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The Head of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, Panusunan Siregar, said the number of resi-dents who worked in the agricultur-al sector in August 2014 amounted to 528,506 people. This figure decreased quite significantly com-pared to the condition in February 2014, amounting to 61,663 people or a decrease of 10.45 percent.

“The quite significant decline in the number of workers of the agri-cultural sector possibly becomes the driving factor to the increase in the unemployed population,” Sire-gar said. It was said, the decline in the number of agricultural workers was inseparable from the influence

of season. In reality it was also supported by the decrease in agri-cultural production. Nevertheless, condition of the employment, either in relation to the level of unemploy-ment or the working population was inseparable from the performance of the existing economic sector.

“The number of people working in each sector indicated the capabil-ity of the sector in absorbing the employment,” he said.

Based on the major occupation, ex-plained Siregar, most Balinese people were working in trade, restaurant and accommodation sector totally reach-ing 658,312 people or 28.97 percent of the total working population. Contri-

butions of working population in this sector slightly increased compared to the same month in the previous year, amounting to 6.76 percent.

“Social service sector and the industrial sector also play an impor-tant role in absorbing labor. Resi-dents who work in the social service sector in August 2014 amounted to 393,056 people. Meanwhile, the people who work in the industrial sector in August 2014 amounted to 316,598 people,” he explained.

He explained that Balinese working in formal activities reached 1,083,622 people (47.68 percent) and 1,189,010 people (52.32 per-cent) worked in informal activities. “This can mean that the majority of Balinese population still relies on informal activities,” he said.

Mentioned, the percentage of population working in formal sec-tor in August 2014 increased com-

pared to August 2013 amounting to 47.65 percent and in February 2014 amounted to 41.91 percent. Based on these figures, it could be said that the quality of labor had developed and quite fluctuated among the status of employment.

“Based on their occupation, totally 985,146 people are work-ing as laborer or employee. This number has increased absolutely over the same month in 2013 reach-ing 984,541 people, but declined slightly in 2013 which amounted to 43.91 percent,” he said.

Director of the Center for Business Economic Data Analysis, Faculty of Economics and Business, Udayana University, Dr. Sudjana Budhi, stated the development of tourism business had an impact on the land needs, which automatically caused the people’s economic base mostly lived in the agricultural sector became

desperate, even marginalized.“Bali needs to develop local

community-based eco-tourism business. Strategic approach by involving people as the owner of the tourism industry will certainly be able to resolve the conflict of interest occurred between the local community in the agricultural sec-tor and the development of tourism business itself,” he said.

Strategic development of the community-based tourist destina-tion where local people as the owner, recognized Sudjana Budhi, had run in many countries, includ-ing Thailand, Australia, and several African countries. “The decline in the role of local communities in the agricultural sector is done through a democratic process, where local community lies inside it as the man-agement of the tourism industry itself,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Number of farmers in Bali slumps

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DENPASAR - Profession as farmer is increasingly not de-manded as a livelihood. Most residents of Bali prefer to work in trade, restaurant and accommodation sector.

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Profession as farmer is increasingly not demanded as a livelihood. Most residents of Bali prefer to work in trade, restaurant and accommodation sector.

Agence France-Presse

NEW YORK - Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj apologized Tuesday and denied any Nazi sympathies after she came un-der criticism for imagery that resembled the Third Reich in a video.

The video for “Only” is an animation that depicts the sing-er enthroned at a Greco-Roman building with red-and-white flags on the columns similar to the Nazi German flag -- except with a symbol for Minaj instead of a swastika.

Tanks and troops stand at attention, evoking images of Adolf Hitler’s rallies. The song also features fellow stars Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown.

Minaj, who this weekend hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards in Glasgow, Scotland, responded that the inspiration for the video was in fact the car-toon series “Metalocalypse.”

The singer wrote on Twit-

ter that both the producer and a person overseeing the video, whom she described as a close friend, were Jewish. “I didn’t come up (with) the concept, but I’m very sorry (and) take full responsibility if it has offended anyone. I’d never condone Na-zism in my art,” she wrote.

The An t i -De fama t ion League, which combats anti-Semitism, earlier called the video “deeply disturbing” and noted that it was released on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the 1938 night of attacks on Jews across Germany and Aus-tria. “This video is insensitive to Holocaust survivors and a trivialization of the history of that era,” said the group’s national director Abraham Foxman.

Foxman issued a new state-ment to welcome Minaj’s apol-ogy. “We hope that she will take further steps to educate herself and her fans about who the Nazis were and why we should never take genocide or the Ho-

“I can’t give you any hints of when it will drop. It’s going to be great, that’s all I’m going to tell you and I’m excited about it,” said the singer at a meet-and-greet Wednesday with fans at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

The critic she is worried about is herself.

“I try to battle myself and outdo everything I’ve done and that’s been

the hardest thing to do. You start overthinking things at times,” she confessed.

The 26-year-old typically has re-leased albums in November in the past but wouldn’t comment on that. She just said, “I can’t wait for everybody to hear (the music) little by little. ... little by little. I can’t wait.”

Rihanna also brought along her

new men’s fragrance, “Rogue Man,” her first for guys.

“I feel like what better way to get these people excited than to get them something nice, to smell good. They’re running around all day working hard. And, you know, the guys are sexy. They need to smell sexy.” She also joked about not having a “rogue man” of her own, saying with a wink, “hopefully I’ll find one here today on the base.”

Rihanna performed at the Con-cert For Valor: Saluting America’s Veterans in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

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NEW YORK — Mandy Moore has stepped back into the spotlight with a recurring role on Fox’s “Red Band Society.” Moore, a singer-actress known for her pop hit “Candy,” plays Dr. Erin Grace, the new chief of surgery. She had worked at the hospital, but took a year off to work with Doctors With-out Borders. She had also dated Dave Annable’s character, Dr. Adam McAndrew, and her promotion is one that he was gunning for.

“Red Band Society” (airing Wednesdays at 8 p.m. EST) follows the doctors and their long-term teen patients at a children’s hospital.

“I’ve been brought in to sort of stir it up on the adult side,” said Moore in a recent interview.

Moore was approached about the show before the part was written. She “loved everything” about the pilot episode.

“I really thought it was such a unique tone from everything else on TV right now,” she said.

The 30-year-old, known for films like “A Walk to Remember” and “Saved!” wanted a job in television.

“I think it’s the most enticing medium for an actor out there right now,” she said.

Moore is also known for her music. She said she’s been recording and hopes to release something early next year.

“The music industry has changed so dramatically in the last couple of years. It’s a different mechanism in terms of how to put music out there and in what capacity. Having the freedom of no record label and none of that expectation is really nice on a creative level.”

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WASHINGTON — Rihanna won’t say when she plans to release new music but she is confident about what it sounds like.

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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it an-nual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galun-gan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebra-tion of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decora-tions of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

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

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IBP

JAKARTA - Filling the gap for quality business hotels in South Ja-karta, Archipelago International will soon be opening its latest Business & Conference hotel in Simatupang.

More than three years in the making and set to welcome business travelers from March onwards, the Aston Prior-ity Simatupang Hotel & Conference Center is the group’s 6th Aston hotel in Jakarta and sits in a prime location in the TB Simatupang area on Jalan Let. Jend. T. B. Simatupang right next to the Indonesian headquarters of Switzerland’s Nestle and Siemens of Germany.

TB Simatupang is a sub district of South Jakarta, located in the south-ernmost part of the city close to the Jakarta – Bintaro toll road. Conve-niently for the hotel’s business guests, the hotel is also close to the airport and the city’s bustling CBD, making it the premier venue for South Jakarta’s social and commercial activities and the perfect location for short business stays, meetings and exhibitions.

The hotel will offer 296 rooms and suites, together with 12 meeting rooms and a convention hall that can accommodate up to 800 guests. There is also a specialty signature restaurant, a coffee shop and lounge for casual business meetings, as well as a swim-

ming pool, spa and fitness center for that much needed downtime.

“Until now, South Jakarta has been missing an up market hotel which has caused many of the areas companies to pay a premium for hotel rooms or house their guests far away from where they need to be. Our newest Aston has been highly anticipated and forward inquiries have been short of phenomenal. The hotel will be a huge success and also be our 6th Aston in Jakarta alone, continuing our reputation as the fastest growing and most consistent hotel network in Indonesia,” Said Norbert Vas, VP Sales & Marketing at Archipelago International.

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The 6th Aston Hotel in Jakarta to open soon

Other than targeting hotels and restaurants, it also targets other businesses situated at sea-side or watershed. When found any indication of violation, the agency also threatened to recom-mend the companies to the legal team of Buleleng government in order to crack down on the companies that do not process their waste properly.

The Head of Buleleng En-vironment Agency, Nyoman Suryatemaja, said in his office on Wednesday (Nov 12) that according to the authority, the agency was assigned to oversee every company related to their waste management. With that authority, the agency recently made supervision in order the companies could process their

waste properly and did not cause pollution to the surrounding environment. From the regular surveillance made, the agency did not find any company that did not perform processing or intentionally discharged their waste to the beach or the river near the business premises.

“According to the principal duties and function at hand, we have regularly supervised the waste management of the com-panies. During which we never found any businesses that do not process their waste or dispose of their waste into the sea or river,” he said.

Although his party did not find any environmental viola-tion, he said the supervision would still be encouraged to

target the business sector in Buleleng. It was carried out because the agency suspected that some companies deliber-ately discharged their waste to the beach.

To ascertain the suspicion, the agency still performed ex-amination in the field. It was car-ried out by rechecking whether the management of the company had managed their waste or not. In addition, testing the samples of seawater around the sus-pected business premises would be conducted. When found any causes leading to environmental violations, the agency would recommend the legal team of Buleleng government to impose an appropriate sanction on the violators. (kmb38)

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MANGUPURA - The potential of marine fishery sector in Badung County is quite high. Fishermen of Kelan and Kedonganan, for example, have been able to earn their living from the marine resources. But in the development they remain to encounter some obstacles.

Chief of Kelan customary village, I Made Sugita, revealed on Wednesday (Nov 12) that all this time the life of Kelan and Kedonganan community having the profession as fishermen was averagely guaranteed. Even, some of which had been successful building their career to reach a well-established condition economically.

“Those having pursued the profes-sion for a long time can attain averagely pretty good economy. However, only a few of them are still unable to fully rely on their life by being fishermen,” he said.

This man having been getting in-volved in the marine fishery sector mentioned that the potential for the development of marine fisheries in Badung was actually quite high. How-ever, there were still some obstacles hampering the sector.

He pointed out that so far fishermen

still complained about interprovincial boat mooring permit. Kelan or Ke-donganan fishermen who wanted to moor in the area of East Java were not allowed because the reason of permit. This problem hampered their fishing operations. “Government assistance in the form of vessel is already good. But, during the operation, fishermen still gets obstacles,” he said.

In addition to these problems, the infrastructural factor was also very significant. Sugita mentioned that the current breakwater at Kedonganan was still not representative to facilitate fish-ermen during their presence in coastal areas. “This kind of infrastructure must not be made half-heartedly. The gov-ernment should continue the project,” he said.

Various constraints faced by fisher-men potentially caused a decline in the people’s interest when pursuing this profession. Moreover, this condition did not match with the ideal of Presi-dent Jokowi that would like to make Indonesia as a maritime axis.

“When connected to the maritime axis, it does not match. So, I do hope both central government and local government to facilitate the needs of fishermen,” he said. (kmb25)

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The fishermen are complaining about interprovincial mooring per-mit

Fishermen complain about interprovincial mooring permit

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One of the hotel located on the beach

Environment Agency targets companies discharging waste to seaBali Post

SINGArAJA - Seaside tourist accommodation facilities and other businesses are suspected of discharging their waste into the sea. Against this condition, the Buleleng Environment Agency intensively carries out field monitoring.

314 InternationalInternational Bali NewsFashion Friday, November 14, 2014Friday, November 14, 2014

Agence France-Presse

GENEVA - A brooch commis-sioned by a French empress, or perhaps an iconic watch considered the most complicated ever made entirely by hand?

The list of spectacular pieces on sale at Christie’s and Sotheby’s traditional autumn jewel and watch auctions in Geneva this week is long, with nearly $200 million expected to change hands.

Wealthy collectors from around the world have descended on the Swiss city for four action-packed days at the two competing auction houses.

Christie’s kicked off the bidding frenzy Sunday with a special auction to mark 175 years of Patek Philippe watches, which saw 100 wrist and pocket watches go under the ham-mer for a total of $19,731,099.

That was double the original estimate, and set nine world records in the process, said Christie’s, which raked in another $15 million on a second round of watch sales Monday evening.

Most exciting on the watch scene this week though is another Patek Philippe creation billed as the most famous and expensive watch in the world, set to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s on Tuesday.

The auction house hopes to pocket a smooth $15 million for the celebrated timepiece known as the “Henry Graves Supercomplication” after its original owner, a New York banker who ordered it in 1925.

Weighing in at more than half a kilo, the gold open-face chronograph is comprised of 900 separate hand-crafted parts that took Patek Philippe five years to piece together.

“This is not a watch you can wear. It is a watch that symbolises strength, power and money,” a watch industry expert told AFP.

It displays not only the hour but also a plethora of other indicators: a perpetual calendar, the phases of the moon, sidereal time, indications for the time of sunset and sunrise, and the shifting night sky over Manhattan.

Its Westminster chimes sing joy-fully every 15 minutes

The watch has been on the block once before, at a Sotheby’s auction in New York in December 1999, when the Time Museum in Rock-ford, Illinois closed its doors and emptied its inventory.

That time, the exquisite timepiece went for $11 million.

The auction houses are also both hosting their traditional Magnificent Jewel sales this week, with Christie’s headlining its sale Tuesday with a piece drawn from the French Crown jewels.

The mythical diamond-decked “Feuilles de Groseillier” brooch was commissioned by Empress Eugenie

in 1855 and was created by French jeweller Alfred Bapst.

The piece, valued at $2-3 million had not been seen at auction in 125 years, Christie’s said, stressing that it was “extremely rare for a jewel of such historic importance to be offered for sale.”

Sotheby’s is also presenting a bit of royal history at its competing auction on Wednesday, offering up a stunning pearl necklace that once be-longed to Josephine de Beauharnais (1807-1876), who became queen of Sweden and Norway.

Sotheby’s jewel chief David Bennet suggested the pearls, ex-pected to fetch up to $1.5 million,

may even have been handed down by the queen’s grandmother and namesake, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.

“It may well be that these pearls were originally in her collection as well,” Bennet told AFP.

Sotheby’s will also be offering several pieces from the Dimitri Mavrommatis collection of precious stones and avant-garde jewellery, led by the “Graff Ruby”.

The glimmering 8.62-carat blood-red rock, mounted on a ring, was acquired by Graff in 2006 for $3.6 million and later sold to Dimitri Mavrommatis for an un-disclosed sum.

One of the last survivors of the great post-war French fashion houses, Cardin, at 92, still heads a sprawling business empire.

“Back then I hadn’t yet become Pierre Cardin. I hadn’t found my voice,” he says, in uncharacteristi-cally reflective mood.

The avant-garde designer, known for his geometric shapes, dresses decorated with circular and rect-angular motifs and astronaut’s headgear, has always tended to look forward rather than backward. But he is making an exception today.

His Past-Present-Future mu-seum, until recently tucked away in a far-flung corner of the Paris suburbs, is reopening in the more central Marais, the city’s historic former Jewish quarter.

The exhibit traces Cardin’s 60-year career through some 200 fash-ion pieces, as well as hats, shoes, pieces of jewellery and furniture.

The son of parents who settled

in France in 1924 after escaping Italy’s fascist regime, Cardin says the museum will deliver a “legacy for a couturier who came from nothing”.

As successful in business as was in fashion, Cardin started work as an apprentice at 14, moving to Paris after World War II where he worked at the Paquin and Schiaparelli fash-ion houses before joining Christian Dior.

In 1950, having failed to get a job with Balenciaga, he decided to set up on his own.

“I had the chance to achieve ev-erything I wanted without needing a banker, authority... I was a free man from the age of 20,” he recalls.

His 1964 “Space Age” collec-tion remains a landmark in fashion history with its cut-out dresses, knitted catsuits, tight leather pants, close-fitting helmets and batwing jumpers.

“Only lines count. I only care for

simplicity,” he once wrote. For style to become real, proportion and line are primordial.”

Cardin, who will inaugurate the 1,000-square-metre (10,000-square-foot) museum on Thursday, was also one of the earliest believ-ers in ready-to-wear.

After launching his first ready-to-wear collection in 1959, he was promptly expelled from Paris’s as-sociation of haute couturiers.

But the new trend for more ac-cessible fashion was an unstoppable force and he was later readmitted.

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This Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, file photo a Sotheby’s employee shows the Henry Graves Supercomplication handmade watch by Patek Philippe during a preview at Sotheby’s, in Geneva, Switzerland.

REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

A Christie’s staff member wears “The Blue Belle of Asia”, a 392,52 carats sapphire, during an auction preview in Geneva November 6, 2014. This gem was discovered in 1926 in Ceylon and was sold to British motor magnate Lord Nuffield, founder of Morris Motors.

