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Ex-Fiji ministerseeks asylum inAustralia: report

Freeport is the world’s largestpublicly traded copper miner,while Grasberg has the world’s

Agence France Presse

LONDON – British ministers will downgradePrince Andrew’s role as a trade ambassador overhis association with a convicted paedophile, theTelegraph newspaper reported Monday. Minis-ters will carry out a review into Andrew’s posi-tion, which could result in the queen’s secondson losing his role completely, governmentsources told the British newspaper.

The prince came under increased fire after itemerged that US businessman Jeffrey Epstein —who served 18 months in jail for child sex of-fences — had paid off debts accrued by the Duch-ess of York, Andrew’s former wife.

Andrew has been a guest at Epstein’s Floridamansion where underage girls were abused butthere has been no suggestion that the fourth-in-line to the British throne had ever been guilty of

A rescueofficer andminers walktheir way upto the areawhere thelandslidesoccur. Aweekendlandslideburied a keyroad accesstunnel toFreeport-McMoRanCopper &Gold Inc’sGrasbergmine inPapua,Indonesia

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Landslide leaves thousandsstranded at Indonesia mine

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TIMIKA – A weekend landslide buried a key road accesstunnel to Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc’s Grasbergmine in Papua, Indonesia, leaving thousands of workersstranded, but a company spokesman said operations werecontinuing as normal.

largest recoverable reserves of cop-per and the largest gold reserves.

Saturday’s landslide prevented

thousands of workers from reach-ing the mine, situated in the high-lands of eastern Papua province, buta helicopter was seen ferrying somestaff before cloud and mist de-scended.

About 60 buses used to transportworkers were parked in the low-lands, below the blocked tunnel.

“There was ground failure atHannekam Tunnel on March 5.

The tunnel is currently closedwhile work is completed to ad-dress the failure,” spokesman PTFreeport Indonesia spokesmanRamdani Sirait said in an emailedstatement.

“This ground failure occurredoutside PT Freeport Indonesia’smining area and production contin-ues normally,” he added.

Prince to have British trade role downgraded: report

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Prince Andrew

any wrongdoing.Diplomatic cables released by the WikiLeaks

website last year showed how US officials wereshocked by the “rude” prince’s “astonishing dis-play of candour” during a business trip toKyrgyzstan. A senior Conservative minister toldthe Telegraph that Andrew’s position was fastbecoming untenable due to his track record ofpoor judgement.

“There appears to be no discernible mentalactivity,” the minister said. “I feel sorry for him.He has no friends and so is surrounded by thesevile people.”

Another government source told the paper:“We won?t be giving a full-throated defence ofhim. There won?t be many tears shed if he re-signs.” Foreign Secretary William Hague earlierdefended the prince, claiming he had done “a lotof good for the UK.”

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A number of villages in Buleleng Regencyhave a unique tradition before or after Nyepi.One of the traditions can be encountered at BanjarCustomary Village, Banjar Subdistrict. Aftercompleting the Catur Bratha Penyepian or fourabstinences, Sunday (Mar 6) dawn, a crowd oflocal villagers cooked on the street right in frontof their respective house.

Since 03:00 a.m. Local Time, hundreds ofvillagers had come out of their homes. Theybrought along with their cooking utensils suchas cormorant, pots, pans and steam. After ignit-ing the fire on a simple furnace, people were start-ing to cook rice and side dishes. Atmosphere ofthe village street turned crowded but still sol-emn because they had not turned on theirlightings. Residents also greeted each other, bor-rowed cooking equipment each other and mutu-ally asked food ingredients amicably. It is usu-ally called nyakan diwang (cooking in front ofthe house).

Some residents said the tradition had beenimplemented through generations. Having com-pleted the Nyepi abstinences, residents cookedtogether in front of their home. It was intendedto keep quiet their kitchen in the house and court-yard environment. “This tradition is indeed long-awaited by local residents. When cooking we cansee and greet each other,” said Ida Ayu Rohini,one of the local residents.

Not only the woman who looked busy in the

More interestingly, a number ofmerchants lined up along the coastto sell food and drinks to visitors.On the other hand, foreign touristswere also continuing to visit thebeach while seeing the activitiescarried out by local residents onthe beach. As consequence, atmo-sphere of the beach was suddenlylike a night market because a vari-ety of traditional entertainmentswere also staged there.

Similar spectacles could also beencountered on PenimbanganBeach. From the morning, thou-sands of visitors had crowded thebeach. The narrow roads evencaused the traffic flows to slow

Residents overwhelm LovinaResidents overwhelm LovinaResidents overwhelm LovinaResidents overwhelm LovinaResidents overwhelm LovinaBeach on Ngembak GeniBeach on Ngembak GeniBeach on Ngembak GeniBeach on Ngembak GeniBeach on Ngembak Geni

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The crowded of Lovina Beach during Ngembak Geni, a day after Nyepi.

Singaraja (Bali Post)—Hilarious atmosphere on Lovina Beach on Ngembak Geni,

Sunday (Mar 6) looked different from usual days. If the beachwas habitually enlivened by foreign tourists, last Sunday it waseven overwhelmed by local residents of Buleleng and those fromoutside Buleleng.

down. Motorcycles and cars pre-ferred to park on that narrow roadbody. This opportunity made doz-ens of traders of grilled corn on thetoast to reap an instant luck. Notuntil late afternoon their goods hadsold out. Most visitors preferred topurchase grilled corn or toast.Meanwhile, to quench their thirst,visitors chose to buy cold drink orfresh fruit juice.

Aside from having a sit on thebeachside, some visitors were alsointerested to take a bath while rent-ing canoe or tire. Most visitors werefamily groups who chose to batheon the beach to fill in their holidaythis year. (kmb15)

Post-Nyepi tradition at Banjar CustomaryVillage,Residents cook on the street

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The residents of Banjar Customary Village cook on the street as the unique tra-dition after Nyepi.

cooking attractions. Men were helping their wifecarry out the tradition with a great affection. GustiLabe, another local villager and a member ofpecalang (customary security taskforce) at thevillage also got involved in the activity. Accord-ing to him, he was very glad to help his wife. Heclaimed to be proud of carrying on the nyakandiwang tradition. Except for posing an ancestralheritage, through the activity villagers could feelthe intimacy and sense of belonging among thefamily members, neighbors and residents at thevillage. “Maybe our forefathers entrusted the tra-dition to maintain the unity in our village,” hesaid.

Meanwhile, Chief of Banjar Customary Vil-lage, Dewa Suputra, said that cooking traditionon the street in front of the house was a continuedprocession in the implementation of Nyepi fromgeneration to generation. He did not know ex-actly when the tradition was started in the villageof Banjar. According to him, the tradition hadexisted when he was born. “Frankly speaking,we are very proud to see our community perform-ing the cooking tradition hilariously,” he said.

He claimed that he never required every resi-dent to follow such a cooking tradition. However,all residents consciously carried it out. “We are inthe customary village never force the public toimplement this nyakan diwang tradition. But, it isthe awareness of our community to maintain theirsocial relationship at the village,” he said. (ole)

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Amlapura (Bali Post)—A speed boat named New Renon,

Sunday (Mar 6) morning coincidingwith Ngembak Geni, exploded andburned in the eastern of lifeboat pier,Padangbai, Karangasem. The speedboat totally burned out, while threecrews comprising Amak, Fred andanother unknown victim had seriousburns.

Explosion of the boat on theNgembak Geni was very terrible un-til breaking the silent morning. Onhearing the explosion, local residentsof Padangbai turned to commotion.They hurriedly came out and rushedto the beach for checking what washappening.

The fire on the boat owned byKomang Supriya, 44, an entrepreneurof diving transportation services onthe Padangbai Beach, according to thewitness who is also the youngerbrother of Supriadi, Ketut Edi, 40, wasalleged to have been caused by shortcircuit and then grabbed the fuel tank.At that time, according to sources atthe scene, the three crews were clean-ing the boat at 08:00 a.m. Local Timeat the location of about 25 meters fromthe beach or exactly 60 meters east ofthe boat dock.

The three unlucky crews on theboat cleaned the boat and drained thestagnant rainwater after it was left onthe beach during the Day of Silenceor Nyepi. After cleaning and drainingthe water inside, the three crews triedto turn on the engine. After trying tostart the engine for several times, itcould not work at all. The crews sus-pected if the engine was wet causedby water and then opened the enginefor repair. Unluckily, when the three

Once it was opened precisely at06:00 a.m. Local Time, the first shipberthing on the Gilimanuk Harborwas the landing craft tank (LCT) orthe Safinah Labitra freighter. Then,it was followed by Gilimanuk 1 andGilimanuk 2 passenger vessel.

Chief of Gilimanuk Harbor Po-lice, Made Prihanjagat, said hisparty had anticipated as soon as theships unloaded their freights andpassengers his officers directly con-ducted examination in Post 2. In themeantime, identity card examina-tion was conducted by pecalang orsecurity taskforce of GilimanukCustomary Village temporarily as-signed to replace the public orderofficers (Satpol PP) and officers ofthe Jembrana Regency. OperationsManager of Gilimanuk Harbor Ad-ministration, Ospar Silaban, when

Semarapura (Bali Post)—Three residents living at Uma

Dauh Hamlet, Bitera, Gianyar, werearrested at Jumpai Kanginan,Klungkung, Saturday (Mar 5). Theywere captured because of passingthrough when the Hindus celebratedthe Nyepi Day. They were also sub-ject to sanctions in the form of finesworth 75 pieces of perforated coinspursuant to prevailing rules at thelocal customary village.

Information on the scene men-tioned, the three residents wereRohimat, 54, Kamal Nugraha, 28,and Tardiadi, 25. They were fromCiawi, Tasikmalaya, West Java. But,at the moment they lived at Bitera.They were arrested around 10:00a.m. by pecalang because they werefound fishing around the coast atJumpai Kanginan. By pecalang, thethree residents were then led to thelocal village hall. Since the villageapparatus had no right to arrestpeople, the three men were thenhanded over to Klungkung City Po-lice.

“Yes, the three people indeed had

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The condition on Ketapang Harbor in Java where hundreds of cars queueing to enter Bali.

Crowded backflows after Nyepi DayCrowded backflows after Nyepi DayCrowded backflows after Nyepi DayCrowded backflows after Nyepi DayCrowded backflows after Nyepi DayNegara, DenPost—

Before Nyepi the Bali Strait crossing service was flooded byhomecomers or ‘refugees’, while on the day after a myriad ofbackflows overwhelmed the harbor as soon as it was opened. Asconsequence, the Gilimanuk Harbor underwent dense traffic ofbackflows coming back from Java to Bali.

asked for his confirmation justifiedthat congestion once occurred inKetapang Harbor (East Java). Ac-cording to him, the traffic conges-tion ensuing in Ketapang mainlyconsisted of passenger vehicles.“But armed with several ships inoperation, we had great confidencethey could entirely be conveyed inrelatively short time. Most impor-tantly, it can run smoothly if theweather permits,” he said.

