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Agence France Presse

LONDON – Prince William andKate Middleton will visit Canadain their first overseas royal tour asa married couple, palace officialsannounced. The visit will be fromJune 30 to July 8, two months aftertheir wedding in London’sWestminster Abbey on April 29.

“Prince William and MissCatherine Middleton have ac-

William and Kate to tour Canada after weddingcepted an invitation from the gov-ernment of Canada to undertake aroyal tour of Canada,” William’soffice at St James’s Palace said ina statement. The search and rescuepilot is directly in line to becomeCanada’s king after his fatherPrince Charles, the heir to thethrone in the 16 Commonwealthrealms, including Britain, Austra-lia and New Zealand.

A Libyan pro-govern-ment supporter holds aportrait of leaderMoamer Kadhafi as hestands atop a fountainduring a gathering inTripoli on February 16,2011 to show supportfor the veteran leaderwho seized power in a1969 coup, as Libyabraced for a “Day ofAnger” following revoltsin neighbouring Egyptand Tunisia.

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Four killed in Libya aheadof anti-Kadhafi protestAgence France Presse

NICOSIA – At least four people were killed in clashes with Libyan security forces, opposi-tion websites and NGOs said on Thursday, as the country faced a nationwide “Day of Anger”called by cyber-activists. The websites monitored in Cyprus and a Libyan rights group basedin London said the clashes with demonstrators opposed to the regime of Libya’s leader MoamerKadhafi took place on Wednesday in the eastern town of Al-Baida.

disperse a peaceful demonstrationby the youth of Al-Baida,” leaving“at least four dead and several in-

jured,” according to Libya Watch.A Geneva-based rights group, Hu-man Rights Solidarity, citing wit-

nesses, said that snipers on rooftopshad killed as many as 13 protestersand wounded dozens of others.

Videos circulating on theInternet showed dozens of youngLibyans apparently gathered onWednesday night in Al-Baidachanting, “The people want to bringdown the regime,” and a buildingwhich had been set on fire.

(FILES) This file picture taken on November 16, 2010 showsBritain’s Prince William (R) and his fiancee Kate Middleton posing

for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement,in the State Rooms of St James’s Palace, central London.

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—The Indonesian Hotels and Restau-

rants Association (PHRI) of Bali Chap-ter asked the Bali Provincial Govern-ment to implement the moratorium se-lectively and strictly without compro-mise. The association serving as initia-tor was ready to sit together with stake-holders to have a discussion related tothe policy.

“We do support the selective mora-torium. Presumably, if there is a devel-opment of tourism facility like hotelssupporting the quality improvement ofthe environment, it can enhance thebranding of Bali and is worth consider-ing to be given a permit,” said Chair-man of PHRI Bali, Cokorda ArthaArdhana Sukawati, in Denpasar re-cently.

According to him, selective mora-torium needed to be done so the policyof Governor of Bali would not turn toprolonged polemic. The three regenciesbecoming the target of moratorium suchas Badung, Denpasar and Gianyar hadclearly stated to reject the policy withthe reason that they did not want to ham-per investment.

“Myriad cultural and customary ac-tivities are organized in Gianyar. Ofcourse, they require a cost which is notrelatively small. To that end, we wantto get a right portion and existence ofsynergy. We’d like to reach harmoni-ous development in cultural tourism anddo not harm each other,” he said.

Cok Ace who is also the Regent ofGianyar said that moratorium on ho-tels in southern Bali region would bevalid until there was a result of studieson the carrying capacity of Bali tour-ism. The proposal of moratorium hadbeen submitted by PHRI Bali more than10 years ago during the reign of Gov-ernor Ida Bagus Oka.

“The main consideration is equal-ization. Some members of PHRI Baliin the regencies outside the southernBali have difficulty to develop becauseof the tourism development seemed tohave been focused on the southern Baliregion,” he explained.

Based on the result of survey madeby PHRI Bali in 2010, the number ofstar rated hotels and boutique hotels inBali reached 2,260 units with a total of56,971 rooms throughout Bali. Of thisamount, 88.5 percent or 50,436 hotelrooms were focused on southern Baliconsisting of 36,947 rooms in Badung,10,097 rooms in Denpasar and 3,410rooms in Gianyar. Meanwhile, the re-sult of survey showed a greater num-ber than that of Bali Provincial Gov-

According to information, thewaterpark was built between NusaDua and Peninsula Island. The partyof Badung House has also received areport about the unlicensed develop-ment as well as the allegation ofshoreline violation. Of course, theissue was questioned by the House.

Secretary of Commission A in theBadung House, I Made Duama,Wednesday (Feb 16), said the reporton the existence of the project hadentered the Commission A. He alsoregretted if in reality it was indeedtrue that project was unlicensed anddid not comply with the shoreline. Inother words, two very fatal mistakeshad been carried out.

He said if the BTDC had submit-ted a permit, the waterpark should bebuilt according to designation. Vio-lation against shoreline might not

Mangupura (Bali Post)—More than 50 million U.S. citizens

annually travel to foreign countries.Such tremendous market potentialsneed marketing and special tricks towork on the huge market. The work-shop organized by Bali Village thor-oughly explored what and how towork on the U.S. market.

The presence of Representative ofthe ICS USA, Derek Ong, as a re-source person on the U.S. market waswarmly welcomed by the Head of BaliGovernment Tourism Office, I.B.Kade Subhiksu, in his opening speechin the workshop entitled “Selling inthe Way Your Market Buys” in NusaDua Beach Hotel, Wednesday (Feb16). Subhiksu expressed the impor-tance of synergy among the tourismperpetrators with the government topick up the ball and work on theAmerican long-haul market potential.

In the presentation of the ICS USArepresentative, Derek Ong, before theHead of Bali Government Tourism Of-fice and participants explained aboutthe market characteristics and favor-

Waterpark project in BTDC

Allegedly unlicensed,Allegedly unlicensed,Allegedly unlicensed,Allegedly unlicensed,Allegedly unlicensed,violates shorelineviolates shorelineviolates shorelineviolates shorelineviolates shorelineMangupura (Bali Post)—

Bali Tourism Development Corporation (BTDC) has started to build a waterpark or waterattraction in the area of Nusa Dua. Unfortunately, the project started to be worked on in fact hasnot had permit or license. Even, it is alleged to have violated the shoreline.

happen. When following-up the re-port on the allegation of distortingwaterpark development, Duamasaid his party would immediatelymake a site inspection. “We willimmediately make a site inspectionto location,” said Duama.

In line with Duama, another leg-islator, I Made Darma, also ques-tioned the attitude of BTDC. He em-phasized though the waterpark lo-cated within the authority of BTDC,the project should be completedwith permit from the government.Similarly, government should do areview on the project because thebeach was the only remaining pub-lic space in the region of BTDC. “Ifthe remaining land is also used forthe project of BTDC, let alone vio-late the shoreline, the local commu-nity will no longer have a place of

recreation,” he said.Meanwhile, Division Head of Fa-

cilities and Infrastructure of BadungGovernment Tourism Office(Disparda), I Nyoman Suardana,when contacted recently claimed notto know about the waterpark devel-opment in the BTDC area. He as-serted that Badung GovernmentTourism Office did not received ap-plication for a permit from the inves-tor. “Application for permission hasnot been entered. Likewise, we do notknow about the existence of theproject,” he said.

When asking for confirmationabout this matter, Managing Direc-tor of BTDC, I Made Mandra, wasnot willing to give more comments.To sum up, he denied and said therewas no waterpark development in thearea of BTDC Nusa Dua. (kmb25)

In-depth analysis on characteristicsof American market

ite of tourists from the Uncle Sam’scountry. From the slide of presen-tation, Derek Ong outlined sometricks on how to attract Americantourists whose number reachedmore than 50 million people annu-ally. Before 50 participants of theworkshop, he also explained how tocreate best-selling tour packagesthat would be sold out in America.

Vice Chairman of Bali Village,Herdy Sayoga, stated the number ofworkshop participant exceeded theestimation. “The number of partici-pant surpassed the target of 35people. In fact, there were 50 par-ticipants who listened to the direc-tion of Derek Ong enthusiastically,”said Herdy Sayoga serving as mod-erator of the event.

The workshop turned more at-tractive due to the presence of Coun-try Manager-Indonesia of SingaporeAirlines, David Lau. While jokingforcefully, he could invite partici-pants to discuss further about pow-erful strategies to increase the de-mand for their companies. It was

completed with interactive discussionwhere many real challenges pre-sented could be instantly resolved.

Herdy Sayoga summarized thepositive response of participants totake part in the activities of face-to-peer collaboration in the UnitedStates scheduled to be held in 4 cit-ies, covering the east coast, CentralAmerica, west coast and Canada. Theenvoy would present the potential ofBali bundled with the cost of airfareof Singapore Airlines having a net-work in 12 points in the United States.The concrete promotion would befollowed up with the network of co-operation in various cities in Americaas well as with TV stations and theInternet.

On that occasion was alsolaunched a three-dimensionalwebsite containing the data of Balitourist destinations along with theirfacilities and it would be accessibleworldwide. Many participants reg-istered their company at relativelyaffordable listing price namelyUSD 150.

Moratorium implementationto accommodation in BaliPHRI requests provincial govtto act uncompromisingly

ernment. Based on the record of BaliProvince, there were currently 2,190units of accommodation with 45,557rooms where 85 percent of them wereconcentrated on southern Bali.

“The accommodation in our surveydoes not include condotel, residence andapartment,” he said. PHRI Bali hopedthat government could improve the in-frastructure in the regencies beyond thesouthern Bali. By doing so, investorsdid not mind investing those regions.PHRI also assessed the need for guid-ance to the community outside south-ern Bali who could not accept the ex-istence of tourism.

“Sometimes, investors find it diffi-cult to invest in the area where peopleare unable to accept the existence oftourism. The most common problemsfaced are the approval given by the com-munity or companion permit as require-ment of the hotel development,” he said.

According to him, coaching wasalso required so there would be noproduct duplication in other regions asexisting in the three regions in SouthBali. “Tourism development in otherregions must prioritize local wisdom.Do not duplicate the products existingin South Bali. In case of duplication,tourism will grow unattractive and thenvanishes,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Bali RegionalCouncil of the Indonesian Forum forthe Environment (WALHI), WayanSuardana, assessed that moratoriumshould be done until there was a holis-tic and integral assessment about Balisuch as on the carrying and accommo-dating capacity of Bali. Governmentshould continue working to improvethe infrastructure outside South Balito attract investors.

“A moratorium will make the de-velopment in Bali balanced becausethe overcrowding development insouthern Bali will result in environ-mental damage. There are many spa-tial violations committed due to uncon-trolled development of hotels in south-ern Bali,” he added.

