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Charlie Sheen’s“Torpedo” bombsin Detroit

Populationexplosion triggersagricultural landconversion

The desecration at a small U.S.church has outraged Muslimsworldwide, and in Afghanistanmany of the demonstrations have

Reuters

WASHINGTON - PresidentBarack Obama is likely to an-nounce plans next week to run forre-election and file campaign pa-pers with the Federal ElectionCommission as early as Monday,Democratic officials said on Sat-urday. Filing with the FEC wouldallow Obama, a Democrat, to startraising money for the 2012 cam-paign that is expected to shatterrecords in political spending.

Two Democratic officials saidno final decision has been madeabout the timing of an announce-ment or filing. Obama is in the

Protesters burn a U.S.flag during a demon-stration in Jalalabadprovince, April 3,2011. Around 1,000people blocked themain highway fromKabul to Jalalabad onSunday and burnedU.S. flags. The pro-testers were driven byanger at the actionsof militant Christianpreacher Terry Jones,who supervised theburning of a copy ofthe Koran in front ofabout 50 people at achurch in Florida onMarch 20, accordingto his website.

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Afghan Quran-burningprotests enter third dayAssociated Press Writer

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan protests against the burningof a Quran in Florida entered a third day with a demonstrationsin the south and east Sunday, while the Taliban called on peopleto rise up, blaming government forces for any violence.

turned into deadly riots. Protests inthe north and south in recent dayshave killed 20 people.

In southern Kandahar city on

Sunday, hundreds took to the streetsfor the second day in a row, and hos-pital officials said 20 people were hurtin skirmishes between police anddemonstrators. On Saturday, ninepeople were killed and 80 injuredwhen a protest turned into a riot.

At least two wounded police of-ficers and 18 civilians had beenbrought into city hospitals, saidQayum Pokhla the provincial health

director.A morning protest in Jalalabad

city was peaceful, with hundreds ofpeople blocking a main highway forthree hours, shouting for U.S.troops to leave and burning an ef-figy of President Barack Obamabefore dispersing, according to anAssociated Press photographer atthe scene.

Obama likely to announce re-election bid next weekmiddle of a budget battle with con-gressional Republicans and hasfocused his message in recentweeks on reducing U.S. depen-dence on foreign oil and investingin innovation and education —themes he likely will highlight inhis bid to hold on to the WhiteHouse next year.Continued on page 6

AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad

US President Barack Obamaspeaks to employees of

AT&T, PepsiCo, UPS andVerizon in Landover, Mary-

land, on April 1, 2011.

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Head of Bali Province Cultureand Tourism Agency, Ida BagusKade Subhiksu, stated the budgetwill be used by government fornational and international promo-tion through events and bro-chures. “Even though it’s waysmaller than years before, it isbest to be managed well to bringBali tourism forward,” Subhiksuexplained in Denpasar last Friday(31/3).

According to Head of BaliTourism Board (BTB), IB NgurahWijaya, this budget doesn’t makesense as 20 percent of Bali Hoteland Restaurant Tax (PHR) is usedfor promotion. Bali Provincegovernment is then hoped to be

Denpasar (Bali Post) –Denpasar Police Fast Attack

Troops are still chasing Maduraorigin motorcycle robbers initialedL, F and IM. Not only that policeare also still searching evidencesthat hasn’t been found as other cap-tured accused Muhammad KadirAbadi (27) and Budianto (32) con-fessed they did robberies in 16 lo-cations.

The three hunted accused arestrongly suspected already escapedfrom Bali yet Police are deter-mined to find and capture them inthe near time. “Fast attack troopsare trying to capture them andhopefully soon so the case can befinished too,” Head of DenpasarTourism Police Public RelationSection, I.B. Sarjana, explained

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Tourist enjoy their time in Kuta Beach. Bali tourism promotion fund for this year decrease com-pare to last year

Bali TourismBali TourismBali TourismBali TourismBali TourismPromotion BudgetPromotion BudgetPromotion BudgetPromotion BudgetPromotion BudgetDecreased IDR 3 BillionDecreased IDR 3 BillionDecreased IDR 3 BillionDecreased IDR 3 BillionDecreased IDR 3 BillionDenpasar (Bali Post) –

For 2011, the Bali Tourism Promotion Budget is IDR 1 billion which have decreased drasti-cally from the previous year’s IDR 4 billion. For that, tourism promoters have to rethink in usingcheap media for promotion yet hitting the right target.

more focused on fixing destina-tion and supporting infrastruc-tures of the tourism here ratherthan overseas promotion as this isalso done by tourism stakeholders.“Overseas promotion is enoughwith online media as an alterna-tive and cheaper option as every-one can access it where ever theyare and easier to use as a guidebased on their needs,” he ex-plained.

AWI Tour owner, NyomanKandia, explained in a tourismpromotion website it’s arrangedusing the regional’s testimony.Those who have visited the areaare hoped to give a comment ofthe tourism prospect. “What’s pro-

moted through this website is notabout the area but the tourist des-tination they will visit,” Kandiastated.

So far the Bali Tourism andCulture Agency has liquefied thebudget for two promotion events,ITB Berlin in Europe and Art Ex-hibition in San Francisco. Otherevents that will be joined arePATA Conference in Beijing,China, KOFTA in Korea, JATA inJapan, WTM in London and Fes-tival Indonesia in Australia. Be-sides that, the agency is also join-ing national events like GebyarWisata Nusantara in Jakarta andMajapahit Travel Fare inSurabaya. (Par)

Police ChasingMotorcyclesRobbers Group

last Friday (1/4).As told before, the booming mo-

torcycle robberies happening inDenpasar City made DenpasarTourism Police officers tighten se-curity and supervision. The modusthey used was finding quiet placesto rob it and operating the vehicleusing a letter T key. After succeed-ing they would bring it to a flat andthen send it to Madura by truck. Thetroop led by Head of Union, PoliceCommissioner Arif Sugiarto,spreads everywhere to find infor-mation and revealed a Maduraoriginated group is responsible ofit which two of them captured andthree on the loose. From capturedaccused hands eight motorcyclesmanaged confiscated as evidences.(kmb21)

Tabanan, DenPost—Tabanan Regency Govern-

ment through the Animal Hus-bandry Services increasinglypromotes the anticipation againstthe spread of bird flu disease.One of them is by applying bio-security system through routinespraying. It was said by the Headof Tabanan Animal HusbandryServices, Ni Nyoman Rusmini,accompanied by the Head of BaliAnimal Husbandry Services PutuSumantra when executing massspraying in some rural areas inPenebel Subdistrict, Saturday(Apr 2).

With the system, Rusmini be-lieved that such an effort wouldbe able to anticipate the emer-gence of bird flu disease, espe-cially for poultry farmers andwholesalers. At the moment,three villages as the center ofpoultry in Penebel Subdistricthad been declared positive to birdflu virus. They were Pitra Vil-lage, Buruan Village and TajenVillage. It was said, her party hadworked with local communitiesin pursuing various anticipativemeasures, where one of them wasby spraying regularly. Rusminiappealed to all poultry farmers to

Bio Securityimplemented toanticipate bird flu

always maintain the sanitation ofcage and to apply a healthylifestyle.

Especially for poultry farmersof ducks and chickens, its cagingsystem should be qualified be-cause the two poultries could notbe placed in one cage. Duck wasa carrier having a great risk totransmit the bird flu disease.

“People should not be panicand anxious to face this case, buttry to be always vigilant againstbird flu since the disease is en-demic because it can appear anytime. The government will attemptto do coaching and prevention. Wedo hope people to apply clean andhealthy lifestyle with respect tosanitation of the cage on a regularbasis,” she explained.

In addition, continued Rusmini,her party also hoped the collectorsand breeders if found their poultriesdied suddenly to make immediatecoordination with relevant agenciesbecause her party had prepared Par-ticipatory Disease Surveillance andResponse (PDSR) in each area.Spraying by a disinfectant had beentargeted to several villages inPenebel Subdistrict and continuedto other places feared to be trans-mitted by the bird flu virus. (121)

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Jakarta (Bali Post)—Investors of South Africa are inter-

ested to invest in the tourism sectorespecially in the field of resorts beingdeveloped in a number of new desti-nations in Indonesia. In the near future,South African investors will conduct asite inspection directly to some touristdestinations such as Mandalika inLombok, Tanjung Lesung in Banten,Bangka Belitung and Bali.

“One of the investors that will cometo Indonesia is the Sun InternationalGroup, a renowned international resortdevelopment company in South Af-rica,” said Director General of Tour-ism Destination Development, Minis-try of Culture and Tourism, FirmanRahim, after receiving a report fromthe Director of Tourism Products, Min-istry of Culture and Tourism,Achyaruddin, in the Sapta PesonaBuilding, Jakarta, Thursday (Apr 1).

Achyaruddin led the Indonesiandelegation to South Africa recently topromote new tourist destinations andinvestment potential of Indonesia to theSouth African businessmen and offi-cials. The Indonesian delegation con-sisting of Director of Tourism Products,Ministry of Culture and Tourism,Achyaruddin, Senior Advisor to Co-ordinating Minister of Economic Af-fairs, in charge of Investment and Gov-ernment Partnership and Private Sec-tor, Djatmiko, President Director of PTBali Tourism Development Corpora-tion (BTDC), I Made Mandra, andPresident Director of PT TanjungLesung and Development Corporation,Oliver Tham, organized the ‘Indone-sia Business Forum on New TourismDestination’ attended by hoteliers,property businessmen, resorts and tour-ist areas developers as well as the CEOof South African Chamber of Com-merce.

As reported earlier, Beraban hadorganized a mass demonstration bycoming to the office of the TabananRegent to convey their aspirationsrelated to the management of TanahLot tourist object. Though the ac-tion once heated, it could still lastorderly. Likewise, a lot of massmedia exposed the movement of theTanah Lot Tourist Object Manage-ment Struggle Team, but it did notinterfere with or affect the touristarrivals to Tanah Lot.

As on daily situation, many tour-ists remained to flock to Tanah Lot.They did not interfere with the emerg-ing issues. Based on observation in thevicinity of Tanah Lot, the situation ofTanah Lot tourist object stayed safeand conducive. Moreover, it was sup-

Mangupura (Bali Post)—Badung Regency Government

has intensively developed the agri-cultural sector. However, the circleof Badung House judges it stillneeds a number of efforts to stimu-late the development of agriculturalsector, especially in the NorthernBadung. One of the strategic mea-sures that can be taken by govern-ment is by providing a representa-tive agro market.

It was expressed by a member ofCommission B of Badung House, IWayan Puspa Negara. He saidNorthern Badung had to continue tobe developed pursuant to its poten-tial and characteristics in order to find

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The beautiful sunset on Tanah Lot.

Tourists not affected by rally at Tanah LotTourists not affected by rally at Tanah LotTourists not affected by rally at Tanah LotTourists not affected by rally at Tanah LotTourists not affected by rally at Tanah LotTabanan, DenPost—

In fact, the movement of residents of Beraban Village, KediriSubdistrict, related to the demand for management of TanahLot tourist object, ranging from the Beraban Youth Congressand several actions involving mass, including the demonstra-tion to the office of Tabanan Regent taking place within the pastweek did not affect the tourist visit to Tanah Lot. It was indi-cated by the fact at the tourist object on Saturday (Apr 2) whichwas still visited by domestic and foreign tourists.

ported by the participation of securityforces of the Tanah Lot tourist objectalways alerted to avoid or prevent anyinconvenient causes.

