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New Dance CreationKembang Stamburand Kimudperformed in BAF

EMANCIPATION of womendoes not only reach the domain ofeducation, socio-politics andeconomy. However, it has also pen-etrated the art realm. This illustra-tion can be proved by elegant pacein the art activities of Kartini of Baliin the arena of Bali Arts Festivalwithin the past few years. Previously,Gong Kebyar gamelan was synony-mous with the pace of men. Now, itno longer becomes a taboo ‘territory’to be explored by Balinese women.Similar to the Gong Kebyar Paradeplayed by adults and children, the artpresentation of housewives is also

Ba’asyir gets 15 years sentenced

The 72-year-old preachershowed little emotion as JudgeHerri Swantoro read out the guiltyverdict and sentence at the end ofa four-month trial in the South

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Women performance on Bali Art Festival 2011.Continued on page 6

Women’s Gong Kebyar ParadeEmancipation of Balinese ‘Kartini’ in art domain

capable of winning the applause ofaudience. In terms of quality, theirskill in playing gamelan instrumentsof kekebyaran genre has increasedrapidly, too.

On Monday (Jun 13) night, theKartinis of Bali who coalesced intothe Taksu Suara Women GongKebyar Troupe (SGW) fromPengukuh Hamlet, Peguyangan Vil-lage and Madya Sari Troupe fromTengah Hamlet, Peliatan Village,Ubud also showed off their best pre-sentation in the Ardha Candra Am-phitheater, Bali Art Center.

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Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir (2nd L) arrives at Jakarta court escorted by police commandos on June 16,2011 to face a verdict on terrorism charges following months of trial. The capital was placed on heightened securityfollowing bomb threats ahead of the verdict.

Continued on page 6

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed radi-cal Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for 15 years for fundinga terrorist group that was planning attacks against Western-ers and political leaders.

Jakarta district court.“Abu Bakar Bashir has been

proven guilty of planning and mis-leading other people to fund ter-ror activities ... and is sentenced

to 15 years in jail,” the judge said,triggering a gasp from the cleric’ssupporters in the court.

Draped in his customary whiterobes and skull-cap, the man seenas the spiritual leader of regionalterror network Jemaah Islamiyahimmediately promised to appealthe sentence, which he called thework of the devil.

“This is haram (forbidden in Is-lam). I reject this because it is cruel

and disregards Islamic sharia law.This ruling is by the friends of thedevil and it is haram for me to acceptit,” he said in response to the judge.

About 500 radicals erupted intoshouts of “Allahu akbar” (God isgreat) outside the court as the ver-dict was read. Some 3,000 policebacked by armoured vehicles andsnipers were on hand in the eventof violence.

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Mangupura (Bali Post) –The use of credit card in Indonesia

is quite fantastic as stated by Head ofIndonesia Credit Card Publisher, DoditW. Probojakti, last Wednesday (15/6).There are 7 million Indonesian whouses it with 14 million credit cards used(minimal one person two credit cards)from private and public banks with thetransaction volume reaching IDR 16billion every month from January-May 2011.

According to Dodit the increase oftransaction value every year couldreach 15 to 20 percent as for year 2010it increased 18 percent compared to

An apprehensive sight, for instance,happens to Amlapura Timur marketserving as general market andAmlapura Barat market merged withthe market of pot, poultry, pig and goat.The Amlapura Timur market has amarket day held once every three days.In Balinese calendar, it is calledBeteng—second day in a three-weekday—and on this day the market isusually crowded by abundant visitorsor shoppers. As the hallway is verynarrow, the market visitors sometimesshould jostle to pass. Such situationwill be more difficult when shoppersshould share space with the passingmarket porters carrying various com-modities.

Few days before major Hindu holi-days such as Galungan and Kuningan,visitors will overwhelm the market sothe situation is even getting worse. Themarket will be extremely crowded. Inrainy season or when it rains, floorcondition of the market is muddy anddirty.

Control against traders peddlingtheir merchandise on sidewalk is heldby the public order officers (Satpol PP)on particular days, such as before theassessment of Adipura competition.Indeed, they have been often givendebriefing and controlled. Even, theirmerchandises were once seized andtaken to the office of Satpol PP. How-

Tabanan (Bali Post)—Tabanan Regency seems to

think about the condition ofroad section leading to touristobjects, especially the roads lo-cated in rural areas. Some com-plaints arising at a number oftourist objects related to poorroad facilities. These conditionstrigger numerous tour guidesand drivers distraught becausethey must expend more for ve-hicle maintenance.

Additionally, many foreignguests are reluctant if they aretaken to pass through poor andstony roads. Such condition alsooccurs to road section leadingto Angseri hot springs, Baturiti.Roads along this area are com-pletely out of order, even the as-phalt has been broken and stony.Tourists have no choice butshould get out of the vehicle toreach the natural attraction.“The road is really bad. Ideally,the region like this should be

Urban market crowded and slums, rural market jams upUrban market crowded and slums, rural market jams upUrban market crowded and slums, rural market jams upUrban market crowded and slums, rural market jams upUrban market crowded and slums, rural market jams upTRADITIONAL markets in Karangasem seem to have not

received serious attention from Karangasem Regency. Tradi-tional markets taken advantage by mid-lower social class orthe poor give impression if they have not given priority amidthe onslaught of modern markets opened around the clock andpenetrating to subdistrict area of Kubu.

ever, those traders are still peddlingtheir merchandises on the sidewalk.They argue there is no space left in-side in the market to peddle their mer-chandise, so they choose to the side-walk or shop patio. Meanwhile, theydo not want to peddle in the new mar-ket located in the Karangsokong Ter-minal, Subagan, because it is still quiet.

“The market at Karangsokong Ter-minal is quiet because its developmentcame to a standstill. If persisting onpeddling there, we will not earn a liv-ing because it lack of visitors and shop-pers,” said a trader of canang oblation,Luh Kerti, when found peddling onsidewalk of Jalan Ksatrian, Amlapura,Wednesday (Jun 15).

Meanwhile, the market inAmlapura City is crowded and shabby.It is often muddy when it rains becausethe zinc roof of the market stalls hasleaked. In addition, buildings of themarket are old enough and have rustedand leaked. No restoration plan is madefor the market, though the market lev-ies are continuously collected and in-creased. Due to overcrowding, theAmlapura Timur traditional market isprone to pickpockets. Every marketday is always crowded, especially be-fore holidays. The victims are usuallyolder women. They often burst intotears because their money or purse istaken away by pickpockets. (bud)

Seven Million IndonesianUse Credit Card

2009 and it is hoped this year wouldreach 20-25 percent.

BNI Bank CEO for Denpasar area,Johnny R Tampubolon, also admittedcredit cards user in Indonesia is veryhigh. Based on the January-May 2011recapitulation the users of BNI creditcard reached 6,000 and until comingAugust it will add up to 50 percent ofthe target of 13,500 customers fromBali and Nusa Tenggara (West andEast) by the end of year 2011. For that,BNI will target universities and youngentrepreneurs. “We are optimisticabout this looking at the wide markethere,” he stated. (par)

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The damage road which lead to the Hot Spring tourism site is badly damage.

Road section to HotSprings in severe damage

made convenient,” said one of thetour guides who asked his nameunpublished, Wednesday (Jun 15).

One of the local residents saidthe damaged road to hot springstourist object had occurred sincemore than a year ago. However,there was no improvementwhereas the public bathing objectwas visited by many domestic andforeign tourists every day. “Wereally do not understand, why theroad is left damaged,” he said.Based on observation of Bali Poston site, it happened becauseeroded by water as its positionwas on steep slope. When itrained, the water from the upperarea dragged on the asphalt.Therefore, the asphalt turnedbrittle and had potholes. All pass-ing vehicles had to be very care-ful to avoid sinking.

Numerous damaged road sec-tions were justified by Deputy Re-gent of Tabanan, Komang GedeSanjaya. He asserted that damages

happened due to lack of main-tenance. Moreover, the road in-frastructure had also been quiteold. “Within eight months weserve as regional leader, infra-structure gets the most com-plaints,” he said.

Though many infrastructureswere damaged, the Deputy Re-gent added his party could notdo much because the regionalbudget of Tabanan was consid-ered still minimal. It was causedby expenditure of personnel andservice operations. Such smallamount of budget was dividedinto 40 working units (SKPD).“As consequence, our budget isreally restricted,” he said. Nev-ertheless, he along with the Re-gent promised to save the useof budget. At the same time,they would lobby the provinceand central government to getfinancial assistance forinfrastructural development inTabanan. (udi)

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Denpasar (Bali Post) –As seen at Suradipa Street, Peguyangan, North Denpasar, an open

green zone was still filled with ongoing building constructions de-spite a warning letter sent by Spatial Planning and Housing Agency(DTRP). Head of Denpasar DTRP, Ir. I Made Kusuma Diputra, lastWednesday (15/6) stated his side will do a surveillance on this andgive another letter to those still seen violating. “We even prepared athird warning letter,” he explained.

It was stated the owner of the building was called to clarify inperson yet didn’t come. And so DTRP sent a second warning letter.If still violating, it will be followed up by Peac and Order Agencyalso Police Civil Service. Meanwhile Head of Denpasar City PermitAgency, A.A. Gede Ray Soryawan stated his agency never givenout a permit to that building at Suradipa Street. “That means it isviolating moreover its building power coefficient (KDB) is zeropercent (alias green zone area), we never published its permit,” heconcluded. (kmb12)

Singaraja (Bali Post)—Though has been repeatedly

complained by residents, therubbishes littering around touristbeaches in Buleleng remain to getno serious handling. Even, therubbishes causing the beach to lookslums still reap complaints fromtourists.

