, he heard something falling in his stall. When he saw the flames have burnt the roof.

Victim was shouted hysterically to ask for a favor until three units of fire brigade were called for the help.

Based on information obtained, before the fire, the electricity at lo-

cation once went out. At 9:30 p.m.

Local Time, electricity flashed. His wife once ignited a candle in the stall. However, when the electricity flashed, the candle has been extinguished before 11 p.m. Cause of the fire was unknown for sure. Due to the fire, victim afflicted a loss worth over IDR 250 million.

Apparatus of Ubud Sector Police remained to investigate the cause of fire. Chief of Ubud Sector Police AA Sena with permission of Chief of Gianyar Resort Police said that his party was carrying out an investigation on the causes of such fire. (kmb16)

Alleged to Have Love Affair with Resident’s Wife

Personnel of Hamlet Head Reported to Police Negara (Bali Post)—

Alleged to have a love affair with his wife, resident reported personnel of hamlet head of Berawantangi, Tukadaya Village, Melaya, named Nengah W (39) to police station and to Head of Tukadaya Village. Ketut Sudiana (39) from Berawantangi, Tukadaya felt there was a love affair between his wife, Ni Made S (38), and the personnel of hamlet head.

His suspicion was based on the finding of intimate Short Message Service (SMS) in the cell phone of his wife. To journalist, Sudiana, last Monday (Oct 19) said that such SMS was recorded in last September.

“That intimate SMS made me harboring resentment,” he described.

In last September, his party has reported the love-affair case to village apparatus with the evidence of such

SMS. Both parties have been administered justice at the village on last October 8, 2009 and October 16.

However, according to him, it could not find a solution. Both admitted to write the SMS just for fun. It was only a joke. “How can such intimate SMS tending to more intimate relation be said a joke?” he said surprisingly.

Sudiana exemplified the intimate SMS received from cell phone with number 0813384082XX on September 25 at 14:55:36 saying “Be careful my darling. I will always say prayers for your safety. Please do not have a promenade today because it is soon but not soon enough. I also put a pity on you that you should do it in a hurry while you are expected at home (by your husband). Right now, I am still at cockfighting arena.”

Sudiana admitted to have reported

the incident to Melaya Sector Police.

When asked about, his confirmation, Chief of Melaya Sector Police, Nengah Mandi, with permission of Chief of Jemberana Resort Police, Ketut Suardana justified the coming of Ketut Sudiana to police station of Melaya. However, Sudiana did not make a report, he only made coordination regarding to his problem. He dare not report it officially as the case remained unclear.

According to Chief Nengah Mandi, Ketut Sudiana indeed showed the affectionate SMS that has been typed. Today, his party remained to investigate the number of cell phone mentioned in the SMS while coordinating with village apparatus. Meanwhile, hamlet head of Berawantangi, Nengah W, was unable to be contacted via his cell phone. (sur)

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

International

Iran uranium talks set to resume Agence France-Presse

VIENNA - Iran was set to hold a third day of talks Wednesday with world powers on a uranium enrichment agreement, a deal which could help defuse tensions over its controversial nuclear programme.

The negotiations, on a proposal for Iran to ship its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, had appeared to stall on Tuesday but the parties met briefly and were due to hold further talks on Wednesday.

“I think and I believe that we are making progress,” the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, said after the talks Tuesday.

“It is maybe slower than I expected but we are moving forward and we are going to meet tomorrow at 10:00 am (0800 GMT).”

“We still hope to be able to reach an agreement. It’s a complex

process,” ElBaradei told reporters.

“There are technical aspects, many technical issues that we have to hammer out. It is of course a question of confidence building, of guarantees,” said the head of the UN’s atomic watchdog.

The head of the Iranian delegation, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, described the talks as “constructive” and said that “discussions will continue tomorrow with all countries concerned.”

The talks appeared to stall Tuesday over statements by Iranian officials that they no longer wanted France part of any deal, but diplomats said rather it was over differences on how to structure the deal.

Iran tentatively agreed at a meeting in Geneva with world powers on October 1 to ship some of its stocks of low-enriched uranium abroad for processing into fuel for an internationally supervised research reactor in Tehran.

French prosecutors seek 18-month suspended sentence for ex-PM Agence France-Presse

PARIS - French ex-prime minister Dominique de Villepin accused President Nicolas Sarkozy of hanging him on a “butcher’s hook” Tuesday after prosecutors called for an 18-month suspended sentence against him.

“Nicolas Sarkozy had promised to hang me on a butcher’s hook (and) I see that the promise has been kept,” Villepin said bitterly after prosecutors asked for the sentence to be combined with a 45,000-euro (70,000-dollar) fine.

The 55-year-old is charged with conspiring in 2004 to discredit Sarkozy and derail his presidential bid at a time when the two men were jostling to succeed president Jacques Chirac.

Prosecutors argued that while

Villepin had not deliberately taken part in the plot to defame Sarkozy with falsified documents, he had failed to take action to stop the conspiracy and was an “accomplice through silence”.

The request was less than the maximum five years allowed under the law for a conviction on charges of complicity to slander, complicity to use forgeries, dealing in stolen property and breach of trust.

But Villepin’s lawyers charged the sentencing appeal was unfair, given that the prosecutors had acknowledged that the former prime minister had not been an active participant in the conspiracy dubbed the Clearstream affair.

“We have just made it illegal to do nothing,” said Villepin’s lawyer Olivier Metzner.

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Damaged compartments of Mewar express are lifted using a crane after Goa express, unseen, rammed into it, near Agra, about 210 kilometers (130 miles) southeast of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. A passenger train crashed into another train’s rear carriage reserved for women and disabled passengers, killing 21 people and injuring 17 who remained trapped for hours Wednesday near the Taj Mahal in northern India, police said.

21 killed in Indian train crash Agence France-Presse

MATHURA - A Delhi-bound Indian express train ploughed into the back of another near the Taj Mahal town of Agra early Wednesday, killing up to 21 and injuring more than 20, police said.

Local police said 21 had died while railway officials put the toll at 13 from the early morning crash on tracks outside the town of Mathura, 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Agra in northern India.

Rescuers, working with mechanical cutters amid a huge crowd of onlookers, battled to free people trapped in a badly mangled carriage that bore the brunt of the collision.

The engine of one train had rammed inside the last carriage of a

train in front, reserved for the disabled and luggage. Bloodied bodies and people were pulled from the wreckage before being ferried to local hospitals.

“The number of dead from today’s accident is 21,” a spokesman for local police superintendent B.D. Polson told AFP, adding that 20 were injured in the crash at 5:30 am local time (0000 GMT) that involved two express trains.

Local railway manager Rajendra

Dutt Tripathi said 13 were dead and 22 injured.

A train from the southern state of Goa heading to New Delhi had run into the back of the stationary Mewar Express, an overnight service linking the state of Rajasthan with the capital, he explained.

Tripathi said initial reports suggested the Mewar Express was at standstill because a passenger had pulled the emergency chain and the driver of the Goa express had overlooked a signal requesting him to stop.

“These are a matter of investigation and a final conclusion can only be reached after a detailed inquiry,” he said.

Malaysian court throws out Anwar ‘gay’ lawsuit Agence France-Presse

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Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin.

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s appeals court has struck out a bid by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to sue former premier Mahathir Mohamad for nearly 30 million dollars for calling him gay, lawyers said Wednesday.

Anwar served as deputy premier to Mahathir until he was sacked in 1998 and jailed on sodomy and corruption charges. The sex conviction was later overturned and he was released after serving six years in jail.

Anwar lodged the defamation case in 2006 after Mahathir said he could not have allowed his former

deputy to become prime minister because he was a homosexual, a comment the lawsuit said was “false and malicious”.

The case, which was rejected by the High Court in 2007, was thrown out by the Appeals Court Tuesday on technical grounds after Mahathir’s lawyers complained the application was lodged in English, and not Bahasa Malaysia.

Anwar’s counsel Sankara Nair said the case should not have been dismissed on the grounds of irregularities, which were common and should be easily overcome by the court.

“It should go on the merits of the

matter. So that’s why we were most disappointed that the court decided to dismiss the matter on technicalities,” he told AFP. “We have a very strong case because Mahathir has to prove that Anwar is homosexual as he has claimed,” he said, adding the opposition leader would now decide whether to take the case to the nation’s top forum, the Federal Court.

Since his release from jail, Anwar has reinvented himself as the leader of a resurgent opposition which gained unprecedented ground in elections last year, winning a third of parliamentary seats and control of five states.

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

General Info

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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.

HOSPITAL Bangli Bangli General Hospital Jl. Kesumayuda 27, Bangli Phone : +62 366 91521 Gianyar

Royal Danish & Norwegian Mimpi Resort Jimbaran, Bali Phone +62.361.701 070 The Czech Republic Jalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.286 465 France Consulate Agency Jalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.285 485 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 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 Consulate General of Japan Jalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.227 628 Honorary Consulate of British Jalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.270 601 Swiss and Austria Consulate Jalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan Istana Galleria Phone +62.361.751 735 Honorary Consulate of Brazil Jalan Legian No. 186, Bali Phone +62.361.757 775 Honorary Consulate of Thailand Jalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.263 310 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

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 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.