Director of the Tanah Lot TouristObject Management, I Made Sujana,said that many tourists had arrivedsince the morning until its peak inlate afternoon. On average, the dailytourist visits were still around 4,000people, moreover at week-end wasa holiday for most people.

Meanwhile, tourists stayed to dotheir activities such as enjoying themagnificent and natural scenery ofTanah Lot, culinary tours and shop-ping. But, the no less enchanting waswaiting for the emergence of sunsetattraction that has been renowned byvisitor worldwide. (121)

Denpasar (Bali Post) –The economy growth in Indone-

sia enjoyed dominated by thosemiddle and higher classes where alldevelopment results distributioncould not yet fulfill everyone’s pros-perity. Economy experts stated gov-ernment has failed in reaching itsprogram. It was said the economygrowth in Indonesia hasn’t been fairand have caused a really devastat-ing gap between the rich and thepoor. “Government only gavedreams to the people,” one economyexpert, Dr. I Nyoman MahaendraYasa, SE, MSi, stated.

Indonesia’s Economy Growth Unfair

South African investors get interested to develop resort in BaliIn the business forum was presented

the prospect of economic and tourisminvestment opportunities in Indonesiawith many conveniences. Such busi-ness meeting was resumed with theone-on-one meeting with businessmenincluding the CEO of JohannesburgChamber of Commerce (JCCI) KeithBrebnor who positively welcomed andjust understood in details about the tour-ism potential of Indonesia. Meanwhile,on the visit to the Sun Internationalgroup of companies, the Director ofOperations Jo Kentgens stated his de-sire to see in person the tourism poten-tials in Indonesia.

Director General FirmansyahRahim said the pro-active endeavor tocome to prospective tourism investorsheld by the government (Ministry ofCulture and Tourism—Ed) posed a newstrategy in attracting investors to getinto the tourism destinations prepared.“We’ll do the same to the other coun-tries by bringing along the tourist re-sort developers that had been well pre-pared such as Bangka-Belitung,Wakatobi and Raja Ampat in WestPapua,” said Firmansyah Rahim.

In the meantime, Director of Tour-ism Products Achyaruddin said the In-donesian delegation on the visit alsoheld a meeting with the managementof Malaysian Airlines in Johannesburgwho expressed its interest to send sometour operators and travel writers fromSouth Africa to Indonesia in through afamiliarization trip visiting the touristdestinations in the Eastern Region suchas Bunaken, Wakatobi and Raja Ampat.“Indonesian Embassy in Pretoria andMalaysian Airlines will follow up thiscommitment, while the central govern-ment (Ministry of Culture and Tour-ism), together with local governmentand businesspeople will support the fa-miliarization trip planed,” Achyaruddin

said.South Africa is a new tourism mar-

ket for Indonesia that has showed a

rapid growth within the past recentyears. A strong historical relationshipthat had been long established between

Indonesia and South Africa encouragesthe interest of tourist arrivals from bothcountries. (010)

Badung requires agro marketthe shape and growth model in har-mony with the allotment. There wereseveral triggering points to encouragethe Northern Badung development ori-ented in green development includingthe development of agro market.

This agro market was expected toeventually absorb the local agriculturalproducts, as well as to become an easyand affordable means for farmers totrade, communicate and organize anexhibition. At the same time, the agromarket could also become a touristobject in Badung Regency.

On that account, Puspa stated thathis party would encourage relevantagencies of Badung Regency includ-ing academicians to establish an inte-

grated assessment team, feasibilitystudy development as well as projec-tion of agro market development inNorthern Badung.

“If the agro market can be real-ized, local agricultural products willget absorbed by tourism sector.Moreover, related agencies, includ-ing PD Pasar Badung, can make ap-proach to tourism industry for thepurpose. By provision of the agromarket, including sustainable part-nership of government, tourism en-trepreneurs, farmers and stakehold-ers, Badung Regency can kindle theexcitement of agricultural develop-ment in Northern Badung,” saidPuspa recently. (kmb25)

Head of Udayana University Fac-ulty of Economy for Economy De-velopment Studies, Murjana Yasa,stated the success of a developmenthas to be seen from its input, pro-cess and output which are measuredfrom the economy growth and if itcan be enjoyed fairly by most of thepeople. “This can be the guide tohow successful is a fair economygrowth, how big is the output willbe the main part that succeeds it,”Murjana explained in Denpasar lastThursday (31/3).

The growth in developing coun-tries including Indonesia only suc-

ceeds in reaching a growth and ig-nored the results being nationallydistributed fairly when this is actu-ally the vital part in reaching faireconomy. One way to measure is byGini coefficient where value0.1,0.20-0.35 means relative spread-ing (fair), 0.36-0.49 (relatively fair),0.50-0.70 (unfair), and Indonesia’svalue from year 1997-2007 has beenaround 0.32-0.37.

The balance of incomes, povertyand unemployment still becomesserious problems which have to behandled by the government until thenext few years. (par)

International4 Monday, April 4, 2011 News

The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclearcomplex has been spewing radioac-tivity since the March 11 tsunamicarved a path of destruction alongJapan’s northeastern coast, killing asmany as 25,000 people. The finaldeath toll is not known becausemany are still missing.

Nuclear safety agency spokes-man Hidehiko Nishiyama on Sun-day offered the first sense of howlong it might take to bring an end tothe nuclear crisis, which has forcedpeople within 12 miles (20 kilome-ters) of the plant to abandon theirhomes due to radiation concerns.

“It would take a few months un-til we finally get things under con-trol and have a better idea about the

Reuters

BREGA, Libya - Warplanes flewover Brega overnight as rebels foughttroops loyal to Muammar Gaddafifor control of the east Libyan oiltown, rebel fighters said. A Reuterscorrespondent waiting near the east-ern gate of Brega, a sparsely popu-lated settlement spread over morethan 25 km (15 miles), heard the thudof explosions and machinegun fireon Sunday morning.

Black smoke rose further westand hundreds of cars carrying vol-unteer rebel fighters streamedaway from the town. Later, half adozen rockets struck near the gate.Rebels waiting there held theirground. “Those planes that circledlast night didn’t hit anything,” saidrebel fighter Osama Abdullah,suggesting the absence of airstrikes was the result of NATOtaking command of the coalitionforces from France, the UnitedStates and Britain.

“(French President Nicolas)Sarkozy is great but NATO is not,”said Abdullah. A Western coalitionair strike killed 13 rebels late onFriday near Brega’s eastern gate.The rebel leadership called thebombing an unfortunate mistakeand said air strikes were still

Agence France Presse

BEIJING – Outspoken Chineseartist Ai Weiwei was detained onSunday as he tried to board a flightfor Hong Kong and police laterraided his studio outside Beijing,Twitter postings by his staff said.The move comes just days after Ai,one of China’s best-known artists,announced plans for a studio abroadto avoid official harassment and asChinese authorities crack downhard on government critics.

Ai, who helped design Beijing’sfamed “Bird’s Nest” Olympic sta-dium but who has antagonised theCommunist Party government withhis activism, was detained by cus-

REUTERS/Grace Liang/Files

Chinese contemporary artist AiWeiwei speaks during an inter-view at his studio in Beijing in thisMarch 1, 2010 file photo.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei detained, staff saystoms officers at Beijing airport, theTwitter postings said. Chinese au-thorities have rounded up scores ofdissidents, activists, and right law-yers in recent weeks, with manyplaced under house arrest or disap-pearing into police custody.

The clampdown followed anony-mous online calls which emerged inFebruary for protests each Sundayaround the country to demand po-litical change in China and aimed atemulating those that have rocked theArab world. Ai had said Tuesday heplanned to set up a studio in Ger-many to show his work, fed up withthe hurdles of exhibiting in China,but would still use Beijing as hisproduction and design base.

“It’s very discouraging what’shappening here and if I want to con-tinue to develop my work, I have tofind a base,” said the burly, avant-garde artist. The Twitter postings —which indicated they were writtenby one of Ai’s assistants — said agroup of police also arrived at hisstudio in Beijing’s Caochangdi artdistrict to execute a search warrant.

Police also took away eight of hisstaff members for questioning, a post-ing said, while his wife Lu Qing wasunder police custody at their home.

Ai’s personal cell phone wasturned off and calls to his studio andone of his assistants went unan-swered. A frequent critic of China’sCommunist Party leaders, Ai has re-

peatedly run into problems with theauthorities in the past. He said inFebruary that his first large solo ex-hibition in mainland China wascancelled after organisers said thetiming was too politically sensitive.

In January, his newly built Shang-hai studio was demolished in appar-ent retaliation for his criticism of citypolicies, and he was blocked fromleaving China in December ahead ofthe Nobel Peace Prize ceremony inOslo for jailed Chinese dissidentwriter Liu Xiaobo.

Previously, Ai investigated schoolcollapses in the massive 2008 quake inthe southwestern province of Sichuan,which many believe were triggered byshoddy construction work.

AP Photo/Ben Curtis

Men burn copies of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s “GreenBook” at a rally to protest against deaths caused by Gadhafi’s forcesand his continued refusal to step down, on the corniche inBenghazi, Libya Saturday, April 2, 2011.

Libya rebels battleGaddafi forces in oil town

needed against Gaddafi’s better-armed units. [ID:nLDE73103E]

A friend of Abdullah who gavehis name as Youssef said: “Weneed weapons that can fightagainst the tanks and Grads (rock-ets) that Gaddafi has”.

Comments from volunteer rebelfighters suggested that better trainedanti-Gaddafi army units continue tobattle government forces towardsthe centre of Brega, without anyclear outcome. The fighting inBrega has gone on for four days,with the rebels holding ground af-ter beating a chaotic retreat fromnear Gaddafi’s home town of Sirtemore than 300 km to the west.

The rebel leadership has soughtto break the stalemate by deploy-ing heavier weapons and a firmerline of command. They have alsosought to keep the less disciplinedand lightly armed volunteers, andjournalists, several kilometres(miles) east of the front line.

Rebel fighter Khaled AhmedMahdi said he heard bombard-ment overnight from his positionsome 20 km (12.4 miles) east ofthe town centre. “We heard thesound of bombardment and thenmortars and bullets,” he said.“Some clashes are continuing, butnot a lot.”

2nd try at sealing Japan2nd try at sealing Japan2nd try at sealing Japan2nd try at sealing Japan2nd try at sealing Japannuke leak not working yetnuke leak not working yetnuke leak not working yetnuke leak not working yetnuke leak not working yetAssociated Press Writer

TOKYO – It could take several more months to bring Japan’s tsu-nami-ravaged nuclear plant under control, a safety agency spokesmansaid Sunday as engineers tried to find a way to stop highly radioactivewater from pouring into the Pacific.

future,” Nishiyama said. “We’ll facea crucial turning point within the nextfew months, but that is not the end.”