Chairman of the Indonesian Ho-tels and Restaurants Association(PHRI) of Buleleng Chapter, DewaSuardipa, Wednesday (Jun 16), saidthat his party received many com-plaints from tourists about shabbybeaches in Buleleng. For example,the beach at Buleleng Harbor,which is now visited by many tour-ists, was not free from rubbish prob-lems. Disturbingly, no trash can wasprovided in Buleleng Harbor areaso many visitors discarded theirrubbishes to the beach. “Appar-ently, the officials of local govern-ment do not manage the rubbishproblem seriously, especially attourist objects,” he said.

Another beach that was not freefrom rubbish problem is Lovina.

Denapsar (Bali Pot) –The rising terror of food poisoning where it will be placed on

canteen foods around Province Police, Tourism Police, Police Re-sort and Sector Police offices caused all police to take actionafter a terrorist group was captured in Jakarta with evidences suchas yellow liquid bottle, cyanide acid, DVD disc on jihad, and9mm calibre bullet. All Province Police should be aware and bealert of this as stated by Head of Indonesia Police General TimurPradopo in a teleconference to all Province Police confirmed bySub Head of Bali Police Public Relation Public Education Sec-tor, GAPC Sri Harmiti last Wendesday (15/6). “Anyone whoseems suspicious on surrounding canteens or shops will be fol-lowed up,” she explained.

Bali Police have told all officers to be alerted also for canteenor shop owners around offices. This anticipation should be moreincreased remembering it is near to Abu Bakar Baasyir’s vedict.Not yet with the 36 bomb terror target in Indonesia. (kmb21)

Meanwhile, the public and roadusers complain about traditionalmarkets in subdistrict city or ru-ral areas on market days as themarkets always cause traffic con-gestion. Some of them arePesangkan Market, Duda Village,Selat Subdistrict, then inBebandem Subdistrict such as theAbang market, Mangsul Marketand two other markets that are al-ways crowded every three dayslocated in Kubu Subdistrictnamely the general market min-gling with animal markets andRubaya Market and Tukad DelingMarket. Traffic congestion alwaysoccurs at Pesangkan, Abang,Rubaya and Tukad Deling on mar-ket days and it lasts for hours. Asa result, it causes road users up-set, moreover, if they want to ar-rive at destination in a hurry.

A number of traders in tradi-tional markets such as inAmlapura were complainingwhen met last Wednesday. Otherthan finding difficulty to shop asthe market was crowded, the num-ber of visitors was decreasing, pri-marily those of middle-upper so-cial class because they began turn-ing to modern market or storesproviding a variety of moderngoods and opened for 24 hours.

In response to that condition,the Head of Karangasem House,I Gede Dana, said his party hadoften complained to the executive,including to the Regent ofKarangasem, I Wayan Geredeg, inthe parliamentary sessions. Addi-tionally, in the general views ofthe House, especially the PDI-Pfaction always emphasized to takeside to small communities. It in-cluded the attention given to pub-

Mangupura (Bali Post) –Even though the toll way plan from Nusa Dua – Benoa has

been approved by Central Government including Economy Co-ordinator Minister support also with the upcoming tender pro-cess, Badung Regent AA Gde Agung is still unsure of when theproject will be starting as stated after a general assembly atBadung House of Representatives last Wednesday (15/6).

It was stated there are some documents that hasn’t been fin-ished also Agung couldn’t confirm yet if the investment plan withState Owned Enterprises (BUMN) consortium. “It’s too early todiscuss investment, for sure it has to be discussed together withHouse of Representatives,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the support for Badung Government to investcomes again from the representatives. Commision C member, IWayan Puspa Negara, stated from regional finance wise, Badungcan invest yet it needs to wait for BUMN to join in a consortiumwith Badung Government under Letter of Intense (LOI). “Howmuch of it will be seen from the agreement. Yet for us, Badungcan share quarter of the toll way investment,” Negara explained.

Looking back to history, Badung never joined an investmenton paid public facility like in Jakarta and this investment notonly positive for regional finance but also creating a sense ofbelonging for the public in guarding their public utility. (kmb25)

Rubbish at tourist objects complained by visitors

IBP/file

The rubbishes littering around tourist beaches in Bulelengdoesn’t receive serious handling.During rainy season, a lot of trashitems are brought by river waterand pile up on the beach. They arein the form of stems and smallbranches that are even deliber-

ately dried by residents on thebeach so they looked unattractive.“The rubbish is dried on the beachfor firewood. It looks not good,”he said. (kmb15)

Rural market jams up roadslic facilities such as traditionalmarkets. It was the rendezvous, aswell as shopping and peddlingplace of mid-lower social class.To make it more convenient, itshould be found solution so thetraditional market would not be-come a congestion culprit.

Meanwhile, the Head of Com-mission III of Karangasem House,Made Wirta, said, nevertheless,traditional market remained po-tential to be developed. Except forempowering the business be-longed to middle-lower socialclass, it was also potential to in-crease the levies of the market.“Do not only collect the levies,while sanitation, comfort, secu-rity, and supporting facilities donot get attention,” affirmed GedeDana.

So far, traditional markets inKarangasem, added Wirta, werealso potential to be a tourist at-traction. He often saw travel agen-cies bringing tourists that stayedin villa to shop at traditional mar-kets such as at Amlapura Timurmarket. “If our traditional marketsare well arranged, clean and com-fortable, they will certainly be-come more interesting and uniquetourist attraction,” he said.

According to him, the mid-lower social class and small trad-ers should be helped and empow-ered, not only discourse the idea.On the other hand, regency gov-ernment let and did not arrangethe modern markets spreading outeverywhere. Similarly, it did notrestrict the operation hours sothey opened 24 hours. “I think itvery detrimental to mid-lower so-cial class or small traders wheremodern markets are allowed to

penetrate the countryside. If weare going to seriously empowerthe small communities and reducepoverty, we have to re-organizethe traditional markets with cen-tral orientation in the economy ofmid-lower social class,” saidGede Dana, Head of theKarangasem House, from poorvillage Datah.

On the other hand, the Head ofKarangasem Revenue Office(Dispenda), I Gede AdnyanaMulyadi, said that related to theexistence of Amlapura TimurMarket his party had planned arenovation. Even, there was a planto improve the market buildinginto a two-story. However, therenovation could not be ascer-tained yet because it had to waitthe availability of budget. “Thereare many priorities of develop-ment and all sectors request tocome first. It is required a patiencein the midst of difficulties due tolimited budget of regency govern-ment,” he appealed.

According to him, in terms ofmarket sanitation, the AmlapuraTimur Market was good. He provedthis year that small town Amlapurahaving a number of traditional mar-kets such as the market ofKarangsokong at Subagan as well asAmlapura Barat and Timur Marketwas capable of winning the Adipuratrophy as the cleanest small town forthree times in succession. Actually,traditional market was one of themost critical components in the as-sessment held by Adipura team. “Ifour traditional markets in Amlapuraare not clean, of course it was un-able to achieve the Adipura trophyfor three times successively,” saidAdnyana Mulyadi. (bud)

Construction on Open Green ZoneSpatial Planning andHousing AgencyWarning Ignored

Bali Police, Beware ofFood Poisoning Terrorism

Unclear, Badung TollWay Investment Plan

International4 Friday, June 17, 2011 News

The negotiations collapsed as ri-oters clashed with police in thestreets of Athens during a generalstrike and renewed fears of defaultrattled global markets.

Prime Minister GeorgePapandreou has been struggling tocontain an internal party revolt overa new austerity package that is themain condition for continued fund-ing from a euro110 billion ($155billion) international bailout. With-out continued funding from the res-cue loans, Greece will default on its

Agence France Presse

LONDON – Britain’s Ministryof Defence (MoD) refused to con-firm press reports that Prince Harryhad been given the green light toreturn to action in Afghanistan.

The Sun and The Mirror tab-loids reported Thursday that the26-year-old Apache helicopter pi-lot had been cleared for redeploy-ment to the country in which heserved as a forward air controllerfor 10 weeks in 2007-2008.

Agence France Presse

WASHINGTON – A group of25 US senators, almost all Demo-crats, released a letter urging Presi-dent Barack Obama to carry out a“sizable and sustained reduction”of US forces in Afghanistan in July.

Obama promised 18 monthsago — when he announced atroop surge to push back theTaliban and buy time for Afghanpolitical and security develop-ment — that in July 2011 UStroops “will begin to come home.”

The senators, including a left-ist political independent and two“Tea Party” conservative Repub-licans, said they believe that the USmission in Afghanistan is com-plete, especially after US comman-dos killed Al-Qaeda chief Osamabin Laden in early May.

Widespread corruption in Af-ghanistan has also undermineddevelopment goals, and stayingthere no longer justifies riskingUS lives or spending US funds.

“We write to express ourstrong support for a shift in strat-egy and the beginning of a siz-able and sustained reduction ofUS military forces in Afghani-stan, beginning in July 2011,”wrote the senators.

US forces “rightfully and suc-cessfully intervened in Afghani-stan” in 2001 to destroy a safe ha-

Britain silent on prince’s possible return to frontlineThe MoD would not comment

“on the deployment of individualservice personnel” and the prince’soffice also refused to confirm thereport. “Harry is an army pilot andwill deploy wherever the armychooses to send him,” a spokesmanfor the prince said.

Harry’s first tour of duty in Af-ghanistan, in which he directed jetsbombing Taliban fighters, was cutshort when foreign websites brokea media ban on the reporting of theprince’s involvement.

The third-in-line to the Britishthrone made it clear he wanted toreturn as soon as possible.

The Sun claimed defence bossesand the queen had given their assentfor Harry’s return to frontline action.A final decision, which will remainsecret, is expected early next year.

Harry completed the first stage of

training to fly the Apache in Apriland was promoted to captain. At thetime, the prince said it would bepointless for him to train as a pilotif the army did not intend to deployhim.

