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Chairman of the Bali Regional Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD), Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Suka-wati, said the inequality of promo-tion caused by the funding flow that tended to grow certain areas would continue to erode the integrity of the Bali Island. Even recently, there was a gap between the promotion strategies made by private and gov-ernment sector that made the focus

of target market split.“Tourism should side with Ba-

linese people and this will become the key to the whole tourism promo-tion activities where the BPPD Bali will become the key coordinator that integrates them effectively and efficiently,” said the man familiarly called Tjok Ace.

According to him, with the establishment of the BPPD Bali,

the promotional activities would be more on target. Under the ex-isting law, the BPPD Bali would formulate the strategic plan of the Bali Tourism Promotion with a pro-jected cost of IDR 38 billion from the Bali regional budget and IDR 21 billion from the private sector.

“There must be a single vision in developing the Bali tourism namely with the cultural tourism. When we can highlight the features of Balinese culture, it will increasingly attract tourists. We cannot equate the de-velopment of tourism in Bali to Sin-gapore, for example. By looking at the current development, we are also concerned about a shift,” he said.

He explained that in the develop-

ment of coastal and marine tourism in Bali, other than offering the activities like snorkeling and div-ing, it should also be preserved the culture like melasti or purificatory rite to sanctified effigies or objects and other cultural activities related to nature that so far also became the tourist objects.

“There must be something dif-ferent from what Bali highlights and do not even precisely duplicate the tourist attraction of the other region. The uniqueness must be promoted, do not make duplicate tourism. For example, Karangasem wants to duplicate the tourism growing in Badung by building the same facilities,” he explained.

He said the development of tourism duplicating the existing destinations would have a nega-tive impact on the length of stay of tourists and the decline in the purchasing power of tourists be-cause the development of tourism only occurred in one region that ultimately resulted in the income gap of the sector.

“The gap in tourism sector among the counties in Bali is very wide, so the region generating high revenues should be able to provide subsidies. With the formation of the BPPD Bali, the promotional activities are expected to be more on target which can ultimately lead to equity,” he said. (kmb27)

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Balinese are conducting Ngaben ceremony recently in Ubud, Gianyar Regency. This kind of ceremony attracted many tourists because its uniqueness. Un-fortunately, effort to promote destination in Bali becomes ineffective and inefficient because fragmented interests of some group not for people of Bali.

Bali tourism promotion unfocused

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DENPASAR - The promotion of Bali tourism is increasingly unfocused. The effort to offer the destinations existing on the island all this time was ineffective and inefficient due to the fragmented interests of some groups. Ironically, the impact is feel by people that are increasingly marginalized.

The decision by AT&T’s U-verse pay-TV service stemmed from a contract dispute over terms to carry the new network, AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said. Al Jazeera responded by suing AT&T for breach of contract in Delaware Chancery Court.

Globally, Al Jazeera is seen in more than 260 mil-lion homes in 130 countries. But the new U.S. channel funded by the emir of Qatar has so far had difficulty getting distributors, in part because Al Jazeera was perceived by some as being anti-American during the Iraq war.

Before AT&T’s announcement, Al Jazeera Ameri-ca said it would be available in more than 40 million homes, about 40 percent of U.S. pay TV households and roughly half the reach of Time Warner Inc’s CNN. U-verse was launched in 2006 and had 5 million video customers at the end of June in markets such as Texas and California.

“We could not reach an agreement with the owner that we believed provided value for our customers and our business,” AT&T spokesman Siegel said.

Al Jazeera America said in a statement AT&T had “unilaterally” deleted the network and “pre-

sented us with circumstances that were untenable - an affiliate that has willfully and knowingly breached its contractual obligations.”

The network said it had “no choice” but to file a lawsuit over the matter.

Defining the new channel’s mission clearly will be crucial for Al Jazeera to gain a foothold in the United States, according to advertisers, executives and industry experts.

In its first hour at midafternoon, Al Jazeera pledged to cover “issues that matter to America and the world beyond.” Anchors said they would provide in-depth coverage of stories ignored by other media outlets, with bureaus in cities they considered underserved such as Nashville and Detroit.

Al Jazeera America hired ABC news veteran Kate O’Brian to be its president and hired on-air talent like CNN veterans Ali Velshi and Soledad O’Brien.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — This year’s iTunes Festival is ending with a roar, to be delivered by Katy Perry. The pop superstar, whose new single “Roar” is climbing the charts, will be the final act of the month-long London festival. It kicks off Sept. 1 with another diva, Lady Gaga, and will feature Robin Thicke, Elton John, Justin Timberlake, John Leg-end, Kendrick Lamar and the Kings of Leon, among others.

Perry’s “Roar” is her best-selling single on iTunes with more 544,000 copies sold domestically alone, according to Apple.

Perry said she’s pumped to be performing and noted that Icona Pop, who have the hit “I Love It,” will be her opening act. Rapper Iggy Azalea will also appear. The annual festi-val will be streamed on iTunes festival app and available for download.

Al Jazeera America launches, but AT&T won’t carry networkReuters

New cable network Al Jazeera America introduced itself to viewers on Tuesday with reports on political strife in Egypt and the impact of climate change on U.S. cities, shortly after a major pay TV distributor declined to carry the channel.

Interim Al Jazeera America CEO Ehab Al Shihabi speaks during an interview at the Al Jazeera newsroom in New York, August 20, 2013.

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Katy Perry to close iTunes Festival in London

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FILE - This July 28, 2013 file photo shows singer Katy Perry at the world pre-miere of “The Smurfs 2” in Los Angeles.

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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual 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 Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered 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 celebration 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, decorations 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 umbrellas 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


Calendar Event for August 24 through September 28, 2013

24 Aug Purnama Sasih Kawulu & Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Desa Adat Sidakarya DenpasarPura Pasek Gelgel-Pedungan Denpasar SelatanPura Agung Pasek Tangguntiti Kaler TabananPura Agung Pasek Selemadeg TabananPura Pasek Tangkas Kediri TabananPura Kerta Banyuninng Barat BulelengPura Dalem Tenggaling -Sengguan Sin-gapaduPura Kawitan Wangbang Pinatih Peguyangan SingarajaPura Bujangga Waisnawa Tegalcang-kring TabananPura Taman Desa Bubunan Seririt Bule-lengPura Penataran Pande Dalem Batur Jati Banjar Pandean MengwiPura Dalem Pingit Banjar Tarokaja TegalalangPura Dadia Pasek Gelgel-Gobleg Desa Selat Sukasada BulelengPura Ida Ratu Pande BesakihPura Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Banjar Menak Tulikup GianyarPura Penataran Pande Kusamba-Klung-kungPura Kumuda Saraswati UbudPamerajan Alit UbudPura Batur Arya “Warih Kepaon” Cengolo Sudimara TabananPura Dalem Majapahit B a n j a r Denuma Kukuh Marga TabananPura Dalem batur BangliPura Buana Kawan BesakihPura Ida Ratu Pasek BesakihPura Dalem Suci Desa Dukuh Sidemen Karangasem

25 Aug Hari Redite Umanis Ukir Sanggah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar

28 Aug Buda Wage Ukir Pura Pejenengan Kawitan Arya Tauman Banjar Jelantik Kuri Batu Desa Tojan Gelgel KlungkungPura Pasar Agung Besakih (Alit) Be-sakihPura Pasek bendesa Pasar Badung Legian KutaPura Gede Gunugn Agung D u k u h Munggu BadungHyang Agung Pura Ibuwanasari TegalPura Puseh, Desa di Bebablang BangliPura Dalem Peruncak BadungPura Pasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Kerobokan BadungPura Kereban Langit Desa Sading Mengwi BadungPemerajan Sareng Kangin Baleran Ubud

3 Sep Anggarkasih Kulantir Pura Penataran Tangkas SukawatiPura Dalem Lagan Bebalang BangliPura Puseh Lembeng Ketewel Suka-watiPura Pasek Gelgel Penulisan Kerambi-tan TabananPura Gaduh SandingPura Dalem Gandamayu KlungkungPura Sang Hyang Tegal Banjar Tarokaja Tegalalang

4 Sep Tilem Sasih Karo Banjar Pasek Tangkas Pasekan Kaler TabananPura Gaduh Benoh Ubung Denpasar

8 Sep Redite Keliwon Tulu Pura Dalem Alas Harum Banjar Tegal Kepuh Kediri Tabanan9 Sep Soma Umanis Tulu Pura Puseh Bale Agung Ubung Kupang Penebel TabananPura Kawitan Sakula Gotra Pasung Grigih Banjar Tegal Kepuh Kaba kaba

Kediri TabananPura Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung Ceningan Kangin LembonganPura Batu Medeg BesakihPura Penataran Agung Penatih banjar saba

11 Sep Buda Pon Tulu Pura Catur Buana Sanding Tampaksir-ing

12 Sep Wrespati Wage Tolu Pura Peninjoan Besakih

18 Sep Buda Kliwon Gumbreg Pura Pasek Gelgel kukuh Marga TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Mambang Selemadeg TabananPura Puseh, Desa Guwang SukawatiPura Dalem Setra Batu Nanggul Desa Swana Nusa PenidaPura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Ketewel

19 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari LombokPura Kawitan Arya Gajah Para Tianyar Kubu KarangasemPura Pedharman Arya Telabah Be-sakihPura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Desa Batur kintamaniPura Dadia Agung Pasek Salahin Desa Suwat Gianyar

25 Sep Buda Paing Wariga Pura Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli

28 Sep Hari Tumpek Uduh Pura puseh, desa Desa Batuan Suka-watiPura Pasek Bendesa Desa Kekeran Mengwi Pura Manik Mas Besakih

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Gianyar (Bali Post)—Central parking having be-

come the discourse of Gianyar government for long time to resolve traffic congestion in Ubud re-emerges. Previously, the development plan of central parking has failed because the apparatus of Peliatan customary village rejected the government plan to build the central park-ing in the area of Ambengan hamlet.

Today, the discourse of build-ing central parking in Ubud re-emerges. Even, the petition of establishing the central parking came from Padangtegal custom-ary village. Apparatus of the customary village submitted a proposal some time ago for the making of central parking and has prepared the land for the purpose. The central parking is

an alternative to overcome one of the causes of the traffic conges-tions in the Ubud tourist area.

Based on information col-lected on Tuesday (Aug 20), the Padangtegal customary vil-lage has prepared a land area of 1.7 hectares for the parking lot of vehicles such as buses or other vehicles that cannot park in Ubud. The land available is around the area of Nyuh Kun-ing. It is a vacant land of private property but has been leased by Padangtegal customary village. The customary village apparatus has proposed and met in person with the regent. Even, it has prepared the design of the central parking.

The Head of the Gianyar Transportation, Informatics and Communication Agency, Cokor-da Gde Agusnawa, justified the

existence of the central parking area at Nyuh Kuning, Padan-gtegal, Ubud. A few days ago, the apparatus of Padangtegal customary village submitted the proposal regarding the plan of building a central parking. In this regard, the customary village had prepared the land for the central parking. It was expected to give a solution for the congestion oc-curred in Ubud.

To that end, the county gov-ernment was scheduled to hold a meeting with the apparatus of customary villages across Ubud, leaders and stakeholders of tourism in Ubud, the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurant Associa-tion (PHRI) and components to the academic communities of the Udayana University. As planned, it would be held on August 23, he said. (kmb16)

As a result, police immediately fired tear gas and pepper bullets. It caused the mass topsy-turvy at that time. Ironically, the tear gas infil-trated into the SDN 1 Sesetan primary school whose location was close to the problematic land. Ultimately, hundreds of students were hysterical and went out of their classroom.

Observation at location indicated that the execution scheduled to be done earlier finally failed. At the end, the execution was made by the Denpasar District Court escorted by police at 10:00 a.m. Hundreds of burly men with orange ribbon on the arms guarded the area of Karya Sari, the building of shop selling children’s toys (land in dispute).

Besides, the area of Karya Sari had also been fortified by zinc wall, and there were three placards containing the rejection against the execution with the wording such as “error in objecto,” “This land belongs to Nyo Giok Lan, Ketut Suwitra, Nyoman Handris and Ketut Harlim based on

Land in dispute ends with chaosDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Execution of the land spreading across the area of 715 square meters on Jalan Pulau Saelus by the Denpasar District Court on Tuesday (Aug 20) ended in chaos. The land in dispute between the plaintiff Putu yudhisthira against his uncle Nyoman Handris, Ketut Suwitra, Ketut Harlim and his grandmother Nyok Giok Lan won by Putu yudhisthira was guarded by hundreds of burly men. When police and the District Court would like to make the execution, hundreds of burly men hampered the execution process.

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The police is trying to hold back the protesters on a land dis-pute casein Sesetan, Denpasar

verdict of the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 4, 1981with tax bill number 35,” and “Announcement: This Land and Building are estab-lished on the land with tax bill number 35 and not tax bill number 27.”

Before the execution was made, it was preceded with a meeting in the meeting room at the office of Headman of Sesetan. In the meeting, the bailiff of the Denpasar District Court Komang Bayu, before the applicant’s attorney Rizaldi and friends, defendant’s attorney Daniar Dwisasongko, Ali Sadikin and Made Yoga Dwi Satria, read the verdict of the Supreme Court. It was also at-tended by subdistrict head of South Denpasar, Made Riswan.

After reading the Supreme Court’s verdict, the team moved to location of the dispute at Karya Sari. Around 10:15 a.m., a total of 5 trucks of police carrying about 200 personnel were deployed to secure the situa-tion. Tense atmosphere began when police started marching to make a

posse. Meanwhile, hundreds of burly men did not want to be outdone. The atmosphere was getting more strained when a team of the Denpasar District Court was about to measure the land. Daniar Sasongko as the at-torney of Handris screamed. “What is the evidence of certificate, where is the certificate? Whose land will be measured?” he asked while holding up his hands.

Daniar continued grilling with Made Dwi Yoga. In the heating up situation, it was suddenly heard the voice from a policeman’s loudspeak-er asking to take the provocateur.

At that time, Daniar and Dwi Yoga were dragged and put into a car to be transported to the Denpasar Metro Police headquarters. An East Nusa Tenggara (NTT)-faced man was also secured and beaten with police baton. After Daniar and Dwi Yoga were secured, the atmosphere had subsided.

But when the execution team was about to enter into the building

of Karya Sari, the family of Handris screamed. Shortly thereafter came up Handris (a retired policeman ranked Lieutenant Colonel). He had an argu-ment with the team and police. The supporters of Handris got angry, and threw mineral water, stones and wood at the police. Police also responded with stones and fired tear gas and pepper bullets.

Barrage of the bullets caused the crowds to be topsy-turvy including

the police because the wind was blowing towards the police. Tear gas also spread into the building of the SDN 1 Sesetan primary school. The whole school dwellers were intoxi-cated and screaming hysterically.

After the incident, the Denpasar District Court was urged to suspend the execution against the problem-atic land owned by the defendant Nyoman Handris Prasetya at Sesetan Village, South Denpasar.

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The crowded condition in front of Ubud Market

Discourse on Ubud central parking re-emerges

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DENPASAR - The Bali Mari-time Affairs and Fisheries Agency (DKP) records the fish consumption rate in Bali reaches 29.71 kg per capita per year. It is somewhat lower than the amount recommended by the government, namely 33.14 kg per capita per year. Actually, by consuming fish the efforts of farmers and fishermen will be more excited.

The Head of Bali Maritime Af-fairs and Fisheries Agency, Made Gunaja, said his party had made various efforts to increase the fish consumption in Bali. Some of them were the safari of promoting fish consumption, fish cooking com-petition, drawing competition for primary school children and kin-dergartens, Supplementary Feeding for School Children (PMTAS) and other activities.

“To increase the consumption of fish is required different efforts, aside from an effort to change the

pattern of consumption where most people still like meat. In addition to increasing the purchasing power of people, it is also done by multiplying the option of processed fish products so as to attract people,” said Made Gunaja in Denpasar.

According to him, the role of en-trepreneurs in the fishery sector was also very important in supporting the movement to popularize the fish consumption. Besides, the growth of food stall, restaurant and hotel would be able to assist in the movement of the fish consumption campaign. Moreover, Bali was a popular tourist destination visited by many domes-tic and foreign travelers.

“Fish consumption by the public at home is very important in driving the growth. Some of the efforts are through the provision of fish market and mobile marketing tools, and de-velop the fish-based food,” he said.

He said the consumption of fish-ery commodities, both the cultivated fish and catch fish in Bali during the period of 2013 was expected to reach

34.5 kg per capita per year. In 2011, the fish consumption was 28 kg per capita per year, in 2012 increased to 31 kg per capita per year and in 2013 was expected to reach 34.5 kg per capita per year.

“We are optimistic the target of fish consumption, either cultivated fish or catch fish in 2013 can be achieved because its nutrition and benefits are considerable,” he said.

It was described that fish con-tained omega 3 which was good for brain development and contained low cholesterol and high protein. Therefore, to promote fish con-sumption as previous years, the government would be targeting the children. Consumption of fish since early age would be introduced so that it would become the lifestyle when growing up.

