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Israel’s military said its troopscame under gunfire and knife at-tack during the takeover.

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JERUSALEM – Israeli commandos intercepted Gaza-boundJERUSALEM – Israeli commandos intercepted Gaza-boundJERUSALEM – Israeli commandos intercepted Gaza-boundJERUSALEM – Israeli commandos intercepted Gaza-boundJERUSALEM – Israeli commandos intercepted Gaza-boundaid ships Monday and at least 10 pro-Palestinian activists on boardaid ships Monday and at least 10 pro-Palestinian activists on boardaid ships Monday and at least 10 pro-Palestinian activists on boardaid ships Monday and at least 10 pro-Palestinian activists on boardaid ships Monday and at least 10 pro-Palestinian activists on boardwere killed in bloodshed that plunged Israel into a diplomatic cri-were killed in bloodshed that plunged Israel into a diplomatic cri-were killed in bloodshed that plunged Israel into a diplomatic cri-were killed in bloodshed that plunged Israel into a diplomatic cri-were killed in bloodshed that plunged Israel into a diplomatic cri-sis.sis.sis.sis.sis.

“Our initial findings showthat at least 10 convoy participantswere killed,” an Israeli military

spokesman said, adding that atleast four soldiers were wounded.

The convoy of aid and for-eign activists had set off in inter-national waters off Cyprus Sundayin defiance of the Israeli-led block-ade of Gaza and warnings that itwould be intercepted.

Israel had expected the op-

eration to end without bloodshedand had prepared tents in an Israeliport for detainees. The incident cre-ated a diplomatic storm with long-time Muslim ally Turkey, whoseflag some of the six ships were fly-ing.

Bali PostDENPASAR – Robery often hap-

pen in Denpasar and the crime washappen on Saturday, May 5th 2010.Two foreigners reported that theirhouses were burglarized and theysuffer great loss from the criminalact.

The police department informthat the house entered by thieves be-long to David Edwin Broadhusrt andLeeminjin from Korea. “The thievesenter the house by breaking the doorand windows of the house,” said an

Twoforeigners’

houseburglarized

officer in the police department. David stays in Jalan Danau

Batur Raya No. 25 Taman Griya,Jimbaran, Kuta and he noticethieves had entered his house at 5am. David was surprised that hisbelongings were gone from hishouse. The things taken by thethieves were a passport, handphone, camera, backpack, and otherdocuments. David said that he suf-fered total loss of 25 million rupiah.He reported that case to the Kutaprecinct. The police already con-

duct investigation on the case andthey found out that one of the doorswas open by force.

While, the similar case was alsohappen in Leemijin house which islocated in Jalan Moh Yamin I No.6, Denpasar. He was leaving thehouse for a while but when he re-turn, he saw the room was in a mess.After inspecting the room thor-oughly, Leemijin said that he loosejewelries, computers, and handphones, the lost is predicted morethan 50 million rupiah (kmb21)(kmb21)(kmb21)(kmb21)(kmb21)

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Israeli soldiers in the northern port of Haifa evacuate comrades involved in violent clashes when Israeli navy seals stormeda convoy carrying hundreds of passengers and aid destined for the Gaza Strip on May 31, 2010.

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When asked for confirmation,Kuta Police Kanit Reskrim Iptu MadeDayendra under permission ofKapolsek Iptu Boney, on Friday (28 /5) yesterday, said the rumors weretrue. As a precaution he and his teamwere combing and watching along Jl.By Pass Ngurah Rai, Kuta, and Jl.Sunset Road, Kuta.

The incident happened at about17:15. The Swiss lady at that time was

Car Window Smashed, SwissCar Window Smashed, SwissCar Window Smashed, SwissCar Window Smashed, SwissCar Window Smashed, SwissTourist Lost 15 Million RupiahTourist Lost 15 Million RupiahTourist Lost 15 Million RupiahTourist Lost 15 Million RupiahTourist Lost 15 Million RupiahKuta, Bali Post

It is an unfortunate fate experienced by a Caucasian female originated from Switzerland, Chantal S.It is an unfortunate fate experienced by a Caucasian female originated from Switzerland, Chantal S.It is an unfortunate fate experienced by a Caucasian female originated from Switzerland, Chantal S.It is an unfortunate fate experienced by a Caucasian female originated from Switzerland, Chantal S.It is an unfortunate fate experienced by a Caucasian female originated from Switzerland, Chantal S.(58), who lives in Jl. Legian Kaja, Gang Arjuna, Kuta. The reason is when she was passing on Jl. Dewi(58), who lives in Jl. Legian Kaja, Gang Arjuna, Kuta. The reason is when she was passing on Jl. Dewi(58), who lives in Jl. Legian Kaja, Gang Arjuna, Kuta. The reason is when she was passing on Jl. Dewi(58), who lives in Jl. Legian Kaja, Gang Arjuna, Kuta. The reason is when she was passing on Jl. Dewi(58), who lives in Jl. Legian Kaja, Gang Arjuna, Kuta. The reason is when she was passing on Jl. DewiSri, Kuta; her Suzuki APV tires were stabbed by unidentified people on Thursday (27 / 5) afternoon.Sri, Kuta; her Suzuki APV tires were stabbed by unidentified people on Thursday (27 / 5) afternoon.Sri, Kuta; her Suzuki APV tires were stabbed by unidentified people on Thursday (27 / 5) afternoon.Sri, Kuta; her Suzuki APV tires were stabbed by unidentified people on Thursday (27 / 5) afternoon.Sri, Kuta; her Suzuki APV tires were stabbed by unidentified people on Thursday (27 / 5) afternoon.More unfortunately, her rear glass was also destroyed; resulting in goods worth 25 million rupiah ownedMore unfortunately, her rear glass was also destroyed; resulting in goods worth 25 million rupiah ownedMore unfortunately, her rear glass was also destroyed; resulting in goods worth 25 million rupiah ownedMore unfortunately, her rear glass was also destroyed; resulting in goods worth 25 million rupiah ownedMore unfortunately, her rear glass was also destroyed; resulting in goods worth 25 million rupiah ownedby Chantal disappeared.by Chantal disappeared.by Chantal disappeared.by Chantal disappeared.by Chantal disappeared.

Padangsambian, DenPostVocational Secondary School

(SMK), is cooperating with NationalTechnology industrial working prac-tices (Prakirin) and with the Bali PostMedia Group (KMB). CMS willimplement the National TechnologyPrakirin the RTC which has severalmedia companies, including printmedia, television and radio, for 12thgrade students in semester IV.

”This cooperation is to provide

Denpasar (Bali Post) -Pancasila after reform increasingly forgotten. Many examples

of how Pancasila sidelined for the sake of personal or groupinterests. Including, in many RI Act, which ideally should beapplicable in the community is in conflict with the values ofPancasila as an ideology in the nation of Indonesia. In addition,there are obvious indications of the life of the elimination ofPancasila state and nation in Indonesia. As a result, the condi-tion of the nation and the country is very alarming.

Chairman of the Research Center for Pancasila UGM Prof.Dr. dr. Sutaryo, Sp.A. (K). accompanied by the Core Commit-tee of the National Congress II Pancasila convey it, Sunday (30/ 5) yesterday at a news conference ahead of the second Na-tional Congress of Pancasila, Monday (31 / 5) until Tuesday (1/ 6) tomorrow. Congress II is a continuation of last year’s firstcongress held at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. II Na-tional Congress of Pancasila is an effort to dig up and revivethe values of Pancasila after the era of reform. Five Principlesto Second National Congress held in cooperation with UdayanaUniversity in Bali, exactly in the Theatre Building Faculty of.Medicine, Udayana University, Jl. Sudirman, today until to-morrow to coincide with the day of the birth of Pancasila onJune 1st.

Professor of GMU’s School of Medicine who is also theChairman of the Steering congressional add, chose Bali as theplace of execution in addition to the congress because Bali isan island of peace and upholds diversity, is also not free fromhistorical factors. When the formulation of Pancasila is set, onerepresentative from Bali at the time, AA Pudja boldly criticizedthe first principle of Pancasila, initially it was very close withone of the major religion to be “the supreme deity.”

On occasion, the Rector of Udayana University was repre-sented by homework first. Prof. Dr. Komang Gde Bendesa,MADE positively welcomed the holding of the congress whichwas attended by nearly 400 participants from all over Indone-sia. Pancasila recognition must always be maintained and up-held as the state ideology. Udayana University to this day stillremains consistent to give a course of Pancasila. This is in linewith the vision and mission of the Udayana University to real-ize a superior human resources, independent and cultured. Un-til now many colleges that eliminate MKU subjects such asPancasila, but his true subject is very important for the forma-tion of the mentality and character of the nation.

Chairman of the Executive Committee, Congress of Drs. IGede Wardana, Si said the congress will be opened by the Gov-ernor of Bali and was present as Keynote Speech Vice Chair-man MPR. Congress will be divided into four plenary, the firstreviews the historical and juridical, philosophical second re-view, the three constitutional judicial review of the consistencyof the values of Pancasila in the 1945 amendments, and thefourth review of socio-cultural implementation of Pancasilavalues in life of nation and state.

Five Principles II National Congress in 2010 takes the theme“Consistency Pancasila values in 1945 and Implementation”will result in a recommendation structuring national and statelife in accordance with the principles rooted in the values ofPancasila to the Assembly and other state agencies or provid-ers, in reflux was more understanding of the ideology of theIndonesian nation state. Some experts who will attend as aspeaker, among others, Prof.. Dr. Kaelan, M.S. (UGM), Prof.Dr. Katjung Maridjan (Airlangga University), Prof. Dr.Sastrapratedja, S.J. (STF Driyarkara) and Dr. I.B. Wiyasa Putra,S.H., M.A. (Udayana University). (R)(R)(R)(R)(R)

driving a car (APV). Arriving at theSouth Seminyak LPD, suddenly shefound the car’s rear tire was deflated.Due to this, Chantal was forced tostop. Later she tried to find carpen-ters pressed tires. Before leaving,Chantal did not forget to lock the doorand closed the glass of his car. Butunfortunately, it was reckless thievesbroke the rear glass Chantal. Alleystabbed this tire specialist drain the

contents of the car Kitas, credit cardCity Bank and Bank Permata, 100U.S. dollars, 100 Euros, 3.9 millionRupiah, and two bank checks.

“The victim did not know losingtime behind the car. Meanwhile,somewhere the perpetrators were al-ready blurred. This case has beenreported to the police and we’re in-vestigating,’’ added Iptu Dayendra.(By DenPost)(By DenPost)(By DenPost)(By DenPost)(By DenPost)

BP/doc

The picture shows a person finding fish by using electricity. The method is very dangerous becauseit could kill all the fish including the small ones and it will destroy the ecosystem in the pond

National Technology with a RTC SMK Prakirin Signed MoUdirect knowledge, because the RTCis known to have a complete mediaand was known by the people of Bali.Thus, students who practice in theRTC can explore science with opti-mal,” said the head of the NationalTechnology Vocational School,Ketut Adi Wirawan, S. Kom.,Didamping Kasek Students, Servicesand Facilities Pre, Made Mudarta,SE, after signing of a Memorandumof Understanding (MoU), with the

leaders of the RTC, ABG SatriaNaradha, Thursday (27 / 5) then.

