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The visit of United States Presi-dent, Barack Obama, hand greatopportunity to the people of Baliin particular and the citizen of In-donesia. The visit by the Presidentwho once studied in Menteng,Jakarta will affect the number oftourists visited Bali.

Obama’s visit can increase thenumber of tourists come to Baliand it will also develop Bali’s eco-nomics which is highly depend ontourism sector. However, the visitby Obama must be well preparedand the first priority must be interm of security.

Lai Chai Ho was drowned inNusa Ceningan beach on Monday,May 17th 2010. Based on the pre-

Two foreigners died on the beachDenpasar (Bali Post)

Two more people drowned in Uluwatu. After Made Riano Rama Satya died on Saturday,May 16th 2010, Lai Chai Ho, a Chinese tourist and Angelina Marschenco from Russia wasfound dead on the beach.

liminary investigation, Lai wasdrowned during snorkeling activi-ties. Dudut Rustyadi, the head of

Forensic Division in Sanglah Hos-pital, said that there are only smallwound on the elbow but the main

cause of death is the liquid in hislungs which was cause by drown-ing. The body will be taken to Chinaafter the autopsy.

While Angelina was died inSerangan beach on Tuesday, may18th 2010. Currently the body is inSanglah Hospital and waited to beautopsied. (san)

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Pecalang often assisting the police officers in maintaining the security.

Balinese culture presented to welcome ObamaThe security is essential in the

visit by a President. It also couldbecome the basic judgment for thepeople who want to visit Bali. Bypaying the attention on securitydetails, the guest will fell safe andcomfortable in his stay in Bali

Others can conclude that all im-portant guests who visit Bali willbe given the similar treatment withObama. Tjokorda Oka ArthaArdhana Sukawati, the head of In-donesian Hotel and Restaurant As-sociation (PHRI) Bali, said “Secu-rity must be given the most atten-tion but if it possible, the securitymust contains Balinese values soObama can feel that he is in Bali.”

Tjokorda Sukawati who oftencalled Cok Ace, explained that theBalinese styles security can be cre-ated by including the traditional se-curity officers or Pecalang in main-taining the security during Obamavisit.

Even tough the pecalang is notplaced in ring I or next to the presi-dent but the presence of pecalangwill attract the attention of Obama.The president never sees the similarsecurity officers in his country so hewill want to know more about it.

Giving the Balinese style can bestarted when Obama get out of theplane. Traditional Balinese dancecan be performed during at that time

and the local officers who welcomehim to Bali should also wear tradi-tional Balinese clothes.

Penjor must also being placed onthe road pass by the President. Thepenjor place is not penjor for reli-gious purpose but penjor for culturalpurpose. “We should not place anybanners because it will not reflectthe culture of Bali,” Cok Ace said.

He also explained his experiencewhen welcoming President to PuriUbud, Gianyar. Cok Ace alwaysemphasize on Balinese culturestarted from the clothes to the foodserved to the President. “We wantedto give the sense of Bali o theguest,” he added. (sub)

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“Flowers symbolize love affectionof a sense of genuine sincerity. Theaward we give is sincere as well be-cause police had managed to capturethe perpetrator of the rape against fiveinnocent young girls,” said SriWahyuni while mentioning what car-ried out by KPAID Bali posed an ap-preciation for the success of NationalPolice to capture Mochammad DavisSuharto, 30, the main perpetrator ofthe rape cases to elementary school-girls.

Chief Sutisna accompanied byhigher officials of Bali Police wel-comed the visit of KPAID Bali with afull sense of gratitude. “Wow, it is un-necessary to give flowers at all. It hasbecome the tasks of the National Po-lice. Once the perpetrator was arrested,the promise of police to all mothershas been paid off,” he said while ac-cepting the flowers from Sri Wahyuni.

Sincere appreciation was also givento Ketut Subarjo, a member of mobiledetective in the Kuta Police who di-rectly captured M. Davis. Sri Wahyunijudged the police to have fulfilled itspromise to uncover the perpetrator ofrape cases within the past three months

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Apart from structuring the park in

the frontier area that had not beentaken up by the Denpasar City Gov-ernment, in fact the rubbish raisednew problem. Even, the presence ofwaste marred the beauty of this cul-tural city entrance. Badung-Denpasarfrontier area, for example, right in thenorthern of Dewa Ruci statue (round-about), the rubbishes looked so un-treated because they were still strewnaround.

Such condition became a concernof the ranks of Commission D ofDenpasar House. Moreover, the areabecame the entrance of Denpasar

Successfully captures theSuccessfully captures theSuccessfully captures theSuccessfully captures theSuccessfully captures therapist, Bali Police Chiefrapist, Bali Police Chiefrapist, Bali Police Chiefrapist, Bali Police Chiefrapist, Bali Police Chiefawarded with flowersawarded with flowersawarded with flowersawarded with flowersawarded with flowersDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Appreciation of Balinese community to performance of Bali Police Chief H. Sutisna and Chiefof Denpasar Metro Police I Gede Alit Widana continued to come. Police were considered success-ful to uncover the rape cases afflicting to five students of elementary school in Bali. Some activ-ists caring about children and students even came directly to Bali Police Headquarters and metChief Sutisna, last Monday (May 17). Chairperson of the Bali Regional Commission for ChildProtection (KPAID) Anak Ayu Sri Wahyuni handed over a wreath to the two-star general.

disturbing the mothers in Denpasar.In reality, despite the Police of Riau

Islands failed to make the chase, theperpetrator finally could be arrested inBali. “After successfully arresting theperpetrator, we ask that the suspectcould be snared with severe punish-ment,” added Director of Bali APIKLegal Aid Center (LBH) NengahBudawati.

Chief Sutisna said the investigatorsset up to multi layers article, includ-ing article 81 and 82 of Law No. 23/2002 concerning with Child Protec-tion with a maximum penalty of 15years in prison. The suspect was alsosnared with Article 285 of the PenalCode regarding to rape with maximumpenalty of 12 years and ultimately ar-ticle 285 of Penal Code about the kid-napping which was also punishable bya maximum of 12 years in prison.

According to the results of inspec-tion, M. Davis has committed similardeeds for six times in Batam. Perpe-trator being under pursuit of Riau Is-lands Police then fled to Bali in De-cember of last year. “When taking ac-tion in Batam, all victims were alsounderage schoolgirls. In relation to that

matter, investigators of Riau IslandsPolice will come to Bali tomorrow(last Tuesday—ed),” said ChiefSutisna.

Police also continued to deepen fur-ther information about the motive ofthe rape committed by M. David, suchas by conducting a psychological ex-amination at the Bhayangkara TrijataHospital. Additionally, the cyber crimeteam also checked the laptop and mo-bile phone owned by the suspect. Theresult, M. Davis was known to have aFacebook account under the name ofRicky Mandala. “Investigators keepon working continuously and wewould like to confirm whether the sus-pect has a syndicate or not,” ChiefSutisna added.

In the meantime, the suspect in-sisted on admitting that he did suchimmoral acts because of magic whis-pers after having an accident in Batam.Whether it was just a reason or hadanother purpose, the suspect alwayssaid it was based on his supernaturalman. Admittedly, the man would helphim provided that he could fuck 10underage girls who did not have theirown period yet. (jep)

Tabanan (Bali Post)—A number of high-ranking officials

of Functional Group or Golkar Partyallegedly deserted amid the chaos andthey secretly met with the Regent ofTabanan Adi Wiryatama, the father ofNi Putu Eka Wiryastuti, a candidatewinning the 2010 regent election inTabanan. On the one hand, the Sukaja—Ngurah Anom (Sukarno) package sup-ported by Golkar Party was conduct-ing a war via mass action and a claimto the Judicial Court because the vic-tory was considered flawed.

Such secret meeting was carried outin the official residential house ofTabanan Regent, last Sunday (May16). Based on information compiled,the officials of Golkar consisted ofone of the regional chairman ofGolkar of Bali Chapter (DPD I), oneof the chairman of Tabanan Chapter(DPD II), and four administrators ofsubdistrict. The meeting took placeat the official residential house ofTabanan Regent at around 11:30 amlast Sunday (May 16). Of course,such external meeting of the partymade a number of administrators tofeel suspicious. Moreover, earlier, inthe last regional election a numberof party administrators were allegedto desert because the votes acquisi-tion of regent candidate supported byGolkar even dropped at a number ofGolkar’s basis.

Vice Chairman of the Informaticsand Communication Division ofGolkar Party of Tabanan I KetutLoka confessed to regret very muchon seeing the officials of Golkar metthe father of Eka Wiryastuti. Loka

Roads of Badung-Denpasar area stained by rubbishfrom the south. “Rubbish in the northof Dewa Ruci statue, on the road sideto Suwung Kauh often interferes withthe vision,” said the Head of Commis-sion D of Denpasar House I WayanSugiarta in his office, last Monday(May 17).

Sugiarta said the presence of gar-bage near the street did not only occuronce or twice. As a matter of fact, atthat location there was no dumpster.On that account, garbage was oftenpiled up and overflowed into the street.“It is not good for tourists passingthrough the region,” said Sugiarta.

His party expected relevant agen-cies to pay attention to the sanitation

of border area. Nevertheless, severalstrategic locations supporting the im-age of the beauty of the city were vis-ible at the entrance. Therefore, he ad-vised the officers not to ignore thehandling of sanitation at the frontierarea. “Please do not wait for each otherto clean up the rubbish in areas likethat,” he said.

Related to this matter, the Head ofDenpasar Sanitation and LandscapingServices (DKP), I Ketut Wisada, rec-ognized it belonged to the authorityof the Badung region. “We are goingto promptly make coordination tohandle the rubbish in the region withMr. Suteja,” he said. (kmb12)

A number of Golkar officialsalleged to desert and meets theregent at official residence

asserted that no matter what the rea-son and the topic of the meetingwere, it had implied the defection ofGolkar party which was supportingthe struggle of Sukarno. On that ac-count, this Tabanan legislator re-quested the management of party totake immediate action to respond tothe meeting conducted secretly in themidst of their struggle for proposinga claim to the Constitutional Court.“Management of party should takefirm action against the cadres whoopenly wanted to destroy the Golkarof Tabanan. This is a form of betrayalto the party, and the commitment ofsuch cadre is questionable,” he saidwith a high tone.

Similarly, Loka suspected therewas a conspiracy that would be madeto destroy the Golkar Party ofTabanan. More than that, it was anattempt to weaken the strength tostruggle over the rampant violationsof election lawsuit lasting recently.According to Loka, such cadreswould attempt to thwart the strugglefor victory of the opposition for a per-sonal benefit.

Secretary of the Golkar Party ofTabanan, Ni Made Meliani was alsoinfuriated by the meeting held by anumber of cadres. She said the partywould immediately take steps to ad-dress the defection committed by anumber of cadres of Tabanan Golkar.In relatively short time, she said herparty would summon and ask theconcerned about the meeting with theRegent. In addition, her party wouldmake evaluation followed-up byholding a plenary meeting. (kmb14)

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Foreign students and their teachers accompanied by thelocals pray before they satr the lesson in the green school.

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Gianyar (Bali Post)—IB Adi Saputra, 22, a young man

from Tusan Hamlet, Tusan Village,Klungkung, last Monday (May 17),was virtually black and blue due tobeaten by residents around JalanNgurah Rai, Gianyar. The man withinnocent face was beaten for steal-ing a handphone (HP) from theFirdus counter.

The action of perpetrator wasconsidered reckless. Consideringthat theft was committed duringpeak hours. Fortunately, police of-ficers knew about it and separated.Now, the theft perpetrator is still lan-guishing in the cell and undergoingintensive examination in the roomof investigators of Gianyar Police.

