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Page 1: International-Bali Post. Monday, January 31, 2011

For placing advertisment,please contact: Eka Wahyuni

0361-225764

HOTLINE

CITY TEMPERATURE OC

WEATHERFORECAST

23 - 32

23 - 32

20 - 29

22 - 32

23 - 33

DENPASAR

JAKARTA

BANDUNG

YOGYAKARTA

SURABAYA

SUNNY BRIGHT/CLOUDY RAIN

PAGE 12

Monday, January 31, 2011

16 Pages Number 383rd Year

e-mail: [email protected] online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com.

http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

Price: Rp 3.000,-

PAGE 8

PAGE 6

‘King’s Speech’gets new Oscarsboost

Bangladeshbeggars to be ‘paid’during World Cup

Eruption of MountBromo Causesinternationaltemporary flightdelays

Groups of protesters were seenheading steadily towards Tahrirsquare, epicentre of the biggestdemonstrations to sweep the coun-

Associated Press WriterBERLIN – A head-on collision

between a cargo and a passenger trainkilled 10 people and injured 23 oth-ers in eastern Germany, police saidSunday. Authorities believe the deathtoll could rise in one of the country’sworst train accidents. The trainscrashed in heavy fog late Saturday ona single-line track near the village ofHordorf, close to Saxony-Anhalt’sstate capital Magdeburg. It’s about125 miles (200 kilometers) southwestof Berlin, Germany’s capital.

“The crash was so strong that AP Photo/dapd, Jens Schlueter

Continued on page 6

Train crash in Germanykills 10, injures 23

the passenger train was catapultedoff the tracks onto a nearby field,”Armin Friedrich, the police officerin charge of the rescue efforts, saidat a news conference in Hordorf.

AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED

An Egyptian demonstrator uses his mobile phone to take a picture of a burnt army tank during clashes in central Cairo onJanuary 29, 2011 as thousands of anti-regime demonstrators continue to pour onto Cairo’s streets, demanding PresidentHosni Mubarak stand down the day after the veteran leader ordered the army to tackle the deadly protests.

Cairo braces for sixth dayof anti-Mubarak angerAgence France Presse

CAIRO – Crowds of protesters began massing in centralCairo for a sixth day of angry revolt against Hosni Mubarak’sregime Sunday amid increasing lawlessness, a rising deathtoll and a spate of jail breaks.

try in more than 30 years, wherearmy tanks guarded key buildings.

Troops manned checkpoints onroads into the square, frisking dem-

onstrators for weapons before al-lowing them in. Around 2,000people, many of them sitting downand including families, were insideby midday (1000 GMT). Demon-strators chanted anti-Mubarak slo-gans with a group bearing an armyofficer in uniform high on theirshoulders amid a good-temperedatmosphere far from the chaoticscenes of the past two days.

Army vehicles drove around thesquare with “No to Mubarak”spraypainted on their flanks in Ara-bic. With fears of insecurity risingand a death toll of more than 100,thousands of convicts broke out ofthe Wadi Natrun prison north ofCairo overnight after they over-whelmed guards. Eight inmatesdied in the mass escape.Continued on page 6

Police officers inspect theoverturned engine of a

passenger train after a traincrash in Hordorf near

Oschersleben, easternGermany, Sunday morning,

Jan 30, 2011.

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InternationalMonday, January 31, 20112

Bali News

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Gianyar (Bali Post) –This year 2011 Gianyar Govern-

ment is planning to renovate theUbud general market as the marketlocated in the middle of boomingUbud is becoming uncontrollable.Moreover, as Ubud is said to be acultural tourist destination, it needsa better supporting public facility.This was revealed during a meetingbetween public figures and Ubudmarket sellers with Gianyar RegentTjok Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati inthe renovation socialization at UbudHead Sub District Office last Friday(28/1).

The Regent to have come downand talked in the socialization wassomething new as he never camebefore being this the third socializa-tion. The plan has been welcomedwell however public figures re-quested the renovation to be donesoon as this plan has been statedsince 2009. “Hopefully this will bethe last one and no more waiting,”Head of Padangtegal Village, MadeDana, stated.

Besides that, the budget for thisconstruction has been questioned. Itis hoped a fund is already allocatedand not only just a plan, as stated byWayan Subali, Head of Ubud KajaEnvironment. It is then stated that itwill be funded by investment also

The Head of Bali Health Services,Nyoman Sutedja, stated that up to now,14 foreign tourists were reported tohave been infected by Legionnaire dis-ease. They were 12 Australian touristsand respectively one New Zealand andFrench tourist. Previously, 11 foreign-ers were tested positive to the disease.They consisted of nine Australians, andrespectively one Dutchman, andFrench.

“We have asked the district/munici-pal health services to conduct a thor-ough investigation since the casescame into view. Then, report theprogress of patients with acute respi-ratory tract in the working area of eachservice,” said Sutedja in front of tensof tourism stakeholders in Kuta onSaturday (Jan 29).

According to Sutedja, his party hadchecked a number of tourist accom-modation facilities in Bali, especiallyin Southern Bali. Unfortunately, thelaboratory process to ensure the spreadof the bacteria was time consuming.“Since its transmission is through wa-ter and air, it may have spread acrossBali. Probably, it has also reachedLovina, Candi Dasa, or evenLembongan,” he said.

Though it had attacked 14 foreign-ers, Sutedja ensured if there were cur-rently no local residents who allegedlyinfected by the bacteria attacking thelungs. Bali Health Services had madea check and monitoring against thenumber of acute respiratory infectionsand pneumonia disease. ”We have tocheck the cases of acute respiratoryinfection in Bali, but there is no sig-nificant improvement. In 1996, it onceappeared but causing no casualties,”he added.

Meanwhile, the Secretary Generalof the Indonesian Hotels and Restau-rants Association (PHRI) of Bali

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Operation of the Sarbagita buses

will have a negative impact on tour-ist transport business in Bali. Em-ployers coalesced into the membersof the Bali tourist transport associa-tion (Pawiba) worried if the opera-tion of the mass transportation ser-vices connecting the city ofDenpasar, Badung, Gianyar andTabanan and passing through themain tourist areas would grab theirbusiness opportunity.

“We are worried if the touristswould prefer to take mass transpor-tation because its service passedthrough a number of tourist areas andthe price offered will be cheaper,”said Chairman of the Pawiba Bali,Bagus Soediana on Friday (Jan 28).

According to him, 130 entrepre-neurs joined in the Pawiba with 900lease vehicles and 2,500 buseswould continue to improve their ser-vice to users, especially tourists, to

Three moreThree moreThree moreThree moreThree moreAustralian touristsAustralian touristsAustralian touristsAustralian touristsAustralian touristsinfected byinfected byinfected byinfected byinfected byLegionnaireLegionnaireLegionnaireLegionnaireLegionnaireMangupura (Bali Post)—

After nine Australian tourists were reported positive to Le-gionnaire disease, three more citizens of the Kangaroo Countrywere later declared to be positively contracted by the acute res-piratory infections caused by Legionella pneumophilia bacte-rium. The data were revealed by the Bali Health Services.

Chapter, Perry Markus, said that thespread of Legionella pneumophiliabacterium in Bali had not shown sig-nificant effect on the Bali tourism.Even, some travel agents had ques-tioned about the matter to his party.

“We have made coordination withthe association of chief engineer andassociation of housekeeping in Bali forthe handling the disease. Because, thetwo organizations serve as the front lin-ers in that field,” he said.

He had confidence if the associa-tions and other tourism associations inBali were serious about the issue of thedisease soaring recently. Moreover, theclinical impact of the disease was notas severe as the bird flu or SARS. “Webelieve the government can handle thisproblem properly. When the bird flu,swine flu, and SARS outbreak came,the government could handle. So, I dobelieve the government can handle thedisease better as well,” he said.

The Indonesian Housekeeper As-sociation (IHA) of Bali Chapter,Nyoman Sugiarta, said specifically thehousekeeping had already maintainedthe sanitation of indoor and outdoorenvironment that could be controlledby the air conditioner. “We will coor-dinate this matter with the engineer toimmediately conduct a thoroughcleaning,” he said.

Legionnaire disease first occurredin Philadelphia in 1976 with 182 casesand killed 29 people. Meanwhile, inIndonesia it once occurred in placessuch as Bali 1996 and KarawaciTangerang in1999. Based on a surveyconducted in 2001 on the water towerof cooling systems in hotels in Jakartaand Denpasar was found that 20 per-cent of the officers managing the wa-ter management of the cooling towersystem ever contracted by theLegionella bacterium. (par)

Trans Sarbagita feared totake over portion of Pawiba

prevent the transition of touristtrends.

“We do hope the Sarbagita trans-port services will only be providedto meet the transportation needs oflocal people in Bali and not take overthe market share of tourist transport,although it passes through the tour-ist areas like Denpasar, Badung,Gianyar and Tabanan,” he said.Bagus Soediana also expected therewould be no competition betweenthe entrepreneurs of tourist transportand Sarbagita. Realization of theprogram to overcome the traffic con-gestion in Denpasar and surround-ing areas would create mutualisticsymbiosis relationship.

Previously, the Head of BaliTransportation Services, MadeSanta, hinted that Sarbagita busesattempted to move regularly withinintervals of 15 minutes. It was in-tended to avoid the impression thatpublic transport was not on time. The

purpose of establishing the TransSarbagita was to provide a modern,cheap, and economical transporta-tion facility and to overcome theproblems faced by the drivers ofpublic transport so far.

Communities were expected touse it as good as possible in orderthe number of vehicles on the routeof Denpasar-Gianyar, Badung andTabanan could be slightly reducedand traffic congestion could beavoided.

In its operation, the governmentwould take the drivers of publictransport whose route eliminatedwhen the Trans Sarbagita would bein operation. Later on, the publictransport would be empowered as afeeder in the route branches and sub-branches conveying passengers fromresidential housing to bust stop andvice versa. The government wouldsubsidize the transport services sothe fares would be cheaper. (par)

IBP/file

Ubud Market which is located in Gianyar Regency.

Uncontrollable, UbudGeneral Market Renovated

from market’s kiosks and los rents.It is said there are 76 kiosks and 208los in the market right now and inthe renovation it will be added so it’lltotal up to 83 kiosks and 211 los witheach kiosk will be rented IDR1.250.000 per month and for los IDR400.000 per month.

If Ubud market renovationfunded by self-management,Gianyar government also needs fundto build a new one in Singakerta

which will be the temporary placefor Ubud market sellers during therenovation. It is said end of year willbe the latest to do so.

According to consultant Ir.Gemuda, the concept of the renovatedUbud market won’t be far from be-ing the culture village. The orienta-tion will be inside, all buildings willbe connected with corridors and thoseoutside and sides will be closed byglasses as a display place. (kmb16)

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—The Indonesian government is con-

sidered incapable of carrying out a na-tional agricultural policy related to self-sufficiency in rice. As proof, in last2010 Indonesia was unable to performthe self-sufficiency in rice. Even, In-donesia remained to import the rice upto 1.2 million tons. Secretary Generalof the National Executive Board of theIndonesian Farmers Association(HKTI) of Prabowo Subianto version,Fadli Zon, revealed the matter whenopening the Fourth Regional Councilof HKTI Bali at Wisma Sabha Hall inthe office of the Governor of Bali, Fri-day (Jan 28).

