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Protest leaders, who havepromised to maintain their cam-paign until the government dis-solves parliament and calls freshelections, demanded Prime Min-ister Abhisit Vejjajiva step downand leave the country.

Sixteen civilians, including aJapanese TV cameraman, and foursoldiers were killed in Saturday’scrackdown on the red-shirted sup-porters of fugitive ex-premierThaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok,the emergency services told AFP.

It was the latest chapter in yearsof turmoil pitting the ruling eliteagainst the mainly poor and ruralReds, who say the government isillegitimate as it came to power in2008 after a court oustedThaksin’s allies from power.

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Protestors stand on a seized army armored vehicle after overnight clashes between the army and “Red Shirt” protesters incentral Bangkok on April 11, 2010. Demonstrators vowed to remain on the streets of the Thai capital and bring down thegovernment, the day after the country’s worst political violence in nearly two decades. Despite the clashes between the armyand “Red Shirt” protesters, which left 19 people dead and over 800 injured, the supporters of fugitive ex-premier ThaksinShinawatra said they would continue to occupy key areas of Bangkok.

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BANGKOK – Defiant “Red Shirt” Thai protesters vowed Sunday to keep up their bid totopple the government, after the country’s worst political violence in almost two decades left20 dead and over 800 injured.

The violence erupted whentroops tried to clear one of two sitesin the centre of the capital occupiedby the protesters for the past month.Soldiers fired in the air and usedtear gas while the Reds respondedby hurling rocks. Related article:Japan urges probe into journalist’sdeath

As the clashes intensified gun-shots echoed around the city andboth sides accused the other of us-ing live ammunition. Emergencyservices said two protesters werekilled by gunshot wounds to thehead.

The government denied troopshad opened fire on protesters withlive rounds.

“Weapons were used only in selfdefense and to fire into the air. We

don’t find any evidence that soldiersused weapons against people,” gov-ernment spokesman PanitanWattanayagorn told a press confer-ence.

More than 200 soldiers were in-jured, 90 of them seriously, he said.One of the dead was a colonel.

At one stage protesters over-whelmed and captured an armouredpersonnel carrier, while armyspokesman Sunsern Kaewkumnerdsaid government weapons had falleninto the hands of the demonstrators.

The army later retreated, callingfor a truce with the demonstrators,who were holding five soldiers hos-tage. Thousands of protesters re-mained on the streets at the twomain protest sites on Sunday.

“Abhisit must leave Thailand,”

Reds leader Veera Musikapong toldsupporters. “We ask all governmentofficials to stop serving this gov-ernment.”

“We call for Abhisit to resignimmediately,” added NattawutSaikuar, another protest leader. Hesaid the protesters would later holda mourning ceremony for the deadand vowed that those killed “did notdie in vain”.

The government said an investi-gation had been launched into theviolence and that negotiations wereunder way to bring about a resolu-tion to the stand-off without furtherunrest.

The Thomson Reuters newsagency said one its journalists,Japanese cameraman HiroMuramoto, died after being shot inthe chest during the protests.

Tokyo urged Bangkok to inves-tigate the death and called on theThai government to ensure thesafety of Japanese nationals.Continued on page 6

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Bali NewsTabanan (Bali Post)—

A repeated offender becominga bogus policeman, Putu SukmaAriyasa, 24, was re-arrested. Theresident of Kelembang Hamlet,Rejasa Village, Penebel, was cap-tured because he was back to takefraudulence by claiming himselfas a policeman.

The suspect Sukma often usedthe services of Levina Laundry atJalan Mawar No. 65, GerokgakGede Hamlet, Delod Peken Vil-lage, Tabanan. He claimed him-self as a member of the Bali Po-lice and since his appearance wasconvincing, some workers at thelaundry service believed if he wasa real policeman. The fraud tookplace last Friday (Apr 9) at around7:00 pm. At that time, Sukmacame to the Laundry to borrow amotorbike owned by one of theemployees, Ni Gusti Ayu PutriSuandewi. He who subscribed atthe laundry services would like toborrow a motorbike for duty andwould be returned in the after-noon. Because she knew him as aregular customer, Suandewi hadno suspicion on him and lent themotorbike to the suspect. But, ataround 7:00 pm, the Yamaha Ju-piter Z motorbike with policeplate DK 2320 HS was not re-turned. She also reported the in-cident to police station.

One of the efforts to optimizethe potential of Denpasar is by pro-viding a clear infrastructural devel-opment with a mature study. Thismatter was revealed in a roundtablediscussion entitled the Potency ofDenpasar City at Sari Warta BogaRestaurant, Denpasar, last Satur-day (Apr 10). The discussionguided by Wayan Wirya presentedfour resource persons, namely Rec-tor of the National Education Uni-versity (Undiknas) Prof. Dr. GedeSri Darma, businesspeopleNyoman Mudita, A.A. NgurahYuliartha from PD Pasar Denpasarand I. B. Anom Suniem fromDenpasar Agency for RegionalDevelopment (Bappeda).

Sri Darma saw such rapidprogress of Denpasar having im-pact on the economic sector of theresidents. Moreover, Denpasar di-vided into four districts and had alarge enough population growthwould inevitably be faced withsome problems. Moreover, as theprovincial capital, Denpasar hasbecome a destination of urbanitesto earn a livelihood in this town.

The presence of urbanites inDenpasar must also be balanced by

Denpasar (Bali Post)—The cut of human leg found at

Seseh Beach last Tuesday (Mar23) was examined further by theForensic Team of Sanglah Hospi-tal. From the result of X-Ray, itwas known the age of leg cut’sowner was ranging from 11 years-16 years old. Meanwhile, in termsof its anatomy, it was estimated tobelong to a girl. Approximate agewas known through the center ofossification in the soles of the feetand toes. By X-ray examination,the forensic team found the exist-ence of sesamoid bone that onlyexisted in such age range.

Division Head of ForensicMedical Installation of Sanglah

Tabanan (Bali Post)—Because of suffering from a ma-

lignant tumor on his head, WayanSentana, 50, a resident of TembauHamlet, Marga Village, was des-perate to end his life by hanginghimself in the bathroom, last Fri-day (Apr 9).

The incident occurred around08:30 am Local Time, whereSentana told his wife, Ni MadeSarti, to buy a banana cake at BaseHamlet, not far from his hamlet.His wife went to buy the cake.However, upon her return at around09:00 am she did not see him athome. Sarti was looking into theyard behind her house, but he couldsee him, either.

Finally, she headed to the bath-

Driving the economy of Denpasar

Must be supported by clearMust be supported by clearMust be supported by clearMust be supported by clearMust be supported by clearinfrastructural developmentinfrastructural developmentinfrastructural developmentinfrastructural developmentinfrastructural developmentDenpasar (Bali Post)—

If managed well, the economic potential of Denpasar will certainly be able to prosper its people.However, seemingly the potential is not untapped maximally so far Denpasar still keeps prob-lems in relation to poverty. At least, there are still 14,100 people registered as underprivilegedresidents.

the development of adequate infra-structure, so that its economic po-tential could be exploited. Not onlythat, open information for any in-terest of residents should also beconsidered by local government. Itincluded the clarity of the utiliza-tion of space through informationtechnology that was ensured to pro-vide a positive impact on the sur-vival of the orderly development.

Meanwhile, Nyoman Mudita as-sessed the recent rapid developmentdenoted the result of a natural com-petition. In other words, those whowere strong would be able to masterthe existing potential, so there wastrend where the weak would be in-creasingly displaced in phases. Thiscould be seen from the proliferationof shops and mini markets promis-ing better services. This conditionwas compounded by the difficulty ofcapital for small businesses in devel-oping their business.

On responding to this condition,IB Anom Suniem from Bappeda rec-ognized the regional spatial layoutplan (RTRW) of Denpasar actuallyhad been made in the regulations.Even, the regulation is under revisionagain and is currently entering the fi-

nal stages of discussion in the House.However, he recognized the social-ization concerning with the use ofspace was still limited. Similarly,infrastructural development contin-ued to run according to the existingpriority. However, the budget avail-able for the infrastructural develop-ment was still very limited.

On the other side, A.A. NgurahYuliartha from PD Pasar Denpasar re-vealed the traditional market inDenpasar remained to become a sig-nificant center for the economic devel-opment. The proof, out of the 16 mar-kets managed by PD Pasar Denpasarcould accommodate about 7,700 trad-ers. Not only that, the duty cycle in themarket involved many people, includ-ing market porters, parking attendants,janitors and the employees of PD PasarDenpasar showed such a great poten-tial in the market.

On seeing such huge potential, thePD Pasar Denpasar starts to revital-ize the traditional market for manag-ing the overall market. This arrange-ment aims at achieving the appear-ance of traditional markets in orderto be cleaner, more hygienic, and im-proving the merchant’s services toconsumers. (kmb12)

Being tumor, a man dies hanging himselfroom in her home. After observed,the bathroom’s door was closed andlocked from inside. Suspectingthere was no reply after calling, shecalled out Made Laksana, 46, tocheck into the bathroom by climb-ing the wall. Laksana was extremelysurprised because he saw Sentanain a suspended position with skyblue nylon scarf tied to a woodenbeam of the bathroom. He immedi-ately panicked and broke down thedoor.

Unfortunately, he was too latebecause Sentana has died. The in-cident was then informed to policeofficers. In a short time, police of-ficers arrived on the scene and tookthe body of the victim. From theexamination on the crime scene,

witnesses and examination bymedical officer, it was not foundany signs of violence on thevictim’s body. Thus, he was allegedto commit suicide because of thetumor disease suffered by the vic-tim. According to his relative, thevictim probably despaired with thetumor disease he suffered.

Meanwhile, Spokesperson ofTabanan Police Endung Hardanto,accompanied by Chief of Marga Po-lice Made Rai Sudana, last Saturday(Apr 10) said, according to informa-tion of the victim’s family, previouslythe illness suffered by the victim hadbeen operated and was cured. How-ever, later on the tumor grew back,so that victim got depression withsuch notorious disease. (kmb14)

Again, a boguspoliceman arrested

Police officers only took aboutan hour to capture the suspect.The officers led by Division Headof Operation of Criminal Detec-tive Unit, Nengah Sugitayasa, im-mediately captured the suspectand dragged him to Headquartersof Tabanan Police. Previously,Sukma also committed a fraud byclaiming to be a policeman. Hisappearance was indeed very con-vincing, well-built, clean andcrew cut.

Spokesperson of Tabanan Po-lice, Endung Hardanto, accompa-nied by Division Head of Opera-tion, Sugitayasa, said in doing hisaction the defendant always worea semi police uniform. In the samecase, he had been sentenced toprison for 20 months.

For his actions, the suspect wasensnared with article 378 in con-nection with article 372 of PenalCode on the fraud and embezzle-ment by a maximum prison threatof fraud and evidence confiscatedwas a complete set of police uni-form, such as shirts, pants, beltand coupling, shoes, and bagsbearing the police.