He has completed five years inthe army, which entitles him to thetitle of Captain Harry Wales.

Britain’s Prince Harry playing for a Sentebale team reacts during aSentebale Polo Cup match in Ascot, England, Sunday, June 12,

2011. AP Photo/Akira Suemori

AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

President Barack Obama, right, with first lady Michelle Obama,left, walk out of the Oval Office to host the Congressional Picnicon the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednes-day, June 15, 2011.

US senators press Obamaon Afghan withdrawal

ven for the Al-Qaeda terror network,“removing the Taliban governmentthat sheltered Al-Qaeda, and pursu-ing those who planned the Septem-ber 11 attacks on the United States.

“Those original goals have beenlargely met,” the letter read. “Givenour successes, it is the right momentto initiate a sizable and sustainedreduction in forces, with the goalof steadily redeploying all regularcombat troops,” the letter read.

While building new civic insti-tutions in Afghanistan “is a laud-able objective,” this goal “does notjustify the loss of American livesor the investment of hundreds ofbillions of taxpayer dollars.” TheUnited States “will never be ableto secure and police every townand village in Afghanistan. Norwill we be able to build Afghani-stan from the ground up into aWestern-style democracy.”

The cost of prolonging the war“far outweigh the benefits. It is timefor the United States to shift coursein Afghanistan. “We urge you to fol-low through on the pledge you madeto the American people to begin theredeployment of US forces from Af-ghanistan this summer, and to do soin a manner that is sizable and sus-tained, and includes combat troopsas well as logistical and supportforces.” There are some 100,000 USmilitary personnel currently de-ployed in Afghanistan.

AFP PHOTO / Louisa Gouliamaki

Protesters move through a cloud of teargas outside the Greek parliament during a 24-hours generalstrike in Athens on June 15, 2011.

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ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s prime minister, struggling to ensureParliamentary approval for a crucial austerity bill, said Wednesdayhe would reshuffle his Cabinet and seek a vote of confidence for hisnew government after coalition talks with opposition parties failed.

massive debts — which would un-settle the global economy and un-dermine the future of the eurozone.

Socialist officials saidPapandreou had offered to even stepdown to clinch a coalition with theopposition conservatives before thetalks collapsed, in a dramatic daythat saw Greece’s borrowing rateshit new highs and lawmakers es-corted by armed motorcycle guardspast protesters into parliament.

Police fired repeated volleys oftear gas to repel rioters hurling fire-

bombs and ripped-up paving stonesas an anti-austerity rally by tens ofthousands of protesters degeneratedinto violence. A crowd of youthssmashed the windows of a luxuryhotel in the square. More than 60people were injured, including 36police, as clouds of choking gaswafted through central Athens. Be-wildered tourists struggled throughthe mayhem, dragging their luggagebehind them.

Global stocks were closingsharply lower as the events inGreece — which has the worst sov-ereign credit rating in the world —further destabilized markets. Majorindexes had their biggest drop onWednesday since June 1 and theeuro slid more than 1 percentagainst the dollar.

Activities Friday, June 17, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for May 25 through July 8, 2011

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

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

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressedwith pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade,sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimespainted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifullyarranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. Infront of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellasdepending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

25 May Buda Pon ToluCatur Temple Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring

26 May Wraspati Wage ToluPeninjoan Temple Besakih - Karangasem

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

8 Jun Buda Paing WarigaMerajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli

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

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

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

19 Jun Redite Pon JulungwangiPanti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar - Singaraja

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Thousands of people had jammedinto the heart of downtownVancouver in the hopes of celebrat-ing the Canucks’ first Stanley Cup butthe party scene descended into vio-lence after the Bruins emerged witha 4-0 victory.

The ugly scenes brought backmemories of a riot that erupted whenVancouver also lost the Stanley Cupin 1994 as groups of mostly youngmen threw bottles, attacking parkedcars and smashed store windows.

“There was a group of people fullyintending to make this into a 1994event,” Mayor Gregor Robertson toldreporters, saying a group of “angryyoung men” had decided to disruptan otherwise peaceful event.

Hospital officials said severalpeople had been treated for stab

Associated Press Writer

SYDNEY – Asian and African night owls were treated to a lunar eclipse,and ash in the atmosphere from a Chilean volcano turned it blood red forsome viewers. The Sydney Observatory said the eclipse was to begin at3:25 a.m. Thursday (1:25 p.m. EDT, 5:25 p.m. GMT Wednesday) and lastuntil after 5 a.m.

Scientists said the specific phenomenon happening Thursday — knownas a “deep lunar eclipse” — often exudes a coppery color. But the intensityof the color depends on the amount of ash and dust in the atmosphere.

Luckily for moon-gazers, there was plenty of ash in the air so the moonappeared orange or red, especially in Asia. Air travelers haven’t been solucky: The ash has grounded hundreds of flights around the region. Scien-tists said the eclipse could be safely observed with the naked eye.

Associated Press Writer

MOGADISHU, Somalia – ASomali pirate says a fire is tear-ing through a hijacked ship thatpirates are holding off thecountry’s coast.

The pirate, who gave his nameas Hassan Abdi, said an undis-

AP PhotoThe Canadian Press

Vancouver Canucks hockey fans take part in a riot in downtown Vancouver, British ColumbiaWednesday, June 15, 2011 following the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins ingame 7 of the Stanley Cup hockey final.

Violence in VancouverViolence in VancouverViolence in VancouverViolence in VancouverViolence in Vancouverafter Stanley Cup lossafter Stanley Cup lossafter Stanley Cup lossafter Stanley Cup lossafter Stanley Cup lossReuters

VANCOUVER – Riot police fired tear gas to control a mob that burned cars and lootedshops in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup final tothe Boston Bruins.

wounds and many more for exposureto tear gas or pepper spray. Policehave not released any information onhow many people had been arrested.

A Reuters reporter saw at least ahalf dozen cars burning or de-stroyed by fire, including two po-lice cars. Many more had beenoverturned or had their windowssmashed. Several stores had alsobeen looted or damaged.

While many fans were in a partymood, others, clearly fueled by al-cohol, were furious at their team’sdefeat to the Bruins. One manyelled: “I hate you, Boston!” whileothers shouted insults at the police.Others watched the chaos in dis-belief. “I don’t understand whypeople would trash their own city,”said another.

The crowd thinned by the earlyhours of Thursday morning but somecontinued to try to destroy propertyas police in riot gear attempted tocontain them in a small area ofdowntown.

The scenes were in sharp con-trast to those after the 2010 Win-ter Olympics, when a massivestreet party erupted in the samearea after Canada beat the UnitedStates to win the men’s ice hockeygold medal. Mayor Robertson didnot think the violence would de-stroy the favorable internationalimage the Pacific coast city hadbuilt in hosting the Games. “I thinkpeople will understand that this isa small group of troublemakerswho have trashed our party,”Robertson said.

Somali pirate reports fire aboard hijacked shipclosed number of pirates and hos-tages were forced to abandon thebulk cargo carrier MV Orna. Abdisaid it is believed the fire wascaused by an electrical problemin the ship’s kitchen. Abdi saidthat plumes of smoke were risingover the ship as the fire movedthrough it.

Cmdr. Paddy O’Kennedy of theEuropean Union Naval Force saidhe had heard reports of the firefrom a credible source but that theEU Naval Force hadn’t indepen-dently confirmed the information.

The MV Orna was seized in De-cember about 400 miles (640 ki-lometers) northeast of Seychelles.

Volcano ash turns Asianeclipse blood red

In turn, the two gamelan playercommunities spread their charm bypresenting two creations ofgamelan music composition and atraditional dance and a creationdance. SGW Taksu Suara made anattractive performance through acomposition of Tabuh TeluLelambatan entitled Sekar Gadung,Pendet dance, Sekar Kemuda cre-ation gamelan music and SekarIbing creation dance.

“This trial was a joke. Theyhaven’t looked for the truth, theyonly want to serve the interests ofthe current political power,” said aspokesman for Bashir’s radicalorganisation, Jemaah AnsharutTauhid (JAT).

Prosecutors had demanded a 20-year life sentence for Bashir, whowas found guilty of channellingabout $50,000 to a terrorist cell thatwas conducting military-style train-ing in Aceh province in 2009.

Police say the so-called Al-Qaeda in Aceh group, which wasdiscovered in February last year, wasplanning assassinations andMumbai-style attacks by highlytrained suicide gunmen.

Bashir had been facing the deathpenalty for providing illegal weap-ons to the group but authoritiesdropped those charges early in theproceedings. The court also acquit-ted him of a charge of possessingillegal weapons.

He rejects all allegations of ma-terially supporting terrorists, whilepublicly exhorting his followers towage jihad or “holy war” against theWest and Indonesia’s form of secu-lar, democratic government.

For decades the frail but pugna-cious preacher has agitated inmosques, Islamic schools andthrough radical groups such as JAT,which he established in 2008, for thecreation of an Islamic state understrict sharia law.

Several JAT members are under

Emancipation...From page 1

Meanwhile, SGW Madya Sarialso showed off a no less interest-ing creation through gamelan com-position entitled Kembang Waditra,Pendet Dance, Tinglar creationgamelan composition and DrupadiAlpita creation dance.

Of the four art materials dis-played, the creation dance per-formed in final session got the mostrousing applause from the audi-ence. This happened because vari-ants of the dance were generally anew creation that was rarelywatched previously by visitors ofBali Arts Festival. (ian)

Ba’asyir...From page 1 arrest and have implicated Bashir in

the Aceh cell, which was operation-ally led by Dulmatin, one of South-east Asia’s most wanted men untilhe was killed in a police raid inMarch last year.