Ketut Adi Wirawan revealed,SMK who led the new school yearstarting in 2009 is open from the past,would now be opened as wide as pos-sible for students who wish to go toschool technology. There are two newmajors developed, namely Depart-ment of Multimedia and networkedcomputers. Two majors, will be prac-ticed regularly in the RTC.(403)(403)(403)(403)(403)

Second Pancasila National Congress ahead in UdayanaIgnore the Pancasila, the NationIgnore the Pancasila, the NationIgnore the Pancasila, the NationIgnore the Pancasila, the NationIgnore the Pancasila, the NationApprehensive ConditionsApprehensive ConditionsApprehensive ConditionsApprehensive ConditionsApprehensive Conditions

3Tuesday, June 1, 2010International Bali News

Bali Post

DENPASAR - The development ofintegrated farming patterns pioneeredby Governor Made Mangku Pastikaand Vice Governor is expected to beexpanded considering the agriculturalsector support the livelihood of mostpeople of Bali. “The breakthroughmade is very good, but its scope shouldbe expanded,” said Chairman ofBangli Farmer Group, KetutManuhara, last Sunday (May 30).

With other farmers in Bangli Re-gency, he admitted to have sufficientland to develop agricultural commodi-ties. However, his group did not getthe portion of integrated agriculturalproject funded by provincial govern-ment of Bali. Therefore, such idealfarmers immediately submitted theproposal that had already been sent tothe Governor of Bali, Made MangkuPastika, while attending social gath-ering with various elements of soci-ety in Wantilan Hall of Bali House,last Saturday (May 29).

Ketut Manuhara hoped the pro-posal that already submitted for fewtimes could be followed up and gotthe attention of Governor Pastika.Development of integrated farmingpatterns was considered very impor-tant in providing services to farmers,while improving the welfare and in-come of farmers in Bali that was gen-erally still below the poverty line.

Governor Pastika who was accom-panied by Deputy Governor AANPuspayoga warmly welcomed the pro-posal submitted by farmer group from

The four patients were NyomanTangga, 36, a resident of Lod TunduhHamlet, Ubud, Gianyar; MadeSarna, 45, resident of Apuan Ham-let, Singapadu, Gianyar; KadekSertawan, 29, resident of Jalan SelatNo. 5 Apuan Hamlet, Singapadu,Gianyar; and Wayan Ekayasa, 32,resident of Uma Anyar Hamlet,Pejeng, Tampak Siring, Gianyar.

One of the victims namely Sarnadied after drinking methanol arrack.The four patients were received suc-cessively at Sanglah Hospital, lastSaturday (May 29) until Sunday(May 30). When received, conditionof Sarna was alarming. Victim wasunconscious and died shortly after

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Bali remains tobe trusted as the host of several im-portant international meetingswhich will be attended by severalheads of state in various parts ofthe world until the year 2014. “Anumber of important meetingshave been scheduled in Bali up tofour years,” said Governor of BaliMade Mangku Pastika inDenpasar, last Sunday (May 30).

He said nearly every year doz-ens of international meetings wereheld in Bali, including those at-tended by several heads of state ofthe world. Even, six heads ofASEAN countries in the regionwould hold a meeting in Bali inthe upcoming year 2011. PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono whenmaking coordinative meeting withgovernors throughout Indonesia inTampak Siring, Gianyar, on lastApril 19-21, 2010 had time to re-view a number of hotels in NusaDua, the accommodation of theheads of the state and foreign del-egations.

Governor Pastika organizingthe social gathering last Saturday(May 29) with various elements ofBalinese society added that Baliin 2012 would host the APEC

Again, home-brewed liquor kills other lives in Gianyar:

Two die and three others in agonyTwo die and three others in agonyTwo die and three others in agonyTwo die and three others in agonyTwo die and three others in agonyBali Post

DENPASAR - Apparently, the home-brewed arrack already startedto spread. After Tabanan, Denpasar and Badung, later on it killed otherlives in Gianyar. Four patients from Gianyar diagnosed with methanolpoisoning were rushed to Sanglah Hospital. Two of them died.

arriving at Sanglah Hospital. Mean-while, three other victims until lastSunday were still under intensivemedical treatment and undergoingdialysis. Information obtained inSanglah Hospital told that Sarna andSertawan were drinking alcohol to-gether at the same location.

Other than Sarna, the victim diedof methanol also increased, namelyNyoman Rumia, 28, resident ofPenempahan Hamlet, Manukaya,Tampak Siring, Gianyar. Previously,Rumia had been treated in the Sur-gical Medical Room of SanglahHospital since last Monday (May17), and died last Saturday (May 29)at 2:40 pm Local Time. (kmb24)

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The police destroy illegal liquor that had been confiscated.Apparently, the home-brewed arrack already started tospread. After Tabanan, Denpasar and Badung, later on it killedother lives in Gianyar.

Until 2014:Bali hosts variousinternationalconferences

meeting that would also be at-tended by several heads of state,following the world’s beauty pag-eant 2014. “The trust of interna-tional world, especially the gov-ernment of Indonesia to Bali, isinseparable from the image ofBali over the years,” said Gover-nor Pastika.

Such trust was expected to pro-vide a positive impact, namely theincreasing tourist arrivals to theisland of the gods. Bali received2.22 million of foreign touristsvisit during 2009 or increased14.45 percent over the previousyear reaching 1.96 millionpeople. The visit was expected tofurther rise in the future, consid-ering that more than 75 percentof Balinese people relied on theirlivelihood to tourism sector.

Governor Pastika invited allparties to succeed the various in-ternational meetings by maintain-ing and creating conducive secu-rity environment. “It will becomethe homework of Bali Transporta-tion Services and Bali Police toaddress the traffic congestionproblems, especially after the exitfrom the Ngurah Rai InternationalAirport, the area of Nusa Dua,Kuta and artist village of Ubud,”expected Governor Pastika. (kmb)

Hopefully integrated farmingpattern could be expanded

Bangli Regency and soon would pri-oritize the development of integratedfarming patterns in Bangli Regency.Provincial Government of Bali, ac-cording to Head of Publications andDocumentation Bureau, I KetutTeneng, would allocate a fund worthIDR 8 billion to social assistance inagriculture specifically directed to thedevelopment of 40 farmer groupunions (Gapoktan) in 2010.

The fund sourced from the 2010Bali Regional Budget focused on thepatterns of integrated agricultural de-velopment as the continuation of thesame program in the previous year.Similar activities in 2009 were directedto the development of ten units offarmer group union with the support-ing fund of IDR 2.3 billion. The pat-tern of agricultural development wasintegrally tilled by technical agencies,with priority to villages that over 35percent of their residents remained to

belong to poor families.Ketut Teneng explained the inte-

grated agricultural development wasinitiated by Governor of Bali, MadeMangku Pastika, as an effort to in-crease farmers’ income and welfare,at least twice in 2013. Ten units of pi-lot projects for integrated farming pat-tern implemented in 2009 was ex-pected to be emulated by farmer groupunion development becoming the tar-get in 2010.

Meanwhile, he hoped with suchpilot project, similar activities carriedout in this year would not face anyobstacles and difficulties. “Prior todeveloping the integrated farming pat-terns, farmers should first have a closerlook at the activities implemented byother farmers in developing such in-tegrated pattern, both related to live-stock, agricultural, fishery and inter-cropping sector,” said Ketut Teneng.(kmb)

The photo shows awoman harvestedchili in the integratedfarming system. Thedevelopment ofintegrated farmingpatterns pioneeredby Governor MadeMangku Pastika andVice Governor isexpected to beexpanded consider-ing the agriculturalsector support thelivelihood of mostpeople of Bali.

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Seven soldiers were wounded inthe attack on a military vehicle car-rying troops to guard duty in thesouthern city of Iskenderun, Hatayprovince, provincial governorMehmet Celalettin Lekesiz wasquoted as saying by Anatolia newsagency.

The attack was carried out bymembers of the “separatist terroristorganization”, Lekesiz said, usingthe official jargon for the outlawedKurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)leading a 25-year insurgency.

AFP PHOTO / HO / FILES / AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE

This undated file picture released on February 7, 2008 by theAustralian Customs Services shows a mother whale and hercalf being dragged on board a Japanese ship after being har-pooned in Antarctic waters.

Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - A New Zealand anti-whaling activist on trial in Japandenied Monday a charge of assault, saying that rancid butter stinkbombs he threw at harpoon ships were no more acidic than orangejuice.

Peter Bethune, of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, alsotearfully recounted the day the campaigners’ speedboat collided withthe whaling fleet’s security ship the Shonan Maru II during con-frontations in Antarctic waters.

Bethune, 45, is on trial for allegedly causing chemical burns tothe face of a whaler and for several charges relating to his boardingof the Shonan Maru II weeks after the futuristic boat the Ady Gilsank following the collision.

Prosecutors say a rancid butter, or butyric acid, stink bomb causedchemical burns to the face of a 24-year-old Japanese crew memberduring a February 11 clash and also hurt the eyes of several otherwhalers.

Bethune, who has admitted to four charges but not assault, saidhe threw the bottle thinking it “very unlikely” to hit crew members,and that the butyric acid has the same level of acidity as orangejuice.

“It’s very smelly, but it’s OK if it falls in the water. It’s organicand biodegradable and won’t harm anyone,” he said.

Bethune faces up to 15 years jail if convicted on the assault andother charges.

He was detained by whalers in February after he climbed aboardthe Shonan Maru II, the security ship of the Japanese whaling fleet,during its annual cull of the giant sea mammals.

He wanted to make a citizen’s arrest of the captain and also billhim for the 300-million-dollar kevlar trimaran which he helped buildand which sank after what Bethune described as a harrowing colli-sion.

“I thought my crew was going to die,” he said. “Five people gotbruises and one broke a rib. Ady Gil has been my life. I live withthis vision of being run over. This broke my heart.”

His trial throws a spotlight on Japanese whaling, which the is-land-nation defends as part of its culture and carries out under aloophole to an international moratorium that allows lethal “scien-tific research”.

The militant Sea Shepherd group pursued and harassed Japanesewhalers in Antarctic waters for months in the 2009-2010 season, acampaign which both sides say reduced the Japanese cull by severalhundred whales.

The activist, who joined the group in July 2009, also told thecourt that he would likely not return to the Antarctic. He has toldJapanese media he needed to earn money to support his family afterhis unpaid activism.

Agence France-Presse

KABUL - NATO air strikes on Mondaytargeted the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan inan attempt to dislodge the militia from a dis-trict they captured from government forces lastweek, the alliance said.

The militants seized the district of BargiMatal in the rugged Nuristan province on Sat-urday, driving out Afghan security forces af-ter days of fierce fighting.

On Monday, NATO jets bombed thetroubled region in what the alliance’s Interna-tional Security Assistance Force (ISAF) saidwas an operation in support of its Afghancounterparts.

“ISAF supported Afghan national securityforce operations in Nuristan province by de-livering precision-guided air strikes on knowninsurgent locations near Bargi Matal earlyMonday,” it said in a statement.

The air strikes were requested by Afghancommanders, it added.

An ISAF spokesman told AFP the raids hadtargeted “the bad guys in Bargi Matal”.