According to Fadli Zon, Ministerof Agriculture on one occasion said thatIndonesia only imported about 600thousand tons. To ensure the number,

One of the troubles are if thetransactions done overseas whichmeans those villa owners/guests canstraight away live/stay in the villaand so their data are not recordedstraight away, “The police knowsmore about this. So we think withthis join work recording data for thefuture will be better and to antici-pate criminality that can happen.”

Still connecting to illegal villas,until the end of January Suryanegarais still inventorying, “We have gone

Tabanan, DenPostA villa at Banjar Taman Tanda,

Candikuning Village, Baturiti be-came a victim of robbery last Fri-day (28/1). The guest from Jakartaand a retired army member who wasstaying there just knew it happenedafter some valuables were foundmissing around 7 am according to

Singaraja (Bali Post) –The mother who threw her baby

to the river of tourist destinationLovina, specifically in Banyualit,Kalibukbuk Village, Buleleng wasat last captured by police fromSingaraja City Police Crime Re-search Section. The woman namedLuh Kompiang Sareni alias LuhKompiang (24), Banyualit resident,still intensively investigated untilSaturday (29/1).

Head of Singaraja City Police,AKP Supardi Mahaputra, accompa-nied by the Head of Criminal Re-search Section First Inspector MadeAgus Dwi Wirawan, explained themother have admitted her acts andrevealed that she is shamed of thebaby as it is a result of a secret af-fair with someone who lives in thearea too.

It is stated the baby boy was bornlast Wednesday (26/1) around 8 amlocal time. The birth process wasdone by herself without anyone’s

Police CivilPolice CivilPolice CivilPolice CivilPolice CivilService TroublesService TroublesService TroublesService TroublesService TroublesRecording VillasRecording VillasRecording VillasRecording VillasRecording Villas

IBP/file

The officers are inspecting the illegal villa which is being build in Badung regency

Mangupura (Bali Post) –Badung Police Civil Service will coordinate with the Police

and Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Group (PHRI) to create aMoU connecting to illegal villas. This MoU will be planned inthe next few days and is one way to force down criminality invillas. Head of Badung Police Civil Service Operational and Con-trol, IGAK Suryanegara, stated that this join work is to knowspecifically the guests data that are on each villas. Police is saidto know more on which villa owners or guests coming which willease up recording data on villas and much accurate.

to the field to check, but it’s hard toprove which one is illegal or not asthe owners keep on changing.”

Meanwhile, criminality in villashave invited worries to the BadungHouse of Representatives Commis-sion A member, Wayan Regep. Tohim it needs clear action to handleillegal villas. Badung Governmentneeds to be more serious on it and itis hoped there will be socializationson security standard to villa ownersand even on permits. (kmb25)

Indonesia imports 1.2 milliontons of rice in 2010

the HKTI directly contacted the farm-ers’ organizations of Vietnam. In fact,according to the explanation of the Viet-namese farmers’ organization, the fig-ure rose to 1.2 million tons. “It is a bur-den because the national agriculturalpolicy of Indonesia has not exactlyreached the right target. The increasingnumbers of rice imports was indeed dif-ferent from the data presented becauseit is highly related to political interest,”he said.

Fadli Zon added that the increasingnumber of rice imports occurred be-cause the government had less capa-bility of doing a good rice management.Affirmed, the budget policy for the ag-ricultural sector was not very support-ive because the agricultural sector wasonly budgeted at IDR 16 trillion, or notmore than 2 percent of the total National

Budget amounting to IDR 1,200 tril-lion.

“To optimize the agricultural sec-tor, the budget should be increased, atleast, to 15 percent. If the educationsector is increased by 20 percent whyshould the agricultural sector be allo-cated less than 2 per cent?” he criti-cized while adding that the increasingbudget in the agricultural sector wasabsolutely required considering that 50-70 percent of Indonesian people hadprofession as farmers.

Furthermore, this politician of theGreat Indonesia Movement (Gerindra)Party also highlighted the policy inagricultural sector development thathad not been integrated yet. He con-sidered the government of Indonesiahad not been able to integrate the agri-cultural policy. Fertilizer for agricul-ture, for example, was under the Min-istry of Industry, irrigation under theMinistry of Public Works and market-ing of agricultural products under theMinistry of Commerce.

“Indonesia needs to learn from anumber of countries that have imple-mented policies in an integrated na-tional food security. Disintegratedpolicy is the cause of failure of gov-ernment efforts to improve the agri-cultural sector. Not to mention theIndonesia’s agriculture whichshould face uncertain weatheranomalies, increasingly decline inagricultural products, and the priceof agricultural goods continuing tosoar,” he said. (kmb13)

IBP/ist

The rice field in Bali. Indonesia imported 1.2 million tonsof rice in 2010.

Villa at Taman Tanda RobbedHead of Baturiti Police AKP GustiPutu Sudara.

From the investigation, victimexplained his watch, bracelet, cellphone and some cash were taken.Sudara suspected that the robberyhappened the night before or duringearly morning, “This case is stillbeing investigated further.” (121)

A Young Mother ArrestedAlleged to Throw Her Baby

help as Agus Wirawan stated, “Thebaby was then placed in BanyualitRiver. Even so, the mother felt wor-ried and came back on 2 pm to seethe baby and it is still alive.”

After two days, Friday (28/1), themother came back to see him againyet it was no longer there as it hasbeen found unconscious or dead byresidents and police.

As told before, Banyualit wasshocked by a founded baby boy in ariver of the area last Friday (28/1).The baby was found first by KetutNariasih (65), a grandmother wholives near the river. At that time shewas going to find something nearbythe river, yet she smelt somethingrotten. After looking around, shefound a baby’s body in the middleof the small running river. When it’sfound, the baby smelt so bad andcovered in worms. She then in-formed it to other residents whichthen forwarded to Singaraja CityPolice. (kmb15)

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International4 Monday, January 31, 2011 News

There is muted hope thatMonday’s convening of the new leg-islature will be a step, however small,in the right direction for a countrythat has seen the army rule with im-punity since a 1962 coup ended thelast legitimate parliamentary democ-racy. Still, with a quarter of the seatsin the upper and lower houses re-served for the military and the re-mainder dominated by political par-ties loyal to the outgoing junta, thereis little chance for an actual returnof power to the people.

The junta for years has been tout-ing the convening of parliament asthe penultimate step in its so-calledroadmap to democracy, leaving onlythe task of having it elect a presi-dent. Current junta chief SeniorGen. Than Shwe, however, is ex-pected to remain the country’s guid-ing force, no matter what positionhe holds in the new regime.

While the general public is curi-ous who may become head of state

Reuters

TUNIS – A leading TunisianIslamist was due to return from 22years in exile on Sunday in one ofthe most powerful symbols to dateof the change that has swept thecountry since protesters ousted itspresident this month. SheikhRachid Ghannouchi, head of theEnnahda movement, has lived inLondon since he was exiled in1989 by president Zine al-AbdineBen Ali, who was toppled onJanuary 14 by popular proteststhat have sent political tremorsacross the Arab world.

“Our role will be to participatein realizing the goals of thispeaceful revolution: to anchor ademocratic system, social justiceand to put a limit to discrimina-tion against banned groups,”Ghannouchi told Reuters a daybefore his return. “The dictatorhas fallen and I want to be in thecountry,” he said.

Ennahda, which likens its ide-ology to that of Turkey’s rulingAK Party, was the strongest op-position force in Tunisia beforethe crackdown that forcedGhannouchi out of the country.

However, the Islamists did notappear to be a leading force in thewave of protests that toppled BenAli. It has yet to be seen whetherGhannouchi’s return cangalvanise the party.

Associated Press Writer

JUBA, Sudan – SouthernSudan’s referendum commissionsays more than 99 percent of vot-ers in the south opted for seces-sion according to the first officialprimary results released since thevote was held earlier this month.

The head of the commission’ssouthern bureau, Justice Chan

Over 99 pct in Southern Sudanvote for secession

Reec Madut, said Sunday in theregion’s capital of Juba that voter turn-out in the 10 states in the south wasalso 99 percent. He says more than 60percent of eligible voters turned outin the country’s north, 58 percent ofwhom voted for secession.

The chairman of the SouthernSudan Referendum Commission,Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil, said 99 per-cent of Sudanese voters in eight na-

FILE - Southern Sudanese menline up to casts their votes at a

polling center in Juba, SouthernSudan, in this Jan. 10, 2011 file

photo. AP Photo/Pete Muller, File

tions also voted for secession. Fi-nal results from the referendumwere scheduled to be announced inFebruary.

AFP PHOTO

Myanmar Buddhist monks walk pastYangon’s regional parliament com-

pound on January 28, 2011. Myanmaris “very concerned” about its fledgling

parliament, ramping up securityaround the building in the country’snew capital of Naypyidaw as part of

preparations for a grand opening nextweek, an official said.

Myanmar parliament toMyanmar parliament toMyanmar parliament toMyanmar parliament toMyanmar parliament toopen, but army in controlopen, but army in controlopen, but army in controlopen, but army in controlopen, but army in controlAssociated Press Writer

YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar is preparing to open its first ses-sion of parliament in more than two decades, a major step in the rul-ing military’s self-styled transition to democracy but one being car-ried out with little fanfare or public enthusiasm.

— even though it is certain to be aprominent member of the junta —there appears to be little popular in-terest in parliament’s opening. LastNovember’s election and the wide-spread perception the junta cheatedto ensure a victory by its proxies hasdone little to quell criticism that theroad map is nothing more than armyrule by a different name.

Even the military has done littleto highlight the simultaneous open-ing of the 440-seat lower house and224-seat upper house in a massivenew building in Naypyitaw, the re-mote city to which the capital wasmoved from Yangon in 2005. Thereare few if any of the propaganda bill-boards that normally trumpet momen-tous state occasions. Neither the pressnor the foreign diplomatic commu-nity has been invited to attend, whichis tantamount to saying “stay away.”

While the credibility of the roadmap was long ago dismissed by op-position leader Aung San Suu Kyi

and her National League for Democ-racy party — which boycotted thepolls and consequently was dis-solved under a new election law —some antimilitary parties prefer tolook at the bright side.

They expressed optimism that de-spite being a minority, they will be ableto make proposals and work for demo-cratic changes within a legal frame-work that was previously absent.

“Our experience of 20 years try-ing to make our voices heard fromthe streets hasn’t yielded any result.But this time I am optimistic that wecan achieve something as we aregoing to talk in the parliament,” saidThein Nyunt, an elected representa-tive and former leader of the Na-tional Democratic Force, a partyformed by breakaway members ofSuu Kyi’s NLD.

Others, however, note that thecombination of military and pro-military lawmakers can pushthrough or block any legislation andconstitutional amendments on theirown. The pro-junta Union Solidar-ity and Development Party com-bined with military appointees willaccount for 85 percent of seats in thelower house and 83 percent in theupper house.

AP Photo/Hassene Dridi

Students demonstrate in Tunis, Thursday Jan. 27, 2011. A govern-ment official says Tunisia’s prime minister is expected to announcethe country’s second interim government since the ouster of theformer dictator.

Tunisia’s leading Islamistto return from exile

Protests have largely dried upin the last few days following theannouncement of a new interimgovernment purged of most of theremnants of Ben Ali’s regime.

