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NUSA DUA - The opening match of the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Cham-pions (CBTC) 2011 will be between Ana Ivanovic against Roberta Vinci from Italy. The Director of CBTC 2011, Kevin Livesey, during the draw ceremony in Nusa Dua, said that Ivanovic get wildcard because she is the defending champion of the tournament.

On the other side, Roberta is a new comer in the tournament and she won in Barcelona Ladies Open, UNICEF Open, and POLI-FARBE Budapest Grand Prix

On the other match, French player, Marion Bartoli will face Anabel Medina Gar-rigues from Spain. This is the second time Bartoli plays in CBTC. On the last occasion, Bartoli went to the final before defeated by her compatriot, Aravane Rezai.

The boy, wearing a mask to protect his identity, arrived at Denpasar District Court with his mother for a brief, closed-door hearing.

Prosecutor I Gusti Putu Gede Atmaja later told reporters that the teen from Moris-set Park, Australia, faces up to 12 years in prison if found guilty of buying 3.6 grams of marijuana on Oct. 4 while on vacation with

his parents and a 13-year-old friend.He said two community guards saw him

pull the drugs out of his pockets after his arrest.

The boy’s lawyer, Muhammad Rifan, said because he’s a minor and appeared to have been purchasing the drug for personal use, not distribution, he could escape jail time.

Drug trial opens for Australian teen on Bali

Associated Press

DENPASAR — A 14-year-old Aus-tralian boy charged with possessing

marijuana during a vacation with his parents on Indonesia’s resort island of

Bali went on trial Tuesday, prosecutors and the boy’s lawyer said.

AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

A 14-year-old Australian boy with his face covered with a mask sits in a car from a prosecutor’s office after formal handover of custody in Danpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. The 14-year-old Australian boy was arrested earlier this month of allegedly carrying 3.6 grams of marijuana.

Ivanovic to face Roberta in the opening match

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Tennis player Ana Ivanovic of Ser-bia signs a picture during a drawing ceremony in Nusa Dua on the resort island of Bali on November 1, 2011.

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The bank which was robbed on Monday, October 31, 2011

Armed Robber Attacked BPR IDR 18 Million Taken Denpasar (Bali Post) –

The incident happened at People Credit Bank (BPR) Parasari, Tangkuban Perahu Street, Pengubengan Kangin, Kerobokan Kelod, North Kuta, Badung last Monday (31/10) caused two workers Ketut Kondri and Ketut Pus-pitawati with one customer threatened. In three minutes the helmet covered robber managed to get itself IDR 18 million, also not detected who it was and where it escaped after it.

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The construction of Bali International Park (BIP) is carry out by the workers.

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Chief of Kubutambahan Customary Vil lage, Jero

31), said the preparations of the temple anniversary had nearly accomplished but people still continued to deliver various donations like water and rice. People were not only coming from Kubutambahan terr i tory, but a l so f rom Tejakula ,

Sangsi t , Bungkulan and Singaraja . Even, people f rom Denpasar, Badung and Karangasem also came to hand over donations and say prayers.

Sequence of the temple anniversary activities actu-ally had been started since a few days ago. Last Monday, people had commenced the ceremony by purificatory

rite for the Lord, picked up the Lord from Java (Jawi), Dalem Pur i Temple and Puseh Penegil Dharma Tem-ple. Meanwhile, on Monday night it was resumed with presenting pengajum de-vo t iona l p rayers . Then , Tuesday (Nov 1), the Lord was escorted to the beach and Puseh Penegil Dharma Temple. (kmb15)

Temple anniversary of Negara Gambur AnglayangDevotees present rice in throngsSingaraja (Bali Post)—

Preparation of piodalan or temple anniversary in the Negara Gambur Anglayang, Kubutambahan Customary Village falling on Wednesday (Nov 2) was continuously carried out by local villagers with various activities. Aside from preparing various oblational needs, Kubutambahan residents and those from other villages were also kept coming to deliver galih (rice).

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The Hindus are prepraring the ceremony at Negara Gambur Anglayang Temple

Semarapura (Bali Post)—Before the pujawali or temple an-

niversary in the Penataran Agung Ped,

(Nov 2), local supporting villagers and other Balinese residents began to do cleanup and free medical treatment. The medical treatment taking place on Monday (Oct 31) involved a seven-personnel medical team of Sanglah Hospital and was organized in the wantilan hall of the local temple.

Other than supporting devotees from the village, hundreds of other Balinese people also did devotional services in the temple having four courtyards. They were eagerly set up the shrine’s paraphernalia such as umbrella and

others around the temple. One of the local temple priests, Jro Mangku Gede

-tional services said the cleanup service and medical treatment provided by supporting devotees was very helpful, especially the free medical treatment. According to him, the treatment was needed especially by the serving devo-tees and temple priests who were daily engaged in diverse preparations ahead of the peak of temple anniversary fall-

gratitude to devotees who have paid devotional services through free medi-cal treatment because all the temple priests in each courtyard during the

grandiose temple anniversary will welcome and serve the Hindu devo-tees. Sometimes local temple priests should perform their tasks from morn-

Furthermore, Jro Mangku Gede -

sary in the Penataran Agung Ped said that during the event 34 temple priests would take part in the devotional ser-vices where each courtyard (pelebah) would be handled by 8 temple priests. Similarly, many residents had already begun to pay devotional services since Sunday (Oct 30).

In the meantime, the coordinator of medical team, Desak Megawati, said the devotional works in the form of

free medication denoting a coopera-tion with Bali Post Media Group was one of the concerns to help maintain the health of the temple priests who needed treatment so the entire course of temple anniversary in the Penataran Agung Ped Temple, Nusa Penida could run smoothly and solemnly.

priests taking advantage of this free medical treatment, most of them had rheumatic, high blood pressure, low

For information, after pinnacle of the temple anniversary falling on

(Nov 2), the Lord would receive wor-ship until Saturday (Nov 6). The pin-

nacle itself was planned to be chaired by Ida Rishi from Griya Tampi Nusa Penida. Having accomplished the grandiose ritual utilizing the parapher-nalia known as bebangkit pulegembal, it would be resumed with the clos-ing ritual marked with the bhakti penganyar. From the observation of Bali Post in the temple consisting of Segara Temple, Taman Temple, Ratu Gede and Penataran Agung Temple, a number of ritual paraphernalia were being made by housewives of the sup-porting hamlets. In the meantime, the male devotees jointly prepared other paraphernalia such as penjor pole and festooned sacred clothes on the shrines of the temple. (bit)