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

Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private) Jl. Sudirman No 50, Denpasar Phone : 227 560, 234 824 In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medical evacuation company, that is: AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.

PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No. 24X, Kuta 80361.

Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768 One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that the Blood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh) Negative blood.

Badung Bali Medical Clinics There are some medical clinics that are well known by foreigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and operated : Bali International Medical Center (BIMC) Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excellent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Services for tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.

Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance & Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone : 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta, Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com International SOS Clinic Bali Opened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visitors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-hour emergency medical service.

Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - Indonesia Phone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919 E-mail : info@sos-bali.com ttp ://www.sos-bali.com Bali Nusa Dua Emergency Clinic Jl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324 Kuta Clinic Jl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268 Dental Clinic Dr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, Denpasar Phone : 222 445, 234 375 DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81 Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324 Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4A Br. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Clinic Mas Jl. Raya Mas, Ubud Phone : +62 361 974573 Toyo Clinic Jl. Pengosekan, Ubud Phone : +62 361 978078 Permata Bunda Clinic Jl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, Gianyar Phone : +62 361 942082 Ubud Clinic Jl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, Ubud Phone : +62 361 974911 Gianyar General Hospital Jl. Ciung Wanara 2, Gianyar Phone : +62 361 943049 Karangasem Karangasem General Hospital Jl. Ngurah Rai, Karangasem Phone : +62 363 21001 Klungkung Klungkung General Hospital Jl. Flamboyan 40-4, Klungkung Phone : +62 366 21371 Negara Negara General Hospital Jl. Gelar, Negara Phone : +62 365 41006 Tabanan Laboratorium Clinic Jl. Gunung semeru No. 8, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 819260 Mengwi Clinic Jl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 880550 Darma Kerti Hospital Jl. Teratai 16, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 812359 Tabanan General Hospital Jl. Pahlawan 14, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 811027 Singaraja Prodia Clinic Jl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali 0362 - 24-516 Singaraja Hospital Jl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali 0362 - 22-573 Pet Clinics Kayumas: (0361) 226934 Sayang Binatang: (0361) 483121 Satwa Kertha Husada: (0361) 263018 Pantai Sindhu: (0361) 287518 Sidakarya: (0361) 724492 Pedungan: (0361) 720026

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 Alcohol killing Indian men in Britain: study Agence France-Presse

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People clash with police officers during a demonstration in support of legal abortion in Lima, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. A legislative commission in Peru recommended the decriminalization of abortion in cases of rape or if the fetus has severe deformities.

Abortion debate heats up in Peru Agence France-Presse

LIMA - Thousands of pro- and anti-abortion demonstrators squared off outside Congress Tuesday, as a legislative committee revisited and confirmed its recent support of a bill allowing abortion in case of rape or fetal deformity.

The panel voted October 7 to send the bill to Congress for debate, but strong opposition by the Roman Catholic Church and Defense Minister Rafael Rey, who says he will resign if the bill is approved, prompted a “technical” review of the measure.

The bill would expand a 1924 law, which allows abortion only when the expectant mother’s health or life are in jeopardy, to include rape and fetal deformity.

Spearheaded by Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, who calls the measure a “death penalty” for the

innocent, the church has openly lobbied lawmakers to drop the proposed legislation.

As the congressional panel deliberated, thousands of people, including priests, nuns and schoolchildren on both sides of the abortion issue squared off outside the congressional building, shouting insults, slogans and waving scores of banners.

“Get your rosary out of my ovaries,” one group of women was heard shouting at a group of nuns who were praying in the street.

With the panel’s approval, the abortion bill now heads for debate in

Congress at a date yet to be determined.

If the abortion bill is passed, Peru would join a small group of Latin American nations that allow abortion only in cases of rape or to save the life of the expectant mother.

An Ipsos-Apoyo poll released Sunday found a slight majority of Peru’s population of 29 million are against the abortion bill.

Women’s groups said some 376,000 illegal abortions are performed in Peru each year, and that 22 percent of women in Lima are sexual abuse victims.

India, China sign climate change pact Agence France-Presse

NEW DELHI - India and China put aside a diplomatic spat to sign a five-year agreement Wednesday to cooperate on climate change leading up to crucial talks in Copenhagen.

The pact establishes a working group to exchange information on climate change ahead of a highstakes summit in the Danish capital from December 7-18 where nations will attempt to clinch a treaty to reduce carbon emissions.

“We regard India as a sincere, devoted friend and the MoU (memo-

randum of understanding) on climate change will take our cooperation on the issue to a new high,” Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman and minister of China’s National Development and Reforms Commission said at the signing in New Delhi.

India and China are among the world’s biggest polluters and both have so far taken a united stand on rejecting binding emissions cuts, arguing that carbon caps will hinder them in their quest to alleviate poverty.

“There is no difference between Indian and Chinese position (on climate change),” said Indian Environ-

ment Minister Jairam Ramesh, adding that their stance “fully protects and promotes the interests of developing nations”.

The two nations traded jabs over a recent visit by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian border state at the core of a long-standing territorial dispute between the neighbours.

On Tuesday, China said it was “firmly opposed” to a planned visit

by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to the state, while India has recently complained about Chinese involvement in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

LONDON - Indian men in Britain are more susceptible to alcohol-related problems than white British males, according to scientific study published Wednesday.

The research found that deaths linked to alcohol were disproportionately high among Indian men here, and exploded the “myth” that Indian men did not drink much alcohol.

“The evidence is showing that for every 100 white British males that are dying from alcohol-related disease in the UK there are 160 Indian men in the UK dying,” said the report’s author, Dr. Gurprit Pannu.

“That’s a massive increase. And on top of that what we see now is an increased admission rate to hospital.”

Scientists believe the reasons behind Indian men’s susceptibility to the effects of alcohol are biological and cultural.

Dr. Pannu said: “They have a different pattern of drinking. Sikhs, for example, drink spirits more than lager.

“With spirits, the alcohol consumption is higher and you are not going to get a full stomach like you do with lager.” The report urges the British government to provide more “culturally specific” advice to help combat the problem.

Dr. Pannu said it was a “myth” that Indian men were light drinkers.

“Historically people think that people from the Indian sub-continent drink less than people here in the UK but the evidence put together showed that this just wasn’t true,” he said.

The report, titled Alcohol Use In South Asians In The UK, was written for the British Medical Journal.

It was conducted by Dr. Pannu, a consultant psychiatrist who works in Sussex, southeast England.

His research was gathered at an international conference organised by the South Asian Health Foundation.

Dr. Pannu said: “The conference brought together a number of international experts in this area and we collected their findings for the editorial.”

Ageing French hunters target young blood Agence France-Presse

JOUY-SOUS-THELLE Thirty-year-old Simon Mueller stands with a shotgun slung over his shoulder and a brace of dead partridges at his feet. France desperately needs more youngsters like him to keep the multibillion-euro hunting sector alive, say bloodsport authorities.

The sport has more than a million participants here, making it by far the largest hunting population in Europe.

Shooters can take aim at everything from wild boar in the deep forests around Paris, to deer and woodcock on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, to chamois goats and mouflon sheep high in the Alps.

In neighbouring Britain hunting is seen as a largely upper-class pastime.

But in France it is a far more democratic hobby — largely thanks to the 1789 French revolution that did away with aristocratic privileges — practised by top executives and factory workers

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From page 1 Victim should be willing to let his money amounting to IDR 185 million vanish. Allegedly, the perpetrator of such fraud was WPM (43), a resident from Tunjuk, Tabanan. The case was under investigation of Criminal Researcher of Badung Resort Police and evidences were still being collected.

According to report by victim, the fraud action took place at the office of CV Terus Mengwi on Jalan Beringkit, Mengwitani Village,

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From page 1 “I was very surprised to find the body. At first, I thought it wasn’t a human body but after taking a closer look then it was certain that it was a human body,” Abdul said.

alike.

But with the average hunter age at 54, the industry believes it needs to take rapid action to avoid decline and has launched a recruitment campaign to accompany the opening late last month of the main hunting season.

Mueller, a farmer, thinks young people are turned off by a pastime they see as “wicked men shooting poor innocent animals.”

He regrets that most do not understand that, apart from being a convivial activity that provides lots of fun, hunting also protects nature.

“Hunting is about respect for others, respect for the animal, respect for the environment,” said Mueller in between taking potshots at birds in a beetroot field at Four a Chaux estate near Jouy-sous-Thelle, north of Paris.

That is the message France’s national hunting federation is trying to get across in the poster, advertising and car sticker campaign it has launched in villages and towns across the country.

Mengwi, Badung on last April 13, 2009. Perpetrator borrowed money from victim of IDR 185 million. It was unknown about their agreement; perpetrator paid the debt by check of Bali Regional Bank (BPD). However, when the check was exchanged, in fact, it was stated to have no fund.

