All of those who died were found in or near vehicles that had been in flooded areas, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences and a local sheriff said.

The National Weather Service said about an inch or less had fallen in the area as of Wednesday afternoon, keeping water high in parts of the coun-try’s fourth largest city where some roads have been turned into lakes. The Houston region had a record-setting drenching that dumped as much as 18 inches (45 cm) on some places on Monday.

Don Oettinger, a forecaster with the National Weather Service’s Houston/Galveston office, said there was a possibility of more rain on Thursday. “After tomorrow, we should dry up for a couple of days,” he added.

The weather service issued a flood watch from central Texas through Houston and into large parts of Louisiana. There have been more than 1,200 water rescues during the flooding, with emergency crews shuttling people by boat to dry ground and picking

up hundreds of motorists whose cars were caught in rushing waters.

The Houston Independent School District, the country’s seventh-largest school district, said it would reopen on Wednesday after flooding caused the closure of hundreds of schools earlier this week. Some suburban school districts remained closed on Wednesday.

Heavy storms can overwhelm drainage channels that move water from Houston back to the Gulf of Mexico, particularly if the ground is already satu-rated. The city faced similar widespread flooding during a storm last May and Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.(rtr)

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Barcelona shows it’s still very much alive in Spanish league

NEW YORK - The most re-quested photo in the U.S. National Archives is not the first moon land-ing or the burning twin towers after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

It is actually a picture of Presi-dent Richard Nixon shaking hands with Elvis Presley in the Oval Of-fice in December 1970 after the meeting between two pivotal figures in 20th century America.

“Elvis & Nixon,” a comedy movie that reimagines their unlikely White House encounter, opens in U.S. the-aters on Friday after premiering at New York’s Tribeca film festival. It is distributed by Amazon Studios.

Kevin Spacey (Nixon) knows a thing or two about playing a presi-dent after years as the scheming Frank Underwood on the TV series “House of Cards.” But Michael

Shannon, who plays Presley, was just 3 years old when the singer died in 1977.

“We weren’t, either of us, try-ing to do caricatures,” Spacey, who spent hours listening to tapes of Nixon and watching video of the president, told Reuters in an interview.

There are no records of what exactly happened on the day when Presley requested a meeting with Nixon in a bid to become an un-dercover federal agent-at-large, and found a bond with the president over a shared dislike of the coun-terculture.

Nixon had not begun his secret Oval Office recordings, so the screenwriters relied largely on first-hand accounts from Presley confidant Jerry Schilling and Nixon

aide Bud Krogh.Shannon, whose Presley is quiet,

lonely and reflective, never imag-ined himself playing the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

“I didn’t go into it being a huge Elvis fan. I didn’t have his records or anything,” the Kentucky-born actor said. “But I am really happy I had a reason to investigate Elvis be-cause there is nobody else like him, not just in terms of the scope of his fame but in the unique construct of his life. I think he was always trying to figure out ‘why me?’”

Shannon listened to interviews and visited the tiny apartment in Memphis where Presley spent his teenage years. He also learned karate for a scene in which Presley demonstrated his black belt moves for an astonished Nixon. (rtr)

Aniston, 47, said she was “very, very flattered” to be named again, telling the magazine she had a “sort of very excited, teenage-y kind of moment” when she heard the news.

People also named the “Friends” star the most beau-tiful woman in 2004 when the TV comedy series was in its final season.

Recent winners of the honor include Sandra Bull-ock, Jennifer Lopez and Lupita Nyong’o.

Aniston, who last year married her second hus-band, actor Justin Theroux, said she started paying attention to her looks and her body early in her career after an agent told her she failed to get a part because she was “too chubby.”

“I was like, ‘What?!’ But my diet was terrible,” she said. “Milk shakes and French fries with gravy. It was a good thing to start paying attention.”

Aniston now works out at least six days a week but says she is not as strict as she once was when indulging in some of her favorite foods. (rtr)

LONDON - Adele’s best-selling album “25” added 30 million pounds ($43 million) to the London-born singer’s fortune, putting her top of the Sunday Times newspaper’s Young Musicians 2016 rich list for performers under 30.

The worldwide hit released last November boosted the 27-year-old singer’s fortune to 85 million pounds and lifted her to 30th place in the paper’s overall 2016 list of the wealthiest performers and composers in Britain and Ireland.

Paul McCartney tops the musicians’ rich list for a second year in a row.

The former Beatle and his wife Nancy Shevell have a combined fortune of 760 million pounds, according to the Sunday Times on Thursday, a rise of 30 million on last year.

McCartney is followed by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with 715 million pounds while the Rolling Stones are Britain and Ireland’s wealthiest band with the fortunes of its four members totalling 630 million pounds.

Irish band U2, whose fortune jumped to 500 million from 431 mil-lion, was the highest-grossing rock act last year selling 1.29 million tickets worth 66 million pounds for 76 concerts.

Singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran has jumped five places making him the second-richest young performer after Adele and propelling him into the main music list for the first time.

The late David Bowie’s family, who inherited 70 million pounds from his will, are also a new addition to the list with a combined fortune of 90 million pounds.

Although many musicians climbed the wealthy ranks over the past year, a few dropped including Cliff Richard, who fell four places despite a 3 million-pound addition to his bank account.

Former Oasis band members Noel and Liam Gallagher were the only performers whose fortune showed a marked decline, the paper said, with a loss of 12 million pounds, dropping them seven places.

The list ranks Britain and Ireland’s richest musicians and perform-ers and is published ahead of the annual Sunday Times Rich List this weekend. (rtr)

Adele tops young musicians’ Rich List after success of “25” album

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, FILE

In this file photo dated Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, Adele poses backstage with her six awards at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, USA. Ac-cording to figures released Tuesday April 12, 2016, Adele had the world’s best-selling album last year, as the British singer’s “25” sold 17.4 million copies.

When Elvis met Nixon, and inspired a U.S. comedy movie

Cast member Jennifer Aniston attends the premiere of “Mother’s

Day” in Los Angeles April 13, 2016.

Jennifer Aniston named People’s ‘most beautiful’ woman

NEW YORK - Jennifer Aniston was named People magazine’s most beautiful woman of 2016 on Wednesday, 12 years after she first won the honor.

MANGUPRA - The number of tourist accommodations in Indonesia has been rapidly increasing. Data compiled by the Indonesia Hotel and

Restaurant Association (PHRI) indicates that Indonesia has

2,194 hotels with 217,474 rooms. There are also 16,156 non-star hotels with a total of 289,727 rooms, bringing the total to 507,200 rooms in 18,353 hotels.

During the PHRI’s National Working Meet-ing that was held in Nusa Dua, Wednesday (Apr. 20), Chairman of the PHRI, Hariyadi B.S. Sukamdani, added that there are a total of 21,856 registered restaurants offering a wide

range of culinary diversity. “Apart from having the largest number of hotels of all the ASEAN nations, Indoneisa also has the largest number of restaurants”, stated Sukamdani.

Given the opportunities and potential that this represents, he said, the PHRI is all the more determined to reach the governments target of 20 million tourists per year in 2019, he said. Reaching this target will greatly contribute to the growth of Indonesia’s economy: “It will impact our economy, contributing eight percent to the GDP and will create job opportunities for more than 13 million people in 2019”, he said.

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Residents wait to be evacuated from their flooded apartment complex Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in Houston. Storms have dumped more than a foot of rain in the Houston area, flooding dozens of neighborhoods.

At least 8 dead in Houston-area floods, more rain falls

HOUSTON - At least eight people have died and some 1,150 homes have been damaged in flooding triggered by torrential downpours in the Houston area this week as more rain fell in the region on Wednesday adding to vast pools of standing water.

The PHRI expects to be able to reach the government target of 20 million tourists in 2019, and as Sukamdani explained, domestic tourists are projected to amount to some 257 million people with targeted foreign exchange earnings of IDR 240 trillion.

“The target is indeed high, but can realistically be accomplished by working together. There is an opportunity for us to achieve it” he said.

Sukamdani went on to explain that other ASEAN nations already

have even more tourists that that per year. Thailand for example, received 29.5 million tourists in 2014 and Malaysia received 25 million tourists. Indonesia on the other hand only received 10.4 mil-lion tourists last year representing a growth rate of 10.4 percent over the previous year.

“We have the advantage of hav-ing the largest number and most diverse tourist attractions of all the ASEAN countries, and we also have over 500 planes in our air fleet – also the most in ASEAN”, he said.

The issue that needs to be ad-dressed, is bringing synergy to the scattered tourism activities so

as to funnel energy into a single more intensive activity. “We need integrate all the activities offered by tourism businesspeople and plan a calendar of events in order to realize our goal”, he said.

According to Hariyadi, it is im-portant to have a calendar of events, in order to attract both foreign and domestic travelers to visit all parts of Indonesia. “That way, the promo-tion done by the government will be more effective and have a targeted impact”, he said.

Hariyadi also asked all the mem-bers of the PHRI to immediately create events in their respective regions and put them in the calendar of events. (kmb27)

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Events april 18-25

April 21rstFull Moon Estatic Dance 7PmDance and snacks, full moon movement100K for two peopleSamadi Bali CenterJalan padang Linjong, Bali

Kartini Day Flash Bali CharityApril 21Yayasan Rama Sesana (YRS) hosts a charity to raise money to replace their medical equip-ment that melted in a recent fire at Badung market where they work to empower women by providing medical services to the women who work in the market and others. 300K or emailjulia Winterflood: info@yrsbali.org

Friday April 22Live Music by YudeleleYude Andiko musician and creator of the ultimate travel guitarBar Luna, Jalan Raya Ubud, CasaLunaBali.com

April 22ndEarth day Night 6Pm-10Pmafro, soul, spirit music Night Community dance party, music celebration of mother natureParadiso, Jalan Goutama Selatan, Ubud. 100Kwww.paradiso.com

April 22ndParacetamol play Live at Bali Bohemia 8PmAmazing soulful band of local talentsBali Bohemia, Jalan Nyuh Kinnung, Ubud, Free

Family fun day with friends:Perca Indonesia with YRSTaman Bhagawan, Tanjung Benoa Saturday April 23 at 10AM-5PMFREE event featuring live music and dance, garage sale, kids games, fashion show, food bazaar and more. all proceeds go to Yaasan Rama Sesana (YRS) that suffer massive losses from recent fire at Badung market. April 23rdSamadi Flea Market, Upcycle, Recycel Newcycle, 4Pm-8PmFlea market, music, dancingSamadi Bali Center, Jalan Padang lining, Canggu, www.samadibali.com

Arpil 27thopen Mic hosted by Myoshi MasatoSolo Violinist ,live compositionsGrab the mic if yo feel it. Bar Luna, Jalan Raya Ubud

Satruday, April 23rds 2pm to 7PmOutpost Grand Opening - Carnival Pool PartyBali Spirit Hotel & Spa (exactly behind Outpost), Jl. Raya Nyuh Kuning, UbudPool party with live reggae music, DJ, food, drinks, traditional dresses photo booth, face painting, sketch drawing and charity bazaar.Outpost, Jalan Nyuh Kuning, UbudFREE

ONGOING EVENTSMarch 2- August 31thA Love Affair With Asia: Bridges Cafe, Jalan Campuhan, Ubudwww.bridges.comFREE

Every TuesdayEcstastic Tuesday Morning Dance 9AM-12Noon Guided improvised movementParadiso, Jalan Goutama Selatan, Ubudwww.paradisoubud.com100K

Every ThursdayAfrican Drum Class with Catur Sang Klang Wijaya 4PM-6PMExperience the healing power of drumming. all levels welcomeAshram Satya Graha, Nyuh Kining, UbudBY DONATION

Every FridayExploration in Motion 6:30PM-8PMThe art of exploration in movementSamadi Bali, Jalan Padang Linjong 38, Echo Beach, Cangguwww.samadibali.com130K

Every SundayBatu Jimbar Cafe Sunday Market 10AM-1PMOrganic produce, Bali honey, homemade jams, european specialtiesBatu jimbar Cafe, Jalan Danau Tambligan No75, Sanurwww,batujimbarcafe.com

Samadi Bali Sunday Organic MarketOrganic food, handmade creative clothes and jewellery, yoga for kids, musicSamadi Bali, Jalan Padang, Linjong 39, Kutawww.samadibali.com

Shinto Spa, located at the Bali Adventure Tours in Kedewatan,

Regency of Gianyar, is the first Zen-inspired Spa facility in the

Island that boasts all-embracing Japanese themed interior. Spa

services include a long list of uplifting head to toe treat-ments featuring premium-quality products.

Shinto Spa features a dedi-cated reception area completed with Japanese-style, bamboo fountain creating relaxing sound and a unique corner specially designed as shoe storage to ensure the hygiene of the area for treatments.

Bali’s first and only au-thentic Japanese style with private Zen inspired haven of serenity, harmony and relaxation.Shinto spa offers a variety of Japanese and Asian inspired therapies.

The Facility consists of one double room for manicure and pedicure, a special cu-bicle for hair treatment, four rooms for foot therapy, two single spa rooms, five double spa rooms: two rooms include outdoor shower, outdoor Ofu-ro–Japanese wooden style bathtub and steam room, one room complete with Jacuzzi, one room with Ofuro and the other with outdoor shower, in-door after-treatment area and outdoor after-treatment area overlooks a well-preserved, lush green hill.

Shinto Spa: A Japanese - Themed

Spa in Ubud

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Hotels in Kuta area. The number of hotels and restaurants in Indonesia is the biggest in ASEAN right now.

Badung tourism stakeholders recently addressed this issue in a meeting in the Badung House of Rep-resentatives last Tuesday. Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Badung, IGN Rai Suryawijaya, said that the benefit to the public interest must be at the forefront of such initiatives. “We must not allow so called develop-

ment to be carried out for the sake of appearances without actually running well”, he said.

Suryawijaya, who is also Chair-man of the Regional Tourism Promo-tion Board (BPPD) of Badung said that the government should not just issue a decree and then expect tour-ism villages to manage themselves without guidance from the govern-

ment. “The government should continuously provide guidance. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for these villages to develop, unless they happen to have professional tourism managers on hand”, he said..

According to Suryawijaya, eight of the eleven tourism villages that were established through Badung Regent RegulationNo.47/2010 on the Establishment of Tourism Villages in Badung, are only tourism villages in name.