Chief of Mobile Detective ofGianyar Police Nengah Semadi withpermission of Spokesperson ofGianyar Police said the perpetratorstole a hand phone from the counterbecause he wished to have a newhand phone with a good camera.Initially, perpetrator was going tosell his own hand phone to thecounter and bought another one asother brands owned by the peopleat this time. Since the price of hishand phone was not enough to buya new hand phone, the new onewrapped in the box was taken rightaway. “When he was escaping, em-ployee of the counter called out forhelp. Instantly, many people at thesurrounding area pursued and bithim until blue and black,” he ex-plained.

The day before taking his deeds,the perpetrator had time to come tothat hand phone counter. His arrivalby public transportation was onlyintended to have a look at the handphones. On the next morning, de-

From those 143 people, one ofthem had to do it at Puri Raharja Hos-pital as this student had dengue/scarletfever. Meanwhile the second day, Tues-day (18/5), was English Languageexam and joined by 53 people. Andthen there’ll be 20 people joining theMathematics exam on the third day and57 people will join the Science examon the last day.

This National Examination wasmonitored by Head of Education,Youth and Sports Agency Bali, Wayan

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Perpetrators of theft targeting resi-

dential house or villa inhabited by for-eigners, apparently still haunt the cityof Denpasar. This was evidenced bythe statement of Robert Brett Evans,50, an Australian citizen, last Sunday(May 16). Victim admitted that his villalocated on Jalan Uluwatu, Jimbaran,was known to have been observed bya thief, last Friday (May 14).

As a result, a number of valuablesworth hundreds of millions of rupiahshad been taken away. Allegedly, thethief entered into the Villa Lalang Temueasily because the door was not locked.This case was reported by I NyomanDarma, 37, said one of the police of-ficers in South Kuta Police.

Victim just knew the incident at 7:00pm Local Time. Victim got extremelyshocked after seeing his room wasmessy. Once examined more deeply, anumber of his possessions had disap-peared from its place. Among others,there were cash worth IDR 10 million,silver necklace, gold necklace, silverpendant and diamond pendant.

Denpasar ( Bali Post) – The mechanism process in recruit-

ing candidates for provincial secretaryof Bali is still being lead by ProvincialParliamentary Bali as this is a strategicjob position in being the bureaucraticpulse to the Bali Provincial Govern-ment. The process started with thenames being given by the Governor tothe Provincial Parliamentary.

This was told by Group of Func-tionaries (Golkar) Party Fraction mem-ber Nyoman Sugawa Korry and pre-vious Head of Indonesian DemocraticParty of Struggle (PDIP) FractionMade Sudana last Monday (17/5) atRenon. This came up in the middle ofthe discussion of Drs. Nyoman Yasa,

Denpasar ( Bali Post)- Many cases of violation done by

building owners are overwhelmingSpatial Planning and Housing Ser-vices Denpasar. From the monitoringresults, the violation reached 92 caseslast April 2010. These included 16building owners being given 2nd Cau-tion Letters. Similar to the previousmonth, it was dominated by BuildingPermits violations (at March therewere 88 buildings).

This was clarified by the Head ofthe Spatial Planning and Housing Ser-vices, A.A. Bagus Airawata, at hisoffice last Monday (17/5). This was afollow up from last month’s. “So itdid not mean that we stopped takingcare of previous cases. There were

Junior High School National Examination

143 Students Retakes143 Students Retakes143 Students Retakes143 Students Retakes143 Students RetakesIndonesian LanguageIndonesian LanguageIndonesian LanguageIndonesian LanguageIndonesian LanguageQuestion PaperQuestion PaperQuestion PaperQuestion PaperQuestion PaperDenpasar ( Bali Post)-

It was noted in Denpasar city there were 143 candidates from 224 people that registeredjoining the Indonesian Language National Exam on the first day, last Monday (17/5). They haveto retake it because they did not get a minimum grade from the first exam. This first day wentwell and there were no answer papers that were counted less or damaged.

Suasta, S.H., joined by Head of Com-pulsory Basic Education Denpasar City,I.B. Alit, S.Pd. Suasta managed tomonitor the examination at Subrayon6 (National Junior High School(SMPN) No.6 Denpasar) which had themost candidates with 45 people. Thisexamination took place in 3 classrooms. It was guarded by team of moni-tors from Udayana University and theirteachers.

Suasta said, this examination willbe equalised to the first one. Candidates

were in total guard. The question pa-pers are different to the first exams. Thepapers were sent by the Education Cen-tre in Jakarta and were received Thurs-day (13/5) in perfect condition.

This examination went well andthey are hoping that all candidates willpass and still maintaining quality. “Soit’s not just passing,” Suasta said. If theypass, the result will be inserted in theNational Examination Grade with a starwhich means that the result was gainedby retakes. (08)

16 Owners of ViolatingBuildings Got 2nd Caution Letters

some that’s ongoing and some arenewly founded this month,” Airawataexplained.

It was mentioned, 92 buildingsthat violated the regulations happenedat 4 sub districts of Denpasar whichincluded 24 buildings without Build-ing Permits and one violating demar-cation line construction at WestDenpasar . The demarcation line con-struction should have been 10,5 metersbut the house-shop building owned bya supplier only distanced 7,5 meter.

Meanwhile at South Denpasar,the officials found 20 buildings vio-lating building permits and two vio-lating demarcation line construction.At East Denpasar, as much as 25buildings violating building permits

also for 20 buildings at NorthDenpasar .

From that total, 1st stage of cau-tion went to 76 buildings and 2nd stageof caution to 16 buildings. The newbuilding at Pulau Kawe street plannedfor a mini market is one of them.

On the other hand, CommissionB Member of Regional ParliamentaryDenpasar, Wayan Mariyana Wandira,asked executives to let other control-lers such as Head of villages and subdistrict to join. This is because they’rethe ones that know the condition ofthe areas. “So if there is a new build-ing in their area and violated the regu-lations, they can straight ahead reportit to the related agency,” Wandira ex-plained. (kmb12)

Provincial Parliamentary LeadsRecruiting Mechanism for Bali Provincial Secretary

M,Si., the recent Bali Province Secre-tary, retiring.

Sugawa admitted the names aredominated picked by the Positionand Rank Considerations Agency.They are the ones that chose thenames to be suggested to the Gover-nor which then to the Parliamentary.Because of that Sugawa’s fractionwon’t suggest a name or supportingany of them. But the function of theParliamentary still can be used incontrolling, whether or not the re-cruiting mechanism suited the regu-lations. “If it does not suit the mecha-nism then we will criticise becausethe output will be given to the Par-liamentary,” Sugawa said.

Head of Democratic (Demokrat)Party Fraction Provincial Parliamen-tary Bali, Nengah Tamba S.H., alsohad the same opinion in not suggest-ing names to the executives. “We areappreciating the executives’ choicesas long as the recruitment fulfilledthe job position’s criteria, experi-ences and also professionalism,”Tamba explained.

Meanwhile Sudana thinks that theimportance of the new secretary cho-sen will be as the bureaucratic pulse.If a wrong person is placed in this stra-tegic job position then it will causethe pulse to s. “Choose the best andhave the skills also have a bureaucracyexperiences,” Sudana said. (029)

Black and blue beaten bymasses as stealing hand phone

parting from his house at around7:00 am Local Time accompanied byhis brother, the perpetrator went toGianyar and disembarked in front ofGianyar market. From that point, hewalked to the counter which was vis-ited on the day before.

When he would like to sell hishand phone, the counter staff saidthat the condition of his hand phonecamera was broken. As conse-quence, it was bargained at cheapprice. Perpetrator who only broughtmoney worth IDR 6,000 began is-suing a bad trick by asking the newhand phone he wanted. Once ren-dered by counter staff, the item wasimmediately taken by the perpetra-tor and escaped. Shortly, he was ar-rested and beaten abuzz. At the mo-ment, perpetrator is still being pro-cessed at Headquarters of GianyarPolice for further development.

Shoplifting studentMeanwhile, at around 11:30 am

Local Time a student named Ni PutuAP, 19, was caught red-handedlyshoplifting on the third floor ofHardy’s Supermarket, Gianyar. Theincident was revealed based on sus-picion of a shop assistant, DesakPutu Ari Parmini, 27, a resident fromTegal Tugu Village, Gianyar Subdis-trict who suspected the existence ofcustomer putting the goods into herbag at the store area. Perpetratorwas previously suggested to put thebag in deposit counter, but the con-cerned rejected. Then the bag wasdeposited at the cashier and whenchecked, in fact it contained a pairof shorts worth IDR 41,500 andwhite T-shirt worth IDR 38,500.The case was then reported to thepolice station. (kmb16)

Burglarized by thief, a villa suffersa loss worth IDR 300 million

Not only that, the victim also admit-ted to have lost three gold earrings, aventora bracelet, silver bracelets, silverrings, gold rings and silver stud. As re-ported, the total losses reached IDR 300million. “This case was still under in-vestigation of police,” he said while ask-ing to keep secret his identity.

Meanwhile, the cases of theft alsooccurred at particular location of JalanKapten Agung, Kayumas, Denpasar,last Saturday (May 15) at 8:30 pm. IKadek Wiranata, 17, I Wayan SatriaJaya, 17 and Kadek Ari Sukmantara,16, claimed that the hand phone andkey of his motorcycle were taken awayby a man named Doble.

The incident began when the vic-tim was shopping at the scene. Not longafter, the offender was driving a YamahaJupiter MX with license plate DK 3774QD coming over to the victim. With-out hesitancy, the perpetrator broughtalong with him a handphone and keyof motorcycle belonged to victim. Hav-ing experienced the incident, the vic-tim immediately reported the case topolice station. (kmb21)

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The country’s prime ministerwas scheduled to announce laterTuesday the government’s responseto the latest offer aimed at endingthe two-month-long political crisis,which has destabilized a countryonce regarded as one of SoutheastAsia’s most stable democracies.

Scattered clashes continued be-tween soldiers and anti-governmentRed Shirt protesters, though it ap-peared at a lower level than previ-ous days. At least 37 people werekilled over five days of rioting andclashes in downtown sections ofthis bustling Asian metropolis of 10million.

AP

Onlookers watch from an overhead bridge as smoke billows during a clash between anti-governmentprotesters

AP

KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicidecar bomb blast ripped through aNATO convoy and public bus in theheavily fortified Afghan capital earlyTuesday, killing at least 12 people in-cluding five foreigners, officials said.

A NATO spokesman said therewere casualties among NATO forcesbut declined to give specifics aboutdead or injuried. Lt. CommanderIain Baxter with the British RoyalNavy said the alliance could not con-firm if the convoy was the target ofthe attack or was caught up in a blastaimed at something else.

The area around the blast sitealso is home to Afghan governmentbuildings, including the Ministry ofEnergy and Water. At least 47people were wounded in the attack,the Interior Ministry said. No groupimmediately claimed responsibility.

It was the first major attack inKabul since February when suicidebombers struck two small hotels inthe city center. That attack killed16 people and led Afghan policeto pledge that they would tightensecurity and surveillance.

Police have publicized a num-ber of arrests of would-be bomb-ers since then, but Tuesday’sbombing was a reminder that thecity’s defenses can still be pen-etrated by determined attackers.

Initial reports of the explosionin western Kabul indicated thatU.S. vehicles were targeted, said

Reuters

U.S. soldiers inspect the site of a suicide car bomb in Kabul May 18,2010.

AFP

ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Paki-stani President Asif Ali Zardari onTuesday pardoned a key cabinetminister sentenced over corruptionto block his possible arrest, threat-ening to plunge his rule into freshcontroversy.

Interior Minister RehmanMalik, one of the closest allies ofPakistan’s unpopular head of stateand a key member of his rulingparty, was sentenced in absentia tothree years in jail by an anti-cor-ruption court in January 2004.

Malik, who was abroad at thetime of the conviction, appealedagainst the verdict but a court in theeastern city of Lahore on Monday

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Pakistani Interior MinisterRehman Malik

Pakistan’s Zardari pardons key cabinet ministerrejected his plea and cancelled his bail.

