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The farmers don’t have the bar-gaining power to determine the price.For that reason, the governmentshould take actions to assists thefarmers. The government could es-tablish an organization to organizethe crops produce by the farmers.

The organization also can find themarket so the price will be reason-

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Seaweeds farmers are being played by the businessmen.

Negara (Bali Post)—

The typical Cagcag weaving ar-tisans of Jembrana Regency feelincreasingly confused today. Priceof raw material rising and the sell-ing price turning smaller conse-quently have an impact on their turn-over. Moreover, when entering the

Played by businessmen

Nusa Penida SeaweedFarmers difficult to developSemarapura (Bali Post) –

Seaweed from Nusa Penida has special character which is demanded by the market. How-ever, seaweed seemed to be difficult in helping the people to increase their welfare. Currently,the price of the seaweed is determined by the local businessmen so it is very low.

able for them. Ketut Panca, a memberof Klungkung House of Representa-tive, said “currently, the businessmenlike to play with the price. In NusaPenida there are only two businessmenthat handle the seaweed crops from thefarmers.”

Both of them can decreased theprice because the lack of knowledge

of the farmers. “The farmers are stillusing the traditional way to guess theseason. When it is rainy, the seaweedcould decompose and during dry sea-son, it is very difficult to grow seaweed.So the farmers sell their crops for what-ever price they get,” he added.

The condition is very worrying forthe farmer so Panca urged the govern-

ment to do something. In addition tothe low price, the farmers also sufferedfrom other problems such as diseases.Most of the diseases that attack sea-weed don’t have the cure yet.

There are two kinds of seaweedsdeveloped by the farmers in NusaPenida, they are cottoni andspinosium. Both of them are betterfrom the similar crop in other area es-pecially in terms of the fabric.

Many buyers from outside Balidemanded the seaweed from NusaPenida but the farmers only can enjoythe small amount of profit. (kmb20)

Cagcag Weavers Haunted by Foreign TextilesThey Turn to Work at Rice Field

ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) thisyear, they are increasingly concernedabout the displacing of textile prod-ucts by that of neighboring countriesjoining the AFTA.

Surprisingly, many crafters con-sisting of mostly housewives pre-ferred to leave the profession ascraftsmen and switched to another

job. A number of weaving artisansat Sangkaragung Village confessedto leave their weaving professionand moved to become farm labor-ers because its results were a littlemore promising for their dailybread and butter.

Made Darmi, one of the weav-ers turning to be farming laborer at

Pangkung Gondang Hamlet, saidthat the current price of yarn roseby 200 percent. Meanwhile, the re-sult of weaving works done for aweek was only sold at IDR125, 000.Such condition caused more than60 percent of weavers at her placeswitched their jobs.Continued on page 6

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Agung Alit met last Saturday(Jan 16), at Blahkiuh said duringthis time his side had difficulty indisciplining and inventoryingthose billboard ads and bannersbecause the party of advertisersoften cheated the Dispenda. “Yes,we indeed admit to find difficultyin controlling billboard advertis-ing,” he said.

Mode used by billboard adver-tiser, said Alit Agung, when theofficers of Dispenda Badung wasperforming a control to the field,in fact that targeted advertisinghas been withdrawn. However,

Negara (Bali Post)—

Dozens of migrant fishpond la-bors were arrested by JembranaCivil Servant Police Unit (SatpolPP) because they were known tohave no seasonal resident identitycard (Kipem), last Saturday (Jan 16) afternoon. Approximately elevenmigrant labors from West NusaTenggara, Sulawesi and Java weresecured in one of the ponds atTaman Hamlet, Tuwed Village,Melaya.

Such control was based on infor-mation received from the local resi-dent alleging the UD Terus Jayafishpond employed illegal workerswho have not had Kipem. Even,some of those laborers have livedpermanently but have not had per-mission to live or work in thatshrimp fishpond.

Dozens of those workers wereexamined when harvesting shrimpand away from each other. The of-ficers coming at around 5:00 pmLocal Time summoned all laborsright away to be gathered. The of-ficer collected the data of their iden-tity and other administrative details,including ID card and Kipem.

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Amlapura (Bali Post)—

Defendant I Nyoman Mangkualias Mangku Kari, 45, wascharged 20-year prison sentencein a trial in Amlapura Court notlong ago. Responding to the de-mands of the prosecutor, legal ad-visor of the defendant I MadeRuspita who was contacted lastSunday (Jan 17) in Amlapura saidthat his party would convey thedefense statement of his client inthe next session.

Public prosecutor AgusAdnyana prove d Mangku Karifrom Pedahan village was guiltyof planned murder according toArticle 340 of the Penal Code.Where, Mangku Kari massacredhis brother-in-law when the vic-tim was the squatting to bargain apig at Tukad Deling market, WestTianyar, five months ago.

When pierced with a machetethat usually used by the defendantwas previously utilized to slaugh-ter pig at helping neighbors whoheld traditional activities.The vic-tim still had time to run. However,

Illegal Billboards in Badung

Often Confesses toOften Confesses toOften Confesses toOften Confesses toOften Confesses toMiss Regional RevenueMiss Regional RevenueMiss Regional RevenueMiss Regional RevenueMiss Regional RevenueDenpasar (Bali Post)—

The rise of commercial billboards in the form of banners and billboards in Badung Regencyleaves a wide range of issues. Problems that often highlighted is the declining of environmentalaesthetic because of so many ads placed by the roadside. Not only environmental aesthetic prob-lems in plain view, the Head of Badung Regional Revenue Service (Kadispenda), I Gusti AgungAlit Agung, admitted his side was often missed in an attempt to control the banners and bill-boards, especially in terms of the ad content and taxes.

after the discipline operation, thosebillboards or commercial bannerswere actually re-installed by theadvertiser. “Advertisersoftenplayed hide-and seek with us.When we take operation they werenot installed, but installed again onthe next day, and so on. Conse-quently, our officers are oftenmissed,” said Agung Alit.

Since his party did not want tobe fooled again, Alit Agung af-firmed to take a new strategynamely by tightening the billboardlicensing. One week before thepermit expired, the Dispenda

Badung would make a binding li-censing with advertisers. Materialof agreements contaied theadvertiser’s decision whether toextend the permit or not. If the ad-vertiser wanted an extension ofpermit, the billboard owners wererequired to pay a security deposit.By this way, billboard advertiserswere expected not to play againwith the Dispenda.

“If providing guarantee in theform of money, billboard ownerswould have to think more whenplaying games with us,” warnedthe Great Alit. (ded)

Murder of Brother-in-Law

Charge with 20 Years Imprisonmentthe victim was in a holding stag-gered and the wound of his bleed-ing abdominal cavity gushed freshblood. The defendant chased andstabbed him for several times. Lo-cal residents at the market had notime to break up the fight, becauseit happened so quickly. Apparently,the defendant had followed the vic-tim from his village at Pedahan andstalked victims as unsuspecting.

When the incident ensued, resi-dents at the market of TukadDeling shocked and the victim wasrushed to be taken to communityhealth center of Tianyar. Unfortu-nately, when arriving at the healthcenter, the victim was declareddead. Meanwhile, the accused wasabout to run away, but not far fromthe market he was successfully ar-rested by members of detectivepolice of Karangasem Resort Po-lice that have made patrol at thelocal market since that morning onresponding to related reports ofresidents mentioning the frequentpickpocket or theft action.

When examined by police andthe before the judge panel chaired

by Made Yuliada, Mangku Kariadmitted deliberately to seek hisbrother-in-law because he knewhim to go to Tukad Deling market.The accused brought a machetetucked under his shirts. He plannedto kill his brother in-laws becausehe himself was frightened due tothreatened frequently by the vic-tim by using sword at night andchallenged to fight. “Who is inat-tentive, he would die first. There-fore, rather than dying in vain, Idecided to stab him first,” he said.

Why the victim often searchedfor the accused to his house andpicked a fight, allegedly the vic-tim was grudge against him. Thevictim was just released fromKarangasem Jailhouse after serv-ing a prison sentence because thevictim often maltreated his wife.Victim’s wife was younger sisterof the defendant Mangku Kari. Thedefendant reported the domesticviolence afflicted his younger sis-ter to police station by the reasonthat he had no the heart to see hersuffering due to violent deeds ofthe victim. (013)

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Denpasar government is trying to make the city as beauti-ful as possible. A pedestrian is forced to walk on the sideof the road because the sidewalk is being use to place flow-ers and statues.

As Having No Identity Card,Teens of Fishpond Labors Arrested

and Orderliness, Made Tama, withpermission of Chief of Satpol PPJembrana, I Ketut Wiratma, said theoperation results of last Saturday af-ternoon was the officers foundeleven laborers without Kipem fromBondowoso, Probolingo, West NusaTenggara and Sulawesi. They in-cluded Peter Saingo Lende, 28,Tamo Yasua Ama, 21, JanwarandiPala, 21, from West Sumba, Luke ,21, Danil, 23, Julius Sukanata,18,Melki Yanus, 19, Luke Kaka, 20,West Lombok, Ifandiri, 23,Suwarno, 44, from East Java andEfendi Koja, 23, from the Banggai,Sulawesi.

Furthermore, the eleven fishpondlabors were secured at the office ofSatpol PP Jembrana. They wereobliged to attend civil session lastMonday. From the recognition ofthe migrant labors they did not knowanything about Kipem. They wereemployed by the owner of the pondto serve as fishpond laborers. Theylived at pond shed and served untilthe harvest of shrimp. “They will besent home to their respective areasafter the process of civil session,”added Section Head of Civil Inves-tigator (PPNS), I Made SaptaBudiartha. (sur)

3Tuesday, January 19, 2010International Bali News

Denpasar (Bali Post)—House of Representatives and the

Ministry of National Educationplanning to formulated a system ormethod of the national examination(UN) that was really effective toproduce quality graduates was posi-tively responded by Secretary Gen-eral of Indonesia Association ofTeachers (PGRI) of Bali Branch,Gede Wenten Aryasudha and Headof PGRI of Denpasar Branch, INengah Madiadnyana.To avoid con-troversy and rejection from theranks of education against the UNformat coming into force in the com-ing years, the two officials insistedthat the House and the Ministry ofNational Education should involvedthe PGRI actively in the preparationand adoption of the UN method.

“In each making of vital educa-tional policies including the UN, thegovernment naturally involve PGRIas highly representative organiza-tion that representing the aspirationsof teachers in Indonesia,” WentenAryasudha and Madiadnyana toldBali Post, last Sunday (Jan 17).

According to the two sources ofBali Post, the urge to be involved inthe discussion of UN method wasvery logical. The reason, the teach-ers were actually entitled to at leastassess and evaluate the results of theteaching-learning process achievedby their students. In other words,determination whether or not stu-dents graduated from an educationalunit level would be fairer if done bythe teachers. “The reason, they werethe most knowledgeable about theachievement and the quality of thedevelopment of their students,” saidMadiadnyana firmly justified byWenten Aryasudha.

Wenten Aryasudha andMadiadnyana confessed to agree

A study of long-term health, onMonday (Jan 18), based on 2,401 twinsfound that those who had an activelifestyle looked 10 years younger bio-logically than people who were moresedentary.

