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The 24-hour strike by publicand private sector employeesgrounded flights, closed schoolsand paralyzed public transportin the first nationwide walkout

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WASHINGTON – US PresidentBarack Obama told the worldWednesday to unite to hold Libya ac-countable for a vicious protest crack-down, stiffening a US response to thecrisis that critics had cast as too mild.In his first televised response toLibyan leader Moamer Kadhafi’sdecision to unleash vengeance ondemonstrators, Obama reached outto US allies and promised to deploya “full range of options” to halt “out-

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President Barack ObamaContinued on page 6

Obama tells world to uniteagainst Libya bloodshed

rageous” bloodshed.Obama spoke as officials said that

Washington was considering freshsanctions and other steps againstLibya, and as political pressuremounted on his administration for amore activist response. Theadministration’s careful previous lineon violence that a former Libyanminister said had killed 1,000 people,appeared to be dictated by fears thatAmerican diplomats and citizens inLibya could face reprisals.

But by late Wednesday, a US-

chartered ferry with a capacity of 575passengers was riding out badweather in Tripoli harbor before cast-ing off on an evacuation mission toMalta. “The suffering and bloodshedis outrageous, and it is unaccept-able,” Obama said at the WhiteHouse. “So are threats and orders toshoot peaceful protesters and furtherpunish the people of Libya. Theseactions violate international norms,and every standard of common de-cency. This violence must stop.”

Greek police clash withanti-austerity protestersReuters

ATHENS – Greek police clashed with protesters on Wednesday as around 100,000 work-ers, pensioners and students marched to parliament to protest austerity policies aimed athelping Greece cope with a huge debt crisis. Riot police fired scores of rounds of teargas andflash bombs at protesters hurling petrol bombs, choking the main Syndagma Square withsmoke and sending crowds of striking protesters running for cover.

against cost cuts this year.In the biggest march since De-

cember 2008 riots brought thecountry to a standstill for weeksaccording to police sources and

eyewitness, 100,000 Greeksmarched through the streets of Ath-ens chanting “We are not paying”and “No sacrifice for plutocracy.”Police officially put the figure at

32,000.Riot police fired teargas in sev-

eral places to disperse demonstra-tors hurling stones and plasticbottles. Shops boarded up their win-dows and central Athens hotelslocked their doors. Fifteen police-men and 10 civilians were injured,including one journalist slightlyhurt by a petrol bomb, police offi-cials said, while 26 protesters weredetained.

A policeman isseen in flames ashe tries to escapeafter a petrolbomb was thrownat him duringriots in front ofthe parliament inAthens on Febru-ary 23, 2011.Greece is hit withanother generalstrike againstausterity as PrimeMinister GeorgePapandreouseeks to convincethe cash-strappedcountry’seurozone part-ners to extend therepayment of amassive rescueloan.

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Head of Badung Agricultural,Plantation and Forestry Services,IGAK Sudaratmaja, Wednesday(Feb 23), said his party would per-form a study on the implementa-tion of festival. However, he wasnot sure when the festival could berealized, including the amount ofbudget allocated. He argued it hap-pened because his party would justpropose the budget for the studyin the budget amendment 2011.

Sudaratmaja admitted if so farmany parties felt pessimistic in re-sponse to the government’s effortsin promoting the agricultural sec-tor. Moreover, the Badung Re-gency along with agricultural sec-tor continued to be impelled bytourism sector.

On that account, his party woulddesign a concept of synergy this

Semarapura (Bali Post)—By and large, rabies begins to de-

cline in Klungkung Regency. NusaPenida is also no longer in the statusof extraordinary incident (KLB).However, there are five cases of dogbites under observation to monitor itsdevelopment. “Some of them indeedhave passed through the critical pe-riod (two weeks—Ed),” said the Headof Klungkung Animal Husbandry,Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (PPK),Gusti Ngurah Badiwangsa, Wednes-day (Feb 23).

The five cases of dog bite were inthe region of Nusa Penida III. It in-cluded the Batukandik Village. Onaverage, the biting dogs remained tobe taken care of. According toBadiwangsa, if they were positive torabies, the dog would die immediatelyas soon as biting humans.

So far, thousands of stray dogs hadbeen eliminated in Klungkung Re-gency. Particularly in Nusa Penida thenumber of dogs eliminated was reach-ing 4,352. “Today, it can be said thatKlungkung is free from rabies. Asidefrom being eliminated, virtually alldogs had been tied up and vaccinated.To deal with rabies, we involve thecustomary village and it has beenproven effective,” he added. For theprogram in 2011, the handling wasgoing to be focused on workshop orprovision of counseling for custom-ary village. PPK had prepared a bud-get worth IDR 300 million taken fromRegional Budget 2011.

However, Badiwangsa admitted,the rabies handling team ofKlungkung had not been cohesive yet.The team had not worked maximally.Klungkung Regency itself had its ownstrategies to handle rabies. This mea-sure should also refer to the Joint De-

Singaraja (Bali Post) –A dam support on the east side of

Suwug State Elementary SchoolNo.2, Sawan was broken due toheavy ran last Tuesday (22/2)evening. What’s worse the brokensupport hits the school’s buildingcausing serious damages.

Sawan Sub District Leader, GedeGunawan, stated last Wendesday(23/2) that the support was around

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The ricefield in Badung area. Badung Regency Government through the Badung Agricultural,Plantation and Forestry Services is preparing an Agricultural Festival in North Badung.

Proposed, AgriculturalProposed, AgriculturalProposed, AgriculturalProposed, AgriculturalProposed, AgriculturalFestival in North BadungFestival in North BadungFestival in North BadungFestival in North BadungFestival in North BadungMangupura (Bali Post)—

Badung Regency Government through the Badung Agricultural, Plantation and Forestry Ser-vices is preparing an Agricultural Festival in North Badung. Such a program will be proposed tobe included in the budget amendment 2011. Regency Government claims this effort as a realmeasure to synergize the agricultural sector with tourism.

year between tourism and agri-cultural sector more obviouslythrough Agricultural Festivalprogram in North Badung. Thisfestival was inspired by the factthat North Badung had not yethad a specific icon. “Central andSouth Badung, as you know,have had the Nusa Dua Fiesta,Kuta Karnival and Badung Re-gency Arts Festival. Well, wewant that North Badung have anicon, too,” he observed.

He also added that NorthBadung had a considerable agri-cultural potential, then the mostappropriate event was the festi-val of agricultural products. Oneof the areas that would becomean icon was the Tukad BangkungBridge in Plaga, Petang Subdis-trict. Other than absorbing the

local agricultural products, it wasalso claimed as an effort to re-kindle the tourism village. More-over, out of 10 tourism villages inBadung Regency, four of whichwere in North Badung especiallyin Petang.

In the region, he said, his partywanted a festival featuring a widerange of agricultural productspacked with art performance orcultural tradition. For example,the event would be graced withogoh-ogoh effigy made fromfruits or flowers denoting the na-tive products of Badung. In addi-tion, the festival would also bebundled with various interestingand interactive activities thatcould be joined by tourists suchas the race of catching eels.(kmb25)

Again, five dog bitecases in Nusa Penida

cree (SKB) of three ministers—con-sisting of Minister of Home Affairs,Ministry of Health and Ministry of Ag-riculture. Similarly, Bali Province hadthe Regional Regulation Number: 15/2009 concerning with rabies. “Refer-ring to the regulations, there are threelines of authority in the KlungkungRegency that should work togethernamely the regent as coordinator,Health Services and the PPK. Domainof their duties should be adjusted. Lessmaximal proceeds were caused by thefunction that does not work well,” hesaid.

He mentioned that for rabies treat-ment, the Bali Provincial Governmenttogether with the entire regencies/cityin Bali had actually established coop-eration with a foundation (BAWA).However, Klungkung Regency wasnot involved in the signing of theMemorandum of Understanding(MoU) because the rabies manage-ment strategy run by BAWA was in-appropriate and tended to be less ef-fective. Therefore, Klungkung de-cided to handle with its own strategy.“Initially, Klungkung had participatedin the co-operation. But when the co-operation has run, it was not goingwell. For example, when there was abite case in Klungkung, BAWA didnot come to Klungkung. Even, it hasbeen contacted for several times,” saidBadiwangsa. He also questioned toBAWA why it could happen. “In fact,the BAWA side recommended me togo out from the collaboration. Yes, weaccept it. After all, we have our ownstrategies and they are proven effec-tive,” he said. Indeed, he said, somevictims in Klungkung died of rabies.However, it occurred beforeKlungkung handled its own cases.(kmb20)

A Classroom Hit by Dam SupportSuwug State ElementarySchool No.2 PupilsLearn in Balcony

10 meters long and hit the school’swall causing two class rooms heavilydamaged and can’t be used for teach-ing-learning process.

For the while, those in first andthird grade who used these classeswill have their learning place at thebalcony and so pupil moved theirtables and chairs there, “The schoolis still preparing their warehouse tobe a temporary class room.” (kmb15)

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Prosecutor Dewa Anom Rai ex-plained based on witnesses state-ments that accused was proven tohave imported methamphetamin toIndonesia, ” Accused will be still indetention. The evidence of metham-phetamine 2087,70 gross gram wastaken to be destoyed.”

After hearing how heavy the pun-ishment she gets, Baverly who couldtalk Bahasa Indonesia a little couldn’tbut bursting crying which then wascalmed by legal counselor Budionoand colleagues,”I was only a victim,why do I have to get a heavy punish-ment.” Meanwhile in the next trialof accused Enny Malini alias Chika,the sam situation happened. PublicProsecutor Ida Ayu Sulasmi stated16 years jail minus detention for

Denpasar (Bali Post)Bali Police has prepared security

for the coming Nyepi celebration, 5thMarch 2011. At least 1.000 officerswill be involved where 600 of themBali Police personnel and otherswere from each Regency/City Police.This was stated by Head of Bali Po-lice Public Relation Great Commis-sioner Gde Sugianyar last Wednes-day (23/2).

The security in every region willbe done from three days before (D-3)and a day after (D+1) also most in-tensive one on pengrupukan (night be-fore nyepi) where every banjar will

Singaraja (Bali Post)For the fifth time since Janu-

ary 2011, the region of CelukanBawang and its surrounding washit by flash flood again on Tues-day (22/2) evening and this timeit’s worsening. Besides causingmud flood on Raya Singaraja-Gilimanuk route, around 600houses are under water in fourvil lages, Celukan Bawang,Pengulon, Tinga-t inga andTukad Sumaga.

In temporary note, each vil-lage head stated that inPengulon there were 213 housesunder 2 meter depth water, inCelukan Bawang 320 housesand in Tinga-tinga as much as48 houses. In Tukad Sumaga istold there were some housesunder water but not as worse asthe other three villages.