The president quickly intervenedand within hours invoked his powerto protect Malik from a possible de-tention.

The president used his “discretion-ary powers” to pardon Malik,Zardari’s spokesman FarhatullahBabar said early Tuesday.

Referring to the hasty decision,Babar said the pardon was grantedunder article 45 of the constitution onthe advice of Prime Minister YousufRaza Gilani, who formally took overconstitutional powers from Zardarilast month.

“Mr Rehman Malik has all alongmaintained that he has beenvictimised due to political reasons inhis absence from the country,” Babar

said.Under pressure to hold elections

and end eight years of military rule,military ruler Pervez Musharrafpassed a so-called National Recon-ciliation Ordinance in 2007, allow-ing political opponents to returnhome. Zardari’s main ruling Paki-stan People’s Party (PPP) won elec-tions held in 2008 after his wife,former prime minister BenazirBhutto was assassinated, returningPakistan to civilian rule.

The controversial 2007 amnestycontinued to protect Zardari andother politicians from possible courtproceedings, until the supremecourt, which has repeatedly clashedwith the government, last Decem-ber scrapped the ordinance.

The supreme court has orderedhundreds of cases to be reopened anddemands the return of millions ofdollars plundered by leaders and bu-reaucrats.

Pakistan is ranked the world’s40th most corrupt country by globalwatchdog Transparency Interna-tional and many governments havefallen as a result of military interven-tion over accusations of graft.

“Zardari’s move to protect Malikwill raise new controversy,” retiredsupreme court judge Tariq Mahmoodtold AFP.

“The president enjoys the author-ity to grant clemency but the ques-tion is can he pardon a crime andwhether Malik can retain his seat inparliament.”

At least 12 killed inAfghan suicide bombing

Abdul Ghafor Sayedzada, the chiefof the city police’s criminal inves-tigation unit.

The Interior Ministry said the 12killed and 47 wounded that it hadcounted were all civilians, most ofthem from a public bus that washit in the explosion. The ministrydid not give details on nationali-ties, but Kabul Deputy Police ChiefMohammad Khalil Dastyar saidfive of the dead and five of thewounded were foreigners. He didnot provide nationalities.

Seventeen vehicles were dam-aged in the blast, Dastyar told re-porters. President Hamid Karzaisaid at a news conference that thebomber was targeting NATO forces.

“Today in the morning we had atragic incident, which was a suicideattack. The bomber attacked on theNATO forces. There were casual-ties among the NATO forces as wellas among civilians — women, chil-dren and schoolchildren,” Karzaisaid as he condemned the attack.

An Associated Press reporter onthe scene saw the wreckage of a pub-lic bus and four sport utility vehicles.The SUVs were painted beige andgrey but no markings identifyingthem as American were immediatelydiscernable. At least one of the ve-hicles had a large antenna mountedon it of the type commonly used byforeign governments or internationalcontractors in Afghanistan. NATOforces also sometimes use this typeof unmarked SUV in the city.

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BANGKOK – Hopes rose Tuesday for an end to deadly mayhem inThailand’s capital as leaders of the protest movement occupying cen-tral Bangkok said they would unconditionally accept an offer by thecountry’s Senate to mediate talks.

The military defended its use ofdeadly but limited force, sayingtroops only fired to protect them-selves and Bangkok’s citizens anddid not pursue pre-emptive attacks.

“If they don’t move close to us,there won’t be any losses,” armyspokesman Col. SansernKaewkamnerd said. He also accusedthe Red Shirts of using a child of aboutthree years as a human shield, holdinghim up above a barricade in the streets.

The government also announcedthat a two-day public holiday wasbeing extended to Friday.

Tuesday’s acceptance of the Sen-ate proposal by the Red Shirt protest

leaders was significant because theyhad previously set conditions for anytalks. The government had rejectedearlier offers for talks that includeddemands to withdraw troops and sub-mit to U.N. mediation.

The Red Shirts have for a monthoccupied a 1-square-mile (3-square-kilometer) chunk of downtownBangkok’s toniest real estate, campingin the streets next to shuttered five-starhotels and upscale shopping malls.

The protesters, many of whomhail from the impoverished northand northeast, are demanding thatPrime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva todissolve Parliament and call earlyelections. They say the current ad-ministration came to power throughmanipulation of the courts and thebacking of the powerful military,and that it goes against results of a2007 election to restore democracyafter a military coup.

General Info Wednesday, May 19, 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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Wednesday, May 19, 20106 News

Mountaineer Duncan Chessell saidconditions were the best in decades tofind the missing body of Andrew“Sandy” Irvine and perhaps photo-graphic evidence that he reached theworld’s highest peak with fellow BritonGeorge Mallory.

Mallory and Irvine perished near thesummit during their expedition, leav-ing many wondering whether they hadsuccessfully scaled Everest. Mallory’sbody was recovered in 1999 but not thecamera equipment he was believed tobe carrying.

“I was at North Col last week and

AP

MANILA, Philippines – Commu-nist guerrillas have freed a Philippinetown mayor and his four bodyguardsafter 12 days of jungle captivity inwhich the rebels interrogated him andhe lived in constant fear of gunfire —and snakes, he said Tuesday.

Mayor Roberto Luna and his secu-rity guards — two army soldiers andtwo policemen — were turned over byabout 30 heavily armed New People’sArmy guerrillas to local officials lateMonday in a mountain jungle in south-ern Davao Oriental province during adownpour, Luna said.

The rebels freed Luna, who has dia-betes, on humanitarian grounds andafter negotiating with Gov. JohnnyPimentel of the southern province ofSurigao del Sur, where Luna is mayorof Lingig town, Pimentel said.

Luna wept with joy after he wasfreed and said the rebels treated theirprisoners “like VIPs,” although he con-stantly feared being bitten by snakesor being hit by gunfire while in rebel

Reuters

HOUSTON/COCODRIE, Loui-siana (Reuters) – The oil spill in theGulf of Mexico will be in the politi-cal spotlight in Washington Tuesdayas energy giant BP scrambled to con-tain crude spewing from its ruptureddeep-water well.

President Barack Obama will cre-ate a presidential commission toprobe the disaster as the oil industryand its practices come under sharpscrutiny in the face of a looming eco-nomic and ecological calamity in theGulf.

“Whether it’s a nuclear meltdownat Three Mile Island or an oil blow-out one mile deep, appointing an in-dependent review panel is critical toreduce the risks of future accidents,”said Edward Markey, chairman of aHouse of Representatives commit-tee on global warming and energyindependence.

The presidential commission willinvestigate issues related to the spilland its aftermath, including rigsafety and regulatory regimes at thelocal, state and federal levels.

The federal government’s over-sight role, environmental protec-tions, and the “structure and func-tions” of the Minerals ManagementService, the Interior Departmentagency that has been heavily criti-cized for regulatory lapses, also willbe on the panel’s agenda.

With a shakeup of the agencyimminent, Chris Oynes, the top of-ficial overseeing its offshore oil andgas drilling, announced he wouldretire at the end of the month.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar isdue to face questions from the Sen-ate Energy and Natural ResourcesCommittee on Tuesday about theagency’s failings on issues surround-ing the oil spill and how the InteriorDepartment will be reformed.

A Senate Commerce Committeehearing on the oil spill is also due toquestion BP America PresidentLamar McKay and Steven Newman,president of Transocean, whichowned the rig that exploded and wasworking on behalf of BP Plc.

AFP/HO –

Unidentified mountaineers outside the advance base camp of the world’s tallest peak, 8,848 metres

Search on for Briton’s bodySearch on for Briton’s bodySearch on for Briton’s bodySearch on for Briton’s bodySearch on for Briton’s bodyin Everest mysteryin Everest mysteryin Everest mysteryin Everest mysteryin Everest mysteryAFP

SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian adventurer will set out to solve Mount Everest’s greatest mys-tery this week by searching for long-lost evidence that the peak was conquered in 1924, 29 yearsearlier than previously thought.

the wind was 150 kilometres (90 miles)per hour and it was stripping snow offthe mountain which has been there formany years,” Chessell said in a mes-sage from base camp, according to AAPnews agency.

“There is now bare rock exposedwhich has been deeply covered for de-cades in the most likely areas whereAndrew Irvine’s body may be.

“It is my intention to search thoseareas en route to the summit and takethis rare opportunity to find him and,perhaps, the missing cameras.”

New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary and

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are acknowl-edged as the first to conquer Everest in1953, but Mallory and Irvine’s unex-plained story has continued to fascinatethe mountaineering world.

“I have studied this matter veryclosely and am now very familiar withMount Everest,” Chessell said. “I be-lieve we have a good chance of findingsomething.”

Chessell, who is also bidding to be-come the first Australian to summitEverest three times, was due to beginhis final ascent on Tuesday and shouldreach the peak by Sunday or Monday.

Philippine rebels free town mayor, 4 bodyguardscustody.

“We had to deal with heavy rains,fog, mud and nights that were super-cold,” Luna told The Associated Pressby telephone. “But the thing I fearedmost at night were snakes, so I wrappedmy head in cloth and wore socks on ahammock.”

“I also told them I dread thesound of gunfire,” Luna said.

The rebels, who have been wag-ing a rural-based Marxist rebellionsince the 1960s, abducted Luna onMay 5 in Compostela Valley prov-ince. The rebels interrogated him,accusing him of involvement in thekillings of three men as well as landgrabbing and corruption.

He said he argued his innocenceto three rebels who interrogated him.

Luna will continue to be investi-gated by the guerrillas for the al-leged crimes and could again facerebel attack if he “commits fascistacts and crimes against the people,the revolutionary movement,” re-gional rebel spokesman RoelAgustin II said in a statement.

While in rebel custody, the mayoracknowledged that he has a huge pri-vate army, which was linked to humanrights abuses, and apologized for it,Agustin said. Pimentel said the mayordid not have such an army but madethe admission, thinking that it wouldhelp win his freedom.

The captives were fed corned beefand a local rice-chocolate drink. Whenthey found out he has diabetes, therebels managed to get medicines forhim, Luna said. The captives were notbound, but the rebels warned theywould be shot if they tried to escape.

Outgoing President GloriaMacapagal Arroyo has ordered themilitary to end the communist insur-gency, one of Asia’s longest, by theend of her term next month, but therebels have dismissed the deadline aspropaganda.

Peace talks between the rebels andthe government brokered by Norwaycollapsed in 2004 after the rebels ac-cused Arroyo’s administration of in-stigating their inclusion on U.S. andEuropean terrorist blacklists.

AFP/Getty Images/File –

Marshland is seen as efforts continue to contain BP’s massiveoil spill on May 11, in Venice, Louisiana

U.S. to probe oil spill ascontainment fight picks up

SOME PROGRESSLondon-based BP said its latest

“quick fix” — a mile-long siphontube deployed by undersea robotsdown to the leaking well— was cap-turing about a fifth of the oil leakingfrom the ruptured well. Officials cau-tioned that the tube is helping con-tain the oil but will not stop the flow.

“I do feel that we have, for thefirst time, turned the corner in thischallenge,” BP Chief ExecutiveTony Hayward said in Florida. BP’sstock rose more than 2 percent inLondon on the news but later shedits gains.

Investors have knocked $30 bil-lion off BP’s value over the spill,which followed the April 20 rig ex-plosion that killed 11 workers andthe fallout it faces is ramping up.

The disaster has hurt BP’s image,already tarnished in the United Statesfrom a 2006 spill in Alaska from aBP-owned pipeline and 2005 fire atthe company’s Texas City refinerythat killed 15 workers and injured180.

Battling to salvage its reputation,BP said Monday it was providinggrants to Gulf coast states to helpthem promote tourism.

Tourism and fishing are two of theeconomic mainstays in a regionknown for its beaches, wildlife andmild climate.

While the U.S. Gulf Coast has sofar been spared a massive landfallof heavy oil, small amounts in theform of surface sheen and tar balls,have come ashore in outlying partsof the coastline of Louisiana, Mis-sissippi and Alabama.