Some researchers took DNA fromwhite blood cells and examined thecellular hereditary part of participantsin order to determine the length of agenetic sequence called telomere,found at the end of the chromosome.Short telomere increased when a cellsplit. When the telomere got too short,cells stopped splitting. Aging occurredas more cells reached the end of its te-

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Since last Friday (Jan 15) Sanglah

Hospital treated a baby with spilledintestines from Singaraja. Such femaleinfant was the daughter of Pande PutuArdika, 22, and I Gusti Ketut AyuAriani, 22, who lived on JalanWibisana Singaraja. The baby whohas not had a name until Sunday (Jan17) was still in neonatal intensive careunit (NICU) of Sanglah Hospital.

The Head of Sanglah HospitalEmergency Room, KuningAtmadjaya, when contacted last Sun-day said the baby was in a stable con-dition. “Operation of intestinal inter-calation has been performed two daysago. We have a baby in a stable con-dition. In other words, up to now therehas been no hypothermia, stuffy orfrequent infections in infant in the caseof natural spilled intestines,” ex-plained Kuning. Babies with this in-fection case, according to Kuning,were at risk and most die from it.

Met in the Emergency Room ofSanglah Hospital, the father of thebaby, Pande Putu Ardikatold that their

Tabanan (Bali Post)—Laying chicken breeders in

Tabanan screamed. The reason,they kept on losing money due tothe price of eggs dropped from afew months later and prices feedcontinued to creep up. Breedersconcerned could not survive witha si tuation that lasted longenough.

One of the breeders who is nowsitting in the Tabanan House,Nyoman Satiayasa, last Sunday(Jan 17), said that the highestprice of an egg at the level ofbreeder was IDR 630 per piece.He said it was far from opera-tional costs incurred by breeder.This condition made the breederbe under threat of bankruptcy.The losses occurred due to drop

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Being active indeed has a lot of benefits. Other than being physically active is healthier, activepeople will also be biologically much younger than the lazy who passed most of their time in frontof the television, according to a study published in ‘Archives of Internal Medicine’.

lomere and died.The study indicated a fairly active

person and did physical activities onaverage of 100 minutes per week has atelomere that looked on average of fiveor six times younger than the subjectswho were less active and made physi-cal activity on average of 16 minuteseach week.

Those who performed most activi-ties, on average of 199 minutes perweek, had a look of telomere about nineto ten years younger than the least ac-tive. “These data suggested that sportsactivities may eventually protect thebody from the aging process,” said Tim

D. Spector, a professor of genetic epi-demiology at King’s College of Lon-don, who led the study.

Physical activity could also reducepsychological stress, which has beenassociated with telomeric length. Manyresearchers said they hoped the doc-tors could use these findings to encour-age people to do exercise. “Hopefullywhen the physician teaching or usingclinical treatment could give advice totheir patients about this benefit,”saidSpector. “It may also slow the agingprocess, and people may actually lookand feel younger, which we knewwould be good for most people.”

Infant with Spilled Intestines at Sanglah Hospitalfirst baby was born with the help of amidwife in a normal condition lastFriday (Jan 15) at around 05.30 amLocal Time. “I could see my baby’sbowels were outside while accompa-nying my wife to give birth,” saidArdika.

He did not guess at all that theirbaby would be had deformity becausewhen she got USG examination nosign of strangeness was found. Hisdaughter was declared healthy andnormal. “It once got USG examina-tion when the pregnancy was at theage of six months. At that time, it wasdeclared healthy and normal,” he said.

During pregnancy, according toArdika, his wife had been ill duringthe age of three months of pregnancy.But she did not carelessly take thedrug and drank only the recom-mended drug by midwife. “Whencough and colds, my wife only tookmedicine from the midwife. Shenever took free medication becauseshebasically did not like taking medi-cine,” said Ardika who worked as la-borer of coffee plantation.

During the pregnancy, Ardika’swife remained to work as a shop at-tendant at one of the supermarkets inSingaraja. However, Ardika again af-firmed that she worked as usual andthere was no history of falls or lift-ing weights.

Knowing her intestines were out-side, Ardika’s first child was referredto Buleleng Hospital immediately,which then was brought to SanglahHospital on the same day when thebaby was born. “At the moment, weuse community health insurance(Jamkesmas),” said Ardika wishing animmmediate recovery for his baby.

On the other hand, some time ago,exactly Friday (Dec 30) SanglahHospital received Siamese twins.These infants came to hospitalaround 10:30 pm Local Time, ac-cording to Kuning, the baby wasshortly handled because they diedinstantly. “Indeed, we once handledthe Siamese twins from Gianyar, butunfortunately they died before hecould provide further treatment,” saidKuning. (san)

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Waste disposal unit (DSDP) in Pesanggaran area is used toput household wastes. The second project will be doe soon.

Price of Chicken Feed Increases, Breeders Screamin egg prices was not small. Ide-ally, he said, the price of egg wasaround IDR 700 per piece mak-ing breeders unable to cover theiroperational costs and providelittle benefit.

This former head of BabahanVillage said the number of eggs en-tering into Bali estimated to be oneof the causes of price drop on lo-cal eggs. Similarly, it was also pos-sibly caused by the act of specula-tors where the price at market wasIDR 1,000 but at breeder’s levelshowed no improvement. Beingunable to pay the cost of feed andother operational costs, manybreeders said they were threatenedout of business because mostbreeders in Tabanan belonged tosmall category depending on the

price of eggs. He said it was cer-tainly different from the big breed-ers who could sell the eggs at alower price.

The Head of Tabanan AnimalHusbandry Services, Ni NyomanRusmini, said her party had a chanceto meet breeders at Babahan. Shesaid that it required the efforts deal-ing with the current price of chickenfeed. Regarding to the price,Rusmini claimed to be unable toregulate the price issue due to theprevailing of market mechanism.Rusmini did not dismiss that a lotof eggs entered from outside Bali.Instead, she appealed in order theTabanan breeders should be readyto compete globally. Therefore,they might not be defeated by largerenterprise. (kmb14)

Formulating the Final Exam FormatParliament—NationalEducation Dept Urgedto Involve PGRI

with the members of Commission Xof central House of Representatives,Dr. I Wayan Koster, who accused theUN format that has been imposed didnot given a real picture about thequality of graduates. Occasionally,the academic ability of mediocre stu-dents even got a special value on theUN. While the students whose aca-demic ability in the eyes of his teach-ers considered outstanding even gota lower national examination due touncooperative.

“As educators, we often shakeheads at seeing this phenomenon. In-deed there is something wrong withthe UN format imposed today. There-fore, we are very supportive if theHouse and the Ministry of NationalEducation really seriously want toformulate a new national examinationformat and must be more accountablein terms of quality graduates,”Wenten said Aryasudha andMadiadnyana compactly.

Then, what kind of UN format isconsidered the most ideal assessedby the two seniors of PGRI Bali?According to them, it was more com-fortable if the government re-appliedthe EBTANAS format in determin-ing the graduation of students be-cause it was more objective in mea-suring student’s achievement as awhole. Because the learningachievement of students in previoussemesters, semester grades espe-cially odd and even at last grade, stillbecame an important parameter indetermining student’s graduation.“Most importantly, the determina-tion of a student from graduationlevel of education units must becomethe rights and authority of theteachers’board. Of course, by look-ing at the process and learning theachievement of students for threefull years,” they affirmed. (kmb13)

International4 Tuesday, January 19, 2010 News

Cmdr. John Harbour says piratesleft the Greek-flagged Maran Cen-taurus Monday morning. He said agroup of rival pirates had attackedthe ship just before the ransom wasbeing delivered, prompting the pi-rates onboard the tanker to call forassistance from the anti-piracy force.

He said the EU naval force didnot intervene but declined to givedetails on the actions of other war-ships in the area. The naval force ismonitoring the ship as it leaves So-mali waters, he said.

A Somali middleman, whohelped negotiate for the release ofthe ship, says pirates collected $5.5million Sunday afternoon and leftthe ship Monday morning. The fig-

AP

SANTIAGO, Chile – Billion-aire and now President-electSebastian Pinera invoked the callsto service of John F. Kennedy andBarack Obama as he challengedChileans to come together to im-prove their country.

The conservative businessman,who won Sunday’s election by a 52-48 percent margin over formerPresident Eduardo Frei, vowed toappoint the “best, most prepared,most honest and most dedicated”people to help transform Chile “intothe best country in the world.”

But Pinera’s long and rousingvictory speech made no mentionof foreign policy, and given hisrecent comments about Chile’sneighbors, he may find unity on acontinent dominated by leftist gov-ernments very hard to achieve.

Pinera’s election victory Sundaynight ends two decades of uninter-rupted rule by a center-left coali-tion, and returns to power the samepolitical parties that provided civicsupport for Augusto Pinochet’s bru-tal 1973-1990 dictatorship.

That legacy alone is bound tocomplicate relations with Argentina,whose leader has made prosecutinghuman rights violators a centerpieceof her presidency, and Uruguay,which just elected a former leftist

AP

BERLIN – Israeli Prime Minis-ter Benjamin Netanyahu and mem-bers of his government were in Ber-lin Monday to take part in a specialjoint session with the German gov-ernment, a symbolic visit highlight-ing the two nations’ bond six decadesafter the Holocaust.

It is the first time that an Israeligovernment will convene in Berlin,the former heart of the Nazi regimeand the capital today of a reunifiedGermany.

High on the agenda will beGermany’s push to win the releaseof a captive Israeli soldier held byHamas militants and its efforts to

AFP/Maran Tankers/Ho

File photo of the Greek-flaggedtanker Maran Centaurus is seen at

an unknown location.

EU: Somali pirates releaseEU: Somali pirates releaseEU: Somali pirates releaseEU: Somali pirates releaseEU: Somali pirates releaseGreek supertankerGreek supertankerGreek supertankerGreek supertankerGreek supertankerAP

NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali pirates released a Greek supertankerand its crew of 28 on Monday after a rival pirate group attacked thepirates onboard in an unsuccessful attempt to steal the ransom, thespokesman for the European Union’s anti-piracy force said.

ure could not be immediately con-firmed. The middleman spoke oncondition of anonymity because hesaid he feared reprisals.

The middleman said pirates in twospeedboats attacked the ship Sundayjust before the ransom was due to bedelivered but after a brief shootout,two helicopters from a warship in-tervened. The middleman said thetwo helicopters did not fire at any ofthe pirates, but only hovered overthem, successfully scaring off theattacking group.

The Maran Centaurus was hi-jacked Nov. 29 about 800 miles(1,300 kilometers) off the Somalicoast. It was carrying about 2 millionbarrels of crude oil from Saudi Arabia

destined for the United States, esti-mated to be worth roughly $150 mil-lion at the time of the attack.

A Greek coast guard spokes-woman said the tanker had left So-malia escorted by a Greek frigateand was heading to the South Afri-can port of Durban.

She said all crew members were ingood health, and the ship was expectedto reach Durban in a week. She spokeon condition of anonymity in line withGreek government regulations.