Bashir told reporters before thesentencing session began that he wasbeing framed by Australia and theUnited States, a claim he has re-peated throughout his trial.

“They want me to disappear fromIndonesia... The benefit to them? Tokill Islam, to kill defenders of Islam,arrested and killed without reason,”he said.

Police have tightened security atshopping centres across the sprawl-ing city and deployed extra person-nel following threats of bomb attacksin the event of Bashir’s conviction.

Indonesia has been rocked by aseries of attacks by JemaahIslamiyah and its offshoots, includ-ing bombings of tourist spots on Bali,the Australian embassy and luxuryJakarta hotels.

Bashir served almost 26 monthsbehind bars over the 2002 Balibombings but his conviction wasoverturned after his release in 2006.

Prosecutors have also unsuccess-fully charged him with involvementin church bombings in 2000 and anattack on the Marriott hotel in Jakartain 2003.

Analysts said Bashir’s jailingwould not reduce the militant threatin Indonesia, the world’s most popu-lous Muslim-majority country anda key US ally in Southeast Asia.

Friday, June 17, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

AFP PHOTO/SONNY TUMBELAKA

Farmers line up to sell their cattle at the Beringkit traditional market in Mengwi on Indonesia’s resortisland of Bali on June 12, 2011. Australia on June 8 suspended all live cattle exports to Indonesia for upto six months after a public outcry following shocking images of mistreatment in slaughterhouses.

Antara

JAKARTA - The World TradeOrganization (WTO) cannot inter-fere in Australia‘s decision to haltits cattle exports to Indonesia, aWTO official said.

“The WTO cannot influence thedecision of a country to restrict itsexports. If Indonesia and Australiahave a problem, they should discussit bilaterally,” WTO Director Gen-eral Pascal Lamy said here on Tues-day.

He said WTO could not meddlein the suspension of Australian live-stock exports to Indonesia, a movemade on the grounds that Indone-sia had violated animal welfareprinciples.

WTO would help settle a prob-lem only if one of the parties felt itwas disadvantaged and had applied

“In the short run, we hope toraise investments here,” head of anEU delegation/ambassador JulianWilson said following an Indone-sian-EU vision group recommen-dation in Jakarta Wednesday.

He said under the cooperation,the EU wished for conducive cli-mate for its business players in In-donesia.

He said while the EU is still thesecond biggest investor in Indone-sia after Singapore, direct EU in-vestment to Indonesia was still

Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government,through its diplomatic representative in Canberra,Australia, will try to lobby local authorities forthe transfer of three Indonesian boys currentlybeing detained in an adult jail to a more appro-priate facility, an Indonesian official said.

“We will try to persuade the local authori-ties to move the boys to a prison for children,”Indonesian Ambassador to Australia Primo AluiJoelianto said here on Thursday.

Ose Lani (15 years old), Ako Lani and JohnNdolu (16) were seized by Australian water policelast January 2010 in a boat carrying illegal immi-grants. According to a report, the three boys n wereput in an adult jail because an x-ray wrist checking

Antara

JAKARTA - A number of directors ofstate-owned companies on Wednesdaysigned an anti-bribery pact as part of theircommitment to creating anti-bribery, clean,transparent and professional work culture.

They signed the pact in the presence ofchief of the Malaysia Anti Corruption Com-mission (SPRM) Datok Sri Abu Kassim andEmotional Spiritual Quotient (ESQ)founder Ari Ginanjar at Tower 165 here.

Among the state-owned companiessigning the pact were workers‘ insurancecompany PT Jamsostek, state insurancecompany PT Asabri, service insurancefirm Asuransi Jasa Indonesia, export-im-port insurance company Asuransi EksporImpor Indonesia, state asset managementcompany Perusahaan Pengelolaan Aset,

WTO cannot meddle in Australia‘scattle export suspension

to the WTO Dispute SettlementBody for help to settle the problem.

“If one party feels its interest hasbeen harmed by unfair treatment, itcan use the WTO dispute settlementsystem,” the WTO director generalsaid.

Australia last week decided tosuspend its exports of live cattle andyoung cows for six months to Indo-nesia following reports that Austra-lian cattle were tortured at Indone-sian abattoirs before they wereslaughtered.

Footage aired on ABC1‘s FourCorners recently showed the ani-mals were kicked, thrashed andbeaten, their throats were hacked at,eyes gouged and tails broken. Yetsome quarters in Indonesia consid-ered the allegation a trick to boostAustralian meat exports to Indone-sia.

EU hopes for increased investment in IndonesiaEU hopes for increased investment in IndonesiaEU hopes for increased investment in IndonesiaEU hopes for increased investment in IndonesiaEU hopes for increased investment in IndonesiaAntara

JAKARTA - The European Union (UE) hoped a comprehensiveeconomic cooperation with Indonesia under the Comprehensive Eco-nomic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) could raise the investment op-portunities for European companies in Indonesia.

small than that of the entire Asia.“Investment in Indonesia ac-

counted for only 1.4 pct of EU`sdirect investment in Asia,” he said.

Julian said most of EU investorshad been investing in the textile,footwear and pharmaceutical com-panies in Indonesia.

“If conditions are favorable, theymay invest in the aircraft industryhere,” he added.

He also said that increase in EU‘sinvestment in Indonesia is mutuallybeneficial.

“Unlike China, cooperation ismerely mutually complementary tomeeting their own purposes. Indo-nesia, however, can also benefitfrom our investment such as in em-ployment,” he said.

He also said that the EU is alsohoping for the benefit of increasedtrade under the CEPA.

And he said that the increasedtrade would not harm Indonesia‘strade because the commodities ofthe two sides are more complemen-tary in nature.

“We are manufacturing high-techmachinery for factories here, whileIndonesia is producing things liketextile, footwear and raw materialfor export to Europe under a mutu-ally beneficial cooperation,” he said.

Talks about increased Indonesia-

UE relations under the CEPA werestarted from a meeting betweenPresident Susilo BambangYudhoyono and European Commis-sion President Jose Manuel Barrosoby the end of 2009.

The two sides agreed to increasetrade and investment, and assigneda joint vision group to study the po-tentials of the cooperation.

For six months the vision groupdiscussed issues on the plannedpartnership and made some recom-mendations, including bilateralagreement between the two sidescovering a rate of nil percent of 95pct of the rates of at least 95 pct ofthe trade value in not more than nineyears.

In the meantime, joint chairmanof the Indonesia-EU vision group

Djisman Simandjuntak said the rec-ommendations include increasedmarket access through dealing sani-tation standard problems and othernon-tariff obstacles as well as ca-pacity development.

“Combining capacity facilitiesand development needs to considerhow to reach harmonized standardsand evaluation of Indonesia and theUE. The vision group recommendedCEPA to identify priority sectorsonce in every three years for adjust-ment of standards, testing, evalua-tion and accreditation,” he said.

The vision group also recom-mended CEPA to include concretemeasures to promote “green” ele-ments on a sustainable basis in tradeand investment in Indonesia and theUE.

Government to try getting RI boyprisoners in Australia relocated

system had categorized them as adults. The boysare facing a jail sentence of five to six years.

Meanwhile, the boys‘ lawyer, citing a num-ber of studies and judicial rulings, said the X-ray checks are unreliable and inadequate to de-termine the ages of children.

“While trying to relocate the boys to a juve-nile prison, we also plan to bring in an Indone-sian chiropractor to give their professional opin-ion about the case,” said the ambassador.

He said the boys‘ lawyer had already obtainedthe birth certificate of his clients and would useit to prove that the boys are underage.

“However the process of verification withAustralian authorities will take a long time.Therefore, we suggest the boys be relocated toa prison for children,” he said.

State firms sign anti-bribery pactand insurance company Asuransi JiwaSeraya.

The others were insurance company PTTaspen, Pan Multi Finance, health insur-ance company Askes, insurance firm JasaRaharja, state pawnshop Perum Pegadaian,PT Surveyor Indonesia, Bank BRI, BankMandiri, Bank BTN, Bank BNI,Danareksa, Perum Jaminan Kredit Indone-sia, Sucofindo and PT PengembanganPariwisata Bali.

State Enterprises Minister MustafaAbubakar and Corruption EradicationCommission (KPK) Chairman BusyroMuqoddas who had originally been sched-uled to attend the signing ceremony did notshow up.

In the anti-bribery pact, the directors ofstate firms vowed to shun bribery practicesin carrying out the companies‘ businesses.

8 InternationalFriday, June 17, 2011

Bali Today

Acting as Host WREC Indonesia2011 in Bali is METI - IRES in coop-eration with World Renewable EnergyNetwork (WREN) based in UnitedKingdom (UK).

Bearing the theme “Boosting theUse of Low Carbon Energy for a Bet-ter World”, WREC Indonesia is ex-pected to attract some 1500 partici-pants/delegates from all over theworld.

The Chaiman of Indonesian Re-newable Energy Society (METI –IRES), Ir. Hilmi Panigoro, MSc., em-phasized the importance of Indonesiabeing host of World Renewable En-ergy Congress – Indonesia, Interna-tional Conference & Exhibition onRenewable Energy and Energy Effi-ciency Conference (“WREC Indone-

Bali Post

DENPASAR - The AngklungParade performance last Tuesday (14/6) at Bali Arts Festival (BAF) showedtwo new dance creations, KembangStambur dance by Sekaa AngklungGita Serasi Budaya from BanjarPegok, Sesetan, Denpasar and Kimuddance by Sanggar Pangus, GetasanVillage, Petang, Badung, filled withgreat quality and competes for sym-pathy. Both have developed their ownarea’s uniqueness and showed it tothe world.

