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The worst flooding in decades hasaffected an area the size of Germanyand France, leaving towns virtualislands in a muddy inland sea, dev-

NEW Jersey - By the time thesun rose over Rahway, the fire atthe 100 unit housing complex hadbeen burning for several hours.The blaze broke out in the com-plex, being built at the intersectionof St. Georges Avenue and StoneStreet, just after 1:30 a.m. “I heardthe helicopters flying over. I saidwhat’s going on out here. And as Ilooked out, I seen the flames shoot-ing from the top of the building,”Kevin Retcho said.

“I seen fire coming out from theroof and stuff - through the win-dows. It started out on the left sidecorner of the building, then it juststarted working itself around thewhole building,” Omar Cadiz said.In fact, the blaze was so intense ittook firefighters from ten surround-ing departments to help put it out.

Because of the tight modular

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In this frame grab from video released by NBC New York, a fireblazes at a condominium complex under construction Tues-day, Jan. 4, 2011, in Rahway, N.J. The fire started around 1:30a.m. at the three-story building along Route 27.

Firefighters battle huge blaze at New Jersey condo complexconstruction of the unoccupiedbuilding, dousing hot spots was anall day job. Arson investigatorsjoined firefighters on the scene try-ing to determine how and why thefire started.

By late afternoon, they did knowwhere it started. “If you’re look-ing at the building, it’s what wewould call the B side, which is theleft side and about halfway back.”Rahway Fire Chief Bill Young said.

This complex had been underconstruction for about a year. It wasalmost completed and set to openas rentals this spring. The fire chiefsays it’s not salvageable.

“The whole third floor is gone.There’s mortar damage. The wholebuilding is gone,” he said. No in-juries were reported. Calls of thesmoke smell came from as far awayas Manhattan.

The city ofRockhampton iscompletely sur-rounded by floodwaters on January5, 2011 after theswollen FitzroyRiver broke itsbanks. Tens ofthousands ofpeople inRockhamptonbraced for com-plete isolation aswaters, which haveinundated an areabigger than Franceand Germany andclosed the town’sairport and railway,lapped at the lastremaining roadlink.

Australia floods cause“catastrophic” damageReuters

ROCKHAMPTON, Australia – Australia’s record floods are causing catastrophic damageto infrastructure in the state of Queensland and have forced 75 percent of its coal mines, whichfuel Asia’s steel mills, to grind to a halt, Queensland’s premier said on Wednesday.

astated crops, cut major rail and roadlinks to coal ports, slashed exportsand forced up world coal prices.

“Seventy-five percent of our

mines are currently not operationbecause of this flood,” Premier AnnaBligh told local television. “So,that’s a massive impact on the in-

ternational markets and the inter-national manufacturer of steel.”

The Australian floods, whichhave cut off 22 towns and affected200,000 people, have resulted fromthe La Nina weather phenomenon,which produces monsoonal rainsover the western Pacific and South-east Asia.Continued on page 6

AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD

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TOURISM of Buleleng had everattained its golden period when it wasthe capital of the Lesser Sunda Prov-ince. The amazing beauty of LovinaBeach along with its dolphin attrac-tions, Ulun Danu and Gitgit Waterfallseems to have been forgotten from thetourism map of the Island of the Gods.Tourism development has been fo-cused on the southern regions of Balinamely Badung, Denpasar andGianyar Regency, while forgets the po-tential of the North Bali. In reality, theattractions owned are no less magnifi-cent than that of other tourist destina-tions in Bali. If only the governmentwould overcome the problem of in-equality, it is not impossible forBuleleng community to enjoy thesweet pie of the tourism sector.

Pursuant to the Bali Regional Regu-lation No. 4/1999, it has been set forththat Buleleng Regency had been di-vided into two tourist resorts namelythe Kalibukbuk tourism resort or bet-ter known as Lovina Beach resort witha broad development area reaching3,542 ha covering 7 villages such asthe village of Pemaron, TukadMungga, Anturan, Kalibukbuk,Kaliasem, Temukus, Tigawasa andBatu Ampar tourist resort located inthe west of North Bali with the devel-opment area reaching 14,124 ha. Theresort includes 5 villages namelyPenyabangan, Bonyupoh, Pemuteran,Sumberkima, and Pejarakan Village.

A practitioner of Bali tourism,Nyoman Kandia, expressed the sweet-ness of pie of the rapid growing Balitourism could be said to have not beenfelt by the people of Buleleng. It wascaused by the sector identical to Balihad not been well ordered.

“Less supportive transportation

Authority of Ngurah Rai Airport protestsAuthority of Ngurah Rai Airport protestsAuthority of Ngurah Rai Airport protestsAuthority of Ngurah Rai Airport protestsAuthority of Ngurah Rai Airport protestsMangupura (Bali Post)—

Fireworks fiesta on the last New Year’s Eve 2011 claimed to have caused a number of aircraftsto land late at Ngurah Rai International Airport reaped a strong denial from the management ofPT. Angkasa Pura I (Persero), Main Branch Office of the Ngurah Rai Airport.

A number of aircrafts reportedto choose swirling in the sea dueto fear of landing because ofmany fireworks flying high andexploding in the air near the air-port, had been clarified by thePersonnel and General Managerof PT. Angkasa Pura I, RismanTorry. According to him, it hadno impact on the flight activitiesat the Ngurah Rai Airport.

“All flights during the period ofyear change, both for those thatwould land and take off, were run-ning normally, unlike the news inthe media,” said Risman Torry inhis office on Tuesday (Jan 4).

According to him, the officers ofAir Traffic Control at Ngurah RaiAirport responsible for managingthe air traffic did not receive anyholding request (waiting for land-

ing) from the pilots as a result offireworks fiesta on the New Year’sEve 2011.

”We never received any com-plaints or reports from pilots con-cerning with the fireworks activi-ties around the airport,” he said inrelation to the worries and fearsthreatening the safety of flight dueto disturbance of those fireworks.Even, there was no request of pro-

hibiting the fireworks activities nearthe airport like the ban on raising akite near the airport. He recognizedthat no confirmation was given tothe management of PT. AngkasaPura I (Persero) Ngurah Rai Airportto do so.

“Nevertheless, we need to conveyto the public, let us jointly maintainthe security and flight safety becausethe airport is the main entrance oftourists to Bali,” he said.

Risman Torry appealed the pub-lic not to play any laser beam withinthe vicinity of the airport. Actually,the laser beam was remarkably dan-

gerous for the world of aviation andcould interfere with the flight safety.

Based on the document of the In-ternational Civil Aviation Organiza-tion (ICAO) regarding to theManual on Laser Emitters andFlight Safety, it was explained thatexposure to laser emissions mightprovide a physiological and medico-psychological effects on the cabincrews. “Of course, it can be fatal forflight safety. To that end, all com-munities are advised not to play, useor turn on the laser beam on the areaof airport and its surroundings,” hesaid. (par)

To take back glory of Lesser Sunda Bulelengtourism should make improvement

poses one of the triggers of the tourismunderdevelopment in the Buleleng re-gion. However, if government is will-ing to arrange the potential maximallyand prepare the supporting facilities, theglory of Lesser Sunda will return,” saidNyoman Kandia in Denpasar, Tuesday(Jan 4).

The gap was also indicated by theroom occupancy rate of the star hotels.Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of BaliOffice recorded that the highest roomoccupancy rate in the period of Novem-ber 2010 was in Badung Regencynamely 67.19 percent and the lowestin Buleleng Regency namely 28.11percent.

According to the Chairman of theNational Executive Board of the Indo-nesian Tour Guides Association (HPI),Buleleng Regency retained historicalrecord of Balinese people, ranging frommegalithic era up to the struggle for theindependence could be packaged intoan attractive tourism package. Armedwith potential of nature and history,Buleleng could develop the tourismindustry as a source of locally gener-ated revenue (PAD). The efforts re-mained to be hampered by inadequatesupporting infrastructure. “The poten-tial of Buleleng’s nature is differentfrom that of South Bali, where touristscan enjoy the panorama of mountainsand coastal panorama all at once. Theseassets can be sold to tourists,” he said.

He added that tourist objects inBuleleng Region spread out across thefour tourism areas, such as Batuampararea in Gerokgak subdistrict,Kalibukbuk or Lovina area in Bulelengsubdistrict, Bedugul area in Sukasadasubdistrict and Air Sanih area inTejakula subdistrict. In addition, theSingaraja City also inherited the relics

in the form of Old Port originating fromthe Dutch colonial government and oldbuildings around the capital ofBuleleng.

Similarly, Buleleng Regency had afood crop sector. The potential wouldbecome one of the leading sub-sectorswhen tourism and agriculture could gohand in hand. The Dean of Faculty ofEconomics, Warmadewa University(Unwar), I Wayan Arjana, stated thattourism in Bali had close relationshipto religious, cultural and agriculturallife. “Essentially, our culture belongsto an agrarian culture, highly depen-dent on agriculture. Agriculture itselfwill remain to play strategic role in thedevelopment of tourism and modernBalinese society. Taking back the gloryof the agricultural sector that hadboomed in the era of 1970s in Bulelengwill provide direct and tangible contri-bution to the economy of society,” heexplained.

The extent of agricultural land inBuleleng Regency increased throughthe years as many plantations were con-verted to rice fields. Many estates, es-pecially in the western region, had beenturned into rice fields. In 2007, the ex-tent of rice field in Buleleng was 10,719hectares, while in 2008 increased to10,913 hectares. Meanwhile, in 2009the extent raised significantly reachingalmost a thousand hectares with a totalof 11,070 hectares. “Synergy betweenthe agricultural sector and tourism inBuleleng will make both areas continueto grow mutually and never eliminatethe agriculture,” he said.

Agrotourism, described by Arjana,was utilization of area or the agricul-tural cultivation activity. This sector hadbeen already developing in some loca-tions, such as rural tourism, utilizing

the dikes of subak as tracking path.Agro-tourism should be developed be-cause farmers were expected to contrib-ute agricultural products for consump-tion of tourists. “Of course, tourismbusinesspeople are expected to have acommitment to accommodate localagricultural products in Buleleng likegrape, so farmers will have no difficultyin marketing their crops. Tourism ac-tivities will have direct impact on farm-ers, not only on the workers in the tour-ism industry,” he said.

Farmer groups and tourismbusinesspeople needed to do a partner-ship with a clear pattern, either in capi-tal or partnerships in the product mar-keting of farmers. Hopefully, by thiseffort farmers were expected to becomemore independent and able to followthe development of the economic situ-ation.

Meanwhile, the Regional Coordina-tor of the Indonesia Hotels and Restau-rants Association (ASITA) for Bali,NTB and NTT, Bagus Sudibya, said theneed of incentives for investors wish-ing to invest their capital in North Balilike Buleleng to encourage the sectorssuch as tourism in the area. “Incentivecan be an income tax relief for inves-tors in order they are attracted to investtheir capital in the region. Conversely,those only wishing to invest in SouthBali should be imposed with disincen-tives,” he said while adding that the ef-forts would greatly support the devel-opment of tourism in North Bali.

The existence of moratorium, admit-ted Bagus Sudibya, could be the bestpolicy to cope with tourism develop-ment in Bali staying to concentrate inthe South Bali. Moratorium would en-courage equitable development of tour-ism throughout the regencies in Bali.

“Development of accommodation andtourist attraction should not only be car-ried out in South Bali but also through-out Bali as in North Bali. For that pur-pose, it is required an adequate infra-structure. Therefore, government needsto make wider road to West Bali, EastBali, and North Bali,” he said.

Transportation mode

Development of road access to Westand East Bali including North Bali wasextremely important. By adequate roadaccess, tourists would spread evenly toall parts of Bali. By such road access,the potential of tourism in the Bali re-gion would become more developed.Then, the spread of tourists across Baliwould automatically mean that accom-modation and other tourist facilitieswould be expanded to all regions ofBali. “In essence, we do not restrict thedevelopment of accommodation inBali. However, the construction of theaccommodation must be tailored pur-suant to the existing infrastructure in-cluding the roads, water, electricity aswell as other infrastructure,” he said.

