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The “Tawur Agung” ceremony washeld in six different places, they werethe Peak of Batur Mountain, SegaraTemple, and Watu Klotok inKlungkung. The ceremony was startedin the morning joined by hundreds ofHindus from throughout Bali. After

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praying together, there were sacreddance performances such as baris dance.Then the Hindus walked towards thepeak of the mountain to continue theceremony.

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The combo pictures show the procession of “TawurAgung Labuh Gentuh” ceremony. First, the Hinduspray followed by the performances of sacred danceswhich is “baris dance”. Then the Hindus walk towardsthe peka of Batur mountain and sacrifice cows andother offerings.

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Bali News

Denpasar (Bali Post)—To maximize the understanding of students on the subject they

learn, especially the subject of physics, chemistry and biology,practice activity at laboratory becomes an absolute thing. How-ever, up to these days majority of schools in Bali stay to face acrisis, namely they have not had a laboratory attendant having acompetence. If there are schools having such attendants assigningto guide students in carrying out their practice in laboratory, mostof them were recruited from administrative staff that were notarmed with special training and special competence on proceduresat laboratory. Headmaster of SMAN 4 Denpasar, I Wayan Rikaand Headmaster of SMAN 1 Singaraja, I Nyoman Darta deliv-ered such grievances, to Bali Post, last Tuesday (Dec 15).

Besides, both headmasters having school with status as pio-neering school of international standard (RSBI) also expected torecruit an attendant having qualification in technique of computernetwork to be distributed to schools that have developed learningsystem based on information and communication technology(ICT).

By their existence, those schools could facilitate the tasks ofstudents given by teachers through local area network (LAN) madeat school. “By preparing a specialist at computer network, all learn-ing-teaching processes at school could be based on ICT,” saidDarta justified by Rika. (kmb13)(kmb13)(kmb13)(kmb13)(kmb13)

To be Complained,Schools in Bali Lack for

Lab Attendant

Later, the assigned personnelwould be in charge at a number ofpoints considered critical. More thanthat, a number of nightclubs wouldalso become the attention of policebecause by the year change, defi-nitely many activities would be or-ganized at those locations.

Moreover, nightclubs have beenmentioned to be identical to spiritscontaining alcohol. “We will preventit as early as possible by making co-ordination with owner of such night-clubs. What program they offershould be inform to us so we canknow it earlier,” said Spokespersonof Bali Police, I Gde Sugianyar, lastTuesday (Dec 15).

More than that, Bali Police willmake coordination as well with the

Celebration of Christmas and New Year in Bali

Nightclubs Strictly SecuredNightclubs Strictly SecuredNightclubs Strictly SecuredNightclubs Strictly SecuredNightclubs Strictly SecuredDenpasar (Bali Post)—Denpasar (Bali Post)—Denpasar (Bali Post)—Denpasar (Bali Post)—Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Apparatus of police has prepared themselves to secure the cel-Apparatus of police has prepared themselves to secure the cel-Apparatus of police has prepared themselves to secure the cel-Apparatus of police has prepared themselves to secure the cel-Apparatus of police has prepared themselves to secure the cel-ebration of Christmas and New Year in Bali. At least, two third ofebration of Christmas and New Year in Bali. At least, two third ofebration of Christmas and New Year in Bali. At least, two third ofebration of Christmas and New Year in Bali. At least, two third ofebration of Christmas and New Year in Bali. At least, two third ofthe troops existing in Bali Police will be assigned to maintain thethe troops existing in Bali Police will be assigned to maintain thethe troops existing in Bali Police will be assigned to maintain thethe troops existing in Bali Police will be assigned to maintain thethe troops existing in Bali Police will be assigned to maintain thesecurity of Bali.security of Bali.security of Bali.security of Bali.security of Bali.

authority of hotels spreading acrossBali because hotels denoted an ac-commodation where tourists stayed.“We also assign some police offic-ers at hotel to perform examinationstrictly. This endeavor aims at an-ticipating any inconvenient cause,”said Sugianyar to journalists lastTuesday.

This former Chief of BalikpapanResort Police also mentioned thatprediction of bustles on Christmasand New Year festivity were esti-mated to increase drastically. It wasdiscernible from a number of hotelsthat have been stated to be fullybooked. “We got information thathotels in Kuta, Jimbaran, Nusa Duaand other areas have been fullybooked. It indicated that

crowdedness in Bali will increase,”he said.

Sugianyar added in relation to thesecurity strategy performed by BaliPolice. Some middle officers werealso involved and served as com-mander in the field and as patron si-multaneously. Of course, strict secu-rity would be implemented at criti-cal points such as at Kuta, Legian,GWK and others. “Obviously, loca-tions where many people gather willbe strictly guarded,” he revealed.

Other than directing its personnel,facilities and infrastructure wouldalso be involved. Some of themwere a number of vehicles equippedwith Global Positioning System(GPS) and sophisticated vehicle(with mobile communication). Ve-hicle with GPS would make regu-lar patrol for 24 hours a day. “Weexpect the celebration of Christmasand New Year will run safely, se-curely and flourishingly,” he con-cluded. (kmb21) (kmb21) (kmb21) (kmb21) (kmb21)

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Detective unit of South Kuta Sector Police captured one out

of three stealing perpetrators at Villa Bukit Inn Koyo, UngasanVillage, Jimbaran, South Kuta, Badung. The perpetrator wasAmirudin, 19, a construction worker from Jember. Meanwhile,two others with initial name FR and BD could run away fromthe pursuit of police.

The capture of suspect specializing at frisking villa was per-formed on last Friday (Dec 11) at 01:00 am Local Time. Previ-ously, the authority of South Kuta Sector Police received a reportfrom Putu Murjana, 27, a resident of Gunung Hamlet, Abiansemal,Badung. Victim admitted that his villa was frisked by thief and anumber of valuables could be taken away.

Chief of South Kuta Sector Police, Nanang Prihasmoko, tookaction promptly by assigning his team members to follow up thereport of victim. Investigation at location followed by interroga-tion of witnesses was carried out right away. “One of the wit-nesses said that it saw the perpetrator stealing at villa of victim,”explained Chief Nanang, last Tuesday (Dec 15).

Based on information of witnesses, detective team pursued theperpetrator. Tracing of the address was successful. However, po-lice could not found the suspect at that location. Apparently, thesuspect has moved to another shed located at Kutuh Village, SouthKuta, Badung. “There, the suspect could finally be captured,” hesaid. According to Chief Nanang, the suspect took action at night.They usually equipped themselves with a lever. Afterward, theymoved to targeted villa. “When taking action, the suspect couldsteal a pair of shoes and two hand phones,” he said.

Police could confiscate evidence in the form of shoes and handphone. Meanwhile, the suspect has sold another hand phone atIDR 225,000. “From the confession of the suspect, they have takenaction at two locations. Another location was on Jalan Goa Gong,Gang Jepun, Jimbaran and could steal a laptop and hand phone,”he explained. (kmb21)(kmb21)(kmb21)(kmb21)(kmb21)

Thieve of Villa Captured Bp/doc

Beggars are seen on the street of Denpasar. The number of poor and homeless people increasesbecause the economics condition is getting worst and the government also doesn’t able to pro-vide the people with enough jobs.

3Thursday, December 17, 2009International Bali News

The Head of Tabanan House IKetut Suryadi accompanied bySecretary of the House I WayanMiarsana received such villagehead forum. The Head of VillageHeads Forum, I Made Suarsa, inthe face of the House, admitted toexpress the aspiration of sectionheads and hamlet heads. It wassaid, the income received by sec-tion head and hamlet head wasonly IDR 800,000 per month. Thisamount remained under regencyminimal salary (UMK) stipulatedat IDR 845,000. Compared to thecurrent economic condition, suchincome was judged very small andinadequate to meet the need ofsection heads and hamlet headsconsidering that their tasks to ex-tend services to community in per-son. “We hope the House couldstruggle for the rise of their in-come, including our position asvillage heads,” he said.

The forum of village headsasked for the rise of salary at IDR200,000 per month including thethirteenth salary for section head,hamlet head and village head. Onthat account, section head and ham-let head would get IDR 1 millionper month, while village head in-creased from IDR 1.6 million toIDR 1.8 million per month. “If therise at IDR 200,000 per month, thetotal number would be IDR 1.7 bil-lion,” said Suarsa. It was not onlyabout the salary, they also revealedtheir envy of the section head andhamlet head due to the appointment

Semarapura (Bali Post)—

Violation of building used forguesthouse (tourist accommoda-tion), in fact, remains to grow in-creasingly at some tourist locationsin Klungkung Regency, chiefly atTegalbesar up to Lepang,Banjarangkan. The building estab-lished with the permit of residen-tial house was taken advantage forthe sake of commercial use, namelytourist accommodation. Ironically,related institutions handling the per-mits services did not make good co-ordination. They tend to wait forand blame one another when a prob-lem arises.

Existence of legal buildings withpermit as residential house but usedas tourist accommodation or villaat Tegalbesar until Lepang area wasonce visited by Supervisory Teamof Regency Government. Even,Klungkung Regent I Wayan Candraand Deputy Regent Tjok GedeAgung led such site inspection inperson. On the inspection, the Re-

Having been treated at SanglahHospital since last Friday (Dec11), Yulianus Alali, 25, a patientwith shooting injury denoting amember of Presidential Escort Se-curity (Paspampres) is getting bet-ter. The Head of Emergency Room,Sanglah Hospital, Kuning

Demanding for Salary Rise

Forum ofForum ofForum ofForum ofForum ofVillageVillageVillageVillageVillageHeads MeetsHeads MeetsHeads MeetsHeads MeetsHeads Meetsthe Housethe Housethe Housethe Housethe HouseTabanan (Bali Post)—

Being unsatisfied with the income extended, the Village HeadsForum of Tabanan led by Made Suarsa came to the Office of TabananHouse, last Tuesday (Dec 15). Those village heads claimed the salaryrise of village head, section head and hamlet head. However, morethan that, a number of village heads also expressed the problemsfaced in front of a number of members of the House.

of village secretary to become a civilservant. Because, village secretaryobtained salary plus professional fi-nancial assistance and other facili-ties exceeding the salary of villagehead denoting their superior.

The Head of Tabanan House,Ketut Suryadi, said that the proposalof those village heads was very re-alistic. However, he said the finan-cial condition of Tabanan govern-ment was very hard because manybudget posts should be financedranging from regional election upto other posts. On that account, hisparty could not meet such demand.In addition, the proposal was con-sidered too late because the Re-gional Budget 2010 just stayed towait approval. “Hopefully, this pro-posal could be attempted in the up-coming budget revision,” saidBoping, his familiar nickname.

