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Instead, she and screenwriter Mark Boal turned “Zero Dark Thirty” into a more complex look at the decade-long hunt for the al Qaeda leader, including a frank presentation of U.S. torture and previously undisclosed details of the mission to hunt down the man behind the September 11 attacks.

When the film opens in limited U.S. release on Wednesday, Bigelow and Boal want audiences to disregard a year of

controversies, including claims, which they have denied, that the film mak-ers were leaked classified information. “It’s about a look inside the intelligence community. The strength and power and courage and dedication and tenacity and vulnerability of these women and men,” Bigelow, 61, told Reuters in a joint in-terview with Boal.

Bigelow won an Academy Award in 2010 for “The Hurt Locker,” about U.S.

army bomb disposal experts in Iraq. She says her latest movie puts the audience at the center of the quest to find bin Laden, and gives a perspective of the U.S. intelligence community and how its methods changed in the years following the September 11 attacks.

“It’s a controversial topic, it’s a topic that has been endlessly politicized. The film has been mischaracterized for a year and a half and we would love it if people would go and see it and judge for themselves,” Boal said.

The action thriller has emerged as an Oscar front-runner after picking up multiple early awards and nominations from Hollywood groups.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge sentenced a hacker to 10 years in prison on Monday after he broke into the per-sonal online accounts of Scarlett Johans-son, Christina Aguilera and other women and posted revealing photos and other material on the Internet. U.S. District Judge S. James Otero sentenced Christo-pher Chaney after hearing from a tearful Johansson in a videotaped statement.

The case included the revelation that nude photos taken by Johansson of herself and meant for her then-husband Ryan Reynolds were leaked online.

“I have been truly humiliated and embarrassed,” Johansson said. “I find

Christopher Chaney’s actions to be per-verted and reprehensible.”

Prosecutors said Chaney, 35, of Jack-sonville, Fla., also targeted two women he knew, sending nude pictures of one former co-worker to her father. The judge noted the damage to the women was in some ways worse than what Chaney’s celebrity victims endured.

The women, identified in court filings only by initials, wrote in letters to Otero that their lives have been irreparably damaged by Chaney’s actions. One has anxiety and panic attacks; the other is de-pressed and paranoid. Both said Chaney was calculated, cruel and creepy.

“It’s hard to fathom the mindset of a per-son who would accomplish all of this,” Otero

said. “These types of crimes are as pernicious and serious as physical stalking.”

Prosecutors were seeking six years imprisonment, but Otero said he was concerned that Chaney would not be able to control his behavior and had shown a “callous disregard” for his actions.

Chaney, who could have faced a maxi-mum sentence of 60 years under the law, apologized in court but denied that he had sent naked photos of women he knew to their relatives. “I don’t know what else to say other than I’m sorry,” Chaney said. “I could be sentenced to never use a com-puter again and I wouldn’t care.” Chaney previously pleaded guilty to counts that included wiretapping and unauthorized access to a computer.

AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2011 file photo, Christopher Chaney, 35, of Jacksonville, Fla., leaves federal court in Los Angeles.

Hollywood hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison

Bin Laden movie “Zero Dark Thirty” arrivesReuters

NEW YORK - Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow could have made a testosterone-fueled shoot-’em-up Hollywood version of the cap-ture and killing of Osama bin Laden.

FILE - This undated public-ity film image provided by Columbia Pictures Indus-tries, Inc. shows Jessica Chastain playing a member of the elite team of spies and military operatives stationed in a covert base overseas who secretly de-voted themselves to finding Osama Bin Laden in Colum-bia Pictures’ gripping new thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow, “Zero Dark Thirty.”

AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley, File

Information recovered from the Sukhoi Superjet-100’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder indicated the pilot in com-mand was chatting with a potential buyer in the cockpit just before the plane slammed into dormant Mount Salak on May 9, Commission Chairman Tatang Kurniadi told reporters.

He said that 38 seconds before the crash,

instruments inside the cockpit issued a warn-ing saying “pull up, terrain ahead.” Later the warning “avoid terrain” was issued six times, but the instruments were turned off because the crew assumed there was a problem with the database, Kurniadi said. He added that a simulation showed that the crash could have been avoided if the crew had responded

within 24 seconds of the first warning.“The crew was not aware of the moun-

tainous area surrounding the flight path,” Kurniadi said.

The Jakarta radar service was also not equipped with a system in the area where the crash occurred that was capable of informing flight crews of minimum safe altitudes, he added. Russian pilot Alexander Yablontsev was in charge of the flight and was an expe-rienced test pilot, logging 10,000 hours in the Sukhoi Superjet and its prototypes.

Soon after takeoff from a Jakarta airfield, the pilot and co-pilot asked air traffic control for permission to drop from 3,000 meters

to 1,800 meters (10,000 feet to 6,000 feet). The plane disappeared from the radar im-mediately after in West Java.

Last month, Indonesia certified the Russian-made passenger jetliner as safe to fly in the country after a thorough validation process unrelated to the crash investigation. This opened the lines for delivery of the air-craft to its first customer in Southeast Asia, the Indonesian airline Sky Aviation, which signed a deal for 12 planes.

The Superjet is Russia’s first new model of passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union two decades ago and is intended to help resurrect its aerospace industry.

Indonesian National Trans-portation Safety Committee

investigator Mardjono Siswo-suarno shows the site where

a Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet-100 plane crashed

into a mountain in a joy flight in May 2012, during a press conference in Jakarta, Indo-

nesia, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. Human error caused a Rus-

sian-made passenger jetliner to crash into an Indonesia

volcano seven months ago during a demonstration flight,

killing all 45 people aboard, the National Commission on

Safety Transportation an-nounced Tuesday.

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

Human error caused Sukhoi crashAssociated Press

JAKARTA — Human error caused a Russian-made passenger jetliner to crash into an Indonesia volcano seven months ago during a demonstration flight, killing all 45 people aboard, the National Commission on Safety Trans-portation announced Tuesday.

Historical and Archaeological Heritage

Court fines woman in Berlusconi ‘bunga bunga’ case

Walcott stakes striker claim but contract still unsigned

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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, sailings, 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

Calendar Event for December 12 through December 27, 2012

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

12 Des Buda Keliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Banjar Pu-lasari Desa Peninjoan Tembuku - BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Te n -gah - BulelengPura Desa Kayangan Tiga Desa Bubunan Seririt - BulelengPura Agung Gunung Raung Ban-jar Taro Kaja Taro - TegalalangMerajan Pasek Dangka Bungbun-gan

22 Des Hari Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit JembranaOdalan Betara ratu Gede Celuk SukawatiOdalan Betara Ratu Wedyadari Camenggaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Pengembun-gan Sesetan DenpasarBetara Ratu Alit dan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta UbudPura Pedarmaan Dalem Suka-wati BesakihPura Pedarmaan Mengwi Be-sakihPura Pedarmaan Kaba-kaba BesakihPura Pedarmaan dalem Bakas BesakihPura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel

Pegatepan Gelgel KlungkungPura Pemrajan Agung Sulang Kec Dawan KlungkungMerajan Pasek Bendesa Kori Agung PengatepanPura Pedarmaan Dinasti dalem sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan P u r a Besakih (Dalem Klungkung)Pura Penataran Giri Purwa dan Pesraman Dusun Kuto Rejo Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyu-angi

26 Des Buda Wage Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Pa-dang KarangasemPura Melanting Desa Cameng-gaon SukawatiPura Penataran Ped Nusa Peni-daPura Pasek Gelgel Pangembun-gan Bongkase AbiansemalPura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Br. Jawa Ten-gah BulelengPura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Sin-gakerta UbudPura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding TampaksiringPura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Kedonganan Kuta

Pura Goa BesakihPura Basukian BesakihPenataran Agung BesakihMerajan Pasek Gelgel PejengMerajan Pasek Gelgel SonganMerajan Pasek Prateka Pekan-delan SidemenMerajan Pasek Prateka Taman Sari SukasadaPura dadia Pasek Gelgel Side-men KarangasemMerajan Pasek Gelgel Tampua-gan, Tembuku, Bangli

27 Des Purnama Kepitu Pr. Benua Besakih.Pura Dalem Desa Camenggaon - SukawatiPura Suranadhi LombokPura Narmada LombokPura Segara Ampenan LombokMr Agung Dewa Agung Klung-kung Ulah SidemenPura Gunungrene S i d e m e n - Karangasem.Merajan Pasek Gelgel AbabiMr. Pasek gelgel TistaPura Gunung Gunung - Tianyar - Kubu - KarangasemPura Pingit Klenting sari Banjar Sumberkelompok - Gerokgak - SingarajaPura Payogan Agung Kutai Kartanegara

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Negara (Bali Post)—Two companies under

construction in Melaya sub-district were reprimanded by the team of Licensing Office and public order officer (Satpol PP) of Jembrana on Monday (Dec 17). The team raided PT Jafpa at Tukadaya and PT Charoen Pokphand Jaya Farm at Tuwed vil-lage.

Chief of public order of-ficer, Putu Widarta, told re-porters that PT Jafpa indeed had owned a building permit (IMB) but the building was not appropriate with the designation and design.

According to him, the Jembrana Public Works was still performing a study and the building had to be re-built. Besides, the building was alleged to violate the borderline and it was only 20 meters from the road mid-point. The officers requested to stop the activities first and the building should be adapted to design as men-tioned in the permit.

Meanwhile, the construc-tion in PT Charoen was stopped because the per-mit was still under process. From the checking, it was known if the building was

taken advantage for hatching chickens.

In PT Japfa, there was indeed a building estab-lished too close to roadside. Last Monday afternoon, the building construction re-mained to be visible. Mean-while, the workers in PT Charoen seemed to have stopped their construction activities.

Widarta said the manage-ment of both companies was immediately summoned and given understanding. Both companies claimed to be willing to improve their building project. (kmb26)

Information from mem-bers of the Regional Disas-ter Management Agency (BPBD) of Denpasar said that at that time the victim was playing with his older cousin in a small bam-boo bridge. They messed around on the bridge. Suddenly, the victim’s leg slipped and fell into the river to get dragged. The victim’s playmate was un-able to save him because of the torrent.

Ultimately, the inci-dent was known by the victim’s family. Uncle of the victim, Nyoman Yuda, reported the incident to pecalang or customary

security officer of Peme-cutan Kaja. Afterward, the report was forwarded to the BPBD. Then, the search was immediately made by exploring to the river bank. However, the search was slightly de-layed because the river stream was quite swift and deep.

The off icers of the BPBD Denpasar also put nets in the channel of Tebe River next to Oscar Varia-si on Jalan Imam Bonjol. Meanwhile, the SAR team was deployed to explore the river from the scene. However, until this news was published, the victim

had not been found.The search for victim

conducted by a team of the Regional Disaster M a n a g e m e n t A g e n c y (BPBD) of Denpasar as-sisted by SAR team took a long time. They were not only targeting the channel of Tebe River but also the channel of Badung River as it also flowed to Badung River. “The BPBD team, disas-ter preparedness youth (Tagana), Red Cross and SAR team also searched in the area of Buagan dam to find out the victim,” said one of the BPBD of-ficers. (kmb12)

Tabanan (Bali Post)—Heavy rains flushing Tabanan

claimed a great loss. A shrine be-longing to Made Sukarta, 40, at Sambian Pondok hamlet, Timpag vil-lage, Kerambitan, was swept away by avalanche on Monday (Dec 17). Five motorcycles belonging to victim were buried, consisting 2 units of Honda Vario, 1 unit of Yamaha Jupiter MX and 2 units of Honda Supra. They were totally damaged.

Total loss was estimated to reach over IDR 100 million. Luckily, the avalanche did not erode the house of victim. When the incident happened at 11:00 p.m., Sunday (Dec 16), the victim just closed the window. A moment later, he heard the sound of thunder from beside the house and rushed out. In fact, a three-meter high revetment had collapsed and dragged the shrine. The avalanche hoarded his garage containing five motorcycles. “At that time, the rain had subsided. But, it suddenly collapsed,” said Su-karta. He said the collapsed shrine was just built three months ago.

When seeing his shrine avalanched, Sukarta could only surrender. Since the condition was hazardous, he chose to wait for help. The evacuation process could only be held after sunrise. With the help of local residents, the buried motorcycles could be evacuated. “All motorcycles are damaged, the most se-riously damaged was the Honda Vario,” complained Sukarta.

Meanwhile, his shrine collapsed as eroded by the avalanche. According to Sukarta, the shrine was just built three months ago. When established it, he had made the revetment abso-lutely strong. However, due to unstable backfill, the revetment broke and then dragged his shrine.

As a result of the incident, the fam-ily of Sukarta claimed to be traumatic. Moreover, the heavy rains kept on flushing Tabanan. The avalanche was only two meters from the wall of his house. “I’m afraid if there will be subsequent avalanche,” he said. After the incident, the family of Sukarta held nebusin ritual. He said the ritual was intended to invoke safety. (kmb30)

Buildings violate, two companies in Melaya reprimanded

Boby swept away by torrent of Tebe RiverDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Heavy rains flushing Denpasar on Monday afternoon (Dec 17) claimed a victim. One of the kindergartners, Putu Eka Boby Anggara Putra, 5, was swept away by the torrent of Tebe river. The victim got dragged from the edge of Tebe river on Jalan Wibisana Gang Sentul Manis.

Avalanche in TabananA shrine collapses, five motorcycles buried

IBP/File

The landslide which happen in Tabanan burried five motorcycles

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A number of local residents hoped the relevant agencies could normal-ize the river channel of Pangkung Muding. “We are hoping the govern-ment can dredge the river channel that causes the flooding,” said Nyo-man Yadnya.

Responding to the proposal, the Head of Denpasar Public Works, I Ketut Winarta, accompanied by the Division Head of Irrigation IGN Putra Sanjaya said that to address the flooding in the drainage system III, his party had made coordination with Bali Public Works. One of the efforts to be made was to normalize the Pangkung Muding River that currently showed a siltation and

narrowing.Putra Sanjaya added the flood-

ing management was carried out by sharing system between the provin-cial and municipal government of Denpasar. Provincial government would attempt to request funding to central government, while field so-cialization was entrusted to Denpasar government. “Well, normalization of Pangkung Muding posing the tribu-tary of Mati River still encounters a problem related to land acquisition. As a result, the project cannot be implemented whereas the funding from central government has been ready,” said Putra Sanjaya.

Admittedly, the only way to

prevent flooding in some areas, including Jalan Teuku Umar Barat (Marlboro), Jalan Gunung Talang, Jalan Tangkuban Perahu and some surroundings housing complexes, was to normalize the Pangkung Muding River. So far, the river had superficiality and narrowing. According to Putra Sanjaya, the normalization project was planned along 2 km with a width at upstream area of 7 meters. “Due to a problem in the field, the project cannot be realized,” said Putra Sanjaya while admitting if his party had made coordination with Headman of Pa-dangsambian Kelod related to the project socialization. (kmb12)

Condition apprehensiveHanacaraka Klungkung wants to fix Kertha Ghosa

IBP/Net

Tourists visited Kertha Ghosa that located on Klungkung Regency. Wahana Cipta Warisan Kebudayaan (Hanacaraka) of Klungkung Regency wants to repair the Kertha Ghosa cultural heritage. Con-dition of the Kertha Ghosa building is very alarming, especially two buildings of the floating pavilion and Kerta pavilion.

Aftermath of flooding in West Denpasar

Residents ask river’s normalizationBali Post

DENPASAR — The flooding that overwhelmed West Denpasar on Friday (Dec 14) made a number of residents complain. Location of the flooding was at drainage system III, namely on Jalan Teuku Umar Barat, Jalan Gunung Talang and Jalan Bikini Utara. The disaster was caused by the overflowing water in Pangkung Muding River, denoting the tributary of Mati River. The overflow was estimated to happen due to the narrowing of the Pangkung Muding river channel.

IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

The flooding that overwhelmed West Denpasar on Friday (Dec 14) made a number of residents complain.

Bali PostSEMARAPURA - Wahana Cipta

Warisan Kebudayaan (Hanacaraka) of Klungkung Regency wants to repair the Kertha Ghosa cultural heritage. Condition of the Kertha Ghosa build-ing is very alarming, especially two buildings of the floating pavilion and Kerta pavilion. Therefore, it is very dangerous for the existence of the building and Kamasan painting therein. Hanacaraka Klungkung plans to repair by raising funds from the public without question about the ownership status.

Such desire was presented by Chairman of Hanacaraka Klungkung, Tjokorda Bagus Oka, in his letter to the Regent of Klungkung, Wayan Candra, Monday (Dec 17). Hanac-araka Klungkung asked for permission to Klungkung Regency as the manage-ment for the repair without disput-ing the ownership. Therefore, there would be no polemic in the future. It was undertaken because if the build-ing’s damaged roof was left without improvement it would be destroyed. If that happened, then the symbol of struggle of Klungkung kingdom and its people during the war on April 29, 1908 against the Dutch invaders would vanish. As consequence, the future generation would not inherit the epitome of the struggle.

