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“Ideally, government should su-pervise strictly the building con-struction since the very beginning,”said Chairman of Gapensi Bali,Made Dwipa Kusuma, in Denpasar.

According to him, to imple-ment and maintain the concept ofbuildings characterized by Ba-linese architecture was not toodifficult. Even, people would bevery benefited by applying Ba-linese architecture because it hadbeen designed in accordance withcondition of tropical climate.However, it was not easy to main-tain cultural identity in the midstof rapid development of Bali andinfluence of globalization.

“Balinese architecture is basi-

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The photo shows buildings using Balinese architecture. Numerous buildings that did not adopt the Balinese characteris-tics were highlighted by National Construction Contractors Association (Gapensi) of Bali.

AntaraJAKARTA - The government

through its Embassy inCanberra, Australia, is checkingthe validity of Australian news-paper reports about three underage Indonesian boys being de-tained in an adult prison in Aus-tralia.

“We are still checking the va-lidity of these reports,” the ForeignAffairs Ministry`s Director for Pro-tection and Legal Aid for Indone-sian Nationals Tatang Budie Razaksaid here on Tuesday.

The Sydney Morning Heraldnewspaper on Tuesday reportedthat three boys snatched bypeople smugglers from a poor

Lack of Balinese architecture buildings

Supervision fromgovernment still low

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Numerous buildings that did not adoptthe Balinese characteristics were highlighted by Na-

tional Construction Contractors Association (Gapensi) of BaliChapter. Large amount of violations were inseparable fromthe saggy supervision of government ranging from the levelof province up to regency/city in enforcing the Regional Regu-lation No.5/2005 concerning with building and architecture.

cally flexible and not expensive asthe assumption of most people. It isvery relevant to be applied,” he said.

Dwipa hoped, distinctive charac-teristic of Bali should be maintainedin all areas, particularly in relationto the sustainability of tourism. Oneof them was the application of Ba-linese architecture in buildings. Ba-linese architecture had become oneof the most important points in theimage creation of Bali tourism.

“Implementation of Balinesearchitecture should start from theentrance gates like at the NgurahRai Airport, Tanjung Benoa Har-bor, Padang Bai Harbor and oth-ers,” he said. Continued on page 6

Government checking reportsIndonesian boys inAustralian adult jail

Indonesian village have beenheld for months in an Australianjail together with hardenedcriminals.

Federal police had ignoredImmigration Department assess-ments and extracts of birth cer-tificates showing the boys wereunder 18, contravening federalgovernment policy to returnchildren apprehended on asylumseeker boats.

Instead, the boys - aged 15and 16 who were cooks and deckhands on an asylum-seeker boat- face five years‘ jail in a highsecurity adult jail under harshmandatory sentencing laws.

Continued on page 6

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Nusa Penida – Francisca Marr (30) builder of a foundation inBodong, Nusa Penida from Australia has been the newest victim ofrobbery happened last Friday (10/6). As stated by Klungkung PoliceHeadquarters last Monday (13/6) the house which’s also the head-quarter to the foundation has been locked before she left to meet herEnglish friend, Mark. As she came back the room was in a messwhile IDR 200 thousand, cell phone and the charger were missing.The case is still investigated and robber is still searched. (kmb20)

A sculptor doubling as a legisla-tor in the Gianyar House, WayanBudiasa, last Monday (Jun 13) saidthat aftermath of decline in transac-tions at art shops in Gianyar causedthe demand for sculptures to crafts-men dwindle. Such condition hadactually originated from the Balibombing tragedy. It was then aggra-

Denpasar (Bali Post) –The polemic of freelance tourist

vehicles has come back after statedillegal by Bali Transportation Agencyas drivers did not want to be calledfreelance and requested the Agencyto reveal the mafia case behind rentedvehicle permit sale. The 4,5000 driv-ers joined in the Bali Tourism DriverAssociation (ASPABA) stated readyto help officials in revealing it so.“The permit that we bought was nolonger IDR 5 million as stated bymedia, but IDR 7 to 15 million for abig vehicle. Meanwhile Transporta-tion Agency only took IDR 50 thou-sand plus the kir fee reaching IDR400 thousands, where did the restgo?” Head of ASPABA, NyomanArtaya Sena, explained last Monday(13/6).

Artaya hoped that this can besolved soon and destroyed as it is dis-advantaging the country as well. Allthis time only drivers are said illegal

Denpasar (Bali Post) –Mercury waste produced from

using medical equipment is a dan-gerous substance and gives bad af-fects towards health also environ-ment. For that Denpasar City Gov-ernment asked hospitals to lessenmercury usage through a join workwith seven hospitals: Sanglah,Wangaya, Udayana, Bhayangkara,Puri Bunda, Puri Raharja and BaliRoyal as stated last Monday (13/6) by Head of Denpasar Living En-vironment Board, A. A. BagusSudharsana.

Sudharsana stated, besidesbuilding awareness for hospitalmanagement or the company of thehospital on B3 waste or mercurymanagement in thinking over of

A man is finishing hisstatute. Impacts of thedecline in transactions at anumber art shops in Gianyarcause many craftsmenespecially sculptors changetheir profession into aconstruction worker.

Lacking of orders,Lacking of orders,Lacking of orders,Lacking of orders,Lacking of orders,sculptors put awaysculptors put awaysculptors put awaysculptors put awaysculptors put awaytheir chiseltheir chiseltheir chiseltheir chiseltheir chiselGianyar (Bali Post)—

Impacts of the decline in transactions at a number art shops in Gianyar cause many crafts-men especially sculptors change their profession into a construction worker. This condition istriggered by shortage of orders from the art shop owners. So, to survive the family’s economy,they have to keep their chisels while looking for other sources of livelihood.

vated by global economic conditionsresulting in a decrease to 30 percentof production of craftsmen.

Progressively rampant closure ofart shops due to lacking of transac-tions could be seen along the area ofJalan Raya Kemenuh. Aside fromkindled by commission war, it wasalso caused by less intensive promo-tion for sculpture handicraft productsso far. Currently, the promotion car-ried out by regency government wasmost focused on handicraft productsoutside the sculpture.

In response to this matter, regencygovernment needed to find solutions,especially in terms of promotionthrough exhibitions and more inten-sive promotional activities through

website. So far, regency governmenthad not had a special promotionthrough website for handicraft sec-tor. In this regard, regency govern-ment needed to imitate China in im-proving production by providing sub-sidies in the matter of export activi-ties so the prices overseas would becheaper, while foreign exchangeearnings remained quite a few.

One of the breakthroughs could bedone by extending promotion throughexhibition and this would provide anew experience for craftsmen so thattheir production could be adjusted tothe demand of market. “Here, govern-ment must dare to sacrifice. Otherwise,there will be many downturns in thefuture,” he explained. (kmb16)IBP/ist

Freelance Request Rent Vehicle Mafia Revealedwhen actually there are many rentedvehicles did not function as its per-mit. Those drivers stated illegal wasdue to information shortage receivedso for that ASPABA forms legalcounsel and builds cooperative. “Wedeserve to enjoy our income fromtourism too. For that we have formedcooperative by government’s guid-ance so we receive legality,” he stated.

According to him there will be4,311 people in this cooperative and

1,500 on the waiting list. They are il-legal drivers using their own cars inbringing tourists. ASPABA Advisor,Ketut Arka, stated that these driverswere given training to increase Hu-man Resource quality by invitingcompetent resource such as cultureand Bali tradition understanding alsoon languages. With being ASPABAmember it is hoped the drivers willunderstand the regulations on theiractivities as tourist drivers. (par)

Australian Robbed

Lessen Mercury Usageurge in Hospital

throwing them to water source soenvironment can be preserved fornow and the future, the purpose ofthis join work is to develop healthservice to be environmentalfriendly and produce less medicalwastes/more friendly waste for ex-ample by lessening mercury usagestep by step.

Meanwhile Denpasar City Sec-retary, AAN Rai Iswara, welcomedwell this join work although thisshould be consistent as this shouldbe continuous remembering healthsector is the protector of theenvironment’s health. He hopedthat dangerous substances such asmercury can be managed environ-mental friendly and so won’t causeany danger to others. (kmb12)

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Semarapura (Bali Post) –The captured empty houses’ robber, Achmad Jayadi from Lombok,

did not guarantee Klungkung’s free of robbery as another robbery hap-pened last Monday (13/6) attacking a Suzuki Dealer at RayaBanjarangkan Street, Klungkung.

It was known several items were gone after a worker came by around6.30 am. Some rooms were in a state of mess such as manager room,spare part room, service room and product display. The robber seemedto have tried to force opened a saving box with ten millions of Rupi-ahs in it, but failed. The robber did manage taking a laptop, monitor,an exhaust and two vehicles licence.

It was suspected the robbery happened at night and got in using afake key through the back door. In the night there is no security as theperson has resigned when mutated being a sales person according toWayan Antarayasa, one of the dealer workers. He admitted he was theone suppose to guard the place yet he was tired after praying in severaltemples (tirta yatra). “Actually around 7 pm I went out and was pass-ing by the dealer also went to control it. It was still okay,” he ex-plained.

Dealer Cashier, Ni Nyoman Darmini, admitted unsure of the loss.Meanwhile Head of Banjarangkan Police, APC Ketut Suastika, statedthere have been witnesses interrogated and crime scene investigated.For sure, there was one ladder found used to climb up the walls and itis predicted it has caused IDR 7 million loss.

