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Amlapura (Bali Post)—Staple goods sold in charity

market organized by Grand Palaceof Karangasem in cooperation ofBalinese Resident Cooperative(KKB) on Penampahan Kuningan,Friday (Oct 23) was sold out in rela-tively short time purchased by resi-dents of Bungaya Village,Bebandem, Karangasem.

In the meantime, CEO of BaliPost Media Group (KMB), SatriaNaradha, handed over Bali Post

Senior Figures of Karangasem Royal Palace:To Deliver Bali PostFlexi Phone

Flexi Phone to senior figure ofKarangasem Grand Palace, AABNgurah Agung. Later, it was fol-lowed by delivery of such cellphone set to local community fig-ure in order it could be used for in-tense communication.

Satria Narada said that by BaliPost Flexi Phone was expected thatBalinese community could commitsomething real in the endeavor topreserve Bali.

Five robbers stormed the bankand tied four of the employees. Therobbers run away with 295 million

A bank robbed

295 million rupiah295 million rupiah295 million rupiah295 million rupiah295 million rupiahtaken by the robberstaken by the robberstaken by the robberstaken by the robberstaken by the robbersDenpasar (Bali Post) -

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in cash which was originally willbe sent to the central office. Theemployee could not resist because

the robbers were carrying weap-ons.

The information in the crimescene describe that four robberswere entering the bank and theother stay outside to watch the situ-ation. A witness said “they wereusing a white van but no one saw

the license plate of the car.”The police officer explained that

the robbers were pretending to be-come customers of the bank. Atfirst, two of them came in to thebank followed by the other two.

COMMUNITY FIGURE—Senior figure of Karangasem GrandPalace, AAB Ngurah Agung, handed over Bali Post Flexi Phoneto community figure of Bungaya village in the midst charitymarket organized by the palace in cooperation with KKB ofBungaya Village, last Friday (Oct 23).

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Police officers and people gathered outside the BRI bank in Dalung. Robbers enteredthe bank and run away with 295 million rupiah in cash

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Bali News

PET dogs in Karangasem (Bali)play a role to guard the house. How-ever, in its development many wilddogs emerged. “These wild dogs hadpotential to result in rabies,” said theHead of Animal Husbandry, Maritimeand Fishery Services, Nengah ManthaEka Yudha, Friday (Oct 23) inKarangasem.

Seeing the rabies case in Kubu, hisparty has sent four samples of head ofdog’s corpse to BTPT Denpasar. Onehas been stated positive to rabies, whileresult of three others have not com-pleted yet.

On the other hand, the Head ofKarangasem Health Services, IGMTiryana, said that anti-rabies vaccine(VAR) for human has not been avail-able yet at regional hospital and com-munity health centers. Previously,Karangasem was the regency threat-ened by rabies and the dog with posi-tive to rabies was just found within thepast few days.

According to him, if there was anyresident bitten by dog, the woundshould be treated well. Cleanse it im-mediately under flowing water and usesoap. Later, apply iodine and take it tocommunity health center orKarangasem Hospital. Medical officerwould decide if patient needed to bereferred to Sanglah Hospital to get VARor not. “One vial of VAR is very ex-pensive. Based on publication of news-paper, Sanglah Hospital often ran out

Denpasar (Bali Post)—The visit of Chief of Bali Police,

H. Sutisna, to Denpasar Metro Police(Poltabes), last Thursday (Oct 22) wasslightly different. Chief Sutisna lookedangry when providing a briefing to allofficers of Poltabes.

One of the officers of Poltabes wasfound not bringing a note when he gavebriefing. Officer given severe repri-mand by Chief Sutisna is the son of ageneral. On seeing such behavior,Chief Sutisna judged the Bali Policeofficers remained to lack for discipline.“I ask to all officers to always showdisciplined behavior. Discipline is im-portant and should be begun from theself,” affirmed Chief Sutisna.

Such disciplined behavior, addedChief Sutisna, was not only during onduty but also when in the midst of com-munity. The presence of police offic-ers was really expected. “For that rea-son, discipline should be improved.For instance, morning briefing at sec-

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Discontinuity of planning be-

tween Governor Dewa Beratha andthe current Bali Governor MangkuPastika looked progressively appar-ent. Its evidence was related to thedevelopment of Titab dam proposedfor so long time to central govern-ment, in the upcoming 2010 it willget allocation of fund amounting toIDR 90 billion out of IDR 500 bil-lion required. Unluckily, Bali Pro-vincial Government together withBuleleng Government have not al-located fund for the land release. TheHead of Commission III of BaliHouse, Putu Agus Suradnyana, re-vealed it Friday (Oct 23) inDenpasar. Responding on that real-ity, regional government had nochoice but allocated it in the upcom-ing Regional Budget Draft of 2010in order what struggled by previousgovernor would not turn useless.

For the development of such damis required 24 hectares of land. Atleast, 5 hectares are required at ini-tial phase. “We in the Bali Houseexpect that there should be a sharedfinancing between provincial andregency government for the land re-lease,” he said. For instance, Bali

Chief of Bali Police Angry at PoltabesBali Police Officer Judgedto Lack for Discipline

tor police stations,” he said.This former expert staff of Chief of

Indonesian Police said discipline ofpolice officer should be commenced bymorning briefing. Because, this activ-ity would enable them to know the pres-ence, regular task of the day and ab-sence of the officer. “Everything shouldbe checked, chiefly the members whoare absent, whether he or she is sick ordue to other reasons,” he explained.

In addition, Chief Sutisna also re-minded their superiors. A superiorshould know about his or her subordi-nates. They should know where thesubordinates were in charge. “Pleasealso observe who came late or later atnoon,” asked the two-star general onshoulder.

In the meantime, officers undertak-ing the task with firearm were expectedto use it procedurally. “Never actanarchically just because you bring fire-arm. Do not work independently,” headded. (kmb21)

Development of Titab DamCentral Govt AllocatedFund at IDR 90 Billion

province bore 30 percent, while therest would be born by regency gov-ernment. He admitted that the damdevelopment would be strategic andmore beneficial rather than the pre-vious one at Grokgak. This dam canhold many springs to be flowed tohundreds of hectares of rice field atthe territory of Seririt and a part ofGrokgak. The House was ready tomediate the parties related to financ-ing matters for the land release. “Wewill attempt to discuss this matterwith Bali Agency for Regional De-velopment (Bappeda) and the re-gency, next Tuesday,” he said.

Secretary of Bali Office of PublicWorks Services, Made Sudiarsa, ad-mitted that the budget for such damdevelopment has not been available,including the one for land release. Hejustified the development needed thebudget of IDR 500 billion. It is cat-egorized into long-term project be-cause its work is undertaken gradually.Public Works Services did not allocateany budget for that because the regu-lar budget of Public Works proposedat IDR 85 billion has been diminishedto IDR 60 billion, whereas it has in-cluded the balancing budget worthIDR 8 billions. (029)

Across Kubu Subdistrict Infected by Rabies

VAR Unavailable,VAR Unavailable,VAR Unavailable,VAR Unavailable,VAR Unavailable,Residents Got RestlessResidents Got RestlessResidents Got RestlessResidents Got RestlessResidents Got Restless

Through Kubu subdistrict was alleged to have been infected by rabies. At least, there were fourpatients referred to Sanglah Hospital after bitten by fierce dog. A patient from Munti Gunungwas informed to have died due to late treatment. As consequence, local residents turned restlesstoward such fatal disease. How is the response of local government?

of VAR,” he said.Mantha Eka Yuda said that based

on observation of rabies prevention inKubu, transmission of rabies to Kubuwas alleged that a diaspora of Kububringing a dog from Kuta, Badung. Inaddition, there was also a truck driverand worker at C-class excavation of-ten brought a dog. First rabies case inKubu was found at Pedahan, TianyarTengah. Afterwards, fierce dog bitmany residents and the case spread toa number of hamlets at Ban, Tulamben,Tianyar Timur, Tianyar Tengah,Tianyar Barat, Baturinggit, Sukadanavillage and others.

A member of the KarangasemHouse, Nyoman Oka Antara, said thatthere was a resident from Munti diedfew days after bitten by dog. The pa-tient died because of ignorance and latetreatment.

In addition, at least there were fourKubu residents bitten by fierce dog thathave been sent to hospital. They wereNi Nyoman Bali and Nengah Tempehfrom Tamansari Hamlet, Tianyar Barat;I Gede Sari (11) from Tegalsari Ham-let, Gede Armika, a grandchild of IGede Surata from Darma WinangunHamlet. A wild dog biting Ni Bali, af-ter tested, was positive to rabies.

Fierce DogIn the meantime, the case on dog

belonging to nobody suddenly got an-gry and bit many people were widely

reported to happen in Kubu lately. Dogbit Ni Kadek Adi from Tulamben, Kubuwhen she was lazing on a bench in frontof her kiosk.

Gede Surata from Darma Winangun,Tianyar Timur said that Kubu residentswere restless. There were many wilddogs roaming around the area. Mean-while, local residents lacked for knowl-edge and awareness on the hazard ofrabies so they were reluctant to put theirpet dog in cage or fasten it. That waswhy they let the dogs be at large.

A number of Kubu residents alsosaid that they were confused where toreport if they found fierce dog. Simi-larly, they did not know where to go incase bitten by dog. This condition wascaused by social background wheremost of them lacked for education andwere indigent. In short, they did notknow about the handling after bitten bydog until going to community healthcenter and referred to Sanglah Hospi-tal. Moreover, they did not have moneyfor that treatment.

“Government apparatus of Kubusubdistrict looked indifferent to the case.When a rabies team from regency orprovince giving socialization they didnot serve at least water to drink. On theother hand, Mantha Eka Yudha rejectedif Karangasem Government was indif-ferent to the case. He said that his partyhas established anticipation team for ra-bies case. Even, every night his teameliminated wild dogs. (bud)

An officer from

Denpasar Animal

Department shot a

dog in a dog hunt in

Denpasar. Wild

dogs are hunted

throughout Bali in

order to prevent the

spread of rabies.

FOTO ANTARA/Nyoman Budhiana/ED/nz/09.

3Monday, October 26, 2009International Bali News

Nyoman Wanta was summoned bypolice in relation to the existence ofreport on maltreatment to a residentof Semana, Singakerta in the incidentof mass clashes. It ensued on last Oc-tober 7 coinciding with mutual assis-tance work. In that case, about 8:15a.m. both groups of Semana danAmbengan residents suffered frominjury in the clash. The clash explod-ing had something to do with the caseof graveyard of both hamlets thatcould not find any solution yet.

Concerning with the coming ofresidents, one of the village appara-tuses of Ambengan, Gusti NgurahGarputra, revealed that the arrival of

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Case of tax fraud allegation engag-

ing six Outlet Leaders of Tiara Dewatawill be promptly stood trial atDenpasar Court. All could happenfollowing the determination of eachjudge assembly by the Head ofDenpasar Court Nyoman Sutama. “In-deed, the arrangement of judge assem-bly has been determined. Meanwhile,the schedule of session will entirelybecome the authority of each judgeassembly,” said Public Relations Of-ficer of Denpasar Court Posma B.Nainggolan, last Friday (Oct 23).

The Outlet Leader of each companyconsisted of Susanto Gondo Wijaya(PT Tiara Kuta Galeria), Hendro Teguh(CV Tiara Dalung Permai ), I NyomanGede Sugiartha (PT Karyajati Metama/Tiara Grosir), and Wahyu Goesantoso(PT Tiara Monang Maning). Later,Susanto would be handled by judge as-

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Supreme Court (MA) of the RI re-

jected the appeal proposed by the ac-cused Gusti Ayu Nyoman Mayani Budirelated to allegation of corruption to-ward the fund of indigent family healthinsurance (Askeskin). Judge assemblychaired by Made Tara with the mem-ber Dr. Artidjo Alkostar and Mansur Kstated that basic consideration used byjudge assembly in the first level andappeal were correct.

On the copy of verdict received byjunior registrar at Denpasar Court, thejudge assembly has given argumentlengthily toward the rejection of appealproposed by Mayani. The decision ofSupreme Court supported the verdictof Denpasar Court and Denpasar HighCourt that previously sentencedMayani Budi with four-year imprison-ment and a fine of IDR 200 million.

The former data entry staff ofSanglah Hospital was stated that shewas proven to commit corruptionworth IDR 2.3 billion out of IDR 43billions of the Askeskin fund sent toSanglah Hospital. Other than 4-yearimprisonment and fine, Mayani wasalso obliged to repay the loss to the stateamounting to IDR 2.3 billion. Unlessshe could pay and her wealth did notsuffice, the accused should replace itby 2-year imprisonment.

Public Relations Officer ofDenpasar Court, Posma B.

Singaraja (Bali Post)—Ironical condition ensued in

Buleleng. Justiciary Team of BulelengGovernment is now intensively car-rying out ID card inspection to resi-dents passing through on the road. Onthe other hand, the process of ID cardmaking at Population and Civil Reg-istry ran at slow pace. A number ofresidents protested against such slowID card service.