Victim realized that he was deceived and the case was reported to Badung Resort Police to be further followed up.

“We are still investigating the case,” said Division Head of Binamitra of Badung Resort Police, Sasih, when asked her confirmation about the case, last Tuesday (Oct 20). (kmb21) Police officers immediately came to the location and identified the body.

The police can not determine the cause of the death or the identity of the body. The head of Denpasar precinct, Rendra Radita Dewayana, said that the police are still investigating the case and waiting for the autopsy report from the hospital. (kmb21)

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Indonesia, Australia leaders agree to form boat people plan Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - The leaders of Indonesia and Australia agreed Tuesday to come up with a joint plan to tackle a rash of asylum seekers taking the treacherous boat journey to Australia, an official said.

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Indonesian customs officers show evidence confiscated from alleged drug smugglers during a press conference at the Soekarno-Hatta airport, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. A group of alleged Iranian drug smugglers, including eight veiled women, some seen at center back, were caught with $12.5 million worth of methamphetamines at Indonesia’s main airport, the customs chief said.

Indonesia arrests 10 Iranians for meth trafficking: official Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia has arrested 10 Iranians, including eight women, for allegedly smuggling more than 10 million dollars of the drug methamphetamine into the country, an official said Wednesday.

The Iranians were arrested after arriving by plane at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta international airport, customs chief Anton Mawardi told AFP.

“The total value of the illegal drug amounts to 102.064 billion rupiah (10.81 million dollars),” Mawardi said.

“They turned some of the methampetamine into liquid and put them into shampoo and soap bottles.”

The alleged traffickers could face up to 10 years in jail, the customs office said in a statement.

Indonesia enforces stiff penalties, including life imprisonment and death, for drug trafficking.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd agreed during talks in Jakarta to meetings to come up with a “framework” to deal with the migrants, Indonesian presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal told reporters.

“We don’t want to deal with this on an ad hoc basis, so very soon there will be a meeting between navy, immigration and police personnel from both countries to meet and formulate this framework,” he said.

“The result of the recommendation will be reported to the two leaders.”

Djalal said Indonesia had also agreed to accept temporarily a group of “around 75” suspected asylum seekers intercepted at the weekend by the Australian navy in the waters between the two countries.

“For humanitarian reasons the ship will be able to come ashore at (the western Javanese port of) Merak. There is a sick child on board and there are other people who are suffering,” he said.

“We will temporarily accommodate

them in our territory.”

Indonesia will formally request the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to process the claims of the asylum seekers, as well as a group of 255 Sri Lankans who have refused to disembark from their wooden boat at Merak since last week, Djalal said.

A spokesman for the group of ethnic Tamils, who identified himself as Alex, told AFP the group would not go on to land until they were assured they will get a fair hearing for their requests for asylum.

“We have made a strong stance that we are going to stay on the boat until the UNHCR comes to visit us,” he said by telephone.

The group had earlier threatened to set fire to their ship and had staged an abortive hunger strike.

A wanted alleged people smuggler, Abraham Lauhenaspessy, known as “Captain Bram,” was arrested after being found on the boat picked up by Indonesian authorities last week.

BMKG denies rumors of powerful Police hunting PT Freeport bus shooters earthquake to hit Jakarta Antara

JAKARTA - The National Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said rumors that a magnitude-8.5 earthquake would hit Jakarta on Saturday (Oct. 24) were not true.

“The rumors are unfounded and BMKG has never made such a prediction,” BMKG chief Dr. Eng. Sri Woro B. Harijono said in a press statement received by ANTARA here on Wednesday.

“The reports are just a lie because they have no scientific basis,” she said.

Up to now, scientists have yet to gain the capability of predicting a tectonic earthquake, she said.

“If earthquakes could be predicted, we would have done so with those in Tasikmalaya and West Sumatra. But the fact is they could not,” Sri Woro said.

The issue of a magnitude-8.5 earthquake hitting Jakarta on Saturday, October 24, 2009, was circulated by a short message service (SMS) and also appeared on the Internet. The BMKG chief urged the public to ignore the issue.

“Such rumors were floated before but none of them proved true. Therefore, just ignore them,” he said.

Recently, residents of Bengkulu became restless following a prediction by an Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) scientist that a magnitude-8.8 earthquake may hit their province in the near future.

But a member of the Bengkulu provincial legislative assembly (DPRD), M Sis Rahman, said the issue should not be exaggerated because Bengkulu residents were still traumatized by two powerful earthquakes which had hit the province over the past seven years.

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Workers clean a shopping mall glass windows in Jakarta on October 21, 2009. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Trade Minister Mari Pangestu are tipped to stay at the heart of an expert economic team - in an incoming cabinet of newly inaugurated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono - credited with helping keep Indonesia hovering at around 4.0-4.5 percent growth this year.

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TIMIKA - Police are still hunting the perpetrators of the shooting of a PT Freeport bus which happened at Mile 42 in Mimika District on Tuesday (Oct 20) and left two people injured, a spokesman said.

Papua Police Chief Inspector General FX Bagus Ekodanto told reporters in Timika on Wednesday, a police team was still scouring the area to locate the gunmen and had until now not yet returned to their posts.

“The team has not yet returned from the field. It is still looking for the perpetrators,” said Ekodanto.

He said the search team was moving on difficult mountainous terrain covered in dense jungles and in unfavorable weather conditions marked by rain and fog.

Ekodanto said police also had not yet been able to identify the shooters. Neither were police able to say how long it would take them to solve the series of shooting incidents that had happened in PT Freeport’s concession area since last July.

“Its all depends on the evidence and witnesses because the shooters are always mobile,” he explained.

He said that over the last month the security situation in the Freeport area was actually began to be conducive. Vehicle mobility whether for the employees’ bus and logistics carrier vehicles works reasonably well.

“Previously, only 80 units of container carrier passes every day, then in the last month reached more than 100 units,” explained Ekodanto.

On the shooting incident on Tuesday (20/10), the PT Freeport management suspended the employee bus transport and logistics operations from Timika to Tembagapura and vice versa within 1x24 hours.

On Tuesday (20/10) at around 09:45 local time, a convoy of buses carrying Freeport employees was shot by unknown people near Mile 42 on the road between Tembagapura and Timika.

Four of the seven employee buses which were escorted by Mobile Brigade police were shot at from the left and right sides of the road causing injury to two employees.

The two employees, identified as Kristian and Rudi Parendeng, were currently being treated at the Tembagapura SOS Hospital and Kuala Kencana Clinic.

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Bali Today Bali’s export to Japan $45 million Antara

DENPASAR - Bali’s handicrafts exports to Japan during January through July 2009 period was still very stable. The handicrafts exports during those periods worth $45.5 million or approximately $6.5 million per month.

Ni Wayan Kusumawathi, the head of Bali Industrial and Trade Department, said that Japan is the second largest country that imported handicrafts from Bali. The most country was USA which imported Bali’s handicraft and farming products as much as $54 million or 20% of the total Bali’s exports which was $264 million during January through July 2009 period.

Bali’s handicrafts such as toys, handbag, flowers, and clothing were still being exported to Japan but the number was not as high as before the economics crisis hit the world. USA, Japan, and European countries still become the main market for Bali’s handicrafts export.

Kusumawathi said that France

was the third largest imported with the total $20 million worth of import in the first seven months of 2009, followed by Italy. The businessmen should expand the market outside those areas. They could promote the products in Africa, southern Asia, or Middle East.

The market is very potential because the numbers of export to those countries in 2009 keep increasing.

The exports during January through July 2009 were $9.1 million or increased 8.3% compared to the previous year.

The exports to India and Srilanka worth $1 million and to the Middle East were $1.4 million. The number could increase if the businessmen create a better strategy.

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By endorsement of UNESCO, subak would have a high prestige and that is why it is worth protecting. Similar matter is now happening to batik cloth that has now been endowed with world endorsement.

UNESCO and Subak as World Cultural Heritage

Subak system in Bali has obtained many praises. People admire the physical condition (palemahan) of subak engendering magnificent panorama.

That is the presence of terraced rice field. Not many countries in the world have irrigation system, emerging an array of complicated twisted rice field but amazing. Parallel instance can only be encountered at small Antara trying to prevent waste disposal to part of Luzon Islands (the the ocean and giving the understandDENPASAR – Forty two ing to the people to keep the ocean Philippines).

Jukung parade being held in DNF 2009 “jukung” or traditional boats take part in Jukung parade in Nusa Dua Fiesta (NDF) 2009 in Nusa Dua beach on Tuesday, October 20th 2009. The “jukung” filled with various kinds of ornaments and it attracts tourists to watch the parade.

The jukung parade was started on Segara beach through Samuh beach in front of Melia Bali Hotel and it last approximately 2 hours. Several foreign tourists were also on board the “jukung” to join the parade.

I Made Mandra, the director of Bali Tourism Development Company (BTDC), said that the parade was done in order to promote culture and art of Bali and also Nusa Dua as international area.

