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ASITA insists onrejecting fee hikeon tourist objectsin Tabanan

Officials said all eight of the attackerswere killed after they raided the hilltopIntercontinental Hotel, whose faded gran-deur frequently pays host to Afghan offi-cials and Westerners, late Tuesday.

Red tracer bullets arced through thenight sky around the hotel and part of thebuilding was left in flames.

The state-owned 1960s hotel, which isnot part of the global InterContinentalchain, was hosting delegates attending anAfghan security conference and a largewedding party when the insurgents struck.

Kabul police chief Ayub Salangi saidthat 10 people, mostly hotel workers, werekilled in the raid and three police officerswere wounded. Interior ministry spokes-man Seddiq Seddiqi identified the dead astwo policemen and eight civilians, and saidthat eight other civilians were wounded.

He said the slain hotel workers hadbeen on the first floor and in the lobby atthe time of the attack.

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Richard Gere

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KUTA - Hollywood actor RichardGere accompanied by his wife and son,arrived in the Indonesian tourist resortisland of Bali from Central Java wherehe visited and performed religious ritesat the Buddhist Borobudur Temple.

Gere arrived at Bali‘s Ngurah Rai in-ternational airport at 10.05 am local timeaboard a Garuda plane which flew himfrom Yogyakarata‘s Adisutjipto airport.

Accompanied by airport officials, Geretook his luggage and directly boarded ahotel car which had been waiting for him.

Gere who played in the film “PrettyWomen” opposite Julia Roberts was notprepared to be interviewed because he hadcome to Bali for a vacation.

Richard Gere in BaliOn Sunday, Richard Gere arrived in

Yogyakarta to meditate at the ancientBorobudur temple.

He performed “pradaksina”, a ritualwhere the faithful circle the temple as atoken of respect. After offering prayers,he meditated in front of the Borobodurtemple`s main stupa.

Borobudur, Prambanan, and RatubokoTourist Park Manager PurnomoSiswoprasetjo said Richard Gere had can-celed a plan to ride an elephant to go aroundthe temple and surrounding villages due tothe presence of a big crowd and the mediathat made him feel uncomfortable.

A practicing Buddhist, Richard Gerealso skipped a bodhi tree planting cer-emony and planned visits to Mendut andPawon temples.

AFP PHOTO/Massoud HOSSAINI

Smoke and flames light up the night from a blaze at the Intercontinental hotel after anattack on the hotel by Taliban fighters and a response by Afghan security forces backedby NATO helicopters in Kabul on June 29, 2011. Taliban suicide bombers and gunmenattacked the hotel popular with foreigners and Afghan officials, sparking a five-hourassault that left several casualties and part of the building in flames. NATO helicopterswere called in to help crush the brazen attack, which officials said ended in the earlyhours of on June 29 with six would-be suicide bombers killed by security forces.

Ten killed as Talibanstorm Kabul hotel

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KABUL - Heavily armed Talibanmilitants stormed a leading Kabulhotel, sparking a ferocious battle in-volving Afghan commandos and aNATO helicopter gunship that endedhours later with 10 civilians dead.

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Negara (Bali Post) –Not only the elementary schools in Jembrana that got damaged espe-

cially teachers’ dormitories, dozens of junior high schools (SMP) fromPekutatan to Melaya are also damaged and so dozens of proposals forrepairing comes in to Jembrana Education, Youth and Sports Agency.

As what’s seen last Monday (28/6) around 20 proposals, 13 fromstate and 7 from private junior high schools, are asking for their facili-ties such as building and class rooms to be fixed or improved. PekutatanSMP 1 and SMP 2 stated lab, library and teacher office severely dam-aged, in Melaya SMP 2, SMP 4 and SMP 5 has its UKS and year 3 classdamaged, and in Negara SMP 1, SMP 2, SMP 3 and SMP 4 were alsoasking for help where SMP 3 has two class rooms severely damagedand other two lightly damaged. Meanwhile in Mendoyo, SMP 1, SMP3, SMP 4 and SMP 5 had some of their class rooms severely damagedalso the lab and creativity room.

Head of the Agency, Nengah Alit, stated to fix the elementary andjunior high the government will use Special Allocation Budget likelast year but it won’t be enough. “It is not possible to take it from theRegional’s Budget and Expenses as it is not enough so we will dataall these damages and will send a proposal to the central,” he ex-plained. For now SMP 1 Negara, SMP 2 Mendoyo, SMP 4 Negaraand SMP 2 Pekutatan will be prioritised which will be surveyed first.“If there is a severe damaged school will ask Agency for help. But ifit’s light like roof tiles damaged, I’m sure the school can managethat,” he concluded. (kmb26)

After seized they were given toBali province Social Agency houseto be given guidance. The Agencyadmitted to have been overwhelmedin seizing them especially the kidsas they usually would run away toescape. It was found they were from3 places Trunyan, Muntigunung and

Amlapura (Bali Post) –From 2007 until March 2011, Hardy’s Karangasem has experienced a

loss of IDR 562 million due to its employees own robbery which one ofthem is accused I Gusti Edy Guruh, S.E. (33) who last Monday (27/6) wastrialled for smuggling Hardy’s money, as stated by Public Prosecutor KetutKasna Dedy, S.H. Right now Karangasem police are still investigating otheraccused.

In the reading of the conviction letter, witness official of Denpasar Hardy’s(central) I Ketut Ageng (28) stated in 2007 he was told by his leader includ-ing accused Guruh to sell items outside the supermarket where potentialitems that did not get its target inside will be planned to sell outside whichhe admitted did not know it was illegal or not. “My leader Guruh was theHead of Gross Division with witness I Ketut Budi Sastrawan, SH,” he ex-plained.

According to Ageng, after the finance department was close and he wasgoing home, Budi Sastrawan once gave him IDR 12 million a result of aselling to be passed to accused, Guruh. This was done so the selling incomedid not go to the finance department. When checked by finance, the em-ployee said did not get it from accused yet accused tell them not to get intohis business as it is his responsibility. Yet in March 2011, an auditor fromcentral Hardys came to audit Hardys Karangasem and found many misus-ing and smuggling of the company’s money which part of it is Guruh’s(IDR 12 million). For that the management wants Guruh to be legally pro-cessed yet he was gone before that which so he was captured since 30thApril.

For the conviction Guruh through his legal counsellor I Gede BimanataraPutra, SH, confirmed that the letter is true. Guruh did not decline the state-ment and it was continued with witnesses’ statements. (013)

Gianyar (Bali Post) –Monday’s (27/6) heavy rain has

caused a landslide in the border ofDemungan River, Lebih Village,Gianyar where it caused a publicmade road eroded causing two fami-lies at Banjar Lebih Duur Kaja iso-lated.

Families of I Wayan Nada and IWayan Warda lives across the other

Coming Religious Day,Coming Religious Day,Coming Religious Day,Coming Religious Day,Coming Religious Day,Beggars Keep ComingBeggars Keep ComingBeggars Keep ComingBeggars Keep ComingBeggars Keep ComingDenpasar

Beggars kept filling the roads of Denpasar which has been complained by the public anduncomfortable scene. In responding to this situation, Human Resource, Transmigration andSocial Agency for Denpasar City last Monday (27/6) seized 17 people of 5 adults, 10 kids and 2babies who were around at night time such as at Tohpati, Mahendradata Street, DiponegoroStreet, in front of Matahari Department Store, Teuku Umar Six Cross ways (simpang enam).“Before finding them we have done sweeping to locations where they might be and what timeare they out, if there are any organisers who put them there by directing our staffs wearingcasual clothes so our raid won’t be a waste,” Head of the Agency, Made Erwin SuryadarmaSena, SE, MSi, explained accompanied by Head of Social Rehabilitation Section, Ketut Likub.

Pedahan. What’s more one boyWayan Dadap (11) who’s still in year4 also joined this operation. Anotherone is mother Wayan Sukeh fromPedahan with her 3 months old babyseized in Tohpati. When asked whyshe did it she explained she has nomoney to hold a three months cer-

emony for her baby and also for thecoming religious days.

It is known that since January2011 until this June the number ofseized beggars reached 130 peoplewhich 67 from Munti Gunung, 28from Pedahan and 35 fromTrunyan.

Landslide, Two Families Isolated

Dozens State Junior HighSchool DamagedAgency Overwhelmed by Proposals

residents and so they have to gothrough the river to get to. For thatthey created a way fit for a motor-bike that could connect their houseswhich also used by farmers in SubakPurna Jaya and Juwet. With the sideof the road eroded 25 meters deep,residents have to go through resi-dents houses to get to the bridge.

According to Lebih Village Head

Wayan Gede Pradnyana, the disas-ter has been reported to the GianyarRegional Disaster ManagementBoard and it is hoped governmentwill help this problem. Meanwhilethe Board’s secretary, PandeSupartha, stated due to the heavy raina number of irrigation flooded andso far the reports only come fromGuwang and Seronggo. (kmb16)

Karangasem Hardy’sEmployee RobberyCause Half Billion Rupiah Loss

Denpasar (Bali Post)-The house execution done by

Denpasar District Court in KomodoStreet No. 26 last Monday (27/6) al-most ended in a clash as the houseowner did not want its house to betaken forcedly and blocked the work-ers from getting their items which oneof them held a crescent. The houseworth IDR 2 billion was said to be adebt of Wicaksana to Ni KetutSumiasih that’s only IDR 28 millionand according to the Wicaksana’s fam-ily the court’s decision was unfair.

According to Hadi Wijaya,Wicaksana’s son, the case has beengoing for a long time taking place backin 1987 where at that time his uncle,Putu Hadi Kusuma, borrowed IDR 22million from PT. Borsumij Wehry In-donesia Company yet it was not paid

Almost Clash, House Execution FailedIDR 2 Billion House For IDR 28 Million Debt

back and gave the certificate to hisbrother in law, Wicaksana, who ownsthe house. The certificate was thengiven to Sumiasih which then paid thedebt as agreed IDR 28 million by HadiWijaya. Yet later on Sumiasih made apower of sale deed where it was signedby Wicaksana. “My father was old anddid not understand law and just signedit straight away,” Wijaya explained.

Then there was another agree-ment letter between them where ifthe house was sold then it will becut as the unpaid debt and the rest isgiven back which so Wicaksana fin-ished it in a family way and agreedto pay IDR 45 million as the debtkept increasing with interest. Yetwhen about to be paid, Sumiasihasked for IDR 75 million and de-clined the given money. Wicaksana

family asked to go back to the firstagreement yet nothing was donewhich was then brought to court anduntil it’s appeal is still decline. It wasthen decided the house is owned bySumiasih.

