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Fennell’s arrival comes as orga-nizers struggle to cope with unfin-ished buildings, a filthy athletes’village, a bridge collapse near themain stadium and numerous otherproblems. But even as star athleteswithdrew and doubts over the stag-ing of the Commonwealth Gamesgathered momentum, Indian offi-

Associated Press Writer

WELLINGTON, New Zealand– A pod of 74 pilot whales strandedthemselves on a remote northernNew Zealand beach — the secondtime in a month that a mass beach-ing has happened in the region, of-ficials said Wednesday.

Twenty-five of the animals werealready dead when officials arrivedat Spirits Bay beach, Department

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Two people inspect one of 25 pilot whales that died on Sep-tember 22, 2010 after beaching themselves at Spirits Bay, 320kilometres (200 miles) northwest of Auckland.Continued on page 6

74 pilot whales strandedon New Zealand beach

of Conservation area managerJonathan Maxwell said. In additionto the 49 still alive and stuck onthe beach, another 50 were spot-ted just offshore, he said.

“We need as many volunteers aspossible, as it will be at least untiltomorrow (Thursday) before wecan look at refloating them, whichmeans caring for them over thenext two days,” he said.

Indian workersdismantle thecollapsed foot-bridge at TheJawaharlalStadium, themain venue forthe forthcomingCommonwealthGames, in NewDelhi on Septem-ber 22, 2010.TheDelhi Common-wealth Gameswere plungedinto crisis 12days from thestart after theathletes’ villagewas described as“uninhabitable”and a footbridgecollapsed at themain stadium.

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Commonwealth Gameschief rushing to New Delhi

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Associated Press Writer

NEW DELHI – Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennell is rushing to NewDelhi on an emergency visit amid widespread anger over India’s frenzied last-minute prepa-rations for the event which is due to open a week from Sunday. Commonwealth Games Fed-eration chief executive Mike Hooper told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Fennellwould arrive Thursday and had requested a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

cials were attempting to play downconcerns as an international over-reaction.

“Athletes and guests should notbother about such small matters,”Urban Development Minister JaipalReddy told CNN-IBN televisionabout the unclean accommodations,insisting that the Commonwealth

Games village would be immaculateby the time events begin Oct. 3.

Officials from some delegationshave already moved into the village,which is due to open to athletes from71 countries by Friday.

As to the collapse of the 90-meterpedestrian bridge — which injured23 construction workers, five criti-

cally — New Delhi Chief MinisterSheila Dikshit told reporters: “Theaccident is not as big as being madeout to be. We are giving adequatecompensation to those injured.”

The pedestrian bridge, whichwas still under construction, leadfrom a parking lot to the games’main stadium. Dikshit is the equiva-lent of the city’s mayor. The Games,which bring together more than7,000 athletes and officials from allover the British Commonwealthevery four years, was supposed toshowcase India’s emerging powerin the international community.

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Pascal Morabito joined by transla-tors Dewa Putra Diasa and Dewa RaiBudiasa, stated his apologize of bring-ing those skulls to Bali. Truly, thoseskulls now confiscated by the policewere only his private collection. Evenbefore moved to Bali four years ago, ithas been a decoration in his house inFrance, “I brought it from my country.I didn’t know that in Bali you can’tbring such stuffs.”

What’s need to be known, Pascalclarified, it has nothing to do with thepratima case. Actually the designer

Negara (Bali Post)-Post one week after Eid Al Fitri,

thousands of new comers coming toBali through Gilimanuk Harbour hasbeen sent back to their home. Theyare noted by National ID Card (KTP)Checking Post have violated the de-mography regulations. During thecoming back current approximately100 violations happened everydaysuch as new comers without or withinvalid KTP.

Gilimanuk Head Village, IGN RaiBudi last Tuesday (21/9) mentioneduntil Monday afternoon it has beennoted 1395 violations where 572people without KTP and 848 peoplebrought invalid KTP.

Meanwhile 1075 people havebeen sent back by using ships to

Semarapura (Bali Post)-

The all night rain on Monday (20/9) caused landslides on some areasin Klungkung Region such as on thegorge that has Pura (temple) MasayuSubak Dlod Banjarangkan above itwhich is around the Jepang Cave ob-ject. Yet that gorge has always beenhit by landslides every time heavyrain comes.

Luckily the landslide this time isnot as worse so those soils that areblocking roads can be removed asfast as possible. Klungkung RegionGovernment has allocated budget tomake a safety barrier for the gorge

Amlapura (Bali Post) -A total of 46 immigrants through

the port Padangbai, Karangasemwhen the reverse flow, were repatri-ated to their homes because no com-plete self resident’s identity or iden-tity card. They were asked to take careof the identity beforehand, so that laterif there is a problem of unwanted, canbe immediately contacted his familyin the area of origin.

It was mentioned by Plt. Head of-ficial and Civil RegistrationKarangasem region, Drs. AAG RamaPutra, Tuesday (21 / 9) yesterday inKarangasem. Rama Putra who is also

by: IBP/Pramana Wijaya

Pascal Morabito, center, acompanied by his lawyers, give press confrence on on Tuesday (21/9)regarding the skull that was found in his villa

Founded Skulls NoFounded Skulls NoFounded Skulls NoFounded Skulls NoFounded Skulls NoConnection To ”Pratima” CasesConnection To ”Pratima” CasesConnection To ”Pratima” CasesConnection To ”Pratima” CasesConnection To ”Pratima” CasesDenpasar (Bali Post) –

The founded skulls in the villa where Pascal Morabito (65) live at Panti Brawa Street, NorthKuta, Badung, last Monday (13/9) until now is still investigated by Criminal Research investiga-tors of Badung Police Resort. Yet those founded items had no connection to the stolen pratimathat involved seven accused including an Italian, Roberto Gamba. This is told straight away byPascal Morabito during a press conference with a number of media on Tuesday (21/9).

graduate gave appreciation to the po-lice officials in revealing that case andalso to those police who raided his villa,“I don’t mind the Badung Police raidedmy villa. Actually I appreciated it. Onceagain, I apologize and I apologize.”

Connecting to the law process,Pascal admitted has been investi-gated by the Police although still asa witness. He also told the story ofthe skulls and how it got into hishands. He admitted it have bought itin Papua Nugini, “Those skulls wereplaced in my house (France, red) as

a collection. Because I have I havelots of statues collection made fromwood and stones in Bali so I broughtthe skulls to Bali as well.”

As told before, Criminal Re-search of Badung Police Resorttroops led by Head of Union AdjuntPolice Commissioner SomaAdnyana raided the villa lived byPascal Morabito. In this villa, po-lice found a weird item which is hu-man skull. That item was then con-fiscated and investigated thor-oughly. (kmb21)

Immigrants without ID cards Returned to LombokAssistant III Setdakab Karangasemsaid, the team tightening of the iden-tity of the passenger who is a residentmigrants through East Bali entrancein the port Padangbai continue work-ing. Officer examination is dividedinto two working groups (sip).

While Head of Population GedeSukerana added, based on team notesfrom Wednesday (1/9) until Monday(20 / 9) noted 46 residents migrantswith no identity of identity card re-turned to Lombok or NTB region.

Population netted without identityis most prevalent Monday (20) asmany as 10 people, while the previ-

ous one to six people, than the aver-age person can go through PadangbaiBali on average 350 people per days.Sukerana said the number of passen-gers or immigrants who enter throughthe port Padangbai, not as much ofJava through Gilimanuk.

So, passengers who do not comedown until full or congestion. Immi-grant identity examiner could workbetter, because not too dense.Sukerana said, tightening the legalbasis of population identity betweenOther legislation, and the decree ofthe Governor of Bali while on dis-trict Regent Decree. (013)

A Week, Thousands ofNew Comers Sent Back

Ketapang, Banyuwangi. Most ofthose residents wanted to find workin Tabanan, Denpasar even Badung,“We sent them home because theydid not have valid KTP and somecould go through because of visitspurpose also some continued to WestLesser Sundaes (NTB).”

It’s very sad that some people arestill bravely coming in to Bali with-out KTP when actually it has beenwarned through a poster also it hasbeen going on for years in this doorto Bali. Rai Budi as a good Negararesident and obey to the law, it is amust to have and bring KTP as ourown identity, “If we forgot of it’s onprocess it’s a classic response, westill going to sent them back as it isa must owned.” (sur)

Rain, Landslide Hit Several Areas

IBP/Bali Putra

The gorge at Masayu Temple damaged when the heavy rain fallon Klungkung regency

also to secure Pura Masayu aboveit.

A number of locals on Tuesday(21/9) mentioned many efforts havebeen done to anticipate the landslideevery time heavy rain comes. Moreover, Pura Masayu was just rehabbedlately and it’s still in new condition.It is worried if it doesn’t have anysupervision then the pura can alsobe dragged down during the land-slide.

Besides that, landslide also hap-pened in a laying down surface atUma Lemek. The landslide hit itsguard of stone walls and around 6meters of it fell down. (kmb20)

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—Rabies cases having been endemic

in Bali since 2008 pose a serious prob-lem for Bali Province and regency/municipality government in Bali.Various attempts have been made toaddress the more widespread out-breaks of highly lethal disease mak-ing the people of Bali trauma.

No half-heartedly, a depleted bud-get intended for the rabies preventionhas reached IDR 25 billion more.Even, the Bali Provincial Governmentis currently owed approximately IDR7 billion to Sanglah Hospital for thatpurpose. Governor of Bali MadeMangku Pastika revealed so after thesigning of memorandum of under-standing (MoU) between the Bali Pro-vincial Government and regency gov-ernment/municipality throughout Baliwith the Bali Animal Welfare Asso-ciation (BAWA) and the World Soci-ety for the Protection of Animals(WSPA) in relation to prevention ofrabies in the Office of Governor ofBali on Tuesday (Sep 21).

By making cooperation with twoinstitutions highly committed in rabiesprevention efforts, Mangku Pastika

At the trial led by Judge SigitSutanto, Public Prosecutor EddyArtawijaya stated accused wasproved to have violated two sectionsat once which are section 363 para-graph 1 the 4th with section 64 para-graph 1 of the Criminal Code on rob-bery done by the two or more rob-bers also section 3 paragraph 1 al-phabet a of the Law No. 15 year 2002which has changed to Law No. 25year 2003 about money washingcrime, “We did not found apologizerreason from the accused acts.”

The two accused did the robberyfrom September 2008 until February2010. Around September 2008, Robycame to Bali and rented a house atPulau Adi II Street No. 11 Denpasar.In that house, Roby and Max livedtogether with Agus Gurtono aliasBlack Sweet (separated case), TendyCandra (wanted), Yusep Candra(wanted), Wilianto (separated case),Ngatemin (separated case), Linda

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Indonesia makes sure that it will not

send the Indonesian workers (TKI) tocountries like Malaysia, Kuwait andJordan. Such deadline will expire ifthose countries are capable of provid-ing assurance along with safety protec-tion to the labor forces.

“Government does not want anykinds of persecution against the laborforce working abroad. On that account,the government has commitment thatit will send the workers if it has ob-tained an assurance on safety protec-tion,” said Minister of Labor andTransmigration Muhaimin Iskandar inthe International Industrial RelationsAssociation / International Labor andEmployment Relations Association(IIRA/ILERA), at the Inna Grand BaliBeach on Tuesday (Sep 21).

In response to labor workingabroad, this Chairman of the NationalAwakening Party (PKB stated that hisparty had provided with an appeal tothe labor so they could conduct self-protections. “One of them is by hold-ing the passport and never entrustedit to others. No less important was ask-ing for day-off once a week where thetime could be used to coordinate withthe embassy so their development canbe monitored,” he said.