“We created the jukung parade to urge the fishermen to keep the ocean clean and didn’t pollute by wastes,” he added. Currently, 70% of the coral reefs in Bali had been polluted. Mandra said “we will keep

clean.”

Mandra added that there is great hope that the fishermen association in the area will take part in the program created by BTDC in keeping the environment clean. I Nyoman Budiana, the head of Nusa Dua Fishermen Association said that the association fully supports the program.

“We depends our life in the sea, furthermore Nusa Dua is a tourism area and we must conserve the area,” he added. The fishermen association always takes part in many festivals such as DNF. In addition to catch fish, the fishermen also give a tour to the tourists.

The tour can give extra income to them. “The fishermen could receive up to 100,000 rupiah for one trip,” Budiana said. There were three fishermen association took part in the parade, they were Segara Bengiat Nusa Dua, Merta Segara Samuh, and Karya Segara Serangan fishermen association.

WHY such nature landscape could happen in Bali? Philosophically, the subak implements harmonic concept (tri hita karana) namely being harmonic with nature. No single social institution in the world apparently implements a concept or humanitarian life philosophy. Subak (and customary village), for instance, clearly applies the philosophy of tri hita karana in its daily practices. Subak would not like to harm hills or mountains cultivated into rice field.

Unlimited experts from different disciplines came to Bali to learn more about subak system. Some of them are Geertz, Korten, Coward, Hirashima, Suprodjo, Sahid, Sigit, Sudira, Teken, Sutawan and many others. The last ones were Idanna Pocci (Italy) and J Stephen Lansing (USA). Specifically, Prof. Lansing (Arizona University) is now helping Indonesian Government (Bali Government) formulating a proposal in order that subak system in Bali could be

accepted as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO (UNs). The writer, together with Dr. Alit (BPTP) and Prof.

Parimarta (Faculty of Letters, Udayana University), works with Prof. Lansing.

The task is performing a study at several areas of subak in Bali, especially at Subak Jatiluwih in Tabanan, proposed to become a part of World Cultural Heritage of UNESCO. Determination of an artifact to become a World Cultural Heritage (WCH) by UNESCO has nothing to do with financial benefit. Dr. Idanna Pocci and Prof. Lansing said that such stipulation tended to have more psychological and prestigious aspect provided by world community. Instead, such stipulation as WCH by UNESCO would give financial burden to local government paying more attention to that area so it remains everlasting and sustainable. UNESCO will not make decisions without obvious action plans of local government for the conservation of that asset. For instance, there is an issue mentioning that if the Subak Jatiluwih would be accepted as WCH, Governor of Bali would impose free property and land tax and cover the healthcare expenses of farmers engaged. Meanwhile, children of those farmers are allocated to get free tuition for their education. This policy poses a positive response in the framework of stipulating subak area as WCH. In short, farmers should get assurance that agricultural sector would be beneficial and they are glad to do farming. As a result, transfer of land function would be controllable or never occur.

Theoretically, subak system (rice field and agriculture) should not be

viewed as a medium to produce foodstuff. However, the asset should have invisible function but has significant benefit. For instance, it generates view (nature’s panorama), produces oxygen, controls disease and accommodates excessive water during rainy season.

Thus, it would prevent the flood attacking residents at the area. This matter becomes important consideration of UNESCO to make subak into WCH. The subak that has managed its rice field and irrigation system for over 1,000 years (existing up to now) indicates that subak indeed constitutes a part of human cultural heritage. On that account, it is important to be preserved.

By endorsement of UNESCO, subak would have a high prestige and that is why it is worth protecting. Similar matter is now happening to batik cloth that has now been endowed with world endorsement. As soon as batik obtained an endorsement as WCH its prestige increases. As consequence, people feel proud and triggered to wear and protect the batik cloth. Dr. Idanna Pocci said that in Italy there was a housing complex with ancient architectural style that finally became a WCH. Therefore, the complex gets protection psychologically. “Otherwise, the complex may have become a complex of shopping mall,” he said.

Similarly, it will transpire to subak system in Bali. Endorsement of the area as WCH would be able to increase its prestige and psychologically it would get protection from community and government. In the same manner, it is expected that subak would be everlasting. It needs preserving for the sake of future generation.

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Balinese Culture Sweet Vegetable:

Vibrant, Tulamben Jukung Race:

I Wayan Ngemon Overcomes 110 Fishers Come on … come on … come on…! These gestures were just like a strain of music. Moreover, they were accompanied by the pounding sound of waves made the music more melodious and enthusiastic.

Of course, fishers serving as captain of the jukung or traditional boat turned more triggered to become the best. Even though they only used simple wooden boat and sail, those fishers looked so vivacious. Thus, the atmosphere of Tulamben Jukung Race 2009 transpired at Tulamben Beach, Sunday (October 11).

From the morning, Tukad Abu Beach selected as the start point was crowded by jukungs in various colors. Those jukungs were in a row at beach side being ready for the race. Meanwhile, local residents serving as supporter haven flocked the beach. Some were sitting on hills, on marine rocks while the rests climbed trees in order they could watch such traditional regatta in different view.

The race inaugurated by Komang Gede, Assistant of Economic Development representing Karangasem Regent, was participated by 110 jukungs. Two persons,

where one had the task to direct and another control the sail, drove one jukung. They sailed the ocean for a distance of 4.5 km to the mid of the sea. At that time, the atmosphere of sea turned more vibrant jazzed up by colorful jukungs of fishers. Having covered the distance as specified, they returned and finished at the beach of Emerald Tulamben Hotel & Spa. Procession of inauguration was carried out on 9 a.m. Local Time at Emerald Tulamben Hotel & Spa. It was commenced by the report of Committee’s Head, I Gede Kompiang who is also the Front Office Manager of Emerald Tulamben Hotel & Spa. Kompyang said that the activity was intended to more introduce the Tulamben tourist resort to public. Similarly, the event was also meant to orientate in environmental concern namely promoting and maintaining undersea habitat. “In essence, we provide opportunity to fishers to interact, compete and express their skills at sea,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mr. Thomas T. Inoue, owner of such four-star hotel, said that Tulamben Jukung Race 2009 denoted the third organization.

Having launched the first one in 2000, the event once turned vacuum during 2003-2008. In 2009, his party held the event for the third time. “We are determined to shore up persistently this event in order it could be organized every year,” he said.

The jukung driven by I Wayan Ngemon with start number 105 reached first the finish line. Then, Ketut Suardana (109), Ketut Raki (9), Komang Merta (99), Ketut Budi (93), Made Putra (83), Nengah Tirta (75), Wayan Darta (63), Nengah Alit (67), and Wayan Sudarta (6) in the tenth position followed them. First winner was entitled to earn cash of IDR 5 million, first runner up (IDR 3 million), and second runner up (IDR 2 million). Meanwhile, the third runner up won cash of IDR 1million, fourth runner up (IDR 800,000), fifth runner up (IDR 500,000), sixth runner up (IDR 300,000), seventh runner up (IDR 250,000), eight runner up (IDR 200,000), and ninth runner up (IDR 150,000). Finally yet importantly, other participants with start number from 11-100 being capable of reaching finish line were also entitled to earn cash amounting to IDR 100,000. (BTN/015)

Young Coconut and Sweet Leaves Without doubt, young coconut is no more a bizarre drink to visitors.

Some destinations in Bali, like Tanah Lot, offer this favorite drink while rejoicing in sunset.

In other occasion, you may wish a different manner to taste its delicacy.

For that purpose, you can combine it with sweet leaf or Balinese call it don kayu manis (Sauropus androgynus).

In Balinese life, this sweet leaf is commonly used to make loloh or herbal drink as having an efficacy to relieve fever. Therefore, in this sweet vegetable, you will be able to enjoy the sweetness of young coconut (both water and flesh) and the efficacy of sweet leaves.

Ingredients: flesh and water of 1 large or 2 small young coconut, a handful of sweet leaf Spices: 4 cloves shallot, 2 cloves garlic 1 pc small chili, 1 candlenut, 1 slice galangal and 1 slice turmeric Method: • Shred thinly the flesh of young coconut.

• Boil sweet leaf for a while, take out and drain.

• All spices are ground.

• Cook the flesh of young coconut a long with its water and wait until boiling. Pour the spices into them.

Stir and wait the flesh of young coconut until cooked.

Add boiled sweet leaf and salt. Again, stir them thoroughly for a while. Take out and serve it while warm.

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Godoh (Fried Bananas) Overview: Fried bananas is popular throughout Southeast Asia, where they are abundant and inexpensive. The slow frying technique used in this recipe ensures that the bananas remain crisp after cooking.

Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour 2/3 cup water ¼ tsp salt 8 small finger bananas Oil for frying

Preparation: Place rice flour in deep mixing bowl. Make a well in the middle of the flour, and add water and salt. Whisk vigorously until batter is evenly smooth for coating and not too thin (if too thin, add more rice flour).

