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The ritual is a dance performedby a group of female dancers calledpemas and the male group calledparekan. In English, siat sampianmeans fighting using Balinese of-ferings and it is a sacred dancewhich is passed down from genera-tion to generation.

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RITUAL-Hundreds of people take part in the siat sampian ritual in Samuantiga temple.

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NEW YORK – Police found an“amateurish” but potentially power-ful bomb that apparently began todetonate but did not explode in asmoking sport utility vehicle in TimesSquare, authorities said Sunday.

Thousands of tourists werecleared from the streets for 10 hoursafter a T-shirt vendor alerted policeto the suspicious vehicle, whichcontained three propane tanks, fire-works, two filled 5-gallon gasolinecontainers, and two clocks with bat-teries, electrical wire and other com-

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A bicyclist rides between police cruisers standing by at sunriseat the scene where a crude car bomb had been parked at 45thStreet and 7th Avenue in Times Square May 2, 2010 in New York,New York. Police found a crude but potentially powerful bomb invehicle in Times Square and disabled it, clearing out the famousintersection of thousands of tourists on a busy Saturday night. Continued on page 6

Car bomb scares TimesSquare but fails to explode

ponents, Police CommissionerRaymond Kelly said.

“We avoided what we could havebeen a very deadly event,” MayorMichael Bloomberg said. “It cer-tainly could have exploded and hada pretty big fire and a decentamount of explosive impact.”

The bomb appeared to be start-ing to detonate but malfunctioned,top police spokesman Paul Brownetold The New York Times and WallStreet Journal. Browne did not im-mediately return an e-mail to the APseeking confirmation.

‘’Siat Sampian’’ in Pura Samuantiga

Unity to solve the conflictRitual was held in Samuantiga temple in Bedahulu,

Blahbatuh, Gianyar on Sunday, May 2nd 2010. The ritual iscalled “siat sampian” which is usually being held on the fourthday of the ceremony.

The dance has simple moves somost of the participants of the cer-emony can take part in the dance. Thepemas is using black cloth, white beltand dress while the parekan is usingall white clothes.

The procession of siat sampianwas started since early in the morn-

ing. I Wayan Patera, the head of thecommittee of the ceremony said thatthe procession was started by pray-ing in six spots throughout the templesuch as Pura Beji, Pura Anyar, PuraDuwur Delod ( Ratu Agung Sakti),Pura Agung Panji, Paruman Agung,and Pura Batan Manggis.

The procession continued byngayah ngampiong which is dancingthrough the temple area. The proces-sion must be done 18 times accom-panied by the priests.

After the ngombang processionthen the siat sampian dance started.Patera said that the procession is topurify the world and everything in it.

The dancers were not chosen butusually the parents who had dancebefore will be continued by their chil-dren. Patera said “they all voluntaryin doing the dance because they don’twant any disasters to happen.” Atfirsts, the dancers were those who hadsuffered from sickness and cured af-ter they pray in the temple. (kmb16)

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There were 154,079 students outof 1,522,162 registered for the UN inIndonesia were stated to have notpassed the primary exam and giventhe opportunity to take the remedialexam. It means the graduation per-centage of high school/vocationalschool for academic year 2009/2010was only 89.88 percent. It decreaseddrastically compared to the previousacademic year which recorded a93.74 percent of graduation. The per-centage of ?free falling? graduationin the national exam also happenedin Bali.

Of the 25,562 students followingthe national exam for high school/Is-lamic high school, 24,860 students(97.25 percent) and 702 more students(2.75 percent) did not pass. Mean-while, for vocational school, the par-ticipants noted in the national examwere 15,034 (97.47 percent) passedand 391 students (2.53 percent) didnot pass. It was a significant reduc-tion compared to the percentage ofgraduation of the national exam in theprevious academic year where thepercentage of high school graduationreached 99.92 percent and for voca-tional school reaching 99.59 percent.

The high number of failed studentsin this year?s examination inevitablymade sad their parents, practitionersand observers of education in Indo-nesia. The majority of them blamedthe national exam assessment systemapplied by the government had notbeen proper and gave impression of?robbing? the true rights that shouldbecome the full rights of teachers.From impression of mass media, itwas discernible a number of teachersfeeling anxious because so many stu-dents having outstanding achieve-ment failed in the national exam.

Meanwhile, students considered tohave less capability even could passsmoothly because the scores of theirexam even surpassed those havingoutstanding achievement. In theirconsideration, the education processlasting for three years as if meant

PLAN of Parliament and theMinistry of National Educa-tion to formulate the nationalexam (UN) system or methodthat is really effective to pro-duce qualif ied high schoolgraduates was responded posi-tively by the Secretary Generalof Indonesian teachers? asso-ciation (PGRI) of Bali Chap-ter, Gede Wenten Aryasudha.To avoid the controversy andrejection from the world ofeducation to the national examformat enacted in the comingyears, the officials of PGRIasked the House and Depart-ment of National Education toactively involve the institutionin the preparation and determi-nation methods of the nationalexam. ?The making of everyvital policies in the educationsector including the nationalexam, government should ide-ally involve the PGRI as an or-ganization representing the as-p i ra t ions o f the t eachersthroughout Indonesia,? Gen-eral Secretary of PGRI of BaliChapte r, I Gede WentenAryasudha, told Bali Post, lastSaturday (May 1).

According to Aryasudha,the insistence in order PGRIcould be involved in the dis-cussion about the method wasvery logical. It was the teach-ers that were entitled to assessand evaluate the results ofteaching and learning processachieved by their students. Inother words, determinationwhether a student could gradu-ate from the level of the edu-cation unit would be fairer ifit was done by the teachers.?Because, it is the teacher trulyknowing the development ofachievement and quality oftheir students,? he asserted.

Aryasudha added the formatof national exam prevailed to-day had not given real descrip-tion on the quality of gradu-ates. Occasionally, some stu-dents having mediocre aca-demic ability even got excep-tional scores at the nationalexam. Conversely, studentswith prominent academic abil-ity pursuant to their teachersgot lower scores because theywere not cooperative. ?As aneducator, we are often made

Triggering studentsTriggering studentsTriggering studentsTriggering studentsTriggering studentsfrustration: Is national examfrustration: Is national examfrustration: Is national examfrustration: Is national examfrustration: Is national examstill worth continuing?still worth continuing?still worth continuing?still worth continuing?still worth continuing?

WITHIN the past week, the mass media in Indonesia both print and electronic media inces-santly broadcast the news around the announcement of the results on passing of the nationalexam for high school/vocational school (SMA/SMK). Such continuous news presentation wasindeed worth observing considering the number of participants failing to achieve the minimalstandard of the national exam (UN) soared sharply.

nothing because it could be overcomeby national exam lasting for five days.All became unclear because there wasno guarantee that outstanding studentscould pass with ease. Conversely, stu-dents having not specialty suddenlybecame so special because of theirscores skyrocketed although it wasdoubted they gained the achievementsin unfair ways or cheating.

Admittedly, the organization ofnational exam had spread a fear andpotentially could trigger severe frus-tration among the students. If the fac-tual situation happened so, is the na-tional exam worth continuing?

When the question was deliveredby Bali Post to the Secretary Generalof Indonesian Teachers Association(PGRI) of Bali Chapter, I GedeWenten Aryasudha, and Chairman ofPGRI Denpasar, I NengahMadiadnyana, the two officials urgedthe government to review the imple-mentation of the UN system imposedover the years. Affirmed, the imple-mentation of the UN system has nowtransformed to be a very scary ghost,not only for the students but also forteachers and parents. ?In my opinion,the implementation of national examsystem, especially the process of de-termining the student?s graduationneglecting the central role of teacherswas very urgent to be evaluated,? af-firmed Madiadnyana and WentenAryasudha to the Bali Post, last Satur-day (May 1).

Aryasudha and Madiadnyana as-serted their party was not a priori tothe implementation of the nationalexam. Therefore, a national exam wasstill important to map the quality ofeducation throughout Indonesia. Un-fortunately, the concept of nationalexam currently adopted was drivingthe students to only study the subjectsconcentrated on the national exam ifthey wanted to finish their educationunits and could move on to higher edu-cation.

Meanwhile, as if the process oflearning other subjects was unimpor-

tant because the scores did not too af-fect the student’s graduation. “Theo-retically, the student’s graduation is notonly based on the scores of the nationalexam itself. It is also mentioned thescores of semester one to five and thestudent?s behavior as a determinantof graduation. But in practice, it mustbe admitted that the national exam iseverything,” said Aryasudha and jus-tified by Madiadnyana.

In this context, Aryasudha said, asif the brilliant achievement of studentin a number of subjects that were notinvolved in the national examachieved since the beginning to theend of the semester were meaningless.For example, they failed to completetheir education simply because thescore of Bahasa Indonesia subject didnot meet the minimum standards ofgraduation. Meanwhile, the scores ofthe national exam in English, Math-ematics and other subjects in factwere very good and so were thescores of all school exams. ?Manystudents should cry just because theyfailed in one subject only. Of course,the rating systems like this would notbe fair,? he said while criticizing.

The two officials of PGRI urgedthe government to determine thestudent?s graduation by fully handedover to the board of teachers. Actu-ally, teachers knew everything aboutthe progress of student?s achieve-ment from year to year, includinghow their behavior in school was. ?Asa matter of fact, the board of teach-ers knows much if a student is eli-gible to finish their education or not.Therefore, we hope to the rights todetermine the student?s graduationwould be entirely handed back to theschool. From the TV show, we cansee how helpless the teachers werein school when they witnessed theirstudents with outstanding achieve-ment did not pass just because theirscore dropped only in one subject,?Aryasudha and Madiadnyana saidcompactly. (ian)

Preference to be backto final evaluation inold Ebtanas model

confused to see this phenom-enon. Indeed, there is some-thing wrong with the format ofthe current national exam im-posed. On that account, westrongly support if the Houseand the Ministry of NationalEducation are really seriousabout formulating the nationalexam in a new format and cer-tainly the quality of its gradu-ates is more accountable,? hesaid.

Personally, Aryasudha whois also the Headmaster of SMPPGRI 2 Denpasar admitted tobe more convenient if govern-ment adopted the na t iona lexam in the old Ebtanas modelin determining the graduationof students from the level ofeducation unit.

To him the Ebtanas modelimposed before the nationalexam was more objective in as-sessing the student?s achieve-ment in their entirety. Because,student?s achievement in theprevious semesters, particu-larly the scores of report bookin odd and even semester at thefinal grade remained the mostimportant parameter in deter-mining the student?s gradua-tion. To determine the finalscores of students as outlinedin the certificate it used theformat of one-time score ofreport book in odd semesterand a one-time score of reportbook at the end of semesterplus two times of the score ofEbtanas and then they were di-vided by four. Above all else,the de te rmina t ion of astudent?s graduation from thelevel of educational unit whenthe Ebtanas format imple-mented would entirely becomethe rights and authority of theboard of teachers. Of course,they also considered the pro-cess and achievement of stu-dents along the three years.

?If government really wantsto examine and evaluate theformat of the final exam ap-plied at this time, we do hopethe format is returned to theold Ebtanas model. Of course,it is accompanied with variousstudies and improvements inorder to cover up the weak-nesses existing in the previousformat,? he asserted. (ian)

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Mangupura (Bali Post) -Closure of the election campaign

in Badung, was held in WantilanPura Petitenget, on Friday (30 / 4)yesterday. Closing the campaignperiod was marked by the presenta-tion of campaign attributes of eachteam winning pair Candidates ofMayor and Vice Mayor, to the Chair-man of the Commission of Badung.

Chairman of the Commission IWayan Jondra Badung say, overall,the campaign is going well andsmoothly. During the 14 days ofimplementation, the campaign inBadung had been nil incidents. ‘’Itis because of the attentiveness of the

Nugie continue the 17th pollingstation is especially designed for pa-tients, attendants of Sanglah Hospi-tal and staff who have the right tovote in Denpasar. The 17th pollingstation itself will be stationed at thePolyclinic Hospital Sanglah. On theElection Day, Polyclinic SanglahHospital will be closed and all ser-vices will be focused on the IRD.