The ship, only the second oiltanker captured by Somali pirates,had 9 Greeks, 16 Filipinos, 2 Ukrai-nians, and a Romanian aboard. Itsseizure resurrected fears of an envi-ronmental or safety disaster firstraised by the capture of the Saudi-owned Sirius Star. That hijackingwas resolved in January last yearwith a $3 million ransom payment.It was carrying 2 million barrels ofoil valued at about $100 million atthe time.

AP

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Dan Meridor,Israel’s Minister of Intelligence

Netanyahu in Berlin for joint session with Merkelcurb Iran’s nuclear ambitions. En-vironmental issues, economic coop-eration and efforts to restart theMiddle East peace process are alsoto be discussed.

The historic trip was originallyscheduled for late November, butwas put off at the last moment whenNetanyahu fell ill with a viral infec-tion and a light fever.

“We assign great importance tothis good relationship with Ger-many,” Netanyahu told his Cabineton Sunday. “It has far-reaching im-plications for Israel’s economy, forIsrael’s policies, for our politicalstruggle in the world and for Israel’ssecurity.”

Six million Jews perished in the

Nazi Holocaust, and Israel was es-tablished three years after the endof World War II. Over the years,Germany has paid $39.4 billion incompensation to Holocaust survi-vors in Israel, some 250,000 ofwhom are still alive.

Some Israelis still refuse to buyGerman-made goods or visit Ger-many. But since the two countriesestablished diplomatic ties in 1965,Germany has become perhapsIsrael’s strongest ally in Europe.Germany is Israel’s third-largesttrade partner after the U.S. andChina. The Germans have alsoplayed a leading role as a Mideastmediator and in efforts to halt Ira-nian nuclear ambitions.

AP

Supporters of Chile’s new president-elect Sebastian Pinera

Pinera victory couldcomplicate Chile’s diplomacy

guerrilla as its president.According to Pinera’s campaign

Web site, his foreign policy goalsinclude peacefully resolving con-flicts, reaching strategic accordsand promoting Latin American in-tegration while protecting Chile’ssovereignty and national identity.

“For Chile it’s vitally importantto have and maintain good relationswith our neighbors and other Ameri-can nations,” Pinera’s platform reads.

But while President MichelleBachelet tried to defuse border ten-sions with Peru and Bolivia andavoid antagonizing VenezuelanPresident Hugo Chavez, Pinera’smore nationalistic tone — andfriendship with Colombia’s conser-vative President Alvaro Uribe —could make relations difficult.

Pinera has criticized Latin Ameri-can populism as a failed approach,and in last week’s presidential de-bate, he called Cuba a “dictatorship,”said Venezuela is “not a democracy”and vowed never to concede land norsea that belongs to Chile.

“This tone is clearly going to be-come an obstacle to building goodrelations with Bolivia, and certainlywith Venezuela,” said MarceloMella, a political scientist at the Uni-versity of Santiago. “It seems to methat nationalistic and chauvinisticdeclarations won’t help generate agood climate for resolving conflicts.”

General Info Tuesday, January 19, 2010 5International

Denpasar

There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners -Denpasar General Hospital(RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongayaand Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private)Jl. Sudirman No 50, DenpasarPhone : 227 560, 234 824

In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medicalevacuation company, thatis:AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah RaiNo. 24X, Kuta 80361.Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that theBlood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh)Negative blood.

Badung

Bali Medical ClinicsThere are some medical clinics that are well known by for-eigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and oper-ated :

Bali International Medical Center (BIMC)Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excel-lent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Servicesfor tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance& Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone: 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta,Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com

International SOS Clinic BaliOpened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visi-tors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-houremergency medical service.Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - IndonesiaPhone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919E-mail : info@sos-bali.comttp ://www.sos-bali.com

Bali Nusa Dua Emergency ClinicJl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

Dental ClinicDr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, DenpasarPhone : 222 445, 234 375

DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324

Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4ABr. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Australian Consulate GeneralJalan Tantular 32 Renon DenpasarPhone: +62 361 241118Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

The Czech RepublicJalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.286 465

France Consulate AgencyJalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.285 485

The Federal Republic of GermanyJalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.288 535

The Republic of HungaryJalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.287 701

Italian ConsulateJalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 005

Honorary Consulate of MexicoJalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.223 266

Honorary Consulate of The NetherlandsJalan Raya Kuta 127, BaliPhone +62.361.761 506

Honorary Consulate of SpainKomplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. JalanPatih Jelantik Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.769 286

USA Consulate AgencyJalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.222 426

Consulate General of JapanJalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.227 628

Honorary Consulate of BritishJalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.270 601

Swiss and Austria ConsulateJalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan IstanaGalleriaPhone +62.361.751 735

Honorary Consulate of BrazilJalan Legian No. 186, BaliPhone +62.361.757 775

Honorary Consulate of ThailandJalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.263 310

Embassy of IndiaJalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 978

Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf FinlandSegara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.282 223

Honorary Consulate of MalaysiaAlam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.752 520

Bangli

Bangli General HospitalJl. Kesumayuda 27, BangliPhone : +62 366 91521

Gianyar

Clinic MasJl. Raya Mas, UbudPhone : +62 361 974573

Toyo ClinicJl. Pengosekan, UbudPhone : +62 361 978078

Permata Bunda ClinicJl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, GianyarPhone : +62 361 942082

Ubud ClinicJl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, UbudPhone : +62 361 974911

Gianyar General HospitalJl. Ciung Wanara 2, GianyarPhone : +62 361 943049

Karangasem

Karangasem General HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai, KarangasemPhone : +62 363 21001

Klungkung

Klungkung General HospitalJl. Flamboyan 40-4, KlungkungPhone : +62 366 21371

Negara

Negara General HospitalJl. Gelar, NegaraPhone : +62 365 41006

Tabanan

Laboratorium ClinicJl. Gunung semeru No. 8, TabananPhone : +62 361 819260

Mengwi ClinicJl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, TabananPhone : +62 361 880550

Darma Kerti HospitalJl. Teratai 16, TabananPhone : +62 361 812359

Tabanan General HospitalJl. Pahlawan 14, TabananPhone : +62 361 811027

Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

Singaraja

Prodia ClinicJl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali0362 - 24-516

Singaraja HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali0362 - 22-573

Pet ClinicsKayumas: (0361) 226934Sayang Binatang: (0361) 483121Satwa Kertha Husada: (0361) 263018Pantai Sindhu: (0361) 287518Sidakarya: (0361) 724492Pedungan: (0361) 720026

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Tuesday, January 19, 20106 News

Mehmet Ali Agca waved to journalists ashe left the prison in a white sedan car in aconvoy of several vehicles. He was taken to amilitary hospital to be assessed for compul-sory military service. A 2006 military hospi-tal report said he is not fit for military servicebecause of a “severe anti-social personalitydisorder.”

There have been long-standing questionsabout the 52-year-old Agca’s mental healthbased on his frequent outbursts and claims thathe was the Messiah.

In a statement on Monday, distributedby his lawyer outside the prison in Sincanon the outskirts of Ankara, the Turkishcapital, he raved again: “I proclaim the endof the world. All the world will be de-stroyed in this century. Every human be-ing will die in this century. ... I am theChrist eternal.”

Agca shot John Paul on May 13, 1981,as the pope rode in an open car in St.Peter’s Square. The pontiff was hit in theabdomen, left hand and right arm, but thebullets missed vital organs. John Paul metwith Agca in Italy’s Rebibbia prison in1983 and forgave him for the shooting.

Vatican spokesman the Rev. FedericoLombardi said there were no plans to com-ment on the release.

The motive for the attack remains unclearbut has not been linked to Islamic issues.

When Agca was arrested minutes after theattack, he declared he had acted alone. Later,he suggested Bulgaria and the Soviet Union’sKGB were behind the attack, but then backedoff that line. His contradictory statementshave frustrated prosecutors over the decades.

Agca has said that he will answer questions

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Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot Pope John-Paul II in Rome in 1981, at left, is seen in theback of a car

Reuters

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’svoodoo priests are objecting to anonymousmass burials as an improper way to handlethe tens of thousands of dead from the earth-quake — and have taken their complaint toPresident Rene Preval.

Dumping the dead in hurriedly excavatedmass graves without proper rites is seen asdesecration in a country where many be-lieve in zombies — dead bodies broughtback to life by supernatural forces whocould persecute the living.

Haitian officials say so far at least 50,000bodies have been dumped in mass gravesoutside the shattered capital, Port-au-Prince,in what they view as the most efficient wayto dispose of the fast-rotting corpses fromTuesday’s disaster.

“It is not in our culture to bury people insuch a fashion,” Haiti’s main voodoo leader,Max Beauvoir, said in a meeting with Preval.

Local radio is broadcasting messages forHaitians to put bodies recovered from underthe rubble of collapsed buildings on the streetfor collection by garbage and other trucks.

“The conditions in which bodies are be-ing buried is not respecting the dignity of

AP

YANGON, Myanmar – Lawyers for op-position leader Aung San Suu Kyi saidMonday they were optimistic Myanmar’shighest court would overturn an extensionof her house arrest imposed after an Ameri-can intruder swam uninvited to her home.

The court began hearing from both sidesin the case Monday and was expected toissue a ruling within a month. Suu Kyi, whowas barred from attending the session, hasbeen detained for 14 of the past 20 years.

The 64-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate’ssentence would ensure she cannot partici-pate in Myanmar’s first elections in twodecades that will be held sometime thisyear. Her party swept the last elections in1990, but the results were never honoredby the military, which has ruled the coun-try since 1962.

Suu Kyi’s lawyers appealed to the Su-preme Court last month after a lower courtupheld a decision to sentence her to an ad-ditional 18 months of house arrest. She hadbeen convicted in August of violating theprevious terms of her detention by brieflysheltering an American who swam to herlakeside home.

Suu Kyi’s lawyer Nyan Win told judgesthe extension was unlawful because it wasbased on provisions from the 1974 Con-

AP

ANKARA, Turkey – The Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 wasreleased from prison on Monday after more than 29 years behind bars.

about the attack after he is released fromprison. His lawyer said he would not speakon Monday but would rest in Ankara. Agca isexpected to travel to Istanbul later, privateNTV television said.

“We are not running away from the media,he may speak in a few days,” lawyer GokayGultekin said.

Agca was released after completing his sen-tence for killing journalist Abdi Ipekci in1979. He had received a life sentence, whichamounts to 36 years under Turkish law, formurdering Ipekci, but he escaped from a Turk-ish prison less than six months into the sen-tence and went on to shoot the pope in Rometwo years later.

Agca reportedly sympathized with the GrayWolves, a far right-wing militant group thatfought street battles against leftists in the1970s. He initially confessed to killing Ipekci,one of the country’s most prominent left-wingnewspaper columnists, but later retracted hisstatements.

After his extradition on June 14, 2000, Agcawas separately sentenced to seven years andfour months for two robberies in Turkey in1979. But authorities deducted his prison sen-tence in Italy and several amnesties andamendment of the penal code reduced his termfurther. The complex situation complicated thecalculation of his remaining term and even ledto his wrongful release from prison in 2006.He was reimprisoned eight days later.