He asserted, in this regard, the roleof government should encourage thedevelopment of infrastructure through-out Bali. Development of tourism in-frastructure should be spread acrossBali. Tourists would be indirectly inter-ested to visit all tourist objects in Bali.“Aside from improving the tourism in-frastructure, the government must alsoimprove the management of a touristattraction. The efforts to improve thetourist attraction in Bali will become thetask of government, including the man-agement of tourist objects in Bali,” hesaid.

3International Bali News Thursday, January 6, 2011

Jakarta (Bali Post)—Ministry of Culture and Tourism

took the National Police to secure thetourist destination. “It aims to improvethe coordination in the security andorderliness as well as create the sys-tems and methods in the implementa-tion of security measures. Therefore,it can realize the security and safetyin tourism destinations,” said the Headof Information and Public Relationsof Ministry of Culture and Tourism, IGusti Ngurah Putra, in Jakarta Tues-day (Jan 4).

Indonesia had a beautiful, uniqueand diverse tourist destination. Nev-ertheless, Ngurah said, all the advan-tages would not enough to make theIndonesia’s tourism competitive if notbacked up by any collateral securityand safety. “For that purpose, we needto create a safe and comfortable envi-ronment and atmosphere by improv-

IDR 1 Billion For Sukawati Art MarketIDR 1 Billion For Sukawati Art MarketIDR 1 Billion For Sukawati Art MarketIDR 1 Billion For Sukawati Art MarketIDR 1 Billion For Sukawati Art MarketParking Arrangement BudgetParking Arrangement BudgetParking Arrangement BudgetParking Arrangement BudgetParking Arrangement Budget

Gianyar (Bali Post) –The minim parking spaces at Sukawati Art Market, Sukawati

had its attention from the local government yet there hasn’t beenany certainty if it will be widen. Now year 2011, Gianyar councilhas planned to do so by allocating IDR 1 billion for it.

Gianyar Regent Tjokorda OkaArtha Ardana Sukawati during anevent with Gianyar based reportersa while ago stated that the budgethas been prepared. The allocatedbudget is going to be for the art mar-ket reparation including its parkingspace. The budget will be taken fromthe Hotel and Restaurant Associa-tion (PHR) budget which in 2011 isfocused on three sub districts includ-ing Sukawati.

Connecting to moving theSukawati general market to be infront of the art market, the Regentdidn’t comment much about it asthat decision is on the people’s hand.Moving a market is not as easy as itlooks, like moving a city. The wor-

rying condition was due to the in-creasing tourist visits all year withthe parking space beingunsupportive so vehicles tend to parkalong the road causing traffic jam.The market traders are also uncom-fortable with this situation as besidesthere are competitions such as giftshop centers but also worries tour-ists won’t come to the market any-more due to the chaos situation.(kmb16)

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The parking lot inSukawati Art Marketin Gianyar Regency

Semarapura (Bali Post) –Salt production at its center in Kusamba Village, Dawan, Klungkung stopped

since two months ago with the rain keep coming as salt farmers are dependableon sunshine to produce suitable marketed salts. Based on what’s seen at Kusambalast Tuesday (4/1), a number of farming equipments were left just like that. Theiractivity hasn’t been seen much and instead they would take brush stones as a jobreplacement for the rainy season. “For around two months we haven’t been pro-ducing. Just this Tuesday sunshine appeared. So we’re trying to work again,” asalt farmer from Banjar Rame, Kusamba, Ketut Kaping, explained.

Head of Kusamba Salt Farm Group admitted got orders from a supplier fromJumpai which the products will be sent to America, “I have received 800 kg to1,5 ton orders yet because of rainy season did not stop, I and colleagues couldn’tfulfill this order.” Now the numbers of its farmers have decreased as well fromhundreds to 31 people, “Colleagues of mine have all changed jobs when theprice of salt has gone up several years ago.”

At this time, salt price is IDR 1.500 per kg for local price meanwhile super salt(for export) is IDR 9.000 for ¼ kg, “Hopefully the weather gets better (there’ssunshine) so we can work again.”

Besides rain, apparently the equipment prices have also increased like rub-bers for making centong (sea water carrier towards salt producing location) havegone up to IDR 30.000 a sheet, drying equipments as well, “Hopefully govern-ment will help us.”

Kusamba salt quality has been approved and now its export destination hasgone to America, Japan and Australia. Its center production has also been visitedby foreign tourists only just the road condition is still uncooperative. (kmb20)

To secure tourist destination:Ministry of Tourism goes handin hand with National Police

IBP/Bali Putra

Salt farmer is disturbed by the heavy rain.

ing the security management system,”said Ngurah.

Security and safety posed integralpart of tourism, so no matter small thedisturbance and security were wouldaffect the tourism. On that account,the factor of safety and security shouldbecome major concern in the admin-istration of tourism.

Previously, the cooperation agree-ment in destination security was con-ducted by Directorate General ofTourist Destination Development,Ministry of Culture and Tourism,Firmansyah Rahim, and OperationsAssistant to Chief of National Police,Sunarko, witnessed by the Minister ofCulture and Tourism Jero Wacik andNational Police Chief Timur Pradopo.

After signing the agreement, eachparty immediately formulated the Se-curity Management System in TouristDestination (SMPDP). Among others,

it contained the main guidelines usedas reference for the Preparation of Tech-nical Guidelines by stakeholders in thefield of culture and tourism to realizethe security standards in accordancewith the applicable provisions in real-izing the competitive tourism.

The cooperation agreement de-noted the implementation of Law No.10/2008 concerning with tourism,Presidential Decree No. 63/2004 onthe Security of National Vital Objects,Law No.2/2002 concerning with Na-tional Police, Police Regulation No.24/2007 concerning with the SecurityManagement System for Organiza-tions, Companies and Government In-stitutions, and Ethical Code of theWorld Tourism providing the protec-tion for tourists, tourism businesses,and community as well as natural re-source assets and historical relics be-longing to the tourism attraction. (son)

Stopped By Rain Salt FarmersHalted Producing for Two Months

Denpasar (Bali Post) –A boat stuck on the corals of the

Mertasari waters, Sanur, since a fewmonths ago hasn’t been taken action.This condition invites worry for Sanurresidents as it could damage corals andsea creatures under it. Not only that,oil leakage from ship can be anotherdamaging factor as Sanur public fig-ure IB Gede Udiyana last Tuesday (4/1) stated when met at Denpasar. It was

Boat Wrecks Unmanaged WorriedThreatening Corals and Sea Creatures

also stated that the ship is on the localfishermen route, “This boat is now be-ing questioned by those worried resi-dents of its affect to its surroundings.”

The former Head of CommissionB for Denpasar House of Represen-tatives hoped there will be a quickstep from responsible institution tomanage this situation as based fromthe information received the shipwas going to help those wrecked

boats at Serangan shores and yet theThought Boat was also wrecked.

Udiyana suspected the boatcrew did not understand the waterscondition there and so got wreckedon a coral. Now, Benoa Harbor Ad-ministration say will take care ofit after the boat was there for amonth, “This should get a quickeraction so it won’t damage its sur-roundings.” (kmb12)

International4 Thursday, January 6, 2011 News

In the latest flare-up between theideological foes, Washington with-drew the visa of Venezuela’s ambas-sador last week in retaliation forChavez’s rejection of PresidentBarack Obama’s nominated ambas-sador to Caracas.

U.S. diplomat Larry Palmer hadcriticized Venezuela’s government,saying morale in its military waslow and there were clear ties be-tween members of the Chavez ad-ministration and leftist rebels inneighboring Colombia. In a tele-vised speech late on Tuesday,Venezuela’s firebrand president saidhe had come up with a solution.

“I hope they name Oliver Stone.I’ll suggest a candidate ... Sean Penn,or (linguist and philosopher Noam)Chomsky. We have a lot of friendsthere. Bill Clinton!” Chavez said.

Stone visited Caracas in May forthe local premiere of his documen-tary “South of the Border,” whichprofiles Latin America’s leftist lead-ers. He told reporters he admiredChavez and his record since com-ing to power in 1999.

Penn, who has been involved inhumanitarian efforts followingHaiti’s earthquake, won best actor

Chavez floats Stone, Penn,Chavez floats Stone, Penn,Chavez floats Stone, Penn,Chavez floats Stone, Penn,Chavez floats Stone, Penn,Clinton for U.S. envoyClinton for U.S. envoyClinton for U.S. envoyClinton for U.S. envoyClinton for U.S. envoy

AP

BOSTON – The youngest son of the late shah of Iranwas found dead Tuesday of an apparent suicide at his homein Boston, after he had “struggled for years to overcomehis sorrow,” his brother said.

“Once again, we are joined with mothers, father and rela-tives of so many victims of these dark times for our country,”the shah’s oldest son, Reza Pahlavi, wrote on his website inannouncing the death of his brother, Alireza Pahlavi.

Pahlavi, 44, died from a gunshot wound that appar-ently was self-inflicted, said Jake Wark, a spokesman forthe Suffolk district attorney’s office.

Boston police said officers responding to a 911 callfound the man dead in his home in the city’s South Endneighborhood shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday. A policespokesman did not know who made the call or whether itcame from the home.

Fardia Pars, who is close to Reza Pahlavi, said by phonefrom Paris that Alireza Pahlavi went into a deep depres-sion following the 2001 death of his sister Leila Pahlavi,who was found in a London hotel room at age 31 afteroverdosing on barbiturates.

Alireza Pahlavi never recovered, Pars said.Pahlavi’s depression “grew over time — his departure

from Iran, living in exile, the death of his father and thenhis sister to whom he was very close,” said Nazie Eftekhari,who works in Reza Pahlavi’s office in Washington and isa close family friend.

AP

FILE - In this Friday, April 15, 2005 file photo, Iran’sFarah Pahlavi, widow of Iranian Shah MohammadPahlavi

Reuters

U.S. Director Oliver Stone

Reuters

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez soughtto end a diplomatic stand-off with the United States on Tuesday bysuggesting it name Bill Clinton, actor Sean Penn or director OliverStone as its envoy to Caracas.

Oscars for his roles in the ClintEastwood-directed drama “MysticRiver” and as slain gay activistHarvey Milk in the movie “Milk.”

Chavez also recounted how hemet U.S. Secretary of State HillaryClinton briefly on the sidelines ofDilma Rousseff’s inauguration cer-emony on Saturday in Brazil.

“I said to Senora Clinton ‘How isyour husband?’” he said. “But I madea mistake because I speak very badEnglish, and I said ‘How is your wife?’She laughed, then I said husband.”

When Obama took office in Janu-ary 2009, promising more engage-ment with foes, there were expecta-tions of a possible rapprochement.Chavez toned down his tiradesagainst the “empire” and shookhands with the new U.S. leader at asummit.

But within months, Chavez saidObama was disillusioning the worldby following his predecessor GeorgeW. Bush’s foreign policies, and therhetoric from Caracas cranked upagain. Despite the latest diplomaticspat, few expect either Venezuela orthe United States to risk jeopardiz-ing trade ties — principally oil —crucial to both nation’s economies.

Son of former Iranian shahfound dead in Boston

Associated Press Writer

LAHORE, Pakistan – Thousandsgathered under tight security Wednes-day to pay silent homage at the funeralof a provincial governor shot dead bya bodyguard who said he was enragedby the politician’s opposition to lawsordering death for insulting Islam.

Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer, 66,was a senior member of the rulingparty regarded as an outspoken mod-erate in a country increasingly besetby zealotry. His assassination onTuesday added to the turmoil innuclear-armed Pakistan, where thegovernment is on the verge of collapseand Islamic militancy is on the rise

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilaniand other senior ruling party officialsjoined up to 6,000 mourners at a cer-emony at the governor’s official resi-dence in the city of Lahore in easternPakistan, before Taseer was buried ata nearby cemetery.

Taseer was a close ally of U.S.-backed President Asif Ali Zardariand the highest-profile political fig-ure to be assassinated since formerPrime Minister Benazir Bhutto wasslain three years ago. His death was

Pakistani governor buriedunder tightened security

a reminder of the growing danger tothose in Pakistan who dare to chal-lenge Islamist extremists.

Khusro Pervez, the commissionerof Lahore, said city authorities haddeployed additional police to keep thepeace before and after Taseer’s fu-neral. Thousands of police guarded thegovernor’s residence and other keysites. “Police are on maximum alert.Police are guarding all important in-stallations in the city,” Pervez said.