Getting ready for the Mayor election,

Sanglah HospitalSanglah HospitalSanglah HospitalSanglah HospitalSanglah HospitalPrepares Polling StationPrepares Polling StationPrepares Polling StationPrepares Polling StationPrepares Polling StationDenpasar (Bali Post)

On the Tuesday (4 / 5) coming four districts and one city in Bali will hold local elections. Eachof the election-holding regions is Badung, Karangasem, Bangli, Tabanan and Denpasar. Out ofthe five regions, only the City of Denpasar has set up special polling at Sanglah Hospital. Said theDirector General and Operations of Sanglah Hospital Dr. Triputro Nugroho , accompanied bythe Head of General Affairs Putu Putra Wisada and Chairman of TPS 17, Komang Darma Wiasaon Saturday (1 / 5) yesterday.

Election Commission to coordi-nate the party Denpasar SanglahHospital for Special TPS held sincetwo months ago. While in other ar-eas who also conducted the electionuntil now there has been no coordi-nation, clear Nugie.

Based on interim data for SanglahHospital, around 75 people will pro-vide their vote to the TPS 17. Mean-

while, for patients and attendants ofpatients according to Nugie be madea day before the election. Sufficientconditions were to bring DenpasarID and Domicile to choose. Docu-menting intentionally performed onH-1 for more accurate data, consid-ering that there are patients who gohome and go every day, addedNugie. (San)

The End of CampaignPeriod, All attributesmust be removed

police, armed forces, as well as wellas evidence of the two candidatesreally could be a role model for so-ciety,’’ he said.

According Jondra, the expirationof the campaign, then both teamsmust immediately reduce the awardof campaign attributes that havebeen installed. Jondra states, today(fifth), Badung must be clean fromall the attributes of the campaign.‘’From now on, each team must im-mediately reduce the attribute hiscampaign,’’ he said.

The rest, Jondra also hoped that theimplementation of the election over-all went well and smoothly. (DED)

Denpasar (Bali Post)

Expectation of vocational school(SMK) of Automotive Skills Pro-gram to increase their competencein accordance with the demands ofbusiness seems too far. Majority ofAutomotive Department of vocationschools in Bali have not been sup-ported by adequate educational fa-cilities. For practical purposes, forexample, students are still relying onthe old and outdated equipment.

Contacted last Friday (Apr 30),the Division Head of SecondaryEducation Agency of Bali Province,IGK Widiartha, did not refuse if theequipment of Automotive Depart-ment for SMK were averagely in-sufficient to cope with the demandsof business world. He said the ma-jority of the equipment provided forpractice mostly consisted of oldequipment which of course was veryoutdated. ?Inadequacy of equipmentposes a fundamental problem as wellas the weaknesses in improving thecompetence of the SMK studentsbelonging to Automotive Depart-ment. Most of the tools used in prac-tices were already obsolete and out-dated,? he said bluntly.

According to Widiartha, BaliEducation Agency continuallystrived to update the facilities-in-frastructures supporting the studentlearning activities including the vo-cational education. In the last 2009budget, he said, the Bali ProvincialGovernment had disbursed IDR 70billion for school?s infrastructureimprovement.

Meanwhile, in the 2010 budgetyear, Bali Provincial Governmentwould disburse again at IDR 40 bil-lion budget for the same purpose.?Especially for practice facilities ofAutomotive Skills Program forSMK Students, the procurement ofthe machines directly does not ex-ist. However, it may be channeledthrough social assistance funds inaccordance with the proposals of

Most of equipments in voca-tional schools outdated

the school,? he said while addingthat school could take advantage ofthe social assistance funds to com-plete the lack of facilities and equip-ment supporting the educationalpractice of students.

Compared to high schools, hesaid, graduates of vocational schoolwas judged far readier to enter theworking world because of their edu-cation curricula had been designedfor the sake of the purpose. On thecontrary, high school graduateswere projected to continue theirstudy to higher education so that thematerial life skill given to highschool students was not as intensiveas their colleagues at vocationalschools.

?Because of having no skills, highschool graduates are hard to find jobin the community so they tend toextend the line of educated unem-ployment. This condition is differ-ent from the graduates of vocationalschools where they are at least ableto work with others, forming jointefforts with fellow graduates of vo-cational school and establishing self-employment business in appropriatewith the competence/skills they ac-quired in school,? he said.

For that purpose, Widiartha ex-pected the management of voca-tional schools in Bali could competeto establish synergies with businessand industry. As soon as the SMKwas established, it was expected tocooperate with business and indus-try as a partner of the institution. ?Atthis moment, SMK is absolutely nec-essary to cooperate or establish syn-ergies with the industrial world. Ad-ditionally, the vocational studentscan have wider opportunities to en-hance their competencies through asystem of field work practices in thebusiness world becoming its part-ners. As consequence, the businessconcerned is expected to be moremotivated to provide assistance forthe equipment,? he said to give so-lutions. (kmb13)

Negara (DenPost)-Apparently the struggle of doz-

ens of Masean Hamlet residents,Batuagung, Jembrana, protestingagainst the permit of CV HerpaFauna Indonesia was successful. Atthe end, location of the snake breed-ing was closed temporarily based ona letter from the Natural ResourcesConservation Agency (BKSDA).

From the observations at thescene, last Friday (Apr 30), in a let-ter signed by the Head of BKSDAIstanto that was also posted at theentrance to the snake breeding men-tioned the activity of animal shelterwas temporarily suspended whilewaiting for the results of further as-sessment and evaluation by an inte-grated team from the Bali ForestryServices and BKSDA Bali regard-ing to the feasibility of the animalshelter.

Meanwhile, the Regent ofJembrana Gede Winasa, last Thurs-day (Apr 29), also stated to take se-rious action against anything mak-ing the people restless, like the li-cense of snake breeding should bestopped first. ?Since the authority

After Ni Ketut Darti (40)Karangasem Bebandem citizenswho was suspected of rabies, andhad died on Friday (30 / 4) andthen, at the time only a few hourslater a citizen of Badung who alsodied of rabies suspect status. Pa-tients named Ni Putu Sumantri(40), citizen of Banjar PanglahanKapal Mengwi Village. Sumantri

A Badung Resident DiedSuspected of Rabies

signed Friday (30 / 4) at 8:45 pmand died at 18:00 pm.

Rabies Treatment Team Secre-tary Sanglah Hospital, Dr. KenWirasandhi, MARS when con-tacted Saturday (1 / 5) yesterdaysaid the patient had taken to theTabanan hospital before he wasreferred to Sanglah Hospital.Sumantri came to show clinical

Snake breeding finallyclosed after being protested

belongs to BKSDA to conduct theassessment whether it is reasonableor not, so the license is stopped tem-porarily to avoid any inconvenienceto people,? he said.

On the other hand, Director of CVHerpa Fauna Indonesia, GustiNgurah Lanang Pande, when con-tacted by phone declined to com-ment last Sunday. ?I do not want toaggravate the atmosphere again,? hesaid.

Previously, dozens of Maseanresidents cast a protest for severaltimes against the animal breeding.Even on last Monday (Apr 29), theycame to Jemberana Subdistrict Of-fice. Their arrival was intended toconvey their aspiration associatedwith the existence of the snakes andanimals in the breeding were escap-ing and disturbing the peace aroundthe location.

Some residents such as WayanNastra and Nyoman Derken con-veyed the snakes from the locationof breeding often escaped and cameto the house of local residents. Thiscondition had already stirred up theresidents. According to him, the ad-

jacent residents had previously de-nied the presence of such snakebreeding but it was unknown therewere signatures of the adjacent resi-dents used to propose the permit.

According to them, one of theresidents visited by the snake wasKetut Kanti. When she woke up andcooked, a snake with the length ofsome 2.5 meter came to her house.Since that time, residents becamefearful. Another adjacent resident tothe wildlife sanctuary, NengahWantra, last Friday, also said that hewas visited by a snake and smelt badodor coming out from the cage ofthe white rat breeding in front.

Previously, Director of CV HerpaFauna Indonesia Gusti NgurahLanang Pande denied if the pythonbred escaped and interfered withresidents in the vicinity. It was saidthe snake breeding was begun in1998. Other than snakes, he alsomaintained monitor lizards and liz-ards. ?At the moment, none of myanimals escaped because we havebuilt high compound wall and shad-ing trees do not exceed the walls,?he explained. (021)

symptoms of rabies. He has a his-tory of being bitten by a dog aboutfour months ago, did not get theVAR and not get wound care.Sumantri own bodies broughthome by the family directly, whileto ascertain whether he was posi-tive of rabies or not, Ken tells usare still waiting for results of labo-ratory examination. (San)

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“The Islamic republic’s delega-tion headed by Dr. Ahmadinejadleft for New York this morning toparticipate in the NPT review meet-ing,” spokesman Ramin

AFP

SEOUL (AFP) – Seoul’s defenceminister on Sunday vowed retaliationover the sinking of a South Koreanwarship which killed 46 sailors nearthe disputed sea border with NorthKorea last month.

“Those responsible for killing oursoldiers must pay the price,” DefenceMinister Kim Tae-Young told a KBStelevision programme aired nation-wide Sunday.

“Retaliation — in whatever formit is — must be done.”

It echoed South Korean Navychief Admiral Kim Sung-Chan’s re-prisal pledge during Thursday’s massfuneral for the sailors, attended byPresident Lee Myung-Bak.

Lee will preside over a scheduledmeeting of key military commanderson Tuesday to discuss the sinking ofthe Cheonan, becoming the firstSouth Korea president to chair sucha meeting, his office said Sunday.

“President Lee will check whattasks the Cheonan incident handed toour military and people, and state hisposition as the supreme commanderof the armed forces,” presidentialspokesman Park Sun-Kyoo said.

South Korea has not openly

AFP

BANGKOK (AFP) –Thailand’s cabinet held an emer-gency meeting Sunday on how toquell the long-running standoffwith anti-government “Red Shirts”in Bangkok amid fears it couldspiral into further violence.

Government spokesmanPanitan Wattanayagorn said themeeting at a military base dis-cussed coping with “terrorists andthe security of the monarchy” aswell how to address the grievancesof the Reds, who are mostly fromthe poor, rural north,

“We want to solve the problemof poverty and when the primeminister is ready, he will announcethe political guidelines to solve theproblem of the rallies,” Panitansaid.

The cabinet also allotted an ex-tra 249 million baht (7.7 milliondollars) to police and 28 millionbaht to the Department of Specialof Investigation to deal with theprotests.

The Reds have occupied sec-tions of Bangkok since mid-Marchin their bid to force snap elections,with 27 people killed and nearly1,000 injured in the capital’s worstpolitical violence in almost twodecades.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajivasought to reassure the public hehad a plan to defuse the crisis dur-ing his weekly television addressSunday morning.

“I have already decided whatsteps to take, but I need to makesure it will be successful and havethe least negative effect as pos-sible,” Abhisit said, without elabo-rating on his plan.

“After I do all of this, I will an-nounce what I have decided to doabout demands for parliament’sdissolution.”

With tensions simmering, theInternational Crisis Group (ICG)think-tank said Thailand must con-sider mediation from other coun-tries to avoid a slide into furtherviolence, a step which Abhisit re-jected.

“The stand-off in the streets ofBangkok between the government

Thai cabinet holdsemergency meeting on crisis

A ThaiRedShirtanti-govern-mentprotestermonitorspolicemove-mentfrom afortyfiedcamp

and Red Shirt protesters is wors-ening and could deteriorate into anundeclared civil war,” said the ICGin a report released Friday.

The report suggested forming aneutral negotiation committee withhelp from international figuressuch as East Timor President JoseRamos-Horta, a Nobel peace lau-reate who recently met Abhisit inBangkok.

“Many countries are confusedand ask why there is no negotia-tion. I talked to the premier ofTimor and I listened to his advicethat we need two ways to solve theproblem,” Abhisit said in his tele-vision address.