‘Holy Grail’ of watches, French Crown jewel set for auction

Pierre Cardin opens new museum at 92Agence France-Presse

PARIS - “That coat has been round the world. That’s when I actually started to make some money!” Pierre Cardin says, stopping in front of a flared, red design among the first exhibits at his new museum in Paris.

French fashion de-signer Pierre Cardin poses in front of his fashion creations in his museum called “Past-Present-Fu-ture” in Paris No-vember 12, 2014.

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According to Spokesperson of the PLN Bali, Wayan Redika, when met at his office, weather condition became one of the triggering factors. The changing process from hot or cold temperature took more electrical power consumptions. For example, it happened to some equipment such as air conditioning, refrigerator and mag-ic com. “In the current hot weather, the use of air conditioning is the main trigger. Meanwhile, at night Balinese people also partially turn on their AC,” he said.

According to him, if compared to the condition in 2013, the peak load occurred in April reaching 734.5 MW from the normal load in the range of 700 MW-725 MW. Spectacular peak load in this November 2014 was rec-ognized to occur in the range of 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.

“The increase is extreme after Oc-tober, whereas there were not many events held in Bali which require a large power supplies,” he said.

Such condition caused the concerns of the PLN. A higher peak load in Bali would lead to approach the critical point and outages. “Well, it will indeed not result in simultaneous blackout, but a rolling blackout is sure. To that end, the solution offered is only one, namely saving electricity,” he said.

Nevertheless, he admitted that his party could not deny where the hot weather had already made people uncomfortable, so that they attempted to resolve the problem by the use of air conditioning.

“This must be addressed together. We can only urge the people not do any activities that can change the tem-perature into cold or hot during peak hours. For example, do not cook with magic com at night,” he advised.

At least, by not cooking or not turning on air conditioner at night people could have delayed the roll-ing blackout. Explained Redika, the electricity supply in Bali had reached 880 MW, but still had problems related to power transmission towers, where one of which happened in the area of Celukan Bawang, Buleleng. “Our power supply indeed reaches 880 MW. If we have limited capability to distribute the remaining power, it cannot be taken advantage properly,” he concluded. (kmb27)

The process of making the ikat or endek cloth, for instance, can be seen at the home of ikat crafter, Made Rapini, at Jehem hamlet, Tembuku village, Bangli. At the back of her house, this housewife gets in touch with the strands of colorful yarns every day. Such long yarns are arranged neatly and then woven by using a non-mechanical loom made of wood.

Rapini explained that making a piece of ikat or endek cloth was fairly easy but slightly complicated, especially for those who did not understand about the weaving tech-niques. To weave a piece of endek cloth, starting from the initial process would take her up to one month.

The process of making endek cloth widely used today for the employee uniform is begun by hoisting the strands of yarn. The sets of long yarns are then laid in a rectangular wooden medium and tied with plastic rope. Binding with the rope is done to provide a motive

on the yarns in accordance with the desired design. After preparing the motive, it is resumed with dyeing the yarn collection. Surely, the dyeing is customized to the desired color of the pattern to be created. Having completed the dyeing, the collection of yarns will be still go-ing through several stages until they are stretched in the loom.

Here, the patience of a weaver is usually tested. When arranging the yarns, a weaver must have an extra high precision and patience. Even, the number of yarns to be woven should also amount to 3,650 pieces. “When it lacks for one string, the motive will not be good,” said Rapini.

Each strand of the yarn will be inserted into small holes of iron tool on the loom. Similarly, the yarns will also be inserted into the comb-like tool. Once everything is ready, then the artisan will weave the yarn into a sheet of cloth.

According to Rapini, enter-ing into the weaving work was

the easiest phase for the artisan. She just needed to move legs and hands to arrange the yarn strands. Nevertheless, not infrequently the woven yarns broke in the middle of the process. “When breaking off, there is a technique to knit,” she said while demonstrating the technique of knitting the yarns looking very complicated.

She said that her weaving skill had been pursued since her teen-ager. Within one day she could produce a piece of endek cloth mea-suring 2.25 meters. As other woven

clothes, the endek also had a variety of motives, including plain motive, bebedan, gringsing, painting and air brush. It also used various types of yarn. From a variety of motives of the cloth, she admitted the painting and air brush motive were more complicated. Thus, sometimes such motive was sold at more expensive price. “By and large, the ikat motive is sold for IDR 200,000, while the air brush or painting motive is usu-ally sold for IDR 250,000 each. It happens due to different motive and coloring,” she explained. (ina)

Have a look at complexity of weaving endekVirtually every region in Indonesia has its own typical wo-

ven cloth, without the exception for the Island of Bali. Aside from songket cloth, one of which also becoming the people’s pride today is the ikat woven or better known as endek. It is not surprising if a piece of endek cloth has quite expensive

selling price considering the making process of this cloth still use a quite complicated non-mechanical loom.

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The process of making the ikat or endek cloth, for instance, can be seen at the home of ikat crafter, Made Rapini, at Jehem hamlet, Tembuku village, Bangli.

Hot weather, electricity consumption in Bali goes up

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Eventhough the weather relatively hot these days, tourist flocked at Pandawa Beach. The hot weather condition has an impact on wasteful electrical consumption. The state-owned power company (PLN) Bali notes that the peak load has reached 780.9 MW, while the previous peak load was only recorded to reach 759 MW.

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Lately, the hot weather condition has an impact on wasteful electrical consumption. The state-owned power company (PLN) Bali notes that the peak load has reached 780.9 MW, while the previous peak load was only recorded to reach 759 MW.

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council met for the 26th time in emergency session on Ukraine, again without taking action, as the U.N. warned of a possible return to “full-scale fighting” in the rebel-held east.

Wednesday’s meeting came hours after NATO’s top commander said new columns of Russian troops and tanks have rolled into eastern Ukraine, which Moscow promptly denied.

The main eastern city, Donetsk, has seen its heaviest shelling in recent weeks despite a cease-fire signed two months ago between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists. The cease-fire has been violated almost daily, and the Organization for Se-curity and Cooperation in Europe says monitors have seen convoys of unmarked vehicles near cities in the region.

U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power told the council that Russia “talks of peace, but it keeps fueling war.” The United States called the emergency meeting.

Russia’s deputy representative, Al-exander Pankin, began his remarks by warning that council meetings should not turn into farces and called the storm of criticism from fellow council members “yet another foray into pro-paganda with new flourishes.”

The Security Council has met re-peatedly on Ukraine since the crisis

began early this year, but little action can be taken as permanent member Russia has veto power.

U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jens Toyberg-Frandzen told the council that the United Nations is “deeply concerned over the possibility of a return to full-scale fighting.” Either that, or Ukraine could face a months-long simmering conflict that would be catastrophic, he said. The conflict could also become a “frozen” one that lingers for years or even decades, he added.

Ukraine’s ambassador, Yuriy Sergeyev, sounded his own warn-ing: “Let me say very clearly: The only reason why the open war in the east of Ukraine hasn’t started yet is because of Ukraine’s restraint,” he said.

Luxembourg’s ambassador, Sylvie Lucas, pointed out that more than 4,000 people have been killed in the conflict since April.

The crisis in Ukraine is rooted in tensions over the country’s shift away from Russia’s influence and toward Europe, marked by demonstrations that ousted a pro-Russian president in February. Russia soon annexed the Crimea region of Ukraine, and the ensuing fighting in Ukraine’s east has left relations between Russia and the West at their lowest level since the Cold War.

Lithuanian Ambassador Rai-monda Murmokaite, a sharp Russia critic, accused Russia of waging “an undeclared war” on Ukraine.

As Mexico prepares to com-memorate its 1910 revolution Monday, hotels in the Pacific resort city have seen a wave of cancella-tions after demonstrators temporar-ily shut down the airport, blocked highways and attacked government and political offices in the southern state of Guerrero.

Acapulco hotel occupancy rates are currently at 20 percent, well short of the 85 percent expected for this long weekend when Mexi-cans typically flock to the beaches, Joaquin Badillo, president of the Employers’ Association for Guer-rero state, said Wednesday.

More cancellations have been registered for Christmas week, the busiest time of the year for Aca-pulco tourism, and Badillo said one company that operates 10 hotels has cut about 200 temporary jobs in recent weeks.

“Seasonal employment in tour-ism is really being hurt,” Badillo said. “We’re talking about cleaning workers, security, bartenders, bark-ers, transportation.”

Acapulco’s beaches were semi-deserted Wednesday except for small groups of sunbathers in the city’s famous Gold Zone. The em-blematic Papagayo, Condesa and Icacos beaches were all but empty. The Employers’ Association called for a six-month tax waiver to get local businesses through the crisis.

“With that, employees would not lack for salary and the businesses can maintain themselves in good shape,” Badillo said.

In decades past, Acapulco was a favored playground of Hollywood movie stars and other international travelers. While the city’s luster has faded, it remains an important draw for domestic tourists.

Violent protests hit Acapulco’s tourism Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president has tried to keep the issue of violence issue separate from his focus on the economy, but the two are converging as violent protests over 43 disappeared students squelch tourism in Acapulco just before a major holiday weekend.

AP Photo/Alejandrino GonzalezTeachers march around a vehicle they flipped during clashes with riot police in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state, Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014.

For 26th time, UN has emergency meeting on Ukraine

AP Photo/Maxim VetrovUkrainian volunteer fighters shoot in the village of Peski near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014.

The arrest of the three fake pep-per traders began when the culprits were selling fake pepper powder at Kayuamba Market, Susut, Tuesday (Nov 11). At that time, one of the victims, Dewa Made Gantiasih, who already bought the fake pepper, could identify the face of the culprits. As she did not want the culprit having deceived her to escape, the victim

then immediately held the hand of the culprit. Feeling under difficult situa-tion, the culprit bit the victim’s hand. By driving silver Avanza vehicle with license plate E 1023 MR, the three culprits fled to Singaraja.

The Chief of Bangli Police Criminal Investigation Unit, I Nyoman Sukanada, accompanied by Unit Chief I Putu Budiartama

explained on Wednesday (Nov 12) that his party immediately pursued the culprit after getting information from the victim. With the help of the Kintamani Police officers, the escape of the fake pepper traders could then be terminated.

They were arrested at Bunutin village, Kintamani. Aside from arresting the culprits, police also

seized some evidences, including one unit of Avanza vehicle driven by the culprits, the proceeds worth IDR 4.2 million, 35 packs of fake pepper seeds, 10 packs of pepper powder and a pack of flour.

Aside from deceiving the victim Dewa Made Gantiasih, this gang also deceived other victims such as Gusti Made Sudimara, 43, a resident from Pule hamlet, Kawan village, Bangli. To police officer, Sudimara reported that he was de-ceived by the culprits. On Sunday (Nov 9), the victim bought 5 kg of pepper seeds. The fake pepper was purchased at IDR 110,000 per kg. Having been examined by the victim, in fact it was fake pepper.

Afterward, the victim reported the incident to Bangli Police. “Cur-rently, we have secured the three culprits and the evidences at Bangli Police. The case is currently being investigated,” he explained.

Chief Budiartama added that the pepper grains sold by the culprits were mixed with cassava granules that resembled pepper seeds. To fur-ther assure consumers, the culprits mixed it with a ratio of 2 to 1. To police officer, the culprits admitted to have bought the mixed pepper in Cirebon in sack packaging. In Bali, the three culprits then packed the pepper grains in plastic bags respectively containing 1 kg to be sold to consumers. (ina)

Bali Post

TABANAN - To provide pro-tection for young generation against the threat of drugs, the Commander of Tabanan Mili-tary District in cooperation with Tabanan Police, the Education Agency and Health Agency con-ducted drug counseling for school students. On Wednesday (Nov

12), the counseling was targeting the students of SMKN 1 Tabanan vocational school.

Commander of the Tabanan Military District, Yudha, gave some explanation about drugs so that the students could under-stand and what belonged to the substance. According to him, the drugs were hazardous substances. Besides, the Ministry of Health

also defined the drugs by includ-ing psychotropic and addictive substances other than narcotics. “In essence, they refer to a group of psychotropic compounds that can result in risks for users,” said Yudha.

In counseling, the students were also given the knowledge if the drug substance was just used for anesthesia in medical

practices. However, such func-tion was then abused and their dosage was not in accordance with the determined provisions so that the use could harm the body and of course caused an addiction.

A total of 40 students attending in the counseling were also given an overview on the types of drugs such as marijuana, morphine, co-

caine, psychotropic and addictive substances frequently found in cir-culation. Other than presenting the images, they were also given an explanation on the effects. Yudha expected the younger generation to have adequate knowledge about the drugs, shapes, types and the effects so that it could become the essentials to avoid them in the real life. (kmb24)

Drug counseling targets high school students

Selling fake pepper, three traders from Cirebon arrestedBali Post

BANGLI - Bangli Police Criminal Investigation Unit has successfully arrested the three sellers of fake pepper having been supplying goods all this time to a number of markets in Bangli. The three culprits are from Saetupatok village, Munduk subdistrict, Cirebon in West Java. They consisted of Muadi, 20, Maman Suparman, 20, and Khamad, 16, and were arrested at Bunutin village, Kintamani. Other than taking action in the region of Bangli, in fact the traffickers of fake pepper often driving Avanza vehicle also distributed their goods to some other areas such as Klungkung, Denpasar and Jembrana.

The seller of fake pepper which is arrested in Bangli

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MANGUPURA - The Kramat Ratu Mas Sakti Temple located on Seseh Beach, Cemagi village, Mengwi subdistrict, Badung does not only exude positive aura, but also has uniqueness. On that ac-count, the Hindus in Bali and Javanese Muslim community flock to worship to the temple, chiefly on the peak of temple anniversary or piodalan falling on Buda (Wednes-day) Kliwon Pagerwesi.

According to Grandpa Sundari, a fisherman from local village, the deity venerated at the Mas Sepuh Temple was very generous. Any people who wanted to please safety either in trading business, work inspiration and prospective leader-ship in the company or government would also be granted. “After the feast of the Moslem, many Javanese pilgrims come to worship at this temple,” he said.

One of the conditions, added

Grandpa Sundari, was sincerity. In essence, they came with good inten-tions and did not do harmful things to others. Employers coming to invoke safety in running their busi-ness were from a variety of faiths. There were Chinese businessmen from various regions in Bali, includ-ing from outside Bali. “Sometimes they come at night on holy days,” said the man who made a living on the coast every day.

It was justified by the Headman of Cemagi, Si Ketut Wirama. He said the officials who led the or-ganization or government agency often invoked inspirations so that they could accomplish their tasks properly. Ideas and programs often came to mind after worshipping at this temple. “Some officials often worshipped at this temple secretly. They just contacted the temple priest,” he said.

Nevertheless, the community wishing to perform prayers or just travel should never violate the rules

such as placing dirty clothes or ob-jects in the temple area, especially on the fence or shrines. Women who got their period were not allowed to approach the temple area even though only a few meters away.

Grandpa Sundari told that once upon a time there were some people practicing their martial arts in this coastal area. Feeling to have owned a great strength, they acted arbitrari-ly and then put various belongings carelessly. Grandpa Sundari then told them because the area was very holy and sacred. However, they were challenging. Granpa Sundari did not respond to them but taking incense stick and said prayers.

A few minutes later, one of the men got pain and rolled over on the black sand. Being unacceptable to his advice, two other friends also experienced similar condition and they were rolling over as well. “Afterward, they were told to apolo-gize at the temple. Thankfully, they could regain their consciousness,”

said Grandpa Sundari.Based on the narrative of local

fishermen, the deity abiding at the Mas Sepuh Temple was Prince Mas Sepuh. His actual name was Raden Amangkuningrat, who was better known as the Kramat of Seseh Beach. He was the son of the first king of Mengwi (Hindu) and his Islamic mother came from Blambangan, East Java.

During his childhood, he had sep-arated from his father and was raised by his mother in Blambangan. When growing adult, he asked his mother about his father and asked permis-sion to search for him. Prince Mas Sepuh went to Bali accompanied by some royal retainers and equipped with heirloom kris dagger from the Kingdom of Mengwi.

After meeting with his father, a misunderstanding occurred as it was for the first time for them both to meet. Then, he went home to Blambangan to tell his mother about the incident. When arriving

on Seseh Beach, Prince Mas Sepuh was attacked by a group of uniden-tified armed men so the battle was avoided.

Seeing the battle claimed a few casualties from both sides, the kris dagger owned by Prince Mas Sepuh was taken out and stretched upward and it immediately gleamed and a miracle occurred. The armed groups attacking him suddenly paralyzed and kneed silently.

Ultimately, it was known if the attackers still had a familial relationship to him seen from their clothing and the visionary ability of Prince Mas Sepuh. Then, the kris dagger was put back into sheath and the attackers could move again and then paid homage to Prince Mas Sepuh.

Not long after the incident, Prince Mas Sepuh died and was bur-ied on the spot. Until now, his grave is well maintained and always paid homage by Muslims from various parts of the archipelago. (kmb)

Such psychical endeavor was justified by the headman of Lem-bongan, Nyoman Murta, when contacted on Wednesday (Nov 12). He said the ritual implementation was in accordance with the results of meeting with his staff and the lo-cal customary village. The presence of crocodile in the waters of Nusa Penida was very rare. Moreover, such crocodile was unusual to live in the ocean. Psychical endeavor was taken after various attempts to arrest and other ways by local residents failed.

