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BESOVETS, Russia – At least44 people were killed and eightinjured when a passenger planebroke up and caught fire on com-ing into land in fog in north-west-ern Russia, an Emergency Minis-try spokeswoman said Tuesday.

The Tupolev-134 plane, carry-ing 52 people including nine crew,crashed near a road about 1 km(0.6 miles) from the runway at theBesovets airport outside the north-ern city of Petrozavodsk at about

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Tourists walkingalong at Kuta in thenight. Kuta is one oftourism area thatoffering night lifeentertainment totourists and localpeople. Widespreadgrowth of alternativetourist destinationsindirectly eroding theculture as foundationof Bali tourism wasconsidered to be athreat to local tour-ism perpetrators.

Russia says plane crashkills 44, eight injured

11.40 p.m. local time (1940 GMT)on Monday.

“The preliminary information isthat 44 people were killed,”spokeswoman Irina Andriyanovasaid by telephone. “Eight peoplewere injured and seven of them arein a very grave condition.”

The www.lifenews.ru Internetnews website, which posted a fulllist of the passengers, said a 10-year-old boy named Anton hadsurvived the crash but gave no de-tails about his condition.

“Bali is cultural tourism. Why tochoose cultural concept? Of course,it is intended to involve Balinesepeople. On that account, the shiftfrom culture and tourism to eroti-cism will be a serious threat,” saidBagus Sudibya in Denpasar.

According to him, cultural tourismposed a type of tourism based on themosaic of places, traditions, art and

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DENPASAR - Widespread growth of alternative tourist destina-tions indirectly eroding the culture as foundation of Bali tourism wasconsidered to be a threat to local tourism perpetrators. Regional Co-ordinator of ASITA for Bali, NTB and NTT Region, Bagus Sudibya,stated that public would only be as spectators and not as subjects orperpetrators in tourism if commitment of government to promotethe culture-based tourism was undertaken half-heartedly.

ceremonies reflecting the diversity andidentity of local community. Bali in-spired by culture should get critical at-tention from all parties. With the ear-nest attention was expected to providebenefits for the greater prosperity ofthe people without sacrificing thenoble values becoming the soul ofBalinese culture and Hindu devotees.

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In the KUA Plan (Expenses PolicyRegional Fee point) of Badung’s year2012, there’s an allocation of Modal(investment) of IDR 7 billion onlywhen in investing on the toll way itneeds more than that as the project it-self will take up to IDR 1,2 trillion, atleast around 240 billion with the notedoes not need a completion of paymentin one year.

In the Badung House of Represen-tatives general assembly last Monday(20/6) the Democrat Party fraction

Semara Pagulingan instrumen-tal music and classical dance per-formed by Sanggar MerkarBhuana, Kesiman, Kertalangu inthe open stage of Ksirarnawa lastMonday (20/6) got its outstandingovation from visitors after theirromantic and attractive move-ments. This community fromDenpasar managed to poison

Denpasar (Bali Post) –Last Monday (20/6) Denpasar

Transportation Agency was disciplin-ing the roadsides parking again andagain another car owned by lawyerEdi Irawan has to be taken away as itparked in the front of National CourtOffice which was forbidden.

This disciplinary that was lead byHead of Denpasar TransportationAgency Dalops Section, I KetutSriawan, in Sudirman Street targetedtwo places which are National Court

CONNOISSEURS of arts inBali are very lucky. In the an-nual grandiose event of the 33rdBali Arts Festival (BAF), theyhave a chance to see various artperformances supported by art-ists from around the world.Some overseas participantswere playing individually,while others were collaboratingwith local Balinese artists. Oneof the overseas participants wasthe musician community ofAkugawa High School, Osaka,Japan that appeared in the OpenStage of ISI Denpasar, Sunday(Jun 19) evening. For about twohours, all spectators were fas-cinated by the Taiko Japanesetraditional music dominated bypercussion.

At that night, the overseasparticipating artists consistingof senior high school studentsprovided valuable lessons toBalinese people about themeaning of true love against thearts of cultural heritage.Though the globalization on-slaught pounded Japan sofiercely offering a glittering va-riety of performing arts, theynever turned away from theauthenticity of Japanese cul-ture.

With a great pride, the com-munity of young Japanese art-ists was proud to introduce theTaiko traditional music to Ba-linese people. “Musical compo-sition presented in the arena ofthe 33rd Bali Arts FestivalTaiko roots in the traditionalmusic remaining to developwell in Japan. The musical in-strument resembling a drum ismade of the leather of pregnantcow. In the performance, therhythmic and dynamic pound-ing music is often combined

‘Lasso’ of enchantment

PresentedthroughJapaneseTaiko music

Nusa Dua-Benoa Toll Way Project

Badung CancelledBadung CancelledBadung CancelledBadung CancelledBadung CancelledInvestmentInvestmentInvestmentInvestmentInvestmentQuestionedQuestionedQuestionedQuestionedQuestionedMangupura (Bali Post) –

The plan to invest on the new above waters Nusa Dua-Benoa toll way by Badung Govern-ment is still unclear as in the middle of the coming 2012 budget discussion not a single word wastelling that they will when actually in the beginning Badung was appreciating this investmentpositively in State Owned Enterprises Board consortium.

stated a public’s view of a questionwhere Badung Regent was asked againfor the allocation budget and capitalfor the toll way’s consortium besidesthe one for Regional DevelopmentBank (BPD) as much as 25 percent.

It was confirmed after the assem-bly Vice Regent I Ketut Sudikertaseemed denying in giving commentsand only gave normative statementswhere this fraction statement will bediscussed with executives andlegislatives. Before, the Regent said it

was too early to discuss it.This project was one of a strategic

infrastructure that was planned to bespecially made to mend the traffics inSouth Badung. In the general assem-bly Golkar Party Fraction seemed toconvince to increase the facilities qual-ity and if it needs to Badung shouldmake a way up to World Class Infra-structure. With the decreasing qualityand complains, Badung Governmentshould prioritise in mending and de-veloping such priorities. (kmb25)

Again, Transportation AgencyConfiscated Lawyer’s Car

and District Court where tens of ve-hicles found parking. After ownerswere warned, they moved, but if theowner did not come then it will betaken away. Another car DK 1366 ICwas also taken away which parked infront of the District Court which vio-lates Regional Regulations No 28Year 2001 about stopping on forbid-den parking places. “We are movingthem to the fields of GOR NgurahRai,” an official stated.

Sriawan stated the disciplinary

was to create comfort to the road us-ers as the death in road accidents haveplaced fifth rank. “We want to de-crease that and mend this situation,”he explained.

Meanwhile a lawyer, HMSukirman, admits having difficulties infinding parking space remembering theNational Court office does not allowcars to park inside while in DistrictCourt doesn’t have much parking spaceinside. “I think the signs shouldn’t behere,” he stated. (kmb12)

Semara Pagulingan hypnotize Audiencesviewers to watch them until the endas they showed three classicaldance of Condong Gambuh withaccompanying song PerongSubandar, Putri Gambuh with ac-companying song SumambangJawa and Patih Gambuh with songSekar Gadung.

Besides that there was also clas-sical instrumental such as Gadung

Melati and Gending Jerbon. In theold days of Balinese Kingdom,these samara pagulingan werefunctioned to accompany kingswhen they were relaxing with thefamily and sleeping. This was heardfrom the instrument and smoothtones and where it was divided tothree kinds which are five notes, sixnotes and seven notes. (ian)

with the sound of ShinobueJapanese flute and Syamisentraditional string music as ac-centuation,” said HiromiKubota, the stage coordinator,when met by Bali Post in themidst of her performance.

Japanese woman who spokeBahasa Indonesia fluentlyenough added that her partyalso brought a number of cre-ation or contemporary music.However, she assured if thosecreations remained to refer toJapanese traditional values ofTaiko music as foundation inthe creativity. “Our perfor-mance in this BAF is aimed atintroducing the Japanese tradi-tion in the form of Taiko musicto Balinese people as well asstrengthening the brotherhoodof Japan and Bali that has beenestablished so well,” she said.

‘Lasso’ of enchantmentpresented by the yellow-skinned group of musicianswas commenced with a musi-cal composition ‘Da’ andended with ‘Festa’ describingthe atmosphere of festiveparty of Japanese community.At that night, the young Japa-nese artist community fea-tured nine musical illustra-tions consisting of Da, Chura,Sakuya Konohana, Hanagasa,Awa Odori, Kiyari, Chicibuand Festa. They also pre-sented a number of Japanesetraditional dances as a shortconnecting instrumental mu-sic or intermezzo to the nextsong. Such amazing art pre-sentation replete with charmswas concluded with the sing-ing of Indonesia Pusaka (In-donesian Heritage) that wasspontaneously followed bythe audience. (ian)

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—Brutal action under influence of

alcoholic drink was committed by fouryoung men named Yudi Winata aliasDoyok, Maulana alias Ceper, Sofi andArifin, Saturday (Jun 18) morning.They, who later on were known to bedrunk, overrun the operator of InternetCafe Khystian Dewa Made Saputraand Pande Artawan. They were beatenby the gangster of four until causingquite serious injuries.

Such brutal action occurred inGame Online Internet Café on JalanNangka, Denpasar, at around 00:30a.m. The four perpetrators came to thescene in a drunken condition. Withoutfurther ado, one of the perpetratorscalled down the cafe attendantArtawan. When he went out of theCafe, he strangled the victim whilesaying angry words. The victim wasfear and just kept silent.

Meanwhile, other perpetratorscame into the Cafe and approached theoperator’s desk. There was the victimDewa Saputra. As the previous actioncommitted against the victim Artawan,these perpetrators directly hit him.Even, the blow against Dewa Saputrawas slightly more fatal. As conse-quence, the victim suffered seriousinjuries.

Aside from blown with bare hands,perpetrators also hit the victim with a

Head of Denpasar Agriculture,Food Crops and Horticulture,Nyoman Putra Ambara, when con-tacted on Monday (Jun 20) saidthat conversion of agricultural landin Denpasar tended to be used forhousing. However, he also admit-ted that other than for residentialarea, it was used for road and otherneeds.

By and large, he said, the landconversion reached 20-30 hectaresper year. It was inseparable fromthe increased economic activities.Additionally, high prices of land inDenpasar also encouraged land-owners to sell their rice fields.