This case happened 15 days after a robbery hit Semarapura DistrictCourt Office where in here robber also messed up rooms such as fi-nance, accountant, even Head of the District Court’s room, causingmillions of Rupiahs loss. Until now it is not known who the robber isand still being investigated. (kmb20)

“In terms of food security, Bali iscategorized into secure region becausethe demand for food of the populationremains to be fulfilled. It is indicatedby sufficient and affordable supply tothe community. However, Bali maynot depend on the supply of other re-gions persistently,” said Suparta inDenpasar, Monday (Jun 13).

He said that food security condi-tions of Bali remained to source fromoutside Bali. Those commodities in-cluded rice, beans, corn, fish and veg-etables. “In the event of disruption indistribution, it is not likely to cause acrisis. On that account, Bali shouldattempt to reach self-sufficiency asdesired by every region,” he said.

He was optimistic that Bali wouldbe capable of reaching self-sufficiencyif there was a strong commitment andtogetherness. Hard work of farmersand consistency of human resourcesbecame the only key to successful ap-plication of technology, and increasethe income and welfare of farmers

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Dengue fever remains an infectious disease threatening the public health.

Even, if not treated early, the disease carried by mosquitoes can causedeath. One of the victims was Wayan Sumarni, 34, a resident of JalanTukad Citarum, Denpasar. Sumarni had received treatment in ICU Roomof Sanglah Hospital since Friday (Jun 10) and finally died last Sunday(Jun 12).

Based on the data in Sanglah Hospital, the number of dengue feverpatient treated averagely reached 17 to 43 per day. For January, the dailyaverage of dengue patient under treatment reached 43, so within a monththey reached 1,333 cases. Then, in February the daily average came to 38people and totally 1,064 patients in a month. Meanwhile, in March thetotal patient of dengue fever treated amounted to 775 patients or an aver-age of 25 per day and in April reached 510 patients with an average of 17patients per day. On that account, the total number of dengue fever patientwithin the period of four months treated in Sanglah Hospital reached 3,682.

Persistent spread of the dengue fever virus, according to the Head ofBali Health Services, Nyoman Sutedja, was caused by supporting weathercondition and a less clean environment. To that end, cooperation of allparties was expected to maintain the environmental sanitation, especiallyby performing a regular check to places having the potential to hold wa-ter. “Undertaking the movement of closing water container, draining orreplacing water container and burying used goods simultaneously is themost appropriate way to handle dengue fever,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Dengue Fever Management Team ofSanglah Hospital, IGNP Arhana, explained that symptoms of dengue fe-ver were similar to the symptoms of other infectious diseases. Therefore,to ensure it was required a blood test. “There are some patients who expe-rience symptoms of acute respiratory infections but after checking theirblood, in fact they were also affected by dengue fever. It is called dualinfections,” said Arhana.

To that end, public vigilance for any symptoms of infectious diseaseswas necessary because if getting late handling, the dengue fever could befatal. Arhana added the most important thing was not by treatment butprevention by maintaining the stamina and environmental sanitation. (san)

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A green rice is seen on a rice field. Bali need to increase the production of the food in order tosupply to local market.

Bali inadequate to rely onBali inadequate to rely onBali inadequate to rely onBali inadequate to rely onBali inadequate to rely onnational food securitynational food securitynational food securitynational food securitynational food securityDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Bali is not enough just to rely on the national food security. The Head of the IndonesianFarmers Association (HKTI) of Bali Chapter, Prof. Dr Nyoman Suparta, stated that food secu-rity based on self-sufficiency had been more prominent. Bali had to become a self-sufficientregion to avoid food crisis and achieve food security.

though Bali was still facing severalobstacles, including the land availabil-ity, water availability for irrigation, andapplication of appropriate farmingtechnologies.

“Indeed, it requires the hard workof all parties with farmers to achievethe food self-sufficiency in Bali. Com-plexity of the existing problems mustbe addressed wisely and prudently intogetherness,” he said.

Meanwhile, the economic practi-tioner, Prof. Dr. Gede Sri Darma, as-sessed that high absorption rate of im-ported products in Indonesia wouldhamper the endeavor to achieve foodself-sufficiency. Even, the surge ofimported products had the potentialto lead to the destruction of economicsector.

“Self-sufficiency program ismerely a figment, whereas it’s bizarreif we talk about food security, but gov-ernment loses interest to develop thedomestic food production,” he said.

So far, local food producers such

as farmers had not been properly ap-preciated. For example, in 1998 thehard work of farmers was ignored byimporting rice from neighboringcountries. As consequence, the pro-fession of farmer was getting to beleft behind. Invasion of importedproducts had the potential to lead tomassive layoffs, so the purchasingpower decreased.

“Consequences of overwhelmingimported products entering the unpre-paredness will cause us to lose in thecompetition against other countries.Moreover, since long ago our entre-preneurs have been lullabied by con-ditions and circumstances, even de-liberately protected by government,”he said.

In 2009, Bali Trade and Industry(Disperindag) recorded that to meetthe demand for food, Bali absorbed5,000 tons of rice production outputfrom outside Bali such as East Javaand 37,521 tons were taken from theproduction of local farmers. (par)

Robber AttackedSuzuki Dealer

Patient of dengue fever diesFour months, SanglahHospital treats 3,682dengue cases

International4 Wednesday, June 15, 2011 News

The rebels gained a diplomaticboost as well when the visiting theGerman foreign minister said thenascent opposition government was“the legitimate representative of theLibyan people.” Guido Westerwellewas visiting Benghazi, the capitalof the rebel-held east of the coun-try, to open a liaison office and handover medical supplies.

He stopped short of full diplo-matic recognition of the Transi-tional National Council, as has theUnited States, awaiting the ousterof Moammar Gadhafi from his

Associated Press Writer

GENEVA – Myanmar pro-de-mocracy leader Aung San SuuKyi said Monday her nationyearns for justice and progress,and the international communitymust help lift its workers’ grimconditions.

“Burma must not be allowedto fail and the world must not beallowed to fail Burma,” the 65-year-old Nobel laureate told aU.N. labor conference byvideolink, using the SoutheastAsian country’s former name.

The pro-democracy icon, freedlast November after spendingmuch of the past 20 years underhouse arrest, said her nation onceseemed the most likely successstory in southeast Asia but “hasfallen behind almost all the othernations in the region.”

Suu Kyi won the 1991 NobelPeace prize for her nonviolentstruggle for democracy. She ledher National League for Democ-

Associated Press Writer

WELLINGTON, New Zealand– Power was mostly restored toNew Zealand’s quake-damagedcity of Christchurch on Tuesdayafter strong aftershocks broughtdown new buildings and killed anursing home resident.

The latest quakes — the strongestof which was 6.0 in magnitude —left tens of thousands without elec-tricity on a winter night when tem-peratures approached freezing. Byafternoon, around 7,000 households

AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell

Lyttelton Timeball Station is damaged following strong aftershocks inLyttelton, Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, June 14, 2011.

Power mostly restored afterNZealand quakes kill 1

were still without power. The powercompany Orion said it was providinggenerators to fill some of the gap.

Water supplies were also com-promised, and Mayor Bob Parkerwas encouraging people to boil theirwater.

More than 40 people sufferedmostly minor injuries in Monday’searthquakes. But the CanterburyDistrict Health Board confirmedthat a quake caused the death of oneelderly resident of a nursing home,according to a spokeswoman whorequested anonymity, citing policy.

She did not have further details.Thousands of aftershocks have

followed the February 6.3-magni-tude quake that killed 181 people.That tremor and its aftershockshave been very shallow and near thecity, making them very destructive.

Monday’s quakes sent brickscrashing down in the cordoned-offcity center, where only workershave tread since it was devastatedin February. The aftershocks wors-ened the damage to dozens of build-ings and collapsed one of the lastdowntown buildings still standing.

AP Photo/Khin Maung Win

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi talks to her party’syouth members during a workshop on educating journalism courseat the party’s headquarters Monday, May 16, 2011, in Yangon,Myanmar. Over 50 trainees are attending this one-month course.

Aung San Suu Kyi: People‘hungry’ for justice

racy to victory in 1990 elections,but the military junta that led thegovernment refused to recognizethe results.

The former junta changed thenation’s name to Myanmar, butmany democracy supporters andSuu Kyi still call it Burma.

After elections in Novemberthat were swept by a party closeto the ruling junta, military lead-ers turned over control to a nomi-nally civilian government inMarch.

In recent months Suu Kyi hasbeen turning to videolinks andother means to get her messageout, fearing — as she has for years— that if she were to leave thecountry she might not get back in.

Suu Kyi, seeking to revive herparty, said its members and othergroups and people struggling forpolitical change created a“people’s network” six monthsago to focus on social and humani-tarian projects that spread democ-racy and human rights.

AFP PHOTO/COLIN SUMMERS

Rebel fighter make their way over ahill during fighting between the

towns of Ryayna and Zawyat Bagulalong the Nefusa mountain front-

line as they try to cut off forcesloyal to Libyan leader Moamer

Kadhafi on June 12, 2011.

Libyan rebels breakoutLibyan rebels breakoutLibyan rebels breakoutLibyan rebels breakoutLibyan rebels breakouttoward Tripolitoward Tripolitoward Tripolitoward Tripolitoward TripoliAssociated Press Writer

MISRATA, Libya – Libyan rebels Monday broke out toward Tri-poli from the opposition-held port of Misrata 140 miles to the east,cracking a government siege as fighters across the country mounted aresurgence in their four-month-old revolt against Moammar Gadhafi.

more than 40-year rule in the oil-rich North African country.

Germany has refused to partici-pate in NATO airstrikes in Libya andwithheld its support for the U.N.resolution that allowed the attacks.

What started as a peaceful uprisingagainst Gadhafi has become a civil war,with poorly equipped and trained rebelfighters taking control of the easternthird of Libya and pockets of the west.