Agca’s military situation was expected tobe clarified as soon as late Monday. Turkishmilitary generally accepts conscripts until theage of 41.

Agca has said he is beginning to considerbook, film and television documentary offers.

Haiti’s voodoo priestsobject to mass burials

these people,” Beauvoir, who was educatedat City College of New York and theSorbonne in Paris, said in the Preval meet-ing this weekend.

More than half of Haiti’s 9 million peopleare believed to practice voodoo, a religionwith roots in Africa. Some 80 percent alsoare Catholic and most Haitians see no con-flict between the two.

Five days after the earthquake, scores ofuntouched corpses, now bloated and stink-ing, remain on streets. Red Cross officialshave repeatedly said no one should fear dis-ease from dead bodies after the earthquakethat is believed to have killed up to 200,000people.

“I don’t understand why everyone isworried about a disease risk,” Haitian RedCross President Michaelle Amedee Gedeontold Reuters. “Do we have cholera in Haiti?No. Do we have the plague in Haiti? No.Rodents, water will not get contaminated.The only bad effect from the corpses is thesmell.”

On Sunday, more bodies appeared over-night, with locals saying they were thievesburned and shot by lynch-mobs, gangs andpolice. They said about 20 people were killedlike that.

Myanmar court hears SuuKyi appeal of house arrest

stitution that are no longer in effect.The court also agreed to review the

house arrest of Suu Kyi’s two female com-panions, who are also ordered confined for18 months at her compound in Yangon.

“We are very optimistic. The law is com-pletely on our side,” Suu Kyi’s lawyer, KyiWin, told reporters waiting outside thecourt. Kyi Win said the ruling would beannounced in a month, correcting anotherlawyer’s assertion it would be handeddown this week.

British Ambassador Andrew Heyn, whoattended the Supreme Court hearing, saidhis government fully supported Suu Kyi’sappeal.

“Our position remains that Suu Kyi’shouse arrest and the detention of all politi-cal prisoners is unjust and we call againon the government to release her and allpolitical detainees without condition,”Heyn said.

On Friday, Suu Kyi met with Cabinetminister Aung Kyi, part of her NationalLeague for Democracy party’s efforts toprepare for the elections. Suu Kyi’s partyhas not yet declared whether it will takepart in the election.

Suu Kyi’s last meeting with Aung Kyi wason Dec. 9, when he informed her that her re-quest to be allowed to meet with the party el-ders was granted. She met them on Dec. 16.

Several years ago, she added, almost atevery house of her village could be encoun-tered weaving tools. Now, with the sale ofunbalanced production to capital, they oneby one did not commit weaving. Today, onlya handful of government-assisted groups thatwas still active, while in the house only eld-erly people who had been unable to take

Cagcag...From page 1 other profession. A crafter remaining active,

Ketut Noris, 70, said she still did cagcagweaving due to unable to take other workeven if calculated counting losses. Most ofthe crafters belonging to productive age pre-ferred to take profession as a laborer (water-melon or rice) as well as project workers.Government’s endeavor by rendering assis-tance to the weavers was considered not totouch the crafters evenly. (sur)

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Antara

MAGELANG - Former People’sConsultative Assembly (MPR) chair-man Amien Rais said the HouseBank Century Inquiry Committeehad lost focus giving rise to concernthe issue might drag on indefinitely.

“The House special inquirycommittee’s investigation is losingfocus. It has even been dragged intodebating the ethics of posing ques-tions to witnesses. This would even-tually obscure the real problem,”Rais said after addressing a gather-ing held by the country’s second larg-est Islamic organization

There was a rumor that thepresident and Ical had met to dis-cuss a cabinet reshuffle, includingthe replacement of Finance Min-ister Sri Mulyani Indrawati butSudi denied it when accompany-ing President Yudhoyono in aworking visit to Madiun, EastJava, on Monday.

“President Yudhoyono has theright to meet with any figure buthe has not discussed a cabinet re-shuffle,” Sudi said on the sidelinesof a rain-tree planting drive led bythe president around the BeningWidas Dam here.

Besides Silalahi, presidentialspokesman Julian Aldrin Pashaalso bluntly denied the rumorabout an SBY-Ical meeting.

“Where is the information

Antara

MATARAM - A tank at PTPertamina’s fuel depot in Ampenan,Mataram, which has been on fire sicne11.00 am local time, is feared to ex-plode as the fire has reached the top ofthe tank. The tank contains about ten

Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesia‘s owner-ship of 92 outermost islands has yetto be fully secured, expert in inter-national politics and internationalrelations lecturer of ParahiyanganUniversity Dr Andreas H Pareira saidin Jakarta over the weekend.

He was responding to a statementmade by the foreign ministry in

FOTO ANTARA/Yudhi Mahatma

The situation during the meeting of the House Bank Century Inquiry Committee on Monday, January 18,2010. Former People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) chairman Amien Rais said the House Bank CenturyInquiry Committee had lost focus giving rise to concern the issue might drag on indefinitely.

Century inquiry committeenot focused: Amien Rais

Muhammadiyah here on Sunday.He said the committee should fo-

cus its investigation on officials whohad allegedly misappropriated the bail-out funds amounting to Rp6.7 trillion.

“I have doubts about whether theinquiry committee is able to settle thecase because it is not focused on thealleged treacherous officials who wereexpected to protect the people’s moneybut instead embezzled it,” he said.

Rais who is also a former chair-man of Muhammadiyah, said that ifthe committee was not focused it wasnot likely to be able to settle the BankCentury case.

“We hope that the special House

inquiry committee will not leave thebailout case unresolved,” he said.

He said honesty in this countryhad become a very rare commoditywhile the problems being faced bythe nation had increasingly becomeheavier and heavier. “Our nation can-not make any progress because it haslost one of the most valuable virtuesin life which is honesty,” he said.

He said that honesty would encour-age people to do praiseworthy thingsas a main asset in paradise. On theother hand, lies would encouragepeople to become deceitful and hypo-crite and this would only cause lossesto the state and takes the liars to hell.

Indonesian ownership of 92 outermostislands not yet fully secured

Jakarta that the 92 outermost islandsare completely safe from the claimof other countries, as the Indonesianownership is guaranteed under inter-national law.

“The safety from foreign claimson the basis of international law ismerely a first stage guarantee, not yeta full guarantee,” the former HouseCommission I member said.

In past experience, he said, other

countries had different interpreta-tions of international law, whichcould also happen in the future.

“This can always lead to overlap-ping claims. We therefore need tobe constantly alert and never alwaysrely on international law, our inter-national law experts need to be ag-gressive in fighting for Indonesia`sownership of its outermost islands,”he pointed out.

Pertamina fuel tank in Ampenan on firekiloliters of premium gasoline, whileabout four or five other fuel tanks atthe depot are also feared to catch fire.

Six fire trucks are on location totry to extinguish the raging fire butwith little success so far while localpeople living around the depot havebegun to worry that the fire would

spread to their houses.A number of police officers are

on guard at the site to prevent peoplefrom coming too close to the fueltank fire. Half an hour after the firestarted, two firefighters were takento the nearest hospital after beinginjured by flames from the fire.

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A protester portrayed as vice president Boediono (L) displays a posterof Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during an anti-corruption protest in front of the parliament building in Jakarta onJanuary 18, 2010. The demonstrators denounced the government’sdecision to pump some 730 million USD into the failing Bank Cen-tury in 2008 which has been linked to a string of damaging corrup-tion allegations. Yudhoyono has denied allegations that some of themoney went to his political patrons and to charitable organisationsthat subsequently backed his 2009 election campaign.

Antara

MADIUN - Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi denied a rumorthat President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Golkar PartyChairman Aburizal (Ical) Bakrie had met to discuss a cabinet reshuffle.

from? It is not true that there wasa discussion about a cabinet re-shuffle,” said the presidentialspokesman.

A national newspaper on Mon-day reported that PresidentYudhoyono and Ical had met todiscuss a cabinet reshuffle, espe-cially about the replacement ofFinance Minister Sri Mulyani.

Relations between Ical and SriMulyani had soured after the lat-ter refused to use governmentfunds to buy the shares of Ical’scompanies during the 2008 mon-etary crisis. Golkar’s aggressiveattitude in the Bank Century casewas said to be a reflection of theparty leader’s wish to see FinanceMinister Sri Mulyani Indrawatiremoved from the cabinet.

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Bali Today

Ida Komang Wisnu, the head ofBali Statistics Department, said “theincrease also happened in the num-ber of tourists from Australia,China, Malaysia, and France.”

He said that most of the tour-ists were coming through NgurahRai International Airport and only116 of them came by the sea. TheBritish tourists enjoyed the beauti-ful nature and the unique culturesof Bali.

Currently, Bali has 1,317 En-glish guides that can take them andgive information about the touristsites in Bali. Wisnu said that thetourist from England was on theeight place of the top ten list of themost tourists visited Bali. It was 3%from the total number of touristsvisited Bali last year which was 2.1million tourists.

Bali Post

GIANYAR - A number ofentrance tickets at the tourist ob-jects in Gianyar Regency will ex-perience a price increase this year.This plan was revealed by the re-vised regional regulations con-cerning with the discussion per-formed at the level of GianyarHouse. The reason for the raisingof ticket prices was to boost theregionally generated revenue(PAD) at every tourist object inGianyar Regency in 2010.

The information obtained, lastSunday (Jan 17), the price of en-trance ticket to tourist objects inGianyar Regency would be vali-dated from swimming pool on theBukit Jati hilltop area, Goa Gajahand some other tourist objects. Theplanning to increase the ticket pricesat those tourist objects was con-firmed by a member of GianyarHouse from Sanding, Tampaksiring,Wayan Tagel Winarta. The increasebeing discussed in the GianyarHouse considered the current priceof ticket to tourist objects in Gianyarremained low in comparison to thatof other regions, such as Tabananand other areas.

The typical Cagcag weaving ar-tisans of Jembrana Regency feel in-creasingly confused today. Price ofraw material rising and the sellingprice turning smaller consequentlyhave an impact on their turnover.Moreover, when entering theASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)this year, they are increasingly con-

British tourists to Bali increase 12%British tourists to Bali increase 12%British tourists to Bali increase 12%British tourists to Bali increase 12%British tourists to Bali increase 12%Antara

DENPASAR – The number of tourists from England vis-ited Bali during January through November 2009 was 85,060people. The number increased 12% compared to the same pe-riod in 2008 which was 75,643 people.

Wisnu also said that there wasalso decreased in the number oftourists visited Bali. The decreasewas happening on the tourists fromJapan, South Korea, Taiwan, andGermany. While the one that in-crease was from Australia, England,China, Malaysia, France, and Neth-erlands.

