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This matter was revealed in ameeting between the BadungHouse and Badung Regency Gov-ernment with the Commissioner,Board of Directors and GWKFoundation in the office ofBadung House.

At the meeting led by Chair-man of the Badung House, INyoman Giri Prasta, NyomanNuarta stated that so far his partywent through many obstacles inthe GWK mega project. He men-tioned that turmoil in the reformera, the Bali bombings and a num-ber of existing rules, had become

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Tourists visiting GWK.

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JAKARTA - An alleged mas-termind of the 2002 Bali bomb-ings that killed more than 200people will be repatriated soon toIndonesia from Pakistan where hewas arrested this year, accordingto the foreign minister.

The most wanted Islamic ex-tremist in Southeast Asia, UmarPatek, was arrested in March inAbbottabad in Pakistan, the sametown where US special forceskilled Al-Qaeda leader Osamabin Laden just weeks later.

Foreign Minister MartyNatalegawa said the alleged co-ordinator of the 2002 Bali bomb-

Development ofGWK will be resumed

Continued on page 6

Indonesia expects Balibomb suspect home ‘soon’

ings that killed more than 200people would be extradited to In-donesia “soon rather than later”.

He told journalists the govern-ment wanted to ensure the process“proceeds smoothly” and did notgive the alleged terrorist a stageto rally his supporters.

“We do not want to create self-fulfilling, self-creating attentionto a person who doesn’t deservepublicity,” Natalegawa said.

Authorities are continuing toinvestigate Patek to “ensure that heis held accountable for the crime,”which he allegedly committed be-fore Indonesia had a specific anti-terrorism law on its books.

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DENPASAR - Having been in long dormant, the area andGaruda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) statue, Jimbaran, is toutedto be resumed. Even, continuation of the project is mentionedto become the end of people’s protracted wait for the real-ization of GWK. Initiator of the area and GWK statue,Nyoman Nuarta, was even very optimistic if the entire areaof GWK could be completed within three years.

an impediment for the realizationof GWK integrated area. But inessence, the funding was the mainconstraint.

Nuarta also explained that sev-eral funding options had previ-ously been performed. For ex-ample, asking for help to govern-ment from the era of PresidentSuharto, bank consortium up tothe funding plan from Australiaand Korea. Unfortunately, none ofthem could be realized. “Thepromise of government could notbe realized.Continued on page 6

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Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Despite surplus on the local Baliagriculture lands it seems importingrice is still happening. Policy on riceimport is part of centralgovernment’s policy in strengthenthe national food stock remember-ing the rice from farmers are stillsmall percent as climate anomalyand pests caused delay on harvestalso farmers rice price is abovegovernment’s buying price (HPP) asexplained by Head of Bali Bulog Re-gional Division last Friday (5/8).

He clarified all this time inves-tors who want to invest do givean explanation connecting to theinvestment object such as fortourism they have to know whichplace is best. For 2011, Bali tar-geted IDR 15.79 trillion withgrowth IDR 4 trillion for PMAand PMDN. That number in-creased from 2010’s IDR 12.9trillion with realisation PMA andPMDN IDR 3.1 trillion. “PMAare handled by central govern-ment and have to obey to theregulations of their investment

Denpasar (Bali Post) –

Until now Bali Living Environ-ment Board is still observingaround 30 pollution influence in-dustries most located on the shoresof Bali being from hotels, restau-rants, fish industries, glass facto-ries and dying industries. From theresult so far, 40 percent of it provedto have no good waste manage-ment while starred hotels are goodin not causing any pollution as theyhave applied sewage treatmentplan according to Head of theBoard, Ir. A.A. Gede Alit

Second Term,Second Term,Second Term,Second Term,Second Term,Bali InvestmentBali InvestmentBali InvestmentBali InvestmentBali InvestmentReached IDR 4.4Reached IDR 4.4Reached IDR 4.4Reached IDR 4.4Reached IDR 4.4TrillionTrillionTrillionTrillionTrillionDenpasar (Bali Post) –

Bali Modal Board (BPM) noted down in the second term of2011 Bali’s investment has reached IDR 4.4 trillion where mostcome from State Enterprises (PMDN) IDR 3 billion and 30 per-cent from Foreign investors (PMA) IDR 1,4 trillion as explainedby Head of the Boards Observation Section, Suta Astawa. Tohim this is very conducive and mirrored by the demanding in-vestors. “On this second term 97 percent to third sector mostlyto tourism,” he explained last Friday (5/8).

destination. The big ones comefrom USA, Australia, Holland,Germany, Canada, South Koreaand France,” he continued.

In other hand Bali Hotel Asso-ciation (BHA) Executive Director,Djinaldi Gosana, predicted thisyear hotel rooms in Bali will reachmore than 10,000 rooms as newhotels are on their way with theirproject permits out before govern-ment applies moratorium. This isgoing to be a strong and challeng-ing competition to all hotel own-ers here. (par)

Mangupura (Bali Post) –

The people of Kuta is being an-noyed as a pipe construction tak-ing place at Setia Budi Street thatwas never coordinated with theVillage’s official also Badung In-frastructure and Waters Agencyhave caused total traffic in KutaRaya Street the past three days re-membering the area has just fin-ished placing fibre optic cables asexplained by Head of PublicSource Institution (LPM) for Kuta,Nyoman Graha Wicaksana last Fri-day (5/8). He is now questioning

Pipe ConstructionDisturbs Kuta

if Kuta join work in digging to-gether to anticipate open closeholes on the roads.

Head of the Agency, IB SuryaSuamba, confirmed that there wasno coordination in this construc-tion. According to information, thisconstruction was done by PTTirtaartha Bauana under BadungMunicipal Water Works. TheAgency has sent complain to theproject owner in asking permissionto the Agency first. And for the joinwork it will happen on 2012 forKuta as Kuta will be the first oneto apply it so. (kmb25)

40 Percent of Industries,Waste Management Still Unwell

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One of the gutter in Denpasar filled with wastess

Sastrawan, M.T. to Bali Post lastFriday (5/8).

According to Alit, almost half ofthe industries did not optimise theirwaste management by not applyingthe standard and thinking of the af-fect to the environment. “Most useseptic tank like in housing whichpotentially pollutes environment,”he added. Even so, the pollutionlevel is not in danger as there is nometal substance pollution. For that,Sastrawan and his Board will givewarning letters and guidance tothem and clarified he will ask themanagement to manage their

wastes well. “They are ready to fixtheir waste management as soon aspossible,” he stated.

As told before, this observationwas taken action after BLH Bali’sobservation on sea water sampleswhich dangerous substances such asChemical Oxygen Demand (COD)and Biological Oxygen Demand(BOD) were found more than itsnormal limit also nitrate and nitritemore than the environment’s needin 13 beaches of Bali mostly inSouth Bali, the most growing tour-ism area in Bali, such as Kuta, Sokaand Candidasa. (kmb13)

It was said even though Bulog hasgiven a special price such as drymowed paddy (gabah) its HPP havegone up to IDR 4,100 per kg insteadof IDR 3,045 per kg while rice itsHPP up to IDR 6,100 per kg insteadof IDR 5,060 per kg still won’t getits target from local farmers 3,2 per-cent which instead 1,5 percent ful-filled. To him the imported rice wasto reach the target for those in pov-erty 2,000 tonnes per month andArmy essentials also for nature di-sasters. “Bali’s stock reached 6,000tonnes and another 5,000 came from

Surplus, Bali Still Import RiceEast Java this week so it reached11,000 tonnes for the next 5 months,”he explained.

Meanwhile for those in poverty,Head of Public Service Section of theDivision, Drs. Wayan Suyasa, ex-plained IDR 1,600 per kg has beenroutinely distributed to 713 point ofvillages where mostly to Buleleng with600 tonnes per month, Karangasem538 tonnes, Bangli 201 tonnes,Klungkung 119 tonnes, Tabanan 174tonnes, Gianyar 112 tonnes, Jembrana85 tonnes, Badung 57 tonnes andDenpasar 53 tonnes. (bit)

3International Bali News Monday, August 8, 2011

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Until the second quarter, Bali’s

economy grew by 2.17 percent. Thisfigure showed an increase over theprevious quarter reaching 0.75 per-cent. The recent economic growthwas fully driven by all economicsectors with the highest growth oc-curred in transport and communi-cation sector. Meanwhile, the cumu-lative economic growth in the firsthalf of 2011 compared to the sameperiod in the previous year grew by6.22 percent.

Head of Central StatisticsAgency (BPS) of Bali Province,Gede Suarsa, rated that accelerationof Bali’s economy in the secondquarter was faster than in the previ-ous quarter. Highest growth rateoccurred in the transport and com-munication sector namely by 3.35percent despite the previous quar-ter went through contraction (nega-tive growth) at minus 2.07 percent.The main contributor to the highrate of growth in the transport sub-sector was the air transport thatgrew by 5.06 percent and marinetransportation by 5.03 percent.

“Various activities organized inBali indicated significant effect tothe number of domestic and for-eign tourists visit to Bali so as toencourage the transportation sec-tor,” said Gede Suarsa in Denpasaron Friday (Aug 5).

“If the farmland is getting fewer,the water availability should be ad-equate. However, in fact the water isalso increasingly difficult,” said one ofthe sharecropping farmers in NorthDenpasar on Friday (Aug 5). Suchsluggish water condition was experi-enced by some owners of farmland atthe Subak Sembung and Sukun,Peguyangan Kaja. Since a few monthsago, the farmers had complained be-cause the water irrigation flowing totheir farmland was disrupted. His partyhad attempted to report the matter tosubak chief until local village official.

Related to the complaints of farm-ers, the Head of Denpasar AgriculturalAgency, Gede Ambara Putra, said thedisturbance of farmer’s water hap-pened because the irrigation channelwas out of order. However, since theauthority to renovate the irrigationchannel lay in other institutions, his

SAMBANGAN Village inSukasada Subdistrict is prob-ably the only vil lage inBuleleng and even in Baliwhich has nine waterfalls. It isdearly amazing. More impres-sively, all the waterfalls are lo-cated in extraordinarily pristinecountryside with verdant hillsand winding rivers. Seeingsuch potential, people directlyguess that Sambangan Villageindeed deserves to be made atourist destination.

