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JAKARTA — Officials say thou-sands of people from 50 countries have set two new world records by parading with more than 3,700 flam-ing torches in Indonesia’s capital.

Organizer Yamal Hasmanan of Freedom Faithnet Global said Sunday that officials from Guinness World Records presented participants with

certificates for the largest torch-lit image formed by people and for the largest torch-lit parade.

He says his group organized Sat-urday’s 3,777-torch procession as a symbol of hope and prayer.

The group is also holder of a Guin-ness record for the largest number of floating lanterns sent aloft, with 10,318 launched into the sky simul-taneously in December 2009.

There were no immediate reports of se-vere damage or injuries in Mexico City but emergency services said an 18-year-old man was killed when a roof collapsed in Iguala, a small city between the capital and the tourist resort of Acapulco.

A 25-year-old man was killed when a rock fell on a small van on the Mexico

City-Acapulco highway, a spokesman for emergency services in southwestern Guer-rero state said.

“I was dreadfully afraid, I thought it was never going to end,” said Laura Gonzalez, who was drinking in a bar in the capital at the time of the quake, which lasted 40 seconds.

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

Participants hold torches in an attempt to break a world record of the most torches lit at a square in Jakarta, In-donesia, on Saturday Dec. 10, 2011. Organizers claimed 3,777 participants from the Freedom Faithnet Global (FFG) community joined to break the world record.

Indonesia paraders set records with 3,777 torches

AFP PHOTO/OMAR TORRES

A family watch a color fountain in front of the Revolution Monument in Mexico city after an earthquake of 6.5 degrees in the Richter scale on December 10, 2011.

Strong earthquake rattles Mexico, killing two

Reuters

MEXICO CITY - A powerful 6.5 mag-nitude earthquake shook Mexico on Sat-urday, killing at least two people, knock-ing out lights in parts of the capital and sending people rushing into the streets.

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Founder : K.Nadha, General Manager :Palgunadi Chief Editor: Diah Dewi Juniarti Editors: Gugiek Savindra,Alit Susrini, Alit Sumertha, Daniel Fajry, Mawa, Sri Hartini, Suana, Sueca, Sugiartha, Wirya, YudiWinanto Denpasar: Dira Arsana, Giriana Saputra, Subagiadnya, Subrata, Suentra, Sumatika, Asmara Putra. Bangli: Pujawan, Buleleng: Adnyana, Gianyar: Agung Dharmada, Karangasem: Budana, Klungkung:Bali Putra Ariawan. Jakarta: Nikson, Hardianto, Ade Irawan. NTB: Agus Talino, Syamsudin Karim, Izzul Khairi, Raka Akriyani. Surabaya: Bambang Wilianto. Development: Alit Purnata, Mas Ruscitadewi. :Jalan Kepundung 67 A Denpasar 80232. Telephone (0361)225764, : 227418, P.O.Box: 3010 Denpasar 80001. Bali Post Jakarta, Advertizing: Jl.Palmerah Barat 21F. Telp 021-5357602, Facsimile: 021-

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Diputra stated the plan was a continue from the one in Badung

meters land will be used from Sulawesi Street and a part of Badung Market. It was stated the design of it has been done with 60 four wheels vehicles and 100 two wheels vehicles spaces planned.

usable which hoped to smoothen

The budget was stated to be IDR

and Expenses and will have its tender planned early next year. “It will have the same concept as the central parking in Badung Market previously. This is the continuing second part of it,” Diputra explained.

which completed December 2010 has its realisation less than predict

IDR 7.3 billion constructed by PT Tunas Jaya Sanur with Contract

nas Jaya Sanur got the construction after a competition with 23 others. Diputra stated the previous one

2010 on a 12,700 squared meters

spaces at basement. (kmb12)

Denpasar (Bali Post) –In a day the fee for a body to stay

at Sanglah Hospital Corpse Room

or ignored body that got no family taking care of it? Those corpses became the Hospital’s responsibility and tens of them will be there every

of rupiah that’s not going to be paid back by the government as stated by

Head of Sanglah Hospital Forensic Installation, dr. Dudut Rustyadi, SpF,

Based on the latest data, around 26

skeletons. To decrease the outgoing fee, Sanglah held a cremation to those that are there three months allthough not all can be done straight away with most being evidence which so the hospital has to ask permission

them are ready to be cremated yet still waiting for permission. The cremation is done by hospital’s own team with all expenses paid by Sanglah Hospital. “We have sent letters to Denpasar, Tabanan, Gianyar, North Kuta and Badung Police as the bodies were evidences of these Police Headquarters and now we are still waiting for their agreement,” Dudut

Tabanan (Bali Post)-The road damages at Tabanan kept

on being residents complain moreover now has been stated as Bali’s Worst Damaged Streets compared to other regencies. The damaged road started from Marga to Penebel to Baturiti, all has holes which so Tabanan Government were asked to make it priority to

problem of damaged roads has been a classic. Government has to be brave in taking steps so this problem is done,” Tabanan House of Representatives Budget Board member, Ketut Loka

From the data at Tabanan Public

are damaged. These roads consist of national, provincial and regional streets

kilometres. The minim budget cause nothing can be done although Tabanan Regent, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti, a while go stated her side will plan a solution to it targeting this 2012 with two options, using hot mix or toning. As stated by Loka, this year the road infrastructure

repair little amount of roads knowing

has to be government to cut off non demanding projects such as car renting IDR 2.67 billion, waste point are

aid budget is also stated high also Vice

billion. “These are quite huge budgets. If it is diverted to infrastructure it will be better,” Loka stated. (udi)

Mangupura (Bali Post)—Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) V

held in the upcoming 2012 will be able to give value to the development of democracy in the region and outside the region. Capacity of the countries to respond to the challenges and opportunities of democracy will be getting stronger.

It was revealed by Marty M. Natalegawa when closing the BDF IV in

ters and delegates openly exchanged views on the development of democratic values and good governance in each country.

“Pursuant to the theme of BDF IV, ‘Increase of Democratic Participation in a Changing World in the Framework of Responding Democratic Voices’ this forum needs to further involve civil society in the future,” he said.

nounced the implementation of BDF Summit in 2012. As indication, the implementation would be on Novem

one month to ensure the presence of participating countries considering that in next yearend there will also be a number of other summits,” he said.

The foreign minister also took the opportunity on the sidelines of the BDF to meet some partners. He had made seven bilateral meetings with

States, Bosnia and Herzegovina and

the Community of Democracies. Aside from the efforts to improve bilateral relations, it was also discussed a number of regional and international issues becoming a common concern.

“By and large, they conveyed a deep appreciation to the initiative of Indonesia about the Bali Democr acy Forum that has been increasingly well established,” he said.

Explained, the meeting could result in a Chair’s Statement, among others, it contained the activities regarding the guidelines for BDF 2012. The Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) as the implementing agency of BDF was asked to focus on the cooperation in strengthening the countries’ ability to respond voices of democracy. Additionally, it was also intended to ensure suf

pation of civil society. IPD was also expected to continue its activities to share their experiences regarding the transition to democracy, the strengthening of woman’s political participation and the role of media in democracy.

This year, participation of the countries progressively increased compared to previous years. If

Government, this time was attended

ment. Likewise, it was noted that

region attended the event. (par)

to development of democracy

Spatial Planning and Housing Department

plans Sulawesi Street basement parking

IBP/File

The crowded situation on Sulawesi Street

Denpasar (Bali Post) –-

Bodies at Sanglah Hospital Used up to millions of rupiah

Roads in Bali damaged badly

3International Bali News Monday, December 12, 2011

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

the economic crisis in Europe or the United States that has not been recoveredto date.

“Conditions that have not recovered will certainly affect the development of

would probably cause the development of Bali’s plantation export to be a bleak

expected too much lately.

the purchase of plantation products. They will tend to more focus on purchasing

According to IB Raka, the Bali’s plantation products becoming the exportcommodities to Europe were quite a lot, mainly coffee and cocoa commoditiesin the form of processed products.

impact in our country. It could be seen from the condition of the selling price ofcocoa, especially to the non-processed beans dropping than the trading conducted

“Decline in the export demand has made the production of cocoa in the country

out a solution to resolve the problem so that the export of plantation commoditiesof Bali could keep running. One of the ways was that government should explorenew importing countries other than European countries that might be relied uponto establish cooperation, including the efforts to hold a trade promotion. “Asidefrom the European countries, the other potential countries for the cocoa export

(bit)

Apparently, the plan to renovate the UbudMarket was not as easy as turning over thepalm of hand as renovation of market in theother region. Nevertheless, the Ubud Mar-ket was a market having added values andadequately high selling power. Although thecommittee had been formed, it would not workinstantly. But, they should first do a numberof approaches by holding hearings to six ad-visors including the Ubud Palace, CustomaryVillage, Administrative Village and the levelof Ubud Subdistrict. Nevertheless, at leastthe committee began a meeting to prepare theworking schedules next week.

