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LOS ANGELES — Fresh off their Oscar nominations, “Birdman” and “Boyhood” added to their awards-season haul with multiple wins at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.

The Broadcast Film Critics As-sociated presented “Birdman” with a leading seven prizes Thursday, but its top honor, best picture, went to Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age story, “Boyhood.”

Linklater was also named best director, and stars Patricia Arquette

and Ellar Coltrane won acting awards.

“Birdman” was recognized for original screenplay, cinematog-raphy, editing, acting ensemble, score, and two trophies for star Michael Keaton.

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” claimed three awards, including best comedy. Overlooked by the Oscars, “The Lego Movie” won best animated feature and “Life Itself” won best documentary. (ap)

“The music connection would be silly to ignore,” said Trish Kinane, executive producer of “American Idol.”

The two shows air back-to-back on Wednesday nights. “Em-pire” has been a success out of the box, already earning an order for a second season, while age has cost “American Idol” its long-time sta-tus of television’s biggest show.

Producers, host Ryan Seacrest and judges Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. talked about steps being taken to get stronger performers among the finalists this season. While the show had good contestants last year, one reason the show faded in the ratings is because

some of them could have done more to connect with an audience, Seacrest said.

More young would-be musi-cians are comfortable working at home with their computers these days instead of in front of an audi-ence, the judges said.

This year, before the show’s group of contestants is whittled down from 48 to 24, they are be-ing interviewed by the judges to get a better sense of their goals and strengths, Kinane said. Then they will be taken to a showcase at the House of Blues in Los Angeles so the judges can get a sense of how they are as performers.

“If it makes them better per-formers, it makes a better show,”

s a i d D a v i d H i l l , News Corp. senior vice president, who oversees the show for Fox.

T h e s h o w h a s also brought Taylor Swift’s label head, Scott Borchetta, in as a mentor for the contestants. While he’s already started work it’s still not clear when Bor-chetta, CEO and president of Big Machine Records, will first appear on the air, Kinane said. Borchetta’s successful inde-pendent label will take on the winner of this year’s show with a contract.

The musicians said they can

really see a difference with would-be musicians whose development is a more solitary experience.

“There is something about going to a studio and getting out and being with other musicians and writers when you are making music,” Lopez said.

Connick, a jazz musician who embodies his hometown of New Orleans, said that because of the Internet, young people are ex-

posed to music and influences from around the world. That has its positives, but Connick said he saw how regional strengths are be-ing whittled away when “Ameri-can Idol” conducted auditions in New Orleans.

“It was really weird,” Connick said. “I was looking for people who looked like they really came from New Orleans. But they could have been from anywhere.”

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In this Dec. 9, 2014 file photo, from left, singer Keith Urban, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, and singer Harry Connick, Jr. arrive on set of American Idol XIV in Los Angeles.

‘American Idol’ talks of working with ‘Empire’

PASADENA — “American Idol” producers have talked about a cross-promotion with “Empire,” Fox’s hot new series about a music industry family, perhaps getting some of the contestants on the scripted show, producers said Saturday.

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Richard Linklater, center, and the cast and crew of “Boyhood” accept the best picture award at the 20th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in Los Angeles.

‘Birdman,’ ‘Boyhood’ top winners at Critics’ Choice Awards

The other convicts were from Vietnam, Malawi, Nigeria and Indo-nesia. The six were the first people executed under new President Joko Widodo.

Indonesia has tough anti-drugs laws and Widodo, who took office in October, has disappointed rights activists by voicing support for capi-tal punishment despite his image as a reformist.

A spokesman for Brazilian Presi-dent Dilma Roussef said she was “distressed and outraged” after In-donesia ignored her last-ditch pleas and put to death Marco Archer Car-doso Moreira, who was convicted

of smuggling cocaine into Indonesia in 2004.

“Using the death penalty, which is increasingly rejected by the interna-tional community, seriously affects relations between our countries,” the spokesman said in a statement.

The Brazilian ambassador to Jakarta was being recalled for con-sultations, the spokesman added.

Meanwhile Dutch Foreign Min-ister Bert Koenders said the Nether-lands had also recalled its ambassa-dor over the execution of Dutchman Ang Kiem Soei, and described all six deaths as “terribly sad” in a statement.

“My heart goes out to their fami-lies, for whom this marks a dra-matic end to years of uncertainty,” Koenders said. “The Netherlands remains opposed to the death pen-alty.”

Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte had been in contact with the Indonesian president about the matter, he said, and the government had done “all in its power” to attempt to halt the execution.

Indonesia’s attorney general, H.M Prasetyo, said Sunday the death penalty was not “something pleasing or fun” but insisted the executions

had been carried out in accordance with the law.

“I hope everyone can understand this,” he told reporters.

“Indonesia must be saved from narcotics... this is a crime against humanity that damages the morals of the younger generation.”

He also insisted the death penalty was a “positive law for Indonesia”.

All the prisoners, who had been sentenced to death between 2000 and 2011, were executed around the same time shortly after midnight, the attorney general’s office said.

The 53-year-old Brazilian, who was caught with drugs stashed in the frame of his paraglider at Jakarta air-port, and the 62-year-old Dutchman were executed on Nusakambangan Island, home to a high-security

prison, off the main island of Java.A Nigerian, Daniel Enemuo;

Namaona Denis, from Malawi; and an Indonesian woman, Rani Andriani, were executed at the same location.

The sixth convict, Vietnamese woman Tran Thi Bich Hanh, was executed in the Boyolali district in central Java.

They were all caught attempting to smuggle narcotics apart from the Dutchman, who was sentenced to death for operating a huge factory producing the drug ecstasy.

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Ambulances carrying the body of drug convicts Dutch national Ang Kiem Soe, front, and Brazilian national Marco Moreira leave upon arrival from Nusakam-bangan island where their executions were held, at Wijayapura port in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015.

Fury as Indonesia executes foreignersJAKARTA - Brazil and the Netherlands recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and

expressed fury Sunday after Jakarta defied their pleas and executed two of their citizens along with four other drug offenders by firing squad.

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

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

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

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

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The new Harper sits on Jalan Mang-kubumi just a short stroll from Malio-boro and the Royal Palace, with Tugu train station being just down the road and features 131 rooms and suites, and the for Harper hotels typical “Rustic Bistro” signature restaurant, a spa, an outdoor swimming pool with a kids pool, 6 meeting rooms and a grand ballroom that can accommodate up to 400 guests.

Following Harper’s brand concept, the new Harper Mangkubumi – Yo-gyakarta by Aston is a very modern hotel that has been infused with a rustic charm affording a warm and a welcom-ing residential feel. The hotels aims to cater to the needs of the Millennia generation which makes up the bulk of Indonesia’s growing upper middle classes, young families and tourist from overseas who seek international

standards yet want to experience hotels with authenticity and character.

“Already during soft opening we en-joyed occupancies of well above 80 % which confirms that Harper Makubumi is about to replicate the success we had in Bali. The hotel is an attractive mid market addition to our other Jogja offer-ings such as the accolade winning 5 star Grand Aston Yogyakarta and the budget oriented favehotel Kusumanegara. We

His love to Balinese cuisines has made Yohanes Adi Putra always promote Balinese food into an iconic special cuisine. As Executive As-sistant Manager of Food & Beverage at Bali Mandira Beach Resort & Spa, the man of Sanur-born on May 24 is now in charge of the kitchen, Celagi Restaurant, bar, club kid, mini bar and banquet.

According to the figure passionately called John, it was very important to preserve Balinese food. It could be made through the restaurants in Bali. Balinese food was very unique and no one could match. Moreover, Bali had original spices. “If we do not preserve them, who else will do it?” said the graduate of Dyana Pura Dalung with the major in Hospital-ity Management.

On that account, Yohanes who love playing basketball and goes to the gym revealed that Celagi Restaurant at Bali Mandira largely featured Balinese food as an excellent product. “Half of our menus at the restau-rant belong to local delicacies, while the rest is the Western and Asian cuisine. Similarly, his party also offered traditional snacks. Even, to add uniqueness, the name of the food on the menu is made with special fonts and it is only available at this restaurant,” said the champion of National Bartender Contest in Jakarta (2002) and Best Ten ASIA OPEN (2003).

For the sake of preserving the culture of Bali, said John, the restaurant did not only provide quality Balinese beverages, but also presented Balinese traditional entertainment every day. “We highlight the aspects of natural Balinese touch. So, it’s no wonder that almost all of our guests from Australia, Europe and China feel at home here,” he added. (ocha)

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Harper Hotel opens at YogyakartaJAKArTA – After having successfully launched Harper Hotels in Indonesia with the opening of the

Harper Kuta in Bali last year, Archipelago International has now opened its second Harper in yogya-karta.

have aggressive expansion plans for Harper with several Harp-ers under construction in Jakarta, Cawang, Purwakarta, Borgor, Banjarmasin and Makassar,” said Norbert Vas, Vice President Sales & Marketing of Archipelago International’s. (r)

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DENPASAR - Chief of National Drug Agency (BNNP) Bali, I Gusti Ketut Budiartha, says that the state of drug trafficking in Bali is very worrying, as evidenced by crystal meth smuggling busts conducted

From these two sources, it was discovered that 60 percent of the springs in the area of Nusa Penida provide a source of raw water. The Peguyangan springs were estimated to provide ap-proximately 150 to 200 liters of water per second. While, the Penida springs were estimated to yield 150 liters of water per second.

The visit from the Drinking Water Development (PAM) ex-pert was also part of an initiative of the BPSPAM to verify munici-

pal waterworks throughout Indo-nesia, especially upon receiving complaints and handling prob-lems by the local or municipal waterworks. Klungkung was selected among many counties in Indonesia because it is associ-ated with a central government program to provide 100 percent of Indonesia’s drinking water needs. Regent Suwirta admitted that the inspection was also being conducted so that the drinking water expert could survey and examine the condition of exist-

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The dry condition in Nusa Penida Island

To overcome water crisis

Two springs in Nusa Penida inspectedSEMArAPUrA - The government of Klungkung has

started to show signs of taking the clean water crisis seri-ously, as evidenced by measures taken by the regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta. On Friday (Jan16) he invited Prof. Dr. Arwin Sabar, an expert from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) sent by the Water Supply Sys-tem Development Agency (BPSPAM) under the Ministry of Public Works to inspect the springs in Nusa Penida, namely; the Peguyangan water source located at Batukandik village and the Penida water source located on Crystal Bay Beach, Sakti village.

ing water sources in Nusa Penida. By examining the current condition of the springs, the expert could then take steps both to improve and main-tain them. Ultimately, it appears that water services challenges in Nusa Penida can be overcome.

Nevertheless, the regent admitted that his party could not resolve the overall problem immediatlty. The re-gent from Nusa Penida does however hope that every year the water servic-es in Nusa Penida will be improved. According to Regent Suwirta, Klung-

kung will have a new Director of the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM), who he hopes will work jointly with the central government, to follow up on measures already taken and the strategy for future improvements in Nusa Penida. (119)

Drug trafficking still on the rise

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The police officers show the evidence in Denpasar

by the BNNP, which yielded a total of 800 kilograms. “One can just imagine what would have happened if this was distributed in the region”, said Budiartha recently.

The Chief of BNNP Bali, added

that as a tourist destination, Bali should not become a place for drug circulation and production. Based on guidelines provided by central leadership, Budiartha and his party have taken action to prevent the

spread of illegal drugs on the island.“We continue to take preventive

measures, providing community em-powerment, rehabilitation of addicts and enforcement on an ongoing basis, in order to suppress the circulation of illegal drugs destined for different areas of Bali,” he said.

He also touched ion the fact that drug trafficking has entered into Nusa Lem-bongan, Nusa Penida. Therefore, this area, all the way to Gili Trawangan, West Nusa Tenggara needs to be monitored. “We have coordinated with local offi-cials in Nusa Tengarra Barat. Lembon-gan remains unclear,” said the former Tourism Director of Bali Police.

The Denpasar Police Narcotics Unit continues with enforcement efforts, arresting drug dealers, users and drug others involved in trafficking.

On Tuesday (Jan 13), a total of 6 sus-pects were arrested, alleged to be dealing crystal meth and marijuana. The suspect identified as Uc, 40, was arrested on Jalan Tegal Sari Gang Jepun, Denpasar. Related to the case, police confiscated a package of crystal meth. According to the Denpasar

Police officer, the case was further devel-loped, leading to the arrest of suspect Ys, 38, on Jalan Galunggung, Ubung, West

Denpasar, at 10:00 p.m. Another sus-pect located on Jalan Mirah Cempaka, was caught with a package of crystal meth weighing 2.69 grams.

“According to the confession of suspect Ys, his friends often hold drug parties on Jalan Perum (housing com-plex) Dalung Permai, North Kuta. His testimony was then immediately fol-lowed up on”, said Buddiartha.

An hour later, Chief of Denpasar Police Narcotics Unit, Gede Ganefo and his personnel raided a house at Dalung Permai Housing Block DD, North Kuta. At the house, the officers arrested suspect Pong, 29, in possession of 6.85 grams of marijuana. In addition, they also arrested Bas, 44, in possession of 0.32 gram of marijuana, Yas, 45, and Her, 48, in possession of 39.85 grams of marijuana. Chief Ganefo confirmed this data adding: “More details about the case will be released later on. We are still waiting for instructions from our superiors”. (kmb36)

3Monday, January 19, 201514 InternationalInternational Bali NewsTraveling Monday, January 19, 2015

While Georgie, as I had nick-named my blonde dromedary camel, plodded through this re-mote corner of Morocco at the edge of the Saharan Desert, I was transfixed by our reflection - be-cause it was well past sunset and there was no moon.

With the complete lack of arti-ficial lights, the vault of stars was bright enough to cast shadows, but I was struck by how this desert constantly upends expectations.

Shadows without light, luxu-riant bursts of palms among stretches of barren land where you’d swear you’ll never see water again, canyon rock forma-tions that turn out to be fortified villages — a three-day guided driving loop from Marrakech to the dunes of Erg Chebbi in early summer was one mirage-like sur-prise after another.

After all, I was following one of Africa’s most mythic,

AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto

This June 2013 photo shows Nkob, its casbahs and date palm groves, in Morocco’s Draa Valley. Structures found across the region range from basic square houses to massive forts.

Sand dunes, camels and clay castles in Moroccan desert

ERG CHEBBI, Morocco — The bright black silhouettes of our three-camel caravan shone against a tall sand dune like a background drawing of the Three Kings in a Nativity scene.

and historic, trading routes: the road to Timbuktu, lined with centuries-old castles, oases and the occasional camel-crossing road warning.

While he liked to play pop hits and discuss U.S. immigration policies in fluent English, Said Ahnana, my driver and guide from the Desert Majesty tour company, had grown up in a nomadic fam-ily, herding camels among these dunes.

It took him a minute in a village sewing store to wrap three me-ters (10 feet) of turquoise fabric around my head into a sand-proof turban called a shesh, getting me ready for leaving the road behind, stepping out into the dunes and onto the kneeling camel for a sunset ride.

Waveringly perched above Georgie, I watched the nomadic encampments disappear as we climbed nearly 500 feet (150 me-

ters) up the dunes. I clambered up barefoot for the last leg into a sea of orange and pink sand.

On the way back, another guide, who was leading us on foot in his flowing blue robe, asked what sounded like an either-or question, of which I only understood the word jamal, camel in Arabic - so of course I picked that choice.

That’s how a couple from London and I lucked into riding more than an extra hour in the brilliantly lit, eerily silent night to our camp of wide, round tents nestled in the lower dunes. It turns out I had declined car rides for the last few miles.

Not all my travels were by cam-el. With temperatures exceeding 118 F (48 C), the air-conditioned SUV came in handy as we traveled more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) over steep mountain passes and into pink canyons barely wide enough to traverse.

The roads climbing over the High Atlas Mountains to the 2,260-meter (7,414 feet) Col du Tichka, or weaving in and out of the Dades Gorge, are contorted enough for any Marrakech snake-charmer.

But I was too busy marveling at the unfolding landscape to feel the turns. Colorless flatness turned into a river lined by blooming pink oleanders in the Dades gorge and into sheer cliffs tall enough to block the sun in the Todra gorge.

The most astonishing eye trick is to behold what nomadic and Berber civilizations over centuries have eked out of this desert.

Wherever there is water are bursting groves of date palms, olive and pomegranate trees. Just after the Skoura oasis, Said jumped out of the car and came back triumphantly holding a fra-grant Damask rose - improbably, the area around Kela’a M’gouna is famous for its flowers.

Literally carved out of the sand and rock are scores of fortified villages, casbahs, and turreted

castles, ksars, that served caravans for a thousand years along the Dades and Draa valleys.

From basic square houses to massive forts, they are made of a pressed mixture of clay and straw called pise and decorated with carved geometric patterns remi-niscent of indigenous arts from New Mexico to Mali.

Perfectly preserved Ait Ben Haddou and Tamnougalt looked like stage sets - Morocco’s movie capital, Ourzazate, is nearby.

But in their narrow alleys, I came upon flapping laundry lines, a transport donkey parked outside a garden and a public hammam bath - the ancient routines of daily life.