As what happened duringflood, traffic jam taken over theRaya Singaraja- Gil imanukroute, specifically on the eastside of Buleleng Harbor en-trance gate. In this road therewas mud mixed with sand floodas thick as 50 centimeters. Luck-ily it did not stay on the road’star so cars can still go throughas it is mixed with sand.

Pengulon Village Head, PutuInteren, stated from the 213houses under water as much as108 was in Dusun Tegalantang,while the other 105 was on othertwo dusun, Dusun Munduk andDusun Bukit Sari. Besides thata number of house holds andlivestocks also got dragged bythe flood. In Tegallantang abridge towards temple PuraSegara was broken and inMunduk there was a road that’sbroken and now river goesthrough it . Uniquely in themiddle of this rain, a villa inTegallantang got attacked bythunder and burnt. The villabuilt in a middle of a swimmingpole was gone with the fire.

According to Interen, theflood happened from 11 pm lo-cal time as heavy rain startedaround 10 pm local t ime.

Proved smuggling methamphetamine

Philipino Punished 18 YearsPhilipino Punished 18 YearsPhilipino Punished 18 YearsPhilipino Punished 18 YearsPhilipino Punished 18 YearsDenpasar (Bali Post)-

A great shame was shown by accused Baverly A Fulache who was suspected to have smuggled2087,70 grams of methamphetamine in Denpasar District Court last Wednesday (23/2). In thetrial it’s stated accused have violated Criminal Code Section 113 Republic of Indonesia LawNo.35 year 2009 on narcotics and demanded 18 years jail minus the detention.

Chika. In front of Judge IstiningsihRahayu, SH, it is also stated Chikawas a distributor between Baverlyand Austine Bosah Uchena alias Lala(39) also Michael OnyendikaOnuorah (24) (the two are accusedin different files). Chike has violatedsection 114 paragraph 2 of the sameLaw and IDR 2 billion fine to sub-side 1 year of jail.

Because of that, accused thenstated through legal counsel that sheis suggesting a plea coming Mon-day (7/3). As told before, accusedBaverly was captured on 13th July2010 with evidence a luggage withmethamphetamine 2,087.70 grossgram. From investigation taken, thecrystal clear substance was about tobrought to Jakarta. To develop the

investigation, under police controlBaverly was brought to Jakarta andplaced at room 202 Katika ChandraHotel, Gatot Subroto Kav. 18-20,Jakarta.

Accused Austine told Chika toget the methamphetamine beforegiving it to Austine and Michael.Chika was then captured atBaverly’s place. Chika then broughtthe billion rupiah item to Austineand Michael in front of ATM BCARuko Pinangsia, Lippo Karawaci,Tangerang, Banten at Wedenesday14th July 2010. After receiving itfrom Chika, Austine then left it atMichael’s place. After handovered,police then raided Michael’s houseand found the luggage in his com-puter room. (015)

Coming NyepiBali Police prepare 1.000 Officers

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One of the Ogoh-Ogoh made by the Balinese. The giant Puppet, Ogoh-Ogoh will be carriedduring the Pengerupukan Celebration, a day before Nyepi Day.

bring their ogoh-ogoh (effigy symbol-izing devils/non-devils in taking awayevil things welcoming the new year)around the town, “In this pengrupukannight the security will be prioritized.”Dangerous moments of clash are po-tential on this night as some of themeven drunk before bringing the ogoh-ogoh around. For that there will be asecurity attention during this time.

Other concrete steps taken has beendone since the beginning of Februaryas police has done some raids/opera-tions such as for drinks, weapons and‘people disease’, “To anticipate wehave done some operations. Many

drinks have been confiscated by thepolice.”

Besides this strategy, Bali Policehave also done a persuasive approach-ing and dialogues with public figures,religious and tradition figures, also tovillage securities (pecalang) as theyare the most important roles in secur-ing Nyepi in each village.

Moreover, they are the ones thatknow the surrounding environmentwhile police is backing them up. Po-lice has also pointed locations thatneeds extra care and which doesn’t,yet Sugianyar did not mentionwhich. (kmb21)

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A motorcylce is trying to go through a flooded road.

Again, flood hitsCelukan Bawang

Pengulon’s river than over-flowed as there were bamboostacks blocking, “It is suspectedthese bamboos were on thesource of the river then gotdragged. As the end of the rivergot smaller, these bamboos gotstuck and blocked the riverflow.”

Luckily the houses are notbeing under water for long as byWednesday (23/2) at 4 am localtime, the waters are calmingdown. The flood also attackedthe Village Head Office andLPD office, “This is maybe be-cause our village ins on thebeach shore so the waters getsout faster.”

Celukan Bawang VillageHead, Muhajir, stated from the320 houses there are in his vil-lage, there was one that col-lapsed owned by Made Atas, “Inour village there was a housethat collapsed due being hit bythe flood.”

In Tinga-tinga Village therewas a house having their fencesbroken. Besides houses, an El-ementary School SD 2 Tinga-tinga got its 25 meter fence col-lapsed. What’s interesting, aresident, Made Sutama, fromDusun Juntal, lost thousands ofhis lele fishes from its pond.The harvest ready fishes weregone dragged to the sea. InTukad Sumaga, a bridge thatconnects it with Tinga-tinga wasalso broken. “I just received in-formation that a bridge at TukadSumaga collapsed,” Head ofBuleleng Social Agency,Sukawirya, stated when he cameto location to data residentshouses that experienced loss dueto the disaster.

Sukawirya stated, 600 fami-lies are disadvantaged by thisdisaster. At least 10 ton of ricewill be given to these families,“This is for early disaster man-agement, we will help them bygiving essentials. At least forthese four villages 10 ton of ricewill be given and also otherkinds of essentials.”

International4 Friday, February 25, 2011 News

Egyptian authorities also im-posed a travel ban on two formerministers and the head of state TVand radio — a measure that oftenserves as a prelude to a criminal in-vestigation and a possible trial, theofficial MENA news agency said.The move is the latest from Egypt’snew military rulers against stalwartsof the former regime.

The three former top officialswho appeared in a Cairo CriminalCourt on Wednesday — ex-Hous-ing Minister Ahmed Maghrabi,former Tourism Minister ZuheirGarana and steel tycoon and promi-

Associated Press Writer

BENGHAZI, Libya – Thescope of Moammar Gadhafi’s con-trol was whittled away Wednesdayas major Libyan cities and townscloser to the capital fell to the re-bellion against his rule. In the east,now all but broken away, the op-position vowed to “liberate” Tri-poli, where the Libyan leader isholed up with a force of militia-men roaming the streets and tanksguarding the outskirts.

In a further sign of Gadhafi’sfaltering hold, two air force pilots— one from the leader’s own tribe— parachuted out of their war-plane and let it crash into the east-ern Libyan desert rather than fol-low orders to bomb an opposition-held city.

International momentum wasbuilding for action to punishGadhafi’s regime for the bloodycrackdown it has unleashed againstthe uprising that began Feb. 15.

President Barack Obama saidthe suffering and bloodshed inLibya “is outrageous and it is un-acceptable,” and he directed his ad-

Reuters

CHRISTCHURCH – NewZealand rescuers said on Thursdaythey held grave fears for more than200 people still missing as the deathtoll from an earthquake reached 98after searchers pulled dozens ofbodies from a Christchurch televi-sion building now turned into atomb.

Teams from quake-prone coun-tries such as Japan and the UnitedStates sent in sniffer dogs and low-ered microphones into piles ofrubble to probe for signs of life, twodays after a 6.3 magnitude quake

AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell

A police dog searches in the rubble with his handler in Christchurch,New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, after the city was hit by a 6.3magnitude earthquake Tuesday.

New Zealand puts quake toll at98, many more missing

struck the country’s second-biggestcity. “It’s a dreadful, dreadful day,it’s a hard day for the search andrescue people because everybody isfull of hope we can find people inthe rubble,” said city Mayor BobParker as rescue teams failed to findany sign of life.

Instead, the smoldering ruin ofthe former Canterbury Television(CTV) building, which was alsohome to an English school for for-eign students, appeared to have be-come a charnel house, with 47 bod-ies pulled from the rubble and manymore thought still to be inside.

“Every few hours we stop and do

a technical search just in case, butbeing realistic, based on what we’veseen so far, we’re not going to beseeing anyone alive coming out ofthat space,” said fire rescue chief JimStuart Black.

The efforts of rescuers were hin-dered by the prospect of new col-lapses of damaged buildings, withmost fears focused on a teetering 26-storey hotel tower. Local policecommander Dave Cliff said thedeath toll stood at 98 and expressedgrave concern for 226 known stillto be missing. Two infants of fiveand nine months were among thedead.

AP Photo/Keystone/Marcel Bieri

demonstrator defaces a photo of Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi,during a rally organized by Amnesty International Switzerland insolidarity with the Libyan opposition and against MoammarGadhafi’s crackdown on peaceful protesters in Libya, on the fed-eral square in Bern, Switzerland, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011.

Gadhafi hold whittled awayas Libya revolt spreads

ministration to prepare a full rangeof options, including possiblesanctions that could freeze the as-sets and ban travel to the U.S. byLibyan officials. French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy raised the possi-bility of the European Union cut-ting off economic ties.

Another proposal gaining sometraction was for the United Nationsto declare a no-fly zone over Libyato prevent it using warplanes to hitprotesters. U.N. High Commis-sioner for Human Rights Navi Pillaysaid that if reports of such strikes areconfirmed, “there’s an immediateneed for that level of protection.”

Italy’s Foreign Minister FrancoFrattini said estimates of some1,000 people killed in the violencein Libya were “credible,” althoughhe stressed information about ca-sualties was incomplete. The NewYork-based Human Rights Watchhas put the death toll at nearly 300,according to a partial count.

In Tripoli, Gadhafi’s strong-hold, protest organizers called fornew rallies Thursday and Friday,raising the potential for a morebloody confrontation.

FILE - In thisFeb. 28, 2003file photo,EgyptianPresidentHosni Mubarak,right, accompa-nies LibyanleaderMoammarGadhafi uponhis arrival athis hotel at theRed Sea resortof Sharm el-Sheik.

AP Photo/ Hussein Malla, File

Former top MubarakFormer top MubarakFormer top MubarakFormer top MubarakFormer top Mubarakregime officials in courtregime officials in courtregime officials in courtregime officials in courtregime officials in courtAssociated Press Writer

CAIRO – An angry crowd of hundreds taunted three former high-ranking members of ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s regime as theyarrived in court for a corruption hearing Wednesday, screaming“thieves” and “you robbed our money.”

nent ruling party leader Ahmed Ezz— wore white prison uniforms andsat in a metal cage as a judge issueda ruling blocking any commercialdealings in the men’s properties.