Due to that, Wijaya and familydenied to be moved out forcedly andasked for an at least three monthsextension. The house is still beinglived by the family including an eld-erly woman on her wheelchair whokeeps being in front of the house dur-ing the execution. “Look at her, don’tyou have a heart?” Wijaya shouted tothe court workers. As Sumiasih wasn’tseen in the scene, through Sumiasih’slegal counsellor, it was stated the fam-ily was given two months to pack andgo. “Where are we going to go,”Wijaya questioned. (kmb)

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IMPERFECT physical condition is not an obstacle for peoplewith disabilities to entertain and inspire the visitors of Bali ArtsFestival (BAF) 2011. By coalescing into the Rwa Bhineda art stu-dio, they presented Gita Shanti and Genjek arts at Angsoka Stageon Tuesday (Jun 28). Their performance aroused the sympathy andreceived great applause from the audience.

From the beginning, the people with disability, largely consist-ing of the blind, could draw the attention of spectators. Despitewith disability, they did not give up at all. Their spirit to preserveBalinese arts and culture should be appreciated. In their appear-ance at BAF, they presented the Gita Santhi psalmody and Genjekart. Through a solemn and melodious traditional psalmodic song,they invited visitors to make introspection to anticipate a fight dueto different opinion.

Their performance was resumed with Genjek. They chanted 10songs telling about their life as itinerant masseur whose incomewas insufficient to meet daily needs. Essentially, they would liketo deliver a message in order government could pay attention totheir destiny. Performance of the art studio mostly consisting ofpeople with disabilities, largely the blind, could touch the audi-ence and won a rousing applause from spectators thronging theAngsoka Stage.

Director of the art studio, I Made Gde Mandra, said the disabledhad a high enthusiasm in art creativity. They were willing to hire amotorcycle taxi and spend money to learn singing. “I am moved bytheir passion because they can show off superiority in terms ofspirit to preserve Balinese art and culture though they are not sup-ported by adequate physical condition. On that account, I am go-ing to continuously nurture and motivate them. Their art spiritshould be an inspiration for Balinese young people,” he said. (wid)

A legislator in Denpasar Housefrom the local hamlet, I Ketut Nuada,Wednesday (Jun 29) expected anyappropriate actions from relevantagencies to anticipate the threat offlooding in the future. At least, he said,the flooding should be resolved bymaking permanent storm drain thatcould stream the runoff at locationwhen it rained.

One of the solutions consideredvery appropriate to reduce the threatof flooding in the region was by mak-ing a storm drain to Ayung River. Thestorm drain could be made startingfrom the north of Warung Mina,southwards and then eastwards of SD2 Peguyangan primary school. “Bythe storm drain, stagnant water in thenorth of Warung Mina can be

SINCE the 33rd Bali Arts Festi-val (BAF) 2011 was held, Balinesedancers and gamelan players hadperformed a number of significantart compositions. When appreciatedcarefully, the dance, gamelan mu-sic and visual arts showed off actu-ally retained a lot of interpretablephilosophies. In other words, thespectacles presented containedmoral messages of life. On that ac-count, BAF as a medium to explore,develop and preserve Balinese cul-ture deserved a good appreciation.Through BAF, the arts that formerlyexisted in the midst of society couldbe reconstructed. Meanwhile, thearts that had been familiar amongolder generation could be passed onto young generations of Bali atpresent and in the future.

One of the arts compositionscontaining full of guidance wasPrembon Mask. In BAF 2011 thisyear, the art of masks also obtaineda pretty good portion through a pa-rade. On that account, each envoyof regency/city came to perform thearts of Prembon Mask. As last Fri-day (Jun 24), Gianyar Regency rep-resented by Taruna Mekar masktroupe from Kebon Hamlet,Singapadu, featured the perfor-

IT’S unnecessary to be a comedian to be able to make spectators laugh.This was proved by the appearance of elementary school children fromall regencies/city across Bali in the competition of macecimpedan (rid-dling) at Ayodya Stage, Bali Art Center, Tuesday (Jun 28). It was veryabsorbing and good to watch because it could enrich the perspective andmake visitors of Bali Arts Festival (BAF) 2011 laugh.

The competition was divided into three rounds, namely preliminary,semifinal and final round. Each team consisted of two participants. Theywere provided a minute to think about the answer to question given by theopponent. Interestingly, the time was not only taken advantage to think,but also to taunt each other, hit each other and have argument.

Ultimately, Bangli and Klungkung Regency could achieve finalround. The competition lasted attractively because both teams wereattacking each other and their riddles were very complicated until caus-ing viewers to frown. Klungkung was represented by two sisters com-prising Putu Sekar Yuningsih and Made Sari Yuningsih of SDN 2Semarapura Kangin primary school. Meanwhile, Bangli was repre-sented by Ni Made Ayu Citra Putri Sani and Ni Komang Hartanti ofSDN 3 Abuan.

Both teams were equally deft and nosy. They mutually taunted whileinterspersed with fresh humors. It thoroughly drew laughter of the audi-ences. Moreover, it was guided by a hilarious host. At the end, Banglimanaged to conquer its rival by a score of 8-2. “This accomplishment isinseparable from guidance and support extended by our coaches consist-ing of Nyoman Wanayasa and Nengah Sudiarna. Our headmaster, MadeSarjana, also continuously motivated us,” said Ayu and Hartanti.

Competition that was regularly organized in BAF was expected to pre-serve the Balinese language vocabulary. Besides, it could also sharpen theintellect of participants because riddles contained the elements of logic.Tough mental could also be formed in the presence of an argument overthe riddles submitted. Even, they suppressed each other to mentally bringdown the opponent.

In the meantime, the jury, Ketut Jirnaya, said there were several crite-ria in the riddle competition, such as they should not refer to modernthings, the question had to be expressed in Balinese language, and thequestion should not be ambiguous or in the sense that one question shouldhave only one answer. Overall, he said, the competition went onflourishingly as expected. “Through this contest, we expect the archaicvocabularies will not come to extinction,” he said. (wid)

To anticipate flooding on Jalan Antasura

Proposed to make stormProposed to make stormProposed to make stormProposed to make stormProposed to make stormdrain to Ayung Riverdrain to Ayung Riverdrain to Ayung Riverdrain to Ayung Riverdrain to Ayung RiverDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Flood disaster afflicting a number of residents of Pengukuh and Punduh Kulit Hamlet,Peguyangan Kaja on Jalan Antasura on Monday (Jun 26) should immediately be resolved. With-out appropriate solution, it was feared to cause similar cases engulfing residents of those ham-lets. It was triggered by the progressively narrowing open space and waterways had been closedby several buildings.

streamed,” he said.Nuada said the flooding was the

first time after conversion of farmlandin the south of the flooding location.Before establishment of the buildings,the water could flow to the south andwas absorbed in the paddy fieldswhere the Warung Mina was located.“Existence of some buildings shouldbe followed up by making storm drainto stream the water coming from thenorth,” said the member of Commis-sion D of Denpasar House.

As reported previously, the flood-ing hitting Peguyangan Kaja andPeguyangan Kangin swamped at least18 homes. Data of the Regional Di-saster Management Agency (BPBD)of Denpasar mentioned that twohomes at Peguyangan Kangin were

submerged. They belonged to GedeAdnyana and Putu Gede Suarja Putra.Meanwhile, 16 other homes locatedat Punduh Kulit Hamlet, PeguyanganKaja. Those homes belonged toNyoman Patri, Wayan Wardana,Nyoman Tahen, Made Candra, KetutDira, Nyoman Dana, Made Winata,Sukarya, Nyoman Metra, NyomanSudiana, Nengah Suta, Made Weca,Nengah Sita, Nengah Teka, NyomanPrana and Ketut Santru.

Meanwhile, the Head of BPBDDenpasar, I Made SudhanaSatrigraha, said the flooding atPeguyangan Kaja, chiefly at PunduhKulit, happened regularly. Unlike atPengukuh Hamlet, it was the firsttime, especially at the home of GedeAdnyana. (kmb12)

Prembon Mask in BAF 2011For unity of archipelago, KeboTaruna willing to sacrifice

mance impressively at Ratna KandaStage, Bali Art Center.

The show played by NyomanBudiartha, Sang Putu Sanjaya,Wayan Dana, Wayan Balik, MadeSwatama, Ni Made Astari andKadek Darmanti entitled KeboTaruna. It was directed by I KetutKodi, while its gamelan music wascomposed by I Wayan Darya and thetroupe was led by I Ketut Budiyana.On that occasion, the performancenarrated about the sacrifice of amonumental figure Kebo Tarunawho was also known as Kebo Iwaor Kebo Mayura.

It was depicted that to realize thePalapa Oath, namely uniting the ar-chipelago under the administrationof Majapahit, Gajah Mada at-tempted to conquer one by one ofthe existing kingdoms, where oneof them was Bali Dwipa. At thattime, Bali Dwipa kingdom was ledby the King of Bedulu with titleAstasura Ratna Bumi Banten. Inrunning his administration, the kingwas able to embrace 11 mighty fig-ures of Bali, one of which was KiKebo Taruna from Blahbatuh. Hewas immensely powerful like abeam of Lord Brahma and MountLempuyang.

Having received a blessing fromthe King of Majapahit, Sri Raja HajiKalagemet, Gajah Mada left forBali to ask for permission so thatKi Kebo Taruna could be allowedto go to Java Island as he would bemarried with a princess. He wouldbe matched with Princess of Mayanamed Gusti Ayu Lemahtulis. With-out consideration, the King of Baliapproved the application. KeboTaruna was very pleased to upholdthe commandment of KingBedamuka because no woman wascommensurate with the greatnessand strength of Kebo.

After saying goodbye to theKing, Kebo Iwa departed toMajapahit and made his time to sayprayers in Uluwatu Temple. In thetemple, Kebo Iwa received a gracefrom the lord in the form of gem-stone emitting a red light. From thetemple, Kebo Iwa resumed his jour-ney to Majapahit, and had a stop-over or took a rest on the southerncoast of Tabanan. When having arest, Kebo Taruna shed tears sadlybecause he imagined the defeat ofBali Island due to enemy’s attack.To commemorate the moment, theplace was then named Soka Beachmeaning sad. (lun)

Riddles in BAF sharpenintelligence and make laughter

The disabled makesperformance to inspire BAF

International4 Thursday, June 30, 2011 News

But Amir Ali Hajizadeh, com-mander of the Guard’s AerospaceForce, stressed that Tehran will notmanufacture such missiles becauseIsrael and U.S. bases in the Gulf arealready within reach.