Minister Muhaimin mentioned thatup to these days there was a differ-ence between government and the In-donesian migrant workers recruit-ment (PJTKI) regarding to charges ofsending migrant workers to overseas.In principle, government attempted to

Amlapura (Bali Post)—Summit of the Usabha festivity

held on Bukit Gumang Temple,Bugbug Customary Village,Karangasem, coincided with the fullmoon of Balinese calendar on Thurs-day (Sep 23). No less than 50 jempanaor palanquins used to convey thepratima or sanctified effigy of deitiesfrom four villages were paraded.Similarly, some 1,000 sucklingroasted pigs were presented by localdevotees to Bukit Gumang Temple onTuesday (Sep 21) by the nightfall inrelation to mapinton, masosot or paythe vows.

Frangipani trees around the templefrequently looked like roasted pig-leaved. In many instances, localpeople put the roasted pig on a branchof frangipani as they lacked for spaceto put it because of narrow plain areaon the top of Bukit Gumang. Maleresidents or household heads ofBugbug Village shouldered offerings.They put the roasted pig on the oneend, while the offerings on anotherend. Almost every household headpresented at least one roasted pig.

Meanwhile, women or housewiveswere responsible for protecting or tak-ing their children. Not less than

IBP/Eka Adhyasa

The defendants of the ATM robbers, Roby Sugihartono andSuhadi Lumanto listen to their verdict in Denpasar court onTuesday, September 21st 2010.

ATM RobbersATM RobbersATM RobbersATM RobbersATM Robbers13 Years Jailed13 Years Jailed13 Years Jailed13 Years Jailed13 Years JailedDenpasar (Bali Post) –

Accused Roby Sugihartonoand Suhadi Lumanto sus-pected to have been involvedin the Automatic Teller Ma-chine (ATM) robbery in someplaces at Denpasar City, havebeen punished 13 years of jailby Denpasar District Courtlast Tuesday (21/9). Accusedwere also obligated to payIDR 100 Million fine to subsi-dize six months jail.

(wanted), Ronald and Pandu.At that place too, accused Roby and

Max with their colleagues held apreparation meeting led by HendriHartanto (wanted) on putting on theskimmer and getting out the moneyusing a fake ATM card. The skimmerfunctioned to steal the customer’s datawhich will be received by Marino V(wanted) then it is set by Hendri usinga laptop. After that skimmer and pinstealing camera will be given to thetwo accuse which is placed on ATMmachines. The skimmer placement hasbeen done around September 2008until December 2009 by the two ac-cused in crowded areas such Kuta andSanur. When accused Roby put on the

skimmer and camera, accused Macwas the one queuing in front of themachine so the action was not known.Skimmer and camera will then be leftfor four to five hours which then willbe given to Hendri Hartanto where itsresults then will be sent to Marinovthrough e-mail. A year later, Marinovreplied the e-mail whch has data ofpin numbers, ATM cards, the ownerand national codes. Those ata wasthen managed by accused Max tobecome new fake ATM card. By us-ing it, then the two accused can takeout money from the ATM machine.Due to accused acts, Bank CentralAsia (BCA) had loss of IDR5.854.158.355,03. (015)

Rabies prevention spends IDR 25 billionBali targeted to be rabies-free in 2012

targeted Bali to be free from rabies in2012. He asserted, the commitment torealize Bali free from rabies certainlyrequired extraordinary efforts recog-nized legally and humanly. More im-portantly, every component of societyshould also take active part in suppress-ing the number of rabies cases to mini-mal point.

“After signing the MoU, Bali Pro-vincial Government will hold a massvaccination to humans and dogs,” hesaid. This former Chief of Bali Policeadded that the rabies epidemic hadspread in Bali since 2008. In 2008, thecases of dog bites were recorded toreach some 50 thousand bites and ap-proximately 24 thousand in 2009.Meanwhile, until this September 2010,the cases of dog bite throughout Balihad reached 41,172 cases. “On aver-age, there are 165 cases of dog bitesoccurred in Bali every day during2010,” he added.

Since the rabies outbreak spread, hesaid, Bali had eliminated more than 100thousand dogs and vaccinated morethan 250 thousand dogs. These mea-sures were done of course within theframework to prevent the spread of ra-

bies outbreaks. Related to commitmentto realize Bali as a rabies-free island,he emphasized on the necessity of theurgent global cooperation implementedsynergistically and sustainably. “At themoment, rabies is extremely threaten-ing the human life and animals we careabout. For Bali, the dogs are specialbecause they are familiar to human lifeand have a myth upheld by the soci-ety,” he added.

On that occasion, Director of WSPAMelly Wibisono declared that rabiestreatment could not be carried out sim-ply by elimination. She confirmed thatvaccination and acting more humanlyto a dog would be much more impor-tant and civilized.

Meanwhile, Spokesperson of WSPANamrata Chowdhary said that her partygot involved in freeing Bali from ra-bies by means of training people so theyhad the ability to teach and prevent therabies. In this cooperation, WSPA pro-vided a financial assistance worth IDR9 billion to fight against rabies outbreakin Bali. “Bali is unique. We do not agreeto the mass elimination as it is unableto liberate from rabies and not humane,”she said. (kmb13)

Indonesia delays to sendmigrant workers to Malaysia,Kuwait and Jordan

minimize the charges to as low as pos-sible, so ultimately it would not in-criminate the workers themselves.

When asked if there were anyPJTKI companies committing unlaw-ful action, Minister Muhaimin wouldnot tolerate them. Their license wouldbe instantly withdrawn. Regarding tothe possibility of violations commit-ted by a number of PJTKIs previ-ously, he said that their identity werestill being investigated. “We are stillexamining their identity thoroughlywhether they belonged to individualor company,” he said.

However, behind the ban to Ma-laysia, Kuwait and Jordan, Muhaiminsaid, the public interest to becomeoverseas workers remained quitelarge. Its annual growth reached 10percent. Then, regarding to salaries,it would become the sole authority ofrespective embassy to arrange. Ifthere were any salaries below thestandard, then the government wouldautomatically reject the agreementdraft proposed.

In the meantime, in his speech,Minister Muhaimin explained that In-donesia had a population of approxi-mately 234,181,000 people. Laborforce amounted to 116 million and92.6 percent of them were working orabout 107.4 million were active work-ers. The remaining 30.72 million orabout 28.61 percent of them workedin formal sector. Therefore, Indonesiahad to be careful in making and imple-ment particular policies and decisionsin industrial relations. (015)

Hundreds of roasted pigsoffered in Usabha Gumang

10,000 residents of Bugbug Villageand other four supporting customaryvillages such as Bebandem, NgisManggis and Jasri as well as Bugbugthronged and climbed the somewhathigh Bukit Gumang. Both local resi-dents and foreigners married to localgirl of Bugbug also came while tak-ing their children to attend themapinton prayer (a kind of reportingworship and invoking grace and pro-tection) to elder deities venerated inBukit Gumang Temple.

All palanquins of local deities ofthe three surrounding villages consist-ing of Ngis Manggis, Jasri andBebandem were carried by devoteesand escorted by other devotees toBukit Gumang temple. Meanwhile,the deities abiding at Datah, Abangwas only worshipped through repre-sentation shrines or diayeng.

Head of Bugbug Customary Vil-lage, I Wayan Mas Suyasa, said theimplementation of the ngusabha ritualevery full moon of the fourth month(in Balinese calendar) in even year,like this year was celebrated by gran-diose procession. It was marked bythe presence of Ida Ratu from all vil-lages, while in the odd year the usabharitual would take the smaller scale.

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Wen Jiabao’s remarks Tuesdaynight in New York were the first bya top Chinese leader on the issuethat has led Beijing to suspend min-isterial-level contacts with Tokyo.China also has said Wen would notmeet with Japanese Prime MinisterNaoto Kan during U.N. meetings inNew York this week.

In comments carried on thewebsite of China’s Foreign Minis-try, Wen laid the blame for the dis-pute entirely at Japan’s door. Tokyo“bears full responsibility for thesituation, and it will bear all conse-quences,” he said to a gathering ofoverseas Chinese.

China-Japan relations are at theirworst in half a decade, after Japan

Agence France Presse

WASHINGTON – PresidentBarack Obama struggled to crafthis Afghan war strategy amid in-fighting and fierce dissent at theWhite House and with Pentagonofficials, according to media re-ports Wednesday on a new book byveteran reporter Bob Woodward.Extracts from the book “Obama’sWars” quoted in a report by theWashington Post said the US leaderrejected any US effort for “long-term nation-building.”

With access to administrationofficials and even Obama himself,Woodward paints a picture of aWhite House national securityteam consumed by dissension as

Associated Press Writer

UNITED NATIONS – A three-day summit to push global leadersto meet U.N. goals to significantlyreduce poverty by 2015 wraps upWednesday with new financialpledges from countries but no cer-tainty there will be enough moneyand political commitment to meetthe targets.

With many countries under fi-nancial pressure from the effects ofthe global economic crisis as wellas rising food and energy prices,Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonhas repeatedly urged governmentsnot to abandon the 1 billion peopleliving on less than $1.25 a day.

Britain’s Deputy Prime Minis-ter Nick Clegg, in prepared re-marks for delivery at the Millen-nium Development Goals summitWednesday, urged other countriesto show the same resolve as Brit-ain in meeting their aid commit-ments, despite the fallout from thefinancial meltdown.

Clegg pointed to “fragile spaces— like Afghanistan — where hatecan proliferate and terrorist attackscan be planned, where organizedcriminals can harvest the drugs thatravage our streets, where familiesare persecuted, displaced, pushed

New book paints Obama ‘struggle’ on Afghan strategythe president sought a way to extri-cate the US military from Afghani-stan.

“Everything we’re doing has to befocused on how we’re going to get tothe point where we can reduce ourfootprint,” Obama is quoted as say-ing in the book, according to theWashington Post, where Woodwardworked for decades.

“It’s in our national security inter-est. There cannot be any wiggleroom,” Obama is reported to havesaid. “This needs to be a plan abouthow we’re going to hand it off andget out of Afghanistan,” Obama said.Obama decided last December on asurge of 30,0000 troops to battle Af-ghan insurgents and set a July 2011date to start an American withdrawal.

The president rejected a Penta-gon request for 40,000 troops,Woodward said, chroniclingObama’s meetings with DefenseSecretary Robert Gates and Secre-tary of State Hillary Clinton in themonths leading up to his Decem-ber announcement.

“I’m not doing 10 years,” he toldGates and Clinton in a late October2009 meeting. “I’m not doing long-term nation-building. I am notspending a trillion dollars,” he isquoted as saying, according to thePost.

The deployment, acceleratingthe now nine-year war againstTaliban fighters, brought the num-ber of US forces in the country tomore than 100,000.

AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Barack Obama

AP Photo/Kin Cheung

China premier threatensChina premier threatensChina premier threatensChina premier threatensChina premier threatensJapan over boat disputeJapan over boat disputeJapan over boat disputeJapan over boat disputeJapan over boat dispute

Two Hong Kong marinepolice boats, left, follow a

Hong Kong fishingvessel carrying seven

activists as it sets sail fora group of islands in theEast China Sea claimed

by both China and Japanon Wednesday, Sept. 22,

2010. The protestmission comes as

tensions flared betweenthe two countries after

Japan arrested aChinese captain whose

fishing boat collided withJapanese coast guard

vessels near thedisputed islands twoweeks ago. ChinesePremier Wen Jiabao

threatened actionagainst Japan on

Tuesday if the captainisn’t immediately

released.

Associated Press Writer

BEIJING – China’s premier threatened action against Japan ifTokyo does not immediately release a ship captain detained in his firstcomments amid a growing fight over disputed islands.

arrested the Chinese captain of a fish-ing boat that collided two weeks agowith Japanese coast guard vessels nearislands in the East China Sea claimedby both nations. Japan extended hisdetention Sunday, and China re-sponded by suspending contacts.

The dispute over the islands,known as Senkaku by Japan andDiaoyu or Diaoyutai in Chinese,comes as an increasingly confidentChina — its economy booming andmilitary expanding — asserts its pres-ence in the region. A Japanese gov-ernment spokesman made a concilia-tory gesture Wednesday morning, butit was not clear of he was aware ofWen’s comments at the time.