Bringing the reactors at the plantunder control will require perma-nently restoring cooling systemsknocked out by the tsunami that pre-vent reactors from dangerously over-heating. That task has been compli-cated by dangerous conditions at theplant that have often forced workersto stop what they are doing.

Some new problem crops up at thecomplex nearly every day. Workersdiscovered an 8-inch (20 centimeter)crack in a maintenance pit Saturdayand said they believe water from itmay be the source of some of thehigh levels of radioactive iodine that

have been found in the ocean formore than a week.

They have had trouble tellingwhere the water is coming from, andthis is the first time they have foundit leaking directly into the sea. A pic-ture released by plant operator TokyoElectric Power Co. shows watershooting some distance away from awall and splashing into the ocean,though the amount is not clear. Thecontaminated water dissipatesquickly in the ocean but could pose adanger to workers at the plant.

Engineers tried to seal the crackwith concrete on Saturday, but thatdidn’t work. So on Sunday they in-jected a mix of sawdust, shreddednewspaper and a polymer that canexpand to 50 times its normal sizewhen combined with water. Thepolymer mix had not yet stopped theleak Sunday night but engineershave not given up hope and shouldknow by Monday morning whetherit will work.

A local firemanchecks the levelof radiation on acar beforeentering the areaof a shelter inTamura,FukushimaPrefecture,northeasternJapan, Sunday,April 3, 2011.Tamura city liespartly within thezone around thetsunami-crippledFukushima Dai-ichi nuclearpower plant,where officialshave toldresidents to stayindoors.

AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Kanji Tada

Activities Monday, April 4, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for March 21 through April 23, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for itannual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days accord-ing to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestralshrine which each family possesses. Because of this prac-tically every few days a ceremony of festival of somekind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are alsotimes when the entire island celebrated the same Holi-day, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswatiday, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, TumpekWayang day etc.

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

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressedwith pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings,decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted withgold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hungin the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placedred, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods areworshipped in the shrines.

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

21 MarBetara Turun Kabeh Ceremony Besakih - KarangasemBukit Jati Temple BangliBatur Temple Kalanganyar - BangliMasceti Pejengaji Temple Tegallalang - GianyarDalem Temple Tangsud,Sukawati - GianyarPenambangan Badung Temple DenpasarLempuyang Madia Temple KarangasemBatur Temple BangliDesa Temple Singakerta,Ubud - GianyarPasek Gelgel Temple Marga - TabananGaduh Temple Ketapian, Sumerta - DenpasarPasek Bendesa Temple Tuakilang - TabananPasek Agung Temple Tatag Kelod,Peguyangan -DenpasarAgung Pasek Bendesa Temple Tonja - DenpasarPasek Gegel Angsri Temple Baturiti - TabananPasek Gelgel Baleagung Temple Braban - TabananDukuh Sakti Belatung Temple Timpag,Kerambitan-TabananPuseh Dukuh Sakti Belatung Rendang - KarangasemPitamaha Temple Palangkaraya - Kalimantan TengahCandra Praba Temple Komplek Polri,Jelambar-Jakarta BaratAgung Jagatnatha Temple DenpasarPemerajan Agung Temple Puri Petak - GianyarDadya Agung Bendesa Tangkas Abiansemal - BadungPuseh Temple Sidemen - KarangasemAgung Giri Natha Temple Semarang - Center of Java

2 AprilPuseh Temple , Village Temple Sukawati GianyarPasek Gelgel-Bebetin Temple Sawan BulelengMaspahit Temple Sesetan DenpasarPasek Bendesa Manik Mas Tegallalang GianyarPanti Pasek Gaduh Temple Sesetan - DenpasarPedarman Arya Kanuruhan Temple BesakihKarangasem

5 AprilKahyangan Tiga Temple Batur Kintamani - BangliBatur Temple Camenggaon, Sukawati Gianyar

Luhur Bhujangga Temple Canggu,Kuta BadungKawitan Kayu Selem Temple Batur, Kintamani Bangli

12 AprilPuseh Temple , Desa Temple GianyarLuhur Dalem Segening Temple Kediri TabananSanghyang Tegal Temple Taro,Tegallalang Gianyar

16 AprilDalem Tarukan Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati-GianyarPenataran Dalem Ketut Temple Pejeng Kaja GianyarPuseh Manakaji Temple Peninjoan - BangliKawitan Gusti Celuk Temple Mengwi Badung

20 AprilSegara Temple Lombok IslandDwijawarsa Temple Malang East JavaPuncak Tinggah Temple Baturiti TabananKawitan Batur Pande Tonja Temple Tonja - DenpasarPenyungsungan Pasek Tohjiwa Wanagiri,SelemadegTabananPenataran Agung Temple Sidemen KarangasemSamuan Tiga Temple Bedulu GianyarKawitan Jati Luwih Bhujangga Jatiluwih Tabanan

21 AprilDalem Taman Temple Peguyangan Denpasar

23 AprilPuri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng,TampaksiringGianyarRambut Siwi Temple JembranaBatu Bolong Temple Canggu,Kuta BadungPasek Temple Klaci,TabananAgung Pasek Temple Dauh Waru - JembranaRatu Pasek Temple Sangsit BulelengPasek Tangkas Temple Gede TabananPedharman Batur Sari Ngiis Temple Jegu,PenebelTabananDesa Temple Banyuning BulelengSrijong Temple TabananPuncak Mundi Temple Klumpu,Nusa Penida-Klungkung

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SANUR - Following the completion of a renovation and ex-tension project at the popular Aston Legend Sanur, which in-troduced 12 elegant suites to the resorts inventory, Aston Inter-national re-branded the boutique resort to “Kamuela Villas &Suites, Sanur”.

The Kamuela Villas & Suites - Sanur is situated in a grace-ful garden featuring seven private pool villas in a choice ofone, two and three bedroom configurations and twelve sophis-ticated suites which afford large private terraces with Jacuzzitubs.

Indicative of respect and admiration for Balinese traditionsthe villas and suites are built, furnished and decorated usinglocal timber, tiles, fabrics and artifacts, blended with a mod-ern-minimalist edge and modern comforts to ensure guests arelaxed and memorable stay.Unusual for a small villa resort,the Kamuela Sanur furthermore offers its privileged guests acomplete range of resort facilities including a public center pool,restaurant and a full service spa.

Aston International’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing,Mr. Norbert Vas, said The Kamuela brand aims to offer privatepool villas reminiscent of 21 Century Bali that have personal-ity, feature intriguing designs and are luxurious without beingover the top.

With the Aston name usually being associated with far larger,class leading mid market hotels and resorts, it made good senseto rename Aston Legend to Kamuela, Aston also operatesKamuela Villas in Bali’s fashionable Seminyak and is set toopen two exclusive 5 star plus villa resorts under the “RoyalKamuela” label in Ubud and Nusa Dua.

Aston Legend Sanur re-brands to Kamuela Villas and Suites

Monday, April 4, 20116 News

“Gbagbo is pushing Coted’Ivoire into lawlessness,” sheadded. “The path forward is clear.He must leave now so the conflictmay end.”

The appeal came as heavy ar-tillery fire and explosions shookcentral Abidjan Saturday on thethird day of a fierce battle for thecity. So far, Gbagbo has beenbrushing off calls by world lead-ers to step down amid an offensiveby troops backing the internation-ally recognised president AlassaneOuattara in Abidjan.

Reports of carnage and massivedisplacement meanwhile emerged

Agence France Presse

SYDNEY – A 92-year-old hasbecome the oldest woman commit-ted to stand trial for murder in Aus-tralia, accused of bludgeoning andstabbing her wealthy 98-year-oldhusband to death, according to a re-port. Clara Tang, who allegedlykilled Ching Yung Tang after 70years of marriage in their Sydneyapartment in March last year, haspleaded not guilty on the groundsof mental illness, the Sun-Heraldsaid.

The elderly woman appeared ina local court last week and was or-dered to stand trial in the SupremeCourt on a date to be fixed.

AFP PHOTO / JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK

Pro-Gbagbo militiamen from the Young Patriots fight with forces loyal to internationally recog-nized Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, on April 1, 2011 in the Plateau district of Abidjan.

US demandsUS demandsUS demandsUS demandsUS demandsGbagbo step downGbagbo step downGbagbo step downGbagbo step downGbagbo step down‘immediately’‘immediately’‘immediately’‘immediately’‘immediately’Agence France Presse

WASHINGTON – The United States early Sunday called on Ivory Coast strongman LaurentGbagbo to step down immediately, saying he was pushing the West African nation into lawless-ness. “The United States calls on former President Laurent Gbagbo to step down immediately,”Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement.

from the western town of Duekouewhere the International Red Crosssaid 800 died in one day in an inci-dent “particularly shocking by itssize and brutality”.

The Catholic mission Caritas re-ported 1,000 were “killed or disap-peared” while the UN mission gavean initial death toll of 330, accus-ing fighters from both camps of in-volvement in the mass killings.

Clinton said the United Stateswas “deeply concerned” by whatshe called “the dangerous and de-teriorating situation” in IvoryCoast, including recent reports ofhuman rights abuses and massacres

in the west of the country.She said both parties in Ivory

Coast’s conflict bore responsibil-ity to respect human rights andensure the safety of the country’scitizens.

“We also call on the forces ofPresident Ouattara to respect therules of war and stop attacks on ci-vilians,” she said. “PresidentOuattara’s troops must live up tothe ideals and vision articulated bytheir elected leader.” Clinton alsourged the UN peacekeeping mis-sion in Ivory Coast to aggressivelyenforce its mandate to protect ci-vilians.

Woman, 92, to stand trialfor murder in Australia

A similar protest in easternParwan province blocked a mainhighway with burning tires for aboutan hour, with more than 1,000 peopleprotesting against the desecration ofthe Quran, said provincial policechief Sher Ahmad Maladani. He saidthere was no violence.

The violence started Friday whendemonstrators stormed a U.N. com-pound in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing 11 people includingseven foreign U.N. employees.

The Taliban said in a statementemailed to media outlets that the U.S.and other Western countries havewrongly excused the burning aQuran by the pastor of a Floridachurch on March 20 as freedom ofspeech and that Afghans “cannotaccept this un-Islamic act.” NATOofficials re-iterated their condemna-tion of the Quran burning in an ap-parent attempt to quell the risinganger.

“We condemn, in particular, theaction of an individual in the United

At the same time, Obama hasbeen defending U.S. involvement inmilitary operations in Libya. Repub-licans are pressing Democrats tomake deep spending cuts to shrinkthe U.S. deficit, another issue thatcould play a crucial role in the cam-paign.

The Republican field of presiden-tial challengers is still wide open,however, and no one has formallyannounced a bid. Obama is expectedto avoid overt campaigning while hispotential Republican opponentscompete against each other.

But he has started doing somefundraising events for his party inrecent weeks. Formally announcinghis candidacy would allow Obamato start filling his own campaign’scoffers directly, too. The presidentgot a boost on Friday with a LaborDepartment report showing a slightdecline in the U.S. unemploymentrate to 8.8 percent. An improving

Documents tendered by policereportedly detailed how the couplesurvived the Japanese invasion ofChina and Mao’s Cultural Revolu-tion before moving from Shanghaito Sydney 30 years ago. Tang, whosuffers dementia, allegedly fearedher husband was poisoning her food.