Denpasar (Bali Post)—The threat of bird flu is increasingly

-gency. To counteract such cases, the ranks of Denpasar Livestock, Fisheries and Maritime Agency increasingly tightened the supervi-

Livestock, Fishery and Maritime Agency, Gede Ambara Putra, who confirmed on Monday (Oct 31), claimed to have improved the control against the live poultry and its

problem by doing surveillance to incoming

Ambara said his party had assigned the team to conduct investigation into the mar-kets, especially to poultry traders. Besides, Ambara also admitted to routinely provide

have undertaken were intended as a form

Meanwhile, surveillance against the locations of poultry farmers in Denpasar also remained active. By doing so, his party expected the community could respond and immediately report if found any sick fowl, so the team could quickly take any necessary measures. (kmb12)

Denpasar (Bali Post)—UNESCO team has performed

in Bali proposed to be the world cultural heritage on October 13-

Catur Angga consisting of Batu-karu Temple, Pucak Sari Temple,

Temple, Besi Kalung Temple and 14 subak organizations in the area of Jatiluwih (north) until Rijasa Village (south), Tabanan Regency, along with the Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan (Buleleng Regency). The sec-ond area is the Taman Ayun Temple (Badung); third area in-cludes the Pakerisan watershed, Tirta Empul Temple, Mengening Temple, Gunung Kawi Temple

and Subak Pulugan Atas, Subak Pulungan Bawah and Subak Kulub (Gianyar) and the fourth area comprises the Ulun Danu Batur and Lake Batur (Bangli Regency).

an integral part in the frame of Balinese Cultural Landscape. Philosophically, the four areas pose an integral entity in the faith of the Hindus (subak members) that have to be preserved. The

territories is sourced from the four areas. From the results of

team, it can be temporarily con-cluded if the four areas have been in conformity with the cri-

said the Head of Bali Cultural Agency, Ketut Suastika, Monday (Oct 31).

In addition, the four areas proposed were a living monu-ment which could be viewed as an added value. Based on such consideration, his party was optimistic if the proposal could be recognized as the

are very optimistic that the four proposed areas could be designated as the world cultural

In the next phase, said Suas-tika, UNESCO would convene again in May 2012 to determine whether the areas could be rec-

Heritage or not. (08)

By temple anniversary of Penataran Agung PedBalinese people do cleanup and free medical treatment

Preventing bird flu

Livestock Agency tightens supervision against poultry

Optimistic, four areas in Bali recognized as WCH

International4 Wednesday, November 2, 2011 News

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Monday ad-opted a resolution to admit Palestine, with 107 countries voting in favor, 14 includ-ing the United States and Canada voting against, and 52 abstaining.

The United States, a staunch ally of Is-rael, quickly said it would cut all funding to the Paris-based UN body, in accordance with a 1990s law banning the financing of any UN organization that accepts Pal-estine as a full member.

“We are not happy with UNESCO’s decision. We are working to determine what our response will be,” Baird told reporters.

“We are in the process of evaluating our future participation” in UNESCO, he added, highlighting the body’s “important work,” notably in preserving world heri-tage sites. Canada contributes about $10 million a year to UNESCO.

Reuters

TUNIS - Tunisian authori-ties issued an international arrest warrant for Suha Arafat, widow of late Palestinian lead-er Yasser Arafat, as part of a corruption probe into Tunisia’s former first family, the justice ministry said on Monday.

Suha Arafat used to spend much of her time in Tunisia and was for many years close to the wife of former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, who was forced to flee by the north African country’s revolution in January.

“Tunisia issued an arrest warrant against Mrs Arafat on suspicion of involvement in cases of financial corrup-tion with the family of Ben Ali’s wife,” said Shokri Nafti, a spokesman for the justice ministry.

In Malta, Arafat said she

had received no official notice of the warrant but was sur-prised by it, describing herself as a victim of the old Tunisian regime.

“I have not been informed officially of any warrant, and I am badly astonished because I was a victim of the Tunisian dictatorship and now I am an accused,” she told Maltese website timesofmalta.com.

The Arafat family established ties to Tunisia in the period when the Palestine Liberation Organization was exiled and set up its headquarters in Tunis in the 1980s and early 1990s.

After the death of the Pal-estinian leader in 2004, his widow received a Tunisian passport and was frequently seen in Tunisia alongside Ben Ali’s wife, Leila Trabelsi, a former hairdresser whose rela-tives came to control much of the economy.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Prince Charles will keep his little-known veto over some planned laws, a power that dates back to the Middle Ages, after the British government said Monday it was not going to rewrite ancient constitutional rules.

New evidence that the heir to the throne has been playing an active political role has touched a nerve among anti-monarchists, but Prime Minister David Cameron’s office said it did not plan reforms.

Parliamentary records show that Prince Charles has been consulted over at least 12 different planned laws over the last six years, with his consent sought over proposals on subjects including gambling, road safety, London’s 2012 Olympics and housing.

Concern was raised after The Guardian newspaper published a letter obtained under a freedom of information request showing that Parliamentary officials had reminded a House of Lords member that a proposed law would need consent from the prince.

Since around the mid-1330s, the Prince of Wales — who was then Edward of Woodstock, also known as the Black Prince — has been asked to approve legislation that could affect the Duchy of Cornwall, the 136,000-acre (55,000-hectare) estate established by Edward III to provide income for the heir to the throne.

Cameron’s office said constitutional law dictates that Charles is currently consulted over laws that could potentially have an impact on the duchy, or on his interests in Wales or Chester. Charles is Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and the Earl of Chester.

“If it is something that is specific to the Principality of Wales, the Earldom of Chester or the Duchy of Cornwall, then that consent is required and it’s long been the case,” a spokeswoman for Cameron said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity in line with policy.

Queen Elizabeth II — who has a ceremonial role in granting ap-proval to every law passed by Parliament — must also offer consent to legislation that affects her personal property or hereditary revenues, Britain’s Cabinet Office said.

Neither Cameron’s spokesman nor Prince Charles’ office would say whether the prince had vetoed any planned legislation or demanded alterations.

“This is not about seeking the personal views of the prince but rather it is a long-standing convention in relation to the Duchy of Cornwall, which would have applied equally to his predecessors,” the prince’s office said in a statement.

Opponents said the disclosure threatened to undermine Britain’s democracy and muddied the conventions under which the royal family are expected to refrain from involvement in day-to-day politics.

Ancient rules give prince veto on planned UK laws

AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File, Pool

FILE In this Sept. 12, 2008 file picture, Britain’s Prince Charles visits emergency services personnel at Morpeth Fire Station, Morpeth, England.