The remarks came as Iran con-ducted a second day of large-scale mili-tary maneuvers, part of 10 days of wargames that are the country’s latest showof force amid a standoff with the Westover Iran’s disputed nuclear program.

Hajizadeh said Tehran’s arsenal

Reuters

CARACAS - Supporters ofVenezuela’s President HugoChavez hailed the release of newfootage of the socialist leader asevidence he was recovering fromsurgery in Cuba despite speculationhe may have cancer.Just as rumorsabout Chavez’s disappearance frompublic view since the June 10 op-eration were reaching a crescendo,both governments put out videoand photographs of him walkingand chatting with revolutionaryleader Fidel Castro.

“He’s fine, you see?” said EvaGolinger, a lawyer who is a vocif-erous Chavez fan. The imagesshown on Tuesday night do not dis-prove the most extreme rumor —that Chavez has prostate cancer —but they give weight to the official

AP Photo/Cubadebate, Estudios Revolucion

In this photo released on June 28, 2011 by the state media Cubadebatewebsite, Cuba’s Fidel Castro, left, and Venezuela’s President HugoChavez look at Granma state newspaper in an unknown location inHavana, Cuba, Tuesday June 28, 2011.

Images of Hugo Chavez shown to quell health rumorsline that he is simply recoveringfrom a painful operation to removea pelvic abscess.

Officials are hoping the 56-year-old will be back for July 5 whenVenezuela hosts regional heads ofstate. The summit on Margarita is-land is timed to coincide with the200th anniversary of Venezuela’sindependence from Spain.

“Let these images serve to bringpeace to the people of Venezuelaregarding the health of PresidentChavez,” his gleeful-looking Com-munications Minister Andres Izarrasaid, showing the images again-and-again on Venezuelan state TV.There were suggestions late onTuesday that the July 5 summitmight be postponed, with one statemedia employee telling Reuterstheir coverage plans had been puton hold after word that the presi-

dent would not return on time.Famous for hogging the airwaves

and giving hours-long speeches,Chavez went to ground after his sur-gery in Havana, triggering a waveof speculation across the politicallypolarized South American nation hehas ruled since 1999.

DOMINANT CHAVEZThe affair has highlighted the lack

of an obvious successor for Chavez,who has utterly dominated local poli-tics while driving forward his “21stCentury Socialism” reforms. It hadalso threatened to turn the Venezu-elan political scene on its head be-fore next year’s presidential election.

Were Chavez to be incapacitated,there would probably be a fight forpower among his closest allies andthe opposition might demand imme-diate elections, analysts said.

Agence France Presse

Egyptian security forces onTuesday fired tear gas on protest-ers in central Cairo after violentclashes that left several injured,a security official told AFP. Am-bulances were called in to TahrirSquare, the official said, as tele-vision footage showed protestersrunning and covering their facesapparently from the tear gas.

A reporter for Egyptian satel-lite channel al-Hayat describedthe scene as “a street war betweenriot police and protesters.” Thetrouble started when a group ofpeople stormed a theatre where amemorial service was being heldfor martyrs of the uprising thattoppled president Hosni Mubarakin February, the official said.

He said the group then headedto the state TV and were joined

Police clash withprotesters in Cairo

by hundreds who began to throwrocks before heading to TahrirSquare, the epicentre of proteststhat ousted Mubarak. But activistssaid the families of the victims hadbeen denied entry to the memo-rial in Cairo and were beaten bypolice.

“After being denied entry ....clashes erupted between protestersand security guards at the theatre.The police showed up and startedbeating the families of martyrs,”pro-democracy activist Arabawywrote on his blog. Witnesses toldAFP that buses unloaded youngmen armed with sticks and knives,accusing remnants of the old re-gime of stirring chaos.

When protests erupted on Janu-ary 25 to demand Mubarak’souster, the veteran leader’s loyal-ists used hired thugs to beat backprotesters.

AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Egyptian protesters run as they take cover during clashes withriot police in Tahrir square in Cairo in the early hours of June 29,2011. Egyptian security forces fired tear gas on protesters in Cairoduring violent clashes that erupted and left several injured.

In this photoreleased by thesemi-officialIranian Mehr NewsAgency, IranianrevolutionaryGuards personnel,foreground, watchthe launch of aZelzal missileduring militarymaneuversoutside the city ofQom, Iran,Tuesday, June 28,2011.

AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Raouf Mohseni

Guard chief: Iran can buildGuard chief: Iran can buildGuard chief: Iran can buildGuard chief: Iran can buildGuard chief: Iran can buildlonger-range missileslonger-range missileslonger-range missileslonger-range missileslonger-range missilesAssociated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran — A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard com-mander claimed on Tuesday that his country has the ability to producemissiles with an even greater range than those currently in its arsenal.

already boasts missiles with a rangeof about 1,250 miles (2,000 kilo-meters) that were specifically de-signed for Israel and U.S. targets.The two missiles in Iran’s posses-sion that have such a range are theShahab-3 and the Sajjil.

“There is no threat from anycountry to us other than the U.S.and the Zionist regime,” Hajizadehwas quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency. “Therange of our missiles has been de-

signed on the basis of the distanceto the Zionist regime and the U.S.bases in the Persian Gulf region.”

Hajizadeh said Iran “possesses thetechnology” to manufacture missileswith a range greater than 1,250 miles,but said “we have no intention to pro-duce such missiles.” He did notelaborate. In Israel, Foreign Minis-try spokesman Yigal Palmor de-nounced Hajizadeh’s remarks.

“This new Iranian bragging dem-onstrates once again the aggressivepolicies of the ayatollahs’ regime,”Palmor said. “Not that we had anydoubts prior to this statement. Butthis renewed threat makes it obvi-ous why Iran is the No. 1 threat tothis whole region and beyond.”

Activities Thursday, June 30, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for May 25 through July 8, 2011

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

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

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

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

25 May Buda Pon ToluCatur Temple Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring

26 May Wraspati Wage ToluPeninjoan Temple Besakih - Karangasem

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

8 Jun Buda Paing WarigaMerajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli

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

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

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

19 Jun Redite Pon JulungwangiPanti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar - Singaraja

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KUTA - The Golden Lotus is cur-rently featuring Peking Duck as oneof its signature dishes. You will beable to enjoy this famous dish on pro-motion each day up until the 31st July.

Before you try our signaturedish, you might want to know moreabout how Peking Roasted Duckis made and how it is served. Pe-king Roasted Duck is processed inseveral steps: first the ducks arerubbed with spices, salt and sugar,and then kept hung in the air forsome time.

Then the ducks are roasted inan oven, or hung over the fire tillthey become brown with richgrease perspiring outside whichgives then their wonderful odor.

Peking Duck is always servedin well-cut slices. The whole duckmust be sliced into many piecesand every piece has to be perfectwith the complete layers of the

Peking Duck Promotion at Golden Lotusmeat, although the dish is mostlyprized for the thin, crispy skin. Nor-mally there are many accompani-ments served with the duck, includ-ing a dish of fine-cut shallot bars, adish of cucumber bars and finally adish of paste-like soy of fermentedwheat flour.

The real secret of Peking duck’sflavor lies in you carefully nibblingaway at the complete mixture of allthe accompaniments of which youwill find all the different ingredientsvery compatible. But it is not nec-essary to order extra soup, for theduck-bone soup is always includedin your order. It will be served as aside dish for the dinner.

The history of the Peking Duckcan be traced as far back as the YuanDynasty (1206 - 1368). By the timeof the early 15th century it had be-come one of the favorite dishes ofthe imperial Ming family. Enjoy thedelicacy of the Roasted Duck onyour next visit to Golden Lotus.

Thursday, June 30, 20116 News

Up and down the MissouriRiver from North Dakota to Mis-souri, residents on Tuesday saidthey were just plain tired — tiredof sandbags, tired of water, tiredof worrying. “We’ve just got wa-ter. And, it’s not going away,” saidTony Mangan, 50, whose familyhas lived in the South Dakota rivertown and capital of Pierre, since1987. “You sense there is a weari-ness out there. People are tired.”

Flood defenses have protecteddowntown Pierre. Griffin Park andSteamboat Park at the river’s edgehave flooded, with water runningover the amphitheater main stageat Steamboat Park. Across fromYankton, South Dakota, DonEdwards said he has spent thou-sands of dollars on sandbags androck material known as rip-rap tokeep his Murdo’s Aten Resort eat-ery open in Nebraska barely threemiles downstream from GavinsPoint Dam.

“The river is about 2 feet belowthe deck,” Edwards said of therestaurant’s wooden deck over-looking the Missouri River. “Nor-mally it’s about 12-15 feet belowthe deck.” “If it comes up anymore, we are all in trouble.”

Several inches of rain over the

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A water slide is surrounded by floodwater as the Souris River crests as seen from the air June26, 2011 in Minot, North Dakota. The Souris River this morning surpassed its 1881 record levelof 1,558 feet above sea level and flooding estimated 4,000 homes in the city.

More flooding woes along theMore flooding woes along theMore flooding woes along theMore flooding woes along theMore flooding woes along theMissouri, Souris riversMissouri, Souris riversMissouri, Souris riversMissouri, Souris riversMissouri, Souris riversReuters

OMAHA, Neb - Missouri River floodwaters lapped at anuclear power plant north of Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesdayand have cracked more defenses downstream after weeks ofsustained pressure on levees running hundreds of miles. Andin Minot, North Dakota’s fourth largest city, the roughly12,000 displaced residents watched Souris River floodingslowly recede and began to look toward recovery.

Two New Zealand specialforces troops who had been sup-porting the Afghan commandosreceived “moderate injuries”, thecountry’s defence force said.

An AFP photographer saw halfa dozen of what appeared to beWestern special forces soldiersemerging from the Intercontinen-tal compound, one of whom hadblood on his right cheek and onhis hands.

The attackers steered clear ofthe normally heavily guarded roadsnaking up to the hotel, insteadpicking their way through thetrees on the northern slope to-wards the building, police said.

“Eight armed terrorists at-tacked the Intercontinental hotel

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weekend caused storm sewerbackups in Omaha and across theMissouri River in Council Bluffs,Iowa. Some businesses and resi-dents were forced out on the eastside of Omaha temporarily. Fed-eral officials said Tuesday theywere adding blankets to bolster 2.1miles of levee in Council Bluffswhere they had found seepage orsand boils on a dozen sections.