“If possible, it would be good to

quickly hold high-level talks, includ-ing broad, strategic discussions,”Japanese Chief Cabinet SecretaryYoshito Sengoku told reporters, say-ing that the countries should con-tinue to strengthen their ties despitethe dispute.

The telephone at China’s ForeignMinistry rang unanswered Wednes-day, a national holiday in China. OnTuesday, a Chinese Foreign Minis-try spokeswoman Jiang Yu explainedthat Wen would not be meetingJapan’s Kan in New York because“The atmosphere is obviously notsuitable for such a meeting.”

Anti-Japanese protests have al-ready flared in numerous locationsaround China, and the dispute hasspilled into cultural ties. Beijingabruptly canceling invitations to1,000 Japanese youth to the Shang-hai expo and the Japanese pop groupSMAP has called off a concert inShanghai.

AP Photo/Aaron Jackson

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a summit onthe Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarterson Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010.

UN anti-poverty goals getnew financial pledges

to seek refuge with us.”“So we do not see the Millen-

nium Development Goals just asoptimistic targets for far awaylands,” he said. “They are not sim-ply charity, nor are they pure al-truism. They are also the key tolasting safety and future prosper-ity for the people of the UnitedKingdom.” Afghan Foreign Min-ister Zalmai Rassoul told the lead-ers Tuesday that the lack of secu-rity in his home country has madeit harder to achieve the anti-pov-erty goals, known as the MDGs.

“The enemies of peace and sta-bility in Afghanistan are still ac-tive, orchestrating well-plannedattacks against schools, clinics,teachers, doctors, government em-ployees and even young children,particularly school girls,” Rassoulsaid. “Unfortunately, similar at-tacks continue against humanitar-ian aid organizations and their per-sonnel.”

The world leaders are review-ing efforts to implement anti-pov-erty goals adopted at a summit in2000. These include cutting ex-treme poverty by half, ensuringuniversal primary education, halt-ing and reversing the HIV/AIDSpandemic, and cutting child andmaternal mortality — all by 2015.

Hotel Activities Thursday, September 23, 2010 5International

Temple Ceremony

4h – “Tumpek Wayang”, day devoted to“Sanghyang Iswara”, the lord of puppeteers, whenblessing ceremony is given to shadow – puppet playsets for proper function and magical power.

Temple Festival at:- Pr.aspahit, Jembrana.- Pr. Panti Gelgel, Ds. Pangembungan, Sesetan,

Badung.- Pedharman Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan,

Besakih.- Pedharman Dalem Sukawati, Besaih.- Pedharman Kaba-Kaba , Besakih.- Pedharman Dalem Bakas, Besakih.- Pr. Pedharman Mengwi, Besakih.- Pr. Penataran Giri Purwa, Ds. Kutarejo, Tegal

Dalimo, Banyuwangi.

5th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Maospahit, Ds. Gerenceng Denpasar.

8th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Ulun Kulkul, Besakih.- Pr. Melanting, Ds. Camenggaon, Sukawati.- Pr. Penataran Agung, Teluk Padang,Karangasem.- Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Pangembungan,Bongkasa, abiansemal.- Pr. Pasek Bandesa, Ds. Riyang Gede, Penebel

Tabanan.- Pr. Pasek Banjar Jawa, Buleleng.- Pr. Gaduhan Jagat, Ds. Singakerta, Ubud.- Pr. Masceti Tengah, Ds. Mancawarna,

Tampaksiring.- Pr. Penataran Batulepang, Ds. Kamasan,

Klungkung.- Pr. Paibon Pasek Gobleg, Ds. Kedonganan,

Kuta- Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Songan, Batur,

Calendar of Event (Sep 3- 23 2010)Kintamani.- Pr. Pasanggerahan Agung, Ds. Bebandem,

Karangasem.- Pr. Penataran Dalem Peed, Nusa Penida.- Mr.Pasek Perateka, Ds. Pekandelan,Sidemen, Karangasem.- Mr.Pasek Perateka Taman Sari, Sukasada.- Pr. Kawitan Jero Wenayu, Ds. Wenayu,

Bedulu, Gianyar.- Pr. Jati, Ubud.- Pr. Gua, Besakih.10th _ Temple Festival at:

- Merajan Geriya Kebon – Tabanan.- Pr. Candi Gora, Ds. Tianyar, Karangasem.

14th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Puseh Jagat Dalem Dukut, Nusa Penida.- Pr. Dalem, Ds. Batuyang, Batubulan.- Pr. Pasek Magending, Kediri, Tabanan.- Pr. Pasek Undagi, Ds. Timpag, Kerambitan,

Tabanan.- Pr. Desa + Pura Pucak, Br. Taman Bedulu,

Gianyar.- Mr.Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung, Ds. Sulahan.- Mr.Pasek Padang Rata, Ds. Padang,

Karangasem.- Pr. Telaga Sakti/Dalem Tarukan, Ds.Ambengan, Nusa Penida.- Pr. Dalem, Ds. Padangan, Pupuan, Tabanan.- Pr. Yogha, Br. Teba Jero, Kaba-Kaba, Kediri

Tabanan.- Pr. Dalem Purwa, Br. Kawan, Bangli.

15th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Agung Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Sibang Kaja,

abiansemal.- Pr. Dalem Samprangan, Gianyar.- Pr. Ds. Galiran, Bhakti Seraga, Buleleng.

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

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

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

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

IBP

UBUD - Celebrating the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival theme Harmony in Diver-sity, theatre fireFLY presents a physical theatre performance “The Conference of theBirds”, based on a 12 Century Sufi poem by Farid Ud Din Attar. The story tells of agroup of diverse birds on a quest for Oneness.

One of the most famous and quoted sections from The Conference of the Birds isabout this unity they eventually achieved.

The actors bring this timeless classic to life with music, singing, dancing and storytellingthat blends Sufi traditional forms with contemporary styles in the majestic setting of thePurnama Open Theatre, Maya Ubud Resort & Spa.

The multi-cultural, intergenerational fireFLY ensemble including Atta Melvin, RadityaSantosa, Oded Carmi, Virginia Hicks, Yuanita Ramadhani and Lindsey Wise appear inthis vibrant adaptation. The cast is led by Sage Alia Kimball playing the Hoopoe who,with the spiritual ardour of Joan of Arc incites the birds to brave the arduous journey insearch of their souls.

Live instrumentation by Anello Capuano and ensemble features North African, MiddleEastern, Central Asian and Indian music. Choreography is by Eilat Tovi and direction byRehane Abrahams.

With live instrumentation, storytelling, singing and dancing, this theatrical odysseybrings to the stage a well loved classic of Islamic literature and promises to be a rare treatfor the soul.

The Conference of the Birds will be held every evening during the Ubud Writers &Readers Festival 6-10 October at Purnama Open Theatre, Maya Ubud Resort & Spa at7pm, except on Thursday, 7 October there will be a special performance for SchoolsMatinee at 11am.

The Conference of the Birds - ATale of Magic, Music and Wonder

Thursday, September 23, 20106 News

Counting has been completed inmost of the country’s 34 provinces andpartial results — subject to change asallegations of multiple and proxy vot-ing are investigated — are being sentto Kabul for validation.

An announcement on preliminaryresults is expected on October 9 withfinal results due October 30, accord-ing to the Independent ElectionCommission (IEC). The IEC sayssome fraud is “inevitable” but hasaffirmed its commitment to workingwith the Electoral Complaints Com-mission (ECC) “to eliminate the ef-fect from the final results insofar aspossible”.

The ECC said it had received a to-tal of 2,064 complaints relating to ir-regularities on polling day after aTuesday deadline for submissions ex-pired. ECC commissioner and spokes-man Ahmad Zia Rafaat told AFP that1,700 official complaints had been ad-judicated relating to the pre-electionprocess that began in April — bring-ing the total number so far to 3,764.

Afghans can register complaintsabout any part of the electoral processwithin three days of an alleged irregu-

Reuters

ROME – Italian authori-ties have seized 7 tons ofpowerful RDX explosive ap-parently being shipped fromIran to Syria and believe thatat least part of the cargo mayhave been intended for Italy,police sources said onWednesday. The cargo wasfound by anti-Mafia police ina shipping container in thesouthern port of Gioia Tauro.

They are still trying to as-certain whether the explo-sives were in Italy becausethe ship transporting themwas making a technical stop,or whether part of the cargowas intended to be unloadedin the port. RDX, also knownas T4, is a powerful high ex-plosive designed for militaryand industrial use.

Afghanistan tacklingAfghanistan tacklingAfghanistan tacklingAfghanistan tacklingAfghanistan tacklingalmost 4,000 poll complaintsalmost 4,000 poll complaintsalmost 4,000 poll complaintsalmost 4,000 poll complaintsalmost 4,000 poll complaintsAgence France Presse

KABUL – Afghanistan’s elec-toral watchdog said Wednesdayit was dealing with almost 4,000complaints over the parliamen-tary election, which has beentainted by accusations of fraudand Taliban intimidation. Elec-tion officials said 4.3 millionAfghans voted on Saturday de-spite insurgent threats and at-tacks, in their second parlia-mentary poll since the 2001 US-led invasion overthrew thehardline Taliban regime.

larity, and many more are expectedover problems with the post-electionprocess, such as vote counting. “Wekeep receiving complaints everyday,” said Rafaat. More than a mil-lion ballots were found to be fraudu-lent in the August 2009 poll that re-turned President Hamid Karzai for asecond five-year term.

More than 2,500 candidates stoodfor the 249 seats in parliament’slower house, or Wolesi Jirga, but atleast 1,300 polling centres were un-able to open because security couldnot be guaranteed. Afghanistan’smain election observation body, theFree and Fair Election Foundation(FEFA) fielded 7,000 observers, anddetailed thousands of vote day ir-regularities, including use of fakevoter cards and bias of electionworkers.

The Asia Network for Free Elec-

tions (ANFREL) released a reportWednesday saying the election was“marred by a series of security threatsand misconduct” including politicalinterference by local strong men inprovinces. ANFREL said there wereproblems with a shortage of ballot pa-pers, multiple and proxy voting, aswell as problems with indelible ink— supposed to guard against a per-son voting more than once — thatcould be washed off.

“We call upon the ECC and PECCto enforce electoral justice by inves-tigating all complaints and concernsof the election stakeholders throughproper adjudication channel; fair andtransparent process,” the report said.

ANFREL is a regional network ofcivil society organisations whichworks to promote and support democ-racy at national and regional levelsin Asia, according to its website.

AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai

Afghan election workers sort ballot boxes at the IndependentElection Commission (IEC) warehouse in Kabul on September22, 2010. Afghanistan’s electoral watchdog says it is dealingwith almost 4,000 complaints over the parliamentary Septem-ber 18 election, which has been tainted by accusations of fraudand Taliban intimidation.

Italian police probe big explosives haul

AP Photo/Adriana Sapone

Italian police stand guard by a confiscated container, in the port ofGioia Tauro, near Reggio Calabria, southern Italy, on Wednesday, Sept.22, 2010.

Volunteers from Far NorthWhale Rescue, conservation of-ficials and the local Maori com-munity were preparing to stayat the beach overnight to helpkeep the whales alive, Maxwellsaid. They would have to battlea strong swell and high windsin an effort to refloat the ani-mals Thursday.

In mid-August at nearbyKarikari Beach, a pod of 58 pi-lot whales stranded. Despitehundreds of helpers fighting tosave them, just nine were even-tually floated off the beach and

Instead, it is becoming anembarrassment, highlighting themany problems that the countryis still struggling to control.

“C’wealth Games India’sShame,” The Times of Indianewspaper reported Wednesdayin a screaming headline. Fennellon Tuesday had written to theIndian government, urging it tofinish the athletes’ village. Inaddition to shoddy conditionsinside and outside the buildings,there also are problems withplumbing, wiring, furnishings,Internet access and cell phonecoverage.

New Zealand officials com-plained that there was excre-ment in many of the rooms,plumbing wasn’t working, andthat there were no handrailsaround balconies or stairwells.