I had meals of herb salads, lamb skewers and sweet mint tea in cool, clay courtyards that in other times sheltered traders and their camels.

As we drove away, I kept look-ing back until the earthen walls and unpaved streets melted into the shimmering desert, disappear-ing like another mirage. (ap)

AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto

This June 2013 photo shows a camel being led across the sand dunes in Erg Chebbi, Morocco, at the edge of the Saharan desert. The route from Mar-rakech, Morocco, to the Saharan desert follows one of Africa’s most mythic and historic trading routes: the road to Timbuktu, lined with centuries-old castles, oases and the occasional camel-crossing road warning.

AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto

This June 2013 photo shows camels resting in sand dunes on a sunset ride in Erg Chebbi, Morocco, at the edge of the Saharan desert. The route from Mar-rakech, Morocco, to the Saharan desert follows one of Africa’s most mythic and historic trading routes: the road to Timbuktu, lined with centuries-old castles, oases and the occasional camel-crossing road warning.

AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto

This June 2013 photo shows a sign indicating a camel crossing on the road to Erfoud, Morocco, a town on the edge of the Sahara desert. A three-day loop from Marrakech to the dunes of Erg Chebbi by camel and air-conditioned SUV offers a look at one of Africa’s most mythic and historic trading routes --the road to Timbuktu.

“The three members of UNES-CO consultant who observed the world heritage in Bali since 13-15 January 2015 has appreciated the follow up of the Subak,” the Chair-man of Subak Research Center of Udayana University Prof Dr Wayan Windia said here on Sunday.

The Chairman and officer from Cultural Directorate General of Cultural and Education Ministry Yunus Arbi had accompanied the team which consist of Kristal Bunly, Gumanini and Koari who visited Subak in four sites.

The Subak farmers has also welcomed the visit of UNESCO surveyors.

Team has visited four sites of

Subak including in Catur Angga Batukaru in Tabanan District and three Subak areas in Pakerisan riverside of Gianyar District.

The team also visited several areas of Hindu temples such as Pura Taman Ayun of Mengwi in Badung District and Pura Ulun Danau Batur of Kintamani in Ban-gli District.

According to Winda, the team did not give any advice due to the condition of Subak as world heri-tage has already as expected.

“The team has very pleased with the warmth reception of Subak farmer members. They are also satisfied with the truth explanation of the condition,”

Windia said.The team will create report to

the UNESCO relating to the fol-low up of Subak which has been declared as world heritage since 29 of June 2012.

The traditional irrigation system that has been declared as one of the World Heritage gives positive impact for the tourism industry in Bali.

The tourism site promotion has also attract tourists to visit Bali and improve the people’s welfare.

UNESCO will follow up the Subak as a world heritage by monitoring and evaluating the sustainability and preservation of the sites. (ant)

JAKARTA - Attorney General HM Prasetyo said that the execution of “Bali Nine” member Myuran Su-kumaran still had yet to wait for the decision of Andrew Chan’s request for pardon.

The Australian citizen has been sentenced to death for being convicted of smuggling 8.2 kilograms of heroin to Indonesia.

The government decided recently to implement the death sentence on six narcotic convicts.

Myuran Sukumaran’s request for a presidential pardon has been turned down while that of Andrew Chan, another member of Bali Nine, is still being processed.

Prasetyo said according to regula-tions if the crime is committed by more than one, execution must be done at the same time.

Bali Nine refers to nine Australians caught on April 17, 2005 in Bali at-tempting to smuggle 8.2 kilograms of heroin to the island from Australia.

The nine people are Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukumaran, Si Yi Chen, Mi-chael Czugaj, Renae Lawrence, Tach Duc Than Nguyen, Matthew Norman, Scott Rush and Martin Stephens.

The district court in Denpasar, Bali, has sentenced Lawrence, Czu-gaj, Stephens and Rush to life in prison and Sukumaran and Chan to death. (ant)

DENPASAR - A well-known tourism marketing website in China, Ctrip, named Bali the best tourist destination at the Top 10 Best Tour-ist Destinations Network Selection and Award Ceremony. “During the event, Ctrip presented two awards to Bali --the Best Island Tourist Desti-nation Award and the Best Overseas Tourism City Award. We hope these awards increase the number of tour-ists, particularly those from China, visiting Indonesia this year and in the years to come,” Indonesian Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said in a press release.

The event, which Yahya stated was held annually by Ctrip, was organized in Lijiang city in Yunnan province in China on Monday (January 13) and was attended by several Chinese officers and business persons of the tourism sector.

Ctrip has a major influence in the Chinese tourism market because it dominates 55.9 percent of online tour-ism marketing in the country.

Yahya further noted that his ministry will focus on promoting In-donesian tourism through online or digital networks. These efforts will include creating mobile applications, carrying out digital and interactive campaigns, and implementing viral marketing tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs.

“As much as 70 percent of Chi-nese tourists get their information on Indonesia through the Internet. It is a challenge for the ministry to boost promotion strategies through digital media,” Yahya remarked.

The ministry will also focus on easing accessibility by introducing direct flights from cities in China to Indonesia, particularly to Bali,

he affirmed.Furthermore, the China National

Tourism Administration (CNTA) and the Indonesian Tourism Ministry are determined to increase the number of tourists visiting both countries to 2 million by the end of 2015.

As many as 883,725 Chinese tour-ists visited Indonesia from January to November 2014.

The ministry recorded that Chinese travelers tour Indonesia for an average of 4 to 5 days, spending US$100 to 110 per day. (ant)

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The file photo showed Jati Luwih rice field, one of Unesco’s world heritage sites. A surveyor team of UNESCO has observed the Balinese traditional irrigation or “Subak” which has been confirmed as a world heritage.

Unesco surveys “Subak”

DENPASAR - A surveyor team of UNESCO has observed the Balinese traditional irrigation or “Subak” which has been confirmed as a world heritage.

Bali nine members’ execution to wait pardon decision

Bali names “Best Travel Destination”

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The 78-year-old Pope, wearing a transparent yellow poncho over his white cassock, was driven through the ecstatic crowd in a “popemo-bile” modified from a jeepney, the most popular mode of transport in the Philippines. He stopped often along the route to kiss children and bless religious statues on the day the Philippines celebrates the feast of the infant Jesus. The faithful, also wearing ponchos, held up rosaries in a forest of uplifted arms as he passed by.

Some people in the capital of Asia’s only predominantly Catholic country had waited during the night for gates to open at dawn. The gates opened nine hours before the start of the Mass, which was due to last nearly three hours.

In his homily, the Pope urged Filipinos to shun “social structures which perpetuate poverty, ignorance and corruption”, a theme he stressed when he held talks with President Benigno Aquino on Friday. Aquino attended the Mass.

Francis also took another swipe at the government’s population con-trol efforts, saying the family was under threat from “insidious attacks and programmes contrary to all that

we hold true and sacred”.Organisers had said they had ex-

pected as many as 6 million people, more than the 5 million who flocked to a Mass there by Pope John Paul 20 years ago.

The Pope’s last full day in the Philippines began with an emo-tional youth gathering at a Catholic university in Manila, where he was moved by a question posed by a 12-year-old girl who had been abandoned.

“Many children are abandoned by their parents. Many of them became victims and bad things have happened to them, like drug addiction and prostitution. Why does God allow this to happen, even if the children are not at fault? Why is it that only a few people help us?” the girl, Glyzelle Iris Palomar, asked him.

Street ChildrenThe girl, who was rescued and

found shelter in a Church-run community, broke down in tears and could not finish her prepared welcome. The Pope hugged her and later put aside most of his own prepared speech to respond. “She is the only one who has put forward

a question for which there is no answer and she was not even able to express it in words but rather in tears,” he said, visibly moved.

“Why do children suffer?” the Argentine Pope said, speaking in his native Spanish. An aide translated his words into English for the crowd of about 30,000 young people on the grounds of the Church-run university.

“I invite each one of you to ask yourselves, ‘Have I learned how to weep ... when I see a hungry child, a child on the street who uses drugs, a homeless child, an abandoned child, an abused child, a child that society uses as a slave’?” he said.

Children can be seen living on the streets of the Philippine capital, as they often do in many poor Asian countries, surviving by begging and picking through garbage in vast dumps.

The United Nations says 1.2 million children live on the streets in the Philippines. According to the Child Protection Network Foun-dation, 35.1 percent of children were living in poverty in 2009, the last year such data was available. Nearly 33 percent of Filipinos live in slums. (rtr)

Pope says Mass for huge Manila crowd, appeals for suffering children

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Pope Francis waves from the popemobile before leading a Mass at Rizal Park in Manila January 18, 2015. Huge crowds converged on a Manila park on Sunday to see Pope Francis wrap up his Asian trip with an outdoor Mass expected to draw one of the largest crowds in Philippine history.

MANILA - Pope Francis said a huge open-air Mass for a rain-drenched crowd of millions in the Philippine capital on Sunday, after appealing to the world to “learn how to cry” over the plight of poor, hungry, homeless and abused children. City officials said some 4 million people were in Manila’s Rizal Park and more in surrounding areas to witness the event that caps Francis’s week-long trip to Asia.

MELBOURNE, Florida — A Florida man had “several pockets full of ammunition” when he tar-geted his wife in a shooting Satur-day morning that left two people dead at a mall food court, police said. Jose Garcia Rodriguez, 57, of Palm Bay, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at Melbourne Square Mall, said Police Cmdr. Vince Pryce.

His 33-year-old wife, Idanerys Garcia-Rodriguez, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound in good con-dition, he said. “The survivor is the intended victim,” Pryce said.

Around 100 people were in the mall preparing to open their stores for shoppers at 10 a.m. when of-ficers responded to reports of

multiple gunshots around 9:30 a.m. “We were still hearing shots when the first officers arrived on scene,” Pryce said.

Officers evacuated the mall, as-sisting some employees who had locked themselves in closets when they heard gunfire, Pryce said. Another man died in the shoot-ing. His name was not released, and Pryce said his relationship to the Garcias remained under investigation.

Three handguns were recovered from the scene. When officers found the three victims, Garcia “had several pockets full of ammu-nition,” Pryce said. “We believe this may stem from a domestic violence incident,” he said. (ap)

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Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a shooting at the Melbourne Square Mall on Saturday, Jan 17, 2015 in Mel-bourne, Fla. Melbourne Police have confirmed that the shoot-ing Saturday morning at the mall has left two people dead and one injured from a gunshot wound.

Police: 2 dead, 1 wounded in central Florida mall shooting

According to information gath-ered by reporters, the victim stay-ing at the villa owned by I Wayan

Wardika, 52, was alone when she died. Meanwhile, four Russian trav-ellers named Vyacheslav Ryumin,

40, Denis Zotov, 28, Kollegava Irina, 30, and Andrey Koppel, 26, were staying at the other villa units. When they not reach her by phone all night, Andrey went to check on her, and at 11:23 AM, found that she had died.

After receiving the crime report, police immediately investigated the

crime scene. Based on information from the victim’s companions, she was known to be suffering from a chronic cough and liver problems. “Results of the initial investigation lead us to believe that the victim likely died from illness. However, we are still investigating it further,” said Wayan Arta Ariawan, when

asked for his confirmation on the discovery of the body.

He also said that based on the results of the crime scene investiga-tion, there were no signs of violence on the victim’s body. For the pur-pose of investigation, the victim’s body was taken directly to Sanglah Hospital. (kmb28)

DENPASAR - The government of Bali-owned company -Perusda, in cooperation with third party investors, plans to build a business center and urban park on the land of its former office at Tohpati,

Kesiman, Kertalangu, Denpasar. Land dredging and other arrange-ments have already been carried out in an area of 2.1 hectares. This project, which is using assets owned by the provincial government, was however questioned by legislators in the Bali House. According to the Secretary of Commission II of the Bali House, Made Budastra, there has been no notification regarding the utilization of the provincial government’s assets for a business center to be built in cooperation with third parties. His party ex-pressed surprised that dredging of

the land was going on.“We were surprised to hear about

plans for a business center, and that the land is being dredged. Previous-ly, there has no notification to the House regarding such plans. Neces-sarily the asset utilization must get prior approval from the House and should be clear about the format of cooperation. Unfortunately, this was not carried out,” said

Budastra, Friday (Jan 16). This PDI-P politician from Gianyar asked Perusda to explain about the asset utilization plan for a business center and other activities, feasibil-ity studies and planning in terms of business strategies, including how much revenue the provincial gov-ernment of Bali would receive from such cooperation. “We would agree to the creation of an urban park,

because it is in the public’s inter-est. But the building of a business center in cooperation with third parties, must be accompanied with a feasibility study regarding potential profits to ensure that such a project does not only benefit the third party investors”, said Budastra.

To that end, in the near future the Commission II plans to summon Pe-rusda Bali to present its business plan. Budastra reminded Perusda to respect the House as the executive’s partner, lest they run programs independently without notification and coordination with the House. “Perusda cannot undertake such activities in a hurry and/or secretly. If there is an intention to transform the asset for business purposes, there must notify the House and we can discuss it together.

The cooperation of Perusda with

third parties must certainly get ap-proval from the House”, he added. When contacted separately, Director of Perusda Bali, Nyoman Baskara, said that the feasibility study of the business center development plan including a public open space such as an urban park, children’s play-ground and a jogging track was still being prepared. Meanwhile, land preparations were being undertaken. “We conducted the feasibility study with great care. Having completed it, we will submit it to the

Governor through the Economic Development Bureau,” he said. After the results of feasibility study are presented to the Governor for approval, said Baskara, the results would be presented to the Bali House. “Obviously we will submit it to the Bali House after presenting

it to Governor. But for the time be-ing, we have not conveyed it to the House because it is just an initial plan,” he said.

His party estimated that build-ing an urban park and business center would cost IDR 45-50 bil-lion. He said the project could be implemented in 2016. According to Baskara, for that purpose the Perusda Bali needs to work together with other parties, including other Perusda and local entrepreneurs. He added that the office complex and small-scale business center would hold exhibitions of Balinese products, such as endek clothes, a food center and coffee shop. “Later on we’ll submit the principle permit to the Governor and the building permit (IMB) to the Mayor of Den-pasar,” he said. (kmb29)

NEGARA – For the past week, marine debris has besieged parking spaces along the coast of Gilimanuk, near Celik. Carried by waves on the western tip of Bali. In fact, every rainy season or after high tides, such conditions are prevalent.

Aside from destroying the beauty of the beach with a view of Bali Strait and Java Island, the stranded debris also interferes with the activities of fishermen, especially traditional fishermen wishing to bring their boat ashore. The marine debris also frequently gets stuck in their fishing nets. One of the fishermen, Agung Suitra, revealed that the debris scattered on the beach is not household waste from people who live in the area. Most of the debris is brought in by waves from the Bali straits.

Other than tree branches and roots, the debris also contains food wrapping and plastic. Fishermen also often find debris in the middle of the Bali Straits along the crossing route from Gilimanuk to Ketapang. The fishermen did not blame the presence of this garbage on ferry passengers, although they do often witness people throwing garbage form the vessel into the sea.

Apart from making it difficult to moor, garbage debris and animal carcasses also very much disrupt people’s general comfort. The stench generated is overwhelming and sometimes even reaches into homes in the area. (kmb26)

Spanish traveler found dead in her rented villa

Development of business center at Tohpati questioned

TABANAN - A foreign traveler was found lifeless in a con-tracted villa on Saturday (Jan 17). The woman named Maria Ravuelta Gonzales, 46, of Spanish nationality was found dead in her rented villa room at Mengesta hamlet, Mengesta village, Penebel.

Debris besieges Gilimanuk Beach

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The debris is pilling up along Gilimanuk Coast, Jembrana.

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Though currency markets were a bit calmer Friday, with the euro down 1.1 percent at 0.9824 francs, the repercussions from the previous day’s move are being felt at finan-cial firms from New York to New Zealand via London.

At one point Thursday, the franc surged around 30 percent against the euro in the minutes after the Swiss National Bank, or SNB, said it was ditching policy that limited the rise of franc. It had adopted the policy in 2011 to keep the franc’s rise from hurting the economy’s exports.

Derek Halpenny, a currency strategist at Bank of Tokyo-Mit-subishi UFJ, described the currency move as “unprecedented.” He’s not alone in thinking that.

The scale and speed of the move in what is one of the world’s most-traded currencies caught many financial firms unprepared. While holders of Swiss francs gained, those with sizeable holdings of euros or dollars against the franc would have suffered heavily.

While big banks can absorb big losses on markets, for some smaller firms, the volatility in the franc proved too much.

Alpari, the London-based bro-

kerage firm that sponsors the shirt of English Premier League football club West Ham United, said it had to shut down its business.

In a statement, the firm said the majority of its clients sustained losses which exceeded their account equity. “Where a client cannot cover this loss, it is passed on to us,” it said. “This has forced Alpari (UK) Limited to confirm today that it has entered into insolvency.”

The scale of anger within the firm is evident in a note that its market analyst, Craig Erlam, published Fri-day before news of the wind-down. Bemoaning the “idiotic actions of the SNB,” Erlam warned over the “lon-ger term impact on the markets.”