Indeed, i t is t rue.Sambangan Village is nowbusy arranging the region intoa tourist destination. But, thetourism developed is eco-tour-ism without spoiling the na-ture. Aside from the beauty ofwaterfalls, the type of tourismon offer is the promenade byriverside and exploring localcaves and wild bushes. “Wecontinue to develop tourismwhile arranging the naturehere. We are also protecting theenvironment because thesprings, rivers and waterfallsare closely related to agricul-tural activities in this region,”said Village Chief ofSambangan, Nyoman SelametArya.

Sambangan Village with anarea 7.67 square kilometers in-habited by some 4,828 popula-tion had arranged eight of thenine waterfalls existing at thevillage, including the Kembar,Dedari, Canging, Aling-Aling,Kroya, and Pucuk Waterfall.Altitude of the eight waterfallswas between 20 to 31 meterswith its own beauty. Even,Sambangan Village had beenstipulated as a tourist destina-tion since 2006.

Chief Selamet said that sincethe area established as a tour-ist destination, Sambangan Vil-lage gradually began to be in-troduced to outside world.Many tourists came to see theAling-Aling Waterfall whichhad the highest altitude at thevillage. The scenic Aling-AlingWaterfall was indeed verybeautiful. From a distance of40 meters, the waterfall lookedlike a clear white cloud flyingfrom the top of the hill to theoverlay of the river. At theKembar waterfall, more visi-tors took adventure tourism.

The tourism was handled in

Irrigation disturbed, farmers find difficulty to get waterIrrigation disturbed, farmers find difficulty to get waterIrrigation disturbed, farmers find difficulty to get waterIrrigation disturbed, farmers find difficulty to get waterIrrigation disturbed, farmers find difficulty to get waterDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Decline in the farmland area in Denpasar is not absolutelycaused by conversion of land into residential areas. A numberof farmlands owned by farmers at Peguyangan Kaja, for in-stance, even get annoyed by progressively dwindling water avail-ability. Ideally, the fewer users of irrigation water for agricul-ture, the more abundant irrigation water should be.

party could do nothing. “The matterof irrigation channel repair is beyondour authority. Nevertheless, we willcoordinate the matter with the publicworks,” he explained.

In the meantime, the Head of BaliPublic Works, Ketut Winarta, whenasked for his confirmation said thematter of irrigation was the authorityof Public Works. However, the author-ity of regency/city public works waslimited to only small irrigation chan-nels. Meanwhile, for the area of SubakSembung and Sukun going throughdisturbance was under the authority ofBali Public Works. “Reduction of thewater discharge to the farmland wascaused by the broken culvert in thenorth Daimaru mini market. It belongsto the authority of Bali Public Works.We’ve made coordination and it willbe repaired immediately,” saidWinarta. (kmb12)

Bali’s economy growsby 2.17 percentAgricultural sector the lowest

The data obtained from BPS Baliand authority of Ngurah Rai Airportshowed that passengers departingthrough the airport reached1,526,527 people during the secondquarter of 2011 or an increase of8.54 percent over the first quarterin the same year amounting to1,406,451 people. Such an increasealso occurred to the number of ar-rival passengers that rose by 14.11percent, but the number of transitpassengers dropped by 7.91 percent.

“In the meantime, condition ofthe processing industry in Balicould grow positively by 0.88 per-cent. By and large, this conditionwas supported by foreign touristsvisiting Bali with considerable posi-tive impact on the performance ofmanufacturing sector,” he ex-plained.

Nevertheless, if compared to thesecond quarter of 2010 (year onyear) the growth of agricultural sec-tor occupied the lowest positionnamely 1.50 percent of the Bali’sGDP experiencing 6.42 percentgrowth. Meanwhile, the dominanteconomic sector with high growthoccurred in the mining and quarrysector namely 15.07 percent. “Wethink the lowest growth happenedto agriculture because the produc-tion was declining due to diminish-ing harvest area and weather con-dition,” he added. (par)

Nine waterfalls at Sambangan VillageArranged for tourism,preserved for environment

a simple but quite professionalmanagement by tourism aware-ness group (Pokdarwis). It estab-lished two management groups tohandle the waterfall attractionconsisting of the Aling-AlingGroup and Cemara Group. Bothgroups were responsible for man-agement of the object, includingthe collection of admission fee ofvisitors. Other than waterfall, thegroup also had a trekking, camp-ing and meditation tourist attrac-tion. In order the contribution ofwaterfall attraction had the legalprotection, in early 2011 the vil-lage made a regulation concern-ing with Sambangan WaterfallTourist Attraction. “Essentially,the regulation organizes the en-tire Sambangan waterfall touristattraction for the benefit of resi-dents as a whole,” said ChiefSelamet Arya.

Interestingly, residents of

Sambangan Village did notonly take advantage of thenatural beauty to be sold totourists. Numerous waterfalls,rivers and springs in the areaalso made the village insepa-rable from the world of agricul-ture. Rice fields in the villagewere winding on the overlay ofhillside and roadside. To thatend, the waterfalls and riverswere persistently well pre-served. Residents routinelyconducted tree planting or re-forestation and always oversawin order the local residents andtourists did not throw anywaste into the r ivers. “Ifsprings discontinue to flow,waterfalls will consequentlystop and then there will be notourism and no agriculture sup-porting this village,” said an-other member of Pokdarwis ofSambangan Village. (ole)

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An officer of Sambangan, Selamet Arya, in front of one ofthe waterfalls in Sambangan Village

Activities Monday, August 8, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for July 9 through August 6, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date forit annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 daysaccording to Balinese calendar, including the smallerancestral shrine which each family possesses. Becauseof this practically every few days a ceremony of festi-val of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali.There are also times when the entire island celebratedthe same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan,Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day,Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place onthe same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. Whennew moon is used then the celebration always happens onnew moon or full moon. The day of course can differ thereligious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full daywith some temple celebrating for three days while the cel-ebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is neverless 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 dressedwith pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade,sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimespainted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifullyarranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. Infront of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellasdepending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides theseumbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributesof Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”,long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments ofyoung 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 andcolored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires thegrace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

09 JulPura Catur Buana Sanding, Tampaksiring - Gianyar

10 JulPura Peninjoan Besakih - Karangasem

16 JulPura pasek Gelgel Kukuh,Marga - TabananPasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg - TabananPasek Gelgel Mambang Selemadeg - TabananPura Puseh, Pura Desa Guwang, Sukawati - GianyarPura Dalem Setra Batununggul Sewana,Nusa Penida -

KlungkungPura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Ketewel - Gianyar

17 JulAci-aci Penaung Taluh di Penataran Besakih -KarangasemPura Gunung Kuripan LombokPura Tirta Besakih - KarangasemPura Purnama Camenggaon,Sukawati - GianyarPura Amerta Jati Komplek ALRI, Cinere - Jakarta Sel.Pura Jagatnatha SingarajaPura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Apuan,Susut - BangliPura Jagathitha Selong - Lombok TimurPura Agung Pasek Gelgel GoblegGobleg,Banjar - BulelengPura Desa, Pura Puseh Batur, Kitamani - BangliPura Asah (Alas Arum) Batur,Kintamani - BangliPura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk,Sukawati - GianyarPura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru - Lumajang,JatimPura Pengubengan Besakih - KarangasemPenataran Agung Sukawati - GianyarPura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah,Batur,Kintamani -BangliMerajan A. Puser Jagat MerantingBatukandik,Nusa Penida - Klungkung

23 JulMerajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi - Bangli

26 JulPura Puseh, Pura Desa Batua, Sukawati - GianyarPura Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi - badungPura Manik Mas Besakih - Karangasem

30 JulPura Kepisah Sumerta - DenpasarPura Pasek Gelgel Gerih, Abiansemal - BadungPura Puncaksari Penarukan, Peninjoan- BangliPura Anteg Sari Br Dangin Pangkung, Kediri-TabananPura Bangun Sakti Besakih - KarangasemPura Pesimpangan Batur Pande Dangin Pangkung, Kediri -Tabanan

01 AugOdalan Ida Ratu Geng PenataranBesakih - KarangasemIda Ratu Raja Puraus Mr. Saloding Besakih - Karangasem

03 AugPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kayuputih,Banjar -Buleleng

05 AugPura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi - BangliPura Beratan Baturiti - TabananPura Batu Klotok Lepang - KlungkungPura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari - TabananPura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel - TabananPura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit,Sawan - BulelengPura Dalem Waturenggong Tarokaja,Tegallalang - GianyarPura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanagiri Selemadeg - TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup - GianyarPura Mnik Bingin Ds Dukuh,Sidemen - Karangasem

06 AugPura Penataran Gana Bebalang - BangliPura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande - BangliPura Puncak Sari Abiansemal - BadungPasek Dadia A. Sanak Sapta Resi Peteluan,Sidan - GianyarPura Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan - BulelengPura Dalem Maya Br Teruna,Blahbatuh - Gianyar

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Monday, August 8, 20116 News

The area in London’s northexploded in anger Saturday nightafter a gathering to protest theThursday shooting by police ofthe 29-year-old.

Two patrol cars, a buildingand a double-decker bus weretorched as rioters clashed withofficers in front of TottenhamPolice Station, where people hadgathered to demand “justice” forMark Duggan.

Sirens could be heard acrossthe city as authorities rushed re-inforcements to the scene. Shopwindows were smashed as resi-dents looted stores, pushing

Reuters

ROME - Italian Prime Min-ister Silvio Berlusconi Saturdayruled out calling early electionsto stem market panic that haspounded Italian assets and forcedhis government to bring forwardausterity measures.

Berlusconi’s conservativegovernment has been weakenedby infighting, and the leftist op-position has called for a govern-ment of technocrats to restorecredibility in the country’s fi-nances. Italy is due to go to thepolls in 2013.

But Berlusconi dismissed anysuggestion of emulating Spain,where Prime Minister Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero has called anearly election to tackle the crisis.

Associated Press Writer

MONTERREY, Mexico — The dismembered bodies of four youngmen were dumped near a high school and five young men were found deadnear a middle school in two separate incidents in northern Mexico, offi-cials said Saturday.

The severed body parts of four men were stuffed into black garbagebags and dumped about 200 feet (60 meters) from a school in Sinaloa state,said state prosecutor’s office spokesman Martin Gastelum. The men wereages 20 to 25, he said.

The men had been abducted Tuesday by masked assailants in the city ofNavolato, Gastelum said.