Maghrabi shouted out from be-hind the cage: “I will not be a scape-goat. I am innocent.” Ezz and Garanaalso said they are innocent.

The trio, who face allegations thatrange from money laundering toabuse of authority and squanderingstate wealth, are among some dozenex-ministers and businessmen whoare under investigation. The protest-ers who ousted Mubarak in 18 days

of demonstrations against his regimeoften mentioned the deep corruptionof the government as a key reasonbehind their movement.

The popular anger felt againstsuch former regime powerbrokerswas evident Wednesday. As the ve-hicles carrying Maghrabi, Garana andEzz drove through the streets of Cairoto the courthouse, dozens of cars fol-lowed them honking and peoplechanted “there are the thieves.”

When the men arrived at court,more than 500 people standing out-side the building shouted at them,“thieves” and “you robbed our money.

The travel ban was slapped onformer Prime Minister Atef Obeid,who served as premier from 1999 to2004, as well as long-serving Cul-ture Minister Farouq Hosni and stateTV and radio chief Osama el-Sheiky.

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Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for February 1 through March 2, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annualCeremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Ba-linese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine whicheach family possesses. Because of this practically every fewdays a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in someVillage in Bali. There are also times when the entire islandcelebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan,Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day,Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is consid-ered its birth day and celebration always takes place on thesame day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When newmoon is used then the celebration always happens on new moonor full moon. The day of course can differ the religious cel-ebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some templecelebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakihtemple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and mostof the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importanceof the occasion.

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

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

1 FebruaryAnggarKasih Tambir

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

2 FebruaryBuda Umanis Tambir, Tilem Kawulu

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

Dalem Kangin Sidemen - Karangasem.

16 FebruaryBuda Keliwon Matal

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

17 FebruaryPurnama Kesanga

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

26 FebruaryTumpek Kandang Day

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

2 MarchBuda Wage Menail

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Friday, February 25, 20116 News

Lawyers for Google toldSwitzerland’s Federal AdministrativeCourt in Bern that Street View is com-parable to services offered by rivals,and personal privacy is guaranteedthanks to technology which automati-cally blurs faces and car plates.Switzerland’s data protection commis-sioner, Hanspeter Thuer, claimed oth-erwise.

Using a live version of Street View,he demonstrated examples where thesoftware failed to obscure faces ofadults and children in public — includ-ing outside the court — and even in-side private homes. “I don’t want a banof Google Street View,” Thuer told thecourt. “But in the present form Google


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates –Saudi Arabia’s rulers answered theArab world’s winter of rage withmoney: throwing $36 billion into hous-ing and other social assistance chan-nels in attempts to quell rumblings ofdissent. Iran’s president offered morebombast as Tehran tries to project sym-pathy for protesters.

The two approaches this week —largesse versus rhetoric — captures thestyle and stakes for the region’s heavy-weight rivals as Iran hunts for gains andSaudi tries hard to stamp out anythreats.

Already, the region has been re-

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The Google Street View Snow Mobile takes pictures of ski slopes for Google’s Street View in frontof the Matterhorn mountain in Zermatt, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011.

Google asks Swiss courtGoogle asks Swiss courtGoogle asks Swiss courtGoogle asks Swiss courtGoogle asks Swiss courtto lift Street View curbsto lift Street View curbsto lift Street View curbsto lift Street View curbsto lift Street View curbs Associated Press Writer

BERN, Switzerland – Google Inc. asked a Swiss court Thursday to lift curbs on its Street Viewservice that have prevented the Internet search giant from updating the popular ground-levelpictures in Switzerland for more than a year. The country’s strict privacy laws have proved aheadache for the California company as it seeks to provide comprehensive 360-degree panoramasof streets and buildings around the world.

Street View breaches basic principles ofprivacy.”

The company has faced similar con-cerns in many of the 27 countries whereStreet View is available, including theUnited States and Germany. In Israel,officials have expressed worry that theStreet View might be used for terrorismand instructed the company to modifythe service. Thuer wants Google to guar-antee that all faces and car plates areblurred — if necessary by checking allpictures manually.

He also demanded that private gar-dens and sensitive locations such asschools, hospitals and women’s sheltersbe obscured. Google lawyers counteredthat the company is continually improv-

ing its Street View technology and thatthe images are too banal, and of too poorquality, to be used to identify individu-als whose privacy might be breached.

The case has generated enormousinterest in Switzerland. Google has oneof its biggest offices outside the UnitedStates in Zurich, where hundreds ofengineers develop new services for thecompany.

About one in four Swiss have usedStreet View, according to Google. Thecompany said last week that it isworking to expand the service tocover the ski slopes aroundSwitzerland’s iconic Matterhornmountain. The court is expected todeliver its verdict at a later date.

Mideast turmoil rattles Iran-Saudi standoffshaped by the fall of decades-old re-gimes and growing pressures on oth-ers, including Moammar Gadhafi’s 42-year rule in Libya. But the ultimate ques-tions for many are whether the pro-Western Saudi monarchy can ride outthe unrest, and if Iran will capitalize onthe changes with more footholds andinfluence in areas closely tied toWashington’s interests.

“If an uprising occurs in SaudiArabia, it will have a dramatic impactthat is off the charts,” said TheodoreKarasik, a regional affairs expert at theDubai-based Institute for Near East andGulf Military Analysis. “Policymakerswill have to grapple with it for decades.”

Both nations have been touched by

the region’s two-month-old turmoil:Iran with a renewal of street clashes andSaudi’s rulers facing rare challenges totheir absolute power, including a callfor protests March 11. Their responses,meanwhile, have reflected their mutualsuspicions and their own survival in-stincts.

Saudi authorities have stood stronglybehind Bahrain’s Sunni monarchy,which is under siege by a revolt fromthat tiny kingdom’s Shiite majority af-ter decades of grievances over discrimi-nation and other abuses. For the Saudis— and the rest of the Gulf’s Sunni rul-ers — the Shiites in Bahrain representa potential beachhead for Shiite pow-erhouse Iran.

Obama defended his adminis-tration against claims that its re-sponse to the violence, the latestwave of unrest crashing across theMiddle East, had been too tem-pered. “Over the last few days mynational security team has beenworking around the clock to moni-tor the situation there and to coor-dinate with our international part-ners about a way forward,” he said.

But the president did not men-tion Libya’s ruthless and unpre-dictable leader Kadhafi, who hasruled for decades and frequentlydefied the United States, by name.Seeking to corral international ac-tion on Libya, Obama said that insuch a volatile situation, it was“imperative” for nations to speakwith one voice.

He said he would dispatch Sec-retary of State Hillary Clinton to aministerial-level meeting inGeneva on Monday of the UNHuman Rights Council. “Like allgovernments, the Libyan govern-ment has a responsibility to refrainfrom violence, to allow humanitar-ian assistance to reach those in

Protesters broke up marble pav-ing stones for rocks to throw at po-lice, set garbage cans on fire and dam-aged bus stops. Others unfolded ablack banner reading “We are dying”in front of parliament.

“Enough is enough! All these taxhikes are killing our businesses andwe have to fire people,” said barowner Costas Loras, 42.

Despite many strikes, the Social-ist government cut pay and pensionsand raised taxes last year in returnfor a 110 billion euro ($150 billion)bailout by the European Union andthe International Monetary Fund thatsaved Greece from bankruptcy.Greece’s international lenders ap-proved a new 15 billion euro trancheof the aid this month, but set atougher target for privatization pro-ceeds and called for more structuralreforms.

“This medicine is worse than the

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need and to respect the rights of itspeople,” Obama said.

“It must be held accountable forits failure to meet those responsi-bilities and face the cost of contin-ued violations of human rights.”Though officials said that sanctionswere among options being dis-cussed, it was unclear whether callsfor NATO to establish a “no flyzone” over Libya to protect civil-ians were on the table. Obama’s callto US allies appeared to be a signalthat Washington, which has soughtnot to inject itself into the MiddleEast revolts, preferred the safety innumbers of multilateral action.

Europe had already movedWednesday to isolate Kadhafi,readying sanctions that one diplo-mat said could include an assetsfreeze, a travel ban, an arms em-bargo and the legal pursuit of thoseinvolved in violent repression.

Washington lifted sanctions onLibya in 2004 under a deal whichhelped the former pariah state backinto the global community after itgave up its nuclear and chemicalweapons programs.

Reuters

LAS VEGAS – A 19-year-oldHenderson, Nevada man arrestedfor burglary managed to drive offin a police car on Wednesday, de-spite wearing handcuffs, only to benabbed on foot a few hours later.

The unidentified burglary sus-pect drove off in the police car whileofficers stood outside theirChevrolet Tahoe shortly after appre-hending him on suspicion of at-tempting to break into a nearbyhome, police spokesman ToddRasmussen said.

disease. It makes the rich richer andthe poor poorer,” said YannisPanagopoulos, president of Greece’slargest union GSEE. “We will con-tinue fighting, we won’t stop.” Mar-kets are watching for any derailmentof Greece’s fiscal efforts. Analysts saystrikes are unlikely to shake the gov-ernment, which has a comfortablemajority in parliament.

“People once again expressed theiropposition to the austerity measures.But no matter how big these protestsare they can’t change thegovernment’s policies,” said CostasPanagopoulos, head of ALCO poll-sters.

Private sector union GSEE and itspublic sector sister ADEDY, which to-gether represent about 2.5 millionworkers or half the Greek workforce,have vowed to resist austerity mea-sures, saying they are killing theeconomy.

Handcuffed burglary suspectdrives off in police car

While sitting in the back seat ofthe patrol car, the suspect managedto slide his handcuffed hands behindhis back and scramble through asquare-foot-wide opening in aplexiglass window separating theback from the driver’s seat.

“He was pretty thin,” Rasmussensaid. The suspect then drove offwhile still handcuffed, making it asfar as a softball field about two milesaway, Rasmussen said.

Authorities found the car usingits built-in GPS, and shortly afterthat discovered the suspect hidingbetween nearby houses.

Friday, February 25, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

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A group of youths practice dancing in front of a Cinema 21 theatre in Jakarta February 22, 2011. The MotionPicture Association of America warned that a new tax on foreign-made movies, seen by Indonesian au-thorities as a way to protect the domestic film industry, could lead to studios pulling out of the country.Noorca Masardi, the spokesman for Cinema 21, Indonesia’s largest movie theatre chain, told local mediathat the importation of foreign films into Indonesia has been halted and will only resume if the governmentrevokes the new levy on imported films. The theatre chain would continue screening foreign films that werealready showing.