The security forces have soughtto restore order to the capital,where confrontations betweenshopkeepers and protesters haveindicated dwindling support fordemonstrators from Tunisians whowant life to return to normal.

The interim government has yetto set a date for new elections.Ennahda officials have said theparty will take part in parliamen-tary elections, and analysts say itcould emerge as a major politicalforce in the vote.

However Ennahda will notnominate a presidential candidateand Ghannouchi, 69, has said hedoes not want to run for any pub-lic office. His movement, foundedin 1981, is seen as moderate byexperts on Islamist movements.

Tunisia has imposed a secularorder since independence fromFrance in 1956. Habib Bourguiba,the independence leader and long-time president, considered Islam athreat to the state. Ben Ali easedrestrictions on the Islamists whenhe seized power in 1987, beforecracking down on them two yearslater. “We are taking part so we canmove from a one-party system toa true multiparty system withoutcorruption or oppression.”

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Activities Monday, January 31, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for February 1 through March 2, 2011

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

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

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

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

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With an overall score of 91.1,AYANA was just one of four hotelsin Indonesia to make the coveted list,which in its 17th year is one of themost prestigious compendiums of thebest hotels, resorts and cruise lineson the planet. The list is based on theresults of the magazine’s annual in-dependent Readers’ Survey, whichwas completed by almost 26,000 vot-ers. Entries are intended to reflect aproperty’s character and the uniqueguest experiences it offers, rather thana tick-list of its facilities.

“Updated annually, it is a trulyglobal tally of peerless travel expe-riences (and proves the mobility anddiscriminating tastes of our read-ers),” the magazine said in its Janu-ary issue as it revealed the results.

Ayana Awarded Conde Nast Gold List HonorsAyana General Manager Charles

de Foucault expressed delight at re-ceiving such high recognition for thesecond year running, maintainingAyana’s listing from the 2010 GoldList. “Conde Nast Traveler readersare well-traveled, accustomed toluxury service, and have no tolerancefor anything less than first-class. Theydemand innovation, reliability and thewow factor,” said Charles. “To belisted by such travelers among theworld’s best hotels is a true honor forAyana, reflecting our continued evo-lution since our rebranding to an in-dependent property in 2009. Thankyou to everyone for your support.”

The Gold List results come shortlyafter Ayana was awarded Asia’s Lead-ing Luxury Resort for the second yearrunning at the World Travel Awards inNovember, and Asia ‘s Leading LuxuryVilla (AYANA Villa). Other accoladesin 2010 include being voted the #1 SpaHotel in the World by Conde Nast Trav-eler readers, voted among the Top 20Hotels for Value Overall by Travel +Leisure readers, and voted Indonesia ‘sLeading Independent Resort at the In-donesian Tourism Awards.

1 FebruaryAnggarKasih Tambir

Dalem Puri Temple in Batuan - SukawatiDalem Kediri Silakarang in Silakarang -Singapadu - GianyarDalem Temple in Sukawati Village - GianyarDalem Temple in Singakerta Village - Ubud -GianyarDalem Lemben in Ketewel - Sukawati -GianyarPaibon Pasek Tangkas in Peliatan - UbudPuseh ngukuhin in Keramas - GianyarPemerajan Agung Ki Telabah in Tuakilang -TabananKarang Buncing in Blahbatuh - GianyarDalem Bubunan in Seririt - BulelengDesa Badung Temple in DenpasarMerajan Pasek Gelgel Gobleg in Turupinghe -Banjar - BulelengLuwur Pedengenan Bedha in Bongan -TabananMerajan Dukuh Sebudi in Keramas - GianyarMerajan Pasek Ngukuhin in Keramas - GianyarPucak Payongan in Kedewatan - Ubud -GianyarTanah Kilap “ Griya Anyar” in Suwung Kawuh- Denpasar SelatanSelukat Temple in Keramas - Blahbatuh -GianyarDalem Tampuagan in tembuku - BangliDalem Waturenggong in Desa Taro - GianyarDalem Bentuyung in Ubud - GianyarPuseh Temple in Ubud - GianyarDalem Temple Peliatan Ubud - Gianyar

2 FebruaryBuda Umanis Tambir, Tilem Kawulu

Sari Bankar Titih Kapal - BadungUlun Kulkul (Aci Sarin Tahun) Besakih -KarangasemDalem Yang Taluh Sidemen -Karangasem

Dalem Kangin Sidemen - Karangasem.

16 FebruaryBuda Keliwon Matal

Puseh & Desa Temple Sukawati Village - GianyarMerajan Agung Batuyang - batubulanPasek Gelgel Bebetin Sawan - BulelengMaspahit Temple Sesetan - South DenpasarPasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran -TegalalangPanti Pasek Gaduh Sesetan - South DenpasarMerajan Pasek Kubayan Wangaya GedePedarman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih -Karangasem

17 FebruaryPurnama Kesanga

Penataran sasih Temple Pejeng - GianyarBukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Batur VillageKintamani - bangli

26 FebruaryTumpek Kandang Day

Puseh Temple Gianyar CityLuhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - TabananMerajan Pasek Gelge Tegal Gede - Badung

2 MarchBuda Wage Menail

Dalem Tarukan LinggihCemenggaon Sukawati -GianyarPasek Dangke Bambang - BangliPenataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Pejeng Kaja -GianyarPuseh Menakaji Peninjoan - BangliMerajan Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh - GianyarKawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga BlahbatuhGianyarKawitan Gusti Celuk Celuk - Sukawati - GianyarBaler Sada Temple Banjar Pemebatan, KapalMengwi

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“We want to keep them off thestreets at least for two months dur-ing the World Cup. Bangladesh isa host of the prestigious event. Alot of tourists will be here and theydon’t like to see beggars,” he toldAFP.

Alam said he would meet withbeggars’ representatives onWednesday to organise the pay-ments and discuss other benefitssuch as free food and clothes. “Wewant to treat the issue as humanelyas possible. Many of these beggarsare disabled and many have fami-lies and their children studying inschools and colleges. So obvi-ously, they must be compensatedwell,” he said.

Excitement is building in im-poverished Bangladesh as it pre-pares to co-host the cricket World

Bangladesh beggars to beBangladesh beggars to beBangladesh beggars to beBangladesh beggars to beBangladesh beggars to be‘paid’ during World Cup‘paid’ during World Cup‘paid’ during World Cup‘paid’ during World Cup‘paid’ during World Cup

AFP/File/Munir Uz Zaman

In this photo taken on December 10, 2010, Bangladeshi workers cover the ground at the ZahurAhmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.

Agence France Presse

DHAKA – The mayor of Chittagong city in southern Bangladeshsaid Sunday that he would pay hundreds of beggars a daily wageto keep them off the streets during the cricket World Cup. ManzurAlam said that about 300 disabled beggars would be given 150taka (two dollars) a day after the tournament’s opening ceremonyon February 17 to compensate them for loss of earnings.

Cup along with India and SriLanka.

Local sports fans are desperateto see their team play on home soil,and riot police have been called into quell unrest in huge queues fortickets.

The national side, captained bysuperstar all-rounder Shakib AlHasan, have enjoyed a recent im-provement in form and hopes arehigh for success in group stagematches against major teams suchas India and England. After theopening ceremony in Dhaka, thecapital will hold six games andChittagong will host two matches.

According to a 2005 study,Bangladesh has about 700,000 beg-gars, with those in urban areas earn-ing an average of 100 taka a dayfrom donations.

A security official said the fa-cility held many Islamist politicalprisoners with the escaped in-mates spilling out into nearbytowns and villages. Prisoners alsofled several other prisons acrossEgypt, the official said.

Amid rampant pillaging inmore than five days of deadly pro-tests, many Egyptians believe thatthe police have deliberately re-leased prisoners in order to spreadchaos and emphasise the need forthe security forces. At daybreak,groups of club-carrying vigilan-tes slowly left the streets that theyhad been protecting from rampantlooting overnight amid growinginsecurity as the Arab world’smost populous nation faced anuncertain future.

Youths handed over to the armythose they suspected of looting,with the police who had beenfighting running battles withstone-throwing protesters in thefirst days of the demonstrationshardly visible. Many petrol sta-tions are now running out of fuel,motorists said, and many bankcash machines have either beenlooted or are no longer working.Egyptian banks and the stock ex-change have been ordered closedon Sunday.

Embattled Mubarak on Satur-day named military intelligencechief Omar Suleiman as his first-ever vice president and also a new

Cairo...

The front rows of the first passen-ger compartment were completelycrushed and several seats were lyingoutside the train. The dark imprintsof some of the bodies that had beenremoved could be seen on the whitefrosty ground next to the crash site.The noise of the collision was heardin Oschersleben village, more thanfour miles (about seven kilometers)away.

“We are still speechless andshocked by the images and the levelof destruction,” said HolgerHoevelmann, the interior minister ofSaxony-Anhalt.

The cause of the crash was underinvestigation, with experts lookingat all possibilities, including techni-cal failure and human error. Nearly200 police and rescue workers weresent to the crash site. About 50people were on the passenger trainwhen the accident happened, policesaid. Most of the injured were so se-verely hurt that doctors fear the deathtoll could rise, he added.

Chancellor Angela Merkel ex-

From page 1 premier, Ahmed Shafiq, but pro-testers dismissed the moves as toolittle, too late. Both men are stal-warts of Egypt’s all-powerful mili-tary establishment.

Suleiman, 75, has spearheadedyears of Egyptian efforts to clinchan elusive Israeli-Palestinianpeace deal and tried so far in vainto mediate an inter-Palestinian rec-onciliation. Shafiq, 69, is re-spected by the Egyptian elite, evenamong the opposition, and has of-ten been mooted as a potential suc-cessor to Mubarak.

Egypt’s state-owned pressadopted a new tone on Sunday,with the traditionally pro-MubarakAl-Gomhouria touting “Change.”Al-Akhbar newspaper slammedsenior ruling party member AhmedEzz, who until his resignation onSaturday, was considered numberthree in the country, blaming himfor having “ruined everything.”

Fresh riots Saturday, the fifthday of the revolt, left 22 peopledead in the town of Beni Sueif,south of Cairo, where protesterstried to burn down a police station,witnesses and a security sourcesaid.

Another three protesters died inCairo and three police were killedin the Sinai town of Rafah, rais-ing to at least 102 the number ofpeople killed since the unresterupted on Tuesday, including 33on Saturday, according to medics.

As Mubarak stood his ground,influential Arab cleric Yusuf al-

Qaradawi called on him to quit,in an interview with Al-Jazeera.

Demonstrators chanted anti-Mubarak slogans with a groupbearing an army officer in uniformhigh on their shoulders amid agood-tempered atmosphere farfrom the chaotic scenes of the pasttwo days. “Leave Mubarak. Havepity on the people and get lost be-fore the destruction spreads inEgypt,” said the Egyptian-bornpresident of the InternationalUnion of Muslim Scholars, whocalled the president “deaf, dumband blind.”

On Sunday, Egypt’s outgoinginformation minister Anas al-Fikki ordered the closure of AlJazeera’s operations in Egypt af-ter the pan-Arab satellite channelgave blanket coverage to the anti-government riots. Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahusaid in Jerusalem on Sunday thatIsrael is carefully watching devel-opments in Egypt and its effortsare focused on maintaining the“stability and security” of the re-gion.