In the letter, the Hanacaraka un-derstood the Klungkung Regency did not allocate any budget for the improvement because the ownership status between the palace and local government was unclear. As previ-ously reported by Bali Post, as the sta-tus of Kertha Ghosa was unclear, the Klungkung government was unable to allocate a fund for improvement in the regional budget. According to Hanacaraka, such mindset was very strange because on the one hand, the Klungkung government claimed

to be unable to do the repairs due to unclear status. On the other hand, the money earned by the management of Kertha Ghosa from admission fee of visitors was included as the source of regionally generated revenue (PAD) of Klungkung. Therefore, according to Hanacaraka, the fund earned and included as a source of regional rev-enue was illegal.

Supposedly, beyond the exist-ing problem, Kertha Ghosa needed repairing in the near future without breaking the rules. For example, the improvement could be funded with the sale of tickets before it was deposited to the regency (prior to be included in regional budget) and of course with supervision. To do so, it was required a common understanding and clear heart for the sake of Kertha Ghosa.

Meanwhile, the Head of Klung-kung Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Sujana, said last Monday the revenue obtained by management of Kertha Ghosa, such as ticket sales, could not directly be used to make improvement of Kertha Ghosa. Pursu-ant to procedure, the revenue should go first into the local government trea-sury. After that, if there was a plan of improvements, it could be allocated. In other words, improvement of Kertha Ghosa could not be made using the revenue obtained from the operation of Kertha Ghosa.

Sujana suggested if there was goodwill from the royal party to make improvement of Kertha Ghosa thoroughly, there should be a common understanding in order the desire to certify the Kertha Ghosa could be done, though it was only clarifying about the right of use. As a matter of fact, many parties wanted to make improvement of Kertha Ghosa, but after discovering there was no clarity about the status, they even canceled it. (kmb31)

“This is a fair agreement that addresses the concerns of our mem-bers, the men and women who work hard every day to keep theaters safe, clean and running for the millions of theatergoers who come to Broadway from around the world,” said Shirley Aldebol, vice president of 32BJ.

Members of the union last week authorized a strike if an acceptable new deal wasn’t reached by the end of the year. The current contact ends Dec. 30. Workers are seeking pay increases and better health care benefits.

The Broadway League, which represents producers and theater own-ers, said the tentative agreement came after productive negotiations.

Any strike would have affected workers at 32 of Broadway’s 40 theaters where the 32BJ has a con-tract, including all the Shubert, Nederlander and Jujamcyn-owned theaters, as well as the Circle in the Square Theatre.

The most recent major strike on Broadway was in late 2007, when a 19-day walkout dimmed the lights

on more than two dozen shows and cost producers and the city millions of dollars in lost revenue.

The 32BJ, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, has more than 120,000 total members, with most concentrated in the Northeast. It represents jani-tors, property maintenance workers, doormen, security officers, window cleaners and food service workers. The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds had backed 32BJ in its strike authorization.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — The image of his brother trapped in a car with water rising to his neck, his eyes silently pleading for help, is part of a recur-ring nightmare that wakes Anthony Gatti up, screaming, at night. Gatti hauled his brother out of the car just in time, saving his life at the height of Superstorm Sandy. The two men rode out the hurricane in their childhood Staten Island home and survived. But weeks afterward, Gatti still hasn’t moved on.

Now he’s living in a tent in the backyard, burning pieces of furniture as firewood, refusing to leave until the place is demolished. Day and night, he is haunted by memories of the storm.

“My mind don’t let me get past the fact that I can’t get him out of the car. And I know I did,” Gatti said, squeezing his eyes tightly shut at the memory. “But my mind don’t let me think that. My mind tells me I couldn’t save him, he dies.”

As communities battered by Sandy clear away the physical wreckage, a new crisis is emerging: the mental and emotional trauma that storm victims, including children, have endured.

The extent of the problem is difficult to measure, as many people are too anxious to even leave their homes, wracked by fears of wind and water and parting from their loved ones. Others are too busy dealing with losses of property and livelihood to deal with their grief.

To tackle the problem, government officials are dispatching more than 1,000 crisis counselors to the worst-hit areas in New York and New Jersey, helping victims begin the long work of repairing Sandy’s emotional damage.

Counselors are assuring people that anxiety and insomnia are natural after a disaster. But when the trauma starts to interfere with daily life, it’s probably time to seek help. And in a pattern that played out in New Or-leans and the Gulf Coast after Hurri-cane Katrina in 2005, symptoms may only get worse as victims transition from the initial shock to the disillu-sionment phase of the recovery.

“Folks are starting to realize that they may be in this for the long haul,” said Eric Hierholzer, a com-mander in the U.S. Public Health Service. “And things aren’t neces-sarily going to get better tomorrow or next week.”

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger’s syndrome, experts say there is no connection between the disorder and violence. Asperger’s is a mild form of autism often characterized by social awkwardness.

“There really is no clear as-sociation between Asperger’s and violent behavior,” said psychologist Elizabeth Laugeson, an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Little is known about Adam Lanza, identified by police as the shooter in the Friday massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school. He fatally shot his mother

before going to the school and kill-ing 20 young children, six adults and himself, authorities said.

A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonym-ity because the person was not authorized to discuss the unfolding investigation, said Lanza had been diagnosed with Asperger’s.

High school classmates and oth-ers have described him as bright

but painfully shy, anxious and a loner. Those kinds of symptoms are consistent with Asperger’s, said psychologist Eric Butter of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, who treats autism, including Asperger’s, but has no knowledge of Lanza’s case.

Research suggests people with autism do have a higher rate of aggressive behavior — outbursts,

shoving or pushing or angry shout-ing — than the general population, he said. “But we are not talking about the kind of planned and inten-tional type of violence we have seen at Newtown,” he said in an email.

“These types of tragedies have occurred at the hands of individu-als with many different types of personalities and psychological profiles,” he added.

Labor headache on Broadway may be avertedAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK — A union representing hundreds of Broadway theater cleaners, porters, eleva-tor operators and bathroom attendants reached a tentative agreement with theater producers to avert a strike, both sides said Monday. The potential deal must still be ratified by the 250 theater workers represented by the 32BJ union, a process expected to be completed by next week. Details of the deal were not immediately revealed.

AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, cleaners, porters and matrons of theater union SEIU Local 32BJ demonstrate outside the Broadway League’s office, before a vote au-thorizing a strike in New York.

Mental health toll emerges among Sandy survivors

AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File

FILE - In this file photo of Nov. 20, 2012 photo, Anthony Gatti makes a call while resting in a tent where he is living in the Mid-land Beach section of the Staten Island borough of New York.

Experts: No link between Asperger’s, violence

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The result is likely to embolden the opposition, which says the law is too Islamist, although the second round is expected to result in an-other “yes”, while underlining the deep divisions that have riven Egypt since Hosni Mubarak’s fall.

On Monday, protesters broke out into cheers when the public prosecutor Mursi appointed just last month announced his resignation.

They said it was a victory for the independence of the judiciary.

But they are unlikely to win Sat-urday’s referendum second round, to be held in districts seen as even more sympathetic towards Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood, which won elections held after Mubarak was ousted in February 2011. The op-position National Salvation Front said there were widespread voting

violations in the first round of the referendum vote and urged organiz-ers to ensure that the second round was properly supervised.

It has called for protests across Egypt on Tuesday “to stop forgery and bring down the invalid draft constitution” and wants organizers to re-run the first round of voting.

In Cairo, the Front plans to hold demonstrations at Tahrir Square, cradle of the revolution that toppled Mubarak, and outside Mursi’s presidential palace, still ringed with tanks after earlier protests. “Down with the constitution of the Brother-hood,” the Front said in a statement. “Down with the constitution of tyranny.”

Reuters

DUNBLANE - Of all the messages of sympathy for the stricken U.S. community of New-town, few carry the emotional weight of those from Dunblane, the small Scottish town that still bears the scars of Britain’s worst school massacre. On March 13, 1996, a gunman walked into the gymnasium of a primary school in the close-knit cathedral town and shot dead 16 children and their teacher before turning the gun on himself.

Few residents want to talk about the terrible events that for years made Dunblane synonymous with tragedy, but reminders abound, made all the more poignant by the onset of Christmas. At the far end of the cemetery on the edge of town, toys, fairies and portraits of smiling children decorate the graves of many of the victims, while small windmills spin in the winter breeze under grey skies.

A miniature Christmas tree stands next to one grave and a

bunch of pink roses covered in dew drops rests on the spot where their teacher, Gwen Mayor, 45, is buried.

“The memories are flooding back. It must be hell for the parents. We said prayers for them in my church,” said Harry McEwan, 71, who has lived in the town for 30 years. “Dunblane has so much in common with what has happened in Newtown.” The Dunblane mas-sacre shocked the world and started a public campaign that led to Brit-ain adopting some of the strictest gun controls in the world.

The Newtown shooting has already prompted calls for new U.S. gun restrictions, including a ban on assault weapons. Presi-dent Barack Obama said things must change to prevent more killings.

In Britain, the scale of revul-sion over Dunblane’s three-minute rampage led within two years to new laws that effectively banned civilians from owning handguns. Ministers also prom-ised to improve school security.

Associated Press Writer SEOUL, South Korea — By successfully

firing a rocket that put a satellite in space, North Korea let the far-flung buyers of its missiles know that it is still open for business. But Pyongyang will find that customers are hard to come by as old friends drift away and international sanctions lock down its sales.

North Korea’s satellite and nuclear pro-grams were masterminded by the late leader Kim Jong Il, who ruled for 17 years under

a “military first” policy and died a year ago Monday. An offshoot of the policy was a thriving arms business, including the sale of short and medium-range missiles. The buy-ers were mostly governments of developing countries — Myanmar, Iran, Syria, Gulf and African nations — looking for bargains.

But sustained Western diplomatic pressure and international sanctions imposed since North Korea first conducted a nuclear test in 2006 have cut into its traditional markets in the Middle East. North Korea is also losing business in Myanmar, which has committed to cutting military dealings with Pyongyang as a price for improved relations with the West. Also, there’s shrinking demand for the kind of poor quality, Soviet-type weaponry of 1960s and 1970s vintage that Pyongyang

produces and that have limited applications on the modern battlefield.

Arms control expert Joshua Pollack said North Korea accounted for more than 40 percent of the approximately 1,200 ballistic missile systems supplied to the developing world between 1987 and 2009, mostly before the mid-1990s. But he said Pyongyang’s cli-ent base has shrunk since then because of a “sustained pressure campaign by the U.S. to get buyers of North Korea war materiel and technology to stop.”

“The main effect of sanctions and inter-diction has been to put the heat on buyers, whenever the U.S. and its partners have some leverage over them,” said Pollack, but he added that “Iran and Syria don’t care about what we think.”

NKorea may see few buyers despite rocket success

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo released by Korean Central News Agency, North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea.

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Opposition to protest against “invalid” constitutionReuters

CAIRO - Egypt’s opposition plans new protests on Tuesday against a planned Islamist-backed constitution that looks set to be approved in the second round of a referendum next weekend. Islamist President Mohamed Mursi obtained a 57 percent “yes” vote for the constitution in initial voting on Saturday, his party said, less than he had hoped for.

Scottish town shares agony of U.S. school tragedy

REUTERS/David MoirA newspaper billboard displays a message of support for the vic-tims and families of the school shootings in Newtown in the U.S., outside a newsagents in Dunblane, Scotland December 17, 2012.

Semarapura (Bali Post) –

A number of roads in Nusa Penida have been repaired by Klungkung Public Works (PU) yet the job was not good. The road became uneven and created several accidents such as at Dusun Bingin, Paku Area towards Dusun Dangkap, Batu Kandik Village, Nusa Penida.

Nyoman Tisna, Dusun Bingin Head, last Monday (17/12) stated the three meters road doesn’t seemed to be repaired at all as it cause accidents and it is pre-dicted will wear off by a year. The Agency should’ve focused in one place to repair first then move to an-other place. The same condition was also seen from the heart of the Batu Kandik Village towards Dusun Tanglad, Nusa Penida. Meanwhile Dusun Dungkap Head, Merta Gunada, admitted there hasn’t been any road repair given here when actually the road here is much more damaged than the three kilometers road (Dusun Bingin-Dusun Dungkap). Gunada admitted not knowing what the priority scale to get the road repaired is. In other hand Head of the Agency, A.A. Ngurah Agung, stated that he did not know of that condition as many roads in Nusa Penida are being repaired. He admitted that the repair hasn’t been perfect as those receiving it were only the ones severely damaged. Even so, Agung will check it straight away and meet the Dusun Heads to solve at Nusa Penida. (kmb31)

Gianyar (Bali Post)—

The family of I Nyoman Sumarta, 53, at Tegal Hamlet, Tulikup village, Gianyar, was surprised by the appearance of carrion flower at his house courtyard on Monday (Dec 17). It produced strong odor of decay-ing flesh so that it was surrounded by flies. It had a height of 60 cm and a diameter of 40 cm.

According to Putu Parwata, 30, one of the sons of Nyoman Sumarta, he first discovered the carrion flower on Saturday night (Dec 16). Such discovery was preceded with the emergence of foul odor around the courtyard. Hundreds of flies thronged his home. Since he was curious, Putu searched and finally found where the smell of flower came from.

Since the odor was very strong, the fam-ily had suspected the source to originate from chicken or dog carcasses. Apparently, the stench was coming from carrion flower. “There is no strange hunch so far before the discovery of the carrion flower,” he explained. (kmb16)

Singaraja (Bali Post)—

Fish market kiosk at Anturan village, Buleleng subdistrict, has been left by traders since a month ago. It is triggered by jealousy where the other traders were allowed to sell at roadside. As a result, the traders in the market leave their kiosk and peddle on the Singaraja-Seririt road-side, precisely in front of the community health center. In addition, the facilities in the market kiosk are inadequate.

Field observation held on Monday (Dec 17) indicated the market kiosks were empty without traders. As a result, the market kiosks looked dormant and its surrounding began to be overgrown by weeds. Even, many bulbs did not work, but were not replaced. More seriously, since the market kiosks were established, they were not equipped with water connection to be used by traders and visitors.

A number of traders were then build-ing shacks on the roadside of Singaraja-Seririt. The location was re-occupied by them after being relocated to the newly constructed market kiosks. They built shanties with tarpaulin roof. They claimed to sell on the roadside because

condition of the kiosks did not support, while the other traders were allowed to sell on the roadside. These conditions re-sulted in social jealousy, so that they left the newly established market kiosks.

The Head of Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Resources, Nyoman Sutrisna, when contacted on Monday (Dec 17) said the management of fish market kiosk had been handed over to government of Anturan village after the completion. On this basis, the management (authority of Anturan vil-lage) should take care of the market kiosks including the traders leaving the kiosks. “The facility has been handed over to vil-lage authority to be fully managed. In other words, the maintenance and traders who left the market kiosks are the responsibility of village authority,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Headman of An-turan, Gede Suradnya, when asked for his confirmation said that to resolve the problem of village fish market his party was still asking for the assistance of local government.

He argued that based on early deal where if the management of market ki-osks had been established, local govern-ment would receive revenue sharing of

25 percent of the total levies collected. Besides, 25 percent was handed over to customary village as compensation for the land used, 25 percent for village au-thority and 25 percent for collector of the levy. “On this basis, I think the problem is not only the responsibility of village authority, but also of local government and customary village,” he said.

According to Suradnya, since the traders left the kiosks, his party has ap-proached them. However, no decision was reached. As planned, the traders would be gathered by chief of customary village to find out the best solution for the issue. As for the facility improvement such as the water network, Suradnya would further propose assistance to lo-cal government for provision of artesian well. For a while, the clean water was taken from market area by borrowing from private water pipelines.

“Water facility will be completed after constructing the artesian well and the electrical connection will be dis-cussed because I have repeatedly bailed out the electricity bills. Approximately, the monthly electricity bill was IDR 350,000,” he explained. (kmb)

Carrion flower grows at home of Tulikup resident

Traders leave kioskVillage fish market at Anturan dormant

Uneven road repair protested

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The flower which grows in Tulikup, Gian-yar. The growth of the rare flower make the people in the area surprise because it was never happened before. The flower attract many people to see it.

Protesters against Egypt’s President Mohamed Mur-si rest in front of a tent named “Revolution Party” at Tahrir Square in Cairo December 17, 2012.

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AntaraDENPASAR - The US government will

set aside US$19 million in aid for Indonesia judiciary to improve its public services.

The fund will be allocated in four years to support development of Indonesian court and prosecution services, director of Misi USAID in Indonesia Andrew Sisson.

The development of the legal systems is part of efforts to strengthen democracy and improve mutual understanding between the two countries, Sisson said on Monday after launching Case Tracing Information System (SIPP).

It is a form of assistance from the US government for the Indonesian govern-ment efforts to improve transparency and accountability at its Supreme Court and Attorney General office, he added.

Chairman of the Supreme Court Hatta Ali said the aid from the donor country has never been in cash.

“The assistance is in the form of sets of equipment and training of human re-sources,” Hatta said.

“We record an increase in seat occu-pancy before the period of Christmas and New Year up to 80 percent from 65 percent on regular days. Predictably, the peak oc-cupancy will occur on five days before the holiday,” said Ketut Edy Darma Putra.

According to him, the seat occupancy rate before Christmas and New Year was lower than before the Eid. Nevertheless, his party would make anticipation against the surge in passengers ahead of the cel-ebrations.