In the examination, Sukma con-fessed to be frustrated. He had ap-plied for being a member of the po-lice but failed. On that account, heused his dashing police uniformfor his personal benefit. (kmb14)

Owner of leg’s cut examined

Estimated to beteens of years old

Hospital, Ida Bagus Putu Alit,when met in his office, last Friday(Apr 9), described that the leg wascut two days before the examina-tion. The leg itself was examinedlast Wednesday (Mar 24). Alithoped for people who felt to havelost a family member should im-mediately report to the authoritiesor go to Sanglah Hospital.

Despite it had been known aboutthe age and sex of the owner of theleg’s cut, but the only way to un-cover the identity was throughDNA examination. Cut of right legwith length of sole at 21 cm andwidth at 10 cm remained to bestored in one of the corpse refrig-erators at Sanglah Hospital. (san)

3Monday, April 12, 2010International Bali News

The discourse on the death penaltyfor criminals reaps the pros and cons.Many parties consider the decision oflaw enforcement officers have not is-sued a verdict resulting in deterrenteffect to the corruptors robbing thetreasure of Indonesian people. There-fore, they extremely support the deathpenalty that can make a deterrent ef-fect. But, on the other hand, some oth-ers declared to give a deterrent effectthe judge should impose a sentencethat could make the corruptors as pooras possible.

A legal observer from GadjahMada University Denny Indrayana, inan occasion, judged the death sentencefor corruptors did not infringe the hu-man rights and 1945 Constitution. Theconsideration, the death penalty didnot violate the Constitution. In termsof human rights, it did not violate thehuman rights. However, this legal ad-viser to President Susilo BambangYudhoyono mentioned 6 criteria thathad to be considered in applying thedeath penalty for corruption. Firstly,corrupters being punishable for deathpenalty are recurrent corruptors.

Secondly, the nominal of the cor-rupted was categorized into a largeamount. Thirdly, such criminals werelocated in strategic position. Further-more, the criminals sentenced to deathare the main perpetrators and not theintermediary. Fifthly, it resulted in avery damaging impact and sixthly, thecourts have no doubt that those cor-ruptors had committed a corruption.

Meanwhile, the legal observerGede Made Suwardana disagreed ifthe criminals were sentenced todeath. Deterrent effect would indeedbe felt very much because anyonewho became a defendant must haveshuddered when facing a threat ofthe death penalty. However, howabout the returning of the loss of theState as a result of the corruption?Death punishment must be under-gone by the corruptor, while the re-turn of loss of the.

According to Maba, there were alot of obstacles in improving the qual-ity of education.Given, the educationin Indonesia so far was inseparablefrom the problems of quantity becausethe condition of the Indonesia’s edu-cation system was still thinking aboutthe quantity. It did not commit to get tothe qualities such as touted. As proof,in 2006 there was a circular letter fromthe Director General of External Edu-cation offering the students who did notpass the national exam (UN) to takethe equation exam package.

Meanwhile, in this year the govern-ment also issued the Package A policybeing in harmony with provision ofopportunity to students who did notpass the main examination to take fol-low-up examination. “Indeed, there isinconsistent impression. As if the mat-ter of education quality issue was ne-gotiable,” he regretted.

In years to come, Maba suggestedthe importance of making of matrix forthe SKBM. It was not for the UN it-self, but for the process towards the UN.Among the schools, the matrix mightvary because it depended on the schoolconcerned. For example, the matrix forSMAN 1 Denpasar and SMAN 4Denpasar were categorized into Inter-national Pioneering School (RSBI) thatcould not be equated to the matrix im-posed on the non-RSBI schools.

“The school itself set up the stan-dard of the learning process. However,those standards were not allowed be-low 5.50 or below the standard of na-tional exam,” he said while recalling.Within the same context, he added,there might be a kind of grade to clas-

Improve the quality of education

Basic competency targetBasic competency targetBasic competency targetBasic competency targetBasic competency targetmust be reachedmust be reachedmust be reachedmust be reachedmust be reached

IMPROVEMENT on the quality of education will never be achieved if the government remainsinconsistent and inconsequent in implementing the commitments proposed. In the process of im-proving quality, there should be a clear target of basic competency that must be fulfilled by a stu-dent in order they can continue to pursue higher education. If the basic competencies or minimumstandards of learning mastery (SKBM) were not met, the students concerned were not entitled tofill the next grade or graduate their education and must be willing to repeat until they met the basiccompetencies. An education observer, Prof. Dr. Wayan Maba stated this opinion at a roundtablediscussion entitled the Evaluation of National Exam (UN) held by Bali Post, not long ago.

sify the existing schools. For example,grade I denoted the highest level andthe schools grouped into this grademight consist of schools having thecategory of SBI / RSBI and grade IIpopulated by schools of SKM / RSKM.And so on until the lowest grade.

“In years to come, I am more com-fortable if the UN is using the grade.SBI / RSBI grade, for example, hasminimum score of graduation at 8.00and SKM grade should have minimalscore at 7.00 and so on according tothe grade of each school. Unlike thestandard applied at this time whereminimum score for graduation is setequally regardless of the grade of theparticipating schools in the UN. If wewant a better education, we must setthose grades,” he said while adding theUN should remain to be conducted be-cause the evaluation was an absolutething in the process of education. Thosewho successfully met the SKBM re-served the right to finish his education,otherwise they were obliged to repeatthe failed subject until the SKBM re-quired could be fulfilled.

Meanwhile, the Head of Bali Edu-cational, Youth and Sports Services(Disdikpora), I Wayan Suasta, claimedto agree with Maba if the UN shouldremain to run. Of course, it was accom-panied with a number of improvementsand evaluations to cover all the weak-nesses occurring in the implementationof the UN including minimizing the oc-currence of fraudulent practices withinthe UN. If there was a desire to restorethe right to determine the graduationof students to the entire board of teach-ers, certainly the Government Regula-

tion No. 19/2005 should be amendedfirst. “In my opinion, the UN shouldkeep on running. Because, if the UNdoes not work, the students would haveno motivation to learn because theyhave no target or SKBM that must bepursued,” he said again.

Further, Suasta also responded posi-tively to the schools in Indonesiagrouped into a certain grade in appro-priate with the level of students’ abili-ties. It was said, there was a number ofindicators that could be utilized asguidance to classify the school’squality. Quality indicators includedin the aspects of cognitive or scien-tific insights, aspects related to skillsor psychomotor skills and affectiveaspects such as attitude, morals anddiscipline. “If the three aspects couldbe achieved, then it may be called aquality school. So, how is about thestandard? In the existing curriculum,there have been SKBM,” he said.

So, how to manage the schoolsin order the three aspects could beachieved according to the expectedquality? Responding to this ques-tion, Suasta confirmed all woulddepend on the learning process at theschool concerned. When talkingabout the process, teachers playedthe most important role. “Unfortu-nately, in terms of the quantity Balistill lacked for teachers. Similarly,in terms of quality, half the teachersin Bali have not met the requiredacademic qualifications,” he saidand added that it was necessary togive serious attention because it wasclosely associated with the teacher’sprofessionalism. (ian)

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Circulation of illegal imported

spirits, apparently still occur in thecity of Denpasar. This was provenby the raid of Customs and Exciseofficers at two locations becomingthe sub-distributors. Thousands ofimported spirits affixed with false ex-cise banderol were secured by theofficers of Customs and Excise, lastFriday (Apr 9) at 02:00 pm LocalTime.

One of the executive officers ofthe Customs and Excise, Mirno, jus-

Triggering deterrent effects on the corruptors

Death penalty not amust, the verdict shouldimpoverish them

State as the essence of eradicatingthe corruption must have been diffi-cult to achieve. The lecturer of Fac-ulty of Law at Udayana Universityargued that to make a corruptor de-terrent the judge was advised to makea verdict that could create a corruptperson to be poor.

The trick in the decision, the judgewith his belief could declare the en-tire wealth of the corruptors wouldbe confiscated for the State. If suchcorrupt persons denied that the prop-erty was acquired fairly, then thejudges with its authority let him proveit in reverse.

“It is not necessary to impose allthe criminals with death penalty. Fordeterrent effect, the verdict of thejudges should be how to make it mis-erable corruptor. In other words,please make a corruptor as miserableas possible, as he has made otherpeople miserable,” he said.

His party observed the law en-forcement officials were still half-hearted in carrying out their duties.Primarily, it concerned with how toreturn the loss of the State. The offic-ers were often trapped by many per-sonal interests, so the State loss couldnot be saved accordingly.

Law No. 31/1999, as amendedby Law No. 20/2001, on the Eradi-cation of Corruption, set the deathpenalty that can be imposed to theperpetrators of corruption, amongothers, when the country was hitby the crisis, natural disaster, or incertain circumstances. The non-ex-istent today is the courage ofjudges to apply the death penalty.The need for severe sanctions forthe perpetrators of corruption re-appeared because despite having alot of officials convicted with cor-ruption-related cases, the sanctionsdid not make an officer or otherperson deterrent to commit the cor-ruption. Corruption, particularlybribery, is now has been consid-ered as a ‘culture.’ (sub)

Custom and excise secured thousandsof imported spirits

tified the raid to two locations of sub-distributors of illegal spirits. One of thelocations was on Jalan Danau Tempearea, Sanur, South Denpasar, while an-other located on the area of Jalan GatotSubroto, Denpasar. Recorded, therewere 2,827 bottles of alcoholic drinksbelonging to various brands confiscatedby the officers.

According to Mirno, the successfulreveal of the illegal imported spirit wasbased on the information from a num-ber of retail spirit outlets. Not only that,the information was also strengthened

by many discoveries of imported spir-its affixed with false excise banderol.Well, on that basis, Customs and Ex-cise officers made an investigation rightaway.

Two locations used as storage ofthose spirits were successfully tracked.Officers were immediately conducteda raid by deploying a number of mem-bers. Around Jalan Danau Tempe,Sanur, South Denpasar, officers couldseize 2,000 bottles of spirits that havebeen affixed with the alleged false ex-cise banderol.

Meanwhile, other 651 bottles hadnot been affixed with excise banderol.In addition to the evidence, the offic-ers also claimed to have arrested JS asa person in charge of the sub-distribu-tors. “We are still investigating the con-cerned person. Meanwhile, the evi-dence has been secured in the office ofCustoms and Excise,” he said.

In the meantime, around Jalan GatotSubroto, Denpasar, the officers seized152 bottles of spirits that have beenaffixed by excise banderol. Allegedly,the excise banderol was false, while

other 24 bottles have not been affixedwith the excise banderol. In themeantime, the person arrested had theinitial NM. He also claimed to be theresponsible person.

Other evidence confiscated by theofficers consisted of several rolls offalse excise banderol. Due to the actof the perpetrators, the loss of thestate was estimated to reach IDR 150million. “Perpetrator is ensnared witharticle 54, 55b, and 56 of the Act ofExcise. The penalty is 5 years inprison,” he added.

International4 Monday, April 12, 2010 News

The two minutes of silence werepreceded by the thundering pealingof church bells and din of emer-gency sirens for nearly a minutebefore everything faded away. Infront of the presidential palace, hun-dreds of people stopped what theywere doing and stood, some withtheir eyes closed and heads bowed.

Earlier, at the Field Cathedral ofthe Polish Army in Warsaw, hun-dreds gathered for a morning Massand left flowers and written condo-lences. Among the dead werePoland’s army chief of staff, thenavy chief commander, and headsof the air and land forces, who wereall making the emotional trip tohonor Polish officers slain by theSoviet secret police in 1940 in andnear the forest of Katyn in westernRussia.

