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Lions, pride of Africa, vanishing in West Africa

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8 men up for FIFA presidential race on deadline day to enter

Fans who lined the red carpet not only got to see Daniel Craig — resplendent in a dark tuxedo and earthy smile — and glamorous co-stars Lea Seydoux and Monica Bellucci, but could also catch a glimpse of Prince William, his wife Kate, and Prince Harry, still sport-ing a beard.

All eyes were on Kate, the Duch-ess of Cambridge, who was among the last to arrive at the Royal Albert Hall before the film rolled. She chose a light blue Jenny Packham

dress for the event.The two princes wore tuxedos,

which have been something of a Bond trademark since the days when Sean Connery played 007 for the first time in “Dr. No” in 1962.

The royals, who arrived in a Bentley, were greeted by director Sam Mendes and co-producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Craig, accompanied by his film star wife Rachel Weisz, patiently posed for dozens of selfies with adoring fans. He told report-ers he had “loved every minute” he’s spent as Bond and declined to answer questions about whether he would return for a fifth turn as the sexy, world-saving British agent.

Seydoux wore a shimmering gold

backless gown for the night that marked her emergence as the latest in a long line of romantic interests for the suave British agent. Bellucci, also a love interest in the film, wore a dark gown with a plunging neckline. Naomie Harris, reprising her role as loyal Miss Moneypenny, wore a low-cut full length orange dress to the premiere.

They were joined by Christoph Waltz, the Academy Award win-ner recruited to play villain Franz Oberhauser, who challenges Bond in a series of exotic locales, and Ben Whishaw, who has an expanded role as the gadget master Q.

British critics have praised the film and Craig’s performance. (ap)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Melissa Benoist, star of CBS’ new series “Supergirl,” wasn’t a comic-book geek or fan girl when she was growing up.

“My favorite superhero was Michael Keaton as ‘Batman,’” she said in a recent interview.

She also wasn’t athletic or sporty.

“I’m not coordinated in that way. ... I would have moments where I felt confident and where I felt strong and brave and like I could do anything. But then, like everyone else, I have really, really awkward, horribly awkward, mo-ments,” Benoist said.

She stars as Superman’s caped cousin, Kara Zor-El, known as Kara Danvers, in the new “Supergirl” series, which premieres Monday night.

The audition process was a long one, but Benoist, 27, best known for her role as Marley Rose on “Glee,” was a standout.

“We were like, ‘We have to get a

diamond ring for that girl,’ but then we still needed to date the nation,” said executive producer Ali Adler. “We had to see maybe a thousand more women, and we never stopped being in love with Melissa.”

Benoist recalled learning about the part and realizing that it was special.

“The second that I saw in my email inbox the title ‘Supergirl,’ I just knew automatically that it was something important and it was something exciting and rare and that I wanted to be a part of it,” said Benoist. “From there it was kind of that’s where the journey started.”

In this version of “Supergirl,” Kara doesn’t arrive on Earth until she is 13, so she remembers planet Krypton. Viewers will see flash-backs of Kara’s mother, Alura, played by Laura Benanti.

Kara has known all along that she has superpowers, but she’s been afraid to use them. Now, 10 years later, she’s ready to embrace her abilities and help fight crime. (ap)

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, centre, meets ac-tor Daniel Craig, right, with direc-tor Sam Mendes at left, during the World Premiere of the new James Bond film Spectre, in London, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015.

Royals and 007 cast give sparkle to ‘Spectre’ world premiere

LONDON — The new James Bond flick “Spectre” got a royal seal of approval at its world premiere Monday night.

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Melissa Benoist joins Superman family as ‘Supergirl’ on CBS

Charles Sykes/Invision/APIndonesian President Joko

Widodo is making his first Wash-ington visit since winning power a year ago, and is keen to drum up American investment in a flagging economy. U.S. companies complain that economic protectionism makes it difficult to do business there.

“Indonesia intends to join the TPP,” Widodo said in the Oval Of-fice, referring to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. He provided no other details, but described the Indone-sian economy as open.

Obama said Widodo was leading Indonesia in the “right direction.”

“We want to be a partner with you,” he said.

Indonesia had previously ex-pressed interest in joining TPP but this is the strongest indication yet that it is serious about joining the pact, which the U.S. has negotiated with 11 other nations. Once the pact is ratified and takes effect — a process that could take a couple of years — it would cut tariffs and streamline trade rules among na-tions that account for 40 percent of global GDP.

It could prove a tough sell in Indonesia, where Widodo faces

stiff opposition to liberalizing the economy. According the World Bank’s 2015 Ease of Doing Busi-ness rankings, Indonesia was 172nd out of 189 economies in the area of contract enforcement.

Speaking at a separate forum Monday, U.S. Trade Representa-tive Michael Froman said the U.S. has had “serious concerns” about investment barriers in Indonesia. He did not specifically address the prospect of Indonesia joining TPP, but said “other countries who are able and willing to meet its stan-dards, can potentially accede.”

Obama and Widodo also dis-cussed climate change and coun-terterrorism against groups like the Islamic State. Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation and largely moderate.

Another agenda item was mari-time security cooperation, Obama said, alluding to tensions in the South China Sea, where U.S. of-ficials say a Navy ship is about to sail inside what China considers its territorial waters around the disputed Spratly Islands. China has built artificial islands in the area to bolster its sovereignty claim.

In a joint statement, the two presidents called for all parties to refrain from actions that raise ten-sions, but did not mention China by name. They affirmed the impor-tance of freedom of navigation and overflight.

Indonesia balances its relations between the U.S. and China — which is an even more important source of trade and investment than America. Indonesia is not a

claimant in the South China Sea, but is concerned about China’s ex-pansive maritime claims that may infringe on the territorial waters of the Natuna islands that is part of the Indonesian archipelago.

Widodo has put little focus on foreign relations since he won elec-tion last year on a wave of popular support. His visit, which began Sunday, is a chance to build a rap-port with Obama, who spent part of his childhood in Indonesia. (ap)

THE PROBLEM of waste in Bali needs serious handling by the public, the government and the private sector. Piles of garbage at the Suwung land-

fill, for example, are already 10 meters high. Many fear that the

lack of adequate garbage disposal facilities in Bali is harming the image of tourism which is Bali’s main source of income.

Chairman of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, Nengah Tamba recently suggested that Badung and Den-pasar create an effective, eco-friendly waste disposal plant. “Indeed if it is discussed seri-ously, Badung and Denpasar are rich areas so they should be able to find a solution. Why not make an eco-friendly and effective waste management plant? We are just waiting for our leaders to take the problem of waste disposal seriously,” he said.

Tamba is calling on the leaders of Badung and Denpasar to also sit down with the gover-nor of Bali in order to address this problem. Currently, problems related to garbage dis-posal are alarmingly serious.

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President Barack Obama shake hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. This is Widodo’s first visit to the U,S. since becoming President of Indonesia.

Indonesia to join Asia trade pactWASHINGTON — Indonesia’s leader looked to cement his

nation’s growing ties with the United States, declaring after a meeting Monday with President Barack Obama that Southeast Asia’s largest economy intended to join a sweeping U.S.-backed Pacific Rim trade deal.

Garbage tarnishing image of tourism

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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TABANAN - Established on May 30, 2011, ‘Tanteri’ Museum of Ceramics is located in Tabanan Bali and managed by Tanteri Foundation. This ceramic museum showcases various kinds of pottery and ce-ramics which have been made in Pejaten as well as various types of ceramics that found in Indonesian archipelago. The name of the museum ‘Tanteri’ has significant meaning. The word ‘Tanteri’ was derived from the name of a very important figure, who has given a large contribution in the development of ceramics craft in Pejaten village. Beside this figure, there are also other people who contributed in the development of ceramic art in Pejaten, namely: I Wayan Kerta, Mangku Kuturan, and I Made Durya.

I Made Tanteri was the head of Pejaten village who gave a lot of attention to the construction and development of ceramic art in this village. He devoted his life for 29 years as the head of the village and be-

cause of its pioneering work; in 1986 he has awarded the Upakerti Award from the President of the Republic of Indonesia in Jakarta. Another figure who also contributed to the development of the art of pottery craft in Pejaten village is Hester Tjebbes, an artist and a ceramic consultant from Netherlands who have introduced a ceramics art with high-temperature combustion. Starting in 1984 when he became acquainted with the pottery community in Pejaten village, when then he became very close to the local lead-ers, I Made Tanteri. At that time the Pejaten village, where most of the villagers were dependent on tile and pottery industry was expected to experience difficulties in obtain-ing raw materials so that they were asked to find alternative livelihoods. Therefore, in 1985, Hester Tjebbes advised them to make ceramics with high-temperature combustion technique. He suggested that, on the basis that the local people already have the expertise

in making pottery. In 1985, a unit of train-ing and development of high temperature ceramics was established with funding from the HIVOS Dutch Foundation.

This training has produced many ceramics

workshops which established in almost every corner of the village, like Pejaten Ceramic, Dwisula Ceramic, Ngurah Ceramic, Kuturan Pottery and Ceramic, Trinadi Ceramic, Miasa Ceramic, Tanteri Ceramic, and many others.

Tanteri Museum of Ceramic Arts

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The Suwung landfill alone is a major source of pollution for the surrounding environment as well as for the groundwater. This environmental destruction endangers the health of sur-rounding communities and also tarnishes the image of tourism in Bali.

“It definitely harms the im-age of tourism, as the landfill is clearly visible as people fly into Bali and is also visible from the toll road. The Sawung landfill exudes a wretched stench and the surrounding communities have been com-plaining. Our leaders need to respond to these complaints and seek to resolve the prob-lem. If the government takes action, the people will follow. Public awareness is still not optimal,” he added.

Head of the Bali Develop-ment Planning Board (Bappe-da), Putu Astawa, also rec-ognizes that the problem of garbage in Bali is quite dis-turbing to the tourism sector. BAPPEDA has tried to educate

the public about managing garbage independently and requires counties and mu-nicipalities to deal with plastic waste management by involv-ing junk banks and customary villages that have to buy plastic waste from the public at a high prices.

“The Suwung landfill is spread over an area of 32 hect-ares. So far, PT NOEI, who run the landfill, have still not found ways of managing the garbage there adequately, and need to be looking for solu-tions. Hopefully, the handling of garbage at the landfill can be done more quickly and some of the garbage be used to generate electricity,” he said.

Astawa added that currently there are more and more inves-tors interested in transforming garbage into electricity. Some have already applied for permis-sion to conduct surveys related to the matter. The survey process takes three to six months after which a feasibility study is re-quired. “After the survey and the feasibility study, a system of cooperation needs to be set up. The whole process is quite long,” he said. (kmb32)

Nyoman, a Kuta surfer says that Bali, as Indonesia’s most popular tourist attraction, still faces major obstacles in dealing with the problem of garbage. Actually, cleanup activi-ties are down regularly including on the beaches.

“Clean-up activities take place regularly but they are not a solution because the garbage keeps coming. If we do a clean up today, there is already more garbage tomorrow,” he said.

Head of the Badung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), Putu Eka Merthawan, also admitted

that peak tourist season not only means more tourists in Badung, but also contributes to an increase in the volume of garbage. Accord-ing to their data, garbage increases from approximately 250 tons of waste per day in the off season to 275 tons in peak season. “Tourism is a significant contributing factor to the volume of waste, especially from the service sector such as hotels and restaurants,” explained Merthawan.

The surge in the volume of waste, said Merthawan, only comes from hotels and restaurants, while pub-

lic places remain the same. “The amount of garbage on the streets, remains stable throughout the year with a daily average of 10 tons. This is because the public in general and tourists in particular are littering less and less,” he said.

In order to cope with the surge in the volume of waste during peak tour-ist season, the DKP transports waste three times a day, at six o’clock in the morning, in the afternoon and again in the evening. “There are special measures employed to cope with the increase of garbage during tourisms high season, with special attention given to tourist areas that produce a lot of garbage like in Kuta. This is so that garbage is not seen to be pil-ing up on the streets,” he explained. (par)

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The Suwung landfill is a major source of pollution for the surrounding environment as well as for the groundwater. This environmental destruction endangers the health of surrounding communities and also tarnishes the image of tourism in Bali.

IBP/Yudi Karnaedi

Garbage piled up in Kuta Beach during rainy season. Waste problem has become a scourge on Badung tourism. This problem is extremely apparent on roadsides, in rivers, downtown and at tourist attractions.

Garbage: Scourge on Badung tourism

THE WASTE problem has become a scourge on Badung tour-ism. This problem is extremely apparent on roadsides, in rivers, downtown and at tourist attractions. An increasing number of tourists are complaining about this problem.

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The biennial event will also focus on self-driving cars and the latest environmental technology as firms look to tap growing demand for green vehicles, seen as the next evolution in the global automotive industry.

“This year, autonomous driving will be a big trend, with the Japanese automakers really showing what they are trying to do and trying to show that they can match, if not do better, than what Silicon Valley is up to,” said Hans Greimel, Asia editor for the Automotive News.

The show’s 44th edition, which kicks off Wednesday and runs until November 8, will feature 160 ex-hibitors including global auto giants and parts suppliers from a dozen countries.

It starts a week after Honda said it would put a commercialised self-driving car on the road by 2020, challenging rivals Toyota and Nissan, which are also betting on the future of vehicles that can drive and, in some case, park themselves.

Google has been testing self-driving cars in Silicon Valley, as have US-based Tesla and Gen-eral Motors, while Nissan has vowed to put an experimental

automated car on Japan’s highways as soon as 2016.

At the show, Nis-san, a leader in elec-tric vehicles (EV), will show off an EV concept car without knobs and buttons, replaced by tablet-

style touch screens fea-turing controls and maps

on a white instrument panel.Music, videogames and movies can

also be played on the screens.“The car becomes a digital space

when it’s parked,” said Nissan product planning general manager Hidemi Sasaki.

“You can use it as a gaming room,

movie theatre...or you can chat online with your friends.”

Toyota’s Kikai vehicle conjures images of the Terminator films with some of a usually hidden underbelly -- including fuel tank and hoses -- exposed, giving an inside look at the car’s machinery.

The automaker said its concept car shows off “the fundamental appeal of machines: their fine craftsmanship, their beauty, simplicity, and their fas-cinating motion”. Toyota and Honda will also exhibit their latest fuel-cell offerings, after Toyota last year started selling the world’s first mass market fuel-cell car in Japan.

Toyota is hoping to sell tens of thousands of the four-door Mirai -- which is powered by hydrogen and emits nothing but water vapour from its tailpipe -- over the next decade, as it looks to stop producing fossil-fuel based cars altogether by 2050.

Honda’s rival fuel-cell features a cruising range of more than 700 kilometres (430 miles), and gener-ates electricity that could help supply power to a local community in an emergency situation, it said.

Toyota’s FCV Plus similarly func-tions as a power source for homes and communities as the auto giant aims to turn fuel cell vehicles from “eco-cars into energy-cars”, it said.

The firm’s hybrid gasoline-electric offerings, including the Prius, have sold more than eight million units since their launch in 1997.

But a limited driving range and lack of refuelling stations have hampered development of fuel-cell and all-electric cars, which environmentalists say could play a vital role in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and slowing global warming.

Again this year, most US-based automakers, which have not attended the Tokyo Motor Show since before the global financial crisis, are staying away, a reflection of their puny pres-ence in the Japanese market. (afp)

Honda Motor Co. via AP

This computer rendering provided by Honda Motor Co., shows Honda’s new FCV model, whose name is set to be announced at The Tokyo Motor Show, opening to the public Oct. 30, 2015.