In Angklung Parade there are fourart materials shown: tabuh angklungkeklentangan (angklungkeklentangan instrumental), creationdance, tabuh bebancihan (bebancihaninstrumental) and new dance creationpresented at pamungkas session (end-ing). From Sesetan as Denpasar Rep-resentative showed angklungkeklentangan instrumental of SatyaWacana, Margapati dance, creationinstrumental Wisaya and the new cre-ation dance, Kembang Stamur, which

Bali to host METI conferenceIBP

DENPASAR - Indonesian Renewable Energy Society (METI– IRES), an organization of experts and practitioners of re-newable energy and energy efficiency, to held an internationalconference and exhibition on Renewable Energy and EnergyEfficiency on 17 – 19 October 2011 at Bali Nusa Dua Conven-tion Centre (BNDCC).

sia 2011”) is to promote the invest-ment of clean and renewable energyin Indonesia as well as energy effi-ciency having strategic role to reducethe dependency to fossil energy andmanage its negative impacts to the en-vironment.

“We are proud to organize and hostWREC Indonesia 2011 and hope thisevent will enable participants bothfrom developing and developed coun-tries to boost the utilization of cleanand renewable energy worldwide”.

The Conference will also discussin energy efficiency as strategic com-ponent essential in the world strategyfor future energy management andefforts to reduce Green House Gascausing global climate change we arefacing at the moment. “We also wish

New Dance Creation

Kembang Stambur andKimud performed in BAF

IBP/Wayan Sumatika

A stambur dance performed in BAF 2011.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Activity : Parwa dance drama by Sekaa Banjar BelawanAbiansemal Dauh Yeh Cani Badung regency

Time : 11.00 – 13.00Place : Ayodya StageActivity : Kendang Mebarung art from Baluk village Jembrana

regencyTime : 11.00 – 13.00Place : Sangsoka stageActivity : Prembon masked dance featuring Sekaa Topeng

Sidakarya Sasmita Budaya BulelengTime : 16.00 – 18.00Place : Ratna Kanda StageActivity : Contemporary art performanced by Sanggar Asta

Musti Bangli regencyTime : 20.00 – 22.00Place : Ksirarnwa BuildingActivity : Drama gong exhibition featuring Bangli regencyTime : 20.00 – 22.00Place : WantilanActivity : Performance of Tourism and Cultural Office of South

Nias, North SumateraTime : 20.00 – 22.00Place : WantilanActivity : Children gong kebyar exhibition featuring Sekaa Gong

Kumara Widya Swara Lingkungan BB. AgungKelurahan Tegal Cangkring Kecamatan MendoyoJembrana regency and Sekaa Gong Kebyar Anak-Anak Kumara Eka Cita Desa Lepang BanjarangkanKlungkung regency

Time : 20.00 – 23.00Place : Open stage Ardha Candra

the Conference will result in produc-ing recommendations and inputs forestablishing workable strategy and na-tional action plans on these issues.”

Chairman of WREC Indonesia2011 Organizing Committee, Dr.Herman Darnel Ibrahim, said that,WREC Indonesia is a forum for gov-ernment officials, decision makers andregulators, politicians and legislators,scientists, experts and academicians,NGO, business executives, bankersand industry players, developers,operators, and entrepreneurs deal-ing with renewable energy and en-ergy efficiency businesses. “Con-ference participants will exchangenew knowledge and technology aswell as experiences within all as-pects. In conjunction with Con-ference, an Exhibition will be heldto open opportunities for partici-pants to show current technologiesand exhibit products and servicesusing clean and renewable energyas well as green technology,” saidHerman Darnel.

Herman Darnel continued thatthe conference is expected to func-

tion as a place to study and ex-change valuable experience andknowledge in new and renewableenergy as well as energy efficiencyfor business players, electrical ser-vices operators (PLN and theirworking partners), academicians,community and practitioners of en-ergy, both in the central and local.

In line with the Conferencetheme and added with the newlyestablished Directorate General ofNew and Renewable Energy andEnergy Conservation, Ministry ofEnergy and Mineral Resources ofthe Republic of Indonesia, the Con-ference is expected to become amomentum and new boost for a big-ger and more effective utilizationof new and renewable energy.

There are a number of topics innew and renewable energy to be dis-cussed in WREC Indonesia in Bali,namely Geothermal, Hydro Energy,Solar Energy, Biomass, Ocean En-ergy, Wind Energy. In energy effi-ciency, topics to be discussed includedevelopment and technology appliedwhich could save energy in industry

and commerce as well as transpor-tation. Moreover, other topics to bediscussed are Low Carbon Technol-ogy, New and Renewable Energy Fi-nancing, Environment Managementand Carbon Trade. Conference par-ticipants will also be offered to visitsome new and renewable energyprojects located around Bali andLombok (West Nusa Tenggara).

WREC Indonesia 2011 is sup-ported by a number of Indonesianministries and institutions relatedwith the development and utiliza-tion of new and renewable Energy,namely Coordinating Ministry ofEconomic Affairs, Ministry of En-ergy and Mineral Resources, StateMinistry of Research and Technol-ogy, Ministry of Environment, Min-istry of Culture and TourismAgency for Assessment & Applica-tion and Technology (BPPT), theNational Energy Council, andISESCO (Islamic Educational, Sci-entific and Cultural Organization).

Moreover, the Conference is alsosupported by private sector, both lo-cal and international. (kmb18)

successfully transformed Majangeran(men and women group singing to-gether) tradition from Banjar Pegokto a more attractive dance.

In other hand from Getasan Vil-lage they showed angklungkeklentangan instrumental RambutSIWI, Panji Semirang dance, creationinstrumental Jangkrik Ngiing and

lastly new creation dance Kimudwhich successfully visualized a groupof shy in love teenagers in anenergising, attractive and dynamicdance. Both received great applausesfrom thousands of audience whowants to watch it from beginning toend at Indonesian Institute of the Arts(ISI) Denpasar’s Open Stage. (ian)

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Teep Beans:Lazing while Enjoying Slow Snack

Among the delicacy of Balinese food with hotspices, in fact, Balinese community also retains easy-peasy snack but sometimes a bit harder. One of themis the bean of teep. Its tree resembles to that ofbreadfruit. However, its beans are far smallercompared to that of breadfruit. When its fruits haveturned ripe, they usually attract the presence of civet.Actually, this nocturnal cat is only interested to eat theflesh of fruit. Similar thing also happens to coffeebeans. Since the skin of beans is hard it cannot digestthem so civet could only enjoy the flesh. On the nextday, those seeds could be found at the feces of civet.All seeds remain intact. However, if people see the ripefruits first, they will not need to wait the coming of civetto pick them.

To process the beans, they are first cleansedthoroughly and dry under the sun. Afterward, theyshould be fried without oil but sand. When they havebeen finely cooked they can be enjoyed while relaxingor lazing. As the shell and beans are slightly hard, itmay take a bit long time to open and chew them.However, if they are indeed dry enough and cookedwell they must be easy to open and crispy. They aregood to consume as slow snack while chatting orwatching TV. (BTN/punia)

AFP PHOTO/Sonny TUMBELAKA

A foreign tourist carries a surfboard as the sun sets on Kuta Beach on the Indonesianisland of Bali on June 15, 2011. Bali received about 2.3 million foreign visitors last yearand it expected to receive 2.5 million this year, despite a decline in Japanese visitors, whoprovide the third highest numbers of tourists to the island, after the Japanese earthquakeand tsunami of March 11.

Special Mussels:Dissolved in Tenderness of Coconut Milk

While boring with the ordinary servings, simply trya delightful flavor of seafood. For instance, with acombination of mussel ingredient and Balinese tuberspices, it could pamper the appetite of foodies orculinary adventurers. Tender coconut milk willenhance the flavor of mussel.

Ingredient:250g mussel, a cup of coconut milkSpices: 6 cloves shallot, 4 cloves garlic, 1 large

chili, 2 small chilies, 1 slice turmeric, 1 slice kencur(aromatic ginger), 1 slice ginger, 1 pc salam leaf, 2pcs kaffir lime leaf, ½ tsp coriander, ½ tsp pepper, ½tsp salt, 1 tbsp of lime juice and 2 tbsp palm oil

Method:· Cleanse the mussels and drain. Give lime

juice to remove its odor.· All spices are ground finely, except for kaffir

lime leaf, salam leaf, pepper, salt and coriander.· Stir fry the ground spices until smelling

fragrant. Pour the mussel into the spices on thefrying pan and stir for a while. Add coconut milkwhile pouring salt, pepper, coriander. Wait for a whileuntil the coconut milk turns a little dry. Take out and itis ready to serve. (BTN/punia)

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LONDON – The rich-world’seconomic prospects have darkenedslightly, a Reuters poll of econo-mists showed, with new signs of aslowdown in the United States com-pounding fears about the poor fis-cal health of Western economies.

Since last month’s regular surveyof around 250 analysts in May, re-cent events have only underlinedthe increasingly disjointed nature ofthe global economic recovery.

While China and India took newsteps to calm fervent and inflation-ary economic expansions, Westernpowers have been preoccupied withattempts to defuse fiscal time-bombs in Greece and possibly theUnited States against a backdrop oftepid growth.

Economists in Wednesday’s polltook an axe to the outlook for U.S.economic growth following a raftof dire jobs and industrial data thismonth, while keeping their long-held view for weak euro zone andUK growth until the end of nextyear.

Only the Japan saw an upgradedoutlook in the latest poll thanks toreconstruction efforts that havegained pace since the March 11earthquake and tsunami.

“Two key downside risks haveincreased over the past few months— the risk of a disruptive default inGreece and of a significant slow-down in the U.S.,” said Kurt Karl,chief U.S. economist at Swiss Rein New York, in a research note.

He expressed hope the U.S.slowdown may be nearing an end,since oil prices are no longer risingand the supply bottlenecks causedby the Japanese disasters should beresolved later in the year.