Meanwhile, earlier on Thursdaynight (Mar 3) until Friday afternoon(Mar 4) the homecomers or refugeeswere stuck in traffic congestion. Itwas caused by explosion in the num-ber of vehicles, trucks, buses andmotorcycles that would cross toJava. Their amount was almost equalto the traffic flows during the periodof Lebaran homecoming. (120)

Ngembak Geni

Boat explodes at Padangbai, three crews caught on fire

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People try to put out the fire on the boat.

crews attempted to turn on the engineafter fixing, a short circuit happenedon the batteries. The sparks of firegrabbed the fuel tank and it led to ter-rible explosion. The fire was ragingalong with soaring thick smokes. Thethree crews frantically trying to extin-guish the fire were bounced due to theblast and they suffered from burns.Promptly, they were evacuated andthen rushed to emergency room ofSanglah Hospital.

A captain and a number of crewsof other boats near the scene immedi-ately approached them to give help.The three victims were evacuated tothe land with difficulty. Few minuteslater, hundreds of Padangbai residentshelped pull the boat to be taken ashore.They attempted to extinguish the fireon the beach with makeshift equip-

ment including flushing it by seawa-ter. However, their efforts looked invain. As the body of boat was madeof flammable fiber, the entire bodyultimately burned out.

Edi said the New Renon boat wasrarely used as it was old enough. Be-sides, his elder brother had had fourbigger boats. “As planned, the burnedboat would be sold to a buyer fromSumbawa after this Nyepi. Unfortu-nately, when it was going to be re-paired and cleaned, even it caught onfire first,” said Edi.

Based on observation on Sundayat Padangbai, the boat explosion didnot disturb the main activities of cross-ing services of the ferry pier ofPadangbai-Lembar on the first day ofCaka New Year 1933. Location of theexplosion was far enough in the north

of the main pier. Nevertheless, the in-cident sufficiently made a commotionon the local residents and attracted theattention of tourists in Padangbai.Meanwhile, the crossing and unload-ing services went flourishingly. Thefirst ship anchoring in the harbor ofPadangbai-Lembar looked pretty se-

cure and tranquil.In the meantime, the Padangbai

Harbor Police officers were still inves-tigating the cause of explosion destroy-ing the entire boat and burned the threecrews. As a result of the case, the vic-tim Supriadi suffered a loss of aboutIDR 500 million. (013)

Three residentsarrested on Nyepi

been secured for a day in the head-quarters of Klungkung City Policebecause it remained in the atmo-sphere of Nyepi. But, they have beenreleased this morning (Sunday—Ed),” said Chief of Klungkung CityPolice, Dewa Gede Putra Sugawa,Sunday (Mar 6).

However, the police chief said thecase handling had been resolved byhamlet chief together with pecalangas well as the security and public or-der coach (Babinkamtibmas) withhamlet apparatus. The three residentswere respectively imposed with afine of 75 pieces of perforated coinsin accordance with the rules at thecustomary village. “They (Rohimat,Kamal Nugraha and Tardiadi—Ed)were ready to pay the fine and ex-change it with cash worth IDR 75thousand,” added the police chiefwhile mentioning the three residentswere fishing from Friday (Mar 4).They claimed not to know if on Sat-urday (Mar 5—Ed) the Hindus cel-ebrated Nyepi. Therefore, they spentthe night and would return home atBitera on Nyepi. (kmb20)

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Chirac, 78, is one of France’s most popular political figures despitebecoming the first former president of the French Republic to go ontrial, accused of using public money to pay people working for hisparty while he was mayor of Paris between 1977 and 1995.

He enjoyed immunity from prosecution as president from 1995 to2007, but the case, which has already seen current Foreign MinisterAlain Juppe convicted, has finally caught up with the avuncular formerhead of state. The case could promptly grind to a halt, however, if alawyer working for one of Chirac’s co-defendants succeeds in gettinga procedural matter referred upwards to France’s constitutional court.

Chirac, best known internationally for his opposition to the 2003US-led invasion of Iraq, has denied any knowledge of corrupt pay-ments and his lawyers accuse magistrates of harbouring a hidden po-litical agenda. He has been linked to a series corruption scandals buthas never been convicted. If convicted, Chirac faces up to 10 years injail and a fine of 150,000 euros ($210,000) on charges including em-bezzlement and breach of trust.

In the opening hearing due to start at 1:30 pm (1330 GMT) Mon-day, presiding judge Dominique Pauthe is due to deal with proceduralquestions. Chirac’s first appearance is scheduled for Tuesday, when heis due to answer the judge’s questions, the court said.

The hearings in Paris are the result of the merging of two separate cases— one begun by magistrates in the Paris suburb of Nanterre in 1995, andanother in the capital itself dating to 1998. The case involves seven allegedghost jobs for which Chirac is charged with conflict of interest and 21other jobs for which Chirac is accused of embezzlement and abuse oftrust. Nine other people are going on trial alongside Chirac, accused eitherof having ghost jobs or benefiting from those of town hall employees.

Chirac denies that the people employed in the jobs were used toprepare for the 1995 presidential election, which he went on to win,insisting they were all legitimate posts in the service of Paris. Jean-Yves La Borgne, a lawyer working for one of Chirac’s former chiefs ofstaff, said he will argue that under the constitution the accusations inthe former case can no longer be heard since they date back too far intime.

Associated Press Writer

TOKYO – Japanese diplomacywon’t be affected by the overnightresignation of the country’s foreignminister for accepting an illegalpolitical donation from a foreigner,Japan’s embattled prime ministersaid Monday.

The resignation of Foreign Min-ister Seiji Maehara Sunday nightis a blow to Prime Minister NaotoKan’s already shaky government.It also highlights the high turnoverrate that has plagued governmentofficials in recent years and islikely to further erode public con-fidence in Kan, whose public ap-proval rating has fallen below 20percent.

Kan is the country’s fifth leaderin four years, and the 48-year-oldMaehara had been seen as a lead-ing candidate to replace him if itwas decided a change was the bestway to keep their ruling Demo-cratic Party of Japan in power.Chief Cabinet Secretary YukioEdano will temporarily double asforeign minister, and Kan said thechange would not affect thecountry’s international relations.“Diplomacy is extremely impor-tant. We will remain firm,” Kansaid during a parliamentary sessionMonday.

The change comes as Japan, akey U.S. ally in the Pacific, growsincreasingly wary of China’s in-creased assertiveness in the region,highlighted by a territorial spat lastfall over disputed islands that bothcountries claim. Japan also faces


ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – Rebelsin Ivory Coast claim to have seizeda town after a fierce battle in thecountry’s volatile west near the bor-der with Liberia, panicking tens ofthousands of refugees who alreadyhad fled violence over a deepeningpolitical crisis.

The New Forces rebels said in astatement on their website that theyseized Toulepleu on Sunday. Thestatement said: “The large town ofToulepleu in the west of Ivory Coastis now in the hands of the army ofthe New Forces (rebels) since Sun-day at noon following an intensecombat.”

The town near Liberia’s borderwas the scene of heavy fighting onSunday between forces backing thepolitical rivals who both claim to beIvory Coast’s president. The rebelsare backed by the U.N.-recognizedpresident, Alassane Ouattara. Gov-ernment forces are allied withformer president Laurent Gbagbo,who is refusing to leave office.

Saah Nyuma, the deputy directorof the Liberia Refugee Repatriationand Resettlement Commission, said

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Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara bows his head as he an-nounces his resignation at his office in Tokyo on March 6, 2011.

Japan foreign ministerquits over illegal donation

threats from nearby North Korea.Maehara, who was foreign min-

ister for just six months, acknowl-edged receiving a total of 250,000yen ($3,000) over the past severalyears from a 72-year-old Koreanwoman who has lived most of herlife in Japan. He said they had beenfriends since his childhood. An op-position politician raised the alle-gation late last week and Maeharastepped down late Sunday. Japa-nese law prohibits lawmakers fromaccepting donations from any for-eigners, even those born in Japan.

It very hard for foreigners to be-come Japanese citizens, even iftheir families have lived in thecountry for generations. Hundredsof thousands of ethnic Koreans,many descended from laborersbrought forcibly to Japan duringWorld War II, live in the countrylegally but without citizenship.

Maehara’s admission under-mines Kan’s pledge to root out“money politics” after a veteranpower broker in their party, IchiroOzawa, was ensnared in a politi-cal funding scandal. Ozawa sayshe is innocent, but the party hasrecommended revoking his mem-bership.

“I apologize to the people thatI ended up resigning after just sixmonths on the job, and for caus-ing distrust due to a politics-and-money problem despite my pledgeto seek clean politics,” Maeharasaid Sunday during a televisednews conference. “It’s truly regret-table that I caused such a problembecause of my own mistake.”

Rebels claim to have seized Ivory Coast townhe heard the sounds of explosionscoming from Ivory Coast. At least onemortar shell fell on the Liberian sideof the border on Sunday.

Analysts fear that Ivory Coast’spolitical crisis following a disputedpresidential election will spill overinto full-blown civil war.

Nearly 400 people have been

killed since the Nov. 28 vote, accord-ing to a U.N. and an AP tally of bod-ies. The U.N. refugee body saysmore than 200,000 people have fledfighting in the main city of Abidjanin the last week, and more than70,000 have crossed the border intoLiberia to avoid fighting in thecountry’s west.

AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO

Residents burn tyres and block the street where security forces loyalto Ivory Coast’s strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, opened fire on demon-strators, killing at least six women, on March 3, 2011 in Abobo, a work-ing class neighbourhood of Abidjan.

French ex-president toFrench ex-president toFrench ex-president toFrench ex-president toFrench ex-president togo on trial for corruptiongo on trial for corruptiongo on trial for corruptiongo on trial for corruptiongo on trial for corruptionAgence France Presse

PARIS – The unprecedented corruption trial of France’s formerpresident Jacques Chirac opens Monday, with lawyers seeking topostpone it on procedural grounds.

