Otherwise, the recommendations must have been issued at the latest at end ofJanuary 2016 considering there has been quite a lot of inputs and comprehensive materials about it. Other than the meeting results of the Sabha Walaka in October 2015, there are alsorecommendations of the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) of the higher priests (sulinggih) and priests (pemangku) in December 2015.

“We are really concerned to see the higher priests in the Team 9 becoming the target of criticism and misunderstandingamong the Hindus, because after I observed, it is irrelevant to commission higher priests to conduct a study regarding the status of the Benoa Bay area,” said Chairman of the Bali Tourism Community Alliance (AMPB), Dr. Gusti Kade Sutawa, together with se-nior figures of the Love Bali Forum,

A.A. Suryawan Wiranata, PhD., in Denpasar, Wednesday (Jan. 20).

Based on the statute and bylaws of the PHDI he learned, the studies become the tasks of Sabha Walaka. If Sabha Panditaconsiders the input of Sabha Walaka on the Benoa Bay Sacred Area inadequate, it should assign Sabha Walaka to deepen and broaden the studies, instead of form-ing the higher priest team. Now, the Team 9 of higher priests eventually became at issue that sometimes it is inappropriate to be heard because they sluggishly schedule something related to their duties.

“It’s better to return the mandate to Sabha Pandita throughDharma Adhyaksa. Assign the Sabha Walaka to do the tasks, and when inputs of the Sabha Walaka have been consid-eredadequate, immediately decide it. The Hindus are even waiting for it. They feel to have no parents regard-

ing the sacred struggle to defend the Benoa Bay sacred area. Indeed there have been recommendations of the higher priests and priestsin the FGD of the Love Bali Forum et al, that the Benoa Bayis a sacred area. Similarly, the Sabha Walaka has decided that the Benoa Bay belongs to sacred area,” added the man familiarly ad-dressed Gusde.

Similar opinion was also ex-pressed by Made Suryawan, from-Paras Paros Foundation. According to him, the idea is based on the love for the higher priests and the whole Island of Balihaving its own unique-ness with all the Hinduism values. Especially it is meant that higher priests in the Team 9 will no longer be showered with negative issues and criticism.

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Friday, January 22, 2016

NEW YORK — There is a dis-turbance in the force. The release of “Star Wars: Episode VIII” has been delayed from May 2017 to Dec. 15, 2017, the Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday. The date change post-pones the next “Star Wars” install-ment set to follow the box-office hit “The Force Awakens.”

Though “Star Wars” was once synonymous with the summer blockbuster, the date change means that the franchise will again look to dominate movie theaters in the holi-day season. It has proven a lucrative match for “The Force Awakens,” which has made a record $861 mil-lion domestically and $1.88 billion globally in five weeks of release.

Disney offered no reason for the delay, but rumors have recently

swirled that writer-director Rian Johnson (“Looper”), who is taking over for J.J. Abrams, is rewriting the script. Production is set to begin next month in London.

In the interim, Gareth Edwards’ “Star Wars” spin-off “Rogue One” is due out Dec. 16 this year.

With prominent release dates now staked out by studios years in advance for their largest franchises, the impact of the switch immedi-ately caused ripples.

The new date sets up a potential but unlikely head-to-head between “Star Wars” and “Avatar.” James Cameron’s “Avatar 2” had been planned for Christmas 2017, though few expect 20th Century Fox to hit that date with the much-delayed “Avatar” sequel. A spokesman for

Fox didn’t immediately respond to an email Wednesday.

One movie definitely affected is Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One,” a science-fiction release for Warner Bros. It’s scheduled for the same Dec. 15 weekend in 2017.

Disney moved one of its other billion-dollar franchises, “Pirates of the Caribbean,” to May 26, 2017. The Johnny Depp series returns with “Dead Men Tell No Tales.”

At the same time, Sony Pictures moved two of its biggest movies into summer 2017. The next “Spi-der-Man,” starring Tom Holland and directed by Jon Watts, shifted up three weeks to July 28, 2017. Jake Kasdan’s “Jumanji” remake shifted from Christmas 2016 to July 28, 2017. (ap)

And admirers likely will do a happy dance to the Fox TV drama’s eerie theme music as it returns with a six-episode limited run.

The two-part opener is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. EST Sunday, imme-diately after the end of the NFL’s NFC championship game on Fox, and at 8 p.m. EST Monday. Subsequent epi-sodes also air at 8 p.m. Monday EST.

Will the reboot retain the dark magic of the original TV series, which in its 1993-2002 lifespan offered a wildly entertaining blend of govern-ment conspiracies, otherworldly suspense and black comedy that was placed in the hands of two unknown but charismatic actors?

Creator and executive producer Carter offers assurances, but with the caveat that he insisted on more than an

exercise in nostalgia for the franchise that included two big-screen movies.

“Someone said to me, ‘Great, a victory lap,’” when the new project was announced, he said. “That’s the opposite of why we came back. We didn’t want to do something that reworked old material or was just a sequel to what we’d done before. I wanted to make something fresh and original.” Current events and figures proved helpful, Carter said, citing Na-tional Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and eroding personal privacy as examples.

“These are interesting and heady times, and perfect for telling ‘X-Files’ tales,” he said, promising a series more directly topical than the original.

One tricky aspect is balancing the

interests of “X-Files” devotees and potential newcomers.

“We have to be respectful of people who are familiar with the show so we don’t beat them over the head with things they know,” Carter said.

He’s joined in the cause by mem-bers of the creative team that helped make the first series a sensation, with Darin Morgan, Glen Morgan and James Wong splitting writing and directing duties with Carter on the new episodes.

Also back are Mitch Pileggi, who played FBI assistant director Walter Skinner in the original series; William B. Davis as the shadowy Cigarette Smoking Man; and, despite their deaths, the beloved conspiracy-theory geeks known collectively as the Lone Gunmen. “No one is every truly dead on ‘The X-Files,’” Carter said, drolly.

Newcomer Joel McHale is onboard as Tad O’Malley, a news anchor. (ap)

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Scully, Mulder, paranoia return in ‘The X-Files’ reboot

LOS ANGELES — “The X-Files” creator Chris Carter is pleased to update the original template with his 21st-century unease. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are glad to be playing opposite each other again as Scully and Mulder.

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Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny laugh during an interview at the season premiere of ‘The X-Files’ at the California Science Center on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in Los Angeles, Calif.

ISSUANCE of the Law No.1/2013 on Micro Finance

Institutions (LKM) provoked debates re-lated to the management of village credit agency (LPD). Some parties worry that LPD becomes an audit object of the Financial Services Authority (OJK) so that its man-agement structuremust be changed. On the other hand, some parties remain torefer to the spirit that LPD is owned by customary village sothat its presence is enough to be regulated by customary bylaw or perarem.

Disagreement with the LPD manage-ment is also recognized by chief of Panjer customary village, Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Budiana, Tuesday (Jan. 19). He said that different perceptions related to the issuance of the Law No.1/2013 must be immediately parsed. “As long as all the elements of so-ciety, including relevant institutions with the LPD management, do not sit together, the different perception is difficult to be melted,” he said. To that end, there must be an open dialogueto make the LPD really

belong to customary authorities.This lecturer of the Undiknas University

said that currently the LPD management is becoming a strategic priority to be resolved. LPD management after the issuance of the Law No.1/2013 shall be custom-based. It does not necessarily have to transform into a banking institution. “We are more inclined that LPD is managed under the customary law, in this case theawig-awig. To that end, we in the customary village generalassembly (MUDP) urge the revision of Regional By-

law (Perda) No.4/2012 and the Gubernatorial Regulation No.11/2013 on the operations of village credit agency. Wewant the LPD remains under customary authority so that whaturgently needed is the LPD arrangement based on thecustomary law. This author-ity has become the exception in theLaw No.1/2013 so that LPD does not become the audit object of the OJK,” he said.

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Assets worth IDR 14.2 trillionLPD must soon be protected by customary law

Benoa Bay

Team 9 of PHDI suggested deactivating

DENPASAR - A number of figures suggest the Team 9 of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) to deactivate and return theirmandate to Sabha Pandita of the PHDI. This has something to do with the tasks of the team led by Ida Mpu Jaya Acharyananda making a recommendation on the status of the Benoa Bay Sacred Area (KSTB).

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Tourists passed a baliho rejecting Benoa Bay reclamation plan. A number of figures suggest the Team 9 of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) to deactivate and return theirmandate to Sabha Pandita of the PHDI. This has something to do with the tasks of the team led by Ida Mpu Jaya Acharyananda making a recommenda-tion on the status of the Benoa Bay Sacred Area (KSTB).

He acknowledged that LPD as custom-based financial institution can become a major driver of the Bali’s economy ifit has been man-aged professionally. However, it does notnecessarily mean to become a professional agency by transforming it into a company. LPD should remain a customary authority with customary law approaches.

Responding to this, the Bali House of Representative admitted to be revis-ing the Regional Bylaw No. 4/2012 on the LPD.Moreover, the revision will become a priority this year because the position of LPD is slightly threatened by the issuance of the Law No.1/2013. There are concerns if the LPD will be subject to the laws governing the Mi-cro Finance Institutions (LKM). With the enactment of the Law No.1/2013, there are components of society feeling worried, lest the LPD can be

audited by the OJK.To overcome these concerns, Chair-

man of the Bali House of Representa-tives, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, added that revision of the Regional Bylaw on the LPD will become one of thepar-liamentary initiatives. According to him, it needs to makean adjustment of terms that can result in problems. For instance, credit and deposit are similar to that of bankingterms, including the naming of the LPD that contains the termof credit in it.

Chief of the LPD cooperation coun-cil (BKS-LPD), Nyoman Cendeki-awan, previously described that the asset owned by the LPDs in Bali until the end of November 2015 reached IDR14.2 trillion. In Bali, there are currently 1,433 LPDs.Among them, about 100 LPDs are problematic. A total of 10LPDs manage the assets of above IDR 200 billion, while the rest have an average of IDR 50 billion.

Currently, the LPD is a rural finan-cial institution under the management of customary village and set forth

in the Regional Bylaw No.4/2012 and the Gubernatorial Regulation

No. 11/2013 on the LPD operations. Besides, the institution is regulated in

the awig-awig or customary village bylaws. (dir/rin)

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Friday, January 22, 2016Friday, January 22, 2016

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 considered 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 China Ready programme has been designed to make the travel planning process more streamlined, personalised, and inviting for Chinese travellers, especially as China is now within the top five feeder market for Bali, and Chinese guests are now contributing eight percent or more to InterContinental Bali Resort’s revenue.

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has implemented key initiatives to be accredited ‘IHG China Ready,’ and is pleased to announce receipt of its bespoke ‘Welcome Chinese’ Certification, which means it is now in a strong position to attract and retain this influx of business in all aspects of its services. These initiatives include Mandarin-speaking staff at the Front Office, a Chinese welcome pack featuring a Mandarin-language hotel guide and welcome letter, a Chinese channel on the in-room TVs, and in-room offerings including a selection of Chinese teas in the Minibar, complimentary bottled water, and bathroom amenities such as slippers, dental kit, shav-ing kit, and comb. Additionally, a variety of Chinese food and bev-

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This was expressed by Chairman of Widya Kerthi Foundation,Dr. AAN. Gede Sadiaratha, Wednesday (Jan. 20). This academician from the Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi) said that LPD empowerment as customary financial institution-has great potential to open access for the establishment of an indepen-dent Balinese human resources and competitiveness. At least, he said, the LPD can make breakthrough by positioning itself as an institu-tion that is ready to be a facilitator for the interest of strengthening the profession and skills of Balinese young generation. “LPD may not focus on the pursuit of profit, but must make a breakthrough that canmake human resources and rural economic system rise. The

regulation all this time adopting banking system must be corrected,” he said.