The crocodiles have kindled restlessness since the past two weeks. Murta said that previously a number of divers diving in the sea floor of Lembongan and Jungut Batu told if they saw several large crocodiles on seabed. Surely, the information caused local tourism relying on the underwater beauty had been disrupted. A number of other local divers had checked the information in person. Ap-parently, the presence of several crocodiles was true. Even, several divers snapshot the crocodiles on the seabed.

Information on the presence

of the crocodiles increasingly ex-panded where the crocodiles were not only found in the waters of Lembongan and Jungut Batu. Even, it extended to the waters of Nusa Gede such as in the waters of Ped village to Buyuk Port. As narrative of local residents, they also claimed to have seen a crocodile while try-ing to catch fish.

“Hopefully, after this ritual the crocodiles would no longer bother. We are all so worried,” said Murta. Meanwhile, the nangluk merana ritual took place last Wednesday in the waters between the Lembon-gan Island and Ceningan Island, precisely near the yellow bridge connecting the two islands. Imple-mentation of the ritual had caused suspension of the pilgrims.

According to some local resi-dents, during the implementation of the ritual, one of the pilgrims seemed to get possessed. Surpris-ingly, the pilgrim in trance behaved like a crocodile and rolled around on the local beach near the offerings presented by the pilgrims. Murta hoped the counter-peril ritual could end the terror of crocodile troubling local residents. (kmb31)

Invoke trading and leadership lore

Crocodiles in waters of Nusa Penida troubling

Residents held “Nangluk Merana” ritualBali Post

SEMARAPURA - The existence of several crocodiles in the waters of Nusa Penida within the past few days has been very disturbing local residents. Similarly, it also drew the concerns related to the tourism activity in Nusa Penida, especially in the waters of Lembongan and Jungut Batu. Ultimately, local residents made an agreement to hold a nangluk merana ritual to avoid or prevent any negative impacts psychically related to the emergence of the wild animal.

IBP/BagiartaThe existence of several crocodiles in the waters of Nusa Penida within the past few days has been very disturbing local residents. Local residents held a nangluk merana ritual to avoid or prevent any negative impacts psychically related to the emergence of the wild animal.

Agence France-Presse

NEW DELHI - India and the United States said Thursday they have resolved a row over food subsidies that has been blocking a landmark global trade agree-ment. India refused to endorse the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) in July unless its food stockpiles were exempted from possible punitive measures, prompting the US to accuse it of taking the World Trade Organiza-tion “to the brink of crisis”.

But on Thursday both sides agreed India’s food security programmes would not be challenged under WTO rules “until a permanent solution regarding this issue has been agreed and adopted”, a US government statement said.

The White House said the deal would “unlock prog-ress toward the full and immediate implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, which will lower the costs of trade for developed and developing countries”.

India said it was “extremely happy that India and the US have successfully resolved their differences relating to the issue of public stockholding for food security purposes”.

“This will end the impasse at the WTO and also open the way for implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement,” Commerce Minister said in a statement.

WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo has been tirelessly campaigning to save the deal, which would streamline global customs procedures, and, he claims, create billions of dollars in benefits each year.

Last week, he said the impasse had “effectively paralysed the multilateral negotiations in the organisa-tion”, calling it the “most serious crisis the WTO has faced”. India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the issue with US President Barack Obama when he visited Washington in September, raising hopes of a breakthrough.

New Delhi’s decision in July to hold up the landmark deal to reduce trade barriers came after the WTO’s members agreed at a December, 2013 meeting in the Indonesian island of Bali to implement the pact.

India and its supporters in the developing world have argued that food stockpiling is essential to ensure poor farmers and consumers survive in the cutthroat world of business. But stockpiling and subsidies for the poor are considered trade-distorting under existing WTO rules.

Western countries, led by the United States, have raised concerns that such stocks could leak on to global markets, skewing trade.

At the time of the Bali accord, WTO members agreed on a four-year “peace clause” to protect India from being punished over subsidies and stockpiles until a “permanent” solution” was reached.

The agreement was due to take effect in mid-2015.But after the Bali pact, Indian officials complained

there were nearly two dozen meetings on the trade fa-cilitation pact and just a handful on subsidies.

Bali was the first multilateral agreement concluded by the WTO since its inception in 1995. It also signalled the first concrete progress on the Doha Round of trade liberalisation talks, launched in 2001 and aimed at un-derpinning development in poorer nations.

It took nearly a decade to conclude the trade facilita-tion part of the talks, which began in 2004.

Juncker, who took office on November 1, is under intense pressure over gener-ous tax concessions offered to top global companies when he was prime minister of Luxembourg from 1995 to 2013.

The allegations are politically explo-sive at a time when many EU countries are still struggling with the impact of austerity, particularly since Juncker is spearheading a call for tax reform in his new role.

The Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is currently investigating several member states over allegations they of-fered corporate giants such as Apple, Starbucks and Amazon state aid in the form of sweetheart tax deals.

Australia has enthusiastically backed calls to close corporate tax loopholes in its role as host of this weekend’s G20 summit in Brisbane, making it a primary

focus of the meeting.Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said

the practice of corporations shifting prof-its from one nation to another to mini-mise their tax was robbing countries of much-needed revenue and had to stop.

“It is hugely important for the globe that companies pay tax where they earn profits,” he told reporters.

“It is theft when someone does not pay the tax that is due to a nation and it undermines the ability of that nation to be able to deliver the sorts of services that are essential to alleviate poverty, to reduce inequality.”

Australian Prime Minister Tony Ab-bott made similar comments this week, arguing that G20 members needed to work together to ensure its members did not facilitate tax minimisation schemes.

Leaked documents made public last week by the US-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists showed Luxembourg gave hundreds of global firms huge tax breaks.

The “Luxleaks” papers showed that billions were funnelled through the tiny duchy using complex financial structures that allowed more than 340 companies to slash their tax liabilities.

Companies named in the documents include household names such as IKEA, Pepsi, Amazon and AIG.

Juncker defended himself in Brussels on Wednesday, saying the tax arrange-ments were “perfectly legal” and he had absolutely no “personal involvement” with any of them.

He has also pledged the support the European Union’s commitment to fight-ing tax fraud.

Abbott is expected to push G20 lead-ers in Brisbane to endorse a common reporting standard for sharing informa-tion aimed at increasing transparency and addressing corporate tax avoidance strategies, particularly profit-shifting.

India, US reach breakthrough in row over key WTO pact

REUTERS/Jason Reedournalists are pictured in their workspace at the media centre for the G20 Summit in Brisbane November 13, 2014. Aus-tralia said corporate tax breaks amounted to theft on Thursday, throwing a spotlight on the issue ahead of European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker’s arrival in the country for the G20 summit.

G20 host Australia slams corporate tax ‘theft’Agence France-Presse

BRISBANE - Australia said corporate tax breaks amounted to theft on Thursday, throwing a spotlight on the issue ahead of European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker’s arrival in the country for the G20 summit.

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A nationwide cease-fire with armed ethnic groups has yet to ma-terialize. Myanmar’s pro-democra-cy opposition figure, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, is banned from next year’s pivotal elections. Scores of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing for fear of violence at the hands of Buddhist mobs, while roughly 140,000 more remain trapped in camps under dismal conditions.

This was not the Myanmar that Obama had hoped for when he made U.S. engagement with the nation, also known as Burma, a centerpiece of his efforts to promote human rights and expand U.S. in-fluence in Asia.

To be sure, the country has made great strides. But the optimism that once radiated here has faded, tempered by the realization that, to transition successfully away from five decades under a military junta, Myanmar needs more than just the right words from its leaders and high-profile visits from an Ameri-can president.

So when Thein Sein hosts Obama for a sit-down at his new marbled, moat-enclosed palace, all eyes will

be on how hard a line Obama will toe. After all, Obama has staked part of his legacy overseas on Myanmar’s success, and Obama is facing tough questions about why he’s rewarding Myanmar with a second presidential visit when the progress Thein Sein promised has, in many cases, been slow to emerge.

“It’s a very fluid situation right now inside of Burma,” Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, said Thursday before the meeting. “We have significant concerns that there has to be further follow-through.”

The meeting offers Obama his first chance to weigh in on Myan-mar’s state of affairs since he set off Sunday on a weeklong tour of Asia and Australia. But in China, on the first leg of the trip, Obama treaded lightly on human rights issues and other areas where pushing a firm stance could have upset his hosts.

In addition to Thein Sein, him-self a former member of the junta, Obama met Thursday with about two dozen members of parliament, including Suu Kyi, and civic lead-

ers to discuss their role in democ-ratizing the country. White House officials say a key U.S. concern is the need for constitutional reforms, such as the elimination of a rule that is keeping Suu Kyi off the ballot because her sons hold British citizenship.

Obama’s first encounter of the trip with Suu Kyi came at a sparsely equipped building where non-governmental organizations and the U.S. Agency for International Development do democracy pro-motion work. Commenting at the conclusion of the meeting, Obama said he was impressed by the deter-mination shown by those present.

He said he was confident that Myanmar’s future will be prosper-ous if the leadership he just wit-nessed continues, but he cautioned that “the work is not yet done.”

“There will be times when we offer criticism about lack of prog-ress, but our consistent aim is to ensure this transition is completed so we see concrete benefits for the people,” said Obama, who shook hands with Suu Kyi after his brief remarks.

Associated Press

WELLINGTON — A convicted pedophile and murderer from New Zealand managed to earn money while in prison, book his escape under his birth name, and flee to Brazil while on temporary release before authorities finally caught up with him Thursday.

Phillip John Smith, who sexu-ally abused a neighbor’s son and killed the boy’s father, might still have been on the run if somebody — police won’t say who — hadn’t spotted him in Brazil after he got a two-day jump on his pursuers.

The case has raised plenty of questions about the competence of New Zealand authorities, who have suspended their program of tempo-rarily releasing prisoners while they investigate what went wrong.

Brazilian federal police said in a statement they found Smith, 40, in a hostel in the bohemian Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. He was arrested after a week on the run and remained in Brazilian custody pending his return to New Zealand.

When Smith was allowed out of prison last week on a three-day re-lease, he wasn’t fitted with a moni-toring device, and it took authorities two days since he fled the country

to realize he’d disappeared, taking a large amount of cash with him.

Smith, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1996, was able to book his plane tickets using a passport with his birth name, Phillip Traynor, according to police, who acknowl-edged the name wasn’t linked to the man’s criminal record. “This should never have happened,” Assistant Police Commissioner Malcolm Burgess said.

The nation’s corrections depart-ment announced this week it had suspended its temporary release program, designed to rehabilitate prisoners into society.

While on the run, Smith brazenly sent an email to Radio New Zealand that said he’d planned his escape by running a criminal check on his birth name and finding it hadn’t been red-flagged.

He said he’d also run various enterprises from prison that helped fund his escape, but didn’t provide details. “My only anxiety was that somebody that knew me might hap-pen to be at the airport,” he wrote.

Customs officials said Smith even filled out a required form when he left, declaring he was carrying a little over 10,000 New Zealand dollars ($8,000) in cash. Authorities say Smith likely had outside help in making his escape.

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — The doctor who conducted sterilization pro-cedures after which 13 women died in central India was arrested, but insisted he didn’t do anything wrong — even though he said he used to perform up to 10 times more surgeries a day than allowed.

Dr. R.K. Gupta, who had been hiding since Saturday’s operations, was arrested at a relative’s home near Bilaspur city late Wednesday, said Dr. S.K. Mandal, the chief medical officer of Chhattisgarh state. Gupta denied responsibility for the deaths and blamed medication given to the women after the surgeries.

A total of 83 women had the sur-geries as part of a free government-run mass sterilization campaign and were sent home that evening. But dozens became ill and were rushed in ambulances to private hospitals in Bilaspur.

Mandal said at least 13 women died and dozens more were hospi-talized, including at least 16 who are fighting for their lives.

Gupta had performed the 83 surgeries in six hours — a clear breach of government protocol, which prohibits surgeons from

performing more than 30 steriliza-tions in a day, Mandal said. He said investigators were also trying to determine whether the women, all of them poor villagers, had been given tainted medicines.

“I am not guilty. I have been per-forming surgeries for a long time and there has never been any problem,” Gupta told reporters in Bilaspur around the time of his arrest.

“I have a history of completing up to 200-300 surgeries in one day,” he said. “There are no written guidelines, but what we have been told verbally is that we shouldn’t perform more than 30 operations in a day.”

He said the patients began throwing up and complaining of dizziness and weakness after they were given medi-cation following the operations.

Gupta has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, local Inspector General of Police Pawan Dev told the Press Trust of India news agency. If found guilty he would face a maximum punishment of life in prison.

Experts say the deaths are the result of a lack of medical oversight and because of sterilization targets set by the Indian government as part of its efforts to stabilize the country’s booming population.

India doctor arrested, denies role in women deaths

Brazil police capture New Zealand fugitive killer

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks toward Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) during a roundtable with members of parliament and civil society to discuss Myanmar’s reform process in Naypyitaw, November 13, 2014. Between them are parliamentary speakers Khin Aung Myint (2nd L) and Thura U Shwe Mann (2nd R). Obama is in Myanmar to attend the 25th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit.

Obama meets Myanmar leader amid fears of backslideAssociated Press

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — President Barack Obama received a hero’s welcome two years ago during his historic visit to Myanmar, whose rapid rebirth after decades of repression was a source of hope for the region and beyond. Yet when he meets Thursday with President Thein Sein in the nation’s sparking new capital, Obama will carry a far grimmer message as he warns of a worrisome backslide in the country’s march toward a freer and fairer society.

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A new pier under construction is seen at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta November 11, 2014. Indonesia’s new government is launching a bid to convince sceptical foreign investors to pour billions of dollars into improving the country’s dilapidated infrastructure, promising to reduce corruption and bureaucracy.

“Safety must be guaranteed, and therefore, the implementation of safety programs will be tightened. Maintaining safety is important for our business. It is better that one does not fly rather than never land,” Transportation Minister Ignatius Jonan noted in his speech during the opening of the general meeting of the members of the Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) 2014 on Thursday.

Jonan remarked that efforts to improve the safety standards had been started gradually. In addition, he noted that the determination of flight safety regulations not only applied to the airlines but also on

the airports.“There are a lot of things that

should be repaired, and the stake-holders should also be involved,” Jonan affirmed.

Improving the safety standards was also a major expectation of INACA from the government as it could help to lower the safety risk and aircraft insurance cost.

Moreover, INACA Chairman Arif Wibowo stated that the im-provement of safety standards should be conducted by the govern-ment, considering the competition at the regional and global levels that necessitated the implementa-tion of international standards.

He pointed out that Indonesia

was the only country in the ASE-AN region that ranked the lowest in terms of aviation safety. “In the ASEAN, only Indonesia and the Philippines had gone up from cat-egory two to one,” he stated.

In Asia, the safety standards of India declined from category one to category two. Arif urged the government to improve its infrastructure, supervision, and the implementation of on-field regulations. “This is to ensure that there were no presence of dangerous goods, animals, and kites at the airport. It requires the efforts of all stakeholders such as the operator and regulator,” he added.

Antara

NAY PYI TAW - President Joko Widodo, or popularly known as Jokowi, during a bilateral meeting with New Zealand’s Prime Minis-ter Jon Key on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Myanmar, on Thursday, offered cooperation in geothermal development.

“The good bilateral relations be-tween Indonesia and New Zealand will be further enhanced if we estab-lish concrete investment cooperation such as developing a geothermal power plant,” Jokowi affirmed.

According to Jokowi, New Zea-land had ample experience in de-veloping geothermal power plants, and it would be a positive step if the country developed the technol-

ogy in Indonesia. Jokowi said his administration was ready to assist any potential investor who wants to come to Indonesia.

“We will help during the pro-cess,” Jokowi noted.

In the meantime, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jon Key expressed his appreciation to Jokowi for his offer. He also congratulated Jokowi for being inaugurated as Indonesia’s President for the period of 2014-2019.

President Jokowi and Prime Minister Jon Key met on Thursday on the sidelines of the 25th ASEAN Summit in Myanmar, which was held on November 12-13.

President Jokowi is scheduled to attend the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, on November 15-16.

Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and the International Organization for Mi-gration (IOM) agreed to increase cooperation to stop illegal place-ment of migrant workers and human trafficking.

“We must continue to carry out information campaigns to increase awareness and knowledge among community groups that are vulner-able to such crimes. Laws must also be firmly enforced against the illegal sending of migrant workers and human trafficking,” Manpower Minister Muh Hanif Dhakiri said after receiving the head of the IOM regional representative of-fice in Indonesia, Denis Nihill, on Wednesday.

Dhakiri stated that closer coop-eration with the IOM was needed to support the ministry’s long-term program to stop illegal and non-procedural placement of Indonesia migrant workers (TKI) abroad, especially domestic workers.

“Illegal placement of TKIs and human trafficking must be stopped to prevent migrant workers from extreme exploitation and viola-tion of workers’ basic rights,” he affirmed.

Among the cooperation pro-grams to be carried out soon are in-formation campaigns on legal ways and procedures of TKI placement at

TKI producing centers across the country, the minister added.