Meanwhile, implementation of the totalrenovation for the Ubud Market would bemade after the temporary shelter at Singakertacould have been completed. Assistant of theEconomic and Development Affairs, GedeWidarma Suharta, when asked for his confir-

-porary shelter for the market relocation wouldhave started to be worked on. Estimated, in the

next six months, after completing the marketshelter at Singakerta, the renovation of UbudMarket would be begun, he explained.

The fund of Singakerta Market develop-ment was also taken from the package fund

traders would be relocated temporarily to theSingakerta Market. Later on, if they wantedto remain at Singakerta Market or be back toUbud Market would be welcomed. Of course,it should be based on the terms and conditionsagreed.

As scheduled, the registration and paymentplans would be made in this December. Theprocess was expected to have been completedbefore January. In the renovation of the UbudMarket, there would be no additional numberof trader, kiosk and existing courtyard. If therewere traders who wanted to invest, but did nothave any funds, they would also be connectedwith bank. Meanwhile, the current existingtraders would be given priority to contract thekiosks, he explained. (kmb16)

Amlapura (Bali Post)—Cases of HIV/AIDS continue to

increase rapidly. The serious sufferersare very terrible. Particularly in Karan-

WHO, every single person detected, it-

fected people at the surrounding. On that

in Karangasem.Related to that hazards, Deputy Re-

gent of Karangasem, I Made Sukerana,said that HIV/AIDS countermeasurecould not work. When receiving thehearing from the AIDS Prevention and

said the countermeasure should be more-

sure should be undertaken like handlingterrorism cases. “The countermeasuremust be done incessantly and together,not only by the NGOs concerned or

-ported by Bali Health Agency that until

of the case were only the visible on sur-face. Probably, the actual cases beneathmight be much more. “Indeed, the HIV/AIDS cases are recognized like the ice-berg phenomenon, namely the apparentcases represent only a small fraction of

KPA Bali team planed to perform themore vigorous activities.A team memberof KPA Bali, Dr. Dyah Pradnya PramitaDuarsa, said the total cases of HIV/AIDSreported by the Bali Health Agency until

cases were found in Karangasem.As per estimation of WHO, the HIV/

AIDS popularly known as iceberg phe-nomenon, continued Pradnya Paramita,

sufferers in the region that had not beendetected. Based on the phenomenon,

Health Agency, it was estimated there

was unknown in Karangasem. “Theyalso potentially transmit the virus to

said. (013)

Renovation of Ubud Market

Still waiting for temporary shelter for tradersGianyar (Bali Post)—

Renovation of Ubud Market planned almost a year has now been ascertainedthat the process will be undertaken in January 2012. This was announced after theestablishment of the rehabilitation committee of the Ubud Market on Friday (Dec

Indrayana (a community leader) serving as the chairman.

IBP/file

Ubud Market

Terrible hazards of HIV/AIDS should be tackled like terrorists

Impact of European crisis Bali’s export in 2012 predicted to drop by 40 percent

News International4 Monday, December 12, 2011

Potesters waved banners such as “The rats should go!” and “Swin-dlers and thieves - give us our elec-tions back!” in cities from the Pa-cific port of Vladivostok in the east to Kaliningrad in the west, nearly 7,400 km (4,600 miles) away.

But the biggest protest by far was in Moscow, where riot police were out in force but just watched as protesters waving flags and shout-ing “Putin is a thief!” staged the opposition’s biggest protest rally since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

The protests showed a ground-swell of anger over the December 4 election, which the opposition says was rigged to favor Putin’s United Russia, and discontent with the prime minister three months before he tries to reclaim the presidency at the polls.

“Today 60,000, maybe 100,000 people, have come to this rally,” former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov said in a speech to a huge crowd packed into Bolotnaya Square across the Moscow River from the Kremlin.

“This means today is the begin-ning of the end for these thieving authorities,” said Kasyanov, who now leads an opposition move-ment which was barred from the election.

People of all ages gathered in Moscow, many carrying white carnations as the symbol of their protest and some waving pictures of Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev declaring: “Guys, it’s time to go.” Helicopters at times buzzed overhead.

Vladimir Ryzhkov, an opposition leader, read out a list of demands including annulling the election and holding a new one, registering opposition parties, dismissing the election commission head and free-ing people the protesters consider political prisoners.

Associated Press Writer

OSLO, Norway — Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling on repressed women worldwide to rise up against male supremacy.

“My sisters, my daughters, my friends — find your voice,” Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said after collecting her Nobel diploma and medal at a ceremony in Oslo.

Sirleaf, Africa’s first democratically elected female president, shared the award with women’s rights campaigner Leymah Gbowee, also from Liberia, and Tawakkul Karman, a female icon of the protest movement in Yemen.

The peace prize was announced in October, along with the Nobel awards for medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and economics. Worth 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) each, the Nobel Prizes are always handed out on the anniversary of award founder Alfred Nobel’s death on Dec. 10, 1896.

By selecting Karman, the prize committee recognized the Arab Spring movement that has toppled autocratic leaders in North Africa and the Middle East. Praising Karman’s struggle against Yemen’s regime, Nobel committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland also sent a message to Syria’s leader Bashar Assad, whose crackdown on rebels has killed more than 4,000 people according to U.N. estimates.

“President Assad in Syria will not be able to resist the people’s demand for freedom of human rights,” Jagland said.

Associated Press Writer

DURBAN, South Africa — A U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement Sunday on a far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change.

The 194-party conference agreed to start negotiations on a new accord that would ensure that countries will be legally bound to carry out any pledges they make. It would take effect by 2020 at the latest.

The deal doesn’t explicitly com-pel any nation to take on emissions targets, although most emerging economies have volunteered to curb the growth of their emissions.

Currently, only industrial coun-tries have legally binding emissions targets under the 1997 Kyoto Pro-

tocol. Those commitments expire next year, but they will be extended for at least another five years under the accord adopted Sunday — a key demand by developing coun-tries seeking to preserve the only existing treaty regulating carbon emissions.

The proposed Durban Platform offered answers to problems that have bedeviled global warming negotiations for years about sharing the responsibility for controlling carbon emissions and helping the world’s poorest and most climate-vulnerable nations cope with chang-ing forces of nature.

The United States was a reluctant supporter, concerned about agree-ing to join an international climate system that likely would find much opposition in the U.S. Congress.

“This is a very significant pack-age. None of us likes everything in it. Believe me, there is plenty the United States is not thrilled about,” said U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern. But the package captured important advances that would be undone if it is rejected, he told the delegates.

Sunday’s deal also set up the bodies that will collect, govern and distribute tens of billions of dollars a year for poor countries. Other documents in the package lay out rules for monitoring and verifying emissions reductions, protecting forests, transferring clean technolo-gies to developing countries and scores of technical issues.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the deal represents “an important advance in our work on climate change.”

Policemen detain an

activist dur-ing a rally to protest

against violations

at the parliamen-

tary elec-tions in St. Petersburg December

10, 2011.

REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

Thousands of Russians protest against PutinReuters

MOSCOW - Tens of thousands of people in Moscow and thousands more in cities across Russia demanded an end to Vladimir Putin’s rule and a rerun of a parliamentary election on Saturday in the biggest opposition protests since he rose to power 12 years ago.

Climate conference approves landmark deal

AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam

U.N. climate official Christiana Figueres, right, talks with delegates at the climate change summit as it nears it’s end in the city of Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011.

IBP/ap

Nobel Peace Prize winners Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, left, Libe-rian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, center, and Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf display their diplomas and medals at City Hall in in Oslo, Norway Saturday Dec. 10, 2011.

3 women accept Nobel Peace Prize

Activities Monday, December 12, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for December 3 through 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

3 Dec Tumpek Landep Pasek Gelgel Temple Pedungan Denpasar Selatan Agung Pasek Temple Tangun Titi kaler Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Silamadeg Tabanan Pasek Tangkas Temple Kediri Tabanan Kerta Temple Banyuning Barat Buleleng Dalem Tenggaling Temple Sengguan Singapadu Kawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Peguyangan

Singaraja Bhujangga Weisnawa Tegalcangkring Jembrana Taman Desa Temple Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Penataran Pande Batur Jati Banjar Pandean Mengwi Dalem Pingit Temple Taro Kaje Tegalalang dadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Selat Sukasada

Buleleng Batur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara Tabanan Ida ratu Pande Temple Besakih Mr. Pasek Temple Toh Jiwa Tangungtiti Penataran Pande Temple Kusamba Klungkung Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Gianyar

4 Dec Redite Umanis Ukir Sangah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar

7 Dec Buda Wage Uki Pasar Agung Temple Besakih Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Gede Gunung Agung Dukuh Munggu Badung Hyang Agung Ibuwanasari Tegal Puseh/ Desa Temple Bebalang Bangli Dalem Temple Perancak Badung Pasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Kerobokan Badung Kekeran Langit Sading Mengwi

10 Dec Purnama Kenam Kiduling Kereteg Besakih Lingsar Temple Lombok Bebengan Tanjung Lombok Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Mengwi Dalem Putra Belingkang Benawah Gianyar Prajapati Temple Balikpapan