But the fighting had reached astalemate until last week when NATObegan the heaviest bombardment ofGadhafi forces since the alliance took

control of the skies over Libya undera U.N. resolution to protect civiliansfrom Gadhafi’s wrath. NATO has beenpounding Gadhafi military and gov-ernment position with increasing vigorand the rebels are again on the move.

Gadhafi’s power has been consid-erably degraded by the NATO attacksas well military and government defec-tions. In London, Libyan analysts re-ported Monday that Gadhafi had lostanother close official who defectedand fled the country.

Sassi Garada, one of the first mento join Gadhafi when he took power,left Libya through Tunisia, accordingto Noman Benotman, a Libyan ana-lyst in London who was in contact withhis friends and family. Guma el-Gamaty, U.K. organizer for Libya’sinterim council, also confirmed thedefection.

Activities Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for May 25 through July 8, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date forit annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 daysaccording to Balinese calendar, including the smallerancestral shrine which each family possesses. Becauseof this practically every few days a ceremony of festi-val of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali.There are also times when the entire island celebratedthe same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan,Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day,Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is 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 sometimespainted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifullyarranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. Infront of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellasdepending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides theseumbrellas 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 andcolored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires thegrace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

25 May Buda Pon ToluCatur Temple Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring

26 May Wraspati Wage ToluPeninjoan Temple Besakih - Karangasem

1 Jun Buda Keliwon GumbregPasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga TabananPasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg TabananPuseh Guwang Village SukawatiMerajan Pasek Ketewel KetewelMerajan Pangeran TangkasKuro Agung Jeroan SadingDalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida

8 Jun Buda Paing WarigaMerajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli

11 Jun Tumpek Uduh/PengatagPuseh / Village Temple Batuan SukawatiPasek Bendesa Kekeran MengwiManik Mas Besakih - Karangasem

15 Jun Buda Wage WarigadeanKepisah Sumerta DenpasarPasek Gelgel Gerih Abiansemal BadungPuncaksari Penarukan Peninjoan BangliBangun Sakti Besakih - KarangasemAntegsari Kaba-Kaba Kediri TabananPesimpangan Batur Pande Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan

17 Jun Sukra Umanis WarigadeanOdalan Ida Ratu di Penataran Agung Besakih - KarangasemOdalan Ida Ratu Puraus Merajan Salonding Besakih

19 Jun Redite Pon JulungwangiPanti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar - Singaraja

21 Jun Anggar Kasih JulungwangiTirtaharum Tegalwangi BangliPasek Tohjiwa Wanasari TabananPasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel TabananPasek Bendesa Sangsit Sangsit BulelengDalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang

Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg TabananPasek Gelgel Tulikup - GianyarManik Bingin Sidemen - Karangasem

22 Jun Buda Umanis JulungwangiPenetaran Gana Bebalang BangliDalem Gede Banjar Pande BangliPuncaksari Sangeh Abiansemal - BadungDadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi GianyarMerajan Pasek Tohjiwa Tohjiwa JakatebelMerajan Pasek Prateka BatusesaMr. Jeroan Dauh CemenggonPuseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja

30 Jun Wraspati Wage SungsangKawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas KlungkungSiang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku BangliOdalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung BesakihMerajan Pasek Gelgel PetemonOdalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih - Karangasem

6 Jul Buda Keliwon DunggulanWakika Temple Kupang, NTTAgung Girinatha Temple Sumbawa Besar NTBDukuh Sakti Temple Dukuh Kediri-TabananAtambuananta Temple Kutamba NTTWebananta Temple Kupang, NTTGiripati Mulawarman Temple PontianakMustika Dharma Temple Cijantung I Jakarta TimurMustika Dharma Kompleks Kopassus Cijantung Jakarta Timur

7 Jul Wraspati Umanis DunggulanWatukaru Temple TabananLempuyang Luhur TempleKarangasemKentel Gumi Temple KlungkungPasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa Kediri TabananPasek Kubayan Temple Wangaya Gede Penebel TabananMerajan Pasek Temple Tohjiwa Tiyingan - KlungkungMerajan Pasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa

8 Jul Sukra Paing DunggulanUlun Suwi Temple Jimbaran - BadungLuhur Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati - GianyarPasek Ubung Temple Ubung - Denpasar

IBP

KUTA - Over the last two monthsthe Bali Dynasty Resort has been pre-senting our very own staff talent show,‘Dynasty’s Got Talent’.

Dynasty asked guests to vote for theirfavorite act online via our website andeach week live during the shows. Thevotes have been counted and Dynastyhas a clear winner.

The eventual winners were Tom andArna, who work at the pool from theRecreation Department.

Their Fire dance was a clearfavourite, with Ratni and Marta’s Ba-linese dance coming in second place andSuastika, our singing Executive Chefcoming third.

Dynasty’sGot TalentWinner

Wednesday, June 15, 20116 News

Flights to Adelaide by Qantas,Jetstar and Tiger were also groundedTuesday with a review on the situa-tion later expected in the day.“Qantas will continue to monitor themovement of the ash cloud and as-sess its impact on flight operationsas the situation develops,” the air-line said in a statement.

“The Qantas Group’s approach toflying is based on the highest standardsof safety and risk assessment. Safetyis always put before schedule.”

While Qantas continues to take aconservative approach, Virgin has re-sumed normal flights to Melbourne,Tasmania and New Zealand with itsplanes flying around or under the ash

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD – Attackers set off two car bombs next to a governmentcompound Tuesday, then opened fire and took an unknown number ofhostages, Iraqi officials said. Eight people were killed in the assault.

There were conflicting reports about whether the situation had beenbrought under control in Baqouba, which was once an al-Qaida in Iraqstronghold. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the com-plex attack bore the hallmarks of the insurgent group.

Gunmen first set off two car bombs near a gate protecting the govern-ment compound in Baqouba, 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad,said Samira al-Shibli, a spokeswoman for the Diyala provincial council.The compound houses buildings including the provincial council head-quarters and the governor’s office.

Two officials with the Diyala Operations Command said at least someof the gunmen made their way into the compound and one of the officialssaid the gunmen took hostages. The officials spoke on condition of ano-nymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

An Iraqi army officer, Col. Sabah al-Kuzi, said eight people died in theassault but he did not know how many of the attackers were among thedead.

One of the officials at the Diyala Operations Command said there werefive gunmen: three were killed, one wounded and authorities were stillsearching for the fifth.

However, a member of the Diyala provincial council said 10 gunmenhad stormed into the compound. “I am trying to call my colleagues andemployees in the building but all their mobiles are switched off,” NasreenBahjat said. “The situation now is tense.”

Reuters

WASHINGTON – The Interna-tional Monetary Fund’s board onMonday blocked Bank of Israelgovernor Stanley Fischer from therace for the top IMF job, furtherboosting the chances of French Fi-nance Minister Christine Lagarde.

In a surprise move, the 24-mem-ber IMF board rejected changingthe IMF’s rules that would have al-lowed 67-year-old Fischer to run,

8 dead after gunmenstorm Iraq gov’t building

AFP PHOTO/Alvaro Vidal

A cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano is seen in southern Chile, 870 km south ofSantiago, on June 5, 2011.

More flight delays in AustraliaMore flight delays in AustraliaMore flight delays in AustraliaMore flight delays in AustraliaMore flight delays in Australiaas ash plays havocas ash plays havocas ash plays havocas ash plays havocas ash plays havocAgence France Presse

SYDNEY – Thousands of airline passengers faced a third day of delays in Australia on Tues-day as the ash cloud from Chile’s volcanic eruptions continued to cause havoc. Qantas andJetstar have lifted a ban on flights to and from Melbourne but services by the two airlines inand out of the southern island of Tasmania and New Zealand remain grounded.

plume. They are also flying in and outof Adelaide, as are international ser-vices by Singapore Airlines and Ma-laysia Airlines.

“Additional flights will be imple-mented between Sydney andMelbourne and Melbourne andHobart to carry impacted guests,’ Vir-gin said. Air New Zealand’s domesticand trans-Tasman flights continue tooperate to schedule. “By adjustingcruising altitudes of our aircraft we areable to continue to safely deliver cus-tomers to their destinations,” Air NewZealand said.

Strong winds have carried the ashmore than half way around theworld, over the southern Atlantic

and southern Indian Oceans to Aus-tralia and as far as New Zealandsince Chile’s Puyehue volcanoerupted over a week ago.

Andrew Tupper, the AustralianBureau of Meteorology’s VolcanicAsh Advisory Centre head, warned thecrisis was not yet over.

“I think it’s fair to say there willbe more disruption, so that’s the bitof bad news,” he told ABC radio,adding that while the ash was head-ing back to South America, it couldreturn to Australia.

“It has been known to do a doublelap in the past,” he said. The flightdisruptions have affected an esti-mated 60,000 travellers.

IMF boots Fischer from race for top jobtwo board official told Reuters.IMF rules stipulate an age limit of65 for an incoming managing di-rector.

The officials said changing therules for Fischer, who is highly re-spected by both advanced andemerging economies, would haverequired a reopening of the selec-tion process to allow other candi-dates older than 65 to participatein the race.

An IMF board statement later

confirmed it had shortlistedLagarde and Mexico’s centralbank chief Agustin Carstens andwould consider their nominations,although made no mention ofFischer.

“The executive board will meetwith the candidates in Washingtonand, thereafter, meet to discuss thestrengths of the candidates andmake a selection,” the board said.It reiterated that it planned to com-plete the selection by June 30.

Shivering with cold, Ako Lani,a 16-year-old orphan, convulsedin tears and could not speak whenhis lawyers asked him inBrisbane‘s high security ArthurGorrie jail on May 30 whether hewas being mistreated by prison-ers.