Still, financial markets have al-

Citigroup said late Wednesdaythat the security breach had com-promised a total of 360,083 NorthAmerica Citi-branded credit cards,after earlier saying the attack im-pacted around 210,000 credit cardcustomer accounts — roughly onepercent of its US clientele.

“Citi has implemented enhancedprocedures to prevent a recurrence

Citigroup says 360,000 accounts hackedCitigroup says 360,000 accounts hackedCitigroup says 360,000 accounts hackedCitigroup says 360,000 accounts hackedCitigroup says 360,000 accounts hackedAgence France-Presse

NEW YORK – US banking giant Citigroup had told its clients that about 360,000 creditcards were affected by a computer hacking attack last month — nearly twice the number previ-ously acknowledged.

of this type of event. We have alsonotified law enforcement and gov-ernment officials,” the bankinggroup said in a statement to “ourcustomers.”

“We continue to monitor cus-tomer service and communicationchannels and take every necessaryaction to ensure our customers arecared for.”

It declined to provide furtherdetails of the breach, citing the on-going investigation and its custom-ers’ security.

The company has come underscrutiny from US lawmakers for itshandling of the attack. Citi did notinform its clients of the May 10 at-tack until nearly a month later.

Citi said it has replaced the cards

of 217,657 customer accounts,while others were not re-issuedcards because their accounts wereclosed or they were already receiv-ing new cards for other reasons.

Citi is one of the world’s largestproviders of credit cards, with morethan 21 million accounts and isowed more than $77 billion in NorthAmerica, according to its 2010 an-nual report.

The announcement came as thepublic website of the US Central In-telligence Agency (CIA) onWednesday joined a growing list ofhacker targets that has included

Sony, The International MonetaryFund, and Citibank.

The CIA told AFP it was lookinginto reports that cia.gov was knockedoffline temporarily by a hackergroup calling itself Lulz Security.

Lulz has claimed in recent weeksto have cracked into Sony,Nintendo, the US Senate, the Pub-lic Broadcasting System news or-ganization, and an Infragard com-pany that works with the FBI.

The group is flaunting its noto-riety with a telephone hotline forpeople to call and suggest targetsfor cyberattacks.

Rich world economy prospects darken: Reuters poll

ready reacted to the slowdown tak-ing place. World stock indexes haveshed much of the gains made sincethe start of the year, while U.S. Trea-sury bond yields have fallen.

The consensus forecast for U.S.second-quarter gross domesticproduct was slashed to an annual-ized 2.5 percent from 3.3 percentin last month’s poll, following aweak 1.8 percent rate of growth re-corded in the first quarter.

Such a rate of expansion wouldstill place the U.S. top among itseuro zone, UK and Japanese peers,but well behind major emergingmarket powers that themselves areshowing signs of slowing growth.

India and China saw accelerat-ing inflation in May, according todata on Tuesday, prompting theBeijing to lift bank reserve require-ments and putting pressure on In-dia to hike interest rates further.

Rates of growth and inflationhave been far greater in these de-veloping powers, but the dilemmaof keeping inflation in check with-out sacrificing growth has preoccu-pied policymakers everywhere.

The latest batch of Reuters sur-veys showed inflation pressures arestill on the rise in the West too —with CPI forecasts in the U.S. andespecially Britain being bumpedup.

Indeed, over the course of thisyear, inflation estimates in the U.S.,UK and euro zone for Q2, Q3 andQ4 2011 have doubled — and insome cases more than doubled —owing to the surge in crude andcommodity prices.

Perhaps reflecting expectationsfor higher inflation in the U.S., thepoll showed only a median 15 per-cent chance the Federal Reservewill embark of a third round of

money supply-boosting quantitativeeasing.

Unlike in major emerging pow-ers, which have managed a sus-tained and forthright policy of tight-ening interest rates to counter highinflation, Western central bankshave shown no such coordination.

A Reuters poll on Wednesdayshowed the People’s Bank of Chinawill yet take more measures to curbprice pressures, currently at three-year highs.

In the West, only the EuropeanCentral Bank has so far acted againstabove target inflation among the fourbiggest central banks — also includ-ing the Fed, Bank of England andBank of Japan — after raising inter-est rates from a record low 1.0 per-cent in April.

But pressure is mounting on theFed and BoE to follow suit.

“A significant pick-up in infla-

tion, with sluggish growth, will leaveFed policy in a bind,” said StephenLewis, economist at Monument Se-curities in London.

“By Q2 2012, the Fed’s credibil-ity is likely to be under so muchstrain that it will start the process ofnormalizing interest rates.”

Indeed, a survey published ear-lier this month suggested high infla-tion has already dealt a heavy blowto the BoE’s credibility since thestart of the year. Inflation there hit4.5 percent in May, far beyond theBoE’s 2 percent target.

UK economic growth, in com-mon with the neighboring euro zone,will struggle to exceed 0.5 percentin any quarter from now until the endof next year.

While France and Germany haveled the recovery among the euroarea’s 17 nations, debt-ladenstrugglers like Greece, Spain andPortugal have dragged badly ongrowth.

Even so, the bloc looks like it willavoid a direct hit from the festeringsovereign debt crisis that has envel-oped Greece.

Even before the March 11 earth-quake and tsunami off Japan’s eastcoast, the world’s third largesteconomy was struggling to generatemeaningful growth. But economistsupgraded the outlook for Japan’s re-covery for the third successivemonth.

“The recovery will gather pace inJuly-September and the economy isexpected to achieve a V-shaped re-covery,” said Shinichiro Kobayashi,a senior economist at Mitsubishi UFJResearch and Consulting.

While poll respondents expectthe Japanese economy to contract0.7 percent in the second quarter,they see it rebounding 1.0 percentin the third.

Timerland bootsand shoes aredisplayed in awindow of a storeon June 13, 2011in New York City.VF Corp. The rich-world’s economicprospects havedarkened slightly,a Reuters poll ofeconomistsshowed, with newsigns of a slow-down in theUnited Statescompoundingfears about thepoor fiscal healthof Western econo-mies.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP

Entertainment InternationalFriday, June 17, 201112

Tom is second-in-command of aragtag regiment of survivors in a rav-aged Boston suburb. The oddsagainst them seem insurmountable.But they are fighting back. In his newrole, Wyle is facing even more chal-lenges than, years ago, in that Chi-cago emergency room. On “FallingSkies” (which premieres Sunday at9 p.m. EDT) there are threats aplentyfrom the mysterious, multi-leggedaliens (nicknamed “skitters” by thehumans) and the killing-machine ro-bots they sic on the Earthlings.

“But there are larger themes,”Wyle says. “Beyond surviving, thehuman characters will need to cre-ate the template for the next civili-zation, which probably won’t evenbe realized in their own lifetimes.”

In short, Tom Mason is a his-tory professor helping create newhistory by looking to the past.

“History is full of inferior forcescreating so much trouble that theinvading army leaves,” Tom triesto reassure his comrades as he reelsoff several encouraging examples,including a modern case: “Red

Associated Press Writer

CLEVELAND – Lady Gaga made history at last year’s MTV VideoMusic Awards when she turned butcher’s cuts into high fashion.

On Thursday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame unveil the singer’sinfamous raw-meat dress to the public. The dress — made of layersof Argentinian beef — was kept in a meat locker, placed in a vat ofchemicals and then dried out by taxidermists in California before be-ing transported to the museum.

Hall of Fame spokeswoman Margaret Thresher says the dress tookon a “dark, beef-jerky”look while dehydrating,so it was painted to look“fresh” afterwards. Theentire process took sev-eral months to complete.

The dress is being dis-played as part of the“Women Who Rock: Vi-sion, Passion, Power” ex-hibit, which runs untilFebruary 2012.

Noah Wyle stars in a drama about an alien invasionNoah Wyle stars in a drama about an alien invasionNoah Wyle stars in a drama about an alien invasionNoah Wyle stars in a drama about an alien invasionNoah Wyle stars in a drama about an alien invasionAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK – These days, Noah Wyle occupies a world devastatedby alien invaders. On his new TNT sci-fi series “Falling Skies,” he playsTom Mason, a Boston University history professor whose wife waskilled and one of his three sons taken captive in the alien attack.

Socks, Yankees, `04.”Wyle says he wasn’t looking to

do another series and, while he isn’tthe first TV star to have said that, hemakes it sound convincing. After all,his 11-year weekly hitch as Dr. JohnCarter on NBC’s “ER,” which endedin 2005, established him as a main-stay of the last blockbuster dramaviewers may ever see. What follow-up series could measure up?

“After ̀ ER,’ I wanted to be a stay-at-home dad for a while,” Wyle says.(Divorced last year, he has a son,Owen, now 8, and a 5-year-olddaughter, Auden.) “The game plan,such as it was, was to stay away fromepisodic television, and try to rebuildmy career in a post-’ER’ world.”

But the persistence of TNT (forwhich Wyle made three films in the“Librarian” adventure franchise)wore him down with offers for pi-lot deals, he says. So a couple ofyears ago, he sought out the adviceof a trusted counselor. He presentedhis son, Owen, with three seriesoptions: He could be a lawyer or apolice detective or an alien fighter.

AP Photo/TNT, Frank Ockenfels

This image released by TNT shows Drew Roy, Maxim Knight and Noah Wyle in a scene from the new TNTsci-fi series “Falling Skies,” which premieres Sunday, June 19, 2011, at 9 p.m. EDT.

Lady Gaga’s ‘meat dress’goes to Rock Hall of Fame

In this photo takenJune 14, 2011,thedress made of meatworn by Lady Gaga atthe 2010 MTV VideoMusic Awards isshown in themuseum’s vault.

AP Photo/MarkDuncan

2 men in courtover plot to

target Joss StoneAssociated Press Writer

LONDON – Two men are duein court to face charges of plot-ting to rob and assault British soulsinger Joss Stone.