The five other bodies were found near a middle school outside the north-ern industrial city of Monterrey, a Nuevo Leon state prosecution officialsaid. They were in the same age range as the bodies discovered in Sinaloaand they all had been shot in the head, said the official, who agreed toconfirm the incident only if he was not quoted by name

There was no sign the incidents were related and schools are currentlyclosed for summer vacation. But youths are increasingly caught up in fight-ing among rival drug cartels in both Sinaloa and Nuevo Leon.

Also Saturday, the Michoacan state prosecutor’s office said seven armedassailants were killed in a shootout with federal police in that western state.

A police convoy that included an armored car was patrolling the mu-nicipality of Tuxpan late Friday when it came upon a camp apparentlybeing used by a gang, prosecutors said. It said the gunmen shot first, aftera shout: “Here come the (men in) blue. Open Fire!”

AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld

Riot police looks on as fire rages through a building in Tottenham, north London Sunday, Aug.7, 2011. A demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shopswere set ablaze.

Police officer hospitalized,Police officer hospitalized,Police officer hospitalized,Police officer hospitalized,Police officer hospitalized,7 injured in UK riot7 injured in UK riot7 injured in UK riot7 injured in UK riot7 injured in UK riotAssociated Press Writer

LONDON — One police officer was hospitalized and seven others were injured during riotsin the deprived Tottenham area of London, police said Sunday, after a demonstration againstthe death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze.

shopping carts full of stolengoods down the street.

Police said around 300 peopletook part in the earlier demon-stration. Scotland Yard policecommander Stephen Watson onSunday described the scenes as“distressing,” but stressed publicsafety was “paramount.” He saidin a statement that police “areaware of raised tensions ... whichare understandable following thetragic death.”

“What we experienced earlieron yesterday evening was apeaceful protest outsideTottenham police station — there

was no indication it would dete-riorate in this way. For those whoinvolved themselves in this levelof violence, there is no excuse.”

Miles from the tourist hotspotsof central London, Tottenham isone of England’s most deprivedareas.

In 1985, it was the scene ofone of the most violent riots inthe country’s history after a lo-cal woman suffered heart failurewhen her home was raided bypolice. One officer was stabbedto death as he tried to protectfirefighters and nearly 60 othershospitalized.

Italy’s Berlusconi rules out early elections“This has absolutely not been

talked about,” Berlusconi saidwhen asked about bringing elec-tions forward to 2012. “This hasnever been an option.” Fears overthe euro zone debt crisis spirallingout of control sent Italian bondyields to 14-year highs and theMilan bourse to more than two-year lows this week.

European policy makers fear adebt emergency in the euro zone’sthird largest economy could over-whelm bailout mechanisms set upto help smaller troubled countriessuch as Greece or Ireland.

After vague pledges to step upeconomic reforms failed to con-vince markets earlier in the week,Berlusconi promised on Friday tobring forward austerity measuresand balance the budget by 2013,

a year ahead of schedule.A 48 billion euro austerity plan

passed in parliament last monthwas widely criticised for delayingmost cuts until after the scheduled2013 elections and doing nothingfor growth. The latest pledge gota frosty reception from the oppo-sition and Italy’s biggest union,but was welcomed by analysts andthe European Union’s top eco-nomic official.

“This will help to boost poten-tial growth, secure budgetary re-trenchment and bolster marketconfidence,” European Economicand Monetary Affairs Commis-sioner Olli Rehn told Reuters inthe first EU response toBerlusconi’s announcement. “Theessential thing is rigorous imple-mentation.”

9 bodies found near schoolsin 2 Mexican states

Born in 1970, Patek is a sus-pected member of the Al-Qaeda-linked Southeast Asian terror net-

Then, the state-owned enter-prises planned to build a consor-tium and it had been approved byCEOs of the banks, but the inter-est rate was very large becausethe total investment reached IDR4 trillion. In terms of regulation,the measure was not allowed.Afterward, we approached for-eign investors, but it was not ap-proved by government,” he said.

Finally, Nuarta admitted therehad been some candidates of in-vestor who were ready to fund themega project. But he was reluc-tant to mention the name of thoseinvestors. He simply assertedwhoever the investors were theyshould be able to complete theGWK statue. “Hopefully, withinthis month it can be accom-plished and contract of the con-struction could be made,” headded.

Based on calculation ofNuarta, accomplishment ofGWK statue required at least 1.5years to complete. Meanwhile,for the total area would take upto three years. GWK statue itselfwas not a usual statue. Volumeof the statue was eight times ofthe Liberty Statue in New York.If could have been completed, theGWK statue located on the ped-estal with the height of 300meters was predicted to become

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work Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).In addition to the Bali bomb-

ings, he is also suspected of in-volvement in a series of deadlyattacks targeting Christians andWesterners in Indonesia datingback to 1999.

Development...From page 1

the biggest and tallest statue in theworld.

Except for describing the con-straint and planning, Nuarta alsoasked the Chairman of BadungHouse to facilitate the infrastruc-ture around the GWK area. Ac-cording to him, the existing roadinfrastructure was still less repre-sentative, so that if there was anyevent in GWK, the traffic conges-tion was inevitable.

In respond to the plan ofGWK’s party, Vice Chairman ofthe Badung House, I Ketut Suiasa,stated that GWK project was notonly a usual project in the scaleof Badung Regency and BaliProvince. According to him, theproject required a shared respon-sibility from local governmentand central government to mate-rialize the GWK.

He said that building the re-sponsibility from local govern-ment to central government wasdifficult. For many times, even theCentral House of Representativesand the President had appealed theGWK to be realized immediately,yet until now the GWK remainedstagnant. “This means the linksmust be connected. And, we in theBadung House had no capacityuntil the central government. Onthat account, this should be takeninto account,” he said. (kmb25)

Monday, August 8, 20116 News

The area in London’s northexploded in anger Saturday nightafter a gathering to protest theThursday shooting by police ofthe 29-year-old.

Two patrol cars, a buildingand a double-decker bus weretorched as rioters clashed withofficers in front of TottenhamPolice Station, where people hadgathered to demand “justice” forMark Duggan.

Sirens could be heard acrossthe city as authorities rushed re-inforcements to the scene. Shopwindows were smashed as resi-dents looted stores, pushing

Reuters

ROME - Italian Prime Min-ister Silvio Berlusconi Saturdayruled out calling early electionsto stem market panic that haspounded Italian assets and forcedhis government to bring forwardausterity measures.

Berlusconi’s conservativegovernment has been weakenedby infighting, and the leftist op-position has called for a govern-ment of technocrats to restorecredibility in the country’s fi-nances. Italy is due to go to thepolls in 2013.

But Berlusconi dismissed anysuggestion of emulating Spain,where Prime Minister Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero has called anearly election to tackle the crisis.

Associated Press Writer

MONTERREY, Mexico — The dismembered bodies of four youngmen were dumped near a high school and five young men were found deadnear a middle school in two separate incidents in northern Mexico, offi-cials said Saturday.

The severed body parts of four men were stuffed into black garbagebags and dumped about 200 feet (60 meters) from a school in Sinaloa state,said state prosecutor’s office spokesman Martin Gastelum. The men wereages 20 to 25, he said.

The men had been abducted Tuesday by masked assailants in the city ofNavolato, Gastelum said.

The five other bodies were found near a middle school outside the north-ern industrial city of Monterrey, a Nuevo Leon state prosecution officialsaid. They were in the same age range as the bodies discovered in Sinaloaand they all had been shot in the head, said the official, who agreed toconfirm the incident only if he was not quoted by name

There was no sign the incidents were related and schools are currentlyclosed for summer vacation. But youths are increasingly caught up in fight-ing among rival drug cartels in both Sinaloa and Nuevo Leon.

Also Saturday, the Michoacan state prosecutor’s office said seven armedassailants were killed in a shootout with federal police in that western state.

A police convoy that included an armored car was patrolling the mu-nicipality of Tuxpan late Friday when it came upon a camp apparentlybeing used by a gang, prosecutors said. It said the gunmen shot first, aftera shout: “Here come the (men in) blue. Open Fire!”

AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld

Riot police looks on as fire rages through a building in Tottenham, north London Sunday, Aug.7, 2011. A demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shopswere set ablaze.

Police officer hospitalized,Police officer hospitalized,Police officer hospitalized,Police officer hospitalized,Police officer hospitalized,7 injured in UK riot7 injured in UK riot7 injured in UK riot7 injured in UK riot7 injured in UK riotAssociated Press Writer

LONDON — One police officer was hospitalized and seven others were injured during riotsin the deprived Tottenham area of London, police said Sunday, after a demonstration againstthe death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze.

shopping carts full of stolengoods down the street.

Police said around 300 peopletook part in the earlier demon-stration. Scotland Yard policecommander Stephen Watson onSunday described the scenes as“distressing,” but stressed publicsafety was “paramount.” He saidin a statement that police “areaware of raised tensions ... whichare understandable following thetragic death.”

“What we experienced earlieron yesterday evening was apeaceful protest outsideTottenham police station — there

was no indication it would dete-riorate in this way. For those whoinvolved themselves in this levelof violence, there is no excuse.”

Miles from the tourist hotspotsof central London, Tottenham isone of England’s most deprivedareas.

In 1985, it was the scene ofone of the most violent riots inthe country’s history after a lo-cal woman suffered heart failurewhen her home was raided bypolice. One officer was stabbedto death as he tried to protectfirefighters and nearly 60 othershospitalized.

Italy’s Berlusconi rules out early elections“This has absolutely not been

talked about,” Berlusconi saidwhen asked about bringing elec-tions forward to 2012. “This hasnever been an option.” Fears overthe euro zone debt crisis spirallingout of control sent Italian bondyields to 14-year highs and theMilan bourse to more than two-year lows this week.

European policy makers fear adebt emergency in the euro zone’sthird largest economy could over-whelm bailout mechanisms set upto help smaller troubled countriessuch as Greece or Ireland.

After vague pledges to step upeconomic reforms failed to con-vince markets earlier in the week,Berlusconi promised on Friday tobring forward austerity measuresand balance the budget by 2013,

a year ahead of schedule.A 48 billion euro austerity plan

passed in parliament last monthwas widely criticised for delayingmost cuts until after the scheduled2013 elections and doing nothingfor growth. The latest pledge gota frosty reception from the oppo-sition and Italy’s biggest union,but was welcomed by analysts andthe European Union’s top eco-nomic official.