“There will be 10 percent additional fleet aside from preparing tourism fleets of Bali Tourist Transport Association (Pawiba) to anticipate the surge in passengers. Cur-

rently, the average departure requires 90 fleets,” he said.

He said the use of tourist buses would be equipped with a special incidental permit to transport passengers on Christmas season. “Tourist bus will only be prepared if the interprovincial city bus is desperate to serve the surge in passengers,” he said.

When asked about the price hike of subsidized fuel in 2013, Ketut Eddy said it had been addressed by the Central Execu-tive Board of Organda. Up to these days, his party was still discussing about the subsidy plan with government for public transport.

“Subsidies for public transport can be a so-

lution if the government raises the fuel prices in order the transport tariff will not rise. If the subsidy is appropriate, of course the public transport fare will not go up,” he said.

He said if the government raised the fuel prices without subsidy for public transport it would surely be very burdensome. More-over, the current occupancy rate of public transport also continued to decline due to the presence of many motorcycles.

“The increase in fuel price will have an impact on spare parts whose price can reach a hundred percent. To that end, we expect the government to allocate special subsidy for public transport entrepreneurs,” he said. (kmb27)

Antara

DENPASAR - The natural beauty and peaceful land of Bali have attracted the Dutch tourists who mostly make the visit to reminisce their memories in the island, said a tour guide.

“The blessing Bali’s natural beauty has lured the tourists, particularly the Dutch either the youngsters or the elderly,” said Made Suardana, a special tour guide for Dutch tourists here.

He said that the youngsters usually visit Bali during mid-year holidays, while the elderly tourists mostly enjoy the year-end holidays. “As of now, Bali is visited by larger number of tourists particularly in the last three months, compared to that of the previous years,” he said.

“The recent difficulty of direct flights from Europe to Bali seemingly did not hamper the European tourists interest especially the Dutch to visit Bali,” he said, adding that they usually reached to Bali through Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

Suardana said that the Dutch tourists’ length of stay reached two weeks for their each visit to Bali. Most tourists like to travel around the island even stay overnight in the villas near the river, according to him.

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Land Transport Organization (Organda) of Bali noted the seat occupancy rate (load factor) of the interprovincial city bus (AKAP) ahead of Christmas and New Year increased by 80 percent.

Christmas and New Year holiday

Load factor of interprovincial city bus rises 80 percentBali Post

DENPASAR - Land Transport Organization (Organda) of Bali noted the seat occupancy rate (load factor) of the interprovincial city bus (AKAP) ahead of Christmas and New Year increased by 80 percent.

Peaceful Bali attracts Dutch tourists

US to provide $19 million aid for Indonesian judiciary

Reuters

WASHINGTON - The United States will press senior Chinese officials this week for action on longstanding trade problems, and may face a rebuke from Beijing over the haphazard way it is managing its finances.

A Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier Wang Qishan will be in Wash-ington on Tuesday and Wednesday for talks with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

“I don’t think we should be expect-ing sweeping changes, but I do think we will see tangible progress on some specific issues,” said John Frisbie, president of the U.S.-China Business Council. “China is definitely prioritiz-ing its U.S. relations and they are also discussing economic reforms back at home that could impact some of the is-sues that matter to U.S. companies.”

Kirk and his colleagues have said they are pushing China to drop re-strictions on U.S. livestock and farm products, to take stronger action to stop counterfeiting and piracy of U.S. goods and to reduce pressure on U.S. companies to transfer valuable tech-nology to do business in China.

Wang in turn is expected to convey Beijing’s strong interest in a deal in Washington to avoid the $600 billion in spending cuts and tax hikes set to take hold at the start of the year, widely known as the “fiscal cliff.”

Economists warn that failure to avert that outcome could send the United States back in recession, which would threaten growth in China and around the world. Presi-dent Barack Obama and Republican

leaders have so far made little visible progress toward a deal.

Given that China is the United States’ largest creditor, it has a deep interest in Washington’s management of its budget.

Chinese officials are also expected to press on a range of other issues - from concerns about U.S. anti-dumping measures on their exports, to restrictions on China’s ability to import U.S. high-technology prod-ucts and the often strong political resistance to Chinese investment in the United States.

The annual U.S.-China Joint Com-mission on Commerce and Trade meeting comes during a transition for both governments.

Obama is expected to bring in a new economic team for his second term. Chinese Vice President Xi Jin-ping took helm of the Chinese Com-munist party in November and will take over as head of state in March at the annual parliament meeting.

“We’re either going to get nothing, meaning just details, or we might get a change,” said Derek Scissors, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington.

One reason to be optimistic that concrete progress could be made is a trip Xi made last week to southern Guangdong, where he echoed calls for market reforms and strengthening the rule of law that reformist senior Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping made 20 years ago in the same province.

Outgoing Chinese President Hu Jintao’s ten-year tenure is generally associated with a retreat from market liberalization and the rise of Chi-nese “state capitalism” that favored domestic national champions over foreign firms.

Spain, with 25 percent unem-ployment, is battling to reduce its deficit and emerge from its second recession in three years, and Mariano Rajoy said 2012 will be remembered as the year in which the foundations for the country’s recovery were placed.

“There are no easy answers for difficult situations, (but) we are trying because it is our obligation to rectify this situation,” the prime minister said, adding that he ex-pected the economy to improve

during the coming year.Since ousting the socialists

in elections last year, Rajoy’s government has raised taxes, slashed the budget for health care and education, and reduced pensions, among other tough measures.

Late Monday, demonstra-tions against the government’s painful policies were held in 55 Spanish cities. But the number of protesters fell well short of the hundreds of thousands the country’s labor unions had

called upon to show up.“The country needs to educate

and care for its citizens if it wants to move forward,” said Nacho de la Torre, a 35-year-old topog-rapher marching in Madrid’s city center. “I’m not saying we mustn’t save, but with these cuts we are mortgaging the future of people with education and training who have to go abroad because here there are no jobs.”

Spain has seen several major protests since the beginning of its economic downturn.

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — German in-surer Allianz SE has agreed to pay about $12.4 million to settle U.S. civil charges of bribing Indonesian officials to win insurance contracts on big government projects.

The Securities and Exchange Com-mission announced the settlement Mon-day with Allianz. The SEC said Allianz’s subsidiary in Indonesia made improper payments totaling $650,626 to obtain 295 insurance contracts, providing the

company some $5.3 million in profits. The violations occurred from 2001 to 2008, the agency said.

The charges were brought under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bars companies from bribing officials in other countries to get or retain busi-ness.

Munich-based Allianz neither admit-ted nor denied wrongdoing but agreed to refrain from future violations.

Allianz said in a statement that in recent years it has improved its controls against corruption.

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People protest against austerity measures, including Spanish state pensions in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. The demonstrations have been called by the country’s main labor unions and a wide array of social movement groups.

Spanish PM defends year of austerity amid protestsAssociated Press

MADRID — Spain’s prime minister defended his conservative government’s imposition of austerity measures during its first year in power on Monday, even as thousands of people hit the streets to protest government spending cuts.

Allianz paying $12.4M to settle US bribery charges

U.S. to press China on trade as Beijing eyes ‘fiscal cliff’

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Karima el-Mahroug, also known as Ruby, is the last witness to be called in the sensational trial that accuses Berlusconi of having paid for sex with el-Mahroug when she was 17, and then trying to cover it up. Both deny having had sex.

The court ordered el-Mahroug, who is in Mexico on vacation, to testify on Jan. 14, confirming the necessity of her testimony.

Prosecutors have accused the defense, which called el-Mahroug as a witness, of engaging in a strat-egy to delay a verdict — which has included calling witnesses who have failed to show. Italian law does not carry particularly strict penalties against witnesses who fail to ap-pear, and in some cases the court may decide their participation is not essential.

Prosecutors are scheduled to give

their closing arguments on Jan. 28, followed by the defense on Feb. 4.

That leaves room for the verdict to be delivered in February, just as Italy is headed toward a national election. The 76-year-old Berlusconi has flirted with running again, but most recently has said he would step aside if Premier Mario Monti, who runs a technical government that replaced Berlusconi’s, decides to run as a moderate.

In a weekend interview, Ber-lusconi apologized for his now-infamous “bunga bunga” parties, saying he was lonely after having split from his second wife. Veronica Laria left him in 2008, citing alleged dalliances with young women.

“I need to apologize. It was a pe-riod when I was feeling alone. I was divorced, my mother was dead, my sister, too, my children were travel-

ing around the world, and someone said to distract myself with some evenings,” Berlusconi said.

He also revealed he is engaged to a woman almost 50 years his junior, and says that “finally I feel less alone.”

The media baron said Sunday his engagement to 28-year-old Francesca Pascale — who is part of a support group called “Silvio, we miss you” — is “official.”

Newspapers described Berlusco-ni’s appearance on Canale 5 — one of his television networks — as an attempt to boost falling approval rates ahead of an election expected in February. No date for the vote has been set yet.

His center-right party, which has dominated Italian politics for the last two decades, is showing a 15 percent approval rating.

Associated Press Writer

COTONOU, Benin — Officials say at least 19 people drowned after a boat capsized on a river near a village in Benin’s south.

The mayor of the town of Abomey, Patrice Hounsou Guede, said Monday on local radio that most of the victims were women and chil-dren who were returning from school by taking a boat over the river. She said 19 people drowned and eight people lived.

Witnesses say the boat was only meant to hold 12 people, but the man running it had charged for 27 people and four motorbikes.

For the residents of Ouedo, crossing this river is the easiest and cheapest way to access the market across the river in Togba as there is no bridge. Guede says the man who ran the boat has been arrested.

Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine legislators passed a landmark bill Monday that would provide government funding for contraceptives and sexuality classes in schools despite strong opposition by the dominant Ro-man Catholic Church and its followers, some of whom threatened to ask the Supreme Court to block the legislation.

The Senate and the House of Representatives passed different versions of the bill, which languished in Congress for more than a decade as legislators avoided colliding with the influential church. The two versions will have to be reconciled before President Benigno Aquino III has an opportunity to sign the legislation.

In a scene considered unusual just a few years ago, lawmakers openly defied the church’s stand during the plenary voting, which was shown live on nationwide TV.

“The Catholic church has steadfastly opposed the (reproductive health) bill for 13 years,” said Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, a key proponent. “But I humbly submit this afternoon that there is no force more powerful than an idea whose time has come.”

Aquino, who certified the bill as urgent, considers it a major step toward reducing maternal deaths and promoting family planning in the impoverished country, which has one of Asia’s fastest-growing populations. Church leaders said in a pastoral letter Sunday that if passed, the bill would put the moral fiber of the nation at risk.

Archbishop Socrates Villegas, vice president of the Philippines’ Bishops Conference, said that “the wide and free accessibility of contraceptives will result in the destruction of family life.”

“Money for contraceptives can be better used for education and authentic health care,” he said, adding that “those who corrupt the minds of children will invoke divine wrath on themselves.”

The long delay in the bill’s passage has been attributed to politicians’ fear of upsetting conservative Catholic bishops, who helped mobilize popular support for the 1986 “people power” revolt that toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos and the 2001 overthrow of another president, Joseph Estrada.

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FILE - A Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 photo from files showing People of Freedom party leader Silvio Berlusconi smiling as he speaks during a book presentation of Italian journalist Bruno Vespa.

Court fines woman in Berlusconi ‘bunga bunga’ caseAssociated Press Writer

MILAN — A Milan court fined a Moroccan woman at the center of Silvio Berlusconi’s sex-for-hire scandal €500 ($650) on Monday for failing to appear as a witness twice at the former premier’s trial. It ordered her to testify in January.

19 people drowned after boat capsizes in Benin

Philippines OKs divisive contraceptives bill

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Indonesian workers carrying a banner shout slogans during a protest to mark International Migrants Day in Jakarta December 18, 2012. Dozens of workers on Tuesday demanded bet-ter working conditions and higher wages during a protest to mark International Migrants Day, in Jakarta’s business district.

While the H5N1 bird flu virus has killed relatively few people, scientists have been closely monitoring it for its potential to mutate and affect humans worldwide.

The boy died Dec. 6 in Tangerang city, just west of Jakarta, the capital, said Health Ministry official Rita Kusriastuti. He developed symptoms of a cold and fever on Nov. 30 and was treated at a public health center before being hospitalized the same day he died.

Kusriastuti said the boy, from the West Java district of Bogor, was be-lieved to have been infected with the H5N1 virus after having direct contact with dead fowl around his house.

Bird flu has killed at least 360 people worldwide since 2003. It remains hard for people to catch, but experts fear it could mutate into a more deadly form that spreads easily from

person-to-person. So far, most human cases have been linked to contact with infected poultry.

Last week, Kusriastuti said a form of the H5N1 virus not previously detected in Indonesia had killed hundreds of thousands of ducks on the main island of Java. The type of virus has been found circulating in a number of other countries and does not indicate any change that makes humans more susceptible.

The new form of the virus is believed to have entered Indonesia through imported ducks, but Kus-riastuti said it’s also possible it may have evolved on its own from existing strains.

Bird flu remains entrenched in Indonesia and elsewhere. It typically flares up during the winter months in affected countries with increases in poultry outbreaks and human cases.

Reuters

JAKARTA - At Jakarta’s infra-structure monitoring nerve cen-ter, live TV cameras track traffic flows on port access roads and highways, satellite images show cloud cover, and a Twitter feed allows officials to respond in real time to any public complaints.

But the only movement comes from the flowing screen images, since there is no one working at the room’s empty desks.

Senior public works officials interviewed by Reuters said they do not know how to use the system. They cannot name a single infrastructure project to be finished in Indonesia’s capital this year, despite their budget of $384 million. Only 35 percent of that money had been spent by early December.

Indonesia’s back-to-back years of economic growth above 6 per-cent and a youthful population of 240 million have made it a magnet for foreign investment,

which jumped 22 percent in the third quarter to $5.9 billion. But until it can efficiently move goods across its 17,000 islands, Indonesia will struggle to live up to its potential.

“If we don’t sort out our prob-lems then we’re in trouble,” said R.J. Lino, chief of Indonesian port firm Pelindo, as he surveyed cranes belching diesel smoke and moving containers onto ancient sagging trucks at the country’s largest port.

It can take seven days for containers to move through the port in Jakarta, which handles two-thirds of the surging trade flows in the G20 economy, the longest time in Southeast Asia and up from around five days a couple of years ago.

The inefficiency at Indonesian ports means it is cheaper to send goods to China from Jakarta than to the edge of the archipelago, creating rising logistics costs and the risk of inflation as an Achilles heel for the economy.

In neighboring Singapore, by comparison, technicians at the world’s busiest port control electric cranes by joystick from an office, moving containers within one day onto cargo ships three times bigger than Jakarta can handle.

Lino’s state-owned PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Pelindo) is seeking to follow suit and modernize itself, from better use of yard space and a new IT system to plans for a whole new $2.5 billion Jakarta port by 2017.

But it faces a race against time as the existing Jakarta port is already at full capacity. Firms such as Toyota Motor Corp, Caterpillar Inc and Uni-lever Indonesia Tbk are investing billions to boost manufacturing on the main Java island and are rely-ing on the state to improve its port infrastructure.

“The port is likely to be a growing constraint for the In-donesian economy and for the country’s competitiveness,” said Henry Sandee, trade specialist in Jakarta at the World Bank.

Bird flu kills 4-year-old boy

AntaraJAKARTA - The Ministry of

Industry has predicted that the manu-facturing industry will grow at 7.1 percent next year.

“In spite of the economic crises in the United States and European countries, the government is optimis-tic that the national manufacturing industry will grow by 7.1 percent, with increased investment in the industries of automotive, fertilizer, chemical, and cement,” the Minister of Industry, MS Hidayat, said here on Monday.

He pointed out that the lack of infrastructure and the high cost of investment would be the main chal-lenges facing the industrial sector next year.

“In order to overcome the barriers in the industrial sector, the government has been providing fiscal incentives, such as tax reductions in form of `tax holidays` and `tax allowance`, reduc-tion of import duties (BMDTP), and reduction of sales tax on luxury goods (PPnBM),” Hidayat explained.

“Besides, the government is also

making efforts to remove investment bottlenecks, such as through spatial developments, in some regions,” he continued.

Hidayat said the growth of Indonesia`s manufacturing industry could be maintained by exploring new export markets and controlling the influx of imports.

“Manufacturing industry players should expand their markets to some countries in the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Moreover, the influx of imported goods must be controlled through the strict implementation of the Indonesia National Standard (SNI) and ̀ non-tar-iff barriers` policy,” he pointed out.

Hidayat also urged all government agencies, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and private companies to pro-mote the use of domestic products.

“The more we use our domestic products, the more demand there will be for them. Of course, this measure must be supported by all stakeholders and policymakers in the country,” he said.

Associated PressJAKARTA — A 4-year-old Indonesian boy has died from bird

flu, bringing the death toll to 160 in the country hardest-hit by the deadly virus, a health official said Tuesday.

Manufacturing industry to grow 7.1 percent in 2013

Clogged ports strain growth prospects

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In this photo released by the Malacanang Photo Bureau, Phil-ippine President Benigno Aquino III, right, and British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister of State Hugo Swire smile during Swire’s courtesy call at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.