MORE LEVEE BREACHESAt the Fort Calhoun Nuclear

Power Station north of Omaha,which has been shut since Aprilfor maintenance, officials ex-pect to replace by the end ofnext week an inflatable barrierthat deflated on Sunday sendinga rush of water toward the plant.The breach temporarily inter-rupted some electrical power butemergency generators restoredpower later that day and therewas no threat to sensitive facili-ties.

Although the plant is sur-rounded by water, its flood de-fenses have nearly eight feet ofspace from current river levels,officials have said. Record waterreleases to relieve pressure on sixreservoirs from Montana through

South Dakota have strained flooddefenses and the Missouri Rivercontinued to breach levees alongthe northern Missouri and Kansasborder.

About 300 or 400 people havebeen forced from homes in

Winthrop, Missouri, and in nearbyLewis and Clark Village since Mon-day afternoon because of a 150-footwide levee breach, said Bill Brinton,Buchanan County emergency man-agement director.

Water was nearly as high as the

eaves Tuesday on some year-around and vacation homes atSugar Lake due to the breach,Britton said. High water closedthe Amelia Earhart Bridge overthe Missouri River connectingMissouri to Atchison, Kansas.

at 11:00 last night... the operationended at 3:00 am Wednesdaymorning after the eight terroristswere killed,” the interior minis-try said.

Among those staying at the ho-tel were provincial governmentofficials who were in Kabul for aconference on the handover ofpower from foreign to Afghan se-curity forces. The process startsnext month.

Panicked guests were told tostay in their rooms as the attack-ers, thought to have suicide vests,machine guns and rocket-pro-pelled grenades, roamed throughthe building.

Major Tim James, a spokesmanfor NATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force, said ISAF de-ployed one helicopter at the re-quest of Afghan authorities.

“It flew over the hotel, circledit a few times. They were able toclearly identify a number of in-surgents who were armed andwearing suicide vests and thenthey engaged the individuals withsmall-arms fire,” James told AFP.

“We’ve had reports that therewere a number of explosionscaused either by the insurgentsdetonating themselves or the en-gagement by the helicopter caus-ing that (suicide vests) to ex-plode,” he said.

Witnesses identified the NATOaircraft as an Apache attack heli-copter.

A member of staff namedEzatullah said he hid in a roomon the fifth floor when the attackstarted.

“There was first gunfire, andthen two blasts. It continued and

got worse. The room I was hidingin filled with smoke,” he said.

“I had to leave. As I got out Isaw trails of blood, and then thepolice came and took me out of thebuilding.”

Security at most high-end hotelsin Kabul was significantly steppedup after an attack on the citycentre’s Serena Hotel in 2008 leftseven people dead.

The Intercontinental is less de-luxe than the Serena, which is thefavoured choice of foreign officialsand business people visiting the Af-ghan capital.

The US State Department said:“The United States strongly con-demns the attack on the Interconti-nental Hotel in Kabul, which onceagain demonstrates the terrorists’complete disregard for human life.”

During the assault, AFP report-

ers saw 10-15 armoured vehiclescarrying Afghan commandos en-tering the hotel compound.

The reporters heard five sepa-rate explosions as the attack un-folded and said the hotel was indarkness after power in the areawas apparently cut. Ambulancesrushed to the site to ferry awaycasualties.

Taliban spokesman ZabihullahMujahid said the militant Islam-ist group was behind the attack,which comes weeks before for-eign forces are expected to startwithdrawals from Afghanistan.

Some 10,000 US troops aredue to leave the country this year,ahead of the planned end of for-eign combat operations at the endof 2014. Security in Kabul is al-ready under the control of Afghanforces.

Thursday, June 30, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Antara

JAKARTA - Saudi Arabian Ambassador toIndonesia Abdulrahman Al Khayyath has re-ceived President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono‘sletter for Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Azisto protest the beheading of Ruyati, a spokes-man said.

“The letter was just received (by the Saudiambassador) yesterday, and it will be passed onimmediately, ...in the first opportunity, it will begiven to the kingdom,” Teuku Faizasyah, thepresident`s special staff for international relations,said at the presidential palace complex, here Tues-day after accompanying the head of state whenreceiving the Saudi Arabian ambassador.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono‘s let-ter to Saudi Arabian king contained a strongprotest against the execution of Ruyati bintiSatubi, an Indonesian migrant worker, whichhad been done without prior notice to the Indo-nesian diplomats in Saudi.

Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa

Tanjungpinang immigrationspokesman Surya Pranata said hereon Wednesday that the 1,576 mi-grant workers were repatriated instages from June 1 to 24 this year.

“Among the 1,132 male and 444female workers were 7 infants,”Surya Pranata said, adding that they

Antara

JAKARTA - Marine affairs andFisheries Minister FadelMuhammad said the number ofpoor fishermen has reached 7.87million, 25.14 percent of the totalIndonesian poor population (30.02million).

The poor fishermen are now liv-ing in 10,600 villages located incoastal areas in various regions inthe country, Fadel Muhammad saidhere on Tuesday.

According to him, as many as28,258 villages are categorized aspoor out of 73,067 villages in thecountry. Indonesia has a population

Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia as thecurrent chair of ASEAN is encour-aging other Southeast Asian nationsto ratify the Nagoya Protocol on ac-cess to genetic resources and thefair and equitable sharing of ben-efits arising from their utilization.

“As the current chair of ASEAN,we always encourage ASEANmember states to ratify the NagoyaProtocol soon,” Environment Min-ister Gusti Muhammad Hatta tolda discussion at the Press Councilbuilding here Tuesday.

Indonesia is among the 24 coun-

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This picture taken on June 27, 2011 shows search and rescuemembers recovering the body of a victim from a canoe that sankin a river in Bojonegoro. Nine people including two children wereconfirmed dead and one person was still missing after a canoesank in an Indonesian river, police said on June 28. The Indone-sian archipelago of more than 17,000 islands is heavily depen-dent on maritime services but the industry has a poor safety recordand fatal accidents are common.

RI encourages ASEAN membersto ratify Nagoya Protocol

tries signing the protocol on May11, 2011. The protocol will be putinto force only if it has been rati-fied by 50 countries.

Thank God, a number of devel-oped countries such as Spain andJapan had also signed the protocol,he said.

Arief Yuwono, deputy for envi-ronmental destruction and climatechange control to the environmentminister said the ministry was mak-ing approaches to the House ofRepresentatives (DPR) and otherrelevant parties to enact a law rati-fying the protocol.

He said the protocol gave a num-

ber of benefits to Indonesia amongothers it confirmed the country‘ssovereignty to its biodiversitysources and protect its geneticsources and traditional knowledge.

The Nagoya protocol was adoptedby the Conference of the Parties tothe Convention on Biological Diver-sity at its tenth meeting on 29 Octo-ber 2010 in Nagoya, Japan. Indone-sia is the world‘s second largest megabiodiversity after Brazil.

ASEAN (the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations) groupsBrunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

RI‘s poor fishermenover seven million

of about 230 million.Thus, in a bid to overcome the

poverty problem, President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono has issuedpresidential decree no.10/2011 on acoordination team on pro-peopleImprovement and Expansion pro-gram.

The presidential decree assignsMinister Fadel Muhammad to leadvarious programs of poverty miti-gation in coastal areas.

Minister Fadel Muhammad ex-pressed hope that through suchregulation, the fishermen incomecould be raised and improves theirfood security based on the fish re-sources.

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TANUNGPINAGU - The Malaysian government in June 2011 re-patriated 1,576 problematic Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) toTanjungpinang, Riau Islands Province.

were temporarily accommodated inTanjungpinang before being sent totheir respective home villages.

He said the problematic Indone-sian migrant workers were repatriatedbecause they did not have completedocument to work in Malaysia.

According to Surya, the Indone-

sian problematic workers were serv-ing a prison sentence in Malaysia be-fore being repatriated to Indonesia.

He added that they were in poorcondition because some of them ar-rived barefoot and some others hadonly the clothes on their body.

“All we have are taken away fromus by Malaysian prison officers be-fore we are repatriated,” said Zainal,a worker who returned from Malay-sia empty handed. Zainal said thatbesides serving prison sentence,they were also caned.

Saudi envoy receives President‘s Yudhoyono letter for King Abdullahhad earlier twice called the Saudi Ambassador tohand a formal letter of protest, according to Faiza.

Speaking at a press conference at his officehere on June 23, President Yudhoyono said hehad conveyed the “strongest possible” protestand concern over the recent beheading withoutprior notice of Indonesian female migrantworker Ruyati in Saudi Arabia.

“This week we were shocked by the execu-tion of our sister Ruyati binti Satubi,” PresidentYudhoyono said, adding that the execution with-out previous notice to the Indonesian govern-ment was clearly against international norms,ethics and propriety.

“With the people of Indonesia, I grieve overthis incident and have sent a strong protest to thegovernment of Saudi Arabia,” the president added.

The Indonesian woman was beheaded witha sword on June 18 after being found guilty ofkilling the wife of her Saudi employer, Khairiyabint Hamid Mijlid, by striking her repeatedlyon the head with a meat chopper and stabbingher in the neck.photo antara

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Tabanan Regency stating to con-stantly raise the admission fee to twoleading tourist objects by 200 percentby considering that 200 percent in-crease was still considered reasonablewhen compared to the rates appliedtoday. Even, Tabanan Regency con-sidered the tariff to remain cheap ifcompared to other destinations out-side Bali.

“We continue to reject the planto increase the tariff whose plafondis very high. Tourist destinations inBali should not be compared tothose in Jakarta or elsewhere,” saidDeputy Chairman of ASITA Bali,Ketut Ardana, in Denpasar, Mon-day (Jun 27).

The impact of admission fee ad-justments of tourist destination inTabanan Regency averagely rising by53 percent from the current rates, said

AntaraDENPASAR - Changing smok-

ing habit takes time and perseverancethat can be pushed through law en-forcement, Bali Governor MadeMangku Pastika said here on Mon-day.

“Effective protection will be ob-tained when the people themselvesunderstand the rights of their lives andactively take action to protect them-selves and their environment fromsomeone else’s cigarette smoke,”Mangku Pastika said.

Speaking at Provincial LegislativeAssembly (DPRD) plenary meetingto discuss Regional Regulation Draft(Raperda) on cigarettes-free areas, thegovernor reminded smokers in theprovince to smoke outside the build-ings or in the open air.