Toyota Motor Corporation via AP

This computer rendering provided by Toyota Motor Corp.

shows Toyota FCV Plus, a concept model that highlights Toyota’s vision for

its future fuel cell. The Tokyo Motor Show, opening to the public Oct. 30, 2015 at Tokyo

Big Sight convention hall, will be packed with futuristic eye-catching vehicles that drive them-selves, offer online information in dazzling ways and are so green they are zero-emissions.

Toyota Motor Corporation via AP

This computer rendering provided by Toyota Motor Corp. shows Toyota Kikai. At Tokyo Motor Show, starting Oct. 30, 2015, Toyota is showing is the fantasmic toy-like Kikai, which means “machine” in Japanese, a three-seater concept model that purposely shows the parts of a car usually hidden from view, such as the fuel tank, exhaust pipes and even moving tires, as well as the swiftly moving road underneath.

TOKYO - Toyota’s three-seater exoskeleton car and an electric vehicle with touch screens that turn it into a “digital space” are among the concept models that will be on display at the Tokyo Motor Show this week.

Tokyo Motor Show

Firms target digital-savvy, eco-conscious drivers

“The function between the amount of water in Bali during the rainy season and the dry season is considerable. During the dry season, there is a lot less water available, yet people need for domestic and other uses of water, remains the same” said Prof. I Nyoman Norken, PhD from the Faculty of Engineering at Udayana University.

Norken asserted that the phe-nomenon of yearly severe water shortages in Bali is directly re-

lated to the poor management of water resources on the island. Bali has yet to be able to store water during rainy season for use during dry season. Water should be man-aged globally not by each county or municipality. If this system of water management continues, regions whose water sources dry up during the dry season, will continue to experience drought every year.

“Bali must be managed as a single island in terms of wa-

ter management. It cannot be managed by area because many areas like Tabanan, Gianyar and Klungkung have abundant water during rainy season while other areas have little or none. We also need to managing water in such a way that we have a stock for the dry season by making dams and reservoirs,” he explained.

Norken added that the supply of clean water needs to be taken very seriously considering how mush water is distributed for the needs of tourism. The demand for drinking water, especially in urban areas, increase every year, yet water providers are not able to meet the demand. (kmb32)

AMLAPURA - The Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency will register terteran and usaba sumbu traditions as a cultural heritages with the Ministry of Education and Culture. Division Head of the Arts and Culture for the Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency, Made Suradnyani, revealed this cultural conservation effort during a public meeting at the Wantilan Hall of the government of Karangasem, recently.

Both the usaba sumbu tradition of Timbrah customary village and the terteran tradition of Jasri customary village will be registered through the Bali Culture Agency. The regis-tration process will be done gradu-ally because Karangasem has many cultural traditions that need to be registered. Other traditions include; the geret pandan or pandanus war of Tenganan Pegringsingan, selonding gamelan music, genjek acappella, gebug ende war dance and others. “Currently, no traditions have been registered and only two traditions are being proposed at present. They cannot all be registered all at once due to budgetary obstacle,” said Suradnyani.

Karangasem is one of several regions that have diverse cultural heritages, especially related to tradi-tions and cultures. Some traditions remain to survive because they are related to religious rituals. But the majority of Karangasem’s traditions are on the verge of disappearing. Some traditions have already “gone extinct” such as many traditional games that have been replaced by technology gadgets. Cultural products and traditions need to be preserved and protected from

“extinction”.Head of the Culture and Tour-

ism Agency, I Wayan Purna, said that in connection with the plan to register these traditions as cultural heritages, great efforts are required to keep them alive for the next gen-eration. His institution welcomes the Directorate of Internalization

of Values and Cultural Diplomacy, Directorate General of Education and Culture, through the Institute for Preservation of Balinese Cul-tural Values’ programs for cultural preservation.

The terteran tradition is held every Pengerupukan (the day be-fore Nyepi). The implementation

of this tradition is quite unique and sacred, and finvolves a fire war between groups of residents. This event has always drawn the attention of residents and visitors to Karangasem.

Likewise, the usaba sumbu at Timbrah customary village, is a unique annual ritual. Each head

of household presents a roasted suckling pig to the Pura Panti Kaler. Thus, there are thousands of roasted suckling pigs piled up in front of the palanquin of the local sanctified effigies. Another unique thing is the establishment of an axis composed of a variety of natural materials as high as 15 meters. (kmb31)

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Denpasar police general crime chief Reinhard Habonaran Nainggolan shows to the press a picture of Indian Rajen-dra Sadashiv Nikalje at Denpasar police station on Bali island on October 27, 2015.

Water management needs to be island-wide

DENPASAR - Drought remains a problem for some areas in Bali especially during the dry season. This year El Niño is engulfing the Island of the Gods making things worse. In fact Bali has a lot of rainfall - more than 2000 mm per year.

Terteran and usaba sumbu to be registered as cultural heritages

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According to Afghan and Paki-stani officials, 237 people died in Pakistan and 74 in Afghanistan in the magnitude-7.5 quake, which was centered deep beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghani-stan’s sparsely populated Badakh-shan province that borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China.

Afghan authorities were strug-gling to reach the hardest-hit areas near the epicenter, located 73 kilo-meters (45 miles) south of Fayza-bad, the capital of Badakhshan province.

In Pakistan, the Swat Valley and areas around the Dir, Malakand and Shangla towns in the mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were also hard-hit in the quake. The Pakistani town closest to the epicenter is Chitral while on the Afghan side it is the Jurm district of Badakhshan.

More than 2,000 people were injured in Monday’s temblor, which also damaged nearly 2,500 homes in Pakistan, officials said.

In Afghanistan, Ismail Kawusi, spokesman for the Public Health Ministry said the numbers gathered

so far from hospitals in various provinces recorded 457 injured. Earlier, Wais Ahmad Barmak, the Afghan minister for disaster man-agement, said 74 people were dead and 266 had been injured.

Badakhshan’s Governor Shah Waliullah Adeeb said that in all, 13 districts in the province had been affected, with more than 1,500 houses either destroyed or partially destroyed.

In his province alone, casualty figures of 11 dead and 25 injured “will rise by the end of the day, once the survey teams get to the remote areas and villages,” Adeeb said.

Helicopters were needed to reach the most remote villages, many inaccessible by road at the best of times, he added. Now, landslides and falling rocks have blocked the few existing roads. Food and other essentials were ready to go, he said, but “getting there is not easy.”

Badakhshan is one of the poorest regions of Afghanistan, despite vast mineral deposits. It is often hit by earthquakes, but casualty figures are usually low because it is so sparsely populated, with fewer than

1 million people spread across its vast mountains and valleys. It also suffers from floods, snowstorms and mudslides.

The casualties and the extent of damage were still being assessed, said Ahmad Kamal, the spokesman for Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority. Bajur tribal region bordering Afghanistan was also affected by the quake, with dozens of homes damaged in other tribal regions.

Pakistani helicopters and military planes were being used to transport relief supplies and military engi-neers were working on restoring communication lines disrupted by landslides triggered by the quake, said Lt. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa, the army spokesman.

The landslides were also ham-pering rescue attempts in some areas, and roads were being cleared to ease access. The military was also distributing food and blankets to people in remote and inacces-sible northwestern and northern region, where most casualties and damage were reported, Bajwa said in a statement.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was expected to visit the earthquake-hit areas later Tuesday, after returning from an official visit in the United States.(ap)

ISTANBUL - Turkish police detained about 30 people on Tuesday in a raid against suspected Islamic State militants in the central city of Konya, Dogan News Agency reported.

The sweep comes a day after police launched a series of operations against Islamic State groups, including a raid on more than a dozen houses in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. Seven militants were killed and 12 more were captured in that operation.

Turkish authorities have extended operations into suspected Islamic State cells after a double suicide bombing in Ankara that killed more than 100 people, the worst attack of its kind in Turkey’s modern his-tory, was blamed on the militant group. Last week, President Tayyip Erdogan said Syrian intelligence and Kurdish militants, not only Islamic State, were behind the attack on a rally of pro-Kurdish activ-ists and civic groups.(rtr)

BEIJING — A U.S. Navy warship sailed past one of China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea on Tuesday, in a challenge to Chinese sovereignty claims that drew an angry protest from Beijing, which said the move damaged US-China relations and regional peace. China’s Foreign Ministry said authorities monitored and warned the USS Lassen as it entered what China claims as a 12-mile (21-kilometer) territorial limit around Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands archipelago, a group of reefs, islets, and atolls where the Philippines has competing claims.

“The actions of the U.S. warship have threatened China’s sover-eignty and security interests, jeopardized the safety of personnel and facilities on the reefs, and damaged regional peace and stability,” the ministry said on its website.

“The Chinese side expresses its strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition,” the statement said.

The sail-past fits a U.S. policy of pushing back against China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. U.S. ally the Philip-pines welcomed the move as a way of helping maintain “a balance of power.”

Since 2013, China has accelerated the creation of new outposts by piling sand atop reefs and atolls then adding buildings, ports and airstrips big enough to handle bombers and fighter jets — activities seen as an attempt to change the territorial status quo by changing the geography. Navy officials had said the sail-past was necessary to assert the U.S. position that China’s man-made islands cannot be considered sovereign territory with the right to surrounding territorial waters.

International law permits military vessels the right of “innocent passage” in transiting other country’s seas without notification. China’s Foreign Ministry, though, labeled the ship’s actions as illegal.(ap)

China warns US Navy after ship sails by Chinese-built island

Turkish police detain 30 in raid against Islamic State - Dogan

Death toll reaches 311 in quake-hit Pakistani, Afghan areas

PESHAWAR — Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day’s earthquake rose to 311.

AP Photo/Naveed Ali

A Pakistani boy examines a house damaged caused by massive earthquake in Mingora, the main town of Swat valley, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

AP Photo/Mahmut Bozarslan

A masked police officer walks as armoured police vehicles block a road leading to the site of armed clashes with militants in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015.

TABANAN - Fluctuations in the price of chili and shallots contribute to government concern over inflation. The government has therefore allocated funds for the cultivation of both of these horticultural commodities in 2015. Tabanan is receiving a ration to cover 41 hectares for the cultivation of large red chili and small red chili. A budget from the de-concentrated fund worth IDR 1000 million per hectare is being allocated for horticultural cultivation.

Division Head of the Horticultural Production Development for the Tabanan Agriculture and Horticulture Agency, Gusti Putu Wiadnyana, said on Sunday (Oct. 25) that Baturiti subdistrict has been set as the location for large red chili cultiva-tion, while Marga and Tabanan for the cultivation of small red chili. “We are not cultivating shallot because Tabanan does not have a specific area for developing this crop,” said Wiadnyana.

He added that chili cultivation on the 41 hectares of land is divided into 30 hectares intended for large red chilies, while the remaining 11 hectares are for small red chilies. Farmers are also getting assistance for buying farming tools and materials as well as for production means like seedlings, non-subsidized NPK fertilizer, organic liquid fertilizer, fungicides, plastic mulch, water pumps, hoses and water barrels with a capacity of 2,000 liters. “Almost all the assistance has been handed over to the farmers. We are proposing to get the as-sistance for small hand tractors and insect nets,” he said.

In the development of chili cultivation, farmers will be provided with training in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) field school as a way to improve the knowledge, abilities and skills of farmers in applying the GAP principles to red chilies. “GAP field school will be held next Sunday in seven locations, three in Marga and four in Baturiti,” said Wiadnyana.

Red chili cultivation in Tabanan uses a hose system due to the slopping condition the land there. Hose systems are used at a total of 82 points with a minimum land area of 5,000 square meters per point. “Modern systems cannot be applied in Tabanan because the land is sloping. Therefore, we use the hose system,” he said.

Through this cultivation, the price of chilies in Tabanan is expected to be stablelised and can be maintained instead of continuing to steadily increase. Accord-ing to Wiadnyana, chili is experiencing a trend towards increasing prices on major holidays, during the rainy season and during long dry seasons. “Through this cultivation process we hope to avoid the attack of diseases and uncertain weather conditions that often affects chilli plants. Later on, the availability of chilies on the market is expected to stabilize,” said Wi-adnyana. (kmb24)

“It is like cows “driving” cows,” stated Deputy Chairman of the Karangasem House of Representatives, Nyoman Karya Kartika, and legislator from Bantas, Kubu, Nengah Rinten, in Amlapura, on Monday (Oct. 26).

Karya Kartika said that residents of Be-long hamlet, Ban, have to pay IDR 300,000 per tank truck of water because the pipeline of clean water in the area is not effective. Likewise, the retention basin project at Daya hamlet has not able to overcome the water crisis. “When the dry sea on is extended as it is this year, farmers are forced to sell their cattle in order to support their families and purchase clean water. They have no other source of income, because the harvest sea-son of cashew is over, and mangoes do not produce good result,” he said.

Some of their cattle are sold to reduce the risk of losses. During the dry season, breeders not only lack water for their cattle but fodder is also hard to come by because

the grasses and leaves that cattle usually eat wither and fall. Most cattle breeders then rely on sengauk or hay to feed their cows. “If they do not sell off some of their cattle, breeders risk serious losses as their remain-ing cattle grow thinner from lack of feed. Whats more cattle need to drink even more during the dry season because it is so dry,” explained Kartika.

Nengah Rinten, a resident from the barren area of Bantas hamlet, Baturinggit, Kubu, said that his village suffers from a severe water crisis. Some time ago, clean water was supplied by the local disaster mitigation agency and private companies.

Karya Kartika reiterated that he is very concerned about the yearly water crisis in Kubu. He said that the water pipeline project like the one at Kesian spring at Ban village has been ineffective. After being dredged with heavy equipment four years ago, the spring still discharges only a small amount of water despite the more than IDR

1 billion spent on extra pipping that was provided through Karangasem’s budget (IDR 600,000) and the assistance of an NGO from Denpasar.

Kartika explained that the pipelines have not been effective in addressing the water crisis in Ban village, because of poor man-agement. The pipped water was managed ineffectively by different groups and often became a source of conflict because some people did not have access to water while others tapped the source upstream preventing water from reaching downstream residents. “I have suggested that the government of Karangasem or the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) takes over the management of the water pipelines. In reality, my input was not implemented and so far people are still fac-ing a clean water crisis,” he said woefully.

There is also a retention basin project, but residents do not want to use the water from the retention basin because it looks green and contains a lot of leaves. “After the rainy season the reservoir was full but surrounding residents only use it for drink-ing water for their cattle. It is not suitable for human consumption such as cooking and other household needs,” said Karya Kartika. (013)

Chili cultivation, Tabanan rationed 41 hectares

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The cows don”t get enough water during the dry season

Water crisis due to prolonged dry season

Cow ‘drinks’ cowAMLAPURA - The prolonged dry season is making farmers and breeders in

Kubu subdistrict and other arid regions in Karangasem suffer. The retention basin project has proved to be ineffective in coping with the drought. People are still having to sell their cows just to buy drinking water for their other cattle -it is like cows drinking cows.

Indonesia Today Wednesday, October 28, 2015 5InternationalWednesday, October 28, 201512 International

BUSINESS

BEIJING - China’s richest man saw his fortune balloon by nearly $17 billion -- a sum larger than the GDP of Iceland -- in the past year, business magazine Forbes said Monday.

Wang Jianlin, founder of real estate and entertain-ment conglomerate Wanda Group, saw his wealth rocket from $13.2 billion to $30 billion in the publisher’s 2015 China Rich List.

The windfall, which came despite sluggish growth in the world’s second-largest economy, was driven by the flotations of two of his company’s subsidiaries -- even though he lost $3.6 billion in a single day during China’s market turmoil this summer.