He also asked the legislative and provincial government to correct the regional bylaws requiring the LKPD to deposit 5 percent of its profit for the sake of coaching. This fund must be returned to customary village. Thus, the allocation of LPD profit for the customary village development will becomelarger. “LPD has to make a real break-through. The funds collected must not be saved, but must be returned to the community. Requirements of the loan application at the LPD must also be made easier,” he advised.

Moreover, in the context of LPD empowerment, he asked the

headmen to save the village fund allocation (ADD). With this ad-ditional capital fund, the LPD can make business development in rural areas more competitive.

Chief of LPD Kedonganan, Ketut Madra, said that LPD as an important asset of Bali may not be managed individually. LPD should be ready to become an inspirer and facilitator to move the space of Bali younger generation and economic players as a real commitment to support the extraordinary step inbuilding the competitiveness of Bali human resources. He saidthe LPD management should make a synergy. In other words, since the working scope of the LPD is customary village, of course, struc-turally the owner is the customary village, administrators of the LPD and the supervisory board or cus-tomary apparatuses. These three elements must get united to build the LPD.

The three elements, said Ketut Madra, should have the same con-cept and vision in developing the LPD. “The LPD mustalso really

create a product for the sake of cus-tomaryvillagers, either credit, saving or the others,” he said. Allproducts and services launched should be oriented to the interests of customary villagers, so that the benefits can be enjoyed by customary villagers and really become a motivation for the LPD development.

He said although the LPD origi-nates in local wisdom to support Balinese customs and culture, in reality the LPD playsan important role in addressing the nation’s problems atvillage level, such as opening easier financial access for rural residents so that they can be empowered economically.Besides, the LPD also helps rural communi-ties overcome theirfundamental problem, namely education and health.“Currently many LPDs in Bali have expanded their business economically and have given em-powerment to communities through innovative products in encouraging the development of education and health,” he said.

In education for example, a num-ber of LPDs in Bali haveprovided

education fund for rural communi-ties. It is an effort to educate the public to prepare education financ-ing for their children tending to be increasingly expensive. By doing so, it can prevent the dropout rate at the village. This product isbeyond the regular scholarship for the educa-tion of studentsoriginating in poor families. “In health sector, a number of LPDs in Bali also offer health fund product for rural communities. Simi-lar products continue to be developed to address other problems faced by rural communities,” he said.

On that account, the LPD is an asset and the importantpotential of the nation needing to be maintained. It does not only mean to ensure the preservation of Balinese customary, cultural and social life, but also to strengthen the development and independence of the nation. “What needed is not merely the attempt to maintain the LPD, but also the commitment and genuine policy to further strengthen its position. By doing so, it will be able to maximize the role in nation building,” he said. (dir/par)

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LPD as custom-based financial institution can become a major driver of the Bali’s economy ifit has been managed professionally.

Building Bali’s economy through LPD

Revise regulation, return empowerment fund to customs

rEGULATION inhibiting the management optimization ofvillage credit agency (LPD) as traditional financial institu-tionmust be revised. Empowerment fund allocation reaching 5 percent of its profit should be returned to customary village.In addition to encouraging the strengthening of customary village-based economy, the LPD loan interest may not strangle. The system should also provide facilities of financial access for customary villagers.

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MILAN — The worlds of music, fashion and art continued their long collaboration on the menswear runways of Milan Fashion Week on Sunday.

Missoni creative director Angela Missoni says collaborations be-tween the art world and fashion, which her father pioneered decades ago, have become ever more natural.

“There are fewer taboos between art and fashion. Today there is a mingling of all that is contemporary,” Missoni said last week at an event marking the closure of show at a contemporary art museum in nearby Gallarate, where the family business was born, exploring her parents’ artistic inspiration throughout the decades.

Angela Missoni trekked metaphorically into the Himalayas on her global search for menswear inspiration, returning with a backpack full of energy-enhancing tassels, contemplative mirrors and colors ranging from orangey sunsets to deep sky blues.

Missoni, creative director of the family-run fashion house, said the looks interpret the 1970s rock star who sought meaning in the world’s highest mountains. Models trampled dried leaves on the frigid, wind-swept outdoor runway, while the fashion crowd gratefully wrapped themselves in felt blankets left expressly on their seats.

The looks featured the fashion house’s famed knitwear adorned with tassels and mirrored details, creating a breastplate effect. The pieces were layered with heavier sweaters, sweeping blanket coats or anoraks, and worn chiefly with cargo pants, often in practical knit.

Motifs included padded circular patterns on both tops and matching trousers, creating both warmth and harmony. Backpacks and garment bags created for Missoni by Porter, the Japanese luggage and accesso-ries maker, while Italian footwear manufacturer customized its classic hiking boot with Missoni patterns.

FerragamoColor and pattern also enliven Ferragamo menswear looks for the

next cold weather season. Creative director Massimiliano Giornetti made traditional houndstooth, chevron, check and plaid prints the bedrock of the collection — with black and white evolving into tech-nicolor, not unlike the film industry of yesteryear.

He then deconstructed the patterns, and popped them with color — bold reds, oranges, russet and blues — and clashed them with modern graphic motifs, such as swimming fish, a candlestick or an arrow-pierced heart.

Scarves were the accessory of choice, worn bandanna-like over sweaters for a casual effect or knotted at the neck under a shirt collar for a more sophisticated look.

Ferragamo’s suits, double- and single-breasts, were worn with printed silken shirts with a tie out cut from the same cloth, creating a dressy camouflage. The look was sometimes finished with a contrast-ing silken scarf peeking from beneath the collar. The silk was so fine and the colors so calming that it never looked busy.

Overcoats were enriched with fur, shearling or velvet collars. Pants are slim and taper at the ankle to reveal the Andy Warhol-inspired paint-spattered shoe. (ap)

MIuccIA PrAdA is taking fashion on a sea voyage back in time to explore the human condi-tion, contemplating such present-day crises as the unrelenting flows of migrants arriving in Europe by sea.

Prada’s looks for next season are seafaring, but nothing of the jolly mariner. The mood was somber and melancholy, and also deeply romantic, as the designer said she wanted “to reflect what is happen-ing now with what is happening in history. To see if we have something to learn.”

For the venue, her theater was

transformed into a sort of town square, where people of all walks of life meet, she said.

Sturdy coats and capes, in black, navy, tan and white, had weather-worn collars and lapels, which were deconstructed and then detached.

Trousers were cropped and cuffed, footwear had leather fringe. Prada lightened the mood with printed shirts — one showing Nina Simone dancing with a Medieval knight while a Roman senator wrestles a friar, while another fea-tured fantastical animals.

Prada topped the looks with sailor caps, and hung clusters of

keys on chains at the waist and neat little square boxed purses tucked in their pockets.

As she has done in recent sea-sons, Prada mixed in female looks, including a few serious numbers that suggest reluctantly mourning sea widows: a snug wrapped black dress worn with argyle tights, and a calf-length dark velvet frock with a plunging neckline.

“Sometimes you feel that the history didn’t change so much, if you are pessimistic,” Prada said backstage. “I am not pessimistic. There is something to think about, something about the past.” (ap)

The three environmentalists consisting of Russell Maier from Canada as well as A.A. Made Sutama and I Gusti Ngurah Merta from Bali exposed the hazards of plastic waste discharged into the ground or burned. In his presenta-tion, Russell Maier having spoken Indonesian fluently said that plastic waste burned or discharged into the ground or water will be over time destroyed by the sun into tiny particles that can contaminate soil, water and air.

Without being realized, these plastic particles can enter into hu-man or animal body. It will be very hazardous for living organisms because plastic particles coming into the body can lead to cancer

as plastic is made from harmful chemicals to living creatures. To that end, Russell and his friends have found a solution to reduce pollution by plastic waste.

Russell also showed off the re-sults of his innovation in the form of eco-brick made of used plastic bottles having been maximally filled with hardened plastic waste. Once the bottle is full and hardened, the bottle can be assembled with glue and molded into chairs, tables and even can be used to make a brick. Russell said that he and his friends had been able to make a home, garden, table and chairs in the Philippines.

All participants attending the presentation have brought bottles

and plastic waste and directly practiced the making of eco-brick without exception for the Regent Suwirta. He said that Klungkung district will be the first district that will perform the utilization of plastic waste in this way. “It’s so easy and a child can even do this. We will simultaneously practice this eco-brick making to-gether with residents and school students at Sente landfill. We will become the first district in Bali or perhaps in Indonesia that will apply this method,” said Regent Suwirta.

This kind of innovative method in the utilization of plastic waste is needed by district government at this time in the effort to combat litter. Moreover, this method is in line with the program of the En-vironment Agency initiating the action entitled “Goodbye Plastic Waste.” This contributes to the ac-tion of Gema Santi program being encouraged to make the Klungkung district polite and innovative com-munity. (dwa)

dENPASAr - Officials of Customs and Excise of Denpasar chapter’s office in Bali confiscated a hundred grams of methamphet-amine which was being smuggled in two postal parcels sent from abroad, an official stated.

Head of the Supervisory and Services division of Denpasar Cus-toms and Excises office, Mohamad Saptari made the remarks, adding that his office did not make revela-tions about the catch to the press for

four months.“Nobody came to claim the

parcels containing methamphet-amine even as authorities waited for the stipulated period,” Saptari stated.

According to him, the case was disclosed to the press on Tuesday (Jan 19), four months after the con-traband was caught. The confiscated drugs have been submitted to the Bali Police for further investigation, he added. (ant)

AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

Police officers checked motorcyclists at a security check point in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Se-curity at resort island of Bali has been increased after the Jakarta attack, which was the first major assault by militants in Indonesia since 2009.

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Models wear creations for Prada men’s Fall-Winter 2016-2017 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016.

A Mariner’s tale

Missoni, Ferragamo splash color during Milan Fashion Week

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Model wear creation for Salvatore Ferragamo men’s Fall-Winter 2016-2017 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016.

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Officials of Customs and Excise of Denpasar chapter’s office in Bali confiscated a hundred grams of Methamphetamine which was being smuggled in two postal parcels sent from abroad.

Customs confiscated methamphetamine in postal parcels

Taking advantage of plastic waste for building materials

IBP/Dewa Farendra

Three environmentalists applied the system in front of the regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, Head of Environment Agency, Ketut Sujana, Head of the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Anak Agung Kirana and the other agency heads, recently.

SEMArAPurA - Not all the plastic-based waste can be re-cycled so that its presence often pollutes the environment. This condition inspires creative people to take advantage of it into building materials or more useful products. Three environmen-talists applied the system in front of the regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, Head of Environment Agency, Ketut Sujana, Head of the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Anak Agung Kirana and the other agency heads, recently.

There was personal antagonism between the men and Putin and members of his administration had motives for killing him, the inquiry said. The Kremlin has always denied any involvement.

Litvinenko, 43, an outspoken critic of Putin who fled Russia six years before his murder, died after drinking green tea laced with the rare radioactive isotope polonium-210 at a London hotel.

The poisoners were former KGB bodyguard turned lawmaker Andrei Lugovoy and fellow Russian Dmitry Kovtun, the report by senior judge Robert Owen said. Both men have denied involvement.

Lawyers for the police and Lit-vinenko’s family, who have called his death “a nuclear attack on the streets of London”, say Russian involvement is the only credible explanation.

The public inquiry, much of which was held in secret, is likely to reach a similar conclusion. Its chairman previ-ously said that, at first sight, there was a case for pointing the finger at the Russian state.