“The first is that the governmentmust stop anyone who acts againstthe law. The second one is the gov-ernment must not ignore the needsof the people.”

The demonstrations are the lat-est chapter in years of turmoil pit-ting the ruling elite against theReds, who say the governmentcame to power illegitimately in2008.

Many of the Reds come fromThailand’s rural poor and urbanworking classes and supportformer prime minister ThaksinShinawatra, who was ousted in a2006 coup and now lives overseasto avoid a jail term for corruption.

The Reds have faced heavycriticism after about 100 support-ers raided Bangkok’sChulalongkorn hospital Thursdayevening in the mistaken belief itsheltered security forces preparinga crackdown.

The Reds have apologised pro-fusely for the action, but claim thehospital was used in an April 22grenade attack, during a standoffbetween pro- and anti-governmentsupporters, that killed one personand wounded dozens.

The government said the gre-nades were fired from inside theReds’ camp — an accusation themovement has denied.

About 70 bomb and grenade at-tacks have been carried out by un-known parties in Bangkok sincethe Reds began the street protestsin mid-March, according NewYork-based Human Rights Watch.

AFP

AFP

ranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Ahmadinejad leavesAhmadinejad leavesAhmadinejad leavesAhmadinejad leavesAhmadinejad leavesfor New York nuclearfor New York nuclearfor New York nuclearfor New York nuclearfor New York nuclearconference: TVconference: TVconference: TVconference: TVconference: TVAFP

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehranon Sunday to attend the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conferencein New York, the foreign ministry spokesman told state television.

Mehmanparast was quoted as sayingon state television’s website.

“The president will take part in theconference to defend the rights ofIranian people and all nations,” he

said, adding the hardliner will“frankly inform all about the Iraniannation’s position.”

Mehmanparast saidAhmadinejad will make a speechMonday when the NPT review con-ference begins.

Ahmadinejad is accompanied byForeign Minister ManouchehrMottaki, Iran’s atomic chief AliAkbar Salehi and other top officials.

AFP/File

The salvaged bow of the South Korean warship Cheonan

S.Korea minister vows retaliation over sunk warshipblamed its communist neighbour forthe blast which tore apart the 1,200-tonne corvette Cheonan in the YellowSea on March 26. But tensions be-tween Pyongyang and Seoul have beensimmering since the sinking, with sus-picions growing that the North mighthave been behind the incident.

The North denies involvement.Defence Minister Kim told the KBS

show on Sunday that tiny “slivers of

aluminium” collected from where theship went down were being examinedto see if they came from weapons usedto sink the ship.

Kim has said a heavy torpedo wasamong the likeliest causes of the sink-ing. But he cautioned that the alu-minium pieces, three millimetres(0.12 inches) in size, were not yettreated as “decisive” evidence, add-ing the probe should clarify if theybelong to the vessel or something else.

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Denpasar

There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners -Denpasar General Hospital(RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongayaand Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private)Jl. Sudirman No 50, DenpasarPhone : 227 560, 234 824

In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medicalevacuation company, thatis:AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah RaiNo. 24X, Kuta 80361.Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that theBlood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh)Negative blood.

Badung

Bali Medical ClinicsThere are some medical clinics that are well known by for-eigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and oper-ated :

Bali International Medical Center (BIMC)Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excel-lent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Servicesfor tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance& Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone: 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta,Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com

International SOS Clinic BaliOpened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visi-tors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-houremergency medical service.Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - IndonesiaPhone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919E-mail : info@sos-bali.comttp ://www.sos-bali.com

Bali Nusa Dua Emergency ClinicJl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

Dental ClinicDr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, DenpasarPhone : 222 445, 234 375

DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324

Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4ABr. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Australian Consulate GeneralJalan Tantular 32 Renon DenpasarPhone: +62 361 241118Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

The Czech RepublicJalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.286 465

France Consulate AgencyJalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.285 485

The Federal Republic of GermanyJalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.288 535

The Republic of HungaryJalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.287 701

Italian ConsulateJalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 005

Honorary Consulate of MexicoJalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.223 266

Honorary Consulate of The NetherlandsJalan Raya Kuta 127, BaliPhone +62.361.761 506

Honorary Consulate of SpainKomplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. JalanPatih Jelantik Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.769 286

USA Consulate AgencyJalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.222 426

Consulate General of JapanJalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.227 628

Honorary Consulate of BritishJalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.270 601

Swiss and Austria ConsulateJalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan IstanaGalleriaPhone +62.361.751 735

Honorary Consulate of BrazilJalan Legian No. 186, BaliPhone +62.361.757 775

Honorary Consulate of ThailandJalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.263 310

Embassy of IndiaJalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 978

Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf FinlandSegara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.282 223

Honorary Consulate of MalaysiaAlam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.752 520

Bangli

Bangli General HospitalJl. Kesumayuda 27, BangliPhone : +62 366 91521

Gianyar

Clinic MasJl. Raya Mas, UbudPhone : +62 361 974573

Toyo ClinicJl. Pengosekan, UbudPhone : +62 361 978078

Permata Bunda ClinicJl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, GianyarPhone : +62 361 942082

Ubud ClinicJl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, UbudPhone : +62 361 974911

Gianyar General HospitalJl. Ciung Wanara 2, GianyarPhone : +62 361 943049

Karangasem

Karangasem General HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai, KarangasemPhone : +62 363 21001

Klungkung

Klungkung General HospitalJl. Flamboyan 40-4, KlungkungPhone : +62 366 21371

Negara

Negara General HospitalJl. Gelar, NegaraPhone : +62 365 41006

Tabanan

Laboratorium ClinicJl. Gunung semeru No. 8, TabananPhone : +62 361 819260

Mengwi ClinicJl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, TabananPhone : +62 361 880550

Darma Kerti HospitalJl. Teratai 16, TabananPhone : +62 361 812359

Tabanan General HospitalJl. Pahlawan 14, TabananPhone : +62 361 811027

Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

Singaraja

Prodia ClinicJl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali0362 - 24-516

Singaraja HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali0362 - 22-573

Pet ClinicsKayumas: (0361) 226934Sayang Binatang: (0361) 483121Satwa Kertha Husada: (0361) 263018Pantai Sindhu: (0361) 287518Sidakarya: (0361) 724492Pedungan: (0361) 720026

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Monday, May 3, 20106 News

Regivaldo Galvao — the last offive defendants to stand trial in thecase — was sentenced to 30 yearsin prison, said Telma Lima, aspokeswoman with the federalcourt in the jungle city of Belemwhere the trial was held.

The verdict came two weeks af-ter another rancher, VitalmiroMoura, was sentenced to 30 yearsin prison after being found guiltyof collaborating with Galvao.

Prosecutors say the pair offeredto pay a gunman $25,000 to killthe 73-year-old Stang because sheblocked their stealing a piece ofland that the government hadgranted to a group of poor farmerssupported by the nun.

The trials were seen as a litmustest for Brazil’s ability to begin toend the lawlessness that reigns inthe Amazon region — an area thesize of the United States west of theMississippi River. The governmenthas little presence in the area, andillegal activities like deforestationand illegal mining are rampant.

According to the Catholic LandPastoral, a watchdog group thattracks rural violence in Brazil,

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RIO DE JANEIRO – A jury convicted a Brazilian rancher early Saturday of orchestrating themurder of U.S. nun and Amazon defender Dorothy Stang.

more than 1,500 activists, smallfarmers, judges and others havebeen killed across Brazil the past25 years — usually by gunmen paidby powerful ranchers with landclaims at stake.

“The vast majority of thesecrimes are met with absolute im-punity by the legal system,” saidAntonio Canuto, an official withthe group. “Today’s trial is a nearlysingular fact — and it is of supremeimportance to set a precedent tostop the violence.”

Canuto said Catholic Land Pas-toral delivered a report to Brazil’sJustice Ministry on Thursday show-ing that 1,546 people were mur-dered in land conflicts over the last25 years.

Of those, only 85 cases werejudged, according to the report. Atotal of 20 “masterminds” of thecrimes were found guilty, but onlyMoura and Galvao are behind bars— the rest either escaped fromprison or are free on appeals.

Canuto said 79 gunmen involvedin the killings are in prison.

In addition to Galvao andMoura, three other men were tried

in Stang’s case:_Rayfran das Neves Sales, who

confessed to shooting Stang sixtimes on a muddy Amazon road, isserving a 28-year sentence.

_Clodoaldo Carlos Batista, anaccomplice of Sales, is serving outa 17-year sentence in Brazil’s“semi-open” prison system, mean-ing he can work outside but mustsleep in jail.

_Amair Feijoli da Cunha wassentenced to 18 years in prison foracting as a middleman between theranchers and Sales. He is also inthe “semi-open” system.

Galvao had never stood trial inthe case before Friday, managingto delay prosecution by legal ma-neuvers.

Moura was first convicted in2007, then acquitted during an au-tomatic retrial in 2008. The acquit-tal was overturned on a technical-ity last year and a new trial or-dered.

Stang, a native of Dayton, Ohio,and a naturalized Brazilian citizen,worked for three decades to pre-serve the rain forest and defend theland rights of poor settlers.

Firefighters who arrivedshortly after the first call hearda popping sound, said Fire Com-missioner Sal Cassano, who de-scribed the sound as not quitean explosion.

“I think the intent was tocause a significant ball of fire,”Kelly said.

No suspects were in custody,though Kelly said a surveillancevideo showed the car drivingwest on 45th Street before itparked between Seventh andEighth avenues. Police werelooking for more video from of-fice buildings that weren’t openat the time.

“The full attention of city,state and federal law enforce-ment will be turned to bringingthe guilty party to justice in thisact of terrorism,” Gov. DavidPaterson said in a statement.Bloomberg did not describe it asterrorism.

The T-shirt vendor alertedpolice at about 6:30 p.m, theheight of dinner hour beforetheatergoers head to Saturdaynight shows.

Smoke was coming from theback of the dark-colored Path-finder, its hazard lights were onand “it was just sitting there,”said Rallis Gialaboukis, 37, an-other vendor who has hawkedhis wares for 20 years across thestreet.

A white robotic police armbroke windows of the SUV toremove any explosive materials.A Connecticut license plate onthe vehicle did not match up,Bloomberg said. Police inter-viewed the Connecticut carowner, who told them he hadsent the plates to a nearbyjunkyard, Bloomberg said.

Heavily armed police andemergency vehicles shut downthe city’s busiest streets, chokedwith taxis and people on one ofthe first summer-like days of theyear. Times Square lies aboutfour traffic-choked miles northof where terrorists bombed theWorld Trade Center in 1993,then laid waste to it on Sept. 11,2001.

The car was parked on one ofthe prime blocks for Broadwayshows, with seven theatershousing such big shows as “TheLion King” and “Billy Elliot.”

The curtain at “God of Car-nage” and “Red” opened a half-hour later than usual, but theshows were not canceled, saidspokesman Adrian Bryan-Brown.

Katy Neubauer, 46, andBecca Saunders, 39, of Milwau-kee, were shopping for souve-nirs two blocks south of theSUV when they saw panickedcrowds.

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“It was a mass of people run-ning away from the scene,”Neubauer said.

Said Saunders: “There weretoo many people, too manycops. I’ve never seen anythinglike it.”

Bloomberg left early from theWhite House correspondent’sdinner Saturday night. PresidentBarack Obama, who attendedthe annual gala, praised thequick response by the New YorkPolice Department, WhiteHouse spokesman Nick Shapirosaid.

He has also directed hishomeland securi ty andcounterterrorism adviser, JohnBrennan, to advise New Yorkofficials that the federal govern-ment is prepared to provide sup-port.

Brennan and others will keepObama up to date on the inves-tigation, Shapiro said.

The FBI Joint Terrorism TaskForce in New York respondedalong with the NYPD, saidagent Richard Kolko.

“We have no idea who didthis or why,” the mayor saidSunday, but said that the city isalways a top terrorism target.The latest threat came last fallwhen air shutt le driverNajibullah Zazi admitted to afoiled homemade bomb plotaimed at the city subway sys-tem.

