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For placing advertisment, please contact: Eka Wahyuni 0361-225764 HOTLINE CITY TEMPERATURE O C WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 23 - 32 20 - 29 22 - 32 23 - 33 DENPASAR JAKARTA BANDUNG YOGYAKARTA SURABAYA SUNNY BRIGHT/CLOUDY RAIN PAGE 12 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 16 Pages Number 34 3 rd 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 After half century, it’s 1 Fantastic’s farewell Bali’s coffee exports worth US$126,584 “It’s obviously a terrorist act that was planned well in advance in order to cause the deaths of as many people as possible,” Medvedev said. The blast ripped Agence France Presse SYDNEY – Three Indonesian men faced an Australian court Tuesday on people-smuggling of- fences related to the sinking of a ship carrying scores of asylum- seekers in which about 50 people were killed. The trio are charged with smuggling a group of Iranian, Iraqi and Kurdish passengers from Indonesia to the remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island. AFP/File Channel 7 TV screengrab released by The West Australian newspa- per shows the boat full of refugees being smashed by violent seas against the jagged coastline of Australia’s Christmas Island. » Continued on page 6 Indonesians face smuggling charges over boat wreck “Each of you facilitated the bringing or coming to Australia of a group of five or more people... namely a group of 69 Iranian, Iraqi and Kurdish people,” Magistrate Joe Randazzo said. The three Indonesians were on board the wooden fishing vessel which foundered in rough weather on December 15, forcing all on board — believed to number about 90 — into the sea. A man carry luggage passes flowers at a site of a blast at Domodedovo airport near Moscow on Tues- day, Jan. 25, 2011, as others wait for a security check to enter. Security was tightened in Mos- cow on Tuesday, after a suicide bomber set off an explosion that ripped through Moscow’s busiest airport on Monday. AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev Medvedev blames security lapse for Moscow blast Continued on page 6 Reuters MOSCOW – President Dmitry Medvedev blamed airport managers on Tuesday for failing to stop an attack on Russia’s busiest international travel hub, saying security lapses had enabled a bomber to kill 35 people in a crowded arrivals hall. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday’s attack at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, but the action bore hallmarks of militants fighting for an Islamist state in the North Caucasus region on Russia’s southern frontier. through the international arrivals area where travelers emerge after collecting their bags, causing car- nage and filling the hall with smoke. An Emergencies Ministry list of the dead included eight foreigners: two Britons, a German and citizens of Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. Medvedev said the management of Domodedovo Airport should answer for the attack, in which the bomber evaded security to carry the explosives into the airport’s arrival hall. “What happened shows that there were clear security viola- tions,” he said. He said airport se- curity rules had been strengthened after bombers blew up two planes that took off from Domodedovo in 2004, killing 90 people.

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Page 1: International-Bali Post. Wednesday, January 26, 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

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

16 Pages Number 343rd 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

After half century,it’s 1 Fantastic’sfarewell

Bali’s coffeeexports worthUS$126,584

“It’s obviously a terrorist actthat was planned well in advancein order to cause the deaths of asmany people as possible,”Medvedev said. The blast ripped

Agence France Presse

SYDNEY – Three Indonesianmen faced an Australian courtTuesday on people-smuggling of-fences related to the sinking of aship carrying scores of asylum-seekers in which about 50 peoplewere killed. The trio are chargedwith smuggling a group of Iranian,Iraqi and Kurdish passengers fromIndonesia to the remote IndianOcean outpost of Christmas Island.

AFP/File

Channel 7 TV screengrab released by The West Australian newspa-per shows the boat full of refugees being smashed by violent seasagainst the jagged coastline of Australia’s Christmas Island. »Continued on page 6

Indonesians face smugglingcharges over boat wreck

“Each of you facilitated thebringing or coming to Australia ofa group of five or more people...namely a group of 69 Iranian, Iraqiand Kurdish people,” MagistrateJoe Randazzo said.

The three Indonesians were onboard the wooden fishing vesselwhich foundered in rough weatheron December 15, forcing all onboard — believed to number about90 — into the sea.

A man carry luggagepasses flowers at a siteof a blast atDomodedovo airportnear Moscow on Tues-day, Jan. 25, 2011, asothers wait for a securitycheck to enter. Securitywas tightened in Mos-cow on Tuesday, after asuicide bomber set offan explosion that rippedthrough Moscow’sbusiest airport onMonday.

AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev

Medvedev blames securitylapse for Moscow blast

Continued on page 6

Reuters

MOSCOW – President Dmitry Medvedev blamed airport managers on Tuesday for failing tostop an attack on Russia’s busiest international travel hub, saying security lapses had enabled abomber to kill 35 people in a crowded arrivals hall. There was no immediate claim of responsibilityfor Monday’s attack at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, but the action bore hallmarks of militantsfighting for an Islamist state in the North Caucasus region on Russia’s southern frontier.

through the international arrivalsarea where travelers emerge aftercollecting their bags, causing car-nage and filling the hall withsmoke.

An Emergencies Ministry list ofthe dead included eight foreigners:two Britons, a German and citizensof Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

Medvedev said the managementof Domodedovo Airport shouldanswer for the attack, in which thebomber evaded security to carry theexplosives into the airport’s arrivalhall. “What happened shows thatthere were clear security viola-tions,” he said. He said airport se-curity rules had been strengthenedafter bombers blew up two planesthat took off from Domodedovo in2004, killing 90 people.

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InternationalWednesday, January 26, 20112

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Badung Police Public Relation PoliceCommissioner Putu Indra Jaya last Mon-day (24/1) explained that victim have lossIDR 5,4 billion which was suspected tohave been planned since victim and accusedmet in an exhibition at Jakarta last Septem-ber 2005.

In their conversation, accused offered aland in Bali and admitted that is ready tobe sold and in a strategic place for a villabuilt. The two lands of 5,7 hundred squaremeters (are) and 7,2 are were locatedaround Seminyak, Kuta.

In convincing victim, accused evenshowed the location picture. Interested withit, victim did a transaction. They made anagreement in accused office Paradise Prop-erty, Seminyak Street, Kuta, Badung. It isagreed for the two lands to be priced USD540.000 or IDR 5,4 billion. Victim then

Denpasar (Bali Post) –Sanglah Hospital Radiotherapy Services

that’s always crowded by visitors seemedempty this week as the radiotherapy vitalequipments have been broken since Novem-ber and now can’t be used. 150 tumor/cancerpatients now have to wait until it can be func-tional again.

Met at Sanglah Hospital last Monday (24/1), Head of Radiology Department, dr.Nyoman Margiana, SpRad, confirmed the situ-ation. It is said it started with the equipmentthat arranges the in and out source of the ra-diation light is not functioning, “This in andout source equipment is very vital in arrang-ing the radiation light which is directed to thepatient’s tumor area. If this is broken it couldbe dangerous not only for patients but thosearound it too.”

After that, the ranger lamp that exacts theplace to radiate also the TPS which arrangesthe dose did not function well. Sanglah Hos-pital then called up the distributor technicianand turns out the damage can’t be fixed quicklyas the spare part has to be ordered first fromChina and France, “As it’s broken we contactthe distributor in Jakarta straight away and sothe technician came to check it. It is made surethat the spare parts will come this month.”

The radiology equipment was made inChina named Pesawat teleteraphy cobalt 60shinhwa branded year 2004 which means theequipment has been used for 6 years. Howabout if they buy a new one? Margiani seemedto plan it like that but ordering such equip-ment is not easy. Besides it’s expensive and along procedure to go through, it also needsbuilding support, “If we’re going to buy a newone it won’t be the cobalt type but with a bet-

Mangupura (Bali Post) –The hopes of Banjar Batu Lumbang,

Sangeh Village residents to have Gerana-Pacung Route fixed seemed to have goneas Badung Government turns out did notspare any budget for it this year 2011 witha classic reason: limited budget.

Head of Infrastructure and IrrigationAgency, IB Soerya accompanied by Headof Roads and Bridges Section, IB SuryaSuamba, confirmed the situation last Mon-day (24/1) and admitted that the roads thathas been planted banana trees by residentshas serious damages. Soerya also statedthat this road has to be rebuild, “This roadhas to be rebuild as it is severely dam-aged.”

IB Soerya also revealed that this planhas been suggested to be done this yearand IDR 1,8 billion budget has been re-quested. Yet this suggestion was gone asit was not stated on the 2011 Budget andExpenses (APBD) with the reason limitedbudget.

He explained that there is an allocated

Suspected Fraud

English BusinessmanEnglish BusinessmanEnglish BusinessmanEnglish BusinessmanEnglish BusinessmanCaptured by PoliceCaptured by PoliceCaptured by PoliceCaptured by PoliceCaptured by PoliceDenpasar (Bali Post) –

Mark Vernon Tuck (60) an English Businessman now forced to stay at BadungPolice cells as he was captured by fast attack troops to have fraud billions ofrupiah owned by Doroty Poon (63) from Hong Kong. The case is still continuedinvestigated.

paid it through accounts transfer.After several years, it was known that

the land was Intan Biru Company’s ownedby Umar Santosa. The land was where Ho-tel Intan Seminyak was and in the end vic-tim never got the land’s certificate.

It was then found out accused did nothave the authority letter from Umar Santosato sell the land and the certificate is still onSantosa, “In the agreement letter, it is statedif in 24 months no land is given, so moneywill be reimbursed.” For that it is no longerclear where the land is anymore, moreoverthe money as accused never gave it back.Felt being tricked, victim then reported thecase to Badung Police. After investigated,accused was then captured last Friday (21/1) and brought to Badung Police Depart-ment, “Investigators is developing the case.Accused has been jailed.” (kmb21)

Batu Lumbang Residents Hopes Gone

Budget Limited SaysBadung Government

IDR 27 million for 19 activities of con-structions also increasing roads andbridges quality for this year. Yet Gerana-Pacung Route is not one of them.

For that, he declined the fact that hisAgency did not take care of it and not hisagency who’s ignoring it, but caused bythe process and mechanism also the pri-oritizing way of the Badung Government,“We in the Agency work as stated in thegovernment’s budget (executive and leg-islative-red),”

About the road maintenance, SuryaSuamba stated in this year 2011 an allo-cated IDR 2,5 million has been given forit, “This is enough to cover up holes.” Inyear 2010, the budget was higher for thisreaching IDR 11 billion.

As reported before, Banjar BatuLumbang planted two banana trees on theirstreet as a protest towards the unfixed se-verely damaged road. Residents felt dis-appointed as government still has not fixedit when actually their banjar has become atourist object. (kmb25)

IBP/Wira

The Radiotherapy Equipment in Sanglah Hospital.

Radiotherapy Equipmentin Sanglah Hospital Broken

ter technology one. The newest one is namedLinex and the price is expensive reaching IDR22 billon.”

For such equipment, the radiology buildinghas to be as regulated. For Linex type the build-ing has to be much thicker than for the Cobalttype and has to go zig zag so the radiation won’tgo out. This means in buying this type it needsa budget on reconstructing the building as well,“For now we are trying to fix it first so pa-tients can be treated again.”

Meanwhile for patients that are queuing,according to Margiani they have taken actionsby going to other hospitals outside Bali like inSurabaya, Jakarta and Yogyakarta as in Bali,Nusa Tenggara and Banyuwangi the only placefor radiotherapy is Sanglah Hospital.

But for those who does not have the moneyto go outside Bali, Sanglah has been giving che-motherapy. Yet not all of them can do so, “If apatient has problems with chemotherapy, allthey can do is wait.”