Activities Tuesday, March 8, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for March 8 through March 19, 2011

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

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

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

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

8 MarchAnggar Kasih Perangbakat

Bukit Buluh Gunaksa - KlungkungTirta Sudamala Bebalang - BangliPaibon Pasek Bendesa Sangsit - sawan -BulelengPasek Gelgel Pangi Dawan - KlungkungGunung Tengsong Lombok - NTBDalem Benawah Benawah - GianyarDalem Bitra Bitra - GianyarDalem Banyuning Banyuning Timur -BulelengDalem Pauman Batan Getas Titih DenpasarTengah Padang Tegalalang - GianyarMerajan Pasek Gelgel Desa Sande - PupuanTabananKawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa AdatPagan DenpasarHyangaluh/Jenggala Besakih - GianyarMerajan Pasek Lurah Tutuan Gunaksa -KlungkungMerajan Pasek Gelgel SelulungSelulungMerajan Pasek Subrata MedahanMerajan Pasek Munggu MungguPura Tengkulak Tulikup - GianyarPenataran Badung Ogang Village Sidemen -Karangasem

9 MarchBuda Umanis Perangbakat

Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Tarukan PejengTampak Siring-GianyarRambut Siwi JembranaBatu Bolong Canggu - KutaPasek Marga Klaci Klaci - TabananAgung Pasek Dauh Waru JembranaRatu Pasek Sangsit Sawan - BulelengPasek Tangkas Darma Reyanggede TabananBanyuning Village Temple BanyuningBulelengSrijon TabananPasek Gelgel Lebah Pangkung Petemon

Tirta Anom Padang Sigi Sading - Tampak SiringDadi Agung Pasek Bendesa Dukuh ManuabaTegalalangPedarmaan Batursari Ngilis JeguPenebel TabananPuncak Mundi Nusa Penida

19 MarchPurnama Kedasa

Odalan Betara Turun Kabeh Besakih -KarangasemNgusaba in Bukit Jati Temple BangliBatur Kalanganyar BangliMasceti Pejeng Aji Tegalalang - GianyarDalem Tangsub Sukawati - GianyarPenambangan Badung Denpasar CityNgusaba in Lempuyab Madia TempleKarangasemNgusaba in Batur Temple BangliVillage Temple Singakerta UbudPasek Gelgel Tagtag Kukuh Marga TabananGaduh Ketapian Sumerta DenpasarPasek Bendesa Batur Tuak IlangTabananPasek Agung Tagtag Kelod Peguyangan -DenpasarAgung Pasek Bendesa Tonja Tonja - DenpasarPasek Gelgel Angsri Baturiti - TabananPasek Gelgel Bale Agung SubamiaBerabanDukuh Sari Belatung Bengkel TimpagKerambitanPusat Dukuh Sari Belatung RendangKarangasemPita Maha Palangkaraya KaltengCanda Peraba Komplek Polri JelambarJakarta BaratAgung Jagat Natha DenpasarPemerajan Agung Puri Petak GianyarDadia Agung Tangkas Kori AgungAbiansemal Badung

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SEMINYAK - Aston International announced that the grouphas discontinued providing management services for Bhavana Pri-vate Villas Seminyak, Bali.

Bhavana which was formerly known as Sesari Villas was takenunder the care taking of the Aston group three years ago and hassince then developed to a popular and successful mid range villaresort obtaining several accolades and awards such as best sellingvilla resort for Garuda Orient Holidays Australia and a constanttop rating on Trip Advisor.

Aston International’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr.Norbert Vas said ”we had fantastic and very successful years atBhavana but are now focusing on growing our Villa brands“Kamuela” and “Royal Kamuela”.

Kamuela Seminyak recently expanded and now features sev-eral new villas with private roof top sun decks.

Aston Legend Villas in Sanur was rebranded to Kamuela Villas& Suites Sanur after the completion of extensive renovation worksand we will open our first five star plus “Royal Kamuela” in Ubudon March 17th. Further Kamuelas and Royal Kamualas are underdevelopment in Nusa Dua and Langkawi, Malaysia.”

Aston Internationaldiscontinuesmanagement of BhavanaPrivate Villas Seminyak

Tuesday, March 8, 20116 News

The older brother of 2000-coupleader George Speight, who isserving a life sentence in Suva,Tikoinasau was arrested and de-tained for distributing an anti-re-gime DVD to villagers in hisformer electorate, according tothe report. He was treated at aBrisbane hospital after he enteredthe country on a tourist visa andsaid he planned to apply for asy-lum.

“I will be talking to Australianauthorities about seeking politicalasylum; others from my countryhave had to do it,” he was quotedas saying in The Australian. “Iwill return to Fiji once democracyis restored.” Last week, leadingrights group Amnesty Interna-tional warned that Fijians de-


SANTIAGO, Chile – A mag-nitude-6.2 earthquake has shakena northern region of Chile, but noinjuries or major damages havebeen reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey in

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Samisoni Speight Tikoinasau

Ex-Fiji minister seeks asylumEx-Fiji minister seeks asylumEx-Fiji minister seeks asylumEx-Fiji minister seeks asylumEx-Fiji minister seeks asylumin Australia: reportin Australia: reportin Australia: reportin Australia: reportin Australia: reportAgence France Presse

SYDNEY – A former Fijian minister plans to seek political asylum in Australia after he wasarrested and allegedly beaten by soldiers in a crackdown on anti-regime activists, a report hassaid. Samisoni Speight Tikoinasau, who served in the cabinet under the previous governmentousted in 2006, fled military-ruled Fiji after being allegedly interrogated for three days in thecapital Suva, The Australian newspaper said.

manding human rights reformwere facing a crackdown at thehands of the military, which isheaded by strongman VoreqeBainimarama.

“Human rights activists in Fijihave given us harrowing accountsof how politicians, trade unionistsand government critics have beentaken to military barracks, beatenand detained for days without be-ing charged,” said Amnesty’s NewZealand branch.

Tikoinasau said the Fijian re-gime was facing growing opposi-tion at home, where activists wererelying on the Internet to spreadtheir message and circumvent me-dia censorship. “It is similar towhat is happening in the MiddleEast in that people are getting the

message out about Bainimaramaand to restore democracy,” he wasquoted as saying. “People are suf-fering, the economy is in a badway, there is corruption and theyhave had enough.”

A spokeswoman for the Austra-lian department of immigrationand citizenship said that, for pri-vacy reasons, they could not com-ment on individual cases.Bainimarama, who seized powerfrom an elected government in thebloodless coup of 2006, haspledged to hold elections in 2014,when he says reforms to pave theway for democracy will be com-plete. But international critics,particularly Australia and NewZealand, continue to push for anearlier poll.

Magnitude-6.2 earthquake shakesnorthern Chile

Freeport expects to sell 1.0billion pounds of copper and 1.3million ounces of gold for thisyear, down from the 2010 salesof 1.2 billion pounds of copperand 1.8 million ounces of gold,as the Indonesia unit is expectedto mine lower grade ore at theGrasberg pit, the firm said in its


VOLCANO, Hawaii – A newvent has opened at one of theworld’s most active volcanoes,sending lava shooting up to 65feet high, scientists at Kilaueavolcano said Sunday.

The Hawaiian Volcano Obser-vatory said the fissure eruptionwas spotted shortly after thefloor at the Pu’u O’o crater col-lapsed around 5 p.m. Saturday.It occurred along the middle ofKilauea’s east rift zone, about 2miles west of Pu’u O’o.

“As a volcanogist, this iswhat we do. These are the mo-ments we wait for,” volcanogistJanet Babb told KHON2. “It isexciting to see an eruption be-gin particularly if you can see itfrom the very start.” Kilauea hasbeen in constant eruption sinceJan. 3, 1983.

At the summit, lava recededrapidly late Saturday but seemed

Colorado says the quake was cen-tered in Putre, about 40 miles (60kilometers) from the port of Aricanear the border with Peru. Thequake happened about 9:30 a.m.local time (7:30 a.m. EST; 1231GMT) and had a depth of about 70miles (110 kilometers).

Chile’s national emergencyagency says the quake causedsome alarm among the population,but that it has had no reports ofinjuries or damages.

On Feb. 27, 2010, a magnitude-8.8 quake in central Chile killed524 people and left 31 missing.

AP Photo/Tim Wright

Scientists fly in a helicopter above the Pu’u O’o vent onKilauea Volcano on Sunday, March 6, 2011 in Hawaii. Sci-entists say the Pu’u O’o crater floor has collapsed andan eruption occurred along the middle of KilaueaVolcano’s east rift zone.

Lava spews 65 feethigh after cratercollapse

to slow Sunday. There were alsoabout 150 small earthquakeswere recorded within Kilauea inthe past 24 hours.

Scientists said areas near thevent could erupt or collapsewithout warning, posing a threatto visitors or hikers to the area.Also potentially lethal concen-trations of sulfer dioxide gascould be present within about ahalf-mile downwind of vent ar-eas.

Because of the latest activity,the Hawaii Volcanoes NationalPark has closed Chain of CratersRoad and all east rift zone andcoastal trails. Kulanaokuaikicampground was also closed un-til further notice.

Babb told the Hawaii Tri-bune-Herald that the fissure hasexpanded to about 535 yardslong and that scientists were hik-ing into the remote area to ob-serve the fissure and take read-ings. No homes are under threat.

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website.Freeport owns 90.64 percent

of PT Freeport Indonesia, whichoperates the huge Grasberg cop-per and gold mine in Papua prov-ince, while the Indonesian gov-ernment owns the remainder.Grasberg mine is about 3,350 km(2,080 miles) east of Indonesia’scapital Jakarta.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

“After all, the cabinet reshufflediscourse has been raised only basedon the anger of a political party to-wards certain members of the gov-ernment coalition,” BambangSoesatyo of the Golkar Party factionof the House of Representatives(DPR), said here on Sunday. He saidthat with such a condition the gov-ernment would face difficulties inregaining the people‘s trust.

President Susilo BambangYudhoyono, he said, should thereforeimprove and increase the effective-ness of his leadership in the cabinetand in the coalition after the Indone-sian Democratic Party of Struggle(PDIP) had confirmed its determina-tion to stay away the government.

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Supporters of Abu Bakar Baasyir from Mujahidin Indonesia held posters that said ‘’Free Ustadz AbuBakar Baasyir’’ during Abu Bakar Baasyir’s trial on Monday, March 7 at Jakarta Selatan.

Antara

TANGERANG - Customs per-sonnel at Soekarno-Hatta Interna-tional Airport have managed to haltthe smuggling of methyl amphet-amine from Hong Kong by tighten-ing the screening of incoming pas-sengers at the arrival terminal.

Head of the Soekarno-Hatta In-ternational Airport‘s Customs lawenforcement and investigation divi-sion Gatot Sugeng Wibowo said hereSunday that the efforts were madeto anticipate trans-national drug traf-

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JAKARTA – The United Stateson Friday called for religious toler-ance in Indonesia after several pro-vincial governments banned follow-ers of a minority Islamic sect frompractising in public.

Some provincial administrationsin the world’s most populous Mus-lim country issued a local decreewhich also banned Ahmadiyahmembers from showing signs iden-tifying their mosques and schools.

The provincial regulations cameafter Islamist fanatics brutally mur-dered last month three Ahmadiyah ad-herents. Two days later another mobof enraged Muslims rampaged throughthe streets and set fire to churches.

“Recent violence against minor-ity communities and new local regu-lations restricting religious freedomare damaging Indonesia?s interna-tional reputation as a democracywith a tradition of tolerance,” a USembassy statement said.

“As a friend of Indonesia, and asa partner in the G20 and other inter-

US calls for religioustolerance in Indonesia

national organisations, we supportthe overwhelming majority of Indo-nesians who abhor religious vio-lence and support tolerance,” it said.

“Laws should protect citizensfrom violence rather than restricttheir rights.”

Police failed to intervene to pro-tect the Ahmadiyah, who have beensubjected to regular abuse and per-secution since their sect was slappedwith restrictions at the urging ofmainstream Muslims in 2008.

President Susilo BambangYudhoyono condemned last month’sattacks but defended a 2008 law ban-ning the Ahmadiyah sect from spread-ing their faith, which is used byhardliners to justify attacks on the sect.

Human rights activists say the ex-general has repeatedly failed totackle sources of intolerance in thecountry of 240 million people, 80percent of whom are Muslims.Indonesia’s constitution guaranteesfreedom of religion but rights groupssay violence against minorities in-cluding Christians and Ahmadis hasbeen escalating since 2008.