The governor’s residence hasbeen the scene of angry street pro-tests in recent weeks against Taseer’scall to repeal blasphemy laws thatorder death for anyone convicted ofinsulting Islam and his support for aChristian woman sentenced to diefor allegedly insulting Islam’sProphet Muhammad. Taseer wasshot in the back in the capitalIslamabad as he left a restaurant towalk to his car.

An intelligence official who in-terrogated the suspect, MumtazQadri, said the 26-year-old com-mando had been planning the assas-sination since learning four days agothat he would be deployed with se-curity for the governor.

Activities Thursday, January 6, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event forJanuary 3 through January 26, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annualCeremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Ba-linese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine whicheach family possesses. Because of this practically every fewdays a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in someVillage in Bali. There are also times when the entire islandcelebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan,Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day,Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is consid-ered its birth day and celebration always takes place on thesame day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When newmoon is used then the celebration always happens on new moonor full moon. The day of course can differ the religious cel-ebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some templecelebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakihtemple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and mostof the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importanceof the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed withpieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, deco-rations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold andChinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the fourcorners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, whiteor black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped inthe shrines.

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

Balinese TempleCeremony

04 JanuarySpecial Event at Tenganan PegringsinganUsaba SadhaMain ritual of twelfth month commanced withtemple annyversary celebration of Pura Accompa-nied by Gambang orchestra at 18.00 pm.Temple anniversary celebration at Pura DalemPuri,Pura Ulun Kulkul, Pura Kiduling Kreteg, PuraBenua Kawan,Besakih complex,districk ofRendang,Karangasem regency

05 JanuarySpecial Event at Tenganan PegringsinganUsaba SadhaMain Ceremony held at Pura Jero when the wholetemple adherents go praying to the temple in theirfinest traditional dress while Gambang orchestracheeras the atmosphere at 17.00 pm.

06 JanuarySpecial Event at Tenganan PegringsinganUsaba SadhaLast ritual held at Pura Jero ended with processionof Deities back to Subak Pemaksan (the agriculturaltemple) at 18.00 pm. Followed by special event heldfor the elderly people of the village.

12 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebration at:* Pura Luhur Pucak Padang Dawa, Bangli

village,distict of Baturiti, Tabanan Regency* Pura Silayukti,Padangbai village, district of

manggis,Karangasem Regency* Pura Air Jeruk,South Beach of Sukawati

Village,Gianyar Regency* Pura Dangin Pasar,Batuan Village, District of

Sukawati.Gianyar regensy

* Pura Desa Lembeng,Ketewel village, District ofSukawati.Gianyar regency* Pura Penataran,Batuyang Village, District ofSukawati.Gianyar regency* Pura Budha Kliwon,Penatih Village, east ofdenpasar

19 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebrations at:* Pura Ratu Pasek Besakih (the mother temple)

complex,distric of Rendang, Karangasem Regency* Pura Dalem Batur Village, distric of

kintamani,Bangli regency

22 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebrations at:* Pura Dalem Tarukan,Bebalang village, South oe the

town of bangli.* Pura Benua Kangin,Besakih (the mother temple

complex)Karngasem Regensy* Pura Dalem,Pemuteran,Jelantik tojan

Village,Klungkung regensy* Pura Pucak Sari,Gunung Sari Village,district of

Penebel,Tabanan Regency.

26 JanuaryTemple anniversary celebrations at:* Pura Bandesa Mas Kepisah,Pedungan village, south

of denpasar* Pura Pasar agung,Kaba-kaba village, district of

kediri,Tabanan regency* Pura Dalem Petinget, Kerobokan village, district of

kuta,Badung regency* Pura Dalem Pulasari,samprangan village, district of

blahbatuh,Gianyar regency* Pura Natih,Banjar kalan,Batuan Village, District of

Sukawati,Gianyar regency

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JIMBARAN - The New Year festivities may be winding to a close withonly sore heads and new resolutions as mementoes, but Ayana Resort andSpa Bali is continuing the celebrations after being ranked among the world’sbest hotels on the 2011 Conde Nast Traveler Gold List.

With an overall score of 91.1, Ayana was just one of four hotels in Indo-nesia to make the coveted list, which in its 17th year is one of the mostprestigious compendiums of the best hotels, resorts and cruise lines on theplanet. The list is based on the results of the magazine’s annual independentReaders’ Survey, which was completed by almost 26,000 voters. Entries areintended to reflect a property’s character and the unique guest experiences itoffers, rather than a tick-list of its facilities.

“Updated annually, it is a truly global tally of peerless travel experiences(and proves the mobility and discriminating tastes of our readers),” the maga-zine said in its January issue as it revealed the results.

Ayana General Manager Charles de Foucault expressed delight at receiv-ing such high recognition for the second year running, maintaining AYANA’slisting from the 2010 Gold List. “Conde Nast Traveler readers are well-trav-eled, accustomed to luxury service, and have no tolerance for anything lessthan first-class. They demand innovation, reliability and the wow factor,” saidCharles. “To be listed by such travelers among the world’s best hotels is a truehonor for Ayana, reflecting our continued evolution since our rebranding to anindependent property in 2009. Thank you to everyone for your support.”

The Gold List results come shortly after AYANA was awarded Asia’sLeading Luxury Resort for the second year running at the World TravelAwards in November, and Asia ‘s Leading Luxury Villa (Ayana Villa). Otheraccolades in 2010 include being voted the #1 Spa Hotel in the World byConde Nast Traveler readers, voted among the Top 20 Hotels for Value Over-all by Travel + Leisure readers, and voted Indonesia’s Leading IndependentResort at the Indonesian Tourism Awards.

Ayana Get Conde Nast Gold List Honors

Thursday, January 6, 20116 News

The closed-circuit securitycamera video shows severalpeople attacking the vintageRolls-Royce after the car wasforced to slow down during theviolent central London demon-strations.

A young woman is shown hit-ting the Rolls-Royce twice, be-fore picking up a trash can andthrowing it at the back of one ofthe convoy cars, smashing itsback window. Two other menwearing dark hooded tops, arealso seen running along the royalcar and hitting it.

Thousands of students took to

Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine troops and police captured a se-nior communist rebel commander, officials said Wednesday as a 19-day Christmas truce ended this week with both sides vowing to step upfighting.

Tirso Alcantara, the rebel New People’s Army commander for themain island of Luzon, was wounded when he tried to draw his gun asspecial army troops backed by police raided a village south of the capi-tal late Tuesday, said army chief Lt. Gen. Arturo Ortiz.

Alcantara, also known by his nom de guerre Comrade Bart, is oneof the highest-ranking members of the underground Communist Partyof the Philippines to be arrested recently, even though the guerrillasand the government earlier agreed to resume stalled peace talks in Feb-ruary on ending the 42-year insurgency.

Military spokesman Col. Generoso Bolina said troops were tippedoff that Alcantara was in a house outside Lucena city, but they arrivedafter he escaped by motorcycle. They chased and caught up with himand his accomplice at a road checkpoint, he said.

Government negotiators have expressed hope that last year’s elec-tion of reformist President Benigno Aquino III on the promise he wouldreduce poverty and improve governance would soften the rural-basedMarxist insurgency, one of Asia’s longest. The holiday cease-fire wasthe longest truce between the sides in a decade.

In a statement Wednesday, the underground Communist Party de-manded the release of Alcantara “before the resumption of formal peacetalks,” saying he is one of the rebels’ consultants in the negotiations.

Alcantara is covered by a joint agreement granting security and safeconduct passes to consultants in the talks, the statement said, addingthat his lawyers and doctors should be allowed to visit him.

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LONDON – British police released Tuesday a video of a mob kicking and hitting a limo carry-ing Prince Charles and his wife during student protests last month, hoping to find witnesses andsuspects in one of the worst royal security breaches in recent years.

AP Photo/Matt Dunham

FILE - This is a Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 file photo of Britain’s Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchessof Cornwall, as they react as their car is attacked by angry protesters in London. British policereleased a video Tuesday Jan. 4, 2011 of the mob attacking a limo carrying the Royal coupleduring the student protests the last month.

the capital’s streets on Dec. 9 toprotest university tuition fee hikes.While the majority were containedby police near Parl iament,breakaway groups ran to shoppingareas near Regent Street, wherethey came upon the royal couple’scar.

An Associated Press photographcaptured the future king and hiswife Camilla, who were dressed inevening wear and were on theirway to a charity event at a theater,looking shocked as the rowdycrowd surrounded the car. Theywere unharmed but appeared vis-ibly shaken afterward.

Police said they hoped thevideo released Tuesday can helpthem trace witnesses and suspectsbelieved to have broken the law.

British media reports said pro-testers at one point poked Camillawith a stick through an open orbroken car window. Officials con-firmed that “contact was made,”but did not elaborate.

Critics have questioned the se-curity measures for royals andhow protesters could have gottenso close to the royal car. Theyhave also criticized the choice ofvehicle, which had large clearwindows and wasn’t bullet-proof.

AP Photo/Aaron Favila

Philippine Southern Luzon Command Chief Lt. General RolandDetabali, left, talks with captured senior communist rebel com-mander, Tirso Alcantara, at a military hospital in suburbanQuezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Jan. 5,2011.

Philippine raid capturescommunist rebel commander

The La Nina is expected to last an-other three months after it producedAustralia’s third-wettest year on recordin 2010, the nation’s weather bureausaid on Wednesday.

“Queensland is a very big state. Itrelies on the lifelines of its transportsystem, and those transport systems insome cases are facing catastrophic dam-age,” said Bligh. “Without doubt thisdisaster is without precedent in its size

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and its scale here in Queensland. WhatI’m seeing in every community I visitis heartbreak, devastation.”

Residents in flooded townsscrambled to build sandbag levees onWednesday in the hope of holding backthe rising waters, which analysts esti-mate could shave around 0.4 percent-age point of Australia’s economic ac-tivity. In Rockhampton, a cattle townof 75,000, a rise of just 20 cm (8 inches)in floodwaters would inundate another400 homes and lap at the front door ofa further 4,000 properties.

“Let’s hope we dodge the bullet.

Every centimeter counts,” said IanStewart, Queensland’s state disaster co-ordinator. Three people have drownedin the floods. Authorities are warningpeople to stay out of floodwaters notjust because of the risk of drowningbut because snakes and crocodiles arebeing washed into homes and shops.

FORCE MAJEURE

Some coal mines in Queensland,the world’s biggest exporter of coalused in steel-making, were resumingproduction although the outlook re-

mained uncertain. Macarthur Coalsaid on Wednesday it had resumedtransporting coal by rail to DalrympleBay Coal Terminal this week, butforce majeure notices remained inplace and future coal trains would de-pend on coal availability.

“Once the pits are free of water, we’llhave more coal exposed that can be pro-cessed and transported,” said NicoleHollows, Macarthur’s managing direc-tor. “It is not possible to predict whenwe will return to a steady state of min-ing as that largely depends on any fu-ture rain.”

Wesfarmers is resuming output atits Curragh mine in the Bowen Basin,but maintained its force majeure. Aspokesman for Dalrymple port warnedthat unless mine companies resumeproduction in the nation’s biggest coalregion soon, coal export shipmentscould again be cut. Some rail lines car-rying coal from inland mines expectedto stay partially underwater for anotherweek. “In terms of river levels, theymight recede by next week but thesebig mining establishments are obvi-ously going to feel the affects formonths to come,” said Jess Carey.

Thursday, January 6, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Antara

JAKARTA - The United Statesgovernment continued the mainte-nance of the F-16 jet fighters of theIndonesian Air Force.

This statement was made byformer US Air Force Commander inthe Asia Pacific (US PACAF) Gen-eral (ret.) William J Begert whenmaking a courtesy call on Indone-sian Air Force Chief of Staff Mar-

FOTO ANTARA/ Fanny Octavianus

The traffic congestion happened during the inundation at Gunung Sahari, Jakarta on Wednesday, January5, 2011. On rainy season like this, people of Jakarta often have to face traffic congestion because moststreet get inundated.

The bank held the key borrow-ing rate at 6.50 percent for the 17thstraight month as it tries to fostera recovery in Southeast Asia’slargest economy.