The newspaper said that when ar-rested, Tang was almost totallysoaked in blood. Her husband hadbeen stabbed twice in the stomachand his head was bludgeoned.

She was initially refused bail dueto “the level of violence used andfor the protection of the commu-nity”, but police relented with Tangput under strict supervision in anursing home ahead of her trial.

Afghan...From page 1 States who recently burned the Holy

Quran,” said the statement issued bymilitary commander Gen. DavidPetraeus and the top NATO civilianrepresentative in Afghanistan, MarkSedwill.

“We further hope the Afghanpeople understand that the actions ofa small number of individuals, whohave been extremely disrespectful tothe Holy Quran, are not representa-tive of any of the countries of the in-ternational community who are inAfghanistan to help the Afghanpeople,” the statement said.

On Saturday, U.S. PresidentBarack Obama extended his con-dolences to the families of thosekilled by the protesters and saiddesecration of the Quran “is anact of extreme intolerance andbigotry.” But he said that does notjustify attacking and killing inno-cent people, calling it “outra-geous and an affront to humandecency and dignity.” TheTaliban statement said that thosekilled during the protests wereunarmed demonstrators.

Obama...From page 1

economy is seen as critical to his re-election hopes.

Opinion surveys show U.S. vot-ers are split over Obama. A RealClear Politics average of several pollsshowed 47.4 percent of Americansapproving of his performance in of-fice and 46.6 percent disapproving.

Poll averages also show Obamabeating potential Republican rivalsincluding former MassachusettsGovernor Mitt Romney, formerAlaska Governor Sarah Palin andformer Speaker of the House of Rep-resentatives Newt Gingrich.

Obama, a U.S. senator from Il-linois before winning the 2008 U.S.presidential election, intends tobase his re-election campaign outof Chicago. Obama’s former WhiteHouse chief of staff Rahm Emanuelwas elected major of Chicago inFebruary and will take office May16 when longtime Mayor RichardM. Daley retires.

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A massive fire has destroyed storage tanks at Indonesia’s largest oil refinery.

Antara

LANGKAT - A river bank inPadang Tualang sub-district,Langkat regency, NorthSumatra, collapsed causing in-

Several explosions occurred atthe storage tanks after the blazebroke out early Saturday.

Darmoko says the cause of fireis still being investigated but thereare no signs of sabotage. Resi-dents were evacuated from around

Associated Press Writer

JAKARTA - Indonesia hascriticised Australia for warning thatthe arrest of alleged Bali bomberUmar Patek could spark a violent re-sponse by extremists, describing itas excessive.

The federal government issuedthe warning this week after confirm-ing Patek, wanted in connection withthe 2002 nightclub bombings in Balithat killed 202 people, including 88Australians, had been arrested inPakistan.

However, Indonesian ForeignAffairs Ministry spokesmanMichael Tene on Friday said thewarning did not reflect the actualsituation on the ground in Indone-sia. Advertisement: Story continuesbelow

“Every country has the right andobligation to protect their own citi-zens, including giving informationor warning for their citizens abroad,”Mr Tene said.

“But the warning should reflectto the actual situation in the countryintended and should not be exces-sive.

“This is the same thing as whatwe did with our citizens abroad, likethey who are in the Middle East andJapan, for example. It is our right toprotect our citizens, but it shouldreflect to the actual situation.”

Antara

LOMBOK BARAT - Thirty Indo-nesians are on the death row in Ma-laysia, manpower attaché of the In-donesian embassy in Kuala LumpurAgus Triyanto said here on Saturday.

“This year their number is 30 andlast year 177,” he said after a coor-dination meeting with the West NusaTenggara Manpower Supplier Asso-

Antara

JAKARTA - An Indonesian man-power agency official condemnedthe killing of an Indonesian housemaid allegedly by her Saudi em-ployer.

“I condemned the action as inhu-man and immoral,” the head of theNational Agency for Placement andProtection of Indonesian Workers(BNP2TKI), Moh Jumhur Hidayat,said here on Saturday in response toreports on the death of the maid in-side the toilet of her employer,Hamud Mhd Barkah Al Utaibi, onWednesday (March 30).

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CILACAP - Police say a massive fire has destroyed two storage tanksat Indonesia’s largest oil refinery. Local police Chief Lt. Col. RudyDarmoko says no injuries have been reported in the fire at thePertamina national oil company refinery.

the Cilacap refinery on Java is-land.

Pertamina spokesmanMuhammad Harun says the fire willnot disrupt fuel production.

Another fire in 2008 at theCilacap refinery killed three people.

30 Indonesians facingdeath penalty in Malaysia

ciation (Apjati).The latest case is faced by

Walfrida Soik (17), a female migrantworker from Raimanus, Raimanuk,Belu, East Nusa Tenggara who isnow held at the Pengkalan Cepapenitentiary in Kota Bharu for alleg-edly killing her employer.

Agus said the Indonesian embassyis hiring a reliable lawyer to defendthe young woman to avoid the death

row. He said the embassy wouldmake efforts to defend its citizens toavoid them from the death row..

“Many Indonesians have beensentenced to death, but we have al-ways sought maximum ways to pre-vent them from it,” he said.

Agus said in the past five yearsno Indonesian had been sentencedto death in Malaysia thanks to theembassy’s hard work.

Manpower official condems Saudiemployer for killing Indonesian maid

Aan Darwati binti Udin Encupfrom Majalengka, West Java, bornon May 9, 1974, was sent by PTYoumba Biba Abadi to work inSaudi Arabia.

The holder of passport numberedAN 978909 arrived in Jidda on June6, 2010 and received by Saudiagency Badawood Recruitment Of-fice which later sent Aan to work atHamud as a housemaid.

The case was also reported bySaudi media on Thursday. Jumhursaid he had checked it with the In-donesian Consul General in Jidda,Zakaria Anshar who confirmed it.

When found her body was full of

bumps caused by blows with bluntobjects.

Police in Al Manshor, Mecca, hadinterrogated Hamud and his wife inconnection with the case.

“I asked the Saudi police to in-vestigate the case thoroughly andjustice for her by sentencing the per-petrators to death,” Jumhur said.

He said he would immediatelysend a protest to the Saudi govern-ment over the incident.

He said the case was very con-cerning as it happened in a holy cityof Mecca. He said Aan’s body wasnow still being kept at King FaisalHospital.

River dike collapses inundating hundreds of housesundation of hundreds of housesand hundreds of others facingpotential flooding.

“The dike in Cucukan river,Ta n j u n g P u t u s v i l l a g e ,Padang Tualang sub-distr ict ,

c o l l a p s e d l a s t n i g h t ,”Erdiyanto, Tanjung Putus vil-lage head said Sunday.

He said the damage on the riverdike became worse in the morn-ing hours due to the strong

Cucukan river flow as the resultof constant hard rain in the lastcouple of days.

Cucukan is an estuary ofBatang Serangan, having its up-per reaches in the Gunung Lauser

Indonesia criticisesAussie travel warning

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd,who on Wednesday confirmed Patekhad been taken into custody, said atthe time that the arrest was a majorwin in the fight against terrorism.

The Australian Department ofForeign Affairs and Trade subse-quently revised its travel warning forIndonesia, saying Patek’s arrest“may increase the risk of violent re-sponses in the short term”.

“On some occasions where highprofile extremists have been de-tained or killed, there has been astrong response from some support-ers in Indonesia, including acts ofviolence,” DFAT said.

The department’s overall level ofadvice for Indonesia has notchanged and remains “reconsideryour need to travel”.

Patek is suspected of havingserved as Jemaah Islamiah’s deputyfield commander for the Bali bomb-ings.

The 40-year-old was the final se-nior planner of the 2002 attack stillat large.

He is wanted in several countries,including Australia, Indonesia, thePhilippines and the United States,where there has been a $US1 mil-lion bounty on his head.

He is believed to have trained inAfghanistan and Pakistan during the1980s and ’90s and has been linkedto al-Qaeda.

National Park, he said.Erdiyanto also said that hun-

dreds of houses of villagers hadbeen inundated, so were manyof their farmland and planta-tions.

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Head of Denpasar Agricultural,Food and Horticultural Services,I Gede Ambara Putra, accompa-nied by Section Head of Informa-tion Services of Denpasar PublicRelations, Dewa Rai, admittedFriday (Apr 1) the existence ofagricultural land conversion.However, when viewed from thenumber of changes, it was not toosignificant because based on thedata at hand the average land con-version every year only reachedabout 25 hectares.

It was said the current extentof irrigated and non-irrigated ag-ricultural land in Denpasarreached 2,717 hectares. In otherwords, the percentage of agricul-tural land conversion was only0.5 hectares per year. To mini-mize the land conversion, hisparty continued to disseminateinformation to farmers how tobetter utilize the land. Throughthe optimization of agriculturalland, his party hoped the desireof farmers or land owners to selltheir land could be suppressed.

“We also provide incentive forfarmers whose agricultural landlocated in green belt ,” saidAmbara. The impact of popula-tion growth explosion in urbanareas did not only become a boo-

If government is seriousabout developing new destina-tions as an effort to attract moretourists to stay longer on thisisland, Mayungan Anyar Ham-let can potentially be developedinto agrotourism. The hamletbelonging to Antapan Villageterritory, Tabanan has unique-ness of its own. “MayunganHamlet has agrotourism attrac-tion along with its Five En-chantments,” said EkaMahadewi in Nusa Dua re-cently.

This lecturer of Bali TourismInstitute (STP Bali) then ex-

Population explosion triggersagricultural land conversion

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Beautiful scenery of traditional rice field on Bali. The population growth reaching 4 percent inDenpasar, in fact, has an adverse impact on the existence of agricultural land. It is indicated bythe agricultural land conversion every year in Denpasar turning progressively unstoppable.

Population growth reaching 4 percent in Denpasar, in fact,has an adverse impact on the existence of agricultural land. It isindicated by the agricultural land conversion every year inDenpasar turning progressively unstoppable. In fact, two subak(traditional irrigation cooperative) groups have become extinctas besieged by settlement. Both subak groups disappearing inDenpasar are the Subak Sanglah and Subak Kereneng. Now,the other subak groups will vanish and even be threatened bysettlements.

merang for agricultural land. Ofcourse, it would be followed bythe other social problems. One ofthem was the emergence of urbanslums polluting this culture-basedcity.

Data of the Denpasar City Plan-ning and Housing Services sometime ago noted that there were atleast 80 points of slum area inDenpasar. Of that amount, somewere categorized into the veryhigh level of slum. Those inhabit-ing the settlements mostly con-sisted of urbanites.

It was evident from the resultsof research made by the Center forHealth Service Management,School of Medicine, Udayana Uni-versity, some time ago at BelongMenak Hamlet, Pemecutan Kaja.The extent of slum area surveyedreached 1.3 hectares with the oc-cupants amounting to 200 fami-lies. Those who lived in the slumsettlements in the region were lo-cal migrants (from outsideDenpasar 47.5 percent) and mi-grants from outside Bali reached51.4 percent.