“The activities of fish cultivation and fish catch in the ocean are not only limited to grow the economic sector, but also to participate in the movement of popularizing the fish consumption,” he said. (kmb27)

Chief of Kelan customary village, I Made Sugita, revealed on Tuesday (Aug 20) if the reclamation plan was positively canceled, the local com-munity could breathe relievedly. Aside from avoiding the threat of wider en-vironmental damage, the coastal com-munities could also be empowered to develop their social economy.

“From a very early stage, we at Kelan do not want the continuation of the reclamation plan because the negative impact is much larger than the positive benefits. So, if the decree has really been revoked, we ask the relevant stakeholders to be really consistent,” he said.

Sugita judged the stance showed by the government related to the re-vocation of the decree on the reclama-tion was indecisive. Even, the relevant officials showed recriminations. “The government should expressly revoke the reclamation permit. There must be no recriminations. If the attitude

remains indecisive like that, we obvi-ously cannot trust it,” he said.

Sugita further stated if the gov-ernment was issuing the decision mistakenly, it should immediately fix the mistake high-mindedly. It was no need to overextend the time or play hide-and-seek and eventually repeat the same mistakes.

In essence, said Sugita, the Kelan community firmly rejected the Benoa Bay reclamation. Again, he revealed that people worried about the threat that Kelan and Tuban area would disappear if the reclamation would be actually undertaken.

“If the reclamation is undertaken, we will disappear first. Who can guar-antee that our house will not float off? If there are indeed academic studies, are the studies really appropriate with the reality in the field? Nature is unpredictable, so that we worry about the people living around the Benoa Bay,” Sugita said. (kmb25)

Govt considered still indecisive

Kelan community asks certainty of total cessation of reclamationBali Post

MANGUPURA - The news on the revocation of the decree regarding the Benoa Bay reclamation permit was positively responded by Kelan customary villagers. However, they were still concerned where they considered the government still indecisive. The government, especially the Governor Mangku Pastika, should provide assurance or guarantee that the recla-mation would absolutely not be performed.

IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

Fishermen that lived in Kelan, Badung Regency, Bali Island, asked government to stop recla-mation plan on Benoa Bay because they afraid the reclamation will caused severe abrasion in their area.

FOTO ANTARA/Aguk Sudarmojo

Buyer sellecting fish in the market. The Bali Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Agency (DKP) records the fish consumption rate in Bali reaches 29.71 kg per capita per year.

Fish consumption rate in Bali remains low

The stunning images show material streaming from the baby star at incredible speed, glowing as it plows into the surrounding gas and dust. Astronomers say the illuminated jets are spewing out faster than ever measured before and are more energetic than pre-viously thought.

The glowing mass is called a Herbig-Haro object, named after U.S. and Mexican astronomers. This one is 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Vela.

ALMA is an array of 66 an-tennas and is relatively new. It’s located in one of the driest places on Earth, the Atacama desert.

AP Photo/NASA, Lauren Harnett

In this March 4, 2013 photo made available by NASA, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano participates in an Extra-vehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Sta-tion Airlock Test Article (SSATA) of the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.


AMSTERDAM — A rare 16th-century scientific instrument used by early astronomers that has been missing from a Swed-ish museum for around a decade has been recovered and will be returned this week, the London-based Art Loss Register says.

The brass-and-silver astrolabe, made in 1590 and worth around half a million euros ($750,000), turned up when an Italian collector discovered that the piece was listed as missing and came forward to return it, Register Director Chris Marinello said.

The collector, whose name was not made public, had not been seeking any reward and was “beyond reproach” in the case, Marinello said.

Bengt Kylsberg of Skokloster Castle, north of Stockholm, said Tuesday he is “just happy to get the piece back” and his museum is not planning to press any charges.

He said the astrolabe was stolen in 1999, one of a string of unexplained thefts of books and objects at the castle. Then, in 2004, a scandal rocked the Swedish cultural world when it emerged that dozens of precious manuscripts were missing from the Royal Library.

Anders Burius, then head of the library’s manuscript division, confessed to stealing and selling dozens of valuable manuscripts. He was arrested, but during a temporary release from custody, he committed suicide, slitting his wrists and cutting a gas line to his kitchen stove. That sparked an explosion in his Stockholm neighborhood that resulted in about a dozen injuries.

Kylsberg said Burius had also had access to Skokloster’s collections during the period of the thefts, but stopped short of saying Burius was thought responsible for the astrolabe’s disap-pearance.

“It’s still a mystery how it was taken,” he said, adding “we don’t intend to investigate it further.”

Telescope captures dramatic moment of starbirthAssociated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Flor-ida — This is one baby picture you won’t want to miss. The ALMA telescope in Chile has captured a close-up of the glowing material spewing from a newborn star.

AP Photo/ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/H. Arce, Bo Reipurth

This image made available by the European Southern Observatory on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 using radio and visible light frequencies shows the Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47.

Swedish museum to recover lost scientific artifact

Astronaut recounts near-drowning on spacewalk


CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The Italian astronaut who nearly drowned in his helmet during a spacewalk last month is sharing more details about the terrifying experience, revealing how he felt all alone and frantically tried to come up with a plan to save himself.

Luca Parmitano wrote in his online blog, posted Tuesday, that he could no

longer see as the water sloshed around in his helmet outside the International Space Station.

“But worse than that, the water covers my nose — a really awful sensation that I make worse by my vain attempts to move the water by shaking my head,” the former test pilot wrote. “By now, the upper part of the helmet is full of water and I can’t even be sure that the next time I breathe I will fill my lungs with air and not liquid.”

Parmitano, 36, a major in the Ital-ian Air Force making just his second spacewalk, wasn’t sure which direction to head to reach the station’s hatch. He tried to contact his spacewalking partner, American Christopher Cassidy, and Mis-sion Control. Their voices grew faint, and no one could hear him.

“I’m alone. I frantically think of a plan. It’s vital that I get inside as quickly as possible,” he wrote.

Parmitano realized Cassidy — making his way back to the air lock by a different route — could come get him. “But how much time do I have? It’s impossible to know,” he said. That’s when Parmitano remembered his safety cable. He used the cable recoil mechanism, and its 3 pounds of force, to “pull” him back to the hatch. On the way back, he pondered what he would do if water reached his mouth. The only idea he came up with, he said, was to open the safety valve on his helmet and let out some of the water.

“But making a ‘hole’ in my spacesuit really would be a last resort,” he wrote. Parmitano said it seemed like an eter-nity — not just a few minutes — until he peered through “the curtain of water before my eyes” and spotted the hatch. Cassidy was close behind. The astronauts inside quickly began repressurizing the air lock, to get to the spacewalkers. “The water is now inside my ears and I’m completely cut off,” he said.

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The claims came as a 20-member U.N. chemical weapons team was in Syria to investigate three sites where chemical weapons attacks had alleg-edly occurred in the past. The timing raises questions on why would the regime employ chemical agents dur-ing a visit by the U.N. experts.

The government promptly de-nied the reports of Wednesday’s chemical weapons’ attack as “ab-solutely baseless.”

“They are an attempt to divert the U.N. commission on chemi-cal weapons from carrying out its mission,” the state-run SANA news agency said, quoting an unnamed government official, as is its stan-dard practice.

The Britain-based Syrian Ob-

servatory for Human Rights said the shelling was intense and hit the capital’s eastern suburbs of Zamalka, Arbeen and Ein Tarma. The inten-sive bombardment as well as the sound of fighter jets could be heard by residents of the Syrian capital throughout the night and early Wednesday, and gray smoke hung over towns in the eastern suburbs.

Rami Abdul-Rahman, the Ob-servatory chief, said the activists in the area said “poisonous gas” was fired in rockets as well as from the air in the attack that killed “dozens of people.” He added that regime forces were on a wide offensive on the eastern and western rebel-held suburbs of Damascus.

Another group, the Local Coordi-

nation Committees, said hundreds of people were killed or injured in the shelling. Such different figures from activists groups are common in the immediate aftermaths of attacks in Syria, where the government restricts foreign and domestic reporting.

Abdul-Rahman said more than 40 people have been confirmed dead and that the death toll could reach as many as 200 in the suburbs of Damascus.

The Syrian government has long denied claims by the opposition on chemical weapons use, saying reb-els fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad’s government have used such weapons.

Following Wednesday’s reports, the Observatory called upon the U.N. team in Syria and all inter-national organizations “to visit the stricken areas and to guarantee that medical and relief supplies reach the people as soon as possible.” It also called for an investigation into the attack.


ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani military accused Indian troops on Wednesday of shelling across the disputed Kashmir border and killing an army captain, the latest in a series of alleged attacks over the past two weeks that have sparked tension between the nuclear-armed rivals.

The violence along the border threatens to derail an expressed desire from the leaders of both countries to improve relations after decades of war and animosity.

A Pakistani military official accused Indian troops of “unprovoked” shelling starting at 11:15 p.m. local time Tuesday night in Shakma sector near the town of Skardu. An army captain was killed and an-other soldier was seriously wounded, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with military policy.

Pakistani troops responded to the shelling, and the exchange of fire continued for three hours, said the official. There was no immediate response from the Indian army. Kashmir is divided between Pakistan and India but claimed in its entirety by both. The countries have fought two major wars over the disputed territory since they both gained independence from Britain in 1947.

A 2003 cease-fire agreement has largely calmed the Kashmir border relative to earlier bouts of fighting. The two sides occasionally accuse each other of violating it by firing mortars or gunshots, and several soldiers were killed on each side in January in cross-border attacks.

The latest round of violence began about two weeks ago when, ac-cording to the Indian military, 20 heavily armed militants and Pakistani soldiers crossed the Kashmir border and killed five Indian troops.

The Pakistani military has denied that its soldiers killed any Indian troops and accused Indian soldiers of killing a pair of civilians and now an army captain. It has said eight civilians and five soldiers have also been wounded.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed his hope that the recent violence wouldn’t derail efforts to improve relations between the two countries. He is especially interested in increasing cross-border trade to jumpstart Pakistan’s economy.

Reuters

LONDON - Britain said on Wednesday it would raise a reported chemical weapons attack by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad at the United Nations Security Council and called on Damascus to give U.N. inspectors

access to the site.“I am deeply concerned by

reports that hundreds of people, including children, have been killed in airstrikes and a chemical weapons attack on rebel-held areas near Damascus,” British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement.

Hague said reports of the attack, which has been denied outright by the Syrian government, remained uncorroborated and that Britain was urgently seeking more infor-mation.

“But it is clear that if they are verified, it would mark a shocking escalation in the use of chemical

weapons in Syria,” he said, adding that Britain would try to hold to account anyone who used chemical weapons or ordered their use.

“I call on the Syrian Government to allow immediate access to the area for the U.N. team currently investigating previous allegations of chemical weapons use. The UK will

be raising this incident at the U.N. Security Council,” said Hague.

Britain provides non-lethal as-sistance to rebels fighting to over-throw Assad, but has stopped short of sending them arms and has seen its diplomatic efforts to put pressure on Assad frustrated by Russia and China at the United Nations.

UK to raise reported Syrian chemical weapons use at U.N.

Pakistan accuses Indian troops of killing soldier

AP Photo/Mukhtar KhanKashmiri medical students shout slogans during a protest in sup-port of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013.

AP Photo/Local Committee of Arbeen

Syrian opposition claims ‘poisonous gas’ attack Associated Press Writer

BEIRUT — Syrian regime forces fired intense artillery and rocket barrages Wednesday on the eastern suburbs Damascus amid a fierce government offensive in what two pro-opposition groups claimed was a “poisonous gas” attack that killed dozens of people.

This citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen which has been au-thenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian girl receiving treatment at a makeshift hospital, in Arbeen town, Damascus, Syria, Wednes-day, Aug. 21, 2013.

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

The Protection of Women and Children Unit (PPA) of the Denpasar Metro Police has uncovered the case of under age children trafficking through Facebook social network-ing account. The two teenagers respectively having the initials RR, 17, and YN, 17, were trafficked to a lady-killer at different rates. The culprit trafficking the teenagers was named Kamal Laduni aka Doni, 41, from Selong, East Lombok.

The suspect was arrested at

Tunjung Bali 2 lodge, behind the Satelindo Denpasar, Monday (Aug 19). Police arrested the suspect after pretending to book the two victims at an agreed rate. Once proven, the suspect was immediately arrested and immediately taken to the Den-pasar Metro Police for further inves-tigation. “We’re still investigating further the case,” said the Chief of Criminal Detective Unit of the Den-pasar Metro Police, Encep Syamsul Hayat, Tuesday (Aug 20).

He explained the success to reveal the teenager trafficking was based

on the report of the victims. As the information obtained, the victims were trafficked by the suspect through a Facebook account to a lady-killer. “We got the information last July. However, we investigated it a bit carefully so as to capture the suspect. Finally, we managed to catch it,” he said.

Preliminary investigation was conducted by logging in the sus-pect’s Facebook account, namely ‘Dony Dewata.’ Once the account was opened, there were a number of photos of beautiful girls posted. Seeing the data, suspicion of the

police was getting stronger. To that end, an officer pretended to be a customer and made a transaction. “Finally, the agreed rate was de-termined. The officer asked to be prepared two girls,” he explained.

Furthermore, he said that it was the rate of short time. For teenager of junior high school, the suspect charged at IDR 800,000, while that of high school girl was IDR 500,000 for once dating. Well, after the deal, the suspect was also asked to come to Tunjung Bali 2 lodge on Jalan Gunung Andakasa, Denpasar. “The

officer serving as customer came at 3:30 p.m.,” he said.

At the lodge, the officer met with the suspect living at Anyar hamlet, Denpasar. Apparently, the suspect had two girls prepared for the book-ing. At first, the suspect asked for money to the officer and then went out. In relatively short time, the suspect came back with two teen-age girls. “The officer immediately make arrest because he would like to ascertain first whether the two teenagers were under age or not,” he said. (kmb21)

Director of Traffic Affairs in the Bali Po-lice, Beno Leohennapessy, accompanied by the Division Head of Land Transportation of the Bali Transportation Agency, Stanley Suwandi, revealed in a press conference of the National Road Safety Week of Bali Province 2013 that the traffic accidents occurred were generally caused by several factors, namely human error, road condition and vehicle roadworthy.

“Among some factors, the human negligence is the main factor causing the

large number of traffic accidents. To that end, the government and security authori-ties, especially police, launch the National Road Safety Week of Bali Province 2013 as the efforts to suppress the occurrence of traffic accidents,” said Beno Leohen-napessy in Denpasar, Tuesday (Aug 20).

According to him, to achieve the tar-get on the reduction of road accidents, the president of the RI had issued a Presidential Instruction No. 4/2013 about the Road Safety Action Decade

Program including five pillars of safety actions such as the road safety manage-ment, infrastructure, better safety of vehicles, road user behavior and post crash management.

“We are optimistic to reduce the number of traffic accident with decline of 56 percent compared to the year 2012. It was inseparable from the hard work of the Bali Police lineups in escorting the smoothness and comfort during the backflow of the recent Eid,” he said.

It was said one of the successes showed off by police was the reduction of the traffic accident along the Ketupat Agung Operation 2013 held approxi-mately for 16 days by police with some elements, such as the military and other government agencies. (kmb27)


Aside from the lower maternal and child mortality rates, the benchmark of progress for a country is also seen from the life expectancy. With the increasing number of the elderly population in a country, it can mean if the life expectancy has increased that reflects the country’s good health status. However, if the elderly are not treated properly and comprehensively, the long life expectancy of a country will even become a burden, especially when the elderly have the disability and are unproductive and sickly.

It was presented by the Head of Geriatric Installation of Sanglah Hospital, Dr. R.A. Tuty Kuswardhani Suas-tika. She continued the current elderly population in Bali in particular and Indonesia in general had reached 11 percent in 2013. This figure increased from the previous percentage, namely 9.8 percent of the total population.

The increasing number of elderly people in Indonesia could mean the progress of development in the health sector had increased where the life expectancy was get-ting longer. The average life expectancy for women in Indonesia had reached the age of 73 years and 70 years for men.

Tuty further described that with the increasing elderly population the treatment should be integrated. If the qual-ity of life of the elderly was not addressed, they would become a burden of the state because they could not do any activities independently.

It could be seen from the case on the neglected el-derly some time ago, where an 80-year-old grandmother named Nanik Ruminingsih was forced to sleep in the PJT lounge of Sanglah Hospital. Since she had no fam-ily, the grandmother was loitering aimlessly. She could not be placed directly in the Nursing Home because the government-funded residence was fully occupied. Then, the Social Affairs authority needed a week to handle the case of Nanik. After staying for a week in the PJT lounge of Sanglah Hospital, she could finally be evacuated from Sanglah Hospital to be placed at Nursing Home.

In Bali, the neglect case should not happen consider-ing that Balinese people stayed to take care of parents up to the third generation. “In Bali, parents are treated by the children, then by the grandsons. So, until the third generation, the neglect of the elderly should not happen in Bali,” said Tuty.