The favored regions by many in-vestors are generally located in coastalareas such as Tanah Ampo, Amed orKubu in Karangasem. Meanwhile, themost popular and wanted region inBuleleng is Gerokgak. High interest ofinvestors to build hotels and restaurantsin the area also has something to dowith the government’s plan to buildsome infrastructures such as airport atGerokgak, Buleleng Regency andcruise harbor at Tanah Ampo,Karangasem Regency. (par/kmb13)

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KARANGASEM – A farmerin Datah Village, Abang,Karangasem, I Gede Sadri (35),got unfortunate last Tuesday (15/2) afternoon as when he left hishouse to go his parents in law withhis whole family his house locatedin Banjar Kalanganyar got totallyburnt causing loss reaching IDR35 million. This was stated bySadri while reporting and givingstatements to the police of AbangPolice Headquarter last Wednes-day (16/2).

Public Relation ofKarangasem Police, Police Com-missioner Wayan Wirata, as al-lowed by Head of Karangasem

From Bali Post’s observation lastWednesday (16/2) the wall paintsstarted to peel off and a number ofcrafted wood sides are gone mean-while all corners ceilings holed andsome woods are broken also stuck.Not only that, the toilets as mainfacility is also not functioning hav-ing no water channeled to it. Evenso visitors keep using the toiletscausing floors dirty and unfriendlysmell.

All this time the building hasbeen rented to the public with quitehigh fee, not only culture arts eventsbut also business or commerceevents. “So it should’ve been man-aged and maintained from the rent

Mangupura (Bali Post) -Illegal money changers in

Badung still exists and keeps on in-creasing reaching hundreds. Notonly it affects official money chang-ers, but this is a crime act and af-fects the image of Bali’s tourism.

Foreign Value Traders Associa-tion (APVA) Bali stated this duringa meeting with connected side fromthe Badung House of Representa-tives in Badung last Wednesday (16/2). From APVA’s date, the total ofillegal money changers havereached 120 units. Head of APVABali, Made Sudarsa, stated that theyare mostly in Kuta, Seminyak and

Tabanan, DenPostAn entrepreneur from Jatiluwih,

Penebel, I Ketut Sukarta (54) wasdevastated as IDR 90 million thathe just took from Indonesian StateBank (Bank BNI) Kediri Branchwas gone while buying cigarettesnear where he was topping up fuelin Banjar Abianlalang Petrol Sta-tion, Wanasari Village, Tabananlast Wednesday (16/2).

The incident happened around12 pm where the black plasticbagged cash was left on the frontpassenger seat, “After topping upfuel I wanted to smoke but I havenone so I went to a shop nearby toget it and left the car for a while.”

The vehicle’s engine was stillon and unlocked. When he turnedto his car he did saw a person com-ing near his car and opened the

Art Building NeglectedArt Building NeglectedArt Building NeglectedArt Building NeglectedArt Building NeglectedCeiling Broke, Toilet Not WorkingCeiling Broke, Toilet Not WorkingCeiling Broke, Toilet Not WorkingCeiling Broke, Toilet Not WorkingCeiling Broke, Toilet Not Working

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The neglected art building in Singaraja.

Singaraja (Bali Post) –The Gede Manik Art Building in Udayana Street, Singaraja

is being totally unmaintained. A building that’s suppose to befilled with culture and arts performance also presentationsseemed filthy and not an art building at all.

payments. But all this time wherehas it gone to,” a resident who ad-mitted rented the building once foran end of year meeting stated.

Head of Culture and TourismAgency for Buleleng, Putu TastraWijaya, when asked for his commenton this, every year he has suggesteda maintenance budget for the build-ing as a tourism support and sug-gested to be priority in every Re-gional Budget and Expenses(APBD) discussion. Yet, by the timethe APBD is handed out, this sug-gestion was not agreed and notgiven, “This budget for the art build-ing maintenance has been suggestedbut never agreed.” (kmb)

Illegal Money ChangerKeeps Increasing

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One of the money changer seen in Kuta area.

Legian. The existence of them hasbeen uncomforting causing APVA todemand involving institutions totake action, “We ask the law enforce-ment to take action, also to theBadung House of Representatives tocreate a recommendation to form ateam in suppressing these illegalmoney changers.”

Bank Indonesia Deputy Represen-tative of Denpasar, I Gde MadeSadguna, revealed that these illegalmoney changers are causing negativeaffects towards the tourism sector.Such thing also most likely a way toviolate the laws for example moneylaundering to the tourists or people

who wants to sell narcotics in Baliwhich so it needs to be destroyed.

Vice Head of Denpasar Tourismpolice, Putu Mahasana, stated he isready in supporting this disciplinary,“If it needs, we will start now. Noneed to wait for any budget or a spe-cial team formed.”

Meanwhile, Badung House ofRepresentatives Commission Secre-tary, Made Duama, who led themeeting admitted ready to give rec-ommendation to the executives informing this special team if needed.Also Badung Police Civil Servicewill take action based on this reportby APVA Bali. (kmb25)

House Burnt in DatahPolice, confirmed the case andstated it has been further investi-gated. Sadri stated as he got homehis house has gone and only ashesremained. He admitted did notknow what the source of the firewas. There were no casualties inthis incident and witness WayanWage (40) a neighbor did try helpin putting out the fire. Yet due tothe house materials being flam-mable and there’s a 3 kg gas tubeexplosion, the fire got bigger andquicker burning the whole houseand can’t be put off by manualequipments like tree twigs. Policesuspected it is caused by a shortcircuit. (bud)

Left for a While, IDR90 Million Gone

door. He straight ran back to his carbut that suspected person has goneaway with another person riding aSupra motorcycle towardsTabanan.

He was right the black plasticbag was gone and sure that sus-pected person did it. Victim hastried to chase them up yet failed andso went to report it to Tabanan Po-lice. In the report, victim admitteddid not understand or know thatsomeone has followed him aftercoming from the bank. Accordingto him, he was on his way homebut dropped by to top up fuel first.The money that he took out wasgoing to be used for paying cornsat Jegu Village, Penebel. After it isreported, police then take actionand investigate the case by send-ing officers to several areas. (121)

International4 Friday, February 18, 2011 News

Vacationers from the U.S., Brit-ain, Australia, Japan, Russia, France,Sweden and Switzerland have beenconfirmed dead, along with a Viet-namese tour guide, the governmentsaid. Another nine foreigners and sixlocals were rescued by other tourboats in the bay’s emerald waters.

Ha Long Bay is one of thecountry’s top tourist attractions,drawing more than 5 million visi-tors a year to see the stunningjagged rock formations that dot thecoastline. Many visitors stay over-night on wooden boats equippedwith sleeping cabins.

Survivors reported seeing awooden plank on their ship ripping

Associated Press Writer

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania – Amilitary ammunition depot inTanzania’s largest city blew upovernight in a series of explosionsthat leveled homes, killed at least20 people and wounded about 145others. Thousands ran for theirlives from blasts that were felt 20kilometers (12 miles) away.

Prime Minister Mizengo Pindasaid several houses and a schoolwere leveled during Wednesdaynight’s explosions, which senthuge orange bursts into the nightsky over Dar es Salaam. Debrisshowered parts of the city 15 ki-lometers (10 miles) from theGongola Mboto military basewhere the depot was located. Itwas at least the second such am-munition depot explosion at amilitary base in Dar es Salaamsince 2009.

Military spokesman Lt. Col.Kapambala Mgawe said 20 peoplehave been confirmed killed. Hesaid the explosions were acciden-tal but gave no details. A hospitaladministrator, Mussa Wambura,said about 145 people were in-jured, some “badly hit by theblasts.”

The blasts closed the city’s in-ternational airport, near theGongola Mboto military base.Some 4,000 residents were evacu-

Reuters

ISMAILIA, Egypt – The SuezCanal has been told that plans by twoIranian naval ships to cross the wa-terway were canceled, an officialsaid on Thursday, removing a poten-tial policy headache for Egypt’s newarmy rulers. It was not immediatelyclear which side was behind the can-cellation. Any naval vessels passingthrough the canal, a strategic inter-national shipping route, must firsthave approval from Egypt’s foreignand defense ministries, officials said.

AFP PHOTO / US NAVY / HO / WILLIAM CLAY

A handout picture released by the US Navy on February 15, 2011 showsaircraft carrier USS Enterprise transiting through the Suez Canal. Thecarrier is on its way to the Gulf, the US Navy said on February 16, 2011,raising the US military presence in a region buffeted by political unrest.

Egypt Suez Canal told Iranwarship passing scrapped

If the ships had crossed, it wouldhave been the first time since Iran’s1979 revolution that Iranian war-ships had passed through the canal,officials said.

Iran’s revolution poisoned tieswith Egypt, which signed a peacetreaty with Israel that year. IsraeliForeign Minister Avigdor Liebermanhad said plans for the two Iranianwarships to sail through the canal enroute to Syria were a “provocation.”He had said the ships were expectedto pass through the Suez Canal over-night on Wednesday.

Israel’s state-funded ChannelOne television said Lieberman, avociferously far-right partner in theconservative coalition, had spokenout of turn as the Defense Ministry“had preferred to ignore” the ships’approach.

The Suez Canal Authority was “in-formed today about the cancellationof two scheduled trips of two Iranianwarships and no new date was set tocross the Suez as part of the southernconvoy coming from the Red Sea,”an Egyptian canal official, who de-clined to be named, told Reuters.

AP Photo Khalfan Said

Smoke drifts over the Gongolamboto military camp on the out-skirts of Dar es Salaam Thursday Feb. 17, 2011, following severalexplosion that occurred on Wednesday night February 16, 2011.

20 killed in Tanzaniamilitary blasts

ated to the national stadium in Dares Salaam, which lies along the In-dian Ocean in East Africa. Whenthe explosions hit, thousands ofpeople living in nearby neighbor-hoods fled, said Julius Kejo, a RedCross worker helping at a shelterfor displaced people.

“It was panic. It was manypeople moving away, because ithappened in the night, thousandsof people moving,” Kejo said.“People were just running, sosome children were lost in themobs of people. Now at the cen-ters we are trying to get them con-nected with their relatives.”

The military on Thursday con-tinued to move people away fromdepots where munitions thathaven’t detonated are stored, Kejosaid. “Even today they are tellingpeople to get out of the area,” hesaid. Mgawe said some buildingswere still burning on Thursday.Selician Luchagula, a 32-year-oldhealth care worker, said he heardblasts beginning at around 9 p.m.Wednesday. They continued forseveral hours.

“People are getting scared ofwhat may happen to them. Peopleare scared that if they live near amilitary base it might happenagain,” he said. An accident at aDar es Salaam military base in2009 killed more than a dozenpeople.

AP Photo/VNA, Dinh Manh Tu

Vietnameserescuerssearch forvictims of asunkentourist boatwhose sailpole stillemerged fromwater on HaLong Bay innorthernQuang Ninhprovince,Vietnam onThursday Feb.17, 2011.