However, it is coming underpressure to announce an increaseto temper rising prices as inflationhit reached 6.96 percent in 2010,well up from the bank’s 4-6 per-cent target and a jump from theprevious year’s 2.78 percent.

Credit Suisse’s India andSoutheast Asia Economics headRobert Prior-Wandesforde said thebank decided to maintain its rateprobably because a higher ratewould attract even greater foreign“hot-money” inflows.

“This is not such a bad thing initself, but the worry here is that themore foreign money there is the

Antara

BENGKULU - About 40 to 50percent of Bengkulu province‘s coralreefs have been damaged by trawlsused by fishermen to catch fish, alocal fisheries official said.

“The condition of coral reefsalong the coast from Kaur toMukomuko districts has deterioratedso much dues to the use of trawls byfishermen.” Bismalinda, head ofBengkulu`s marine and fisheries of-fice, said here Tuesday.

Most local fishermen were notaware of the adverse consequences

Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia hopesSingapore‘s investment in Indone-sia will rise by up to 50 percent in2011, chief economic ministerHatta Rajasa said here on Tuesday.

“Singapore`s investment in In-donesia in 2010 was recorded ataround five billion US dollars. Wehope it will increase up to 50 per-cent,” he said after meeting withSingapore`s minister of trade andindustry Lim Hng Kiang.

He said investment was one ofthe issues discussed by the work-ing group in the framework of eco-nomic cooperation between thetwo countries. The two countrieshave agreed to focus their coop-eration on the fields of infrastruc-ture, connectivity, ports and manu-facturing sectors.

“Singapore as an internationalfinancial hub is hoped to be able topromote investment opportunitiesin Indonesia to investors,” he said.

The working group that hasbeen set up by the two countries

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JAKARTA - Women‘s Empower-ment and Children‘s Protection Min-ister Linda Amalia Sari said hereTuesday there were indications thatPapua and West Papua were a hu-man trafficking market.

“There are indications that Papuaand West Papua have become a des-tination for victims of human traf-ficking ,” said Linda who is also ex-ecutive chairperson of thegovernment`s Human TraffickingHandling and Prevention Task Forcein an expose of her ministry`s work

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JAKARTA - Indonesia’s central bank kept interest rates on holdWednesday, days after data showed inflation last year was muchhigher than forecast.

country, the more there is to leaveit as and when global risk appetitesours,” Prior-Wandesforde said ina statement.

Indonesia has received huge in-flows of foreign money as inves-tors turn to emerging economies inAsia, which is leading the globalrecovery, in place of slow-growthareas such as the United States orEurope.

“Having said that, the countrydoes at least have the comfort ofmuch higher foreign exchange re-serves to protect the rupiah if needsbe,” Prior-Wandesforde said. Thecountry had 96.2 billion dollars inreserves at the end of December.

Indonesia’s main stock indexrose 46 percent last year, while itsrupiah currency gained more than4.0 percent against the dollar.

Indonesia hopesSingapore‘s investmentto rise 50 percent

also deals with development inBatam, Bintan and Karimun, airtransportation, human resourcesdevelopment and agribusiness.

Hatta said the development inBatam, Bintan and Karimun hasshown progress while obstaclessuch as in licensing, customs andothers had been reduced.

“We have agreed to increase thepromotion of the region so that itcould become an investment des-tination. This must become a suc-cess story,” he said.

On air transportation Hatta saidthe Association of Southeast AsianNations (Asean) would issue aconnectivity blueprint in theframework of establishing anASEAN economic community.

He said an agreement has alsobeen reached with regard to improv-ing the skills of the Indonesian hu-man resources in Singapore.

“In the agribusiness Singaporemeanwhile will keep increasingsupply of vegetables from Indone-sia. It is expected to grow 20 per-cent,” he said.

Half of Bengkulu’s coral reefsdamaged by fish trawls

of the use of trawls for the marineecosystem, he said.

The damaging process had beengoing on for a long time and repair-ing it would take decades. Meanwhile,the degraded condition of the coralreefs had reduced fish‘ hauls, espe-cially hauls of reef fish and lobstersalong the Bengkulu coasts, he added.

The situation was currently beingcompounded by uncertain weatherconditions which further depressedfishermen‘s income, he said,

Coral reef damage was alsocaused by the use of explosives bythe fishermen. The practice killed

not only big but also small fishes.Nowadays, he added, it was diffi-

cult for fishermen to catch fish nearthe coastline and they had to go far-ther out to sea to get fish while theirboats could not do that. To overcomethe problem, local fisheries authori-ties were continuously informing fish-ermen of the hazards of using trawlsand dynamite to catch fish, he said.

The government was making seri-ous efforts to conserve and rehabili-tate the coral reefs but they would suc-ceed only with the participation andawareness of the people to preservethe ecosystem of coral reefs, he said.

Papua believed to be human traffickers‘ marketprograms in 2011.

She said her ministry was mak-ing an effort to further investigatethe indications and find out the truth.“We are going to folow up the clueson human trafficking victims inPapua,”she added.

Based on preliminary data herministry had received, Papua andWest Papua were thriving marketsfor human traffickers.

“According to preliminary re-ports, many underage women fromother parts of the country have beenbrought to Papua and West Papua towork as waitresses and possibly as

commercial sex workers,” she said.She said she was planning to set

up branches of the Human Traffick-ing Hand;ing and Prevention TaskForce in all cities and districts inPapua and West Papua.

At present such Task Forcebranches already existed in 20 prov-inces and 70 districts across Indo-nesia.

“The Task Force`s function is tomonitor, discuss problems and ob-stacles as well as to synergize imple-mentation of prevention and man-agement actions against human traf-ficking nationally,” she said.

US continues maintaining RI‘s F-16 Falconsshal Imam Sufaat in Jakarta Tues-day.

Spokesman for the IndonesianAir Force Air Commodore BambangSamoedro said after attending themeeting, adding that the mainte-nance of F-16 jet fighters of the In-donesian Air Force is going on nor-mally following the embargo.

“It had already been three yearsthat they had been maintaining ourF-16s,” Bambang said.

The maintenance was carried outby Pratt & Whitney, where WilliamBegert is Vice President for BusinessDevelopment & Aftermarket Salesand Services.

Bambang also said that they con-sisted of several teams coming twicea year for checking the F-16s basedat Iswahjudi air base in Madiun, EastJava. The Indonesian Air Force nowhas 10 F-16 Fighting Falcons basedat Air Squadron 3 at Iswahjudi.

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Bali Today

Culture and TourismMinistry Targeted 120 FilmsBali Post

JAKARTA – Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik stated that one of the priority pro-grams on culture is to push national film production so it will keep increasing and have betterquality, “This year 2011 national film production is targeted 120 film titles as last year was asmuch as 100 titles.”

This was stated during PriorityProgram Meeting of Public WelfareMinistry 2011 at the Economy andPublic Welfare Minister Office,Jakarta, last Tuesday (4/1).

Besides the number of produc-tion to be increased, Indonesia isbeing an option as an internationalclass shooting location as well, “Anumber of film producers this yearwill be back shooting in places suchas Raja Ampat, West Papua andBali.” In this opportunity, Wacikmentioned Indonesia will be thehost to the 6th Inter-GovernmentalCommittee for the Safeguarding ofthe Intangible Cultural Heritage(IGC-ICH) which will take place inBali on November 2011. Indonesiawill also be the member to Com-mittee Subsidiary Body and Consul-tative Body, “We suggest Saman

dance from Aceh to be in the WorldHeritage Culture Representative inthe 6th IGC-ICH at Bali afterwayang, keris, batik and angklung.”

The other priority program is tocontinue the museum revitalizationprogram such as in 2010 with theVisit Museum Year. There have beenactivities in increasing human re-source quality for museums such aseducating 18 people for MuseologyMaster also revitalization for Na-tional Museum at North Sumatra,Jambi, East Java, West Borneo, WestNusa Tenggara and Culture MuseumBatak Balige at North Sumatra.

Wacik also explained the numberof foreign tourist visits have reachedits target of 7 million in year 2010and received USD 7.6 billion foreignexchange reserves. Now in 2011,Wacik is targeting 7.3 million as pes-

simistic target while 7,7 million asthe optimistic target.

This meeting was led byEconomy and Public Welfare Min-ister Agung Laksono was attendedby a number of other ministers suchas Health Minister Endang RahayuSedyaningsih, Youth and SportsMinister Andi Mallarangeng, Na-tional Education Minister M. Nuh,Social Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufry,Religion Minister Suryadharma Ali,Living Environment Minister GustiMuhammad Hatta, Public HousingMinister Suharso Monoarfa, Headof National Family Planning Co-ordinating Agency (BKKBN)Sugiri Syarief, Head of Medicineand Food Supervision BoardKustantinah and Head of NationalDisaster Management (BNPB)Syamsul Ma’arif. (son)

Foreign tourists complainedrubbish overflowed

Bali PostAMPLAPURA - Rubbishes that have been left overflowed on the road-

side to Amed tourist object, Abang, Karangasem caused traffic jams ac-cording to Karangasem House of Representatives member from Bunutan,Luh Purnamaningsih. Last Tuesday (4/1) she also stated the dump has madeforeign tourists complaining.

The protest was then confirmed by tourist practitioner in Bunutan,Nyoman Sargi and Nyoman Nawi as well. It is very ashamed that theserubbishes are damaging the beauty of the tourist object. Sargi mentionedthat the overflowing rubbishes causing tourism here, especially Amed toLean which is known for its beautiful beaches and called hidden paradise,brought down.

Nawi and Sargi asked those responsible to take care of it. Meanwhile,Luh Puranamaningsih stated have contacted the banjar and village officialof this area yet no action taken until now, “I just wish there are local resi-dents led by the village officials to volunteer in inserting the rubbishes toplastic bags then I can contact Head of Cleanness and Gardening to getthose so it can be brought to the landfills. Yet there are no volunteers yet.”

She stated, according to Purwakerti Village supervisors those rubbishesweren’t dragged by a flood coming from Banjar Bias Lantang yet it wasfrom the village’s river source flood. It seemed that residents are throwingrubbishes there including plastic ones to the drainages and so flood sent itto Amed.

Sargi and Nawi couldn’t wait longer who wants to volunteer so to themKarangasem Council should take action soon to clean up the mess, “Thecouncil can’t only be seen as the ones taking retribution from tourism andhaving rubbishes left overflowed, filthy and causing traffic jam ignored.”

Sargi added don’t talk about the uncontrollable demarcation line on thebeach shores at Lean and its surroundings as the government seemed toignore it too, “The main roads are narrow, many sharp turns and steep roadsup or down while in a number of rivers there are no bridges so duringfloods vehicles are scared they will sink.” (013)

Julia Robertsduring theshooting ofEat Pray Loveat GianyarArt Market.Culture andTourismMinister JeroWacik statedthat one ofthe priorityprograms onculture is topush nationalfilm produc-tion so it willkeep increas-ing and havebetter quality,

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The photo shows Amed Beach, Karangasem. Rubbishes thathave been left overflowed on the roadside to Amed tourist ob-ject, Abang, Karangasem caused traffic jams according toKarangasem House of Representatives member from Bunutan,Luh Purnamaningsih.

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—Contribution of foreign exchange

by tourism sector in 2010 was quitelarge. Ministry of Culture and Tour-ism estimated that foreign exchangegaining from foreign tourist visits in2010 reached more than USD 7.6billion. Meanwhile, the number offoreign tourist visits in 2010 was7.01 million with spending moneyamounting to USD 1,085 per person.

Director of Overseas Promotion,Ministry of Culture and Tourism,Gede Pitana, stated the amount of

Foreign exchange of tourism 2010 reaches USD 7.6 billionforeign exchange posed a contribu-tion of tourists amounting to 7.01million of foreign tourists during theirvisit throughout 2010.

“In the last 2010, the spendingmoney of tourists increased from pre-viously USD 998 to USD 1,085 in2010 with the length of stay of for-eign tourists in 2010 reached morethan 8 days. This figure has increasedfrom the previous year,” said GedePitana, Tuesday (Jan 4).

According to him, in the period of2011 the central government set the

target at 7.7 million foreign tourists.The target increased by about 10 per-cent compared to the visit in 2010.However, when compared to the tar-get in 2010, then growth could ex-ceed 15 percent.