The Rafah crossing betweensouthern Gaza and Egypt wasclosed on Sunday, a Palestinianofficial told AFP, saying Egyptianofficials had left the border fol-lowing the spiralling political un-rest. UN Secretary General BanKi-moon meanwhile called for“restraint, non-violence and re-spect for fundamental rights” inEgypt, addressing the African

Union summit that opened inAddis Ababa.

The United States said Satur-day that Mubarak should carry out“real reform” beyond a govern-ment reshuffle, as the US presi-dent met top aides on the crisis

and anti-Mubarak protests spreadto US cities.

President Barack Obama gath-ered his national security team atthe White House for a session last-ing just over an hour on latest de-velopments in Egypt.

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pressed her condolences, saying shetoo was shocked. “My thoughts arewith the families of the victims,”Merkel said in a statement. Thechancellor also thanked the manyrescue workers for their immediateand tireless help.

“I trust that everything will bedone to find the cause of this hor-rible tragedy,” Merkel said. Twobodies have been identified, but po-lice did not want to release theiridentities before informing relatives.A phone hotline was activated forfamily members and friends, andpsychologists and ministers were onthe scene to counsel rescue person-nel.

Police said they were havingtrouble identifying victims becausemost of them were not carrying anykind of ID with them when the acci-dent happened.

In 2006, 23 people were killed ina train accident in Emsland in north-ern Germany and 101 people diedin 1998, when a high-speed trainderailed near Eschede in Lower-Saxony.

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Antara

KUPANG - Floods are ham-pering efforts to evacuate 93 il-legal immigrants from Iran, Iraq,and Afghanistan stranded onNaikliu beach which is separatedby a river from Kupang, accord-ing to a city official.

“We haven’t been able toevacuate them until now becausethe river is flooding and there’s nobridge. We have to wait until theriver dries up and we can cross itby walking on its bed to reachNaikliu from Kupang,” said headof Kupang’s Immigration OfficeSilvester Sili Laba on Saturday.

He added the East NusaTenggara police and InternationalOrganization for Migration(IOM) were trying to evacuatethe illegal immigrants by land butfloods still posed a problem andtherefore officials had decided toevacuate them by sea.

Rising food prices across manyparts of the world have been partlyresponsible for a number of protestsin the last week and world leaderswarned on Thursday they riskedstoking more unrest and even war.

Indonesia surprised markets thisweek by buying nearly 5 times asmuch rice as expected, lifting re-gional prices, and the measure to re-move rice duty until its own harvestin March could signal it may be look-ing to stockpile more of the staple.

Fresh demand from Indonesia andBangladesh for rice is sending a wor-rying sign the region’s main staplemay join a price surge for other grains,worsening Asia’s spiralling food in-flation. Elsewhere, countries like Al-geria are rushing to buy grains, a moveseen heading off unrest over foodprices as protests swept north Africa.

Food price protests were seen asa major factor in the ousting ofIndonesia’s long-term autocraticruler Suharto in 1998, and investorworries over inflation at a 20-monthhigh in December led to a sell-off inIndonesian markets this month.

“Globally there is increasing pres-sure on governments, especially de-veloping countries where food pricesrepresents a higher proportion oftheir CPI basket, to implement someimmediate measures to fight infla-

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

A buildings half buried under volcanic debris stands in Jumoyo, Magelang in Central Java on January 30, 2011.At least one hundred houses were swept away or buried by volcanic mudflow following heavy rains that carrieddebris from Merapi volcano. Disaster management officials said they had recorded 353 deaths and many ofthose were buried under fast-flowing torrents of boiling hot gas and rock that incinerated villages on thesouthern slopes when the volcano exploded on November 5, its biggest eruption in over a century.

Floods hampering evacuationof 93 illegal immigrants

Indonesia suspends rice,Indonesia suspends rice,Indonesia suspends rice,Indonesia suspends rice,Indonesia suspends rice,soybean duties to combat inflationsoybean duties to combat inflationsoybean duties to combat inflationsoybean duties to combat inflationsoybean duties to combat inflation

Antara

CILEGON - Vice PresidentBoediono called on the Transpor-tation Ministry to improve nationaltransportation safety to reduce thenumber of accidents on land andat sea.

“I urge the Minister of Trans-portation to improve the existingtransportation safety proceduresand to apply them soon,” Boedionosaid during a visit to the KrakatauMedika Hospital here Saturday.

He said it seemed the existingtransportation safety instrumentsneeded to be upgraded or repairedand transportation safety proce-dures revised.

The transportation minister, hesaid, must take immediate and con-crete measures to prevent furtherlosses of life due to transportationaccidents. The Vice President alsoasked the ministry to continuesearching for the still missing vic-tims of Friday’s ferry fire in theSunda Strait.

Transportation safety issues hadbeen discussed several times at theVice President’s office, he said,adding that they needed immedi-ate responses to prevent the occur-rence of more accidents.

Reuters

JAKARTA - Indonesia will suspend import duties on rice, soybeansand wheat as part of government efforts to fight inflation and the presi-dent warned about the global risks posed by scarce resources, as coun-tries grapple with escalating food costs.

tion and avoid civil unrest,” saidChen Xin Yi, analyst at BarclaysCapital.

Southeast Asia’s biggesteconomy also suspended importduties for soybeans and wheat forall of 2011, but maintained dutieson sugar despite high prices for thesweetener causing state firms to failto buy any in recent tenders.

Rising food prices, especially forrice and chillis, have been at the topof Indonesian policy makers’ agen-das after they helped drive annualDecember inflation to near 7 per-cent, leading economists to call forrate hikes and President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono to ask peopleto start planting food at home.

Yudhoyono told the World Eco-nomic Forum meeting in Davos thatthe next economic war could be overthe race for scarce resources, due tothe pressure on food, energy, waterand resources, as the world popula-tion could top 9 billion by 2045.

“They are trying everything toadd commodity supply into thecountry,” said Wellian Wiranto,economist at HSBC. “It’s a goodthing for inflation, to ease the bottle-neck of domestic supply from over-seas. But don’t depend on it toomuch to tame inflation.”

Traders are speculating on what

other commodities may see importduties cut. The archipelago is reli-ant on imports of wheat, sugar andsoy from Australia, Thailand and theUnited States, and occasionally buysrice if government stocks are low.

Indonesia hasn’t seen food pro-tests so far. Costs may have easedthis month, but the price of rice — astaple for its 240 million population— is still high, partly because themain harvest has not yet started.

Earlier this week, Indonesia’sstate buying agency Bulog bought ahefty 820,000 tonnes of rice fromThai exporters for prompt shipment,traders and industry officials said.

“Import duties for both soybeanand wheat should return to normallevels of 5 percent each by January2012,” Bambang Brodjonegoro, thehead of the fiscal policy office at thefinance ministry, told reporters.

A soybean industry official saidthe duty cut would be good for manyproducers and consumers, althoughIndonesian farmers would be un-happy as it might harm domesticproduction.

“We want the duty to stay zero,”said a wheat industry official.“Wheat is Indonesia’s second staplediet after rice. The farming industrywill reject any further duty in-creases.”

Higher wheat prices led Indonesia’sPT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur ,the world’s top noodle maker, to saythis week it had lifted the price of itsinstant noodles by roughly 10 percenta pack, which could further push updomestic inflation.

VP asks minister to improvetransportation safety procedures

“We emphasize the importanceof enforcing transportation safetyprocedures and all parties includ-ing passengers should obey thesafety procedures,” he said.

During his visit to victims of theferry fire being treated at the hospi-tal, Boediono said some hospitalsand health centers had taken care ofthe victims appropriately, conformto the procedures and there were asufficient number medical officersto treat the ferry fire victims whosustained lung, respiratory injuriesand bone fractures.

Jasa Raharja and Jamsostek (in-surance agencies) were asked togive immediate service to the vic-tims to ease the health cost.

Meanwhile, TransportationMinister Freddy Numberi saidsome transportation safety proce-dures needed to be improved in-clude the passenger flow and reg-istration of public transportation.

“All safety procedures for pas-senger have been accomplishedand will be improved,” Freddy said,adding that the number of lifeboatsand lifebuoys should be increased.

The authorities were still con-ducting an investigation into theferry fire to establish what hadcaused it, he said.

“The officials are trying to evacu-ate them by the sea because thefloods are not over yet,” he said,adding that the immigrants had beentrapped on Naikliu beach for threedays since January 27.

The illegal immigrants were saidto be on their way to seek asylum inAustralia. There were also womenand children in the group who hadused a motorboat rented from a lo-cal fisherman to get to Australia.

According to Sili Laba, the im-migrants from Iran, Iraq and Af-ghanistan had been trying to reachAustralia illegally and they hadmade Kupang as the gate to reachAustralia. High and strong waveshad hit their boat and destroyed it.

Officials in Kupang, he added,would establish contacts with the re-spective embassies to notify them ofthe incident. The deportation processfor the immigrants would begin af-ter the immigrants had been evacu-ated to Kupang.

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Bali Today

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Eruption of Mount Bromo

Causes internationaltemporary flight delays

“On that account, the airlines ofAustralia decided to postpone theirdeparture and landing from theNgurah Rai because they receivedinstructions from the air trafficcontrol of the country,” said theActing General Manager of PTAngkasa Pura I Ngurah Rai Air-port, Bali, Rachman Syafrie, Sat-urday (Jan 29).

Meanwhile, at the same time,said Rachman, the flight of GarudaIndonesia serving the route to Aus-tralia remained active as usual. In-ternational flights which had de-layed their departure from thecountry concerned were such as theairline of Australia, Singapore andThailand whose numbers were 11out of 21 units. “The air traffic con-trol only decided temporarily to di-vert the flight from the airport oforigin to avoid the eruption ash ofMount Bromo,” he said.

Antara

DENPASAR - The Indonesianisland resort of Bali has been ableto produce 150,000 tons of sea-weed in 2010 or increased by 42.8percent from 105,000 tons in theprevious year.

“The 150,000 tons of seaweedwere harvested from a cultivationarea of 707.7 hectares, coveringthe waters of Nusa Penida inKlungkung district, Kutuh Beachin Badung district, Benoa,Denpasar, and Bukti Beach inBuleleng district which serve asseaweed development centers inBali,” local Maritime Affairs andFisheries Office spokesman GustiPutu Nuriatha said here on Satur-day.

He said the seaweed productioncenters in Bali had a great poten-tial but unfortunately a small partof it has been used.

FOTO ANTARA/Nyoman Budhiana

Hundreds of passengers to Perth, Australia are waiting in line to board the plane at interna-tional departure in Ngurah Rai International Airport. Not less than 13 airlines from internationalflights have to cancelled their flights to Indonesia on these last two days.

AntaraMANGUPURA - The airlines serving the international desti-

nations, especially to Australia, at the Ngurah Rai InternationalAirport, Thursday (Jan 27), was once delayed temporarily dueto the eruption of Mount Bromo in East Java. Based on data ofsatellite, the authority of the airlines saw the eruption move-ment of the Mount Bromo led easterly and southerly or towardthe Ngurah Rai airport.