Tourists looking at some ofkeris that being exhibit at

Furama Xclusive Villas andSpa. The number of tourists

from England visited Baliduring January through

November 2009 was 85,060people. The number in-

creased 12% compared tothe same period in 2008

which was 75,643 people. BTN/Doc

Entrance ticket atGianyar’s TouristObject to rise

Even, according to a memberof Commission D of GianyarHouse, I Nyoman Arjawa, the in-crease just had to wait for the deci-sion. The increase of ticket pricewould be validated for entrance toBukit Jati swimming pool, namelyfor children at IDR 3,000 (remainthe same), while for adult fromIDR 6,000 to IDR 7,500. The in-crease of IDR 1,500 would be al-located for insurance premium(IDR 1,000) and the remainingbecame revenue of regional rev-enue. Then, for Goa Gajah touristobject would be IDR 7,500 fromIDR 6,000 for children and to IDR15,000 from IDR 10,000 for adult,he explained.

Arjawa said that policies toraise the ticket price of some tour-ist objects in Gianyar would notto become a burden to visitors.Other than due to not too signifi-cant, such amount remained to bestandard as that of other regions.“The increase in ticket prices totourist objects will be accompaniedby an increase in services, and im-provement of facilities, resulting ina balance between the increases inadmission and the facility at the ob-jects,” he said. (kmb16)

Cagcag Weavers Haunted by Foreign Textiles

They Turn to Work at Rice Fieldcerned about the displacing of tex-tile products by that of neighboringcountries joining the AFTA.

Surprisingly, many craftersconsisting of mostly housewivespreferred to leave the profession ascraftsmen and switched to anotherjob. A number of weaving artisansat Sangkaragung Village confessed

to leave their weaving profession andmoved to become farm laborers be-cause its results were a little morepromising for their daily bread andbutter.

Made Darmi, one of the weav-ers turning to be farming laborer atPangkung Gondang Hamlet, said thatthe current price of yarn rose by 200percent. Meanwhile, the result ofweaving works done for a week wasonly sold at IDR125, 000. Such con-dition caused more than 60 percentof weavers at her place switched theirjobs.

Several years ago, she added,almost at every house of her villagecould be encountered weaving tools.Now, with the sale of unbalanced pro-duction to capital, they one by onedid not commit weaving. Today, onlya handful of government-assistedgroups that was still active, while inthe house only elderly people whohad been unable to take other profes-sion.

A crafter remaining active,Ketut Noris, 70, said she still didcagcag weaving due to unable to takeother work even if calculated count-ing losses. Most of the crafters be-longing to productive age preferredto take profession as a laborer (wa-termelon or rice) as well as projectworkers. Government’s endeavor byrendering assistance to the weaverswas considered not to touch thecrafters evenly. (sur)

Bali Post/Sur

A crafter of Cagcag woven remaining active, Ketut Noris work-ing at her home.

Balinese Culture

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9al

Ingredients

* 1½ cupsglutinous powder

* ¾ cuplukewarm water

* 2-3 dropsgreen food coloring

* 8 tsp. gratedJava dark brownsugar

* 1 cup fresh-grated coconut, mixedwith ½ tsp. salt

DirectionsMix the rice powder with the lukewarm water and

green food coloring into a firm but flexible dough.

Pull off one full teaspoon of the dough and shape itinto a ball with approximately 1-inch in diameter.

Push a finger into the center of the ball to make ahole, and put in approximately ½ tsp. of the gratedsugar. Seal, and roll it back into the ball shape with thepalms of your hands. Prepare all the balls and set themaside.

Prepare a pot half filled with water and bring it to aboil.

Drop the balls into the boiling water. Remove the ballswith a spoon once they float to the water surface andthen roll the balls in the grated coconut.

Serve at room temperature. Makes 30 rice balls.(http://asiarecipe.com)

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Ingredients

* 100 gramcloud earmushroom, soakedin hot water untilsoft, then drained

* 1 egg,beaten

* 125 mlmedium thickcoconut milk from ¼coconut

* banana leaves Spice Paste Ingredients: * 10 red chilies * 10 bird shit chilies (prik kii nuu) * 7 small shallots * 3 small cloves garlic * 5 candlenuts * 2 tomatoes * 1 cm fresh galangal (langkuas) * 1 tsp. salt * 1 tsp. palm sugar or brown sugar

DirectionsSlice the mushroom in 1 cm lengths and mix together

with the egg, santan and the spice paste blend.

Devide the mixture among 20 packets made ofbanana leaves. Fold the ends of the packets and seal.

Steam the packets for about 25 minutes until done.Remove and set aside. Broil the packets over mediumheat until liquid has evaporated.

Makes 20 Wraps (http://asiarecipe.com)

Sweet Coconut Rice Balls(Klepon)

Steamed Mushroom Wraps(Pepes Jamur Kuping)

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BUSINESS

“The economic situation is stillsevere, falling short of a self-sus-tained recovery, even though it isbeginning to pick up,” newly-ap-pointed Naoto Kan said at the startof a 150-day parliament session.

“Looking ahead, there are therisks of a further worsening of theemployment situation and defla-tion, and the foundation of a strong,private demand-led recovery is stillfragile.”

Asia’s top economy plunged intodeep recession in 2008 as the globaldownturn sharply cut into its exports,but it grew at a modest 1.3 percenton an annualised basis in the July-September quarter.

Kan, referring to a stimuluspackage announced last month —Japan’s fourth since the global eco-nomic crisis hit — said: “The gov-ernment will tackle deflation and

Japan’s recovery still fragile: finance ministerJapan’s recovery still fragile: finance ministerJapan’s recovery still fragile: finance ministerJapan’s recovery still fragile: finance ministerJapan’s recovery still fragile: finance minister

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TAIPEI - Asian financialinstitutions face a “golden op-portunity” after the global slumpleft their Western counterpartsstruggling, the deputy head ofSingapore’s sovereign wealthfund said in Taipei Monday.

Tony Tan, deputy chairmanof the Government of SingaporeInvestment Corporation (GIC)said Asian firms were in muchbetter shape to play a major roleon the region’s expansion overthe next several years.

“Asian financial institutionsand markets have been given agolden opportunity,” he told aforum in the Taiwan capital, ac-cording to the text of his speech.

“The globalised Westernbanking system, hampered bycapital constraints and re-regu-lation, will likely not be able tointermediate the massive capitaldemand needed to finance Asian

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LONDON - Britain faces theprospect of a decade of economic pain,after binging on cheap debt, and its re-covery will rely on trading more withAsian tigers like China, forecasterswarned on Monday.

The economy, expected to haveescaped recession in the last quarter of2009, faces a “challenging” 2010, ac-cording to the Independent TreasuryEconomic Model (ITEM) Club eco-nomic forecasting group of auditorsErnst and Young.

“The UK economy has moved outof a decade of debt and into a decadeof painful readjustment,” the ITEMClub said in a key report published onMonday.

“After years of relying on domes-tic spending and borrowing theeconomy now needs to rebalance to-wards saving and exporting, or riskstagnating.”

British gross domestic product(GDP) will meanwhile “struggle” toreach 1.0 percent this year.

“The UK is facing another chal-lenging year,” added chief economicadviser Peter Spencer.

“We are no longer in a position toborrow — the massive debts that weracked up in the last decade now needto be repaid.

Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - The world’s second-largest economy is recovering but Japan still faces tough chal-lenges, led by the twin threats of deflation and unemployment, the country’s finance minister saidon Monday.

make sure the economy will recover.” The centre-left government sub-

mitted a bill for 7.2 trillion yen (79.1billion dollars) in spending as part ofthe package announced last monthwhich it says is worth a total of 274billion dollars.

To help finance the package andother spending, the government plansto issue new bonds worth 9.342 tril-lion yen (102.6 billion dollars), Kansaid.

Japan’s public debt is around180 percent of gross domestic prod-uct, largely due to massive spendingduring the economic “lost decade” ofthe 1990s.

Kan’s predecessor HirohisaFujii, who stepped down this monthciting health problems, has warnedthat “Japan’s fiscal situation is seri-ous.”

Japan’s new debt issued this fis-cal year will reach 53.5 trillion yen,topping tax revenue for the first timesince 1946, the government has said.

Kan said that more than 52 per-cent of public spending will be fi-

nanced through bond issues rather thantax revenues.

International Monetary Fundchief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, speak-ing in Tokyo, said tackling soaringgovernment debt is one of the top pri-orities for global policymakers as afragile economic recovery takes hold.

“We have to fix the consequencesof the policies which have been put inplace” in response to the global eco-nomic crisis, he said.

Addressing the high level of sov-ereign debt is “probably the top prior-ity” facing developed, and manyemerging, economies in the comingyears, he said.

He added that, while many ad-vanced economies have clawed out ofrecession, “all efforts should be fo-cused on fighting unemployment.”

Japan’s unemployment climbedto 5.2 percent in November from 5.1percent in October, worsening for thefirst time in four months. Core con-sumer prices fell 1.7 percent in Novem-ber from a year earlier, the ninthstraight monthly drop.

Britain facing decade of economic pain: forecasters “The consumer is completely

cashed out — with consumer spend-ing likely to increase by just 0.4 per-cent this year.” However, Britain willfare better if the country trades morewith Asian powerhouse economies likeChina, he added.

“It is vital the UK rejuvenates itsoverseas investment model and startsselling into countries such as China,where we have an exceptionally lowmarket share compared to our leadingcompetitors.

“The UK’s recovery is reliant ona roaring trade with the tiger econo-mies,” Spencer added.

Official data due on January 26 iswidely expected to reveal that Britainexited its longest recession on recordduring the fourth quarter of 2009, orthree months to December. But theITEM Club said Monday that this wasdue to exceptional emergency stimu-lus measures — like the new-for-oldvehicle scrappage scheme that hasboosted the troubled auto sector.

Another measure was British fi-nance minister Alistair Darling’s tem-porary cut in taxation on goods and ser-vices — or value-added tax (VAT) —but this expired at the start of the year.

“Once the effects of these tempo-rary stimuli have worn off, it is diffi-cult to see where the growth is goingto come from in the short-term,” Spen-

cer added. “ITEM forecasts that GDP will

struggle to reach 1.0 percent this year,with interest rates likely to remain flatwell into 2010.”

Turning to the public finances, theITEM Club also expressed concernabout sky-high government borrowing.

“ITEM remains concerned aboutthe Treasury’s projections for next year,which are based upon very optimisticassumptions for both the pace of theeconomic recovery and for the valueof tax revenues raised,” it said.

Late last year, Chancellor of theExchequer Darling forecast in his pre-budget report that state borrowingwould hit a record 178 billion poundsin the current 2009/10 financial yearwhich runs until April.

“The fiscal position remains amajor uncertainty and the pre-budgetreport was a big disappointment, withthe Chancellor failing to come up withany credible medium-term plan for re-storing the public finances to health,”Spencer said on Monday.

The country’s longest recession onrecord has slashed taxation revenuesand ramped up government spendingon unemployment benefits and eco-nomic stimulus measures.

The public purse was also ravagedby a series of enormously expensivebailouts in the British banking sector.

Asia faces ‘goldenopportunity’ aftercrisis: Singapore fund

growth.” “This leaves the playing field

unusually open for Asian financialinstitutions and markets, particu-larly for the next few years.”

The GIC is the world’sfourth-largest sovereign wealthfund, managing a global portfo-lio of more than 100 billion USdollars.

Asian banks have benefitedfrom entering the crisis with rela-tively healthy levels of capital, li-quidity and non-performing as-sets, but now they must act fast,Tan said.