To suppress the land conversion,he said, there had many programslaunched to farmers. Aside fromproviding convenience in market-ing, the Agricultural Services was

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The rice field in an area in Denpasar. The impact of highpopulation growth also threatens the agricultural land areain the city.

Unstoppable, agricultural landUnstoppable, agricultural landUnstoppable, agricultural landUnstoppable, agricultural landUnstoppable, agricultural landconversion in Denpasarconversion in Denpasarconversion in Denpasarconversion in Denpasarconversion in DenpasarDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Depletion of urban green open space (RTHK) in Denpasar is quite reasonable. Considering,the current population growth in Denpasar is quite high. The data released by Central StatisticsAgency (BPS) of Denpasar indicate that population growth in Denpasar reached 4 percent. Theimpact of high population growth also threatens the agricultural land area in Denpasar.

also providing seeds and improv-ing the facilities and infrastructureof subak organization. The helpsconsisted of creating irrigationchannel being very important forfarmers. Not only that, governmentalso extended assistance in theform of agricultural device to sup-press the interests of farmers to selltheir land.

His party also coordinated withthe Denpasar Urban Planning ofHousing not to issue any buildingpermits in agricultural area. “We dohope there will be no more build-ing permits issued for green belt,”he said.

Ambara Putra also admitted, theextent of 41 subak organizationsexisting in Denpasar was not dis-tributed evenly. Some subaks hadonly 10 hectares. However, there

were also subaks remaining to sur-vive until now, such as SubakKerdung whose area covered 250hectares. “A subak in Denpasar,namely Subak Sanglah, does notleave any land because they havebeen converted to residential andother needs,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Com-mission B of Denpasar House,Eko Supriadi, said that high rateof land conversion in green beltwas inseparable from the lack ofsupervision. So far, there weremany cases coming into view re-garding to spatial violations, butthey were not imposed with aclear sanction. Such cases trig-gered the appearance of other vio-lations. “I think this must havebeen caused by less maximal su-pervision,” said Eko. (kmb12)

Operator and attendant of Internet Cafe overrunA perpetrator arrested, three at large

chair. Ambience at the scene wasstrained. The perpetrators acting likegangster made visitors of the cafeafraid. Not only that, other than beat-ing and overrunning the victims, per-petrators also sneaked money worthIDR 200,000 and KYT helmet. “Per-petrators were also damaging motor-cycle parked in front of the Cafe,” saidChief of East Denpasar Police, I GustiNyoman Wintara, Monday (Jun 20).

Being satisfied with their action,they were then ran away. Meanwhile,the victims reported the case to EastDenpasar Police. Once receiving thereport of victims, Chief Wintara or-dered Chief Unit of Criminal Detec-tive, Agus Prihadinika, to conduct in-vestigation. Shortly after that, one ofthe perpetrators (Doyok—Ed) couldbe captured at his home on JalanDrupadi III B/2, Denpasar.

Unfortunately, three others (Ceper,Sofi and Arifin—Ed) were still un-known up to these days. Police werestill hunting them. However, sooner orlater, all three actors would be certainlygoing to be arrested. “I ask the threeperpetrators of the attack to surrenderto East Denpasar Police,” assertedChief Wintara to media crew last Mon-day.

Further, Chief Wintara said thatmotive of the beatings was the per-petrators wanted to hold a drinking

Tourists Will Leave BaliSince the shifting Bali tourism

characteristic from being a tradi-tional art area which then replacedby animal attractions also erotic en-tertainment caused Bali House ofRepresentatives Vice Head of Com-mission IV, Ketut Kariyasa Adnyanaand education, social and cultureexpert Drs. Putu Sarjana, M.Si.,worried that these will slowly andpotentially ‘kill’ Bali’s tourism sec-tor as Bali tourism has lost its iden-tity and no longer unique nor exclu-sive which so Bali will be left bytourists including national and inter-national. “We often forgot that thedeveloping and improving Bali hasits great arts and culture also greatviews of nature and spitituality char-acter of the public,” Kariyasa andSarjana stated when contacted byBali Post last Monday (20/6).

Having such zoos or gardens ofanimals was no wrong to be placedin Bali and became one of the at-tractions. Even so, it has to be con-

Culture Tourism Soul Diminishingtrolled and not overloaded by it andsinking Balinese unique culture art asits main attraction. Moreover erotictourism seemed to be held on hiddenplaces of night entertainments and alsohappening in hotels. “This shift of hav-ing non Balinese values in our tour-ism needs a smart action taken by theBali Government itself also regencyand city governments of the whole Baliespecially in having policies on limit-ing non Balinese tourist attractionsconstructions or creations,” Sarjanaexplained.

Contacted separately, Bali ProvinceSecretariat Public Relation and Proto-col, Ketut Teneng, clarified that thegovernment is commit and consistentin developing Bali’s tourism on thebase of Balinese culture. If there havebeen different attractions, he is sure theregency/city government has its ownlimit in giving investors the chance toopen such thing. “Before the permitwas given, I am sure the connected in-stitute has research what was possibleand what was not also if it’s worth

given a permit. All of it has to hasits research first. If it’s filled up, I’msure there won’t be anymore per-mits given out for it as it will causeunhealthy competition,” he ex-plained.

Moreover, Teneng declined thefact that government does not careof Balinese artists as Bali Govern-ment keeps on giving awards to se-nior artists and artists that has anachievement also loyal, has a highcommitment in digging, develop-ing also preserving Bali’s culture.He said Governor is now planningto create continuous performancesin Art Centre for the Balinese art-ists and so Art Centre did not onlyheat up when Bali Arts Festival hitsonce a year. Besides functioned asa development and preservation,this was also to give a more variet-ies of culture art performances tothe tourists. Weirdly, the Governorhas stated this promise since lastyear’s Bali Arts Festival closingceremony. (ian)

party. Meanwhile, they run out ofmoney to buy drinks and were al-ready in a drunken condition. At theend, they were desperate to com-mit such brutal action. “Since run-ning out of drinks, we were forced

to do so. The cash amounting toIDR 200,000 was used to buyarrack,” admitted Doyok plainly.

Additionally, Doyok admittedthe helmet taken had been mort-gaged and the proceeds were used

to buy more drinks. “We ensnarethem by article 170. However, thereis one perpetrator entangled withthe case of theft for taking moneyand a helmet,” added ChiefWintara. (kmb21)

International4 Wednesday, June 22, 2011 News

Ben Ali, who has been in SaudiArabia since he was forced from power,was found guilty after just one day ofdeliberation of theft and of illegally pos-sessing jewelry and large sums of cash.

The same sentence was handeddown to his wife Leila Trabelsi, aformer hairdresser whose lavishlifestyle and clique of wealthy rela-tives were symbols of the corruptionof the Ben Ali era for many Tunisians.

Ben Ali and his wife flew to SaudiArabia on January 14 after mass pro-tests against his 23-year rule. TheTunisian government said in Febru-ary it had asked Saudi Arabia to ex-tradite Ben Ali. During his time in

Associated Press Writer

THESSALONIKI, Greece –For nearly half a century, sheraised a Greek flag every day atthe border with Turkey — asimple act that elevated her tonational status. A funeral servicewas held Monday for 107-year-old Vasiliki Lambidou in the vil-lage of Marasia, located in thecountry’s remote northeast. Shedied on Sunday.

Lambidou had lived in thesame house a few dozen yards(meters) from the Greek-Turkishborder along the Evros river since1962. She raised the flag over herhome — the closest one to theborder — every day since.

She was much loved by gen-erations of army conscripts, forwhom she cooked and did laun-dry while they manned a guardpost near her house. Soldierswould reciprocate by giving herfood and wood for her fireplace.Numerous photographs of sol-diers who served there hang on

Agence France Presse

WASHINGTON – Senator JohnMcCain called for the United Statesto step up military and politicalsupport to Southeast Asian nationsto stand up against China in grow-ing disputes in the South China Sea.

McCain, a senior member of theRepublican Party, said the UnitedStates should help members of theAssociation of Southeast Asian Na-tions to develop and deploy an earlywarning system and coastal vesselsin contested waters.

The former navy captain said theUnited States should also turn todiplomacy to help ASEAN nationssort out their own disputes and “es-

Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L)and ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speak to the media dur-ing a news conference June 14, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Build unified ASEAN in South China Sea: McCaintablish a more unified front,” hail-ing a recent agreement between Ma-laysia and Brunei as an example.

“China seeks to exploit the divi-sions among ASEAN members toplay them off each other to pressits own agenda,” McCain told a din-ner at the Center for Strategic andInternational Studies, a Washingtonthink-tank.

McCain, a champion of an asser-tive military policy, welcomed Presi-dent Barack Obama’sadministration’s defense of freedomof navigation in the South China Seabut said it should go further.

He said the United States shouldlet “other countries know, wherepossible, which claims the United

States accepts, which ones we do not,and what actions we are prepared tosupport” — especially in defense ofthe Philippines, a treaty ally.

Tensions have been rising in thepotentially resource-rich South ChinaSea and East China Sea, where Beijinghas myriad territorial disputes.

In recent weeks, Vietnam has car-ried out live-fire naval drills and thePhilippines announced plans to sendits naval flagship in contested wa-ters after incidents at sea.

McCain said he welcomed a co-operative relationship with China anddid not seek conflict, but laid theblame squarely at China’s “aggressivebehavior” and “unsubstantiated terri-torial claims” for recent tensions.

AP Photo

In this Jan. 11 2011 photo, Centenarian Vasiliki Lambidou, thewoman beloved by fellow Greeks for raising the country’s flagevery day for nearly half a century at the border with Turkey, posesfor photographer at her home in the village of Marasia,

Greece’s centenarianflag-raiser dies at 107

the walls of her house.Lambidou, whose family was

among hundreds of thousandswho were part of a population ex-change with Turkey following awar in 1921, was honored numer-ous times by Greek regional andnational authorities. Greek Presi-dent Karolos Papoulias had visitedLambidou at her home in January.

Lambidou was buried with fullmilitary honors. The Greek flagdraping her coffin was handed toher granddaughter. Senior armystaff who attended the funeralpraised Lambidou’s dedication.“She was a mother to all soldiers,to all Greeks,” said Greece’sArmy Chief of Staff FrangosFrangoulis.

Area military commander,Colonel Nikolaos Manolakos,said the Greek flag would con-tinue to be raised at Lambidou’shome in her memory.

