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“The figure is about 230,000 ornearly 45 percent higher than thenumber of Australians who vaca-tioned in Indonesia in 2010,”Noviendi Makalam, the ministry’sinternational promotions director,

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MANGUPURA - Internationalcooperation is highly required touncover the crimes of corruptionsuch as bribery in internationalbusiness transactions involvingboth large corporations and indi-viduals of each country. It wasrevealed by Deputy Chairman ofthe Corruption Eradication Com-mission (KPK), Candra Hamzahin the International Conference on Continued on page 6

International cooperation effective to fight against corruptionCorruption and Bribery Eradica-tion in International Transactions.

Candra said the experience ofAmerican and European countriesin the handling international scalecorruption would greatly help un-cover the cases. Many cases of cor-ruption could be resolved after theestablishment of inter-state coop-eration. Currently, the KPK itselfhad formed a partnership withSingapore, Britain, Germany, Swit-zerland and the United States

through its FBI. Disclosure of cor-ruption cases handled by the com-mission could not go alone, but hadto establish cooperation with otherparties. Any case involving foreign-ers with Indonesian citizens shouldbe handled through inter-state co-operation. For Indonesian perpetra-tors would be handled by KPK.Conversely, foreign perpetratorswould be handed over to their re-spective home country.

“Do not let our people only be

handled, while foreign nationals whoare also committing a corruption areeven not processed. So, it is requiredan inter-state cooperation,” saidCandra, accompanied by GaryJohnson (International CorruptionUnit, Federal Bureau of Investiga-tion or FBI), Gunther Puhm (Attor-ney Apple Court of Munich, Ger-many) and Clair Daams (DeputyFederal Attorney, Switzerland) inNusa Dua, Wednesday (May 11).

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A tourist is sunbathing on Kuta Beach. The culture and tourism ministry is to promote Indonesia’s tourism in Australia withthe aim of enticing up to 800,000 of the country’s citizens to visit Indonesia in 2011, a spokesperson said.

Ministry to try attracting 800,000Australian tourists in 2011Antara

NUSA DUA - The culture and tourism ministry is to pro-mote Indonesia’s tourism in Australia with the aim of entic-ing up to 800,000 of the country’s citizens to visit Indonesiain 2011, a spokesperson said.

said.To achieve this year’s target, the

promotional efforts in Australiawould focus on four major cities,namely Perth, Brisbane,Melbourne and Sydney, she said.

The funds required for the pro-motional programs in Australia to-taled Rp2 billion with part it to beprovided by the government and therest by tourism industry players inBali.

Noviandi said the numbers ofAustralian tourists visiting Indone-sia had always been relatively bigbut the Australian market had actu-ally never been canvassed throughdirect promotional efforts.

The ministry would soon send an

“Australia Sales Mission 2011” toAustralia in which 28 tourism in-dustry players in Bali would takepart. Of the number, 24 would beentities engaged in accommoda-tions, two in attractions and the restin the travel business. They were allmembers of the Bali Village asso-ciation.

The promotional program whichhad been executed annually for thepast six years would this year takeplace on May 22 - 31, 2011.

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Currently, Parwati admitted toswitch her profession into a sellerof cloth. Meanwhile, her husbanddecided to be a painting hawker

Capital obstacle Asmat statueCapital obstacle Asmat statueCapital obstacle Asmat statueCapital obstacle Asmat statueCapital obstacle Asmat statuecraft in Klungkung bankruptscraft in Klungkung bankruptscraft in Klungkung bankruptscraft in Klungkung bankruptscraft in Klungkung bankrupts

Asmat primitive statue craft at Sulang Village, Klungkung, has really bankrupted. It is nolonger able to continue the activity because of capital obstacle. Actually, the Asmat sculptureartisan in the village, namely the couple Wayan Astawan-Ida Ayu Parwati, is the only one onthe serombotan (assorted salad with hot spices) land. Even, these craftsmen had the opportu-nity to participate in an exhibition in Jakarta and met direct buyers from overseas. “But, Ido not have enough capital to survive, so we have to suspend our craft business,” said IdaAyu Parwati when met at Sulang Village, Wednesday (May 11).

The statues whichare produced bythe craftsmen inKlungkung.

at Padangbai Port, Karangasem.Parwati confessed if a job as anAsmat craf tsman was mucheasier and more profitable. “Atfirst, I was running out of capi-tal as deceived by a tour guide,”she said.

She added the tour guide wasan intermediary between herselfand the buyer from Australia. Ac-tually, the buyer had paid for thestatues dispatched to Australia.

However, the tour guide did nothand over the money to her. “Asconsequence, my statues were in-deed sold out, but I did not receiveany money. It happened to me forseveral times. Initially, my craftbusiness had well-developed.Moreover, I had time to join an ex-hibition in Jakarta,” said Parwati.

Currently, she actually wantedto revive her Asmat statue craftbusiness. However, she claimed to

have no enoughfunds as in i t ia lcapital. Moreover,the price of rawmaterials such aswood, paint andothers current lytended to increase.Aside from beingeasier and moreprofitable, her de-sire to re-open theAsmat s ta tuehandicraf t busi -ness was consider-ing she got successin the previousbusiness . Shecould accommo-date many work-ers. “In the past, Ihired about 10 lo-cal residents. Untilthese days, theyst i l l cont inue toask me why I didnot re-build suchhandicraf t busi -ness,” she added.

Parwati admit-ted if her businessbegan to gasp forbreath but finallycome to an endtragically in 2009.She did hope re-lated institution inKlungkung Re-gency could lend ahand in the form ofworking capital tofacili tate the re-opening of herbusiness. (kmb20)

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—After 13 Beaches in Bali were

indicated to have been contaminatedby waste, new findings were alsoreleased by Bali EnvironmentAgency (BLH). Three lakes in Bali(Lake Batur, Lake Buyan and LakeBeratan) were indicated to havebeen contaminated by waste. “Of themany parameters tested, two ofwhich were not eligible, such as thecontent of phosphate and organicmatter exceeding the standard,” saidthe Head of BLH Bali, AA AlitSastrawan, when contacted by BaliPost last Tuesday. “However, thesefindings have not reached alarminglevel,” he added.

According to the official fromthe Klungkung Transportation,Communication and InformaticsServices (Dishubkominfo), thecrossing services from Bias Ham-let to Sampalan Port , NusaPenida, were usually held twotimes each day. The morning de-parture was around 7:30 a.m. andnoon at 12:00 a.m.

However, due to high wavesreaching three meters, the cross-ing services departing at noonwas cancelled. “The morningcrossing could go on as the waveswere still normal,” said SedanaYoga. Meanwhile, the crossingservices at that morning, headded, departing from Bias Ham-let conveyed at least 50 passen-gers and so did from the opposite

Denpasar (Bali Post)—The current shortage of the central

parking capacity downtown Denpasaris addressed by the Denpasar SpatialPlanning and Housing Services(DTRP). This institution has found anew location that is appropriate for acentral parking lot. It is not far fromdowntown, namely in the northern partof Jalan Sulawesi that was formerlyused for the location of street vendors.

“We plan to use the land next to theBadung Market for an additional park-ing lot, so the needs of parking spacescan be met adequately,” said the Headof DTRP Denpasar, I Made KesumaDiputra, who was met in the ParliamentBuilding, Wednesday (May 11).

He planned the budget of the cen-tral parking lot development could beallocated in the Regional Budgetamendment at the end of 2011. Accord-ing to him, the land was estimated toaccommodate about 100 units of four-wheeled vehicles because it applied thesame pattern as used by the courtyardcentral parking, namely the basementpattern. “Hopefully, this plan can get aresponse from all parties,” he said.

Currently, the downtown Denpasarhas already had three central parkingspaces. They are the courtyard parkinglot at Badung Market, Payuk Market(south of Kumbasari Market), as wellas Lokitasari Market. These three cen-

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The high waves make many passengers must go to PadangBai port in Karangasem Regency.

High waves, traditional crossing hampered

Dozens of passengersDozens of passengersDozens of passengersDozens of passengersDozens of passengersdiverted to Padangbaidiverted to Padangbaidiverted to Padangbaidiverted to Padangbaidiverted to PadangbaiSemarapura (Bali Post)—

Dozens of passengers of traditional port in the coastal terri-tory of Kusamba, Dawan, Klungkung, had to be transferred tothe Padangbai Port, Karangasem, Wednesday (May 11), follow-ing the high waves occurred at the coast of Kusamba. Tradi-tional boats did not dare to cross to and from Nusa Penida asusual. It was recognized by the officer of traditional port of BiasHamlet, Kusamba, Made Sedana Yoga, when asked for his con-firmation last Wednesday.

direction (Sampalan Port, NusaPenida to Bias Hamlet Port ,Kusamba).

High waves started from 10:00a.m. t i l l late afternoon lastWednesday. As a result, approxi-mately 15 passengers who wantedto cross from Bias Hamlet to NusaPenida had to be transferred toPadangbai. “We did not dare tocross by force because it was verydangerous,” he said. Sedana Yogaalso added if within the past twomonths, the waves were stable ornormal. However, he claimed notto know why the waves suddenlywent up, especially at the coastalregion reaching up to severalmeters. “In the middle of the sea,the waves were indeed calm,” hesaid. (kmb20)

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The beautiful scenery of Batur Lake.

Three lakes in Bali indicatedto be polluted by waste

Pursuant to existing standards,the content of phosphate and organicsubstances allowed was 2 mg /literfor phosphate and 10 mg/liter for or-ganic substances. High phosphatecontent in the three lakes was prob-ably caused by agricultural activi-ties around the lake. “High level ofphosphate is possibly caused bychemical fertilizers used by farmersaround the lake,” he said.

“Most importantly is that how eachperpetrator should be responsible forthe waste generated, and what are ourefforts to reduce the pollution level,”he said. Compared to the three lakes,the condition of Lake Tamblingan wasstill pretty good. (kmb)

DTRP finds a new locationfor central parking lot

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The parking condition in Badung Market.

tral parking lots can accommodateabout 235 units of four-wheeled ve-hicles.

From the research made by theUdayana University, the need forparking lot in Denpasar at least shouldhave 282 lots for parking spaces offour-wheel vehicles. According to theresearch conducted by I Gusti PutuSuparsa, a lecturer of civil engineer-ing in the Udayana University, the av-erage duration of parking was for 1.2hours. The busiest parking occupancyoccurred during the period of 11:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day. On the

other side, the Head of DenpasarTransportation Services, I GedeAstika, said his party had not made athorough study because it was just lim-ited to a plan. “It is merely a plan,” hesaid briefly.