Alpari’s demise follows that of Global Brokers NZ., a small currency trading house in New Zealand.

Its director, David Johnson, an-nounced on the website of affiliate Excel Markets, that it could no lon-ger meet the regulatory minimum to continue business.

“News of the impact of this event on companies and traders is just beginning to come to light,” he said. “As directors and shareholders we would like to offer our sincerest apologies for this devastating turn

of events.”FXCM, a New York-based cur-

rency broker, said late Friday that it was getting a $300 million rescue loan from financial firm Leucadia National Corp. It had warned that it could be in breach of regulatory capital requirements following a $225 million loss.

Even so, FXCM shares fell 70 percent to $8.86 in after-hours trad-ing Friday.

Other firms, such as CMC Mar-kets in London, said they can absorb the hit. Though its chief executive, Peter Cruddas, conceded the firm sustained losses, he said the overall impact has not materially impacted the group.

And Greenwich, Connecticut.-based retail trading platform Inter-active Brokers revealed it lost $120 million. Still, the firm said that was only 2.5 percent of its net worth.

Thursday’s decision by the Swiss central bank to call time on its ef-forts to prevent the euro from trad-ing below 1.20 francs was a huge surprise. It came amid mounting speculation that the European Cen-tral Bank will next week back a big stimulus program that will put more euros in circulation which would further dilute their value.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google will stop selling its Internet-connected eyewear to consumers until the company can develop a more polished and affordable version that’s less likely to be viewed as a freakish device.

The sales moratorium on the nearly 2-year-old “Explorer” edition of Google Glass goes into effect Jan. 19. The decision announced Thursday coincides with Glass’ spin-off from the secretive Google X lab where it was invented.

Glass will now operate in a division steered by veteran marketing executive Ivy Ross, whose past experience includes stints at fashion-conscious companies such as Gap Inc. and Calvin Klein. Ross will report to Tony Fadell, who played an instrumental role in the design of Apple’s iPod and now runs the smart-appliance maker Nest Labs that Google Inc. bought for $3.2 billion last year.

Google will still sell a version of Glass to companies that have found uses for the device in their offices, stores and fac-tories. The Mountain View, California, company still plans to come back with a new consumer model of Glass, but hasn’t set a timetable for the next release.

By the time Glass returns to the consumer market, it will face more competition from other wearable computing devices, including a line of smart watches that Apple Inc. plans to begin selling this spring.

In a Thursday blog post, Google likened the Explorer edition of Glass to an infant learning how to walk.

“Well, we still have some work to do, but now we’re ready to put on our big kid shoes and learn how to run,” Google said.

Glass looks like a pair of spectacles except the Explorer edi-tion didn’t contain any actual glass in the frame. Instead, the device has a thumbnail-sized screen attached above the right eye so a user can check email, see Twitter posts or get directions without having to grope for a phone.

Google began distributing the $1,500 device to computer programmers and about 10,000 randomly selected people in 2013 with the hope that the test group would come up with new ideas for using Glass and drum up enthusiasm for a hands-free way to remain connected to the Internet.

Although it generated plenty of intrigue and publicity, Glass struggled to win widespread acceptance. Part of the aversion stemmed from a design that made it look like a weird contraption rather than a hip accessory. Glass also turned off many people for its potential to intrude on people’s privacy by secretly tak-ing pictures or video.

“It is a perfect stalker’s tool,” said John Simpson, privacy project director of Consumer Watchdog, a group has been among Google’s most strident critics. “It’s difficult to see how they solve that.”

About half of all consumers had privacy concerns about Glass, according to data compiled by Forrester Research. The price also limited the demand for Glass when Google began selling the device to all comers last May.

“Google needs to construct a consumer image for the prod-uct, and deal with privacy concerns if they want it to be mass market,” said Forrester analyst J.P. Gownder.

Google hasn’t disclosed how many units of the Glass’ Ex-plorer version were sold. The company says about 100 busi-nesses, including Hewlett-Packard, Boeing and Taco Bell, are testing Glass as a tool for work.

Google to stop consumer sales

of Glass to redesign device

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People follow the development of courses in Zurich after the turbulence at the stock exchange, pictured Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015.

Swiss franc’s massive surge claims

brokerage firm scalpsLONDON — The staggering ascent in the Swiss franc, one of the most acute moves in decades

by a major currency, has hurt financial firms around the world, with at least two brokerages going out of business.

One of the Pupuan mangosteen farmers doubling as the chief of Pupuan Farmers Contact (KTNA), Suardika, explained the main con-straint faced by Tabanan mangosteen farmers in meeting the demand was the limited quantity of mangosteen trees. “Farmers in Pupuan do not plant mangosteen tree in monoculture but by intercropping,” he said. Averagely farmers in Pupuan had 10 mangosteen trees. Other than mangosteen, farmers in Pupuan also planted sugar snake-fruit, duku (Lansium domesticum) and durian on their plantation.

Quality of the Pupuan mangosteen deemed exportworthy has been ogled by Taiwan market. Even, to send this fruit, a packaging counter has been available in Pupuan. According to Su-ardika, this great opportunity should get better attention from farmers and the government. Aside from being unable to meet the demand, farmers should also consider the quality of fruit products in order to comply with the terms of exports. “The requirements of exporting mangosteen are very tight. Not all fruits produced can be exported to Taiwan,” he said.

To meet the export requirements, mangosteen should have a light

purple color, no spots and no black-ening. No defects were allowed and it should be still fresh. Mangosteen should be submitted within two days after harvested. Later than that time was considered no longer fresh. “The selection made is very tight, where among seven pieces of mangosteen perhaps only one will qualify,” he said. Due to strict selection, farm-ers needed additional knowledge in terms of maintaining their man-gosteen tree in order to produce fruits qualifying for export. To that end, Suardika expected the role of govern-ment to help farmers both in terms of funding, counseling and training on mangosteen cultivation.

Added Suardika, on average each tree could produce 100 kg of man-gosteen. “I plant 50 trees and usually get 50 tons in each harvest,” he said. The harvest of Pupuan mangosteen usually began in March. Although it was not entirely intended for export market, the demand of domestic mar-ket was also quite large. Farmers had some ways to sell their mangosteen. In addition to selling intact fruit, added Suardika, the Pupuan farmers also began to process mangosteen into fruit juice. (kmb24)

DENPASAR - As many as 38 artists will hold a joint exhibition on January 17-23 in Ketewel, Gi-anyar. “The art exhibition themed ‘SAMA-SAMA’ has the participa-tion of artists from Malaysia, the Philippines, and several regions in Indonesia,” Antonius Kho, the co-ordinator of the exhibition, stated.

According to him, the exhibition will showcase about 50 fine art-works, including two-dimensional, three-dimensional, installations, multimedia, and performing arts.

The exhibition is themed, “SA-MA-SAMA” based on the cultural and linguistic similarities in the Southeast Asian region, Kho re-vealed.

The exhibition on the island entails a series of events that were earlier held in Kuala Lumpur and Malacca during the ArtMalaysia Art Tourism Fair (AATF) themed, “Now Art is for Everyone” and was followed by artists from four countries: Indonesia, Iran, the Phil-

ippines, and Malaysia.Malaysian artists participating

in the exhibition are Asghar Yag-houbi, Martin Wood, Debora Teo Linang, Koh Shim Luen, Maxine Xie Xianxin, Tey Beng Tze, and Rat Heist.

Filipino artists participating in the event are Celco Pepito, Ross Capili, Angelico Vilanueva, Fe Madrid Pepito, Danny Pangan, and Joe Datun.

Indonesian artists taking part in the exhibition are Antonius Kho, Diyano Purwadi, Putu Sudiana Bonuz, Djunaidi Kenyut, IGN Sura Ardana, Made Somadita, Made Supena, Putu Edy Asmara, Ketut Lekung Sugantika, Imam Nurofiq, Ridi Winarno, Lindu Prasekti, Syahrizal Koto, Made Arya Dedok, Ketut Kabul Suasana, Made Kaek, Made Dollar Astawa, Nyoman Sujana Kenyem, Ketut Adi Can-dra, Nyoman Sani, Uuk Parama-hita, Putu Bambang Juliartha, Tien Hong, and Atmi Kristiadewi. (ant)

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Antonius Kho

Artists from three countries to hold exhibition in Bali

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Amidst the onslaught of imported fruits, in fact local fruits can compete in the export market. At the moment, the local fruit glanced by export market is the Pupuan mangosteen.

Glanced by export market

Mangosteen hampered by quality, quantity

TABANAN - Amidst the onslaught of imported fruits, in fact local fruits can compete in the export market. At the moment, the local fruit glanced by export market is the Pupuan man-gosteen. Request of the purplish fruit with white flesh constantly increases so that mangosteen farmers in Pupuan claim to have difficulty in meeting the demand.

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A team of 15 navy divers tried to get to the wreckage to examine it and calculate its weight, but failed to reach it due to the unfavorable conditions, said Suryadi Bambang Supriyadi, director of operations for Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency.

Indonesian survey ships have located at least nine big objects, including the jet’s fuselage, what is believed to be the cockpit and an engine, Supriyadi said. The fuselage is sitting on the seabed at a depth of 28 meters (92 feet).

The 30-meter-long (100-foot-long) fuselage and an attached wing were sighted Wednesday. Divers attempted to reach the wreckage Thursday and Friday, but were turned back because of the rough sea conditions.

Authorities believe many of the bodies are still inside the fuselage. There were 162 people aboard Flight 8501 when it crashed into the sea Dec. 28 en route from Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, to Singapore. Only 51 bodies have been recovered so far.

The head of the search and rescue agency, Henry Bambang Soelistyo, said Friday that the fuselage would have to be lifted because of the divers’ inability to reach it. This will be done by either using floating balloons, as the tail section was lifted earlier in the week, or cranes from tugboats. Soe-listyo did not say when the operation would start.

Divers, however, still need to reach

the wreckage area. The wreckage that appears to be the cockpit was located by sonar imagery about 500 meters (yards) from the fuselage and was partly embed-ded in the mud.

“What we have so far is only a sil-houette of the wreckage,” Supriyadi said. “We need to deploy our divers to identify whether it’s the jet’s cockpit or something else.”

He also said the divers have been told to retrieve the bodies of the pilot and the co-pilot if they are able to find them in the cockpit.

Bad weather is a suspected factor in the crash. The plane’s flight data and cockpit voice recorders were retrieved earlier in the week and will be key to learning the cause. (ap)

YOGYAKARTA - The tourism villages in the Yogyakarta Special Region need to be mapped in an ef-fort to facilitate the development of tourist attractions there, according to local practitioner of tourism and culture Widi Utaminingsih.

“Yogyakarta has many tour-ism villages which need to be mapped in an effort to make them more attractive to both domestic and foreign tourists,” she said on Sunday.

Utaminingsih noted that every district in Yogyakarta has numer-ous tourism villages but only a few of them were potential to be sold to tourists who would like to visit.

“Efforts to optimally map the tourism villages aim to develop the tourist attractions and to increase the number of tourist visits to Yog-yakarta,” said Utaminingsih, whose foundation engages in the study of tourism and cultural development based on local potential.

She affirmed that by mapping the tourism villages, it will ease

the local government to foster and improve the tourist attractions there.

Besides, she added that the in-frastructure in the tourism villages should improved in order that the foreign tourists who visit can feel comfortable, and have positive memories and impressions after they return to their countries of origin.

“Both domestic and foreign tourists who visit the tourism vil-lages must obtain good facilities, so that they may fell comfortable and safe while enjoying their visit,” she noted.

According to her, the tourism villages at every district in Yo-gyakarta should continue to be promoted to attract more and more tourists.

“The increase in the number of tourist visits to the tourism vil-lages in Yogyakarta is believed to affect the welfare of the local community,” Utaminingsih af-firmed. (ant)

JAKARTA - Indonesian anti-terror police Friday shot dead a suspected Islamic militant accused of deadly attacks on police-men and having links to the country’s most wanted extremist, an official said.

The world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation has struggled with Islamic extremism for more than a decade, facing a series of attacks on Western targets, although a crackdown has weakened the most dangerous networks.

The elite anti-terror unit shot dead the suspected militant, identified by police only as Ronny, during a firefight early Friday in a small village in Kediri district, on the main island of Java.

“He tried to escape and opened fire on police,” national police spokesman Ronny Sompie told AFP, adding that the suspect died at the scene.

Sompie said that the man was linked to the country’s most-wanted Islamic extremist, Santoso, leader of the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen militant group, which hides out in the jungles on central Sulawesi island.

He was allegedly behind deadly attacks on four policemen.The militants on Sulawesi are thought to be among the few

that remain a real threat in Indonesia. They regularly launch at-tacks but these tend to target Indonesian security forces and be low-impact.

Indonesia launched a largely successful crackdown on Islamic militant groups following the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, mostly foreigners.

But fears are growing about the influence of the Islamic State group, with some worried that Indonesians returning from fighting in Iraq or Syria could revive sophisticated militant networks. (afp)

Sea conditions prevent divers from reaching AirAsia fuselage

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — High waves and strong currents in the Java Sea again prevented Indonesian navy divers from accessing the fuselage and what is believed to be the cockpit from the AirAsia plane that crashed three weeks ago, officials said.

Police shoot dead suspected Islamic militant

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Tourists visited Tamansari Water Palace located at Yogyakarta. The tourism villages in the Yo-gyakarta Special Region need to be mapped in an effort to facilitate the development of tourist attractions there, according to local practitioner of tourism and culture Widi Utaminingsih.

Yogyakarta tourism villages need maping

All had their appeals to the president for clemency -- their last chance to avoid the firing squad -- rejected last month.

Jakarta had an unofficial moratorium on executions for several years from 2008 but resumed capital punishment again in 2013. There were no executions last year.

Widodo, known as Jokowi, has taken a particularly hard line towards people on death row for narcotics offences, insisting they will not receive a presidential pardon since Indonesia is facing an “emergency” due to high levels of drug use.

Following Sunday’s executions, the number of people on death row in Indonesia for drugs-related offences stood at 60, around half of whom are foreigners, said a spokesman for the national narcotics agency.

Widodo’s tough stance has sparked concern for other foreign-ers sentenced to death, particularly two Australians who were part of the “Bali Nine” group caught trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia in 2005.

One of the pair, Myuran Sukumaran, also had his clemency appeal rejected last month but authorities say he will be executed with fellow Australian Andrew Chan as they committed their crime together.

Chan is still awaiting the outcome of his clemency appeal.Also on death row is British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford.

She was sentenced to death in 2013 after being caught trying to smuggle cocaine into Bali. (afp)

Leon Sigal, director of the North-east Asia Cooperative Security Proj-ect at the Social Science Research Council, a U.S.-based nonprofit, told reporters that the meeting would cover the North’s nuclear missile programs. He said “it’s two ways of taking each other’s temperature.”

The U.S. and North Korea have no formal diplomatic ties, but former U.S. officials occasionally meet the North’s diplomats in a bid to settle the impasse over Pyong-yang’s pursuit of a long-range nuclear-armed missile that could hit the U.S. mainland. North Ko-rea’s team was led by Ri Yong Ho, the chief negotiator for six-party denuclearization talks.

North Korea has indicated will-ingness to rejoin the long-stalled talks, but has balked at U.S. de-mands it first take concrete steps to

show it remains committed to the denuclearization goal.

Earlier this month, North Korea told the United States that it was willing to impose a temporary moratorium on its nuclear tests if Washington scraps planned military drills with South Korea this year. Washington called the linking of the military drills with a possible nuclear test “an implicit threat,” but said it was open to dialogue with North Korea.

Pyongyang is thought to have a handful of crude nuclear bombs and has conducted three nuclear tests since 2006. But experts are divided on how far the opaque government has come in the technology needed to miniaturize a warhead.

Asked whether the two sides would also discuss recent hack-ing attacks linked to the comedy

flick “The Interview,” Sigal said, “I don’t think we will get into that very much.”

The U.S. blames the North for crippling cyberattacks on Sony Entertainment, which released the movie depicting the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and subsequently imposed new sanctions on the country. Pyong-yang has denied responsibility for the cyberattacks and accused the U.S. of engineering recent Internet disruptions in the country.

Others taking part in the Singa-pore talks, which go on until Mon-day, include former U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth, former deputy nuclear negotiator Joseph DeTrani and Tony Namkung, former deputy director at Berkeley’s Institute for East Asian Studies. (ap)

KONKETIYAWA, Sri Lanka — Karunawathie isn’t hungry for breakfast. She rarely is these days, but she forces herself to choke down a few bites of rice, dried fish and a simple coconut mix. The doctors say it’s better to have something in her stomach before the four-hour dialysis treatments.

She’s going for her second session of the week, dressed all in pink, right down to her flip-flops. Her fingers and toes are fat with fluid, and her spongy arms feel like soft water balloons. Since she can no longer pass liquids on her own, doctors have told her to drink only 500 milliliters a day — equal to less than a can and a half of soda.