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JAKARTA - The cabinet reshuffle discourse only serves as thegovernment‘s political maneuver which could not ensure the effective-ness of the government, a legislator said.

“Most of the people are no longerenthusiastic with following the cabi-net reshuffle discourse as it has beenraised for months,” he said.

He said that various societal ele-ments were not convinced that a re-shuffle would increase the effective-ness of the government activities.

Bambang said that the pressureby a certain political party for a cabi-net reshuffle was a result of its an-ger over the tax mafia inquiry mo-tion which was finally rejected in aDPR plenary on February 22, 2011.

“This political party was angrybecause there were two political par-ties in the government coalition whichwere consistent in their stance to main-tain their critical stance,” he said.

He said that this political partyshould actually make introspectionbecause it had failed to manage thecoalition in the parliament.

Bambang, who is also a memberof the House‘s Commission III onlegal affairs, said that the people nowdid not see any strategic significancefor the nation and state in the cabi-net reshuffle discourse, apart fromonly to satisfy the anger of a certainpolitical party.

Depends on PDIPThe decision about the coalition

restructuring and cabinet reshufflehighly depends on the attitude of theIndonesian Democratic Party ofStruggle (PDIP), a Democrat Partypolitician said.

“Democrat Party is still givingtwo-week time allotment to PDIP tomake up its mind to join the coali-tion and the government,” the party`spolitician Ulil Abshar Abdalla said

in a dialog aired by a private TV sta-tion here on Monday.

Other speakers in the dialog werePDIP politician Ganjar Pranowo andGolkar Party central executive boardofficial Indra J Pilliang.

Ulil said political communicationbetween Democrat Party and PDIPhas been running well but it was onlya matter of “fine tuning.”

He added that if the “fine tuning”from PDIP was fast, and then theprocess of coalition restructuringand the cabinet reshuffle would aswell run fast.

“But if PDIP does not respond toan offer from the Democrat Party,the Golkar Party will be maintainedin the coalition,” Ulil said.

Meanwhile, PDIP politicianGanjar Pranowo suggested thatDemocrat Party immediately decideto restructure the coalition and pro-pose the reshuffle of ministers in thecabinet. According to Ganjar, the

discourse of cabinet reshuffle coali-tion restructuring has been heraldedsince a few months ago.

“It has been floating too longwithout any follow-up,” Ganjar said,adding that the people had been fedup with the discourse about coali-tion rearrangement and cabinet re-shuffle.

Ganjar said the discourse aboutcoalition restructuring and cabinetreshuffle was not the desire or aspi-ration of PDIP but of the ruling party.According to him, it was difficult forPDIP to accept the offer from Demo-crat Party to join the coalition.

And Golkar Politician Indra JPilliang said Golkar Party was in thecoalition at its own desire but at therequest of President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono.

“But why Golkar is going to bekicked out from the coalition afterjoining it to guard the government,”Indra asked.

Customs halts drug smuggler from Hong Kongficking.

“Every passenger who arrivedfrom Hong Kong is thoroughlychecked as part of efforts to stoptrans-national drug trafficking,” hesaid.

Last week, the Soekarno-HattaInternational Airport‘s customs of-ficers foiled a passenger from HongKong to smuggle 1,044 grams ofmethyl amphetamine, he said.

The suspect only identified asYC, 42, was a Taiwanese who cameto Jakarta by Cathay Pacific, flightCX-777, he said.

The suspect told immigrationpersonnel that the sabu packagewould be delivered to somebody ata West Jakarta hotel, he said.

The airport‘s customs officersfound the contraband that the sus-pect hid in a bag that could easilybe detected by X-ray, he said.

Gatot Sugeng Wibowo said if hismen failed to foil the smuggling, itwould be sold to the Indonesianmarket at Rp1.1 billion.

The suspect may face 15 years injail plus a fine of Rp1.5 billion.

Indonesia is Asian countries be-

ing seriously threatened by drugsmuggling syndicates.

According to the National Nar-cotics Agency (BNN), there were3.6 million drug users in Indonesiain 2008.

They came from various socialand professional backgrounds, in-cluding artists, musicians, students,politicians, and even policemen.

In protecting young Indonesiansfrom the threat of drugs, the policekeep monitoring and foiled the drugsmugglers‘ activities.

In connection with the BNN‘s

efforts to combat trans-national drugdealers, its agents caught a Nigerianman for drug trafficking on January28, 2011.

The suspect was only identifiedas P alias Pr. The BNN agents alsodetained five Indonesians in a raidon January 28, BNN‘s Deputy forCombating Drugs Tomi Sagimansaid recently.

The Indonesians were identifiedas RA, E, DW, AM and J, he said,adding that the suspects were alleg-edly involved in smuggling mathylamphetanine.

8 InternationaTuesday, March 8, 2011

Bali Today

He said that the unique art andculture and the beautiful nature ofBali attracted the tourists fromChina. The number of tourists fromthe Asian country came to Bali inJanuary 2011 was 17,102 people.The number increase 53% compareto the previous month which wasonly 11,106 tourists.

However, if we compare to thetourists visitation in January 2010,the number of tourists from Chinadecreased 7%. Suarsa added thatChina contributed 8% from the to-tal number of foreign tourists vis-ited Bali in January 2011 which was209,093 tourists.

The number increased 16%compare to the same month lastyear which was 179,273 tourists.

Today, children have unlimitedchoices of games. They have beenpampered by modern games, rangingfrom Turtle Ninja, Kung Fu, wargames and many more. These canmake them stay for hours in front oftelevision or computer. Yet, behind thisease and enjoyment, they lose somevalues like creativity and do not knowthey have traditional games.

It is said so because there is a trendwhere children, both in urban and ru-ral areas, begin to leave their traditional

Chine move to second placeOn the list of tourists visit Bali

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Chinese tourists shop in art market on Bali island.

Antara

Denpasar – The number of tourists from China increasingrapidly in the last few years. Even, the Chinese tourist has movedto second place ahead of the number of tourists from Japan.The head of Bali Statistics Department, Gede Suarsa, said “Ja-pan was on the second place after Australia on the list of themost tourists visited Bali.”

Most of the tourists from Chinawere coming through Ngurah RaiAirport, only four of them came us-ing cruise ship. Surasa hope that thedevelopment in the economic con-dition of China will keep increasingthe number of tourists from the coun-try to Bali.

Bali and China actually has emo-tional connection because the coop-eration had been done since the XIIcentury and the evidence of it canbe seen from the architectures insome old buildings and houses.

The use of Chinese traditionalmoney (pis bolong) in the ceremonyof the Hindus is still preserved untilnow. “The connection could attractmore tourists from China in the fu-ture,” Suarsa said.

Traditional Games:

A Hidden Treasure of Children Heritage

http://www.krjogja.com

Children playing Engrang, one of traditional games that stillexist in Bali.

games. Many game options have beenavailable in the form of CD, DVD,Internet and cartoon in television. Justby CD rental or buying the cheapest oneand sitting down sweetly, they could en-joy the games they like best. If thegames contain competition, they willcompete against machine or some timesagainst friends. Without realized, thismay result in sight disorder where chil-dren should gaze the monitor and fi-nally require thick glasses at earlier age.

Advancement is not always bad.

However, parents should control themto what extent those games could drivegood impact. Before the presence ofthese modern games, there were manytraditional games. They are no less in-teresting than the modern ones. Manychildren even find it attractive and makethem creative.

Art parade of Bali Arts Festival 2009has shown the treasure of traditionalgames. This event is just like a kaleido-scope highlighting a variety of tradi-tional games that ever existed withinthe life of Balinese children. To playone of the games, children should firstsearch for its materials by themselvesat backyard or garden. Actually, it ishere where the challenge of the gamesbegins. Sometimes, they got injury be-cause they are unable to use a knifeproperly. It did not matter as intriguingpower has superseded it.

Among the parade, there was a spaceintended for children world where theydisplayed some bizarre games like co-conut shell clog, walking on stilts, pull-ing friend by the sheath of areca nut,pulling rope in-group and two-wheeledtoy where its stick carried on shoulder.Meanwhile, the heavier one was galli-vanting show by barong effigy.

To play the coconut shell clog, forinstance, they should keep their balancewell. Standing on the tips of coconutshell is not easy. Moreover, they haveto maintain the harmony of steps withthe pulling of rope connected to eachcoconut shell. When the pull and stepscan go harmoniously, the player canwalk faster. Balance is also entailed inwalking on stilts or tajog or egrang. Thisgame is even riskier because the posi-tion of pedal is higher from the ground.However, when a player can operatethese stilts properly it is more challeng-ing and pleasant. The higher the pedalthe more challenging it is. Walking onstilts looks like a walking long-leggedheron. It would be more interestingwhen passing through a muddy or knee-deep watery road. These games are of-ten put into competition related to tra-ditional sports.

Another game requiring cooperationis pulling the sheath of areca nut. If thebean of areca nut is used by grandfa-thers or grandmothers for ingredient ofchewing betel, the sheath of it is usedby their grandchildren to make ‘a pull-ing vehicle’. Yellow leaf signifies it hasbeen mature. It is time for children totake it. They just need to leave out the

ribs of leaf. The main rib is not cut as itwill be used to pull. One child servesas passenger while another as driverwho pulls the sheath. This role is ex-changed so both can have an opportu-nity to enjoy the ‘comfort’ of this ve-hicle game.

Children also put an interest indancing barong gallivanting show.For them, it has been designed asmaller-sized barong. Therefore, be-fore growing adult they have beenintroduced to art world of adultpeople. By performing gallivantingshow like this, they will obtain expe-rience and earn money. However, theemphasis here is not on the money,but on the experience and fun.

Actually, there are more tradi-tional games that once lived in midstof Balinese community. I hope thatBali Arts Festival have revealedthem one by one so young genera-tion can know their traditional heri-tages. Maybe, having watched orplayed modern games they couldcombine with the traditional onesthey have. At least, the traditionalcan become an alternative, as all rawmaterials have been available at theirsurroundings. (BTN/punia)

Balinese Culture

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Air kelapa muda (Youngcoconut juice)

Fruit juice: you can find various kinds of fruit juice

drinks, from papaya to markisah (passion fruit) to sirsak

(Dutch durian).

For alcoholic beverages, there are two primary drinks:

Brem (Rice wine):

As described above,

brem is a by-product of

tape. The wine comes

out of the rice because

of fermentation.

Arak:

Arak is a kind of

hard liquor. It is

fermented from the

sap of a special kind of

palm tree.

Additionally, there are variants of non-alcoholic

beverages above that have met Balinese creativity and

outside influence, resulting in various kinds of interesting

drinks. Air kelapa muda (young coconut juice) with

various kinds of liquors like rum or tequila can be found

in many restaurants, presented attractively in the

coconut fruit itself. And what can be more interesting

than a Pina-Colada like drink served inside a freshly cut

out pineapple. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Denpost

DENPASAR - The belea-guered Best Western Hotel Kutawhich was constructed withoutzoning permission in an area ofKuta where hotels and multipleresidence structures are specifi-cally prohibited, is now alsocoming under added scrutiny fora failure to meet its tax obliga-tions.