“Of the 11 tourism villages set forth in the regent regulation, only

three villages are functioning as such. The eight others are like kerakap leaf on a rock -unwilling to live, unwilling to die. Do not just build a concept if ultimately it is left devastated”, he said.

Head of the Badung Tourism Of-fice, Cok Raka Darmawan, affirmed this matter of concern. The ‘disease’ suffered by most of the tourism vil-lages could have been diagnosed early and the formula for recovery has already been identified, he said.

One way to heal the disease is by cooperating with tourism stakehold-ers such as tour guides and travel agencies who could schedule visits to these tourism villages, said Dar-mawan.

“We already diagnosed the tour-ism village ailment and tried to apply the prescription for activating tourism in these villages. The results of our ef-forts were good with increased tourist visits”, he he said. Unfortunately, after running for a year, the program was not continued the following year due to lack of funding”, explained Darmanwan.

The required funding, he said, includes promotional costs. Badung’s parliament is therefore being asked to oversee the budgeting for the tourism villages. “We are still short of fund-ing”, he said.

Chairman of the Association of In-donesia’s Tourism Villages (ADWI), Jro Mangku Kandia, when contacted on Wednesday (Apr. 20) said that he agrees that the government needs to be more focused on developing the tourism villages because so far, none of the tourism villages are being man-aged optimally. Most tourism villages are simply designated as such without having adequate human resources and supporting infrastructure.

“Many customary villagers are

still on or below the poverty line and the development of localized tourist attractions is expected to help customary villagers in the vicinity to prosper” he said.

According to Kandia, tourism village development should be car-ried out by people that understand about the particular conditions of their region, -not by ‘outsiders’. Only the villagers themselves are familiar with the members of the village community and know about the culture and character of the local people. s

“At the provincial level, there has been assistance for customary village across Bali. District and Municipal governments however also needs to provide assistance for customary villages by shar-ing their experience about how to manage tourist attractions. This would greatly assist the customary villages in their jurisditctions”, he said.

By developing tourism villages, the lives of people in the surrounding community will improve. The money earned from collecting admission tickets to tourist destination should be used to help customary villages prosper.

As mentioned above the three tourism villages that are functioning in a healthy way are: Carangsari, Pangsan and Bongkasa Pertiwi vil-lage. The other eight, that were also designated as tourism villages by Badung Regent Regulation No. 47/2010, are: on the Establishment of Tourism Village in Badung in-clude the Bongkasa Pertiwi village, Pangsan village, Plaga village, Baha village, Kerta village, Belok village, Kapal village, Mengwi village, Sangeh village, Carangsari village and Munggu village. (kmb27)

Tourism Village should not just be a titleMANGUPURA— The designation of ‘tourism village’ has yet

to boost local economies, with only three out of the eleven des-ignated tourism villages in Badung (Carangsari, Pangsan and Bongkasa Pertiwi village), functioning in a positive manner.

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Penglipuran, one of the tourism village in Bali.

ALMATY - The 18th season of Kazakhstan Fashion Week

(KFW) officially kicked off in Almaty city.

Fashion designers from Kazakhstan, Georgia, Russia,

Uzbekistan and Ukraine brought their newest collections to

Almaty. Five promising designers, mostly participants of the Open

Way contest, will make their debut at the KFW this season.

In total, 24 fashion brands will demonstrate their creations

to KFW guests during the three-day event.

Recall that Kazakhstan Fashion Week is the largest fashion

platform in Central Asia. Fashion designers from such coun-

tries as Kazakhstan, China, France, Great Britain, Germany,

Georgia, Italy, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, the Netherlands,

Poland, Russia, Romania, the U.S., Uzbekistan, and Ukraine

participated in it during the past seasons. (IBP/net)

Kazakhstan Fashion

Week kicks off in

Almaty

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“As long as an agreement of civil law is done in good faith and the parties are not compelled, it applies like a law for them. So, when it is revoked today it will bring in legal consequences, and this must be considered comprehensively. That’s all, so that it must be assessed care-fully,” said the Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, at the Press Room of Bali Provincial Public Re-lations, Wednesday (Apr. 20).

He asserted that cooperation can only be revoked by the parties, while the government of Bali may not revoke it because it does not be-long to the parties in the agreement. “We have given feedback and ask them (government of Sarbagita—Ed) to revoke. So, they should sit together with PT. NOEI and discuss it,” he explained.

On the other hand, continued Pastika, so far several companies have come to the province and expressed their desire to manage the waste at Suwung landfill. In principle, he agreed as long as it is done in earnest. They are companies from China, Korea, and Austria with their respective technology. They equally offer electrical energy from waste processing.

“In terms of technology, they are all good, in my opinion. They have implemented the technology in their home land. Now, the problem is that they have to sell the electricity. This

has something to do with business calculation, where must they sell the electricity? If to the PLN, the price is not feasible,” he added.

Pastika added that PLN only dares to buy at 9 cents per KWH, while the operating cost reaches 12 cents per KWH. Thus, it is impos-sible to be sold at 12 cents, but at least at 15 cents to 20 cents. If PLN buys at expensive price and sells at cheap price, he questioned who will subsidize? This is the problem hav-ing not been resolved so far.

“Investment will require suffi-cient selling price. The investment is using money, not breath. And here there is no charity, no pity, but business,” he said. Pastika said the investment value of waste management at Suwung landfill is quite expensive reaching IDR 1 trillion. In addition to expecting investors, he is also attempting to central government so that it wants to help. Thus, the waste processing into electricity can be directly done by the government. Similarly, the profits from selling electricity can directly go to the government.

However, Pastika realized that central government should also finance the border areas or other poorer islands than Bali. “Probably, people will ask why you do not use regional budget as it is worth IDR 5 trillion. To me, I prefer if the JKBM (health insurance) can continue,

scholarships can continue, house refurbishment can continue, Sim-antri can continue, Gerbangsadu

can continues and the assistance to customary village can continue. These are what I want rather than

making such a thing by spending as much as IDR 1 trillion,” he con-cluded. (kmb32)

AMLAPURA - The office of the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia could not be reached by telephone. In the meantime, many contacts have been attempted by the Karan-gasem Labor and Transmigration Agency in order to get information about the whereabouts of the two migrant workers from Karangasem, but did not get any results.

Nevertheless, the Regent of Karangasem, IGA Mas Sumatri, when asked on Wednesday (Apr. 20) in Karangasem regarding the fate of both residents whose fate is

still unclear in Malaysia, said that she is still trying. She will contact the embassy again by mail and telephone.

Previously, secretary of the agency Nyoman Suradnya said that he already contacted the embassy by telephone. However, no one answered the telephone. He added that Division Head of the Employ-ment Placement, Made Widya, after getting a letter from the husband of a migrant worker from Tengah ham-let, Bebandem, I Gede Putu Ardika, already made an effort. The Agency

for Placement, Protection and Control of the Indonesian Migrant Workers (BP3TKI) in Denpasar has been mailed. It was trying to get information to the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia, but failed.

As reported earlier, dozens of migrant workers from Bali were alleged to have been arrested by Malaysian police on March 26. Two of them are from Karangasem, namely Ni Wayan Sri Utari, 29, from Tengah hamlet, Bebandem and NK Welli Artini from Tengah hamlet, Nyuhtebel, Manggis. Both

migrant workers and their col-leagues from Bali are alleged to have been dispatched by illegal em-ployment agency. When departing, they were only given holiday visa, not working visa. Having showed up in Malaysia, they were picked up with bus by the officers on March 26 and until now their family in Bali still loses contact. Sri Utari had sent SMS to her husband on March 26 telling that she was picked up by a police bus and then her hand phone and other belongings were confiscated by the officers. “After

that, they totally lost contact,” said her husband, Ardika.

Regent Mas Sumatri said that dozens of those illegal migrant workers alleged to have been ar-rested by police officers of the country becomes a lesson for the other prospective migrant work-ers. When interested in becoming a migrant worker, people should register to Labor and Transmigra-tion Agency so that they can be departed through legal employment agency. By that way, should there be a problem, everything can be

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Activities in Suwung landfill. The government of Bali Province has provided advice to the government of Sarbagita (Denpasar, Badung, Gianyar and Tabanan) to revoke the cooperation with PT.NOEI related to waste management at Suwung landfill.

As for Suwung landfill

A number of investors meet government of Bali Province

DENPASAR - The government of Bali Province has provided advice to the government of Sarbagita (Denpasar, Badung, Gi-anyar and Tabanan) to revoke the cooperation with PT.NOEI related to waste management at Suwung landfill. The electrical energy from waste management promised is never realized. Revocation of the cooperation is currently being discussed with caution because it is a legal product in the form of agreement between the government of Sarbagita and PT. NOEI.

Migrant workers from Bali arrested in MalaysiaIndonesian Embassy in Malaysia cannot be contacted

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BEIJING - China has no need to be worried about U.S. plans to deploy a new anti-missile system in South Korea to protect it from North Korea, a senior U.S. diplomat said on a visit to Beijing, adding North Korea had shown no interest in diplomacy.

The United States and South Korea have begun talks on possible deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system after North Korea tested its fourth nuclear bomb on Jan. 6 and launched a long-range rocket on Feb. 7, both in defiance of U.N. resolutions, but China firmly opposes the move.

“The fact is that North Korea presents a very serious missile threat to the Korean peninsula,” Sung Kim, the U.S. special envoy for North Korea, told reporters.

“And we, together with South Korea, have decided that we should take appropriate defensive measures to protect ourselves against this missile threat from North Korea.”

Kim said the United States remained open to credible and mean-ingful diplomacy with North Korea, but the country had shown no interest.

North and South Korea remain technically at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, rather than a treaty. The North, whose lone major ally is neighbour China, routinely threatens to destroy South Korea and its major ally, the United States.

The North Korean threat was why “we have started formal consul-tations about the possibility of deploying the THAAD system on the peninsula”, Kim said.

“It’s a completely defensive system. There is no need for China or Russia to be concerned about this system.”

North Korea has vowed to conduct further nuclear tests, despite stepped up international sanctions.

Satellite images show that North Korea may have resumed tunnel excavation at its main nuclear test site, similar to activity seen before the January test, a U.S. North Korea monitoring website reported on Wednesday.

Kim said he had no definitive information a fifth test was coming, and that he was not sure China knew either.

China is North Korea’s most important economic and diplomatic backer, but has been infuriated by North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests and has signed on for tough U.N. sanctions.

The effectiveness of current or any new sanctions depends heavily on them being fully implemented by China, U.S. officials and analysts say.

Kim said China had taken “a number of steps toward implementa-tion” of the latest sanctions resolution.

“I hope and I expect that China would take its responsibility very seriously and actually implement all provisions of this unprecedented resolution,” he added.

China says it has a right to develop what it calls “normal relations” with North Korea.

North Korea became China’s second-biggest coal supplier in March, with deliveries up 80.6 percent from a year ago to 2.35 million tonnes, data from China’s customs authority showed on Thursday. (rtr)

U.S. says China needn’t fear missile defence for South Korea

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US missile defence system THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence)

Obama, who arrived on Wednes-day, hopes to allay Gulf countries’ fears over Iranian influence and encourage them to douse sectarian tensions in an effort to confront the threat posed by jihadist militants like Islamic State.

Those issues were addressed in his bilateral talks on Wednesday and Thursday with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar, and will domi-nate again in the summit which includes the other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members.

The region’s crises, including civil wars in Syria, Yemen and Iraq, in which the U.S. and Gulf states have cooperated but still disagree on some issues, are important areas of discussion.

“On the core issues, there’s agreement about where we want to

go,” Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser, told re-porters at a briefing in Riyadh.

He said strains in ties in recent years reflected differences over tactics rather than goals.

“This summit allows us to align our approaches and strategies,” he said.

Years of frustration among Gulf countries, aggravated by more recent stumbles, may make Saudi Arabia and its regional allies less receptive to Obama on his fourth and most probably final trip to the kingdom.

The Middle East is mired in a contest for influence between a bloc of mostly Sunni countries, includ-ing the conservative, pro-Western Gulf monarchies, and revolutionary Shi’ite Iran and its allies.

Most of the GCC states, which

also include Bahrain and Oman, have been bitterly disappointed in Obama’s presidency, during which they believe the United States has pulled back from the region, giving more space to Iran.

They were also upset by Obama’s remarks in a magazine interview that appeared to cast them as “free-riders” in U.S. security efforts and urged them to “share” the region with Tehran.

Rhodes said a two-hour meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Wednesday was the longest the two leaders had shared and included a “very open and honest discussion” that included issues which were a source of tension, without specifying them.

“I think they both agreed that it was good to essentially have this opportunity to clear the air,” he said.

The American president has said he wants Gulf allies to offer more democratic reforms and improve human rights, and he discussed that with King Salman on Wednesday. (rtr)

REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) stands next to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman during the summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 21, 2016.

Obama starts talks with Gulf leaders aimed at easing strains

RIYADH - U.S. President Barack Obama and Gulf Arab lead-ers started talks in Riyadh on Thursday at a summit aimed at forging joint action on perceived security threats from Iran and Islamic State, and at ironing out strains in their old alliance.

AUCTION case of Kozy Villa in Seminyak, Kuta Badung, Bali several years ago still left many problems. Kozy villa owners who feel mistreated, Rita Kishore Ku-mar Pridhnani, seek legal protec-tion to the President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), National Police, Cor-ruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Attorney General and other government agencies officials in Jakarta.

Complaints and legal protection petition was submitted by letter No. RKC /009/IV-2016 dated 20 April 2016 with a copy to the Chief of Bali Police, prosecutor of Denpasar High Court and the District Court of Denpasar.

In this letter, Rita begged Presi-dent Jokowi, KPK, the National Police and the Attorney General and the Chief Justice to give special attention for the supervision and escort the trial in the case of Article 421 Penal Code and Article 263 paragraph (1) Criminal Code with the defendant on behalf of officials auction on KPKLN Denpasar, Us-man Arif Murtopo, SH, which has

been transferred to the High Court Bali (P21) and are currently in the process of examination and trial at the Denpasar District Court.

In addition, Rita also hope that the state officials give special at-tention on surveillance and escort the granted pretrial of Rita Kishore Kumar Pridhnani by the District Court (PN) Denpasar by Decision No 5 / Pid.Prap / 2016 / PN. Dps dated March 29, 2016.