Sixty Indonesian crew mem-bers who claim to be under 18 arebeing treated as adults in jails andimmigration detention centersacross Australia after wrist X-rayexaminations that police say provethey are not children.

But defence lawyers citing anumber of studies and judicial rul-ings say the X-rays are unreliableand inadequate to determine theages of children.

Fourteen months after OseLani, 15, and Ako Lani and JohnNdollu, both 16, were detained onan asylum-seeker boat nearAshmore Reef no Australian po-lice or immigration officials havecontacted anybody in Manamolo,the boys‘ village on Roti Island,to establish their ages.

Application of Balinese archi-tecture at each entrance, saidDwipa, was intended to make bothdomestic and foreign visitors feelthe experience in Bali when set-ting feet here.

“Buildings in Bali, especiallythose located on the roadside suchas commercial buildings have to

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apply the Balinese architecturalstyle as well. On that account, gov-ernment should oversee the re-gional regulation to prevent anyviolations and impose severe sanc-tions to violators,” he said. Added,all components and tourism stake-holders should have the sameawareness to keep the implemen-tation of Balinese culture. The roleof government itself would neverbe sufficient without the awarenessof public and stakeholders. (par)

Government...From page 1 No official has informed fam-

ily the boys are in an Australian jail.“The three boys went fishing

one day and never returned. Wethought they had been lost at sea,”Albert Lani, father of Ose Lani,said. Mr Lani wept when Marga-ret Bocquet-Siek, a volunteer in-terpreter phoned him fromBrisbane last month to say his sonwas alive. “Ose`s father was cry-ing with relief - the boy was only14 when he left the village,” DrBocquet-Siek said.

Mark Plunkett, a Brisbane bar-rister, and Tony Sheldon, an Indo-nesia expert, have gathered affida-vits in the village that prove allthree boys are under 18.

Lawyers have obtained extractsof birth certificates confirming thatOse Lani is 15 and John Ndollu is16. A birth certificate showing AkoLani is 16 is being sent from Indo-nesia.

But prosecutors say it will takeweeks, if not months, for police toverify the evidence, leaving theboys vulnerable to abuse in a jailthat houses some of Queensland‘sworst offenders.

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Antara

JAKARTA - The cost of build-ing power plants, transportationhubs, telecom facilities, watersystems and other infrastructureacross Asia will exceed US$ 8trillion over the next 10 years,according to discussions in theWorld Economic Forum on EastAsia (WEF-EA).

“The region actually hasenough money in private savings,sovereign wealth funds and cen-tral bank reserves to fund the in-frastructure upgrades. The prob-lem is that bottlenecks threatento hold back the projects, includ-ing regulatory complexity, landuse and the failure to funnel thosefunds into long-duration finan-cial instruments,” the WEF saidin a press statement issued dur-ing the WEF-EA event.

Governments in Indonesia, In-dia and elsewhere in Asia still aredetermined to build the requiredinfrastructure to continue eco-nomic growth.

“Jakarta will have a mass tran-sit railway system before I die,”vowed Gita Wirjawan, Chairmanof Indonesia`s Investment Coor-dinating Board (BKPM), said.

Admitting that infrastructureprojects in the past had been ex-cessively delayed, Wirjawan saidthat “game-changers” are beingintroduced to speed up the pro-cess, including a new land-uselaw that may be passed in thethird or fourth quarter of 2011.

A large power plant in Java was

AFP PHOTO / AHMAD SETIAWAN

Indonesian cleric Syihabudin waits inside the court detention center in Semarang on June 14, 2011 whilesupporters gather as he awaits for his verdict. The court sentenced the 46 year old cleric to one year injail for inciting hundreds of people to burn churches and attack police. In February, a 1,500-strong mob ofMuslims set two churches alight and ransacked a third in nearby Temanggung, on Java island, as theydemanded that a Christian man be sentenced to death for insulting Islam.

He made the statement in re-sponse to rumors circulating throughshort text messages recently thatbombs would explode in some partsof Indonesia when the Sout JakartaDistrict Court passes sentence onMuslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba‘asyir

Antara

JAKARTA - The CorruptionEradication Commission (KPK)may resort to forceful means tobring former Democrat Party trea-surer M Nazaruddin home (fromSimgapore) if he fails to meet athird summons to testify in a brib-ery case at the Youth and SportsMinistry, a KPK spokesman said.

“When a case we are handlinghas reached an advanced investiga-tion stage, a witness can be sum-moned with forceful means if he orshe fails to meet our summons athird time without a legally accept-able explanation,” KPK spokesmanJohan Budi said here Monday.

What the KPK was possibly to

Antara

SEMARANG - The SemarangDistrict Court on Tuesday sen-tenced Syihabudin, a man involvedin a sectarian riot in Temanggunglast February, to one year in jailminus time in preventive detention.

The chief of the panel of judges,Edy Tjahjono, when reading theverdict here said the defendant hadbeen convincingly proven of insti-gating people to carry out destruc-tive acts

“This sentence is given basedupon facts unveiled in court ses-sions and judges` conviction,” hesaid in the company of members ofthe team of judges Dolman Sinagaand Wiwik Suhartono.

He said the defendant‘s actionshad hurt a lot of people and causeddamage to public facilities and cre-ated public unrest.

Temanggung sectarianrioter sentenced to one year

Upon hearing the verdict and af-ter consulting with his lawyersSyihabudin said he would appeal it.

He said after the session that theverdict was unfair and that he hadbeen a mere victim of engineering.

The prosecutor, Sugeng, had alsodemanded one year in prison for thedefendant.

The rioting in Temanggung oc-curred on February 8, 2011 after thelocal court sentenced Antonius Rich-mond Bawengan to five years in jailover a case of religious desecrationwhich was considered too lenient bysome.

Due to the incident somechurches, a Christian school andsome motor vehicles were damaged.

Syihabudin who was believed tobe the main actor behind the riotingwas convicted for violating Article160 of the Criminal Code on insti-gation.

Bottlenecks threaten Asia‘sinfrastructure spending

recently announced, and a watertreatment plant that was first plannedduring the presidency of Sukarno,Indonesia’s first leader, has garnered29 expressions of interest.

In India, 11 kilometres of roadsused to be constructed every year. To-day, 10 kilometres are being builtevery day after the creation of the Na-tional Highways Authority. But anew mass transit system in Mumbai,on the drawing board for the past 20years, has not been started.

“India is a mixed story,” saidAjit Gulabchand, Chairman andManaging Director, HindustanConstruction Company. “Thereare grand successes, but also utterfailures.”

One problem is that the centraland state governments are verystrong, while city and other localgovernments do not have enoughauthority and autonomy and theyare the ones that implement infra-structure projects.

Stuart T. Gulliver, Group ChiefExecutive, HSBC Holdings,United Kingdom and a Co-Chairof the World Economic Forum onEast Asia, said that a mandatoryprovident fund scheme must beformed along with a mature insur-ance industry to build pools oflong-term money.

In Asia ex-Japan, two jurisdic-tions “that have done well in in-frastructure are Hong Kong andSingapore,” he noted, “both ofwhich had created mandatoryprovident funds ? and cleared redtape to enable construction ofworld-class infrastructure.”

Police chief promises toPolice chief promises toPolice chief promises toPolice chief promises toPolice chief promises tototally root out terrorismtotally root out terrorismtotally root out terrorismtotally root out terrorismtotally root out terrorismAntara

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Timur Pradopo here on Tues-day reaffirmed the force‘s determination to totally root out terrorism.

who has been on trial on the chargeof financing terrorist activity.

“There is no need to panic. Weask people to report immediately tothe police if they see anything sus-picious,” said Timur.

Abu Bakar Ba‘asyir was arrested

on August 9, 2010 on the groundshe had known, supported and re-ceived reports about preparationsfor the launching of terrorist attacks.

Baasyir was detained while he waspassing the Banjar police station inhis car at the border between WestJava and Central Java provinces.

Police said Abu Bakar Baasyirwas believed to have received re-ports routinely about terrorist plansfor bombing attacks in Indonesia.

KPK may coerce Nazaruddin afterthree ignored summons

do against Nazaruddin if a thirdsummons was ignored, would befully in accordance with the exist-ing law, he said.

“So we will, of course, use ourauthority based on existing law. Theprocedure we are to follow in thatcase would also be conforming tothe relevant legal rules,” he added.

The KPK had so far summonedNazaruddin twice already to bequestioned as a witness in two cor-ruption or bribery cases.

Last Friday (June 10), the KPKhad expected Nazaruddin to cometo its office to testify in an allegedcorruption case at the National Edu-cation Ministry but he did not. OnFriday (June 13), the former Demo-crat Party official was to have pre-

sented himself at the KPK office tobe heard as a witness in the briberycase involving Wafid Muharam,secretary to the Youth and SportsMinister but he also failed to come.

Nazaruddin had thus twice ig-nored a KPK summons and therehad been no reaction whatsoeverfrom him to both summonses whilehe was in Singapore where he hadgone one day before a travel banwas imposed on him last May 14.

The summonses were served notonly on Nazaruddin but also on hiswife, Neneng, who was wanted inconnection with suspected corrup-tion in the procurement of solarpower generation equipment for theManpower and TransmigrationMinistry.

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He explained that the numberof rice exported is not too large,only 3 or 4 tons every harvest. Thecurrent area to plant the red rice isonly 24 hectares and there is greathope that the number can be in-creased in the future.