Peel bananas and cut in half lengthwise. Dip into batter to coat generously. Heat oil in wok or deep fryer until moderately hot. Add bananas and fry slowly until golden brown and crispy. This will take about 15 minutes. Remove bananas from oil, drain on paper napkins and dry well. Can be served with until, here used as a dip. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Beratan Lake at Bedugul Bali BERATAN Lake is a shallow lake with the high caldera about 1231m above sea level and it is located at Bedugul, the famous tourist destinations in Bali.

This lake have wide 3,8 km2 and also its deepness is up to 22 meters. The water volume in this lake is about 0,049 km3, so Beratan Lake is the closed lake.

Tourist can access the Beratan Lake through the dock which have been provided or desist around Ulun Danu Beratan Temple. In this place, the visitor can do various activities like doing recreation to look around in dock or do the other outdoor activities. The various water recreation activities can also be conducted here, for example riding the boat motorize to circle the lake, parasailing, canoeing with the traditional boat, banana boating, water skiing, and others. Fishing activities are also available in this places for who one love fishing in the lake.

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BUSINESS World Bank arm debuts Islamic bond listing in Middle East Agence France-Presse

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Two businessmen talk at a stall selling electric cookers at the 106th China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou in south China’s Guangdong province Thursday Oct. 15, 2009. Sales of luxury goods in China are forecast to rise 12 percent this year, a global consulting firm said Wednesday, bucking the downward trend seen in other major markets hit hard by the financial crisis.

Luxury sales in China to rise 12 pct in 2009: study Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - Sales of luxury goods in China are forecast to rise 12 percent this year, a global consulting firm said Wednesday, bucking the downward trend seen in other major markets hit hard by the financial crisis.

Global sales of high-end products are expected to drop eight percent overall in 2009 to 153 billion euros (229 billion dollars), according to a study by Bain & Company emailed to AFP. The United States and Japan, two of the world’s largest markets for luxury goods, are due to see sales fall by 16 percent and 10 percent respectively, the report said.

But China will experience the opposite trend, the firm said, with re-

search showing that 15 percent of an estimated 300 luxury store openings worldwide this year took place in the Asian giant.

“Aspirational luxury shoppers in Asia and other emerging markets are fuelling sales growth in 2009,” Claudia D’Arpizio, a Milan-based partner at Bain, was quoted as saying in the study.

“They remain bullish on brands,” she said.

The report added sales growth in China along with South and Central

Asia “may cause Asia to overtake Europe and the Americas as the largest global luxury market region.”

According to the state-run Beijing News, China has already overtaken the United States as the world’s second largest consumer of luxury goods after Japan.

China is forecast to become the world’s top buyer of luxury goods by 2015, consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has said in research published on its website.

WASHINGTON - The International Finance Corp., a wing of the World Bank, said Wednesday it would list its first Islamic bond in the Middle East.

The IFC Hilal Sukuk, a greenback-denominated 100 million dollar issue with a five-year maturity, will be listed with the Nasdaq Dubai and Bahrain stock exchanges, the Washington-based corporation said.

Sukuk is similar to a bond in Western finance but complies with Islamic Shariah law, which forbids charging interest.

“The Sukuk is an innovative way for IFC to create opportunities for Islamic investors who want to make a positive social impact,” said IFC chief executive Lars Thunell.

“It also supports the World Bank Group’s goals to integrate the Arab world into the global economy and offer greater opportunities for its people,” Thunell said.

The IFC is the first non-Islamic financial institution to issue a Sukuk for term funding in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which comprises Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain.

It is also the first Sukuk to be listed and cleared in the Gulf Cooperation Council market only, a statement from the corporation said.

The IFC Sukuk, which has been rated Aaa by global credit rating agency Moody’s, could be listed on both the exchanges next week, a financial source told AFP. The bond issue will help develop the region’s nascent Sukuk market and encourage other sover-

eign and corporate issuers to engage with member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the IFC said.

The IFC Sukuk is aimed at supporting a pipeline of Islamic finance projects in key sectors such as health, education and infrastructure.

A separate body will issue the IFC Sukuk and “warehouse” the underlying assets, the IFC said, adding that the syndicate includes HSBC Amanah, Dubai Islamic Bank, Kuwait Finance House Bahrain, and Liquidity Management House.

“We are grateful to the Shariah scholars, our partners at the Dubai and Bahrain exchanges, and the syndicate for guiding us through this complex process, and hope that the model will facilitate the process for other issuers to enter the Sukuk market,” IFC Treasurer Nina Shapiro said.

The Sukuk global asset class has a market value of over 200 billion dollars.

IFC issued its first Islamic bond in 2004. That bond, denominated in the Malaysian Ringgit currency, was a 132 million dollars equivalent threeyear “bullet” bond.

The IFC formed an Islamic finance working group last year to develop a more strategic approach to Islamic finance activities.

The working group and expansion of IFC field offices in the Middle East and North Africa region have contributed to a committed portfolio of over 190 million dollars in loans and equity in the region, the IFC said.

The global Islamic finance industry has grown rapidly to an almost one trillion dollar industry, reports have said.

But it makes up less than one per cent of world capital, giving it a huge scope for growth.

Oil falls in Asian trade Agence France-Presse

SINGAPORE - Oil fell in Asian trade Wednesday as investors took profit after a recent rally sent prices to 80 dollars for the first time in a year, analysts said.

New York’s main contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, fell 43 cents to 78.69 dollars a barrel.

The November contract, which expired Tuesday, briefly touched 80.05 dollars — its highest since October 14, 2008 — before easing to close at 79.09 dollars.

Brent North Sea crude for December delivery was off 29 cents to 76.95 dollars.

A weak dollar and an upbeat

mood about the global economic recovery are driving the surge in crude prices, analysts said.

“The global recession has ended anly the US, China and Japan — over the next few quarters,d we expect the recovery to look impressive in many economies — notab” analysts from Londonbased Capital Economics consultancy said in a recent report.

“The upswing is driven by a mix of factors, notably the support from policy stimulus, the release of pent-up investment spending, the turn in the inventory cycle, lower headline inflation and, especially important for Asian exporters, the revival in world trade.”

For the US economy, the world’s biggest energy user, its

gross domestic product is seen as growing 3.0-4.0 percent for a few quarters while full-year growth for 2010 is expected at 3.0 percent, Capital Economics said.

The weak dollar has also been a boost to crude. A weak dollar makes dollar-priced crude cheaper for holders of stronger foreign currencies, ramping up demand for oil.

In Asia trade, the euro bought 1.4923 dollars against 1.4937 dollars in New York. The dollar was trading at 90.74 yen in Tokyo by late morning, almost unchanged from levels seen late Tuesday in New York.

On Tuesday, the euro touched 1.4994 dollars, its highest level since August 2008.

AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani, File

This is a Tuesday, June 30, 2009 file photo of a worker operating the valves at the Al-Shiaaba oil refinery and the pipeline near the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Iraq’s second largest city 550 kilometer (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Oil fell in Asian trade Wednesday as investors took profit after a recent rally sent prices to 80 dollars for the first time in a year, analysts said.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Jury set to decide Travolta extortion case Associated Press Writer

NASSAU, Bahamas – Lawyers for an ambulance driver and a former politician accused of trying to extort millions from John Travolta urged jurors Tuesday to clear their clients, accusing the actor’s attorneys of setting them up.

AP Photo/Reed Saxon

Howard K. Stern, left, the lawyer/boyfriend of late actress Anna Nicole Smith, and members of his legal team leave following a preliminary hearing to determine if Stern and two doctors should stand trial on charges of conspiracy to illegally provide Smith with controlled substances, at the Los Angeles Criminal Justice Center Friday, Oct. 16, 2009.

Pharmacist says he warned against drug for Smith Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – A pharmacist testified Tuesday that he warned Anna Nicole Smith’s psychiatrist against prescribing a powerful sleeping medication to the celebrity model after she had given birth to a daughter and endured the death of her son in 2006.

“I said, ‘Unless you want your picture on the cover of the National Enquirer, I wouldn’t give her (chloral hydrate) because it’s a powerful respiratory depressant,’” pharmacist Steve Mazlin said he told Dr. Khristina Eroshevich.

Mazlin said Eroshevich purchased chloral hydrate and also asked for a rapidly acting anti-anxiety medication, and he recommended lorazepam.

An autopsy showed Smith died in February 2007 of an accidental overdose of chloral hydrate combined with other controlled substances.

Eroshevich is charged along with Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Howard K. Stern, Smith’s lawyer-boyfriend, with conspiring to provide controlled substances to Smith. All have pleaded not guilty.

The testimony came at a preliminary hearing to determine if they should stand trial.

Another pharmacist, Romeo V. Par, testified that Eroshevich came to his pharmacy in October, 2006 and obtained the drugs Xanax, Valium and klonopin for a patient named Charlene Underwood. Valium and klonopin also were implicated in Smith’s overdose death.