“They have to come up witha clear plan to meet the needsof athletes and show they canprovide consistent standards,”Hooper told AP. Hooper con-firmed reports of excrementfound in rooms in the village.The games have historicallybeen dominated by England,Australia and Canada, and allthree have voiced concernsabout the conditions in India.

“It’s hard to cancel an eventof this magnitude, but we areclose to the wire, and teams maystart to take things into theirown hands,” England chef demission Craig Hunter toldBritain’s Press Association.“Athletes will start getting onplanes soon and decisions willhave to be made. We need newlevels of reassurance.”

Australian discuss worldchampion Dani Samuels with-drew from the games Tuesday,citing concerns over health andsecurity, according to her man-ager, Hayden Knowles.

England’s world championtriple jumper Phillips Idowu

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returned to the sea. A pod of 101pilot whales stranded on thesame beach in 2007.

New Zealand has one of theworld’s highest rates of whalestrandings, mainly during theirmigrations to and from Antarc-tic waters, one of which beginsaround September.

Since 1840, the Departmentof Conservation has recordedmore than 5,000 strandings ofwhales and dolphins around theNew Zealand coast. Scientistshave not been able to determinewhy whales become stranded

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also pulled out, saying in aTwitter message that: “I can’tafford to risk my safety in theslightest. Sorry people, but Ihave children to think about.My safety is more important tothem than a medal.”

Australia’s 1990 Common-wealth Games gold medalistJane Flemming expected moreathletes to withdraw. “The factthat someone of Dani’s stature(has withdrawn) I’m sure ismaking a whole lot of othersquestion their attendance,”Flemming told the AustralianBroadcasting Corp. “It wouldnot surprise me if we now see awhole flux of withdrawals.”

Although no country has saidit will pull out, New Zealandteam manager Dave Currie de-livered a foreboding message ina radio interview. “If the villageis not ready and athletes can’tcome, obviously the implica-tions of that are that (the event)is not going to happen,” Currietold New Zealand radio networknewstalkZB.

Criticism of the games havebecome increasingly vocal inrecent two weeks, with wide-spread accusations of corrup-tion and mismanagement. Orga-nizers were also struggling tocope with unfinished buildings,the filthy athletes’ village, anoutbreak of dengue fever andsecurity worries.

Security has been increasedafter unidentif ied gunmenwounded two tourists Sundayoutside one of the city’s toptourist attractions. An Islamicmilitant group took responsibil-ity for the shooting. New Delhi,India’s capital and home tomore than 12 million people,was chosen to host the 19th edi-t ion of the CommonwealthGames in November 2003. Butbetween then and 2008, thecountry did little to prepare.

Thursday, September 23, 2010 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesian prosecu-tors Tuesday sought six years in jailfor the father-in-law of slain South-east Asian terror mastermindNoordin Mohammed Top.

Baharudin Latif, 55, is accused ofsheltering Malaysian-born Top, wholed a campaign of terror as the self-proclaimed leader of “Al-Qaeda inthe Malay Archipelago” until hisdeath in a police raid a year ago.

Latif was arrested five monthsafter suicide bomb attacks on the JWMarriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels inJakarta in July last year that killedseven people.

Twelve gunmen stormed a police station at Hamparan Perak, nearMedan on Sumatra island, and opened fire shortly after midnight,police spokesman Iskandar Hasan said.

“Three policemen were killed. It was a sudden attack and our of-ficers weren’t ready,” he said.

The victims were shot multiple times at close range, local mediareported. A witness told AFP the attack was swift and appeared tohave been well-planned. The gunmen arrived on motorcycles and usedhand signals to coordinate their movements, he said.

“I saw the riders enter the police station and out of the blue I heardbursts of gunfire that went on for about five minutes,” local residentLindung Ginting said.

“They looked very calm as they stepped out of the station. I sawthem using hand signals to give commands.”

Police believe the assailants were linked to a group targeted in aseries of raids on Sunday, which resulted in the deaths of three al-leged militants and the arrest of 15 others.

The group are suspected of killing a police officer in a spectacularbank robbery in Medan city last month to raise funds for terroristattacks. Police said 15 militants managed to escape Sunday’s raidsand remain at large.

Muslim-majority Indonesia is struggling to deal with the threat ofhomegrown Islamist militants who oppose the country’s secular, demo-cratic system and want to create a caliphate across much of SoutheastAsia.

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - About 500 angry In-donesians staged a motorbike protestoutside the Malaysian ambassador’sresidence in Jakarta on Wednesdayto condemn the abuse of Indonesianmaids by Malaysian employers.

Incensed by the latest case of rapeand torture of an Indonesian domes-tic worker in Malaysia, protesters be-sieged Ambassador Syed MunsheAfdzaruddin’s house and demandedhe leave Indonesia within two days.

They also threatened to roamthrough a nearby shopping malland order any Malaysian they findto go back to their country.

“We want the Malaysian am-bassador to leave Indonesia in twodays. If he doesn’t, we’ll removeall the things in his house,” saidMustar Bonaventura, of national-ist youth group Bendera, whichorganised the rally.

“Malaysia has really gone too far.

Antara

SURABAYA - Four Royal Austra-lian Navy (RAN) ships are scheduledto visit two major cities in Indonesiasoon. Project manager of AusAIDBRIDGE Program (Building Rela-tions through Inter-cultural Dialog andGrowing Engagement), JosephineRatna, said here on Wednesday thatthe visit to Indonesia by four RANships was intended to cultivate Indo-nesia-Australian friendship.

She said two of RAN ships,namely HMAS Success and HMASArunta, were scheduled to arrive atMakassar port in South Sulawesi onFriday, September 24, 2010.

“The two of the four AustralianNavy ships are expected to arrive atHatta container port in Makassar at

Four Australian navy ships to visit Indonesia9.30 Central Indonesia Standard Time(WIT) on Friday morning, Josephinesaid.

While two other ships, namelyHMAS Tobruk and HMASToowoomba, would arrive at TanjungPerak port in Surabaya, East Java, onSaturday, September 25.

She said HMAS Tobruk andHMAS Toowoomba would berth atJamrud Utara pier at Tanjung Perakat 9.30 Western Indonesia StandardTime (WIB) on Saturday morning.

“We will also let the students inMakassar and Surabaya to visit theAustralian Navy ships,” Josehpinesaid.

She said BRIDGE would give anopportunity to the students in the twocities to visit the ships from 9 am to 3pm local time.

AII/Myer Foundation/AusAIDBRIDGE Program (Building Re-lations through Intercultural Dia-logue and Growing Engagement)is currently the AII’s largest pro-gram. The BRIDGE program hasbeen operating successfully since2008 and is managed by the AII inconjunction with the Asia Educa-tion Foundation.

The AII has received funds fromThe Myer Foundation and AusAIDto support the program.

The BRIDGE program is an in-novative education project whichfunds visits by Indonesian teach-ers to Australian schools and sup-ports development of school e-twinning and an online collabora-tive curriculum strategy betweenAustralian and Indonesian schools.

Indonesia seeks six years forNoordin’s father-in-law

The hotel blasts were believed to beTop’s last attacks in a career that alleg-edly included the 2004 bombing of theAustralian embassy in Jakarta and at-tacks on tourist spots in Bali in 2005.

“The defendant is guilty of hidingand providing assistance to terrormastermind Noordin MohammedTop,” prosecutor Firmansyah told theSouth Jakarta district court.

“They shared a similar concept ofjihad (holy war) with the objective tokill infidels (non-Muslims).”

Noordin allegedly visited Latif’shouse in Cilacap, Central Java, onseveral occasions and married hisdaughter, Arina Rahmah, in 2006. Thecouple had two children.

Latif’s son, Ata Sabiq Alim, 24,is standing trial separately on simi-lar charges.

“He acted as Noordin’s guard.He always escorted Noordin dur-ing his trips,” prosecutor NanaMulyana said.

Rahmah was arrested and ques-tioned about her husband’s terror-ist activities but she was releasedwithout charge after claiming shehad no idea he was one of Asia’smost wanted men.

Prosecutors said they did notseek the maximum 15 years’ jailterm for the two defendants be-cause they had been polite and co-operative in court.

Militants kill three police in IndonesiaMilitants kill three police in IndonesiaMilitants kill three police in IndonesiaMilitants kill three police in IndonesiaMilitants kill three police in IndonesiaAgence France-Presse

MEDAN - Suspected Islamist militants killed three Indonesianpolice officers Wednesday in apparent retaliation for the arrestand killing of members of their group, police said.

AFP PHOTO / ATAR

Investigators seal off the Hamparan Perak police station in Sumatra island on September 22, 2010 follow-ing an attack by suspected Islamic militants that left three police officers dead in apparent retaliation forthe arrest and killing of members of their group.

Indonesianactivists shoutslogans duringa protest infront of theMalaysianAmbassador’sresidence inJakarta onSeptember 22,2010 to con-demn the abuseof Indonesianmaids byMalaysianemployers.

Indonesians vent anger overmaid abuse in Malaysia

Again they’re torturing and rapingour domestic workers. We’ve lostour patience. They’ve degraded In-donesia and its citizens.”

Protesters shouted “Malaysiansare insolent,” sang the Indonesiananthem and carried banners withmessages like “Crush Malaysia”.

Organisers said they wouldmove to the Malaysian embassylater Wednesday to continue theirdemonstration, and target Malay-sian shoppers.

“We’ll tell the Malaysian shop-pers in Senayan City mall to stopshopping in Indonesia and get out.But we’ll tell them nicely becausewe’re not like those Malaysianswho are torturers and rapists,”Bonaventura said.

Spats regularly erupt betweenIndonesia and Malaysia over anarray of issues, particularlyMalaysia’s treatment of the sometwo million Indonesians whowork there.

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

8 InternationaThursday, September 23, 2010

Bali Today

He said Bali’s tuna exports in the Janu-ary-July 2010 period reached US$53.7 mil-lion, a six percent increase compared to thesame period of last year’s 50.6 million dol-lars.

Tuna production both fresh andcanned contributed 16.7 percent of Bali’srevenue from handicraft and non-oil ex-ports reaching 320 million dollars this year.

This made tuna production the sec-ond biggest contributor to Bali’s revenueafter textile and textile products with 73million dollars.

However, tuna exports to the UnitedStates and Japan in the January-July 2010period dropped 12,076 tons from last year’s12,122 tons.

Bali enjoyed a strong growth of ex-ports in the first semester this year with avalue of 320 million dollars, an increaseof 21 percent compared that in the sameperiod of last year.

“Handicraft products from our lightindustry are still strongly sought after in

Bali Post

DENPASAR - So far there is no rural bank(BPR) in Bali acquired or owned by a foreigninvestor. Despite Bank Indonesia (BI) ofDenpasar Branch declared that there were noprovisions restricting foreigners, local people orthose from outside Bali to acquire BPR, Head ofBank Indonesia of Denpasar Branch, JeffreyKairupan, said Tuesday (Sep 21) the decision toacquire or have acquired was entirely in the handsof the owner of BPR and investors.

“If it has been in accordance with the existingprovisions, all people have equal opportunity toacquire a BPR. The task of BI is only oversee-ing. Should there be any deviation within theprocess the central bank will warn,” he said.

Jeffrey explained the condition of 138 ruralbanks in Bali so far remained pretty good. How-ever, some 10-20 rural banks required special at-tention. BI would continue to nurture those ruralbanks seriously until their performance and levelof health were getting better.

“If within the passage of those BPRs couldnot be fostered, BI does not hesitate to put theminto special supervision status of Bank Indone-sia,” he said. According to him, so far there wereno BPRs in Bali belonging to the special super-vision status of BI. Nevertheless, BI stayed toexpect that all owners and managers of BPR inBali were committed to advancing their ruralbanks.

“It must be born in mind that all banks in-cluding rural banks manage the public funds.