In the meantime, the activities ofdomestic flights serving the resi-dents traveling to various regions inthe country remained to run nor-mally. “As a matter of fact, the do-mestic flight services are runningnormally. However, there is a deci-sion of international flight such asthe airlines from Australia to delaytheir flight as instructed by the air-port traffic control concerned,” hesaid.

Nevertheless, the flight activitiesin the Ngurah Rai International Air-port, Bali, were not significantly af-fected by the eruption. “Actually,the airport activities were not sig-nificantly affected by the recenteruption of Mount Bromo,” he said.Likewise, it was said that the totaldaily aircraft movements at theNgurah Rai Airport amounted to253 units, both domestic and inter-national flights.

Bali produces 150,000tons of seaweed in 2010

Gusti Putu Nuriatha said thecoastal areas of Nusa Penida, asmall island located around 19miles southeast of Bali, had endan-gered seaweed of spinosum typefound nowhere else around theworld.

Local people started to knowthat spinosum was endangered sea-weed after researchers from theBogor-based Institute of Agricul-ture and the Denpasar-basedUdayana University conducted re-searches on the seaweed in NusaPenida’s coastal area sometimeago.

“In the future the endangeredspecies of spinosum seaweed canbe developed optimally to increaseits production by 353 percent in thenext five years,” Gusti PutuNuriatha said.

Therefore he has provided theNusa Penida farmers with 295 unitsof seaweed drying equipment.

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Balinese Culture

Monday, January 31, 2011 9International

OVERVIEW:This is usually served with sambel tomat as a

contrasting condiment. The sugar cane is used to helpsoften the tripe rather than to add any sweetness to thesoup.

INGREDIENTS:600 gr beef tripe, cleaned and washed well3 liter water1 liter beef stock1 cup beef spice paste5 cm sugar can stem, split lengthwise(optional)2,5 cm ginger, peeled and sliced lengthwise4 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced1 tbsp distilled white vinegar200 gr giant white radish, peeled and diced in 1 cm

cubes5 sprigs celery leaf chipped1 tbsp fried shallots

PREPARATION:Rinse tripe well under running water until very clean.

Bring water to boil in a large pan, add tripe and simmeruntil soft approx 1 hour.

Strain water and cool tripe in ice water. Cut in piecesapprox 2,5 cm x 1cm. Bring beef, beef spice paste,sugar cane, ginger, garlic and vinegar to boil. Add tripeand radish. Simmer until vegetables are soft. Garnishwith celery leaf and fried shallots.

Helpful hints:Any type of summer squash or Chinese winter melon

can be used instead of giant white radish (Japanesedaikon). This soup reheats well, sing cabbage; thecooking time will be much shorter. Season to taste withsalt and pepper and garnish with fried shallots.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Antara

DENPASAR – Textile and textile products from Baliare highly demanded by the customers abroad so it is of-ten exported to various countries all around the world.The head of Documentation and Publication Division inBali Government, said “many textiles and textile prod-ucts exported abroad started from regular textiles to sou-

Soto Babat(Clear Tripe Soup)

Textile from Bali enter international marketvenirs made from textiles.”

He added that Bali’s textiles are very unique and it at-tract the attention the customers abroad and in Indonesia.

Actually, the process to make the unique textiles isvery complicated especially the craftsmen in Bali usenon machines sewing tools (ATBM). They do all theproduction process manually.

The craftsmen especially in the villages use the simpletools to create many kinds of fabrics and products suchas endek, bebali, songket, and keeling. “Some of thefabrics and products are exported abroad,’ Teneng said.

He explained that often many of the clothes are deco-rated with beads so they become even more interesting.According to Teneng, Bali exported 5,008,144 metersworth $7.9 million during January through November2010 period.

The revenue gained from textiles export was increas-ing 34% compare to the similar period in 2009 which was$5.9 million. Bali was also exporting 10.65 million of gar-ment products worth $102 million in 11 months of 2010.

The island was also exporting textile and textile prod-ucts worth $294,534 during January through Novem-ber 2010 period. It decreased 36% compare to the pre-vious year which was $336,630.

From the data, textile and textile products play im-portant role in the number of non-oil and gas export ofBali. The total number of Bali non-oil and gas export inJanuary through November 2010 was $469.92 million.The number increased 1.6% compare to the similar pe-riod in 2009 which was $462.5 million.

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Tirta Empul Temple or TampakSiring Temple is a holy spring wa-ter temple located in Tampak Sir-ing Village, Gianyar regency and itis about 39 km eastwards fromDenpasar town. It is set in the daleand encircled by the hill. In the westside of this temple, there is an In-donesian President palace whichhas been found by the first presi-dent. The name of Tirta Empul isloaded in a inscription which is keptat Sakenan Temple, Manukaya vil-lage, Sub district of Tampak Siring,about 3 km from Tirta EmpulTemple. In this inscription, the TirtaEmpul is named by the Tirta Ri AirHampul and then the name haschanged into Tirta Hampul and fi-nally become the Tirta Empul. TirtaRi air hampul is meaning the wateremerge or the holy pool (Petirthan)which is the water emerge from theland.

The wellspring emerges from theland is believed that it is the infinitecreation. According to the history,that, that this water source is ar-ranged and sanctified by king

Tampak Siring TempleIndrajayasinghawarmadewa in theyear 882 Saka (960 M). He has giventhe name with Tirta ri air hampul.The data is loaded in the inscriptionthat is located at Sakenan Temple.Besides of the above epigraphy data,in Tirta Empul Temple is also foundthe archaeology omission like Co-lossus Yoni, Arca Lion, Tepasanaand Tirta Empul Pool. According topapyrus of Usana Bali narrated thatTirta Empul is created by BhataraIndra (Sun Deity) when bearingarms against the king where his pal-ace is located in Bedahulu Country-side. He is known as a very miracu-lous king, which he can lose or showsuddenly, therefore he is named byMayadenawa. Because of itsmiracle, he becomes the arroganceand expressing himself as a god. TheMayadenawa King owns the assis-tant (Patih) which is calledKalawong. They prohibit the peopleto do the Yadnya (praying to the god)so that is often happened the naturaldisaster, disease epidemic, agricul-ture fail and finally miserable life so-ciety. Finally Betara Indra (one ofHindu God) gives battle against thekings that happened in Tampak Sir-

ing and then the Mayadenawa isgone to the wall and disappear. KingMayadenawa has also created poi-sonous pools which can the team ofBathara Indra die and faint afterdrinking this water. Then BatharaIndra stick the weapon of Umbul-

umbul and finally the water isemerging so that called by TirtaEmpul and then it is passed to thedead and faint soldier that madethem back to live. Therefore at themoment this pool water is sanctifiedby the Hindu society in Bali and they

believe that this water source canheal various of diseases, hence ev-ery day this place is a lot of visitedby Hindu people to do the ritual andsanctify them self . This place hasbeen opened for public and as a fa-mous tourist destination in Bali.

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BUSINESS

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON – With USPresident Barack Obama and hismain foes both embracing a tradepact with South Korea, oppo-nents are racing against the clockto regain momentum while sup-porters are leaving nothing tochance.

Obama, delivering his annualState of the Union address,pressed lawmakers to act “assoon as possible” on the tradeagreement which would lift 95percent of tariffs between theUnited States and the fourth-larg-est Asian economy.

His stance marked a rare pointof agreement with the rival Re-publican Party which swept No-vember elections and havepressed Obama to go further bymoving ahead as well on pend-ing trade deals with Colombiaand Panama.

Han Duck-Soo, the South Ko-rean ambassador to Washingtonwho has spent months persuad-ing lawmakers and business lead-ers to back the deal with his coun-try, said he was “definitely con-fident” that the two legislatureswill approve it.

He said that negotiations werecomplete and that a final textwould be ready soon. US TradeRepresentative Ron Kirk has seta goal of ratification by Julywhen the European Union willenter its own trade pact withSouth Korea.

The South Korea deal was firstdrafted under former presidentGeorge W. Bush and Obama op-posed it as a senator. But Obamasays the revised pact would sup-port 70,000 US jobs and believesa concerted effort to boost ex-ports can revitalize the USeconomy.

Former opponents includingthe Ford Motor Co. and UnitedAuto Workers labor union sup-port the pact as renegotiated bythe Obama administration as itgives more time for the UnitedStates to end tariffs on South Ko-rean cars.

But the AFL-CIO, the largestUS labor confederation, and theconsumer advocacy group Pub-lic Citizen have vowed to fightthe pact, which they argue wouldprimarily benefit corporations.

A group of left-leaning SouthKorean lawmakers, along withlabor and farm activists, visitedWashington in late January tocounter their government’s advo-cacy of the trade agreement andform common cause with US op-ponents.

While US policymakers say

Reuters

DAVOS – Top bankers adopteda softer tone after high-level meet-ings at the World Economic Forumon Saturday, thanking governmentsfor shoring up the financial systemin the hope of avoiding tighter regu-lation.

But, in a reminder of the prob-lems banks still face after absorb-ing billions of dollars of taxpayers’money in bailouts, French FinanceMinister Christine Lagarde said fin-anciers needed to show real thanksby changing their behavior.

After kicking off the debate atthe Forum’s annual meeting with anattack on regulation, bankers tooka different tack on Saturday at ameeting with finance ministers, em-phasizing their wish to help createjobs and boost growth.

“I think it was a very construc-tive meeting and a meeting wherewe recognized that a lot haschanged,” Barclays’ Chief Execu-tive Bob Diamond, who acted as theco-chair of the bankers this week,told a Davos panel discussion onSaturday.

“But an awful lot has changedin the last three years and we shouldsay ‘thank you’ to the central banks,to the finance ministers, to the regu-lators because banks are operatingin a safer and sounder financial sys-tem.”

Lagarde, who was on the samepanel, was quick to respond.

AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

Participants read documents as they take part in the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meet-ing at the Davos’ Congres Center on January 29, 2011 in Davos. Some 2,500 political and indus-try leaders are gathered in the small alpine village for the forum, which ends on January 30.

Bankers play contrite,offer olive branch at Forum

“The best way for the bankingsector to say ‘thank you’ would beto actually have good financing ofthe economy, sensible compensa-tion systems in place and reinforce-ment of their capital,” she said tolaughter and applause.

The mood in the chic Alpine vil-lage soured at the start of the forum,when Goldman Sach chief operat-ing officer Gary Cohn accusedrulemakers of pushing risk towardthe unregulated financial sector byputting an excessive burden onbanks.

Tension rose when JP Morgan’sboss Jamie Dimon, one of the fewU.S. bank bosses to survive the cri-sis, publicly clashed with FrenchPresident Nicolas Sarkozy for put-ting more regulation on the agendaof the G20, which Sarkozy nowchairs.

Sarkozy lashed out, tellingDimon that banks had done thingswhich “defied common sense” andwere wrong to resist more regula-tion. “If people present me as ob-sessed with regulation, it’s becausethere is a need for regulation,” hesaid.

But bankers opted for a moreconciliatory tone when they met fi-nance ministers, central bankers in-cluding European Central Bankchief Jean-Claude Trichet and regu-lators at a close-door gathering onSaturday morning that formallyconcluded deliberations on finan-cial regulation.

Deutsche Bank CEO JosefAckermann said the mood at themeeting had been good and Pruden-tial Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam,the other informal spokesman of thebankers’ group, called the session “agood meeting of minds.”