It is admitted that this problem is a big prob-lem for doctors and paramedics in SanglahHospital as if a cancer patient don’t get the ra-diotherapy, their cancer cells will keep grow-ing and devastating. Yet the hospital can’t domuch as radiotherapy uses equipment.

Every day, around 30 new and old patientscame for radiotherapy treatment in SanglahHospital. One patient needs 25 times shot in ascheduled time usually one shot a day. InSanglah Hospital, the schedule is from Mon-day to Friday with total time three weeks for apatient to do radiotherapy. Mostly those whocome were due to breast, nasopharyngeal, andcervix cancer with insurance and no insurance.One package of radiotherapy costs IDR 6 – 11million depends on the treatment needed. (san)

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Semarapura (Bali Post)—Violent winds tending to whirl at

around 2:00 p.m. Local Time toppleda large tree at Bunut Pegatepan Ham-let, Gelgel, Klungkung. The fallingtree covered the entire body of theroad connecting several villagesaround it. Additionally, it alsoknocked down a part of the com-pound wall of vacant land owned bythe hamlet and injured an 89-year-old grandfather, Ketut Pageh.

Information in the field told thatat the time of incident Pageh was sit-ting relaxingly in the existing guardpost across the falling tree togetherwith a friend, Wayan Kandel, 70. Hesaw the wind whirling and caused thetree as high as 40 meters with an es-timated diameter of two meters tokeep on rotating and the twigs and

The violent winds suddenly oc-curred at around 1:05 p.m. Local Time.The most severe loss due to the inci-dent was at Pejengaji Hamlet,Tegallalang Village, Tegallalang Sub-district. A century-old banyan tree withthe height of approximately 25 metersbefell a villager and building of thePejengaji hamlet hall. Seven peoplewere affected in the incident. The inci-dent killed Ni Nyoman Puri, 48, andinjured Nyoman Lanus, 75 (broken leftleg), Nyoman Reca, 66 (broken rightleg), while AA Gede Rai Oka, 66,Wayan Mukun, 61, NyomanBukayasa, 40, and I Made Warung, 51,only suffered from minor injuries.

According to testimony of MadePadat, the incident took place soquickly. At that time, he just left theguard post located on the east side ofbanyan tree, facing westerly. The vic-tim Ni Nyoman Puri had offered himporridge before leaving the location.She was in the east of banyan tree fac-ing easterly while selling rice porridge.Meanwhile, in the guard post sat AAGede Rai Oka in the westernmost rowand then in the east side followed byNyoman Reca and Nyoman Lanus. Inthe meantime, the others were relax-ing around the venue. Soon the violent

Negara (Bali Post)—Two weirs as provincial assets

located at Berambang Village,Negara, were damaged as de-stroyed by massive flash flood lastyearend. As a result, tens of hect-ares of rice fields at two subaks(Balinese irrigation cooperative)at Berambang Village, namelySubak Pangkung Jelepung andSubak Kelinci are under threat ofdrought because the water sourcesrecede.

Both weirs function to stem theflow and divert the river water intothe tunnel heading for the irriga-tion gutter of the two subaks.Since they had now broken-down,it was ensured that in the next dryseason the water would recede andthe river water would decrease. Asa result, the water would unableto enter the tunnel and flow intothe trenches of rice fields. Re-cently, the farmers were still luckyas it rained intermittently so thewater remained available eventhough the dam still did not work.However, the farmers worried ifthe weir was not repaired imme-diately upon entering the droughtso the subak would lack of water.Irrigation channels used to drainthe water into the fields wouldconsequently dry up.

Deputy Head of SubakPangkung Jelepung, I NyomanDama, when met on Monday (Jan24) said that so far the farmers inthe two subak territories relied onthe irrigation from the river. Thecollapse of their dam used to drainthe river water into the subak irri-gation made the farmers worry iftheir irrigation would be disturbedand their rice field would facedrought. So far, the farmers hadto rely on the rainwater for threeplanting seasons.

The broken down dam irrigatedabout 65 hectares of land in the ter-ritory of Subak Pangkung Jelepungwith the member of 130 people.

IBP/Gung Dar

The officer is cut the Banyan Tree which fall in Gianyar Regency. The incident kill a man and 6other are injured.

Old banyan tree fallOld banyan tree fallOld banyan tree fallOld banyan tree fallOld banyan tree fallkill one and sixkill one and sixkill one and sixkill one and sixkill one and sixothers injuredothers injuredothers injuredothers injuredothers injuredGianyar (Bali Post) -

Violent winds hitting the Gianyar region on Monday (Jan 24) caused a gazebo, tower, powerpoles and several trees topple. Even, the brunt of the wind coming suddenly made a banyan treeof hundreds of years old uprooted, killing a man and injuring six others.

winds blew and the banyan tree up-rooted. Aside from befalling the guardpost along with the people inside, thetree also hit the corner of the roof ofPejengaji Hamlet hall. The incident wasshocking local residents and urged theresidents to hit their wooden split bellincessantly. As consequence, manyresidents rushed to come out of thehouse and gave relief to the victims.Residents evacuated the victims in themidst of heavy rains.

The victim Ni Nyoman Puri wasfound in a position of facing southerlywhere her chest faced down on the ter-race of the guard post. Meanwhile, twoother victims, namely Lanus and Reca,their legs were pinned and suffered in-juries. They were rushed to be taken toSanjiwani Hospital of Gianyar. In themeantime, Ni Nyoman Puri whengiven first help by the residents was stillconscious. However, on the way to thehealth center nearby she breathed herlast, recalled Made Padat.

In the meantime, the Head ofTegallalang Public Health Center, AAOka Barata, said from the results ofexternal examination, the victim suf-fered serious wounds in the chest. Herribs were crushed and estimated thather heart and lung suffered serious in-

juries, so that she could not be savedany longer.

In response to the incident, a num-ber of officials, the subdistrict head ofTegallalang, Head of the regionalagency for disaster management(BPBD) visited the location. The ban-yan tree befalling crosswise causedcongestion on the Tegallalang –Payangan road section. After the ban-yan tree was cut by residents and offi-cials of the sanitation and landscapingservices (DKP) at 4:00 p.m. the roadaccess could be passed through by ve-hicles. Meanwhile, the Regent ofGianyar, Tjok Oka Artha ArdanaSukawati, accompanied by the Headof Gianyar Public Works, I NyomanNuadi, also made site inspection di-rectly to location. The victim NiNyoman Puri was given compensation.After the disaster, the Regent called onall communities to increase their vigi-lance in such weather conditions.

Communities living around the di-saster-prone region, such as coastal ar-eas and landslide-prone areas were ap-pealed to better improve their vigi-lance. And for community dwellingaround big trees were suggested to cutthe twigs or tree branches so as tominimize the disaster.

Rice field at Berambangunder threat of drought

Aside from getting damaged, theweir had been shallow as buried bysolid material. Breaking down of theweir had occurred since the lastyear’s flooding. Now, hundreds offarmers in the subak territory couldonly submit their fate to the trag-edy and did hope that their weircould be immediately restored forthe sustainability of agriculture inthese two subak territories.

Eight spots

MEANWHILE, based on thedata collection made by the re-gional agency for disaster manage-ment related to violent windssweeping Gianyar, there were eightpoints of incident. In addition to thebefalling banyan tree at Pejengaji,a gazebo existing in the Gianyarcustomary village cemetery andBeng Customary Village also be-fell as hit by violent winds.

Similarly, the Internet tower ofthe Gianyar Regency Governmentused for financial online systemjust launched by Gianyar Regentbefell and afflicted the roof of theOffice Administration Manage-ment (Tapem) building. A suffi-ciently blast sound made the em-ployees of the office scrambled outfrom the second floor. Even, someof them immediately took shelterunder the tables. Due to such anincident, the roof and ceiling of thebuilding were damaged. Mean-while, the other two points wereonly incidents of the falling treesblocking the road access to the vil-lage of Siangan and Pejeng.

At Keliki Hamlet, Tegalalang,a sugar palm tree also befell akitchen, rice granary and housecompound wall owned by I WayanBrata, 48. Then, a northern pavil-ion and entrance gates shrine of INyoman Kerug, 48, were also be-fallen by albasia tree, and a garageowned by I Made Sukaras, 36, washit by albasia tree, too. (kmb16)

Tornado topples a tree, agrandfather gets injured

leaves flew. Wayan Kandel tried torun away from the tree.

Meanwhile, when Pageh wasabout to escape, some tree branchesfell down and hit the roof of the guardpost. They broke down the roof tilesand the debris befell his shoulder,hands and soles of his right hand un-til his skin peeled off. Afterward, thewound of Pageh was treated by hisfamily by applying Balinese tradi-tional herbs.

In the meantime, to evacuate thetrunk, branches and twigs of the treeestimated to have been 30-year-oldimpeding the road access, the offic-ers of Klungkung Sanitation andLandscaping Services (DKP) directlyintervened. Assisted by surroundingpeople, they cut the trunk by usingchainsaw. (kmb20)

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The assailants arrived during asoccer game the park in the Fran-cisco I. Madero neighborhood andopened fire Sunday afternoon, saidCarlos Gonzalez, a spokesman forthe Chihuahua state prosecutors’ of-fice. Two of the people killed hadbeen playing soccer.

The body of one young man inhis blue-and-red soccer uniform laybeneath a huge sign reading “LiveBetter” — the federal government’smotto — and “Todo Somos Juarez,”or “We’re All Juarez” — the nameof a program to reduce violence andimprove life for Ciudad Juarez. Fourpeople, including a 12-year-old girl,

Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines – A pow-erful explosion ripped through apassenger bus in the Philippinecapital on Tuesday, killing at leasttwo people and wounding at least18 others, officials said.

The explosion was so powerful thatit punched a hole in a nearby concretefence along metropolitan Manila’smain highway in suburban Makati city,Mayor Junjun Binay said.

The bus was approaching a com-muter railway station when the blastoccurred inside the vehicle, taking

Associated Press Writer

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia– Malaysia and South Korea an-nounced plans Tuesday to pros-ecute 12 captured Somali piratesin what maritime officials praisedas a move that might deter the hi-jacking of ships off East Africa.

Somali pirates apprehended byauthorities are often not brought tojustice, but merely released afterbeing disarmed. The internationalcommunity has often depended oncountries like Kenya and theSeychelles in the past to prosecutepirates, who took a record 1,016hostages for ransom last year.

Naval commandos from Ma-laysia and South Korea stagedseparate raids last Friday on aMalaysian chemical tanker andSouth Korean-operated cargo shipseized by pirates in the Gulf ofAden and the Arabian Sea respec-tively. The commandos overpow-ered a total of 12 pirates and res-cued 44 crew members. Eight pi-rates were killed by the SouthKorean team.

Malaysia was transportingseven detainees to Kuala Lumpurand planned to hold them in po-lice custody until investigationsinto the incident are completed, a

AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

Philippine police investigators look for evidence amongst the damageafter a bomb exploded inside a bus along the main avenue in the finan-cial district of Manila on January 25, 2011.

Explosion on Philippine bus,2 killed, 18 wounded

out half of its front windshield,punching holes in windows and im-mediately killing a female passen-ger near the center of the explosion,Binay said.