13 Dec Anggar Kasih Kulantir Penataran Tangkas Sukawati Dalem Lagan Temple Bebalang Bangli Puseh Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pasek Gelgel Penulisan Kerambitan Tabanan Gaduh Temple Sanding Dalem Gandamayu Klungkung Sanghyang Tegal Banjar Taro Kaja Tegalalang

14 Dec Buda Umanis Kulantir Pasek Tangkas Temple kaler Tabanan Gaduh Benoh Temple Ubung Denpasar

18 Dec Redite Keliwon Tolu Dalem Alas Harum Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan.

19 Dec Soma Umanis Tolu Puseh/Balai Agung Ubung Kupang Penebel Tabanan Kawitan Sakula Gotra Tegal Kepuh Kaba-kaba Kediri

Tabanan Bhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung Lembongan Nusa Penida Batu Madeg Temple Besakih Penataran Agung Penatih Banjar Saba Penatih

21 Dec Buda Pon Tolu Catur, Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring

22 Dec Wraspati Wage Tolu Peninjoan Temple Besakih

28 Dec Buda Keliwon Gumbreg Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg Tabanan Puseh/ Desa Guwang Sukawati Merajan Pasek Ketewel Ketewel Merajan Pangeran Tangkas Kuro Agung Jeroan

Sading Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana

Nusa Penida

PROBABLY, Kuta Beach Club is one of the pioneers and the hotel having its own history in the development of Kuta as destination in Bali. The hotel was established 1972. In the age nearly reaching thirty years, it is very precise if the management then decided to renovate the hotel as a form of com-mitment to improve the service and comfort for guests.

According to I Gusti Ngurah Bagus Budi Adnyana Raka, familiarly ad-dressed as Rah Budi serving as Direc-tor of Sales, the renovation was done in two ways. Room renovation was carried out every 3 years, while reno-vation to public facilities such as pool, restaurant, bar et cetera was carried out every 5 years. Last renovation was undertaken to rooms with the addition of some facilities.

Kuta Beach Club Hotel is situated in the heart of Kuta and close to the beach,

shopping malls and recreation arena. Totally, it has 100 hotel rooms consist-ing of superior, cottages, deluxe, su-perior suite, executive suite and grand suite. The hotel has been equipped with facilities like 2 swimming pools, children pool, while Tommy’s Tavern as a restaurant serving international and local food poses an appropriate place to enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Meanwhile, there are also two bars where one is situated on poolside and another is swim up bar. Then, internet connection facility can be enjoyed free of charge in public areas. “Another facility that has just been added to the hotel amenity is children play ground. Aside from the service of reception operating for 24 hours, there are also money changer and travel desk,” ex-plained Ngurah who graduated from William Angliss College, Melbourne, Australia. (BTN/014)

Kuta Beach Club Hotel

Renovated to Improve Services and Comfort for Guests

Monday, December 12, 2011 6 News

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International

The Scotland Yard officerleading the investigation intothe scandal at the now-defuncttabloid said police had beenin touch with everyone whosemobile phone voicemails wereillegally accessed.

As late as a month ago Scot-land Yard had said it identified5, potential hacking victims,based largely on names foundin the notes of Glenn Mulcaire,a private investigator jailed forphone-hacking in 2 .

“We are confident we havepersonally contacted all thepeople who have been hacked orare likely to have been hacked,Scotland Yard Deputy AssistantCommissioner Sue Akers said ina statement.

“But there is a raft of peoplestill to be spoken to who are po-tential targets, but are unlikely tohave been hacked.

A Scotland Yard spokesmansaid “Operation Weeting thehacking probe has been incontact with or been contactedby 2, 3 people, of which inthe region of 3 are ‘victims’,whose names have appeared inthe material.

The new, lower total was firstreported by the Murdoch-ownedTimes newspaper.

Phone-hacking victims haveincluded celebrities includingactors Hugh Grant and SiennaMiller, as well as aides to Brit-ain’s royal family.

The scandal exploded in Julywhen it emerged that the Newsof the World had also hacked thephone of Milly Dowler, a Britishschoolgirl who was murdered in2 2, and deleted some messageson her voicemail.

Murdoch closed the tabloidthat same month, while the row

also claimed the jobs of two topScotland Yard officers and sev-eral Murdoch executives.

But the Guardian reported Sat-urday that police now believedthe News of the World was notresponsible for deleting oneparticular voicemail on Dowler’sphone, which caused her familyto have false hope that she wasalive.

Dowler’s parents last monthtold an inquiry into the scandalthat when the key voicemail wasdeleted shortly after her disap-pearance they had briefly thoughtit meant she was still alive.

They said police had later toldthem the paper had erased it tomake space for more messages.

Their emotional testimonyto the inquiry made front-pageheadlines in Britain and addedto the sense of outrage againstMurdoch’s media empire.

Associated Press Writer

MA ILA, Philippines Akidnapped American teenage boyescaped from suspected al- aida-linked militants and wanderedwithout shoes for two days in asouthern Philippine jungle beforevillagers found him, ending hisfive-month captivity, officialssaid Sunday.

Kevin Lunsmann, 1 , told hisfour armed captors that he wouldtake a bath in a stream and thenmade a dash for freedom Fridayin Basilan province, police SeniorSupt. Edwin de Ocampo said. Hefollowed a river down a mountainuntil villagers found him late thenext day, de Ocampo said.

Exhausted, hungry and still

the villagers, de Ocampo said.“He was in fear so there was

a bit of a chase before the villag-ers convinced him that they werefriends, de Ocampo told TheAssociated Press. He said the boy

had bruises on his arms and feet.Initial reports had said the boy

was freed by his captors.amboanga City Mayor Celso

to Manila and turned over to U.S.

U.S.Ambassador Harry Thom-as said the boy would be reunitedwith his family soon.

“In this holiday season nothingmakes me happier than knowingthat an innocent victim is returnedto his family in time for holidaycelebrations, Thomas said ina statement. “I also want to ac-knowledge the courage of Kevinhimself, and his family, through-out this long ordeal.

Thomas said there would be a“speedy investigation and pros-ecution of all those involvedin the kidnapping of Americancitizens.

Lobregat said the boy hastalked by phone with his Filipino-American mother, Gerfa YeattsLunsmann, who was in the UnitedStates. He, his mother and aFilipino cousin were vacationingwith relatives on an island near

amboanga City when they weresnatched July 12 and taken byboat to nearby Basilan.

The captors then called thefamily in Campbell County, Vir-ginia, to demand a ransom, of-

Themotherwasfreedtwomonthsagoaftershewasdroppedoffbyboatat a wharf on Basilan. The boy’sFilipino cousin escaped from theircaptors last month when Filipinoarmy forces managed to get near anAbu Sayyaf camp in the mountainsof Basilan, about 55 mileskilometers south of Manila.

Lobregat said he was unawareif any ransom changed hands.

IBP/afp

Police said the final number of victims of phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World will be around 800 people, far less than originally thought

Murdoch paper’s hacking victims total 800: policeAgence France Presse

US hostage, 14, escapes in Philippine jungle

A severe earthquake in 19 5killed thousands of people andwrecked parts of Mexico City, andmany residents live with the fear ofa repeat.

felt it. It was a very strong shake,said Amor Lajud. “My dogs startedbarking. I just rushed for theexit andgot out.Lajud lives in an apartmentbuilding in the fashionable CondesaneighborhoodofMexicoCity,whichsuffered serious damage in the 19 5quake.

Shoppers at a popular depart-ment store in Condesa rushed outto the street, some of them crying

out at several intersections, causing

The epicenter of the quake was2 miles from Iguala in Guerreroand was miles deep, the U.S.Geological Survey reported. Thequake, originally reported as . onthemagnitudescale,was felt inotherstates including Michoacan, Pueblaand Hidalgo, local media reported.

“The most damage was in Igualabecause theepicenterwasverycloseto there, a spokesman for Guerrero

emergency services said.Landslides had closed highways

in the Pacific coast state but the

that while residents of the port cityfelt the earthquake and telephoneservices were down, there were noreports of major damage.

Power was knocked out in manydistricts of the capital and one build-ing was evacuated, but Mexico CityMayor Marcelo Ebrard said waterservices, the subway and the airportwere working normally.

“The city center is fine, thereare people skating on the ice rink,Mexico City emergency servicesspokesmanManuelMondragonsaidof the winter entertainment facilityset up in the central ocalo square.“At the moment, there is no reasonfor concern.

A source from phone operator

in some sections of the city as themobile network was overloadedwith people trying to call family andfriends.State oil monopoly Pemex,which has few installations on thePacific coast, said there were noreports of damage.

Strong...

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Antara

MEDAN - Indonesia`s coffee production next year is projected to be lower than this year at only around 600,000 tons due to the climate factor, an industry spokes-man said.

“Production will be lower as rain is continuing to fall until the end of this year disrupting fertilization and this will cause exports to drop,” the

general chairperson of the Associa-tion of Indonesian Coffee Exporters (AEKI), Suyanto Hiusein, said here on Saturday.