To ensure the prevention of ille-gal sending of workers and human trafficking, Dhakiri also noted that the system of manpower supervi-sion must be strengthened with strict law enforcement.

“If they can be implemented well, illegal placement of TKIs and human trafficking, as well as exploitation of migrant workers that have been common occur-rences, could be prevented. Migrant workers are not a commodity and, therefore, cooperation with the IOM is needed because the organization has representative offices in various countries across the world,” the minister explained.

Relations between the IOM and the Indonesian government were established in 1999 when Indonesia became an observer in the IOM Council and after a cooperation agreement signed in 2000 admitted that forming the ties would improve the handling of migration-related problems.

The cooperation on “Strength-ening Capability in Handling Mi-gration of Indonesian Workers,” or “SAFE,” has been carried out in 2013-2014 as part of activities in four Colombo Process coun-tries (countries in Asia that send migrant workers), including Ban-gladesh, the Philippines, Nepal and Indonesia.

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JAKARTA - The government, through the transportation ministry, will raise its aviation safety standards from category II to category I based on the guidelines set by the Federal Avia-tion Administration (FAA).

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TABANAN - Tanah Lot with its exoticism does not only draw the attention of travelers to relax or just have sightseeing. The world desti-nation located at Beraban village, Kediri sub-district, Tabanan also becomes a pre-wedding destination. Grandeur of the Tanah Lot Temple amidst the sea, elegant solid rock and tranquil waves welcoming the sun to touch down the west horizon is commonly used as the back-ground of pre-wedding photo session.

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IBP/File PhotoTanah Lot with its exoticism does not only draw the attention of travelers to relax or just have sightseeing. The world destination located at Beraban village, Kediri subdistrict, Tabanan also becomes a pre-wedding destination.

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The 27-year-old has conceded only five games so far at the cav-ernous O2 Arena yet the arithmetic of round-robin tennis means the seven-times grand slam champion is still not definitely assured of a semi-final spot.

Even more bizarrely, U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic, crushed 6-3 6-1 by Czech Tomas Berdych in the day’s earlier Group A match could conceivably scrape through despite two heavy losses. Just like his ten-nis Djokovic, who faces Berdych on Friday, cut straight through a question about whether or not he gets bogged down with the various scenarios.

“Nobody needs to tell me I need to win,” he said. “That’s what I try to do. That’s why I’m here. I try to win every match I play on. That’s the kind of approach I will have on Friday.” In actual fact Djokovic would go through to the semi-finals with a three-set defeat against Berdych who at least gave himself some hope by trouncing Cilic.

“I’m going to try to maybe win three, four games. That would be

better than the last time,” a smil-ing Berdych, beaten 6-2 6-0 by Djokovic in the recent Beijing final, told reporters. Djokovic has played some epic matches against Swiss Wawrinka, most notably at the previous two Australian Opens, beating him in five in 2013 and then losing a fifth-set decider 9-7 this year in the quarter-finals.

World number four Wawrinka has been up and down since win-ning his first grand slam title in Melbourne, but he was flying at the start on Wednesday. Striking the ball with ferocious power he broke Djokovic’s opening service game and then held for a 2-0 lead.

The backlash was lethal, how-ever. Djokovic began exploring the corners with his surgical ground-strokes and Wawrinka was over-whelmed as he lost 20 out of 23 points in a five-game swing that snatched the match away.

Wawrinka held serve at 2-5 but Djokovic took the opening set in the next game and romped through the second set in 24 minutes, ending it when he drove a forehand down

the line.“I thought he played very well the

first two games. But I wasn’t frus-trated. I kept my calm. After that, it was a really amazing performance,” Djokovic said of his 29th consecu-tive indoor win that leaves him one victory away from sealing the year-end world number one ranking.

With eight matches down and seven remaining, the sell-out O2 crowds are yet to see a singles match go the distance.

“It’s the tournament of the best eight players in the world, people, fans, the crowd expect to see a little bit more excitement and longer matches,” Djokovic said. “I think that’s going to change as the tourna-ment progresses.”

Berdych’s defeat of Cilic was equally emphatic, although the Croatian debutant looks spent, hav-ing managed six games so far.

Cilic never looked comfortable from the moment he dropped serve in the first game and although he did have two break points to get back to 4-4 in the first set, Berdych held firm and went on to dominate the rest of the match. It was quite a rebound for Berdych who had said he faced “mission impossible” after an open-ing 6-1 6-1 loss to Wawrinka.

“I think that’s the beauty of this event,” he said. “One day you can be swept from the court like I was and in two days’ time you can come up play different tennis.”

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Feeling better after missing his first game of the season because of a flu-like virus, Dwight Howard promised to put on a show for his Mexican fans. And he delivered. Howard, who missed Saturday*s game against the Golden State Warriors, had 22 points and 10 rebounds as he fed off the 18,996 fans at Arena Ciudad de Mexico for the first regular-season game played south of the border since 1997.

“It*s a big honor to play in Mex-ico. We had an amazing time even though it was a super short trip. The last time we lost so I wanted to come back with a better effort,” Howard said. “I*ve always wanted to come to Mexico. The fans were great. They were standing and cheering from warm-ups until the end...I wish I could play all of our games here in Mexico”.

James Harden led the Rockets with 23 points and a team-high 10 assists, but was only 8 of 23 from the field. Trevor Ariza added 19 points and Kostas Papanikolau scored a career-high 14 for the Rockets (7-1), who tied Memphis

for the best record in the Western Conference.

“We want to be the best at the end of the year,” Howard said. “The West is a tough Confer-ence, but if we play hard, we can beat anybody. We want to hold the trophy at the end of the year. That*s what we talk about every day.” With Ricky Rubio sidelined indefinitely after spraining his left ankle during Friday*s loss to the Orlando Magic, the Wolves lost their third straight game.

Corey Brewer scored 18 points and rookie Andrew Wiggins added 15 for Minnesota. The Rockets played without starting point guard Patrick Beverley and couldn’t pull away until the third quarter. “In the first half it was tough. We couldn*t get any stops,” Harden said. “In the third quarter we locked down and made a run to seal the game then.”

The teams played without in-cident nearly a year after a game between the San Antonio Spurs and Timberwolves was canceled because a short circuit in a genera-tor room sent smoke and fumes inside the Mexico City Arena during warmups.

REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball to Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland during their tennis match at the ATP World Tour finals at the O2 Arena in London November 12, 2014.

Unstoppable Djokovic eyeing golden finaleReuters

LONDON - For 15 minutes Novak Djokovic appeared to have a fight on his hands at the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday, then the Serb dialled up his A game and tore Stanislas Wawrinka to pieces. Such was the perfection of his tennis for most of a 6-3 6-0 thrashing it is hard to argue against him crowning his year as world number one and with a hat-trick of titles at the ATP’s year-ending showpiece.

Howard scores 22, Rockets beat T-Wolves in Mexico

AP Photo/Eduardo VerdugoHouston Rockets’ Trevor Ariza (1) attempts to make a basket as Minnesota Timberwolves’ Kevin Martin (23) tries to block during an NBA basketball game in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014.

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Messi’s 45th international goal came in the 57th minute after striker Sergio Aguero was judged to have been brought down by Croatia goal-keeper Lovre Kalinic when trying to round him. Messi, who was making his 96th appearance for his country, stroked the ball into the bottom right corner as Kalinic dived the wrong way.

Croatia had performed well until then, despite coach Niko Kovac picking a fairly inexperienced side compared to Argentina, a number of whom played in the 1-0 defeat to Germany in the World Cup final.

Playing at West Ham’s ground in east London, Croatia took a deserved lead in the 11th minute when Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero parried the ball into the path of striker Anas Sharbini, who slotted home. Argentina slowly found its

momentum with Aguero and Angel Di Maria both coming close to put-ting their team level.

It wasn’t until the second half that Argentina drew level. Defender Christian Ansaldi equalized in the 49th minute after his shot from the edge of the penalty area was de-flected past Kalinic by Aguero.

Carlos Tevez, who used to play for West Ham, came on to a rapturous reception when he replaced Aguero in the 62nd minute. He nearly put Argentina 3-1 ahead soon afterward when Messi threaded a perfect pass through the Croatia defense but Te-vez’s right-footed effort drifted just wide of the left post.

Tevez was playing for Argentina for the first time since the 2011 Copa America, with his recall following some strong displays this season for Juventus.

Argentina’s new coach Gerardo Martino, who took over after the World Cup, heaped praise on Tevez and singled the striker out for the team’s better second-half perfor-mance. “We improved in the second half,” he said. “Tevez’s involvement had something to do with that.”

Croatia’s next match is a Euro-pean Championship qualifier against Italy on Sunday in Rome. A number of the likely starting line-up against Italy stayed in the Croatian capital Zagreb to prepare for the match.

Croatia coach Kovac said his inexperienced team performed well and that the players could be counted on in the future.

“We can hold our heads high,” Kovac said. Argentina meets Por-tugal in a friendly at Manchester United’s home ground, Old Trafford, next Tuesday.

Reuters

LONDON - Having avoided the pitfalls suffered in early Euro 2016 qualifying matches by several other seeded countries, England will be confident of a fourth successive Group E victory at home to Slove-nia on Saturday. While teams like Germany, holders Spain, the Nether-lands and Portugal have all suffered unexpected defeats, Roy Hodgson’s team have a 100 percent record after games away to Switzerland (2-0) and Estonia (1-0) and at home to San Marino (5-0).

Throw in a 1-0 friendly success against Norway, underwhelming as it was, and they have yet to concede a goal this season after finishing bottom of their group at the World Cup in Brazil. Switzerland, sup-posed to be their strongest rivals this time, have already lost two

games out of three and Slovenia lost their opening match against Estonia. They recovered to defeat Switzerland and Lithuania, who meet on Saturday.

Hodgson is too old a hand to take anything for granted, however, and he is pleased not to have suffered serious disruption to his squad of 26, which includes the uncapped West Bromwich Albion striker Saido Berahino.

With Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney and Arsenal’s Danny Wel-beck available, Berahino may have to wait until the friendly match away to neighbours Scotland on Tuesday for a first appearance. Rooney, in con-trast, is due on Saturday to become the ninth England player to earn 100 caps. “I’ll be proud to join that club and it is something that myself and my family would be honoured by,” he says in an interview for Saturday’s

match programme. After scoring in England’s last two games, two more goals would take Rooney ahead of Jimmy Greaves as his country’s third highest scorer with 45.

Slovenia also have a striker in good form in 35-year-old Milivoje Novakovic. Now playing for the Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse, he scored all three goals in the wins over Switzerland and Lithuania and is a veteran of the two previous meetings with England in 2009 and at the 2010 World Cup, both lost by a single goal.

Disciplined defending and quick counter attacks were decisive in the recent victories and have given cap-tain Bostjan Cesar renewed belief. “Two successive wins have boosted our confidence and we won’t just roll over although we know it’s going to be a tough match,” he told sports website, www.ekipa24.si.

Associated Press

AMSTERDAM — Carlos Vela scored twice as Mexico beat the Netherlands 3-2 in a friendly on Wednesday to hand Guus Hid-dink’s team its fourth defeat in five matches since he took over.

The defeat highlighted defensive frailties that have crept into the Dutch team since Hiddink replaced Louis van Gaal after the World Cup. It also heaped more pressure on the coach, who has hinted he will quit if his team loses Sunday’s European qualifier to Latvia.

Vela, playing his first inter-national in more than two years, scored in the eighth and 62nd minutes after Wesley Sneijder had briefly equalized for the hosts early in the second half.

Javier Hernandez made it 3-1 for Mexico in the 69th minute and Da-ley Blind’s deflected drive reduced the deficit five minutes later. “It’s clear we’re vulnerable,” captain Arjen Robben said. The Bayern Munich winger said it wasn’t just the defense to blame. “Up front, we have to score more goals.”

The win gave Mexico a measure of revenge for being knocked out of the World Cup second round by the Dutch, whose 2-1 comeback victory was overshadowed by al-legations of diving leveled at Rob-ben. Mexico fans at the Amsterdam Arena jeered him almost every time

he touched the ball.Mexico was set on its way to

Wednesday’s victory when Vera was given ample time and space in the middle by center back Joel Veltman to curl a left-foot shot into the top corner of Tim Krul’s goal. Sneijder drew the Netherlands level — as he did in the teams’ World Cup clash in Brazil — with a powerful volley four minutes after the break. It was the veteran midfielder’s 28th goal in his 110th international.

Vela put Mexico ahead again in the 62nd and Hernandez beat the offside trap before rounding Krul to make it 3-1 seven minutes later. Blind gave the home team hope when his powerful shot was deflected past Guillermo Ochoa in the Mexico goal.

It was the fifth time in five matches under Hiddink since the World Cup that the Netherlands had conceded first.

“You have to learn very fast that you can’t do this at international level,” Hiddink said of his team’s defensive lapses. Hiddink rested Robin van Persie ahead of the cru-cial Latvia match and started with Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

But the Schalke forward couldn’t find the net and missed a gilt-edged chance when he steered a 43rd-minute corner wide from close range while unmarked at the far post.

Associated Press

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — Striker Luan and Argentine forward Jesus Datolo scored a goal in each half to help Atletico Mineiro defeat rival Cruzeiro 2-0 in the first leg of the Brazilian Cup final on Wednesday.

Luan opened the scoring with a header in the ninth minute and Datolo doubled the lead with a left-footed shot from inside the

area in the 59th at the Independen-cia Stadium in Belo Horizonte.

Cruzeiro complained that Luan was offside in the first goal, and also of a hand ball that was not called a penalty in its favor in the second half.

The second leg is Nov. 26 at the Mineirao Stadium, where Atletico Mineiro will likely play for the draw. It is the first time the two fierce city rivals meet to decide a national title.

Associated Press

GENEVA — Russia and Qa-tar were cleared Thursday by a FIFA judge of corruption in their winning bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

FIFA ethics judge Joachim Eckert formally ended a probe into the bidding contests, al-most four years after the vote by the governing body’s scan-dal-tainted executive commit-tee. No proof was found of bribes or voting pacts.

“The evalua t ion of the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cups bidding process is closed for the FIFA Ethics Committee,” the German judge wrote in a statement released by FIFA. The 2022 World Cup will fi-nally, it seems, be played in Qatar — though exactly when is still unclear as FIFA seeks an alternative to the desert heat in June and July.

“FIFA welcomes the fact that a degree of closure has been reached,” the governing body said Thursday in a state-ment. “As such, FIFA looks forward to continuing the preparations for Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, which are already well under way.”

Despite finding wrongdoing among the 11 bidding nations, Eckert said the integrity of the votes was not affected.

“In particular, the effects of these occurrences on the bidding process as a whole were far from reaching any

threshold that would require returning to the bidding pro-cess, let alone reopening it,” he summarized. The corruption case is still open for past and current members of FIFA’s rul-ing board.

Critics of FIFA have long relied on Eckert and ethics prosecutor Michael Garcia to build a case to remove the wealthy desert emirate as host in 2022 by proving suspicions that votes and influence were bought. Qatar beat the United States 14-8 in the final round of a five-nation contest.

That hope ended as FIFA released Eckert’s 42-page summary findings of the in-vestigation reports, which have stayed secret against Garcia’s wishes.

Whistleblower evidence from a former Qatar bid staffer who said there were illicit pay-ments made to African voters was dismissed.

Payments by Mohamed bin Hammam to other African of-ficials and FIFA vice president Jack Warner were judged to be for the disgraced Qatari’s personal political interests, not the 2022 bid. Still, both winners had issues highlighted by Eckert.

Qatar’s bid had “potentially problematic facts and circum-stances,” plus a “significant lack of transparency” in its use of advisers. Computers leased for use by Russia staffers were later destroyed.

Argentina’s Lionel Messi vies for the ball with Croatia’s Marin Leovac during the international friendly soccer match between Argentina and Croatia at the Boleyn Ground in London, Wednes-day, Nov. 12, 2014.

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Messi scores winner as Argentina

beats Croatia 2-1Associated Press

LONDON — Lionel Messi scored the winner from the penalty spot as World Cup runner-up Argentina came from behind to beat Croatia 2-1 in a friendly on Wednesday.

Atletico beats Cruzeiro 2-0 in

Brazilian Cup final

FIFA clears Russia and Qatar to host

World Cup

AP Photo/Peter Dejong

Mexico players celebrate with Mexico’s Carlos Vela, not visible, after he scored a goal during the international friendly soccer match between the Netherlands and Mexico at ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014.

Mexico beats Netherlands 3-2 in friendly

REUTERS/Darren Staples

England’s Wayne Rooney (L) challenges Chris Smalling during a training session at the St George’s Park training complex near Burton-upon-Trent, central England, November 11, 2014.

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Messi’s 45th international goal came in the 57th minute after striker Sergio Aguero was judged to have been brought down by Croatia goal-keeper Lovre Kalinic when trying to round him. Messi, who was making his 96th appearance for his country, stroked the ball into the bottom right corner as Kalinic dived the wrong way.

Croatia had performed well until then, despite coach Niko Kovac picking a fairly inexperienced side compared to Argentina, a number of whom played in the 1-0 defeat to Germany in the World Cup final.