Tunisia issues warrant for Arafat’s widow

AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File

FILE - In this Nov.18, 2000 file photo, Suha Arafat, the widow of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, chairs the Palestinian delegation during the Arab Women Summit in Cairo, Egyp. AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File

Canada ‘not happy’ on UNESCO move, rethinking roleAgence France Presse

Canada is “not happy” with the vote to grant UNESCO membership to the Palestinians and will reconsider its participation in the UN cultural body, Foreign Minister John Baird said Monday.

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird talks to the media during a visit

to the Libyan capital Tripoli October 11, 2011.

REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

Activities Wednesday, November 2, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for November 2 through 21, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sail-ings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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Festive Season at Bistro Batu Kali

2 Nov Buda Wage KelawuPenataran Agung Teluk Padang KarangasemMelanting temple Camenggaon SukawatiPenataran Ped temple Nusa PenidaPasek Gelgel temple Pangembungan Bongkase AbiansemalPasek Bendesa temple Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPasek Gelgel temple Br. Jawa Tengah BulelengGaduhan Jagat temple Singakerta UbudMasceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding TampaksiringPenataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPaibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Kedonganan KutaGoa di Besakih, Basukian BesakihOdalan Ida Ratu Pucak Pameneh/Bukit Kiwa Tengen Pe-nataran Agung BesakihMerajan Pasek Gelgel PejengMerajan Pasek Gelgel SonganMerajan Pasek Prateka Pekandelan SidemenMerajan Pasek Prateka Taman Sari SukasadaDadia Pasek Gelgel temple Sidemen KarangaseMerajan Pasek Gelgel Tampuagan Tembuku, Bangli

8 Nov Anggar Kasih Dukut Dalem temple Batuyang BatubulanPasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri TabananPr Pasek Undagi Timpag Kerambitan TabananDesa/ Pucak Banjar Taman Bedulu GianyarMerajan Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung SulahanMerajan Pasek Padang Rata PadangPuser Jagat Dalem Dukut Nusa Penida

9 Nov Buda Umanis Dukut Agung Pasek Gelgel Sibang Kaja AbiansemalDalem Samplangan Gianyar

10 Nov Purnama Kelima Batumadeg temple BesakihKentel Gumi temple Batur BaangliPedarman Agung Satria DenpasarPemerajan Agung Pemecutan Denpasar

Ngusaba di Kehen BangliDesa Pemenang LombokAgung Pasek Gelgel Sumerta DenpasarPasek Gobleg Kekeran MengwiSuranadi temple LombokPuncak Bukit Tampak SiringDalem Puri Agung KintamaniDalem Agung Nongan KarangasemDalem Ubung-Kupang Dukuh Penebel-TabananDalem temple Balingkang KintamaniPr. Tampurhyang Pusat Songan KintamaniDalem Pulasari Bantas Sudaji BulelengMerajan Pasek Gelgel LebihMerajan Pasek Gelgel TulambenPenyusungan Pasek Tohjiwa Selemadeg TabananPasar Agung Besakih Sebudi KarangasemMerajan Pasek Gelgel Tengkulak KajaSuci Desa Tianyar temple Kubu KarangasemBukit Mentik ring Gunung Lebah Batur KintamaniNarmada temple LombokSegara temple Ampenan LombokUlaran temple Seririt Buleleng19 Nov Saraswati Pasek Tangkas Gempinis dalang TabananPasek Gelgel sayan Bongkase AbiansemalWatugunung temple BimaAgung Jagatkarana SurabayaAditya Jaya temple Rawamangun Jakarta TimurPemaksan temple Banyuning Timur BulelengAgung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa BaratDadia Agung Bendesa Tangkas Kori Agung Pusat Gerih Desa Gerih Abiansemal BadungGiri Jaya Natha temple BalikpapanAgung Santi Bhuana Brugelette Belgia

21 Nov Some RibekJati temple JembranaKawitan Batugaing BangliTirta Wening Tambak Sari Surabaya

Wednesday, November 2, 20116 News International

From page 1

One video showed Anna Chap-man, a 28-year-old spy whose nude pictures and racy romances made her an instant tabloid sensation, meeting in a New York coffee shop

US agent.A second video shows Chapman

browsing in a department store while a “Russian government of-

FBI said. Other videos show three

other agents arrested along with Chapman.

The surveillance photos showed other members of the ring in vari-ous public places, meeting other members, walking through the

streets alone, and one of them at their Harvard graduation cer-emony.

spies last year provided a chilling reminder that espionage on US soil did not disappear when the Cold War ended,” the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.

Though the spies “never got -

ments, their intent from the start

was serious, well-funded... and far-ranging,” the FBI said.

Dated October 25, the release also included documents but most of those were entirely censored or had been previously released.

The spies were arrested June -

vestigation code-named “Ghost Stories” and deported nearly two weeks later after pleading guilty to espionage charges.

Associated Press Writer

BERLIN — A German company has canceled a major advertising contract with an Italian-American model after she described her passion-

Muatassim and praised his family.

and its subsidiary Alice will stop working with 23-year-old model Vanessa Hessler and remove her face from its website within hours, spokesman Albert Fetsch said Monday.

“Vanessa Hessler has failed to distance herself

Fetsch said.

Hessler had been the company’s advertising face for years, and giant posters featuring the

Hessler told the Italian magazine Diva e Donna that for four years she had been dating Muatassim

alongside his father this month.“I didn’t have any contact with him since the

uprising broke out, but our relationship was one of passion,” she was quoted as saying by the

being depicted, they are normal people.”The model-turned-actress also said that she

was crying for Libya, adding that the rebels are “people who don’t know what they’re doing.”

AP Photo/Dmitry

In this photo taken on Sunday, April 3, 2011, Anna Chapman, left, who was deported from the U.S. on charges of espionage, and Russian pop singer and Eu-rovision 2008 contest winner Dima Bilan display a creation by Russian designers Shiyan & Rudkovskaya during a Fashion Week in Moscow, Russia.

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FBI releases photos, videos of Russian spies

Agence France Presse

Rifan said that in the best case scenario he would be allowed to return home in the custody of his parents.

The trial, being closely watched in Australia, continues Friday.Dozens of Australian citizens have been thrown in jail or placed on

death row for smuggling or possessing drugs in Indonesia. However, the

youngest to go on trial on drug charges.Indonesia has extremely strict drug laws and people who are convicted

Drug...

Donna Kelso, said that this year is the last season CBTC being held in Bali. The next tournament will be held in Bulgaria. In the preliminary round, Sabine Lisicki will up against Daniela Hantuchova and Nadia Petrova will meet Chinese player Shuai Peng.