Tour boat sinks in Vietnam;Tour boat sinks in Vietnam;Tour boat sinks in Vietnam;Tour boat sinks in Vietnam;Tour boat sinks in Vietnam;12 dead from 9 nations12 dead from 9 nations12 dead from 9 nations12 dead from 9 nations12 dead from 9 nationsAssociated Press Writer

HA LONG BAY, Vietnam – An anchored boat packed with sleepingtravelers sank early Thursday in Vietnam’s scenic Ha Long Bay, kill-ing 12 people from nine countries in the deadliest tour boat accidentsince the country opened to foreign visitors 25 years ago.

away at around 5 a.m. as the vesselwas anchored for the night, followedby gushing water inundating the boatand quickly pulling it under near Titovisland, said Vu Van Thin, chief admin-istrator of Quang Ninh province.

“Crew members tried to stop thewater from coming in and alerted thetourists who were sleeping, but thewater came in and the boat sankquickly,” he said. “All of the 12 peoplewho died were in the cabins.” Therewere 27 people, including six crewmembers, aboard the boat and all havebeen accounted for, Thin said. The ves-sel, which is owned by Truong Hai Co.,was anchored alongside dozens of othercruise boats and weather conditions

were calm at the time of the sinking.The dead have been sent to Bai Chay

Hospital for identification, where sur-vivors received treatment for minor in-juries, said Ngo Van Hung, director ofHa Long Bay’s management board.The official Vietnam News Agencypublished the victims’ names and ages,most of them aged 20 to 25. They in-clude a Briton, two Americans, oneJapanese, one French, two Swedes, twoRussians, one Swiss and one person ofVietnamese origin living in Australia,according to the government.

“This is a very rare and very unfor-tunate accident,” said Foreign Minis-try spokeswoman Nguyen PhuongNga. He said local authorities will in-vestigate and tour companies shouldimprove safety measures in Ha LongBay. The hospital’s deputy director,Giang Quoc Duy, said survivors “werein a panic.” “They were given first aidtreatment and have already returnedto their hotels,” he said.

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Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for February 1 through March 2, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annualCeremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Ba-linese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine whicheach family possesses. Because of this practically every fewdays a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in someVillage in Bali. There are also times when the entire islandcelebrated the 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 consid-ered its birth day and celebration always takes place on thesame day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When newmoon is used then the celebration always happens on new moonor full moon. The day of course can differ the religious cel-ebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some templecelebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakihtemple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and mostof the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importanceof the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed withpieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, deco-rations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold andChinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the fourcorners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, whiteor black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped inthe shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrel-las soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, longflags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. Infront of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles,decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, riceand other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are thegirls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangementsof all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Everyvisitor admires the grace with which the carry their load ontheir heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

1 FebruaryAnggarKasih Tambir

Dalem Puri Temple in Batuan - SukawatiDalem Kediri Silakarang in Silakarang -Singapadu - GianyarDalem Temple in Sukawati Village - GianyarDalem Temple in Singakerta Village - Ubud -GianyarDalem Lemben in Ketewel - Sukawati -GianyarPaibon Pasek Tangkas in Peliatan - UbudPuseh ngukuhin in Keramas - GianyarPemerajan Agung Ki Telabah in Tuakilang -TabananKarang Buncing in Blahbatuh - GianyarDalem Bubunan in Seririt - BulelengDesa Badung Temple in DenpasarMerajan Pasek Gelgel Gobleg in Turupinghe -Banjar - BulelengLuwur Pedengenan Bedha in Bongan -TabananMerajan Dukuh Sebudi in Keramas - GianyarMerajan Pasek Ngukuhin in Keramas - GianyarPucak Payongan in Kedewatan - Ubud -GianyarTanah Kilap “ Griya Anyar” in Suwung Kawuh- Denpasar SelatanSelukat Temple in Keramas - Blahbatuh -GianyarDalem Tampuagan in tembuku - BangliDalem Waturenggong in Desa Taro - GianyarDalem Bentuyung in Ubud - GianyarPuseh Temple in Ubud - GianyarDalem Temple Peliatan Ubud - Gianyar

2 FebruaryBuda Umanis Tambir, Tilem Kawulu

Sari Bankar Titih Kapal - BadungUlun Kulkul (Aci Sarin Tahun) Besakih -KarangasemDalem Yang Taluh Sidemen -Karangasem

Dalem Kangin Sidemen - Karangasem.

16 FebruaryBuda Keliwon Matal

Puseh & Desa Temple Sukawati Village - GianyarMerajan Agung Batuyang - batubulanPasek Gelgel Bebetin Sawan - BulelengMaspahit Temple Sesetan - South DenpasarPasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran -TegalalangPanti Pasek Gaduh Sesetan - South DenpasarMerajan Pasek Kubayan Wangaya GedePedarman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih -Karangasem

17 FebruaryPurnama Kesanga

Penataran sasih Temple Pejeng - GianyarBukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Batur VillageKintamani - bangli

26 FebruaryTumpek Kandang Day

Puseh Temple Gianyar CityLuhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - TabananMerajan Pasek Gelge Tegal Gede - Badung

2 MarchBuda Wage Menail

Dalem Tarukan LinggihCemenggaon Sukawati -GianyarPasek Dangke Bambang - BangliPenataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Pejeng Kaja -GianyarPuseh Menakaji Peninjoan - BangliMerajan Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh - GianyarKawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga BlahbatuhGianyarKawitan Gusti Celuk Celuk - Sukawati - GianyarBaler Sada Temple Banjar Pemebatan, KapalMengwi

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JAKARTA - Aston Internationalcontinues to extend its select servicefavehotel brand in Bali with the sign-ing of a management agreement forits fifth favehotel in Bali, thefavehotel Legian, recently. The newfavehotel will be on JalanTroppozone just 50 meters from theBali Bomb Monument on GroundZero and feature 150 guest rooms, aneclectic café shop, several meetingrooms and an oversized 30 meterlong outdoor swimming pool.

Since launched in early 2009,favehotel has become the fastestgrowing selected service hotel brandin Indonesia and beyond. Currentlythere are 2 favehotels in operation inDenpasar, Bali and Surabaya and an-other 15 under development with thenext opening scheduled for April thisyear in Seminyak, Bali and a seriesof hotels set to open in fall this year

Aston Internationalbrings favehotelbrand to Legian

in Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Makassar andLangkawi, Malaysia.

Aston International’s Vice Presi-dent of Sales & Marketing, Mr.Norbert Vas, said” Our first favehotelin Bali, the favehotel Teuku Umar inDenpasar, has been achieving astrong yearly average occupancy of96 % and our second one, thefavehotel MEX Building inSurabaya, run a 100 % sell out forthe first time only three days after itopened. Both hotels also receivedmany positive reviews from custom-ers.

Hence we are expecting ourfavehotel brand to be the marketleader in the select service category.The new hotel in Legian will enableus to serve the growing demand forinternational standard budget hotelsand is positioned to do extremelywell via direct distribution on theInternet and in Australia as well asJapan.”

Friday, February 18, 20116 News

The group, Al Wefaq, saystwo men were killed when riotpolice used tear gas and rubberbullets early Thursday to driveout thousands of demonstratorsfrom Pearl Square in the centerof the capital Manama. Hospi-tals across the city are on alertfor more causalities.

The square had been the hubfor protests for sweeping politi-cal reforms by Bahrain’s rulingmonarchy. There was no officialword on deaths or injuries fromBahrain’s authorities.

Riot police firing tear gasand rubber bullets stormed alandmark square occupied byanti-government protestersThursday, driving out demon-strators and destroying a make-shift encampment that had be-come the hub for demands forsweeping political changes inthe kingdom.

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Anti-government demonstrators’ damaged tents are seen at the Pearl roundabout in Manama, Bahrain, early Thursday morning,Feb. 17, 2011, after riot police attacked them. Riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets stormed a landmark square occupied byanti-government protesters Thursday, driving out demonstrators and destroying a makeshift encampment that had become the hubfor demands to bring sweeping political changes to the kingdom.

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MANAMA, Bahrain – The main opposition group inBahrain says at least two people are dead after police stormeda square occupied by anti-government protesters.

There was no immediateword on casualties or arrestsduring the pre-dawn assault onPearl Square, which was filledwith f lat tened tents andtrampled banners. After policeregained control of the square,they continued to chase protest-ers through sidestreets.

The blow by authori t iesmarked a dramatic shift in theprotests. It appeared Bahrain’sleaders sought to contain secu-rity forces after clashes Mondaythat left at least two people deadand brought sharp criticismfrom Western allies, includingthe U.S.

Canadian Prime Minister StephenHarper said he was “delighted” by thevisit, adding that it was a “testament toour country’s very close relationship withthe royal family”. The tour by William,28, and Kate, 29, will include Alberta, theNorthwest Territories, Prince Edward Is-land, Quebec and the capital Ottawa, saidSt James’s Palace.

A spokesman for the 16th-century Lon-don palace confirmed it would be thecouple’s first official overseas visit fol-lowing their marriage. William, the son ofCharles and the late Diana, princess ofWales, last visited Canada when he wentto Vancouver aged 15 in 1998 with his fa-ther and brother Prince Harry. He wasgiven a pop star ’s welcome and wasmobbed by teenage girls.

The brothers also toured Ontario prov-ince with their parents in 1991. Diana diedin a car crash in Paris in 1997, the yearafter she and Charles divorced. The StJames’s Palace spokesman added: “PrinceWilliam was keen to be able to visitCanada for himself as an adult, and to beable to show his wife a country that isclose to his family’s heart.”

Canada is a Commonwealth realm,meaning that Queen Elizabeth II is itshead of state and sovereign and Williamwould not be visiting as a foreign royalbut as a prince of Canada. Queen Eliza-beth and her husband Prince Philip went

The situation was calm early on Thursday inTripoli, where a pro-regime rally was beingorganised with students being transported inbuses, to take part in the capital’s Green Square.

Traffic was lighter than normal and the se-curity presence on main roads slightly boosted.On Wednesday night, Kadhafi was seen beingmobbed by thousands of supporters as he laidthe foundation stone of a sports complex forpopular club Ahly Tripoli, Libyan televisionshowed. The scale of Thursday’s protests willbe a test for Kadhafi, 68, who has been in powersince 1969, but whose counterparts inneighbouring Egypt and Tunisia have beentoppled in uprisings over the past month.

One Facebook group urging the Day of An-ger, which had 4,400 members on Monday, hadseen that number more than double to 9,600 byWednesday following clashes in Benghazi,Libya’s second largest city. Quryna newspapersaid security forces and demonstrators clashedlate on Tuesday in Benghazi, also eastern Libya,in what it branded the work of “saboteurs”among a small group of protesters.