National coffee production next year is projected to be around 600,000 tons or lower than this year which also misses the target set at 640,000 tons.

The drop in the production is believed to also affect exports more-over demand would also be lower

due to the impact of current crisis in the US and Europe.

If the volume of exports remains high it is strongly believed they are of lower quality and therefore cheaper, he said.

“For the high quality product it is also believed its price will also be under pressure due to the impact of the crisis,” he said.

He said actually the pressure on price and volume had begun since

several months ago and continued until the end of this year.

Although exports are down total trade is seen to rise this year because trade was good before, he said.

According to data from the International Coffee Organization (ICO) Indonesia`s coffee exports from November 1, 2010 to October 21, 2011 reached 6.05 million bags or 363,411 tons.

The volume is up 2.72 percent

from the previous period recorded at 5.89 bags or 353,659 tons.

North Sumatra coffee exporter Saidul Alam said if coffee produc-tion drops next year the local price may remain strong.

“If the local price remains strong it will increase exporters` problems while buyers are hoping the price will be down due to weakening buying power as a result of current global crisis,” he said.

Suyanto said the news was re-ceived by the foreign minister from the Indonesian ambassador to Thai-land. Nunun was taken from Bang-kok to Jakarta by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), according to information from the foreign minister.

Nurbaeti was taken straight to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office on Saturday night shortly after arriving from Thailand where she was arrested.

Nunun arrived at the KPK office guarded by tens of security officers while tens of policeman and journal-ists had already come to the location before her.

She is to be taken to the Pon-

dok Bambu jail after being ques-tioned at the Corruption Eradication Commission`s (KPK) office.

“She will be taken there after finishing a health check and early questioning session with KPK staff,” Deputy Chief of KPK Chandra Hamzah said here on Saturday at a press conference.

Nunun arrived at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of-fice in Jakarta on Saturday at 18.20 local time after being deported from Thailand. Chandra said Nunun was arrested by Thai police on Wednes-day (Dec 7). Having received the information, he said, a small team from KPK including himself left for Bangkok on Thursday (Dec 8)

to check the information.After matching data between the

two sides, he said, Thai police on Dec 10 took Nunun to meet the KPK team on board a Garuda Indonesia plane parked at Swarnabhumi airport.

“That`s when we first met her. We explained to her about the arrest and she signed the arrest letter,” he said adding that extradition to Indonesia was conducted on Saturday noon at 14.30 local time

Nunun was some time ago de-clared a suspect in the case of a number of parliamentarians who had accepted bribes in connection with the election of Miranda Gultom as Bank Indonesia (BI or central bank) senior deputy governor in 2004.

The KPK declared her a suspect while she was abroad where she was said to be staying for treatment of an illness. In its efforts to capture Nunun, the KPK through the Na-tional Police eventually sought the assistance of interpol.

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - Indonesia has threatened to cut data services used by millions of BlackBerry customers, the industry body said Saturday, in an ongoing spat over infrastructure and government access to information.

The industry regulator said it would block internet services to the smartphones in the biggest market for Research In Motion (RIM) -- which makes the BlackBerry -- outside North America if RIM did not comply with its demands.

Canada-based RIM had agreed in January to fulfil four re-quests made by the communications and information technology ministry.

“RIM is supposed to have a licence to provide internet services, and the government will only grant them one when they have fulfilled all four requests.

“If they don’t, we’ll have to cut their data services,” the com-missioner of the Indonesian Telecommunication Regulatory Body, Heru Sutadi, told AFP.

The requests included setting up an aggregator that would ef-fectively reduce costs for local service providers, but authorities claimed Saturday RIM had rolled back on that commitment.

“We had a meeting with RIM on Thursday to talk about prog-ress since January. They have fulfilled some requests, but we are disappointed they have not agreed to establish an aggregator in Indonesia,” Sutadi said.

The government also requested that RIM set up customer care centres, block pornography from its service, and assist the government in accessing encrypted data on users’ phones.

RIM said, however, that it has addressed all the requests and that it is looking at new multimillion-dollar investments in Indonesia.

It has set up a router in Singapore to which some Indonesian carriers have connected, and said that this fulfilled the govern-ment’s aggregator request as it had only asked for a centre in the region.

The firm said it was receiving “mixed messages”. “We have never been formally asked to build a centre in Indonesia,” RIM’s East Asia managing director Gregory Wade told AFP.

Sutadi said the industry body was concerned by the state of play on government access to encrypted data.

“RIM told us they were working with law enforcement agen-cies to ensure they can access the information, but they could not tell us who exactly they were working with,” Sutadi said.

Indonesia is RIM’s biggest market outside North America, with shipments of BlackBerry smartphones expected to surpass nine million units by the year end.

The government’s threats come just two weeks after a Black-Berry promotional event turned disastrous.

More than 40 people were injured and 20 were knocked un-conscious or fainted in a crush when thousands rushed toward a shopping mall hoping to get their hands on one of 1,000 new BlackBerry Bold 9790 model going at half price.

Police named RIM’s country president-director Andrew Cob-ham and consultant Terry Burkey as suspects in the case.

RI`s coffee production projected to drop

Indonesia threatens to cut BlackBerry data serviceNunun

Nurbaeti, a suspect in a high-profile bribery case, has been arrested in Bangkok and brought back to Jakarta.

FOTO ANTARA/M Agung Rajasa

Bribery suspect Nunun Nurbaeti nabbedAntara

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto said here Saturday Nunun Nurbaeti, a suspect in a high-profile bribery case, has been arrested in Bangkok and brought back to Jakarta.

8 InternationalMonday, December 12, 2011

Bali Today

Denpasar also won an award asthe city with the best service, andTanah Lot in Tabanan awarded themost favorite tourist destination.This year, Bali won another awardfor the Best Province in the TourismDevelopment.

The categories surveyed in theIndonesia Tourism Awards 2 11included the best regency/ city in thematter of tourist services, favoritetourist destination city and favoritetourist attractions. There was also anaward chosen based on the competi-tion program, namely the most com-mitted provincial government in thedevelopment of tourism.

Minister of Tourism and CreativeEconomy, Mari Elka Pangestu, saidthat tourists should feel comfortableand happy starting from visitinga destination until going back totheir home or country. Therefore,

the tourism industry and regionalgovernment played an importantrole in providing service to tourists.“More and more foreign tourists arecoming to Indonesia.Tourists shouldbe served with hospitality, startingfrom the time they came, havingan excursion, until going home. Inshort, they should be very happy. Onthat account, the supporting tourismindustryplays avery important role,said Mari.

She hoped the award could pro-vide a motivation for tourism indus-tryand tourist destinations to improvetheir quality.Mari revealed the awardwould continue to be tightened andimproved in the matter of samplingsystem, coverage, and promotion.“This has become our target in thefuture. Hopefully, this award couldbecomeamotivationand target of thetourism perpetrator, she said.

Meanwhile, Chairman of theCommittee, Kemal E. Gani, said thesurvey was conducted in 25 cities.The cities selected posed a list ofcities with the largest gross regionaldomestic product PDRB in tourismsector. “In addition to the survey, it isalso conducted a focus group discus-sion FGD .We have surveyed some

-9 tourists in each city, both for-eign tourists and domestic tourists,explained Kemal.

The survey was conducted to1,5 tourists consisting of 1,35domestic tourists and 15 foreigntourists. Similarly, it also involved1 respondents from the circle ofprofessionals and the executives.Theassessed aspects included the sanita-tion, tourist information, reasonable-ness of cost, promotion, diversity ofobjects, security, uniquenessofobjectand hospitality. (010)

IBP

D ASAR - In this end ofyear, Tokobagus.com, the biggeste-commerce website in Indonesia,change its display. The display,according to Tokobagus.comDirector Arnold Sebastian Egg isfriendlier for users than before.He said the changing was partof Tokobagus.com ways to meetcustomers demand. “This is directinput from customers that we tryto make it happen .

Arnold said the new displaymake users easier to find whatto buy and what to rent, thanksto the search navigation. It alsomake the site quicker to accessbecause the display quite simpleand organize.

When we open the website,we will see the new homepage ofTokobagus.com. The website also

ranks its categories by the popular-ity according to internal surveyinvolving users and members.

Arnold hopes that by changingits display, Tokobagus.com will

He is very optimistic that usingthis new format, this e-commercewebsite that visited by 1 millionvisits per day will jump around 15to 2 percent next year. “More-over, cheap internet tariff will alsohelp e-commerce website to gainpopularity next year, he stated.

According to Tokobagus.comsurvey, last year there are around9 thousand transactions withestimated transaction value 3billion rupiah. Meanwhile, inApril 2 11 survey, the transactionjumped to 1.5 trillion rupiah. From

-pect of e-commerce industry nextyear is very promising. (kmb1 )

FOTO ANTARA/Agus SB

Tourists talk with the police in Nusa Dua area, Bali Island. Denpasar and Badung achieved an accolade as the Most Favorite Tourist Destination City in the event entitled the Indonesia Tourism Awards 2011 handed over by the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Mari Elka Pangestu.