Southeast Asia’s most innovative and exhila-rating literary festival will be known as the 2010Citibank-Ubud Writers & Readers Festival(CUWRF-2010) with Citibank announced asthe Naming Rights Sponsor for the next threeyears.

This year’s Citibank-Ubud Writers & Read-ers Festival theme is “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika:Harmony in Diversity,” epitomizes theFestival’s objective to create a world class lit-erary event that brings together diverse Indo-nesian and international voices for intercul-tural dialogue and exchange. The 2010Citibank-Ubud Writers & Readers Festivalwill take place from 6 – 10 October, in Ubud,Bali, once again welcoming emerging and es-tablished writers from around the globe forfive days of conversation, readings, workshopsand performances in the most breathtakingvenues.

“We are delighted to announce Citibank asthe Naming Rights Supporter for the 2010 UbudWriters & Readers Festival. As part of one ofthe world’s largest financial services compa-nies with a presence in more than 100 coun-tries, Citibank is the logical partner for our Fes-tival, bringing together voices from around theworld.” Festival Director Janet De Neefe said

Citibank will help promote the Ubud Writ-

Bali’s tuna productionearns $53 million in Forex

Antara

DENPASAR - Bali’s tuna production had been increasing despite badweather, head of export division of the Bali Trade and Industry Agency PutuBagiada said here on Wednesday.

the export market,” said Putu referring tothe substantial growth in exports of Bali’slight industries thanks to improved eco-nomic climate in Europe and the U.S.

Exports of various kinds of handicraftitems in the January-July 2010 period, headded, reached 139 million dollars, an in-crease of 26 percent from the 110 milliondollars during the same period of last year.

The positive tendency in the first se-mester of 2010 also occurred in the exportof garments, canned fish and plastic goodsreaching 112.5 million dollars, a 25 percenthike compared to the 89.8 million dollarsduring the January-July 2009 period.

Exports of agricultural products, es-pecially vanilla and the renowned Balinesecoffee, reached 592,600 dollars, an increaseof 24,2 percent compared to 447,000 U.S.dollars.

Bali’s exports were are expected togrow further in the second semester in viewof the positive economic situation in worldmajor export markets, Bagiada said.

BPR in Bali free from foreign investors Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2010:Emerging and EstablishedWriters from Around the Globe

ers & Readers Festival in twelve countries, at-tracting international audiences to a global-minded festival. “It is a pleasure to support thisunique festival that embraces passion, art, andexpression on our beautiful island. Bali has al-ways been a place where people from all na-tionalities come to enjoy life to the fullest, andwe believe it is time that Bali became an inter-national meeting point,” said Irfan Ahmed, CardBusiness Head, Citibank N.A. Indonesia.

In recent years, Indonesia has seen a rise inIndonesian literary works, reflecting a positivetrend in the national cultural scene. With theCitibank-Ubud Writers & Readers Festival,Citibank wants to motivate Indonesian writersto boost creativity even further. “In addition tothis, Citibank also encourages Indonesians toread more and express their ideas through writ-ing,” Irfan added.

The annual Ubud Writers & Readers Festi-val celebrates and explores diversity within con-temporary literature and culture, welcomingwriters from more than thirty countries includ-ing Bosnia, Palestine, Lebanon, Israel, Turkey,Sri Lanka, Burma, India, Malta, Pakistan, UK,US, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and Indo-nesia. The Festival was named by Harper’sBazaar (UK) as “one of the six best literary fes-tivals in the world.”(BTN/014)

Bank Indonesia has a duty to ensure that thesepublic funds are on banking safe hands. On thataccount, all rural banks must continue to improvetheir performance so that people’s confidence isgetting improved,” he asserted.

Jeffrey recognized that existence of unhealthyBPRs would automatically lose the public trust.The growth rate of BPR was currently quite con-ducive. This could be seen from the total loansreaching IDR 2.5 trillion, or grew by 25 percentwithin the past six months.

Meanwhile, an economic observer ofmicrofinance institution (LKM) in Denpasar,Nyoman Putra Mas, expected the holders ofpolicy in monetary sector should give priority tolocal investors in the acquisition of BPR. In thisconnection, as the builder of BPR in Bali, gov-ernment was also expected to be more assertiveto filter the investors wishing to come in.

Previously, Chairman of the Controlling Share-holder Forum (PSP) of BPR Bali, Prof. NyomanSuparta on that occasion revealed that BPRsshould improve and strengthen themselves in fac-ing the tough challenges in the future. Competi-tion against larger banks in the small-medium en-terprises (SMEs) sector urged BPR to be healthierand better.

“We have an interest to keep this industryhealthy. By doing so, this industry grows bigger.Let us undertake the mission as good as possibleby establishing a good corporate government, en-hance the integrity and ethics as the PSP and com-mit the role and functions of PSP to promote trustand image of rural banks,” he said. (par)

IBP/Yudi Karnaedi

Seller filleting fish at the fish market on Kedonganan village, Badung Regency. Bali’stuna production had been increasing despite bad weather, head of export divisionof the Bali Trade and Industry Agency Putu Bagiada said here on Wednesday.

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Balinese Culture

Thursday, September 23, 2010 9al

Around before the 1980s, there were many traditionalorganizations known as sekaa. Most of them abode inagricultural sector. Area of their activities ranged fromcultivating the land up to conveying the rice bundles atpost-harvest time to granary. They were carried outthrough mutual assistance among the members of thesekaa. For consumption, they were largely provided withone time meal at midday and once or two times snackwith coffee. As accompaniment to the coffee, it wasserved traditional cakes such as sticky rice cake withgreen mung.

Ingredients:100g green mung, 200g white sticky rice, 1 cup of

grated coconut and 1 cup of brown sugar sauce.

Method:• Soak the white sticky rice for some 2 hours, while

the green mung should be soaked for one night.• Drain and then mix the green mung thoroughly

with the white sticky rice. Steam this batter. Add somewater onto the half-cooked rice. If the water has run dry,steam it again until cooked.

• Take out and serve it with the sprinkles ofgrated coconut and brown sugar. Now it is ready toserve. (BTN/punia)

Antara

DENPASAR – Customersfrom France imported Bali handi-crafts and other non-oil and gasproducts for $30 million duringJanuary through July 2010. It wasthe highest number of buyersmade by foreign country onBali’s product.

Putu Bagiada, the head of ex-port division in Bali Industrialand Trade Department, said thatthe number of export to Franceincreased almost 50% compare tothe similar period last year which

France, the biggest buyersfor Bali handicrafts

was $20 million.The development of trade to

France is predicted to be in-creased in the next few years be-cause the government is increas-ing the number of direct flights toEurope so the number of touristsfrom France visit Bali will alsoincrease.

France is the third country onthe list of the most buyers ofBali’s non-oil and gas product.The first one is USA with $58.3million and the second country isJapan with $53.9 million.

The increasing number of tour-

ists will affect the number of for-eign trade for Bali’s product be-cause some of the tourists whocome to Bali will bring back sou-venirs to their countries. If theirfriends or families like it, they willorder some more products fromBali so it will increase the exports.

Bagiada said that many foreigntraders come to Bali to buy handi-crafts and sell them in their nativecountries. In addition to Francecustomers, the buyers of Bali’sproducts come from 26 countriesthroughout Europe such as Italy,Spain, England, and Germany.

Sticky Rice Cake withGreen Mung

Cotek or pony fish denotes a bijou and inexpensivemarine fish in Bali. Two main characteristics of this fishare the oblong body and large eyes. Nevertheless, itremains to offer delicious taste, moreover, if it is deep-fried and served with hot-sweet sauce. But, please becareful of its small bones. In the past, this fish was oftenused to pay the services of pengujur or people helpingfishermen in dragging their traditional boat to and fromthe sea. Today, this fish can be purchased at traditionaland super market.

Ingredient:400g pony fish or Cotek (finely cleanse and take out

its intestines)Spices: 4 cloves shallot, 2 cloves garlic, 1 candlenut,

2 large chilies, 2 small chilies, 1 tbsp palm sugar and 1pc medium-sized red tomato

Others: 1 cup palm oil, ½ tsp salt and 1 pc lime

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fragrant. Add slices of palm sugar, salt and keep onstirring until running dry.

· Put the fish on a plate and sprinkle with the hot-sweet sauces. Now, it’s ready to serve. (BTN/punia)

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site in Bali and located in East Bali.its about 2 and half hours driver fromNusa Dua and Kuta area. Tulambenis beach entry dive and the ship as thedive site is about 40 meters from thebeach. The American ship USAT Lib-erty built in 1915 and was destroyedby Japanese submarine on Jan 11,1942 (World War II). It sank on sandfloor at depth of 5 meters and slopedown to max depth of 35 meters.Night diving on this ship wreck is verypopular. Bali’s best wreck dive withbump-head parrot fish, napoleonwrasse and barracuda are regularlyspotted around the wreck. Beside ShipWreck, Tulamben also have manygood sites for dive like: TulambenDrop Off, Coral Garden, etc.

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Menjangan Island DivingMenjangan Island is a small is-

land which is located in North WestBali Island; this island is reached bya 30 minutes boat ride from LabuanLalang. Menjangan Island is wellknown for its magnificent underwa-ter world, have a beautiful corals andfishes. Menjangan Island has manygood dive sites. If you want to ex-plore all of that is need about 2 until3 day. Even large pelagics are some-times seen at Menjangan. Occasion-ally sightings of Whales, Whalesharks and Manta rays have beenreported. Drift diving is usual, but

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Reuters

NEW DELHI - India is aimingto finalize a $5.8 billion defenseagreement with the United Statesbefore the November visit of Presi-dent Barack Obama in a deal thatwould mark the biggest India-U.S.defense deal ever.

The two countries are in talks forIndia to acquire 10 Boeing Co’s C-17 Globemaster III planes, seniorgovernment officials said onWednesday, adding the parties hopeto make the announcement duringObama’s visit.

“The $5.8 billion deal along with allpotential support services and spares isthe biggest-ever defense deal betweenthe two countries till now,” a seniorgovernment official told Reuters.

Another official said the actualannouncement could be made dur-

Asia’s oldest stock market, theBombay Stock Exchange (BSE),started trading in shares on mobilephones on Tuesday while the rivalNational Stock Exchange (NSE)plans to launch a similar service earlynext month.

Trading on mobile phones ispicking up globally, particularly inAsia, where equity markets are onthe rebound from the global finan-cial meltdown of 2008.

The new form of tradingkicked-off in India as share prices hita near three-year high, led by strongoverseas fund inflows and optimismthat Asia’s third-largest economycould grow at nearly nine percent incoming years.

Both the BSE and NSE havetied up with local mobile phone op-erators and software firms to providea real-time data feed and tradingproducts.

Users will now be able to buyand sell shares, view live index andstock prices, as well as get marginand net investment positions on theirphones.

BSE chairman S. Ramadoraisaid: “We believe that this will ad-vance the development of financial

AFP

WASHINGTON - The US Fed-eral Reserve avoided pulling the trig-ger on fresh stimulus spending at atop-level policy meeting, but said itwas prepared to act if the tepid eco-nomic recovery cools further.

The bank’s open market com-mittee held interest rates at recordlows in a bid to shore up what itcalled a “modest” recovery, butshied away from a new — and con-troversial — round of spending.

“The committee will continue tomonitor the economic outlook andfinancial developments and is pre-pared to provide additional accom-modation if needed to support theeconomic recovery,” the Fed said.

During the depths of the reces-sion the bank spent about one tril-lion dollars buying up long-termUS debt and toxic mortgage prod-ucts in an effort to lubricateblocked up financial markets.

That may have helped stave offa rerun of the Great Depression, butthere are widespread concerns thatthe private sector is not ready tostand on its own.

With US growth projected to bean anemic 1.5 percent this year,many commentators have called onthe Fed to once again open thesluice gates and let cash flow intothe economy.

At its August meeting, the banktook the baby step of agreeing tokeep spending at current levels byplowing the proceeds from invest-ments into US bonds.