Greece and Turkey have hadhistorically strained relations, butties have improved drasticallyover the past decade.

A demonstrator,right, wears aposter showing BenAli next to anundentified lawyerin the Tunis Crimi-nal Court which ishearing two em-bezzlement, moneylaundering and drugtrafficking casesagainst Zine ElAbidine Ben Ali ,Tunisia’s formerautocratic ruler,whose oustertriggered a series ofArab world upris-ings.

AP Photo/Hassene Dridi

Tunisia’s Ben Ali sentencedTunisia’s Ben Ali sentencedTunisia’s Ben Ali sentencedTunisia’s Ben Ali sentencedTunisia’s Ben Ali sentencedin absentia to 35 years in jailin absentia to 35 years in jailin absentia to 35 years in jailin absentia to 35 years in jailin absentia to 35 years in jailReuters

TUNIS, Jun – A Tunisian court sentenced former president Zineal-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia on Monday to 35 years in jail, six monthsafter his overthrow in a revolution helped to inspire the “Arab Spring.”

office, members of his extendedfamily accumulated fortunes whilehis security forces routinely ar-rested anyone who dared to dissent.

Tunisia’s revolt electrified millionsacross the Arab world who suffer simi-larly from high unemployment, risingprices and repressive governments.Ben Ali’s case has been watchedclosely in Egypt, where former presi-dent Hosni Mubarak is due to standtrial over the killing of protesters.

In a statement issued by his law-yers earlier on Monday, Ben Ali de-nied all the charges against him,saying that he was the victim of apolitical plot. He said he had been

tricked into leaving the country.“What a moment,” said Meriam,

a student who was one of a handfulof people waiting late into theevening outside the courthouse tohear the verdict. “After 23 yearswhen he manipulated the courts,today a very fair court has returnedto us a little bit of our honor.”

“My brother was put in prisonfor nothing ... and the other one wasforced to stay in Europe in exile fornine years,” she said. “This (verdict)gives us some peace.”

STEALINGJudge Touhami Hafian, who read

out the verdict and sentence in thePalace of Justice in the Tunisiancapital, also ruled that Ben Ali andhis wife would have to pay finestotaling 91 million Tunisian dinars($65.6 million).

Activities Wednesday, June 22, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for May 25 through July 8, 2011

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

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

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

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

25 May Buda Pon ToluCatur Temple Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring

26 May Wraspati Wage ToluPeninjoan Temple Besakih - Karangasem

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

8 Jun Buda Paing WarigaMerajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli

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

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

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

19 Jun Redite Pon JulungwangiPanti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar - Singaraja

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IBP

JAKARTA – Tauzia Hotel Managementproudly announced today the opening of its7th Harris hotels, Harris Suites fX Sudirman –Jakarta located strategically in the heart ofSudirman Business District area. This newestproperty is well set to cater to the fast growingbusiness travel as well as leisure tourist mar-ket.

The hotel features 88 rooms & suites, gym,swimming pool, tennis court and 10 meetingrooms with capacity from 6 to 16 personswhich is also known as fPod at fX mall. De-signed for short and long term stay it has adirect access to fX Lifestyle X’enter Mall andwalking distance to Plaza Senayan andSenayan Sport Complex. All guests could en-joy free internet connection in all hotels’ pre-mises and the rooms are equipped with LCDflat screens and international selections of TV

Tauzia Hotel managementannounced the opening ofHarris Suites FX Sudirman

channels.During the press conference today, the win-

ner of the Harris Suites fX Sudirman – JakartaBlack & White Photo Competition was revealedas well. This Black and White Photo competi-tion is a practice on each opening of Harris ho-tels aligned with HARRIS hotels artworks con-cept that is Black & White photography.

“It is a major milestone for Tauzia since itsfirst hotel brand Harris - an Indonesian bornbrand - after 8 years of consistency in the con-cept and management has arrived today in Jl.Sudirman, the most prestigious area of Jakartaand even in Indonesia,” said Marc Steinmeyer,President Director of Tauzia Hotel Management.

“This Harris opening will be followed by 4other new Harris hotels in Bandung – Batam –Sunset Road Bali and in Sentul. We are pleasedto reveal that by year 2013 Tauzia will have 26Harris hotels under operation and a total of 49properties in Indonesia.”

Wednesday, June 22, 20116 News

One suicide bomber blew him-self up and at least one car bombexploded outside the Diwaniyagovernor’s house, 150 km (95miles) south of Baghdad, as guardschanged shifts at the checkpoint.Most of the victims were guards,officials said.

“I heard a loud blast and then an-other one. I opened the door and Isaw white smoke and smelled theblood... I looked to the side and Isaw three guards dead on theground,” said Maha al-Sagban, alocal resident whose house wasdamaged.

The initial toll was 21 killed atthe checkpoint, said Fadhel Mawat,a spokesman for the provincialcouncil. A source at a hospital in

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Iraqi security personnel gather at the site of a bomb attack in Mussayab, about 60 km (40miles) south of Baghdad June 21, 2011. Five people were killed and nine others woundedwhen a bomb left in a restaurant went off in Mussayab, police said.

Reuters

BAGHDAD – At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday when bombs exploded at a check-point outside a provincial governor’s house in central Iraq, the latest attack targeting a govern-ment building, local authorities said.

Diwaniya said at least 22 peoplehad been killed and more than 30wounded in the attack.

Another five people were killedand nine wounded in a separate at-tack when a bomb exploded in arestaurant in the town of Mussayab,about 60 km (40 miles) south ofBaghdad, police said.

Bombings and killings in Iraqhave fallen sharply since the heightof sectarian violence in 2006-2007,but a stubborn Sunni Islamist insur-gency linked to al Qaeda, otherSunni groups and rival Shi’ite mi-litias still carry out daily attacks.

Violence has increasingly tar-geted security forces and provincialgovernment officials as U.S. troopsprepare to withdraw from the

OPEC oil producer by a year-enddeadline more than eight years af-ter the invasion to oust SaddamHussein.

Diwaniya is a poor, mainlyShi’ite region and several of Iraq’sarmed groups are active in the area.A series of bombings and attackshave hit local government buildingsin the last four months. Security of-ficials have said they expect in-creased attacks on provincial of-fices.

The Diwaniya attack followeda similar pattern to an attack on acheckpoint in Tikrit earlier thismonth when a suicide bomberdetonated his explosives as armyguards were handing over securityduty to police.

“If Bali does not offer a so-cial culture there will be pos-sibly no attraction for touriststo visit. On that account, weexpect that government in ac-cordance with its function asformulator of policy should bebrave and decisive to deter-mine the concept, vision andmission of Balinese culturaltourism,” he said.

Maintaining the culturalconcept in developing tourism,recognized Bagus Sudibya,would have an impact on cul-tural preservation, innovation,cultural creativity, interculturalharmony, employment and re-gionally generated revenue andforeign exchange. “Many im-portant roles can be imple-mented by community in thedevelopment of cultural tour-ism,” he said.

Nevertheless, endeavor toimprove the cultural tourisminvolving the community en-countered a number of ob-stacles in its application. Forinstance, local human re-sources did not know the vision

“We took a child to the lo-cal hospital — the child was ina very grave condition,” amedical worker told a localtelevision crew at the scene.She said a total of five peoplewere taken to hospital.

A video made by a witnesson her mobile phone, andfilmed by the television crew,showed flames soaring fromthe wreckage into the night skynear where the plane crashed,in the region of Kareliya about700 km (430 miles) north-westof Moscow.

“Everything was on fire,” awitness who declined to givehis name told the televisioncrew. A photographer at thescene saw charred wreckagefrom the plane and dozens ofemergency workers and fire-men.

The crash comes on the eveof the Paris Air Show whichRussian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin is due to attend.

Russian President DmitryMedvedev, who has swappedhis Tupolev for a French-madeexecutive jet, in April criti-

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of tourism development clearlyand the ability to manage anobject professionally. “Thesefactors make tourists tend tochoose alternative destinationsbecause their services and fa-cilities are more comfortablethan watching a cultural show,”he said.

Deputy Chairman of ASITABali, Ketut Ardana, stated thatBali as a cultural tourism had tobe strictly maintained by law en-forcement in order the culturaltourism would not be eroded.“There must be clear rules re-garding to licensing and the mak-ing of destinations so they willnot turn unlawful,” said Ardanawhile adding there were allega-tions if tourism perpetrators onlypursued fees and this was mostlydone by illegal business. Mean-while, nearly 80 percent of li-censed tourism perpetrators putpriority to sell cultural tourism.

“On average, we are sellingcultural tourism and destina-tions like zoo as a supplementonly to avoid saturation ef-fects,” he said. (par)

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cized flaws in domestically-built planes and the nation’spoor safety record.

One of the most high-profileTupolev air disasters in recenttimes occurred in April 2010when Polish President LechKaczynski’s official TupolevTu-154 plane crashed nearSmolensk airport in westernRussia, killing 96 people in-cluding Kaczynski, his wife anda large number of senior offi-cials.

The Tu-134 plane thatcrashed Monday was operatedby the private company RusAirand was traveling fromMoscow’s Domodedovo air-port. RusAir, which specializesin charter flights, declined im-mediate comment.

Most of the passengers wereRussian but a Swedish nationalwas also on the aircraft, Interfaxnews agency said. The Tuploev-134 is a Soviet aircraft whosemaiden flight was in 1967. Itwas unclear when the planewhich crashed was made. Theaircraft’s black boxes have beenrecovered.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Antara

YOGYAKARTA - Gajah MadaUniverstity (UGM) ‘s Faculty ofForestry is cooperating with KoreanUniversity in tropical forest re-search and forest existence for foodavailability.

“The cooperation is in the frame-work of tropical forest rehabilita-tion and the solution of global cli-mate change impact,” dean of UGMforestry faculty MochammadNa`iem said here on Tuesday.

He said the researchers from

Based on information collectedby Antara here on Tuesday, perma-nent lawyer at Indonesian Embassyin Saudi Arabia could not have ac-cess in the judicial process of Ruyatibinti Satuby, who was beheaded inSaudi Arabia on Saturday.

Besides, legal process in thecountry has its own characteristicnamely the special rights and publicrights.

Ruyati‘s legal process was relatedto the violation of special rights, inwhich clemency process for the vio-lator of special rights should be ob-tained from the victim‘s family/heir.