He said the damage indicated thatit was caused by a bomb. He said onehospital reported two people deadand 18 wounded. Metro Manila po-lice chief Nicanor Bartolome said“an explosive” must have beenplaced under a passenger seat some-where in the middle of the bus whereit caused a “big hole” in the vehiclelarge enough for a man to passthrough.

Bomb investigators were exam-ining the debris to determine thetype of explosives used, he said.Binay said he was one of the first atthe scene, describing the carnage toreporters. “There were bones andflesh on the pavement. A bloodiedbody was still there. This is an actof terrorism,” he said.

It wasn’t immediately clear howmany people were on the bus, butsome were unharmed. Officialstemporarily blocked traffic on thehighway, causing a massivegridlock on Manila’s busiest thor-oughfare.

AFP PHOTO/Jesus Alcazar

A member of the forensic service checks the body of one of five people killed while playing football inCiudad Juarez, Mexico, on January 23, 2011.

7 killed at park in besieged7 killed at park in besieged7 killed at park in besieged7 killed at park in besieged7 killed at park in besiegedMexican border cityMexican border cityMexican border cityMexican border cityMexican border cityAssociated Press Writer

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Gunmen spraying automatic weap-ons fire killed seven people at a park that had been built as an anti-violence measure in the besieged Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez,authorities said Monday.

were hospitalized in critical condi-tion, and one later died of his wounds.

Investigators found 180 bulletcasings from the sort of assaultweapons typically used by druggangs, Gonzalez said, though theyhad not yet identified the perpetra-tors or a motive. The park was inau-gurated four months ago as part ofthe “Todos Somos Juarez” program.

Three other people — two menand a 15-year-old boy — were killedon a street in the same neighborhoodMonday, although Gonzalez saidthere was no evidence that the attackswere related. Ciudad Juarez, acrossthe border from El Paso, Texas, is

Mexico’s most violent city, withmore than 3,000 killed last year asthe Sinaloa and Juarez drug cartelsfor control of lucrative traffickingroutes into the United States.

Seven drug gang suspects, mean-while, were killed in a series ofgunbattles outside the northern city ofMonterrey, the Defense Departmentsaid in a statement. Among those killedwas a top operator of the Zetas druggang known as “Comandante Lino,”the statement said. It did not providethe suspect’s full name, and DefenseDepartment officials did not immedi-ately respond to requests for details.

The statement said “ComandanteLino” led the Zetas’ turf war againstthe Gulf cartel in the state of NuevoLeon. The Zetas were long time hitmen for the Gulf cartel, but the twogroups split early last year, provok-ing a bloody territorial battle innortheastern Mexico.

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

A South Korean watches a TV reporting South Korean navy mili-tary operation against Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea, at theSeoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011.

Malaysia, SKorea seek tocharge 12 Somali pirates

federal police spokesman said oncondition of anonymity because hewas not authorized to make publicstatements.

Attorney General Abdul GaniPatail told The Associated Press hehad not decided what chargesmight be filed. It would be the firsttrial in Malaysia involving Somalipirates. South Korean DefenseMinistry spokesman Kim Min-seok meanwhile said that hiscountry’s “stance is to prosecutepirates rather than swapping them”for other fishermen being held bypirates in a separate hijacking case.

Seoul also was consideringbringing five captured Somalis toSouth Korea, Foreign MinisterKim Sung-hwan said, noting thatit was natural for his country tohandle the assailants who inflicteddamage on South Koreans.

Such prosecutions could helpsend a message to Somali piratesthat they must pay for their crimes,said Noel Choong, head of the In-ternational Maritime Bureau’s pi-racy watch center in Kuala Lumpur.

“The Somali pirates must real-ize that the world is serious abouteradicating Somali pirates andwould not hesitate to capture andcharge them accordingly,” Choongtold the AP.

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Activities Wednesday, January 26, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event forJanuary 3 through January 26, 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

04 JanuarySpecial Event at Tenganan PegringsinganUsaba SadhaMain ritual of twelfth month commanced withtemple annyversary celebration of Pura Accompa-nied by Gambang orchestra at 18.00 pm.Temple anniversary celebration at Pura DalemPuri,Pura Ulun Kulkul, Pura Kiduling Kreteg, PuraBenua Kawan,Besakih complex,districk ofRendang,Karangasem regency

05 JanuarySpecial Event at Tenganan PegringsinganUsaba SadhaMain Ceremony held at Pura Jero when the wholetemple adherents go praying to the temple in theirfinest traditional dress while Gambang orchestracheeras the atmosphere at 17.00 pm.

06 JanuarySpecial Event at Tenganan PegringsinganUsaba SadhaLast ritual held at Pura Jero ended with processionof Deities back to Subak Pemaksan (the agriculturaltemple) at 18.00 pm. Followed by special event heldfor the elderly people of the village.

12 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebration at:* Pura Luhur Pucak Padang Dawa, Bangli

village,distict of Baturiti, Tabanan Regency* Pura Silayukti,Padangbai village, district of

manggis,Karangasem Regency* Pura Air Jeruk,South Beach of Sukawati

Village,Gianyar Regency* Pura Dangin Pasar,Batuan Village, District of

Sukawati.Gianyar regensy

* Pura Desa Lembeng,Ketewel village, District ofSukawati.Gianyar regency* Pura Penataran,Batuyang Village, District ofSukawati.Gianyar regency* Pura Budha Kliwon,Penatih Village, east ofdenpasar

19 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebrations at:* Pura Ratu Pasek Besakih (the mother temple)

complex,distric of Rendang, Karangasem Regency* Pura Dalem Batur Village, distric of

kintamani,Bangli regency

22 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebrations at:* Pura Dalem Tarukan,Bebalang village, South oe the

town of bangli.* Pura Benua Kangin,Besakih (the mother temple

complex)Karngasem Regensy* Pura Dalem,Pemuteran,Jelantik tojan

Village,Klungkung regensy* Pura Pucak Sari,Gunung Sari Village,district of

Penebel,Tabanan Regency.

26 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebrations at:* Pura Bandesa Mas Kepisah,Pedungan village, south

of denpasar* Pura Pasar agung,Kaba-kaba village, district of

kediri,Tabanan regency* Pura Dalem Petinget, Kerobokan village, district of

kuta,Badung regency* Pura Dalem Pulasari,samprangan village, district of

blahbatuh,Gianyar regency* Pura Natih,Banjar kalan,Batuan Village, District of

Sukawati,Gianyar regency

TODAY, the Kuta Executive Club (KEC) may be oneof the most creative tourism organizations in Bali perform-ing activities related to the building of Bali tourism image.After signing the MoU with the Integrated Police Com-munity Radio (IPRC) of Bali intended to establish an inte-grated security system in the Bali tourism industry, KECrecently held a regular member meeting to improve thequality of members.

“We are necessary to perform many things to maintainthe quality of hotel products and Bali tourism in general,”said Chairman of KEC, Gusti Kade Sutawa, in the midstof the preparatory meetings of the KEC members at PuriSaron Hotel, Seminyak, recently.

On that account, continued Goesde as he is familiarlygreeted, KEC held a meeting with the party of the Indone-sian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI), bank andsecurity forces in order to provide input related to the safetyand comfort of tourism in Bali and Kuta in particular. KECwould continue to print booklets aiming to promote theirrespective product to guests at the member hotels of theKEC. Most importantly, he argued, was to discuss how toimprove the quality of human resources, especially in theKEC.

In addition, some inputs were also designed to be latergiven to the boards of the Indonesian Hotels and Restau-rants Association of Badung Chapter. One of them was byorganizing an enhancing activity for the members in orderto advance the Badung tourism.

And the latest effort, he added, his party would conductcooperation with one of the national banks for the pro-curement of corporate cards for the KEC members. (BTN)

KEC Improves Quality of Members

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Wednesday, January 26, 20116 News

The council is expected to in-clude respected opposition poli-tician Ahmed Mestiri, whom arange of opposition politiciansand former members of the rulingRCD believe they can work with.The news came as the Tunisianarmy general who refused to sup-port Ben Ali’s crackdown on pro-testers warned that a politicalvacuum could bring back dictator-ship.

“Our revolution is your revo-lution. The revolution of the youthcould be lost and could be ex-ploited by those who call for avacuum,” General Rashid Ammartold crowds outside the primeminister’s office, where protest-ers have demanded that PrimeMinister Mohamed Ghannouchiquit. “The army will protect therevolution,” he said.

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Tunisian patrol on January 24, 2011 in Tunis.They came from a poverty-stricken rural regionwhere the crackdown against a wave of social protests in the final days of ousted president ZineEl Abidine Ben Ali’s 23-year regime was at its harshest.

Reuters

TUNIS – Tunisian politicians are negotiating the creation of a council to oversee the interimgovernment, people close to the talks said Monday after days of street protests demanding that thecabinet resign. They said the council would be tasked with protecting the revolution that toppledveteran president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali this month, amid widespread complaints that formermembers of the ruling party are trying to cling on to power.

Ammar’s decision to withdrawsupport from Ben Ali is widelyseen as a turning point that even-tually forced him to leave thecountry on January 14 after weeksof popular protests. Protesters,mostly from marginalized ruralareas, camped out for a secondnight at the prime minister’s officeMonday.

SUPERVISORY COUNCILU.S. Assistant Secretary of

State Jeff Feltman arrived in Tunisand met officials including For-eign Minister Kamel Morjane todiscuss plans for democratic re-forms and elections. “We are pre-pared to provide any support thatwould be appropriate or requestedbut we are mostly taking steps nowto show our support for what thepeople of Tunisia themselves have

said that they want to happen,” hetold state media.

The Tunisians’ revolt has elec-trified millions across the Arabworld who suffer similarly fromunemployment, rising prices andcorrupt rule, often by leadersbacked by Western powers as abulwark against radical Islam.

Egypt’s government haswarned activists hoping to emu-late Tunisia’s protesters they facearrest if they go ahead on Tues-day with a mass demonstrationbilled as the “Day of Wrath.”

Sihem Bensedrine, a rights ac-tivist and head of the non-govern-mental National Council for Lib-erties, said an announcement onthe new supervisory council couldcome any day. “The idea is to cre-ate a kind of council for safe-guarding the revolution,” she said.

Rescuers managed to pull 41people from the water, includ-ing some with injuries from be-ing pounded by floating debris,while one man managed to makeit the short distance from theboat to shore unaided.

Authorities eventually recov-ered 30 bodies from the water butit is believed around 20 more werenot able to be recovered. The threemen — named in local media asHadi Han, 22, Abdul Rashid, 60,and Supriadi, 32 — appearedbriefly in Perth Magistrates Courtbut were not required to enter aplea.

“Unfortunately — we do havethis misfortune — we far fromalways implement even the mostimportant legislation.” NorthCaucasus rebels have threatenedattacks against cities and eco-nomic targets in the run-up toparliamentary elections this yearand 2012 presidential polls. Thechoice of Domodedovo’s inter-national arrivals area suggestedthe attackers wanted to achievea wider impact beyond Russia’sborders.

Russia is to host the 2014Winter Olympics in Sochi, onthe edge of the Caucasus, whichsome rebels consider part of theterritory they aim to include inan Islamic state. An investiga-tor cited by news agency Itar-Tass said the attack was appar-ently carried out by a heavilybuilt man aged 30 to 40. Otherreports have given conflictinginformation, with some pointingto a female suicide bomber ortwo attackers.

Domodedovo Airport said itwas not responsible for the blast.“The airport maintains that weshould not be held accountablefor the explosion, because, I re-peat, we fully met all the re-quirements in the sphere of airtransport security for which weare responsible,” spokeswomanYelena Galanova said in tele-vised comments.