Russia has repeatedly rejected accusations of involvement in Lit-vinenko’s death and has dismissed the inquiry as politically motivated.

Moscow has declined to take part in proceedings as have Andrei Lugo-voy and Dmitry Kovtun, the two Rus-sian men Britain accuses of actually carrying out the murder.

They agree they met Litvinenko a number of times in London including at the Millenium Hotel where Kovtun recalled he gulped down two cups of tea without asking. They deny any involvement in his death and Russia has refused to extradite them.

“It is most expectable that Russia will be connected somehow to this crime,” Igor Sutyagin from London’s Royal United Service Institute told Reuters. The death of Litvinenko marked a post-Cold War low point in Anglo-Russian relations, and ties have never recovered, marred further by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

British newspapers said Prime Minister David Cameron would

chair a meeting of security chiefs ahead of publication of the report to consider what if any action Britain should take. Sutyagin said he expected Britain would consider the report itself as sending out a message to the Kremlin.

“Everything which blames or is seen as an accusation against Russia is perceived in a very personal way by Vladimir Putin,” he said. “He will react in a very angry way which will not help to improve relations with the UK.”

DEATH IN LONDONRichard Horwell, the lawyer acting

for London police, told the inquiry the Russian state might have wanted Litvinenko dead for many reasons, including his defection to Britain, his accusations of Kremlin corruption, his sympathy for Chechen separatists and his claims about Putin’s lifestyle.

Ben Emmerson, the lawyer for Litvinenko’s widow Marina, called Putin a “tinpot despot” at the inquiry and said Russia had a history of politi-cal assassinations.

The inquiry was told the former Russian agent was working for British security services and had produced reports for western companies linking Putin and his associates to criminal

gangs which had led to deals being cancelled.

Experts also said 97 per cent of the world’s production of polonium was made in Russia’s Avangard nuclear facility while Emmerson said Lit-vinenko was also planning to help Spanish intelligence expose alleged Kremlin links to the Russian organised crime groups.

Emmerson said scientific evidence linking Kovtun and Lugovoy to traces of polonium detected around London had proved beyond doubt that they were responsible. They deny involve-ment. The inquiry was told traces of polonium were found across London where the pair had been, including offices, hotels, planes and the Arsenal soccer stadium.(rtr)

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TOKYO — Japan’s economy minister has been accused in a popular magazine of accepting bribes, but he has denied any wrongdoing and promised an investigation.

The Weekly Bunshun magazine reported Thursday that Economy and Fiscal Minister Akira Amari and his aides allegedly accepted 12 million yen ($103,000) in cash and hos-pitality from a construction company near Tokyo over the past three years.

The magazine said the money was in exchange for the Amari office’s help in set-tling a dispute between the company and a housing development organization.

Amari is one of most trusted member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet and served Japan’s top negotiator in the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.

Amari promised an internal investiga-tion in the case. He does not face a criminal investigation.(ap)

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People form a line as they wait to receive food distributed by non-governmental organizations at a refugee camp in the northern Greek village of Idomeni Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. About 1,000 refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq are stranded at Greece’s northern border with Macedonia, after Macedonian authorities stopped letting them through citing problems with transit flows further north on the Balkan route which have caused a chain reaction.

Japan economy minister denies report he ac-cepted bribes

Putin probably approved London murder of Litvinenko - British inquiry

LONDON - President Vladimir Putin probably approved a Russian intelligence operation to murder ex-KBG agent Al-exander Litvinenko, a judge led-British inquiry into the 2006 killing in London concluded.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signs the guests’ book as he visits an exhibition, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of artist Valentin Serov’s birth, at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2016.

TABANAN - Paddy monument as boundary of the Jatiluwih world cultural heritage (WCH) at Ngis Kelod hamlet, Jegu, Penebel whose establishment was planned since at the beginning of 2015 ultimately can stand firmly. The monument serves as boundary sign of the Jatiluwih WCH from direction of Kerambitan subdistrict.

Penebel community leader who is also a legislator of the Tabanan House of Representatives, I Wayan Tamba, said the monument has been standing since the year end 2015. Establishment of the paddy monu-

ment spent as much as IDR 132 million taken from the amended budget 2015.

Tamba further added that the establishment of paddy monument becomes a special boundary of the Jatiluwih WCH in Penebel. gThus, travelers will know theyfve entered the Jatiluwih WCH and are no lon-ger confused,h he said. The next step after establishing the monu-ment is arranging the park to make it look nicer so that can characterize Penebel as an agricultural area and paddy field.

Construction of the Jatiluwih

WCH boundary monument will become the hallmark of entering the Jajar Kemiri of Batukaru fa-mous for its Jatiluwih attraction included in the WCH. The bound-ary in the form of paddy-designed monument will at least help answer the confusion of travelers coming from Kerambitan that do not know the direction to Jatiluwih. So far, travelers or people wishing to go to Jatiluwih through Kerambitan do not know for certain the direction to Jatiluwih attraction. The monu-ment at the boundary is expected to be a guide for travelers heading

for the Jatiluwih WCH. gSo far, there has been no real sign when entering the Penebel subdistrict from the direction of Kerambitan so that many travelers mislead,h he said.

Another consideration for the construction of the paddy monu-ment is that Penebel subdistrict poses an agricultural producer worth making a symbol of agricul-ture in accordance with the belief of local communities, especially as rice producer in Bali. To that end, it is needed media campaign and monument or other structure as the

hallmark of the entrance.The paddy monument is built

on an area of150 square meters of vacant land owned by resident allowed for the establishment of the monument with the borrowing time limit of 30 years. To enhance the beauty of the monument, it will also be decorated with a gar-den. Previously, there was a plan to build three Jatiluwih WCH boundary monuments. However, due to limited funds, finally only one monument could be approved with the financing obtained through regional budget. (kmb24)

Based on data from the Gianyar Health Agency, in early 2016, especially until Janu-ary 18, there have been a total of 81 dengue fever patients. One of them died on January 17 from Tatiapi hamlet, Pejeng Kawan, Tam-paksiring, namely Gusti Putu Darma.

Last year (2015), there were 2,057 dengue fever patients with six death tolls.

Division Head of Prevention, Disease Control and Environmental Health at the Gianyar Health Agency, A.A. Gede Suputra, said that dengue cycle regularly occurs every year, especially ahead of the seasonal transi-tion. This cycle has already been anticipated by mosquito nest eradication movement and fogging by the Health Agency.

Prevention efforts, he said, are not only made when the case spreads, but also carried out simultaneously with the mosquito nest eradication throughout the Gianyar district. Around last October and November, fog-ging by ULV (ultra low volume) was carried out at 22 villages. It was done early in the morning or when the carrier mosquito was still sleeping.

In addition, the Health Agency also regularly provides counseling on mosquito nest eradication and clean lifestyle to each village. Though prevention efforts have been made, especially by the government, the outbreaks of dengue fever remain to happen and even claimed casualties. He emphasized that the outbreak of dengue fever in the region is very likely to hap-pen, especially if people are less sensitive to environmental conditions, especially implementing the movement of eradicating mosquito nest.

gThis probably happens due to low public awareness of keeping the environment clean. Communities may not have implemented the movement of draining, closing open water container and burying used goods regularly,h he said.

To that end, his agency urged people again to be vigilant and always keep the environ-ment clean. Nest and mosquito larvae should

be handled regularly and early in order not to cause an outbreak of dengue.

Related to dengue victim that died at Ta-tiapi, he claimed to have received a report. His agency already checked directly to the location on Monday. A number of actions were taken according to standard operating procedure for handling dengue fever.

Prior to fogging, he said that the dengue

response team has searched for the cause of the dengue outbreaks by checking the number of larvae around the scene. Examination was carried out within a radius of 100 meters from the victimfs home. If found the number of larvae amounting more than five percent, it will be immediately responded by carrying out fogging and mosquito nest eradication. (kmb25)

Establishment of Jatiluwih WCH boundaryHelp travelers find location

Early year, dengue case claims fatality in Gianyar

GIANYAR - Although prevention effort has been made, the outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) still cannot be avoided. At the beginning of this year, the dengue has claimed one fatality.

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Fogging, one of the effort to prevent the spread of dengue fever

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BUSINESS

The Malaysian ringgit and the South Ko-rean won were among the beneficiaries of the rebound in sentiment, although analysts warned that dealers remained on edge after the volatile start of trading this year.

“Markets are focused on risk aversion from global stock plunges and falling oil prices,” Naoto Ono, an analyst at margin-trading service provider Ueda Harlow, wrote in a client note.

The dollar halted its fall against the yen after briefly touching a one-year low of 115.98 yen on Wednesday. The US unit rose to 117.33 yen from 116.92 yen Wednesday in New York.

The euro traded down against the dollar ahead of the European Central Bank’s first policy-setting meeting of the year, which is slated to start later Thursday in Frankfurt. The ECB is widely expected to leave its easy-money policy unchanged.

The single currency fell to $1.0879 from $1.0890 Wednesday in US trade, while rising to 127.64 yen from 127.33 yen.

Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney led gains in Asia as investors picked up cheap assets following Wednesday’s bloodbath, although fears of further volatility hung over their heads. US markets had provided a ray of hope, having slashed early losses with late

bargain-buying, analysts said.“The most important question for markets

is whether last night’s huge trading ranges and sharp turnaround represent capitulation or the beginning of a much deeper problem,” Michael McCarthy, Sydney-based chief mar-ket strategist at CMC Markets, wrote in an email to clients.

“The next 24 hours are crucial to the near- and medium-term outlook for markets,” McCarthy added. With most Asia equities markets pushing higher, dealers sought out riskier, higher-yielding, currencies in favour of the dollar.

The ringgit gained 0.52 percent, while the won tacked on 0.37 percent, and Indonesia’s rupiah was up 0.55 percent.

Thailand’s baht was flat, however, while the Singapore and Taiwan dollar edged down 0.1 percent. (afp)

WASHINGTON - The IMF on Thurs-day open formal nominations for the next term of the managing director, with current chief Christine Lagarde the likely leading candidate, despite facing a pos-sible trial in France.

The International Monetary Fund said nominations for the five-year term to run the global crisis bank beginning in July will close on February 10.

After a review of the candidates, the IMF executive board aims to have decided on a candidate by March 3.

Lagarde, the former French finance minister who has overseen the IMF through the challenging eurozone bailouts and is widely respected in the global finan-cial community, has not said directly that she wants to renew her position.

But she said several times in the past year that she is open to it.

Asked about staying on at the annual IMF global meeting in Lima, Peru last October, she said: “I’m certainly open to the fact that it would not be my last annual meeting. But this is not for me to decide.”

Lagarde easily won a contest with several developing country candidates to take over the IMF in 2011 as Europe was sinking deep into economic crisis.

But her win came amid criticisms that the IMF’s top job should not be locked down by a European, as it has since the institution was created in 1944.

Lagarde’s renewal also faces a personal legal challenge: she could stand trial in France over her role in a banking scandal that predates her arrival at the IMF.

In December investigating judges placed her under formal investigation in the long-running affair of Bernard Tapie, who received a substantial state payout for his dispute with a state bank during her time as finance minister.

Lagarde has said she would fight the trial order, and the IMF executive board at the time reiterated its confidence in her.

On Wednesday the French press reported that Paris could support Ivory Coast-born French banker Tidjane Thiam as a replacement if she were not to run.

But Thiam told US TV channel CNBC that he would not speculate on taking the job and that he was focused on his position as chief executive at Credit Suisse.

He told CNBC that Lagarde had done “a phenomenal job” at the IMF. (afp)

LONDON - Troubled British bank Bar-clays is to make a new round of job cuts, axing more than 1,000 positions across its New York, London and particularly its Asia divisions, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.