Junior Bradshaw, 30, and 33-year-old Kevin Liverpool were ar-rested Monday morning nearStone’s house in the town ofCullompton, 175 miles (280 ki-lometers) southwest of London,after residents reported a suspi-cious-looking vehicle.

News reports said the men hadswords, rope, a body bag andplans of the singer’s secludedhouse.

They are due in court Thurs-day on charges of conspiracy torob and conspiracy to commitgrievous bodily harm.

The 24-year-old singer said ina statement that she was “abso-lutely fine and getting on with lifeas normal.” The Grammy-win-ning singer is due to start a Euro-pean tour next month.

International Friday, June 17, 2011 13Science

Reuters

NEW YORK - Older peoplewho include olive oil in their dietmay have a lower risk of stroke,a French study said, raising thepossibility that the well-knownconnection between olive oil andheart disease may extend tostrokes as well.

The study, which followedolder French adults for five years,found that people who regularlyused olive oil were 41 percentless likely to have a stroke thanthose who never used it.

“These results suggest a pro-tective role for high olive oil con-sumption on the risk of stroke inolder subjects,” wrote studyleader Cecilia Samieri of theFrench national research instituteINSERM, in Neurology.

The study included 7,625adults age 65 and older who re-ported on their diets and otherlifestyle factors. People who saidthey used olive oil for both cook-ing and as a dressing were con-sidered “intensive users.”

After analysis, with adjust-ment for other diet habits, exer-cise levels and major risk factorsfor stroke, heavy oliveoil use was tied to 41percent reduction in theodds of stroke.

Samieri’s team alsotook blood samplesfrom another 1,245older adults, measuringtheir levels of oleic acid— an acid found in ol-ive oil, as well as oilmade from a number ofnuts.

The one-third of par-ticipants with the high-est oleic acid levels were73 percent less likely tosuffer a stroke than theone-third with the low-est levels. Further re-search is needed, saidNikolaos Scarmeas,

Agence France Presse

MANILA – Seven new speciesof mice have been found by localand US scientists in the mountainsof the Philippines, the government’senvironment department saidWednesday.

The discovery, documented by

Seven new mice species found in Philippinesthe respected Field Museum ofNatural History in Chicago in itsMay 2011 journal, showcases thecountry’s vast, but threatenedbiodiversity, the department said ina statement.

The mice were found in heavily-forested mountain ranges on themain Philippine island of Luzon.

Lawrence Heaney, lead author ofthe 2011 journal, was quoted as say-ing they were “wonderful little micethat... actively avoid humans andrarely cause any harm. “They pre-fer to eat earthworms and seeds onthe forest floor.”

The date of the expedition was notdisclosed. Scientists from Philippineand US universities and museumstook part, the department said.

The department warned the habi-tats of many of the new species werenot protected areas, making themvulnerable to logging and illegalmining.

A picture released by the Department of Environment and NaturalResources in Manila shows six of the seven new species of micethat have been found by local and American scientists in themountains of the Philippines, the government’s environmentdepartment said.AFP/HO/null

Olive oil lovers havelower stroke risk - study

with Columbia University in NewYork, who wrote an editorial pub-lished with the study.

“We need to remember that thisis an observational study,” he toldReuters Health, warning that whilethe research showed a correlationbetween olive oil and stroke risk,that doesn’t necessarily translateinto cause-and-effect.

“People who eat a lot of oliveoil may be very different frompeople who don’t,” he said, add-ing that they may have higher in-comes, eat better overall or exer-cise more often. Samieri’s teamtried to adjust for those differ-ences. But still, olive oil was stilllinked to a lower stroke risk.

Scarmeas said that it’s impos-sible to fully account for all thosevariables outside of a randomizedtrial, and called for more study intoolive oil’s potential health benefits.

Previous studies have foundthat a so-called “Mediterraneandiet” — one that includes lots offruits and vegetables, nuts, veg-etable oils such as olive oil, wholegrains, legumes, and fish — canshield people from heart diseaseand help heart patients stayhealthy.

AFP/File/Munir Uz Zaman

A solar energy panel is seen on the roof of a house at a village near the Sunderbans in Bangladesh.

In 2002, just 7,000 householdswere using solar panels but nowmore than a million households —or some five million people —gather solar energy, said NazmulHaq of the Infrastructure Develop-ment Company (IDCOL).

“It’s the fastest expansion of so-lar energy anywhere in the world,”said Haq, who heads the state-runIDCOL, which provides financingfor clean energy projects.

One million BangladeshOne million BangladeshOne million BangladeshOne million BangladeshOne million Bangladeshhomes on solar powerhomes on solar powerhomes on solar powerhomes on solar powerhomes on solar powerAgence France Presse

DHAKA – The number of households in electricity-starvedBangladesh using solar panels has crossed the one million mark — thefastest expansion of solar use in the world, officials said Wednesday.

“We crossed the one millionthreshold more than 18 monthsahead of schedule (and) we have seta new target to cross 2.5 million by2014,” he said.

Rural households in Bangladeshare frequently not on the state elec-trical grid and so have embracedsolar power, helped by NGOs pro-viding panels which can be paid for

in small monthly instalments.Some 60 percent of

Bangladesh’s 150 million peoplehave no access to mains electricity,with many relying on costly kero-sene lamps for lighting.

Years of under-investment in in-frastructure means state-ownedpower plants generate only around4,700 megawatts of electricity a dayagainst demand of 6,000 megawatts— which is growing by 500 mega-watts a year.

A World Bank report last monthsaid solar panels had “changed theface of the remote, rural areas ofBangladesh,” by providing cheap,reliable electricity.

Friday, June 17, 201114 InternationalSport

“After several phone conver-sations with Michael it is now thetime, before the start of the Eu-ropean championship (next year),to have a clear position.” Ballack,who won 98 caps and scored 42goals since making his debut in1999, has not played for the na-tional side since March last yearafter sustaining an ankle injurythat forced him to miss last year’sWorld Cup.

A gifted leader on the pitchwho failed, however, to win amajor trophy with Germany,Ballack has been offered to bidfarewell against Brazil in afriendly in August. One of themidfielder’s lowest career mo-ments was when he steered Ger-many into the 2002 World Cup fi-nal but missed that match throughsuspension with Brazil beatingthem to win the trophy.

Ballack, who returned toBayer Leverkusen last year fromChelsea, also captained Germany

Agence France Presse

PARIS – Real Madrid’s appealagainst the three-match ban handedto coach Jose Mourinho for hiscomments after the first leg ofReal’s Champions League semi-fi-nal defeat by Barcelona will beheard on July 29, UEFA confirmedon Thursday.

European football’s governingbody gave a three-match Europeanban to Mourinho, with one matchsuspended, after he made allegationsof favouritism towards Barcelonaduring the April 27 game.

Barca won the first leg 2-0 atReal’s Santiago Bernabeu stadiumbefore a 1-1 draw in the return legtook them into the final, wherethey beat Manchester United.

Mourinho has already com-pleted one match of his ban, hav-ing watched the second leg of theBarcelona tie in a hotel room. Hewas also ordered to pay a 50,000-euro (72,000 dollars) fine byUEFA.

Reuters

LONDON - Former internationalsJonathan Woodgate, Patrick Vieiraand Owen Hargreaves were amongthose released by their clubs, the Pre-mier League said on Thursday whenthey revealed a list of players givenfree transfers.

The departures of ManchesterUnited’s Hargreaves andTottenham Hotspur’s Woodgatewere both widely expected afterinjuries blighted their spells withtheir clubs.

Hargreaves’ time at Old Traffordwas cursed by physical problems andthe combative midfielder made only39 appearances after joining to con-siderable fanfare from BayernMunich for 17 million pounds in2007.

Former Real Madrid defenderWoodgate was similarly blighted andspent much of his three-and-a-halfyears at Tottenham on the treatmenttable. The elegant defender was of-

Loew pulls plug onLoew pulls plug onLoew pulls plug onLoew pulls plug onLoew pulls plug onBallack’s Germany careerBallack’s Germany careerBallack’s Germany careerBallack’s Germany careerBallack’s Germany career

A picture taken on on Au-gust 11, 2009 shows German

national football teamcaptain Michael Ballack (L)

and head coach JoachimLoew (R) attending a trainingsession in Baku, Azerbaijan,on the eve of the World Cup

2010 qualifying footballmatch Germany vs.

Azerbaijan in Azerbaijan.

Reuters

BERLIN - Germany midfielder Michael Ballack’s international career was ended by coachJoachim Loew on Thursday after he told the 34-year-old he was no longer in his plans because ofthe impact of the squad’s younger players. “The last few months have shown that many youngplayers have stepped into the spotlight and have good prospects,” Loew said in a statement.

to the 2008 Euro final where theylost to Spain. “Michael Ballackwas a leading player in the teamfor a decade and he has a largeshare in the team’s success sincethe 2002 World Cup,” Loewadded.

Loew said he had repeatedlytold the player, who was retainedas the official captain until now,that the younger generation ofplayers, who were part ofGermany’s youngest World Cupsquad in 76 years last year, werethe future. Holding midfieldersBastian Schweinsteiger and SamiKhedira formed an impressivepartnership in his absence at theWorld Cup in South Africa lastyear, with youngsters SvenBender and Toni Kroos alsoavailable for those positions.

“In our talks I had the impres-sion that he understood our view.So in the interest of everyone anhonest and clear decision was ap-propriate,” Loew said.

Leverkusen, with whom Ballackreached the Champions Leaguefinal in 2002 before leaving forBayern Munich and Chelsea, saidthey were disappointed.