IBP

MANGUPURA - The increasing number of for-

eign touristsvisitedIndonesia,makethe biggest operator in Indonesia,Telkomsel, create special productfor the foreigners. Tourists SimpatiCard is launched on Saturday, De-cember 1 , 2 11 in Kuta and it is

need of foreign tourists comes toIndonesia.

-er InternationalProductPTTelkom-sel,DeniPranoto, themarket for theprepaid card is very clear which isforeign tourist. For that reason, thecard isonlyavailable inBali,Batam,Jakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakartaor Solo.

“Based on the data of the spreadof foreign tourists, those areas arevisited by most tourists who cometoIndonesiasoTelkomselchoose tomarket thecard in thosecitiesonly,he added. Deni said that the newproduct of Telkomsel will be onlyproduced as many as 2 , unitswhere most of it will be for Bali.About 5, will be marketed inBali and the rest will be spread inthe rest of the cities.

For the early phase, the card willbeonlyavailable inBaliandJakarta.For the tourists who want to buy

the card can go to the airport of thenearest minimarket. He explainedthat theuserof thecardwill receivedfree talk time for 5 minutes to 5countries, 1 international sms,and internet data service up to 2megabytes.

To make the international call,the user must dial the access code1 1 , country code, area code,

and then the designated number.“The user doesn’t have to registerto use the card but can directly useit, Deni said accompanied by theCorporate Communication for Baliand Nusa Tenggara Area, PanduMaulana.

Telkomsel is planning to giveaway 1, units of Tourist Sim-pati Card for the tourists freely inNgurah Rai International Airporton December 22 through 2 . It is tointroduce thecard to the tourists andalso give Christmas gift for them

TheTouristSimpatipackagecanbe bought in GraPARI for 5 ,rupiah and already contain 5,rupiah credit and also on CircleK and Mini Mart all around Bali.During thepromotionperiodwhichis until January 31, 2 12, the buyerof the card will directly receiveda bottle of Coca Cola. Soon, thecard will also available in hotelsand travel agents cooperating withTelkomsel. (kmb1 )

Denpasar and Badung

Most favorite tourist destination cityBali Post

JA ARTA- Denpasar and Badung achieved an accolade as the Most Favorite Tourist Destina-tion City in the event entitled the Indonesia Tourism Awards 2011 handed over by the Ministerof Tourism and Creative conomy Mari lka angestu.

Meet customers demand

Tokobagus change site’s display

To attract tourists

Telkomsel launch Tourist Simpati

Balinese Culture

9International Monday, December 12, 2011

Clam SatayIngredients

1 lb of clams

5 shallots

2 spoons of sweet soy sauce

1 lime

salt and pepper.

Directions

Boil clams. After they are done, let it cool. Take the

meat out. Slice shallots Mix shallots, soy sauce, and

lime juice with the clams Add salt and pepper to taste

Put clams in skewers, barbecue for a little bit.

Bali SatayIngredients

350 gr beef 1/2 coconut 3 pieces of garlic 4 pieces of red chili peppers 1 spoon brown sugar 10 grams corriander 10 grams kencur 1 lime galanga 1 teaspoon shrimp paste salt and pepper.

DirectionsShred beef, shred coconut. Slice garlic and brown

it. Heat shrimp paste a little bit. Mix lime juice garlic, chili pepper, brown sugar, corriander, kencur, galanga, shrimp paste in a blender. Mix evenly the beef and coconut with the spice mix. Add salt, pepper, and orange juice. Form thumb-sized pieces from this mix, and stick each on a skewer. Barbecue until done.

Beef SatayIngredients

300 gr beef 5 shallots 2 spoons of sweet soy sauce 1 spoon of vegetable oil 1 lime salt and pepper.

DirectionsSlice beef into bite sized pieces, slice shallots Mix

everything evenly Put beef in skewers Barbecue at medium heat until desired doneness (medium rare recommended).

ANTARA/Nyoman Budhiana

Two workers finishing hundreds of ordered trumpets for the New Year celebration. Since early of December, seasonal trumpets sellers flocked in Bali Island. They offer variety of trumpets and accessories to celebrate New Year.

Monday, December 12, 201110 InternationalDestinations

IBP

Menjangan island, part of the West Bali National Park has to most beautiful coral reefs in Bali. Along with the nearby Labuan Lalang, this is a great place for diving and snorkeling.

As a part of Bali Barat National Park, Menjan-gan Island is well known for its magnificent under-water world, beautiful coral reefs found nearby and the best site for fishing. Another attraction of the island is protected deer. Menjangan, an inhibited island about 10 km offshore, offers deep coral reef walls and is one of Bali’s best diving sites.

There are a few dive sites to choose from at Menjangan with good conditions and excellent visibility. It’s also an interesting site for snorkel-ing. Menjangan also has a wreck , known as the ‘Anker’ because of its heavily encrusted anchor at the top of the reef. Fixed moorings have been built to prevent damag, and the island is reached by a 30 minutes boat ride from Labuan Lalang.

Pemuteran is an ideal place to plan excursions to West Bali National Park, compromising the na-ture reserve of Menjangan Island and the uplands in the west. Menjangan has the most beautiful coral reefs in Bali. Along with the nearby Labuan Lalang, this is a wonderful place for diving and snorkeling.

IBP/Net

Menjangan Island

Monday, December 12, 2011 11

BUSINESSInternational

Reuters

L D -Astringofbig-brandU.S. retail-ersmaycurb theirUKandEuropeanexpansionplans, deterred by the region’s bleak consumeroutlook and nervousness over the unfoldingsovereign debt crisis in the euro zone.

“With the economic conditions a lot ofretailers are asking themselves whether it’sworthwhile to enter the UK market given thatit’s very competitive and saturated, RobertGregory, researchdirectorofconsultancyPlanetRetail, said.

U.S. retailers tohaveaddedanoteof cautionto theirUKandEuropeplans includehomewareretailers Crate Barrel andWilliams-Sonoma,clothing retailer Forever 21, and Victoria’s Se-cret owner Limited Brands, sources said.

The tempering of plans is a setback forthe UK retail sector which has seen severalU.S. retailers target greater footprints in thatcountry, seeking to replicate the successes ofApple and Abercrombie Fi tch and then ac-cess Europe.

Crate Barrel has put its UK plans on hold

familiar with the matter said.Crate BarrelChiefExecutiveBarbaraTurf

told a retail property conference onWednesdaythe company was “slowing down its interna-tional expansionplans, but that it hoped toopenstores in the UK in the next 3- years.

retail,MarkBurlton, saidU.S. retailershadbeen

UK market.“Myinstinctwould tellme thatU.S. retailers

have been the biggest takers of space in termsof square feet, Burlton said, citing Forever21, which opened large stores on London’s

mall in 2 11.However, their increasing cautiousness has

paralleled the worsening European debt crisis,whichhasbroughtupheaval to thegovernmentsof Greece and Italy and has sapped consumer

Williams-Sonoma, which manages thePottery Barn furnishing chain, is planning toopen UK stores in 2 13, two other sourcestold Reuters, contradicting previous reports it

It wanted more visibility on how the euro zonedebt crisis would play out before deciding toexpand, one of the two sources said.

Victoria’s Secret store on New Bond Streetnext year, may also take longer to roll out itscosmetics chain Bath Body Works into theUK and Europe on similar concerns, a fourthsource close to the company said.

Forever 21 was also taking a cautious ap-proach to its European expansion although it isstill opening stores, a source with knowledgeof the matter said.

Williams-Sonoma and Forever 21 declinedto comment. A Limited Brands spokespersonsaid “we have made no announcements aboutBath Body Works in the UK, and Victoria’sSecret will open there as planned.

The International Monetary Fund can-not be expected to step in as a substitutefor a stronger commitment by Europe whichneeds to assume the brunt of any losses on

on Friday.Despite the International Monetary

Fund’s stable record - no borrower has everdefaulted on an IMF loan and no countryhas ever lost money lending to the IMF -there are concerns about the IMF’s growingexposure to the euro zone.

That exposure could take a quantum leapif Italy and Spain need bailouts, a level ofassistance that would almost certainly dwarfthe loans already approved for Greece, Ire-land and Portugal in deals engineered withthe European Union.

Emerging markets, which are contem-plating lending more money to the IMF-- which couples monetary assistance withtough conditions that seek to ensure acountry does not default -- have also raisedconcerns in the IMF about the risks to the

-tions told Reuters.

A crucial European Union summit endedon Friday with a historic agreement to drafta new treaty for deeper integration in theeuro zone in an effort to rein in a debt crisisthat started in Greece two years ago and hascontinued to spread.

Worries about the IMF’s risk are alsobrewing among congressional lawmakers.

Four U.S. lawmakers who met with IMFchief Christine Lagarde this week expressedunease over the risk the fund would take onwith a bigger role in Europe.