“Bali as a major tourist destinationin Indonesia provides a significant con-tribution. Of the foreign tourists visit-ing Bali around 2.45 million, the con-tribution of foreign exchange obtainedwas USD 2.658 billion. Or it was morethan 34 percent,” he said.

Head of Bali Government Tourism

Office, I.B. Kade Subhiksu, stated thatBali set the target of tourism growth in2011 at 2.5 million to 2.6 million withthe indicator of surging arrival of for-eign tourists in 2010. Provisional dataof foreign tourist visits in the period ofJanuary-November reached 2,275,293people. It increased by 11 percent overthe same period in 2009 with the num-ber of arrival was 2,047,389 people.“Target achievement of 2.5 million to2.6 million foreign tourist visits in 2011is temporary,” said I.B. Subhiksu.

Nevertheless, the target achievement

of Bali’s tourism growth in 2011 wouldbe determined by the condition of se-curity, smooth flight, availability ofsupporting infrastructure and solutionof problems at hand such as floodingand rubbish.

“We recognize there are many con-straints faced by the tourism sector,particularly in the areas of infrastruc-ture that has not been arranged prop-erly. However, we will continue tomake improvement against the defi-ciencies for the progress of Bali tour-ism,” he said. (par)

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Thursday, January 6, 2011 9International

RUJAK(Vegetable & Fruits SaladWith Palm Sugar Sauce)

OVERVIEW:This popular snack, in intriguing mixture of sweet,

sour and spicy hot flavors, is prepared at countlesswarung throughout Bali.

INGREDIENTS:1 small pineapple, peeled and sliced evenly1 sour mango, peeled and sliced1 pamelo or grapefruit, peeled and cut in segments1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded and sliced3 water apples (jambu), quartered (optional)1 medium sized star fruit, sliced½ small papaya, peeled, cut in half, seeded and

sliced in even segments1 green apple, peeled and sliced1-cup rujak sauce

PREPARATION:Combine all ingredients in salad bowl and mix well.

Serve at room temperature.Helpful hint: although this is served as snack in Bali,

you can serve it as part of Balinese meal or buffet.

BASE RUJAK:6 tbsp tamarind pulp1-cup palm sugar syrup1tsp dried shrimp paste, roasted6 bird’s eye chilies, left whole½ tsp salt½ cup water

PREPARATION:Combine all ingredients in a heavy pan and bring

slowly to the boil. Stir well and simmer for 10 minutes.When cool, squeeze to extract all the juice from thetamarind and strain through a sieve.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Archaeological researches in Balihave found a number of archeologi-cal heritages, which belonged to pre-historic and historic remains. Prehis-toric remains proved the earliest of thepeople’s life, started from hunting andfood gathering through cultivation upto mastering the advanced technology.Such remains indicated the struggleand the achievement of the people’slife gradually, after adapting and ex-ploring their environment its naturalresources for their life, because thenature was still quite dangerous. Onthe other hands, the remains also dem-onstrated the relationship of the pre-historic Balinese people to those wholived in Java, Sumatera etc, even tothe South-East Asian people.

The most important of the prehis-toric live in Bali is the invention of themetallic technology along with themegalithic tradition. During the ad-vance technology the Balinese peoplehave produced several kinds of bronzegoods for ritual purpose such as kettle-drums and for daily uses as well suchas axes etc. Mastering the advancetechnology, Balinese people have suc-ceeded to develop stone moulds in thevillage of Manuaba (Gianyar) for cast-ing bronze kettledrum. The human-mask decoration, showed a remark-able similarities to the decorations ofthe huge kettledrums found in the vil-lage of Pejeng not so far of the east ofManuaba, but the stone moulds ofManuaba are small in its size.

It should be noted here that bronzekettledrums were not only found inBali, but also in Java, and Eastern In-donesian Island. Another bronzemoulds made of clay were also foundin West Java, but not for producingkettledrums, but for making spear-

Archaeological heritage in Baliheads, axes, etc. Regarding the human-mask decorations, which were foundson the kettledrums of Pejeng, on thestone moulds of Manuaba and on thenumber of the sarcophagi found in Bali,was regarded as symbol of the leader’sor the ancestor’s spirits. The people be-lieved that the spirit, who were abodeon the top of the mountain or on theinaccessible place have the magicpower for protecting the living society.When Hinduism has spread widely inIndonesia, the people believed to thesacred mountain as the place of theHindu pantheons and the ancestor’sspirit as well. Based on this conception,then the people built their temples onthe mountain area such as as PuraBesakih on the slope of Mount Agung.

Along with the development of themetallic industry, the megalithic tradi-tion increased not only in Bali, but alsoin Sumatera, Flores etc. Several kindsof megalithic remains were found therenamely menhirs, dolmens,menhirstatues, stepped pyramids etc. Itis a matter of facts that the megalithictradition have strongly influenced thepeople’s life and it is not surprising anymore that living megalithic traditioncould be found until to present day inNias, Toraja, Bali and Eastern Indone-sians Islands. In Bali, the megalithic re-mains, exe the sarcophagi are regardedas sacred monuments and functionedfor worshipping thje Hindu Trinity, thelocal deities and the ancestor’s spirit(Sutaba 1984).

Researches on the advanced tech-nology and on the megalithic traditionin Bali in particular, have made con-clusions that Balinese people havebuild their social organization headedby the leaders. The well organizationshave made favorable conditions for

mastering the advance technology.Then the social and cultural develop-ment became the solid foundation forfacing the new era when Hinduism ar-rived in Bali (Sutaba, 1930).

Bali have got Hindu-Budhis influ-ences nearly at the 9 century A.D. asProved by the finding of clay stuphikasand seals beared Budhis formula, nearthe village of Pejeng, Gianyar. Then apillar inscription was rediscovered inBlanjong Sanur (Badung) which men-tioned the name of the king KesariWarmadewa. This inscription was origi-nated from c.10 century A.D. Since thisperiod, Hinduism was spread widely inBali and went deeply into the life of theBalinese people and then survived un-til today. Having well developed socialorganization and cultural life before thearrival of Hinduism, have led the Ba-linese people successfully modified thenew elements in accordance with theircharacters and became the new onebeared Balinese identity.

The wellknown king of Bali is acouple royal named king Udayana andhis wife Gunapryadharmapati (c.10century A.D), then succeeded by theirfamilies. During the ancient history ofBali, a number of temples were builtnearly in the whole island. In thesetemple several kinds of historical re-mains were preserved e.g. statues, in-scriptions etc. As the follower of Hin-duism, Balinese people regard thetemples including the remains in themas sacred monuments for worshipingthe Hindu pantheons, the local deitiesand the ancestor’s spirit as well. Thisreligious function was the responsibil-ity of the Balinese people for keepingthe monuments in well conditions andthe welfare of the living society.

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Purancak Temple is also men-tioning as Pura Perancak situated inthe coastal area right at PurancakCountryside, Negara sub districtand Jembrana Regency. In order toreach the location of this templewhich is also situated in the estuaryof Purancak River, we have to gothe west direction and goes tothrough the good road with the caror other motorcycle. After goingthrough the journey within 9 Kmfrom the district town, all visitorswho visit this temple will arrive atnon-irrigated dry field. This land isfully planted by the coconut treeswith beautiful panorama that makea comfortable atmosphere.

Pertaining to the name(Abhiseka) of Purancak Temple, itis inseparable from the holy jour-ney (Dharmayatra and Tirthayatra)of Danghyang Dwijendra, a famousSiwa Religion Adviser. From thedomestic sources, there is opinionthat the name of Purancak Templeis come the word of Perahu Encak(Balinese Language meaning leakyboat or breaking boat). There is alsofrom domestic source say that the

Purancak Templethis temple’s name is come fromword Ancak (The tree name, sy-camore bodi), because whenDanghyang Dwijendra crossing thesea in west part of Bali Island that isalso recognized as Sagara Rupek, hefirstly arrive at the location wherethe Purancak Temple existing now.He wait his wife and son who go upthe leaky boat that had been patchedby spool gourd leaf ( Waluh Pahit),while Danghyang Dwijendra go upa bitter fruit Waluh (spool gourd) byusing his both hand and feet as oar .

When he waiting his wife andson, he was seat under a tree whichis called Ancak Tree and at the sametime he do conversation with a cowfarmer. Since he was seat under thattree then The Temple is built rightin this location hence this temple isnamed by Purancak Temple. But inconjunction to other domesticsources that is estimated thePurancak Temple is also taken awayfrom the name of this countrysidewhere he firstly arrive and do praywhile waiting his family.

This temple is kept by a priestevery day who waiting and monitor-ing everyone who cross the way. Thepriest will remind and admonishing

if there anyone who pass and neglectto conduct the pray based on theregulation stated by I NgurahRagsasa, the powerful and handlehegemony over there.

Dhangyang Dwijendra and hisfamily continue his holy journey andpass this temple. When he arrive atthis temple area, the priest as atemple keeper who is also observeeveryone crossing this area, he ad-monished and asked to Danghyang

Dwinjendra to do pray in thistemple. When he reach in the silentmoment of praying, suddenly in-scrutable fact happened that thistemple breaks. When witnessingthis inscrutable occurrence, INgurah Rangsasa with all his sup-porter are feeling very fear and thenrun to his house meanwhile thetemple priest is very braze and re-quest to Danghyang Dwijendra re-turn the temple back to the perfec-

tion like previously.Dhangyang Dwijendra finally ful-

fills his request and then he do prayagain to return the temple conditionlike previously. By blessing of hisspiritual strengthens and Chastity, thetemple become intact return. The priestlook so happy to witness all this expe-riences then Danghyang Dwijendrabestow the Kalpika to the priest in or-der to glorify as a proof that he wasdone a holy journey to this place.

http://www.perancak.nl

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BUSINESS

Agence France-PresseSEOUL - South Korea’s Samsung Group

said Wednesday it plans to spend a massive43.1 trillion won (38.3 billion dollars) this yearas it looks to expand its presence in globalmarkets and develop new businesses.

The nation’s largest business group will in-vest 29.9 trillion won in expanding or buildingnew plants producing semiconductors, liquidcrystal display panels and other electronics andan additional 12.1 trillion won on research anddevelopment.

The new investment for 2011, up 18 per-cent from last year, is aimed at cementing “glo-bal market dominance of Samsung’s majorbusinesses,” the group said in its 2011 invest-ment plan.

Projected investment in semiconductorplants amounts to 10.3 trillion won, followedby 5.4 trillion won each on those producingliquid crystal display panels and factories mak-ing the organic light-emitting diode.

The group this year will hire 25,000 newworkers — also a record and up 11 percentfrom 2010.

“Uncertainties over the global economy stillpersist, but we have reached the decision... inan effort to beef up the global competitivenessof our flagship businesses,” Samsung said in astatement.

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largestmaker of flat screens and memory chips, is the

Auto sales jump, upswing seen for 2011Auto sales jump, upswing seen for 2011Auto sales jump, upswing seen for 2011Auto sales jump, upswing seen for 2011Auto sales jump, upswing seen for 2011Reuters

DETROIT - U.S. auto sales rose to the highest rate in 16 months in December, and majorautomakers forecast the recovery would gather momentum in 2011 as the industry distancesitself from one of its deepest slumps ever.

Auto sales are one of the firstsnapshots of U.S. consumer de-mand. The 11 percent rise in Decem-ber auto sales stands as the latest ina string of indicators including un-expectedly strong factory orders forNovember pointing toward growingconfidence in the recovery.

U.S. auto sales rose more than 11percent in 2010 to almost 11.6 mil-lion vehicles, snapping a four-yearslide that forced the Detroitautomakers into a wrenching re-structuring that included govern-ment-directed bankruptcies for GMand Chrysler.

In a year-end surge that took theindustry by surprise, the annualizedsales rate for December jumped toalmost 12.6 million vehicles, thehighest rate since August 2009 whenthe U.S. government’s “Cash forClunkers” trade-in incentivestouched off a short-lived boom.