Sesetan as the most populous

Meanwhile, the results of popu-lation census conducted by the

Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in2010 showed the number of popu-lation in Denpasar had reached788,445 people. They consisted of403,026 men and 385,419 women.The most populous subdistrict wasSouth Denpasar reaching 244,957people, then followed by WestDenpasar Subdistrict with a popu-lation of 229,483 people, NorthDenpasar (176,073 people) andEast Denpasar (137,932 people).

When traced by village, thehighest population occurred atSesetan Village reaching 50,595people. At this village was re-corded 25,955 men and 24,640women dwelling the area with theextent of 7.39 square kilometers.On seeing such an extent, the den-sity per kilometer of Sesetan Vil-lage reached 6,846 people.

Vil lage Head of Sesetan,Nyoman Agus Mahardika, recog-

nized the number of residents atSesetan was indeed the highest inDenpasar. However, regarding toratio between indigenous resi-dents to migrants was nearlyequal. “I think the ratio of nativeresidents to regional migrants inthis area is corresponding. Theamount is not much different be-tween migrants and indigenousresidents,” he said when contactedlast Saturday. (ara)

Mayungan Anyar Hamlet Retains Agrotourism Potentialplained the five types of enchant-ments consisted of characterizedenvironmental conditions, undu-lating topography and beautifulhills. Similarly, the village had avariety of vegetables, horticulturalplants and characteristic crop. “Interms of historical development,Mayungan Hamlet produced vari-ous vegetables being able to pro-vide supply for the Baturiti sub-district long time ago,” she said.

Historically, continued Eka, thevillage was capable of producingvegetables that provided suppliesfor Baturiti subdistrict as well asother areas from the past times.

Meanwhile, in the field of tech-nology, local villagers remainingto use traditional manners alongwith its subak irrigation systemcould become the main attraction.

Its products comprised thecombination of activity to enjoythe natural scenery of plantationand agriculture with other activi-ties, such as enjoying the scen-ery around the tourist objectwhile picking pineapples, toma-toes, oranges and other fruits.“And the current trend at the vil-lage is that visitors can do addi-tional activities such as hikingand cycling around the location

of agrotourism,” said the admin-istrator of the Indonesia Hotel andRestaurant Association (PHRI) ofBadung Chapter calmly.

Mayungan Hamlet also had an-cestral cultural heritages such asChinese ceramics originated in theMing Dynasty times (thirteenth tofourteenth century), pieces ofslonding gamelan blades, bufferof slonding blades, and theOkokan arts. The panoramic viewof terraced rice field combinedwith sunset generated an interest-ing scene. Likewise, there werealso tourist attractions of Ngingiland Cepung Waterfall that were no

less interesting.However, Eka added that the

road leading to the vil lagestayed to become a significantconstraint. Road access to thevillage was extremely damagedand not worthy to be passedthrough. Then, connectingbridge of Tohjiwa Village inBadung Regency and TalangpatiVillage in Tabanan Regency hadnot been improved yet properly.For this moment, these objectscould only be reached by mo-torcycle or four-wheeled privatecar because there was no publictransport. (BTN)

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Gulai Kambing(Spiced Lamb)

Ingredients

* 1 3/4 lb Lamb,fresh

* 2 Onion* 3 Thai chile* Ginger, fresh;

3/4" knob* Lemon grass

root, 1/2" knob* 1 Lemon

grass, stem* 2 Garlic clove* 8 Macadamia nut* 2 Tomato, ripe* 1/3 c Oil* 1/2 ts Cardamom, ground* 1/2 ts Cumin powder* 1/2 ts Turmeric* 1/4 ts Fennel powder* 1 Cinnamon stick; 2"* 4 Cloves, whole* Salt; to taste* Pepper, black; to taste* 4 c Coconut milk

DirectionsCut the lamb into bite-size chunks. Chop the onions,

chiles, ginger, lemon root and lemon grass. Crush thegarlic and grind the macadamia nuts. Skin the tomatoesand cut the flesh into small dice. Heat the oil in a largepan, add the onion, chiles and garlic and saute until theonion becomes translucent.

Then add the lamb, ginger, lemon root, lemon grassand tomato and cook for another three minutes, stirringfrequently. Add the spice powders, cinnamon stick andcloves and season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour inthe coconut milk and bring to the boil, stirring constantly,then lower heat and allow to simmer until the meat isvery tender; approximately 45 minutes. Serveimmediately with steamed rice. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Antara

DENPASAR – Bali AnimalWelfare Association (BAWA) notonly carry out dog vaccinationprogram but also try to increasethe awareness of the people ofBali about rabies through BaliDog Idol (BDI) 2011.

The founder of BAWA, JaniceGirardi, on the BDI 2011 event inBali Bird Park Singapdu on Sun-day, April 3 2011, said “Bali DogIdol is the program whish is al-ready going on for 3 years. In thisprogram, the people will adoptpuppies through BAWA.”

She is certain that BDI is one ofthe most important programs of theassociation which can educate ev-

Antara

DENPASAR – The art and cul-tural foundation “Yasa PutraSedana” (YPS) which is located inMelinggih Kelod Village in GianyarRegency is invited by UNESCO toFrance. The UN department han-dling education, science and cultureinvite YPS to perform in France fortwo months started on July 6, 2011.

The head of Yasa Putra Sedana,Dewa Rai Budiasa, said that thefoundation will perform Balinesedancing and gamelan. “The teamgoing to France consists of 30

YPS is invited to France by UNESCOpeople and will perform in 8 citiesin the country. We have been train-ing for 9 months to prepare the per-formance,” he added.

In addition to from Indonesia,there will be also delegates fromItaly, Germany, Australia, and artgroup from the host France.

“We will perform our best in thefestival because it will be a good op-portunity to perform Indonesia andBali abroad,” Dewa Rai said. Twelvedances will be performed in the fes-tival, among them are gambangsuling, panyembrahma, legongkeraton, oleg tamulilingan,

cendrawasih and barongMeanwhile, the General Director

of Indonesian Cultural and TourismDepartment, Sapta Nirwandar, saidthat the government is supporting theart group who will perform aboard.

“I personally am supporting theart group. It will become a means ofpromotion of Indonesia. We will giveCDs regarding the tourism site inIndonesia,” he added. The govern-ment also will give up to ten ticketsfor the member of the group. This isbecause all accommodation andother need of the group in France isalready given by UNESCO.

”Bali Dog Idol”

To increase affection to animalseryone to be more responsible totheir pets. It also could support theefforts of the government to preventrabies.

Janice added that human healthis highly related to the health oftheir pets so education about petsis needed. The annual BDI programhas been developing since 2009 andthis year, the participants are 72contestants.

The Education Staff of BAWA,Agung Arnawa, said that everyyear, the foundation is trying to of-fer puppies to the society throughpromotion in schools and otherpublic places.

“Every year we offer the puppiesthat we found on the street. Forthose who want to adopt them, we

will conduct a survey to determinewhether they are qualified to takecare the puppy,” he added.

Before being adopted, the puppywill be given health care such asvaccination. “Every two weeks, wewill inspect the health of theadopted puppy. If the puppy is sick,the owner can contact us and we willcome to their house,” Arnawa said.

He said that the condition of thepuppy on the street is usually notgood but after being treated byBAWA, their condition is improv-ing. Arnawa also explained that thenumber of failure in treatment afterbeing adopted is only 5%. Some ofthe dogs are dead and some givethem back because they can not takecare of the dog anymore.

Gulai Merah(Beef Short Ribs)

Ingredients

* 4 Shallots, sliced* 3 Garlic cloves, sliced* 1 Piece of fresh ginger, -sliced* 4 Or 5 hot red chile peppers, -seeded, sliced* 2 ts Ground coriander* 1/8 ts Ground turmeric* 1 ts Salt, or to taste* 2 c Water* 2 lb Lean short ribs of beef, -cut into 3-inch pieces* 2 tb Corn oil* 2 Salam leaves* 2 sl Laos* 1 Stalk lemon grass* 1 sl Lemon

DirectionsProcess shallots, garlic, ginger, chiles, coriander,

turmeric, salt and 1/2 cup of water to a smooth sauce.Marinate beef for 1/2 hour.

Heat the oil: add the beef and marinade, the salam,laos, lemon grass and lemon; stir-fry over moderate heatfor 5 minutes. Add remaining water, cover and cook untilbeef is tender, about 1 hour. If the sauce evaporates tooquickly, add 1/2 cup water and continue to simmer.Serve warm. (http://asiarecipe.com)

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This is another unique village besides the traditionalvillage of Penglipuran. It offers plenty uniqueness, whichare different to those owned by Penglipuran. The peoplehave a different socio-life.

Their houses are arranged in uniqe patterns and madeof Bamboos. Mass marriage is another uniqueness ownedby the village. In this ritual, many couples are doingtheir wedding rituals together, which are held at theirPenataran Agung Temple. These event is conducted aSasih Kadasa (around April-October).

The other different tradition worth knowing is theburial ritual. The corpse is carried by two people to thecemetery, running. Arriving at the place, the corpse’scover is unveiled, making it naked. Then it is rolled downinto the hole for burying that has been prepared. After-ward, it is covered, face up-down-ward, overlookingnorthwestward.

Traditional arts also evolve well here, with arts likeBaris Jangkang, Baris Jojor, Baris Perasi, Baris Perancak,Baris Blongsong, Baris Bajra, Baris Juntal and BarisDapdap Dance. The dances are often performed at thevillage temple. The so-caleed Perang Papah is a uniquetradition where performers hit each other using the stemsof banana leaves. It is performed at Pedunungan Templeon Balinese calendar of Purnama Sasih Kenem (aroundDecember).

Pengotantraditional village

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Agence France-Presse

SYDNEY – The devastatingearthquake and tsunami in Japan willcost Australia some Aus$2 billion(US$2.07 billion) in lost exportearnings, trimming economicgrowth, Treasurer Wayne Swan saidSunday.

Japan is the country’s second-largest trade partner after China andthe seafloor quake and tsunami onMarch 11, which left about 28,000people dead or missing, damagedports and power stations.

Australia is the world’s biggestshipper of coal and iron ore andSwan admitted the catastrophewould leave its mark on the Austra-lian economy.

“Preliminary Treasury estimatesshow that the earthquake and tsu-nami will cut demand for our bulkcommodity exports in the short termand likely slash around $2 billionfrom export earnings in 2010-11,”he said.

“This could subtract less than a

“Only a severe escalation of thesituation in Japan or a crisis in thefinancial markets is likely to pre-vent the ECB from raising rates”on Thursday, Commerzbankeconomist Michael Schubert said.

It would be the first change tothe record low rate of 1.0 percentin effect since May 2009 but couldraise pressure on eurozone mem-bers Greece, Ireland, Portugal andSpain.

It would also make the ECB thefirst leading central bank to raiseits interest rate, and could drivethe euro higher on foreign ex-change markets.

Bank policymakers, includingpresident Jean-Claude Trichet whoflagged the rate hike last month,want to bring monetary policyback towards normal since theeconomy is growing and inflationis now well above target.

ECB chief economist JuergenStark said in the Wall Street Jour-nal Europe last month: “We needto be mindful not to keep interestrates too low for too long.”

Inflation has risen for fourmonths running to 2.6 percent,higher than the ECB’s target ofjust below 2.0 percent, and showslittle sign of stopping as oil, foodand other commodity prices climbupwards.