“It’s good to have money,” Wang said in a brief ap-pearance at the announcement of the ranking.

At his average rate of accumulation last year he would have become more than $200,000 wealthier during his seven minutes on the stage.

The son of a Red Army captain, Wang was himself a soldier before he founded Wanda in the 1980s, building it up with military discipline. Its website says it is Asia’s largest private property owner.

Now 61, he is the 15th richest man on the planet ac-cording to Forbes’ real-time billionaires ranking.

“To unabashedly go out and make money, then fairly and equitably distribute that wealth -– this is what rich people should do,” Wang said.

Wang has sought to play down overseas media specu-lation on the link between his success and government ties, which in China can be crucial to seal land deals with local authorities.

He said Monday that market forces and creative abili-ties were crucial to building major businesses in China, rather than personal connections.

“If you’ve made money, it’s definitely because you have skills; I believe that the majority of people who’ve made money did so through normal channels,” he said. “The majority of people with money, especially extraor-dinarily rich people, are good people.”

Wang is known outside China for a string of over-seas acquisitions including the organiser of Ironman extreme endurance contests, Swiss sports marketing group Infront, and a stake in Spanish football club Atletico Madrid.

He burst into the international spotlight in 2012 by buying US cinema chain AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion and his company owns more than 200 malls, shopping complexes and luxury hotels across China.

Wang leapt from fourth to first in the Forbes list, one of several charting China’s most affluent people.

He unseated Jack Ma, founder of tech giant Alibaba, who dropped to second place on $21.8 billion as his firm’s share price slumped in New York.

The 100 richest people in China were worth $450 billion, Forbes said, up nearly 20 percent in a year -- far faster than current GDP growth of 6.9 percent and despite a rout on Chinese stock markets.

Six out of ten of China’s richest were in the tech-nology sector, including Ma Huateng of Internet titan Tencent (third), Lei Jun of Xiaomi (fourth), and Robin Li of Chinese search engine Baidu, who slipped four spots this year from second to sixth.

“China’s economy is going through a period of struc-tural change,” said Forbes senior editor and list compiler Russell Flannery, adding that the richest had found “new opportunities tied to that transition”. (afp)

The upbeat outlook fuelled by Chi-na’s surprise rate cut on Friday gave way to concerns about the world’s number two economy with the country’s lead-ers gathering in Beijing to discuss their Five Year Plan.

Global stocks have enjoyed a healthy run-up this month -- after suffering their worst quarter in four years during July-September -- and analysts say further easing measures could spark a further advance.

The Federal Reserve begins its two-day meeting later Tuesday, with expectations growing that it will hold off hiking interest rates, with many tipping no increase until early next year.

While the US central bank said earlier this year it expected to tighten monetary policy before 2016, the sum-mer’s turmoil on global markets and a slowdown in the world economy have forced policymakers to stay their hand.

Many economists now are tipping a lift-off early in the new year, bolstering emerging market currencies, which had been hammered this year on talk of a 2015 move as investors remove their cash to the United States in search of better, safer returns.

On Tuesday the Australian dollar edged up 0.05 percent, Indonesia’s ru-piah was 0.13 percent higher, the South

Korean won gained 0.40 percent, Tai-wan’s dollar gained 0.54 percent and the Singapore dollar added 0.10 percent.

The dollar also eased to 120.79 yen from 121.07 yen in New York.

“The Fed and the BoJ meetings this week are pivotal events that will de-termine whether this rally can go any higher,” Angus Nicholson, an analyst at IG Markets Ltd. in Melbourne, told Bloomberg News.

Calls for further bond-buying have become louder since European Central Bank boss Mario Draghi hinted it could add to its own scheme in December, while China cut interest rates for a sixth time on Friday.

On equities markets there were losses across the board as investors cashed in on recent gains, with Shanghai down 2.2 percent a day after ending at a two month high. (afp)

China’s richest man ‘doubled fortune in 12 months’: Forbes

AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File

In this July 6, 2015, file photo, American flags fly at the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street. The dol-lar retreated against emerging market currencies Tuesday, while equities eased after the previous day’s rally as investors look ahead to key central bank meetings in the United States and Japan this week.

Dollar, equities dip as Asia awaits central bank meetings

HONG KONG - The dollar retreated against emerging market cur-rencies Tuesday, while equities eased after the previous day’s rally as investors look ahead to key central bank meetings in the United States and Japan this week.

SIDOARJO - Plodding around a vast field of mud that sits on top of a dozen submerged villages, tourists snap photographs of a vol-cano that is still spewing sludge nearly a decade after it erupted in one of the strangest disasters on record.

A short distance away, a woman surveys stone sculptures of half-buried people and monuments com-memorating the 2006 catastrophe that displaced tens of thousands of villagers and transformed a land-scape stretching across hundreds of hectares at the eastern end of Indonesia’s Java island. Reports at the time put the death toll at around a dozen.

Disaster tourism has become more common in Indonesia, where visitors are drawn to sites of earth-quakes, floods and volcanic erup-

tions to witness the aftermath of catastrophes or simply do some soul-searching.

“I had watched a lot of the news on television, but I didn’t expect that seeing it with my own eyes could give such a different impression,” said tourist Wisnu Titik Kartiani at Sidoarjo’s mudflow disaster site. “If this is called tourism, I suppose this is tragic tourism.”

Her guide, Sumono, was one of the villagers who now ferry tourists on their motorcycles or sell videos of the disaster that took away their livelihoods as factory workers.

“We are grateful for any work we can get,” he said.

At its peak, mud was spewing at a rate of around 150,000 cubic metres a day from the volcano at Sidoarjo, which many believed was triggered when PT Lapindo Brantas,

a company linked to the powerful Bakrie family, was drilling for oil and gas.

The Bakries denied wrongdo-ing and said it was due to natural causes.

The government had agreed to foot part of the compensation costs and, to date, around 90 percent of the victims had received payments, said Wahyu Sutopo, an official at the Sidoarjo Mudflow Mitigation Agency.

While some may consider the chapter closed, others are keen to preserve the disaster as part of Indonesia’s history.

Among the statues that have sprung up at the site is a giant effigy of Aburizal Bakrie, patriarch of the Bakrie family, which stands near a stone tomb etched with the words “let this nation not forget”. (rtr)

Thousands of fires caused by slash-and-burn agriculture in Indonesia’s forests have forced schools and offices to close and airlines to cancel flights.

Indonesia’s disaster agency says fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra have left 10 dead, some burned while fighting the blazes and others overcome by pollu-

tion.“President Joko Widodo has

decided to hasten his visit in the US to return home,” said presidential spokesman Ari Dwi-payana.

Widodo is now due to leave Washington late Tuesday, by which time he will have com-

pleted planned meetings in the capital, including with President Barack Obama.

But he will not head to Amer-ica’s West Coast as planned to meet with US tech sector execu-tives and will instead dispatch ministers in his stead.

Indonesia has deployed 30

aircraft to fight the fires and for cloud seeding, with 22,000 troops on the ground and a flotilla of warships on their way.

At least half a million people have suffered from respiratory illness since the fires started in July and 43 million people live in the affected area. (afp)

PALANGKARAYA - Endan-gered orangutans are falling vic-tim to a devastating haze crisis that has left them sick, malnour-ished and severely traumatised as fires rage through Indonesia’s forests, reducing their habitat to a charred wasteland.

Rescuers at a centre for the great apes on Borneo island are considering an unprecedented mass evacuation of the hundreds in their care, and have deployed teams on hazardous missions to search for stricken animals in the wild.

At the Nyaru Menteng centre in Kalimantan, sixteen baby orangutans have been put into isolation, suffering infections from prolonged exposure to the thick, yellow smoke suffocat-ing Indonesia’s half of Borneo island.

A devoted carer tries to en-tertain the youngsters with toys and games as the infants recover from high fevers and serious coughs.

In another enclosure, several orangutans lie about listlessly, too exhausted to move after days hunting for food and water as fires relentlessly encroached on their forest homelands, forcing them to flee.

Others swing repeatedly from bar to bar, occasionally pausing to make a distinct smacking with their lips -- a sound that makes their carers anxious.

“That’s called a quick kiss,” said Hermansyah, a carer at the centre, who like many Indone-sians goes by one name.

“When they make this gesture, it means they are under tremen-dous stress,” he told AFP.

The fires from slash-and-burn farming -- a method to quickly and cheaply clear land for new

plantations -- have so far de-stroyed 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) in Kalimantan and neighbouring Sumatra.

The vast plumes of smoke have drifted over large expanses of Southeast Asia, sickening countless people, disrupting transport, schools and business, and drawing outrage from neigh-bouring governments.

Despite being a near annual occurrence, the toxic cloud is on track to become the worst on record, and staff at the centre say the intensity of the smoke and flames at ground zero has never been seen before.

As the situation reached crisis point in recent months, with suf-focating yellow smoke descend-ing on the region, staff began receiving alarming reports of stricken apes and deployed emer-gency teams.

A team made up of a vet-erinarian, a professional climber and a technician armed with sedative darts has been trekking into the burning forest on haz-ardous missions, battling flames and smoke.

“Many times the visibility was as low as 30 metres, and we felt chest tightness and headaches,” Hermansyah said.

“We believe these orangutans were also experiencing the same suffering.”

Many orangutans rescued from the fires are malnourished and dehydrated, and terrified of humans after hostile encounters with villagers when forced to search further afield for food.

Some have required surgery for infections exacerbated by the haze, Hermansyah said, while others have been too scared to venture for long outside the pro-tection of their enclosures. (afp)

President to leave US early to deal with haze crisis

WASHINGTON - Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo will cut short his trip to the United States on Tuesday to help deal with clouds of smoke large areas of his country.

Sick, hungry orang-utans fall victim to

Indonesia fires crisis

REUTERS/Beawiharta

Women take pictures between stone sculptures of half-buried people at the Lapindo mud field in Sidoarjo, October 11, 2015. Disaster tourism has become more common in Indonesia, where visitors are drawn to sites of earthquakes, floods and volcanic eruptions to witness the after-math of catastrophes or simply do some soul-searching. Picture taken October 11, 2015.

Mudflow disaster site gets makeover as tourist spot

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Three years of searching and no sight of a lion for Philipp Henschel, lion survey coordinator for the New York-based Panthera conservation group. Then he saw it, his first lion in West Africa. And in of all places, Nigeria.

“It came as a big surprise be-cause Nigeria has by far the biggest human population on the continent, and the national parks are fairly small compared to others in West Africa that already have lost their lions,” Henschel told The Associ-ated Press.

“Everyone was excited, includ-ing rangers from Nigeria’s National Park Service — it was the first time they had seen one too.”

That was in 2009. The count was depressing: 25 to 30 lions left in Kainji Lake National Park in west-central Nigeria and only about five in the east-central Yankari National Park. Three years earlier, Nigerian conservationists had reported lions present in six protected areas, but they had apparently disappeared in

four of them, Henschel said.Henschel has gone on to survey

all 21 protected areas believed to harbor lions in West Africa. He has seen only nine lions in four reserves, including Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park and the trans-frontier Pendjari and Arli National Parks of Benin and Burkina Faso.

His research, published last year, reported that lions no longer exist in 99 percent of their historic range in West Africa — a finding that prompted the International Union for Conservation of Nature to put the lions of West Africa on its Red List as critically endangered. The situation is dire in much of Africa.

New research published Monday shows sharp declines since 1990 in nearly all lion populations in West and Central Africa, and that both regions risk losing half their lions within the next two decades. East Africa stands a 37 percent chance of halving its lion population over the same period, according to the survey published in the Proceedings

of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and written by researchers including Henschel.

Lion populations are increasing in only four southern African na-tions: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, where most lions are in fenced reserves, the survey found.

With the international spotlight on lion conservation intensified by outrage over the killing this year of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe by an American hunter, Henschel’s Pan-thera group hopes to attract funding from conservation agencies and Ni-gerian philanthropists to make sure lions do not disappear here.

Panthera and the Oxford Uni-versity-based WildCRU are host-ing a Cecil Summit in February in Oxford to draw attention to the threat to lions like Cecil, who conservationists say was lured out of a protected area in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park before being wounded with a bow and arrow and then tracked down and killed.

Lions roamed much of the world, from Africa, across Europe and Asia, and even North America until about 11,000 years ago, Henschel said. (ap)

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo is signing a stabilization and association agreement with the European Union, a historic milestone that will help the economic growth of one of Europe’s poorest countries.

Tuesday’s signature in Strasbourg opens the way to eventual full mem-bership into the EU, Kosovo’s main trading partner.

European Integration Minister Bekim Collaku said the agreement marks a “new milestone because it establishes contractual relations between the Republic of Kosovo and the EU.”

“We want to become members of the European family in terms of eco-nomic integration but also to share the EU values,” Collaku told The Associ-ated Press in an interview Monday.

Speaking at a forum also on Mon-day, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said the agreement was the “start of a long road ... supported and embraced by our citizens and our friends.” The EU has been Kosovo’s main supporter with about 1.3 billion euros (some $1.4 billion) in development aid for 2007-2020, according to Thomas Gnocchi

of the EU office in Kosovo.He said the requirements of the

agreement should make Kosovo a more legally certain place to do business and encourage foreign in-vestors.

In 2014, EU countries were the main trading partner for Kosovo with 30.2 percent of its exports and 42.6 percent of imports, in total 1.2 billion euros (about $1.3 billion). Exports, however, represented less than 10 percent of that figure.

The agreement will increase com-petition, with local companies able to export to EU countries without customs tariffs, said the minister.

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and has been recognized by more than 100 coun-tries. Five EU member countries that do not recognize it have, nevertheless, approved the agreement.

Collaku thanked all EU countries, including those not recognizing Ko-sovo, “that have understood the only way to strengthen peace, stability and cooperation in the western Balkans is by opening the doors to the remaining western Balkans to join the EU.” (ap)

PARIS — Two French pilots sentenced to 20 years in prison in the Dominican Republic for co-caine trafficking fled house arrest and have returned to France, their lawyer says.

Pascal Jean Fauret and Bruno Odos had long insisted on their innocence, and their lawyer Jean Reinhart said on Europe-1 radio that the two are now at the “disposi-tion” of French justice in hopes of clearing their names.

The French government insisted it didn’t have anything to do with the daring and unusual escape.

Reinhart did not give details about how they escaped. BFM tele-vision reported that they left by boat to the French Antilles then flew to Paris, aided by former intelligence agents and a French politician.

The pair were convicted for involvement in a 700-kilogram (1,500-pound) shipment of cocaine in 2013. (ap)

Philipp Henschel/Panthera via AP

This Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 photo released by Philipp Henschel shows a lion in the Bateke Plateau National Park in Gabon, a country where lions have not been sighted since 1995.

Lions, pride of Africa, vanishing

in West AfricaLAGOS, Nigeria — Lions, that symbol of Africa’s wild

beauty, power and freedom, no longer roam in Mali. Or in Ivory Coast or Ghana or war-shattered eastern Congo. Or most of the rest of West Africa.

French pilots flee Dominican Republic over drug conviction

AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu

A Kosovar checks his mobile phone as he walks past EU Information and Cultural Office in Kosovo’s capital Pristina Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2015. Kosovo signs a stabilization and as-sociation agreement with the European Union, a historic mile-stone that will help the economic growth of one of Europe’s poorest countries.

Kosovo signs stabilization and association

agreement with EU

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James has been to the league’s showcase event five straight years and six times in the past nine. On his most recent visit, the four-time Most Valuable Player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and global icon, reminded everyone he remains the game’s biggest, brightest star.