Medvedev, who vowed topunish those behind the blasts,delayed his departure to theSwiss mountain resort of Davos,where he is to court foreign in-vestment in Russia in his open-ing keynote speech at the WorldEconomic Forum on Wednes-day. Analysts said the attackcould hamper Kremlin efforts toreform Russia’s energy-relianteconomy, especially with elec-tions approaching.

“The heightened threat to na-tional security distracts top of-ficials’ attention from otherpressing issues, such as formu-lat ing the economic policyagenda for the next politicalcycle,” Moscow investmentbank VTB Capital said in a note.“It might also affect calculationsfor the 2011-12 election cam-

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“They’re very unhappy. It’s atotal tragedy and they’re very up-set,” their lawyer David McKenzietold reporters outside court. Thecharges come one day after Aus-tralian customs released a reportinto the tragedy which said thatauthorities had not spotted the boatuntil it was about 600 metres(yards) from Christmas Island, justan hour before it crashed.

The maximum penalty forpeople-smuggling offences is 20years’ imprisonment and/or fineof $220,000. The charges againstthe three men do not relate to anyof the deaths.

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paign,” the note read.

NATIONALIST VIOLENCEPrime Minister Vladimir

Putin, the dominant partner inRussia’s ‘tandem’ leadership,built his early reputation as astrong leader by launching a warin late 1999 to crush a rebel gov-ernment in Chechnya, a NorthCaucasus province. That cam-paign achieved its immediateaim, but insurgency has spreadto neighboring Ingushetia andDagestan and spawned persis-tent attacks beyond the NorthCaucasus.

Putin and Medvedev havevowed to crush the insurgentsand poured money into the im-poverished North Caucasus, butattacks have continued. LastMarch, two female suicide at-tackers from Dagestan killed 40rush-hour commuters inMoscow’s metro. Further attackscould increase pressure fromhardliners on Putin to return tothe presidency next year.

The spread of violence fromthe North Caucasus, where it isfed by a cocktail of corruption,poverty and clan rivalries as wellas religious radicalism, fansRussian nationalist militancy inthe heartland.

Tensions between ethnic Rus-sians and the 20 million Muslimswho make up one-seventh ofRussia’s population flared dra-matically last month in clashesincluding a riot by Russian na-tionalists who attacked pass-ersby of non-Slavic appearancesteps from the Kremlin, many ofthem from the North Caucasus.

On Tuesday police officersboosted their presence aroundrailroad stations and airports,carrying out spot checks ofpeople who looked as thoughthey could be from theCaucasus.

The worst attack carried out byNorth Caucasus insurgents tookplace in 2004 when militantsseized control of a school in thetown of Beslan. When Russiantroops stormed the building in anattempt to end a siege, 331 hos-tages, more than half of themchildren, were killed.

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Associated Press Writer

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Thou-sands of curious onlookers areflocking to central Indonesia tolook at a “crop circle” in a ricefield following rumors it wasformed by a UFO.

Though clearly sculptured byhumans — it looks like an intri-cately designed flower — the 70-meter-wide (70-yard-wide) circlehas drawn so much attention thatpolice have blocked off the area

“Of the ten ASEAN membersonly Indonesia that has not ratifiedthe agreement. FollowingIndonesia’s appointment as ASEANchair for 2011 we will try to speedup the ratification,” he said.

Arief said that meetings had

Antara

SURABAYA - Tanjung Perak police foiled the dispatch of Indone-sian migrant workers to Malaysia.

One of the perpetrators SR (24) of Batu Marmer, Pamekasan, Madura,had been arrested by the police who also safeguarded five migrantworkers, four of them female.

“We have named SR as suspect, and the five TKIs witnesses be-cause they were merely victima. We are still in pursuit of anotherperpetrator with the initial SL,” Tanjung Perak police Chief AdjunctSenior Commissioner Yuda Gustawan said at his office here Mon-day.

The arrest came after police received reports that unusual things arehappening in a certain house at Jalan Kalimas Baru III, and it laterturned out that the house provided accommodation for TKIs wishing togo to Malaysia.

The police seized Rp14.8 million and a cell phone from the gang.In the meantime, the four TKIs namely Hoiriyah (19), Farida (19),

Maniah (20) and Nur (32), from Proppo, Pamekasan, Madura, and themale Khosairi (31) came from Plengaan, Pamekasan.

The perpetrators told police investigators that each of the prospec-tive TKIs had to pay them Rp3.5 million.

“They plan boarding a plane in Surabaya for Batam, then crossingto Johor, Malaysia, and travel by land to Kuala Lumpur,” he said.

Antara

JAYAPURA - The Military CourtIII-19 in Jayapura, Papua, has sen-tenced to 8-10 months in jail threesoldiers who were seen on video-tape to have brutalized civilians inPuncak Jaya district in Papua.

In separate sessions the threewere pronounced guilty of violatingsuperiors’ orders while carrying outtheir duties in Puncak Jaya.

Second Sergeant IrwanRiskiyanto of Unit 753 AVT/Nabireof the 17th Cendrawasih MilitaryCommand was sentenced to 10months after being found guilty ofcommitting an act of violenceagainst a number of Papuans in vio-

UFO rumors sendthousands to centralIndonesia

with yellow tape.Villagers have started charging

entrance fees. Guntur Purwanto,chief of Jogotirto village in Slemandistrict, said the circle appeared inthe middle of the green rice pad-dies over the weekend.

Among those turning out Tues-day and offering opinions were of-ficials from Indonesia’s spaceagency, well-respected astrono-mers and nuclear agency officials.All agree it was not left by anUFO.

Three soldiers sentencedfor brutalizing Papua civilians

lation of his superior’s orders.Chief Judge Lt Col Adil

KaroKaro said Irwan’s action ranagainst the soldier’s oath and TNI’s8 obligations. His action was alsoconsidered damaging principles oflife and the image of TNI before thecommunity.

“In view of them the sentence iscommensurate with the violations hehas committed,” he said.

For his favor the defendant is stillyoung and had resented his action,he said.

The sentence was lighter than theprosecutor’s demand of 12 monthsin jail. Irwan had asked for time tothink of whether he would appealor not.

The two other TNI membersmeanwhile received eight and ninemonths in jail respectively for be-ing proven violating their superiors’order.They are first private ThamrinMahangiri and first private YaksonAgu.

Their sentence is also lighter thatthe prosecutor’s demand of 9 monthsfor Thamrin and 10 months forYakson. In response to the verdictsthe two also had asked for time toconsider whether or not they wouldappeal. The case recieved a publicsecrutiny after the video was shownon the YouTube.

On the video they were seen beat-ing two Papuans believed to be in-volved in separatist movement.

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JAKARTA - Indonesia will ratify the Asean Agreement on Trans-boundary Haze Pollution, environment minister deputy for environ-ment destruction control and climate change Arief Yuwono said hereon Monday.

been held among institutions tolead the process and discuss kindsof regulations to be made.

The ASEAN Agreement onTrans-boundary Haze Pollutionwas signed by ten countries onJune 2011 in Kuala Lumpur and

had been effective as of Novem-ber 25, 2003 after six countriesratified it.

If the agreement is ratified a lotof benefit would be enjoyed by In-donesia such as opportunities touse human resources and equip-ment available in ASEAN membercountries and outside ASEAN toconduct monitoring, assessmentand emergency response on forestfires that cause trans-boundaryhaze.

The opportunity is also open for

Indonesia to become an ASEASNCenter that could benefit optimallyfrom transfer of knowledge andtechnology and researches to mini-mize forest fires, educate and pro-mote public awareness throughASEAN cooperation and with in-ternational assistance towards pre-vention, mitigation and control offorest fires.

Indonesia could also strengthenits management and capability inthe prevention, mitigation, readi-ness, monitoring, and control of

forest fires.In economic terms Indonesia

would be able to benefit biggerClean Development Mechanismbenefit if no forest fires happen.

Negative campaign from Eu-rope on the country’s palm oil orwood could also be avoided, hesaid.

“In view of that I think this pro-cess is important and must be es-corted and followed up whether itwould become a draft law or apresidential decree,” he said.

Tanjung Perak policefoil dispatch of TKIsto Malaysia

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Indonesian motorists ride past partitions covering a new traffic flyover construction site in downtownJakarta on January 25, 2011. Indonesia plans to spend 140 billion USD improving its poor infrastructureand reaching an economic growth target of seven percent. Of the total, the government has said it aimsto attract 90 billion USD from private investors.

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Bali Today

Director of the Bali Tourism De-velopment Corporation (BTDC),Made Mandra, said that Badungwas facing serious challenges re-lated to the public order, securityand comfort of tourists. Frequentcriminal cases would certainly af-fect the Bali tourism when policeofficers did not take action quickly.“The rise of criminal cases can po-tentially damage the image of Baliin the international eyes. Therefore,the cases must be addressedpromptly. We do hope the commit-ment of police and other relevantparties to overcome the problem,”he asserted.

Mandra recalled the importanceof the role of the entire communityin maintaining the security of Bali.There should be a proactive attitudeof the entire community because se-curity was a necessity for all par-ties, not just for tourists.

“I think the unfocused develop-ment and disorganized demo-graphic problems will become thetrigger of thuggery that ultimatelymay threaten the tourism,” he said.He added that tourism developmentin the region, for example, that didnot pay attention to the surround-ing community was very vulnerableto the acts of criminality. Participa-tion of the government in the re-gency as well as tourism perpetra-tors prior to developing a tourismdestination or tourism infrastructureshould pay attention to the zonesand the characteristics of the region.

“As a matter of fact, the mostimportant is the arrangement of ex-isting infrastructure and populationin Badung. Uncontrolled regionalmigrants, high unemployment andthe increasing demands could causethe crime lately,” he said.

In the future, he considered, thedata collection of population was

AntaraDENPASAR - Korean inves-

tors are interested in constructinga dam in the Unda river’s estuarywhich was once a mining location,in Gunaksa village, Klungkungdistrict, Bali, a local official said.

“There has been a discussion be-tween the Klungkung district ad-ministration and the Korean inves-tors about the latter are wish to fundthe dam project. But this time weare still conducting a survey on thelocation,” Tjokorde Gede Agung,Klungkung district deputy chief,said here Monday.

Tjokorda Agung said the loca-tion of the proposed dam was oncea sand mining site in Gunaksa vil-lage, Dawan sub district.

Antara

DENPASAR - Bali exported 11.6tons of coffee worth US$126,584 to theinternational market in the January-November 2010 period, a local officialsaid.

However, the value decreased 11.70percent compared to that of the sameperiod in the previous year whichreached US$143,359, a spokesman forthe Bali province administration, IKetut Teneng, noted.

“Meanwhile, the volume of the cof-fee exports decreased 56.4 percent be-cause in the previous year it had shipped26.8 tons of the commodities,” he said.

Ketut Teneng said the fall in thevalue and volume of the coffee exportwas closely related to the stock of thecommodity, which was heavily influ-

Bali’s coffee exports worth US$126,584

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KUTA - The rampant criminal action in the tourism regionof Badung Regency kindled the concern of a number of tourismperpetrators in Bali. They deplored the increasing recent ac-tions because it potentially harmed the image of Bali tourism.Police were expected to take action quickly in response to thecases, moreover if it involved the foreign nationals.

essential. “We realize that the popu-lation data collection stays far fromperfect. This should be improvedproperly, so that we can know clearlyabout the interest and purposes ofthose regional migrants,” he said.