The government of Indonesiacontinues to make every effort toprotect its migrant workers abroad,including ensuring the rights of theworkers who face a threat of deathpenalty.

But Saudi Arabia carried out thedeath penalty on Ruyati binti Satubi,an Indonesian female migrant worker

Antara

PADANG - Chairman of theRegional Representatives Assem-bly Irman Gusman asked here Mon-day the government to immediatelystop the sending of Indonesian in-formal workers (TKIs) to SaudiArabia, as a consequence of theexecution by beheading of an In-donesian maid there last Saturday.

He said such government atti-tude was necessary with a view toprotecting Indonesian workers em-

RI government ridicules Saudi judicial processRI government ridicules Saudi judicial processRI government ridicules Saudi judicial processRI government ridicules Saudi judicial processRI government ridicules Saudi judicial processAntara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has ridiculed thenontransparent judicial process in Saudi Arabia in relation with theschedule of court hearings, notice of execution, and access to lawyerin the very limited legal process.

(TKI) on Saturday, June 18, 2011.Ruyati was found guilty of mur-

dering Khairiya binti Hamid Mijid,her employer‘s wife, by hitting herin the head with a meat chopper andstabbing her in the neck.

Soon after the news about the be-heading of Ruyati in Saudi Arabiareached Indonesia, strong reactionsfrom various parties flared up.

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Min-istry spokesman Michael Tene saidthe execution was done without ob-serving international practices re-lated to consular protection.

He said the ministry was awareof the case and Ruyati had confessedto the murder but was not informedof the timing of the execution.

Expressing his condolences overthe death of Ruyati, President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono expressedhope that the family and relatives ofthe victim would be given thestrength to live without her.

Antara

JAKARTA - The IndonesianNational Police (Polri) are con-tinuing to investigate Saturday‘spackaged bomb explosion at asupermarket in Lubuklinggau,South Sumatra.

“We are still investigating sixwitnesses,” Polri spokesman Se-nior Commissioner Boy RafliAmar said here on Tuesday.

He said South Sumatra‘sAnti-terror Police Detachment(Densus 88) was cooperatingwith South Sumatra police in abid to identify and find the per-son who sent the bomb toHindra Sumarjono, the owner ofthe supermarket where thebomb exploded.

Meanwhile, six witnesses tothe explosion, including a cardriver and a courier, had beenquestioned.

The packaged bomb thatwent off at the supermarket onSaturday wes delivered using atravel car through a courier ser-vice.

Police said said an Avanzacar with license plate numberBG 2336 HD and a Xenia BG2745 G which were used to sendthe bomb were seized by the

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Activists hold a protest against the execution of Indonesian migrant worker Ruyati outside the Saudi Arabianembassy in Jakarta on June 21, 2011. Indonesian lawmakers urged the government to stop sending workers toSaudi Arabia after the beheading of its domestic helper convicted of murdering her Saudi employer.

Police continue to investigateLubuklinggau bomb blast

police as evidence.The bomb package was car-

ried by the Xenia BG 2745 G carfrom a restaurant in Sekayutown and then transferred to theAvanza BG 2336 HD which wasdriven to Lubuklinggau by aman identified by his initials asAN.

The bomb then exploded at9.25 on Saturday morning andwounded Hindra Sumarjono, theowner of the supermarket wherethe bomb went off.

Hindra sustained severeburns on his stomach and had toundergo intensive treatment atSiti Aisyah Islamic Hospital inLubuklinggau.

Lubuklinggau police spokes-man Adjunct Senior Commis-sioner Takwil Ihsan said thebomb was a low explosive andassembled into two large andsmall series.

The bomb exploded on thethird floor of the supermarket,not far from a Lubuklinggau po-lice station.

According to informationfrom the field, the bomb wassent to Hindra Sumarjono, theowner of the supermarket, by anunidentified person from Jakartaat 5 on Friday evening.

UGM, Korean Universitycooperate in forest research

South Korea were interested in re-searching tropical forest and the ex-istence of forest for food availability.

According to him, the tropicalforest research would be conductedbecause such a forest has completeecosystem and thus the Korean re-searchers were interested in coopera-tion with UGM to do the research.

“The cooperation with KoreanUniversity will be conducted by us-ing biotechnology, monitoring re-mote searching, and geographic in-formation system for forest man-agement and global climate change

control.He added that the research on the

existence of forest function for foodavailability would be conducted onthe basis of global issue such as thethreat of food crisis being faced byall countries in the world.

“Uncontrollable illegal loggingactivities have caused decreasingfood supply and food security,” hesaid, adding that the cooperationbetween UGM and Korean Univer-sity would also be conducted in theform of teachers and students ex-change program.

Call to stop sending Indonesianworkers to Saudi Arabia

ployed in Saudi Arabia.“The government needs to be

firm by stopping the sending of In-donesian workers to Saudi Arabia,”he said.

He added that the governmentneeds to improve the recruitment,sending, placement, and protectionof Indonesian workers.

He said that the Indonesianworkers to be sent abroad for em-ployment need to be provided withadequate skills so that they wouldearn the respect of their employers.

With regard to the fact that manyTKIs are involved with the law,Irman Gusman asked the govern-ment to give them real protection.

He said to prevent TKIs from get-ting involved with the law, an effec-tive resolution would be needed be-tween the two countries and close co-operation in their placement.

“The Indonesian governmentalso needs to tighten legal regula-tions to preventing violence andproviding legal assistance to prob-lem TKIs,” he said.

8 InternationalWednesday, June 22, 2011

Bali Today

The achievement dropped 12.41pct compared to the 2.46 millionUS dollars in last year‘s same pe-riod from the export of 686,072pieces, head of the public relationsand protocol division of the Baliprovincial administration I KetutTeneng said here over the weekend.

He said Balinese handicraftworkers produced various designsof footwear products.

Ketut Teneng added that foot-

Archaeological researches inBali have found a number of ar-cheological heritages, which be-longed to prehistoric and historicremains. Prehistoric remainsproved the earliest of the people’slife, started from hunting and foodgathering through cultivation up tomastering the advanced technology.Such remains indicated the struggleand the achievement of the people’slife gradually, after adapting andexploring their environment itsnatural resources for their life, be-cause the nature was still quite dan-gerous. On the other hands, the re-mains also demonstrated the rela-tionship of the prehistoric Balinesepeople to those who lived in Java,Sumatera etc, even to the South-East Asian people.

The most important of the pre-historic live in Bali is the inventionof the metallic technology alongwith the megalithic tradition. Dur-ing the advance technology the Ba-linese people have produced sev-eral kinds of bronze goods for ritualpurpose such as kettledrums and fordaily uses as well such as axes etc.Mastering the advance technology,Balinese people have succeeded todevelop stone moulds in the villageof Manuaba (Gianyar) for castingbronze kettledrum. The human-mask decoration, showed a remark-

Bali‘s footwearexports worth 2.14million US dollars

IBP/Net

Bali earned 2.14 million US dollars in foreign exchange from the export of 410,620 pairs offootwear in the four months of 2011.

AntaraDENPASAR - Bali earned 2.14 million US dollars in foreign

exchange from the export of 410,620 pairs of footwear in thefour months of 2011.

wear exports are only one of theeight kind of household handicraftarticles, besides house buildingcomponents, plastics, handbags,textile and textile products.

The shipment of footwear con-tributed 1.27 pct of the Bali‘s to-tal exports worth 168.13 millionUS dollars in the first four monthsof 2011, a drop of 7.15 percentfrom the 181.08 million US dol-lars in last year‘s same period,Ketut Teneng said.

Archaeological heritage in Baliable similarities to the decorationsof the huge kettledrums found inthe village of Pejeng not so far ofthe east of Manuaba, but the stonemoulds of Manuaba are small in itssize.

It should be noted here thatbronze kettledrums were not onlyfound in Bali, but also in Java, andEastern Indonesian Island. Anotherbronze moulds made of clay werealso found in West Java, but not forproducing kettledrums, but formaking spearheads, axes, etc. Re-garding the human-mask decora-tions, which were founds on thekettledrums of Pejeng, on the stonemoulds of Manuaba and on thenumber of the sarcophagi found inBali, was regarded as symbol of theleader’s or the ancestor’s spirits.The people believed that the spirit,who were abode on the top of themountain or on the inaccessibleplace have the magic power forprotecting the living society. WhenHinduism has spread widely in In-donesia, the people believed to thesacred mountain as the place of theHindu pantheons and the ancestor’sspirit as well. Based on this con-ception, then the people built theirtemples on the mountain area suchas as Pura Besakih on the slope ofMount Agung.

Along with the development of

the metallic industry, the megalithictradition increased not only in Bali,but also in Sumatera, Flores etc.Several kinds of megalithic remainswere found there namely menhirs,dolmens, menhirstatues, steppedpyramids etc. It is a matter of factsthat the megalithic tradition havestrongly influenced the people’s lifeand it is not surprising any more thatliving megalithic tradition could befound until to present day in Nias,Toraja, Bali and Eastern Indone-sians Islands. In Bali, the megalithicremains, exe the sarcophagi are re-garded as sacred monuments andfunctioned for worshipping thjeHindu Trinity, the local deities andthe ancestor’s spirit (Sutaba 1984).

Researches on the advancedtechnology and on the megalithictradition in Bali in particular, havemade conclusions that Balinesepeople have build their social orga-nization headed by the leaders. Thewell organizations have made favor-able conditions for mastering theadvance technology. Then the socialand cultural development becamethe solid foundation for facing thenew era when Hinduism arrived inBali (Sutaba, 1930).

Bali have got Hindu-Budhis in-fluences nearly at the 9 century A.D.as Proved by the finding of claystuphikas and seals beared Budhis

formula, near the village of Pejeng,Gianyar. Then a pillar inscriptionwas rediscovered in Blanjong Sanur(Badung) which mentioned thename of the king KesariWarmadewa. This inscription wasoriginated from c.10 century A.D.Since this period, Hinduism wasspread widely in Bali and wentdeeply into the life of the Balinesepeople and then survived until to-day. Having well developed socialorganization and cultural life beforethe arrival of Hinduism, have ledthe Balinese people successfullymodified the new elements in ac-cordance with their characters andbecame the new one beared Ba-linese identity.