And now, as he embarks on his 13th pro season, James, just two months shy of turning 31, under-stands getting back to the Finals will not come easy for the Cleve-land Cavaliers. “We’ve got a long way to go,” he said.

When he and the Cavs tip off Tuesday night in Chicago, the end-ing that Cleveland fans can only dream of — celebrating the city’s first pro sports title since 1964 — is nearly eight months away. Right now, however, it’s still just a dream.

James nearly carried the Cavs to the top in his first season back in Ohio. But they came up two wins shy of the championship. Last season’s journey, loaded with injuries, trades and whispers, seems to have made him more confident a title will happen. If not this season, then soon.

“I know what we’re capable of,” James said following a recent practice. “I didn’t know what we’re capable of going into the first game of the season last year. I knew it was going to be a long process. I still think it’s going to be a process.

It doesn’t matter what we did last year, that’s over and done with. We were happy how we progressed last year and how we played all the way to the end, but this is a new year.”

Like last season, when they strug-gled trying to integrate Kevin Love into their offense and didn’t mesh for months under first-year NBA coach David Blatt, the Cavs may need some time to jell. James recently received an anti-inflammatory injec-tion in his back — his second in 10 months — and his minutes will be closely monitored all season.

Though he does a better job now of pampering his body, but the odometer is showing heavy mile-age and the Cavs intend to rest him whenever possible.

He missed a career-high 13 games last season and averaged 36.1 minutes, his fewest in 12 sea-sons. There’s a good chance he’ll lighten his workload more this season, especially on back-to-back games or when the Cavs are playing three times in four nights.

The goal is not just self-preser-vation, but for James to be healthy when the games matter most. The Cavs’ sights are on wins in June, not January.

The last time James was on the floor during the playoffs, he played at a postseason level never seen be-fore. During the Finals, James aver-aged 35.8 points, 13.3 rebounds and 8.8 assists — the greatest stat line

in history — and nearly carried the Cavs to a crown before they were overpowered by the Warriors.

Of course, James had to step up his game since he was playing with-out Love and All-Star guard Kyrie Irving, who was injured in Game 1 and who will start this season on the sideline following surgery. But the sublime performance was a reminder of James’ past — and his potential.

“He’s playing his best complete basketball now,” said Cavs guard James Jones, who has played with

James in each of the last five Finals. “This team poses a challenge for him because we have so many good players and now he’s playing with a stacked deck. He’s the type of guy that relishes that opportunity.

“What he does this year will be unlike anything he’s ever done in the past because this team is defi-nitely one of the more loaded teams he’s ever played with.”

In the end, the Finals will define him and shape his legacy. He can’t get there alone and James said his

five most recent visits were with teams who gave of themselves.

“Everyone has to sacrifice,” he said. “Sacrifice your own agenda. Things are not always going to go well for yourself, but if everyone has the same common goal and that’s working hard every single day, having those type of habits every single day. ... You have to have talent as well. But having guys going out there and just sacrificing for one another for the better of the team.” (ap)

Third seed Rafa Nadal came within two points of defeat by old nemesis Lukas Rosol before spark-ing into life and reaching the second round of the Swiss Indoors tourna-ment in Basel on Monday. Spaniard Nadal was in all sorts of trouble, trailing by a set and 5-4 and with 69th-ranked Rosol serving at 30-0, but his Czech opponent framed a basic backhand volley at 30-15 and blew his chance, Nadal going on to win 1-6 7-5 7-6(4).

A Rosol double fault allowed former world number one Nadal to take the second set and the decider looked like being a no-contest as Rosol’s challenge began to un-ravel.

Nadal moved a break ahead but, at 4-2, Rosol played some stunning groundstrokes to earn three break points and though Nadal saved two of them he then blazed a forehand long.

There has been no love lost between the players since Rosol stunned Nadal in the Wimbledon second round in 2012, with Na-dal gaining revenge at the 2014 Wimbledon tournament.

Angry looks were exchanged as the decider moved into a tiebreak in which the Spaniard trailed 3-0 before Rosol’s forehand deserted

him and Nadal won seven of the next eight points to get the job done. “It was a very tough match emotion-ally,” Nadal, who lost the opening set in 23 minutes, said.

“At the same time, it’s a great victory. It’s important for me to have these kinds of comebacks. I’ve been in these situations more times than I would like this year, so I’m happy to win a match like this.”

Fourteen-times grand slam champion Nadal, who has already booked his place at the ATP World Tour Finals despite a relatively lean year, will play Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov or Ukraine’s Sergiy Stak-hovsky in round two. Top seed and local favourite Roger Federer begins his quest for a seventh Basel title on Tuesday against Mikhail Kukushkin. (rtr)

LeBron staring at possible sixth straight trip to NBA Finals

CLEVELAND — LeBron James understands what it takes to reach the NBA Finals. The route, strewn with obstacles and doubts, has become a personal path. He knows the way as well as anyone.

Nadal narrowly avoids another Rosol beating

Rafael Nadal of Spain re-acts after winning his match against Czech Republic’s Lukas Rosol at the Swiss Indoors ATP men’s tennis tournament in Basel, Switzer-land October 26, 2015.

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File

FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2014, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) hangs onto the basket after a dunk during the second half of an NBA basketball game. More than any current player, LeBron James understands what it takes to reach the NBA Finals.

DENPASAR - Bali Museum and Jero Kuta Palace are part of the Denpasar Heritage City Tour package. These two tourist attractions have already been visited by numerous domestic and foreign travelers this year. Apart from being a tourist attraction, Bali Museum is also in high demand as a venue for pre-wedding photo shoots.

Many travelers also visited Jero Kuta Palace, de-spite it having been under renovation in preparation for the Heritage City Tour package. Everything is being prepared, from sanitation to parking facilities, and is nearly complete. Other places that the tour will visit have also been cleaned up and made ready for the Heritage City Tour Package.

Destinations on the tour include the Jagatnatha Temple, Bali Museum, the I Gusti Ngurah Made Agung or Puputan Badung Square, Jaya Saba, Jro Kuta Denpasar Palace, Maospait Temple, Badung Market, Kumbasari Market and Inna Bali.

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The list of contenders to suc-ceed Sepp Blatter leading the corruption-hit world soccer gov-erning body grew longer than expected and will surely be cut before the Feb. 26 ballot.

A further twist stopped the race reaching nine as a former FIFA secretary general, Michel Zen-Ruffinen, told The Associ-ated Press he decided not to run despite getting the required nominations from five of the 209 member federations. Just over one month ago, Platini was a strong front-runner in a small field with key backers in Asia and the Americas.

That changed Sept. 25 when the former France great was implicated in a Swiss criminal investigation. Platini got a suspected “disloyal payment” of $2 million in back-dated salary from FIFA funds got in 2011 with Blatter’s approval. Both are serving 90-day bans im-posed by FIFA’s ethics committee pending a full investigation.

Pla t in i ’s b loc of suppor t seemed sure to transfer to Asia’s soccer confederation president, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa.

The Bahraini royal family member duly filed his nomination papers Monday and is likely the current favorite, yet his bid has exposed himself and his home country to exposure for their human rights record. Sheikh Salman’s entry has already been criticized by rights groups who urged FIFA’s election committee to reject him as a candidate when

it oversees integrity checks in the next two weeks.

Questions have been raised over whether Sheikh Salman, as the Bahrain Football Association president in 2011, adequately pro-tected national team players after some took part in pro-democracy protests. Some players say they were tortured while detained by

government forces.“Sheikh Salman played a

key role in Bahrain’s retaliation against athlete-protesters,” the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and the Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain said in a joint statement. “Throughout the government crackdown, he allegedly exam-ined photographs of the protest-ers, identifying Bahraini athletes for the security forces.”

Sheikh Salman did not make a statement Monday. He previously challenged critics to present proof of wrongdoing, which he denies, and suggested that such questions have

to do with politics and not soccer.Still, Infantino’s late entry

offers the Europe-Asia alliance an extra option if both Platini and Sheikh Salman are ruled ineligible as candidates. UEFA agreed to its new strategy after an emergency executive com-mittee meeting held via video conference.

“I am very proud of what we have achieved at UEFA and the way in which we conduct our-selves as an organization,” said Infantino, a Swiss lawyer who has been Platini’s top administra-tor for six years. He was already viewed as a potential FIFA secre-

tary general or UEFA presidential candidate.

Africa got a second contender when after Bility re-emerged two months since his campaign seemed over when African soccer leaders refused to support him.

“I don’t want to go into any race that I cannot win,” Bility told the AP, saying more than 25 of the 54 African voting federations offered to nominate him. Bility joined the race one day after longtime African confederation president Issa Hayatou — the interim FIFA president, who has declined to publicly support Sexwale — met with Sheikh Salman in Cairo.

Other probable candidates vying for the FIFA job include Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jor-dan, South African tycoon Tokyo Sexwale, former FIFA official Jerome Champagne and David Nakhid, a former player from Trinidad and Tobago.

Prince Ali, a former FIFA vice president, cut ties with Platini after losing to Blatter in the elec-tion in May. That was held amid a crisis provoked by American and Swiss federal investigations of corruption which have forced Blatter to leave office early.

Sexwale, an Apartheid-era political prisoner, was appointed by Blatter to improve relations between the Israeli and Palestin-ian soccer bodies; Champagne, a former diplomat from France, was a senior FIFA official for 11 years under Blatter; Nakhid has career links to a Blatter aide.

They were not joined by Zen-Ruffinen, who said he gained five nominations but lacked sig-nificant backing within a crowded field. “Some of the candidates are very strong and it doesn’t make a lot of sense to go,” Zen-Ruffinen said Monday. “I have hesitated until very late tonight.” (ap)

LONDON - Sacked Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood says he will never forget the moment he led the team out at Wem-bley for the FA Cup final against Arsenal.

Villa caused a shock by beating Liverpool in the semi-finals but were then handed a 4-0 drubbing by Arsenal on May 30 thanks to goals from Theo Wal-cott, Alexis Sanchez, Per Mertesacker and Olivier Giroud.

“Beating Liverpool in the FA Cup semi at Wembley and then lead-ing the team out for the final was an achievement and experience I will treasure for the rest of my career,” Sherwood said in a statement issued by the League Managers Asso-ciation on Monday.

“I am very disap-pointed that I will not be able to carry on in my role as manager of

Aston Villa. I knew when I took on the role it would be a big challenge but it proved to be one I greatly

enjoyed and I know I have learned a lot from this experience.”

Villa plunged to the bottom of the Premier League, with four points from 10 games, after los-ing 2-1 at home to Swan-sea City on Saturday.

The defeat by Swan-sea was their sixth in a row in the league and led to Sherwood’s de-parture on Sunday.

“I’d like to thank my coaching staff and the staff throughout the club for their dedica-tion, the Villa fans for their passionate sup-port and the players who gave everything during my time at the club,” added Sherwood. “I wish the club all the best for the rest of the season and indeed for the future.” (rtr)

ROME — After nearly 15 years of northern dominance in Serie A, southern clubs Roma and Napoli are showing signs they are ready to break the trend. Through nine rounds in the Italian league, Roma leads with a two-point advantage over Napoli while four-time defending champion Juventus is eight points back in 12th place.

Displaying more strength with Edin Dzeko at center forward and more speed with Mohamed Salah on the wing, Roma moved into first with a 2-1 win at Fiorentina on Sunday. It was the fourth straight win for Roma, which has finished second the past two seasons.

Napoli, meanwhile, is unbeaten over eight matches since dropping its season opener at Sassuolo, and has won six straight in all competitions, including the Europa League.

With Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan having won all of the recent

titles, the last time a non-northern club won Serie A came when Lazio and Roma won back-to-back in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Napoli’s only titles came in 1987 and 1990 with Diego Maradona.

So who is the favorite? Fiorentina coach Paulo Sousa was in perfect posi-tion to answer that question after losing by the same score to Napoli and Roma in consecutive weekends.

“Napoli created more difficulty for us defensively, so I think they’re bet-ter balanced between the two areas,” Sousa said. Napoli and Roma meet for the first time this season on Dec. 13.

In Wednesday’s midweek round, Roma hosts Udinese while Napoli welcomes Palermo.

Also this week, it’s: Bologna vs. Inter; Milan vs. Chievo Verona; Ata-lanta vs. Lazio; Frosinone vs. Carpi; Sassuolo vs. Juventus; Torino vs. Genoa; Hellas Verona vs. Fiorentina; and Sampdoria vs. Empoli. (ap)

LONDON — The English Football Association has charged Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho with misconduct over his behav-ior toward match officials during Saturday’s loss at West Ham.

The FA says Mourinho has been charged over his “language and/or behavior” in or around the

dressing room area at halftime.Earlier this month, the FA

fined Mourinho 50,000 pounds ($77,000) and gave him a sus-pended one-game stadium ban for accusing referees of being biased.

Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Upton Pak also saw Chelsea coach

Silvino Louro dismissed from the technical area and he has also been charged with misconduct over his behavior.

Both Chelsea and West Ham were accused of failing to control their players before halftime. All parties involved have until Thursday to respond. (ap)

BILBAO, Spain — Aritz Adur-iz continued his superb start to the season by scoring two goals in his 400th topflight appearance to lead Athletic Bilbao to a 3-0 win over Sporting Gijon on Monday.

The 34-year-old striker, who recently signed a contract exten-sion through 2017, is enjoying a fruitful spell in front of goal.

His tally of 14 goals in all competitions this season sees him top the overall scoring charts in Spain, and his brace moved him to within one of the league’s top scorer Neymar’s eight goals.

“We played a serious match and had our scoring touch at the right moments,” said Aduriz. “We knew how important it was to get the

three points playing at home.”The win moved the Basque

club into 12th place in the Span-ish league, further clear of the relegation zone while Sporting fell to 17th.

Speedy forward Inaki Williams crossed for Markel Susaeta to fin-ish off a great buildup instigated by Raul Garcia’s key pass that

sent Williams clear in the 29th minute.

Williams was involved in the second, earning his side a penalty after he was tripped by Omar Mas-carell. Aduriz scored at the second attempt after goalkeeper Alberto Garcia’s parried his spot kick three minutes before halftime.

Williams then played Aduriz

through only for him to fire off the woodwork, but Aduriz didn’t miss on the break in the 67th when he drilled in a deflected shot.

Real Madrid leads the league on goal difference, ahead of second-placed Barcelona, also on 21 points. Atletico Madrid in third place, trails the pair by two points. (ap)

Aduriz nets 2 to lead Bilbao to 3-0 win over Sporting

Jean-Christophe Bott, Keystone via AP

UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino gestures, during a press conference after the meet-ing of the UEFA Executive Committee and the meeting of UEFA’s 54 member associations, at the UEFA Headquarters, in Nyon, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015.

8 men up for FIFA presidential race on deadline day to enter

GENEVA — Deadline day to enter the FIFA presidential election saw surprise entries and a potential eight-man lineup on Monday. Among late tactical changes, two unexpected addi-tions were Gianni Infantino — the right-hand man of suspended UEFA President Michel Platini, whose own entry will likely be barred — and Liberian soccer leader Musa Bility, whose campaign seemed hopelessly stalled in August.

Roma and Napoli ready to break

northern grip on Serie A

Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer

match between Napoli and Fiorentina, at the San Paolo

stadium in Naples, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. Na-

poli won 2-1.

AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta

AP Photo/Matt Dunham

Chelsea’s head coach Jose Mourinho waits for the match to start after taking his seat pitchside before his staff and substitutes came out before the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Chelsea at Upton Park stadium in London, Sat-urday, Oct. 24, 2015.