The current level of inflation,the highest since October 2008,raised the chances of more thanone interest rate hike this year,economists said.

“In our view it is obvious thatmore hikes will follow,” ING se-nior economist Carsten Brzeskicommented.

High prices have also begun towear on consumer sentiment, un-dermining what some economistshave said could be a crucial pillarof growth this year.

But higher rates could have thebiggest effect on countries that canleast afford them, those strugglingwith acute debt levels and high un-employment.

“The countries already suffer-ing at the eurozone periphery willbe hurt the most by higher ECBrates,” Brzeski warned.

They included Portugal, thepublic deficit of which stood at 8.6percent of output last year, wellabove the government’s 7.3 per-cent target and nowhere near thetheoretical European Union (EU)limit of 3.0 percent.

Portugal will hold early general

Reuters

WASHINGTON/BERLIN –The International Monetary Fundon Saturday denied a report inGerman magazine Der Spiegelthat it was privately pressingGreece to restructure its debt.

“As we have said consis-tently, the IMF supports theGreek government’s position ofno debt restructuring and its de-termination to fully service itsdebt obligations. Any reportsclaiming otherwise are wrong,”an IMF spokeswoman toldReuters.

Without citing any sources,Der Spiegel reported that theIMF had reversed its previousopposition to the idea of a Greekrestructuring and now believedone was necessary soon.

It wrote that senior IMF offi-cials were recommending this toEuropean governments becauseGreece’s debt mountain was nowroughly one-and-a-half times itsannual economic output.

Early in March, IMF Euro-pean Director Antonio Borgestold reporters he was “confidentthat Greek debt is sustainable,”adding that the Greeks had made“quite a bit of progress on theirbanks” as well.

But since the IMF now be-lieves current measures no

European bank appears set for landmark rate hikeEuropean bank appears set for landmark rate hikeEuropean bank appears set for landmark rate hikeEuropean bank appears set for landmark rate hikeEuropean bank appears set for landmark rate hikeAgence France-Presse

FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank is expected toannounce its first interest rate hike since July 2008 this weekeven as the eurozone crisis deepens with three members missingkey deficit targets.

elections on June 5, after hittinga political impasse over proposedausterity measures, PresidentAnibal Cavaco Silva said Friday.

Greece’s deficit has also prob-ably exceeded the official esti-mate of 9.4 percent, its financeminister said last week, amidsigns that efforts to boost tax col-lection were failing.

And Spain, which analysts sayhas worked hard to correct its fi-nancial situation, will miss itsdeficit targets this year and next,the Spanish central bank has fore-cast.

Finally, Ireland revealed lastweek that its entire banking sec-tor needs a drastic overhaul, withthe cost of bailing out commerciallenders set to top 70 billion euros($99 billion).

The ECB said Thursday i twould accept all bonds issued orguaranteed by the Irish govern-ment as collateral for central bankloans, easing some pressure onIrish banks.

Meanwhile, EU leaders haveapproved measures to prevent arepeat of the eurozone’s debt saga,but their response has been over-shadowed by rising expectationsthat Portugal will still need a bail-out.

The new EU plan includes thecreation of a permanent fund —the European Stability Mecha-nism — to help eurozone mem-bers that hit trouble, in a bid toshore up the single currency forthe future.

Somewhat reassured marketspushed the value of the euro up toaround 1.41 dollars, making it abit harder for weak economies toboost exports and raise tax rev-enues.

“Accordingly, it may even in-crease the chances of one or moreof the most fiscally challengedeconomies restructuring i tsdebts,” said economist Ben Mayat Capital Economics.

Observers are now wonderingwhether the expected ECB ratehike will be the first of a series,with several saying a normal rategiven improved economic condi-t ions and inflation would bearound 2.0 percent.

The latest eurozone purchasingmanagers index eased in Marchfrom a 10-year peak in February butremained at a level that indicatedfurther growth, while unemploy-ment finally fell below 10 percent.

IMF denies pressing Greece to restructure debtlonger suffice, it would like to seeinterest rates on Greek sovereigndebt lowered, maturities extendedor the amount of principal whichGreece has to repay cut, DerSpiegel said.

European governments and theIMF are jointly contributing to andadministering Greece’s 110 billioneuro ($155 billion) bailout, so asplit between them on policy couldbe damaging to Greece’s prospectsfor recovery.

Greek and European officialshave long insisted that Greece canrecover without restructuring itsdebt, and that even discussing a re-structuring now would be counter-productive by damaging banksacross Europe and causing panic inmarkets.

Greek Finance Minister GeorgePapaconstantinou, speaking toReuters at a conference in Italy onSaturday, responded to the DerSpiegel report by saying: “There isabsolutely no chance of a restruc-turing of Greek debt.”

He added, “People (who talkabout a restructuring) fail to under-stand that the costs would muchoutweigh the benefits.”

European Commission spokes-man Jens Mester said: “All supportmeasures are in place, and there isno reason now to start thinking ofthis possibility of restructuringGreece’s debt.”

Der Spiegel reported that theIMF was still not willing to callopenly for a Greek restructuringout of fear this could increasemarket pressure on Portugal. Por-tuguese bond yields have soaredin the last several weeks becauseinvestors think Lisbon may soonbe forced to seek a bailout.

Many investors and analyststhink an eventual Greek restruc-turing may be inevitable. Cuttingits credit rating of Cyprus onWednesday, Standard and Poor’scited an “increasing likelihoodthat the Greek government willrestructure its debt.”

Former European CentralBank chief economist OtmarIssing told Der Spiegel lastmonth that Greece’s sovereigndebt would have to be restruc-tured as soon as other euro zonecountries were out of danger.

Before any restructuring,however, Greece may try anotherstrategy. Papaconstantinou saidon Wednesday that Athens mightuse some proceeds from state as-set sales to buy back outstand-ing bonds from the market; sincemarket prices of its debt havedropped sharply below facevalue, this could have the effectof a restructuring in lighteningGreece’s debt load without re-quiring Athens to conduct diffi-cult talks with creditors.

Japan disaster to cost Australia $2 billion in lost tradequarter of a percentage point fromGDP growth this financial year, andcomes on top of the half a percent-age point impact from the floods andcyclone at home.

“Japan’s nuclear situation andpower shortages continue to weighon international financial marketsand may prolong the impact of thiscrisis on the global economy,” Swanadded.

The hit to the economy comesafter the Treasury said destructivefloods in Australia this year couldcost up to $8.3 billion in lost coalproduction — a sharp increase onearlier projected losses.

The huge deluge that swampedcoal-producing Queensland state inJanuary caused significant damage,halting mine production and cuttingkey transport infrastructure,

The government has estimated thefloods, which covered an area thesize of France and Germany com-bined and were followed by destruc-tive Cyclone Yasi, will cut coal pro-duction by about 15 million tonnes

in the March quarter alone.But businesses expect total coal

production losses to be much higher,worth roughly between Aus$5.5 andAus$8 billion.

“No one was ever under anydoubt that the financial toll of thedevastation we’ve seen inQueensland and elsewhere in Aus-tralia this summer was going to besubstantial,” Swan said.

“The latest figures back that up,and indicate the cost is likely to beeven larger than we initiallythought.”

The twin natural disasters areexpected to weigh heavily on theAustralian budget due to be an-nounced on May 10, which willseek to balance their costs againstinflationary risks caused by an un-precedented Asia-driven miningboom.

Swan warned of tough decisionsahead.

“These events all have significantimplications for our budget as wellas our economy,” he said.

Entertainment InternationalMonday, April 4, 201112

Sheen, until recently the highestpaid actor on a TV sitcom for por-traying a skirt-chasing bachelor on“Two and a Half Men,” staged a livevariety show to prove to the TV pro-ducers who fired him that he was onthe mend from more than a year oflegal troubles and drug and alcoholabuse.

Sheen, 45, became a media spec-tacle in recent weeks with a seriesof off-the-wall interviews in whichhe flaunted his lifestyle, amassed aTwitter following of more than 3million, made “winning” his mantraand boasted of having “tiger blood”that gave him a superhero’s consti-tution.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Johnny Depp showedhis appreciation for his Kids’ Choice Awardwith a sliming. After earning the blimp-shaped favorite movie actor trophy for hisMad Hatter role in “Alice in Wonderland,”Depp manned a hose and unleashed wavesof green goop on the screaming crowd ofmore than 10,000 kids — and a few adults.

“You guys are the future,” he said Satur-day before spraying the slime inside Uni-versity of Southern California’s Galen Cen-ter. “Take good care of us.”

The screaming mob at Nickelodeon’s24th annual fan-favorite ceremony later re-volted by flicking the goo at “Modern Fam-ily” co-star Rico Rodriguez and “Arthur”leading man Russell Brand as they pre-sented Eddie Murphy with the award forfavorite voice from an animated movie forhis role in “Shrek Forever After.”

Rodriguez and Brand struggled to recitetheir introduction as the green stuff was

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Penelope Cruz has been enshrinedin concrete. The Oscar-winning actress unveiled her staron the Hollywood Walk of Fame star Friday, flanked byleading men Javier Bardem and Johnny Depp.

The event is timed ahead of next month’s release of“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” in whichshe stars with Depp.

The Spanish star says that when she came to theUnited States in 1994, she only knew how to say “Howare you?” and “I want to work with Johnny Depp” inEnglish. She jokes that now, she knows how to say “Iwant to work with Johnny Depp again.”

The 36-year-old actress co-starred with hus-band Bardem in her Oscar-winning ro le in“Vicky Christina Barcelona.” They welcomedtheir son in January.

Associated Press Writer

A highly anticipated film starring John Travoltaas the leader of the legendary Gambino crimefamily has a name: “Gotti: Three Generations.”

Film spokesman Steve Honig confirmed the titleSaturday and says the biopic about “Dapper Don”John Gotti will be shot on a budget of about $75million this year.

Honig says details would be released April 12 ata news conference in New York, where the projectwill be filmed.

A person with knowledge of the film who spokeon condition of anonymity because it hadn’t beenannounced has said it will be produced by MarcFiore and directed by Nick Cassavetes. The famousmobster died in prison in 2002. His son, 47-year-old John “Junior” G

Charlie Sheen’sCharlie Sheen’sCharlie Sheen’sCharlie Sheen’sCharlie Sheen’s“Torpedo” bombs in Detroit“Torpedo” bombs in Detroit“Torpedo” bombs in Detroit“Torpedo” bombs in Detroit“Torpedo” bombs in DetroitReuters

DETROIT - After hearing chants of “Refund! Refund!” and beingbooed, even Charlie Sheen knew his “Violent Torpedo of Truth” hadbombed on its debut in Detroit on Saturday night.

Sheen’s “My Violent Torpedo ofTruth: Defeat is Not an Option” showwas meant to prove that he still hadwhat it takes to please audiences butcritics panned it and audiencesthought it could use work, at best. Thecomedy revue with rapper Dirt Nastyand comedian Kirk Fox, among oth-ers, brought catcalls from the audi-ence and not even Sheen’s girlfriend“goddesses” could win fans.

Twenty minutes after the showhad ended, some 750 die-hard fanslingered in the theater and Sheen re-turned to the stage flanked by hisgals. “This is an experiment. We’reworking some shit out,” he said.