Besides, the Village Head ofMambang, East Selemadeg subdis-trict, Wayan Dika Sumantra, askedthe government to revise its ADDfund and proposed in order the Re-gional Legislation regarding to theimplementation of village adminis-tration should be pursuant to themandate of Act No. 32/2004 on re-gional autonomy. In the meantime,Village Head of Munduk Temu,IGM Arsana, highlighted the lessattention to the infrastructural devel-opment like the serious damagedroad. Then, the remaining villageheads demanded in order that everysingle project should be informed tovillage authority. (kmb14)

Condition of Shot Patient Gets BetterAtmadjaya, told that health con-dition of patient kept on gettingmore stable after passing throughcritical moment after operation.

“This morning he was treatedat ICU of Emergency Room andhis condition has grown better,”said Kuning. Yet, based on infor-

mation obtained by Bali Post lastTuesday, Alali was no more treatedat Sanglah Hospital. “Probably, thepatient has been referred to ArmedForces Hospital because his con-dition has been better,” saidKuning when contacted on lastTuesday (Dec 15).

According to him, the patientcould have eaten after passing criti-cal period after the operation. “In-deed, his large intestine was injuredbut its condition has been better,”asserted Kuning. Though it hasbeen said that he was being shot,but according to Kuning, it was not

found any bullet within the bodyof Alali. However, in terms of theform of injury, it could be ensuredto have been caused by bullet.“Probably, such bullet did not liewithin the body of patient butpassed through,” added Kuning.(san)

Permit Violatorsof Guest House Increase

gent, Deputy Regent, and supervi-sory team gave severe reprimandto the owner of buildings in orderthey proposed their permit changefrom that of residential house toguesthouse as its real function. Inreality, out of 12 existing buildings,only two owners of the buildingstated their readiness to proposethe permit.

When asked about his confirma-tion, last Tuesday (Dec 15), theHead of Integrated Permit Services(KPPT) of Klungkung Regency,Putu Suarta, confessed only a smallportion of buildings’ owner propos-ing the revision of permit from thatof residential house to guesthouse.He admitted that his party could donothing more toward the stubbornowners. “KPPT has no authority toexecute those building,” he said.

The Head of Civil Servant Po-lice Unit (Satpol PP) of KlungkungRegency, Komang Darma Suyasa,mentioned that to give briefing wasthe task of Permit SupervisoryTeam. “Satpol PP is only an execu-

tor,” he said. However, for the timebeing, he said there was no coordi-nation between Permit SupervisoryTeam and Satpol PP. As conse-quence, Satpol PP found difficultyto take action. Besides, he also didnot know which owners have beengiven briefing, have violated andwhich ones were proposing theirpermits. “We do not know about itfor sure. As a result, we do notknow which building to execute,”he added.

Deputy Regent Tjok Agung as-serted that all related institutionsshould make coordination one an-other. All should have mature be-havior without waiting for invita-tion for coordination. Each sidemust know their own job descrip-tion and function. Therefore, whatto do has been known for sure.“What I dislike very much is themutual blaming among the institu-tions. They have been equally adultso that mutual blaming shouldnever occur,” asserted Tjok Agung.(kmb20)

International4 Thursday, December 17, 2009 News

Reuters

RAMALLAH - The PalestineLiberation Organisation (PLO)will on Wednesday indefinitelyextend the tenure of MahmoudAbbas as president of the Pales-tinian Authority, members of thePLO Central Council said.

Members of the body toldReuters that Abbas, whose termends on January 25, will stay onuntil elections can be held, extend-ing until further notice the West-ern-backed leader’s presidency.

Presidential and legislative elec-tions called for January 24 werecanceled due to a ban imposed bythe Hamas group on participationin the Gaza Strip. Hamas, whichcontrols the coastal enclave, dis-

Reuters

ROME - Italy’s government onTuesday said it plans to rush outnew measures like blacking outhate sites on the Internet to pro-tect politicians after a weekendassault on Prime Minister SilvioBerlusconi left him hospitalized.

The 73-year-old billionairebusinessman, who is nursing abroken nose, fractured teeth andgashed lips after being hit in theface by a spiked souvenir, will bedischarged from hospital onWednesday with orders to rest fortwo weeks, his doctor said.

Berlusconi — whose political for-tunes look set to gain as a wave ofsympathy floods in — put on a braveface in his first public message to Ital-ians since entering hospital.

“I repeat to everyone to staycalm and confident,” Berlusconisaid in the message to supporterson his website. “Love always winsover jealousy and hatred.”

As Italy spent a second daysoul-searching over whether a vit-riolic political climate promptedthe assault, Interior MinisterRoberto Maroni said the cabinetwould on Thursday issue urgent

Militants who want no Westerninfluence in nuclear-armed Pakistan,which Washington sees as critical inthe battle against Islamist hardlinersin Afghanistan, have not let up at-tacks, despite security crackdownsin their strongholds.

The blast took place in the townof Dera Ghazi Khan in a market, thekind of site frequently targeted bymilitants seeking to inflict maximumcasualties.

“It was near a market and several

Reuters

WASHINGTON - If the U.S.Congress fails to agree on ahealthcare bill soon, the opportunityfor a sweeping overhaul of the $2.5trillion system will be lost for a gen-eration, Vice President Joe Bidenwarned on Tuesday.

Biden was speaking just hoursbefore Democratic lawmakers wereto meet at the White House withPresident Barack Obama, who ispressing them to reach agreementand pass a bill on his signature do-mestic policy issue.

Obama has invested much of hispolitical capital in trying to get theDemocratic-controlled Congress to

AP Photo/Saleem Raza

People gather near a crater caused by a bombing in Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 15,2009. A suicide car bomb exploded in a market close to the home of a politician in Pakistan’s most popu-lous province Tuesday, killing more than 20 people and wounding 70 others.

Blast near PakistaniBlast near PakistaniBlast near PakistaniBlast near PakistaniBlast near Pakistaniminister’s home, 20 deadminister’s home, 20 deadminister’s home, 20 deadminister’s home, 20 deadminister’s home, 20 deadReuters

ISLAMABAD - A car bomb near the home of a Pakistani provin-cial government minister killed 20 people on Tuesday, a police officialsaid, in another sign authorities are struggling against Taliban mili-tants bent on grabbing power.

shops have collapsed,” said TariqGurmani, a resident of the Punjabprovince town, adding he had seenseveral wounded people.

The attack was another potentreminder President Asif AliZardari’s weak civilian governmenthas yet to devise a strategy to de-feat militants who want to tightlycontrol society — with public whip-pings and executions of thosedeemed immoral.

“It was a car bomb. About 20

people have been killed and 50wounded,” senior police officialMubarak Ali Athar told reporters.

Militants have killed hundreds ofpeople in bombings since an Octo-ber clampdown in South Waziristan— part of what is seen as a globalhub for militants — that authoritiessaid dealt a major blow to the Taliban.

The military has ruled for more thanhalf of Pakistan’s 62-year history andno civilian government has ever servedout a full term, earning the country thereputation of an unstable state.

The all-powerful army is seen asthe institution best able to unite po-litically turbulent Pakistan duringcrises, even though military coupshave hurt the country’s democraticcredentials.

AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Window closing for healthcare reform: Bidenpass a healthcare bill by the end ofthe year. The bill has been passed bythe House of Representatives, butDemocrats have struggled to win the60 votes they need in the Senate.

The planned overhaul wouldspark the biggest changes in theU.S. healthcare system, which ac-counts for one sixth of the U.S.economy, since the creation of theMedicare government health pro-gram for the elderly in 1965.

It would extend coverage to 30million uninsured Americans andhalt industry practices like refusingcoverage to people with preexistingmedical conditions.

Biden said if the bill did not passin this Congress “it is going to be

kicked back for a generation.”He also said he expected inde-

pendent Senator Joe Lieberman,who caucuses with Democrats andis a key vote on the healthcare over-haul, would vote in favor of the fi-nal bill.

Lieberman has threatened to joinRepublicans in opposing the bill,complicating Democratic efforts togather the 60 votes needed to over-come Republican opposition.

“I think Joe’s judgment is wrongin this,” Biden said in an interviewon MSNBC. “I’m confident Joe isgoing to see the light, I’m confidenthe is going to vote for a final bill,but there is an awful lot of games-manship going on right now.”

Italy to beef up securityafter Berlusconi assault

measures to keep Italians and theirleaders safe.

Citing the risk of a “dangerousspiral of copycat attacks” and ab-solving security forces of allblame, Maroni said the govern-ment is considering obscuring Websites or social network groups thatincite violence.

It will also consider new rulesfor gatherings in public places.

Conservative lawmakers havebeen incensed by Facebook groupsthat have sprung up praisingMassimo Tartaglia, the 42-year-oldBerlusconi assailant with a historyof mental illness.

Tartaglia has written to himapologizing for his “cowardly andrash act.” But allies say the nor-mally irrepressible premier is badlyshaken and at one point even askeda visiting priest: “Why do they hateme to this point?.”

In a letter sent to Berlusconifrom his jail cell, Tartaglia ex-pressed “heartfelt regret for a su-perficial, cowardly and rash act inwhich he did not recognize him-self,” his lawyers said.

They said he acted alone andwithout any political or militantmotive.

PLO to keep Abbas president,back stance on talks

putes Abbas’s legitimacy.“There is consensus among the

members that the president will re-main in his post,” said Saleh Rafat,a member of the PLO Central Coun-cil that is meeting in Ramallah.

“This is not an issue of disputeat all.” A statement confirming thedecision is due later on Wednesday.

Abbas has said he will not seekas second term as president, but nodate has been set for a future vote.

Abbas’s rivals in the Islamistmovement Hamas, which is not partof the PLO, have already declaredas illegitimate any extension of the74-year-old’s tenure as president.

Abbas replaced Yasser Arafat ashead of the PLO and the Palestin-ian Authority after his death in2004.

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Denpasar

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

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

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

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

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

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

Badung

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

Bali International Medical Center (BIMC)Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excel-lent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Servicesfor tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance& Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone: 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta,Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com

International SOS Clinic BaliOpened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visi-tors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-houremergency medical service.Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - IndonesiaPhone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919E-mail : info@sos-bali.comttp ://www.sos-bali.com

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

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

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

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

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

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

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Thursday, December 17, 20096 News

“If we succeed in what we aredoing now, it wouldn’t be bad to bepresident. The presidency would bea good cap to one’s political career,”Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jrtold foreign correspondents in Ma-nila.