Residents of Buleleng deliveredsuch protest, Friday (Oct 23). “Con-trary condition made me worried be-cause we have tried to submit ID cardbut the process took very long time,”revealed a resident. If the fate was un-lucky, residents who had attempted tolook for the ID card could be trappedin an inspection performed by justi-ciary team on the road at every sub-district in Buleleng.

Tens of Ambengan Residents Come to Ubud Police StationTens of Ambengan Residents Come to Ubud Police StationTens of Ambengan Residents Come to Ubud Police StationTens of Ambengan Residents Come to Ubud Police StationTens of Ambengan Residents Come to Ubud Police StationGianyar (Bali Post)—

Tens of residents of Ambengan, Sayan Village, Ubud, Thursday (Oct 22) came to Ubud policesstation. Their coming was conveyed by trucks to accompany one of Ambengan residents, NyomanWanta (37) becoming the suspect and was summoned by Investigator of Ubud Sector Police.Residents coming at 7:30 a.m. in middle customary attires only sat down in front of Ubud policestation while waiting for one of their residents who underwent interrogation.

Ambengan residents to police stationwas to accompany their resident whowas summoned by police as a suspect.The summon was the second time.First, he was asked to give explana-tion, but the second even was as thesuspect.

“Whereas, at the time of incident,we were committing mutual assistanceworks. If one of our residents wasmade into defendant, of course, it isnot fair,” he said.

“In several cases triggering a clash,we also once reported eight cases sincethe emergence of graveyard case. Outof such eight cases, we never heardabout the Semana party was made like

ours. We completely regretted if oneof our residents made into the sus-pect,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief ofUbud Sector Police, NyomanSukadana, received the coming ofresidents accompanied by hamletapparatus of Semana to Ubud po-lice station. They were received inthe room of Chief Unit of CriminalResearcher to wait for one of theresidents who were examined by in-vestigator. At noon, the interrogatedresident was allowed to go home.Ultimately, tens of residents accom-panying him left the Ubud policestation. (kmb16)

Regarding to Tax Case of Tiara DewataSix Outlet Leaders to be sent to Court

sembly chaired by Djumain, NyomanGede Sugiartha by IGN Adhi Wardana,Andi Haryono by Sigit Sutanto, GustiMade Yasa and Wahyu Goesantoso byEmmy Herawati and Hendro Teguh byDaniel Palittin.

Posma B. Nainggolan said thatschedule of session would be ad-justed to other cases. In other words,the session would be attempted notto coincide with the session on themurder case of Prabangsa that usu-ally drew many visitors. As has beenpublished previously, allegation oftax fraud committed by SusantoGondo Wijaya amounted to IDR 2.8billion, Hendro Teguh (IDR 5.9 bil-lion), Gede Sugiartha (IDR 18.6billion), Andi Haryono (IDR 23 bil-lion), Gusti Made Yasa (IDR 16.5billion) and Wahyu Goesantoso(IDR 4.8 billion).

Modus operandi performed by each

defendant was by intentionally report-ing the result of business activity onthe pro forma invoice of revenue taxwith incorrect data entry by makingdouble statement in the form of ac-counting B that was not reported in thepro forma invoice. The more fatal onewas the taxpayer did not submit thevalue added tax (VAT) charged basedon accounting type B.

Previously, the Regional Officeof Denpasar Tax Services disre-garded the calculation used byDenpasar Court when decided thecase of Iskak Soegiarto stating theloss of state was only IDR 6 bil-lion. The reason was the positionof Iskak in that case has been pur-suant to legal fact namely onlyplayed a role as supporter thoughin reality as controller. The figureIDR 71.9 billion denoted accumu-lation of each outlet. (015)

Residents to ProtestID Card Making at a Slow Pace, Inspection to Intensify

Even, as per schedule, the inspec-tion would be resumed to crowdedresidence in Singaraja City. One of theSingaraja residents said that he hadproposed the request but it needed aweek and his proposal was not fulfilledyet. Whereas, as long as the knowl-edge of local residents, the printing ofID card by new machine only took oneday. Due to this late service, residentsturned restless because within the pastone week, the justiciary team inten-sively performed inspection. Resi-dents caught in the inspection wereadministered justice at roadside andobliged those had no ID card to pay afine worth IDR 50,000 pursuant toregional legislation.

Residents admitted to have no ob-jection of paying the fine but the prob-lem was that they did not have ID cardbecause the officer was late to process

the ID card submission. “It is verystrange, low process of ID card mak-ing caused us to be imposed by a fine,”said the resident.

Head of Buleleng Registry Ser-vices, I Gusti Ngurah Sudirama, saidthat late process of ID card servicesin Buleleng subdistrict was caused bycapacity of printing machine could notprocess the file of ID card applicantswhose number was very large every-day. On average, the number of IDcard applicant in Singaraja Cityreached 130-150 people.

“Meanwhile, the capacity of print-ing machine per day is only 100pieces. This condition caused the ac-cumulation of application files,” hesaid. According to Sudirama, to re-solve the problem his party wouldoptimized the working hour of theoperator through overtime. (kmb15)

Supreme Court to Rejectthe Appeal of Mayani BudiRelated to Corruption Case of Askeskin Fund

Nainggolan, said that by issuance ofappeal decision of Supreme Court, au-tomatically the case of corruption alle-gation by Mayani Budi has had perma-nent legal force. Copy of previous de-cision has been delivered to authorizedparties. Chiefly for public prosecutor,it would be used as legal basis to ex-ecute the accused. “The matter whetherMayani will take another legal appealwould entirely belong to her rights,” ex-plained Posma.

As has been published previously,Mayani was alleged to commit corrup-tion against Askeskin fund at SanglahHospital, where she worked previously.As consequence, the deed carried outduring February 2006 to April 2007 hasharmed the state more than IDR 2.7billion. It was performed by the accusedby transferring the fund that actuallyintended for indigent patients to herpersonal bank account.

During more than fourteenmonths, Mayani with her tricks hastransferred the fund originating fromPT Askes of Denpasar Branch to herpersonal account. The claimed fundof PJKMM obtained from PT Askesshould be delivered to indigent pa-tients requiring the assistance pursu-ant to the program implemented bySanglah Hospital. PJKMM orAskeskin fund delivered to indigentpatients at Sanglah Hospital wasoriginated in National Budget. (015)

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Tens of residents of Ambengan, Sayan Village, Ubud, Thursday(Oct 22) came to Ubud polices station. Their coming was con-veyed by trucks to accompany one of Ambengan residents,Nyoman Wanta becoming the suspect and was summoned byInvestigator of Ubud Sector Police.

International4 Monday, October 26, 2009 News

Agence France-PresseKINMEN - Taiwan’s President

Ma Ying-jeou called Sunday forcontinued reconciliation withformer bitter rival China as the is-land marked the 60th anniversaryof a key battle against Chinese com-munist forces.

“In the face of a new light shed-ding on the rapprochement, we willcontinue with our sincerity dispers-ing hatred and confrontationthrough exchanges and negotia-tions,” Ma said. “So that killing willbe consigned to history and peacereign permanently.”

Ma was speaking to hundreds ofveterans of the 1949 battle ofKinmen, a fortified island group

Taiwan president vows topress for China detente

controlled by Nationalist troops offChina’s southeastern Xiamen city.

The president said the sacrificeof the soldiers in repelling the Chi-nese attack had turned a “killingfield” into a “peace plaza” and hepledged to do everything he couldto prevent the recurrence of such atragedy.

About 1,200 Kuomintang sol-diers died and more than 10,000communist troops were killed orcaptured during the battle, which Masaid “has proved to be a turningpoint of modern China’s history anddramatically changed the fate of thepeople on the two sides of the strait.”

Historians generally believe thebattle was a decisive victory for theKuomintang troops, who had lostthe civil war on mainland China tothe communist forces led by MaoZedong.

Taiwan and China have beengoverned separately since 1949, butChina still views the island as partof its territory awaiting reunifica-tion.

Ma’s remarks came less than twomonths before the two sides plan tohold a fresh round of negotiationsin the central Taiwanese city ofTaichung.

Relations have warmed sinceMay 2008, when the China-friendlyMa assumed the presidency.

Agence France-Presse

BERLIN - Germany’s mostpopular minister, Karl-Theodor zuGuttenberg, was named defenceminister on Saturday, with respon-sibility for the country’s, and theWest’s, biggest foreign policy head-ache: Afghanistan.

Guttenberg, aged just 37, raisedeyebrows when Merkel picked himas economy minister in February,but he has become the darling ofthe German political scene and iseven tipped as a possible successor.

The conservative aristocrat —full name Karl-Theodor MariaNikolaus Johann Jacob PhilippFranz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr vonund zu Guttenberg — has attainedalmost rock-star status inGermany’s normally staid politicalscene.

Surprisingly in a country withgrowing gap between rich and poor,voters are not overly bothered byhis noble origins, with his lack ofpretension — going to AC/DC rockconcerts and even DJing — appar-ently winning them over.

Now, Merkel, who won a sec-ond term in elections last month andwho on Saturday finalised a com-mon programme with her new coa-lition partners, is hoping that theFranconian baron’s star qualitieswill work for Afghanistan.

Helping him in the job will bethe fact that he speaks excellent

Germany’s star politicianbecomes defence minister

English, that he is well-versed inforeign policy and that he is anavowed Atlanticist, experts say.

Germany has around 4,200troops in Afghanistan, the third larg-est foreign contingent, mostly in thenorth where conditions have beenpeaceful compared to the more vola-tile south and east, allowing a greaterfocus on reconstruction.

But violence has spiked this year,with militants stepping up attacksand forcing the reportedly poorlyequipped German contingent intomore and more skirmishes. Since2001, 35 German troops have died,including four this year.

With all the main parties support-ing the deployment except for thefar-left Die Linke, Afghanistanfailed to register as an issue in cam-paigning for September’s election.

But polls show that most Ger-mans want troops to come home,and Afghanistan could well movecentre stage now, particularly withMerkel’s previous coalition part-ners, the Social Democrats, in op-position. Merkel wants to use an up-coming international conference topress the Afghan government to takeon more responsibilities so thatGermany’s soldiers can come home.

In the run-up to the election, anumber of videos emerged from Is-lamic militants threatening Ger-many with attacks unless its troopswithdraw, sparking a tightening ofsecurity.

Security officials said the armyoverran Mehsud’s town of Kotkaiovernight after three days of aerialbombardments which had under-lined the huge challenge facing themilitary in taking on the Taliban intheir tribal heartland.

And in another part of the north-west tribal belt, a missile fired byan unmanned US drone spy planekilled at least 14 people includingthree foreign militants, local offi-cials said.

With the militants continuing tocarry out attacks nationwide sincethe army began a major offensive inthe South Waziristan tribal region aweek ago, Prime Minister YousufRaza Gilani said the unrest had hitevery sector of society.

Although figures are impossibleto verify, the army says more than160 militants and 23 troops havebeen killed in the week-long SouthWaziristan offensive. Twelve mili-tants and three soldiers died in thefinal stages of the battle for Kotkai,it added.

“Today, after intense fighting,security forces took complete con-trol of the town of Kotkai,” thearmy’s chief spokesman Major Gen-eral Athar Abbas told a press con-ference.

The army said many of the housesin Kotkai had been converted intobunkers by militants and it was alsothe site of a training camp for sui-

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Agence France-Presse

PESHAWAR - Pakistan said Saturday it had captured Taliban chiefPESHAWAR - Pakistan said Saturday it had captured Taliban chiefPESHAWAR - Pakistan said Saturday it had captured Taliban chiefPESHAWAR - Pakistan said Saturday it had captured Taliban chiefPESHAWAR - Pakistan said Saturday it had captured Taliban chiefHakimullah Mehsud’s hometown as the US demonstrated its support forHakimullah Mehsud’s hometown as the US demonstrated its support forHakimullah Mehsud’s hometown as the US demonstrated its support forHakimullah Mehsud’s hometown as the US demonstrated its support forHakimullah Mehsud’s hometown as the US demonstrated its support forthe war on the Islamists with an air strike that killed 14 people.the war on the Islamists with an air strike that killed 14 people.the war on the Islamists with an air strike that killed 14 people.the war on the Islamists with an air strike that killed 14 people.the war on the Islamists with an air strike that killed 14 people.

cide bombers.“Security forces are in the pro-

cess of clearing the build-up areaof IEDs (improvised explosive de-vices), booby-traps and mines,” thespokesman added.

Abbas said the Taliban had beenhit by a large number of desertions,saying that former Islamist fighterswere now trimming their beards todistance themselves from their erst-while comrades in arms.

The army launched the drive lastSaturday, pitting 30,000 troopsagainst an estimated 10,000-12,000Taliban fighters where Al-Qaeda-linked militants are believed to haveplotted attacks against the West aswell as in Pakistan.

The army had promised to makethe Taliban leadership a particulartarget of their offensive and sealedoff the main road into Kotkai lastweekend.

There has been no word on thewhereabouts of Mehsud since theoperation began.

Pakistan’s semi-autonomoustribal belt has become a strongholdfor hundreds of extremists who fledAfghanistan after the US-led inva-sion toppled the hardline Talibanregime in neighbouring Afghani-stan in late 2001.