Sheen and his troupe provedawkward at best. Fans had thoughtthey might hear inside stories of thedrug-and-drink-fueled parties andwild nights that hospitalized himand sent him to rehab. But theynever heard a single tale and nearlyevery one of Sheen’s monologuesand comedy skits had to be aborteddue Sheen’s inability to handle therowdy, unhappy audience.

AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

Actor Charlie Sheen shows off his Detroit Tigers jersey during hisperformance at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Saturday, April 2, 2011.Promising “the real story,” the 45-year-old former “Two and a HalfMen” star hit the road for a month-long, 20-city variety show tour,

with the first stop Saturday’s sold-out show in Detroit.

Penelope Cruz getsHollywood Walk of Fame star

AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

Penelope Cruz

Biopic with Travolta:‘Gotti: Three Generations’

Johnny DeppatNickelodeon’s24th AnnualKids’ ChoiceAwards onSaturday,April 2, 2011,in LosAngeles.

AP Photo/Matt Sayles

Depp, Cyrus win but avoidslime at Kids’ Choice

slung at them. “Johnny, I wish you’ddrowned them!” screeched Brand.

Jack Black, the zany master of ceremo-nies, kicked off the silly show by arriving ina monster truck, performing a flash mob-style routine on the orange carpet, then danc-ing alongside the Black Eyed Peas, whocrooned a medley of their tunes while sport-ing outfits made of colorful blocks. He an-nounced that more than 200 million voteswere cast for the show.

Other winners included “The Karate Kid”for movie, “The Karate Kid” co-star JackieChan for butt-kicker, “Despicable Me” foranimated movie, “iCarly” for TV show,“Wizards of Waverly Place” star SelenaGomez for TV actress, “The Suite Life onDeck” co-star Dylan Sprouse for TV actor,“iCarly” co-star Jennette McCurdy for TVsidekick, “American Idol” for reality TVshow, “SpongeBob SquarePants” for cartoonand “Just Dance 2” for video game. “Thanksfor voting until your fingers were sore,”screamed McCurdy. “Grandma, that’s you!”

International Monday, April 4, 2011 13Science

About 300 people who were forced fromtheir homes by the tsunami joined thousandsof others at Ueno Zoo to welcome male pandaRi Ri and female Shin Shin, both 5 years old,whose arrival in the country was broadcast liveon national television in February.

The pandas’ debut was postponed for abouttwo weeks due to the disaster on March 11.The zoo asked visitors to contribute to the re-

Agence France Presse

PARIS – Move over Tyrannosaurus rex, there’s a new flesh-ripping theropod on the scene that scientists say was probably asbig and fearsome as the king of dinosaurs. The previously un-known predator, unveiled Friday in the journal Cretaceous Re-search, measured 11 metres (36 feet) from head to tail, stood fourmetres (13 feet) tall, and weighed in at six tonnes.

Dubbed Zhuchengtyrannus magnus, or “tyrant fromZhucheng,” after the spot in China’s Shandong Province where itwas discovered, the T. rex-like carnivore is among the largest inits family ever found.

“It can be distinguished from other tyrannosourines by a com-bination of unique features in the skull not seen in any othertheropods,” said David Hone, a professor at University CollegeDublin and lead author of the study.

The tyrannosaurines lorded over North America and easternAsia during the late Cretaceous Period, which lasted from about99 to 65 million years ago.

The group, which included T. rex, were formidable hunterswith small arms, tiny two-fingered hands, and monstrous jaws

Reuters

CHICAGO – Cablevision SystemsCorp is launching an app for custom-ers using its Optimum package towatch television on their iPads athome, the company said on Saturday.The service, available at no extracharge, will allow the cable operator’smore than 3 million customers towatch some 300 channels, search pro-graming by genre and enable custom-ers to record programs.

The system uses Cablevision’sdigital cable television network to

Cablevision launches iPad appto watch TV at home

deliver programing to the iPad, socustomers do not need to haveInternet access on their devices touse the app.

“This application allows the iPadto function as a television, deliver-ing the full richness and diversityof our cable television service to adisplay device in the home,” TomRutledge, Cablevision chief operat-ing officer, said in a statement. Themove by New York-basedCablevision comes weeks afterTime Warner Cable launched itsown iPad app in mid-March.

The Time Warner version allowsusers to watch live programing from32 networks so long as they are at homeusing their Wi-Fi network. But TimeWarner’s app sparked controversy.

A few days ago, after getting sev-eral “cease and desist” notices, theNo. 2 U.S. cable company said itwould no longer carry networksowned by News Corp’s Fox, Viacomand Discovery Communications. Themedia companies believe the cablecompany needs to pay for new li-censes in order for customers to usethe iPad app.

A customer hold the new iPad tablet computer at its UK launch atan Apple store in central London May 28, 2010.

REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

New dino in same league as T. rexdesigned to dispatch prey with deadly, bone-crushing bites.

Palaeontologists only had a partial jaw bone and part of theskull to work with, so it was difficult to gauge the creaturesexact size.

“But the bones we have are just a few centimetressmaller than the equivalent ones in the largest T. rexspecimen, so there is no doubt thatZhuchengtyrannus was huge,” Hone said.

The quarry where the new “tyrant” was found,along with nearby sites, boasts one of the highestconcentrations of dinosaur remains anywhere inthe world. Scientists speculate that the area is richin fossils because it was a flood plain.

This artist’s impression released by UniversityCollege Dublin, courtesy of Robert Nicholls shows

Zhuchengtyrannus magnus. Move over Tyrannosau-rus rex, there’s a new flesh-ripping theropod on the

scene that scientists say was probably as big andfearsome as the king of dinosaurs.

AFP/HO/Robert Nicholls

Pandas helpPandas helpPandas helpPandas helpPandas helplighten thelighten thelighten thelighten thelighten themood in Japanmood in Japanmood in Japanmood in Japanmood in JapanReuters

TOKYO – A pair of pandas that arrived from China a few weeks ago made their firstpublic appearance at a zoo in Tokyo on Friday, providing a little light relief for victims ofthe tsunami that hit the country in March.

lief efforts after the massive earthquake andtsunami that killed or left missing about 27,500people and made about 350,000 homeless.

“The mood in Japan is so bleak now. I hopemore people will come see the pandas so they cancheer us up,” zoo visitor Misaki Kamezaki said.

The last panda at Ueno, Ling Ling, died in2008, although there are pandas at other zoosin Japan. The presence of pandas in Japan isoften linked to the state of relations with China,which often go through chilly spells due to is-sues such as Japan’s handling of its wartimepast and territorial disputes over islands. Chinahas donated to the relief effort, sending aid in-cluding clothing to the victims.

A female giant panda Xiannu eats bam-boo at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Friday, April 1,2011 as two giant pandas from Chinamade their debut appearance.AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye

Monday, April 4, 201114 InternationalSport

Real host Barca in two weeks, afew days before they clash in theKing’s Cup final, and then havetough away games at Valencia,Sevilla and Villarreal. Apart fromReal and fifth-placed Espanyol,Barca’s other six opponents are allin the lower reaches of the standings.

Coach Pep Guardiola, who hasengineered league triumphs in hisfirst two seasons with Barca and vic-tory over Real in all five “Clasicos”he has contested, warned againstcomplacency after the Villarrealgame and said sport was capable ofproducing big surprises.

“If you declare yourself cham-pion with an eight-point lead andeight games left you can only lose

Reuters

MANCHESTER - ManchesterUnited striker Wayne Rooney willlearn on Monday whether he facesdisciplinary action from the EnglishFootball Association for swearing ontelevision while celebrating a hat-trick. Rooney has apologised forshouting an expletive into a cameraafter completing a 14-minute treblethat inspired his team to come fromtwo goals down to beat West HamUnited 4-2 and go seven points clearat the top of the Premier League.

“Tomorrow there will be a deci-sion,” FA director of football devel-opment Trevor Brooking told BBCRadio 5 Live on Sunday when askedwhether the governing body wouldbe investigating Rooney’s outburst.“It was a surprise, having scored ahat-trick, to react that way. It issomething we will have to look at.”

United published a statementfrom Rooney on their website(www.manutd.com) on Saturday. “Iwant to apologise for any offencethat may have been caused by mygoal celebration, especially any par-

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Barcelona’s Gerard Pique, left, shoots to score pass Villarreal’s goalkeeper Diego Lopez, right,during their Spanish La Liga soccer match at Madrigal stadium in Villarreal, Saturday, April 2, 2011.

Reuters

TOKYO - Japan’s participation asguests in this year’s Copa Americalooks set to be scrapped amid thechaos caused by last month’s devas-tating earthquake and tsunami. JapanFootball Association President JunjiOgura left for South America on Sun-day to inform tournament organisersit was no longer feasible for the ‘Blue

Reuters

MADRID - Real Madrid’s shock 1-0 defeat at home to Sporting Gijon on Saturday andBarcelona’s victory by the same scoreline at Villarreal brought a third consecutive La Liga titlefirmly within the Catalan club’s reach. With eight games left, Barca have an eight-point advan-tage over their great rivals, whom they thrashed 5-0 at the Nou Camp in November, and theirrun-in to the end of the season looks significantly less challenging on paper.

the league,” the 40-year-old formerBarca and Spain midfielder told anews conference.

“In the end the league is only wonwhen it is won,” he added. “We havesome terribly difficult matches com-ing up. “Madrid is always Madridand they will fight to the end.” Barcabeat Villarreal, who surrenderedthird place to Valencia as a result,without suspended playmaker Xavi.

Guardiola also rested joint LaLiga top scorer Lionel Messi afteran injury scare on duty with Argen-tina, only bringing him off the benchin the second half.

Spain defender Gerard Piquescored the crucial goal in the 67thminute when he controlled a Sergio

Busquets flick from a corner on hischest and lashed the ball into the netfrom close range, sparking wild cel-ebrations from the Barca bench. “Wegot the better of the third-placed teamand made them run,” Guardiola said.

“We didn’t have that manychances but we were more concernedwith controlling the game. It was agreat win.” Barca have 81 points from30 games and host relegation threat-ened Almeria next weekend. Real,who play at Athletic Bilbao, have 73points.

Both clubs are in ChampionsLeague quarter-final action midweekand if they progress to the last fourwill meet home and away at the endof April and beginning of May.

Japan set to skip CopaAmerica after disaster

Samurai’ to take part.“We asked them to allow us to play

and they agreed,” Ogura told Japan’sNikkan Sports newspaper. “I willhave to explain the situation in Japanas it’s not our decision to make.

“But they understand we have touse July (for rescheduled J-Leaguematches),” he added, underliningJapan’s involvement in the July 1-24Copa America in Argentina was un-

workable.As a result of the force 9.0 quake

and massive tsunami which torethrough northeast Japan after it, morethan 11,000 were killed while over15,000 are still missing.

The disaster has caused cancella-tions to sport nationwide while J-League fixtures have been resched-uled, leaving the JFA little wiggleroom.

AFP PHOTO/GLYN KIRK

Manchester United’s English striker Wayne Rooney celebratesscoring his third goal from the penalty spot during the En-glish Premier League football match between West HamUnited and Manchester United at the Boleyn Ground, UptonPark, in East London, England, on April 2, 2011.