The director of the city’s Al-Jala hospital,Abdelkarim Gubeaili, told AFP that 38 peoplewere treated for light injuries. Security forcesintervened to halt a confrontation betweenKadhafi supporters and the demonstrators, saidthe paper which is close to Colonel Kadhafi’sson, Seif al-Islam. Both Britain and the Euro-pean Union called for restraint by the authori-ties in Libya, whose relations with the West haveimproved sharply over the past decade after

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years of virtual pariah status.The European Union urged Libya to allow

“free expression,” while Britain underlined “theright of peaceful assembly.” The United Statessaid it encouraged Libya, like countries through-out the Middle East and North Africa, to takesteps to meet the hopes and needs of theirpeople.

“We encourage these countries to take spe-cific actions that address the aspirations and theneeds and hopes of their people,” State Depart-ment Philip Crowley said. In the aftermath ofthe Benghazi protests, activists were roundedup in the opposition stronghold on Wednesday,according to an informed Libyan source, whodeclined to be named.

Amid the rivalry on the streets, pro-Kadhafidemonstrations were held in the capital late onWednesday, on the eve of the Day of Angercalled to mark the deaths of 14 protesters in anIslamist rally in Benghazi in 2006. Also on theeve, text messages circulated across the Libyanmobile network from “the youth of Libya”warning against crossing “four red lines:Moamer Kadhafi, territorial integrity, Islam andinternal security.” “We will confront anyone inany square or avenue of our beloved country,”the message read.

The Revolutionary Committees, the back-bone of Kadhafi’s regime, have warned theywould not allow anti-regime protesters to “plun-der the achievements of the people and threatenthe safety of citizens and the country’s stabil-ity.”

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to Canada last July and in 2009 Charlesand his second wife Camilla, Duchess ofCornwall also visited.

Harper said Canada “looks forward towelcoming the young couple”. “Their de-cision to come to Canada first is a testa-ment to our country?s very close relation-ship with the royal family — a bond ofloyalty and affection illustrated by thecrowds that turned out for Her MajestyQueen Elizabeth and His Royal HighnessThe Duke of Edinburgh last year,” he said.

“It is my sincere hope that their tourwill be the start of a lasting relationshipwith Canada by the royal couple,” headded. Canada is a common destinationwith the royals. Queen Elizabeth hastoured the realm over 20 times, more thanany other country.

It will be seen by commentators as asafe option for a well-received overseasvisit by the newlyweds, and a straightfor-ward introduction to royal tours forMiddleton. She will have to get used tothe long hours, relentless travelling andvaried engagements that are part of therigours of such trips.

The itinerary is likely to include theusual setpieces of official banquets, wel-coming ceremonies involving guards ofhonour and walkabouts. It is thought thecouple will take part in Canada Day cel-ebrations in Ottawa on July 1.

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JAKARTA - Greenpeace SoutheastAsia hailed the recent news that thepalmoil arm of Sinar Mas, GoldenAgri-Resources, would halt the de-struction of Indonesia‘s forests previ-ously caused by their operations.

“The government must back effortslike those announced today (Feb. 9)by insisting on similar standards acrossindustries operating in forest areas,”said Bustar Maitar, head ofGreenpeace`s campaign to protect In-donesian forests, recently.

“This could be good news for theforests, endangered species like theorang-utan and for the Indonesianeconomy,” he said as quoted on theGreenpeace Southeast Asia`s officialwebsite. Bustas said protectingIndonesia‘s forests was good for busi-ness, the environment and future gen-erations of all Indonesians.

A Forestry Ministry official,Darori, says the man was arrestedin his makeshift office during aFeb. 9 raid carried out jointly bypolice and forestry officials in thecapital, Jakarta.

He says the U.S.-based WildlifeConservation Society and other en-vironmental groups carried out the

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JAKARTA - President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono has asked reli-gious leaders and government officialsconcerned to prevent the spread of er-roneous interpretations of religiousteachings so that people can live peace-fully.

“We must prevent the spread of mis-taken interpretations of religious teach-ings,” he said in his speech at the com-memoration of the ProphetMohammad`s birthday at the State Pal-ace here on Wednesday evening.

He said spreading wrong interpre-tations of religious teachings would al-ways hurt those who had different viewsand usually leads to physical conflicts.

Therefore, he called on all clericsand government officials concerned toclosely monitor every developmenthappening in the community.

Efforts to prevent the spread ofmisinterprated religious teachings mustbecome a priority but must be done ina peaceful manner, he said.

Yudhoyono emphasized the impor-tance of the role of clerics in giving theright religious interpretation and there-fore he also hoped that they could emu-

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PADANG - The InvestmentCoordinating Board (BKPM) hasset a target of investment for 2011at Rp240 trillion compared toRp208 trillion last year.

The 2011 investment target rep-resented a significant increasecompared to 2009 when invest-ment reached Rp135 trillion,BKPM Regional Director II Yuliotsaid here on Wednesday.

He expressed optimism that the2011 investment target could beachieved due among others to thegovernment‘s policy to provideinvestors with tax holiday facilitiesunder Government Regulation No.94 of 2010.

In addition, the plan to improveinfrastructures all over the coun-try and to step up one-stop serviceswas expected to boost investmentthis year, he said.

“Therefore, we need to encour-age investment because it hasmany advantages, ranging from the

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JAKARTA - Indonesia‘s cul-ture and tourism ministry has de-clined an offer to host the finalevent of New7Wonders next No-vember 11, 2011 on financialgrounds, an official said.

The organization costs wouldbe too high, reaching around 45million US dollars plus license feeamounting to 10 million US dol-

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JAKARTA – Indonesian authorities have arrested a man for al-legedly trying to sell hundreds of illegal wildlife items locally andoverseas via the Internet, and say they’re pursuing other such cases.

initial probe and then tipped offauthorities.

Darori said Thursday that ad-vertisements posted online for pro-tected wildlife items have led au-thorities to several other suspects,and he predicted more arrests.

Darori, like many Indonesians,uses only one name.

Government setsinvestment target for2011 at Rp240 trillion

creation of new jobs to the im-provement of local people`seconomy,” he said.

Yuliot was in Padang, capital ofWest Sumatra province, to attendthe inauguration of a Chinese ironore processing plant. Also presentat the event were Secretary of thePolicy Analysis and DevelopmentAgency (BPPK) at the ForeignMinistry Yusra Khan and a num-ber of investors from China, theNetherlands and the United States.

The presence of iron ore pro-cessing plant is expected to en-courage the development of ma-chinery and appliance industries inthe province. Asked to commenton a 10-member Chinese invest-ment delegation‘s visit in Padangrecently, he said BKPM was readyto assist them in investing in thecountry.

“We have potential natural re-sources in which companies fromChina and other countries can in-vest. Hopefully, they can well ben-efit from the opportunity,” he said.

RI declines offer to host New7Wonders event on financial groundslars, the culture and tourismministry‘s head of cultural and tour-ism resources division, I Gde Pitana,said here Wednesday.

The cost would be too high forjust one event and was not worth thepotential results that Indonesiawould get out of it, he said.

He wondered why N7W Presi-dent and Founder Bernard Weberhad insisted that Indonesia shouldhost the event.

“If Indonesia refuses, there arestill 28 other countries included in(the New7Wonders) finalists (whichmight be asked to host it),” he said,wondering why Weber had insistedon Indonesia.

He called on the Indonesian pub-lic to have clear mind on the matter.

If the New7Wonders foundationwas really bona fide, many countrieswould have competed in the biddingto host the N7W final event, like other

international events such as FIFA WorldCup, and Olympic game, he said.

Pitana suspected that the Switzer-land-based N7W foundation had dif-ficulty in finding the next host, afterIndonesia turned down the offer.

According to him, the foundationapparently was not yet enjoyed inter-national acceptance fully, unlike or-ganizers of world events like FIFAWorld Cup, Olympic, Sea Games, andASEAN Games.

Pitana, who was previouslythe ministry‘s international mar-keting director, said his ministryhad in the past received severaloffers to host an internationalevents, such as Bollywood‘sGrammy Awards, but Indonesiahad turned the offers down be-cause of financial reasons.

However, only New7Wondersseemed ‘to be unhappy” aboutIndonesia‘s rejection, he said.

Greenpeace: Time for government toback efforts to stop deforestation

“The need for other palm oil pro-ducers to clean up their act is nowpressing, for business and environ-mental reasons,” he added.

On paper, the new commitmentsfrom Golden Agri were a major steptowards ending their involvement indeforestation, he stated.

“And if they do make thesechanges, large areas of forests will besaved. But now they`ve actually gotto implement these plans, and we`rewatching closely to make sure thishappens,” he added.

Golden Agri‘s announcement hasgiven a huge boost to the IndonesianPresident‘s pledge to protect forestsand tackle climate change, accordingto him.

“And now the Indonesian Govern-ment must support this initiative bystopping any more licenses beinggranted for forest and peatland clear-ance, and by reviewing activities in

areas where licenses have already beenhanded out,” he said.

In recent years, Greenpeace revela-tions showing the destruction causedby Golden Agri-Resources have ledto international corporations such asUnilever and Nestle canceling theircontracts with the Indonesian palm oilcompany. However, the current movecould signal the start of a shift through-out the industry, and eventually leadto full forest and peatland protection.

A key commitment by GoldenAgri-Resources is a pledge not to clear‘High Carbon Storage‘ forest. Underthe company‘s new plans, they haveset a provisional threshold and will notbe developing land which containsover 35 tonnes of carbon per hectare.

Importantly, this provisional figureis in line with figures for low carbondevelopment recommended to the In-donesian Government by their ownadvisers, according to Greenpeace.

Yudhoyono: Don‘t spreadmisinterpreted religious teachings

late the Prophet Mohammad‘s ways ofguiding his followers.

He said one of the characteristics ofProphet Mohammad was his civility.

“It is the task of clerics, religiouspreachers and teachers to convey Is-lamic teachings in a civil manner,” hesaid.

President Yudhoyono hoped clericswould not use harsh words moreoverslanders when presenting religiousteachings or conveying opinions.

Religious affairs ministerSuryadharma Ali meanwhile said at theoccasion that slanders often occurredin life including in the life of the stateand nation.

The minister called on Moslems inthe country not to slander and remainwise in responding to slanders fromothers. The event was also attended byvice president Boediono and somecabinet ministers as well as ambassa-dors from friendly countries.

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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) flanked by reli-gious leader Habib Munzir (L) and Vice President Boediono (R) duringprayers at the National Monument park in Jakarta, marking the birth ofIslam’s Prophet Mohammad, on February 15, 2011.

8 InternationaFriday, February 18, 2011

Bali Today

“The Balinese governor has given instruc-tion to the management of the Balinese air-port, and four harbors, river and lake ports, onthe occasion,” Head of the Bali Transportationand Communications Agency I Made Santhasaid here Thursday.

The four harbors are Gilimanuk, a west sea-port serving Bali-Java; Padangbai, an east sea-port serving Bali-West Nusa Tenggara; Benoa,and Celukan Bawang, in Buleleng, NorthernBali.