The decision is essentially ordered Bali Police to follow up the investiga-tion on Ningsih Suciati et al (Manag-ing Director of Bank of India/Bank Swadesi) in connection with alleged giving false information or docu-ments related to the bidding process of Kozy Villa, few years ago.

Some time ago Bali Police have increase the status of Ningsih Suciati et al. to suspect. However, recently, it issued letter to terminate the investigation (Surat Perintah Penghentian Penyidikan –SP3) on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

That reason, according to Rita is very strange and unreasonable. “We

look forward to the President, the Commission, the National Police, the Attorney General and other high officials in order to ensure justice and provide legal protection to us,” said Rita on Thursday (21/4).

This case was begun when Rita didn’t able to pay her debt in Bank of India (formerly Bank Swade-si). Although Rita has repeatedly begged to reschedule the credit, the Kozy Villa as collateral debt was auctioned. An auction process of Kozy Villa was allegedly full of scheme. The villa was auctioned at a very cheap price or far below the estimated market price. Kozy Villa auctioned on February 11, 2011 at a price of about IDR6,386,000,000.

Meanwhile, according to Rita, at that time the market price was estimated reached IDR25 billion.

“We feel unfairly treated and sacrificed in the auction process. It is very reasonable and not excessive if we asked for legal protection and fairness to the President, the Na-tional Police, the Attorney General and other high-ranking authorities,” said Rita. (ad)

“The target is indeed high, but realistic for us to accomplish to-gether. Given, there is still very much opportunity to achieve it,” said Haryadi on Wednesday.

He continued, the development of tourism in Asean quite fascinat-ing, especially in Thailand that visited by 29.5 million people and Malaysia which visited by 25 mil-lion people. Meanwhile, Indonesia had only reached 10.4 million tourists. “The advantage for us is that the number and diversities of our tourist destinations in Asean, where the number of our air fleet of more than 500 units, is the largest in Asean,” he said.

In addition, he added, number of rooms, hotels, and restaurants in Indonesia also the largest in the Asean coutries. “The number of rooms and hotel units are also the largest in Asean. In total, we have as many as 18,353 units of hotels and

507.200 rooms,” he explained.By looking at the opportunities

and potential that exists, PHRI determined to realize the 2019’s tourism targets. “This target will contribute to the growth of our economy, contributing 8 percent of the GDP and employment of more than 13 million people in 2019,” he said.

He added there are several is-sues that should be addressed, such as synergizing all tourism activities in one of intense activity. “How do we integrate all tourism people in the activity, in the calendar of events planned to be realized,” he said.

Calendar of events, according to Hariyadi, are very important to attract foreign tourists and domes-tic tourists to travel to all parts of Indonesia. “So the impact of the promotion by the government will have effective and targeted impact,”

he explained.Hariyadi also asked PHRI to

immediately create events in their respective regions and put them in the calendar of the events. “We can put them together so that every day in a full year we held an interesting

tourist attraction for tourists,” he mentioned.

On that occasion, Hariyadi said that in order to optimize the devel-opment of tourist destinations, the PHRI fully support government’s efforts to develop 10 tourist des-

tinations, such as Wakatobi, Lake Toba, Mandalika, Labuan Bajo, Borobudur and Morotai. “The de-velopment of tourism attractions and destinations should become a single chain integral with hotel and restaurant business.” (kmb18)

PHRI optimistic 20 million tourists target will be achieve

NUSA DUA – Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) held The 1st National Working Meeting (Rakernas) 2016 at Bali International Convention Center, Nusa Dua on April 20 to 24. Chairman of PHRI, Hariyadi B.S. Sukamdani explain, at an event attended by all Regional Governing Body (BPD) throughout Indonesia, that theme chosen on the meeting “Achieving Tourism Target of 2019” is part of PHRI’s commit-ment on supporting government target in tourist arrivals.

Case Villa Kozy Bank of India reported to President Jokowi and KPK

IBP/kmb18

Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) held The 1st National Working Meeting (Rakernas) 2016 at Bali International Convention Center, Nusa Dua on April 20 to 24.

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Beijing faces pressure from the United States and Europe to stop what they complain is a strategy of trying to clear away a backlog of steel by exporting at improperly low prices. Washington imposed anti-dumping duties last month on Chinese steel.

The latest order to finance ex-ports is part of instructions from the Chinese central bank and financial regulators to lenders to support the overhaul of state-owned steel and coal industries.

Beijing is trying to shrink bloated companies, many of them state-owned, in industries including steel, coal, glass, cement and aluminum in which supply exceeds demand. That has led to price-cutting wars and heavy losses.

Last month, Washington an-nounced anti-dumping tariffs of up to 266 percent on some Chinese steel.

Britain’s government faces pres-sure to act after Tata Steel cited low-cost Chinese competition when it announced plans this month to sell money-losing operations there that

employ 20,000 people. In Brussels, European steelworkers have pro-tested outside the European Union headquarters.

Chinese bank support to steel and coal companies can include “syndi-cated loans, export credit and project financing,” according to the order by the central bank and the securities, banking and insurance regulators.

It gave no financial targets but said financing might be extended for shifting operations abroad.

China’s minister of human re-sources announced plans in February to eliminate some 1.8 million jobs in coal and steel. Beijing announced a 100 billion yuan ($15 billion) fund last week to cushion the blow to workers who lose their jobs in the restructuring and help them find new jobs. Targets for other industries have yet to be announced.

China pushed back against its trading partners this month, announc-ing anti-dumping duties on steel from the European Union, Japan and South Korea.(ap)

TOKYO — Officials are inves-tigating after Mitsubishi Motors Corp. after the company said it had found employees manipulated fuel efficiency data of more than 620,000 light vehicles it manu-factured.

Local media reports showed investigators from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism entering offices of the company’s assembly plant in cen-tral Japan’s Nagoya on Thursday.

On Wednesday, the company apologized for what it said was intentional falsification of mileage test data that falsely boosted fuel economy by about 5 percent to 10 percent.

Trading in Mitsubishi Motors’ shares halted before the close on Thursday after the shares fell more than 20 percent. Mitsubishi Mo-tors was tarnished by a massive recall cover-up of safety defects 15 years ago.

The inaccurate tests by the Tokyo-based automaker involved so-called “minicars” with tiny engines whose main attraction is generally great mileage. Mitsubishi was reporting mileage of up to 30.4 kilometers per liter (71.5 miles per gallon).

The inaccurate tests by the Tokyo-based automaker involved 157,000 of its own-brand eK wagon and eK Space light passenger cars, and 468,000 Dayz and Dayz Roox vehicles produced for Nissan Mo-tor Co.

All are so-called “minicars” with tiny engines whose main at-traction is generally great mileage. They were produced from March 2013.(ap)

Mitsubishi Motors investigated over false mileage data

Mitsubishi Motors’ mini-car is displayed at the gate of its main factory Mizushima Plant in Kura-shiki, western Japan, Thursday, April 21, 2016.

China tells banks to lend to expand steel exports

BEIJING — Regulators told Chinese banks on Thursday to finance steel exports to help reduce a supply glut in a move that could worsen trade tensions with Europe and the United States.

Chinatopix via AP

In this Aug. 22, 2014 photo, a man stands on bundles of steel pipes in a steel products dock-yard along the Yangtze River in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality.

JAKARTA - During a visit to sev-eral countries in Europe, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) conveyed his greetings to all Indonesian women on the occasion of Kartini Day. The president posted the message on his official Twitter account, @jokowi on Thursday.

“The nations future lies in the hands of Kartinis, as the backbone of the country and the driving force of development. Out of darkness comes light. Happy Kartini Day-Jkw,” the president tweeted through his account.

In his short tweet, President Jokowi highlighted the important role played by Indonesian women to promote the devel-opment of the nation.

The president views women as the pillars of the nation and the catalysts of progress. In Indonesia itself, Kartini Day is commemorated by holding various activities and events.

Several schools in Indonesia observed Kartini Day by holding a flag-hoisting ceremony and the students wearing tra-ditional attire.

Meanwhile, the employees of several public service institutions, included banks, wore traditional Indonesian clothing, with the women wearing Kebaya, and the men choosing to dress in typical traditional clothes to mark Kartini Day.

Not solely through celebrations, but the struggle of Kartini ideally should be recognized by giving equal honor and ap-plause to women from various fields in the country, the president affirmed.(ant)

BANJARMASIN - The Indo-nesian government is seeking to lobby with the Saudi authorities to have its hajj quota increased by 10 thousand people, Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifud-din said.

“Our hajj quota remains the same as last year. However, we are still trying that Saudi Arabia increases it by 10 thousand for this year,” he explained while opening a working meeting of the South Kalimantan provincial office of the Religious Affairs Ministry at Rattan Inn Hotel here on Wednesday.

Indonesias hajj quota for this year stands at 168,800 people. “If we get an additional hajj quota, it will be distributed professionally,” the minister promised.

As Muslims in South Kalimantan have a more keen interest in per-forming hajj pilgrimage, they have

to wait for tens of years, he stated.“We have a lot of sympathy with

them. But they all must be patient while the government tries to have the quota increased before the ad-vent of the hajj season this year,” he urged the gathering.

Head of the South Kalimantan Provincial Office of the Religious Affairs Ministry H Muhammad Tambrin said the province with a Muslim population of 96.67 percent, is allowed to send 3,050 people to the Holy Land for hajj pilgrimage this year.

As of April 18, 2016, the number of Muslims in South Kalimantan who have deposited their money to undertake the hajj in Mecca has reached 86,749, he said.

Judging by the quota, the waiting period for Muslims in South Kali-mantan planning to go for hajj to Mecca is 28 years, he said.(ant)

JAKARTA — China has asked Indonesia to extradite four Uighur men in exchange for returning a graft fugitive recently arrested in Shanghai, the top Indonesian security minister said Thursday.

Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan said Indonesia will allow China to question the men, who are serving prison sentences for collaborating with Indonesia’s most wanted militant, Abu Wardah Santoso.

He said China’s request was made during negotiations for the deportation from China of corruption fugitive Samadikun Hartono.

Pandjaitan said Indonesia would talk with China separately about the four members of China’s Muslim Uighur minority “because it is a different case.” They were arrested in September 2014 in Central Sulawesi.

Hartono fled from Indonesia in 2003 after the Supreme Court sentenced him to four years in

prison for misappropriating government bailout funds during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. Indonesia expects he will be deported from China on Thursday.

Starting in around 2009, groups of Uighurs have traveled across Southeast Asia from their homeland of Xinjiang, a region in northwestern China, hoping to reach Turkey to claim asylum from what they say is persecution by Chinese authorities.

China has alleged that members of the Uighur mi-nority in the past have joined the Islamic State group and returned home to carry out extremist plots.

Indonesian authorities believe a small number entered Indonesia to join forces with local mili-tants at the urging of Santoso.

Four suspected Uighur militants were fatally shot by Indonesian security forces last month in Central Sulawesi, and police believe at least two others are still in a jungle with Santoso’s group.(ap)

President Jokowi extends greetings to women on Kartini Day

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Govt seeking 10 percent increase in hajj quota

China asks Indonesia to extradite Uighur prisoners

Yuki Sato/Kyodo News via AP

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Leibovitz, who has photo-graphed Elizabeth before, took the official pictures at Windsor Castle, west of London.

The first in the sequence of re-laxed images shows the monarch walking with four of her dogs in the castle grounds.

In the second picture, she sits with her two youngest grandchil-dren and five great-grandchildren in the Green Drawing Room, part of the castle’s semi-State apartments. Youngest great-grandchild Princess Charlotte, the 11-month-old daugh-ter of Prince William and his wife Kate, sits on her lap.

The third portrait shows the queen with her daughter Anne,

the Princess Royal, in the castle’s White Drawing Room.

Elizabeth was due to celebrate her birthday with a walkabout in Windsor, meeting well-wishers. In London, there were due to be artil-lery gun salutes at Hyde Park and the Tower of London and parliament was to be lit up red, white and blue.

Born on April 21, 1926, Eliza-beth last year surpassed the 23,226-day reign of her great-great-grand-mother, Queen Victoria.

Crowds gathered from across Britain and beyond on Thursday to celebrate the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the world’s oldest monarch who still performs scores of annual engagements and shows

no signs of retiring.Prime Minister David Cameron led

tributes, calling her “a rock of strength for our nation” while her eldest son and heir Prince Charles recorded a special radio message reading out a passage from Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, whose death 400 years ago will be marked on Saturday.

Usually the queen’s birthday passes with little ceremony but to mark Thursday’s landmark Eliza-beth will greet well-wishers near her Windsor Castle home, west of London, and later light a beacon, the first of about 1,000 to be lit across the country and worldwide to mark the occasion.

There will also be artillery gun salutes in the British capital at Hyde Park and the Tower of London and across the country, while the Hous-es of Parliament will be illuminated red, white and blue. (rtr)

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Min-ister Shinzo Abe on Thursday sent a ritual offering to a controversial To-kyo shrine for war dead, prompting China to urge it to “deeply reflect on its invasion history”, as the Asian neighbours prepare for a meeting to help smooth ties.

Chinese ties with Japan have long been strained by what Beijing see as Japanese leaders’ reluctance to atone for the country’s wartime past. China and South Korea suf-fered under Japan’s sometimes brutal occupation and colonial rule before Tokyo’s defeat in 1945.

Abe’s spring festival offering of a “masakaki” ceremonial tree at the Yasukuni shrine, which some see as a symbol of Japanese militarism in World War Two as it honours convicted war criminals among other war dead, comes as Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to visit Beijing.

Kishida is likely to meet Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on April 30 in a bid to ease friction over issues such as sovereignty disputes over the South China Sea, Japanese media have said.

“I am aware that the prime min-ister sent a ‘masakaki’ offering,” chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference. “He did it as a private person and did not use public funds.”

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the shrine consecrates war crimi-nals.

“We urge Japan to honestly and deeply reflect on its invasion his-tory, demarcate a complete bound-ary on militarism, and take practical actions to win back the trust of its Asian neighbours and the interna-tional community,” she told a daily news briefing.

Seiichi Eto, a special advisor to Abe, visited the shrine on Thurs-day, Japanese media said. Other lawmakers are expected to pay their respects there on Friday.

Abe’s offering at Yasukuni, where 14 leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal are honoured with war dead, treads a fine line between the demands of conservative allies that he visit the shrine in person and a desire to avoid the diplomatic furore that would result if he attended the festival.