“These things invariably ...come back to New York,”Bloomberg said.

The theater district in Londonwas the target of a propanebomb attack in 2007. No onewas injured when police discov-ered two Mercedes loaded withnails packed around canisters ofpropane and gasoline.

Officials said the devicefound Saturday was crudelyconstructed, but Islamic mili-tants have used propane andcompressed gas for years to en-hance the force of explosives.Those instances include the1983 suicide attack on the U.S.Marines barracks at the Beirutairport that killed 241 U.S. ser-vice members, and the 2007 at-tack on the international airportin Glasgow, Scotland.

In 2007, the U.S. military an-nounced that an al-Qaida frontgroup was using propane to rigcar bombs in Iraq.

Times Square has been a fre-quent target, if not for potentialterrorists, then for rabble-rous-ers. In December, a parked vanwithout license plates led policeto block off part of the area forabout two hours. A police robotexamined the vehicle, andclothes, racks and scarves werefound inside.

Monday, May 3, 2010 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Belgian treasure-hunter LucHeymans said the haul was one ofthe biggest found in Asia and wascomparable to the most valuableshipwreck ever found anywhere,that of the Atocha, a Spanish vesselwhich sank off Florida in 1622.

It includes 271,000 pieces suchas rubies, pearls, gold jewellery,Fatimid rock-crystal, Iranian glass-ware and exquisite Chinese imperialporcelain dating back to the end ofthe first millennium, or around 976AD.

“At the time there was a lot oftrade going on between Arabia andIndia and coming down to Java andSumatra,” said Heymans, who ledthe salvage effort and subsequentbattles with Indonesian officialdomto bring the treasure to light.

“But we think there must havebeen an ambassador on board be-cause so many pieces are imperialChinese porcelain.”

Descending for the first time ontothe wreck site north of Cirebon,West Java, in 2004, the veteran diversaid he couldn’t believe what ap-peared out of the gloom on the seafloor.

“The site was 40 metres (130feet) by 40 metres and it was just amountain of porcelain. You couldn’tsee any wood,” he said.

And not just any porcelain. Thepieces include the largest knownvase from the Liao Dynasty (907-

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Belgian treasure-hunter Luc Heymans holds a rare large vase from the Liao Dynasty (907-1125) among the10th century Yue Mise imperial wares from the Five Dynasties (907-960), displayed at a showroom in southJakarta on April 28, 2010 (April 28).

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JAKARTA - The TransportMinistry looks set to licence twoRussian airline companies to flyto Indonesia this year.

The two Russian airlines,Transaero and Aeroflot, wouldserve direct flights linking the twocountries starting at the end of thisyear, Air Transport Director Tri SSunoko said in a press statementon Friday. Transaero which had sofar been conducting Russia-Denpasar charter flights twice aweek planned to also operatescheduled flights, he said.

Russia‘s state-owned Aeroflotmeanwhile would fly from Mos-cow to Denpasar vice versa as ofDecember 2010, he said.

The issuance of flight permitsto the Russian airlines was part of

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JAKARTA - Police arrested twodemonstrators at a rally to markInternational Labor Day in front ofthe presidential palace on Saturday.

“Yes, two people (were arrested)because they provoked officers,”Jakarta Metropolitan Police Com-mand spokesman Senior Commis-sioner Boy Rafli Amar said whencontacted by phone for confirma-tion about it here on Saturday.

Boy said he still did not knowthe identities of the arrested dem-onstrators. He said the two had pro-voked officers by shouting insult-ing words while carrying wooden

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JAKARTA - Migrant Carecalled on the government on Sat-urday to immediately set up a na-tional commission for Indonesianmigrant workers (Komnas BMI).

“We wish for the immediate es-tablishment of a Komnas BMI,” ex-ecutive director of the non-govern-mental organization, Anis Hidayah,said on the occasion of Labor Dayhere. She said Komnas BMI shouldbe an independent state institutionequal to other state institutions andgiven authority to handle mattersrelated to protection, supervision,mediation and coordination.

Anis said she also wished forthe state‘s responsibility for theprotection of Indonesian migrantworkers to be decentralized and tolimit private parties‘ role in migra-

RI gives flight permitsto two Russian airlines

aviation service cooperationagreed upon by the two nations attheir meeting in Russia on April29-30, he said.

“The MoU (Memorandum ofUnderstanding) made in Jakartasome time ago has been upgradedto RoD (Record of Discussion),”he said.

The RoD contained a numberof agreements related to exchangeof traffic rights, code sharing ar-rangements, co-terminalizationand aircraft leasing, he said.

As such, Indonesian-flag car-rier Garuda could sell and promoteflights to Moscow, Vladivostok,St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk inAeroflot planes, he said.

On the other hand, Aeroflotcould sell connecting flights fromDenpasar to Jakarta, Solo andManado in Garuda planes, he said.

Two Labor Day demonstratorsoutside palace arrested

sticks. Boy said the two were takento the National Police‘s criminalinvestigation unit for questioning.

He said the rally at the palacehad as a whole remained peaceful.Thousands of workers took to thestreet and marched from the HotelIndonesia roundabout to the palaceon Saturday morning.

The Jakarta police had been toldbefore that 18 community elementswould conduct demonstrations tomark Labor Day involving around10,000 workers. The Jakarta policesupported by police from the Na-tional Headquarters fielded around15,000 personnel to ensure publicorder and security during the event.

NGO urges formationof national commissionon migrant workers

tion processes.“The decentralization will

cover registration, education, pre-departure, medical services anddocumentation,” she said.

Private companies, she said,should only play a role in visa ap-plications, ticket services and depar-tures. She said the mechanismwould reduce the cost of placementand bureaucracy, boost transparancyand make control easier.

She said Migrant Care alsourged the government to give mi-grant workers social security ben-efits including reproductive healthallowance for female workers.

She said Migrant Care also wascalling for the reduction of admin-istrative sanctions and impositionof more severe criminal sanctionson trafficking in line with LawNumber 21 of 2007.

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JAKARTA - An ancient treasure trove salvaged from a 1,000-year-old shipwreck found by Indonesian fishermen is set to go under the ham-mer in Jakarta Wednesday with a minimum price of 80 million dollars.

1125) and famous Yue Mise waresfrom the Five Dynasties (907-960),with the green colouring exclusiveto the emperor.

Around 11,000 pearls, 4,000 ru-bies, 400 dark red sapphires andmore than 2,200 garnets were alsopulled from the depths by Heymansand his team of international divers.

It took 22,000 dives to bring it allup but Heymans said the salvagework, from February 2004 to Octo-ber 2005, was the easy part. “All themajor problems began after we gotthe stuff on shore,” he said.

The police arrested two of thedivers even though Heymans’ com-pany, Cosmix Underwater ResearchLtd., and his local partner,Paradigma Putra Sejathera PT, hadpainstakingly arranged survey andexcavation licenses.

The divers spent a month behindbars before the mix-up was resolved.

There were also run-ins with theIndonesian navy, efforts by rivals tomove in on the wreck, a year of liti-gation and two years of waitingwhile Indonesia drafted new regu-lations to govern such work.

Some of Heymans’ backers whocovered him to the tune of 10 mil-lion dollars began to worry that theirinvestment would be lost at the bot-tom of the Java Strait, he said.

By coincidence, officials lastweek said another treasure hunterwho is well-known to Indonesia,

Michael Hatcher, is under investiga-tion for allegedly plundering valu-able Chinese porcelain from a newwreck.

Marine and Fisheries Ministryofficial Adji Sularso said the probecame after authorities seized 2,360items dating from the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644) which Hatcher was al-legedly trying to smuggle out of thecountry.

The porcelain was loaded in twoships that were intercepted in watersoff West Java in September, headded.

No charges have been laid butpolice said Friday that Hatcher wasa fugitive and alerted border officialto block him from attempting to fleethe country. His current whereaboutsare unknown.

Hatcher, who was reportedly bornin Britain but grew up as an orphanin Australia, is believed to have made17 million dollars from auctioninggold ingots and 160,000 pieces ofporcelain salvaged from wreckfound in the Riau islands in the mid-1980s.

Under the terms of Heymans’ ar-rangement with the Indonesian gov-ernment, which declared some of histreasure to be of national heritage,the state will take 50 percent of theproceeds of Wednesday’s auction.

The remainder will be sharedamong the salvagers.

The auction will be conducted bythe Indonesian government, bidderswill have to front up a deposit of 16million dollars to take part and theartefacts will be sold as a single lot.The deadline for registration is Mon-day.

8 InternationaMonday, May 3, 2010

Bali Today

According WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud about 84percent of natural hazards in the re-gion are of meteorological or hy-drological origin. Bali and other is-lands are vulnerable to differentnatural, such as volcanic activity orthe earthquakes and tsunamis whichperiodically threaten their liveli-hoods. ‘’We cannot wait for the eco-nomic crisis to conclude before re-affirming the need to support na-tional meteorological and hydro-logical services as investment insustainable development and theprotection of lives and property,’’said Jarraud.

During the last four years,noted Jarraud, several countries wereseriously affected by natural disas-ters such as earthquakes and tsuna-mis in Indonesia in July 2006 andSeptember 2009; mudslides andfloods in the Philippines, in connec-tion with typhoons Durian in De-cember 2006 and Ketsana in Sep-tember 2009. In abnormally highsea-levels affected the FederatedStates of Micronesia, Kiribati,Marshall Island, Papua New Guineaand Solomon Islands in late 2008.

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DENPASAR - Pasar Sindhu, oneof the traditional market places inSanur beach area, Bali, which hadbeen improved by the Denpasar cityadministration, had started drawingthe keen interest of tourists whocame for shopping.

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DENPASAR - Bali and several countries in the south-west Pacific region are prone to natu-ral hazzards that cause by climate change. To manage those possibilities, members of WorldMeteorological Organization (WMO) in the South-West Pacific gathered in Bali for seven days(April 30 - May 6).

‘’Among the main tasks ahead, weneed to further improvement in fore-casting and warning services throughnumerical weather prediction prod-ucts,’’ Jarraud explain further.

Many projects across the re-gion are underway, including the up-grading of satellite-based communi-cation of warnings to meteorologicalservices and natural disaster manage-ment offices in the Pacific Small Is-land Developing States (SIDS).WMO also providing special assis-tance to Cook Islands, Samoa,Solomon Islands, and Tonga in therestoration of their affected basicmeteorological infrastructures.

Head of Meteorological, Cli-matology, and Geophysics (BMKG)Sri Woro Budiati Harijono said Indo-nesia has the opportunity to includeideas and strategics planning in thisforum. The forum participated by 22countries and will discuss about cli-mate and tropical weather. ‘’Themeeting also will discuss strategicplan year 2012 until 2015,’’ she stated.

‘’By the exchange of experi-ence and strategies to overcome theproblems of weather and climate, inthe future Indonesia is expected to en-

hance the national capability in climateprediction of district scale,” she said.

On that occasion, Sri WoroBudiati Harijono also explained theStrategic Plan of 2008-2011 periodhaving five urgent strategies. The fivestrategies included the developmentand implementation of science andtechnology, delivery of weather andclimate information services, partner-ship, capacity and resources as wellas efficiency of management andgood governance. Implementation ofthe five strategies was expected toimprove the forecasting and betterearly warning capabilities on theweather, improving integrated ob-serving system, development andimplementation of the new WMOinformation systems.

Equally important thing ap-pointed in this forum is the formula-tion of concept on the Global ClimateSystem Framework (GFCS) to im-prove the climate information servicesystem in order to accelerate the re-alization of adaptation-mitigationactivities becoming the tasks for theagricultural, health, transport, fisher-ies, water resources, energy, infra-structure sector and so forth. (kmb18)

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DENPASAR - The Bali policeare to summon Amit Virmani, themaker of the “Cowboys in Paradise”documentary film who resides inSingapore, with the help of Interpol,a spokesman said.