“People are freaking out. Theysee the news and think oil is every-where, but it is not,” said MichaelDorie, co-owner of Wild Native andFive Rivers Delta Safaris, whichtakes people on eco-tours ofAlabama’s Mobile Tensaw Delta.

“If it all dries up and disappears,well the highlight of my tours is wild-life and pretty flowers. Take that awayand my tour becomes just a boat ride.If people see oil slicked birds, howmany more will not come?”

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 7Indonesia TodayInternational

“The investigation ran smoothly.It focused on the two cases,” ZulArmain Azis, Susno’s lawyer, said.

Azis said the investigation tookplace as originally planned and hisclient was interrogated as a witness.

“My client is not involved in thetwo cases,” he said.

He said his client’s testimonieswere very important to uncover the

FOTO ANTARA/Ismar Patrizki

Two young men dance a Whirling Dervishes in one of Tarekat Naqsybandi al-Haqqaniyah followers on Jakarta. Thewhirling dervishes dance was make famoused by Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi, is one of media that symbolize a fullsacrifice to unite with God.

Antara

JAKARTA - China is looking into the possibility of coop-eration with Indonesia to build joint maritime museums in thetwo countries, an Indonesian minister said.

“He (Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Zhang Qiyue) wasvery enthusiastic to maintain the artifacts (from Cirebon). Heexpressed gratitude to us for postponing the second phase ofauction of the artifacts,” Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minis-ter Fadel Muhammad said after receiving the Chinese ambas-sador at his office here on Monday.

Fadel said Qiyue had asked for two months to discuss thematter with his government.

The minister further said the postponement was one of the

Antara

JAKARTA - The governments of Indonesia and Germanyhave made a commitment to optimize the two countries’potentials in trade and investment to achieve a pre-crisis orhigher volume of trade.

The agreement was reached following a consultativemeeting between officials of the two countries at HotelBorobudur here on Monday, according to the Indonesianforeign ministry.

The two countries’ governments agreed to identify stepsneeded to meet the target including increasing promotionand facilitation to attract and support more investments fromGermany in the country.

The two countries also agreed to increase coordination inthe implementation of bilateral cooperation program to im-prove the country’s competitive power in the internationalmarket to boost exports as well as number of German inves-tors in the country.

The two countries’ delegations in the meeting had askedofficials concerned to formulate strategic measures to re-vive the German-Indonesian Forum (GIF) for supporting thetwo countries’ efforts in developing Indonesia-Germanyeconomic cooperation.

Germany remains one of Indonesia’s main trade partnersand investors although trade between the two countries in2009 dropped by 15 percent (to US$4.7 billion from US$5.53billion in 2008) due to global economic crisis.

Investment from Germany which is the second biggestinvestor from Europe in Indonesia also dropped in 2009covering only 18 projects worth US$103.9 million from 22projects worth US$198.2 million in 2008.

At the meeting the two countries’ delegations also re-corded that the debt swap scheme agreement between thetwo countries since 2005 had not only helped in settlingrepayment of the Indonesian debt to Germany but also inpromoting elementary and middle-level education programsin the country as well as child and maternity health pro-grams and environment protection programs.

The two countries’ delegations have asked for officesconcerned to finish the preparations for the next debt swapprogram to support the Indonesian national programs in theforestry field to overcome climate change problems so thatall debts in the scheme could be fully repaid.

The meeting in general discussed strategic steps to pro-mote the two countries’ bilateral relations to follow up theresults of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s visit toBerlin in December 2009 besides regional and global issuesof common interest.

The next consultative meeting would be held in Germanyin 2012. At the meeting on Monday the Indonesian delega-tion was led by Retno L. P. Marsudi, the foreign ministry’sdirector general for America and Europe while the Germandelegation was led by Cyrill Jean Nunn, the director generalof Asia and Pacific affairs of the German foreign ministry.

Police question Susno as witness in two casesPolice question Susno as witness in two casesPolice question Susno as witness in two casesPolice question Susno as witness in two casesPolice question Susno as witness in two casesAntara

DEPOK - Police questioned former chief criminal investigator Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji as a witness inthe Gayus Tambunan and arowana fish farm cases at the police’s Mobile Brigade (Brimob) detention cen-ter here on Monday.

involvement of other parties in thecases.

The investigation was differentfrom the dossiers in which Susnowas named a suspect, he said.

He said the exact reasons forSusno’s detention were still unclear.“I do not know yet the reasons whythe police have detained Susno.”

The arowana farm case occurred

when Susno was chief of the Na-tional Police Headquarters’ Crimi-nal Investigation Department(Bareskrim) in 2008. The case in-volved Indonesian and Singaporeanbusinessmen in Pekanbaru, Riauprovince.

The case emerged after the twobusinessmen filed a default suitagainst each other with the police.

Bareskrim at the time suspected asum of money had been embezzledin the case.

However, a Singapore court ruledthat the case was a civil one. There-fore, it was believed there had been aflow of funds to police officers at thetime. Police investigators asked for in-formation from Susno believed tohave knowledge of the flow of funds.

Susno was also known as awhistle blower on case brokeringand engineering practices within thepolice force in connection with themoney laundering and corruptioncharges against tax official Gayus

Tambunan.Meanwhile, I Wayan Sudirta,

chief of the House of Representa-tives’ Anti-Corruption Caucus, ex-pressed regret over the way in whichpolice officers guarded Susno at thedetention center.

He said the police officers hadearlier denied him entry into the de-tention center but later allowed himto meet Susno.

He said he wrote to Bareskrim onMay 15 asking for permission tomeet Susno. “We only want to askinformation from Coms Gen SusnoDuadji.”

RI, Germany commitsto optimize trade,investment potentials

RI, China seek to build jointmaritime museums

decisions reached at a meeting of the National Committee forSalvage and Utilization of Valuable Artifacts from Shipwrecks(PANNAS BMKT).

“Some want the auction not to be postponed. But the gov-ernment has the right to postpone it. Maybe on Wednesday, Iwill discuss the matter with investors,” he said.

He said investors’ right to proceeds from the auction of theartifacts must be solved as fairly as possible. The governmentwould compensate the investors according to the value of theartifacts put to the auction.

“I have asked the director general of history and archeologyat the Culture and Tourism Ministry to conduct an initial studyon the possibility of building the two maritime museums. I thinkit will take two weeks to complete the study,” he said.

8 InternationaWednesday, May 19, 2010

Bali Today

Ida Komang Wisnu, the head ofBali Statistics Department, said“fish and shrimp are the productswhich can compete in internationalmarket.” 61% of the products wereexported to Japan and the rest toHong Kong, Singapore, USA, andItaly.

The marine product donated24% from the total Bali’s export

The pawiwahan (marriage, wed-dings of a Hindu couple) is a veryimportant part of Balinese sociallife. The ritual generally takes placein the home of the groom, a furtherconfirmation of the typical patriar-chal inclinations of Balinese culture,and is per- formed by a priest. Thenewlyweds to be dressed in verycolorful and refined garments, wornonly for the day of the wed- ding,will withdraw in prayer in the fam-ily temple. This is followed by thepresentation of offerings in thepelinggih and by a series of ritualgestures. A very typical moment inthe ceremony occurs when the brideoffers the groom several differentbeverages: a conventional way toreiterate that the woman. as a wife,commits herself to obeying her hus-band and to lovingly care for himfor the rest of their lives.

Many Balinese marriages are stillprearranged or negotiated, thoughyoung men may also “kidnap” theirwives, and mixed-caste marriagesare increasingly common. Marriagecustoms differ from caste to casteand village to village, but all Ba-linese marriage practices share fun-damental similarities. There are ba-sically two ways to get married onBali, ‘ngerorod’ and ‘mapadik’.

NgerorodThis is marriage by elopement,

in which the prearranged honey-moon precedes the wedding cer-emony. Since it’s otherwise quiteexpensive to marry on Bali,‘ngerorod’ is becoming more andmore popular. It has particular ap-peal to the Balinese sense of theater.Balinese love a spectacular kidnap-ping in which friends of the suitorcapture a woman in the fields, onthe road, or down by the river. The-atrics are paramount: she is expectedto bite and kick her abductors inmock self-defense.

These days it’s more stylish andfashionable for the woman to bewhisked away in a hired sedan, andmore often than not she goes will-ingly. The couple then repairs to afriend’s house stocked with provi-sions, offerings, and the bride’swardrobe. The woman’s infuriatedfather sounds the alarm demandingto know what has become of hisdaughter. A search party is organizedwhich eventually returns unsuccess-ful and exhausted.

Meanwhile, the couple is con-summating the marriage beforespecial offerings (sesayut tabuhrah) have the time to wilt. Theseofferings alone make the marriagebinding by customary law. Emis-saries of the groom visit the bride’sfather to argue the advantages ofthe union. Begrudgingly, the girl’sfather gives in, after a suitable brideprice has been agreed upon. Thegroom’s father must finance andconduct the marriage ceremony,

Antara

DENPASAR - Lech Walesa, theformer Polish President who also wonthe Peace Nobel in 1983, said that theeducation institution must be able togive the youngster the best prepara-tion to face the global era.

“The 21st century is the era of tech-nology information and globalization.In order to take part in the globaliza-

Bali Marine exportgain $18 millionAntara

Denpasar – Bali’s fishery and marine products exports during January through March2010 was $18 million. The number increased 24% compare to the similar period last yearwhich was $13 million.

which was $74 million in the firstthree months of 2010. it increased22% compared to the same periodin 2009 which was $61 million.

Wisnu explained that the non oiland gas export was also including thesmall industry and household prod-ucts. The products were mostly ex-ported to Europe and worth $2.95million.

The creatively designed clothesare highly demanded by the custom-ers abroad besides other productssuch as gold and silver ware, acces-sories and others.

The products were mostly ex-ported to Japan, Hong Kong,Singapore, USA, Italy, France,Australia, England, Taiwan, andHolland.

Walesa: education institutionsshould prepare global generation.

tion world, the education institutionplay important role in developing thenext generation,” he added.

Walesa gave a lecture in UdayanaUniversity on Monday, May 18th 2010entitled “Nation Building in Polandia”.

The lecture was held by Polishembassy in Jakarta, Institute for Peaceand Democracy, and Udayana Univer-sity. The lecture was attended by stu-dents and lecturers from the univer-

sity. Welsa gave the lecture in one hourand using Polish language. Even toughthe lecture was only in short period oftime but he can give great descriptionabout the future.

Walesa said “currently, theyoung generations can learn in apeaceful condition and it is great forthem.” He also hope that the younggeneration can answer the chal-lenges in the future.

Balinese Weddingwelcoming the bride as a newdaughter into the family. The ac-tual public wedding, within 42 daysof the staged kidnapping, is onlyan official confirmation of theirunion. They are already married inthe eyes of the gods.

MepadikThis is marriage by consent, in

which an upper-class couple con-ducts a formal courtship. Sincedaughters were once regarded asproperty useful for attaining afamily’s social and political goals,high-caste families tried to wed ason to the daughter of a friend orrelative so a blood bond wouldunite the resources of both fami-lies.

Under no circumstances may awoman “marry down,” i.e., take acommoner. The preferred marriageis through a parallel patri-cousin,the father’s brother’s daughter. Ithas been noted that Triwangsacouples often get along so well be-cause they are all first cousins. Tra-ditionally, the man or his fatherjourneys three times to the bride’shouse with food and ‘sirih’. Whenthe bride’s family visits, thegroom’s father is obliged to givethem food, ‘sirih’ is chewed (anancient, ritualistic means of com-ing to agreement), and presents areexchanged. The groom then regu-larly visits the home of his prospec-tive bride, presenting gifts and per-forming services for his future fa-ther-in-law.

The groom’s family arrangesand pays for the wedding; the dateset well in advance on a propitiousday. Wedding guests are often en-tertained by professional storytell-ers and musicians. Enormously de-tailed rules govern dining and seat-ing arrangements. Sometimes thebride’s family is not even invited.

