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Although doctors at the time leftthe door open on Schumacher per-haps being recovered enough to racethis season, Ferrari has now revealedthat such a prospect can be dismissed.Ferrari team principal StefanoDomenicali, when asked aboutrumours Schumacher was continuingphysical training to prepare for acomeback, said: “I’m happy he istraining, but what I can absolutelyrule out is that Michael can return thisyear as a racing driver.”

Luca Badoer, who was slotted into Ferrari’s second car, had a torridtime in Valencia and will need toimprove dramatically in thisweekend’s race at Spa if he is tohave any chance of keeping hold ofthe seat for the Italian Grand Prix.

Domenicali said he could notmake any prediction for how much

Valentino Rossi says he is nottaking the 2009 world MotoGPtitle for granted even though hecommands a 50-point lead over hisnearest rival, team-mate JorgeLorenzo. Rossi moved into a domi-nant lead in the points when he wonat Brno, while Lorenzo crashedout. But as the Italian heads to In-dianapolis this weekend seekinghis 103rd grand prix victory, hecautioned against complacency inthe full knowledge that two DNFscould wipe out his points lead.

“As I said in Brno, it would bestupid for us to relax and consider

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Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher of Germany, seen, from the pit lane duringthe third practice session at the Valencia street circuit in Valencia, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. Therace will take place on Sunday over the street circuit surrounding the city’s port.

Ferrari rules outSchumacherreturn

Ferrari has ruled out any chance of Michael Schumacher racingfor the team this year, despite speculation over the European GrandPrix weekend that the seven-times champion could still make a come-back. Schumacher had been Ferrari’s preferred replacement forthe injured Felipe Massa from last weekend’s race in Valencia, butan old neck injury forced him to cancel his surprise return to F1.

better Schumacher would have faredlast weekend if it had been him in thecar and not Badoer. “It would havebeen tough for Michael too, becauseit’s a difficult track and it’s new,” heexplained. “Obviously his approachis always aggressive. Would he havedone well? I really think so, becausehe wouldn’t have gone for it if hewasn’t confident. As for how well, I’dbe dishonest: I don’t know. However,he would certainly have done well.”

Ferrari will make a decision aboutits driver plans for after the BelgianGrand Prix when it knows moreabout the timescale for Massa’s re-turn to the cockpit. Several drivershave already been linked with theteam as a temporary stand-in - in-cluding Giancarlo Fisichella, An-thony Davidson, Sebastien Bourdais,Nelson Piquet and Nico Hulkenberg.

ValentinoRossi sayshe is nottaking the2009 worldMotoGP titlefor grantedeven thoughhe com-mands a 50-point leadover hisnearestrival, team-mate JorgeLorenzo

Rossi not taking title for grantedthe championship won, anything canhappen and we know that Lorenzowill be very strong this weekend anddetermined to make up for the lasttwo races,” he said.

“We must keep focused. “In2008, we didn’t really know whatto expect [from Indy] but our bikeworked very well and we were fastfrom the start, in the wet and the dry.Every year is a different story how-ever so we won’t know where weare until we start our work on Fri-day afternoon.”

Lorenzo says he feels good aheadof this weekend’s race because he

doesn’t feel under any pressure towin the title, having already con-ceded it to Rossi in his own mind. “Iam feeling confident because I’ve feltgood in the last races, riding very fastsince the beginning of the weekend,despite what’s happened on Sunday,”said the Spaniard who has crashedout in the last two events. “I am notthinking about the championship anymore but I would like to win a raceagain after more than three months,especially here in Indy when it’s thecentenary of the track. It’s a busy twoweeks, with Misano straight after, butwe’re ready.”

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The former employees had beenwaiting for their rights for fiveyears. They even asked the help ofthe devils in order to speed up theprocess. The employees express

Bali Post

Denpasar - Malaysia has “taken”the treasures of Indonesian culture forseveral times and they were admittedas a part of Malaysian culture. Batikdenotes a typical product of Indone-sia along with its floral motifs wasonce claimed as their property and sowere the song “Rasa Sayange” andkeris dagger.

The most notorious one and re-sulted in a strong opposition fromwider community was when the Reog

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A former employee of Bali Commerce Bank (BDB) writes in a white cloth during a rally in Denpasar Court on Monday, August24th 2009.

Former BDB employeesseek devil help(Bali Post)

Denpasar – The anger of the former Bali Commerce Bank (BDB) employees had reachedits peak. They were waiting for their compensation money for a very long time. The employeesconducted a rally in Denpasar Court on Monday, August 24th 2009.

their feeling in a white cloth placedin front of Denpasar Court.

A red writing says “the low en-forcement should not play with ourfaith” and “Devil Help Us” seemed

to represent the anger of the protest-ers. Under the cloth placed flowersas the symbol of the death of justicefor the 685 former BDB employees.

AA. Sudiptha Panji, the coordi-

nator of the rally, said that there isgreat hope that the law enforcementcan give the best solution to solvethe problem. “If the devils can helpus in solving the problem then wewill try to ask them,” he added.

While in the room of NyomanSutama, the head of DenpasarCourt, was held a meeting to dis-cuss the problem.

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Pendet dance performed in an event

Bali Government ShouldPromptly Take Action

Ponorogo Dance was claimed to be-come its property. In East Java, peoplecarried out rallies regarding to thatmatter and Malaysian Embassy inJakarta reaped severe critics from thecommunity.

Now, the Balinese art is also madeinto the icon of Malaysia. Since fewtimes ago, the tourism advertisingcampaign with the catchphrase TrulyAsia has been broadcast on several in-ternational television networks by uti-lizing the icon of Indonesian culture.

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Lawmakers: Theanonym works ofBalinese artistsneed to bepatented

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Based on such condition, Provin-cial Government of Bali re-proposedto Minister of Social Affairs to handlethe two remote hamlets located atKintamani sub district, Bangli in theupcoming year 2010. This matter wasrevealed by Division Head of BaliSocial Affairs, Nyoman PuashaAryana, last Sunday (23/8). Both un-derdeveloped hamlets proposed to geta handling in the upcoming year 2010comprise the Batu Miyeh and PuradiHamlet. They are situated behind theMount Batur and can only be ac-cessed on foot by passing through avalley and steep gorge. In addition,the two hamlets have not beenreached by electricity infrastructure.

For that purpose, the proposal de-livered to central government relatedto infrastructure development did notonly cover the reasonable housing forindigent family, but also coveredsome facilities such as water, electric-ity and other supporting facilities.

Bali Still Have Remote HamletsBali Still Have Remote HamletsBali Still Have Remote HamletsBali Still Have Remote HamletsBali Still Have Remote HamletsBali Post

DENPASAR — Bali remainsstill have a number of remotehamlets categorized to be un-developed customary commu-nity village. At least, there arefour isolated hamlets behindthe Mount Batur, Kintamani,Bangli. Some of them are BatuMiyeh, Puradi, Alengkong andBukit Sari Hamlet. They do nothave road access and have notobtained electricity yet.

Bali Post

DENPASAR — Balinese Hindudevotees living in Los Angeles (LA),California, the United States wantedto establish Jagatnatha Temple at thecenter of Los Angeles City since longtime ago. The presence of suchtemple is considered important byBalinese Hindu devotees coalescedinto Suka Duka Krama Bali of LosAngeles in relation to sustaining thereligion and Balinese culture over-seas.

Thus was stated by the Advisor toSuka Duka Krama Bali of LA, Prof.Dr. I Nyoman Wenten on Sunday,August 23rd 2009. The lecturer at Cali-fornia Institute of The Arts (CalArts)Valencia from Sading Village,Mengwi, Badung said that the Ba-

(Bali Post)

DENPASAR— Even thoughdomiciling at his home village,namely Jember, East Java, the sus-pect Fatullah in fact played impor-tant role as a controller of the mo-torbike theft organization. He ar-ranged the action plan, financed thesuspect Anton and Atok as well aschanged the registration number ofthe machine and body of the mo-torcycles before being sold.

“Anton received the order fromFatullah. If the Registration Num-ber Document owned by Fatullahhas the police number P, the sus-pect Anton and Atok should steala motorbike having the same ini-tial police number,” said a sourceof Bali Post on Sunday August 23rd

2009.During their action, the suspect

Anton and Atok were controlled byFatullah via mobile phone. Themajor robber from Jember com-manded his two subordinates todeliver the motorbike to Jemberwithin two days. On that account,Atok served as courier who pre-ferred to send the goods via cargoservices.

“In order to avoid any suspi-cion, sometimes the suspectbrought the motorbike to Java inperson. Since they brought alongwith document of registration num-ber and the license plate has beenchanged into the number as men-tioned in the document, they couldpass through the inspection atGilimanuk Harbor,” said an officerin Bali Police Department. Thesuspect Fatullah has the machineto change the number of the en-gine and the body of stolen motor-bike. Police had searchedFatullah’s house and secured themachine. Now, the machine hasbeen sent to Bali.

Meanwhile, the suspect Antonis a notorious thief. He is a fugi-tive and is in the police wantedlist in Jember. Six years ago, hewas once captured by theDenpasar Metro Police in connec-tion with the motorbike theftcases. “Other than stealing motor-bike, Anton also stole gas tubesand robbed houses. However, heis a specialist in motorbike theft,”added the source. (kmb)

MotorbikeTheft is anOrganizedCrime

Implementation of the infrastruc-ture at location, he said, would beundertaken integratively by engag-ing cross-institutions, including theparticipation of the members of theArmed Forces.

In addition, his party was han-dling two isolated hamlets at SonganVillage that also belonged to the ter-

ritory of Kintamani sub district,namely the establishment of properhousing for indigent families ofAlengkong and Bukitsari Hamletamounting to 122 units. Each unitwas provided with the assistance ofmaterials worth IDR 10 million.

Meanwhile, the proposal on theimproper house establishment

amounting to 850 units as the resultof social gathering in five regen-cies—Bangli, Karangasem,Klungkung, Jembrana andBuleleng—would be attempted tofind out the funding from the Cor-porate Social Responsibility (CSR)program of the state-owned enter-prises existing in Bali.

Hindu Devotees in Los Angeles:

Wishing to Build Jagatnatha Templelinese living in LA has registered 150families, excluding those living at thesurrounding areas. Those who havedifferent professions highly neededan adequately representative sanc-tum.

“On that account, they invokeblessing and support from Bali Pro-vincial Government, Hindu DharmaAssembly and other Hindu devoteesin order such sublime aspirationcould be realized,” he said.

Now, Wenten said, there has beena Padmasana shrine denoting an aiddelivered by Balinese Hindu devo-tee, Prof. Wayan Mertha Sutedja, fewyears ago. Since it has not had a pieceof land, the shrine was erected at thehouse of Nyoman Wenten. Now, suchPadmasana is used by local Hindudevotees to say prayers on religious

festivity like Galungan-Kuningan.“In years to come, we want that

Hindu devotees living in LA have apublic sanctum (Jagatnatha Temple)that is sufficiently strategic as a placefor devotees to sustain Bali in themental-spiritual domain. As a meansto preserve the Balinese culture, thetemple needs equipping with a set ofgamelan instrument,” said Wenten,the founder of Suka Duka Krama Baliof LA that is now chaired by AA GdeAgung, PhD.

Aside from a place to say prayersand strengthen the identity, the templeis strategically made into a locationfor socio-religious gathering, and es-tablishes networking among theHindu devotees in LA and its sur-roundings. Seemingly, the permit toestablish a sanctum is not so difficult

because local government does notdiscriminate the necessity of religion.It is expected that their dreams to es-tablish a temple in LA could cometrue. “At the moment, we have atemple priest named Wayan Susila,”he said. He added that the identity ofBalinese-descendant Hindu younggeneration overseas, including in LA,should also be strengthened by keep-ing on conserving their cultural val-ues. By doing so, they could exist infacing the global competition withstrong identity. In harmony with theBalinese arts that have gone globally,Balinese young generation overseasshould also put an interest in learn-ing Balinese dance and gamelan, andnot far left behind by the expertiseof foreigners who are learning Ba-linese arts.

The Argentina forward pickedup a pass from new signing ZlatanIbrahimovic in the 50th minute,rounded an Athletic defender andfrom close to the byline clippedthe ball over onrushing goalkeeperGorka Iraizoz. His second camefrom the penalty spot after DanielAlves was felled and Krkic madesure of Barca’s first trophy of theseason when he intercepted AnderIturraspe’s mis-hit backpass,rounded Iraizoz and stroked theball into the empty net.

Pep Guardiola’s side have achance of winning five more tro-

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MILAN - Samuel Eto’o coolly converted apenalty on his league debut but championsInter Milan were held to a 1-1 home draw byBari in their Serie A opener on Sunday.Juventus, likely to be Inter’s main challengersagain this term, fared better with VincenzoIaquinta powerfully heading home debutantDiego’s free kick in a 1-0 win over Chievo inTurin.

Brazilian playmaker Diego, a new arrivalfrom Werder Bremen, was lively throughoutwith Fabio Cannavaro making a composed re-turn to the Juve lineup and avoiding any boosfrom those still angry about his departure toReal Madrid in 2006. Juve coach Ciro Ferrara,who replaced Claudio Ranieri towards the endof last season and secured second spot, enduredsome nervous moments late on but ended upmuch happier than Inter’s Jose Mourinho.Cameroon forward Eto’o, signed fromBarcelona in a swap deal with ZlatanIbrahimovic, slotted in for Inter after DiegoMilito was fouled by Leonardo Bonucci in the56th minute.

The hosts had much the better of the playbut their defence, including new signing Lucio,fell apart to allow Vitali Kutuzov to prod homeon 74 minutes for the promoted side. The for-ward from Belarus almost won it for the visi-tors but Julio Cesar pulled off a fine save be-fore Bari’s Emanuel Rivas also blasted over.

Next Saturday Inter clash with AC Milan,who won 2-1 at Siena in their first game of theseason on Saturday. Inter midfielder ThiagoMotta, who signed from Genoa alongsideMilito in the close season, was not overly wor-ried. “We know it was the first game against ateam that wanted to play football and they gaveus problems. We had chances. We made mis-takes,” the Brazilian told Sky television.

“Next week is very important for us andwe’ll get to work. But it is only the start of thechampionship and there is no anxiety.”Argentina’s Milito twice went close in the firsthalf and linked up well with Eto’o, who

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LONDON - Carlo Ancelotti believesDidier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka’srevitalised partnership will strike fear into thehearts of Chelsea’s Premier League title ri-vals. The Italian manager saw his new chargesextend their perfect start to the season with a2-0 victory at Fulham on Sunday, sealed by agoal in each half from Drogba and Anelka.

The pair have not always gelled success-fully during their time together at StamfordBridge. But former AC Milan coach Ancelottihas tinkered with Chelsea’s system, convert-ing his midfield into a diamond formation andchallenging Drogba and Anelka to dovetailneatly up front.

The results have been spectacular. Theywere exceptional at Craven Cottage, with eachplayer setting up the other’s goal, andAncelotti has now challenged them to main-tain their electric start to the new campaign.“I was always sure Didier and Nicolas couldplay together,” Ancelotti said. “They are fan-tastic strikers and different players. I don’tknow why it didn’t work with previous man-agers - it depends on the system you want touse on the pitch.

“Our idea for Nicolas was that he shouldstay a little behind Didier. In the first half, heplayed a bit on the wing, by the right-back, soour play wasn’t so good. In the second it wasbetter as he played more in the centre. I seethem play well together on the training groundbut it is not only Didier and Nicolas who workwell. All the players work well and then, whenit is a match, they show that they work hardin the week by playing well on the field.”

“It’s a great start for the team. We wantedto do this and we have great trust in our pos-sibilities. We have to maintain this now. It isnow important that the players have a goodmotivation.” Chelsea are second in the Pre-mier League table behind leaders Tottenhamand, on this evidence, they will be there forsome time to come.

Fulham never gained a foothold in the

Messi helps Barca to Super Cup win over AthleticMessi helps Barca to Super Cup win over AthleticMessi helps Barca to Super Cup win over AthleticMessi helps Barca to Super Cup win over AthleticMessi helps Barca to Super Cup win over Athletic

(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Barcelona’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Sweden kicks the ball during the 2nd leg of the SpanishSupercup soccer match against Athletic Bilbao at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain,Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009.

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BARCELONA - Two goals from Lionel Messi and a poacher’sstrike from Bojan Krkic gave Barcelona a 3-0 win over Ath-letic Bilbao in their Spanish Super Cup second leg on Sundayfor a 5-1 aggregate victory. The Spanish and European cham-pions were leading 2-1 from the first leg in Bilbao last Sundayand Messi’s superbly-taken opening goal early in the secondhalf snuffed out any hopes of an unlikely Athletic comeback ata packed Nou Camp.

phies this season and play UEFACup winners Shakhtar Donetsk ofUkraine in the European SuperCup in Monaco on Friday. Theyare also contesting the domesticchampionship, the UEFA Cham-pions League, the King’s Cup andthe FIFA Club World Cup.

The Super Cup is Spain’straditional season opener be-tween the winners of the leagueand King’s Cup. Barca won bothlast season, beating Athletic 4-1in the final and have now woneight Super Cups, equal withReal Madrid.

(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Inter Milan forward Samuel Eto’o ofCameroon, foreground, celebrates afterscoring on a penalty against Bari dur-ing a Serie A soccer match at the SanSiro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday,Aug. 23 2009. In background, Inter MilanArgentine forward Diego Milito.

Inter held despiteEto’o goal, Juve win

spurned a glorious chance after the spotkick. Genoa, fifth ahead of AS Roma last term,

beat their rivals 3-2 in a thrilling game andpromoted Parma drew 2-2 at Udinese.Fiorentina, who finished fourth in May,warmed up for Wednesday’s ChampionsLeague playoff second leg against Sportingwith a 1-1 draw at Bologna on Saturday.

(AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Chelsea’s manager Carlo Ancelottiwatches his team play against Fulhamduring their English Premier Leaguesoccer match at Craven Cottage, Lon-don, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009.

Ancelotti expects great thingsfrom Drogba and Anelka

game, despite having enjoyed previous suc-cess against their local rivals, and onceDrogba had fired Chelsea ahead in the 39thminute, the game was as good as over. Thegoal stemmed from a delicious pass fromAnelka, who slid a ball past Fulham defenderAaron Hughes and into Drogba’s path. TheIvory Coast international finished withaplomb and Chelsea were ahead.

FOTO ANTARA/Nyoman Budhiana/Koz/mes/09.

DENPASAR – A beef seller serve a customer in Badung Market, Denpasar, on Thursday, August20th 2009. The beef price I Bali still very stable which is 50,000 rupiah per kilogram and it stillavailable in the market during Ramadhan.

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“A good start always helps,” saidFederer. “That was the case today.”When Djokovic finally held serve in thesixth game of the match he could onlylook at the sky and smile. He presenteda tougher challenge in the second set butcouldn’t capitalize on a set point in the10th game. Federer earned the key breakfor a 6-5 lead before serving out thematch with a love game.

“The closest I was going to get tothe first-place trophy is now,” the world’sfourth-ranked player said on the courtimmediately following the match.Federer won his third Cincinnati title af-ter victories here in 2005 and 2007. Healso captured his 16th Masters crown -second only to Andre Agassi’s careertotal of 17 in the elite series.

“I felt like my game was alreadypretty well in place in practice, so knewcoming over here it was not just to showup,” he said. He turned the tables onDjokovic, who had beaten him in two priormeetings this season. More importantly, thefive-time defending US Open championshowed he is on form with the last Grand

Agence France - Presse

TORONTO - Elena Dementieva won herthird singles title of the year, snapping a run ofpoor showings against Maria Sharapova in anall-Russian showdown at the WTA Rogers Cupon Sunday. In a tune-up event for the US Open,the 27-year-old Dementieva posted a 6-4, 6-3win over unseeded Sharapova to earn her 14thcareer singles title.

“I really like to play this tournament, butI’ve never done anything better than first orsecond round, which was very disappointing forme,” Dementieva said. “Every time I come Ihave such great crowd support. “I just feel sohappy to finally win this title. It means a lot tome.”

She also won titles this year in Sydney andAuckland but hasn’t had much success againstSharapova over the years. It was just the thirdwin for Dementieva over Sharapova in 12 ca-reer meetings and first in three years. Her lastwin was in the semi-finals of the 2006 Los An-geles tournament. Former world number oneSharapova is battling to regain peak fitness af-ter being sidelined for 10 months by a shoulderinjury. This was her first final since comingback.

“I think it was a really great week for me,”Sharapova said. “Playing six matches was greatleading up to the US Open. I think this was re-ally good preparation.” The fourth-seededDementieva, often prone to double faults, hadseven Sunday while Sharapova committed awhopping 10. Dementieva also registered her50th match win of 2009, joining Dinara Safinaand Caroline Wozniacki.

She rallied to beat second seed SerenaWilliams 7-6, 6-1 in the semi-finals, avenging

Agence France - Presse

BERLIN - Ethiopian superstar KenenisaBekele and Americans LaShawn Merritt andSanya Richards won their second gold med-als on the final day of the world athleticschampionships here on Sunday. Bekele’scame in the 5,000 metres as he became thefirst man to do the 5,000-10,000m double,a feat even his compatriot Haile Gebrselassiefailed to achieve the one time he tried in1993.

Merritt and Richards’ second titlescame in the men’s and women’s 400m re-lays respectively. There was to be no suchjoy for Yusuf Saad Kamel of Bahrain who,having taken the 1500m title, failed to re-peat his golden performance in the 800m.

That was was won by MbulaeniMulaudzi which meant the South Africansswept the 800m after Caster Semenya hadwon the women’s equivalent. Bahrain’s

(AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Novak Djokovic, left, from Serbia, and Roger Federer, from Switzerland, pose with theirtrophies after Federer defeated Djokovic 6-1, 7-5 at the Cincinnati Open tennis tourna-ment, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, in Mason, Ohio.

Federer downs Djokovic to win Cincinnati MastersFederer downs Djokovic to win Cincinnati MastersFederer downs Djokovic to win Cincinnati MastersFederer downs Djokovic to win Cincinnati MastersFederer downs Djokovic to win Cincinnati MastersAgence France - Presse

CINCINNATI - World number one Roger Federer defeated fourth-seeded Novak Djokovic 6-1, 7-5 to win the Cincinnati Masters title Sun-day and cement his status as favourite for the upcoming US Open.Federer set the tone in the second game of the match, when Djokovicsaved six break points but still couldn’t ward off the break of serve.

Slam of the season scheduled to start atFlushing Meadows on August 31.

“The fans for me really turned itaround, and that’s why this year I’m soexcited going back there,” Federer said.“I’ve had even better results, so I hope Ican again show them what I can do on atennis court.” After capturing the Mas-ters title in Madrid, Federer posted mile-stone victories at Roland Garros andWimbledon this year.

His first French Open title made himjust the sixth man to complete a careerGrand Slam and his triumph over AndyRoddick in an epic Wimbledon final gavehim a record 15th career Grand Slam.After taking a break as he and wife,Mirka, welcomed the birth of twindaughters, Federer then suffered a shockquarter-final defeat at the Montreal Mas-ters against France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.This was his first title since his twinswere born last month. “That’s the spe-cial part, especially winning for the firsttime as a dad,” Federer said. “It gets megoing emotionally a little bit, because Iknow it’s been a wonderful summer.”

Double golds all round as Bekele leads the wayMaryam Jamal also completed a double, bydefending her 1500 metres title, but onlyafter Spaniard Natalia Rodriguez was dis-qualified after crossing the line first.

The 30-year-old was adjudged to havepushed Ethiopian Gelete Burka down theback stretch sending her crashing to theground and on seeing the video replay theSpanish team decided not to protest the de-cision. “I saw a space down the inside andthen Burka tried to close me out. There wassome barging and then she fell. I did noth-ing wrong,” said Rodriguez.

“I’m so happy for my country as I amthe first Ethiopian to win this title,” said the27-year-old. Lagat said that even at 34 hewasn’t considering hanging up his spikes.“You will see me again, for a long long time,”said Lagat, who also lost his 1500m title,where he took bronze. “I will be getting stron-ger next year. I am especially looking for-ward to the 2012 Olympics in London.

Ethiopia’sKenenisaBekele onthe victorylap afterwinning thegold medalin the final ofthe Men’s5000mduring theWorldAthleticsChampion-ships inBerlin onSunday, Aug.23, 2009 (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

Elena Dementieva, of Russia, spins aroundwith the trophy after defeatingcountrywoman Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 inthe final of the Rogers Cup tennis tourna-ment in Toronto on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009.

Dementieva wins all-Russianfinal at Toronto WTA event

a loss to Williams at Wimbledon. “I hope it’sgoing to be good preparation (US Open),”Dementieva said. “For sure, this kind of wingives you a lot of confidence, so right now it’sall about recovering and getting ready for NewYork.” Sharapova dropped to 19-8 lifetime insingles finals on the WTA Tour. World numberone Dinara Safina was ousted in her openingmatch, losing to Aravane Rezai.

Bali Post

DENPASAR — Special Anti-terror De-tachment 88 of Bali Police Department inves-tigated a report that stated there is someonesuspected as Ali Maskun the parent-in-law ofthe most wanted terrorist, Noordin M Top. Fewweeks ago, there was a household mothernamed Winda reported to Bali Police Depart-ment because she suspected Ali Maskun toresemble to the father-in-law of Noordin. How-ever, after being investigated, the suspectedperson was Ali Maskun, a ship’s crew at Benoa.In other words, such report was not proven thatAli Maskun was the parent-in-law of NoordinM Top.

The case was affirmed by the Spokesper-son of Bali Police Department, Gde Sugianyar,on Sunday, August 23rd 2009. The Special Anti-Terror Detachment 88 team of Bali Police re-acted to the report immediately. “After inves-tigated thoroughly, Ali Maskun was not the fa-ther-in-law of Noordin. He is a ship’s crew atBenoa,” Sugianyar explained.

Furthermore, he said that Ali Maskun hasworked for four years as a crew. He served asship’s captain at a squid-catcher ship namedPT Bandar Nelayan 36. However, Ali Maskunis now still sailing. “He indeed works at thatcompany. However, he is now sailing and ithas been check to the company where he

According to an officer of Denpasar Metro Po-lice, Sunday (23/8), the incident was just knownaround 08:15 when the employees got into the of-fice. In fact, the condition of the office has been in amess and desk’s drawer was empty.

Based on the result of reconstruction carried outby police, it was no found any traces of damage. Ofcourse, it is rather bizarre and estimated that there isan involvement of insider. At least, the thief has uti-lized a duplicate key to open the office.

As result, the uninvited guest brought away 34.8million rupiah, cash in an envelope of 900,000 ru-piah, account book and five Mandiri ATM cards andsome other important documents. “Whereas, therewere some security officers on duty then, how couldit happen? This case is being handled by police,” the

Thief Broke Into Telkom’s Office:

Suspected to UseSuspected to UseSuspected to UseSuspected to UseSuspected to UseDuplicate KeyDuplicate KeyDuplicate KeyDuplicate KeyDuplicate KeyBali Post

Denpasar — A thief broke into the Office of Telkom Flexi on Jalan Teuku Umar,Denpasar, Friday, August 21st 2009. It was suspected that the thief used duplicate keybecause when the police investigated the crime scene, there were not any damages.This theft made Telkom suffer a loss of 35 million rupiah.

officer said.At different location, a house of civil servant, I

Gusti Sri Asri (54) on Jalan Sidakarya, Gang Taman,South Denpasar sub district, Friday (21/8) wasfrisked by a thief. A variety of jewelries, laptop andmobile phone were brought away by the thief. Suchincident was just known around 13:00. Previously,the house was empty. When arriving at home, Asriwas surprised because the condition of her housewas in a mess.

Having been checked, in fact, the back door waspried. To the police, Asri admitted to lose twolaptops, five necklaces, ring, mobile phone, a set ofearrings, diamond, baby ring and brooch. Due tothe act of the thief, Asri confessed to have suffereda loss worth IDR 45 million. (kmb)

Suspected to be Noordin’s father-in-LawIn fact, He is a Ship’s Crew at Benoa

works,” revealed the former Chief ofBalikpapan Police Department while addingthat Ali Maskun stayed at a boarding house atSesetan who just spent his one-month break.

Based on his information, a ship’s captaingot a month-long break after sailing for sixmonths. On that account, when Ali Maskunstayed at the boarding house of Winda atSesetan, South Denpasar during his break. “AliMaskun is not the father-in-law of Noordin MTop. However, our party expressed gratitudeto community member who has vigilant andgave information to us no matter how small itwas,” he said.

Winda came to Bali Police Department andreported a suspected person who was similarto the father-in-law of Noordin M Top. Windaadmitted to feel suspicious in seeing the be-havior of Ali Maskun. Moreover, she saw himsimilar to the most wanted terrorist. While pre-senting the identity card of such suspected per-son, Winda confessed that the man has oncestayed at her boarding house for a month. AliMaskun stayed with his wife and a child at herboarding house at Sesetan, South Denpasar.

On the identity card, the suspected mannamed Ali Maskun was born in Cilacap on 11October 1962. He satyed on Jalan Teri RT 008/13 South Cilacap. Meanwhile, the identity ofhis wife named Nurhayati was born on 21 Sep-tember 1964.

International4 Tuesday, August 25, 2009 International Tuesday, August 25, 2009 13Life StyleNews

Agence France-Presse

SUNGAI SIPUT - A Muslimmodel sentenced to be caned fordrinking beer won a surprise re-prieve Monday when religious offi-cials delayed her punishment untilafter the fasting month of Ramadan.

Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32,was sentenced by a religious courtlast month to six strokes, making herthe first woman to face caning un-der Islamic law in Malaysia, a mod-erate Muslim-majority country.

She was taken into custody Mon-day from her family home in north-ern Perak state by religious officialswho were to transport her to a jailoutside Kuala Lumpur where thesentence was to be carried out.

But after travelling a short dis-tance, the vehicle returned and shewas abruptly freed.

“I am speechless,” Kartika toldreporters, adding that the Islamic of-ficials had not told her whether shewould be caned later. “I want to knowwhat my status is. I want a black andwhite statement from them.”

The mother-of-two has stareddown religious authorities by saying

Agence France-Presse

TAIPEI - Taiwan’s Red CrossSociety said Monday it would buildup to 1,600 houses within two yearsfor some of the thousands of peopleleft homeless by this month’s mas-sive Typhoon Morakot.

The plan is part of a massive re-construction effort in Taiwan’s dev-astated south. The drive to rebuildhas prompted criticism by indig-enous groups who may be forced toleave their ancestral homelands inremote mountain areas.

“Our work is now shifting fromemergency rescue to settlement andreconstruction,” Chen Chang-wen,president of Taiwan’s Red Cross

Bisogni’s orchard lies in the heartof the once-mighty Murray-Darlingriver system which irrigatesAustralia’s food bowl, the vastsoutheastern corner responsible for40 percent of agricultural output.

The eight-year ‘big dry’, theworst drought in a century, has dev-astated the region, an area covering1.06 million square kilometres(410,000 square miles) — the sizeof France and Spain combined.

Agence France-Presse

SEOUL - South Korean pros-ecutors on Monday demanded afour-year jail term for disgracedcloning scientist Hwang Woo-Suk,who is on trial for fraud, embezzle-ment and ethical breaches.

Hwang was indicted in 2006 af-ter his claims to have created theworld’s first cloned human embryostem cell were ruled to be bogus.

Prosecutors claim Hwang usedbank accounts under names bor-rowed from friends to divert state re-search funds and private donations.Hwang has denied the charges.

The prosecution completed its

South Korea prosecutors seekfour years’ jail for clone expert

case against Hwang on Monday.The defence is expected to beginoutlining its case next month anda verdict in the judge-only trial isexpected later in the year.

Once a national hero, Hwangwas stripped of all governmenthonours and funds, including thetitle “Supreme Scientist,” after hisuniversity concluded his claims —first made public in a journal ar-ticle in 2004 — were fake.

However he has insisted he canprove he created the world’s firstcloned human embryo stem cell.

Such cells could potentially beused to treat diseases such as dia-betes and Parkinson’s.

Beer-drinking Muslimmodel wins caning reprieve

she is ready to be caned, refusing toappeal against her sentence, and chal-lenging them to cane her in public.

“I do not know in what situa-tion I’m in. I’m clueless. I do notknow if I am freed, I am in limbo,”said the part-time model, who wasdressed in a purple Muslimheadscarf and a flowing traditional“baju kurung” outfit.

Sahfri Abdul Aziz, a legislatorfrom Pahang in charge of religiousaffairs, said the punishment hadbeen suspended on the order of theAttorney-General until after theMuslim fasting month ofRamadan, which began last week.

“However, the sentence will re-main the same,” he said accordingto state media.

But a senior government officialwho spoke to AFP on condition ofanonymity suggested the reprievecould be a step towards burying thewhole affair.

“Leave it to the sharia court,they know how to decide. Thecourt has the power to revise thesentence and there are also lawsthat allow the sultan to pardon her,”the top official said.

AFP PHOTO/KAMARUL AKHIR

Muslim model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno who was sentanced tocaning for drinking beer waves to supporters from a van she wasloaded into by authorities at her father’s home in Karai, north ofKuala Lumpur on August 24, 2009.

AFP PHOTO / William WEST

This file photo taken on May 27, 2009 shows orchardist Mazzareno “Tom” Bisogni standing by the roots ofpear trees he has been forced to pull out at Cobram as the continuing drought affects Australia’s foodbowl region, some 260 kilometres north of Melbourne. The eight-year ‘big dry’, the worst drought in acentury, has devastated the region, an area covering 1.06 million square kilometres (410,000 square miles)— the size of France and Spain combined.

Taiwan Red Cross pledges 1,600homes for typhoon victims

Society, told reporters.“If everything goes smoothly, up

to 1,600 permanent houses will beready for typhoon-hit people in twoyears,” he said.

The typhoon pounded the island,dumping three metres of rain andripping through hundreds of roadsand dozens of bridges.

The official death toll stands at163 with an additional 503 missing.

More than 25,000 people fledtheir homes. While roads are gradu-ally being repaired and some peoplehave returned home, about 6,000 arestill living in 54 official and privatetemporary shelters.

The Red Cross said it was workingwith central and local authorities to

designate appropriate sites for homes.However some potential recipi-

ents are uneasy about the plans,Hung Ju-hsuan, a Red Cross Soci-ety worker, told AFP.

“As aborigines have a deep at-tachment to their land, they weredivided on the prospect of their newhomes,” she said.

She said some were refusing toleave their villages despite the dev-astation caused by Morakot andwarnings that such traditional sitesare unsuitable for habitation.

In addition to permanent housing,the Red Cross Society and 60 othercivilian groups also plan to assemble1,800 pre-fabricated houses forthose in need within two months.

Despair as drought cripplesDespair as drought cripplesDespair as drought cripplesDespair as drought cripplesDespair as drought cripples‘Australia’s Mississippi’‘Australia’s Mississippi’‘Australia’s Mississippi’‘Australia’s Mississippi’‘Australia’s Mississippi’Agence France-Presse

COBRAM - Farmer Mazzareno Bisogni fights back tears as hestands among the remains of trees he planted 35 years ago, victims ofa drought hitting “Australia’s Mississippi”.

Lack of water this year meant thefruit on Bisogni’s apple and peartrees in Victoria state literallycooked on their branches under thefurious Australian sun, making themsuitable only for jam.

Rather than leave the land, likemany farmers along the Murray, thetenacious 78-year-old Italian migrantscaled back his operation so he coulduse limited water resources to culti-vate export-quality produce for Asia.

“I couldn’t sleep for nights be-fore pulling them out, I was tossingand turning” he said, pointing to theblackened branches of dozens oftrees he bulldozed and burned.

“A pear tree has 100 years life(but) I have to pull them out. It brokemy heart.”

Tourist brochures for the Murray-Darling say Mark Twain likened thewaterway to his beloved Mississippiduring a visit in the 1890s.

But the US writer would struggleto make the comparison today, par-ticularly since the one of the river’spaddleboats, the Cumberoona, had tostop operating three years ago whenwater levels became too shallow.

Keepers at the zoo prepared theparty for Fu Long, which involvedgames and puzzles. The male pandaweighed a mere 100 grammes (0.22pounds) when he was born in 2007,but a voracious appetite has seen himgrow to 50 kilogrammes (110pounds). He eats around 20kilogrammes of bamboo a day, ac-cording to zoo spokeswoman KarinKruckenfellner, making him “almostas greedy as an adult”.

Reuters -

LONDON – A genetically modi-fied bacterium that turns into a drug-delivery vehicle in the presence of atype of sugar may offer a new wayto treat bowel disease, British sci-entists said on Friday. The new ap-proach uses an engineered form ofBacteroides ovatus to deliver a hu-man growth factor called KGF-2directly to damaged cells in the gut— but the process is only activatedin the presence of xylan, a sugar thatis rare in normal diet.

This means patients will be ableto control their medication by ingest-ing xylan, perhaps in the form of adrink, after swallowing the freeze-dried bacteria in capsules. “This isthe first time that anyone has been

Associated Press Writer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Ero-sion threatens to topple coastalAlaskan villages. Melting icethreatens polar bears. Now, a ma-rine scientist says the state’s ma-rine waters are turning acidic fromabsorbing greenhouse gases fasterthan tropical waters, potentiallyendangering Alaska’s $4.6 billionfishing industry.

The same things that makeAlaska’s marine waters among themost productive in the world —cold, shallow depths and abundantmarine life — make them the mostvulnerable to acidification, saidJeremy Mathis, a chemical ocean-ographer at the University ofAlaska Fairbanks.

“Ecosystems in Alaska are go-ing to take a hit from ocean acidi-fication,” he said. “Right now, wedon’t know how they are going torespond.” Alaska has already seenmore than its share of global warm-ing effects: shrinking glaciers,coastal erosion, the march north ofdestructive forest beetles formerlyheld in check by cold winters,melting Arctic Ocean ice that alsothreatens walrus and other marinemammals. Ocean acidification, thelowering of basicity and the in-crease in acidity of marine waters,is tied to increased carbon dioxidelevels in the atmosphere.

Oceans absorb 22 million tonsof carbon dioxide from human ac-tivities per day, removing 30 per-cent emitted to the atmosphereeach year and mitigating the harm-ful impact of greenhouse gas, ac-cording to the IntergovernmentalOceanographic Commission.When carbon dioxide dissolves in

AP Photo/University of Alaska, Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

This Feb. 6, 2009 photo provided by the University of Alaska,Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences shows JeremyMathis right and Kristen Shake, one of his students studying oceanacidification, testing seawater samples in Jeremy’s lab on the UAFcampus in Fairbanks, Alaska. Alaska’s marine waters are turningacidic from absorption of greenhouse gases faster than tropicalwaters, according to findings by Mathis.

Research finds higheracidity in Alaska waters

sea water, it forms carbonic acid.That decreases the amount of cal-cium carbonate, used by marinecreatures to construct shells orskeletons. Mathis last spring col-lected water in the Gulf of Alaskaand found samples to be moreacidic than expected — and higherthan in tropical waters. The resultsmatched his findings in theChukchi and Bering seas offAlaska’s west and northwest coast.Cold water absorbs and holds moregas than warm water, Mathis said.

His research in the Gulf ofAlaska uncovered multiple siteswhere concentrations of shell-build-ing minerals were so low, that shell-fish, including crab, and other or-ganisms would be unable to buildstrong shells. “We’re not saying thatcrab shells are going to start dissolv-ing, but these organisms haveadapted their physiology to a cer-tain range of acidity,” Mathis said.“Early results have shown that whensome species of crabs and fish areexposed to more acidic water, cer-tain stress hormones increase andtheir metabolism slows down. Ifthey are spending energy respond-ing to acidity changes, then thatenergy is diverted away fromgrowth, foraging and reproduction.”

Acidification could affect thetiny pteropod, also known as a seabutterfly or swimming sea snail. Itis at the base of the food chain andmakes up nearly half of the diet ofpink salmon. A 10 percent decreasein pteropods could mean a 20 per-cent decrease in an adult salmon’sbody weight. “This is a case wherewe see ocean acidification havingan indirect effect on a commer-cially viable species by reducingits food supply,” Mathis said.

Scientists make “sugar bug” drug for bowel diseaseable to control a therapeutic proteinin a living system using somethingthat can be eaten,” said Simon Card-ing of the Institute of Food Research,who led the research.

Researchers aim to start clinicaltrials of their “sugar bug” drug inaround 18 months, after successfultests in mice. Inflammatory bowelconditions like Crohn’s disease andulcerative colitis affect around 0.5percent of the population in richcountries and are notoriously difficultto treat. Current therapies include agroup of injectable drugs that blockan inflammatory protein called tumornecrosis factor (TNF), such asJohnson & Johnson’s Remicade,Abbott’s Humira and UCB’s Cimzia.

Carding and colleagues reportedin the journal Gut that the treatment

was effective in mice with colitis,reducing bleeding and acceleratinghealing, and he said he is confidentit should also work in other boweldisorders. “We have other strains ofthe bacteria that will deliver othertherapeutic agents that will be effec-tive in other forms of inflammatorybowel disease and also colorectalcancer,” he said.

In the case of cancer, the Britishteam is developing strains of bacte-ria that will produce proteins to re-strict blood vessel growth in tumors.Others are also researching bacte-ria-based drugs and Belgian biotechcompany ActoGeniX has a boweldrug in Phase II clinical tests. ButCarding said his team’s product wasthe first where dose could be con-trolled simply by eating a foodstuff.

AFP/Samuel Kubani

A Panda cub named Fu Long (happy dragon) eats a cake on his second birthday on August 23, 2009 at theSchoenbrunn zoo in Vienna.

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Fu Long the panda, Europe’s first to be conceived naturally while in captivity, celebrated his secondbirthday with a huge bamboo cake at an Austrian zoo on Sunday. Crowds of well-wishers turned out towatch the giant panda, whose name means “Happy Dragon” in Mandarin, tuck into his one-metre-high,iced birthday cake at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna.

“He still feeds from his motherYang Yang once or twice a day,” sheadded.

Fu Long is the son of the zoo’stwo giant pandas in residence, YangYang and Long Hui. The couplecame to Vienna in 2003 as a loanfrom China and became an item ayear later. In November, Fu Longwill bid farewell to Vienna and betransferred to the Wolong nature re-serve in China’s Sichuan province.

Coupling of pandas in captivity isextremely difficult, since femalesare only fertile three or four days ayear. Another panda was born at aMadrid zoo in 1982 thanks to artifi-cial insemination.

Less than 1,600 giant pandas remainin the wild, according to the Vienna zoo.China began in 1984 its long-termpanda lending program to foreign zoos,which pay up to a million dollars a yearto house the creatures.

General Info Tuesday, August 25, 2009 5Entertainment InternationalTuesday, August 25, 200912 International

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 ConsulateJalan Hayam Wuruk 88, Br Tanjung Bungkak,Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 118

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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Cooper isn’t bitter about the move- because he can totally understandthe owners’ reasons. He tellsAustralia’s Undercover News, “Itwas one city in Finland where thevenue happens to be a very conser-vative venue. You know what? Be-cause I’m Christian myself, I justturned the other cheek.”

However, the star, real nameVincent Furnier, admits he was con-fused by the snub - because otherclassical productions are much moreviolent than his own show. He adds,“I didn’t quite understand it. Here is

The war effort by QuentinTarantino and Brad Pitt has paid offas their history lesson “InglouriousBasterds” claimed victory at the boxoffice with a $37.6 million debut. Itwas Tarantino’s best opening ever,exceeding the $25.1 million haul for2004’s “Kill Bill — Vol. 2.” Overseas,“Inglourious Basterds” added $27.5million in 22 countries, giving it aworldwide total of $65.1 million.

Released domestically by theWeinstein Co. and overseas by Uni-versal, “Inglourious Basterds” fea-tures Pitt and an international en-semble in a sprawling tale of Jewishcommandos and a plot to take outNazi leaders at a movie premiereduring World War II. The film pro-vided a much-needed hit for Harveyand Bob Weinstein, who have man-aged only lackluster receipts at theirnew outfit since departing Disney-owned Miramax four years ago.

At Miramax, the Weinsteins bal-anced prestige and profit with astring of Academy Awards triumphs

Rod Stewart has become the lat-est rocker to scrap U.S. shows - athroat infection has rendered himvoiceless. The rocker was back inLos Angeles with his wife PennyLancaster on Friday seeking medi-cal attention after scrapping a dateon his One Rockin’ Night tour inTulsa, Oklahoma on Thursday night.Stewart’s August 22nd show in Pitts-burgh, Pennsylvania and a concertscheduled for Sunday at the VerizonWireless Amphitheater in VirginiaBeach have previously beenscrapped, due to scheduling con-flicts.

A spokesperson for the star tellsWENN, “Rod Stewart has a throatinfection and went to the doctor who

Alice Cooper Accepts Finnish Concert BanAlice Cooper Accepts Finnish Concert BanAlice Cooper Accepts Finnish Concert BanAlice Cooper Accepts Finnish Concert BanAlice Cooper Accepts Finnish Concert BanAlice Cooper has forgiven the owners of a Finnish venue for banning

his controversial rock show on religious grounds, insisting he respectstheir decision because he is also a Christian. The rocker was scheduledto play the Tampere Areena, in Tampere, Finland on December 11thbut management officials subsequently admitted the booking conflictedwith their “Christian-based policies.” The gig was scrapped andTampere Areena boss Harri Wiherkoski put the decision down to anobjection from other clients who use the venue.

what I would say on that: If I weredoing (Shakespeare’s play) Macbeth,would it be okay? Everybody wouldsay Macbeth is fine. Well, Macbethis about twice as bloody as anythingI would do.”

Nevertheless, the born-again Chris-tian has learned that it is impossibleto please everyone: “There is alwayssomeone who is going to be a radicalor fanatic who has their believes andI respect that. Find another venue. Idon’t care. There is nothing in myshow that can be banned or I wouldhave been banned all over the world.”

Pitt, Tarantino’s ‘Basterds’earns glorious $37.6M

such as “Shakespeare in Love” and“Chicago” and hits such asTarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” and the“Scary Movie” and “Scream” fran-chises. “Tarantino helped build thehouse of Miramax. He’s provingright now that he’s helping to buildthe house of Weinstein,” said PaulDergarabedian, box-office analyst forHollywood.com.

So far, the Weinstein Co. has beenunable to reproduce that Miramaxsuccess, its lineup burdened by box-office underachievers such as lastyear’s “Soul Men” and 2007’s“Grindhouse,” Tarantino and RobertRodriguez’s B-movie double-feature.Harvey Weinstein said critics con-tinually write off him and his brother,including a magazine piece in 2002“saying we were the flavor of the ’90sbut we were kind of over in the newmillennium.” Weeks later, he noted,Miramax scored 40 Oscar nomina-tions, among them three of the fivebest-picture nominees, includingeventual winner “Chicago.”

AP Photo/The Weinstein Co., Francois Duhamel

In this film publicity image released by The Weinstein Co., Brad Pitt isshown in a scene from, ‘Inglourious Basterds.’

Rod Stewart Scraps Weekend Shows

Rod Stewart

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Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Just in time foran especially crowded fall, busi-ness seems to be picking up forbooks. Or at least declining less.

“I feel most people are cau-tiously optimistic, now that weseemed to have turned a corner,”says Simon & Schuster Inc. CEOCarolyn Reidy, who says the pasttwo months have improved no-ticeably over a rough first half of2009. “It’s not that we’re back tothe extremely strong sales ofmore than a year ago, but we’retrending upward. After taking ourexpectations down for so long,we’re finally taking them up.”

“Cautious optimism, that’s theright phrase,” says JonathanBurnham, publisher of theHarper imprint of HarperCollins,which had an especially poor sec-

The fall forecast: Dan Brownand cautious optimism

prescribed antibiotics and four days of complete vo-cal rest. Ignoring the doctor’s advice, he attemptedto go through his normal warm-ups onThursday but it was impossible. Particu-larly frustrating is that he had to cancelthe last show of a 16-date run.”

The Sailing singer underwent sur-gery in 2000, to remove a growth onhis thyroid and admitted he feared theoperation had stolen his famous rasp.He said, “I woke in hospital and thedoctor said, ‘Don’t worry, yourvoice will be back in six months’.Six months came up and novoice. Seven months, no voice.Eight months, no voice. I couldtalk but not sing. It only cameback to its former glory... ninemonths after the operation.”

ond quarter of 2009. “One neverknows when we’re completely out ofthe woods, but there’s a sense ofgradual upward progress.”

The Association of AmericanPublishers, which had been report-ing declines for much of the year,finally had some good news lastweek, announcing a 21.5 percentsales increase for June. Barnes &Noble Inc., which has been hurt byonline competition and discountstores, reported a 5 percent revenuedrop for the three months endingAug. 1, but expects a smaller declinein the fall.

After months when StephenieMeyer appeared the only author any-one wanted to read, publishers andbooksellers have noted new hits suchas Thomas Pynchon’s “InherentVice,” Richard Russo’s “That OldCape Magic” and Pat Conroy’s“South of Broad.”

“We were down 20 percent thissummer, which I used to think ofas horrible. But we were down 35percent in the spring,” BarryLeibman, co-owner of Left BankBooks in St. Louis, says. “It’s abumpy road, but I am having alittle more sense of confidence.”

“It’s still quite a difficult mar-ketplace ... but there’s clearly alittle bit more enthusiasm,” JohnSargent, CEO of Macmillan, says.“In the first six months, you basi-cally had just the Stephenie Meyerbooks and a few others working.Now what you’re seeing is abroader spectrum working better.”

If the fall is a bust, Sargent says,blame it on the economy. It wouldbe hard to blame the industry forfailing to offer anything to buy.

Dan Brown’s “The Lost Sym-bol,” his first novel since “The DaVinci Code,” is just the start.

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Agence France-Presse

SINGAPORE - Oil prices rosein Asian trade Monday, bolstered byimproved investor sentiment amidwidespread hopes for a global eco-nomic recovery, analysts said.

A weaker US dollar was also afactor behind the surge in oil prices,they said.

New York’s main contract, lightsweet crude for October delivery,gained 38 cents to 74.27 dollars abarrel.

Brent North Sea crude for Octo-ber delivery advanced 15 cents to74.34 dollars.

“Sentiment remains broadly sup-portive of commodities including oilin anticipation of an economic recov-

Optimism among professionalsmoved to its highest level for twoyears in the current third quarter,according to research by the Insti-tute of Chartered Accountants inEngland and Wales (ICAEW).

The confidence measurejumped from minus 28.2 to 4.8, thelargest quarterly improvement sincethe survey began in 2003.

The group’s third quarter sur-vey “suggests that the UK recessionis at an end,” said ICAEW chief ex-ecutive Michael Izza.

“While there is no doubt thatthe UK economy is on its way to re-covery, we shouldn’t underestimatethe challenges ahead for busi-nesses,” he added in a statement.

Officially, Britain remains inrecession after government datashowed its economy shrank by 0.8percent in the second quarter —

Agence France-Presse

NEW DELHI - Air Indianeeds a bailout of nearly 620 mil-lion dollars to keep flying, a min-ister said in remarks publishedMonday, in which he added hewas certain the loss-making air-line would survive.

The flagship airline, whichposted a 1.03-billion-dollar lossfor the fiscal year ended March 31,and other Indian carriers havebeen hit by overcapacity in theindustry and a sharp drop in pas-sengers due to the economic slow-down.

“The airline will survive. Ev-ery time it was in trouble the prob-lems were rolled over, and we willroll over this time also,” CivilAviation Minister Praful Patel toldIndia’s Business Standard news-paper.

Patel said he did not want thegovernment to have to bail out thestate-run carrier but added that“we have to do certain things asshareholders” of the airline.

“Air India should be sold, butI’ve been asked to keep it going,”he told the newspaper.

“The airline needs a 30 bil-lion rupee (618.6 million dollar)equity infusion and the conversionof high-cost debt to low-cost debtto keep it going,” Patel added.

Britain free of recession: surveyBritain free of recession: surveyBritain free of recession: surveyBritain free of recession: surveyBritain free of recession: surveyAgence France-Presse

LONDON - A record recovery in Britain’s business confi-dence signals that the country’s recession “is at an end,” an in-dustry body here said on Monday.

marking the fifth quarterly contrac-tion in a row.

The second official estimate ofBritain’s gross domestic product in thesecond quarter is due out on Friday.

Economists are widely predict-ing a return to growth in the thirdquarter, or July-September period.France, Germany and Japan have allexited recession; it was announcedthis month, after the world’s worstfinancial crisis in decades.

A vendor sellsfruit at a market inBeijing on August24, 2009. Half ofthe 24 millionpeople on China’sofficial unemploy-ment rolls maynot find jobs thisyear even if thecountry postseight percenteconomic growth,the labour minis-try said onAugust 21.

A file picture taken on March12, 2009 shows diners arriv-ing for lunch at the Fat Duck

restaurant in Bray, Berkshire.A record recovery in Britain’sbusiness confidence signalsthat the country’s recession

“is at an end,” an industrybody here said on Monday. AFP PHOTO/Ben Stansall/FILES

Oil raises in Asian trade on economic recovery hopesery,” said David Moore, a Sydney-based commodity strategist with theCommonwealth Bank of Australia.

New York crude prices scalednew 2009 highs last week, risingabove 74 dollars Friday on a weakgreenback, an improved US macro-economic outlook and positiveeurozone data.

The New York contract soared to74.72 dollars during US trading Fri-day, a level last seen on October 202008, before easing to close at 73.89dollars.

A slew of economic data releasedlast week suggested the US economyand euro-zone economies were likelyrecovering, boosting hopes that en-ergy demand in turn would see anuptick, analysts said.

“Data is sparse this week butshould all support the view that re-cession is over,” analysts fromSingapore’s DBS Bank said in a re-port in its view on the US economy.

Last week, the National Associa-tion of Realtors reported that US ex-isting-home sales surged 7.2 percentin July to a seasonally adjusted an-nual rate of 5.24 million units, liftinghopes the world’s biggest economywas heading for a recovery.

The slumping US dollar againstthe euro also fuelled support for crudeoil, analysts said.

A weaker dollar tends to stimu-late demand for dollar-priced crudeoil, which becomes cheaper for buy-ers using stronger currencies. In turn,that pushes prices higher.

Minister says Air Indianeeds bailout: report

The airline has been seekingfinancial aid from the governmentalong with soft loans to remainafloat.

A decision by Patel to allowmore private carriers to fly inIndia’s skies has undercut theairline’s competitive position andhas led to criticism from tradeunions that he has endangered theairline’s survival.

Patel said his decision was topromote the overall growth of theaviation industry.

“Do not see me as a minister forAir India,” he told the newspaper.

Patel added that he supporteddemands by airlines for a cut in statetaxes — which range up to 30 per-cent on aviation fuel — which manycarriers have blamed for heavy losses.

“I want this reduced for bothlow-cost and full-service carriers,” hesaid. “I have always advocated a uni-form tax on jet fuel.”

In a bid to cut costs Air India re-cently announced it would halve pro-ductivity-linked incentive paymentsfor its 31,000 employees and alsoslash crew flying allowances by 50percent.

The moves are part of a turn-around programme announced bythe carrier that also includes movesto attract more budget customersand plans to rationalize its fleet andnetwork.AFP PHOTO/LIU Jin

The Buddhist monks in turnpledged full allegiance to Medvedev,the first Russian leader to visit theremote Ivolginsky Monastery ineastern Siberia in 16 years.

Dozens of monks wearing brightpurple and orange robes and hold-ing white and blue scarves in theirhands stood in two lines along a redcarpet to welcome the president ashis black Mercedes stopped at themonastery’s gates.

Sitting down for tea with milkalongside Russia’s top monks later,Medvedev said they did not need toaccept foreign aid even during cri-sis.

“Our country is very strong, pow-erful and has a versatile economy.So we will get through all the prob-lems,” Medvedev said.

“We have our own resources tohelp the development of the tradi-tional religions that have existed inRussia for centuries.

“And my visit to you is proof yetagain that relations between tradi-tional faiths, religions and the stateare on the right track.”

Medvedev made the commentson a visit to Buryatia, a region nearMongolia and one of several tradi-tionally Buddhist parts of Russia.

Damba Ayusheyev, the spiritualleader of Buryatia’s Buddhists, toldthe president that Buddhist monkswere self-sufficient and did not needany outside help.

Their only goal is “to serve faith-

Medvedev visits Russia’sMedvedev visits Russia’sMedvedev visits Russia’sMedvedev visits Russia’sMedvedev visits Russia’stop Buddhist monasterytop Buddhist monasterytop Buddhist monasterytop Buddhist monasterytop Buddhist monasteryAgence France-Presse

VERKHNYAYA IVOLGA - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday visited Russia’stop Buddhist monastery, where he told monks the government would support them despite theeconomic crisis.

fully” and “ask nothing in return”,he said.

Foreign teachers, particularly Ti-betan monks, played a large role inthe revival of Buddhism in Russiaafter the collapse of the atheist So-viet regime in 1991.

There are about a million Bud-dhists in Russia, where the predomi-nant religion is Orthodox Christian-ity. Most of them live in Siberia.

Buddhism faced brutal purgesduring the Soviet era, when authori-ties closed many monasteries.

But since 1991 it has experienceda relative revival with support fromthe state, and Russian authorities areeven planning to have Buddhist la-mas on hand to serve as militarychaplains in the army.

Ayusheyev, who is known as theKhambo Lama, said that thepresident’s visit was a great honourfor the monastery and that the Krem-lin chief had the whole-hearted sup-port of Russia’s Buddhists.

“To lead such a country, havesuch a responsibility — it would behard for any man and Buddhistsmust support him,” he told report-ers.

Medvedev’s predecessorVladimir Putin never visited themonastery, though Boris Yeltsincame there in 1993.

Built in 1946, the IvolginskyMonastery is seen as the most im-portant centre of Buddhism in Rus-sia.

Medvedev said money would beavailable to rebuild more monaster-ies. “This is where the revival of theRussian Buddhism has started aftermany years of persecutions,” he said.

Located near Lake Baikal againsta backdrop of mountains, theIvolginsky Monastery is home to theremarkably well-preserved body ofthe 12th Khambo Lama, who diedin 1927.

The body — still seated in thelotus position — is shown to pil-grims only seven times a year butthe monks made an exception forMedvedev, letting the presidentsneak a peak at their top relic.

Medvedev was also shown astatue of the White Tara, a seven-eyed female Buddha of longevitywhose embodiment he is believed tobe.

Russia’s Buddhists consider thecountry’s leaders to be embodimentsof the female Buddha, a belief thatdates back to the 18th century whenthe Empress Elizabeth officially rec-ognized the religion.

“It’s very hard to understand thisfor non-Buddhists and even for someBuddhists too,” said Ayusheyev.

At the end of Medvedev’s visit, themonks came out to wave himgoodbye, with many pulling mobilephones out from under their robes tosnap pictures of the Kremlin chiefboarding a helicopter.

Medvedev is due to pay a two-dayvisit to Mongolia starting Tuesday.

Agence France-Presse

MIAMI - A weakened HurricaneBill hit Newfoundland, Canada, Mon-day, packing gale-force winds thatknocked out power in some areas andspawned deadly waves that killed aseven-year-old girl in the northeast-ern US state of Maine.

“It did make landfall,” US NationalHurricane Center specialist DanielBrown told AFP. “It is now movingover the southeastern part of the is-land.”

At 0600 GMT, the center said thestorm — the first hurricane of the At-lantic season — remained at CategoryOne strength, but Bill’s top windspeeds had decreased to about 75miles (120 kilometers) per hour.

The Miami-based center said thecenter of the storm was about 90 miles(145 kilometers) north-northwest ofCape Race, Newfoundland, movingeast-northeast at about 40 miles (65kilometers) per hour.

Many people took part in the met-ing such as the representative of BDBemployees Sudiptha Panji, Dedy andtheir lawyers Simon Nahak dan CandraDewi and the representative of the law

Among the excerpts of the scenesdisplayed on the National GeographicChannel were women in Balinese tra-ditional clothes performing the PendetDance.

On the claim over the Pendet Dance,it was not only the Balinese artists whoare furious; the Lampung Art Council(LAC) requested the government to re-solve the cases promptly related to thedisplay of Pendet Dance. “Governmentshould take action promptly becauseMalaysia has used the creations of othernations in the image creation of theircountry aiming to improve the com-petitiveness of tourism industry,” saidthe secretary of LAC who is also a se-nior dancer in Lampung, HariJayaningrat on Sunday, August 23rd

2009.According to Hari, what was shown

by the advertisement truly set on fireher nationalism sense as Indonesiancitizen because she felt to have knownand understood about the history on themaking of Pendet Dance. “I learned thedance in person from the late Ni KetutReneng,” she said.

According to her, to resolve theproblem in short-term basis was thatthe government should document andgive them legal protection towards theIndonesian art and cultural assets, bothnationally and internationally. While forthe long-term solution, the governmentshould insert the culture and art into apart of educational curriculum.

Prompt EndeavorAn artist who is also a lecturer at

some universities in Los Angeles, Dr.

Weakened HurricaneBill hit Newfoundland

“On the forecast track the center ofBill will exit the east coast of south-eastern Newfoundland during the nextcouple of hours,” the NHC said.

Bill is likely to be downgraded and“lose tropical characteristics” in thenext 24 hours, but has caused somedamage in eastern Canada, wherestrong winds and rain knocked outpower to 32,000 customers.

Some roadways in Nova Scotiawere closed and more than a dozenflights from Halifax airport were can-celled as the storm passed through thearea.

“Large and dangerous swells gen-erated by hurricane Bill will continueto impact the Atlantic Maritimes ofCanada will gradually subside today,”the NHC said.

A seven-year-old girl was killedSunday when a rogue wave swept agroup of sightseers into the ocean froma cliff-top overlook in the northeast-ern US state of Maine, a Coast Guardspokesman said.

Former BDB...From page 1 enforcement.

Sutama explained to the former BDBemployees that the verdict by Indone-sian Supreme Court regarding the com-pensation payment can not be carriedout during election. Denpasar Court willcarried out the verdict in October.

Bali Government...From page 1 Wayan Wenten, felt pity on the works

of Indonesian (Balinese) artists wereclaimed by foreign party. Similar fell-ing was also expressed by the Chief ofHistorical Conservation Agency andTraditional Values of Bali, West NusaTenggara and East Nusa Tenggara,Made Purna.

Wenten said, one thing that shouldbe undertaken immediately was to in-ventory and register them to Director-ate General of Intellectual and PropertyRights. “Bali Provincial Governmentshould take prompt action to respondthis situation,” Purna said.

Wenten who is also a lecturer at Cali-fornia Institute of Arts (CalArts) added,several years ago, the Ratnayu Dancecomposed by three Balinese artists—consisting of Nyoman Carita, DewaBeratha and Wayan Wenten—was alsoclaimed by external party. The dancecomposed in 2005 was prepared in LosAngeles (LA) and performed in LA. Af-terwards, it was perfected again in Baliby Brata Muni Art Community ofSading, Mengwi, Badung in relation tothe presentation held in Mexico. Even,the dance has been posted to YouTube.

It was so surprising that in 2007, thatthe Ratnayu Dance was even claimedas a creation of a Malaysian. The dancecomposed was given minor revision.“The song and composition were reallythe same as that of Ratnayu Dance thatwe composed. We have protested di-rectly to the person via letter. However,he gave no response,” he said.

In order that the same cases wouldnot happen again in the future, Balineseartists should patent their art creationsevery time they complete a composi-tion. (08/ant)

AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, walk with Russian Buddhist monks outside thebiggest in Russia Buddhist Monastery in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga in Siberia on Monday,Aug. 24, 2009.

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With just five weeks until Ger-man elections, leading politicianson Sunday ratcheted up calls forGeneral Motors and the US au-thorities to make a decision asearly as next week.

“The sooner the better,” Ger-man Chancellor Angela Merkeltold ZDF television in an interviewfor broadcast late Sunday. “Iwanted it to come on Friday

Germany presses for newsGermany presses for newsGermany presses for newsGermany presses for newsGermany presses for newsthis week on Opel’s fatethis week on Opel’s fatethis week on Opel’s fatethis week on Opel’s fatethis week on Opel’s fateAgence France-Presse

NEW YORK - General Motors kept Germans guessing over theweekend over the fate of its troubled Opel unit even as pressuremounted for a decision on a proposed takeover by Canada’s MagnaInternational.

evening. Now, I hope it will be nextweek.”

The board of General Motors —which emerged from bankruptcyprotection in July — met on Fridayin Detroit to mull the future of Opel,but said in a statement that the meet-ing ended with no decision made.

The board discussed two take-over offers on the table — one fromCanadian autoparts maker Magna

International and state Russianlender Sberbank, and another fromBrussels-based investment groupRHJ International.

A German Economy Ministryspokesman told AFP he could notsay precisely when negotiationsmight resume.

GM, which is now more than 60-percent, held by the US governmenton the heels of its bankruptcy, didnot comment at the weekend onwhat the next steps would be.

GM is believed to favor RHJ asmore attractive and easier to imple-ment. But Germany has an interestin Magna’s bid because it appearsto contain greater protections

against job losses in Germany.Both bidders want to cut around

10,000 jobs at Opel. In all 25,000jobs would be at stake in Germanyif Opel were to fold altogether.

Bringing its weight to bear, theGerman government is stumping upseveral billion euros in loans tosweeten the deal. In addition,around half of General Motors Eu-ropean employees work in Ger-many.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who hopes tounseat Merkel in September 27 elec-tions, said in a statement he had tele-phoned his US counterpart HillaryClinton to press Berlin’s case.

Steinmeier “emphasised that af-ter several months of intensive ne-gotiations, the time had now comefor a decision,” according to a state-ment issued by the foreign ministry.

“The workers at Opel deserveclarity and a credible prospect forthe future,” the statement added. Hecalled for a decision “as quickly aspossible that safeguards the futureof all Opel factories and as manyjobs in Germany as possible.”

According to press reports, Ger-many is prepared to offer a 4.5-bil-lion-euro (6.4-billion-dollar) loanto Magna in an attempt to persuadeGM to choose the Canadian-led of-fer.

“The police’s plan to monitor ser-mons at mosques and mass gather-ings is something reminding us of theNew Order era. Therefore, we rejectit,” Rafani Achyar, a West Java MUIspokesman, said here on Monday.

He said the council absolutelyopposed the National Police (Polri)’splan to monitor sermons at mosquesduring the holy month of Ramadan.

“If the sermons delivered atmosques and mass gatherings dur-ing the fasting month are monitored,it will create the impression amongthe people that terrorism is identicalwith Islam,” he said.

Besides, Rafani said, it would cre-ate disharmony between Muslimsand the police or even the govern-ment.

However, he called on West Java’sulema and preachers not to be afraidto deliver their sermons.

“Do not be afraid to deliver ser-mons as long as they are in accor-dance with the principles of Islamicteachings,” Rafani said.

Earlier, the Indonesian police said

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PONTIANAK - The Malaysiangovernment is hoping two crossingposts at the Indonesia-Malaysia landborder in Kalimantan (Borneo) willbe opened for traffic only in August2010 a West Kalimantan govern-ment official said.

The border-crossing points con-cerned were those at Aruk, Sambas(West Kalimantan) and Biawak (Ma-laysia), and at Badau, Kapuas Hulu(Indonesia) and Lubuk Antu (Malay-sia), Fathan A Rasyid, chairman ofthe West Kalimantan Development

Antara

BENGKULU - An earthquake measur-ing 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted WestSumatra on 00.38 am local time on Mon-day followed by another tectonic temblorof 5.0 in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

According to the meteorology and geo-physics agency (BMG), the first earthquakein West Sumatra was located at 1.66 de-grees southern latitude - 99.33 degreesEastern longitude at a depth of 23 kilome-ters below sea level, and 63 km southwestof the Siberut Mentawai Islands, WestSumatra, on Monday. Meanwhile, the West

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Indonesian Muslims read copies of the Koran at Istiqlal mosque as the holy fasting month of Ramadanbegins in Jakarta on August 21, 2009, or Ramadan 1, 1430 in the Hijriah lunar calendar. The West Javachapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has voiced objections to a police plan to monitor sermonsat mosques and mass gatherings during the fasting month.

West Java MUI rejects police’sWest Java MUI rejects police’sWest Java MUI rejects police’sWest Java MUI rejects police’sWest Java MUI rejects police’splan to monitor sermonsplan to monitor sermonsplan to monitor sermonsplan to monitor sermonsplan to monitor sermons

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BADUNG - The West Java chapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council(MUI) has voiced objections to a police plan to monitor sermons atmosques and mass gatherings during the fasting month.

that it would conduct an operationcalled “Condition Creation Opera-tion” aimed at ensuring that thecountry’s Muslims could observe theRamadan (Fasting month) peace-fully and comfortably.

The operation activities wouldinclude the monitoring of sermonsor religious lectures in order to mini-mize the possibility of the peoplebeing provoked to support terrorism.

The police’s decision to increasesupervision over religious propaga-tion and sermons was earlier alsocriticized by the Prosperous JusticeParty (PKS).

“This has the potential of becom-ing a source of new tension betweenthe Muslem community and the gov-ernment,” party spokesmanMutammimul Ula said on Saturday.

Mutammimul said “we must notbecome a police state which is asdangerous as a military state.”

The member of the CommissionI of the House of Representativessaid his party’s stance about the is-sue was clear, namely opposing it.

Malaysia wants to border crossing posts opened in 2010Board, said here Monday.

Rasyid said Kuala Lumpur’shope was expressed at the Malay-sia-Indonesia Social Economic Af-fairs meeting or Sosek Malindo inBandung, West Java, on August 11-13, 2009, which he had attended.

“At the annual Malaysia-Indone-sia Social Economic affairs meet-ing or Sosek Malindo, the Malay-sian delegation asked for the open-ing of the two border crossing postsin August 2010 in accordance withtheir working contract on theproject,” Rasyid said.

The Malaysian side had made

the request because some support-ing facilities on their side of the twoborder crossing posts had yet to becompleted, he said.

“Although Malaysia expressedun-preparedness, we are committedto open the two border crossing postsat the end of 2009, pending the Ma-laysian readiness,” Rasyid said.

The law and human rights minis-ter had decided that the two bordercrossing posts should be used as im-migration checkpoints (TPI), he said,adding the West Kalimantan provin-cial administration had already pre-pared personnel to man the immigra-

tion check points.In principle, the Indonesian gov-

ernment was ready to open the twoborder-crossing points as soon aspossible, Rasyid said.

According to him, the WestKalimantan provincial administra-tion intended to make two bordercrossing posts, the Nanga Badau postin Kapuas Hulu district and the Arukpost in Sambas district to become in-ternational entry gates on the Indo-nesia-Malaysia border.

“In addition, we will also developthe Jagoi Babang crossing post inBengkayang district that shares a

border with Serikin (Sarawak, Ma-laysia),” Rasyid said.

The length of Indonesia - Malay-sia border line in Kalimantan reaches2,004 kilometers, of which some1,147 km are located in EastKalimantan and the rest in WestKalimantan.

The development of five bordercrossing posts, namely those atEntikong (Sanggau district), Aruk(Sambas district), Jagoi Babang(Bengkayang district), Jasa (Sintangdistrict) and Badau (Kapuas Hulu dis-trict) was expected to boost the re-spective regions’ economic growth.

West Sumatra, West NusaTenggara rocked by earthquakes

Nusa Tenggara earthquake was located at7.82 degrees southern longitude - 118.63degrees eastern latitude at a depth of 26km and 73 km northwest of Raba-NTB.

The BMG on Sunday (Aug 23) also re-ported, a 5.8 earthquake also occurred at2.51 degrees southern longitude, 127.09degrees eastern at a depth of 23 km belowsea-level, some 172 km southwest ofMologane, North Sulawesi. Meanwhile, onthe same day, in North Sumatra, a 5.8 mag-nitude earthquake occurred 139 Km north-west of Gunung Sitoli, North Sumatra, 0.25degrees northern longitude - 99.90 degreeseastern latitude at a depth of 86 km.

An Indonesian manexamines a giant Muslim

holy book of Quran ondisplay in an exhibitionheld to mark the begin-ning of the holy fastingmonth of Ramadan at a

hotel in Jakarta, Indone-sia, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.

During Ramadan, theholiest month in Islamic

calendar, Muslims refrainfrom eating, drinking,

smoking and sex fromdawn to dusk. The Quranthat was handwritten by

two Muslim scholars was2 x 1.5 meters (6.5 x 4.9

ft.) and weighs at 300kilograms (660 lbs).

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

Balinese CultureTuesday, August 25, 2009 98 InternationalTuesday, August 25, 2009

Bali Today

Overview:Don’t be misled by the rather uninteresting

appearance and name of this beef dish. It is wonderfullyflavored and generally so popular that it’s worth makinga large amount. Cook as directed below, then if youhave leftovers after a meal, deep fry the beef until verycrisp. Drain thoroughly and store in an airtight container.This crisp beef is excellent as a finger food withcocktails, and also makes a tasty accompaniment torice-based meals.

Ingredients:1 kg beef topside, cut in 4 steaks 250g each8 cloves garlic, peeled2 tsp coriander seeds, crushed1 tbsp chopped palm sugar2 large red chilies, seeded2 tbsp laos peeled and sliced2 tsp dried shrimp paste2 cloves ground1 tsp salt1 tsp black peppercorns, coarsely ground2 tbsp oil2 tsp freshly squeezed limejuice

Preparation:Bring 5 liters (20 cups) of lightly salted water to the

boil in stockpot. Add beef and boil for approximately 1hour, until very tender. Remove from stock. Meat mustbe so tender that its fibers separate very easily. Keepstock. Pound meat until flat and shred by hand into finefibers.

Place garlic, coriander, palm sugar, red chilies, Laos,dried shrimp paste, cloves, salt and peppercorns in foodprocessor and puree coarsely, or grind in a stonemortar. Heat oil heavy saucepan and sauté themarinade for 2 minutes over medium heat.

Add shredded beef, mix well and sauté until dry.Season with limejuice.

Remove from heat and allow cooling. Serve at roomtemperature with steamed rice.

Helpful hint: Do not tempt to use a food processor toshred the meat; you will obtain the correct texture onlyby shredding the meat with your fingers or a fork.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

“We recommend the governmentto register the works of Balinese art-ists especially those that are anony-mous. The arts can be registered bythe name Bali’s Government,” headded. Arjaya said that Balinesepeople created many anonymous artsand it was made as the form of offer-ing towards God and as the social con-tribution to the society.

Registering the art works isvery important in order to claim byother countries such as Pendet dancewhich is claimed by Malaysia. In-donesian Government also musthelp in registering the copyright. In-donesian Law and Human RightMinister must create cheap systemfor registering the art works.

Arjaya said “if the necessary,the one who want to register some-thing must be freed from any cost.It is the steps needed to be done inorder to protect the Indonesian

Antara

DENPASAR – In order to develop cruise shipsbusiness in Bali, the security is one of the mainfactors which affected the development. Ida BagusSurakusuma, the Regional Manager of PacificWorld Nusantara, said “the police who always pa-trolling around the harbor area will give the senseof security for the tourists and cruise ships owner.”

Most of the cruise ships owner often worriedif they docked in certain harbor so the existence of

The name of I Made Taro is vir-tually identical to Balinese games andfolk tales. His persevering endeavorsin the cultural discovery and conser-vation, chiefly the traditional games,songs and folk tales of Bali is no moreworried.

Since 1979, he was not reluc-tant to make a journey to villages inorder he could observe and inventoryseveral kinds of folk games and songs.Some of them were found at the BaliArts Festival (BAF). Afterwards, hestaged those games at villages. Up toright now, there are 200 kinds of folkgames and 225 folk songs that havebeen discovered.

A number of these folk gamesand songs were then taught to childrenin his Kukuruyuk Art Community thathe established in 1979. Through thisart community, he socialized severalkinds of games, songs and folk talesthrough television program, writing atsome newspapers, magazines and pub-lishing book of some 26 titles.

“The folk games as games ingeneral are very significant particu-larly for children. Apart from function-ing as resource of information, theyalso can play a role as medium to dis-seminate cultural information, to colorand to enrich the cultural treasures, tostrengthen the traditional values andto provide drives toward creative re-

BTN The 2009 Ubud Writers & Readers

Festival is little more than a month awayas it gathers momentum towards the pre-sentation of a rich array of panel sessions,readings, book launches, literary lunches,nighttime gatherings and workshops.

This year’s theme “Suka Duka: Com-passion and Solidarity” will beckon someof the finest writers from 23 countries todiscuss the themes of religion, identity, thelegacy of colonial brutality and thepostcolonial voice, human rights, race andidentity, exile, gender, censorship, literaryexpression, families and love.

This year’s festival will introduce aninaugural keynote address, sponsored bythe Australia-Indonesia Institute, launch-ing four days of panel sessions, debates,readings and in-conversations with theworld’s greatest exponents of their craft.Wole Soyinka, the first African to receivea Nobel Prize for literature, will discusshis lifetime of work and activism. FatimaBhutto, an outspoken poet, journalist andnovelist from Pakistan will speak on hercountry. The brilliant women poets of “NotA Muse,” explore Lloyd Jones’ heart-wrenching empathy in the Bougainville-set fable “Mr Pip.” The unpredictable and

Be sampi mesitsit(Dry Spiced Beef)

Made Taro:To Instill the Social Value through Folk Games

newal,” said the father of four childrenwho was born at Sengkidu,Karangasem 70 years ago.

He also added that the folk gamesplayed a role as media of education andlearning, personal development, socialfunction, cultural appreciation, organicfunction, recreational, and drive of cre-ative process. “Children who often playfolk games will become more creative,have high solidarity and discipline,comply with the regulations, and be-have flexibly and very democratic. Ihave proven it through children whojoined in my Kukuruyuk art commu-nity. Most of them have good achieve-ment at their school. In addition, theyalso have high solidarity,” said thegrandfather of five grandsons who ad-mitted to have educated over 4,000children at his art community.

The effort of I Made Taro in pre-serving the Balinese folk games, songsand tales is shored up by several par-ties so that he never finds any signifi-cant obstacles. He thanks God that gov-ernment has provided him media forhis effort in the cultural heritage pres-ervation. One of them is Bali Arts Fes-tival or Students’ Games and Arts.

Besides, the support provided byparents of the students and teacher de-notes an important aspect that could notbe ignored. “Up to this moment, I havegiven couching to some 600 teachers

of kindergarten and primary schools.Later on, they will teach the materialsto their students. By doing so, this sub-lime cultural heritage could be be-queathed to the next generation,” addedthe former teacher who has entered pen-sion period in 2000 and once taught atseveral schools in Darwin, Australia.

The expertise in telling tales ac-companied with Balinese traditionalgames and song has made Made Tarooften invited to make presentation orseminar in some region across Indone-sia. Even, at the end of this August 2009,he is invited to South Africa to becomea folk tale teller in an international semi-nar on folk tales. “It is a valuable mo-ment for me to more introduce Balineseculture in oral literary tradition in inter-national constellation.”

Perseverance and diligence ofMade Taro in preserving the Balinesecultural heritage attained several awardsand appreciations from many parties,both from government and non-govern-ment institution. Some of them wereExemplar Teacher, Seni Kerti Budaya,Bali Award, Anugerah Permata,Adikarya Ikapi (Jakarta), SastraRancage (Jakarta), Hindu Books &Readers Community, Widya Pataka, K.Nadha Nugraha, Gebyar Denpost andthe last one was Cultural Award for theMaestro category in Oral Tradition fromPresident of the RI. (BTN/tar)

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DENPASAR – The head of Commission I in Bali’s House ofRepresentative, I Made Arjaya, said that the works of Balineseartists must be given the copyright so it will not be claimed byother countries.

people. If the government wants to pro-tect their citizen, does the citizen needto pay for the protection? What the taxesare used for?”

The government must show thatthey are willing to save the culture oftheir country. “The government in prov-ince or regency level also must take partin registering the art work, especiallyafter the government allows registeringby group name and not only individu-ally. The people need the copyright notfor the money but to protect their work,”he added.

Children artists are performinga Balinese traditional dance

and instruments. The head ofCommission I in Bali’s House

of Representative, I MadeArjaya, said that the works of

Balinese artists must be giventhe copyright so it will not be

claimed by other countries. BTN/Doc

Ubud Writers & ReadersFestival Building Momentum

eccentric Dany Laferriere will also be inUbud together with Mohammed Hanif’sbearing “A Case of Exploding Mangoes.”

This year’s festival will also pay spe-cial tribute to the Southeast Asian experi-ence, gathering emerging and establishedwriters from the region including SenoGumira Ajidarma, Ng Yi Sheng, AmirMuhammad, NH Dini, Thant Myint-U,Shamini Flint, Wena Poon, Woon Tai Ho,Lee Su Kim and Dede Oetomo.

From neighboring Australia, JuliaLeigh, Tom Cho, Alison Lester, SonyaHartnett, Michelle Cahill, MungoMcCallum and Antony Loewenstein are allslated to grace this year’s event.

In what has become a tradition, writ-ers will also be at play via a program packedfull of performance, play readings, musicand song, film, humor and food.

Reflective of the founder Janet deNeefe’s deep passion for cooking, thisyear’s rendition of “Master Chefs of Proseand Poetry” will showcase award-winningauthors, poets and playwrights and their fa-vorite recipes featuring dishes from Burmato Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka to Pakistan. Fam-ily secrets and stories will be shared orrather, revealed, on the edge of the rice-fields in a three-course global extravaganza.

BTN/Doc

In order to develop cruise ships businessin Bali, the security is one of the main fac-tors which affected the development. IdaBagus Surakusuma, the Regional Managerof Pacific World Nusantara, said “the po-lice who always patrolling around the har-bor area will give the sense of security forthe tourists and cruise ships owner.”

Security in need to supports cruise ship tourismpolice officers whether they are patrolling in theharbor area or on the sea is very important.

The safety of the passengers or the tourists isalso very important. Crimes such as robbery oftenhappened in the harbor and it could give bad imagefor Bali abroad. Surakusuma said “the problemsface in running cruise ships tourism is very com-plex. There are many things that need to be observedand analyzed.”

He also said that the harbor managementneeds to give priority to the cruise ships so theycan receive better services. There are three catego-ries considered by tourists or cruise ships ownersbefore visiting a tourism site. First is the physicalcondition of the harbor. Second is the regulation tosupport the arrival of the ships. “The regulationmeans how the harbor management handling thedocked ships. The agent in the harbor must be pro-fessional and in this case is PT Pelni,” addedSurakusuma.

The third one is that they always wanted toreceive the latest map of the country they visit. Themap must contain the rock under the sea becausecruise ship is a very big ship. Surakusuma said “themaritime map is already existed in Indonesia but italways needed renewing. The cruise ship needs theperfect guidance before docking.”

The harbor facilities in Indonesia need to beimproved in order to attract cruise ships coming toBali. For example is the harbor in Tanah Ampo,Manggis, Karangasem. The harbor needs to be im-proved because it can also increase the economicsof the people in Karangasem regency.

Balinese CultureTuesday, August 25, 2009 98 InternationalTuesday, August 25, 2009

Bali Today

Overview:Don’t be misled by the rather uninteresting

appearance and name of this beef dish. It is wonderfullyflavored and generally so popular that it’s worth makinga large amount. Cook as directed below, then if youhave leftovers after a meal, deep fry the beef until verycrisp. Drain thoroughly and store in an airtight container.This crisp beef is excellent as a finger food withcocktails, and also makes a tasty accompaniment torice-based meals.

Ingredients:1 kg beef topside, cut in 4 steaks 250g each8 cloves garlic, peeled2 tsp coriander seeds, crushed1 tbsp chopped palm sugar2 large red chilies, seeded2 tbsp laos peeled and sliced2 tsp dried shrimp paste2 cloves ground1 tsp salt1 tsp black peppercorns, coarsely ground2 tbsp oil2 tsp freshly squeezed limejuice

Preparation:Bring 5 liters (20 cups) of lightly salted water to the

boil in stockpot. Add beef and boil for approximately 1hour, until very tender. Remove from stock. Meat mustbe so tender that its fibers separate very easily. Keepstock. Pound meat until flat and shred by hand into finefibers.

Place garlic, coriander, palm sugar, red chilies, Laos,dried shrimp paste, cloves, salt and peppercorns in foodprocessor and puree coarsely, or grind in a stonemortar. Heat oil heavy saucepan and sauté themarinade for 2 minutes over medium heat.

Add shredded beef, mix well and sauté until dry.Season with limejuice.

Remove from heat and allow cooling. Serve at roomtemperature with steamed rice.

Helpful hint: Do not tempt to use a food processor toshred the meat; you will obtain the correct texture onlyby shredding the meat with your fingers or a fork.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

“We recommend the governmentto register the works of Balinese art-ists especially those that are anony-mous. The arts can be registered bythe name Bali’s Government,” headded. Arjaya said that Balinesepeople created many anonymous artsand it was made as the form of offer-ing towards God and as the social con-tribution to the society.

Registering the art works isvery important in order to claim byother countries such as Pendet dancewhich is claimed by Malaysia. In-donesian Government also musthelp in registering the copyright. In-donesian Law and Human RightMinister must create cheap systemfor registering the art works.

Arjaya said “if the necessary,the one who want to register some-thing must be freed from any cost.It is the steps needed to be done inorder to protect the Indonesian

Antara

DENPASAR – In order to develop cruise shipsbusiness in Bali, the security is one of the mainfactors which affected the development. Ida BagusSurakusuma, the Regional Manager of PacificWorld Nusantara, said “the police who always pa-trolling around the harbor area will give the senseof security for the tourists and cruise ships owner.”

Most of the cruise ships owner often worriedif they docked in certain harbor so the existence of

The name of I Made Taro is vir-tually identical to Balinese games andfolk tales. His persevering endeavorsin the cultural discovery and conser-vation, chiefly the traditional games,songs and folk tales of Bali is no moreworried.

Since 1979, he was not reluc-tant to make a journey to villages inorder he could observe and inventoryseveral kinds of folk games and songs.Some of them were found at the BaliArts Festival (BAF). Afterwards, hestaged those games at villages. Up toright now, there are 200 kinds of folkgames and 225 folk songs that havebeen discovered.

A number of these folk gamesand songs were then taught to childrenin his Kukuruyuk Art Community thathe established in 1979. Through thisart community, he socialized severalkinds of games, songs and folk talesthrough television program, writing atsome newspapers, magazines and pub-lishing book of some 26 titles.

“The folk games as games ingeneral are very significant particu-larly for children. Apart from function-ing as resource of information, theyalso can play a role as medium to dis-seminate cultural information, to colorand to enrich the cultural treasures, tostrengthen the traditional values andto provide drives toward creative re-

BTN The 2009 Ubud Writers & Readers

Festival is little more than a month awayas it gathers momentum towards the pre-sentation of a rich array of panel sessions,readings, book launches, literary lunches,nighttime gatherings and workshops.

This year’s theme “Suka Duka: Com-passion and Solidarity” will beckon someof the finest writers from 23 countries todiscuss the themes of religion, identity, thelegacy of colonial brutality and thepostcolonial voice, human rights, race andidentity, exile, gender, censorship, literaryexpression, families and love.

This year’s festival will introduce aninaugural keynote address, sponsored bythe Australia-Indonesia Institute, launch-ing four days of panel sessions, debates,readings and in-conversations with theworld’s greatest exponents of their craft.Wole Soyinka, the first African to receivea Nobel Prize for literature, will discusshis lifetime of work and activism. FatimaBhutto, an outspoken poet, journalist andnovelist from Pakistan will speak on hercountry. The brilliant women poets of “NotA Muse,” explore Lloyd Jones’ heart-wrenching empathy in the Bougainville-set fable “Mr Pip.” The unpredictable and

Be sampi mesitsit(Dry Spiced Beef)

Made Taro:To Instill the Social Value through Folk Games

newal,” said the father of four childrenwho was born at Sengkidu,Karangasem 70 years ago.

He also added that the folk gamesplayed a role as media of education andlearning, personal development, socialfunction, cultural appreciation, organicfunction, recreational, and drive of cre-ative process. “Children who often playfolk games will become more creative,have high solidarity and discipline,comply with the regulations, and be-have flexibly and very democratic. Ihave proven it through children whojoined in my Kukuruyuk art commu-nity. Most of them have good achieve-ment at their school. In addition, theyalso have high solidarity,” said thegrandfather of five grandsons who ad-mitted to have educated over 4,000children at his art community.

The effort of I Made Taro in pre-serving the Balinese folk games, songsand tales is shored up by several par-ties so that he never finds any signifi-cant obstacles. He thanks God that gov-ernment has provided him media forhis effort in the cultural heritage pres-ervation. One of them is Bali Arts Fes-tival or Students’ Games and Arts.

Besides, the support provided byparents of the students and teacher de-notes an important aspect that could notbe ignored. “Up to this moment, I havegiven couching to some 600 teachers

of kindergarten and primary schools.Later on, they will teach the materialsto their students. By doing so, this sub-lime cultural heritage could be be-queathed to the next generation,” addedthe former teacher who has entered pen-sion period in 2000 and once taught atseveral schools in Darwin, Australia.

The expertise in telling tales ac-companied with Balinese traditionalgames and song has made Made Tarooften invited to make presentation orseminar in some region across Indone-sia. Even, at the end of this August 2009,he is invited to South Africa to becomea folk tale teller in an international semi-nar on folk tales. “It is a valuable mo-ment for me to more introduce Balineseculture in oral literary tradition in inter-national constellation.”

Perseverance and diligence ofMade Taro in preserving the Balinesecultural heritage attained several awardsand appreciations from many parties,both from government and non-govern-ment institution. Some of them wereExemplar Teacher, Seni Kerti Budaya,Bali Award, Anugerah Permata,Adikarya Ikapi (Jakarta), SastraRancage (Jakarta), Hindu Books &Readers Community, Widya Pataka, K.Nadha Nugraha, Gebyar Denpost andthe last one was Cultural Award for theMaestro category in Oral Tradition fromPresident of the RI. (BTN/tar)

Lawmakers: The anonym works ofLawmakers: The anonym works ofLawmakers: The anonym works ofLawmakers: The anonym works ofLawmakers: The anonym works ofBalinese artists need to be patentedBalinese artists need to be patentedBalinese artists need to be patentedBalinese artists need to be patentedBalinese artists need to be patentedAntara

DENPASAR – The head of Commission I in Bali’s House ofRepresentative, I Made Arjaya, said that the works of Balineseartists must be given the copyright so it will not be claimed byother countries.

people. If the government wants to pro-tect their citizen, does the citizen needto pay for the protection? What the taxesare used for?”

The government must show thatthey are willing to save the culture oftheir country. “The government in prov-ince or regency level also must take partin registering the art work, especiallyafter the government allows registeringby group name and not only individu-ally. The people need the copyright notfor the money but to protect their work,”he added.

Children artists are performinga Balinese traditional dance

and instruments. The head ofCommission I in Bali’s House

of Representative, I MadeArjaya, said that the works of

Balinese artists must be giventhe copyright so it will not be

claimed by other countries. BTN/Doc

Ubud Writers & ReadersFestival Building Momentum

eccentric Dany Laferriere will also be inUbud together with Mohammed Hanif’sbearing “A Case of Exploding Mangoes.”

This year’s festival will also pay spe-cial tribute to the Southeast Asian experi-ence, gathering emerging and establishedwriters from the region including SenoGumira Ajidarma, Ng Yi Sheng, AmirMuhammad, NH Dini, Thant Myint-U,Shamini Flint, Wena Poon, Woon Tai Ho,Lee Su Kim and Dede Oetomo.

From neighboring Australia, JuliaLeigh, Tom Cho, Alison Lester, SonyaHartnett, Michelle Cahill, MungoMcCallum and Antony Loewenstein are allslated to grace this year’s event.

In what has become a tradition, writ-ers will also be at play via a program packedfull of performance, play readings, musicand song, film, humor and food.

Reflective of the founder Janet deNeefe’s deep passion for cooking, thisyear’s rendition of “Master Chefs of Proseand Poetry” will showcase award-winningauthors, poets and playwrights and their fa-vorite recipes featuring dishes from Burmato Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka to Pakistan. Fam-ily secrets and stories will be shared orrather, revealed, on the edge of the rice-fields in a three-course global extravaganza.

BTN/Doc

In order to develop cruise ships businessin Bali, the security is one of the main fac-tors which affected the development. IdaBagus Surakusuma, the Regional Managerof Pacific World Nusantara, said “the po-lice who always patrolling around the har-bor area will give the sense of security forthe tourists and cruise ships owner.”

Security in need to supports cruise ship tourismpolice officers whether they are patrolling in theharbor area or on the sea is very important.

The safety of the passengers or the tourists isalso very important. Crimes such as robbery oftenhappened in the harbor and it could give bad imagefor Bali abroad. Surakusuma said “the problemsface in running cruise ships tourism is very com-plex. There are many things that need to be observedand analyzed.”

He also said that the harbor managementneeds to give priority to the cruise ships so theycan receive better services. There are three catego-ries considered by tourists or cruise ships ownersbefore visiting a tourism site. First is the physicalcondition of the harbor. Second is the regulation tosupport the arrival of the ships. “The regulationmeans how the harbor management handling thedocked ships. The agent in the harbor must be pro-fessional and in this case is PT Pelni,” addedSurakusuma.

The third one is that they always wanted toreceive the latest map of the country they visit. Themap must contain the rock under the sea becausecruise ship is a very big ship. Surakusuma said “themaritime map is already existed in Indonesia but italways needed renewing. The cruise ship needs theperfect guidance before docking.”

The harbor facilities in Indonesia need to beimproved in order to attract cruise ships coming toBali. For example is the harbor in Tanah Ampo,Manggis, Karangasem. The harbor needs to be im-proved because it can also increase the economicsof the people in Karangasem regency.

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With just five weeks until Ger-man elections, leading politicianson Sunday ratcheted up calls forGeneral Motors and the US au-thorities to make a decision asearly as next week.

“The sooner the better,” Ger-man Chancellor Angela Merkeltold ZDF television in an interviewfor broadcast late Sunday. “Iwanted it to come on Friday

Germany presses for newsGermany presses for newsGermany presses for newsGermany presses for newsGermany presses for newsthis week on Opel’s fatethis week on Opel’s fatethis week on Opel’s fatethis week on Opel’s fatethis week on Opel’s fateAgence France-Presse

NEW YORK - General Motors kept Germans guessing over theweekend over the fate of its troubled Opel unit even as pressuremounted for a decision on a proposed takeover by Canada’s MagnaInternational.

evening. Now, I hope it will be nextweek.”

The board of General Motors —which emerged from bankruptcyprotection in July — met on Fridayin Detroit to mull the future of Opel,but said in a statement that the meet-ing ended with no decision made.

The board discussed two take-over offers on the table — one fromCanadian autoparts maker Magna

International and state Russianlender Sberbank, and another fromBrussels-based investment groupRHJ International.

A German Economy Ministryspokesman told AFP he could notsay precisely when negotiationsmight resume.

GM, which is now more than 60-percent, held by the US governmenton the heels of its bankruptcy, didnot comment at the weekend onwhat the next steps would be.

GM is believed to favor RHJ asmore attractive and easier to imple-ment. But Germany has an interestin Magna’s bid because it appearsto contain greater protections

against job losses in Germany.Both bidders want to cut around

10,000 jobs at Opel. In all 25,000jobs would be at stake in Germanyif Opel were to fold altogether.

Bringing its weight to bear, theGerman government is stumping upseveral billion euros in loans tosweeten the deal. In addition,around half of General Motors Eu-ropean employees work in Ger-many.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who hopes tounseat Merkel in September 27 elec-tions, said in a statement he had tele-phoned his US counterpart HillaryClinton to press Berlin’s case.

Steinmeier “emphasised that af-ter several months of intensive ne-gotiations, the time had now comefor a decision,” according to a state-ment issued by the foreign ministry.

“The workers at Opel deserveclarity and a credible prospect forthe future,” the statement added. Hecalled for a decision “as quickly aspossible that safeguards the futureof all Opel factories and as manyjobs in Germany as possible.”

According to press reports, Ger-many is prepared to offer a 4.5-bil-lion-euro (6.4-billion-dollar) loanto Magna in an attempt to persuadeGM to choose the Canadian-led of-fer.

“The police’s plan to monitor ser-mons at mosques and mass gather-ings is something reminding us of theNew Order era. Therefore, we rejectit,” Rafani Achyar, a West Java MUIspokesman, said here on Monday.

He said the council absolutelyopposed the National Police (Polri)’splan to monitor sermons at mosquesduring the holy month of Ramadan.

“If the sermons delivered atmosques and mass gatherings dur-ing the fasting month are monitored,it will create the impression amongthe people that terrorism is identicalwith Islam,” he said.

Besides, Rafani said, it would cre-ate disharmony between Muslimsand the police or even the govern-ment.

However, he called on West Java’sulema and preachers not to be afraidto deliver their sermons.

“Do not be afraid to deliver ser-mons as long as they are in accor-dance with the principles of Islamicteachings,” Rafani said.

Earlier, the Indonesian police said

Antara

PONTIANAK - The Malaysiangovernment is hoping two crossingposts at the Indonesia-Malaysia landborder in Kalimantan (Borneo) willbe opened for traffic only in August2010 a West Kalimantan govern-ment official said.

The border-crossing points con-cerned were those at Aruk, Sambas(West Kalimantan) and Biawak (Ma-laysia), and at Badau, Kapuas Hulu(Indonesia) and Lubuk Antu (Malay-sia), Fathan A Rasyid, chairman ofthe West Kalimantan Development

Antara

BENGKULU - An earthquake measur-ing 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted WestSumatra on 00.38 am local time on Mon-day followed by another tectonic temblorof 5.0 in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

According to the meteorology and geo-physics agency (BMG), the first earthquakein West Sumatra was located at 1.66 de-grees southern latitude - 99.33 degreesEastern longitude at a depth of 23 kilome-ters below sea level, and 63 km southwestof the Siberut Mentawai Islands, WestSumatra, on Monday. Meanwhile, the West

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Indonesian Muslims read copies of the Koran at Istiqlal mosque as the holy fasting month of Ramadanbegins in Jakarta on August 21, 2009, or Ramadan 1, 1430 in the Hijriah lunar calendar. The West Javachapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has voiced objections to a police plan to monitor sermonsat mosques and mass gatherings during the fasting month.

West Java MUI rejects police’sWest Java MUI rejects police’sWest Java MUI rejects police’sWest Java MUI rejects police’sWest Java MUI rejects police’splan to monitor sermonsplan to monitor sermonsplan to monitor sermonsplan to monitor sermonsplan to monitor sermons

Antara

BADUNG - The West Java chapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council(MUI) has voiced objections to a police plan to monitor sermons atmosques and mass gatherings during the fasting month.

that it would conduct an operationcalled “Condition Creation Opera-tion” aimed at ensuring that thecountry’s Muslims could observe theRamadan (Fasting month) peace-fully and comfortably.

The operation activities wouldinclude the monitoring of sermonsor religious lectures in order to mini-mize the possibility of the peoplebeing provoked to support terrorism.

The police’s decision to increasesupervision over religious propaga-tion and sermons was earlier alsocriticized by the Prosperous JusticeParty (PKS).

“This has the potential of becom-ing a source of new tension betweenthe Muslem community and the gov-ernment,” party spokesmanMutammimul Ula said on Saturday.

Mutammimul said “we must notbecome a police state which is asdangerous as a military state.”

The member of the CommissionI of the House of Representativessaid his party’s stance about the is-sue was clear, namely opposing it.

Malaysia wants to border crossing posts opened in 2010Board, said here Monday.

Rasyid said Kuala Lumpur’shope was expressed at the Malay-sia-Indonesia Social Economic Af-fairs meeting or Sosek Malindo inBandung, West Java, on August 11-13, 2009, which he had attended.

“At the annual Malaysia-Indone-sia Social Economic affairs meet-ing or Sosek Malindo, the Malay-sian delegation asked for the open-ing of the two border crossing postsin August 2010 in accordance withtheir working contract on theproject,” Rasyid said.

The Malaysian side had made

the request because some support-ing facilities on their side of the twoborder crossing posts had yet to becompleted, he said.

“Although Malaysia expressedun-preparedness, we are committedto open the two border crossing postsat the end of 2009, pending the Ma-laysian readiness,” Rasyid said.

The law and human rights minis-ter had decided that the two bordercrossing posts should be used as im-migration checkpoints (TPI), he said,adding the West Kalimantan provin-cial administration had already pre-pared personnel to man the immigra-

tion check points.In principle, the Indonesian gov-

ernment was ready to open the twoborder-crossing points as soon aspossible, Rasyid said.

According to him, the WestKalimantan provincial administra-tion intended to make two bordercrossing posts, the Nanga Badau postin Kapuas Hulu district and the Arukpost in Sambas district to become in-ternational entry gates on the Indo-nesia-Malaysia border.

“In addition, we will also developthe Jagoi Babang crossing post inBengkayang district that shares a

border with Serikin (Sarawak, Ma-laysia),” Rasyid said.

The length of Indonesia - Malay-sia border line in Kalimantan reaches2,004 kilometers, of which some1,147 km are located in EastKalimantan and the rest in WestKalimantan.

The development of five bordercrossing posts, namely those atEntikong (Sanggau district), Aruk(Sambas district), Jagoi Babang(Bengkayang district), Jasa (Sintangdistrict) and Badau (Kapuas Hulu dis-trict) was expected to boost the re-spective regions’ economic growth.

West Sumatra, West NusaTenggara rocked by earthquakes

Nusa Tenggara earthquake was located at7.82 degrees southern longitude - 118.63degrees eastern latitude at a depth of 26km and 73 km northwest of Raba-NTB.

The BMG on Sunday (Aug 23) also re-ported, a 5.8 earthquake also occurred at2.51 degrees southern longitude, 127.09degrees eastern at a depth of 23 km belowsea-level, some 172 km southwest ofMologane, North Sulawesi. Meanwhile, onthe same day, in North Sumatra, a 5.8 mag-nitude earthquake occurred 139 Km north-west of Gunung Sitoli, North Sumatra, 0.25degrees northern longitude - 99.90 degreeseastern latitude at a depth of 86 km.

An Indonesian manexamines a giant Muslim

holy book of Quran ondisplay in an exhibitionheld to mark the begin-ning of the holy fastingmonth of Ramadan at a

hotel in Jakarta, Indone-sia, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.

During Ramadan, theholiest month in Islamic

calendar, Muslims refrainfrom eating, drinking,

smoking and sex fromdawn to dusk. The Quranthat was handwritten by

two Muslim scholars was2 x 1.5 meters (6.5 x 4.9

ft.) and weighs at 300kilograms (660 lbs).

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

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SINGAPORE - Oil prices rosein Asian trade Monday, bolstered byimproved investor sentiment amidwidespread hopes for a global eco-nomic recovery, analysts said.

A weaker US dollar was also afactor behind the surge in oil prices,they said.

New York’s main contract, lightsweet crude for October delivery,gained 38 cents to 74.27 dollars abarrel.

Brent North Sea crude for Octo-ber delivery advanced 15 cents to74.34 dollars.

“Sentiment remains broadly sup-portive of commodities including oilin anticipation of an economic recov-

Optimism among professionalsmoved to its highest level for twoyears in the current third quarter,according to research by the Insti-tute of Chartered Accountants inEngland and Wales (ICAEW).

The confidence measurejumped from minus 28.2 to 4.8, thelargest quarterly improvement sincethe survey began in 2003.

The group’s third quarter sur-vey “suggests that the UK recessionis at an end,” said ICAEW chief ex-ecutive Michael Izza.

“While there is no doubt thatthe UK economy is on its way to re-covery, we shouldn’t underestimatethe challenges ahead for busi-nesses,” he added in a statement.

Officially, Britain remains inrecession after government datashowed its economy shrank by 0.8percent in the second quarter —

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NEW DELHI - Air Indianeeds a bailout of nearly 620 mil-lion dollars to keep flying, a min-ister said in remarks publishedMonday, in which he added hewas certain the loss-making air-line would survive.

The flagship airline, whichposted a 1.03-billion-dollar lossfor the fiscal year ended March 31,and other Indian carriers havebeen hit by overcapacity in theindustry and a sharp drop in pas-sengers due to the economic slow-down.

“The airline will survive. Ev-ery time it was in trouble the prob-lems were rolled over, and we willroll over this time also,” CivilAviation Minister Praful Patel toldIndia’s Business Standard news-paper.

Patel said he did not want thegovernment to have to bail out thestate-run carrier but added that“we have to do certain things asshareholders” of the airline.

“Air India should be sold, butI’ve been asked to keep it going,”he told the newspaper.

“The airline needs a 30 bil-lion rupee (618.6 million dollar)equity infusion and the conversionof high-cost debt to low-cost debtto keep it going,” Patel added.

Britain free of recession: surveyBritain free of recession: surveyBritain free of recession: surveyBritain free of recession: surveyBritain free of recession: surveyAgence France-Presse

LONDON - A record recovery in Britain’s business confi-dence signals that the country’s recession “is at an end,” an in-dustry body here said on Monday.

marking the fifth quarterly contrac-tion in a row.

The second official estimate ofBritain’s gross domestic product in thesecond quarter is due out on Friday.

Economists are widely predict-ing a return to growth in the thirdquarter, or July-September period.France, Germany and Japan have allexited recession; it was announcedthis month, after the world’s worstfinancial crisis in decades.

A vendor sellsfruit at a market inBeijing on August24, 2009. Half ofthe 24 millionpeople on China’sofficial unemploy-ment rolls maynot find jobs thisyear even if thecountry postseight percenteconomic growth,the labour minis-try said onAugust 21.

A file picture taken on March12, 2009 shows diners arriv-ing for lunch at the Fat Duck

restaurant in Bray, Berkshire.A record recovery in Britain’sbusiness confidence signalsthat the country’s recession

“is at an end,” an industrybody here said on Monday. AFP PHOTO/Ben Stansall/FILES

Oil raises in Asian trade on economic recovery hopesery,” said David Moore, a Sydney-based commodity strategist with theCommonwealth Bank of Australia.

New York crude prices scalednew 2009 highs last week, risingabove 74 dollars Friday on a weakgreenback, an improved US macro-economic outlook and positiveeurozone data.

The New York contract soared to74.72 dollars during US trading Fri-day, a level last seen on October 202008, before easing to close at 73.89dollars.

A slew of economic data releasedlast week suggested the US economyand euro-zone economies were likelyrecovering, boosting hopes that en-ergy demand in turn would see anuptick, analysts said.

“Data is sparse this week butshould all support the view that re-cession is over,” analysts fromSingapore’s DBS Bank said in a re-port in its view on the US economy.

Last week, the National Associa-tion of Realtors reported that US ex-isting-home sales surged 7.2 percentin July to a seasonally adjusted an-nual rate of 5.24 million units, liftinghopes the world’s biggest economywas heading for a recovery.

The slumping US dollar againstthe euro also fuelled support for crudeoil, analysts said.

A weaker dollar tends to stimu-late demand for dollar-priced crudeoil, which becomes cheaper for buy-ers using stronger currencies. In turn,that pushes prices higher.

Minister says Air Indianeeds bailout: report

The airline has been seekingfinancial aid from the governmentalong with soft loans to remainafloat.

A decision by Patel to allowmore private carriers to fly inIndia’s skies has undercut theairline’s competitive position andhas led to criticism from tradeunions that he has endangered theairline’s survival.

Patel said his decision was topromote the overall growth of theaviation industry.

“Do not see me as a minister forAir India,” he told the newspaper.

Patel added that he supporteddemands by airlines for a cut in statetaxes — which range up to 30 per-cent on aviation fuel — which manycarriers have blamed for heavy losses.

“I want this reduced for bothlow-cost and full-service carriers,” hesaid. “I have always advocated a uni-form tax on jet fuel.”

In a bid to cut costs Air India re-cently announced it would halve pro-ductivity-linked incentive paymentsfor its 31,000 employees and alsoslash crew flying allowances by 50percent.

The moves are part of a turn-around programme announced bythe carrier that also includes movesto attract more budget customersand plans to rationalize its fleet andnetwork.AFP PHOTO/LIU Jin

The Buddhist monks in turnpledged full allegiance to Medvedev,the first Russian leader to visit theremote Ivolginsky Monastery ineastern Siberia in 16 years.

Dozens of monks wearing brightpurple and orange robes and hold-ing white and blue scarves in theirhands stood in two lines along a redcarpet to welcome the president ashis black Mercedes stopped at themonastery’s gates.

Sitting down for tea with milkalongside Russia’s top monks later,Medvedev said they did not need toaccept foreign aid even during cri-sis.

“Our country is very strong, pow-erful and has a versatile economy.So we will get through all the prob-lems,” Medvedev said.

“We have our own resources tohelp the development of the tradi-tional religions that have existed inRussia for centuries.

“And my visit to you is proof yetagain that relations between tradi-tional faiths, religions and the stateare on the right track.”

Medvedev made the commentson a visit to Buryatia, a region nearMongolia and one of several tradi-tionally Buddhist parts of Russia.

Damba Ayusheyev, the spiritualleader of Buryatia’s Buddhists, toldthe president that Buddhist monkswere self-sufficient and did not needany outside help.

Their only goal is “to serve faith-

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VERKHNYAYA IVOLGA - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday visited Russia’stop Buddhist monastery, where he told monks the government would support them despite theeconomic crisis.

fully” and “ask nothing in return”,he said.

Foreign teachers, particularly Ti-betan monks, played a large role inthe revival of Buddhism in Russiaafter the collapse of the atheist So-viet regime in 1991.

There are about a million Bud-dhists in Russia, where the predomi-nant religion is Orthodox Christian-ity. Most of them live in Siberia.

Buddhism faced brutal purgesduring the Soviet era, when authori-ties closed many monasteries.

But since 1991 it has experienceda relative revival with support fromthe state, and Russian authorities areeven planning to have Buddhist la-mas on hand to serve as militarychaplains in the army.

Ayusheyev, who is known as theKhambo Lama, said that thepresident’s visit was a great honourfor the monastery and that the Krem-lin chief had the whole-hearted sup-port of Russia’s Buddhists.

“To lead such a country, havesuch a responsibility — it would behard for any man and Buddhistsmust support him,” he told report-ers.

Medvedev’s predecessorVladimir Putin never visited themonastery, though Boris Yeltsincame there in 1993.

Built in 1946, the IvolginskyMonastery is seen as the most im-portant centre of Buddhism in Rus-sia.

Medvedev said money would beavailable to rebuild more monaster-ies. “This is where the revival of theRussian Buddhism has started aftermany years of persecutions,” he said.

Located near Lake Baikal againsta backdrop of mountains, theIvolginsky Monastery is home to theremarkably well-preserved body ofthe 12th Khambo Lama, who diedin 1927.

The body — still seated in thelotus position — is shown to pil-grims only seven times a year butthe monks made an exception forMedvedev, letting the presidentsneak a peak at their top relic.

Medvedev was also shown astatue of the White Tara, a seven-eyed female Buddha of longevitywhose embodiment he is believed tobe.

Russia’s Buddhists consider thecountry’s leaders to be embodimentsof the female Buddha, a belief thatdates back to the 18th century whenthe Empress Elizabeth officially rec-ognized the religion.

“It’s very hard to understand thisfor non-Buddhists and even for someBuddhists too,” said Ayusheyev.

At the end of Medvedev’s visit, themonks came out to wave himgoodbye, with many pulling mobilephones out from under their robes tosnap pictures of the Kremlin chiefboarding a helicopter.

Medvedev is due to pay a two-dayvisit to Mongolia starting Tuesday.

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MIAMI - A weakened HurricaneBill hit Newfoundland, Canada, Mon-day, packing gale-force winds thatknocked out power in some areas andspawned deadly waves that killed aseven-year-old girl in the northeast-ern US state of Maine.

“It did make landfall,” US NationalHurricane Center specialist DanielBrown told AFP. “It is now movingover the southeastern part of the is-land.”

At 0600 GMT, the center said thestorm — the first hurricane of the At-lantic season — remained at CategoryOne strength, but Bill’s top windspeeds had decreased to about 75miles (120 kilometers) per hour.

The Miami-based center said thecenter of the storm was about 90 miles(145 kilometers) north-northwest ofCape Race, Newfoundland, movingeast-northeast at about 40 miles (65kilometers) per hour.

Many people took part in the met-ing such as the representative of BDBemployees Sudiptha Panji, Dedy andtheir lawyers Simon Nahak dan CandraDewi and the representative of the law

Among the excerpts of the scenesdisplayed on the National GeographicChannel were women in Balinese tra-ditional clothes performing the PendetDance.

On the claim over the Pendet Dance,it was not only the Balinese artists whoare furious; the Lampung Art Council(LAC) requested the government to re-solve the cases promptly related to thedisplay of Pendet Dance. “Governmentshould take action promptly becauseMalaysia has used the creations of othernations in the image creation of theircountry aiming to improve the com-petitiveness of tourism industry,” saidthe secretary of LAC who is also a se-nior dancer in Lampung, HariJayaningrat on Sunday, August 23rd

2009.According to Hari, what was shown

by the advertisement truly set on fireher nationalism sense as Indonesiancitizen because she felt to have knownand understood about the history on themaking of Pendet Dance. “I learned thedance in person from the late Ni KetutReneng,” she said.

According to her, to resolve theproblem in short-term basis was thatthe government should document andgive them legal protection towards theIndonesian art and cultural assets, bothnationally and internationally. While forthe long-term solution, the governmentshould insert the culture and art into apart of educational curriculum.

Prompt EndeavorAn artist who is also a lecturer at

some universities in Los Angeles, Dr.

Weakened HurricaneBill hit Newfoundland

“On the forecast track the center ofBill will exit the east coast of south-eastern Newfoundland during the nextcouple of hours,” the NHC said.

Bill is likely to be downgraded and“lose tropical characteristics” in thenext 24 hours, but has caused somedamage in eastern Canada, wherestrong winds and rain knocked outpower to 32,000 customers.

Some roadways in Nova Scotiawere closed and more than a dozenflights from Halifax airport were can-celled as the storm passed through thearea.

“Large and dangerous swells gen-erated by hurricane Bill will continueto impact the Atlantic Maritimes ofCanada will gradually subside today,”the NHC said.

A seven-year-old girl was killedSunday when a rogue wave swept agroup of sightseers into the ocean froma cliff-top overlook in the northeast-ern US state of Maine, a Coast Guardspokesman said.

Former BDB...From page 1 enforcement.

Sutama explained to the former BDBemployees that the verdict by Indone-sian Supreme Court regarding the com-pensation payment can not be carriedout during election. Denpasar Court willcarried out the verdict in October.

Bali Government...From page 1 Wayan Wenten, felt pity on the works

of Indonesian (Balinese) artists wereclaimed by foreign party. Similar fell-ing was also expressed by the Chief ofHistorical Conservation Agency andTraditional Values of Bali, West NusaTenggara and East Nusa Tenggara,Made Purna.

Wenten said, one thing that shouldbe undertaken immediately was to in-ventory and register them to Director-ate General of Intellectual and PropertyRights. “Bali Provincial Governmentshould take prompt action to respondthis situation,” Purna said.

Wenten who is also a lecturer at Cali-fornia Institute of Arts (CalArts) added,several years ago, the Ratnayu Dancecomposed by three Balinese artists—consisting of Nyoman Carita, DewaBeratha and Wayan Wenten—was alsoclaimed by external party. The dancecomposed in 2005 was prepared in LosAngeles (LA) and performed in LA. Af-terwards, it was perfected again in Baliby Brata Muni Art Community ofSading, Mengwi, Badung in relation tothe presentation held in Mexico. Even,the dance has been posted to YouTube.

It was so surprising that in 2007, thatthe Ratnayu Dance was even claimedas a creation of a Malaysian. The dancecomposed was given minor revision.“The song and composition were reallythe same as that of Ratnayu Dance thatwe composed. We have protested di-rectly to the person via letter. However,he gave no response,” he said.

In order that the same cases wouldnot happen again in the future, Balineseartists should patent their art creationsevery time they complete a composi-tion. (08/ant)

AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, walk with Russian Buddhist monks outside thebiggest in Russia Buddhist Monastery in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga in Siberia on Monday,Aug. 24, 2009.

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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 ConsulateJalan Hayam Wuruk 88, Br Tanjung Bungkak,Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 118

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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Cooper isn’t bitter about the move- because he can totally understandthe owners’ reasons. He tellsAustralia’s Undercover News, “Itwas one city in Finland where thevenue happens to be a very conser-vative venue. You know what? Be-cause I’m Christian myself, I justturned the other cheek.”

However, the star, real nameVincent Furnier, admits he was con-fused by the snub - because otherclassical productions are much moreviolent than his own show. He adds,“I didn’t quite understand it. Here is

The war effort by QuentinTarantino and Brad Pitt has paid offas their history lesson “InglouriousBasterds” claimed victory at the boxoffice with a $37.6 million debut. Itwas Tarantino’s best opening ever,exceeding the $25.1 million haul for2004’s “Kill Bill — Vol. 2.” Overseas,“Inglourious Basterds” added $27.5million in 22 countries, giving it aworldwide total of $65.1 million.

Released domestically by theWeinstein Co. and overseas by Uni-versal, “Inglourious Basterds” fea-tures Pitt and an international en-semble in a sprawling tale of Jewishcommandos and a plot to take outNazi leaders at a movie premiereduring World War II. The film pro-vided a much-needed hit for Harveyand Bob Weinstein, who have man-aged only lackluster receipts at theirnew outfit since departing Disney-owned Miramax four years ago.

At Miramax, the Weinsteins bal-anced prestige and profit with astring of Academy Awards triumphs

Rod Stewart has become the lat-est rocker to scrap U.S. shows - athroat infection has rendered himvoiceless. The rocker was back inLos Angeles with his wife PennyLancaster on Friday seeking medi-cal attention after scrapping a dateon his One Rockin’ Night tour inTulsa, Oklahoma on Thursday night.Stewart’s August 22nd show in Pitts-burgh, Pennsylvania and a concertscheduled for Sunday at the VerizonWireless Amphitheater in VirginiaBeach have previously beenscrapped, due to scheduling con-flicts.

A spokesperson for the star tellsWENN, “Rod Stewart has a throatinfection and went to the doctor who

Alice Cooper Accepts Finnish Concert BanAlice Cooper Accepts Finnish Concert BanAlice Cooper Accepts Finnish Concert BanAlice Cooper Accepts Finnish Concert BanAlice Cooper Accepts Finnish Concert BanAlice Cooper has forgiven the owners of a Finnish venue for banning

his controversial rock show on religious grounds, insisting he respectstheir decision because he is also a Christian. The rocker was scheduledto play the Tampere Areena, in Tampere, Finland on December 11thbut management officials subsequently admitted the booking conflictedwith their “Christian-based policies.” The gig was scrapped andTampere Areena boss Harri Wiherkoski put the decision down to anobjection from other clients who use the venue.

what I would say on that: If I weredoing (Shakespeare’s play) Macbeth,would it be okay? Everybody wouldsay Macbeth is fine. Well, Macbethis about twice as bloody as anythingI would do.”

Nevertheless, the born-again Chris-tian has learned that it is impossibleto please everyone: “There is alwayssomeone who is going to be a radicalor fanatic who has their believes andI respect that. Find another venue. Idon’t care. There is nothing in myshow that can be banned or I wouldhave been banned all over the world.”

Pitt, Tarantino’s ‘Basterds’earns glorious $37.6M

such as “Shakespeare in Love” and“Chicago” and hits such asTarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” and the“Scary Movie” and “Scream” fran-chises. “Tarantino helped build thehouse of Miramax. He’s provingright now that he’s helping to buildthe house of Weinstein,” said PaulDergarabedian, box-office analyst forHollywood.com.

So far, the Weinstein Co. has beenunable to reproduce that Miramaxsuccess, its lineup burdened by box-office underachievers such as lastyear’s “Soul Men” and 2007’s“Grindhouse,” Tarantino and RobertRodriguez’s B-movie double-feature.Harvey Weinstein said critics con-tinually write off him and his brother,including a magazine piece in 2002“saying we were the flavor of the ’90sbut we were kind of over in the newmillennium.” Weeks later, he noted,Miramax scored 40 Oscar nomina-tions, among them three of the fivebest-picture nominees, includingeventual winner “Chicago.”

AP Photo/The Weinstein Co., Francois Duhamel

In this film publicity image released by The Weinstein Co., Brad Pitt isshown in a scene from, ‘Inglourious Basterds.’

Rod Stewart Scraps Weekend Shows

Rod Stewart

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Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Just in time foran especially crowded fall, busi-ness seems to be picking up forbooks. Or at least declining less.

“I feel most people are cau-tiously optimistic, now that weseemed to have turned a corner,”says Simon & Schuster Inc. CEOCarolyn Reidy, who says the pasttwo months have improved no-ticeably over a rough first half of2009. “It’s not that we’re back tothe extremely strong sales ofmore than a year ago, but we’retrending upward. After taking ourexpectations down for so long,we’re finally taking them up.”

“Cautious optimism, that’s theright phrase,” says JonathanBurnham, publisher of theHarper imprint of HarperCollins,which had an especially poor sec-

The fall forecast: Dan Brownand cautious optimism

prescribed antibiotics and four days of complete vo-cal rest. Ignoring the doctor’s advice, he attemptedto go through his normal warm-ups onThursday but it was impossible. Particu-larly frustrating is that he had to cancelthe last show of a 16-date run.”

The Sailing singer underwent sur-gery in 2000, to remove a growth onhis thyroid and admitted he feared theoperation had stolen his famous rasp.He said, “I woke in hospital and thedoctor said, ‘Don’t worry, yourvoice will be back in six months’.Six months came up and novoice. Seven months, no voice.Eight months, no voice. I couldtalk but not sing. It only cameback to its former glory... ninemonths after the operation.”

ond quarter of 2009. “One neverknows when we’re completely out ofthe woods, but there’s a sense ofgradual upward progress.”

The Association of AmericanPublishers, which had been report-ing declines for much of the year,finally had some good news lastweek, announcing a 21.5 percentsales increase for June. Barnes &Noble Inc., which has been hurt byonline competition and discountstores, reported a 5 percent revenuedrop for the three months endingAug. 1, but expects a smaller declinein the fall.

After months when StephenieMeyer appeared the only author any-one wanted to read, publishers andbooksellers have noted new hits suchas Thomas Pynchon’s “InherentVice,” Richard Russo’s “That OldCape Magic” and Pat Conroy’s“South of Broad.”

“We were down 20 percent thissummer, which I used to think ofas horrible. But we were down 35percent in the spring,” BarryLeibman, co-owner of Left BankBooks in St. Louis, says. “It’s abumpy road, but I am having alittle more sense of confidence.”

“It’s still quite a difficult mar-ketplace ... but there’s clearly alittle bit more enthusiasm,” JohnSargent, CEO of Macmillan, says.“In the first six months, you basi-cally had just the Stephenie Meyerbooks and a few others working.Now what you’re seeing is abroader spectrum working better.”

If the fall is a bust, Sargent says,blame it on the economy. It wouldbe hard to blame the industry forfailing to offer anything to buy.

Dan Brown’s “The Lost Sym-bol,” his first novel since “The DaVinci Code,” is just the start.

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SUNGAI SIPUT - A Muslimmodel sentenced to be caned fordrinking beer won a surprise re-prieve Monday when religious offi-cials delayed her punishment untilafter the fasting month of Ramadan.

Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32,was sentenced by a religious courtlast month to six strokes, making herthe first woman to face caning un-der Islamic law in Malaysia, a mod-erate Muslim-majority country.

She was taken into custody Mon-day from her family home in north-ern Perak state by religious officialswho were to transport her to a jailoutside Kuala Lumpur where thesentence was to be carried out.

But after travelling a short dis-tance, the vehicle returned and shewas abruptly freed.

“I am speechless,” Kartika toldreporters, adding that the Islamic of-ficials had not told her whether shewould be caned later. “I want to knowwhat my status is. I want a black andwhite statement from them.”

The mother-of-two has stareddown religious authorities by saying

Agence France-Presse

TAIPEI - Taiwan’s Red CrossSociety said Monday it would buildup to 1,600 houses within two yearsfor some of the thousands of peopleleft homeless by this month’s mas-sive Typhoon Morakot.

The plan is part of a massive re-construction effort in Taiwan’s dev-astated south. The drive to rebuildhas prompted criticism by indig-enous groups who may be forced toleave their ancestral homelands inremote mountain areas.

“Our work is now shifting fromemergency rescue to settlement andreconstruction,” Chen Chang-wen,president of Taiwan’s Red Cross

Bisogni’s orchard lies in the heartof the once-mighty Murray-Darlingriver system which irrigatesAustralia’s food bowl, the vastsoutheastern corner responsible for40 percent of agricultural output.

The eight-year ‘big dry’, theworst drought in a century, has dev-astated the region, an area covering1.06 million square kilometres(410,000 square miles) — the sizeof France and Spain combined.

Agence France-Presse

SEOUL - South Korean pros-ecutors on Monday demanded afour-year jail term for disgracedcloning scientist Hwang Woo-Suk,who is on trial for fraud, embezzle-ment and ethical breaches.

Hwang was indicted in 2006 af-ter his claims to have created theworld’s first cloned human embryostem cell were ruled to be bogus.

Prosecutors claim Hwang usedbank accounts under names bor-rowed from friends to divert state re-search funds and private donations.Hwang has denied the charges.

The prosecution completed its

South Korea prosecutors seekfour years’ jail for clone expert

case against Hwang on Monday.The defence is expected to beginoutlining its case next month anda verdict in the judge-only trial isexpected later in the year.

Once a national hero, Hwangwas stripped of all governmenthonours and funds, including thetitle “Supreme Scientist,” after hisuniversity concluded his claims —first made public in a journal ar-ticle in 2004 — were fake.

However he has insisted he canprove he created the world’s firstcloned human embryo stem cell.

Such cells could potentially beused to treat diseases such as dia-betes and Parkinson’s.

Beer-drinking Muslimmodel wins caning reprieve

she is ready to be caned, refusing toappeal against her sentence, and chal-lenging them to cane her in public.

“I do not know in what situa-tion I’m in. I’m clueless. I do notknow if I am freed, I am in limbo,”said the part-time model, who wasdressed in a purple Muslimheadscarf and a flowing traditional“baju kurung” outfit.

Sahfri Abdul Aziz, a legislatorfrom Pahang in charge of religiousaffairs, said the punishment hadbeen suspended on the order of theAttorney-General until after theMuslim fasting month ofRamadan, which began last week.

“However, the sentence will re-main the same,” he said accordingto state media.

But a senior government officialwho spoke to AFP on condition ofanonymity suggested the reprievecould be a step towards burying thewhole affair.

“Leave it to the sharia court,they know how to decide. Thecourt has the power to revise thesentence and there are also lawsthat allow the sultan to pardon her,”the top official said.

AFP PHOTO/KAMARUL AKHIR

Muslim model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno who was sentanced tocaning for drinking beer waves to supporters from a van she wasloaded into by authorities at her father’s home in Karai, north ofKuala Lumpur on August 24, 2009.

AFP PHOTO / William WEST

This file photo taken on May 27, 2009 shows orchardist Mazzareno “Tom” Bisogni standing by the roots ofpear trees he has been forced to pull out at Cobram as the continuing drought affects Australia’s foodbowl region, some 260 kilometres north of Melbourne. The eight-year ‘big dry’, the worst drought in acentury, has devastated the region, an area covering 1.06 million square kilometres (410,000 square miles)— the size of France and Spain combined.

Taiwan Red Cross pledges 1,600homes for typhoon victims

Society, told reporters.“If everything goes smoothly, up

to 1,600 permanent houses will beready for typhoon-hit people in twoyears,” he said.

The typhoon pounded the island,dumping three metres of rain andripping through hundreds of roadsand dozens of bridges.

The official death toll stands at163 with an additional 503 missing.

More than 25,000 people fledtheir homes. While roads are gradu-ally being repaired and some peoplehave returned home, about 6,000 arestill living in 54 official and privatetemporary shelters.

The Red Cross said it was workingwith central and local authorities to

designate appropriate sites for homes.However some potential recipi-

ents are uneasy about the plans,Hung Ju-hsuan, a Red Cross Soci-ety worker, told AFP.

“As aborigines have a deep at-tachment to their land, they weredivided on the prospect of their newhomes,” she said.

She said some were refusing toleave their villages despite the dev-astation caused by Morakot andwarnings that such traditional sitesare unsuitable for habitation.

In addition to permanent housing,the Red Cross Society and 60 othercivilian groups also plan to assemble1,800 pre-fabricated houses forthose in need within two months.

Despair as drought cripplesDespair as drought cripplesDespair as drought cripplesDespair as drought cripplesDespair as drought cripples‘Australia’s Mississippi’‘Australia’s Mississippi’‘Australia’s Mississippi’‘Australia’s Mississippi’‘Australia’s Mississippi’Agence France-Presse

COBRAM - Farmer Mazzareno Bisogni fights back tears as hestands among the remains of trees he planted 35 years ago, victims ofa drought hitting “Australia’s Mississippi”.

Lack of water this year meant thefruit on Bisogni’s apple and peartrees in Victoria state literallycooked on their branches under thefurious Australian sun, making themsuitable only for jam.

Rather than leave the land, likemany farmers along the Murray, thetenacious 78-year-old Italian migrantscaled back his operation so he coulduse limited water resources to culti-vate export-quality produce for Asia.

“I couldn’t sleep for nights be-fore pulling them out, I was tossingand turning” he said, pointing to theblackened branches of dozens oftrees he bulldozed and burned.

“A pear tree has 100 years life(but) I have to pull them out. It brokemy heart.”

Tourist brochures for the Murray-Darling say Mark Twain likened thewaterway to his beloved Mississippiduring a visit in the 1890s.

But the US writer would struggleto make the comparison today, par-ticularly since the one of the river’spaddleboats, the Cumberoona, had tostop operating three years ago whenwater levels became too shallow.

Keepers at the zoo prepared theparty for Fu Long, which involvedgames and puzzles. The male pandaweighed a mere 100 grammes (0.22pounds) when he was born in 2007,but a voracious appetite has seen himgrow to 50 kilogrammes (110pounds). He eats around 20kilogrammes of bamboo a day, ac-cording to zoo spokeswoman KarinKruckenfellner, making him “almostas greedy as an adult”.

Reuters -

LONDON – A genetically modi-fied bacterium that turns into a drug-delivery vehicle in the presence of atype of sugar may offer a new wayto treat bowel disease, British sci-entists said on Friday. The new ap-proach uses an engineered form ofBacteroides ovatus to deliver a hu-man growth factor called KGF-2directly to damaged cells in the gut— but the process is only activatedin the presence of xylan, a sugar thatis rare in normal diet.

This means patients will be ableto control their medication by ingest-ing xylan, perhaps in the form of adrink, after swallowing the freeze-dried bacteria in capsules. “This isthe first time that anyone has been

Associated Press Writer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Ero-sion threatens to topple coastalAlaskan villages. Melting icethreatens polar bears. Now, a ma-rine scientist says the state’s ma-rine waters are turning acidic fromabsorbing greenhouse gases fasterthan tropical waters, potentiallyendangering Alaska’s $4.6 billionfishing industry.

The same things that makeAlaska’s marine waters among themost productive in the world —cold, shallow depths and abundantmarine life — make them the mostvulnerable to acidification, saidJeremy Mathis, a chemical ocean-ographer at the University ofAlaska Fairbanks.

“Ecosystems in Alaska are go-ing to take a hit from ocean acidi-fication,” he said. “Right now, wedon’t know how they are going torespond.” Alaska has already seenmore than its share of global warm-ing effects: shrinking glaciers,coastal erosion, the march north ofdestructive forest beetles formerlyheld in check by cold winters,melting Arctic Ocean ice that alsothreatens walrus and other marinemammals. Ocean acidification, thelowering of basicity and the in-crease in acidity of marine waters,is tied to increased carbon dioxidelevels in the atmosphere.

Oceans absorb 22 million tonsof carbon dioxide from human ac-tivities per day, removing 30 per-cent emitted to the atmosphereeach year and mitigating the harm-ful impact of greenhouse gas, ac-cording to the IntergovernmentalOceanographic Commission.When carbon dioxide dissolves in

AP Photo/University of Alaska, Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

This Feb. 6, 2009 photo provided by the University of Alaska,Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences shows JeremyMathis right and Kristen Shake, one of his students studying oceanacidification, testing seawater samples in Jeremy’s lab on the UAFcampus in Fairbanks, Alaska. Alaska’s marine waters are turningacidic from absorption of greenhouse gases faster than tropicalwaters, according to findings by Mathis.

Research finds higheracidity in Alaska waters

sea water, it forms carbonic acid.That decreases the amount of cal-cium carbonate, used by marinecreatures to construct shells orskeletons. Mathis last spring col-lected water in the Gulf of Alaskaand found samples to be moreacidic than expected — and higherthan in tropical waters. The resultsmatched his findings in theChukchi and Bering seas offAlaska’s west and northwest coast.Cold water absorbs and holds moregas than warm water, Mathis said.

His research in the Gulf ofAlaska uncovered multiple siteswhere concentrations of shell-build-ing minerals were so low, that shell-fish, including crab, and other or-ganisms would be unable to buildstrong shells. “We’re not saying thatcrab shells are going to start dissolv-ing, but these organisms haveadapted their physiology to a cer-tain range of acidity,” Mathis said.“Early results have shown that whensome species of crabs and fish areexposed to more acidic water, cer-tain stress hormones increase andtheir metabolism slows down. Ifthey are spending energy respond-ing to acidity changes, then thatenergy is diverted away fromgrowth, foraging and reproduction.”

Acidification could affect thetiny pteropod, also known as a seabutterfly or swimming sea snail. Itis at the base of the food chain andmakes up nearly half of the diet ofpink salmon. A 10 percent decreasein pteropods could mean a 20 per-cent decrease in an adult salmon’sbody weight. “This is a case wherewe see ocean acidification havingan indirect effect on a commer-cially viable species by reducingits food supply,” Mathis said.

Scientists make “sugar bug” drug for bowel diseaseable to control a therapeutic proteinin a living system using somethingthat can be eaten,” said Simon Card-ing of the Institute of Food Research,who led the research.

Researchers aim to start clinicaltrials of their “sugar bug” drug inaround 18 months, after successfultests in mice. Inflammatory bowelconditions like Crohn’s disease andulcerative colitis affect around 0.5percent of the population in richcountries and are notoriously difficultto treat. Current therapies include agroup of injectable drugs that blockan inflammatory protein called tumornecrosis factor (TNF), such asJohnson & Johnson’s Remicade,Abbott’s Humira and UCB’s Cimzia.

Carding and colleagues reportedin the journal Gut that the treatment

was effective in mice with colitis,reducing bleeding and acceleratinghealing, and he said he is confidentit should also work in other boweldisorders. “We have other strains ofthe bacteria that will deliver othertherapeutic agents that will be effec-tive in other forms of inflammatorybowel disease and also colorectalcancer,” he said.

In the case of cancer, the Britishteam is developing strains of bacte-ria that will produce proteins to re-strict blood vessel growth in tumors.Others are also researching bacte-ria-based drugs and Belgian biotechcompany ActoGeniX has a boweldrug in Phase II clinical tests. ButCarding said his team’s product wasthe first where dose could be con-trolled simply by eating a foodstuff.

AFP/Samuel Kubani

A Panda cub named Fu Long (happy dragon) eats a cake on his second birthday on August 23, 2009 at theSchoenbrunn zoo in Vienna.

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Fu Long the panda, Europe’s first to be conceived naturally while in captivity, celebrated his secondbirthday with a huge bamboo cake at an Austrian zoo on Sunday. Crowds of well-wishers turned out towatch the giant panda, whose name means “Happy Dragon” in Mandarin, tuck into his one-metre-high,iced birthday cake at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna.

“He still feeds from his motherYang Yang once or twice a day,” sheadded.

Fu Long is the son of the zoo’stwo giant pandas in residence, YangYang and Long Hui. The couplecame to Vienna in 2003 as a loanfrom China and became an item ayear later. In November, Fu Longwill bid farewell to Vienna and betransferred to the Wolong nature re-serve in China’s Sichuan province.

Coupling of pandas in captivity isextremely difficult, since femalesare only fertile three or four days ayear. Another panda was born at aMadrid zoo in 1982 thanks to artifi-cial insemination.

Less than 1,600 giant pandas remainin the wild, according to the Vienna zoo.China began in 1984 its long-termpanda lending program to foreign zoos,which pay up to a million dollars a yearto house the creatures.

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“A good start always helps,” saidFederer. “That was the case today.”When Djokovic finally held serve in thesixth game of the match he could onlylook at the sky and smile. He presenteda tougher challenge in the second set butcouldn’t capitalize on a set point in the10th game. Federer earned the key breakfor a 6-5 lead before serving out thematch with a love game.

“The closest I was going to get tothe first-place trophy is now,” the world’sfourth-ranked player said on the courtimmediately following the match.Federer won his third Cincinnati title af-ter victories here in 2005 and 2007. Healso captured his 16th Masters crown -second only to Andre Agassi’s careertotal of 17 in the elite series.

“I felt like my game was alreadypretty well in place in practice, so knewcoming over here it was not just to showup,” he said. He turned the tables onDjokovic, who had beaten him in two priormeetings this season. More importantly, thefive-time defending US Open championshowed he is on form with the last Grand

Agence France - Presse

TORONTO - Elena Dementieva won herthird singles title of the year, snapping a run ofpoor showings against Maria Sharapova in anall-Russian showdown at the WTA Rogers Cupon Sunday. In a tune-up event for the US Open,the 27-year-old Dementieva posted a 6-4, 6-3win over unseeded Sharapova to earn her 14thcareer singles title.

“I really like to play this tournament, butI’ve never done anything better than first orsecond round, which was very disappointing forme,” Dementieva said. “Every time I come Ihave such great crowd support. “I just feel sohappy to finally win this title. It means a lot tome.”

She also won titles this year in Sydney andAuckland but hasn’t had much success againstSharapova over the years. It was just the thirdwin for Dementieva over Sharapova in 12 ca-reer meetings and first in three years. Her lastwin was in the semi-finals of the 2006 Los An-geles tournament. Former world number oneSharapova is battling to regain peak fitness af-ter being sidelined for 10 months by a shoulderinjury. This was her first final since comingback.

“I think it was a really great week for me,”Sharapova said. “Playing six matches was greatleading up to the US Open. I think this was re-ally good preparation.” The fourth-seededDementieva, often prone to double faults, hadseven Sunday while Sharapova committed awhopping 10. Dementieva also registered her50th match win of 2009, joining Dinara Safinaand Caroline Wozniacki.

She rallied to beat second seed SerenaWilliams 7-6, 6-1 in the semi-finals, avenging

Agence France - Presse

BERLIN - Ethiopian superstar KenenisaBekele and Americans LaShawn Merritt andSanya Richards won their second gold med-als on the final day of the world athleticschampionships here on Sunday. Bekele’scame in the 5,000 metres as he became thefirst man to do the 5,000-10,000m double,a feat even his compatriot Haile Gebrselassiefailed to achieve the one time he tried in1993.

Merritt and Richards’ second titlescame in the men’s and women’s 400m re-lays respectively. There was to be no suchjoy for Yusuf Saad Kamel of Bahrain who,having taken the 1500m title, failed to re-peat his golden performance in the 800m.

That was was won by MbulaeniMulaudzi which meant the South Africansswept the 800m after Caster Semenya hadwon the women’s equivalent. Bahrain’s

(AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Novak Djokovic, left, from Serbia, and Roger Federer, from Switzerland, pose with theirtrophies after Federer defeated Djokovic 6-1, 7-5 at the Cincinnati Open tennis tourna-ment, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, in Mason, Ohio.

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CINCINNATI - World number one Roger Federer defeated fourth-seeded Novak Djokovic 6-1, 7-5 to win the Cincinnati Masters title Sun-day and cement his status as favourite for the upcoming US Open.Federer set the tone in the second game of the match, when Djokovicsaved six break points but still couldn’t ward off the break of serve.

Slam of the season scheduled to start atFlushing Meadows on August 31.

“The fans for me really turned itaround, and that’s why this year I’m soexcited going back there,” Federer said.“I’ve had even better results, so I hope Ican again show them what I can do on atennis court.” After capturing the Mas-ters title in Madrid, Federer posted mile-stone victories at Roland Garros andWimbledon this year.

His first French Open title made himjust the sixth man to complete a careerGrand Slam and his triumph over AndyRoddick in an epic Wimbledon final gavehim a record 15th career Grand Slam.After taking a break as he and wife,Mirka, welcomed the birth of twindaughters, Federer then suffered a shockquarter-final defeat at the Montreal Mas-ters against France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.This was his first title since his twinswere born last month. “That’s the spe-cial part, especially winning for the firsttime as a dad,” Federer said. “It gets megoing emotionally a little bit, because Iknow it’s been a wonderful summer.”

Double golds all round as Bekele leads the wayMaryam Jamal also completed a double, bydefending her 1500 metres title, but onlyafter Spaniard Natalia Rodriguez was dis-qualified after crossing the line first.

The 30-year-old was adjudged to havepushed Ethiopian Gelete Burka down theback stretch sending her crashing to theground and on seeing the video replay theSpanish team decided not to protest the de-cision. “I saw a space down the inside andthen Burka tried to close me out. There wassome barging and then she fell. I did noth-ing wrong,” said Rodriguez.

“I’m so happy for my country as I amthe first Ethiopian to win this title,” said the27-year-old. Lagat said that even at 34 hewasn’t considering hanging up his spikes.“You will see me again, for a long long time,”said Lagat, who also lost his 1500m title,where he took bronze. “I will be getting stron-ger next year. I am especially looking for-ward to the 2012 Olympics in London.

Ethiopia’sKenenisaBekele onthe victorylap afterwinning thegold medalin the final ofthe Men’s5000mduring theWorldAthleticsChampion-ships inBerlin onSunday, Aug.23, 2009 (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

Elena Dementieva, of Russia, spins aroundwith the trophy after defeatingcountrywoman Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 inthe final of the Rogers Cup tennis tourna-ment in Toronto on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009.

Dementieva wins all-Russianfinal at Toronto WTA event

a loss to Williams at Wimbledon. “I hope it’sgoing to be good preparation (US Open),”Dementieva said. “For sure, this kind of wingives you a lot of confidence, so right now it’sall about recovering and getting ready for NewYork.” Sharapova dropped to 19-8 lifetime insingles finals on the WTA Tour. World numberone Dinara Safina was ousted in her openingmatch, losing to Aravane Rezai.

Bali Post

DENPASAR — Special Anti-terror De-tachment 88 of Bali Police Department inves-tigated a report that stated there is someonesuspected as Ali Maskun the parent-in-law ofthe most wanted terrorist, Noordin M Top. Fewweeks ago, there was a household mothernamed Winda reported to Bali Police Depart-ment because she suspected Ali Maskun toresemble to the father-in-law of Noordin. How-ever, after being investigated, the suspectedperson was Ali Maskun, a ship’s crew at Benoa.In other words, such report was not proven thatAli Maskun was the parent-in-law of NoordinM Top.

The case was affirmed by the Spokesper-son of Bali Police Department, Gde Sugianyar,on Sunday, August 23rd 2009. The Special Anti-Terror Detachment 88 team of Bali Police re-acted to the report immediately. “After inves-tigated thoroughly, Ali Maskun was not the fa-ther-in-law of Noordin. He is a ship’s crew atBenoa,” Sugianyar explained.

Furthermore, he said that Ali Maskun hasworked for four years as a crew. He served asship’s captain at a squid-catcher ship namedPT Bandar Nelayan 36. However, Ali Maskunis now still sailing. “He indeed works at thatcompany. However, he is now sailing and ithas been check to the company where he

According to an officer of Denpasar Metro Po-lice, Sunday (23/8), the incident was just knownaround 08:15 when the employees got into the of-fice. In fact, the condition of the office has been in amess and desk’s drawer was empty.