The prosecution maintains

Underwood was a pseudonym used for Smith, and they called to the stand a woman by that name who once did business with Eroshevich.

The judge, expressing impatience at the length of the hearing, hustled her on and off the stand and told prosecutors to begin moving their case along.

A hospital psychiatrist who treated Smith for drug dependency concluded two days on the stand saying the former Playmate fit the legal definition of an addict.

However, under questioning by a judge, Dr. Nathalie Maullin said she never used the words “addict” or “addiction” when discussing the celebrity model’s problems with her, Kapoor and Stern.

Before leaving the stand, Maullin said she once asked Kapoor if he thought Smith was addicted. She said he chuckled and mentioned she had problems with alcohol.

The charging document in the case states that Stern, Kapoor and Eroshevich “acted with knowledge that Anna Nicole Smith was an addict.” Prosecutors are trying to prove the defendants had that knowledge.

Maullin, who treated Smith during a brief hospital stay when she was pregnant in April, 2006, was quizzed

by Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry on the addiction issue.

“She was never trying to get high?” he asked. “I never thought she was trying to get high. I think she wanted to tune out,” the psychiatrist said.

The preliminary hearing will be recessed Wednesday, a mandated state furlough day for the court system.

Lawyers for paramedic Tarino Lightbourne and former Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater, who have both pleaded not guilty, made the charge during their closing arguments. Prosecutors summed up their case Monday, and the nine-member jury is expected to start deliberations Wednesday.

Lightbourne’s lawyer, Carlson Shurland, maintained the paramedic was “cornered” and called him a “victim” of entrapment by Travolta’s attorneys. Lightbourne is accused of threatening to sell stories to the media about the death of Travolta’s 16-year-old son, Jett, unless he was paid $25 million. Defense attorneys have sought to show that Travolta wanted to buy a document he signed releasing emergency responders from liability if the family refused an ambulance for the youth, who died Jan. 2 after suffering a seizure.

Travolta testified during the trial that he signed the release form because he had hoped to fly his son to the U.S. for treatment. But police said the document never came into play because Jett was taken to a local hospital.

Shurland did not deny that Lightbourne, who police secretly taped negotiating with Travolta attorney Michael McDermott, tried to sell the document. But he denied it was extortion, describing it as a straightforward business transaction.

“Tarino had something to sell and everybody wanted to buy,” Shurland said. “If you had something to sell and they were willing to pay, you’d be a fool not to sell it. That’s what a free society is all about.”

Bridgewater’s attorney, Murrio Ducille, urged jurors in the socially conservative archipelago to “set my people free.”

He has sought to portray Travolta’s lawyer as a “devious and cunning” outsider who had “evil in his heart.”

Bridgewater is accused of negotiating with Travolta’s attorneys for Lightbourne and was also secretly taped by police.

AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin

File photo of US actor John Travolta who testified in a Bahamas court that he was the victim of an alleged 25 million dollar extortion scheme concerning the death of his son, local media reported.

“This was a joke to Mr. McDermott,” Ducille said. “He came to the Bahamas with the sole intent of setting up these persons.” The defense presented only one witness last week, an emergency medical technician involved in attempts to save Jett. Defense attorneys had planned to call three other witnesses but said they were unavailable.

Robbie Williams wows critics with comeback gig Agence France Presse

AFP/File/Luis Acosta

Pop star Robbie Williams, seen here in 2006, finally won over the critics with his first concert in three years, crowning a faltering comeback for the sometime troubled star.

LONDON – Singer Robbie Williams finally won over the critics on Wednesday with his first concert in three years, crowning a faltering comeback for the sometime troubled star.

Williams, whose hits including “Angels” and “Rock DJ” once made him one of the biggest pop stars, has raised eyebrows in recent years by retiring to the US, growing a beard and becoming obsessed with UFOs. He is staging a comeback with a new single, “Bodies,” from a new album “Reality Killed the Video Star” — but he has struggled to impress the critics, giving a notably fragile performance on hit TV show “The X Factor.”

The single only made number two in the charts at the weekend, and he has admitted to major stage fright while denying using drugs to help him cope with the nerves.

But his first full concert Tuesday, at north London’s Roundhouse, was given a firm thumbs-up by critics. “Robbie Rocks Again,” wrote the Mirror tabloid, calling the show “spine-tingling.”

“From the balcony of the Roundhouse, he seemed exactly as his fans remember him from before he retired to America,” wrote the Guardian’s reviewer, awarding him four out of five stars.

The Telegraph added that Williams “reminded pop what it’s been missing,” saying: “His live comeback after a three-year break was casual, charming, friendly and utterly imperious.”

The comeback concert set a new world record, as it was screened by more than 250 cinemas across 23 countries, the most simultaneous cinematic screenings of a live concert.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Scientists ID fossil bones of smallest dinosaur Associated Press Writer

AFP/File/Antonio Scorza

A view of a deforested area on the border of Xingu river in the Amazon rainforest, northern Brazil in 2005.

The World Bank has said six developing countries will join five western nations, including the United States and Britain, to combat climate change by better managing forestry resources.

LOS ANGELES – Fossil bones housed at a Los Angeles museum belong to the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America, scientists said Tuesday.

The newly identified creature weighed less than two pounds (900 grams) and stood about 4 inches (10 centimeters) tall. From head to tail, it measured a little over 2 feet (60 centimeters) long, said Luis Chiappe, director of the Dinosaur Institute of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County where the fossil bones are stored.

The dinosaur “would have looked like a roadrunner on steroids,” Chiappe said.

It likely ate plants and hunted bugs during the late Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago.

It was so tiny and fast that it prob-

ably darted between the legs of larger dinosaurs, researchers said.

Bones of four individuals — including skull, arm and leg fragments — were discovered three decades ago in Fruita in western Colorado and kept at the museum.

Chiappe and an international team recently identified and named it Fruitadens haagarorum, which incorporates where the bones were found and the name of the president of the museum’s board of trustees, Paul Haaga.

A description of their work appears Wednesday in the British journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Earlier this year, Canadian researchers reported that a chickensized dinosaur weighing in at 4-to5 pounds was the smallest meateating dinosaur yet discovered in North America.

Developing nations join West in deforestation fight Agence France Presse

WASHINGTON – Six developing countries will join five western nations, including the United States and Britain, to combat climate change by better managing forestry resources, the World Bank has said.

The Forest Investment Program (FIP) will meet for the first time on October 29 in Washington to kickstart the program and discuss the criteria for selecting countries or regions of the world that could benefit most from the effort.

Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Morocco, Nepal, and Romania will join donor nations Australia, Denmark, Norway, Britain and the United States, who have jointly pledged some 350 million dollars to fund the project.

The FIP is among the first of a new generation of partnerships between developing and developed countries working to combat the threat of climate change through forest management, the World Bank said.

“This new program will provide much-needed upfront investment to developing countries and forest-dependent communities to help them prepare for and benefit from financial flows for the sustainable management of forests,” said Eduardo Saboia, who represented Brazil in earlier meetings aimed at designing the FIP. Global deforestation, which is advancing at a rate of five percent per decade, is responsible for 20 percent of all the annual carbon dioxide emissions.

The 20 percent figure is roughly equivalent to the total annual emissions of either the United States or China, and surpasses the total yearly

emissions from every car, truck, plane, ship and train on Earth, according to estimates provided by the United Nations.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed on October 13 to engage with other leaders at the upcoming major climate summit in Copenhagen in the hope of reducing deforestation of the Amazon by 80 percent by 2020.

The Amazon, the planet’s largest rainforest, loses 12,000 square kilometers (4,600 square miles) each year to deforestation.

Douglas Alexander, British Secretary of State for International Development, said Tuesday in a statement released by the World Bank that deforestation “is a global tragedy, destroying the homes and livelihoods of some of the world’s poorest people.

“Rampant, large scale deforestation also produces more carbon emissions than all the world’s planes, ships and cars combined,” he noted, urging “decisive action” to counter the crisis.

AP Photo/Reed Saxon

A model of Fruitadens haagarorum, described as the smallest species of dinosaur ever discovered in North America, is seen in front of the skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex at the Dinosaur Institute of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, in Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.

Sperm donor passed on sudden death heart defect Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO – A sperm donor passed on a potentially deadly genetic heart condition to nine of his 24 children, including one who died at age 2 from heart failure, according to a medical journal report.

Two children, both now teenagers, have developed symptoms and are at risk for sudden cardiac death, the report says. It’s the second documented instance of a genetic condition being inherited through sperm donation.

The latest case highlights the importance of thoroughly screening sperm donors, according to the report and an editorial published with it in Wednesday’s Journal of

the American Medical Association.

The San Francisco sperm bank involved now gives all donors electrocardiogram tests to weed out men with genetic heart problems; the study authors recommend that other sperm banks follow suit.