While US ground troops are notfree to operate in Pakistan, it hascarried out a series of air strikes byunmanned planes known as drones.

The latest killed at least 14 peoplein the Bajaur district, to the north ofWaziristan, and officials said the tollwas likely to rise.

One security official said that ahouse was targeted in Damadolavillage, saying those killed includedthree foreign militants.

Another security official said atunnel linked to a bunker in thehouse of a relative of local Tehreek-e-Taliban chief Maulvi FaqirMohammad was targeted.

Some of his relatives were amongthe dead and there were reportsMohammad himself had been in thehouse but left 10 minutes before thestrike, he added.

Announcing plans for both him-self and Secretary of State HillaryClinton to visit soon, RichardHolbrooke, President BarackObama’s special envoy to the re-gion, said the US is “very im-pressed with the Pakistani resolve”.

Although the government hassaid it will deal a decisive blow tothe militants, the rebels have con-tinued to carry out attacks in Paki-stani cities since the start of the op-eration, with the military a majortarget.

On Friday, a bomb attack out-side a Pakistani Air Force basekilled six civilians and two air forcepersonnel. On Thursday inIslamabad gunmen killed a brigadierand his driver.

Nearly 200 people have beenkilled in attacks this month alone.

“The wave of militancy has ad-versely affected every segment ofsociety,” Gilani told a meeting of histop security officials late Friday.

AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai

Afghan university students shout anti-US slogans during a demonstration in Kabul on October 25, 2009.Furious Afghans on October 25 torched an effigy of US President Barack Obama at a mass protest overallegations that Western troops fighting the Taliban had set fire to a copy of the Koran.

AFP PHOTO/PATRICK LIN

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General Info Monday, October 26, 2009 5International

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kuta ClinicKuta ClinicKuta ClinicKuta ClinicKuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

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

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

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

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

Royal Danish & NorwegianRoyal Danish & NorwegianRoyal Danish & NorwegianRoyal Danish & NorwegianRoyal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Honorary Consulate of MalaysiaHonorary Consulate of MalaysiaHonorary Consulate of MalaysiaHonorary Consulate of MalaysiaHonorary Consulate of MalaysiaAlam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.752 520

BangliBangliBangliBangliBangliBangli General HospitalBangli General HospitalBangli General HospitalBangli General HospitalBangli General HospitalJl. Kesumayuda 27, BangliPhone : +62 366 91521

GianyarGianyarGianyarGianyarGianyarClinic MasClinic MasClinic MasClinic MasClinic MasJl. Raya Mas, UbudPhone : +62 361 974573

Toyo ClinicToyo ClinicToyo ClinicToyo ClinicToyo ClinicJl. Pengosekan, UbudPhone : +62 361 978078

Permata Bunda ClinicPermata Bunda ClinicPermata Bunda ClinicPermata Bunda ClinicPermata Bunda ClinicJl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, GianyarPhone : +62 361 942082

Ubud ClinicUbud ClinicUbud ClinicUbud ClinicUbud ClinicJl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, UbudPhone : +62 361 974911

Gianyar General HospitalGianyar General HospitalGianyar General HospitalGianyar General HospitalGianyar General HospitalJl. Ciung Wanara 2, GianyarPhone : +62 361 943049

KarangasemKarangasemKarangasemKarangasemKarangasemKarangasem General HospitalKarangasem General HospitalKarangasem General HospitalKarangasem General HospitalKarangasem General HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai, KarangasemPhone : +62 363 21001

KlungkungKlungkungKlungkungKlungkungKlungkungKlungkung General HospitalKlungkung General HospitalKlungkung General HospitalKlungkung General HospitalKlungkung General HospitalJl. Flamboyan 40-4, KlungkungPhone : +62 366 21371

NegaraNegaraNegaraNegaraNegaraNegara General HospitalNegara General HospitalNegara General HospitalNegara General HospitalNegara General HospitalJl. Gelar, NegaraPhone : +62 365 41006

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

Mengwi ClinicMengwi ClinicMengwi ClinicMengwi ClinicMengwi ClinicJl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, TabananPhone : +62 361 880550

Darma Kerti HospitalDarma Kerti HospitalDarma Kerti HospitalDarma Kerti HospitalDarma Kerti HospitalJl. Teratai 16, TabananPhone : +62 361 812359

Tabanan General HospitalTabanan General HospitalTabanan General HospitalTabanan General HospitalTabanan General HospitalJl. Pahlawan 14, TabananPhone : +62 361 811027

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

SingarajaSingarajaSingarajaSingarajaSingarajaProdia ClinicProdia ClinicProdia ClinicProdia ClinicProdia ClinicJl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali0362 - 24-516

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

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

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The toll however “may becomeworse,” a police official at thescene told AFP.

A security services official whodeclined to give his name said thatthe trains “were travelling on thesame track. One ran into the otheras they headed towards UpperEgypt.”

The trains collided near the vil-lage of Guerzah, around 40kilometres (25 miles) from Cairo,when one train stopped unexpect-edly and another, also headingsouth from the capital, ploughedinto it from behind, the securityofficial said.

The first train, heading toFayyum, 100 km (65 miles) southof Cairo made an unscheduled halt,apparently after hitting a cow.

However the second train, ona southbound journey from Cairotowards Assiyut, 400 km (250miles) from the capital, travelledonwards at normal speed until itslammed into the back of the sta-tionary train, the official said.

Villager Samhi Saleh Abdel Al,21, told AFP that “the first trainstopped after hitting a cow and 10minutes later the second train ar-rived at full speed.”

At least 25 dead inAt least 25 dead inAt least 25 dead inAt least 25 dead inAt least 25 dead inEgypt train collisionEgypt train collisionEgypt train collisionEgypt train collisionEgypt train collisionAgence France-Presse

GUERZAH - At least 25 people were killed and 55 others injured when a passenger train drovefull-speed into the back of another on Saturday in Giza, southwest of the Egyptian capital, wit-nesses and police said.

“I was sat near the road ataround six o’clock (1600 GMT)when I heard a deafening screech-ing, then shouts and I saw passen-gers jumping from the train,” hesaid.

Dozens of ambulances rushedto the scene, with rescue workerstrying to use a crane to lift onewagon from on top of the other inthe hope of finding bodies in thewreckage.

Al-Ayyat was the scene ofEgypt’s deadliest ever train crashwhen the bodies of at least 361 pas-sengers were recovered from a trainfollowing a fire in February 2002.

Egypt’s national railway systemis the biggest in the Middle East,with nearly 5,000 km (3,150miles) of track, according to Egyp-tian National Railways, whichemploys 86,000 people.

There have been other fatalcrashes on the busy rail network.

In July 2008, at least 44 peopledied near Marsa Matruh in north-west Egypt when a runaway truckhurtled into bus, truck and severalcars waiting at a level crossing,shunting the vehicles into the pathof a train.

In August 2006 at least 58

Egyptians were killed and 144wounded in a collision betweentwo trains travelling on the sametrack. Following that crash, anEgyptian court sentenced 14 rail-way employees to one year inprison for neglect.

Egypt’s roads are also danger-ous, with traffic laws frequentlyflouted and road surfaces notproperly maintained.

In 2008, more than 8,000people died because of traffic-re-lated accidents in the country, of-ficials say.

In July this year thirteen peoplewere killed and 26 injured when apassenger bus and pick-up truckcollided head-on on a road inEgypt’s Western Desert.

“One of the drivers lost controlof the wheel, causing the crash.Thirteen people were killed imme-diately, and 26 injured were takento hospital,” in Wadi Gedeedprovince west of Cairo, a policeofficial told AFP.

In the same month eight Serbtourists and three Egyptians werekilled when a truck on the wrongside of the road hit their coachhead-on along Egypt’s Red Seacoast, a security official said.

Agence France-Presse

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio deJaneiro’s image of fun and sun thathelped it win the 2016 Olympics hasbeen marred by a resurgence in drug-related violence that raises questionsover the city’s preparedness.

Pictures of a downed police heli-copter in flames in one of Rio’s nu-merous slums were sent around theworld a week ago as media high-lighted the defiance shown to au-thorities and the big task they face.

Although President Luiz InacioLula da Silva vowed to “clean up”the problem of drug-traffickinggangs, and hundreds of Rio policedeployed to the slums, the violencecontinued through the week, leavinga death toll of at least 33.

The International Olympic Com-mittee, though, reiterated its confi-dence in Rio’s ability to host theOlympic Games.

It pointed out that in July 2005London was hit by bomb attacks onits public transport system that left52 dead the day after it won the rightto hold the 2012 Olympics.

Nevertheless, doubts remain overBrazilian authorities’ capacity to reinin its chronic urban unrest in a citywhen a third of its six million inhab-itants live in more than a thousandslums.

The rival power of the drug gangs“is exploding the pillars of the re-public. For how much longer?”asked the head of Brazil’s lawyersassociation, Cezar Britto.

There are around 6,000 homicidesa year in all the state of Rio, whichhas a population of 14 million. Thatfigure is 10 times higher than forNew York, or eight times that of allof France.

Since 2007, “homicides have

Rio’s Olympic dreamschallenged by drug gangs

fallen from 45 per 100,000 inhabit-ants to 33,” the head of security forthe state, Jose Mariano Beltrame,told AFP.

“That’s still a high number, butthere’s no magic solution,” he said.

“Our aim to is to bring crimedown to tolerable levels, like thosein industrialized countries,” headded.

A police “pacification” operationhas already been underway for a yearin five slums, which have permanentpatrols. Big investment has alsopoured to transform the most violentshantytowns, in a program that is tobe extended to around 100 of themby 2016.

Thus far, though, the pacificationeffort has mainly seen the drug traf-fickers simply move to other slums.

“The police retake territory occu-pied by the traffickers, and there’s aviolent reaction on their part,” a pro-fessor at Rio University’s ViolenceStudies Center, Alba Zaluar, told AFP.

She explained that Brazil’s vastand poorly monitored borders madeit easy for criminals to bring in armsand drugs. Compounding the prob-lem is the fact that Rio’s police arepoorly trained, badly paid and oftencorrupt.

“Only a cooperation between thepolice and the military can improvethe situation,” she said.

There are three types of policeforces in the country: the federalpolice, the military police and thecivil police. They are present in allof Brazil’s 27 states.

Lula in 2002 promised to reformthe constitution to merge the civiland military branches, but that hasgone unfulfilled, and the presidenthas just over a year left before hehas to step down to make way for anelected successor.

AFP PHOTO/CRIS BOURONCLE

Egyptians search for survivors after a collision between two passenger trains in the Al-Ayyatarea of Giza, 40kms (25 miles) southwest of Cairo, late on October 24, 2009. At least 25 peoplewere killed and 55 others injured when a passenger train drove full-speed into the back of an-other, witnesses and police said.

After they all inside, theythreaten the bank employee and theother customers using their weap-ons. They robbers didn’t wear anymask to cover their faces.

The employees in the bank wereA.A. Mirah Darmasti, Wayan

By collectively subscribing theBali Post Flexi Phone, they coulddo many things in performing af-fordable and quick communicationto fellow community, to access themost update information and to de-liver them. Later, it could be usedto transfer donation to varioustemples or other social institutionand to give donation to indigentpeople. “By Bali Post Flexi Phonewe can transfer charity fund or do-nate goods, such as on the lastPanca Bali Krama and BataraTurun Kabeh ritual at Besakih,” hesaid.

Ngurah Agung delivered a num-ber of Bali Post Flexi Phones to lo-cal community figure such as theHead of Customary Village, I GedeAsta Astawa, Hamlet Head WayanKarta and a member of KarangasemHouse from the village I MadeWirta. Other than attended by anumber of local community figures,the charity market and delivery ofBali Post Flexi Phone was also at-tended by Chief of Bebandem Sec-

A bank robbed...From page 1 Riska, Ketut Suyatna and A.A.

Yuniari. They were tied by the rob-bers and locked inside a room. Thenthe robber opened the safe and runaway with the money. Currently

Wilmar Marpaung, the head ofcriminal division in Bali PoliceDepartment said that the case isbeing investigated by the police

officers. “We already have the pic-ture of the robbers and currentlybeing pursued by the police offic-ers,” he added. A knife had beenconfiscated by the police as evi-dence. There was no security of-ficers in the bank and that madethe robbers very easy in enteringthe bank (kmb21)

Senior Figures...From page 1 tor Police, I Ketut Gelgel, Head of

Karangasem House, I Gede Dana,a member of the House, NyomanOka Antara and Guru IndraUdayana.

Charity market organized atmeeting of hall of local village wasthoroughly taken advantage by lo-cal residents for the needs ofKuningan festivity, last Saturday(Oct 24). No less than 900 residents,chiefly those of indigent families,had opportunity to buy staple goodsand ritual paraphernalia like incensestick.