“This will help to boost poten-tial growth, secure budgetary re-trenchment and bolster marketconfidence,” European Economicand Monetary Affairs Commis-sioner Olli Rehn told Reuters inthe first EU response toBerlusconi’s announcement. “Theessential thing is rigorous imple-mentation.”

9 bodies found near schoolsin 2 Mexican states

Born in 1970, Patek is a sus-pected member of the Al-Qaeda-linked Southeast Asian terror net-

Then, the state-owned enter-prises planned to build a consor-tium and it had been approved byCEOs of the banks, but the inter-est rate was very large becausethe total investment reached IDR4 trillion. In terms of regulation,the measure was not allowed.Afterward, we approached for-eign investors, but it was not ap-proved by government,” he said.

Finally, Nuarta admitted therehad been some candidates of in-vestor who were ready to fund themega project. But he was reluc-tant to mention the name of thoseinvestors. He simply assertedwhoever the investors were theyshould be able to complete theGWK statue. “Hopefully, withinthis month it can be accom-plished and contract of the con-struction could be made,” headded.

Based on calculation ofNuarta, accomplishment ofGWK statue required at least 1.5years to complete. Meanwhile,for the total area would take upto three years. GWK statue itselfwas not a usual statue. Volumeof the statue was eight times ofthe Liberty Statue in New York.If could have been completed, theGWK statue located on the ped-estal with the height of 300meters was predicted to become

Indonesia...From page 1

work Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).In addition to the Bali bomb-

ings, he is also suspected of in-volvement in a series of deadlyattacks targeting Christians andWesterners in Indonesia datingback to 1999.

Development...From page 1

the biggest and tallest statue in theworld.

Except for describing the con-straint and planning, Nuarta alsoasked the Chairman of BadungHouse to facilitate the infrastruc-ture around the GWK area. Ac-cording to him, the existing roadinfrastructure was still less repre-sentative, so that if there was anyevent in GWK, the traffic conges-tion was inevitable.

In respond to the plan ofGWK’s party, Vice Chairman ofthe Badung House, I Ketut Suiasa,stated that GWK project was notonly a usual project in the scaleof Badung Regency and BaliProvince. According to him, theproject required a shared respon-sibility from local governmentand central government to mate-rialize the GWK.

He said that building the re-sponsibility from local govern-ment to central government wasdifficult. For many times, even theCentral House of Representativesand the President had appealed theGWK to be realized immediately,yet until now the GWK remainedstagnant. “This means the linksmust be connected. And, we in theBadung House had no capacityuntil the central government. Onthat account, this should be takeninto account,” he said. (kmb25)

Monday, August 8, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - A religious court offi-cial in Indonesia has blamed socialnetworking site Facebook for a rise inteenage pregnancies and under-agemarriages.

Siti Haryanti, a secretary at the re-ligious court in Mount Kidul, a townin Central Java, said young coupleswere having sex after meeting onlineand she had seen the number of un-

The second-quarter data forSoutheast Asia’s largest economyfollows a 6.50 percent rise in the pre-vious three months, the official Sta-tistics Agency said.

The economy grew 2.90 percentquarter on quarter.

“The global exports situation inthe world is weakening, but those arein US, Europe and Japan,” nationalstatistics agency head RusmanHeriawan said.

“On the other side, Indonesia’sexports to China have been excel-lent because there was an apprecia-tion of the yuan to rupiah. Indone-sian goods to China have becomecheaper,” he said.

The agency said investment rose9.2 percent from a year earlier fol-lowing a 7.3 percent rise in the pre-vious quarter.

The government expects the re-source-rich country to grow 6.40 per-cent this year after expanding 6.10percent in 2010, when it was amongthe best performing economies in theGroup of 20 nations.

Indonesia has targeted growth ofup to 9.0 percent a year between 2015and 2025 by focusing on investmentin six designated growth centres infour provinces, while slashing infla-tion to 3.0 percent annually.

OCBC economist GundyCahyadi said the economy was ex-pected to sustain its current pace ofgrowth and would probably pass6.50 percent by the end of the year.

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesian For-eign Minister Marty Natalegawaon Friday defended the country’sjudicial system after a court sen-tenced Muslim radicals to a fewmonths in jail for killing membersof a minority sect.

The sentences handed down lastmonth to 12 defendants over a deadlylynch mob attack on members of theAhmadiyah community in Februaryshocked human rights groups anddrew criticism from the United Statesand the European Union.

But in his first public responseto the outrage, Natalegawa de-fended the independence ofIndonesia’s courts and said themainly Muslim archipelago was notthe only country to suffer from re-ligious intolerance.

“There is an obvious delineationbetween the executive, the judiciaryand legislative branches,” he saidin response to a reporter’s question.

Indonesia says economy grew 6.49% in Q2Indonesia says economy grew 6.49% in Q2Indonesia says economy grew 6.49% in Q2Indonesia says economy grew 6.49% in Q2Indonesia says economy grew 6.49% in Q2Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia said Friday its economy grew 6.49 percentyear on year in the three months to June thanks to rising exports andinvestment and strong domestic consumption.

“Certainly, the strength of the glo-bal economy is a risk to reckon with,but the prevailing capacity seen inthe domestic economy is likely toform the underlying support forgrowth prospects going into 2012,”Cahyadi told Dow Jones Newswires.

Meanwhile Bank Negara Indone-sia economist Rosady Montol said:“Looking at this growth, we are inquite a positive condition as the glo-bal economy is still under pressure.”

However, he added: “But infra-structure needs to be improved fastin order to book bigger growthahead.”

Montol said that while inflationwas under control “we still have tobe careful with the huge inflows offoreign funds”.

Several emerging nations, includ-ing Indonesia, are concerned at agrowing inflows of foreign capital asinvestors seek better returns on theirinvestments from higher interestrates compared with the West.

However, the International Mon-etary Fund said last month thatIndonesia’s strong fundamentals andrelatively low dependence on exter-nal demand prompted the nation toface limited exposure to a large exitof foreign capital at a time of globalrisk aversion.

The IMF said that Indonesia’sstrong export growth and continuedflexibility of the rupiah’s exchangerate would help protect against vola-tile cash flows.

Residents shop forlocal goods at oneof the downtown’s

busy sidewalkmarkets in the

Indonesian capitalcity on August 5,2011. The official

Statistics Agencysaid on August 5

Indonesia’seconomy grew 6.49

percent year onyear in the threemonths to Junethanks to rising

esports andinvestment and

strong domesticconsumption.

Facebook ‘prompts teenagepregnancies’ in Indonesia

der-age marriages increase in the pastyear. “Many couples admitted theygot to know each other through thesite and continued their relationshipuntil they got pregnant outside wed-lock,” Haryanti was quoted as sayingby Antara state news agency.

“The site is easy to access even tothe remote villages so intensive rela-tionships caused many teenagers toget pregnant outside marriage,” shesaid. Haryanti said 130 under-age

couples have sought marriage licencesat the religious court this year comparedto 120 couples in 2010.

The legal age for marriage in Indo-nesia is 16 years for women and 19years for men. A study by Yahoo! foundthat Indonesia is the largest and fastestgrowing online market in SoutheastAsia, with online usage growth of 48percent in 2010, compared to 22 per-cent in 2009. Indonesia has more than22 million Facebook users.

AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO

FOTO ANTARA/M Risyal Hidayat

Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa

Indonesia minister defends Ahmadiyah verdictsThe Cambridge-educated min-

ister said “heinous acts” were be-ing committed all over the worlddue to religious intolerance, but hedid not address concerns that lightsentences for hate crimes only en-courage more killings.

“I’m afraid when you speak ofthe whole issue of religious intol-erance and all kinds of phobia...Indonesia doesn’t have a monopolyon that unfortunately,” he said.

A secretly filmed video of therampage in Cikeusik, western Java,sparked international concernwhen it appeared online withindays of the attack.

The footage shows police flee-ing the scene as the enraged mob— armed with machetes and knivesand shouting abuse at the “infidels”— launch an unprovoked attack ona house owned by an Ahmadiyahfollower.

A handful of Ahmadiyah mentried to defend the property withstones and slingshots but they were

quickly overwhelmed.The mob then clubbed, hacked

and stoned three defenceless men todeath in front of police, and stoodaround joking over their bodies. Sev-eral Ahmadiyah tried to flee but werehunted down and badly beaten.

None of the 12 men punished overthe incident was charged with mur-der, and none received more than sixmonths in jail, including the ring-leader and a 17-year-old who wasfilmed smashing a victim’s skullwith a stone.

Prosecutors managed to convincethe court that the video and the vic-tims’ refusal to flee the property jus-tified a reduced sentence for the kill-ers. In the end the sentences wereeven lighter than requested by thestate.

Ahmadiyah, unlike mainstreamMuslims, do not believe Mohammedwas the last prophet and are regardedas heretics and blasphemers by con-servatives in countries such as Indo-nesia and Pakistan.

British politicians and membersof the Ahmadiyah community inEngland released statements on Fri-day warning that such sentencesonly encouraged more violence.

“By meting out ineffectual sen-tences, the Indonesian judiciary hasessentially condoned mob violence

in the name of Islam,” communityrepresentative Rafiq Hayat said.

British politician Eric Lubbock,of the UK All Party ParliamentaryGroup for Human Rights, said theverdicts were a “huge setback forIndonesia and in particular for itsjustice system”.

8 InternationalMonday, August 8, 2011

Bali Today

The foreign exchange earningsaccounted for 19 percent of theregion’s foreign trade totaling 214.5million dollars, head of the Bali in-dustry and trade agency’s exports di-vision Putu Bagiada said here Friday.

Although the economy of the su-perpower had been growing only by2.9 pct in 2010, and the economy hasbeen growing rather sluggishly, theAmerican consumers are still the big-gest buyers of Bali’s diverse handi-craft goods.

Most of American importersbought diverse handicraft goods likecontemporary wooden statues widelysought by locals because they arerelatively cheap and of good quality.

A great deal of garments had alsobeen shipped to that country besidesvanilla and fresh and frozen tuna in-creased the foreign exchange earn-ings from the US.

The role of American consumersin buying Bali’s nonoil/gas diversegoods and handicraft commodities isthe highest in foreign trade in the firstfive months of 2011, Putu Bagiada

Antara

TAIPEI - The Tourism Bureausaid Wednesday that it will soonlimit the hotels that Chinese tourgroups can stay at to reduce traveldisputes.