Since that meeting, a panel oftop economists has declared the USrecession over and a slew of datahas pointed to a moderately betteroutlook, but that has not beenenough to dampen concerns.

India launches mobileIndia launches mobileIndia launches mobileIndia launches mobileIndia launches mobilephone share tradingphone share tradingphone share tradingphone share tradingphone share tradingAgence France-Presse

MUMBAI - India has launched stock trading on mobile phones, hoping to capitalise onthe country’s position as the world’s fastest-growing handset market by catering to tech-savvy investors.

inclusion through higher penetrationof capital markets... by leveragingthe mobile telecom infrastructure inthe country.”

At least 35 accredited BSEbrokers are eligible to provide mo-bile trading to their clients while atthe NSE, at least 800 brokers are lin-ing up to do the same.

“Mobile phone trading willpick up,” said Rajiv Prabhakar, ananalyst with Mumbai brokerage firmSharekhan, through which nearlyone million people trade across In-dia.

India’s investor community isestimated at between 10 and 20 mil-lion but those behind the schemehope to capitalise on the buoyantstate of the country’s mobile phonesector.

One in 10 of the world’s mo-biles is sold in India, according totechnology research specialistsGartner, and the country adds 15-17million new mobile subscribers ev-ery month.

There are now an estimated650 million subscribers.

But per capita ownership in acountry of 1.2 billion people is stilllow at 57 phones per 100 people,

offering massive growth potential inthe years ahead, particularly as 3G“smartphones” become more avail-able across the country.

Brokerages involved hailedthe stocks initiative as empoweringconsumers.

But industry experts say trad-ing on mobile phones is unlikely tosupplant online trading anytime soonand initial usage may be limited sim-ply to viewing market data.

“A new set of investors maynot emerge with the opening of anew technology channel,” said Mon-ish Shah, financial services directorof Deloitte India.

Mobile phone trading haspicked up in Japan and South Ko-rea. In Seoul, it accounts for nearlythree percent of trading volume, ac-cording to stock exchange data.

Mobile banking, introducedtwo years back in India, “is yet topick up” a Reserve Bank of Indiaofficial has said, as transaction vol-umes remain low.

A recent Deloitte India studysuggested nearly 70 percent of mo-bile phone users interviewed in In-dian cities do not use mobile value-added services.

India, U.S. finalizing $5.8billion Boeing aircraft deal

ing President Obama’s visit.India and the U.S. are building a

strategic alliance and security ex-perts say New Delhi’s growing tieswith Washington are seen as a coun-terweight against China’s growingmilitary clout.

India and the United States signeda landmark civilian nuclear deal in2008 and another pact in July lastyear, facilitating the entry of U.S.companies like Lockheed and Boeinginto India’s lucrative defense market.

New Delhi expressed its interestin January to buy the heavy-lift C-17Globemaster aircraft, capable of car-rying large combat equipment andtroops.

“India will receive the most ad-vanced version of the C-17 available,which will include the latest upgradesand capability,” said Vivek Lall,Boeing’s Vice President India, con-

firming the deal.Boeing has sold 221 C-17

Globemaster planes to several coun-tries so far, including Qatar, UnitedKingdom, Australia and Canada, thecompany said.

India is looking to spend more than$50 billion over the next five yearsto modernize its armed forces andlargely Soviet-era equipment, an ef-fort that is in particular focus after the2008 Mumbai attacks revealed secu-rity loopholes and the need to upgradedefenses.

It is also expected to finalize a dealto buy 126 fighter jets.

Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet isalso competing with LockheedMartin’s F-16 , France’s DassaultRafale, Russia’s MiG-35, Sweden’sSaab JAS-39 Gripen and theEurofighter Typhoon, produced by aconsortium of European companies.

US Fed ‘prepared’ toact if recovery stalls

The Fed retained its bleak viewof the health of the world’s largesteconomy, making further actionpossible when the panel meetsagain in early November.

“(The Fed) statement effec-tively kicked the can six weeksdown the road,” said StephenStanley of Pierpont Securities.

The Fed’s top policy panel saidthe pace of recovery had “slowedin recent months” while warningthe pace of economic growthwould be “modest in the nearterm.”

It pointed to now-familiar prob-lems that plague the economy: highunemployment, low consumerspending and a moribund housingsector. Full text of Fed statement

It also gave a thinly veiled warn-ing about the risks of deflation,stating that inflation rates were“somewhat below” target levels.

“The Fed clearly stated currentlevels of inflation are too low, andthat the aim of current policywould be to address the defi-ciency,” according to AndrewSchiff of Euro Pacific Capital.

Even with this bleak backdrop,Fed members again appeared tohave tussled over when crisis mea-sures are needed and if they wouldwork.

Kansas Fed Representative Tho-mas Hoenig, seen as an inflationhawk, voted against the policies,arguing that loose monetary policywould create imbalances overtime.

“The doves are ready now,while the hawks would need to seea significant deterioration in theoutlook to sign off,” said Stanley.

Tuesday’s meeting was thepolicy-making panel’s last beforeNovember’s mid-term elections.

AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER

The US Federal Reserve building is seen on July 30, 2009 inWashington, DC. The US Federal Reserve avoided pulling thetrigger on fresh stimulus spending at a top-level policy meet-ing, but said it was prepared to act if the tepid economic recov-ery cools further.

Entertainment InternationalThursday, September 23, 201012

The hotel empire heiress hadflown into Tokyo’s Narita Airportfrom Las Vegas Tuesday for a pro-motional event, a day after plead-ing guilty to cocaine charges forwhich she received a suspended jailsentence.

Hilton — who had planned tokick off a tour in Japan before fly-ing to Malaysia and Indonesia —had been due to appear at a Tokyoevent to promote her fashion andaccessory lines, together with hersister Nicky, 26.

TV pictures showed her in a bluetracksuit, a baseball cap and sun-glasses as she headed for the airportexit, telling journalists: “I am go-ing back home. I’m looking forwardto coming back to Japan in the fu-ture. I love everyone.” She also toldher followers on microbloggingwebsite Twitter: “About to take off.So disappointed to miss my fans inAsia. I promise to come back soon.I love you all! Love Paris xoxo”

PR company Sunny Side Up Inc.said in a statement: “Paris Hilton

Agence France Presse

BEIJING - Chinese film star Jet Li said Tues-day he would meet Bill Gates and WarrenBuffett to chat about charity work ahead of abanquet for China’s uber-rich hosted by the USphilanthropists this month. Li, a philanthropisthimself who was speaking at a press briefingwhere he was named a Red Cross GoodwillAmbassador, confirmed he had been invited tothe dinner on September 29, but initially re-fused due to his busy schedule.

“Three days ago, I received an email fromGates, hoping I could make time because heand Buffett hoped I could go for a 30-minutechat before the dinner about the future we faceas human beings, so I will go,” Li said.

Gates and Buffett have convinced 40

Associated Press Writer

Oliver Stone was making a statement onthe glibly money-hungry times when his“Wall Street” came out in 1987 and, withit, the iconic figure of Gordon Gekko de-claring that greed, for lack of a better word,was good.

Twenty-three years later, greed is stillgetting a lot of people into a lot of trouble.The entire country, in fact. And so Stone’slatest, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,”is the rare sequel that not only feels relevantbut necessary.

Paris Hilton denied entry toParis Hilton denied entry toParis Hilton denied entry toParis Hilton denied entry toParis Hilton denied entry toJapan over cocaine convictionJapan over cocaine convictionJapan over cocaine convictionJapan over cocaine convictionJapan over cocaine conviction

Agence France Presse

TOKYO - US socialite Paris Hilton left Japan for the United States on Wednesday after being deniedentry over a conviction for cocaine possession in a Las Vegas court this week. The 29-year-old spent hourstalking with Japanese immigration officials late Tuesday and again Wednesday before she dropped herrequest for entry and took off in her private jet, abandoning an Asian tour.

has decided to return to the US after alengthy delay at Japanese immigration.

“Paris is very disappointed andfought hard to keep her business com-mitments and see her fans, but she isforced to postpone her commitments inAsia.” The statement added that thecelebrity “looks forward to returningin the future to a country she loves andhas been coming to for the past 10years”.

Immigration officials in Japan, acountry with a zero-tolerance policy toillegal drugs, had questioned her forhours after her arrival Tuesday beforeallowing her to stay in a hotel insidethe airport overnight.

She was not allowed to stay at theHilton hotel — the chain founded byher great-grandfather Conrad Hilton —in the nearby town of Narita, fivekilometres (three miles) from the air-port, news reports said.

Hilton shot to fame in 2003 whenher former boyfriend leaked a video oftheir sexual escapades on the Internet.She also starred in the reality televisionseries “The Simple Life”.

In 2007, Hilton spent 23 days in aLos Angeles county jail for violatingprobation over an alcohol-relatedreckless driving conviction. Earlierthis year Hilton was arrested in SouthAfrica after the Brazil-NetherlandsWorld Cup game, on suspicion ofpossession of marijuana, but the casewas dropped.

A court in Las Vegas on Mondaygave her two six-month suspendedjail terms for possessing a smallamount of cocaine and initially ly-ing about it, and said she would bejailed for a year if she was convictedagain. She was also fined 2,000 dol-lars, ordered to complete a drug re-habilitation programme and perform200 hours of community service.

AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS

US socialite Paris Hilton leavesNarita international airport in

Narita, suburban Tokyo onSeptember 22, 2010 after she

was denied entry to the countryover a conviction for cocaine

possession.

‘Wall Street’ sequel showsgreed can still be good

Of course, his hindsight is 20/20.Everyone’s is. But here, Stone takes the eco-nomic collapse of 2008 and places Gekko —played masterfully by Michael Douglas, re-turning to the role that earned him an Acad-emy Award — in the middle of it. Havingbeen released from federal prison after serv-ing time for securities fraud, money launder-ing and racketeering, Gekko is now free toswim among even more dangerous sharksthan he ever dreamed of being himself. Thequestion becomes: How will he react? Willhe use his shrewdness to try and beat them attheir game, or will he actually have found amoral center during his time behind bars?

That story line alone could have providedthe basis for one meaty, worthwhile movie.“Money Never Sleeps” also crams in a fa-ther-daughter story, a few different mentor-protege stories and a romance. It’s big andloud and brash in an almost operatic way —and knowingly, joyfully so. For a movieabout a depressing topic that we’re all-toofamiliar with, “Money Never Sleeps” is sur-prisingly entertaining.

The dialogue from Allan Loeb andStephen Schiff is biting and propulsive, andthe hugely esteemed ensemble cast is a kick.Besides Douglas, who’s better than ever evenas a toned-down snake, Shia LaBeouf is solidas an ambitious young trader — he feels likea grown-up, finally — and the two stars havea couple of electric exchanges.

AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Barry Wetcher

In this film publicity image released by20th Century Fox, Michael Douglas por-trays Gordon Gekko, left, and ShiaLaBeouf portrays Jake Moore in a scenefrom, ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.’

Hollywood filmstar Jet Li (R) ofChina is huggedby Alistair Henley,head of theInternational RedCross in Beijingafter Li wasnamed a RedCross GoodwillAmbassador inBeijing onSeptember 21,2010.

AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS

China film star Jet Li to meet Gates, Buffettwealthy individuals and their families in theUnited States to hand over more than half oftheir fortunes to a good cause as part of aproject launched in June. They plan to learnabout China’s approach to philanthropy at thebanquet in Beijing, and have stressed they willnot pressure any of the Asian nation’s super-rich to give to charity. But the response hasreportedly been lukewarm.

Li, who founded his own charity One Foun-dation in 2006, encouraged people to give moneyor time for a good cause but said his homelandwas a newcomer to the charity business.

“China’s real development has only hap-pened in the past 10 years,” he said, addingthe United States had 100 years of experiencein philanthropy. Li also called on the US filmindustry to give more to charity.