Head of Bungaya Village, ArtaAstawa and Hamlet Head of BanjarDesa, I Wayan Karta, expressedtheir gratitude to senior figure ofKarangasem Grand Palace andCEO of Bali Post Media Group dueto their concern to lend a hand rightaway to residents in need. ArtaAstawa said that the coupon of 700packages of consumer goods at lowprice were delivered to indigentresidents. It was said the residentsof Bali ancient village remained tohave 650 indigent families up tothese days. (013)

Monday, October 26, 2009 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Antara JAKARTA - Indonesian de-

velopment program in the next fiveyears will be discussed in the Na-tional Summit from October 20-31, 2009, Coordinating Ministerfor Economy Hatta Radjasa said.

“Today three coordinatingministers and the National Sum-mit committee hold a preparatorymeeting to discuss the summit,”

The National Meteorology, Climatologyand Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reportedhere on Monday morning the earthquakes hadhit Tual (Maluku Province), Waingapu (EastNusa Tenggara - NTT) Province), Bitung(North Sulawesi Province), andSiberutmentawai (West Sumatra).

A 5.3- magnitude earthquake shook151 km southwest of Tual, Maluku, on Sun-day, at 7.35 am Western Indonesian StandardTime (WIB). Its epicenter was located 6.69degrees southern latitude, and 131.97 degreeseastern longitude, at a depth of 39 km belowsea level.

On Saturday evening (Oct. 24), a pow-erful earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Rich-ter scale rocked Saumlaki, Maluku TenggaraBarat (MTB) and Maluku Barat Daya (MBD)districts, Maluku Province. Reports on dam-ages or casualties were not available yet.

At 3.54 am WIB, a 6.1-magnitude tem-blor shook 176 km southwest of Waingapu,

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East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) at a depth of 19km under seabed, with its epicenter at 10.16degrees southern latitude, and 118.75 degreeseastern longitude.

Few minutes later, at 4.04 am WIB,another earthquake measuring 5.5 on theRichter scale hit 174 southwest Waingapu,NTT, at a depth of 23 km, with its epicenter10.1 degrees southern latitude, and 118.75degrees eastern longitude.

On Sunday at 9.25 am WIB, a 5.2-mag-nitude quake rocked 106 kilometers northeastof Bitung (North Sulawesi), with its epicen-ter 2.34 degrees northern latitude and 125.55degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 10km below sea level. Earlier, at 8.50 amWIB, also on Sunday, an earthquake measur-ing 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted 69 kmsoutheast of Siberut Mentawai, West SumatraProvince. The quake’s epicenter was located1.58 degrees southern latitude and 99.43 de-grees eastern longitude.

THESE two ministers are reap-pointed again by President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono. The two areready to achieve their target within 100days of their works.

“The programs were made by thepresident, not the minister,” said SriMulyani after a ceremony held to trans-fer the post of the chief economic min-ister.

Mulyani was the finance ministerand concurrently coordinating ministerfor economic affairs in President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono’s first United In-donesia Cabinet.

She said that the work programsthat had to be finished in 100 days, oneyear and five years were decided by thepresident and must be carried out by theministers.

“We as the president’s aides havethe tasks to carry out the programs,” theminister said.

The minister said that included inthe 100-day program was the formula-tion of strategic plans by the finance

Development program to be discussed in national summitRadjasa said at the Vice PresidentialPalace.

Radjasa said each coordinatingministers would put forward variousproblems and challenges related de-velopment program that have to besolved.

According to him, the problemsand challenges related to develop-ment program in the fields ofeconomy, poverty eradication, and

national defense in the next fiveyears would be discussed in the Na-tional Summit.

“In the National Summit,President Susilo BambangYudhoyono would be the keyspeakers on Indonesian NationalDevelopment in the Next FiveYears,” Radjasa said. He said theNational Summit would be held atBidakara building from October 29-

Finance, public works ministers readyto implement 100-day work program

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ministry for the coming five years. Besides, the finance ministry

should also be able to carry out im-provements in the investment climate,especially with regard to the customsand excise services such as the imple-mentation of the National Single Win-dow (NSW), she said.

Meanwhile, Djoko also said hewas convinced he would be able tomeet the work contract he had signedwith President Susilo BambangYudhoyono.

“The contract which I havesigned is actually in line with the pro-grams we are carrying out now so thatI have no need to worry about whetheror not I could achieve it,” Kirmantosaid here on Thursday.

He said that in the 100-day worktarget there were a number of projectswhich were expected to be finished.

For example, he said the Kanci- Penjagan toll road and the W1 secionof the Kebon Jeruk - Penjaringan tollways should have been operated within

100 days. “I have asked the investor (PT

Bakrie Toll Road) of the Kanci -Penjagan toll road project whether itcould be finished in November. I alsoasked the same thing to the contractorPT Adhi Karya,” he said.

The minister said that in orderto achieve the targets based on thecontract work and integrity pact, hewould also ask echelon I officials ofthe public work ministry to sign thesame contract to finish the project inaccordance with the time frame.

“I will break down the targetsthat each echelon I officials has has todo and has to achieve in 100 days,”the minister said.

On the occasion, the ministerexplained that the president had alsothanked him for his success in carry-ing out his tasks in the previous UnitedIndonesia Cabinet.

“The president decided to let meresume my ministerial post after con-sidering the achievement made so far,”

the minister said. He said that if he looked at the

achievement made so far, he was con-fident that the performance ahead stillcould be further increased. “I hope theperformance in the 2009 - 2014 termof office would be better,” he said.(Antara)(Antara)(Antara)(Antara)(Antara)

31, and participated in by all regionalheads across the country.

Present at the preparatory meet-ing at the Vice Presidential Palace onSaturday were Coordinating Minis-ter for Political, Legal and SecurityAffairs Djoko Suyanto, CoordinatingMinister for Economy Hatta Radjasa,Coordinating Minister for People’sWelfare Agung Laksono, State Min-ister for National Development Plan-

ning Board/National Develop-ment Planning Board ChairmanArmida Alisyabana, and Presi-dential Unit for the Managementof Reform Programs (UKP3R)Chairman Kuntoro.

“The National Summit willbe attended by all regional andcentral government leaders to for-mulate together 2009-2014 work-ing program,” Radjasa said.

Antara JAKARTA - Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the edge of a tectonic JAKARTA - Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the edge of a tectonic JAKARTA - Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the edge of a tectonic JAKARTA - Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the edge of a tectonic JAKARTA - Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the edge of a tectonic

plate prone to seismic upheavals, was hit by five earthquakes on Sunday morning.plate prone to seismic upheavals, was hit by five earthquakes on Sunday morning.plate prone to seismic upheavals, was hit by five earthquakes on Sunday morning.plate prone to seismic upheavals, was hit by five earthquakes on Sunday morning.plate prone to seismic upheavals, was hit by five earthquakes on Sunday morning.

AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO

Indonesian Finance Minister SriMulyani Indrawati smiles beforebeing sworn-in at the state palacein Jakarta on October 22, 2009.

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Sri Lankan asylum seekers stay on their boat moored at Merak seaport in Serang Districton Indonesia’s Java island, on October 22, 2009, after they were stopped by Indonesianauthorities on their way to Australia. Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on October 22angrily denied extremists were among hundreds of asylum-seekers arriving in the coun-try, as another two boats were stopped off the northern coast. The latest developmentscome just days after some 255 asylum-seekers threatened to blow up their boat and wenton a brief hunger-strike after being stopped in Indonesia en route to Australia.

8 InternationaMonday, October 26, 2009

Bali Today

The scene can be seen in mostregency in Bali such asKarangasem, Klungkung, Gianyar,Bangli, Badung, and Denpasar. The“menawat” activities become a tra-dition to some of the Balinesepeople. Generally, they sit on theporch which is built on the side ofthe road.

The activity was done in theafternoon, after all of the ceremo-nies related to Kuningan day had

In terms of tourist’s percep-tions, Bali is frequently called “theisland of a thousand temples.” Thisattribute is really logical, sincewherever tourists travel, they willfind the pura (temple) easily.

Throughout Bali ranging fromthe seashore to the mountaintop,temples look so magnificent andnowadays have become Bali’s tour-ist point of interest. The word purais derived from a Sanskrit word,namely the root “pur” meaningcastle. Pura is also known askahyangan that means the abode ofdeities. Hyang has the same mean-ing as peak or top, and shining hasthe same meaning as that of deva.Balinese people believe that theplanes of devas are located on thepeaks or higher places.

In terms of its making process,pura is a purified place or deliber-ately made sacred and subsequentlybeing kept for its sacredness. Oneof the requirements of making asanctum according to the palm-leafmanuscript, Sang HyangKamahayanikan, is by setting up aboundary/fence/wall (castle) as aspecific sign that also means tomaintain its sacredness later.

According to the belief of Ba-linese people, establishing a templein accordance with all guidance andritual processions in which one ofthem includes the implementationof Deva Yajna concept (holy sacri-fice to God). In the palm-leaf manu-script Tatwaning Kusuma Dewadescribed how to build a templealong with its complete ritual pro-cessions, so that one will obtainbliss in his life. Temples that arespread throughout Bali constitute a

NUSA DUA - Meliá Bali wasvoted among the most popular 100holiday hotels in the world andawarded TUI Umwelt Champion2009 by one of Europe’s largest touroperators TUI Germany. TUI hon-ored 100 hotels in 22 countries inthe 2009 Environmental ChampionAward based on sustainable environ-mental resort management practices.It is a stunning achievement forMeliá Bali, the only hotel in AsiaPacific to be honored by this Euro-pean organization.

TUI presented Melia Bali its’Environmental Award in 2005 andnamed Meliá Bali TUI Environmen-tal Champion in 2008. This year theresort again successfully improvedits environmental standards and wasnamed the third time as the TUIEnvironmental Champion 2009.The TUI Environmental Championemblem will be added to MeliáBali’s listing in TUI’s brochures andon its website to attract the growingenvironmentally-aware TUI target

“Manawat” become“Manawat” become“Manawat” become“Manawat” become“Manawat” becometradition during Kuningantradition during Kuningantradition during Kuningantradition during Kuningantradition during KuninganAntara

DENPASAR – Gathering around on the street while watching the people passing by which isusually called “mabalih anak ngaliwat” or “manawat” was still happening on Kuningan day. TheKuningan was fall on Saturday, October 24th 2009.

been done. People gathered and talkon the side of the street. Pande GedeWidana, a resident of Nongan villagein Karangasem, said that after finish-ing the ceremonies on Kuningan day,the people in Bali usually spend therest of the day entertaining them-selves and one of them is buy“menawat”.

“There was no one knows howit starts on the first place but Balinesepeople quiet fond of watching people

passing by. On holiday, many peoplewandering around on the street andthat what the people was watching,”he added.

“Manawat” become more in-teresting after the people who joinedin it talk and make fund of eachother. The sense of humor will makethey laugh and happy. The traditionwas done in order to relax and gath-ered with friend and families duringholiday.

Prestigious TUI Awardsgroup.

The TUI EnvironmentalChampion award is a special honorpresented to TUI Hotel partners whoconsistently orientate their hotel phi-losophy along the lines of sustain-able hotel management and as suchactively contribute to preserving theenvironment.

Meliá Bali is proud of its en-vironmentally and socially con-scious commitment. It is the firstSol Meliá hotel in Asia to be certi-fied Green Globe Gold. The 2008-2009 ASEAN Green Hotel Awardrecognizes the resort’s dedication tothe highest environmental and so-cial standards. The Emerald Tri HitaKarana, awarded to the resort fivetimes, recognizes the UNFCCC-en-dorsed approach to protecting theglobal environment and socio-cul-tural concepts. Meliá Bali is dedi-cated to the principles ofsustainability to ensure future gen-erations will be able to enjoy thebeauty and culture of Bali. (BTN/*)

Universal Temples, the Castle of Bali’s Securitystiff foundation to protect the islandand the people of Bali against vari-ous calamities.

In terms of its character, thetemples (pura) in Bali are categorizedinto two kinds, namely PuraKahyangan and Pura Warga. PuraKahyangan (universal temple) is thetemple that has general quality andis used as a worshipping place for thegeneral public. While Pura Warga(temple of a clan) or also called PuraKemimitan is used to worship ances-tral souls that have been consideredto be “Devas”. Pura Kahyangan es-pecially, in accordance with its grade,is distinguished into two categories,namely Kahyangan Jagat, andKahyangan Desa. Kahyangan Jagatis a temple whose supporting devo-tees are from all over Bali, whileKahyangan Desa is a temple whosesupporting devotees are limited to theinhabitants of its local village.

Those that are categorized intoPura Kahyangan Jagat are Pura Sadand Pura Dang Kahyangan. Pura SadKahyangan is the main nucleartemple that becomes worshippingplace for Hindu devotees, namelyBesakih, Lempuyang, AndakasaTemples in Karangasem, BaturTemple in Bangli, Batukaru Templein Tabanan, Goa Lawah Temple inKlungkung, Uluwatu and PuncakMangu Temples in Badung. WhilePura Dang Kahyangan is a templethat has a relation to the pilgrimageof Hindu saints like Dang HyangDwijendra in Bali such as Purancakand Rambutsiwi Temples inJembrana, Petitenget and UluwatuTemples in Badung, Batuklotok,Ponjok Batu and Pulaki Temples. Inaddition, there are also some temples

that become worshipping places ofHindus, but not including in SadKahyangan and Dang Kahyanganlike Tirta Empul Temple at TampakSiring, Penataran Sasih Temple atPejang and Candi Dasa Temples.