“I think it was more upbeat than Iexpected,” said Howard Davies, aformer chairman of the UK Finan-cial Services Authority who also at-tended the meeting.

“There was no kind of sense of‘let’s have an argument about over-regulation, too much capital, banksare being beaten up or whatever’. Itwas more ‘how do we ensure coor-dination ?’”

Congressman Barney Frank, alsopresent at the meeting, said that con-trary to 2006, there was now a rec-ognition among bankers thatpolicymakers need to regulate thesector, and probably venture into the“shadow banking” system at somepoint.

Yet, although accepting that regu-lation is here to stay, bankers askedfor a quick and consistent implemen-tation of the many requirements thatare being imposed on them, espe-cially for banks that are operatingacross many countries.

“There is a need to rapidly endthis phase of regulatory uncertaintyand to know that ... there is a levelplaying field and that the rules areequally implemented,” said FedericoGhizzoni, chief executive of Italy’sbiggest bank UniCredit.

Fight to finish onUS-South Korea trade pact

the trade pact would boost a keyalliance, the visiting lawmakerswarned it could also breed resent-ment against the United States —particularly among SouthKorea’s farmers.

“This agreement would onlyfurther polarize Korean societyso that people will suffer moreand more and a very small por-tion of society will get richer,”said Kang Ki-Kab, a farmerturned lawmaker from the Demo-cratic Labor Party.

Chun Jung-Bae, a lawmakerof the main opposition Demo-cratic Party, called for a “massuprising” in South Korea againstthe pact but said it was also criti-cal to stop ratification in the USCongress.

“If this agreement gets passedin the United States that will havea great impact in Korea. If itdoesn’t, then we see that as a verypositive step toward stopping thisagreement,” Chun said.

The agreement also faces op-position from US lawmakers inranching states who want SouthKorea to buy more beef. Seoulhas pushed back after the beefdispute triggered major protestsin 2008.

US critics of free trade agree-ments question if exports them-selves would create jobs. Instead,they want more pressure onChina to revalue its currencywhich they believe is artificiallyundervalued.

Senator Sherrod Brown, aDemocrat from Ohio, “will con-tinue to make the case that it is amistake to pursue the same kindof trade deals that ballooned ourtrade deficit and led to massivejob loss,” said a spokeswoman,Meghan Dubyak.

A number of Democrats cam-paigned on trade criticism inNovember’s election but lost toRepublicans, who traditionallyhave been more supportive offree trade deals.

However, a number of thenewly elected Republicans comefrom the right-wing populist TeaParty movement, some of whosemembers are deeply skepticalabout international agreements.

Christopher Wenk, senior di-rector for international policy atthe US Chamber of Commerce,said that the business federationsaw “strong bipartisan support”for the Korea free trade deal butwas talking with all new law-makers.

“Obviously we are not takinganyone for granted. We are go-ing to be reaching out to themaggressively, one by one,” Wenksaid.

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Tom Hooper got the top gong foroutstanding directorial achievementat the Directors Guild of America(DGA) show, seen as a key indica-tor of prospects for success at nextmonth’s glittering Academy Awards.The winner of the DGA award hasgone on to win the Oscar for bestdirector on all but six times since1948. Hooper’s movie starring ColinFirth as the stammering King

Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – British actorAnthony Hopkins gets to battle withthe devil in his latest movie, a filmin which he plays a possessed priest— but insists it’s good to face up toone’s inner demons. In “The Rite”the veteran star plays Father Lucas,tasked with teaching a young USpriest studying exorcism in Romeabout Good and Evil — but who endsup needing the devil cast out of him-self.

The film, which opened in theUnited States on Friday, is based onthe book “The Making of a ModernExorcist” by American author MattBaglio, and is directed by Mikael

Agence France Presse

PARK CITY, Utah – A docu-mentary at this year’s Sundancefilm festival takes aim at genderinequality in the United States andthe distorted image of women in themedia. “Miss Representation,” thedirectorial debut of actress Jenni-fer Siebel Newsom, peers throughthe glass ceiling with a wide rangeof women, including political andmedia figures who would seem tohave broken through it.

The film is in competition at theSundance independent film festivalhere in the US state of Utah, withprizes to be announced later on Sat-urday. It features dozens of inter-views with American women fromall walks of life — including Demo-cratic House Minority LeaderNancy Pelosi and former secretaryof state Condoleezza Rice — whodiscuss the gender barriers theyhave faced and ways to lift them.

“Some of them were actuallyfrightened to say something, theywere afraid of losing their job. Thatshows this fear that we have inAmerica, the fear we women haveof speaking our mind,” Newsomtold AFP. “Hopefully I’m encour-aging other women and men tohave a voice and stand up for

Hopkins seeks the ‘devil’ inside, in new filmHafstrom. “It was not the exorcismitself that drew me to it. You don’tmake films about subjects, you makefilms about characters. It’s a com-ing-of-age story about finding your-self, finding your way in life,”Hafstrom said.

Seventy-three year-old Hopkins,whose past thriller roles include no-tably Dr. Hannibal Lecter in “TheSilence of the Lambs,” said he reada lot of books to prepare for the cleri-cal role.

“I wanted to make this priest areal human being, in part by makinghim impatient and irascible. I didn’twant to play him as a soft kind ofone-dimensional man,” he told re-porters at a Beverly Hills hotel.

His character is initially skepti-cal about the “truth” sought by Cali-fornia priest Michael Kovac (playedby Irish actor Colin O’Donoghue),who eventually has to save FatherLucas in a powerful exorcism scene.

“The power of Michael Kovak isthat he has a deep faith. But he be-lieves in the truth. Anything that isextremely fundamental whichknows the truth is something to bewary of,” says Hopkins. “That’swhere the devil resides, I assume.”

But he quoted psychoanalyst CarlJung as calling for a facing up toone’s demons. “Jung said: ‘If youdon’t face your shadows, then you’llbe ripped to pieces.’ Confronting theshadow in yourself is healthy.”

AFP/Robyn Beck

Anthony Hopkins arrives at the world premiere of New Line Cinema’s“The Rite,” in Hollywood, California.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg

From left to right, actor and award presenter Colin Firth, actress and award presenter Helena BonhamCarter, center, and director and feature film award nominee Tom Hooper pose in the press room at the 63rdAnnual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011.

‘King’s Speech’ gets‘King’s Speech’ gets‘King’s Speech’ gets‘King’s Speech’ gets‘King’s Speech’ getsnew Oscars boostnew Oscars boostnew Oscars boostnew Oscars boostnew Oscars boostAgence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – British historical drama “The King’s Speech”got a new boost in the race for Oscars glory on Saturday, as its direc-tor won a key prize in a weekend of Hollywood awards.

George VI has gained momentum asHollywood’s awards seasonprogresses, and he was up againstthe directors of four other Oscarfrontrunners for the DGA award.

He notably beat David Fincher, di-rector of Facebook movie “The SocialNetwork,” which was an early favoritefor awards glory but which lost groundas the weeks and awards shows go on.

Others in the running for the DGA

had been Darren Aronofsky for ballet-themed drama “Black Swan,” Chris-topher Nolan for high-tech thriller “In-ception,” and David O. Russell for box-ing movie “The Fighter.”

The films are all up for best filmOscar, along with Western remake“True Grit,” arm-amputating “127Hours,” gay parenting movie “TheKids are Alright,” Debra Granik’s“Winter’s Bone” and animatedblockbuster “Toy Story 3.”

But the understated Britishmovie, also starring Helena BonhamCarter and Australian Geoffrey Rushas the kind’s voice coach, appearsincreasingly like the film to beat.

AFP/Getty Images/File/Larry Busacca

Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom poses for a portrait during the2011 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, in Park City, Utah.

Sundance film takes aimat US gender inequality

women’s rights, which are humanrights,” she added.

The film includes several statis-tics showing that gender inequalityis worse in the United States than inmuch of the rest of the world. “We’re90th in the world in terms of womenin national legislatures, ranked be-hind Rwanda, Haiti, Cuba, Afghani-stan and Iraq,” Newsom says.

“It’s humiliating. We should belearning from them. We think we’reso great, but we’re not,” says theactress, who is married to GavinNewsom, the former mayor of SanFrancisco and now lieutenant gov-ernor of California.

Women continue to make morethan 20 percent less than men, anincome gap that has changed littlein recent years, according to theWashington-based Institute forWomen’s Policy Research.

Newsom says the problem isrooted in “capitalism taken to anextreme, without an element ofpublic service and without an ele-ment of including women. It’s alsoa little bit of greed.”

She singles out the media for flood-ing magazine covers and televisionscreens with images that she says re-duce women to their outward appear-ance and bombard the audience withunrealistic standards of beauty.

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International Monday, January 31, 2011 13Science

It was the world’s first high-techcatastrophe to unfold on live TV.Adding to the anguish was theyoung audience: School childreneverywhere tuned in that morningto watch the launch of the firstschoolteacher and ordinary citizenbound for space, Christa McAuliffe.

She never made it. McAuliffeand six others on board perished asthe cameras rolled, victims of stiffO-ring seals and feeble bureaucraticdecisions.

It was, as one grief and traumaexpert recalls, “the beginning of theage when the whole world knew

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – Modern hu-mans may have left Africa thousandsof years earlier than previouslythought, turning right and headingacross the Red Sea into Arabia ratherthan following the Nile to a northernexit, an international team of research-ers says. Stone tools discovered in theUnited Arab Emirates indicate thepresence of modern humans between100,000 and 125,000 years ago, theresearchers report in Friday’s editionof the journal Science.

While science has generally ac-cepted an African origin for humans,anthropologists have long sought tounderstand the route taken as thesepopulations spread into Asia, the FarEast and Europe. Previously, mostevidence has suggested humansspread along the Nile River valleyand into the Middle East about60,000 years ago.

“There are not many exits fromAfrica. You can either exit”through Sinai north of the Red Seaor across the straits at the south endof the Red Sea, explained Hans-Peter Uerpmann of the Center forScientific Archaeology ofEberhard-Karls University inTuebingen, Germany.

Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA – Researchers have anew tactic to save endangered whalestangled in fishing line: Get them tocalm down with sedatives shot froma dart gun so they can pull closer andcut the potentially fatal gear away.

The method was used Jan. 15 offthe Florida coast to free a youngNorth Atlantic right whale from about50 feet of line wrapped through itsmouth and around its flippers. A sat-ellite monitor attached to the whaleduring the rescue attempt this monthshows it survived.

“It’s a big step for us,” saidMichael Moore, a senior researchspecialist at the Woods Hole Oceano-graphic Institution in Massachusetts

Sedatives used to free whale from fishing line

AP Photo/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

In this Dec. 2010 photo provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Con-servation Commission, a disentanglement team works to cut free morethan 150 feet of rope entangled around a North Atlantic right whaleoff the coast of Daytona Beach, Fla.

who was on the rescue team. The sameteam has tried the technique duringone other rescue of a free-swimmingwhale.

Wildlife authorities for years havetried different ways to save whalestangled in gear that cuts their flesh,restricts feeding and causes infectionand starvation.

It’s a major threat to the 300 to 400critically endangered North Atlanticright whales that remain. They gener-ally migrate seasonally from theLower Bay of Fundy in Canada dur-ing the summer to calving grounds offthe Florida coast in the fall and win-ter.

At least two North Atlantic rightwhales are known to have died fromentanglement between 2005 to 2009,

although 28 were observed tangledin that same period. Experts saythose numbers only include deador tangled whales that have beenspotted, meaning other whalesmay die unseen.

“It’s a very slow, painful death,”said Michael Walsh, associate di-rector of the Aquatic AnimalHealth Program at the Universityof Florida. The former SeaWorldveterinarian helped develop thesedative mixture.

Once tangled whales are found,rescue teams generally tie boatsand buoys to lines trailing from theanimal to slow it down and restrictits movement. Crews then usepole-mounted knives to cut offentangling gear.

AP Photo/Science

This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science showsthe Jebel Faya rockshelter from above, looking north, showing eboulisblocks from roof collapse and the location of excavation trenches.

Humans may have leftAfrica earlier than thought

“Our findings open a secondway which, in my opinion, is moreplausible for a massive movementthan the northern route,” he said ina telephone briefing.

Because of the different climateat the time, Arabia was moister andwould have been a grassland withplenty of animals for prey, he added.And the lower sea levels at that timemeant that the narrow point at thesouthern end of the Red Sea wouldhave separated Africa and Arabia bybetween one-half and 2 1/2 miles,said Adrian G. Parker of OxfordBrookes University in England.

That should not have been a dif-ficult crossing for people used todealing with east African lakes andrivers where they used rafts orboats, Uerpmann said.

The techniques used to make thehand axes, scrapers and other toolsfound at Jebel Faya in Sharjah Emir-ate suggest they were produced bypeople coming from somewhereelse, said Anthony E. Marks ofSouthern Methodist University inDallas, adding that there are similartools made about that time in EastAfrica. “If these tools were not madeby modern man, who might havemade them?,” Marks asked. “CouldNeanderthals have made them?”

AP Photo/Bruce Weaver, File

Challenger: 25 years later,Challenger: 25 years later,Challenger: 25 years later,Challenger: 25 years later,Challenger: 25 years later,a still painful wounda still painful wounda still painful wounda still painful wounda still painful woundAssociated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – For many, no single word evokes as much pain. A quarter-century later,images of the exploding space shuttle still signify all that can go wrong with technology and the sharpestminds. The accident on Jan. 28, 1986 — a scant 73 seconds into flight, nine miles above the Atlantic for allto see — remains NASA’s most visible failure.

what happened as it happened.”“That was kind of our pilot studyfor all the rest to come, I think. Itwas so ghastly,” said Sally Karioth,a professor in Florida StateUniversity’s school of nursing.

The crew compartment shot outof the fireball, intact, and contin-ued upward another three milesbefore plummeting. The free falllasted more than two minutes.There was no parachute to slow thedescent, no escape system whatso-ever; NASA had skipped all that inshuttle development. Space travelwas considered so ordinary, in fact,

that the Challenger seven wore littlemore than blue coveralls and skimpymotorcycle-type helmets for takeoff.

In a horrific flash, the most di-verse space crew ever — includingone black, one Japanese-Americanand two women, one of them a Jew— was gone. The name of NASA’ssecond oldest shuttle was foreverlocked in a where-were-you mo-ment. “You say ‘Challenger’ andthen we see that figure of smoke inthe sky,” said Karioth, who teachesdeath and dying classes. There hasbeen a growing list of calamitiessince then.

In this Jan. 28, 1986 file photo,the space shuttle Challenger

explodes shortly after lifting offfrom Kennedy Space Center.

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The win, following their suc-cesses in 1992, 2000 and 2004,carried the added bonus of an au-tomatic place at the 2013 Confed-erations Cup in Brazil — the tra-ditional World Cup warm-up tour-nament. It followed a deadlockedmatch at 90 minutes that sent thegame into extra-time, with penal-ties looking likely until Leeworked his magic to shatterAustralia’s dream of their first-ever silverware.

“It is a great victory. We have areally great team. They wereunited and won the title againstsuch strong opponents,” saidJapan’s Italian coach AlbertoZaccheroni, who singled out Leefor praise. “I knew he would do it.What is great about this team isthat players, who started on thebench, could produce results onthe pitch.”

Australia’s German coachHolger Osieck was proud of hisplayers, despite the agonising de-feat. “You can imagine how dis-appointed we are to come secondbecause we had our opportunities.Unfortunately, we couldn’t con-vert them,” he said. “But I’m veryproud of the players, their perfor-mance and their attitude over thetournament, I’m full of credit. I

MILAN - Ten-man AC Milanextended their lead at the top ofSerie A to seven points thanks toa spirited 2-0 win over Catania.

The Rossoneri played most ofthe second half with one man lessafter Mark van Bommel was sentoff for a second booking in onlyhis second game for the club. Butthey still managed to win withgoals from Robinho in the 58thminute and Zlatan Ibrahimovicfive minutes from the end.

Catania spent much of the sec-ond period camped in the Milanhalf, but there was no way throughas the league leaders displayed

MUNICH - Bundesliga lead-ers Borussia Dortmund returned towinning ways with an impressive3-0 victory at Wolfsburg. JurgenKlopp’s side, held to a 1-1 homedraw by second-bottom Stuttgartlast weekend, made the perfectstart when Lucas Barrios put themahead with just two minutes on theclock.

Nuri Sahin added a second fiveminutes before half-time and MatsHummels rounded off the triumphin the 71st minute as Dortmund re-stored their 11-point advantage atthe top. Bayern Munich camefrom behind to defeat WerderBremen 3-1 and move up to third.Per Mertesacker scored at bothends, first putting Bremen aheadin the 47th minute and then firingBayern in front in the 75th afterArjen Robben had equalised.

Miroslav Klose then sealed thewin for Louis van Gaal’s side asthey moved up to their highestleague position of the season.Lewis Holtby’s first-half goal wasenough to push Mainz back intofourth place in the Bundesliga af-ter they held on for a narrow 1-0

AFP PHOTO / KARIM JAAFAR

Japanese players celebrate after winning the 2011 Asian Cup at Khalifa Stadium in the Qataricapital Doha on January 29, 2011. Japan beat Australia 1-0 in the final football match to winfourth Asian Cup title.

Japan edge AustraliaJapan edge AustraliaJapan edge AustraliaJapan edge AustraliaJapan edge Australia1-0 to win Asian Cup1-0 to win Asian Cup1-0 to win Asian Cup1-0 to win Asian Cup1-0 to win Asian CupAgence France Presse

DOHA – Tadanari Lee scored an extra-time winner as Japan edged Australia 1-0 to win apulsating Asian Cup final and become the most successful team in the competition’s history. Theunmarked substitute sent a stunning left-foot volley past the diving Mark Schwarzer in the109th minute to hand his country their fourth title at the continental showcase, a feat no-one elsehas achieved.

feel very sorry for the boys thatthey didn’t get the reward for theirefforts.”

Both teams had scored 13 timesbefore the final and Australialooked most likely to add to that.Harry Kewell had the first shot ontarget in the opening minute, anambitious long-range drive thatdidn’t trouble Eiji Kawashima.Schwarzer, who surpassed AlexTobin to set a new record for themost capped Socceroo ever on his88th appearance, also found him-self in action at the other end. The38-year-old, though, had KeisukeHonda’s half-chance easily cov-ered. Australia were stronger withJapan missing the spark of ShinjiKagawa, who broke a bone in hisfoot in their penalty shoot-out winover South Korea in the last four.

They should have gone ahead on15 minutes when Brett Holmanwhipped a low cross into the area butthe stretching Carl Valeri failed toconnect. In a dangerous period forJapan, Tim Cahill’s header forced adesperate one-handed save fromKawashima moments later as theSocceroos upped the ante.

Osieck’s side had only concededone goal before the final and Japanwere struggling to penetrate their de-fence, working hard to build attacks

only to see them break down too eas-ily. As they did in the first half, Aus-tralia came out after the break withreal verve and almost took the leadon 49 minutes when Luke Wilkshire’scross hit the bar and Cahill tried tobundle in the rebound.

Australia claimed a goal but it wasnot given and replays showed the balldid not cross the line. Japan also hadtheir chances, with Yuto Nagamototurning Wilkshire inside-out and de-livering a perfect cross to ShinjiOkazaki, whose header skimmed justpast the post.

It was anyone’s game, and Kewellshould have done better on 71 min-utes when he had just the keeper tobeat, but Kawashima stuck out hisright boot to save a certain goal. Fa-tigue crept in as the game stretchedto extra-time and Kewell was re-placed by Robbie Kruse, who almostmade a dream start with Kawashimatipping his header onto the bar.

But it was Lee who ultimatelystole the glory, with the dangerousNagamoto finding him unmarked atthe back post and the 25-year-oldcleanly hitting his volley for his firstinternational goal. “I kept talking tomyself, saying ‘I’ll be a hero. I’ll bea hero’ before I went onto the pitch,”said Lee. “I could score a goal in theend and I’m really happy.”

Dortmund restore11 points lead

win against Kaiserslautern.Holtby scored the game’s only

goal in the 23rd minute, givingThomas Tuchel’s team their firstvictory of the year. Coming off a2-0 defeat at second divisionDuisburg in the German Cup quar-ter-finals, Kaiserslautern have nowcollected just one victory in theirlast five games to remain just threepoints from the drop zone.

Timmy Simons scored one andset up another for Almog Cohen asNurnberg earned a 2-0 victory over10-man Hamburg. Gojko Kacar sawred for the visitors in the 69th minute.Charles Takyi scored twice and sub-stitute Florian Bruns added anotherfrom the penalty spot as St Pauliclimbed out of the relegation placeswith a 3-0 victory over Cologne.

Isaac Vorsah grabbed the onlygoal after four minutes asHoffenheim claimed a narrowaway win over Schalke. BayerLeverkusen moved five clear ofHannover with an impressive 2-0win on Friday night. First-halfstrikes from Arturo Vidal andSimon Rolfes were enough to sealthe points.

Ten men Milanextend their lead

AP Photo/Francesco Pecoraro

AC Milan Brazilian forward Robinho celebrates after hescored during the Serie A soccer match between Cataniaand AC Milan, in Catania, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011.

why they are at the top of the tablewith a resolute victory. LiborKozak inspired Lazio to a 2-0 vic-tory over Fiorentina to move theBiancoceleste up to second in theSerie A table.

The Czech striker scored twogoals in four second-half minutesto earn Eduardo Reja’s side onlytheir second win of 2011 and liftthem above Napoli into secondplace, setting up a mouth-wateringclash with leaders AC Milan onTuesday. Without the suspendedMauro Zarate, it was up to Kozakto lead Lazio’s assault on threepoints and he rose to the occasion.

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The Clippers matched the 1992-93 squad for the longest home win-ning streak since the franchisemoved from San Diego to Los An-geles for the 1984-85 season. Grif-fin had his 38th double-double ofthe season and 32nd in 33 games,shooting 11 for 23 in 41 minutes.Center DeAndre Jordan had justfour points and four rebounds in 26minutes after getting into early foultrouble.

The Clippers are 8-5 in Januarywith one game remaining, and haveclinched their first winning monthsince November 2009 (8-6). Theywon for the first time in threegames since Gordon, their leadingscorer, chipped a bone in his rightwrist a week ago in a 113-109 vic-tory over Golden State. The injuryis expected to sideline him forabout a month.