Voluntary sperm bank guidelines say donors should be required to provide a complete medical history to rule out those with infectious diseases or a family history of inherited diseases. Many also do testing but for genetic diseases that are less common than the heart problem, according to co-author Dr. Barry Maron of the Minneapolis Heart Institute, a leading authority on the condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

thickens the heart and makes it harder to pump blood. It affects about one in 500 people; many more likely have the genetic defect without symptoms, said study co-author Heidi Rehm of Harvard Medical School.

Symptoms can include an irregular heartbeat and shortness of breath but many cases go undetected until sudden death. The condition is often the culprit when young athletes collapse and die suddenly. Treatment includes medication and an implanted defibrillator to prevent sudden death.

Neither the sperm bank nor the donors were identified. The donor, now 42, had no symptoms of genetic heart disease and no obvious family history when he donated sperm in the

early 1990s. His own condition wasn’t diagnosed until after a child born through sperm donation was diagnosed. Maron declined to provide more details on the donor’s health, citing privacy concerns.

The children are now ages 7 to 16. Nine, including one born to the donor’s own wife, tested positive for the heart mutation. One born through sperm donation died; two others have developed symptoms, with one getting a defibrillator. The remaining children are at increased risk for problems, which often don’t show up until adolescence, Maron said. The only other documented case of a disease inherited through sperm donation involved a rare blood disease.

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Sport

Thursday, October 22, 2009

International

Belgian star Henin set for Brisbane comeback Agence France Presse

SYDNEY - Belgium’s seven-time Grand Slam winner Justine Henin on Wednesday confirmed she would make her comeback from a 15-month retirement at Australia’s Brisbane International in January.

The former world number one’s return to tournament tennis will pit her against compatriot and fellow exretiree Kim Clijsters, who won September’s US Open just five weeks after ending a two-year hiatus.

“After a 15-month absence I am pleased to begin my second tennis career at the Brisbane International,” the 27-year-old Henin said in a statement.

“It will be great to get back to playing competitive tennis again and with the strong field, the same court surface and a similar climate to Melbourne, it will be the perfect preparation leading into the Australian Open.”

Tournament director Steve Ayles said Henin will also be up against Serbia’s former French Open champion, Ana Ivanovic, and home favourite Jelena Dokic at the January 3-10 event.

“It will be tremendous to see

Justine match up against her former rival and countrywoman Kim Clijsters,” said Ayles.

“With the former French Open champion Ana Ivanovic and Australian Open quarter-finalist Jelena Dokic confirmed, we are looking at an extremely strong women’s field.”

Despite winning a total of 41 WTA Tour titles and holding the world No.1 spot for 117 non-consecutive weeks, Henin will be given one of four wildcard entries into the tournament, as she has no current WTA ranking, Ayles said.

Henin, who retired on May 14, 2008, citing a succession of injuries and a desire to live a life away from tennis, will play two exhibition events in Charleroi and Dubai later this year before her tournament return, he added.

The Olympic gold medallist and holder of three of the four major titles announced her comeback shortly after Clijsters won the US Open, saying

her passion for the game had been rekindled.

Small in stature but gifted with a fabulous one-handed backhand, a great all-round game and a tough mentality, Henin won seven Grand Slam titles in the seven years from 2001 — four French Opens, two US Opens and one Australian Open — as well as two WTA Tour Championships.

Henin said her comeback goal was to win Wimbledon, the only Grand Slam event to elude her, and has vowed to return to the top of women’s tennis.

“Tennis is what I do best. I’m 27 and still physically capable,” she said in September.

“I like a real challenge. Ambition is part of me, I need to live something exceptional, to feel the adrenalin.”

Clijsters welcomed the return of her compatriot, saying it was “fantastic” for women’s tennis and for Belgium, adding that Henin was a hard worker who had achieved magnificent results in her earlier career.

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Frye and Stoudemire lead Suns past Kings Asia key to Australia hosting World Cup, says FFA Associated Press Writer

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Phoenix Suns’ Steve Nash (13) tries to drive past Sacramento Kings’ Tyreke Evans during the first quarter in an NBA preseason basketball game Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Phoenix.

PHOENIX – Channing Frye scored 29 points, Amare Stoudemire had 26, and the fast-moving Phoenix Suns overcame the losses of Steve Nash and Grant Hill to beat the Sacramento Kings 143-127 on Tuesday night in their final home preseason game.

Nash left in the second half with an injured right ankle and Hill was ejected after getting two technical fouls for arguing with the officials.

The Suns, who broke open the game with a 42-point third quarter, hit a remarkable 51 of 56 free throws in the foulplagued game. Thirty-six personals were called against the Kings, and starters Kevin Martin and Jason Thompson fouled out Frye, the Suns’ new starting center following the trade of Shaquille O’Neal to Cleveland, scored 16 points in the third, including making all three 3-point attempts. Stoudemire had 12 points in the period when the Suns went from a one-point halftime deficit to a 109-94 lead. Stoudemire finished 17 of 21 from the free-throw line.

Goran Dragic, who filled in for Nash, added 21 points for the Suns, while Leandro Barbosa had 16, and Hill and Nash 13 each.

Omri Casspi led Sacramento with 22 points, Tyreke Evans had 21, Martin 20, Thompson 15 and Spencer Hawes and Sean May 14 each.

With the regular season still about a week away, both teams already looked in mid-season form in the fast-paced first half.

The shooting was on target, the passing crisp and both coaches played the game like it was the regular season.

Casspi, trying to become the first Israeli player to make an NBA roster, launched a desperation 34-foot bank shot just before the halftime buzzer, his third 3-pointer of the second quarter, giving the Kings a 68-67 lead.

Evans, the fourth overall pick in the June draft who had scored in double figures in each of the Kings’ first four games, topped Sacramento with 15 points at the half. May, who had not scored more than four points in the earlier exhibitions, had 10 points.

Agence France Presse

MELBOURNE - Asia’s status as the world’s fastest growing economic region will boost Australia’s chances of winning the right to host the football World Cup, an official said Wednesday.

Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy, who wants the global sporting event held Down Under in 2018 or 2022, said more money would come to the sport from holding the contest in Asia-Pacific than from anywhere else.

“We are able to show that bringing the game to Australia and having the Asian continent with us at the same time zone will benefit not only Australia, not only Asia, but the whole football world,” Lowy told a lunch in Melbourne.

“Because the income that’s been projected for the television rights and other income will be larger than if they go anywhere else... Nobody can offer what we can offer.”

Lowy said FIFA could be tempted to allow Australia, which hosted the Olympics in 2000, to hold the event because “we are the backyard or frontyard for Asia.”

He is hoping Australia wins out over England, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Qatar, Russia and the US, which have all expressed an interest in hosting the contest in coming years.

Asia also held the promise of being

AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood

Frank Lowy a rich development opportunity for football, said Lowy.

“Asian development in sport is such that if the World Cup comes to this part of the world then I think they will be able to cash in and sort of monopolise with football, because the other sports haven’t taken off yet,” he said.

To host the World Cup in Australia, where the round ball sport often ranks behind other forms of football, would be a “nation-changing event,” he said.

“From the moment Australia is announced as the host for a World Cup the interest level in football here will go through the roof,” Lowy said.

The hosts for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments will be chosen in December 2010.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Mourinho insists Group F wide open Agence France Presse

MILAN - Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho claimed there are no favourites in his team’s Champions League group after a 2-2 home draw against Dynamo Kyiv left the Italian champions bottom of the pile.

All four teams in Group F are separated by just a single point though with Barcelona, Rubin Kazan and Kyiv all on four points and Inter on three after three games.

What also makes the group stand out is that it is the only one of the eight Champions League groups to include four teams who are champions of their country.

“There’s no favourite. We have the chance to qualify. With three teams on four points and one on three, eight or nine points should be enough to qualify,” said Mourinho.

“I didn’t expect us to have only three points after three games, of course I expected more but the difference between a draw and a win is minimal.

“This group is very difficult but we already knew it would be. There’s four teams who are champions of their country and if you compare it with other groups it’s clear that other teams have been more fortunate whereas we four teams have been unlucky, but that’s the way it is and we’ll fight to the end.”

The group picture could have looked very different if Barcelona had won at home to debutants Rubin but the Russian champions’ stunning 2-1 win at the Camp Nou has left everything in the balance.

Mourinho was asked if it would have been better for Barca to win, allowing them to run away with the group while leaving Inter’s rivals for second place with fewer points.

But the former Chelsea boss explained that if reigning champions Barca were to qualify in advance it would make their last game, away to

Dynamo, meaningless for them, making it easier for the Ukrainians to get a result.

“The equality in this group is a positive thing. The Rubin result is good because it leaves everything open,” said Mourinho.

“It means that when we get to the last match we won’t know who has qualified so when Barca play Dynamo at the end it will be a decisive game for them too.

“Every match is one where every result is possible. We have three draws and of course this one is the worst because the first was against Barcelona and the second was away, but it’s difficult for everyone.”

The draw means Inter have won only two of 11 Champions League games under Mourinho, continuing the club’s dismal trend in Europe’s premier competition despite their dominance at home.

But the Portuguese said it was too early to suggest his team has a psychological block when playing in Europe.