Among the local residents, the Goa Gajah Temple is better known as Cave Temple, located in the west of Bedahulu Village, Blahbatuh Subdistrict, Gianyar

Regency. It is about 27 km east of Denpasar. A visit to this temple can be done easily because it is only a few feet below the highway toward the village of Tampaksiring Indeed

this temple was built at the valley of Petanu River having beautiful natural panorama.

Goa Gajah was rediscovered in 1923 and in 1954 was rediscovered

the bathing pond in front of the cave followed by the restoration and re-installation of the shower areas that originally located in front of the cave where its condition was incomplete.

In the northern part of the temple, lies a carved Cave of Nature in the shape of the letter ”T”. Inside this cave there is a Ganesha statue con-sidered as the god of sciences. Ad-ditionally, at the location can also be encountered some fragments of statues and a Trilangga surrounded by eight small phallus.

In the cave wall, there are niches of the hermitage and the face of Cave is decorated with carvings depicting a jungle with its contents. Similarly, there is a short inscription which reads ”Kumon” and ”Sahywangsa”, which according to the type of let-ters it is alleged to originate in the eleventh century AD .

Meanwhile in the west of the cave, there is a building retaining a squating statue inside, and the Ga-nesha as well as Men Brayut statue. The latter in Buddhist mythology is known as Hariti, the savior of children.

In front of the cave, except for the guard statues, there are also fragments of building whose origin was unknown such as the building fragments that now being gathered in the temple’s courtyard located in the west of bathing pond. Fountain

statues that have worked again in the holy bathing pond are divided into three parts and in terms of its style, they are probably derived from the eleventh century AD. Unfortunately, the statue fountain located in the middle of the pond, has not been found until now.

In the meantime, in the southeast of Goa Gajah Temple occur two Buddha statues, one of them is with-out head while another is still good enough with the style of Central Java. The north side of this statue seemingly stay to stick on the cliffs, where the foot of the cliff temple has long fallen into the creek. On the side of this small can be found three-pronged relief of stupa and the ruins of the cliff temple having beautiful carvings.

Based on archeological find-ings as mentioned above, it can be known the Goa Gajah Temple is derived from the ninth to eleventh centuries AD. In the past, it served as a monastery of Buddhist monk and Shivite priest. This conserva-tism also shows the unification of Buddhism and Shiva went well.

For tourists who would like to visit to Goa Gajah Temple are required to wear a scarf or sarong because other than functioning as archaeological attractions, this temple also poses a sacred place or sanctum. Sarongs and scarves are available at the location.

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“Serge was terrific tonight,” Okla-homa City’s Kevin Durant told re-porters. “They do a great job of taking the main scorers out of the game. So that’s when you have to step up.”

Russell Westbrook added 22 and nine assists while Durant added 19 for Oklahoma City in a rematch of last season’s Western Conference Finals when the Thunder eliminated the Spurs. The Thunder blew open a close game with an 11-0 run in the third quarter and used their speed and athleticism to run away from

the Spurs.Tony Parker had 14 points and

seven assists for the visitors and Duncan was held to 12 but neither played in the fourth quarter where coach Gregg Popovich kept them on the bench with the game out of reach.

The Spurs were also without Manu Ginobili, who missed the game after sustaining a left quad-riceps injury on Saturday against Boston. The Spurs (19-7) have lost three of four and had their South-

west Division lead trimmed to one game. Stephen Jackson returned to the court for the Spurs after missing 14 games with a broken finger.

Jackson had previously been fined $25,000 for a hostile Twitter message directed at Ibaka, but the Thunder forward hit back on the court where his offensive game continues to expand. “He hurt us bad,” Jackson said of Ibaka. “He had, what, 18 in the first half, 16 in the first half? He was hitting everything. “That’s the same way we lost last year in the playoffs, by him hitting those same shots. I take my hat off (to him).”

The Thunder lead the NBA in scor-ing and have not slowed down even after trading away Sixth Man of the Year James Harden in the off-season. Kevin Martin, who they acquired in the deal, had 20 off the bench.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — The ATP opposes the U.S. Open’s switch to a Mon-day final in 2013 and is not satis-fied with the prize money increase for the tournament. The U.S. Tennis Association announced last Friday that the women’s final would be moved to Sunday and the men’s championship match to Monday next year.

While the move builds in a rest day ahead of each final for the first time, the ATP said Monday it was against the change and would continue to fight it. “The ATP and its players have made it clear to the U.S. Open that we do not support a Monday final,” the governing body for men’s tennis said in a statement. “We strongly believe the U.S. Open should keep a similar schedule to the other Grand Slams, with the men’s semifinals completed by Friday and the final on Sunday.

“It is unfortunate the U.S. Open response did not reflect our views on this issue and the ATP and its players will continue to

pursue this matter in its discus-sions with the USTA.” Rain forced the USTA to postpone the men’s final from its scheduled Sunday slot to Monday each of the past five years.

Some top male players com-plained that the U.S. Open was the sport’s only major tournament that put their semifinals and final on consecutive days. The men’s semifinals in New York will stay on Saturday under the new plan. A decision about 2014 and beyond probably will come after the 2013 tournament.

Wimbledon, the French Open and Australian Open follow an-other pattern: women’s semifi-nals Thursday, men’s semifinals Friday, women’s final Saturday, men’s final Sunday.

The USTA also announced Fri-day that total prize money in 2013 will jump $4 million to a record $29.5 million. The increase is the largest in tournament history, dou-bling the roughly $2 million hike from 2011 to 2012. The ATP said the increase was “appreciated” but did not go far enough.

Reuters

MOSCOW - Champion Denis Lebedev knocked out previously undefeated Co-lombian challenger Santander “Cha Cha” Silgado in the fourth round to retain his WBA cruiserweight title on Monday. Sil-gado, 27, looked the better fighter in the first three rounds before the 33-year-old Russian

south-paw regained control midway through round four.

Lebedev threw a powerful left hook that stunned Silgado, then unleashed a devastating left uppercut to the chin of his opponent, knocking him out with less than a minute remaining to the delight of the partisan home crowd at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall.

“I didn’t know much about my opponent, therefore I was patient, I was taking my time,” Lebedev told reporters. “I knew if I hit him with my best shot I could hurt him.” It was the first title defence for Lebedev, who improved his record to 25 wins, including 19 by knockout, and one defeat - a controversial points decision against German Marco Huck in a title bout in 2010.

In October, the WBA stripped Panama-nian champion Guillermo Jones of his title for refusing to fight Lebedev and awarded it to the Russian.

Among others, Lebedev knocked out former multiple world champion Roy Jones Jr. in a light-heavyweight non-title bout last year. For Silgado it was his first defeat in 24 professional fights.

Lebedev knocks out Silgado to keep WBA cruiserweight belt

AP Photo/Sue OgrockiOklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka (9) grabs a rebound between San Antonio Spurs center DeJuan Blair (45) and San Antonio Spurs guard Stephen Jackson (3) in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Oklahoma City won 107-93.

Ibaka powers Thunder past Spurs in West battleReuters

Serge Ibaka produced a season-best 25 points and 17 rebounds to spark the red-hot oklahoma City Thunder to a 107-93 victory over Western Conference rivals San Antonio on monday. Usually known for his defense and energy, Ibaka dominated the post against Tim Duncan to help the nBA-leading Thunder (20-4) cruise to their 11th straight win.

ATP opposes US Open switch to Monday men’s final

Switzerland’s Roger Federer wearing a Co-lombian traditional hat holds a trophy after an

exhibition match against France’s tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in

Bogota, Colombia, Sat-urday, Dec.15, 2012.

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Arsenal have offered Walcott a five-year deal worth 75,000 pounds ($120,000) a week, British media have reported, but the England international has yet to commit and is able to sign a pre-contract agree-ment with a new club on Jan. 1.

The timing of Wenger’s decision to move Walcott in Arsenal’s 4-4-3 formation for the first time could be seen as his final ploy to convince the 23-year-old to sign on with the 13-times English champions.

“If you look at my statements from two years ago I said he would play in the middle and I think slowly it became his idea as well,” Wenger told reporters after the win at the Madjeski Stadium moved them to fifth in the table. “I felt it was a good opportunity to do it tonight and from what I have seen in training I thought he was ready to do it.”

Walcott’s promotion could not have come against easier opposi-

Associated Press Writer

ROME — Napoli was penalized two points in the Serie A standings for match-fixing after its former goalkeeper confessed to arranging the result of a game three seasons ago.

The sentence by the Italian football fed-eration’s disciplinary committee on Tuesday dropped the southern club from a tie for third place into fifth position, 10 points behind league leader Juventus.

The penalty put a severe dent in Napoli’s aim of winning the Serie A for the first time since Diego Maradona led the team to titles in 1987 and 1990.

Also, current Napoli captain Paolo Can-navaro and defender Gianluca Grava were

each banned for six months for failing to report the fix. Cannavaro is the younger brother of former Italy captain Fabio Can-navaro.

Napoli was also fined €70,000 ($92,000). Both players, along with Napoli, deny any wrongdoing. The keeper, Matteo Gianello, confessed to prosecutors that he attempted to fix the match between Sampdoria and Napoli on May 16, 2010.

Sampdoria won 1-0 with a goal from cur-rent AC Milan player Giampaolo Pazzini in the 51st minute. It was the final round of the season and the victory secured Samp-doria fourth place and a spot in Champions League qualifying.

Gianello was banned for three years and three months. Appeals were expected.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Mohamed bin Hammam resigned from all football-related positions and was handed a new life ban by FIFA on Monday, seemingly bringing a close to one of the most damaging corruption scandals to blight the game’s world gov-erning body.

Bin Hammam, a FIFA executive com-mittee member from Qatar who chal-lenged incumbent Sepp Blatter for the presidency last year, gave up his long-running dispute with the organization after being found guilty by FIFA of “repeated violations” of its code of ethics while head of the Asian Foot-ball Confederation.

FIFA said the 63-year-old bin Hammam sent a resignation let-ter to both FIFA and the AFC on Saturday.

“Mr. Mohamed bin Hammam ... has resigned from all his positions

in football with immediate effect and will never be active in organized football again,” a FIFA statement said.

Bin Hammam, who has always denied wrongdoing, had no immediate comment on FIFA’s announcement.

Controversy has swirled around bin Hammam in recent years — he had also been fighting a separate life ban imposed by FIFA following allegations he offered bribes to voters when running against Blatter.

FIFA said the second life ban is a result of the final report from the chairman of its ethics committee, Michael J. Garcia.

“That report showed repeated viola-tions of Article 19 (Conflict of Interest) of the FIFA Code of Ethics of Mohamed bin Hammam during his terms as AFC President and as member of the FIFA executive committee in the years 2008 to 2011, which justified a life-long ban from all football-related activity,” the statement said.

Associated Press Writer

MADRID — Jorge Molina scored late to give Real Betis a 1-0 win at Celta Vigo on Monday, lifting his team into fifth place in the Spanish league.

The Betis forward beat defender Gustavo Cabral before scoring in the

81st minute. The hosts

nearly equalized in injury time, but Betis goalkeeper Adrian San Miguel saved from Andres Tunez and Mario Bermejo hit the post a minute later.

Celta striker Iago Aspas had wasted chances earlier, shooting wide in the 40th

after a solo run and again in the 67th. The win puts Betis in fifth place with 28 points while Celta is 15th on 15 points.

In Monday’s other match, Deportivo La Coruna drew 0-0 against Real Valladol-id, a result that leaves Deportivo last in the standings on 12 points from 16. Valladolid is eighth on 22 points.

Reuters

SHANGHAI - The China careers of former Chelsea strikers Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka are in doubt amid reports of unpaid wages at the end of a tumultuous year at Shanghai Shenhua. Local media have reported Frenchman Anelka’s management is in talks with the Chinese Super League club to forgo the final year of his contract, while Ivory Coast striker Drogba has been linked with a move back to Europe.

Drogba signed a two-and-a-half year deal reportedly worth around $300,000 per week in June, but the Shanghai-based Oriental Sports Daily said last week the 34-year-old was owed wages in the wake of a long-running equity row at the club.

Drogba applied for permission last month to leave Shanghai on loan before the Janu-

ary transfer window, but FIFA refused the request.

He has since returned to Chelsea to train at his former club in a bid to stay sharp for the African Nations Cup, which starts on Jan. 19, fuelling speculation of a return to Europe.

A Shenhua spokesman confirmed to Reuters that Anelka was in talks with the club regarding his playing future, but declined to comment on whether Drogba had confirmed he would return to Shanghai after playing the African Nations Cup. “They are still contracted players, and nothing has changed in that regard,” he told Reuters by telephone on Tuesday.

The loss of the two high-profile forwards would come as a huge blow to the club and the Chinese Super League, which had trumpeted their arrivals as a sign of faith in the competi-tion after years of being mired in corruption scandals.

Walcott stakes striker claim but contract still unsignedReuters

Theo Walcott finally got his wish to play in the central striker role for Arsenal on Monday and repaid under-fire manager Arsene Wenger with a goal in a morale-boosting 5-2 win at Reading. Reportedly fed up with playing on the wing, securing the attacking position is seen as the key to Walcott signing an extension to his contract which expires at the end of the season.

tion in the form of the Premier League’s bottom side, who have shipped more goals than anyone else this year, and the victory pro-vided welcome respite for Wenger after the humiliating League Cup exit by Bradford in midweek.

The former Southampton player Walcott curled a free kick just wide in the sixth minute before wasting a good one-on-one chance in the 21st minute against Reading goalkeeper Adam Federici.

STAY TOGETHER

Team mates Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla proved more accu-rate as Arsenal took a 4-0 lead by the hour mark, with Walcott again going close in the 56th minute with a long range strike as the visiting fans chanted his name. But after Reading had halved the deficit, Walcott settled the match with 10 minutes remaining by quickly

cutting back inside the defender and curling a left foot shot into the back of the net for his 11th goal of the season.

“Talks are ongoing and it’s going to be a slow process,” Wal-cott, Arsenal’s leading scorer this season, said of his contract situa-tion. “It’s taking a long time but hopefully something will happen soon.”

Walcott’s inconsistencies mean he is not regarded as highly as for-mer Arsenal player Robin van Per-sie, who departed for Manchester United in the close season, but his loss would be as painful for sup-porters who have become far too used to losing players who fail to agree long-term deals.

Arsenal are thought to be close to agreeing a contract extension with midfielder Jack Wilshere, with Wenger keen to keep his quartet of English talent, which includes Walcott and fullbacks Ki-

e r -an Gibbs and

Carl Jenkinson.“We have a good

core of young English players. We couldn’t keep the good core of young foreign players and I hope we will be ca-pable of building a team around these young Eng-lish players who achieve something together,” the Frenchman said.

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Arsenal’s Theo Wal-cott, left, and Lu-kas Podolski cel-ebrate after scor-ing during the English Pre-mier League soccer match b e t w e e n Reading and Arsenal at the Madejski Sta-dium in Read-ing, England, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012.

Real Betis beats Celta Vigo 1-0 in Spanish league

(AP Photo/Shirley Bahadur, File)

FILE - In this May 10, 2011 file picture Mohamed bin Hammam, chief of the Asian Football Confederation, talks to local media in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

Bin Hammam resigns from all football positions

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Napoli forward Edinson Cavani of Uruguay, right, challenges for the ball with Inter Milan Argentine midfielder Esteban Cambiasso during a Serie A soccer match at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012.

Napoli penalized 2 points for match-fixing

Drogba, Anelka future at Shanghai in doubt

Reuters

BARCELONA - When Alex Song sealed a five-year, 19 million-euro ($25 million) deal to join Barcelona from Arsenal in August many wondered how he could possibly hope to win a regular starting place in a team graced with some of the world’s best midfielders.

Four months on, the doubts appear to be justified. The 25-year-old Cameroon inter-national has made 11 starts for Barca in 25 La Liga, King’s Cup and Champions League games and there is a niggling perception that his adaptation to the intricate one-touch style is taking longer than it should.

It may not have helped that a rash of in-juries forced coach Tito Vilanova to use him as a makeshift centre back and he is compet-ing for a starting spot with, among others, Spain international Sergio Busquets, widely

regarded as one of the best defensive midfield-ers in the game.

In an interview with Reuters at Barca’s training ground on Monday, Song appeared unperturbed by the criticism and said he and his family were enjoying life in the Catalan capital.

“I know it’s not easy to start to play but I know we have a lot of games and I need just to be ready every time when the manager needs me to play and just do my job in the training,” said Song, the seventh African to play for Barca. “Sergio (Busquets) is one of the best in that position and I am very happy to train with him,” he added.

“I know that when you work every single day with the top players you learn a lot and you improve yourself. “I am happy to be here because everybody is helping me to get the most out of myself. There are not many

chances to find a club like this one, with humble people who are the best in the world.”

Clad in a cream-coloured v-necked sweater, jeans and white shoes with luminous green trim, Song said former Arsenal team mate Cesc Fabregas, a product of Barca’s youth academy who returned to his boyhood club in 2011, had played an important role in the transfer.