In Moscow, Russia’s transportministry said that Russian and Pol-ish investigators had begun to deci-pher flight data recorders of the ag-ing Soviet-built Tu-154 airliner thatcrashed Saturday while trying to

Associated Press Writer

NAIROBI, Kenya – The Euro-pean Union naval force says So-mali pirates have hijacked a cargoship west of the island nation ofthe Seychelles. Commander JohnHarbour said he did not know thenationalities of the crew membersonboard the St. Vincent and Grena-dines-flagged Rak Afrikana.

Harbour said the ship appearedto be experiencing engine prob-

Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS – Police say aweeks-old dispute boiled over in ashooting on the outskirts of NewOrleans’ French Quarter, leavingseven with non-lifethreateningwounds.

New Orleans police say in a re-

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Associated Press Writers

WARSAW, Poland – Thousands of people stood silent in the streetsof Poland’s cities Sunday, in a silent memorial to President LechKaczynski and the other 95 people killed in a devastating plane crash.

land in deep fog in Smolensk, kill-ing all aboard.

Russian officials had initially said97 people were killed but revised thefigure to 96. Poland’s Foreign Min-istry also confirmed the figure.

Polish government spokesmanPawel Gras said that despite the lossof so many leaders, the country’sarmed forces were operating nor-mally, and all state offices were do-ing the same.

That the crash occurred nearKatyn served as a stark reminder toPoland of the horrors of that place.Kaczynski and those aboard theflight were headed there to remem-ber the thousands of Poles system-atically executed by Josef Stalin’sNKVD, the forerunner to the KGB,in 1940.

About 4,000 Polish army officerswere killed in Katyn itself. In totalsome 22,000 officers and others werekilled there and in other areas.

Polish-Russian relations had beenimproving recently after being poi-soned for decades over the massa-

cre.Russia never has formally apolo-

gized for the murders but RussianPrime Minister Vladimir Putin’sdecision to attend a memorial cer-emony earlier this week in the for-est was seen as a gesture of good-will toward reconciliation.Kaczynski wasn’t invited to thatevent because Putin, as prime min-ister, had invited his Polish coun-terpart, Donald Tusk.

In Warsaw on Sunday, onemourner, Boguslaw Staron, said heturned out to honor Kaczynski, “agreat patriot.”

“He taught Poles how to respectour traditions, how to fight for ourdignity, and he made he made hissacrifice there at that tragic place,”said Staron, 70.

Kaczynski, 60, was the first serv-ing Polish leader to die since exiledWorld War II-era leader Gen.Wladyslaw Sikorski in a mysteri-ous plane crash off Gibraltar in1943.

The bodies of Kaczynski and hiswife were expected in Warsaw byearly afternoon, the Foreign Min-istry said. Kaczynski’s twin brotherJaroslaw flew to Smolensk on Sat-urday evening and identified thebodies.

AFP PHOTO /JANEK SKARZYNSKI

A woman lays flowers beside a newspaper with the front page carry-ing a photograph of late president Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria,outside the presidential palace in Warsaw on April 11, 2010. Russianinvestigators said they were working closely with their Polish counter-parts to determine the cause of the plane crash that killed Poland’spresident Lech Kaczynski.

Somali pirates hijack cargoship near Seychelles

lems at the time it was hijackedearly Sunday. EU forces have beendispatched to investigate.

International naval forces havestepped up their enforcement ofthe waters off East Africa in aneffort to thwart a growing piratetrade. Experts say piracy will con-tinue to be a problem until an ef-fective government is establishedon Somalia’s lawless shores. Thecountry has not had a functioninggovernment for 19 years.

AFP/HO/US Navy/FileSailors stationed aboard Indian Navy aircraft carrier INS Viraat re-fuel a Sea Harrier during an exercise in the Indian Ocean. At least95 Indian sailors are still being held by Somali pirates after theyseized nine small ships off the lawless African coast last month,the Indian government has said.

Agence France Presse

SYDNEY – Australia Sundaysaid a Chinese ship that crashed andleaked oil at the Great Barrier Reeftook an illegal route, vowing to“throw the book” at those to blamefor the near environmental catastro-phe.

Transport Minister AnthonyAlbanese said the Shen Neng 1,which remains stuck after ground-ing last Saturday, broke the law af-ter veering 15 nautical miles (30kilometres) from the shipping lane.

“It is quite clear this vessel wenton a course that was unlawful,” MrAlbanese told reporters in Brisbane,after an aerial tour of the ship.

“We’ll be throwing the book atthose responsible.”

He said Australia would also

7 shot, wounded near New Orleans’ French Quarterlease that the shooting happenedoutside a fast-food restaurant around9:15 Saturday on Canal Street, whichruns along the edge of the neighbor-hood at the heart of the city’s tour-ism industry.

Investigators believe one of thevictims, a 17-year-old boy, was thegunman’s target because of a dispute

on Mardi Gras, Feb. 16. He was ex-pected to be kept overnight at thehospital The others wounded rangedin age from 15 to 50, and were to betreated and released.

Detectives say the gunman wasgiven a handgun by another man andthen opened fire. No arrests hadbeen made by early Sunday.

Australia to ‘throw book’ overBarrier Reef oil disaster

seek compensation for the smash,which leaked two tonnes of oil andthreatened a major disaster at one ofthe world’s foremost and most deli-cate ecological sites.

Workers are pumping nearly1,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil fromthe ship, which was carrying 68,000tonnes of Australian coal to China,after using chemical dispersants toclear up the initial three-kilometre(two-mile) slick.

“The Australian government willensure that the full force of the lawis brought to bear on those respon-sible,” Albanese said.

“And we will also ensure... com-pensation is paid with regard to thecost of cleaning up.”

Australian police also said threemen would face charges over anotherbulk carrier, which strayed through

the world heritage-listed marinepark last week, as officials pledgedto crack down on ships taking shortcuts through the reef.

One South Korean man and twofrom Vietnam are facing chargesafter the Panama-flagged MV Mi-mosa used an unidentified shippingroute without asking permission.The maximum penalty is a fine of220,000 dollars (205,000 US).

“The Great Barrier Reef is anextraordinary natural wonder as wellas an important economic driver forQueensland and the nation,” saidEnvironment Protection MinisterPeter Garrett.

“That is why we take very seri-ously any action which puts at riskthe health or the unique values thatsee it afforded protection on theWorld Heritage List.”

General Info Monday, April 12, 2010 5International

Denpasar

There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners -Denpasar General Hospital(RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongayaand Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private)Jl. Sudirman No 50, DenpasarPhone : 227 560, 234 824

In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medicalevacuation company, thatis:AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah RaiNo. 24X, Kuta 80361.Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that theBlood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh)Negative blood.

Badung

Bali Medical ClinicsThere are some medical clinics that are well known by for-eigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and oper-ated :

Bali International Medical Center (BIMC)Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excel-lent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Servicesfor tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance& Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone: 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta,Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com

International SOS Clinic BaliOpened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visi-tors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-houremergency medical service.Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - IndonesiaPhone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919E-mail : info@sos-bali.comttp ://www.sos-bali.com

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

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

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

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

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

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

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bangli

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

Gianyar

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

Toyo ClinicJl. Pengosekan, UbudPhone : +62 361 978078

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

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

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

Karangasem

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

Klungkung

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

Negara

Negara General HospitalJl. Gelar, NegaraPhone : +62 365 41006

Tabanan

Laboratorium ClinicJl. Gunung semeru No. 8, TabananPhone : +62 361 819260

Mengwi ClinicJl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, TabananPhone : +62 361 880550

Darma Kerti HospitalJl. Teratai 16, TabananPhone : +62 361 812359

Tabanan General HospitalJl. Pahlawan 14, TabananPhone : +62 361 811027

Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

Singaraja

Prodia ClinicJl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali0362 - 24-516

Singaraja HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali0362 - 22-573

Pet ClinicsKayumas: (0361) 226934Sayang Binatang: (0361) 483121Satwa Kertha Husada: (0361) 263018Pantai Sindhu: (0361) 287518Sidakarya: (0361) 724492Pedungan: (0361) 720026

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Monday, April 12, 20106 News

Associated Press Writer

ADELAIDE, Australia – Apowerful earthquake struck off theSolomon Islands on Sunday, buta monitoring agency said a tsu-nami was not expected.

The U.S. Geological Surveysaid the 7.1-magnitude quake hitsouthwest of the island chain’sKira Kira island in the South Pa-cific. The temblor’s epicenter wasabout 130 miles (210 kilometers)

Associated Press Writer

CORAIL-CESSELESSE, Haiti– The first of 50,000 earthquakevictims that officials fear are mostthreatened by Haiti’s loomingrainy season were relocated Sat-urday as nonprofi t groupsscrambled to receive them.

Adults and children living atthe Petionville golf course walkedup a steep hill with their belong-ings and climbed into buses thatrumbled off to yet another tempo-rary home.

They wore yellow wristbandsthat indicated their departure timeand new neighborhood: Corail-Cesselesse, an extremely dry anddusty area about nine miles (15 ki-lometers) north of Port-au-Prince.

Among them were Elvina Serinand her four brothers, who got re-peated calls from United Nationsofficials reminding them to leaveSaturday.

“They told us we were going tohave water and bathrooms andthat there’s going to be a schoolnearby,” Serin said with a smile.

She is one of the 7,500 peoplethat U.N. and U.S. officials rec-ommended be relocated within 10days because they are at high risk

Prime Minister Gordon Brown andhis challenger David Cameron bothhave image problems that they’re tack-ling in a way the British electorate isn’tused to seeing: by dispatching theirspouses to the campaign trail.

The Labour Party’s Brown is seenby some as a cold, distant grouch. En-ter Sarah Brown, his articulate and ap-proachable spouse, to add a warm, hu-man dimension.

Conservative leader Cameron —fighting some voters’ perception thathe is a spoiled rich kid from Britain’smost elite private school — has de-ployed his sunny wife Samantha tosoften his “posh boy” reputation, de-spite the fact she herself is a distant rela-tive of King Charles II.

The result is a British campaign inwhich the candidates’ spouses are in thespotlight as never before, giving therace a bit more of a U.S. flavor, remind-ing voters of how Michelle Obama’sappeal helped her husband move intothe Oval Office.

For an unpredictable election inwhich polls suggest no one party maywin an outright majority, the candidatesare using every advantage they canmuster.

Many of the millions of undecidedvoters targeted by the campaigns are

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Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah arrive at St Pancras Station in Londonas they start the Labour Party’s election campaign Tuesday April 6 2010. Britain goes to the pollsin a general election on May 6

Associated Press Writer

LONDON – One wants to dispel the notion that he’s half-man, half-machine. The other wantsto banish the notion that he’s too posh for office. So in a break with tradition, the men fighting tobecome Britain’s prime minister are turning to their wives for help.

women, who worry about what the bal-lot will mean to their families.

“Using their wives is a cheap way oftrying to appeal to women,” said StevenFielding of Nottingham University whorecently conducted a poll among work-ing class women. “They try to maketheir partners out to be nice family menand husbands but this isn’t a way to con-nect with working class women whomay vote. A lot of these women are justtrying to make ends meet.”