Japan hosts the Group of Seven (G7) leaders summit next month, and Abe is eager to put his best foot forward, particularly ahead of an election in July.

His last visit to Yasukuni, in December 2013, angered China and South Korea and provoked rare criticism from key ally the United States. (rtr)

REUTERS/Issei Kato

A wooden sign (2nd R) which reads “Prime Minister Shinzo Abe” is seen on a ritual offering, a masakaki tree, from Abe to the Yasukuni Shrine, inside the main shrine at the controversial shrine for war dead in Tokyo, Japan, April 21, 2016.

Japan’s Abe makes offering at shrine to war dead, prompting

China rebuke

Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday marked with new portraits

LONDON - Three new portraits of Queen Elizabeth taken by American photographer Annie Leibovitz were released on Thursday to mark Britain’s longest-reigning monarch’s 90th birthday.

Annie Leibovitz/Handout via REUTERS

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is pictured with her daughter, The Princess Royal, in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, in this official photograph released by Buckingham Palace to mark her 90th birthday, April 20, 2016.

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CLEVELAND - LeBron James scored 27 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers tied an NBA playoff record with 20 3-pointers in a 107-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday in Game 2 of an NBA Western Conference playoff series.

The Cavaliers lead the series 2-0 with Game 3 on Friday night at Detroit.

The Cavs struggled to put away the Pistons in Game 1 and struggled again until late in the third quarter.

They trailed by 10 points early and still were behind midway through the third quarter before a Kevin Love 3-pointer gave Cleve-land the lead for good at 63-62.

Love’s basket started a flurry of five 3-pointers in the final 6:49 of

the quarter.J.R. Smith’s 3-pointer in the final

minute of the third -- his seventh of the game -- extended the lead to 82-68 entering the fourth quarter and the Cavs coasted from there.

The 20 3-pointers were more than the Cavs made in any game during the regular season and made them the fourth team to hit 20 in a postseason game. The most recent was the Golden State Warriors last year.

Smith scored 21 points (all on 3-pointers) and Kyrie Irving had 22 points and four assists, including 13 in the first quarter. Love finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds after fighting early foul trouble.

Andre Drummond had 20 points and seven rebounds for the Pis-

tons.Reggie Jackson contributed 14

points and six assists, although he managed just one basket in the second half. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 13 points.

After Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy was fined $25,000 for com-plaining about the officiating during Game 1, the calls certainly seemed to favor the Pistons.

Cavs owner Dan Gilbert tweeted at halftime about the free throw disparity. The Pistons shot 20 free throws in the first half compared with one for the Cavs.

Cleveland shot 14 in the game and the Pistons shot 32. The Cavs didn’t need free throws on a night they made 20 of 38 3-pointers. (rtr)

ANCIENT OLYMPIA - The official count-down to this year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics began on Thursday when the torch was lit at the site of the ancient Games, with organis-ers hoping it will shift attention away from Brazil’s political and financial turmoil.

On a glorious spring day with the sun burning hot above the ancient stadium in Olympia, an actress playing a high priestess lit the torch from the rays of the sun at the temple of Hera, using a parabolic mirror.

Greek gymnastics world champion Lefteris Pe-trounias started the domestic relay after receiving the flame. Brazilian double Olympic volleyball champion Giovane Gavio was due to be the second runner.

A refugee will also carry the torch during the Greek leg of the relay before Brazilian organisers receive it in a handover at the Panathenian stadium on April 27 in Athens, site of the first modern Olympics in 1896.

Brazil will start its relay on May 3 in the capital Brasilia with the first of 12,000 runners, carrying it through 300 cities and towns in the 26 Brazilian states and ending in Rio on the day of the opening ceremony.

Preparations for the first Games in South America, which run from Aug. 5-21, have been plagued by problems and a shortage of cash for organisers as the country is experiencing its worst recession in decades.

“(The torch lighting) brings a message that can and will unite our dear Brazil,” Rio Games chief Carlos Nuzman said in his speech.

Brazil President Dilma Rousseff, who cancelled her trip to ancient Olympia, is facing impeachment and federal prosecutors are investigating Olympic projects for corruption.

Asked if organisers were concerned about a pos-sible change of government, Nuzman told Reuters: I’m not a politician and I don’t know. We know what we needed to do, and we’ll do (it).” (rtr)

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) slam dunks over Detroit Pistons forward Reggie Bullock (25) during the second quarter in game two of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena.

Cavaliers tie three-point record in win over Pistons

Rio Games countdown starts with Olympia torch lighting

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Greek actress Katerina Lehou (L), playing the role of High Priestess, carries the Olympic flame past youths dur-ing the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games inside the ancient Olympic Stadium on the site of ancient Olympia, Greece, April 21, 2016.

DENPASAR - Jagat Natha Temple is a beautiful Hindu temple situated in the center of Denpasar City that is the biggest Hindu temple in the capital city of Bali Province. Jagat natha Temple built in east of Puputan Badung square garden is a public shrine to worship for Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa (call for Hindu god). It is strategically located on Major Wisnu Street that is very easy reached from any directions as well as famous temple and appointed as a tourist destination in Denpasar City. Jagat natha Temple have many visited by the Hindu people especially during

the Hindu Holiday season including full moon.

Name of Jagat Natha Temple is taken from special name which is not similar with other familiar temples in Bali taken from the location where the temple is situated such as Besakih Temple, Ulundanu Batur Temple, Lem-puyang Luhur Temple, Luhur Andaka-sa Temple, Puncak Mangu Temple, etc. Among other famous Hindu Temple in Bali, the first ceremony held at Jagat natha Temple is also similar with other temples by conducting small ceremony procession. The unique of this temple is

not having the Pengemong (the group of people/organization/team who sup-port, keep, maintains the temple) like other temples in Bali, but it is only own the small volunteers and people who worship at this temple. At the beginning, this temple is managed by temple development committee of Jagat natha Temple and afterward man-aged by The Hindu Holiday Commit-tee which is institutionally stipulated Badung Regency Government decree. But nowadays, Jagat natha Temple has been taken over by the government of Denpasar City. (IBP/net)

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MADRID — That’s more like it. Barcelona’s 8-0 rout of Deportivo La Coruna was a lot more typical than the three consecutive losses that sent the Spanish powerhouse into turmoil and raised doubts about whether it could still win the Spanish league.

Barcelona was back to its old self in Wednesday’s match at Deportivo, scoring at will and winning easily, just like it did most of the season until an inexplicable recent collapse.

“We needed this win. Not just for the three points, but also to boost our morale as a team,” Barcelona defender Marc Bartra said. “We have sent out a strong message.”

The victory kept the Catalan club ahead of its Ma-drid rivals, which also won their games on Wednesday. Atletico Madrid won 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid defeated Villarreal 3-0.

Atletico and Barcelona both have 79 points with four matches left, while Real Madrid is one point behind.

“We needed a good result and the victory was crucial for us,” Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said. “We have a wonderful challenge ahead of us. And that challenge is to retain the league title. But there are still four games to go and I’m sure it’s not going to be easy.”

Wednesday’s goal-fest was crucial to boost the team’s confi-dence after consecutive poor performances, espe-cially by its trio of stars — Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar. They all scored against Deportivo, with Suarez finding the net four times to take his tally to 30 goals, one behind league leader Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi scored in his second-con-secutive game and Neymar ended a five-game scoring slump.

“One of the best bits of news is that the three up front have found their scoring touch again,” Bartra said.

The huge win also was important to help dent the hopes of the team’s Madrid rivals, which had been on a frantic chase for the lead as the defending champions slipped.

“Nothing has changed,” Real

Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. “We were one point away from them yesterday and we are one point away today. We will keep going with our ideas and our football. We will continue with what we have been doing recently, nothing has changed.”

Barcelona’s next game is at home against Sport-ing Gijon on Saturday. Gijon defeated Sevilla 2-1 on Wednesday to leave the relegation zone for the first time after eight rounds. Earlier this season, Barce-

lona beat Gijon 3-1 with two goals by Messi and one by Suarez.

Real Madrid, on a streak of eight league wins in a row, plays at 15th-place Rayo Vallecano, a team it has beaten 12 straight times, including 10-2 at the

Santiago Bernabeu Stadium this season.

Atlet ico Madrid, coming off eight vic-tories in nine league games, hosts 12th-place Malaga, a team it lost 1-0 last year.

“I’ll repeat what I’ve already said, we only depend on ourselves,” Atletico Madrid coach Diego Sim-eone said. “Our goal is to do our best, and whatever hap-pens to Bar-celona, good for them. We only have one option, which is to win.” (ap)

MILAN - AS Roma stalwart Francesco Totti came off the bench with four minutes left and scored twice to give his Champions League-chasing side a dramatic 3-2 win over Torino in Serie A on Wednesday.

The 39-year-old’s performance, the latest twist in a career span-ning an extraordinary 24 seasons at Roma, overshadowed leaders Juventus who moved closed to their seemingly inevitable fifth successive title with a 3-0 win over 10-man Lazio.

Totti, whose lack of playing time since January has reportedly caused friction with coach Luciano Spalletti, needed just 22 seconds to equalise with his first touch, volley-ing in at the far post after Miralem Pjanic’s cross was touched on.

The irrepressible playmaker jumped over two advertising hoard-ings, barely managing to clear them, as he went to celebrate the goal with the Curva Sud, who had jeered Spalletti and applauded Totti at the start of the game.

Totti was back for more three minutes later, stepping up to con-vert a penalty after Nikola Mak-simovi was harshly ruled to have handled to keep Roma firmly in third place, the Champions League playoff spot.

Totti had begun the match on the bench and watched helplessly as Andrea Belotti put Torino in front from a penalty, Konstantinos Manolas headed Roma level and Josef Martinez put the visitors back in front.

Juventus had no such problems as they notched their 23rd win in their last 24 league games to stay nine points clear of Napoli, who had briefly reduced the deficit with

a 6-0 demolition of Bologna on Tuesday.

Mario Mandzukic gave Juventus a halftime lead and the game was effectively over after Lazio had Gil Patric sent off for a second book-able offence three minutes after the break.

Paulo Dybala converted a pen-alty after Leonardo Bonucci went tumbling in the area, a decision which provoked angry Lazio pro-tests, and the Argentine finished off a typically incisive break just after the hour to complete the win. Juventus have 82 points from 34 games, with Napoli on 73 and Roma on 68.

Roberto Mancini’s Inter saw their Champions League hopes all but extinguished in a 1-0 defeat at Genoa where Sebastian De Maio scored the winner with 13 minutes left. Bottom three Frosinone, Pal-ermo and Verona all moved closer to Serie B after a dramatic evening at the basement end of the table.

Daniel Ciofani gave Frosinone a fifth minute lead at Chievo but they then had Arlind Ajeti and Raman Chibsah sent off as they crashed to a 5-1 defeat. Palermo also got off to a flying start when Franco Vazquez converted a second-minute penalty at home to Atalanta.

However, Marco Boriello and Gabriel Paletta replied for the visitors and the Sicilians, where Davide Ballardini is in his second stint of the season as coach, needed a late equaliser from Aljaz Struna for a point.

Verona were left seven points adrift at the bottom and almost certain to go down after they were beaten 1-0 at Empoli by a second-half goal from Massimo Macca-rone. (rtr)

BAyeRN MuNICh can clinch a record fourth consecutive Bundesliga title on Saturday if they beat Hertha Berlin away and second-placed Borussia Dortmund lose at strugglers VfB Stuttgart.

Bayern, aiming for another league title in coach Pep Guar-diola’s final season in Munich, are seven points clear of Dortmund with four matches left.

The desired combination of results for Bayern would open up an unassailable 10-point gap with three matches remaining and secure their 26th German league title. Guardiola’s team will be brimming with confidence after reaching the German Cup final with a 2-0 win over Werder Bremen on Tuesday despite failing to hit top form.

“I would like to thank my play-

ers for giving me another week of working with them,” said the Spaniard, who has made sure of a high-profile farewell on the grand stage of Berlin’s Olympic Stadium on May 21 before his move to Manchester City.

If they win the title, Guardiola will have led Bayern to three con-secutive league titles in as many seasons in charge.

However, Bayern will be looking to improve on the slightly disappoint-ing form they have shown in recent matches as they also have one eye on next week’s Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid.

“If we circulate the ball a bit bet-ter, if we move a bit better, then the opponent will not be able to attack us,” captain Philipp Lahm said. “We have to change that. We can

play better and we will play better again soon.”

Guardiola could also have cen-tral defender Jerome Boateng back in the squad for the first time in months after the Germany interna-tional returned to team training this week following an adductor muscle injury in January.

Hertha, who were eliminated from the German Cup by Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, have failed to win any of their last three league matches and are in danger of missing out on Champions League football next season.

The Berliners have dropped to fourth place on 49 points, two behind Bayer Leverkusen, who occupy the last automatic qualifi-cation spot for the continent’s elite club competition.

The fourth-placed team will advance to the qualifying rounds and fifth-placed Borussia Mo-enchengladbach, on 45 points, will be poised to pounce should Hertha continue to struggle.

“We play and give it everything we have and so we should not talk as if everything was bad,” Hertha coach Pal Dardai said after the 3-0 German Cup defeat. “A bit more respect, please.” (rtr)

MADRID — Neymar will play for Brazil at the Rio de Janeiro Olym-pics but will skip the Copa America, Barcelona said Wednesday.

The news was announced by the Catalan club after it trounced De-portivo La Coruna 8-0 in the Spanish league, with Neymar netting one of the goals to end the forward’s five-game scoreless run.

Neymar had said he wanted to play in both tournaments and the Brazilian soccer confederation had asked for his release. But Barcelona didn’t want to lose the striker for so long and feared that his participation in both events could affect his preparations for next season.

The confederation and the club had been in talks for several months before finally reaching a deal.

“FC Barcelona expresses its grati-tude to the Brazilian Football Confed-eration and its president Marco Polo del Nero for accepting the Club’s pro-posal for Neymar Jr to only play at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer, and not at the Copa America in the United States,” Barcelona said in a statement.

Clubs are not obliged by FIFA to release players for the Olympics, but had to do so for the Copa America Centenario in the United States. The Olympics will be played from Aug. 3-21, while the Copa America runs

from June 3-26.The Olympic tournament is played

with under-23 squads and only three overage players are allowed in each team. The 24-year-old Neymar will be one of the three overage players in the squad coached by Dunga.