However, in terms of reality, the neglected elderly also happened in Bali. It could be seen from the dwell-ers of Nursing Home where most of them were Balinese entrusted due to economic reasons or those no longer having a family. (san)

Police arrest a pimpTwo teenagers trafficked through Facebook account

Elderly population in Bali reaches 11 percent

A year, traffic accident in Bali reaches 1,500 casesDenpasar (Bali Post)—

The number of traffic accident in Bali averagely reaches 1,500 cases each year with 550 fatalities. This figure shows that nearly two people die each day due to traffic accident. In Indonesia, there are at least 109,038 cases of accidents with 25,131 fatalities and material losses of IDR 222,185,078,333.

An accident which happen in Denpasar

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Agence France-Presse

NEW YORK CITY - US photogra-phy giant Kodak announced Tuesday that a bankruptcy court had approved its plan of reorganization, enabling it to emerge from bankruptcy as soon as September 3.

The plan permitted the iconic com-pany to reduce its debt and divest its film and printing business, among other steps to reemerge as a player in the commercial printing business. Kodak also plans to continue to sell film for movie productions.

“Today, the Cour t conf i rmed Kodak’s Plan of Reorganization. This critically important milestone marks the final step in the Court process,” said Kodak chairman and chief execu-tive Antonio Perez.

“Next, we move on to emergence as a technology leader serving large and growing commercial imaging markets - such as commercial printing, pack-aging, functional printing and profes-sional services - with a leaner structure and a stronger balance sheet.”

Kodak still has some final steps to take, such as completing an agreement over the pensions of retirees and ex-employees. The company expects to clear these hurdles in time to emerge on September 3.

A majority of Kodak’s creditors voted in favor of the restructuring plan last week.

Kodak filed for bankruptcy pro-tection from its creditors in January 2012, after 131 years in business, as the company fell behind rivals in digital photography. The Rochester, New York-based company, started in 1892, led the way in popularizing the cameras, film, slide projectors and home videos that preserved the memo-ries of generations of Americans and others around the world. Kodak was among the early developers of digital imaging, but lost ground to rivals as the company failed to adapt its busi-ness lines.

Asian share markets were mixed as investors awaited the release later in the day of minutes from the Fed’s July policy meeting.

They are anxious to see if higher US interest rates are in the offing, which would lessen the appeal of emerging markets for investors.

The Indian rupee recovered slightly from the previous ses-sion’s record low but Indonesia’s rupiah and the Thai baht faced more selling pressure as foreigners shift back to safer assets in the West after a year-long investment splurge elsewhere.

In the afternoon Mumbai’s Sensex share index was up 0.67 percent after losing almost six percent in the previous three days, while Jakarta was up 1.43 percent,

Kodak to emerge from bankruptcy

Emerging Asia currencies struggle as Fed move loomsAgence France-Presse

HONG KONG - Currencies in developing Asia struggled Wednesday as concerns grow that the US Federal Reserve will soon begin to unwind its massive stimulus programme, diverting cash back to the West.

capping a four-day losing streak that saw it shed more than 11 percent. However, Bangkok slipped 0.44 percent.

Among Asia’s major stock mar-kets Tokyo edged up 0.21 percent, or 27.95 points, to 13,424.33, Syd-ney ended up 0.43 percent, or 21.8 points, at 5,100 while Seoul closed 1.08 percent, or 20.39 points, lower at 1,867.46.

Shanghai was virtually un-changed, adding 0.37 points to 2,072.96. Hong Kong slipped 0.69 percent, or 152.56 points, to 21,817.73

Manila was closed for a public holiday, while Taipei was hut due to the approach of Tropical Storm Trami.

Wellington shares rose 0.96

percent, or 43.15 points, to close at 4,551.51. Fletcher Building surged 6.21 percent to NZ$8.72 after posting a 76 percent rise in annual net profit.

Analysts will read the Fed min-utes closely for an idea of the board’s plans for its bond-buying programme, known as quantitative easing (QE).

With the US economy showing increasing signs of strength, many analysts say the bank will start cutting down on the $85-billion-a-month scheme next month.

Expectations of such a move have seen foreign investors in recent months repatriate some of the vast sums that poured into emerging economies when QE was unveiled in September 2012, in turn hitting

currencies and equities.The growing crisis has increased

pressure on central banks to raise interest rates to support their curren-cies. However, such a move could be counterproductive to already struggling nations such as India, where the economy is hobbled by weakening growth as well as a huge current account deficit.

In forex trade the rupee sank to a record low of 64.1 to the dollar on Tuesday but clawed back slightly on Wednesday, strengthening to 63.65 in the afternoon.

The unit is Asia’s worst perform-ing currency this year, losing about a fifth of its value against the dollar in the past three months, with fears over the Fed’s stimulus adding to a severe slowdown in India.

However, the Indonesian rupiah weakened to 10,680 against the dollar -- its lowest point since mid-2009 -- from 10,495 Tuesday, while Thailand’s baht sat around a one-year low of 31.77, from 31.69.

AP PhotoInvestors look at the stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. Asian stock markets were choppy Wednesday as traders waited for hints from the U.S central bank about when it will begin to reduce its massive stimulus effort.

IBP

TANJUNG BENOA – Held at one of Bali’s most beautiful grounds, Taman Bhagawan has successfully put Jazz Market 2013, from Friday, 16th – Sunday, 18th August 2013 from 2 pm – 10 pm. The success was confirmed by the ever-growing number of Jazz Mar-ket by The Sea visitors flowing in throughout the three-day festival.

What makes Jazz Market by The Sea 2013 unique was that each festival day was different and each day was just as wonderful as the other days.

The opening night of Jazz Market by The Sea 2013 was headlined by Lisa Soul and Friends, which was followed by a very warm perfor-mance by Indonesian jazz veteran and legend Ireng Maulana.

Independence Day at Jazz Mar-ket by The Sea 2013 was coloured by traditional Indonesian activities including Panjat Pinang the pole climbing tradition, Krupuk (crack-ers) eating contest, Tarik Tambang (tug of war), a special drumband performance and Indonesia’s An-them, making the Independence Day celebration more festive. A spectacular performance by Bala-wan & Maestro and Syaharani & Queenfireworks (ESQI:EF) featured the second day of Jazz Market.

“I love Jazz Market this year! It is much better organized than the previous years. As an Indonesian Jazz musician, I am very proud to see that almost all the performing musicians are from Indonesia. I trust that at next year’s Jazz Market the line up will be just as packed and as interesting”, stated Syaharani.

On the final day and closing night of Jazz Market, a creative musical collaboration was presented on the last night with Barry Likumahuwa, Sandy Winarta and Kecak dancers from the Bali Ethnic Community taking the stage to close the 3rd year of Jazz Market by The Sea 2013.

Jappy Sanger, Music and Produc-tion Director of Jazz Market by The Sea 2013 expressed his creative direction on Jazz Market which was to, ‘connect both cultures (Indone-sian traditional performances and Jazz) through cross generational expressions (young and established talents) in order to produce a wave of inpsiration for people and oth-ers to create. This concept is one of many triumphant steps we have taken this year and I hope to con-tinue and develop creative ideas next year’.

Visitors of Jazz Market by The Sea 2013 were not only enter-tained with jazz music, but also Pasar Seni inspired market stalls, featuring stroll-around traditional cuisine and refreshing beverages, clothing, accessories, massage, art gallery and the kids club. In total of 88 stalls were present at the Jazz Market 2013.

“We are ever so pleased with the outcome and positive feedback of Jazz Market by The Sea 2013. 4,300 visitors attended the Jazz Market by The Sea 2013 weekend, which exceeded our expectation. A significant number of visitors came more than once to ensure that all aspects of the event was sampled, tasted and experienced. We will be back next year at the same time,” stated Astari Siswanto as Event Producer. (kmb18)

President Director of PT. Bayu Kusuma Jaya, a business-man engaging in plantation export, IB Raka Wiryanata, said the weakening rupiah would make the importing countries to pay more attention to Indo-nesia as the top market option compared to the other countries. Therefore, he said, the opportu-nity should be used as well as possible, particularly for farmers or people running the business in plantation commodity export to maintain and improve the quality of the current production.

“Moreover, the standard price of export commodity at home complies with the existing dollar exchange rate. When the U.S. dollar costs more expensive, the price of farming products in the country will also go up,” said Raka also posing as candidate of the Bali Regional Council

(DPD).As evidence, the local price

of vanilla had reached IDR 220,000 per kg from the previ-ous price of IDR 190,000 per kg. Similarly, the price of other plantation commodities with the export orientation was also get-ting more expensive.

Meanwhile, IB Raka also chairing of the Indonesia Market Traders Association (APPSI) of Bali predicted the weakening rupiah would have an impact on substantial inflation in the na-tional economy. As consequence, all prices would increase, but for the time being the impact had not been felt.

“At this time, the price in-crease only occurred due to the impact of the fuel price hike. Later, the prices will rise again as a result of the impact of the weakening rupiah against the

U.S. dollar,” he said.Previously, in a separate lo-

cation the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali released that Bali export in June 2013 reaching USD 44.58 million dropped 10.25 percent compared to the same month in previous year which reached USD 46.68 million, or down 5.32 percent compared to May 2013. The Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, Gede Suarsa, said the shipment of various commodities through a number of seaports in Indonesia majorly sent to the U.S., Japan, Australia, Singapore and China. The U.S. market absorbed 23.70 percent of the total export to Bali, and then was followed by Japan (13.31 percent), Austra-lia (8.04 percent), China (6.69 percent) and Singapore (3.70 percent). (kmb28)

IBP/Courtesy of Taman BhagawanHeld at one of Bali’s most beautiful grounds, Taman Bhagawan has successfully put Jazz Market 2013, from Friday, 16th – Sunday, 18th August 2013 from 2 pm – 10 pm.

Jazz Market 2013 When culture meets jazz

REUTERS/Beawiharta A money changer holds stacks of Indonesian rupiah notes in Jakarta August 20, 2013. Up to last Tuesday (Aug 20), the depreciation of exchange rate having made rupiah fall to the level of IDR 10,500 per US dollar did not necessarily bring in a sense of anxiety.

Rupiah weakens, an opportunity to increase export Bali Post

DENPASAR - Up to last Tuesday (Aug 20), the depreciation of exchange rate having made rupiah fall to the level of IDR 10,500 per US dollar did not necessarily bring in a sense of anxiety. The lineups of entrepreneurs, especially the exporters, even considered it beneficial when the condition of rupiah weakened. Such condition was considered to be exciting and could stimulate the plantation importers to take advantage of the local plantation commodities compared to the competing countries.

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The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday it viewed the situation at Fukushima “seriously” and was ready to help if called upon, while nearby China said it was “shocked” to hear contaminated water was still leaking from the plant, and urged Japan to provide information “in a timely, thorough and accurate way”.

“We hope the Japanese side can earnestly take effective steps to put an end to the negative impact of the after-effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident,” China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement faxed to Reuters in Beijing.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga called the situa-tion “deplorable”, and the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said it feared the disaster - the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl a quarter of a century earlier - was “in some respects” beyond the plant operator’s ability to cope.

The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, or Tepco, has been criticised for its failure to prepare for the disaster and has since been accused of covering up the extent of the problems at the plant. After months of denial, Tepco recently admitted the plant was leaking contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean from trenches between the reactor buildings and the shoreline.

It said on Tuesday that contami-nated water with dangerously high levels of radiation was leaking from a storage tank - the most serious problem in a series of recent mishaps, including power outages, contaminated workers and other leaks.

The NRA said it was worried about leakage from other similar tanks that were built hastily to store water washed over melted reactors at the station to keep them cool. Water in the latest leak is so contaminated that a person standing close to it for an hour would receive five times the annual recommended limit for nuclear workers.

A spokesman for the NRA said the agency plans to upgrade the severity of the crisis from a Level 1 “anomaly” to a Level 3 “seri-ous incident” on an international scale for radiological releases. An upgrade would be the first time Japan has issued a warning on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) since the three reactor meltdowns at Fukushima in March 2011. Explosions then led to a loss of power and cooling, triggering a maximum INES Level 7 at the plant.

“HAUNTED HOUSE”NRA Chairman Shunichi Tana-

ka likened the stricken nuclear plant to a house of horrors at an amusement park. “I don’t know if describing it this way is appropri-ate, but it’s like a haunted house and, as I’ve said, mishaps keep happening one after the other,” he told reporters. “We have to look into how we can reduce the risks and how to prevent it from becom-ing a fatal or serious incident.”

He said the NRA would consult with the IAEA about whether it was appropriate to assign a rating to the leakage at the plant.

“Japanese authorities continue to provide the Agency with infor-mation on the situation at the plant,

and Agency experts are following the issue closely,” Gill Tudor, spokesperson at the Vienna-based IAEA, said in an e-mailed state-ment. “The IAEA views this mat-ter seriously and remains ready to provide assistance on request.”

Each one-step INES increase represents a 10-fold increase in severity, according to a factsheet on the IAEA website. (www.iaea.org/) A Level 3 rating is assigned when there is exposure of more than 10 times the limit for workers, according to the factsheet.

In an emailed comment, An-drew Sherry, director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester, said: “Though seri-ous, this leak is a long way from the Level 7 incident we were fac-ing in 2011. The approach taken by Tepco to drain the tank, pump leaked water to temporary storage, and protect the drainage of con-taminated water to ground water, is entirely sensible.”

“This incident highlights the need for an inspection programme for these many hundreds of storage tanks, and the need to consider replacing bolted or sealed storage tanks, which were relatively quick to build, with a more robust welded design.”

South Korea’s Asiana Airlines Inc said it would cancel charter flights between Seoul and Fuku-shima city in October due to pub-lic concerns over the radioactive water leaks.

The city, around 60 kms (37 miles) from the nuclear facility and with a population of some 284,000, is a popular destination for golfers and tourists visiting nearby local hot springs and lakes.


MEXICO CITY - Purported drug cartel operator Sandra Avila Beltran, known as the “Queen of the Pacific,” was returned to Mexico from the U.S. on Tuesday and quickly taken to prison to face money-laundering charges.

Avila Beltran, known for her good looks and saucy attitude when she was arrested in 2007, looked haggard and had gray streaks in her once-black hair in a photograph published by local media when she was taken off a plane at the Mexico City airport.

She wasn’t seen again, and the Attorney General’s Office later said in a statement that she had been quickly whisked off to a prison in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit to await trial on the money-laundering charge.

She was given a quick medical checkup at the airport, where she arrived on a chartered flight that flew in migrants being repatriated to Mexico from El Paso, Texas.

Avila, 52, has been in custody since 2007 when she was charged with conspiracy to traffic drugs and organized crime. A Mexican judge acquitted her of those charges in December 2010, but she remained in custody and was extradited to the U.S. a year ago.

She pleaded guilty in April to being an accessory after the fact in a criminal organization that included Juan Diego Espinosa Ramirez, her boyfriend at the time. Espinosa pleaded guilty in 2009 to cocaine trafficking charges.

A statement signed by Avila said she provided money to Espinosa for travel and lodging so he could evade arrest by authorities between 2002 and 2004. Avila was sentenced to 70 months in prison in U.S. District Court in Miami last month and released almost immediately for time served in Mexico.

Mexico had used a little-known bilateral agreement that allows pros-ecutors to suspend local charges, extradite a suspect to the United States for trial, and then reactivate the charges once the suspect returns.

Her lawyer, Jorge Alfonso Espino, said Avila Beltran no longer faces organized crime charges.


The final installment of secretly recorded phone calls and meetings from President Richard Nixon’s White House will be released Wednesday, marking a final chapter in a campaign for public access that continues as memories of Watergate fade.

The recordings cap the chronological release of 3,000 hours of tapes Nixon recorded between February 1971 and July 1973 that have been released by the National Archives and Records Administration. The final installment covers the tumultuous three months when Watergate was closing in on the 37th president. Still, he forged ahead with Soviet peace talks, worked to cement Chinese relations and welcomed home Vietnam prisoners of war.

“This is a really big release in volume and importance, because of the time period it covers,” said Luke Nichter of Texas A&M University-Central Texas in Killeen, who runs a website cataloging Nixon’s secret recordings. “This is the end of taping and this is Watergate really begin-ning.”

The recordings released Wednesday from the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif., cover April 9, 1973, to July 12, 1973, the day before the existence of the covert recording system was revealed to a Senate committee probing Watergate.

Also unveiled will be 140,000 pages of documents, including more than 30,000 recently declassified items such as an intelligence analysis of Vietnam. Another 700 hours of Nixon tapes remain classified or restricted and haven’t been released because of national security and privacy concerns.

Nixon’s second term was quickly overrun by the Watergate scandal, which began in 1972 when burglars tied to his re-election committee broke into the Democratic headquarters to get dirt on his political adversaries. Previous tape releases show the president as a paranoid man who wasn’t afraid to use bare-knuckle tactics to crush the enemies he saw all around him.

An aerial view shows workers wearing protective suits and masks working atop contaminated water storage tanks at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushi-ma, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 20, 2013. REUTERS/Kyodo

Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Deepens, China Expresses “Shock”Reuters

TOKYO - Japan’s nuclear crisis escalated to its worst level since a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant more than two years ago, with the country’s nuclear watchdog saying it feared more storage tanks were leaking contaminated water.