According to Made Santha 30 ships areserving Bali-Java route in Gilimanuk that will

Marine tourism especially in Balihas excellent prospects to be a worlddestination. Secretary of the IndonesianMarine Tourism Association(Gahawisri) of Bali Chapter, IB. AgungPartha said to become a leading desti-nation was required additional attrac-tions, especially in the areas of marinetourism in Bali, including marine tour-ism areas in Eastern Indonesia.

He said the entrepreneurs of marinetourism as in Bali expected that all tour-ists could utilize the entire marine tour-ism services. However, the offer ofmarine tourism in Bali including in EastIndonesia might not damage the natu-ral beauty of the sea.

Entrepreneur of marine tourism inBali, including in Indonesia in generalshould suppress the negative impact ofmarine tourism, including the damageof underwater environment. Described,other than minimizing the damage ofmarine nature, marine tourismbusinesspeople with the governmentshould attempt to create a new attrac-tion in the areas of marine tourism inIndonesia. At the moment, a marinetourism destination popularly visited bymany tourists in Indonesia comprisedthe Komodo Island, Tulamben, andother marine tourism object.

The waters having potency to becomemarine tourist destination needed increas-ing by new attractions. For example, gov-

Jakarta (Bali Post)—Indonesia targets more than 3.2 mil-

lion foreign tourists from ASEAN coun-tries to travel to the country. “This yearwe are targeting to attract 3.2 milliontourists of ASEAN,” said Deputy Direc-tor of the ASEAN Region, Ministry ofCulture and Tourism, Chrismiastutie, inJakarta, Wednesday (Feb 16).

So far, Chrismiastutie said thatASEAN region had always been the larg-est contributor to the number of touriststo Indonesia where in 2010 there weretotally seven million foreign tourists vis-iting Indonesia. Some 2.5 million of themcame from ASEAN. Chris targeted thenumber would grow up to 3.2 million be-cause in 2011 the world economy wouldhave recovered. “In addition, the exist-ing seat capacity had not been fully ex-posed, so the potential to optimize it re-mains quite large,” she said.

UNWTO estimated that in 2011 theworld tourism would grow by four tofive percent, even seven to nine percentfor the Asia Pacific region. “As long asthere is no X factor (riots, natural disas-ters, and terrorism) in Indonesia, we areoptimistic until this yearend the num-ber of foreign tourists will reach the tar-get of 7.7 million,” she said.

Her party had set two countries as fo-

Bali to close fiveports duringNyepi holiday

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The Balinese government authorities will close five ports during the last day of thecalendar (Nyepi) on March 5, 2011.

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DENPASAR - The Balinese government authorities will close five ports during thelast day of the calendar (Nyepi) on March 5, 2011.

stop operation during Nyepi from 6 a.m.onMarch 5 to 6 a.m. on March 6.

In addition, 18 ships serving in Padangbaiharbor serving the Lombok-Bali route wouldstop operating on the occasion, Made Santhasaid.

“Transportation in Bali would be totally outof service as around 2.36 million vehicles inBali would stop operating,” he said.

Therefore Made Santha asked foreign or do-mestic tourists on a vacation in Bali not to cometo Bali on that day as there will be no transpor-tation to the island paradise on that day.

Needs Expanding, MarineTourism Destination in Bali

ernment or tourism businesspeople couldsink a ship. This ship would become a siteof development of marine biota includingcoral reefs. The ship sunk on seabed wouldbecome a new tourist attraction.

Earlier in the 1940s had sunk the USSLiberty shipwreck at Tulamben. Theship was sunk in the colonial era. Up tothese days, such sunk ship remains tobecome the main attraction at Tulambenmarine tourism.

He hoped the old ships at TanjungPriok could be drowned in Bali or EastIndonesia region. This is done to createa new attraction in the area of marinetourism in Bali, including in EasternIndonesia.

He assured, if the central governmentcould sink old ships in the area of marinetourism in Bali and East Indonesia theywould become an attraction for tourists.Diving participants from abroad would bechallenged to enter into the space of shipthat had been sunk on the seabed.

Up to this day, Agung Partha ad-mitted that Bali indeed remained tohave marine tourist attractions. How-ever, they needed adding with a newattraction. Moreover, if Bali Provin-cial Government could lobby the cen-tral government to sink old ships at thearea of Bali marine tourism. Automati-cally, the treasures of marine tourismof Bali will be getting richer and moreinteresting. (BTN/BP)

Indonesia targets 3.2million ASEAN tourists

cused market namely Singapore whichlast year contributed 1.128 million for-eign tourists and Malaysia contributing1.034 million tourists in 2010. In addi-tion, Chris was determined to expand themarketing of tourism to Thailand, Viet-nam and the Philippines.

In 2011, she was targeting to draw Ma-laysian tourists as many as 1.6 millionpeople, Singapore (1.430 million), andFilipino people (210.000). For that end,his party applied four marketing strate-gies through participation in the exchangeof tourism, sales missions, supporting theFestival of Indonesia, and optimizing theVisit Indonesia Tourism Office (VITO).

This year, Ministry of Culture andTourism scheduled 75 promotional ac-tivities overseas in which 17 of them inASEAN (18 events in Asia, 15 events inthe United States and the Pacific, 13events in Europe, and 12 events in theMiddle East.). “The ASEAN market isvery potential. Moreover, there has beenan agreement between the ministers oftourism in ASEAN on ASEAN forASEAN. If this can be implemented, ofcourse it will have a great impact on ourtourism sector,” she said while addingthat spread of ASEAN tourists mostlycame through the gateway of Bali,Jakarta, Batam and Bandung. (son)

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OVERVIEW:Unripe papayas are often used as a vegetable in Bali.

If these are not available, you can use summer squashor Chinese winter melon.

INGREDIENTS:1 unripe papaya, weighing roughly 750 gr (1½ lb)1 cup spice paste for seafood1 liter chicken stock¼ liter coconut milk2 salam leaves1 stalk lemon grass, bruised¼ tsp powdered black pepper100 gr shrimps, clams, and mussels100 gr diced firm fish1 tsp saltFried shallots to garnish

PREPARATION:1. Heat stock, add seafood, marinade and bring to

boil. Simmer 2 minutes2. Add salam leaves, lemongrass and papaya,

simmer gently until the papaya is 95% tender. Addcoconut milk and seafood and continue to simmer (donot boil) until papaya and seafood is tender.

3. If the stock reduces too much, add more stock4. Season to taste with pepper and salt and garnish

with fried shallots.

Note: If you wish to prepare a lighter version of thissoup then leave coconut milk and seafood out.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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DENPASAR - Bali province‘stextile and textile product exportslast year rose 3.6 percent toUS$119.13 million from US$114.9million a year earlier.

The textile and textile productexports played a very strategic roleas they contributed a lot to the

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A women making traditional clothes. Bali province‘s textile and textile product exports last yearrose 3.6 percent to US$119.13 million from US$114.9 million a year earlier

Bali‘s textile exports up 3.6 percentprovince‘s non-oil/non gas exports,I Ketut Teneng, head of the publi-cation and documentation sectionof the Bali provincialadministration‘s public relationsservice bureau, said here on Friday.

Bali earned US$519.9 millionfrom non-oil/non-gas exports lastyear, up 3.4 percent from US$502.5million the year before.

He said the province‘s textile andtextile product exports had fluctu-ated since 2006 depending on de-mand in the foreign market. In2006, textile and textile productexports stood at US$121.3 million.The figure rose 7.6 percent toUS$130.6 million in 2007 and de-clined 1.24 percent to US$129 mil-lion in 2008.

kan Lele(Catfish)

OVERVIEW:The whiskered

catfish, thoughnot an attractivelooking creature,tastes excellentwhen cooked inthis fashion.

INGREDIENTS:1 catfish

weighing 350g1 tsp salt1tsp black

peppercorncrushed

2 tbsp freshlysqueezed limejuice

1-cup spice paste for seafood2 cups coconut milk1 stalk lemon grass, bruised

PREPARATION:Season catfish with salt, pepper and limejuice and

marinate for 30 minutes. Deep fry fish over medium heatfor 10 minutes until crispy.

While the fish is marinating, combine all remainingingredients in saucepan and bring to the boil overmedium heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes,until coconut milk breaks apart and sauce becomes oilyand clear rather than creamy.

Pour the sauce over the fried fish and serve.

Helpful hint:If catfish is not available, replace with any fresh whole

fish or follow the same method with any boneless fishfillet. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Gedang Mekuah(Green Papaya Soup with Seafood)

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Jagatnatha Temple is a Hindu Temple located in the centerof Denpasar town. It is precisely located in Major Wisnu streeteastside field of Puputan Badung. This temple is categorizedas Kahyangan Temple and become an altar to the god for Hindupeople. If it is compared with the name of Kahyangan Templesor other temples around Bali Island , this temple’s name istaken from the name of mount or village which is relevant tothe temple located in Besakih Temple area, Ulundanu BaturTemple area, Lempuyang Temple area, Andakasa Temple area,Puncak Mangu Temple area and others.

Jagatnatha Temple is taking the special name which is notquit of various conception aspects. Among of the temples inBali, Jagatnatha Temple is also opened by executing the smallceremony on 13 May 1968. The unique of Jagatnatha Templedoes not own the Pengempon (the group of community whomanage like the temple). Since the temple opening, JagatnathaTemple only owns a few of people who arrange the fund toconstruct it until everyday ceremony. It is handled byJagatnatha development committee with other Hindu people.In furthermore growth after Jagatnatha Temple has been built,the ceremony execution is handled by committee of HinduHoly Day (PAHARA HINDU) who is the institutionally per-sonnel which is pursuant to Local Bali Government’s De-cree. Those personnel of PAHARA HINDU are generallytaken away from local government of Badung Regency andDenpasar town. Nowadays, the full of execution is handledby the government of Denpasar town. This temple is manyvisited by tourist from all over the world since this temple isopened for tourist destination.

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Associated Press

BEIJING – China appealed Thursdayto Washington for fairness as Americanofficials decide whether to block Chinesetelecom giant Huawei’s purchase of aU.S. computer company on securitygrounds.

Beijing hopes for a transparent reviewof Huawei’s purchase of 3Leaf Systems,a Commerce Ministry spokesman said.Huawei says it was told by a U.S. secu-rity review panel that it must sell 3Leaf,which it bought last May, or the commit-tee will recommend that President BarackObama cancel the deal.

“We hope the U.S. security examina-tion laws and regulations can treat a Chi-nese company fair ly, regardless ofwhether it is publicly traded, state-ownedor private, and can carry out a transpar-ent, predictable review,” said ministryspokesman Yao Jian.

Companies that receive such a verdictfrom the Committee on Foreign Invest-ment in the United States often withdrawproposed deals. But Huawei has said itwill stick to its plans and recommend that

China attracted $10.03 billion in foreigninvestment last month, commerce minis-try spokesman Yao Jian told reporters.