As she walks unsteadily to the door, her two youngest chil-dren, 16 and 11, kneel before her and place their heads at her feet in a traditional show of respect. V.G. Karunawathie is only 40 years old, but she is dying, and no one knows why. Her kidneys have stopped working, and now she’s kept alive by a pump that filters waste from her blood twice a week through a snorkel-like tube implanted into her neck.

The cause of her disease, which affects an estimated 70,000 to 400,000 people in Sri Lanka’s rice basket, has baffled doctors and researchers for two decades. Even the World Health Orga-nization hasn’t been able to pinpoint what’s killing as many as 10 people a month in Karunawathie’s village — ravaging one house while sparing the next — as it creeps farther and farther into neighboring areas.

The disease mirrors equally confounding conditions plaguing thousands of farmworkers in parts of India, Egypt and Central America. Suspected causes include chronic dehydration and the heavy use and misuse of agrochemicals. In Sri Lanka, fertilizer use is among the heaviest in the world.

No one cause has been identified, but theories abound. Many believe a combination of factors could be at play — from toxic algae and hard ground water to heavy metal exposure and high fluoride in drinking water.

But to Karunawathie, there is no mystery at all. She un-derstands more about this so-called chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology than anyone should. It killed her father, mother and five brothers. Three other siblings have been sick-ened. (ap)

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Former U.S. special envoy for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth, top, Joseph DeTrani, bot-tom right, and Tony Namkung, left, meet during breakfast ahead of meetings with North Korean officials, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 in Singapore.

US ex-officials meet N. Korean nuclear chief amid standoff

SINGAPORE — U.S. academics and former senior officials met with North Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator in Singapore on Sunday to get a feel for each other’s positions amid a yearslong standoff over the North’s nuclear weapons buildup.

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MELBOURNE - Novak Djok-ovic pronounced himself fit and raring to go in search of his fifth Australian Open title on Sunday after overcoming a bout of illness that had prompted social media users to suggest he was in doubt for the tournament. Djokovic had cancelled a practice session and news conference on Saturday, which prompted social media to go into a tailspin, though the 27-year-old dispelled those rumours on Sunday.

“I had tough couple of days. But it’s all behind me now. I’m ready for the Open,” he said after a practice session on Rod Laver Arena. “Little bit with the flu and stomach. But I carried that already from the Middle East,” he added in reference to his withdrawal from an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi earlier this month.

“But now it’s good. It’s passed.” The news the affable Serb had overcome his illness was a relief for the organisers, with the world number one a crowd favourite at Melbourne Park.

He has won three of the past four finals and lost to eventual champion Stanislas Wawrinka last year in an epic quarter-final that finished 9-7 in the fifth set. Djokovic had already been singled out as the man to beat for the title this year with Rafa Nadal acknowledging the

Plexicushion courts were the Serb’s favourite surface.

Second seed Roger Federer also said he was the favourite, though Djokovic was just as keen to squelch those expectations. “I don’t think it’s nice to talk about the title ... when the tournament hasn’t started yet. There are so many players who are contenders to win,” he said.

“Considering the success that I had in my career in this tournament gives me enough reason and confi-dence to believe I can go far. “(But) 120 players want to prove that they deserve to be in this tournament, and they have huge motivation to win against the top players. “So I’ll take it one match at a time.”

He is scheduled to play Slove-nian qualifier Aljaz Bedene in their first round match on Tuesday and while he had only seen him play once in Chennai, the Serb was not taking anything for granted.

“Obviously he’s going to be very motivated to perform well,” he said. “He’s got nothing to lose (like the other) lower-ranked play-ers, younger players.

“That’s what makes them really dangerous in the opening rounds. “That’s why I hope I can start with the right intensity, the way I was starting this tournament in previ-ous years. “If I do so, I have a good chance to win.” (rtr)

Dwight Howard, who missed the first two games against the Warriors, led Houston with 23 points and 10 rebounds on a night when the NBA’s leading scorer James Harden scored just 11. The Rockets got five straight points from Kostas Papanikolaou to cut the lead to 110-94 with seven minutes left, but Golden State scored nine quick points after that, led by Curry’s five, to make it 119-94 and cruise to its NBA-leading 24th double-digit victory.

Harden made just two of his first 12 shots and got his fourth foul on a charge with 1:44 left in the third. He was 4 of 15, including 0 of 4 on 3s, to finish well below his average of 27 points a game. Kyle Korver made a season-high seven 3-pointers on his way to 24 points, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Chicago Bulls 107-99 for its 12th

straight victory.Al Horford added 22 points

and nine rebounds as the Hawks matched the second-longest win streak in franchise history. Paul Millsap scored 16 and Jeff Teague had 17 points and 11 assists. The Hawks have won 26 of 28 since a 7-6 start, surging to the top of the Eastern Conference with one of the NBA’s most efficient offenses and a stingy defense.

Derrick Rose had 23 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for Chicago, which has dropped five of seven. Pau Gasol had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and Jimmy Butler scored 15.

Zach Randolph had 20 points and 15 rebounds, Beno Udrih added 17 points, including two key buckets in the final minute as the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Portland Trail

Blazers 102-98.Memphis won its fourth straight

and led by as many as 20 in the sec-ond half. But it saw the lead dwindle to 95-93 when Damian Lillard connected on a 3-pointer with 1:06 left. Udrih’s 20-footer as the shot clock expired on the next possession helped Memphis maintain the lead.

Lillard connected on another 3-pointer with 27 seconds left, but Udrih made a 22-footer with 8.7 seconds for the win. Jeff Green and Courtney Lee matched Udrih’s 17 points, and Marc Gasol finished with 15. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 32 points.

Blake Griffin scored 18 of his 30 points in the second half, Matt Barnes had 26 points and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away in the third quarter to beat the Sacramento Kings 117-108. (ap)

AP Photo/Pat Sullivan

Houston Rockets’ Donatas Motiejunas (20) tries to block a shot by Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (11) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, in Houston. The Warriors won 131-106.

Curry and Thompson help Warriors to 131-106

win over HoustonHOUSTON — Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson scored 27 points each and the Golden

State Warriors used a huge third quarter to roll to a 131-106 win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night. The Warriors led by five at halftime and used a 38-point third quarter, with 15 points from Curry, to take a 22-point lead into the fourth quarter.

Djokovic downplays concerns over

illness, ready to go

REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic hits a shot during a practice session on Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park January 18, 2015. The Australian Open tennis tournament begins on January 19.

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“When I changed the shape, I wanted speed or pace also in the attacking line,” United manager Louis van Gaal said. “It’s a change in attack that brings lot of risk, but we have won 2-0 and it was deserved.” But it was a frustrating return to the team for striker Ra-damel Falcao, who was thwarted several times by Green after being dropped for last weekend’s loss to Southampton.

United remains fourth due to Southampton’s surprising form continuing with a 2-1 win at New-castle. QPR is mired in the relega-tion zone after a fifth straight league match without a win. Although it was QPR’s first home loss since October, the west London team is relying on its home form to avoid the drop. All 19 points have been collected at Loftus Road, while 10 successive away losses have made

BATA, Equatorial Guinea — Gabon beat Burkina Faso 2-0 at the African Cup of Nations on Saturday, with captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring one and setting up the second to send the 2013 finalist to defeat in its tournament opener. Gabon’s rapid start saw it go top of Group A after the first day of matches, and sent Burkina Faso to the bottom.

Host Equatorial Guinea earlier drew 1-1 with Republic of Congo, also at Bata Stadium, to open the group and the tournament. Au-bameyang kept his composure to sweep a shot into the roof of the net in the 19th minute after his

initial effort was blocked. He was mobbed by his teammates, with only goalkeeper Didier Ovono not part of the celebrations.

Aubameyang crossed for Mal-ick Evouna to head in the second in the 72nd, sealing victory and delighting the drum-banging fans who made the trip across the bor-der from neighboring Gabon.

Burkina Faso, which lost to Nigeria in the final two years ago, wasted a bunch of chances as Alain Traore and Bertrand Traore couldn’t get past Gabon goalkeeper Didier Ovono. “We played a very good game but, un-fortunately, if you cannot score, you cannot win,” Burkina Faso

coach Paul Put said. Burkina Faso started stronger, but Ovono denied forwards Jonathan Pitroi-pa and Alain Traore early on.

In a flurry of chances in the second half, Alain Traore sent a fizzing free kick inches over in the 62nd and grabbed his head in frustration. Two minutes later, Aubameyang hit a shot straight at Burkina Faso goalkeeper Germain Sanou. And straight after that, Bertrand Traore was denied when one-on-one with Ovono. Gabon sealed victory when Aubameyang broke free on the right wing and sent a high cross for Evouna to power his header in. (ap)

ROME - AS Roma slipped up in their pursuit of Serie A lead-ers Juventus as they salvaged a 1-1 draw at mid-table Palermo on Saturday thanks to a second-half Mattia Destro equaliser. The result, Roma’s third draw in four matches, leaves Rudi Garcia’s side two points behind Juve on 41 points and if the champions win at home to Verona on Sunday, the side from the capital will be five adrift for the first time this season.

In the earlier game, Inter Mi-lan’s Slovenian goalkeeper Samir Handanovic was in brilliant form to help them secure a 0-0 draw at lowly Empoli. At Palermo, Roma were seemingly in the same mood as last Sunday’s derby with Lazio, allowing their opponents to domi-nate before waking up belatedly after the break.

It took Palermo 100 seconds to take the lead through Paulo Dybala, after an ill-advised pass from Davide Astori went straight to Franco Vazquez’s feet.

The Argentine midfielder sim-ply slipped the ball to Dybala, who easily scored his 10th goal of the season. “It was a late Christmas

present,” Garcia told Sky Sports Italia ruefully. It took Roma until the 54th minute to equalise when Kevin Strootman knocked down a Miralem Pjanic free kick, allow-ing Destro to slide the ball past a diving Stefano Sorrentino.

Palermo appeared to lose en-ergy after that but still had the best chance to steal all the points when Dybala was denied at close range by Roma goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis.

Garcia threw on talisman Fran-cesco Totti in the closing minutes hoping that his captain, who had battled flu this week, might find the winner. Roma’s best chance, though, saw Jose Holebas’s 20-metre shot fly wide. At Empoli, Inter missed the chance to go sixth and apply more pressure in the race for a Champions League spot.

The stalemate moved them into ninth place, still five points behind third-placed Lazio, who occupy the final Champions League quali-fying spot and who host Napoli on Sunday. Inter had their chances but had to be thankful for three excellent second-half saves in 10 minutes from the inspired Han-danovic. (rtr)

MADRID - Valencia climbed above Atletico Madrid and Sevilla into third in La Liga when Alvaro Negredo came off the bench to score a late winner in a 3-2 home victory over his former club Almeria on Saturday. Captain Dani Parejo fired Valencia ahead in the 11th minute at the Mestalla when he clipped home an Antonio Barragan cross but Almeria forward Tomer Hemed levelled two minutes later when he turned in a Wellington centre.

Rodrigo restored Valencia’s lead in the 29th minute before Hemed grabbed his second in the 33rd to be-come the all-time Israeli top scorer in La Liga with 25 goals, surpassing the tally of 24 amassed by former Celta Vigo midfielder Haim Revivo at the end of the 1990s. Negredo, who has yet to spark since sealing

a loan move from Manchester City and played for Almeria between 2007-09, missed a couple of head-ers as Valencia pressed for a winner but made amends when he nodded powerfully into the net seven min-utes from time.

Valencia have 38 points at the halfway point of their season, the same as Atletico, who play at bot-tom side Granada on Sunday, but above the champions on goal differ-ence. The pair are two points ahead of fifth-placed Sevilla, who host seventh-placed Malaga on Sunday.

Valencia coach Nuno told a news conference the club, recently taken over by Singapore billionaire Peter Lim, were on track to meet their goal of qualifying for Europe, which they failed to do last term. “The team is improving every day,” the Portu-

guese said. “We must congratulate the players but keep them on their toes for what lies ahead.”

Leaders Real Madrid have 42 points ahead of their match at Getafe on Sunday, when second-placed Barcelona, a point behind their arch rivals having played one game more, play at Deportivo La Coruna.

Latest SetbackSixth-placed Villarreal rubbed

salt in Athletic Bilbao’s wounds when they beat them 2-0 at the Mad-rigal, the struggling Basque side’s fifth defeat in their last six matches. Russia forward Denis Cheryshev opened the scoring three minutes be-fore halftime when he rounded goal-keeper Gorka Iraizoz and crashed an angled shot high into the empty net before captain Bruno Soriano netted

an 83rd-minute penalty.The win lifted Villarreal to within

a point of Sevilla, while Bilbao stayed 13th, level on 19 points with 12th-placed regional rivals Real Sociedad. Sociedad’s bid to climb away from the relegation places suffered a setback when they were beaten 1-0 at home by Rayo Vallecano and whistled by their own fans.

Sociedad have stabilised since former Manchester United and Ever-ton manager David Moyes took over in November after a poor start to the campaign but their latest setback comes after they were knocked out of the King’s Cup by Villarreal on Wednesday.

Rayo secured the points at Socie-dad’s Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian when Angola forward Manucho outjumped the home defence at an

81st-minute corner and headed past goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli. It was no more than the visitors deserved after a lacklustre performance from Sociedad, who lacked creativity and penetration in attack, and showed Moyes has plenty of work to do if the Basques are to retain their top-flight status.

Sociedad, who have beaten Real, Barca and Atletico at home but stum-bled against teams of lesser calibre, and Bilbao are three points above the drop zone.

Espanyol moved up to ninth on 23 points when Felipe Caicedo, who scored twice in the King’s Cup midweek when the Barcelona-based club knocked out Valencia, struck in the 90th minute to snatch a 1-0 win at home to 11th-placed Celta Vigo. (rtr)

LISBON, Portugal — FC Porto won 3-1 at Penafiel to cut Benfica’s overnight lead of the Portuguese league to three points on Saturday. Hector Herrera opened the scoring for Porto on the half-hour mark before striker Jackson Martinez doubled the

lead three minutes later.Tiago “Rabiola” Coelho pulled

one back for Penafiel after half-time, but Oliver Torres sealed the victory with a goal in the 62nd. Benfica can restore its advan-tage with a win at Maritimo on Sunday.

Guimaraes also routed Aca-demica 4-0 to provisionally move ahead of Sporting Lisbon and into third place. Guimaraes won from first-half goals by Ricardo Valente, Andre Andre, and Antonio “To-mane” Fernandes before Hernani Santos netted late. (ap)

Porto wins 3-1 at Penafiel to close on Benfica in Portugal

AP Photo/Themba Hadebe

Gabon’s Pierre Aubameyang celebrates after scoring a goal during the African Cup of Nations Group A soccer match against Burkina Faso in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015.

Gabon beats Burkina Faso 2-0 on opening day of African Cup

REUTERS/Tony Gentile

AS Roma’s Mattia Destro (C) celebrates with teammates Alessandro Florenzi (L) and Juan Manuel Iturbe (R) after scoring against Palermo during the Italian Serie A soccer match in Palermo January 17, 2015.

Roma checked again in Juve chase

Valencia up to third after late Negredo winner

AP Photo/Matt Dunham

Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini, right, scores his side’s first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between QPR and Manchester United at Loftus Road stadium in London, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015.

Man United beats struggling QPR 2-0 in Premier League

LONDON — Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson came off the bench to end Manchester United’s three-game winless run in the Premier League on Saturday, scoring second-half goals in a 2-0 victory against a struggling but spirited Queens Park Rangers. In an improved second-half performance, when United reverted to 4-4-2, Fellaini produced the breakthrough when he met Antonio Valencia’s pass in the 58th minute. And the 19-year-old Wilson struck in stoppage time after QPR goalkeeper Robert Green parried his initial attempt.

even manager Harry Redknapp feel uncertain about his future.

“That was one of our better home performances,” Redknapp said. “The players gave everything today. I can’t ask any more.” United didn’t manage a single shot on tar-get last weekend. Such an anomaly was prevented after 10 minutes here when Michael Carrick struck at Green, who then kept out Falcao’s close-range effort with a quick reaction save.

QPR, though, was unsettling United, with Charlie Austin seeing two volleys expertly tipped over by goalkeeper David de Gea. Wayne Rooney’s penalty appeal after be-ing tripped by Joey Barton was dismissed, but United was creating little for Angel di Maria or Falcao up front.

The visiting United fans were chanting “4-4-2” and the restora-

tion of four rather than three at the back, coinciding with Fellaini replacing Juan Mata in midfield at halftime, contributed to an upturn in fortunes.

Although Falcao’s header was

thwarted by Green’s low diving save, United did finally score for only the second time in six hours in the league through Fellaini. “We just switched off for a second and got punished,” Redknapp said.

And as QPR pressed for the equalizer, the hosts were caught on the break when Wilson scored for the first time this season, having previ-ously only netted twice in a single game in May. (ap)

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“When I changed the shape, I wanted speed or pace also in the attacking line,” United manager Louis van Gaal said. “It’s a change in attack that brings lot of risk, but we have won 2-0 and it was deserved.” But it was a frustrating return to the team for striker Ra-damel Falcao, who was thwarted several times by Green after being dropped for last weekend’s loss to Southampton.