Sarah Brown is a former public re-lations executive who is traveling thecampaign trail with her husband. Sheprovides regular updates on Twitter —she has more than 1.1 million followers— allowing a peek behind No. 10’s fa-mous black door.

She provides an open counterpoint toBrown, who was once accused of ignor-ing a question from concerned motherson what his favorite cookie is. (The even-tual answer: anything with chocolate, buthe’s trying to cut down.) She, on the otherhand, draws a picture of a cozy homelife, telling the world how they watchmovies, dote on their children, and gofor walks together. In a column for theMirror, Sarah Brown revealed theiryoung sons, John and Fraser, surprisedtheir dad with “a lovely big hug” after heannounced the election call.

“The issue that Brown is trying toovercome is the impression he’s half-man, half-machine,” said AndrewHawkins of polling firm ComRes, “andfor David Cameron to demonstrate thathe is principled and there’s some sub-stance under the style.”

Samantha Cameron is also trying toshow her husband as a normal guy —despite the fact that her background iseven more aristocratic than his. Likemany of the voters her husband is woo-ing, she’s a working mother — the cre-ative director of an upmarket retailer— who looks after two kids and hasanother on the way.

But things don’t always go to plan:SamCam, as she’s known in the tab-loids, was chided in the British pressfor popping in to visit her father, SirReginald Sheffield, just before a cam-paign stop last week. The Times re-ported that “her attempts atclasslessness were slightly under-mined” when she had lunch at his3,000-acre Thealby Hall estate.

Justine Roberts, the founder ofMumsnet, a parenting Web site that at-tracts a large, vocal audience — andput the cookie question to Brown —said the notion that women will votefor a candidate because they have anaffinity with his wife is insulting.

7.1-magnitude quakestrikes off Solomon Islands

southeast of the capital, Honiara.The Pacific Tsunami Warning

Center says a destructive wave isnot expected. There were no im-mediate reports of damage or in-juries.

The Solomon Islands is a coun-try of nearly 1,000 islands that lieon the “Ring of Fire” — an arc ofearthquake and volcanic zonesthat stretches around the PacificRim and where about 90 percentof the world’s quakes occur.

Haitians relocatedto new camps asrains loom

of flooding or mudslides in themakeshift camps at the Petionvillegolf course.

A dozen families were movedSaturday, and 250 families arescheduled to be relocated Sundayas the first of a total of 6,000people to be shifted to the newcamp over the next two weeks, ac-cording to aid groups.

“It has been a challenge be-cause we’ve had less than a weekto prepare,” said Laura Bank, aspokeswoman for World Vision.

It is unclear where the remain-ing 1,500 people in high-risk ar-eas will be moved, because thereis no room for them at the Corail-Cesselesse camp, which coversnearly 11 square miles.

A lot of time was lost search-ing for adequate land, Liz Satow,World Vision’s acting responsemanager, said in a statement thisweek.

“Now we’re faced with a deli-cate balance to move fast for thesake of the displaced communi-ties, but not so fast that we over-look their rights,” she said.

Haiti’s rainy season officiallybegins May 1, but scattered show-ers already have made people skit-tish, and for good reason.

The unrest marked Thailand’sworst political violence since 1992and the United States urged bothsides to show restraint.

The protesters called on thecountry’s revered King BhumibolAdulyadej to intervene to preventfurther bloodshed.

“Did anybody inform the kingthat his children were killed in themiddle of the road without justice?”Reds leader Jatuporn Prompan said.“Is there anyone close to him whotold him of the gunfights?”

Although he has no official po-litical role, the hospitalised king is

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seen as a unifying figure. During a1992 uprising he chastised both themilitary and protest leaders, effec-tively bringing the violence to anend.

Thai flags, red roses and incensesticks were placed on pools of bloodwhere protesters were killed orwounded.

Subdued tourists mingled withprotesters below buildings pockedwith bullet holes, some taking pho-tos, a few yards from a clump of ru-ined cars with their windowssmashed in. Shopkeepers nearbyswept up glass from a shattered door.

Monday, April 12, 2010 7Indonesia TodayInternational

According to data obtained fromthe coordinating unit of Aceh disas-ter and evacuee handling agency inBanda Aceh on Friday, the totalnumber of houses seriously dam-aged in Aceh Singkil had reached124, and 43 in Simeulue.

Reports said that 207 houses hadbeen damaged not so seriously, and631 lightly in Simeulue.

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia on Fridaypromised a full investigation into thepublic humiliation, mob beating andpossible caning under Islamic lawof two people suspected of havingan adulterous tryst.

The offences allegedly took placeWednesday after a 36-year-old teacherand a 28-year-old housewife were ac-cused of having extramarital sex inAceh province, where religious policeenforce sharia or Islamic regulations.

They were dragged from thewoman’s home by an angry mob,paraded naked through their village,tied to a post and beaten almost todeath, and now face nine lashes eachin public, police said.

It is the latest incident to exposethe conflict between local sharia

Antara

JAKARTA - The CorruptionEradication Commission (KPK) hasbanned Nunun Nurbaeti Daradjatunto travel abroad because of her in-volvement in the alleged briberycase involving some parliamentar-ians.

KPK spokesman Johan Budi con-firmed the ban when asked byANTARA here on Saturday. “Thatis true. We have banned her fromleaving abroad,” he said in his shortmessage to ANTARA.

Johan did not tell the exact dateof the issuance of the ban sayingonly that it was produced at the end

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Members of Indonesia’s branch of the Falungong spiritual movement, also known as “Falun Dafa”,meditate during a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese embassy in Jakarta on April 10, 2010. Thegroup meditated outside the embassy in the Indonesian capital urging China’s government to stoppersecuting its members in China. Falungong is banned in China and rights groups have accusedBeijing of persecuting its members.

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BANDA ACEH - A 7.2-magnitude quake rocked Aceh province onThursday, and caused serious and minor damages to 1,005 houses inSimeulue and Aceh Singkil regencies.

The quake which struck at 5.15am local time cause four personsheavily injured and eight lightly, andthere were no fatalities.

On Simeulue island, 110 nauti-cal miles from the west coast of WestAceh the most seriously ridden bythe quake included Simuelue Timur, Tepah selatan and Tepah Barat sub-districts.

Antara

JAKARTA - President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono should do ev-erything in his power to eradicate cor-ruption and declare a state of emer-gency for the purpose, a non-govern-mental orgnization (NGO) leader said.

Ismet Hasan Putro, chairman ofthe Professional Civil Society(MPM), said here Saturday thepresident should soon declare a stateof emergency to fight corruption inthe country and support the imposi-tion of severe sanctions on thosequilty of curruption.

“The Judicial Mafia EradicationTask Force the President has set upis unable to overcome the judicialmafias, and other forms of

KPK bans NununNurbaeti to travel abroad

of March 2010.“(The ban has been effective)

since the fourth week of March,” hesaid. He did not either tell about thecontent of the ban.

A source said KPK issued the banon March 24, 2010. KPK meanwhilehas also issued a travel ban forAhmad Hakim Safari MJ alias ArieMalangjudo because of their in-volvement in the case linked to theelection of Miranda S Goultom as acentral bank‘s senior deputy gover-nor in 2004. KPK bans the two fromtravelling abroad for a year.

Nunun Daradjatun is the wife offormer vice national police chiefAdang Daradjatun.

Secular Indonesia outraged over Aceh mob justiceprovisions and rights enshrined inthe secular constitution of theworld’s most populous Muslim-ma-jority country.

“This is a barbarous crime andobviously against our rule of law,”an official at the justice and humanrights ministry said.

“We will order police to launchan immediate probe and to take firmand concrete action against the per-petrators.” Nearly 90 percent ofIndonesia’s 234 million people areMuslims, but the vast majority prac-tise a moderate form of the religion.

National human rights commis-sion chairman Ifdhal Kasim urgedPresident Susilo BambangYudhoyono to clarify that rightsguaranteed under the constitutiontake supremacy over local regula-tions, including religious ones.

“This can be a bad precedent forother regions which have similar ten-dencies and which try to put reli-gious values above the country’sconstitution,” he told AFP.

“The directive should mentionthat Indonesia is a secular countryand everything should be based onthe constitution.”

Aceh, one of the most deeply Is-lamic areas of the vast archipelago,adopted partial sharia law in 2001 aspart of an autonomy package aimedat quelling separatist sentiment.

Last year the outgoing provincialgovernment passed the QanunJinayat, a bill allowing adulterersand other religious offenders to beput to death by stoning. It has notbeen signed into law by GovernorIrwandi Yusuf and officials in Jakartahave asked for it to be withdrawn.

Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian gov-ernment expressed deep condolenceover the death of Polish presidentLech Kaczynski and First LadyMaria Kaczynski in a plane crash.

The death of President Kaczynskiis a great loss to the people of Po-land and the world, the IndonesianForeign Ministry in Jakarta said onSaturday.

The Indonesian President, SusiloBambang Yudhoyono also expressedhis deep condolences over the inci-dent to the government and peopleof Poland and pray for the victims.

Russian news agency Itar-Tass

Indonesia conveys condolenceson Polish President‘s death

reported, that the Polish presidenthad been confirmed dead and at least86 others were also killed in the ac-cident, citing the Ministry of Emer-gency Response.

The plane crashed while ap-proaching the destination airport inthe city of Smolensk. The accidentoccurred at approximately 1.5 kilo-meters from Smolensk airport dueto heavy fog conditions.

Polish senior official said that thePolish military leader and head ofthe presidential household were alsoin the plane together with PresidentLech Kaczynski and his wife andseveral families of other senior offi-cials.

President advised to exert maximumpower to eradicate corruption

curruption. The president must useall his powers and encourage theimposition of severe sanctions oncorrupters, including the death pen-alty or life sentences,” Ismet saidduring a discussion themed

“Dreaming about EradicatingCorruption.”

Ismet said judicial mafia practiceshad been going on for a long time,had become rife and were being en-gaged systematically at thecountry‘s law-enforcing institutions.

He said the penalties so far metedout to corrupters were too light andhad little deterrent effect. Citing anexample, he said a corrupter caughtred-handed stealing billions of rupiahwas only sentenced to five years in jail.

In China, he said, corrupters were

invariably sentenced to death. “As aresult, corruption now rarely hap-pens in China,” he added.

The discovery of a money launder-ing case involving tax officer GayusTambunan should serve as wake-upcall for the government to reform thecountry‘s law system, he said.

Meanwhile, a sociologist at theUniversity of Indonesia (UI),Thamrin Amal Tamagola, said he didnot support the idea of sentencingall corrupters to death.

He argued the question of life anddeath was one between man and God.But he agreed corrupters should begiven life sentences with the extrapenalty of community service, doingmenial jobs such as cleaning roadsidegutters or public latrines.

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Bali Today

Manager of BCF Ineke dis-closed in Denpasar Saturday thatthe exhibition on the location of afilm making with the support ofthe Industry Ministry will be heldfrom April 15 to 17, 2010.

“BFC will present the filmmaking locations throughout In-donesia including those whichUNESCO has also used, namelyBorobudur, Prambanan and RatuBoko temples,” she said.