The actual ceremony varies. Itcould be very simple and short, pre-sided over by a common temple‘pemangku’, or it may be elaborate,expensive, and go on all day. Boththe bride and groom dress in bright‘songket’, with brocades of goldthread, and the woman’s hair is deco-rated with glittering gold flowers.

Usually the bride and groom of-fer food to one another, then simu-late such domestic duties such aswashing, cooking rice, and cuttingbamboo. Prayers are intoned, andthen the couple eats together in pub-lic, feeding each other. This is animportant symbolic act, as in formertimes only married men and womenwere allowed to eat food togetherin public. The priest then performsa ritual purification and blesses thecouple. Neither rice nor flowers arethrown. Today there could verywell be a Western-style buffet re-ception held afterward wherespeeches are offered by membersof the two families. (BTN/Doc)

AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah

Workers sort fish at a fishing port in North Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 22, 2010. On thefirst quarter of 2010, Bali was able to export around 18.29 million dollar fisheries products. Thetotal value of export is increasing compare to the same period last year which only reach 13.29million Dollar.

Balinese Culture

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9al

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

huge prawns. In Bali, coconut chunks are roasted directly oncharcoal, then the charred skin scrapped off and the flesh gratedfor making the coconut milk.

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 and lemongrass. Heat oil, addspice paste and all other ingredients. Cook over moderate heatfor about 5 minutes, then cool.

Wash lobsters and leave whole. Bring water to the boil, addlobsters and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove lobsters, plungein iced water for 1 minutes, then drain and remove meat. Returnshells to the pot of water, keeping lobster meat aside.

Add spice paste, lemongrass, lime leaves and vinegar to thewater with the shells and simmer until 4 cups of stock remain.Add coconut milk and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain stock andreturn to pan. Add lobster and simmer for 1 minute. Serve gar-nished with fried shallots and accompanied by white rice.

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

put prawns shells 4 cups of water. Simmer for 5 minutes, thencombine this stock with coconut milk, prawns and all other in-gredients, simmering until cooked. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Probably, you have watched or aregoing to watch arja operetta orRamayana Ballet during the visit inBali. It would be more convenient if itis enjoyed while having dinner of Ba-linese cuisine. At the same time, youwatch the beauty of culture and tastethe delicacy of local culinary. You mayhear the language spoken by playersor puppeteer was not understandable.Of course, it is Balinese language.

As Japanese and Chinese, Balineselanguage also has its own characters.They consist of some 18 main charac-ters and 10 vowel sounds. Ordinarily,Balinese characters are used to writepalm-leaf manuscript or lontar. Suchcharacters are incised with sharp knifeor stylus. When the writing works havecompleted, they should be rubbed witha blend of oil and lamp shoot toblacken them. So they are visible eas-ily. Since the works were performedmanually, the copying of a manuscripttook a long time.

At a glance, Balinese characterslook like Old Javanese, Tamil (India).It is inseparable from historical aspectwhere they had similarity of genealogi-cal lines. Today, Balinese charactersstill have restricted use, namely atschool for local subject from elemen-tary school to senior high school. It is

Balinese Characters:From Palm-leaf to Keyboards

becoming the responsibility of localgovernment to preserve and developBalinese language in order it could sur-vive in the midst of the growth of otherlanguages like Bahasa Indonesia andforeign languages.

Balinese language poses a mediumand spirit of Balinese culture. To pre-serve Balinese culture should also si-multaneously maintain and use of Ba-linese language in daily life. In otherwords, speaking Balinese languagealso characterizes one of the identi-ties as a Balinese. Among the use ofother languages, Balinese languageshould remain to give a space to growand develop. Other than speaking andteaching it at schools, it should alsoaccommodate the need of moderncommunity or use in wider functionsof language.

Balinese community receives abun-dant heritages of lontar or palm-leafmanuscripts from the predecessors re-tained by individuals and museums.They carry many aspects of knowledge,ranging from philosophy, local healing,literature, architecture, agriculture,herbal practice, astrology and so forth.Therefore, if they could be interpretedand presented in popular language, theycould become attractive information foryoung generation and saleable books

for commercial needs. Today, there isalso a trend of poising the tradition withmodern science namely by re-interpret-ing the indigenous wisdoms that are rel-evant to the current time. People willget balanced inputs from the past andcurrent orientation.

Of course, such treasures will bebeneficial for the conservation and fu-ture development of Balinese culturebecause it stays in touch with its origi-nal roots. Young generation should beintroduced to these roots at early stage.Later, they will not lose their identityand even could feel proud of it. More-over, it could give them inspiration inmaking their creativities, either in finearts, performance, traditional architec-ture or herbal healings.

Thanks to modern technology, thewriting of Balinese characters now canbe made easy by Bali Simbar font. It isthe innovative thinking of I MadeSuatjana (1986) lies behind the com-posing of this font. His work has helpedthe writing of Balinese characters inword processing application likeMicrosoft Word. Hopefully, therewould be more creative software help-ing the development and learning ofBalinese language so it would not comeinto extinction or be far left behind withthe modern life. (BTN/punia)

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Tourists are seen watching the beautiful Tegenungan waterfall which is located in Gianyarregency. Bali has many beautiful natural views which attract tourists to visit the island.

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UBUD Village is a traditional village supervis-ing 13 Banjar (group of community) and 6 customcountryside. It is located in Ubud sub district, GianyarRegency and about 20 km from Denpasar Town.Ubud Vilage can be reached within 30 minutes or15 minutes from Gianyar Town and this place is situ-ated in the high land about 300 meter above sea level.Ubud is surrounded by the good temperature com-pare with other regions in Bali where the tempera-tures are relative cool that is ideally for everyone tostay in this beautiful place. This village is occupied9.800 peoples which most of them are Hindu. Theyable to keep the environment naturally so that waythis place usually used by many tourist/people/ac-tors to get the art inspiration.

Ubud Village is also well known as a culturevillage where we easily find the local communitypresenting traditional cultures from the ritual up tothe traditional dance performances. This villageown the rich culture with the history heritage of allbig actors, especially all famous artists, for exampleI Gusti Nyoman Lempad (1862 - 1978), Anak AgngGede Sobrat (1919 - 1992), I Gusti Made Deblog(1910 - 1968), afterward caught up by others like,I Gusti Ketut Kobot, Ida Bagus Made, Dewa PutuBedil, Ida Bagus Rai and others. The popularity ofall above artists follows to give the inspiration toall west artists to live in Ubud Bali. In year 1920’s,two European artist people that are Rodolf Bonnetfrom Dutch and Walter Spies from Germany in-scribe the new history of artistic growth paint thehttp://www.balifuntravel.com

Ubud Villagecountryside of Ubud. Second, the European artistintroduce the European esthetics technique espe-cially illumination area, shadow, perspective andanatomy. All local artists permeate the new tech-nique matching with value and base on local mindfixed take the traditional so that able to give theseparate identity by the name Ubud. Ubud Villageprogressively famous as a born area of all paintersbecause the existence of the cooperation betweenTjokorda Gede Agung Sukawati and Rudolf Bon-net to form the Pita Maha. Pita Maha represent aplace to discuss the artistic growth and problempaint, and also to compare mind to each other andintroducing result of art which they own.

Ubud Traditional MarketUbud Traditonal Market where the existence is not

far different from other market which is there are inurban area. Ubud Traditional Market as a society eco-nomics center, it apposite to the existence of UbudEmpire that is Puri Saren. Market which is unfoldingfrom west to easterly divided become two group withdifferent purpose. The block at the west is for a tradi-tional artistic market and the block located in the eastas an everyday traditional fundamental market require-ment. This market is opened every day about at 08:00until 18:00 , even some from them still open until night-time. While traditional market for the fundamentalrequirement is opened everyday at 06:00 - even be-fore that there is morning market started at 04:00 morn-ing. (www.balistarisland.com)

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Agence France-Presse

DUBAI - Growth in the oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Councilstates is expected to rise to 4.4percent in 2010 and 4.7 percentin 2011, the Institute of Inter-national Finance (IFF) said in areport on Monday.

“The GCC is emerging fromthe global recession and is re-covering at a solid pace,” aftera near-zero growth in 2009, saidthe semi-annual IIF report,which was released in Dubai.

The Washington-based insti-tute attributed the projected re-covery to “firmer oil pricessince mid-2009 and a mild re-covery in external demand,”which it said have boosted pro-duction and exports.

According to the report, gas-rich Qatar will lead in terms ofoverall growth, forecast at 13.9percent in 2010 and 10.2 per-cent in 2011.

Qatar ’s hydrocarbon realgrowth could reach 22 percentbecause of increased gas pro-duction, the report said.

The once-booming UnitedArab Emirates is forecast to lagbehind its Gulf neighbours attwo percent growth in 2010 and3.1 percent the following yearin what the report described asa “sluggish recovery.”

However, the report said thatthe UAE’s “growth could reach2.7 percent in 2010 and 4.2 per-cent in 2011” if debt-ladenDubai successfully resolves itsdebt issues and accelerates re-forms.

After contracting by 3.5 per-cent in 2009, Dubai’s economycould contract by 0.7 percent in2010, the report said.

“Dubai’s debt crisis haspunctured market confidence,”George Abed, senior counsellorand director of the IIF’s MiddleEast and North Africa depart-ment, told reporters.

“The need for greater trans-parency... has become urgent,”he said, adding that greater sup-port from neighbouring oil-richAbu Dhabi is needed to resolveDubai’s debt crisis.

“Depending on how the debtis managed in Dubai, foreign-ers will decide whether or notthey will invest in the UnitedArab Emirates,” Abed said.

Dubai’s state-owned con-struction firms borrowed

The chairman of the 16-strongeurozone group meanwhile backedcontroversial plans for Brussels to vetbudgets in all 27 European Union coun-tries before they are put to national par-liaments.

Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker insisted however: “Thecommission is not going to become theschool headmistress for member states’budgetary policies.”

Juncker was speaking eight daysafter the European Union and the In-ternational Monetary Fund announceda 750-billion-euro (close to a trilliondollars) rescue plan for heavily in-debted members.

Despite the plan, and last week’sannouncement by Portugal and Spainof their plans to accelerate cuts in pub-lic spending in a bid to restore marketconfidence, the European currency hassuffered in recent trading.

On Monday, it hit its lowest levelsince April 2006 in Tokyo trading, be-fore making a partial recovery. In earlytrading Tuesday in Tokyo, it remainedunder pressure buying 1.2335 dollars,up from its low of 1.2234.

Eurozone ministers had welcomedthe proposals set out by Spain and Por-tugal, said Juncker, after the sevenhours of talks in Brussels.

“The euro is a credible currency,”he said. But he conceded: “I am not

ReutersNEW YORK - Fewer U.S. con-

sumers are falling behind on theirdebt, prompting lenders to lookagain for ways to make their busi-ness grow.

Delinquency rates on mortgages,home equity loans and credit cardbills fell in April for the third straightmonth, according to data thatEquifax Inc (EFX.N), one of thelargest U.S. credit bureaus, providedexclusively to Reuters.

The data is based on Equifax’ 200million-plus files of U.S. consum-ers using credit.

“If you think about the entire U.S.population as a risk portfolio, it’ssafe to say that the portfolio is in-deed improving,” said Dann Adams,president of Equifax’ U.S. Con-sumer Information Solutions.

The only credit product in whichdelinquency continues to rise is stu-

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BRUSSELS - Eurozone finance ministers vowed Tuesday to fix the region’s finances after ex-pressing concern at the plunging euro, but announced more talks to finalise the massive rescuefund for debt-hit members.

worried by the current exchange but bythe speed at which the exchange ratedeteriorated.”

Juncker also announced that themassive rescue package for theeurozone needed further talks, sched-uled for Friday, to settle “technical de-tails”, while adding: “Nothing dramaticis under way.”