“In addition to the rice fromJatiluwih, we are trying to developthe same type of rice in other ar-eas in Bali,” Suryawan said. Headded that the department cooper-ates with the exporter from Eastjava to export the rice to other

Antara

Denpasar – “Arja” play, one ofthe traditional Balinese arts whichperform dance and songs, will beperformed in the fifth day of the 33rdBali Art Festival (BAF). “The arjawill be performed by the Arja Prabaart group from Keramas, GianyarRegency. The performance will be

Bali’s red ricedemanded byPhilippineAntara

Denpasar – The red rice from Bali which is produced inJatiluwih, Tabanan, is highly demanded by the customers inPhilippine. The Head of Bali Farming Department, Made PutraSuryawan, said “red rice is now become an export commodityand already exported to the Philippine.”

countries such as Belgium. Therice exported is from Payangan,Gianyar

In Payangan, the rice field iswider, consist of 86 hectares ofland and can produce up to 8 tonsin harvest season. If the exportscontinue, the farmer can becomethe supplier for the export com-modity.

“Other commodities such asvegetables and fruits will be pro-duce for local consumption only,”Suryawan said.

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The photo shows the rice field on Jatiluwih area.

Arja performance in the 33rd BAF

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Arja performance.

done on Ayodya Stage in art CenterDenpasar,” said one of the commit-tee of BAF.

The arja is one of the perfor-mances which will be done in the fifthday of BAF and the performanceswill start from the morning until atnight. Other events are contemporaryart by Sekar Rare art group fromBanjar Pande, Tabanan in Ksirarnawa

Buliding and Utsawa Dharma Gita.There will be also angklung pa-

rade which is performed by art groupfrom Denpasar and Badung. The33rd BAF which is being held startedon June 10 through July 2011 filledwith 334 performances. There are 24art groups from 16 province and for-eign art groups from five countriesparticipate in the BAF.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Activity : Performance of Sekaa Parwa AgungDesa Blahkiuh Kecamatan AbiansemalBadung regency.

Time : 11.00 – 13.00Place : Angsoka StageActivity : Joged dance by Sekaa Joged Kuta Selatan Badung

regencyTime : 11.00 – 13.00Place : Ayodya StageActivity : Prembon masked dance exhibition presented by

Bangli regencyTime : 16.00 – 18.00Place : Ayodya StageActivity : Teruna Teruni Bali FestivalTime : 18.00 – 19.30Place : Ratna Kanda stageActivity : Performance of Tourism and Cultural Office of West

SumatraTime : 20.00 – 22.00Place : Ksirarnawa BuildingActivity : Chidren gong kebyar exhibition featuring Sekaa

Gong anak-anak Rare Pahrayangan KecamatanPayangan Gianyar regency and Tabanan regency

Time : 20.00 – 23.00Place : Open stage Ardha Candra

Balinese Culture

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Bubur Pulut Hitam(Black Rice Dessert)

Ingredients

* 240 g Black glutinous rice (washed & drained)* 60 g White glutinous rice (pulut) (washed &

drained)* 7 c Water* 2 Pandan leaves, knotted* 1/2 c Sugar* Pinch of salt* 1/2 T Tapioca flour or cornflour Combined with 2

Tbs water to Form a paste* 1/2 c Thick cocnut milk* Pinch of salt

DirectionsPut rice in pot with water and pandan leaves and

bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, remove pandanleaves and simmer for 45 minutes until liquid is thick.Add sugar and simmer for 10 minutes. Add salt andthickening. Remove from heat.

Serve in small bowls topped with 1-2 tablespoonsthick cocnut milk.

It is generally accepted that eachnation of the world, have their ownhistory, which depends on the localsituation and condition, as provedby their archeological and histori-cal remains. In this connection, In-donesia for example, has so manyinteresting monuments, whichcould be found nearly in the wholeof the archipelago namely inSumatera, Java, Bali, Sulawesi andEastern Indonesian Island. Amongthem are belonged to prehistoricand historic period, which consistof movable and immovable monu-ments, and made of tangible andintangible material. Based on thefunction when the monuments werediscovered, our monuments couldbe classified into two groupsnamely the dead monuments, whichwere not used any more by localpeople. The second one is the liv-ing monuments, which until now isstill used for religious purpose bythe local people as seen in Bali.

It is a matter of facts that only avery few of our monuments havebeen removed to the governmentmuseum to protect them from fur-ther deterioration. The facts meanthat most of them are still in itsoriginal places, standing alonestruggle against all kind of dangers,which are coming from environ-

Coconut Sweet Potato Cake(Getuk Lindri)

Ingredients

* 2 lbs. cassava* 200 gram granulated sugar* ½ tsp. vanila* 1 cup steamed fresh-grated coconut, mixed with 1

tsp. salt* 100 cc water* food color

DirectionsPut in sugar and vanila in a large stockpot with

water and bring it to a boil.

Steam cassava until soft. Peel cassava. Mashcassava while still hot and pour the water mixture andfood color (what ever color you like) and blend well.

Use the equipment as shown on the left hand sideto mold the mixture. Then put them onto a servingplatter, and sprinkle with grated coconut.

Serve at room temperature, or refrigerate for anhour and serve chilled.

Community - BasedConservation in Bali

ment and human activities.Indonesian governments are

aware to protect our archaeologicalremains, because of its values for:1). Reconstructing our nationalfrom the very early time coveringthe live of our ancestors; 2). In-creasing and strengthening our cul-tural identity as the basic founda-tion for our development plans fac-ing the forthcoming modern world;3). Increasing cultural appreciationand responsibility for the younggenerations through the educationsystems; 4). Supporting culturaltourism and cultural diplomacy tobuild up a peaceful world based oncultural understanding.

It should be very easy to under-stand that not any nations wouldlike to lose their national culturalroots and so it is a national task toprotect the archaeological heritage.This important task is not only be-cause of its value as mentionedabove, but actually also due to anumber of factors which could dam-age the monuments, namely: 1).The very old age of the monuments;2). The natural effect such as cli-mate, humidity, etc; 3). Human ac-tivities e.g. graffiti, vandalism, il-legal excavation etc; 4). Modern-ization, industrialization and devel-opment project; 5). Tourism facili-

ties etcNow it should be very clear that

any archaeological protectiontrough preservation and conserva-tion should be regarded: 1). To pro-tect the monuments as a nationalcultural property bearing nationalpride; 2). To protect the archeologi-cal environment for keeping thebeauty and the attractions of themonuments as a unity of ecosys-tems; 3). To keep the cultural val-ues of the monuments in theirpeople mind forever.

Facing the problem of archeo-logical protections in Indonesia,the Dutch have issued MonumentsOrdinance (MonumentenOrdonnantie, Stb. No. 238, 1931),which is not suitable any more forus, and then recently our govern-ment have declared the new onecalled Law Concerning Items ofCultural Property (Undang-undang No.5, 1992 tentang BendaCagar Budaya). In our modernworld today, not any nationswould like to sacrifice their cul-ture, because it is very natural tohave the national spirit, whichhave been built through a verylong history. Each nation shouldregard their national spirit as thevery important power for todayand facing the future. (BTN/Doc)

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Penelokan is situated on the southern part of BaturTengah Village of Kintamani District, around 20 kmsfrom the town of Bangli or some 63 km from Denpasar,the capital of Bali Province.

Many guests, domestic or foreign choose this placeso they can enjoy the cold but refreshing air of themountainous land. Of course, while they taste the stun-ning views of the solid black lavas of Mount Batur’seruption in 1917 that devastated the surrounding vil-lage.

Batur has scenic views and is part of Kintamanithat is in the northern side of Bangli Regency.Penelokan (Look Out Point) is the best ppalce to seethe drooping jaws sceneries offered by Mount andLake Batur. It is about 1,500 meters above sea level.Its temperature is at the average 22 degress Celcius atnoo and 16 degress Celcius during the night.

And we invite those adventurous to climb the moun-tain until reaching the peak. The crater seems to be abeautiful painting carved to the mountain.

In addition to seeing the mountain, Batur also of-fers the charming Lake Batur with its clean waterand the unique graveyard and Barong Brutuk ofTrunyan Village, that cannot be found anywhere elsein Bali.

Penelokan

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Associated Press Writer

TOKYO – Honda’s profitfor the fiscal year throughMarch 2012 is expected toplunge 63.5 percent as ve-hicles sales slipped amid aparts shortage caused by thequake and tsunami in north-eastern Japan.

Honda Motor Co. gavethe forecast Tuesday, morethan a month la te r thanusual. Like other Japaneseautomakers, the maker of theOdyssey minivan and the Fitcompact needed more timeto assess the aftermath of theMarch 11 disaster.

But Honda said vehicleproduction in Japan is ex-pected to be back at nearlynormal levels by later thismonth, and production in re-gions outside of Japan is ex-pected to be back up to pre-disaster levels in August orSeptember.

Honda said it will try tomake up for lost time anddeliver more vehicles, but itis expecting its global ve-hicle sales for the fiscal yearthrough March 2012 to drop6 percent on year to 3.3 mil-l ion vehicles. Honda hadsold 3.51 million vehiclesworldwide the previous fis-cal year.

Given the devas ta t ionfrom the March 11 9.0 mag-nitude earthquake and thetsunami that it unleashed,analysts say the recovery atJapanese automakers hasbeen remarkable.

Still, all the automakersare suffering, and the dam-age has continued becausekey au to par t s suppl ie rswere located in the north-eastern region.

Koji Endo, auto analystwith Advanced ResearachJapan Co. in Tokyo, said thed isas te r had h i t Hondaharder than Japanese rivals,such as Toyota Motor Corp.and Nissan Motor Co . ,partly because it was such alean company it didn’t havemuch inventory when thedisaster-related parts short-

The 5.5 percent rise in the con-sumer price index reported Tues-day was in line with expectationsbut higher than April’s 5.3 percentand March’s 32-month high of 5.4percent. The National StatisticsBureau said the main factor wasan 11.7 percent jump in foodprices.