Mexico re-jails alleged female cartel operator

Last Nixon tapes to be released cover key period

AP Photo/Heri Juanda

Indonesian Muslim students line up as they practice a traditional Acehnese dance called “saman” at a high school in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tues-day, Aug. 20, 2013. The Aceh province is on the island of Sumatra and the saman dance is part of the cultural heritage of the Gayo people of Aceh province.

The bus was carrying 60 pas-sengers from a Jakarta church back to the capital after a visit to a hill resort when the accident happened in Cisarua, West Java province, local police spokesman Martinus Sitompul told AFP.

It collided with a pick-up truck then crashed into a food stall before falling up to eight metres (26 feet) into the river.

“Sixteen people died, 32 people were seriously injured, and 10 oth-ers were lightly injured,” he said.

“We suspect the brakes mal-functioned but that’s still being investigated.”

Fatal accidents are common on Indonesia’s poorly maintained roads, especially on densely popu-lated Java island.


PRABUMULIH - The education chief of a city sparked outrage Wednesday after proposing that teenage schoolgirls should undergo virginity tests to enter senior high school.

Activists accused Muhammad Rasyid of promoting “sexual violence against women” after he suggested the plan following the arrest of six high-school students for alleged prostitution.

“If it is possible, the virginity tests will be carried out next year,” said Rasyid, education head of Prabumulih city on Sumatra island.

The tests would affect students seeking to enter senior high school. In Muslim-majority Indonesia, senior high-school students are aged between 16 and 19.

“We will try to include the plan in our 2014 budget,” he said of the proposal, adding it still needed approval from the city mayor and local parliament. “We will carry it out every year.”

However, Rasyid conceded that there could be “some human rights concerns” over subjecting female students to intrusive virginity tests.

His proposal triggered immediate anger, with Education Minister Mohammad Nuh leading the condemnation: “If you want to protect your children from negative influence, there are others ways. This is not wise.”

“A virginity test is a form of sexual violence against women,” added Masruchah, the deputy head of the national commission on violence against woman, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

“It is degrading and discriminatory against women.”The proposal looked unlikely to be adopted, however, as the city’s

deputy mayor, Ardiansyah Fikri, said that local authorities did not sup-port it. However he said religious and moral education programmes were being planned to discourage people from public displays of affection in the city.

“Young boys and girls are not shy about behaving intimately in pub-lic,” he said. “Their morality is already out of control.”

In 2010, lawmakers in Sumatra’s Jambi province also proposed forc-ing teenage girls to undergo virginity tests to get into high school but the plan was dropped after opposition from central government.

Indonesia, a nation of more than 240 million people, is struggling to balance the country’s rapid modernisation with traditional, mainly Muslim values.


TAIPEI - Nine Indonesian fish-ing boat crewmen suspected of murdering their Taiwanese captain and chief engineer faced an angry attack from relatives when they were brought back to the island Tuesday to stand trial.

Family members of the dead punched the group and stabbed at them with umbrellas when they stepped off a coastguard frigate that had taken them to the northeastern

fishing port of Suao.A family member fell into the

water in the melee, but was rescued, televised images showed. The as-sault was so violent that coastguard members had to retreat temporarily to the ship with the nine.

The coastguard said in a state-ment that the Indonesians are sus-pected of murdering Chen Te-sheng, skipper of the Te Hung Hsing No. 368 fishing boat, and chief engineer Ho Chang-lin, and of throwing the bodies overboard.

The crime allegedly followed a dispute with the skipper while the ship was operating in the Pacific.

The owner of the Taiwanese fishing boat reported to authorities on July 18 that for three days the skipper had not responded to his satellite calls.

The report prompted the Tai-wanese coastguard to send a frig-ate to intercept the fishing boat nearly 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 kilometres) from the island’s south-ernmost tip.

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Curious onlookers inspect the wreckage of a bus that plunged into a stream in Cisarua, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. The packed church bus returning from an outing collided with a car and plunged into the river killing more than a dozen of people, police said Wednesday.

Sixteen dead as bus plunges into riverAgence France-Presse

CISARUA - Sixteen people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday when a bus plunged into a river as it returned from a church outing on Indonesia’s main island of Java, police said.

Nine Indonesian crew to face murder trial in Taiwan

People outrage over schoolgirl virginity tests

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AMLAPURA - Taman Ujung is the water pleasure garden built in the early 1900’s by the king as a component of the royal palace to recive important guests and visiting foreign dignitaries. Lo-cated just 5 km out of Amlapura, this serene garden setting was inspired by a combination of classic Balinese and European architectural styles and incor-porates three extensive ponds. From this elevated vantage point guests can appreciate sweeping views of the ocean towards the south, the tranquil beauty of the volcanic Mount Agung and sur-rounding rice terraces. Taman Sukasada Ujung is considered the structural mascot of the Karangasem kingdom.

Taman Sukasada Ujung

Williams heads into the Open, which starts on Aug. 26, looking to add to her French Open title from this year, her 16th Grand Slam singles triumph, which in-

cludes four championships at Flushing Meadows.Williams’ sister Venus, a two-times U.S. Open winner but

currently ranked 60th in the world, was unseeded.Serbia’s Novak Djokovic is the top seed in the men’s draw

which includes five-times U.S. Open champion and 17-times grand slam winner Roger Federer as seventh seed - his first time the Swiss has been placed outside the top three in a grand slam in over ten years.

Spaniard Rafa Nadal is the number two seed, ahead of Brit-ain’s Andy Murray, the defending champion and this year’s Wimbledon winner. The draw for the tournament will be held on Thursday.


PARIS - Lewis Hamilton must keep the pressure on Sebastian Vettel at the Belgian Grand Prix to maintain his slim title chances when the Formula One season resumes following its midsea-son break.

While Ferrari has slipped behind the pace in recent races, Mercedes is finally adding consistency to its undoubted speed to give Hamilton an outside shot at closing the gap on championship leader Vettel.

Hamilton, the 2008 champion, has nine races left and 48 points to make

up on the three-time defending cham-pion.

But Mercedes has won three of the past five races and Hamilton has clinched three consecutive pole posi-tions - the last three weeks ago when he drove superbly from the front to win the Hungarian GP in Budapest.

MotoGP has announced that it will return to Brazil in 2014 with a new event at the Brasilia circuit. The series last raced in Brazil in 2004, when it held its last race at Rio (pic-tured) after a 10-year stint.

A handful of premier class events had previously taken place at Goiania in the late 1980s, before a one-off at Interlagos in 1992.

MotoGP officials held a press conference in Brazil on Monday to announce the planned return of the race.

The 3.4-mile Brasilia track, now named in honour of three-time For-mula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet, is currently used mainly for domestic racing.

It is set to be the second South American addition to the MotoGP calendar next year, joining the revived Argentine Grand Prix at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit.

MotoGP to return to Brazil in 2014

Jorge Lorenzo (99), of Spain, leads the field for the start of the Indianapolis Grand Prix MotoGP motorcycle race

at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013.

AP Photo/Darron Cummings

Hamilton’s title bid resumes at Belgian GP

Serena Given Top Seed At U.S. Open

Reuters

World number one and defending champion Serena Williams has been given the top seeding for the U.S. open, organisers announced on tuesday. Belarussia’s Victoria Azarenka, who beat Williams in Sunday’s final of the Cincinnati open, is the second seed ahead of Maria Sharapova of Russia and Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska.

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Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Roman Shirokov netted a hat-trick as the Russian team made light of the absence of Brazil striker Hulk to thump Pacos de Ferreira 4-1 away in Porto.

In the early kickoff, Shakhter Karagandy upset former European champions Celtic 2-0 to stay on course to be-come the first Kazakh side to reach the group stage while Czech champions Viktoria Plzen beat Slovenia’s Maribor 3-1 at home.

Mexican Carlos Vela laid on Sociedad’s opener in the 17th minute with a fine cross from the left which French-man Antoine Griezmann, playing against his boyhood club Lyon, volleyed into the net with a bicycle kick from the edge of the box.

Swiss forward Haris Seferovic in-creased the Spanish side’s lead five minutes after the break with another fine shot inside goalkeeper Anthony Lopes’s near post. Lyon defender Milan Bisevac was sent off after fouling Vela just outside the box in the 75th to earn a second booking.

Milan have a slight advantage after their draw at PSV in a clash between former European Cup winners.

Italy striker Stephan El Shaarawy headed the opener with Tim Matavz equalising for PSV from a rebound after Christian Ab-biati failed to hold Jeffrey Bruma’s scorching drive on the hour.

Zenit virtually sealed their berth in the lucrative group stage with their thumping victory at the Dragao, home of Hulk’s former club Porto, with modest Pacos facing an uphill struggle to get back into the tie in next week’s second leg in Russia.

SHIROKOV HAT-TRICK

Hulk missed a return to Porto after suffering an injury during a Russian league game at the weekend but he was hardly missed as defensive midfielder Shirokov provided the finish-ing. Shirokov put Zenit ahead in the 27th minute, running on to Portuguese winger Danny’s cross, but the hosts equalised just before the hour mark through Andre Leao at a corner.

Shirokov soon restored Zenit’s lead

from Danny’s corner and they went 3-1 up five minutes from time thanks to an own goal by Pacos goalkeeper Matias Degra who deflected the ball into the net when a free kick by Aleksandr Kerzhakov came off the bar. Shirokov completed his treble in the final minute.

Shakhter stunned Celtic with opportunist goals from strikers Andrei Finonchenko and Sergei Khizh-nichenko.

The Kazakh side grabbed an 11th-minute lead when towering Bosnian defender Nikola Vasiljevic headed on a long throw for Finonchenko to poke into the net from three metres.

The Scots were again caught cold in the 77th minute, when a deflected Gediminas Vicius shot fell kindly for

Khizhnichenko to head home from close range.Marian Cisovsky and Vladimir Darida gave Vik-

toria a two-goal lead inside the hour with defender Ales Mejac pulling one back for Maribor in the 66th with a shot into the top corner. However, Viktoria restored a two-goal advantage a minute from time through Michal Duris.

There are five more Champions League playoff first legs on Wednesday with the return matches scheduled for next week. Associated Press Writer

SAO PAULO — It was a fren-zied start to FIFA’s attempt to fill the stands for next year’s World Cup in Brazil as fans applied Tuesday for more than 1 million tickets in just seven hours.

But it will be some time before they know whether they’ll be among those lucky enough to get seats to football’s signature event. Appli-cants won’t hear back until October, after FIFA holds a random selection draw on all the requests. More than 163,000 people requested the tickets online in the first seven hours.

At the end of the first day of sales, the website of football’s governing body FIFA showed that there were more ticket applications than the number of seats available in all four price categories for 12 of the 64 matches, including the opener in Sao Paulo and the final at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium.

Demand was also high in all price categories for the semifinals, and 44 matches had too many requests at least for the cheaper category tickets which are only available for Brazilians.

FIFA said the highest amount of applications so far has come from Brazil, Argentina, the U.S., Chile and

England. “The respective ticket prod-uct is already heavily oversubscribed and therefore, at that point in time, the success of the application appears very unlikely,” FIFA said of the high demand categories. “There are vastly more ticket applicants seeking tickets than there are tickets presently avail-able for the general public.”

Prices for the final will go from $440-$990, although Brazilian fans will pay $165 in the cheaper category. Brazilians over the age of 60, local students and members of some so-cial programs will be allowed to pay about $82 for a ticket. Prices for the opener in Sao Paulo go from $220-$495, with Brazilians paying $80 and discounted tickets costing $40.

About 500,000 tickets in total were set aside for the category avail-able solely to Brazilian citizens.

Applications quickly started pour-ing in after tickets went up for grabs at 1000 GMT Tuesday. Some fans had to be placed in a virtual queue “due to an exceedingly high demand for access to the ticketing page,” FIFA said on its website.

FIFA’s press office said that in the first hour of sales there were 14,104 requests for a total of 81,821 tickets. Each applicant can request for up to four tickets for a maximum of seven matches.


MILAN — Five things to know about AC Milan ahead of the start of the Serie A season:

TITLE CONTENDERS?AC Milan is once again the

team likeliest to challenge Juven-tus following a season of transi-tion. After a complete overhaul of its squad, Milan started the last campaign poorly and looked more like candidates for relega-tion. However, Milan’s young-sters began to play well and, with the addition of Mario Balotelli in January, stormed up the standings to secure third spot. If the team continues this season in the same fashion as the second half of last campaign, Milan will once again be a force to be reckoned with.Reuters

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund forward Robert Lewandowski has

resolved differences with the club over a failed transfer to Bayern Mu-nich in the close season, the Poland international said on Wednesday after being given a pay rise.

Lewandowski was desperate to leave the Champions League runners-up to join treble winners Bayern Munich but the deal fell through after Dortmund blocked the transfer, saying he had a contract until 2014.

A bitter war of words ensued between the two sides, raising concerns over his commitment to Dortmund in his final year of his contract.

“The situation is now that I will stay in Dortmund for one more year,” Lewandowski told sport bild magazine. “We have put aside all disagreements and have cleared the air. There were mistakes made but the case is closed.”

“I had a different starting point. I thought I was allowed to transfer. I was then disappointed and angry. But now everything is calm. I have always said I would respect my contract.”

Dortmund also said they gave the forward an unspecified pay hike last week based on last season’s performances.

“It is true that we have adapted his remunerations to his sporting contribution,” Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said, without giving any details on the rise of the forward’s annual salary. “We had intended for months to do that.”

German media reported his salary was up from 1.5 million euros ($2.01 million) to 5.0 million annually.

The Poland international enjoyed a sensational season, scoring 24 league goals and adding another 10 in the Champions League, includ-ing four in one game against Real Madrid.


MADRID — Spain coach Vicente del Bosque says the decision by Carlo Ancelotti to keep Iker Casillas on Real Madrid’s bench will not affect the goalkeeper’s status on the national team with the World Cup less than a year away.

Ancelotti’s selection of Diego Lopez ahead of Casillas in the opening round of the Spanish league last weekend maintained the criticized move of former manager Jose Mourinho.

Del Bosque tells Cope radio “I don’t think there will be big changes. We are happy with all three goalkeepers. It’s not a big deal if they are one, two, three or even 10 games without playing.”

Del Bosque will announce his squad on Aug. 30 for Spain’s World Cup qualifier against Finland on Sept. 6.


Zenit St Pe-tersburg’s Roman Shi-rokov celebrates after scoring his team second goal

against Pacos Ferreira during their Champi-ons League play-off soc-cer match at the Dragao Stadium, Porto, Portu-gal, Tuesday Aug. 20, 2013.

Dortmund’s Lewandowski Settles Disagreements With Club

Del Bosque not concerned by Casillas’ benching

Reuters

LONDON - Real Sociedad scored two brilliant goals to win 2-0 against a stunned Olympique Lyonnais side who finished with 10 men while AC Milan held PSV Eindhoven to a 1-1 draw in Champions League playoff first legs on Tuesday.

High demand as World Cup ticket sales begin

AP Photo/Ermindo Armino

AC Milan’s Stephan El Shaarawy from AC Milan in action during the Champi-ons League play-offs first leg soccer match between PSV Eindhoven and AC Milan at the Philips sta-dium in Eindhoven, south-ern Netherlands, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013.

5 things to know about AC Milan MARIO BALOTELLI

Bringing Mario Balotelli back to Italy was certainly the greatest coup Milan achieved last season. Finally the team had a star player and one that could score goals — two things sorely needed fol-lowing the offseason departure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. And score goals Balotelli did — 12 in 13 games to be precise, helping lead Milan to the Champions League qualification round. Balotelli’s penalty-taking skills are second to none, having never missed a spot kick, and he has formed a lethal partnership with Stephan El Shaarawy that is set to benefit both Milan and the Italian national team.

MASSIMILIANO ALLEGRIAC Milan coach Massimiliano

Allegri has never really won the hearts of the team’s supporters and is not a media favorite ei-ther. There has been persistent talk of a change amid reports of a fractious relationship between Allegri and club owner Silvio Berlusconi. Allegri clung on despite the difficult times at the start of last season, however, and he won grudging respect for managing to turn the team’s fortunes around and get the best out of a young and inexperienced squad. But more will be expected of him this season following two trophyless years.

YOUNG GUNSAC Milan fans were le f t

stunned last offseason when the old guard and several stars departed the club en masse, leav-ing a squad composed mainly of young unknown players. It appeared as if the club’s gamble was set to fail spectacularly as Milan collected only eight points from its opening seven matches. However, the team started to gel as the youngsters grew in confi-dence, with Stephan El Shaarawy bursting onto the scene in style, and Milan climbed steadily from 16th place to third. Milan has continued to focus on youth and it will be interesting to see what the youngsters can achieve with an added year of experience.

TRANSFER (IN)ACTIVITYMilan has been widely expect-

ed to bring in a couple of players this offseason to add experience to its youthful squad. However, it has been relatively quiet in the transfer market, with its big-gest signing to date being Matias Silvestre from Inter Milan. It has been linked to a number of play-ers but the likes of Adam Ljajic, Mamadou Sakho and Keisuke Honda are perhaps waiting to see if Milan gets through the Champi-ons League playoff round. It drew the first leg 1-1 at PSV Eindhoven. Failure to qualify for the competi-tion proper could have a serious impact on its domestic fortunes as Milan would then struggle to attract important players.