Song, whose full name Alexandre Dimi-tri Song Billong, and his family had moved into the wealthy Barcelona neighbourhood of Pedralbes, taking the house where former France international Thierry Henry, another ex-Arsenal player who had a stint at Barca, used to live. Song’s two sons, aged four and six, have enrolled in Barca’s youth academy and were learning Spanish.

Song content at Barca after difficult start

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Arsenal have offered Walcott a five-year deal worth 75,000 pounds ($120,000) a week, British media have reported, but the England international has yet to commit and is able to sign a pre-contract agree-ment with a new club on Jan. 1.

The timing of Wenger’s decision to move Walcott in Arsenal’s 4-4-3 formation for the first time could be seen as his final ploy to convince the 23-year-old to sign on with the 13-times English champions.

“If you look at my statements from two years ago I said he would play in the middle and I think slowly it became his idea as well,” Wenger told reporters after the win at the Madjeski Stadium moved them to fifth in the table. “I felt it was a good opportunity to do it tonight and from what I have seen in training I thought he was ready to do it.”

Walcott’s promotion could not have come against easier opposi-

Associated Press Writer

ROME — Napoli was penalized two points in the Serie A standings for match-fixing after its former goalkeeper confessed to arranging the result of a game three seasons ago.

The sentence by the Italian football fed-eration’s disciplinary committee on Tuesday dropped the southern club from a tie for third place into fifth position, 10 points behind league leader Juventus.

The penalty put a severe dent in Napoli’s aim of winning the Serie A for the first time since Diego Maradona led the team to titles in 1987 and 1990.

Also, current Napoli captain Paolo Can-navaro and defender Gianluca Grava were

each banned for six months for failing to report the fix. Cannavaro is the younger brother of former Italy captain Fabio Can-navaro.

Napoli was also fined €70,000 ($92,000). Both players, along with Napoli, deny any wrongdoing. The keeper, Matteo Gianello, confessed to prosecutors that he attempted to fix the match between Sampdoria and Napoli on May 16, 2010.

Sampdoria won 1-0 with a goal from cur-rent AC Milan player Giampaolo Pazzini in the 51st minute. It was the final round of the season and the victory secured Samp-doria fourth place and a spot in Champions League qualifying.

Gianello was banned for three years and three months. Appeals were expected.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Mohamed bin Hammam resigned from all football-related positions and was handed a new life ban by FIFA on Monday, seemingly bringing a close to one of the most damaging corruption scandals to blight the game’s world gov-erning body.

Bin Hammam, a FIFA executive com-mittee member from Qatar who chal-lenged incumbent Sepp Blatter for the presidency last year, gave up his long-running dispute with the organization after being found guilty by FIFA of “repeated violations” of its code of ethics while head of the Asian Foot-ball Confederation.

FIFA said the 63-year-old bin Hammam sent a resignation let-ter to both FIFA and the AFC on Saturday.

“Mr. Mohamed bin Hammam ... has resigned from all his positions

in football with immediate effect and will never be active in organized football again,” a FIFA statement said.

Bin Hammam, who has always denied wrongdoing, had no immediate comment on FIFA’s announcement.

Controversy has swirled around bin Hammam in recent years — he had also been fighting a separate life ban imposed by FIFA following allegations he offered bribes to voters when running against Blatter.

FIFA said the second life ban is a result of the final report from the chairman of its ethics committee, Michael J. Garcia.

“That report showed repeated viola-tions of Article 19 (Conflict of Interest) of the FIFA Code of Ethics of Mohamed bin Hammam during his terms as AFC President and as member of the FIFA executive committee in the years 2008 to 2011, which justified a life-long ban from all football-related activity,” the statement said.

Associated Press Writer

MADRID — Jorge Molina scored late to give Real Betis a 1-0 win at Celta Vigo on Monday, lifting his team into fifth place in the Spanish league.

The Betis forward beat defender Gustavo Cabral before scoring in the

81st minute. The hosts

nearly equalized in injury time, but Betis goalkeeper Adrian San Miguel saved from Andres Tunez and Mario Bermejo hit the post a minute later.

Celta striker Iago Aspas had wasted chances earlier, shooting wide in the 40th

after a solo run and again in the 67th. The win puts Betis in fifth place with 28 points while Celta is 15th on 15 points.

In Monday’s other match, Deportivo La Coruna drew 0-0 against Real Valladol-id, a result that leaves Deportivo last in the standings on 12 points from 16. Valladolid is eighth on 22 points.

Reuters

SHANGHAI - The China careers of former Chelsea strikers Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka are in doubt amid reports of unpaid wages at the end of a tumultuous year at Shanghai Shenhua. Local media have reported Frenchman Anelka’s management is in talks with the Chinese Super League club to forgo the final year of his contract, while Ivory Coast striker Drogba has been linked with a move back to Europe.

Drogba signed a two-and-a-half year deal reportedly worth around $300,000 per week in June, but the Shanghai-based Oriental Sports Daily said last week the 34-year-old was owed wages in the wake of a long-running equity row at the club.

Drogba applied for permission last month to leave Shanghai on loan before the Janu-

ary transfer window, but FIFA refused the request.

He has since returned to Chelsea to train at his former club in a bid to stay sharp for the African Nations Cup, which starts on Jan. 19, fuelling speculation of a return to Europe.

A Shenhua spokesman confirmed to Reuters that Anelka was in talks with the club regarding his playing future, but declined to comment on whether Drogba had confirmed he would return to Shanghai after playing the African Nations Cup. “They are still contracted players, and nothing has changed in that regard,” he told Reuters by telephone on Tuesday.

The loss of the two high-profile forwards would come as a huge blow to the club and the Chinese Super League, which had trumpeted their arrivals as a sign of faith in the competi-tion after years of being mired in corruption scandals.

Walcott stakes striker claim but contract still unsignedReuters

Theo Walcott finally got his wish to play in the central striker role for Arsenal on Monday and repaid under-fire manager Arsene Wenger with a goal in a morale-boosting 5-2 win at Reading. Reportedly fed up with playing on the wing, securing the attacking position is seen as the key to Walcott signing an extension to his contract which expires at the end of the season.

tion in the form of the Premier League’s bottom side, who have shipped more goals than anyone else this year, and the victory pro-vided welcome respite for Wenger after the humiliating League Cup exit by Bradford in midweek.

The former Southampton player Walcott curled a free kick just wide in the sixth minute before wasting a good one-on-one chance in the 21st minute against Reading goalkeeper Adam Federici.

STAY TOGETHER

Team mates Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla proved more accu-rate as Arsenal took a 4-0 lead by the hour mark, with Walcott again going close in the 56th minute with a long range strike as the visiting fans chanted his name. But after Reading had halved the deficit, Walcott settled the match with 10 minutes remaining by quickly

cutting back inside the defender and curling a left foot shot into the back of the net for his 11th goal of the season.

“Talks are ongoing and it’s going to be a slow process,” Wal-cott, Arsenal’s leading scorer this season, said of his contract situa-tion. “It’s taking a long time but hopefully something will happen soon.”

Walcott’s inconsistencies mean he is not regarded as highly as for-mer Arsenal player Robin van Per-sie, who departed for Manchester United in the close season, but his loss would be as painful for sup-porters who have become far too used to losing players who fail to agree long-term deals.

Arsenal are thought to be close to agreeing a contract extension with midfielder Jack Wilshere, with Wenger keen to keep his quartet of English talent, which includes Walcott and fullbacks Ki-

e r -an Gibbs and

Carl Jenkinson.“We have a good

core of young English players. We couldn’t keep the good core of young foreign players and I hope we will be ca-pable of building a team around these young Eng-lish players who achieve something together,” the Frenchman said.

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Arsenal’s Theo Wal-cott, left, and Lu-kas Podolski cel-ebrate after scor-ing during the English Pre-mier League soccer match b e t w e e n Reading and Arsenal at the Madejski Sta-dium in Read-ing, England, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012.

Real Betis beats Celta Vigo 1-0 in Spanish league

(AP Photo/Shirley Bahadur, File)

FILE - In this May 10, 2011 file picture Mohamed bin Hammam, chief of the Asian Football Confederation, talks to local media in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

Bin Hammam resigns from all football positions

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Napoli forward Edinson Cavani of Uruguay, right, challenges for the ball with Inter Milan Argentine midfielder Esteban Cambiasso during a Serie A soccer match at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012.

Napoli penalized 2 points for match-fixing

Drogba, Anelka future at Shanghai in doubt

Reuters

BARCELONA - When Alex Song sealed a five-year, 19 million-euro ($25 million) deal to join Barcelona from Arsenal in August many wondered how he could possibly hope to win a regular starting place in a team graced with some of the world’s best midfielders.

Four months on, the doubts appear to be justified. The 25-year-old Cameroon inter-national has made 11 starts for Barca in 25 La Liga, King’s Cup and Champions League games and there is a niggling perception that his adaptation to the intricate one-touch style is taking longer than it should.

It may not have helped that a rash of in-juries forced coach Tito Vilanova to use him as a makeshift centre back and he is compet-ing for a starting spot with, among others, Spain international Sergio Busquets, widely

regarded as one of the best defensive midfield-ers in the game.

In an interview with Reuters at Barca’s training ground on Monday, Song appeared unperturbed by the criticism and said he and his family were enjoying life in the Catalan capital.

“I know it’s not easy to start to play but I know we have a lot of games and I need just to be ready every time when the manager needs me to play and just do my job in the training,” said Song, the seventh African to play for Barca. “Sergio (Busquets) is one of the best in that position and I am very happy to train with him,” he added.

“I know that when you work every single day with the top players you learn a lot and you improve yourself. “I am happy to be here because everybody is helping me to get the most out of myself. There are not many

chances to find a club like this one, with humble people who are the best in the world.”

Clad in a cream-coloured v-necked sweater, jeans and white shoes with luminous green trim, Song said former Arsenal team mate Cesc Fabregas, a product of Barca’s youth academy who returned to his boyhood club in 2011, had played an important role in the transfer.

Song, whose full name Alexandre Dimi-tri Song Billong, and his family had moved into the wealthy Barcelona neighbourhood of Pedralbes, taking the house where former France international Thierry Henry, another ex-Arsenal player who had a stint at Barca, used to live. Song’s two sons, aged four and six, have enrolled in Barca’s youth academy and were learning Spanish.

Song content at Barca after difficult start

Among the local residents, the Goa Gajah Temple is better known as Cave Temple, located in the west of Bedahulu Village, Blahbatuh Subdistrict, Gianyar

Regency. It is about 27 km east of Denpasar. A visit to this temple can be done easily because it is only a few feet below the highway toward the village of Tampaksiring Indeed

this temple was built at the valley of Petanu River having beautiful natural panorama.

Goa Gajah was rediscovered in 1923 and in 1954 was rediscovered

the bathing pond in front of the cave followed by the restoration and re-installation of the shower areas that originally located in front of the cave where its condition was incomplete.

In the northern part of the temple, lies a carved Cave of Nature in the shape of the letter ”T”. Inside this cave there is a Ganesha statue con-sidered as the god of sciences. Ad-ditionally, at the location can also be encountered some fragments of statues and a Trilangga surrounded by eight small phallus.

In the cave wall, there are niches of the hermitage and the face of Cave is decorated with carvings depicting a jungle with its contents. Similarly, there is a short inscription which reads ”Kumon” and ”Sahywangsa”, which according to the type of let-ters it is alleged to originate in the eleventh century AD .

Meanwhile in the west of the cave, there is a building retaining a squating statue inside, and the Ga-nesha as well as Men Brayut statue. The latter in Buddhist mythology is known as Hariti, the savior of children.

In front of the cave, except for the guard statues, there are also fragments of building whose origin was unknown such as the building fragments that now being gathered in the temple’s courtyard located in the west of bathing pond. Fountain

statues that have worked again in the holy bathing pond are divided into three parts and in terms of its style, they are probably derived from the eleventh century AD. Unfortunately, the statue fountain located in the middle of the pond, has not been found until now.

In the meantime, in the southeast of Goa Gajah Temple occur two Buddha statues, one of them is with-out head while another is still good enough with the style of Central Java. The north side of this statue seemingly stay to stick on the cliffs, where the foot of the cliff temple has long fallen into the creek. On the side of this small can be found three-pronged relief of stupa and the ruins of the cliff temple having beautiful carvings.

Based on archeological find-ings as mentioned above, it can be known the Goa Gajah Temple is derived from the ninth to eleventh centuries AD. In the past, it served as a monastery of Buddhist monk and Shivite priest. This conserva-tism also shows the unification of Buddhism and Shiva went well.

For tourists who would like to visit to Goa Gajah Temple are required to wear a scarf or sarong because other than functioning as archaeological attractions, this temple also poses a sacred place or sanctum. Sarongs and scarves are available at the location.

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“Serge was terrific tonight,” Okla-homa City’s Kevin Durant told re-porters. “They do a great job of taking the main scorers out of the game. So that’s when you have to step up.”

Russell Westbrook added 22 and nine assists while Durant added 19 for Oklahoma City in a rematch of last season’s Western Conference Finals when the Thunder eliminated the Spurs. The Thunder blew open a close game with an 11-0 run in the third quarter and used their speed and athleticism to run away from

the Spurs.Tony Parker had 14 points and

seven assists for the visitors and Duncan was held to 12 but neither played in the fourth quarter where coach Gregg Popovich kept them on the bench with the game out of reach.

The Spurs were also without Manu Ginobili, who missed the game after sustaining a left quad-riceps injury on Saturday against Boston. The Spurs (19-7) have lost three of four and had their South-

west Division lead trimmed to one game. Stephen Jackson returned to the court for the Spurs after missing 14 games with a broken finger.

Jackson had previously been fined $25,000 for a hostile Twitter message directed at Ibaka, but the Thunder forward hit back on the court where his offensive game continues to expand. “He hurt us bad,” Jackson said of Ibaka. “He had, what, 18 in the first half, 16 in the first half? He was hitting everything. “That’s the same way we lost last year in the playoffs, by him hitting those same shots. I take my hat off (to him).”

The Thunder lead the NBA in scor-ing and have not slowed down even after trading away Sixth Man of the Year James Harden in the off-season. Kevin Martin, who they acquired in the deal, had 20 off the bench.

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LONDON — The ATP opposes the U.S. Open’s switch to a Mon-day final in 2013 and is not satis-fied with the prize money increase for the tournament. The U.S. Tennis Association announced last Friday that the women’s final would be moved to Sunday and the men’s championship match to Monday next year.

While the move builds in a rest day ahead of each final for the first time, the ATP said Monday it was against the change and would continue to fight it. “The ATP and its players have made it clear to the U.S. Open that we do not support a Monday final,” the governing body for men’s tennis said in a statement. “We strongly believe the U.S. Open should keep a similar schedule to the other Grand Slams, with the men’s semifinals completed by Friday and the final on Sunday.

“It is unfortunate the U.S. Open response did not reflect our views on this issue and the ATP and its players will continue to

pursue this matter in its discus-sions with the USTA.” Rain forced the USTA to postpone the men’s final from its scheduled Sunday slot to Monday each of the past five years.

Some top male players com-plained that the U.S. Open was the sport’s only major tournament that put their semifinals and final on consecutive days. The men’s semifinals in New York will stay on Saturday under the new plan. A decision about 2014 and beyond probably will come after the 2013 tournament.

Wimbledon, the French Open and Australian Open follow an-other pattern: women’s semifi-nals Thursday, men’s semifinals Friday, women’s final Saturday, men’s final Sunday.

The USTA also announced Fri-day that total prize money in 2013 will jump $4 million to a record $29.5 million. The increase is the largest in tournament history, dou-bling the roughly $2 million hike from 2011 to 2012. The ATP said the increase was “appreciated” but did not go far enough.

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MOSCOW - Champion Denis Lebedev knocked out previously undefeated Co-lombian challenger Santander “Cha Cha” Silgado in the fourth round to retain his WBA cruiserweight title on Monday. Sil-gado, 27, looked the better fighter in the first three rounds before the 33-year-old Russian

south-paw regained control midway through round four.

Lebedev threw a powerful left hook that stunned Silgado, then unleashed a devastating left uppercut to the chin of his opponent, knocking him out with less than a minute remaining to the delight of the partisan home crowd at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall.

“I didn’t know much about my opponent, therefore I was patient, I was taking my time,” Lebedev told reporters. “I knew if I hit him with my best shot I could hurt him.” It was the first title defence for Lebedev, who improved his record to 25 wins, including 19 by knockout, and one defeat - a controversial points decision against German Marco Huck in a title bout in 2010.

In October, the WBA stripped Panama-nian champion Guillermo Jones of his title for refusing to fight Lebedev and awarded it to the Russian.

Among others, Lebedev knocked out former multiple world champion Roy Jones Jr. in a light-heavyweight non-title bout last year. For Silgado it was his first defeat in 24 professional fights.

Lebedev knocks out Silgado to keep WBA cruiserweight belt

AP Photo/Sue OgrockiOklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka (9) grabs a rebound between San Antonio Spurs center DeJuan Blair (45) and San Antonio Spurs guard Stephen Jackson (3) in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Oklahoma City won 107-93.