She also said that encourag-ing and supporting film making intourist locations and resorts arethe quickest ways of promotingand introducing Indonesian tour-ist spots and destinations to theworld.

She said BFC has arrangedmeetings with several film indus-tries, studios and companies toidentify and offer film and televi-sion for development and promo-tion in a number of locations inIndonesia.

The Indonesian government,she added, has made a strategy to

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One of famous destination that located in Bali Island. The Bali Film Center (BFC) will hold anexhibition in Los Angeles and California, promoting a number of Indonesian tourist destinationsand objects which could serve as backgrounds for movie making.

Antara

DENPASAR - The Bali Film Center (BFC) will hold anexhibition in Los Angeles and California, promoting a numberof Indonesian tourist destinations and objects which could serveas backgrounds for movie making.

secure film projects in the country,the success of which was provenby the recent presence of Colum-bia Pictures in the production of“Eat, Pray, and Love” in Bali star-ring Academy Award Winner JuliaRoberts.

In Los Angeles, she added,BFC will show a film “MerahPutih” (Red and White) which hadearned an appreciation from theAmerican Film Directors Associa-tion. Produced by Margate House,the war film against a backgroundof the situation in 1947, describeda fight for freedom in the life ofthree young cadets.

BFC, she added, is a privateorganization with a commitment topromote Indonesia as a location forfilm making and film productioncenter, both domestic and interna-tional projects. Set up in 2002, thisorganization provided the first ac-cess to contacts for foreign produc-ers, film companies and film stu-dios with an interest in film mak-ing in Indonesia.

Antara DENPASAR - Indonesia and Peru

have signed an economic and techni-cal cooperation agreement to increasethe two countries’ relations.

The agreement was signed Fridayafternoon in Peru, the head of informa-tion, social and cultural affairs of theIndonesian embassy in Peru, YogiIstadi, told ANTARA from Lima, Peru,here on Saturday.

The document was signed by thedirector general of America and Europeof the ministry of foreign affairs, RetnoL Marsudi, and Quesada Inchaustequie,the vice foreign affairs minister forAsian, Pacific, African and MiddleEastern Affairs, at the Indonesian em-bassy in Lima.

“The agreement will be the um-brella for various other bilateral coop-eration agreements in the economic andtechnical fields,” Istadi said.

He said the agreement would alsobe the foundation for the implementa-tion of Indonesia-Peru Joint Commis-sion meetings to discuss and exploreother cooperation possibilities to in-crease the two countries’ relations in thefield of trade, investment and technicalfields.

The signing of the agreement was

Antara

DENPASAR - Army Chief ofStaff Gen George Toisutta on Fri-day installed Brig Gen RachmatBudiyanto as new chief of theUdayana regional military com-mand replacing Maj GenHotmangaradja Pandjaitan.

Budiyanto was previouslychief of staff at the Siliwangi re-gional military command which

Army Chief of Staff GenGeorge Toisutta on Fridayinstalled Brig Gen RachmatBudiyanto as new chief of theUdayana regional militarycommand replacing Maj GenHotmangaradja Pandjaitan.

Udayana regional militarycommand gets new chief

oversees West Java province. Pandjaitan will later take up

a new post as the secretary of thecoordinating minister for political,legal and security affairs.

In his address Gen Toisuttasaid the Udayana regional militarycommand assumed increasinglyformidable tasks as its jurisdictioncovered the provinces of Bali,West Nusa Tenggara and EastNusa Tenggara which made up a

chain of islands. The geographical condition

could be regarded as nationalwealth which made the region oneof the world’s main tourist desti-nations, he said.

“Yet experience shows thatthe region is also susceptible tomany violations, ranging from le-gal violation, drug trafficking toterrorism of international scale,”he said.

He said the Udayana re-gional military command alsomust be at the forefront of thebattle to defend the country’s sov-ereignty particularly in East NusaTenggara bordering East Timor.

“One of the ways (to achievethe goal) is intensifying defensein the land territory bordering theneighboring country,” he said.

IBP/Edi

RI, Peru to increase economic,technical cooperation

one of the results of the bilateral talksbetween the Indonesian and Peruviandelegations.

Indonesia and Peru marked their35th anniversary of diplomatic relationsthis year. “In the framework of the com-memoration, Indonesia has held tradi-tional batik and woven cloth exhibitionsin Lima last April 8,” he said.

Istadi said the two countries had longbuilt trade cooperation. The two countries’delegations hailed the growth in tradebetween the two countries so far.

“In the midst of international fi-nancial crisis the two countries’ bilat-eral relations continued to showgrowth,” he said.

In 2009 trade between the twocountries reached US$87.6 millionwhich was up 0.98 percent from 2008.In view of that the two delegationsagreed to seek ways to further improvethe trade.

In the meeting the two countries’delegations also discussed mutual sup-port in international fora including forthe 2011-2014 membership in the UNHuman Rights Council as well as “withregard to Peru’s nomination as a UNSecurity Council member for 2018-2019 and for Indonesia’s nominationfor 2019-2020,” he said.

Balinese Culture

Monday, April 12, 2010 9al

OVERVIEW:A real gourmet treat from Bali, this could also be

made with huge prawns. In Bali, coconut chunks areroasted directly on charcoal, then the charred skinscrapped off and the flesh grated for making the coconutmilk.

INGREDIENTS:4 sml lobsters, weighing about 500 gr each or 1 kg

large prawns5 cups water2 lemongrass, bruised2 fragrant lime leaves4 cups coconut milkfew drops white vinegarfried shallots to garnish

SPICE PASTE:5 red chilies, seeded and chopped3 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped7 shallots, peeled and chopped5 cm fresh turmeric, peeled and chopped5 cm ginger, peeled and chopped4 candlenuts1 ½ tsp coriander½ tsp dried shrimp paste toasted1 sml tomato, peeled and seeded2 tbsp oil1 ½ tbsp tamarind pulp1 salam leaf1 lemon grass, bruised

PREPARATION:Prepare spice paste by grinding or blending all

ingredients except oil, tamarind, salam leaf andlemongrass. Heat oil, add spice paste and all otheringredients. Cook over moderate heat for about 5minutes, then cool.

Wash lobsters and leave whole. Bring water to theboil, add lobsters and simmer for 15 minutes. Removelobsters, plunge in iced water for 1 minutes, then drainand remove meat. Return shells to the pot of water,keeping lobster meat aside.

Add spice paste, lemongrass, lime leaves and vinegarto the water with the shells and simmer until 4 cups ofstock remain. Add coconut milk and simmer for 10minutes. Strain stock and return to pan. Add lobster andsimmer for 1 minute. Serve garnished with fried shallotsand accompanied by white rice.

Helpful hints:if using prawns instead of lobster, peel the raw

prawns and put prawns shells 4 cups of water. Simmerfor 5 minutes, then combine this stock with coconut milk,prawns and all other ingredients, simmering untilcooked. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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DENPASAR – The Starprogram which stands for“SikaT hadiahnya kejArtaRgetnya” or achieves the tar-get to gain the prize is filledwith billion of rupiah of prizemoney. Telkomsel will give theprize to outlets, credit sellersor the similar product through-out Indonesia.

Gideon Eddie Purnomo, theVP Channel ManagementTelkomsel, said “for the firststage or we called it Star 1, wewill give the prize to 30 out-lets and it include tour pack-age to Bali.”

The program was calledFASTER and it was started in2004. The program is very suc-cessful in increasing the saleswhether it is in stores or by per-sonal sellers.

The lucky sellers receivedmany prizes such as six ToyotaAvanza cars and 36 motor-cycles. The winners spread

Telkomsel heldSTAR Program

throughout Indonesia such as inBanda Aceh, Medan, Jambi,Bengkulu, Bandung,Tasikmalaya, Cirebon,Yogyakarta, Purwokerto,Surabaya, Kediri , Malang,Pontianak, Balikpapan,Palangkaraya and Kupang.

While the winners of Star 1 willreceive 38 motorcycles, 260 unitsof credits where each of themworth 1 million rupiah, 260 unitsof 500,000 rupiah worth of credit,and 3,200 units of 25,000 worthof credits.

Gideon said that Telkomselalso prepare prize over 1.4 billionrupiah of credits or Mkios. Theprize will be given to the sellerswho can sell the most productsand credits of Telkomsel fromJanuary 1st through February 28th

2010.“The Star 1 is very successful

and we will continue the programwith Star 2,” he added. In orderto join the Star 2 program, outletsthroughout Indonesia must regis-ter with the format

Daftar#Frontliner name#Outletname#district#City#Regency#Keywordfor each area and send it to 1818.For Bali and Nusa Tenggara area,the keyword is STARBLN.

After getting the identitynumber, the sellers can collectstar point by activating simPATIand kartu As cards. For everysimPATI M@X activation whichworth 10,000 rupiah, the sellerwill receive 1,000 rupiah bonus.The star point also will be addedif the card owners recharge theircard by buying the credits.

“In order to give the chanceto all outlets throughout Indone-sia, we divided the program Star2 into three periods, the first onestarted on April 1st through June30th , July 1st through September30th , and October 1st throughDecember 31st 2010,” Gideonsaid.

The winner will be announcedon January 18th 2011. In additionto the grad prize, Telkomsel alsowill give bonuses and souvenirsto the sellers.(iah)

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TANAH LOT TEMPLE is located incoastal side of Beraban countryside, Kedirisub district and Tabanan Regency. It is situ-ated in 30 Km in west side of Denpasartown and about 11 Km in south side ofTabanan town. The temple is built on therock with 3 acre size and reachable in afew minute by walk, because it is just 20meters from the coastal lip. This temple isvery famous among tourist destinations inBali with spectacular view of sunset. Atsome nooks of coral reef around Tanah LotTemple there are holy tame snake in blackand white color where according to thelocal society believe that it as a deity prop-erty and as the guard of the temple fromthe bad influence.

The word of Tanah Lot is consisted oftwo words that are Tanah word interpretedas a reef looking like gili or isle. Lot orLod word has meaning the sea. So TanahLot is meaning the small island floatingon the sea. The location is now called asTanah Lot has been used at a Megalithicperiod as a place that looked into holy,proven from the existence of menhir. Pur-suant to environmental condition, hencethe structure of Tanah Lot Temple is builtat irregular reef plain of its angle which isonly consisted of one plain yard as Jeroan.

The function of this temple can be re-alized from the function of the main templebuilding which is located in the templemain area. In this place, there is a maintemple to worship the god in form of Dewahttp://i409.photobucket.com

Tanah Lot Temple Baruna or Bhatara Segara, the seapower. The media of worship to this godis the temple building with 5 storiedmeanwhile the 3 storied temple build-ing in north part of this area is purpos-ing to worship to Dang Hyang Nirartha.

In order to know the status of TanahLot Temple can be realized from thetemple history, function and also incom-ing devotee existence pray when templeceremony is held. In this case can berealized as follows:

Tanah Lot Temple as dangKahyangan(the big Holy Temples inBali ), because the history and thePenyiwi (The people taking care of thetemple) are from the local people fromTabanan regency and surrounding areano athwart skin, there is only small skin,but this sea water snake very noxiousbut snakebite case are very seldom hap-pened, because the sea water snake gen-erally very passive.