The 52-year-old congressmanfrom the northern Ilocos Norteprovince, his father’s bailiwick, re-cently launched his second attemptto run for senator. He lost in the1995 polls, claiming he wascheated of a seat in the 24-mem-ber Senate.

His father started his career inthe post-war Philippines as a con-gressman, then was a senator be-fore becoming the country’s long-est serving president. Marcos ruledas a dictator in the last 14 of his20-year rule and was ousted in1986 by an army-backed popularrevolt.

“Soldiers dream to become gen-eral, bank tellers to become CEOsand I am taking this as far as it cango,” Bongbong said.

Some analysts say Bongbong hasa good chance of winning a senateseat. Senators are chosen in a na-tionwide vote and he would benefitfrom name recall and the machin-ery of the political party he is alliedwith, the Nacionalista Party of bil-lionaire senator Manuel Villar.

But he is unlikely to rank among

Son of Philippines’ lateSon of Philippines’ lateSon of Philippines’ lateSon of Philippines’ lateSon of Philippines’ latedictator dreams of presidencydictator dreams of presidencydictator dreams of presidencydictator dreams of presidencydictator dreams of presidencyReuters

MANILA - The Oxford-educated son of the Philippines’ formerMANILA - The Oxford-educated son of the Philippines’ formerMANILA - The Oxford-educated son of the Philippines’ formerMANILA - The Oxford-educated son of the Philippines’ formerMANILA - The Oxford-educated son of the Philippines’ formerdictator Ferdinand Marcos wants to follow the footsteps of hisdictator Ferdinand Marcos wants to follow the footsteps of hisdictator Ferdinand Marcos wants to follow the footsteps of hisdictator Ferdinand Marcos wants to follow the footsteps of hisdictator Ferdinand Marcos wants to follow the footsteps of hisnamesake father by winning a seat in the upper house of Congressnamesake father by winning a seat in the upper house of Congressnamesake father by winning a seat in the upper house of Congressnamesake father by winning a seat in the upper house of Congressnamesake father by winning a seat in the upper house of Congressin May as a first step toward the presidency.in May as a first step toward the presidency.in May as a first step toward the presidency.in May as a first step toward the presidency.in May as a first step toward the presidency.

the top winners given voters’memories of his wild parties in thepresidential palace during hisfather’s rule. He acknowledges thatperiod in his life but now says he isa family man focused on his threesons.

Anger against the Marcoses’ ex-cesses while in power may havewaned over the years but some sec-tors are careful not to allow the fam-ily to reclaim their old glory, withthe clan still facing charges of cor-ruption during the late dictator’srule.

Bongbong is known for promot-ing Ilocos Norte as a tourist desti-nation and has supported renewableenergy efforts, particularly windpower, during his three terms asgovernor of the province from 1998until 2007 and as a legislator.

He said he would push for big-ger budgets for education, agricul-ture and anti-corruption measuresand help pass a controversial popu-lation control measure that giveswomen an option to plan their fami-lies. Two other Marcos familymembers are running for public of-fice in the May polls. Former firstlady Imelda Marcos, famed for herflamboyant jewelry and vast shoecollection, wants to occupy theCongress seat Bongbong is vacat-ing while elder sister Imee is run-ning for Ilocos Norte governor.

ReutersROME - Italian authorities

evacuated hundreds of peoplefrom their homes after a magni-tude 4.2 earthquake shook theUmbria region of central Italy onTuesday, causing slight damageto buildings but no injuries.

Hundreds evacuated afterquake rocks central Italy

The civil protection agency saidthe quake was strongest around thetown of Perugia.

In the commune of Marsciano,civil protection agents evacuatedabout 500 residents after the oldbuildings in which they lived weredamaged by the tremor. They will

be housed in a gym while theextent of the damage is as-sessed.

In April, a strong earthquakestruck the Abruzzo region ofcentral Italy, killing about 300people and making tens of thou-sands homeless.

ReutersTOULOUSE - A French court

has split the jackpot from a casinoslot machine between the womanwho put in the money and the manwho pulled the lever, ending monthsof argument between the two.

Marie-Helene Jarguel walked offwith over 2 million euros ($2.91million) in March after a bet of 50euros on a one-armed bandit, onlyfor her gambling partner Francis

Court splits jackpotbetween rival gamblers

Sune to contest her gain based onthe fact that he activated the ma-chine.

A court in the southwestern cityof Montpellier ruled on Tuesdaythat Jarguel should keep 80 percentof the earnings while the rest shouldgo to Sune, a judicial source said.

The ruling was a legal innova-tion. The judges noted that therewas “no judicial definition of thewinner in a slot machine game.”

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The Hindus sacrificed cows andother animal on the top of the moun-tain. The ceremony is to purify thenature in order to direct them intoharmony and balance.

The first ceremony was held in

1712 and since then, the similar cer-emony had been done several times.The Hindus pray for safety for allof the world because lately, manydisasters happen throughout theworld. There is great hope that byconducting the ceremony, God willprotect mankind, the world and ev-erything in it.(kmb17)(kmb17)(kmb17)(kmb17)(kmb17)

ReutersAYNA SAN FRANCISCO -

Peru’s civil war is over but fightersfrom the Shining Path rebel grouphave joined the country’s cocainetrade, turning a lawless bundle ofvalleys into a security problem forPresident Alan Garcia.

A civil war killed around 70,000people in the 1980s and 1990s whenShining Path’s Maoist guerrillasnearly toppled the Peruvian stateand both sides committed rightsatrocities.

The rebels mostly disbanded af-

Cocaine and rebels hauntPeru’s remote jungle

ter the capture of their leader, AbimaelGuzman, yet violence is escalatingagain in the rugged and volatile Ene andApurimac River Valleys, known as theVRAE, in Peru’s southern jungle.

It has become the most denselyplanted coca-growing belt in the world,according to the United Nations, andpolice say much of the cocaine leavingthese fertile valleys is exported withhelp from a remnant band of ShiningPath fighters.

Garcia, whose first term as presidentin the 1980s was haunted by the rise ofthe insurgency, has mobilized the army

to try to eliminate one of ShiningPath’s last footholds and preventits influence from spreading again.

So far, the military push hasbeen marred by setbacks. Rebelsworking with cocaine smugglinggangs have killed 40 poorlyequipped soldiers and police overthe last year in the VRAE and shotdown helicopters. The army hassuffered embarrassing ambushes,traffickers buy lenient treatmentfrom judges and mayors in localtowns defend growers of coca, theleaf used to make cocaine.

AP Photo/Sophie Ralulu, Fiji Sun

Jonasa Rokotuiwasa, right, with daughter Miliana Wati, center, and son Jonasa cross the floodedbridge in Kasavu, Nausori in Fiji, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 after a cyclone hit the island. Thousandsof Fiji villagers fled to shelters as a tropical cyclone battered the South Pacific nation, causingflooding, damaging homes and power lines, and killing three people, officials said Tuesday.

Thursday, December 17, 2009 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Police shot Kelly Kwalik after hethreatened to open fire on them dur-ing an early morning raid on a housein Timika, on the southern coast,Papua province police spokesmanAgus Riyanto said.

“We had to shoot him as he triedto shoot the police with a kind of re-volver and evade arrest,” he said, add-ing that associates of Kwalik’s hadidentified the body.

“He was shot in the left leg andbrought to hospital. He died at thehospital.”

Five men were arrested in the op-eration, Riyanto said. Another policesource said the body had been flownto provincial capital Jayapura forDNA tests to confirm its identity.

Kwalik, 60, was a commander ofthe Free Papua Movement (OPM) insouthern Mimika district.

He stood accused of multiple kill-ings, kidnappings and attacks onemployees of US miner FreeportMcMoran.

The OPM has waged a low-levelinsurgency against Indonesian rulesince 1964, a year after the Nether-

Antara

JAKARTA - Discussions are un-derway between the Australian andIndonesian Governments regardingmonitoring of the oil spill’s impacts,if any, in Indonesian waters.

According to an Australian Em-bassy media release made availableto Antara on Wednesday, the Aus-tralian Government has announceda comprehensive Commission ofInquiry into the Montara oil spill un-derlining Australia’s commitment toensuring this issue was dealt with inan open and transparent manner.

The inquiry will examine eventsassociated with the oil spill, includ-ing its cause, impact and the re-sponse effort and will make recom-mendations on measures, if war-ranted, to prevent such an incidentoccurring again.

The Inquiry is due to submit itsreport to the Australian Governmentby the end of April 2010.

The Australian Government’s pri-ority from the beginning of the leakwas to contain the spill and mini-mize the impact on the environmentwith the Australian Maritime SafetyAuthority (AMSA) coordinating

Antara

JAKARTA - The CorruptionEradication Commission (KPK) isscheduled to question two ForestryMinistry officials, Boen Poernamaand Wandoyo Siswanto in an allegedcorruption case.

KPK spokesman Johan Budi saidBoen Poernama and WandoyoSiwanto would be questioned later onWednesday for an alleged corruptioncase in the procurement of IntegratedRadio Communication System(SKRT) at the Forestry Ministry.

Indonesia police claim PapuanIndonesia police claim PapuanIndonesia police claim PapuanIndonesia police claim PapuanIndonesia police claim Papuanrebel commander killedrebel commander killedrebel commander killedrebel commander killedrebel commander killedAgence France-Presse

TIMIKA - Indonesian police killed one of the most active Papuanrebel commanders on Wednesday, sparking angry protests in a regionscarred by unrest and rights abuses.

lands ceded sovereignty of the re-source-rich, ethnically Melanesianregion to Indonesia.

As news of his death spreadthrough Timika, the main town inMimika, some 300 protesters gath-ered outside the local parliamentbuilding to demand informationabout the police raid.

When they were told Kwalik’sbody was being sent to Jayapura forexamination about 100 people wentto the airport to try to stop the flight.Witnesses said the protesters wereangry but there was no violence.

“Whoever the man is, whetherhe’s Kelly Kwalik or not, the bodycannot be taken out of Timika. Thebody has to be buried here,” one ofthe protesters shouted.

Kwalik had commanded the insur-gency in Mimika since 1977.

The area includes Freeport’s gi-ant Grasberg mine, which sits on oneof the world’s biggest gold and cop-per reserves and has long been linkedto human rights abuses involving In-donesian troops who secure the fa-cility.