A report in DenPost claims anumber of tax-related issues haveraised the suspicions of Commis-sion C of the Badung regencyHouse of Representat ives(DPRD-Badung), the regency’srevenue agency (Dispenda), theregencies tourism office(Disparda) and local law enforce-ment officials.

When questioned about hisfailure to obtain the requiredbuilding permits, the hotel’sowner has consistently pointed tohis quarterly payment of taxes asproof of his good faith towardsthe local government. Thesequarterly payments of Rp. 45

Denpasar - Colonel Mulyadi saidMonday that the 37-year-old Danewas taken to the hospital last weeksoon after arriving at the Bali air-port. He said doctors found 218

Danish, French arrested ondrug charges in Bali

grams of hashish in 23 capsules inher stomach.

Mulyadi said the woman led themto the second suspect he identifiedas a Frenchwoman who allegedly

carried 2.01 grams of hashish.The predominantly Muslim na-

tion of 237 million people has ex-tremely strict drug laws and traffick-ers are regularly sentenced to death

Best Western Hotel KutaAccused of Tax Avoidance

million (US$5,000), which shouldrepresent 11% of the hotels totalsales revenues, are now beinghighlighted by legislators as proofthat the hotel owner is attemptingto avoid his true tax obligation.

The chairman of Commission Cfor the DPRD-Badung, I NyomanSatria, has pointedly calculated thata 110-room hotel with an averagerate of Rp. 450,000 (US$50) wouldonly be achieving an average occu-pancy of 10% if, in fact, the Rp. 45million tax payment is a correct as-sessment of tax liability. Satriacomplained: “It’s completely im-possible that their occupancy isonly 10%, especially when man-aged under a ‘Best Western’ brand.To break even the minimum occu-pancy of such a hotel would haveto be 35%. If we take that minimumoccupancy alone, the tax paymentover three months should be morethan Rp. 200 million.”

Satria questioned the regency’stourist office, asking the actual oc-cupancy figures for the hotel in or-der to obtain a truer picture of whatcontribution Best Western Hotel

Kuta should be making to theregency’s tax coffers.

In response, the head of the fa-cilities and infrastructure divisionof the Badung Tourism Office,Nyoman Suardana, said his officehas never enquired after the aver-age occupancy of the Best West-ern Hotel Kuta. In defense of thelack of occupancy data from thehotel, Suardana said it was prob-lematic for his office to check onany aspect of a hotel for which theyhave never issued a single operat-ing permit.

The head of the Dispenda forBadung, I Wayan Adi Arnawa, toldlegislators that, in fact, the hotelhas been paying a tax figure at least3.5 time higher than that publishedin the press. Adding, “however, Ican disclose the exact amount be-cause according to law that is se-cret data.”

Following the meeting with law-makers, Arnawa admitted to thepress that there were indications oftax avoidance by the Best WesternHotel Kuta that were still beinglooked into by his office.

UniqueBeverages inBali

Cendol:Jello-like consistency,

green pieces of tapioka,

mixed with water and

santan or coconut milk,

and sweetened by a

liquified gula jawa or

brown sugar.

Es campur (Mixed drink):

Somewhat similar to cendol, but it contains a variety

of things. In addition to different kinds of tapioka

products, sometimes people different kinds of fruits like

avocado, nangka or jackfruit, etc.

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Taman Sukasada or SukasadaPark is a beautiful park with big fishpond surrounds the old KarangasemEmpire heritage building which isused by the Karangasem’s King forday relaxation or meeting place intheir era. It is located in UjungCountryside about 5 Km fromAmlapura town.

This park is originally met onepool only which is very Ghostlikeand very secret called by Di Dirahand this pool at the period of I GustiGede Putu King (1849-1893) gov-ernance with his brother of Gde Oka(1849-1890) that the around of thispool is functioned as place of exilefor the man who alleged to run theblack magic (leak).

At the period of I Gusti BagusJelantik governance which start tolead the Karangasem Kingdom inthe year 1909, this pool area is ex-tended and developed by some poolsand also luxury building Bale Gilihttp://2.bp.blogspot.com

Taman Sukasada UjungKarangasem

with European style (modern style),later then it is given the name calledTaman Sukasada/ Sukasada ParkUjung Karangasem, that is estimatemade in the year of twentieth.

This park is strategically locatedin the coastal side, south part ofKarangasem town and founding a lotof wellspring around the area. If seenfrom the history aspect, most of allomissions from Karangasem Empireboth for Lombok Island and alsoexist in Bali, altogether area con-sisted by the pool and Gili buildingwhich is exist in the middle of poollike Mayura and Narmada Parkwhich are existing in west part ofLombok Island.

We can say that this SukasadaPark as a mascot of tourist destina-tions in east part of Bali becauseSukasada Park has been recognizeduntil foreign countries sincetwenty’s year and more famousagain in the year of thirtieth whenall foreign tourist start to pay a visitto Bali.

King of Karangasem I GustiBagus Jelantik who is known asAnak Agung Anglurah KetutKarangasem is a Statesman, Man ofletters as well as an architect. He hascreated a lot of building not even inthe form of park but he also donesome building which are exist in PuriAgung Karangasem (KarangasemPalace) like gateway which is look-ing like pagoda.

LocationIt is located in Ujung Country-

side, south part of Karangasem re-gency or about 2, hours from Bali’sInternational Airport. FromDenpasar Town, we have to take thehighway of Ida Bagus Matra’s Streetand go to the east part of Bali untilarrive at Karangasem town. Thejourney will take about 2 hours andturn right to the south part ofKarangasem town. Taman Sukasadais right located in the costal side withbeautiful old building and the rightplace to visit during your vacationin Bali.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 11

BUSINESS

Reuters

WASHINGTON – Most econo-mists believe the Federal Reserve’sbond-purchase program is helping tosupport U.S. growth, though manyremain skeptical, a survey releasedon Monday found. The survey fromthe National Association for Busi-ness Economics found 62.4 percentof the economists polled think thecentral bank’s $600 billion stimulusplan is working.

Another 21.8 percent see thepolicy, which has come under firefrom some conservative politiciansand a number of emerging marketpolicy makers, having no impact.Another 15.8 percent said the pro-gram was actively harmful.

In response to the deepest reces-sion in generations, in addition toslashing interest rates to zero, theFed bought over $2 trillion in gov-ernment and mortgage bonds in aneffort to keep long-term borrowingcosts down.

The nation’s biggest employers’organisation said it had written to financeminister, Chancellor of the ExchequerGeorge Osborne, ahead of his annualbudget due March 23, to request mea-sures that help strengthen the recovery.

“The CBI today (Monday) called on

Reuters

WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE –The U.S. government reiterated that itcould tap its strategic oil reserves inorder to safeguard economic growth assurging gasoline prices increase pres-sure for action.

While longstanding U.S. policy isto release reserves only in the event ofa significant and immediate supplyshortage, some analysts say the Obamaadministration may feel compelled totry to tamp down prices that are beingfueled both by outages in Libya andconcern unrest could spread in theMiddle East.

Reflecting market worries over un-rest, crude futures prices were tradingin Asia on Monday around their high-est levels in more than two years.

Echoing comments made by a num-ber of Obama officials over the pastweek, White House Chief of Staff Wil-liam Daley told NBC television’s“Meet the Press” on Sunday: “We arelooking at the options. The issue of thereserves is one we are considering.”

“It is something that only is done— has been done — in very rare occa-sions. There’s a bunch of factors thathave to be looked at and it is just notthe price,” he added. “All matters haveto be on the table when you go through— when you see the difficulty comingout of this economic crisis we’re in andthe fragility of it.”

He spoke just before a surveyshowed the second-largest two-weekrise in gasoline pump prices ever. Thenational average for a gallon of self-serve, regular gas was $3.50 on March4, according to the influential LundbergSurvey of about 2,500 gas stations, up32.7 cents from the February 18.

Congress has pressured the Obamaadministration to look to the emergencyoil supplies as an option to ease con-sumers’ fears over rising U.S. gasolineprices, which are nearing the all-timehigh of $4.1124 per gallon hit on July11, 2008, according to the Lundberg

British budget must haveBritish budget must haveBritish budget must haveBritish budget must haveBritish budget must have‘relentless focus’ on growth‘relentless focus’ on growth‘relentless focus’ on growth‘relentless focus’ on growth‘relentless focus’ on growthAgence France-Presse

LONDON – The British government’s annual budget, due in just over two weeks, must have a“relentless focus” on economic growth and job creation, the Confederation of British Industrysaid on Monday.

the chancellor to focus his March bud-get on areas that do most to boost eco-nomic growth and job creation,” it saidin a statement.

The powerful lobby group “is call-ing on the government to focus on threecritical areas: boosting export perfor-

mance, unleashing domestic investmentspending, and removing barriers forhigh-growth firms”.

The CBI represents about 240,000companies, which together employabout one third of the workforce in theprivate sector.

“This budget must demonstrate a re-lentless focus on growth to help get theUK working again. We need an all-ac-tion budget which boosts exports, invest-ment and jobs,” added new CBI Direc-tor-General John Cridland.

The CBI also repeated its backing forthe British coalition government’s plansto slash public expenditure.

“The government has been right tostay the course on its fiscal consolida-tion plans to bring the current budgetdeficit back to balance by 2015,” said

chief economic adviser Ian McCafferty.“As spending cuts put household

spending under ever greater pressure, thebudget must create the right conditionsfor businesses to invest and grow.”

He added that the government’s UKTrade and Industry (UKTI) departmentwould play a “crucial” role in helping liftexports. The Conservative-Liberal Demo-crat coalition, led by Prime Minister DavidCameron, is seeking to slash a record pub-lic deficit which it inherited from the pre-vious Labour government.

U.S. could tap oil reserves as gasoline price surgesSurvey.

Higher oil prices could underminethe fragile U.S. economic recovery anddamage President Barack Obama po-litically as he moves toward a 2012 re-election bid.

The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Re-serve holds 727 million barrels of oil,or about 38 days of consumption, andhas only been tapped a handful of timessince it was created in the mid-1970safter the Arab oil embargo. It was lastused in 2005 following HurricaneKatrina.

Thus far the International EnergyAgency (IEA) — which coordinatesreserves policy among the world’smajor energy consuming countries —has made clear it will rely first on OPECto fill the void left by the violence inLibya, which has cut off an estimated1 million barrels per day (bpd) of out-put.

IEA members South Korea and Ja-pan, among the world’s top 5 crude oilimporters, have no immediate plans totap into strategic reserves, sources said.

“There is no concern at all over sup-ply shortages,” said an official withJapan’s Trade Ministry, which is incharge of the country’s strategic oil re-serves.

The official declined to be identi-fied because he is not authorized to bequoted by the media.

OPEC powerhouse Saudi Arabiahas stepped up production significantly,but oil prices remain high. The risk formarkets is that the wave of North Afri-can and Middle East protests couldspread to major Gulf oil producers,cutting off supplies that would be im-possible to make up from other pro-ducers.