Ivanovic...From page 1

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 7Indonesia Today International

Antara

JAKARTA - A non-govern-mental organization (NGO) here has urged the government to conduct an audit on PT Freeport Indonesia`s finances in connection with the company`s failure to care for the welfare of its employees and local community members.

“I recommend an immediate audit of PT Freeport Indonesia by a presidential team or a team from the House of Representatives (DPR) as this problem is very serious in view of the number of employees that reaches 22,000 excluding their family members that reach tens of thousands. My proposal is to set up a special committee to ensure the serious handling of the problem,” the co-ordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), Hariz Azhar, said here on Monday.

He said not only Freeport workers but also local community members especially the six tribes living in the Timika region had experienced injustices and not enjoyed any welfare.

Therefore, he said an “extraor-dinary” team needed to be set up to evaluate and find out why PT Freeport Indonesia had failed to improve its workers welfare and to meet its social corporate responsi-bility obligations.

He said the team was also expected to be able to determine why security authorities had failed to unveil the many shooting incidents that had happened in the region and caused insecurity among the local people as well as Freeport workers.

The team should also be able to ascertain whether Freeport had paid been paying its taxes prop-erly considering that convicted tax man Gayus Tambunan had mentioned the company`s name in his case.

“That must be uncovered and the investigation must be contin-ued,” he said.

The Freeport case has happened many times raising a question if the government really wants to settle it, he said.

“Seeing the sheer number of its workers and their family mem-bers this is a national problem, a patriotism problem. So if the government wants to prove its nationalism, support the workers,” he said.

He said if it is PT Freeport that the government supports it will be the government that is anti-nationalist,” he said.

Kontras along with TLBHI and the Cooperation Forum of Papua Non-Governmental Organizations had earlier condemned PT Free-port for having used the police as a shield against its own workers.

It also criticized the company for refusing to sign a new col-lective labor agreement with the workers and also ridiculed the police for giving an ultimatum to the workers to stop their strike.

He said the strike was called because the workers wished to improve their welfare by changing provisions in the collective labor agreement including raising their wages, YLBHI deputy chairman Alvon Kurnia Palma said.

Based on Law Number 21 of 2000 labor unions have the right to conclude collective labor agree-ments with employers and Article 27 states labor unions are obliged to protect and defend their members from human rights violations and fight in their interest and the welfare of their members and families.

Alvon said the profits made by the company had been very huge while only a small part of it had been given to the workers. In view of that it was logical that the work-ers had asked for a raise.

The Mimika police chief, Deny Edward Siregar, had ordered the Freeport workers to stop their strike at Check Point I at Mile 28, Mile 27 and Gorong-gorong in Timika and open access so far blocked by the workers.

Pangandaran Water Tourism Rescue Agency (Balawista) spokes-man Asep Udel said the fishermen found the six dead immigrants and rescued 14 other survivors.

He said the illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Iran were on their way to Christmas island in Australia but the boat they were sail-ing on capsized after being hit by big waves at Pangadaran waters.

“Six bodies of four women and two children, and 14 other wounded survivors were washed ashore to Palawangan beach before they were discovered by the fishermen,” Asep said.

But Asep added that he did not know the exact number of the illegal

immigrants who were on board the ill-fated boat.

He said the 14 wounded survi-vors were being treated at Pangan-daran clinic, while the Balawista and police personnel, assisted by local fishermen, as of Tuesday after-noon still combing the Pangandaran waters to find out other survivors of the ill-fated boat.

Earlier on Sunday, the police in Ponorogo, East Java, arrested 11 Af-ghan and Turkish illegal immigrants when they were traveling in a car.

“We arrested them because they did not have the required immigra-tion documents,” Ponorogo police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Yudha Gustawan said.

Yudha said none of the 11 illegal immigrants who were suspected to go to Christmas island in Australia had complete immigration papers.

According to him, the illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Turkey did have passports issued by the immigration office of their respective countries, but they did not have any document such as residence visas or tourist visas from the Indonesian immigration office.

“Because they illegally entered Indonesia without visa, we arrested them and then sent to immigration detention in Madium,” Yudha said.

He added that there were actu-ally 12 people in a mini van but one of them fled when the police attempted to arrest them.

After being detained for a while in Madium immigration detention house, they were transported by a tourist bust to the East Java provin-cial capital city of Surabaya.

Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia as a representative of the developing world will ensure that the G-20 summit in Cannes, France, will also discuss the interests of devel-oping countries besides efforts to overcome the crisis in the United States and Europe.

“Indonesia will remain consis-tent in representing the interests of developing countries. The G20 summit is to discuss economic

problems in developed countries. Of course, those problems are im-portant but there are other issues affecting developing countries that also need to be taken up,” President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said at Halim Perdanakusuma airport here Monday shortly before leaving for France.

Ignoring the interests of devel-oping countries would have a bad impact on the global economy, he said.

Being the current chair of ASE-

AN (Association of South East Asian Nations), Indonesia would also voice the views of the 10-member regional grouping at the G-20 meeting, Yudhoyono said.

But he stressed there was also no denying that G-20 countries urgently needed to find a solution to the crises in the United States and Europe.

“I am sure that the G-20 leaders will talk a lot about the economic problems of the US and Europe, and how to forge international

unity to prevent those crises from affecting the global economy,” he said.

According to the President, the G-20 participants would also dis-cuss efforts to stabilize the world economy and ways to stimulate world economic growth.

The G-20 Summit is to take place in Cannes November 3-4.

“Besides such main issues as development and corruption, the meeting is also to touch on climate change, food security, energy secu-

rity, and other problems faced by many countries,” he said

The President`s entourage on his visit to France includes First lady Ani Yudhoyono, Coordinat-ing Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa, Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Mari Pangestu, Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa, and presidential spe-cial aide for foreign affairs Teuku Faizasyah.

His overseas trip would last from October 31 to November 5.

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Cows stand in a field ahead of the Eid Al-Adha festival, or locally known as Hari Raya Haji, in Jakarta on November 1, 2011. Millions of Indonesians will join Muslims worldwide in celebrating Eid Al-Adha on November 6.

Government urged to audit Freeport Indonesia

RI to bring developing countries’ interests to G-20 Summit

Illegal migrants found dead in West JavaAntara

CIAMIS - At least six illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Iran were found dead by fishermen at Palawangan beach in Ciamis district, West Java, on Tuesday morning.

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Hong Kong is not only named Bali a favorite tourist destination, but this Island of Thousand Temples is also aimed to market its products. Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali Province recorded that Hong Kong market controlled 27.14 percent of the total import value in July 2011, reaching USD 8,837,930.