The new policy is designed toimprove travel quality, and will takeeffect as early as the second half ofnext year, said Tourism Bureau Di-rector-General Janice Lai at a teaparty with the media.

Citing the one to five star ratingssystem that the bureau is currentlypushing for, Lai said Taiwan’s hotelslack a unified rating system that hasbecome a major cause of disputesover travel arrangements.

Disputes over accommodationsmay affect a tourist’s impression ofTaiwan’s travel environment andquality of service, said Lai.

IBP

DENPASAR - Chili Festivalfor the third times was held inBali Safari and Marine Park(BSMP) from August 7 to Sep-tember 7, 2011. This time, theculinary festival will show 300kinds of chili sauce that exist-ing in Bali.

According to HansManansang, Chairman of ChiliFestival 2011, around 300 par-ticipants are giving their reci-pes on how to make chili sauce.Manansang hopes that thisevent will help and inspire ev-

Bali exports to US 41Million DollarsAntara

DENPASAR - Bali’s exports of diverse commodities of thehandicraft industry, farming and plantation products, to theUnited States in the January-May 2011 period reached 41 mil-lion US dollars.

said.The Japanese buyers of these

goods are the second highest in theJanuary-May 2011 period.

The commodities bought by theJapanese importers are only 3.5 mil-lion dollars less than those of theAmerican consumers, Putu Bagiadasaid, adding that France is the thirdbiggest buyer with 16.1 million dol-lars.

In the meantime, Italian consum-ers known for their liking for antiqueart goods are the fourth biggest with12.2 million dollars spent on Balineseaccessories.

These goods are selling well in theexport market, because the exporterswill re-sell them after they arrived intheir countries, like the US, Japan,Netherlands, Singapore and others.

The smoothness of Bali”s exportswas thanks to the improved globaleconomic condition especially in theconsuming countries like Japan andEurope in particular, which may in-crease Bali’s nonoil/gas exports,Bagiada said.

Taiwan plans to limit Chinesetour groups to certified hotels

According to the Tourism Bureau,there are currently 103 tourist hotelsand over 2,600 regular hotels in Tai-wan, but only 116 of them are underthe evaluation of the ratings system.Of that number, 67 are certified bythe rating system.

In addition, the government has seta goal to hit 10 million visitor arriv-als to Taiwan per year by 2014, Min-ister of Transportation and Commu-nications Mao Chi-kuo said at thesame occasion.

The number of visitor arrivals toTaiwan reached over five million in2010.

After the number of visitor arriv-als to Taiwan increases, the ministryaims to have accommodation capac-ity reach 25,000 units in order to meetthe increased demand, Mao said.

The current numbers of qualifiedunits stand at 9,000.

The 3rd Chili FestivalIntroducing 300 chilisauces from Bali

erybody to preserve local cul-ture. ‘’This is our way to inspirepeople to help preserving localculture,’’ said Manansang.

Chibari was opened byGianyar Regent Tjokorda OkaArtha Ardana Sukawati that cut-ting chili as sign of opening thefestival.

This festival that will be heldin a month got many attentionsfrom visi tors that came toBSMP. The participants werebusy preparing their chili saucewhile visitors have to take linein order to try the chili sauce.

Besides being able to try the

chili sauce, visitors also havechance to know all facts aboutall chili sauces that being showin that festival. There are manydifferent chili sauces that can betried. For example Beruk chilisauce, Kencur chili sauce, and“Sambal Coco Pete Uh Ah UhAh”.

Chili Festival is one way toconserve local culture, espe-cially Balinese culinary. Beingone of leading conservation andeducation agency, BSMP isshowing their commitment notonly to conserve flora and fauna,but also local culture. (kmb18)

Courtesy of BSMP

Gianyar Regent Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati visiting the participants of Chili Fes-tival during the opening ceremony.

Balinese Culture

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NASI GORENG(Fried Rice)

OVERVIEW:There are about as many different ways of preparing Nasi

Goreng in Bali, as there are cooks. The only constant ingredi-ent is rice; everything else is determined by the cook’s taste orthe availability of ingredients. Please be certain to use only coldrice, as warm rice will stick to the wok.

INGREDIENTS:6 tbsp oil6 shallots, peeled, halves length wise and sliced6 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced200 gr (6 ½ oz) chicken meat, sliced150 gr (5 oz) medium size shrimp, peeled¼ small white cabbage, shredded4 eggs, beaten2 tbsp sambal tomat700 gr (1 ½ lb) cold cooked rice2 tsp salt1 tsp sliced bird’s eye chilies2 tbsp fried shallot

PREPARATION:1. Heat vegetable oil in wok or heavy fry pan until very hot.2. Add shallots and garlic and fry for 1 minute until golden

yellow.3. Add chicken and shrimp and fry for 1 minute, and then

add cabbage and fry for 1 minute. Add sambal and mix well.4. Add eggs and continuously stir for 30 seconds before add-

ing rice and salt. Increase to very high heat and fry for 3 moreminute, stir continuously.

5. Add chilies, mix well and serve immediately, garnishedwith fried shallots.

Note: Throughout Bali there are as many different ways ofpreparing Nasi Goreng as there are ingredients of chef’s. (http://www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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DENPASAR - Twenty Balistarlings (Leucopsar rothschildi)from European countries will bereleased into their natural habi-tat in the near future, accordingto an NGO activist.

“The planned arrival of the 20Bali starlings is thanks to our co-operation with the Koelner zoo inGermany,” Bradley T Gardner,the founder of the BegawanFoundation engaged in Bali star-ling preservation, said.

The starlings also known asBali Mynah will arrive at NgurahRaih airport in Bali on August 9from Germany.

They will first be quarantinedat Bali Bird Park for two weeks,and later moved to a breedingcenter belonging to BegawanFoundation at Sibang, BadungDistrict, Bali Island.

“The 20 birds which have be-come Bali icon, comprise 10 fe-male and 10 male,” he said.

The arrival of the 20 Bali star-lings will become a celebration forthe success of the foundation whichwas established 12 years ago.

The European Union hastrusted the foundation in the pres-ervation of the endangered birds,he said.

Recently, three Bali Starlingswere successfully returned totheir habitat in the Bali Bird Parkfrom Jurong Bird Park inSingapore.

Twenty Bali Starlings to be released

“We made an effort to returnthe birds in order to protect theBalinese bird species from ex-tinction,” Widya Prajanthi, aspokesman of the BegawanFundation, said in a press state-ment.

Wildlife Reserve of Singaporehelped the foundation in the ef-fort to bring back the Bali Star-lings to their habitat.

Before being released into theBali Bird Park, the birds were

quarantined at the bird breedingcenter of Sibang, Badung Dis-trict, Bali Island, for adjustment.

The Bali Starling Conserva-t ion Project was BegawanFoundation’s first initiative, es-tablished in 1999 with the aim ofsaving the rare bird from the veryreal threat of extinction.

Famed for its beauty, the Ba-linese Starling was officiallyadopted as Bali province’s mas-cot in 1991.

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Gunung Kawi is a Hindu Templecomplex with old omission from thestone era located in Gianyar regency.Based on the inscription ofTengkulak A on 945 saka (Balinesecalendar) which is released byMarakata King, the ancient omissioncomplex is located at the PekerisanRiver then it is called KatyanganAmarawati. Pekerisan River is alsonamed by Jalu which is accordingto the inscription chiseled on theabove of the biggest temple doorsound ‘Haji Lumahing Jalu’. Thename of Gunung Kawi is the namegiven on the omission which is re-lated to the complex of temples be-cause the temple on this area is likethe symbol from the mount. Thereare 3 temples which so called thename as Gunung Kawi in Bali thoseare Gunung Kawi in Sebatu coun-tryside, Gunung Kawi Temple inKeliki countryside and GunungKawi Temple in Babitra countryside.

Gunung KawiThe ancient omission complex ofGunung Kawi is founded on 10 cen-tury. It is founded in the era ofUdayana about 989 M. At the periodof Marakata governance on 1023, theomission which is called KatyaganAmarawati is developed and contin-ued by the governance of AnakWungsu which is guess lead betweenthe years of 1049 - 1077 M.

Temple complex is consisted of2 consecutions. The consecution ineastside Pekerisan River is con-sisted of 5 units and the consecutionat west side of river is 5 units, inthe north is 4 units and 1 unit is lo-cated far in south side separate fromthe others. On the above of thetemple consecution in particular tothe Eastside River, there is an ar-ticle of Kediri word type sounding‘Haji Lumahing Jalu’. Haji meansa king, the Lumah means a templeor Sidha Dewata means to return tothe nature of deity and Ing Jalumeans in Pekerisan. The Jalu meanthe Keris literal. The entire words

mean that king is made in templeform at Pekerisan.

From this article is assumed thatthis temple is dedicated to UdayanaKing which is also called Marakataand Anak Wungsu. The templewhich is located in the west side of

river related to all king concubines.The temples are located far in thesouth side is attributed to primeminister because in these templeareas existing an article Rakyanwhich is namely perform for highfunctionary of empire.

Buddhist Temple Complex isused as a residence and as place formeditation. It is consisted of somenooks and it is located in the crosseast of Pakerisan River. Other nooksare located spread out and near thetemple bunch.

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BUSINESS

After a week that saw $2.5 tril-lion wiped off global stock mar-kets, political leaders are undermounting pressure to reassure in-vestors that Western governmentshave both the will and ability toreduce their huge and growingpublic debt loads.

South Korea said finance depu-ties from the Group of 20 majoreconomies discussed the Euro-pean debt crisis and U.S. sover-eign rating downgrade on Sundaymorning in Asian time zones.

A Japanese government sourcesaid finance leaders from theGroup of Seven big developedeconomies would also discuss thecrisis and may issue a statementafterwards, although the timing ofsuch a call was unclear.

The European Central Bankwas scheduled to hold a rare Sun-day afternoon conference call. In-vestors are anxiously looking forthe central bank to start buyingItalian and Spanish debt on Mon-day to stabilize prices, a move thathas split the ECB governing coun-cil.

French President NicolasSarkozy, who chairs the G7/G20group of leading economies, con-ferred with Britain’s Prime Min-ister David Cameron on Saturday.