“Asian banks and capitalmarkets will need to developquickly to step into the breach,”he said.

“Regulatory and develop-ment authorities in the financialsector in Asia need to cooperateas never before with each otherand financial institutions to de-velop regional financial and capi-tal markets.”

AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO

Pedestrians pass before a share prices board in Tokyo on January 18, 2010. The world’s second-largest economy is recovering but Japan still faces tough challenges, led by the twin threats ofdeflation and unemployment, the country’s finance minister said on Monday.

Entertainment InternationalTuesday, January 19, 201012

In a statement, she says, “I wanted toensure that my donation would be usedimmediately to meet the needs of the Hai-tian people affected by this catastrophicevent.” Earlier this week, Pitt & Jolie per-sonally donated the same sum, whileClooney’s Not On Our Watch charity hasdonated another $1 million. SupermodelGisele Bundchen reached even deeper,giving $1.5 million to the relief efforts.

Wyclef Jean is also raising cash throughhis Yele foundation and will co-host a tele-thon to raise funds for the people of hisnative Haiti with George Clooney on Janu-ary 22. And British actress Emily Blunthas vowed to add her support to the two-hour Hope For Haiti telethon: “I’m goingto be doing the thing that George is orga-nizing; the telethon. But I think, really, it’sjust about everyone needs to jump in. Ev-eryone needs to get involved in whateverway they can. So, I think I’m just going toresearch the best way to help.”

THE Golden Globes gave top honors to JamesCameron’s “Avatar” and took its cue from the film’s cel-ebration of humanity, with winners ranging from the grittychild-abuse drama “Precious” to freewheeling comedy“The Hangover.” Sunday’s awards ceremony also openedwide to embrace the long-admired Jeff Bridges, who tookbest dramatic-acting honors for the country-music film“Crazy Heart,” and a sitcom actress, Mo’Nique, whoemerged as a fierce screen presence in “Precious.”

Fox’s spunky new TV musical comedy series “Glee”was honored, while the best TV drama award went toAMC’s 1960s Madison Avenue saga “Mad Men” forthe third year in a row. Cameron was the big winner onthe movie side, claiming best drama and best directorfor his science-fiction blockbuster and setting him fora possible awards sequel to 1997’s “Titanic.” Cameron’sepic about the doomed oceanliner won the same prizesand went on to dominate the Academy Awards.

This time, though, instead of being “king of theworld,” as Cameron declared at the Oscar ceremony,he has become king of a computer-generated distantmoon that made critics gush and sent box-office re-ceipts soaring. The film has grossed $1.6 billion world-wide, second only to “Titanic” with $1.8 billion.

“‘Avatar’ asks us to see that everything is connected,all human beings to each other, and us to the Earth.And if you have to go four and a half light years toanother, made-up planet to appreciate this miracle ofthe world that we have right here, well, you know what,that’s the wonder of cinema right there, that’s themagic,” Cameron said.

Other film acting prizes went to Sandra Bullock forthe football tale “The Blind Side,” Meryl Streep for theJulia Child story “Julie & Julia,” Robert Downey Jr. forthe crime romp “Sherlock Holmes” and Austrian actor

NCOLAS Cage has spoken outabout his tax woes, revealing hestill owes $14 million to the U.S.government. he Con Air star hasfound himself at the centre of anumber of tax claims in recentmonths, with the Internal RevenueService (IRS) making a $6.2 mil-lion demand in August in relation

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Meryl Streep poses with the award for best actressin a motion picture, comedy or musical for

BRITISH actor Robert Pattinson is set to swing into action to re-place Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 4, according to a U.K. report. TheTwilight hunk is reportedly the top choice with Columbia executives tostar in the film, after Maguire pulled out last week over a reported scriptissue.

Daily Variety claimed movie bosses are planning to make a prequelabout Spider-Man’s alter-ego, Peter Parker, as a teenager instead - andPattinson is the hot favorite to land the role, reports Britain’s Daily Mir-ror. A source tells the publication, “The buzz in Hollywood is all aboutR-Patz as the hot, young thing being lined up to fill Tobey Maguire’sshoes. It would be a hard act to follow as fans were traumatized at thenews Tobey was going. His mild-mannered portrayal as Peter Parkerand the transformation to Spider-Man kept millions of fans in the cin-emas for the box-office smash. He also had great chemistry with KirstenDunst, who plays love interest Mary Jane.”

But Pattinson faces tough competition for the coveted role - HighSchool Musical star Zac Efron also has his eye on playing the web-slinger. He says, “I don’t know what the chances are to be honest. Iassume they’re pretty slim. It’s a long-shot but if it came down to it, it’dbe a dream come true. What young actor wouldn’t?”

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SANDRA Bullock has followed in thefootsteps of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolieand George Clooney, donating $1 mil-lion to help the victims of Tuesday’sHaiti earthquake. The Miss Congenial-ity star has handed over the cash to theDoctors Without Borders’ emergencyoperations in Port-Au-Prince, after see-ing news coverage of the devastation the7.0-magnitude quake caused.

Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ wins bestdrama honor at Globes

Christoph Waltz as a gleefully bloodthirsty Nazi in“Inglourious Basterds.” Sunday’s winners could get a last-minute boost for the Oscars, whose nominations ballot-ing closes Saturday. Last year’s big Globe winner,“Slumdog Millionaire,” went on to garner Oscar glory.

Michael C. Hall won for best actor in a TV drama forShowtime’s “Dexter,” in which he plays a serial killerwith a code of ethics, targeting only other murderers.Hall said last week ‘s publicists said last week that Hallis being treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma and that thecancer is in remission. “Dexter” also won the support-ing-actor TV honor for John Lithgow. Other TV winnersincluded Juliana Margulies as best actress in a drama forCBS’ “The Good Wife” and Toni Collette as best com-edy actress for Showtime’s “The United States of Tara.”

Nicolas Cage Owes$14 Million In Taxes

to unpaid taxes in 2007.age is also facing other claims

of unpaid tax related to his earn-ings between 2002 and 2004, whilehe was accused of defaulting on a$2 million loan in October. he ac-tor blamed financial mismanage-ment for his money woes and iscurrently embroiled in a legalwrangle with his former businessmanager Samuel Levin.

The 46 year old was hit with a$6.7 million suit on New Year’s Evein relation to unpaid taxes in 2008- taking his total tax bill to approxi-mately $14 million. Cage openedup about his money issues on Fri-day, telling TMZ.com, “Over thecourse of my career I have paid atleast $70 million in taxes. Unfortu-nately, due to a recent legal situa-tion, another approximate $14 mil-lion is owed to the IRS, however, Iam under new business manage-ment and am happy to say that I amcurrent for 2009. All taxes will bepaid including any to be determinedstate taxes.”

Robert Pattinson ToPlay Spider-Man?

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The Internet offers anonymity forthe seller as well as fast and untrace-able sales, while inadequate legislationgoverning online companies ensuresrelative impunity, she said at a regionalanimal rights conference held inSingapore. “The Internet has facili-tated the trading of wildlife, which ishaving a devastating effect on animalsand ecosystems worldwide,” she said.Through the Internet, traders are ableto “circumvent rules, regulations andevade enforcement”, Ge told delegatesat the Asia for Animals 2010 confer-ence.

Citing an IFAW study on the ille-gal online wildlife trade in 2008, Ge

Associated Press Writer

LONDON – An 18th-centuryaccount of how a falling piece of fruithelped Isaac Newton develop thetheory of gravity is being posted tothe Web, making scans of the fragilepaper manuscript widely available tothe public for the first time. Newton’sencounter with an apple ranksamong science’s most celebrated an-ecdotes, and Britain’s Royal Societysaid it was making the documentsavailable online Monday.

Royal Society librarian KeithMoore said the apple story has man-aged to keep its polish in part be-cause it packs in so much — an il-lustration of how modern scienceworks, an implicit reference to thesolar system and even an allusion tothe Bible. When Newton describesthe process of observing a fallingapple and guessing at the principlebehind it “he’s talking about the sci-entific method,” Moore said.

“Also the shape of the apple re-calls the planet — it’s round — andof course the apple falling from thetree does indeed hark back to thestory of Adam and Eve, and New-ton as a religious man would havefound that quite apt.” The incidentoccurred in the mid-1660s, whenNewton retreated to his familyhome in northern England after anoutbreak of the plague closed theUniversity of Cambridge, where hehad been studying.

The Royal Society’s manuscript,written by Newton’s contemporaryWilliam Stukeley, recounts a springafternoon in 1726 when the famousscientist shared the story over tea“under the shade of some appletrees.” “He told me, he was just inthe same situation, as when formerly,the notion of gravitation came intohis mind,” Stukeley wrote. “It wasoccasion’d by the fall of an apple, ashe sat in contemplative mood. Whyshould that apple always descendperpendicularly to the ground,thought he to himself ... Why should

A couple of illegallysmuggled orangu-tans hug each otherinside a cage at theKhao Pratap Changwildlife reserve nearBangkok. Illegalwildlife traders areturning to theInternet to reach awider customerbase, circumventlaws and evadeauthorities, ananimal rightsactivist told aconference onSunday.

MALARIA was eradicated inthe U.S. by 1951, so Americans canbe forgiven for not giving the dis-ease much thought. But the mos-quito-borne scourge is responsiblefor the deaths of nearly a millionchildren under age 5 each year -mostly in Africa - killing one childevery 30 seconds. Half the world’spopulation remains at risk - includ-ing travelers to affected countries.

But while initiatives to provideinsecticide-treated bed nets and othercontrol measures have cut malariarates in half in some countries, thedisease is adapting, and insecticide-resistant and treatment-resistantstrains are increasingly problematic.And the worldwide recession is re-ducing the funding available to keepmalaria-control initiatives going. Asa new avenue of attack, the PATH

REUTERS/Katrina Manson

A child is seen inside a mosquito net in a mud hut in Mallay village,southern Sierra Leone, April 8, 2008.

A New Malaria Vaccine that Treats the Mosquito TooMalaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) -which is funded by the Bill & MelindaGates Foundation - on Friday, Jan. 15,announced a collaboration with theJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School ofPublic Health and the Sabin VaccineInstitute to create a whole new kind ofmalaria vaccine. Called a transmission-blocking vaccine (TBV), it is aimed notat protecting individuals from the dis-ease but at preventing mosquitoes thatcarry it from spreading it. (See TIME’shealth and medicine covers.)

“I think it’s very encouraging,”says Dr. Lee Hall, chief of the Para-sitology and International Programsbranch of the National Institute ofAllergy and Infectious Diseases(NIAID). “It’s a big endorsement byMVI for this general approach.” Tra-ditional vaccines work by introduc-ing a killed or weakened version of a

disease into the body, where theimmune system spots it andcranks out antibodies against it.Then, if a wild strain of the patho-gen comes along later - one thathas the power to sicken or kill -the body is ready for it. The newapproach is different. Developedby Rhoel Dinglasan, an entomolo-gist and biologist at JohnsHopkins University Hospital, itwould instead work within themosquito gut. (See the top 10medical breakthroughs of 2009.)