Interior ministry spokesman ZemaraiBashary said the raids were called in by Af-ghan troops ahead of an operation to recap-ture the district.

“We’re going to launch an operation verysoon to retake the district. The air strikes werein support of our operations and were calledin preparation for ground operations,” he said.

The Taliban are waging an insurgency tooverthrow the US-backed government ofPresident Hamid Karzai which is backed by130,000 international troops.

The insurgency has gained strength in re-cent years as the rebels have spread their in-fluence beyond their traditional stronghold inthe country’s south. NATO, US and Afghantroops are preparing their biggest offensiveagainst the rebels in the southern province ofKandahar, with foreign troop numbers set topeak at 150,000 by August.

Kurdish rebel rocket attack killsKurdish rebel rocket attack killsKurdish rebel rocket attack killsKurdish rebel rocket attack killsKurdish rebel rocket attack killssix at Turkish navy basesix at Turkish navy basesix at Turkish navy basesix at Turkish navy basesix at Turkish navy baseAgence France-Presse

ANKARA - Kurdish rebels fired rockets at a Turkish naval baseMonday killing six troops in the latest assault on a military target sincea jailed Kurdish rebel leader signalled an end to peace efforts.

“Security operations were con-tinuing,” he said, adding that addi-tional police and troops were de-ployed after the attack.

Media reports said three of thewounded soldiers were in criticalcondition in a military hospital inAnkara.

There was no immediate claim ofresponsibility by the PKK, an out-lawed separatist group whose leaderAbdullah Ocalan decided to aban-don efforts to seek dialogue with theTurkish government.

Five members of Turkey’s secu-rity forces were killed on Saturdayin a string of attacks that gave astrong sign that Kurdish peace ef-forts are unravelling.

Army chief General IlkerBasbug cut short a visit to Egyptafter the rocket attack and a deadlyIsraeli operation on an aid convoyheaded to the Gaza Strip, which in-cluded several Turkish vessels.

Ocalan was jailed for life in 1999but has retained his influence overthe PKK from his prison cell onImrali island, often issuing guide-lines to rebels in statements releasedthrough his lawyers.

His calls for dialogue have beenrejected by the government, whichinsists the PKK either lay down its

arms or face the army, and he wasquoted in a party mouthpiece overthe weekend as having given up hispursuit of dialogue.

“Keeping up this process is nolonger meaningful and useful. I amquitting after May 31 since I couldnot find an interlocutor,” Ocalan wasquoted by the Ozgur Politika news-paper as telling his lawyers during arecent prison visit.

Ocalan however said his decisiondid not amount to a call for the PKKto intensify its armed campaign.

“This should not be misunder-stood. This is not a call for a war,”he said, according to Saturday’sOzgur Politika.

Following a usual winter lull,violence has broken out anew in the

southeast. The melting of wintersnow has allowed the rebels tomove out from their mountain hide-outs in Turkey and neighbouringIraq.

The PKK, listed as a terroristgroup by Turkey and much of theinternational community, took uparms in 1984, sparking a conflictthat has claimed some 45,000 lives.

Last year, Prime Minister RecepTayyip Erdogan’s government an-nounced it would expand Kurdishfreedoms in a bid to peacefully endthe conflict.

The initiative however has fal-tered, amid bitterness over thegovernment’s decision to ban themain Kurdish party and public out-rage at bloody PKK attacks.

NATO air strikeshit Taliban introubled district

New Zealand anti-whaling activiston trial in Japan denies assault

“When I went to the Antarctic I was standing up for what I be-lieve is right,” Bethune said.” “Going to the Antarctic is unlikely inthe future.”

He also said: “I don’t have a problem with Japanese people, butI have a problem with whaling.”

During the hearing, a heckler was evicted from court after loudlyaccusing Bethune of being a “fascist” and “racist”.

General Info Tuesday, June 1, 2010 5International

Denpasar

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

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private)Jl. Sudirman No 50, DenpasarPhone : 227 560, 234 824

In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medicalevacuation company, thatis:AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah RaiNo. 24X, Kuta 80361.Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that theBlood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh)Negative blood.

Badung

Bali Medical ClinicsThere are some medical clinics that are well known by for-eigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and oper-ated :

Bali International Medical Center (BIMC)Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excel-lent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Servicesfor 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 BaliOpened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visi-tors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-houremergency medical service.Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - IndonesiaPhone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919E-mail : info@sos-bali.comttp ://www.sos-bali.com

Bali Nusa Dua Emergency ClinicJl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

Dental ClinicDr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, DenpasarPhone : 222 445, 234 375

DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324

Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4ABr. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Australian Consulate GeneralJalan Tantular 32 Renon DenpasarPhone: +62 361 241118Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

The Czech RepublicJalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.286 465

France Consulate AgencyJalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.285 485

The Federal Republic of GermanyJalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.288 535

The Republic of HungaryJalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.287 701

Italian ConsulateJalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 005

Honorary Consulate of MexicoJalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.223 266

Honorary Consulate of The NetherlandsJalan Raya Kuta 127, BaliPhone +62.361.761 506

Honorary Consulate of SpainKomplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. JalanPatih Jelantik Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.769 286

USA Consulate AgencyJalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.222 426

Consulate General of JapanJalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.227 628

Honorary Consulate of BritishJalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.270 601

Swiss and Austria ConsulateJalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan IstanaGalleriaPhone +62.361.751 735

Honorary Consulate of BrazilJalan Legian No. 186, BaliPhone +62.361.757 775

Honorary Consulate of ThailandJalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.263 310

Embassy of IndiaJalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 978

Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf FinlandSegara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.282 223

Honorary Consulate of MalaysiaAlam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.752 520

Bangli

Bangli General HospitalJl. Kesumayuda 27, BangliPhone : +62 366 91521

Gianyar

Clinic MasJl. Raya Mas, UbudPhone : +62 361 974573

Toyo ClinicJl. Pengosekan, UbudPhone : +62 361 978078

Permata Bunda ClinicJl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, GianyarPhone : +62 361 942082

Ubud ClinicJl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, UbudPhone : +62 361 974911

Gianyar General HospitalJl. Ciung Wanara 2, GianyarPhone : +62 361 943049

Karangasem

Karangasem General HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai, KarangasemPhone : +62 363 21001

Klungkung

Klungkung General HospitalJl. Flamboyan 40-4, KlungkungPhone : +62 366 21371

Negara

Negara General HospitalJl. Gelar, NegaraPhone : +62 365 41006

Tabanan

Laboratorium ClinicJl. Gunung semeru No. 8, TabananPhone : +62 361 819260

Mengwi ClinicJl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, TabananPhone : +62 361 880550

Darma Kerti HospitalJl. Teratai 16, TabananPhone : +62 361 812359

Tabanan General HospitalJl. Pahlawan 14, TabananPhone : +62 361 811027

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

Singaraja

Prodia ClinicJl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali0362 - 24-516

Singaraja HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali0362 - 22-573

Pet ClinicsKayumas: (0361) 226934Sayang Binatang: (0361) 483121Satwa Kertha Husada: (0361) 263018Pantai Sindhu: (0361) 287518Sidakarya: (0361) 724492Pedungan: (0361) 720026

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Tropical Storm Agatha alsoforced tens of thousands of peopleto flee their homes as it whippedheavy rains across Guatemala, ElSalvador, Honduras and Mexico.

“The storm has caused 82deaths,” Guatemalan PresidentAlvaro Colom told reporters.Among the dead were four childrenin a house that was swept away in alandslide, officials said.

In neighboring El Salvador,floods and landslides accounted fornine deaths, authorities there said.

And in Honduras, emergencymanagement officials reported atleast 10 storm-related deaths asAgatha lashed the country, forcingthe government to put five of theterritory’s 18 departments under astate of emergency. As many as2,289 people were forced to leavetheir homes.

Agatha slammed into Guate-mala overnight with 65-kilometer(40-mile) per hour winds and wassoon downgraded to a tropical de-pression as it dissipated over higherground, but the damage caused byheavy rains and high windsprompted the government in El Sal-vador to declare a state of emer-

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gency. Guatemala had been under a

state of emergency since Saturday,while Honduras declared a nation-wide state of emergency Sundayand established a crisis managementcommittee to address heavy flood-ing and other effects from the storm.

Guatemalan President Colomsaid flash floods and mudslidesforced nearly 112,000 people to fleetheir homes. He said schools wouldremain closed until next week.

The worst storm-related disas-ter in Guatemala occurred in a vil-lage in Solola department where alandslide swept away 25 homes kill-ing 15 people, with another 10 miss-ing, according to San AntonioPalopo Mayor Andres Cumes.

To prevent an outbreak of dis-ease, the bodies will be buried atonce, he told reporters.

Colombia and the UnitedStates offered to send aircraft toferry aid or help with evacuationsof storm-hit areas, and Colom saidsix US military aircraft were enroute from a base in Honduras.

Mexican President FelipeCalderon, at Colom’s behest, hasoffered the airport in the border city

of Tapachula for emergency flightsin and out of Guatemala, Calderon’soffice said.

Guatemala City’s La AuroraInternational Airport has beenclosed since Friday after beingshowered by volcanic ash from theeruption of the Pacaya volcano twodays earlier. Two people were killedand three missing after the eruptionon Wednesday.

Vulcanologists atGuatemala’s national seismologicalinstitute said activity in the volcanowas within a normal range, but itsdirector Freddy Sanchez said “it’svery possible there could be moreviolent explosions in the comingdays.”

Colom said that even thoughthe storm had eased, authorities re-mained on an emergency footing,adding that there were dozens oftowns and villages that were stillinaccessible because of roads sev-ered by landslides.

El Salvador’s PresidentMauricio Funes put his country un-der a state of emergency, saying thateven though the storm was weak-ening, the risk of mudslides andflash floods “remains very high.”

Agence France-PresseSYDNEY - A giant plume of

volcanic ash over the South Pacificprompted warnings to tourists andairlines Monday but caused onlyminor disruption to flights com-pared with recent chaos in Europe.

The cloud billowing fromVanuatu’s Mount Yasur volcanorose about 6,000 feet (1,800 metres)high and was spread over about 340square kilometres (130 squaremiles), affecting flights inneighbouring New Caledonia.

Tourists have been bannedfrom scenic Mount Yasur, whichhas been exploding and spitting lavaand burning rocks, while officialsare assessing whether to evacuatesome 6,000 nearby villagers.

Meanwhile, New Zealand of-ficials warned airlines to avoid theash — which can seize up jet en-gines by being churned into glass— echoing the Iceland eruptionwhich caused mass disruption inEurope including a week-long shut-down.

“The Mount Yasur volcanoon Tanna island has been very ac-tive the last three days and the erup-tion is ongoing,” said TristanOakley, an aviation forecaster withNew Zealand’s Meteorological Ser-

Giant ash cloud threatensflights in Pacific

vice. Peter Korisa of Vanuatu’s

National Disaster Management Of-fice said ash was contaminatingdrinking water for villagers in thevolatile region, which sits on the“Pacific Ring of Fire” known for itsvolcanic and seismic activity.

“Last week we recorded avery high activity for the volcanowith hot lava, hot rocks falling fromthe volcano,” he told AFP fromMount Tasur’s surrounding islandof Tanna.