International Thursday, September 23, 2010 13Life Style

“We survive from the Baynes mountains. Itis where we can move our cattle in spring-timefor grazing, where we get the honey sugar. It isour kitchen,” said Muhapikwa Muniombara. “Ifthey build the dam, they’ll kill us,” said the 35-year-old, who has traditional necklaces andbracelets adorning her ochre-tinged body.

The largely nomadic Himba also bury theirdead in the arid hills around the Kunene Riverwhich forms an oasis in the vast desert and part ofNamibia’s northern border with Angola. Genera-tions of these graves will be flooded by the mooted1,700-gigawatt hydroelectric dam and the Himbaworry their ancestors will be angered and couldreact badly, causing havoc with their lives.

But moving the graves isn’t an option,Muniombara says, pointing to a dozen burialsites in the mountains surrounding her villageof Okapare. “If they move the graves, the wholespirit is going to die,” Muniombara says. “Ifthey remove the graves, everything will get dry,there won’t be more grazing.”

The new dam will bring electricity and wa-ter to villages like Okapare, which has neither,but this does not convince Muniombara. “Wedon’t want the water. We don’t want electric-

Agence France Presse

SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoftannounced on Tuesday that its Zunedigital entertainment service that com-petes with iTunes will expand inter-nationally with the launch of its next-generation smartphone platform. Con-tent and services at the online ZuneMarketplace will be accessiblethrough personal computers, Xbox360 videogame consoles, and Win-dows Phone 7 handsets, according tothe US-based software colossus.

“The integration between Zune,Windows Phone 7 and Xbox LIVE isan exciting expansion in our entertain-ment offerings,” said Craig Eisler, acorporate vice president at theMicrosoft Interactive EntertainmentBusiness Group. “Now, more peoplethan ever will be able to enjoy the free-dom and flexibility that the Zune ser-vice offers.”

Zune software has been upgradedwith new features and synchronizedto work with smartphones running onWindows Phone 7 software to be re-leased in October along with a slewof devices running on the platform.

The update will let the new gen-eration of Windows-poweredsmartphones mesh with the ZuneMarketplace to compete with the syn-ergistic pairing of Apple’s iPhonehandsets and its iTunes online shop.

Zune Marketplace boasts extensive

Associated Press Writer

JERUSALEM – Israeli archae-ologists have excavated a lavish,private theater box in a 400-seatfacility at King Herod’s winterpalace in the Judean desert, theteam’s head said Tuesday. EhudNetzer of Jerusalem’s HebrewUniversity said the room providesfurther evidence of King Herod’sfamed taste for extravagance.

Herod commissioned Romanartists to decorate the theaterwalls with elaborate paintings andplaster moldings around 15 B.C.,

Zune to go internationalwith Windows Phone 7

collections of digital films and musicthat can be rented or purchased and thenwatched “on the screen of your choice.”

The new software will be availableby year’s end in more than 20 coun-tries including France, Britain, Ger-many, Spain and Italy, according toMicrosoft. Availability of video ormusic will vary depending on contentdistribution deals or restrictions incountries.

Archaeologists find theaterbox at Herod’s palace

Netzer said. Its upper portions fea-ture paintings of windows overlook-ing a river and a seascape with a largesailboat.

This is the first time this paintingstyle has been found in Israel, Netzersaid. Herod was the Jewish proxyruler of the Holy Land under Romanoccupation from 37 to 4 B.C. He isknown for his extensive buildingthroughout the area.

The team first excavated the site— sitting atop a man-made hill2,230 feet high — in 2007. Netzerdescribed the site as a kind of“country club,” with a pool, baths

and gardens fed by pools and aq-ueducts.

But archaeological evidenceshows the theater’s life was short-lived, Netzer said. Builders delib-erately destroyed it to preserve theconic shape of the man-made hill.After Herod’s death in the 1st cen-tury B.C., the complex became astronghold for Jewish rebels fight-ing Roman occupation, and thepalace site suffered significantbattle damage before it was de-stroyed by Roman soldiers in A.D.71, a year after they razed the Sec-ond Temple in Jerusalem.

Frescos discovered in theHerodium complex, in theWest Bank, south ofJerusalem, Tuesday, Sept.21, 2010. Israeli archaeolo-gists have excavated alavish private box in a 400-seat theater located at KingHerod’s winter palace inthe Judean desert. Headarchaeologist Ehud Netzersays Herod commissionedRoman artists to decoratethe theater walls withelaborate paintings andplaster moldings around 15B.C.

AP Photo/Bernat Armangue

Namibians fear dam will washNamibians fear dam will washNamibians fear dam will washNamibians fear dam will washNamibians fear dam will washaway honey, ancestors, traditionsaway honey, ancestors, traditionsaway honey, ancestors, traditionsaway honey, ancestors, traditionsaway honey, ancestors, traditionsAgence France Presse

EPUPA FALLS, Namibia - Namibia’s Himba, distinctive for smearing their bodieswith red ochre, say a planned dam that will flood the valleys where they live and theirburial grounds also threatens their ancient traditions and lifestyle.

ity. We have water at the fountains. We want tolive naturally,” she says.

The dam, first proposed in the 1990s, wasoriginally meant to have been built farther upthe river but it would have swallowed a popu-lar tourist destination — the Epupa Falls,fringed by palm and baobab trees. So the gov-ernment decided to move it toward Baynes.

“The dam will not affect the Epupa Falls andis situated in a deep ravine approximately 40kilometres (25 miles) downstream of the falls,with a low population density of Himba,” saidMike Everett of the Environmental ResourcesManagement consultancy that conducted fea-sibility studies for the dam.

Once Angola and Namibia give the final go-ahead to the project, the dam could take sevenyears to build, he says. A group of youngNamibians at the Epupa Falls are eager, sayingit will help to solve chronic power shortages.Namibia imports more than half of its electric-ity from South Africa, but hopes hydropower,new coal plants or even a nuclear plant couldboost supplies and feed its money-spinning ura-nium mines.

“I’m for it because we need energy and it

will create jobs. People go to school then theygo back to the village looking after their par-ents’ goats again,” says 28-year-old Ratutji

Muhenje. “The dam will bring development withshops,” he says, in modern garb of jeans, a T-shirt and sunglasses.

AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN

This picture taken on August 20, 2010 shows the Epupa Falls on the Kunene river, North-ern Namibia, at the border with Angola.For generations Namibia’s nomadic Himbas haveburied their dead in the Baynes mountains along the Angolan border, where the KuneneRiver forms an oasis in the vast desert.

Thursday, September 23, 201014 InternationalSport

The win means Real maintaintheir 100 percent home record un-der coach Jose Mourinho andmove one point above Valencia atthe top. Ronaldo got the openeron 28 minutes converting a for-tunate penalty before ArgentineHiguain scored his first goal ofthe campaign 11 minutes fromtime.

With three minutes left substi-tute Benzema bagged his firstleague goal just six minutes aftercoming on. It was a heated gamein which both sides had playerssent off with Real defender Pepesent off on the hour mark beforeEspanyol had defender ErnestoGalan dismissed three minuteslater for crunching Ronaldo.

Espanyol were reduced to ninemen when defender Juan Forlinwas sent off in the closing min-utes for complaining aboutBenzema’s goal. Mourinhobrought in Frenchman LassDiarra for Sami Khedira in defen-sive midfield but stuck by his 4-2-3-1 system with two holdingmidfielders, Mesut Ozil asplaymaker and the speedyRonaldo and Angel di Maria sup-plying Higuain.

It was visitors Espanyol whohad the first chance after six min-utes with Jose Callejon drilling a

Agence France Presse

BERLIN - Bundesliga leadersMainz 05 beat Cologne 2-0 on Tues-day to stay top, while Bayern Munichface an anxious wait to hear the extentof Franck Ribery’s injury from their late2-1 win at Hoffenheim. Having beenstunned by a goal after just 36 seconds,Bayern hit back as Ribery’s fierce long-range shot was followed up by Tho-mas Mueller on 62 minutes beforeMunich defender Daniel van Buyten’swinner in added time.

But Mueller’s equaliser could becostly as Ribery had to be helped offwith what looked like a painful ankleinjury on 64 minutes as he fell awk-wardly after taking his shot.

With Bayern facing Basel in nextTuesday’s Champions League match,Munich coach Louis van Gaal will behoping the Frenchman can face theSwiss side. “It doesn’t look good, itlooks like it is a bad ankle injury andwe will have to wait and see what thetests show,” said a grim-faced van Gaal.

Bayern got off to the worst pos-sible start when they conceded thefastest goal in Hoffenheim’s history.The defending champions werestunned as midfielder SebastianRudy beat Munich’s defence on theright and squared for Hoffenheim’sVeded Ibisevic to score beforeBayern hit back.

German daily Bild reported in itsWednesday edition that Van Gaal wasset to sign a year’s extension to his con-tract to stay with Bayern until 2012.Having coached Bayern to the Germanleague and cup titles last season, vanGaal is in his second season with

AP Photo/Paul White

Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain from Argentina, center, tries to get past Espanyol’s Juan DanielForlin of Argentina during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadiumin Madrid, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010.

Higuain and Benzema offHiguain and Benzema offHiguain and Benzema offHiguain and Benzema offHiguain and Benzema offthe mark as Real go topthe mark as Real go topthe mark as Real go topthe mark as Real go topthe mark as Real go topAgence France Presse

MADRID - Real Madrid moved to the La Liga summit with a flattering 3-0 home win overEspanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday with Gonzalo Higuain and Karim Benzemanetting their first goals of the season after Cristiano Ronaldo had opened the scoring.

left-footed volley narrowly wide ofthe post. A minute later his oppo-site number Carlos Kameni pulledoff a terrific save to thwart di Mariapushing the Argentine’s shot overthe bar.

Espanyol were holding their ownwith some slick passing but cameunstuck in the 28th minute in an un-fortunate incident. Ronaldosmashed a free-kick into theEspanyol wall and the refereepointed to the penalty spot with LuisGarcia penalised for blocking theshot with his hand.

It was harsh on Espanyol withGarcia unable to get out of the wayof Ronaldo’s fierce drive and thestriker was harshly booked for hisaction. Ronaldo slotted the spot-kick home to Kameni’s left but wasforced to retake the penalty afterstopping his run up midway throughthe action.

The Portuguese star put the re-take in exactly the same spot withKameni diving the wrong wayagain. Real were more comfortablein the second half but suffered asetback on the hour when Pepe col-lected a second yellow for foulingCallejon.

Mourinho was pondering playingwith one man less but three minuteslater the numbers were evened upwhen Galan was shown a straight

red card for a late challenge onRonaldo.

Espanyol players were furiouswith the decision but rolled up theirsleeves to give Real some hairymoments as they held a slender one-goal advantage. Higuain put thegame to bed on 79 minutes accept-ing a Ronaldo pass before slottingpast Kameni with his left foot andBenezema completed the scoring.

Earlier Athletic Bilbao registeredtheir first home league win at SanMames defeating Real Mallorca 3-0 on Tuesday to go fourth in theSpanish top-flight.

Bilbao lie three points behindleaders Real, and their next matchis at home to champions Barcelonaon Saturday night. In other matches,Osasuna produced their first leaguewin of the season with a 3-1 hometriumph over promoted RealSociedad on Tuesday. Barcelona goin search of their first league homewin of the campaign on Wednesdaywhen they host Sporting Gijon atCamp Nou.

The defending champions, ly-ing in seventh, will be without starman Messi for the next two leaguematches due to his ankle injury,however, the Argentine could beback for the Champions Leaguematch at Rubin Kazan on Septem-ber 29.

Mainz stay top, Riberyinjured in Bayern win

Bayern Munich’smidfielder FranckRibery waves to themedical staff after aninjury during theGerman first divisionBundesliga footballmatch between 1899Hoffenheim and BayernMunich at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena stadiumin Sinsheim, southernGermany, on Septem-ber 21, 2010.

Munich. “Nothing is signed. All I cansay is that we are very happy with thework of Louis van Gaal,” said Bayern’ssporting director Christian Nerlinger.