The figures indicated that a revival ininvestment continued after growth slowedsharply in August and despite severalmoves by the government to slow theeconomy, including last week’s third in-terest rate hike in four months.

The January figure compares to growthof 15.6 percent in December, when $14.03billion in investment flowed into China.

Foreign direct investment hit a full-yearrecord of $105.7 billion in 2010, the gov-ernment said last month, highlightinggrowing foreign confidence in theeconomy despite Beijing’s dampeningmeasures.

Investment by overseas companies lastyear rose 17.4 percent year-on-year, withmore than a fifth of the money flowing intothe red-hot property sector, Yao had said

Reuters

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – Visa andbanks will press lawmakers on Thursday forrelief from a proposed slashing of debit cardprocessing fees, an issue that has attractedbipartisan support for softening the impactof part of the Dodd-Frank financial law.Banks and card network companies such asVisa Inc and MasterCard Inc have beenpleading with the Federal Reserve to changea December proposal that would cut debitprocessing fee revenue by about 75 percent.

But even debit industry sources admit thatgetting the Fed to significantly ease up onits proposal will be a tough task, leading theindustry to focus its sizable lobbying fire-power at Capitol Hill.

A House Financial Services subcommit-tee on Thursday will hear from Fed Gover-nor Sarah Raskin and industry representa-tives on the issue.

The Dodd-Frank law passed last yearcalled for debit card fees that are “reason-able and proportionate” to the issuers’ costs,a provision added with the strong support ofretail industry groups.

The Fed is charged with implementing thatprovision and in December proposed cappingthe so-called interchange fees at 12 cents perdebit transaction — nearly a 75 percent cutfrom the 2009 average of 44 cents per trans-action.

The proposed caps would shave some $13billion off the industry’s annual $23 billionin debit card processing revenue, accordingto CardHub.com, and could also terminatesome of Visa and MasterCard’s exclusive

China: JanuaryChina: JanuaryChina: JanuaryChina: JanuaryChina: Januaryforeign directforeign directforeign directforeign directforeign directinvestment up 23%investment up 23%investment up 23%investment up 23%investment up 23%Agence France-Presse

BEIJING – Foreign direct investment in China rose 23.4 percent in Janu-ary from a year earlier, the government said on Thursday, despite an officialcampaign to stem liquidity and control inflation.

last month.Analyst say strong growth in the world’s

second-largest economy and expectationsfor a stronger currency have attracted agrowing number of foreign investors toChina, hoping to get a better return on theirmoney.

But the government, alarmed by soaringfood and property prices, has been trying toreduce the volume of money flowing into theeconomy as inflation continues to soar.

Figures released Tuesday showed Janu-ary inflation remained high at 4.9 percent,despite adjustments to the consumer priceindex that reduced the weighting of soar-ing food costs.

China’s foreign direct investment datainclude investment by overseas compa-nies in industries such as manufacturing,real estate, services and agriculture butexclude money put into banks and otherfinancial institutions.

China appeals to US forfairness in security probe

Obama approve the deal anyway.Huawei says it failed to apply for U.S.

government approval because it bought3Leaf’s technology and hired some em-ployees but did not purchase the wholecompany. The Pentagon took the unusualstep of demanding that Huawei retroac-tively apply for a CFIUS review of the$2 million acquisition.

A group of U.S. lawmakers appealed toTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner andCommerce Secretary Gary Locke in a let-ter last week to examine the 3Leaf dealclosely. The California company makesproducts for “cloud computing,” and thelawmakers said the Huawei deal couldtransfer sensitive technology to China.

Huawei Technologies Ltd. is one of thebiggest makers of network switching gearand reported sales of $28 billion last year.It has struggled to gain a foothold in theUnited States against rivals such as CiscoSystems Inc.

Huawei was founded by a former Chi-nese military officer but says it is ownedby its employees and has denied that ithas any connection to the People’s Lib-eration Army.

Debit card fee fightreturns to Congress

processing deals with banks.Card industry lobbyists believe they have

a receptive audience among Republicans whonow control the House of Representatives.

Visa Inc General Counsel Joshua Floumtold Reuters on Wednesday that some law-makers are close to proposing legislation todelay the implementation of the rule, the fi-nal version of which is due in April.

“We are optimistic that something willcome soon given our discussions with vari-ous members” of Congress, Floum said, add-ing that Visa has “reason to believe that thereis a lot of sentiment to suspend and study”the law.

No lawmaker has stepped forward with abill, however, and even if the House were topass legislation it would face stiff resistancein the Senate.

Senator Richard Durbin authored the pro-vision, and as a member of the Senate’sDemocratic leadership he is in a good posi-tion to bat away any challenges to the fee re-strictions.

In the House, at least, there is some bipar-tisan support for easing the fee restriction.

Democratic Representative Barney Frank,a co-author of the Wall Street reform law, saidhe supports making some changes.

In an interview on Wednesday he said Re-publicans have approached him about whattype of bill he would be open to supporting.

Frank said he has told them he does notsupport delaying the fee restrictions imple-mentation but could support instructing theFed to include more factors in determiningwhat is a reasonable amount a bank cancharge a retailer when a debit card is used.

AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE

South Korean classical music college students wearing traditional scholar out-fits pose for a photo during a graduation ceremony at a university in Seoul onFebruary 17, 2011. College graduates face tough competition in finding jobsdue to a slowdown in economic growth.

Entertainment InternationalFriday, February 18, 201112

This is not a secret US interroga-tion site, but the state-of-the-art fa-cility where the US Library of Con-gress holds and preserves theworld’s largest collection of films,television programs, radio broad-casts and sound recordings.

Last year, the four-million-piececollection at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center(NAVCC), which includes 700,000reels of film, swelled immeasurablyin historical terms as Russia handedover digital copies of 10 US silentmovies that were thought to havebeen lost.

Reuters

LOS ANGELES – ActorLen Lesser, who starred on“Seinfeld” as Jerry’s eccentric,shoplifting Uncle Leo, died onWednesday after a battle withcancer. He was 88. A friend toldReuters that Lesser was admit-ted to a rehabilitation centernear his home in the city ofBurbank several weeks ago,and died peacefully after break-fast.

Although the television andmovie veteran appeared in just15 episodes of “Seinfeld,” hisidiosyncratic character was akey ingredient in the offbeattone of the groundbreaking1990s sitcom. His traits in-cluded a boisterous “Jerry!Hello!!” whenever he saw hiscomedian nephew, played byJerry Seinfeld. His last namewas never revealed, but every-one knew him as Uncle Leo.

In one episode, Uncle Leoaccused a chef of being anti-Semitic because his hamburgerwas undercooked. In another,Jerry noticed his uncle shoplift-ing at a book store, and wasshocked to learn from him thatall old people steal and theyfeign confusion if caught.

Lesser’s baldness and sharp visage were used to comic effect through-out the show. Jerry once labeled him an “Adonis,” who should be swing-ing. But he reversed course later in the same episode, declaring: “If there’sa woman that can take your presence for more than ten consecutive sec-onds, you should hang on to her like grim death. Which is not far off, bythe way.”

Unlike many of the show’s characters, Uncle Leo was a largely inno-cent foil in grand schemes hatched by Jerry and his friends. Concernedabout Jerry’s grandmother living on a fixed income, he tried to stop apublic TV fundraiser mid-air after Jerry’s friend Kramer talked her intogiving a large donation.

A doctor also chastised a bewildered Uncle Leo for looking angryafter Jerry’s friend Elaine drew overly expressive fake eyebrows with aSharpie when his real ones were burned off in an explosion.

New York-born Lesser’s career dated back to TV roles in the 1950s,and included roles opposite Steve McQueen in “Papillon,” and oppositeClint Eastwood in “Kelly’s Heroes” and “The Outlaw Josey Wales.”

In his later years Lesser had a recurring role on “Everybody LovesRaymond” as a crony of star Ray Romano’s father, played by Peter Boyle.His last appearance was as a neighbor in a 2009 episode of the TV show“Castle.”

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Despite “Tangled’s” con-tinued lock on first place, “Black Swan” landedjust a feather away from taking the top spot atforeign theaters over the weekend, missing No.1 by a mere $131,664.

An obvious “Oscar Bump” is strongly in playas international audiences in 29 territoriesboosted the mainstream art house wonder overthe $150 million mark in global revenue with

Seinfeld’s Uncle Leodies; Len Lesser was 88

AP Photo/Craig Schwartz

In this undated photo provided byCraig Schwartz, Len Lesser is shown.Lesser, 88, best known as Uncle Leoin the hit television show Seinfeld butalso veteran of over 500 film and tele-vision appearances and stage rolesduring his generation-spanning ca-reer, died on Wednesday, Feb. 16,2011, in Burbank, Calif.

A section of the silent film “Little Brother” whichshows a splice with tinting at the Library ofCongress Packard Campus for Audio Visual

Conservation in Culpeper, VA, February 10, 2011,which houses 6.3 million collection items (1.2

million moving image, 3 million recorded sound,2.1 supporting scripts, posters, photos, etc.

AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON

‘Black Swan’ continuesits twirl overseas

$16.7 million in weekend receipts.Third place got an unexpected visitor as the

Franco-Belgian comedy “Nothing to Declare”in just four territories earned an impressive$13.95 million and is approaching $50 millionworldwide. For a film that most people state-side have never heard of, that’s not a bad haul.

In six more territories than last week anotherOscar darling, “The King’s Speech,” held steadyin fourth place with $13.2 million and a globalcumulative that is just a shilling shy of $200million. And other Oscar contenders continuedto make their mark in the Top 20, with “TrueGrit” in ninth place and “The Fighter” in 19thplace, having just crossed the $100 million markin global dollars.

In this film publicity image released by FoxSearchlight, Natalie Portman is shown in ascene from “Black Swan.”AP Photo/Fox Searchlight, Niko Tavernise

Long lost silentLong lost silentLong lost silentLong lost silentLong lost silentmovies returned to USmovies returned to USmovies returned to USmovies returned to USmovies returned to USAgence France Presse

CULPEPER, Virginia – In a cold underground bunker once packedwith enough dollars to replenish the cash supply in the eastern UnitedStates in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack, “Gigi” lies silently near“An American in Paris”. In a room next door, a young woman whogave her name as Barbara works on “Little Brother”. Upstairs, one ofBarbara’s colleagues is trying to make sense of “The Arab”.

“The Arab”, directed in 1924 byRex Ingram, who made a star ofRudolf Valentino in “The FourHorsemen of the Apocalypse” a fewyears earlier, was one of the filmsreturned to the United States by theRussia’s state film archives,Gosfilmofond. In the 1920s, movieswere made on film containing nitrate,a highly unstable and flammablechemical compound that sparkedfires in cinemas when projectors ig-nited while playing movies.