In response to this plan, the Secre-tary of Denpasar Customary Village,AA Putu Gede Wibawa, said if hisparty was unable to give comment onthe plan. Moreover, his party had nothad time to conduct a meeting withother apparatus of customary village.“As for the plan, we have not dared torespond,” he said. (kmb12)

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“He has the will and desire to re-turn to his homeland,” Tome toldThe Associated Press. Zelaya’s re-turn could pave the way for Hondu-ras to be reincorporated into theOrganization of American States,which suspended the Central Ameri-can country following the June 2009coup. The United States and manyother countries in the Americas havelong since restored diplomatic tieswith Honduras, but other nations,including Venezuela and Brazil,have balked.

U.S. Secretary of State HillaryClinton said she was confident theOAS would restore Honduras. “Nowthat the obstacles to former Presi-dent Zelaya’s return to Honduras

Agence France Presse

LONDON – As Catherine en-joys her honeymoon with new hus-band Prince William after a flaw-less royal wedding, back home herlittle sister Pippa has sparked amedia storm all of her own. The twosisters had long been seen togetherat parties, the pair strangely inter-changeable with their glossy brownhair and figure-hugging dresses.

But at the royal wedding on April29, it was Pippa who emerged thestar for many of the two billion view-ers worldwide, looking gorgeous asmaid of honour in a figure-huggingwhite Alexander McQueen dress.Twitter exploded into a frenzy of ad-miration, and more than 200,000Facebook users have now joined the“Pippa Middleton Ass AppreciationSociety”.

A mock-up video using footagefrom the wedding showing close-upsof Pippa’s behind has been viewed550,000 times on YouTube, and a USporn mogul meanwhile has offeredher $5 million to star in “one explicitscene”. The 27-year-old fuelled theinterest at the wedding by flirtingwith the best man, William’syounger brother Prince Harry, spark-

Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea – NorthKorea has rejected South Korea’soffer to host leader Kim Jong Ilat an international nuclear sum-mit in Seoul next year.

South Korean President LeeMyung-bak made the proposalMonday in Berlin following asummit with German Chancel-lor Angela Merkel. He condi-tioned the offer on North Korea AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

In this photo taken April 28, 2011, former U.S. President JimmyCarter listens to reporters’ question following his North Korean trip

during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea.

NKorea’s rebuffs SKorea’sinvitation to summit

giving up its nuclear weaponsprogram.

North Korea’s Committee forthe Peaceful Reunification of Ko-rea said Wednesday the proposalis a “ridiculous” attempt to disarmthe North by raising its nuclear dis-armament as a condition for dia-

logue.An unidentified committee

spokesman warns in a statementthat the North will never forgivethose hurting the country’s dignity.The statement, carried by the of-ficial Korean Central NewsAgency, calls Lee a “traitor.”

AFP PHOTO/Orlando

File picture taken on September 22, 2009 of deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, during his stay atthe Brazilian embassy.

Aides: Zelaya to returnAides: Zelaya to returnAides: Zelaya to returnAides: Zelaya to returnAides: Zelaya to returnsoon to Hondurassoon to Hondurassoon to Hondurassoon to Hondurassoon to HondurasAssociated Press Writer

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Former President Manuel Zelaya will likely return to Honduras within amonth, ending his exile nearly two years after the coup that ousted him, an aide and a key supporter saidWednesday. Conditions are right for Zelaya to return this month from the Dominican Republic after theHonduran Supreme Court dropped corruption charges against him, said Rasel Tome, a top aide of theformer president.

have been removed, I am confidentthat we will soon welcome Hondu-ras back as a full member of the in-ter-American system,” Clinton saidWednesday at the 41st Conference onthe Americas in Washington. “Thatis a step that is long overdue.”

Juan Barahona, a leader of the pro-Zelaya National Popular ResistanceFront, said Zelaya plans to return toHonduras before the June 5 OASGeneral Assembly meeting in El Sal-vador. “The day and hour that he willreturn has not been determined, butwe will announce it publicly so thata massive number of people can wel-come him at the airport,” Barahonasaid.

Zelaya was ousted by the mili-

tary in a dispute over changing theHonduran Constitution. Interna-tional sanctions and months of ne-gotiations led by the U.S. and theOAS failed to persuade an interimgovernment to restore Zelaya topower.

Current President Porfirio Lobowas elected in November 2009 elec-tions that had been scheduled beforethe coup. The U.S. and other coun-tries restored ties shortly after Lobotook office in January 2010.

But Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil,Nicaragua and Ecuador have op-posed restoring Honduras to theOAS unless Zelaya can return fromexile without facing the threat ofprison.

Pippa Middleton: surprisestar of the royal wedding

ing huge online debate about whethera second Middleton sister would soonbecome a royal bride.

Pippa had been a well-known fig-ure on Britain’s social circuit for years,and in 2008 she was named the mosteligible singleton in society magazineTatler. But it was not until a fortnightago that the world caught up. “It’s allabout that bridesmaid’s dress. She justlooked stunning,” said Joe Sene, headof editorial UK at the Splash news andpicture agency.

“We have had calls for photosof her left, right and centre. Publi-cations around the world have beencalling us wanting more picturesof her.” Explaining her appeal, hetold AFP: “Kate’s now married andso Pippa is the available Middletonsister, as well as being a slightlysassier version.”

While Pippa is not single — sheis dating former cricketer AlexLoudon — she is more eligiblethan her sister, whose entry into do-mestic bliss was confirmed lastweek when she was photographeddoing the weekly shop. She alsoalways looks good and smiles forthe cameras, often with a glint inher eye that Catherine does nothave.

AP Photo/Joel Ryan, Pool

Maid of Honour Pippa Middleton, Kate Middleton’s sister, right, andbridesmaid Margarita Armstrong-Jones, second from left, leave theGoring Hotel for Westminster Abbey ahead of the Royal Wedding,London, Friday, April, 29, 2011.

Activities Friday, May 13, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event forApril 27 through May 23, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for itannual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days accord-ing to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestralshrine which each family possesses. Because of this prac-tically every few days a ceremony of festival of somekind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are alsotimes when the entire island celebrated the same Holi-day, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswatiday, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, TumpekWayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place onthe same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. Whennew moon is used then the celebration always happens onnew moon or full moon. The day of course can differ thereligious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full daywith some temple celebrating for three days while the cel-ebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is neverless than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days,depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressedwith pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings,decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted withgold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hungin the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placedred, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods areworshipped in the shrines.

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

27 Apr Pagerwesi DayLaban Sindu Jiwa Temple Kedewatan UbudKehen Temple BangliWirabuana Temple Magelang Jawa TengahPadang Sakti Tangtu Temple Denpasar TimurJogan Agung Temple Ketewel SukawatiGadung Pengiasan Temple Dauh Puri DenpasarPasek Gelgel Temple Buruan Kaja TabananPasek Gobleg Temple Kerambitan tabananPasek Gelgel Meliling Temple TabananMasceti Selasih Temple Sanding Tampak SiringPaek Gaduh Temple BudukDadia Pasek Gelgel Temple Kelabang ModingMerajan Pasek Gelgel Sekalan Marga - Tabanan

2 May Tilem JiyesthaBhujangga Waisnawa Gumrih Temple Jembrana

7 May Tumpek Landep DayPasek Gelgel Temple Pedungan South of DenpasarAgung Pasek Temple Tangun Titi kaler TabananAgung Pasek Silamadeg Temple SelamadegTabananPasek Tangkas Temple Kediri TabananKerta Temple Banyuning Barat BulelengDalem Tenggaling Sengguan Tenggaling SengguanSingapaduKawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Pinatih PeguyanganSingarajaBhujangga Weisnawa Temple Tegalcangkring JembranaTaman Desa Bubunan Temple Seririt BulelengPenataran Pande Dalem Batur Jati Banjar PandeanMengwiDalem Pingit Temple Br, Taro Kaje TegalalangDadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Selat Village SukasadaBulelengBatur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara TabananIda ratu Pande Temple Besakih - KarangasemMr. Pasek Toh Jiwa Temple Toh Jiwa TangungtitiPenataran Pande Kusamba Temple KlungkungPenataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Temple Banjar MenakDesa Tulikup Gianyar

8 May Redite Umanis UkirSangah Gede Dukuh Segening Temple Tegal TuguGianyar

11 May Buda Wage UkirPasar Agung Temple Besakih - KarangasemPasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Temple Legian KutaGede Gunung Agung Dukuh Temple Munggu BadungHyang Agung Ibuwanasari Temple TegalPuseh Village Temple Temple Bebalang Village BangliDalem Perancak Temple BadungPasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Temple KerobokanBadungKekeran Langit Temple Sading Mengwi

17 May Anggar Kasih KulantirPenataran Tangkas Temple SukawatiDalem Lagan Temple Bebalang BangliPuseh Lembeng Temple Ketewel SukawatiPasek Gelgel Penulisan Temple Kerambitan TabananGaduh Temple SadingDalem Gandamayu Temple KlungkungPura Sanghyang Tegal Temple Banjar Taro KajaTegalalang

18 May Buda Umanis KulantirPasek Tangkas kaler Temple TabananGaduh Benoh Temple Ubung Denpasar

22 May Redite Keliwon ToluDalem Alas Harum Temple Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan

23 May Soma Umanis ToluPuseh/Balai Agung Ubung Temple Kupang PenebelTabananKawitan Sakula Gotra Temple Kepuh Kaba-kaba KediriTabananBhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Temple BayuhPaibon Tangkas Kori Agung Temple Ceningan Kangin-Nusa PenidaBatu Madeg Temple Besakih - KarangasemPenataran Agung Penatih Temple Banjar Saba Penatih

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TABANAN - Physically, DewiSinta Hotel, Restaurant & Spa is notas grandiose as the hotels located inthe premier tourist resorts of NusaDua, Sanur or Kuta. However, nevermisunderstand! The budget hotel lo-cated in the Tanah Lot tourist desti-nation has its own uniqueness, bothin terms of panorama or servicesextended. “Though it is a budgethotel, we provide services based onthe standard of star-rated hotels,”said I Gusti Gde Aryadi, the ownerof the hotel, last week.

Most importantly, continuedAryadi, he provided services forguests with friendliness, honesty andprofessionalism, so as to create im-pressive images for the only hotel inthe favorite tourist area in Bali. Fa-miliar and familial atmosphere wasnot only intended for the staff, butalso became a priority for everysingle traveler. “We also give awardsfor the best employees as a way toencourage the morale of our work-

Dewi Sinta Hotel:Relishing Sea View in Fusion with Terraced Rice Fields

ers in providing the best services,”added the pioneer of Tanah Lot tour-ist object calmly.

Dewi Sinta is the oldest hotelsince the Tanah Lot was visited bymany tourists. The entire building isdesigned by perfectly combining thetraditional elements and stylish ar-chitecture to engender a convenienttourism sanctuary to unwind. Auraof the sanctity exuded by the TanahLot Temple, Enjung Galuh Templeand Pakendungan Temple give moreprofound tranquility. Meanwhile, theexisting lush tropical gardens con-fer a typical countryside nuance.