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stated that other than Hong Kong, Bali was also the target of prod-

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Hong Kong is not only named Bali a favorite tourist destination, but this Island of Thousand Temples is also aimed to market its products. Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali Province recorded that Hong Kong market controlled 27.14 percent of the total import value in July 2011, reaching USD 8,837,930.

Bali crammed by import products from Hong Kong

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Bali Safari will host their ‘Green -

all things good for the environ-

programs, tree planting , elephant

handmade paper that will be used

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and preserving the Bali Mynah, a beautiful and rare bird found only

they will get to make a wish about their environment, hang it on the tree and then plant the blessed tree

to the park that day to wear some-

about the environment in Bali and

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Teep Beans:Lazing while Enjoying Slow Snack

Poo Paper Factory to be initiated in Taman Safari

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Fishermen of Tejakula Preserve Coral ReefsAPPARENTLY the importance of coral reefs to the preservation of marine biota has been realized by fisherman groups in Buleleng Regency. When the coral reefs in the waters of Tejakula Village, Tejakula Subdistrict, were damaged, a group of fishermen in the village set to take action by strictly overseeing the reef theft and monitoring the behavior of fishermen who used to catch fish by means of potassium cyanide and fish bombs.

Special Mussels:Dissolved in Tenderness of Coconut Milk

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IBP

Museum Manusia Purba is a small prehistoric museum with sig-nificant collections of prehistoric artifacts and prehistoric human’s bones. This unique museum is located in the west tip of Bali, in Gilimanuk, Jembrana regency. Manusia Purba Museum houses collection of prehistoric bones and artifacts which were found by R.P. Soejoeno of Bali Archaeological Service during great excavation in 1962, in the village of Cekik, where the museum finally located. Cekik site is one of the biggest necropolises found in Indonesia. In this site, the archeologists found various artifacts such as jewelries, bronze equipments, glass beads, pottery and sarcophagus, 100 com-plete prehistoric human skeletons adult were also found in an ancient graveyard in this excavation area.

The artifacts and the bones

which were found in Cekik ex-cavation site are exhibited in this museum in a modest display. The prima ballerina of Manusia Purba Museum is two sarcophaguses which form a set of double jar burial, it is a unique burial system in which the second jar contains a skeleton in a position of a man which his hand were tied in the back, which suggest that this un-fortunate person was buried alive against his will to accompany the deceased person in the first sar-cophagus. Manusia Purba Museum of Gilimanuk houses a complete collection of early civilization in this island which provides use-ful information on the life and culture of ancient inhabitants of the last paradise; magnificent and important collections for a small and modest museum which is fre-quently unnoticed by the Balinese and the visitors. It worth a visit but one hardly knows it exists.

Manusia Purba Museum

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BUSINESSInternational

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File

In this April 2, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, center, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev smile during a group photo at the G20 Sum-mit in London.

China’s comedown is being en-gineered by its policymakers. They want to slow expansion just enough

job growth.It’s a delicate task.“Nobody can say with any con-

fidence” if they’ll succeed, says Barry Eichengreen, an economics professor at the University of Cali-fornia, Berkeley.

China’s explosive growth re-mains the envy of developed na-tions like the United States. It grew faster than any other major economy in the April-June quarter,

according to The Associated Press’ latest quarterly Global Economy Tracker. Only Argentina’s much smaller economy matched China’s 9.5 percent annual growth rate.

By contrast, the U.S. economy grew at a 1.3 percent rate in the April-June quarter, before expand-ing 2.5 percent in the July-Septem-ber period.

The AP’s Global Economy Tracker monitors economic and

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global output.Economists worry that China’s

economy could suffer what they call a “hard landing.” They fear that a sudden plunge in China’s growth would harm the economies of the United States, Europe and small countries that need China to buy their coal, copper and other raw materials.

That threat comes as the United States is still struggling to recover

to ease Europe’s debt crisis might not prevent the continent from slid-ing back into a recession that would ripple through the United States and

other countries.When surveyed this year by the

Society of Actuaries, corporate risk managers in the United States, Canada and elsewhere said a slow-down in China posed the greatest threat to their business.

A hard landing wouldn’t just squeeze U.S. and European export-ers. It could also destabilize Chi-nese society. And it could escalate global trade tensions.

declining exports, China’s growth

percent last year to 9.5 percent in -

ing to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF expects the global economy to grow 4 percent this year.

Developing countries emerged

almost unscathed from the Great Recession. They’re now growing much faster than rich countries.

China’s gaudy growth doesn’t mean much to Xie Jun, who runs a factory in the southern Chinese boomtown of Dongguan. He’s en-during a tough year.

His company makes and ex-ports headphones, cell phones and computer accessories. It’s paying

year for chemicals, fuel and other raw materials. Labor costs have nearly doubled.

Xie’s customers are reducing orders, forcing him to lay off more

-guan Jincai Real Co.

China will likely account for nearly a third of global growth this year.

World economy needs China to slow growth graduallyAssociated Press

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Let’s wait and see. That’s likely to be the mes-sage from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, when its two-day policy meeting ends. Few expect any bold new steps to be announced.

Fed policymakers likely want to gauge the impact of action they’ve taken recently to keep interest rates low. The Fed has breathing room be-cause the economy and stock markets have strengthened enough to allay fears of another recession.

After their September meeting, the

the Fed’s investment portfolio to try to further reduce long-term interest rates. And in their previous meeting in August, they had said they plan to keep short-term rates near zero until

improved.“They know they are running out

of tools, so they don’t want to employ another one unless they have to,” said David Wyss, former chief economist at Standard & Poor’s.

At its last meeting, the Fed left open the possibility of taking ad-ditional action to try to help the economy. One option is to further explain the steps it has already taken and their purposes. Another would

be to launch a third program of bond purchases.

But the Fed remains deeply di-vided over what, if any, action to take, which is another reason economists don’t expect any major announce-ments this week.

The actions taken in August and

votes, the most dissents in nearly

Three regional bank presidents — Richard Fisher of Dallas, Charles Plosser of Philadelphia and Narayana Kocherlakota of Minneapolis — all voted no. They have expressed con-cerns that the Fed’s policies could

On the other hand, four policy-makers are worried that the Fed might not be doing enough. Vice Chair Janet Yellen, Governor Daniel Tarullo, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans and New York Fed President William Dudley have said the economy is at risk and might need more support.

“I have never seen the Fed more deeply divided than it is at this mo-ment,” said David Jones, head of DMJ Advisors and the author of books on the Fed.