Bloomberg said the job cuts could be an-nounced on Thursday and would “particularly

affect employees in Asia”, citing a person briefed on the matter.

Barclays is one of several banks imple-menting job cuts in a tough environment for investment banks, as slowing global growth and stricter capital rules affect lenders.

Barclays chief executive James Staley an-nounced the selling of the lender’s Italian re-

tail branch division in “re-shaping of Barclays group to focus on our core businesses”.

The Financial Times reported that Barclays planned to quit its investment banking opera-tions across much of Asia, and scale back in parts of Europe and Latin America, to focus on its central US and British markets. A spokesman for Barclays declined to comment. (afp)

Will Lagarde renew? IMF opens nominations for managing director

Barclays bank to cut 1,000 jobs

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A currency trader uses a phone at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. High-yielding emerging currencies rallied against the dollar on Thursday as sentiment improved following broad advances across regional stock markets and a jump in oil prices.

Emerging currencies rally against dollar on stocks advance

TOKYO - High-yielding emerging currencies rallied against the dollar on Thursday as sentiment improved following broad advances across regional stock markets and a jump in oil prices.

DENPASAR - A number of street lights on Jalan Bypass Ngu-rah Rai, Sanur,have burned out since some time ago. Until now, there has been no improvement by relevant agencies. Besides, manylampposts of street light have been porous. Previously, a lamp-post collapsed and toppled over a vehicle.

This condition has long been complained by surrounding resi-dents. One of them is the Sanur

Kaja community figurewho is also a member of Commission III of the DenpasarHouse of Representa-tives, I.B. Ketut Kiana. He said on Wednesday (Jan. 20) that he has had time to ask for the repairof the street lights to the Denpasar Sani-tation and Landscaping Agency (DKP). Unfortunately, so far there has been no follow-up.

Kiana hoped the DKP imme-diately checked the condition of all the street lights having burned

out. Moreover, the area of??Jalan Bypass Sanur belongs to main road towards somefamous tourist objects in Bali. “The road became the main route for travelers visiting Bali. If they want to Ubud or Nusa Dua or other tourist attractions, it is the main path. Therefore, do not let the road condition be pitch-dark,” he said.

He added the DKP officers should not only check the light-shaving burned out. More im-

portantly, they must also check because many lampposts are al-leged to have been porous. Not long ago, a lamppost on the street collapsed and toppled overvehicles underneath. “Fortunately, the incident did not claim any casual-ties. However, it hit the roof of a vehicle,” he said.

When asked for his confirmation separately, the Landscaping Divi-sion Head at the DKP Denpasar, I.B. Ekajayana,acknowledged

that some street lights in Denpasar burned out.Some people have re-ported the condition of the street lights having burned out. Improve-ment efforts are underway. Due to many street lights, they cannot be handled at the same time. “We’re repairing their panels. Other than on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, simi-lar condition also occurred at other locations pursuant to the incom-ing public reports,” he explained. (kmb12)

Tawan was recently met in workshop on the roadside of Candidasa -Tenganan Pegringsingan, Tawan where he was busy working. Welding various pieces of iron that he salvages from the local junkyard into household furniture, Tawan fills his orders, he is assisted by his wife Ni Nengah Sudartini and their three small children.

Tawan, who graduated from STM Reka-yasa Denpasar, explained that he designed the EEG robot to move his left hand mostly out of junk, including discarded motocycle parts and electronics.

Tawan’s left hand has been paralysed since he suffered a light stroke six months ago. Doctors said tgat they were surprised by his illness because Tawan is still young and in goos health with normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Tawan consulted a medium who said that he had been “attacked by black magic”.

Tawan graduated from SMPN 1 Manggis junior high school at Ulakan and then moved to Denpasar becauae his family couls not af-ford to pay for his education. Tawan’s father Ketut Putra is also paralyzed, having fallen from a palm tree tha he was tapping for palm sap over ten years ago. gMy father’s condi-tion has gotten worse over the years. He used to be able to walk very slowly but my brother told him to be careful because it is dangerous for him to walk on his own,” he said.

Armed with an SMP certificate with good scores, he studied at STM Rekayasa while taking odd jobs to pay his way. He once worked as a night watchman at a workshop and even a janitor.

After graduating from STM, he applied for job at BaliTV. Yet his destiny determined differently. He continued working odd jobs in various companies and worked for PLN an electrical installer from his village and installed electricity in Nusa Penida for about two years.

For some 1.5 years, he worked as a teacher at SMK Manggis at the intersection of

Antiga-Padangbai. Tawan says that although he delivered his decree if internship to the Karangasem parliament, his certificate was declared illegal so he could not become a civil servant.

Then, about six months ago, Tawan fell ill. First he just had a stomach ache, but then while he was lying on the couch resting, he lost feel-ing in his left hand. He called to his wife for help. She was confused because Tawan said that he could not find his left hand.

Tawan was stressed about having suffered a light stroke that left him partly paralysed be-cause he had to provide for his small children and wife who does not work. Nevertheless, he tried to pick himself up, armed with hsi electronics skills. He started looking online for robot designs that could help him move

his left hand.After trying out several designs, Tawan

was finally able to create an EEG type robot. gThis device is not perfect, but it does help me. Without this device, I would be com-pletely unable to use my left hand. However, with the assistance of this robot, I can even lift heavy loads. With this device, the strength is much greaterh he said.

Tawan demonstrated his robot by lifting a 10 kg car rim. If he only used his right hand it would be much more challenging.

“However, when using this robot, my brain signal gets drained. I must concentrate to think of what object to take or what to do. Without focusing, I have alot of trouble. So, it is necessary to focus the brain to instruct the robot,h he said.

Tawan, Sudartini and their three children, Made Astra Bintang Putra, Ketut Erlangga Putra and Putu Titan Putra, live in the back of the rented workshop on cardboard mats. Although Tawan is poor and lame, he is often visited by many people. Unfortunately some unfeeing people reported him to the police under the pretext that he was disturbing the area, deapite the fact that Tawan has paid his levies to the village. gDespite being treated in such a way, I remain steadfast. I always pray to God in order to be always blessed with protection. Besides, I also attempt to help others that are poor and elderly although I frequently run out of money. It happens because I spend my income for the school tu-ition of my children and medical treatment,h he said. (013)

On Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai Complained, some street lights burned out

Tawan, human robot from TaumanI Wayan Sumardana alias Sutawan

alias Tawan, 31, from Tauman ham-let, is also known in Nyuhtebel and surrounding areas in Karangasem as the human robot. Sumardana, whose hand is paralysed, designed a robot that moves his left hand for him, thus allowing him to be able to qork and provide for his family.

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I Wayan Sumardana alias Sutawan alias Tawan

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“For example, there is an issue of bribery because our country is so corrupt. Since it has not become a massive discourse yet, the Team 9 should hand over the credentials to Dharma Adhyaksa, deactivate and disband. I suspect, the longer it is left undecided, the burden of the Team 9 will be getting heavier,” said Suryawan.

According to him, it gives non-transparent and closedimpression related to the working agenda of the Team 9, what, when and how long it is done. People that want to help andgive support and input cannot do it because there is no ac-cess and information. As is known, since the Team 9 wasestablished in the meeting of the Sabha Pandita of the PHDI in Jakarta in October 2015, until January 2016 there is

no progress regarding the agenda of the Team 9 of the higher priests.

Previously, Chairman of the Team 9 of the PHDI, Ida MpuJaya Acharyananda, affirmed that his team still has a long time until February 22, 2016 to explore the Benoa Bay issues. However, he still understands regarding the public insistenceso that the Team 9 can make decision soon. Team 9 is un-willing to sacrifice one of the public groups, both the pros and the cons. “We are in the middle. Therefore, we asparisadha, especially higher priests, must think clearly. We may not take sides anywhere, in that side is the truth ofscriptures,” he said, Tuesday (Jan. 12). Ida Mpu promised that after January 15 the team will give a statement related to the Benoa Bay. Of course, it is made after the Team 9 managed to meet and obtain comprehensive data from the government, especially the governor of Bali. (kmb32)

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Meanwhile, the death toll from the assault at Bacha Khan univer-sity in the town of Charsadda rose to 21, after another student died in hospital, said police official Tariq Khan. Most of the victims were students and their families were inconsolable.

Two teachers were among the dead, including a chemistry profes-sor who was praised as a hero for shooting back at the attackers and allowing some students to escape.

“My son was grown up, but still he was an innocent kid for me,” said Gula Bibi, the mother of the second slain teacher, Iftikhar Ahmad, who was also the university librarian. “My heart is breaking apart, I don’t know what to do,” she said.

The attack, which also wounded 22 students, raised grim echoes of the 2014 school massacre in the nearby city of Peshawar that left 150 dead, 144 of them children. It yet again raised questions about

whether security forces are able to protect the country’s educational institutions from extremists.

Flags on official buildings and the parliament were flying at half-staff and police stepped up security at schools and educational centers across the country. A breakaway Taliban faction claimed responsi-bility for the assault — the same faction, headed by Khalifa Umar Mansoor, which had claimed the Peshawar school assault.

The university in Charsadda is named after one of Pakistan’s greatest secular leaders who often espoused communist philosophy, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan. The attack coincided with the 28th anniversary of Bacha Khan’s death on Jan. 20, 1988.

Most of the victims were buried quickly, according to Muslim tradi-tion, with funerals overnight and early Thursday, said Khan, the po-lice official. A spokesman Moham-

mad Khurasani for the main larger Taliban group in Pakistan disowned the group behind the university at-tack, terming it “un-Islamic” and insisted the Pakistani Taliban were not behind it.

Wednesday’s violence yet again exposed the vulnerability of schools in Pakistan, where extremists have sought to prevent Western-style education, especially for girls.

Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after the teenager was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 outside her school in the Swat Valley because of her vocal support for gender equality and education for girls. She said she was “heartbroken” by the latest attack.

There was tight security Thurs-day at all Pakistani schools and educational institutions, with schoolbags scanned and teachers and students checked before being allowed in. The Bacha Khan uni-versity remained closed and its vice chancellor Fazal-ur-Rahim Marwat said classes would resume Monday. “We need time to clean the campus, make more security arrangement and boost the morale of the students and teachers,” he said. (ap)

BEIJING — So long, People’s Frontline. Adios, Comrade in Arms. China’s armed forces have shut down newspapers published by the country’s seven military regions as part of a program to downsize and streamline the world’s largest standing military.

The papers, also including War Flag, Vanguard and People’s Armed Forces, have been gradually su-perseded by official news and propaganda television and web-sites for soldiers whose access to the Internet and smart phones is restricted. The military’s People’s Liberation Army Daily said all the publications ceased publishing last week. The oldest, Soldiers News, dated from 1930.

The closures leave the storied PLA Daily as the military’s sole

remaining daily publication, al-though state broadcaster CCTV also devotes an entire channel to the armed forces staffed by uniformed officers.

China is in the process of cutting 300,000 personnel from the 2.3 million-member military, reorga-nizing its command structure and jettisoning non-essential functions such as arts troupes.

The reforms also aim to strength-en the Communist Party’s ultimate control over the military, preventing any attempts to make it loyal instead to the people and nation rather than the ruling party. They also come as China has become more assertive in pressing its claims to territory in the East China Sea and South China Sea, increasing tensions with its neighbors. (ap)

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In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 photo, Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers line up during a winter training drill in Heihe in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province. China’s armed forces have shut down newspapers published by the country’s seven military regions as part of a program to downsize and streamline the world’s largest standing military.