Major automakers, includingFord and GM, said they expectedthat sales for 2011 could top the 13million-vehicle level. Analysts saidthat estimate could prove conserva-tive if the momentum of recent

months continues.“We have seen real improvement

in actual consumer demand, particu-larly in the last quarter of 2010,”TrueCar.com analyst Jesse Topraksaid.

General Motors Co’s sales rose7.5 percent from a year earlier inDecember. Ford Motor Co’s salesrose 6.7 percent and the carmakerovertook Toyota Motor Corp as No.2 in the U.S. market for 2010.

The gains for the top U.S.automakers underline the stunningturnaround in the fortunes of GMand Ford. Shares of Ford, whichavoided a bailout, have gained morethan 70 percent over the past year.

Shares of GM are up 13 percentfrom a November initial public of-fering that marked the automaker’sreemergence as a listed companyafter a U.S. government bailout.

GM shares closed up 2.3 percentat $37.90 and Ford stock gained 0.75percent to $17.38 on Tuesday.

Toyota, which has been strug-gling with the aftermath of a safetycrisis that surfaced in late 2009,posted a sales decline of almost 6

percent in December.For 2010, Toyota sales were al-

most flat from 2009, the worst of thedownturn when industry-wide saleswere at the lowest level since the1980s.

Other major automakers posteddouble-digit percentage gains forDecember. Chrysler sales rose 16percent and Nissan Motor Co salesrose 28 percent. Sales for HondaMotor Co were up 21 percent.

Hyundai Motor Co’s sales gained33 percent. Its affiliate Kia Motorsposted a 45 percent gain, continu-ing a trend that has seen the Koreanbrands take share from rivals in arecovering U.S. market.

Hyundai has benefited fromToyota’s stumbles, an improvedreputation for quality and its abilityto undercut established competitorson price.

“South Korean carmakers willcontinue to be ahead of Japanese ri-vals because of new model effects,the favorable currency and im-proved brand image,” Korea Invest-ment & Securities analyst Suh Sung-moon said.

He expected Hyundai and Kia tofurther increase their U.S. marketshare to 8.4 percent this year, fromlast year’s 7.7 percent.

Shares in Hyundai and Kia ral-lied 4.7 percent and 3 percent, re-spectively, in Asian trade onWednesday, while Honda fell 0.6percent and Toyota and Nissan roseless than 1 percent.

Major automakers cited a rangeof negative factors that represent anoverhang for the U.S. economy andauto sales, including the drag froma still-weak housing market, high un-employment and the threat of risinggasoline prices.

But executives and analysts saidthe increased availability of loans forconsumers, rising used car prices andimproving consumer confidence hadtipped the balance toward continuedrecovery for the auto industry.

“I think people are a lot more con-fident in making big purchases now.That’s the story of the fourth quar-ter,” Al Castignetti, the head ofNissan sales, told Reuters. “I thinkwe’re going to see slow, steadygrowth.”

GM and Ford both reported ajump in sales to retail customersthrough dealerships; a category con-sidered the best indicator of under-lying demand.

GM said it expected industry-

wide U.S. sales of about 12.7 millionto 13.2 million vehicles in 2011, ex-cluding heavier work trucks. Fordforecast sales at about 12.2 million to13.2 million vehicles on the same ba-sis.

Nicholas Colas, chief market strat-egist at brokerage ConvergEx Group,said the stronger GM sales for De-cember could force analysts to raiseearnings forecasts for the fourth quar-ter.

“The key variable here is pricing,which improved in the month,” Co-las said in a note for clients.

In a sign of increasing confidencein the pace of recovery, Ford said itwould begin to push its inventory lev-els over the 400,000-vehicle level thatit has maintained in recent months.

One of the bright spots for the De-troit automakers has been the rise insales of trucks in recent months, in-cluding the pickup trucks used heavilyin construction and by other smallbusiness owners.

For December, sales of Ford’s mar-ket-leading F-Series pickup truckswere up almost 14 percent. Sales ofthe rival Chevy Silverado rose 32 per-cent.

Sales of trucks and SUVs remainkey for the U.S. automakers becausethey are more expensive vehicles thatcarry wider profit margins thansmaller and more fuel-efficient cars.

Retail sales: will upswing boost earnings?Reuters

NEW YORK - Investors who were heartenedwhen U.S. retailers reported their best holiday salesseason in three years hope for one more gift: up-graded earnings forecasts.

Wall Street analysts expect top U.S. chains toreport this week that sales at stores open at least ayear, or same-store sales, rose 3.4 percent in De-cember, according to Thomson Reuters data.

That follows a 6 percent increase reported forNovember.

But that strong end to the holiday season hasbeen largely priced into stocks, said Manning &Napier analyst Walter Stackow. Investors are look-ing for companies to increase their earnings fore-casts as a sign that the sales were not “bought”with unplanned margin-sapping discounts.

Those companies’ shares are likely to rise,Stackow said.

Shoppers turned out in greater numbers thisyear, driven in part by pent-up demand after twoseasons of frugality and a general sense that theeconomy is finally improving.

Still, Wall Street is fretting that shoppers willput their wallets away for a while, now that Christ-mas is over. That would place a question markover the U.S. economic recovery given that con-sumer spending makes up 70 percent of the U.S.economy.

“People have tended to shop during the timesthey need to, like holidays or back to school,” saidNomura analyst Paul Lejuez. “During off periods,they haven’t been coming out.”

“A good December might not mean a great

South Korea’s Samsung Group toinvest 38 billion dollarJanuary, February, March,” he added.

Retailers appeared to keep their momentum inthe final week of the month. The International Coun-cil of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs saidchain-store sales for the week ended January 1 wereup 3.6 percent from the same week a year ago.

Last week’s massive blizzard, which dumpedas much as three feet of snow on parts of the U.S.Northeast, probably put a small dent in Decembersales. Research firm ShopperTrak has estimatedthat $1 billion in retail sales may have been post-poned because of the storm.

Michael Niemira, chief economist for the Coun-cil of Shopping Centers, told Reuters the snow-storm could lower the December sales growth rateby 0.5 percentage point, though some purchasesmay show up in January.

So far most analysts say the season’s discount-ing was not out of line, boding well for retailers’results.

“I did not see any kind of chaotic rush to run-away promotions,” said Richard Hastings, a con-sumer strategist at Global Hunter Strategies.

JPMorgan analyst Charles Grom predicted thata strong November and the expectation of solidDecember sales would prompt discounter TargetCorp, department store chains J.C. Penney Co Inc,Macy’s Inc, and Kohl’s Corp, and upscale retailersNordstrom Inc and Saks Inc to raise profit fore-casts.

The spending recovery helped the S&P RetailIndex rise 23.4 percent in 2010, compared withthe broader S&P 500’s increase of 11.7 percent.However, the index has stalled since early Decem-ber on concerns the rally has run out of steam.

standard bearer for the group, which accountsfor nearly 20 percent of South Korea’s grossdomestic product.

The world’s second largest maker of mobilephones after Nokia posted a record third-quar-ter net profit in December as global recoveryfanned demand for memory chips and hand-sets, including popular smartphones.

The firm has strived to expand its presencein the lucrative smartphone and tablet computermarkets with its Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab as itgoes head to head with US titan Apple and itsmarket-leading iPhone and iPad.

The group’s aggressive investment plan forthis year comes as it seeks to find new growthengines at the start of a third generation of fam-ily management.

Samsung last year unveiled a plan to nur-ture new businesses including renewable en-ergy and healthcare, with a goal to rack-up salesworth 50 trillion won by 2020.

Jay Y.Lee, the only son of Chairman LeeKun-Hee, was promoted to president ofSamsung Electronics last December when histwo sisters were also elevated at the group’skey subsidiaries, which include hotel and tex-tile affiliates.

Samsung, which means “Three Stars”, waslaunched in 1938 when Lee Byung-Chull, theson of a wealthy landowner, opened a tradingcompany. Samsung Electronics began opera-tions in 1969.

Entertainment InternationalThursday, January 6, 201112

Most of the items adorned theactor’s Venice Beach, Calif., home.Hopper, who was twice nominatedfor Oscars and earned a star last yearon the Hollywood Walk of Fame,died of prostate cancer at his homein May. He was 74.

The actor/director was alreadystricken with cancer when he at-tended the ceremony for the unveil-ing of his commemorative star. Theframed plaque of the star that Hop-per received as a momento of theevent is being sold next week for anestimated $1,000 to $1,500.

Hopper began collecting in the1960s after the venerable actor,Vincent Price, himself an avid collec-

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – A bodyguardwho prosecutors say was orderedby the doctor charged in MichaelJackson’s death to conceal syringesand other items before calling 911is expected to shed light on the cha-otic efforts that failed to revive theKing of Pop.

Alberto Alvarez will testifyWednesday at a preliminary hear-ing against Dr. Conrad Murrayabout the doctor’s attempts to re-vive the singer on June 25, 2009,his attorney said.

The bodyguard’s testimonycould provide key corroborationto the prosecutors’ argument thatMurray’s actions demonstrated

Agence France Presse

PARIS – A French celebrity TVnews anchor, who notoriously fakedan “exclusive” interview with Cubanleader Fidel Castro, was on Tuesdayaccused of plagiarism in his new bi-ography of Ernest Hemingway.Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, a householdname in France for the past threedecades, was accused by L’Expressmagazine of lifting around 100 pagesfrom a previous biography of the lateUS novelist.

The weekly’s website saidPPDA, as he is popularly known inFrance, cut and pasted swathes oftext from a 1985 book by US au-thor Peter Griffin — later translatedinto French — and passed them offas his own by changing themslightly. Poivre d’Arvor’s book on

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Huge hits such as “True Grit”and “Inception” will be up against smaller films thatinclude “127 Hours” and “The Kids Are All Right” forscreenplay honors from the Writers Guild of America.

The sci-fi smash “Inception” and the lesbian familytale “The Kids Are All Right” were among guild nomi-nees Tuesday for best original screenplay, along withthe ballet thriller “Black Swan,” the boxing saga “TheFighter” and the comic drama “Please Give.”

The Western “True Grit” and the survival story “127Hours” are in the running for adapted screenplay, alongwith the con man tale “I Love You Phillip Morris,” theFacebook drama “The Social Network” and the heistthriller “The Town.”

Some of the year’s most acclaimed films, including“The King’s Speech,” “Winter’s Bone” and “Toy Story3,” were ineligible because they were not made underthe guild’s contract guidelines.

Documentary screenplay nominees are “Enemies ofthe People,” “Freedom Riders,” “Gasland,” “Inside Job,”

AP Photo/Christie’s Images Ltd. 2010

This image provided by Christie’s auction house in New York shows aportrait of Mao Zedong by Andy Warhol, with two bullet holes put thereby “Easy Rider” star Dennis Hopper.

Dennis Hopper art collection up for auction in NYCDennis Hopper art collection up for auction in NYCDennis Hopper art collection up for auction in NYCDennis Hopper art collection up for auction in NYCDennis Hopper art collection up for auction in NYCAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Dennis Hopper shot two bullet holes through an AndyWarhol portrait of Mao Zedong but instead of earning the wrath of theartist, Warhol called the “Easy Rider” star a collaborator. Warhol’s“Mao” is among 300 works of fine art and memorabilia owned by thelate actor-director of the 1969 counterculture film up for auction atChristie’s next week. The 1972 colored screenprint is expected to bring$20,000 to $30,000.

tor of Impressionist art, told him: “Youneed to collect, this is where you needto put your money,” said Cathy Elkies,Christie’s director of iconic collections.“This really was his calling.”

Hopper, a photographer and painterhimself, became immersed in the WestCoast artist scene and pop art move-ment, becoming close friends withWarhol, Roy Lichtenstein and manyof the other artists he collected. Whileeclectic, “there is some depth of cer-tain artists” among the fine art worksin the collection, including those byWallace Berman, Bruce Conner andGeorge Herms.

Conner’s “Picnic on the Grass”and Warhol’s “Mao” are the highest

priced items in the sale. “Picnic onthe Grass” also is expected to bringbetween $20,000 to $30,000. Theshooting incident involving “Mao”occurred sometime in the early1970s at Hopper’s Los Angeleshome, said Alex Hitz, a family friendand a trustee of the estate.