“We are going to do so afterall the witnesses we have questionedand the evidence we have collectedshow Amit’s involvement in pun-ishable acts,” Bali police spokesmanSr Com Gde Sugianyar Dwi Putrasaid here on Friday.

He said police had questionedsix witnesses and their statements aswell as the available evidence hadled to the conclusion Amit had vio-lated Indonesian laws in making thecontroversial documentary.

“Amit can be charged withviolating Law No 8/1992 on Filmand be sentenced to a maximum jailterm of one year and a fine of Rp40million in lieu of an additional oneyear behind bars,” Sugianyar said.

But as Amit was now in resid-

Bali Post/Edi

Members of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in the South-West Pacific region gath-ered in Bali for seven days (April 30 - May 6) to discussed the need to support national meteo-rological and hydrological services in each country.

’Cowboys in Paradise’ maker tobe summoned through Interpol

ing in Singapore, the Bali policewould summon him through theCriminal Investigation Departmentof the National Police Headquarterswhich had a permanent link withInterpol.

“We have already begun co-ordinating with the National PoliceHeadquarters to have Amit sum-moned for questioning here,” headded.

But Sugianyar admitted bring-ing Amit to Indonesia might not bean easy thing to accomplish as In-donesia did not have an extraditiontreaty with Singapore.

“However, this possiblehurdle does not prevent us frombuilding our case against the filmdirector,” he said.

Amit’s film which purports todepict the life of local young men asgigolos at Bali’s Kuta beach hasdrawn angry reactions from Bali’sauthorities and community membersas it was considered damaging theresort island’s image as respectabletourist destination.

Traditional market inSanur attracts tourists

While the parking lot in frontof the market place was still beingrenovated, many local as well as for-eign tourists kept coming there,Made Darna, a vegetable seller at themarket said.

The market place has some 150stalls selling vegetables, meat, fishand other daily necessaries.

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Sellers waiting for buyers in the art market of Bali Island. PasarSindhu, one of the traditional market places in Sanur beach area,Bali, which had been improved by the Denpasar city adminis-tration, had started drawing the keen interest of tourists whocame for shopping

Balinese Culture

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OVERVIEW:You can use any type of leftover chicken (roast,

steamed or fried) for this delightfully tangy chicken salad

INGREDIENTS :1 whole chicken, weighing about 1.2 kg (2 ½ lb)1 cup chicken spice paste½ cup tomato sambal3 tbsp freshly squeezed limejuice

PREPARATION:1. Rub the chicken outside and inside with the spice

paste, and season with salt and crushed black pepper.2. Place on wire rack in oven and roast first at 220

Celsius (420 F) for 20 min, then reduce heat to 180Celsius (350 F) and roast until done. Frequently bastechicken with a mixture of coconut oil and chicken spicepaste.

3. When cool, remove and discard the skin. Removemeat from bones and shred by hand into fine strips.

4. Combine chicken stripes with remaining ingredients.Mix well and season to taste. Serve at room temperaturewith steamed rice. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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KUTA - The Indonesian andSingapore air forces met here onThursday to expand cooperationon the occasion of the 30th mili-tary cooperation anniversary ofthe two ASEAN countries.

“Both sides considered coop-eration so far has run well andbenefited both sides. It is able toserve as a bridge in the handlingof the problems facing two na-tions’ air forces,” Deputy Chiefof the Indonesian Air Force Mar-shal Sukirno said.

Bali was hosting the 30th an-nual meeting of the two coun-tries’ air forces.

Sukirno led the Indonesiandelegation during the talks on theexpansion of the cooperation ofthe two countries.

The Singapore delegation wasled by Chief of the Singapore AirForce, Brig. Gen Hoo C Mou.Hoo C Mou was accompanied byeight officers.

Sukirno said that both sidesgave attention to human re-sources development. “There aremany joint exercises that could

OVERVIEW:Different versions of this Balinese snack are a great

favorite with visitors to Bali.

INGREDIENTS:1 cup black glutinous rice¾ cup white glutinous rice2 pandan leaves5 cups water½ cup palm sugar syrup1½ cup freshly squeezed thick coconut milk

PREPARATION:1. Rinse both lots of rice well for 2 minutes under

running water. Drain2. Put 5 cups water, both lots of rice and pandan leaf

into heavy stockpot. Simmer over medium heatapproximately 40 minutes.

3. Add palm sugar syrup and continue to cook until mostliquid has evaporated. Season with a pinch of salt. Removefrom heat and allow cooling.

4. Serve at room temperature, topped with freshlysqueezed coconut milk.

Helpful hints:As fresh coconut milk turns rancid fairly quickly, a pinch

of salt is usually added to the milk to help preserve it forfew hours. A more effective alternative is to cook thecoconut milk with 1 teaspoon of cornstarch diluted in a littlewater: heat gently, stirring constantly for a couple ofminutes. This coconut sauce will keep overnight.

Milk made from instant powdered coconut will not turnrancid, although the flavor is not as good as fresh coconutmilk. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Deputy Chief of the Indonesian Air Force vice Marshal Sukirno(left) shake hand with his counterpart from Singapore BrigadirGeneral Hoo C Mou after meeting to discussed cooperation onthe occasion of the 30th military cooperation anniversary ofthe two ASEAN countries.

RI, Singapore expandingair forces cooperation

be included in the program and becarried out,” Sukirno said.

In the meantime, Hoo said thatthe annual meeting had becomeincreasingly important.

“We see that the meeting is nota mere routine affair. There aremany important achievementsreached in the meeting for twocountries’ air forces,” Hoo said.

Bubuh Injin(Black Rice Pudding)

Ayam Pelalah(Shredded Chicken with Chilies & Lime)

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DENPASAR – to com-memorate Indonesian Educa-tion Day, Telkomsel cooperatewith Citra Mandiri Infokom(CMI) lunched School Infor-mation System (SIS). The pro-gram is the effort to supportthe government programcalled School administrationprogram (PAS).

Gilang Prasetya, the VicePresident for Java and Baliarea stated that statement dur-ing the launching in Kuta onSunday, May 2nd 2010. Hesaid that the program willmake the students and parentseasier to access any informa-tion regarding their school.

The customers can accessthe program by pressing *455#and the information will be re-ceived through SMS. “Educa-tion is the barometer of the na-tion development so it shouldbecome the priority especiallyto increase the quality of hu-

Telkomsel launchSIS program

man resources. Telkmosel give apositive contribution to the edu-cation world in Indonesia by pro-viding the specia l browsermenu,” Gilang said.

The SIS program had beentested in SMAN 2 Amlapura inKarangasem. The system wasvery successful in the school soother schools also wanted toadopt the similar system. Gilangsaid “SIS service is the collabo-ration between school resourcesand the sophisticated technologyof Telkomsel.”

Previously, SIS only can beaccessed through the local schoolnetwork. By pressing *455# andchoose “my school” menu, teach-ers, students, and parents can di-rectly connected with SIS net-work. There are three kind of in-formation, school info includingteacher’s info, number of stu-dents, etc, the second is the infoabout entry such as minimum en-try grade, rankings, etc, and thethird is about students such as ab-sent, grade, etc.

Telkomsel also donated 15finger pr int machine to 15schools throughout Bali such asSMAN 1 Denpasar, SMAN 4Denpasar, SMAN 5 Denpasar,and SMAN 1 Ubud. In additionto make the SIS mechanismeasier, the machine also canprevent the student abduction.

Telkomsel also give specialtraining to 100 teachers in 40cities throughout Indonesia.The program had given thetraining on creating materials,solution update and in creatingelectronic teaching materials.

Another program held byTelkomsel is the “Gaptek JadiMelek” which is an education roadshow on 15 schoold in Jakarta,Bogor, Depok, and Bekasi area. Inthe program, Telkomsel provide 4education cars and technologyequipment worth 200 million ru-piah. The equipment include edu-cation software, laptop, TelkmoselFlash modem, School free Wi Fi,and students and teacherstraining.(kmb18).

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PURANCAK Temple is alsomentioning as Pura Perancak situ-ated in the coastal area right atPurancak Countryside, Negara subdistrict and Jembrana Regency. Inorder to reach the location of thistemple which is also situated in theestuary of Purancak River, we haveto go the west direction and goesto through the good road with thecar or other motorcycle. After go-ing through the journey within 9Km from the district town, all visi-tors who visit this temple will ar-rive at non-irrigated dry field. Thisland is fully planted by the coco-nut trees with beautiful panoramathat make a comfortable atmo-sphere.

Pertaining to the name(Abhiseka) of Purancak Temple, itis inseparable from the holy jour-ney (Dharmayatra and Tirthayatra)of Danghyang Dwijendra, a famousSiwa Religion Adviser. From thedomestic sources, there is opinionthat the name of Purancak Templeis come the word of Perahu Encak(Balinese Language meaning leakyboat or breaking boat). There is also

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Purancak Templefrom domestic source say that thethis temple’s name is come fromword Ancak (The tree name, sy-camore bodi), because whenDanghyang Dwijendra crossing thesea in west part of Bali Island thatis also recognized as Sagara Rupek,he firstly arrive at the locationwhere the Purancak Temple exist-ing now. He wait his wife and sonwho go up the leaky boat that hadbeen patched by spool gourd leaf (Waluh Pahit), while DanghyangDwijendra go up a bitter fruitWaluh (spool gourd) by using hisboth hand and feet as oar .

When he waiting his wife andson, he was seat under a tree whichis called Ancak Tree and at thesame time he do conversation witha cow farmer. Since he was seatunder that tree then The Temple isbuilt right in this location hence thistemple is named by PurancakTemple. But in conjunction to otherdomestic sources that is estimatedthe Purancak Temple is also takenaway from the name of this coun-tryside where he firstly arrive anddo pray while waiting his family.

This temple is kept by a priestevery day who waiting and moni-toring everyone who cross the way.The priest will remind and admon-ishing if there anyone who pass andneglect to conduct the pray basedon the regulation stated by I NgurahRagsasa, the powerful and handlehegemony over there .

Dhangyang Dwijendra and hisfamily continue his holy journeyand pass this temple. When he ar-rive at this temple area, the priestas a temple keeper who is also ob-serve everyone crossing this area,he admonished and asked toDanghyang Dwinjendra to do prayin this temple. When he reach in thesilent moment of praying, suddenlyinscrutable fact happened that thistemple breaks. When witnessingthis inscrutable occurrence, INgurah Rangsasa with all his sup-porter are feeling very fear and thenrun to his house meanwhile thetemple priest is very braze and re-quest to Danghyang Dwijendra re-turn the temple back to the perfec-tion like previously.

Dhangyang Dwijendra finally

fulfills his request and then he dopray again to return the temple con-dition like previously. By blessingof his spiritual strengthens andChastity, the temple become intactreturn. The priest look so happy to

witness all this experiences thenDanghyang Dwijendra bestow theKalpika to the priest in order to glo-rify as a proof that he was done aholy journey to this place.(www.balistarisland.com)

Monday, May 3, 2010 11

BUSINESS

Associated Press Writer

SHANGHAI - China’scommercial capital of Shanghaihas always been all about busi-ness. Nowhere is that more evi-dent than at its World Expo, agiant bazaar of ideas, technolo-gies and outright PR offensivesfocused on the world’s fastest-growing major market.

In a cash-strapped 21stcentury of market meltdownsand big bailouts, the Expo,which opened to the public thisweekend, is a multibillion dol-lar business opportunity that hasyielded massive contracts fordesign, equipment and engi-neering firms.

Since they started out dis-playing new industrial technolo-gies alongside new design andcultural offerings in the mid-19th century, world’s fairs havealways been something of a glo-bal marketplace in miniature.

With China’s economygrowing faster than most andpoised to soon overtake Japan’sas the second-biggest after theUnited States, the Expo’s roleas a venue for networking andmarketing is bigger than everbefore.

“It gives everyone an ex-cuse to come to China. It’s go-ing to be parties and receptionsand networking and minglingand looking around,” saidJames McGregor, a senior coun-selor for consulting firm APCOWorldwide Inc. and author ofthe book, “One Billion Custom-ers: Lessons from the FrontLines of Doing Business inChina.”