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Serge Ibaka produced a season-best 25 points and 17 rebounds to spark the red-hot oklahoma City Thunder to a 107-93 victory over Western Conference rivals San Antonio on monday. Usually known for his defense and energy, Ibaka dominated the post against Tim Duncan to help the nBA-leading Thunder (20-4) cruise to their 11th straight win.

ATP opposes US Open switch to Monday men’s final

Switzerland’s Roger Federer wearing a Co-lombian traditional hat holds a trophy after an

exhibition match against France’s tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in

Bogota, Colombia, Sat-urday, Dec.15, 2012.

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Karima el-Mahroug, also known as Ruby, is the last witness to be called in the sensational trial that accuses Berlusconi of having paid for sex with el-Mahroug when she was 17, and then trying to cover it up. Both deny having had sex.

The court ordered el-Mahroug, who is in Mexico on vacation, to testify on Jan. 14, confirming the necessity of her testimony.

Prosecutors have accused the defense, which called el-Mahroug as a witness, of engaging in a strat-egy to delay a verdict — which has included calling witnesses who have failed to show. Italian law does not carry particularly strict penalties against witnesses who fail to ap-pear, and in some cases the court may decide their participation is not essential.

Prosecutors are scheduled to give

their closing arguments on Jan. 28, followed by the defense on Feb. 4.

That leaves room for the verdict to be delivered in February, just as Italy is headed toward a national election. The 76-year-old Berlusconi has flirted with running again, but most recently has said he would step aside if Premier Mario Monti, who runs a technical government that replaced Berlusconi’s, decides to run as a moderate.

In a weekend interview, Ber-lusconi apologized for his now-infamous “bunga bunga” parties, saying he was lonely after having split from his second wife. Veronica Laria left him in 2008, citing alleged dalliances with young women.

“I need to apologize. It was a pe-riod when I was feeling alone. I was divorced, my mother was dead, my sister, too, my children were travel-

ing around the world, and someone said to distract myself with some evenings,” Berlusconi said.

He also revealed he is engaged to a woman almost 50 years his junior, and says that “finally I feel less alone.”

The media baron said Sunday his engagement to 28-year-old Francesca Pascale — who is part of a support group called “Silvio, we miss you” — is “official.”

Newspapers described Berlusco-ni’s appearance on Canale 5 — one of his television networks — as an attempt to boost falling approval rates ahead of an election expected in February. No date for the vote has been set yet.

His center-right party, which has dominated Italian politics for the last two decades, is showing a 15 percent approval rating.

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COTONOU, Benin — Officials say at least 19 people drowned after a boat capsized on a river near a village in Benin’s south.

The mayor of the town of Abomey, Patrice Hounsou Guede, said Monday on local radio that most of the victims were women and chil-dren who were returning from school by taking a boat over the river. She said 19 people drowned and eight people lived.

Witnesses say the boat was only meant to hold 12 people, but the man running it had charged for 27 people and four motorbikes.

For the residents of Ouedo, crossing this river is the easiest and cheapest way to access the market across the river in Togba as there is no bridge. Guede says the man who ran the boat has been arrested.

Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine legislators passed a landmark bill Monday that would provide government funding for contraceptives and sexuality classes in schools despite strong opposition by the dominant Ro-man Catholic Church and its followers, some of whom threatened to ask the Supreme Court to block the legislation.

The Senate and the House of Representatives passed different versions of the bill, which languished in Congress for more than a decade as legislators avoided colliding with the influential church. The two versions will have to be reconciled before President Benigno Aquino III has an opportunity to sign the legislation.

In a scene considered unusual just a few years ago, lawmakers openly defied the church’s stand during the plenary voting, which was shown live on nationwide TV.

“The Catholic church has steadfastly opposed the (reproductive health) bill for 13 years,” said Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, a key proponent. “But I humbly submit this afternoon that there is no force more powerful than an idea whose time has come.”

Aquino, who certified the bill as urgent, considers it a major step toward reducing maternal deaths and promoting family planning in the impoverished country, which has one of Asia’s fastest-growing populations. Church leaders said in a pastoral letter Sunday that if passed, the bill would put the moral fiber of the nation at risk.

Archbishop Socrates Villegas, vice president of the Philippines’ Bishops Conference, said that “the wide and free accessibility of contraceptives will result in the destruction of family life.”

“Money for contraceptives can be better used for education and authentic health care,” he said, adding that “those who corrupt the minds of children will invoke divine wrath on themselves.”

The long delay in the bill’s passage has been attributed to politicians’ fear of upsetting conservative Catholic bishops, who helped mobilize popular support for the 1986 “people power” revolt that toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos and the 2001 overthrow of another president, Joseph Estrada.

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FILE - A Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 photo from files showing People of Freedom party leader Silvio Berlusconi smiling as he speaks during a book presentation of Italian journalist Bruno Vespa.

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MILAN — A Milan court fined a Moroccan woman at the center of Silvio Berlusconi’s sex-for-hire scandal €500 ($650) on Monday for failing to appear as a witness twice at the former premier’s trial. It ordered her to testify in January.

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Indonesian workers carrying a banner shout slogans during a protest to mark International Migrants Day in Jakarta December 18, 2012. Dozens of workers on Tuesday demanded bet-ter working conditions and higher wages during a protest to mark International Migrants Day, in Jakarta’s business district.

While the H5N1 bird flu virus has killed relatively few people, scientists have been closely monitoring it for its potential to mutate and affect humans worldwide.

The boy died Dec. 6 in Tangerang city, just west of Jakarta, the capital, said Health Ministry official Rita Kusriastuti. He developed symptoms of a cold and fever on Nov. 30 and was treated at a public health center before being hospitalized the same day he died.

Kusriastuti said the boy, from the West Java district of Bogor, was be-lieved to have been infected with the H5N1 virus after having direct contact with dead fowl around his house.

Bird flu has killed at least 360 people worldwide since 2003. It remains hard for people to catch, but experts fear it could mutate into a more deadly form that spreads easily from

person-to-person. So far, most human cases have been linked to contact with infected poultry.

Last week, Kusriastuti said a form of the H5N1 virus not previously detected in Indonesia had killed hundreds of thousands of ducks on the main island of Java. The type of virus has been found circulating in a number of other countries and does not indicate any change that makes humans more susceptible.

The new form of the virus is believed to have entered Indonesia through imported ducks, but Kus-riastuti said it’s also possible it may have evolved on its own from existing strains.

Bird flu remains entrenched in Indonesia and elsewhere. It typically flares up during the winter months in affected countries with increases in poultry outbreaks and human cases.

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JAKARTA - At Jakarta’s infra-structure monitoring nerve cen-ter, live TV cameras track traffic flows on port access roads and highways, satellite images show cloud cover, and a Twitter feed allows officials to respond in real time to any public complaints.

But the only movement comes from the flowing screen images, since there is no one working at the room’s empty desks.

Senior public works officials interviewed by Reuters said they do not know how to use the system. They cannot name a single infrastructure project to be finished in Indonesia’s capital this year, despite their budget of $384 million. Only 35 percent of that money had been spent by early December.

Indonesia’s back-to-back years of economic growth above 6 per-cent and a youthful population of 240 million have made it a magnet for foreign investment,

which jumped 22 percent in the third quarter to $5.9 billion. But until it can efficiently move goods across its 17,000 islands, Indonesia will struggle to live up to its potential.

“If we don’t sort out our prob-lems then we’re in trouble,” said R.J. Lino, chief of Indonesian port firm Pelindo, as he surveyed cranes belching diesel smoke and moving containers onto ancient sagging trucks at the country’s largest port.

It can take seven days for containers to move through the port in Jakarta, which handles two-thirds of the surging trade flows in the G20 economy, the longest time in Southeast Asia and up from around five days a couple of years ago.

The inefficiency at Indonesian ports means it is cheaper to send goods to China from Jakarta than to the edge of the archipelago, creating rising logistics costs and the risk of inflation as an Achilles heel for the economy.

In neighboring Singapore, by comparison, technicians at the world’s busiest port control electric cranes by joystick from an office, moving containers within one day onto cargo ships three times bigger than Jakarta can handle.

Lino’s state-owned PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Pelindo) is seeking to follow suit and modernize itself, from better use of yard space and a new IT system to plans for a whole new $2.5 billion Jakarta port by 2017.

But it faces a race against time as the existing Jakarta port is already at full capacity. Firms such as Toyota Motor Corp, Caterpillar Inc and Uni-lever Indonesia Tbk are investing billions to boost manufacturing on the main Java island and are rely-ing on the state to improve its port infrastructure.

“The port is likely to be a growing constraint for the In-donesian economy and for the country’s competitiveness,” said Henry Sandee, trade specialist in Jakarta at the World Bank.

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AntaraJAKARTA - The Ministry of

Industry has predicted that the manu-facturing industry will grow at 7.1 percent next year.

“In spite of the economic crises in the United States and European countries, the government is optimis-tic that the national manufacturing industry will grow by 7.1 percent, with increased investment in the industries of automotive, fertilizer, chemical, and cement,” the Minister of Industry, MS Hidayat, said here on Monday.

He pointed out that the lack of infrastructure and the high cost of investment would be the main chal-lenges facing the industrial sector next year.

“In order to overcome the barriers in the industrial sector, the government has been providing fiscal incentives, such as tax reductions in form of `tax holidays` and `tax allowance`, reduc-tion of import duties (BMDTP), and reduction of sales tax on luxury goods (PPnBM),” Hidayat explained.

“Besides, the government is also

making efforts to remove investment bottlenecks, such as through spatial developments, in some regions,” he continued.

Hidayat said the growth of Indonesia`s manufacturing industry could be maintained by exploring new export markets and controlling the influx of imports.

“Manufacturing industry players should expand their markets to some countries in the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Moreover, the influx of imported goods must be controlled through the strict implementation of the Indonesia National Standard (SNI) and ̀ non-tar-iff barriers` policy,” he pointed out.

Hidayat also urged all government agencies, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and private companies to pro-mote the use of domestic products.

“The more we use our domestic products, the more demand there will be for them. Of course, this measure must be supported by all stakeholders and policymakers in the country,” he said.

Associated PressJAKARTA — A 4-year-old Indonesian boy has died from bird

flu, bringing the death toll to 160 in the country hardest-hit by the deadly virus, a health official said Tuesday.

Manufacturing industry to grow 7.1 percent in 2013

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In this photo released by the Malacanang Photo Bureau, Phil-ippine President Benigno Aquino III, right, and British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister of State Hugo Swire smile during Swire’s courtesy call at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.

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set aside US$19 million in aid for Indonesia judiciary to improve its public services.

The fund will be allocated in four years to support development of Indonesian court and prosecution services, director of Misi USAID in Indonesia Andrew Sisson.

The development of the legal systems is part of efforts to strengthen democracy and improve mutual understanding between the two countries, Sisson said on Monday after launching Case Tracing Information System (SIPP).

It is a form of assistance from the US government for the Indonesian govern-ment efforts to improve transparency and accountability at its Supreme Court and Attorney General office, he added.

Chairman of the Supreme Court Hatta Ali said the aid from the donor country has never been in cash.

“The assistance is in the form of sets of equipment and training of human re-sources,” Hatta said.

“We record an increase in seat occu-pancy before the period of Christmas and New Year up to 80 percent from 65 percent on regular days. Predictably, the peak oc-cupancy will occur on five days before the holiday,” said Ketut Edy Darma Putra.

According to him, the seat occupancy rate before Christmas and New Year was lower than before the Eid. Nevertheless, his party would make anticipation against the surge in passengers ahead of the cel-ebrations.

“There will be 10 percent additional fleet aside from preparing tourism fleets of Bali Tourist Transport Association (Pawiba) to anticipate the surge in passengers. Cur-

rently, the average departure requires 90 fleets,” he said.

He said the use of tourist buses would be equipped with a special incidental permit to transport passengers on Christmas season. “Tourist bus will only be prepared if the interprovincial city bus is desperate to serve the surge in passengers,” he said.

When asked about the price hike of subsidized fuel in 2013, Ketut Eddy said it had been addressed by the Central Execu-tive Board of Organda. Up to these days, his party was still discussing about the subsidy plan with government for public transport.

“Subsidies for public transport can be a so-

lution if the government raises the fuel prices in order the transport tariff will not rise. If the subsidy is appropriate, of course the public transport fare will not go up,” he said.

He said if the government raised the fuel prices without subsidy for public transport it would surely be very burdensome. More-over, the current occupancy rate of public transport also continued to decline due to the presence of many motorcycles.

“The increase in fuel price will have an impact on spare parts whose price can reach a hundred percent. To that end, we expect the government to allocate special subsidy for public transport entrepreneurs,” he said. (kmb27)

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DENPASAR - The natural beauty and peaceful land of Bali have attracted the Dutch tourists who mostly make the visit to reminisce their memories in the island, said a tour guide.

“The blessing Bali’s natural beauty has lured the tourists, particularly the Dutch either the youngsters or the elderly,” said Made Suardana, a special tour guide for Dutch tourists here.

He said that the youngsters usually visit Bali during mid-year holidays, while the elderly tourists mostly enjoy the year-end holidays. “As of now, Bali is visited by larger number of tourists particularly in the last three months, compared to that of the previous years,” he said.

“The recent difficulty of direct flights from Europe to Bali seemingly did not hamper the European tourists interest especially the Dutch to visit Bali,” he said, adding that they usually reached to Bali through Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

Suardana said that the Dutch tourists’ length of stay reached two weeks for their each visit to Bali. Most tourists like to travel around the island even stay overnight in the villas near the river, according to him.

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Land Transport Organization (Organda) of Bali noted the seat occupancy rate (load factor) of the interprovincial city bus (AKAP) ahead of Christmas and New Year increased by 80 percent.

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DENPASAR - Land Transport Organization (Organda) of Bali noted the seat occupancy rate (load factor) of the interprovincial city bus (AKAP) ahead of Christmas and New Year increased by 80 percent.

Peaceful Bali attracts Dutch tourists

US to provide $19 million aid for Indonesian judiciary

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WASHINGTON - The United States will press senior Chinese officials this week for action on longstanding trade problems, and may face a rebuke from Beijing over the haphazard way it is managing its finances.

A Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier Wang Qishan will be in Wash-ington on Tuesday and Wednesday for talks with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

“I don’t think we should be expect-ing sweeping changes, but I do think we will see tangible progress on some specific issues,” said John Frisbie, president of the U.S.-China Business Council. “China is definitely prioritiz-ing its U.S. relations and they are also discussing economic reforms back at home that could impact some of the is-sues that matter to U.S. companies.”

Kirk and his colleagues have said they are pushing China to drop re-strictions on U.S. livestock and farm products, to take stronger action to stop counterfeiting and piracy of U.S. goods and to reduce pressure on U.S. companies to transfer valuable tech-nology to do business in China.

Wang in turn is expected to convey Beijing’s strong interest in a deal in Washington to avoid the $600 billion in spending cuts and tax hikes set to take hold at the start of the year, widely known as the “fiscal cliff.”

Economists warn that failure to avert that outcome could send the United States back in recession, which would threaten growth in China and around the world. Presi-dent Barack Obama and Republican

leaders have so far made little visible progress toward a deal.

Given that China is the United States’ largest creditor, it has a deep interest in Washington’s management of its budget.

Chinese officials are also expected to press on a range of other issues - from concerns about U.S. anti-dumping measures on their exports, to restrictions on China’s ability to import U.S. high-technology prod-ucts and the often strong political resistance to Chinese investment in the United States.

The annual U.S.-China Joint Com-mission on Commerce and Trade meeting comes during a transition for both governments.

Obama is expected to bring in a new economic team for his second term. Chinese Vice President Xi Jin-ping took helm of the Chinese Com-munist party in November and will take over as head of state in March at the annual parliament meeting.

“We’re either going to get nothing, meaning just details, or we might get a change,” said Derek Scissors, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington.

One reason to be optimistic that concrete progress could be made is a trip Xi made last week to southern Guangdong, where he echoed calls for market reforms and strengthening the rule of law that reformist senior Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping made 20 years ago in the same province.

Outgoing Chinese President Hu Jintao’s ten-year tenure is generally associated with a retreat from market liberalization and the rise of Chi-nese “state capitalism” that favored domestic national champions over foreign firms.

Spain, with 25 percent unem-ployment, is battling to reduce its deficit and emerge from its second recession in three years, and Mariano Rajoy said 2012 will be remembered as the year in which the foundations for the country’s recovery were placed.

“There are no easy answers for difficult situations, (but) we are trying because it is our obligation to rectify this situation,” the prime minister said, adding that he ex-pected the economy to improve

during the coming year.Since ousting the socialists

in elections last year, Rajoy’s government has raised taxes, slashed the budget for health care and education, and reduced pensions, among other tough measures.

Late Monday, demonstra-tions against the government’s painful policies were held in 55 Spanish cities. But the number of protesters fell well short of the hundreds of thousands the country’s labor unions had

called upon to show up.“The country needs to educate

and care for its citizens if it wants to move forward,” said Nacho de la Torre, a 35-year-old topog-rapher marching in Madrid’s city center. “I’m not saying we mustn’t save, but with these cuts we are mortgaging the future of people with education and training who have to go abroad because here there are no jobs.”

Spain has seen several major protests since the beginning of its economic downturn.