China closes military newspapers as part of reform program

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Pakistani women light candles during a vigil for victims of the Bacha Khan University attack, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 in Peshawar, Pakistan. Taliban gunmen stormed a university in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing many people and triggering an hours-long gun battle with the army and police before the military declared that the assault in a town near the city of Peshawar was over.

Pakistan mourns, buries victims from

university attackCHARSADDA — Pakistanis buried their dead and observed

a day of nationwide mourning Thursday following the brazen attack by Islamic militants who stormed a northwestern uni-versity the previous day, gunning down students and teachers and spreading terror before the four gunmen were slain by the military.

DAVOS - Indonesia’s exports to Switzerland shot up to US$1 billion in 2015 from only US$133 million in 2014, an official said. Director General of National Export Expansion Nus Nuzulia Ishak said gold and silver ornaments contributed the largest or US$765 million to the total export value in 2015.

“Demand for Indonesian ornaments in Switzerland grew,” Nus, who is at-tending a World Economic Forum said on Wednesday night.

She said the bilateral trade favored Indonesia with a surplus of US$519 million in the first 10 months of 2015, as against a deficit of US$493 million in the same period in 2014.

She said Indonesia’s imports from Switzerland were valued at US$534.6 million in the 10-months period in 2015 down 11 percent from the same period in 2014.

Imported products from that coun-try were medical products mainly vaccines, gas turbine machines, and printing ink. (ant)

REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Paul Janelle, president director of Indonesian cigarette maker PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, gestures during an interview with Reuters at his office in Jakarta, Indonesia January 20, 2016. PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk plans to aggressively market stronger-flavoured cigarettes this year, its top executive said, as Indonesia’s biggest tobacco firm seeks to extend its dominance of one of the world’s fastest growing markets for cigarettes.

The project is estimated to cost US$5.5 billion, with 75 percent of the financing coming from the China Development Bank (CDB) and the rest from Indonesia’s state

enterprises.The construction work on the

PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC - Indonesia China High Speed Railway) project begins in

early 2016 and is expected to be completed in 2018.

Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan has issued the trace permit for the project, spokesman of the trans-portation ministry J.A. Barata noted in a statement on Wednesday.

The trace permit is stipulated in Transportation Ministry Decree No. KP 25 of 2016 on the track

route of the High-Speed Railway Line connecting Jakarta and Band-ung through the Halim-Tegalluar Crossing.

“The trace permit was requested by PT KCIC. The transportation minister issued the trace permit after all requirements were met, includ-ing the recommendations from the provincial, municipal, and district ad-

ministrations whose areas are covered by the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway line,” Barata remarked.

The railway track is 142.3 kilo-meters in length, with four stations and a depot facility in Tegalluar, Bandung.

The four stations will be located in Halim, Karawang, Walini, and Tegalluar. (ant)

BANDUNG - Vice President Jusuf Kalla has ordered state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad to retrofit the National Defense Forces (TNI)’s tanks.

“When it comes to medium tanks we have retrofitted them,” PT Pin-dad President Director Silmy Karim said on Wednesday.

Since 2015 PT Pindad has co-operated with friendly countries to retrofit the government’s medium tanks, he said.

“Regarding the medium tanks, we have cooperated with Turkey since 2015. The prototype of the medium tank is expected to be completed in 2017. It will use can-

non in caliber 105 mm so we adjust its function to a modern tank,” he said.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla, ac-companied by Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu and Industry Minister Saleh Husin, was in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung to visit the factories

owned by state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad and state-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia.

In the course of the visit, the vice president agreed to a contract for the purchase of several weapons to strengthen the country’s military armament system.

“I come here along with the defense minister and the indus-try minister to re-evaluate our defense industry. The objective is to improve the country’s de-fense capability so the weapon industry will increasingly be-come more self-reliant,” he said. (ant)

President officiated groundbreaking of Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway

BANDUNG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officiated the groundbreaking of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project in Cikalong Wetan, Bandung District, West Java Prov-ince, on Thursday.

VP orders Pindad to retrofit military’s tanks

Indonesia’s exports to Switzerland

surge to US$1 billion

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“It comes from American foot-ball,” Azarenka explained Wednes-day after hustling through her second-round match against Danka Kovinic to win 6-1, 6-2 in just 63 minutes. “I think it’s really fun. It’s entertaining. I love doing it.” If Azarenka’s recent performance is any guide, she will be “dabbing” at Melbourne Park for a few rounds to come.

The 2012 and 2013 Australian Open champion started 2016 by winning the Brisbane International for her first tournament victory in 28 months. She had entered the Brisbane tournament unseeded after slipping to No. 22 in the rankings at the end of 2015, following two injury-interrupted seasons.

The former No. 1-ranked player is visibly fired up and determined to win. She has dispatched her first two opponents in Melbourne in quick, clinical straight sets with a dominance that puts her on the short list to potentially win the Australian Open — where she could meet No. 1 Serena Williams in the final. Aza-renka speaks of her resurgence as a physical and mental recovery.

“I’m feeling in the best shape body-wise, spirit-wise, everything-wise,” said the 27-year-old Belar-ussian, who has talked about her perspectives on life and tennis maturing.

“I think where I am in my life is very different. I’m just so happy

to be here,” she said during her on-court interview. “I try to play every point like it’s my last.” And after the last point, comes the victory salute. For those who don’t watch Ameri-can football, Azarenka explained that Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton popularized “dab-bing” and “made it viral.”

Newton is known for his en-thusiastic victory celebrations, which include a Superman move where he pretends to rip open his shirt to reveal an imaginary “S’’ on his chest. He has been criticized by some for excessive “dabbing” when he scores touchdowns. So far, Azarenka has not elicited any criticism, just curiosity among those wondering what she’s doing.

“We happen to have the same agent, so I just wanted to make my agent smile at first,” Azarenka said about Newton. “Then Cam heard I started doing it. I don’t know, I just love the sign. I think it’s cool.”(ap)

TORONTO — The mindset that propelled DeMar DeRozan to a 34-point effort may not have been much of a mystery to his Toronto Raptors teammates, who see it regularly. But it was to DeRozan. “I don’t know,” he said when asked how it felt to equal his second-highest offensive output of the year on Wednesday night. “When it’s going you really don’t pay attention to it until after the fact and realize everything was feeling good.”

Jonas Valanciunas added his eighth double-double of the season with 19 points and 12 rebounds as the Raptors won their season-high sixth straight game, 115-109 over the Boston Celtics.

Everything seemed to be “feeling good” for DeRozan in the third quarter, when he had 18 points to regain the lead for the Raptors. DeRozan has 64 points in his last two games.

“We’ll learn from it definitely in as far as how we can make things harder for DeMar and I’m pretty sure the coaches will figure some things out that we can throw at him maybe the next time we play him,” said Boston’s Avery Bradley, who had 19 points.

Isaiah Thomas added his fifth double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 assists, while Kelly Olynyk had 18 points off the bench in the loss. “We never adjusted to what they were doing and all of those guys got real comfortable,” said Jae Crowder, who had 17 points for the Celtics, who fell 5 ½ games back of Atlantic Divison-leading Raptors.

Kyle Lowry and Terrence Ross hit big back-to-back 3-pointers down the stretch to put Toronto up by four with 2:16 to play. “They made every shot at the end of the game and we were trying to exchange baskets with them and I find whenever we do that we are usually not successful,” Bradley said.

After shooting 65.2 percent from the floor in the first quarter to take an eight-point lead, Toronto took its foot off the gas in the second to allow Boston back into it and required DeRozan’s heroics and 40 total points in the third to regain the advantage.

“We have lost our defensive mojo a little bit,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “Defending the three ... that has been a concern for the past two or three games now.” Despite hitting 11 of 19 from beyond the arc in the first three quarters, Boston shot just 1 of 7 in the fourth.

But Boston coach Brad Stevens looked at his teams’ defense as the key to the game. “I think the story of tonight is the first and third quarters, 75 points, you can’t win that way against a good team,” he said.(ap)

AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus celebrates after defeating Danka Kovinic of Montenegro during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Aus-tralia, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016.

Victoria Azarenka introduces “dabbing” Down Under

MELBOURNE — Victoria Azarenka is introducing tennis fans Down Under to “the dab.” The what? “The dab. D-a-b,” Azarenka said, and then spelled, when asked about the distinc-tive victory salute she has displayed after winning her first two matches at the Australian Open. It entails leaning into a bended elbow, as if sneezing, and raising the other arm up straight.

DeRozan scores 34 to send Raptors past Celtics, 115-109

Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports

DeMar DeRozan (10) handles the ball as Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder (99) tries to defend during the fourth quarter in a game at Air Canada Centre. The Toronto Rap-tors won 115-109.

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Cech made his Arsenal de-but when they beat Chelsea 1-0 in the Community Shield and his campaign could finish on another high if he emulates Eric Cantona, who won titles with Leeds United in 1992 and Manchester United in 1993, the only player ever to do so.

One of the few bright spots of Chelsea’s woeful campaign came in September when they beat Arsenal 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in a fractious match in which the Gunners had Gabriel Paulista and Santi Cazorla sent off. Arsenal’s season has blossomed since, however, and Chelsea’s has wilted with man-ager Jose Mourinho sacked in December.

Arsenal lead the standings and Chelsea are 19 points adrift in 14th place with their interim coach Guus Hiddink saying last week they were not yet free of relegation worries.

NO ERRORArsenal, who have several

top players out injured, lead the table on goal difference from Leicester City, but they could be boosted by the return of playmaker Mesut Ozil and striker Alexis Sanchez who missed the 0-0 draw at Stoke City on Sunday. The Gunners, though, have little margin for error if they are to win their first title since 2004.

Leicester have confounded

everyone by remaining dogged-ly in the title race with manager Claudio Ranieri now aiming for 79 points by the end of the season, rather than his original target of 40 which is usually needed to avoid relegation.

They will be keen to get three more when they host Stoke on Saturday after draw-ing 1-1 at bottom side Aston Villa last weekend.

Leicester lost 2-0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur in their FA Cup third-round replay on Wednesday and face another stern test of their credentials against Stoke. Manchester City, who clinically disposed of Crystal Palace 4-0 last week, travel to West Ham Unit-ed for Saturday’s late match with Manuel Pellegrini’s side a point behind the leading pair and able to go top with a win if Leicester draw or lose.

The top four is completed by Tottenham on 39 points and they will hope to capitalise on their Cup win and Crystal Pal-ace’s sudden loss of form when

they go to Se lhu r s t Park. Pal-ace, have slipped to eighth af-ter failing to score i n t he i r last five l e a g u e match-e s , p i c k -i n g up just t w o points.

M a n -c h e s t e r United in fifth, who are seven points behind the leaders, can still win the title according to coach Louis van Gaal, and they will be looking to follow up last week’s 1-0 win at Liverpool with another victory at home to Southampton. (rtr)

MILAN - Coppa Italia holders Juventus reached the semi-finals of this year’s com-petition on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over

Lazio, the team they beat in last season’s final. Full back Stephan Lichtsteiner, who spent three seasons at Lazio before joining Juventus, scored

the only goal in the 66th minute as his side continued their excellent recent form.

After a slow start to the season, Juven-tus have won their last 10 Serie A

games to put them second in the table and back in the hunt

for a fifth successive league title. They have

also reached the last 16 of the Champions League.

Juve, who thumped neighbours Torino 4-0 in the previous round, will face old rivals Inter Milan in a two-leg semi-final.

Lichtsteiner snapped up a rebound and the ball crossed the line before Lazio goalkeeper Etrit Berisha could clear it, after Simone Zaza’s shot had hit the post.

Zaza was fielded alongside Alvaro Morata in a second-choice front line as coach Massimiliano Allegri rested Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic.