As a favorite tourism destination inBali, Tanah Lot owns a magnificentview in particular at the sunset timewhere the sun slows down to the earthstomach. Every visitor who is paying avisit to this place will be marveled tosee the beauty panorama of Tanah Lot.Beside of this temple, there are othertemples which can be seen on your visitto Tanah Lot like Batu Bolong Temple,Batumejan Temple and Enjung GaluhTemple. (www.balistarisland.com)

Monday, April 12, 2010 11

BUSINESS

Reuters

DETROIT - U.S. safety regulators may seeka second penalty against Toyota Motor Corp forknowingly delaying a massive recall over de-fective accelerator pedals, after imposing a record$16.4 million fine against the automaker onMonday.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-ministration, in a April 5 letter to Toyota, saidToyota’s recall of 2.3 million vehicles in Janu-ary for faulty accelerator pedals came at leastfour months after the automaker had determinedthere were safety defects in the vehicles.

NHTSA may pursue a second fine basedon documents submitted by Toyota, which in-dicated there were two separate defects in therecalled pedals, the letter showed. The agencysaid Toyota would have faced a fine totaling$13.8 billion if not for caps set by U.S. law.

The proposed $16.4 million civil penaltyagainst Toyota is the maximum allowed by U.S.law and the largest that the U.S. Department ofTransportation has ever sought.

“Here, the gravity of Toyota’s apparentviolations is severe and potentially life-threat-ening,” NHTSA Chief Counsel O. KevinVincent said in the letter, a copy of which wasreviewed by Reuters.

U.S. law allowed a $6,000 penalty foreach defective vehicle sold by Toyota, addingto $13.8 billion. Due to a law that limits indi-vidual fines against a manufacturer, the maxi-

Reuters

ATHENS - Greece may use an EU/IMFsafety net if needed, Prime Minister GeorgePapandreou said in an interview with a Greeknewspaper to be published on Sunday.

“The question remains whether thismechanism will convince markets just as agun on the table. If it does not convince them,it is a mechanism that it is there to be used,”Papandreou was quoted as saying in an ad-vance copy of To Vima’s Sunday edition.

Euro zone finance ministers, the Euro-pean Central Bank and the European Com-mission will hold a teleconference on Greeceon Sunday, days before Greece auctions 1.2billion euros ($1.6 billion) in total of six- and12-month T-bills on April 13.

Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the In-ternational Monetary Fund, also said that glo-bal economic recovery is still sluggish and un-even and needs continued policy support inmany advanced economies.

Growing concerns about the ability ofgovernments to finance the high level of pub-lic debt after the financial crisis, particularly inthe case of Greece, have been making inves-tors jittery in the past few months.

Strauss-Kahn said public debt in the ad-vanced economies is forecast to rise by about35 percentage points on average, to about 110percent of gross domestic product in 2014.

“Reversing this increase will be a tremen-dous challenge — let alone reducing debt be-low pre-crisis levels, which may be needed toleave enough fiscal space to tackle future cri-ses,” he told an economic conference at Cam-bridge University.

“Therefore, for the next decade or two,cyclical upswings should be used to reducepublic debt, rather than finance expenditure in-creases or tax cuts.”

Strauss-Kahn’s speech was disrupted byprotestors, who climbed to the balcony abovethe screen by where he was standing and threwa banner that read: “IMF is part of the problem,

IMF warns highIMF warns highIMF warns highIMF warns highIMF warns highpublic debtpublic debtpublic debtpublic debtpublic debt“tremendous”“tremendous”“tremendous”“tremendous”“tremendous”challengechallengechallengechallengechallengeReuters

CAMBRIDGE - IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Saturday that pub-lic debt in the advanced economies is set to increase significantly and reversing therise would be a “tremendous” challenge.

not the solution.” The IMF head said that in Europe, as well

as at a global level, policy coordination was im-portant to secure economic growth.

“I recently spoke about this, in the con-text of Europe, where a broader framework ofpolicy cooperation — encompassing monetary,fiscal, financial and structural issues — isneeded to bolster economic growth. But some-thing similar is also needed on the global scale,to secure growth that is balanced, and hence sus-tainable,” he said.

Strauss-Kahn mentioned an idea that tar-geting higher inflation could leave more room tolower interest rates in the face of a deflationaryrecession, proposed by his colleague at the IMF.

“I think this is an interesting idea that mer-its serious discussion. But it is not the principalquestion for monetary policy, and should notdistract us from more important concerns.”

He also said the global economy now ap-peared to be on the path to recovery.

“Though it remains sluggish and uneven,and in need of continued policy support in manyadvanced economies. Moreover, the costs of thecrisis — low growth, high unemployment andsharply higher public debt — will take manyyears to overcome,” he said.

U.S. regulators consider 2ndfind against Toyota

Greece may use EUsafety net if needed

Laid-off employees ofGreek courier serviceInterattica wait for negotia-tions at the company’sheadquarters on April 9,2010. Greece may use anEU/IMF safety net ifneeded, Prime MinisterGeorge Papandreou said inan interview with a Greeknewspaper to be publishedon Sunday.

AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks during ajoint press conference with Jordan’s Central Bank governor Umayya Tukan (notseen) in Amman on April 4, 2010. IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Sat-urday that public debt in the advanced economies is set to increase significantlyand reversing the rise would be a “tremendous” challenge.

AFP PHOTO/ LOUISA GOULIAMAKI

mum the government could seek was $16.375million, Vincent said in the letter.

Toyota has until April 19 to decidewhether to appeal that penalty for the first offi-cial finding that the world’s largest automakerviolated U.S. safety regulations.

“If Toyota will not agree to pay the de-manded penalty, NHTSA will refer this mat-ter to the U.S. Department of Justice with therecommendation that the Attorney Generalcommence a civil action in federal court ...,”Vincent said.

The New York Times first reported theNHTSA letter.

Automakers are legally obligated to tellU.S. safety regulators within five days if theydetermine a safety defect exists.

U.S. safety regulators said in proposingthe record fine against Toyota on Monday thatthe automaker’s own records showed that ithad issued repair notices for the sticky pedalproblem in Canada and Europe in Septemberbut did not take action in the U.S. market untilJanuary.

The agency continues to investigateToyota recalls, including one in October 2009for floor mats that can jam the gas pedal andcause uncontrolled acceleration. NHTSA hassaid that additional fines are possible.

Previously, the largest fine was $1 mil-lion against General Motors Co for failing topromptly recall windshield wipers in 2002-2003model vehicles.

Asked if Greece could afford the euroand if it could be forced out of the single cur-rency area, Papandreou said:

“The euro is not to blame for our prob-lems. Greece belongs in the euro zone. Anyother scenario is ridiculous.”

Asked about Germany, which has so farbeen very reluctant to come to the rescue ofits debt-laden partner, Papandreou said:

“Like all European countries, Germanyhas its own internal problems due to the in-ternational crisis.”

“But it is a delusion to believe the so-lution to these problems can be found out-side or at the expense of the rest of Europe.Germany’s prosperity depends on the pros-perity of its main trading partners which arethe European countries.”

Entertainment InternationalMonday, April 12, 201012

Carter died Saturday morning, ac-cording to publicist Steve Rohr, whorepresents Carter and her husband,actor Hal Holbrook. He declined todisclose the cause of death or whereshe died. Carter lived with Holbrookin the Los Angeles area.

“This has been a terrible blow toour family,” Holbrook said in a writ-ten statement. “We would appreciateeveryone understanding that this is aprivate family tragedy.”

A native of Tennessee, Carter wasmost famous for playing wisecrack-ing Southerner Julia Sugarbaker forseven years on “Designing Women,”the CBS sitcom that ran from 1986to 1993. The series was the peak of acareer in which she often playedwealthy and self-important but inde-pendent Southern women.

She was nominated for an Emmyin 2007 for her seven-episode gueststint on the ABC hit “DesperateHousewives.”

Carter’s other credits include roleson the series “Family Law” and “Dif-ferent Strokes.”

She married Holbrook in 1984.

AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008 file photo, Dixie Carter arrives with hus-band Hal Holbrook for the 80th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. ‘Design-ing Women’ actress Dixie Carter, who used her charm and stately beauty ina host of roles on Broadway and television, has died. She was 70.

Reuters

LOS ANGELES – “Date Night,”a romantic comedy starring sitcomstaples Steve Carell and Tina Fey,narrowly claimed an early lead at theweekend box office in NorthAmerica, according to preliminarysales data issued on Saturday.

The 20th Century Fox film earned$9.3 million during its first day ofrelease across the United States andCanada on Friday, just ahead of lastweekend’s champion “Clash of theTitans” with $8.4 million, said track-ing firm Box Office Mojo.

The studios will issue estimatesfor the three-day period on Sundaymorning, and Warner Bros.’ “Clashof the Titans” could well repeat atNo. 1 if male youngsters outnumberthe couples targeted by “Date Night.”Both are on track to earn in the mid-$20 million range for the weekend.

“Date Night” stars Carell (“TheOffice”) and Fey (“30 Rock”) as asuburban couple pursued by crooksin a case of mistaken identity. Thefilm was directed by Shawn Levy(“Night at the Museum”) and gener-ally liked by critics.

“Clash of the Titans,” the latestaction film to jump on the lucrative3D bandwagon in the wake of thesuccess of “Avatar,” has earned $92million after its first eight days. Fri-

LOS ANGELES - MileyCyrus has bought her first homeand plans to spend the summerrenovating the Toluca Lakespread in Los Angeles, so shecan officially move in when sheturns 18 in November.

The actress/singer has re-portedly spent $3.4 million onthe estate and she can’t wait tocall it home - once she and hermother have redesigned the in-terior.

And Cyrus admits it’s goingto be a tough summer becausethe pair has completely differ-ent views on home style.

She says, “My mom is,like, an interior designer...somy mom’s gonna help me doall of that stuff, but we havepretty much the most oppositetaste of any two human beingson the planet, so I have a feel-ing there’s gonna be some fistfights in (furniture store) Ikea.I want everything on the floorand really zen and my momlikes chandeliers. I wanna beable to touch stuff in myhouse and not be afraid ofbreaking it.”

“Date Night” takes early lead at box officeday sales slid a hefty 68 percent fromopening day, in line with expecta-tions for the epic.

Rounding out the top five wereformer champion “How to TrainYour Dragon” with $7.1 million inits third weekend of release; and theMiley Cyrus drama “The Last Song”($3.6 million), and filmmaker TylerPerry’s sequel “Why Did I Get Mar-ried Too?” ($3.5 million), both intheir second weekends.

20th Century Fox is a unit of NewsCorp, and Warner Bros. is a unit ofTime Warner Inc.

“How to Train Your Dragon” wasproduced by DreamWorks AnimationSKG Inc and released by ParamountPictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. “TheLast Song” was released by WaltDisney Pictures, a unit of Walt DisneyCo. “Why Did I Get Married Too?”was released by Lionsgate, a unit ofLions Gate Entertainment Corp.

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A scene from the Date Night movie starred by Steve Carell and Tina Fey

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Miley Cyrus

‘Designing Women’ star‘Designing Women’ star‘Designing Women’ star‘Designing Women’ star‘Designing Women’ starDixie Carter dies at 70Dixie Carter dies at 70Dixie Carter dies at 70Dixie Carter dies at 70Dixie Carter dies at 70Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – “Designing Women” star Dixie Carter, whoseSouthern charm and natural beauty won her a host of television roles,has died at age 70.