The Olympic gold medal is the only significant trophy Brazil has never won. Neymar was the main star in Brazil’s squad that lost the final to Mexico in the 2012 Olympics in London.

Brazil is in Group A at the Olympic tournament in Rio, along with South Africa, Iraq and Denmark. It opens against South Africa on Aug. 4 in Brazil’s capital of Brasilia. (ap)

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter poses for the media before the presentation of the book “Sepp Blatter - Mis-sion & Passion Football” by author Thomas Renggli in Zurich, Switzerland April 21, 2016.

Bayern head to Berlin with fourth title in sight

REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Bayern Munich’s Frank Ribery in action with Werder Bremen’s Theodor Gebre Selassie.

Neymar to play for Brazil at Rio Olympics, not Copa America

Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP Photo

Roma’s Francesco Totti celebrates after scoring a goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Roma and Torino at Rome’s Olympic stadium, Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

Barcelona shows it’s still very much alive in

Spanish league

Barcelona’s Luis Su-arez celebrates after scoring the first goal against Deportivo Coruna during their Spanish La Liga soc-cer match at the Ri-azor stadium in A Co-runa, Spain, Wednes-day, April 20, 2016.

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MADRID — That’s more like it. Barcelona’s 8-0 rout of Deportivo La Coruna was a lot more typical than the three consecutive losses that sent the Spanish powerhouse into turmoil and raised doubts about whether it could still win the Spanish league.

Barcelona was back to its old self in Wednesday’s match at Deportivo, scoring at will and winning easily, just like it did most of the season until an inexplicable recent collapse.

“We needed this win. Not just for the three points, but also to boost our morale as a team,” Barcelona defender Marc Bartra said. “We have sent out a strong message.”

The victory kept the Catalan club ahead of its Ma-drid rivals, which also won their games on Wednesday. Atletico Madrid won 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid defeated Villarreal 3-0.

Atletico and Barcelona both have 79 points with four matches left, while Real Madrid is one point behind.

“We needed a good result and the victory was crucial for us,” Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said. “We have a wonderful challenge ahead of us. And that challenge is to retain the league title. But there are still four games to go and I’m sure it’s not going to be easy.”

Wednesday’s goal-fest was crucial to boost the team’s confi-dence after consecutive poor performances, espe-cially by its trio of stars — Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar. They all scored against Deportivo, with Suarez finding the net four times to take his tally to 30 goals, one behind league leader Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi scored in his second-con-secutive game and Neymar ended a five-game scoring slump.

“One of the best bits of news is that the three up front have found their scoring touch again,” Bartra said.

The huge win also was important to help dent the hopes of the team’s Madrid rivals, which had been on a frantic chase for the lead as the defending champions slipped.

“Nothing has changed,” Real

Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. “We were one point away from them yesterday and we are one point away today. We will keep going with our ideas and our football. We will continue with what we have been doing recently, nothing has changed.”

Barcelona’s next game is at home against Sport-ing Gijon on Saturday. Gijon defeated Sevilla 2-1 on Wednesday to leave the relegation zone for the first time after eight rounds. Earlier this season, Barce-

lona beat Gijon 3-1 with two goals by Messi and one by Suarez.

Real Madrid, on a streak of eight league wins in a row, plays at 15th-place Rayo Vallecano, a team it has beaten 12 straight times, including 10-2 at the

Santiago Bernabeu Stadium this season.

Atlet ico Madrid, coming off eight vic-tories in nine league games, hosts 12th-place Malaga, a team it lost 1-0 last year.

“I’ll repeat what I’ve already said, we only depend on ourselves,” Atletico Madrid coach Diego Sim-eone said. “Our goal is to do our best, and whatever hap-pens to Bar-celona, good for them. We only have one option, which is to win.” (ap)

MILAN - AS Roma stalwart Francesco Totti came off the bench with four minutes left and scored twice to give his Champions League-chasing side a dramatic 3-2 win over Torino in Serie A on Wednesday.

The 39-year-old’s performance, the latest twist in a career span-ning an extraordinary 24 seasons at Roma, overshadowed leaders Juventus who moved closed to their seemingly inevitable fifth successive title with a 3-0 win over 10-man Lazio.

Totti, whose lack of playing time since January has reportedly caused friction with coach Luciano Spalletti, needed just 22 seconds to equalise with his first touch, volley-ing in at the far post after Miralem Pjanic’s cross was touched on.

The irrepressible playmaker jumped over two advertising hoard-ings, barely managing to clear them, as he went to celebrate the goal with the Curva Sud, who had jeered Spalletti and applauded Totti at the start of the game.

Totti was back for more three minutes later, stepping up to con-vert a penalty after Nikola Mak-simovi was harshly ruled to have handled to keep Roma firmly in third place, the Champions League playoff spot.

Totti had begun the match on the bench and watched helplessly as Andrea Belotti put Torino in front from a penalty, Konstantinos Manolas headed Roma level and Josef Martinez put the visitors back in front.

Juventus had no such problems as they notched their 23rd win in their last 24 league games to stay nine points clear of Napoli, who had briefly reduced the deficit with

a 6-0 demolition of Bologna on Tuesday.

Mario Mandzukic gave Juventus a halftime lead and the game was effectively over after Lazio had Gil Patric sent off for a second book-able offence three minutes after the break.

Paulo Dybala converted a pen-alty after Leonardo Bonucci went tumbling in the area, a decision which provoked angry Lazio pro-tests, and the Argentine finished off a typically incisive break just after the hour to complete the win. Juventus have 82 points from 34 games, with Napoli on 73 and Roma on 68.

Roberto Mancini’s Inter saw their Champions League hopes all but extinguished in a 1-0 defeat at Genoa where Sebastian De Maio scored the winner with 13 minutes left. Bottom three Frosinone, Pal-ermo and Verona all moved closer to Serie B after a dramatic evening at the basement end of the table.

Daniel Ciofani gave Frosinone a fifth minute lead at Chievo but they then had Arlind Ajeti and Raman Chibsah sent off as they crashed to a 5-1 defeat. Palermo also got off to a flying start when Franco Vazquez converted a second-minute penalty at home to Atalanta.

However, Marco Boriello and Gabriel Paletta replied for the visitors and the Sicilians, where Davide Ballardini is in his second stint of the season as coach, needed a late equaliser from Aljaz Struna for a point.

Verona were left seven points adrift at the bottom and almost certain to go down after they were beaten 1-0 at Empoli by a second-half goal from Massimo Macca-rone. (rtr)

BAyeRN MuNICh can clinch a record fourth consecutive Bundesliga title on Saturday if they beat Hertha Berlin away and second-placed Borussia Dortmund lose at strugglers VfB Stuttgart.

Bayern, aiming for another league title in coach Pep Guar-diola’s final season in Munich, are seven points clear of Dortmund with four matches left.

The desired combination of results for Bayern would open up an unassailable 10-point gap with three matches remaining and secure their 26th German league title. Guardiola’s team will be brimming with confidence after reaching the German Cup final with a 2-0 win over Werder Bremen on Tuesday despite failing to hit top form.

“I would like to thank my play-

ers for giving me another week of working with them,” said the Spaniard, who has made sure of a high-profile farewell on the grand stage of Berlin’s Olympic Stadium on May 21 before his move to Manchester City.

If they win the title, Guardiola will have led Bayern to three con-secutive league titles in as many seasons in charge.

However, Bayern will be looking to improve on the slightly disappoint-ing form they have shown in recent matches as they also have one eye on next week’s Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid.

“If we circulate the ball a bit bet-ter, if we move a bit better, then the opponent will not be able to attack us,” captain Philipp Lahm said. “We have to change that. We can

play better and we will play better again soon.”

Guardiola could also have cen-tral defender Jerome Boateng back in the squad for the first time in months after the Germany interna-tional returned to team training this week following an adductor muscle injury in January.

Hertha, who were eliminated from the German Cup by Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, have failed to win any of their last three league matches and are in danger of missing out on Champions League football next season.

The Berliners have dropped to fourth place on 49 points, two behind Bayer Leverkusen, who occupy the last automatic qualifi-cation spot for the continent’s elite club competition.

The fourth-placed team will advance to the qualifying rounds and fifth-placed Borussia Mo-enchengladbach, on 45 points, will be poised to pounce should Hertha continue to struggle.

“We play and give it everything we have and so we should not talk as if everything was bad,” Hertha coach Pal Dardai said after the 3-0 German Cup defeat. “A bit more respect, please.” (rtr)

MADRID — Neymar will play for Brazil at the Rio de Janeiro Olym-pics but will skip the Copa America, Barcelona said Wednesday.

The news was announced by the Catalan club after it trounced De-portivo La Coruna 8-0 in the Spanish league, with Neymar netting one of the goals to end the forward’s five-game scoreless run.

Neymar had said he wanted to play in both tournaments and the Brazilian soccer confederation had asked for his release. But Barcelona didn’t want to lose the striker for so long and feared that his participation in both events could affect his preparations for next season.

The confederation and the club had been in talks for several months before finally reaching a deal.

“FC Barcelona expresses its grati-tude to the Brazilian Football Confed-eration and its president Marco Polo del Nero for accepting the Club’s pro-posal for Neymar Jr to only play at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer, and not at the Copa America in the United States,” Barcelona said in a statement.

Clubs are not obliged by FIFA to release players for the Olympics, but had to do so for the Copa America Centenario in the United States. The Olympics will be played from Aug. 3-21, while the Copa America runs

from June 3-26.The Olympic tournament is played

with under-23 squads and only three overage players are allowed in each team. The 24-year-old Neymar will be one of the three overage players in the squad coached by Dunga.

The Olympic gold medal is the only significant trophy Brazil has never won. Neymar was the main star in Brazil’s squad that lost the final to Mexico in the 2012 Olympics in London.

Brazil is in Group A at the Olympic tournament in Rio, along with South Africa, Iraq and Denmark. It opens against South Africa on Aug. 4 in Brazil’s capital of Brasilia. (ap)

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter poses for the media before the presentation of the book “Sepp Blatter - Mis-sion & Passion Football” by author Thomas Renggli in Zurich, Switzerland April 21, 2016.

Bayern head to Berlin with fourth title in sight

REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Bayern Munich’s Frank Ribery in action with Werder Bremen’s Theodor Gebre Selassie.

Neymar to play for Brazil at Rio Olympics, not Copa America

Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP Photo

Roma’s Francesco Totti celebrates after scoring a goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Roma and Torino at Rome’s Olympic stadium, Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

Barcelona shows it’s still very much alive in

Spanish league

Barcelona’s Luis Su-arez celebrates after scoring the first goal against Deportivo Coruna during their Spanish La Liga soc-cer match at the Ri-azor stadium in A Co-runa, Spain, Wednes-day, April 20, 2016.

Juve close in on title, Totti scores late

brace in Roma win

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CLEVELAND - LeBron James scored 27 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers tied an NBA playoff record with 20 3-pointers in a 107-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday in Game 2 of an NBA Western Conference playoff series.

The Cavaliers lead the series 2-0 with Game 3 on Friday night at Detroit.

The Cavs struggled to put away the Pistons in Game 1 and struggled again until late in the third quarter.

They trailed by 10 points early and still were behind midway through the third quarter before a Kevin Love 3-pointer gave Cleve-land the lead for good at 63-62.

Love’s basket started a flurry of five 3-pointers in the final 6:49 of

the quarter.J.R. Smith’s 3-pointer in the final

minute of the third -- his seventh of the game -- extended the lead to 82-68 entering the fourth quarter and the Cavs coasted from there.

The 20 3-pointers were more than the Cavs made in any game during the regular season and made them the fourth team to hit 20 in a postseason game. The most recent was the Golden State Warriors last year.

Smith scored 21 points (all on 3-pointers) and Kyrie Irving had 22 points and four assists, including 13 in the first quarter. Love finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds after fighting early foul trouble.

Andre Drummond had 20 points and seven rebounds for the Pis-

tons.Reggie Jackson contributed 14

points and six assists, although he managed just one basket in the second half. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 13 points.

After Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy was fined $25,000 for com-plaining about the officiating during Game 1, the calls certainly seemed to favor the Pistons.

Cavs owner Dan Gilbert tweeted at halftime about the free throw disparity. The Pistons shot 20 free throws in the first half compared with one for the Cavs.

Cleveland shot 14 in the game and the Pistons shot 32. The Cavs didn’t need free throws on a night they made 20 of 38 3-pointers. (rtr)

ANCIENT OLYMPIA - The official count-down to this year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics began on Thursday when the torch was lit at the site of the ancient Games, with organis-ers hoping it will shift attention away from Brazil’s political and financial turmoil.

On a glorious spring day with the sun burning hot above the ancient stadium in Olympia, an actress playing a high priestess lit the torch from the rays of the sun at the temple of Hera, using a parabolic mirror.

Greek gymnastics world champion Lefteris Pe-trounias started the domestic relay after receiving the flame. Brazilian double Olympic volleyball champion Giovane Gavio was due to be the second runner.

A refugee will also carry the torch during the Greek leg of the relay before Brazilian organisers receive it in a handover at the Panathenian stadium on April 27 in Athens, site of the first modern Olympics in 1896.

Brazil will start its relay on May 3 in the capital Brasilia with the first of 12,000 runners, carrying it through 300 cities and towns in the 26 Brazilian states and ending in Rio on the day of the opening ceremony.

Preparations for the first Games in South America, which run from Aug. 5-21, have been plagued by problems and a shortage of cash for organisers as the country is experiencing its worst recession in decades.

“(The torch lighting) brings a message that can and will unite our dear Brazil,” Rio Games chief Carlos Nuzman said in his speech.

Brazil President Dilma Rousseff, who cancelled her trip to ancient Olympia, is facing impeachment and federal prosecutors are investigating Olympic projects for corruption.

Asked if organisers were concerned about a pos-sible change of government, Nuzman told Reuters: I’m not a politician and I don’t know. We know what we needed to do, and we’ll do (it).” (rtr)

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) slam dunks over Detroit Pistons forward Reggie Bullock (25) during the second quarter in game two of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena.

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Greek actress Katerina Lehou (L), playing the role of High Priestess, carries the Olympic flame past youths dur-ing the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games inside the ancient Olympic Stadium on the site of ancient Olympia, Greece, April 21, 2016.