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LEBAK - The Ahmadiyah religioussect in Lebak district, Banten province,would soon be banned following thedistrict government‘s plan to issue aregulation.

“We are going to issue a regionalregulation on the ban on the spread ofthe Ahmadiyah sect because it hasmisled and instigated tension in thesociety,” Head of Lebak districtMulyadi Jayabaya said.

Speaking to newsmen hereWednesday, he said the incident of thedeadly violence in Umbulan village,Cikeusik subdistrict, Pandeglang dis-trict recently had shown the localpeople‘s rejection to the Ahmadiyah.

All misleading religious sects, in-cluding the Ahmadiyah, were out-lawed in Lebak district, he said add-ing that issuance of the regionalregulation on the Ahmadiyah ban

The cleric who is regarded as aspiritual leader of Islamist mili-tants around the region is accusedof leading a militant group that wasdiscovered training recruits inAceh province last year.

Police jostled with about 200 ofthe frail 72-year-old’s radical sup-porters who tried to enter the courtas he arrived under tight guardamid shouts of “Allahu akbar”(God is greater).

Wearing his usual white robes,skull cap and shawl, the preachersmiled and looked calm as he wasescorted through the crowd bymembers of the elite Detachment88 anti-terror police squad.

“I am convinced that based onIslamic sharia (law), the physicaland weapons training in a moun-tainous area in Aceh was an act ofworship by Muslims as ordered byGod to deter Muslim enemies,” hesaid, reading from a 90-page de-fense document.

“This exercise is equally as im-portant as prayer, fasting... but thisholy task has been insulted by God’senemies, the Detachment 88, by ac-cusing them of being terrorists.”

He also called the democrati-cally elected government “poison-ous” for its failure to outlaw a mi-nority Islamic sect who has suf-fered from years of persecutionand violence at the hands of Is-lamic extremists. Bashir could facethe death penalty if convicted ofthe charges, which include leadingand financing a terrorist group andsupplying illegal weapons.

The so-called Al-Qaeda in Acehgroup was planning Mumbai-styleattacks using squads of suicidegunmen against Westerners, policeand political leaders includingPresident Susilo BambangYudhoyono, according to police.

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JAKARTA - President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono forms a spe-cial team taking safety measures forIndonesians living in the recentlyrioted country Libya.

“There are 870 Indonesianswhose safety we must protect there.The situation in Libya is more com-plicated than Egypt. The tension andrate of violence there is higher com-pared to Egypt. Therefore I have

President forms special team to handle Indonesians‘ safety in Libyaappointed Coordinating Minister ofPolitical, Justice and Human RightsDjoko Suyanto to lead the specialteam,” the president said here onThursday.

The president expressed hopethat the newly-formed team wouldwork fast and effective in ensuringthe safety of Indonesians in Libya.

President Yudhoyono also stated hisconcern over the violence happened inLibya and asked for the United NationsSecurity Council to actively work to

solve the problem there.The uprising in Libya has left

more than 1,000 people dead, 600 inthe capital alone, Moamer Kadhafi‘sformer protocol chief Nouri el-Mismari told AFP Wednesday.

Mismari, who came to Francelate last year for health reasons, saidthe insurrection had so far left “morethan 1,000 people dead in all ofLibya” but did not say what infor-mation his estimate was based on.

On Tuesday, Libya‘s regime said

300 people had been killed in theprotests, but the International Fed-eration for Human Rights (IFHR)said on Wednesday that at least 640had died.

“It`s very very serious. Libyanswon`t stop”, to end his 41-year rule,Mismari said. “This is the end ofMoamer Kadhafi.”

“Moamer Kadhafi does not evenhave five percent of the country be-hind him,” he said. Members of hisclan were “not fighting for him but

for themselves”.Mismari whom Tripoli wants ex-

tradited said that “mercenaries”were killing many people.

“They are shooting blindly”while the air force will not shoot atthe people, he added.

Kadhafi‘s regime has lost vastswathes of Libya‘s east to the in-surrection, it emerged Wednesday,as the West prepared for a mass exo-dus from a “bloodbath” in the northAfrican country.

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JAKARTA – Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Thursdaydenied leading an Al-Qaeda-style group that was plotting attacks andassassinations in Indonesia, as his trial resumed amid tight security.

Its operations leader, Indone-sian bomb maker Dulmatin, waskilled by police in March last year.Scores of other members of thegroup have been killed or captured.

Bashir denies any involvementin terrorism and claims he is be-ing framed by the United Statesand its allies including Australiaand “the Jews”.

He is an alleged co-founder ofthe Jemaah Islamiyah regional ter-ror organisation blamed for mul-tiple attacks including the 2002Bali bombings which killed 202people, mainly Western tourists.

Bashir claims that attack was ac-tually a US missile strike. The Islamicteacher, whose former students readlike a who’s-who of Indonesian ex-tremism, served almost 26 monthsbehind bars for the Bali bombings buthis conviction was overturned afterhis release in 2006.Prosecutors havealso unsuccessfully charged him withinvolvement in church bombings in2000 and the Marriott hotel attack inJakarta in 2003.

Two years after his release fromprison Bashir founded anothergroup, Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid(JAT), to continue agitating forsharia law.Police say JAT was afront for a new campaign of ter-rorism in the world’s most popu-lous Muslim-majority state.

But Bashir said the Aceh groupwas only doing was had been “or-dered by God to deter Muslim en-emies so that they won’t dare toharm Muslim communities”.

Some 80 percent of Indonesia’s240 million people are Muslimsand the country has a reputationas a bastion of pluralist tolerance.

But its moderate image has beenshaken by recent attacks on religiousminorities including Christians andthe Ahmadiyah Islamic sect.

Ahmadiyah soon banned inBanten‘s Lebak district

was expected to bring peace to hispeople.

The Ahmadiyah teachings weremisleading and deviant because itsfollowers acknowledged anotherprophet after Prophet Muhammad(peace is upon him), he added.

On February 18, a number of Is-lamic organizations and the Indone-sian Council of Ulemas (MUI) inBanten had also asked the governmentto ban the Ahmadiyah sect in the prov-ince soon.

“Before the Cikeusik incident onFebruary 6, the MUI had actuallyurged the provincial government toban all the activities of the Ahmadiyahsect,” MUI-Banten chapter`s chair-man KH Aminudin Ibrahim said.

MUI, Nahdlatul Ulama,Muhammadiyah, and Religious Fol-lowers‘ Harmony Forum (FKUB) inBanten Province had agreed to againcall on the provincial government to

ban all activities of the Ahmadiyah,he said.

The ban could be imposed througha Banten governor‘s or provincial gov-ernment regulation, Ibrahim said.

A series of attacks on Ahmadiyahreligious sect followers and their prop-erties have occurred in some parts ofIndonesia over the past two years.

The latest incident happened inUmbulan village Cikeusik subdistrict,Pandeglang district, Banten province,on February 6, killing three people.

In response to the latest incident,Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla saidthe cases of sectarian violence couldbe handled if firm law enforcementwas implemented to the perpetrators.

“Don`t let the perpetrators be un-touched by the law. If it is so, therewill be a feeling that if we kill ordestroy properties in a mass, wethink that the law cannot do any-thing,” he said.

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Bali Today

A lecturer on Faculty of Economicfrom Udayana University, Prof. Dr. IMade Kembar Sri Budhi, said the im-pact of foreign investment would leadto multiyear effects including the in-creasing employment opportunities,purchasing power of the public andincreasing demand in the domesticmarket.

“Bali absolutely needs investmentsin improving the macro economy.However, government should sort outany permit of investment issuedwhether it does not harm the environ-ment or other aspects,” he said

According to him, theoretically,investment was very important as themain motor of development and long-term economic growth. Without in-vestment, the long-term economicgrowth could not be achieved.

“Investors that will invest in Balishould be led to other sectors. So far,they were focused on tourism sector,while agricultural and SME sector areuntouched. Of course, it requires anincentive such as simplicity of licens-ing or other requirements to attractthem,” he said.

He said it was needed a commonidea of investor, government and re-lated community sector how to de-velop the agriculture and SMEs so theycould grow together harmoniously. Sofar, the two sectors almost had no spaceto develop a business. Access to mar-ket their local products was almostclosed.

“The existing policies are just lim-ited in the form of discourse. Policyholders have not been able to realizeevery program launched. Many poli-cies are implemented halfheartedly

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DENPASAR - Bali’s Natural Re-sources Conservation Agency(BKSDA) is saving more than10,000 turtle eggs per year atPrancak beach, Jembrana district,according to a conservation official.

“We don’t do it alone when sav-ing the eggs as the local fishing com-munities and environmental non-governmental organizations assistus,” said Sumarsono, conservationsection head of Bali BKSDA, onThursday.

Sumarsono added that BKSDA

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DENPASAR – The Vice Head ofCommission IV in Bali House of Rep-resentative, Ketut Kariyasa Adnyana,said that currently there are 24,600 ne-glected children in Bali. “The numberis including beggar and homeless chil-dren,” he added.

The House carried out a meting withBali Social Department on Thursday,February 24, 2010 in order to determinethe program to reduce the number ofneglected children. Kariyasa said “thekey to decrease poverty in Bali is in thehand of the Social Department. We heldthe meting in order to evaluate the pro-gram of the department because thenumber of neglected children in Bali is

Foreign investment in Bali should be sortedBali Post

DENPASAR - The presence of foreign investors will bring apositive impact on the development and economic growth ofBali. However, when accepting the presence of foreign invest-ment (PMA), the government needs to sort them out.

such as the program synergizing thetourism and agricultural sectors,” hesaid.

Meanwhile, investment growth inBali during the period of 2011 was tar-geted to reach IDR 15.79 trillion, withthe growth of foreign investment anddomestic investment reaching IDR 4trillion. The figure increased from thetarget set in 2010 coming to IDR 12, 9trillion where the realization of domes-tic and foreign investment reached IDR3.1 trillion.

Chief of Bali Investment Board(BPM), I Nyoman Suwirya Patra, statedthat investment climate in Indonesia,especially Bali, in 2010 showed a sig-nificant growth. Bali was ranked fourth,while the first position was occupiedby Greater Jakarta and then followedby East Java and Papua in the secondand third position. Therefore, local gov-ernment was called upon to be moreselective and cautious in issuing per-mit of investment so as not to disturbthe ecosystem.

In tertiary sector especially tourismremained to become a leading sectorand it even reached 82 percent. Mean-while, agriculture reached less than 1percent and the remaining was indus-trial sector. Although investment in ag-ricultural sector continued to be encour-aged, most investors stayed to preferthe tourism sector.