ASITA insists on rejecting fee hikeon tourist objects in Tabanan

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Tourists stroll along the entrance of Tanah Lot. Tabanan Regency insisting on raising theadmission fee to leading tourist attractions up to 200 percent by January 1, 2012 reaped re-fusal from tourism perpetrators.

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DENPASAR - Tabanan Regency insisting on raising the ad-mission fee to leading tourist attractions up to 200 percent byJanuary 1, 2012 reaped refusal from tourism perpetrators.Hundreds of travel agency entrepreneurs under the Associa-tion of Indonesian Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA) of BaliChapter remained to refuse the amount of the tariff increase.

Ardana, did not only complicateASITA and the members when deal-ing with local government, but alsodiminished the competitiveness in theglobal marketplace. “For us, risingthe admission fee to tourist destina-tion does not matter, but its magni-tude must be reviewed, do notoverdo,” he said.

Such significant rate increase, rec-ognized Ardana, would greatly affectthe price of tour packages offered bytravel agencies to consumers becauseto sell a tourist destination, travelagency could not sell tourist destina-tion one by one. “We sell them inpackages, so any significant increasewould greatly affect the package weoffer. If we also increase the price, itwill definitely no longer competitiveagainst the others,” he complained.

According to him, if the policy

would be applied in January 2012,ASITA would threaten to no longerinclude Tanah Lot and Bedugul intheir tour packages as tourist desti-nation. He hoped Tabanan Regencyimmediately invite the tourism stake-holders before realizing the plan. “Weare ready to be invited for negotia-tion, but so far there has been no in-vitation from Tabanan,” he said.

In the meantime, Chairman of theIndonesia Tourism Industry Associa-tion (GIPI) of Bali Chapter, NgurahWijaya, previously stated the increase

of tariff should be accompanied withan increase in services and support-ing facilities.

“Price determines services andquality of a tourism product. If thereis an increase, it should be poisedby improvement of the two compo-nents. For example, tourists visitingTanah Lot Tour should be presentedwith a panoramic view of Tanah Lotas distinctive icon, not a row of artshops,” he said.

According to him, the existenceof tourism supporting facilities at

a number of tourist destinations inBali stayed far from adequate. Oneof the attractions for tourist com-ing to Bali still required a changein terms of infrastructure, support-ing facilities and professionalismof human resources managing thetourist destinations.

“I do hope that tourist destina-tions in Bali should be managed bypeople who have a clear vision andmission as well as good under-standing on tourism management,”he said. (par)

Change Smoking Habit by Law Enforcement“We ask smokers to smoke in des-

ignated places. This is all aimed forour common health,” Pastika said,adding that smoking habit without theconstraint has become an acceptedsocial norm for years.

He said that if there was any at-tempt to avoid the cigarette smoke ofothers, it was more generally becauseof impaired convenience rather thanthe awareness of threatening healthrisks.

The governor said permissive at-titude towards smoking in any placewithout any restricting rules has madethe smokers feel entitled to smokeanywhere without realizing that theyhave violated the rights of others.

“Most of the active smokers actu-ally do not care if their cigarettesmoke harms the non-smokers be-

cause for years they have been spoiledby the environment to smoke any-where and any place as they wish,”the governor said.

Therefore he asserted that the gov-ernment was obliged to establish aneffective regulation to protect thenon-smoking community.

He said the government’s serious-ness could be seen from the continu-ous campaigns in cooperation withthe managers of public places andworkplaces to step up the people’s un-derstanding of the dangers of smok-ing.

Mangku Pastika pointed out thatno-smoking areas covered healthcarefacilities, places of learning andteaching or schools, places of wor-ship, public transportation, workplaces, and bus stations.

Activity : Reconstruction art from Bangli regency, JogedGandrangan Desa Pakraman Pengotan Bangli regency.

Time : 11.00 – 13.00Place : Angsoka stageActivity : Taman Penasar presented by Sekaa Pesantian Namas

Mranam from Government of Bali ProvinceTime : 11.00 – 13.00Place : WantilanActivity : Reconstruction art from Denpasar city prsented by Sekaa

Gong Pelegongan Padma Gita Banjar Bengkel, Sumertakelod village, district of North Denpasar

Time : 11.00 – 13.00Place : Ayodya StageActivity : Prembon masked dance featuring Sekaa Topeng Desa

Pikat Dawan Klungkung regencyTime : 16.00 – 18.00Place : Ratna Kanda stageActivity : Traditional shadow puppet show presenting Dalang Gede

Sugiantara Sekaa Wayang Gita Pararta Desa TejakulaBuleleng regency

Time : 20.00 – 22.00Place : WantilanActivity : Documentary Film ShowTime : 20.00 – 22.00Place : Natya Mandala Building Institut Seni IndonesiaActivity : Children Gong Kebyar featuring representative of

Sanggar Miniartis Amlapura Karangasem regency andSekaa Gong Satya Dharma Kumara Banjar Puseh KanginSanur Kauh village, district of south Denpasar, Denpasar city

Time : 20.00 – 23.00Place : Open stage Ardha Candra

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BEBEK BETUTU(Roast Duck In Banana Leaf)

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,like the turtle, the only one able to survive on land aswater.

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 thecenter of 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 moderateoven and 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)

Apparently the importance ofcoral reefs to the preservation ofmarine biota has been realized byfisherman groups in Buleleng Re-gency. When the coral reefs in thewaters of Tejakula Village,Tejakula Subdistrict, were dam-aged, a group of fishermen in thevillage set to take action by strictlyoverseeing the reef theft and moni-toring the behavior of fishermenwho used to catch fish by meansof potassium cyanide and fishbombs.

As coral reefs in the other wa-ter territory of Indonesia, the coralreefs in the coastal areas ofTejakula Village have long suf-fered from severe damage. It iscaused by the behavior of fisher-men catching fish by using chemi-cals such as potassium cyanide.More seriously, some others caughtfish by fish bombs and stole coralreefs for lime materials.

The damage occurred to the un-derwater environment in Tejakulareached its peak in 1999. But sincethen, people in the coastal areas,especially fishermen, began to re-alize. If the sea is not saved, theirlife will be threatened because sofar their life indeed relies on theprofession of catching consump-tion fish or ornamental fish. That’swhy they start doing preservation.

Secretary of Baruna BerathaFisherman Group, Tejakula Vil-lage, Nyoman Darmawan, said theimpact of damaged coral reefsmade the catching fish population

Fishermen of Tejakula Preserve Coral Reefsfall dramatically. Fish food (plank-ton) living in the coral reefs in-creasingly reduced, so that fishpopulation also reduced. Underthese conditions, it was difficult toincrease the catch of fishermenevery day. “Fish population willdiminish because small fishes liv-ing around the coral reefs no longersurvive,” he said.

According to Darmawan, sincethe fish famine condition localfishermen began to realize if thecoral reefs had been damaged.Since then, fishermen indepen-dently performed the maintenanceand preservation to the remainingcoral reefs that could be saved. Thegroup began to oversee the activi-ties of fishermen catching fish bychemicals. Even, they did not hesi-tate to arrest the residents whowere proved to catch fish bychemicals and apprehend thosewho attempted to steal the coralreefs.

With strict supervision, thedamage to coral reefs gradually re-duced. Nevertheless, the extent ofcoral reefs reaching approximately1.3 square kilometers was stilldamaged so far. By limited equip-ment, the fishermen found diffi-culty to carry out the replacementtechniques to the dead coral reefs.Later on, they asked a support tovillage apparatus in order the pres-ervation efforts could be facilitatedby government or donors. “Wehave been able to maintain thecoral reefs, but we cannot restore

the dead ones,” he said.Armed with persistence of the

village apparatus and local fisher-man group, they established theMarine Protection Areas (DPL) atTejakula Village. Management ofthe institution had been entrustedto the fisherman group. The grouphad the tasks to protect the fishingarea from the use of chemicals andprovide the techniques to restorethe damaged coral reefs. Localgovernment through the BulelengMarine Fisheries (Diskanla) alsoprovided assistance in the form ofseven Hexadom (artificial reefs).“We are given some artificial reefsand hopefully they could graduallyreplace the dead ones,” he ex-plained.

Persistence of fishermen to restorethe coral reefs increasingly drew moreattention from the circle of tourismbusinesspeople in Tejakula. They alsohad interest in the coast and then helpedthe fishermen restore the coral reefs.Even, one of the businessmen inTejakula provided with artificial reefs.The entrepreneur was in partnershipwith the Reef Check non-governmentorganization to help local fishermenrestore the coral reefs. “By stipulationas marine protection area and sup-ported by government, employers andNGOs, we have confidence if coralreefs here will recover by degrees. Sofar we have often escorted guests tosnorkel around the marine protectionarea while carrying out the mainte-nance of coral reefs,” explainedDarmika. (BTN/kmb)

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Besakih Temple is the biggestHindu temple in Bali which the lo-cal people call Pura Besakih. Itowns beautiful view from the topof temple area where we can see thewide nature panorama until to theocean so that way this temple ismany visited by tourists from allover the world. Besakih Temple islocated in Besakih countryside,Rendang sub district, Karangasemregency, east part of the island. It islocated in southwest side bevel ofmount Agung, the biggest mountsin Bali. It is because pursuant toAgung Mount confidence is holi-est and highest mount in Bali Island.

The Besakih’s name is comefrom the word of Basuki, the oldlanguage from Sanskrit Wasuki, andthen it become the Ancient JavaLanguage. In this Sanskrit, theBasuki means congratulation. Inmythology of Samudramanthanahas mentioned that Basuki is adragon that twines the Mount

Besakih TempleMandara. The omission has comefrom tradition megalithic which hadbeen indicated that it had to be sanc-tified place. It seems, the Besakihis coming from very old era whichis far before the existence of Hin-duism influence. Hereinafter, anAncient Bali king of Sri KesariWarmadewa found the MerajanSelonding Temple in this templecomplex area. He also commands tobuild the Blanjong Monument thatis located in Sanur Village. TheBesakih Temple complex is builtpursuant to cosmos balance. It isbased on the nature conceptionwhich is disseminating the funda-mental temple complex that is ar-ranged to pursuant of the way di-rection. So, this building can depu-tize nature as symbolic of the worldbalance existence.

As we familiarize, that the pointdirection way like East, South, West,North, and middle as center point andeach direction is named by Mandala.In Hindu philosophy, Panca Dewatais manifestation of Siwa God. Like

Penataran Agung Temple as center,we find in its courtyard conceptionshow the solidarity conception be-tween the original Indonesia culturenamely tradition megalithic in formof Punden Berundak-undak withthe Hinduism concept. The ancientomissions which is existing inBesakih Temple complex can beclassified into 2 types those areomission pertained by megalithictradition and classic era. BesakihTemple beside as the altar for Hindupeople in Bali, it is also as touristdestination which is a lot of visitedby tourists.