While food costs are likely tomoderate as supplies improveover the summer months, China isjuggling conflicting goals. Byconstraining bank lending in aneffort to keep prices under control,it is pinching credit to the smaller,private businesses that drive mostjob creation and much of thecountry’s growth.

The spate of street demonstra-tions and bombings, from InnerMongolia in the north all the wayto Guangdong in the south, hashighlighted the precarious balancethe communist leadership is striv-ing to maintain while keeping theworld’s second largest economygrowing at a stable pace.

Surging prices for food andother basic necessities have addedto the frustrations over inequality,abuse of power and suppression oflegitimate grievances that droverecent turbulence.

“My pension increases once a

China food costsChina food costsChina food costsChina food costsChina food costspush inflation in Maypush inflation in Maypush inflation in Maypush inflation in Maypush inflation in MayAssociated Press Writer

SHANGHAI – China’s inflation rose to its highest level in nearly three years in May, thankslargely to stubbornly high food prices, adding to economic and social strains that have fannedrecent protests.

year by more than 100 yuan ($13),but I can’t afford increases in foodcosts,” said Ma Chuanyi, a retiredelementary school teacher. “I findthat what increase the most are thecheaper foods.”

Drought and other weather di-sasters have decimated crops inwide parts of the country, as ris-ing consumer demand pushesprices higher. Strong demand inconstruction and other industrieshas added to those pressures,spurred by a bank lending spreemeant to fight off the impact ofthe 2008 global crisis.

On Tuesday, the central banklifted the ratio of funds banks mustset aside as reserves by a half pointin its sixth such attempt this yearto contain inflation. The latest in-crease, to a record 21.5 percent ofdeposits, will take effect June 20.

There are good grounds forcaution, given the risk that risingfood prices could spill into moregeneralized inflation, said a re-search note by IHS GlobalInsighteconomists Xianfang Ren andAlistair Thornton.

In Shanghai, the country’scommercial hub, residents arefeeling the pinch of surging rentand food prices.

“Everything is becoming more

and more expensive. My landlordhit me with a rent increase yes-terday, after raising it almost ev-ery year. Vegetables and meat arealso expensive,” said Mindful ofinflation’s role in eroding the eco-nomic gains that underpin theirclaim to power, China’s commu-nist leaders have made tamingprices a priority, while seeking tosteer economic growth from thesizzling 9.7 percent rate in thefirst quarter to a more sustainablelevel.

The government reported Mon-day that bank lending slowed inMay, indicating that repeated in-terest rate hikes and increases toreserve requirements may finallybe reining in the excess lendingthat has helped drive priceshigher.

“Weakening credit growth anda slowing economy present apolicy dilemma when inflation isstill high,” said Mark Williams,senior China economist at Capi-tal Economics.

May’s figures indicate mixedresults.

Investments have remainedrelatively strong in real estate andin state-dominated heavy indus-tries, where excess capacity re-mains a big problem.

This photo takenon June 13, 2011shows a Chinesevendor waitingfor customers ata food market inHefei, eastChina’s Anhuiprovince. China’spolitically sensi-tive inflation ratehit its highestlevel in nearlythree years inMay, the govern-ment said onJune 14, despitepersistent officialefforts to tamefood and prop-erty costs.AFP PHOTO

Honda profitto drop 63.5percent

ages came.“Honda was deeply hurt,

and its strength of havinglittle inventory is going tomake i t s recovery takelonger,” he said, noting thatHonda’s auto business waslikely in the red for the fis-cal year and the results werebeing made up its motor-cycle division. “This is go-ing to take a while.”

Honda acknowledged thata shortage of parts for cer-tain models will continue forsome time.

Honda i s p ro jec t ing aprofi t of 195 bi l l ion yen($2.4 billion) for the currentfiscal year, down sharplyfrom 534 bi l l ion yen re-corded the previous fiscalyear.

The Tokyo-basedautomaker put the blame onthe disaster, citing the de-cline in sales and the cost offixing damaged property andequipment.

It also said higher rawmaterial costs and researchexpenses related to futureproducts, especially envi-ronmental technology, alsohurt its bottom line.

Honda is now expectingsales to slip 7.1 percent onyea r t o 8 .3 t r i l l i on yen($104 billion) for the cur-rent fiscal year, it said in astatement.

Honda also cited an unfa-vorable exchange rate aschiseling away at its profit-ability. A strong yen dimin-ishes the value of overseasearnings of exporters likeHonda.

Honda said the dollar haddropped to about 80 yen re-cently from 86 yen the pre-vious year, while the eurowent to 110 yen from 114yen.

Another p rob lem theJapanese automakers arefacing is an electricity short-age after the quake and tsu-nami destroyed a nuclearpower plant. Another plant isbeing shut down because ofgrowing fears about thesafety of nuclear power.

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Associated Press Writer

PHILADELPHIA – Steve Jobs, the public face of AppleInc., is getting a biographical comic book. PublisherBluewater Productions Inc. said Monday it will bring a 32-page biography — titled “Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of Apple”— of the iconic CEO to comic book shops, bookstores andonline retailers Aug. 24, detailing his life and career.

“His innovations command front page news, specula-tion of his health affects the stock market. Not bad for acollege dropout,” Bluewater President Darren Davis said.

The book, written by C.W. Cooke and drawn by Chris

Associated Press Writer

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – CarlGardner, original lead singer of theR&B group the Coasters, has diedin Florida. He was 83. Gardner’swife Veta said her husband diedSunday at a Port St. Lucie hospicefollowing a long bout with conges-tive heart failure and vascular de-mentia.

Inducted into the Rock and RollHall of Fame in 1987, the Coastershad a string of hits in the late 1950s,including “Searchin’,” “Poison Ivy”and “Young Blood.” Their single“Yakety Yak” reached No. 1 on theBillboard Hot 100 following its1958 release. It also spent sevenweeks as the No. 1 rhythm and bluessong. “He loved his singing,” VetaGardner said of her husband of 24years. “That was his whole life.”

The Coasters have continued toperform over the decades, with mul-tiple changes to the lineup. Gardnerhas always held the rights to thegroup’s name, and his son, CarlGardner Jr., took over as lead singerwhen his father retired in 2005.

According to the group’swebsite, the elder Gardner was bornin Tyler, Texas, and moved to LosAngeles in the early 1950s. He be-came a founding member of TheCoasters in 1955.

The Coasters had 14 songs on theR&B charts, and eight of themcrossed over to the pop Top 40, ac-cording to the Rock and Roll Hallof Fame. Their hits were written bythe famed team of Jerry Leiber and

Associated Press Writer

A judge has thrown out a $75 million lawsuit filed against theKardashian sisters after they yanked their endorsement of a prepaiddebit card that was criticized for its high fees, saying the reality showstars had no duty to promote a product that might be considered unlaw-ful.

The ruling issued June 7 by Fresno Superior Court Judge Jeff Hamiltonstates attorneys for Revenue Resource Group LLC hadn’t sufficientlyshown they could win their breach of contract case. The ruling also statesthe sisters could not sued for voicing concerns about the debit card be-cause the claims would violate their First Amendment rights.

The Fresno-based company sued sisters Kim, Khloe and Kourtney inJanuary, blaming them for heavy losses after the “Keeping Up With theKardashians” stars publicly severed ties with the company. A phone mes-sage for the company’s attorney Nathan Miller was not immediatelyreturned.

The sisters withdrew their support for the debit card three weeksafter the product launched following a warning from ConnecticutAttorney General Richard Blumenthal that the card’s fees were“predatory.”

According to Hamilton’s ruling, Revenue Resource Group ar-gued that they lost other celebrity endorsements because theKardashians pulled out of their deal.

The company “has not met its burden to show that it is likely toprevail, because it has not addressed the claim the contract involvedan unlawful/fraudulent product or how damages could be proven evenhad the defendants remained silent, given the record before the Courtof apparently universal condemnation of the product’s profit mak-ing features,” the judge wrote.

He ordered Revenue Resource Group to dismiss the case bythe end of the month and pay the Kardashians $6,825 in attorney’sfees.

The judge stated that the Kardashians’ criticism of the card wasn’twhat harmed Revenue Resource Group, but rather the widespreadcoverage of fees and charges associated with the card.

Consumer advocates attacked the Kardashian Kard shortly afterits release in November, citing that buying the card emblazonedwith the sisters cost $59.95 for six months, or $99.95 for a fullyear. That did not include any spending money on the card andthere was a $7.95 upkeep fee charged after the initial term ended.Canceling the card also cost money — $6.

Suit against Kardashiansover card struck down

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Schmidt, profiles the technological innovator who helpedco-create Apple and then oversaw its resurgence with prod-ucts including the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.

“Admire him or hate him, Jobs’ vision and business acu-men revolutionized the world,” Cooke said. Between Jobsand Microsoft founder Bill Gates, “you would be hard pressedto find someone with greater influence over how we commu-nicate, interact and do business over the last 30 years.”

The comic is part of the Vancouver, Wash.-basedpublisher’s wider series of looks at contemporary figuresranging from Lady Gaga to Sarah Palin to Facebook founderMark Zuckerberg.

“There are definitely some similarities betweenZuckerberg and Jobs. It takes a certain kind of drive and acertain kind of genius to move society the way they have,”Cooke said. “The idea behind both efforts is to show theperson behind the personality and that it is never what you’dexpect.”

Bluewater said the success of its Zuckerberg comic — itsold out — led the company to look at Jobs as a subject.“His story, and that of Apple, is epic,” Davis said.