Based on the decision of a semi-nar on the interpretation uniformityof Hinduism aspects that was heldby Parisada Hindu Dharma, the ex-istence of Kahyangan Jagat Templesin Bali are based on the conceptionof Rwabhineda, Caturlokapala andSad Winayaka. The temples that arebased on the conception ofRwabhineda are Besakih Temple asPurusha (male element), and BaturTemple as Pradhana (female ele-ment). Temples that are based onCatur Lokapala are Lempuyang,Andakasa, Batukaru and PucakMangu temples. While the templesthat are based on conception of SadWinayaka are Uluwatu Temple inBadung, Batukaru Temple atTabanan and Puser Tasik Temple(Pusering Jagat) in Gianyar.

Every temple mentioned abovehas its own piodalan (temple festi-val) that falls every six months inaccordance with the Balinese calen-dar. On the occasion of the templefestival, Balinese people from vari-ous villages all over Bali are presentin great numbers to perform worshipto appeal for welfare. Lines ofpeople entering the temple and ritualprocessions are creating an excep-tionally alluring view.

If you make your holiday in Bali,you can see this kind of colorful odalanritual. Simply discover these ritualprocessions and comply with all theregulations and norms that are validin the region. (BTN/Ketut Sumadi)

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People are praying at one of the temples in Bali. In terms oftourist’s perceptions, Bali is frequently called “the island of athousand temples.” This attribute is really logical, since wher-ever tourists travel, they will find the pura (temple) easily.

Balinese Culture

Monday, October 26, 2009 9al

Overview:The rich flavor of duck is greatly enhanced by a host

of pungent roots, herbs and seasonings in this dish,which is invariably a great favorite with visitors to Bali.The Balinese have great admiration for the duck andconsider it to be a particularly strong animal as it is, likethe turtle, the only one able to survive on land as water.

Ingredients:1 whole duck, weigh about 2 kg (4 ½ lb)18 shallots, peeled, cut in half, and sliced6 cloves garlic, peeled, cut in half, & sliced3 stalks lemon grass, finely sliced5 fragrant lime leaves, finely sliced6 candlenuts, chopped5 cm (2 in), ginger, peeled and chopped8 cm (3in) fresh turmeric, peeled, chopped8 cm (3in) kencur root, peeled, chopped1 tsp black peppercorns, crushed5 bird’s-eye chilies, slices1 tsp coriander seeds, crushed2 tsp dried shrimp paste, roasted and coarsely

crushed1½ tbsp salt3 tbsp oilBanana leaves, greaseproof paper or aluminum foil

for wrapping

Preparation:Wipe the duck dry and set aside. Combine all

ingredients except banana leafs in a bowl and mix well.Rub the duck outside with this mixture and fill the centerof the duck with the remainder.

Close open duck with satay skewer. Wrap in severallayers of banana leaves, greaseproof paper or foil andsteam for 50 minutes. Transfer duck to a moderate ovenand bake at 180o C (350o F) for 30 minutes.

Remove banana leaves, cut duck meat up in smallpieces and serve with stuffing. When cooked, the meatshould be so tender that it falls off the bones.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

IBP DENPASAR – The Manager of

Telkomsel for Bali and NusaTenggara, Hendrat Widjanarko, saidthat the need of the people of Bali incellular phone bundling packages isvery high. “The condition can be seenin GraPari Fair which was held onOctober 19th through October 23rd

2009 in Denpasar,” he added. In the event, Telkomsel offered

Telkomsel: the need of bundling package very highvery cheap bundling equipments suchas Blackberry, iPhone 3G, hand phone,and modem flash with various kindsof bonus. There is great hope that bythe cooperation conducted byTelkomsel with others in bundlingpackage will make the customers be-come easier in determining the equip-ment that they need.

The bundling packages offered byTelkomsel are Nokia E71 and E63

which will receive a N1202 hand phoneas bonus, and the bundling of NexianG922, HP ZTE F188, modem SpeedUp, modem Huwaei, IPhone 3G, andBlackBerry.

Widjanarko said “for NexianG922 with dual GSM sim card, qwertybutton, camera and video recorderVGA, Telkomsel ChatBox andfacebook facilities, opera mini, andother interesting fixtures such as MP3player, video 3gp, FM radio, externalT-flash memory, Bluetooth, and othersonly cost 999,000 rupiah.”

The package also equipped with2 units Telkomsel starter pack, free 25megabytes of free data access per monthfor 12 months with 50% of discount.The Telkomsel chatbox also applied for12 months, free 50 SMS and 5 MMSper months and received 2 full tracksongs.

“The same thing also applied formodem HP 3G ZTE F188 equippedwith dual camera 3.0 mega pixel, mu-sic player and FM radio, micro SD cardup to 8 Gb, bluetooth, USB 2.0 FS,video call, Telkomsel chatBox andfacebook application only cost 888,000rupiah. It already include 150 mega-bytes of data, 240 minutes of talk time,240 SMS, and 90 facebook SMS for 6months period,” he added.

Bebek Betutu(Roast Duck in Banana Leaf)

Telkomsel

Telkomsel’s Branch Manager of Denpasar Hendrat Widjanarkolooking at the mini exhibition that held in Grapari Denpasar.

BAGUS Agro Pelaga agrotourismobject, Petang is judged to have notprovided significant contribution toBadung Regency, chiefly to surround-ing residents. Existence of thisagrotourism object remains to be ques-tioned regarding to its effectiveness insupporting the agricultural sector ofNorthern Badung. Head of Commis-sion B of Badung House, I PutuParwata, Wednesday (Oct 21), saidthat benefit of agrotourism was notobviously perceived by the commu-nity up to the moment. The reason wasthe development of such agrotourismcould not be focused yet. As conse-quence, management of agrotourismhas not run flourishingly so benefit ofits presence could not felt.

Ideally, he said, agrotourism inPlaga should become a pilot projectof agricultural sector for Badung Re-gency in relation to improve the agri-cultural and tourism sector. Unfortu-nately, this matter could not be real-ized because it lacked for synchroni-zation between the party of manage-ment and related institution.

Parwata also confessed to haveemphasized the matter to related in-stitution, such as Badung Cooperativeand Trade Services, Agricultural Ser-vices and Tourism Services.Expectedly, there would be a mutualcoordination so the management ofagrotourism could provide apparentcontributions to local community.

Some contributions that can be de-

Agrotourism at Plaga Just a DiscourseCommunity to Receive No Contribution

livered consisted of human resourcesdevelopment of farmers, provision ofseedling and fertilizer including prepa-ration of marketing of the agriculturalproducts yielded by local farmers. Ifthis matter was thoroughly paid atten-tion, it can be said as agrotourism giv-ing contribution to local community.“The ongoing process just denotes adiscourse and was never realized,” hecriticized.

Long-termWhen contacted separately, Bagus

Sudibya, serving as the stakeholder ofBagus Agro Pelaga, said that his jointventure company with Bali TourismDevelopment Corporation (BTDC),Nusa Dua was a long-term project.Original vision on the establishment ofBagus Agro Pelaga was to synergizethe agricultural and tourism sector.According to him, basic of Bali tour-ism was culture and root of culture wasagriculture. “Without agriculture, tour-ism is nonsense,” said Sudibya.

Based on his success to manage theBagus Jati and Puri Bagus Ponjok Batu,he would like to develop agrotourismin Petang. At location, there were 18hectares of land belonging to BTDCthat have been dormant for 30 years.Afterwards, he initiated a cooperationwith BTDC and in 2003 was agreedthe establishment of Bagus AgroPelaga, a joint-venture company be-tween Bagus Sudibya and BTDC withshare composition of 49:51. Bagus pro-

vided the amount of IDR 4.9 billion andBTDC of IDR 5.1 billion.

Meanwhile, Bagus Agro Pelagaleased the dormant land of BTDC. Outof the 18 hectares of land, only 5 hect-ares were cultivated. Ironically, leasingfee of the land was only IDR 1.3 mil-lion per month. Regarding to such cheapleasing fee, Sudibya said it was pursu-ant to original condition of land belong-ing to BTDC that was good for noth-ing. “So, please do not see the currentcondition after infrastructure has beenbuilt. Pursuant to the agreement withBTDC, after the Bagus Agro Pelaga isconsidered profitable, leasing fee wouldbe increased,” said Sudibya withoutmentioning the rate.

On the other hand, when contactedseparately, Managing Director ofBTDC, Made Mandra, acknowledgedthe cooperation of BTDC and BagusSudibya. Its share composition was 51percent for BTDC and 49 percent forBagus Sudibya. Such cooperation wasdriven by the concern of BTDC to ag-ricultural development as a form of itscorporate social responsibility CSR).

He considered the reputation ofBagus Sudibya through Bagus Jati andPonjok Batu was moderately good indeveloping agrotourism by basic conceptof empowering local farmers. By chance,BTDC could not cultivate the land atPelaga. By the offer of such cooperation,BTDC agreed after making consultationto Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises(BUMN) in Jakarta. (ded/056)

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Alas KedatonAlas KedatonAlas KedatonAlas KedatonAlas KedatonMonkey ForestMonkey ForestMonkey ForestMonkey ForestMonkey Forest

Alas Kedaton is a small forest withthe width about 6-7ha located in themiddle of the rice field in Tabanan re-gency, west part of Bali. The total sizeof this forest, temple and its supporterfacility is about 12 ha. In this forest, thereis a temple called Alas Kedaton Templeand owns the natural environments thatis looked green with its fresh air and cre-ate the calm, quite and holy atmosphere.The monkeys in Alas Kedaton are verytame and free gallivanting in templeyard, so that the calm atmosphere issometime solved by noise voice of themonkey, which are playing around andscrambling of food. The monkeys whodwell in this forest, there are jump upand down in temple wall, take a bath inmoat or there is also hang out in fewleaves representing impression view. The

monkey like as custodian of temple,which are always ready to greet all visi-tor who are paying a visit to this place.Beside monkeys, in Kedaton forest alsocan be met the bats and some other ani-mals. At least 24 types of grove plant havebeen identified in Alas Kedaton.

Alas Kedaton is located in Kukuhcountryside, Marga Sub district, TabananRegency . The journey go to this placecan be done easily by using motor vehiclefollow the major roadway from Denpasarto Tabanan. On the way go to this touristplace, we will see the beautiful natureview where in front of us will meet thecarpet of rice field and irrigation voice atthe side of road to bear the impression/peaceful atmosphere. Alas KedatonTemple have three yard that are externalyard, middle and center yard. In the cen-ter and middle yard are encircled by walland the outside yard is representing a openyard. The interesting point of this templeis the inside yard representing holy yard,its situation lower than the middle yard.This thing is different compare with thegeneral temples in Bali that are more goesto inside the temple, the more higher theplace will be. Beside of that another in-teresting point of this temple owns fourentrances.

The temple ceremony in alas Kedatontemple is carried out every 210 days ayear. It is on Anggarakasih Medangsia(Balinese Hindu Calendar) or on everyTuesday where on that time the societydo the worship or pray to request thesafety and prosperity. The unique in thisceremony is do not use the fire and donot hence Penjor and also finished be-fore the sunset or before the night iscome.

In growth of handling of this touristdestination, Alas Kedaton has severalbecome a training location about tour-ism nature, environmental handling andagro tourism. Alas Kedaton is many vis-ited by the tourist from local and for-eign countries which are generally a lotof paying a visit on August, Decemberuntil January, while the local tourist gen-erally pay a visit on holiday season andfeast day of Ramadan (Moslem holiday)and this place is good to be visited inthe day time. In front of Alas Kedatontemple there are quite a lot small shopsselling the handicraft as souvenir, forexample clothes, pants and other handi-crafts. Others, there are some shopsbooth selling food and beverage, toiletand park area which is wide enough.(www.balistarisland.com)(www.balistarisland.com)(www.balistarisland.com)(www.balistarisland.com)(www.balistarisland.com)

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The plan still lacks details and is fraught withchallenges, but much of the groundwork has al-ready been laid for a grouping that would furtheradvance the idea of an “Asian Century”, expertssaid.

“It is coming together,” former Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretarygeneral Rodolfo Severino told AFP.

A more cohesive Asia would have a biggerrole in global affairs, Severino said, especially af-ter the region rode out the global economic crisismore quickly than the West.

“It’s not just Asia coming together economi-cally but politically as well. The more integratedyou are, the more forceful you are,” said Severino,who heads the Singapore-based ASEAN StudiesCentre.

The foundations of any East Asian commu-nity would lie in the web of free trade agreementsthat the 10-member ASEAN has signed with China,Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and NewZealand.

At the Thailand summit, regional leadersagreed to carry out a feasibility study on a hugefree-trade zone covering ASEAN, China, Japan andSouth Korea, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromyasaid.