The well-known king of Bali isa couple royal named king Udayanaand his wife Gunapryadharmapati(c.10 century A.D), then succeededby their families. During the ancienthistory of Bali, a number of templeswere built nearly in the whole is-land. In these temple several kindsof historical remains were pre-served e.g. statues, inscriptions etc.As the follower of Hinduism, Ba-linese people regard the templesincluding the remains in them assacred monuments for worshipingthe Hindu pantheons, the local dei-ties and the ancestor’s spirit as well.This religious function was the re-

sponsibility of the Balinese peoplefor keeping the monuments in wellconditions and the welfare of theliving society.

Based on the evidence found inBali there were thousand temples,which then named Bali as “The Is-land of Thousand Temples” or “TheIsland of Paradise”. Most of the oldtemples are located in the villagebetween the two rivers calledPakerisan and Petanu namely thevillage of Bedulu, PejengandTampaksiring (Gianyar). It is re-markable that the temples foundhere originated from different pe-riod, e.g. Pura Goa Gajah, Yeh Pulurelief (Bedulu); Pura Kebo Edan,Pura Pusering Jagat, Pura PenataranSasih, Pura Ukur-ukuran, rock cuttemple Kelebutan (Pejeng); rockcut Gunung Kawi, Pura Megening,Pura Tirtha Empul, Pura Pegulinganetc (Tampaksiring). The densities ofarchaeological remains in Pejenghave led the archeologist to con-clude that probably Pejeng wasthecapital of the ancient BalineseKingdom.

Beyond the regency of gianyar,there were also a number of im-portant archeological remains e.g.Pura Tegeh Koripan, Pura Kehen(Bangli); Pura Besakih(Karangasem); the villagetemples. (IBP/Doc)

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Balinese Culture

Wednesday, June 22 2011 9

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International

Sticky Rice Cake in BrownSugar Sauce(Biji Salak)

Ingredients

* Rice Cakes 1 cup glutinous rice flour * ½ cup tapioca starch * ¾ cup water * ¼ tsp. salt

DirectionsTo make Rice Cake:Place rice flour and tapioca starch in a deep mixing

bowl and make a well in the center.Add water and salt, mix well and knead dough until it

can be rolled and shaped. Dough should not be to dry.Roll small rice cakes ½-inch in diameter. Cut diagonally

1-inch in length.Bring 8 cups of water to oil. Put it the rice cakes, bring

back to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain and set therice cakes aside.

Ingredients

* Sauce 3 cups water * 1 cup coconut milk * ½ cup palm sugar syrup * 1 pandan leaf * Pinch of salt

DirectionsTo make the sauce:Combine water, coconut milk, palm sugar, pandan leaf,

and a pinch of salt in a small stockpot. Bring to a boil.Add rice cakes and simmer for 20 minutes.Cool and serve at room temperature, topped with a

tablespoon of fresh grated coconut.Helpful hints: When preparing the rice cakes, use the

amount of water given in the recipe only as a guideline;the quality of flour varies greatly and affects the amount ofliquid it absorbs. Add sufficient water to result in a soft,smooth dough. If the rice cakes are dry when shaped,they will be very tough after cooking. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Sticky Rice Rolls servedwith Palm Sugar Syrup(Lupis)

Ingredients

* 200 gr. glutinous rice flour * 1 Tbs. slaked lime water * banana leaves * ¼ grated coconut * pinch of salt * Palm sugar syrup

DirectionsSoak the glutinous rice in water for an hour and drain.

Add the slaked lime water to make the rice rolls moresolid, and stir.

Take a piece of banana leaf and fill it ¾ full withglutinuous rice (just like making rice rolls). Secure theends and tie rolls with string so that they will not burstduring the boiling.

Put the rolls in a saucepan and cover with water. Boilfor 4 hours, drain and allow the rolls to cool. Add more hotwater during the cooking when necessary.

Serve the rolls by cutting it into 2 cm thick slices.Sprinkle the grated coconut which a pinch of salt has

been added on top of the rolls and pour the palm sugarsyrup over them. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Antara

DENPASAR – The incomegained from Visa On Arrival orVOA was $11.8 million duringJanuary through March 2011 pe-

Activity : Janger dance presented by SekaaManik Geni, Banjar Bukti DesaYangapi Bangli regency

Time : 11.00 – 13.00Place : Angsoka stage

Activity : Tradition shadow puppet show perfroms SekaaWayang Cepala Banjar Losan BanjarangkanKlungkung regency

Time : 20.00 – 23.00Place : Wantilan

Activity : Contemporary art from Denpasar cityTime : 20.00 – 23.00Place : Ksirarnawa BuildingActivity : Balinese Song exhibition featuring

representative from Jembranaregency, Klungkung regency, Badung regency,Gianyar regency, Bangli regency

Time : 20.00 – 22.00Place : Open stage Ardha Candra

Revenue of VOA Bali $11,8riod. The income gained for for-eign tourists visited Bali is stillvery stable.

The Supervisor of MadyaBank in Indonesian Bank, AgusStiadi, said that in the same pe-

riod last year, the revenue fromVOA was $11.9 million. Basedon the report of financial statis-tics of Bali stated that the revenuegained from foreign tourists fromBali was quite high compare tothe current international econom-ics condition.

The income gained from482,670 foreign tourists whomust pay VOA when they visitedBali. The current rule stated thatnot all foreigners who come toBali must pay the fee. There threemain entrances to Bali which arePadangbai, Tanjung Benoa, andNgurah Rai International Airport.

However, most of the foreigntourists were coming through theairport. The increasing number oftourists visited Bali could givepositive effect on the economicdevelopment of the island whichmainly depends on tourism.

The high number of revenuefrom VOA was because the tour-ists stayed longer in Bali. If theystay more than a week, the VOAthat they have to pay is also moreexpensive.

The foreign tourists must pay$25 in average for the VOA. InMarch 2011, 155,300 foreigntourists pay the VOA among207,907 foreigners visited Bali.

Currently, the number of for-eign tourists visited Bali is stillstable even tough the article fromTime Magazine once stated thatBali is the island of hell.

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IF you go to Bali, make sure to go to thevillage of Trunyan. This village is squeezedtightly between the lake and the outer craterrim of Batur, an almighty volcano inKintamani. This is a Bali Aga village, inhab-ited by descendants of the original Balinese,the people who predate the arrival of the HinduMajapahit kingdom in the 16th century.

It is famous for the Pura Pancering Jagattemple, but unfortunately visitors are notallowed inside. There are also a couple oftraditional Bali Aga-style dwellings, and alarge banyan tree, which is said to be morethan 1,100 years old. At Kuban sub-villageclose to Trunyan is a mysterious cemeterythat is separated by the lake and accessibleonly by boat - there is no path along thesteep walls of the crater rim.

The village of Trunyan itself is situatedat the edge of Batur Lake. This location isinaccessible except by boat, and it takesaround half an hour across the calm wa-ters. Getting to Lake Batur takes around twohours drive to the northeast of Denpasaralong the main road to Buleleng andthrough Bangli Regency.

Unlike the Balinese people, the people ofTrunyan do not cremate or bury their dead, but

The uniqueness of Trunyan Villagejust lay them out in bamboo cages to decom-pose, although strangely there is no stench. Amacabre collection of skulls and bones lies onthe stone platform and the surrounding areas.

The dead bodies don’t produce badsmells because of the perfumed scents froma huge Taru Menyan tree growing nearby.Taru means ‘tree’ and Menyan means ‘nicesmell’. The name of Trunyan was also de-rived from these two words.

The women from Trunyan are prohibitedfrom going to the cemetery when a dead bodyis carried there. This follows the deeply rootedbelief that if a woman comes to the cemeterywhile a corpse is being carried there, therewill be a disaster in the village, for example alandslide or a volcanic eruption. Such eventshave been frequent in the village’s history,but whether women had anything to do withit is a matter of opinion...

You can visit both the village of Trunyanand the Kuban cemetery by chartered boatfrom Kedisan. Sadly, nowadays the boattrips are now blatant tourist traps, as toutsand guides strongly urge you to donate yourcash to the temple project or leave a dona-tion for the dead. These touts ruin an oth-erwise fascinating experience.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11

BUSINESS

Agence France-Presse

SINGAPORE - There is a “strongpotential” that persistently high oilprices could derail the global eco-nomic recovery, the International En-ergy Agency (IEA) chief economistwarned Tuesday.

“My worry is that the current prices(are) a major risk for the global eco-nomic recovery and I’m very worriedto see the same movie that we saw inthe year 2008,” Fatih Birol said at aconference in Singapore.

“I think if they stay so, there is astrong potential we see a risk that thehigh prices, the high oil prices canderail the economic recovery,” he said.

Birol said the average price of oilthis year is $110, much higher thanthe $90 seen in 2008 when crude hit arecord above $147 before the onset ofthe global recession.

The recession lasted well into 2009,and the global rebound has so far beenslow especially for the United Statesand Europe, with Asia emerging stron-ger than the rest of the world.

The latest surge in crude prices isbeing driven mostly by China’s en-ergy-hungry economy and to lesserextent, India and the other emergingmarkets, Birol said.

“All the growth comes outside ofthe OECD countries,” he said, refer-

“In terms of domestic output, thecompany expects the production willstart recovering from around Octo-ber, making up the delay caused bythe Great East Japan Earthquake,” aToyota statement said.

“In order to meet the situation, thecompany plans to hire 3,000 to 4,000contract workers throughout the na-tion from mid-July.”

In doing so, Toyota will end atwo-year hiatus from such hiring, theNikkei business daily said. They willbe Toyota’s first new contract hiressince the autumn of 2009.

Amid uncertainty in the outlookon supply and sales fronts, Japaneseautomakers remain cautious aboutnew full-time hires. But demand for

Agence France-Presse

MUMBAI - India’s largest state-run oil explorer Oil and Natural GasCorp plans to invest $7.7 billion in developing one of India’s biggest gasfields off the eastern coast, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

ONGC is aiming to drill eight additional wells in a block in the KG basinand has sought approval from the regulator and the petroleum ministry, hesaid.

The oil giant will also explore tie-ups with foreign partners, who haveexpertise to develop hard-to-exploit reserves in the basin, he added.

“We will look for partners who have expertise in ultra deepwater drill-ing,” the spokesman said, asking not to be named.

ONGC, which produces about 30 percent of India’s crude requirement,is involved in exploring for and exploiting hydrocarbons in 26 sedimentarybasins of India.