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WASHINGTON — German in-surer Allianz SE has agreed to pay about $12.4 million to settle U.S. civil charges of bribing Indonesian officials to win insurance contracts on big government projects.

The Securities and Exchange Com-mission announced the settlement Mon-day with Allianz. The SEC said Allianz’s subsidiary in Indonesia made improper payments totaling $650,626 to obtain 295 insurance contracts, providing the

company some $5.3 million in profits. The violations occurred from 2001 to 2008, the agency said.

The charges were brought under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bars companies from bribing officials in other countries to get or retain busi-ness.

Munich-based Allianz neither admit-ted nor denied wrongdoing but agreed to refrain from future violations.

Allianz said in a statement that in recent years it has improved its controls against corruption.

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People protest against austerity measures, including Spanish state pensions in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. The demonstrations have been called by the country’s main labor unions and a wide array of social movement groups.

Spanish PM defends year of austerity amid protestsAssociated Press

MADRID — Spain’s prime minister defended his conservative government’s imposition of austerity measures during its first year in power on Monday, even as thousands of people hit the streets to protest government spending cuts.

Allianz paying $12.4M to settle US bribery charges

U.S. to press China on trade as Beijing eyes ‘fiscal cliff’

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The result is likely to embolden the opposition, which says the law is too Islamist, although the second round is expected to result in an-other “yes”, while underlining the deep divisions that have riven Egypt since Hosni Mubarak’s fall.

On Monday, protesters broke out into cheers when the public prosecutor Mursi appointed just last month announced his resignation.

They said it was a victory for the independence of the judiciary.

But they are unlikely to win Sat-urday’s referendum second round, to be held in districts seen as even more sympathetic towards Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood, which won elections held after Mubarak was ousted in February 2011. The op-position National Salvation Front said there were widespread voting

violations in the first round of the referendum vote and urged organiz-ers to ensure that the second round was properly supervised.

It has called for protests across Egypt on Tuesday “to stop forgery and bring down the invalid draft constitution” and wants organizers to re-run the first round of voting.

In Cairo, the Front plans to hold demonstrations at Tahrir Square, cradle of the revolution that toppled Mubarak, and outside Mursi’s presidential palace, still ringed with tanks after earlier protests. “Down with the constitution of the Brother-hood,” the Front said in a statement. “Down with the constitution of tyranny.”

Reuters

DUNBLANE - Of all the messages of sympathy for the stricken U.S. community of New-town, few carry the emotional weight of those from Dunblane, the small Scottish town that still bears the scars of Britain’s worst school massacre. On March 13, 1996, a gunman walked into the gymnasium of a primary school in the close-knit cathedral town and shot dead 16 children and their teacher before turning the gun on himself.

Few residents want to talk about the terrible events that for years made Dunblane synonymous with tragedy, but reminders abound, made all the more poignant by the onset of Christmas. At the far end of the cemetery on the edge of town, toys, fairies and portraits of smiling children decorate the graves of many of the victims, while small windmills spin in the winter breeze under grey skies.

A miniature Christmas tree stands next to one grave and a

bunch of pink roses covered in dew drops rests on the spot where their teacher, Gwen Mayor, 45, is buried.

“The memories are flooding back. It must be hell for the parents. We said prayers for them in my church,” said Harry McEwan, 71, who has lived in the town for 30 years. “Dunblane has so much in common with what has happened in Newtown.” The Dunblane mas-sacre shocked the world and started a public campaign that led to Brit-ain adopting some of the strictest gun controls in the world.

The Newtown shooting has already prompted calls for new U.S. gun restrictions, including a ban on assault weapons. Presi-dent Barack Obama said things must change to prevent more killings.

In Britain, the scale of revul-sion over Dunblane’s three-minute rampage led within two years to new laws that effectively banned civilians from owning handguns. Ministers also prom-ised to improve school security.

Associated Press Writer SEOUL, South Korea — By successfully

firing a rocket that put a satellite in space, North Korea let the far-flung buyers of its missiles know that it is still open for business. But Pyongyang will find that customers are hard to come by as old friends drift away and international sanctions lock down its sales.

North Korea’s satellite and nuclear pro-grams were masterminded by the late leader Kim Jong Il, who ruled for 17 years under

a “military first” policy and died a year ago Monday. An offshoot of the policy was a thriving arms business, including the sale of short and medium-range missiles. The buy-ers were mostly governments of developing countries — Myanmar, Iran, Syria, Gulf and African nations — looking for bargains.

But sustained Western diplomatic pressure and international sanctions imposed since North Korea first conducted a nuclear test in 2006 have cut into its traditional markets in the Middle East. North Korea is also losing business in Myanmar, which has committed to cutting military dealings with Pyongyang as a price for improved relations with the West. Also, there’s shrinking demand for the kind of poor quality, Soviet-type weaponry of 1960s and 1970s vintage that Pyongyang

produces and that have limited applications on the modern battlefield.

Arms control expert Joshua Pollack said North Korea accounted for more than 40 percent of the approximately 1,200 ballistic missile systems supplied to the developing world between 1987 and 2009, mostly before the mid-1990s. But he said Pyongyang’s cli-ent base has shrunk since then because of a “sustained pressure campaign by the U.S. to get buyers of North Korea war materiel and technology to stop.”

“The main effect of sanctions and inter-diction has been to put the heat on buyers, whenever the U.S. and its partners have some leverage over them,” said Pollack, but he added that “Iran and Syria don’t care about what we think.”

NKorea may see few buyers despite rocket success

AP Photo/KCNA, File

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo released by Korean Central News Agency, North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea.

REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Opposition to protest against “invalid” constitutionReuters

CAIRO - Egypt’s opposition plans new protests on Tuesday against a planned Islamist-backed constitution that looks set to be approved in the second round of a referendum next weekend. Islamist President Mohamed Mursi obtained a 57 percent “yes” vote for the constitution in initial voting on Saturday, his party said, less than he had hoped for.

Scottish town shares agony of U.S. school tragedy

REUTERS/David MoirA newspaper billboard displays a message of support for the vic-tims and families of the school shootings in Newtown in the U.S., outside a newsagents in Dunblane, Scotland December 17, 2012.

Semarapura (Bali Post) –

A number of roads in Nusa Penida have been repaired by Klungkung Public Works (PU) yet the job was not good. The road became uneven and created several accidents such as at Dusun Bingin, Paku Area towards Dusun Dangkap, Batu Kandik Village, Nusa Penida.

Nyoman Tisna, Dusun Bingin Head, last Monday (17/12) stated the three meters road doesn’t seemed to be repaired at all as it cause accidents and it is pre-dicted will wear off by a year. The Agency should’ve focused in one place to repair first then move to an-other place. The same condition was also seen from the heart of the Batu Kandik Village towards Dusun Tanglad, Nusa Penida. Meanwhile Dusun Dungkap Head, Merta Gunada, admitted there hasn’t been any road repair given here when actually the road here is much more damaged than the three kilometers road (Dusun Bingin-Dusun Dungkap). Gunada admitted not knowing what the priority scale to get the road repaired is. In other hand Head of the Agency, A.A. Ngurah Agung, stated that he did not know of that condition as many roads in Nusa Penida are being repaired. He admitted that the repair hasn’t been perfect as those receiving it were only the ones severely damaged. Even so, Agung will check it straight away and meet the Dusun Heads to solve at Nusa Penida. (kmb31)

Gianyar (Bali Post)—

The family of I Nyoman Sumarta, 53, at Tegal Hamlet, Tulikup village, Gianyar, was surprised by the appearance of carrion flower at his house courtyard on Monday (Dec 17). It produced strong odor of decay-ing flesh so that it was surrounded by flies. It had a height of 60 cm and a diameter of 40 cm.

According to Putu Parwata, 30, one of the sons of Nyoman Sumarta, he first discovered the carrion flower on Saturday night (Dec 16). Such discovery was preceded with the emergence of foul odor around the courtyard. Hundreds of flies thronged his home. Since he was curious, Putu searched and finally found where the smell of flower came from.

Since the odor was very strong, the fam-ily had suspected the source to originate from chicken or dog carcasses. Apparently, the stench was coming from carrion flower. “There is no strange hunch so far before the discovery of the carrion flower,” he explained. (kmb16)

Singaraja (Bali Post)—

Fish market kiosk at Anturan village, Buleleng subdistrict, has been left by traders since a month ago. It is triggered by jealousy where the other traders were allowed to sell at roadside. As a result, the traders in the market leave their kiosk and peddle on the Singaraja-Seririt road-side, precisely in front of the community health center. In addition, the facilities in the market kiosk are inadequate.

Field observation held on Monday (Dec 17) indicated the market kiosks were empty without traders. As a result, the market kiosks looked dormant and its surrounding began to be overgrown by weeds. Even, many bulbs did not work, but were not replaced. More seriously, since the market kiosks were established, they were not equipped with water connection to be used by traders and visitors.

A number of traders were then build-ing shacks on the roadside of Singaraja-Seririt. The location was re-occupied by them after being relocated to the newly constructed market kiosks. They built shanties with tarpaulin roof. They claimed to sell on the roadside because

condition of the kiosks did not support, while the other traders were allowed to sell on the roadside. These conditions re-sulted in social jealousy, so that they left the newly established market kiosks.

The Head of Buleleng Fisheries and Maritime Resources, Nyoman Sutrisna, when contacted on Monday (Dec 17) said the management of fish market kiosk had been handed over to government of Anturan village after the completion. On this basis, the management (authority of Anturan vil-lage) should take care of the market kiosks including the traders leaving the kiosks. “The facility has been handed over to vil-lage authority to be fully managed. In other words, the maintenance and traders who left the market kiosks are the responsibility of village authority,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Headman of An-turan, Gede Suradnya, when asked for his confirmation said that to resolve the problem of village fish market his party was still asking for the assistance of local government.

He argued that based on early deal where if the management of market ki-osks had been established, local govern-ment would receive revenue sharing of

25 percent of the total levies collected. Besides, 25 percent was handed over to customary village as compensation for the land used, 25 percent for village au-thority and 25 percent for collector of the levy. “On this basis, I think the problem is not only the responsibility of village authority, but also of local government and customary village,” he said.

According to Suradnya, since the traders left the kiosks, his party has ap-proached them. However, no decision was reached. As planned, the traders would be gathered by chief of customary village to find out the best solution for the issue. As for the facility improvement such as the water network, Suradnya would further propose assistance to lo-cal government for provision of artesian well. For a while, the clean water was taken from market area by borrowing from private water pipelines.

“Water facility will be completed after constructing the artesian well and the electrical connection will be dis-cussed because I have repeatedly bailed out the electricity bills. Approximately, the monthly electricity bill was IDR 350,000,” he explained. (kmb)

Carrion flower grows at home of Tulikup resident

Traders leave kioskVillage fish market at Anturan dormant

Uneven road repair protested

IBP/fila

The flower which grows in Tulikup, Gian-yar. The growth of the rare flower make the people in the area surprise because it was never happened before. The flower attract many people to see it.

Protesters against Egypt’s President Mohamed Mur-si rest in front of a tent named “Revolution Party” at Tahrir Square in Cairo December 17, 2012.

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A number of local residents hoped the relevant agencies could normal-ize the river channel of Pangkung Muding. “We are hoping the govern-ment can dredge the river channel that causes the flooding,” said Nyo-man Yadnya.

Responding to the proposal, the Head of Denpasar Public Works, I Ketut Winarta, accompanied by the Division Head of Irrigation IGN Putra Sanjaya said that to address the flooding in the drainage system III, his party had made coordination with Bali Public Works. One of the efforts to be made was to normalize the Pangkung Muding River that currently showed a siltation and

narrowing.Putra Sanjaya added the flood-

ing management was carried out by sharing system between the provin-cial and municipal government of Denpasar. Provincial government would attempt to request funding to central government, while field so-cialization was entrusted to Denpasar government. “Well, normalization of Pangkung Muding posing the tribu-tary of Mati River still encounters a problem related to land acquisition. As a result, the project cannot be implemented whereas the funding from central government has been ready,” said Putra Sanjaya.

Admittedly, the only way to

prevent flooding in some areas, including Jalan Teuku Umar Barat (Marlboro), Jalan Gunung Talang, Jalan Tangkuban Perahu and some surroundings housing complexes, was to normalize the Pangkung Muding River. So far, the river had superficiality and narrowing. According to Putra Sanjaya, the normalization project was planned along 2 km with a width at upstream area of 7 meters. “Due to a problem in the field, the project cannot be realized,” said Putra Sanjaya while admitting if his party had made coordination with Headman of Pa-dangsambian Kelod related to the project socialization. (kmb12)

Condition apprehensiveHanacaraka Klungkung wants to fix Kertha Ghosa

IBP/Net

Tourists visited Kertha Ghosa that located on Klungkung Regency. Wahana Cipta Warisan Kebudayaan (Hanacaraka) of Klungkung Regency wants to repair the Kertha Ghosa cultural heritage. Con-dition of the Kertha Ghosa building is very alarming, especially two buildings of the floating pavilion and Kerta pavilion.

Aftermath of flooding in West Denpasar

Residents ask river’s normalizationBali Post

DENPASAR — The flooding that overwhelmed West Denpasar on Friday (Dec 14) made a number of residents complain. Location of the flooding was at drainage system III, namely on Jalan Teuku Umar Barat, Jalan Gunung Talang and Jalan Bikini Utara. The disaster was caused by the overflowing water in Pangkung Muding River, denoting the tributary of Mati River. The overflow was estimated to happen due to the narrowing of the Pangkung Muding river channel.

IBP/Eka Adhiyasa

The flooding that overwhelmed West Denpasar on Friday (Dec 14) made a number of residents complain.

Bali PostSEMARAPURA - Wahana Cipta

Warisan Kebudayaan (Hanacaraka) of Klungkung Regency wants to repair the Kertha Ghosa cultural heritage. Condition of the Kertha Ghosa build-ing is very alarming, especially two buildings of the floating pavilion and Kerta pavilion. Therefore, it is very dangerous for the existence of the building and Kamasan painting therein. Hanacaraka Klungkung plans to repair by raising funds from the public without question about the ownership status.

Such desire was presented by Chairman of Hanacaraka Klungkung, Tjokorda Bagus Oka, in his letter to the Regent of Klungkung, Wayan Candra, Monday (Dec 17). Hanac-araka Klungkung asked for permission to Klungkung Regency as the manage-ment for the repair without disput-ing the ownership. Therefore, there would be no polemic in the future. It was undertaken because if the build-ing’s damaged roof was left without improvement it would be destroyed. If that happened, then the symbol of struggle of Klungkung kingdom and its people during the war on April 29, 1908 against the Dutch invaders would vanish. As consequence, the future generation would not inherit the epitome of the struggle.

In the letter, the Hanacaraka un-derstood the Klungkung Regency did not allocate any budget for the improvement because the ownership status between the palace and local government was unclear. As previ-ously reported by Bali Post, as the sta-tus of Kertha Ghosa was unclear, the Klungkung government was unable to allocate a fund for improvement in the regional budget. According to Hanacaraka, such mindset was very strange because on the one hand, the Klungkung government claimed

to be unable to do the repairs due to unclear status. On the other hand, the money earned by the management of Kertha Ghosa from admission fee of visitors was included as the source of regionally generated revenue (PAD) of Klungkung. Therefore, according to Hanacaraka, the fund earned and included as a source of regional rev-enue was illegal.

Supposedly, beyond the exist-ing problem, Kertha Ghosa needed repairing in the near future without breaking the rules. For example, the improvement could be funded with the sale of tickets before it was deposited to the regency (prior to be included in regional budget) and of course with supervision. To do so, it was required a common understanding and clear heart for the sake of Kertha Ghosa.

Meanwhile, the Head of Klung-kung Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Sujana, said last Monday the revenue obtained by management of Kertha Ghosa, such as ticket sales, could not directly be used to make improvement of Kertha Ghosa. Pursu-ant to procedure, the revenue should go first into the local government trea-sury. After that, if there was a plan of improvements, it could be allocated. In other words, improvement of Kertha Ghosa could not be made using the revenue obtained from the operation of Kertha Ghosa.

Sujana suggested if there was goodwill from the royal party to make improvement of Kertha Ghosa thoroughly, there should be a common understanding in order the desire to certify the Kertha Ghosa could be done, though it was only clarifying about the right of use. As a matter of fact, many parties wanted to make improvement of Kertha Ghosa, but after discovering there was no clarity about the status, they even canceled it. (kmb31)

“This is a fair agreement that addresses the concerns of our mem-bers, the men and women who work hard every day to keep theaters safe, clean and running for the millions of theatergoers who come to Broadway from around the world,” said Shirley Aldebol, vice president of 32BJ.

Members of the union last week authorized a strike if an acceptable new deal wasn’t reached by the end of the year. The current contact ends Dec. 30. Workers are seeking pay increases and better health care benefits.

The Broadway League, which represents producers and theater own-ers, said the tentative agreement came after productive negotiations.

Any strike would have affected workers at 32 of Broadway’s 40 theaters where the 32BJ has a con-tract, including all the Shubert, Nederlander and Jujamcyn-owned theaters, as well as the Circle in the Square Theatre.

The most recent major strike on Broadway was in late 2007, when a 19-day walkout dimmed the lights

on more than two dozen shows and cost producers and the city millions of dollars in lost revenue.