A study conducted some 30 yearsago showed that about 75 percent ofall US films produced during the si-

lent-movie era have been destroyed orsurvived only in fragments. The samestudy found that most of the old mov-ies from the silent era that have sur-vived intact are held in foreign ar-chives, not American ones.”Americanstudios were turning out movies likesausages, and selling them around theworld,” Patrick Loughney, director ofthe NAVCC, told AFP.

“The attitude here was, if you likeone Fred Astaire film, wait sixmonths and there will be another oneout. Foreign countries that we soldthe movies to looked after them bet-ter than we did,” he said. A brisktrade in US movies sold to Russiabegan in around 1910 and contin-ued through the Soviet era right upto the outbreak of World War II,Loughney said.

“The records we have indicatethat over 1,300 US feature filmswere distributed in Russia duringthat period,” said Loughney.

International Friday, February 18, 2011 13Science

Japan’s space agency is considering putting a talkinghumanoid robot on the International Space Station to watchthe mission while astronauts are asleep, monitor their healthand stress levels and communicate to Earth through themicroblogging site Twitter.

Japan’s space agency JAXA announced this week that itis looking at a plan to send a humanoid robot to the spacestation in 2013 that could communicate with the groundthrough Twitter — primarily feeding photos, rather thanoriginal ideas — and provide astronauts with “comfort andcompanionship.”

Following up on NASA’s “Robonaut” R-2 program,which is set for launch on the Discovery shuttle next week,the Japanese android would be part of a larger effort to cre-

Agence France Presse

WASHINGTON – A powerfulsolar eruption that has already dis-turbed radio communications inChina could disrupt electrical power

Associated Press Writer

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Conservationists say they got a rare glimpseof a 6-foot (2-meter) -long leatherback — the world’s most endangeredsea turtle — together with dozens of eggs in western Indonesia.

Khairul Amra, a member of a local conservation group, said Thurs-day that the giant turtle was spotted on a beach on Sumatra island overthe weekend just before it plunged into the water.

Soon after 65 eggs thought to belong to the leatherback were foundin a nest — the third such discovery on the same beach this year.

Leatherbacks, which can grow up to 9 feet (3 meters) long, haveroamed the oceans for 100 million years, but the globe-trotting sea turtlestoday number only around 30,000. Their biggest threats are commer-cial fishing and egg hunters.

AP Photo/Shirley Bahadur, File

FILE - In this June 27, 2000, file photo, a leatherback turtle is seenin Manzanilla, Trinidad and Tobago.

Rare leatherback turtlespotted in Indonesia

Huge solar flare jams radio,satellite signals: NASA

grids and satellites used on Earthin the next days, NASA said. Themassive sunspot, which astrono-mers say is the size of Jupiter, isthe strongest solar flare in fouryears, NASA said Wednesday.

The Class X flash — the largestsuch category — erupted at 0156GMT Tuesday, according to the USspace agency. “X-class flares are themost powerful of all solar events thatcan trigger radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms,” disturbingtelecommunications and electricgrids, NASA said.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observa-tory saw a large coronal mass ejection(CME) associated with the flash thatis blasting toward Earth at about 560miles per second (900 kilometers persecond), it said. The charged plasmaparticles were expected to reach theplanet’s orbit at 0300 GMT Thursday.

The flare spread from Active Re-gion 1158 in the sun’s southern hemi-sphere, which had so far lagged be-hind the northern hemisphere in flashactivity. It followed several smallerflares in recent days.

“The calm before the storm,” reada statement on the US NationalWeather Service Space Weather Pre-diction Service. “Three CMEs areenroute, all a part of the Radio Black-out events on February 13, 14, and15 (UTC). The last of the three seemsto be the fastest and may catch bothof the forerunners about mid to late... February 17.”

Geomagnetic storms usually last24 to 48 hours, “but some may lastfor many days,” read a separate NWSstatement.

AFP/NASA/Ho

A NASA image of an erupting solar flare. A powerful solar eruption thathas already disturbed radio communications in China could disrupt elec-trical power grids and satellites used on Earth in the next days.

AP Photo/Shizo Kambayashi, FILE

Japan may send chattyJapan may send chattyJapan may send chattyJapan may send chattyJapan may send chattyhumanoid tweet-bot to spacehumanoid tweet-bot to spacehumanoid tweet-bot to spacehumanoid tweet-bot to spacehumanoid tweet-bot to space

FILE - In this March 23, 2009 file photo, The 158centimeter (62.2 inch) tall “Cybernetic human” robotcode-named HRP-4C, developed at the NationalInstitute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technol-ogy, walks on the catwalk during a fashion show aspart of the opening day event of Japan Fashion Weekin Tokyo.

Associated Press Writer

TOKYO – Lonely astronauts on the InternationalSpace Station may soon be getting an android friendfrom Japan. And for the folks back home, it will tweet.

ate and refine robots that can be used by the elderly, JAXAsaid in a statement.

Japan is one of the leading countries in robotics, and has arapidly aging society with one of the world’s longest life-expectancies.

Improving robot communication capabilities could helpthe elderly on Earth by providing a nonintrusive means ofmonitoring the robot owner’s health and vital signs and send-ing information to emergency responders if there is an ab-normality, JAXA said.

“We are thinking in terms of a very human-like robot thatwould have facial expressions and be able to converse withthe astronauts,” said JAXA’s Satoshi Sano. The robot wasbeing developed with the advertising and communicationsgiant Dentsu Inc. and a team at Tokyo University. The NASAproject has human-like head, hands and arms and uses thesame tools as station crew members. The “Robonaut” calledR-2 — a shout-out to R2-D2 of “Star Wars” fame — is in-tended to carry out maintenance tasks in the station’s Des-tiny lab.

NASA says it hopes that humanoid robots could one daystand in for astronauts during spacewalks or perform taskstoo difficult or dangerous for humans. For now, the US$2.5million NASA robot exists only from the waist up and islimited to activities within the lab.

The robot also uses Twitter, but generally just messagesrelayed from NASA spokespeople. Sano said the agency isconsidering ways to program the Japanese version to be moreoriginal.

More importantly, he said, the Japanese project is intendedto build on the R-2 idea by providing a more communicativecompanion for the astronauts themselves.

Friday, February 18, 201114 InternationalSport

Arsenal’s slender advantagegives the Premier League side afighting chance of progressingwhen the two teams meet in thesecond leg.

But while Wenger is adamantthat Barcelona will be favouritesto prevail, he believes his vibrantyoung team will be armed with avital commodity when they en-ter the Camp Nou on March 8 —belief.

“We are not the favouritesnow,” Wenger said. “But what isimportant is we believe we havea chance and we’ll go for it.Barcelona are still favourites.“But after tonight we know thatwe can beat them. And we didn’tknow that last year,” saidWenger, referring to last season’squarter-final, which saw

Agence France Presse

WIGAN – Ivan Klasnic firedBolton Wanderers to a 1-0 win overWigan Athletic in their FA Cupfourth-round replay at the DW Sta-dium on Wednesday. Owen Coyle’sside can look forward to a fifth-round trip to Fulham this weekendthanks to Croatian striker Klasnic’ssecond-half winner. While Wander-ers’ Wembley bid remains alive,Wigan are left to focus on a grimfight for Premier League survival.However, Bolton’s win was tar-nished slightly by an Achilles injurysuffered by Sam Ricketts, which willkeep the defender out for several

AFP PHOTO/ADRIAN DENNIS

Barcelona’s Argentine striker Lionel Messi (L) vies with Arsenal’s Cameroonian defenderAlexandre Song (down) during their UEFA Champions League round of 16, 1st leg footballmatch against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, London, England, on February 16, 2011.

Wenger says BarcaWenger says BarcaWenger says BarcaWenger says BarcaWenger says Barcastill favouritesstill favouritesstill favouritesstill favouritesstill favourites

Agence France Presse

SAO PAULO – Ronaldo, Brazil’slegendary footballer who retired thisweek, was Wednesday appointed tohelp coordinate Brazil’s hosting of the2014 World Cup. Sao Paulo gover-nor Geraldo Alckmin named the ex-player to his state committee coordi-nating the football tournament in aceremony in a Sao Paulo stadium.

He also awarded Ronaldo, 34, amedal in honour of his sportingachievements and legacy. “It’s anhonour to help the government of SaoPaulo to put on the best World Cupof all time,” Ronaldo said. The three-time FIFA World Player of the Year,whose goalscoring genius led Brazilto the 2002 World Cup title, con-firmed his retirement on Monday ina tearful media conference.

He said he was forced to halt hiscareer because his body was no

Agence France Presse

LONDON – Arsene Wenger insisted Barcelona remained favourites to progress to the Cham-pions League quarter-finals after Arsenal came from behind to score a dramatic 2-1 victory overthe Spanish giants. A goal apiece from Robin van Persie and Andrey Arshavin in the final 12minutes sealed a memorable win for the Gunners after a largely dominant Barcelona had takena first-half lead through David Villa.

Barcelona crush the Gunners 4-1 inthe second leg, 6-3 on aggregate.

“Tonight’s result gives us achance to go to Barcelona with be-lief. We know that it will be a verydifficult game but we will preparewell and be highly focused and tryto play our natural game,” Wengersaid. “It gives a special lift to myteam. Our players have shown theirstrength and togetherness and thisresult will reinforce that.”

Arsenal’s victory was also a vin-dication of Wenger’s unrelentingcommitment to attacking football.While conventional wisdom dic-tated that the only way to beatBarcelona is via containment,Wenger insisted all along that hisside would be true to their instinctsand seek to fight fire with fire.

At the Emirates on Wednesday

they proved as good as their word,when, despite ceding possession forlong periods, they continued tothrow men forward on the counter-attack.

When the final whistle blew, Ar-senal had two strikers on the pitch,Nicklas Bendtner and van Persie,complemented by a midfield brim-ming with creative intent — SamirNasri, Cesc Fabregas, JackWilshere and Arshavin.

“I wanted to go for it offen-sively,” said Wenger, as he ex-plained his risky decision to substi-tute defensive midfielder Alex Songfor Arshavin with Arsenal trailing1-0 early in the second half. “Weneeded to score two goals. I justtook a gamble — it could havebackfired to 2-0 or 3-0 but itworked.

Ronaldo to help coordinateWorld Cup 2014

longer up to the demands he was put-ting on it. The striker, who played forBarcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madridand AC Milan, but who appeared onlysporadically for Sao Paulo sideCorinthians since returning from Italyin 2009, was plagued with injuries formuch of his career.

He has said he hoped to wear thenational Brazil jersey one more timein a farewell match “to bring togetherplayers who were with me and ap-pear in front of a public who lovedand helped me.”

Ronaldo won the World Cup withBrazil in 2002 and became the lead-ing scorer in World Cup finals tour-naments when he scored his 15th goalat the 2006 tournament in Germany.He was twice named EuropeanFootballer of the Year, in 1997 and2002, and finished his internationalcareer with 62 goals in 97 appear-ances.