There are 20 rooms consisting of2 types on offer, namely standard anddeluxe room with air conditioning,private bathroom with hot and coldwater, IDD telephone, TV, and minibar. In front of the hotel roomsstretches an enchanting terraced ricefields in combination with the ver-dant fairways of golf course andswimming pool. These added-valuebackdrops made this accommoda-tion close to nature. Additionally, it

is also equipped with spa treatmentfacilities featuring with Balinesetherapies to blissfully pamper guestswith freshness and fitness.

In the meantime, Dewi Sinta is alsoequipped with restaurant offering a va-riety of menu choices such as Balinese,Indonesian, Chinese, Seafood andEuropean cuisine. All delicacies arecarefully prepared by well-experi-enced cooks. Interestingly, breakfast,lunch and dinner are optionally servedin a la carte or buffet style.

Other amenities equipping the ho-tel property are an open stage and aconference room with a capacity of300 people. Such facilities offer a din-ner party with traditional cultural per-formances such as Kecak, Tektekan,Legong and shadow puppets. Best ser-vices, guaranteed security and good re-lationship with the surrounding com-munities led the hotel to achieve someoutstanding achievements such as theSecurity Certificate from the Bali Po-lice with gold predicate, bronze medalin THK Awards and the best taxpayerin Tabanan Regency.

Friday, May 13, 20116 News

The epicenter of the quakes —with magnitudes of 4.4 and 5.2 —was close to the town of Lorca, andthe second came about two hours af-ter the first, an official with theMurcia regional government said oncondition of anonymity in line withdepartment policy.

Dozens of injured people were be-ing treated at the scene and a fieldhospital was set up in the town ofabout 85,000 people, officials said.About 270 patients at a hospital inLorca were being evacuated by am-bulance as a precaution after thebuilding sustained minor damage, theMurcia regional government said.

The Spanish prime minister’s of-fice put the death toll at 10 and theMurcia administration said the deathsincluded a minor and occurred withthe second, stronger quake.

Large chunks of stone and brickfell from the facade of a church inLorca as a reporter for Spanish state

Agence France Presse

DAKAR, Senegal – The Africannation of Congo has been called theworst place on earth to be a woman.A new study released Wednesdayshows that it’s even worse than pre-viously thought: 1,152 women areraped every day, a rate equal to 48per hour. That rate is 26 times morethan the previous estimate of 16,000rapes reported in one year by theUnited Nations.

Michelle Hindin, an associate pro-fessor at Johns Hopkins’ BloombergSchool of Public Health who special-izes in gender-based violence, saidthe rate could be even higher. Thesource of the data, she noted, is a sur-vey that was conducted through face-to-face interviews, and people are notalways forthcoming about the vio-lence they have suffered when talk-ing to strangers. “The numbers areastounding,” she said.

Congo, a nation of 70 millionpeople that is equal in size to West-ern Europe, has been plagued by de-cades of war. Its vast forests are rifewith militias that have systematicallyused rape to destroy communities.

The analysis, which will be pub-lished in the American Journal ofPublic Health in June, shows that

Associated Press Writer

BEIJING – Police have ar-rested a man they said broke intoChina’s famed Forbidden City, theheavily guarded former home ofthe country’s emperors, and stoleseven art pieces made of gold andjewels, s tate media reportedThursday. It was the first theft in20 years from the historic site, thetourist attraction’s spokesmanFeng Nai’en said, adding that se-curity would be increased.

An investigation found that

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A man collects his belongings from a distroyed house in Lorca, southern Spain, on May 12, 2011after a magnitude 5.1 quake killed at least 8 people, toppling buildings into the streets and send-ing panicked residents fleeing.

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MADRID – Two earthquakes struck southeast Spain in quick succession Wednesday, killing atleast 10 people, injuring dozens and causing major damage to buildings, officials said. It was thehighest quake-related death toll in Spain in more than 50 years.

TV was broadcasting live from thescene. A large church bell was alsoamong the rubble, which missed strik-ing the reporter, who appeared to beabout 30 feet (9 meters) away when itfell. The broadcaster reported thatschoolchildren usually gather at thatspot around that time, and if it hadhappened 10 minutes later, a “trag-edy” could have occurred.

Spanish TV showed images of carsthat were partially crushed by fallingrubble, and large cracks in buildings.Nervous groups of residents gatheredin open public places, talking aboutwhat happened and calling relativesand friends on their cell phones. Anelderly woman appeared to be inshock and was seated in a chair aspeople tried to calm her.

“I felt a tremendously strong move-ment, followed by a lot of noise, andI was really frightened,” the newspa-per El Pais quoted another Lorca resi-dent Juani Avellanada as saying. It did

not give her age.Yet another resident, Juana Ruiz,

said her house split open with thequake and “all the furniture fell over,”according to El Pais.

Many residents decided to spendthe night camped out in parks andother open spaces, fearing aftershocksand because of structural damage totheir homes, according to state TVfootage.

This was the deadliest quake inSpain since 1956, when 12 peopledied and some 70 were injured in aquake in the southern Granada region,according to the National GeographicInstitute. It says Spain has about2,500 quakes a year, but only a hand-ful are actually noticed by people.Spain’s south and southeast are themost earthquake-prone regions. TheU.S. Geological Survey’s NationalEarthquake Information Center inGolden, Colorado, had slightly dif-ferent magnitudes for the temblors.

Police arrest man after theft from Forbidden Citynine pieces — all small Western-style gold purses and mirroredcompacts covered with jewelsmade in the 20th century — weremissing from the temporary exhi-bition, on loan from the privateLiang Yi Museum in Hong Kong.Two of the missing items were re-covered nearby shortly after thetheft and were slightly damaged.

State media said Thursday thatpolice had caught a man called ShiBokui in an Internet cafe Wednes-day night who confessed to therobbery. The China Daily said

some of the seven remaining sto-len pieces were recovered, but didnot give detai ls .Feng saidWednesday the entire Palace Mu-seum will be checked to see if anyother items are missing.

“For this to happen here showsus that, No. 1, we need to speedup the modernization and instal-lation of our security systems,”Feng said. “No. 2, we need to in-vestigate carefully and find out ifwe can implement better, moremodern and more sophisticatedsecurity systems.”

48 women raped everyhour in Congo, study finds

more than 400,000 women had beenraped in Congo during a 12-monthperiod between 2006 and 2007.

On average 29 Congolese womenout of every 1,000 had been rapednationwide. That means that even inthe parts of Congo that are not af-fected by the war, a woman is 58times more likely to be raped than awoman in the United States, wherethe annual rate is 0.5 per 1,000women.

Previous estimates of the numberof rapes were derived from policeand health center reports in thenation’s troubled east where the con-flict is concentrated. The authors ofthe study used figures from a gov-ernment health survey and pooleddata from across the country.

The highest frequency of rape wasfound in North Kivu, the provincemost affected by the conflict, where67 women per 1,000 had been rapedat least once. “The message is im-portant and clear: Rape in (Congo)has metastasized amid a climate ofimpunity, and has emerged as one ofthe great human crises of our time,”said Michael VanRooyen, the direc-tor of the Harvard Humanitarian Ini-tiative. Margot Wallstrom, the U.N.special representative for sexual vio-lence in conflict, welcomed the study.

Explained, cooperation was con-ducted with the United States, forexample, when a citizen from theUncle Sam country was suspectedof committing the act of corruptionin Indonesia, and then his partywould help provide any data neededto process his legal prosecution. “Inaccordance with the message fromthe Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD), the cooperation is abso-lutely necessary and no country canstand alone in dealing withtransnational corruption crimes,” hesaid.

Similar opinion was revealed byGunther Puhm where internationalcooperation should be forwarded torelevant countries to uncover thecorruption and bribery committedby big companies with CEO as wellas with state officials. “All countriesshould not hesitate to request infor-mation or otherwise, provide infor-mation for other countries needingthe help,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Swiss delegate,Clair Daams, added that every coun-try should have a proper and appro-priate legal instrument for fightingagainst corruption. “We can worktogether by relying on human re-sources for legal framework, but notenough with political commitmentonly,” he said.

He reminded because the natureof international crimes was insepa-rable from the transfer of assets toanother country. Therefore, it wasneeded a solid co-operation thoughacknowledged if it was quite diffi-

International...From page 1 cult. Interstate cooperation was

needed in order to uncover the crimesof corruption such as bribery in in-ternational business transactions in-volving both large corporations andindividuals of each country.

No need revisionThe existence of the Law on Cor-

ruption Eradication Commission(KPK) was considered by DeputyChairman of KPK Chandra MHamzah unnecessary to be revisedbecause it had been strong enoughto snare the perpetrators of crimes ofcorruption. According to him, whatrequired today was how to imple-ment it consequently in the field. Ashad been known, the pressure toamend the Law on the Commissioncontinued to be expressed by legis-lators in the House of Representa-tives. They assessed if the current lawhad not been optimal. “KPK consid-ers if the current law is enough and itis only required a commitment fromall components of the state institu-tions,” he affirmed.

According to him, the commit-ment of all components in the stateinstitutions was truly needed consid-ering the tasks of combating corrup-tion did not only belong to the Com-mission. Pressure of the legislatorssaying if the Law on the Commis-sion should be revised was only as-sumed as an individual opinion. “Ihave confidence it is an individualopinion, not a plenary session con-sensus of the House of Representa-tives. Even, the opinions were highlypolitical and had a specific purposethat did not want if the Commissioncould work optimally,” he said. (par)

Friday, May 13, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

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Vendors sell mobile phones at a market in Jakarta on May 11, 2011. A report said the smart phone marketcontinues to see impressive growth especially in the Asia-Pacific. Shipments in the region grew 53 percentyear-on-year in 2010 to reach 76.7 million units and are projected surpass 100 million units in 2011.

Antara

JAKARTA - Through a coop-eration with related ministries, thegovernment will soon build a ma-rine manpower office, MaritimeAffairs and Fisheries Ministry‘sHuman Resources Developmentspokesman Syarief Widjaya saidhere on Wednesday.

The target could be achieved ifthe government focused on increas-ing the productivity of oil palmplantations, he said at an interna-tional conference & exhibition onpalm oil (ICE-PO) at the JakartaConvention Center on Wednesday.

“Today the area of land is limitedso it is impossible to expand oil palmplantations. What we can do to raiseproduction is increasing the produc-tivity of oil palm plantations,” he said.

The productivity of oil palmplantation currently reached 3 tonsper hectare and the national CPOoutput stood at 22-23 million tonsper year, he said.

To reach CPO production of 40million tons a year, the productiv-

Antara

JAKARTA - Defense MinisterPurnomo Yusgiantoro said ASEANabsolutely needs common securitystandards to create regional stabil-ity in support of its member states’economic growth and bargainingpower in global forums.