The 32BJ, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, has more than 120,000 total members, with most concentrated in the Northeast. It represents jani-tors, property maintenance workers, doormen, security officers, window cleaners and food service workers. The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds had backed 32BJ in its strike authorization.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — The image of his brother trapped in a car with water rising to his neck, his eyes silently pleading for help, is part of a recur-ring nightmare that wakes Anthony Gatti up, screaming, at night. Gatti hauled his brother out of the car just in time, saving his life at the height of Superstorm Sandy. The two men rode out the hurricane in their childhood Staten Island home and survived. But weeks afterward, Gatti still hasn’t moved on.

Now he’s living in a tent in the backyard, burning pieces of furniture as firewood, refusing to leave until the place is demolished. Day and night, he is haunted by memories of the storm.

“My mind don’t let me get past the fact that I can’t get him out of the car. And I know I did,” Gatti said, squeezing his eyes tightly shut at the memory. “But my mind don’t let me think that. My mind tells me I couldn’t save him, he dies.”

As communities battered by Sandy clear away the physical wreckage, a new crisis is emerging: the mental and emotional trauma that storm victims, including children, have endured.

The extent of the problem is difficult to measure, as many people are too anxious to even leave their homes, wracked by fears of wind and water and parting from their loved ones. Others are too busy dealing with losses of property and livelihood to deal with their grief.

To tackle the problem, government officials are dispatching more than 1,000 crisis counselors to the worst-hit areas in New York and New Jersey, helping victims begin the long work of repairing Sandy’s emotional damage.

Counselors are assuring people that anxiety and insomnia are natural after a disaster. But when the trauma starts to interfere with daily life, it’s probably time to seek help. And in a pattern that played out in New Or-leans and the Gulf Coast after Hurri-cane Katrina in 2005, symptoms may only get worse as victims transition from the initial shock to the disillu-sionment phase of the recovery.

“Folks are starting to realize that they may be in this for the long haul,” said Eric Hierholzer, a com-mander in the U.S. Public Health Service. “And things aren’t neces-sarily going to get better tomorrow or next week.”

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger’s syndrome, experts say there is no connection between the disorder and violence. Asperger’s is a mild form of autism often characterized by social awkwardness.

“There really is no clear as-sociation between Asperger’s and violent behavior,” said psychologist Elizabeth Laugeson, an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Little is known about Adam Lanza, identified by police as the shooter in the Friday massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school. He fatally shot his mother

before going to the school and kill-ing 20 young children, six adults and himself, authorities said.

A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonym-ity because the person was not authorized to discuss the unfolding investigation, said Lanza had been diagnosed with Asperger’s.

High school classmates and oth-ers have described him as bright

but painfully shy, anxious and a loner. Those kinds of symptoms are consistent with Asperger’s, said psychologist Eric Butter of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, who treats autism, including Asperger’s, but has no knowledge of Lanza’s case.

Research suggests people with autism do have a higher rate of aggressive behavior — outbursts,

shoving or pushing or angry shout-ing — than the general population, he said. “But we are not talking about the kind of planned and inten-tional type of violence we have seen at Newtown,” he said in an email.

“These types of tragedies have occurred at the hands of individu-als with many different types of personalities and psychological profiles,” he added.

Labor headache on Broadway may be avertedAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK — A union representing hundreds of Broadway theater cleaners, porters, eleva-tor operators and bathroom attendants reached a tentative agreement with theater producers to avert a strike, both sides said Monday. The potential deal must still be ratified by the 250 theater workers represented by the 32BJ union, a process expected to be completed by next week. Details of the deal were not immediately revealed.

AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, cleaners, porters and matrons of theater union SEIU Local 32BJ demonstrate outside the Broadway League’s office, before a vote au-thorizing a strike in New York.

Mental health toll emerges among Sandy survivors

AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File

FILE - In this file photo of Nov. 20, 2012 photo, Anthony Gatti makes a call while resting in a tent where he is living in the Mid-land Beach section of the Staten Island borough of New York.

Experts: No link between Asperger’s, violence

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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, sailings, 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

Calendar Event for December 12 through December 27, 2012

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

12 Des Buda Keliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Banjar Pu-lasari Desa Peninjoan Tembuku - BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Te n -gah - BulelengPura Desa Kayangan Tiga Desa Bubunan Seririt - BulelengPura Agung Gunung Raung Ban-jar Taro Kaja Taro - TegalalangMerajan Pasek Dangka Bungbun-gan

22 Des Hari Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit JembranaOdalan Betara ratu Gede Celuk SukawatiOdalan Betara Ratu Wedyadari Camenggaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Pengembun-gan Sesetan DenpasarBetara Ratu Alit dan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta UbudPura Pedarmaan Dalem Suka-wati BesakihPura Pedarmaan Mengwi Be-sakihPura Pedarmaan Kaba-kaba BesakihPura Pedarmaan dalem Bakas BesakihPura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel

Pegatepan Gelgel KlungkungPura Pemrajan Agung Sulang Kec Dawan KlungkungMerajan Pasek Bendesa Kori Agung PengatepanPura Pedarmaan Dinasti dalem sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan P u r a Besakih (Dalem Klungkung)Pura Penataran Giri Purwa dan Pesraman Dusun Kuto Rejo Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyu-angi

26 Des Buda Wage Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Pa-dang KarangasemPura Melanting Desa Cameng-gaon SukawatiPura Penataran Ped Nusa Peni-daPura Pasek Gelgel Pangembun-gan Bongkase AbiansemalPura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Br. Jawa Ten-gah BulelengPura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Sin-gakerta UbudPura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding TampaksiringPura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Kedonganan Kuta

Pura Goa BesakihPura Basukian BesakihPenataran Agung BesakihMerajan Pasek Gelgel PejengMerajan Pasek Gelgel SonganMerajan Pasek Prateka Pekan-delan SidemenMerajan Pasek Prateka Taman Sari SukasadaPura dadia Pasek Gelgel Side-men KarangasemMerajan Pasek Gelgel Tampua-gan, Tembuku, Bangli

27 Des Purnama Kepitu Pr. Benua Besakih.Pura Dalem Desa Camenggaon - SukawatiPura Suranadhi LombokPura Narmada LombokPura Segara Ampenan LombokMr Agung Dewa Agung Klung-kung Ulah SidemenPura Gunungrene S i d e m e n - Karangasem.Merajan Pasek Gelgel AbabiMr. Pasek gelgel TistaPura Gunung Gunung - Tianyar - Kubu - KarangasemPura Pingit Klenting sari Banjar Sumberkelompok - Gerokgak - SingarajaPura Payogan Agung Kutai Kartanegara

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Negara (Bali Post)—Two companies under

construction in Melaya sub-district were reprimanded by the team of Licensing Office and public order officer (Satpol PP) of Jembrana on Monday (Dec 17). The team raided PT Jafpa at Tukadaya and PT Charoen Pokphand Jaya Farm at Tuwed vil-lage.

Chief of public order of-ficer, Putu Widarta, told re-porters that PT Jafpa indeed had owned a building permit (IMB) but the building was not appropriate with the designation and design.

According to him, the Jembrana Public Works was still performing a study and the building had to be re-built. Besides, the building was alleged to violate the borderline and it was only 20 meters from the road mid-point. The officers requested to stop the activities first and the building should be adapted to design as men-tioned in the permit.

Meanwhile, the construc-tion in PT Charoen was stopped because the per-mit was still under process. From the checking, it was known if the building was

taken advantage for hatching chickens.

In PT Japfa, there was indeed a building estab-lished too close to roadside. Last Monday afternoon, the building construction re-mained to be visible. Mean-while, the workers in PT Charoen seemed to have stopped their construction activities.

Widarta said the manage-ment of both companies was immediately summoned and given understanding. Both companies claimed to be willing to improve their building project. (kmb26)

Information from mem-bers of the Regional Disas-ter Management Agency (BPBD) of Denpasar said that at that time the victim was playing with his older cousin in a small bam-boo bridge. They messed around on the bridge. Suddenly, the victim’s leg slipped and fell into the river to get dragged. The victim’s playmate was un-able to save him because of the torrent.

Ultimately, the inci-dent was known by the victim’s family. Uncle of the victim, Nyoman Yuda, reported the incident to pecalang or customary

security officer of Peme-cutan Kaja. Afterward, the report was forwarded to the BPBD. Then, the search was immediately made by exploring to the river bank. However, the search was slightly de-layed because the river stream was quite swift and deep.

The off icers of the BPBD Denpasar also put nets in the channel of Tebe River next to Oscar Varia-si on Jalan Imam Bonjol. Meanwhile, the SAR team was deployed to explore the river from the scene. However, until this news was published, the victim

had not been found.The search for victim

conducted by a team of the Regional Disaster M a n a g e m e n t A g e n c y (BPBD) of Denpasar as-sisted by SAR team took a long time. They were not only targeting the channel of Tebe River but also the channel of Badung River as it also flowed to Badung River. “The BPBD team, disas-ter preparedness youth (Tagana), Red Cross and SAR team also searched in the area of Buagan dam to find out the victim,” said one of the BPBD of-ficers. (kmb12)

Tabanan (Bali Post)—Heavy rains flushing Tabanan

claimed a great loss. A shrine be-longing to Made Sukarta, 40, at Sambian Pondok hamlet, Timpag vil-lage, Kerambitan, was swept away by avalanche on Monday (Dec 17). Five motorcycles belonging to victim were buried, consisting 2 units of Honda Vario, 1 unit of Yamaha Jupiter MX and 2 units of Honda Supra. They were totally damaged.

Total loss was estimated to reach over IDR 100 million. Luckily, the avalanche did not erode the house of victim. When the incident happened at 11:00 p.m., Sunday (Dec 16), the victim just closed the window. A moment later, he heard the sound of thunder from beside the house and rushed out. In fact, a three-meter high revetment had collapsed and dragged the shrine. The avalanche hoarded his garage containing five motorcycles. “At that time, the rain had subsided. But, it suddenly collapsed,” said Su-karta. He said the collapsed shrine was just built three months ago.

When seeing his shrine avalanched, Sukarta could only surrender. Since the condition was hazardous, he chose to wait for help. The evacuation process could only be held after sunrise. With the help of local residents, the buried motorcycles could be evacuated. “All motorcycles are damaged, the most se-riously damaged was the Honda Vario,” complained Sukarta.

Meanwhile, his shrine collapsed as eroded by the avalanche. According to Sukarta, the shrine was just built three months ago. When established it, he had made the revetment abso-lutely strong. However, due to unstable backfill, the revetment broke and then dragged his shrine.

As a result of the incident, the fam-ily of Sukarta claimed to be traumatic. Moreover, the heavy rains kept on flushing Tabanan. The avalanche was only two meters from the wall of his house. “I’m afraid if there will be subsequent avalanche,” he said. After the incident, the family of Sukarta held nebusin ritual. He said the ritual was intended to invoke safety. (kmb30)

Buildings violate, two companies in Melaya reprimanded

Boby swept away by torrent of Tebe RiverDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Heavy rains flushing Denpasar on Monday afternoon (Dec 17) claimed a victim. One of the kindergartners, Putu Eka Boby Anggara Putra, 5, was swept away by the torrent of Tebe river. The victim got dragged from the edge of Tebe river on Jalan Wibisana Gang Sentul Manis.

Avalanche in TabananA shrine collapses, five motorcycles buried

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Instead, she and screenwriter Mark Boal turned “Zero Dark Thirty” into a more complex look at the decade-long hunt for the al Qaeda leader, including a frank presentation of U.S. torture and previously undisclosed details of the mission to hunt down the man behind the September 11 attacks.

When the film opens in limited U.S. release on Wednesday, Bigelow and Boal want audiences to disregard a year of

controversies, including claims, which they have denied, that the film mak-ers were leaked classified information. “It’s about a look inside the intelligence community. The strength and power and courage and dedication and tenacity and vulnerability of these women and men,” Bigelow, 61, told Reuters in a joint in-terview with Boal.

Bigelow won an Academy Award in 2010 for “The Hurt Locker,” about U.S.

army bomb disposal experts in Iraq. She says her latest movie puts the audience at the center of the quest to find bin Laden, and gives a perspective of the U.S. intelligence community and how its methods changed in the years following the September 11 attacks.

“It’s a controversial topic, it’s a topic that has been endlessly politicized. The film has been mischaracterized for a year and a half and we would love it if people would go and see it and judge for themselves,” Boal said.

The action thriller has emerged as an Oscar front-runner after picking up multiple early awards and nominations from Hollywood groups.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge sentenced a hacker to 10 years in prison on Monday after he broke into the per-sonal online accounts of Scarlett Johans-son, Christina Aguilera and other women and posted revealing photos and other material on the Internet. U.S. District Judge S. James Otero sentenced Christo-pher Chaney after hearing from a tearful Johansson in a videotaped statement.

The case included the revelation that nude photos taken by Johansson of herself and meant for her then-husband Ryan Reynolds were leaked online.

“I have been truly humiliated and embarrassed,” Johansson said. “I find

Christopher Chaney’s actions to be per-verted and reprehensible.”

Prosecutors said Chaney, 35, of Jack-sonville, Fla., also targeted two women he knew, sending nude pictures of one former co-worker to her father. The judge noted the damage to the women was in some ways worse than what Chaney’s celebrity victims endured.

The women, identified in court filings only by initials, wrote in letters to Otero that their lives have been irreparably damaged by Chaney’s actions. One has anxiety and panic attacks; the other is de-pressed and paranoid. Both said Chaney was calculated, cruel and creepy.

“It’s hard to fathom the mindset of a per-son who would accomplish all of this,” Otero

said. “These types of crimes are as pernicious and serious as physical stalking.”

Prosecutors were seeking six years imprisonment, but Otero said he was concerned that Chaney would not be able to control his behavior and had shown a “callous disregard” for his actions.

Chaney, who could have faced a maxi-mum sentence of 60 years under the law, apologized in court but denied that he had sent naked photos of women he knew to their relatives. “I don’t know what else to say other than I’m sorry,” Chaney said. “I could be sentenced to never use a com-puter again and I wouldn’t care.” Chaney previously pleaded guilty to counts that included wiretapping and unauthorized access to a computer.

AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2011 file photo, Christopher Chaney, 35, of Jacksonville, Fla., leaves federal court in Los Angeles.

Hollywood hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison

Bin Laden movie “Zero Dark Thirty” arrivesReuters

NEW YORK - Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow could have made a testosterone-fueled shoot-’em-up Hollywood version of the cap-ture and killing of Osama bin Laden.

FILE - This undated public-ity film image provided by Columbia Pictures Indus-tries, Inc. shows Jessica Chastain playing a member of the elite team of spies and military operatives stationed in a covert base overseas who secretly de-voted themselves to finding Osama Bin Laden in Colum-bia Pictures’ gripping new thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow, “Zero Dark Thirty.”

AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley, File

Information recovered from the Sukhoi Superjet-100’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder indicated the pilot in com-mand was chatting with a potential buyer in the cockpit just before the plane slammed into dormant Mount Salak on May 9, Commission Chairman Tatang Kurniadi told reporters.

He said that 38 seconds before the crash,

instruments inside the cockpit issued a warn-ing saying “pull up, terrain ahead.” Later the warning “avoid terrain” was issued six times, but the instruments were turned off because the crew assumed there was a problem with the database, Kurniadi said. He added that a simulation showed that the crash could have been avoided if the crew had responded

within 24 seconds of the first warning.“The crew was not aware of the moun-

tainous area surrounding the flight path,” Kurniadi said.

The Jakarta radar service was also not equipped with a system in the area where the crash occurred that was capable of informing flight crews of minimum safe altitudes, he added. Russian pilot Alexander Yablontsev was in charge of the flight and was an expe-rienced test pilot, logging 10,000 hours in the Sukhoi Superjet and its prototypes.

Soon after takeoff from a Jakarta airfield, the pilot and co-pilot asked air traffic control for permission to drop from 3,000 meters

to 1,800 meters (10,000 feet to 6,000 feet). The plane disappeared from the radar im-mediately after in West Java.

Last month, Indonesia certified the Russian-made passenger jetliner as safe to fly in the country after a thorough validation process unrelated to the crash investigation. This opened the lines for delivery of the air-craft to its first customer in Southeast Asia, the Indonesian airline Sky Aviation, which signed a deal for 12 planes.

The Superjet is Russia’s first new model of passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union two decades ago and is intended to help resurrect its aerospace industry.

Indonesian National Trans-portation Safety Committee

investigator Mardjono Siswo-suarno shows the site where

a Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet-100 plane crashed

into a mountain in a joy flight in May 2012, during a press conference in Jakarta, Indo-

nesia, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. Human error caused a Rus-

sian-made passenger jetliner to crash into an Indonesia

volcano seven months ago during a demonstration flight,

killing all 45 people aboard, the National Commission on

Safety Transportation an-nounced Tuesday.

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

Human error caused Sukhoi crashAssociated Press

JAKARTA — Human error caused a Russian-made passenger jetliner to crash into an Indonesia volcano seven months ago during a demonstration flight, killing all 45 people aboard, the National Commission on Safety Trans-portation announced Tuesday.

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