“We very much regret this de-cision because in our viewMichael Ballack could still be animportant part of the nationalteam,” club CEO WolfgangHolzhaeuser said. “But that is thedecision the coach took.”

AFP PHOTO / OLIVER LANG

Woodgate andVieira headline listof released players

ten touted as England’s most naturallygifted centre back but managed onlyfour games in his final two seasons.

World Cup winner Vieira, whoturns 35 next week, was released byManchester City after playing a bit-part role in their resurgence since join-ing them from Inter Milan in Januarylast year.

England international MatthewUpson was one of eight players re-leased by West Ham United as thePremier League’s relegated clubslooked to reduce their squad numbers.

Blackpool released 11 players asthey prepare for their return toEngland’s second tier, while Birming-ham City shed 12 from their booksincluding former England strikerKevin Phillips.

Another French World Cup win-ner Robert Pires was released byAston Villa after joining on a freetransfer in November and formerLiverpool, Chelsea and Netherlandsmidfielder Boudewijn Zenden was letgo by Sunderland.

Mourinho ban appealset for July 29

IBP/afp

Jose Mourinho

Friday, June 17, 2011 15International Sport

“Absolutely not,” James saidwhen asked if it bothered him thatso many people were rootingagainst him. “At the end of the day,all the people that was rooting onme to fail, they have to wake uptomorrow and have the same lifethat they had before they woke uptoday,” he said.

“They have the same personalproblems they had today. I’m go-ing to continue to live the way Iwant to live and continue to do thethings that I want to do with meand my family and be happy withthat.”

The Dallas Mavericks defeatedthe Heat 105-95 on Sunday toclaim the best-of-seven NBA Fi-nals 4-2. James scored 21 points

Reuters

LONDON - Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s preparations forWimbledon were curtailed at the Eastbourne warm-up tournamentwhen he lost 6-2 6-3 to Czech Radek Stepanek in their second roundmatch on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old Frenchman, beaten by Andy Murray in the rain-delayed final of the Queen’s tournament on Monday and seeded 12thfor Wimbledon next week, looked out of sorts as he lost in just over anhour in his third match in three days.

After his exploits in west London, which included a victory overworld number one Rafa Nadal, he beat Russian Denis Istomin 6-2 7-5in the opening round on Tuesday but ran out of steam and lost concen-tration against the 32-year-old Czech, a Wimbledon quarter-finalistfive years ago.

Stepanek was always in control and moved almost effortlessly intothe quarter-finals where he will meet either Kei Nishikori or RainerSchuettler of Germany, whose match was suspended because of rainwith the Japanese player leading 3-2 in the opening set.

Associated Press Writer

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The IOC says no tickets will begiven to Libya’s Olympic committee for the 2012 London Gamesuntil it is “absolutely certain” they end up in the right hands.

Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday that Libyanleader Moammar Gadhafi’s son, who heads the country’s nationalOlympic committee, had received hundreds of passes to the gamesfrom London’s organizing committee, or LOCOG.

The International Olympic Committee says Wednesday that “notickets have been printed or paid for.”

It says “the IOC decided along with LOCOG that no ticketswill be handed over to the Libyan National Olympic Committeeuntil the current situation becomes clearer.”

Gadhafi and his sons are among 13 people from his regimewho are barred from entering Britain, which is taking part in theNATO military action against Libya.

AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

Miami Heat’s LeBron James, left, and Dwyane Wade share a laugh during a basketball newsconference, Tuesday, June 14, 2011 in Miami. Instead of hosting Game 7 of the NBA finals onTuesday, the Heat packed up their stuff for the summer.

James not botheredJames not botheredJames not botheredJames not botheredJames not botheredby those rooting forby those rooting forby those rooting forby those rooting forby those rooting forhim to failhim to failhim to failhim to failhim to failReuters

MIAMI - LeBron James said he does not care about the legions of people across the countrydelighted to see him fail to win an NBA championship. Ever since James bolted the ClevelandCavaliers last summer to join fellow All-Stars Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade with the MiamiHeat, the two-time MVP has been a polarising figure.

on nine of 15 shooting but scoredonly 12 after the first period, con-tinuing the series-long trend of be-ing silent during crunch time.

“That doesn’t bother me,” Jamessaid of the criticism over his late-game washouts. “I understand thisis a huge stage, and you want toperform well for nobody else be-sides your team mates.

“That’s ultimately what it’sabout for me. If I can play well formy team mates, help my teammates win basketball games, thenI’m always satisfied with that. “Ithurts me, and I get on myself whenI’m not able to play well and helpmy team mates win.”

James was passive during thefourth quarter of most of the games

and denied the on and off-courtcriticism weighed on his perfor-mance. “I’ve been in this leagueeight years,” he told reporters.“There’s no distractions that canstop me from trying to chase anNBA championship.

“I work hard to try to put my-self in position to play at a highlevel. When you go out on thecourt, does the ball always go in?Absolutely not.

“But the one thing I know, Inever hold my head low in saying,‘I didn’t do it the right way or I wishI would have did this.’ It’s not aboutthat. “I put a lot of hard work intothis season. I’ll just use this as anextra motivation to help myself be-come a better player for next year.”

IOC: No Londontickets for Libyaat moment

AFP PHOTO / Leon Neal

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France plays a shot against DenisIstomin of Uzbekistan in a men’s singles match on the thirdday of the AEGON International tennis tournament inEastbourne, southern England, on June 14, 2011.

Top seed Tsongaruns out of steamin Eastbourne

Friday, June 17, 201116 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

The Formula 1 Commission isdue to meet next week to discuss theplans for 2013, with the FIA statingthat it is open to a move to delay thechange to 1.6-litre turbo engines if itis decided that the sport’s main stake-holders want that to happen.

Although a postponementwould likely need unanimous ap-proval of teams and engine mak-ers, Renault insists that the FIA’soffer is of no interest.

Renault Sport managing directorJean-Francois Caubet said he re-spected the concerns that Ferrari,Mercedes-Benz and Cosworth haveover the 2013 switch, but says thatRenault has no desire to see a delay.

“Today we have not changed ourmind,” Caubet told AUTOSPORTabout the latest situation regarding the2013 engine discussions. “We havetold Jean Todt and Bernie [Ecclestone]that we are pushing for the new en-gine because when we decided not tostop in F1, the three conditions werevery clear for the Board.

“The first one was to change thetechnology of the engine to make

Six leading Moto2 teams havebeen granted places on the MotoGPgrid for 2012, when the premiercategory switches to its new tech-nical regulations.

Kiefer Racing, which currentlyleads the Moto2 standings withStefan Bradl, BQR/Blusens, For-ward Racing, Marc VDS Racing,Interwetten Paddock GP and theSpeed Master team set up aroundAndrea Iannone this year will allhave the opportunity to run one bikein MotoGP from next year underthe less restricted ‘ClaimingRule Teams’ system beingintroduced as part of the

Six Moto2 teams grantedMotoGP entries

switch from 800cc to 1000cc en-gines.

The FIM has not yet announcedthe list of new chassis and enginemanufacturers that will be joiningthe field as part of the move to1000cc and CRT, amid suggestionsthat the likes of Aprilia, Norton,Kawasaki and BMW will have apresence.

Marc VDS has already beguntesting a 2012 MotoGP-spec Suter-BMW. “Applications from newmanufacturers wishing to participate

in MotoGP continue to beevaluated,” said a state-ment from the governingbody.

“Further informationwill be provided when

a decision has beentaken on such appli-cations.”

Italy’s AndreaDovizioso, left,riding a RepsolHonda TeamMotoGP bikefollows Australia’sCasey Stoner,right.AP Photo/Tom Hevezi

AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM

Lotus Renault drivers Nick Heidfeld (L) of Germany and teammate Vitaly Petrov of Russiachase each other during the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuvein Montreal on June 12, 2011.

Renault in ‘red zone’over 2013 engines

Renault will not back down in its desire to ensure that newengine rules go ahead in 2013, with the French car manufac-turer admitting that its Formula 1 future is in the ‘red zone’because of uncertainty over the issue.

it more relevant, to find a link be-tween Formula 1 and the product.Secondly to reduce the costs, andthirdly to perform.

“We have halved the costs, wehave performed with Red Bull Rac-ing and with Renault, but the prob-lem of the road relevance is a keypoint for us. We know the storyabout Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz andCosworth and we have a lot of meet-ings with the car makers, but forRenault today we not want to changeour position.

“I told Bernie and Jean Todt thattoday we are in the ‘red zone’ be-cause we have no idea what will bethe future for Renault.”

Caubet claims that as well as theroad car relevance issue with the moveto four-cylinder 1.6-litre engines, anyalteration to the rule change plans willlead to credibility issues for Renault’ssenior management.

“We don’t want to lose the capa-bility to manage F1, but if we do notstick with the new regulations or ifthe regulations change, we are los-ing control of the situation - and then

it becomes a problem with theboard. Things are more difficult.

“We want to understand who ismanaging the sport. The cost of Renaultin F1 is around 100 million Euros andyou cannot change direction just likethat. We told Nissan what the future ofF1 is like and we opened the door forNissan and Infiniti to be in F1.

“[For them] it is a long termstrategy it is not only branding forthis year, but long term strategy.They were following Renault forthe new engine and today we don’tknow where we are.

“We don’t want to have an openconflict. We don’t want to use themedia to open the conflict, but to-day we are in the red zone.”

While Ferrari is wholly opposedto the concept of a 1.6-litre turboengine, both Mercedes-Benz andCosworth are open to the idea ofthe new power units but are wor-ried about the cost implications andmaking it commercially viable.

When asked if Renault wouldpull out of F1 as an engine manu-facturer if the 2013 rules are de-layed, Caubet said: “The problemto delay is that in Renault if yousay, okay, the new engine will ar-rive in 2015, then the credibilitywill be zero. That is a key point.