Given China’s growing sta-tus and power, even crisis-stricken Greece and Icelandwent ahead with plans to stagepavilions, wary of the costs oflost opportunities in this hugeand growing market.

“We’re getting the word outthat we stand for so much morethan just maybe the headlinesabout the financial crisis and ashclosing down the airports in Eu-rope, we have other things to of-fer,” said Hreinn Palsson,Iceland’s consul general inShanghai and its Expo commis-sioner general.

“We’re using this event andthese facilities to establish con-nections, establish a point thatcompanies can come to and workout of here in China,” he said.

Corporations both Chinese

While growth slowed from thefourth-quarter’s rapid 5.6 percent paceand was a touch weaker than econo-mists expected, the details of Friday’sreport from the Commerce Departmentwere fairly upbeat.

President Barack Obama, whosepopularity numbers have suffered be-cause of public discontent over theeconomy, hailed the data as a step inthe right direction, but stressed moreneeds to be done.

“Our economy is stronger, that eco-nomic heartbeat is growing stronger,”Obama said at the White House.“While today’s GDP report is an im-portant milepost on our road to recov-ery, it doesn’t mean much to an Ameri-can who has lost his or her job and can’tfind another.”

High unemployment remains a sorepoint as the economy climbs out of itsworst recession since the 1930s.

While the economy has now grownfor three straight quarters at an aver-age of 3.7 percent, widespread jobless-ness is hurting Obama’s approval rat-ings and dimming his fellow Demo-crats’ prospects for November elec-tions, in which they face a fight to keeptheir majorities in both houses of Con-gress. Consumer spending, which nor-mally accounts for about 70 percent ofU.S. economic activity, added nearly2.6 percentage points to gross domes-tic product growth last quarter — thebiggest contribution since the fourthquarter of 2006.

“The growth appears to be moreorganic in terms of the consumer be-ing the driver. We need to make sureit’s followed up with additional morebroad-based gains,” said DanielPenrod, a senior analyst at the Califor-nia Credit Union League.

But stock market investors were dis-appointed growth fell short of the 3.4percent analysts had expected. Com-bined with reports of a federal crimi-nal probe of Goldman Sachs, stocks onWall Street posted their worst weeksince January.

U.S. government debt prices rallied,tapping a safe-haven bid, while thedollar fell for a third straight day againstthe euro on hopes debt-stricken Greecewould soon receive emergency aid.

Consumer spending rose at a 3.6

Chris Hondros/Getty Images/AFP

People enter and exit The Shops at Columbus Circle, an up-scale mall, April 30, 2010 in New York, New York. The US economygrew 3.2% in the first quarter of the year, giving some analystsconfindence that a modest economic recovery has taken hold.

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WASHINGTON - TheU.S. economy expanded at a 3.2percent annual rate in the firstquarter as consumers in-creased spending at the fastestpace in three years, the stron-gest sign yet a sustainable re-covery may be taking hold.

percent rate in the January-March pe-riod, more than double the fourthquarter’s 1.6 percent pace and the big-gest gain since the start of 2007.

“Consumers don’t seem as panickedas they were last year and they are be-ginning to unleash some of the pent-up demand,” said Ryan Sweet, a se-nior economist at Moody’sEconomy.com in West Chester, Penn-sylvania. “But that pace of (spending)growth is unsustainable. We’re goingto see a more cautious consumer overthe next few months because we stillhave a nearly double-digit unemploy-ment rate.”

The United States has emerged fromrecession more swiftly than Europe orJapan. Euro zone first-quarter GDP datadue in mid-May is expected to showannualized growth of roughly 0.8 per-cent. Japan, which has been strugglingwith deflation, does not report its datauntil later in May. Analysts said thewelcome but moderate pace of U.S.growth meant the Federal Reservecould bide its time before raising bench-mark interest rates from their currentlevels near zero, particularly with un-employment hovering near 10 percent.“This should provide additional com-fort for the majority on the (Fed’s policypanel) that will look to keep rates onhold into 2011,” said Joseph Brusuelas,chief economist at Brusuelas Analyticsin Stamford, Connecticut.

The central bank on Wednesdaynoted activity had strengthened and thatthe labor market was starting to im-prove. Still, it said it expects a modestrecovery and renewed its vow to keeprates low for an extended period.

The Commerce Department reportshowed that business inventories in-

creased $31.1 billion in the first quar-ter, adding 1.57 percentage points toGDP growth, as firms restocked to meetrising demand. It was the first inven-tory increase since the first quarter of2008.

Businesses also continued to spendon software and equipment, though abit less vigorously than in the prior quar-ter, boding well for the economic re-covery and jobs.

Last month, the economy registeredits strongest jobs growth in three yearsas private employers stepped up hiring.

“If they are spending on equipmentalready, it shows a lot of confidence forfuture hiring which supports consumerspending. If we continue to have em-ployment growth, we will have a goodyear,” said Kurt Karl, head of economicresearch at Swiss Re in New York.

But new home construction was adrag on growth in the first quarter aftertwo straight quarters of gains, with resi-dential investment contracting at a 10.9percent rate. Business spending onstructures subtracted from GDP for asixth straight quarter. A bigger tradedeficit as export growth slowed sharplyalso weighed on first-quarter GDP.

Signs of a durable economic recov-ery were bolstered by other reportsshowing manufacturing activity in theChicago area rose to a five-year highand increased for a ninth consecutivemonth in New York City.

Separately, the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s Surveys ofConsumers showed sentiment fallingin April from March as consumers sawthe recovery as well underway, butslow. However, their view on how theeconomy will look 12 months fromnow improved from the prior month.

Shanghai Expo giantopportunity for bigbusiness

and foreign are also here in force.Cisco Systems Inc., Coca ColaCo. and General Motors Co. havepavilions built on a scale to matchsome of the biggest countries.Chinese shipbuilders, appliancemakers, telecoms companies andfood providers _ practically ev-eryone with a stake in China’shuge market is here.

While organizers and partici-pants have rarely disclosed con-tract terms, the event is proving awindfall in hard times for many,with its official budget of roughly$28.6 billion and many billionsmore spent on new subways,roads, airport terminals and othertrappings of affluence, not to men-tion the huge sums spent by par-ticipating countries.

Spending just by touristsduring the six month event is fore-cast to reach 45 billion yuan ($6.6billion), according to Chinesestate media.

“It was clear from our firstmeeting with the Expo organizersthat this expo would be very dif-ferent to the ones in the past.China was going to give it a spe-cial recognition and it would be-come a big global event,” CocaCola’s CEO Muhtar Kent said inan interview.

“Our brands benefited sub-stantially by being part of Chinesepriorities and aspirations,” Kentsaid of his company’s involve-ment, as a longtime Olympicssponsor, in the 2008 Beijing Olym-pics. With the company’s “Happi-ness Factory” Expo pavilion, “Wethought this would be a wonderfulway for us to showcase what weare doing in China,” he said.

The construction of more than200 pavilions on the Expo sitebrought in scores of foreign de-sign, architecture, engineering andequipment companies, hired bothby China and by participatingcountries.

“The whole Expo is our pa-vilion,” quipped RichardHausmann, president and CEO ofSiemens China. The German com-pany is a sponsor and contractorfor lighting systems and buildingtechnology and equipment in 40projects at the Expo and also a keysupplier for Shanghai’s subwayand railway projects, among manyothers. Many of the 189 countrieswith pavilions at the Expo arelikewise showcasing their ownmanufacturers and giving corpo-rate sponsors an opportunity toreach the expected 70 million visi-tors to the six-month event.

Entertainment InternationalMonday, May 3, 201012

But this is not the Munich court-room where Demjanjuk facescharges for helping to murder 27,900Jews but a stage in Heidelberg, west-ern Germany where a play about hislife is wowing critics, despite theawkward issues it raises.

The play, by Canadian-Jewishwriter Jonathan Garfinkel, dealsmainly with a trial in Jerusalem,where Demjanjuk was sentenced todeath in 1988 but later acquitted ofbeing “Ivan the Terrible”, a mon-strous Nazi death camp guard.

However, the Brecht-inspired pro-duction, a raucous, provocative andat times shocking combination ofslapstick, song and satire, begins andends with the Munich trial that has

Agence France Presse

BEIJING – China could earn arecord 10 billion yuan (1.5 billiondollars) in box office takings thisyear, as a growing number of well-off young urbanites flock to thecinema.

La Peikang, deputy director ofthe State Administration of Radio,Film and Television, China’smovie regulator, said this wouldrepresent a 61 percent jump from

Reuters

LOS ANGELES – ComedianConan O’Brien says he has no re-grets on any of his decisions inJanuary when NBC pulled the plugon his short-lived stint as host of“The Tonight Show” and installedJay Leno in his place.

In a second set of transcriptsfrom his interview with televisionnews program “60 Minutes” —O’Brien’s first talk with a reportersince leaving the “Tonight Show”— the comic said he is “mostlyvery happy” right now.

He said people on the street tellhim, “Hey partner, you gotscrewed.” But O’Brien does notbelieve that.

“I always tell them, ‘No, Ididn’t. I didn’t get screwed. I’m —I’m fine. It just — it didn’t workout.’”

O’Brien quit as the host of theNBC network’s “Tonight Show,” along and popular talk program onU.S. late-night TV, in January justseven months after taking the reinsfrom Leno.

Leno had hosted the “TonightShow” for 17 years before mov-ing to his new “The Jay LenoShow” in an earlier time period.

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Director James Cameron attends the 20th Century Fox &Earth Day Network’s “Avatar” Tree Planting Event last month.At the beginning of the year “Avatar” became China’s all-time

box office champion, grossing 1.3 billion yuan, an officialXinhua news agency report said.

China’s cinemas set for record box office in 20102009, the official Xinhua news agencyreported.

The figures compared to takings ofless than one billion yuan in 2003, headded.

China-made films grabbed a shareof more than 56 percent of the boxoffice last year in a nation that nowcounts at least 5,000 cinema screens,the report quoted him as saying lateSaturday.

The Chinese movie industry is pro-tected by a system that only allows

around 20 foreign films to bescreened a year, allowing home-grown directors to create Hollywood-style blockbusters without the threatof major overseas competition.

At the beginning of the year,however, James Cameron’s “Ava-tar” became China’s all-time boxoffice champion, grossing 1.3 bil-lion yuan, the report said.

AFP/Tobias HaseAccused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk (2nd R) arrives for another session of his trial in acourtroom in Munich last month. Demjanjuk is the central theme of a play about his life which is beingstaged in Heidelberg.

‘Demjanjuk: a Holocaust‘Demjanjuk: a Holocaust‘Demjanjuk: a Holocaust‘Demjanjuk: a Holocaust‘Demjanjuk: a Holocaustcabaret’ hits German stagecabaret’ hits German stagecabaret’ hits German stagecabaret’ hits German stagecabaret’ hits German stageAgence France Presse

HEIDELBERG, Germany – The scene is familiar: 90-year-old al-leged war criminal John Demjanjuk sits silently in his wheelchair,mouth lolling open, covered by a sheet and wearing a baseball cap.

gripped Germany and the widerworld since November.

At the crux of the play is the ques-tion at the heart of the Demjanjuktrial. Is he a Nazi death camp guardwith the blood of thousands on hishands or, as he has always claimed,an innocent family man, the victimof mistaken identity?

As one character says: “How canit be possible that the nicest blokeyou could ever hope to meet is, atthe same time, a sadistic murderer?”

“The question we all want to knowis what is going on in John’s head andwhat did he actually do?” Garfinkel,36, who spent several days observ-ing the trial in Munich, told AFP.

To illustrate this dichotomy,

Garfinkel portrays one character,“John”, a man who is utterly de-voted to his wife and family and atrue baseball-loving believer in theAmerican dream after settling inCleveland, Ohio after the war.

“John” is tormented — likeGoethe’s Faust — by an evil alter-ego, “Ivan”, who tells disgustinganti-Semitic jokes, performs theHitler salute and simulates the rapeof a prisoner of war on stage whilegroaning “Sieg Heil”.

Addressing the audience at thebeginning of the play, one charactersays: “You’ve come here to have fun,so: why does Volkswagen have sofew Jewish customers? Most of themhave trouble with the German gaspedals.” This “joke” drew a sharpintake of breath from the audiencehere. No one laughed. A stony-facedelderly couple left within 10 minutesand two other theatre-goers also de-parted well before the end.

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Conan O’Brien

Conan O’Brien says has noregrets in Leno debacle

But the move proved to be a blun-der, and the network moved Leno’snew show to a late-night period,pushing O’Brien’s “Tonight Show”to a later start time.

The change caused a storm ofbad publicity. O’Brien openly criti-cized NBC on its own airwavessaying, among many things, NBChad caused the “destruction” of the“Tonight Show.”

He eventually left with a $45million severance deal, signed anagreement to mount a new talkshow on cable TV network TBS,and is currently on a live comedytour.

“I don’t regret one decision Imade in that week and a half pe-riod,” O’Brien told “60 Minutes”in an interview airing on May 2. “Iwish it had ended differently. But,I’m fine.”

O’Brien says that while “I havenot resolved all my issues. I ammostly very happy.

“I love this (comedy) tour, it’sthe most thrilling thing I’ve donein my career. And so I’m in a re-ally great place in a lot of ways.But I’d be lying if I said I don’t —have my moments of everything,you know, anger, disappointment— frustration and just confusion.”

International Monday, May 3, 2010 13Life Style

Experts tick off the essentials: Arelentless flow of oil from under thesea; a type of crude that mixes eas-ily with water; a resultant gooeymixture that is hard to burn and evenharder to clean; water that’s hometo vulnerable spawning grounds fornew life; and a coastline with diffi-cult-to-scrub marshlands.

Gulf Coast experts have alwaystalked about “the potential for a badone,” said Wes Tunnell, coastalecology and oil spill expert at TexasA&M University-Corpus Christi.“And this is the bad one. This is justa biggie that finally happened.”

It hasn’t quite become a total di-saster yet. But it’s hard to imagineit not being devastating, said EdOverton, who heads a federalchemical hazard assessment teamfor oil spills. The Louisiana StateUniversity professor has been test-ing samples of the spilled crude.

He compared what’s brewing toanother all-too-familiar Gulf Coastthreat: “This has got all the charac-teristics of a Category 5 hurricane.”

If conditions don’t changequickly, devastation of the highestmagnitude is headed for somewherealong the coast, said Overton, whoworks with the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration.

More than 200,000 gallons of oila day are spewing from the blown-out well at the site of BP’sDeepwater Horizon rig, which ex-

A NEW, unofficial recreation of the origi-nal “Super Mario Brothers” video game nowallows gamers to play as characters from othericonic titles, including Mega Man and Linkfrom “The Legend of Zelda.”

The roster of playable mashup charactersalso includes Samus Aran from “Metroid,” thecommando Bill from “Contra,” and SimonBelmont from “Castlevania.” Or players canstick to regular old Mario.

Designer Jay Pavlina, who said this is thefirst game he has ever made, posted SuperMario Bros. Crossover this week onNewgrounds, a Web site dedicated to Flashgames and animations.

“This is my tribute to classic NES games,and anyone who grew up playing Nintendoshould enjoy it,” Pavlina wrote onNewgrounds. Down to the tiniest detail

Pavlina took over a year to capture the looksand unique game play of each of the other NESarchetypes and adapted them into the bricksand pipe-filled landscape of the MushroomKingdom of “Super Mario Brothers.”

“Each character plays just like they do intheir original games with a few modificationsto make the experience better,” Pavlina said.

For example, when playing as Mega Man -the ordinarily blue-colored robot that has ap-

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The Super Mario Brother game

Play as Mega Man in New ‘Super Mario Brothers’ Mashuppeared in over 50 games across consoles since1987 - the hang-time of his jumps matches thephysics of early Mega Man games rather thanfollowing the “Super Mario Brothers” stan-dards. Bill from “Contra,” for his part, doeshis usual, exaggerated, ninja-meets-Ramboflips.

The original musical score and distinctivesound effects from the individual characters’games make a virtual migration, too.

FirepowerThis attention to detail also extends to

weapons. Players can still jump on and squashbad guys, the same as Mario and Luigi, butthe other NES characters also get to tote theirsignature guns, swords and fighting abilitiesinto battle.

Mega Man, for instance, can shoot classicbaddies such as the mushroom-like Goombasand turtle-esque Koopa Troopas. So the gameis not too easy, the villains have to be shot afew times before being terminated.

When rampaging as Link (who can nowjump, as befitting Super Mario Brothers’ side-scrolling perspective), NES fans can sword-swipe and throw a boomerang. Samus can rollinto a ball and drop bombs, Simon throws axesand Bill’s gun blasts red, bubbly bullets.

This oil spill ‘the bad one’This oil spill ‘the bad one’This oil spill ‘the bad one’This oil spill ‘the bad one’This oil spill ‘the bad one’— recipe for disaster— recipe for disaster— recipe for disaster— recipe for disaster— recipe for disasterAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – What makes an oil spill really bad? Most of theingredients for it are now blending in the Gulf of Mexico.

ploded April 20 and sank two dayslater. Crews are using at least six re-motely operated vehicles to try toshut off an underwater valve, but sofar they’ve been unsuccessful. Mean-while, high winds and waves arepushing oily water over the boomsmeant to contain it. Besides BP, aslew of federal and state agencies arescrambling to minimize the on-slaught of damage.

Experts in oil spills have drillsevery few years to practice their re-sponse for spills of “national signifi-cance.” One of those practice runstook place just last month in Maine.The Gulf of Mexico leak is a “com-bination of all the bad things hap-pening” and makes it far worse thanany disaster imagined in the drills,said Nancy Kinner, director of theCoastal Response Research Centerat the University of New Hampshire.“This is relentless,” Kinner said.

Most Americans think of ExxonValdez when it comes to spills. Butthe potential and likelihood here “iswell beyond that,” said University ofRhode Island ocean engineering pro-fessor Malcolm Spaulding. Becausethe Deepwater Horizon well has notbeen capped and may flow formonths more, it should be comparedto a bigger more dangerous one froma well explosion in 1979, saidTunnell. That was Ixtoc 1, off thecoast of Mexico. It was the worstpeacetime oil spill on record.

The current spill “is kind of aworst case scenario,” Tunnell said.

What makes this spill relentlessand most similar to Ixtoc 1 is thatit’s an active well that keeps flow-ing. The Exxon Valdez was a tankerwith a limited supply of oil. The rig

AP Photo/Gerald HerbertBrown pelicans and gulls fly in front of oil booms along the shoreline at Pass a Loutre, La., where theMississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico Friday, April 30, 2010. Wildlife in the region is vulnerable to thelooming oil spill from last week’s collapse and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

40 miles from the Gulf Coast mayleak for months before a relief wellcan be drilled to stop the flow,Kinner said.

And LSU’s Overton said: “I’mnot very optimistic that they’ll bedrilling a relief well in three

months.”The type of oil involved is also a

major problem. While most of the oildrilled off Louisiana is a lightercrude, this isn’t. It’s a heavier blendbecause it comes from deep underthe ocean surface, Overton said.

Monday, May 3, 201014 InternationalSport

Fighting more aggressivelythan usual, Mayweather over-came a near knockdown in thesecond round Saturday night todominate the rest of the way andwin a lopsided 12-round deci-sion over Shane Mosley in theirwelterweight showdown.

“I wanted to give the fanswhat they wanted to see, a toe-to-toe battle,” Mayweather said.“It wasn’t the same style for mebut I wanted to be aggressive andI knew I could do it.”

Boxing’s biggest box officedraw remained undefeated in 41fights, but not before giving hisfans and his corner a scare whena right hand to the side of hishead buckled his knees a minuteinto the second, and he had tograb Mosley to avoid goingdown. Mosley landed anotherright later in the round, but therest of the night belonged toMayweather.

If he didn’t please everyone,it was because he couldn’t knockout Mosley. But Mayweatherwon every minute of every roundafter the second and the nor-mally defensive-minded fighterkept after Mosley until the finalbell in a masterful performancethat earned him every dollar ofhis guaranteed $22.5 millionpayday.

“I think we could havepressed the attack a lot earlier,and then we could have got theknockout,” Mayweather said.

Fighting before a star-stud-ded crowd that includedMuhammad Ali, Mayweathernever came close to droppingMosley, but landed so manymore punches that the outcomewasn’t in doubt past the middlerounds. He had an answer foreverything Mosley tried to do,landing right hands to the headseemingly at will as the fightprogressed.

By the end of the night,Mayweather had put so manyrounds in the bank that the onlyquestion was whether he wouldstop Mosley or be content to wina lopsided decision. Mayweatherkept moving forward and contin-ued to press the issue in a fightthat wasn’t in doubt.

Two ringside judges scored it119-109 for Mayweather, whilethe third had it 118-110. All hadhim winning every round pastthe second.

The Associated Press hadMayweather winning 117-110.

Reuters

CLEVELAND – LeBron Jamescelebrated his second consecutive MVPaward with a 35 point haul to fire theCleveland Cavaliers to a 101-93 vic-tory over the Boston Celtics in theirEastern Conference semi-final seriesopener on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, James confirmedthat he had won the NBA’s top honorand he did not allow a sprained rightelbow to slow him down as he helpedthe conference’s top seed overcome an11-point third quarter deficit.

The Cleveland forward wrapped upthe win with a three-pointer with 22seconds to play.

“If I’m on the court, I have to beproductive,” James told reporters whenasked about the elbow “No excuses.”

Guard Mo Williams added 20 pointsfor the Cavaliers, while Rajon Rondoled the Celtics with 27 points and 12assists.

Williams delivered his first-everdunk as a Cavalier in the third quarterto help swing the momentum back to

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Shane Mosley is hit by the left elbow of Floyd Mayweather Jr.during the welterweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arenaon May 1, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather Jr. defeatedMosley by unanimous decison.

Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS – FloydMayweather Jr. is usually con-tent to just win a fight. This time,though, Money Mayweatherwanted to earn his cash.

Ringside punch statistics were asone-sided as the scorecards. Theyshowed Mayweather landing 208of 477 punches to 92 of 452 forMosley.

Mayweather made Mosley lookevery bit his 38 years as he landedsharp punches to his head, domi-nating a fighter who had vowed toturn the bout into the fight of thedecade. Mosley tried his best, butcouldn’t match the speed of the 33-year-old Mayweather, who grewmore comfortable with each pass-ing round.

Mosley was a substitute forManny Pacquiao, who was all butsigned to meet Mayweather until adispute over drug testing derailedthe megafight. Instead, Pacquiaobeat Joshua Clottey on March 13in Dallas and is campaigning for aseat in congress in his native Phil-ippines.

“If Manny Pacquiao can take ablood and urine test then we havea fight,” Mayweather said. “If not,no fight.”

Pacquiao, who watched the fightin the Philippines, told Manilla ra-dio station DZBB that he wouldagree to blood testing, but only ifit is not taken within 24 days of thefight. That is basically the samestance that derailed the fight thefirst time around.

“For me, as long as the drug testis not done close to the match, I’llagree because if they’ll get bloodfrom me close to the match, it willbe a disadvantage for me becauseI’m smaller and he’s big,”Pacquiao said.

Mosley almost ruined a lot ofMayweather ’s best-laid planswhen he landed the big right handin the second that brought the fansat the MGM Grand Arena to theirfeet. They chanted “Mosley!Mosley!” as he followedMayweather around the ring, land-ing another good right hand before

the bell rang to end the round.“It’s a contact sport, and you’re

going to get hit,” Mayweathersaid. “But when you get hit, yousuck it up and keep on fighting.That’s what I did. I’m happy wefinally had a chance to fight. Thisis a fight the fans have been look-ing forward to for a long time, andthey deserve it.”