United remains fourth due to Southampton’s surprising form continuing with a 2-1 win at New-castle. QPR is mired in the relega-tion zone after a fifth straight league match without a win. Although it was QPR’s first home loss since October, the west London team is relying on its home form to avoid the drop. All 19 points have been collected at Loftus Road, while 10 successive away losses have made

BATA, Equatorial Guinea — Gabon beat Burkina Faso 2-0 at the African Cup of Nations on Saturday, with captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring one and setting up the second to send the 2013 finalist to defeat in its tournament opener. Gabon’s rapid start saw it go top of Group A after the first day of matches, and sent Burkina Faso to the bottom.

Host Equatorial Guinea earlier drew 1-1 with Republic of Congo, also at Bata Stadium, to open the group and the tournament. Au-bameyang kept his composure to sweep a shot into the roof of the net in the 19th minute after his

initial effort was blocked. He was mobbed by his teammates, with only goalkeeper Didier Ovono not part of the celebrations.

Aubameyang crossed for Mal-ick Evouna to head in the second in the 72nd, sealing victory and delighting the drum-banging fans who made the trip across the bor-der from neighboring Gabon.

Burkina Faso, which lost to Nigeria in the final two years ago, wasted a bunch of chances as Alain Traore and Bertrand Traore couldn’t get past Gabon goalkeeper Didier Ovono. “We played a very good game but, un-fortunately, if you cannot score, you cannot win,” Burkina Faso

coach Paul Put said. Burkina Faso started stronger, but Ovono denied forwards Jonathan Pitroi-pa and Alain Traore early on.

In a flurry of chances in the second half, Alain Traore sent a fizzing free kick inches over in the 62nd and grabbed his head in frustration. Two minutes later, Aubameyang hit a shot straight at Burkina Faso goalkeeper Germain Sanou. And straight after that, Bertrand Traore was denied when one-on-one with Ovono. Gabon sealed victory when Aubameyang broke free on the right wing and sent a high cross for Evouna to power his header in. (ap)

ROME - AS Roma slipped up in their pursuit of Serie A lead-ers Juventus as they salvaged a 1-1 draw at mid-table Palermo on Saturday thanks to a second-half Mattia Destro equaliser. The result, Roma’s third draw in four matches, leaves Rudi Garcia’s side two points behind Juve on 41 points and if the champions win at home to Verona on Sunday, the side from the capital will be five adrift for the first time this season.

In the earlier game, Inter Mi-lan’s Slovenian goalkeeper Samir Handanovic was in brilliant form to help them secure a 0-0 draw at lowly Empoli. At Palermo, Roma were seemingly in the same mood as last Sunday’s derby with Lazio, allowing their opponents to domi-nate before waking up belatedly after the break.

It took Palermo 100 seconds to take the lead through Paulo Dybala, after an ill-advised pass from Davide Astori went straight to Franco Vazquez’s feet.

The Argentine midfielder sim-ply slipped the ball to Dybala, who easily scored his 10th goal of the season. “It was a late Christmas

present,” Garcia told Sky Sports Italia ruefully. It took Roma until the 54th minute to equalise when Kevin Strootman knocked down a Miralem Pjanic free kick, allow-ing Destro to slide the ball past a diving Stefano Sorrentino.

Palermo appeared to lose en-ergy after that but still had the best chance to steal all the points when Dybala was denied at close range by Roma goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis.

Garcia threw on talisman Fran-cesco Totti in the closing minutes hoping that his captain, who had battled flu this week, might find the winner. Roma’s best chance, though, saw Jose Holebas’s 20-metre shot fly wide. At Empoli, Inter missed the chance to go sixth and apply more pressure in the race for a Champions League spot.

The stalemate moved them into ninth place, still five points behind third-placed Lazio, who occupy the final Champions League quali-fying spot and who host Napoli on Sunday. Inter had their chances but had to be thankful for three excellent second-half saves in 10 minutes from the inspired Han-danovic. (rtr)

MADRID - Valencia climbed above Atletico Madrid and Sevilla into third in La Liga when Alvaro Negredo came off the bench to score a late winner in a 3-2 home victory over his former club Almeria on Saturday. Captain Dani Parejo fired Valencia ahead in the 11th minute at the Mestalla when he clipped home an Antonio Barragan cross but Almeria forward Tomer Hemed levelled two minutes later when he turned in a Wellington centre.

Rodrigo restored Valencia’s lead in the 29th minute before Hemed grabbed his second in the 33rd to be-come the all-time Israeli top scorer in La Liga with 25 goals, surpassing the tally of 24 amassed by former Celta Vigo midfielder Haim Revivo at the end of the 1990s. Negredo, who has yet to spark since sealing

a loan move from Manchester City and played for Almeria between 2007-09, missed a couple of head-ers as Valencia pressed for a winner but made amends when he nodded powerfully into the net seven min-utes from time.

Valencia have 38 points at the halfway point of their season, the same as Atletico, who play at bot-tom side Granada on Sunday, but above the champions on goal differ-ence. The pair are two points ahead of fifth-placed Sevilla, who host seventh-placed Malaga on Sunday.

Valencia coach Nuno told a news conference the club, recently taken over by Singapore billionaire Peter Lim, were on track to meet their goal of qualifying for Europe, which they failed to do last term. “The team is improving every day,” the Portu-

guese said. “We must congratulate the players but keep them on their toes for what lies ahead.”

Leaders Real Madrid have 42 points ahead of their match at Getafe on Sunday, when second-placed Barcelona, a point behind their arch rivals having played one game more, play at Deportivo La Coruna.

Latest SetbackSixth-placed Villarreal rubbed

salt in Athletic Bilbao’s wounds when they beat them 2-0 at the Mad-rigal, the struggling Basque side’s fifth defeat in their last six matches. Russia forward Denis Cheryshev opened the scoring three minutes be-fore halftime when he rounded goal-keeper Gorka Iraizoz and crashed an angled shot high into the empty net before captain Bruno Soriano netted

an 83rd-minute penalty.The win lifted Villarreal to within

a point of Sevilla, while Bilbao stayed 13th, level on 19 points with 12th-placed regional rivals Real Sociedad. Sociedad’s bid to climb away from the relegation places suffered a setback when they were beaten 1-0 at home by Rayo Vallecano and whistled by their own fans.

Sociedad have stabilised since former Manchester United and Ever-ton manager David Moyes took over in November after a poor start to the campaign but their latest setback comes after they were knocked out of the King’s Cup by Villarreal on Wednesday.

Rayo secured the points at Socie-dad’s Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian when Angola forward Manucho outjumped the home defence at an

81st-minute corner and headed past goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli. It was no more than the visitors deserved after a lacklustre performance from Sociedad, who lacked creativity and penetration in attack, and showed Moyes has plenty of work to do if the Basques are to retain their top-flight status.

Sociedad, who have beaten Real, Barca and Atletico at home but stum-bled against teams of lesser calibre, and Bilbao are three points above the drop zone.

Espanyol moved up to ninth on 23 points when Felipe Caicedo, who scored twice in the King’s Cup midweek when the Barcelona-based club knocked out Valencia, struck in the 90th minute to snatch a 1-0 win at home to 11th-placed Celta Vigo. (rtr)

LISBON, Portugal — FC Porto won 3-1 at Penafiel to cut Benfica’s overnight lead of the Portuguese league to three points on Saturday. Hector Herrera opened the scoring for Porto on the half-hour mark before striker Jackson Martinez doubled the

lead three minutes later.Tiago “Rabiola” Coelho pulled

one back for Penafiel after half-time, but Oliver Torres sealed the victory with a goal in the 62nd. Benfica can restore its advan-tage with a win at Maritimo on Sunday.

Guimaraes also routed Aca-demica 4-0 to provisionally move ahead of Sporting Lisbon and into third place. Guimaraes won from first-half goals by Ricardo Valente, Andre Andre, and Antonio “To-mane” Fernandes before Hernani Santos netted late. (ap)

Porto wins 3-1 at Penafiel to close on Benfica in Portugal

AP Photo/Themba Hadebe

Gabon’s Pierre Aubameyang celebrates after scoring a goal during the African Cup of Nations Group A soccer match against Burkina Faso in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015.

Gabon beats Burkina Faso 2-0 on opening day of African Cup

REUTERS/Tony Gentile

AS Roma’s Mattia Destro (C) celebrates with teammates Alessandro Florenzi (L) and Juan Manuel Iturbe (R) after scoring against Palermo during the Italian Serie A soccer match in Palermo January 17, 2015.

Roma checked again in Juve chase

Valencia up to third after late Negredo winner

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Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini, right, scores his side’s first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between QPR and Manchester United at Loftus Road stadium in London, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015.

Man United beats struggling QPR 2-0 in Premier League

LONDON — Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson came off the bench to end Manchester United’s three-game winless run in the Premier League on Saturday, scoring second-half goals in a 2-0 victory against a struggling but spirited Queens Park Rangers. In an improved second-half performance, when United reverted to 4-4-2, Fellaini produced the breakthrough when he met Antonio Valencia’s pass in the 58th minute. And the 19-year-old Wilson struck in stoppage time after QPR goalkeeper Robert Green parried his initial attempt.

even manager Harry Redknapp feel uncertain about his future.

“That was one of our better home performances,” Redknapp said. “The players gave everything today. I can’t ask any more.” United didn’t manage a single shot on tar-get last weekend. Such an anomaly was prevented after 10 minutes here when Michael Carrick struck at Green, who then kept out Falcao’s close-range effort with a quick reaction save.

QPR, though, was unsettling United, with Charlie Austin seeing two volleys expertly tipped over by goalkeeper David de Gea. Wayne Rooney’s penalty appeal after be-ing tripped by Joey Barton was dismissed, but United was creating little for Angel di Maria or Falcao up front.

The visiting United fans were chanting “4-4-2” and the restora-

tion of four rather than three at the back, coinciding with Fellaini replacing Juan Mata in midfield at halftime, contributed to an upturn in fortunes.

Although Falcao’s header was

thwarted by Green’s low diving save, United did finally score for only the second time in six hours in the league through Fellaini. “We just switched off for a second and got punished,” Redknapp said.

And as QPR pressed for the equalizer, the hosts were caught on the break when Wilson scored for the first time this season, having previ-ously only netted twice in a single game in May. (ap)

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south of the town of Singaraja. Precisely, it perches at the verge of the Singaraja–Denpasar road section via Pupuan. This overlay

of paddy fields look very stunning with the background of green hills. Amidst of the paddy fields lies a strand of river whose glittering

water runs throughout the year. Farmer activities around the paddy fields take visitors to a natural rustic atmosphere. Near the parking area

located at road side, a wooden stage is provided for visitors to enjoy a stretch of paddy fields while un-winding. (IBP)

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MELBOURNE - Novak Djok-ovic pronounced himself fit and raring to go in search of his fifth Australian Open title on Sunday after overcoming a bout of illness that had prompted social media users to suggest he was in doubt for the tournament. Djokovic had cancelled a practice session and news conference on Saturday, which prompted social media to go into a tailspin, though the 27-year-old dispelled those rumours on Sunday.

“I had tough couple of days. But it’s all behind me now. I’m ready for the Open,” he said after a practice session on Rod Laver Arena. “Little bit with the flu and stomach. But I carried that already from the Middle East,” he added in reference to his withdrawal from an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi earlier this month.

“But now it’s good. It’s passed.” The news the affable Serb had overcome his illness was a relief for the organisers, with the world number one a crowd favourite at Melbourne Park.

He has won three of the past four finals and lost to eventual champion Stanislas Wawrinka last year in an epic quarter-final that finished 9-7 in the fifth set. Djokovic had already been singled out as the man to beat for the title this year with Rafa Nadal acknowledging the

Plexicushion courts were the Serb’s favourite surface.

Second seed Roger Federer also said he was the favourite, though Djokovic was just as keen to squelch those expectations. “I don’t think it’s nice to talk about the title ... when the tournament hasn’t started yet. There are so many players who are contenders to win,” he said.

“Considering the success that I had in my career in this tournament gives me enough reason and confi-dence to believe I can go far. “(But) 120 players want to prove that they deserve to be in this tournament, and they have huge motivation to win against the top players. “So I’ll take it one match at a time.”

He is scheduled to play Slove-nian qualifier Aljaz Bedene in their first round match on Tuesday and while he had only seen him play once in Chennai, the Serb was not taking anything for granted.

“Obviously he’s going to be very motivated to perform well,” he said. “He’s got nothing to lose (like the other) lower-ranked play-ers, younger players.

“That’s what makes them really dangerous in the opening rounds. “That’s why I hope I can start with the right intensity, the way I was starting this tournament in previ-ous years. “If I do so, I have a good chance to win.” (rtr)

Dwight Howard, who missed the first two games against the Warriors, led Houston with 23 points and 10 rebounds on a night when the NBA’s leading scorer James Harden scored just 11. The Rockets got five straight points from Kostas Papanikolaou to cut the lead to 110-94 with seven minutes left, but Golden State scored nine quick points after that, led by Curry’s five, to make it 119-94 and cruise to its NBA-leading 24th double-digit victory.

Harden made just two of his first 12 shots and got his fourth foul on a charge with 1:44 left in the third. He was 4 of 15, including 0 of 4 on 3s, to finish well below his average of 27 points a game. Kyle Korver made a season-high seven 3-pointers on his way to 24 points, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Chicago Bulls 107-99 for its 12th

straight victory.Al Horford added 22 points

and nine rebounds as the Hawks matched the second-longest win streak in franchise history. Paul Millsap scored 16 and Jeff Teague had 17 points and 11 assists. The Hawks have won 26 of 28 since a 7-6 start, surging to the top of the Eastern Conference with one of the NBA’s most efficient offenses and a stingy defense.

Derrick Rose had 23 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for Chicago, which has dropped five of seven. Pau Gasol had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and Jimmy Butler scored 15.

Zach Randolph had 20 points and 15 rebounds, Beno Udrih added 17 points, including two key buckets in the final minute as the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Portland Trail

Blazers 102-98.Memphis won its fourth straight

and led by as many as 20 in the sec-ond half. But it saw the lead dwindle to 95-93 when Damian Lillard connected on a 3-pointer with 1:06 left. Udrih’s 20-footer as the shot clock expired on the next possession helped Memphis maintain the lead.

Lillard connected on another 3-pointer with 27 seconds left, but Udrih made a 22-footer with 8.7 seconds for the win. Jeff Green and Courtney Lee matched Udrih’s 17 points, and Marc Gasol finished with 15. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 32 points.

Blake Griffin scored 18 of his 30 points in the second half, Matt Barnes had 26 points and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away in the third quarter to beat the Sacramento Kings 117-108. (ap)

AP Photo/Pat Sullivan

Houston Rockets’ Donatas Motiejunas (20) tries to block a shot by Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (11) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, in Houston. The Warriors won 131-106.

Curry and Thompson help Warriors to 131-106

win over HoustonHOUSTON — Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson scored 27 points each and the Golden

State Warriors used a huge third quarter to roll to a 131-106 win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night. The Warriors led by five at halftime and used a 38-point third quarter, with 15 points from Curry, to take a 22-point lead into the fourth quarter.

Djokovic downplays concerns over

illness, ready to go

REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic hits a shot during a practice session on Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park January 18, 2015. The Australian Open tennis tournament begins on January 19.

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A team of 15 navy divers tried to get to the wreckage to examine it and calculate its weight, but failed to reach it due to the unfavorable conditions, said Suryadi Bambang Supriyadi, director of operations for Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency.

Indonesian survey ships have located at least nine big objects, including the jet’s fuselage, what is believed to be the cockpit and an engine, Supriyadi said. The fuselage is sitting on the seabed at a depth of 28 meters (92 feet).

The 30-meter-long (100-foot-long) fuselage and an attached wing were sighted Wednesday. Divers attempted to reach the wreckage Thursday and Friday, but were turned back because of the rough sea conditions.

Authorities believe many of the bodies are still inside the fuselage. There were 162 people aboard Flight 8501 when it crashed into the sea Dec. 28 en route from Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, to Singapore. Only 51 bodies have been recovered so far.

The head of the search and rescue agency, Henry Bambang Soelistyo, said Friday that the fuselage would have to be lifted because of the divers’ inability to reach it. This will be done by either using floating balloons, as the tail section was lifted earlier in the week, or cranes from tugboats. Soe-listyo did not say when the operation would start.

Divers, however, still need to reach

the wreckage area. The wreckage that appears to be the cockpit was located by sonar imagery about 500 meters (yards) from the fuselage and was partly embed-ded in the mud.

“What we have so far is only a sil-houette of the wreckage,” Supriyadi said. “We need to deploy our divers to identify whether it’s the jet’s cockpit or something else.”

He also said the divers have been told to retrieve the bodies of the pilot and the co-pilot if they are able to find them in the cockpit.

Bad weather is a suspected factor in the crash. The plane’s flight data and cockpit voice recorders were retrieved earlier in the week and will be key to learning the cause. (ap)

YOGYAKARTA - The tourism villages in the Yogyakarta Special Region need to be mapped in an ef-fort to facilitate the development of tourist attractions there, according to local practitioner of tourism and culture Widi Utaminingsih.