A request for a big IMF loan for Italy orSpain would put the United States, whichholds veto power over most IMF lendingdecisions, in an uncomfortable spot.

The American public is still stung by theU.S. government’s big bailouts for banksduring the 2 - 9 financial crisis andfears that mounting U.S. debts imperil thenation’s future.

With President Barack Obama facing atough battle for re-election in November,the White House is not keen to appear asEurope’s savior, and the administration’smessage to Europe has consistently beenPut more of your own money on the line.

Indeed, Republican lawmakers are seek-ing to yank a 1 billion loan the UnitedStates approved for the IMF in 2 9, amove that would undercut Washington’s

to IMF loans.“If the United States wants to help Europe

must be a strong, world economic leader, notmerely the lender of last resort, RepublicanSenator Jim DeMint wrote in The Wall StreetJournal on Friday.

“Members of the Obama administrationmust focus all of their efforts on strength-ening the U.S. economy and balancing ourbudget, rather than on continuing to borrowfrom China to pay for Europe’s out-of-control debts, he added.

DeMint said he would seek to force an-other vote to stop U.S. Treasury SecretaryTimothy Geithner from supporting moreEuropean bailouts. The Senate voted 55-in June against a proposal by DeMint torepeal IMF loan authority.

Domenico Lombardi, a former IMF board

Washington, said even if the U.S. Congressrescinded the loan, it would not preventthe IMF from lending to Europe. He saidthe international community has a stakein ensuring the euro zone crisis does notspread further.

The IMF enjoys an understanding amongits members that borrowing nations willalways pay the IMF back ahead of privatecreditors.

However, the scale of borrowing troubledeuro zone countries might need raises thespecter that one of the nation’s could defaulton an IMF loan.

The IMF has about 3 billion available

to roll over 3 billion euros 29 .5 billionpounds in debt next year, while Spain needs

“The problem with some of these coun-tries now is you’re getting to a point wheredebt is large enough that defaulting on

the IMF is attractive enough if you want toreduce your debt, said Raghuram Rajan, aformer IMF chief economist now at theUniversity of Chicago’s Booth School.

ReutersVIENNA - China will remain part of

international efforts to help Europe throughits crisis, vice foreign minister Fu Ying saidon Saturday, dismissing the idea that Beijingwas sitting back as the region suffered.

“China will be part of the internationaleffort to help Europe. We’ve done a lot, wehave been so much in it, Europeans knowit, she told reporters on the sidelines ofa conference in Vienna. Asked how Chinawould help, she said

“We want to invest, we are importingmore, we are sending delegations to buy, topurchase, that will help create jobs, that willhelp stimulate the economy.

“China will continue to be part of theeffort because we are interrelated, interde-pendent. We are in it together. We are in oneboat, she said.

As the owner of the world’s largest for-eign exchange reserves, China is one of thefew governments with pockets deep enoughto buy a sizeable portion of European gov-ernment debt and help pull the region fromits economic malaise.

Supporters of this idea say China wouldhelp itself if it assisted the euro zone, be-cause it would allow Beijing to diversify itsreserves from the dollar and foster economicgrowth in China’s biggest export market.

China has been cool to such suggestionsand has not committed publicly to contribut-ing to Europe’s bailout fund, despite beingcourted by the fund’s chief last month.

Fu said in Vienna that idea of Chinagiving “aid to Europe was often misun-derstood.

“When it is translated into Chinese itsounds like development aid and that is notwhat we are talking about, she told a paneldiscussion.

“The kind of thing we want to do is to bepart of the effort to stimulate the economy,she said, adding that China hoped to increaseits imports from Europe next year.

“China has 12 million people livingon one dollar a day so it is not the kind ofcountry rich enough to talk about savingothers. It doesn’t mean that China is tryingto stay away from this global effort...we areall interdependent, she said.

Worries grow over IMF loans to EuropeReuters

AS I T - The prospect of uropean heavyweights like Italy orSpain turning to the IMF for rescue loans is worrying the United States andother nations that fear they could suffer losses on funds they have e tendedto the IMF.

China says already part of effort to help Europe

U.S. retailers trim Europe plans on region’s debt woes

Entertainment InternationalMonday, December 12, 201112

Gaga performed a slightly naughty rendition of the holiday classic Friday night as part of her mini-concert at the radio station’s event at Madison Square Garden. Gaga — sporting tight studded leather pants, matching top and a bare midriff — gyrated on a set that included antlers, Christmas trees and holiday lights as she performed “White Christmas.”

“So I recently added a couple of lyrics to this song because I think it’s too short. It’s like when you really start to enjoy it it stops. It’s like a really bad orgasm. Merry Christmas New York!” she shouted. Later, she made a suggestive pose as she gave a come hither coo to Santa.

But her performance wasn’t all saucy. She was nostalgic and apprecia-

tive as she thanked the radio station for allowing her to be the headliner of this year’s show, which included per-formances from Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato, LMFAO, Pitbull, David Guetta, Foster the People, Hot Chelle Rae and more. Gaga said her first concert as a young girl growing up in New York City was the Z100 Jingle Ball.

“I worked so hard and when I was 11 ... my mom got me tickets to Jingle Bell Ball,” she said. Gaga opened the Jingle Ball concert three years ago, she said: “I’ll never forget there were a whole lot of superstars and no one knew who the hell I was. ... Some people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder.”

The singer, recently nominated for

three Grammys, proved to be otherwise, and sang a few of her best-known songs, including “Telephone,” ‘’Just Dance” and “Edge of Glory.”

She opened her performance by sing-ing between several Christmas trees; later, she performed on a keytar shaped like a Christmas tree, and she ended the night dressed in a hospital gown, re-enacting the theme of her latest video, “Marry the Night.”

A portion of the evening’s proceeds will go to “STOMP Out Bullying,” a program designed to reduce and prevent bullying, a cause close to Gaga’s heart. Earlier this week, she went to the White House to meet with officials about the matter.

“It’s important to keep everybody safe in school,” Gaga told the audience before launching into her inspirational anthem “Born This Way.” She also told her fans that she was happy to be in New York City during the holidays.

Reuters

SARAJEVO - Victims of Bosnia’s 1992-95 war had most of their anxieties over a film by Hollywood star Angelina Jolie put to rest at a private screening this week. Objections to filming Jolie’s tale of love between a Serb man and a Muslim woman in Bosnia last year forced the Hollywood star to shoot most of the film in nearby Hungary. Only some of the exterior scenes were shot in Bosnia.

But the Thursday night screening of the film in Sarajevo to representatives of victims’ associations elicited positive reactions from some of Jolie’s toughest local critics. “She has made a fantastic film for Bosnia and Herzegovina, I can really say that from the angle of a victim,” Murat Tahirovic, the president of Bosnia’s association of (wartime) detainees, told the Federal Television in Sarajevo.

Tahirovic was among a dozen repre-

sentatives of wartime victims invited to the closed screening of Jolie’s directo-rial debut “In The Land of Blood and Honey”. “Everybody should see this film,” Tahirovic said.

In October 2010, a Bosnian minister cancelled Jolie’s filming permits citing incomplete paperwork, after female victims of the Bosnian war objected to details of the plot, alleging it was about love between a rapist and his victim. The film tells a tale of love between a Serb man and a Muslim woman before the Bosnian war, who later meet in different circumstances - he is an army officer and she is his detainee.

Victims of sexual violence in Bosnia wrote to the United Nations refugee agency, saying Jolie did not deserve her role as a UNHCR Good Will Ambas-sador, and did not know enough about the Bosnian conflict. Jolie first came to Bosnia last year as an UNHCR ambas-sador.

Reuters

LOS ANGELES - British singer Adele made Billboard history on Friday when she became the first female singer to be named top artist, have the top album, “21,” and score the top single, “Roll-ing in the Deep,” all in one year. The 23-year-old chanteuse was followed in the top artist group by No. 2 Rihanna, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga in that order, while Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars rounded out the top ten.

“I think one of the things that sets me apart from other artists who have had the same kind of success is that my life isn’t speculated about” by the media, Adele said in an interview with Billboard. Tye Comer, editor of Billboard.com, attributed Adele’s success to her being a “breath of fresh air” in a market saturated with pop artists

cut from a “certain cloth,” like Rihanna, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.

“Her success is really inspiring because it shows that there is still room in the music industry for an artist to make it with true, raw talent,” Comer told Reuters. “It’s not necessarily always about the outrageous outfits or flashy videos, but an amaz-ing voice coupled with the right song still has the ability to turn the ears of millions of people and keep them interested,” he said.

Adele’s smash hit album “21,” which was described by Billboard’s Julianne Escobedo Shep-herd as a “break-up requiem,” was written in the aftermath of the singer’s failed relationship, and it features underlying themes of love, heartache and moving forward.

“I’m incredibly private but I’m also incredibly honest, and I think that creates a kind of ‘meet in the middle’ respectable ground,” said the singer.

Gaga gives a naughty and nice concert in NYC

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Lady Gaga was in the Christmas spirit at Z100’s annual Jingle Ball concert, but her version of “White Christmas” would have made Bing Crosby blush.