“I don’t like to use the word rotation because we have a competitive squad of an excellent standard,” Allegri told reporters.

“Today, I would like to compliment (midfielder) Stefano Sturaro, Zaza and Morata, who has improved a great deal, and (Martin) Caceres, who contained (Lazio forward) Keita Balde, they all played a good match. It’s difficult to leave anyone out.” (ap)

PARIS — Five-time winner Monaco was pushed to extra time before securing its spot in the round of 16 of the French Cup with a 3-1 win over second-tier Evian on Wednesday.

Playing with a reshuffled but strong team featuring Ricardo Carvalho, Joao Moutinho and Bernardo Silva, Monaco looked fragile throughout and failed to extend its lead following Lacina Traore’s opener in the 45th minute with a header from close range.

Former Monaco midfielder Morgan Kamin pulled the teams level in the 63rd minute with a powerful strike as Evian created the second half’s best chances. But Mario Pasalic converted a good cross from Moutinho to put the visitors back in command in the 104th. Helder Costa then sealed Monaco’s win from sub-stitute Ilyes Chaibi’s assist.

Lyon defeated third-division side Chambly 2-0 with goals

from Maxwell Cornet and Ma-thieu Valbuena on a bad pitch that had been damaged by frost.

Valbuena, who has been strug-gling for form for most of the season, scored his first goal since October last year.

“Mathieu played an impor-tant role in our win, displaying a positive spirit that helped the team move forward,” Lyon coach Bruno Genesio said.

Fourth-division Trelissac pro-duced the shock result of the eve-ning with a 4-2 victory over Lille on penalties after the teams drew 1-1.

Among other top-division teams to advance were 10-time winner Marseille, Troyes, Lori-ent and Nantes. Marseille beat fellow first-division team Mont-pellier 2-0 to secure a first home win at the Velodrome since November.

Title holder Paris Saint-Ger-main advanced to the next round on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Toulouse. (ap)

LONDON — Real Madrid is soccer’s biggest money-maker for the 11th straight year, while Bayern Munich dropped to its lowest posi-tion in eight years. Madrid’s revenue of 577 million euros ($628 million) in 2014-15 kept it top of the Football Money League compiled by accountancy firm Deloitte.

“The planned redevelop-ment of the Santiago Bern-

abeu will help to continue the growth in matchday in-come in the coming years,” said Dan Jones, a partner in the Deloitte sports business division.

The revenue of the world’s top 20 clubs, which are all European and include nine from the Premier League, grew 8 percent year-to-year to 6.6 billion euros ($7.2 billion).

European and Spanish champion Barcelona regained second place by generating 560.8 million euros ($609 million), displacing Man-chester United, which made 395.2 million pounds ($560 million) while still struggling on the pitch in the post-Alex Ferguson era.

“Despite a reduction in revenue year-on-year, the fact that Manchester United

remain in the top three of the Money League demonstrates the underlying strength of the club’s business model,” Deloitte senior manager Tim Bridge said.

French champion Paris Saint-Germain climbed to fourth by generating 480.8 million euros ($522 million), followed by Bayern on 474 million euros ($515 million). (ap)

AMMAN, Jordan — Five weeks before election day, some of the 209 FIFA member federations are publicly pledging their votes in the presidential race. Prince Ali of Jordan on Wednesday said the Iraqi soccer federation will vote for him on Feb. 26 in Zurich. The German and Swiss federations gave their expected support to UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino, who is from Switzerland.

“Gianni Infantino is the candidate of the Europeans and the best candi-date,” said Reinhard Rauball, interim

leader of the German soccer federation. Suriname, which is part of the CON-CACAF confederation, also pledged Wednesday to vote for Infantino.

Prince Ali got formal public support from UEFA — but not the Asian Football Confederation — when he tallied 73 votes in losing to Sepp Blatter in May.

Iraq is expected to be joined by other Asian voters for Prince Ali next month despite AFC president Sheikh Salman of Bahrain claiming to have unanimous support from executive committee members for

his campaign. Jerome Champagne of France and South African busi-nessman Tokyo Sexwale are also in the running.

Prince Ali’s campaign team said in a statement he also has “picked up private commitments of support from several other nations” in Af-rica and the Caribbean. He met with the Iraqi sports minister and soccer officials in Amman on Monday af-ter campaigning alongside rivals in Ghana, Rwanda and Antigua.

“Iraq’s vote will go to Prince Ali because Prince Ali has always sup-

ported the development of football in Iraq, Jordan and our region,” federation president Abdul Khaliq Masood said. UEFA members, in-cluding 53 FIFA voters, will meet on Friday in Nyon, Switzerland, to discuss election strategy after a meeting of its executive committee, which includes Swiss federation president Peter Gillieron.

“His (Infantino’s) long experi-ence as general secretary at UEFA and his management skills will be beneficial for FIFA in its stage of reorganization,” Gillieron said in

an interview published on the Swiss federation website.

Infantino proposed region-wide co-hosting of future World Cups, which FIFA wants to increase to 40 teams from 32 for the 2026 tournament.

“I do not think this idea is good,” Mutko, a FIFA executive commit-tee member who is leading the 2018 World Cup preparations, said in an interview published Wednesday by the TASS agency. “The World Cup is a grand and unique event. But I believe that the identity would be lost.” (ap)

Reuters / Darren Staples

Arsenal’s Petr Cech and Laurent Kosci-elny in action

Real is top soccer moneymaker again, top 20 clubs make $7bn

Arsenal and Cech seek symbolic Chelsea win in Premiership

LONDON - Arsenal can take another step towards the Premier League title with a symbolic victory over cham-pions Chelsea when they host their ailing London rivals at the Emirates on Sunday. Victory would also take Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech closer to becoming the second player in English League soccer history to win the title with dif-ferent clubs in successive seasons, after lifting his fourth league crown with Chelsea last year.

FIFA voters publicly declare support as election day looms

AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau

Monaco’s Ricardo Carvalho reacts after scoring the sec-ond goal for Monaco during the French League One soc-cer match against Ajaccio, in Monaco stadium, Saturday, Jan. 9 , 2016.

Monaco, Lyon and Marseille advance in French Cup

REUTERS/Giorgio Perottino

Juventus players celebrate at the end of the match against Sampdoria.

Lichtsteiner sends Juve into Coppa semi-finals

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Cech made his Arsenal de-but when they beat Chelsea 1-0 in the Community Shield and his campaign could finish on another high if he emulates Eric Cantona, who won titles with Leeds United in 1992 and Manchester United in 1993, the only player ever to do so.

One of the few bright spots of Chelsea’s woeful campaign came in September when they beat Arsenal 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in a fractious match in which the Gunners had Gabriel Paulista and Santi Cazorla sent off. Arsenal’s season has blossomed since, however, and Chelsea’s has wilted with man-ager Jose Mourinho sacked in December.

Arsenal lead the standings and Chelsea are 19 points adrift in 14th place with their interim coach Guus Hiddink saying last week they were not yet free of relegation worries.

NO ERRORArsenal, who have several

top players out injured, lead the table on goal difference from Leicester City, but they could be boosted by the return of playmaker Mesut Ozil and striker Alexis Sanchez who missed the 0-0 draw at Stoke City on Sunday. The Gunners, though, have little margin for error if they are to win their first title since 2004.

Leicester have confounded

everyone by remaining dogged-ly in the title race with manager Claudio Ranieri now aiming for 79 points by the end of the season, rather than his original target of 40 which is usually needed to avoid relegation.

They will be keen to get three more when they host Stoke on Saturday after draw-ing 1-1 at bottom side Aston Villa last weekend.

Leicester lost 2-0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur in their FA Cup third-round replay on Wednesday and face another stern test of their credentials against Stoke. Manchester City, who clinically disposed of Crystal Palace 4-0 last week, travel to West Ham Unit-ed for Saturday’s late match with Manuel Pellegrini’s side a point behind the leading pair and able to go top with a win if Leicester draw or lose.

The top four is completed by Tottenham on 39 points and they will hope to capitalise on their Cup win and Crystal Pal-ace’s sudden loss of form when

they go to Se lhu r s t Park. Pal-ace, have slipped to eighth af-ter failing to score i n t he i r last five l e a g u e match-e s , p i c k -i n g up just t w o points.

M a n -c h e s t e r United in fifth, who are seven points behind the leaders, can still win the title according to coach Louis van Gaal, and they will be looking to follow up last week’s 1-0 win at Liverpool with another victory at home to Southampton. (rtr)

MILAN - Coppa Italia holders Juventus reached the semi-finals of this year’s com-petition on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over

Lazio, the team they beat in last season’s final. Full back Stephan Lichtsteiner, who spent three seasons at Lazio before joining Juventus, scored

the only goal in the 66th minute as his side continued their excellent recent form.

After a slow start to the season, Juven-tus have won their last 10 Serie A

games to put them second in the table and back in the hunt

for a fifth successive league title. They have

also reached the last 16 of the Champions League.

Juve, who thumped neighbours Torino 4-0 in the previous round, will face old rivals Inter Milan in a two-leg semi-final.

Lichtsteiner snapped up a rebound and the ball crossed the line before Lazio goalkeeper Etrit Berisha could clear it, after Simone Zaza’s shot had hit the post.

Zaza was fielded alongside Alvaro Morata in a second-choice front line as coach Massimiliano Allegri rested Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic.

“I don’t like to use the word rotation because we have a competitive squad of an excellent standard,” Allegri told reporters.

“Today, I would like to compliment (midfielder) Stefano Sturaro, Zaza and Morata, who has improved a great deal, and (Martin) Caceres, who contained (Lazio forward) Keita Balde, they all played a good match. It’s difficult to leave anyone out.” (ap)

PARIS — Five-time winner Monaco was pushed to extra time before securing its spot in the round of 16 of the French Cup with a 3-1 win over second-tier Evian on Wednesday.

Playing with a reshuffled but strong team featuring Ricardo Carvalho, Joao Moutinho and Bernardo Silva, Monaco looked fragile throughout and failed to extend its lead following Lacina Traore’s opener in the 45th minute with a header from close range.

Former Monaco midfielder Morgan Kamin pulled the teams level in the 63rd minute with a powerful strike as Evian created the second half’s best chances. But Mario Pasalic converted a good cross from Moutinho to put the visitors back in command in the 104th. Helder Costa then sealed Monaco’s win from sub-stitute Ilyes Chaibi’s assist.

Lyon defeated third-division side Chambly 2-0 with goals

from Maxwell Cornet and Ma-thieu Valbuena on a bad pitch that had been damaged by frost.

Valbuena, who has been strug-gling for form for most of the season, scored his first goal since October last year.

“Mathieu played an impor-tant role in our win, displaying a positive spirit that helped the team move forward,” Lyon coach Bruno Genesio said.

Fourth-division Trelissac pro-duced the shock result of the eve-ning with a 4-2 victory over Lille on penalties after the teams drew 1-1.

Among other top-division teams to advance were 10-time winner Marseille, Troyes, Lori-ent and Nantes. Marseille beat fellow first-division team Mont-pellier 2-0 to secure a first home win at the Velodrome since November.

Title holder Paris Saint-Ger-main advanced to the next round on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Toulouse. (ap)

LONDON — Real Madrid is soccer’s biggest money-maker for the 11th straight year, while Bayern Munich dropped to its lowest posi-tion in eight years. Madrid’s revenue of 577 million euros ($628 million) in 2014-15 kept it top of the Football Money League compiled by accountancy firm Deloitte.

“The planned redevelop-ment of the Santiago Bern-

abeu will help to continue the growth in matchday in-come in the coming years,” said Dan Jones, a partner in the Deloitte sports business division.