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Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Roman Shirokov netted a hat-trick as the Russian team made light of the absence of Brazil striker Hulk to thump Pacos de Ferreira 4-1 away in Porto.

In the early kickoff, Shakhter Karagandy upset former European champions Celtic 2-0 to stay on course to be-come the first Kazakh side to reach the group stage while Czech champions Viktoria Plzen beat Slovenia’s Maribor 3-1 at home.

Mexican Carlos Vela laid on Sociedad’s opener in the 17th minute with a fine cross from the left which French-man Antoine Griezmann, playing against his boyhood club Lyon, volleyed into the net with a bicycle kick from the edge of the box.

Swiss forward Haris Seferovic in-creased the Spanish side’s lead five minutes after the break with another fine shot inside goalkeeper Anthony Lopes’s near post. Lyon defender Milan Bisevac was sent off after fouling Vela just outside the box in the 75th to earn a second booking.

Milan have a slight advantage after their draw at PSV in a clash between former European Cup winners.

Italy striker Stephan El Shaarawy headed the opener with Tim Matavz equalising for PSV from a rebound after Christian Ab-biati failed to hold Jeffrey Bruma’s scorching drive on the hour.

Zenit virtually sealed their berth in the lucrative group stage with their thumping victory at the Dragao, home of Hulk’s former club Porto, with modest Pacos facing an uphill struggle to get back into the tie in next week’s second leg in Russia.

SHIROKOV HAT-TRICK

Hulk missed a return to Porto after suffering an injury during a Russian league game at the weekend but he was hardly missed as defensive midfielder Shirokov provided the finish-ing. Shirokov put Zenit ahead in the 27th minute, running on to Portuguese winger Danny’s cross, but the hosts equalised just before the hour mark through Andre Leao at a corner.

Shirokov soon restored Zenit’s lead

from Danny’s corner and they went 3-1 up five minutes from time thanks to an own goal by Pacos goalkeeper Matias Degra who deflected the ball into the net when a free kick by Aleksandr Kerzhakov came off the bar. Shirokov completed his treble in the final minute.

Shakhter stunned Celtic with opportunist goals from strikers Andrei Finonchenko and Sergei Khizh-nichenko.

The Kazakh side grabbed an 11th-minute lead when towering Bosnian defender Nikola Vasiljevic headed on a long throw for Finonchenko to poke into the net from three metres.

The Scots were again caught cold in the 77th minute, when a deflected Gediminas Vicius shot fell kindly for

Khizhnichenko to head home from close range.Marian Cisovsky and Vladimir Darida gave Vik-

toria a two-goal lead inside the hour with defender Ales Mejac pulling one back for Maribor in the 66th with a shot into the top corner. However, Viktoria restored a two-goal advantage a minute from time through Michal Duris.

There are five more Champions League playoff first legs on Wednesday with the return matches scheduled for next week. Associated Press Writer

SAO PAULO — It was a fren-zied start to FIFA’s attempt to fill the stands for next year’s World Cup in Brazil as fans applied Tuesday for more than 1 million tickets in just seven hours.

But it will be some time before they know whether they’ll be among those lucky enough to get seats to football’s signature event. Appli-cants won’t hear back until October, after FIFA holds a random selection draw on all the requests. More than 163,000 people requested the tickets online in the first seven hours.

At the end of the first day of sales, the website of football’s governing body FIFA showed that there were more ticket applications than the number of seats available in all four price categories for 12 of the 64 matches, including the opener in Sao Paulo and the final at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium.

Demand was also high in all price categories for the semifinals, and 44 matches had too many requests at least for the cheaper category tickets which are only available for Brazilians.

FIFA said the highest amount of applications so far has come from Brazil, Argentina, the U.S., Chile and

England. “The respective ticket prod-uct is already heavily oversubscribed and therefore, at that point in time, the success of the application appears very unlikely,” FIFA said of the high demand categories. “There are vastly more ticket applicants seeking tickets than there are tickets presently avail-able for the general public.”

Prices for the final will go from $440-$990, although Brazilian fans will pay $165 in the cheaper category. Brazilians over the age of 60, local students and members of some so-cial programs will be allowed to pay about $82 for a ticket. Prices for the opener in Sao Paulo go from $220-$495, with Brazilians paying $80 and discounted tickets costing $40.

About 500,000 tickets in total were set aside for the category avail-able solely to Brazilian citizens.

Applications quickly started pour-ing in after tickets went up for grabs at 1000 GMT Tuesday. Some fans had to be placed in a virtual queue “due to an exceedingly high demand for access to the ticketing page,” FIFA said on its website.

FIFA’s press office said that in the first hour of sales there were 14,104 requests for a total of 81,821 tickets. Each applicant can request for up to four tickets for a maximum of seven matches.


MILAN — Five things to know about AC Milan ahead of the start of the Serie A season:

TITLE CONTENDERS?AC Milan is once again the

team likeliest to challenge Juven-tus following a season of transi-tion. After a complete overhaul of its squad, Milan started the last campaign poorly and looked more like candidates for relega-tion. However, Milan’s young-sters began to play well and, with the addition of Mario Balotelli in January, stormed up the standings to secure third spot. If the team continues this season in the same fashion as the second half of last campaign, Milan will once again be a force to be reckoned with.Reuters

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund forward Robert Lewandowski has

resolved differences with the club over a failed transfer to Bayern Mu-nich in the close season, the Poland international said on Wednesday after being given a pay rise.

Lewandowski was desperate to leave the Champions League runners-up to join treble winners Bayern Munich but the deal fell through after Dortmund blocked the transfer, saying he had a contract until 2014.

A bitter war of words ensued between the two sides, raising concerns over his commitment to Dortmund in his final year of his contract.

“The situation is now that I will stay in Dortmund for one more year,” Lewandowski told sport bild magazine. “We have put aside all disagreements and have cleared the air. There were mistakes made but the case is closed.”

“I had a different starting point. I thought I was allowed to transfer. I was then disappointed and angry. But now everything is calm. I have always said I would respect my contract.”

Dortmund also said they gave the forward an unspecified pay hike last week based on last season’s performances.

“It is true that we have adapted his remunerations to his sporting contribution,” Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said, without giving any details on the rise of the forward’s annual salary. “We had intended for months to do that.”

German media reported his salary was up from 1.5 million euros ($2.01 million) to 5.0 million annually.

The Poland international enjoyed a sensational season, scoring 24 league goals and adding another 10 in the Champions League, includ-ing four in one game against Real Madrid.


MADRID — Spain coach Vicente del Bosque says the decision by Carlo Ancelotti to keep Iker Casillas on Real Madrid’s bench will not affect the goalkeeper’s status on the national team with the World Cup less than a year away.

Ancelotti’s selection of Diego Lopez ahead of Casillas in the opening round of the Spanish league last weekend maintained the criticized move of former manager Jose Mourinho.

Del Bosque tells Cope radio “I don’t think there will be big changes. We are happy with all three goalkeepers. It’s not a big deal if they are one, two, three or even 10 games without playing.”

Del Bosque will announce his squad on Aug. 30 for Spain’s World Cup qualifier against Finland on Sept. 6.


Zenit St Pe-tersburg’s Roman Shi-rokov celebrates after scoring his team second goal

against Pacos Ferreira during their Champi-ons League play-off soc-cer match at the Dragao Stadium, Porto, Portu-gal, Tuesday Aug. 20, 2013.

Dortmund’s Lewandowski Settles Disagreements With Club

Del Bosque not concerned by Casillas’ benching

Reuters

LONDON - Real Sociedad scored two brilliant goals to win 2-0 against a stunned Olympique Lyonnais side who finished with 10 men while AC Milan held PSV Eindhoven to a 1-1 draw in Champions League playoff first legs on Tuesday.

High demand as World Cup ticket sales begin

AP Photo/Ermindo Armino

AC Milan’s Stephan El Shaarawy from AC Milan in action during the Champi-ons League play-offs first leg soccer match between PSV Eindhoven and AC Milan at the Philips sta-dium in Eindhoven, south-ern Netherlands, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013.

5 things to know about AC Milan MARIO BALOTELLI

Bringing Mario Balotelli back to Italy was certainly the greatest coup Milan achieved last season. Finally the team had a star player and one that could score goals — two things sorely needed fol-lowing the offseason departure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. And score goals Balotelli did — 12 in 13 games to be precise, helping lead Milan to the Champions League qualification round. Balotelli’s penalty-taking skills are second to none, having never missed a spot kick, and he has formed a lethal partnership with Stephan El Shaarawy that is set to benefit both Milan and the Italian national team.

MASSIMILIANO ALLEGRIAC Milan coach Massimiliano

Allegri has never really won the hearts of the team’s supporters and is not a media favorite ei-ther. There has been persistent talk of a change amid reports of a fractious relationship between Allegri and club owner Silvio Berlusconi. Allegri clung on despite the difficult times at the start of last season, however, and he won grudging respect for managing to turn the team’s fortunes around and get the best out of a young and inexperienced squad. But more will be expected of him this season following two trophyless years.

YOUNG GUNSAC Milan fans were le f t

stunned last offseason when the old guard and several stars departed the club en masse, leav-ing a squad composed mainly of young unknown players. It appeared as if the club’s gamble was set to fail spectacularly as Milan collected only eight points from its opening seven matches. However, the team started to gel as the youngsters grew in confi-dence, with Stephan El Shaarawy bursting onto the scene in style, and Milan climbed steadily from 16th place to third. Milan has continued to focus on youth and it will be interesting to see what the youngsters can achieve with an added year of experience.

TRANSFER (IN)ACTIVITYMilan has been widely expect-

ed to bring in a couple of players this offseason to add experience to its youthful squad. However, it has been relatively quiet in the transfer market, with its big-gest signing to date being Matias Silvestre from Inter Milan. It has been linked to a number of play-ers but the likes of Adam Ljajic, Mamadou Sakho and Keisuke Honda are perhaps waiting to see if Milan gets through the Champi-ons League playoff round. It drew the first leg 1-1 at PSV Eindhoven. Failure to qualify for the competi-tion proper could have a serious impact on its domestic fortunes as Milan would then struggle to attract important players.

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AMLAPURA - Taman Ujung is the water pleasure garden built in the early 1900’s by the king as a component of the royal palace to recive important guests and visiting foreign dignitaries. Lo-cated just 5 km out of Amlapura, this serene garden setting was inspired by a combination of classic Balinese and European architectural styles and incor-porates three extensive ponds. From this elevated vantage point guests can appreciate sweeping views of the ocean towards the south, the tranquil beauty of the volcanic Mount Agung and sur-rounding rice terraces. Taman Sukasada Ujung is considered the structural mascot of the Karangasem kingdom.

Taman Sukasada Ujung

Williams heads into the Open, which starts on Aug. 26, looking to add to her French Open title from this year, her 16th Grand Slam singles triumph, which in-

cludes four championships at Flushing Meadows.Williams’ sister Venus, a two-times U.S. Open winner but

currently ranked 60th in the world, was unseeded.Serbia’s Novak Djokovic is the top seed in the men’s draw

which includes five-times U.S. Open champion and 17-times grand slam winner Roger Federer as seventh seed - his first time the Swiss has been placed outside the top three in a grand slam in over ten years.

Spaniard Rafa Nadal is the number two seed, ahead of Brit-ain’s Andy Murray, the defending champion and this year’s Wimbledon winner. The draw for the tournament will be held on Thursday.


PARIS - Lewis Hamilton must keep the pressure on Sebastian Vettel at the Belgian Grand Prix to maintain his slim title chances when the Formula One season resumes following its midsea-son break.

While Ferrari has slipped behind the pace in recent races, Mercedes is finally adding consistency to its undoubted speed to give Hamilton an outside shot at closing the gap on championship leader Vettel.

Hamilton, the 2008 champion, has nine races left and 48 points to make

up on the three-time defending cham-pion.

But Mercedes has won three of the past five races and Hamilton has clinched three consecutive pole posi-tions - the last three weeks ago when he drove superbly from the front to win the Hungarian GP in Budapest.

MotoGP has announced that it will return to Brazil in 2014 with a new event at the Brasilia circuit. The series last raced in Brazil in 2004, when it held its last race at Rio (pic-tured) after a 10-year stint.

A handful of premier class events had previously taken place at Goiania in the late 1980s, before a one-off at Interlagos in 1992.

MotoGP officials held a press conference in Brazil on Monday to announce the planned return of the race.

The 3.4-mile Brasilia track, now named in honour of three-time For-mula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet, is currently used mainly for domestic racing.

It is set to be the second South American addition to the MotoGP calendar next year, joining the revived Argentine Grand Prix at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit.

MotoGP to return to Brazil in 2014

Jorge Lorenzo (99), of Spain, leads the field for the start of the Indianapolis Grand Prix MotoGP motorcycle race

at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013.

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Hamilton’s title bid resumes at Belgian GP

Serena Given Top Seed At U.S. Open

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World number one and defending champion Serena Williams has been given the top seeding for the U.S. open, organisers announced on tuesday. Belarussia’s Victoria Azarenka, who beat Williams in Sunday’s final of the Cincinnati open, is the second seed ahead of Maria Sharapova of Russia and Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska.

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The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday it viewed the situation at Fukushima “seriously” and was ready to help if called upon, while nearby China said it was “shocked” to hear contaminated water was still leaking from the plant, and urged Japan to provide information “in a timely, thorough and accurate way”.

“We hope the Japanese side can earnestly take effective steps to put an end to the negative impact of the after-effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident,” China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement faxed to Reuters in Beijing.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga called the situa-tion “deplorable”, and the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said it feared the disaster - the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl a quarter of a century earlier - was “in some respects” beyond the plant operator’s ability to cope.

The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, or Tepco, has been criticised for its failure to prepare for the disaster and has since been accused of covering up the extent of the problems at the plant. After months of denial, Tepco recently admitted the plant was leaking contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean from trenches between the reactor buildings and the shoreline.

It said on Tuesday that contami-nated water with dangerously high levels of radiation was leaking from a storage tank - the most serious problem in a series of recent mishaps, including power outages, contaminated workers and other leaks.

The NRA said it was worried about leakage from other similar tanks that were built hastily to store water washed over melted reactors at the station to keep them cool. Water in the latest leak is so contaminated that a person standing close to it for an hour would receive five times the annual recommended limit for nuclear workers.

A spokesman for the NRA said the agency plans to upgrade the severity of the crisis from a Level 1 “anomaly” to a Level 3 “seri-ous incident” on an international scale for radiological releases. An upgrade would be the first time Japan has issued a warning on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) since the three reactor meltdowns at Fukushima in March 2011. Explosions then led to a loss of power and cooling, triggering a maximum INES Level 7 at the plant.

“HAUNTED HOUSE”NRA Chairman Shunichi Tana-

ka likened the stricken nuclear plant to a house of horrors at an amusement park. “I don’t know if describing it this way is appropri-ate, but it’s like a haunted house and, as I’ve said, mishaps keep happening one after the other,” he told reporters. “We have to look into how we can reduce the risks and how to prevent it from becom-ing a fatal or serious incident.”

He said the NRA would consult with the IAEA about whether it was appropriate to assign a rating to the leakage at the plant.

“Japanese authorities continue to provide the Agency with infor-mation on the situation at the plant,

and Agency experts are following the issue closely,” Gill Tudor, spokesperson at the Vienna-based IAEA, said in an e-mailed state-ment. “The IAEA views this mat-ter seriously and remains ready to provide assistance on request.”

Each one-step INES increase represents a 10-fold increase in severity, according to a factsheet on the IAEA website. (www.iaea.org/) A Level 3 rating is assigned when there is exposure of more than 10 times the limit for workers, according to the factsheet.

In an emailed comment, An-drew Sherry, director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester, said: “Though seri-ous, this leak is a long way from the Level 7 incident we were fac-ing in 2011. The approach taken by Tepco to drain the tank, pump leaked water to temporary storage, and protect the drainage of con-taminated water to ground water, is entirely sensible.”

“This incident highlights the need for an inspection programme for these many hundreds of storage tanks, and the need to consider replacing bolted or sealed storage tanks, which were relatively quick to build, with a more robust welded design.”

South Korea’s Asiana Airlines Inc said it would cancel charter flights between Seoul and Fuku-shima city in October due to pub-lic concerns over the radioactive water leaks.

The city, around 60 kms (37 miles) from the nuclear facility and with a population of some 284,000, is a popular destination for golfers and tourists visiting nearby local hot springs and lakes.


MEXICO CITY - Purported drug cartel operator Sandra Avila Beltran, known as the “Queen of the Pacific,” was returned to Mexico from the U.S. on Tuesday and quickly taken to prison to face money-laundering charges.

Avila Beltran, known for her good looks and saucy attitude when she was arrested in 2007, looked haggard and had gray streaks in her once-black hair in a photograph published by local media when she was taken off a plane at the Mexico City airport.

She wasn’t seen again, and the Attorney General’s Office later said in a statement that she had been quickly whisked off to a prison in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit to await trial on the money-laundering charge.

She was given a quick medical checkup at the airport, where she arrived on a chartered flight that flew in migrants being repatriated to Mexico from El Paso, Texas.