“Yogyakarta has many tour-ism villages which need to be mapped in an effort to make them more attractive to both domestic and foreign tourists,” she said on Sunday.

Utaminingsih noted that every district in Yogyakarta has numer-ous tourism villages but only a few of them were potential to be sold to tourists who would like to visit.

“Efforts to optimally map the tourism villages aim to develop the tourist attractions and to increase the number of tourist visits to Yog-yakarta,” said Utaminingsih, whose foundation engages in the study of tourism and cultural development based on local potential.

She affirmed that by mapping the tourism villages, it will ease

the local government to foster and improve the tourist attractions there.

Besides, she added that the in-frastructure in the tourism villages should improved in order that the foreign tourists who visit can feel comfortable, and have positive memories and impressions after they return to their countries of origin.

“Both domestic and foreign tourists who visit the tourism vil-lages must obtain good facilities, so that they may fell comfortable and safe while enjoying their visit,” she noted.

According to her, the tourism villages at every district in Yo-gyakarta should continue to be promoted to attract more and more tourists.

“The increase in the number of tourist visits to the tourism vil-lages in Yogyakarta is believed to affect the welfare of the local community,” Utaminingsih af-firmed. (ant)

JAKARTA - Indonesian anti-terror police Friday shot dead a suspected Islamic militant accused of deadly attacks on police-men and having links to the country’s most wanted extremist, an official said.

The world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation has struggled with Islamic extremism for more than a decade, facing a series of attacks on Western targets, although a crackdown has weakened the most dangerous networks.

The elite anti-terror unit shot dead the suspected militant, identified by police only as Ronny, during a firefight early Friday in a small village in Kediri district, on the main island of Java.

“He tried to escape and opened fire on police,” national police spokesman Ronny Sompie told AFP, adding that the suspect died at the scene.

Sompie said that the man was linked to the country’s most-wanted Islamic extremist, Santoso, leader of the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen militant group, which hides out in the jungles on central Sulawesi island.

He was allegedly behind deadly attacks on four policemen.The militants on Sulawesi are thought to be among the few

that remain a real threat in Indonesia. They regularly launch at-tacks but these tend to target Indonesian security forces and be low-impact.

Indonesia launched a largely successful crackdown on Islamic militant groups following the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, mostly foreigners.

But fears are growing about the influence of the Islamic State group, with some worried that Indonesians returning from fighting in Iraq or Syria could revive sophisticated militant networks. (afp)

Sea conditions prevent divers from reaching AirAsia fuselage

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — High waves and strong currents in the Java Sea again prevented Indonesian navy divers from accessing the fuselage and what is believed to be the cockpit from the AirAsia plane that crashed three weeks ago, officials said.

Police shoot dead suspected Islamic militant

ANTARA FOTO/Noveradika

Tourists visited Tamansari Water Palace located at Yogyakarta. The tourism villages in the Yo-gyakarta Special Region need to be mapped in an effort to facilitate the development of tourist attractions there, according to local practitioner of tourism and culture Widi Utaminingsih.

Yogyakarta tourism villages need maping

All had their appeals to the president for clemency -- their last chance to avoid the firing squad -- rejected last month.

Jakarta had an unofficial moratorium on executions for several years from 2008 but resumed capital punishment again in 2013. There were no executions last year.

Widodo, known as Jokowi, has taken a particularly hard line towards people on death row for narcotics offences, insisting they will not receive a presidential pardon since Indonesia is facing an “emergency” due to high levels of drug use.

Following Sunday’s executions, the number of people on death row in Indonesia for drugs-related offences stood at 60, around half of whom are foreigners, said a spokesman for the national narcotics agency.

Widodo’s tough stance has sparked concern for other foreign-ers sentenced to death, particularly two Australians who were part of the “Bali Nine” group caught trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia in 2005.

One of the pair, Myuran Sukumaran, also had his clemency appeal rejected last month but authorities say he will be executed with fellow Australian Andrew Chan as they committed their crime together.

Chan is still awaiting the outcome of his clemency appeal.Also on death row is British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford.

She was sentenced to death in 2013 after being caught trying to smuggle cocaine into Bali. (afp)

Leon Sigal, director of the North-east Asia Cooperative Security Proj-ect at the Social Science Research Council, a U.S.-based nonprofit, told reporters that the meeting would cover the North’s nuclear missile programs. He said “it’s two ways of taking each other’s temperature.”

The U.S. and North Korea have no formal diplomatic ties, but former U.S. officials occasionally meet the North’s diplomats in a bid to settle the impasse over Pyong-yang’s pursuit of a long-range nuclear-armed missile that could hit the U.S. mainland. North Ko-rea’s team was led by Ri Yong Ho, the chief negotiator for six-party denuclearization talks.

North Korea has indicated will-ingness to rejoin the long-stalled talks, but has balked at U.S. de-mands it first take concrete steps to

show it remains committed to the denuclearization goal.

Earlier this month, North Korea told the United States that it was willing to impose a temporary moratorium on its nuclear tests if Washington scraps planned military drills with South Korea this year. Washington called the linking of the military drills with a possible nuclear test “an implicit threat,” but said it was open to dialogue with North Korea.

Pyongyang is thought to have a handful of crude nuclear bombs and has conducted three nuclear tests since 2006. But experts are divided on how far the opaque government has come in the technology needed to miniaturize a warhead.

Asked whether the two sides would also discuss recent hack-ing attacks linked to the comedy

flick “The Interview,” Sigal said, “I don’t think we will get into that very much.”

The U.S. blames the North for crippling cyberattacks on Sony Entertainment, which released the movie depicting the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and subsequently imposed new sanctions on the country. Pyong-yang has denied responsibility for the cyberattacks and accused the U.S. of engineering recent Internet disruptions in the country.

Others taking part in the Singa-pore talks, which go on until Mon-day, include former U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth, former deputy nuclear negotiator Joseph DeTrani and Tony Namkung, former deputy director at Berkeley’s Institute for East Asian Studies. (ap)

KONKETIYAWA, Sri Lanka — Karunawathie isn’t hungry for breakfast. She rarely is these days, but she forces herself to choke down a few bites of rice, dried fish and a simple coconut mix. The doctors say it’s better to have something in her stomach before the four-hour dialysis treatments.

She’s going for her second session of the week, dressed all in pink, right down to her flip-flops. Her fingers and toes are fat with fluid, and her spongy arms feel like soft water balloons. Since she can no longer pass liquids on her own, doctors have told her to drink only 500 milliliters a day — equal to less than a can and a half of soda.

As she walks unsteadily to the door, her two youngest chil-dren, 16 and 11, kneel before her and place their heads at her feet in a traditional show of respect. V.G. Karunawathie is only 40 years old, but she is dying, and no one knows why. Her kidneys have stopped working, and now she’s kept alive by a pump that filters waste from her blood twice a week through a snorkel-like tube implanted into her neck.

The cause of her disease, which affects an estimated 70,000 to 400,000 people in Sri Lanka’s rice basket, has baffled doctors and researchers for two decades. Even the World Health Orga-nization hasn’t been able to pinpoint what’s killing as many as 10 people a month in Karunawathie’s village — ravaging one house while sparing the next — as it creeps farther and farther into neighboring areas.

The disease mirrors equally confounding conditions plaguing thousands of farmworkers in parts of India, Egypt and Central America. Suspected causes include chronic dehydration and the heavy use and misuse of agrochemicals. In Sri Lanka, fertilizer use is among the heaviest in the world.

No one cause has been identified, but theories abound. Many believe a combination of factors could be at play — from toxic algae and hard ground water to heavy metal exposure and high fluoride in drinking water.

But to Karunawathie, there is no mystery at all. She un-derstands more about this so-called chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology than anyone should. It killed her father, mother and five brothers. Three other siblings have been sick-ened. (ap)

AP Photo/Wong Maye-E

Former U.S. special envoy for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth, top, Joseph DeTrani, bot-tom right, and Tony Namkung, left, meet during breakfast ahead of meetings with North Korean officials, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 in Singapore.

US ex-officials meet N. Korean nuclear chief amid standoff

SINGAPORE — U.S. academics and former senior officials met with North Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator in Singapore on Sunday to get a feel for each other’s positions amid a yearslong standoff over the North’s nuclear weapons buildup.

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Mystery kidney disease killing Sri Lankan farmers

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Though currency markets were a bit calmer Friday, with the euro down 1.1 percent at 0.9824 francs, the repercussions from the previous day’s move are being felt at finan-cial firms from New York to New Zealand via London.

At one point Thursday, the franc surged around 30 percent against the euro in the minutes after the Swiss National Bank, or SNB, said it was ditching policy that limited the rise of franc. It had adopted the policy in 2011 to keep the franc’s rise from hurting the economy’s exports.

Derek Halpenny, a currency strategist at Bank of Tokyo-Mit-subishi UFJ, described the currency move as “unprecedented.” He’s not alone in thinking that.

The scale and speed of the move in what is one of the world’s most-traded currencies caught many financial firms unprepared. While holders of Swiss francs gained, those with sizeable holdings of euros or dollars against the franc would have suffered heavily.

While big banks can absorb big losses on markets, for some smaller firms, the volatility in the franc proved too much.

Alpari, the London-based bro-

kerage firm that sponsors the shirt of English Premier League football club West Ham United, said it had to shut down its business.

In a statement, the firm said the majority of its clients sustained losses which exceeded their account equity. “Where a client cannot cover this loss, it is passed on to us,” it said. “This has forced Alpari (UK) Limited to confirm today that it has entered into insolvency.”

The scale of anger within the firm is evident in a note that its market analyst, Craig Erlam, published Fri-day before news of the wind-down. Bemoaning the “idiotic actions of the SNB,” Erlam warned over the “lon-ger term impact on the markets.”

Alpari’s demise follows that of Global Brokers NZ., a small currency trading house in New Zealand.

Its director, David Johnson, an-nounced on the website of affiliate Excel Markets, that it could no lon-ger meet the regulatory minimum to continue business.

“News of the impact of this event on companies and traders is just beginning to come to light,” he said. “As directors and shareholders we would like to offer our sincerest apologies for this devastating turn

of events.”FXCM, a New York-based cur-

rency broker, said late Friday that it was getting a $300 million rescue loan from financial firm Leucadia National Corp. It had warned that it could be in breach of regulatory capital requirements following a $225 million loss.

Even so, FXCM shares fell 70 percent to $8.86 in after-hours trad-ing Friday.

Other firms, such as CMC Mar-kets in London, said they can absorb the hit. Though its chief executive, Peter Cruddas, conceded the firm sustained losses, he said the overall impact has not materially impacted the group.

And Greenwich, Connecticut.-based retail trading platform Inter-active Brokers revealed it lost $120 million. Still, the firm said that was only 2.5 percent of its net worth.

Thursday’s decision by the Swiss central bank to call time on its ef-forts to prevent the euro from trad-ing below 1.20 francs was a huge surprise. It came amid mounting speculation that the European Cen-tral Bank will next week back a big stimulus program that will put more euros in circulation which would further dilute their value.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google will stop selling its Internet-connected eyewear to consumers until the company can develop a more polished and affordable version that’s less likely to be viewed as a freakish device.

The sales moratorium on the nearly 2-year-old “Explorer” edition of Google Glass goes into effect Jan. 19. The decision announced Thursday coincides with Glass’ spin-off from the secretive Google X lab where it was invented.

Glass will now operate in a division steered by veteran marketing executive Ivy Ross, whose past experience includes stints at fashion-conscious companies such as Gap Inc. and Calvin Klein. Ross will report to Tony Fadell, who played an instrumental role in the design of Apple’s iPod and now runs the smart-appliance maker Nest Labs that Google Inc. bought for $3.2 billion last year.

Google will still sell a version of Glass to companies that have found uses for the device in their offices, stores and fac-tories. The Mountain View, California, company still plans to come back with a new consumer model of Glass, but hasn’t set a timetable for the next release.

By the time Glass returns to the consumer market, it will face more competition from other wearable computing devices, including a line of smart watches that Apple Inc. plans to begin selling this spring.

In a Thursday blog post, Google likened the Explorer edition of Glass to an infant learning how to walk.

“Well, we still have some work to do, but now we’re ready to put on our big kid shoes and learn how to run,” Google said.

Glass looks like a pair of spectacles except the Explorer edi-tion didn’t contain any actual glass in the frame. Instead, the device has a thumbnail-sized screen attached above the right eye so a user can check email, see Twitter posts or get directions without having to grope for a phone.

Google began distributing the $1,500 device to computer programmers and about 10,000 randomly selected people in 2013 with the hope that the test group would come up with new ideas for using Glass and drum up enthusiasm for a hands-free way to remain connected to the Internet.

Although it generated plenty of intrigue and publicity, Glass struggled to win widespread acceptance. Part of the aversion stemmed from a design that made it look like a weird contraption rather than a hip accessory. Glass also turned off many people for its potential to intrude on people’s privacy by secretly tak-ing pictures or video.

“It is a perfect stalker’s tool,” said John Simpson, privacy project director of Consumer Watchdog, a group has been among Google’s most strident critics. “It’s difficult to see how they solve that.”

About half of all consumers had privacy concerns about Glass, according to data compiled by Forrester Research. The price also limited the demand for Glass when Google began selling the device to all comers last May.

“Google needs to construct a consumer image for the prod-uct, and deal with privacy concerns if they want it to be mass market,” said Forrester analyst J.P. Gownder.

Google hasn’t disclosed how many units of the Glass’ Ex-plorer version were sold. The company says about 100 busi-nesses, including Hewlett-Packard, Boeing and Taco Bell, are testing Glass as a tool for work.

Google to stop consumer sales

of Glass to redesign device

AP Photo/Keystone,Walter Bieri

People follow the development of courses in Zurich after the turbulence at the stock exchange, pictured Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015.

Swiss franc’s massive surge claims

brokerage firm scalpsLONDON — The staggering ascent in the Swiss franc, one of the most acute moves in decades

by a major currency, has hurt financial firms around the world, with at least two brokerages going out of business.

One of the Pupuan mangosteen farmers doubling as the chief of Pupuan Farmers Contact (KTNA), Suardika, explained the main con-straint faced by Tabanan mangosteen farmers in meeting the demand was the limited quantity of mangosteen trees. “Farmers in Pupuan do not plant mangosteen tree in monoculture but by intercropping,” he said. Averagely farmers in Pupuan had 10 mangosteen trees. Other than mangosteen, farmers in Pupuan also planted sugar snake-fruit, duku (Lansium domesticum) and durian on their plantation.

Quality of the Pupuan mangosteen deemed exportworthy has been ogled by Taiwan market. Even, to send this fruit, a packaging counter has been available in Pupuan. According to Su-ardika, this great opportunity should get better attention from farmers and the government. Aside from being unable to meet the demand, farmers should also consider the quality of fruit products in order to comply with the terms of exports. “The requirements of exporting mangosteen are very tight. Not all fruits produced can be exported to Taiwan,” he said.

To meet the export requirements, mangosteen should have a light

purple color, no spots and no black-ening. No defects were allowed and it should be still fresh. Mangosteen should be submitted within two days after harvested. Later than that time was considered no longer fresh. “The selection made is very tight, where among seven pieces of mangosteen perhaps only one will qualify,” he said. Due to strict selection, farm-ers needed additional knowledge in terms of maintaining their man-gosteen tree in order to produce fruits qualifying for export. To that end, Suardika expected the role of govern-ment to help farmers both in terms of funding, counseling and training on mangosteen cultivation.

Added Suardika, on average each tree could produce 100 kg of man-gosteen. “I plant 50 trees and usually get 50 tons in each harvest,” he said. The harvest of Pupuan mangosteen usually began in March. Although it was not entirely intended for export market, the demand of domestic mar-ket was also quite large. Farmers had some ways to sell their mangosteen. In addition to selling intact fruit, added Suardika, the Pupuan farmers also began to process mangosteen into fruit juice. (kmb24)

DENPASAR - As many as 38 artists will hold a joint exhibition on January 17-23 in Ketewel, Gi-anyar. “The art exhibition themed ‘SAMA-SAMA’ has the participa-tion of artists from Malaysia, the Philippines, and several regions in Indonesia,” Antonius Kho, the co-ordinator of the exhibition, stated.

According to him, the exhibition will showcase about 50 fine art-works, including two-dimensional, three-dimensional, installations, multimedia, and performing arts.

The exhibition is themed, “SA-MA-SAMA” based on the cultural and linguistic similarities in the Southeast Asian region, Kho re-vealed.

The exhibition on the island entails a series of events that were earlier held in Kuala Lumpur and Malacca during the ArtMalaysia Art Tourism Fair (AATF) themed, “Now Art is for Everyone” and was followed by artists from four countries: Indonesia, Iran, the Phil-

ippines, and Malaysia.Malaysian artists participating

in the exhibition are Asghar Yag-houbi, Martin Wood, Debora Teo Linang, Koh Shim Luen, Maxine Xie Xianxin, Tey Beng Tze, and Rat Heist.