FA charges Mourinho over conduct toward match officials

I’ll never forget leading Villa out at Wembley

AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File

FILE - A Saturday, May 30, 2015 photo from files of Aston Villa’s coach, Tim Sherwood, before the English FA Cup final soccer match between Aston Villa and Arsenal at Wembley stadium in London.

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The list of contenders to suc-ceed Sepp Blatter leading the corruption-hit world soccer gov-erning body grew longer than expected and will surely be cut before the Feb. 26 ballot.

A further twist stopped the race reaching nine as a former FIFA secretary general, Michel Zen-Ruffinen, told The Associ-ated Press he decided not to run despite getting the required nominations from five of the 209 member federations. Just over one month ago, Platini was a strong front-runner in a small field with key backers in Asia and the Americas.

That changed Sept. 25 when the former France great was implicated in a Swiss criminal investigation. Platini got a suspected “disloyal payment” of $2 million in back-dated salary from FIFA funds got in 2011 with Blatter’s approval. Both are serving 90-day bans im-posed by FIFA’s ethics committee pending a full investigation.

Pla t in i ’s b loc of suppor t seemed sure to transfer to Asia’s soccer confederation president, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa.

The Bahraini royal family member duly filed his nomination papers Monday and is likely the current favorite, yet his bid has exposed himself and his home country to exposure for their human rights record. Sheikh Salman’s entry has already been criticized by rights groups who urged FIFA’s election committee to reject him as a candidate when

it oversees integrity checks in the next two weeks.

Questions have been raised over whether Sheikh Salman, as the Bahrain Football Association president in 2011, adequately pro-tected national team players after some took part in pro-democracy protests. Some players say they were tortured while detained by

government forces.“Sheikh Salman played a

key role in Bahrain’s retaliation against athlete-protesters,” the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and the Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain said in a joint statement. “Throughout the government crackdown, he allegedly exam-ined photographs of the protest-ers, identifying Bahraini athletes for the security forces.”

Sheikh Salman did not make a statement Monday. He previously challenged critics to present proof of wrongdoing, which he denies, and suggested that such questions have

to do with politics and not soccer.Still, Infantino’s late entry

offers the Europe-Asia alliance an extra option if both Platini and Sheikh Salman are ruled ineligible as candidates. UEFA agreed to its new strategy after an emergency executive com-mittee meeting held via video conference.

“I am very proud of what we have achieved at UEFA and the way in which we conduct our-selves as an organization,” said Infantino, a Swiss lawyer who has been Platini’s top administra-tor for six years. He was already viewed as a potential FIFA secre-

tary general or UEFA presidential candidate.

Africa got a second contender when after Bility re-emerged two months since his campaign seemed over when African soccer leaders refused to support him.

“I don’t want to go into any race that I cannot win,” Bility told the AP, saying more than 25 of the 54 African voting federations offered to nominate him. Bility joined the race one day after longtime African confederation president Issa Hayatou — the interim FIFA president, who has declined to publicly support Sexwale — met with Sheikh Salman in Cairo.

Other probable candidates vying for the FIFA job include Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jor-dan, South African tycoon Tokyo Sexwale, former FIFA official Jerome Champagne and David Nakhid, a former player from Trinidad and Tobago.

Prince Ali, a former FIFA vice president, cut ties with Platini after losing to Blatter in the elec-tion in May. That was held amid a crisis provoked by American and Swiss federal investigations of corruption which have forced Blatter to leave office early.

Sexwale, an Apartheid-era political prisoner, was appointed by Blatter to improve relations between the Israeli and Palestin-ian soccer bodies; Champagne, a former diplomat from France, was a senior FIFA official for 11 years under Blatter; Nakhid has career links to a Blatter aide.

They were not joined by Zen-Ruffinen, who said he gained five nominations but lacked sig-nificant backing within a crowded field. “Some of the candidates are very strong and it doesn’t make a lot of sense to go,” Zen-Ruffinen said Monday. “I have hesitated until very late tonight.” (ap)

LONDON - Sacked Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood says he will never forget the moment he led the team out at Wem-bley for the FA Cup final against Arsenal.

Villa caused a shock by beating Liverpool in the semi-finals but were then handed a 4-0 drubbing by Arsenal on May 30 thanks to goals from Theo Wal-cott, Alexis Sanchez, Per Mertesacker and Olivier Giroud.

“Beating Liverpool in the FA Cup semi at Wembley and then lead-ing the team out for the final was an achievement and experience I will treasure for the rest of my career,” Sherwood said in a statement issued by the League Managers Asso-ciation on Monday.

“I am very disap-pointed that I will not be able to carry on in my role as manager of

Aston Villa. I knew when I took on the role it would be a big challenge but it proved to be one I greatly

enjoyed and I know I have learned a lot from this experience.”

Villa plunged to the bottom of the Premier League, with four points from 10 games, after los-ing 2-1 at home to Swan-sea City on Saturday.

The defeat by Swan-sea was their sixth in a row in the league and led to Sherwood’s de-parture on Sunday.

“I’d like to thank my coaching staff and the staff throughout the club for their dedica-tion, the Villa fans for their passionate sup-port and the players who gave everything during my time at the club,” added Sherwood. “I wish the club all the best for the rest of the season and indeed for the future.” (rtr)

ROME — After nearly 15 years of northern dominance in Serie A, southern clubs Roma and Napoli are showing signs they are ready to break the trend. Through nine rounds in the Italian league, Roma leads with a two-point advantage over Napoli while four-time defending champion Juventus is eight points back in 12th place.

Displaying more strength with Edin Dzeko at center forward and more speed with Mohamed Salah on the wing, Roma moved into first with a 2-1 win at Fiorentina on Sunday. It was the fourth straight win for Roma, which has finished second the past two seasons.

Napoli, meanwhile, is unbeaten over eight matches since dropping its season opener at Sassuolo, and has won six straight in all competitions, including the Europa League.

With Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan having won all of the recent

titles, the last time a non-northern club won Serie A came when Lazio and Roma won back-to-back in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Napoli’s only titles came in 1987 and 1990 with Diego Maradona.

So who is the favorite? Fiorentina coach Paulo Sousa was in perfect posi-tion to answer that question after losing by the same score to Napoli and Roma in consecutive weekends.

“Napoli created more difficulty for us defensively, so I think they’re bet-ter balanced between the two areas,” Sousa said. Napoli and Roma meet for the first time this season on Dec. 13.

In Wednesday’s midweek round, Roma hosts Udinese while Napoli welcomes Palermo.

Also this week, it’s: Bologna vs. Inter; Milan vs. Chievo Verona; Ata-lanta vs. Lazio; Frosinone vs. Carpi; Sassuolo vs. Juventus; Torino vs. Genoa; Hellas Verona vs. Fiorentina; and Sampdoria vs. Empoli. (ap)

LONDON — The English Football Association has charged Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho with misconduct over his behav-ior toward match officials during Saturday’s loss at West Ham.

The FA says Mourinho has been charged over his “language and/or behavior” in or around the

dressing room area at halftime.Earlier this month, the FA

fined Mourinho 50,000 pounds ($77,000) and gave him a sus-pended one-game stadium ban for accusing referees of being biased.

Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Upton Pak also saw Chelsea coach

Silvino Louro dismissed from the technical area and he has also been charged with misconduct over his behavior.

Both Chelsea and West Ham were accused of failing to control their players before halftime. All parties involved have until Thursday to respond. (ap)

BILBAO, Spain — Aritz Adur-iz continued his superb start to the season by scoring two goals in his 400th topflight appearance to lead Athletic Bilbao to a 3-0 win over Sporting Gijon on Monday.

The 34-year-old striker, who recently signed a contract exten-sion through 2017, is enjoying a fruitful spell in front of goal.

His tally of 14 goals in all competitions this season sees him top the overall scoring charts in Spain, and his brace moved him to within one of the league’s top scorer Neymar’s eight goals.

“We played a serious match and had our scoring touch at the right moments,” said Aduriz. “We knew how important it was to get the

three points playing at home.”The win moved the Basque

club into 12th place in the Span-ish league, further clear of the relegation zone while Sporting fell to 17th.

Speedy forward Inaki Williams crossed for Markel Susaeta to fin-ish off a great buildup instigated by Raul Garcia’s key pass that

sent Williams clear in the 29th minute.

Williams was involved in the second, earning his side a penalty after he was tripped by Omar Mas-carell. Aduriz scored at the second attempt after goalkeeper Alberto Garcia’s parried his spot kick three minutes before halftime.

Williams then played Aduriz

through only for him to fire off the woodwork, but Aduriz didn’t miss on the break in the 67th when he drilled in a deflected shot.

Real Madrid leads the league on goal difference, ahead of second-placed Barcelona, also on 21 points. Atletico Madrid in third place, trails the pair by two points. (ap)

Aduriz nets 2 to lead Bilbao to 3-0 win over Sporting

Jean-Christophe Bott, Keystone via AP

UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino gestures, during a press conference after the meet-ing of the UEFA Executive Committee and the meeting of UEFA’s 54 member associations, at the UEFA Headquarters, in Nyon, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015.

8 men up for FIFA presidential race on deadline day to enter

GENEVA — Deadline day to enter the FIFA presidential election saw surprise entries and a potential eight-man lineup on Monday. Among late tactical changes, two unexpected addi-tions were Gianni Infantino — the right-hand man of suspended UEFA President Michel Platini, whose own entry will likely be barred — and Liberian soccer leader Musa Bility, whose campaign seemed hopelessly stalled in August.

Roma and Napoli ready to break

northern grip on Serie A

Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer

match between Napoli and Fiorentina, at the San Paolo

stadium in Naples, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. Na-

poli won 2-1.

AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta

AP Photo/Matt Dunham

Chelsea’s head coach Jose Mourinho waits for the match to start after taking his seat pitchside before his staff and substitutes came out before the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Chelsea at Upton Park stadium in London, Sat-urday, Oct. 24, 2015.

FA charges Mourinho over conduct toward match officials

I’ll never forget leading Villa out at Wembley

AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File

FILE - A Saturday, May 30, 2015 photo from files of Aston Villa’s coach, Tim Sherwood, before the English FA Cup final soccer match between Aston Villa and Arsenal at Wembley stadium in London.

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James has been to the league’s showcase event five straight years and six times in the past nine. On his most recent visit, the four-time Most Valuable Player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and global icon, reminded everyone he remains the game’s biggest, brightest star.

And now, as he embarks on his 13th pro season, James, just two months shy of turning 31, under-stands getting back to the Finals will not come easy for the Cleve-land Cavaliers. “We’ve got a long way to go,” he said.

When he and the Cavs tip off Tuesday night in Chicago, the end-ing that Cleveland fans can only dream of — celebrating the city’s first pro sports title since 1964 — is nearly eight months away. Right now, however, it’s still just a dream.

James nearly carried the Cavs to the top in his first season back in Ohio. But they came up two wins shy of the championship. Last season’s journey, loaded with injuries, trades and whispers, seems to have made him more confident a title will happen. If not this season, then soon.

“I know what we’re capable of,” James said following a recent practice. “I didn’t know what we’re capable of going into the first game of the season last year. I knew it was going to be a long process. I still think it’s going to be a process.

It doesn’t matter what we did last year, that’s over and done with. We were happy how we progressed last year and how we played all the way to the end, but this is a new year.”

Like last season, when they strug-gled trying to integrate Kevin Love into their offense and didn’t mesh for months under first-year NBA coach David Blatt, the Cavs may need some time to jell. James recently received an anti-inflammatory injec-tion in his back — his second in 10 months — and his minutes will be closely monitored all season.

Though he does a better job now of pampering his body, but the odometer is showing heavy mile-age and the Cavs intend to rest him whenever possible.

He missed a career-high 13 games last season and averaged 36.1 minutes, his fewest in 12 sea-sons. There’s a good chance he’ll lighten his workload more this season, especially on back-to-back games or when the Cavs are playing three times in four nights.

The goal is not just self-preser-vation, but for James to be healthy when the games matter most. The Cavs’ sights are on wins in June, not January.

The last time James was on the floor during the playoffs, he played at a postseason level never seen be-fore. During the Finals, James aver-aged 35.8 points, 13.3 rebounds and 8.8 assists — the greatest stat line

in history — and nearly carried the Cavs to a crown before they were overpowered by the Warriors.

Of course, James had to step up his game since he was playing with-out Love and All-Star guard Kyrie Irving, who was injured in Game 1 and who will start this season on the sideline following surgery. But the sublime performance was a reminder of James’ past — and his potential.

“He’s playing his best complete basketball now,” said Cavs guard James Jones, who has played with

James in each of the last five Finals. “This team poses a challenge for him because we have so many good players and now he’s playing with a stacked deck. He’s the type of guy that relishes that opportunity.

“What he does this year will be unlike anything he’s ever done in the past because this team is defi-nitely one of the more loaded teams he’s ever played with.”

In the end, the Finals will define him and shape his legacy. He can’t get there alone and James said his

five most recent visits were with teams who gave of themselves.

“Everyone has to sacrifice,” he said. “Sacrifice your own agenda. Things are not always going to go well for yourself, but if everyone has the same common goal and that’s working hard every single day, having those type of habits every single day. ... You have to have talent as well. But having guys going out there and just sacrificing for one another for the better of the team.” (ap)

Third seed Rafa Nadal came within two points of defeat by old nemesis Lukas Rosol before spark-ing into life and reaching the second round of the Swiss Indoors tourna-ment in Basel on Monday. Spaniard Nadal was in all sorts of trouble, trailing by a set and 5-4 and with 69th-ranked Rosol serving at 30-0, but his Czech opponent framed a basic backhand volley at 30-15 and blew his chance, Nadal going on to win 1-6 7-5 7-6(4).

A Rosol double fault allowed former world number one Nadal to take the second set and the decider looked like being a no-contest as Rosol’s challenge began to un-ravel.

Nadal moved a break ahead but, at 4-2, Rosol played some stunning groundstrokes to earn three break points and though Nadal saved two of them he then blazed a forehand long.

There has been no love lost between the players since Rosol stunned Nadal in the Wimbledon second round in 2012, with Na-dal gaining revenge at the 2014 Wimbledon tournament.

Angry looks were exchanged as the decider moved into a tiebreak in which the Spaniard trailed 3-0 before Rosol’s forehand deserted

him and Nadal won seven of the next eight points to get the job done. “It was a very tough match emotion-ally,” Nadal, who lost the opening set in 23 minutes, said.

“At the same time, it’s a great victory. It’s important for me to have these kinds of comebacks. I’ve been in these situations more times than I would like this year, so I’m happy to win a match like this.”

Fourteen-times grand slam champion Nadal, who has already booked his place at the ATP World Tour Finals despite a relatively lean year, will play Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov or Ukraine’s Sergiy Stak-hovsky in round two. Top seed and local favourite Roger Federer begins his quest for a seventh Basel title on Tuesday against Mikhail Kukushkin. (rtr)

LeBron staring at possible sixth straight trip to NBA Finals

CLEVELAND — LeBron James understands what it takes to reach the NBA Finals. The route, strewn with obstacles and doubts, has become a personal path. He knows the way as well as anyone.

Nadal narrowly avoids another Rosol beating

Rafael Nadal of Spain re-acts after winning his match against Czech Republic’s Lukas Rosol at the Swiss Indoors ATP men’s tennis tournament in Basel, Switzer-land October 26, 2015.

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FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2014, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) hangs onto the basket after a dunk during the second half of an NBA basketball game. More than any current player, LeBron James understands what it takes to reach the NBA Finals.

DENPASAR - Bali Museum and Jero Kuta Palace are part of the Denpasar Heritage City Tour package. These two tourist attractions have already been visited by numerous domestic and foreign travelers this year. Apart from being a tourist attraction, Bali Museum is also in high demand as a venue for pre-wedding photo shoots.