A separate study on a wider grouping thatwould also take in India, Australia and New Zealandwill be carried out in tandem, and Kasit said the

On the first full day at the helm of hisnew cabinet, which was sworn in Thurs-day after July presidential polls,Yudhoyono promised to return SoutheastAsia’s biggest economy to pre-crisisgrowth levels by 2014.

Yudhoyono said his government had yetto work out the details of its plans but prom-ised “development that is inclusive and just”and to reduce poverty in the mainly Muslimarchipelago of 234 million people.

The government has predicted growth of4.0-4.5 percent this year, third only to Chinaand India in the G20 club of rich and majordeveloping countries. The economy grew 6.1percent in 2008.

The local stock market has soared almost80 percent in 2009, but about half the popu-lation continues to live on less than two dol-lars a day, according to the Asian Develop-ment Bank.

Addressing the inaugural session of thenew cabinet, Yudhoyono said seven percentgrowth could have been reached this year butfor the impact of the global downturn on thedomestic economy.

Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - China said Sunday it plannedto launch official discussions for closer eco-nomic cooperation with Taiwan before the endof the year, state media reported.

“We are willing to negotiate with Taiwanand launch official discussions on cross-straiteconomic cooperation agreement (...) as earlyas possible before year end,” Taiwan affairschief Wang Yi was quoted as saying by theXinhua news agency.

Wang said talks could take place betweenthe mainland’s Association for Relations acrossthe Taiwan Straits and Taiwan’s Straits Ex-change Foundation, “if both sides consider itnecessary.”

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JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Fridayhis new economic team was aiming to achieve seven percent growth by the end ofhis final term in office.

Yudhoyono’s new coordinating ministerfor the economy, Hatta Rajasa, earlier saidthat while the government was aiming forseven percent growth by 2014, a longer-termeight percent target was “achievable”.

The liberal former general, who was in-augurated Tuesday having won a landslideelection victory in July, has compiled a rain-bow coalition of six parties controlling 423out of 560 seats in parliament.

He has come under fire for handing mostseats to party-political figures rather thancompetent experts more likely to improvegovernance and fight corruption in the world’sthird biggest democracy.

The choice of former transport ministerRajasa as economy minister raised some eye-brows, but the all-important posts of financeand trade stayed with incumbents seen as re-liable technocrats.

Former International Monetary Fundsenior executive Sri Mulyani Indrawatikeeps the finance portfolio, while MariPangestu stays in charge of the trade min-istry, where she has been a steady advo-cate of open markets.

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Handout photo taken and released on October 23, 2009 by the presidentialoffice of Indonesia shows Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono(L) leading the first cabinet meeting next to vice president Budiono (R) at presi-dential palace in Jakarta.

China proposes early discussions toTaiwan on economic cooperation

The two bodies would hold the new roundof talks in the Taiwanese city of Taichung inmid or late December, the fourth round of meet-ings since last year, according to Xinhua.

Speaking during a cross-strait symposiumin Chengdu, southwest China, Wang said Beijingwas willing to “further interact with Taiwan tosolve problems concerning cross-strait economicexchanges and push the economic relations be-tween the two sides to a new level.”

China and Taiwan went through decadesof hostility after the two sides split in 1949 atthe end of a civil war, but tensions have easedsignificantly following the election last year ofa more China-friendly government on the self-ruled island, which Beijing claims as part of itsterritory.

Asian EU-style bloc notjust a dream: analystsDreams of creating a huge eco-nomic bloc covering half theworld’s population are slowlybecoming a reality in a plan thatwould boost Asia’s global clout,analysts and officials say.Japanese Prime Minister YukioHatoyama aired his proposal for aso-called East Asian Community tofellow leaders at a summit inThailand this weekend, saying thatthe region should aspire to “leadthe world”.

two could be combined to create “one regional co-operation on a larger scale.”

East Asia has also this year agreed on a 120-billion dollar fund — using its currency reserves— to help nations in financial distress without theneed to borrow from the International MonetaryFund.

Asian countries additionally made a concertedand coordinated effort to provide stimulus pack-ages during the recent economic crisis which helpedthe region’s relatively quick rebound.

But any East Asian community remains a longway off, largely due to the lack of concrete propos-als and disagreements about the involvement of theUnited States and the influence of China.

Japan and some other countries want to giveWashington a role in the group, as a counterbal-ance to the influence China might have on a newregional architecture.

China’s growing wealth has made it a majorplayer in meetings with ASEAN in particular.Hatoyama however said that Japan’s alliance withthe United States remained the “cornerstone” ofTokyo’s foreign policy.

But Bridget Welsh, a Southeast Asia expertwith the Singapore Management University, saidshe thought the US-China contest was overblown.

“Relations between China and the US remainstrong and there are common interests towardsSoutheast Asia in many areas such as stability andeconomic growth,” Welsh told AFP.

It could instead be the small print that under-mines Asian attempts at unity, with diplomats say-ing that Japan’s proposal lacked details.

“I would say it is still very much on a concep-tual stage,” Philippine foreign undersecretaryEnrique Manalo said.

Merging up to 16 countries into a free-tradezone is fraught with challenges, especially in thesensitive area of agriculture, said Severino, notingthat Australia, India, Japan and South Korea aremajor farm producers.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said theissue is “more about the modalities and the steps”by which economic integration can be achieved.

He said during the summit that the fact thatseveral East Asian nations had already signed freetrade or economic partnership pacts with ASEANwas a “very strong foundation for an East Asia com-munity.” (Agence France-Presse)

Entertainment InternationalMonday, October 26, 200912

More than 100 hours of behind-the-scenes footage for Jackson’saborted comeback have been dis-tilled into a two-hour film beinghyped by organizers as the last everperformance by the “King of Pop.”

Jackson family members andstars are expected to descend on ared carpet at Los Angeles’s NokiaTheater, one of more than 15 simul-taneous premieres being held inacross five continents.

The movie — “This Is It” —will go on a limited two-week re-lease in theaters worldwide fromWednesday, with advance tickets inseveral countries selling out withindays of going on sale last month.

“It’s a movie about rehearsingfor a concert that never happened,”Sony Pictures co-chairman AmyPascal told Entertainment Weekly.“It’s heartbreaking and inspiring allat the same time.”

Jackson, who died on June 25

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aged 50, had spent the previous fourmonths rehearsing in Los Angelesfor a gruelling series of 50 concertsscheduled to begin at London’s 02Arena in July.

More than 800,000 tickets forthe concerts had been sold, with or-ganizers promising one of the “mostexpensive and technically ad-vanced” live shows ever.

Jackson was putting the finish-ing touches to the show at the timeof his death, which authorities in LosAngeles have ruled a homicide.

Video footage from the re-hearsals had been intended to helporganizers critique the show andwas never intended for viewing bythe public. The footage was snappedup for 60 million dollars by Sonyafter executives saw only severalminutes of images.

“We had a very strong gut feel-ing that this could be a cultural eventdespite the fact that none of us re-

ally saw any of the footage beforewe concluded the deal,” Sony’s pro-duction president, Doug Belgrad toldthe Los Angeles Times.

Sony has said an “unprec-edented number” of shows across theUnited States have sold out and othercities including London, Sydney,Bangkok and Tokyo experiencedsimilar levels of demand after tick-ets went on sale last month.

London distributor Vue Enter-tainment said the movie sold 30,000tickets within 24 hours, outstrippingdemand for blockbusters such as“Harry Potter” and “The Lord of theRings.”

“I’ve never seen anything likeit in the 25 years I have been filmbuying,” Vue director StuartBoreman said.

Analyst Jeff Bock of box officetracking firm Exhibitor Relationssaid the film could “play bigger thanElvis.” “This is more of a memo-rial than a movie,” Bock told AFP.“I think we could be looking at 70 to100 million dollars in the first fivedays alone, which is extraordinaryfor this type of film.

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In this film publicity image released by Sony Pictures, the movie posterfor Michael Jackson’s “This is It,” film, is shown.

Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES – A court com-

missioner dismissed criminalcharges against Kanye West and hisroad manager stemming from theirscuffle with photographers last year.

Misdemeanor charges were filedafter West and his manager were ar-rested on Sept. 11, 2008, after an al-tercation with two photographers atLos Angeles International Airport.The struggle was recorded andbroadcast by celebrity Web siteTMZ.

The photographers and the rap-per have reached civil settlementsover the case, which resulted in a stillcamera, flash, and a video camerabeing broken.

West’s attorney, Blair Berk, suc-cessfully argued the case should bedismissed because of the agreementand that California law allows forcertain criminal cases to be settledout of court.West, 32, was not re-quired to and did not appear in courton Friday.

Deputy City Attorney FeltonNewell argued the charges shouldn’tbe dismissed because West and hismanager, Don Crawley, intended tocommit a felony and that one of thephotographers was slightly injured inthe scuffle.

Berk noted that county prosecu-tors had declined to file felonycharges in the case, and that it tookcity attorneys more than six monthsto file misdemeanor battery, vandal-ism, and grand theft charges againstWest. She said the case was “wildlyovercharged” and that it should be

Criminal charges dismissedagainst Kanye West

dismissed in the interests of justice,fairness and common sense.

West and Crawley have alreadycompleted 12 hours of anger manage-ment classes, Berk said.Los AngelesSuperior Court Commissioner MarkZuckman dismissed the case, butwants both men to perform 50 hoursof community service. He said he wastaking into account the steps West andCrawley had already taken, theiragreement with the photographers,and that there were no lasting inju-ries to the men. He also noted thatneither man had a criminal history.

Berk said she was “very pleased”with the outcome.”We objected to themotion but ultimately we have to re-spect the decision of the court,” cityattorney spokesman Frank Mateljansaid.

The altercation was another ex-ample of West’s notoriously testytemper, but also the first time his ac-tions had turned physical rather thanverbal. He verbally assailed Presi-dent George W. Bush over thegovernment’s response to HurricaneKatrina, and lashed out at awardsshows when he didn’t win.

Since the airport scuffle, West hasbeen publicly derided for seizing thestage from Taylor Swift during thisyear’s MTV Video Music Awardsafter she became the first countrystar to win for best female musicvideo.

He has repeatedly apologized forthe incident and told talk show hostJay Leno that he was taking time offfrom music to reflect on his behav-ior.

Associated Press WriterROME – A Danish movie about

a gay love affair between two mem-bers of a neo-Nazi group won tophonors at the Rome Film Festival,while Helen Mirren won the bestactress award.

Mirren won for her depiction ofLeo Tolstoy’s wife in MichaelHoffman’s “The Last Station,” whileMeryl Streep picked up a careerachievement award.

The winning movie, “Brother-hood,” takes a hard look at the neo-Nazi group that the leading charac-ter, Lars, joins after leaving thearmy. The group carries out raids onhomosexuals, but Lars and his men-tor in the group, Jimmy, begin a loveaffair that they try to keep secret.

“Brotherhood” is the first featurefilm by Nicolo Donato, a 35-year-old who previously worked as a fash-ion photographer.

The jury handing out the awardswas headed by Oscar-winning direc-tor Milos Forman.

The best actor award went toItaly’s Sergio Castellitto, who playeda single parent and blue-collarworker dreaming that his son willbecome a boxing champ in the movie“Alza la Testa.” The festival paidhomage to Streep through the careeraward and a retrospective of herwork.

Danish film ofneo-Nazi gay

affair winsRome fest

Agence France Presse LONDON- British singer

Morrissey was in a stable condi-tion Sunday, a hospital said, aftercollapsing on stage with breathingproblems.

The 50-year-old formerfrontman of 1980s pop band TheSmiths fell ill just one song into hisconcert Sunday at the Oasis LeisureCentre in Swindon, southwest En-gland.

Morrissey’s knees buckledand he slumped to the floor as hecame to the end of opening song“This Charming Man”, TheSmiths’ 1983 breakthrough hit,The Daily Telegraph newspaper’swebsite said. He was then draggedoffstage.

“Just after 9:00 pm we got acall to a 50-year-old man who wasreported to be suffering from res-piratory problems and was uncon-scious,” said a spokeswoman forthe Great Western Ambulance Ser-vice. “We sent a paramedic in adoubled-crewed ambulance.

“When they arrived they founda conscious patient who was notfeeling well at all. They made aninitial assessment and took him tothe Great Western Hospital (in

Singer Morrissey in hospitalafter collapsing on stage

Swindon) for further assessment.” His condition was not thought

to be life threatening, she added. “The stage went dark and he

was taken off the stage and then hisband all left the stage,” The DailyTelegraph’s website quoted 40-year-old eyewitness Mark Taylor as say-ing.

“There was a wait of about 25minutes before one of the stage crewcame on and said Morrissey had leftthe building, and that he was seri-ously ill.

“Everybody started booing,thinking ‘here we go again’. He hasa bit of a poor track record for can-celling his concerts.”

The Mancunian singer has beentouring North America and Europesince releasing his ninth solo album,“Years of Refusal”, in February.

He has cancelled several con-certs during the tour, including datesin Florida, North Carolina, Califor-nia, Britain and France.

“Morrissey was brought in tothe Accident and Emergency de-partment,” said a Great WesternHospital spokeswoman.

“He has been seen by themedical team. At this stage his con-dition is stable.”