“One night in the shadows, Den-nis, out of the corner of his eyes, sawthe Mao and he was so spooked byit that he got up and shot at it, twice,putting two bullet holes in it,” Hitztold The Associated Press in a tele-phone interview from Los Angeles.“Andy saw it, loved it and annotatedthose holes” labeling them “warn-ing shot” and “bullet hole.” Hopper’sfour children are selling the collec-tion because “it was Dennis’ wishto sell everything,” said Hitz.

“How do you cut a Warhol andall those other wonderful pieces byfour,” he added. Elkies saidHopper’s Venice Beach house wasfilled “literally from floor to ceilingwith art, and realistically they (thechildren) couldn’t take that on.”

Bodyguard expected totestify against Jackson doc

“an extreme deviation from thestandard of care” by administeringthe powerful anesthetic propofolwithout the proper equipment, andalso concealing it and botching ef-forts to resuscitate the singer. Anautopsy report found Jackson diedfrom an overdose of propofol.

Deputy District Attorney DavidWalgren said Tuesday that Murrayforced Alvarez, 34, to gather and con-ceal items before calling 911 to tryto help Jackson. Walgren told a judgethat he would present evidence thatMurray waited much as 21 minutesbefore calling for paramedics.

At the end of the preliminaryhearing, which was expected to gointo next week, a judge will rulewhether there is enough evidencefor Murray to stand trial on an in-voluntary manslaughter charge inthe pop star’s death. He faces upto four years in prison if convicted.

The Houston cardiologist haspleaded not guilty, and his attor-neys have contended he did notgive Jackson anything that “shouldhave” killed the singer. On Tues-day, Jackson friend and choreog-rapher Kenny Ortega describedhow the singer appeared sick dur-ing one rehearsal days before hisdeath and left early. The rehears-als were for a series of plannedcomeback concerts in London.

Ortega said after that incident,Murray “was upset that I had sentMichael home the night before anddidn’t allow him to rehearse.” Thehearing, attended by internationalmedia and fans, provided anotherglimpse into the private life ofJackson, a one-time superstar whogrew reclusive after his acquittal onchild molestation charges in 2005.

AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2010 file photo,Michael Jackson’s physician,Conrad Murray arrives for his ar-raignment at the Airport BranchCourthouse in Los Angeles.

French TV star accused of Hemingway plagiarismHemingway, who penned such clas-sics as “For Whom the Bell Tolls”,“A Farewell to Arms” and “The OldMan and the Sea”, is due in book-stores on January 19.

The journalist, who did not im-mediately respond to calls from AFPon Tuesday, told L’Express that hehad consulted Griffin’s book as partof his research but denied plagiarism.

He was exposed in 1991 for us-ing press conference footage and,interposing his own questions, pre-tending it was his own “exclusive”interview with Castro. PPDA alsogot a suspended prison term andlarge fine in the 1990s for receivingthe proceeds of embezzled funds.

He presented the evening news onFrance’s main private channel TF1from the mid-1980s until 2008 andis also a best-selling author.

AFP/File/LIONEL BONAVENTURE

Patrick Poivre d’Arvor

‘True Grit,’ ‘127 Hours’ receive writers noms“The Two Escobars” and “Who Is Harry Nilsson (AndWhy Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)?” Guild win-ners will be announced Feb. 5.

AP Photo/Paramount Pictures

In this undated film publicity image released by Para-mount Pictures, Jeff Bridges, left, and HaileeSteinfeld are shown in a scene from ‘True Grit.’

International Thursday, January 6, 2011 13Life Style

Biologists at the University ofExeter in southwestern England at-tached the tiny trackers to 25 femaleturtles at their breeding grounds inGabon, central-west Africa, andthen monitored their movementsover the next five years.

Three migratory routes emergedas the turtles headed for food-richwaters in the Atlantic, building re-serves over the next two to five yearsbefore returning to Gabon to repro-duce, they reported.

One route led to a circular zonein the mid-Atlantic between centralAfrica and Brazil, and another routewent far south, beyond the Cape ofGood Hope.

A third went straight as an arrowacross the Atlantic to the coast ofSouth America, an ocean-spanning7,563 kilometres (4,699 miles).

“Despite extensive research car-ried out on leatherbacks, no-one hasreally been sure about the journeysthey take in the South Atlantic untilnow,” said Matthew Witt of theuniversity’s Centre for Ecology andConservation.

“What we’ve shown is that thereare three clear migration routes asthey head back to feeding groundsafter breeding in Gabon, althoughthe numbers adopting each strategyvaried each year. We don’t knowwhat influences that choice yet, butwe do know these are truly remark-able journeys.”

The findings, published byBritain’s Royal Society in its jour-nal Proceedings B, also showed thatthe turtles also crisscross routesused by longline trawlers. These are

Agence France Presse

LAS VEGAS – A US companyhas come up with a baton-shapeddevice that charges gadgets usingpower generated by walking, hik-ing or running.

Tremont Electric was in LasVegas on Tuesday for the Con-sumer Electronics Show, where itwill tout the nPower PEG (personalenergy generator) as ideally suitedfor today’s gizmo-dependentlifestyles.

“It’s for any outdoors enthusi-ast who is deep in the woods anddoesn’t have access to a power out-let or for a commuter who con-stantly needs backup batterypower,” said Jessica Davis ofTremont. “You could use this for

Agence France Presse

TAIPEI – Tuberculosis patients are11 times more likely than the aver-age to develop lung cancer, accord-ing to a new study published by agroup of Taiwanese scientists.

The researchers followed morethan 700,000 randomly selected in-dividuals over a period of six years,including 4,480 diagnosed with tuber-culosis, they said in a statementWednesday.

AFP/File/Marine Simon

An Indian tuberculosis patient breathes through an oxygen mask.Tuberculosis patients are 11 times more likely than the average todevelop lung cancer, according to a study by Taiwanese scientists.

TB patients face higherlung cancer risk: study

“The incidence of lung cancer inthese tuberculosis patients was 11times greater than people without tu-berculosis,” said one of the research-ers, Chen Chih-yi, from China Medi-cal University in the central Taiwancity of Taichung. “This study suggeststhat it is also important to watch outfor lung cancer prevention in the cam-paign against tuberculosis.”

The findings, published in the Janu-ary issue of the Journal of ThoracicOncology, support the notion of a link

between tuberculosis and lung can-cer, which has so far been suspectedbut not definitively proved.

“Tuberculosis is a very commonchronic disease worldwide. Peoplein developing and undeveloped ar-eas suffer from it mostly,” said Chen.

“It is well known that lung can-cer is causally associated withsmoking. Less attention has beenfocused on whether people with tu-berculosis are also at higher riskof developing lung cancer.”

AFP/File/Christof Stache

Hikers — like these in Germany — can use the nPower PEG, a ba-ton-shaped device that charges gadgets using power from walking,hiking or running, when they are away from power outlets, saidmakers Tremont Electric.

Gadget chargerharnesses walking power

an emergency situation or just foryour commute.”

PEG batons measure nineinches (23 centimeters) and weigh11 ounces (312 grams). Electric-ity is generated when floatingmagnets slide through coils, ac-cording to Davis. The batons canbe put in a backpack, brief case,or runner’s pouch where theysynch to up-and-down motion togenerate power.

“It tunes to optimize the amountof power being produced,” Davissaid. PEG works with more than3,000 handheld devices that areUSB 2.0 compatible. The Ohio-based company began selling the160-dollar “kinetic” chargers inSeptember and has been scram-bling to catch up to demand.

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Agence France Presse

PARIS – Satellite tracking de-vices have shed light on an aston-ishing trans-Atlantic odyssey un-dertaken by the leatherbackturtle, one of the world’s mostancient species, as it goes on afeeding foray before breeding,scientists said on Wednesday.

ships that trail baited hooks for fishbut often end up snaring haplessturtles, as well as albatrosses.

“All of the routes we’ve identi-fied take the leatherbacks throughareas of high risk from fisheries,”said Witt’s colleague, BrendanGodley.

“Knowing the routes has alsohelped us identify at least 11 na-tions who should be involved inconservation efforts, as well asthose with long-distance fishing

fleets.”The largest, farthest-ranging and

deepest-diving turtles on Earth, leath-erbacks can reach up to two metres(6.5 feet) in length and exceed 900kilos (2,000 pounds) in weight.

Their numbers have remained rela-tively stable in the Atlantic, but havedeclined alarmingly in the Pacific.Their decline has been blamed onaccidental catch by trawlers and lossof breeding grounds to shorefrontdevelopment.

AFP PHOTO/HO/UNIVERSITY OF EXETER/ MATTHEW WITT

In this handout picture received by The University of Exeter, taken onDecember 13, 2005 a Leatherback Turtle moves along a beach in theMayuba National Park in Southern Gabon.

Thursday, January 6, 201114 InternationalSport

Goals from Javier Hernandez andNani, either side of Dean Whitehead’ssurprising equaliser at Old Traffordhere on Tuesday, left United threepoints clear of Manchester City, atleast for the 24 hours before their lo-cal rivals play Arsenal, with a gamein hand.

Veteran United manager Ferguson,who turned 69 last week, said historyindicated his team deserved its bill-ing as favourites to win a record 19thEnglish championship and pointed tothe coming month as a pivotal period.

“We’re pleased about that,” saidFerguson when asked about theleague table. “I think we’re going tobe in the shake-up. “Once you get tothe new year it gives you a good guidewhere you are going to be at the endof the season and history tells you weplay better in the second half and biggames are not an issue. We relish that.

“January is going to be a big monthfor us. We’ve got Liverpool in the(FA) Cup and then Tottenham the nextweek.” It was a far from convincingUnited display for a line-up withoutEdwin van der Sar, Wayne Rooneyand Rio Ferdinand although the vic-

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MADRID – Real Madrid’s Brazilian midfielder Kaka is in “per-fect shape” following the knee surgery he underwent in August, theBelgian doctor who performed the operation said in comments pub-lished on Wednesday. “Kaka needed to have the surgery, he couldnot play with the pain he was feeling and the treatment he has hadsince the operation has been perfect,” sports daily Marca quotedDoctor Marc Martens as saying.

“Now he has a new knee, it is like he had never had the opera-tion. He is in perfect shape. “After the surgery we really did notknow when he would return. There was an estimated timeline butwe did not think he would return so early and in such good physicalcondition.”

Kaka, 28, underwent surgery on his left knee on August 5 andonly returned to training last month. He returned to action for thefirst time since his operation on Monday, coming on the pitch in the75th minute of Real’s 3-2 Spanish league win at Getafe.

“I am very happy for playing a game again and for stepping ontoa pitch. Coming back with a victory is the best thing that could havehappened to me,” the player said after the match.

“At times, I was afraid when I thought about when I was going tocome back, or if I ever would. I must now earn a spot because theteam is in great form. Competition is always good for the team.”

Kaka’s hopes of reclaiming a first-team place have been hit bythe arrival of 22-year-old playmaker Mesut Ozil, who joined Realfrom Werder Bremen last summer after starring for Germany at theWorld Cup in South Africa.

Prior to his injury, Kaka had struggled to shine due to a combina-tion of injuries and poor form.

He joined Real from AC Milan for around 65 million euros inJune 2009, shortly before the arrival of Portuguese forward CristianoRonaldo. Kaka won the Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of theYear awards in 2007 while he was at AC Milan.

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Real Madrid’s Kaka from Brazil runs with the ball during aSpanish La Liga soccer match against Getafe at the ColiseumAlfonso Perez stadium in Getafe, Spain Monday, Jan. 3, 2011.Kaka has been injured for several months and is back in theteam squad.

Kaka in ‘perfect shape’after surgery: doctor

ManchesterUnited’sPortugesemidfielder Nani(R) celebrateswith ManchesterUnited’s Braziliandefender RafaelDa Silva (L) afterscoring thesecond goalduring the En-glish PremierLeague footballmatch againstStoke City at OldTrafford inManchester,north-westEngland onJanuary 4, 2011.

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MANCHESTER, England – Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, saw his teamsuccessfully meet his target of opening the new year in first place in the English Premier Leagueand then fired a warning to their title rivals after a 2-1 victory over Stoke.

tory means that only West BromwichAlbion — in a draw in October —have taken points from Old Traffordthis season.