AP Photo/Warner Bros., Michael Rozman

In this Dec. 5, 2011 photo released by Warner Bros., talk show host Ellen DeGeneres greets Lady Gaga after her performance of “Marry The Night” during a taping of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

Jolie quiets Bosnian critics

Adele makes Billboard history, named 2011 top artist

British singer Adele performs

“SomeoneLike You” at

the 2011 MTV Video Music

Awards in Los Angeles Au-

gust 28, 2011.

REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Life Style Monday, December 12, 2011 13International

The moon took on a reddish glow, as some indirect sunlight continued to reach it after passing through the Earth’s atmosphere. Since the atmosphere scatters blue light, only red light strikes the moon, giving it a crimson hue. David Sayre, who runs a public relations firm in Hawaii, said it had been cloudy and rainy around his house on Oahu, but the weather cleared just in time for the eclipse.

He awoke, as he usually does, around 3 a.m. and remembered to

step outside the house in time to catch the eclipse about a half hour later. No one else in the neighbor-hood was up. “Sure enough it was turning that orangy-red color,” Sayre, 47, said. “I said, ‘Gosh I better grab a camera.’”

He added, “To be able to see it just right outside our house was really cool.” At the Griffith Obser-vatory in Los Angeles, some 300 people, many clutching coffee cups in the frigid morning air, sat with blankets and chairs on the observa-

tory’s great lawn.“It’s a celestial festival out here,”

Capm Petersen, 39, told the Los An-geles Times as he set up his camera. Perched on a slope north of down-town near the Hollywood sign, the property offers clear views of the sky. Observatory officials alerted the crowd when the eclipse began and spontaneous applause erupted when the celestial event ended.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon goes through the long shadow cast by the Earth and is blocked from the sunlight that illuminates it.

The last total lunar eclipse was on June 15 although that was not visible from the U.S. The next one is on April 15, 2014, and will be seen in the U.S.

Reuters

JOHANNESBURG - Almost 80,000 years before humans began using chemical sprays to control insect pests, Africans were using mattresses made from bug-repelling plants to ensure a good night’s sleep. The finding, published in the journal Science on Friday, derives from 77,000-year-old plant bedding found in a cave in South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal province. The find is 50,000 years older than any previ-ous prehistoric beds discovered.

The bed’s insect-repelling ca-pabilities suggest ancient humans

were well aware of the chemi-cal and medicinal properties of some plants. “The leaves contained chemicals that repelled mosquitoes and other insects, so we know that they understood medicinal plants,” said Lyn Wadley, an archaeology professor at the University of the Witwatersrand.

The bedding would have helped reduce insect-borne disease, al-though early humans would not have made any connection between mosquitoes and malaria, she told Reuters.

“It was for comfort. They would have known that those leaves kept

away insects and maybe other pests as well,” Wadley said. The bedding consists of thick layers of com-pacted stems and leaves of sedges and rushes collected from the banks of a nearby river.

In the last few years, scientists have made a series of startling dis-coveries in South Africa shedding light on the lives of early humans.

In October, researchers at the Blombos Cave 300 km (200 miles) east of Cape Town discovered a 100,000 year-old painting kit con-sisting of abalone shells, colour pigments and bone spatulas used to work up a paste.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” flew away with the game of the year trophy at the Spike Video Game Awards. The dragon-slaying epic also won as best role-playing game, and “Skyrim” developer Bethesda Softworks was selected as the studio of the year at Saturday’s ninth annual Spike Video Game Awards, which honors outstanding achievements within the gaming industry over the past year.

“We poured ourselves into this for the past three years,” said “Skyrim” game director Todd Howard. Valve’s sci-fi puzzler “Portal 2” bounced away with the most awards, winning five trophies for best PC game, multiplayer and downloadable content, as well as best performance by female human for Ellen McLain as GLaDOS and male human for Stephen Merchant as Wheatley.

Other titles winning multiple trophies included Rocksteady’s super-hero sequel “Batman: Arkham City” for best character for the Joker and best action-adventure, adapted and Xbox 360 game; Supergiant Games’ role-playing fable “Bastion” as best downloadable game, song and original score; and the latest entry in Nintendo’s “Zelda” franchise, “The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword,” which was chosen as the best motion and Wii game.

The fantastical 25-year-old “Zelda” role-playing series itself became the first gaming franchise to be inducted into the show’s hall of fame. “Zelda” creator Shigeru Miyamoto from Japan was on hand to accept the honor. “None of this would be possible with-out you,” Miyamoto told the crowd. “We all at Nintendo are humbled by your support.”

“Chuck” star and avid gamer Zachary Levi hosted the ninth annual ceremony at Sony Pic-tures Studios, appearing on stage on stage along-side three-dimensional “augmented reality” ver-sions of characters and weapons from game of the year nominees.

The two-hour extrav-aganza, which featured performances from The Black Keys and Dead-mau5, put more empha-sis on upcoming games than awards though.

REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/Files

A bug crawls on a leaf at Sundarijal Nagarjun National Park, located 15 km (9 miles) northeast of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu July 24, 2011.

Scientists say ancient human bedding used for pest control

AP Photo/Ben Margot

Photographers shoot the moon as it sets in eclipse over the Golden Gate Bridge Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in San Francisco. The next full eclipse of the moon will not happen until April 14, 2014.

Sky-watchers get rare treat: total lunar eclipseAssociated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Moon watchers in the western U.S., Hawaii and elsewhere across the globe were treated Saturday to a rare celestial phenomenon: a total lunar eclipse. For 51 minutes starting at 6:06 a.m. PST, the Earth’s shadow completely blocked the moon.

AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

Shigeru Miyamoto accepts the video game hall of fame award for “The Legend of Zelda” onstage at Spike TV’s Video Game Awards on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in Culver City, Calif.

‘Skyrim’ wins top prize at Spike Video Game Awards

Monday, December 12, 2011 14 InternationalSport

A trademark weaving run fromWorldPlayerof theYearLionelMessicreated Barca’s equaliser for AlexisSanchez after half-an-hour before

appearanceforBarcamade it2-1eightminutes into the second half. DanielAlves galloped down the right wingand sent over a deep cross for formerArsenal captain Fabregas to nod in

Pep Guardiola’s eighth victory in12 ‘Clasicos’ since he took the helm

matches, level with Real, who havea game in hand, but ahead on goaldifference. Real can restore theirthree-point lead with a win at Sevillanext weekend, as European champi-ons Barca head to Japan for the ClubWorld Cup.

Saturday’s defeat ended Real’s

preventedthemfrombreakingtheclubrecord of 15 consecutive victories inallcompetitions.“I thinkwewereverysuperior to Madrid today, despite the

Barca playmaker Xavi said in an in-terview with Spanish television. “Wewanted to be brave here and we knew

added the Spain international.“The teamproducedabrilliantper-

formance in all areas of the pitch andalthough we know there is a long way

Several hundred million fansaround the world tuned in to watch

soccer, with Mourinho’s Real outto prove there had been a shift inpower in Spain and stretch theirlead to six points with a game inhand. However, Guardiola’s sidehad prepared a different script andshowed their mettle to battle backinto the contest at a packed andhostile Bernabeu stadium.

In a match free of the massbrawls, sendings off and allegationsof bias that marred recent meetingsbetween the world’s biggest-earningclubs, Barca exerted their custom-ary domination of possession andcould have added several goals totheir tally in the closing stages.

Real’s former World Player ofthe Year Cristiano Ronaldo, jointLa Liga top scorer with Messi on

and missed several good chances,including a free header midwaythrough the second half. But it wasBarca’s night that got off to the

worst possible start when Valdes’showler gifted Real a shock earlylead.

The visiting goalkeeper’s at-tempted pass went straight toAngel Di Maria and the Argentinewinger’s cross eventually found itsway to Benzema who volleyed infrom close range. Barca were levelwhen Messi left several markers fordead and slipped the ball into spacefor Sanchez, who galloped throughand sent a powerful low shot pastIker Casillas into the corner of thenet.

Xavi’s volley from just outsidethe penalty area struck Real de-fender Marcelo and looped ontoa post and into the net and, afterFabregas’s stunning effort, Messi,Andres Iniesta and Xavi all wentclose to scoring a fourth.

MISERABLE WEEK

In the earlier kickoffs, Valenciaended a miserable week with an-other setback when they concededtwice in stoppage time to lose 2-1 atLa Liga strugglers Real Betis.

Eliminated from the ChampionsLeague at Chelsea on Tuesday, Va-lencia were closing in on a morale-boosting win after Jose AntonioDorado turned the ball into his ownnet midway through the second halfbefore striker Ruben Castro bundledin for a 91st-minute equaliser.

The Canary Islander grabbed adramatic second in the fourth minuteof added time when he controlled theball on his chest and lashed a shothigh into the net past Diego Alves,sending the home supporters intoraptures on a wet night in Seville.

end of last season, Betis had takenjust one point from their previous

from 15 matches.Valencia stay third,seven behind Barca and Real.