“Wait a little while, we’re only halfway through, there’s three more games and we’ll talk after them. I think my team will qualify,” he said.

Kyiv twice took the lead through Taras Mikhalik and a Lucio own goal but Inter pegged them back through Dejan Stankovic and Walter Samuel.

Even so, with two home games and only one away match left, Dynamo coach Valeri Gazzaev insisted they were in with a good chance of progressing.

“It’s a good thing to be playing two more games at home. It’s a very difficult group, Inter and Barca are great teams,” he said.

“We can do it but there’s still everything left to do. Rubin and ourselves have shown ambition but we have young players who still need more experience. “We played well today but it’s difficult to be thrust straight into such a hard group.”

Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho, of Portugal, right, greets Dynamo Kiev coach Valeriy Gazzaev at the end of the Champions League, Group F, soccer match between Inter Milan and Dynamo Kiev, at the Milan San Siro stadium, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.

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FC Barcelona’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Sweden, right, falls during their Group F Champions League first leg soccer match against against Rubin Kazan at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.

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Barcelona largest scalp on night of awayday joy Agence France Presse

PARIS - Champions League holders Barcelona slumped to a stunning 2-1 defeat at home on Tuesday to Russian champions Rubin Kazan - their first in the competition in 10 months - on a night when seven of the away sides came away with a point or better.

Liverpool were another to suffer as having gone 1-0 up before half-time they slumped to their fourth successive defeat - their worst run in 22-anda-half years - 2-1 to Lyon, with Cesar Delgado netting in time added on.

Despite the alarming run Liverpool’s Spanish manager Rafael Benitez was defiant even in the light of the boos ringing out when he replaced goalscorer Yossi Benayoun.

“We have done it before and we have to do the same,” said Benitez referring to having bounced back before.

“We have to be ready for the next game, try and win that, then the same with the other two. We have done it before, we have to have the confidence we can do it again.”

Lyon now look as good as in the next stage although coach Claude Puel was suitably eager to downplay overconfidence. “There is still a lot of work to do,” he insisted.

“We are going to savour the victory tonight and enjoy the moment, it’s a great feeling. It is great to put in a good performance at this historic stadium. You can sense the history as soon as you walk in here and it was superb.”

Both Barca’s domestic rivals Sevilla and English Premier League giants Arsenal all but assured themselves of a place in the knockout stages as Sevilla romped to a 3-1 victory away at German side Stuttgart with Sebastien Squillaci notching a double.

“We know how to suffer,” said Sevilla coach Manolo Jimenez.

“We were leaders and we knew we had to win if we were to stay leaders,” added Jimenez, whose side have nine

points from a possible nine.

Group G rivals Rangers look down and out after suffering their second successive heavy home defeat - 4-1 to Romanian debutants Unirea Urziceni, coached by former Chelsea star Dan Petrescu.

Rangers manager Walter Smith was left deeply frustrated by the hammering which included two own goals.

“We, after getting off to a great start, didn’t really impose ourselves on the game,” said Smith.

“After that we lost three goals which at any level of football we shouldn’t be losing. All-in-all it was a disappointing evening for us.”

Arsenal meanwhile were held at 11 in Holland by AZ Alkmaar - whose owner’s bank went bankrupt on Monday - failing to give manager Arsene Wenger an early 60th birthday present.

Wenger’s side top Group H with seven points from three matches, a point clear of Olympiakos, who were the only home side to buck the trend by winning - a 2-1 victory at home to Standard Liege.

However, while Wenger - whose birthday is on Thursday - may be upset to have conceded the late equaliser AZ have just two points and Standard a point.

“It is frustrating because we felt superior to this team and had a good performance but couldn’t take advantage of our chances,” said Wenger.

“In the final minutes we got caught. That is the Champions League. We need focus for 93 minutes. We made one mistake and we paid for it.”

Both Inter Milan and Barcelona were behind early on.

The Italians twice had to equalise with Argentinian defender Walter Samuel getting their second shortly after half-time after his team-mate Lucio had scored an own goal to give Dynamo Kyiv a 2-1 lead at half-time.

Inter’s coach Jose Mourinho refused to be cowed by dropping the two points.

“The equality in this group is a positive thing. The Rubin result is good because it leaves everything open,” he said.

“It means that when we get to the last match we won’t know who has qualified so when Barca play Dynamo at the end it will be a decisive game for them too.”

Barca had former Inter hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic to thank for putting them back on level terms with Rubin Kazan shortly after half-time as the Swedish star netted to rub out Alexander Ryazantsev’s second minute effort.

However, unbelievably it was the visitors who appeared to take strength from this and struck with a second goal through Gokdeniz Karadeniz 17 minutes from the final whistle.

Barca coach Pep Guardiola was philosophical about the defeat which sees them sharing top spot with Rubin and Dynamo while Inter are a point behind.

“Any team can beat another one in football,” said Guardiola. “It is a strong group with four league champions and we have to fight until the end to progress.”

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Button ready for grueling title defense Agence France Presse

LONDON - Jenson Button believes his attempt to become the first British driver to retain the Formula One drivers’ world title will be one of the most difficult in the history of the sport.

Button, 29, won his first title after finishing fifth in Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix to succeed 2008 world champion and compatriot Lewis Hamilton.

However, Button has not won a race since June. His Brawn GP team only came into existence at the start of the season, rising from the ashes of Japanese manufacturer Honda’s withdrawal from the sport.

But Brawn’s success in winning the constructors’ world title and that of Red Bull, another fledgling team, indicate the battle for top honours is spreading beyond the likes of established set-ups such as Ferrari and McLaren.

“It’s getting more and more difficult,” Button told reporters here on Tuesday. “It’s a very competitive sport.

“I’m sure it was in the 70s and 80s but now, for me, every single driver on the grid deserves to be there. They are very talented, they’re

not paying their way into the sport.

“So to have the competitiveness between the drivers, but also the teams - it’s amazing how close it’s been this season.

“One second has covered the front to the back of the grid, whereas 10, 15 years ago that was first to third on the grid.

“It’s a lot closer and it’s made it a lot more difficult for everyone, as most sports have become a lot closer and a lot more competitive in recent years,” the Englishman added.

“It’s going to be difficult but that’s every driver’s aim and that will be my aim next season.”

Although Button has yet to sign a new contract with Brawn, he insisted he would not race for another team just because they offered him more money.

“For me the most important thing in my career has always been

to be in a great car and this year is the first year I’ve really been in that position,” Button said. “I want to continue achieving in the sport.

“I’m not one of these drivers who’s going to be looking for a new team who can pay me a big amount of money; that’s not what I’m about.

“I want to go and win races again.

“I want to be with Brawn, we just haven’t discussed it during the season, which is the right thing to do so we could just concentrate on getting the titles, the constructors’ and the drivers’, but now we can sit down and discuss it a bit more.”

Button is the tenth Briton to be crowned world champion.

None of his predecessors won back-to-back titles, although Jim Clark came close by triumphing in 1963 and 1965 with fellow Briton John Surtees, the only man to win world titles on both two wheels and four wheels, winning in 1964.

Jackie Stewart, like Clark a Scot, remains Britain’s most successful Formula One driver in terms of world titles, with his three table-topping performances coming in 1969, 1971 and 1973.

Stoner victory ‘one of most important’ AUSTRALIA - Casey Stoner’s Australian Grand Prix victory was one of the most important in the history of Ducati, according to his team boss Livio Suppo.

Stoner, who missed three races during the middle of the MotoGP season due to illness, won his home race for the third year in a row after an intense race-long fight with Valentino Rossi.

Suppo believes that his victory, coupled with the second place he achieved on his return in Portugal two weeks earlier, was, in part, down to the support offered to the 2007 world champion by the Italian squad.

“We’ve shown we are a company and a team able to react to difficulties, by staying united and by putting up with all kinds of criticism, even the unpleasant kind,” Suppo told Gazzetta dello Sport.

“That’s why the Phillip Island victory is undoubtedly of particular significance: it’s one of the most important ever.”

Suppo said that it was the right decision to rest Stoner for three races at Brno, Indianapolis and Misano, and replace him with rising star Mika Kallio, and believes he will be a stronger competitor next

year as a result.

“There are no regrets: Casey needed this break, and if he had carried on racing he would have simply risked to get hurt,” he added.

“Clearly he potentially had ev-

erything to win the title and this year, despite all the difficulties, he’s one of the main players. Rather than looking at the past, I prefer to look at the future: in 2010 we’ll be even more competitive.”

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MotoGP rider Casey Stoner of Australia, Ducati Marlboro Team celebrates after he won the Australian Grand Prix motorcycle racing on Phillip Island, Australia, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. Stoner took the checkered flag ahead of Valentino Rossi of Italy, Fiat Yamaha Team and Dani Pedrosa of Spain, Repsol Honda Team and making it three Australian wins in a row.

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Jenson Button, Formula One motor racing World Champion, attends his first public appearance since winning the championship in Brazil, at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent, England Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.