Many Papuans complain theyhave been dispossessed by the mineand denied income from the use oftheir lands.

The road linking Timika to themine in the rugged highlands to thenorth has been the scene of a stringof mysterious ambushes over the pastsix months, one of which killed Aus-tralian mine technician Drew Grant.

Kwalik reportedly claimed re-sponsibility for the attacks but hisassociates deny this. Others havespeculated that the ambushes are thework of rogue Indonesian police orsoldiers.

Little is known about Kwalik buthe was believed to have been one ofthe OPM’s most committed com-manders and his death would be amajor blow to the largely dormantguerrilla movement.

“Kelly Kwalik is one of theOPM’s most elusive commanders. Tomany in Papua he is also one of the‘purest’ in terms of devotion to thecause,” the International Crisis Groupthink tank said in a 2006 report.

It said he had lost land to theFreeport mine and had tapped intolocal anger over dispossession andhuman rights abuses to win supportfor his armed campaign for indepen-dence.

Kwalik has been on a police

AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah

Indonesian National Police Spokesman Maj. Gen Nanan Sukarna showsa photo of Papuan separatist leader Kelly Kwalik during a press con-ference at the National Police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia,Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.

wanted list since 2002 when he al-legedly ordered an attack on a con-voy of Freeport employees in whichan Indonesian and two US civilianswere killed. In 1986 his group wassaid to have kidnapped and killedeight Javanese students.

Ten years later he allegedly or-dered the kidnapping of 12 scientistsincluding four Indonesians, four Brit-ons, two Germans and two Dutch.

Two of the Indonesians were killedin a military rescue operation whichfreed the hostages three months later.

Montara oil spillinquiry underway

Australia’s clean-up response to theincident.

Continued surveillance by AMSAhas not found any further oil releasedinto the ocean since the flow of oil fromthe Montara wellhead platform ceasedon 3 November. As a result, aerial sur-veillance ceased on 28 November.

Response operations included re-covery and targeted spraying of dis-persant. Dispersant accelerates theweathering and biological break-down of oil at sea.

It does not cause oil to sink to theseabed. Following further securingof the wellhead, all Australia’s do-mestic response operations ceasedon 3 December.

To ensure that any environmen-tal impacts from the oil spill are un-derstood and appropriately ad-dressed in the long-term, a robust,scientific monitoring plan has beenagreed between the Australian Gov-ernment and the company respon-sible for the wellhead platform.

An Australian Government del-egation visited Indonesia on Novem-ber 10, 2009 to brief Indonesian of-ficials on the oil spill including cleanup operations and environmental is-sues associated with the spill.

Sculptor WilmanSyahnur rides on atraditional three-wheeled pedicab withhis creation, a fiber-glass statue of U.S.President BarackObama flashing “peace”sign, on a street duringan art festival inYogyakarta, Indonesia,Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.The statue was meantas criticism to Obamafor keeping U.S. troopsin Iraq and Afghanistandespite receiving aNobel Peace Prize lastweek.

KPK question two forestry ministry officials“The two Forestry Ministry offi-

cials will be questioned as witnessesin the SKRT procurement,” JohanBudi said, adding that their testimonywould be used to complete the dos-sier of Putranevo A Prayugo who hasbeen named as as suspect in that case.

In that similar case the KPK willalso question two employees of PTMasaro Radiokom namely SigitPrayogo and Elvita Dewi as wit-nesses.

Johan Budi said the investigationinto the SKRT procurement at For-estry Ministry was in relation with

a bribery scandal to a number of leg-islators to smoothen the SKRTproject.

In the bribery scandal, JohanBudi said the KPK had named PTMasaro Radiokom President Direc-tor Anggoro Wijoyo as suspect butthe later remained at large up to thepresent.

Anggoro Wijoyo and three otherPT Marao top officials Putronevo APrayugo, David Angka Wijaya, andAnggono Wijoyo were then sus-pended by the KPK from goingoverseas.

AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi

8 InternationaThursday, December 17, 2009

Bali Today

Tourism observer, Dr. I Nyoman Madiun,revealed it last Sunday (Dec 13) at Candidasa,Karangasem. He disagreed to build a hotel orvilla at locations where tourists often stop totake a photograph or admire the beauty ofnature. Ideally, the asset in the form of beautyof nature should be conserved and might notundergo transfer of function into building.

“Beauty of nature denotes an asset of tour-ism including spiritual tourism. On that account,its preservation should be maintained. Not onthe contrary, it is filled with villas or hotels,”he asserted. Today, he added, there was atrend where a beautiful location was alwaystargeted by investors and used to build a villaor hotel. On the other side, government wasoften too late to protect such beautiful loca-tions by regulations so that such location werefilled in by buildings, even they made the loca-tion look disorganized. Strangely, some regu-lations have been made but often neglected.

According to Madiun, who is also theDepartment Head of Tourism Managementat STP Nusa Dua Bali, Karangasem was po-tential to be developed into spiritual tourism.Other than custom and tradition, it had manyunique cultures that remained pristine. Almostevery day visitors could see such activities andthey could become an attraction to visitors.At that time, tour guide and practitioner oftourism should be able to explain well to for-eign tourists. Meanwhile, the beauty of na-

Developing Spiritual Tourism

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AMLAPURA — Karangasem is potential to be developed as spiritual tour- AMLAPURA — Karangasem is potential to be developed as spiritual tour- AMLAPURA — Karangasem is potential to be developed as spiritual tour- AMLAPURA — Karangasem is potential to be developed as spiritual tour- AMLAPURA — Karangasem is potential to be developed as spiritual tour-ism. In order to make Karangasem as spiritual tourism, the asset, custom, cultureism. In order to make Karangasem as spiritual tourism, the asset, custom, cultureism. In order to make Karangasem as spiritual tourism, the asset, custom, cultureism. In order to make Karangasem as spiritual tourism, the asset, custom, cultureism. In order to make Karangasem as spiritual tourism, the asset, custom, cultureand beauty of nature should be well maintained. It should not be allowed to buildand beauty of nature should be well maintained. It should not be allowed to buildand beauty of nature should be well maintained. It should not be allowed to buildand beauty of nature should be well maintained. It should not be allowed to buildand beauty of nature should be well maintained. It should not be allowed to buildvilla and hotel at every hillside, beach and foot of mountain.villa and hotel at every hillside, beach and foot of mountain.villa and hotel at every hillside, beach and foot of mountain.villa and hotel at every hillside, beach and foot of mountain.villa and hotel at every hillside, beach and foot of mountain.

ture belonging to Karangasem was extraor-dinary. “Now, it stays how to manage andmaintain the asset in order it remains ever-lasting and interesting,” he said.

According to him, the object of spiritualtourism did not only mean a religious or spiri-tual activity or taking people to temple andmake temple as tourist object. However, theobject of spiritual tourism lay between art-cul-ture and local customary tradition with beautyof nature. By seeing and enjoying beautifulnature, tour guide should be able to take tour-ist to contemplate and to build awareness onthe greatness of God as the Creator and Lordof the beautiful nature. “At that time, thetourists are expected to downgrade their ego-ism into awareness of the existence of powerand greatness of the Creator. At the same time,awareness will emerge changing the bad be-havior to good one and realize that beyond thehuman lies the Supreme God,” he described.

On the other side, a member ofKarangasem House, I Wayan Tama, statedto agree with Madiun According to him, themost important thing in seeing the social ac-tivities and enjoying the beauty of nature, tourguide should be able to deliver the informa-tion properly to tourist. Spiritual tourismcould become an alternative in the frameworkto maintain the spirit of Bali tourism that wasworried to lose and would threaten the exist-ence of tourism in Bali. (013) (013) (013) (013) (013)

Robinson Crusoe might not originally haveplaned to explore the pristine tropical Islandof Màs a Tierra. However, since the ship hewent with was wrecked by vicious storm, hehad no choice but attempted to save himselfto nearest island. Like blessing in disguise,he has fallen in love with the island for some28 years. He could do many things and obtainvaluable experiences while waiting for the timeto return home. At that time, he probably didknow about the terms agrotourism. Yet, with-out being realized he has enjoyed a variety oftourism activities. He got acquainted with lo-cal tribes and did farming as the local did.

Agrotourism is similar to what mighthave been carried out by the figure RobinsonCrusoe in the novel authored by Daniel Defoe.It is the form of tourism taking advantage ofrural culture as tourist attraction. Its focus lieson cultural landscape. It’s worth noting herethat the culture does not only include the artsand tradition, but culture in the general senseas in the seven universal elements of culturethat also embrace the system of livelihood,equipment, technology, language, religion andso forth. Actually it’s a comprehensive andsustainable tourism development. By this, lo-cal people are enabled to be widely involvedin various activities, not merely as passivespectators.

On the other hand, through this activity

Getting in Touch with Local Culturevisitors have a good opportunity to get ac-quainted with many aspects of rural life, start-ing from agricultural occupation, local prod-ucts, traditional culinary, custom and tradi-tion as well as lifestyle of local people. Inagricultural field, for instance, there are ar-eas producing characteristic local variety ofrice like at Penebel; snakefruit at Pupuan andSibetan; strawberry at Bedugul; and tanger-ine at Bondalem and Tejakula to name a few.Then what is making different from that ofother regions across the archipelago? Thisdisparity concerns with the tradition andlifestyle. In Bali, visitors will be able to seethat local farmers have traditional organiza-tion managing the irrigated and non-irrigatedfarming named subak. Uniquely, they per-form ritual to express their gratitude to Godon the prosperity obtained from farming onparticular days and specifically on TumpekBubuh (the nearest one falls on 21 February).

Moreover, this kind of tourism willbring visitors closer to nature and other ruralactivities beyond farming. Even, they canparticipate in those activities. For instance, ifBali has rich traditional dances, visitors canjoin to learn some of them. As a result, visi-tors do not only visiting Bali to feel the plea-sure of touring, watching cultural perfor-mance and seeing the enchanting panoramas,but also experiencing in person the local

lifestyle. Other than agricultural-related ac-tivities, Bali retains a wide variety of uniqueones that are worth visiting. There arehandicraft making, traditional painting,(seasonal) coffee harvesting, fishing andmany more. And if possible, they can staywith the local community.