The two had met four years earlierwhile making the TV movie “TheKilling of Randy Webster,” and al-though attracted to one another,each had suffered two failed mar-riages and were wary at first.

They finally wed two years be-fore Carter landed her role on “De-signing Women.” Holbrook ap-peared on the show regularly in thelate 1980s as her boyfriend, ReeseWatson.

The two appeared together in herfinal project, the 2009 independentfilm “That Evening Sun,” shot inTennessee and based on a shortstory by Southern novelist WilliamGay.

The middle of three children,Carter was born in 1939 inMcLemoresville, Tenn.

Carter was the daughter of a gro-cery and department store ownerwho died just three years ago at 96.She said at the time of his death thathe taught her to believe in people’sessential goodness.

“When I asked him how hehandled shoplifting in his new store,

which had a lot of goods on display,making it impossible to keep an eyeon everything, he said, ‘Most peopleare honest, and if they weren’t, youcouldn’t stay in business because athief will find a way to steal,’” Cartersaid. “‘You can’t really protect your-self, but papa and I built our busi-ness believing most people are hon-est and want to do right by you.’”

Carter grew up in Carroll Countyand made her stage debut in a 1960production of “Carousel” in Mem-phis. It was the beginning of a de-cades-long stage career in which sherelied on her singing voice as muchas her acting.

She appeared in TV soap operasin the 1970s, but did not become anational star until her recurring roleson “Different Strokes” and anotherseries, “Filthy Rich,” in the 1980s.

Those two parts led to her roleon “Designing Women,” a comedyabout the lives of four women at aninterior design firm in Atlanta.

Carter and Delta Burke playedthe sparring sisters who ran the firm.The series also starred Annie Pottsand Jean Smart.

The show, whose reruns haverarely left the airwaves, was not atypical sitcom. It tackled such top-ics as sexism, ageism, body imageand AIDS.

International Monday, April 12, 2010 13Life Style

The 215-mile-high action un-folded on the 40th anniversary of thelaunch of Apollo 13.

Spacewalkers Rick Mastracchioand Clayton Anderson called out di-rections as a robot arm lifted the1,700-pound, refrigerator-size stor-age tank into place. One of the ro-botic snares got caught on the han-dling pin for the tank, but quicklywas freed.

Then Mastracchio and Andersonhad trouble bolting down the newtank on the sprawling framework thatserves as the backbone of the spacestation. They tried using a pry baron the mechanisms, but that didn’twork and Anderson retreated to theair lock to get more tools.

Associated Press Writer

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Twoformer studio heads overseeing lastyear’s blockbuster video game“Modern Warfare 2” were fired forinsubordination and trying to poachkey employees from Activision, thegaming giant alleged in court fil-ings.

Activision on Thursdaycountersued former Infinity Wardexecutives Jason West and VinceZampella, who sued Activision formore than $36 million in March.West and Zampella’s lawsuitclaimed they were fired soActivision could avoid paying themhefty royalties for their work on thepopular “Call of Duty” franchise.

Activision’s filing seeks to showthe firing was justified and claimsthe men met with a key gaming ri-val, which it says was one of sev-eral violations of their employmentcontract.

Infinity Ward is the studio be-hind last fall’s record-breaking re-lease, “Call of Duty: Modern War-fare 2,” and other games. “ModernWarfare 2” was No. 1 last year andhas become one of the best-sellingvideo games of all time.

The breach of contract suitclaims West and Zampella held updevelopment on other “Call of

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – A U.S. mili-tary doctor removed a live round ofammunition from the head of an Af-ghan soldier in an unusual and har-rowing surgery.

Doctors say a 14.5 millimeterunexploded round — more than 2inches long — was removed fromthe scalp of an Afghan NationalArmy soldier at the Bagram AirField hospital last month.

When the Afghan soldier, in his

Activision countersues‘Modern Warfare’ execs

Duty” games to try to gain moremoney. The company is seeking towithhold additional payments tothe men, who they claim also keptbonuses from Infinity Ward em-ployees.

The men “morphed from val-ued, responsible executives into in-subordinate and self-servingschemers who attempted to hijackActivision’s assets for their ownpersonal gain and whose actionsthreatened both the future of theCall of Duty franchise and futureof Activision’s (Infinity Ward) stu-dio,” the complaint states.

West and Zampella’s attorney,Robert M. Schwartz, called thecountersuit’s claims “false and out-rageous.”

“None of the false claims of in-subordination or breach of dutieshad any negative affect onActivision — none,” Schwartz saidin a statement. “Modern Warfare 2has been the world’s most success-ful video game.”

The lawsuit alleges the bonuseswere withheld in an attempt to tryto leverage other key employees toleave Santa Monica-basedActivision.

Schwartz denied that claim,calling Activision’s suit a tactic towithhold bonuses from other Infin-ity Ward employees.

AP Photo/Activision

In this video game image released by Activision, a scene from ‘Mod-ern Warfare 2’ is shown.

US doctor takes live ammo from soldier’s head20s, arrived at the base, doctors thoughtit was shrapnel or the spent end of somesort of round, said Lt. Col. AnthonyTerreri, a radiologist deployed fromWilford Hall Medical Center atLackland Air Force Base in Texas.

But as he reviewed a CAT scan of thesoldier, he realized it was a much biggerproblem, according to an Air Force newsrelease this week on the case.

He immediately went to informneurosurgeon Maj. John Bini, also ofLackland. Bini had the operatingroom evacuated; the surrounding hall-

ways were secured, and he and an-esthesiologist, Maj. Jeffrey Rengel,put on body armor for the surgery.

Bini and Rengel were joined inthe operating room by a memberof a bomb disposal team. And af-ter Bini removed the round fromthe patient’s head, the bomb tech-nicians took it away.

Bini said that while there havebeen similar cases of unexplodedordnance being removed from pa-tients, this was the first such casehe knows of in the Afghanistanwar, which started in late 2001. Inthe past 50 years of modern war-fare, there have been fewer than 50cases of this type, he said.

The patient, who officials did notidentify by name, is continuing toimprove, the Air Force statement said.AP Photo/U.S. Air Force

This March 18, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows aComputerized Axial Tomography Scan (CAT) which shows the place-ment of a 14.5 millimeter high explosive incendiary round which wasremoved from the scalp of an Afghan National Army solder at theCraig Joint Theater Hospital, in Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Astronauts take 2ndAstronauts take 2ndAstronauts take 2ndAstronauts take 2ndAstronauts take 2ndspacewalk to replace tankspacewalk to replace tankspacewalk to replace tankspacewalk to replace tankspacewalk to replace tankAssociated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Astronauts struggled with stiff boltswhile attaching a big new tank full of ammonia coolant to the Interna-tional Space Station on Sunday, their second spacewalk in three daysto accomplish the job.

“Push, push, push, push, push. Alittle more,” one of the spacewalkerssaid as they tried to force the bolts.

“You guys want to take a breatherfor a minute?” shuttle commanderAlan Poindexter asked from inside.“You guys just take it easy, relax yourhands.”

The astronauts advised MissionControl to start coming up with along-term solution in case the boltswould not cooperate.

The slot for the tank was emptiedearlier in the spacewalk, whenMastracchio and Anderson poppedout a nearly empty ammonia tank thathad been on the space station for eightyears. The ammonia is circulatedthrough radiators to cool space sta-

tion electronics.Removing the old tank also had its

share of difficulty. One side of the boxycontainer got hung up on a mecha-nism, and Anderson had to tug it loose.

“I’m really getting good at this,”Anderson said as the tank popped out.He had to use a pry bar duringFriday’s spacewalk to get the newreplacement tank out of space shuttleDiscovery.

As the spacewalkers were movingthe old tank toward the robot arm forcapture, Anderson got caught on a pitpin and lanyard. “Jiminy Christmas,”he grumbled, freeing himself.

“Just go slow. It’s fine. There’s norush,” astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger assured him from inside.

With the spacewalkers serving aslookouts, the robot arm placed the oldtank on a space station rail cart fortemporary storage. “Keep it coming... beautiful,” Anderson said. The menstrapped the tank down with severaltethers.

A partial view ofthe starboardwing of thespace shuttleDiscovery. Twoastronauts fromthe US shuttleDiscoverybegan a secondspacewalk earlySunday as partof efforts toreplace adepletedammoniacoolant tankoutside theInternationalSpace Station.

AFP/NASA/File

Monday, April 12, 201014 InternationalSport

Agence France Presse

HOUSTON, Texas – Third-seededSam Querrey reached the final of theUS Men’s Clay Court Championshipswith a victory over Wayne Odesnik,who was playing with the threat of adrugs ban looming.

Querrey, who said before the matchthat he would “refuse to lose” toOdesnik, triumphed 7-6 (7/3), 1-6, 7-5, Saturday, rallying from a third-setdeficit to deny Odesnik his secondstraight trip to the final.

Odesnik pleaded guilty in an Aus-tralian court on March 26 to importinghuman growth hormone into Australia.

He has denied taking the bannedperformance enhancer and is playingpending an investigation by the Inter-national Tennis Federation that couldresult in a suspension.

Regardless of the outcome of theITF’s probe, Querrey said Odesnikowed the sport an apology.

“I think you have to wait and findthe verdict at the end of it all,” Querreysaid. “Yeah, he should apologize.”

Odesnik referred all questions abouthis case to his lawyer.

Odesnik, who lost in the final herelast year to Australian Lleyton Hewitt,made the most of Querrey’s struggleswith his big serve, but surrendered thematch along with his own serve in thefinal game.

In the final, Querrey will face

Reuters

LOS ANGELES –Former four-times heavy-weight champion EvanderHolyfield stopped SouthAfrican Frans Botha in theeighth round to win theWorld Boxing Federationtitle in Las Vegas Saturday.

Holyfield, 47, flooredthe 41-year-old Botha witha right early in the eighthand although the South Af-rican was able to get to hisfeet, referee Russell Moralater stopped the fight

The fight wasHolyfield’s first in Las Ve-gas since 2003. He im-proved to 43-10-2 with 28knockouts.

The lopsided victory, com-bined with Denver’s loss to SanAntonio, moved the Mavericksinto sole possession of secondplace in the Western Conferenceplayoff race.

Dallas is one game ahead ofDenver with two games remain-ing for both teams. The Maver-icks visit the Clippers on Mon-day night and conclude the regu-lar season Wednesday at homeagainst San Antonio.

The Mavericks clinched theSouthwest Division with a vic-tory Friday night in Portland andcan finish no worse than thefourth seed.

Jason Kidd had his secondtriple-double of the season andthe 105th of his career, finishing11 points, 13 assists and 10 re-bounds. Jason Terry scored 25points, and Caron Butler had 15for Dallas, which has won threestraight.

Carl Landry scored 30 points,and Tyreke Evans had 27 points,eight rebounds and six assists forthe Kings, who have lost nine of10 games and own the third worstrecord in the NBA. Omri Casspihad 15 points, and Jason Thomp-son added 12.