Klasnic fires Bolton intoFA Cup fifth round

AP Photo/Jon Super

Bolton’s Ivan Klasnic cel-ebrates after scoring againstWigan Athletic during theirEnglish FA Cup fourth roundreplay soccer match at The DWStadium, Wigan, England,Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011.

weeks. “He has damaged his Achil-les and it doesn’t look great at thistime,” Coyle said.

“The medical team think it couldbe quite severe and we hope that isnot the scenario, but the way it islooking right now, I think it is goingto be a lengthy period of time. “I justneed to find out the extent of it to-morrow (Thursday) when it islooked at properly.”

The FA Cup’s diminished statuswas once again clear to see as bothmanagers rested their key players.Wigan boss Roberto Martinez madenine changes, while Coyle made sixalterations. With the original tie andtwo Premier League fixtures be-tween the two sides this season allresulting in draws, it was hardly asurprise that this was another close-fought affair. There was still plentyof goalmouth action to keep thesparse crowd of 7,515 entertained,however.

Klasnic squandered the best op-portunity of the first half when hesurged clear on goal before hitting atame shot straight at Pollitt. Wiganwere indebted to Pollitt again as hetipped Petrov’s fierce strike overbefore Elmander’s free-kick comeback off the post. Wigan’s JordiGomez scuffed an effort wide fromthe edge of the area early in the sec-ond half.

Bolton suffered a setback whenRicketts was carried off on astretcher, with Marcos Alonso tak-ing his place, after the defenderstumbled over while chasing downVictor Moses. The hosts were deniedwhen Elmander put the ball in thenet, only to be ruled offside onceagain.

But Bolton finally broke thedeadlock in the 66th minute asKlasnic collected Mark Davies’ pass,swivelled in the box and smashed hisshot beyond Pollitt for his first goalsince November.

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Ramon Sessions came off thebench and scored a season-high32 points for the Cavs, who werebeaten 112-57 by the Lakers onJan. 11. That loss was No. 11 in aleague-record streak that eventu-ally reached 26 before Clevelandended it last week with an over-time win against L.A.’s less-her-alded squad, the Clippers. PauGasol had 30 points and 20 re-bounds for the Lakers.

Playing the finale of a seven-game road trip, the Lakers spentmuch of the night looking as ifthey were already on vacation.They threw errant passes, forcedoutside shots and couldn’t catchthe Cavs down the stretch despitea frantic comeback. “It’s back tothe drawing board,” said LamarOdom, who was asked what’s at

Agence France Presse

MEMPHIS, Tennessee – Ca-nadian wildcard Milos Raonicdefeated Spain’s FernandoVerdasco for the second time infour days, advancing to the sec-ond round of the ATP-WTA in-door tournament in Memphis.Raonic ousted second seedVerdasco 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5) at the$1.32 million event, booking asecond-round date against CzechRadek Stepanek.

On Sunday, Raonic defeatedtop seed Verdasco 7-6 (8/6), 7-6(7/5) in the ATP San Jose final,denying the Spaniard his secondtitle in a row at the event whilebecoming Canada’s first ATPsingles winner in 16 years.

In the rematch, Verdasco andRaonic exchanged breaks in the11th and 12th games of the thirdset to set up the deciding tie-breaker, which Raonic took aftertwo hours and one minute. Alsoadvancing to the second roundwas 2009 US Open winner JuanMartin del Potro, who downedUS sixth seed John Isner — thefamed Wimbledon marathon manwho won the longest match intennis history — 6-4, 6-3 in 74minutes.

Argentine wildcard Del Potro,who lost a semi-final last Satur-day to Verdasco, is coming backfrom a wrist injury that requiredsurgery last May and cut short his2010 campaign. He facesCroatian Ivan Dodig next. Aus-

Associated Press Writer

LONDON – The legal disputeover the marathon route for the2012 London Olympics has beenresolved after organizers prom-ised to help provide tickets andjobs to the area that was cut outof the race.

The marathon will start and fin-ish in front of Buckingham Palaceand include three loops of centralLondon. The race was originally

AP Photo/Amy Sancetta

Cleveland Cavaliers’ Ramon Sessions (3) drives to the basketagainst Los Angeles Lakers’ Pau Gasol in the second half of anNBA basketball game in Cleveland on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011.The Cavaliers won 104-99.

Cavaliers avenge 55-point defeatCavaliers avenge 55-point defeatCavaliers avenge 55-point defeatCavaliers avenge 55-point defeatCavaliers avenge 55-point defeatagainst Lakersagainst Lakersagainst Lakersagainst Lakersagainst LakersAssociated Press Writer

CLEVELAND – The Lakers hit the All-Star break broken. Looking nothing like two-timedefending NBA champions, they dropped their third straight game, a stunning 104-99 loss Wednes-day night to the Cleveland Cavaliers — the league’s worst team, which avenged a 55-point em-barrassment against Los Angeles last month.

the top of the team’s to-do list.“Defense. Cohesiveness. Ourchemistry on offense. I’m not thatworried. I think it’s things we canfix.”

Kobe Bryant finished with 17points on 8-of-25 shooting. DerekFisher had 19 for the Lakers, whocommitted 19 turnovers and en-raged Phil Jackson, their normallytranquil coach, who screamed atthem during timeouts after inex-cusable defensive lapses. Losingin Orlando on Sunday was hardlyreason for much concern. But a20-point setback in Charlotte onMonday left both Jackson andBryant speechless. They expectmore from the Lakers, and they’renot seeing it.

But as poorly as they played, theLakers did cut a 10-point lead to

two in the final minute. But An-thony Parker and Sessions madetwo free throws apiece in the last17.9 seconds. After the final horn,the Lakers walked slowly towardtheir locker room and a trip homenot knowing what might happennext. With the trading deadline justa week away, the rumors involv-ing Denver star Carmelo Anthonywill likely heat up. This much isclear: Lakers general managerMitch Kupchak needs to do some-thing to awaken his team.

The Cavs, on the other hand,reached the season’s unofficialmidpoint on a high. This was theirbest effort of the season. Theyplayed with the energy coachByron Scott wants every night, andthey gave their dedicated fans ataste of what could be ahead.

Raonic and Del Potro through in Memphis

AP Photo/Paul Sakuma

Milos Raonic, of Canada, reacts after winning the first setagainst Fernando Verdasco, of Spain, in the finals of theSAP Open tennis tournament in San Jose, Calif., Sunday,Feb. 13, 2011.

tralian Lleyton Hewitt ousted Tai-wanese seventh seed Yen-Hsun Lu6-4, 7-6 (7/3) while US third seedMelanie Oudin also was sent pack-ing, leaving only one seededplayer in the women’s final eight.

Former world number oneHewitt booked a second-rounddate with Frenchman AdrianMannarino for a berth in the quar-ter-finals opposite Serbian JankoTipsarevic or US top seed AndyRoddick. On the women’s side,Russian Evgeniya Rodina bouncedOudin 6-1, 7-5 as the seventh ofeight seeds exited. Rodina willnext face British qualifier Heather

Watson, who defeated Frenchqualifier Stephanie Foretz Gacon6-2, 5-7, 6-4.

The only seed in the 32-playerWTA event to reach the quarter-finalswas Canadian number six RebeccaMarino, who outlasted Romania’sSorana Cirstea 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.

Belgium’s Xavier Malisse, whobecame a ninth seed after French-man Gael Monfils was forced towithdraw with a left wrist injurysuffered last week in San Jose, re-tired from his match trailingFrenchman Florent Serra 6-2, 1-0. Serra faces US qualif ierMichael Russell next.

Dispute over London2012 marathon routeresolved

scheduled to go into east London,but organizers changed the routeto avoid gridlocked streets on oneof the busiest days of the games.The local Tower Hamlets councilin east London was seeking a le-gal review of the change.

A statement from London 2012on Wednesday says “the councilhas decided to drop the proceed-ings” following the agreement tohelp the area benefit from theOlympics.

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Horner has made it clear thatWebber will not approach the yearthinking this is his final season withRed Bull, and insisted they will talkabout the future as the year devel-ops.

Webber won four races in 2010and led the championship for muchof the latter part of the season, andHorner suggested the Australiancould stay onboard if he continuedto perform strongly. “Mark isn’tapproaching this year that [as if] thisis his final year,” Horner told theReuters news agency.

“I think we both agreed to keepthe contract on a yearly basis at this

SHANGHAI has agreed a dealto host Formula 1 races until 2017,ending months of speculation aboutthe future of the Chinese GrandPrix.

Although work still needs to becompleted on the circuit for it topass an FIA safety inspection aheadof this year’s race, the ShanghaiSports Bureau has announced thata fresh deal has been agreed for theevent.

Zhao Wen, vice mayor of Shang-hai, told local media on Wednesdaythat officials had managed to nego-tiate a reduced rate for the event ina bid to keep it on the calendar. “F1is a calling card for Shanghai,” he

Shanghai extends grand prix dealsaid. “I am confident about the suc-cess of the event in the years ahead.”

Shanghai track bosses have also

Red Bull open about Webber’s futureRed Bull Racing boss Christian Horner says he sees no rea-

son why Mark Webber could not stay at the the team beyond2011 if he continues to perform as strongly as last year. TheAustralian renewed his contract with the Milton Keynes-basedsquad just for one year, meaning he will be free at the end of thecurrent season.

stage in his career because it’s im-portant for us to see that he’s got thespeed, the motivation, the hungerand commitment. “All of which lookundiminished at the moment. If any-thing, [they are] burning brighterthan ever.

“So we’ll see how this seasondevelops and obviously as we headtowards the latter part of the sum-mer then we’ll start to talk about thefollowing season. If he’s deliveringat the same level as he did in 2010then why not?”

Horner also admitted that Webberfound it hard for his team-mateSebastian Vettel to come back and

claim the title in the final race of theseason.

“It was tough for Mark to take,”Horner said. “But Mark’s mentallya tough competitor and I think hewill use that inwardly as motivationto come back even more determined,more focused and I think he’s comeback leaner, lighter and extremelymotivated.”

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Red Bull Racing team’s Aus-tralian driver Mark Webberdrives during a training ses-sion at Jerez racetrack, onFebruary 11, 2011 in Jerez.

ROBERT Kubica underwent hisfinal operation on Wednesday at theSanta Corona hospital where he isstaying since his crash.

The Pole had surgery for eighthours as the doctors treated the

agreed to reduce ticket prices for thegrand prix in a bid to attract morespectators.

Kubica undergoes final surgerycomplex fracture to his elbow,stabilising and reconstructing thedamaged fragments of the jointstructure.

“At the end of the surgery, thedoctors were pleased with the out-

come, with the procedure beingcompleted successfully,” said hisRenault team in a statement.

Kubica will remain in intensivecare for a few days to recover fromthe operation.