At its meeting in September, the Fed stopped short of expanding its portfolio of investments. Instead, it

investments to try to lower long-term rates.

action, according to minutes of the meeting. The members discussed more bond-buying. Some said it should remain an option.

A brighter outlook for the economy has given the Fed more room to wait. The economy grew at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the July-September period — the best quarterly perfor-mance in a year.

That’s strong enough to show that the economy isn’t about to slide into recession. Still, growth would have to be nearly twice as high — consis-tently — to make a major dent in the unemployment rate, which has been stuck at 9.1 percent for three straight months.

Stocks have rallied of late. Even after a drop of nearly 2.5 percent

stock index in October notched its best one-month showing since December 1991. European leaders have also an-nounced a debt agreement that could

on the continent. Still, even if it does, many analysts don’t think Europe can avoid another recession.

Many economists think the Fed will hold off on new action until its December meeting or early next year.

No major Fed moves expected as economy shows gains

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will push his focus on economic growth at an economic summit in France this week. But the message will take a back seat to the European debt crisis and the danger it poses to the world economy — and to the U.S. recovery in particular.

just a week after European leaders devised a plan to cut Greece’s debt in half and contain any turmoil caused by Greek default fears. The details still need to be worked out, and will be the top subject in the meetings in the French resort of Cannes.

say he will insist on a quick resolution to the debt turmoil.

For Obama, this G20 is more about Europe

Entertainment InternationalWednesday, November 2, 201112

The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star filed for divorce Monday, citing irreconcilable differences. “I hope everyone understands this was not an easy decision,” she said in a statement. “I had hoped this marriage was forever but sometimes things don’t work out as planned.”

Humphries told celebrity news site TMZ he was “devastated” to learn his bride had filed for divorce and is “willing to do whatever it takes to make it work.”

The filing in Los Angeles County Superior Court provided few details, other than to state the couple have a prenuptial agreement that will dic-tate how they divide up their assets. Kardashian is asking that both sides pay their own attorneys’ costs and that a judge terminate Humphries’ rights to spousal support.

Kardashian, 31, and Humphries, 26, were wed Aug. 20 in a star-studded, black-tie cer-emony at an exclusive estate in California. The couple’s wedding registry at a Beverly Hills jeweler included such items as a $1,650 coffee pot and two $1,250 sterling silver vegetable spoons.

It was the first marriage for Humphries, who last played for the NBA’s New Jersey Nets, and the second for Kardashian, who was married to music producer Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004. Kardashian’s sisters and TV co-stars Kourtney Kardashian, 32, and Khloe Kardashian, 27, served as co-maids of honor.

Kim Kardashian and Humphries began dating late last year and announced their engagement in May. He proposed on bended knee with a 20.5-carat ring by spelling out “Will you marry me?” in rose petals.

The couple’s marriage was the subject of a two-part special on E! Entertainment Television, which televises Kardashian’s show that follows the model and her family.

Entertainment media have breathlessly reported every available detail on the relationship, including signs of trouble earlier this month. Court filings show that Kardashian signed the petition on Sunday. Kardashian’s divorce attorney, Laura Wasser, did not return a phone message seeking comment. Humphries’ sports agent, Marc Cornstein, also did not return a phone message.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Andrew Ma-doff says he never suspected his financier father of running a Ponzi scheme because he grew up hear-ing what a legend he was. He says people had an incredible vision of

Bernard Madoff as a “spectacu-larly skillful trader.”

Andrew Madoff made his com-ments Monday during an appear-ance with his mother, Ruth, and his fiancee, Catherine Hooper, on NBC’s “Today” show.

Their appearance coincided

with the publication of “Truth and Consequences” by Laurie Sandell. It contains extensive in-terviews with family members.

Andrew Madoff says the book provided an opportunity to say in their own words what had re-ally happened, and “to speak to the thousands of victims I don’t know.” Ruth Madoff says she doesn’t miss her husband. She says: “The villain of all this is behind bars.”

Reuters

LOS ANGELES - One of the biggest movie stars in the world suffered one of the biggest box-office flops of his career this weekend.

Even with Johnny Depp, the Hunter S. Thompson-themed “Rum Diary” couldn’t scrape up more than $5 million at 2,272 North American loca-tions. Considering the movie had a budget of about $45 mil-lion, that’s a tough opening for the FilmDistrict release.

The movie was also poorly received by filmgoers who did pay to see it, garnering a soft “C” score in post-screening surveys conducted by Cinemas-core. Certainly Depp, who has driven Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise and its “Alice in Wonderland” to multi-billion-dollar heights, has had other disappointments.

Last year’s “The Tourist,” which also starred Angelina Jolie, grossed $67.3 million domestically and $278.3 mil-

lion worldwide -- an impressive number, except the movie cost an estimated $100 million to make. His 2009 film “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” opened to a shabby $1.6 million. It went on to gross $7.6 million domestically and $61.8 worldwide on a $30 million budget.

And his 2006 “The Libertine” fared far worse. It opened to $2.2 million and grossed $4.8 million in North America and $10.8 mil-lion worldwide. The film was shot on a modest budget of around $20 million. And of course, Depp has played Thompson -- who he counted as a close personal friend -- before, in 1998’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” That movie was made for an estimated $18.4 million and grossed only $10.6 million domestically.

Going into the weekend, FilmDistrict had modest expec-tations for “Rum Diary.” The distributor figured that Depp’s appeal and Thompson’s cult status would help the movie gross between $9 million - $11 million.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Just 10 weeks after their lavish, made-for-TV wedding and less than a month after the wedding special aired, reality starlet Kim Kardashian is canceling her marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries.

REUTERS/Fred Prouser

Actor Johnny Depp poses at the premiere of his new film “The Rum Diary” hosted by Film Independent at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles October 13, 2011.

AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2011 file photo, real-ity TV personality Kim Kardashian, right, and her fiance, NBA basketball player Kris Humphries, arrive at the Kardashian Kollec-tion launch party in Los Angeles.

In this image released by NBC, Catherine Hooper, left, fiance to Andrew Madoff, center, and Ruth Madoff, wife of jailed Ponzi Scheme creator Bernie Madoff, appear on the “Today” show with host Matt Lauer, right, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 in New York. AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer

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The final draft of the report from a panel of the world’s top climate scientists paints a wild future for a world already weary of weather catastrophes costing billions of dollars. The report says costs will rise and perhaps some locations will become “increasingly marginal as places to live.”

The report from the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be issued in a few weeks, after a meeting in Uganda. It says there is at least

a 2-in-3 probability that climate extremes have already worsened because of man-made greenhouse gases.