Dinglasan has found an anti-gen, called AnAPN1, that causeshumans to create antibodies thatprevent transmission of malaria bymosquitoes. Get enough of theseantibodies into mosquitoes, andyou lock the disease up there andprevent it from infecting us.

AP Photo/Royal Society/PA

This undated photo released bythe Royal Society via PA showsSir Isaac Newton. An 18th-cen-tury account of how a fallingpiece of fruit helped Newton de-velop the theory of gravity is be-ing posted to the Web, makingscans of the fragile paper manu-script widely available to the pub-lic for the first time. Newton’s en-counter with an apple ranksamong science’s most cel-ebrated anecdotes, and Britain’sRoyal Society said it was makingthe documents available onlineMonday, Jan. 18, 2010.

Story of Newton’s encounterwith apple goes online

it not go sideways, or upwards? Butconstantly to the earth’s center? As-suredly, the reason is, that the earthdraws it. There must be a drawingpower in matter.”

Stukeley’s account joins thelong-lost notes of Newton’s 17th-century scientific rival RobertHooke on the Royal Society’s Website. Users can flip through bothdocuments using the same page-turning software used to browseLeonardo’s sketches and JaneAusten’s early work on the BritishLibrary’s site. The Royal Society isan academy of scientists founded in1660 to gather, discuss and spreadscientific knowledge. It is markingits 350th anniversary this year byputting more than 60 of its most im-portant scientific papers online.

AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul

Internet allowing illegalInternet allowing illegalInternet allowing illegalInternet allowing illegalInternet allowing illegalwildlife trade: activistwildlife trade: activistwildlife trade: activistwildlife trade: activistwildlife trade: activistAgence France - Presse

SINGAPORE – Illegal wildlife traders are turning to the Internet to reach a wider customer base, circum-vent laws and evade authorities, an animal rights activist told a conference on Sunday. Items such as rhinoc-eros horns, leopard pelts and even live tiger cubs are being hawked openly in online advertisements on publicwebsites, said Grace Ge, Asian regional director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

said there was a “huge volume ofwildlife and their products tradedonline on a daily basis”. The researchwas conducted over a three-monthperiod in 2008 in 11 countries in-cluding the United States, China,Australia and several European na-tions. It found 7,122 online adver-tisements selling endangered speciesor products derived from theirslaughter. The United States was amajor culprit as the source of 70.5percent of advertisements, followedby Britain and China with 7.7 per-cent and 7.6 percent respectively, thestudy showed.

Estimates of the value of final

sales on these websites totalledmore than 457,000 dollars, but theactual amount was likely to behigher as most sites did not adver-tise their prices, according to thestudy. Meanwhile, animal rightsactivists said at the conference thatcooperation rather than conflictwith traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) practitioners was more ef-fective in protecting wildlife frompoachers. Executive director of theAnimal Concerns Research andEducation Society (ACRES) LouisNg said the previous approach ofconfrontation had not been as ef-fective.

Tuesday, January 19, 201014 InternationalSport

It was a disastrous start to theyear for the underdone 22-year-old,seeded 14, who opted to only playexhibitions in Thailand and HongKong as a warm-up to the openingGrand Slam of the season. Playingwith the roof closed on the Rod La-ver Arena due to rain, which dis-rupted play on outside courts, shestruggled to find consistency againsta player ranked 58. “I certainly hadmy chances and just didn’t execute,”she said.

“There is no grey area. It wasjust up and down in many areas, andjust finished at the down level.” TheRussian pin-up won here in 2008 butwas deprived of defending her titlelast year after failing to recover fromshoulder surgery which kept her outof action until May. Another of theRussian contingent, Safina, downedSlovakia’s 47th-ranked MagdalenaRybarikova 6-4, 6-4. But she too hadher work cut out as she battled doublefaults and unforced errors in an emo-

Agence France - Presse

MELBOURNE – The top starsin tennis raised at least 200,000dollars (185,000 US) for the Haitiearthquake victims Sunday in ahastily-arranged charity doublesmatch led by Roger Federer andSerena Williams. Federerorganised the event in Rod LaverArena on the eve of the Austra-lian Open after watching the tragic

Associated Press Writer

DENVER – Carmelo Anthonyscored 37 points and ChaunceyBillups added 29 in the DenverNuggets’ 119-112 win over Utahthat snapped a four-game winningstreak by the Jazz on Sundaynight. Ty Lawson returned toDenver’s rotation after missingfour games with a sprained ankleand helped steady a sometimeserratic offense, scoring 11 pointsand dishing out an assist.

Nene added 18 points for theNuggets, whose win on this Janu-ary night could mean a lot comeApril. Denver improved to 3-0against Utah, winning the seasonseries, which could prove crucialfor playoff seeding should theseteams end up with the same recordin the tight Western Conference.Point guard Deron Williams(sprained wrist) and forwardAndrei Kirilenko (hyperextendedknee) were both in Utah’s startinglineup despite playing the nightbefore in a 112-95 win over Mil-waukee in Salt Lake City. Will-iams led the Jazz with 23 pointsbut Kirilenko scored just seven.

Kyle Korver had 19, CarlosBoozer 18 and Paul Millsap 17 forthe Jazz. Although Utah’s lonelead came at 7-6, this game wascontested until the final minute.The Nuggets jumped out to a 17-point lead in the second quarter but

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Dinara Safina of Russiareturns the ball to Magdalena

Rybarikova of Slovakia duringtheir Women’s singles first

round match at the AustralianOpen tennis championship inMelbourne, Australia Monday,

Jan. 18, 2010.

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MELBOURNE – Former champion Maria Sharapova crashed out of the Australian Open onMonday but there were no dramas for Dinara Safina and Kim Clijsters who spearheaded thecharge into the second round. American Andy Roddick also cruised through, in stark contrast toformer world number one Sharapova who was a shadow of her former self in a 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 6-4 defeat to fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko.

tional and spasmodic performance. The 23-year-old, who struggled

with a back problem at the end of lastyear and was playing in only her sev-enth match since mid-September, washappy just to stay in the tournament.“It was not an easy first round match,she’s a very good opponent,” said thenumber two seed, who was thrashed inthe final last year by Serena Williams.

“I had some good moments andbad moments, but overall I’m happy Iwent through.” She added that her backwas no longer a problem and she wasfired up for this season. “I feel like I’mback and I’m enjoying every momenton the court,” said Safina, who nextfaces either Russian qualifier ReginaKulikova or Czech Barbora ZahlavovaStrycova.

Clijsters, who sensationally wonthe US Open last year after coming outof retirement, was too good forCanada’s Valerie Tetreault, rompinghome 6-0, 6-4 in under an hour. TheBelgian, along with Justine Henin, lurk

as dark horses to bookmakers’favourite Williams, who gets her titledefence underway on Tuesday againstPoland’s Urszula Radwanska.

On the men’s side, American sev-enth seed Roddick motored pastDutchman Thiemo De Bakker 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 to stay on track for a potentialquarter-final clash with US Openchampion Juan Martin Del Potro.Croatia’s Ivan Ljubicic also pro-gressed, with the 24th seed crushing16-year-old Australian wildcard JasonKubler, the youngest player in thedraw, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

‘Melo, Billups leadNuggets past Jazz

Utah kept it interesting by closingwith a 12-2 run and went into half-time down 60-53. Kirilenkoopened the third quarter with abucket to make it a five-pointgame, but the Nuggets respondedwith a 10-0 run, sparked by An-thony, to grab a 70-55 lead.

Once again, the Jazz didn’t godown quietly. They used a 13-2 run topull to 85-81 heading into the fourthquarter, and Mehmet Okur’s bucketcut Denver’s lead to 85-83. Boozer’sdrive made it 108-104 with just undertwo minutes left, but the Jazz got nocloser. Billups iced it with a 3-pointerwith 57 seconds left that made it 113-108. Lawson had missed four gamessince spraining his left ankle againstGolden State on Jan. 5, and in his ab-sence, the Nuggets lost some of thefluidity in their offense, often hav-ing trouble with pace and penetra-tion that’s so crucial to their philoso-phies.

Coach George Karl also missedLawson’s disruptive defense andsaid he looks forward to putting himon the court with Billups more of-ten during the last half of the sea-son, just like they were for the fre-netic final minutes Sunday night.“Ty’s defense is better than anyrookie I’ve ever coached,” Karl saidbefore tip-off. “He still makes mis-takes, but he’s a very sound defenderas is Chauncey, and their ability tofind the open man, I’ve said, what,2,451 times, is the key to our team.”

Federer, Serena lead stars on Haiti fundraiser

(AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Serena Williams of the United States, left, and Roger Federerof Switzerland react during an exhibition tennis match inMelbourne, Australia, Sunday Jan. 17, 2010. A series of exhi-bition games were set up by Roger Federer of Switzerlandahead of the Australian Open to raise funds for the victims ofthe Haiti earthquake. The world number one has recruited anumber of stars, including Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams,to play doubles matches on Sunday at Melbourne Park.

events in the Caribbean nation un-fold on television.

“I followed it on the TV and sawthe devastation,” said the Swiss su-perstar. “On Saturday morning Ithought we should do something, Icalled up Tennis Australia chiefCraig Tiley and said ‘is it possible?’

“He said probably not. I called upa few players just in case and theywere like, ‘we should do it straightaway.’ In 24 hours we were able to

pull this thing off.” Federer managed to rustle up

fellow world number one Williams,Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters, NovakDjokovic, Andy Roddick and Aus-tralian favourites Lleyton Hewittand Samantha Stosur. Despite thelate notice, it was sell-out with15,000 fans packing Rod LaverArena and paying 10 dollars (nineUS) each, with all the proceeds go-ing to Partners in Health, a charityaiding Haiti.

“Tennis Australia did an amaz-ing job promoting the event in sucha short time,” added Federer. “It iswonderful to see, I am happy it wassuch a success.” Tiley said it was toosoon to put a figure on money raised,but said it would be at least 200,000dollars (185,000 US). The playerswere split into two teams, red andblue, the colours of the Haitian flag,with former Grand Slam championJim Courier in the umpire’s chair.

Roddick — foot-faulted by alinesman — provided the comichighlight by threatening to send Wil-liams in to seek retribution along thelines of her US Open outburst lastSeptember. Williams took the jokein good spirit, doubling over inlaughter. The 7.0-magnitude earth-quake struck Haiti last week, bring-ing death and misery on an unprec-edented scale to the impoverishednation. The latest toll from the Hai-tian government is at least 50,000people dead and 1.5 million home-less, but those figures could soaronce the full extent of the tragedy isknown. Early estimates had spokenof 100,000 dead.

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Geremi and Samuel Eto’o werethe other marksmen for the winnerswhile Jacob Mulenga gave Zambia anearly lead and captain ChristopherKatongo levelled from a spotkick withnine minutes left. Gabon, who foughtout a dour goalless draw with Tunisiain the first half of a double header,lead the pool with four points.Cameroon have three, Tunisia twoand Zambia one ahead of the finalmini-league fixtures next Thursday.