Visitors participated in agrotourismare ideally expected to be more active thanthe average tourists while on trips. In es-sence, there are some categories of activityin agrotourism namely the family-orientedactivities like sporting and cycling; partici-patory activities like learning to dance andcook traditional food; nature-oriented ac-tivities like horse riding, elephant safari,trekking; farming-related activities like sea-sonal harvesting, exploring local fruits attraditional market and so forth. These ac-tivities can complete the existing tourismproduct. In Bali, this tourism has becomean alternative to avoid the market satura-tion of those very same products.

Agrotourism does not only enrich theexisting tourism products and provide al-ternative to visitors. To local community,it poses an empowerment that enables tothem get involved in the tourist activities.In general, it will make an even distribu-tion of tourist visits to villages and work-ing opportunity. (BTN/punia) (BTN/punia) (BTN/punia) (BTN/punia) (BTN/punia)

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DENPASAR – Indonesian Tour Guide Associa-tion (HPI) Bali support the action taken by the policeofficers in order to handle the crime especially the onehappen to foreigners. I Gusti Kompyang Aya, thespokesman of HPI Bali, said “the action taken by thepolice will give good image in the international world.’

He is also very happy that Bali Police Departmentreceived awards from the government of Japan andGermany because the police managed to solve the caseshappened to their citizen.

Bali Police solved the murder case of Rikasano, aJapanese tourist, and arresting the fugitive wanted byGerman police Peter Ulrich. Ulrich is suspected to killhis own wife in Germany.

“As tourism businessmen, we hope that Bali willalways safe for the people and tourists. We obviouslydon’t want the bad news spread throughout the world.”It is difficult to prevent the spread of the criminal newsabroad.

So the best thing is to increase the safety leveland created Bali which is safe for the people. Actually,the existence of Tourist Police is very important becausebeaches are the most crowded tourism sites in Bali.

There is great hope that the number of criminalact can be decreased do the number of tourist visitedBali will keep increasing.

HPI supported policeaction handling crimes

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The view of Karangasem Regency. Karangasem is potential to be developed as spiri-tual tourism. In order to make Karangasem as spiritual tourism, the asset, custom,culture and beauty of nature should be well maintained. It should not be allowed tobuild villa and hotel at every hillside, beach and foot of mountain.

Balinese Culture

Thursday, December 17, 2009 9al

Bebek Menyanyad(Duck Curry)

Overview:Ducks waddling along the banks of the rice fields

or following the flag held by their owner (or hischildren) are a common sight in Bali. On festiveoccasions, duck is great favorite. Spiced stuffed duckbaked in banana leaf is one popular recipe; thiscurry-like dish is another. Chicken could be used asa substitute for duck if preferred.

Ingredients:1 whole duck, weighing about 2 kg8 cups coconut milk2 lemon grass, bruised2 salam leaves1 tbsp salt1 tsp black peppercorns, crushed fried shallots

Spice paste:12 shallots, peeled and sliced6 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced4 red chilies2.5 cm galangal (laos), peeled and sliced2.5 cm kencur, peeled and sliced5 cm fresh turmeric, peeled and sliced2 tsp coriander, crushed3 candlenuts1 tsp dried shrimp paste¼ tsp black peppercorns, crushed pinch of freshly

grated nutmeg2 cloves3 tbsp oil

Preparation:Cut the duck into 12 pieces and pat dry.Prepare the spice paste by grinding or blending all

ingredients except oil. Heat the oil and sauté thespice paste for 2 minutes. Add the duck, increaseheat and sauté for 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Addthe coconut milk and all ingredients except friedshallots and simmer, uncovered, until the duck istender and the sauce has thickened.

Garnish with fried shallots and serve with whiterice. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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The program, according GM Sales andCustomer Service Telkomsel Bali Nusra RegionSyaiful Bachri, is part of observation that con-ducted by Telkomsel in Bali Nusra region. Hestated that almost all the users of Kartu As liketo spend their communication budget for textingor SMS. ‘’We hope that by launching this pro-gram we can give more benefit to Kartu As’ us-ers,” he said.

He mentioned the 50 SMS free can be usefor 24 hours every day. The users must use allthe free SMS because it can’t be accumulate tothe next days. Telkomsel preparing goodcoverage and capacity around 80,000 SMS persecond to make Kartu As users comfortable. Be-sides SMS free program, Kartu As’ users alsocan enjoyed cheap phone call tariffs and IDR1,000 services by using the access number of*100#, likes using 500 KB internet service perday, religious content SMS, and job vacancies.

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BAJRA Sandhi Monument is monumentof Balinese People Struggle . This Monumentis recognized by the name of Bajra Sandhibecause it’s form is looking like Bajra orGenta or bell used by all Hindu Priest in read-ing off Weda holy sentence (mantra) at reli-gious ceremony. This monument is built inthe year 1987 and it is opened by president ofMegawati Sukarno Putri on 14 June 2003. Thepurpose of this monument is to immortalizethe soul and spirit of Balinese People struggle,at one blow dig, looking after, developing andalso preserve the culture of Bali to be be-queathed to a router generation as advancingcapital stroke tread a world of loaded progres-sively with the challenge and resistance.

This monument is comprising of 33 di-orama depicting the journey history from aperiod of prehistory (300.000 S.M) what itshuman being still go about and very base onthe nature until the period of filling the inde-pendence (1950-1975) where Bali Island isbuilt in all areas like politics, economic, andsocial cultural. By knowing and comprehend-ing of the journey history, soul, and spirit ofBali People struggle from time to time, it isexpected the tighten of the spirit and culturalto increase Bali tourism. http://static.panoramio.com

Banjra Sandhi MonumentThe Building Monument of Bajra SandhiThe existence of physical building is strongly

relating to the meaning of Hinduism philosophy,namely Yoni colossus. The monument is likelycolossus device meanwhile the building base asyoni. From other side, the Yoni colossus is alsodescribing the story of twiddling Mandhara Giriat Ksirarnawa which is taken away from passageof Adi Parwa (Hindu’s Book).

This building Monument is consisted of:

* Jar of Amertha symbol by Kumba (a kindof pot) what is seen on the top monument.

* The Dragon Basuki tail exists near bySwamba and its head at entrance gate

* The body of Bedawang Akupa realized atits base of monument and the head at entrancegate

* Mount of Mandara Giri realized by thehigh of monument boosting

* Pool encircle the monument is supposingas Ksirarnawa (milk ocean).

Bajra Sandhi Monument in its development,it has been opened for visitor and to be placesof interest or tourist destination in Bali in par-ticular when visiting Denpasar town.(www.balistarisland.com)

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BUSINESS

The Federal Open Market Committee(FOMC) is widely expected to keep thebase federal funds rate in the range of zeroto 0.25 percent, where it has been since lastDecember.

In a statement, expected around 1915GMT Wednesday, it is also likely to main-tain committed to a range of programs toflood the financial system with money torestore credit flows.

Among those is a pledge to pumpmore than one trillion dollars into the fi-nancial system to keep credit flowing.

Fed officials have said that they havean exit plan to move away from stimulusmeasures that will be implemented whenthe economy has recovered, but recent in-dications suggest no major policy changesare likely soon.

Fed chairman Ben Bernanke lastweek went out of his way to quash the no-tion that the Fed was closer to rate hikes inview of better economic news, especiallyin the labor market, analysts noted.

“With the sustainability of recoverystill in doubt, we do not see why the Fedwould make any changes at this point, es-pecially with year end approaching, whenfinancial markets are notoriously illiquid —perhaps significantly more so this year,” saidJoseph LaVorgna, chief US economist atDeutsche Bank.

“We expect only slight tinkering withthe statement. In fact, the only substantivechange we are looking for from the FOMCis a mild improvement in the committee’sassessment of the economic outlook.”

Markets will be watching to see if theFed keeps language indicating rates wouldbe held low for an “extended period.” Anysignificant change could signal the exit strat-egy is under way.

Donald Ratajczak, consulting econo-mist at Morgan Keegan, said that the Fedmay be shifting its criteria for when it be-gins to hike rates because much of economicactivity is still supported by stimulus efforts,even though unemployment has come off apeak of 10.2 percent to 10.0 percent.

“While I thought employment would

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WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve is expected to leave a key inter- WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve is expected to leave a key inter- WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve is expected to leave a key inter- WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve is expected to leave a key inter- WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve is expected to leave a key inter-est rate near zero and pledge continued support for the still-recovering USest rate near zero and pledge continued support for the still-recovering USest rate near zero and pledge continued support for the still-recovering USest rate near zero and pledge continued support for the still-recovering USest rate near zero and pledge continued support for the still-recovering USeconomy when it concludes a two-day meeting Wednesday.economy when it concludes a two-day meeting Wednesday.economy when it concludes a two-day meeting Wednesday.economy when it concludes a two-day meeting Wednesday.economy when it concludes a two-day meeting Wednesday.

be the trigger to changing Federal Reservepolicy, I now believe it is loan activity,”Ratajczak said.

“The Fed is concerned that a recoverycannot be sustained while commercial andindustrial loans are falling at a 14-percentrate, and I agree with that conclusion. Thatis why Bernanke reiterated an extended pe-riod for near-zero rates even after a recoverypattern of labor market conditions material-ized in November.”

Others say that as the recovery gatherssteam the Fed may be forced to act morequickly.

Kent Engelke, economic strategist atCapitol Securities Management, said theeconomy has already rebounded sharply fromearlier this year and this could mean a morerapid return to normal conditions.

“It is becoming more evident this re-covery is stronger than many were expect-ing with questions of sustainability no longerthe most written headline,” he said.

“If the economy continues to improveat this rate, a rate that I think will spur jobsgrowth, the primary headline would perhapsbe the impact of the inevitable change inmonetary policy.”

Brian Wesbury at First Trust Portfoliossaid the latest inflation figures — showing a1.8 percent leap in wholesale prices — sug-gest the Fed has failed to keep prices incheck.

“The Federal Reserve is twiddling itsthumbs waiting for consistent signs of fall-ing unemployment before it starts raisinginterest rates,” he said.

“The Fed’s theory is that inflationwon’t show up until the labor market gets alot stronger than it is today. But inflationisn’t just arriving early, it’s bashing downthe door.”

US gross domestic product rose in thethird quarter at a 2.8-percent annual pace,after four quarters of contraction in a brutalrecession. Some analysts still fear thatthe recovery will be limited by high unem-ployment, which reduces consumer incomeand spending that accounts for the lion’sshare of economic activity.

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SYDNEY - Australia will relax someforeign ownership rules for national airlineQantas, the government said Wednesday, eas-ing the way for the “Flying Kangaroo” to forman alliance with an overseas carrier.