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Having witnessed tumultuoustimes for the stock and propertymarkets in the financial crisis, inves-tors now see fine wine as a relativelylow-risk, cheap investment whichguarantees long-term returns.

“We can easily buy HSBCshares because they will always beavailable on the market,” GeorgeTong, a wine connoisseur-cum-in-vestor and toy company owner, toldAFP.

“Fine wine, on the other hand,is something that cannot be replen-ished. Its value is bound to rise.”

“Every time someone opens abottle of 1982 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, the rest of the world isdeprived of one more,” he said, re-ferring to one of the most sought-after vintages.

The strongest impetus for in-vestors came from a surging demandfor imported wine in China, which

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has seen breakneck growth in per-sonal wealth boosted by thegovernment’s four trillion yuan (585billion dollars) economic stimuluspackage last year.

In China, top-echelon vintagescan be a status symbol for the su-per-rich as well as a powerful toolfor building business relationships.

“You have to appreciate it froma cultural point of view. Chinesepeople show you how much theyvalue you from the type of wine theyserve you,” said Carson Chan, man-aging director of auction houseBonhams Asia.

“In order to return the respect,you must serve them wine of thesame calibre.”

Chan said the wealthy and therising middle class in China are be-coming increasingly knowledgeableabout Western wine, and their huntfor quality brands would eventually

widen from the current focus on thewell-known Bordeaux region inFrance.

He said that fine wine wouldbecome an increasingly commoninvestment for people in Hong Kongand elsewhere in the region.

Xavier de Eizaguirre, presidentof Vinexpo, the world’s biggestwine and spirits exhibition, has pre-dicted that China, one of the ten big-gest wine consumers in 2008, wouldbe ranked number seven by 2012.

Wine prices have been signifi-cantly boosted by the Chinese mar-ket.

The price for a bottle of 2005Domain de la Romanee Conti, forexample, jumped from about 2,000US dollars in 2005 to 8,200 dollarsearly this year, according to marketdata.

Hong Kong’s wine market hasbecome a major beneficiary of thattrend, thanks in part to a governmentmove to scrap a 40 percent tax onthe tipple last year and its geo-graphic proximity to mainlandChina.

ReutersPHILADELPHIA – Nine-year-

old Corey Haas can ride his bike alonenow, thanks to an experimental genetherapy that has boosted his fadingvision with a single treatment.

The gene therapy helped improveworsening eyesight caused by a rareinherited disease called Leber con-genital amaurosis, or LCA, whichmakes most patients blind by age 40.

Twelve treated patients, includingCorey, now have better vision, their doc-tors told a joint meeting of the AmericanAcademy of Ophthalmology and Pan-American Association of Ophthalmol-ogy in San Francisco on Saturday.

“All 12 patients given gene therapyin one eye showed improvement inretinal function,” Dr Katherine Highof The Children’s Hospital of Phila-delphia and the Howard Hughes Medi-cal Institute and colleagues wrote in areport to be released at the same timeby the Lancet medical journal.

LCA causes the retina to degener-ate and the researchers found that theyounger the patient treated with thetherapy, the better the effects.

“Before, I used to ride my bike justin front of the house and now I justride around the neighborhood with noone watching,” Corey told a newsconference.

Gene therapy experimentrestores sight in a few

While the experiment was meantmostly to show the treatment wassafe, it showed remarkably strongeffects, High and Dr Jean Bennett ofthe University of Pennsylvania found.

“This study reports dramatic re-sults in restoring vision to patientswho previously had no options fortreatment,” said High. “These find-ings may expedite development ofgene therapy for more common reti-nal diseases, such as age-relatedmacular degeneration.”

They could also help restore thetarnished image of gene therapy, bat-tered by the death of an 18-year-oldvolunteer in a clinical trial in 1999and cases of leukemia in a few youngchildren treated in France.

“The study by Bennett and co-workers will further boost genetherapy trials and provide hope forpatients with inherited blindness andother genetic disorders,” Dr FransCremers and Dr Rob Collin ofNijmegen Medical Center in theNetherlands wrote in a commentary.

A faulty gene means patients withLCA start to lose their vision in child-hood. There is no treatment.High,Bennett and colleagues worked with12 volunteers, aged 8 to 44. They re-ported on three of the adult patientsin April of 2008.

Agence France Presse SYDNEY- Thousands sat down to breakfast

on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday after theiconic structure was closed to traffic and carpetedwith grass for the first time for a giant picnic.

About 6,000 early risers were on the steelbridge from 6:30 am to take part in the two-hourevent designed to showcase Sydney’s best food andoutdoor lifestyle. As accordion players and trum-peters provided the background music, those whohad won tickets to the picnic in a random lotterymunched on fruit, pastries, muesli, yoghurt, andthe staple Australian breakfast spread Vegemite.

“It’s amazing to see the bridge in this perspec-tive,” said Sydneysider Don Fuchs of the structurewhich is used by about 100,000 cars daily.

“Usually you sit in the car, you cross it, andthat’s it.” “It was beautiful,” said Linda Curnowwho attended the picnic with her family. “The grasswas so thick it was like being in your back yard.”

New South Wales state Premier Nathan Reessaid the event was set to become an annual featureof Sydney’s month-long October food festival.

About 45,000 people applied for tickets to thebreakfast for which people brought their own foodbut were able to taste samples from some of thestate’s best producers.

“I don’t think we were ever doubtful of thesuccess of this event today,” a government spokes-man told AFP. “It was a unique world first for thisiconic attraction. This type of event typifies the Aus-tralian personality.” Organisers are planning touse about 40 percent of the grass on Sydney parks.The bridge was due to reopen at about 1:00 pm.

Thousands eat breakfaston Sydney Harbour Bridge

AFP PHOTO/Antony DICKSON

In a picture taken on September 12, 2009 corks from sample wines lieon a counter at a wine auction in Hong Kong. Hong Kong investors areturning to rare vintages as an alternative bet for good capital growth,a trend driven by an insatiable demand for imported wine in China.

AP Photo/Rob GriffithSome 6000 people participate in the Breakfast on the Bridgeevent at the Sydney Harbor Bridge, in Sydney, Australia,Sunday, Oct. 25. The event is part of the Crave Sydney fes-tival, a major celebration of Sydney’s way of life, offering31 days of food, art, comedy and outdoor fun, includingthe Sydney International Food Festival.

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DOHA- Serena Williams, having strippednaked for an American magazine shoot, canlay bare her simmering frustration over los-ing her world number one ranking at the WTAChampionships which start Tuesday.

Despite winning the Australian Open andWimbledon titles in 2009, taking her GrandSlam collection to 11, Williams has again beendisplaced at the top of the women’s game byRussia’s Dinara Safina who has yet to capturea major.

Williams’s fourth career stopover at thetop of the rankings lasted just two weeks. Com-ing in the slipstream of her notorious, foul-mouthed US Open meltdown, which could stillspark a Grand Slam ban, the 28-year-oldAmerican will be on a very personal missionat this 4.55 million dollar season-ending tour-nament.

The eight-woman field of Safina, Serenaand Venus Williams, French Open winnerSvetlana Kuznetsova, Elena Dementieva,Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka andJelena Jankovic, also boasts intriguing sub-plots.

Wozniacki, the world number six fromDenmark, finds herself embroiled in a WTAprobe following her controversial injury with-drawal in Luxembourg last week.

Players are also desperate to lay downmarkers ahead of the 2010 season before KimClijsters, the shock US Open champion, andfellow former number one Justine Henin startchipping away at newly-minted reputationsafter coming out of retirement.

Serena Williams has never hesitated tomock Safina’s number one status already thisyear. “My motivation is to win another GrandSlam and stay No. 2, I guess. I’d rather defi-nitely be No. 2 and win Grand Slams in thepast year than be No. 1 and not have any,” she

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MOSCOW- Italy’s Francesca Schiavone, thelast seeded woman standing, cruised comfort-ably into the Kremlin Cup final with a straight-sets win over Ukraine’s Alona Bondarenko hereon Sunday.

In final, the eighth seed will face OlgaGovortsova of Belarus, who swept aside AlisaKleybanova of Russia 6-2, 6-1.

The 29-year-old Schiavone, the 2005 run-ner-up, won 6-4, 6-0 in 71 minutes to recordher fourth win over Bondarenko in their sixth

Schiavone to face Govortsovain Kremlin Cup final

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Francesca Schiavone of Italy cel-ebrates during her semi-final matchagainst Alona Bondarenko ofUkraine at the WTA Kremlin Cup ten-nis tournament in Moscow.Schiavone won 6-4, 6-0.

meeting. “I’m happy with my play,” Schiavone said.

“I was serving good, returning well. I movedquickly, played aggressively and dominated.”

Bondarenko, the world 36, started brightlywith an immediate break but Schiavone took fourconsecutive games for a 4-1 lead.

The 25-year-old Ukrainian reduced the ar-rears with a break in the ninth game butSchiavone made the decisive break in the 10thto gain a one-set advantage in 46 minutes.

In the second, Schiavone underlined hersupremacy at Moscow’s Olympic indoor sta-dium, producing three more breaks to win thesecond set to love and the match.

Meanwhile, Govortsova levelled her head-to-head record with Kleybanova at two wins all.Govortsova broke Kleybanova’s serve on threeoccasions to put herself one set up in 40 min-utes. In the second set, the 21-year-old broke threetimes to win the set and the match in 86 minutes.

In the men’s section of the two-million-dollar joint ATP and WTA event, third seedMikhail Youzhny cruised comfortably into thefinal past qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin ofKazakhstan 6-2, 6-1.

In final, Youzhny will face Serbian sixthseed Janko Tipsarevic, who outclassed IlyaMarchenko of Ukraine 6-1, 6-4.

The 25-year-old Tipsarevic was in completecommand against Marchenko, the world 190,breaking twice in the opening set for a 5-0 leadbefore Marchenko chalked up his first point.

After taking the first set in 34 minutesTipsarevic, 46th in the rankings, eased up inthe second but still broke Marchenko in the sev-enth game to win the set, the match and a placein the final.

“The key was that I really started dominat-ing from the first set,” said Tipsarevic, who isstill seeking his first career title.

Serena prepares to tear strip off rivals

said after her Wimbledon triumph over sisterVenus.

Williams comes into Doha also desper-ately trying to move on from her now infamousUS Open semi-final defeat to Clijsters whereshe launched a furious, verbal assault on a fe-male line judge.

The outburst followed being called for afoot fault which handed Clijsters match point;the ensuing penalty point confirmed Williams’sdefeat. A 10,000-dollar fine and an apologyhave not halted an ongoing ITF investigation.

“I think it’s important for people to learnfrom things that they’ve done in the past and Ifeel like I’ve completely learned and I wouldnever do the same thing,” said the American,no doubt happy that the official from FlushingMeadows has decided against making the tripto the Middle East.

Safina, runner-up at the Australian andFrench Opens, has defended her position in therankings, claiming it’s a reward for playingmore tournaments and performing consistentlywell at them.

Serena Williams

The Citroen driver had arrivedat the season finale one point be-hind Mikko Hirvonen and facinghis toughest title battle in manyyears, but led the rally through-out.

Hirvonen (Ford) admitted hehad been too cautious on Friday’sopening loop, and mounted afightback and cut Loeb’s leadfrom 9s to 2.4s by SS7.

But then Loeb all but securedthe championship with an incred-ible performance on the next twostages, where he extended his leadto a comfortable 25s.

Hirvonen started closing inagain this morning until his bon-net came loose and obscured hisview on the penultimate stage,forcing him to stop and removeit, and leaving Loeb free to cruiseto victory and the world champi-onship.

“It has been an incredible sea-son - a very good start then welost everything in the middle ofthe season,” said Loeb. “It wasbig, big pressure and I’m really

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happy about this one because Mikkowas really, really strong. It was anincredible battle all season.”

Hirvonen was predictably disap-pointed to miss out on the title aftercoming so close.

“I need to get back to work andfind more speed for next year,” hesaid. “We are now really close toSebastien and that feels good, but it’sstill a big disappointment in the end.”

The Finn’s late drama almost al-lowed Dani Sordo to complete aCitroen one-two, as the Spaniardclosed to within 0.9s of the Ford. ButHirvonen was 0.1s quicker on SS14,leaving Sordo to settle for third.

Petter Solberg’s self-run Citroenhad an ultra-tight battle with Sordountil a windscreen wiper problemleft him struggling to see on the verywet Saturday morning stages. Theformer world champion could notclose the gap after that and finishedfourth.

Sebastien Ogier was on course forfifth for Citroen Junior until hecrashed out on the penultimate stage.

“I think the guys in front of me

pulled some big rocks in the road andit was impossible for me to pass, sowe went off because of that,” he ex-plained.

That elevated Stobart Ford’sHenning Solberg and Matthew Wil-son to fifth and sixth. Both had quietrallies once early rival Mads Ostberg(Adapta Subaru) sustained brokensuspension.