Nowitzki connected onjumpers from short and longrange in scoring 22 points in thethird quarter. The perennial All-Star forward had the final 11points for the Mavericks, whotook a 100-79 lead into the

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Dallas Mavericks’ guard Jason Kidd (2) dribbles up court duringthe first half of an NBA basketball game against the SacramentoKings in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, April 10, 2010.

Nowitzki scored 39Nowitzki scored 39Nowitzki scored 39Nowitzki scored 39Nowitzki scored 39points to lead Maverickspoints to lead Maverickspoints to lead Maverickspoints to lead Maverickspoints to lead MavericksAssociated Press Writer

SACRAMENTO, Calif. –Dirk Nowitzki scored 39points to help the DallasMavericks rout the strug-gling Sacramento Kings 126-108 on Saturday night.

fourth quarter.Nowitzki had with 40 points Fri-

day night an 83-77 win at Portland,and once again was the dominantfor Dallas. He made 12 of 20 shots,had seven rebounds, and convertedall 13 free throws.

Nowitzki broke his previousfranchise record of 60 straight freethrows in the third quarter and hashit 68 in a row. He hasn’t missed a

free throw since the second quar-ter of a March 29 game againstDenver.

Evans continued his quest to joinOscar Robertson, Michael Jordan andLeBron James as the only rookies toaverage 20 points, five rebounds andfive assists. Evans is assured of thosemarks in assists and rebounds andneeds 24 points in the final two gamesto reach the point total.

Holyfield stops Botha in eighth round

Querrey downs Odesnikto reach Clay Court final

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File photo of Sam Querrey, who reached the final of the US Men’sClay Court Championships with a victory over Wayne Odesnik,who was playing with the threat of a drugs ban looming.

Argentina’s Juan Ignacio Chela, whobeat sixth-seeded Argentinian HoracioZeballos 7-5, 6-2.

Querrey, who said before the matchhe would “refuse to lose” to Odesnik,shook hands with his compatriot at theend of their match, but he was brusquewith him during the contest. WhenQuerrey questioned an Odesnik ace inthe first-set tiebreaker, Odesnik said, “Itwas good.”

Querrey retorted: “I don’t need yourinput, buddy.” When Odesnik ques-tioned a line call in the third set, Querreysaid: “It was only out a good fourinches.”

Odesnik had the upper hand afterbreaking Querrey in the fifth game ofthe third set, but Querrey broke back inthe sixth game and overcame twodouble faults to hold his serve in theseventh.

“I had two double faults in that gameand then it was deuce,” Querrey said.“I said ‘whatever, hit it as hard as I canand see what happens.’ It worked.”

Odesnik won only one point in thefinal game as Querrey closed it out withan overhead.

Querrey will be gunning for his sec-ond title of the year against Chela, whoreached his first final since 2007 inAcapulco, where he beat Carlos Moya.

“It would be a big joy, it would meana lot,” Chela said of a possible title.“This would be my fifth title. It wouldbe great to win here.”

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Barca became the first Spanishside to win a La Liga, Kings Cupand Champions League treble lastseason and are on for the double thistime round having safely made thesemi-finals of the ChampionsLeague while Saturday’s victoryover Real puts them in the box seatin the league.

“The title is not won and thereare some tough games left but thiswas an important step and we cancontinue making history,” saidMessi.

“The team showed that we aresuperior to any opponent if we wantto be, however you have to do it onthe pitch and we did tonight. It wasa really important win but now wehave to carry on.”

Messi followed up his four-goalblast in Tuesday’s ChampionsLeague quarter-final win over Ar-senal with a 32nd minute opener, forhis 40th goal of the season in allcompetitions, before Pedro

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ROME – Inter Milan droppedtwo precious points after beingheld to a 2-2 draw at Fiorentinaon Saturday and will lose top spot

Barcelona could rewriteBarcelona could rewriteBarcelona could rewriteBarcelona could rewriteBarcelona could rewritehistory books, says Messihistory books, says Messihistory books, says Messihistory books, says Messihistory books, says Messi

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Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (L) vies with Real Madrid’s defender Raul Albiol(R) during the ‘El Clasico’ Spanish League football match Real Madrid against Barcelona at theSantiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, on April 10, 2010.

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MADRID – Lionel Messi said the current Barcelona teamcould write more chapters in the club’s history following their2-0 win over Real Madrid in Saturday’s ‘El Clasico’ at theSantiago Bernabeu.

Rodriguez, in the 55th minute, addeda second as Barca went three pointsclear of Real at the summit.

It was a fourth successive Clasicowin for Barca and their coach PepGuardiola while Messi continued hisknack of scoring against Real hav-ing netted twice in the 6-2 drubbingat the Bernabeu last season.

Saturday’s game was billed as theMessi versus Cristiano Ronaldoshow but the Argentine played downthe battle saying the match was aboutgaining the upper hand in the titlerace.

“It was not between him(Ronaldo) and me,” said Messi. “Itwas simply that Barca were superiorto Madrid. We are back at the topagain and we have an advantage.”

Messi now has 27 league goalsto top the goalscoring charts in LaLiga while he is also the leadingmarksman in the Champions Leaguewith eight goals following his fouragainst Arsenal.

Inter exposed after draw at Fiorentinain Serie A should Roma win theirhome match against Atalanta onSunday.

A goal eight minutes from timefrom Per Kroldrup earned the Violaa deserved point after Inter had

come from behind to snatch the leadin the second half.

Prolific strike duo Diego Militoand Samuel Eto’o had each steeredhome right-wing centres to cancelout Keirrison’s early strike in an ab-

sorbing end-to-end contest.The result means Inter go two

points clear of Roma having playeda game more, while Fiorentinamove up a place to eighth.

“After going ahead we giftedFiorentina a second goal but thesethings happen in football - you’reoften most vulnerable after scor-ing,” said Inter sporting directorMarco Branca, who spoke as coachJose Mourinho is boycotting theItalian press.

“We aren’t bothered what Romado against Atalanta.” Fiorentinacoach Cesare Prandelli thought thedraw was a fair result.

“Inter have strength of characterand will always fight to the death.They put us under a lot of pressureand it was difficult to hold out.Their second goal was annoyingbecause they shouldn’t have beenable to break from our corner.”

With Fiorentina’s Peruvian leftwinger Juan Vargas injured and topscorer Alberto Gilardino only fitenough for the bench, Inter beganthe match on the front foot withWesley Sneijder having a 20-yardshot tipped around the post.

From the resulting corner Militohad a glorious chance to put Interahead but the Argentine could onlyhit the post.

The Nerazzurri were soon madeto pay as Fiorentina sliced throughtheir defence in the 11th minute.

Riccardo Montolivo waited for

the right moment to release the ma-rauding Gianluca Comotto, whosesquared centre was slammed highinto the net from eight yards by Bra-zilian prospect Keirrison.

Jose Mourinho’s men respondedby dominating possession but couldfind no way through the well-organised Viola backline.

The elusive Sneijder fizzed a 25-yarder a foot wide, Maicon sliced avolley horribly off target andEsteban Cambiasso, Cristian Chivuand Eto’o all blasted well over fromdistance before the break.

The home side continued to bedangerous on the counter-attackthough and two minutes after therestart Stevan Jovetic almostdoubled the lead but, slipped in byMontolivo, the Montenegrinscrewed his finish wide of the farpost.

Just as it seemed Inter had runout of steam, they turned the gameon its head with two copycat goalsin six minutes.

On 75 minutes Sneijder sprayedthe ball wide to Maicon, whosefirst-time cross from the right wassteered home by Milito, before sub-stitute Mario Balotelli delivered theperfect centre for Eto’o to score.

Inter’s celebrations lasted but aminute, however, as goalkeeperJulio Cesar missed another crossand defender Kroldrup scrambledhome from six yards to snatch a po-tentially telling point.

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Inter Milan’s Cameroonian forward Samuel Eto’o shoot and scores agains Fiorentina duringtheir Italian Serie A football match on April 10, 2010 at Florence’s Artemio Franchi comunalstadium. The match ended 2-2.

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The Spaniard broke a bone in his right hand during a training acci-dent earlier this year, and had to miss the second test of the winter atSepang.

He had insisted that the Losail weekend was just be about gatheringconsistent points while still not fully fit, rather than trying for victory, butsaid his physical condition was better than expected so far.

“Luckily for me the hand is quite good,” said Lorenzo after taking thirdon the grid behind Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi. “It’s much betterthan at the test.

“Now the problem is that the bike doesn’t work so well, especially onthe rear tyre. So now we are struggling quite a lot to get faster and to getclose to Casey and Vale.”

Despite feeling he might not have the speed to win, Lorenzo vowed togive his all in tomorrow night’s race.

“The bike will maybe not improve tomorrow, so I’ll fight with what Ihave,” he said.

LOSAIL - Marco Melandriadmitted he had no idea how toturn his form around after quali-fying last for the season openingQatar Grand Prix.

The Italian has struggled withthe latest Honda since returningto the Gresini team over the win-ter, and has resigned himself toan equally poor race tonight.

“I am really disappointed,”said Melandri, who finished in thetop five in the championship inall of his three previous seasonsat Gresini. “I just can’t get a feel-ing for the chassis or the engineand everything we try seems tobe in vain.

“We put the soft tyre on andwent slower and at this momentin time I am completely out ofideas as to what we can do.Maybe we need a magic wandthat we can wave at the bike andeverything slots into place.

“We’ll see what the race is likebut I don’t expect it to be a goodone for us.”

Melandri’s team-mate MarcoSimoncelli qualified two placesahead in 15th, despite crashingearly in the session.

“Unfortunately the sessiondidn’t start well with the crash,which meant I needed a few lapsto regain my confidence and setback the whole programme,” saidthe former 250cc champion.

Lorenzo:Set-upbigger issuethan injury

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Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo of Fiat Yamaha Team races during the 2010 MotoGP free practice at theLosail International Circuit in Doha on April 10, 2010. The MotoGP season kicks off under flood-lights at the Grand Prix of Qatar this weekend.

LOSAIL - Jorge Lorenzo believes his injured hand is in muchbetter shape for the first MotoGP race of 2010 than he had pre-viously feared, but says discomfort with his Yamaha’s set-up isnow holding him back.

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Italy’s Marco Melandri of San Carlo Honda Gresini Team racesduring the 2010 MotoGP free practice at the Losail InternationalCircuit in Doha on April 10, 2010. The MotoGP season kicks offunder floodlights at the Grand Prix of Qatar this weekend.

Melandri baffled by awful form“It is a shame because we really

needed to get through a full session.I just went into the corner too hard -trying to avoid [Hiroshi] Aoyama Ibraked too late and lost the frontwhen I tipped it in.”

Team boss Fausto Gresini prom-ised his squad will do all it could tolift its riders, and remains confidentthat the package will ultimatelycome good.

“Unfortunately at the momentthings are not progressing in theright way and that was added to to-

day by a crash for Simoncelli,which came just as he was im-proving,” said Gresini.

“It is a difficult time for himand even more so for Melandriwho cannot get the potential outof his bike at the moment.

“We can’t do anything but tryour best to work out how we canhelp him. We have faith in the rid-ers, the engineers and Honda andwe are sure that the results willsoon come that our effort and en-thusiasm deserve.”