The National Executive Board ofthe Indonesian Tour Guides Associa-tion (HPI), Nyoman Kandia, statedthat Bali was a tourist metropolitanwith its developed tourism. Eachyear thousands of tourists came toBali to enjoy the exoticism of theisland. Of course, such a conditionattracted many fortune-mongersfrom the less developed regions tosearch for reasonable daily bread andbutter on the island.

“Regional migrants seeking forfortune on the island of Bali indeedbecome one of the causes of crime.Indeed, some of them could get suc-cess, while some others take unclearmixed jobs, get unemployed, beg andso forth,” he said.

Those regional migrants broughtalong with them a bit of problemsfor the provincial government ofBali, ranging from the crimes to theslums they created. “It is time for thegovernment to control the regionalmigrant population, ranging from theclarity of their residence, employ-ment, relatives, until the examinationof the illness,” he said.

Kandia recognized that Bali re-mained to be a great magnet for newarrivals to try their fortune. The phe-nomenon of backflow, like thehomecoming, occurred every year.This ought to become a lesson so thatpopulation explosion in the big cit-ies could be anticipated. Local gov-ernment was required to optimize theeconomic potential existing in theregion. On that account, the eco-nomic activities and businesseswould be really oriented in the in-terests of the residents. (par)

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Bali exported 11.6 tons of coffee worth US$126,584 to the international market in the January-November 2010 period, a local official said.

enced by the climate and also the har-vest time of coffee which is once inevery two years.

Coffee in the form of rice seeds aswell as after being processed success-fully penetrates Japan, France and sev-eral European countries.

Bali is able to produce 13,800 tonsof coffee in 2009 but production is ex-pected to decline in 2010 due to therainy season which occurs almostthroughout the year.

Ketut Teneng explained Balinesefarmers apply environmentally friendlycropping pattern to produce the highly-economic commodities.

“Balinese coffee farmers now nolonger use fertilizers and chemicals pro-duced by factories in eradicating thepest,” he said.

Ketut Teneng added, the develop-

ment of coffee trees is combined withthe cow breeding, so that farmers gaina double advantage, namely cow fat-tening and production of manure to fer-tilize the coffee trees.

Such a development pattern makesthe coffee farmers receive certificatesin the process of production using or-ganic fertilizer.

“The measure is very helpful inmarketing products, especially to for-eign markets since the consumers indeveloped countries like productswhich are produced under an environ-mentally-friendly process,” said KetutTeneng.

Until now, Bali has 30,029 hect-ares of coffee plantations which con-sisted of 8,197 hectares for arabicacoffee and 23,832 hectares of ro-busta coffee.

Korean investors interestedin constructing Dam in Bali

“About 100 hectares of land areneeded for the project,” he added.

The water reservoir was ex-pected to meet the need of peoplein Gianyar district and Denpasarcity,” Tjokorda Agung said.

He said the discharge of watersflowing from the upstream to thedam can generate about 1,500 litersper second.

The volume of the water dis-charge is expected to meet the needof clean water for the people inthree districts and one city in Bali,he said.

Tjokorda Agung said now theKorean investor team are conduct-ing a survey and doing developmentengineering detail (DED).

“To supply waters to the two ar-

eas, the investor will install pipewhich will be in an approximately38 kilometers long,” he explained.

He said that if the survey is go-ing according to the plan, the con-struction will hopefully start thisyear.

“We hope in 2013 the dam willbe operated and supply waters toGianyar and Denpasar. The incomefrom this project is expected to goto the Klungkung district’s originalincome,” Tjokorda Agung said.

Besides receiving Unda River’swater, the dam will also be devel-oped as a water tourist site, he added.

“The district administration alsoplans to develop a water tourist sitein the dam because its location isstrategic,” he explained.

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OVERVIEW:No big religious or private celebration would be

held without serving this ritual dish. Only the eldest,and most experienced men are allowed to mix themany ingredients. Many versions incorporate rawpounded meat and fresh blood in the dressing.Chicken meat can be replaced with beef, pork,seafood, vegetables or young jackfruit.

INGREDIENTS:3 cups blanched long bean cut in ½ cm slices½ cups grated coconut, roasted6 clove garlic, peeled, sliced and fried6 - 8 shallots, peeled, sliced and fried2 large red chilies, seeded and cut in fine strips4 - 6 bird’s-eye chilies, finely sliced3 tsp fried chili2 tbsp chicken spice pasteFried shallots to garnish

DRESSING:250g boneless chicken, minced2tbsp chicken spice paste1tsp freshly squeezed limejuice1tsp salt½tsp black peppercorns, crushedBanana leaf cut in 30 cm (12 in) square

PREPARATION:Combine beans, coconut, garlic, shallots, all the

chilies and chicken spice paste in a large bowl andmix well.

To prepare the dressing, combine chicken mincewith 2 tbsp of chicken spice paste and mix well. Placeminced chicken lengthwise in center of banana leafand roll up very tightly. Place banana leaf roll onaluminum foil and roll up again very tightly. Turn sidessimultaneously in opposite directions to tighten theroll. Steam roll for 20 minutes. Remove aluminum foiland banana leaf; break up with fork to its originalminced form.

Combine mince chicken with bean mixture; seasonto taste with salt pepper and limejuice. Garnish withcrispy fried shallot. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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DENPASAR – Well known trade website in Indo-nesia Tokobagus.com successfully reached 300 bil-lion rupiah in transaction done by the seller and buyerthrough the website. The number gained in December2010.

The value received from the survey done byTokobagus.com where it was using several importantparameters such as the product they like, the numberof transaction and the value of the commerce activity.

According to the Director of Tokobagus.com,Remco Lupker, said that the survey was done in earlyJanuary 2011 with the trust level of 99% and errormargin only 5%. The result of the survey showed thatin December 2010, there were 90,000 transactions andthe profit was 300 billion rupiah.

“The high value of transaction was affected by sev-eral products which has high price such as housingand cars,” he added.

The survey was also done to determine the averagespend of each Tokobagus.com visitor and how manytimes they buy something on the website. It was no-ticed that 30% of buyers spent around 1 million ru-piah through 5 million rupiah to buy something inTokobagus.com.

As much as 3% of them spent 10 million rupiahand only 3% spent less than 10,000 rupiah in thewebsite.

The buyer’s transaction frequency in Tokobagus.comwas 42% for those who use the site for 2 up to 5 timesa month while those who once and a wile carry outtransaction on the site was as much as 21%

Seeing the great development, Romce certain that

Bali Post

GIANYAR – Farmers of Gianyar Region are stillfacing a classic problem especially on marketing.For that, farmers asked government to find a solu-tion in marketing their products, as stated by WayanSuka, a representative of Sugar Farmers fromSukawati in the middle of Farm Dialogue (DialogTani) held by Indonesia Farmer Community (HKTI)

Courtesy of tokobagus.com

Remco Lupker

Online transaction reached 300 billion rupiah

in 2011, there will be an increase in the number oftransaction in Tokobagus.com. The increase is pre-dicted will be around 150% to 200% while the increasein profit will be around 125% through 150%.

Gianyar Farmers Face Marketing DifficultiesGianyar Branch last Monday (24/1).

Suka stated it’s been hard in marketing their sugarproducts also on other products as other farmersmentioned it too.

With these complains, Head of DPC HKTI GianyarRegion, P K DIah Kencana, stated that HKTI has senta request to Gianyar Regent to build a facility for ag-riculture business as a showroom in marketing and alsoa place to form the farmers network. (kmb16)

LAWAR AYAM(Green Bean Salad with Chicken)

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This botanical garden is openedon 1959 and owns 154.5 ha land lo-cated Tabanan regency, northwestpart of Bali. It is close to the beauti-ful lake which is called Beratan Lakeand Ulun Danu Temple. It has in-habitants more than 1187 plant typesand multifarious of floras. In thisarea, there is orchid garden with thecollection of 320 orchid types fromBali, Java, Nusa Tenggara Timur,Sulawesi and also Irian Jaya. We canalso meet the rose garden with thecollection of various rose from rustcolored until green chromatic.

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Bedugul Botanical Gardenpan, Australia, Africa and also Neth-erlands. Cyathea Garden is one of thespecific gardens owning the variouscollections of Paku-pakuan (tropicalvegetable) which can be eaten as veg-etable by Balinese and some of themare used for decoration. The tree fromthis nail Cyatheas are often exploitedas growth media of various orchidtypes. Cactus collections are con-sisted of 104 types. This cactus isobtained from Africa, America, Ger-many, Switzerland and also Indone-sia. The crop season at botanical gar-den is taken 94 types plants that arethe collection from the exploitationfor Balinese life ceremony, templeceremony, devoting/offering andothers purpose. It also owns the col-lection of drug crop with 84 types/species.

Beside of the crop collections,Bedugul Botanical Garden or KebunRaya Eka Karya also owns the tra-ditional Balinese houses and it func-tion as guest house for scientist whois doing observation. It is alsoopened for public including touristsand to be one of favorite tourist des-tinations in Bali especially for do-mestic tourists.

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BUSINESS

Agence France-Presse

MADRID – Spain will changeregulations to allow the partialtakeover of its weakest lendersand require all banks to bolster theamount of capital they hold toshore up confidence in its finan-cial system, Economy MinisterElena Salgado said.

Spanish banks have beenhobbled by loans to constructionand real estate developers sincethe collapse of a property bubbleand they are at the heart of mar-ket fears that the country couldneed a bailout from the EuropeanUnion and the International Mon-etary Fund like the ones grantedIreland and Greece last year.

While major Spanish bankslike Santander or BBVA can com-fortably cope with their bad real-estate loans, there are fears thatsome regional savings banksknown as “cajas” may not be ableto do so and will need costly gov-ernment help.

Salgado said Spain will set the

In an updated World EconomicOutlook report, the InternationalMonetary Fund said the globaleconomy would likely expand 4.4percent this year, a touch higherthan the 4.2 percent it forecast inOctober. It said it expected growthof 4.5 percent in 2012.

Tax cuts enacted late last yearwill likely lift growth in the UnitedStates by half a percent this year,and a separate simulative packagefrom Japan would also help sustainthe moderate global recovery, theIMF said.

“More generally, signs are in-creasing that private consumption— which fell sharply during the cri-sis — is starting to gain a footholdin major advanced economies,” itsaid.

Advanced economies have beena drag on global growth since thefinancial crisis erupted in 2007.

While they are beginning to of-fer a bigger contribution, the IMFsaid those economies still pose thebiggest risk to the world recovery.In particular, it warned of downsiderisks from the debt crisis in Europeand the high debt levels in manyother advanced economies.

It said “comprehensive, rapid,and decisive policy actions” wereneeded to tackle troubles in the eurozone. In a separate report on Tues-day, the IMF called for an increasein the effective size of Europe’s fi-nancial rescue fund and rigorousstress-testing of the region’s banks.

The Fund revised up its 2011growth projection for advancedeconomies to 2.5 percent from anOctober forecast of 2.2 percent. Itsaid growth would likely remain at2.5 percent next year — a pace itwarned was not sufficient to makea dent in high unemployment rates.

The IMF said rich nationsneeded to keep in place loose mon-etary policies to support growth.