Mosley’s second-round flourishwas his last hurrah. Mayweathercame out in the third and beganlanding some shots of his own,while Mosley couldn’t find hismark.

“I caught him with my big righthand and I tried to move around butby that time he was too quick and Iwas too tight,” Mosley said. “Af-ter the right hand I thought I neededto knock him out and I needed todo it sooner than later. But Icouldn’t adjust and he did.”

Mosley said he thought the 15-month layoff since his last fighthurt him, as did a stiff neck. ButMayweather had a lot to do withhis ineffectiveness, too, fightinghis fight and refusing to allowMosley to dictate the pace.

Mosley’s corner kept imploringthe fighter to throw his jab moreand fight his way inside, butMosley was content to try to loadup to hurt Mayweather with a bigpunch that didn’t come.

“You can’t wait for one big shot,you’ve got to wake up,” Mosley’strainer told him after the seventhround. By the 10th round, NaazimRichardson was even more frantic,telling Mosley he needed a knock-out.

Mayweather, who earned $2,500in his pro debut 14 years ago, wasguaranteed $22.5 million but prob-ably will end up with much moreonce the final pay-per-view buysare added up. Mosley was guaran-teed $7 million, and also had ashare in the television revenues.

King James celebratescoronation by sinking Celtics

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LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers takes a jump shotover Paul Pierce #34 of the Boston Celtics during Game One ofthe Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2010 NBA Play-offs at Quicken Loans Arena on May 1, 2010 in Cleveland, Ohio.Cleveland won the game 101-93.

the home side, who host Game Two inthe best-of-seven series on Monday.

“It was a big play,” Williams said.“My intention was to shoot a floater ora layup. “I realized I was a little high soI thought I might try it. It turned outpretty good.”

He had 14 points in a productivethird quarter as Cleveland fought to getback in the game. “They came outswinging and then I think we just shiedaway and stopped doing what we weredoing,” Rondo said.

“We stopped being aggressive, notjust offensively but defensively as well.We stopped our pressure. They startedattacking us, and we fell back on ourheels.”

The Celtics point guard had only onefield goal in the second half and gotlittle help from his team mates.

Paul Pierce had just 13 points andturned the ball over four times andshooting guard Ray Allen was held to14.

Kevin Garnett fared better, however,backing up Rondo with 18 points and10 rebounds.

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With second-placed Schalke 04losing 2-0 at home to WerderBremen, the Royal Blues now trailBayern by three points whileMunich have a vastly superior goaldifference of plus-17 with just onegame left each.

It means Bayern’s Dutch coachLouis van Gaal will win theBundesliga title in his first seasonin charge with his side still on coursefor the treble of German League,German Cup and ChampionsLeague crowns.

The Dutchman can also now addthe Bundesliga title to the La Ligacrown he won with Barcelona inSpain and last season’s Dutch leaguewith AZ Alkmaar.

“The board of directors told mea year ago that this is the most im-portant title to win: now we haveachieved it, I am very proud,” saidvan Gaal.

“This means a lot to me. I don’tthink there are many coaches inEurope who have won champion-ship titles in three countries.

“We played the best football Ihave seen in this arena for 20 to 25minutes. Then we heard what hap-pened at Schalke.”

Agence France Presse

ROME – Roma moved a pointclear of Inter Milan at the summitof Serie A on Saturday after goalsfrom Francesco Totti and RodrigoTaddei earned a nervous 2-1 win atParma.

Ahead of Inter’s away match inRome against Lazio on Sunday,Totti struck after five minutes andTaddei doubled the lead with aquarter of an hour to go after Parmahad bossed the match.

Substitute Davide Lanzafame’s81st-minute strike set up a tense fi-nale, but Roma, seeking their firstscudetto since 2001, held on andwith two matches to play will nowbe cheering on their city rivals.

“I told my players to battle andthen see if the ball would run forus. Last week it went against us buttoday it went for us,” admittedRoma coach Claudio Ranieri,whose team slumped to a 2-1 homedefeat to Sampdoria last weekend.

“I’m not thinking about Laziobut obviously if they play their parttomorrow’s game should be a toughone to win.” Roma skipper Tottigave his team the perfect start witha superbly taken goal on five min-utes.

Chesting down a fine throughball from fellow Roman Daniele DeRossi, Totti calmly lobbed astranded Antonio Mirante for thesimplest of strikes.

Sampdoria’s smash-and-grabcomeback last weekend still seemedto be on Roma’s minds though andJulio Sergio was kept busy as thehome side quickly carved outchances.

The Brazilian goalkeeper savedfrom Jonathan Biabiany on 18 min-utes before finger-tippingFrancesco Valiani 20-yard effortaround the post.

Luca Antonelli nodded Valiani’scentre into the side-netting on 35minutes, Biabiany then headed overand Hernan Crespo, on for Bojinov,shot inches wide on 53 minutes as

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Bayern Munich’s striker Thomas Mueller (L) scores during the German first divisionBundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich vs VfL Bochum in the southern German city ofMunich on May 1, 2010.

Agence France Presse

BERLIN – Germany’s rising star Thomas Mueller scored a hat-trick on Saturday as BayernMunich secured a 3-1 home win over Bochum which, barring a last weekend miracle, guaranteesthem this season’s Bundesliga title.

Bayern were 2-0 up after just 20minutes as 20-year-old Mueller didhis World Cup chances the power ofgood with two goals in as many first-half minutes before completing hishat-trick on 69 minutes.

After Ivica Olic scored a hat-trickin Bayern’s 3-0 win at Lyon lastTuesday to put them in the Champi-ons League final, Mueller stole thelimelight with three goals of his ownat Munich’s Allianz Arena.

A Philipp Lahm cross foundMueller unmarked in front of goaland the ball went in off his chest on18 minutes.

Just two minutes later, Lahmlinked up with Franck Ribery and theFrenchman’s volley was headedhome by Mueller.

Mueller then grabbed his thirdwhen captain Mark van Bommelplayed him into area and he drilledhis shot in the top left-hand corneron 69 minutes, before Bochumpulled back a late consolation goal.

Schalke coach Felix Magath’sdream of winning the Germanleague with three different teams ison ice for another year as the RoyalBlues lost at home to Bremen.

Third-placed Bremen took the

lead when Germany midfielderMesut Oezil hit a left-footed shot justafter half-time.

The guests then played a big partin deciding the title will go toMunich when striker Hugo Almeidascored on 64 minutes to make it 2-0.

Stuttgart’s chances of a top fivefinish to claim a European spot fornext season suffered a blow whenthey were held 2-2 at home by Mainzas Romanian striker Ciprian Maricarescued them with two second-halfgoals.

Hamburg bounced back from lastweek’s Europa League exit with a 4-0 win over Nuremberg which leavestheir opponents in the relegation zone.

Hertha’s relegation was confirmedby their 1-1 draw at Leverkusen asthe league’s bottom side are fourpoints from safety and face Bayernin the final game of the season nextSaturday.

Hanover gave themselves a strongchance of staying in the Bundesligawith an incredible 6-1 win overBorussia Moenchengladbach.

This was only their eighth win ofthe season, but they led 4-0 at half-time as ‘Gladbach’s defence capitu-lated.

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Parma’s goalkeeper Antonio Mirante grabs the ball in front ofAS Roma’s forward Luca Toni (L) during their Italian serie Afootball match Parma vs AS Roma, at Ennio Tardini stadium inParma on May 1, 2010.

Roma down Parma to go topRoma wobbled.

Seconds later Totti cracked aright-footer against the upright be-fore Lanzafame’s left-foot strikeclipped the crossbar with both sidespressing for the critical second goal.

It was Roma who won the with15 minutes to go when Totti deliv-ered the perfect centre for Taddeito head into the far corner to doublethe lead.

Six minutes later thoughBiabiany crossed for Lanzafame tohead home for 2-1 and set up a fran-tic 10-minute finale in whichParma’s Luis Jimenez was sent offafter a second caution.

“Lazio are playing for survivalso I expect them to play like Parmadid against us today,” saidmidfielder Daniele De Rossi whoseside are seeking a fourth title.

“We’ll believe in the scudettountil the final minute of the season.”

At the San Siro, AC Milan con-solidated third place, going sevenpoints above Sampdoria after inch-ing past Fiorentina 1-0 in a subduedaffair.

After Marco Borriello headedwide on 18 minutes, the match de-veloped into a contest betweenRonaldinho and Sebastien Frey.

First the Brazilian tried a cheekyfinish at the near post, then a cleverflicked header eight yards out be-fore bending two 25-yard free kickseither side of half-time.

But on each occasion though thegoalkeeper stood firm, parrying tosafety.

After Clarence Seedorf blastedover from the edge of the box on70 minutes, Ronaldinho finally gotthe better of Frey - but only fromthe penalty spot following PerKroldrup’d two-footed lunge onMarco Borriello.

With three minutes to goMassimo Ambrosini was sent offafter a second caution but late long-range efforts from Juan Vargas weretoo little too late for Fiorentina, whostay ninth ahead of Sunday’s fix-tures.

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The Spaniard was one of numer-ous riders to fall in the initial racestart, when Simone Corsi put a tightpass on Shoya Tomizawa for thelead at the end of the back straight.

Tomizawa, winner of the firstever Moto2 race at Qatar and onpole at Jerez, went down - with fluidfrom his bouncing bike then caus-ing the following riders to fall likedominoes.

A 17 lap restart with original gridpositions followed, which beganwith Elias leading the field throughthe first turns.

But this was to be no start-to-fin-ish cakewalk for the former 125,250 and MotoGP race winner.

Instead, the new 600cc four-strokes put on a breathtaking dis-play of racing excitement with thelikes of Elias, Tomizawa, KennyNoyes and Thomas Luthi regularlytaking turns to lead.

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Fiat Yamaha Team’s Spanish Jorge Lorenzo takes a curve during the Moto GP qualifyingsession at Jerez de la Frontera’s circuit on May 1, 2010. Dani Pedrosa took the poleposition followed by Fiat Yamaha’s Spanish Jorge Lorenzo and Ducati Australian CaseyStoner for the Spanish Moto Grand Prix scheduled for May 2 at the Jerez circuit insouthern Spain. Lorenzo had won the Spanish Grand Prix by passing his compatriotDani Pedrosa in the very last lap.

Moto2: Homehero Elias wins

Jerez thrillerToni Elias overcame his hand and ankle injuries, and a crash,

to emerge victorious in his home Spanish Moto2 grand prix atJerez on Sunday.

Grand prix rookie Noyes was oneof the outstanding stars of the race,the Jack&Jones Promoharris riderrocketing from third to first on thebrakes at the end of the back straightto lead for the first time on lap six.

The American held his own toremain up front as the midway pointcame and went, before Luthi,Tomizawa and Elias worked theirway past in the closing stages.

The last lap began with the topsix riders all within one second, thensaw Gresini/Moriwaki rider Eliastake the lead from Tomizawa’s Suterat turn two.

A sideways moment at the endof the back straight was the nearestElias came to losing the lead and hecrossed the line - to claim his firstvictory since 2006 in the MotoGPclass - by just 0.190sec fromTomizawa, with InterwettenMoriwaki rider Luthi just 0.261secfrom Elias.

Tech 3 rider Yuki Takahashi wasa constant factor in the lead groupon his way to fourth, just half a sec-ond from victory, while Corsiworked his way up to fifth ahead ofSergio Gadea and Noyes.

The final members of what wasofficially a nine-rider lead group atthe finish were Julian Simon andGabor Talmacsi, also within a fewseconds of victory.

Gresini Racing’s Spanish Toni Elias celebrates after winningthe Moto 2 race of the Spanish Grand Prix at the Jerez

racetrack on May 2, 2010 in Jerez de la Frontera. Spanishrider Toni Elias of Moriwaki won the Moto2 category in theSpanish motorcycling Grand Prix ahead of Japan’s Shoya

Tomizawa (Suter) and Switzerland’s Thomas Luthi (Moriwaki).