“They discussed the euro areaand the U.S. debt downgrade.Both agreed the importance ofworking together, monitoring thesituation closely and keeping incontact over the coming days,” a

Associated Press Writer

ROME — Premier SilvioBerlusconi faces a tough battle andlikely opposition from political ri-vals and some unions if he is to en-force measures aimed at avoidingItaly’s financial collapse and boost-ing the country’s stagnant economy.

While the new moves announcedFriday by the government werewelcomed by some analysts, oth-ers criticized the measures to spurgrowth as too vague and some inthe opposition demanded a changeof government — an optionBerlusconi dismisses.

Berlusconi’s government de-vised a euro70 billion ($99 billion)austerity package last month. Buton Friday, after intense pressurefrom markets and fellow Europeanleaders worried that Italy mightbecome the next victim of Europe’sdebt crisis, Berlusconi agreed tospeed up the process.

“In a month, the world haschanged,” Finance Minister GiulioTremonti said in announcing themeasures alongside Berlusconi onFriday evening.

Crucially, the governmentagreed to bring forward its goal ofbalancing the budget in 2013 in-stead of 2014 as originally planned.It also has promised to make thebalanced budget a constitutionalrequirement.

The measures are seen as pav-ing the way for a possible move bythe European Central Bank to buyItalian bonds in an effort to bringdown the country’s borrowingcosts. The bank has not confirmedthis, but a close Berlusconi ally andItalian Cabinet minister, UmbertoBossi, said the bank “has assuredus that starting Monday it will buyour bonds,” according to the ANSAnews agency and other news re-ports.

The government hopes to gen-erate between euro17 billion andeuro20 billion (between $24 billionand $28 billion ) through cuts to itspensions system, which wasbrought forward to the 2012-2013period. It also will enforce cuts totax breaks.

“Italy is complying with all themain requests of fiscal hawks,” saidAlan Ruskin, an analyst at DeutscheBank, foreseeing a positive impactfor Italy’s bonds. But, he added,“the sheer scale of Italian debt rela-tive to possible future official sup-port will still leave it vulnerable to(monetary union) contagion from

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TOKYO/SEOUL - Global policymakers held an emergencyconference call on Sunday to discuss the twin debt crises inEurope and the United States that are causing market turmoiland stoking fears of the rich world sliding back into recession.

spokesman for Cameron said.In Washington, a White House

economic advisor castigated rat-ings agency Standard and Poor’sfor downgrading the UnitedStates’ credit rating to AA-plusfrom AAA, a move that over timecould ripple through markets bypushing up borrowing costs andmaking it more difficult to securea lasting recovery.

Washington’s Asian allies ral-lied round the battered super-power, with Japan and South Ko-rea both saying their trust in U.S.Treasuries remained unshaken.

“I expressed our country’s po-sition on the (G20 conference) callthat there will be no suddenchange in our reserve managementpolicy,” South Korean Deputy Fi-nance Minister Choi Jong-ku toldReuters by telephone, referring toSeoul’s heavy ownership of U.S.bonds out of more than $300 bil-lion in foreign reserves.

“There’s no alternative thatprovides such stability and liquid-ity,” added Choi, who declined toelaborate further on the G20 dis-cussion.

There was no confirmation ofthe timing of a G7 call for financeministers and central bankers, buta second Japanese governmentsource said it “would be normal”for it to take place before Asianmarkets opened. Tokyo’s stockmarket, the biggest in Asia, startstrading at 9 a.m. (0000 GMT) onMonday.

Italy has long road toavoid financial collapse

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

elsewhere.”Italy’s debt is among the highest

in the eurozone at nearly 120 per-cent of GDP, but poor growth isviewed by many as he overridingissue. Italy is expected to grow onlyby 1 percent this year, according tosome estimates.

The government’s move, an-nounced after the markets hadclosed Friday, capped a week thatsaw the Milan Stock Exchange con-sistently fall. Italy’s borrowing costsrose above Spain’s for the first timein more than a year, heighteningconcerns over the health of theeurozone’s third-largest economy.

Berlusconi said Friday he is opento new ideas, including from hisbitter rivals in the center-left oppo-sition. But it remains unclear howmuch support Berlusconi would getfrom his political adversaries in acountry that, despite calls for na-tional unity, remains highly polar-ized.

After Friday’s announcement,some in the opposition signaled thepossibility of supporting the gov-ernment or working with it, say-ing the new measures marked a de-parture and a step in the right di-rection. But many insist Berlusconifirst must go. Critics sayBerlusconi’s weakened leadership,amid sex scandals and legal woes,adds to the market concerns be-cause it makes it harder for him topass unpopular measures and fo-cus on reforms.

Berlusconi’s five-year termends in 2013, and on Saturday theprime minister dismissed specula-tion he might step down next yearand push for early elections.

“This was never an option,” he

told reporters outside his Romeresidence, according to the ANSAnews agency.

Tremonti is hoping to liberalizethe labor market by reforming theworkers’ chart and making it easierto hire and fire workers. He wantsmore direct negotiations betweencompanies and employees’ unions,rather than the blanket regulationsof the workers’ chart. He alsowants to liberalize services and cutred-tape to set up business —broadening the constitutional pro-vision sanctioning that private en-terprise in Italy is free.

Tremonti is set to present some ofthese proposals next week to parlia-mentary commissions hastily recon-vened despite the summer recess.

However, any constitutionalchange requires a lengthy and com-plex parliamentary procedure and aqualified majority. Berlusconi has amajority in parliament but wouldneed support from some oppositionforces to obtain a qualified majority.

The labor market changes prom-ise to be very divisive because of op-position from at least some unions.Previous attempts to liberalize themarket was met with huge demon-strations.

“In the case of the labor-marketreform, it is not difficult to foresee acomplicated journey and one thatwill potentially be divisive forunions,” said Saturday’s financialdaily Il Sole 24 Ore.

The leader of the largest Italianlabor confederation, SusannaCamusso, wasted no time in criticiz-ing of the new measures. “To moveforward the measure means to de-stroy the country,” she said in anewspaper interview.

Entertainment InternationalMonday, August 8, 201112

“I Love Lucy,” which starred the redheaded actress as a zanyhomemaker and then-husband Desi Arnaz as her bandleader-spouse, first aired from 1951-55 and still is seen around theworld on TV and on DVD. Lucie Arnaz, 60, said she knowsthat Ball’s legacy of laughter has proved uplifting.

“Every place I go, every country I’m in, I hear, ‘If it wasn’tfor your mother, I wouldn’t have gotten through cancer. Or, ‘Iwas in a low point of my life and watched (the show) and laughedso hard, and if I can do that I can make it,’” Arnaz said. She saidthe modest Ball always counted herself lucky to work with herhusband, co-stars Vivian Vance and William Frawley and theshow’s writers, who mapped out the action for Ball’s manywordless slapstick scenes that showcased the star.

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LONDON — “Mr. Bean” actor Rowan Atkinson, whose charac-ter is known for hapless driving in the television shows and films,left a hospital Friday after being treated for minor injuries followinga sports car crash in southern England.

The 56-year-old comedian was driving his McLaren F1 supercar— one of the world’s fastest road cars — when he crashed late Thurs-day, striking a tree and a lamppost before the vehicle caught fire,authorities said.

Firefighters said Atkinson hadn’t been trapped inside the car.Britain’s Daily Mirror tabloid reported that the actor was able towalk away from the vehicle and flag down other motorists for help.

Atkinson was seen leaving Peterborough City Hospital with foursecurity guards Friday after-noon, but made no comment toreporters. Publicists did not dis-close details of his injuries.

The accident occurred closeto Haddon, a village about 85miles (140 kilometers) north ofLondon. Atkinson was given aroutine breathalyzer test at thescene and will face no criminalcharges, police said.

His McLaren F1 car has atop speed of 230 mph (370kph), though police did not sug-gest Atkinson had been speed-ing. The exclusive cars can costaround $1 million.

The actor, a car enthusiast,appears in a series of motoringmishaps in his “Mr. Bean” se-ries. He is shown in one pro-gram driving a Mini whileseated on the vehicle’s roof.Atkinson is also known for thehistorical comedy series“Blackadder.”

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EASTNOR CASTLE DEER PARK, England —Amy Winehouse’s 15-year-old goddaughter performedan outstanding set at the Big Chill music festival, mir-roring her late mentor by closing her show with a coverof Winehouse’s “Love Is a Losing Game.” DionneBromfield got teary-eyed when she performed thesong, barely able to sing its last few words, thoughthe crowd cheered her on.

“She was an amazing singer,” Bromfield said.“She was not only my godmother, but she wasmy mentor and my boss as well.” The big-voiced singer sang with ease during her 30-minute performance on Saturday, the secondday of the U.K. music festival. Bromfield wasa reminder of Winehouse: She stood close tothe mic while belting lyrics, with her big hairand tiny build.

She was backed by a 5-piece band anddancers, performing songs from her two al-bums and singing mainly about boys andrelationship troubles.

Her scratchy voice was top-notch as shesang soul songs with pop flavors, especiallyon the old-school sounding “RememberOur Love” and the up-tempo “Yeah Right.”She also performed covers of Cee LoGreen’s smash “Forget You” ‘’and theShirelles’ “Mama Said,” Bromfield’s first

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LOS ANGELES — On the 100th anniversary of LucilleBall’s birthday, her daughter is asking fans of the “I LoveLucy” star to be joyous. “They shouldn’t mourn. She hadone of the best lives ever,” Lucie Arnaz said. “She is one ofthe few people we can look at and say she left us some-thing that can help.”

But she was “the consummate clown of the universe,” LucieArnaz added. Ball also had the right man at her side when sheand Desi Arnaz pioneered the three-camera sitcom with “I LoveLucy” and founded the successful Desilu production house. “Shemarried this wonderful guy who made her better and who pro-tected her and showed her off to her best advantage,” Lucie Arnazsaid.

The couple, who also had a son, Desi Arnaz Jr., 58, divorcedin 1960 but remained friendly. Desi Arnaz died in 1986 at age69. Lucille Ball, born 100 years ago Saturday in Jamestown,New York, died in Los Angeles in 1989. She was 77.

Lucie Arnaz was asked by an interviewer from China thisweek to explain why her mother and the show are so popularthere. It’s a “phenomenon,” Arnaz said. “I think of her as Mommost of the time. Then I switch ... and try to see her as the rest ofthe world does. It’s almost too big,” Arnaz said.