Qantas will remain majority 51 percentAustralian-owned — a condition consideredin the national interest — but rules cappingforeign individual ownership at 25 percentand overseas airline stakes at 35 percent willgo.

“This will increase Qantas’s ability tocompete for capital and to take opportuni-ties to form strategic partnerships in an in-creasingly globalised industry,” TransportMinister Anthony Albanese said.

In a paper to guide the aviation indus-try for the next two decades, the govern-ment also eased rules for hand luggage —with tweezers, knitting needles and nailfiles no longer banned on flights and metalcutlery reintroduced.

In contrast, screening of baggage andindividual passengers will be tightened.

“It is time to do more than have an adhoc approach to aviation issues as theyarise,” Albanese told reporters in Canberra.

“Australia needs a comprehensiveaviation framework that brings together allaspects of aviation policy into a single, co-herent and forward-looking statement.”

Australia easessome foreign ownership

rules for Qantas The minister said the government

would also encourage foreign airlines toincrease their services outside the major ar-teries of Sydney and Melbourne to second-ary international airports such as Cairns,Darwin and Broome.

“Australia will offer foreign airlinesunlimited access to secondary gateway mar-kets... and offer improved access to majordestinations for those international flightswhich go through tourist venues such asCairns,” he said.

Qantas welcomed the announcementwhich was previewed by Albanese in late2008 when he said the government wantedto put the carrier on a “level playing field”with rival airlines.

Chief executive Alan Joyce describedthe removal of the foreign ownership capsas a step forward.

“It gives Qantas parity with Australiancarriers governed by the Air Navigation Actwhen it comes to attracting capital.”

In December 2008, a planned 6.0 bil-lion US dollar merger between Qantas andBritish Airways came unstuck but the Aus-tralian airline has long believed that amerger with a foreign carrier would makesense.

The pair walked away from talks afterfailing to reach agreement on key terms. Com-bined, their 500-plane fleet would have con-stituted one of the world’s biggest airlines.

AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File

In this May 4, 2007 file photo two Qantas Airways passenger planes pass eachother at Sydney Airport, in Australia.

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Reitman has said he was concerned the expectationssurrounding “Up in the Air” — starring George Clooneyas a frequent flier who fires people for a living — mightdetract from the joy of its success. When he watchedthe Globes announcements — while fittingly jet-laggedfrom a recent flight from Los Angeles to New York —he seemed to be taking to the new role.

“Whatever my fears were about having anticipation,there’s nothing as exciting as watching live TV andnot knowing if your name is going to be called out,”said the 32-year-old Reitman, who was nominated forbest director and best screenplay with co-writer SheldonTurner. “It’s an overwhelming rush.”

One of Reitman’s first phone calls was to his father,Ivan Reitman, the well-regarded director of hit com-edies such as “Stripes” and “Ghostbusters.” He’s alsoa producer of “Up in the Air,” an of-the-moment reces-sion tale, adapted from Walter Kirn’s novel. “It’s greatto be the producer of this kind of movie and sort ofshare in its success and the goodwill that comes withit,” Ivan Reitman said. “But as a parent it’s kind of thisremarkable emotional moment that’s kind of hard todescribe.”

REGGAE star Buju Banton has “vigorously denied” charges he at-tempted to buy cocaine from an undercover cop, according to the star’sattorney. The Grammy-nominated Jamaican star, real name Mark An-thony Myrie, was taken into custody in Miami, Florida on Thursdayafter he was caught with more than five kilograms of cocaine.

He was charged with conspiracy to possess, with intent to distributeand faces up to 20 years behind bars if convicted. Court documents statetwo others were also arrested, after contacting a police informant to en-quire about a deal.

In an e-mail to the Associated Press on Tuesday, Herbert E. WalkerIII said he looks forward to representing Banton in court, insisting hisclient “vigorously denies these allegations”. Banton remains in federalcustody in Miami.

ACTOR Joshua Jackson is ready to settle down with long-term girl-friend Diane Kruger and can see himself marrying the German beauty.The former Dawson’s Creek star, 31, has been dating the InglouriousBasterds actress since 2006 and has been jetting between Paris, France,where Kruger lives, and Vancouver, Canada, where he shoots his hit sci-fi show Fringe.

However, Jackson hints he’s willing to give up his transatlantic lifestyleto build a future with Kruger - as soon as the former model hints shewants to walk down the aisle.

He says, “We shoot the show in Vancouver but my better half lives inParis so I spend half my time there. I think that (marriage) might be apossibility, it’s working out well. She’s German; she’ll tell me when it’stime to get married.” RANDY Quaid and his wife

Evi are wanted by police in Cali-fornia after skipping a fifth courtdate stemming from an unpaidhotel bill. The “Kingpin” starand his spouse were due to ap-pear before a judge on Tuesdayto answer charges relating to anunsettled $10,000 bill from theluxury San Ysidro Ranch inSanta Barbara, California.

But they failed to turn up tocourt and have now becomefelony fugitives after the presid-ing judge issued warrants fortheir arrest. The couple’s bail hasbeen set at $40,000 each - doublethe amount of their last bond.

The Quaids posted $20,000each in September followingtheir arrest in Marfa, Texas, andthey paid the same amount inCalifornia in November aftermissing their fourth court date.The couple was due to be ar-raigned on charges of burglary,defrauding an innkeeper andconspiracy during Tuesday’splanned hearing.

Once an underdog,Once an underdog,Once an underdog,Once an underdog,Once an underdog,Reitman now anReitman now anReitman now anReitman now anReitman now anOscar favoriteOscar favoriteOscar favoriteOscar favoriteOscar favorite

Two years ago, director Jason Reitman’s “Juno” was the consummate Oscar underdog. An indepen-dent film without A-list stars, it went on to earn four Oscar nominations, winning best screenplay forDiablo Cody. Reitman’s new, widely feted film, “Up in the Air,” won’t have the luxury of a sneak attack. Itsolidified its status as an Academy Awards favorite Tuesday, when it was nominated for six Golden Globes,the most of any film.

AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file

Jason Reitman is shown at the premiere of “Up inthe Air” in Los Angeles. Reitman was nominated

for a Golden Globe Award for best director for thefilm, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. The Golden Globe

awards will be held Jan. 17 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Randy Quaid & Wife Are Fugitives Again

Buju Banton DeniesCocaine Charges

Joshua Jackson ContemplatesMarriage To Diane Kruger

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Such ideas may sound futuristicand excessive today. And technologi-cal predictions are notoriously off-base. Short-term forecasts tend toassume too much change and long-term forecasts underestimate thepossibility of sudden, major shifts.Even so, this vision of intercon-nected devices that produce and fil-ter massive amounts of data in the2010s is a logical progression of theWeb, computers and gadgetry thatemerged in the 2000s. Moore’s Law,the principle that computing powerdoubles every two years without in-creasing in cost, still rules.

Recall the personal computer,circa 2000. It likely had a “clockspeed” — a measure of how fast itcould do things — just one-sixth ofmany computers today. Apple’s 1999iMac came with 64 megabytes ofRAM, memory that helps comput-ers switch among programs. Today’s

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SYDNEY – Militant anti-whalingactivists said they were dodging aJapanese surveillance ship in icebergsnear Antarctica Wednesday, follow-ing their first skirmish with whalersfor the season. Paul Watson, who isleading a campaign to harass the an-nual whaling hunt, said a heavily-barbed and armed ship loaded withJapanese security guards had beentailing them since they left WesternAustralia on December 7.

When they attempted to approachthe ship, Shonan Maru No.2, frombehind an iceberg on Monday,Watson said the Japanese opened firewith two water cannon and tailed

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GENEVA – A global “patentpool” for AIDS drugs will belaunched next year in a bid to slashbillions off the cost of producinggeneric medecines for the develop-ing world, the UNITAID drug pur-chase fund said. UNITAID headPhilippe Douste-Blazy told AFP themechanism was given the greenlight at a board meeting in GenevaMonday and aims to supply latest-generation anti-retroviral drugs toAIDS sufferers in low- and me-dium-income countries.

Douste-Blazy said the scheme,set to be up and running by mid-2010, marked “an enormous step forhumanity.” Under the new mecha-nism, pharmaceutical firms willshare drug patents on a voluntary ba-sis with the pool, which will licensethem to generic manufacturers inexchange for royalties on sales.UNITAID will provide start-upfunds of four million dollars (2.75million euros) over the coming year,and has so far held talks with USpharmaceutical firms Gilead,Johnson and Johnson, Merck andSequoia on signing up, it said.

Drugs produced via the patentpool would be destined exclusivelyfor the developing world, where re-

In this combo madefrom file photos, theoriginal iPod, left, isdisplayed in Cupertino,Calif. on Oct. 23, 2001,and the Apple iPhone3GS, is shown at theApple Store in PaloAlto, Calif. on July 21,2009. Ten years ago, wewould have been blownaway by a cell phonewith far more comput-ing power and memorythan the average PChad in 1999, plus acamera and programsto manage everyaspect of our lives.

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Our devices will spin denserOur devices will spin denserOur devices will spin denserOur devices will spin denserOur devices will spin denserwebs of data in 2010swebs of data in 2010swebs of data in 2010swebs of data in 2010swebs of data in 2010sAssociated Press Writer

SEATTLE – Ten years ago, we would have been blown away by a cell phone with far more computingpower and memory than the average PC had in 1999, along with a built-in camera and programs to manageevery aspect of our lives. Ten years from now, the iPhone and its ilk will be antiques. Over the next decade,the evolution of computing and the Internet will produce faster, increasingly intelligent devices. More ofour possessions will contain sensors and computers that log our activities, building digital dossiers thataugment our memories, help us make decisions and tame information overload.

iMac today has 60 times as much.The vintage iMac had a 10-gigabytehard drive for storing digital photosand other files. Now iPods havemore space than that, and iMacdrives start at 500 gigabytes.

Remember dial-up? In 2000,fewer than 10 percent of U.S. house-holds had broadband Internet, ac-cording to Forrester Research. In2008, 61 percent of homes had it.As computers and Internet connec-tions got faster, we enjoyed themmore. In October 2002, the averageAmerican spent about 52 hours amonth on a home computer, accord-ing to the Nielsen Co. This Octo-ber, the figure was nearly 68 hoursa month.

We filled ever-more-spacioushard drives with music and photo-graphs, as households with digitalcameras jumped from 10 percent in2000 to 68 percent last year, and

those with an MP3 player climbedfrom less than 2 percent in 2000 to41 percent in 2008, according toForrester. We increased the ways wecould stay connected: More of us gotcell phones, camera phones, smartphones and the iPhone. We boughtmore laptops and came to expectInternet connections almost every-where.