Filipino artists participating in the event are Celco Pepito, Ross Capili, Angelico Vilanueva, Fe Madrid Pepito, Danny Pangan, and Joe Datun.

Indonesian artists taking part in the exhibition are Antonius Kho, Diyano Purwadi, Putu Sudiana Bonuz, Djunaidi Kenyut, IGN Sura Ardana, Made Somadita, Made Supena, Putu Edy Asmara, Ketut Lekung Sugantika, Imam Nurofiq, Ridi Winarno, Lindu Prasekti, Syahrizal Koto, Made Arya Dedok, Ketut Kabul Suasana, Made Kaek, Made Dollar Astawa, Nyoman Sujana Kenyem, Ketut Adi Can-dra, Nyoman Sani, Uuk Parama-hita, Putu Bambang Juliartha, Tien Hong, and Atmi Kristiadewi. (ant)

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Antonius Kho

Artists from three countries to hold exhibition in Bali

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Amidst the onslaught of imported fruits, in fact local fruits can compete in the export market. At the moment, the local fruit glanced by export market is the Pupuan mangosteen.

Glanced by export market

Mangosteen hampered by quality, quantity

TABANAN - Amidst the onslaught of imported fruits, in fact local fruits can compete in the export market. At the moment, the local fruit glanced by export market is the Pupuan man-gosteen. Request of the purplish fruit with white flesh constantly increases so that mangosteen farmers in Pupuan claim to have difficulty in meeting the demand.

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The 78-year-old Pope, wearing a transparent yellow poncho over his white cassock, was driven through the ecstatic crowd in a “popemo-bile” modified from a jeepney, the most popular mode of transport in the Philippines. He stopped often along the route to kiss children and bless religious statues on the day the Philippines celebrates the feast of the infant Jesus. The faithful, also wearing ponchos, held up rosaries in a forest of uplifted arms as he passed by.

Some people in the capital of Asia’s only predominantly Catholic country had waited during the night for gates to open at dawn. The gates opened nine hours before the start of the Mass, which was due to last nearly three hours.

In his homily, the Pope urged Filipinos to shun “social structures which perpetuate poverty, ignorance and corruption”, a theme he stressed when he held talks with President Benigno Aquino on Friday. Aquino attended the Mass.

Francis also took another swipe at the government’s population con-trol efforts, saying the family was under threat from “insidious attacks and programmes contrary to all that

we hold true and sacred”.Organisers had said they had ex-

pected as many as 6 million people, more than the 5 million who flocked to a Mass there by Pope John Paul 20 years ago.

The Pope’s last full day in the Philippines began with an emo-tional youth gathering at a Catholic university in Manila, where he was moved by a question posed by a 12-year-old girl who had been abandoned.

“Many children are abandoned by their parents. Many of them became victims and bad things have happened to them, like drug addiction and prostitution. Why does God allow this to happen, even if the children are not at fault? Why is it that only a few people help us?” the girl, Glyzelle Iris Palomar, asked him.

Street ChildrenThe girl, who was rescued and

found shelter in a Church-run community, broke down in tears and could not finish her prepared welcome. The Pope hugged her and later put aside most of his own prepared speech to respond. “She is the only one who has put forward

a question for which there is no answer and she was not even able to express it in words but rather in tears,” he said, visibly moved.

“Why do children suffer?” the Argentine Pope said, speaking in his native Spanish. An aide translated his words into English for the crowd of about 30,000 young people on the grounds of the Church-run university.

“I invite each one of you to ask yourselves, ‘Have I learned how to weep ... when I see a hungry child, a child on the street who uses drugs, a homeless child, an abandoned child, an abused child, a child that society uses as a slave’?” he said.

Children can be seen living on the streets of the Philippine capital, as they often do in many poor Asian countries, surviving by begging and picking through garbage in vast dumps.

The United Nations says 1.2 million children live on the streets in the Philippines. According to the Child Protection Network Foun-dation, 35.1 percent of children were living in poverty in 2009, the last year such data was available. Nearly 33 percent of Filipinos live in slums. (rtr)

Pope says Mass for huge Manila crowd, appeals for suffering children

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Pope Francis waves from the popemobile before leading a Mass at Rizal Park in Manila January 18, 2015. Huge crowds converged on a Manila park on Sunday to see Pope Francis wrap up his Asian trip with an outdoor Mass expected to draw one of the largest crowds in Philippine history.

MANILA - Pope Francis said a huge open-air Mass for a rain-drenched crowd of millions in the Philippine capital on Sunday, after appealing to the world to “learn how to cry” over the plight of poor, hungry, homeless and abused children. City officials said some 4 million people were in Manila’s Rizal Park and more in surrounding areas to witness the event that caps Francis’s week-long trip to Asia.

MELBOURNE, Florida — A Florida man had “several pockets full of ammunition” when he tar-geted his wife in a shooting Satur-day morning that left two people dead at a mall food court, police said. Jose Garcia Rodriguez, 57, of Palm Bay, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at Melbourne Square Mall, said Police Cmdr. Vince Pryce.

His 33-year-old wife, Idanerys Garcia-Rodriguez, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound in good con-dition, he said. “The survivor is the intended victim,” Pryce said.

Around 100 people were in the mall preparing to open their stores for shoppers at 10 a.m. when of-ficers responded to reports of

multiple gunshots around 9:30 a.m. “We were still hearing shots when the first officers arrived on scene,” Pryce said.

Officers evacuated the mall, as-sisting some employees who had locked themselves in closets when they heard gunfire, Pryce said. Another man died in the shoot-ing. His name was not released, and Pryce said his relationship to the Garcias remained under investigation.

Three handguns were recovered from the scene. When officers found the three victims, Garcia “had several pockets full of ammu-nition,” Pryce said. “We believe this may stem from a domestic violence incident,” he said. (ap)

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Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a shooting at the Melbourne Square Mall on Saturday, Jan 17, 2015 in Mel-bourne, Fla. Melbourne Police have confirmed that the shoot-ing Saturday morning at the mall has left two people dead and one injured from a gunshot wound.

Police: 2 dead, 1 wounded in central Florida mall shooting

According to information gath-ered by reporters, the victim stay-ing at the villa owned by I Wayan

Wardika, 52, was alone when she died. Meanwhile, four Russian trav-ellers named Vyacheslav Ryumin,

40, Denis Zotov, 28, Kollegava Irina, 30, and Andrey Koppel, 26, were staying at the other villa units. When they not reach her by phone all night, Andrey went to check on her, and at 11:23 AM, found that she had died.

After receiving the crime report, police immediately investigated the

crime scene. Based on information from the victim’s companions, she was known to be suffering from a chronic cough and liver problems. “Results of the initial investigation lead us to believe that the victim likely died from illness. However, we are still investigating it further,” said Wayan Arta Ariawan, when

asked for his confirmation on the discovery of the body.

He also said that based on the results of the crime scene investiga-tion, there were no signs of violence on the victim’s body. For the pur-pose of investigation, the victim’s body was taken directly to Sanglah Hospital. (kmb28)

DENPASAR - The government of Bali-owned company -Perusda, in cooperation with third party investors, plans to build a business center and urban park on the land of its former office at Tohpati,

Kesiman, Kertalangu, Denpasar. Land dredging and other arrange-ments have already been carried out in an area of 2.1 hectares. This project, which is using assets owned by the provincial government, was however questioned by legislators in the Bali House. According to the Secretary of Commission II of the Bali House, Made Budastra, there has been no notification regarding the utilization of the provincial government’s assets for a business center to be built in cooperation with third parties. His party ex-pressed surprised that dredging of

the land was going on.“We were surprised to hear about

plans for a business center, and that the land is being dredged. Previous-ly, there has no notification to the House regarding such plans. Neces-sarily the asset utilization must get prior approval from the House and should be clear about the format of cooperation. Unfortunately, this was not carried out,” said

Budastra, Friday (Jan 16). This PDI-P politician from Gianyar asked Perusda to explain about the asset utilization plan for a business center and other activities, feasibil-ity studies and planning in terms of business strategies, including how much revenue the provincial gov-ernment of Bali would receive from such cooperation. “We would agree to the creation of an urban park,

because it is in the public’s inter-est. But the building of a business center in cooperation with third parties, must be accompanied with a feasibility study regarding potential profits to ensure that such a project does not only benefit the third party investors”, said Budastra.

To that end, in the near future the Commission II plans to summon Pe-rusda Bali to present its business plan. Budastra reminded Perusda to respect the House as the executive’s partner, lest they run programs independently without notification and coordination with the House. “Perusda cannot undertake such activities in a hurry and/or secretly. If there is an intention to transform the asset for business purposes, there must notify the House and we can discuss it together.

The cooperation of Perusda with

third parties must certainly get ap-proval from the House”, he added. When contacted separately, Director of Perusda Bali, Nyoman Baskara, said that the feasibility study of the business center development plan including a public open space such as an urban park, children’s play-ground and a jogging track was still being prepared. Meanwhile, land preparations were being undertaken. “We conducted the feasibility study with great care. Having completed it, we will submit it to the

Governor through the Economic Development Bureau,” he said. After the results of feasibility study are presented to the Governor for approval, said Baskara, the results would be presented to the Bali House. “Obviously we will submit it to the Bali House after presenting

it to Governor. But for the time be-ing, we have not conveyed it to the House because it is just an initial plan,” he said.

His party estimated that build-ing an urban park and business center would cost IDR 45-50 bil-lion. He said the project could be implemented in 2016. According to Baskara, for that purpose the Perusda Bali needs to work together with other parties, including other Perusda and local entrepreneurs. He added that the office complex and small-scale business center would hold exhibitions of Balinese products, such as endek clothes, a food center and coffee shop. “Later on we’ll submit the principle permit to the Governor and the building permit (IMB) to the Mayor of Den-pasar,” he said. (kmb29)

NEGARA – For the past week, marine debris has besieged parking spaces along the coast of Gilimanuk, near Celik. Carried by waves on the western tip of Bali. In fact, every rainy season or after high tides, such conditions are prevalent.

Aside from destroying the beauty of the beach with a view of Bali Strait and Java Island, the stranded debris also interferes with the activities of fishermen, especially traditional fishermen wishing to bring their boat ashore. The marine debris also frequently gets stuck in their fishing nets. One of the fishermen, Agung Suitra, revealed that the debris scattered on the beach is not household waste from people who live in the area. Most of the debris is brought in by waves from the Bali straits.

Other than tree branches and roots, the debris also contains food wrapping and plastic. Fishermen also often find debris in the middle of the Bali Straits along the crossing route from Gilimanuk to Ketapang. The fishermen did not blame the presence of this garbage on ferry passengers, although they do often witness people throwing garbage form the vessel into the sea.

Apart from making it difficult to moor, garbage debris and animal carcasses also very much disrupt people’s general comfort. The stench generated is overwhelming and sometimes even reaches into homes in the area. (kmb26)

Spanish traveler found dead in her rented villa

Development of business center at Tohpati questioned

TABANAN - A foreign traveler was found lifeless in a con-tracted villa on Saturday (Jan 17). The woman named Maria Ravuelta Gonzales, 46, of Spanish nationality was found dead in her rented villa room at Mengesta hamlet, Mengesta village, Penebel.

Debris besieges Gilimanuk Beach

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The debris is pilling up along Gilimanuk Coast, Jembrana.

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While Georgie, as I had nick-named my blonde dromedary camel, plodded through this re-mote corner of Morocco at the edge of the Saharan Desert, I was transfixed by our reflection - be-cause it was well past sunset and there was no moon.

With the complete lack of arti-ficial lights, the vault of stars was bright enough to cast shadows, but I was struck by how this desert constantly upends expectations.

Shadows without light, luxu-riant bursts of palms among stretches of barren land where you’d swear you’ll never see water again, canyon rock forma-tions that turn out to be fortified villages — a three-day guided driving loop from Marrakech to the dunes of Erg Chebbi in early summer was one mirage-like sur-prise after another.

After all, I was following one of Africa’s most mythic,

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This June 2013 photo shows Nkob, its casbahs and date palm groves, in Morocco’s Draa Valley. Structures found across the region range from basic square houses to massive forts.

Sand dunes, camels and clay castles in Moroccan desert

ERG CHEBBI, Morocco — The bright black silhouettes of our three-camel caravan shone against a tall sand dune like a background drawing of the Three Kings in a Nativity scene.

and historic, trading routes: the road to Timbuktu, lined with centuries-old castles, oases and the occasional camel-crossing road warning.

While he liked to play pop hits and discuss U.S. immigration policies in fluent English, Said Ahnana, my driver and guide from the Desert Majesty tour company, had grown up in a nomadic fam-ily, herding camels among these dunes.

It took him a minute in a village sewing store to wrap three me-ters (10 feet) of turquoise fabric around my head into a sand-proof turban called a shesh, getting me ready for leaving the road behind, stepping out into the dunes and onto the kneeling camel for a sunset ride.

Waveringly perched above Georgie, I watched the nomadic encampments disappear as we climbed nearly 500 feet (150 me-

ters) up the dunes. I clambered up barefoot for the last leg into a sea of orange and pink sand.

On the way back, another guide, who was leading us on foot in his flowing blue robe, asked what sounded like an either-or question, of which I only understood the word jamal, camel in Arabic - so of course I picked that choice.

That’s how a couple from London and I lucked into riding more than an extra hour in the brilliantly lit, eerily silent night to our camp of wide, round tents nestled in the lower dunes. It turns out I had declined car rides for the last few miles.

Not all my travels were by cam-el. With temperatures exceeding 118 F (48 C), the air-conditioned SUV came in handy as we traveled more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) over steep mountain passes and into pink canyons barely wide enough to traverse.

The roads climbing over the High Atlas Mountains to the 2,260-meter (7,414 feet) Col du Tichka, or weaving in and out of the Dades Gorge, are contorted enough for any Marrakech snake-charmer.

But I was too busy marveling at the unfolding landscape to feel the turns. Colorless flatness turned into a river lined by blooming pink oleanders in the Dades gorge and into sheer cliffs tall enough to block the sun in the Todra gorge.

The most astonishing eye trick is to behold what nomadic and Berber civilizations over centuries have eked out of this desert.

Wherever there is water are bursting groves of date palms, olive and pomegranate trees. Just after the Skoura oasis, Said jumped out of the car and came back triumphantly holding a fra-grant Damask rose - improbably, the area around Kela’a M’gouna is famous for its flowers.

Literally carved out of the sand and rock are scores of fortified villages, casbahs, and turreted

castles, ksars, that served caravans for a thousand years along the Dades and Draa valleys.

From basic square houses to massive forts, they are made of a pressed mixture of clay and straw called pise and decorated with carved geometric patterns remi-niscent of indigenous arts from New Mexico to Mali.

Perfectly preserved Ait Ben Haddou and Tamnougalt looked like stage sets - Morocco’s movie capital, Ourzazate, is nearby.

But in their narrow alleys, I came upon flapping laundry lines, a transport donkey parked outside a garden and a public hammam bath - the ancient routines of daily life.

I had meals of herb salads, lamb skewers and sweet mint tea in cool, clay courtyards that in other times sheltered traders and their camels.

As we drove away, I kept look-ing back until the earthen walls and unpaved streets melted into the shimmering desert, disappear-ing like another mirage. (ap)

AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto

This June 2013 photo shows a camel being led across the sand dunes in Erg Chebbi, Morocco, at the edge of the Saharan desert. The route from Mar-rakech, Morocco, to the Saharan desert follows one of Africa’s most mythic and historic trading routes: the road to Timbuktu, lined with centuries-old castles, oases and the occasional camel-crossing road warning.

AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto

This June 2013 photo shows camels resting in sand dunes on a sunset ride in Erg Chebbi, Morocco, at the edge of the Saharan desert. The route from Mar-rakech, Morocco, to the Saharan desert follows one of Africa’s most mythic and historic trading routes: the road to Timbuktu, lined with centuries-old castles, oases and the occasional camel-crossing road warning.

AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto

This June 2013 photo shows a sign indicating a camel crossing on the road to Erfoud, Morocco, a town on the edge of the Sahara desert. A three-day loop from Marrakech to the dunes of Erg Chebbi by camel and air-conditioned SUV offers a look at one of Africa’s most mythic and historic trading routes --the road to Timbuktu.

“The three members of UNES-CO consultant who observed the world heritage in Bali since 13-15 January 2015 has appreciated the follow up of the Subak,” the Chair-man of Subak Research Center of Udayana University Prof Dr Wayan Windia said here on Sunday.

The Chairman and officer from Cultural Directorate General of Cultural and Education Ministry Yunus Arbi had accompanied the team which consist of Kristal Bunly, Gumanini and Koari who visited Subak in four sites.

The Subak farmers has also welcomed the visit of UNESCO surveyors.

Team has visited four sites of

Subak including in Catur Angga Batukaru in Tabanan District and three Subak areas in Pakerisan riverside of Gianyar District.

The team also visited several areas of Hindu temples such as Pura Taman Ayun of Mengwi in Badung District and Pura Ulun Danau Batur of Kintamani in Ban-gli District.