Suwirya Patra judged that Bali re-quired a temporary moratorium to stopdevelopment in the three regencies suchas Badung, Gianyar and Denpasar. Sofar, it had been recorded there were45,557 hotel rooms scattered through-out Bali, while 85 percent of them wereconcentrated in western Bali. (par)

Bali’s BKSDA Saving 10,000Turtle Eggs Per Year

Tourists andBalinesepeoplereleasingbaby turtle tothe beach.Bali’s NaturalResourcesConservationAgency(BKSDA) issaving morethan 10,000turtle eggsper year atPrancakbeach,Jembranadistrict,according toa conserva-tion official.

officers and members of the publicpatrol a 2-km track along Prancakbeach almost every night in effortto save turtle eggs laid on the beachfrom being eaten by predators or sto-len by humans.

He said that a parent turtle (Che-lonia mydas) can lay about 80 to 140eggs. BKSDA officers take the eggsfrom the dens for semi-naturalhatching process.

The hatching process will nor-mally take about one month until ayoung turtle is hatched which thenare released back into the sea. Thebig threat for the young turtle when

they start their own lives is the at-tack of predators at the sea.

Sumarsono said that BaliBKSDA resorts to releasing theyoung turtles back into the sea as itdoes not have sufficient budget tokeep them in breeding centers.Both parent and young turtles feedonly on some specific food itemsfor them, notably shrimp and fish.

However, he added, BaliBKSDA will strive for preservingthe turtles as they are protected ani-mals either at Prancak beach andparts of Kuta beach, Badung re-gency.

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The photo shows three street children sitting in the roadside.According to one of Bali’s legislator there are around 24,600neglected children in Bali.

24.600 neglected children in Balivery surprising.”

He added that currently the num-ber of poor family in Bali is still veryhigh even after the social departmentcarry out their programs. “We wantto get the correct data from the socialdepartment and we also want to knowthe programs of the department todecrease poverty in Bali,” Karitasasaid.

Among those programs are thehouse development programs thatoften receive complaints from therecipients. He said “the governor ac-tually already prepare the propernumber of fund for the house devel-opment program however why it stillreceive complaint from the recipi-ents.”

The house is wanted to determinewhere does the problem of the pro-gram and there is great hope that theprogram could reduce the number ofpoor families in Bali.

Meanwhile, the Head of Publica-tion and Documentation Division inBali Government, I Ketut Teneng, saidthat the neglected children are not cat-egories as poor family because thereare many things that can cause it.

However, the social department al-ready has the program to handle thematter. According to Teneng, Bali ranksecond in Indonesia after Jakarta interms of reducing poverty program.“There is great hope that the programto help 10,000 head of families everyyear can be achieved,” Teneng said.

Balinese Culture

Friday, February 25, 2011 9al

Kambing Mekuah(Balinese Lamb Stew)

OVERVIEW:Goat is more likely to be used than lamb in Bali to

make this curry – like dish.

INGREDIENTS:600 gr boneless lamb leg or shoulder cut in 2 cm (3/4

in) cubes2 tbsp oil1 cup basic spice paste1 tbsp coriander seeds, crushed1 tbsp white vinegar12 whole cardamom pods (kapulaga), braised and

ground1 stalk lemon grass, bruised1½ cups chicken stock2 cups coconut milk, light

PREPARATION:1. Heat oil in heavy saucepan, add spice paste and

coriander seeds and sauté for 2 minutes over mediumheat. Add lamb, cardamom (kapulaga), lemon grass, 1½cups chicken stocks and vinegar, bring to boil and simmeruntil ¾ cooked.

2. Add coconut milk, bring to boil and simmer until meatis tender. Should the sauce reduce too much, add a littlechicken stock. The sauce should be creamy in consistency.

3. Serve with steamed rice of compressed rice cakes,fried shallots, lemon sliced and sliced celery.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Bayung Gede Village,Kintamani subdistrict, Bangli Re-gency, is developed into a tourismpilot project 2010. “Previously, wehave already made comprehensivestudies on various aspects and isnow determined to be a pilot projectof community-based tourism2010,” said Village Chief of BayungGede I Wayan Suwela, recently.

He added, since the village wasdeclared as a pilot project, his partyreceived the help and facilities fromthe National Program for Commu-nity Empowerment (PNPM).Bayung Gede Village is one of 11villages in Indonesia developed intoa pilot project for community-basedtourism.

Meanwhile, Udayana Universityhas performed various studies in re-lation to the project since 2005 con-cerning with several aspects ofBayung Gede Village. “PreviouslyBayung Gede Village was just as abackup, but having been reviewedby a team from central government,our village were finally selected,”he explained.

Similarly, he mentioned that the

Bayung Gede Village a Tourism Pilot Projectbasic reason on the selection ofBayung Gede Village as tourism pi-lot project 2010 was stated in theletter from the Coordinating Minis-try for People’s Welfare No.10.13.834/KMD/D/VII/V/2010.With the publication of the letter, itmeant in the development of com-munity-based cultural tourism ofBayung Gede, the governmentwould allocate a fund worth IDR 2.5billion.

The main factor of Bayung GedeVillage selected as a pilot project,according to Suwela, was caused bya unique tradition owned by the vil-lage prevailing a prohibition to new-lywed couple. In the village, thecouple recently married is not al-lowed to enter into the home yardand not regarded as residents of theBayung Gede Village before payingtumbakan (a kind of dowry) submit-ted to the village in the form of twobulls and undertaking particular fast-ing.

In addition, the newlywed couplewas required to make a processioncalled penyekeban (maturation) byliving in a small shack at the end of

the local village. In addition to thisunique tradition, Bayung Gede alsohas a system of government prac-ticed from time immemorial calledsaih nembelas system. This tradi-tional government system, continuedSuwela, ran the administrationchaired by a leader managing thelocal temples and traditional village.“With this traditional leadership sys-tem, the residents of our village re-main well united up to these days,”he said.

Regarding to livelihood, he ex-plained that since 2005 most localresidents had relied on the crops ob-tained from planting citrus, whilepreviously they only cultivated cas-sava and gogo rice variety plantedon non-irrigated field.

In the meantime, for the man-agement of Bayung Gede Villageas a tourism pilot project, Suwelaadded, his party would establish acommittee. “In years to come, thiscommittee will manage the assis-tance obtained and at the sametime build the tourism at GedeBayung Village,” he concluded.(BTN/BB)

Cram Cam(Clear Chicken Soup with Shallots)

OVERVIEW:This dish is traditionally prepared after a cockfight,

when the winner receives the loosing chicken as areward.

INGREDIENTS:1 tsp coconut oil½ cup chicken spice paste400 gr boneless chicken, skin removed and minced1 liter chicken stock1 salam leaf1 stalk lemon grass, bruised1 tsp crushed black pepper salt to tast2 tbsp fried shallots

PREPARATION:Heat oil in heavy soup pot. Add spice paste and saute

until fragrant. Add minced chicken and continue to sautéuntil meat is evenly colored. Add stock and all remainingingredients and simmer for five minutes.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Luhur Watukaru temple or PuraBatukaru is one of the biggest HinduTemples in Bali (Sad Kahyangan)with Catur Lokapala Temple andPadmabhuwana Temple status. It isset in the plateau area with lush tropi-cal rain forest surround it. It is situ-ated in the peaceful area which is farfrom the local resident that is ideallyfor worship. There are some templebuilding spread out through the tran-quility of rain forest and the bigmountain of Batukaru as a back drop.

Watukaru or Batukaru Temple islocated at Wangaya Gede country-side, Penebel District and Tabananregency, and west part of Bali Island.It is located right on the foot of MountBatukaru and about 1.30 hours fromDenpasar Airport.

The history of this temple is diffi-cult to be found out even in the an-cient omission exists in this temple.For example some profile area likeharpoon own the Ancient Bali type,but no written data found it. The ef-fort study and research of this templehistory remain to find difficulties.The temple festival at Luwurhttp://static.panoramio.com

Batukaru TempleWatukaru or Batukaru Temple is ex-ecuted every six-month or 210 dayswhich is every Thursday UmanisWara Dungulan (Balinese Calendar),just the day after Galungan Day (thebiggest Balinese Hindu Holidays).The extension day of temple festivalis executed during eleven day, to givethe opportunity for Hindu public so-ciety especially in Bali to come forpraying. Pengempon (the societywho take care of the temple) has theobligation to take care of the templeinclusive of ceremony execution.This fact is one of characteristicpower outside of physical of WatuKaru Temple.

Kubayan is commissioned holyoccupation lead the temple ceremonyand his status higher than all priestsin Pretending pertinent Ancient. Inthe execution of praying during thetemple festival or the certain day cer-emony, it has to be preceded by do-ing pray in Beji Temple which is lo-cated in eastside of Watu KaruTemple or inside of Madya Mandala(middle area) and Nista Mandala(outside area). After doing pray inBeji Temple, then the praying is con-tinued in the main temple building

located in the center of temple area.This is also not need again clean thehand and gargle because, it has beenconducted the hallowing of body byconducting pray in Beji Temple. Thisis specification of praying processionin Watukaru Temple.

The three elements temple area ofWatukaru or Batukaru is equal toother temples in Bali generally whichis consisted of outside area (NistaMandala), Middle area (Madyamandala) and Center area (UtamaMandala). After refurbishing threetemples are of this temple in someyears ago, the element conception andstructure of these three temple areasare progressively become everlastingand conceptual. This is especially inoutside area where we can meet theexistence of Wantilan building (Meet-ing Hall) which can be used for mul-tifunction and it is located on the rightof the entrance gate. The refurbish-ment at the parking area has made easyfor the Hindu society or all touristswho pay a visit to this temple. It is alsoother public facilities like toilet whichis located at outside temple area or theleft side of entrance gate is in goodcondition and cleans enough.

Friday, February 25, 2011 11

BUSINESS

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON – The Interna-tional Monetary Fund called for aweaker dollar to help the UnitedStates reduce its deficits with therest of the world and rebalance theglobal economy, in a report releasedWednesday.

In the report prepared for aGroup of 20 finance chiefs meet-ing last week, the IMF said that itscalculations showed the dollar re-mains “on the strong side” of me-dium-term fundamentals, while theeuro and the Japanese yen were“broadly in line” and several Asiancurrencies, including China, wereundervalued.

To address global imbalances,the G20 should allow the dollar tofall, the Washington-based institu-tion said.

“Some further real effective de-preciation of the US dollar wouldhelp ensure a sustained decline ofthe US current account deficit to-wards a level more consistent withmedium-term fundamentals, help-ing to support more balanced

Sales of these distressed properties also fell in the fourthquarter, hurt by continued weakness from the expiration ofthe homebuyer tax credit and temporary halts in foreclosuresales from several major lenders.