Some countries wanted to be ableto go back to their national parliamentsto seek approval any time a eurozonecountry called for funding from the res-cue package, he acknowledged.

Finland was one such country, saida diplomatic source, but Germany hadalso insisted on the need for parliamen-tary approval during talks with Frenchofficials. The “need to exchange pointsof view” in elected chambers was “allthe more surprising because on May 9it was said that there was completeagreement on the rescue plan,” he toldjournalists, betraying a degree of frus-tration.

French Finance Minister ChristineLagarde said: “In the great majority ofmember states, with the exception ofone or two smaller ones... it is not aquestion of going back to parliamentonce the mechanism is activated.”

But diplomatic sources said Ger-many and the Netherlands had success-fully pushed for a unanimous voteamong eurozone countries any time a

country called upon the fund’s re-sources.

Juncker defended the plan for EUscrutiny of member states’ budgets, anidea that has already received a hostilereception from some countries, includ-ing Sweden.

The idea, tabled last week, was“heading in the right direction”, he said.

“It’s not a question of cutting acrossthe budgetary powers” of nationallyelected politicians, he said.

But the proposal is likely to meetresistance from Britain’s new Conser-vative Prime Minister David Cameron.

One of the Conservatives’ condi-tions in the power-sharing agreementstruck with the pro-Europe LiberalDemocrat party was that any furthertransfer of powers from Britain to Eu-rope had to be approved by a referen-dum.

Cameron’s finance minister, GeorgeOsborne, will come face-to-face withhis EU counterparts for the first timein Brussels later on Tuesday morning.

At that meeting, plans to toughenregulation of London’s powerful hedgefund industry are already set to bepushed through despite British oppo-sition. Also on Tuesday, 14.5 billion eu-ros of EU loans agreed for Greece willbe paid, meeting an Athens deadlinefor the most urgent tranche of its 300-billion-euro debt.

U.S. consumer-debt delinquency rates falldent loans, where 11.2 percent arelate, up 0.7 percent from March and3.5 percent from last year.

“It’s a tough labor market,”Adams said. “It’s difficult for manyto start repaying those loans.”

But in general, U.S. consumersare cutting their debt loads, Adamssaid.

Total U.S. consumer debt is downby $626.1 billion, or 5.4 percent,from its October 2008 peak of $11.5trillion. Debt has not been this lowsince August 2007.

Indeed, in the past year, fully aquarter of the population has notfallen behind on any payments,Adams said.

Credit limits on such cards havefallen $947 billion from their peak,and there are 106 million fewercards.

“Consumers continue to managetheir spending and their debt very

judiciously,” Adams said. “Many aresaving more. Consumers continue torefrain from taking on new debt. Theones that are taking on that new debtcontinue to be very judicious to besure those payments are made ontime.”

The improvement in delinquencyrates has inspired the lendersEquifax advises to search again forgrowth strategies.

“The extreme cautiousness isstarting to diminish. They will gainmore confidence as these delin-quency trends continue to improve.It sets the stage for looser underwrit-ing standards down the road,”Adams said.

The big question, Adams said, iswhether consumers will want to takeon additional debt.

“It’s great that delinquencies arenow in control but you want to growthe business,” Adams said.

IIF expects 4.4percent Gulf economicgrowth in 2010

heavily to finance massive con-struction projects during thecity’s property boom, whichground to a halt after the emiratewas hit by the global financialcrisis.

Dubai rocked global financialmarkets late last November whenit said it might need to freezedebt payments by its largest con-glomerate, Dubai World, stokingfears of a state default over sov-ereign debt.

The emirate’s debt is esti-mated at between 80 and 100 bil-lion dollars, but some say it mayowe as much as 170 billion dol-lars.

In other GCC countries, theIIF expected the Saudi economyto grow at 3.4 percent in 2010and four percent in 2011 on theback of “sizable government in-frastructure investment.”

Saudi Arabia’s oil productioncapacity will reach 15 millionbarrels per day by the end of2012, the IIF report said.

The institute forecast Kuwait’seconomic growth at 3.2 percentin 2010 and 4.5 percent in 2011,calling for “political consensuson much needed reforms” as wellas “a shift in government spend-ing to support increases” in non-hydrocarbon sectors.

The report praised non-OPECmember Oman for being “able toweather the global recession” be-cause of “sound economic poli-cies and a timely increase in oilproduction.”

It forecast Oman’s economy togrow by 7.8 percent and 5.0 per-cent in 2010 and 2011 respec-tively.

The IIF projected a three-per-cent rise in oil output in Kuwait,Saudi Arabia and the UAE in2010.

The IIF report also projectedthat growth in GCC’s non-hydro-carbon sector, which employsmore than 95 percent or theregion’s workers, will be 3.3 per-cent in 2010, and will reach 4.4percent in 2011.

“The GCC’s real estate mar-kets have come under pressure,”following the global economiccrunch, it said.

After a peak in mid-2008, av-erage house prices fell by 50 per-cent in Dubai, 25 percent in Ku-wait and 10 percent in Qatar.However, the same markets re-mained stable in Abu Dhabi,Oman and Saudi Arabia, it added.

Entertainment InternationalWednesday, May 19, 201012

Lawson asked the star, “The accent you’ve givenhim (Robin Hood). There are hints to me of Irish,but what.... were you thinking in those terms?” Towhich Crowe replied, “You’ve got dead ears mate,you’ve seriously dead ears if you think that’s anIrish accent... B**locks.” And the interview didn’tget any better when the presenter tried to changehis line of questioning, with Crowe returning to theissue of the accent. The Gladiator star said, “I’m alittle dumbfounded you could possibly find any Irishin that character, that’s kind of ridiculous anywaybut it’s your show.”

When Lawson tried to calm the actor by asking ifthe accent was supposed to hail from northern En-gland - where Robin Hood is said to have grown up- Crowe snarled sarcastically, “No! I was going foran Italian (accent)... missed it? F**k me!” The starthen walked out of the interview, adding, “I don’tget the Irish thing by the way. I don’t get it at all.”

JAZZ pianist and composer HankJones, whose 70-year career includeda stint as Ella Fitzgerald’s pianist andMarilyn Monroe’s accompanist whenshe sang “Happy Birthday” to Presi-dent John F. Kennedy, has died, hismanager said Monday. He was 91.Jones, who won a Grammy lifetimeachievement award last year and re-ceived the National Medal of Artsfrom President George W. Bush in2008, died Sunday night at a NewYork hospital after a brief illness,Jean-Pierre Leduc said.

A tireless musician who per-formed his blend of swing and bebopuntil the end, Jones came from a fam-ily of jazz musicians who includedbrothers Thad, a trumpeter, composerand arranger, and Elvin, a drummerknown for the polyrhythmic beat thatpropelled John Coltrane’s classicquartet. Saxophonist Joe Lovano,with whom Jones made several CDswhen he was an octogenarian, includ-ing the Grammy-nominated “Kids:Live at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola”(2007), called Jones “one of the mas-ter musicians in the history of jazz.”

“He was the consummate accom-panist and played with a very freeflowing approach ... His sound, histouch, his ideas were all about feel-ing,” Lovano said. Throughout hiscareer, Jones was respected by hisfellow musicians for his eleganttouch, melodic sensitivity and sty-listic versatility, making hundreds ofrecordings, including more than 60

CHRISTINA Aguilera has taken to her website to dismiss reportsshe’s upset by Lady Gaga’s attempts to copy her more risque and dra-matic looks.

The “Beautiful” singer insists comments she has made about the“Poker Face” hitmaker’s style similarities have been taken out of con-text. Aguilera writes, “I would like to take a moment to clarify some-thing that has been brought to my attention... It is very easy for com-ments to be taken out of context and create unnecessary drama, espe-cially between us women. So I would like to tell you all directly, so mywords can not be misconstrued to sell someone else’s story.

“I have absolutely nothing against Lady Gaga or any other femaleartist in this business. I think she is great, and I appreciate any womanfearless enough togo against the norm.She has earned hersuccess with hardwork and a clear fo-cus and I have noth-ing but respect forthat. There is roomfor all of us oneveryone’s iPods.”

“This is not thefirst time I havebeen unfairly pittedagainst another fe-male artist, but itwill be the last timeI comment on thematter.” The fakefeud betweenAguilera and Gagabegan when Akonaccused the newmum of copyingGaga’s look for hercomeback.

Legendary guitarist Slash hasbecome addicted to Twitter.comsince signing up to promote hisdebut solo album. The Velvet Re-volver and former Guns N’ Rosesrocker at first resisted joining thesocial networking site to publicizethe new self-titled record, as hefeared he would lose his mystique.

However, he was stunned byhow effective his efforts were toreach out to fans - and now the starcan’t stop posting up-to-the-minute‘tweets’ about his thoughts andwhereabouts.

He tells Spinner.com, “Doing thisrecord, I did an independent distribu-tion deal (and) I started using social

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Russell Crowe angrily stormed out of a Brit-ish radio interview on Wednesday, after the hosttold the actor his accent in Robin Hood soundedIrish. The famously short-tempered Oscar-win-ner was chatting to broadcaster Mark Lawsonfor BBC Radio 4’s Front Row show, when hewas asked if he purposely added hints of the Irishdialect to his portrayal of the English folklorehero. An infuriated Crowe angrily questionedLawson’s opinion - before swearing at him.

Jazz pianist, composer HankJones dies at 91 in NY

as a leader. He played with some ofthe biggest names in jazz, includingColeman Hawkins, Ben Webster,Wes Montgomery, Nancy Wilson,Lester Young, Charlie Parker andColtrane. According to his website,Jones’ one regret was that he didn’trecord more often with his latebrothers. But he did manage torecord “The Great Trio Collabora-

tion” with Elvin before his brotherdied in 2004. He was a charter mem-ber of the big band that brother Thadco-led with drummer Mel Lewisbeginning in the mid-’60s at NewYork’s Village Vanguard jazz club.

Jones “lived and breathed musicand was never far from a keyboard,even at the end,” Leduc said. “His in-credible burst of productivity — con-certs, recordings, fundraisers, clinics— these last few years was unprec-edented and truly remarkable. He hadgigs planned through next year” andwas scheduled to play at the Birdlandjazz club in New York next week, headded. At last year’s Jazz Awards,Jones was voted pianist of the yearby the Jazz Journalists Associationamong a crowded field of nomineesthat included such distinguished vet-erans as Kenny Barron, Cecil Taylor,Ahmad Jamal and Keith Jarrett andnewer faces like Jason Moran andMatthew Shipp. With characteristicmodesty, Jones declared it “should bea group award.”

“This to me is an honor and alsoit’s a great incentive to me to do bet-ter,” Jones said in accepting the honor.“It’s not the end of things, it’s the endof the beginning for me.” Jazz pianist-turned-impresario George Wein, whofounded the Newport Jazz Festival,called Jones “an inspiration to all ofus. “Maybe by the time I’m his age,I’ll know a few changes that he playson the piano,” joked the 83-year-oldWein at the awards ceremony.

AP Photo/Lunched Management, Ricardo Cellere

This July 2008 photo provided byLunched Management shows jazzpianist and composer Hank Jonesin Montreal. Jones, whose 70-yearcareer included a stint as EllaFitzgerald’s pianist and MarilynMonroe’s accompanist when shesang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Presi-dent John F. Kennedy, has died.He was 91

Slash:‘I’m A Twitter Junkie’

networking, I put myself out there inplaces. I don’t even know whether it’sgood or bad. It’s flying by the seat ofyour pants and seeing what sticks.There’s a lot of s**t that I’m doingnow that in my sort of cool Guns N’Roses days I wouldn’t have done.”

“I’m a f**king Twitter junkienow. I’m not one of those people,even in the days when it was justthe phone, I’ve never been one tocall, ‘Hey, dude, what’s happen-ing?’ Twitter’s one of those thingswhere you can reach out to as manyfans as you can get a hold of andit’s a sort of lifeline to your audi-ence that’s in real time and as closeto in-person as you’re gonna get.”

Christina Aguilera Fires BackAt Lady Gaga Criticism

International Wednesday, May 19, 2010 13Life Style

Based on the layers in which it wasfound and the tomb’s unusual wooden con-struction, “we think this is one of the earli-est discoveries of the use of a pyramid as atomb, not only as a religious site or temple,”Gallaga said. Pre-Hispanic cultures builtpyramids mainly as representations of thelevels leading from the underworld to thesky; the highest point usually held a temple.The tomb was found at a site built by ZoqueIndians in Chiapa de Corzo, in southernChiapas state. It may be almost 1,000 yearsolder than the better-known pyramid tombof the Mayan ruler Pakal at the Palenquearchaeological site, also in Chiapas. Theman — probably a high priest or ruler ofChiapa de Corzo, a prominent settlementat the time — was buried in a stone cham-ber. Marks in the wall indicate wooden roofsupports were used to create the tomb, butthe wood long ago collapsed under theweight of the pyramid built above.

Agence France Presse

NEW YORK – The world faces the night-mare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 un-less fishing fleets are slashed and stocks allowedto recover, UN experts warned.

“If the various estimates we have received...come true, then we are in the situation where40 years down the line we, effectively, are outof fish,” Pavan Sukhdev, head of the UN Envi-ronment Program’s green economy initiative,told journalists in New York.

A Green Economy report due later this yearby UNEP and outside experts argues this di-saster can be avoided if subsidies to fishingfleets are slashed and fish are given protectedzones — ultimately resulting in a thriving in-dustry.

The report, which was opened to previewMonday, also assesses how surging global de-mand in other key areas including energy andfresh water can be met while preventing eco-logical destruction around the planet.

UNEP director Achim Steiner said the worldwas “drawing down to the very capital” onwhich it relies.

However, “our institutions, our governmentsare perfectly capable of changing course, as wehave seen with the extraordinary uptake of in-terest. Around, I think it is almost 30 countriesnow have engaged with us directly, and thereare many others revising the policies on thegreen economy,” he said.

Environmental experts are mindful of thefailure this March to push through a worldwideban on trade in bluefin tuna, one of the manyspecies said to be headed for extinction.

Powerful lobbying from Japan and othertuna-consuming countries defeated the proposalat the CITES conference on endangered spe-

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Talk about strange bed-fellows. The American Heart Associationand Nintendo Co. are teaming up to pro-mote the popular Wii video game console,as the health advocacy group concedes thatits campaign for traditional exercise isn’tworking.

The surprising partnership, announcedMonday, comes amid growing concernabout obesity among kids who spend muchof their time watching television and play-ing video games.

Nintendo will be able to brand its Wiiproducts with the AHA’s iconic heart logoto let consumers know that the organiza-tion considers the items a healthy choice.Nintendo will donate $1.5 million to theAHA as part of the partnership.

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MEXICO CITY – Archaeologists in southern Mexico announced Monday theyhave discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary inside a pyramid that maybe the oldest such burial documented in Mesoamerica. The tomb held a managed around 50, who was buried with jade collars, pyrite and obsidian artifactsand ceramic vessels. Archaeologist Emiliano Gallaga said the tomb dates to be-tween 500 and 700 B.C.

Archeologists began digging into thepyramid mound in April to study the inter-nal structure — pyramids were often builtin layers, one atop another — when theyhappened on a wall whose finished stonesappeared to face inward. In digging lastweek, they uncovered the 4- by 3-metertomb chamber about 6 or 7 meters beneathwhat had been the pyramid’s peak. Thebody of a 1-year-old child was laid care-fully over the man’s body inside the tomb,while that of a 20-year-old male was tossedinto the chamber with less care, perhapssacrificed at the time of the burial. The olderman was buried with jade and amber col-lars and bracelets and pearl ornaments. Hisface was covered with what may have beena funeral mask with obsidian eyes. Nearby,the tomb of a woman, also about 50, con-tained similar ornaments.

The ornaments — some imported fromas far away as Guatemala and central

Mexico — and some of the 15 ceramicvessels found in the tomb show influencesfrom the Olmec culture, long consideredthe “mother culture” of the region. The findraised the possibility that Olmec pyramidsmight contain similar tombs of dignitar-ies, especially at well-known sites like LaVenta. Olmec pyramids, while well-known, have not been excavated, in partbecause the high water table and humidityof their Gulf coast sites are not as condu-cive to preserving buried human remains.

“The Olmec sites have not been exploredwith the depth they deserve,” said LynnethLowe, an archaeologist at Mexico’s Na-tional Autonomous University who partici-pated in the dig. “It is possible that thus typeof tomb exists at La Venta.” Despite theChiapa de Corzo tomb’s location, expertssaid it is not clear the later Maya culturelearned or inherited the practice of pyramidburials from the Zoques, or Olmecs. WhileI have no doubt it relates to Olmec, there isno tie to Maya at this time per se,” said ar-chaeologist Lisa Lucero of the Universityof Illinois, who was not involved in theChiapa de Corzo project. “There are schol-ars who would like to see Olmec-Maya con-nections so they can show direct ties fromOlmec to Maya, but this would be difficultto show with evidence at hand.”

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In this undated image released by Mexico’s NationalInstitute of Anthropology and History on Monday May17, 2010, a woman’s skeleton that was found inside apyramid begins to appear from the earth in the townof Chiapa de Corzo, southern Mexico.

Heart group backs videogames in obesity campaign

“We can keep beating the drum on tra-ditional exercise and make small changesto the obesity epidemic, or we can try some-thing that is really provocative and new,”Clyde Yancy, the AHA’s president, said inan interview.

Numerous studies show a correlationbetween obesity and the amount of timechildren spend with television and videogames. Jeffrey Levi, executive director ofTrust for America’s Health, said the bestsolution is simply to cut the cord and en-courage youths to spend less time in frontof screens.

But the AHA said it is endorsing the Wiibecause it will encourage sedentary Ameri-cans to take the first step toward fitness.With 70 percent of Americans doing noregular physical activity at all, the AHAwants to find a way to reach out to peopleturned off by gyms and traditional sports.

The organization said its studies showthat 40 percent of those who don’t exercisesay that it’s not entertaining enough. TheAHA says the Wii addresses the fun factor.

The Wii, which has sold more than 30million consoles across the Americas,comes with a controller that encouragespeople to physically move as they play.Sports-style games such as baseball andboxing let players move their arms to simu-late the pitching of a ball or the throwingof a punch. Nintendo also makes a foot padaccessory, the Wii Fit, that allows playersto try dance steps or yoga.

The heart icon covers the Wii consoleitself along with two of its more activegames, Wii Fit Plus and Wii Sports Resort.

AP Photo/Mark LennihanErica Maynard, left, and David Young dem-onstrate the Wii Fit Plus, Monday, May 17,2010 in New York. The American HeartAssociation and Nintendo are workingtogether to show how active-play videogames contribute to healthy living

Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years: UNcies in Doha.

But UNEP’s warning Monday was that tunaonly symbolizes a much vaster catastrophe,threatening economic, as well as environmentalupheaval.

One billion people, mostly from poorer coun-tries, rely on fish as their main animal proteinsource, according to the UN.

The Green Economy report estimates thereare 35 million people fishing around the worldon 20 million boats. About 170 million jobs de-pend directly or indirectly on the sector, bring-ing the total web of people financially linked to520 million.

According to the UN, 30 percent of fish stockshave already collapsed, meaning they yield lessthan 10 percent of their former potential, whilevirtually all fisheries risk running out of com-mercially viable catches by 2050.

AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno

Fishmongers prepare bluefin tuna before anauction at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market in Feb-ruary 2010. The world faces the nightmarepossibility of fishless oceans by 2050 unlessfishing fleets are slashed and stocks allowedto recover, UN experts warned.

Wednesday, May 19, 201014 InternationalSport

Even with a balky knee and alitany of additional woes, Bryantstill is among the most danger-ous postseason scorers in NBAhistory — and he had no prob-lem giving Los Angeles an earlyleg up in the Western Conferencefinals.

Bryant scored 40 points,Lamar Odom added 19 points and19 rebounds, and the Lakersopened the series with ruthlessoffensive efficiency in a 128-107victory on Monday night. “Justbeing aggressive, playing mygame,” Bryant said. “Got shots,took them. Got lanes to the bas-ket, took them.”

Pau Gasol had 21 points for thetop-seeded Lakers, who won theirseventh straight playoff game andsnapped the Suns’ six-gamestreak with a phenomenal secondhalf, highlighted by Bryant’s 21-point third quarter. He barelystepped on the Lakers’ practicecourt during the past week to resthis ailing knee, ankle, finger andback — all minor impediments toa major talent.

Amir Khan targetedArgentina’s Marcos Maidana asthe next rung on his ladder tounifying the light-welterweightdivision after an impressiveWBA title defence againstPaulie Malignaggi. Quick, slickand strong, Khan made a bigstatement on his American de-but as he stopped New YorkerMalignaggi in the 11th round oftheir contest at Madison SquareGarden’s Theatre. Britain’s2004 Olympic silver medallistwas in clinical form as he be-came just the second fighter af-ter Ricky Hatton to stop theformer IBF 140-pound worldchampion from Brooklyn andin doing so move his profes-sional record to 23-1 on hisfirst live US television date.

And no sooner had theBolton boxer dismantled 29-year-old Malignaggi, refereeSteve Smoger stepping in andcalling the fight off with oneminute and 35 seconds remain-ing in the 11th round, than heturned his attention on becom-ing undisputed 140-poundchampion. “I’ve sent a state-ment to the world now by fin-ishing this guy off,” Khan said,“and with my speed I think Icould catch any fighter. Thereare bigger fights than PaulieMalignaggi and I’m ready forall the big names. A lot ofpeople think I was avoidingMaidana but Malignaggi was abigger fight for me in my first(US) fight.”

“Now, if the bigger fight-ers want to fight me, line up.I’ll fight Maidana next, let(WBC and IBF belt holder De-von) Alexander fight TimothyBradley and let the winnersfight. I’d love to do that, justto prove that I’m the best in thedivision. I’ve got the talents to

(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant dribbles around Phoenix Suns forward Grant Hill dur-ing the second half of Game 1 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals Monday, May17, 2010, in Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES – Kobe Bryant dribbled toward the Lakers’ bench, luring Channing Fryeand Jason Richardson along with him. Bryant leaned back and launched a feather-soft jumperover Phoenix’s double team, neatly beating the first-quarter buzzer. That’s about when the Sunsshould have noted the bright yellow brace on Bryant’s right knee is the color of a caution sign.

“I practice so much during theseason,” Bryant said. “In theoffseason, I work a lot. To take aweek off, I’m not going to lose allthe work I put in prior to that.” Thedefending NBA champions beat thethird-seeded Suns at their ownuptempo game when necessary, flu-idly running the court to set up bas-kets for Bryant in his sixth straight30-point game. Bryant then restedfor most of the fourth quarter in the11th 40-point game of his playoffcareer. “They played great, one ofthe best games I’ve seen them playin the playoffs this season,” Sunscoach Alvin Gentry said. “Kobekind of controlled the whole game.I thought we could have withstoodthe game that he had ... but whenhe’s making his jumper like that,there’s not a whole lot you can doabout it.”

Game 2 is Wednesday night atStaples Center. Amare Stoudemirescored 23 points and Steve Nashhad 13 points and 13 assists for theSuns, who hadn’t lost since April24. Robin Lopez started at centerand scored 14 points in his playoff

debut, but Phoenix couldn’t keepup with the champs’ height and 58-percent shooting in the Suns’ firstconference finals appearance since2006. The Suns also ran into thesame height problems faced byUtah and Oklahoma City earlier inthe Lakers’ playoff run. Los Ange-les committed just nine turnoversin Game 1 — its third straightsingle-digit turnover game —while outrebounding the smallerSuns 42-34.

“They’re probably going tocontinue to be taller than us as theseries goes on, so we’ve got to ...make everything as tough as pos-sible,” said Nash, whose injured eyedidn’t bother him. “We played hard,but we didn’t make enough shots,and we had a few too many break-downs.” Both teams swept their sec-ond-round series to earn their thirdpostseason date in five years, but theLakers didn’t allow a week off toaffect their remarkable execution.They scored easily and often, evenwith center Andrew Bynum manag-ing just four points while playingshakily on his own sore knee.

Amir Khan targeted Argentina’s Marcos Maidana as the nextrung on his ladder to unifying the light-welterweight divi-sion after an impressive WBA title defence against PaulieMalignaggi

Khan TargetsUnification

do that, I’m not being big-headed, but I’m a better fighterthan those guys.” WhoeverKhan faces, Golden Boy Pro-motions chief executive Rich-ard Schaefer said it will be backin Britain in front of his ownfans.

“I think Khan is probablygoing to be fighting July 31 inthe UK, that’s just beforeMaidana fights, and then afterthat he’ll come back to theStates but we’ll have to discussopponents,” Schaefer said be-fore putting Michael Katsidis’name into the frame in almostthe same breath. “Another oneof our fighters had a big vic-tory in England tonight, a veryexciting guy, Michael Katsidis,who took care of KevinMitchell. You know, MichaelKatsidis is always an excitingfighter who can really rock thehouse.”

Of the victory overMalignaggi, Khan said he hadfelt on top from very early onin the scheduled 12-round fightalthough, against an extremelyslippery customer, he hadchanged his gameplan under in-structions from trainer FreddieRoach and stuck with his effec-tive jabs rather than his intendedbarrage to the American’s body.Indeed, Khan finished the fighthaving landed 151 jabs, com-pared to Malignaggi’s total of127 total punches landed. “Inthe early rounds I started catch-ing him with some big cleanshots and marking him up and Ithought he could cut quite eas-ily. But he knew exactly what Iwas going to do and he was veryawkward with his footwork andwas avoiding my left hooks bygoing under them and it washard for me to get my punchesgoing.

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La Gazzetta understands that In-ter are now shortlisting candidates tostep into Mourinho’s shoes. Hiddinkis the No 1 target, although the fact heis due to take charge of Turkey in Au-gust appears to have been glossed over.Inter are prepared to pull out all thestops in order to get their man, but evenLa Gazzetta admits that negotiationswould be difficult. The Nerazzurri willhave to act quickly as another of theirtargets Laurent Blanc is in negotiationswith the French Football Federationto replace Raymond Domenech.

Agence France - PresseROME – Sampdoria on

Monday announced the depar-ture of team coach Luigi DelNeri, raising speculation theItalian will soon take over atfallen Serie A giants Juventus.

Genoa-based Sampdoriaachieved the significant feat offinishing fourth in Serie A onSunday, which is synonymouswith a coveted place in theChampions League’s thirdqualifying round. According tolocal reports the 59-year-oldDel Neri wil l becomeJuventus’s new coach either onTuesday or Wednesday.

The contract of Juventus’sinterim coach AlbertoZaccheroni, who was broughtin as caretaker following thesacking of Ciro Ferrara inJanuary, was not extended bythe Turin club. Juventus couldonly finish seventh in the table,thus claiming the third and fi-nal spot for next season’sEuropa League.

Interviewed in Tuttosport,Del Neri is under no illusionas to what is expected of him.“In effect I feel a great enthu-siasm. Juve represent a pointof departure or even one of ar-rival. At a club like Juve you

Agence France - PresseGENEVA – Bayern Munich’s French playmaker

Franck Ribery will not play in Saturday’s Champi-ons League final after his appeal against a three matchban was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport(CAS) on Monday. “The CAS Panel has dismissedthe appeal and confirmed the three-game suspensionimposed by the UEFA Appeals Body on the BayernMunich player Franck Ribery,” international sport’stop court said.

“Accordingly, the player will not be eligible toplay in the final of the 2010 Champions League,” itadded in a statement. European football’s governingbody imposed a three-match suspension on Riberyafter he was sent off for a foul in the ChampionsLeague semi-final first leg clash with Lyon. Bayernhad been trying to overturn or cut the UEFA penaltybefore Bayern’s Champions League final against In-ter Milan on Saturday.

Ribery had earlier appeared at the hearing at CASheadquarters in the Swiss city of Lausanne with Bayernchairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and club lawyers.

The German side had lost a first appeal at UEFAlast week. Rummenigge has acknowledged a foul butinsisted that the ban penalty was too harsh for a hardtackle and should be reduced to one match. UEFAofficials felt his tackle on Lyon striker Lisandro Lopezwas dangerous and tantamount to an assault. The CASsaid it would issue its full reasons in a few days, butthe court’s secretary general, Matthieu Reeb, told AFPthat arbitrators were reluctant to interfere in referee-

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Sampdoria announced the departure of team coach LuigiDel Neri, seen here in 2006, raising speculation the Italianwill soon take over at fallen Serie A giants Juventus

Del Neri leavesSampdoria asJuventus beckons

are forced to carry great objec-tives. I will have to be demand-ing with the players, the cluband myself,” he said.

“It’s always the club thatmakes a Coach great, not theopposite. I have to take in thenews. We [at Sampdoria] havebeen so focused on the Cham-pions League that I have nothad time to think about it.”When asked if he is honouredto train Juventus, Del Neri said:“I am sincere. It’s been muchmore difficult to take over ateam that has won everything.Here there is the need to rebuilda mentality.

“There aren’t any doubtson the fact that the componentsof the squad know how to playfootball. I think it’s necessaryto work on the attitude.” Fi-nally Del Neri was asked if heexpects Gigi Buffon to stay atthe club. “I hope so. I willspeak to him. Gigi is Italy’sgoalkeeper. It wouldn’t be easyto replace him. He is someonewho can give a lot on the pitchand in the dressing for the am-bition and the hunger for vic-tories that accompanies him.Buffon and Del Piero representa lot as you can imagine,” heconcluded.

Inter are lining up Guus Hiddink to replace Jose Mourinho this summer, according to La Gazzettadello Sport

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Inter are lining up Guus Hiddink to replace Jose Mourinho this summer, according to LaGazzetta dello Sport. By now it seems certain that Mourinho will leave San Siro after Saturday’sChampions League Final against Bayern Munich. Yesterday Inter President Massimo Morattisaid: “I would be surprised if he were to stay.”

Meanwhile Sinisa Mihajlovic hasadmitted that he would love to man-age Inter one day, although he will notleave Catania this summer. TheSerbian has a contract with theRossoblu which ties him to theMassimino until June 2011, but therecould be a vacancy at San Siro if JoseMourinho opts to leave the club. “Ididn’t speak to anyone yet,” claimedthe former Nerazzurro. “I haven’t beencoaching for long and I need to learna lot yet.

“Of course, it is nice to hear about

all these potential jobs but so far I canassure you that these are just rumours.My dream, and everybody knows it,is to coach Inter one day.” Sampdoriahave also shown an interest in theSerbian boss, but Catania have in-sisted they will do their outmost tokeep him. “He has yet another yearin his contract and we think he willwant to respect it,” said PresidentAntonio Pulvirenti. “Sinisa hasn’ttold us anything yet but my feeling isthat he will stay and I don’t think Iam wrong this time.”

CAS upholds Ribery’s Champions League final ban

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Mon-day that it had rejected an appeal by BayernMunich’s Franck Ribery, seen here in April 2010,against a three match UEFA ban, keeping himout of Champions League final

ing judgements. “The CAS, in accordance with regu-lar practice, was very prudent in ruling on circum-stances on the field of play,” he explained, addingthat it was a “borderline case.” Ribery has alreadyserved one match of his European ban by being side-lined from the second leg in Lyon on April 27.

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“A car that has had six pole po-si t ions is very strong,” saidDomenicali about Red BullRacing’s form. “But on the otherhand they did two times first andsecond, but we are there in bothchampionships because there isless than 25 points between firstand second in the constructors’and we are only a couple of pointsbehind in the drivers’. It meansthat the championship is reallydifficult for everyone. We need tokeep up the pace for developmentfor sure.

We need to work on the im-provement of our efficiency onthe aerodynamic side, becausethat is the most important thingwe need to focus on. And I thinkthat, for example, in Turkey wehave to make sure that our sys-tem of the rear wing that we triedin Barcelona is really workingand is effective, and has no down-sides. And we have some gooddevelopments that should be

JORGE Lorenzo says he does not see himself asfavourite for the MotoGP title despite having taken thelead after his win at Jerez. The Yamaha rider has enjoyeda very strong start to the season, having finished second inQatar and first in his home race. He is currently leadingthe championship from team-mate Valentino Rossi,four points behind the Spaniard. But Lorenzo in-sists it is still too early to consider himself as a topcontender for the title.

“Despite our victory in Jerez and taking the leadin the world standings I continue to think that I amnot the favourite because the season is very longand it has only just started,” said Lorenzo in a teampreview ahead of the French Grand Prix.“I am very proud however becauseJerez was my first victory athome in MotoGP. Last year Iwon in Le Mans in an amaz-ing and crazy race. It wasa very complicated be-cause of the rain anddrying track, but I thinkthat everybody in ourteam did an unbeliev-able job, above allon Sunday. I knowthat I used every-thing I had, from thevery first laps rightto the end. I hope thefans aren’t waitingfor a repeat thisweekend!

“Of course theweather is al-ways a risk in LeMans, but I hopefor sun. I’vebeen on the po-

Ferrari thinks it’s vital to get its F-duct working better at the Turkish Grand Prix if it is going toclose down the gap to Red Bull Racing

Ferrari says F-duct improvement is keyFERRARI thinks it’s vital to get its F-duct working bet-

ter at the Turkish Grand Prix if it is going to close down thegap to Red Bull Racing. With Mark Webber’s victory atMonaco on Sunday having helped his team move to the topof both championship tables, Ferrari has vowed to make abig development push to try and get itself on terms withF1’s pace-setters. However, with those upgrades not likelyfor a few more races, team principal Stefano Domenicalithinks that the key to taking the fight to the RB6 in Turkeywill be on improving the F-duct.

ready afterwards, so that is whatwe do.”

“We need to work very, verystrongly. Very hard. We know theareas we need to improve and thenwe can see where we are. Thisweekend we knew that McLaren,it was not easy for them, but I ex-pect them to be back again in acircuit like Turkey.” Domenicalisaid post-Spain analysis of the F-duct used in the Barcelona hadshown that it had actually cost theF10 ultimate downforce - despiteproviding a straight-line speedboost.

It was this area that he feltneeded improving – as well asperhaps altering the way FernandoAlonso and Felipe Massa used it.“We are working on different so-lutions and we will decide whatwe are going to do for Turkey,” hesaid. “It is not decided yet, but forsure we are investigating a betteroption to have better control fromthe driver point of view.”

Lorenzo says he is not title favouritedium twice there, last season and when I won my second250cc title, so I am looking forward to trying again. I’vehad almost three weeks since Jerez and I know that I amready for this second European race.” Rossi, who raced

with an injured shoulder in the previous race,says he is hopeful he will be fully fit for

this weekend’s race. “My shoulder is moreor less recovered now so I hope I will beback to full strength in Le Mans,” hesaid.”Despite the disaster of last year’srace, Le Mans is a good track for meand the Yamaha always goes well there.

The biggest problem is the weather, butafter last year I think we deserve a sunny

French GP! “We’ve made a good start

to the season, with the winin Qatar and then anotherpodium, but we have alsostruggled with the bike insome areas and so weneed to try to improve

our performance. Wehad a good test after

Jerez so I hopethat we will beable to use thatinformation tostart stronglyhere.”

Jorge Lorenzo