U.S. tax cutsU.S. tax cutsU.S. tax cutsU.S. tax cutsU.S. tax cutsgive worldgive worldgive worldgive worldgive worldgrowth agrowth agrowth agrowth agrowth aboostboostboostboostboostReuters

JOHANNESBURG – A package of U.S. tax cuts should give alift to a global economic recovery that had already begun to gainspeed late last year, the IMF said on Tuesday as it revised itsworld growth forecast higher.

“As long as inflation expectationsremain anchored and unemploy-ment stays higher, this is the rightpolicy from a domestic perspec-tive,” it said.

The Fund said the U.S. economywould likely grow 3.0 percent thisyear, a sharp upward revision fromits 2.3 percent October forecast.The IMF expects growth in theworld’s largest economy to easeslightly to 2.7 percent in 2012.

For Japan, the IMF said growth wasnow expected to reach 1.6 percent thisyear, an upward revision from Octo-ber, and 1.8 percent next year.

It maintained its October fore-cast for the euro zone at 1.5 per-cent and estimated growth wouldaccelerate to 1.7 percent next year.It upgraded its 2011 growth fore-cast for Germany to 2.2 percentfrom 2.0 percent due to strongerdomestic demand.

The IMF said it expects emerg-ing and developing economies,which include China, India, Braziland Russia, to keep up their briskpace of growth, although it notedthat inflation pressures were risingin these countries.

It revised up its 2011 growth fig-ure for emerging economies to 6.5percent from an October projectionof 6.4 percent, and said it sees simi-lar growth next year.

For China, the IMF maintainedits 2011 growth forecast at 9.6 per-cent and said growth next yearwould slow slightly to 9.5 percent.

The Fund revised up its 2011forecast for Brazilian growth to 4.5percent versus a previous projectionof 4.1 percent. It said Brazil wouldlikely grow 4.1 percent next year.

The IMF said the surge in pri-vate investment flows into emerg-ing market economies would likelyremain strong, buoyed by low in-terest rates in mature markets anda strong investor appetite.

AFP PHOTO/ PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU

A man walks in front of Chinese Bank ICBC on January 24, 2011 in Madrid. Spain will changeregulations to allow the partial takeover of its weakest lenders and require all banks to bolsterthe amount of capital they hold to shore up confidence in its financial system, Economy MinisterElena Salgado said.

Spain to allow partialtakeover of troubled lenders

core capital level for all lendersat 8.0 percent, more than the 7.0percent required by 2018 undernew, international “Basel III”rules agreed in September.

“This ratio can be higher forlenders that are not listed or thatdo not have a significant presenceof private investors and depend onthe wholesale market for morethan 20 percent of their assets,”she told a news conference.

The amount needed torecapitalise the country?s bankingsystem will not exceed 20 billioneuros (27 billion dollars) and “allor part” of that sum will comefrom financial markets, the min-ister added.

Lenders will have until Sep-tember to boost their capital andthe government will step in to taketemporary stakes in those savingsbanks that do not meet the new re-quirements.

To do this Spain’s bankingregulations will be changed to al-low the state-backed Fund forOrderly Bank Restructuring, or

FROB, to acquire direct equitystakes in the so-called cajas for upto five years, Salgado said.

“We have deemed necessary toimplement these set of measures todispel doubts on the banks’ capac-ity to resist under adverse sce-narios, so they could access mar-kets and grant loans to thecountry’s economy,” she said.

Prime Minister Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero stressed thatany takeover of a stake in a sav-ings bank would be short-lived.

“If it happens, it will be verylimited and of course the presenceof the state will be strictly limited,”he said during an interview withVeo7 television.

Many Spanish savings banks, no-torious for being used by local poli-ticians that control them to fund petprojects from football stadiums toairports, have been locked out of thewholesale market in recent months.

The Bank of Spain has beenforcing the savings banks into around of mergers, reducing theirnumber from 45 to 17.

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It’s the Human Torch, leaving team-mates Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Womanand the Thing to pick up the piecesand move forward. Fifty years aftercosmic rays transformed him into aman ablaze, the Human Torch willburn no more as the pop culture pur-veyor of super heroes and villainsembarks on an ambitious story line thatends the Fantastic Four.

In the newest issue of one of thecompany’s longest-running comicbooks, Johnny Storm’s life is takenamid a massive battle that writerJonathan Hickman has been scriptingfor a year-and-half. Illustrator SteveEpting did the art.

Hickman, along with his editor, TomBrevoort, have been unsurprisinglymum on what the future may hold forthe characters, but one thing is certain,the end is nigh for the Fantastic Fournext month. Brevoort, senior vice presi-dent for publishing at Marvel told The

Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO – Oprah Winfrey has discov-ered she has a half-sister — a Milwaukeewoman who was given up for adoption byWinfrey’s mother nearly 50 years ago, whenthe talk show host was eight years old. Anemotional Winfrey introduced her newlyfound sibling to viewers Monday and ex-plained the woman’s persistent quest to findher birth mother.

“This, my friends, is the miracle of allmiracles,” Winfrey said before bringing outthe 48-year-old woman, who throughout theprogram was identified only as Patricia,with no mention of her occupation or anyother details. After years of searching forblood relatives, the woman met Winfrey on

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Christina Aguilera will sing the na-tional anthem at the Super Bowl in Texas on Feb. 6.The five-time Grammy award winning singer will bemaking an encore at the NFL championship. She waspart of the halftime show during the 2000 Super Bowl.

The NFL and Fox made the announcement Monday.Other stars to have sung the national anthem at the SuperBowl include Carrie Underwood, Billy Joel, Diana Ross,Neil Diamond, Mariah Carey and Beyonce Knowles. Thepreviously announced halftime show will feature TheBlack Eyed Peas. The Pittsburgh Steelers will play theGreen Bay Packers at Cowboys Stadium for the NFL title.

Associated Press Writer

PHOENIX – Officials at a Phoenix hospi-tal say rocker Bret Michaels’ surgery to closea hole in his heart was successful. A surgicalteam at St. Joseph’s Hospital and MedicalCenter in Phoenix performed the procedureMonday.

A hospital spokeswoman says Michaels isrecuperating and remains in the hospital’s in-tensive care unit for observation. Doctors dis-

After half century, it’sAfter half century, it’sAfter half century, it’sAfter half century, it’sAfter half century, it’s1 Fantastic’s farewell1 Fantastic’s farewell1 Fantastic’s farewell1 Fantastic’s farewell1 Fantastic’s farewell

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – It’s a Fantastic Four farewell with the revelationTuesday of who among them has been selected to be written out of thesuper hero team. While Marvel Entertainment has made no secret thata member of the quartet, which was introduced in August 1961, woulddie, exactly who among the group would fall has been a closely heldsecret, until the release of issue No. 587.

Associated Press that “588 is the finalissue of the Fantastic Four. Beyond that,we’re not ready to say exactly whatwe’re doing. There won’t be an issue589.”

All he would say about the futurewas that the various subplots andthreads that Hickman has written “willconverge in a new thing that will beexciting and different and yet, veryfamiliar and very much the same.”Hickman told the AP that the death ispart of the natural evolution of his on-going story line. “In doing this, we’regoing to elevate the other three and thefamily in general and going forwardwith the story that we want to tell,” hesaid. “I think it makes complete sense.It’s kind of a logical move.”

Readers have weighed in online, onTwitter and in comic shops about thebuildup to the new issue, debating aboutwho should die and who should live.

“Our readers get heavily involved

in the lives of these characters. Theyfight alongside them, they share theirtriumphs and pitfalls,” he said. “Theylive with them and they grasp themvery tightly to their breast. They takethem on in a very one to one, verypersonal sort of way.”

But is death really the end and,more so, will it be permanent? Afterall, death has previously visited theFantastic Four, which was created byStan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman,supposedly died, but that was just aruse. Similarly, her husband, ReedRichards, aka Mr. Fantastic, wasthought dead after being caught in ablast with his archenemy, Dr. Doom.Instead of death, however, Richardsand his nemesis were snatched awayto another dimension.

AP Photo/Marvel Entertainment

In this comic book image releasedby Marvel Entertainment, issue

No. 587 of the Fantastic Four areshown. Marvel Entertainment has

extinguished the Human Torch’sflame and his life, too, as the popculture purveyor of super heroes

and villains embarks on anambitious story line that ends the

Fantastic Four.

Oprah Winfrey finds sistershe didn’t know she had

Thanksgiving Day of last year.When Patricia was born in Milwaukee in

1963, the young Winfrey was living with herfather and did not even know her mother waspregnant, she said.

Patricia, who Winfrey said bounced fromfoster home to foster home until she wasadopted at age 7, had given up after previ-ous searches for her mother. But she decidedto resume looking several years ago at theinsistence of her grown children.

The effort seemed to hit a dead end whena woman from the Wisconsin adoptionagency called to respond to her inquiries.“She was telling me that my birth motherhad called her back, and she had made thedecision at that particular time that she didnot want to see me,” Patricia said.

This photo taken Jan.19, 2011 and providedby Harpo ProductionsInc., shows talk-show

host Oprah Winfreygreeting her half-

sister Patricia on anepisode of “The

Oprah Winfrey Show”taped at Harpo

Studios in Chicago.

AP Photo/Harpo Productions Inc., George Burns

Aguilera to sing nationalanthem at Super Bowl

Singer Cristina Aguilera arrives on the red carpetfor the 68th annual Golden Globe awards at theBeverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, onJanuary 16, 2011.AFP PHOTO/Valerie MACON

Rocker Bret Michaels has successful heart surgerycovered the hole in Michaels’ heart in Aprilwhen he was treated for a brain hemorrhage.

Doctors inserted a catheter into a vein inMichaels’ groin with a closure device, and tinycameras assisted doctors as they operated toclose the hole.

The closure device will remain in Michaels’heart permanently to stop abnormal blood flowbetween two chambers of his heart, which isthought to have caused the warning stoke hesuffered.

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Launched in February 1999, theindustrious Stardust spacecraftzipped by comet Wild 2 in January2004, flying through the comet’scoma and snagging particles fromthat celestial wanderer. Two yearslater the probe parachuted itssample-carrying capsule into theUtah Test and Training Range in theUtah desert.

The still-operating craft — re-named Stardust-NExT, for “NewExploration of Tempel 1” — is enroute to inspect Tempel 1, a taskbegun by NASA’s Deep Impactspacecraft six years ago.

Stardust-NExT’s job is to obtainhigh-resolution images of the cometand, it is hoped, the crater that wasmade when Deep Impact’s impac-tor slammed into Tempel 1 in July2005. At the time, the stirred-updebris cloud obscured the view of

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – Before therewas Dr. Atkins, there was WilliamBanting. He invented the low-carbdiet of 1863. Even then Americanswere trying out advice that urgedfish, mutton or “any meat exceptpork” for breakfast, lunch and din-ner — hold the potatoes, please.

It turns out our obsession withweight and how to lose it datesback at least 150 years. And whilenow we say “overweight” insteadof “corpulent” — and obesity hasbecome epidemic — a look backat dieting history shows whathasn’t changed is the quest for aneasy fix.

“We grossly, grossly underesti-mate” the difficulty of changingbehaviors that fuel obesity, saysClemson University sociologistEllen Granberg, after examiningarchives at the Library of Con-gress. She believes it’s importantto show “we’re not dealing withsome brand new, scary phenom-enon we’ve never dealt with be-fore.” Indeed, the browning docu-ments are eerily familiar.