The result in Hoffenheim liftsBayern up to seventh while the hostsare second. Mainz picked up their fifthstraight win to keep their 100 percentrecord and open a five-point lead withtheir win over Cologne. The hosts tookthe lead when subsititute midfielderLewis Holtby’s header beat Colognegoalkeeper Faryd Mondragon on 72minutes before he scored his second inadded time.

Champions League side WerderBremen slumped to their second con-secutive league defeat when they werebeaten 4-1 at Hanover. Bremen facedefending holders Inter Milan nextWednesday in Italy, but ThomasSchaaf’s side are lacking in confidenceafter following up Saturday’s defeat athome to Mainz with this loss inHanover.

An own-goal by Germany defenderClemens Fritz after just 10 minutes putBremen on the back foot until captainTorsten Frings converted a penalty af-ter 36 minutes to put his side level.Hanover reclaimed the lead when IvoryCoast striker Didier Ya Konan scoredin the 53rd minute before defenderChristian Schulz scored the second on79 minutes.

To add insult in extra time,Hanover’s Norway striker MohammedAbdellaoue added the fourth to put hisside third and Bremen 12th.

In Wednesday’s games, bottom sideSchalke are at fourth-placed Freiburgand are desperate to avoid their fifthstraight defeat.

AFP PHOTO THOMAS KIENZLE

Spanish league results on Tuesday:

Athletic Bilbao 3 (David Lopez 44, Dominguez 62-pen, Inigo Perez 90+2) Real Mallorca 0Osasuna 3 (Pandiani 38, Camunas 42, Aranda 72) Real Sociedad 1 (Tamudo 16)Real Madrid 3 (Ronaldo 28-pen, Higuain 79, Benzema 87) Espanyol 0

English League Cup resultsBirmingham 3 (Hleb 24, Zigic 26, Gardner 28) Milton Keynes Dons 1 (Wilbraham 80)Brentford 1 (Alexander 41) Everton 1 (Coleman 6) — after extra-time, 1-1 after 90 minsBrentford win 4-3 on penaltiesBurnley 1 (Elliott 45) Bolton 0Millwall 1 (Morison 62) Ipswich 2 (Priskin 23, McAuley 45)Peterborough 1 (Mackail-Smith 7) Swansea 3 (Sinclair 5, 41, 78)Portsmouth 1 (Lawrence 82) Leicester 2 (Morrison 3, Dyer 43)Stoke 2 (Higginbotham 23, Jones 79) Fulham 0Sunderland 1 (Gyan 41) West Ham 2 (Piquionne 35, Obinna 59)Tottenham 1 (Keane 49) Arsenal 4 (Lansbury 15, Nasri 92-pen, 96-pen, Arshavin 105) AET, 1-1 after 90 mins)Wolverhampton 4 (Milijas 83-pen, Fletcher 92, Doyle 105, 119) Notts County 2 (Hughes 57, Smith 114)

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SEOUL - Former world number one Ana Ivanovic was bundled out of the WTA Korea Openon Wednesday, but there was better news for Dinara Safina who continued her comeback frominjury with a battling win. The 22-year-old Serbian, who won the 2008 French Open before herslide down the rankings, blew a one set lead against Russia’s Vera Dushevina to crash out in thefirst round 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the rain-hit tournament.

overcoming Romania’s SimonaHalep 6-4, 6-4.

The Russian was handed awildcard as she fights back from alower back injury and will nowplay her compatriot, the thirdseeded Maria Kirilenko, who beatPoland’s Urszula Radwanska in

straight sets.In other matches, Kimiko Date

Krumm, the defending champion,beat fellow Japanese JunriNamigata while second seedAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Rus-sia sent Australia’s AnastasiaRodionova packing.

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ROME – The Italian playersunion has called off its plannedstrike which threatened to wipe outthis weekend’s Serie A programmeafter the latest round of talks withleague representatives on Tuesday.

The Italian Players’ Association(AIC) had threatnened to strike ifclubs failed to reform the way play-ers in the final year of their contractswere treated. Tuesday’s announce-ment was made by AIC president

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TOKYO - Athens Olympicgold medallist Taufik Hidayat be-came the biggest casualty onWednesday when he crashed in anunexpected loss to Japan’s ShoSasaki in the Japan Open badmin-ton tournament. The Indonesianfourth seed, who reached the finalat the world championships lastmonth, failed to take the last twopoints in the last two games beforegoing down 18-21, 23-21, 21-19 inthe men’s singles first round.

Eighth seed Yao Jie of the Neth-erlands earlier in the day becamethe first seed to fall, losing to SungJi-Hyun of South Korea 21-18, 21-15 in the women’s singles, but otherfavourites safely went through.

“You say it was an unexpecteddefeat, but you never know whetheryou can win or lose. There’s alwaysa possibility to lose any matches,”said Hidayat, the 2005 world cham-pion, now 29. “It is not that he(Sasaki) played very well, I Justcouldn’t play well. I couldn’t con-trol the shuttle at all.”

Sasaki, ranked 34th againstHidayat’s fourth in the world, saidit was a dream just to play againstthe Indonesian. “It’s my first timeto play against Taufik. I feel likeit’s a dream to just play against him.I didn’t know how fast and heavyhis shots would be. I just tried toshow my best play to the Japanesepeople,” said Sasaki.

Hidayat crashesout of Japan Open

“My best shot is a smash, buttoday I didn’t hit it always. I triedto take the chance to hit it duringeach rally. I think that was the keyto the victory,” added Sasaki afterthe 66-minute match.

World number one Lee ChongWei of Malaysia made quick workof Gurusaidatt Raja ManuriVenkata of India 21-5, 21-9, whiledefending champion Bao Chunlaiof China outclassed DionysiusHayom Rumbaka of Indonesia 21-14, 21-10.

Lee, the winner in Tokyo in2007, and Bao, the 2009 champion,stayed on course for a probablequarter-final meeting in the200,000-dollar event. Two-timeJapan champion Peter Gade ofDenmark, second seed, breezedpast Wong Wing-ki of Hong Kong21-13, 21-16.

In the women’s first round, lastyear’s finalists Wang Yihan andWang Xin of China, as well as 2007winner Tine Baun of Denmark andPi Hongyan of France stayed inform. Wang Yihan, seeking to be-come the first player to win threestraight Japan title, whippedJeanine Cicognini of Switzerland21-10, 21-6, while Wang Xinbreezed past Pai Hsiao-ma of Tai-wan 21-16, 21-14.

European champion Baun de-feated Salakjit Ponsana of Thailand21-13, 21-11, and Pi downedJapan’s Yu Hirayama 20-22, 21-10,21-12.

Players call offweekend Serie A strike

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Juventus’ Giorgio Chiellini, center, reacts after scoring, with teammate Felipe Melo, left, andMilos Krasic, right, during an Europa League, Group A, first-leg soccer match between Juventusand Lech Poznan , at the Turin stadium, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 16 2010.

Sergio Campana.It followed a series of meetings

last week after which representativesfrom both sides expressed optimismat reaching a deal before Saturday’skick-offs.

The dispute was triggered by therecent expiry of a collective contractbetween the AIC and league bossesguaranteeing players’ rights. Thestrike has been called off until theend of November, by which time theplayers hope a new deal will havebeen signed.

Campana said: “We will pursuetalks until November 30 on condi-tion that federation presidentGiancarlo Abete makes assuranceson the two issues that we don’t yethave agreement on.

“They are on players who are tobe sold on to be allowed to continuetraining with the team, and for clubsto drop plans to force players whoare in their final year of contract andrefusing to move to another club tobuy out their contracts for 50 per-cent of their value.”

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The 29-year-old produced a near-flawless drive for Ferrari at Monza toput him third behind Red Bull’s MarkWebber and Lewis Hamilton ofMcLaren in the world championshipstandings with just five Grand Prix togo. “Despite failing to score in Bel-gium, where the accident on the firstlap weighed heavily like a stone,Ferrari and I have scored more pointsthan anyone else in these last fourraces,” he said. “That makes us evenmore confident and the fact these re-sults came on tracks with very differ-ent characteristics to one another con-firms for me that our car is pretty ver-satile.”

Alonso has a good record onSingapore’s bumpy street circuit, win-ning controversially for Renault in2008 when Nelson Piquet junior de-liberately crashed, before a third-placefinish last year behind Hamilton.

The Briton crashed out on the firstlap in Monza, colliding with FelipeMassa then sliding into a gravel trapto cap a miserable weekend and dealhis championship dreams a blow. Buthe hopes to avoid similar mistakes onSunday. “Winning in Singapore lastyear was one of the most satisfyingvictories of my Formula One career,”said Hamilton, who has now failed toscore in two of his past three races.

MCLAREN’S principal raceengineer Philip Prew says the teamis confident its latest upgrades willmean a big improvement in high-downforce performance forSingapore.

The last race in high-downforcetrim in Hungary produced poor re-sults for McLaren - which qualifiedfifth and 11th, with Jenson Buttonfinishing only ninth. However Prewis expecting McLaren to take thefight to Ferrari and Red Bull inSingapore this weekend.

“This is a big weekend, particu-larly big after the difficulty we hadwith a lack of pace in Hungary,which is our reference for high-downforce, slow-speed,” Prew saidduring the Vodafone McLarenMercedes phone-in. “It should becompetitive between Red Bull,Ferrari and ourselves.”

Prew also speculated that the in-creased FIA load tests on frontwings and floors could have an ef-fect on the advantage enjoyed byRed Bull at the Hungaroring.

“The regulations now in placeover bodywork testing means itshould be a level playing field,” hesaid. “The advantage that was feltto be being gained by Red Bull andFerrari is harder to exploit, if thatwas indeed what they were doing.“I’d like to think it will be veryclose, but you’d have to be a bit

Alonso gunning for victory in SingaporeAgence France Presse

SINGAPORE - Spain’s Fernando Alonso is determined to buildon the momentum of winning in Italy with another victory under thelights this week in Singapore as the Formula One title race heats up.

“I’ve already drawn a line underMonza,” he added. “I’ve learnt from theexperience and, while it was extremelydisappointing, those things are some-times what you need to sharpen yourmind and raise your game and motiva-tion at an extremely crucial time in theseason.” After 14 of this year’s 19 races,Hamilton is second in the title race with182 points, five behind Webber, withAlonso third on 166. Defending worldchampion Jenson Button is still in thehunt with 164 points while young Ger-man Sebastian Vettel is fifth, a pointfurther adrift.

This means that the top five are sepa-rated by just 24 points — one pointfewer than the 25 awarded for a singlerace win. Australia’s Webber managedonly sixth in Italy and knows he needsto do better in Singapore, where thetrack demands precision, nerve, andconfidence.

“I like Singapore. It’s unique as werace at night,” he said. “I’m hoping toimprove on last year’s result, as it’s ahigh downforce street circuit that shouldsuit our car.

“It’s got some similarities to Monacoand Budapest and we did well at boththose circuits, so I’m hoping for a strongresult. We’ve yet to experience any wetrunning on a flood-lit track, so it willbe interesting if that happens.”

McLaren: High-downforce issues sortedbrave to say where we’ll all end up.”

Prew added that as well as theupgrades for Singapore, much ofMcLaren’s progress has come fromunderstanding how to make the mostof its previous new parts. “We havesome quite big upgrades but also ourunderstanding of our car and how toexploit it, how to get downforce fromthe car, has improved since Hun-gary,” he said. “We’re optimistic thatwas can close the gap and we hopeto be competitive.

“Coming out of Hungary werecognised our pace was not where it

needed to be. Since then we have hada whole number of upgrades on thecar, some have run already at Spaand Monza and they will carry over.

“In addition, we have further up-grades here in Singapore; a newfront wing and other devices thatwill look to improve downforce.”

“We know some of the upgradesare working because we’ve seenthem in previous races, albeit withdifferent downforce levels. We’rehopeful that what we’ve added tothe car over the last six weeks willbe sufficient to close that gap up.”

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Lewis Hamilton drive his McLaren during Hungary Grand Prix