Stephen Jackson and reserveGerald Henderson each scored 14

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MELBOURNE – Li Na’s memorable achievementin becoming Asia’s first Grand Slam finalist put Chi-nese tennis firmly on the map at the Australian Open,and made her a big winner despite defeat to KimClijsters. Li led Saturday’s final against the world num-ber three, before Clijsters switched tactics to close outa 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory for her fourth Grand Slam title,and her first outside the US Open.

Mother-of-one Clijsters, 27, had gone into the tour-nament as the firm favourite in the absence of injureddefending champion Serena Williams, and she dulydelivered with a gutsy and intelligent win over Li.

But if “Aussie Kim” — Clijsters’ Australian nick-name since her previous engagement to Lleyton Hewitt— was a popular winner, the funny and charming Liequally won hearts on her way to the runner-up spot.Meanwhile Saturday’s final received blanket mediacoverage in China, despite tennis’s relatively low pro-file, prompting Li to dream of a Russian-style boom inthe world’s most populous nation.

“I hope after three to five years maybe China will belike Russia and have many players coming through,”she said. Russia had 18 women in the singles draw atMelbourne, while China had just three: Li, Peng Shuaiand Zhang Shuai.

China’s tennis chief hailed Li as a “pioneer” and drewcomparisons with basketball superstar Yao Ming andidolised hurdler Liu Xiang, as the Wuhan native’s faceadorned major Chinese newspapers and websites. In afurther boost, Peng also reached the fourth round, thesecond year in a row that two Chinese players had madethe last 16.

But if Li and Peng came out with their reputationsenhanced, the tournament was not so positive forDenmark’s Caroline Wozniacki and Russian VeraZvonareva, the world number one and two.

Wozniacki remains without a major title, leaving herfending off questions about her right to be considered

Los Angeles Clippers powerforward Blake Griffin dunksthe ball during the first half

of their NBA basketball gameagainst the Charlotte Bob-

cats, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011,in Los Angeles.

Griffin leadsGriffin leadsGriffin leadsGriffin leadsGriffin leadsClippers past BobcatsClippers past BobcatsClippers past BobcatsClippers past BobcatsClippers past BobcatsAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Blake Griffin had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Randy Foye added 21points in his third straight start for the injured Eric Gordon and the Los Angeles Clippersextended their home winning streak to eight with a 103-88 victory over the Charlotte Bob-cats on Saturday night.

points for Charlotte. The Bobcatsare tied with Philadelphia for sev-enth place in the Eastern Confer-ence playoff race, a half-gameahead of Milwaukee.

Griffin led Los Angeles to a 57-42 halftime lead with 19 points andeight rebounds, offsetting 14 pointsby Jackson. The Clippers missedtheir first five shots from 3-pointrange before Foye and Ryan Gomesconnected 30 seconds apart duringa 16-2 run that extended a two-pointlead to 52-36 with 2:55 left in thehalf.

The Clippers, who were 11 for29 on 3-pointers, got two fromGomes and one from Foye at theend of a 16-5 run that opened up a76-51 lead with 5:13 left in the thirdquarter.

Coach Vinny Del Negro had allof his starters on the bench at thestart of the fourth with a 23-pointcushion, and the Bobcats used that

opportunity to go on a 12-0 run thatsliced it to 83-72 with 7:38 remain-ing. The last basket came whenClippers Jordan accidentally tippedthe ball into the wrong basket aftera missed layup by Kwame Brown.

But the Bobcats got no closer,as Baron Davis scored eight of his12 points during a 1:19 span to helpseal the Clippers’ eighth victory in12 games. Griffin tried to put an ex-clamation point on the win, butclanged a dunk with 4:31 to playafter getting an alley-oop feed fromDavis.

Associated Press Writer

SAN DIEGO – The way PhilMickelson likes to play golf, hedidn’t have much fun Saturday atTorrey Pines. Based on how heneeds to play the South Course,Phil was thrilled. Mickelson gaveup on his swashbuckling style byplaying it safe in the Farmers In-surance Open, making eight parsand a birdie on the back nine for a4-under 68 that gave him a shareof the lead with Bill Haas.

“This course doesn’t rewardyou for taking on any challenge,”Mickelson said. “Any my moreconservative approach into thegreens, albeit boring, has led meto be on top of the leaderboard.”

He was joined by Haas, whokept one shot ahead of Mickelsonfor most of the back nine until hiswedge hopped hard on the firmgreen and went just over the backon the par-5 18th. He missed a 4-

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

AFP PHOTO/Paul CROCK

Li Na of China gestures during her womenssingles final against Kim Clijsters of Belgiumon the thirteenth day of the Australian Opentennis tournament in Melbourne on January 29,2011. Clijsters won 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Li Na puts Chinese tennis on the mapthe world’s best player, and Zvonareva slipped to thethird ranking behind Clijsters, her conqueror in the semi-finals. The 20-year-old Wozniacki had a strange tour-nament, winning her first five matches easily beforecoming unstuck against Li after holding a match pointin their semi-final.

However, Wozniacki will be best remembered forher playful press conferences as, stung by journalists’taunts that her appearances were “boring”, she madeup a story that she’d been attacked by a kangaroo.

Haas, Mickelsontied for lead;Tiger falters

foot par putt and had to settle fora 1-under 71. They were at 12-under 204, a stroke ahead ofHunter Mahan and Bubba Watson,who each made eagle on the 18th.

Tiger Woods, who has not lostat Torrey Pines in seven years, wasnowhere to be found. His start toa new season brought out a famil-iar result. Just like so much lastyear, Woods goes into a final roundout of contention on a coursewhere he once dominated. Woodsmade bogey from the second fair-way with a wedge in his hand, andhis day didn’t improve. He shot a2-over 74, ending his streak of 21straight rounds at par or better onthe South Course in a tour event.

“I did not play well at all to-day,” said Woods, who was eightshots behind. “It was a struggle allday, and I finally found somethingat 16. But 15 holes already hadgone by, so that was pretty frus-trating.”

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The Scot hasn’t won a set in aGrand Slam final. Last year, Murraycried after his loss to Federer. Theyweren’t immediately visible thisyear, but the hurt may have been justas bad after he lost seven straightgames through the end of the firstset and into the second and neverappeared to be in the match. The lastBritish man to win a Grand Slamsingles title was Fred Perry in the1936 U.S. Open — more than 270majors ago.

Murray and Djokovic, each 23and born a week apart, are goodfriends and often practice together.At the coin flip before the match,Djokovic smiled broadly for pho-tos while Murray looked fidgety andnervous. After the match, the twohugged, then Djokovic threw hisracket, his shirt and then his shoesinto the crowd.

The roof was closed at Rod La-ver Arena for most of the day dueto 100-degree temperatures, but wasopened just before the match startedand after the weather had cooledsignificantly.

Trailing 5-4, Murray double-faulted to lead off the 10th game ofthe first set. Then he hit a backhand

Associated Press Writer

PONTIAC, Mich. – TimothyBradley’s fists and head-butts gotthe best of Devon Alexander. Brad-ley defended his WBO 140-poundtitle and took Alexander’s WBCbelt, winning a unanimous techni-cal decision after the fight wasstopped in the 10th round Saturdaynight at the Silverdome.

“I’m ruthless,” said Bradley, re-fusing to apologize for leading withhis head. “I’m reckless.” The ring-side doctor ruled Alexandercouldn’t keep his left eye open andhalted the fight at 1:59 of the 10thafter an accidental head-butt.

“I couldn’t see, so they had tostop the fight,” Alexander said. Bra-dley (27-0) handed Alexander (21-1) his first loss in the biggest fight

Bradley beats Alexanderwith unanimous decision

for each rising star. “If that’s the bestin the world, that’s weak,” Bradleysaid. Both fighters took a risk by tak-ing a bout either could lose, but thepayoff could be huge.

The 27-year-old Bradley took astep toward a possible fight withManny Pacquiao or FloydMayweather Jr. down the road, butWBA super lightweight championAmir Khan could be his next oppo-nent. “I would love a chance withFloyd Mayweather,” Bradley said. “Ithink I’ve got to take Amir Khan outnext, then there will be no doubt whothe best 140-pounder is in theworld.”

Bradley’s camp said earlier in theweek that it would welcome a fightwith Khan, if the time was not rightfor a bout with Mayweather orPacquiao. “Khan is probably No. 1

on the list,” Bradley said. “The keyname on the list down the road isManny Pacquiao.”

HBO, though, has a rematchclause in the contract to put Brad-ley, of North Palm Springs, Calif.,back in the ring with the 23-year-old St. Louis southpaw. “I want arematch with Timmy Bradley,”Alexander said. HBO executiveKery Davis isn’t sure the cablenetwork will exercise its option.“We haven’t made a decision,” hesaid.

In a fight that had to be tough toscore with each fighter throwingflurries of punches, the judges allhad Bradley ahead in the bout —97-93, 96-95 and 98-93 — when itwas suddenly halted becauseAlexander’s left eye was burning somuch he couldn’t open it.

AFP PHOTO/Nicolas ASFOURI

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after winning a point during hismens singles match against Andy Murray of Britain on the final dayof the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Janu-ary 30, 2011.

Djokovic wins AustralianOpen title, beats MurrayAssociated Press Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia – Novak Djokovic won his second Australian Open title, breezingpast Andy Murray 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday to extend Britain’s near 75-year drought in men’ssingles Grand Slams. Djokovic also won the 2008 Australian title. Murray has lost three GrandSlam finals, also falling to Roger Federer in the 2008 U.S. Open and 2010 Australian Open.

into the net after a 39-hit point.Murray challenged the final point ofthe set when he thought his forehandstayed in on the backline, butDjokovic walked away with the setin 59 minutes. Djokovic held serveon four straight points to open thesecond set, then went up 2-0 whenhe again broke Murray’s service, fin-ishing off the point when Murray’sattempted drop shot was returnedcrosscourt for a winner. Murray hadfive unforced errors in the first twogames.

The Serb went up 3-0, then con-tinued his domination in the nextgame, breaking Murray in fourstraight points to go up 4-0 and heldfor 5-0, his seventh straight gamewin. Murray finally stopped thestreak with an ace on game point totrail 5-1, then broke Djokovic in thenext game to cut it to 5-2.

Murray appeared to be havingproblems with his eyes, blinking of-ten and rubbing them onchangeovers and often during points.That didn’t help in the next gamewhen he again dropped serve andlost the second set in 40 minutes,Djokovic establishing set point witha memorable crosscourt winner off

a near-impossible shot fromMurray.

The third set started withMurray’s second break ofDjokovic’s service in thematch, but Djokovic ensurethat Murray’s advantage wasshort-lived by breaking him in thenext game. After an unforced errorwide, Murray pounded his fist andyelled out in disgust.

Things didn’t improve forMurray, who held off six breakpoints before Djokovic prevailedon the seventh in the fourthgame, hitting a backhand downthe line to pass a stretchingMurray. Djokovic pumpedhis fist and let out a loud yellin celebration.

That, too, was short-lived, when Murray brokeback in the next game topull to 3-2, then heldthrough two break points to level theset at 3. Late in the match, Murrayappeared to clutch his lower backafter a low return on the baseline.Djokovic soon broke serve again andthen served it out. Djokovic leads thehead-to-head series 5-3, ending athree-match streak for Murray.