This marks a change in climate science from focusing on subtle changes in daily average tempera-tures to concentrating on the harder-to-analyze freak events that grab headlines, cause economic damage and kill people. The most recent bizarre weather extreme, the pre-Halloween snowstorm, is typical of the damage climate scientists

warn will occur — but it’s not typi-cal of the events they tie to global warming.

“The extremes are a really no-ticeable aspect of climate change,” said Jerry Meehl, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospher-ic Research. “I think people realize that the extremes are where we are going to see a lot of the impacts of climate change.”

The snow-bearing Nor’easter cannot be blamed on climate change and probably isn’t the type of storm that will increase with global warm-ing, four meteorologists and climate scientists said. They agree more study is needed. But experts on extreme storms have focused more closely on the increasing numbers of super-heavy rainstorms, not snow, NASA climate scientist

Associated Press Writer

BEIJING — China’s unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou 8 blasted off Tuesday morning, in the latest step in what will be a decade-long effort by the country to place a manned permanent space station in orbit. The spacecraft took off from a base in the far western city of Jiuquan, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Minutes later, Xinhua cited Chang Wanquan, who leads China’s space pro-gram, as announcing the launch a success.

China launched its own space station program after being re-buffed in its attempts to join the 16-nation International Space Station, largely on objections from the United States. The U.S. is wary of the Chinese program’s military links and the sharing of technol-ogy with its chief economic and political competitor.

Earlier Chinese news reports

did not specify a launch date for Shenzhou 8. Chinese space of-ficials rarely speak to foreign me-dia. The Shenzhou 8 will attempt to dock with an experimental module, carrying out maneuvers to couple with the Tiangong 1 module now in orbit. The 8.5-ton, box car-sized Tiangong 1 launched last month.

Following Shenzhou 8, two more missions — at least one of them manned — are to meet up with the module next year for further practice, with astronauts staying for up to one month.

Plans call for launching two other experimental modules for more tests before the actual sta-tion is launched in three sections between 2020 and 2022.

At about 60 tons when com-pleted, the Chinese station will be considerably smaller than the International Space Station, which is expected to continue operating through 2028.

Agence France Presse

Car giant Toyota on Tuesday unveiled nursing and healthcare robots aimed at helping the frail and the elderly, as the company seeks to capitalise on Japan’s ageing society. The four robots are designed to help people who have difficulty walking and to give nurses a helping hand with lifting immobile patients.

Toyota, one of the world’s big-gest automakers, said it had applied technology developed in cars, such as precise control of motors at high speeds, in the design of the robots.

“Everyone is thinking it’s hard to predict the future, but definitely the future is an ageing society,” said Ei-ichi Saito, professor at Fujita Health University, which jointly developed the robots.

“These kind of robots will help people who might have trouble being mobile on their own to be independent.” The Independent Walk Assist robot is strapped to the user’s leg and uses sensors to predict movements and augment their power and strength.

The Walk Training Assist robot is designed to help those who have suffered a stroke or injury to regain

the use of their legs in a natural way. The Patient Transfer Assist, which combines weight-supporting arms and a mobile platform, is intended to help caregivers lift patients into and out of bed, with arms that act in a similar way to human limbs, Toyota said.

The two-wheeled Balance Train-ing Assist robot is aimed at reha-bilitation, allowing patients to play sports such as tennis or football as part of their therapy. Toyota is looking to launch the products commercially in 2013 and is ini-tially looking only at the Japanese market.

AFP Photo/Kazuhiro Nogi

Fujita Health University senior assistant professor Yukari Suzuki (L) demonstrates a prototype robot ‘Patient Transfer Assist’ reducing the heavy physical burden of moving patients, developed by Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation, during a press preview at a showroom in Tokyo, on November 1.

Japan’s Toyota unveils nursing robots

China’s unmanned spacecraft Shen-zhou 8 blasts off

AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a modified model of the Long March CZ-2F rocket carrying the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 blasts off from the launch pad at the Ji-uquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gansu Prov-ince, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011.

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, Thai residents carry their belongings along floods as they move to higher ground at Bang-kok’s Don Muang district, Thailand.

AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File

APNewsbreak: Panel says wild weather worsensAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Freakish weather disasters — from the sudden October snowstorm in the Northeast U.S. to the record floods in Thai-land — are striking more often. And global warming is likely to spawn more similar weather extremes at a huge cost, says a draft summary of an international climate report obtained by The Associated Press.

Reuters

MADRID - Sevilla surrendered their unbeaten record and missed the chance to close to within a point of fourth-placed Valencia when they squandered the lead and lost 2-1 at home to promoted Granada in La Liga on Monday.

Manu del Moral struck in the sec-ond minute at the Sanchez Pizjuan but Granada’s battling for an equaliser was rewarded 10 minutes from time when Swiss forward Alex Geijo nod-ded home the rebound after Nigerian Ighalo had smashed a shot against the crossbar.

Sevilla had chances for a winner before Granada midfielder Mikel Rico pounced in the 90th minute to

Andalusian rivals.

from 10 matches, while Granada have eight and climbed off the bottom of the table, a point ahead of Getafe.

Real Madrid lead on 25 points, champions Barca, who are now the only side not to have been beaten this term, are second on 24 and surprise packages Levante third on 23. Their city rivals Valencia have 21 points in fourth.

Sevilla’s Manu del Moral (L) reacts in front of Granada’s

players .

Probable teams:

Manchester United: 1-David de Gea; 3-Patrice Evra, 5-Rio Fer-dinand, 6-Jonny Evans, 4-Phil Jones; 8-Anderson, 16-Michael Car-

Hernandez

Otelul Galati: 12-Branko Grahovac; 3-Cornel Rapa, 5-Zoran Ljubinkovic, 18-Sergiu Costin, 23- Adrian Salageanu, 29-Gabriel Giurgiu, 10-Gabriel Paraschiv, 4-Ioan Filip, 8-Liviu Ion Antal, 11-Sorin Frunza, 19-Bratislav Punosevac

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That defeat, which destroyed an 18-month unbeaten home run and was described by manager Alex Ferguson as the worst in his career, has been followed by back-to-back away wins and clean sheets that have owed much to Vidic who missed the

had been sidelined since August with a calf injury before returning against Galati, United’s back four have looked vulnerable and in need of a commanding presence -- exactly what the Romanians will be hoping for.