Besakih Temple is located in theplateau area which is covered by thecool atmosphere and Mount Agungas a back drop. From the top oftemple building, we can see thebeautiful panorama of nature fromthe temple area to the ocean. It issituated in cool area with the lightbreeze and unique temple buildingsspread out in the temple complexwill create the peaceful atmosphere.It is ideally for the people who didthe meditation and now, the BesakihTemple is opened for tourist and itis the great place to visit in Bali.

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BUSINESS

Associated Press Writer

CANBERRA — Australia’s best-known Outback cattle ranch hasbeen put on the market by an owner who on Wednesday blamed thecountry’s ban on livestock exports to Indonesia for destroying herlivelihood.

The decision to sell iconic Bullo River Station in the NorthernTerritory is the latest evidence of the economic hardship grippingtropical Australian cattle country since the government announcedon June 8 that livestock exports to Indonesia were banned for up tosix months because of animal cruelty concerns in Indonesian slaugh-terhouses.

The 40,000-acre (160,000-hectare) family owned property wasmade famous by matriarch Sara Henderson, who wrote about it in sixbooks including her best-selling autobiography “From Strength toStrength,” published in 1993.

It told of her family’s struggle to manage the remote and expan-sive ranch — known in Australia as a cattle station — after her Ameri-can-born husband Charlie Henderson died in 1985. Sara Hendersonretired from ranching before she died in 2005, aged 68.

Her daughter who now owns the ranch, Marlee Ranacher, saidWednesday that the ban was the last straw for her and other rancherslike her in northern Australia.

“If there were any way I could change this decision, I would,”Ranacher told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio of her decision tosell.

“I wish for a miracle, but there aren’t many of those around at themoment, and this is definitely the last straw because the government,I believe, is legally and morally negligent to have done what theyhave done,” she added.

Australia is the world’s largest exporter of livestock. Many ranch-ers rely entirely on the 330 million Australian dollar ($350 million)per year live cattle trade with Indonesia because there are no large-scale slaughterhouses in northern Australia — and the southeast mar-ket where most Australians live is too distant.

Ranacher said her ranch had not sold any cattle since the region’smonsoon season set in October last year. Now in the current dry sea-son when the cattle trade resumes, she had nowhere to send her 8,000Brahman cattle specifically bred for the Indonesian market.

She said she could not afford the diesel fuel needed during the dryseason to pump underground water into troughs for the cattle to drink.

“I don’t know what else we can do but start shooting them. I can’tstand there and watch them die of thirst,” she said, adding that nonehad yet died.

Ranch salesman Andrew Gray said Bullo River Station was thefirst ranch in the Northern Territory to be put on the market since thetrade ban began and he did not expect other ranchers would sell.

“Station owners are really hoping trade recommences at some stagesoon, but it’s highly unlikely people would just throw their keys on thecounter and walk out,” Gray told The Australian newspaper. He did notimmediately return The Associated Press’s call on Wednesday.

The government announced on Monday an AU$3 million compen-sation package for meat industry workers such as cattle truck driverswho had lost income through the trade ban.

But Ranacher said no financial help had been offered to the ranchowners.

The government wants the cattle industry-owned marketing com-pany Meat and Livestock Australia to provide AU$5 million to feedand water thousands of cattle stranded by the ban.

The ban followed gruesome footage broadcast on Australian tele-vision that showed cattle in Indonesian slaughterhouses were beatenand took minutes to bleed to death as their throats were repeatedlyslashed.

The government said the trade would be halted while Australian andIndonesian authorities work to ensure that the exported animals aretreated according to World Organization for Animal Health guidelines.

Lagarde said all the right things onher recent campaign-trail tour of Asia.She acknowledged that countries suchas China and India deserve increasedIMF voting power commensuratewith their growing economic clout,and a fair shot at the emergency lend-ing institution’s top decision-makingposts.

“Lagarde is a friend of India,” asenior Indian government source said.“We can’t get the IMF managingdirector’s chair for now but at leastIndia can get some high-level appoint-ments in the IMF during her tenureand we will work toward that.”

Lagarde begins her five-year termas managing director of the Interna-tional Monetary Fund on July 5, andwill find herself immediately im-mersed in efforts to head off a Greekdebt default that could spark an inter-national crisis.

High on her to-do list within theFund will be appointing a top leader-ship which fairly reflects global eco-

Asia looks to ”friend”Asia looks to ”friend”Asia looks to ”friend”Asia looks to ”friend”Asia looks to ”friend”Lagarde to honor IMFLagarde to honor IMFLagarde to honor IMFLagarde to honor IMFLagarde to honor IMFReuters

SINGAPORE - Asia’s fast-rising economies set their sights on securing key IMF appoint-ments under newly named chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday, hopeful she would be the oneto make good on oft-heard pledges to swing more power to emerging markets.

nomic influence, and shepherdingthrough an already agreed process toreallocate IMF voting rights to giveemerging markets greater say.

Lagarde received support frommany major Asian economies eventhough she perpetuates a pattern theydespise of Europeans holding the topIMF job. No Asian candidate steppedforward to challenge Lagarde andMexico’s Agustin Carstens.

“Lagarde has been more success-ful in consensus building to bridgerelationships between advancedcountries and emerging markets,”Indonesia’s central bank deputy gov-ernor Hartadi A. Sarwono toldReuters.

She will need those skills for thedifficult personnel decisions. TheUnited States is already consideringputting forward a Treasury Depart-ment official for the No. 2 role, whichhas traditionally been filled by anAmerican.

Breaking with that tradition might

help convince Asian countries thatLagarde is serious about reformingthe IMF, although there was no indi-cation that she had made any prom-ises to award the second-in-commandrole to someone from Asia.

Singapore Finance MinisterTharman Shanmugaratnam, who alsochairs the IMF’s steering committee,said he had spoken to Lagarde aboutthe importance of IMF reforms that“reflect the evolving balance in theglobal economy and financial sys-tem.”

Even countries that had backedLagarde’s challenger, Carstens,pledged their support. AustralianTreasurer Wayne Swan said he hadworked with Lagarde through theGroup of 20 club of rich and emerg-ing countries, and welcomed her ap-pointment.

“We’re very happy to see the pro-cess concluded so this important in-stitution can continue its work,” Swansaid through a spokesman.

AFP PHOTO MIGUEL MEDINA

Newly elected IMF president Christine Lagarde (L) answers journalists questions after takingpart in the broadcast news of French TV station TF1, following the announcement of her elec-tion, on June 28, 2011 in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris.

Famed Australiaranch to be sold dueto export ban

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From afar, he notices a breakableitem in danger of falling and stridesover to nudge it back to safety onthe shelf. Amid giddily greeting cus-tomers, he rallies co-workers into alaughing bucket brigade to restockitems, turning what should be adreary job into a game to be savored.

That’s our first glimpse of the titlecharacter Hanks plays in “LarryCrowne,” a timely tale about a manwho makes the best of his lot, evenwhen he’s downsized out of a jobduring these hard times and musthead back to school to build a newfuture.

It’s all about attitude, says Hanks,getting up each day with the thoughtthat there’s action to be had and aparty to join into. Hanks, the movie’s

TO his credit, Michael Baydoes try to put more human touchinto “Transformers: Dark of theMoon,” aiming to make up for theclattering mess of overgrownkitchen appliances that duked itout in the franchise’s last install-ment. Bay went to the far side ofthe moon and even to planetVulcan, enlisting John F. Kennedy,Richard Nixon, Neil Armstrong,Buzz Aldrin and Mr. Spock insearch of the human face of the“Transformers” universe.

And he came back with an-other loud, long, bruising andwearisome onslaught of giant,shape-shifting robots. The humanelement arises largely from archi-

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — A judgehas ordered Charlie Sheen’sformer bosses to garnish $55,000a month for child support fromany payments they make to theformer “Two and a Half Men”star. Los Angeles Superior CourtJudge Hank Goldberg on Fridayapproved a request by BrookeMueller Sheen to garnish anypayments Warner Bros. Televi-

Judge orders Sheen wagesdocked for child support

sion makes to her ex-husband.The former couple was divorced on

May 2, about two months after WarnerBros’ fired Sheen from “Men.” Theactor and the studio have been fight-ing over payments ever since.

The hefty monthly payments are in-tended to support the Sheens’ twin sonsand were part of a divorce settlement theyreached earlier this year. The actor’sspokesman Larry Solters declined tocomment. Brooke Sheen’s attorney didnot immediately return a phone message.

FILE - This May30, 2008 filephoto showsactor CharlieSheen andBrooke Muellerarriving at the59th PrimetimeEmmy Awardsin Los Angeles.Mueller isasking Sheen’sex-bosses towithhold$55,000 amonth in childsupport fromany paymentsthey make tothe actor.

AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, file

Review: ‘Transformers’ is another loud bruiserval footage involving the 1960smoon race, along with images thatmay disturb younger kids as a suc-cession of screaming, scramblinghumans are vaporized by the ‘botslike insects in a bug zapper.

In 3-D, too, so you get to wearthose clunky glasses for thefranchise’s longest movie yet. It re-ally felt like people didn’t matter in2009’s “Transformers: Revenge ofthe Fallen,” a mega-blockbuster de-spite being little more than a turgidassemblage of computer-generatedmachine parts thrashing about.

So Bay and his collaborators setout to show the flesh-and-blood con-sequences in the war between thebenevolent Autobots and their evil

counterparts, the Decepticons.But human consequence in a Bay

flick means more shots of ShiaLaBeouf bellowing while he and hispals get battered around amid themayhem. The action sequences dragon and on, and while the stunts anddigital imagery are even more daz-zling than the visuals of Bay’s firsttwo “Transformers” tales, it all fliesby in such frenzy that it remains achallenge to figure out who’s who,which robot is which, and what ma-chines you should be rooting for.

It’s a thin line between the idi-otically incomprehensible “Re-venge of the Fallen” and the merelyincomprehensible of “Dark of theMoon.”

In this photoprovided by

StarPix, ShiaLaBeouf poses for

photographs at thepremiere of

“Transformers:Dark of the Moon”Tuesday, June 28,

2011, in New York’sTimes Square.

AP Photo/StarPix, Dave Allocca

Hanks heads back toHanks heads back toHanks heads back toHanks heads back toHanks heads back toschool with ‘Larry Crowne’school with ‘Larry Crowne’school with ‘Larry Crowne’school with ‘Larry Crowne’school with ‘Larry Crowne’Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Let’s say in some alternate reality, Tom Hankswinds up working at a Wal-Mart-style retail chain. Here’s how hisday goes: He bounds out of his car with a beaming grin, stooping topick up stray trash in the parking lot.

star, director, producer and co-writer,thinks that’s how he’d approach lifeif he were in Larry’s place rather thanone of the biggest stars in the world.

“I’d be the gang leader of the com-mon break area. I’d be the guy orga-nizing the piñata parties, stuff likethat. Absolutely,” Hanks, 54, says inan interview for “Larry Crowne,”which opens Friday and reunites himwith his “Charlie Wilson’s War” co-star Julia Roberts.

“The concept of putting on a showbegins as soon as you wake up in theday,” Hanks says. “And Larry, thetheater of his life starts when he goesthrough those doors, and it’s like, I’ma team leader, and I’m wearing thered Polo” — the store employees’uniform. “When Larry picks up trash

in the parking lot, that’s the first thinghe does, because you’ve got to have alittle pride. And I’m a trash picker-up-per. What can I tell you?”

A former Navy cook who neverwent to college, Hanks’ Larry is amodel worker at U-Mart, the retailerwhere he’s a perpetual employee of themonth. Fifty-something, divorced,with a house worth less than he oweson it, Larry tumbles into an abyss fa-miliar to millions after managementlets him go.

Larry’s forced to downsize his life,selling things off, struggling to resolvehis mortgage mess, and switching overfrom a gas-guzzling SUV to a fuel-sip-ping scooter.

He lands part-time work at a dinerwhile taking classes at a communitycollege as he seeks to boost his em-ployment prospects. Along the way, hefashions a new life for himself, mak-ing friends with a circle of oddballclassmates and finding romance withhis boozy, disillusioned public-speak-ing teacher (Roberts).

AFP PHOTO / Robyn BECK

Actor Tom Hanks arrives on a scooter for the world premiere of “LarryCrowne,” June 27, 2011 at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.

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“Multiple indicators, same bot-tom-line conclusion: consistentand unmistakable signal from thetop of the atmosphere to the bot-tom of the oceans.” An annual cli-mate survey, which includes workby scientists from 45 countries,said that ice sheet in Greenlandmelted at its highest rate since atleast 1958, when similar data firstbecame available.

Arctic sea ice shrank to its thirdsmallest area on record, while theworld’s alpine glaciers shrank forthe 20th straight year, the study said.In line with previous studies, thesurvey said that 2010 was also one

HUMANS who dismiss birdsas featherweights may revise theiropinion when learning of crowswhich not only can identify theface of someone who is a dangerbut also teach others about thethreat. Intrigued by the behaviourof wild American crows (Corvusbrachyrhynchos) on their campusin Seattle, University of Washing-ton scientists explored whetherthe birds would recall a face as-sociated with a frightening ordeal.

The researchers donned therubber mask of a caveman beforetrapping, banding and releasingseven crows. Thereafter, research-ers wore either this “dangerous”mask or a neutral one — that offormer US vice president DickCheney — and observed, as theywalked along the college paths,how the flock of crows reacted.

The “crow magnon” maskprompted the birds into a collec-tive response to a threat. Theycawed and screeched, angrily

THE shuttle Atlantis is ready tofly on its final mission to the Inter-national Space Station on July 8,NASA said Tuesday after a meet-ing to review plans for last-ever USspace shuttle flight.

The shuttle is set to take off fromKennedy Space Center in Florida at11:26 am (1526 GMT), NASA an-

AP Photo/John Raoux

Shuttle Atlantis ready to fly July 8: NASAnounced after the conclusion of aflight readiness review session.

“During the meeting, seniorNASA and contractor managers as-sessed the risks associated with themission and determined the shuttleand station’s equipment, supportsystems and personnel are ready,”the US space agency said.

The final shuttle mission —known as STS-135 — of the 30-year American space shuttle pro-gram is set to last 12 days. A crewof four US astronauts will be onboard.

After Atlantis returns to Earth,the US shuttle program will for-mally end, leaving Russia as thesole nation capable of transportingthe world’s astronauts into space.

Private companies are compet-ing to build the next-generation USspacecraft, but such a vehicle is notlikely to be finished before 2015.

The crew of space shuttle Atlantis, from left, mission specialist RexWalhiem, mission specialist Sandy Magnus, pilot Doug Hurley andcommander Chris Ferguson, leave the Operations and CheckoutBuilding.

AFP PHOTO/VOL LIBRE

This handout photo released by French falconer society ‘’Vol Libre’’(free flight) and taken on June 14, 2011 shows a one-month oldsecretary bird, born at the aviary in Provins. .

Not so bird-brained: Clevercrows recognise faces

flapped their wings and flickedtheir tail to warn of the danger, abehaviour called scolding. But theCheney mask elicited no response.

The team broadened the ex-periment to four other sites be-yond the university, this time us-ing different masks made in latexby a mask maker. The faces wereordinary looking, either male orfemale, Asian or Caucasian.Forty-one birds were caught andbanded.

As time passed, the number ofbirds scolding the “dangerous”face did not decline. Rather, thereverse happened. At the univer-sity site, scolding rose from 20percent of the birds after the band-ing to an astonishing 60 percentafter five years.

“At the other sites, we onlytested for a half year and there,20 to 40 percent of crowsscolded,” John Marzluff, a profes-sor of wildlife science, said in anemail.

Greenland ice meltsGreenland ice meltsGreenland ice meltsGreenland ice meltsGreenland ice meltsmost in half-century: USmost in half-century: USmost in half-century: USmost in half-century: USmost in half-century: USAgence France Presse

Greenland’s ice sheet melted the most it has in over a half centurylast year, US government scientists said Tuesday in one of a series of“unmistakable” signs of climate change. “The world continues towarm,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration saidin a briefing paper for reporters.

of the hottest years on record.Last year was either tied for the

hottest or the second hottest onrecord, depending on methodology.But all methodologies used showedthe temperature to be at least 0.9degrees Fahrenheit (0.5 Celsius)above the average recorded in thethree decades through 1990.

The survey noted that 2010 wasexceptional for its extreme events,including a deadly heat wave inRussia, floods in Pakistan that dis-placed more than 20 million peopleand record snowfall in several UScities.

A series of studies have voiced

alarm at the rapid pace of meltingin the Arctic Ocean, which couldlead to a rise in sea levels that threat-ens low-lying coastal areas and is-lands. The Oslo-based Arctic Moni-toring and Assessment Programsaid in May that warming in theArctic was on track to lift sea lev-els by up to 5.3 feet (1.6 meters) by2100, a far steeper jump than pre-dicted a few years ago.

Many environmentalists havebeen disappointed at the pace ofdiplomacy to fight climate change,with few expecting a major agree-ment at the next major UN-led talksopening in South Africa in late No-vember.

Former US vice president AlGore recently accused PresidentBarack Obama of failing to showleadership on climate change, say-ing that poor coverage of the mediahad given credibility to skeptics ofglobal warming.

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Once they took the field for thesecond half, though, the Americansplayed with the confidence, creativ-ity and touch around the goal that wonthem two World Cups and made themthe world’s dominant team for muchof the last two decades. “We believewe can win this tournament,” AbbyWambach said.

Lauren Cheney, making her firststart since March, and Rachel Buehlerscored in an offensive burst as theAmericans beat a young but scrappyNorth Korea 2-0 on Tuesday. The vic-tory puts the Americans atop GroupC going into Saturday’s game againstWorld Cup newcomer Colombia.

If the U.S. wins that game andSweden beats or ties North Korea, theU.S. will be on to the quarterfinals.The Swedes defeated Colombia 1-0on Tuesday in the other group match.The U.S. wraps up group play July 6against Sweden.

“It’s always easier going forward”with a win, U.S. coach Pia Sundhagesaid. “We’re happy, two great goals.”

For the North Koreans, it was yetanother loss to the Americans. This

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas was quick to dismisscomparisions with Jose Mourinho as he used his official intro-duction at Stamford Bridge to insist he is not the new ‘SpecialOne’. Villas-Boas worked for Mourinho as an opposition scoutduring his fellow Portuguese’s time in charge at Porto, Chelseaand Inter Milan and has spent much of his brief managerial ca-reer following in the footsteps of the controversial coach.

The 33-year-old managed Porto last season and has now takencharge of the Premier League club where Mourinho enjoyed threeyears of unprecedented success before an acrimonious exit in2007. Inevitably that has led Villas-Boas to be dubbed ‘the mini-Mourinho’, but his style is far more diplomatic than the brashMourinho and he refused to emulate his predecessor’s self-aggrandising arrival at Chelsea.

While Mourinho used his first press conference at Chelsea man-ager in 2004 to describe himself as “a special one”, Villas-Boasprefers to work as part of a collective and suggested that if he hadto have a label it should be “the group one”. “This is not a one-man show, it is a question of creating empathy and raising ambi-tions in the players and staff around me,” Villas-Boas said.

“I’m just one gear in this big club that wants to be successfulevery year. The challenge at Chelsea is to win as soon as possibleand build a solid platform for the future. “Maybe I should be thecalled ‘the group one’, I want to group people together to be suc-cessful. “My title, I will wait for you guys to give it to me when Iam successful. I hope to get a good title in the end.”

Despite spending several years working with Mourinho, thepair are no longer on speaking terms after Villas-Boas angeredhis former boss by quitting his backroom role at Inter to becomea boss in his own right at Portuguese minnows Academica deCoimbra in 2009.

Even so, Villas-Boas had no hesitation in describing Mourinho’stime at Chelsea as the standard he has to live up to. “It is normalthat he is mentioned as part of the history of this club, the tro-phies you see here have been won by him,” Villas-Boas said.

“It is almost as if he is part of this press conference sitting nextto me! “Of course you know we dont speak for a long time butthere are no hard feelings, just two busy people in football.”

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

The US team celebrate after United States’ Lauren Cheney, 12, scored the opening goal duringthe group C match between the United States and North Korea at the Women’s Soccer WorldCup in Dresden, Germany, Tuesday, June 28, 2011.