“There are 6,000 people in thevillages around the volcano, we’renot moving them out yet. All tour-ists and tourist operators have beenasked to not access the volcano. Theaccess is restricted.”

The plume has disrupted ahandful of domestic flights operatedby New Caledonia’s AirCal, al-though disruption remains tinycompared with the havoc seen inEurope.

Air Vanuatu local supervisorDavid Dick said flights were stillrunning between the South Pacificcountry’s capital, Port Vila, andTanna island, while tourism offi-cials also said the industry was un-affected.

Resort-owners said tourists

were still driving out to see the vol-cano but had to keep their distance,while the trucks carrying them re-turned covered with ash.

“They can get to the volcano,but are restricted and don’t haveaccess to where we usually takethem,” said Lina Tuprick, whoworks at Tanna Evergreen Bunga-lows.

“There are explosions on thevolcano. It’s the first time in twoyears it’s been so active.”

Australia also issued a traveladvisory saying visitors were“strictly prohibited” from visitingthe volcano.

Vanuatu was rocked by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Friday,prompting a brief tsunami warning.The archipelago, which lies be-tween Australia and Fiji and northof New Zealand, was hit by threemajor quakes in October.

Iceland’s ash cloud has beenseverely disrupting European airtravel since April, widely affectingairports and closing down airspacein the continent’s north for a week.

Last week, eruptions in Gua-temala and Ecuador killed twopeople, forced thousands to flee andshut down two airports, smotheringrunways in ash.

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A street vendor weeps after losing her belongings inComayaguela, flooded by the overflowing of the Choluteca River,in Tegucigalpa on May 30, 2010.

The Turkish government said it“strongly protested” the military action,calling the interception unacceptable.

“Israel will have to endure the con-sequences of this behavior” a TurkishForeign Ministry statement said.

Mark Regev, a spokesman for Is-raeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu, said Israel had not wanted aviolent confrontation.

“We made repeated offers that theyshould bring the boats to the port ofAshdod and from there we guaranteedthat all humanitarian cargo would betransferred to the people of Gaza,” he said.

“Unfortunately this group decidedon confrontation. They decided onviolence...And when our navy had to in-tercept, our young servicemen were at-tacked with live ammunition.”

Israel has said it was determined tomaintain its blockade of the Gaza Strip, aterritory of 1.5 million people that is con-trolled by Hamas Islamists opposed toU.S.-mediated Israeli-Palestinian peacetalks. Israel’s Western allies have beencritical of the embargo on the impover-ished enclave, which the Jewish state saysis aimed at preventing arms supplies fromreaching Hamas by sea.

It has previously halted such activ-ist ships, although some others havereached the Gaza Strip before.

Palestinian President MahmoudAbbas, whose Fatah faction lost controlof the Gaza Strip in fighting with Hamasin 2007, declared three days of mourning

From page 1 Ten dead in the Palestinian territories.

Captured ships were sailing towardIsrael’s southern Mediterranean port ofAshdod, Israeli media said.

“How could the Israeli military at-tack civilians like this?” asked GretaBerlin, a spokeswoman for the Free GazaMovement that organized the convoy.“Do they think that because they can at-tack Palestinians indiscriminately theycan attack anyone? The flotilla was or-ganized, among others, by a Turkish hu-man rights organization. Turkey hadurged Israel to allow it safe passage andsaid the 10,000 tonnes of aid the convoywas carrying was humanitarian.

Turkey, long Israel’s best Muslimally in a hostile Middle East, was highlycritical of Israel’s attack on Gaza 18months ago, in which 1,400 Palestinianswere killed. Relations between the twostates are now distinctly chilly and blood-shed at sea will do nothing to improvethem. The European Union called foran enquiry into the deaths aboard the aidships and demanded Israel allow the freeflow of humanitarian aid to the GazaStrip.

“On behalf of the European Union(High Representative Catherine Ashton)demands a full enquiry about the circum-stances in which this happened...she callsfor an immediate, sustained and uncon-ditional opening of the crossing for theflow of humanitarian aid, commercialgoods and persons to and from Gaza,” itsaid. France24 television aired video ofa woman in a Muslim headress holdinga stretcher with a large bloodstain on it.Below her lay a man, apparently injured,in a blanket.

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BENGKULU - Some Engganoislanders, North Bengkulu, discov-ered the remains of three colonialbuildings in two villages.

One of Enggano‘s cultural lead-ers, Basri, said that the sites lo-cated at Malakoni and Apoho ham-lets, may also have been the re-mains of what the Dutch, Japaneseand British had left.

The local residents had discov-ered the fortress-like building sev-eral years ago with some of itsparts damaged by sea water ero-sion.

At first they were not aware that

Aris Susanto, 31, was convictedof hiding Syaifudin Jaelani, whorecruited the bombers, and a floristcalled Ibrohim who helped thebombers access the central Jakartahotels ahead of the July 17 attacksthat killed seven people.

He “made it difficult for law en-forcement officers in their hunt forperpetrators of terrorism,” chiefjudge Haswandi told the SouthJakarta district court.

“His actions also tarnished theimage of the nation in the eyes ofthe international community.”

Jaelani and Ibrohim were killedin police raids after the bombings

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JAYAPURA - Themed “Lov-ing Culture for Our Future,” LakeSentani Festival (LSF) from June19 to 23, 2010, will try to attractas many domestic and foreigntourists as possible.

Jayapura district head HabelMelkias Suwae said here on Sun-day that preparations had beenmade for this annual cultural fes-tivity. He said this year’s eventwould be the third since its firstone held in 2008, and will serveas a year-long gateway for thetourism industry in the Indone-sian easternmost province,Papua.

In 2008, the Papua Tourism Of-

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NEW YORK - A UN medal ofhonor had been conferred on Sec-ond Sergeant Suprayitno of Indone-sia, who was killed in a UN peacekeeping mission in the CongoDemocratic Republic last year.

The Dag Hammarskjold Medalfor Second Sergeant Suprayitno hadbeen given by Deputy UN SecretaryGeneral for Peace Keeping Opera-tions Alain Le Roy by way of Charged’Affaires Ad Interim of the Indo-nesian Permanent RepresentativeOffice in New York AmbassadorHasan Kleib.

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JAKARTA - An Indonesian court Monday sentenced a man to eightyears’ jail for sheltering terrorists involved in suicide bomb attacks ontwo luxury hotels last year.

of the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carltonhotels, an attack masterminded byMalaysian terror leader NoordinMohammed Top.

Noordin was killed in a shootoutwith police in September, ending amassive manhunt for one of South-east Asia’s most-wanted men.

Susanto also accompaniedNoordin on a trip to meet accom-plices in West Java ahead of the ho-tel bombings, Haswandi said.

Prosecutors meanwhile requestednine years’ jail for another Islamicextremist, Supono, 35, who is ac-cused of driving Noordin across JavaIsland for planning meetings, courtofficials said.

Supono is standing trial sepa-rately. Noordin led a splinter factionof the Jemaah Islamiyah regionalextremist network which aimed tocreate an Islamic caliphate throughterror and modelled itself on Al-Qaeda.

He was also blamed for the 2003bombing of Jakarta’s Marriott hotel,the 2004 bombing of the Australianembassy and attacks on tourist spotsin Bali in 2005.

Indonesian Islamist Aris Susanto listens to a judge reading a verdictin Susanto’s trial for sheltering terrorists involved in suicide bomb

attacks on two luxury hotels last year in Jakarta on May 31, 2010.

Three colonial fortressesdiscovered in Enggano

the remains had a high historicalvalue, until the arrival of a militaryteam which kept building in tact.

Bengkulu military chief ColPutut Winarno said the objects arenow being studied by historians ofthe special team.

The historical forts can becomethe island‘s tourism attraction andneeds to be preserved by the gov-ernment.

Malakoni hamlet Chief TedySunardi said that the fortress mayhave been what was left of the co-lonial era. The remote island ofEnggano may have been a placewhere foreign ships made stop-overs.

Lake Sentani Festival to attract touristsfice organized the first Lake SentaniFestival from July 16 to 19 that yearto support the annual LembahBaliem Festival in Jayawijaya dis-trict.

Since then, the LSF was held asan effort to protect the culture ofJayapura district, especially at theareas around Lake Sentani.

Located some 75 meters abovesea level and surrounded by beauti-ful hills, the 3.63-hectare LakeSentani is a perfect place for fish-ing, swimming, canoing, skiing, andother kinds of water sports.

“No wonder, Lake Sentani Festi-val will serve as a year-long gate-way for the tourism industry inJayapura district specifically and inPapua province in general,” Habel

Melkias Suwae said.It means, he said, that in this

case tourism will strengthen theidentity of the people of Papua,preserve their traditional and cul-tural values, step up theireconomy.

Therefore, Habel added that theJayapura district administrationwould make every effort to de-velop the attractive villages aroundLake Sentani to constantly attractas many tourists as possible.

“This year’s Lake Sentani Fes-tival is themed ‘Loving Culture forOur Future’ because whoeverloves and preserves traditional andcultural values, will also preparethe future of the future genera-tion,” Habel said.

UN medal for second sergeant Suprayitno“We have already received the

Medal which we will soon hand itover to the bereaved family in Indo-nesia,” Hasan Kleib said in NewYork Saturday.

Suprayitno was one of the 218UN peace keeping personnel from50 countries who was killed in thelast 14 months when on a UN peacekeeping mission in various coun-tries.

The Dag Hammarsjkold Medal re-ceived by the permanent representa-tives of the countries concerned at theUN Headquarters in New York, hadbeen conferred to mark UN Interna-tional Peace Keeping Day, May 29.

The recipients included 96 UNmission personnel in Haiti(MINUSTAH) who were killed inthe strong earthquake which struckthat country on in January 2010.

Ambassador Hasan Kleib said inhis address that Alain Le Roy hasonce again expressed the UN pro-found sadness to the lateSuprayitno’s bereaved family andthe Indonesian government forSuprayitno’s contribution in carry-ing out the mandate of the UN Se-curity Council under the MONUC.

At the same time, the Indonesiangovernment is determined to con-tinue its contribution and participa-

tion in UN peace keeping missions.Second Sergeant Suprayitno (27)

was member of the Garuda XX-FContingent in the UN peace keep-ing forces in the Congo (MONUC)and the Engineering Battalion 13 inJakarta.

Suprayitno was killed on Febru-ary 23, 2009, in an occupational ac-cident, and his remains had beenburied at the Yudonegoro HeroesCemetery in Magetan, Central Java.

The United Nations also gave acompensation of 50,000 US dollarswhich had been handed to the be-reaved family shortly afterSuprayitno’s his death.

At present, some 124,000 person-nel are on duty in 16 UN peace keep-ing missions in Africa, America,Asia-Pacific, Europe, and theMiddle East.

Indonesia joined the UN peacekeeping forces in 1957.

Right now 1,686 Indonesian mili-tary and police personnel, includingnine women, joined UN peace keep-ing forces in various countries.

More than 1,000 of the Indone-sian personnel had been assigned inLebanon (Unifil) and the rest inCongo (Monuc), Darfur (Unamid),Sudan (Unmis), Nepal (Unmin) andin Liberia (Unmil).