Avila, 52, has been in custody since 2007 when she was charged with conspiracy to traffic drugs and organized crime. A Mexican judge acquitted her of those charges in December 2010, but she remained in custody and was extradited to the U.S. a year ago.

She pleaded guilty in April to being an accessory after the fact in a criminal organization that included Juan Diego Espinosa Ramirez, her boyfriend at the time. Espinosa pleaded guilty in 2009 to cocaine trafficking charges.

A statement signed by Avila said she provided money to Espinosa for travel and lodging so he could evade arrest by authorities between 2002 and 2004. Avila was sentenced to 70 months in prison in U.S. District Court in Miami last month and released almost immediately for time served in Mexico.

Mexico had used a little-known bilateral agreement that allows pros-ecutors to suspend local charges, extradite a suspect to the United States for trial, and then reactivate the charges once the suspect returns.

Her lawyer, Jorge Alfonso Espino, said Avila Beltran no longer faces organized crime charges.


The final installment of secretly recorded phone calls and meetings from President Richard Nixon’s White House will be released Wednesday, marking a final chapter in a campaign for public access that continues as memories of Watergate fade.

The recordings cap the chronological release of 3,000 hours of tapes Nixon recorded between February 1971 and July 1973 that have been released by the National Archives and Records Administration. The final installment covers the tumultuous three months when Watergate was closing in on the 37th president. Still, he forged ahead with Soviet peace talks, worked to cement Chinese relations and welcomed home Vietnam prisoners of war.

“This is a really big release in volume and importance, because of the time period it covers,” said Luke Nichter of Texas A&M University-Central Texas in Killeen, who runs a website cataloging Nixon’s secret recordings. “This is the end of taping and this is Watergate really begin-ning.”

The recordings released Wednesday from the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif., cover April 9, 1973, to July 12, 1973, the day before the existence of the covert recording system was revealed to a Senate committee probing Watergate.

Also unveiled will be 140,000 pages of documents, including more than 30,000 recently declassified items such as an intelligence analysis of Vietnam. Another 700 hours of Nixon tapes remain classified or restricted and haven’t been released because of national security and privacy concerns.

Nixon’s second term was quickly overrun by the Watergate scandal, which began in 1972 when burglars tied to his re-election committee broke into the Democratic headquarters to get dirt on his political adversaries. Previous tape releases show the president as a paranoid man who wasn’t afraid to use bare-knuckle tactics to crush the enemies he saw all around him.

An aerial view shows workers wearing protective suits and masks working atop contaminated water storage tanks at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushi-ma, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 20, 2013. REUTERS/Kyodo

Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Deepens, China Expresses “Shock”Reuters

TOKYO - Japan’s nuclear crisis escalated to its worst level since a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant more than two years ago, with the country’s nuclear watchdog saying it feared more storage tanks were leaking contaminated water.

Mexico re-jails alleged female cartel operator

Last Nixon tapes to be released cover key period

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Indonesian Muslim students line up as they practice a traditional Acehnese dance called “saman” at a high school in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tues-day, Aug. 20, 2013. The Aceh province is on the island of Sumatra and the saman dance is part of the cultural heritage of the Gayo people of Aceh province.

The bus was carrying 60 pas-sengers from a Jakarta church back to the capital after a visit to a hill resort when the accident happened in Cisarua, West Java province, local police spokesman Martinus Sitompul told AFP.

It collided with a pick-up truck then crashed into a food stall before falling up to eight metres (26 feet) into the river.

“Sixteen people died, 32 people were seriously injured, and 10 oth-ers were lightly injured,” he said.

“We suspect the brakes mal-functioned but that’s still being investigated.”

Fatal accidents are common on Indonesia’s poorly maintained roads, especially on densely popu-lated Java island.


PRABUMULIH - The education chief of a city sparked outrage Wednesday after proposing that teenage schoolgirls should undergo virginity tests to enter senior high school.

Activists accused Muhammad Rasyid of promoting “sexual violence against women” after he suggested the plan following the arrest of six high-school students for alleged prostitution.

“If it is possible, the virginity tests will be carried out next year,” said Rasyid, education head of Prabumulih city on Sumatra island.

The tests would affect students seeking to enter senior high school. In Muslim-majority Indonesia, senior high-school students are aged between 16 and 19.

“We will try to include the plan in our 2014 budget,” he said of the proposal, adding it still needed approval from the city mayor and local parliament. “We will carry it out every year.”

However, Rasyid conceded that there could be “some human rights concerns” over subjecting female students to intrusive virginity tests.

His proposal triggered immediate anger, with Education Minister Mohammad Nuh leading the condemnation: “If you want to protect your children from negative influence, there are others ways. This is not wise.”

“A virginity test is a form of sexual violence against women,” added Masruchah, the deputy head of the national commission on violence against woman, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

“It is degrading and discriminatory against women.”The proposal looked unlikely to be adopted, however, as the city’s

deputy mayor, Ardiansyah Fikri, said that local authorities did not sup-port it. However he said religious and moral education programmes were being planned to discourage people from public displays of affection in the city.

“Young boys and girls are not shy about behaving intimately in pub-lic,” he said. “Their morality is already out of control.”

In 2010, lawmakers in Sumatra’s Jambi province also proposed forc-ing teenage girls to undergo virginity tests to get into high school but the plan was dropped after opposition from central government.

Indonesia, a nation of more than 240 million people, is struggling to balance the country’s rapid modernisation with traditional, mainly Muslim values.


TAIPEI - Nine Indonesian fish-ing boat crewmen suspected of murdering their Taiwanese captain and chief engineer faced an angry attack from relatives when they were brought back to the island Tuesday to stand trial.

Family members of the dead punched the group and stabbed at them with umbrellas when they stepped off a coastguard frigate that had taken them to the northeastern

fishing port of Suao.A family member fell into the

water in the melee, but was rescued, televised images showed. The as-sault was so violent that coastguard members had to retreat temporarily to the ship with the nine.

The coastguard said in a state-ment that the Indonesians are sus-pected of murdering Chen Te-sheng, skipper of the Te Hung Hsing No. 368 fishing boat, and chief engineer Ho Chang-lin, and of throwing the bodies overboard.

The crime allegedly followed a dispute with the skipper while the ship was operating in the Pacific.

The owner of the Taiwanese fishing boat reported to authorities on July 18 that for three days the skipper had not responded to his satellite calls.

The report prompted the Tai-wanese coastguard to send a frig-ate to intercept the fishing boat nearly 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 kilometres) from the island’s south-ernmost tip.

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Curious onlookers inspect the wreckage of a bus that plunged into a stream in Cisarua, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. The packed church bus returning from an outing collided with a car and plunged into the river killing more than a dozen of people, police said Wednesday.

Sixteen dead as bus plunges into riverAgence France-Presse

CISARUA - Sixteen people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday when a bus plunged into a river as it returned from a church outing on Indonesia’s main island of Java, police said.

Nine Indonesian crew to face murder trial in Taiwan

People outrage over schoolgirl virginity tests

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NEW YORK CITY - US photogra-phy giant Kodak announced Tuesday that a bankruptcy court had approved its plan of reorganization, enabling it to emerge from bankruptcy as soon as September 3.

The plan permitted the iconic com-pany to reduce its debt and divest its film and printing business, among other steps to reemerge as a player in the commercial printing business. Kodak also plans to continue to sell film for movie productions.

“Today, the Cour t conf i rmed Kodak’s Plan of Reorganization. This critically important milestone marks the final step in the Court process,” said Kodak chairman and chief execu-tive Antonio Perez.

“Next, we move on to emergence as a technology leader serving large and growing commercial imaging markets - such as commercial printing, pack-aging, functional printing and profes-sional services - with a leaner structure and a stronger balance sheet.”

Kodak still has some final steps to take, such as completing an agreement over the pensions of retirees and ex-employees. The company expects to clear these hurdles in time to emerge on September 3.

A majority of Kodak’s creditors voted in favor of the restructuring plan last week.

Kodak filed for bankruptcy pro-tection from its creditors in January 2012, after 131 years in business, as the company fell behind rivals in digital photography. The Rochester, New York-based company, started in 1892, led the way in popularizing the cameras, film, slide projectors and home videos that preserved the memo-ries of generations of Americans and others around the world. Kodak was among the early developers of digital imaging, but lost ground to rivals as the company failed to adapt its busi-ness lines.

Asian share markets were mixed as investors awaited the release later in the day of minutes from the Fed’s July policy meeting.

They are anxious to see if higher US interest rates are in the offing, which would lessen the appeal of emerging markets for investors.

The Indian rupee recovered slightly from the previous ses-sion’s record low but Indonesia’s rupiah and the Thai baht faced more selling pressure as foreigners shift back to safer assets in the West after a year-long investment splurge elsewhere.

In the afternoon Mumbai’s Sensex share index was up 0.67 percent after losing almost six percent in the previous three days, while Jakarta was up 1.43 percent,

Kodak to emerge from bankruptcy

Emerging Asia currencies struggle as Fed move loomsAgence France-Presse

HONG KONG - Currencies in developing Asia struggled Wednesday as concerns grow that the US Federal Reserve will soon begin to unwind its massive stimulus programme, diverting cash back to the West.

capping a four-day losing streak that saw it shed more than 11 percent. However, Bangkok slipped 0.44 percent.

Among Asia’s major stock mar-kets Tokyo edged up 0.21 percent, or 27.95 points, to 13,424.33, Syd-ney ended up 0.43 percent, or 21.8 points, at 5,100 while Seoul closed 1.08 percent, or 20.39 points, lower at 1,867.46.

Shanghai was virtually un-changed, adding 0.37 points to 2,072.96. Hong Kong slipped 0.69 percent, or 152.56 points, to 21,817.73

Manila was closed for a public holiday, while Taipei was hut due to the approach of Tropical Storm Trami.

Wellington shares rose 0.96

percent, or 43.15 points, to close at 4,551.51. Fletcher Building surged 6.21 percent to NZ$8.72 after posting a 76 percent rise in annual net profit.

Analysts will read the Fed min-utes closely for an idea of the board’s plans for its bond-buying programme, known as quantitative easing (QE).

With the US economy showing increasing signs of strength, many analysts say the bank will start cutting down on the $85-billion-a-month scheme next month.

Expectations of such a move have seen foreign investors in recent months repatriate some of the vast sums that poured into emerging economies when QE was unveiled in September 2012, in turn hitting

currencies and equities.The growing crisis has increased

pressure on central banks to raise interest rates to support their curren-cies. However, such a move could be counterproductive to already struggling nations such as India, where the economy is hobbled by weakening growth as well as a huge current account deficit.

In forex trade the rupee sank to a record low of 64.1 to the dollar on Tuesday but clawed back slightly on Wednesday, strengthening to 63.65 in the afternoon.

The unit is Asia’s worst perform-ing currency this year, losing about a fifth of its value against the dollar in the past three months, with fears over the Fed’s stimulus adding to a severe slowdown in India.

However, the Indonesian rupiah weakened to 10,680 against the dollar -- its lowest point since mid-2009 -- from 10,495 Tuesday, while Thailand’s baht sat around a one-year low of 31.77, from 31.69.

AP PhotoInvestors look at the stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. Asian stock markets were choppy Wednesday as traders waited for hints from the U.S central bank about when it will begin to reduce its massive stimulus effort.

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TANJUNG BENOA – Held at one of Bali’s most beautiful grounds, Taman Bhagawan has successfully put Jazz Market 2013, from Friday, 16th – Sunday, 18th August 2013 from 2 pm – 10 pm. The success was confirmed by the ever-growing number of Jazz Mar-ket by The Sea visitors flowing in throughout the three-day festival.

What makes Jazz Market by The Sea 2013 unique was that each festival day was different and each day was just as wonderful as the other days.

The opening night of Jazz Market by The Sea 2013 was headlined by Lisa Soul and Friends, which was followed by a very warm perfor-mance by Indonesian jazz veteran and legend Ireng Maulana.

Independence Day at Jazz Mar-ket by The Sea 2013 was coloured by traditional Indonesian activities including Panjat Pinang the pole climbing tradition, Krupuk (crack-ers) eating contest, Tarik Tambang (tug of war), a special drumband performance and Indonesia’s An-them, making the Independence Day celebration more festive. A spectacular performance by Bala-wan & Maestro and Syaharani & Queenfireworks (ESQI:EF) featured the second day of Jazz Market.

“I love Jazz Market this year! It is much better organized than the previous years. As an Indonesian Jazz musician, I am very proud to see that almost all the performing musicians are from Indonesia. I trust that at next year’s Jazz Market the line up will be just as packed and as interesting”, stated Syaharani.

On the final day and closing night of Jazz Market, a creative musical collaboration was presented on the last night with Barry Likumahuwa, Sandy Winarta and Kecak dancers from the Bali Ethnic Community taking the stage to close the 3rd year of Jazz Market by The Sea 2013.

Jappy Sanger, Music and Produc-tion Director of Jazz Market by The Sea 2013 expressed his creative direction on Jazz Market which was to, ‘connect both cultures (Indone-sian traditional performances and Jazz) through cross generational expressions (young and established talents) in order to produce a wave of inpsiration for people and oth-ers to create. This concept is one of many triumphant steps we have taken this year and I hope to con-tinue and develop creative ideas next year’.

Visitors of Jazz Market by The Sea 2013 were not only enter-tained with jazz music, but also Pasar Seni inspired market stalls, featuring stroll-around traditional cuisine and refreshing beverages, clothing, accessories, massage, art gallery and the kids club. In total of 88 stalls were present at the Jazz Market 2013.

“We are ever so pleased with the outcome and positive feedback of Jazz Market by The Sea 2013. 4,300 visitors attended the Jazz Market by The Sea 2013 weekend, which exceeded our expectation. A significant number of visitors came more than once to ensure that all aspects of the event was sampled, tasted and experienced. We will be back next year at the same time,” stated Astari Siswanto as Event Producer. (kmb18)

President Director of PT. Bayu Kusuma Jaya, a business-man engaging in plantation export, IB Raka Wiryanata, said the weakening rupiah would make the importing countries to pay more attention to Indo-nesia as the top market option compared to the other countries. Therefore, he said, the opportu-nity should be used as well as possible, particularly for farmers or people running the business in plantation commodity export to maintain and improve the quality of the current production.

“Moreover, the standard price of export commodity at home complies with the existing dollar exchange rate. When the U.S. dollar costs more expensive, the price of farming products in the country will also go up,” said Raka also posing as candidate of the Bali Regional Council

(DPD).As evidence, the local price

of vanilla had reached IDR 220,000 per kg from the previ-ous price of IDR 190,000 per kg. Similarly, the price of other plantation commodities with the export orientation was also get-ting more expensive.

Meanwhile, IB Raka also chairing of the Indonesia Market Traders Association (APPSI) of Bali predicted the weakening rupiah would have an impact on substantial inflation in the na-tional economy. As consequence, all prices would increase, but for the time being the impact had not been felt.

“At this time, the price in-crease only occurred due to the impact of the fuel price hike. Later, the prices will rise again as a result of the impact of the weakening rupiah against the

U.S. dollar,” he said.Previously, in a separate lo-

cation the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali released that Bali export in June 2013 reaching USD 44.58 million dropped 10.25 percent compared to the same month in previous year which reached USD 46.68 million, or down 5.32 percent compared to May 2013. The Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali, Gede Suarsa, said the shipment of various commodities through a number of seaports in Indonesia majorly sent to the U.S., Japan, Australia, Singapore and China. The U.S. market absorbed 23.70 percent of the total export to Bali, and then was followed by Japan (13.31 percent), Austra-lia (8.04 percent), China (6.69 percent) and Singapore (3.70 percent). (kmb28)

IBP/Courtesy of Taman BhagawanHeld at one of Bali’s most beautiful grounds, Taman Bhagawan has successfully put Jazz Market 2013, from Friday, 16th – Sunday, 18th August 2013 from 2 pm – 10 pm.

Jazz Market 2013 When culture meets jazz

REUTERS/Beawiharta A money changer holds stacks of Indonesian rupiah notes in Jakarta August 20, 2013. Up to last Tuesday (Aug 20), the depreciation of exchange rate having made rupiah fall to the level of IDR 10,500 per US dollar did not necessarily bring in a sense of anxiety.

Rupiah weakens, an opportunity to increase export Bali Post

DENPASAR - Up to last Tuesday (Aug 20), the depreciation of exchange rate having made rupiah fall to the level of IDR 10,500 per US dollar did not necessarily bring in a sense of anxiety. The lineups of entrepreneurs, especially the exporters, even considered it beneficial when the condition of rupiah weakened. Such condition was considered to be exciting and could stimulate the plantation importers to take advantage of the local plantation commodities compared to the competing countries.

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The claims came as a 20-member U.N. chemical weapons team was in Syria to investigate three sites where chemical weapons attacks had alleg-edly occurred in the past. The timing raises questions on why would the regime employ chemical agents dur-ing a visit by the U.N. experts.

The government promptly de-nied the reports of Wednesday’s chemical weapons’ attack as “ab-solutely baseless.”

“They are an attempt to divert the U.N. commission on chemi-cal weapons from carrying out its mission,” the state-run SANA news agency said, quoting an unnamed government official, as is its stan-dard practice.