Many travelers also visited Jero Kuta Palace, de-spite it having been under renovation in preparation for the Heritage City Tour package. Everything is being prepared, from sanitation to parking facilities, and is nearly complete. Other places that the tour will visit have also been cleaned up and made ready for the Heritage City Tour Package.

Destinations on the tour include the Jagatnatha Temple, Bali Museum, the I Gusti Ngurah Made Agung or Puputan Badung Square, Jaya Saba, Jro Kuta Denpasar Palace, Maospait Temple, Badung Market, Kumbasari Market and Inna Bali.

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BALI DIRECTORY

Three years of searching and no sight of a lion for Philipp Henschel, lion survey coordinator for the New York-based Panthera conservation group. Then he saw it, his first lion in West Africa. And in of all places, Nigeria.

“It came as a big surprise be-cause Nigeria has by far the biggest human population on the continent, and the national parks are fairly small compared to others in West Africa that already have lost their lions,” Henschel told The Associ-ated Press.

“Everyone was excited, includ-ing rangers from Nigeria’s National Park Service — it was the first time they had seen one too.”

That was in 2009. The count was depressing: 25 to 30 lions left in Kainji Lake National Park in west-central Nigeria and only about five in the east-central Yankari National Park. Three years earlier, Nigerian conservationists had reported lions present in six protected areas, but they had apparently disappeared in

four of them, Henschel said.Henschel has gone on to survey

all 21 protected areas believed to harbor lions in West Africa. He has seen only nine lions in four reserves, including Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park and the trans-frontier Pendjari and Arli National Parks of Benin and Burkina Faso.

His research, published last year, reported that lions no longer exist in 99 percent of their historic range in West Africa — a finding that prompted the International Union for Conservation of Nature to put the lions of West Africa on its Red List as critically endangered. The situation is dire in much of Africa.

New research published Monday shows sharp declines since 1990 in nearly all lion populations in West and Central Africa, and that both regions risk losing half their lions within the next two decades. East Africa stands a 37 percent chance of halving its lion population over the same period, according to the survey published in the Proceedings

of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and written by researchers including Henschel.

Lion populations are increasing in only four southern African na-tions: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, where most lions are in fenced reserves, the survey found.

With the international spotlight on lion conservation intensified by outrage over the killing this year of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe by an American hunter, Henschel’s Pan-thera group hopes to attract funding from conservation agencies and Ni-gerian philanthropists to make sure lions do not disappear here.

Panthera and the Oxford Uni-versity-based WildCRU are host-ing a Cecil Summit in February in Oxford to draw attention to the threat to lions like Cecil, who conservationists say was lured out of a protected area in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park before being wounded with a bow and arrow and then tracked down and killed.

Lions roamed much of the world, from Africa, across Europe and Asia, and even North America until about 11,000 years ago, Henschel said. (ap)

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo is signing a stabilization and association agreement with the European Union, a historic milestone that will help the economic growth of one of Europe’s poorest countries.

Tuesday’s signature in Strasbourg opens the way to eventual full mem-bership into the EU, Kosovo’s main trading partner.

European Integration Minister Bekim Collaku said the agreement marks a “new milestone because it establishes contractual relations between the Republic of Kosovo and the EU.”

“We want to become members of the European family in terms of eco-nomic integration but also to share the EU values,” Collaku told The Associ-ated Press in an interview Monday.

Speaking at a forum also on Mon-day, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said the agreement was the “start of a long road ... supported and embraced by our citizens and our friends.” The EU has been Kosovo’s main supporter with about 1.3 billion euros (some $1.4 billion) in development aid for 2007-2020, according to Thomas Gnocchi

of the EU office in Kosovo.He said the requirements of the

agreement should make Kosovo a more legally certain place to do business and encourage foreign in-vestors.

In 2014, EU countries were the main trading partner for Kosovo with 30.2 percent of its exports and 42.6 percent of imports, in total 1.2 billion euros (about $1.3 billion). Exports, however, represented less than 10 percent of that figure.

The agreement will increase com-petition, with local companies able to export to EU countries without customs tariffs, said the minister.

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and has been recognized by more than 100 coun-tries. Five EU member countries that do not recognize it have, nevertheless, approved the agreement.

Collaku thanked all EU countries, including those not recognizing Ko-sovo, “that have understood the only way to strengthen peace, stability and cooperation in the western Balkans is by opening the doors to the remaining western Balkans to join the EU.” (ap)

PARIS — Two French pilots sentenced to 20 years in prison in the Dominican Republic for co-caine trafficking fled house arrest and have returned to France, their lawyer says.

Pascal Jean Fauret and Bruno Odos had long insisted on their innocence, and their lawyer Jean Reinhart said on Europe-1 radio that the two are now at the “disposi-tion” of French justice in hopes of clearing their names.

The French government insisted it didn’t have anything to do with the daring and unusual escape.

Reinhart did not give details about how they escaped. BFM tele-vision reported that they left by boat to the French Antilles then flew to Paris, aided by former intelligence agents and a French politician.

The pair were convicted for involvement in a 700-kilogram (1,500-pound) shipment of cocaine in 2013. (ap)

Philipp Henschel/Panthera via AP

This Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 photo released by Philipp Henschel shows a lion in the Bateke Plateau National Park in Gabon, a country where lions have not been sighted since 1995.

Lions, pride of Africa, vanishing

in West AfricaLAGOS, Nigeria — Lions, that symbol of Africa’s wild

beauty, power and freedom, no longer roam in Mali. Or in Ivory Coast or Ghana or war-shattered eastern Congo. Or most of the rest of West Africa.

French pilots flee Dominican Republic over drug conviction

AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu

A Kosovar checks his mobile phone as he walks past EU Information and Cultural Office in Kosovo’s capital Pristina Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2015. Kosovo signs a stabilization and as-sociation agreement with the European Union, a historic mile-stone that will help the economic growth of one of Europe’s poorest countries.

Kosovo signs stabilization and association

agreement with EU

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BUSINESS

BEIJING - China’s richest man saw his fortune balloon by nearly $17 billion -- a sum larger than the GDP of Iceland -- in the past year, business magazine Forbes said Monday.

Wang Jianlin, founder of real estate and entertain-ment conglomerate Wanda Group, saw his wealth rocket from $13.2 billion to $30 billion in the publisher’s 2015 China Rich List.

The windfall, which came despite sluggish growth in the world’s second-largest economy, was driven by the flotations of two of his company’s subsidiaries -- even though he lost $3.6 billion in a single day during China’s market turmoil this summer.

“It’s good to have money,” Wang said in a brief ap-pearance at the announcement of the ranking.

At his average rate of accumulation last year he would have become more than $200,000 wealthier during his seven minutes on the stage.

The son of a Red Army captain, Wang was himself a soldier before he founded Wanda in the 1980s, building it up with military discipline. Its website says it is Asia’s largest private property owner.

Now 61, he is the 15th richest man on the planet ac-cording to Forbes’ real-time billionaires ranking.

“To unabashedly go out and make money, then fairly and equitably distribute that wealth -– this is what rich people should do,” Wang said.

Wang has sought to play down overseas media specu-lation on the link between his success and government ties, which in China can be crucial to seal land deals with local authorities.

He said Monday that market forces and creative abili-ties were crucial to building major businesses in China, rather than personal connections.

“If you’ve made money, it’s definitely because you have skills; I believe that the majority of people who’ve made money did so through normal channels,” he said. “The majority of people with money, especially extraor-dinarily rich people, are good people.”

Wang is known outside China for a string of over-seas acquisitions including the organiser of Ironman extreme endurance contests, Swiss sports marketing group Infront, and a stake in Spanish football club Atletico Madrid.

He burst into the international spotlight in 2012 by buying US cinema chain AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion and his company owns more than 200 malls, shopping complexes and luxury hotels across China.

Wang leapt from fourth to first in the Forbes list, one of several charting China’s most affluent people.

He unseated Jack Ma, founder of tech giant Alibaba, who dropped to second place on $21.8 billion as his firm’s share price slumped in New York.

The 100 richest people in China were worth $450 billion, Forbes said, up nearly 20 percent in a year -- far faster than current GDP growth of 6.9 percent and despite a rout on Chinese stock markets.

Six out of ten of China’s richest were in the tech-nology sector, including Ma Huateng of Internet titan Tencent (third), Lei Jun of Xiaomi (fourth), and Robin Li of Chinese search engine Baidu, who slipped four spots this year from second to sixth.

“China’s economy is going through a period of struc-tural change,” said Forbes senior editor and list compiler Russell Flannery, adding that the richest had found “new opportunities tied to that transition”. (afp)

The upbeat outlook fuelled by Chi-na’s surprise rate cut on Friday gave way to concerns about the world’s number two economy with the country’s lead-ers gathering in Beijing to discuss their Five Year Plan.

Global stocks have enjoyed a healthy run-up this month -- after suffering their worst quarter in four years during July-September -- and analysts say further easing measures could spark a further advance.

The Federal Reserve begins its two-day meeting later Tuesday, with expectations growing that it will hold off hiking interest rates, with many tipping no increase until early next year.

While the US central bank said earlier this year it expected to tighten monetary policy before 2016, the sum-mer’s turmoil on global markets and a slowdown in the world economy have forced policymakers to stay their hand.

Many economists now are tipping a lift-off early in the new year, bolstering emerging market currencies, which had been hammered this year on talk of a 2015 move as investors remove their cash to the United States in search of better, safer returns.

On Tuesday the Australian dollar edged up 0.05 percent, Indonesia’s ru-piah was 0.13 percent higher, the South

Korean won gained 0.40 percent, Tai-wan’s dollar gained 0.54 percent and the Singapore dollar added 0.10 percent.

The dollar also eased to 120.79 yen from 121.07 yen in New York.

“The Fed and the BoJ meetings this week are pivotal events that will de-termine whether this rally can go any higher,” Angus Nicholson, an analyst at IG Markets Ltd. in Melbourne, told Bloomberg News.

Calls for further bond-buying have become louder since European Central Bank boss Mario Draghi hinted it could add to its own scheme in December, while China cut interest rates for a sixth time on Friday.

On equities markets there were losses across the board as investors cashed in on recent gains, with Shanghai down 2.2 percent a day after ending at a two month high. (afp)

China’s richest man ‘doubled fortune in 12 months’: Forbes

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In this July 6, 2015, file photo, American flags fly at the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street. The dol-lar retreated against emerging market currencies Tuesday, while equities eased after the previous day’s rally as investors look ahead to key central bank meetings in the United States and Japan this week.

Dollar, equities dip as Asia awaits central bank meetings

HONG KONG - The dollar retreated against emerging market cur-rencies Tuesday, while equities eased after the previous day’s rally as investors look ahead to key central bank meetings in the United States and Japan this week.

SIDOARJO - Plodding around a vast field of mud that sits on top of a dozen submerged villages, tourists snap photographs of a vol-cano that is still spewing sludge nearly a decade after it erupted in one of the strangest disasters on record.

A short distance away, a woman surveys stone sculptures of half-buried people and monuments com-memorating the 2006 catastrophe that displaced tens of thousands of villagers and transformed a land-scape stretching across hundreds of hectares at the eastern end of Indonesia’s Java island. Reports at the time put the death toll at around a dozen.

Disaster tourism has become more common in Indonesia, where visitors are drawn to sites of earth-quakes, floods and volcanic erup-

tions to witness the aftermath of catastrophes or simply do some soul-searching.

“I had watched a lot of the news on television, but I didn’t expect that seeing it with my own eyes could give such a different impression,” said tourist Wisnu Titik Kartiani at Sidoarjo’s mudflow disaster site. “If this is called tourism, I suppose this is tragic tourism.”

Her guide, Sumono, was one of the villagers who now ferry tourists on their motorcycles or sell videos of the disaster that took away their livelihoods as factory workers.

“We are grateful for any work we can get,” he said.

At its peak, mud was spewing at a rate of around 150,000 cubic metres a day from the volcano at Sidoarjo, which many believed was triggered when PT Lapindo Brantas,

a company linked to the powerful Bakrie family, was drilling for oil and gas.

The Bakries denied wrongdo-ing and said it was due to natural causes.

The government had agreed to foot part of the compensation costs and, to date, around 90 percent of the victims had received payments, said Wahyu Sutopo, an official at the Sidoarjo Mudflow Mitigation Agency.

While some may consider the chapter closed, others are keen to preserve the disaster as part of Indonesia’s history.

Among the statues that have sprung up at the site is a giant effigy of Aburizal Bakrie, patriarch of the Bakrie family, which stands near a stone tomb etched with the words “let this nation not forget”. (rtr)

Thousands of fires caused by slash-and-burn agriculture in Indonesia’s forests have forced schools and offices to close and airlines to cancel flights.

Indonesia’s disaster agency says fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra have left 10 dead, some burned while fighting the blazes and others overcome by pollu-

tion.“President Joko Widodo has

decided to hasten his visit in the US to return home,” said presidential spokesman Ari Dwi-payana.

Widodo is now due to leave Washington late Tuesday, by which time he will have com-

pleted planned meetings in the capital, including with President Barack Obama.

But he will not head to Amer-ica’s West Coast as planned to meet with US tech sector execu-tives and will instead dispatch ministers in his stead.

Indonesia has deployed 30

aircraft to fight the fires and for cloud seeding, with 22,000 troops on the ground and a flotilla of warships on their way.

At least half a million people have suffered from respiratory illness since the fires started in July and 43 million people live in the affected area. (afp)

PALANGKARAYA - Endan-gered orangutans are falling vic-tim to a devastating haze crisis that has left them sick, malnour-ished and severely traumatised as fires rage through Indonesia’s forests, reducing their habitat to a charred wasteland.

Rescuers at a centre for the great apes on Borneo island are considering an unprecedented mass evacuation of the hundreds in their care, and have deployed teams on hazardous missions to search for stricken animals in the wild.

At the Nyaru Menteng centre in Kalimantan, sixteen baby orangutans have been put into isolation, suffering infections from prolonged exposure to the thick, yellow smoke suffocat-ing Indonesia’s half of Borneo island.

A devoted carer tries to en-tertain the youngsters with toys and games as the infants recover from high fevers and serious coughs.

In another enclosure, several orangutans lie about listlessly, too exhausted to move after days hunting for food and water as fires relentlessly encroached on their forest homelands, forcing them to flee.

Others swing repeatedly from bar to bar, occasionally pausing to make a distinct smacking with their lips -- a sound that makes their carers anxious.

“That’s called a quick kiss,” said Hermansyah, a carer at the centre, who like many Indone-sians goes by one name.

“When they make this gesture, it means they are under tremen-dous stress,” he told AFP.

The fires from slash-and-burn farming -- a method to quickly and cheaply clear land for new

plantations -- have so far de-stroyed 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) in Kalimantan and neighbouring Sumatra.

The vast plumes of smoke have drifted over large expanses of Southeast Asia, sickening countless people, disrupting transport, schools and business, and drawing outrage from neigh-bouring governments.

Despite being a near annual occurrence, the toxic cloud is on track to become the worst on record, and staff at the centre say the intensity of the smoke and flames at ground zero has never been seen before.

As the situation reached crisis point in recent months, with suf-focating yellow smoke descend-ing on the region, staff began receiving alarming reports of stricken apes and deployed emer-gency teams.

A team made up of a vet-erinarian, a professional climber and a technician armed with sedative darts has been trekking into the burning forest on haz-ardous missions, battling flames and smoke.

“Many times the visibility was as low as 30 metres, and we felt chest tightness and headaches,” Hermansyah said.

“We believe these orangutans were also experiencing the same suffering.”