Rooney waits tohear if he facesaction over swearing

ents or children that were watching,”the 25-year-old said.

“Emotions were running high,and on reflection my heat-of-the-mo-ment reaction was inappropriate. Itwas not aimed at anyone in particu-lar.” Rooney had been mobbed byteam mates as he celebrated his firsthat-trick of what has been a troubledand below-par season before head-ing towards a television camera andyelling into it.

His behaviour, rather than histhree goals, dominated the backpages in British newspapers with TheSunday Times’ main headline an-nouncing “Red Devil Turns AirBlue” and The News of the Worlddeclaring “Rood Yob”.

Rooney made headlines at lastyear’s World Cup for another televi-sion outburst when he turned to acamera and shouted “Nice to see yourhome fans boo you. That’s what loyalsupport is,” after jeers greetedEngland’s abject 0-0 draw with Al-geria. His season has been hit by in-juries, off-field problems and a lossof form and Saturday’s goals took hisleague tally to 10.

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“We still have a little bit ofheartbeat for the playoffs,” saidBucks center Andrew Bogut. “Butif this was a couple weeks ago itwould be nice.”

Brandon Jennings, who wasawful in regulation missing all sixof his attempts from the floor,scored nine of his 13 points inovert ime, including a three-pointer with 3:03 remaining tobreak an 81-81 tie.

The Bucks battled back from a48-39 halftime deficit in the thirdquarter, holding the 76ers to just13 points to forge a tie headinginto the final quarter. “We gotenough defensive stops to win the

Reuters

MIAMI - Victoria Azarenka ofBelarus defeated an error-plaguedRussian Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-4 onSaturday to win the Sony EricssonOpen for the second time in threeyears. Azarenka’s victory, her sixthcareer title, will lift her to sixth inthe world rankings next week —equalling her career best standing.

The 21-year-old was on top fromthe outset — breaking Sharapova’sfirst two serves — although she alsolost her own first serve game in ascrappy start to the match.Sharapova, currently ranked 13th inthe world, was seeking her first tour-nament win since May but neverfound her rhythm nor her servewhich she held just once in thematch.

The Russian has now lost allthree of the finals she has reachedat Key Biscayne. “It’s obviouslyvery disappointing given the otherfinals here as well but she was defi-nitely the better player today and shehas had a great tournament,” saidSharapova.

Former world number oneSharapova made 43 unforced errors,gifting points to Azarenka, whoshowed a good range of shots, in-cluding some impressive slices andlobs.

“I think I had the right tactics,”said Azarenka, “She likes to swingbig and when she has time it’s veryheavy and coming fast. So I was try-ing to take time away and not let herdo that ... I think she was missing alot because of my game.” Nonethe-

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – The interna-tional federations for softballand baseball are working on ajoint proposal in hopes of get-ting both sports back into theOlympics for the 2020 Games.

The federations issued a jointstatement Friday that they wereanalyzing potential savings thatcould come from sharing anOlympic venue and housing at

Philadelphia 76ers’ JrueHoliday(11) drives aroundMilwaukee Bucks’ AndrewBogut (6)in the first half of

an NBA basketball gameSaturday, April, 2, 2011, in

Milwaukee.

Bucks beat 76ers to keepBucks beat 76ers to keepBucks beat 76ers to keepBucks beat 76ers to keepBucks beat 76ers to keepplayoffs hopes aliveplayoffs hopes aliveplayoffs hopes aliveplayoffs hopes aliveplayoffs hopes aliveReuters

MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Bucks maintained their slim playoff chances by completing a93-87 victory in overtime over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday. The 10th-placed Bucks (31-45) now trail the eighth-placed Indiana Pacers (35-42) by 3.5 games for the final playoff positionin the Eastern Conference with six games remaining.

game, but in the third quarter theypicked up their level of physical-ity,” 76ers coach Doug Collinssaid.

Milwaukee built a 74-67 leadin the fourth but could not finishthe 76ers off. Defense dominatedthe final four minutes in regula-tion as the teams combined toscore just three points.

“We’ve had problems prettymuch all year closing games out.But I think it all goes back to theoffensive end,” said Bucks guardJohn Salmons.

“All year, we struggled on theoffensive end and that just contin-ues down the stretch of games. It’s

been a problem all year trying tofigure out the offensive end.”

Salmons led the Bucks with 19points and Bogut had a double-double with 10 points and 11 re-bounds. Elton Brand led Philadel-phia with 20 points and 12 re-bounds and Jrue Holiday added15 points and 10 assists.

AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps

Azarenka beats Sharapovato win Miami title

AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan

Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, holds up the trophy after her 6-1,6-4 win against Maria Sharapova, of Russia, in the women’sfinal at the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in KeyBiscayne, Saturday, April 2, 2011.

less, Sharapova managed to groundout an opportunity for a comebackin the second set when she saved twochampionship points at 5-3.

Then Sharapova broke Azarenkafor the fourth time, when theBelarussian double faulted on breakpoint, to move within a game at 5-4.

Azarenka kept her cool thoughand produced a superb backhandwinner down the line to set up herthird championship point and sheclinched the title when Sharapovafound the net. “I played really wellin the first set but Maria is a greatfighter and I had to really hang inthere at the end,” said a delightedAzarenka, who defeated Serena

Williams here in 2009.As expected, the match was a

noisy affair on court with bothplayers shrieking and wailing onevery shot.

Sharapova, who missed threeweeks of practice due to illnessprior to making the quarter-finalsat last month’s Indian Wells, saidshe was pleased with her progressdespite the setback. “If you sawme, say ten weeks ago when Icame back from Paris after pull-ing out, I was in no shape or formto even play a tournament,” saidSharapova. “So it’s really amaz-ing that I made it. I’m proud ofthat.”

Baseball, softballconsider joint 2020Olympic bid

the Olympic Village in 2020.As a result of a 2005 vote,

both sports were dropped fromthe Olympics and won’t be partof the 2012 Games in Londonor the 2016 Games in Rio deJaneiro.

The International SoftballFederation and the InternationalBaseball Federation said theycould meet again next week atthe SportAccord convention inLondon to discuss their proposal.

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Simoncelli and Rossi had beenthe stars of the opening laps, mak-ing the best of the wet conditions tomake swift progress up the order.

Though Stoner had led from pole,ahead of Lorenzo, at first,Simoncelli was soon with the leadduo, and sliced past the Yamaha andthe Honda in quick succession to hitthe front on lap six.

Rossi’s Ducati was also surgingthrough, and by lap seven the Ital-ian had taken third from Lorenzo.He then went down the inside ofStoner for second into the first cor-ner, but though the Ducati nosedahead, he then lost control and fell,sliding into Stoner and eliminatingthe Honda. Rossi was able to con-tinue at the back of the field andwould later visit the Honda garageto apologise to Stoner.

That gave Simoncelli a two-sec-ond lead over Lorenzo, and theGresini Honda rider seemed to havea fine chance of taking not only hismaiden MotoGP win, but the firstfor a satellite rider since Toni Elias’Estoril triumph for Gresini in 2006.

But the dream ended on lap 12,when Simoncelli made a mistake atthe first corner and was launched

JEREZ - Andrea Iannone took acomfortable victory in a damp Moto2race at Jerez. The Italian made swiftprogress forward from 11th on the gridto take the lead from Thomas Luthi intothe first corner just after half-distance.Iannone cruised away once in front, andhis first victory of the year moved himinto an early championship lead.

Luthi held on to a lonely second,ahead of Simone Corsi - who hadproduced an incredible opening-lapcharge to get through from 18th onthe grid to third on lap one, thensliced past early lead combatantsBradley Smith and Yuki Takahashi togo from third to first in a single move.

Though he was pushed back byLuthi and Iannone, Corsi was able toretain third, with Smith taking fourthahead of poleman and Qatar winnerStefan Bradl, who was not a factor inthe lead battle this time. Julian Simonwas sixth while Alex de Angelis madean amazing recovery from a jump-start penalty to salvage seventh.

Eighth went to Kev Coghlan af-ter the best drive of his short Moto2career so far. He beat Michele Pirroto the place, with Max Neukirchner

REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

Suter Moto2 rider Andrea Iannone (R) of Italy sprays cham-pagne next to Thomas Luthi of Switzerland after winning theSpanish Grand Prix in Jerez, southern Spain, April 3, 2011.

Iannone takes wet Moto2 victorytaking 10th from his MZ team-mateAnthony West on the last lap.

Takahashi crashed out of third onlap six. The other main accidentamong the frontrunners happened

moments later, when Jules Cluzellost control at the first corner andcrashed into the back of MarcMarquez, taking both out. Cluzelapologised in the pits afterwards.

AFP PHOTO/ JORGE GUERRERO

Repsol Honda Team’s Australian Casey Stoner (R) and Ducati Team’s Italian Valentino Rossi (L)crash during the MotoGP race of the Spanish Prix at Jerez’s racetrack in Jerez de la Frontera onApril 3, 2011.

Lorenzo wins dramatic Spanish GPJerez - Jorge Lorenzo took a home victory in the Spanish

Grand Prix at a damp Jerez - but only after Valentino Rossi hadtaken Casey Stoner out in a collision as they fought for secondplace, and Marco Simoncelli had crashed out of the lead. Yamahawas set for a one-two until Ben Spies crashed out with just threelaps to go, allowing Dani Pedrosa (Honda) to reclaim seconddespite struggling for speed late on.

into a high-side as he tried to catchhis sliding bike.

Now into the lead, Lorenzolooked set to come under threat fromPedrosa. The Honda rider hadlacked pace in the opening laps,tumbling right down to 10th placebefore mounting a fightback thattook him all the way to second.Lorenzo had things under control,though, and with Pedrosa’s pace fad-ing as expected in the closing stageswhile the Honda rider battles withhis arm issue, the world championwas able to stretch away.

Spies then closed in on Pedrosa,who did his best to hold the Yamahaoff but eventually had to relinquishsecond. He soon reclaimed the placethough, when Spies had a low-sidewith only three laps to go.

Ducati’s Nicky Hayden held thirdafter the early crashes among theleaders, before his pace drifted awayand he fell to fourth. He lost that spotto Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha)moments before Spies’ crash turnedit into a podium place - then wasgiven third back again whenEdwards parked in the gravel at thestart of the final lap.

Hiroshi Aoyama gave Gresini

some consolation with a strong rideto fourth, right on Hayden’s tail,ahead of the recovering Rossi andAspar Ducati’s Hector Barbera.

Rookie Cal Crutchlow (Tech 3Yamaha) had been doing an excep-tional job to run fifth for much ofthe race, until a late fall saw him

drop to eighth. Fellow newcomerKarel Abraham also fell as he battledto resist Aoyama for seventh, butwith the attrition ahead the CardionAB Ducati rider was able to get theposition back in the end. Toni Elias(LCR Honda) and John Hopkins(Suzuki) completed the top 10. An-

drea Dovizioso had a trip throughthe gravel and a pitstop on the wayto a distant 12th on the third Honda.

Randy de Puniet’s strong quali-fying performance for PramacDucati was wasted by a bad start andlater an incident that forced him toretire.