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The head of the criminal division ofthe Jembrana police precinct, I KetutSuparta, who confirmed that intensivescreenings were being carried out at theport to prevent the entry to Bali of anydangerous materials and to narrow theopportunities available for those wish-ing to disturb public order, such as ter-rorists.

The combined force is inspectingevery vehicle and car entering Bali viaGilimanuk, the main land-sea entry toBali from Java.

Included in the combined forcesteam are officers from the Jembranapolice precinct, mobile brigade offic-ers (Brimob) from Bali’s police head-

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The situation of Gilimanuk harbor at night. The security tightens in the harbor to perevnt anysecurity disturbance from happening.

quarters and crack members of Densus88 anti-terror squad.

As part of the screening process, buspassengers are being compelled to dis-embark and pass through separate gate-way equipped with detection equip-ment. Following physical screening formetal and explosives, passengers mustthen present their personal identifica-tion to a team of inspectors. Suparta toldthe press that, to date, no suspiciousindividuals or situations have been de-tected at the screening stations.

Enforcement officers also have sidestreets around the port under close sur-veillance, together with local boat traf-fic sailing between Java and Bali.

Singaraja (Bali Post)VP Boediono has been asked to immediately

realize the reservoir in District Titab BusungbiuVillage planned since a few years ago. The es-tablishment of this reservoir is very useful forfarmers in the western part of Buleleng that hasalways been difficult for the water.

The request was submitted by a residentof the Village Dencarik, Buleleng, whenVice President Boediono conduct a dialoguewith the citizens of Buleleng in a relatedevent of the National Program for Commu-nity Empowerment (PNPM) Village SquareDistrict Sudaji Sawan, on Thursday (27 / 5).

To the Vice President Boediono, residentsquestioned what the constraints faced by thegovernment so that the approved project isgoing haltingly. Whereas, the citizens reallyhope that the reservoir can be realized assoon as possible because during the dry sea-son, farmers in western Buleleng alwaystroubled in getting water, so there are nochance to grow rice. “So far, farmers onlygrow corn that result in only one millionrupiah per year, “said these residents.

Responding to that question, the VicePresident asked the Minister of PublicWorks Joko Krimanto to explain the prob-lem to the residents. According to Joko, thereservoir project in Titab will certainly berealized soon. Until now, the central gov-ernment in fiscal year 2010 has already is-sued a partial budget for the project. But theobstacles encountered are mostly the prob-lems of land acquisition by local govern-ments. “I hope the land acquisition can bedone this year, 2010, so that this project canbe completed in fiscal year 2012,” said Joko.

On that occasion Prebekel Sudaji I GedeRahayudi also hold up VP Budiono to theproblem of clean water availability. Accord-ing to Rahayudi, so far local people are usesto meet their needs out of mountain water.

VP Boediono Asked to Realized Titab Reservoir

But from 2083 families, only 817 are servedwith drinkable and clean water. “The restis untouched by water because the pipes stillused are the small-sized 2.5 cm in diam-eter,” pointed out Rahayudi.

Based on Prebekel Rahayud public de-mand, Vice President Boediono promisedto help people of Sudaji. According to theVice President through the Head of Minis-try of Public Works Djoko, clean water is acompanion in PNPM so there should bedemand from the public. “However, I con-sider what is presented by a pack of village

Semarapura - Karangasem regency isexpected to suffer a loss of Rp. 200 mil-lion (US$21,800) each month from itstourism economy due to a decision byCosta Cruise Lines to bypass anchoringat Labuan Amuk in favor of anchoringoutside Benoa Harbor on the island’ssouth.

The decision to relocate the Bali port-of-call for Costa Cruises was promptedby inadequate draft at the tendering dockused to embark and disembark passen-gers.

Cruise operators using the East Baliport have unsuccessfully lobbied for lo-cal authorities to dredge the approachesto the docks to prevent passenger ten-ders from running aground.

The Costa Allegra makes regular callsat Bali carrying an average 550 passen-gers per trip. Local tourism leaders inKarangasem estimate that each visit tothe Labuan Amok port generates at leastRp. 200 million (US$21,800) in localtourism revenues.

A problem common to all ships call-ing on East Bali, the lack of sufficientwater draft threatens the viability of fu-ture ships calls on East Bali. Meanwhile,local officials are unprepared to put atarget date for dredging the tender ap-proaches, saying the matter is still un-der technical review by consultants.

heads, so that later we will demand attention,”said Public Works Minister Joko Kirmanto.

The PNPM event was held in Sudaji wentsmoothly despite the rain. In the even, the VicePresident was accompanied by three ministersMenkokesra Agung Laksono, Public Works Min-ister Joko Kirmanto, Suryadharma Ali and Min-ister of Religious Affairs as well as bank officialswho so far disbursed loans to small communities.Buleleng Regent Putu Bagiada welcomes thechance to give safe dating and Bali GovernorMangku Pastika also gave statements about thecondition of the PNPM in Bali. (Kmb15)(Kmb15)(Kmb15)(Kmb15)(Kmb15)

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Denpasar (Bali Post) -Four Afghan immigrant who has

been detained by the Immigrationmore week Ngurah Rai, Denpasar,Bali, still remained silent. They onlyagreed to talk later if accompaniedby international commission officerrefugee affairs. “They remained si-lent. When we check, refusing togive information. They asked theofficers, accompanied by an inter-national commission refugee(UNHCR),” said Head of the Immi-gration Control and RepressionNgurah Rai, Denpasar, WayanSudana, Saturday (29 / 5).

He said, since police officerswere arrested on May 19, 2010 inthe waters of Singaraja, Bulelengregency, four immigrants were ascompact, will not give me any in-formation related to his coming tothe island resort. “We respect thatattitude, and the important existingapproaches to their efforts. We con-tinue to coordinate and await the

Its Been a Week

Four Afghan ImmigrantsRemain Silent

arrival of the UNHCR. Hopefullysoon arrive in Bali,” he said.

Sudana can not provide certainty,when the UNHCR representative inJakarta, arrived in Bali. “They saidsimilar problems occur in variousregions in Indonesia, all of whichrequire the handling of theUNHCR,” he said.

Four Afghans were Rohullah(20), Hassan Zadeh Saadt (37),Avdul Azim (16), and AsdullahEnhazin (35). With them was alsoarrested two other immigrants ie,Fadia Hussain (23) from Iran, andGulam Ali (40) from Pakistan.

Unlike the Afghan immigrantswho refuse to give testimony, im-migrants from Iran and Pakistanmore cooperative. However, bothplead not familiar with the Afghanimmigrant. “Both were admittedonly met when they were travelingship that landed in the Buleleng dis-trict,” said Sudana.

Until now, the six immigrants, two

of whom were asylum seekers, weredetained in immigration detentionhome detention (Rudenim) in Jimbaran,Badung, awaiting further examination.According Sudana, their condition re-mains healthy, and during the immigra-tion detention was treated well.

On the other hand, he said, so farofficers have not heard about the nineother immigrants who reportedly fledand is still hiding in the area of Bali.“We continue to conduct monitoringto anticipate the possibility of otherimmigrants who are in Bali. For that,we’ve asked the public to provide in-formation if you know there arestrangers in their territory,” he said.

Previously, foreign citizens ar-rested six police officersKubutambahan, Buleleng regency,while in the surrounding waters ofnorth Bali. From the examinationwhile, it is known they are immigrantswho fled from his country’s conflict,with a background of economic prob-lems. (KMB)(KMB)(KMB)(KMB)(KMB)

JUKUT ARES(Chicken Soup with Banana Stems)

OVERVIEW:The tender center of

young banana palms isused for this dish inBali, these can bereplaced by roundcabbage, although thisneeds to be salted foronly 10 minutes.

INGREDIENTS:600 gr (1¼ lb)

young banana palmstem

6 tbsp salt½ cup basic spice paste1.5 lt (6 cups) duck stock2 salam leaves1 stalk lemongrass, bruised salt to taste ½ tbsp black

peppercorn, crushed fried shallots to garnish

PREPARATION:Peel off hard outside layers of the banana stem, cut in

half lengthwise and place flat side on carving board. With asharp knife cut in thin slices. Sprinkle a flat tray with salt,place sliced banana stem on it and sprinkle generously withsalt again. Marinade for 45 minutes. Place slices on top ofeach and press by hand to extract the juice. Repeat processuntil stems are very dry and soft. Rinse stems thoroughlyunder running water. Strain and dry well. Combine duckstock and spice paste and bring to boil. Add salam leavesand lemongrass. Simmer for 5 minutes then add shreddedbanana stem and bring back to boil. Simmer for one houruntil stems are soft, but still crunchy. If using cabbage, thecooking time will be much shorter. Season to taste with saltand pepper and garnish with fried shallots.

BE CELENG BASE MANIS(Pork in Sweet Soya Sauce)

OVERVIEW:This delicious sweet pork dish with a hint of ginger and

plenty of chilies to spice it up often appear on festiveoccasions, when a whole pig is slaughtered and there’splenty of meat available.

INGREDIENTS:2 tbsp coconut oil5 shallots, peeled and sliced5 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced600 gr (1 ¼ lb) boneless pork leg or shoulder cut in 2 cm

(3/4 in) cubes8 cm (3 in) ginger, peeled and sliced4 tbsp sweet soy sauce (Kecap Manis)2 tbsp soy sauce1 tsp black peppercorns2 cups chicken stock6-10 bird’s eye chilies, left whole

PREPARATION:1. Heat oil in a wok or heavy saucepan. Add shallots and

garlic and saute for 2 minutes over medium heat or untillightly colored.

2. Add pork and ginger, continue to sauté for 2 moreminutes over high heat. Add sweet and salty soy sauce andcrushed black pepper, continue to sauté for 1 minute.

3. Pour in chicken stock and simmer over medium heat forapproximately 1 hour. When cooked, there should be verylittle sauce left and the meat should be shiny and darkbrown. If the meat becomes too dry during cooking, add alittle chicken stock.

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TENGANAN Village is one of the old-est Balinese Traditional located inKarangasem Regency, east part of Bali. Thisvillage is much referred by cultural litera-ture science of Tenganan Pegringsingan,which is very famous in the island. It ownvery unique local community life patternwhich is one example of Bali Aga Villagecultures (Hindu Prehistoric) and differentwith other countryside in plain of Bali.Nowadays, this village has been appointedas a place for tourist destination which canpresent the attractive and unique matterswhich able to add the variation of object andfascination for tourist to come.

Tenganan village is geographically situ-ated among the hill in west and east part ofthis village. This village is located in Manggissub district and Karangasem Regency orabout 1 hour drive from Denpasar Town. Itis a small village consisted of three Banjars(group of local community) those are BanjarKauh, Banjar Tengah and Banjar Pande. Theregional of this village is consisted of threecomplexes those are resident, plantation andrice field complex. The history of Tengananvillage is expressed in a few versions. Thefirst version is mentioned that the resident ofTenganan village are come from Paneges Vil-lage, a village is located near with BedahuluVillage that is located Gianyar Regency. Thehttp://3.bp.blogspot.com

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010 11

BUSINESS

During a visit to Tokyo where hemet Japanese counterpart YukioHatoyama, Wen said the globaleconomy is recovering but remainsfragile and faces various risks that re-quire international cooperation.

“Some people argue that the glo-bal economy has already recovered andthat we can now take stimulus exitmeasures but I think that judgment istoo early,” Wen said in a speech to busi-ness leaders in Tokyo.

“We need to prepare for (future)difficulty. The debt crisis in some Eu-ropean countries may impede Europe’seconomic recovery and bring changeto European markets,” he said.

“China will make sure it main-tains a sense of crisis,” he added.

Exporting nations such as Chinahave eyed the eurozone cautiously amidfears that tough austerity measures be-ing introduced to tackle fiscal debt couldweigh on growth in the region and erodedemand for their goods.

Wen added that “individualcountries need to cooperate and increasetheir support to the economy throughpolicy. There is no room for slacking.”

China’s exports in April were up30.5 percent from the same month ayear earlier, according to state media,as shipments help drive economicgrowth that registered a blistering rateof 11.9 percent in the first quarter.

However, rampant inflation and

China’s Wen maintains ‘senseChina’s Wen maintains ‘senseChina’s Wen maintains ‘senseChina’s Wen maintains ‘senseChina’s Wen maintains ‘senseof crisis’ over economyof crisis’ over economyof crisis’ over economyof crisis’ over economyof crisis’ over economyAgence France-Presse

TOKYO - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned Monday thatTOKYO - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned Monday thatTOKYO - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned Monday thatTOKYO - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned Monday thatTOKYO - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned Monday thatthe world must stay alert to the risk of relapsing into economicthe world must stay alert to the risk of relapsing into economicthe world must stay alert to the risk of relapsing into economicthe world must stay alert to the risk of relapsing into economicthe world must stay alert to the risk of relapsing into economiccrisis as Europe’s debt woes drag on, and not withdraw stimuluscrisis as Europe’s debt woes drag on, and not withdraw stimuluscrisis as Europe’s debt woes drag on, and not withdraw stimuluscrisis as Europe’s debt woes drag on, and not withdraw stimuluscrisis as Europe’s debt woes drag on, and not withdraw stimulusmeasures prematurely.measures prematurely.measures prematurely.measures prematurely.measures prematurely.

soaring property prices at home havefuelled fears the world’s third biggesteconomy may overheat and derail, put-ting pressure on Beijing to hike interestrates and let its currency rise.

On the domestic front, Wen addedthat it was “very important to controlinflation,” in China and maintain theyuan “at a reasonable level” despite in-ternational pressure on Beijing to alterits exchange rate policy.

“We have to take a certain stimu-lus policy so that the economy will keepon growing steadily at a relatively highrate,” he said.

The yuan has been effectivelypegged at about 6.8 to the dollar sincemid-2008 to aid exporters during theglobal financial crisis — a policy somein the United States and Europe say givesthose exporters an unfair advantage.

The crisis in Europe, driven bysoaring debt and public deficit levels,deepened last week when Fitch Ratingsdowngraded the sovereign debt of Spainon concerns austerity measures will hitgrowth.

The downgrade came a day afterMadrid approved a tough package toshore up public finances and reassureinvestors that it will not follow Greeceinto a debt crisis.

Markets remain concerned despitea near trillion-dollar package to preventthe troubles of debt-ridden Greecespreading to the rest of Europe.

Agence France-PresseSEOUL - US Federal Reserve

Chairman Ben Bernanke called Mon-day for the Group of 20 world powersto coordinate financial reforms moreclosely in order to strengthen the glo-bal economy. Addressing a Bank ofKorea conference via video link,Bernanke said there was a need for“extensive international cooperation”as governments overhaul marketrules in the wake of the global eco-nomic downturn.

“On a global level, the leadershipof the... G20 — which Korea is cur-rently chairing — will be essential inensuring that reforms are not onlystrong and effective but also consistentand coordinated across countries,” he

Agence France-PresseDOHA - The sovereign debt

crisis in Europe shows that theworld’s economic woes are “farfrom over” and highlights theneed for reforms, the vice chair-man of the World Economic Fo-rum said on Sunday.

“What we... see as we gatherin the growing storm of a Euro-pean sovereign debt crisis is thatthe (global) crisis is far from over,that it is in many ways rekindledin a dangerous new contagion,”Mark Malloch-Brown said.

“The need to get the right in-ternational financial reforms inplace remains as pressing asever,” Malloch-Brown said at theopening session of a two-dayWorld Economic Forum GlobalRedesign Summit in Doha.

But, “this is not about anykind of single global fix,” he toldAFP on the sidelines of the sum-mit. “It’s finding smart ideaswhich work for particular issues.”

The European crisis hasstemmed from Greece’s heavilyindebted economy and from tur-

Europe debt crisis showsworld troubles ‘far from over’

moil in the Spanish banking sector,and has raised fears that someeurozone economies will no longerbe in a position to repay debts.

World stocks and the euro,which dropped to a four-year lowagainst the dollar last week, havebeen under severe pressure due toconcerns over the debt crisis.

A panelist at a later session,chief executive officer of AbraajCapital, Arif Naqvi, also said thatcontinuing difficulties in Europe in-dicate that the world is not yet outof the crisis.

“I think the euro crisis provedto us that we’re actually just at theedge of a cataclysmic event. We’restill at the point where we can’t takeanything for granted,” he said.

However, Malloch-Brown saidthat Europe’s debt troubles couldprovide an impetus for reforms.

“If last year’s experience is any-thing to go by, a lot of the work onimproved financial systems occurredwhile the crisis was very hot,” hesaid. But “we’ll have to see whethera renewal of the crisis has that ef-fect or not.”

The wide-ranging, 600-pageGlobal Redesign Initiative reportpresented at the summit identifiesareas of weakness in the interna-tional financial and monetary sys-tem, highlighted by the global cri-sis, which it says need to be ad-dressed.

Global economic imbal-ances, insufficient risk manage-ment and a lack of transparencyhave contributed to the crisis, thereport said, adding that high in-stitutional and consumer leverageexacerbated it and liquidity driedup as it unfolded.

And the failure of some fi-nancial institutions that werethought to be strong “lead to acrucial loss of confidence in themarkets,” according to the report.

In 2008-2009, “the full ex-tent of the world economy’s sys-temic weaknesses and coopera-tive deficits were laid bare,” thereport added.

“It would be a serious, his-toric error to revert to compla-cency and return to business asusual,” it said.

Bernanke calls for G20to coordinate reforms

said. G20 finance ministers will meetin Busan, South Korea, later this weekfor talks likely to be dominated by thecontinued fallout from the global crisis.

“Strengthening the international fi-nancial system and ensuring that finan-cial institutions are carefully regulated,well capitalised, liquid, and transparentwill require extensive international co-operation,” Bernanke said.

Governments worldwide aredrawing up new measures to curb theexcesses of financial institutionsblamed for pushing many economiesto the brink. But critics say nationalefforts will be largely ineffective in anage when banks and investment housescan make cross-border trades in a frac-tion of a second.

Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the WorldEconomic Forum (WEF), listens to Jordan’s Queen Rania as she

addresses the opening session of the WEF Global RedesignSummit in the Qatari capital Doha on May 30, 2010.

AFP PHOTO/KARIM JAAFAR

Entertainment InternationalTuesday, June 1, 201012

Agence France Presse

WASHINGTON – Canadian singer Celine Dion is 14 weeks pregnant with twins,CNN television reported Monday.

The television network said Dion, 42, and her husband-manager Rene Angelil, 68,will find out next month the gender of their twins.

The pregnancy was the result of Dion’s sixth in-vitro fertilization attempt, accordingto the report, which cited Dion’s spokeswoman Kim Jakwerth.

Dion turned to acupuncture therapy to improve her chances of getting pregnant, thereport said. Angelil is the father. The couple already has a nine-year-old son, Rene-Charles.

Dion, a five-time Grammy winner, will return to Las Vegas, Nevada, next March tobegin a three-year residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, CNN said.

Agence France Presse

WELLINGTON – Mexican-born director Guillermo Del Torohas quit as director of the long-awaited “Hobbit” movies, citingdelays in starting filming.

“In light of ongoing delays inthe setting of a start date for film-ing “The Hobbit”, I am faced withthe hardest decision of my life,”Del Toro told “Lord of the Rings”fan website The One Ring onMonday.

“After nearly two years of liv-ing, breathing and designing aworld as rich as Tolkien?s MiddleEarth, I must, with great regret,take leave from helming thesewonderful pictures.”

The two movies, to be producedby New Zealand’s Peter Jackson,are to be filmed as a prequel to thehugely successful trilogy “TheLord of the Rings”, which weredirected by Jackson.

Reports say filming has beenheld up because of uncertaintyover the future of financiallytroubled studio MGM, which isco-distributing the film with New

With chants of “Dio, Dio, Dio,”headbangers were loud and proudSunday as they paid tribute to thelate metal legend, who died fromstomach cancer May 16 at age 67.

More than 1,200 fans commemo-rated Dio inside Forest Lawn Me-morial Park’s Hall of Liberty. Hun-dreds more gathered in the scorch-ing heat outside the auditorium towatch monitors of the proceedings,which featured performances fromsome of Dio’s rocker friends, includ-ing Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple,Geoff Tate of Queensryche and PaulShortino of Quiet Riot.

“He touched all of us with his

Del Toro quits asdirector of ‘The Hobbit’

Line.Del Toro, who was living in

Wellington to work on the scriptand pre-production for the twofilms, said the delays in getting thefilm under way had led to mount-ing conflicts in his schedule.

Jackson said he was sad DelToro would not direct the movies,but added he would continue work-ing on the scripts for several moremonths.

“We understand how the pro-tracted development time onthese two films, due to reasonsbeyond anyone?s control, hascompromised his commitment toother long-term projects,” Jack-son said.

The bottom line is thatGuillermo just didn?t feel he couldcommit six years to living in NewZealand, exclusively making thesefilms, when his original commit-ment was for three years.

Jackson said the producerswould meet this week to ensure asmooth transition as they find anew director and he did not expectany disruption to pre-productionwork.

Mexican-borndirectorGuillermoDel Toro,seen here,has quit asdirector ofthe long-awaited“Hobbit”movies,citingdelays instartingfilming.

AP Photo/Jason Redmond

Fans, from left, Elizabeth Harris, 20, Yanire Holmes, 20, Epitacio Rodriguez, 21, and Frank Montero, 39, wait inline during a public memorial service for heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 30, 2010. Dio died on May 16, 2010 from stomach cancer.

Fans gather to rememberFans gather to rememberFans gather to rememberFans gather to rememberFans gather to rememberRonnie James DioRonnie James DioRonnie James DioRonnie James DioRonnie James DioAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – The mammoth service for fiery frontman RonnieJames Dio was more akin to a spirited rock concert than a drearyfuneral.

music and his message and hismagic,” said David Feinstein, Dio’scousin and Elf bandmate. “I knowthat Ronnie truly loved all of you.He had a great appreciation for yourloyalty. I’m talking about all you outthere, all the fans.”

Those gathered remembered thefeisty vocalist from such bands asElf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and theself-titled Dio as a passionate per-former who was gracious on and offstage.

Many recalled Dio’s continuedsupport over the years of Childrenof the Night, the teenage prostitu-tion rehabilitation organization

where his wife, Wendy, serves aschairman.

Dio revealed last summer that hewas suffering from stomach cancershortly after wrapping up a tour inAtlantic City, N.J., with the latestincarnation of Black Sabbath underthe name Heaven and Hell.

Dio’s son, Dan Padavona, cau-tioned the memorial crowd to bescreened regularly by a doctor andtake care of themselves, somethinghe said his father did not do.

“I beg you not to make the samemistake my dad made,” saidPadavona. “For dad, the show al-ways had to go on. He ignored thewarning signs for years, and allalong the cancer was growing andmutating from something that wasprobably easily defeatable into amonster which even Dio couldn’tslay.”

Celine Dion pregnantwith twins: report

AFP/Getty Images/Frazer Harrison

International Tuesday, June 1, 2010 13Life Style

Earlier studies have shown thatcows on a diet of fresh grass producemilk with five times as much of anunsaturated fat called conjugated li-noleic acid (CLA) than cows fed pro-cessed grains. Studies in animalshave suggested that CLAs can pro-tect the heart, and help in weight loss.

Hannia Campos of the HarvardSchool of Public Health in Bostonand her colleagues found in a studyof 4,000 people that people with thehighest concentrations of CLAs —the top fifth among all participants— had a 36 percent lower risk ofheart attack compared to those withthe lowest concentrations.

Those findings held true evenonce the researchers took into ac-count heart disease risk factors such

Agence France Presse

PARIS – Flaws in three genescould help explain why parts ofsouthern China have extraordinar-ily high rates of a type of nose-and-throat cancer, scientists saidon Sunday.

Experts from China, Singaporeand the United States trawledthrough a genetic datamine ofaround 10,000 people of southernChinese descent.

Half of the volunteers had beendiagnosed with nasopharyngealcarcinoma, a cancer that forms inthe lining of the upper throat ly-ing behind the nose. The other halfwere otherwise healthy.

What showed up in the cancergroup were telltale variants inthree genes, according to the re-search, reported in the journalNature Genetics.

The three, named TNFRSF19,MDSIEVI1 and CDKN2A/2B,have been previously linked withleukaemia.

Another pointer in the cancerpatients was a variation in the hu-man leukocyte antigen (HLA)

AFP/HO/FileThis undated handout illustration shows the DNA double helix.Flaws in three genes could help explain why parts of southern Chinahave extraordinarily high rates of a type of nose-and-throat cancer,scientists said on Sunday.

New genes found in‘Cantonese cancer’

gene, which has previously beenfingered in this disease.

The findings are important, saysthe study, as they could shed lighton the molecular pathways of na-sopharyngeal carcinoma and itshigh prevalence in southern China,especially Guangdong province.

In this region, the cancer occursin about 25 cases per 100,000people, which is 25 times higherthan the rest of the world. As a re-sult, nasopharyngeal carcinoma issometimes called the “Cantonesecancer.”

Only Alaska, parts of northernAfrica and southeastern Asia havesimilarly high rates.

The research was led by theGenome Institute of Singapore andthe Sun Yat-Sen University CancerCentre in Guangzhou.

Nose and throat cancers havelifestyle as well as inherited fac-tors. Smoking, in particular, is amajor cause. In nasopharyngealcarcinoma, consumption of saltedand pickled foods as well as highlevels in the blood of Epstein-Barrvirus are additionally in the spot-light.

Taiwan’s AsusTek unveils tablet computerAssociated Press Writer

TAIPEI, Taiwan –Taiwan’s AsusTek

Computer Inc.u n v e i l e dMonday aportable tab-

let computerthat runs on

Microsoft’s Windows 7operating system, joining a

slew of manufacturers trying totap demand for the sleek devices fol-lowing Apple’s launch of the iPad.

AsusTek is among several Tai-wanese computer makers to displaytablet PCs at the five-day ComputexShow in Taipei that opens Tuesday.

Acer Inc., the world’s second larg-est PC vendor, unveiled last week a7-inch touchscreen tablet that likemany other coming models runs onAndroid, the operating system thatGoogle is distributing for free formobile devices.

AsusTek’s touchscreen tablet, withthe name of Eee Pad, comes in 10-and 12-inch sizes and is set to go onsale in the first quarter of 2011.

In addition to full Windows sup-port, Company Chairman Jonney Shihsaid Eee Pad is equipped with a Webcamera and runs Flash by Adobe Sys-tems which will allow users to viewYouTube and other video programs onthe Internet.

The 10-inch Eee Pad will sell for

$399 to $449. No price tag wasgiven for the 12-inch model.

By contrast, Apple’s iPads cost$499, $599 or $699 depending onthe data storage capacity. But iPadsuse the HTML5 standard and itslack of Flash support has alienatedsome users.

AsusTek also unveiled on Mon-day an e-notepad that serves as bothan electronic-reader and note-tak-ing device, with a built-in camerathat will let the user grabscreenshots of lecture slides.

Shih said the notepad — with aprice tag of $199 to $299 — turnspages at a faster speed and does notcause as much eye-fatigue duringlengthy reading as other e-readers.

Is milk from grass-fedIs milk from grass-fedIs milk from grass-fedIs milk from grass-fedIs milk from grass-fedcows better for you?cows better for you?cows better for you?cows better for you?cows better for you?Reuters

NEW YORK – If milk does the heart good, it might do the hearteven more good if it comes from dairy cows grazed on grass instead ofon feedlots, according to a U.S. study.

as high blood pressure and smoking.Campos said these new findings,

published in the American Journal ofClinical Nutrition (http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/ajcn.2010.29524v1), suggest thatCLA offers heart-healthy benefits thatcould more than offset the harms ofsaturated fat in milk.

“Because pasture grazing leads tohigher CLA in milk, and it is the natu-ral feed for cattle, it seems like moreemphasis should be given to this typeof feeding,” she told Reuters Health.

Dairy products in the United Statescome almost exclusively from feed-lots, she added, and cow’s milk is theprimary source of CLA. Beef con-tains a small amount.

For their study, Campos and her

colleagues looked to Costa Ricawhere pasture grazing of dairy cowsis still the norm.

They identified nearly 2,000 CostaRicans who had suffered a non-fatalheart attack, and another 2,000 whohad not and then they measured theamount of CLA in fat tissues to esti-mate each person’s intake.

Since CLA typically travels witha host of other fats, the researcherswent a step further to tease apart itseffects from those of its predomi-nantly unhealthful companions. Thedifference in risk attributed to CLAsubsequently rose to 49 percent.

“Whole-fat milk and dairy prod-ucts have gotten such a bad reputa-tion in recent years due to their satu-rated fat and cholesterol contents, andnow we find that CLA may be incred-ibly health-promoting,” said MichelleMcGuire, spokesperson for thejournal’s publisher, the AmericanSociety for Nutrition. “Whole milkis not the villain!”

REUTERS/Mike Blake

Cows feed on grass as theyroam the hills near

Pleasanton, California March23, 2007.

InternationalSportTuesday, June 1, 201014

World number one Federer beatclose friend Wawrinka 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 and nows faces RobinSoderling, the Swedish fifth seedwho he defeated in the final last year.

But his efforts were overshad-owed by Czech 12th seed TomasBerdych who sent British fourthseed Murray to a shock 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 defeat.

Berdych’s reward is a last eightclash against Russia’s MikhailYouzhny who went through whenfinal French hope Jo-WilfriedTsonga retired injured after losing

Reuters

LOS ANGELES – With coachDoc Rivers pulling the strings likea puppet master, the BostonCeltics defied their critics andshrugged off a late season slumpto reach the NBA Finals for a 21sttime.

Rivers maintained his trust in ateam that limped 27-27 over theirfinal 54 regular-season games, pre-ferring to rest some of his top butaging players to keep them fresh forthe playoffs.

As with so many moves made bythe astute Rivers, what may have ini-tially appeared risky and even fool-hardy turned out to be yet another

Agence France Presse

VERONA, Italy – Italian IvanBasso claimed his second Tour ofItaly title as Swede Gustav ErikLarsson won the 21st and finalstage of the race, a 15km time-trialaround Verona on Sunday.

Surprise package SpaniardDavid Arroyo comfortably heldonto second place in the overallstandings while Basso’s Liquigasteam-mate Vincenzo Nibali edgedout Italian compatriot MicheleScarponi for the final place on thepodium.

But the day belonged to Bassowho came home 15th fastest butstill earned his second win in hishome Tour following his successin 2006.

“I’m delighted, it was a reallytough Giro. This victory is some-thing fantastic, it was a spectacu-lar Giro that was tense right to theend,” said the jubilant winner.

The victory completed a re-markable turnaround for Basso

AFP PHOTO BERTRAND GUAY

Switzerland’s Roger Federer (R) shakes hands with Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka at theend of their men’s fourth round match in the French Open tennis championship at the RolandGarros stadium, on May 30, 2010, in Paris. Federer won 6-3, 7-6, 6-2.

Federer beats pal Wawrinka,Federer beats pal Wawrinka,Federer beats pal Wawrinka,Federer beats pal Wawrinka,Federer beats pal Wawrinka,angry Murray crashesangry Murray crashesangry Murray crashesangry Murray crashesangry Murray crashesAgence France Presse

PARIS – Defending champion Roger Federer showed no mercy toStanislas Wawrinka on Sunday, handing his Olympic gold medal-win-ning teammate a French Open hiding as Andy Murray made an an-gry Roland Garros exit.

the first set of their clash.Murray, a quarter-finalist in

2009, was furious that his matchwas concluded at 2130 (1930GMT)in fading light and after the tie hadalready suffered a 40-minute raindelay.

Berdych had won the first set 6-4 with Murray ahead 4-3 in the sec-ond when play was halted for rainat 2000 (1800 GMT) and most fanshad already left Court SuzanneLenglen believing that the matchwould conclude on Monday.

But play resumed despite the

dank surroundings and Murraynever settled, arguing constantlywith officials as well as beratinghimself.

“It was frustrating. I struggledafter the rain delay,” said Murray,who was keen not to blame thegloomy atmosphere for his loss.

“They put a lot of clay on thebaseline and service line during thedelay, but at the back of the court itwas slippy and I lost my footing afew times.

“But I don’t want to make ex-cuses. They were tough conditionsbut he just handled them better thanme.”

Berdych added: “There was thedelay and the darkness, maybe Ihandled it better. My coach told methat Andy looked like he didn’t wantto play.”

Rivers keeps Celtics healthy in bid for record 18th titlemaster stroke in the bigger picture.

The invigorated Celtics elimi-nated LeBron James and the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in thesecond round of the playoffs beforebeating the Orlando Magic in theEastern Conference championshipseries 4-2.

Thursday in Los Angeles, Bostonwill face off against their arch-rivalsthe Lakers in Game One of the NBAFinals where they will bid for arecord 18th title.

“This is where we thought wewould be,” Rivers told reporters af-ter the Celtics had beaten the Magic96-84 in Game Six at an electric TDGarden in Boston. “This is what wetalked about before the season

started.“We did go through tough times.

We started out so well and I thoughtafter 28 games you could say we feltlike we were the best team in theNBA. After that we had injuries, wefell apart and we struggled findingourselves.”

Two members of Boston’s piv-otal ‘Big Three’ — Kevin Garnettand Paul Pierce — were sidelinedduring the regular season.

Garnett was out for almost amonth while recovering from ahyper-extended right knee whilePierce missed five games in Decem-ber because of a knee infection andthree in February with a strainedthumb.

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Doc Rivers

Italy’s IvanBasso (Liquigas- Doimo) cel-ebrates on thepodium afterwinning the 93rdGiro of Italia,from Verona toVerona. Thevictory com-pleted a remark-able turnaroundfor Basso whowas banned fortwo years in2006 for hisinvolvement inthe OperationPuerto scandal.

Cyclist Basso findsredemption withsecond Giro win

who was banned for two years in2006 for his involvement in theOperation Puerto scandal.

He finished 1min 51sec aheadof Arroyo who had so thrilled fanswith his valiant attempts to holdonto the leader’s pink jersey in themountains.

Following the last two gruellingdays in the mountains it was littlesurprise that the top riders werenot involved in the battle for thestage victory.

Saxo Bank’s Larsson posted thefastest time of 20min 19sec on thecourse, just two seconds quickerthan Italian time-trial championsMarco Pinotti, who had led by12sec at the one and only timecheck.

Veteran Kazakh AlexanderVinokourov - another to haveserved a doping ban - put in a goodeffort to finish third on the day,17sec down, to leapfrog Australia’sRichie Porte and take sixth placeoverall from the winner of theYoung Rider’s competition.

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Agence France PresseGRAZ, Austria – Joe Cole may

well have done enough to earn him-self a place in England’s World Cupsquad following an influential dis-play as a substitute in his team’s 2-1 friendly victory over Japan onSunday.

But the midfielder is still on ten-terhooks, along with so many of histeam-mates, as manager FabioCapello maintains radio silence onhis final selection.

It is fair to say Chelseamidfielder Cole, after a seasondogged by injury, was a candidateon the list of players who could be

Agence France PresseROME – Italy coach Marcello

Lippi dropped a clear hint as to whohe will be banking on in South Af-rica as he praised the qualities ofJuventus midfielder ClaudioMarchisio.

And, speaking from the worldchampions’ altitude training base inSestriere on Sunday, he also sug-gested what his preferred formationis likely to be at the World Cup.

“Everyone plays with one truelone striker and nine (outfield)team-mates to run around and de-fend, no matter how many forwardsare on the pitch,” he said beforesuggesting he might play 24-year-old Marchisio behind his frontman.

“I like him a lot in that positionbecause of all our midfielders he’sthe one with best movement off theball.

“He gets in gaps, follows theaction and appears in empty spaces.And on top of that he helps to coverthe midfield.”

Another player who might begiven an unusual position is cen-tre-back Giorgio Chiellini.

“I’ll also try Chiellini out at left-back, I’ve asked the lads to makethemselves available for the cause.”

However, the World Cup win-

England football squadhopefuls wait for Capello

left behind when Capello reduces hissquad from 30 to 23 on Tuesday.

However his display ?in the hole’behind Wayne Rooney in the second halfagainst Japan, in which he helped En-gland come from 1-0 down to win 2-1,has now catapulted him to the ranks of?probables’ to travel to South Africa.

With rivals such as Tom Huddlestoneand Darren Bent failing to take theirchances in similar fashion and others suchas Stephen Warnock, Matthew Upson,Michael Dawson, Adam Johnson andScott Parker not even getting on the pitchit looks good for Cole, who began to re-cover his form at the end of the season atStamford Bridge, helping Chelsea win

the Premier League and FA Cup?Double’.

But the winger, one of few En-gland players to perform well at the2006 World Cup in Germany, refusesto believe he is on the plane to SouthAfrica just yet. “I don’t want to gointo that,” he said. “You’ve got to bepragmatic about it. I came here 10days ago to try and enjoy my timeback with England and train well, andnow it’s in the manager’s hands.

“There are a lot of players who willbe hoping; a lot of players have got agood case. Whatever happens, we areall right behind England and hope-fully this will be our time.

France turned up in Rades on theback of Wednesday’s confidence-boosting 2-1 win over Costa Rica inLens. As at Lens France’s top scorerThierry Henry found himself on thebench with manager RaymondDomenech preferring to start Chelseastriker Nicolas Anelka. Hugo Lloriswas back in goal after having cededhis place to Steve Mandanda whofailed to advertise his claims againstCosta Rica.

The rest of the side was the sameas Domenech stuck with his new 4-3-3 formation. The match was a per-sonal milestone for Domenech, whodrew level with former managerMichel Hidalgo’s record of 75matches in charge of the nationalside. The 58-year-old Domenech,who succeeded Jacques Santini af-ter Euro 2004, is stepping down tobe replaced by Bordeaux coachLaurent Blanc after the World Cup.

France failed to assert as they haddone last Wednesday and were be-hind by as early as the sixth minutewhen lax defending resulted in IsaamJemaa tapping in past Lloris.

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RADES, Tunisia – France’s preparations for the World Cup suf-RADES, Tunisia – France’s preparations for the World Cup suf-RADES, Tunisia – France’s preparations for the World Cup suf-RADES, Tunisia – France’s preparations for the World Cup suf-RADES, Tunisia – France’s preparations for the World Cup suf-fered a reality check here on Sunday when the 2006 finalists had tofered a reality check here on Sunday when the 2006 finalists had tofered a reality check here on Sunday when the 2006 finalists had tofered a reality check here on Sunday when the 2006 finalists had tofered a reality check here on Sunday when the 2006 finalists had tocome from behind to snatch a 1-1 draw against non-South Africa-come from behind to snatch a 1-1 draw against non-South Africa-come from behind to snatch a 1-1 draw against non-South Africa-come from behind to snatch a 1-1 draw against non-South Africa-come from behind to snatch a 1-1 draw against non-South Africa-bound Tunisia.bound Tunisia.bound Tunisia.bound Tunisia.bound Tunisia.

Tunisia had the French backline onthe rack two minutes later when BenKhalfallah charged goalbound unchal-lenged down the centre in a one-on-one with Lloris but the danger peteredout after he elected to pass to his leftwith the move petering out.

France, notably with a searing shotfrom Franck Ribery which skimmedjust wide of the near post, had theirchances but went into the break trail-ing. Domenech tinkered with his sec-ond half cast list, introducing Henry onthe left and debutant Marc Planus forRibery and Eric Abidal.

France got their much sought afterleveller in the 62nd minute when Wil-liam Gallas headed in YoannGourcuff’s floating 30m freekick fromclose range, a welcome fillip for cen-tral defender Gallas who is back inWorld Cup contention after a calf in-jury. The Arsenal back and Gourcuffwere two of the few bright points ofFrance’s performance.

France have one remaining warm-up, against China in Reunion on Fri-day, before their World Cup campaignopens on June 11 against Uruguay.

Lippi puts forwardcase for Marchisio

ning coach, who quit Italy after vic-tory in Germany four years ago onlyto come back into the hot seat twoyears later, refused to give awaywho his final 23-man squad will be.“You’ll just have to have a littlepatience and wait until Tuesday toknow everything.”

AFP/Franck Fife

French midfielder Jeremy Toulalan (R) vies for the ball with Tunisia’s Masakni Youssef duringthe friendly football match Tunisia vs France in Rades, prior to the FIFA World Cup 2010 hostedby South Africa. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

AFP PHOTO/SAMUEL KUBANI

England’s coachFabio Capello

reacts during afriendly interna-

tional footballmatch againstJapan in Graz

on May 30, 2010prior to the FIFAWorld Cup 2010

hosted by SouthAfrica.

AFP/Pool/File/Tonino Di MarcoItaly coach Marcello Lippidropped a clear hint as to who hewill be banking on in South Africaas he praised the qualities ofJuventus midfielder ClaudioMarchisio, pictured on May 26.

Tuesday, June 1, 201016 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

McLaren is back in front in theconstructors’ championship fol-lowing the Turkish Grand Prix, itsfortunes having turned aroundwhen Red Bull’s Mark Webberand Sebastian Vettel collided whilefirst and second, handing the raceto McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton andJenson Button.

“Red Bull made it tough for usand we put up a good fight,” saidHamilton. “You can see how closeit is between the four of us. It’sdown to momentum, and we willdo the best we can to win bothchampionships.

“We have been ragging theirtails for some time. It’s such anachievement for us, to really beable to take the battle to them. Theyhad one strength that was particu-larly good here, we had a strength

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AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC

McLaren Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton (R) celebrates with McLaren Mercedes’ Britishdriver Jenson Button on the podium of the Istanbul Park circuit on May 30, 2010, after the TurkishFormula One Grand Prix. McLaren Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead ofMcLaren Mercedes’ British driver Jenson Button and Red Bull’s Australian driver Mark Webber.

here, and we didn’t know how itwould pan here.

“Me and Jenson were able tocompete with them and push ourhardest to be on their tails. To getour second 1-2 is fantastic.”

Hamilton had a prime view asWebber and Vettel’s collision un-folded just ahead of him. The Britonwas unwilling to apportion blame,but joked that it had been a spectacu-lar - and welcome - sight.

“It was great to watch. Likewatching an action movie in HD or3D,” said Hamilton. “It was fantas-tic. I got the best view of it!

“Sebastian is safe, but I just sawSeb go up the inside, Mark held hisline and no room to move right, andno reason for Seb to move to theright. It was unfortunate for them andfortunate for us.”

PRenault boss Eric Boullier haspraised the breakthrough perfor-mance of Vitaly Petrov in Turkeylast weekend - even though the Rus-sian failed to finish in the points.

Petrov delivered the best form ofhis rookie season, getting throughto Q3 for the first time, and battlinghard with Ferrari duo Felipe Massaand Fernando Alonso for most of theIstanbul race.

However, a late race collisionwith Alonso resulted in a puncturethat pitched Petrov off the track andforce him into the pits for new tyres.

But although Petrov had little toshow for his weekend’s efforts,Boullier said he was impressed withthe job that his driver did.

“We have been very happy withhim all through the weekend,”Boullier told AUTOSPORT. “Hemade no mistakes and had a verystrong race pace – so it is course abig disappointment when you arenearly at the end, ready to scorepoints thanks to no other help, andsomething like that happens.

“But he definitely made a stepforward this weekend. He knew thetrack very well and he loves thistrack - and I think it is, in terms ofbuilding stuff and building his selfconfidence, definitely a huge boost.”

And although conceding thatPetrov will face another big chal-lenge in Canada, because it is a trackhe has never been to before, Boullierbelieves Petrov can now regularlyfight for the points.

“He can be a little bit off the pacein Canada because he does not know

Renault praisesPetrov’s performance

the track, but more than this is a com-plete race weekend,” he said.

“He had good pace in practice,good pace in qualifying, having donethis Q3 for once, and also keeping thatpace during the race. During 54 lapshe was coming close to Massa andkept Alonso on the back. It is a goodexperience for him. He did it and hecan repeat it.”

AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR

Renault f1’s Russian driver Vitaly Petrov drives at the IstanbulPark circuit on May 29, 2010, during qualifying session of theTurkish Formula One Grand Prix.