The KG basin is India’s most prolific gas basin, where some of thecountry’s largest natural gas discoveries have taken place in recent years.

Oil and natural gas companies are raising spending on exploration andproduction, as demand and prices remain high.

Earlier this year, British giant BP agreed to pay $7.2 billion for a 30-percent stake in 23 oil and gas blocks owned by private energy giant Reli-ance Industries.

India imports about 70 percent of its total fuel needs.He declined to say who ONGC was talking to but media reports last

week said was holding discussions with the BG Group and Italian oil giantENI with a plan to sell up to a 30-percent stake in two other gas blocks, offeastern India.

“ENI and BG have evinced interest,” the Economic Times financial dailyon Tuesday quoted an unnamed ONGC official, who added it was too earlyto say if deals would be signed with either firm.

ONGC has bagged more than 50 percent of the 238 blocks awarded inbidding under India’s exploration licensing policy.

ONGC produced 27.27 million tonnes of crude oil and 25.32 billioncubic metres of gas in the year to March 2011.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP

Traders work in the crude oil and natural gas options pit on thefloor of the New York Mercantile Exchange on June 20, 2011 inNew York City. Following continued negative financial news outof Europe and Greece, oil prices were trading in negative terri-tory after dropping to a six-month low. Texas light sweet crudeoil for August delivery was falling 39 cents to $93.01 a barrel.

AFP PHOTO /LIONEL BONAVENTURE

People demonstrate on June 21, 2011 in Paris during arally called by the FO, CFDT, CGT, CFTC Food and Retailunions to protest against the shareholding policy of theCarrefour Group and the sale of its hard-discount sub-sidiaries ED/DIA.

Indian energygroup to invest$7.7 billion ingas field

Toyota to hire up to 4,000Toyota to hire up to 4,000Toyota to hire up to 4,000Toyota to hire up to 4,000Toyota to hire up to 4,000contract staff in Japancontract staff in Japancontract staff in Japancontract staff in Japancontract staff in JapanAgence France-Presse

TOKYO - Toyota on Tuesday said it planned to hire up to 4,000 contract workers inJapan as it looks to make up for lost production caused by the impact of the March 11earthquake and tsunami.

outsourcing and temporary labouris recovering.

Earlier this month, Toyota saidit expected net profit in this fiscalyear to drop 31 percent on-year to$3.5 billion on a strong yen and theeffect on production of the Marchdisasters.

The automaker said it expectedto stage a recovery in the secondhalf as supply problems caused bythe earthquake fade, but warned thecurrent strength of the Japanese cur-rency made domestic productiontoo expensive.

The 9.0-magnitude earthquakeand the resulting tsunami left 23,000dead or missing, destroyed entiretowns and crippled electricity-gen-

erating facilities, including anuclear plant at the centre of anongoing emergency.

Amid power and parts shortages,Toyota and other Japanese firmsannounced production disruptionsdomestically and overseas becauseof the crisis, temporarily slowingoutput or shutting plants.

Toyota has said production isexpected to fully recover by No-vember.

It said the disaster — which con-tributed to a 77 percent net profitfall in the fourth quarter — will re-duce its global production by450,000 units, and result in a 360billion yen hit to operating profitthis year.

Oil costs could hit global rebound

ring to the Organisation for EconomicCooperation and Development(OECD) which groups the world’sdeveloped nations.

“If I can simplify, there are fivecountries who are driving the glo-bal energy demand, namely China,China, China, India and MiddleEast in that order,” said Birol, un-

derscoring the Asian giant’s im-portance as a major energy con-sumer.

“They are responsible (for)more than 90 percent of thegrowth in global energy demand.”

The IEA, based in Paris, is theenergy policy arm of the 34-mem-ber OECD.

Entertainment InternationalWednesday, June 22, 201112

A more sedate outfit worn byAudrey Hepburn in the Ascot racescene of “My Fair Lady” drew a $3.7million bid at the sale of nearly 600Hollywood costumes and props col-lected by film star Debbie Reynolds.

The buyers, who were not iden-tified, also paid a sum to the auc-tion house and other fees, accord-ing to auction publicity firm NancySeltzer & Associates. That broughtthe total price to more than $5.6million for the Monroe costumeand $4.5 million for the black-and-white gown worn by Hepburn.

The total was $22.8 million, ac-cording to auction house Profiles inHistory. “I’m thrilled beyond words.This first auction shows that ourgreat stars were loved by the world,”Reynolds said. She plans to partwith more with items later this year.

In filmmaker Billy Wilder’s

Agence France Presse

NEW YORK – US comedy stunttelevision show “Jackass” lost oneof its stars when Ryan Dunn,known for his death-defying andoften car-related pranks, died in acar accident early Monday, MTVsaid. Police said the accident tookplace around 2:30 am (0630 GMT)in West Goshen Township, Pennsyl-vania, and that Dunn was probablyspeeding at the time. An unidenti-fied passenger was also killed.

Dunn’s 2007 Porsche 911 GT3burst into flames after the crash. Itwas found off the road and in thewoods.

“Speed may have been a contrib-uting factor to the accident,” theWest Goshen Township PoliceDepartment’s report read. “Uponarrival, police located one vehicleoff the road and in the woods thatwas fully engulfed in flames.” Aphotograph posted to Dunn’s Twit-ter account about two hours beforethe accident showed him drinkingwhat appeared to be alcoholic bev-erages with two male friends.

“We are devastated by the tragicloss of Ryan Dunn — a belovedmember of the MTV family formore than a decade,” said VanToffler, president of MTV Net-works Music/Film Group thatbroadcast the “Jackass” series thatran from 2000-2002 before spin-

Associated Press Writer

TEL AVIV, Israel – Legend-ary rocker Bob Dylan has playeda much-awaited concert in TelAviv, reprising his famous hitsbut disappointing thousands offans by not addressing them.

The concert was Dylan’s thirdin Israel, following previous gigsin 1987 and 1993. Dylan, who isJewish, enjoys a loyal followingin Israel.

AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 1954 file photo, Marilyn Monroe poses over theupdraft of a New York subway grating while in character for the filmingof “The Seven Year Itch” in New York.

Marilyn Monroe dress isMarilyn Monroe dress isMarilyn Monroe dress isMarilyn Monroe dress isMarilyn Monroe dress isauctioned for $4.6 millionauctioned for $4.6 millionauctioned for $4.6 millionauctioned for $4.6 millionauctioned for $4.6 million

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – The Marilyn Monroe dress that flirted reveal-ingly with a gust of New York subway air in “The Seven Year Itch”fetched a record $4.6 million at an auction of film memorabilia.

“The Seven Year Itch,” Monroe’scharacter cooled off by standingover a subway grate to catch thebreeze as a train sped underneath— which sent her dress north andexposed a shocking amount of legand undergarment for a 1955 movie.

The costume’s price set tworecords, according to Profiles in His-tory: It surpassed the $1.26 millionpaid for the dress Monroe wore whenshe sang “Happy Birthday” to Presi-dent John F. Kennedy, and it becamethe most expensive film costume sold.

That honor had belonged toHepburn’s black dress from “Break-fast at Tiffany’s,” which sold for$923,000, the auction house said.

More modest but still impressivebids at Saturday’s auction in BeverlyHills and online included $540,000for a Grace Kelly costume from “ToCatch a Thief,” $140,000 for a gui-

tar used by Julie Andrews in “TheSound of Music” and $100,000 fora “Cleopatra” headdress thatadorned Elizabeth Taylor.

Reynolds, 79, started collectingfour decades ago at auctions held bymajor film studios, including MGMand Fox, and eventually acquired3,500-plus items. The auction meantthe end of a dream for Reynolds,who starred as a teenager with GeneKelly in “Singin’ in the Rain” andwas an Oscar nominee for “TheUnsinkable Molly Brown.”

Reynolds’ combined casino-hoteland memorabilia museum in Las Ve-gas closed and she had planned to re-locate the museum to Pigeon Forge,Tenn. Last year, Reynolds’ son, ToddFisher, said the project had to file forbankruptcy protection and the collec-tion would be sold to satisfy creditors.

Reynolds, who still performs innightclubs and theaters and remainsthe petite, pretty blonde who capturedKelly’s heart in their 1952 musical,expressed regret in an interview lastweek. But she looked on the bright sideas well.

Legendary rocker BobDylan plays Tel Aviv

Among the hits he performedMonday were “Like a RollingStone,” “Tangled Up in Blue,” and“All Along the Watchtower.”

Twenty-one-year-old DanielLevy said she came to hear theDylan classics. She called his mu-sic “more real, more authentic, morepowerful than what we have today.”

But Yosef Speizer, 28, saidDylan’s apparent detachment wasbizarre. “The whole thing wasstrange,” he said.

AP Photo/Joel Ryan

U.S musician Bob Dylan performs at the London Feis Festi-val, in Finsbury Park, Saturday, June 18, 2011, just weeks afterhis 70th birthday.

‘Jackass’ stuntman Ryan Dunn dead at 34ning off into a successful film fran-chise.

“He made us all laugh and hadthe tireless enthusiastic approach tolife of your favorite middle schoolfriend. Our thoughts and deepestcondolences are with Ryan’s fam-ily and friends. The Jackass broth-erhood will never be the same.” Thered-bearded Dunn, 34, appeared inthe “Jackass” television series andthe franchise’s three films. He wasalso a cast member of reality televi-sion series “Viva La Bam,” in whichmost of the “Jackass” original cast

appeared. “Jackass 3D” debuted witha whopping $50 million in ticket salesin October.

More recently, Dunn and “Jack-ass” co-star Steve-O teamed up for aJune 8 episode of the NBC TV gameshow “Minute to Win It,” and hostedthe shows “Homewrecker” (MTV)and “Proving Ground” (G4 televi-sion).

One of his most famous stunts in-volved inserting a toy car in his rec-tum and then going to the doctor foran X-ray as part of his “Butt X-Ray”prank.

AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevin Winter

Actor Ryan Dunn arrives at the premiere of Paramount’s “Jackass Num-ber Two” at the Chinese Theater in 2006 in Los Angeles, California.