Personal home pages were re-placed by blogs that could be set upin seconds, which gave anyone witha computer and Web access the po-tential to reach a bigger audiencethan many newspapers. First-gen-eration social networks, little morethan online address books, gave wayto sites such as Facebook and Twit-ter, where we add our words, pho-tos, links and video posts to a col-lective stream of consciousness.Online, we also tripped over the linebetween private and public.

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Handout photo shows crew from the Sea Shepherd animal rights group(right) being hosed by water cannons from a Japanese harpoon whal-ing ship.

Activists dodge Japan whaling fleet after skirmishthem in a two-hour high-speed pur-suit. “We had our water cannons atready but we never opened up onthem,” Watson told AFP, speaking viasatellite phone from Antarctic waters.

“This is the first time that the Japa-nese have sent down security forces.As long as they’re following us theycan relay our position to the whalingfleet so they can move if we’reapporaching them.” Watson said theShonan Maru No.2 was still tailingthem Wednesday, but “we’re going totry and lose them in the ice pack downhere off the coast.”

“They said if we try to block theoperations they’ll put their ship be-tween us and the harpoon vessels,which will most likely result in colli-

sions,” Watson said. “But we’re notgoing to back down, we’re there toblock their operations and we’renot going to back down becausethey try to force us out of the way.”

Despite the beefed-up security,Watson said he was confident ofdisrupting the hunt for a sixth year,saying activists had a futuristicpowerboat which would be able tooutrun the ships and block theirharpoons. “It’ll be our interceptorvessel, I think it will make a bigdifference,” he said. Japan’s PrimeMinister Yukio Hatoyama thisweek asked visiting Australiancounterpart Kevin Rudd to rein inthe Sea Shepherd activists, describ-ing their actions as “sabotage”.

A nurse at an anti-retroviral clinic in

South Africaexplains to a

patient how heshould take anti-

retroviral drugs in2008. A global

“patent pool” forAIDS drugs will belaunched next year

in a bid to slashbillions off the cost

of producinggeneric medecinesfor the developingworld, the UNITAID

drug purchasefund said.

‘Patent pool’ to boostAIDS drug access

sistance to existing anti-retroviraldrugs among AIDS patients is spur-ring the need for newer, patentedmedecines. The scheme would enablegeneric manufacturers to combine“newer and more effective drugs fromdifferent companies” into so-calledfixed-dose combination drugs, some-thing until now made difficult bypatent restrictions, UNITAID said.

By spurring competition betweenpharmaceutical labs, it believes thescheme has the potential to slashmore than a billion dollars off theannual cost of treating AIDS suffer-ers in developing nations.UNITAIDhas identified 19 products from ninedrug firms for potential inclusion inthe pool. Douste-Blazy also said thepool would facilitate the productionof specially-dosed medecines forchildren, who account for 10 percentof current AIDS treatment needs.

International charity MedecinsSans Frontieres welcomed “a de-cisive step to improve access tomedicines in the developingworld,” but warned that successwould depend on solid backingfrom drug firms. Patent holdersneed to move from expressions ofgeneral support to firm and formallicense commitments,” saidMichelle Childs, MSF’s director ofpolicy and advocacy.

AFP/File/Alexander Joe

InternationalSportThursday, Desember 17, 200914

“We are a gritty team,” Suns coachAlvin Gentry told the Arizona Repub-lic. “We compete. We feel like we cancompete against the majority of theteams in the league.” Tim Duncanscored a season-high 34 points andmade 14 rebounds for San Antonio(12-10). The Suns (17-8) led 67-52at halftime before the Spurs cut a 20-point deficit in the third quarter witha 28-13 run, but could not hold offthe home side in the fourth.

Phoenix snapped a string of three

Associated Press Writer

Charles Barkley says Tiger Woodschanged his cell phone number the dayafter his car accident and is not talk-ing to some of his famous friends. Ona show that airs Sunday on news net-work HLN, Barkley and filmmakerSpike Lee worry that Woods isn’t tak-ing advantage of the invaluable advicethat can only be offered by friends whoare used to the spotlight.

“You should reach out to your ce-lebrity friends when things go bad,”Barkley told The Associated Press ina phone interview Tuesday. “They’rethe only people who understand whatit’s like.” Barkley appears on “WithAll Due Respect” with two otherTurner Sports analysts, baseball Hallof Famer Dennis Eckersley and long-time NASCAR driver Kyle Petty. Leeis one of the guests in the one-hourspecial during which the sports starsdiscuss a variety of topics.

Turner Sports and HLN are ownedby Turner Broadcasting System. “He’sinsulated,” Lee said during the tapingfor the show. “If Charles Barkley andMichael Jordan can’t get to him, andthose are his boys, then other peopleare making bad moves.” Barkley saidTuesday he has not spoken to Woodssince the Nov. 27 accident, which un-leashed a series of events that resultedin him admitting to marital infidelity.“I’ve been trying to get to him andcan’t get to him,” he said. “It’s veryfrustrating.”

Barkley said he just wants to tellWoods, “Hey, man, we love you. Ifyou need anything, pick up the phone.”

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LONDON - U.S. Opensemi-finalist YaninaWickmayer must wait to seewhether she can return to ac-tion even though a Belgiancourt has suspended a one-year ban imposed on her forviolating anti-doping regu-lations. The InternationalTennis Federation (ITF) saidon Tuesday they were stillconsidering the judgment bythe Court of First Instancein Brussels which suspendedthe ban, citing administra-tive errors with the way itwas imposed.

“The ITF has now heardfrom the National Anti-Dop-ing Organisation Flandersand we are seeking counselfrom our legal advisors and(World Anti-DopingAgency) WADA,” an ITFspokesman said.Wickmayer, 20, was bannedin November after failing tonotify her country’s anti-

doping agency where she could be reached. Fellow-Belgian XavierMalisse, a former Wimbledon semi-finalist, was also suspended for ayear for missing a doping test and twice failing to say where he couldbe reached.

Malisse also had his ban suspended on Monday. Both Wickmayerand Malisse announced last month that they were appealing to theCourt of Arbitration for Sport. The ITF has had overall responsiblefor enforcing WADA doping-controls in tennis since 2007.

Suns burn Spurs toSuns burn Spurs toSuns burn Spurs toSuns burn Spurs toSuns burn Spurs tostay perfect at homestay perfect at homestay perfect at homestay perfect at homestay perfect at homeReuters -

PHOENIX - The Phoenix Suns preserved their 100 percent home record this season with an 116-104victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday. Amare Stoudemire scored 28 points and grabbed 14 re-bounds while Steve Nash hit 25 points and dished out 13 assists as the Suns extended the NBA’s onlyunbeaten home record to 9-0.

losses to the Spurs who have provedto be the Pacific Division team’snemesis in recent years. The Sunsmissed the postseason a year ago,but were eliminated from the play-offs by San Antonio in three of theirprevious four postseason appear-ances.

“It’s been a battle ever since westarted the playoff push my rookieyear,” Stoudemire said. “My confi-dence is the same night in and nightout — we make sure we bring our

‘A’ game against the Spurs.”Winners of four NBA titles since

the 1998-99 campaign, the Spurshad won three straight heading intothe night’s contest but could notcarry their momentum past theSuns. Roger Mason added 19 pointsand Tony Parker 15 in a losing ef-fort. Phoenix got an unexpectedboost from reserve Goran Dragicwho scored a career-high 18 pointsand made four of the team’s 11three-pointers during a hot shoot-ing performance. The Suns havestayed among the top teams in theWestern Conference despite play-ing a league-high 16 games on theroad. They play 10 of their next 13games at home.

Phoenix Suns’ Steve Nash (13) looks to pass as San AntonioSpurs’ Manu Ginobili, of Argentina, defends during the secondhalf of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec .15, 2009 inPhoenix. The Suns won 116-104.AP Photo/Matt York

Wickmayer made towait for ITF decision

on doping ban

U.S. Open semi-finalist YaninaWickmayer must wait to seewhether she can return to actioneven though a Belgian court hassuspended a one-year ban im-posed on her for violating anti-doping regulations

Barkley: Tiger changed phonenumber after accident

Chatting about subjects ranging fromsports to world news, entertainmentand current events is a natural for theoutspoken Barkley, who has longexpressed an interest in entering poli-tics. He said he wants potential vot-ers to be familiar with his views, withinclude support for abortion rightsand gay marriage.

“I hope people get a chance to seewhere I am on different issues,” he

said.While taping the show, the three

athletes found they had similar feel-ings about another of the year’s bigstories: the death of Michael Jack-son. Each felt at peace about the sagaafter seeing “Michael Jackson’s ThisIs It,” the film about the King ofPop’s final rehearsals. During theconversation, Barkley said, “Ithought Kyle was going to cry.”

AP Photo/Stephan Savoia

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2006 photo, as a member of the class of2006 former NBA player Charles Barkley addresses members ofthe media during a news conference at the Naismith MemorialBasketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Barkley says TigerWoods changed his cell phone number the day after his car acci-dent is not talking to some of his famous friends. On a show thatairs Sunday on news network HLN, Barkley and filmmaker SpikeLee worry that Woods isn’t taking advantage of the invaluableadvice his friends who are used to the spotlight can offer.

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Antonio Valencia added a thirdgoal in a pedestrian second half to putUnited joint top of the Premier Leaguewith 37 points, although Chelsea, whohave a better goal difference, can re-store their three-point lead againstPortsmouth on Wednesday. AstonVilla, who stunned United 1-0 at OldTrafford on Saturday, are third with32 points after beating Sunderland 2-0 at the Stadium of Light.

Birmingham City are up to sixthafter a 2-1 home win againstBlackburn Rovers, their fifth leaguewin in succession. Bolton Wander-ers moved out of the relegation zone,above Wolves, with a 3-1 home vic-tory against fellow strugglers WestHam United who slipped to secondfrom bottom. Wolves fans taking theirseats on a bitterly cold night at OldTrafford were scratching their headswhen the team was announced withall 10 outfield players who startedagainst Tottenham left out of the sideby manager Mick McCarthy.