According to Winda, the team did not give any advice due to the condition of Subak as world heri-tage has already as expected.

“The team has very pleased with the warmth reception of Subak farmer members. They are also satisfied with the truth explanation of the condition,”

Windia said.The team will create report to

the UNESCO relating to the fol-low up of Subak which has been declared as world heritage since 29 of June 2012.

The traditional irrigation system that has been declared as one of the World Heritage gives positive impact for the tourism industry in Bali.

The tourism site promotion has also attract tourists to visit Bali and improve the people’s welfare.

UNESCO will follow up the Subak as a world heritage by monitoring and evaluating the sustainability and preservation of the sites. (ant)

JAKARTA - Attorney General HM Prasetyo said that the execution of “Bali Nine” member Myuran Su-kumaran still had yet to wait for the decision of Andrew Chan’s request for pardon.

The Australian citizen has been sentenced to death for being convicted of smuggling 8.2 kilograms of heroin to Indonesia.

The government decided recently to implement the death sentence on six narcotic convicts.

Myuran Sukumaran’s request for a presidential pardon has been turned down while that of Andrew Chan, another member of Bali Nine, is still being processed.

Prasetyo said according to regula-tions if the crime is committed by more than one, execution must be done at the same time.

Bali Nine refers to nine Australians caught on April 17, 2005 in Bali at-tempting to smuggle 8.2 kilograms of heroin to the island from Australia.

The nine people are Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukumaran, Si Yi Chen, Mi-chael Czugaj, Renae Lawrence, Tach Duc Than Nguyen, Matthew Norman, Scott Rush and Martin Stephens.

The district court in Denpasar, Bali, has sentenced Lawrence, Czu-gaj, Stephens and Rush to life in prison and Sukumaran and Chan to death. (ant)

DENPASAR - A well-known tourism marketing website in China, Ctrip, named Bali the best tourist destination at the Top 10 Best Tour-ist Destinations Network Selection and Award Ceremony. “During the event, Ctrip presented two awards to Bali --the Best Island Tourist Desti-nation Award and the Best Overseas Tourism City Award. We hope these awards increase the number of tour-ists, particularly those from China, visiting Indonesia this year and in the years to come,” Indonesian Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said in a press release.

The event, which Yahya stated was held annually by Ctrip, was organized in Lijiang city in Yunnan province in China on Monday (January 13) and was attended by several Chinese officers and business persons of the tourism sector.

Ctrip has a major influence in the Chinese tourism market because it dominates 55.9 percent of online tour-ism marketing in the country.

Yahya further noted that his ministry will focus on promoting In-donesian tourism through online or digital networks. These efforts will include creating mobile applications, carrying out digital and interactive campaigns, and implementing viral marketing tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs.

“As much as 70 percent of Chi-nese tourists get their information on Indonesia through the Internet. It is a challenge for the ministry to boost promotion strategies through digital media,” Yahya remarked.

The ministry will also focus on easing accessibility by introducing direct flights from cities in China to Indonesia, particularly to Bali,

he affirmed.Furthermore, the China National

Tourism Administration (CNTA) and the Indonesian Tourism Ministry are determined to increase the number of tourists visiting both countries to 2 million by the end of 2015.

As many as 883,725 Chinese tour-ists visited Indonesia from January to November 2014.

The ministry recorded that Chinese travelers tour Indonesia for an average of 4 to 5 days, spending US$100 to 110 per day. (ant)

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The file photo showed Jati Luwih rice field, one of Unesco’s world heritage sites. A surveyor team of UNESCO has observed the Balinese traditional irrigation or “Subak” which has been confirmed as a world heritage.

Unesco surveys “Subak”

DENPASAR - A surveyor team of UNESCO has observed the Balinese traditional irrigation or “Subak” which has been confirmed as a world heritage.

Bali nine members’ execution to wait pardon decision

Bali names “Best Travel Destination”

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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The new Harper sits on Jalan Mang-kubumi just a short stroll from Malio-boro and the Royal Palace, with Tugu train station being just down the road and features 131 rooms and suites, and the for Harper hotels typical “Rustic Bistro” signature restaurant, a spa, an outdoor swimming pool with a kids pool, 6 meeting rooms and a grand ballroom that can accommodate up to 400 guests.

Following Harper’s brand concept, the new Harper Mangkubumi – Yo-gyakarta by Aston is a very modern hotel that has been infused with a rustic charm affording a warm and a welcom-ing residential feel. The hotels aims to cater to the needs of the Millennia generation which makes up the bulk of Indonesia’s growing upper middle classes, young families and tourist from overseas who seek international

standards yet want to experience hotels with authenticity and character.

“Already during soft opening we en-joyed occupancies of well above 80 % which confirms that Harper Makubumi is about to replicate the success we had in Bali. The hotel is an attractive mid market addition to our other Jogja offer-ings such as the accolade winning 5 star Grand Aston Yogyakarta and the budget oriented favehotel Kusumanegara. We

His love to Balinese cuisines has made Yohanes Adi Putra always promote Balinese food into an iconic special cuisine. As Executive As-sistant Manager of Food & Beverage at Bali Mandira Beach Resort & Spa, the man of Sanur-born on May 24 is now in charge of the kitchen, Celagi Restaurant, bar, club kid, mini bar and banquet.

According to the figure passionately called John, it was very important to preserve Balinese food. It could be made through the restaurants in Bali. Balinese food was very unique and no one could match. Moreover, Bali had original spices. “If we do not preserve them, who else will do it?” said the graduate of Dyana Pura Dalung with the major in Hospital-ity Management.

On that account, Yohanes who love playing basketball and goes to the gym revealed that Celagi Restaurant at Bali Mandira largely featured Balinese food as an excellent product. “Half of our menus at the restau-rant belong to local delicacies, while the rest is the Western and Asian cuisine. Similarly, his party also offered traditional snacks. Even, to add uniqueness, the name of the food on the menu is made with special fonts and it is only available at this restaurant,” said the champion of National Bartender Contest in Jakarta (2002) and Best Ten ASIA OPEN (2003).

For the sake of preserving the culture of Bali, said John, the restaurant did not only provide quality Balinese beverages, but also presented Balinese traditional entertainment every day. “We highlight the aspects of natural Balinese touch. So, it’s no wonder that almost all of our guests from Australia, Europe and China feel at home here,” he added. (ocha)

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Harper Hotel opens at YogyakartaJAKArTA – After having successfully launched Harper Hotels in Indonesia with the opening of the

Harper Kuta in Bali last year, Archipelago International has now opened its second Harper in yogya-karta.

have aggressive expansion plans for Harper with several Harp-ers under construction in Jakarta, Cawang, Purwakarta, Borgor, Banjarmasin and Makassar,” said Norbert Vas, Vice President Sales & Marketing of Archipelago International’s. (r)

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DENPASAR - Chief of National Drug Agency (BNNP) Bali, I Gusti Ketut Budiartha, says that the state of drug trafficking in Bali is very worrying, as evidenced by crystal meth smuggling busts conducted

From these two sources, it was discovered that 60 percent of the springs in the area of Nusa Penida provide a source of raw water. The Peguyangan springs were estimated to provide ap-proximately 150 to 200 liters of water per second. While, the Penida springs were estimated to yield 150 liters of water per second.

The visit from the Drinking Water Development (PAM) ex-pert was also part of an initiative of the BPSPAM to verify munici-

pal waterworks throughout Indo-nesia, especially upon receiving complaints and handling prob-lems by the local or municipal waterworks. Klungkung was selected among many counties in Indonesia because it is associ-ated with a central government program to provide 100 percent of Indonesia’s drinking water needs. Regent Suwirta admitted that the inspection was also being conducted so that the drinking water expert could survey and examine the condition of exist-

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The dry condition in Nusa Penida Island

To overcome water crisis

Two springs in Nusa Penida inspectedSEMArAPUrA - The government of Klungkung has

started to show signs of taking the clean water crisis seri-ously, as evidenced by measures taken by the regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta. On Friday (Jan16) he invited Prof. Dr. Arwin Sabar, an expert from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) sent by the Water Supply Sys-tem Development Agency (BPSPAM) under the Ministry of Public Works to inspect the springs in Nusa Penida, namely; the Peguyangan water source located at Batukandik village and the Penida water source located on Crystal Bay Beach, Sakti village.

ing water sources in Nusa Penida. By examining the current condition of the springs, the expert could then take steps both to improve and main-tain them. Ultimately, it appears that water services challenges in Nusa Penida can be overcome.

Nevertheless, the regent admitted that his party could not resolve the overall problem immediatlty. The re-gent from Nusa Penida does however hope that every year the water servic-es in Nusa Penida will be improved. According to Regent Suwirta, Klung-

kung will have a new Director of the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM), who he hopes will work jointly with the central government, to follow up on measures already taken and the strategy for future improvements in Nusa Penida. (119)

Drug trafficking still on the rise

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The police officers show the evidence in Denpasar

by the BNNP, which yielded a total of 800 kilograms. “One can just imagine what would have happened if this was distributed in the region”, said Budiartha recently.

The Chief of BNNP Bali, added

that as a tourist destination, Bali should not become a place for drug circulation and production. Based on guidelines provided by central leadership, Budiartha and his party have taken action to prevent the

spread of illegal drugs on the island.“We continue to take preventive

measures, providing community em-powerment, rehabilitation of addicts and enforcement on an ongoing basis, in order to suppress the circulation of illegal drugs destined for different areas of Bali,” he said.

He also touched ion the fact that drug trafficking has entered into Nusa Lem-bongan, Nusa Penida. Therefore, this area, all the way to Gili Trawangan, West Nusa Tenggara needs to be monitored. “We have coordinated with local offi-cials in Nusa Tengarra Barat. Lembon-gan remains unclear,” said the former Tourism Director of Bali Police.

The Denpasar Police Narcotics Unit continues with enforcement efforts, arresting drug dealers, users and drug others involved in trafficking.

On Tuesday (Jan 13), a total of 6 sus-pects were arrested, alleged to be dealing crystal meth and marijuana. The suspect identified as Uc, 40, was arrested on Jalan Tegal Sari Gang Jepun, Denpasar. Related to the case, police confiscated a package of crystal meth. According to the Denpasar

Police officer, the case was further devel-loped, leading to the arrest of suspect Ys, 38, on Jalan Galunggung, Ubung, West

Denpasar, at 10:00 p.m. Another sus-pect located on Jalan Mirah Cempaka, was caught with a package of crystal meth weighing 2.69 grams.

“According to the confession of suspect Ys, his friends often hold drug parties on Jalan Perum (housing com-plex) Dalung Permai, North Kuta. His testimony was then immediately fol-lowed up on”, said Buddiartha.

An hour later, Chief of Denpasar Police Narcotics Unit, Gede Ganefo and his personnel raided a house at Dalung Permai Housing Block DD, North Kuta. At the house, the officers arrested suspect Pong, 29, in possession of 6.85 grams of marijuana. In addition, they also arrested Bas, 44, in possession of 0.32 gram of marijuana, Yas, 45, and Her, 48, in possession of 39.85 grams of marijuana. Chief Ganefo confirmed this data adding: “More details about the case will be released later on. We are still waiting for instructions from our superiors”. (kmb36)

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LOS ANGELES — Fresh off their Oscar nominations, “Birdman” and “Boyhood” added to their awards-season haul with multiple wins at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.

The Broadcast Film Critics As-sociated presented “Birdman” with a leading seven prizes Thursday, but its top honor, best picture, went to Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age story, “Boyhood.”

Linklater was also named best director, and stars Patricia Arquette

and Ellar Coltrane won acting awards.

“Birdman” was recognized for original screenplay, cinematog-raphy, editing, acting ensemble, score, and two trophies for star Michael Keaton.

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” claimed three awards, including best comedy. Overlooked by the Oscars, “The Lego Movie” won best animated feature and “Life Itself” won best documentary. (ap)

“The music connection would be silly to ignore,” said Trish Kinane, executive producer of “American Idol.”

The two shows air back-to-back on Wednesday nights. “Em-pire” has been a success out of the box, already earning an order for a second season, while age has cost “American Idol” its long-time sta-tus of television’s biggest show.

Producers, host Ryan Seacrest and judges Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. talked about steps being taken to get stronger performers among the finalists this season. While the show had good contestants last year, one reason the show faded in the ratings is because

some of them could have done more to connect with an audience, Seacrest said.

More young would-be musi-cians are comfortable working at home with their computers these days instead of in front of an audi-ence, the judges said.

This year, before the show’s group of contestants is whittled down from 48 to 24, they are be-ing interviewed by the judges to get a better sense of their goals and strengths, Kinane said. Then they will be taken to a showcase at the House of Blues in Los Angeles so the judges can get a sense of how they are as performers.

“If it makes them better per-formers, it makes a better show,”

s a i d D a v i d H i l l , News Corp. senior vice president, who oversees the show for Fox.

T h e s h o w h a s also brought Taylor Swift’s label head, Scott Borchetta, in as a mentor for the contestants. While he’s already started work it’s still not clear when Bor-chetta, CEO and president of Big Machine Records, will first appear on the air, Kinane said. Borchetta’s successful inde-pendent label will take on the winner of this year’s show with a contract.

The musicians said they can

really see a difference with would-be musicians whose development is a more solitary experience.

“There is something about going to a studio and getting out and being with other musicians and writers when you are making music,” Lopez said.

Connick, a jazz musician who embodies his hometown of New Orleans, said that because of the Internet, young people are ex-

posed to music and influences from around the world. That has its positives, but Connick said he saw how regional strengths are be-ing whittled away when “Ameri-can Idol” conducted auditions in New Orleans.

“It was really weird,” Connick said. “I was looking for people who looked like they really came from New Orleans. But they could have been from anywhere.”

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In this Dec. 9, 2014 file photo, from left, singer Keith Urban, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, and singer Harry Connick, Jr. arrive on set of American Idol XIV in Los Angeles.

‘American Idol’ talks of working with ‘Empire’

PASADENA — “American Idol” producers have talked about a cross-promotion with “Empire,” Fox’s hot new series about a music industry family, perhaps getting some of the contestants on the scripted show, producers said Saturday.

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Richard Linklater, center, and the cast and crew of “Boyhood” accept the best picture award at the 20th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in Los Angeles.

‘Birdman,’ ‘Boyhood’ top winners at Critics’ Choice Awards

The other convicts were from Vietnam, Malawi, Nigeria and Indo-nesia. The six were the first people executed under new President Joko Widodo.

Indonesia has tough anti-drugs laws and Widodo, who took office in October, has disappointed rights activists by voicing support for capi-tal punishment despite his image as a reformist.

A spokesman for Brazilian Presi-dent Dilma Roussef said she was “distressed and outraged” after In-donesia ignored her last-ditch pleas and put to death Marco Archer Car-doso Moreira, who was convicted

of smuggling cocaine into Indonesia in 2004.

“Using the death penalty, which is increasingly rejected by the interna-tional community, seriously affects relations between our countries,” the spokesman said in a statement.

The Brazilian ambassador to Jakarta was being recalled for con-sultations, the spokesman added.

Meanwhile Dutch Foreign Min-ister Bert Koenders said the Nether-lands had also recalled its ambassa-dor over the execution of Dutchman Ang Kiem Soei, and described all six deaths as “terribly sad” in a statement.

“My heart goes out to their fami-lies, for whom this marks a dra-matic end to years of uncertainty,” Koenders said. “The Netherlands remains opposed to the death pen-alty.”

Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte had been in contact with the Indonesian president about the matter, he said, and the government had done “all in its power” to attempt to halt the execution.

Indonesia’s attorney general, H.M Prasetyo, said Sunday the death penalty was not “something pleasing or fun” but insisted the executions

had been carried out in accordance with the law.

“I hope everyone can understand this,” he told reporters.

“Indonesia must be saved from narcotics... this is a crime against humanity that damages the morals of the younger generation.”

He also insisted the death penalty was a “positive law for Indonesia”.

All the prisoners, who had been sentenced to death between 2000 and 2011, were executed around the same time shortly after midnight, the attorney general’s office said.

The 53-year-old Brazilian, who was caught with drugs stashed in the frame of his paraglider at Jakarta air-port, and the 62-year-old Dutchman were executed on Nusakambangan Island, home to a high-security

prison, off the main island of Java.A Nigerian, Daniel Enemuo;

Namaona Denis, from Malawi; and an Indonesian woman, Rani Andriani, were executed at the same location.

The sixth convict, Vietnamese woman Tran Thi Bich Hanh, was executed in the Boyolali district in central Java.

They were all caught attempting to smuggle narcotics apart from the Dutchman, who was sentenced to death for operating a huge factory producing the drug ecstasy.

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Ambulances carrying the body of drug convicts Dutch national Ang Kiem Soe, front, and Brazilian national Marco Moreira leave upon arrival from Nusakam-bangan island where their executions were held, at Wijayapura port in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015.

Fury as Indonesia executes foreignersJAKARTA - Brazil and the Netherlands recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and

expressed fury Sunday after Jakarta defied their pleas and executed two of their citizens along with four other drug offenders by firing squad.

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