“We can become better, but westarted from a low base,” commentedcoach Paul Le Guen, who took overCameroon when they were last in theirWorld Cup/Africa Cup of Nations quali-fying group. The former Lyon, ParisSaint-Germain and Rangers boss added:“We found ourselves in difficulty herebecause Zambia play really well. Thefirst half was very tough for us. After-wards things got better but I knowthey’re good and that we were fortu-nate to win and to take the three points.”

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ROME – Ronaldinho plundereda hat-trick as AC Milan crushed 10-man Siena 4-0 on Sunday to closethe gap on Serie A leaders InterMilan to just six points and with theMilan derby to come next week.Milan also have a game in handmeaning they could potentiallydraw level with the four-in-a-rowchampions if they were to win nextweekend’s crunch clash. Playing theleague’s basement sitters Milanhardly needed a helping hand butthey got exactly that as Siena goal-keeper Gianluca Curci was harshlysent off on 10 minutes.

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BOLTON, England – Arsenalmanager Arsene Wenger insistedhis side were now genuine titlecontenders after goals from CescFabregas and Fran Merida helpedthem beat Bolton 2-0 at theReebok Stadium. Sunday’s suc-cess left the third-placed Gunnersjust three points behind PremierLeague leaders Chelsea and theywill go top, on goal difference, ifthey beat Bolton again at theEmirates Stadium on Wednesdayin a fixture re-arranged followingthe recent cold snap in Britain.

After losing 3-0 at home toChelsea on November 29,Wenger?s men were written offas potential champions but havesince gone eight matches un-beaten to transform their season.However, having seen Fabregasmark his return to the Arsenalside in style to help ruin OwenCoyle’s first match in charge ofBolton, Wenger said: “We arenow in a quite interesting posi-tion that nobody expected us tobe in. “When the season startedwe were not all convinced maybein our squad that we could bewhere we are today,” the French-man added.

“But now we are where weare, we want to have a go. We area big club and when you are a bigclub, the most difficult thing islike last season in October andNovember, when you know youdon’t fight for the title. “But nowwe have a chance to fight for thechampionship, so let’s have a go.”Fabregas had missed Arsenal’sthree previous matches with a

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Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o, left, controls the ball past Zambia’sRainford Kalaba in their African Cup of Nations Group D matchat Tundavala Stadium in Lubango, Angola Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010.

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LUBANGO, Angola – Cameroon edged Zambia 3-2 in an Africa Cup of Nations Group Dthriller at Tundavala Stadium on Sunday to revive hopes of winning the tournament for a fifthtime. Substitute Mohamadou Idrissou headed the 86th-minute winner to complete a late scoringflurry in which Cameroon struck twice within five minutes to snatch the lead only for Zambia tolevel from a penalty.

The Frenchman made twochanges from the team shocked 1-0by Gabon in their opening match, withmidfielder Stephane Mbia and strikerTchoyi Somen replacing LandryNguemo and Achille Webo. Zambia,also coached by a Frenchman in HerveRenard, stuck with the side that ledTunisia before having to settle for a 1-1 draw in a match they could easilyhave won. The Chipolopolo (CopperBullets) needed no incentive to beatthe Indomitable Lions, having suffereda humiliating 5-1 defeat against themat the same stage of the last NationsCup in Ghana two years ago.

Renard had warned his squad thatthere is nothing more dangerous thana wounded lion and they heeded hisadvice by snapping at the feet of theirmore illustrious opponents from thekick-off. The in-your-face approach ofa country trying to reach the secondround for the first time since 1996 paidoff after only eight minutes when

Netherlands-based Mulenga struck.This goal once again exposedCameroon as a team prone to slapstickdefending, with a careless Geremi passintercepted by Felix Katongo, whoburst past the veteran defender andcrossed from the left.

Rigobert Song, another long-serv-ing defender who was held responsiblefor the Gabon goal, headed the ballagainst his goalkeeper Carlos Kamenias he attempted to avert danger andthe rebound fell to Mulenga whotapped it home. Cameroon boasted anattack starring three-time AfricanFootballer of the Year Eto’o, but Zam-bia goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene wasnot tested until the 36th minute whenhe reacted swiftly to push away a JeanMakoun drive. A double save fromKameni soon after saved Cameroonfrom falling further behind as he par-ried a Rainford Kalaba free-kick andgot up quickly to foil Katongo, whoreached the rebound first.

Wenger targets titleafter Bolton win

hamstring problem but the breakdid not appear to have done himany harm as he ran the show forthe visitors on Sunday, includingplaying a part in setting-up fel-low Spaniard Merida for the Gun-ners’ second goal 12 minutesfrom time.

Turning to Fabregas, Wengersaid: “What is very interesting forus is Cesc gets stronger and stron-ger and has more personality onthe pitch, like the whole team.“He grows. He will be 23 thisyear - he is just starting.” Coylealmost had the dream start asBolton boss when after just 45seconds Kevin Davies dribbledinto the box but he could not con-trol the ball when unmarked andthe chance went begging. Arsenalshowed Bolton how it should bedone in the 28th minute. Aftersome impressive build-up play,Abou Diaby was tackled by GretarSteinsson on the edge of the boxbut the Icelandic defender trippedand gifted the ball to Fabregas andafter a collecting a wonderful re-turn pass from Eduardo, the Spainmidfielder calmly slotted into thebottom corner .

Bolton were a much im-proved team after half-time withSouth Korea’s Lee Chung-Yongcausing Arsenal problems downthe right wing while Matt Taylormissed several good chances tolevel the match at 1-1. “I thoughtthe level of performance was ter-rific and on another day wouldhave got us points, whether oneor three,” Coyle said. “If we playat that level we will pick up pointsin this league and we can make agame of it on Wednesday.”

Ronaldinho hat-trick puts heat on Inter

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Milan’s Ronaldinho in action during their Serie A game againstSiena in Milan, Italy Sunday Jan. 17 2010. Milan won 4-0.

Ronaldinho despatched the re-sulting penalty and Marco Borrielloscored on 28 minutes to put the gameto bed before half-time before theBrazilian rounded off the scoring inthe second period. Milan coachLeonardo paid tribute to his Brazil-ian compatriot and looked forwardto the derby. “It’s normal whensomeone feels the love, he responds.He’s entertaining everyone, he’s agreat player,” he said of Ronaldinho.

“He’s having a great season, he’srediscovered his taste for playingwell and scoring goals. It’s a greattime in a great title race (for thederby) and it will create interest be-cause we are closer (to Inter). There

will be a lot of expectation and at-tention and I’m delighted to be a partof that.” Milan started in determinedmood following Inter’s 2-2 draw atBari on Saturday and Ronaldinhotook an Alessandro Nesta cross onhis chest on three minutes beforesending a spectacular overhead bi-cycle kick just off target.

But on 10 minutes the refereetook the decision that essentiallyended the game as a contest. JardimBrandao dithered on the ball in hisown box and Borriello dispossessedhim before trying to round Curci.There was minimal contact betweenthe pair and Borriello crumpled tothe ground but the striker’s last touchhad been too heavy and left him nochance of reaching the ball before aback-tracking defender.

Juventus slumped to their sev-enth defeat in 10-games with a 1-0reverse at Chievo that is sure to in-crease the pressure on under-firecoach Ciro Ferrara. Juve dropped tofifth and out of the ChampionsLeague places as both AS Roma andNapoli overtook them. Roma movedup to third as on-loan striker LucaToni scored his first goals for theclub in a 3-0 win over free-fallingGenoa.

Simone Perrotta opened thescoring on 17 minutes after ascramble at a corner and then Toniturned home Mirko Vucinic’s crosson the stroke of half-time. And onthe hour mark Vucinic turned pro-vider again for Toni to head homehis second. Napoli could not fullycapitalise as they were held 0-0 athome by Palermo but still extendedtheir unbeaten league run to 14matches.

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“It has been a very important dayfor me,” said Sainz. “Spain has fi-nally won the Dakar with cars andI’m delighted. I want to thank [co-pilot] Lucas [Cruz] for his greatwork and to all the team, and ev-erybody who put their trust in me.We haven’t had any problems, andthe car doesn’t have a scratch. Ithink we have done a fast but intel-ligent Dakar. It has been a very hardfight with my team-mate. We knewit would be that way. As I said be-fore, I want to thank everyone whotrusted in me.”

Al-Attiyah had been determinedto catch Sainz during the final days,but insisted he was still content withsecond. “I’m quite happy,” he said.“Second place is a good result forme because I’ve never been in thisposition. “I was pushing, but every-body knows this stage is quitestraight. Really I’m so happy withsecond place because I tried my best.

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LOS ANGELES – British super-star Amir Khan, the World BoxingAssociation super-lightweightchampion, has signed a promotionaldeal with Oscar de la Hoya, hopingthe “Golden Boy” can boost his USrecognition.

Khan, 22-1 with 16 knockouts,joined a stable of British fightersthat includes WBA heavyweightchampion David Haye and RickyHatton who have deals with GoldenBoy Promotions, which announcedthe contract with Khan on Sunday.“I am really happy,” Khan said.“They will be the right team to helpme continue my career as an elitefighter and to expand my fan baseto the United States and around theworld.”

Khan signs promotion deal with De La Hoya

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Volkswagen’s Carlos Sainz and co-driver Lucas Cruz, of Spain, race in stage 12 of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 2010 between San Juan and San Rafael, Argentina, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010.

“I’m ready to fight anyone, any-where, anytime and know thatGolden Boy will help me accom-plish these goals.” Khan won a sil-ver medal at the 2004 Athens Olym-pics at age 17. Six months ago, Khantook the WBA crown by unanimousdecision over Andreas Kotelnik andlast month he knocked out Dmitriy

Salita in his first title defense.“Amir Khan is one of the most

talented fighters in the world at anyweight,” De la Hoya said. “That tal-ent, combined with his charismaticand out-going personality, makeshim a promoter’s dream and I feelwill one day lead him to being theface of boxing.”

Sainz clinchesDakar Rally victorySan Rafael, ARG

Carlos Sainz resisted Volkswagen team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah’s late challenge to clinch his first Dakar Rally victory.Al-Attiyah had reduced Sainz’s lead - which at one stage reached10 minutes - to just under three minutes going into the finalstage. But although Al-Attiyah was fastest again on today’s SanRafael to Buenos Aires leg, he could not do enough in the final206 kilometres to overhaul the former World Rally champion,who wrapped up victory with a cushion of 2m12s.

It’s a good feeling because we did agreat job all Dakar without any mis-takes or accidents with other cars.”

Mark Miller finished third, tocomplete a one-two-three for VW asit repeated its 2009 win. Sainz hadheld the lead from stage five onwards,as VW took command of the secondhalf of the rally following a strongearly challenge from the X-raidBMW team. The BMWs had the paceto take the fight to VW, but not theconsistency. Stage one winner NaniRoma crashed heavily on the secondday, Guerlain Chicherit had to playcatch-up from the start following se-vere electrical problems, and a bro-ken propshaft on stage five costDakar legend Stephane Peterhansela growing lead.

Peterhansel and Chicherit at leastfought back to fourth and fifth,ahead of Carlos Sousa in the best ofthe ex-works Mitsubishis now runby the JMB Stradale team.