Surprise packages Levantestrengthened their hold on Spain’s

-

Defender Nano was quick toreact when the ball broke loose at

-vante’s Ciutat de Valencia stadiumand he lashed it high into the net tolift Levante to 29 points from 15

one behind their more illustriouscity neighbours Valencia.

Reuters

SHANGHAI, China - Chi-nese Super League side ShanghaiShenhua have agreed terms withChelsea’s French striker NicolasAnelka, the club said on Sunday.“We have agreed on all the contractdetails and we are only waiting for

told Reuters by telephone, addingthat there was only one loose endthat both sides were “working vig-

Ma would not reveal details ofthe contract for the 32-year-oldbut said Shanghai would issuea statement on Monday. Localmedia have reported thatAnelka’slucrative contract would be forthree years and would involveboth soccer and commercial co-operation.

English Premier League sideChelsea have already said theyhave accepted transfer requestsfromAnelka and Brazilian defend-

er Alex. Media reports have saidsecond tierEnglish teamWestHamUnitedare also interested inAnelkawith manager SamAllardyce keento link up again with the player heworked with while in charge ofBolton Wanderers.

Shanghai assistant spokesmanMaalso said severalChinese teamswere interested in signingAnelka’steam mate Didier Drogba and hadbeen in contact with the IvoryCoast forward. Last month Drogbarefused a one-year extension tohis contract at Chelsea and the33-year-old’s deal at the Londonclub expires next year. “So far, onDrogba to move to Shenhua, our

added Ma.Shanghai, who finished 11th

in the league last season, are alsolooking to bring in former Fulhamboss Jean Tigana as coach nextterm. Tigana stepped down asmanager of Ligue 1 side Bordeauxearlier this year.

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

FC Barcelona’s Cesc Fabregas, right, reacts after scoring with his teammate Lionel Messi, from Argentina, left, against Levante during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011.

Fabregas seals Barca triumph at Real MadridReuters

MADRID - A superb diving header from Cesc Fabregascrowned a stirring 3-1 comeback win for Barcelona at RealMadrid on Saturday that lifted the champions above theirbitter rivals to the top of La Liga. Jose Mourinho’s Real drew

-rim Benzema punished a mistake by Barca goalkeeper VictorValdes to score after 23 seconds.

Chelsea’s Anelka agrees terms with Chinese club

Monday, December 12, 2011 15International Sport

Referee Joseph Cooper deducted apoint from Khan for pushing at the end ofthe seventh, and a second point in the 12thwhen Khan hit Peterson on the break.

Those deductions proved crucialwhen the scores were announced, one

Peterson.“It’s like I was up against two people

in there, complained Khan. “ Petersonkept trying to pick me up. He kept coming in with his head, lower and lower

every time. He was being effective in

all night.“I’m ready for a rematch. I knew it

would be tough in his hometown.

fast flurries and combinations, and

and digging hard body shots as Khanretreated to the ropes.

worried when I was knocked down.Khan got his second wind in the

ninth, as the two men exchanged furious

close, with both men showing the effectsof a grueling contest.

“A lot of people saw me as the underdog, said Peterson.

“They didn’t give me a chance to win.

He gave me a shot at the title, so I would

Reuters

SALVBolt was quick to remind those who think young JamaicantrainingpartnerYohanBlakewill be the favorite for next year’sLondon Games 1 metres that he was still the man to beat.

“A lot of people have said guys are going to beat me but

world’s fastest man told Reuters in a telephone interview fromKingston Saturday.

“It doesn’t really matter what people say. I go out there andprove them wrong everyday, Bolt said from the set of a newGatorade campaign that is launching early next year.

“That’s just one more challenge, and I enjoy challenges.Former 1 metres record holder Maurice Greene stirred

the pot last week by backing Blake to win the London Games’most anticipated race.

“If everybodycompetes like theydid thisyear, I’dsayYohanBlake is going to win, theAmerican told BBC Radio.

Greene made the same prediction ahead of August’s worldchampionships inDaegu,whereBlakewonthe1 metresafter

Things will be different in 2 12, said Bolt.“I am coming back from injury and working my way back

up, said theworld2 metres championwhowentundefeatedin 2 11 but never mustered the times he delivered in previousyears.

Blake, meanwhile, raised eyebrows with his world title and

hundredths of a second outside Bolt’s world record.

Bolt said.“We train together and push each other to get better, said

Bolt, who is four years older than Blake.“Yohan is a very competitive person and he competes in

training all the time, Bolt said. “But I am not really that muchof a competing person in training.

“Some times we go at it in training , but it is all fun andgames.

Theseriousnesswill comewhentheyrace,and ifBolthashis

“It would be very important, even wonderful if I could getmy records at the Games, Bolt said.

“I really want to do that because that allows me to wowthe crowd....but you never know what the weather is goingto be.

consider himself the best.“Alotofpeoplehavedonegreat things.Forme togoback to

me in my books a legend, Bolt said.“A lot of people already say I am, but I set high standards.

Reuters

Kelly Slater ran out of miracles andsignalled the end of his career as afulltime competitor as Australia’s Ki

tion of the Billabong Pipeline Masterson Saturday to ensure himself at leastone more year on the surfing tour.

pion, defeated fellow American John

and then indicated he would only compete in selected events next year.

“I’m in somewhat of a transition

on tour and what is going to be offtour, he said.

“It’s probably a little bit scarybecause you get so used to one thingbut it’s also exciting because you havea whole different life open up to youand a whole different opportunity toexperience things.

“I’ve had a lot of focus for a lotof years on competition and I’mdefinitely welcoming a differentdirection.

however, had started the Pipe event

with his career on the line having to

qualify for next year’s tour. Insteadhe walked away with his tour futuresecured and the trophy.

“I’m speechless, Perrow said after

13. points to seven. “This is too surreal and bizarre to be true.

“There was so much pressure onme just to stay on the tour. This couldhave been the last event of my life.I bought my wife, my brother, mydaughter and son here in case it wasgoodbye to professional surfing.

won Pipe. It can’t be true.

Bolt ready to prove 2012 naysayers wrong

REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Usain Bolt (C) of Jamaica competes during the men’s 200 metres final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu September 3, 2011.

Amir Khan,

left, of Eng-

land, fights

Lamont

Peterson,

right, during a

boxing match,

Saturday, Dec.

10, 2011, in

Washington.

Khan loses titles to PetersonReuters

AS I T - Britain’sAmir han lost his BAsuper-lightweight and IBF light-welterweight titles onSaturday after he was deducted two points and dropped a split decision to American Lamont eterson.

Slater looks to ride off into sunset as Perrow seals dream win

AP Photo/Nick Wass

Monday, December 12, 201116 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

“It’s great to be here in Milton Keynes which is where the cars are built and everyone from the factory

works,” said Vettel. “It’s nice to say thank you and to see all the fans from the area. It was good fun;

we did some donuts and enjoyed ourselves out there. “Thanks to all the fans that came today, we wanted to put on a great show, so I hope they enjoyed it. It’s a great way to finish the season.”

Team boss Christian Horner also paid tribute to the supporters for turning out in such numbers. “To run an F1 car through the

middle of Milton Keynes was fan-tastic, so many of our workforce are local and it’s great to see so many fans here,” he said.

“It’s flattering to have so many people turn out to celebrate what we have achieved. Without the fans, there’s no Formula 1 and no Red Bull, so it’s good to give something back and celebrate our

double world championship like this.

“I would like to say a huge thank you to Milton Keynes Coun-cil for what they have done for us. Closing the middle of the city on one of their busiest shopping days is highly appreciated, so a huge thank you to them for all their efforts.”

RENAULT says Kimi Raikkonen did not suffer any serious harm when he crashed in a snow mobile race in Austria today. The Formula 1 returnee was reported to have fallen on an early run in the event and suffered pain from his left wrist, ruling him out of the rest of the weekend.

But the Renault team has issued a message via its Twitter feed underlining that Raikkonen was largely un-scathed. “We just spoke to Kimi,” it read. “There’s noth-ing to worry about, he only has a sore wrist. He might have it checked again on Monday, but that’s all.”

Renault announced last week that it had enticed Raikkonen back to F1 for 2012 after a two-year stint in the World Rally Championship, and has since promoted Romain Grosjean from the third driver role to become his team-mate. The team will run as Lotus from next season.

Renault plays down Kimi Raikkonen’s snow mobile incident

Red Bull Racing enjoys Formula 1 championship celebration in Milton Keynes

Red Bull estimated that a crowd of 60,000 spectators turned out for its Home Run championship celebration in its Milton Keynes hometown today. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber took to the streets in their Formula 1 cars, joined by David Coulthard in a NASCAR Red Bull Toyota and Red Bull stunt rider Chris Pfeiffer.

McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button, left, of Britain speaks with Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany while holding their FIA trophies during the 2011 FIA Gala awards ceremony night in Gurgaon, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011.

AP Photo/Parivartan Sharma, Pool