Sales of homes owned by banks or in some stage of fore-closure decreased 31.1 percent in 2010 from 2009 to 831,574and were down 13.8 percent from 2008. Sales of homes thatwere not in foreclosure also decreased for the year, down nearly19 percent from 2009, RealtyTrac said.

Sales of foreclosed homes made up 26 percent of all homesales, down from 29 percent in 2009 and up from 23 percentin 2008.

“We’re still seeing the volume of sales activity on thesetypes of properties way beyond what we would normally seein a given year, but it’s not keeping pace with how quickly theindustry is creating the inventory,” said Rick Sharga, seniorvice president at RealtyTrac.

The glut of inventory on the market — and more coming withfresh foreclosures — is one of the biggest challenges for the strug-gling housing market. However, demand remains weak, pushingprices down further. The average sales price on foreclosed homeswas 28.1 percent below the average of regular properties in 2010,compared to 27 percent the year before.

In the fourth quarter, foreclosure sales were down 22 per-cent from the previous quarter and down 45.4 percent fromthe fourth quarter 2009. Sales volume fell to its lowest levelsince the first quarter of 2008.

Agence France-Presse

LONDON – Britain’s state-rescued Royal Bank of Scot-land said Thursday that netlosses narrowed sharply lastyear to £1.125 billion pounds(1.327 billion euros, $1.823billion) as bad debts tumbled.

The performance marked alarge improvement from netlosses of £3.607 billion thatwere suffered in 2009, saidRBS, which is 83-percentowned by the taxpayer after anenormous bailout.

Most of last year’s loss wasdue to a large exceptional chargeof £1.116 billion under the Brit-ish government’s asset protectionscheme, which is an insuranceplan to protect banks from lossesgenerated by high-risk assets.

Operating profit, excludingany exceptional elements,jumped into a profit of 1.913billion pounds in 2010, com-

Foreclosure home sales fall in 2010Foreclosure home sales fall in 2010Foreclosure home sales fall in 2010Foreclosure home sales fall in 2010Foreclosure home sales fall in 2010Reuters

NEW YORK – Sales of foreclosed homes fell in 2010as the market struggled with weak demand, though theystill represented more than a quarter of total sales, ac-cording to a RealtyTrac report released on Thursday.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP

Construction workers move roofing tiles onto the roof of a newly built home in a housing developmentFebruary 16, 2011 in Dublin, California. Sales of foreclosed homes fell in 2010 as the market struggledwith weak demand, though they still represented more than a quarter of total sales, according to aRealtyTrac report released on Thursday.

Royal Bank ofScotland reportsloss of £1.125 billion

pared with a shortfall of £6.090billion in the previous year.

RBS added that impairmentsnosedived by 33 percent to£9.256 billion last year.

And in the fourth quarter, orthree months to the end of De-cember, RBS made a slender netprofit of Â£12 million. Thatcompared with a third-quarternet loss of Â£1.146 billion.

“RBS is now two years intoits five year plan to restore thegroup to good health, and hasmade strong progress againstits targets in 2010,” the banksaid in the earnings release.

The Edinburgh-based lenderwas ravaged by the globalcredit crunch and the takeoverof Dutch giant ABN Amro atthe top of the market in 2007.

That led to RBS being res-cued with 45 billion pounds ofBritish government money —the biggest single bank bailoutin the world.

IMF says weaker dollarwould help global growth

growth,” the IMF said.The widening US current ac-

count deficit — a broad measure oftrade in goods, services, incomeand payment — rose a fifth straightquarter in the third quarter last year,to $127.2 billion, according to thelatest US official data.

The issue of a weak dollar is par-ticularly sensitive in Brazil, wherethe government has said an inter-national “currency war” is underway with the United States pump-ing cheap dollars into its post-cri-sis economy, while China’s yuansinks in tandem.

The IMF report was provided tofinance ministers and central bankgovernors of the G20 major devel-oped and emerging economies fortheir meeting Friday and Saturdayin Paris.

The G20 countries reachedagreement on a series of economicindicators to measure imbalanceswithin and between countries, withthe goal of helping nations avoid arepeat of the problems at the heartof the 2008 financial crisis.

The IMF urged stepped-up G20

efforts to sustain the global economicrecovery, citing elevated downsiderisks for advanced economies and“overheating” in some emergingeconomies.

Among the threats to globalgrowth, the IMF highlighted “insuf-ficient progress in developing me-dium-term fiscal consolidation plans,especially in the United States andJapan” and “sovereign and bankingsector risks in the euro area periph-ery.”

In emerging economies, the keypolicy challenge is to keep overheat-ing pressures in check and respondappropriately to capital inflows, theIMF said.

“In key surplus economies, over-heating pressures can be alleviatedby permitting currency appreciation,facilitating a healthy rebalancingfrom external to internal demand.”

The 187-nation institution alsosaid it “appears highly unlikely” theUnited States would be able to meetits commitment to halve its budgetdeficit between 2010 and 2013,pledged at a G20 Toronto summit inJune 2010.

Entertainment InternationalFriday, February 25, 201112

Speaking after hosting the open-ing of an exhibit of Oscar statuesinside New York’s Grand CentralTerminal, Goldberg underscoredthat five black actors have wonAcademy Awards since 2002. “Idon’t know how it gets better,” shesaid after posing for pictures. “Ithink we’re all right.”

Goldberg recently said on hershow “The View” that she was up-set about an article in The New YorkTimes citing the lack of black nomi-nees this year because it didn’t men-tion her supporting actress Oscar for1990’s “Ghost.” The Times said shemisread the story and that it was notmeant to be a comprehensive list of


NEW YORK – Larry King thinkshis successor, Piers Morgan, laid onthe hype a little too thick before de-buting last month. King, who madethat point in a recent interview witha London radio station, repeated itto Morgan’s face during a prime-timereappearance Wednesday in the timeslot he ruled at CNN for 25 yearsuntil December. It was part of anawkward interview in which King,77, appeared to forget how manytimes he had been married.

Morgan, a British tabloid vet-eran, aggressively promoted his newshow before it started in January,suggesting it could be “dangerous”and aspired to become watercoolertalk. King suggested a quieter en-trance would have been more ap-propriate. King said he had seenabout eight of Morgan’s shows and“I haven’t seen dangerous yet.”


LOS ANGELES – These days,Anne Hathaway is a busy woman.Or make that a busy catwoman.The 28-year-old actress is trainingfor the physical demands of herlead role as catwoman (and itssleek, physique-revealing catsuit)in “The Dark Knight Rises” as sheflexes her comedy muscles along-side James Franco as co-hosts ofSunday’s Academy Awards.

“There’s a lot going on, but it’sall really super-duper positive,”Hathaway said between fittingsWednesday. “I feel like I have a bigfight coming up and everyone’sgiving me the thumbs-up and the‘you’ll-rock-it’ fist pump. I haveunbelievable support.”

The Oscar team is helpingHathaway and Franco find theirfunniest material, she said, and theproducers “are making it as easyas possible on me.” “It’s all beenkind of wonderful and jovial,” shesaid. “It turns out it takes a village


NEW YORK – MTV is naming its new digital musicawards the OMAs — and leaving the “O” up for grabs.The network is to announce Thursday that the O MusicAwards will take place April 28. MTV is leaving the“O” undefined and open to interpretation from viewers.

The awards, the network said, “honor the migrationof music to the digital space, and celebrate the art, art-istry and technology of digital music.” MTV plans topresent an untraditional, heavily interactive award show,spread out across multiple screens, including theInternet, social media and mobile.

MTV hopes the show will do for digital music what itsVideo Music Awards, launched in 1984, did for the musicvideo. “We think this space now needs an award show,”said Dermot McCormack, head of MTV Music Group digi-tal. “We think we’re fairly well qualified to come up with away of rewarding achievement in these new categories.”

MTV, which is part of the Viacom-owned MTV Net-works, will later announce a “hub” for the event andcategories. Categories could include things like best

Larry King pays a guestvisit to CNN home

“We couldn’t come in and un-dersell then,” Morgan said. “I’mfollowing a legend. I can’t comein after Sinatra in Vegas and say,`By the way, this is not going tobe very good. I suppose I’ve al-ways oversold myself. I quite likedoing that. It’s quite funny.” As forpromising danger, Morgan said, “Iwas only kidding.” “Aha, Britishhumor,” King replied. “I didn’t getit. I’m from Brooklyn.”

King said he missed being partof the mix when big stories, likethe Middle East unrest, are unfold-ing. His post-prime-time career isemerging. He said he had a CNNspecial in the works for April andis about to launch a one-man the-ater show of jokes and old stories.

Morgan’s show started with abang, with Oprah Winfrey,Condoleezza Rice and Howard Sternamong his first week’s guests. Lately,his bookings illustrate the difficultiesin keeping up that pace. With theMiddle East unrest, Somalian pirateskilling Americans and the NewZealand earthquake all in the newson Tuesday, Morgan brought on Play-boy founder Hugh Hefner and hisyoung fiancee. Morgan gamely askedabout world affairs; Hefner seemedmore interested in mentioning howhis back still ached from a 1980s ac-cident where he had too many Play-boy Playmates in his bed.

“Piers Morgan Tonight” aver-aged 826,000 viewers during thelast two weeks, compared withKing’s 732,000 viewers during thesame two-week period last year.CNN executives are pleased, how-ever, that the percentage ofyounger viewers have increasedfar more dramatically.

AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file

Larry King

Anne Hathaway trains forcatwoman, preps for Oscar

to host the Oscars.”Hathaway’s biggest challenge

this week? Navigating Los Ange-les’ famous freeways and makingit to all her appointments on time.But the New York City resident hasthat one covered: “Luckily my as-sistant is a really good driver.

AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File

Anne Hathaway

MTV to debut ‘O’ Music Awards, with the ‘O’ TBDapp and best Kanye West tweet. Social media buzz willplay a role in choosing the winners.

AP Photo/MTV

In this Sept. 14, 1984 image from video released byMTV, singer Cyndi Lauper is flanked by members ofDuran Duran, Nick Rhodes, left, and Simon Le Bonas she accepts the award for best female video for“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” during the MTV VideoMusic Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Whoopi: Lack of blackWhoopi: Lack of blackWhoopi: Lack of blackWhoopi: Lack of blackWhoopi: Lack of blackOscar nominees not a trendOscar nominees not a trendOscar nominees not a trendOscar nominees not a trendOscar nominees not a trendAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Whoopi Goldberg said Wednesday that the lack ofblack nominees in major categories of this year’s Academy Awardsdoesn’t reflect a trend in the film industry.

all actors who had won Oscars.Goldberg later apologized for call-ing the reporting sloppy.