Despite longstanding U.S. policy onthe SPR, there are reasons to believethe reserves could be used more liber-ally now.

Unlike in 2008, when oil prices shotto nearly $150 a barrel in a demand-led rally, the rise this year is driven bya loss of supply — a distinction that

could give Obama more latitude to tapthe reserves, even though Libya shipsonly a fraction of its oil to the UnitedStates.

In addition, the global economy isin a more precarious state than wasgenerally believed at the start of 2008,prior to the financial crisis.

“Sovereign debt issues need timeand growth to resolve. High oil pricesthreaten that outcome. No leader willwant to preside over a recession thatthey had the tools to avert,” saidLawrence Eagles, head of oil researchat JP Morgan.

His outlook calls for a possibleSPR release if Brent crude pushesmaterially above $120 a barrel.

It traded above $117 a barrel onMonday, up more than 14 percent in

the last two weeks. Last week, theprice hit its highest level since 2008.U.S. crude futures rose to more than$106 a barrel on Monday, also theirhighest level since 2008.

U.S. federal law allows the gov-ernment to tap the reserve during anational energy supply shortage thatraises petroleum prices and coulddamage the economy. The presidenthas the authority to determine suchan emergency.

While the reserves could helpmake up for lost supplies, it is un-clear how effective they would be intempering fears that unrest couldspread to other, bigger producers in-cluding Saudi Arabia, where securityforces have detained at least 22 mi-nority Shi’ites following protests last

week.U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy

Geithner last week played down risksto oil supply, but also reminded law-makers of the emergency stockpile.

“If necessary, those reserves couldbe mobilized to help mitigate the ef-fect of a severe, sustained supply dis-ruption,” Geithner told the U.S. Sen-ate Foreign Relations Committee.

But there has been growing supportamong Senate Democrats for tappingAmerica’s emergency oil supply.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chuon Wednesday had ruled out releasingoil from the reserve, saying ramped-up oil production in Saudi Arabiashould lower the crude price.

“We’re hoping market forces willtake care of this,” he added.

Most economists say Fed easing is helpingWith inflation fears suddenly

emerging after months of worries aboutdeflation, analysts are beginning to pon-der the possibility that the Fed mayhave to tighten policy over the nextyear.

“While more than half of the sur-vey respondents indicate that currentmonetary policy is about right, there isalso a sense that overall monetarypolicy will become more restrictive,”NABE said. The discord deepenedwhen the 263 NABE members wereasked whether the current level of mon-etary accommodation is appropriate.Just over half said policy is just rightwhere it is, while 40.9 percent felt itwas “too simulative.” With the U.S.expansion apparently picking up steamin recent weeks, some of the more vo-cal inflation hawks at the Fed have saidthe central bank should considerwhether to cut short the latest $600 bil-lion bond-buying plan.

However, most policy makers,including Fed Chairman BenBernanke, appear inclined to com-

plete the planned purchases by thescheduled June deadline.

Asked about the likely trajectoryof prices in the U.S. economy overthe next three years, 40 percent ofrespondents said the risk of infla-tion was greater than the risk ofdeflation. Eighteen percent sawdeflation as the bigger danger, while36 percent said neither outcomewas very probable. The survey wasconducted between January 28 andFebruary 14, before a wave of pro-democracy protests and politicalunrest overtook parts of North Af-rica and the Middle East, pushingoil prices above $100 a barrel.

Recent data has shown the U.S.economy strengthening.

A report on Friday showed un-employment fell to a nearly two-year low of 8.9 percent in Febru-ary as hiring hit the fastest pace innine months. Still, the level of un-employment is historically highand most Fed officials feel theeconomy is still in need of support.

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“Rango,” which was directed by“Pirates of the Caribbean” film fran-chise maestro Gore Verbinski, is thefirst animated feature from Indus-trial Light and Magic, the specialeffects studio founded by GeorgeLucas in 1975.

“The draw for audiences was cer-tainly Johnny Depp and GoreVerbinski, but when you look at thereviews, it was 88 percent positiveon Rotten Tomatoes, which is a levelthat Pixar operates at,” said DonHarris, Paramount’s executive vicepresident for distribution. “This is afilm that has a shot at being nomi-nated for Academy Awards this timenext year.”

Universal’s mind-bending thriller

Reuters

NEW YORK – British rockersDef Leppard are hitting the road thissummer to support their first everlive album which aims to cement theband’s reputation as one of rock’stop touring acts 34 years into itscareer. “It’s the first time we’vetaken stock of what we’ve done anddelivered the live album fans havebeen asking for, for years,” leadsinger Joe Elliott told Reuters.

Best known for 1980’s smashhits like “Photograph” and “PourSome Sugar On Me,” Def Leppardchose the tracks for its new“Mirrorball” from among 45shows on its 2008-09 tour to sup-port recent studio album, “Songsfrom the Sparkle Lounge.” DefLeppard, whose upcoming tourbegins June 7 in Belfast and in-cludes at least 42 U.S. dates, saidthe record shows how muchtighter they’ve become since join-ing the ranks of rock superstars in1983 with the diamond certified“Pyromania.”

“We couldn’t sing back then,”guitarist Phil Collen said. Theband is known for its obsessiveperfectionism and long recordingprocess in the studio — it took 3


LONDON – A leading Britishnewspaper reported Sunday that Sa-rah Burton, creative director of theAlexander McQueen fashion house,has been chosen to design KateMiddleton’s wedding gown. Butboth Burton and the company’s chiefexecutive deny the claim.

The Sunday Times story said Bur-ton has received the plum assign-ment, then quotes her and McQueenCEO Jonathan Akeroyd saying thisis not the case. Both flatly denied theMcQueen house is involved. Thepaper did not name any sources, sug-gesting the information had reachedthe newspaper after Akeroyd told acolleague about receiving the royalgig.

Depp’s ‘Rango’ corralsDepp’s ‘Rango’ corralsDepp’s ‘Rango’ corralsDepp’s ‘Rango’ corralsDepp’s ‘Rango’ corrals$38M opening at box office$38M opening at box office$38M opening at box office$38M opening at box office$38M opening at box officeAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – “Rango” has lassoed the top spot at the box of-fice. The animated Paramount film featuring Johnny Depp as the voiceof a Wild West chameleon sheriff rode into town with a $38 milliondebut, according to studio estimates released Sunday.

“The Adjustment Bureau,” starringMatt Damon and Emily Blunt, de-buted in the No. 2 spot with $20.9million. CBS Films’ fantasy tale“Beastly” with Alex Pettyfer andVanessa Hudgens opened at No. 3with $10.1 million, rounding out theweekend’s top three films. It was an-other down weekend for Hollywood,with grosses coming in less than thecorresponding weekend last year.

“Comparisons to a year ago aretough considering that’s when ‘Alicein Wonderland’ opened with $116.1million,” said Hollywood.com ana-lyst Paul Dergarabedian, referring tothe Tim Burton film. “We’re noteven in that realm this year, so thisis our second down weekend in a

row. We’ve only had one up week-end at the box office versus a yearago. There’s this malaise overtakingthe marketplace.”

The raunchy Warner Bros. com-edy “Hall Pass” stayed committedin its second weekend in the No. 4position with $9 million. The 3-Danimated Walt Disney romance“Gnomeo and Juliet” also kept thatloving feeling going in its fourthweekend with $6.9 million in theNo. 5 spot, despite an animatedshowdown against “Rango,” whichwas not released in 3-D.

“The King’s Speech,” the royalchronicle from the Weinstein Co.that ruled last week’s AcademyAwards with 12 wins, maintainedthe No. 7 place this weekend with$6.5 million. Dergarabedian notedthat audiences who wanted to see theOscar front-runner starring ColinFirth and Geoffrey Rush likelyrushed to see the film before theAcademy Awards telecast.

AP Photo/Christophe Ena

In this Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 file picture British fashion designer SarahBurton waves after her spring-summer 2011 ready to wear collectionfor Alexander McQueen, presented in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.

British paper says Kate chooses McQueen designerA Paris-based publicist for the

McQueen house dismissed the reportin an e-mail to The Associated Press,saying “We can confirm this story isuntrue.”

The contradictory story, whichbuzzed throughout Facebook andTwitter, did not clarify one of thecentral mysteries surrounding theApril 29 wedding of Middleton andPrince William: Who will actuallydesign the gown she wears for hertransformation from commoner toprincess? The emphatic denials fromthe top people at McQueen wouldseem to indicate that the story is nottrue, but the circumstances surround-ing the fashion assignment of theyear (or perhaps the decade) makethe situation somewhat cloudy.

Just two weeks ago, British Fash-

ion Council chief executive CarolineRush told The Associated Press thatwhoever had been chosen would bebound by the terms of the agreementto do everything possible to keeptheir role secret until Middletonwalks down the aisle before the eyesof 1,900 invited guests and a vastglobal television audience.

“Whoever has the honor will besure not to leak it, that’s the agree-ment,” she said as London FashionWeek closed without the identity ofthe designer being made public. Ifword of the assignment has in factleaked out, the designer would bein the awkward position of eitherbreaking the terms of his or her con-tract by confirming their role ormisleading the media and denyingit in an effort to squelch the story.

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The personnel of Def Leppard

Def Leppard has eye on legacywith live album and tour

1-2 years to make 1987’s “Hyste-ria.” Yet, for “Mirrorball” the mem-bers decided to include songs thathad some imperfections to keep afeeling of “live” authenticity.

While it is billed as a live album,“Mirrorball” slips in three new stu-dio songs: “Undefeated,” whichElliott called a “classic arena rockanthem,” “It’s All About Believin’”and “Kings of the World.” The newalbum’s release date has yet to bedetermined, but will be availablebefore the tour starts. “Mirrorball”also will be sold on iTunes eventhough Def Leppard has yet toagree with the influential musicwebsite over most of the rest of itscatalog, including the top-selling“Hysteria” and “Pyromania.”

“If they give us a poster the samesize as the Beatles got, then yeah,”Elliott joked, referring to a severalstories-high poster of the Fab Fouron a midtown Manhattan buildingafter that band reached a deal withiTunes parent company, Apple.Elliott said that on the upcomingtour, the band’s fans could expectmore elaborate staging than in re-cent live shows, saying the newstage act has some “Cirque duSoleil”-like elements and elaboratelighting.

International Tuesday, March 8, 2011 13Science

The Alaska Department of Fishand Game forecasts that 203 mil-lion fish will be caught this year, thefifth largest haul since statehood,thanks to a combination of goodenvironmental conditions over thepast few years as well as carefulmanagement by the state.

The harvest of pink salmon, thecheapest and most plentiful of thefive varieties of Alaska salmon, willbe especially large, totaling 133.7million fish, according to the fore-cast. The commercial pink salmoncatch is expected to be 25 percenthigher than the 2010 total.

The commercial catch of high-

Reuters

WASHINGTON – A NASA sci-entist reports detecting tiny fossilizedbacteria on three meteorites, andmaintains these microscopic lifeforms are not native to Earth.