Man Utd cruise past Wolves to go level at topMan Utd cruise past Wolves to go level at topMan Utd cruise past Wolves to go level at topMan Utd cruise past Wolves to go level at topMan Utd cruise past Wolves to go level at topReuters -

LONDON - Manchester United thrashed a weakenedLONDON - Manchester United thrashed a weakenedLONDON - Manchester United thrashed a weakenedLONDON - Manchester United thrashed a weakenedLONDON - Manchester United thrashed a weakenedWolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 on Tuesday to move level on pointsWolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 on Tuesday to move level on pointsWolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 on Tuesday to move level on pointsWolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 on Tuesday to move level on pointsWolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 on Tuesday to move level on pointswith leaders Chelsea as manager Alex Ferguson marked his 900thwith leaders Chelsea as manager Alex Ferguson marked his 900thwith leaders Chelsea as manager Alex Ferguson marked his 900thwith leaders Chelsea as manager Alex Ferguson marked his 900thwith leaders Chelsea as manager Alex Ferguson marked his 900thleague game in charge. A Wayne Rooney penalty and a Nemanjaleague game in charge. A Wayne Rooney penalty and a Nemanjaleague game in charge. A Wayne Rooney penalty and a Nemanjaleague game in charge. A Wayne Rooney penalty and a Nemanjaleague game in charge. A Wayne Rooney penalty and a NemanjaVidic header gave United a 2-0 halftime lead against a Wolves line-Vidic header gave United a 2-0 halftime lead against a Wolves line-Vidic header gave United a 2-0 halftime lead against a Wolves line-Vidic header gave United a 2-0 halftime lead against a Wolves line-Vidic header gave United a 2-0 halftime lead against a Wolves line-up showing 10 changes to the side that beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0up showing 10 changes to the side that beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0up showing 10 changes to the side that beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0up showing 10 changes to the side that beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0up showing 10 changes to the side that beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0on Saturday.on Saturday.on Saturday.on Saturday.on Saturday.

Premier League rules state thatteams must play a full-strength side inevery game, although a spokesman saidit was unlikely that Wolves would suf-fer any punishment for a team selec-tion that appeared designed to rest thefirst-choice side for Sunday’s matchagainst Burnley. “We’ve just got a re-ally busy period coming up,” McCarthytold BBC Radio Five. “They were allfirst-team squad players who played to-night, not reserves and I have to saythere were some really good perfor-mances. That team did as well as wedid against Arsenal and Chelsea.”

After holding United at bay for 20minutes and even having a gloriouschance volleyed over by GeorgeFriend, Wolves slipped away quietlyonce Rooney had tucked away his 12thleague goal of the season followingRonald Zubar’s needless handball.Vidic effectively killed the game whenhis header evaded Wolves keeperMarcus Hahnemann shortly before thebreak.

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Jose Mourinho has admitted heverbally abused a journalist af-ter Sunday’s 1-1 draw withAtalanta but denied that therewas physical contact. Leagueofficials and Inter presidentMassimo Moratti are probing theincident outside the team bus af-ter Italy’s sports journalists’union complained.

“It’s true I insulted one ofyour colleagues with a word Icannot repeat that was offensive.But it is not true that there wasaggressive intent or physical con-tact,” Mourinho told a news con-ference on Tuesday.

Mourinho, who has la-mented the grilling he gets fromItalian media so much that re-ports have speculated he couldquit in May, said he snapped be-cause the journalist had beenstanding by the team bus formonths despite his protests. “Iwill not make a public apologybecause the situation was notpublic but private,” added thePortuguese, whose Serie A lead-ers host Livorno in the ItalianCup last 16 on Wednesday.

“In front of him, like men, Iwill be able to talk with him andend this story. Maybe with a bitof humour — I expect a Christ-

Mourinho admitsinsulting journalist

mas present from him.” The colourful46-year-old said there were no prob-lems between himself and Morattiand indicated he would accept a pun-ishment from the club for his outburstrather than a sanction from theleague.

Mourinho also said he wouldwelcome a new striker in January tocover for Samuel Eto’o’s absence

Bring on Man United!says Milan’s Beckham

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David Beckham wants to playformer club Manchester Unitedwhen the draw for February’sChampions League last 16 ismade on Friday. The 34-year-old, who joins Milan in Janu-ary for a second loan spell fromthe Los Angeles Galaxy to tryto secure his England WorldCup place, left United in 2003having won the 1999 EuropeanCup with his boyhood club.

“I would really like it if wedraw my old club. Since I leftin 2003 I have not gone backto play at Old Trafford (as aclub player),” he toldWednesday’s Gazzetta delloSport from Los Angeles.“Seven years have gone by andI want it to happen. Me againstUnited, great no? It would bevery difficult but also very ex-citing.”

Beckham, who acknowl-edged he might not walkstraight into the side at the sec-ond-placed Serie A club, alsosaid he wanted England tomeet Italy in the World Cup fi-nal next July. Asked if En-gland were among thefavourites for South Africa, hesaid: “Yes, we can say it with-out any problems. England area very ambitious team, how-ever they are not the onlyones.”

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Manchester United’s Michael Carrick, center, shoots wide during his team’s 1-0 loss againstAston Villa in their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester,England, Saturday Dec. 12, 2009.

Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho has admitted he verballyabused a journalist after Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Atalantabut denied that there was physical contact

AC Milan’s David Beckham wants toplay former club Manchester Unitedwhen the draw for February’s Cham-pions League last 16 is made on Fri-day

with Cameroon at the AfricanNations Cup. He mentionedPalermo’s Edinson Cavani aswell as Luca Toni and GoranPandev, who have fallen outwith their clubs BayernMunich and Lazio.

“If we can have someonenew in, good, if not it’s stillfine,” he said.

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“F1 is trying to bring the costsdown of entry,” said Branson,speaking on stage. “This team willbe the lowest budget team in F1.“It will run under the £40 milliona year that is set in F1, and all teamswithin two or three years are meantto get to that level. But money isnot everything and we are deter-mined to prove that through engi-neering prowess, great drivers andgreat affinity with the public we

Virgin eyes successwith lowest budget

Richard Branson believes Virgin Racing can make a success of Richard Branson believes Virgin Racing can make a success of Richard Branson believes Virgin Racing can make a success of Richard Branson believes Virgin Racing can make a success of Richard Branson believes Virgin Racing can make a success ofFormula 1 through talent rather than its chequebook - after reveal-Formula 1 through talent rather than its chequebook - after reveal-Formula 1 through talent rather than its chequebook - after reveal-Formula 1 through talent rather than its chequebook - after reveal-Formula 1 through talent rather than its chequebook - after reveal-ing that the team will run with the lowest budget of any in 2010.ing that the team will run with the lowest budget of any in 2010.ing that the team will run with the lowest budget of any in 2010.ing that the team will run with the lowest budget of any in 2010.ing that the team will run with the lowest budget of any in 2010.Branson’s Virgin Group unveiled its ambitious plans for next yearBranson’s Virgin Group unveiled its ambitious plans for next yearBranson’s Virgin Group unveiled its ambitious plans for next yearBranson’s Virgin Group unveiled its ambitious plans for next yearBranson’s Virgin Group unveiled its ambitious plans for next yearat a launch in London on Tuesday, and its chief made it clear thatat a launch in London on Tuesday, and its chief made it clear thatat a launch in London on Tuesday, and its chief made it clear thatat a launch in London on Tuesday, and its chief made it clear thatat a launch in London on Tuesday, and its chief made it clear thatit felt his company was perfectly placed to reap the benefits of ait felt his company was perfectly placed to reap the benefits of ait felt his company was perfectly placed to reap the benefits of ait felt his company was perfectly placed to reap the benefits of ait felt his company was perfectly placed to reap the benefits of anew lower-cost F1.new lower-cost F1.new lower-cost F1.new lower-cost F1.new lower-cost F1.

can do well. I think it is the onlyBritish F1 team left - so it is great tosupport another British team.”

Virgin Racing’s CEO and teamprincipal Alex Tai saw no reasonwhy his team’s small budget wouldhinder its plans for the future.“We’re fully funded for next year,”he explained. “We think it is rightto be competing on a level playingfield. We have permission that isgiven to us, the Virgin Brand, to

Campos team president JoseRamon Carabante says the Span-ish squad is still in talks with Pedrode la Rosa to fill the second seatfor its debut season. Although teamboss Adrian Campos had said itwould be almost impossible tobring de la Rosa because of the lackof Spanish backers, Carabante in-sisted the Spanish driver is still onits list.

He admitted, however, thatsigning de la Rosa would dependon finding the money to cover thebudget without having to ask theveteran driver to bring sponsorswith him. “Talks with Pedro de laRosa are not broken,” Carabantetold Onda Cero radio. “It would bea dream if he was our driver nextseason. As of today there’s achance that the seat left could goto a Spanish driver and, of course,for us the dream would be if it wasPedro de la Rosa. Talks with himhave never been broken.”

Campos still in talks with de la Rosa He added: “We would have

Pedro for free if it was necessary,without him having to bring any-thing. With the budget covered, I canguarantee you that Adrian Campos’sfirst option... is to bring Pedro be-cause he’s a person we love and wewould be thrilled to have him in ourteam, but it depends a lot on thesponsors.

“As of today, Pedro is the onlySpanish driver we are considering.”Carabante conceded that VenezuelanPastor Maldonado and RussianVitaly Petrov are still the most likelycandidates to partner Bruno Sennaat the team next year. “There areother options with drivers backed bycountries, like Pastor Maldonado,who has 20,000 companies whowant to join, or Vitaly Petrov,” hesaid.

“There is some other option, butour target is to sign the second driverbefore the end of the year and wehope to achieve that.” Carabante,

whose team’s car for 2010 will bebuilt by Dallara, said Campos is aim-ing to build its own chassis in itsMurcia base in the future. He alsorevealed the team is in talks withFerrari over an engine deal for 2011.“Our intention is to have Ferrari en-gines after a year with Cosworth. It’sall progressing well,” he said.

do something different. “We think it is abhorrent to be

spending $400 million on buildingtwo cars. We believe it is impor-tant not to compete with thechequebook but to compete withthe ingenuity that we have withNick [Wirth], and the team spiritand experience we have with John[Booth]. I am immensely proud ofthis team and we absolutely haveour sights set on success. We be-lieve that what the FIA and F1 havedone in creating a level playingfield is exactly the right environ-ment for Virgin Racing to thrive in.Our sponsors have understood that,they are backing us to succeed andwhat we have now is to go out thereand deliver.”

Richard Branson believes Virgin Racing can make a success ofFormula 1 through talent rather than its chequebook - after reveal-ing that the team will run with the lowest budget of any in 2010