International Wednesday, June 22, 2011 13Science

In doing so K Computer over-took China’s Tianhe-1A of the Na-tional Supercomputing Centre inTianjin, which became the worldnumber-one in November and iscapable of operating at 2.566petaflops. The K Computer’s per-formance was recognised by theTop500 List of Supercomputers re-leased on Monday at the 2011 In-ternational Supercomputing Con-ference in Hamburg, Germany,Fujitsu and RIKEN said in a state-

Reuters

OSLO – Life in the oceans isat imminent risk of the worst spateof extinctions in millions of yearsdue to threats such as climatechange and over-fishing, a studyshowed on Tuesday. Time wasrunning short to counter hazardssuch as a collapse of coral reefs ora spread of low-oxygen “deadzones,” according to the study ledby the International Programmeon the State of the Ocean (IPSO).

“We now face losing marinespecies and entire marine ecosys-tems, such as coral reefs, withina single generation,” according tothe study by 27 experts to be pre-sented to the United Nations.

“Unless action is taken now, theconsequences of our activities areat a high risk of causing, throughthe combined effects of climatechange, over-exploitation, pollu-tion and habitat loss, the next glo-bally significant extinction eventin the ocean,” it said.

Scientists list five mass extinc-tions over 600 million years — mostrecently when the dinosaurs van-ished 65 million years ago, appar-

COLORFUL kiddie pools lookinnocuous enough, but a new studyfinds that a child drowns in an in-flatable, portable pool every fivedays in warm-weather months.

“Because portable pools are gen-erally small, inexpensive and easyto use, parents often do not thinkabout the potential dangers thesepools present,” said Dr. Gary Smith,senior author of the study and di-rector of the Center for Injury Re-search and Policy at NationwideChildren’s Hospital, in a statement.

Kiddie pools are typically sold inthe yard aisle of big-box stores, nextto sprinklers, water slides and kids’ flo-tation devices. Brightly colored or fes-tooned with Disney characters, theyseem like they wouldn’t be any more

Study: Portable Kiddie Pools Kill a Child Every Five Daysdangerous than a typical child’s toy.

But when the researchers of thenew study, published in Pediatrics,looked at drowning and accident re-ports involving children 12 years andyounger from 2001 to 2009, theyfound a total of 244 incidents in por-table pools, including 209 drowningdeaths and 35 near-drownings. (WouldYou Forget Your Baby in a Hot Car?)

The vast majority - 94% - in-volved children younger than five,and 73% occurred in the children’sown yards. About 81% of the inci-dents happened during the summer.

Pool safety comes up every sum-mer (which officially begins June 21),of course, but many parents may notrealize that the same risks that applyto permanent, in-ground structures

apply to portable above-ground poolsas well. Some soft-sided, inflatablepools can reach depths of 4 ft.

“It only takes a couple of minutesand a few inches of water for a childto drown. It is important for parentsto realize that portable pools can bejust as dangerous as in-groundpools,” said Smith. (Summer’s Hid-den (and Obvious) Dangers.)

The most effective method of pre-vention is adult supervision: the studyfound that children were being super-vised in fewer than half - 43% - of alldrowning and near-drowning inci-dents. In 18% of these cases, childrenwere left momentarily unattended dueto a parent’s brief distraction, like run-ning to answer the phone or chattingwith a neighbor.

REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

Small waves crash over rocks across the harbour from the Sydneycity skyline May 23, 2011.

Ocean life on the brink ofmass extinctions: study

ently after an asteroid struck. Amongothers, the Permian period abruptlyended 250 million years ago. “Thefindings are shocking,” Alex Rogers,scientific director of IPSO, wrote ofthe conclusions from a 2011 work-shop of ocean experts staged byIPSO and the International Union forConservation of Nature (IUCN) atOxford University.

Fish are the main source of pro-tein for a fifth of the world’s popu-lation and the seas cycle oxygenand help absorb carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas fromhuman activities.

OXYGENJelle Bijma, of the Alfred

Wegener Institute, said the seasfaced a “deadly trio” of threats ofhigher temperatures, acidificationand lack of oxygen, known as an-oxia, that had featured in severalpast mass extinctions. A build-upof carbon dioxide, blamed by theU.N. panel of climate scientists onhuman use of fossil fuels, is heat-ing the planet. Absorbed into theoceans, it causes acidification,while run-off of fertilizers andpollution stokes anoxia.

This handout picturereleased by Riken onJune 20, 2011 showsthe “K computer” at

Riken’s laboratory inKobe, Hyogo prefec-ture, western Japan.

Japan’s nationalinstitute Riken and

Japanese computergiant Fujitsu an-

nounced their jointdevelopment of the KComputer to became

the world’s fastestsupercomputer. The KComputer, which has

672 racks with a total of68,544 CPUs, has

achieved 8.162 quadril-lion calculations persecond (petaflops).

Japanese supercomputerJapanese supercomputerJapanese supercomputerJapanese supercomputerJapanese supercomputerbecomes world’s fastestbecomes world’s fastestbecomes world’s fastestbecomes world’s fastestbecomes world’s fastestAgence France Press

TOKYO – A Japanese supercomputer has become the fastest inthe world, making calculations more than three times faster than aChinese rival, its developers said Monday. The c has achieved 8.162quadrillion calculations per second, or 8.162 petaflops in computerjargon, according to developers Fujitsu Ltd. and the state-fundedInstitute of Physical and Chemical Research, known as RIKEN.

ment.It is the first Japanese

supercomputer since 2004 to be-come the world’s fastest, a sym-bolic moment for a nation proud ofits cutting edge technology. NEC’sEarth Simulator was the world’sfastest machine between June 2002and November 2004. K Computer’sdevelopers say the machine will bepowerful enough to tackle complexcalculations relating to climate re-search and disaster prevention.

“Use of the K computer is ex-pected to have a groundbreakingimpact in fields ranging from glo-bal climate research, meteorology,disaster prevention, and medicine,thereby contributing to the creationof a prosperous and secure society,”the statement added. K Computeris still being configured and hasbeen assembled since October 2010at a RIKEN’s facility in Kobe, west-ern Japan, where it should be com-pleted by June 2012, the statementsaid.

It is made up of 672 computercabinets currently equipped with of68,544 computer processing units(CPUs), Fujitsu and RIKEN said ina press release. When finished, themachine will have more than80,000 CPUs and be able to oper-ate at 10 petaflops.

AFP PHOTO / HO / RIKEN

Wednesday, June 22, 201114 InternationalSport

Defender Javier Zanetti won anArgentine record 140th cap in thematch, which his team controlled atwill against mediocre opponents.

Striker Ezequiel Lavezzi put theCopa hosts ahead in the fifth minute,sticking the ball over goalkeeper ArjanBeqaj from Messi’s perfect pass, be-fore Messi made it 2-0 in the 43rd, tak-ing the ball from Lavezzi’s lay off andstriking a low left-footed shot insidethe base of Beqaj’s post.

“Lionel had a great match, gener-ating scoring chances and scoring,”coach Sergio Batista said of Messi,who took his international tally to 17in 57 matches.

“The team played well. There arethings that need adjusting because our

Agence France Presse

TOKYO – Japan captainHomare Sawa says her side are tar-geting at least a third place finish atthe Women’s World Cup in Ger-many, to improve on the fourth theymanaged at the 2008 Beijing Olym-pics.

“I feel the time has come,” the 32-year-old, Japan’s most-capped fe-male player, said on Tuesday before

Agence France Presse

MADRID – Barcelona will refuse to pay 40 million euros (35 millionpounds) for Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas although he “really wants” totransfer, according to Barcelona president Sandro Rosell.

“I don’t know if we will sign Cesc or not. What I have no doubt of is thathe really wants to come to Barca,” Rosell told Catalan television TV3 in aninterview late Monday.

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola knows that every player has a value“and that Cesc is worth less than 40 million. We will offer less than 40million and if Arsenal don’t accept it, Cesc won’t come,” Rosell said.

“This year we won’t offer the same as last year because a year has goneby and Cesc today is not worth 40 million.” Gunners coach Arsene Wengerhad insisted last month that he was determined to spend a second succes-sive summer fighting off mighty Barcelona to keep Fabregas at the Emir-ates.

But Spanish media say he has since decided not to fight the move. TheGunners turned down a bid from the Spanish champions last year for aplayer who spent his junior days at Barcelona before joining Arsenal at theage of 16 in 2003. “I am a Barca supporter. I am a member like my grand-father, my uncle, my cousin,” Fabregas said last year.

“I love their colours since I was very small. I am Catalan. However, I amcaptain of Arsenal, I am a Gunner and it is there that I have become a playerand that I have matured as a person.”

Rosell, who took over as president from Joan Laporta in July 2010,also said “nothing was closed” regarding the transfer of Chilean interna-tional forward Alexis Sanchez from Italian side Udinese.

Spanish sports media have said the 22-year-old, who is under contractwith Udinese until June 2014, is close to joining the European champi-ons.

“We don’t have money for signings. When we arrived we saw that theclub’s debt was much higher than what was being stated,” the Barcelonapresident added when asked about the possibility of signing either Sanchezor Italian striker Giuseppe Rossi from Villarreal. “Only one of the two willcome,” he said said. Rosell said cost-cutting measures put in place since hebecame president “were necessary for the sustainability of the club”. Ban-ning colour photocopies alone “saves us 300,000 euros”, he said.

Shortly after Rosell’s arrival, Barcelona secured a 150 million euro bankloan to help pay player and staff wages.

AFP PHOTO / Juan Mabromata

Argentina’s forward Ezequiel Lavezzi (top) vies for the ball withAlbania’s goalkeeper Arjan Beqaj during a friendly footballmatch at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on June20, 2011.

Argentina beat AlbaniaArgentina beat AlbaniaArgentina beat AlbaniaArgentina beat AlbaniaArgentina beat Albania4-0 in Copa warm-up4-0 in Copa warm-up4-0 in Copa warm-up4-0 in Copa warm-up4-0 in Copa warm-upReuters

BUENOS AIRES - Lionel Messi laid on two goals and scored another as Argentina romped toa 4-0 win over Albania at the Monumental on Monday in their last warm-up for next month’sCopa America.

opponents did not attack much and didnot see much of the ball, but I’m happybecause we showed everything we’vebeen practising,” he told reporters.

SUBSTITUTE SCORERSArgentina got their third in the

74th minute after Messi fed anothersublime pass with the outside of hisleft foot to Sergio Aguero, whorounded the goalkeeper to slot homefrom a tight angle.