In this comic book cover released by BluewaterProductions Inc., Apple co-founder Steve Jobs isshown on the cover of the Bluewater Comics biogra-phy issue. The one-shot issue, expected in August, wascreated, in part, because of the sales of its last high-tech profile subject, Facebook founder MarkZuckerberg.

AP Photo/Bluewater Productions Inc.

Carl Gardner, Coasterslead singer, dies at 83

Mike Stoller.“The Coasters’ parlayed their R&B

roots into rock `n’ roll hits by deliv-ering Leiber and Stoller’s serio-comictunes in an uptempo doo-wop style.Beneath the humor the songs oftenmade incisive points about Americanculture for those willing to dig a littledeeper,” the Rock and Roll Hall ofFame entry on the group says. In the1960s, their hits were covered by TheBeatles, the Rolling Stones and otherBritish Invasion bands.

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The pygmy rabbit is the smallestrabbit in North America, and can fit ina person’s hand. Adults weigh about apound and measure less than a foot inlength. The previous effort to reintro-duce the pygmy in 2007 ended badlywhen they were quickly gobbled bytheir many predators. Some 100pygmy rabbits are being released thistime into large wire enclosures.

The rabbits — who were raisedin captivity for this last-ditch effort— must learn quickly to find food,breed and avoid being eaten. Thewire enclosures give them a fight-ing chance to survive, scientists say.

Reuters

NEW YORK - A new iPhone appallows migraine sufferers to keep adetailed diary of their symptomsand use of medication so they canhave more effective conversationswith their doctors.

With the “Migraine Notebook”app patients can keep track of theirday-to-day level of pain, the trig-gers that precede a migraine andwhen and at what dose they taketheir medicines.

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – Dr. Sue Zieman can almost set her watch by herdisease: Twice a day, she gets a fever and the already arthritic joints inher arms and hands, legs and feet abruptly, painfully swell even more.During the evening flare, even the tendons in her feet puff up, rope-like worms just under her skin.

The rest of the day, her joints are so stiff that the once robust Mary-land physician frequently uses a scooter to get around. Just shakinghands hurts the 47-year-old.

Inflammatory arthritis is disabling Zieman but exactly what kindand what caused it to attack suddenly is a mystery. Nor do her fellowdoctors know what treatment to suggest next. She’s tried all of today’sarthritis medications with little relief.

Say arthritis, and people tend to shrug it off as a rite of passage ofaging. The reality is much more complicated. Arthritis encompasses100 different conditions and affects about 46 million people in theU.S. Osteoarthritis — where cartilage gradually erodes with the wear-and-tear of aging — is by far the most common type.

But inflammatory types — such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriaticarthritis, lupus — occur when something makes the immune systemrun amok and attack the body’s own tissues, eating away cartilage andeventually harming bone. It can strike at far younger ages.

Zieman’s saga highlights not just how much doctors still have tolearn about arthritis, but how devastating a severe case can be.

“It totally strippedmy identity,” saysZieman, whose illnesscost her career as acardiologist and herlove of sailing. “I justdon’t think people re-alize how debilitatedyou can be, andyoung.”

She uses humor tohelp cope, nicknamingher scooter Bella andjoking that “I knowI’m going to turn intoa pumpkin each night”when that 7 p.m. flaresends her to bed.

Infections some-times trigger inflam-matory arthritis, andthat’s what probablyhappened withZieman. She’d just re-turned from a businesstrip to India in Decem-ber 2008 when shecame down with a fe-ver, fatigue and pain inher shoulder and knee.Antibiotics didn’t help.

App “migraine notebook” keeps track of headaches“One of the biggest issues in

medicine is how you communicatewith your doctor,” said Dr. MerleDiamond, of the Diamond Head-ache Center in Chicago, said in aninterview.

“This app gives us a window ofcommunication which I think is re-ally important in treating head-aches. For example, it allows me toprepare questions about how theyare using the medication,” sheadded.

About 30 million Americans,

mostly women, suffer from mi-graines, according to the NationalHeadache Foundation. It most com-monly begins between the ages of15 and 55 and in the majority ofcases there is a family history.

The headaches, which are char-acterized by a throbbing or pulsat-ing pain, usually on one side of thehead, can be accompanied by nau-sea or vomiting and sensitivity tolight. Attacks can last from four to72 hours, or longer, according to thefoundation.

AP Photo/David Rickerby

This photo provided by David Rickerby,shows Dr. Sue Zieman riding on herscooter, named ‘Bella’, May 31, 2011, in LeBaux, France.

Doc’s arthritis struggleshows illness’ severity

AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios

In this photo taken June 2,2011, an endangered Colum-bia Basin pygmy rabbitemerges from an artificialburrow inside an enclosuresat the Sagebrush Flatsreserve near Ephrata, Wash.

Final effort to save tinyFinal effort to save tinyFinal effort to save tinyFinal effort to save tinyFinal effort to save tinyrabbits from extinctionrabbits from extinctionrabbits from extinctionrabbits from extinctionrabbits from extinctionAssociated Press Writer

EPHRATA, Wash. – Wildlife experts are making one last effort tosave the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, believed extinctin the wild since mid-2004.

“If this doesn’t work, I’m not surewhat Plan B would be,” said MattMonda of the Washington Depart-ment of Fish and Wildlife, who hasbeen working for years to save theendangered species.

Only the Columbia Basin pygmyrabbit is endangered. Pygmy rabbitsthrive in other Western states and arenot protected. This recovery effortis not without some controversy.

A big concern was all the engi-neering that has gone into these ani-mals, Monda said. The original goalwas to preserve the genetics of theColumbia Basin rabbit, but that

proved impossible because of smallnumbers and problems that resultedfrom inbreeding.

The animals in the new effort arethe result of cross-breeding withother pygmy rabbits from Idaho andOregon. “That was a controversialidea, to bring non-endangered rab-bits and make them endangered,”Monda said.

Still, the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService has approved the practice,said agency biologist Chris Warren,who is involved in the rescue effort.

A key feature of this new rescueeffort is a six-acre enclosure with a6-foot-tall wire fence is intended tokeep out coyotes, badgers, weasels,snakes and to disrupt birds of prey.It has an electrified wire near thebottom to keep predators from dig-ging under. The fence posts havespikes on top to prevent raptorsfrom gaining a perch to hunt.

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Guatemala booked their berthwith a 4-0 victory over Grenada,which was enough to put themthrough as one of the best two third-placed teams in group play.

Ryan Johnson got the goal for Ja-maica — with some help from Hon-duran keeper Noel Valladares.

Johnson’s powerful shot hit thecrossbar and then Valladares’ backbefore landing in the net.

“It’s one of the strangest goals,but it’s a goal,” said Johnson, whoplays for the San Jose Earthquakesof Major League Soccer. “The bestthing was getting the clean sheet.We haven’t been scored on so farand I’m really happy about that.”

“I dove for the ball and I couldnot get it,” Valladares said. “It hitme in the back and went in.”

Johnson had a chance to doublethe score from the penalty spot inthe 71st, but Valladares saved hisattempt. The victory gave Jamaicathe maximum nine points from theirthree group matches.

In the quarter-finals of the re-gional championship for North andCentral America and the Caribbeanthey’ll face the second-place teamfrom Group C, which will be de-cided when the group stage con-cludes on Tuesday.

Honduras finished second in

Agence France Presse

LONDON – Blackburn Rovers said it wasthe lure of the Champions League that sealedthe transfer of teenage defender Phil Jones toPremier League champions ManchesterUnited.

United announced on Monday that they hadagreed terms with Rovers for Jones, with the19-year-old due to sign a five-year contractupon his return from the ongoing EuropeanUnder-21 Championship in Denmark.

United thought Jones was heading to OldTrafford last week, only for old foes Liverpoolto intervene with a reported £20 million ($33million) offer.

However, Jones is understood to have toldRovers he only wanted to move to United andthat has left Blackburn having to accept an of-fer believed to be in the region of £16.5 mil-lion ($27 million).

“Much as we would love him to stay on withus — and we made all efforts to convince himto stay — Phil has to finally follow his heart,”

AP Photo/Julio Cortez

Honduras forward Walter Martinez, bottom, and Jamaica midfielder Damion Williams go downwhile battling for the ball during the second half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament soccergame at Red Bull Arena, Monday, June 13, 2011 in Harrison, N.J.

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HARRISON, New Jersey – Jamaica finished the first roundof the Gold Cup on top of Group B after a 1-0 victory overHonduras on Monday, with both teams advancing to the quar-ter-finals along with Guatemala.

Group B — ahead of Guatemala ongoal difference — and will faceCosta Rica, runners-up to Mexicoin Group A. Guatemala needed towin by three goals to be assured ofadvancing.

In the end they had one to spareafter goals from Jose Del Aguila,Marco Pappa, Carlos Ruiz andCarlos Gallardo.

“More than anything, this was apsychological and mental game,”Guatemala manager Ever HugoAlmeida said. “We had to score aspecific number of goals. Weneeded three goals, but we had totake it goal by goal. We were ableto manage the game and get the re-sult we wanted.”

Del Aguila opened the scoring inthe 15th with a shot that bouncedoff the inside of the right post andpast keeper Shemel Louison. Pappadoubled the lead in the 21st minutewith a hard-struck shot that Louisoncouldn’t deflect.

In the 53rd minute, Ruiz vol-leyed in a rebound of Jairo Arreola’sattempt off the crossbar andGallardo completed the scoring fiveminutes later. Guatemala finishedgroup play with four points and agoal difference of plus-two, enoughto edge El Salvador as one of thetop two third-placed teams.

Man Utd sign Blackburn defender Jones

AFP/File/Andrew Yates

Blackburn Rovers’ Phil Jones (L) is challenged by Manchester City de-fender Yaya Toure during a Premier League match at Ewood Park,Blackburn, in April 2011.

said a statement on behalf of Venky’s, the In-dian-based poultry firm that owns Rovers.