Many orangutans rescued from the fires are malnourished and dehydrated, and terrified of humans after hostile encounters with villagers when forced to search further afield for food.

Some have required surgery for infections exacerbated by the haze, Hermansyah said, while others have been too scared to venture for long outside the pro-tection of their enclosures. (afp)

President to leave US early to deal with haze crisis

WASHINGTON - Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo will cut short his trip to the United States on Tuesday to help deal with clouds of smoke large areas of his country.

Sick, hungry orang-utans fall victim to

Indonesia fires crisis

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Women take pictures between stone sculptures of half-buried people at the Lapindo mud field in Sidoarjo, October 11, 2015. Disaster tourism has become more common in Indonesia, where visitors are drawn to sites of earthquakes, floods and volcanic eruptions to witness the after-math of catastrophes or simply do some soul-searching. Picture taken October 11, 2015.

Mudflow disaster site gets makeover as tourist spot

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According to Afghan and Paki-stani officials, 237 people died in Pakistan and 74 in Afghanistan in the magnitude-7.5 quake, which was centered deep beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghani-stan’s sparsely populated Badakh-shan province that borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China.

Afghan authorities were strug-gling to reach the hardest-hit areas near the epicenter, located 73 kilo-meters (45 miles) south of Fayza-bad, the capital of Badakhshan province.

In Pakistan, the Swat Valley and areas around the Dir, Malakand and Shangla towns in the mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were also hard-hit in the quake. The Pakistani town closest to the epicenter is Chitral while on the Afghan side it is the Jurm district of Badakhshan.

More than 2,000 people were injured in Monday’s temblor, which also damaged nearly 2,500 homes in Pakistan, officials said.

In Afghanistan, Ismail Kawusi, spokesman for the Public Health Ministry said the numbers gathered

so far from hospitals in various provinces recorded 457 injured. Earlier, Wais Ahmad Barmak, the Afghan minister for disaster man-agement, said 74 people were dead and 266 had been injured.

Badakhshan’s Governor Shah Waliullah Adeeb said that in all, 13 districts in the province had been affected, with more than 1,500 houses either destroyed or partially destroyed.

In his province alone, casualty figures of 11 dead and 25 injured “will rise by the end of the day, once the survey teams get to the remote areas and villages,” Adeeb said.

Helicopters were needed to reach the most remote villages, many inaccessible by road at the best of times, he added. Now, landslides and falling rocks have blocked the few existing roads. Food and other essentials were ready to go, he said, but “getting there is not easy.”

Badakhshan is one of the poorest regions of Afghanistan, despite vast mineral deposits. It is often hit by earthquakes, but casualty figures are usually low because it is so sparsely populated, with fewer than

1 million people spread across its vast mountains and valleys. It also suffers from floods, snowstorms and mudslides.

The casualties and the extent of damage were still being assessed, said Ahmad Kamal, the spokesman for Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority. Bajur tribal region bordering Afghanistan was also affected by the quake, with dozens of homes damaged in other tribal regions.

Pakistani helicopters and military planes were being used to transport relief supplies and military engi-neers were working on restoring communication lines disrupted by landslides triggered by the quake, said Lt. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa, the army spokesman.

The landslides were also ham-pering rescue attempts in some areas, and roads were being cleared to ease access. The military was also distributing food and blankets to people in remote and inacces-sible northwestern and northern region, where most casualties and damage were reported, Bajwa said in a statement.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was expected to visit the earthquake-hit areas later Tuesday, after returning from an official visit in the United States.(ap)

ISTANBUL - Turkish police detained about 30 people on Tuesday in a raid against suspected Islamic State militants in the central city of Konya, Dogan News Agency reported.

The sweep comes a day after police launched a series of operations against Islamic State groups, including a raid on more than a dozen houses in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. Seven militants were killed and 12 more were captured in that operation.

Turkish authorities have extended operations into suspected Islamic State cells after a double suicide bombing in Ankara that killed more than 100 people, the worst attack of its kind in Turkey’s modern his-tory, was blamed on the militant group. Last week, President Tayyip Erdogan said Syrian intelligence and Kurdish militants, not only Islamic State, were behind the attack on a rally of pro-Kurdish activ-ists and civic groups.(rtr)

BEIJING — A U.S. Navy warship sailed past one of China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea on Tuesday, in a challenge to Chinese sovereignty claims that drew an angry protest from Beijing, which said the move damaged US-China relations and regional peace. China’s Foreign Ministry said authorities monitored and warned the USS Lassen as it entered what China claims as a 12-mile (21-kilometer) territorial limit around Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands archipelago, a group of reefs, islets, and atolls where the Philippines has competing claims.

“The actions of the U.S. warship have threatened China’s sover-eignty and security interests, jeopardized the safety of personnel and facilities on the reefs, and damaged regional peace and stability,” the ministry said on its website.

“The Chinese side expresses its strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition,” the statement said.

The sail-past fits a U.S. policy of pushing back against China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. U.S. ally the Philip-pines welcomed the move as a way of helping maintain “a balance of power.”

Since 2013, China has accelerated the creation of new outposts by piling sand atop reefs and atolls then adding buildings, ports and airstrips big enough to handle bombers and fighter jets — activities seen as an attempt to change the territorial status quo by changing the geography. Navy officials had said the sail-past was necessary to assert the U.S. position that China’s man-made islands cannot be considered sovereign territory with the right to surrounding territorial waters.

International law permits military vessels the right of “innocent passage” in transiting other country’s seas without notification. China’s Foreign Ministry, though, labeled the ship’s actions as illegal.(ap)

China warns US Navy after ship sails by Chinese-built island

Turkish police detain 30 in raid against Islamic State - Dogan

Death toll reaches 311 in quake-hit Pakistani, Afghan areas

PESHAWAR — Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day’s earthquake rose to 311.

AP Photo/Naveed Ali

A Pakistani boy examines a house damaged caused by massive earthquake in Mingora, the main town of Swat valley, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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A masked police officer walks as armoured police vehicles block a road leading to the site of armed clashes with militants in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015.

TABANAN - Fluctuations in the price of chili and shallots contribute to government concern over inflation. The government has therefore allocated funds for the cultivation of both of these horticultural commodities in 2015. Tabanan is receiving a ration to cover 41 hectares for the cultivation of large red chili and small red chili. A budget from the de-concentrated fund worth IDR 1000 million per hectare is being allocated for horticultural cultivation.

Division Head of the Horticultural Production Development for the Tabanan Agriculture and Horticulture Agency, Gusti Putu Wiadnyana, said on Sunday (Oct. 25) that Baturiti subdistrict has been set as the location for large red chili cultiva-tion, while Marga and Tabanan for the cultivation of small red chili. “We are not cultivating shallot because Tabanan does not have a specific area for developing this crop,” said Wiadnyana.

He added that chili cultivation on the 41 hectares of land is divided into 30 hectares intended for large red chilies, while the remaining 11 hectares are for small red chilies. Farmers are also getting assistance for buying farming tools and materials as well as for production means like seedlings, non-subsidized NPK fertilizer, organic liquid fertilizer, fungicides, plastic mulch, water pumps, hoses and water barrels with a capacity of 2,000 liters. “Almost all the assistance has been handed over to the farmers. We are proposing to get the as-sistance for small hand tractors and insect nets,” he said.

In the development of chili cultivation, farmers will be provided with training in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) field school as a way to improve the knowledge, abilities and skills of farmers in applying the GAP principles to red chilies. “GAP field school will be held next Sunday in seven locations, three in Marga and four in Baturiti,” said Wiadnyana.

Red chili cultivation in Tabanan uses a hose system due to the slopping condition the land there. Hose systems are used at a total of 82 points with a minimum land area of 5,000 square meters per point. “Modern systems cannot be applied in Tabanan because the land is sloping. Therefore, we use the hose system,” he said.

Through this cultivation, the price of chilies in Tabanan is expected to be stablelised and can be maintained instead of continuing to steadily increase. Accord-ing to Wiadnyana, chili is experiencing a trend towards increasing prices on major holidays, during the rainy season and during long dry seasons. “Through this cultivation process we hope to avoid the attack of diseases and uncertain weather conditions that often affects chilli plants. Later on, the availability of chilies on the market is expected to stabilize,” said Wi-adnyana. (kmb24)

“It is like cows “driving” cows,” stated Deputy Chairman of the Karangasem House of Representatives, Nyoman Karya Kartika, and legislator from Bantas, Kubu, Nengah Rinten, in Amlapura, on Monday (Oct. 26).

Karya Kartika said that residents of Be-long hamlet, Ban, have to pay IDR 300,000 per tank truck of water because the pipeline of clean water in the area is not effective. Likewise, the retention basin project at Daya hamlet has not able to overcome the water crisis. “When the dry sea on is extended as it is this year, farmers are forced to sell their cattle in order to support their families and purchase clean water. They have no other source of income, because the harvest sea-son of cashew is over, and mangoes do not produce good result,” he said.

Some of their cattle are sold to reduce the risk of losses. During the dry season, breeders not only lack water for their cattle but fodder is also hard to come by because

the grasses and leaves that cattle usually eat wither and fall. Most cattle breeders then rely on sengauk or hay to feed their cows. “If they do not sell off some of their cattle, breeders risk serious losses as their remain-ing cattle grow thinner from lack of feed. Whats more cattle need to drink even more during the dry season because it is so dry,” explained Kartika.

Nengah Rinten, a resident from the barren area of Bantas hamlet, Baturinggit, Kubu, said that his village suffers from a severe water crisis. Some time ago, clean water was supplied by the local disaster mitigation agency and private companies.

Karya Kartika reiterated that he is very concerned about the yearly water crisis in Kubu. He said that the water pipeline project like the one at Kesian spring at Ban village has been ineffective. After being dredged with heavy equipment four years ago, the spring still discharges only a small amount of water despite the more than IDR

1 billion spent on extra pipping that was provided through Karangasem’s budget (IDR 600,000) and the assistance of an NGO from Denpasar.

Kartika explained that the pipelines have not been effective in addressing the water crisis in Ban village, because of poor man-agement. The pipped water was managed ineffectively by different groups and often became a source of conflict because some people did not have access to water while others tapped the source upstream preventing water from reaching downstream residents. “I have suggested that the government of Karangasem or the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) takes over the management of the water pipelines. In reality, my input was not implemented and so far people are still fac-ing a clean water crisis,” he said woefully.

There is also a retention basin project, but residents do not want to use the water from the retention basin because it looks green and contains a lot of leaves. “After the rainy season the reservoir was full but surrounding residents only use it for drink-ing water for their cattle. It is not suitable for human consumption such as cooking and other household needs,” said Karya Kartika. (013)

Chili cultivation, Tabanan rationed 41 hectares

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The cows don”t get enough water during the dry season

Water crisis due to prolonged dry season

Cow ‘drinks’ cowAMLAPURA - The prolonged dry season is making farmers and breeders in

Kubu subdistrict and other arid regions in Karangasem suffer. The retention basin project has proved to be ineffective in coping with the drought. People are still having to sell their cows just to buy drinking water for their other cattle -it is like cows drinking cows.

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The biennial event will also focus on self-driving cars and the latest environmental technology as firms look to tap growing demand for green vehicles, seen as the next evolution in the global automotive industry.

“This year, autonomous driving will be a big trend, with the Japanese automakers really showing what they are trying to do and trying to show that they can match, if not do better, than what Silicon Valley is up to,” said Hans Greimel, Asia editor for the Automotive News.

The show’s 44th edition, which kicks off Wednesday and runs until November 8, will feature 160 ex-hibitors including global auto giants and parts suppliers from a dozen countries.

It starts a week after Honda said it would put a commercialised self-driving car on the road by 2020, challenging rivals Toyota and Nissan, which are also betting on the future of vehicles that can drive and, in some case, park themselves.

Google has been testing self-driving cars in Silicon Valley, as have US-based Tesla and Gen-eral Motors, while Nissan has vowed to put an experimental

automated car on Japan’s highways as soon as 2016.

At the show, Nis-san, a leader in elec-tric vehicles (EV), will show off an EV concept car without knobs and buttons, replaced by tablet-

style touch screens fea-turing controls and maps

on a white instrument panel.Music, videogames and movies can

also be played on the screens.“The car becomes a digital space

when it’s parked,” said Nissan product planning general manager Hidemi Sasaki.

“You can use it as a gaming room,

movie theatre...or you can chat online with your friends.”

Toyota’s Kikai vehicle conjures images of the Terminator films with some of a usually hidden underbelly -- including fuel tank and hoses -- exposed, giving an inside look at the car’s machinery.

The automaker said its concept car shows off “the fundamental appeal of machines: their fine craftsmanship, their beauty, simplicity, and their fas-cinating motion”. Toyota and Honda will also exhibit their latest fuel-cell offerings, after Toyota last year started selling the world’s first mass market fuel-cell car in Japan.

Toyota is hoping to sell tens of thousands of the four-door Mirai -- which is powered by hydrogen and emits nothing but water vapour from its tailpipe -- over the next decade, as it looks to stop producing fossil-fuel based cars altogether by 2050.

Honda’s rival fuel-cell features a cruising range of more than 700 kilometres (430 miles), and gener-ates electricity that could help supply power to a local community in an emergency situation, it said.

Toyota’s FCV Plus similarly func-tions as a power source for homes and communities as the auto giant aims to turn fuel cell vehicles from “eco-cars into energy-cars”, it said.

The firm’s hybrid gasoline-electric offerings, including the Prius, have sold more than eight million units since their launch in 1997.

But a limited driving range and lack of refuelling stations have hampered development of fuel-cell and all-electric cars, which environmentalists say could play a vital role in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and slowing global warming.

Again this year, most US-based automakers, which have not attended the Tokyo Motor Show since before the global financial crisis, are staying away, a reflection of their puny pres-ence in the Japanese market. (afp)

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This computer rendering provided by Honda Motor Co., shows Honda’s new FCV model, whose name is set to be announced at The Tokyo Motor Show, opening to the public Oct. 30, 2015.

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This computer rendering provided by Toyota Motor Corp.

shows Toyota FCV Plus, a concept model that highlights Toyota’s vision for

its future fuel cell. The Tokyo Motor Show, opening to the public Oct. 30, 2015 at Tokyo

Big Sight convention hall, will be packed with futuristic eye-catching vehicles that drive them-selves, offer online information in dazzling ways and are so green they are zero-emissions.

Toyota Motor Corporation via AP

This computer rendering provided by Toyota Motor Corp. shows Toyota Kikai. At Tokyo Motor Show, starting Oct. 30, 2015, Toyota is showing is the fantasmic toy-like Kikai, which means “machine” in Japanese, a three-seater concept model that purposely shows the parts of a car usually hidden from view, such as the fuel tank, exhaust pipes and even moving tires, as well as the swiftly moving road underneath.

TOKYO - Toyota’s three-seater exoskeleton car and an electric vehicle with touch screens that turn it into a “digital space” are among the concept models that will be on display at the Tokyo Motor Show this week.

Tokyo Motor Show

Firms target digital-savvy, eco-conscious drivers

“The function between the amount of water in Bali during the rainy season and the dry season is considerable. During the dry season, there is a lot less water available, yet people need for domestic and other uses of water, remains the same” said Prof. I Nyoman Norken, PhD from the Faculty of Engineering at Udayana University.

Norken asserted that the phe-nomenon of yearly severe water shortages in Bali is directly re-

lated to the poor management of water resources on the island. Bali has yet to be able to store water during rainy season for use during dry season. Water should be man-aged globally not by each county or municipality. If this system of water management continues, regions whose water sources dry up during the dry season, will continue to experience drought every year.