Playing at West Ham’s ground in east London, Croatia took a deserved lead in the 11th minute when Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero parried the ball into the path of striker Anas Sharbini, who slotted home. Argentina slowly found its

momentum with Aguero and Angel Di Maria both coming close to put-ting their team level.

It wasn’t until the second half that Argentina drew level. Defender Christian Ansaldi equalized in the 49th minute after his shot from the edge of the penalty area was de-flected past Kalinic by Aguero.

Carlos Tevez, who used to play for West Ham, came on to a rapturous reception when he replaced Aguero in the 62nd minute. He nearly put Argentina 3-1 ahead soon afterward when Messi threaded a perfect pass through the Croatia defense but Te-vez’s right-footed effort drifted just wide of the left post.

Tevez was playing for Argentina for the first time since the 2011 Copa America, with his recall following some strong displays this season for Juventus.

Argentina’s new coach Gerardo Martino, who took over after the World Cup, heaped praise on Tevez and singled the striker out for the team’s better second-half perfor-mance. “We improved in the second half,” he said. “Tevez’s involvement had something to do with that.”

Croatia’s next match is a Euro-pean Championship qualifier against Italy on Sunday in Rome. A number of the likely starting line-up against Italy stayed in the Croatian capital Zagreb to prepare for the match.

Croatia coach Kovac said his inexperienced team performed well and that the players could be counted on in the future.

“We can hold our heads high,” Kovac said. Argentina meets Por-tugal in a friendly at Manchester United’s home ground, Old Trafford, next Tuesday.

Reuters

LONDON - Having avoided the pitfalls suffered in early Euro 2016 qualifying matches by several other seeded countries, England will be confident of a fourth successive Group E victory at home to Slove-nia on Saturday. While teams like Germany, holders Spain, the Nether-lands and Portugal have all suffered unexpected defeats, Roy Hodgson’s team have a 100 percent record after games away to Switzerland (2-0) and Estonia (1-0) and at home to San Marino (5-0).

Throw in a 1-0 friendly success against Norway, underwhelming as it was, and they have yet to concede a goal this season after finishing bottom of their group at the World Cup in Brazil. Switzerland, sup-posed to be their strongest rivals this time, have already lost two

games out of three and Slovenia lost their opening match against Estonia. They recovered to defeat Switzerland and Lithuania, who meet on Saturday.

Hodgson is too old a hand to take anything for granted, however, and he is pleased not to have suffered serious disruption to his squad of 26, which includes the uncapped West Bromwich Albion striker Saido Berahino.

With Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney and Arsenal’s Danny Wel-beck available, Berahino may have to wait until the friendly match away to neighbours Scotland on Tuesday for a first appearance. Rooney, in con-trast, is due on Saturday to become the ninth England player to earn 100 caps. “I’ll be proud to join that club and it is something that myself and my family would be honoured by,” he says in an interview for Saturday’s

match programme. After scoring in England’s last two games, two more goals would take Rooney ahead of Jimmy Greaves as his country’s third highest scorer with 45.

Slovenia also have a striker in good form in 35-year-old Milivoje Novakovic. Now playing for the Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse, he scored all three goals in the wins over Switzerland and Lithuania and is a veteran of the two previous meetings with England in 2009 and at the 2010 World Cup, both lost by a single goal.

Disciplined defending and quick counter attacks were decisive in the recent victories and have given cap-tain Bostjan Cesar renewed belief. “Two successive wins have boosted our confidence and we won’t just roll over although we know it’s going to be a tough match,” he told sports website, www.ekipa24.si.

Associated Press

AMSTERDAM — Carlos Vela scored twice as Mexico beat the Netherlands 3-2 in a friendly on Wednesday to hand Guus Hid-dink’s team its fourth defeat in five matches since he took over.

The defeat highlighted defensive frailties that have crept into the Dutch team since Hiddink replaced Louis van Gaal after the World Cup. It also heaped more pressure on the coach, who has hinted he will quit if his team loses Sunday’s European qualifier to Latvia.

Vela, playing his first inter-national in more than two years, scored in the eighth and 62nd minutes after Wesley Sneijder had briefly equalized for the hosts early in the second half.

Javier Hernandez made it 3-1 for Mexico in the 69th minute and Da-ley Blind’s deflected drive reduced the deficit five minutes later. “It’s clear we’re vulnerable,” captain Arjen Robben said. The Bayern Munich winger said it wasn’t just the defense to blame. “Up front, we have to score more goals.”

The win gave Mexico a measure of revenge for being knocked out of the World Cup second round by the Dutch, whose 2-1 comeback victory was overshadowed by al-legations of diving leveled at Rob-ben. Mexico fans at the Amsterdam Arena jeered him almost every time

he touched the ball.Mexico was set on its way to

Wednesday’s victory when Vera was given ample time and space in the middle by center back Joel Veltman to curl a left-foot shot into the top corner of Tim Krul’s goal. Sneijder drew the Netherlands level — as he did in the teams’ World Cup clash in Brazil — with a powerful volley four minutes after the break. It was the veteran midfielder’s 28th goal in his 110th international.

Vela put Mexico ahead again in the 62nd and Hernandez beat the offside trap before rounding Krul to make it 3-1 seven minutes later. Blind gave the home team hope when his powerful shot was deflected past Guillermo Ochoa in the Mexico goal.

It was the fifth time in five matches under Hiddink since the World Cup that the Netherlands had conceded first.

“You have to learn very fast that you can’t do this at international level,” Hiddink said of his team’s defensive lapses. Hiddink rested Robin van Persie ahead of the cru-cial Latvia match and started with Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

But the Schalke forward couldn’t find the net and missed a gilt-edged chance when he steered a 43rd-minute corner wide from close range while unmarked at the far post.

Associated Press

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — Striker Luan and Argentine forward Jesus Datolo scored a goal in each half to help Atletico Mineiro defeat rival Cruzeiro 2-0 in the first leg of the Brazilian Cup final on Wednesday.

Luan opened the scoring with a header in the ninth minute and Datolo doubled the lead with a left-footed shot from inside the

area in the 59th at the Independen-cia Stadium in Belo Horizonte.

Cruzeiro complained that Luan was offside in the first goal, and also of a hand ball that was not called a penalty in its favor in the second half.

The second leg is Nov. 26 at the Mineirao Stadium, where Atletico Mineiro will likely play for the draw. It is the first time the two fierce city rivals meet to decide a national title.

Associated Press

GENEVA — Russia and Qa-tar were cleared Thursday by a FIFA judge of corruption in their winning bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

FIFA ethics judge Joachim Eckert formally ended a probe into the bidding contests, al-most four years after the vote by the governing body’s scan-dal-tainted executive commit-tee. No proof was found of bribes or voting pacts.

“The evalua t ion of the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cups bidding process is closed for the FIFA Ethics Committee,” the German judge wrote in a statement released by FIFA. The 2022 World Cup will fi-nally, it seems, be played in Qatar — though exactly when is still unclear as FIFA seeks an alternative to the desert heat in June and July.

“FIFA welcomes the fact that a degree of closure has been reached,” the governing body said Thursday in a state-ment. “As such, FIFA looks forward to continuing the preparations for Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, which are already well under way.”

Despite finding wrongdoing among the 11 bidding nations, Eckert said the integrity of the votes was not affected.

“In particular, the effects of these occurrences on the bidding process as a whole were far from reaching any

threshold that would require returning to the bidding pro-cess, let alone reopening it,” he summarized. The corruption case is still open for past and current members of FIFA’s rul-ing board.

Critics of FIFA have long relied on Eckert and ethics prosecutor Michael Garcia to build a case to remove the wealthy desert emirate as host in 2022 by proving suspicions that votes and influence were bought. Qatar beat the United States 14-8 in the final round of a five-nation contest.

That hope ended as FIFA released Eckert’s 42-page summary findings of the in-vestigation reports, which have stayed secret against Garcia’s wishes.

Whistleblower evidence from a former Qatar bid staffer who said there were illicit pay-ments made to African voters was dismissed.

Payments by Mohamed bin Hammam to other African of-ficials and FIFA vice president Jack Warner were judged to be for the disgraced Qatari’s personal political interests, not the 2022 bid. Still, both winners had issues highlighted by Eckert.

Qatar’s bid had “potentially problematic facts and circum-stances,” plus a “significant lack of transparency” in its use of advisers. Computers leased for use by Russia staffers were later destroyed.

Argentina’s Lionel Messi vies for the ball with Croatia’s Marin Leovac during the international friendly soccer match between Argentina and Croatia at the Boleyn Ground in London, Wednes-day, Nov. 12, 2014.

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Messi scores winner as Argentina

beats Croatia 2-1Associated Press

LONDON — Lionel Messi scored the winner from the penalty spot as World Cup runner-up Argentina came from behind to beat Croatia 2-1 in a friendly on Wednesday.

Atletico beats Cruzeiro 2-0 in

Brazilian Cup final

FIFA clears Russia and Qatar to host

World Cup

AP Photo/Peter Dejong

Mexico players celebrate with Mexico’s Carlos Vela, not visible, after he scored a goal during the international friendly soccer match between the Netherlands and Mexico at ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014.

Mexico beats Netherlands 3-2 in friendly

REUTERS/Darren Staples

England’s Wayne Rooney (L) challenges Chris Smalling during a training session at the St George’s Park training complex near Burton-upon-Trent, central England, November 11, 2014.

“Proud” Rooney set to join 100 club for England

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TABANAN - Tanah Lot with its exoticism does not only draw the attention of travelers to relax or just have sightseeing. The world desti-nation located at Beraban village, Kediri sub-district, Tabanan also becomes a pre-wedding destination. Grandeur of the Tanah Lot Temple amidst the sea, elegant solid rock and tranquil waves welcoming the sun to touch down the west horizon is commonly used as the back-ground of pre-wedding photo session.

A unique place frequently used as the shooting background is the rock perched in the front slightly to the west of Tanah Lot. From this place, visitors can see blue coastal scenery. Some others take advantage of the Enjung Galuh that offers a charming location. From the area of Galuh Enjung, the Tanah Lot Temple looks very clear and very appropriate to be used as the background of the brides.

In addition to taking pictures, many trav-elers hold a wedding here. Even, there is a group of foreign travelers who held a wed-ding ceremony at sea. Hectic activities of the pre-wedding or wedding at Tanah Lot happen because they believe if they are blessed by the gods of love. “Local people or travelers frequently take pre-wedding photo session at Tanah Lot,” said one of the security guards at the location.

The man explained that the pre-wedding photo session was usually done in the after-noon before sunset time. They were waiting for the good time ahead of the sunset. To get a beautiful moment, one should take a long time. Thus, it also has an economic impact on local traders, as not a few of them purchased drinks, snacks or rice.

IBP/File PhotoTanah Lot with its exoticism does not only draw the attention of travelers to relax or just have sightseeing. The world destination located at Beraban village, Kediri subdistrict, Tabanan also becomes a pre-wedding destination.

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The 27-year-old has conceded only five games so far at the cav-ernous O2 Arena yet the arithmetic of round-robin tennis means the seven-times grand slam champion is still not definitely assured of a semi-final spot.

Even more bizarrely, U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic, crushed 6-3 6-1 by Czech Tomas Berdych in the day’s earlier Group A match could conceivably scrape through despite two heavy losses. Just like his ten-nis Djokovic, who faces Berdych on Friday, cut straight through a question about whether or not he gets bogged down with the various scenarios.

“Nobody needs to tell me I need to win,” he said. “That’s what I try to do. That’s why I’m here. I try to win every match I play on. That’s the kind of approach I will have on Friday.” In actual fact Djokovic would go through to the semi-finals with a three-set defeat against Berdych who at least gave himself some hope by trouncing Cilic.

“I’m going to try to maybe win three, four games. That would be

better than the last time,” a smil-ing Berdych, beaten 6-2 6-0 by Djokovic in the recent Beijing final, told reporters. Djokovic has played some epic matches against Swiss Wawrinka, most notably at the previous two Australian Opens, beating him in five in 2013 and then losing a fifth-set decider 9-7 this year in the quarter-finals.

World number four Wawrinka has been up and down since win-ning his first grand slam title in Melbourne, but he was flying at the start on Wednesday. Striking the ball with ferocious power he broke Djokovic’s opening service game and then held for a 2-0 lead.

The backlash was lethal, how-ever. Djokovic began exploring the corners with his surgical ground-strokes and Wawrinka was over-whelmed as he lost 20 out of 23 points in a five-game swing that snatched the match away.

Wawrinka held serve at 2-5 but Djokovic took the opening set in the next game and romped through the second set in 24 minutes, ending it when he drove a forehand down

the line.“I thought he played very well the

first two games. But I wasn’t frus-trated. I kept my calm. After that, it was a really amazing performance,” Djokovic said of his 29th consecu-tive indoor win that leaves him one victory away from sealing the year-end world number one ranking.

With eight matches down and seven remaining, the sell-out O2 crowds are yet to see a singles match go the distance.

“It’s the tournament of the best eight players in the world, people, fans, the crowd expect to see a little bit more excitement and longer matches,” Djokovic said. “I think that’s going to change as the tourna-ment progresses.”

Berdych’s defeat of Cilic was equally emphatic, although the Croatian debutant looks spent, hav-ing managed six games so far.

Cilic never looked comfortable from the moment he dropped serve in the first game and although he did have two break points to get back to 4-4 in the first set, Berdych held firm and went on to dominate the rest of the match. It was quite a rebound for Berdych who had said he faced “mission impossible” after an open-ing 6-1 6-1 loss to Wawrinka.

“I think that’s the beauty of this event,” he said. “One day you can be swept from the court like I was and in two days’ time you can come up play different tennis.”

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Feeling better after missing his first game of the season because of a flu-like virus, Dwight Howard promised to put on a show for his Mexican fans. And he delivered. Howard, who missed Saturday*s game against the Golden State Warriors, had 22 points and 10 rebounds as he fed off the 18,996 fans at Arena Ciudad de Mexico for the first regular-season game played south of the border since 1997.

“It*s a big honor to play in Mex-ico. We had an amazing time even though it was a super short trip. The last time we lost so I wanted to come back with a better effort,” Howard said. “I*ve always wanted to come to Mexico. The fans were great. They were standing and cheering from warm-ups until the end...I wish I could play all of our games here in Mexico”.

James Harden led the Rockets with 23 points and a team-high 10 assists, but was only 8 of 23 from the field. Trevor Ariza added 19 points and Kostas Papanikolau scored a career-high 14 for the Rockets (7-1), who tied Memphis

for the best record in the Western Conference.

“We want to be the best at the end of the year,” Howard said. “The West is a tough Confer-ence, but if we play hard, we can beat anybody. We want to hold the trophy at the end of the year. That*s what we talk about every day.” With Ricky Rubio sidelined indefinitely after spraining his left ankle during Friday*s loss to the Orlando Magic, the Wolves lost their third straight game.

Corey Brewer scored 18 points and rookie Andrew Wiggins added 15 for Minnesota. The Rockets played without starting point guard Patrick Beverley and couldn’t pull away until the third quarter. “In the first half it was tough. We couldn*t get any stops,” Harden said. “In the third quarter we locked down and made a run to seal the game then.”

The teams played without in-cident nearly a year after a game between the San Antonio Spurs and Timberwolves was canceled because a short circuit in a genera-tor room sent smoke and fumes inside the Mexico City Arena during warmups.

REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball to Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland during their tennis match at the ATP World Tour finals at the O2 Arena in London November 12, 2014.

Unstoppable Djokovic eyeing golden finaleReuters

LONDON - For 15 minutes Novak Djokovic appeared to have a fight on his hands at the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday, then the Serb dialled up his A game and tore Stanislas Wawrinka to pieces. Such was the perfection of his tennis for most of a 6-3 6-0 thrashing it is hard to argue against him crowning his year as world number one and with a hat-trick of titles at the ATP’s year-ending showpiece.

Howard scores 22, Rockets beat T-Wolves in Mexico

AP Photo/Eduardo VerdugoHouston Rockets’ Trevor Ariza (1) attempts to make a basket as Minnesota Timberwolves’ Kevin Martin (23) tries to block during an NBA basketball game in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014.

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A nationwide cease-fire with armed ethnic groups has yet to ma-terialize. Myanmar’s pro-democra-cy opposition figure, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, is banned from next year’s pivotal elections. Scores of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing for fear of violence at the hands of Buddhist mobs, while roughly 140,000 more remain trapped in camps under dismal conditions.

This was not the Myanmar that Obama had hoped for when he made U.S. engagement with the nation, also known as Burma, a centerpiece of his efforts to promote human rights and expand U.S. in-fluence in Asia.

To be sure, the country has made great strides. But the optimism that once radiated here has faded, tempered by the realization that, to transition successfully away from five decades under a military junta, Myanmar needs more than just the right words from its leaders and high-profile visits from an Ameri-can president.

So when Thein Sein hosts Obama for a sit-down at his new marbled, moat-enclosed palace, all eyes will

be on how hard a line Obama will toe. After all, Obama has staked part of his legacy overseas on Myanmar’s success, and Obama is facing tough questions about why he’s rewarding Myanmar with a second presidential visit when the progress Thein Sein promised has, in many cases, been slow to emerge.

“It’s a very fluid situation right now inside of Burma,” Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, said Thursday before the meeting. “We have significant concerns that there has to be further follow-through.”