The Britain-based Syrian Ob-

servatory for Human Rights said the shelling was intense and hit the capital’s eastern suburbs of Zamalka, Arbeen and Ein Tarma. The inten-sive bombardment as well as the sound of fighter jets could be heard by residents of the Syrian capital throughout the night and early Wednesday, and gray smoke hung over towns in the eastern suburbs.

Rami Abdul-Rahman, the Ob-servatory chief, said the activists in the area said “poisonous gas” was fired in rockets as well as from the air in the attack that killed “dozens of people.” He added that regime forces were on a wide offensive on the eastern and western rebel-held suburbs of Damascus.

Another group, the Local Coordi-

nation Committees, said hundreds of people were killed or injured in the shelling. Such different figures from activists groups are common in the immediate aftermaths of attacks in Syria, where the government restricts foreign and domestic reporting.

Abdul-Rahman said more than 40 people have been confirmed dead and that the death toll could reach as many as 200 in the suburbs of Damascus.

The Syrian government has long denied claims by the opposition on chemical weapons use, saying reb-els fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad’s government have used such weapons.

Following Wednesday’s reports, the Observatory called upon the U.N. team in Syria and all inter-national organizations “to visit the stricken areas and to guarantee that medical and relief supplies reach the people as soon as possible.” It also called for an investigation into the attack.


ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani military accused Indian troops on Wednesday of shelling across the disputed Kashmir border and killing an army captain, the latest in a series of alleged attacks over the past two weeks that have sparked tension between the nuclear-armed rivals.

The violence along the border threatens to derail an expressed desire from the leaders of both countries to improve relations after decades of war and animosity.

A Pakistani military official accused Indian troops of “unprovoked” shelling starting at 11:15 p.m. local time Tuesday night in Shakma sector near the town of Skardu. An army captain was killed and an-other soldier was seriously wounded, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with military policy.

Pakistani troops responded to the shelling, and the exchange of fire continued for three hours, said the official. There was no immediate response from the Indian army. Kashmir is divided between Pakistan and India but claimed in its entirety by both. The countries have fought two major wars over the disputed territory since they both gained independence from Britain in 1947.

A 2003 cease-fire agreement has largely calmed the Kashmir border relative to earlier bouts of fighting. The two sides occasionally accuse each other of violating it by firing mortars or gunshots, and several soldiers were killed on each side in January in cross-border attacks.

The latest round of violence began about two weeks ago when, ac-cording to the Indian military, 20 heavily armed militants and Pakistani soldiers crossed the Kashmir border and killed five Indian troops.

The Pakistani military has denied that its soldiers killed any Indian troops and accused Indian soldiers of killing a pair of civilians and now an army captain. It has said eight civilians and five soldiers have also been wounded.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed his hope that the recent violence wouldn’t derail efforts to improve relations between the two countries. He is especially interested in increasing cross-border trade to jumpstart Pakistan’s economy.

Reuters

LONDON - Britain said on Wednesday it would raise a reported chemical weapons attack by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad at the United Nations Security Council and called on Damascus to give U.N. inspectors

access to the site.“I am deeply concerned by

reports that hundreds of people, including children, have been killed in airstrikes and a chemical weapons attack on rebel-held areas near Damascus,” British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement.

Hague said reports of the attack, which has been denied outright by the Syrian government, remained uncorroborated and that Britain was urgently seeking more infor-mation.

“But it is clear that if they are verified, it would mark a shocking escalation in the use of chemical

weapons in Syria,” he said, adding that Britain would try to hold to account anyone who used chemical weapons or ordered their use.

“I call on the Syrian Government to allow immediate access to the area for the U.N. team currently investigating previous allegations of chemical weapons use. The UK will

be raising this incident at the U.N. Security Council,” said Hague.

Britain provides non-lethal as-sistance to rebels fighting to over-throw Assad, but has stopped short of sending them arms and has seen its diplomatic efforts to put pressure on Assad frustrated by Russia and China at the United Nations.

UK to raise reported Syrian chemical weapons use at U.N.

Pakistan accuses Indian troops of killing soldier

AP Photo/Mukhtar KhanKashmiri medical students shout slogans during a protest in sup-port of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013.

AP Photo/Local Committee of Arbeen

Syrian opposition claims ‘poisonous gas’ attack Associated Press Writer

BEIRUT — Syrian regime forces fired intense artillery and rocket barrages Wednesday on the eastern suburbs Damascus amid a fierce government offensive in what two pro-opposition groups claimed was a “poisonous gas” attack that killed dozens of people.

This citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen which has been au-thenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian girl receiving treatment at a makeshift hospital, in Arbeen town, Damascus, Syria, Wednes-day, Aug. 21, 2013.


The Protection of Women and Children Unit (PPA) of the Denpasar Metro Police has uncovered the case of under age children trafficking through Facebook social network-ing account. The two teenagers respectively having the initials RR, 17, and YN, 17, were trafficked to a lady-killer at different rates. The culprit trafficking the teenagers was named Kamal Laduni aka Doni, 41, from Selong, East Lombok.

The suspect was arrested at

Tunjung Bali 2 lodge, behind the Satelindo Denpasar, Monday (Aug 19). Police arrested the suspect after pretending to book the two victims at an agreed rate. Once proven, the suspect was immediately arrested and immediately taken to the Den-pasar Metro Police for further inves-tigation. “We’re still investigating further the case,” said the Chief of Criminal Detective Unit of the Den-pasar Metro Police, Encep Syamsul Hayat, Tuesday (Aug 20).

He explained the success to reveal the teenager trafficking was based

on the report of the victims. As the information obtained, the victims were trafficked by the suspect through a Facebook account to a lady-killer. “We got the information last July. However, we investigated it a bit carefully so as to capture the suspect. Finally, we managed to catch it,” he said.

Preliminary investigation was conducted by logging in the sus-pect’s Facebook account, namely ‘Dony Dewata.’ Once the account was opened, there were a number of photos of beautiful girls posted. Seeing the data, suspicion of the

police was getting stronger. To that end, an officer pretended to be a customer and made a transaction. “Finally, the agreed rate was de-termined. The officer asked to be prepared two girls,” he explained.

Furthermore, he said that it was the rate of short time. For teenager of junior high school, the suspect charged at IDR 800,000, while that of high school girl was IDR 500,000 for once dating. Well, after the deal, the suspect was also asked to come to Tunjung Bali 2 lodge on Jalan Gunung Andakasa, Denpasar. “The

officer serving as customer came at 3:30 p.m.,” he said.

At the lodge, the officer met with the suspect living at Anyar hamlet, Denpasar. Apparently, the suspect had two girls prepared for the book-ing. At first, the suspect asked for money to the officer and then went out. In relatively short time, the suspect came back with two teen-age girls. “The officer immediately make arrest because he would like to ascertain first whether the two teenagers were under age or not,” he said. (kmb21)

Director of Traffic Affairs in the Bali Po-lice, Beno Leohennapessy, accompanied by the Division Head of Land Transportation of the Bali Transportation Agency, Stanley Suwandi, revealed in a press conference of the National Road Safety Week of Bali Province 2013 that the traffic accidents occurred were generally caused by several factors, namely human error, road condition and vehicle roadworthy.

“Among some factors, the human negligence is the main factor causing the

large number of traffic accidents. To that end, the government and security authori-ties, especially police, launch the National Road Safety Week of Bali Province 2013 as the efforts to suppress the occurrence of traffic accidents,” said Beno Leohen-napessy in Denpasar, Tuesday (Aug 20).

According to him, to achieve the tar-get on the reduction of road accidents, the president of the RI had issued a Presidential Instruction No. 4/2013 about the Road Safety Action Decade

Program including five pillars of safety actions such as the road safety manage-ment, infrastructure, better safety of vehicles, road user behavior and post crash management.

“We are optimistic to reduce the number of traffic accident with decline of 56 percent compared to the year 2012. It was inseparable from the hard work of the Bali Police lineups in escorting the smoothness and comfort during the backflow of the recent Eid,” he said.

It was said one of the successes showed off by police was the reduction of the traffic accident along the Ketupat Agung Operation 2013 held approxi-mately for 16 days by police with some elements, such as the military and other government agencies. (kmb27)


Aside from the lower maternal and child mortality rates, the benchmark of progress for a country is also seen from the life expectancy. With the increasing number of the elderly population in a country, it can mean if the life expectancy has increased that reflects the country’s good health status. However, if the elderly are not treated properly and comprehensively, the long life expectancy of a country will even become a burden, especially when the elderly have the disability and are unproductive and sickly.

It was presented by the Head of Geriatric Installation of Sanglah Hospital, Dr. R.A. Tuty Kuswardhani Suas-tika. She continued the current elderly population in Bali in particular and Indonesia in general had reached 11 percent in 2013. This figure increased from the previous percentage, namely 9.8 percent of the total population.

The increasing number of elderly people in Indonesia could mean the progress of development in the health sector had increased where the life expectancy was get-ting longer. The average life expectancy for women in Indonesia had reached the age of 73 years and 70 years for men.

Tuty further described that with the increasing elderly population the treatment should be integrated. If the qual-ity of life of the elderly was not addressed, they would become a burden of the state because they could not do any activities independently.

It could be seen from the case on the neglected el-derly some time ago, where an 80-year-old grandmother named Nanik Ruminingsih was forced to sleep in the PJT lounge of Sanglah Hospital. Since she had no fam-ily, the grandmother was loitering aimlessly. She could not be placed directly in the Nursing Home because the government-funded residence was fully occupied. Then, the Social Affairs authority needed a week to handle the case of Nanik. After staying for a week in the PJT lounge of Sanglah Hospital, she could finally be evacuated from Sanglah Hospital to be placed at Nursing Home.

In Bali, the neglect case should not happen consider-ing that Balinese people stayed to take care of parents up to the third generation. “In Bali, parents are treated by the children, then by the grandsons. So, until the third generation, the neglect of the elderly should not happen in Bali,” said Tuty.

However, in terms of reality, the neglected elderly also happened in Bali. It could be seen from the dwell-ers of Nursing Home where most of them were Balinese entrusted due to economic reasons or those no longer having a family. (san)

Police arrest a pimpTwo teenagers trafficked through Facebook account

Elderly population in Bali reaches 11 percent

A year, traffic accident in Bali reaches 1,500 casesDenpasar (Bali Post)—

The number of traffic accident in Bali averagely reaches 1,500 cases each year with 550 fatalities. This figure shows that nearly two people die each day due to traffic accident. In Indonesia, there are at least 109,038 cases of accidents with 25,131 fatalities and material losses of IDR 222,185,078,333.

An accident which happen in Denpasar

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DENPASAR - The Bali Mari-time Affairs and Fisheries Agency (DKP) records the fish consumption rate in Bali reaches 29.71 kg per capita per year. It is somewhat lower than the amount recommended by the government, namely 33.14 kg per capita per year. Actually, by consuming fish the efforts of farmers and fishermen will be more excited.

The Head of Bali Maritime Af-fairs and Fisheries Agency, Made Gunaja, said his party had made various efforts to increase the fish consumption in Bali. Some of them were the safari of promoting fish consumption, fish cooking com-petition, drawing competition for primary school children and kin-dergartens, Supplementary Feeding for School Children (PMTAS) and other activities.

“To increase the consumption of fish is required different efforts, aside from an effort to change the

pattern of consumption where most people still like meat. In addition to increasing the purchasing power of people, it is also done by multiplying the option of processed fish products so as to attract people,” said Made Gunaja in Denpasar.

According to him, the role of en-trepreneurs in the fishery sector was also very important in supporting the movement to popularize the fish consumption. Besides, the growth of food stall, restaurant and hotel would be able to assist in the movement of the fish consumption campaign. Moreover, Bali was a popular tourist destination visited by many domes-tic and foreign travelers.

“Fish consumption by the public at home is very important in driving the growth. Some of the efforts are through the provision of fish market and mobile marketing tools, and de-velop the fish-based food,” he said.

He said the consumption of fish-ery commodities, both the cultivated fish and catch fish in Bali during the period of 2013 was expected to reach

34.5 kg per capita per year. In 2011, the fish consumption was 28 kg per capita per year, in 2012 increased to 31 kg per capita per year and in 2013 was expected to reach 34.5 kg per capita per year.

“We are optimistic the target of fish consumption, either cultivated fish or catch fish in 2013 can be achieved because its nutrition and benefits are considerable,” he said.

It was described that fish con-tained omega 3 which was good for brain development and contained low cholesterol and high protein. Therefore, to promote fish con-sumption as previous years, the government would be targeting the children. Consumption of fish since early age would be introduced so that it would become the lifestyle when growing up.

“The activities of fish cultivation and fish catch in the ocean are not only limited to grow the economic sector, but also to participate in the movement of popularizing the fish consumption,” he said. (kmb27)

Chief of Kelan customary village, I Made Sugita, revealed on Tuesday (Aug 20) if the reclamation plan was positively canceled, the local com-munity could breathe relievedly. Aside from avoiding the threat of wider en-vironmental damage, the coastal com-munities could also be empowered to develop their social economy.

“From a very early stage, we at Kelan do not want the continuation of the reclamation plan because the negative impact is much larger than the positive benefits. So, if the decree has really been revoked, we ask the relevant stakeholders to be really consistent,” he said.

Sugita judged the stance showed by the government related to the re-vocation of the decree on the reclama-tion was indecisive. Even, the relevant officials showed recriminations. “The government should expressly revoke the reclamation permit. There must be no recriminations. If the attitude

remains indecisive like that, we obvi-ously cannot trust it,” he said.

Sugita further stated if the gov-ernment was issuing the decision mistakenly, it should immediately fix the mistake high-mindedly. It was no need to overextend the time or play hide-and-seek and eventually repeat the same mistakes.

In essence, said Sugita, the Kelan community firmly rejected the Benoa Bay reclamation. Again, he revealed that people worried about the threat that Kelan and Tuban area would disappear if the reclamation would be actually undertaken.

“If the reclamation is undertaken, we will disappear first. Who can guar-antee that our house will not float off? If there are indeed academic studies, are the studies really appropriate with the reality in the field? Nature is unpredictable, so that we worry about the people living around the Benoa Bay,” Sugita said. (kmb25)

Govt considered still indecisive

Kelan community asks certainty of total cessation of reclamationBali Post

MANGUPURA - The news on the revocation of the decree regarding the Benoa Bay reclamation permit was positively responded by Kelan customary villagers. However, they were still concerned where they considered the government still indecisive. The government, especially the Governor Mangku Pastika, should provide assurance or guarantee that the recla-mation would absolutely not be performed.

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Fishermen that lived in Kelan, Badung Regency, Bali Island, asked government to stop recla-mation plan on Benoa Bay because they afraid the reclamation will caused severe abrasion in their area.

FOTO ANTARA/Aguk Sudarmojo

Buyer sellecting fish in the market. The Bali Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Agency (DKP) records the fish consumption rate in Bali reaches 29.71 kg per capita per year.

Fish consumption rate in Bali remains low

The stunning images show material streaming from the baby star at incredible speed, glowing as it plows into the surrounding gas and dust. Astronomers say the illuminated jets are spewing out faster than ever measured before and are more energetic than pre-viously thought.

The glowing mass is called a Herbig-Haro object, named after U.S. and Mexican astronomers. This one is 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Vela.

ALMA is an array of 66 an-tennas and is relatively new. It’s located in one of the driest places on Earth, the Atacama desert.

AP Photo/NASA, Lauren Harnett

In this March 4, 2013 photo made available by NASA, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano participates in an Extra-vehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Sta-tion Airlock Test Article (SSATA) of the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.


AMSTERDAM — A rare 16th-century scientific instrument used by early astronomers that has been missing from a Swed-ish museum for around a decade has been recovered and will be returned this week, the London-based Art Loss Register says.

The brass-and-silver astrolabe, made in 1590 and worth around half a million euros ($750,000), turned up when an Italian collector discovered that the piece was listed as missing and came forward to return it, Register Director Chris Marinello said.

The collector, whose name was not made public, had not been seeking any reward and was “beyond reproach” in the case, Marinello said.

Bengt Kylsberg of Skokloster Castle, north of Stockholm, said Tuesday he is “just happy to get the piece back” and his museum is not planning to press any charges.

He said the astrolabe was stolen in 1999, one of a string of unexplained thefts of books and objects at the castle. Then, in 2004, a scandal rocked the Swedish cultural world when it emerged that dozens of precious manuscripts were missing from the Royal Library.

Anders Burius, then head of the library’s manuscript division, confessed to stealing and selling dozens of valuable manuscripts. He was arrested, but during a temporary release from custody, he committed suicide, slitting his wrists and cutting a gas line to his kitchen stove. That sparked an explosion in his Stockholm neighborhood that resulted in about a dozen injuries.

Kylsberg said Burius had also had access to Skokloster’s collections during the period of the thefts, but stopped short of saying Burius was thought responsible for the astrolabe’s disap-pearance.

“It’s still a mystery how it was taken,” he said, adding “we don’t intend to investigate it further.”

Telescope captures dramatic moment of starbirthAssociated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Flor-ida — This is one baby picture you won’t want to miss. The ALMA telescope in Chile has captured a close-up of the glowing material spewing from a newborn star.