She tried to clarify her commentsabout the story Wednesday, saying itwas inaccurate to think there’s“something wrong” with the wayblacks are represented at the Oscars.She said strides have been made since1939 when Hattie McDaniel won forbest supporting actress, becoming thefirst black awarded an Oscar.

“This idea that there’s somethingwrong, something missing, seemedvery inaccurate to me. And it was,”she said. “And there are a lot ofpeople in that small little world ofblack Oscar folks. And, yeah. If

you’re going to talk about it, thentalk about it. Don’t sort of talkaround it. That was my point.”

Goldberg was chosen to host theopening of the Oscars exhibit atGrand Central Terminal “a coupleweeks ago,” said Patrick Harrison,a spokesman for The Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Science,which puts on the Academy Awardseach year.

He said her appearance was notlinked to the controversy stirred upby her comments about the Timesarticle. “That came after we hadasked her to participate in thisevent,” he said.

Harrison said she was chosenbecause she was a two-time Acad-emy Award nominee, had hosted theawards show four times and was“very much” a New Yorker. The ex-hibit will be open through Sunday,ending before the Oscars begin.

Actress WhoopiGoldberg speaksat the ribboncutting of the‘Meet The Oscars’event at GrandCentral Station inNew York onWednesday, Feb.23, 2011. Visitorswill be able to seethe actual Oscarthat will bepresented to theBest Actor andBest Actress atthe 83rd Acad-emy Awards inLos Angeles onSunday.

AP Photo/Peter Kramer

International Friday, February 25, 2011 13Science

Warmer seas caused by globalwarming; ocean acidification blamedon carbon dioxide pollution; shipping,overfishing, coastal development andagricultural runoff all pose a threat tocoral reefs, which hundreds of mil-lions of people depend on for a liv-ing, says the report.

“Threats on land, along the coastand in the water are converging in aperfect storm of threats to reefs,” JaneLubchenco, administrator of the Na-tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-ministration (NOAA), said at a newsconference in Washington to launchthe “Reefs at Risk Revisited” report.

According to the report, whichfollows on from an earlier study onthe health of the world’s coral reefs,more than 90 percent of reefs will bethreatened by 2030 and nearly allreefs will be at risk by 2050 unlessaction is taken now to reduce thethreats.

“Local pressures” on reefs, includ-ing overfishing, coastal developmentand pollution, pose the most imme-diate and direct threats to the world’sreefs, threatening more than 60 per-


CHRISTCHURCH – A 30 million tonne block of icesheared off a New Zealand glacier just minutes after a violentearthquake devastated the city of Christchurch, officials saidWednesday. The huge iceberg crashed into a lake shortly af-ter the 6.3 magnitude tremor rocked the South Island on Tues-day and created waves up to three metres high for 30 minuteswhich rocked two sightseeing boats on the lake at the time.

The enormous iceberg — estimated to weigh 30 to 40 mil-lion tonnes — began ripping off the Tasman Glacier at AorakiMount Cook National Park accompanied by a loud noise whichsounded like a rifle shot, a local tourism official said. AorakiMount Cook Alpine Village tourism manager Denis Callesensaid locals had been expecting a major iceberg to drop fromthe glacier for the past month, but the “curve ball” was thatthe event was caused by an earthquake.

“The earthquake that we felt herewas a swaying motion for about aminute, then it stopped and then itswayed for about another minute,” hetold AFP.

“Within about a minute of that hap-pening, the staff at the lake heard fromfive kilometres away (from the glacier)a sound that sounded like a rifle shotand then over the next two minutes allthe events started to unfold. “I have ab-solutely no doubt in my mind that theearthquake was the trigger.”

The Department of Conservationconfirmed that a “large chunk” of theglacier fell into the lake but was unableto say if this was caused by the earth-quake, which was only felt lightlyaround Mt Cook some 150 kilometres(93 miles) from the epicentre. “Youcould argue whether the earthquake pre-cipitated it or not — the fact is that theterminal face was about due to carveanyway,” area manager Richard


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discoveryis poised to make its last flight. The launch countdown isin its final hours, with fueling set to begin shortly aftersunrise Thursday.

This time, NASA is confident no hydrogen gas willleak and no cracks will develop in the fuel tank. Boththose problems cropped up during the initial countdownin November. The repairs took almost four months.

Discovery will head to the International Space Stationwith a crew of six, as well as a load of supplies and ahumanoid robot.

This will be the 39th flight for NASA’s oldest surviv-ing shuttle. Discovery first blasted off in 1984, and hassince logged 143 million miles. NASA expects 40,000guests on hand in Florida for Discovery’s farewell launch.

World’s coral reefs could be gone by 2050: studyWorld’s coral reefs could be gone by 2050: studyWorld’s coral reefs could be gone by 2050: studyWorld’s coral reefs could be gone by 2050: studyWorld’s coral reefs could be gone by 2050: studyAgence France Presse

WASHINGTON – The world’s coral reefs could be wiped out by2050 unless urgent action is taken to stop threats posed to the“rainforests of the sea” by everything from overfishing to climatechange, a report warned.

cent of the colorful sea ecosystems.The impacts of climate change — a“global threat” to reefs — is com-pounding the local pressures.

“Warming seas have alreadycaused widespread damage to reefs,with high temperatures driving astress response called coral bleach-ing, where corals lose their colorfulsymbiotic algae, exposing their whiteskeletons,” the report says.

“In addition, increasing carbondioxide (CO2) emissions are slowlycausing the world’s oceans to becomemore acidic. Ocean acidification re-duces coral growth rates and, if un-checked, could reduce their ability tomaintain their physical structure.”

Quick, broad action could go along way to saving the reefs, whichhave shown themselves in the past tobe highly resilient, said LaurettaBurke, a lead author of the report,which was compiled by more thantwo dozen conservation and researchgroups led by World Resources In-ternational (WRI). A future with dy-ing or dead reefs is “not a future weare committed to,” Burke said.

AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta

(FILES) This June 22, 2010 file photo shows a coral is at Cabo Pulmo National Marine park, in Baja CaliforniaState, Mexico.

Space shuttle Discoverypoised for final liftoff

Massive iceberg shears off after N. Zealand quakeMcNamara told AFP.

“The estimate of around 30 to 40 million tonnes of ice wouldbe at a rough estimate about right.” McNamara said the one-kilometre long piece of ice which carved off the glacier hadbroken into smaller icebergs, some of which were now about200 metres (650 metres) in length, and towering up to 50 metresabove the lake.

“It carved in one big lot; a face about a kilometre long carv-ing is a spectacular sight,” McNamara said, adding that theiceberg would then have popped up to the water like a por-poise before starting to break into smaller pieces.

He said that particular face of the glacier had experiencedsimilar events in recent years and it was not unusual to seehuge icebergs in the lake. However, the 7.0 magnitude quakewhich hit New Zealand in September had not produced a simi-lar event at Mt Cook, he said.

AFP/NSF/Illustration/Josh Landis

Photo illustration of a massive iceberg. A 30 million tonne block of ice shearedoff a New Zealand glacier just minutes after a violent earthquake devastated thecity of Christchurch, officials said Wednesday.

Friday, February 25, 201114 InternationalSport

It was sweet revenge for the Ger-mans after their defeat to Inter in thefinal in Madrid nine months ago andVan Gaal insisted they were clearfavourites to progress following thesecond leg in Munich in three weekstime. But having claimed before thegame that Inter’s style had notchanged since that final in May,where Jose Mourinho’s side provedeffective on the counter-attack, VanGaal admitted he was surprised at theItalians.

“I was very surprised by Inter’sperformance, they wanted to win thegame,” he said. “It was a very goodgame, very attractive and everyonecan be happy with the game, it wasfun. It must have pleased everyonewho watched it. “Of course we havea better chance of progressing nowbecause we scored an away goal but


LONDON – Arsenal wingerTheo Walcott will miss Sunday’sLeague Cup Final against Bir-mingham after sustaining asprained ankle in his side’s 1-0win against Stoke at the EmiratesStadium. Captain Cesc Fabregasis also a doubt for the Wembleyfixture after suffering a hamstringstrain earlier in the same match.

Walcott looked to fall awkwardlyunder a challenge from Dean White-head and was carried off on astretcher. The fact the injury wassustained against Stoke, whose de-fender Ryan Shawcross broke youngArsenal star Aaron Ramsey’s leg ontheir last visit to the Emirates, wasnot lost on manager Arsene Wenger.

“We cannot tell how long Theowill be out for but he is definitelyout for Sunday,” Wenger said. “Theois disappointed of course. But to-night was the kind of night wherenobody else played. “But we have


JOHANNESBURG – TopSouth African official DannyJordaan failed on Wednesdayto emulate football legendsFranz Beckenbauer andMichel Platini and rise fromWorld Cup organiser to FIFAexecutive committee member.Jordaan, chief executive ofthe local organising commit-tee that delivered a near-flaw-less World Cup in South Af-

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Bayern Munich forward Mario Gomez, right, scores past by Inter Milan Brazilian goalkeeperJulio Cesar during a Champions League, Round of 16 , first leg soccer match between InterMilan and Bayern Munich, at the San Siro stadium in Milan , Italy, Wednesday , Feb. 23, 2011.

Bayern coach surprised byBayern coach surprised byBayern coach surprised byBayern coach surprised byBayern coach surprised byInter’s attacking attitudeInter’s attacking attitudeInter’s attacking attitudeInter’s attacking attitudeInter’s attacking attitudeAgence France Presse

MILAN – Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal admitted he was surprised by Inter Milan’sattacking style as his side snatched a crucial 1-0 victory at the San Siro. Mario Gomez scored theonly goal of the game in the last minute after Inter’s Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar had failedto hold Arjen Robben’s stinging shot.

Inter have a lot of quality and they couldalso score in Munich.

“They have a good team and al-though we dominated the second half,in the last 10 minutes they created manychances and that’s a sign of quality. “Wewere lucky to score in the last minutebut then again we could have scoredbefore that. “In the final Inter were lessattacking but the result was different andhere it was better for us.

“But this is football. In the final wehad 65 percent of possession and herewe had only 55 percent, which is 10percent less. “We created less chancesthan in the final and they created eightchances here and only five in the final,but they scored from two of those five.”

“We can be very contented withour performance, it was a goodgame, Inter played well. “I have tosay there could have been a differ-

ent result but given that we wereplaying away and the way we domi-nated the second half, then we de-served to win.”