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In this photo taken by AP Images for CBS DVD, LucieArnaz arrives at the “Lucille Ball At 100 & ‘I Love Lucy’ At

60" opening gala at The Hollywood Museum in LosAngeles, on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011.

TV’s Mr Bean leaves UKhospital after car crash

AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock, file

FILE — British actor and comedianRowan Atkinson, seen in this Thurs-day Nov. 6, 2003 file photo, is recov-ering in hospital in Peterborough,England, Friday Aug. 5, 2011, aftercrashing his sports car.

Amy Winehouse’sgoddaughter performs at UK fest

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2009 filephoto, Dionne Bromfield, a British

singer and Amy Winehouse’sgoddaughter, performs after ‘Anglo-

mania,’ the Spring/Summer 2010collection by Vivienne Westwood, at

Selfridges in London.

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single.Winehouse, who had struggled with drug and alco-

hol addiction, was found dead of unknown causes ather London home on July 23. Bromfield is signed toWinehouse’s label, Lioness Records.

International Monday, August 8, 2011 13Science

According to the so-called “sa-vannah hypothesis”, the gradual tran-sition from dense forests into grass-lands helped drive the shift towardbipedalism, increased brain size andother distinctively human traits.

First outlined in the 1920s, thetheory suggests that our most an-cient upright ancestors learned towalk on two feet, in part, to peerover tall grass in search of prey andpredators.

Rather than simply plucking fruitfrom trees, they had to becomeshrewd hunters and move longerdistances in order to survive. The

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Scientists in Japan said Fridaythey have for the first time suc-ceeded in coaxing sperm cells frommouse embryonic stem cells, abreakthrough that could one dayhelp humans overcome infertility.The sperm were used to fertilizeeggs and were found to produce“healthy offspring that grew intofertile male and female adult mice,”said the study in a special onlineedition of the US journal Cell.

Potential use of the technology

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Scientists have found evidenceof flowing salt water on steepMartian slopes, which if con-firmed would be the first discov-ery of active liquid water on thered planet, NASA has said.

The data gathered by the MarsReconnaissance Orbiter has givennew focus to the hunt for lifeforms and scientists hope that inthe coming years lab experimentsand new space missions may shedmore light on what they have seen.

“We have found repeated andpredictable evidence suggestingwater flowing on Mars,” MichaelMeyer, lead scientist for the MarsExploration program, told report-ers.

The US space agency said theorbiter circling Mars since 2006had monitored numerous in-

Japan scientists coax sperm from stem cellsin humans is at least a decade away,the Kyoto University team said. Butthe experiment is exciting becauseit tackles one of the biggest ob-stacles in biology — making em-bryonic stem cells into sperm pre-cursors, known as primordial germcells, which then can becomehealthy sperm.

“This is the first (study) to reportthe generation of fully functionalgermline cells from ES (embryonicstem) cells,” lead author of thestudy, Mitinori Saitou, professor atthe department of anatomy and cell

biology graduate school of medi-cine, Kyoto University, told AFP byemail.

Researchers took mice that wereunable to produce normal spermand injected them with the stemcell-derived primordial germ cells,or PGCs.

These PGCs “produced normal-looking sperm, which were thenused to successfully fertilize eggs,”said the study. The team intends tocontinue studying the technique andits effects in further generations ofmale and female mice.

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This NASA image obtained in March 2011 and taken from the HighResolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera onNASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows portions of the Mar-tian surface.

Flowing water on Marssparks hunt for ancient life

stances of what appeared to bewater flows occurring in severallocations during the Martianspring and summer.

Time-sequence imagery of theNewton crater in the southernmid-latitude region showed fin-ger-like markings spreadingalong several steep slopes andthen fading again once coldertemperatures move in.

“The best explanation we havefor these observations so far isflow of briny water, although thisstudy does not prove that,” saidAlfred McEwen of the Universityof Arizona’s Lunar and PlanetaryLaboratory.

“It’s a mystery now, but I thinkit’s a solvable mystery with fur-ther observations and experi-ments,” said McEwen, lead authorof a study explaining the findingsin the journal Science.

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A ranger stands on a hill overlooking a savanah at the Meru National Park in north-east Kenya, 2008.Grasslands dominated the cradle of humanity in east Africa longer and more broadly than thought, saysa study published, bolstering the idea that the rise of such landscapes shaped human evolution

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Grasslands dominated the cradle of humanity in east Africa longerand more broadly than thought, says a study published Thursday, bol-stering the idea that the rise of such landscapes shaped human evolution.

notion has been debated for morethan a century, however, with somescientists saying other forces weremore important in driving humansto assume their signature posture.

They also point to studies show-ing that the landscapes of the tworegions of east Africa richest inhominid fossils — the Awash Val-ley and The Omo-Turkana Basin,both in Ethiopia — were in factquite diverse in terms of tree cover.

One of the most complete earlyhominin species yet discovered,Ardipithecus ramidus, for example,may have lived primarily inside

woodlands and patches of forest,they argue. Hominins include earlyhumans and pre-humans, alongwith the early ancestors of chim-panzees and gorillas.

The new study, published in Na-ture, will not settle the debate, butit offers evidence that savannahs —with their limited tree cover —stretched back even beyond the fivemillion-year boundary widely as-sumed up to now, especially in ar-eas populated by our distant fore-bear.

“There have been open habitatsfor all of the last six million yearsin the environments in eastern Af-rica where some of the most signifi-cant early human fossils werefound,” said Thure Cerling, a pro-fessor at the University of Utah andlead researcher of the study.

Monday, August 8, 201114 InternationalSport

Milan, who ended Inter’s five-year reign as Italian championsby winning the scudetto in May,fought back through ex-Interstriker Zlatan Ibrahimovic andKevin-Prince Boateng.

Inter dominated the first halfwith Dutch midfielder WesleySneijder, heavily linked in themedia with a move to Manches-ter United or City, firing in theopener on 22 minutes with afreekick after Gennaro Gattusohad escaped a red card.

Ibrahimovic equalised with aheader against the run of the playin the 60th minute after being setup by Clarence Seedorf and nineminutes later Boateng scored thewinner.

“A derby game is always aderby. We really faced difficul-ties with stamina in the first 30minutes as players looked tired,”Milan coach MassimilianoAllegri told a news conferenceafter the season curtain-raiser.

“But in the second half, it hasturned out to be much better. Wedid not give any more chances toInter except Wesley Sneijder.”

SNEIJDER TALKS

The defeat was an inauspi-cious start for new Inter coachGian Piero Gasperini, who re-placed Leonardo during the closeseason as the Brazilian becameParis St Germain sports directorhaving had short spells as bothMilan and Inter boss.

“We played very well in thefirst half,” Gasperini said in a bidto find some positives. “As forthe rumour of Sneijder leaving,

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Paris Saint-Germain have offi-cially signed Argentine interna-tional playmaker Javier Pastorefrom Palermo on a five-year deal,the French club confirmed on Sat-urday. The deal is reported to beworth a French record 42 millioneuros ($60 million), eclipsing the33.5 million euros that PSG paidto bring Nicolas Anelka from RealMadrid in 2000.

The 22-year-old becomes theeighth new recruit at PSG thissummer, bringing the transfer tallyat Parc des Princes during theclose season to over 84 million

Chelsea are set to sign Belgianwonderkid Romelu Lukaku fromAnderlecht after agreeing a fee forthe striker on Saturday.

Blues boss Andre Villas-Boashad spoken of his admiration forLukaku following Chelsea’sfriendly win over Rangers and justhours later the Premier Leagueclub moved closer to sealing a dealfor the 18-year-old.

Lukaku, who has been capped10 times by Belgium, has been on

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Football team players of AC Milan celebrate with the trophy after winning the Italian Super Cup2011 match against Inter Milan at China’s National Stadium, known as Bird’s Nest, in Beijing onAugust 6, 2011. AC Milan beat Inter Milan 2-1.

Milan edge out Inter in Super CupMilan edge out Inter in Super CupMilan edge out Inter in Super CupMilan edge out Inter in Super CupMilan edge out Inter in Super CupReuters

BEIJING - Serie A champions AC Milan scored twice innine second-half minutes to come back and beat city rivalsInter Milan 2-1 in the Italian Super Cup played in Beijingon Saturday.

we will talk about it next weekafter we go back Italy.”

Gasperini’s appointment dis-appointed many Inter fans givenhe was sacked by modest topflight side Genoa early last cam-paign and has no big club expe-rience.

His penchant for three at theback, rare in European footballnowadays, has also raised eye-brows but his side got off to agood start only to let Milan im-pose themselves like they did inthe two derbies last season whichpractically swung their first SerieA title since 2004 their way.

Transfer movement over thebreak has been limited for bothclubs but despite the familiarity,the match had the feel of afriendly given there are severalweeks before the actual seasonbegins.

The new league season startson Aug 28 when Milan travel toAllegri’s former club Cagliariand Inter, Italian Cup winnerslast term having won the treblethe previous season under JoseMourinho, host Lecce.

The games are under threat ofa strike by the Italian player’s as-sociation over a long-runningdisagreement with the leagueover a collective contract, withtwo strikes narrowly averted lastseason.

The Super Cup was played inthe packed Bird’s Nest OlympicStadium in Beijing in front ofover 70,000 under a deal betweenthe league and Chinese authori-ties to host Italy’s season curtain-raiser there four times over sixyears.

PSG confirm Pastore signingeuros - another record beating the77.5 million euros that Lyon paidfor four players in the summer of2009.

Pastore is one of the most cov-eted players in world football andhis transfer to Parc des Princes hasannounced PSG’s arrival as seri-ous players on the Europeanscene. He was also being trackedby Chelsea. He played 35 matchesfor Palermo in Serie A last season,scoring 11 goals.

The attacking midfielderstarted his career in Talleres in hisnative ARgentina in 2007 beforemoving to Huracan (2007-2009)and then Palermo (2009-2011).

Chelsea agree fee forBelgian starlet Lukaku

Chelsea’s wanted list for severalmonths after he scored 16 leaguegoals in 37 appearances forAnderlecht last season.

He already has two goals in twogames this season but looks set to com-plete his move to west London in adeal believed to be worth over £18million ($29.5 million) if he can passa medical and agree personal terms.

“An agreement has been reachedwith Anderlecht for the transfer toChelsea of striker Romelu Lukaku,”

a statement on the club’s websiteannounced. “The move is nowsubject to the player passing amedical and agreeing personalterms.”