The meeting offers Obama his first chance to weigh in on Myan-mar’s state of affairs since he set off Sunday on a weeklong tour of Asia and Australia. But in China, on the first leg of the trip, Obama treaded lightly on human rights issues and other areas where pushing a firm stance could have upset his hosts.

In addition to Thein Sein, him-self a former member of the junta, Obama met Thursday with about two dozen members of parliament, including Suu Kyi, and civic lead-

ers to discuss their role in democ-ratizing the country. White House officials say a key U.S. concern is the need for constitutional reforms, such as the elimination of a rule that is keeping Suu Kyi off the ballot because her sons hold British citizenship.

Obama’s first encounter of the trip with Suu Kyi came at a sparsely equipped building where non-governmental organizations and the U.S. Agency for International Development do democracy pro-motion work. Commenting at the conclusion of the meeting, Obama said he was impressed by the deter-mination shown by those present.

He said he was confident that Myanmar’s future will be prosper-ous if the leadership he just wit-nessed continues, but he cautioned that “the work is not yet done.”

“There will be times when we offer criticism about lack of prog-ress, but our consistent aim is to ensure this transition is completed so we see concrete benefits for the people,” said Obama, who shook hands with Suu Kyi after his brief remarks.

Associated Press

WELLINGTON — A convicted pedophile and murderer from New Zealand managed to earn money while in prison, book his escape under his birth name, and flee to Brazil while on temporary release before authorities finally caught up with him Thursday.

Phillip John Smith, who sexu-ally abused a neighbor’s son and killed the boy’s father, might still have been on the run if somebody — police won’t say who — hadn’t spotted him in Brazil after he got a two-day jump on his pursuers.

The case has raised plenty of questions about the competence of New Zealand authorities, who have suspended their program of tempo-rarily releasing prisoners while they investigate what went wrong.

Brazilian federal police said in a statement they found Smith, 40, in a hostel in the bohemian Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. He was arrested after a week on the run and remained in Brazilian custody pending his return to New Zealand.

When Smith was allowed out of prison last week on a three-day re-lease, he wasn’t fitted with a moni-toring device, and it took authorities two days since he fled the country

to realize he’d disappeared, taking a large amount of cash with him.

Smith, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1996, was able to book his plane tickets using a passport with his birth name, Phillip Traynor, according to police, who acknowl-edged the name wasn’t linked to the man’s criminal record. “This should never have happened,” Assistant Police Commissioner Malcolm Burgess said.

The nation’s corrections depart-ment announced this week it had suspended its temporary release program, designed to rehabilitate prisoners into society.

While on the run, Smith brazenly sent an email to Radio New Zealand that said he’d planned his escape by running a criminal check on his birth name and finding it hadn’t been red-flagged.

He said he’d also run various enterprises from prison that helped fund his escape, but didn’t provide details. “My only anxiety was that somebody that knew me might hap-pen to be at the airport,” he wrote.

Customs officials said Smith even filled out a required form when he left, declaring he was carrying a little over 10,000 New Zealand dollars ($8,000) in cash. Authorities say Smith likely had outside help in making his escape.

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — The doctor who conducted sterilization pro-cedures after which 13 women died in central India was arrested, but insisted he didn’t do anything wrong — even though he said he used to perform up to 10 times more surgeries a day than allowed.

Dr. R.K. Gupta, who had been hiding since Saturday’s operations, was arrested at a relative’s home near Bilaspur city late Wednesday, said Dr. S.K. Mandal, the chief medical officer of Chhattisgarh state. Gupta denied responsibility for the deaths and blamed medication given to the women after the surgeries.

A total of 83 women had the sur-geries as part of a free government-run mass sterilization campaign and were sent home that evening. But dozens became ill and were rushed in ambulances to private hospitals in Bilaspur.

Mandal said at least 13 women died and dozens more were hospi-talized, including at least 16 who are fighting for their lives.

Gupta had performed the 83 surgeries in six hours — a clear breach of government protocol, which prohibits surgeons from

performing more than 30 steriliza-tions in a day, Mandal said. He said investigators were also trying to determine whether the women, all of them poor villagers, had been given tainted medicines.

“I am not guilty. I have been per-forming surgeries for a long time and there has never been any problem,” Gupta told reporters in Bilaspur around the time of his arrest.

“I have a history of completing up to 200-300 surgeries in one day,” he said. “There are no written guidelines, but what we have been told verbally is that we shouldn’t perform more than 30 operations in a day.”

He said the patients began throwing up and complaining of dizziness and weakness after they were given medi-cation following the operations.

Gupta has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, local Inspector General of Police Pawan Dev told the Press Trust of India news agency. If found guilty he would face a maximum punishment of life in prison.

Experts say the deaths are the result of a lack of medical oversight and because of sterilization targets set by the Indian government as part of its efforts to stabilize the country’s booming population.

India doctor arrested, denies role in women deaths

Brazil police capture New Zealand fugitive killer

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks toward Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) during a roundtable with members of parliament and civil society to discuss Myanmar’s reform process in Naypyitaw, November 13, 2014. Between them are parliamentary speakers Khin Aung Myint (2nd L) and Thura U Shwe Mann (2nd R). Obama is in Myanmar to attend the 25th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit.

Obama meets Myanmar leader amid fears of backslideAssociated Press

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — President Barack Obama received a hero’s welcome two years ago during his historic visit to Myanmar, whose rapid rebirth after decades of repression was a source of hope for the region and beyond. Yet when he meets Thursday with President Thein Sein in the nation’s sparking new capital, Obama will carry a far grimmer message as he warns of a worrisome backslide in the country’s march toward a freer and fairer society.

REUTERS/Beawiharta

A new pier under construction is seen at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta November 11, 2014. Indonesia’s new government is launching a bid to convince sceptical foreign investors to pour billions of dollars into improving the country’s dilapidated infrastructure, promising to reduce corruption and bureaucracy.

“Safety must be guaranteed, and therefore, the implementation of safety programs will be tightened. Maintaining safety is important for our business. It is better that one does not fly rather than never land,” Transportation Minister Ignatius Jonan noted in his speech during the opening of the general meeting of the members of the Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) 2014 on Thursday.

Jonan remarked that efforts to improve the safety standards had been started gradually. In addition, he noted that the determination of flight safety regulations not only applied to the airlines but also on

the airports.“There are a lot of things that

should be repaired, and the stake-holders should also be involved,” Jonan affirmed.

Improving the safety standards was also a major expectation of INACA from the government as it could help to lower the safety risk and aircraft insurance cost.

Moreover, INACA Chairman Arif Wibowo stated that the im-provement of safety standards should be conducted by the govern-ment, considering the competition at the regional and global levels that necessitated the implementa-tion of international standards.

He pointed out that Indonesia

was the only country in the ASE-AN region that ranked the lowest in terms of aviation safety. “In the ASEAN, only Indonesia and the Philippines had gone up from cat-egory two to one,” he stated.

In Asia, the safety standards of India declined from category one to category two. Arif urged the government to improve its infrastructure, supervision, and the implementation of on-field regulations. “This is to ensure that there were no presence of dangerous goods, animals, and kites at the airport. It requires the efforts of all stakeholders such as the operator and regulator,” he added.

Antara

NAY PYI TAW - President Joko Widodo, or popularly known as Jokowi, during a bilateral meeting with New Zealand’s Prime Minis-ter Jon Key on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Myanmar, on Thursday, offered cooperation in geothermal development.

“The good bilateral relations be-tween Indonesia and New Zealand will be further enhanced if we estab-lish concrete investment cooperation such as developing a geothermal power plant,” Jokowi affirmed.

According to Jokowi, New Zea-land had ample experience in de-veloping geothermal power plants, and it would be a positive step if the country developed the technol-

ogy in Indonesia. Jokowi said his administration was ready to assist any potential investor who wants to come to Indonesia.

“We will help during the pro-cess,” Jokowi noted.

In the meantime, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jon Key expressed his appreciation to Jokowi for his offer. He also congratulated Jokowi for being inaugurated as Indonesia’s President for the period of 2014-2019.

President Jokowi and Prime Minister Jon Key met on Thursday on the sidelines of the 25th ASEAN Summit in Myanmar, which was held on November 12-13.

President Jokowi is scheduled to attend the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, on November 15-16.

Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and the International Organization for Mi-gration (IOM) agreed to increase cooperation to stop illegal place-ment of migrant workers and human trafficking.

“We must continue to carry out information campaigns to increase awareness and knowledge among community groups that are vulner-able to such crimes. Laws must also be firmly enforced against the illegal sending of migrant workers and human trafficking,” Manpower Minister Muh Hanif Dhakiri said after receiving the head of the IOM regional representative of-fice in Indonesia, Denis Nihill, on Wednesday.

Dhakiri stated that closer coop-eration with the IOM was needed to support the ministry’s long-term program to stop illegal and non-procedural placement of Indonesia migrant workers (TKI) abroad, especially domestic workers.

“Illegal placement of TKIs and human trafficking must be stopped to prevent migrant workers from extreme exploitation and viola-tion of workers’ basic rights,” he affirmed.

Among the cooperation pro-grams to be carried out soon are in-formation campaigns on legal ways and procedures of TKI placement at

TKI producing centers across the country, the minister added.

To ensure the prevention of ille-gal sending of workers and human trafficking, Dhakiri also noted that the system of manpower supervi-sion must be strengthened with strict law enforcement.

“If they can be implemented well, illegal placement of TKIs and human trafficking, as well as exploitation of migrant workers that have been common occur-rences, could be prevented. Migrant workers are not a commodity and, therefore, cooperation with the IOM is needed because the organization has representative offices in various countries across the world,” the minister explained.

Relations between the IOM and the Indonesian government were established in 1999 when Indonesia became an observer in the IOM Council and after a cooperation agreement signed in 2000 admitted that forming the ties would improve the handling of migration-related problems.

The cooperation on “Strength-ening Capability in Handling Mi-gration of Indonesian Workers,” or “SAFE,” has been carried out in 2013-2014 as part of activities in four Colombo Process coun-tries (countries in Asia that send migrant workers), including Ban-gladesh, the Philippines, Nepal and Indonesia.

Presiden Jokowi seeks geothermal cooperation with New Zealand

Manpower ministry, IOM to cooperate to stop human trafficking

Indonesia to raise aviation safety standardsAntara

JAKARTA - The government, through the transportation ministry, will raise its aviation safety standards from category II to category I based on the guidelines set by the Federal Avia-tion Administration (FAA).

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MANGUPURA - The Kramat Ratu Mas Sakti Temple located on Seseh Beach, Cemagi village, Mengwi subdistrict, Badung does not only exude positive aura, but also has uniqueness. On that ac-count, the Hindus in Bali and Javanese Muslim community flock to worship to the temple, chiefly on the peak of temple anniversary or piodalan falling on Buda (Wednes-day) Kliwon Pagerwesi.

According to Grandpa Sundari, a fisherman from local village, the deity venerated at the Mas Sepuh Temple was very generous. Any people who wanted to please safety either in trading business, work inspiration and prospective leader-ship in the company or government would also be granted. “After the feast of the Moslem, many Javanese pilgrims come to worship at this temple,” he said.

One of the conditions, added

Grandpa Sundari, was sincerity. In essence, they came with good inten-tions and did not do harmful things to others. Employers coming to invoke safety in running their busi-ness were from a variety of faiths. There were Chinese businessmen from various regions in Bali, includ-ing from outside Bali. “Sometimes they come at night on holy days,” said the man who made a living on the coast every day.

It was justified by the Headman of Cemagi, Si Ketut Wirama. He said the officials who led the or-ganization or government agency often invoked inspirations so that they could accomplish their tasks properly. Ideas and programs often came to mind after worshipping at this temple. “Some officials often worshipped at this temple secretly. They just contacted the temple priest,” he said.

Nevertheless, the community wishing to perform prayers or just travel should never violate the rules

such as placing dirty clothes or ob-jects in the temple area, especially on the fence or shrines. Women who got their period were not allowed to approach the temple area even though only a few meters away.

Grandpa Sundari told that once upon a time there were some people practicing their martial arts in this coastal area. Feeling to have owned a great strength, they acted arbitrari-ly and then put various belongings carelessly. Grandpa Sundari then told them because the area was very holy and sacred. However, they were challenging. Granpa Sundari did not respond to them but taking incense stick and said prayers.

A few minutes later, one of the men got pain and rolled over on the black sand. Being unacceptable to his advice, two other friends also experienced similar condition and they were rolling over as well. “Afterward, they were told to apolo-gize at the temple. Thankfully, they could regain their consciousness,”

said Grandpa Sundari.Based on the narrative of local

fishermen, the deity abiding at the Mas Sepuh Temple was Prince Mas Sepuh. His actual name was Raden Amangkuningrat, who was better known as the Kramat of Seseh Beach. He was the son of the first king of Mengwi (Hindu) and his Islamic mother came from Blambangan, East Java.

During his childhood, he had sep-arated from his father and was raised by his mother in Blambangan. When growing adult, he asked his mother about his father and asked permis-sion to search for him. Prince Mas Sepuh went to Bali accompanied by some royal retainers and equipped with heirloom kris dagger from the Kingdom of Mengwi.

After meeting with his father, a misunderstanding occurred as it was for the first time for them both to meet. Then, he went home to Blambangan to tell his mother about the incident. When arriving

on Seseh Beach, Prince Mas Sepuh was attacked by a group of uniden-tified armed men so the battle was avoided.

Seeing the battle claimed a few casualties from both sides, the kris dagger owned by Prince Mas Sepuh was taken out and stretched upward and it immediately gleamed and a miracle occurred. The armed groups attacking him suddenly paralyzed and kneed silently.

Ultimately, it was known if the attackers still had a familial relationship to him seen from their clothing and the visionary ability of Prince Mas Sepuh. Then, the kris dagger was put back into sheath and the attackers could move again and then paid homage to Prince Mas Sepuh.

Not long after the incident, Prince Mas Sepuh died and was bur-ied on the spot. Until now, his grave is well maintained and always paid homage by Muslims from various parts of the archipelago. (kmb)

Such psychical endeavor was justified by the headman of Lem-bongan, Nyoman Murta, when contacted on Wednesday (Nov 12). He said the ritual implementation was in accordance with the results of meeting with his staff and the lo-cal customary village. The presence of crocodile in the waters of Nusa Penida was very rare. Moreover, such crocodile was unusual to live in the ocean. Psychical endeavor was taken after various attempts to arrest and other ways by local residents failed.

The crocodiles have kindled restlessness since the past two weeks. Murta said that previously a number of divers diving in the sea floor of Lembongan and Jungut Batu told if they saw several large crocodiles on seabed. Surely, the information caused local tourism relying on the underwater beauty had been disrupted. A number of other local divers had checked the information in person. Ap-parently, the presence of several crocodiles was true. Even, several divers snapshot the crocodiles on the seabed.

Information on the presence

of the crocodiles increasingly ex-panded where the crocodiles were not only found in the waters of Lembongan and Jungut Batu. Even, it extended to the waters of Nusa Gede such as in the waters of Ped village to Buyuk Port. As narrative of local residents, they also claimed to have seen a crocodile while try-ing to catch fish.

“Hopefully, after this ritual the crocodiles would no longer bother. We are all so worried,” said Murta. Meanwhile, the nangluk merana ritual took place last Wednesday in the waters between the Lembon-gan Island and Ceningan Island, precisely near the yellow bridge connecting the two islands. Imple-mentation of the ritual had caused suspension of the pilgrims.

According to some local resi-dents, during the implementation of the ritual, one of the pilgrims seemed to get possessed. Surpris-ingly, the pilgrim in trance behaved like a crocodile and rolled around on the local beach near the offerings presented by the pilgrims. Murta hoped the counter-peril ritual could end the terror of crocodile troubling local residents. (kmb31)

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Crocodiles in waters of Nusa Penida troubling

Residents held “Nangluk Merana” ritualBali Post

SEMARAPURA - The existence of several crocodiles in the waters of Nusa Penida within the past few days has been very disturbing local residents. Similarly, it also drew the concerns related to the tourism activity in Nusa Penida, especially in the waters of Lembongan and Jungut Batu. Ultimately, local residents made an agreement to hold a nangluk merana ritual to avoid or prevent any negative impacts psychically related to the emergence of the wild animal.

IBP/BagiartaThe existence of several crocodiles in the waters of Nusa Penida within the past few days has been very disturbing local residents. Local residents held a nangluk merana ritual to avoid or prevent any negative impacts psychically related to the emergence of the wild animal.

Agence France-Presse

NEW DELHI - India and the United States said Thursday they have resolved a row over food subsidies that has been blocking a landmark global trade agree-ment. India refused to endorse the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) in July unless its food stockpiles were exempted from possible punitive measures, prompting the US to accuse it of taking the World Trade Organiza-tion “to the brink of crisis”.

But on Thursday both sides agreed India’s food security programmes would not be challenged under WTO rules “until a permanent solution regarding this issue has been agreed and adopted”, a US government statement said.

The White House said the deal would “unlock prog-ress toward the full and immediate implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, which will lower the costs of trade for developed and developing countries”.

India said it was “extremely happy that India and the US have successfully resolved their differences relating to the issue of public stockholding for food security purposes”.

“This will end the impasse at the WTO and also open the way for implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement,” Commerce Minister said in a statement.

WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo has been tirelessly campaigning to save the deal, which would streamline global customs procedures, and, he claims, create billions of dollars in benefits each year.

Last week, he said the impasse had “effectively paralysed the multilateral negotiations in the organisa-tion”, calling it the “most serious crisis the WTO has faced”. India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the issue with US President Barack Obama when he visited Washington in September, raising hopes of a breakthrough.

New Delhi’s decision in July to hold up the landmark deal to reduce trade barriers came after the WTO’s members agreed at a December, 2013 meeting in the Indonesian island of Bali to implement the pact.

India and its supporters in the developing world have argued that food stockpiling is essential to ensure poor farmers and consumers survive in the cutthroat world of business. But stockpiling and subsidies for the poor are considered trade-distorting under existing WTO rules.

Western countries, led by the United States, have raised concerns that such stocks could leak on to global markets, skewing trade.

At the time of the Bali accord, WTO members agreed on a four-year “peace clause” to protect India from being punished over subsidies and stockpiles until a “permanent” solution” was reached.

The agreement was due to take effect in mid-2015.But after the Bali pact, Indian officials complained

there were nearly two dozen meetings on the trade fa-cilitation pact and just a handful on subsidies.

Bali was the first multilateral agreement concluded by the WTO since its inception in 1995. It also signalled the first concrete progress on the Doha Round of trade liberalisation talks, launched in 2001 and aimed at un-derpinning development in poorer nations.

It took nearly a decade to conclude the trade facilita-tion part of the talks, which began in 2004.

Juncker, who took office on November 1, is under intense pressure over gener-ous tax concessions offered to top global companies when he was prime minister of Luxembourg from 1995 to 2013.

The allegations are politically explo-sive at a time when many EU countries are still struggling with the impact of austerity, particularly since Juncker is spearheading a call for tax reform in his new role.

The Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is currently investigating several member states over allegations they of-fered corporate giants such as Apple, Starbucks and Amazon state aid in the form of sweetheart tax deals.

Australia has enthusiastically backed calls to close corporate tax loopholes in its role as host of this weekend’s G20 summit in Brisbane, making it a primary

focus of the meeting.Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said

the practice of corporations shifting prof-its from one nation to another to mini-mise their tax was robbing countries of much-needed revenue and had to stop.

“It is hugely important for the globe that companies pay tax where they earn profits,” he told reporters.

“It is theft when someone does not pay the tax that is due to a nation and it undermines the ability of that nation to be able to deliver the sorts of services that are essential to alleviate poverty, to reduce inequality.”

Australian Prime Minister Tony Ab-bott made similar comments this week, arguing that G20 members needed to work together to ensure its members did not facilitate tax minimisation schemes.

Leaked documents made public last week by the US-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists showed Luxembourg gave hundreds of global firms huge tax breaks.

The “Luxleaks” papers showed that billions were funnelled through the tiny duchy using complex financial structures that allowed more than 340 companies to slash their tax liabilities.

Companies named in the documents include household names such as IKEA, Pepsi, Amazon and AIG.

Juncker defended himself in Brussels on Wednesday, saying the tax arrange-ments were “perfectly legal” and he had absolutely no “personal involvement” with any of them.

He has also pledged the support the European Union’s commitment to fight-ing tax fraud.

Abbott is expected to push G20 lead-ers in Brisbane to endorse a common reporting standard for sharing informa-tion aimed at increasing transparency and addressing corporate tax avoidance strategies, particularly profit-shifting.

India, US reach breakthrough in row over key WTO pact

REUTERS/Jason Reedournalists are pictured in their workspace at the media centre for the G20 Summit in Brisbane November 13, 2014. Aus-tralia said corporate tax breaks amounted to theft on Thursday, throwing a spotlight on the issue ahead of European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker’s arrival in the country for the G20 summit.

G20 host Australia slams corporate tax ‘theft’Agence France-Presse

BRISBANE - Australia said corporate tax breaks amounted to theft on Thursday, throwing a spotlight on the issue ahead of European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker’s arrival in the country for the G20 summit.

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council met for the 26th time in emergency session on Ukraine, again without taking action, as the U.N. warned of a possible return to “full-scale fighting” in the rebel-held east.

Wednesday’s meeting came hours after NATO’s top commander said new columns of Russian troops and tanks have rolled into eastern Ukraine, which Moscow promptly denied.

The main eastern city, Donetsk, has seen its heaviest shelling in recent weeks despite a cease-fire signed two months ago between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists. The cease-fire has been violated almost daily, and the Organization for Se-curity and Cooperation in Europe says monitors have seen convoys of unmarked vehicles near cities in the region.

U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power told the council that Russia “talks of peace, but it keeps fueling war.” The United States called the emergency meeting.

Russia’s deputy representative, Al-exander Pankin, began his remarks by warning that council meetings should not turn into farces and called the storm of criticism from fellow council members “yet another foray into pro-paganda with new flourishes.”

The Security Council has met re-peatedly on Ukraine since the crisis

began early this year, but little action can be taken as permanent member Russia has veto power.

U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jens Toyberg-Frandzen told the council that the United Nations is “deeply concerned over the possibility of a return to full-scale fighting.” Either that, or Ukraine could face a months-long simmering conflict that would be catastrophic, he said. The conflict could also become a “frozen” one that lingers for years or even decades, he added.

Ukraine’s ambassador, Yuriy Sergeyev, sounded his own warn-ing: “Let me say very clearly: The only reason why the open war in the east of Ukraine hasn’t started yet is because of Ukraine’s restraint,” he said.

Luxembourg’s ambassador, Sylvie Lucas, pointed out that more than 4,000 people have been killed in the conflict since April.

The crisis in Ukraine is rooted in tensions over the country’s shift away from Russia’s influence and toward Europe, marked by demonstrations that ousted a pro-Russian president in February. Russia soon annexed the Crimea region of Ukraine, and the ensuing fighting in Ukraine’s east has left relations between Russia and the West at their lowest level since the Cold War.

Lithuanian Ambassador Rai-monda Murmokaite, a sharp Russia critic, accused Russia of waging “an undeclared war” on Ukraine.

As Mexico prepares to com-memorate its 1910 revolution Monday, hotels in the Pacific resort city have seen a wave of cancella-tions after demonstrators temporar-ily shut down the airport, blocked highways and attacked government and political offices in the southern state of Guerrero.

Acapulco hotel occupancy rates are currently at 20 percent, well short of the 85 percent expected for this long weekend when Mexi-cans typically flock to the beaches, Joaquin Badillo, president of the Employers’ Association for Guer-rero state, said Wednesday.

More cancellations have been registered for Christmas week, the busiest time of the year for Aca-pulco tourism, and Badillo said one company that operates 10 hotels has cut about 200 temporary jobs in recent weeks.

“Seasonal employment in tour-ism is really being hurt,” Badillo said. “We’re talking about cleaning workers, security, bartenders, bark-ers, transportation.”

Acapulco’s beaches were semi-deserted Wednesday except for small groups of sunbathers in the city’s famous Gold Zone. The em-blematic Papagayo, Condesa and Icacos beaches were all but empty. The Employers’ Association called for a six-month tax waiver to get local businesses through the crisis.

“With that, employees would not lack for salary and the businesses can maintain themselves in good shape,” Badillo said.

In decades past, Acapulco was a favored playground of Hollywood movie stars and other international travelers. While the city’s luster has faded, it remains an important draw for domestic tourists.

Violent protests hit Acapulco’s tourism Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president has tried to keep the issue of violence issue separate from his focus on the economy, but the two are converging as violent protests over 43 disappeared students squelch tourism in Acapulco just before a major holiday weekend.

AP Photo/Alejandrino GonzalezTeachers march around a vehicle they flipped during clashes with riot police in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state, Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014.

For 26th time, UN has emergency meeting on Ukraine

AP Photo/Maxim VetrovUkrainian volunteer fighters shoot in the village of Peski near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014.

The arrest of the three fake pep-per traders began when the culprits were selling fake pepper powder at Kayuamba Market, Susut, Tuesday (Nov 11). At that time, one of the victims, Dewa Made Gantiasih, who already bought the fake pepper, could identify the face of the culprits. As she did not want the culprit having deceived her to escape, the victim

then immediately held the hand of the culprit. Feeling under difficult situa-tion, the culprit bit the victim’s hand. By driving silver Avanza vehicle with license plate E 1023 MR, the three culprits fled to Singaraja.

The Chief of Bangli Police Criminal Investigation Unit, I Nyoman Sukanada, accompanied by Unit Chief I Putu Budiartama

explained on Wednesday (Nov 12) that his party immediately pursued the culprit after getting information from the victim. With the help of the Kintamani Police officers, the escape of the fake pepper traders could then be terminated.

They were arrested at Bunutin village, Kintamani. Aside from arresting the culprits, police also

seized some evidences, including one unit of Avanza vehicle driven by the culprits, the proceeds worth IDR 4.2 million, 35 packs of fake pepper seeds, 10 packs of pepper powder and a pack of flour.

Aside from deceiving the victim Dewa Made Gantiasih, this gang also deceived other victims such as Gusti Made Sudimara, 43, a resident from Pule hamlet, Kawan village, Bangli. To police officer, Sudimara reported that he was de-ceived by the culprits. On Sunday (Nov 9), the victim bought 5 kg of pepper seeds. The fake pepper was purchased at IDR 110,000 per kg. Having been examined by the victim, in fact it was fake pepper.

Afterward, the victim reported the incident to Bangli Police. “Cur-rently, we have secured the three culprits and the evidences at Bangli Police. The case is currently being investigated,” he explained.

Chief Budiartama added that the pepper grains sold by the culprits were mixed with cassava granules that resembled pepper seeds. To fur-ther assure consumers, the culprits mixed it with a ratio of 2 to 1. To police officer, the culprits admitted to have bought the mixed pepper in Cirebon in sack packaging. In Bali, the three culprits then packed the pepper grains in plastic bags respectively containing 1 kg to be sold to consumers. (ina)

Bali Post

TABANAN - To provide pro-tection for young generation against the threat of drugs, the Commander of Tabanan Mili-tary District in cooperation with Tabanan Police, the Education Agency and Health Agency con-ducted drug counseling for school students. On Wednesday (Nov

12), the counseling was targeting the students of SMKN 1 Tabanan vocational school.

Commander of the Tabanan Military District, Yudha, gave some explanation about drugs so that the students could under-stand and what belonged to the substance. According to him, the drugs were hazardous substances. Besides, the Ministry of Health

also defined the drugs by includ-ing psychotropic and addictive substances other than narcotics. “In essence, they refer to a group of psychotropic compounds that can result in risks for users,” said Yudha.

In counseling, the students were also given the knowledge if the drug substance was just used for anesthesia in medical

practices. However, such func-tion was then abused and their dosage was not in accordance with the determined provisions so that the use could harm the body and of course caused an addiction.

A total of 40 students attending in the counseling were also given an overview on the types of drugs such as marijuana, morphine, co-

caine, psychotropic and addictive substances frequently found in cir-culation. Other than presenting the images, they were also given an explanation on the effects. Yudha expected the younger generation to have adequate knowledge about the drugs, shapes, types and the effects so that it could become the essentials to avoid them in the real life. (kmb24)

Drug counseling targets high school students

Selling fake pepper, three traders from Cirebon arrestedBali Post

BANGLI - Bangli Police Criminal Investigation Unit has successfully arrested the three sellers of fake pepper having been supplying goods all this time to a number of markets in Bangli. The three culprits are from Saetupatok village, Munduk subdistrict, Cirebon in West Java. They consisted of Muadi, 20, Maman Suparman, 20, and Khamad, 16, and were arrested at Bunutin village, Kintamani. Other than taking action in the region of Bangli, in fact the traffickers of fake pepper often driving Avanza vehicle also distributed their goods to some other areas such as Klungkung, Denpasar and Jembrana.

The seller of fake pepper which is arrested in Bangli

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314 InternationalInternational Bali NewsFashion Friday, November 14, 2014Friday, November 14, 2014

Agence France-Presse

GENEVA - A brooch commis-sioned by a French empress, or perhaps an iconic watch considered the most complicated ever made entirely by hand?

The list of spectacular pieces on sale at Christie’s and Sotheby’s traditional autumn jewel and watch auctions in Geneva this week is long, with nearly $200 million expected to change hands.

Wealthy collectors from around the world have descended on the Swiss city for four action-packed days at the two competing auction houses.

Christie’s kicked off the bidding frenzy Sunday with a special auction to mark 175 years of Patek Philippe watches, which saw 100 wrist and pocket watches go under the ham-mer for a total of $19,731,099.

That was double the original estimate, and set nine world records in the process, said Christie’s, which raked in another $15 million on a second round of watch sales Monday evening.

Most exciting on the watch scene this week though is another Patek Philippe creation billed as the most famous and expensive watch in the world, set to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s on Tuesday.

The auction house hopes to pocket a smooth $15 million for the celebrated timepiece known as the “Henry Graves Supercomplication” after its original owner, a New York banker who ordered it in 1925.

Weighing in at more than half a kilo, the gold open-face chronograph is comprised of 900 separate hand-crafted parts that took Patek Philippe five years to piece together.

“This is not a watch you can wear. It is a watch that symbolises strength, power and money,” a watch industry expert told AFP.

It displays not only the hour but also a plethora of other indicators: a perpetual calendar, the phases of the moon, sidereal time, indications for the time of sunset and sunrise, and the shifting night sky over Manhattan.

Its Westminster chimes sing joy-fully every 15 minutes

The watch has been on the block once before, at a Sotheby’s auction in New York in December 1999, when the Time Museum in Rock-ford, Illinois closed its doors and emptied its inventory.

That time, the exquisite timepiece went for $11 million.

The auction houses are also both hosting their traditional Magnificent Jewel sales this week, with Christie’s headlining its sale Tuesday with a piece drawn from the French Crown jewels.

The mythical diamond-decked “Feuilles de Groseillier” brooch was commissioned by Empress Eugenie

in 1855 and was created by French jeweller Alfred Bapst.

The piece, valued at $2-3 million had not been seen at auction in 125 years, Christie’s said, stressing that it was “extremely rare for a jewel of such historic importance to be offered for sale.”

Sotheby’s is also presenting a bit of royal history at its competing auction on Wednesday, offering up a stunning pearl necklace that once be-longed to Josephine de Beauharnais (1807-1876), who became queen of Sweden and Norway.

Sotheby’s jewel chief David Bennet suggested the pearls, ex-pected to fetch up to $1.5 million,

may even have been handed down by the queen’s grandmother and namesake, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.

“It may well be that these pearls were originally in her collection as well,” Bennet told AFP.

Sotheby’s will also be offering several pieces from the Dimitri Mavrommatis collection of precious stones and avant-garde jewellery, led by the “Graff Ruby”.

The glimmering 8.62-carat blood-red rock, mounted on a ring, was acquired by Graff in 2006 for $3.6 million and later sold to Dimitri Mavrommatis for an un-disclosed sum.

One of the last survivors of the great post-war French fashion houses, Cardin, at 92, still heads a sprawling business empire.

“Back then I hadn’t yet become Pierre Cardin. I hadn’t found my voice,” he says, in uncharacteristi-cally reflective mood.

The avant-garde designer, known for his geometric shapes, dresses decorated with circular and rect-angular motifs and astronaut’s headgear, has always tended to look forward rather than backward. But he is making an exception today.

His Past-Present-Future mu-seum, until recently tucked away in a far-flung corner of the Paris suburbs, is reopening in the more central Marais, the city’s historic former Jewish quarter.

The exhibit traces Cardin’s 60-year career through some 200 fash-ion pieces, as well as hats, shoes, pieces of jewellery and furniture.

The son of parents who settled

in France in 1924 after escaping Italy’s fascist regime, Cardin says the museum will deliver a “legacy for a couturier who came from nothing”.

As successful in business as was in fashion, Cardin started work as an apprentice at 14, moving to Paris after World War II where he worked at the Paquin and Schiaparelli fash-ion houses before joining Christian Dior.

In 1950, having failed to get a job with Balenciaga, he decided to set up on his own.

“I had the chance to achieve ev-erything I wanted without needing a banker, authority... I was a free man from the age of 20,” he recalls.

His 1964 “Space Age” collec-tion remains a landmark in fashion history with its cut-out dresses, knitted catsuits, tight leather pants, close-fitting helmets and batwing jumpers.

“Only lines count. I only care for

simplicity,” he once wrote. For style to become real, proportion and line are primordial.”

Cardin, who will inaugurate the 1,000-square-metre (10,000-square-foot) museum on Thursday, was also one of the earliest believ-ers in ready-to-wear.

After launching his first ready-to-wear collection in 1959, he was promptly expelled from Paris’s as-sociation of haute couturiers.

But the new trend for more ac-cessible fashion was an unstoppable force and he was later readmitted.

AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini, File

This Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, file photo a Sotheby’s employee shows the Henry Graves Supercomplication handmade watch by Patek Philippe during a preview at Sotheby’s, in Geneva, Switzerland.

REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

A Christie’s staff member wears “The Blue Belle of Asia”, a 392,52 carats sapphire, during an auction preview in Geneva November 6, 2014. This gem was discovered in 1926 in Ceylon and was sold to British motor magnate Lord Nuffield, founder of Morris Motors.