Bayern goalkeeper Thomas Kraftmade a number of crucial saves fromSamuel Eto’o and Houssine Kharjamost notably and Van Gaal paid trib-ute to his shot-stopper. “He’s aplayer in my team, he showed hisqualities, he has amazing reflexesand he’s very important to us. “Butwe created many more chances thanInter.” Inter coach Leonardo insistedthat his side are still well in this tie.

“I believe and that’s not just mebeing optimistic but becauses of thedesire that we showed despite hav-ing changed our system, we stillplayed very well,” he said. “There’svery little difference between winning1-0, drawing 0-0 and losing 1-0.

Walcott injury blowas Arsenal maintaintitle push

AP Photo/Matt Dunham

Arsenal’s Theo Walcott, left, reacts after sustaining an injurythat ended the game for him, following a challenge with StokeCity’s Dean Whitehead, not pictured, during the English Pre-mier League soccer match between Arsenal and Stoke City atthe Emirates Stadium in London, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011.

to face it and we did the job in a veryprofessional way against a Stoketeam that defended very well andwere very compact.

“We do not know how badFabregas’s injury is. It is of course aconcern that he is injured, but it isnot his fault, it is not my fault, it ispart of sport,” Wenger added.

Sebastien Squillaci scored theonly goal of the match and Wengerwas pleased to have kept pace withManchester United, who are apoint ahead of his side at the topof the Premier League table. Andhe added the way they won —without hitting top gear afterFabregas was forced off — was asign his team have matured. “Wehave matured certainly because wecould win a game when we wereless fluent,” he said.

“That has changed from one ortwo years ago, because when wewere not on our top game we woulddrop points. “I must give my play-ers a lot of credit for that.

South Africa’s Jordaan fails to secure FIFA placerica last year, finished fourth witha meagre 10 votes in a five-manrace for two places on the FIFA‘cabinet’.

Algerian Mohamed Raouraoua(39 votes) and Ivorian JacquesAnouma (35) came first and sec-ond at a Confederation of AfricanFootball (CAF) general assemblyin Sudan and became part of the24-man committee that governsthe sport.

Raouraoua will be represent-ing Africa in Switzerland for the

first time while Anouma goesback for a second term. OtherCAF members on the FIFA com-mi t tee a re p res iden t I s saHayatou from Cameroon andEgyptian Hani Abou Rida. Ex-tensive cont inent-wide cam-paigning by Jordaan, a 59-year-old former MP for the rulingAfr ican Nat iona l Congress ,failed to woo the necessary sup-port and his pre-election com-ment that “elections are strangethings” proved prophetic.

“Everyone in Africa has beenpraising us for the successfulhosting of the World Cup and soin the tradition of Beckenbauerand Platini it is logical we seekto bring that experience to theFIFA committee,” he added. Butthe 53-nation CAF assemblythought otherwise and it will stunmany South African football fol-lowers that a man who silencedthe sceptics with a smooth-as-silkWorld Cup garnered fewer votesthan a Seychellois official.

Suketu Patel, already a mem-ber of the CAF executive com-mittee and football boss inSouthern Africa, hails from atiny group of islands off the eastcoast whose national team isranked 52 and last on the conti-nent.

Patel finished third with 12votes and Ibrahima Galadimafrom Nigeria, a giant on the Af-rican football landscape, suf-fered the humiliation of cominglast with just five votes.

Friday, February 25, 2011 15International Sport

“I think this is a relatively recentphenomenon, but one that I believeis being watched very closely,” JazzCEO Greg Miller said after tradingaway his All-Star point guard inexchange for rookie Derrick Fa-vors, point guard Devin Harris, twofirst-round draft picks and cash.

“I can only speak from the Jazzownership perspective in sayingthat I’m not interested in seeing acongregation of star players on ahandful of teams throughout theleague. I don’t think it does theteams any good. It doesn’t do thefans any good. It doesn’t do thesponsors any good. “I would liketo see as much parity as there canbe in the league. Beyond that, it’sall just speculation.”

The trend started in the summerof 2007 when the Boston Celticsmade a blockbuster 7-for-1 trade

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DELRAY BEACH, Florida –American qualif ier RyanSweeting upset US third seedSam Querrey 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 toreach the quarter-finals of the


MARANA, Ariz. – TigerWoods took a beating just abouteverywhere at the Match PlayChampionship — from RoryMcIlroy in the media center, fromex-swing coach Hank Haney onTwitter and from Thomas Bjorn onthe golf course.

Nothing annoyed him morethan losing on the course. Noth-ing was more stunning than theway he lost. Down to his last shotWednesday afternoon, Woods de-livered a vintage moment when heburied an 8-foot birdie putt on the18th hole to extend the match.


SALT LAKE CITY – The second blockbuster NBA trade in two days sent Utah Jazz pointguard Deron Williams to the New Jersey Nets, shifting another star from the Western Confer-ence to the East and to a bigger market. Now, while the Nets hope they can keep their new All-Star long-term and turn him into a face-of-the-franchise player the way Jason Kidd was yearsago, small-market teams are left to wonder what the future holds for them. Is there somethingthe NBA should do to protect teams from losing their stars?

with Minnesota that gave them 10-time All-Star Kevin Garnett. TheCeltics with the Big Three ofGarnett, Ray Allen and Paul Piercewent on to win the NBA title in 2008.Last offseason, the Jazz lost powerforward Carlos Boozer to the Chi-cago Bulls, Phoenix star AmareStoudamire signed with the NewYork Knicks, and league MVPLeBron James ditched Cleveland forMiami’s beaches and a star-studdedHeat lineup that featured DwyaneWade and Chris Bosh.

On Tuesday, the Knicks finalizeda deal with the Denver Nuggets thatsent All-Star Carmelo Anthony andChauncey Billups to the EasternConference. It all left King Jamesboasting that his prediction of a shiftof power to the East was comingtrue.

The Jazz chose to combat it the

Deron Williams #8 of the UtahJazz and the Western Confer-

ence lays the ball up in thesecond half in the 2011 NBA

All-Star Game at StaplesCenter on February 20, 2011

in Los Angeles, California.

only way they could — by beingproactive with the Williams tradeand getting as much as they couldnow even if it created more turmoiljust 13 days after Hall of Fame coachJerry Sloan abruptly retire afterclashing with Williams.

Utah’s front office said it had nodefinite indication from Williamsthat he wouldn’t re-sign after 2012,but it also had no indication hewould. “We had an opportunity toreplace ambiguity with a high degreeof certainty,” Miller said.

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Qualifier eliminates Querrey at Delray Beach ATP

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American qualifier Ryan Sweeting upset US third seed Sam Querrey, seen here in January, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, to reach the quarter-finals of the $442,500 ATP Delray Beach International Championships.

$442,500 ATP Delray Beach In-ternational Championships.

Sweeting on Wednesday wonsix of the last seven points, deny-ing Querrey’s fightback bid in thefinal game. Sweeting fell behind0-40 but saved three break points,

then rescued another with a sec-ond-serve ace before winning onhis only match point.

“I feel like I’m playing goodtennis,” Sweeting said. “I’m oneof the Americans consistentlymoving up, maybe not at a fast

rate, but it’s going in the right di-rection.” Sweeting, ranked 118th,advanced to a Friday date againstJapan’s 66th-ranked Kei Nishikoriwho breezed past American wildcard James Blake 6-3, 6-4.

Nishikori’s only ATP crown cameat Delray Beach in 2008. Frencheighth seed Adrian Mannarino ad-vanced to the second round by rally-ing to defeat Argentina’s Leonardo

Mayer 1-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4.Mannarino will next face Co-

lombian qualifier Alejandro Fallaand could meet US second seedMardy Fish in the quarter-finals.Fish is the highest-ranked playerin the field after US top seed AndyRoddick withdrew due to illness.In the night match, sixth seededJanko Tipsarevic outlasted BlazKavcic 6-2, 6-7 (8/10), 6-3.

Tiger takes a baddetour in the desert

Momentum on his side, he strodeto the tee and stood over a 3-woodwhen he backed off to rehearse hisswing.

“I was trying to hit a ball inplay,” Woods said. “The fairwayis what? Two hundred yards wide?And I can’t even put the ball inthe fairway. That’s very disap-pointing.”

And so ended another chapterin his recovery, this one the short-est of all. Woods arrived at DoveMountain about noon on Tuesdayand was on his way home afterabout 30 hours. Only he knowswhere he will play next. Not evenhe can tell how he will play.

Friday, February 25, 201116 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

The German driver was withouta seat for 2011, and he conceded re-placing an injured driver made himhesitate because of the poor circum-stances. Heidfeld was Kubica’steam-mate at the BMW Sauberteam from 2006 to 2009.

THE Williams team unveiled onThursday its definitive colourscheme for the 2011 season TheGrove-based squad unveiled its2011 challenger, the FW33, earlierthis month and has been runningwith an interim livery during win-ter testing.

Nick Heidfeld has admitted he had to do some “intensivesoul searching” before accepting Robert Kubica’s drive at theRenault team. Heidfeld has been hired by Renault to replace

Kubica after the Pole was injured in a rally crash.

“I did some intensive soul search-ing - probably more intensive thanmost others would have done - andnow I would say that I have clearedthe situation for myself,” saidHeidfeld in an interview with theofficial Formula 1 website. “It was

not my fault what happened to Rob-ert and I truly wish he’ll be backsoon - that is one side. The other isthat I had to grab the opportunityand feel happy to be driving again.”

Heidfeld admitted, however, thatit was an opportunity that he couldnot miss, even if he is unsure if hewill see out the season.

“Whether it is for the whole sea-son is not clear right now, but ofcourse I am ready and available for

the whole season! The biggest sen-sation is that I did not expect to racethis year,” he said. “The test seasonhad already started, so I was in talkswith Mercedes to get my old jobfrom last year back, plus I had theoption to sit in one of ‘those’ cars,which I still had no interest in.

“This chance came completelyout of the blue. At the start of it therewas definitely the emotional need toget my head clear because there was

the emotional strain of coping withRobert’s accident while knowingthat this could be a chance for me.

“It was not an easy situation, butI had to take the chance that camemy way. In my long years in For-mula 1 I have made my own expe-riences. I only started to believe thatI am in again when the ink on thecontract had dried. Sure, I felthappy because it was so unex-pected.”

Williams unveils definitive 2011 liveryBut its final colour scheme was

only presented to the public in anevent broadcast online on Thursdaymorning. The most visible sponsor-ship on the car is from energy com-pany Petroleos de Venezuela(PDVSA), with which the team an-nounced a “substantial” deal earlier

this year, and from temporary em-ployment company Randstad.

Williams’s livery resembles thatused by the team back in the 1990s,when it was sponsored byRothmans. The car will be drivenby Venezuelan Pastor Maldonadoand Brazilian Rubens Barrichello

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