“These kind of matches help us toget confidence and get to know eachother better,” said Lavezzi.

Aguero then laid on the last goalin the final minute for fellow substi-tute Carlos Tevez, who was recalledby Batista despite appearing out of

the Copa reckoning less than a monthago.

Messi drew three defenders as heraced into the box, leaving Aguero topass to Tevez to score with a low shot.Albania did not create a single clear-cut chance, goalkeeper SergioRomero going down just once to stopan early effort.

“It was not as hard as it’s going tobe in the Copa (America) but it’s use-ful to get our movements right,”Tevez told Argentine TV.

The Copa America, which Argen-tina have not won since 1993, kicksoff on July 1 when the hosts play Bo-livia in La Plata in their Group Aopener. The final is scheduled for theMonumental on July 24.

Fabregas ‘reallywants’ move to Barca

AFP/File/Str

Qu Shanshan of China (right) fights for the ball with SawaHomare of Japan at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou. Sawasays her side are targeting at least a third place finish at theWomen’s World Cup in Germany, to improve on the fourth theymanaged at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Japan eye top three atWomen’s World Cup

the squad left for Germany after atraining camp. “We want to producea result that will be at least better thanthe last-four we reached in Beijing,”the attacking midfielder said.

“A medal may be hard to comeby. But we have no choice but to gofor it. We will work hard and aimhigh.”

Japan, nicknamed the Nadeshiko,a pink flower symbolising the graceand beauty of the ideal Japanese

woman, have played in all five pre-vious Women’s World Cups, withtheir best result being a run to thequarter-finals in 1995. Sawa, theside’s leading scorer with 75 goalsin 167 internationals, said she wasdetermined to make her fifth WorldCup her best.

“I will be obsessed with our re-sults. I want to continue running un-til I feel I have given it all,” saidSawa, the 2004 and 2008 Asianplayer of the year, who has alsoplayed at three Olympics since 1996.

Sawa now plays for INAC Kobeafter representing several Japaneseand US clubs including WashingtonFreedom. Japan have high hopes ofclaimingAsia’s first Women’s WorldCup. China lost to the hosts UnitedStates in the 1999 final as the onlymedallists from the region so far.China are not competing in Ger-many.

Japan narrowly missed out on amedal at the Beijing Olympics butclaimed their first Asian Games titlelast year.

They reached fourth place in thelatest FIFA rankings, the best everby an Asian team, with only theUnited States and Germany — bothtwo-time world champions — and theSamba Girls of Brazil rated higher.

In Germany, Nadeshiko Japanface New Zealand on June 27,Mexico on July 1 and England onJuly 5 in Group B.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 15International Sport

After heavy rain shut down playon the 17 courts not equipped witha roof, Murray made full use ofCentre Court’s translucent slidingcanopy to give British fans somecheer despite a scare againstSpain’s Daniel Gimeno-Traver.World number four Murray, whobeat Stanislas Wawrinka in theonly other whole Wimbledonmatch to be played under the 80-million pound roof in 2009, reeledoff the last 15 games to win 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-0.

Before the rain clouds rolledover south west London five-timeswomen’s champion Venus Will-iams powered past Uzbekistan’sAkgul Amanmuradova 6-3 6-1wearing her latest line in tennisfashion, a baggy ensemble with alarge upside down V-shaped open-

Associated Press Writer

CLEVELAND – The agent for Turkish center Enes Kanter doesn’tthink the Cleveland Cavaliers have decided who they’ll take with theNo. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft. On Monday, Kanter had his secondprivate workout with the Cavaliers, who own the Nos. 1 and 4 overallpicks in Thursday’s draft.

Agent Max Ergul said the 6-foot-11 Kanter, who has raw skills butimposing, ready-for-the-pros size, met with Cavs owner Dan Gilbert.

“Enes told me he liked it,” said Ergul, who believes the club is stillweighing its options. “I have no prediction with what they are going todo and I think they are going to wait and take it down to the very lastmoment. And why should they announce it now? That would ruin thesurprise.”

The Cavs have been extremely guarded in their plans for this draft,which they hope can speed their rebuilding in the aftermath of LeBronJames’ departure and a 63-loss season. Cleveland has been intention-ally silent because the club wants to keep its options open and poten-tially raise the interest in a player to make a trade.

In addition to its first-round picks, the Cavs have two selections inthe second round (Nos. 32 and 54) and own a $14.5 million trade excep-tion they got in a sign-and-trade with Miami last summer in the deal forJames.

Duke point guard Kyrie Irving has been Cleveland’s expected choiceat No. 1, and the Cavs were the only team the 6-foot-4 player workedout for this spring. Irving played in only 11 games as a freshman for theBlue Devils because of a foot injury he says has healed completely.

Also on Monday, the Cavs hosted Kentucky point guard BrandonKnight and Arizona forward Derrick Williams. Knight, who averaged17.3 points and 4.2 assists last season, could be an option for the Cavs ifthey take Kanter or Williams instead of Irving at No. 1, but that seemsunlikely.

Kanter is somewhat of a mystery to most NBA fans. He hasn’t playedbasketball in nearly a year after being ruled ineligible at Kentucky. Inthe past few weeks he has worked out for several teams, showing off hissolid post moves and a better-than-average perimeter game.

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Spanish player Rafael Nadal plays against Michael Russell of US during a Men’s Singles matchat the 2011 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in south-westLondon, on June 20, 2011.

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LONDON - Rafa Nadal made a dazzling start to his Wimbledon title defence with an easywin over American Michael Russell on Monday before home favourite Andy Murray pro-duced some indoor fireworks to join the Spaniard in the second round. World number oneNadal, playing at the grasscourt slam for the first time as defending champion after injurydenied him the honour in 2009, beat Russell 6-4 6-2 6-2 after taking a few games to get to gripswith the 33-year-old journeyman.

ing slashed in the back. The 31-year-old, who returned from a five-month injury lay-off at Eastbournelast week, struck the ball with hercustomary power to overwhelm the97th-ranked Amanmuradova whois still looking for her firstWimbledon win after five attempts.

“Especially having not played alot, I had a little pressure on me tocome out and swing as usual,” Wil-liams, one of the oldest players inthe women’s draw, told reporters.The American will have youth onher side in the second round,though, when she plays Japan’sKimiko Date-Krumm who beatBritish wildcard Katie O’Brien 6-0 7-5.

At 40 years and eight months,Date-Krumm became the secondoldest player to win a singles match

at Wimbledon since MartinaNavratilova survived a round in2004 aged 47.

Vera Zvonareva, the highest-ranked woman playing on openingday, survived a big scare when thesecond-seeded Russian beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-0 3-6 6-3 and last year’s French Openchampion Francesca Schiavonealso needed a decider to see offJelena Dokic in a match completedunder the roof.

Nadal, bidding to equal BjornBorg’s feat of winning the FrenchOpen and Wimbledon in the sameyear three times, fell 4-2 behindagainst the 33-year-old Russell be-fore finding his range on his fore-hand and racing into the secondround where he will face Ameri-can Ryan Sweeting.

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Enes Kanter, a 6-foot-11 center from Turkey, works out withthe Minnesota Timberwolves NBA basketball team Thurs-day, June 16, 2011 in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves holdthe No. 2 pick in next week’s draft.

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Alonso reckons the Valencia cir-cuit should offer his team thechance to fight for its first win ofthe season again. “I know that ourfans are eagerly awaiting our firstwin of the season and I can assureyou that the same goes for us,”Alonso wrote on Ferrari’s website.

“At the last two races, we showedwe were clearly capable of winningand, especially in Monaco, we camepretty close, although I believe thateven in Canada I could have foughtfor it all the way to the end, givenwhat we had seen in qualifying.

“Now we go to a track with rea-sonably similar characteristics to

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MADRID - Dani Pedrosa is un-likely to have recovered from sur-gery on a fractured collarbone intime for the Dutch Grand Prix atAssen on June 25, his RepsolHonda team said on Monday.

The 25-year-old Spaniard had atitanium plate inserted after a fallat the French Grand Prix at LeMans last month and needed fur-ther surgery last week after a frag-ment of bone came loose.

“Dani Pedrosa keeps improvingevery day but most probably he willnot be able to take part in this nextround,” Repsol Honda said in astatement. If Pedrosa were unableto race, Gresini Honda riderHiroshi Aoyama would replacehim, the team added.

Pedrosa said he was feelingmuch better, the pain he felt beforethe operation had gone and hehoped to be back for the ItalianGrand Prix at Mugello at the startof next month.

“To be honest it will be very dif-ficult for me to make it to Assenbut I really believe I will be okayfor Mugello,” he said. “So now I’m

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Honda HRC mechanics look at the time-table screen while DaniPedrosa’s bike is showed in the box during the second freepractice of the Catalunya MotoGP Grand Prix at the Montmelorace track, near Barcelona, June 3, 2011.

Pedrosa unlikely to be fit for Dutch MotoGPfocused on working to get betterevery day and see how far I get.

“I want to return as soon as pos-sible but I want to do the right thing.”Pedrosa missed his home race inBarcelona and the British Grand Prixand is fifth in the championship stand-

ings on 61 points after six races.Team mate Casey Stoner leads

the standings on 116 points, withchampion Jorge Lorenzo ofYamaha on 98 in second and An-drea Dovizioso, also of RepsolHonda, in third on 83.

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Ferrari driver Felipe Massa (2nd L) of Brazil, teammate Fernando Alonso (R) of Spain and Ger-man Mercedes drivers Michael Schumacher (2nd R) and Nico Rosberg (L) compete at the Cana-dian Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal on June 12, 2011.

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Fernando Alonso sees no reason why Ferrari should not be asstrong as in the previous two races in this weekend’s EuropeanGrand Prix. The Spanish driver fought for victory in Monacoand was set to fight for the top place again in Canada before hewas taken out of the race by McLaren’s Jenson Button.

Montreal and there is no obviousreason why we should not be com-petitive here too.”

The two-time champion is alsohoping for a change of luck follow-ing a difficult start to the season.

“I always believe that luck and badluck balance out by the end of the sea-son and maybe this unwritten rule alsoapplies to race tracks,” he said.

“If that’s the case, I would bemore than happy if last year’s mis-fortune was paid back now! In fact,it seems that in general so far thisseason, luck has not come our way:in the race in Montreal, not onedamned thing went right.”