‘Holy Grail’ of watches, French Crown jewel set for auction

Pierre Cardin opens new museum at 92Agence France-Presse

PARIS - “That coat has been round the world. That’s when I actually started to make some money!” Pierre Cardin says, stopping in front of a flared, red design among the first exhibits at his new museum in Paris.

French fashion de-signer Pierre Cardin poses in front of his fashion creations in his museum called “Past-Present-Fu-ture” in Paris No-vember 12, 2014.

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According to Spokesperson of the PLN Bali, Wayan Redika, when met at his office, weather condition became one of the triggering factors. The changing process from hot or cold temperature took more electrical power consumptions. For example, it happened to some equipment such as air conditioning, refrigerator and mag-ic com. “In the current hot weather, the use of air conditioning is the main trigger. Meanwhile, at night Balinese people also partially turn on their AC,” he said.

According to him, if compared to the condition in 2013, the peak load occurred in April reaching 734.5 MW from the normal load in the range of 700 MW-725 MW. Spectacular peak load in this November 2014 was rec-ognized to occur in the range of 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.

“The increase is extreme after Oc-tober, whereas there were not many events held in Bali which require a large power supplies,” he said.

Such condition caused the concerns of the PLN. A higher peak load in Bali would lead to approach the critical point and outages. “Well, it will indeed not result in simultaneous blackout, but a rolling blackout is sure. To that end, the solution offered is only one, namely saving electricity,” he said.

Nevertheless, he admitted that his party could not deny where the hot weather had already made people uncomfortable, so that they attempted to resolve the problem by the use of air conditioning.

“This must be addressed together. We can only urge the people not do any activities that can change the tem-perature into cold or hot during peak hours. For example, do not cook with magic com at night,” he advised.

At least, by not cooking or not turning on air conditioner at night people could have delayed the roll-ing blackout. Explained Redika, the electricity supply in Bali had reached 880 MW, but still had problems related to power transmission towers, where one of which happened in the area of Celukan Bawang, Buleleng. “Our power supply indeed reaches 880 MW. If we have limited capability to distribute the remaining power, it cannot be taken advantage properly,” he concluded. (kmb27)

The process of making the ikat or endek cloth, for instance, can be seen at the home of ikat crafter, Made Rapini, at Jehem hamlet, Tembuku village, Bangli. At the back of her house, this housewife gets in touch with the strands of colorful yarns every day. Such long yarns are arranged neatly and then woven by using a non-mechanical loom made of wood.

Rapini explained that making a piece of ikat or endek cloth was fairly easy but slightly complicated, especially for those who did not understand about the weaving tech-niques. To weave a piece of endek cloth, starting from the initial process would take her up to one month.

The process of making endek cloth widely used today for the employee uniform is begun by hoisting the strands of yarn. The sets of long yarns are then laid in a rectangular wooden medium and tied with plastic rope. Binding with the rope is done to provide a motive

on the yarns in accordance with the desired design. After preparing the motive, it is resumed with dyeing the yarn collection. Surely, the dyeing is customized to the desired color of the pattern to be created. Having completed the dyeing, the collection of yarns will be still go-ing through several stages until they are stretched in the loom.

Here, the patience of a weaver is usually tested. When arranging the yarns, a weaver must have an extra high precision and patience. Even, the number of yarns to be woven should also amount to 3,650 pieces. “When it lacks for one string, the motive will not be good,” said Rapini.

Each strand of the yarn will be inserted into small holes of iron tool on the loom. Similarly, the yarns will also be inserted into the comb-like tool. Once everything is ready, then the artisan will weave the yarn into a sheet of cloth.

According to Rapini, enter-ing into the weaving work was

the easiest phase for the artisan. She just needed to move legs and hands to arrange the yarn strands. Nevertheless, not infrequently the woven yarns broke in the middle of the process. “When breaking off, there is a technique to knit,” she said while demonstrating the technique of knitting the yarns looking very complicated.

She said that her weaving skill had been pursued since her teen-ager. Within one day she could produce a piece of endek cloth mea-suring 2.25 meters. As other woven

clothes, the endek also had a variety of motives, including plain motive, bebedan, gringsing, painting and air brush. It also used various types of yarn. From a variety of motives of the cloth, she admitted the painting and air brush motive were more complicated. Thus, sometimes such motive was sold at more expensive price. “By and large, the ikat motive is sold for IDR 200,000, while the air brush or painting motive is usu-ally sold for IDR 250,000 each. It happens due to different motive and coloring,” she explained. (ina)

Have a look at complexity of weaving endekVirtually every region in Indonesia has its own typical wo-

ven cloth, without the exception for the Island of Bali. Aside from songket cloth, one of which also becoming the people’s pride today is the ikat woven or better known as endek. It is not surprising if a piece of endek cloth has quite expensive

selling price considering the making process of this cloth still use a quite complicated non-mechanical loom.

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The process of making the ikat or endek cloth, for instance, can be seen at the home of ikat crafter, Made Rapini, at Jehem hamlet, Tembuku village, Bangli.

Hot weather, electricity consumption in Bali goes up

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Eventhough the weather relatively hot these days, tourist flocked at Pandawa Beach. The hot weather condition has an impact on wasteful electrical consumption. The state-owned power company (PLN) Bali notes that the peak load has reached 780.9 MW, while the previous peak load was only recorded to reach 759 MW.

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Lately, the hot weather condition has an impact on wasteful electrical consumption. The state-owned power company (PLN) Bali notes that the peak load has reached 780.9 MW, while the previous peak load was only recorded to reach 759 MW.

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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it an-nual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galun-gan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebra-tion of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decora-tions of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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JAKARTA - Filling the gap for quality business hotels in South Ja-karta, Archipelago International will soon be opening its latest Business & Conference hotel in Simatupang.

More than three years in the making and set to welcome business travelers from March onwards, the Aston Prior-ity Simatupang Hotel & Conference Center is the group’s 6th Aston hotel in Jakarta and sits in a prime location in the TB Simatupang area on Jalan Let. Jend. T. B. Simatupang right next to the Indonesian headquarters of Switzerland’s Nestle and Siemens of Germany.

TB Simatupang is a sub district of South Jakarta, located in the south-ernmost part of the city close to the Jakarta – Bintaro toll road. Conve-niently for the hotel’s business guests, the hotel is also close to the airport and the city’s bustling CBD, making it the premier venue for South Jakarta’s social and commercial activities and the perfect location for short business stays, meetings and exhibitions.

The hotel will offer 296 rooms and suites, together with 12 meeting rooms and a convention hall that can accommodate up to 800 guests. There is also a specialty signature restaurant, a coffee shop and lounge for casual business meetings, as well as a swim-

ming pool, spa and fitness center for that much needed downtime.

“Until now, South Jakarta has been missing an up market hotel which has caused many of the areas companies to pay a premium for hotel rooms or house their guests far away from where they need to be. Our newest Aston has been highly anticipated and forward inquiries have been short of phenomenal. The hotel will be a huge success and also be our 6th Aston in Jakarta alone, continuing our reputation as the fastest growing and most consistent hotel network in Indonesia,” Said Norbert Vas, VP Sales & Marketing at Archipelago International.

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The 6th Aston Hotel in Jakarta to open soon

Other than targeting hotels and restaurants, it also targets other businesses situated at sea-side or watershed. When found any indication of violation, the agency also threatened to recom-mend the companies to the legal team of Buleleng government in order to crack down on the companies that do not process their waste properly.

The Head of Buleleng En-vironment Agency, Nyoman Suryatemaja, said in his office on Wednesday (Nov 12) that according to the authority, the agency was assigned to oversee every company related to their waste management. With that authority, the agency recently made supervision in order the companies could process their

waste properly and did not cause pollution to the surrounding environment. From the regular surveillance made, the agency did not find any company that did not perform processing or intentionally discharged their waste to the beach or the river near the business premises.

“According to the principal duties and function at hand, we have regularly supervised the waste management of the com-panies. During which we never found any businesses that do not process their waste or dispose of their waste into the sea or river,” he said.

Although his party did not find any environmental viola-tion, he said the supervision would still be encouraged to

target the business sector in Buleleng. It was carried out because the agency suspected that some companies deliber-ately discharged their waste to the beach.

To ascertain the suspicion, the agency still performed ex-amination in the field. It was car-ried out by rechecking whether the management of the company had managed their waste or not. In addition, testing the samples of seawater around the sus-pected business premises would be conducted. When found any causes leading to environmental violations, the agency would recommend the legal team of Buleleng government to impose an appropriate sanction on the violators. (kmb38)

Bali Post

MANGUPURA - The potential of marine fishery sector in Badung County is quite high. Fishermen of Kelan and Kedonganan, for example, have been able to earn their living from the marine resources. But in the development they remain to encounter some obstacles.

Chief of Kelan customary village, I Made Sugita, revealed on Wednesday (Nov 12) that all this time the life of Kelan and Kedonganan community having the profession as fishermen was averagely guaranteed. Even, some of which had been successful building their career to reach a well-established condition economically.

“Those having pursued the profes-sion for a long time can attain averagely pretty good economy. However, only a few of them are still unable to fully rely on their life by being fishermen,” he said.

This man having been getting in-volved in the marine fishery sector mentioned that the potential for the development of marine fisheries in Badung was actually quite high. How-ever, there were still some obstacles hampering the sector.

He pointed out that so far fishermen

still complained about interprovincial boat mooring permit. Kelan or Ke-donganan fishermen who wanted to moor in the area of East Java were not allowed because the reason of permit. This problem hampered their fishing operations. “Government assistance in the form of vessel is already good. But, during the operation, fishermen still gets obstacles,” he said.

In addition to these problems, the infrastructural factor was also very significant. Sugita mentioned that the current breakwater at Kedonganan was still not representative to facilitate fish-ermen during their presence in coastal areas. “This kind of infrastructure must not be made half-heartedly. The gov-ernment should continue the project,” he said.

Various constraints faced by fisher-men potentially caused a decline in the people’s interest when pursuing this profession. Moreover, this condition did not match with the ideal of Presi-dent Jokowi that would like to make Indonesia as a maritime axis.

“When connected to the maritime axis, it does not match. So, I do hope both central government and local government to facilitate the needs of fishermen,” he said. (kmb25)

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The fishermen are complaining about interprovincial mooring per-mit

Fishermen complain about interprovincial mooring permit

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One of the hotel located on the beach

Environment Agency targets companies discharging waste to seaBali Post

SINGArAJA - Seaside tourist accommodation facilities and other businesses are suspected of discharging their waste into the sea. Against this condition, the Buleleng Environment Agency intensively carries out field monitoring.

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The Head of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, Panusunan Siregar, said the number of resi-dents who worked in the agricultur-al sector in August 2014 amounted to 528,506 people. This figure decreased quite significantly com-pared to the condition in February 2014, amounting to 61,663 people or a decrease of 10.45 percent.

“The quite significant decline in the number of workers of the agri-cultural sector possibly becomes the driving factor to the increase in the unemployed population,” Sire-gar said. It was said, the decline in the number of agricultural workers was inseparable from the influence

of season. In reality it was also supported by the decrease in agri-cultural production. Nevertheless, condition of the employment, either in relation to the level of unemploy-ment or the working population was inseparable from the performance of the existing economic sector.

“The number of people working in each sector indicated the capabil-ity of the sector in absorbing the employment,” he said.

Based on the major occupation, ex-plained Siregar, most Balinese people were working in trade, restaurant and accommodation sector totally reach-ing 658,312 people or 28.97 percent of the total working population. Contri-

butions of working population in this sector slightly increased compared to the same month in the previous year, amounting to 6.76 percent.

“Social service sector and the industrial sector also play an impor-tant role in absorbing labor. Resi-dents who work in the social service sector in August 2014 amounted to 393,056 people. Meanwhile, the people who work in the industrial sector in August 2014 amounted to 316,598 people,” he explained.

He explained that Balinese working in formal activities reached 1,083,622 people (47.68 percent) and 1,189,010 people (52.32 per-cent) worked in informal activities. “This can mean that the majority of Balinese population still relies on informal activities,” he said.

Mentioned, the percentage of population working in formal sec-tor in August 2014 increased com-

pared to August 2013 amounting to 47.65 percent and in February 2014 amounted to 41.91 percent. Based on these figures, it could be said that the quality of labor had developed and quite fluctuated among the status of employment.

“Based on their occupation, totally 985,146 people are work-ing as laborer or employee. This number has increased absolutely over the same month in 2013 reach-ing 984,541 people, but declined slightly in 2013 which amounted to 43.91 percent,” he said.

Director of the Center for Business Economic Data Analysis, Faculty of Economics and Business, Udayana University, Dr. Sudjana Budhi, stated the development of tourism business had an impact on the land needs, which automatically caused the people’s economic base mostly lived in the agricultural sector became

desperate, even marginalized.“Bali needs to develop local

community-based eco-tourism business. Strategic approach by involving people as the owner of the tourism industry will certainly be able to resolve the conflict of interest occurred between the local community in the agricultural sec-tor and the development of tourism business itself,” he said.

Strategic development of the community-based tourist destina-tion where local people as the owner, recognized Sudjana Budhi, had run in many countries, includ-ing Thailand, Australia, and several African countries. “The decline in the role of local communities in the agricultural sector is done through a democratic process, where local community lies inside it as the man-agement of the tourism industry itself,” he concluded. (kmb27)

Number of farmers in Bali slumps

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Profession as farmer is increasingly not de-manded as a livelihood. Most residents of Bali prefer to work in trade, restaurant and accommodation sector.

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Profession as farmer is increasingly not demanded as a livelihood. Most residents of Bali prefer to work in trade, restaurant and accommodation sector.

Agence France-Presse

NEW YORK - Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj apologized Tuesday and denied any Nazi sympathies after she came un-der criticism for imagery that resembled the Third Reich in a video.

The video for “Only” is an animation that depicts the sing-er enthroned at a Greco-Roman building with red-and-white flags on the columns similar to the Nazi German flag -- except with a symbol for Minaj instead of a swastika.

Tanks and troops stand at attention, evoking images of Adolf Hitler’s rallies. The song also features fellow stars Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown.

Minaj, who this weekend hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards in Glasgow, Scotland, responded that the inspiration for the video was in fact the car-toon series “Metalocalypse.”

The singer wrote on Twit-

ter that both the producer and a person overseeing the video, whom she described as a close friend, were Jewish. “I didn’t come up (with) the concept, but I’m very sorry (and) take full responsibility if it has offended anyone. I’d never condone Na-zism in my art,” she wrote.

The An t i -De fama t ion League, which combats anti-Semitism, earlier called the video “deeply disturbing” and noted that it was released on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the 1938 night of attacks on Jews across Germany and Aus-tria. “This video is insensitive to Holocaust survivors and a trivialization of the history of that era,” said the group’s national director Abraham Foxman.

Foxman issued a new state-ment to welcome Minaj’s apol-ogy. “We hope that she will take further steps to educate herself and her fans about who the Nazis were and why we should never take genocide or the Ho-

“I can’t give you any hints of when it will drop. It’s going to be great, that’s all I’m going to tell you and I’m excited about it,” said the singer at a meet-and-greet Wednesday with fans at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

The critic she is worried about is herself.

“I try to battle myself and outdo everything I’ve done and that’s been

the hardest thing to do. You start overthinking things at times,” she confessed.

The 26-year-old typically has re-leased albums in November in the past but wouldn’t comment on that. She just said, “I can’t wait for everybody to hear (the music) little by little. ... little by little. I can’t wait.”

Rihanna also brought along her

new men’s fragrance, “Rogue Man,” her first for guys.

“I feel like what better way to get these people excited than to get them something nice, to smell good. They’re running around all day working hard. And, you know, the guys are sexy. They need to smell sexy.” She also joked about not having a “rogue man” of her own, saying with a wink, “hopefully I’ll find one here today on the base.”

Rihanna performed at the Con-cert For Valor: Saluting America’s Veterans in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Mandy Moore has stepped back into the spotlight with a recurring role on Fox’s “Red Band Society.” Moore, a singer-actress known for her pop hit “Candy,” plays Dr. Erin Grace, the new chief of surgery. She had worked at the hospital, but took a year off to work with Doctors With-out Borders. She had also dated Dave Annable’s character, Dr. Adam McAndrew, and her promotion is one that he was gunning for.

“Red Band Society” (airing Wednesdays at 8 p.m. EST) follows the doctors and their long-term teen patients at a children’s hospital.

“I’ve been brought in to sort of stir it up on the adult side,” said Moore in a recent interview.

Moore was approached about the show before the part was written. She “loved everything” about the pilot episode.

“I really thought it was such a unique tone from everything else on TV right now,” she said.

The 30-year-old, known for films like “A Walk to Remember” and “Saved!” wanted a job in television.

“I think it’s the most enticing medium for an actor out there right now,” she said.

Moore is also known for her music. She said she’s been recording and hopes to release something early next year.

“The music industry has changed so dramatically in the last couple of years. It’s a different mechanism in terms of how to put music out there and in what capacity. Having the freedom of no record label and none of that expectation is really nice on a creative level.”

Rihanna teases new music at Virginia military baseAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — Rihanna won’t say when she plans to release new music but she is confident about what it sounds like.

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