Jari-Matti Latvala had a miserableweekend in the second Ford. A bro-ken driveshaft on the first stage andthe lack of a full service on Fridaymeant he only had three wheel drivefor most of day one, and then hecrashed after the finish of SS14 to-day, leaving him to limp through thefinal two stages with deranged sus-pension. He still managed to comehome seventh, ahead of CitroenJunior’s Conrad Rautenbach.

The third Junior team C4 of AaronBurkart was heading for a conserva-tive top ten finish until he went offand lost five minutes on SS14. TheJunior championship frontrunneradmitted he had lost concentrationpassing Ogier’s wounded car.

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Sebastien Loeb of France and co driver Daniel Elna of MonteCarlo drive a Citroen Total WRT car during a special stage of theRally of Britain near Neath, Wales, Sunday, Oct. 25.

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It means Inter lead with 22 pointsafter nine matches with Sampdoriaopening up a five-point gap betweenthem and the rest, although that couldbe cut to two if either Fiorentina orJuventus win on Sunday.

Inter were anything but spec-tacular against the Sicilians but theirsuperiority was clear to see as theyput the game to bed by half-time.“I’m happy with the way we playedin the first half and the way we foughtin the second half,” said Inter bossJose Mourinho.

“Obviously it’s never easy af-ter a Champions League match. Ithink the game could have gone dif-ferently, it could have been easier.

“When it went 2-1 it gaveCatania hope and made us nervous.”

Afer Wesley Sneijder had wastedan early chance, Sulley Muntari gavethe hosts the lead at the San Siro incomical fashion as his ball forward,aimed at Samuel Eto’o, was nar-rowly missed by the Cameroon for-ward. But it flummoxed Cataniagoalkeeper Andrea Campagnolowho stood rooted to the line as theball slipped apologetically past himand inside the far post.

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MADRID- After losing to ACMilan in the Champions League inmidweek, Real Madrid dropped twopoints in the title race with a 0-0 drawat Sporting Gijon on Sunday as theyfailed to score for the first time thisseason.

Real go top above Barcelona ongoal difference but the champions, alsobeaten at home in Europe by RussiansRubin Kazan, can open up a three-pointlead with a home win over RealZaragoza on Sunday.

Madrid coach Manuel Pellegriniwas shorn of striking options with

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LONDON- Frank Lampard scoredtwice as Chelsea leap-frogged cham-pions Manchester United into top spotin the English Premier League with a5-0 rout of Blackburn Rovers at Stam-ford Bridge on Sunday.

An own goal in the 20th minutefrom French defender Gael Givet, whoturned Nicolas Anelka’s cross pastgoalkeeper Paul Robinson under pres-sure from Didier Drogba, put the Bluesahead.

England midfielder Lampardscored his first Premier League goalsince April when he fired home fromDrogba’s pull back before MichaelEssien wrapped up the points in the 52ndminute when he beat Robinson with acurving shot from fully 35 yards out.

Lampard scored his second, andChelsea’s fourth, from the penalty spotafter Drogba was brought down sevenminutes later by Rovers captain RyanNelsen, the New Zealand defender.

The impressive Drogba then

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Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari, of Ghana, second rightwith white wristband, is congratulated by teammates after scor-ing during a serie A soccer match between Inter Milan andCatania at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 25.

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ROME- Inter Milan maintained their two point lead over Sampdoria at the Serie A summit asthe top two both won on Sunday. Inter eased to a 2-1 victory at home to Catania while AntonioCassano inspired Sampdoria to a 4-1 thumping of lowly Bologna.

France captain Patrick Vieira, en-joying a rare start with EstebanCambiasso injured, smacked a shotagainst the bar from 12 yards on 28minutes but just three minutes laterSneijder curled home a delightfulfree-kick.

Catania earned a lifeline six min-utes from time as substitute GiuseppeMascara scored from the spot aftergoalkeeper Julio Cesar had felledGianvinto Plasmati but Inter still heldon comfortably.

Cassano was the catalyst inGenoa as the 27-year-old bad-boyturned in one of his most influentialperformances, setting up two goalsand proving a constant menace. Italycoach Marcello Lippi has resisted thetemptation to select Cassano for morethan a year despite intense mediapressure, but he cannot have failedto be impressed by this match-win-ning performance.

Neither could he have failed tonotice the performance of GiampaoloPazzini who scored despite playingin a mask after having his nose bro-ken in a clash with Lazio goalkeeperFernando Muslera last week.

Cassano teed him up to open the

scoring on seven minutes before start-ing the move that led to the secondon 16 minutes, chipping the ball toPazzini who controlled it on his chestand then helped it on into DanieleMannini’s path with the midfielderlashing home a stunning volley.

The game was over as a con-test on 26 minutes when Switzer-land midfielder Reto Ziegler turnedGaby Mudingayi far too easily 25yards from goal and then sent arocket past Emiliano Viviano intothe bottom corner.

Bologna’s difficult task wasmade almost impossible in the after-math as forward Marco Di Vaio ar-gued with the referee and was showna straight red card. On 33 minutes itwas 4-0. Cassano teased the Bolognabackline and tricked himself intospace before crossing to Mannini tohead home from two yards out at theback post.

Cassano almost scored a stun-ning individual goal, but after beat-ing three players he blazed over. TheSerie A strugglers showed great pridein the second period and pulled a goalback through substitute PabloOsvaldo on 62min.

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Real Madrid’s Raul Gonzalez, reacts during their Spanish LaLiga soccer match against Sporting de Gijon at the El Molinonstadium, in Gijon, Spain, Sunday, Oct 25.

Injury-ravaged Real fire blanks in GijonCristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema,Gonzalo Higuain and Ruud vanNistelrooy injured so the onus was onRaul and Kaka.

The pair had two of Real’s bestchances, with Esteban Granero miss-ing the other, but Real could not find away through against a Sporting side thatremain unbeaten at home and a respect-able seventh in the table.

“Football can be like this some-times,” reflected Real playmaker Guti.“You can create lots of chances butdon’t take them.

“We had some important attack-ing players absent today and of coursewe missed them.”

Sevilla, the only Spanish side towin in the Champions League thisweek, missed the chance to capitaliseon Real’s slip following a 0-0 homedraw against 10-man Espanyol. Sevillastay three points behind Real after fail-ing to score in the league for the sec-ond successive game although that waslargely down to some heroics fromEspanyol goalkeeper Carlos Kameni.

Espanyol, now unbeaten in fivematches, had been reduced to 10 menafter defender Nicolas Pareja was sentoff for hacking down Diego Capel onthe hour mark but Kameni pulled offsome fine saves to hold on for a point.

“We have to get some points awayand try to win at home - that is our strat-egy,” said Kameni.

The Milan defeat had raised de-fensive issues at Real Madrid again andSpanish international Raul Albiol wasdropped to the bench with ArgentineEzequiel Garay taking his spot at cen-tre-back.

Sporting had lost 7-1 and 4-0against Real last season so must havefeared the worst. Real goalkeeper IkerCasillas, at fault for two Milan goals,flapped at an early cross but Sport-ing could not take advantage of themistake.

Kaka had Real’s first effort on 20minutes with a low shot before Raulswivelled and shot wide close to the halfhour mark following a goalmouthscramble. Gijon had their best openingclose to half-time with Miguel de lasCuevas, who has four goals already thisseason, forcing Casillas to get downquickly to defend his near post.

Lampard double puts Chelsea topadded a fifth in the 64th minute asChelsea made it nine goals in twomatches after their midweek 4-0Champions League defeat of AtleticoMadrid.

It was an important result for theBlues after they’d lost 2-1 to AstonVilla last time out in the PremierLeague and Lampard told ESPN: “Wewere disappointed after last week. Wewanted to bounce back and we did itin style.”

Lampard was especially pleasedby the confident return of fellow En-gland international Joe Cole, playinghis first Premier League match sincesuffering a knee injury againstSouthend in January.

“He is different class,” Lampardsaid. “I think everyone knows whatColey brings us, he is something dif-ferent, he runs with the ball and he cancreate something out of nothing.”

Cole added: “When you’re out for10 months just getting back on thetraining pitch is great so to come backto a game like that was fantastic.”

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While Stoner (Ducati) blitzed thefield from the outset, Rossi had torecover from a first corner error thatdropped him to the foot of the topten to take third behind DaniPedrosa’s Honda.

Rossi said he was delighted toseal the championship title with onerace to go, in Valencia on Novem-ber 8. “With one round to go, I haveclinched the world title. I thank allthe people who helped me achievethis achievement. We did some greatfight,” he said. Rossi’s title rival andYamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzohad to start last and recovering tofourth was insufficient to prolongthe championship fight.The racewas delayed by nearly 40 minutesdue to a massive downpour, and al-though the rain eased considerably,the track was never ready for slick

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world championship in total by fighting back to third in a wet Ma-world championship in total by fighting back to third in a wet Ma-world championship in total by fighting back to third in a wet Ma-world championship in total by fighting back to third in a wet Ma-world championship in total by fighting back to third in a wet Ma-laysian Grand Prix dominated by Casey Stoner.laysian Grand Prix dominated by Casey Stoner.laysian Grand Prix dominated by Casey Stoner.laysian Grand Prix dominated by Casey Stoner.laysian Grand Prix dominated by Casey Stoner.

tyres.Lorenzo was demoted to the back

of the field when he had to change tohis spare bike and failed to get out ofthe pitlane in time to join the grid.

But it looked like he would swiftlyovercome this setback, for whileLorenzo immediately gained groundoff the line, Rossi ran wide at the firstcorner and dropped from first to eighth- right in front of his flying team-mate.Both Lorenzo and Marco Melandrithen passed the cautious Rossi beforethe opening lap was over, and it tookseveral failed attempts before Rossiwas able to re-pass the HayateKawasaki.

Lorenzo picked his way past LorisCapirossi (Suzuki), Nicky Hayden(Ducati) and Toni Elias (GresiniHonda) - overtaking Hayden threetimes in total as the American kept

AP Photo/Vincent ThianItaly’s Valentino Rossi sprays champagne as he celebrates after win-ning the MotoGP World Championship with his third place finish atthe Malaysian Grand Prix motorcycle racing at the Sepang Interna-tional Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, Oct. 25.

fighting back - but Rossi was shad-owing his every move, and that wasno good for the Spaniard, who neededa lot of bikes between them.

Although following Lorenzo to theflag would have guaranteed the titlefor Rossi, he was not prepared to dothat and overtook his team-mate tomove into fourth on lap eight.

Up front, Stoner soon passedPedrosa for the lead and then stormedaway at 2s per lap in the first half ofthe race, before backing off and cruis-ing to a brilliant second victory inseven days. Pedrosa came under pres-sure from his team-mate AndreaDovizioso until the Italian crashed atTurn 5 late on, allowing Rossi to cel-ebrate his championship victory fromthe podium. Randy de Puniet was theonly other rider to crash out in the dif-ficult conditions. The LCR Hondarider had a vicious high speed highside while running fifth on lap two butescaped serious injury.

Hayden completed the top fiveahead of Suzuki’s Chris Vermeulen,who lived up to his wet weather acereputation by steadily advancing fromhis initial 14th place.

SepangHiroshi Aoyama brought himself

to the brink of the 250cc worldchampionship by defeating title ri-val Marco Simoncelli in an epicSepang race.

With Simoncelli pushed down tothird behind Hector Barbera in afrantic last lap, Aoyama’s champi-onship lead is back up to 21 points,with just 25 available at the Valenciafinale.

The title fight is now a two-waycontest, with second not sufficientto keep Barbera in contention, andfellow long-shot Alvaro Bautistacrashing for the third straight racewhen running fourth early on.

Aoyama lost the lead to secondplace qualifier Jules Cluzel off theline, while Simoncelli quickly madeprogress from his disappointingeighth on the grid.

Aoyama closes on 250 title with winWhen Aoyama slid wide in a failed

move on Cluzel on lap two, he slippedto fourth and found Simoncelli righton his tail - and then ahead of him asthe Italian sliced inside his title rivalat Turn 2.

The duo then picked through to thefront of the field together, withAoyama all over the back ofSimoncelli. The Scot Honda wentdown the inside into the last corneron lap six, but Simoncelli had a betterexit and eased Aoyama out over thekerbs, letting Cluzel get back betweenthem.

Aoyama was soon back onSimoncelli’s tail and repeated his hair-pin pass at half-distance. Simoncellidrafted back through on the straight,Aoyama outbraked him again intoTurn 1, and then Simoncelli nippedback down the inside at Turn 2.

Two laps later Aoyama surprised

Simoncelli into Turn 9 and reclaimedthe lead. Simoncelli again fought backon the pits straight and again the pairwent through Turns 1 and 2 side byside, inches apart. But this timeAoyama got back ahead as they ac-celerated through the Turn 3 kink, re-sisted Simoncelli’s retaliation at Turn5, and then finally made a break.

A string of new lap records tookAoyama into a comfortable lead,while Simoncelli had his hands fullfending off Barbera, who slippedahead at the final corner at one pointonly to run very wide.

Barbera stepped up his attack onthe last lap, getting alongside on thedash to the line and taking the flag ina dead-heat with Simoncelli. Theycould not be split on video evidenceso Barbera was awarded the placebecause his fastest lap was quickerthan the Italian’s.