Anderlecht general managerHerman van Holsbeeck added onhis club’s website: “We regret thedeparture of Romelu but the agree-ment is a win-win situation for theplayer and RSC Anderlecht. Wewish him every success for the restof his career.”

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Radwanska, who has not wona WTA Tour singles title for threeyears, injured her shoulder at theStanford tournament last weekand her service speed has beenheavily reduced because of theproblem. “I’m really doing ev-erything to go on court and playmy best,” Radwanska told report-ers. “You try to do everything, thepainkillers, just keep fighting.

Petkovic started the matchbrightly by hitting through thecrafty Radwanska in the first setbut the German began to losesteam in the second. Petkovic,who said she ate something badat lunch, then sprinted off thecourt to the bathroom when shewas 0-40 down in the fifth gameof the second set to be sick.

“At the point where I ran out, Icouldn’t hold it back anymore,”she said. “I didn’t want to be on...(television) for the next 25 years.”Tour supervisor Melanie Tabbchose not to penalise Petkovic andallowed her to take a medical timeout because the German had in- Associated Press Writer

AKRON, Ohio — Tiger Woodshas discovered something about hisgame that he never imagined couldbe a problem. He’s hitting it toostraight.

In another pedestrian round Sat-urday that caused him to lose moreground in the Bridgestone Invita-tional, Woods didn’t hit a fairwayuntil the 11th hole and struggled somuch with his putting that one of

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New Argentina coachAlejandro Sabella said Saturdayhe was determined to restorepride in the South Americanfootballing giants as they prepareto open their 2014 World Cupcampaign. Sabella, who ledEstudiantes to the CopaLiberatadores title in 2009, re-placed sacked Sergio Batista af-ter hosts Argentina’s CopaAmerica quarter-final exit to Uru-guay last month.

“It’s a great honour and anenormous responsibility to becoach of the national team, it’sone of the highest positions in theworld of football,” said Sabella.“I never dreamed I would be Ar-gentina coach, but I’ve had thehelp of people who told me thatmy time had come.”

Sabella, who was assistant Ar-gentina coach from 1994 to 1998,said that one of his main taskswould to be make people proudagain of the two-time World Cup-winning team. “The players must

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Vera Zvonareva of Russia returns a backhand to Ana Ivanovic of Serbia during the MercuryInsurance Open presented by Tri-City Medical at the

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SAN DIEGO, California - Agnieszka Radwanska ignored atroublesome shoulder to beat Germany’s vomiting AndreaPetkovic 4-6 6-0 6-4 on Saturday and reach the final of the SanDiego Open. Top seed Vera Zvonareva also advanced to thefinal after seeing off Ana Ivanovic 5-7 6-4 6-4.

formed her and the umpire before-hand that she might need to dashaway because of the ailment.

After going down 4-0 in thethird set, Petkovic finally re-gained her energy and reeled offthree straight games behind herbooming groundstrokes. But theagile Pole held firm and sealedvictory in two-hours and 10 min-utes after forcing her opponent tomake a forehand error.

In the other semi-final ,Zvonareva repelled a late third-set charge from the Serbianthanks to her ability to change thepace and angles. “I started play-ing a little bit more aggressiveoverall,” said Zvonareva. “We’vebeen working on few things withmy coach. I tried to implementthem into the match.

“I felt like sometimes I wasgoing for some crazy shots andmaking some wrong decisions.But I knew I had to push myselfto keep trying them.” La CostaResort and Spa on August 6, 2011in Carlsbad, California.

Sabella bids to restoreArgentinian pride

understand that the team is aboveeverything, that we are supportedby people who live and breathefootball,” he explained.

“The (World Cup) qualifiersare coming and we will needpeople with experience and per-sonality.” He said that his imme-diate task would be to build “abalanced team”. “I’m a well-bal-anced person and I like balancedteams who have a solid defensive,a consistent midfield and an ag-gressive attack. This is the idealof any coach, soon I’ll have toimplement all of this, whichwon’t be an easy task.”

“The team already has a base”and “there is a general agreementon what we should be and we canhave variations but not much.”

Sabella will name his first teamnext week with friendlies againstVenezuela on September 2 inKolkata, India and four days lateragainst Nigeria in Dhaka,Bangladesh. They will also playtwo games against Brazil aheadof World Cup qualifiers which getunderway in October.

Woods struggles again and falls far behind

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Tiger Woods looks over the lie of his ball in the 16th fairwayduring third round play in the Bridgestone Invitational golf tour-nament at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio on Saturday,Aug. 6, 2011.

his associates brought a differentputter out to the practice green af-ter a round of 72. Woods was at 1-over 211, which left him 13 shotsbehind Adam Scott going into Sun-day.

What he noticed at Firestone,however, was the shape of his teeshots. Instead of playing a fade or adraw off the tee, depending on theshape of the flight he wanted,Woods is hitting it straighter. Hesaid the trouble was still aiming

right or left.“Still struggling a little bit with

my setup and alignments off of teeshots because I used to curve theball a lot more,” he said. “I don’tcurve the ball as much anymore, andit’s kind of hard to trust when I’mout there in tournament play. Andmost of my shots are missing righton the edges of fairways, so I’ve justgot to get more committed to that.“I’m hitting the ball straighter,” hesaid. “It’s a nice change. But it’s stilla change.”

That was the scouting report outof Atlanta Athletic Club whenWoods played a practice roundMonday ahead of next week’s PGAChampionship. He was having ahard time picking out the right tar-get, instinctively aiming farther out-side the fairway lines because foryears he was used to more move-ment on his shots.

He missed every fairway on thefront nine, and some of themweren’t that close. His shot on No.6 went into the gallery, plunked afan in the back and bounced into therough on the other side of the ropes.Brady Klotz, the college kid hestruck, was so excited about beinghit that he posed with the glove thatWoods signed for him.

Woods picked up two birdies tooffset some early mistakes, but fin-ished poorly. A sand wedge for histhird shot to the par-5 16th wentover the green and into a bunker fora bogey, and he three-putted the18th for a 72.

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Speaking at Ferrari’s summer press eventat the Madonna di Campaglio, the Spaniardsaid that while the odds were long, it wasstill possible to close the gap if kept win-ning and Red Bull’s driver ran into a barrenspell.

“We must try and win as many races aspossible,” he said. “We are realistic and thechampionship situation is what it is, but wehave seen so often that there can be suddenreversals. And after all, we are Ferrari andwe have a moral obligation, especially forthe millions of fans spread around the world,to always think of the maximum goal.

“We can’t ever say we will tackle eightraces without having the championship in theback of our mind: we will always have aneye on the title, at least until there is no longerthe slightest chance.

“Of course we must start winning and wehave to hope that Vettel makes a few mis-takes or has some problems”

Alonso qualified his remarks by addingthat he realised Red Bull was unlikely to laydown and hand Ferrari an advantage - par-ticularly in light of its dominant start to theseason - and therefore was not committingto a promise to win the world championship

HRC team principal Shuhei Nakamoto says Honda must notunderestimate the threat Jorge Lorenzo poses to Casey Stoner’schampionship lead, in spite of the Australian’s superior win ratio- 5:2 – and his 20-point advantage at the top of the standings.

Honda’s RC212V has been the most consistently competitivemotorcycle this season, but Yamaha’s reigning champion Lorenzohas finished no lower than second in the last three races and re-mains within striking distance of Stoner with eight races – justunder half the campaign - still to go.

“Honda has won seven out of ten races so far,” said Nakamoto.“Considering we only won four in the whole of the last season,you’d think we have it in the bag. But Lorenzo is a very toughcompetitor.

“He’s not going to give up, and I think we will continue to seea pattern of wins and losses for the rest of the season. A singleslip could upset the whole championship battle.

“We’re going to be treating every race with the utmost seri-ousness, concentrating on avoiding any mistakes that could costus points.”

While there is a perception that Stoner’s recent win in LagunaSeca was made easier by his closest rivals Lorenzo and DaniPedrosa nursing injuries in the closing stages, Nakamoto alsoinsisted that Stoner has not been riding niggle-free.

“Actually, Casey still has physical problems remaining from hiscrash in practice at Assen, and he still feels pain when he rides,” hesaid. “So the two week break will be an excellent chance for him toget himself back into perfect condition. It’s good timing.

“With the chance afforded by the summer break for more physi-cal training, I think we’ll also see Dani soon return to his originalform. If that happens, the coming races will all be fought be-tween Dani, Casey and Jorge. All three riders are quite capable ofwinning.”

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Jorge Lorenzo, of Spain, leads countryman DaniPedrosa (26) and Australia’s Casey Stoner duringthe Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix MotoGP world cham-pionship motorcycle race Sunday, July 24, 2011,at Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif.

Honda not underestimating Lorenzo’s threat

Alonso hasn’t given up on world title yetFernando Alonso hasn’t given up on

the 2011 drivers’ title despite his 89-point deficit to championship leaderand world champion Sebastian Vettel.

this. Though he added that as a team, Ferrariis well on its way to returning to that status.

“Formula 1 is too complicated a sport tomake declarations,” he said. “It requires ev-eryone to give their all in order to win andthe genius of an individual is not enough. Ifyou look at Adrian Newey, it’s not a case ofhim turning up at Red Bull and at a stroke,creating a winning car with a magic wand. Ittook years for all the team to reach the levelit is at now.

“It takes great people, structures and,clearly a little pinch of genius. I am convincedwe too have that genius.” Asked how he ratedFerrari’s campaign so far, Alonso said: “Anine or a 10 can go to those who lead thechampionship, but this has not been such abad a season for us so far.

“Sure, the beginning was very difficult: wehad hoped for a better start but we did notmanage it,” he continued. “In China we wentthrough what was possibly the worst point,because not only were we not fighting for thewin with McLaren and Red Bull, but we werealso behind Mercedes and maybe Renault,who had already scored two podium finishes.However, after that, we reacted well.

“We still lack a little something in all ar-eas, including from the drivers, to be at thelevel of the best. However, I feel much morepart of the team than I did a year ago. In termsof driving, I don’t think I’ve ever been thisstrong.”

Ferrari’s Spanish driverFernando Alonso arrives

in the pits at theHungaroring circuit on

July 31, 2011 in Budapestduring the Formula OneHungarian Grand Prix.

AFP PHOTO / GEORGI LICOVSKI