DENPASAR - Jagat Natha Temple is a beautiful Hindu temple situated in the center of Denpasar City that is the biggest Hindu temple in the capital city of Bali Province. Jagat natha Temple built in east of Puputan Badung square garden is a public shrine to worship for Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa (call for Hindu god). It is strategically located on Major Wisnu Street that is very easy reached from any directions as well as famous temple and appointed as a tourist destination in Denpasar City. Jagat natha Temple have many visited by the Hindu people especially during

the Hindu Holiday season including full moon.

Name of Jagat Natha Temple is taken from special name which is not similar with other familiar temples in Bali taken from the location where the temple is situated such as Besakih Temple, Ulundanu Batur Temple, Lem-puyang Luhur Temple, Luhur Andaka-sa Temple, Puncak Mangu Temple, etc. Among other famous Hindu Temple in Bali, the first ceremony held at Jagat natha Temple is also similar with other temples by conducting small ceremony procession. The unique of this temple is

not having the Pengemong (the group of people/organization/team who sup-port, keep, maintains the temple) like other temples in Bali, but it is only own the small volunteers and people who worship at this temple. At the beginning, this temple is managed by temple development committee of Jagat natha Temple and afterward man-aged by The Hindu Holiday Commit-tee which is institutionally stipulated Badung Regency Government decree. But nowadays, Jagat natha Temple has been taken over by the government of Denpasar City. (IBP/net)

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W RLDFriday, April 22, 2016

Leibovitz, who has photo-graphed Elizabeth before, took the official pictures at Windsor Castle, west of London.

The first in the sequence of re-laxed images shows the monarch walking with four of her dogs in the castle grounds.

In the second picture, she sits with her two youngest grandchil-dren and five great-grandchildren in the Green Drawing Room, part of the castle’s semi-State apartments. Youngest great-grandchild Princess Charlotte, the 11-month-old daugh-ter of Prince William and his wife Kate, sits on her lap.

The third portrait shows the queen with her daughter Anne,

the Princess Royal, in the castle’s White Drawing Room.

Elizabeth was due to celebrate her birthday with a walkabout in Windsor, meeting well-wishers. In London, there were due to be artil-lery gun salutes at Hyde Park and the Tower of London and parliament was to be lit up red, white and blue.

Born on April 21, 1926, Eliza-beth last year surpassed the 23,226-day reign of her great-great-grand-mother, Queen Victoria.

Crowds gathered from across Britain and beyond on Thursday to celebrate the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the world’s oldest monarch who still performs scores of annual engagements and shows

no signs of retiring.Prime Minister David Cameron led

tributes, calling her “a rock of strength for our nation” while her eldest son and heir Prince Charles recorded a special radio message reading out a passage from Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, whose death 400 years ago will be marked on Saturday.

Usually the queen’s birthday passes with little ceremony but to mark Thursday’s landmark Eliza-beth will greet well-wishers near her Windsor Castle home, west of London, and later light a beacon, the first of about 1,000 to be lit across the country and worldwide to mark the occasion.

There will also be artillery gun salutes in the British capital at Hyde Park and the Tower of London and across the country, while the Hous-es of Parliament will be illuminated red, white and blue. (rtr)

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Min-ister Shinzo Abe on Thursday sent a ritual offering to a controversial To-kyo shrine for war dead, prompting China to urge it to “deeply reflect on its invasion history”, as the Asian neighbours prepare for a meeting to help smooth ties.

Chinese ties with Japan have long been strained by what Beijing see as Japanese leaders’ reluctance to atone for the country’s wartime past. China and South Korea suf-fered under Japan’s sometimes brutal occupation and colonial rule before Tokyo’s defeat in 1945.

Abe’s spring festival offering of a “masakaki” ceremonial tree at the Yasukuni shrine, which some see as a symbol of Japanese militarism in World War Two as it honours convicted war criminals among other war dead, comes as Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to visit Beijing.

Kishida is likely to meet Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on April 30 in a bid to ease friction over issues such as sovereignty disputes over the South China Sea, Japanese media have said.

“I am aware that the prime min-ister sent a ‘masakaki’ offering,” chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference. “He did it as a private person and did not use public funds.”

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the shrine consecrates war crimi-nals.

“We urge Japan to honestly and deeply reflect on its invasion his-tory, demarcate a complete bound-ary on militarism, and take practical actions to win back the trust of its Asian neighbours and the interna-tional community,” she told a daily news briefing.

Seiichi Eto, a special advisor to Abe, visited the shrine on Thurs-day, Japanese media said. Other lawmakers are expected to pay their respects there on Friday.

Abe’s offering at Yasukuni, where 14 leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal are honoured with war dead, treads a fine line between the demands of conservative allies that he visit the shrine in person and a desire to avoid the diplomatic furore that would result if he attended the festival.

Japan hosts the Group of Seven (G7) leaders summit next month, and Abe is eager to put his best foot forward, particularly ahead of an election in July.

His last visit to Yasukuni, in December 2013, angered China and South Korea and provoked rare criticism from key ally the United States. (rtr)

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A wooden sign (2nd R) which reads “Prime Minister Shinzo Abe” is seen on a ritual offering, a masakaki tree, from Abe to the Yasukuni Shrine, inside the main shrine at the controversial shrine for war dead in Tokyo, Japan, April 21, 2016.

Japan’s Abe makes offering at shrine to war dead, prompting

China rebuke

Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday marked with new portraits

LONDON - Three new portraits of Queen Elizabeth taken by American photographer Annie Leibovitz were released on Thursday to mark Britain’s longest-reigning monarch’s 90th birthday.

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is pictured with her daughter, The Princess Royal, in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, in this official photograph released by Buckingham Palace to mark her 90th birthday, April 20, 2016.

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Beijing faces pressure from the United States and Europe to stop what they complain is a strategy of trying to clear away a backlog of steel by exporting at improperly low prices. Washington imposed anti-dumping duties last month on Chinese steel.

The latest order to finance ex-ports is part of instructions from the Chinese central bank and financial regulators to lenders to support the overhaul of state-owned steel and coal industries.

Beijing is trying to shrink bloated companies, many of them state-owned, in industries including steel, coal, glass, cement and aluminum in which supply exceeds demand. That has led to price-cutting wars and heavy losses.

Last month, Washington an-nounced anti-dumping tariffs of up to 266 percent on some Chinese steel.

Britain’s government faces pres-sure to act after Tata Steel cited low-cost Chinese competition when it announced plans this month to sell money-losing operations there that

employ 20,000 people. In Brussels, European steelworkers have pro-tested outside the European Union headquarters.

Chinese bank support to steel and coal companies can include “syndi-cated loans, export credit and project financing,” according to the order by the central bank and the securities, banking and insurance regulators.

It gave no financial targets but said financing might be extended for shifting operations abroad.

China’s minister of human re-sources announced plans in February to eliminate some 1.8 million jobs in coal and steel. Beijing announced a 100 billion yuan ($15 billion) fund last week to cushion the blow to workers who lose their jobs in the restructuring and help them find new jobs. Targets for other industries have yet to be announced.

China pushed back against its trading partners this month, announc-ing anti-dumping duties on steel from the European Union, Japan and South Korea.(ap)

TOKYO — Officials are inves-tigating after Mitsubishi Motors Corp. after the company said it had found employees manipulated fuel efficiency data of more than 620,000 light vehicles it manu-factured.

Local media reports showed investigators from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism entering offices of the company’s assembly plant in cen-tral Japan’s Nagoya on Thursday.

On Wednesday, the company apologized for what it said was intentional falsification of mileage test data that falsely boosted fuel economy by about 5 percent to 10 percent.

Trading in Mitsubishi Motors’ shares halted before the close on Thursday after the shares fell more than 20 percent. Mitsubishi Mo-tors was tarnished by a massive recall cover-up of safety defects 15 years ago.

The inaccurate tests by the Tokyo-based automaker involved so-called “minicars” with tiny engines whose main attraction is generally great mileage. Mitsubishi was reporting mileage of up to 30.4 kilometers per liter (71.5 miles per gallon).

The inaccurate tests by the Tokyo-based automaker involved 157,000 of its own-brand eK wagon and eK Space light passenger cars, and 468,000 Dayz and Dayz Roox vehicles produced for Nissan Mo-tor Co.

All are so-called “minicars” with tiny engines whose main at-traction is generally great mileage. They were produced from March 2013.(ap)

Mitsubishi Motors investigated over false mileage data

Mitsubishi Motors’ mini-car is displayed at the gate of its main factory Mizushima Plant in Kura-shiki, western Japan, Thursday, April 21, 2016.

China tells banks to lend to expand steel exports

BEIJING — Regulators told Chinese banks on Thursday to finance steel exports to help reduce a supply glut in a move that could worsen trade tensions with Europe and the United States.

Chinatopix via AP

In this Aug. 22, 2014 photo, a man stands on bundles of steel pipes in a steel products dock-yard along the Yangtze River in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality.

JAKARTA - During a visit to sev-eral countries in Europe, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) conveyed his greetings to all Indonesian women on the occasion of Kartini Day. The president posted the message on his official Twitter account, @jokowi on Thursday.

“The nations future lies in the hands of Kartinis, as the backbone of the country and the driving force of development. Out of darkness comes light. Happy Kartini Day-Jkw,” the president tweeted through his account.

In his short tweet, President Jokowi highlighted the important role played by Indonesian women to promote the devel-opment of the nation.

The president views women as the pillars of the nation and the catalysts of progress. In Indonesia itself, Kartini Day is commemorated by holding various activities and events.

Several schools in Indonesia observed Kartini Day by holding a flag-hoisting ceremony and the students wearing tra-ditional attire.

Meanwhile, the employees of several public service institutions, included banks, wore traditional Indonesian clothing, with the women wearing Kebaya, and the men choosing to dress in typical traditional clothes to mark Kartini Day.

Not solely through celebrations, but the struggle of Kartini ideally should be recognized by giving equal honor and ap-plause to women from various fields in the country, the president affirmed.(ant)

BANJARMASIN - The Indo-nesian government is seeking to lobby with the Saudi authorities to have its hajj quota increased by 10 thousand people, Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifud-din said.

“Our hajj quota remains the same as last year. However, we are still trying that Saudi Arabia increases it by 10 thousand for this year,” he explained while opening a working meeting of the South Kalimantan provincial office of the Religious Affairs Ministry at Rattan Inn Hotel here on Wednesday.

Indonesias hajj quota for this year stands at 168,800 people. “If we get an additional hajj quota, it will be distributed professionally,” the minister promised.

As Muslims in South Kalimantan have a more keen interest in per-forming hajj pilgrimage, they have

to wait for tens of years, he stated.“We have a lot of sympathy with

them. But they all must be patient while the government tries to have the quota increased before the ad-vent of the hajj season this year,” he urged the gathering.

Head of the South Kalimantan Provincial Office of the Religious Affairs Ministry H Muhammad Tambrin said the province with a Muslim population of 96.67 percent, is allowed to send 3,050 people to the Holy Land for hajj pilgrimage this year.

As of April 18, 2016, the number of Muslims in South Kalimantan who have deposited their money to undertake the hajj in Mecca has reached 86,749, he said.

Judging by the quota, the waiting period for Muslims in South Kali-mantan planning to go for hajj to Mecca is 28 years, he said.(ant)

JAKARTA — China has asked Indonesia to extradite four Uighur men in exchange for returning a graft fugitive recently arrested in Shanghai, the top Indonesian security minister said Thursday.

Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan said Indonesia will allow China to question the men, who are serving prison sentences for collaborating with Indonesia’s most wanted militant, Abu Wardah Santoso.

He said China’s request was made during negotiations for the deportation from China of corruption fugitive Samadikun Hartono.

Pandjaitan said Indonesia would talk with China separately about the four members of China’s Muslim Uighur minority “because it is a different case.” They were arrested in September 2014 in Central Sulawesi.

Hartono fled from Indonesia in 2003 after the Supreme Court sentenced him to four years in

prison for misappropriating government bailout funds during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. Indonesia expects he will be deported from China on Thursday.

Starting in around 2009, groups of Uighurs have traveled across Southeast Asia from their homeland of Xinjiang, a region in northwestern China, hoping to reach Turkey to claim asylum from what they say is persecution by Chinese authorities.

China has alleged that members of the Uighur mi-nority in the past have joined the Islamic State group and returned home to carry out extremist plots.

Indonesian authorities believe a small number entered Indonesia to join forces with local mili-tants at the urging of Santoso.

Four suspected Uighur militants were fatally shot by Indonesian security forces last month in Central Sulawesi, and police believe at least two others are still in a jungle with Santoso’s group.(ap)

President Jokowi extends greetings to women on Kartini Day

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Govt seeking 10 percent increase in hajj quota

China asks Indonesia to extradite Uighur prisoners

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BEIJING - China has no need to be worried about U.S. plans to deploy a new anti-missile system in South Korea to protect it from North Korea, a senior U.S. diplomat said on a visit to Beijing, adding North Korea had shown no interest in diplomacy.

The United States and South Korea have begun talks on possible deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system after North Korea tested its fourth nuclear bomb on Jan. 6 and launched a long-range rocket on Feb. 7, both in defiance of U.N. resolutions, but China firmly opposes the move.

“The fact is that North Korea presents a very serious missile threat to the Korean peninsula,” Sung Kim, the U.S. special envoy for North Korea, told reporters.

“And we, together with South Korea, have decided that we should take appropriate defensive measures to protect ourselves against this missile threat from North Korea.”

Kim said the United States remained open to credible and mean-ingful diplomacy with North Korea, but the country had shown no interest.

North and South Korea remain technically at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, rather than a treaty. The North, whose lone major ally is neighbour China, routinely threatens to destroy South Korea and its major ally, the United States.

The North Korean threat was why “we have started formal consul-tations about the possibility of deploying the THAAD system on the peninsula”, Kim said.

“It’s a completely defensive system. There is no need for China or Russia to be concerned about this system.”

North Korea has vowed to conduct further nuclear tests, despite stepped up international sanctions.

Satellite images show that North Korea may have resumed tunnel excavation at its main nuclear test site, similar to activity seen before the January test, a U.S. North Korea monitoring website reported on Wednesday.

Kim said he had no definitive information a fifth test was coming, and that he was not sure China knew either.

China is North Korea’s most important economic and diplomatic backer, but has been infuriated by North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests and has signed on for tough U.N. sanctions.