“Bali must be managed as a single island in terms of wa-

ter management. It cannot be managed by area because many areas like Tabanan, Gianyar and Klungkung have abundant water during rainy season while other areas have little or none. We also need to managing water in such a way that we have a stock for the dry season by making dams and reservoirs,” he explained.

Norken added that the supply of clean water needs to be taken very seriously considering how mush water is distributed for the needs of tourism. The demand for drinking water, especially in urban areas, increase every year, yet water providers are not able to meet the demand. (kmb32)

AMLAPURA - The Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency will register terteran and usaba sumbu traditions as a cultural heritages with the Ministry of Education and Culture. Division Head of the Arts and Culture for the Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency, Made Suradnyani, revealed this cultural conservation effort during a public meeting at the Wantilan Hall of the government of Karangasem, recently.

Both the usaba sumbu tradition of Timbrah customary village and the terteran tradition of Jasri customary village will be registered through the Bali Culture Agency. The regis-tration process will be done gradu-ally because Karangasem has many cultural traditions that need to be registered. Other traditions include; the geret pandan or pandanus war of Tenganan Pegringsingan, selonding gamelan music, genjek acappella, gebug ende war dance and others. “Currently, no traditions have been registered and only two traditions are being proposed at present. They cannot all be registered all at once due to budgetary obstacle,” said Suradnyani.

Karangasem is one of several regions that have diverse cultural heritages, especially related to tradi-tions and cultures. Some traditions remain to survive because they are related to religious rituals. But the majority of Karangasem’s traditions are on the verge of disappearing. Some traditions have already “gone extinct” such as many traditional games that have been replaced by technology gadgets. Cultural products and traditions need to be preserved and protected from

“extinction”.Head of the Culture and Tour-

ism Agency, I Wayan Purna, said that in connection with the plan to register these traditions as cultural heritages, great efforts are required to keep them alive for the next gen-eration. His institution welcomes the Directorate of Internalization

of Values and Cultural Diplomacy, Directorate General of Education and Culture, through the Institute for Preservation of Balinese Cul-tural Values’ programs for cultural preservation.

The terteran tradition is held every Pengerupukan (the day be-fore Nyepi). The implementation

of this tradition is quite unique and sacred, and finvolves a fire war between groups of residents. This event has always drawn the attention of residents and visitors to Karangasem.

Likewise, the usaba sumbu at Timbrah customary village, is a unique annual ritual. Each head

of household presents a roasted suckling pig to the Pura Panti Kaler. Thus, there are thousands of roasted suckling pigs piled up in front of the palanquin of the local sanctified effigies. Another unique thing is the establishment of an axis composed of a variety of natural materials as high as 15 meters. (kmb31)

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Denpasar police general crime chief Reinhard Habonaran Nainggolan shows to the press a picture of Indian Rajen-dra Sadashiv Nikalje at Denpasar police station on Bali island on October 27, 2015.

Water management needs to be island-wide

DENPASAR - Drought remains a problem for some areas in Bali especially during the dry season. This year El Niño is engulfing the Island of the Gods making things worse. In fact Bali has a lot of rainfall - more than 2000 mm per year.

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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TABANAN - Established on May 30, 2011, ‘Tanteri’ Museum of Ceramics is located in Tabanan Bali and managed by Tanteri Foundation. This ceramic museum showcases various kinds of pottery and ce-ramics which have been made in Pejaten as well as various types of ceramics that found in Indonesian archipelago. The name of the museum ‘Tanteri’ has significant meaning. The word ‘Tanteri’ was derived from the name of a very important figure, who has given a large contribution in the development of ceramics craft in Pejaten village. Beside this figure, there are also other people who contributed in the development of ceramic art in Pejaten, namely: I Wayan Kerta, Mangku Kuturan, and I Made Durya.

I Made Tanteri was the head of Pejaten village who gave a lot of attention to the construction and development of ceramic art in this village. He devoted his life for 29 years as the head of the village and be-

cause of its pioneering work; in 1986 he has awarded the Upakerti Award from the President of the Republic of Indonesia in Jakarta. Another figure who also contributed to the development of the art of pottery craft in Pejaten village is Hester Tjebbes, an artist and a ceramic consultant from Netherlands who have introduced a ceramics art with high-temperature combustion. Starting in 1984 when he became acquainted with the pottery community in Pejaten village, when then he became very close to the local lead-ers, I Made Tanteri. At that time the Pejaten village, where most of the villagers were dependent on tile and pottery industry was expected to experience difficulties in obtain-ing raw materials so that they were asked to find alternative livelihoods. Therefore, in 1985, Hester Tjebbes advised them to make ceramics with high-temperature combustion technique. He suggested that, on the basis that the local people already have the expertise

in making pottery. In 1985, a unit of train-ing and development of high temperature ceramics was established with funding from the HIVOS Dutch Foundation.

This training has produced many ceramics

workshops which established in almost every corner of the village, like Pejaten Ceramic, Dwisula Ceramic, Ngurah Ceramic, Kuturan Pottery and Ceramic, Trinadi Ceramic, Miasa Ceramic, Tanteri Ceramic, and many others.

Tanteri Museum of Ceramic Arts

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The Suwung landfill alone is a major source of pollution for the surrounding environment as well as for the groundwater. This environmental destruction endangers the health of sur-rounding communities and also tarnishes the image of tourism in Bali.

“It definitely harms the im-age of tourism, as the landfill is clearly visible as people fly into Bali and is also visible from the toll road. The Sawung landfill exudes a wretched stench and the surrounding communities have been com-plaining. Our leaders need to respond to these complaints and seek to resolve the prob-lem. If the government takes action, the people will follow. Public awareness is still not optimal,” he added.

Head of the Bali Develop-ment Planning Board (Bappe-da), Putu Astawa, also rec-ognizes that the problem of garbage in Bali is quite dis-turbing to the tourism sector. BAPPEDA has tried to educate

the public about managing garbage independently and requires counties and mu-nicipalities to deal with plastic waste management by involv-ing junk banks and customary villages that have to buy plastic waste from the public at a high prices.

“The Suwung landfill is spread over an area of 32 hect-ares. So far, PT NOEI, who run the landfill, have still not found ways of managing the garbage there adequately, and need to be looking for solu-tions. Hopefully, the handling of garbage at the landfill can be done more quickly and some of the garbage be used to generate electricity,” he said.

Astawa added that currently there are more and more inves-tors interested in transforming garbage into electricity. Some have already applied for permis-sion to conduct surveys related to the matter. The survey process takes three to six months after which a feasibility study is re-quired. “After the survey and the feasibility study, a system of cooperation needs to be set up. The whole process is quite long,” he said. (kmb32)

Nyoman, a Kuta surfer says that Bali, as Indonesia’s most popular tourist attraction, still faces major obstacles in dealing with the problem of garbage. Actually, cleanup activi-ties are down regularly including on the beaches.

“Clean-up activities take place regularly but they are not a solution because the garbage keeps coming. If we do a clean up today, there is already more garbage tomorrow,” he said.

Head of the Badung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP), Putu Eka Merthawan, also admitted

that peak tourist season not only means more tourists in Badung, but also contributes to an increase in the volume of garbage. Accord-ing to their data, garbage increases from approximately 250 tons of waste per day in the off season to 275 tons in peak season. “Tourism is a significant contributing factor to the volume of waste, especially from the service sector such as hotels and restaurants,” explained Merthawan.

The surge in the volume of waste, said Merthawan, only comes from hotels and restaurants, while pub-

lic places remain the same. “The amount of garbage on the streets, remains stable throughout the year with a daily average of 10 tons. This is because the public in general and tourists in particular are littering less and less,” he said.

In order to cope with the surge in the volume of waste during peak tour-ist season, the DKP transports waste three times a day, at six o’clock in the morning, in the afternoon and again in the evening. “There are special measures employed to cope with the increase of garbage during tourisms high season, with special attention given to tourist areas that produce a lot of garbage like in Kuta. This is so that garbage is not seen to be pil-ing up on the streets,” he explained. (par)

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The Suwung landfill is a major source of pollution for the surrounding environment as well as for the groundwater. This environmental destruction endangers the health of surrounding communities and also tarnishes the image of tourism in Bali.

IBP/Yudi Karnaedi

Garbage piled up in Kuta Beach during rainy season. Waste problem has become a scourge on Badung tourism. This problem is extremely apparent on roadsides, in rivers, downtown and at tourist attractions.

Garbage: Scourge on Badung tourism

THE WASTE problem has become a scourge on Badung tour-ism. This problem is extremely apparent on roadsides, in rivers, downtown and at tourist attractions. An increasing number of tourists are complaining about this problem.

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8 men up for FIFA presidential race on deadline day to enter

Fans who lined the red carpet not only got to see Daniel Craig — resplendent in a dark tuxedo and earthy smile — and glamorous co-stars Lea Seydoux and Monica Bellucci, but could also catch a glimpse of Prince William, his wife Kate, and Prince Harry, still sport-ing a beard.

All eyes were on Kate, the Duch-ess of Cambridge, who was among the last to arrive at the Royal Albert Hall before the film rolled. She chose a light blue Jenny Packham

dress for the event.The two princes wore tuxedos,

which have been something of a Bond trademark since the days when Sean Connery played 007 for the first time in “Dr. No” in 1962.

The royals, who arrived in a Bentley, were greeted by director Sam Mendes and co-producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Craig, accompanied by his film star wife Rachel Weisz, patiently posed for dozens of selfies with adoring fans. He told report-ers he had “loved every minute” he’s spent as Bond and declined to answer questions about whether he would return for a fifth turn as the sexy, world-saving British agent.

Seydoux wore a shimmering gold

backless gown for the night that marked her emergence as the latest in a long line of romantic interests for the suave British agent. Bellucci, also a love interest in the film, wore a dark gown with a plunging neckline. Naomie Harris, reprising her role as loyal Miss Moneypenny, wore a low-cut full length orange dress to the premiere.

They were joined by Christoph Waltz, the Academy Award win-ner recruited to play villain Franz Oberhauser, who challenges Bond in a series of exotic locales, and Ben Whishaw, who has an expanded role as the gadget master Q.

British critics have praised the film and Craig’s performance. (ap)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Melissa Benoist, star of CBS’ new series “Supergirl,” wasn’t a comic-book geek or fan girl when she was growing up.

“My favorite superhero was Michael Keaton as ‘Batman,’” she said in a recent interview.

She also wasn’t athletic or sporty.

“I’m not coordinated in that way. ... I would have moments where I felt confident and where I felt strong and brave and like I could do anything. But then, like everyone else, I have really, really awkward, horribly awkward, mo-ments,” Benoist said.

She stars as Superman’s caped cousin, Kara Zor-El, known as Kara Danvers, in the new “Supergirl” series, which premieres Monday night.

The audition process was a long one, but Benoist, 27, best known for her role as Marley Rose on “Glee,” was a standout.

“We were like, ‘We have to get a

diamond ring for that girl,’ but then we still needed to date the nation,” said executive producer Ali Adler. “We had to see maybe a thousand more women, and we never stopped being in love with Melissa.”

Benoist recalled learning about the part and realizing that it was special.

“The second that I saw in my email inbox the title ‘Supergirl,’ I just knew automatically that it was something important and it was something exciting and rare and that I wanted to be a part of it,” said Benoist. “From there it was kind of that’s where the journey started.”

In this version of “Supergirl,” Kara doesn’t arrive on Earth until she is 13, so she remembers planet Krypton. Viewers will see flash-backs of Kara’s mother, Alura, played by Laura Benanti.

Kara has known all along that she has superpowers, but she’s been afraid to use them. Now, 10 years later, she’s ready to embrace her abilities and help fight crime. (ap)

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, centre, meets ac-tor Daniel Craig, right, with direc-tor Sam Mendes at left, during the World Premiere of the new James Bond film Spectre, in London, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015.

Royals and 007 cast give sparkle to ‘Spectre’ world premiere

LONDON — The new James Bond flick “Spectre” got a royal seal of approval at its world premiere Monday night.

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Melissa Benoist joins Superman family as ‘Supergirl’ on CBS

Charles Sykes/Invision/APIndonesian President Joko

Widodo is making his first Wash-ington visit since winning power a year ago, and is keen to drum up American investment in a flagging economy. U.S. companies complain that economic protectionism makes it difficult to do business there.

“Indonesia intends to join the TPP,” Widodo said in the Oval Of-fice, referring to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. He provided no other details, but described the Indone-sian economy as open.

Obama said Widodo was leading Indonesia in the “right direction.”

“We want to be a partner with you,” he said.

Indonesia had previously ex-pressed interest in joining TPP but this is the strongest indication yet that it is serious about joining the pact, which the U.S. has negotiated with 11 other nations. Once the pact is ratified and takes effect — a process that could take a couple of years — it would cut tariffs and streamline trade rules among na-tions that account for 40 percent of global GDP.

It could prove a tough sell in Indonesia, where Widodo faces

stiff opposition to liberalizing the economy. According the World Bank’s 2015 Ease of Doing Busi-ness rankings, Indonesia was 172nd out of 189 economies in the area of contract enforcement.

Speaking at a separate forum Monday, U.S. Trade Representa-tive Michael Froman said the U.S. has had “serious concerns” about investment barriers in Indonesia. He did not specifically address the prospect of Indonesia joining TPP, but said “other countries who are able and willing to meet its stan-dards, can potentially accede.”

Obama and Widodo also dis-cussed climate change and coun-terterrorism against groups like the Islamic State. Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation and largely moderate.

Another agenda item was mari-time security cooperation, Obama said, alluding to tensions in the South China Sea, where U.S. of-ficials say a Navy ship is about to sail inside what China considers its territorial waters around the disputed Spratly Islands. China has built artificial islands in the area to bolster its sovereignty claim.

In a joint statement, the two presidents called for all parties to refrain from actions that raise ten-sions, but did not mention China by name. They affirmed the impor-tance of freedom of navigation and overflight.

Indonesia balances its relations between the U.S. and China — which is an even more important source of trade and investment than America. Indonesia is not a

claimant in the South China Sea, but is concerned about China’s ex-pansive maritime claims that may infringe on the territorial waters of the Natuna islands that is part of the Indonesian archipelago.

Widodo has put little focus on foreign relations since he won elec-tion last year on a wave of popular support. His visit, which began Sunday, is a chance to build a rap-port with Obama, who spent part of his childhood in Indonesia. (ap)

THE PROBLEM of waste in Bali needs serious handling by the public, the government and the private sector. Piles of garbage at the Suwung land-

fill, for example, are already 10 meters high. Many fear that the

lack of adequate garbage disposal facilities in Bali is harming the image of tourism which is Bali’s main source of income.

Chairman of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, Nengah Tamba recently suggested that Badung and Den-pasar create an effective, eco-friendly waste disposal plant. “Indeed if it is discussed seri-ously, Badung and Denpasar are rich areas so they should be able to find a solution. Why not make an eco-friendly and effective waste management plant? We are just waiting for our leaders to take the problem of waste disposal seriously,” he said.

Tamba is calling on the leaders of Badung and Denpasar to also sit down with the gover-nor of Bali in order to address this problem. Currently, problems related to garbage dis-posal are alarmingly serious.

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President Barack Obama shake hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. This is Widodo’s first visit to the U,S. since becoming President of Indonesia.

Indonesia to join Asia trade pactWASHINGTON — Indonesia’s leader looked to cement his

nation’s growing ties with the United States, declaring after a meeting Monday with President Barack Obama that Southeast Asia’s largest economy intended to join a sweeping U.S.-backed Pacific Rim trade deal.

Garbage tarnishing image of tourism