The English champions were un-convincing against them two weeks ago but Ferguson was confident enough of a victory to already be looking ahead to their next home European game against group leaders

Scot said on the club website (www.

expect us to win and, if we do that, it’s

disarray with (coach) Thorsten Fink

win our game and, when we play

Since the painful Manchester derby, United have got back to win-ning ways with a 3-0 League Cup victory at Aldershot and a 1-0 win at Everton in the league on Saturday and they will be keen to show the breach of their home fortress was a mere blip. They have not lost at home in their last nine Champions League games but they have conceded at

and let in three in their previous Old Trafford group game, a surprise 3-3 draw with Basel.

Their European campaign got off to a shaky start with two draws before beating Galati 2-0 and they sit

of third-placed Basel. Galati have yet to get off the mark.

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winger Ashley Young and defender Chris Smalling who have foot inju-

is doubtful with an ankle problem.

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champions United are still aiming to

against Galati and then playing them again at home, we’ll hopefully go into

Galati’s trip to Manchester is their

to be coach Dorinel Munteanu’s last match in charge.

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and right now I am focusing only

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United return to site of drubbing without Vidic

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Manchester United’s Ji-Sung Park, centre, trains with team-mates at Carrington training ground, in Manchester, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. Manchester United will play CS Otelul Galati in a Champion’s League group C soccer match on Wednesday.

Reuters

MANCHESTER - Manchester United return to the scene of their recent domestic humiliation for Wednesday’s Champions League game at home to Otelul Galati without captain Nemanja Vidic who has been the tonic easing their recovery. The centre back was sent off in the encounter between the two sides in Romania earlier this month, meaning he will miss the Group C game at Old Trafford, where United were thumped 6-1 by Premier League leaders Manchester City just over a week ago.

Reuters

Suwon Bluewings assistant coach Ko Jong-su and forward Stevica Ristic have been banned for six matches for their involve-ment in the 22-man brawl during the Asian Champions League

said on Tuesday.Al Sadd goalkeeping coach Suhail Saber Ali has also been

suspended for six matches after the ugly scenes which halted

that the Qataris won 2-0. Al Sadd play Jeonbuk Motors in the

AFC hand out six-game bans after Champions League brawl

loss against Granada

REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

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doors event on Monday.

AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas

Switzerland’s Roger Federer returns a ball to Italy’s Potito Starace during their first round match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Swit-zerland, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011.

Collateral damage set to pile up as talks collapse

AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file

FILE - In this file photo taken Oct. 4, 2011, NBA Commis-sioner David Stern listens during a news conference following NBA labor talks meeting between basketball players and owners in New York. Stern canceled all No-vember games on Friday, Oct. 28, the 120th day of the lockout.

Council vows to help Chelsea stay at Stamford Bridge

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Jenson Button

Vettel set the fastest lap of the Indian Grand Prix right at the very end of the race – just a fortnight after telling his bosses that he would not push for such a feat again.

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner said that the team was not in favour of the pursuit of fastest laps, but reckoned that Vettel was intelligent enough not to throw away a race result to chase them.

When asked if Vettel had asked for permis-sion to set the fastest lap at the end of the GP, Horner said: “Of course not because he knows we don’t like it. “We had done our best to manage it, we had turned all the engine modes down, KERS off, and short of putting a cow on the circuit there was not a lot else we could do.

“At the end of the day we have complete trust in him. I am sure he still had the margin in there, and the main aim for him is to win the race. He knows there are no points for fastest laps, but he likes those little statistics to complete a perfect weekend.”

Horner mentioned the fastest lap over the radio to Vettel after the chequered flag, having had talks about the matter in Korea.

“We spoke about it after the last race and he apologised and said, ‘sorry, it won’t happen again.’ And two weeks later here we are.

“But he is a sensible boy, he knows. I am sure that he builds in a pretty big margin but I think he wanted to demonstrate what speed he was capable of here.”

FORMULA 1 chiefs are to consider a change to the tyres rules for qualifying, AUTOSPORT has learned, following controversy about cars not running in Q3 this year.

Sources have revealed that a plan to increase the allocation of tyres for the fi-nal round of qualifying has been added to the agenda for this week’s Formula One Commission meeting that takes place in Geneva on Thursday.

It comes on the back of questions being raised about the spectacle of quali-fying being ruined by teams deliberately not running in the final grid shoot-out session because they want to keep fresher tyres for the race.

Interestingly, the idea to add the Q3 tyre issue to the F1 Commission did not come from tyre supplier Pirelli, which held talks with team representatives in India last week to discuss the issue.

The outcome of that meeting was

that Pirelli and the teams agreed that the current tyre regulations are fine as they are - with both parties understanding why Q3 tyre-saving had become com-mon practice.

Speaking to AUTOSPORT about the outcome of those talks in India, Pirelli’s director of motorsport Paul Hembery said: “We had a good collaborative meeting with the teams, and at the mo-ment their opinion is that there is noth-ing wrong with Q3. They feel it adds a strategic element to Q3. Plus, with teams battling in that mid ground there, the margins are very fine and they feel that it is a new element of qualifying.

“If they are happy there is not a lot we can do, and we have to go along with their wishes. What we have said, however, is that if that view changes or the sport feels there has to be a change, then we will sup-port any change as we need to.

“We will see what happens at the F1

Commission meeting. It has been raised by somebody else perhaps. We will see what everyone has to say when we have the opportunity to work together.”

Hembery said that there were numerous ways that the Q3 situation could be resolved - but felt it better the matter was discussed properly at the F1 Commission.

“We have been through millions of permutations, which can include just substituting the sets of Q3 tyres over-night. There are all sorts of different ways of doing it, but at the moment we are not being asked to come up with any solutions as teams are happy with where it is.”

When asked if Pirelli was happy for it to stay the same, Hembery said: “As long as teams explain why there is that tactical intrigue, so fans can understand it better. You can imagine a lot of people think we write the tyre rules, so we get caught up in that.”

Red Bull says Vettel is not taking risks Red Bull Racing has faith that Se-

bastian Vettel is not taking too many risks in his pursuit of fastest laps - even though the team admits it does not like the world champion pushing so hard for the accolade.

REUTERS/Toru Hanai

REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Red Bull Formula One driver Sebas-tian Vettel of Germany arrives at pac

ferme after winning the Indian first F1 Grand Prix at the Buddh International

Circuit in Greater Noida, on the out-skirts of New Delhi, October 30, 2011.

Formula 1 to consider qualifying changes

Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe

Massa of Brazil drives ahead of

McLaren Formula One driver Lewis

Hamilton of Britain during the Indian

first F1 Grand Prix at the Buddh In-

ternational Circuit in Greater Noida,

on the outskirts of New Delhi, Octo-

ber 30, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi