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Peter Ulrich was captured byKP3 Air officer few minutes after

Agence France-Presse

JAYAPURA - A police aircraft carrying four crew went missing in amountainous area of Indonesia’s eastern Papua province on Monday, of-ficials said.

The Polish-built M-28 Skytruck was flying from the provincial capitalJayapura to Mulia town in Puncak Jaya district when it lost contact withair traffic control, aviation official Sukarjo said.

“The plane left Sentani airport at 10:48 am (0148 GMT) and lost con-tact at noon,” he told AFP, adding that the flight should have lasted onehour.

The twin-engine plane was on a regular supply flight when it disap-peared in Papua’s heavily forested central highlands.

Archipelagic Indonesia relies heavily on air transport but has one ofAsia’s worst air safety records.

AFP PHOTO / Banjir AMBARITA

Photo taken June 8, 2009 shows a Polish-built M-28 P 4202Skytruck Indonesian police aircraft at Sentani airport inJayapura. The aircraft carrying four crew is missing in a moun-tainous area of Indonesia’s eastern Papua province, officialssaid on November 2, 2009. Archipelagic Indonesia relies heavilyon air transport but has one of Asia’s worst air safety records.

Police planemissing in Indonesia

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The interpol fugitive Peter Ulrich (left) was investigating by police officer at Ngurah Rai Airport’s police station

Alleged to Murder Wife

Fugitive of GermanyInterpol Captured in BaliDenpasar (Bali Post)—

For the umpteenth time, the officer of Bali Police could capture a fugitive of Interpol. It was theturn of Peter Ulrich from Germany captured by airport police (KP3) of Ngurah Rai Airport, lastSaturday (Oct 31) night. The man entering the 71st year of old this year was alleged to murder hiswife. However, after the murder, the suspect escaped and seemingly chose Bali as his hideaway.

landing at Ngurah Rai Airport at11:30 p.m. Local Time. He flew by

Garuda Indonesia with flight num-ber GA416 from Jakarta to

Denpasar. When captured, the sus-pect once gave resistance. He re-jected to be taken to police station.However, the suspect alleged to beinvolved in the murder of his wifecould do nothing when knowingthat the capture by KP3 Air wasbased on the report of Interpol.Continued on page 6

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DENPASAR - A noted criminologist fromstate University of Indonesia expressed support hereon Saturday for the government’s plan to form anational anti-terrorism body to synergize terrorismhandling in Indonesia.

“This is big progress. However, it is still be-ing considered whether it will be formed into acommittee or a division at a preventive level. Sofar the concept of strategy is still unclear,” AdrianusMeliala said while attending a workshop on terror-ism prevention.

Adrianus said the body would function morelike an intelligence analyst specializing on terror-ism. It also involves analysis, intelligence and com-bat but will not only be a special detachment but italso has a military unit with special characteristics,he said.

“Like in the air force we have ‘Paskhas’ (spe-cial unit), in the navy, the marines unit, and in thearmy ‘Kopassus’. So it is hoped its movement willbe more harmonious,” he said.

He said it could also involve units such asunits of biology, chemistry, database and forensic.

“With the presence of the institution it is hopedthere will be a synergy. So far they operate by them-selves,” he said.

Tabanan (Bali Post)—Perpetrator poisoning the monkeys near

Branch Temple of Pucak Kedaton, PadanganCustomary Village, Pupuan, I Wayan Wela aliasPan Gablor, has been imposed with customarysanction. Besides, the case remained to be fol-lowed up by police officer.

Pan Gablor was also obliged to organizepecaruan guru piduka durmanggala or exor-cism and apological rite and material sanctionin the form of 1 ton of rice. Within the custom-ary meeting attended by kertha desa (custom-ary advisory board), temple priests, village fig-ures, village representatives (BPD) and custom-ary apparatus, last Friday (Oct 30) night, PanGablor was imposed with the obligation ofmecaru and rice fine. Otherwise, the residentcould be imposed with sanction of being ex-pelled from the village (kasepekang).

One of the members of kertha desa ofPadangan Customary Village, Jro Putu Tesan,last Sunday (Nov 1), said that such sanction hasbeen pursuant to customary legislation article

Mas Suyasa said that such decision and con-tract agreement of the land were initiated in theprevious meeting of village apparatus engag-ing all nayaka. He said that such decision didnot violate customary regulations and conven-tion because location of villa belonging to in-vestor from the Netherlands, Hans vanHammert, was away from Gumang Temple.

In addition, Mas Suyasa said that location ofvilla contracted for 30 years located at south-west of hill where on its peak indeed lay theGumang Temple. “Its location is far from templeand the territory has included in Nyuh Awis atthe northwest foot of Gumang Hill,” said MasSuyasa who is also former Deputy Head ofKarangasem House.

Since the contract fee was required to financeceremonies, village apparatus gave recommen-dation to investor to submit a building permit toKarangasem Regent through the Head of Pub-lic Works Services. “Because we know the hillarea functions as reserve, we issued a recom-mendation so intermediary of investor could pro-

Villa at Gumang Hill, Recommended byVilla at Gumang Hill, Recommended byVilla at Gumang Hill, Recommended byVilla at Gumang Hill, Recommended byVilla at Gumang Hill, Recommended byVillage Apparatus of Bugbug VillageVillage Apparatus of Bugbug VillageVillage Apparatus of Bugbug VillageVillage Apparatus of Bugbug VillageVillage Apparatus of Bugbug VillageAmlapura (Bali Post)—

Head of Bugbug Customary Village, Karangasem controlling the territoryof Gumang Hill, I Wayan Mas Suyasa, last Sunday (Nov 1) admitted that theland where Villa Candidasa established was the property of local village. ADutch investor contracted such 0.6 hectare of land. Meanwhile, the contractfee was used for renovating three village temples, inauguration rite, mendempedagingan and ngusaba kaja ritual last year.

pose the building permit (IMB),” he said.Intermediary of investor who is also a resident

of Samuh, Bugbug, I Wayan Gunarsa, rejected ifthe building was villa. According to him, it wasonly residential house belonging to foreigner.When asked if other location on the hill would becontracted if there would be any investor wish to.He confessed to have not known yet. “At themoment, we do not talk about that matter. How-ever, it would depend on the necessity of our vil-lage later. I will only work when one give me ajob or ask to find out a land,” he said.

Both Mas Suyasa and Gunarsa rejected tomention the number of contract value of the land.“Its contract agreement is stored at the village,”said Mas Suyasa. As has been published previ-ously, the investor from the Netherlands, Hansvan Hammert, has had building permit No. 90/2008 dated September 15, 2008 under the nameof submitter I Wayan Gunarsa. The Head ofKarangasem Public Works Services, WayanArnawa, issuing the permit could not be con-tacted for his confirmation. (013)

Perpetrator of Monkeys Poisoning at PadanganImposed with Exorcism Rite Sanctionand Fine of 1 Ton of Rice

20 that essentially arranging ‘anybody commit-ting evil deed including murder will be imposedwith sanction in the form of obligation to per-form pecaruan and presented guru pidukadurmanggala.

If violator did not undertake the sanction, heor she could loss the rights and duties or expelledfrom village territory. Such sanction, said Tesan,has been socialized to local residents pursuantto decision of village meeting. Pan Gablor, saidTesan, did not attend the meeting but he sent anenvoy and stated to accept the decision. As con-sequence, he was ready to undertake the deci-sion of customary village. Ritual of presentingguru piduka durmanggala would be organizedcoinciding with the fifth full moon, Monday (Nov2) at location of Branch Temple of PucakKedaton, Padangan Kelod. The fine of 1-ton ricewould be promptly handed over to customaryapparatus and could not be exchanged withmoney. Tesan added that though has given a cus-tomary sanction to perpetrator; his party wouldnot withdraw the report to police. (kmb14)

Criminologist supports establishmentof national anti-terrorism body

He said the role of anti-terror Densus 88unit was not belittled but the unit would be partof its combat group. Its role is not reduced butalong with the army it would carry out combatoperations based upon their expertise.

Adrianus admitted that most of the anti-ter-ror role had been played by Densus 88 from thepolice.

He said if the anti-terror body would finallybe established it was suggested that three divi-sions would be set up in it namely combat, intel-ligence and support divisions in addition to, ifdeemed necessary, a deradicalization division.

Adrianus said that it was all still under dis-cussion and there was no need to hurry for it.

“If it is being rushed it is feared it have po-litical consequences. Besides cost, also needs tobe put into consideration. If the concept is reallymature only then will we urge for its develop-ment,” he said.

Adrianus said he agreed with the idea be-cause terrorism handling so far had been carriedout without concept and upon irregular basis.

Even a lot of work has been saddled onDensus 88 starting from detection, investigationto an ambush. “Even after the actors are caughtDensus still has to take care of their families,”he said.

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Worker are distructing the hill to enable it being the road at Bugbug Village

3Tuesday, November 3, 2009International Bali News

Out of that number eliminated, hesaid that 351 wild dogs eliminatedat Mengwi, 851at Abiansemal and38 others at Petang. According toAshrama, the number of dogs elimi-nated at Petang remained not opti-mal because the traffic of wild dogwas not too significant and elimi-nation has not reached all territories.“At Mengwi is different. Other thanhaving many villages, it also has

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Uptight ambience once en-veloped the Blue Eyes Disco-theque on Ja lan BypassNgurah Rai , Sanur, SouthDenpasar, last Friday (Oct 30)night. In the midst of boister-ous music strings was heard ashoot in one of the bathrooms.

Such voice was alleged tosource from the explosion offirearm brought by one of thepersonnel of Bali Police. Ac-cording to information, the of-ficer releasing the shot be-longed to criminal researcherunit (Buser). However, iden-tity of such police officer wasmade secret. “Obviously, thepersonnel is now under inter-rogation of professional secu-rity division of Bali Police,”revealed a source person.

Visitors knowing the inci-dent thronged to go out of thediscotheque. Situation at loca-t ion once tu rned up t igh t .

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Waves of Kuta Beach killed an-other life. Again, the victim wasforeign tourist who was rejoicingin the allurement of the most popu-lar beach in Bali. Ola Molin (41),a man from Sweden staying atMelati Hotel, Kuta, Saturday (Oct31) at 4 p.m. died when he wasswimming at the beach in front ofthe hotel where he stayed. Hiscorpse was taken to Sanglah Hos-pital. According to the officer ofWaters Police accompanying thecorpse to hospital, temporary al-legation causing the death of OlaMolin was hauled by waves. Thebeach at the area was indeedknown to have strong streams andlocal officer has often warned visi-tors swimming around the area tobe more careful.

Based on the data, since lastOctober, at least, there wereeight foreign tourists dying whenenjoying their holiday in Bali.Out of that number, three dieddue to s ink when they wereswimming. Two of them wereAustralian who died due to sink-ing at the beach, while anotherwas a Korean who died afterswimming at swimming pool atthe hotel where he stayed. (kmb)

At ThreeAt ThreeAt ThreeAt ThreeAt ThreeSubdistricts,Subdistricts,Subdistricts,Subdistricts,Subdistricts,1, 240 Dogs1, 240 Dogs1, 240 Dogs1, 240 Dogs1, 240 DogsEliminatedEliminatedEliminatedEliminatedEliminatedDenpasar (Bali Post)—

A number of 1, 240 wild dogs could be eliminated at threesubdistricts in Badung, namely Mengwi, Abiansemal and Petang.Thus, Division Head of Animal Health, Badung Animal Hus-bandry, Fisheries and Maritime (Disnakanlut), I Gede Asrama,said on last Sunday (Nov 1).

markets,” he said.Aside from elimination,

Disnakanlut Badung also committedvaccination focused at three subdis-tricts above. At Mengwi, the vacci-nation targeted 14,115 dogs,Abiansemal (8,116) and Petang(2,533). On that account, the totalnumber of dog vaccinated for thesecond phase or booster reached24,764 dogs. (ded)

Hauled byWater Stream,a ForeignerDied

Alleged, Personnelof Buser to Release a Shoot,Blue Eyes Discotheque Turned Uptight

Seemingly, officer of profes-sional security division heardthe incident so that they visitedthe location right away. Even,Chief of Bali Police, Sutisna,also knew about that incidentand it made him angry.

Spokesperson of Bali Police,I Gde Sugianyar, when askedabout his confirmation, Sunday(Nov 1) justified the incident.He said that such shooting ac-tion has been investigated andperpetrator has been interro-gated at the room of investiga-tor of professional security di-vision of Bali Police.

“Such shooting has been fol-lowed up by security division.Meanwhile, perpetrator itselfhas also been probed,” he ex-plained.

I t was unknown for sureabout the motive of shootingmaking visitors of discothequeshocked. An issue told that suchofficer was in drunken conditionwhen interrogating a person in

the ba throom. “ I t was notknown obviously about themotive. One thing that is clearis the voice of shooting oc-curred in one of the bath-rooms,” revealed the closestsources on last Sunday.

He explained, such person-nel of police officer suspectedsomeone getting involved in adrug case. The person wastaken to bathroom and interro-gated there. It was unknownwhat happened; suddenly aloud bang was heard. It wassaid that the suspected personwas stripped to look for evi-dence. However, nothing wasfound.

Since nothing was found,strongly alleged that police of-ficer got angry and took hispistol to be shot. The shootwas not targeted to that sus-pected person, but to the wallof bathroom. As consequence,wall of the bathroom lookedslightly damaged. (kmb21)

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MOSCOW - David Miliband,on the first visit by a British for-eign secretary to Russia for fiveyears, sought Monday to warmrelations that had plunged back toa Cold War chill by a series of bit-ter rows.

Miliband said London andMoscow should work together onshared “challenges”, at a meetingwith Russian Foreign MinisterSergei Lavrov.

“We both know that there arebig challenges that our countriesface. There are a number of areaswhere we can find commonground,” Miliband told Lavrov atthe start of their talks.

“Despite the unresolved issues,we are satisfied that our economicrelations are strengthening,”Lavrov said at the meeting, whichfollowed on from talks late Sun-day just after Miliband’s arrival.

Miliband was also due to meetbusiness and civil society leadersduring his visit to Moscow.

His trip coincides with the thirdanniversary of the mysterious poi-soning of former Russian spy turnedexiled Kremlin critic AlexanderLitvinenko, a crime that led to anunprecedented degradation in tiesbetween the two countries.

Russia has refused to extraditeprimary suspect Andrei Lugovoi,who British police believe mayhave murdered Litvinenko by lac-ing his tea with radioactive polo-nium at a London hotel on No-


TOKYO - Japan’s centre-leftgovernment on Monday deniedUS ties were being strained by arow over an American airbase,amid confusion over whether itsforeign minister will travel toWashington this week.

The US State Department onSaturday said Japanese ForeignMinister Katsuya Okada wouldmeet US Secretary of State HillaryClinton on Friday, but withinhours dropped mention of themeeting from Clinton’s schedule.

In Japan, media reports sug-gested Okada was still seeking ameeting late this week, ahead of aTokyo visit next week by USPresident Barack Obama, but thathe was busy with parliamentaryduties on Friday.

Asked about the confusion,Japan’s top government spokes-man Hirofumi Hirano told report-ers on Monday: “It’s not that tiesbetween Japan and the UnitedStates are strained, it’s just an ad-ministrative matter.”

“At this point, nothing has beendecided regarding such a trip,” headded.

The new government tookpower in Japan in mid-September

Katha Pajariyapong and TheerananVipuchanin, both with finance industrybackgrounds, were arrested and taken toa Bangkok police station on Sunday be-fore being released on bail, said police.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 81, whois revered as a demi-god by many Thaisand as a stabilising force in a politicallyturbulent nation, has been in hospitalsince mid-September with a lung infec-tion and fever.

Katha, who works at KT ZMICO Se-curities and Theeranan, 43, a former ex-ecutive at UBS Securities, were chargedunder a computer law, accused of dam-aging national security by posting falseinformation on the Internet.

“The two were arrested on arrest war-rants issued by the criminal court oncharges of violating the computer act,”said Police Lieutenant General ThangaiPrasjaksattru, chief of the central inves-tigation bureau.

They were released on bail after ques-tioning and if convicted could face up tofive years in jail or a 100,000 baht (2,985US dollars) fine, Thangai added.

He said the pair had admitted to put-ting information on the Internet, someof which was taken from a report by fi-nancial news agency Bloomberg News.

“They confessed to posting on the netand some was translated fromBloomberg,” Thangai told AFP, sayinghowever that the company itself was notunder investigation.


PARIS - Twenty years after thefall of the Berlin Wall, newly re-leased diplomatic files reveal theextent to which Germany’s supposedfriends in London and Paris werefearful of the country’s reunification.

France’s then president FrancoisMitterrand and Britain’s prime min-ister Margaret Thatcher were bothcaught out by the speed with whichthe Germans remade their country inthe wake of Communism’s collapse.

While Thatcher’s supporters wouldgo on to portray her as the heroine ofthe West’s victory in the Cold War, avictory symbolised by the Wall’s col-lapse, at the time the prospect of Ger-man reunification “horrified” her.

And, while Mitterrand has beenseen as a great friend and ally ofGermany’s then chancellor HelmutKohl in the campaign for European

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Former executive director of UBS Securities (Thailand), ThiranantWipuchanin (R), is escorted by Thai policemen at Suvarnabhumiairport in Bangkok on November 1, 2009. Two people, a man and awoman, have been charged in Thailand with spreading false infor-mation about the health of the king, after rumours last month sentthe stock market plunging, police said on November 2.


BANGKOK - Thai authoritieshave charged two people with spread-ing false information about the healthof the country’s revered king, afterrumours last month sent the stockmarket plunging, police said Mon-day.

London and Paris were shockedby German reunification

integration, in 1989 he neither fore-saw nor supported the re-integrationof Germany.

“In 1989 we gave the impressionof wavering in the face of history.Twenty years on, let’s do it justice,”said Pierre Lellouche, French Eu-ropean affairs minister, as he fol-lowed Britain in opening the 1989-90 diplomatic archive.

Given the subsequent success ofthe reunification project, and thewarm ties that Paris in particular nowhas with Berlin, the files will makeuncomfortable reading for someFrench and British political veterans.

“France and Great Britain shouldpull together today in the face of theGerman threat,” Thatcher told theFrench ambassador to London inMarch 1990, according to a Frenchdiplomatic telegram released for theanniversary.

“Kohl is capable of anything. He

has become another man. He doesn’tknow himself any more. He sees him-self as the master and is starting toact like it,” she warned, according tothe French translation of her remarks.

French historian Maurice Vaisse,who helped supervise the release ofthe files, said that Thatcher appeared“horrified” by the prospect that Ger-man reunification would make Ber-lin the dominant force in Europe.

According to the British archive,two months before the fall of theWall, Thatcher told the Soviet leaderMikhail Gorbachev that “neitherBritain nor Western Europe wantedthe reunification of Germany”.

“This would lead to a change topostwar borders, and we cannot al-low that because such a develop-ment would undermine the stabilityof the whole international situationand could endanger our security,”she said.

Japan denies friction with USvowing less subservient ties withthe US after decades of conserva-tive rule in Japan.

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyamaconfirmed on Monday in parlia-ment that his government wouldscrap in January a naval refuellingmission supporting the US-ledcampaign in Afghanistan.

His government has also prom-ised to review a 2006 bilateralagreement on the roughly 47,000US troops based in Japan — in-cluding the scheduled move of aUS airbase on Okinawa island froman urban area to a coastal regionby 2014.

Many Okinawans oppose theAmerican presence and want thecontroversial US Marine CorpsFutenma Air Base closed andmoved off the island, rather thanhaving it relocated to the coastalCamp Schwab site as previouslyagreed.

US government and military of-ficials have stressed that Washing-ton is in no mood to reopen talks ona deal that was years in the making.

Hatoyama has said the issue isunlikely to be resolved beforeObama’s November 12-13 visit,while his ministers have floatedsometimes contradictory ideasabout how to resolve the issue.

AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV

Britain’s Foreign Secretary DavidMiliband.

David Miliband seeksto mend rift with Russia

vember 2, 2006.Lugovoi, who denies involvement

in Litvinenko’s death, was laterelected to the Duma, the Russianparliament, for a nationalist party.

Miliband said in an interviewpublished Monday in the Russianedition of Newsweek that eventhough Lugovoi was a member ofparliament he was still a wanted man.

He added that Britain remainedopen to constructive proposalsfrom Moscow that would helpbring justice to this murder case.

Miliband also told Newsweekthat he would speak frankly abouthuman rights in Russia, denyingthat Britain planned to soften itsapproach to win Moscow’s supporton pressing international issues.

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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 : [email protected] ://www.sos-bali.com

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

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

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

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

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

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

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bangli

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

Gianyar

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

Toyo ClinicJl. Pengosekan, UbudPhone : +62 361 978078

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

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

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

Karangasem

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

Klungkung

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

Negara

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“More than 20 Greenpeace ac-tivists are in the process of hang-ing the 600-square-metre (6,500-square-foot) banner on the SagradaFamilia ... to mark the beginningof the United Nations summit onclimate,” it said in a statement.

“World leaders make the cli-mate call,” said the banner in En-glish on the Antoni Gaudi-de-signed church which is as yet un-finished.

Representatives of some 180countries kick off five days of cli-mate talks in Barcelona Monday,the last UN session before a De-cember conference in Copenhagentasked with beating back the plan-etary threat of global warming.

But two years of negotiationsset in motion by the so-called BaliAction Plan have fallen terriblyshort, and hopes for a legally bind-ing agreement by year’s end havefaded.

“Greepeace reminds world lead-ers that there is still time to find anagreement to save the climate duringthe upcoming summit inCopenhagen,” Greenpeace said.


TAIPEI - A 65-year-old Taiwan-ese man who believed he had seenhis own son crushed under a traincarried out traditional mourning ritu-als for three days until his son turnedup unscathed, officials said Monday.

Hu Fu-chin, from Taoyuan city innorthern Taiwan, told investigatorshe had talked to his son across a railtrack late last month and subse-quently seen him run over by an on-coming train, according to the localdistrict court.

He went to the morgue where the


KUALA LUMPUR - A Japanesewoman faces the death penalty inMalaysia after being arrested on sus-picion of trafficking 4.7 kilograms(10 pounds) of methamphetamines,state media said Monday.

Azizah Ibrahim, customs directorat the Kuala Lumpur International Air-port, said the 30-year-old woman wasdetained last Friday for possession of“syabu” which is popular in the region.


SYDNEY - About 15 peoplewere feared dead on Monday after aboat carrying 39 sank in rough seasfar off northwest Australia despitefrantic rescue attempts by a passingmerchant ship and fishing vessel.

Defence chief Angus Houstonsaid the unidentified boat capsizedand then sank after the LNG Pioneership and Taiwanese fishing craft re-sponded to pleas for help in a remotearea off Australia’s Cocos Islands inthe Indian Ocean.

It was not confirmed whether theboat was one of dozens of people-smuggling vessels that have headedto Australia this year carrying morethan 1,700 asylum-seekers, many ofthem from Sri Lanka and Afghani-stan.

“I understand when the first shipgot there, this vessel was still intact,”Houston said.

“Somehow or other during theprocess of interaction between theship and trawler and also the strickenvessel, there’s been a capsize andpeople ended up in the water.”

Some 19 people were rescued bythe Bahamas-based gas tanker and

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BARCELONA - Environ-mental group Greenpeace wason Monday unfurling a banneron Barcelona’s landmarkSagrada Familia church call-ing for action against climatechange, ahead of a UN confer-ence in the city.

15 feared dead as unidentified boat sinks off Australiafishing boat, while an air force planedropped a life raft near another fivesurvivors, Prime Minister KevinRudd said.

“I think it’s fair to say there aregrave concerns about a number ofthose people — we understand therewere something like 39 people onboard this vessel,” Rudd told Fairfaxradio.

A rescue ship was about a day’ssail from the accident site off the tinyCocos Islands and about 2,700kilometres (1,700 miles) from theAustralian coast.

“Our assets have been deployed,we have co-ordinated with other ves-sels in the area. This is a very diffi-cult search environment,” Rudd saidearlier. He refused to be drawn onwhether the boat was carrying asy-lum-seekers.

“Up until now the entire focus hasbeen on search and rescue. There areinternational obligations that applyin these circumstances,” Rudd said.

The boat started taking on waterlate on Sunday and issued a distresscall, prompting a plea for help byAustralian authorities that was an-swered by the LNG tanker and fish-ing craft.

“We obviously have grave con-cerns about the safety of those whoare still in the water, given they’vebeen in there for some time now,” aspokeswoman for the AustralianMaritime Safety Authority told AFP.

“The weather conditions aren’tgreat, not too conducive to a searchand rescue.”

Home Minister O’Connor alsosaid authorities did not knowwhether the sunken vessel was car-rying asylum-seekers, who are thesubject of fierce domestic debate asthe government struggles to dealwith the influx.

“We do not at this point determinewhether the passengers aboard thevessel were seeking asylum,” he toldreporters.

“We will do this once this rescuemission is over.”

Australia has been forced tonearly double the capacity at its mainrefugee centre on Christmas Islandin the Indian Ocean to cope with thesudden rise in asylum-seekers.

It is also involved in an ongoingstand-off over the fate of 78 rescuedSri Lankans, who are refusing toleave an Australian ship moored inIndonesia.

Taiwan father’smourning interruptedas son returns home

body was kept and identified it asthe remains of his son, before return-ing home to perform traditional Tao-ist rites, a court official said.

However, after three days, Hu’sson turned up alive and kicking,leading the 65-year-old to therealisation that the person killed bythe train must have been someoneelse.

“We don’t know why Mr Huclaimed the victim was his son,” theofficial told AFP.

Officials said they would now useDNA tests to identify the man whowas killed.

Japanese woman facesdeath penalty on Malaysiadrug charge

Azizah said the drug, with a streetvalue of 1.2 million ringgit (350,000dollars), was found in a special com-partment in her luggage after she ar-rived from Dubai, state news agencyBernama reported.

The unnamed woman has beenremanded for investigation underMalaysia’s tough anti-narcotics law,which stipulates a mandatory deathsentence upon conviction. The deathpenalty is carried out by hanging inMalaysia.

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

A cartoon speech bubble reading “Berlusconi don’t be stupid,save the climate” is placed by a Greenpeace activist close to thestatue of Roman emperor Augustus during a protest in centralRome aimed to draw the Italian government’s attention to theUnited Nations Climate Change Conference to be held inCopenhagen in December, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.

Perpetrator was directly takento the office of KP3 Air ofNgurah Rai Airport and under-went a probe before the capturewould be handed over to policeof Germany. “Based on our in-coming report, the suspect wasmentioned as fugitive ofInterpol,” said Chief of KP3 AirSector Police, Agung GedeMudita, last Sunday (Nov 1). Heexplained that his party receiveda report from Interpol throughGermany consulate that therewas a foreign fugitive (perpetra-tor—ed) left for Bali. On thataccount, police officers werealerted at location of the capture.“We captured him right away atlocation,” he said.

Accompanied by Unit Chiefof Criminal Researcher ofDenpasar Metro Police, RendraRadita Dewayana, Chief Muditaexplained about the case of fu-gitive capture that would behanded over to police of Ger-many. “It is scheduled that today(Nov 1) will be handed over. But,we remain to wait for the com-ing of Germany police to pick upperpetrator,” he said.

Regarding to allegation of

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murder to his wife, the police ad-mitted to have not known aboutthe case. “We do not know forsure when the murder ensued.We just knew it last night by thecoming of letter from Interpoland asked our party to committhe capture toward perpetrator,”he described.

In the meantime, perpetratorrejected to have been accused ofmurdering his wife. Such oldman speaking fluent Bahasa In-donesia admitted that he did notknow about the death of his wife.“I do not know about that matter(death of his wife—ed). I wasphoned by my son when I was inSingapore,” confessed the perpe-trator and mentioned to haveever stayed in Buleleng for twoyears.

On asking about the incidentof murder, perpetrator rejected togive explanation. He said that hewould meet his consul first.Other information obtained byBali Post mentioned that perpe-trator had a wife in Buleleng.Even, from that marriage theyhad a child. “We are so sorry, wedo not know about that,” addedChief Mudita. (kmb21)

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Coordinating Minister for Politi-cal, Legal and Security Affairs DjokoSuyanto told a press conference hereon Monday that the president wouldsoon issue a presidential decree onthe establishment of the independentteam.

The independent team will becomposed of eight persons to bechaired by Presidential AdvisoryCouncil member Adnan BuyungNasution with Deputy KoesparmonoIrsan (former member of theNatiohnal Human Rights Commis-sion), secretary Denny Indrayana(Presidential special staff for legalaffairs) and five team members.

The five team members are AmirSyamsuddin, prof. of University ofIndonesia’s school of law )FHUI),Todung Mulya Lubi ( legal practi-tioner), Anies Baswedan (rector ofParamadina University),Hikmahanto Juwana (prof. ofFHUI), and Komaruddin Hidayat(rector of the Jakarta State IslamicUniversity (UIN).

Djoko Suyanto said that the team

Antara

JAKARTA - The government on Sun-day kicked off a reconstruction programin quake-affected West Sumatra province,Head of the National Disaster MitigationAgency (BNPB) Syamsul Maarif said.

“Today we started the reconstructionprocess but not with direct reconstruc-tion activities because the verification(of damaged buildings) has not beencompleted,” he said.

Neither had reconstruction funds fromthe government been disbursed, he said.

Antara

AYAPURA - Many progressiveAustronesian cultures are to be foundin several coastal areas in Papua, a re-searcher of the Jayapura ArchaeologyCenter, Hari Suroto, said here Sun-day. Suroto said geographically,Papua is the westernmost part of thePacific connecting Southeast Asiawith the Pacific.

“The location is strategic for tran-sitory migration from the west to theeast,” he said.

He said various archaeological ob-

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Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has decided toset up an independent team to verify legal facts on the case of detainedCorruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputies Bibit SamadRianto and Chandra M Hamzah.

could work in less than two weeksbut seeing the dynamics developingwith society in response to the Bibit-Chandra case, the team was expectedto work quicker.

“We are going to do clarificationwork and check all facts and the pro-cess of the case which befell Bibitand Chandra,” the senior ministersaid.

He said that the decision to forman independent team was made bythe president after meeting withprominent figures on Sunday night(Nov.1, 2009) at the State GuestHouse.

Before the press conference washeld all the team members werepresent, except Komarudin Hidayat,were received by the president forabout ten minutes.

“The president said that thepresent development of the case wasnot good for the nation’s life becauseof mistrust and distrust towards notonly our law but also to the credibil-ity of police, prosecutors and theKPK itself,” Djoko Suyanto said.

AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO

A student shows a placard reading ‘Free Chandra and Bibit’ during a rally in Jakarta on November 2, 2009over the KPK (Corruption Eradication Commission) arrests of two senior anti-graft officials Chandra MHamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto. The pair have been under investigation for a range of alleged crimesincluding bribery and abuse of power.

Many Austronesian cultures found in Papua’s coastal areasjects and artifacts found in Papua’scoastal areas showed the existence ofAustronesian cultures in Indonesia’seasternmost province.

Austronesian cultures were knownand spread out by people who spokeAustronesian languages betweenMadagascar in the west and Easter Is-land (in the Pacific) in the east as wellas Formosa in the north.

The evidence of these culturesfound in Papua was the Melanesianlanguage spoken by some people as aresult of the influence of theAustronesian languages.

“This can be seen in the grammarand vocabularies,” Suroto said.

According to the archaeologicalresearch, the Papuan areas where theMelanesian language is spoken areYapen Island, Raja Ampat District,Biak, Waropen, Teluk Wandamen andan area along Teluk CenderawasihBeach. The others are those in thewestern point of Papua from SorongDistrict to the south along the beachof Sele Strait, areas around BintuniBay, Arguni Bay till the costal areasof Etna Bay.

In addition, Papuans who settle in

the districts of Fak-fak, Raja Ampat,Yotefa Bay, Waena and Sentani in thenorth side of Jayapura, apply a com-munity organization with an hierarchysystem in which the leaders are heredi-tary raise.

“This is another evidence of theAustronesia cultures which are foundin the coastal areas of Papua,” Surotosaid.

Such cultures are not found in theMiddle Mountains (PegununganTengah) community who tend to con-sider that they are of equal level anddignity.

Meanwhile, the tattoo tradition inthe northern coast of Papua,Cenderawasih Bay and the area of BirdHead in Papua is also an evidence ofthe Austronesian cultures.

Among the tribes who make tattoosare the Meybrat Tribe that live in theBird Head area are those belongingto the Waropen Tribe, the Biak-Numfor Tribe and Sentani people inJayapura. He hoped the great numberof archaeological research discoveringcultural progress in Papua could be-come assets for Papuans in the nationaldynamism and development activities.

Government begins reconstructionprogram in West Sumatra

“We have proposed reconstructionfunds but the funds have not been dis-bursed pending a seal of approval fromthe House of Representatives,” he said.

An earthquake measuring 7.9 on theRichter scale devastated West Sumatraon September 30, killing more than1,100 people. BNPB data show 65,380houses were seriously damaged and78,604 others lightly in the quake.

The quake also caused major dam-age to 2,164 school buildings, 254 of-fice buildings, 1,003 places of worshipand 51 health facilities.

A broker is watchingher computer screen

during the first sessionof Jakarta Stock

Exchange on Monday,November 2, 2009. Many

analysts worried thatthe KPK (Corruption

Eradication Commis-sion) arrests of two

senior anti-graftofficials Chandra M

Hamzah and BibitSamad Rianto case can

bring the negativeimpact for Indonesiainvestment situation.

FOTO ANTARA/Andika Wahyu

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A farmer at Tejakula, explained thatduring this transitional season the car-rion beetles set to attack nearly allkinds of plants in Eastern Buleleng,including attacking banana trees.Based on simple calculation, 30 clus-ters of banana trees were damaged dueto the attack of carrion. Estimated,teens of others would face the samecondition if carrion beetles would notbe eradicated.

To this extent, farmers at Tejakulaeradicated the carrion by means ofsimple method, namely by lightingkerosene pressure lantern and a basincontaining water was put under thelantern. Carrions visiting the lanternlight would be heated and fell downinto the basin. “Another problem aris-ing today is the too expensive price ofkerosene used to light the lantern,” saida farmer.

Other than carrion beetles, fungiand bacteria also attacked banana treesin Buleleng. Banana trees attacked byfusarium fungi mostly located atTejakula, Gerokgak and Banjar sub-district. Meanwhile, banana trees at-

Antara

DENPASAR - The Malaysiangovernment has set up an investiga-tion team to probe into the death of anIndonesian migrant worker, MuntikBani (36), who died after being tor-tured by her employer.

Indonesian Ambassador to Ma-laysia Da’i Bachtiar said here on Sat-urday that the death of Muntik quicklygot strong reactions from three Ma-laysian ministers, namely the foreignminister, the home affairs minister andthe manpower minister.

“The home affairs minister im-mediately ordered the formation of aninvestigative team to probe intoMuntik’s death,” the ambassador saidon the sidelines of a workshop on the

Antara

The newest movie of JuliaRoberts is really takingmuch attention during itsshooting in Bali. Besideslimiting journalists andcrowded from their scene,this film entitled Eat, Love,Pray also hiring monkeyhandlers during their filmshoot in Monkey ForestUbud.

Some 18 monkey handlers havebeen recruited to prevent monkeys inthe “Monkey Forest” in Ubud, Gianyardistrict, Bali, from interfering in theshooting of certain episodes of the “Eat,Pray, Love” film starring Julia Roberts.

“We don’t have any confirmationabout the schedule of the film shoot-ing activity here but preparations havebeen made, such as assignment of se-curity personnel and monkey handlersso that the shooting can be conductedsafely,” Made Dana, a community fig-ure of Padang Tegal village, Ubud, said.

He said it had been agreed withthe film producer that the Monkey For-est which is one of Ubud’s tourist at-tractions would not be closed duringthe film shootings.

“But it all depends on furtherdevelopments, If it is not possible tokeep the forest open to the public, thenperhaps there will be a temporary clo-sure,” he said.

If the forest had to be closed tem-porarily, the forest’s caretakers would

Attacked by Fungi and Carrion Beetles

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SINGARAJA — Fungi and carrion beetles have attacked the banana trees in Buleleng sincefew years ago. However, up to this moment it could not be resolved completely. As a result, sincethe beginning of last October, it was estimated that thousands of banana trees perished, whilefarmers could do nothing.

tacked by pseudomonas bacteria werelocated at Sukasada, Buleleng, Banjarand Seririt subdistrict. Bananas attackedby fusarium was characterized by leavesturning yellow and wilted, while the at-tacked by pseudomonas were indicatedby decayed trunk and fruit.

Based on the data obtained fromAgricultural and Animal HusbandryServices (Distanak) of Buleleng, at thebeginning of October 2009 was just reg-istered 1,068 clusters of banana treesturned damaged due to the attack ofcarrion beetles, fungi and bacteria. Itwas noted that the most serious dam-age ensued at Banjar subdistrict. At least,218 clusters of banana trees at the areawere attacked by pseudomonas and 25others attacked by fungi.

Increasing attack Section Head of Horticultural

Protection, Distanak Buleleng, KetutSantiana, justified that more than onethousand clusters of banana trees inBuleleng underwent damage due to theattack of fungi, bacteria and carrion.He admitted that the attack actually has

happened since 1985; however, itcould not be eradicated totally. “Theattack of fungi, bacteria and carrionbeetles usually ensue during transi-tional season like this October,” hesaid.

According to Santiana, the ob-stacle encountered in eradicating bac-teria and fungi attacking banana trees,one of them, was that banana has notbeen seriously cultivated in Buleleng.Usually, banana was planted in themidst of other plants as intercrops andthen they were disregarded withoutgood maintenance.

If fungi or bacteria have attackedthe plant, said Santiana, farmersshould dismantle the entire cluster ofbanana until its root. The soil ex dis-eased banana was left to have a holeand then it was planted again with thenew ones few days later. At least, farm-ers only disposed the damaged trunkof banana, while its shoots were leftto grow. “Actually, the shoot has beeninfected by fungi so that it could beensured that the trunk will be damagedwhen bearing fruit,” he said. (kmb15)

Malaysia forms team toinvestigate RI worker’s death

prevention of terror acts within Bali’stourism area.

He said that the court had heldits first hearing on the case and it wouldconvene the second session on No-vember 3, 2009.

The ambassador said he hopedthe employer of the ill-fated Indone-sian migrant worker would get a heavypunishment that could serve as a les-son to all other Malaysian employers.

“We hope Malaysian employ-ers will not torture their domestic help-ers,” he said.

He said that his side had askedthe Malaysian government to en-able the court process to proceednot too long such as what had hap-pened with Indonesian migrantworker Nirmala Bonat.

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The photo shows a monkey inMonkey Forest Ubud, Gianyar.The newest movie of Julia Rob-erts is really taking much at-tention during its shooting inBali. Besides limiting journal-ists and crowded from theirscene, this film entitled Eat,Love, Pray also hiring monkeyhandlers during their filmshoot in Monkey Forest Ubud.

Bali Post/Eka

Buyers are buying banana at Banana Market on Denpasar. Fungi and carrion beetles have at-tacked the banana trees in Buleleng since few years ago. However, up to this moment it couldnot be resolved completely. As a result, since the beginning of last October, it was estimatedthat thousands of banana trees perished, while farmers could do nothing.

Monkey handlers recruited tohelp smooth Julia Roberts’film shooting

make a prior announcement to be un-derstood by all parties, he said.

In addition, local indigenous par-ties were also prepared to conduct asmall ceremony at Pura Dalem Agungin Padang Tegal area

so that all the film shootings can runsmoothly.

Julia Roberts who arrived in Balilast October 15 was scheduled to stayon the “Island of Gods” for a month.

Some of the locations used forthe film’s making are Ubud, Padang-padang Beach, Pecatu, Ungasan in KutaSelatan village and Badung district.

During the shooting, security wasvery tight at the shooting site. Journal-ists and the public have difficulty to takepictures when Julia Roberts and otherplayers were in action, including diffi-culty to get statements from the filmcrew. (Antara)

Balinese Culture

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 9al

Overview:The bland flavor of cucumbers can be enhanced

when prepared with coconut milk and spicy seasonings.

Ingredients:2 tbsp oil3 shallots, peeled and sliced2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced2 large red chilies, seeded and sliced½ tsp dried shrimp paste2 cups coconut milk2 medium sized cucumbers, peeled, seeded and

sliced1 tsp salt¼ tsp black peppercorns, crushedFried shallots to garnish

Preparation:Heat oil in heavy saucepan. Add shallots, garlic and

chilies and sauté for 2 minutes over low heat. Mix inshrimp paste and sauté for another minute. Pour incoconut milk and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmerfor 5 minutes. Add cucumbers and bring to the boil.Reduce heat and simmer until beans are cooked.Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with saltand pepper. Garnish with fried shallots. Helpful hints:Any type of green bean can be used instead of the longAsian variety. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Up to this moment, the onlycommunity of glass painting re-maining to exist is only atNagasepaha Village, Buleleng. Thevillage situated some 7 km east ofSingaraja retains tens of active glasspainters. They are oftenmarginalized by the mainstream ofcurrent painting, and even they aretended to be positioned as the sec-ondary artists. However, the glasspainting introduced by Jro DalangDiah remains to be on the move. Itis indicated by some 50 glass paint-ing are now exhibited at BentaraBudaya Bali.

There are 12 painters engagedin this second exhibition. Two ofthem were new comers, but the styleand genre on show are no less at-tractive than that of others belong-ing to their senior. Descriptive styleof Nagasepaha glass painting gen-erally maintains the language of ex-

Overview:This pancakes, with a sweet coconut filling known as

Unti, are a popular snack food and also sometimeseaten for breakfast.

Ingredients:100 gr (3 ½ oz) rice floor2 tablespoons sugar¼ teaspoon salt3 eggs1 cup fresh coconut milk2 tablespoons oil

Preparation:Combine rice flour, sugar, salt, eggs, coconut milk

and coconut oil in a deep mixing bowl. Stir well withwhisk until all lumps dissolve. Strain through strainer.Batter should be a very liquid in consistency. Heat non-stick pan over low fire. Add 4 tablespoons of mixture andfry very thin pancakes. Cool pancakes down to roomtemperature. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Artist of Northern Bali on the Move:

To Organize GlassPainting Exhibitionat Nagasepaha

pression that has become their dia-lect, including engendering newidiolect of new painters, too.

Kadek Suradi, for instance, isa young painter often making experi-ment and visual exploration. Hedoes not only implement conven-tional technique of glass painting,but also makes splashing and othereffects. On the surface of glass,Suradi pampers his painting withvisual effects. Mature explorationyields the works having variousstyles. Diversity in style then be-comes his style.

Different from Suradi, KetutSamudrawan prefers to freeze themovement in many of his works. Oneof them is his painting entitledHanuman War in Alengka. Interest-ingly, Hanuman is illustrated to ride amotorbike. This painting would liketo tell story about Hanuman inRamayana epic whose tail was burnt.

As consequence, the fire burnt manybuildings including the room of queen(wife to Ravana). Ketut Samudrawandescribed all in modern style.

Meanwhile, Ketut Santosa fea-tures more myth, legend and eventoday’s social life. For instance, he tookout beautiful coffee vendor, prostitu-tion at cafés, demonstration of stu-dents, airline crash, television programup to general election and regionalleader election. Texts of visual puppetseemed to have been associated withthe figures like Sangut and Delem thatwere often published in mass media.

Afterwards, Jro Dalang Diah, INyoman Subrata, Ketut Suamba,Kadek Nurining, I Made Sukrawa,Ketut Sekar, Wayan Arnawa, GedeKenak Arya and Kadek Wijana high-lighted the painting of Nagasepahastyle in its original form. In otherwords, they were not far from its ori-gin established in 1927. (BTN/015)

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PURANCAK Temple is also men-tioning as Pura Perancak situated inthe coastal area right at PurancakCountryside, Negara sub district andJembrana Regency. In order to reachthe location of this temple which is alsosituated in the estuary of PurancakRiver, we have to go the west direc-tion and goes to through the good roadwith the car or other motorcycle. Af-ter going through the journey within 9Km from the district town, all visitorswho visit this temple will arrive at non-irrigated dry field. This land is fullyplanted by the coconut trees with beau-tiful panorama that make a comfort-able atmosphere.

Pertaining to the name (Abhiseka)of Purancak Temple, it is inseparablefrom the holy journey (Dharmayatraand Tirthayatra) of DanghyangDwijendra, a famous Siwa ReligionAdviser. From the domestic sources,there is opinion that the name ofPurancak Temple is come the word ofPerahu Encak (Balinese Languagemeaning leaky boat or breaking boat).There is also from domestic source saythat the this temple’s name is comefrom word Ancak (The tree name, sy-camore bodi), because whenhttp://static.panoramio.com

Purancak Temple Danghyang Dwijendra crossing thesea in west part of Bali Island that isalso recognized as Sagara Rupek, hefirstly arrive at the location where thePurancak Temple existing now. Hewait his wife and son who go up theleaky boat that had been patched byspool gourd leaf ( Waluh Pahit), whileDanghyang Dwijendra go up a bitterfruit Waluh (spool gourd) by using hisboth hand and feet as oar .

When he waiting his wife and son,he was seat under a tree which is calledAncak Tree and at the same time hedo conversation with a cow farmer.Since he was seat under that tree thenThe Temple is built right in this loca-tion hence this temple is named byPurancak Temple. But in conjunctionto other domestic sources that is esti-mated the Purancak Temple is alsotaken away from the name of thiscountryside where he firstly arrive anddo pray while waiting his family.

This temple is kept by a priest everyday who waiting and monitoring ev-eryone who cross the way. The priestwill remind and admonishing if thereanyone who pass and neglect to con-duct the pray based on the regulationstated by I Ngurah Ragsasa, the pow-

erful and handle hegemony over there.Dhangyang Dwijendra and his

family continue his holy journey andpass this temple. When he arrive at thistemple area, the priest as a templekeeper who is also observe everyonecrossing this area, he admonished andasked to Danghyang Dwinjendra to dopray in this temple. When he reach inthe silent moment of praying, sud-denly inscrutable fact happened thatthis temple breaks. When witnessingthis inscrutable occurrence, I NgurahRangsasa with all his supporter arefeeling very fear and then run to hishouse meanwhile the temple priest isvery braze and request to DanghyangDwijendra return the temple back tothe perfection like previously.

Dhangyang Dwijendra finally ful-fills his request and then he do prayagain to return the temple conditionlike previously. By blessing of hisspiritual strengthens and Chastity, thetemple become intact return. Thepriest look so happy to witness all thisexperiences then DanghyangDwijendra bestow the Kalpika to thepriest in order to glorify as a proof thathe was done a holy journey to thisplace. (www.balistarisland.com)

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BUSINESS


SYDNEY - Australia sharply up-graded its growth and jobs forecasts onMonday after bouncing back from thedownturn but warned it was still oncourse for a record budget deficit.

Treasurer Wayne Swan said theeconomy was set to grow 1.5 percentin the current financial year, up from a0.5 percent contraction forecast in theMay budget, while unemploymentwould peak at a lower-than-expected6.75 percent.

The forecasts, unveiled in thegovernment’s mid-year budget update,come a day before Australia is expectedto raise interest rates for the second timein as many months following its world-

The newspaper said in its analysisof corporate filings that in the secondquarter, the 500 largest non-financialUS firms held about 994 billion dol-lars in cash and short-term investments,or 9.8 percent of their assets.

The figure was up from 846 bil-lion dollars, or 7.9 percent of assets, ayear earlier, the report said.

The trend appears to have contin-ued in the third quarter, despite an im-proving economy, The Journal noted.


WASHINGTON - CIT Group,one of the largest small-business lend-ers in the United States, filed for bank-ruptcy Sunday with its board approv-ing a “prepackaged” restructuring planto shed 10 billion dollars in debt.

After being rescued from almostcertain collapse in July following a USgovernment rejection of a bailout plea,the company had struggled for monthsto stay afloat, receiving an emergencyloan of 4.5 billion dollars as recentlyas October 28.

But when a comprehensive debt-exchange plan recently failed, the boardof the company, which ran into finan-cial problems after a home mortgagemeltdown plunged the country into itsworst crisis in decades, had begun re-organizing its capital structure aheadof a possible bankruptcy.

“With the overwhelming sup-port of its debt-holders, the boardof directors voted to proceed withthe prepackaged plan of reorgani-zation for CIT Group Inc and asubsidiary that will restructure thecompany’s debt and streamline itscapital structure,” the companysaid in a statement after the boardmet Sunday.

“Under the plan, CIT expectsto reduce total debt by approxi-mately 10 billion dollars, signifi-cantly reduce its liquidity needsover the next three years, enhanceits capital ratios and accelerate itsreturn to profitability.”

In the Chapter 11 filing with theUS Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan,the 101-year-old company reportedtotal assets of 71 billion dollars andliabilities of nearly 65 billion, mak-ing the bankruptcy the fifth largestin US history, behind LehmanBrothers, Washington Mutual,

After crisis, US companiesAfter crisis, US companiesAfter crisis, US companiesAfter crisis, US companiesAfter crisis, US companieshoard cash: reporthoard cash: reporthoard cash: reporthoard cash: reporthoard cash: reportAgence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - US companies, still reeling from a deep economic recession, are hoardingmore cash than at any time in the past 40 years, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Of those 500 companies, 248 havereported third-quarter results. Theircash increased to 11.1 percent of as-sets, from 10.1 percent in the secondquarter.

Companies as diverse as AlcoaInc., Google Inc., PepsiCo Inc. andTexas Instruments Inc. all reported bigthird-quarter increases in cash holdings,the paper noted.

“Everyone is hoarding cash,” TheJournal quotes Carsten Stendevad, head

of Citigroup Inc.’s financial-strategygroup, as saying.

Large cash balances are both acurse for the economy and a potentialblessing, the paper said. Hoardingmeans companies are spending and in-vesting less, damping economicgrowth. But that leaves them with morecash to deploy as the economy im-proves, giving them a freer hand to ac-quire and to restart hiring and capitalspending.

AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File

In this July 20, 2009 file photo, the logo of the CIT Group is seenin New York. CIT Group, one of the largest small-business lend-ers in the United States, filed for bankruptcy Sunday with its boardapproving a “prepackaged” restructuring plan to shed 10 billiondollars in debt.

Australia ramps up growth, jobs forecastsleading recovery.

“What Australia has achieved issomething special. We have avoidedthe destruction of our capital and ourskills base that is usually accompa-nied by a sharp recession,” Swan toldreporters.

“That’s something that all Austra-lians can be proud of because it’s some-thing that we have done together.”

However, the record budgetdeficit outlined in May looked set towiden slightly from 57.6 to 57.7 bil-lion dollars (52.0 billion US), or 4.7percent of GDP, while the economywill operate below capacity “forsome time”, Swan said.

“Notwithstanding the improve-ment in the economic outlook, the

economy is not yet growing at a ratesufficient to prevent further rises inunemployment, incomes remain underpressure, and a sustained recovery inthe major advanced economies is notyet assured,” he said.

Swan said Australia remained oncourse to balance the books by 2016,although net debt would hit a height of10.0 percent of GDP in 2013-2014.Unemployment was earlier forecast topeak at 8.5 percent next year.

The central bank is widelytipped to raise rates again on Tues-day after lifting them off five-decadelows last month, making Australia thefirst major Western economy to with-draw monetary stimulus in the wakeof the downturn.

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An employee at the American Disposables Inc. factory stacks bags of diaper pads October 28,2009 in Ware, Massachusetts. US companies, still reeling from a deep economic recession, arehoarding more cash than at any time in the past 40 years, The Wall Street Journal reportedMonday.

US lender CIT declaresbankruptcy

WorldCom and General Motors. CIT Group chairman and chief

executive Jeffrey Peek said the planwould allow its subsidiaries, includ-ing CIT Bank, to continue opera-tions through the reorganization.

“This market-based solution al-lows CIT to enter into the reorgani-zation process well-prepared andpositioned for a swift emergence,”Peek said in a statement.

About 85 percent of CIT’s re-ported 30 billion dollars in bonddebt participated in the voting, with90 percent of them supporting thebankruptcy plan, the company said.

The restructuring by CIT,which provides financing to nearlyone million small businesses andmiddle market companies, is a testcase of sorts for an industry whosevery business depends on the trustand confidence of customers andcreditors.

In December, CIT Group re-ceived 2.3 billion dollars from theUS Treasury as part of an emer-gency rescue package, but the tax-payer money is expected to bewiped out in the restructuring.

The decision in July not to fur-ther bail out CIT came after the USgovernment injected tens of billionsof dollars into the banking systemand outlined a policy of helpinglarge firms as the financial systemcame under pressure following thecrisis.

A US administration official atthe time said the decrease in thelevel of loans granted by CIT Groupover the past year indicated that thefirm was not too big to fail.

Operating in more than 50countries, CIT is a bank holdingcompany that provides financialproducts and advisory services tosmall and middle market businesses.

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The British beauty strips off onstageduring her protrayal of Holly Golightlyin the new version of classic AudreyHepburn movie “Breakfast AtTiffany’s” - and the sight of the star in

CONTROVERSIAL biographerAndrew Morton has dismissed re-ports his new Angelina Jolie tell-allsuggests the actress romanced hermom’s lover.

The British writer, who haspenned exposes about PrincessDiana and Tom Cruise, has turnedhis attention to Jolie, and gossips arebeginning to speculate about whatinformation the book throws up.

Morton insists the book will bea great read, but it won’t makeclaims the actress slept with her latemother Marcheline Bertrand’s live-in lover when she was just 16 - afling that allegedly destroyed the re-lationship. Morton tells Life & Stylemagazine, “It’s about as true as I’msitting on this horse.” The author is

refusing to reveal what he’s gathered for his book. He’s not the only writer digging up the dirt on Jolie - investigative

journalist Ian Halperin’s new tome, “Brangelina Exposed,” will hit book-stores on December 1. His book takes a look at the actress’ courtship andrelationship with Brad Pitt.

RYAN Seacrest has won a temporary re-straining order against a manaccused of stalking him with aknife. The TV and radio host’slawyers headed to court justhours after Chidi Uzomah wasarrested wielding a knife outsideSeacrest’s Los Angeles officeson Friday.

It’s the third timeUzomah has attemptedto make contact withthe star.

Last month he wasconvicted of threemisdemeanors afterfighting withSeacrest’s bodyguardat a California hospi-tal. He was also seenlooking for Seacrest ata Burbank radio station thesame month.

According to TMZ.com,Seacrest’s lawyer Blair Berkmade the swift decision soUzomah could be served theorder while he’s still being in-terrogated by cops on felonystalking charges. Under theterms of the temporary re-straining order he must stay 100yards away from Seacrest, hishome, job and vehicle.

The order is the secondgranted by LA authorities injust hours, after Nicole Richiesought similar measures toprotect her from twopaparazzi photographersaccused of crashing theircar into her earlier thismonth.

LINDSAY Lohan has fuelled a war of words with her fa-ther Michael - branding him a “lunatic” who “doesn’t deserve”to have children. The Mean Girls star is planning to seek arestraining order against her estranged dad after he publiclypleaded with her to seek professional help for her alleged ad-diction to prescription drugs.

The actress was horrified to discover her dad claimed shewas on “death’s doorstep” - and now she has taken to her per-sonal Twitter.com page to blast Michael, after his public alle-gations left her younger sister in tears. She writes, “My fatheris a lunatic & doesn’t even deserve such a title since he’s neverbeen around in my life other than when he’d threaten me &my family.

“He should be where he has always put himself after ver-bally abusing and physically abusing people all my life - be-hind bars. It’s so sad to get a phone call from my baby sisterjust now asking, ‘Why is daddy doing this?’ Through tears.

“He’s crossed the lines & hurt me & my family 4 the lasttime... So much for having a ‘dad’... I’m going to spend sometime with the ones that love me & I love now. I appreciatethose who continue to support me. My fans keep me strong &I love you all so much for it! My second family is what youare to me.”

Lindsay Lohan: ‘My Dad’s ALunatic & Belongs Behind Bars’

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Anna Friel

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Anna Friel’s nude role in a West End play is having a huge effecton audiences - one onlooker collapsed when the “Land of the Lost”actress peeled off her clothes.

all her naked glory was simply too muchfor one audience member. He keeledover in the aisle and had to be wheeledout of the auditorium by medics.

Friel explains, “During that na-

ked scene, about four days ago, wehad a man who collapsed in the au-dience - but it was during the nakedscene and I didn’t know if I had donesomething very wrong or it just hap-pened that he collapsed at that point.

“I remember him being carriedout on a stretcher, which was a bitdistracting.”

Biographer: 16-Year-Old Angelina Jolie DidNot Sleep With Mother’s

Angelina Jolie

Ryan Seacrest GetsRestraining OrderAgainst Alleged Stalker

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Two years later, Walsenburg andsurrounding Huerfano County arestill waiting, its residents caught ina collision between two of the West’svital resources: Water and naturalgas. “The water is so saturated withmethane and other chemicals it is notto be used for human consumption,”said Bernice Angely, who’s had wa-ter trucked to her home 10 mileswest of town since her well blew upin July 2007.

Petroglyph Energy Inc., a Boise,Idaho-based firm that has worked therolling plains of the Raton Basinsince 1999, suspended drilling untilit can stem the methane. Coloradoalso is rewriting rules that had al-lowed Petroglyph to discharge wa-ter runoff from its drilling intostreams and creeks. But Petroglyphsays it’s not clear the drilling causedthe methane leaks or prompted otherarea water wells to run dry. Eyingwhat it calls an extremely promis-ing natural gas field, it believes ashallow water formation tapped byarea homeowners isn’t connected toa deeper one pumped by the com-pany for its drilling operations.

Petroglyph chief operating officerPaul Powell also believes a growingnumber of new homes in the areacould explain some of the dry waterwells. “We’ll do what we need todo,” Powell said, stressing that hisfirm is working with the state on a

AP Photo/Judith Kohler

In this photograph taken on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, the sign and fireextinguisher were put up near a water well owned by Ben and MelanieBounds after a build up of methane blew the roof off the couple’s wa-ter well shed on the land outside of Walsenburg, Colo. Area residentsare experiencing problems with their wells since drilling for naturalgas started around the southeast Colorado community.

LETTING children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help themavoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests. Researchers inHong Kong found that children who got less sleep tended to be heavier (asmeasured by body mass index, or BMI) than children who slept more. Butamong children who slept less than eight hours a night, those who compen-sated for their weekday sleep deficit by sleeping late on weekends or holidayswere significantly less likely to be overweight or obese.

The study, which confirmed previous research linking sleep deficits toobesity in children, also found that, on average, children slept significantlylonger on weekends and holidays than on school weekdays. However, theoverweight children tended to get less weekend/holiday sleep than their nor-mal-weight peers. The researchers didn’t determine why obese and overweightchildren were less likely to sleep late on holidays or weekends, but noted thatthey tended to spend more time doing homework and watching TV than theirnormal-weight peers. Biological factors might also play a role in the com-pressed sleep cycle, they said.

“There’s a lot of evidence linking short sleep duration to higher body mass,”said Kristen Knutson, assistant professor of medicine at the University ofChicago, who was not involved in the study. “What’s unique about this studyis that it’s the first to show that extending sleep on weekends may help withavoiding weight gain.”

Still, the researchers urged caution in the interpretation of their findings,acknowledging that “an irregular sleep-wake schedule and insufficient sleepamong school-aged children and adolescents has been documented with avariety of serious repercussions, including increased daytime sleepiness, aca-demic difficulties, and mood and behavioral problems.” The precise nature ofthe link between short sleep duration and obesity remains unclear, said MaryA. Carskadon, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at BrownUniversity’s Alpert Medical School in Providence, R.I., and director ofchronobiology at Bradley Hospital in East Providence.

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SYDNEY – A massive oil leak off Australia’s north-west coast poses an “immediate risk” to dozens of ma-rine species, with untold numbers possibly dying andsinking to the Timor Sea floor, a report has said.

Biologist James Watson was commissioned to carryout a government survey of the West Atlas drilling rig,where at least 400 barrels of oil have gushed daily intothe ocean since August 21. He found about 20 deadseabirds and a dead sea snake among 23 species, andsaid the oil appeared to be drawing certain species intothe toxic area, where they were at grave risk. “The pres-ence of dying birds and dead sea snakes suggest thatthere is an immediate risk to species utilising the waterthat has been affected by the oil slick,” Watson wrote inhis report, which was released late Friday.

“It is possible that species that are dying or dead andlying in oil-affected water may not stay afloat for longperiods of time, making it unlikely that we would findlarge numbers of dead animals,” he added.

There was a “significant risk” that a change in con-ditions could push the oil into deeper waters furtherwest and north, where large numbers of endangeredcetaceans lived, he added.

“Moreover, as the breeding seasons ends... more ju-venile birds will be feeding throughout the region. Assuch, we believe that over the upcoming months the oilslick — if uncontained — may have an increasing im-pact on these species,” he said. Watson said the spillappeared to have changed the feeding and breedingbehaviour of some animals, and long-term studies wereneeded to determine how severe the impact was.

Colorado county copes with methane mysteryColorado county copes with methane mysteryColorado county copes with methane mysteryColorado county copes with methane mysteryColorado county copes with methane mysteryAssociated Press Writer

WALSENBURG, Colo. – Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend waswearing when their water well exploded and shot flames 30 feet high. The friend wasn’t hurt. But that and anexplosion at another home weeks earlier forced Colorado to suspend natural gas drilling around this southernplains town until someone could find out why dangerous levels of methane were getting into the groundwater.

solution. Petroglyph has a plan to pre-vent the flow of methane into waterwells by creating a hydraulic barrier.The company has proposed pumpingwater from an underground formationand injecting it into a row of wellswhere gas drilling occurs. Powell saidgas will migrate into a void, and “ifthe void is full of water, there isn’troom for gas to migrate through it.”

State regulators say the plan isplausible but that Petroglyph needs toprove it works. Democratic U.S. Rep.John Salazar, who farms in the nearbySan Luis Valley, has asked the U.S.Geological Survey to weigh in byevaluating the area’s water quality andformations to determine if the gasdrilling is to blame for the problems.Water coursing through porous rockand streams has allowed farming,ranching and new subdivisions tothrive in the semiarid area about 160miles south of Denver.

It also helps trap methane gas inthe vast coal seams that once madethe area a mining hot spot. The coalmines are gone, but the methane thatmade digging for it dangerous is avaluable resource. Companies likePetroglyph pump huge volumes ofwater out of the ground to relieve thepressure trapping the natural gas.Steve Gunderson, director ofColorado’s water quality control di-vision, said Petroglyph will have tobuild a water treatment plant before

it gets a new permit to dischargewater. The old permit allowedPetroglyph to release up to 8 mil-lion gallons of water daily.

Fourth-generation dairy farmerBrett Corsentino blames the dis-charges into the Cucharas River forruining his corn crops. He usesriver water to irrigate his crops justa few miles east of the homeownershaving problems with their wells.He says the high levels of sodiumin the wastewater has diminishedhis soil’s ability to absorb waterand stunted the corn’s growth.“They say, `Well, there’s noproof,’” Corsentino said. “Well,we’d been getting along for gen-erations just fine until they startedpumping 8 million gallons out ofthis country.”

Corsentino also says his herdsuffered abnormally high birth anddeath rates and now numbers 400,down from 650. He believes thecows consumed too much sodiumfrom the water and corn grownfrom it. His corn used to produce6,000 tons of silage; this year’scrop yielded 1,500 tons. However,Corsentino says his herd ishealthier and milk production hasincreased since drilling stopped.“There’s an obvious direct, sub-stantial impact to BrettCorsentino’s dairy,” the state’sGunderson said of the drilling.

Let Kids Sleep Late on Week-ends to Fight Fat: Study

Australian oil spill ‘putting animals at risk’“I am amazed at how little Australia cares about this,”

he told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. “This isa huge oil slick.” The rig’s Thai-based operator PTTEPAustralasia failed in a fourth attempt to plug the leak,now entering its 10th week, and said it could be monthsbefore the operation was successful. More than 2,000barrels of oil have been recovered from the ocean sur-face in clean up efforts to date.

Environment Minister Peter Garrett said he remainedvery concerned about the long-term impact and was “cer-tainly very anxious to see this spill stopped quickly andsafely.”

AFP/File/Leon Neal

File photo shows an animal protection officer pre-paring to remove oil from a contaminated sea bird.A massive oil leak off Australia’s northwest coastposes an “immediate risk” to dozens of marine spe-cies, with untold numbers possibly dying and sink-ing to the Timor Sea floor, a report has said.

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The St Jakobshalle will missout on a possible re-run of the USOpen final, after ailing New Yorkwinner Juan Martin Del Potrowithdrew with a lingering wristinjury. The Argentine has not beenthe same player since he beatFederer for the trophy in Septem-ber but the Tour continues apace,with Basel, the Paris Masters andthe year-end World Tour Finals inLondon from November 22 tocome as the 2009 campaign drawsto a close.

Federer’s record 15 GrandSlam titles will be feted in suitabllyhigh-class style on Monday’sopening day, with a ceremony fea-turing a performance by Spanishsoprano Montserrat Caballe. TheCatalan opera singer will be ac-companied by the Opera Choir ofthe Theater Basel and the Basel

Agence France - Presse

DOHA – Serena Williams heads for 2010 as worldnumber one, WTA Championships, Australian Open andWimbledon champion, but there’s a worrying storm gath-ering over women’s tennis. The new year should spark acelebration of marquee match-ups where the Williamssisters renew their epic rivalry with the returning KimClijsters and Justine Henin.

Hopes are also high for a fully-fit Maria Sharapovato grace more tennis courts than red carpets, while CarolineWozniacki and Victoria Azarenka lead the new genera-tion. Williams pocketed 1.55 million dollars for relievingsister Venus of her WTA Championships title here on Sun-day, but it wasn’t the only mind-boggling sum giving theWTA headaches.

The deadline for a renewal of the tour’s 88-million-dollar, six-year agreement with title sponsor Sony Ericssonis the end of the year, but the global financial crisis isnever far from sports’ front doors. “We are looking at oursponsorship seriously. We haven’t made any decision yet,and all options are open,” said Aldo Ligouri, vice-presi-dent and head of global communications at Sony Ericsson.

When the deal was signed in 2005, it represented amuch-needed boost for the WTA, which had been with-out a title sponsor in 2003 and 2004.

However, Ericsson recently reported a 74-percent fallin net profit blamed on falling sales and problems at itsSony Ericsson venture. If that wasn’t enough, there aresigns that the WTA Roadmap, designed to protect thelong-term health of its top stars, may not be having thedesired effect. The 4.55 million dollar WTA Champion-ships featured the world’s top eight players. By the endof the week, however, 10 had taken part with one alter-nate even being replaced by another.

Tearful Dinara Safina lasted just two games and12 minutes, losing her world number one spot whileWozniacki and Azarenka quit before the end of theirinvolvement. Serena played the final with her left thighbandaged; Venus needed protection for her left knee.“We definitely weren’t physically a 100-percent today.But it just shows you how much we try,” said Serena,who blamed physical exhaustion on her decision to

Agence France - Presse

SONOMA, Calif. – John Cook hada tough time staying focused Sundayin the final round of the Charles SchwabCup Championships. Loren Robertshad no such problem. Cook spent themorning exchanging text messageswith Joey Sindelar, his close friend andformer Ohio State teammate who washospitalized Saturday after having apulmonary embolism. Then Cook wentout and won the season-ending tourna-ment by five strokes for his secondChampions Tour title in three weeks.

“That kind of shocks you a littlebit when one of your compadres goesdown,” said Cook, who closed with a3-under 69 to finish 22-under 266 atSonoma Golf Club. “That’s seriousstuff. I don’t like to see anybody, friendsor family, go down like that. I was think-ing of him all day.”

Cook, also the Administaff SmallBusiness Classic winner two weeks agoin Texas, broke the tournament recordof 268 shared by Jim Thorpe and AndyBean. Roberts shook off two days ofstruggles for a second straight 66 to tiefor sixth at 13-under 275 and win thepoints title and $1 million annuity forthe second time in three years. He hadto hold off a strong surge from BernhardLanger (68), who also finished at 13under.

“I played two totally different golftournaments in one week,” Robertssaid. “The first two days I really didn’thit it very good and I really didn’t puttwell. You just hate to get to the end andblow it.” He didn’t, shooting 12 underover the final two rounds. Roberts, the2007 points champion, said he plans todonate a portion of his winnings to a

Roger Federer returns aftersix weeks off resting and

easing into his new role as afather of twin girls when he

headlines at his home event,the Swiss Indoors, starting on

Monday. The world numberone opted out of the recent

ATP Asian sojourn after agruelling mid-season, where

he re-established ATP superi-ority with titles at Paris andWimbledon plus a US Open

final appearance.

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BASEL – Roger Federer returns after six weeks off resting and easing into his new role as afather of twin girls when he headlines at his home event, the Swiss Indoors, starting on Monday.The world number one opted out of the recent ATP Asian sojourn after a gruelling mid-season,where he re-established ATP superiority with titles at Paris and Wimbledon plus a US Openfinal appearance.

Festival Orchestra, before Federer’sopening match against a qualifier.

“I’ve been back practising andtraining now for some time and allis going well,” Federer said in therun-up to the event he has won forthe last three years. “I feel much bet-ter. I’m looking forward to playingmy hometown tournament.” Federermade his last appearance on court ina Davis Cup win over Italy the week-end after losing the US Open final.

Beijing champion and Shanghaisemi-finalist Novak Djokovic makeshis debut at the tournament in themain draw as second seed, with Ger-man Andreas Beck his first oppo-nent. Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez, afamiliar face in Basel after taking the2005 title and two runner-up spots,is seeded third, with a first-roundmatch against American John Isner.

Croatian Marin Cilic takes the

fourth seeding on a wild card afterDel Potro’s pullout while CzechRadek Stepanek is seeded fifth aheadof Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka. Ameri-can James Blake will play as the sev-enth seed after an indifferent twoevents in Asia.

(AFP)

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Serena Williams of the US poses with her tro-phy and her prize after beating her sister Ve-nus in the WTA Championships final at theKhalifa International Tennis and Squash Com-plex in Doha, on November 1. Serena won hersecond career WTA Championships title witha commanding 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) victory, a triumphwhich earned her a cool $1.55 mln.

Serena triumph clouded by fearsover WTA health, wealth

withdraw from the US team to face Italy in the FedCup final.

In 2009, players saw their WTA tournament com-mitment cut from 13 to 10.Both Williams sisters haveplayed 16 events, including the four Grand Slams;Wozniacki played 90 matches in a year which saw herreach the US Open final and reach four in the world.“We were asking the athletes to play 13 commitments,and they’re down to 10,” said Stacey Allaster, the WTAchief executive.

“If we don’t have healthy athletes, you know, wecan’t have a level of product that we want.” While Serenaflies into 2010 as world number one, 29-year-old Venusknows time is ticking. The holder of 41 titles, it’s beeneight months since she last held up a trophy and shelooked sluggish in Doha, squeezing into the semi-finalsdespite losing two of three round-robin encounters.

Cook wins finale,Roberts takes points title

(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

John Cook hits from the fair-way on the third hole duringthe final round of the CharlesSchwab Cup Championshipgolf event in Sonoma, Calif.,Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.

Sacramento-area school district to helpkeep girls’ and boys’ golf programsgoing.

Russ Cochran (68) finished secondin the tournament. Brad Bryant (69) andJeff Sluman (68) were 15 under, andPhil Blackmar (69) was 14 under. Af-ter opening with a 68 on Thursday,Cook shot a tournament-record 62 inthe second round and followed witha 67 to enter Sunday with a comfort-able lead. Though he continued tohave a few problems off the tee, Cookstayed consistent throughout the fourdays and avoided getting into serioustrouble. He was bogey free Sundayand had only two bogeys the entiretournament, making up for whateverproblems he did have with a solidshort game and steady putting.

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The group stage’s fourth round of matchescould also be crucial for the fortunes of formerchampions Bayern Munich and Liverpool, cur-rently out of the top-two places in their groups.Bayern host French champions GirondinsBordeaux in Group A and Liverpool, who havelost six of their last seven games, travel toOlympique Lyon in Group E.

Real playmaker Kaka returns to the San Sirostadium for the first time as the Spaniards visithis old club hoping to avenge their 3-2 defeatat the Bernabeu.

That result prompted a dramatic turn-around in the fortunes of the two sides. ACMilan’s rookie Brazilian coach Leonardo,who went into the game under severe pres-sure, is now sitting pretty after an unbeatenseven-match run while opposite numberManuel Pellegrini is feeling the heat. “Realis a game which you especially prepare for.We hope to maintain our high level of play,”Leonardo said.

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MILAN - Real Madrid playmakerKaka will come up against a resur-gent AC Milan when he returns to theSan Siro on Tuesday for the first timesince his close-season move. Milanwere on the ropes before their stun-ning 3-2 win at Real two weeks agoand now look favourites in the reverseChampions League Group C fixture.

Fans of the Serie A club wereshattered by the sale of the Brazilianand a dreadful start to the season, in-cluding a 1-0 home defeat by FCZurich, made them feel even worse.However, a switch to a 4-3-3 forma-tion has since worked wonders andLeonardo’s side are unbeaten in sevengames.

“Real is a game which you espe-cially prepare for. We hope to main-tain our high level of play,” Leonardotold reporters after Saturday’s 2-0 winover Parma. Striker Marco Borriello,fit after a year out with a back injury,was set up by Ronaldinho to scoreboth goals but faces a battle to stay inthe side with European maestroFilippo Inzaghi, 36, waiting in thewings.

Only one of the target men is ex-pected to start on Tuesday withformer Barcelona forwardRonaldinho set to play on the left ofthe front three and Alexandre Pato,who netted twice at the Bernabeu,poised for the right. Former Realstriker Klaas Jan Huntelaar is there-fore likely to stay on the bench whilecentre back Alessandro Nesta hopesto return after missing the Parmamatch with a thigh problem.

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BERLIN - Italian striker Luca Toni looks to havebeaten Mario Gomez in their battle for a BayernMunich starting spot for Tuesday’s ChampionsLeague match against Girondins Bordeaux. Toni,who scored midweek against Eintracht Frankfurt inthe German Cup and carved out several chances inSaturday’s goalless draw with VfB Stuttgart straightafter coming on, may have done enough to confine30-million-euro striker Gomez to the bench.

Gomez, the Bundesliga’s most expensive sign-ing, was picked to start against his former clubStuttgart but coach Louis van Gaal hinted Toni, whomissed much of the early season with a heel injury,would be his choice against Bordeaux. “The reasonGomez (started) was that he is from here and heknows the grass, he knows the pitch,” Van Gaal said.“But Toni had played four matches in a row and Ihave to think about Bordeaux.”

With only four points from three matches, theBavarians have so far failed to meet expectations,lying in third place in Group A, a point behindJuventus and three off leaders Bordeaux. With in-jured playmaker Franck Ribery out for several weeks

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A.C. Milan’s forward Marco Borriello celebrates after scoring with A.C. Milan’s Bra-zilian forward Pato during their Serie A football match AC Milan vs Parma at SanSiro Stadium in Milan on October 31, 2009.

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BERNE - AC Milan and Real Madrid will swap roles on Tuesday whenthey meet again in the Champions League while Inter Milan and AtleticoMadrid are among 10 sides still seeking their first wins of the group phase.Barcelona, beaten 2-1 at home by debutants Rubin Kazan last time out, visitthe same team on Wednesday knowing that another defeat would put themout of the top two in Group F.

Pellegrini’s position was questioned afterReal’s embarrassing 4-0 defeat by third-tierAlcorcon in the King’s Cup made it threegames without a win. A 2-0 La Liga win overGetafe on Saturday, courtesy of two goals fromunsung Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain,calmed the waters a bit. But defeat on Tuesdaycould see another storm brewing for Pellegrini,who will again be without injured CristianoRonaldo. “The papers have been full of namesof great coaches but we are happy withPellegrini and we are sure he will finish theseason positively,” club president FlorentinoPerez told Italian television.

Milan and Real top Group C with sixpoints, three ahead of Olympique Marseille andFC Zurich who meet in France. Barcelonatravel to Russia having had their league leadover Real slashed to one point following a 1-1draw at Osasuna. Rubin Kazan, Barcelona andDynamo Kiev each have four points in GroupF with Inter on three.

Bayern strikers battle itout for Bordeaux game

and in-form Thomas Mueller suspended, Van Gaalwill have to rely on the speed of midfielder ArjenRobben, just back from a knee injury, to set the pacein Munich on Tuesday.

Bayern will also be missing defender Daniel vanBuyten who, like Mueller, was red-carded in their 2-1 defeat in Bordeaux last month, with Argentine Mar-tin Demichelis the most likely replacement. Ligue 1leaders Bordeaux geared up for the game with a clini-cal 1-0 win against Monaco on Saturday. They onceagain proved dangerous on set pieces, with defenderMarc Planus poking the ball home after StephaneRuffier had parried a Marouane Chamakh header froma Wendel free kick.

“It was a good game to prepare for the Bayerngame,” said midfielder and captain Alou Diarra. “Wecan approach this Champions League match serenely.We will travel there to take at least a point. We expecta tough game.” Bordeaux’s mission will not be aneasy one, warned Diarra.

“Bayern have their back to the wall ... but wewill go there aiming to spring a surprise.” Bor-deaux will be almost at full strength, with onlyBrazilian centre back Henrique set to miss thegame with a knee injury.

Munich’s Luca Toni, left,scores past Stuttgart’sgoalkeeper Jens Lehmann,right, as Stuttgart’s SerdarTasci, 2nd from left, andMunich’s BastianSchweinsteiger look onduring the German firstdivision Bundesligasoccer match between VfBStuttgart and BayernMunich in Stuttgart,Germany, Saturday, Oct.31, 2009. The refereedecided the goal off-side,the match ended 0-0. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

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Real Madrid’s coach Manuel Pellegrini ofChile, right, gives instructions to Kaka ofBrazil during a Spanish La Liga soccermatch against Getafe at the SantiagoBernabeu stadium in Madrid, SaturdayOct. 31, 2009.

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He retired as a precaution after losing top spot to Sebastian Vettel in thefirst round of pitstops, with the team’s preliminary investigation suggest-ing a one-off faulty brake pad. “I had a good start, but I realised early onthat something wasn’t right with the brakes,” said Hamilton. “After threeor four laps, it became clear that there was a problem with my right-rearbrake pad, so I couldn’t open up the gap back to Sebastian and Mark[Webber].”

“When the problem got worse, the team radioed me and told me tostop at the end of the lap. Of course, it’s a shame that we couldn’t showthe performance we’d had throughout the weekend - but sometimesthat’s racing. However, I think we can be really proud of our efforts:who’d have thought we’d finish third in the Constructors’ Champion-ship at the start of this season? It’s been an incredible year, and now Ican’t wait for next season to start so I can fight for the world champi-onship again.”

Team principal Martin Whitmarsh paid tribute to Hamilton’s perfor-mance, and admitted that it could have been dangerous to allow him tocontinue to run with the faulty brake pad. “Lewis drove absolutely su-perbly all weekend – in fact he drove absolutely superbly all year,” saidWhitmarsh.

“Today, though, after just five laps, his right rear brake pad began toshow signs of an unusual level of wear – a rogue pad, we think – and as aresult we had to stop him for safety reasons. That was an enormous pity,because up to that point he’d shown blistering pace every day.” Whitmarshsaid that he was proud of his team crowning its impressive turnaroundafter starting the season well off the pace by clinching third in the Con-structors’ Championship. “The fact that we beat Ferrari to third place is ofcourse a matter of pride to us, and I want to pay tribute to all at VodafoneMcLaren Mercedes for the superhuman efforts they all made in achievingthat milestone,” said Whitmarsh.

KAMUI Kobayashi is now set torace for Toyota in Formula 1 nextyear, after team president JohnHowett said he had been impressedwith the youngster in his two out-ings for the team. Kobayashi deliv-ered his first F1 points with a strongrun to sixth place in Abu Dhabi -helped in part by a brave overtak-ing move past world championJenson Button.

And with Toyota looking for newdrivers for next year, Howett said itwas likely that Kobayashi wouldtake one of the team’s seats in 2010.“It looks like it,” explained Howett.“We will have to give really seriousconsideration, as he has reallyshown very good strong results.

“I am very impressed. We werevery happy again. What we like ishis real fighting spirit. He is not in-timidated by anybody. It’s verypositive.” Howett said thatKobayashi’s performances haderased all doubts about his poten-tial – after a difficult season he en-dured in GP2 this year.

“I think that is why there wassome hesitation. We always under-stood that he was very good in termsof racing spirit. That has been thereall through his career, but becausepartly the GP2 pace did not lookcompetitive, you were always hesi-tant against the risk. It is a lessondefinitely that sometimes we should

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McLaren Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain reacts after setting the poleposition after qualifying session at the Yas Marina racetrack , in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. The Emirates Formula One Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, Nov. 1.

Hamilton bemoans brake problemsLEWIS Hamilton believes that he and McLaren were unable

to show their true pace in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after bat-tling brake problems that ultimately forced his retirement. Pre-race favourite Hamilton led from the start, but a problem withthe right-rear brake pad began to show up on the team’s dataon lap three.

Kobayashi set for 2010 Toyota driveall be braver in our driver choicesand not go for the safer risk-hedgeddecision.”

And although experienced driv-ers Heikki Kovalainen and AdrianSutil have been linked with Toyota,Howett also suggested thatKobayashi’s performances couldalso prompt the team to take twoyoungsters. “I think that is some-

thing we are currently discussing.There are some [current] drivers thatare not fixed who you would con-sider, but if they looked not likelythen we would prefer to take a bravenew direction.” Toyota is likely tofirm up its driver line-up after a Japa-nese board meeting on November15, where the team’s operating bud-get for 2010 will be signed off.

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Toyota driver Kamui Kobayashi of Japan steers his car duringthe third free practice session at the Yas Marina racetrack inAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. TheEmirates Formula One Grand Prix will take place here on Sun-day, Nov. 1, 2009.

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