Blackburn manager Steve Kean said Rov-ers were prepared to make Jones the highest-paid player in the club’s history but the pros-pect of playing in the Champions Leaguemeant that there was little they could do to pre-vent the defender making the short journeyacross Lancashire to Old Trafford.

“The offer we made him was staggering fora 19-year-old, but it wasn’t the money,” Keantold Sky Sports News. “Phil wants to playChampions League football now and we’re notat that level.

“I’m sure we will be in the coming years,and we gave it a real good try and made him afantastic offer, but I understand why he wantsto go now.”He goes with our blessing and it’san opportunity for us to invest in other youngplayers across other areas of the pitch.

“We were hoping he was going to be cap-tain of our club and captain of England, he’s afantastic prospect and I’m sure he’ll be anEngland regular very soon,” Kean added.

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The paper placed his victory on parwith Germany’s first soccer World Cupwin in 1954, boxer Max Schmeling’sworld title, tennis player BorisBecker’s first Wimbledon title in 1985and German cyclist Jan Ullrich’s Tourde France victory in 1997. Mavericksforward Nowitzki, who averaged 26points per game in the finals wasnamed the Most Valuable Player of theseries after his team clinched their firstchampionship with a 4-2 win over theHeat in the best-of-seven NBA finalson Monday.

Basketball in the past had brieflyenjoyed a higher status in Germany

Agence France Presse

LONDON – Andy Murray has sethis sights on Wimbledon glory afterwinning his second Queen’s title witha 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Murray became the first Briton for97 years to win the Wimbledon warm-up event twice thanks to a gutsycomeback against Tsonga and theworld number four will be among thefavourites when the All England Clubtournament gets underway next week.

The 24-year-old has endured threepainful defeats in Grand Slam finals,including the Australian Open thisyear, but he believes he is in the per-fect form to finally end his long waitto win a major.

“I’m going to Wimbledon with thefeeling I’m going to win the tourna-ment. I don’t think you can go in withany other attitude,” Murray said. “Ifeel like I am playing good tennis butI will need to improve in the nextweek because I have to play my bestthroughout the tournament to win it.

“I will be switched on from myfirst match. I’ll really look forwardto the challenge because Wimbledonis one of the most important tourna-ments of the year, if not the most im-portant.”

Agence France Presse

KUALA LUMPUR – China’sZhang Jilong urged the Asian Foot-ball Confederation (AFC) to lookahead Monday as he took up his du-ties as stand-in chief after its presi-dent was suspended over allegedbribes.

Zhang told staff to work togetheras he started work at KualaLumpur’s AFC House, less than twoweeks after world body FIFA barredMohamed bin Hammam while itprobes vote-buying claims.

“We are all united and focusedon taking Asian football ahead. Wehave to work together to meet thechallenges and ensure that Asianfootball continues to move for-ward,” Zhang said in a messageposted on the AFC website.

Former Chinese Football Asso-ciation president Zhang, 59, servedon the FIFA organising committeesfor the last two World Cups. He wasalso director of sports during the2008 Beijing Olympics.

The AFC senior vice president’sappointment as acting chief wasautomatic under the body’s ruleswhen Qatar’s bin Hammam wassuspended on May 30. BinHammam strongly denies bribingdelegates ahead of this month’s F

AFP PHOTO / Don EMMERT

Dirk Nowitzki (C) of the Dallas Mavericks celebrate defeatingthe Miami Heat 105-95 in Game 6 to win the NBA Finals onJune 12, 2011 at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida.Terry scored 27 points and Dirk Nowitzki finished with 21 pointsand 11 rebounds as the Mavericks won the best-of-seven cham-pionship series four-games-to-two to claim their first NBAchampionship in franchise history.

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BERLIN – Germany’s soccer filled newspapers were celebrating rare basketball success onTuesday after countryman Dirk Nowitzki became the first German to win an NBA title whenhis Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat. “This is the title that we were missing,” read thefront page of the best-selling Bild newspaper on Tuesday, which usually reserves a front pagesports story almost exclusively for the country’s soccer exploits.

especially after the country won theEuropean crown in 1993 but has sincebeen again relegated to a sideshow.

The Mavericks’ win early on Mon-day morning German time quicklythrust the sport back into the spotlightwith congratulations pouring in fromthe country’s sports leaders, includingGermany’s national soccer team coachJoachim Loew. “He completed anamazing performance,” Loew told re-porters. “He is exceptional and one ofGermany’s top sportsmen. The titlewin is the cherry on top of a stunningbasketball career in the United States.”

The few bars showing the match

early on Monday morning local timein Berlin were packed with fans eagerto see a victory for Nowitzki after 13years in the NBA.

In Belushi’s pub, a giant projectorscreen usually dedicated to soccermatches generated cheers in the crowdevery time Dallas won a point or re-bound. “He made it! The first and thelast NBA title for a German player,”said Jakob Jordan, 28. “I usually watchsoccer, but it was worth the late nightto see this final.” A crowd of about 100was shouting “MVP “ and “Dirk” asthey poured out into the street at sun-rise after the win.

Stand-in Asianchief takes office

Britain’s Andy Murray lifts upthe trophy after defeating

France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga atthe end of their singles finaltennis match at the Queen’sClub grass court champion-

ships in London, Monday, June13, 2011. Murray won by 3-6, 7-6

(7-2), 6-4.

Queen’s champ Murray in mood forWimbledon glory

Murray underlined his sky-highconfidence in the third set of the finalagainst Tsonga when he hit a remark-able between-the-legs forehand win-ner from an acute angle near the net.The British number one admitted itwas the kind of spectacular shot heloves to play and he refused toapologise for a piece of show-boat-ing some saw as a sign of arrogance.

“I enjoyed hitting them, it was goodfun,” Murray said. “You don’t get achance to do that very often and it justcame off. “I was up 40-0 in the game,I probably wouldn’t have gone for itat 30-30.

“If it works I will try it anywhere.It is not something I will think abouttoo much. “I don’t know if he was an-noyed but it was frustrating for mewhen he was hitting dive volleys andgetting net cords in the first set.”

AP Photo/Sang Tan

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Hamilton was on the receiving endof critical comments from formerworld champions Emerson Fittipaldiand Niki Lauda in Montreal last week-end – with Lauda even suggesting thatthe FIA should punish the Briton forhis clashes in the Canadian event.

Button does not agree, though, andsays he is relishing going up againstsomeone as talented as Hamilton.

“Lewis is in the headlines a lot,and a lot of it is because he is bloodygood,” Button was quoted as say-ing by the Press Association.

“He’s a racer, a fighter. For methat is the reason why I wanted tobe here, against and with a driverthat is super talented, one of the bestdrivers Formula 1 has ever seen.

“It’s good challenging him onthe circuit. We have a lot of respectfor each other, we’ve raced eachother a lot this year, and last year,and we’ve never touched. We’vealways given each other room. Forme that’s a great position to be in.

“So I don’t agree with what Nikihas said. I think his driving style is

FERNANDO Alonso says he will not give up on his worldchampionship hopes until he is mathematically out of con-tention - despite conceding that matters were now out of hishands.

The Spaniard drifted to 92 points off series leaderSebastian Vettel after the Canadian Grand Prix – when hishopes of victory were wrecked by bad luck with the timingof the weather, and then a clash with Jenson Button that lefthim unable to continue.

Although the deficit to Vettel means he needs a run of fourrace wins, with his rival not scoring, to take the lead of thetitle chase – the Spaniard is refusing to concede it is all over.

“No, the title is not gone because mathematically it isstill alive,” said Alonso, whose best result this season hasbeen second place in the Monaco Grand Prix. “We saw someretirements in the past years, as Hamilton did in Monza andSingapore last year. And if you win two races, and Vettelretires, the gap can close a lot.

“But it is true it is not in our hands, so we just need toconcentrate race by race, try to do our best race-by-race, beon podium and try to win some grands prix.

“It up to them (Red Bull Racing) to do some mistakesbut, if not, they have a very good position in the champion-ship.” Alonso believes he had a car capable of fighting forthe victory in Montreal – but conceded that bad luck withthe timing of the stops cost him badly.

“In the dry it was very possible [to win]; while in the wetyou need to be lucky with the positions.

“At the point when we fitted the intermediates early onwe could have won the race, but luck compensates throughthe year so maybe Valencia is extremely lucky for us and wewin. We hope so.”

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Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton collide in Montreal during the race.

Button defends Hamilton’s drivingJenson Button has jumped to the defence of his under-fire

team-mate Lewis Hamilton - claiming that his critics shouldback off because the 2008 world champion is doing a phenom-enal job on track.

aggressive and he always goes forgaps. Sometimes he’s right, some-times he’s not, but it’s the same forall of us. He just finds himself in thatsituation more often than others.”

Button himself now has first handknowledge of clashing with Hamilton– after they hit each other during afight for position in Montreal.

And although he questioned onthe radio what Hamilton had doneduring the moments straight afterthe collision, Button later spoke atlength to his team-mate to ensurethere were no lingering problems.

“Obviously I’m very sorry I col-lided with Lewis,” said Button. “Wespoke about it, and it’s one of thosethings. I didn’t know he was there.He went for a move; we collided,which is sad for both of us.

“Initially it played on my mind be-cause you never want to crash withyour team-mate. It’s the worst thing todo. But we spoke about it, and he wasvery good actually. He was one of thefirst people to congratulate me after therace, which was really nice to see.”

Alonso not giving up on title yet

AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso makes his wayback to the pits after crashing out of theCanadian Grand Prix auto race inMontreal, Sunday, June 12, 2011.