Based on the result of reconstruction carried outby police, it was no found any traces of damage. Ofcourse, it is rather bizarre and estimated that there isan involvement of insider. At least, the thief has uti-lized a duplicate key to open the office.

As result, the uninvited guest brought away 34.8million rupiah, cash in an envelope of 900,000 ru-piah, account book and five Mandiri ATM cards andsome other important documents. “Whereas, therewere some security officers on duty then, how couldit happen? This case is being handled by police,” the

Thief Broke Into Telkom’s Office:

Suspected to UseSuspected to UseSuspected to UseSuspected to UseSuspected to UseDuplicate KeyDuplicate KeyDuplicate KeyDuplicate KeyDuplicate KeyBali Post

Denpasar — A thief broke into the Office of Telkom Flexi on Jalan Teuku Umar,Denpasar, Friday, August 21st 2009. It was suspected that the thief used duplicate keybecause when the police investigated the crime scene, there were not any damages.This theft made Telkom suffer a loss of 35 million rupiah.

officer said.At different location, a house of civil servant, I

Gusti Sri Asri (54) on Jalan Sidakarya, Gang Taman,South Denpasar sub district, Friday (21/8) wasfrisked by a thief. A variety of jewelries, laptop andmobile phone were brought away by the thief. Suchincident was just known around 13:00. Previously,the house was empty. When arriving at home, Asriwas surprised because the condition of her housewas in a mess.

Having been checked, in fact, the back door waspried. To the police, Asri admitted to lose twolaptops, five necklaces, ring, mobile phone, a set ofearrings, diamond, baby ring and brooch. Due tothe act of the thief, Asri confessed to have suffereda loss worth IDR 45 million. (kmb)

Suspected to be Noordin’s father-in-LawIn fact, He is a Ship’s Crew at Benoa

works,” revealed the former Chief ofBalikpapan Police Department while addingthat Ali Maskun stayed at a boarding house atSesetan who just spent his one-month break.

Based on his information, a ship’s captaingot a month-long break after sailing for sixmonths. On that account, when Ali Maskunstayed at the boarding house of Winda atSesetan, South Denpasar during his break. “AliMaskun is not the father-in-law of Noordin MTop. However, our party expressed gratitudeto community member who has vigilant andgave information to us no matter how small itwas,” he said.

Winda came to Bali Police Department andreported a suspected person who was similarto the father-in-law of Noordin M Top. Windaadmitted to feel suspicious in seeing the be-havior of Ali Maskun. Moreover, she saw himsimilar to the most wanted terrorist. While pre-senting the identity card of such suspected per-son, Winda confessed that the man has oncestayed at her boarding house for a month. AliMaskun stayed with his wife and a child at herboarding house at Sesetan, South Denpasar.

On the identity card, the suspected mannamed Ali Maskun was born in Cilacap on 11October 1962. He satyed on Jalan Teri RT 008/13 South Cilacap. Meanwhile, the identity ofhis wife named Nurhayati was born on 21 Sep-tember 1964.

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Based on such condition, Provin-cial Government of Bali re-proposedto Minister of Social Affairs to handlethe two remote hamlets located atKintamani sub district, Bangli in theupcoming year 2010. This matter wasrevealed by Division Head of BaliSocial Affairs, Nyoman PuashaAryana, last Sunday (23/8). Both un-derdeveloped hamlets proposed to geta handling in the upcoming year 2010comprise the Batu Miyeh and PuradiHamlet. They are situated behind theMount Batur and can only be ac-cessed on foot by passing through avalley and steep gorge. In addition,the two hamlets have not beenreached by electricity infrastructure.

For that purpose, the proposal de-livered to central government relatedto infrastructure development did notonly cover the reasonable housing forindigent family, but also coveredsome facilities such as water, electric-ity and other supporting facilities.

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DENPASAR — Bali remainsstill have a number of remotehamlets categorized to be un-developed customary commu-nity village. At least, there arefour isolated hamlets behindthe Mount Batur, Kintamani,Bangli. Some of them are BatuMiyeh, Puradi, Alengkong andBukit Sari Hamlet. They do nothave road access and have notobtained electricity yet.

Bali Post

DENPASAR — Balinese Hindudevotees living in Los Angeles (LA),California, the United States wantedto establish Jagatnatha Temple at thecenter of Los Angeles City since longtime ago. The presence of suchtemple is considered important byBalinese Hindu devotees coalescedinto Suka Duka Krama Bali of LosAngeles in relation to sustaining thereligion and Balinese culture over-seas.

Thus was stated by the Advisor toSuka Duka Krama Bali of LA, Prof.Dr. I Nyoman Wenten on Sunday,August 23rd 2009. The lecturer at Cali-fornia Institute of The Arts (CalArts)Valencia from Sading Village,Mengwi, Badung said that the Ba-

(Bali Post)

DENPASAR— Even thoughdomiciling at his home village,namely Jember, East Java, the sus-pect Fatullah in fact played impor-tant role as a controller of the mo-torbike theft organization. He ar-ranged the action plan, financed thesuspect Anton and Atok as well aschanged the registration number ofthe machine and body of the mo-torcycles before being sold.

“Anton received the order fromFatullah. If the Registration Num-ber Document owned by Fatullahhas the police number P, the sus-pect Anton and Atok should steala motorbike having the same ini-tial police number,” said a sourceof Bali Post on Sunday August 23rd

2009.During their action, the suspect

Anton and Atok were controlled byFatullah via mobile phone. Themajor robber from Jember com-manded his two subordinates todeliver the motorbike to Jemberwithin two days. On that account,Atok served as courier who pre-ferred to send the goods via cargoservices.

“In order to avoid any suspi-cion, sometimes the suspectbrought the motorbike to Java inperson. Since they brought alongwith document of registration num-ber and the license plate has beenchanged into the number as men-tioned in the document, they couldpass through the inspection atGilimanuk Harbor,” said an officerin Bali Police Department. Thesuspect Fatullah has the machineto change the number of the en-gine and the body of stolen motor-bike. Police had searchedFatullah’s house and secured themachine. Now, the machine hasbeen sent to Bali.

Meanwhile, the suspect Antonis a notorious thief. He is a fugi-tive and is in the police wantedlist in Jember. Six years ago, hewas once captured by theDenpasar Metro Police in connec-tion with the motorbike theftcases. “Other than stealing motor-bike, Anton also stole gas tubesand robbed houses. However, heis a specialist in motorbike theft,”added the source. (kmb)

MotorbikeTheft is anOrganizedCrime

Implementation of the infrastruc-ture at location, he said, would beundertaken integratively by engag-ing cross-institutions, including theparticipation of the members of theArmed Forces.

In addition, his party was han-dling two isolated hamlets at SonganVillage that also belonged to the ter-

ritory of Kintamani sub district,namely the establishment of properhousing for indigent families ofAlengkong and Bukitsari Hamletamounting to 122 units. Each unitwas provided with the assistance ofmaterials worth IDR 10 million.

Meanwhile, the proposal on theimproper house establishment

amounting to 850 units as the resultof social gathering in five regen-cies—Bangli, Karangasem,Klungkung, Jembrana andBuleleng—would be attempted tofind out the funding from the Cor-porate Social Responsibility (CSR)program of the state-owned enter-prises existing in Bali.

Hindu Devotees in Los Angeles:

Wishing to Build Jagatnatha Templelinese living in LA has registered 150families, excluding those living at thesurrounding areas. Those who havedifferent professions highly neededan adequately representative sanc-tum.

“On that account, they invokeblessing and support from Bali Pro-vincial Government, Hindu DharmaAssembly and other Hindu devoteesin order such sublime aspirationcould be realized,” he said.

Now, Wenten said, there has beena Padmasana shrine denoting an aiddelivered by Balinese Hindu devo-tee, Prof. Wayan Mertha Sutedja, fewyears ago. Since it has not had a pieceof land, the shrine was erected at thehouse of Nyoman Wenten. Now, suchPadmasana is used by local Hindudevotees to say prayers on religious

festivity like Galungan-Kuningan.“In years to come, we want that

Hindu devotees living in LA have apublic sanctum (Jagatnatha Temple)that is sufficiently strategic as a placefor devotees to sustain Bali in themental-spiritual domain. As a meansto preserve the Balinese culture, thetemple needs equipping with a set ofgamelan instrument,” said Wenten,the founder of Suka Duka Krama Baliof LA that is now chaired by AA GdeAgung, PhD.

Aside from a place to say prayersand strengthen the identity, the templeis strategically made into a locationfor socio-religious gathering, and es-tablishes networking among theHindu devotees in LA and its sur-roundings. Seemingly, the permit toestablish a sanctum is not so difficult

because local government does notdiscriminate the necessity of religion.It is expected that their dreams to es-tablish a temple in LA could cometrue. “At the moment, we have atemple priest named Wayan Susila,”he said. He added that the identity ofBalinese-descendant Hindu younggeneration overseas, including in LA,should also be strengthened by keep-ing on conserving their cultural val-ues. By doing so, they could exist infacing the global competition withstrong identity. In harmony with theBalinese arts that have gone globally,Balinese young generation overseasshould also put an interest in learn-ing Balinese dance and gamelan, andnot far left behind by the expertiseof foreigners who are learning Ba-linese arts.

The Argentina forward pickedup a pass from new signing ZlatanIbrahimovic in the 50th minute,rounded an Athletic defender andfrom close to the byline clippedthe ball over onrushing goalkeeperGorka Iraizoz. His second camefrom the penalty spot after DanielAlves was felled and Krkic madesure of Barca’s first trophy of theseason when he intercepted AnderIturraspe’s mis-hit backpass,rounded Iraizoz and stroked theball into the empty net.

Pep Guardiola’s side have achance of winning five more tro-

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MILAN - Samuel Eto’o coolly converted apenalty on his league debut but championsInter Milan were held to a 1-1 home draw byBari in their Serie A opener on Sunday.Juventus, likely to be Inter’s main challengersagain this term, fared better with VincenzoIaquinta powerfully heading home debutantDiego’s free kick in a 1-0 win over Chievo inTurin.

Brazilian playmaker Diego, a new arrivalfrom Werder Bremen, was lively throughoutwith Fabio Cannavaro making a composed re-turn to the Juve lineup and avoiding any boosfrom those still angry about his departure toReal Madrid in 2006. Juve coach Ciro Ferrara,who replaced Claudio Ranieri towards the endof last season and secured second spot, enduredsome nervous moments late on but ended upmuch happier than Inter’s Jose Mourinho.Cameroon forward Eto’o, signed fromBarcelona in a swap deal with ZlatanIbrahimovic, slotted in for Inter after DiegoMilito was fouled by Leonardo Bonucci in the56th minute.

The hosts had much the better of the playbut their defence, including new signing Lucio,fell apart to allow Vitali Kutuzov to prod homeon 74 minutes for the promoted side. The for-ward from Belarus almost won it for the visi-tors but Julio Cesar pulled off a fine save be-fore Bari’s Emanuel Rivas also blasted over.

Next Saturday Inter clash with AC Milan,who won 2-1 at Siena in their first game of theseason on Saturday. Inter midfielder ThiagoMotta, who signed from Genoa alongsideMilito in the close season, was not overly wor-ried. “We know it was the first game against ateam that wanted to play football and they gaveus problems. We had chances. We made mis-takes,” the Brazilian told Sky television.

“Next week is very important for us andwe’ll get to work. But it is only the start of thechampionship and there is no anxiety.”Argentina’s Milito twice went close in the firsthalf and linked up well with Eto’o, who

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LONDON - Carlo Ancelotti believesDidier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka’srevitalised partnership will strike fear into thehearts of Chelsea’s Premier League title ri-vals. The Italian manager saw his new chargesextend their perfect start to the season with a2-0 victory at Fulham on Sunday, sealed by agoal in each half from Drogba and Anelka.

The pair have not always gelled success-fully during their time together at StamfordBridge. But former AC Milan coach Ancelottihas tinkered with Chelsea’s system, convert-ing his midfield into a diamond formation andchallenging Drogba and Anelka to dovetailneatly up front.

The results have been spectacular. Theywere exceptional at Craven Cottage, with eachplayer setting up the other’s goal, andAncelotti has now challenged them to main-tain their electric start to the new campaign.“I was always sure Didier and Nicolas couldplay together,” Ancelotti said. “They are fan-tastic strikers and different players. I don’tknow why it didn’t work with previous man-agers - it depends on the system you want touse on the pitch.

“Our idea for Nicolas was that he shouldstay a little behind Didier. In the first half, heplayed a bit on the wing, by the right-back, soour play wasn’t so good. In the second it wasbetter as he played more in the centre. I seethem play well together on the training groundbut it is not only Didier and Nicolas who workwell. All the players work well and then, whenit is a match, they show that they work hardin the week by playing well on the field.”

“It’s a great start for the team. We wantedto do this and we have great trust in our pos-sibilities. We have to maintain this now. It isnow important that the players have a goodmotivation.” Chelsea are second in the Pre-mier League table behind leaders Tottenhamand, on this evidence, they will be there forsome time to come.

Fulham never gained a foothold in the

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Barcelona’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Sweden kicks the ball during the 2nd leg of the SpanishSupercup soccer match against Athletic Bilbao at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain,Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009.

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BARCELONA - Two goals from Lionel Messi and a poacher’sstrike from Bojan Krkic gave Barcelona a 3-0 win over Ath-letic Bilbao in their Spanish Super Cup second leg on Sundayfor a 5-1 aggregate victory. The Spanish and European cham-pions were leading 2-1 from the first leg in Bilbao last Sundayand Messi’s superbly-taken opening goal early in the secondhalf snuffed out any hopes of an unlikely Athletic comeback ata packed Nou Camp.

phies this season and play UEFACup winners Shakhtar Donetsk ofUkraine in the European SuperCup in Monaco on Friday. Theyare also contesting the domesticchampionship, the UEFA Cham-pions League, the King’s Cup andthe FIFA Club World Cup.

The Super Cup is Spain’straditional season opener be-tween the winners of the leagueand King’s Cup. Barca won bothlast season, beating Athletic 4-1in the final and have now woneight Super Cups, equal withReal Madrid.

(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Inter Milan forward Samuel Eto’o ofCameroon, foreground, celebrates afterscoring on a penalty against Bari dur-ing a Serie A soccer match at the SanSiro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday,Aug. 23 2009. In background, Inter MilanArgentine forward Diego Milito.

Inter held despiteEto’o goal, Juve win

spurned a glorious chance after the spotkick. Genoa, fifth ahead of AS Roma last term,

beat their rivals 3-2 in a thrilling game andpromoted Parma drew 2-2 at Udinese.Fiorentina, who finished fourth in May,warmed up for Wednesday’s ChampionsLeague playoff second leg against Sportingwith a 1-1 draw at Bologna on Saturday.

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Chelsea’s manager Carlo Ancelottiwatches his team play against Fulhamduring their English Premier Leaguesoccer match at Craven Cottage, Lon-don, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009.

Ancelotti expects great thingsfrom Drogba and Anelka

game, despite having enjoyed previous suc-cess against their local rivals, and onceDrogba had fired Chelsea ahead in the 39thminute, the game was as good as over. Thegoal stemmed from a delicious pass fromAnelka, who slid a ball past Fulham defenderAaron Hughes and into Drogba’s path. TheIvory Coast international finished withaplomb and Chelsea were ahead.

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Although doctors at the time leftthe door open on Schumacher per-haps being recovered enough to racethis season, Ferrari has now revealedthat such a prospect can be dismissed.Ferrari team principal StefanoDomenicali, when asked aboutrumours Schumacher was continuingphysical training to prepare for acomeback, said: “I’m happy he istraining, but what I can absolutelyrule out is that Michael can return thisyear as a racing driver.”

Luca Badoer, who was slotted into Ferrari’s second car, had a torridtime in Valencia and will need toimprove dramatically in thisweekend’s race at Spa if he is tohave any chance of keeping hold ofthe seat for the Italian Grand Prix.

Domenicali said he could notmake any prediction for how much

Valentino Rossi says he is nottaking the 2009 world MotoGPtitle for granted even though hecommands a 50-point lead over hisnearest rival, team-mate JorgeLorenzo. Rossi moved into a domi-nant lead in the points when he wonat Brno, while Lorenzo crashedout. But as the Italian heads to In-dianapolis this weekend seekinghis 103rd grand prix victory, hecautioned against complacency inthe full knowledge that two DNFscould wipe out his points lead.

“As I said in Brno, it would bestupid for us to relax and consider

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Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher of Germany, seen, from the pit lane duringthe third practice session at the Valencia street circuit in Valencia, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. Therace will take place on Sunday over the street circuit surrounding the city’s port.

Ferrari rules outSchumacherreturn

Ferrari has ruled out any chance of Michael Schumacher racingfor the team this year, despite speculation over the European GrandPrix weekend that the seven-times champion could still make a come-back. Schumacher had been Ferrari’s preferred replacement forthe injured Felipe Massa from last weekend’s race in Valencia, butan old neck injury forced him to cancel his surprise return to F1.

better Schumacher would have faredlast weekend if it had been him in thecar and not Badoer. “It would havebeen tough for Michael too, becauseit’s a difficult track and it’s new,” heexplained. “Obviously his approachis always aggressive. Would he havedone well? I really think so, becausehe wouldn’t have gone for it if hewasn’t confident. As for how well, I’dbe dishonest: I don’t know. However,he would certainly have done well.”

Ferrari will make a decision aboutits driver plans for after the BelgianGrand Prix when it knows moreabout the timescale for Massa’s re-turn to the cockpit. Several drivershave already been linked with theteam as a temporary stand-in - in-cluding Giancarlo Fisichella, An-thony Davidson, Sebastien Bourdais,Nelson Piquet and Nico Hulkenberg.

ValentinoRossi sayshe is nottaking the2009 worldMotoGP titlefor grantedeven thoughhe com-mands a 50-point leadover hisnearestrival, team-mate JorgeLorenzo

Rossi not taking title for grantedthe championship won, anything canhappen and we know that Lorenzowill be very strong this weekend anddetermined to make up for the lasttwo races,” he said.

“We must keep focused. “In2008, we didn’t really know whatto expect [from Indy] but our bikeworked very well and we were fastfrom the start, in the wet and the dry.Every year is a different story how-ever so we won’t know where weare until we start our work on Fri-day afternoon.”

Lorenzo says he feels good aheadof this weekend’s race because he

doesn’t feel under any pressure towin the title, having already con-ceded it to Rossi in his own mind. “Iam feeling confident because I’ve feltgood in the last races, riding very fastsince the beginning of the weekend,despite what’s happened on Sunday,”said the Spaniard who has crashedout in the last two events. “I am notthinking about the championship anymore but I would like to win a raceagain after more than three months,especially here in Indy when it’s thecentenary of the track. It’s a busy twoweeks, with Misano straight after, butwe’re ready.”

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The former employees had beenwaiting for their rights for fiveyears. They even asked the help ofthe devils in order to speed up theprocess. The employees express

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Denpasar - Malaysia has “taken”the treasures of Indonesian culture forseveral times and they were admittedas a part of Malaysian culture. Batikdenotes a typical product of Indone-sia along with its floral motifs wasonce claimed as their property and sowere the song “Rasa Sayange” andkeris dagger.

The most notorious one and re-sulted in a strong opposition fromwider community was when the Reog

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A former employee of Bali Commerce Bank (BDB) writes in a white cloth during a rally in Denpasar Court on Monday, August24th 2009.

Former BDB employeesseek devil help(Bali Post)

Denpasar – The anger of the former Bali Commerce Bank (BDB) employees had reachedits peak. They were waiting for their compensation money for a very long time. The employeesconducted a rally in Denpasar Court on Monday, August 24th 2009.

their feeling in a white cloth placedin front of Denpasar Court.

A red writing says “the low en-forcement should not play with ourfaith” and “Devil Help Us” seemed

to represent the anger of the protest-ers. Under the cloth placed flowersas the symbol of the death of justicefor the 685 former BDB employees.

AA. Sudiptha Panji, the coordi-

nator of the rally, said that there isgreat hope that the law enforcementcan give the best solution to solvethe problem. “If the devils can helpus in solving the problem then wewill try to ask them,” he added.

While in the room of NyomanSutama, the head of DenpasarCourt, was held a meeting to dis-cuss the problem.

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Pendet dance performed in an event

Bali Government ShouldPromptly Take Action

Ponorogo Dance was claimed to be-come its property. In East Java, peoplecarried out rallies regarding to thatmatter and Malaysian Embassy inJakarta reaped severe critics from thecommunity.

Now, the Balinese art is also madeinto the icon of Malaysia. Since fewtimes ago, the tourism advertisingcampaign with the catchphrase TrulyAsia has been broadcast on several in-ternational television networks by uti-lizing the icon of Indonesian culture.

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Medvedev visitsRussia’s topBuddhistmonastery

Lawmakers: Theanonym works ofBalinese artistsneed to bepatented