Purnomo made the remark at ameeting with editors-in-chief hereon Wednesday. The meeting wascalled to explain the agenda of anASEAN Defence MinisterialMeeting (ADMM) scheduled forMay 19 in Jakarta.

The meeting is part of the ac-tivities carried out by Indonesia asthe current chair of ASEAN. Italso serves as the implementationof ASEAN three pillars which putemphasis on development of po-litical, security and economic sec-tors in the quest for an ASEAN

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SURABAYA - Some 84 planes ofstate-owned airline company GarudaIndonesia have managed to secureinternational operational licenses forthe safety of its passengers on itsdomestic and international routes.

“The recent accident of a MerpatiNusantara plane had prompted usand the airline company’s managersto increase safety,” Business Devel-opment Manager of PT Garuda In-donesia for Eastern Indonesia IsmuGito Waluyo said from here onWednesday.

When asked how Garuda wouldguarantee the safety of its passen-gers, he said the management isready to give increased services topeople using the safe and secure ser-vices of his company at all airports.

“The international flight licensethat we have obtained allows us to

RI’s CPO outputRI’s CPO outputRI’s CPO outputRI’s CPO outputRI’s CPO outputexpected to reachexpected to reachexpected to reachexpected to reachexpected to reach40 million tons40 million tons40 million tons40 million tons40 million tonsAntara

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s crude palm oil (CPO) output is pro-jected to reach 40 million tons in the next 10 years, former agricul-ture Minister Bungaran Saragih said.

ity of oil palm plantation must beraised to 6 tons from 3 tons perhectare, he said.

He put the blame on poor culti-vation for the low productivity ofthe country’s oil palm plantations.

Meanwhile, Chief of the Indo-nesian Plantation Businessmen As-sociation (GPPI) SoedjaiKartasasmita predicted that thepalm oil industry would havebright prospects in the future.

In the next five years the globalpopulation would increase, leadingto a rise in food demand particu-larly vegetable oil, he said.

“The increase in the use of bio-fuels will increase CPO demand,”he said.

ASEAN needs commonsecurity standards: Minister

community by 2015.In essence, the meeting would

focus on efforts to create a morestable and peaceful region, he said.

“We will focus on practical co-operation such as exchange of re-gional cooperation, settlement ofdispute in the South China Sea,maritime security by realizing codeof conduct among ASEAN mem-ber states in a clear manner,” he said.

Also in the agenda of the meet-ing would be counter-terrorismprograms, informal meetingsamong defence and military topofficials to settle a wide range ofproblems in the region by observ-ing the ASEAN Charter, he said.

ASEAN (the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations) groupsBrunei, Cambodia, Indonesia,Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, thePhilippines, Singapore, Thailandand Vietnam.

Government to build marine manpower officeHe said the office was expected

to arrange and manage the increas-ing overseas demand for marine andfisheries related manpower from In-donesia.

“A joint marine manpower of-fice among Maritime Affairs andFisheries Ministry, Manpower andTransmigration Ministry, Na-tional Education Ministry, and

Transportation Ministry will soonbe declared,” Syarief Widjayasaid.

He said the office would be de-clared at the closure of InternationalJob Fair on Marine and Fisheries inJakarta from May 23-25, 2011.

Syarief explained that the jointmarine manpower office was ex-pected to permanently organize the

International Job Fair on Marine andFisheries every year.

Besides, he added that the officeof the cross-ministerial cooperationwould also provide Indonesian jobseekers in marine and fishery fieldwith information about job opportu-nities.

He also said a lot of Indonesiansailors were working abroad at

present in the fields of shippingsector, fishery management in-dustries, and aquaculture.

Meanwhile, Maritime Affairsand Fisheries Minister FadelMuhammad said recently thataround 12,000 Indonesians arecurrently working on board vari-ous ocean liners in internationalwaters.

84 Garuda planes obtaininternational flight licenses

resume our international flight ser-vices,” he said.

While having the license, he saidadequate control and engine main-tenance are regularly conductedfeminizing all kinds of operationalerrors. Besides secured and sus-tained aircraft availability, the com-pany is also renewing airport safetyaudits prioritizing the comfort andsafety of the consumers.

“We believe that under the IATAOperational Safety Audit (IOSA)audit, the confidence of the peoplein this airline company would re-main in tact,” he said.

On the other hand, he added, allGaruda Indonesia aircraft areBoeings and already known havingan international license from theFederal Aviation Administration(FAA).

In the meantime the companydoes not operate small planes for a

long time. In the case of MerpatiNusantara, the accident took placebecause its manufacturer has yet toobtain an FAA license.

“In this context we are optimisticthat the Merpati Nusantara accidentwould no longer happen here. In In-donesia, airworthiness had alreadybeen issued by the Air TransportationMinistry, and Merpati Nusantara al-ready having it,” he said.

On the effect of the increasednumber of passengers as the resultof the surplus number of MerpatiNusantara passengers, he added,since the accident the number ofpassengers did not increased, appar-ently because Merpati Nusantara’sflight route is still no match to hiscompany’s.

“An increase in the number ofpassengers is normally caused by thepassengers’ routine behavior,” hesaid.

8 InternationalFriday, May 13, 2011

Bali Today

BNDCC is located not farfrom Bali International Conven-tion Center (BICC) which willhouse the ASEAN Summit andthe East Asia Summit (EAS).

The convention center is cur-rently still under constructionand scheduled for completion inNovember this year before theconference scheduled to be at-tended by 18 heads of state/gov-ernment including US PresidentBarack Obama, is held.

President Yudhoyono flankedby his wife the First Lady Ani anda number of cabinet ministerswere briefed on the facilities ofthe convention center.

The two-storey building stand-ing on 25 thousand square metersof land had been erected accord-

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DENPASAR - Garuda Indone-sia plans to increase the frequencyof its domestic and internationalflights this year as part of efforts toprovide better services to the pub-lic.

“The frequency of domesticflights (from Jakarta) to Palembangwill be increased to nine from eight,Batam from three to four, andPadang from three to four per day,”Garuda Indonesia General Managerfor Bali Juby Prasetyo said onWednesday.

Antara

DENPASAR - The “Visit In-donesia Fremantle-Bali Interna-tional Yacht Race 2011” was anevent to promote marine tourismin Indonesia, an official said.

“The race was participated inby 23 yachts which started fromFremantle harbor in Australia onApril 23, and reached the finishline at Benoa harbor in Bali onMei 7, 2011,” the tourism andculture ministry’s marketing di-rector general, Sapta Nirwandar,said at Hotel Sanur Beach, Bali.

The objectives of the Racewere among other things to pro-mote the country’s marine tour-ism, to improve the tourism im-age internationally and tostrengthen the bilateral ties be-tween Indonesia and Australia,he said.

“In addition to make the bi-lateral ties between Indonesiaand Australia closer, we alsowant to foster relations withcountries of the race’s partici-pants,” he said.

He hoped that the race wouldattract more sailors to come toIndonesia.

“We have more than 17,500islands, and not many countriescould offer such an event to sail-

IBP/Net

Garuda Indonesia plans to increase the frequency of its domestic and international flights thisyear as part of efforts to provide better services to the public.

President inspects BNDCCCAntara

NUSA DUA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made aninspection of the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC)before concluding his working visit to Bali on Wednesday.

ing to Balinese philosophy reflect-ing the harmonious relations be-tween man and God, and fellowhuman beings and nature.

Bali Nusa Dua ConventionCenter has a total of 23 spaces, in-cluding five convention halls, 14meeting rooms and a ballroom.And an open space called plaza islocated beside the BNDCC.

Later the President and FirstLady inspected the half-finishedbuilding.

The President was also accom-panied by Culture and TourismMinister Jero Wacik, Minister co-ordinating Political, Legal and Se-curity Affairs Djoko Suyanto,Minister, State Secretary SudiSilalahi, and Cabinet SecretaryDipo Alam.

“International YachtRace 2011” promotesRI’s marine tourism

ing lovers,” Sapta Nirwandarsaid.

The Visit IndonesiaFremantle-Bali InternationalYacht Race 2011 had attractedaround 200 foreigners, includingyacht racers and their crew aswell as relatives, to visit Indo-nesia, he said.

“We are optimistic that theyacht race in 2012 will attractmore participants. The area morethan 1,000 yachts have joinedmemberships in yacht organiza-tions,” he said.

One participant of the race2011 had made a speed recordfrom that in 2010.

“The speed record wasachieved by ‘Limit’’s AlanBrierty,” he said. ‘Limit’ addedyet another trophy to AlanBrierty’s cabinet when sheclaimed line honors in the VisitIndonesia Fremantle Bali 2011international yacht race.

In the process, she shatteredRolly Tasker’s 30 year old recordfor the race, finishing in a littleover six days and five hours.

In the second to seventh placeswere respectively ‘Audeamus’,‘Australian Maid’, ‘Phoenix’,‘Sue Sea’, ‘Libertine’, ‘Walk onthe Wild Side’, and ‘Bird of theMorning’ yachts.

Courtesy of Badung Government

President RI Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono talking with Badung Governor AA Gde Agung aboutthe development of Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre.

Garuda to raise flight frequenciesThe frequency of flights from

Jakarta to Surabaya would also beincreased to 16 from 15, andBalikpapan to eight from seven perday, he said.

The national flag carrier wouldalso serve the Yogyakarta-Denpasarroute thrice from twice a day and theSurabaya-Denpasar route four timesfrom thrice a day, he said.

Juby said Garuda Indonesiawould open new flight routes as ofJune 2011 following the delivery ofnew Airbus 330-200 plane.

Garuda also planned to increasethe frequency of flights from

Denpasar to Seoul to five times fromthree times a week and from Jakartato Bangkok from once to twice a day,he said.

In 2011, Garuda would also openthree new domestic routes, namelyBalikpapan-Surabaya, Balikpapan-Yogyakarta, and Balikpapan-Makassar, he said.

As of November Garuda wouldalso fly to Taipei, he said.

Garuda Indonesia Sales Execu-tive for Bali Arlin Valinda said theincreasing number of flight routeswould have a positive impact on thetourism industry.

Balinese Culture

Friday, May 13, 2011 9

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Opor Ayam(Coconut Chicken Curry)

Ingredients

* 1 Broiler or fryer Chicken with skin, approx. 450g. * 2 t Salt * 1 lg Onion, chopped finely * 3 Cloves garlic, chopped * 3 T Oil * 1 T Coriander * Pinch of chopped ginger * 1 t Ground lemon grass * 2 c Coconut milk * 1 Salam leaf

DirectionsCut chicken into serving portions and rub with salt.

Fry onion and garlic in oil until lightly brown. Now, addcoriander, ginger and lemon grass. Stir well for about 1minute.

Add chicken, mixing thoroughly so that chickenabsorbs the spices. Add coconut milk and salam leaf.Cover tightly and cook over medium heat for about 40minutes. Serve with rice. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Beauty can stop everyone’seyes flickering. Beauty of the kidsong can lullaby a baby. Simi-larly, beauty also can toss theimagination, soothe the mind anddraw people to get near. Bali hasmany sources of that beauty of-fering the charm of nature, cul-ture or adventure.

By maintaining traditions in-spired by Hinduism, Balinesepeople go on running in harmonywith the time. In other words,they do not feel inferior becauseof inheriting those traditions.Beauty in the form of variousdance movements has been intro-duced since early ages. On see-ing a dance staged, a toddler maywatch it attentively or its fingersmove and move as if imitatingthe movement of the dance.

Virtually all customary vil-lages in Bali have gamelantroupe. This troupe plays impor-tant role in expressing their en-tertainment arts and accompany-ing every ritual activity. This ex-istence gives opportunity to vil-lagers from child to adult to ex-press their artistic talent espe-cial ly in dance, drama andgamelan arts. Young girls undertwelve or elementary school agehave a chance to participate inperforming Rejang Dance. Bywearing white and yellow cos-tumes and floral decoration onhead, they dance beautifully ac-companied by gamelan music.Rejang Dance is one of the sa-cred dances performed in relation

Prawn CrackersIngredients

* 250g prawn meat, washed and dried well * 250 to 300g tapioca flour * 1 tsp salt * l tsp pepper * Oil for deep frying

DirectionsLiquidise the prawn meat till smooth. Mix in the

tapioca flour, salt and pepper. Mix well into a stiff dough.

Divide dough into three equal portions. Roll up eachportion then place the rolls on a greased plate. Steamfor 40 to 45 minutes over high flame.

Leave the rolls to cool, then wrap with a clean teatowel. Chill well in the refrigerator. Use a very sharpknife to slice thinly. Thoroughly dry the cut-out pieces inthe sun.

Deep-fry the crackers. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Balinese women:In devotional services through the arts

to the organization of temple an-niversary or odalan. Other thanputting a basic love to their tradi-tion, they also show devotionalservice or ngatur ayah throughthe arts.

When they grow older, right onentering secondary school, theyjoin customary village youth clubor Sekaa Taruna. Here, with theirmale friends and their brothersand sisters start to learn about or-ganization. Many things can belearned through this organization.Since it has affiliation to custom-ary village, they can learn aboutthe making of some simple obla-tion under guidance of senior ob-lation maker and various tradi-tional arts. In Bali, this youth clubactually play important role inpreparing young generation tomaintain their valuable culturalheritages or to prepare themselvesfor inheriting customary respon-sibility.

With their male counterpart,here the young girls also learn toplay drama or more complex tra-ditional arts. Popular genres ofperformance showed are pure en-tertainment and the one in com-bination with sacred dance. Thelat ter usually featuresCalonarang. This magical dramainvolves a combination of maleand female players. In essence,this Calonarang drama highlightsthe endless fight between truthand untruth symbolizing by sanc-tified effigies or tapakan likeRangda and Barong. By and large,

it is also associated with ritualevents at local temple.

In the following stage, whenwoman gets married she will en-ter the new organization, namelycustomary village. Having learnedmuch about ritual works, it is nowthe time to practice them in widersocial life. They should attendsome socio-religious activitieswhen the events engage the mem-bers of customary village. At thisstage, household mother can re-main to show her devotional ser-vice through the arts other than so-cial works. Through the arts, theymay join the drama or individualpsalmodic singing or pasantian.

How is about their private life?It is normal as others. They alsohave opportunity to build careerin their profession. In modern lifewith heterogeneous professions astoday, woman also works as mendo. Traditions do not impede themto reach outstanding achievementin self-employee or office job. Ifthey work at daytime, some socialworks will be held at the evening.

Tradition is not something obso-lete. Even, it retains abundant inspi-rations to create something new andcreative that is advantageous formodern life. However, traditionsshould also be reviewed and adjustto the current condition withoutleaving behind its core. Traditiondoes not hinder women to get theircareer achievement. Even, it staysto give them a channel to expresstheir spiritual sense through devo-tional services. (BTN/punia)

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Tirta Empul Temple or Tampak SiringTemple is a holy spring water temple locatedin Tampak Siring Village, Gianyar regency andit is about 39 km eastwards from Denpasartown. It is set in the dale and encircled by thehill. In the west side of this temple, there is anIndonesian President palace which has beenfound by the first president.

The name of Tirta Empul is loaded in a in-scription which is kept at Sakenan Temple,Manukaya village, Sub district of Tampak Sir-ing, about 3 km from Tirta Empul Temple. Inthis inscription, the Tirta Empul is named by theTirta Ri Air Hampul and then the name haschanged into Tirta Hampul and finally becomethe Tirta Empul. Tirta Ri air hampul is meaningthe water emerge or the holy pool (Petirthan)which is the water emerge from the land.

The wellspring emerges from the land isbelieved that it is the infinite creation. Ac-cording to the history, that, that this watersource is arranged and sanctified by kingIndrajayasinghawarmadewa in the year 882Saka (960 M).

He has given the name with Tirta ri airhampul. The data is loaded in the inscriptionthat is located at Sakenan Temple. Besides ofthe above epigraphy data, in Tirta Empul Templeis also found the archaeology omission likeColossus Yoni, Arca Lion, Tepasana and TirtaEmpul Pool. According to papyrus of Usana

Tampak Siring TempleBali narrated that Tirta Empul is created byBhatara Indra (Sun Deity) when bearing armsagainst the king where his palace is located inBedahulu Countryside. He is known as a verymiraculous king, which he can lose or show sud-denly, therefore he is named by Mayadenawa.

Because of its miracle, he becomes the arro-gance and expressing himself as a god. TheMayadenawa King owns the assistant (Patih)which is called Kalawong. They prohibit thepeople to do the Yadnya (praying to the god) sothat is often happened the natural disaster, dis-ease epidemic, agriculture fail and finally mis-erable life society.

Finally Betara Indra (one of Hindu God)gives battle against the kings that happened inTampak Siring and then the Mayadenawa isgone to the wall and disappear. KingMayadenawa has also created poisonous poolswhich can the team of Bathara Indra die andfaint after drinking this water. Then BatharaIndra stick the weapon of Umbul-umbul and fi-nally the water is emerging so that called byTirta Empul and then it is passed to the deadand faint soldier that made them back to live.

Therefore at the moment this pool water issanctified by the Hindu society in Bali and theybelieve that this water source can heal variousof diseases, hence every day this place is a lotof visited by Hindu people to do the ritual andsanctify them self . This place has been openedfor public and as a famous tourist destinationin Bali.

Friday, May 13, 2011 11

BUSINESS

Associated Press Writer

TOKYO – Nissan rounded out a record year for car sales by re-turning to profit in the fourth quarter but Chief Executive CarlosGhosn acknowledged serious challenges from Japan’s natural disas-ters.

The good news Thursday was clouded by uncertainties due to thedamage from Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crises that havedisrupted production for Nissan and other Japanese automakers.

Nissan Motor Co., allied with Renault SA of France, reported a30.77 billion yen ($380 million) profit for January-March, a turnaroundfrom a 11.6 billion yen loss a year earlier. Quarterly sales jumped 10percent to 2.35 trillion yen ($29 billion)

Ghosn said production at Nissan plants worldwide will be back atpre-disaster levels by October, after which the company will make upfor lost production.

He did not give an earnings forecast for the current fiscal year throughMarch 2012, but promised projections would be ready by a sharehold-ers’ meeting in June.

Ghosn said Japan’s second biggest automaker was working on re-storing full production. The magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami onMarch 11 destroyed key auto parts makers in northeastern Japan andkilled more than 25,000 people.

On Wednesday, Toyota Motor Corp. said fixing its production prob-lems was moving faster than initially expected, although it did not givea date for a full recovery.

“Nissan is once again proving its resilience in the face of adver-sity,” Ghosn said.

He acknowledged overseas rivals were likely to snatch market shareaway while Nissan struggles to fix production.

But momentum was in Nissan’s favor, given the sales achievementsand market gains for the year just ended, he said.

For the fiscal year through March 2011, profit at Nissan, whichmakes the Leaf electric vehicle and the March subcompact, totaled319.2 billion yen, more than seven times what it earned the previousyear when Nissan was still recovering from the global financial crisis.

Annual sales jumped nearly 17 percent to 8.77 trillion yen ($108billion)

Nissan sold 4.185 million vehicles for the fiscal year, up 19.1 per-cent from 3.515 million the previous year. The global auto industryhad grown a smaller 12.6 percent during that period.

Nissan’s sales in China, its largest single market worldwide, reacheda record 1.02 million vehicles for the fiscal year, up 35.5 percent. Al-though Nissan sold fewer vehicles in Japan year-on-year, sales wereup in the U.S., Europe and South America, according to Nissan.

The automaker’s U.S. sales rose 12.2 percent from a year earlier inApril, riding on the back of the popularity of the Altima sedan, in con-trast to Toyota, whose reputation has been hurt by massive recalls.Toyota’s U.S. April sales gained just 1 percent.

Toyota’s quarterly profit plunged by more than 75 percent, despitedoubling its annual earnings. Honda Motor Co. reported a quarterlyprofit drop of 38 percent, and doesn’t expect to return to full produc-tion in Japan until the end of the year.

Ghosn said Nissan suffered from the March 11 earthquake and tsu-nami, including the deaths of five employees, pausing at the start of thenews conference to ask that all deaths from the disaster be remembered.

But Nissan was showing it can bounce back, he told reporters atYokohama headquarters.

The company is preparing for the risk of further electricity short-ages in Japan, he said.

The tsunami sent one nuclear plant to the brink of a meltdown, andsafety concerns have prompted the government to ask that anothernuclear plant be shut down, possibly creating severe power shortages,especially in summer months when demand shoots up.

Nissan will conserve energy and is considering adding nighttimeproduction and in-house generation, said Ghosn.

Nissan is also addressing fears about radiation contamination. InMarch, Nissan began testing radiation levels of its products before ship-ping and confirming their safety.

“Our recovery is going smoothly and robustly,” Ghosn said. “Fiscalyear 2010 was a record year for Nissan in terms of sales and growth.”

Nissan shares rose 1.4 percent to 795 yen in Tokyo trading, shortlybefore earnings were announced.

In its regional economic outlookfor Europe, the International Mon-etary Fund said it saw the regionexpanding 4.3 percent in 2011 and2012, from 4.2 percent in 2010.

But it added that a high level ofnon-performing loans continued toweigh on banking sectors and highcommodity prices could spur infla-tion.

It saw full-year inflation of 7.3percent in 2011, slowing to 6.2 per-cent next year, and urged theregion’s central banks to remainvigilant.

“Monetary policymakers willneed to stay on high alert,” the Fundsaid. “Even countries with well-an-chored inflation expectations mayfind it hard to avoid second-roundeffects if first-round effects are largeor persistent, as global commodityprices rise disproportionately overthe medium term.”

The IMF said strong economicties to the euro zone exposed it torisks of the potentially escalatingdebt crisis in the single currencyarea’s weaker members, as westernbanks could cut their lending expo-

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WASHINGTON – The commer-cial value of pirated software in-creased 14 percent last year to nearly$59 billion, with emerging econo-mies accounting for over half the to-tal, according to a study publishedThursday.

Businesses and consumers aroundthe world bought $95 billion worthof legal personal computer (PC) soft-ware in 2010, according to the Busi-ness Software Alliance (BSA), butthey installed another $58.8 billionin pirated software.

“This means that for every dollarspent on legitimate software in 2010,an additional 63 cents worth of unli-censed software also made its wayinto the market,” the BSA said.

At $31.9 billion, emerging econo-mies accounted for over half the com-mercial value of pirated software lastyear, the BSA said in its eighth Glo-bal Software Piracy Study.

While PC shipments to emerging

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PRAGUE – Growth in Eastern Europe should accelerate only slightly this year as domesticdemand recovers, but trouble in the euro zone periphery, wide budget deficits and inflation pres-sures still pose risks, the IMF said on Thursday.

sure to emerging Europe if they wereto take a significant hit.

It said that although the regionhad so far been shielded from con-tagion, authorities should tacklewide fiscal gaps.

“Consolidation needs to rebuildfiscal buffers. This will improve keyfiscal indicators and thus diminishthe risk of financial tensions in theeuro area spilling eastward,” it said.

“It will also help contain infla-tionary pressures and support themonetary tightening that is alreadyunderway in several countries.”

Fiscal deficits in the region —where nine countries have active orprecautionary deals with the IMF —should decline from 4.5 percent ofgross domestic product in 2010 to2.5 percent in 2011 and 2012, mainlydue to Russia, the Fund said.

But it said public debt as a per-centage of GDP would grow in twothirds of the countries and high fis-cal deficits showed vulnerabilities inLatvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ro-mania. It also said the region’s fis-cal position no longer compared fa-vorably with emerging markets in

Asia and Latin America.It remained optimistic on the re-

covery, predicting the former SovietCIS countries would lead theregion’s recovery with growth of 4.5percent or higher this year.

It expects Belarus to lead the re-gion with 6.8 percent growth in2011. Russia was seen growing 4.8percent this year, slightly faster thanits southern peer Turkey at 4.6 per-cent.

Among the European Union’snewest members, Poland was seenflat at 3.8 percent this year beforeslowing slightly in 2012. Hungarywas seen growing 2.8 percent eachyear, but Romania was expected toaccelerate its pace to 4.4 percentnext year.

“Domestic demand will becomethe main pillar of growth as itcatches up to recover in those coun-tries where it had languished,” theFund said. It added bank lending stilllagged.

“The worst of the credit crunchis over, but real credit still contractsin just under half of the region’seconomies.”

Value of pirated softwarenearly $59 billion: study

economies accounted for half theworld’s total last year, the value ofpaid software licenses in those econo-mies accounted for less than 20 per-cent of the world total, the study said.

While the value of pirated soft-ware rose, the global piracy rate forPC software dropped by a single per-centage point in 2010 to 42 percent,the study found.

Central and Eastern Europe andLatin America had the world’s high-est piracy rate, with 64 percent of PCsoftware pirated, while NorthAmerica had the lowest, with 21 per-cent, the study found.

Software piracy was also found tobe rampant in the Asia-Pacific region,with a piracy rate of 60 percent, fol-lowed by The Middle East with 58percent and Western Europe with 33percent.

And while the United States wastied with Japan for the lowest piracyrate, at 20 percent, it ranked at thetop in terms of the commercial valueof pirated PC software, estimated at

$9.5 billion dollars.It was followed by China, with

$7.8 billion, and Russia, with $2.8billion.

The study was carried out withtechnology research firm IDC andcovered 116 countries and regions.The piracy rate dropped last year in51 of the 116 areas studied and wentup in 15, the BSA said.

It said the most common form ofsoftware piracy was to buy a singlecopy of software and install it onmultiple computers, a practice which51 percent of PC users surveyed inemerging markets mistakenly believeis legal.

“There’s an awareness gap wheremany people don’t even understandthat they’re stealing software,” BSApresident Matt Reid said.

“Governments need to be invest-ing in educating the public about thevalue of intellectual property. Theyalso need to make sure that the rightlaws are in place, and then they needto get out and enforce those laws.”

Nissan posts $380 millionquarterly profit

Entertainment InternationalFriday, May 13, 201112

Schwarzenegger finished hisseven-year run as California gover-nor in January. On Monday, he andhis wife of 25 years, Maria Shriver,announced that they are separating.Unless there are tawdry details tocome, the separation won’t have anyeffect on Schwarzenegger’s rebootedcareer. This is Hollywood, after all,not politics, where winning electionsusually means having a supportive

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Hugh Grant has beenweighing a big move: replacing the firedCharlie Sheen on CBS’ “Two and a HalfMen.” A person familiar with the situationsaid Wednesday the British film actor was innegotiations to join the sitcom as its new lead-ing man. The person, speaking on conditionof anonymity because producer Warner Bros.and CBS hadn’t authorized public comment,said the talks had stalled without resolution.

But it was unclear whether Grant’s hiringwas a closed issue, the person said. Reports thatGrant had been offered $1 million-plus an epi-sode were inaccurate, the person said, addingany Sheen replacement would be paid less thanthat. Sheen was among TV’s highest-paid ac-tors at a reported $1.8 million an episode.

Grant’s publicist did not immediately returna call for comment. The actor, who became astar in romantic comedies including “Four Wed-dings and a Funeral” and “Notting Hill,” hasn’tappeared in a box-office hit for several years.

Warner, CBS and executive producer ChuckLorre are attempting to find a new star and re-vamped format that would keep TV’s top-ratedand highly lucrative sitcom afloat withoutSheen. With CBS set to unveil its fall schedulefor advertisers in New York next Wednesday,the pressure is on to decide the show’s future.

Speculation has swirled about who mightjoin Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones in the cast.Some actors seen as potential candidates, in-cluding John Stamos and Rob Lowe, haveindicated their interests are elsewhere.

It’s been more than two months sinceWarner fired Sheen in the show’s eighth sea-

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Will Smith’s tricked-outtrailer was sent packing Wednesday after com-plaints from residents in the neighborhoodwhere his new film is being shot.

The location shoot for “Men in Black III”has clogged the narrow streets of Manhattan’sSoho district for several days. But among thetwo dozen trucks and trailers deployed there,the most prominent was the luxury apartment-on-wheels occupied by Smith.

The double-decker digs were larger thanmany Manhattan residences and had locals upin arms about its size, noise and fumes. “I loveWill Smith, but this is about survival,” saidAnessa Rahman, co-owner of an antiques storelocated a few steps from the curbside spotwhere the actor’s trailer had been parked.

The trailer, along with the rest of thecrowded Hollywood convoy, was putting a dent

Schwarzenegger shedsSchwarzenegger shedsSchwarzenegger shedsSchwarzenegger shedsSchwarzenegger shedsold life as he plots returnold life as he plots returnold life as he plots returnold life as he plots returnold life as he plots returnAssociated Press Writer

As Arnold Schwarzenegger plots his return to Hollywood, he willin some ways resemble the young Austrian that came to Californiamany years ago: single and detached from politics. Now 63, he is olderand while very fit, not quite as buff as he was in his “Conan the Bar-barian” days. Yet Schwarzenegger’s impending new chapter recallsthe first time the former bodybuilder attempted — and wildly suc-ceeded at — a quixotic transition to Hollywood.

companion at the podium.Simultaneously splitting from both

his wife and politics only reinforcesthat this is a new, late phase forSchwarzenegger. In a statement, heand Shriver called it “a time of greatpersonal and professional transitionfor each of us.” Already reorientingfrom Sacramento to Hollywood,Schwarzenegger has found that show-biz is happy to have him back.

He’s making an animated TVshow, “The Governator,” withfamed comic book writer Stan Lee.He plans to star as a horse trainerin the drama “Cry Macho” for pro-ducer Albert Ruddy (“The Godfa-ther,” “Million Dollar Baby”). He’salso reportedly interested in starringas a border sheriff in Kim Ji-woon’s

planned “The Last Stand.”“I am not as eager to run for of-

fice,” Schwarzenegger said in an in-terview with The Associated Presslast month. “Entertainment is theimportant thing right now.” Many aresurely awaiting Schwarzenegger’sreturn to movies. He remains one ofthe most popular action film starsever, a position younger stars havefailed to usurp. His movies havegrossed more than $1.6 billion do-mestically.

The last time he starred in a filmwas 2003’s “Terminator 3: Rise ofthe Machines,” which most viewedas a lesser installment in the series.A month after it was released,Schwarzenegger announced on “TheTonight Show” that he would run inthe 2003 California recall election forgovernor.

“Being off-screen for so long, Ithink people are anxious to see whathe’ll do next on the big screen,” saysPaul Dergarabedian, box office ana-lyst for Hollywood.com. “He wasone of the biggest movie stars in theworld. There’s no way that he cancome back quietly.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger speaksat the Israel 63rd IndependenceDay Celebration hosted by theConsulate General of Israel inLos Angeles, Tuesday, May 10,2011. Schwarzenegger washonored at the event.AP Photo/Matt Sayles

Hugh Grant weighed asCharlie Sheen TV replacement

son, a move that followed the hard-livingactor’s bouts of wild partying, repeated hos-pitalizations and a bitter media campaignagainst his studio bosses who shut down pro-duction. The Grant-”Two and a Half Men”negotiations were first reported by the Dead-line Hollywood website.

AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

FILE - In this May 9, 2011 file photo, Britishactor Hugh Grant poses for the photogra-phers as he arrives for the European premiereof the ‘Fire in Babylon’ film in central London.

Will Smith’s trailer hitsroad amid NY complaints

in her business, she said. Wednesday afternoon,the megatrailer was removed by Columbia Pic-tures.

“This trailer has been used many times inthis city by different studios on various mov-ies over the years, and while its use has neverbeen an issue before, we regret any inconve-nience it may have caused,” Columbia Picturesspokesman Steve Elzer said.

Rahman said she was grateful to see the trailerpulled away. But Shoja Azari wasn’t so easilyplacated. Azari, an independent filmmaker wholives and works in the thick of the “Men in Black”shooting site, called the movie unit “rowdy.”

“They treat the whole neighborhood like it’s astudio, like it’s their backyard,” he said. “It’scrazy.” The film, the third installment in the sci-ficomedy series about agents who monitor alienactivity, is scheduled to continue shooting in thearea through Friday. No word on where Smithwill be cooling his heels now between scenes.

Pedestrians walk onthe corner ofBroome and GreeneStreets next to adouble-deckermovie trailer parkedin the Soho neigh-borhood in theManhattan boroughof New York,Wednesday, May 11,2011.

AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

International Friday, May 13, 2011 13Science

Risinger, 28, set up his rack ofcameras in high-elevation locales inthe Western U.S. and South Africa,timing photo shoots around newmoons when nights were long anddark. He programmed his six cam-eras to track the stars as they movedacross the sky and simultaneouslysnapped thousands of photos.

He then stitched 37,440 expo-sures together into a spectacular,panoramic survey sky that he postedonline two weeks ago. The photoreveals a 360-degree view of theMilky Way, planets and stars in their

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – US re-searchers said Wednesday theyhave identified for the first timehuman lung stem cells that areself-renewing and could offer im-portant clues for treating chroniclung diseases. Previous studieshave shown researchers were ableto create lung cells using humanembryonic stem cells, but this lungstem cell was isolated using sur-gical samples of adult human lungtissue.

“This research describes, forthe first time, a true human lungstem cell,” said Piero Anversa, di-rector of the Center for Regenera-tive Medicine at Brigham andWomen’s Hospital and co-authorof the study in the New EnglandJournal of Medicine. “The discov-ery of this stem cell has the po-tential to offer those who sufferfrom chronic lung diseases a to-tally novel treatment option byregenerating or repairing damagedareas of the lung.”

The finding qualifies as a true

Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA – Hate insects? Afraid ofgerms? Researchers are reporting analarming combination: bedbugs carry-ing a staph “superbug.” Canadian scien-tists detected drug-resistant staph bac-teria in bedbugs from three hospital pa-tients from a downtrodden Vancouverneighborhood. Bedbugs have not beenknown to spread disease, and there’s noclear evidence that the five bedbugsfound on the patients or their belong-ings had spread the MRSA germ theywere carrying or a second less danger-ous drug-resistant bacteria.

However, bedbugs can cause itchingthat can lead to excessive scratching.That can cause breaks in the skin that

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File

File In this Wednesday, March 30, 2011 file photo, A bed bug is dis-played at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of NaturalHistory in Washington. Canadian scientists detected drug-resistantMRSA bacteria in bedbugs from three hospital patients from a down-trodden Vancouver neighborhood.

Alarming combo: Bedbugs with‘superbug’ germ found

make people more susceptible to thesegerms, noted Dr. Marc Romney, one ofthe study’s authors. The study is smalland very preliminary. “But it’s an intrigu-ing finding” that needs to be further re-searched, said Romney, medical micro-biologist at St. Paul’s Hospital inVancouver.

The hospital is the closest one to thepoor Downtown Eastside neighborhoodnear the city’s waterfront. Romney saidhe and his colleagues did the researchafter seeing a simultaneous boom in bed-bugs and MRSA cases from the neigh-borhood.

Five bedbugs were crushed and ana-lyzed. MRSA, or methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus, was found onthree bugs. MRSA is resistant to several

types of common antibiotics and canbecome deadly if it gets through theskin and into the bloodstream.

Two bugs had VRE, or vancomy-cin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, aless dangerous form of antibiotic-re-sistant bacteria. Both germs are oftenseen in hospitals, and experts havebeen far more worried about nursesand other health care workers spread-ing the bacteria than insects.

It’s not clear if the bacteria origi-nated with the bedbugs or if the bugspicked it up from already infectedpeople, Romney added.

The study was released Wednes-day by Emerging Infectious Diseases,a publication of the U.S. Centers forDisease Control and Prevention.

AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt

A researcher holds a tray of stem cells. US researchers said theyhave identified for the first time human lung stem cells that are self-renewing and could offer important clues for treating chronic lungdiseases.

US researchers identifyfirst human lung stem cell

stem cell because it renews itself;can form different types of lungcells like bronchioles, alveoli andpulmonary vessel cells; and wheninjected into a mouse it could beisolated and removed and used totreat another mouse with the sameresults, the study said.

“These are the critical first stepsin developing clinical treatmentsfor those with lung disease forwhich no therapies exist,” said co-author Joseph Loscalzo, chair of theBWH department of medicine.“Further research is needed, but weare excited about the impact thisdiscovery could have on our abil-ity to regenerate or recreate newlung tissues to replace damagedareas of the lungs.”

Stem cell therapy on lung dis-eases has long been elusive be-cause the lung is a highly complexorgan with a variety of cell typesthat can renew at different rates,experts say.

Lung disease is the third lead-ing killer in the United States afterheart disease and cancer, accordingto the National Institutes of Health.

The night sky inThe night sky inThe night sky inThe night sky inThe night sky in37,440 exposures37,440 exposures37,440 exposures37,440 exposures37,440 exposuresAssociated Press Writer

SEATTLE – Nick Risinger has always gazed up at the sky. But lastyear the amateur astronomer and photographer quit his day job as aSeattle marketing director and lugged six synchronized cameras about60,000 miles to capture an image of the entire night sky.

true natural colors. Viewers canzoom in on portions of the 5,000-megapixel image to find Orion orthe Large Magellanic Cloud.

“I wanted to share what I thoughtwas possible,” said Risinger, a first-time astrophotographer. “We don’tsee it like this. This is muchbrighter. On a good night in Seattle,you’ll see 20 or 30 stars. This, inits full size, you’ll see 20 to 30 mil-lion. Everything is amplified.”

Other sky surveys have precededthis one, including the Digitized SkySurvey and Google Sky. Many serve

scientific purposes and were shot inred and blue to measure the tempera-ture of stars, Risinger said. He shot ina third color, green, to give the photoadded depth and richness, he said.

“What a labor of love it is!” saidAndrew Fraknoi, senior educator atthe Astronomical Society of the Pa-cific. “Professional astronomers arenow doing much deeper surveys ofsmall regions of the sky, using bigtelescopes. But every once in a whileit’s nice to step back and have such abeautiful photographic record of thewhole sky.”

“This is not a scientifically usefulimage. This is for educational andartistic appreciation,” Risinger said,adding that he didn’t want to makemoney off it. “It is for educationalpurposes. I want to develop sometools for the classroom.”

In this Monday,May 9, 2011 photo,Nick Risingerposes for a photoin Seattle with therack of six syn-chronized astro-photographycameras he usedto create thephotograph on thewall behind him,which shows theentire night sky ina single compositeimage, made up ofmore than 37,000exposures taken indifferent locationsall over the world.

AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Friday, May 13, 201114 InternationalSport

Seydou Keita headed the visi-tors in front after 28 minutes but aterrible mix-up between defenderGerard Pique and keeper VictorValdes led to Felipe Caicedoequalising just before halftime. Afar from comfortable Barca heldon for a point and can now focuson the Champions League finalagainst Manchester United atWembley on May 28.

“This isn’t about today, it isabout nine months of hard work,emotions and suffering. We de-served it today,” striker DavidVilla told Spanish radio as hebasked in his first league triumph.“You can see how pleased we allare, above all because of all thework we have done.” Winning thetitle at the Ciutat de Valencia wasparticularly significant as it was

Reuters

PARIS - Olympique Marseillebeat Stade Brest 3-0 on Wednes-day to move four points behindLigue 1 leaders Lille with threegames left as Olympique Lyon’stitle challenge officially ended.Lille won 2-1 at St Etienne onTuesday to put championsMarseille under pressure and fast-sinking Brest came storming outof the traps to worry DidierDeschamps’ side even more.

Striker Loic Remy soon settledtheir nerves, however, when henetted on 12 minutes after BenoitCheyrou’s ball. Cheyrou again wasthe provider with a delicious passas Jordan Ayew made it 2-0 justbefore the hour.

Defender Gabriel Heinze addedthe gloss with an 81st-minute freekick as Marseille eased to victoryat the Stade Velodrome despite for-wards Mathieu Valbuena andAndre-Pierre Gignac starting onthe bench. Ten-man Lyon, in third,were humbled 4-0 at mid-tableAuxerre and must now battle tostay in the Champions Leaguequalifying spots having slipped 10

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BERLIN - VfL Wolfsburgcoach Felix Magath will swap hisluxury Bentley convertible car forvans that will be given to charitiesif his team avoids relegation fromthe Bundesliga on Saturday, hesaid on Thursday.

Magath, who took over lessthan two months ago and will re-ceive the 250,000 euro car as abonus if his team survives thedrop, said he would trade the carfor six vans that will be used bylocal charities.

AP Photo/Fernando Bustamante

Barcelona players and coach Pep Guardiola, center, celebrate after winning the Spanish LaLiga league title at the end of the Spanish La Liga soccer match against Levante at the Ciutatde Valencia stadium in Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, May 11 , 2011. The match ended in a 1-1draw.

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MADRID - Barcelona drew 1-1 draw at Levante on Wednesday to seal their third consecutiveLa Liga title and the 21st in the club’s history. Barca have 92 points with two matches left, sixahead of second-placed Real Madrid who beat Getafe 4-0 on Tuesday, and Pep Guardiola’s sidehold the advantage in games between the two sides.

where former coach Frank Rijkaardlanded his first crown with Barca in2005.

A 1-1 draw at Levante ended sixtrophyless years for the club that sea-son and set in motion a cycle of suc-cess which Guardiola built on whenhe replaced the Dutchman in 2008.Barca have now won five of the lastseven Spanish championships.

The 40-year-old Guardiola, in hisfirst top-flight coaching role, haspicked up nine trophies in three yearsincluding three league titles, oneEuropean Cup and one King’s Cup.

HIGH DRAMAThere was also high drama at the

bottom of the standings, where 19th-placed Hercules (34 points) let slipa two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at homeReal Mallorca and were relegated.

Real Zaragoza occupy the last rel-egation slot in 18th with 39 points,one behind Getafe and safety, afterconceding a last-minute goal to lose2-1 at Real Sociedad.

Osasuna pulled off a thrillingcomeback to beat Sevilla 3-2 withbreakaway goals from Kike Sola andDejan Lekic in the last five minutesand they climbed to 14th on 44points. Valencia’s 2-2 draw withEspanyol and Villarreal’s 0-0 drawwith Almeria meant there was nochange in the race for the Europeanplaces.

Valencia are third with 67 pointsand Villarreal fourth with 62 in theChampions League qualificationspots, while Athletic Bilbao, Sevillaand Atletico Madrid occupy the threeEuropa League slots after all threelost.

Marseille keep up bidas Lyon title tilt ends

points behind Lille.The future of Lyon boss Claude

Puel is uncertain following previ-ous statements by the coach andpresident Jean-Michel Aulas butAulas was putting a positive spinon the Auxerre defeat. “There arestill three matches, I hope that wewill be able to get some of our in-jured players back,” Aulas told re-porters.

“We are going to fight to staywhere we are. Third is not shame-ful.” Puel’s side beat Marseille 3-2at the weekend but their trip toAuxerre started to go wrong whenDennis Oliech netted a 20th-minuteopener and defender Dejan Lovrenwas dismissed for a second book-ing before halftime.

Alain Traore bagged two goalsto further ease Auxerre’s outsidefears of the drop before CedricHengbart completed the rout.Fourth-bottom Monaco remained introuble after a 3-0 defeat at Sochauxwhile mid-table Girondins Bor-deaux lost their first game since theresignation of coach Jean Tigana,going down 1-0 at Racing Lens togive the second-bottom team a life-line.

AP Photo/Claude Paris

Marseille’s Argentinian defender Gabriel Heinze, right, scoresa goal against Brest, during their League One soccer match,at the Velodrome Stadium, in Marseille, southern France,Wednesday, May 11, 2011.

Magath to trade Bentley forvans if Wolfsburg survive

“This Bentley is a fantastic car,a dream to drive. But I want to makeit clear that everyone must give allthey have to stay up,” he told theclub website(www.vflwolfsburg.de) picturednext to the black vehicle. “And ifsomething good comes out of thatthen even better.”

Wolfsburg, in 15th place, will besaved with a win againstHoffenheim and even a draw couldbe enough for them to stay up if16th-placed BorussiaMoenchengladbach, also on 35points, fail to beat Hamburg.

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Miami will now sit back andawait the winner between Chi-cago and Atlanta, with the Bullsholding a 3-2 lead in the series.In the Western Conference, theOklahoma City Thunder poundedthe Memphis Grizzlies 99-72 toseize control of their series 3-2.

After a tight opening quarterthat ended 17-17, the Thunder ranaway from Memphis leading 46-35 at the half and building a 19-point advantage after three quar-ters that the Grizzlies could notclaw back. Kevin Durant led theThunder with 19 points whileDaequan Cook had 18 off thebench. Marc Gasol had 15 for theGrizzlies, who will host GameSix on Friday.

Facing elimination, the Celticsbattled hard from the tip-off butin the final quarter they had noanswer to the Heat’s ‘Big Three’of James, Dwyane Wade and

Agence France Presse

ROME – World number oneand undisputed clay king RafaelNadal survived a scare onWednesday at the Rome Mastersas he overcame a sloppy start tobeat Italian qualifier PaoloLorenzi 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-0. Butthere were no such difficultiesfor man of the moment NovakDjokovic who took his winningstreak this year to 33 matcheswith an embarrassingly one-sided 6-0, 6-3 destruction ofPole Lukasz Kubot.

World number three RogerFederer was also largely un-troubled as he saw off French-man Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 6-2. Following his defeat toDjokovic in the Madrid final lastweek, the 24-year-old Nadalcame close to losing a secondsuccessive match on clay for thefirst time in his career beforeeventually romping home in thedeciding set.

“It’s difficult for me to talkabout the match today,” admit-ted Nadal. “I played very badly,that’s what I can say. “I hadtough moments in the matchwhere I felt slow, I wasn’t hit-ting the ball very deep, it wasvery short all the time.

“He played his match with

Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – Three-time champion Levi Leipheimer of theUnited States will lead a field of more than 140 riders from 18 teams inthe sixth Tour of California cycling stage race that begins Sunday.

Leipheimer won the eight-day trek over nearly 1300km from 2007through 2009 before surrendering the crown last year to AustralianMichael Rogers, who will not defend his title because of a virus thatreduced his training time.

The preliminary competitors list released Wednesday by organizerAEG Sports features top riders Norway’s Thor Hushovd of Garmin-Cervelo, Australian Michael Matthews, Spaniard Oscar Freire andDutchman Lars Boom of Rabobank and Aussie Matthew Goss of HTC-Highroad. Leipheimer will ride for Team RadioShack while fellow USstars David Zabriskie and Christian Vandevelde compete for Garmin-Cervelo and Americans George Hinicapie and 20-year-old TaylorPhinney race for BMC Racing.

Luxumbourg’s Andy Schleck, the 2009 Tour de France runner-up,will lead Leopard Trek. Other teams in the field include HTC-High-road and Saxo Bank Sungard. “The caliber of riders participating thisyear will create a challenging race and a fierce competition starting onSunday,” AEG Sports president Andrew Messick said.

AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

Boston Celtics’ Jeff Green (8) tries to block a shot by MiamiHeat’s LeBron James (6) during the first half of Game 5 of asecond-round NBA playoff basketball series in Miami, Wednes-day, May 11, 2011.

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MIAMI – An inspired LeBron James delivered the decisive blow with the last 10 points as theMiami Heat beat the Boston Celtics 97-87 on Wednesday to book their place in the EasternConference finals. The Celtics were expected to represent a major hurdle for the Heat but it wasone they cleared with relative ease, winning the best-of-seven series 4-1.

Chris Bosh. After Bosh had tiedthe game at 87-87 with a thunder-ing dunk, James put his stamp onthe contest by dropping two three-pointers from the arc.

The twice NBA MVP thenadded a dunk on a Boston turn-over and a layup that touched offwild celebrations at the AmericanAirlines Arena. “I want to give alot of credit to the Boston Celtics,that coaching staff and those play-ers, they make you fight for ev-erything,” James told reporters.

“You can never take your footoff the gas, you can never take asecond off against that team so Ihave a lot of respect for thatteam.”

STEP CLOSERWade paced the Heat with a

game-high 34 points and 10 re-bounds. James had 33 points addedBosh with 14 as the Big Three once

again led the charge, collecting 81of their team’s 97 points. TheCeltics, who held a slim leadthrough much of the game, wereled by 18 points from Ray Allen.Kevin Garnett had 12 points in theopening quarter but was nearly in-visible the rest of the game, fin-ishing with 15.

Rajon Rondo, who dislocatedhis elbow in Game Three, was backon court with a heavily padded leftarm but was limited to six points.The win moved James, Wade andBosh a big step closer to the NBAtitle they targeted when they cametogether in Miami.

“I got the utmost respect for thatteam,” James said. “They (Celtics)are the reason why all three of uscame together, because of whatthey did, that blueprint they had in’08 when they all came together.“It’s a great team win, now we getready for our next opponent.”

Nadal survives scare as dominantDjokovic cruises in Rome tennis

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Spanish Rafael Nadal returns to Italian PaoloLorenzi during their match in the ATP RomeOpen tennis tournament at the Foro Italicoin Rome on May 11, 2011.

Leipheimer seeks fourthTour of California title

good serve and volleying, goodmovement. I played badly butthe positive thing is that tomor-row I will play better becauseit’s not possible to play worse.”Everything seemed to be goingto plan for Nadal when he brokethe world number 148 in thesixth game of the opening set butfour forehand errors saw himgive up a break-back to love.

The first set went to a tiebreak where Nadal netted a fore-hand to give Lorenzi a set-point,which he converted when theSpaniard missed with a wildsmash.

Nadal was struggling again inthe second set when trailing 4-3but he stepped on the accelera-tor and reeled off nine games ina row. Djokovic’s victory edgedhim closer to American JohnMcEnroe’s 27-year-old recordof a 42-match winning start to aseason.

Having played, and won, inthe previous two weeks inBelgrade and Madrid, Djokovicsaid he was happy to have gotthrough a match without ex-pending too much energy. “Iplayed quite well, well enoughto win but I was playing an op-ponent who made a lot of mis-takes, especially in the first set,”he said.

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He reported a front end that was more sensitive to set-up changes andsmoother power delivery from the engine, and believes that both factorswill make the Italian squad more competitive at Le Mans.

“We’re coming off a test that confirmed we’ve started to go in the rightdirection and, although we’re still in the first phase, we hope we can find agood setup for Le Mans so that we can be faster in qualifying,” he said.“We’re all working hard, and we’re making progress, but we still have tokeep improving.”

Ducati team manager Vittoriano Guareschi does not quite share Rossi’sconfidence, and believes that only a weekend of dry running can give thesquad the track time it needs to maximise its latest upgrades.

“Both Nicky [Hayden] and Valentino were pleased with the work wedid during the post-race test at Estoril, and now we will do everything wecan to adapt the GP11 to a circuit that’s very different to Portugal.

“We hope for a sunny weekend, since every hour of track time in‘normal’ conditions is very important for us, because of the work we’redoing.”

ALVARO Bautista is still confi-dent Suzuki can have a strong sea-son despite the start of his year be-ing disrupted by a broken leg. TheSpaniard is the only rider in Suzuki’sscaled-back MotoGP squad in 2011,but had to miss the Qatar and Span-ish Grands Prix after getting injuredin a Losail practice crash.

He made a remarkable return atEstoril just six weeks after breakinghis femur, and had the pace to get inthe top 10 had he not been forcedoff the road avoiding KarelAbraham’s crash.

Bautista said that with his fitnessrapidly improving and Suzuki mak-ing good progress in testing atEstoril, the team could still feel up-

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MotoGP rider Ducati Team, Valentino Rossi from Italy, works beside his motorcycle at his pitbox during the second free practice session for Sunday’s Portugal Motorcycling MotoGP GrandPrix at the Estoril racetrack in Sintra, outside Lisbon, Friday April 29, 2011.

Rossioptimisticof improvedpace

Valentino Rossi is optimistic of improved pace from theDucati Desmosedici GP11 at the French Grand Prix, fol-lowing a positive test at Estoril last week. After finishing ina season’s best fourth place at the Portuguese Grand Prix,Rossi sampled an upgraded bike at the circuit and went fifthquickest in the test.

Bautista: Good season still possiblebeat about the rest of its campaign,starting at Le Mans this weekend.

“My target is to get to the finishline this year - because I didn’tmanage that in 2010 - and then buildon things for the remainder of theseason,” he said. “There are stillplenty of races left so we haveplenty of time to show what we cando.

“The few laps that I did in thetest were good because they showedthat the new chassis is an improve-ment, so we will use that in Franceand hopefully it will help us to bemore competitive.”

Last year Bautista had to sit outthe Le Mans race after a practicecrash exacerbated shoulder injuries

he had already sustained in aMotocross incident. He suggestedthat despite his broken leg still heal-ing, he would actually be in bettershape for this year’s French GP thanhe was 12 months ago.

“I have been working hardsince the Portuguese Grand Prixand test to improve my fitness andget ready for Le Mans and the restof the season,” he said. “It wasgreat to be back on the bike atEstoril, but it showed me that I stillhave some work to do to be up torace fitness.

“I plan to go to Le Mans in a bet-ter condition than I went to Estoriland in a much better condition thanwhen I arrived in France last year!”