Consider Englishman WilliamBanting’s account of losing almost50 pounds in a year. He did it byshunning “bread, butter, milk,sugar, beer and potatoes, which hadbeen the main (and I thought in-nocent) elements of my existence”in favor of loads of meat.

His pamphlet, “Letter on Cor-pulence, Addressed to the Public,”

Agence France Presse

ASTANA – Kazakhstan on Tues-day extended a ban on hunting saigaantelopes until 2021 as the CentralAsian nation seeks to save the endan-gered species. An order by thecountry’s agriculture ministry to ex-tend the ban was issued in November2010 and published in local media onTuesday, effective immediately.

The previous ban lasted until late

Kazakhstan extends Saiga antelope hunting ban until 2021last year. Saiga antelopes, which havedistinctive bulbous noses, are listed asa critically endangered species byWWF.

The Kazakh agriculture ministryput the country’s saiga population atover 90,000 antelopes as of late 2010,although the WWF estimates theantelope’s entire number at 50,000,having shrunk from over a million inthe 1990s. Its population fell drasti-cally following the collapse of the

Soviet Union, due to uncontrolledhunting and demand for its hornsin Chinese medicine.

The introduction of the new banfollows an outbreak of pasteurello-sis, an infectious disease that strikesthe lungs and intestines, thatclaimed nearly 12,000 saiga ante-lopes in Kazakhstan last year. Theantelopes migrate between Russia,Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia,Turkmenistan and China.

A 1940s advertisementprovided by The

Advertising Archivesvia Library of Congress

for Bile Beans, whichoffered the World War II

generation an unsafelaxative approach to

slim down — even asthe first ideal height-

and-weight chartsarrived.

AP Photo/The Advertising Archives via Library of Congress

150 years of dieting fadsand still no quick fix

quickly crossed the Atlantic andbecome so popular here that“banting” became slang for diet-ing, Granberg says.

While obesity has rapidlysurged in the last few decades, wefirst changed from a nation wherebeing plump was desirable into anation of on-again, off-again diet-ers around the end of the 19th cen-tury, Granberg says.

Before then, people figured alittle extra weight might help with-stand infectious diseases that vac-cines and antibiotics later wouldtame. It also was a sign of pros-perity. But just as doctors today be-moan a high-tech, immobile soci-ety, the emergence of trolleys, carsand other machinery in the late19th century scaled back the sheernumber of calories people onceburned, Granberg explains. In-creasing prosperity meant easieraccess to food.

“An excess of flesh is to belooked upon as one of the most ob-jectionable forms of disease,” thePhiladelphia Cookbook declaredin 1900. Low-cal cookbookshadn’t arrived yet; the caloriewasn’t quite in vogue.

By 1903, La Parle obesity soapthat “never fails to reduce flesh”was selling at a pricey $1 a bar. TheLouisenbad Reduction Saltpledged to “wash away your fat.”Soon came an exercise machine,the Graybar Stimulator to jigglethe pounds. Bile Beans promoteda laxative approach.

Aging NASA ProbeAging NASA ProbeAging NASA ProbeAging NASA ProbeAging NASA ProbeHeaded to Second CometHeaded to Second CometHeaded to Second CometHeaded to Second CometHeaded to Second Comet

LITTLETON, Colo. – NASA’s Stardust-NExT spacecraft is hop-ing for sweet science on Valentine’s Day when it makes a close flybyof the comet Tempel 1.

any newly formed feature.Here at Lockheed Martin Space

Systems, all is in readiness for theupcoming encounter. The aerospacefirm has been NASA’s industrialpartner for Stardust throughout itstwo-mission life, having designed,built, integrated and tested thespacecraft. Company engineersmonitor the health and safety of thespacecraft, develop and send com-mands over NASA’s deep spacenetwork, and plan mission activi-ties.

So many unknownsThe voyage of Stardust from

blueprint to space traveler has beena 15-year personal journey for AllanCheuvront, Stardust-NExT pro-gram manager at Lockheed MartinSpace Systems Co.

“I’m confident that we’ll be in

good shape. We’ll get the images andwe’ll provide brand-new science,”Cheuvront told SPACE.com. “Thishas been a remarkable, robust space-craft. It has done everything we’veasked it to do and more.”

On encounter day, the company’sMission Support Area is to be staffedby a 15-person team. Stardust-NExTis to scoot by comet Tempel 1fromroughly 125 miles (200 kilometers)away. During that close-up call, andin all of five minutes, 72 images areto be taken for download to Earth,Cheuvront said.

Will the spacecraft spot the cratershaped by Deep Impact? “Scientistsdon’t understand the rotation mecha-nism of the comet, why it changes,what causes it to change, and how topredict that,” Cheuvront responded.“We did everything we can to putourselves in a position to get a pic-ture of the crater. But there are somany unknowns … we have to belucky. “Hopefully the comet will co-operate,” he added.

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Wednesday, January 26, 201114 InternationalSport

Victory moved them up tofourth and to within seven pointsof leaders Manchester United,who travel to Blackpool on Tues-day which continued the poor runof Owen Coyle’s side, who havenow suffered four defeats in theirlast five matches in a damagingrun of form and are just eightpoints above the bottom three.

Drogba gave Chelsea an earlylead with his 10th of the seasonand Frenchman Malouda equalledthat tally with a second goal justbefore half time. Anelka thenadded a third goal, his 13th of thecampaign, shortly after half timebefore Ramires scored a fourth,his first goal for the club.

Having put on celebrations ofthe life of recently-deceased clublegend Nat Lofthouse before thematch, Bolton’s players were de-termined to put on a strong per-formance and Kevin Daviesforced an early save from Chelseagoalkeeper Petr Cech as the hostsdid all the early pressing.

But Chelsea took the lead withtheir first real attack with 10 min-

BUENOS AIRES - CarlosTevez has been left out ofArgentina’s squad for the friendlywith Portugal on February 9 inSwitzerland but national teamboss Sergio Batista does not wantthe Manchester City striker to beworried by his omission. Batistahas also left out Sergio Aguero,Martin Demichelis, GabrielHeinze, Mario Bolatti and AndresD’Alessandro for the friendly inSwitzerland.

Batista said: “I have no prob-lems with any of them. It’s just amatter that I want to see otherplayers. I wish to have 20 gamesbefore the Copa America, but Idon’t, so I have to take eachchance. I left them out for onematch, it’s not that they’re out ofthe national team.’’

Batista pointed out that theCopa America was his only tar-get at this point and he did nothave any problem with playerswho had shown loyalty to his pre-decessor Diego Maradona.

“I have a group of players whowill be there, and who alreadyknow a lot since the 2008 Olym-pic Games (Batista coached thegold medal-winning team). But Ihave to give matches to some tosee them and test them.’’

Among these new players willbe Velez Sarsfield forward JuanManuel Martinez, who is calledup for the first time, and Spartak

MILAN - Inter technical di-rector Marco Branca has admit-ted the club plan to sign a newstriker who would act as a coverfor Diego Milito. The Argentinainternational has encounterednumerous injury problems thisterm, prompting club manage-ment to start a search for a newstriker.

“We have to be competitive onall fronts. If there is the chanceto rest someone for some games,it can be an advantage to get cer-tain results,” Branca said. BossLeonardo has nothing againstadding to his squad. “If someonecan become a resource and give

AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS

Chelsea’s Ramires (R) celebrates scoring against Bolton Wanderers during English Pre-mier League football match at The Reebok Stadium in Bolton, north-west England onJanuary 24, 2011.

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BOLTON – Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka and Ramires were all on targetas Chelsea ended their miserable run of away form with a 4-0 victory at Bolton here on Mondayto keep alive their dim hopes of the Premier League title. Carlo Ancelotti’s side had fallen awayfrom contention for the title with a record of one win in nine matches but they have now wontheir past eight matches at the Reebok Stadium without conceding a goal.

utes gone. Malouda pounced on ahesitant Gretar Steinsson and fedDrogba, who drove a powerful shotpast Jussi Jaaskelainen from justoutside the area. Ramires also droveover from long range as Chelsealooked for a second before Bolton’sGary Cahill headed wide from a freekick from Stuart Holden.

Chelsea still looked stronger go-ing forward and Anelka almost goton the end of a long ball forwardfrom Cech. But Jaaskelainen didwell to keep the advantage at onegoal when Drogba thumped a shotat his near post after another finethroughball from Malouda.

The Chelsea chances continued,with John Obi Mikel slipping the ballthrough for Anelka, whose shot wasblocked by a sliding challenge fromZat Knight. Bolton threatened justbefore the break when JohanElmander got on the end of a Daviesflick only for his prod at goal to bepushed wide by Cech.

Chelsea continued to dictate playafter the half time break, withMichael Essien wasting a goodchance to send Anelka through again

after another swift attack. An effortfrom Martin Petrov from almost 30yards hinted at the growing frustra-tion of the home team. But 10 min-utes after half time, Chelsea pun-ished Bolton with a ruthless break.Essien found space down the left andalthough Knight beat Drogba to theGhanaian’s cross, Anelka’s low shothad enough power to beatJaaskelainen.

Bolton’s night was all but over butsubstitute Mark Davies almost got onthe end of a return pass fromElmander as he looked to reduce thedeficit.

But the hosts knew they were al-ways struggling to make any impres-sion and after Anelka’s shot wasblocked from Essien’s cross,Ramires steered a fourth goal pastJaaskelainen. Chelsea could evenhave had a late penalty when Anelkawent down in the area under a heavychallenge from Bolton defender PaulRobinson.

But the visitors were able to con-serve their energy for their FA Cuptrip to Everton at the weekend bycoasting through the final stages.

Batista rests stars for friendly

IBP/ist

Sergio BatistaMoscow’s defender Marcos Rojo.Batista plans to use Barcelona’sLionel Messi as centre forwardand will use Ezequiel Lavezzi,Angel Di Maria, Nicolas Gaitanand Juan Manuel Martinez in sup-port roles.

“Lionel doesn’t need to win aWorld Cup to prove that he’s thebest player in the world,’’ saidBatista. “With his age, winning allwhat he has won already, that’svery difficult to do. It’s hard tobelieve that some people say thathe has no personality, or that he’snot mature yet. To play in a teamlike Barcelona and do what hedoes, you have to have all that.We’re looking at one of the bestplayers ever; we have to build ateam around him.’’

IBP/ist

Giuseppe Rossi

Inter start search fora new striker

us a hand. We will not buy forthe sake of buying.”

According to La Gazzettadello Sport, Inter are keepingtabs on Amauri , AndreaCaracciolo and Johan Elmander.Meanwhile, Inter are closing inon Feyenoord youngster LucCastaignos, who should arrive toGiuseppe Meazza in the nextfew days.

Giuseppe RossiVillarreal forward Giuseppe

Rossi has denied speculationslinking him with a move awayfrom the club. The Italian be-come team’s top scorer by scor-ing a brace in the victory overReal Sociedad last night and headmits to feeling happy for thegoals.

“I’m happy for the goals, asthey are important to me, evenmore so as they helped the teamrecord a victory.” Rossi also re-jected transfer talk by saying hewas perfectly happy to remain atEl Madrigal. “I have always saidI am very happy at Villarreal andI don’t think of anything else.”

The 23-year-old striker hasbeen linked with a number ofclubs including Tottenham andJuventus but everything sug-gests the interested clubs willhave to wait at least until thesummer.

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It was that kind of match forWawrinka. Federer faced just onebreak point, won all 13 of his ser-vice games, got 77 percent of hisfirst serves in and polished off hisBeijing Olympics doubles goldmedalist teammate 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 in1 hour, 47 minutes.