If confirmed, this research wouldsuggest life in the universe is wide-spread and life on Earth may havecome from elsewhere in the solar sys-tem, riding to our planet on spacerocks like comets, moons and otherastral bodies. The study, publishedonline late Friday in The Journal ofCosmology, is considered so contro-

Riccardo Guerrero / Richard B. Hoover / Journal of Cosmology

A photograph taken through a scanning electron microscope of aCI1 meteorite (right) is similar in size and overall structure to thegiant bacterium Titanospirillum velox (left), an organism found hereon planet Earth, a NASA scientist said.

Strange life signs found onmeteorites: NASA scientist

versial it is accompanied by a state-ment from the journal’s editor seek-ing other scientific comment, whichis to be published starting on Mon-day.

The central claim of the study byastrobiologist Richard Hoover is thatthere is evidence of microfossils simi-lar to cyanobacteria — blue-green al-gae, also known as pond scum — onthe freshly fractured inner surfaces ofthree meteorites.

These microscopic structures hadlots of carbon, a marker for Earth-typelife, and almost no nitrogen, Hooversaid in a telephone interview on Sun-

day.Nitrogen can also be a sign of

Earthly life, but the lack of it onlymeans that whatever nitrogen wasin these structures has decomposedout into a gaseous form long ago,Hoover said.

“We have known for a long timethat there were very interestingbiomarkers in carbonaceous mete-orites and the detection of struc-tures that are very similar ... toknown terrestrial cyanobacteria isinteresting in that it indicates thatlife is not restricted to the planetEarth,” Hoover said.

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Alaska salmon is migrating

Bountiful Alaska salmonBountiful Alaska salmonBountiful Alaska salmonBountiful Alaska salmonBountiful Alaska salmonharvest forecast for 2011harvest forecast for 2011harvest forecast for 2011harvest forecast for 2011harvest forecast for 2011Reuters

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The 2011 Alaska commercial salmon har-vest is forecast to be one of the largest since statehood — but thatdoesn’t mean prices will be coming down any time soon, a state fishand game official said on Sunday.

priced sockeye salmon, also calledred salmon, is expected to total 45million fish, an 11 percent increaseover the 2010 sockeye harvest, ac-cording to the forecast. “Probably thebiggest influence of all is generalconditions in the ocean for provid-ing food, and those seem to have beenfavorable,” Geron Bruce, deputy di-rector of commercial fisheries for thedepartment, told Reuters.

But an abundance of Alaskasalmon does not necessarily trans-late to lower prices, Bruce said.Prices depend on international mar-ket forces, including general eco-nomic conditions and production

from competing salmon suppliers, hesaid. He noted that the 2010 Alaskasalmon harvest was large and, at thesame time, fetched high prices.

“Cheap prices, I don’t know aboutthat. The salmon market’s prettystrong,” he said. Overall, Bruce saidhe’s expecting another good yearagain for Alaska fishermen. The 2011forecast does not include completeprojections for catches of high-pricedChinook salmon, also referred to askings. Information needed to com-plete those projections depends onterms yet to be set by the internationalPacific Salmon Commission.

The total Alaska commercial Chi-nook salmon catch statewide in 2010was 378,000 fish, according to thedepartment. The record commercialsalmon catch was in 2005, with 221.9million salmon harvested commer-cially, according to Alaska Depart-ment of Fish and Game records.


NEW YORK – “Pokemon” hasbeen around almost as long as Jus-tin Bieber has been alive. Among acertain demographic, the fiercelittle “pocket monsters” generatethe type of obsessive fandom re-served for the biggest entertain-ment icons, be they the hottest newtoys or dreamiest teen crooners.

The vast “Pokemon” empire isabout to get even bigger withSunday’s launch of two new videogames for the handheld Nintendo DS.Simply called “Pokemon Black Ver-sion” and “Pokemon White Version,”they sell for $35 each.

The “Pokemon” video gamescenter on catching, battling andtrading the hundreds of colorfulcharacters that go by the samename. As usual, the two new gamesare slightly different so that play-ers can buy one and trade Pokemoncharacters with others to strive to-ward collecting them all.

The new games add more than150 creatures to bring the total tomore than 640, rang-ing from the purplecat creature Purrlointo dinosaur-inspiredHaxorus. The latestgames let playersbattle not justpeople they know,as with previousversions, butstrangers throughrandom matchesusing the DS’s Wi-Fi connection.

“Black Ver-sion” and “WhiteVersion” are thelatest for the kid-centric empirethat has man-aged to outlivevideo gameicons suchas “GuitarHero” andoutsell bigshots such as“Call of Duty.” The

New video games expandvast ‘Pokemon’ empire

games are rated “E” for everyoneand have a broad appeal that goeswell beyond grade school kids.

“I like the community feel,” saidTiffany Stanley, 17, who competesin “Pokemon” tournaments alongwith her brother, Trey, 11. “Thepeople who play ‘Pokemon’ are thenicest and most intelligent people Ihave ever met.” Playing the game,she added, requires creativity andoriginality, as well as math and strat-egy skills to do well.

The “Pokemon” franchise is thesecond-biggest video game propertyfor Nintendo Co. and in the world, notfar behind the iconic “Mario Bros.”games. Worldwide, the game has soldabout 215 million copies, comparedwith Mario’s 250 million, Nintendosays. But “Pokemon” did so in 15years. Mario took a decade longer.

It helps that the primary systemto play “Pokemon” games is thehandheld Nintendo DS, the world’sbest-selling video game machine.Through the end of December2010, Nintendo sold nearly 145million DS systems in various it-erations, compared with 85 millionunits of the Wii console.

Tuesday, March 8, 201114 InternationalSport

After a dispiriting opening tothe season, which cost RoyHodgson his job and promptedDalglish’s return, Liverpool arefinally fulfilling their potential.Dalglish’s side are now sixth inthe table and a late challenge fora top-four finish is not out of thequestion, while the EuropaLeague provides a chance to endthe campaign with somesilerware.

The Reds boss was delightedwith the way Kuyt and strike-partner Luis Suarez tormented thePremier League leaders to securetheir first win over United in fourattempts. They beat United withthe kind of passionate, dominat-ing display that was routine dur-ing Dalglish’s previous reign andthe Scot warned his players notto rest on their laurels.

AFP PHOTO/ PAUL ELLIS

Liverpool’s Dutch forward Dirk Kuyt (L) celebrates after scoring his third goal during the En-glish Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield,Liverpool, northwest England, on March 6, 2011.

Dalglish wantsDalglish wantsDalglish wantsDalglish wantsDalglish wantsLiverpool to build onLiverpool to build onLiverpool to build onLiverpool to build onLiverpool to build onMan. United winMan. United winMan. United winMan. United winMan. United winAgence France Presse

LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom – Kenny Dalglish has urged Liverpool to use the momentumfrom their impressive 3-1 win over Manchester United to spark a successful end to the season.Dalglish was able to savour the best result of his second spell in charge at Anfield on Sunday asDirk Kuyt’s hat-trick put United to the sword in convincing fashion.

“Everybody that supportsLiverpool has had a great day. Theperformance of the players, their at-titude, their commitment, the pridethey took in the football club andtheir own performance, that was thereason they got the result,” Dalglishsaid. “Dirk got three goals, he’ll getthe headlines, and Luis Suarezplayed fantastically well but the restof them weren’t too far behind aswell.

“Everyone was really tuned in towhat they wanted to do and they didit. “We know it’s a good victory forus. We know Manchester United area great benchmark but our season isnot finished. We want to keep going.”

In contrast to Dalglish’s joy, hisold rival Sir Alex Ferguson trudgedout of Anfield without speaking tothe media as the Scot stuck to hisdecision not to talk in the aftermath

of his controversial comments aboutreferee Martin Atkinson followingTuesday’s defeat against Chelsea.

Ferguson was charged by the FAafter strongly criticising Atkinson’sperformance at Stamford Bridgeand he opted against doing any in-terviews after his side were compre-hensively out-played. It is not thefirst time Ferguson has ignored themedia and, although he will beaware his actions will be seen assour grapes, the United boss hasmore significant problems to con-cern him.

Having lost 2-1 at Chelsea intheir previous game, it is the firsttime in two years that United havebeen beaten in back-to-back leaguegames. United are three points clearat the summit with nine games re-maining, but nearest challengers Ar-senal now have a game in hand.


MADRID – French interna-tional Karim Benzema made itfour goals in his last two leaguematches with a brace as RealMadrid moved back to withinseven points of league leadersBarcelona with a 3-1 win at Rac-ing Santander on Sunday. Evenwithout the injured CristianoRonaldo, Real were far toostrong for Racing and Madrid re-sponded with their eighth leagueaway win of the campaign toclose in on Barcelona, who haddefeated Real Zaragoza 1-0 onSaturday.

Real manager Jose Mourinhosaid he didn’t expect rivalsBarcelona to drop points andsaid the champions had ben-efited from fortunate refereeingdecisions in the recent wins overValencia and Zaragoza. “I don’texpect Barcelona to slip up,”said Mourinho. “We know thatwe win if we do what we have toand when we are superior to ourrivals.

“Barcelona win when they dothings well, but they also winwhen they find themselves introuble because ‘things’ happen.It happened in Valencia whenthey could have lost and againagainst Zaragoza when theycould have played a lot of thegame with one man less.”

Real had crushed Malaga 7-0on Thursday and it could havebeen a similar scoreline in adominant first half against Rac-ing as they dominated from theget-go. Xabi Alonso hit thecrossbar in the 12th minute withwhat seemed to be an overhit

Real close gap as in-formBenzema downs Racing

AFP PHOTO / ANDER GILLENEA

Real Madrid’s Argentinian midfielder Angel di Maria (R) vieswith Racing Santander«s goalkeeper Fabio Coltorti (Down)during a Spanish league football match Racing Santander vsReal Madrid on March 6, 2011 at El Sardinero stadium inSantander.

cross and two minutes later Bra-zilian Marcelo missed a sitter.

Marcelo’s late run into the boxwas picked out and the left backrounded the goalkeeper, butsomehow sliced wide of goalwhen he had done all the hardwork. Benzema then thumped thecrossbar with a fierce drive be-fore Real produced a fantasticteam goal on 23 minutes withsome slick one-touch passing.

Alonso fed German interna-tional Ozil who began an ex-change of quick passes with Togoforward Emmanuel Adebayorand Benzema, before putting theball on a plate for Adebayor toroll home his second league goalof the campaign.

Three minutes later Ozil foundBenzema with a brilliant passand the Frenchman took the ballin his stride before slott inghome. Racing had a chance to geta foothold in the match whenAlonso conceded a penalty sixminutes after the interval, butPablo Pinillos took an awful pen-alty that goalkeeper Iker Casillasheld comfortably.

Real went off the boil in thesecond half and Racing pulled agoal back in the 69th minute withSwedish midfielder KennedyBakircioglu making a clever runto steal a yard on the defence andthen finish past Casillas.

Real were in for a nervy final 20minutes but Benzema ensured thatdidn’t happen by scoring his sec-ond three minutes later after a finepass from Angel di Maria. WithRonaldo missing, Adebayor wasentrusted with taking a late penaltyand failed miserably with a poorspot-kick to rival that of Pinillos.