The effectiveness of current or any new sanctions depends heavily on them being fully implemented by China, U.S. officials and analysts say.

Kim said China had taken “a number of steps toward implementa-tion” of the latest sanctions resolution.

“I hope and I expect that China would take its responsibility very seriously and actually implement all provisions of this unprecedented resolution,” he added.

China says it has a right to develop what it calls “normal relations” with North Korea.

North Korea became China’s second-biggest coal supplier in March, with deliveries up 80.6 percent from a year ago to 2.35 million tonnes, data from China’s customs authority showed on Thursday. (rtr)

U.S. says China needn’t fear missile defence for South Korea

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US missile defence system THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence)

Obama, who arrived on Wednes-day, hopes to allay Gulf countries’ fears over Iranian influence and encourage them to douse sectarian tensions in an effort to confront the threat posed by jihadist militants like Islamic State.

Those issues were addressed in his bilateral talks on Wednesday and Thursday with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar, and will domi-nate again in the summit which includes the other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members.

The region’s crises, including civil wars in Syria, Yemen and Iraq, in which the U.S. and Gulf states have cooperated but still disagree on some issues, are important areas of discussion.

“On the core issues, there’s agreement about where we want to

go,” Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser, told re-porters at a briefing in Riyadh.

He said strains in ties in recent years reflected differences over tactics rather than goals.

“This summit allows us to align our approaches and strategies,” he said.

Years of frustration among Gulf countries, aggravated by more recent stumbles, may make Saudi Arabia and its regional allies less receptive to Obama on his fourth and most probably final trip to the kingdom.

The Middle East is mired in a contest for influence between a bloc of mostly Sunni countries, includ-ing the conservative, pro-Western Gulf monarchies, and revolutionary Shi’ite Iran and its allies.

Most of the GCC states, which

also include Bahrain and Oman, have been bitterly disappointed in Obama’s presidency, during which they believe the United States has pulled back from the region, giving more space to Iran.

They were also upset by Obama’s remarks in a magazine interview that appeared to cast them as “free-riders” in U.S. security efforts and urged them to “share” the region with Tehran.

Rhodes said a two-hour meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Wednesday was the longest the two leaders had shared and included a “very open and honest discussion” that included issues which were a source of tension, without specifying them.

“I think they both agreed that it was good to essentially have this opportunity to clear the air,” he said.

The American president has said he wants Gulf allies to offer more democratic reforms and improve human rights, and he discussed that with King Salman on Wednesday. (rtr)

REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) stands next to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman during the summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 21, 2016.

Obama starts talks with Gulf leaders aimed at easing strains

RIYADH - U.S. President Barack Obama and Gulf Arab lead-ers started talks in Riyadh on Thursday at a summit aimed at forging joint action on perceived security threats from Iran and Islamic State, and at ironing out strains in their old alliance.

AUCTION case of Kozy Villa in Seminyak, Kuta Badung, Bali several years ago still left many problems. Kozy villa owners who feel mistreated, Rita Kishore Ku-mar Pridhnani, seek legal protec-tion to the President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), National Police, Cor-ruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Attorney General and other government agencies officials in Jakarta.

Complaints and legal protection petition was submitted by letter No. RKC /009/IV-2016 dated 20 April 2016 with a copy to the Chief of Bali Police, prosecutor of Denpasar High Court and the District Court of Denpasar.

In this letter, Rita begged Presi-dent Jokowi, KPK, the National Police and the Attorney General and the Chief Justice to give special attention for the supervision and escort the trial in the case of Article 421 Penal Code and Article 263 paragraph (1) Criminal Code with the defendant on behalf of officials auction on KPKLN Denpasar, Us-man Arif Murtopo, SH, which has

been transferred to the High Court Bali (P21) and are currently in the process of examination and trial at the Denpasar District Court.

In addition, Rita also hope that the state officials give special at-tention on surveillance and escort the granted pretrial of Rita Kishore Kumar Pridhnani by the District Court (PN) Denpasar by Decision No 5 / Pid.Prap / 2016 / PN. Dps dated March 29, 2016.

The decision is essentially ordered Bali Police to follow up the investiga-tion on Ningsih Suciati et al (Manag-ing Director of Bank of India/Bank Swadesi) in connection with alleged giving false information or docu-ments related to the bidding process of Kozy Villa, few years ago.

Some time ago Bali Police have increase the status of Ningsih Suciati et al. to suspect. However, recently, it issued letter to terminate the investigation (Surat Perintah Penghentian Penyidikan –SP3) on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

That reason, according to Rita is very strange and unreasonable. “We

look forward to the President, the Commission, the National Police, the Attorney General and other high officials in order to ensure justice and provide legal protection to us,” said Rita on Thursday (21/4).

This case was begun when Rita didn’t able to pay her debt in Bank of India (formerly Bank Swade-si). Although Rita has repeatedly begged to reschedule the credit, the Kozy Villa as collateral debt was auctioned. An auction process of Kozy Villa was allegedly full of scheme. The villa was auctioned at a very cheap price or far below the estimated market price. Kozy Villa auctioned on February 11, 2011 at a price of about IDR6,386,000,000.

Meanwhile, according to Rita, at that time the market price was estimated reached IDR25 billion.

“We feel unfairly treated and sacrificed in the auction process. It is very reasonable and not excessive if we asked for legal protection and fairness to the President, the Na-tional Police, the Attorney General and other high-ranking authorities,” said Rita. (ad)

“The target is indeed high, but realistic for us to accomplish to-gether. Given, there is still very much opportunity to achieve it,” said Haryadi on Wednesday.

He continued, the development of tourism in Asean quite fascinat-ing, especially in Thailand that visited by 29.5 million people and Malaysia which visited by 25 mil-lion people. Meanwhile, Indonesia had only reached 10.4 million tourists. “The advantage for us is that the number and diversities of our tourist destinations in Asean, where the number of our air fleet of more than 500 units, is the largest in Asean,” he said.

In addition, he added, number of rooms, hotels, and restaurants in Indonesia also the largest in the Asean coutries. “The number of rooms and hotel units are also the largest in Asean. In total, we have as many as 18,353 units of hotels and

507.200 rooms,” he explained.By looking at the opportunities

and potential that exists, PHRI determined to realize the 2019’s tourism targets. “This target will contribute to the growth of our economy, contributing 8 percent of the GDP and employment of more than 13 million people in 2019,” he said.

He added there are several is-sues that should be addressed, such as synergizing all tourism activities in one of intense activity. “How do we integrate all tourism people in the activity, in the calendar of events planned to be realized,” he said.

Calendar of events, according to Hariyadi, are very important to attract foreign tourists and domes-tic tourists to travel to all parts of Indonesia. “So the impact of the promotion by the government will have effective and targeted impact,”

he explained.Hariyadi also asked PHRI to

immediately create events in their respective regions and put them in the calendar of the events. “We can put them together so that every day in a full year we held an interesting

tourist attraction for tourists,” he mentioned.

On that occasion, Hariyadi said that in order to optimize the devel-opment of tourist destinations, the PHRI fully support government’s efforts to develop 10 tourist des-

tinations, such as Wakatobi, Lake Toba, Mandalika, Labuan Bajo, Borobudur and Morotai. “The de-velopment of tourism attractions and destinations should become a single chain integral with hotel and restaurant business.” (kmb18)

PHRI optimistic 20 million tourists target will be achieve

NUSA DUA – Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) held The 1st National Working Meeting (Rakernas) 2016 at Bali International Convention Center, Nusa Dua on April 20 to 24. Chairman of PHRI, Hariyadi B.S. Sukamdani explain, at an event attended by all Regional Governing Body (BPD) throughout Indonesia, that theme chosen on the meeting “Achieving Tourism Target of 2019” is part of PHRI’s commit-ment on supporting government target in tourist arrivals.

Case Villa Kozy Bank of India reported to President Jokowi and KPK

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Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) held The 1st National Working Meeting (Rakernas) 2016 at Bali International Convention Center, Nusa Dua on April 20 to 24.

ALMATY - The 18th season of Kazakhstan Fashion Week

(KFW) officially kicked off in Almaty city.

Fashion designers from Kazakhstan, Georgia, Russia,

Uzbekistan and Ukraine brought their newest collections to

Almaty. Five promising designers, mostly participants of the Open

Way contest, will make their debut at the KFW this season.

In total, 24 fashion brands will demonstrate their creations

to KFW guests during the three-day event.

Recall that Kazakhstan Fashion Week is the largest fashion

platform in Central Asia. Fashion designers from such coun-

tries as Kazakhstan, China, France, Great Britain, Germany,

Georgia, Italy, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, the Netherlands,

Poland, Russia, Romania, the U.S., Uzbekistan, and Ukraine

participated in it during the past seasons. (IBP/net)

Kazakhstan Fashion

Week kicks off in

Almaty

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“As long as an agreement of civil law is done in good faith and the parties are not compelled, it applies like a law for them. So, when it is revoked today it will bring in legal consequences, and this must be considered comprehensively. That’s all, so that it must be assessed care-fully,” said the Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, at the Press Room of Bali Provincial Public Re-lations, Wednesday (Apr. 20).

He asserted that cooperation can only be revoked by the parties, while the government of Bali may not revoke it because it does not be-long to the parties in the agreement. “We have given feedback and ask them (government of Sarbagita—Ed) to revoke. So, they should sit together with PT. NOEI and discuss it,” he explained.

On the other hand, continued Pastika, so far several companies have come to the province and expressed their desire to manage the waste at Suwung landfill. In principle, he agreed as long as it is done in earnest. They are companies from China, Korea, and Austria with their respective technology. They equally offer electrical energy from waste processing.

“In terms of technology, they are all good, in my opinion. They have implemented the technology in their home land. Now, the problem is that they have to sell the electricity. This

has something to do with business calculation, where must they sell the electricity? If to the PLN, the price is not feasible,” he added.

Pastika added that PLN only dares to buy at 9 cents per KWH, while the operating cost reaches 12 cents per KWH. Thus, it is impos-sible to be sold at 12 cents, but at least at 15 cents to 20 cents. If PLN buys at expensive price and sells at cheap price, he questioned who will subsidize? This is the problem hav-ing not been resolved so far.

“Investment will require suffi-cient selling price. The investment is using money, not breath. And here there is no charity, no pity, but business,” he said. Pastika said the investment value of waste management at Suwung landfill is quite expensive reaching IDR 1 trillion. In addition to expecting investors, he is also attempting to central government so that it wants to help. Thus, the waste processing into electricity can be directly done by the government. Similarly, the profits from selling electricity can directly go to the government.

However, Pastika realized that central government should also finance the border areas or other poorer islands than Bali. “Probably, people will ask why you do not use regional budget as it is worth IDR 5 trillion. To me, I prefer if the JKBM (health insurance) can continue,

scholarships can continue, house refurbishment can continue, Sim-antri can continue, Gerbangsadu

can continues and the assistance to customary village can continue. These are what I want rather than

making such a thing by spending as much as IDR 1 trillion,” he con-cluded. (kmb32)

AMLAPURA - The office of the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia could not be reached by telephone. In the meantime, many contacts have been attempted by the Karan-gasem Labor and Transmigration Agency in order to get information about the whereabouts of the two migrant workers from Karangasem, but did not get any results.

Nevertheless, the Regent of Karangasem, IGA Mas Sumatri, when asked on Wednesday (Apr. 20) in Karangasem regarding the fate of both residents whose fate is

still unclear in Malaysia, said that she is still trying. She will contact the embassy again by mail and telephone.

Previously, secretary of the agency Nyoman Suradnya said that he already contacted the embassy by telephone. However, no one answered the telephone. He added that Division Head of the Employ-ment Placement, Made Widya, after getting a letter from the husband of a migrant worker from Tengah ham-let, Bebandem, I Gede Putu Ardika, already made an effort. The Agency

for Placement, Protection and Control of the Indonesian Migrant Workers (BP3TKI) in Denpasar has been mailed. It was trying to get information to the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia, but failed.

As reported earlier, dozens of migrant workers from Bali were alleged to have been arrested by Malaysian police on March 26. Two of them are from Karangasem, namely Ni Wayan Sri Utari, 29, from Tengah hamlet, Bebandem and NK Welli Artini from Tengah hamlet, Nyuhtebel, Manggis. Both

migrant workers and their col-leagues from Bali are alleged to have been dispatched by illegal em-ployment agency. When departing, they were only given holiday visa, not working visa. Having showed up in Malaysia, they were picked up with bus by the officers on March 26 and until now their family in Bali still loses contact. Sri Utari had sent SMS to her husband on March 26 telling that she was picked up by a police bus and then her hand phone and other belongings were confiscated by the officers. “After

that, they totally lost contact,” said her husband, Ardika.

Regent Mas Sumatri said that dozens of those illegal migrant workers alleged to have been ar-rested by police officers of the country becomes a lesson for the other prospective migrant work-ers. When interested in becoming a migrant worker, people should register to Labor and Transmigra-tion Agency so that they can be departed through legal employment agency. By that way, should there be a problem, everything can be

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Activities in Suwung landfill. The government of Bali Province has provided advice to the government of Sarbagita (Denpasar, Badung, Gianyar and Tabanan) to revoke the cooperation with PT.NOEI related to waste management at Suwung landfill.

As for Suwung landfill

A number of investors meet government of Bali Province

DENPASAR - The government of Bali Province has provided advice to the government of Sarbagita (Denpasar, Badung, Gi-anyar and Tabanan) to revoke the cooperation with PT.NOEI related to waste management at Suwung landfill. The electrical energy from waste management promised is never realized. Revocation of the cooperation is currently being discussed with caution because it is a legal product in the form of agreement between the government of Sarbagita and PT. NOEI.

Migrant workers from Bali arrested in MalaysiaIndonesian Embassy in Malaysia cannot be contacted

The PHRI expects to be able to reach the government target of 20 million tourists in 2019, and as Sukamdani explained, domestic tourists are projected to amount to some 257 million people with targeted foreign exchange earnings of IDR 240 trillion.

“The target is indeed high, but can realistically be accomplished by working together. There is an opportunity for us to achieve it” he said.

Sukamdani went on to explain that other ASEAN nations already

have even more tourists that that per year. Thailand for example, received 29.5 million tourists in 2014 and Malaysia received 25 million tourists. Indonesia on the other hand only received 10.4 mil-lion tourists last year representing a growth rate of 10.4 percent over the previous year.

“We have the advantage of hav-ing the largest number and most diverse tourist attractions of all the ASEAN countries, and we also have over 500 planes in our air fleet – also the most in ASEAN”, he said.

The issue that needs to be ad-dressed, is bringing synergy to the scattered tourism activities so

as to funnel energy into a single more intensive activity. “We need integrate all the activities offered by tourism businesspeople and plan a calendar of events in order to realize our goal”, he said.

According to Hariyadi, it is im-portant to have a calendar of events, in order to attract both foreign and domestic travelers to visit all parts of Indonesia. “That way, the promo-tion done by the government will be more effective and have a targeted impact”, he said.

Hariyadi also asked all the mem-bers of the PHRI to immediately create events in their respective regions and put them in the calendar of events. (kmb27)

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Events april 18-25

April 21rstFull Moon Estatic Dance 7PmDance and snacks, full moon movement100K for two peopleSamadi Bali CenterJalan padang Linjong, Bali

Kartini Day Flash Bali CharityApril 21Yayasan Rama Sesana (YRS) hosts a charity to raise money to replace their medical equip-ment that melted in a recent fire at Badung market where they work to empower women by providing medical services to the women who work in the market and others. 300K or emailjulia Winterflood: info@yrsbali.org

Friday April 22Live Music by YudeleleYude Andiko musician and creator of the ultimate travel guitarBar Luna, Jalan Raya Ubud, CasaLunaBali.com

April 22ndEarth day Night 6Pm-10Pmafro, soul, spirit music Night Community dance party, music celebration of mother natureParadiso, Jalan Goutama Selatan, Ubud. 100Kwww.paradiso.com

April 22ndParacetamol play Live at Bali Bohemia 8PmAmazing soulful band of local talentsBali Bohemia, Jalan Nyuh Kinnung, Ubud, Free

Family fun day with friends:Perca Indonesia with YRSTaman Bhagawan, Tanjung Benoa Saturday April 23 at 10AM-5PMFREE event featuring live music and dance, garage sale, kids games, fashion show, food bazaar and more. all proceeds go to Yaasan Rama Sesana (YRS) that suffer massive losses from recent fire at Badung market. April 23rdSamadi Flea Market, Upcycle, Recycel Newcycle, 4Pm-8PmFlea market, music, dancingSamadi Bali Center, Jalan Padang lining, Canggu, www.samadibali.com

Arpil 27thopen Mic hosted by Myoshi MasatoSolo Violinist ,live compositionsGrab the mic if yo feel it. Bar Luna, Jalan Raya Ubud

Satruday, April 23rds 2pm to 7PmOutpost Grand Opening - Carnival Pool PartyBali Spirit Hotel & Spa (exactly behind Outpost), Jl. Raya Nyuh Kuning, UbudPool party with live reggae music, DJ, food, drinks, traditional dresses photo booth, face painting, sketch drawing and charity bazaar.Outpost, Jalan Nyuh Kuning, UbudFREE

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Hotels in Kuta area. The number of hotels and restaurants in Indonesia is the biggest in ASEAN right now.

Badung tourism stakeholders recently addressed this issue in a meeting in the Badung House of Rep-resentatives last Tuesday. Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Badung, IGN Rai Suryawijaya, said that the benefit to the public interest must be at the forefront of such initiatives. “We must not allow so called develop-

ment to be carried out for the sake of appearances without actually running well”, he said.

Suryawijaya, who is also Chair-man of the Regional Tourism Promo-tion Board (BPPD) of Badung said that the government should not just issue a decree and then expect tour-ism villages to manage themselves without guidance from the govern-

ment. “The government should continuously provide guidance. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for these villages to develop, unless they happen to have professional tourism managers on hand”, he said..

According to Suryawijaya, eight of the eleven tourism villages that were established through Badung Regent RegulationNo.47/2010 on the Establishment of Tourism Villages in Badung, are only tourism villages in name.

“Of the 11 tourism villages set forth in the regent regulation, only

three villages are functioning as such. The eight others are like kerakap leaf on a rock -unwilling to live, unwilling to die. Do not just build a concept if ultimately it is left devastated”, he said.

Head of the Badung Tourism Of-fice, Cok Raka Darmawan, affirmed this matter of concern. The ‘disease’ suffered by most of the tourism vil-lages could have been diagnosed early and the formula for recovery has already been identified, he said.

One way to heal the disease is by cooperating with tourism stakehold-ers such as tour guides and travel agencies who could schedule visits to these tourism villages, said Dar-mawan.

“We already diagnosed the tour-ism village ailment and tried to apply the prescription for activating tourism in these villages. The results of our ef-forts were good with increased tourist visits”, he he said. Unfortunately, after running for a year, the program was not continued the following year due to lack of funding”, explained Darmanwan.

The required funding, he said, includes promotional costs. Badung’s parliament is therefore being asked to oversee the budgeting for the tourism villages. “We are still short of fund-ing”, he said.

Chairman of the Association of In-donesia’s Tourism Villages (ADWI), Jro Mangku Kandia, when contacted on Wednesday (Apr. 20) said that he agrees that the government needs to be more focused on developing the tourism villages because so far, none of the tourism villages are being man-aged optimally. Most tourism villages are simply designated as such without having adequate human resources and supporting infrastructure.

“Many customary villagers are

still on or below the poverty line and the development of localized tourist attractions is expected to help customary villagers in the vicinity to prosper” he said.

According to Kandia, tourism village development should be car-ried out by people that understand about the particular conditions of their region, -not by ‘outsiders’. Only the villagers themselves are familiar with the members of the village community and know about the culture and character of the local people. s

“At the provincial level, there has been assistance for customary village across Bali. District and Municipal governments however also needs to provide assistance for customary villages by shar-ing their experience about how to manage tourist attractions. This would greatly assist the customary villages in their jurisditctions”, he said.

By developing tourism villages, the lives of people in the surrounding community will improve. The money earned from collecting admission tickets to tourist destination should be used to help customary villages prosper.

As mentioned above the three tourism villages that are functioning in a healthy way are: Carangsari, Pangsan and Bongkasa Pertiwi vil-lage. The other eight, that were also designated as tourism villages by Badung Regent Regulation No. 47/2010, are: on the Establishment of Tourism Village in Badung in-clude the Bongkasa Pertiwi village, Pangsan village, Plaga village, Baha village, Kerta village, Belok village, Kapal village, Mengwi village, Sangeh village, Carangsari village and Munggu village. (kmb27)

Tourism Village should not just be a titleMANGUPURA— The designation of ‘tourism village’ has yet

to boost local economies, with only three out of the eleven des-ignated tourism villages in Badung (Carangsari, Pangsan and Bongkasa Pertiwi village), functioning in a positive manner.

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Penglipuran, one of the tourism village in Bali.

All of those who died were found in or near vehicles that had been in flooded areas, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences and a local sheriff said.

The National Weather Service said about an inch or less had fallen in the area as of Wednesday afternoon, keeping water high in parts of the coun-try’s fourth largest city where some roads have been turned into lakes. The Houston region had a record-setting drenching that dumped as much as 18 inches (45 cm) on some places on Monday.

Don Oettinger, a forecaster with the National Weather Service’s Houston/Galveston office, said there was a possibility of more rain on Thursday. “After tomorrow, we should dry up for a couple of days,” he added.

The weather service issued a flood watch from central Texas through Houston and into large parts of Louisiana. There have been more than 1,200 water rescues during the flooding, with emergency crews shuttling people by boat to dry ground and picking

up hundreds of motorists whose cars were caught in rushing waters.

The Houston Independent School District, the country’s seventh-largest school district, said it would reopen on Wednesday after flooding caused the closure of hundreds of schools earlier this week. Some suburban school districts remained closed on Wednesday.

Heavy storms can overwhelm drainage channels that move water from Houston back to the Gulf of Mexico, particularly if the ground is already satu-rated. The city faced similar widespread flooding during a storm last May and Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.(rtr)

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Obama starts talks with Gulf leaders aimed at easing strains

Friday, April 22, 2016

Barcelona shows it’s still very much alive in Spanish league

NEW YORK - The most re-quested photo in the U.S. National Archives is not the first moon land-ing or the burning twin towers after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

It is actually a picture of Presi-dent Richard Nixon shaking hands with Elvis Presley in the Oval Of-fice in December 1970 after the meeting between two pivotal figures in 20th century America.

“Elvis & Nixon,” a comedy movie that reimagines their unlikely White House encounter, opens in U.S. the-aters on Friday after premiering at New York’s Tribeca film festival. It is distributed by Amazon Studios.

Kevin Spacey (Nixon) knows a thing or two about playing a presi-dent after years as the scheming Frank Underwood on the TV series “House of Cards.” But Michael

Shannon, who plays Presley, was just 3 years old when the singer died in 1977.

“We weren’t, either of us, try-ing to do caricatures,” Spacey, who spent hours listening to tapes of Nixon and watching video of the president, told Reuters in an interview.

There are no records of what exactly happened on the day when Presley requested a meeting with Nixon in a bid to become an un-dercover federal agent-at-large, and found a bond with the president over a shared dislike of the coun-terculture.

Nixon had not begun his secret Oval Office recordings, so the screenwriters relied largely on first-hand accounts from Presley confidant Jerry Schilling and Nixon

aide Bud Krogh.Shannon, whose Presley is quiet,

lonely and reflective, never imag-ined himself playing the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

“I didn’t go into it being a huge Elvis fan. I didn’t have his records or anything,” the Kentucky-born actor said. “But I am really happy I had a reason to investigate Elvis be-cause there is nobody else like him, not just in terms of the scope of his fame but in the unique construct of his life. I think he was always trying to figure out ‘why me?’”

Shannon listened to interviews and visited the tiny apartment in Memphis where Presley spent his teenage years. He also learned karate for a scene in which Presley demonstrated his black belt moves for an astonished Nixon. (rtr)

Aniston, 47, said she was “very, very flattered” to be named again, telling the magazine she had a “sort of very excited, teenage-y kind of moment” when she heard the news.

People also named the “Friends” star the most beau-tiful woman in 2004 when the TV comedy series was in its final season.

Recent winners of the honor include Sandra Bull-ock, Jennifer Lopez and Lupita Nyong’o.

Aniston, who last year married her second hus-band, actor Justin Theroux, said she started paying attention to her looks and her body early in her career after an agent told her she failed to get a part because she was “too chubby.”

“I was like, ‘What?!’ But my diet was terrible,” she said. “Milk shakes and French fries with gravy. It was a good thing to start paying attention.”

Aniston now works out at least six days a week but says she is not as strict as she once was when indulging in some of her favorite foods. (rtr)

LONDON - Adele’s best-selling album “25” added 30 million pounds ($43 million) to the London-born singer’s fortune, putting her top of the Sunday Times newspaper’s Young Musicians 2016 rich list for performers under 30.

The worldwide hit released last November boosted the 27-year-old singer’s fortune to 85 million pounds and lifted her to 30th place in the paper’s overall 2016 list of the wealthiest performers and composers in Britain and Ireland.

Paul McCartney tops the musicians’ rich list for a second year in a row.

The former Beatle and his wife Nancy Shevell have a combined fortune of 760 million pounds, according to the Sunday Times on Thursday, a rise of 30 million on last year.

McCartney is followed by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with 715 million pounds while the Rolling Stones are Britain and Ireland’s wealthiest band with the fortunes of its four members totalling 630 million pounds.

Irish band U2, whose fortune jumped to 500 million from 431 mil-lion, was the highest-grossing rock act last year selling 1.29 million tickets worth 66 million pounds for 76 concerts.

Singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran has jumped five places making him the second-richest young performer after Adele and propelling him into the main music list for the first time.

The late David Bowie’s family, who inherited 70 million pounds from his will, are also a new addition to the list with a combined fortune of 90 million pounds.

Although many musicians climbed the wealthy ranks over the past year, a few dropped including Cliff Richard, who fell four places despite a 3 million-pound addition to his bank account.

Former Oasis band members Noel and Liam Gallagher were the only performers whose fortune showed a marked decline, the paper said, with a loss of 12 million pounds, dropping them seven places.

The list ranks Britain and Ireland’s richest musicians and perform-ers and is published ahead of the annual Sunday Times Rich List this weekend. (rtr)

Adele tops young musicians’ Rich List after success of “25” album

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, FILE

In this file photo dated Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, Adele poses backstage with her six awards at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, USA. Ac-cording to figures released Tuesday April 12, 2016, Adele had the world’s best-selling album last year, as the British singer’s “25” sold 17.4 million copies.

When Elvis met Nixon, and inspired a U.S. comedy movie

Cast member Jennifer Aniston attends the premiere of “Mother’s

Day” in Los Angeles April 13, 2016.

Jennifer Aniston named People’s ‘most beautiful’ woman

NEW YORK - Jennifer Aniston was named People magazine’s most beautiful woman of 2016 on Wednesday, 12 years after she first won the honor.

MANGUPRA - The number of tourist accommodations in Indonesia has been rapidly increasing. Data compiled by the Indonesia Hotel and

Restaurant Association (PHRI) indicates that Indonesia has

2,194 hotels with 217,474 rooms. There are also 16,156 non-star hotels with a total of 289,727 rooms, bringing the total to 507,200 rooms in 18,353 hotels.

During the PHRI’s National Working Meet-ing that was held in Nusa Dua, Wednesday (Apr. 20), Chairman of the PHRI, Hariyadi B.S. Sukamdani, added that there are a total of 21,856 registered restaurants offering a wide

range of culinary diversity. “Apart from having the largest number of hotels of all the ASEAN nations, Indoneisa also has the largest number of restaurants”, stated Sukamdani.

Given the opportunities and potential that this represents, he said, the PHRI is all the more determined to reach the governments target of 20 million tourists per year in 2019, he said. Reaching this target will greatly contribute to the growth of Indonesia’s economy: “It will impact our economy, contributing eight percent to the GDP and will create job opportunities for more than 13 million people in 2019”, he said.

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Residents wait to be evacuated from their flooded apartment complex Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in Houston. Storms have dumped more than a foot of rain in the Houston area, flooding dozens of neighborhoods.

At least 8 dead in Houston-area floods, more rain falls

HOUSTON - At least eight people have died and some 1,150 homes have been damaged in flooding triggered by torrential downpours in the Houston area this week as more rain fell in the region on Wednesday adding to vast pools of standing water.