But United are still the only unbeatenside in the league this season andFerguson defended making some un-enforced changes against Stoke by in-sisting: “It will be a busy month and itwas important to get these players play-ing. “You have to have faith in yoursquad and I do. In the games they’veplayed they’ve never let me down.”

“You can look as many stats as youlike - shots at goal, passes, things likethat,” said Ferguson. “But I look atour home performances and our homeperformances have been fantastic.“Away from home we had two badperformances — Sunderland and onSaturday at West Brom, a battling per-formance at Birmingham where weshould have won.

“Other than that, we have hadsome good performances away fromhome. We have dropped some pointsaway but that doesn’t mean we didn’tplay well. “We’re an easy target forthat kind of thing. We’ve got to dis-miss it and concentrate on what our

ambitions are - which are to win theleague.” Javier ‘Chicharito’Hernandez scored his sixth goal ofthe season — and his third againstStoke — as well as having a hand inNani?s winner and Ferguson con-ceded the Mexican forward will leavehim with a selection headache whenRooney recovers from his ankle in-jury.

“That’s the kind of problem youwant,” Ferguson said. “Over the yearsthe strikers I’ve had have alwaysgiven me that problem — that’s theirjob. “If Chico keeps sticking the ballin the net it does give you a problem.”

Tony Pulis, the Stoke manager,paid tribute to his team’s conquerorsand had no doubt United had themental strength to win the title.

“They know how to win gamesand there’s a mentality at the footballclub,” he said. “This club is used towinning and it’s ingrained within theclub. It gives you that edge and willhold them in good stead again thisseason. “I’m certain they’ll have a runwhen things won’t go that well butthey’ve got the quality and the depthto do it again.”

Turin - Alberto Aquilani’s agentexpects Juventus to sign theLiverpool midfielder on a perma-nent basis.

The Italy international is cur-rently on a season-long loan at theSerie A club and has been one of thestand-out performers this season.

Juve have the option of turning

Aquilani set to stay at JuventusAquilani’s spell into a long-termdeal and the 26-year-old’s represen-tative, Franco Zavaglia, reckons theBianconeri will honour their agree-ment with the Merseysiders.Zavaglia told Radio Sportiva: “Therelease from Liverpool dependsonly on Juventus but I think therewill be.

“Alberto is very, very happy inTurin and has found an environmentwhere he can express himself.”

Zavaglia believes the formerRoma schemer benefited from hisbrief time at Anfield, adding: “TheEnglish experience has been good,it has enriched his internationalbackground.”

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Gil was facing a total rout whenhe trailed 5-0 in the second set, butmanaged to hold his serve at thatstage to win his only game in thematch. “It was important to startwell in the new season and I amhappy I was able to do that tonight,”said 25-year-old Berdych.

“I was aggressive from the startand my game was obviously too fastfor him. “It happens only a few timesthat one wins a match in 45 minutes.I did not have such a game last yearand don’t think I will have anotherone this year.

“But I am not looking too farahead. I will take it step by step andprepare for my next match” saidBerdych, who takes on Ivan Dodigof Croatia in the second round.Berdych led a march of the seededplayers on the second day after two-time defending champion MarinCilic of Croatia was knocked out byJapan’s rising star Kei Nishikori onMonday.

Third seed Stanislas Wawrinka ofSwitzerland, who lost to Cilic in lastyear’s final, began with a 6-4, 6-4win over Indian Davis CupperRohan Bopanna. Fourth seed Rich-ard Gasquet of France, ranked 30thin the world, overwhelmed compa-triot Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-1, 6-3 to reach the second round.

“I can’t think of a better way tostart the year,” said Gasquet, whoaims to return to the top 10 for thefirst time since 2007. The French-man next plays Bjorn Phau of Ger-many for a place in the quarter-fi-nals. Seventh seed Xavier Malisseof Belgium, who won the Chennaievent in 2007, disposed off MarselIlhan of Turkey 6-3, 6-1 in anothermatch.

Robin Haase, the eighth-seededDutchman, fought off a spiritedchallenge from Frank Dancevic ofCanada before winning 6-7 (6/8), 6-

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NEW YORK – Wilson Chandler scored 31 points while AmareStoudemire and Raymond Felton each added 28 points to spark theNew York Knicks past NBA overall leader San Antonio Spurs 128-115. The Spurs saw their four-game win streak snapped and fell to 29-5, still three games atop Dallas in the Southwest division and leadingthe league.

“They were more aggressive. They were more physical. They werehungrier than we were,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “If wescore 115 points, I expect to win. Our defense was pathetic. It was ourworst defense of the year. They went after the game and they got it.Nothing else tricky about it.”

The Knicks had the best-shooting night against the Spurs all sea-son, hitting 55 percent from the field. “We feel like we can match upwith the best of them,” Stoudemire said. “We have got some qualitywins against some pretty good teams so we feel like we’re right there,but we’ve just got to play with some consistency and keep it going allyear.”

French guard Tony Parker had 26 points for the Spurs while DeJuanBlair added 17, Argentine playmaker Manu Ginobili added 15 andTim Duncan added 14 points on 5-of-14 shooting.

Popovich sees the Spurs’ superb start as unsustainable rather than astrong launch for one of the best seasons in NBA history. “We’re notgoing to keep up this pace, that’s for sure,” Popovich said. “It’s notgoing to happen.”

Toney Douglas and Felton made 3-pointers and Felton andStoudemire hit back-to-back baskets to give the Knicks a 122-111 leadwith 3:27 remaining as New York surpassed a league-best 107.2 point-per-game average.

“They made us play their game instead of us making them playours,” Duncan said. “They got up and down, made shots, had it rollingin every direction. We couldn’t find a way to stop them.”

London - Kell Brook is urging Frank Warrento do all he can to get Amir Khan to face him.Warren has already put forward a multi- milliondollar offer to the WBA light welterweight cham-pion to step up to a weight and take on undefeatedBritish rival Brook.

And the Yorkshireman was left fuming when Khanturned down the offer, saying that he used to beathim up in sparring. “Believe me, it was always theother way around,” said Brook.

“I couldn’t believe it when I read what Khan hadbeen saying - may be all those punches he took againstMaidana have had an affect on his memory. “We usedto do a bit together when we were both in the ama-

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CHENNAI, India – Top seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic opened his campaign inthe 450,000-dollar ATP Chennai Open with a fluent win over Frederico Gil of Portugal on Tues-day. The world number six needed just 45 minutes to defeat the 101st-ranked Gil 6-0, 6-1 in a firstround match at the Nungambakkam Tennis stadium in the southern Indian city.

4, 6-4. The lone seeded player to fallon Tuesday was number five JeremyChardy of France, who lost to BlazKavcic of Slovakia 6-3, 6-2.

India’s number one SomdevDevvarman, winner of the singlestitles at the Commonwealth andAsian Games last year, crashed out

in the first round. The 108th-rankedIndian was beaten by qualifier DavidGoffin of Belgium 6-2, 6-4 in anhour and 26 minutes.

“It was just a bad day for me,”Devvarman said. “I was shaky andnervous for no reason because I washitting the ball well in practice.

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Czech Republic’s tennis player Tomas Berdych serves to hisPortugese opponent Frederico Gil, during their first round matchat the ATP Chennai Open 2011, in Chennai on January 4, 2011.Berdych won the match 6-0, 6-1.

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San Antonio Spurs center Tim Duncan (21) tries to block ashot by New York Knicks center Amare Stoudemire (1) inthe first half of their NBA basketball game at Madison SquareGarden in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Stoudemire had28 points in the Knicks 128-115 win over the first place Spurs.

Knicks defeat NBA-best Spurs

Brook hunting down Khanteurs, and I showed him up every time we got in thering together.

“Amir’s come on a bit since then, but then so haveI. “I’d seriously love it if Frank Warren could get thisfight on because we could settle it once and for all.

“I watched Khan’s last fight against Maidana. “Fairplay to him because he soaked up some punishmentto hold on to his title.

“But Maidana showed that Khan’s chin hasn’timproved much since he went to Freddie Roach.He can take a shot better, but he still gets clippedand hurt. “I feel that I’ve got the power to takehim out of there. One clean shot on his chin is allthat I need to land.”

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“I’m very disappointed,” he said.“We had exactly the same problem asyesterday. We completely lost powerafter 200km. I don’t know why. That’sthree days the same thing has hap-pened. “I gained 1m30 on Carlos inthe first part, but I lost my lead on thetechnical section where you must al-ways use 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear.

“We must fix the problem. Idon’t care about our time or the spe-cial stage victory. Tomorrow therewill be dunes and soft sand and thatwill be a problem.”

Sainz, meanwhile, was happy withhis second place today: “I’m more or

ROSS Brawn is convincedMichael Schumacher will show abig improvement in form in 2011 -judging by the progress the seven-time champion made at the end oflast year. Schumacher’s return to F1in 2010 did not live up to its pre-season hype, as he failed to finishon the podium and was beaten regu-larly by team-mate Nico Rosberg.

Speaking in the week thatSchumacher celebrated his 42ndbirthday, Brawn reckons the onusis now more on him to helpMercedes to produce a better car,rather than expect major progressfrom his driver.

When asked if he had thought ofany birthday present to giveSchumacher, Brawn told Gazzettadella Sport: “No, I haven’t thoughtabout any particular present forMichael Schumacher, because I al-ready know what he wants from me:a competitive car. “I’m still optimis-tic because Michael’s performancesat the end of last season were en-couraging. I’m convinced he will godecidedly better this year.”

Brawn sure Schumacher will improveA lot of Schumacher’s early-sea-

son problems were blamed on thecharacteristics of Bridgestone’s2010 tyres - with the narrower frontsnot giving the German the confi-dence he had enjoyed earlier in hiscareer.

Schumacher hopes Pirelli’s 2011rubber will help him, but that is farfrom guaranteed – with early im-pressions from the first F1 test with

the tyres not proving conclusive.“It’s premature to say that,” saidBrawn when asked if the Pirelliswould help Schumacher.

“In the Abu Dhabi test we didn’tdetect big differences compared tothe performances obtained withBridgestones, but it’s clear that, bychanging supplier, the cars need tobe adapted. We’ll see a lot ofchanges during winter testing.”

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Ross Brawn, left, is talking with Michael Schumacher

Al-Attiyah takes first stage win

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Qatar’s driver Nasser Al-Attiyah steers his Volkswagen with German co-driver Timo Gottschalkon January 3, 2011 during the stage 2 Cordoba-Tucuman of the 2011 Dakar Rally. Defendingchampion Carlos Sainz of Spain added a second stage win in as many days Monday at theDakar Rally in Argentina, dominating the 324km special stage from Cordoba to San Miguel deTucuman.

Nasser Al-Attiyah won his first stage of this year’s Dakar Rally onTuesday, though his Volkswagen team-mate Carlos Sainz still holdsthe event’s overall lead. Al-Attiyah had started the day third, also trail-ing Stephane Peterhansel’s BMW, but quickly caught Sainz and trailedthe Spaniard home to record a 25-second advantage and his ninthcareer Dakar stage win. But the Qatari was not content with the stagevictory, complaining about a loss of engine power during the day.

less happy with my day. We lost aminute and a half to Nasser by the endof the first section, but in the end wemade up most of the time lost by push-ing more on the last section where therewas less navigation.” Peterhansel fin-ished another half minute behind Sainzand has now fallen more than four min-utes behind the leader.

Giniel de Villiers remains fourth,now 17 minutes off the lead, whileKrzysztof Holowczyc closed in onhim with the fourth fastest time to-day. Home driver Orlando Terranovaremains sixth after the last of theArgentinean special stages.

Stage two results:

Pos Driver Car Time/Gap 1. Nasser Al-Attiyah Volkswagen 3h42m20s 2. Carlos Sainz Volkswagen +24s 3. Stephane Peterhansel BMW +59s 4. Krzysztof Holowczyc BMW +5m30s 5. Giniel de Villiers Volkswagen +5m53s

Overall standings:

Pos Driver Car Time/Gap 1. Carlos Sainz Volkswagen 9h12m05s 2. Nasser Al-Attiyah Volkswagen + 3m34s 3. Stephane Peterhansel BMW + 4m19s 4. Giniel de Villiers Volkswagen + 16m57s 5. Krzysztof Holowczyc BMW + 21m49s