AP Photo/ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/H. Arce, Bo Reipurth

This image made available by the European Southern Observatory on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 using radio and visible light frequencies shows the Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47.

Swedish museum to recover lost scientific artifact

Astronaut recounts near-drowning on spacewalk


CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The Italian astronaut who nearly drowned in his helmet during a spacewalk last month is sharing more details about the terrifying experience, revealing how he felt all alone and frantically tried to come up with a plan to save himself.

Luca Parmitano wrote in his online blog, posted Tuesday, that he could no

longer see as the water sloshed around in his helmet outside the International Space Station.

“But worse than that, the water covers my nose — a really awful sensation that I make worse by my vain attempts to move the water by shaking my head,” the former test pilot wrote. “By now, the upper part of the helmet is full of water and I can’t even be sure that the next time I breathe I will fill my lungs with air and not liquid.”

Parmitano, 36, a major in the Ital-ian Air Force making just his second spacewalk, wasn’t sure which direction to head to reach the station’s hatch. He tried to contact his spacewalking partner, American Christopher Cassidy, and Mis-sion Control. Their voices grew faint, and no one could hear him.

“I’m alone. I frantically think of a plan. It’s vital that I get inside as quickly as possible,” he wrote.

Parmitano realized Cassidy — making his way back to the air lock by a different route — could come get him. “But how much time do I have? It’s impossible to know,” he said. That’s when Parmitano remembered his safety cable. He used the cable recoil mechanism, and its 3 pounds of force, to “pull” him back to the hatch. On the way back, he pondered what he would do if water reached his mouth. The only idea he came up with, he said, was to open the safety valve on his helmet and let out some of the water.

“But making a ‘hole’ in my spacesuit really would be a last resort,” he wrote. Parmitano said it seemed like an eter-nity — not just a few minutes — until he peered through “the curtain of water before my eyes” and spotted the hatch. Cassidy was close behind. The astronauts inside quickly began repressurizing the air lock, to get to the spacewalkers. “The water is now inside my ears and I’m completely cut off,” he said.

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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual 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 Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered 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 celebration 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, decorations 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 umbrellas 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


Calendar Event for August 24 through September 28, 2013

24 Aug Purnama Sasih Kawulu & Tumpek Landep Pura Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya Desa Adat Sidakarya DenpasarPura Pasek Gelgel-Pedungan Denpasar SelatanPura Agung Pasek Tangguntiti Kaler TabananPura Agung Pasek Selemadeg TabananPura Pasek Tangkas Kediri TabananPura Kerta Banyuninng Barat BulelengPura Dalem Tenggaling -Sengguan Sin-gapaduPura Kawitan Wangbang Pinatih Peguyangan SingarajaPura Bujangga Waisnawa Tegalcang-kring TabananPura Taman Desa Bubunan Seririt Bule-lengPura Penataran Pande Dalem Batur Jati Banjar Pandean MengwiPura Dalem Pingit Banjar Tarokaja TegalalangPura Dadia Pasek Gelgel-Gobleg Desa Selat Sukasada BulelengPura Ida Ratu Pande BesakihPura Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Banjar Menak Tulikup GianyarPura Penataran Pande Kusamba-Klung-kungPura Kumuda Saraswati UbudPamerajan Alit UbudPura Batur Arya “Warih Kepaon” Cengolo Sudimara TabananPura Dalem Majapahit B a n j a r Denuma Kukuh Marga TabananPura Dalem batur BangliPura Buana Kawan BesakihPura Ida Ratu Pasek BesakihPura Dalem Suci Desa Dukuh Sidemen Karangasem

25 Aug Hari Redite Umanis Ukir Sanggah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar

28 Aug Buda Wage Ukir Pura Pejenengan Kawitan Arya Tauman Banjar Jelantik Kuri Batu Desa Tojan Gelgel KlungkungPura Pasar Agung Besakih (Alit) Be-sakihPura Pasek bendesa Pasar Badung Legian KutaPura Gede Gunugn Agung D u k u h Munggu BadungHyang Agung Pura Ibuwanasari TegalPura Puseh, Desa di Bebablang BangliPura Dalem Peruncak BadungPura Pasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Kerobokan BadungPura Kereban Langit Desa Sading Mengwi BadungPemerajan Sareng Kangin Baleran Ubud

3 Sep Anggarkasih Kulantir Pura Penataran Tangkas SukawatiPura Dalem Lagan Bebalang BangliPura Puseh Lembeng Ketewel Suka-watiPura Pasek Gelgel Penulisan Kerambi-tan TabananPura Gaduh SandingPura Dalem Gandamayu KlungkungPura Sang Hyang Tegal Banjar Tarokaja Tegalalang

4 Sep Tilem Sasih Karo Banjar Pasek Tangkas Pasekan Kaler TabananPura Gaduh Benoh Ubung Denpasar

8 Sep Redite Keliwon Tulu Pura Dalem Alas Harum Banjar Tegal Kepuh Kediri Tabanan9 Sep Soma Umanis Tulu Pura Puseh Bale Agung Ubung Kupang Penebel TabananPura Kawitan Sakula Gotra Pasung Grigih Banjar Tegal Kepuh Kaba kaba

Kediri TabananPura Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung Ceningan Kangin LembonganPura Batu Medeg BesakihPura Penataran Agung Penatih banjar saba

11 Sep Buda Pon Tulu Pura Catur Buana Sanding Tampaksir-ing

12 Sep Wrespati Wage Tolu Pura Peninjoan Besakih

18 Sep Buda Kliwon Gumbreg Pura Pasek Gelgel kukuh Marga TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Mambang Selemadeg TabananPura Puseh, Desa Guwang SukawatiPura Dalem Setra Batu Nanggul Desa Swana Nusa PenidaPura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Ketewel

19 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari LombokPura Kawitan Arya Gajah Para Tianyar Kubu KarangasemPura Pedharman Arya Telabah Be-sakihPura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Desa Batur kintamaniPura Dadia Agung Pasek Salahin Desa Suwat Gianyar

25 Sep Buda Paing Wariga Pura Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli

28 Sep Hari Tumpek Uduh Pura puseh, desa Desa Batuan Suka-watiPura Pasek Bendesa Desa Kekeran Mengwi Pura Manik Mas Besakih

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Gianyar (Bali Post)—Central parking having be-

come the discourse of Gianyar government for long time to resolve traffic congestion in Ubud re-emerges. Previously, the development plan of central parking has failed because the apparatus of Peliatan customary village rejected the government plan to build the central park-ing in the area of Ambengan hamlet.

Today, the discourse of build-ing central parking in Ubud re-emerges. Even, the petition of establishing the central parking came from Padangtegal custom-ary village. Apparatus of the customary village submitted a proposal some time ago for the making of central parking and has prepared the land for the purpose. The central parking is

an alternative to overcome one of the causes of the traffic conges-tions in the Ubud tourist area.

Based on information col-lected on Tuesday (Aug 20), the Padangtegal customary vil-lage has prepared a land area of 1.7 hectares for the parking lot of vehicles such as buses or other vehicles that cannot park in Ubud. The land available is around the area of Nyuh Kun-ing. It is a vacant land of private property but has been leased by Padangtegal customary village. The customary village apparatus has proposed and met in person with the regent. Even, it has prepared the design of the central parking.

The Head of the Gianyar Transportation, Informatics and Communication Agency, Cokor-da Gde Agusnawa, justified the

existence of the central parking area at Nyuh Kuning, Padan-gtegal, Ubud. A few days ago, the apparatus of Padangtegal customary village submitted the proposal regarding the plan of building a central parking. In this regard, the customary village had prepared the land for the central parking. It was expected to give a solution for the congestion oc-curred in Ubud.

To that end, the county gov-ernment was scheduled to hold a meeting with the apparatus of customary villages across Ubud, leaders and stakeholders of tourism in Ubud, the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurant Associa-tion (PHRI) and components to the academic communities of the Udayana University. As planned, it would be held on August 23, he said. (kmb16)

As a result, police immediately fired tear gas and pepper bullets. It caused the mass topsy-turvy at that time. Ironically, the tear gas infil-trated into the SDN 1 Sesetan primary school whose location was close to the problematic land. Ultimately, hundreds of students were hysterical and went out of their classroom.

Observation at location indicated that the execution scheduled to be done earlier finally failed. At the end, the execution was made by the Denpasar District Court escorted by police at 10:00 a.m. Hundreds of burly men with orange ribbon on the arms guarded the area of Karya Sari, the building of shop selling children’s toys (land in dispute).

Besides, the area of Karya Sari had also been fortified by zinc wall, and there were three placards containing the rejection against the execution with the wording such as “error in objecto,” “This land belongs to Nyo Giok Lan, Ketut Suwitra, Nyoman Handris and Ketut Harlim based on

Land in dispute ends with chaosDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Execution of the land spreading across the area of 715 square meters on Jalan Pulau Saelus by the Denpasar District Court on Tuesday (Aug 20) ended in chaos. The land in dispute between the plaintiff Putu yudhisthira against his uncle Nyoman Handris, Ketut Suwitra, Ketut Harlim and his grandmother Nyok Giok Lan won by Putu yudhisthira was guarded by hundreds of burly men. When police and the District Court would like to make the execution, hundreds of burly men hampered the execution process.

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The police is trying to hold back the protesters on a land dis-pute casein Sesetan, Denpasar

verdict of the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 4, 1981with tax bill number 35,” and “Announcement: This Land and Building are estab-lished on the land with tax bill number 35 and not tax bill number 27.”

Before the execution was made, it was preceded with a meeting in the meeting room at the office of Headman of Sesetan. In the meeting, the bailiff of the Denpasar District Court Komang Bayu, before the applicant’s attorney Rizaldi and friends, defendant’s attorney Daniar Dwisasongko, Ali Sadikin and Made Yoga Dwi Satria, read the verdict of the Supreme Court. It was also at-tended by subdistrict head of South Denpasar, Made Riswan.

After reading the Supreme Court’s verdict, the team moved to location of the dispute at Karya Sari. Around 10:15 a.m., a total of 5 trucks of police carrying about 200 personnel were deployed to secure the situa-tion. Tense atmosphere began when police started marching to make a

posse. Meanwhile, hundreds of burly men did not want to be outdone. The atmosphere was getting more strained when a team of the Denpasar District Court was about to measure the land. Daniar Sasongko as the at-torney of Handris screamed. “What is the evidence of certificate, where is the certificate? Whose land will be measured?” he asked while holding up his hands.

Daniar continued grilling with Made Dwi Yoga. In the heating up situation, it was suddenly heard the voice from a policeman’s loudspeak-er asking to take the provocateur.

At that time, Daniar and Dwi Yoga were dragged and put into a car to be transported to the Denpasar Metro Police headquarters. An East Nusa Tenggara (NTT)-faced man was also secured and beaten with police baton. After Daniar and Dwi Yoga were secured, the atmosphere had subsided.

But when the execution team was about to enter into the building

of Karya Sari, the family of Handris screamed. Shortly thereafter came up Handris (a retired policeman ranked Lieutenant Colonel). He had an argu-ment with the team and police. The supporters of Handris got angry, and threw mineral water, stones and wood at the police. Police also responded with stones and fired tear gas and pepper bullets.

Barrage of the bullets caused the crowds to be topsy-turvy including

the police because the wind was blowing towards the police. Tear gas also spread into the building of the SDN 1 Sesetan primary school. The whole school dwellers were intoxi-cated and screaming hysterically.

After the incident, the Denpasar District Court was urged to suspend the execution against the problem-atic land owned by the defendant Nyoman Handris Prasetya at Sesetan Village, South Denpasar.

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The crowded condition in front of Ubud Market

Discourse on Ubud central parking re-emerges


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Chairman of the Bali Regional Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD), Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Suka-wati, said the inequality of promo-tion caused by the funding flow that tended to grow certain areas would continue to erode the integrity of the Bali Island. Even recently, there was a gap between the promotion strategies made by private and gov-ernment sector that made the focus

of target market split.“Tourism should side with Ba-

linese people and this will become the key to the whole tourism promo-tion activities where the BPPD Bali will become the key coordinator that integrates them effectively and efficiently,” said the man familiarly called Tjok Ace.

According to him, with the establishment of the BPPD Bali,

the promotional activities would be more on target. Under the ex-isting law, the BPPD Bali would formulate the strategic plan of the Bali Tourism Promotion with a pro-jected cost of IDR 38 billion from the Bali regional budget and IDR 21 billion from the private sector.

“There must be a single vision in developing the Bali tourism namely with the cultural tourism. When we can highlight the features of Balinese culture, it will increasingly attract tourists. We cannot equate the de-velopment of tourism in Bali to Sin-gapore, for example. By looking at the current development, we are also concerned about a shift,” he said.

He explained that in the develop-

ment of coastal and marine tourism in Bali, other than offering the activities like snorkeling and div-ing, it should also be preserved the culture like melasti or purificatory rite to sanctified effigies or objects and other cultural activities related to nature that so far also became the tourist objects.

“There must be something dif-ferent from what Bali highlights and do not even precisely duplicate the tourist attraction of the other region. The uniqueness must be promoted, do not make duplicate tourism. For example, Karangasem wants to duplicate the tourism growing in Badung by building the same facilities,” he explained.

He said the development of tourism duplicating the existing destinations would have a nega-tive impact on the length of stay of tourists and the decline in the purchasing power of tourists be-cause the development of tourism only occurred in one region that ultimately resulted in the income gap of the sector.

“The gap in tourism sector among the counties in Bali is very wide, so the region generating high revenues should be able to provide subsidies. With the formation of the BPPD Bali, the promotional activities are expected to be more on target which can ultimately lead to equity,” he said. (kmb27)

ANTARA FOTO/Nyoman Budhiana

Balinese are conducting Ngaben ceremony recently in Ubud, Gianyar Regency. This kind of ceremony attracted many tourists because its uniqueness. Un-fortunately, effort to promote destination in Bali becomes ineffective and inefficient because fragmented interests of some group not for people of Bali.

Bali tourism promotion unfocused

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DENPASAR - The promotion of Bali tourism is increasingly unfocused. The effort to offer the destinations existing on the island all this time was ineffective and inefficient due to the fragmented interests of some groups. Ironically, the impact is feel by people that are increasingly marginalized.

The decision by AT&T’s U-verse pay-TV service stemmed from a contract dispute over terms to carry the new network, AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said. Al Jazeera responded by suing AT&T for breach of contract in Delaware Chancery Court.

Globally, Al Jazeera is seen in more than 260 mil-lion homes in 130 countries. But the new U.S. channel funded by the emir of Qatar has so far had difficulty getting distributors, in part because Al Jazeera was perceived by some as being anti-American during the Iraq war.

Before AT&T’s announcement, Al Jazeera Ameri-ca said it would be available in more than 40 million homes, about 40 percent of U.S. pay TV households and roughly half the reach of Time Warner Inc’s CNN. U-verse was launched in 2006 and had 5 million video customers at the end of June in markets such as Texas and California.

“We could not reach an agreement with the owner that we believed provided value for our customers and our business,” AT&T spokesman Siegel said.

Al Jazeera America said in a statement AT&T had “unilaterally” deleted the network and “pre-

sented us with circumstances that were untenable - an affiliate that has willfully and knowingly breached its contractual obligations.”

The network said it had “no choice” but to file a lawsuit over the matter.

Defining the new channel’s mission clearly will be crucial for Al Jazeera to gain a foothold in the United States, according to advertisers, executives and industry experts.

In its first hour at midafternoon, Al Jazeera pledged to cover “issues that matter to America and the world beyond.” Anchors said they would provide in-depth coverage of stories ignored by other media outlets, with bureaus in cities they considered underserved such as Nashville and Detroit.

Al Jazeera America hired ABC news veteran Kate O’Brian to be its president and hired on-air talent like CNN veterans Ali Velshi and Soledad O’Brien.


NEW YORK — This year’s iTunes Festival is ending with a roar, to be delivered by Katy Perry. The pop superstar, whose new single “Roar” is climbing the charts, will be the final act of the month-long London festival. It kicks off Sept. 1 with another diva, Lady Gaga, and will feature Robin Thicke, Elton John, Justin Timberlake, John Leg-end, Kendrick Lamar and the Kings of Leon, among others.

Perry’s “Roar” is her best-selling single on iTunes with more 544,000 copies sold domestically alone, according to Apple.

Perry said she’s pumped to be performing and noted that Icona Pop, who have the hit “I Love It,” will be her opening act. Rapper Iggy Azalea will also appear. The annual festi-val will be streamed on iTunes festival app and available for download.

Al Jazeera America launches, but AT&T won’t carry networkReuters

New cable network Al Jazeera America introduced itself to viewers on Tuesday with reports on political strife in Egypt and the impact of climate change on U.S. cities, shortly after a major pay TV distributor declined to carry the channel.

Interim Al Jazeera America CEO Ehab Al Shihabi speaks during an interview at the Al Jazeera newsroom in New York, August 20, 2013.

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Katy Perry to close iTunes Festival in London

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FILE - This July 28, 2013 file photo shows singer Katy Perry at the world pre-miere of “The Smurfs 2” in Los Angeles.

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