Cheney, Buehler score asCheney, Buehler score asCheney, Buehler score asCheney, Buehler score asCheney, Buehler score asUS beats North Korea 2-0US beats North Korea 2-0US beats North Korea 2-0US beats North Korea 2-0US beats North Korea 2-0Associated Press Writer

DRESDEN, Germany — For 45 minutes, the Americans were sloppy and slow, looking verymuch like the inconsistent bunch whose road to Germany was marked by bumps and potholes.

was the fourth straight World Cup thatthe teams met in the group stage, andthe U.S. has won all but one of thegames. As the Americans celebratedon the field, delighting a crowd thatwas decidedly pro-American, theNorth Koreans stood just beyondmidfield, watching.

Afterward, North Korean coachKim Kwang Min blamed his team’sfailings in the second half on a June8 lightning strike during training inPyongyang that sent “more than five”players to the hospital. GoalkeeperHong Myong Hui, four defenders andsome of the midfielders were theplayers most affected, Kim said.

“The physicians actually said theplayers were not capable of playingin the tournament,” he said throughan interpreter. “They’re not physi-cally ready for this match, but theyhad a strong will.”

The North Koreans didn’t seemas if anything was amiss, nearlymatching the Americans in posses-sion (53 percent to 47 percent) andgetting seven shots on goal. And thelightning strike seemed to catch ev-

eryone off-guard, with the FIFAmedia officer at the venue sayingshe had no knowledge of it untilKim’s postgame news conference.

The Americans are the top-ranked team in the world, two-timedefending Olympic champions, andhave the best goalkeeper (HopeSolo) and one of the best strikers(Wambach) in the game. Yet for thelast few months, all they’ve heardabout are their shortcomings and in-consistency.

After going more than two yearswithout a loss, the U.S. droppedthree games in five months. TheAmericans were stunned in thesemifinals of regional World Cupqualifying by Mexico, a team thathad been 0-24-1 against its north-ern neighbor. The U.S. had to win ahome-and-home playoff with Italyjust to get to Germany.

The United States lost to Swe-den in the Four Nations opener,though it did go on to win the tour-nament, and then was beaten byEngland for the first time since1988.

Villas-Boas says don’t call methe new special one

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Chelsea’s new manager Andre Villas-Boas of Portugal ar-rives for his first news conference at Chelsea’s StamfordBridge ground in London, Wednesday, June 29, 2011.

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The fifth-seeded Russian, theonly quarterfinalist at the All En-gland Club with a Grand Slam titleto her name, dominated her matchon Centre Court on Tuesday, mov-ing back into the semifinals for thefirst time since 2006.

“I certainly feel like I’ve im-proved, especially from my sec-ond round,” said Sharapova, whobeat 24th-seeded DominikaCibulkova 6-1, 6-1 on another wetday at Wimbledon. “I think that’sreally important if you want to getto the later stages, later stage ofthe second week, as well.

“You have to step it up becausethe matches will only get tougherand you’re going to be playingbetter players that have won thesame amount of matches, as well.”Sharapova won the Wimbledontitle in 2004 when she was only17. She made the semifinals thenext two years, but hadn’t beenback this far since.

To reach a second final, she’llhave to beat German wild-card en-try Sabine Lisicki, who reached

Associated Press Writer

HAMBURG, Germany — Wladimir Klitschko believes he isthe man to deliver the therapeutic defeat he thinks David Hayeneeds to become a “better person” after their highly anticipatedheavyweight fight on Saturday. The fighters have been swappingthreats that perhaps go beyond the often outrageous buildups tofights — both have predicted sending the other to hospital afterthe bout in Hamburg’s soccer stadium.

Haye’s antics seem to have irritated Klitschko, who says Hayeneeds a reality check and therapy for his big mouth. “My name isDr. Klitschko. I am a therapist and on July 2 I am going to giveyou treatment. It is going to be reality rehab. I will knock you outinto reality, which will be good for your life.

“You will be a better person and have better manners,”Klitschko told Haye, who was sitting next to him at a news con-ference on Monday. The 35-year-old Klitschko, the IBF, WBOand IBO champion who has a 55-3 record with 49 KOs, has adoctorate degree in sports science.

Haye, the 30-year-old WBA champion, appeared unimpressed,neither by Klitschko’s academic nor the boxing record. “This isgoing to be the most brutal execution of a boxer that you’ve seenfor many, many years,” Haye predicted. “I’m going to go out thereand absolutely destroy him, really quickly.”

The fight has been in the making for more than two years andHaye has used the time to repeatedly mock Wladimir and his olderbrother Vitali, the WBC champion. He has worn a T-shirt depict-ing the image of himself holding the severed heads of the Klitschkobrothers. Wladimir has promised to make him eat it after the fight.

Haye has introduced a game app for smart phones called “DavidHaye’s Knockout,” with users playing as Haye aims to knock thehead off a giant eastern European. Klitschko said he respects Hayeas a fighter but not as a person. “You have a certain attitude thatis not so good for your life inside and outside the ring,” the Ukrai-nian said.

Haye, a former cruiserweight fighter who has a 25-1 record,with 23 KOs, has called both Klitschko brothers “frauds,” whoonly fight “little fat puddings who turn up for a pay check.”

Klitschko acknowledged that Haye looked superbly fit and con-fident ahead of the fight. “I am going to get challenged in thering,” Klitschko said.

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Russian player Maria Sharapova reacts after beating Slovak player Dominika Cibulkova duringthe women’s guarter final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England TennisClub, in southwest London on June 28, 2011. Sharapova won 6-1, 6-1.

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WIMBLEDON, England — When Maria Sharapova says her game is getting better andbetter at Wimbledon, it’s hard to argue.

her first Grand Slam semifinal bydefeating 2007 finalist MarionBartoli 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1. In theother semifinal match, fourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka will facePetra Kvitova.

On Wednesday, the men returnto the court with six-time cham-pion Roger Federer up against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, defending cham-pion Rafael Nadal against MardyFish, Novak Djokovic facing 18-year-old Australian qualifier Ber-nard Tomic and Andy Murray ver-sus Feliciano Lopez.

Sharapova lost the openinggame of her match under the roofon Centre Court, but then woneight straight and never letCibulkova hold serve again. “It’sbeen a few years since I got pastthe fourth round, and now I’m inthe semifinals,” said Sharapova,who has not lost a set at this year’stournament. “So this a greatchance for me to take it a step fur-ther.”

Although Azarenka is the high-est seeded player remaining in the

draw at No. 4, Sharapova is the fa-vorite. At 24, the Russian is threeyears older than the other threesemifinalists. Plus, Sharapova wonthe 2006 U.S. Open and the 2008Australian Open while Lisicki andAzarenka will be playing in a ma-jor semifinal for the first time.

“It’s great, the fact that I’ve hadthe experience of being in thosestages. But I haven’t been for awhile, so it’s a nice and refresh-ing feeling to have,” Sharapovasaid. “I’ve put a lot of work in toget to this stage, but I still feel like,you know, the tournament’s notover. I still have a few more goalsleft.” The first obstacle will beLisicki, who was first up under theroof on Centre Court as rainpoured down and thunder blared.

Despite wasting three matchpoints in the second set, Lisickiheld on to become only the sec-ond wild-card entry to reach thewomen’s semifinals at the All En-gland Club and the first GermanGrand Slam semifinalist sinceSteffi Graf in 1999.

Klitschko wantsto make Haye a‘better person’

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Ukrainian IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight World ChampionVladimir Klitschko and his challenger British WBA WorldChampion David Haye (R) face off after a press conferencein the northern German city of Hamburg onJune 27, 2011.

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Lewis Hamilton has insisted that he remains focused ondoing all he can to win the world championship this year,despite having admitted in Valencia on Sunday night that thetitle fight was all but over. Less than 24 hours after Hamiltonsuggested that runaway championship leader Sebastian Vettelhad ‘pretty much’ guaranteed the title already, the McLarendriver amazingly took a snipe at the media reports of what hehad said.

DANI Pedrosa has confirmed that hewill return to MotoGP for thisweekend’s Italian Grand Prix, six weeksafter breaking his collarbone at LeMans.

The Honda rider sustained the injuryin a collision with Marco Simoncelliduring the French round of the worldchampionship, and then required a sec-ond operation to fix a further fragmentof bone.

“For weeks I’ve been wanting to writethat I’m back to competition and I canfinally do it,” Pedrosa wrote in his blogfor sponsor Repsol.

“These weeks have been difficult, butI knew that I had to focus on recoveringto climb on the bike in the best possibleshape. As I said last week, Mugello wasthe goal and that’s the only thing I’m

Hamilton insists notgiving up on title yet

Dani Pedrosa confirmsMugello return

thinking now.” “I’m going to Italy eagerto get on the bike, to see what my feel-ings are and to compete.

“Apart from getting on the bike, I alsowant to see the team again, work with themand try to do things right. At the end of theday we are like a family. You miss themwhen you don’t compete for so long.”

Pedrosa added that he was optimistiche was back to full fitness now, althoughhe would not be totally certain until hewas back on the bike.

“As for the recovery, the situation hasimproved a lot since I had my last sur-gery,” he said.

“It seems that we found the problemand the good feeling that I had two daysafter the operation have been confirmedduring the past week. Now I see to seehow I feel on the bike.”

Writing on his Twitter feed, Hamilton said: “To all our sup-porters, ignore what u read in the papers today. My team willnever give up & I WILL NEVER GIVE UP!!!!

“Bring on Silverstone, ur support will make a world of dif-ference to us. I’m going to the factory now to do all I can withour team. Lewis.” Hamilton’s annoyance with the media re-ports of what he said, on the back of a difficult weekend inValencia, provides further evidence of the frustrations he is feel-

ing at the moment at the dominanceof Red Bull Racing.

However, speaking to the PressAssociation, Hamilton said it wouldbe wrong of him to ask McLaren todo any more than it already is - be-cause everyone is pushing to themaximum.

“They are doing what they can,working as hard as they can,” saidHamilton. “Can we all do a better job?I can do a better job, they can do a bet-ter job, and we can always improve.“But you know, they are on the limit,being pushed as hard as they can. Theengineers and people designing thingsback home are flat out, and sometimesyou get it right, sometimes you don’t.I really don’t have any answers to it.

“I pushed as hard as I could in therace, but I just didn’t have the car be-neath me and I don’t expect to have itmassively beneath me in the next race.

“We hope it’s a bit cooler there,maybe that will play into our hands,but we don’t have the downforce theRed Bull has, and now the Ferrari.”

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McLaren’s racing team driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives his carduring the third practice session classification before the European For-mula One Grand Prix at the Valencia racetrack, in Valencia, Spain, on Sat-urday, June 25, 2011.