“When it’s clicking it’s really agood feeling, and I don’t ask toomany questions,” Federer said of hisoutstanding serve. All facets ofFederer’s game were working Tues-day as he advanced to the semifi-nals, where he’ll meet either NovakDjokovic or Tomas Berdych.

Still in the realm of probabilityfor the defending champion is a fi-nal against Rafael Nadal and achance to prevent the Spanish

Associated Press Writer

OAKLAND, Calif. – ManuGinobili had 20 points andseven assists, and the San Anto-nio Spurs endured TimDuncan’s brief injury scare be-fore beating the Golden StateWarriors 113-102 on Mondaynight.

Duncan went down with aleft knee injury in the secondquarter that had the entire Spursbench stunned and shaken. Hereturned to finish with 16 pointsand seven rebounds, helpingSan Antonio rebound from aloss to New Orleans and calmany nerves about what initiallyappeared to be a serious fall.

Tony Parker added 18 pointsand 11 assists, AntonioMcDyess had 14 points and 10rebounds and the NBA-bestSpurs (38-7) cruised to an oth-erwise stress-free victory thatclinched the WesternConference’s best recordthrough games of Feb. 6. Thatmeans Spurs coach GreggPopovich will coach the Westsquad in the All-Star game Feb.20 at Los Angeles.

David Lee had a season-high31 points to go with 12 re-bounds, and Monta Ellis scored25 for a Warriors team hopingto get into the playoff pictureduring a huge homestand. In-

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PARIS – When cycling’s top rider,Alberto Contador, failed a drug test atthe Tour de France last year, he joineda long list of athletes who have blamedpositives on something they swallowed— from veal to whiskey to toothpaste.Whether cycling officials thinkContador is lying with his claim thattainted steak caused him to flunk hisdope test will soon become clear.Spain’s cycling federation says it shouldannounce a decision within days orweeks.

Whatever the ruling, Contador’scase highlights a growing concernamong anti-doping scientists, coachesand athletes around the world. Even ifthe story given by the three-time Tourde France winner sounds tired to out-siders, there is a growing body of opin-ion that the drug Contador tested posi-tive for — clenbuterol — can, in fact,be consumed unwittingly from eatingbad meat. Unless anti-doping rules arechanged, scientists warn, there’s a riskthat innocent athletes who did not dopecould be unfairly punished.

Among the prominent people toraise questions about clenbuterol test-ing is Zhao Jian, deputy director-gen-eral of China’s Anti-Doping Agency.

Clenbuterol burns fat and buildsmuscle. That makes it attractive for bothdopers and farmers, who use it to bulk

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Roger Federer of Switzerland kicks a ball off the court during agame against Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland during hisquarter-final men’s singles match on the ninth day of the Aus-tralian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 25,2011. Federer won 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.

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MELBOURNE, Australia – Two points into the final game of his Australian Open quarterfinalagainst Roger Federer on Tuesday, Stanislas Wawrinka steadied himself to try returning a fore-hand smash. Wawrinka playfully waved his racket over his head in a mock attempt to return it.Forget it, the ball sailed past him and Federer won the point.

lefthander from winning his fourthconsecutive Grand Slam. No manhas held all four major titles sinceRod Laver in 1969.

Nadal plays fellow SpaniardDavid Ferrer in one quarterfinalWednesday, while Andy Murraytakes on Alexandr Dolgopolov in theother. Federer is not looking aheadto Nadal just yet.”

“It’s normal to follow Rafa in abig way because he’s going forsomething particularly very special,”Federer said. “My focus is not play-ing him in the finals quite yet. Hestill has to win a few matches againstreally tough players ahead of him. Igot my hands full ... I’m not quitethere.” Top-seeded CarolineWoznacki is nearly there, advancing

to a semifinal against China’s Li Na.The 20-year-old Danish player wasunder intense pressure early againstFrench Open champion FrancescaSchiavione before beating the Ital-ian veteran 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Li ad-vanced to the semifinals for the sec-ond year in a row at Melbourne Parkafter beating Andrea Petkovic ofGermany 6-2, 6-4.

The other women’s semifinalistswill be decided Wednesday whensecond-seeded Vera Zvonarevaplays Petra Kvitova and U.S. Openchampion Kim Clijsters takes onAgnieszka Radwanska.

Wozniacki rallied from a set anda break down to beat Schiavone andensure she’d maintain the No. 1ranking after this tournament.

After Duncan scare, Spurs top Warriors 113-102

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San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan (21) ishelped off the field after an injury to hisleft knee during the second quarter ofan NBA basketball game against theGolden State Warriors in Oakland, Ca-lif., Monday, Jan. 24, 2011.

stead, the franchise that knowsall about postseason play domi-nated as it has all season. Thebigger victory for the Spursmight be that they left town withtheir team intact.

Duncan gave his teammatesa scare when he was setting apick on Acie Law, turned to rollto the basket and his left kneeappeared to buckle slightly.Duncan fell to the floor, cring-ing for about a minute while heheld his knee.

The entire Spurs bench, in-cluding Popovich, came onto thefloor to check on the 12-time All-Star. Duncan had to be helpedup but eventually walked to thelocker room under his ownpower. Apparently, he wasn’thurt too badly.

Duncan, diagnosed with ahyperflexed left knee, returnedto start the third quarter and SanAntonio found its spark.Duncan, Ginobili and Parker —the core of all those champion-ship teams — helped San Anto-nio build an 83-70 lead. Duncanplayed his usual minutes andshowed no signs of beinghobbled.

The Spurs had won eight ina row until losing to the Hor-nets in their previous game. SanAntonio also has had winningstreaks of 12 and 10 games thisseason.

Bad food can harminnocent athletes

up livestock. In China, in particular, itsillegal use in farming is well docu-mented. The Chinese nickname for thedrug — “lean meat powder” — speaksof its muscle-building properties.

To verify whether clenbuterol-con-taminated meat can cause flunked tests,China’s anti-doping lab in 2009 boughtpork, had lab workers eat it, and ana-lyzed their urine. Some failed. Had theybeen athletes, they would have faced aban.

“We discovered that if the pork meator liver is heavily contaminated, thenyou can test positive from eating it, butnot every time,” Zhao said in a tele-phone interview with The AssociatedPress. “It’s possible. That’s fact, scien-tifically proven. You can test positivefrom contaminated meat.” On itswebsite, China’s agency advises ath-letes to avoid eating out, cautioning:“Our country’s anti-doping testing labhas done experiments which show thateating pork meat or pork liver contain-ing ‘lean meat powder’ — clenbuterol— can trigger a positive result.”

Part of the problem is thatclenbuterol detection has become sogood. To be accredited by the WorldAnti-Doping Agency, labs must be ableto detect very small concentrations.Some, however, can spot concentra-tions far lower than WADA’s requiredminimum, traces tiny enough to possi-bly have come from food, not doping.

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That interview is reproducedwith permission here on Crash.netand began with Lorenzo’s chancesof becoming the first rider other thanRossi to successfully defend aMotoGP title since 1998.

”I’m not sure, because nobodyknows about the future,” he admit-ted. ”To be champion is the maxi-mum result. I feel very lucky andvery happy to be in MotoGP withYamaha. “I’m the champion, butthat’s the past. Now we start fight-ing again to be number one in 2011.We must concentrate fully.”

Lorenzo believes the instant paceof new factory Honda rider CaseyStoner during November’s Valenciatest is to be taken very seriously - andhe places the 2007 world champion(for Ducati) above the likes of Rossiand last year’s runner-up Dani Pedrosa.TIMO Glock is adamant that Vir-

gin Racing can enjoy a ‘much stron-ger’ campaign in 2011, after sayingthat any concerns he had about theoutfit’s potential have been laid torest. The German publicly expresseddoubts about his future commitmentto the team last year, on the back ofa sometimes troubled debut cam-paign for the outfit.

But following end-of-season dis-cussions with senior management totalk through frustrations and mapout the future, Glock says he is firedup about the team’s potential for2011.

“We had a good sit together inthe last couple of races. John Boothand [CEO] Graeme Lowdon andmyself spent quite a lot of time to-gether, talking about the next year,”Glock told AUTOSPORT in an ex-clusive interview. “They had somequite positive things, which I thinkcalmed the situation down a littlebit, and made life a bit easier foreveryone. So in the end there wasno real discussion.

“The team is moving in the rightdirection and we’ve got some goodsponsors on board. Marussia is a bigpartner now. I think they are quitestraightforward and they want somesuccess in the future, and that’sgood. That’s what the team needs,

NIGEL Mansell has become anambassador for the Lotus car com-pany, and will help play a develop-ment role with the company’s newT125 single-seater special.

The former world champion willbegin his duties with a test of theT125 in Abu Dhabi this week,where he will work alongside JeanAlesi and James Rossiter.

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Jorge Lorenzo, center, accompanied by Casey Stoner, left, and Valentino Rossi.

Lorenzo learntfrom Rossi, Stonerbiggest threat

NEW MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo says he learnt alot about bike development during his three seasons alongside seventime champion Valentino Rossi, but it is Casey Stoner that the Span-iard sees as his biggest threat for 2011. Lorenzo gave his thoughtsabout the forthcoming MotoGP season, including his new role asYamaha team leader, during an exclusive interview with the KoranJakarta newspaper, while on a recent PR visit to Indonesia.

”I keep saying Casey is my closestcompetitor because we are the fastestnow,” Lorenzo explained. “Seeingfrom the Valencia test result and howour best times were so close.”

Stoner and Lorenzo were sepa-rated by just 0.113sec at the end ofthe Valencia test but, even if thatform continues during the forthcom-ing pre-season tests, Lorenzo feelsthe unique nature of the Qatar nightrace means the opening round couldsee a surprise winner.

”Nobody knows what’s going tohappen in Qatar. The night race isbeautiful, but different and maybe inQatar the winner is another rider. Notme or Casey,” he confessed.

Attention then turned to formerteam-mate Rossi, who has left Yamahaafter four titles in seven seasons to starta new challenge at Ducati.

Mansell becomes Lotus ambassador“Returning to Lotus in this capac-

ity brings back a lot of memories forme,” Mansell said about his new role.“I will always be extremely gratefulto Lotus and especially to ColinChapman, who was so inspirationaland almost like a second father to me.

“I’ve been watching the develop-ments taking place recently at Hethelwith their ambitious race and road

car projects with great interest. I’mreally delighted to see that Lotus isback where it belongs, competingwith the best in the top echelons ofmotorsport.”

Lotus has created the T125 todeliver paying customers the chanceto experience a track-specific carthat comes close to the feelings ofdriving F1 machinery.

Glock: Virgin will be stronger in ’11and in the end we have to find outhow quickly we can move up.”

Glock believes that changes to thestaffing structure, and the experiencegained throughout 2010, will pay divi-dends. “The team has made a lot ofchanges in terms of the structure,people moving around, putting themin different positions, which I think hashelped quite a lot already,” he said.

“We’re much better, much stron-ger, than the same time last year. But

in the end you need a car which isquick to move forward, and that’swhat we have to prove this year.

“You can’t gain three secondsover the winter, that’s not possible,and we have to be realistic aboutwhat we have, and the budget wehave. We have to try and find a wayto move closer to Toro Rosso andall these guys and try to stay withLotus, or whatever the team is callednow! That has to be the target.”

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Timo Glock is hoping for big strides from Virgin in 2011