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Bryant, who finished with 26points, didn’t make much of it. “Idon’t think it’s that big of a mes-sage that we sent today,” he said.

It was the seventh straight vic-tory for the Lakers, who are play-ing as well as any point this sea-son. Coach Phil Jackson concedesthat San Antonio’s 6 1/2-game leadin the West may be too big to over-come with 18 games left. But theLakers still made a few marks.

One is emphatically ending SanAntonio’s franchise-record homewinning streak at 22 games. An-other is beating the Spurs for thefirst time in three tries, includinglast month’s stunning loss in LosAngeles when Antonio McDyesstipped in the game-winner at the

AP Photo/Bahram Mark Sobhani

San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, center, of Argentina,passes the ball after driving between the Los Angeles Lakers’Pau Gasol, of Spain, and Andrew Bynum during the first half ofan NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio,Sunday, March 6, 2011.

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SAN ANTONIO – Kobe Bryant agreed it might have been the Lakers’ best game so far. Ittechnically wasn’t the worst for the San Antonio Spurs, though it often looked that way. TheLakers may not catch the NBA’s winningest team for the No. 1 seed in time for the playoffs, butthey handed the Spurs a blunt reminder that the Western Conference is still theirs to surrender,beating San Antonio 99-83 in a blowout Sunday.

buzzer.Bryant, for his part, didn’t show

any excitement in winning thisround. “Why should I be?” he said.Instead, Bryant sought to keep thelopsided win in perspective. “Weknow we’re capable of havinggames like this and San Antonioknows we’re capable of havinggames like this,” he said. “It just aseasily could go the other wayaround.”

Tony Parker led the Spurs with14 points. He was their only starterin double figures; Tim Duncanscored two points and ManuGinobili scored six. Two days afterSan Antonio humiliated LeBronJames and Miami in a 30-pointblowout, the Spurs took their own

lumps. The NBA’s sixth-highestscoring team mustered just 37points in the first half — matchinga season low — and shot 36 per-cent from the floor.

And it could’ve been worse. TheLakers led by as many as 32 in thirdquarter before the Spurs threw inthe towel and emptied their bench.

“They hit us in the mouth fromthe beginning and by the time werealized it, it was the ninth roundand we were down on thescorecard,” Spurs guard Gary Nealsaid.

Pau Gasol scored 21 points andAndrew Bynum had 17 rebounds forthe Lakers, who can match theirlongest win streak of the season witha victory at Atlanta on Tuesday.


PARIS – Serbia fired the firstshot in their bid to defend theirDavis Cup title on Sunday as theyadvanced past India into the quar-ter-finals as newcomersKazakhstan shocked the CzechRepublic in their World Groupfirst round tie.

Last year’s runners-up France,Germany and the United Statesalso sealed their spots in the lasteight to join Spain, Argentina andSweden who had already ad-vanced on Saturday.

Serbia booked a clash with Swe-den after coming away 4-1 winnersin Novi Sad over India, as Germany’stie with Croatia went down to thewire in Zagreb before the visitorswent through 3-2. They next meetFrance who were pushed hard beforebeating Austria 3-2 in Vienna.

But Kazakhstan provided the big-gest upset of the weekend in theirfirst appearance in the World Groupas they took to the court to beat theCzech Republic 3-2 in Ostrava justhours after finding their hotel roomshad been burgled. Andrey Golubev,ranked 43, shocked Tomas Berdych7-5, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, in the day’s firstreverse singles as the world numberseven showed the strain of playingthree days in a row.

Mikhail Kukushkin, ranked 63,was then feted as a hero by dominat-ing Jan Hajek 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (10/8), 6-0 to seal the decisive point.

The Kazakhs next meet Argentinaafter the South Americans beat Ro-mania 4-1 in Buenos Aires. Eduardo

AFP PHOTO / MICHAL CIZEK

Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan celebrates after he defeatedJan Hajek of the Czech Republic in the first round World groupof Davis Cup match at the Ostrava’s Cez Arena on March 6, 2011,in North Moravia. Kukushkin defeated Hajek 6-4,6-7,7-6,6-0.


LONDON – IBF and WBOchampion Wladimir Klitschko andWBA holder David Haye have fi-nally agreed to fight, setting up aneagerly anticipated heavyweighttitle bout for this summer. Aftermonths of failed negotiations, bothboxers confirmed Sunday the fightshould take place on June 25 orJuly 2 at a venue in Germany thatis yet to be confirmed.

“I am really pleased that wehave closed a deal on this fight,”the 34-year-old Klitschko told theWelt am Sonntag newspaper. Hayepulled out of a fight with Klitschkoin 2009 with a back injury andtalks between the two camps havecollapsed several times since.

“I always believed we’d oneday fight and I’m glad we’ve cutthrough the nonsense and put to-gether the most important fight inthe heavyweight division,” saidthe 30-year-old Haye, who plans

Holders Serbia, Germany and USA into Davis Cup quarter-finalsSchwank eased past Victor Crivoi 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 with Adrian Ungur get-ting a point back for the visitors witha 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win over Juan Monaco.

Viktor Troicki, who became anational hero in Serbia after beat-ing France’s Michael Llodra in De-

cember to win the Davis Cup title,lived up to his reputation and beatSomdev Devvarman 6-4, 6-2, 7-5to give his side an unassailable 3-1lead. Janko Tipsarevic then beatIndia’s Karan Rastogi 6-0, 6-1 in thefinal dead rubber.

W Klitschko, Haye agreeto fight this summer

to retire in October.“This is the match the boxing

world has been calling for since Ifirst decided to step into the heavy-weight division, and I feel it is mydestiny to fight and beat WladimirKlitschko. We are the best twoheavyweights in the world and itwould have been a travesty for usto have never fought.”

Haye’s camp said the deal, whichwill unify three of the four recog-nized belts in the division, wasstruck with Klitschko on Friday.

“Klitschko is ready made forme. I eat tall, chinny Eastern Eu-ropean heavyweights for break-fast. Wladimir is a fighter thatdoesn’t like to fight,” said Haye,who won the WBA belt by defeat-ing Russian giant Nikolay Valuevin November 2009 and since thenhas successfully defended his titletwice. “The terms were right, it’sa fair deal — it’s a 50-50 split,”Haye said. “That’s what theywanted and that’s what I wanted.”

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Loeb then took charge on Satur-day as Ogier lost a little - though notmuch - time running first on theroad. But it turned around againwhen Loeb picked up a 50-secondpenalty for being late into SS15 hav-ing had to fix a gearshift issue be-fore the stage start.

This put Ogier back in front, al-though he could perhaps consider him-self lucky to escape any penalty foraccidentally driving into service beforethe rescheduled regroup on Fridaylunchtime - an incident examined intwo stewards’ meeting. Loeb was soonclosing in once more, helped by Ogiersuffering a temporary loss of power,and the champion emerged with a com-manding lead when Ogier went off onSunday’s first stage and damaged hisCitroen too badly to continue.

That left Loeb to cruise to the fin-ish and get his 2011 title bid startedwith the 63rd win of his World RallyChampionship career. “That was avery hard weekend, a terrible fightwith Ogier until today,” said Loeb.“He was really, really pushing hard.

“I think we’ve done nearly a per-fect weekend, some small troublesbut not many for a new car. I’m sat-isfied with the performance - theDS3 is very fast.” Ford ended a toughevent with a double podium forMikko Hirvonen and Jari-MattiLatvala. Hirvonen dropped backwhile running first on the road onFriday - and was very perturbedwhen he carried on losing time evenwhen he had a better road positionfor leg two. But he retained the

CHRISTIAN Klien says he is stillpushing to secure the second Hispaniaseat alongside Narain Karthikeyan,despite Tonio Liuzzi appearing to bethe leading contender for the driveafter his recent test for the team.

HRT openly admitted that Liuzzi’stest at Catalunya was a step towardsa possible race deal for the ex-ForceIndia driver, but Klien - who drovefor Hispania in several grands prix lastyear - says he has not given up onstaying with the team and beatingLiuzzi to the final vacant seat in the2011 Formula 1 line-up.

“My manager RomanRummenigge is in permanent con-tact with the team’s management,”said Klien in an interview for hispersonal website. “Needless to sayI would love to drive for HRT.”

He is confident that the new F111 -which makes is scheduled to hit thetrack at Barcelona next week - willbring the team forward after spending2010 firmly at the back of the field.

“I am convinced the team willmake good progress and surprise afew people,” said Klien. “In GeoffWillis and chief designer PaulWhite they have engineers who

Loeb clinches another Mexico victorySebastien Loeb took the fifth Rally Mexico win of his career in ultimately dominant fashion

once his rally-long rival Sebastien Ogier crashed out on the final leg. The event was dominatedby the two works Citroens, with Ogier leading most of day one apart from a brief period whenLoeb nosed ahead.

championship lead and also grabbedthe bonus points for winning therally-ending power stage. Latvalawas delayed by two punctures.

The combination of rough stages,high altitudes and hot temperaturesmeant a high attrition rate for the still-new 2011 WRC machines. PetterSolberg recovered to fourth despitelosing seven minutes with an electri-cal glitch on his Solberg Citroen onFriday, Stobart Ford’s Mads Ostbergrebounded from a puncture to drivecarefully to fifth and his team-mateHenning Solberg took sixth despitemiscellaneous glitches.

The other two Stobart entries retiredwhen well-placed: Matthew Wilsonlosing a possible career-best finish toelectrical failure when fourth, andEvgeny Novikov’s engine overheatingdue to radiator damage while fifth onhis return to the championship.

Dennis Kuipers rolled the FermFord out of seventh on leg two, and KenBlock managed to retire the MonsterFord no fewer than three times, thanksto two electrical failures, and a minoraccident. Remarkably he was still oncourse for 10th until yet another elec-trical glitch on the penultimate stagedropped him to 13th.

The attrition rate was such thatFederico Villagra came back to takea point in the Munchi’s Ford despitepicking up a day’s worth ofsuperally penalties when he took awheel off the car on Friday’s firststage, struggling with brake prob-lems on his return and then break-ing a driveshaft on the final stage.

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French driver Sebastian Loeb (C) and co-pilot Daniel Elena from Monaco, of Citroen C4, withthe third place Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikka Anttila (L), and second palce Mikko Hirvonen andJarmo Lehtinen (R), celebrate after winning the Mexican FIA World Rally Championship in Leon,Guanajuato state, Mexico on March 6, 2011.

Klien still vying for Hispania driveknow very well how to build com-petitive racing cars. I would love todevelop it further. And they are mas-ters of efficiency like no other teamon the grid.” As the 2011 car has notyet made its debut, Klien does notthink he is at any disadvantage fromnot testing over the winter.

“All tests were done with the2010 car, which I have raced on fiveweekends last season,” he said. “To-gether with the race engineers I did

a lot of set-up work on it to improveperformance. At the end of the sea-son we were able to close the gap tothe other teams although there wasnot a single new part all year long.

“Other drivers like Tonio orGiorgio Mondini have no experiencein this car. From a team’s perspectiveit is only justified to get as much feed-back as possible and test other driv-ers’ work.” The Austrian is also re-laxed about the new car’s late debut.

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