The revenue of the world’s top 20 clubs, which are all European and include nine from the Premier League, grew 8 percent year-to-year to 6.6 billion euros ($7.2 billion).

European and Spanish champion Barcelona regained second place by generating 560.8 million euros ($609 million), displacing Man-chester United, which made 395.2 million pounds ($560 million) while still struggling on the pitch in the post-Alex Ferguson era.

“Despite a reduction in revenue year-on-year, the fact that Manchester United

remain in the top three of the Money League demonstrates the underlying strength of the club’s business model,” Deloitte senior manager Tim Bridge said.

French champion Paris Saint-Germain climbed to fourth by generating 480.8 million euros ($522 million), followed by Bayern on 474 million euros ($515 million). (ap)

AMMAN, Jordan — Five weeks before election day, some of the 209 FIFA member federations are publicly pledging their votes in the presidential race. Prince Ali of Jordan on Wednesday said the Iraqi soccer federation will vote for him on Feb. 26 in Zurich. The German and Swiss federations gave their expected support to UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino, who is from Switzerland.

“Gianni Infantino is the candidate of the Europeans and the best candi-date,” said Reinhard Rauball, interim

leader of the German soccer federation. Suriname, which is part of the CON-CACAF confederation, also pledged Wednesday to vote for Infantino.

Prince Ali got formal public support from UEFA — but not the Asian Football Confederation — when he tallied 73 votes in losing to Sepp Blatter in May.

Iraq is expected to be joined by other Asian voters for Prince Ali next month despite AFC president Sheikh Salman of Bahrain claiming to have unanimous support from executive committee members for

his campaign. Jerome Champagne of France and South African busi-nessman Tokyo Sexwale are also in the running.

Prince Ali’s campaign team said in a statement he also has “picked up private commitments of support from several other nations” in Af-rica and the Caribbean. He met with the Iraqi sports minister and soccer officials in Amman on Monday af-ter campaigning alongside rivals in Ghana, Rwanda and Antigua.

“Iraq’s vote will go to Prince Ali because Prince Ali has always sup-

ported the development of football in Iraq, Jordan and our region,” federation president Abdul Khaliq Masood said. UEFA members, in-cluding 53 FIFA voters, will meet on Friday in Nyon, Switzerland, to discuss election strategy after a meeting of its executive committee, which includes Swiss federation president Peter Gillieron.

“His (Infantino’s) long experi-ence as general secretary at UEFA and his management skills will be beneficial for FIFA in its stage of reorganization,” Gillieron said in

an interview published on the Swiss federation website.

Infantino proposed region-wide co-hosting of future World Cups, which FIFA wants to increase to 40 teams from 32 for the 2026 tournament.

“I do not think this idea is good,” Mutko, a FIFA executive commit-tee member who is leading the 2018 World Cup preparations, said in an interview published Wednesday by the TASS agency. “The World Cup is a grand and unique event. But I believe that the identity would be lost.” (ap)

Reuters / Darren Staples

Arsenal’s Petr Cech and Laurent Kosci-elny in action

Real is top soccer moneymaker again, top 20 clubs make $7bn

Arsenal and Cech seek symbolic Chelsea win in Premiership

LONDON - Arsenal can take another step towards the Premier League title with a symbolic victory over cham-pions Chelsea when they host their ailing London rivals at the Emirates on Sunday. Victory would also take Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech closer to becoming the second player in English League soccer history to win the title with dif-ferent clubs in successive seasons, after lifting his fourth league crown with Chelsea last year.

FIFA voters publicly declare support as election day looms

AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau

Monaco’s Ricardo Carvalho reacts after scoring the sec-ond goal for Monaco during the French League One soc-cer match against Ajaccio, in Monaco stadium, Saturday, Jan. 9 , 2016.

Monaco, Lyon and Marseille advance in French Cup

REUTERS/Giorgio Perottino

Juventus players celebrate at the end of the match against Sampdoria.

Lichtsteiner sends Juve into Coppa semi-finals

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“It comes from American foot-ball,” Azarenka explained Wednes-day after hustling through her second-round match against Danka Kovinic to win 6-1, 6-2 in just 63 minutes. “I think it’s really fun. It’s entertaining. I love doing it.” If Azarenka’s recent performance is any guide, she will be “dabbing” at Melbourne Park for a few rounds to come.

The 2012 and 2013 Australian Open champion started 2016 by winning the Brisbane International for her first tournament victory in 28 months. She had entered the Brisbane tournament unseeded after slipping to No. 22 in the rankings at the end of 2015, following two injury-interrupted seasons.

The former No. 1-ranked player is visibly fired up and determined to win. She has dispatched her first two opponents in Melbourne in quick, clinical straight sets with a dominance that puts her on the short list to potentially win the Australian Open — where she could meet No. 1 Serena Williams in the final. Aza-renka speaks of her resurgence as a physical and mental recovery.

“I’m feeling in the best shape body-wise, spirit-wise, everything-wise,” said the 27-year-old Belar-ussian, who has talked about her perspectives on life and tennis maturing.

“I think where I am in my life is very different. I’m just so happy

to be here,” she said during her on-court interview. “I try to play every point like it’s my last.” And after the last point, comes the victory salute. For those who don’t watch Ameri-can football, Azarenka explained that Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton popularized “dab-bing” and “made it viral.”

Newton is known for his en-thusiastic victory celebrations, which include a Superman move where he pretends to rip open his shirt to reveal an imaginary “S’’ on his chest. He has been criticized by some for excessive “dabbing” when he scores touchdowns. So far, Azarenka has not elicited any criticism, just curiosity among those wondering what she’s doing.

“We happen to have the same agent, so I just wanted to make my agent smile at first,” Azarenka said about Newton. “Then Cam heard I started doing it. I don’t know, I just love the sign. I think it’s cool.”(ap)

TORONTO — The mindset that propelled DeMar DeRozan to a 34-point effort may not have been much of a mystery to his Toronto Raptors teammates, who see it regularly. But it was to DeRozan. “I don’t know,” he said when asked how it felt to equal his second-highest offensive output of the year on Wednesday night. “When it’s going you really don’t pay attention to it until after the fact and realize everything was feeling good.”

Jonas Valanciunas added his eighth double-double of the season with 19 points and 12 rebounds as the Raptors won their season-high sixth straight game, 115-109 over the Boston Celtics.

Everything seemed to be “feeling good” for DeRozan in the third quarter, when he had 18 points to regain the lead for the Raptors. DeRozan has 64 points in his last two games.

“We’ll learn from it definitely in as far as how we can make things harder for DeMar and I’m pretty sure the coaches will figure some things out that we can throw at him maybe the next time we play him,” said Boston’s Avery Bradley, who had 19 points.

Isaiah Thomas added his fifth double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 assists, while Kelly Olynyk had 18 points off the bench in the loss. “We never adjusted to what they were doing and all of those guys got real comfortable,” said Jae Crowder, who had 17 points for the Celtics, who fell 5 ½ games back of Atlantic Divison-leading Raptors.

Kyle Lowry and Terrence Ross hit big back-to-back 3-pointers down the stretch to put Toronto up by four with 2:16 to play. “They made every shot at the end of the game and we were trying to exchange baskets with them and I find whenever we do that we are usually not successful,” Bradley said.

After shooting 65.2 percent from the floor in the first quarter to take an eight-point lead, Toronto took its foot off the gas in the second to allow Boston back into it and required DeRozan’s heroics and 40 total points in the third to regain the advantage.

“We have lost our defensive mojo a little bit,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “Defending the three ... that has been a concern for the past two or three games now.” Despite hitting 11 of 19 from beyond the arc in the first three quarters, Boston shot just 1 of 7 in the fourth.

But Boston coach Brad Stevens looked at his teams’ defense as the key to the game. “I think the story of tonight is the first and third quarters, 75 points, you can’t win that way against a good team,” he said.(ap)

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Victoria Azarenka of Belarus celebrates after defeating Danka Kovinic of Montenegro during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Aus-tralia, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016.

Victoria Azarenka introduces “dabbing” Down Under

MELBOURNE — Victoria Azarenka is introducing tennis fans Down Under to “the dab.” The what? “The dab. D-a-b,” Azarenka said, and then spelled, when asked about the distinc-tive victory salute she has displayed after winning her first two matches at the Australian Open. It entails leaning into a bended elbow, as if sneezing, and raising the other arm up straight.

DeRozan scores 34 to send Raptors past Celtics, 115-109

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DeMar DeRozan (10) handles the ball as Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder (99) tries to defend during the fourth quarter in a game at Air Canada Centre. The Toronto Rap-tors won 115-109.

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“For example, there is an issue of bribery because our country is so corrupt. Since it has not become a massive discourse yet, the Team 9 should hand over the credentials to Dharma Adhyaksa, deactivate and disband. I suspect, the longer it is left undecided, the burden of the Team 9 will be getting heavier,” said Suryawan.

According to him, it gives non-transparent and closedimpression related to the working agenda of the Team 9, what, when and how long it is done. People that want to help andgive support and input cannot do it because there is no ac-cess and information. As is known, since the Team 9 wasestablished in the meeting of the Sabha Pandita of the PHDI in Jakarta in October 2015, until January 2016 there is

no progress regarding the agenda of the Team 9 of the higher priests.

Previously, Chairman of the Team 9 of the PHDI, Ida MpuJaya Acharyananda, affirmed that his team still has a long time until February 22, 2016 to explore the Benoa Bay issues. However, he still understands regarding the public insistenceso that the Team 9 can make decision soon. Team 9 is un-willing to sacrifice one of the public groups, both the pros and the cons. “We are in the middle. Therefore, we asparisadha, especially higher priests, must think clearly. We may not take sides anywhere, in that side is the truth ofscriptures,” he said, Tuesday (Jan. 12). Ida Mpu promised that after January 15 the team will give a statement related to the Benoa Bay. Of course, it is made after the Team 9 managed to meet and obtain comprehensive data from the government, especially the governor of Bali. (kmb32)

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Meanwhile, the death toll from the assault at Bacha Khan univer-sity in the town of Charsadda rose to 21, after another student died in hospital, said police official Tariq Khan. Most of the victims were students and their families were inconsolable.

Two teachers were among the dead, including a chemistry profes-sor who was praised as a hero for shooting back at the attackers and allowing some students to escape.

“My son was grown up, but still he was an innocent kid for me,” said Gula Bibi, the mother of the second slain teacher, Iftikhar Ahmad, who was also the university librarian. “My heart is breaking apart, I don’t know what to do,” she said.

The attack, which also wounded 22 students, raised grim echoes of the 2014 school massacre in the nearby city of Peshawar that left 150 dead, 144 of them children. It yet again raised questions about

whether security forces are able to protect the country’s educational institutions from extremists.

Flags on official buildings and the parliament were flying at half-staff and police stepped up security at schools and educational centers across the country. A breakaway Taliban faction claimed responsi-bility for the assault — the same faction, headed by Khalifa Umar Mansoor, which had claimed the Peshawar school assault.

The university in Charsadda is named after one of Pakistan’s greatest secular leaders who often espoused communist philosophy, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan. The attack coincided with the 28th anniversary of Bacha Khan’s death on Jan. 20, 1988.

Most of the victims were buried quickly, according to Muslim tradi-tion, with funerals overnight and early Thursday, said Khan, the po-lice official. A spokesman Moham-

mad Khurasani for the main larger Taliban group in Pakistan disowned the group behind the university at-tack, terming it “un-Islamic” and insisted the Pakistani Taliban were not behind it.

Wednesday’s violence yet again exposed the vulnerability of schools in Pakistan, where extremists have sought to prevent Western-style education, especially for girls.

Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after the teenager was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 outside her school in the Swat Valley because of her vocal support for gender equality and education for girls. She said she was “heartbroken” by the latest attack.

There was tight security Thurs-day at all Pakistani schools and educational institutions, with schoolbags scanned and teachers and students checked before being allowed in. The Bacha Khan uni-versity remained closed and its vice chancellor Fazal-ur-Rahim Marwat said classes would resume Monday. “We need time to clean the campus, make more security arrangement and boost the morale of the students and teachers,” he said. (ap)

BEIJING — So long, People’s Frontline. Adios, Comrade in Arms. China’s armed forces have shut down newspapers published by the country’s seven military regions as part of a program to downsize and streamline the world’s largest standing military.

The papers, also including War Flag, Vanguard and People’s Armed Forces, have been gradually su-perseded by official news and propaganda television and web-sites for soldiers whose access to the Internet and smart phones is restricted. The military’s People’s Liberation Army Daily said all the publications ceased publishing last week. The oldest, Soldiers News, dated from 1930.

The closures leave the storied PLA Daily as the military’s sole

remaining daily publication, al-though state broadcaster CCTV also devotes an entire channel to the armed forces staffed by uniformed officers.

China is in the process of cutting 300,000 personnel from the 2.3 million-member military, reorga-nizing its command structure and jettisoning non-essential functions such as arts troupes.

The reforms also aim to strength-en the Communist Party’s ultimate control over the military, preventing any attempts to make it loyal instead to the people and nation rather than the ruling party. They also come as China has become more assertive in pressing its claims to territory in the East China Sea and South China Sea, increasing tensions with its neighbors. (ap)

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In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 photo, Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers line up during a winter training drill in Heihe in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province. China’s armed forces have shut down newspapers published by the country’s seven military regions as part of a program to downsize and streamline the world’s largest standing military.

China closes military newspapers as part of reform program

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Pakistani women light candles during a vigil for victims of the Bacha Khan University attack, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 in Peshawar, Pakistan. Taliban gunmen stormed a university in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing many people and triggering an hours-long gun battle with the army and police before the military declared that the assault in a town near the city of Peshawar was over.

Pakistan mourns, buries victims from

university attackCHARSADDA — Pakistanis buried their dead and observed

a day of nationwide mourning Thursday following the brazen attack by Islamic militants who stormed a northwestern uni-versity the previous day, gunning down students and teachers and spreading terror before the four gunmen were slain by the military.

DAVOS - Indonesia’s exports to Switzerland shot up to US$1 billion in 2015 from only US$133 million in 2014, an official said. Director General of National Export Expansion Nus Nuzulia Ishak said gold and silver ornaments contributed the largest or US$765 million to the total export value in 2015.

“Demand for Indonesian ornaments in Switzerland grew,” Nus, who is at-tending a World Economic Forum said on Wednesday night.

She said the bilateral trade favored Indonesia with a surplus of US$519 million in the first 10 months of 2015, as against a deficit of US$493 million in the same period in 2014.

She said Indonesia’s imports from Switzerland were valued at US$534.6 million in the 10-months period in 2015 down 11 percent from the same period in 2014.

Imported products from that coun-try were medical products mainly vaccines, gas turbine machines, and printing ink. (ant)

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Paul Janelle, president director of Indonesian cigarette maker PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, gestures during an interview with Reuters at his office in Jakarta, Indonesia January 20, 2016. PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk plans to aggressively market stronger-flavoured cigarettes this year, its top executive said, as Indonesia’s biggest tobacco firm seeks to extend its dominance of one of the world’s fastest growing markets for cigarettes.

The project is estimated to cost US$5.5 billion, with 75 percent of the financing coming from the China Development Bank (CDB) and the rest from Indonesia’s state

enterprises.The construction work on the

PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC - Indonesia China High Speed Railway) project begins in

early 2016 and is expected to be completed in 2018.

Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan has issued the trace permit for the project, spokesman of the trans-portation ministry J.A. Barata noted in a statement on Wednesday.

The trace permit is stipulated in Transportation Ministry Decree No. KP 25 of 2016 on the track

route of the High-Speed Railway Line connecting Jakarta and Band-ung through the Halim-Tegalluar Crossing.

“The trace permit was requested by PT KCIC. The transportation minister issued the trace permit after all requirements were met, includ-ing the recommendations from the provincial, municipal, and district ad-

ministrations whose areas are covered by the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway line,” Barata remarked.

The railway track is 142.3 kilo-meters in length, with four stations and a depot facility in Tegalluar, Bandung.

The four stations will be located in Halim, Karawang, Walini, and Tegalluar. (ant)

BANDUNG - Vice President Jusuf Kalla has ordered state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad to retrofit the National Defense Forces (TNI)’s tanks.

“When it comes to medium tanks we have retrofitted them,” PT Pin-dad President Director Silmy Karim said on Wednesday.

Since 2015 PT Pindad has co-operated with friendly countries to retrofit the government’s medium tanks, he said.

“Regarding the medium tanks, we have cooperated with Turkey since 2015. The prototype of the medium tank is expected to be completed in 2017. It will use can-

non in caliber 105 mm so we adjust its function to a modern tank,” he said.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla, ac-companied by Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu and Industry Minister Saleh Husin, was in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung to visit the factories

owned by state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad and state-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia.

In the course of the visit, the vice president agreed to a contract for the purchase of several weapons to strengthen the country’s military armament system.

“I come here along with the defense minister and the indus-try minister to re-evaluate our defense industry. The objective is to improve the country’s de-fense capability so the weapon industry will increasingly be-come more self-reliant,” he said. (ant)

President officiated groundbreaking of Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway

BANDUNG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officiated the groundbreaking of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project in Cikalong Wetan, Bandung District, West Java Prov-ince, on Thursday.

VP orders Pindad to retrofit military’s tanks

Indonesia’s exports to Switzerland

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The Malaysian ringgit and the South Ko-rean won were among the beneficiaries of the rebound in sentiment, although analysts warned that dealers remained on edge after the volatile start of trading this year.

“Markets are focused on risk aversion from global stock plunges and falling oil prices,” Naoto Ono, an analyst at margin-trading service provider Ueda Harlow, wrote in a client note.

The dollar halted its fall against the yen after briefly touching a one-year low of 115.98 yen on Wednesday. The US unit rose to 117.33 yen from 116.92 yen Wednesday in New York.

The euro traded down against the dollar ahead of the European Central Bank’s first policy-setting meeting of the year, which is slated to start later Thursday in Frankfurt. The ECB is widely expected to leave its easy-money policy unchanged.

The single currency fell to $1.0879 from $1.0890 Wednesday in US trade, while rising to 127.64 yen from 127.33 yen.

Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney led gains in Asia as investors picked up cheap assets following Wednesday’s bloodbath, although fears of further volatility hung over their heads. US markets had provided a ray of hope, having slashed early losses with late

bargain-buying, analysts said.“The most important question for markets

is whether last night’s huge trading ranges and sharp turnaround represent capitulation or the beginning of a much deeper problem,” Michael McCarthy, Sydney-based chief mar-ket strategist at CMC Markets, wrote in an email to clients.

“The next 24 hours are crucial to the near- and medium-term outlook for markets,” McCarthy added. With most Asia equities markets pushing higher, dealers sought out riskier, higher-yielding, currencies in favour of the dollar.

The ringgit gained 0.52 percent, while the won tacked on 0.37 percent, and Indonesia’s rupiah was up 0.55 percent.

Thailand’s baht was flat, however, while the Singapore and Taiwan dollar edged down 0.1 percent. (afp)

WASHINGTON - The IMF on Thurs-day open formal nominations for the next term of the managing director, with current chief Christine Lagarde the likely leading candidate, despite facing a pos-sible trial in France.

The International Monetary Fund said nominations for the five-year term to run the global crisis bank beginning in July will close on February 10.

After a review of the candidates, the IMF executive board aims to have decided on a candidate by March 3.

Lagarde, the former French finance minister who has overseen the IMF through the challenging eurozone bailouts and is widely respected in the global finan-cial community, has not said directly that she wants to renew her position.

But she said several times in the past year that she is open to it.

Asked about staying on at the annual IMF global meeting in Lima, Peru last October, she said: “I’m certainly open to the fact that it would not be my last annual meeting. But this is not for me to decide.”

Lagarde easily won a contest with several developing country candidates to take over the IMF in 2011 as Europe was sinking deep into economic crisis.

But her win came amid criticisms that the IMF’s top job should not be locked down by a European, as it has since the institution was created in 1944.

Lagarde’s renewal also faces a personal legal challenge: she could stand trial in France over her role in a banking scandal that predates her arrival at the IMF.

In December investigating judges placed her under formal investigation in the long-running affair of Bernard Tapie, who received a substantial state payout for his dispute with a state bank during her time as finance minister.

Lagarde has said she would fight the trial order, and the IMF executive board at the time reiterated its confidence in her.

On Wednesday the French press reported that Paris could support Ivory Coast-born French banker Tidjane Thiam as a replacement if she were not to run.

But Thiam told US TV channel CNBC that he would not speculate on taking the job and that he was focused on his position as chief executive at Credit Suisse.

He told CNBC that Lagarde had done “a phenomenal job” at the IMF. (afp)

LONDON - Troubled British bank Bar-clays is to make a new round of job cuts, axing more than 1,000 positions across its New York, London and particularly its Asia divisions, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.

Bloomberg said the job cuts could be an-nounced on Thursday and would “particularly

affect employees in Asia”, citing a person briefed on the matter.

Barclays is one of several banks imple-menting job cuts in a tough environment for investment banks, as slowing global growth and stricter capital rules affect lenders.

Barclays chief executive James Staley an-nounced the selling of the lender’s Italian re-

tail branch division in “re-shaping of Barclays group to focus on our core businesses”.

The Financial Times reported that Barclays planned to quit its investment banking opera-tions across much of Asia, and scale back in parts of Europe and Latin America, to focus on its central US and British markets. A spokesman for Barclays declined to comment. (afp)

Will Lagarde renew? IMF opens nominations for managing director

Barclays bank to cut 1,000 jobs

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A currency trader uses a phone at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. High-yielding emerging currencies rallied against the dollar on Thursday as sentiment improved following broad advances across regional stock markets and a jump in oil prices.

Emerging currencies rally against dollar on stocks advance

TOKYO - High-yielding emerging currencies rallied against the dollar on Thursday as sentiment improved following broad advances across regional stock markets and a jump in oil prices.

DENPASAR - A number of street lights on Jalan Bypass Ngu-rah Rai, Sanur,have burned out since some time ago. Until now, there has been no improvement by relevant agencies. Besides, manylampposts of street light have been porous. Previously, a lamp-post collapsed and toppled over a vehicle.

This condition has long been complained by surrounding resi-dents. One of them is the Sanur

Kaja community figurewho is also a member of Commission III of the DenpasarHouse of Representa-tives, I.B. Ketut Kiana. He said on Wednesday (Jan. 20) that he has had time to ask for the repairof the street lights to the Denpasar Sani-tation and Landscaping Agency (DKP). Unfortunately, so far there has been no follow-up.

Kiana hoped the DKP imme-diately checked the condition of all the street lights having burned

out. Moreover, the area of??Jalan Bypass Sanur belongs to main road towards somefamous tourist objects in Bali. “The road became the main route for travelers visiting Bali. If they want to Ubud or Nusa Dua or other tourist attractions, it is the main path. Therefore, do not let the road condition be pitch-dark,” he said.

He added the DKP officers should not only check the light-shaving burned out. More im-

portantly, they must also check because many lampposts are al-leged to have been porous. Not long ago, a lamppost on the street collapsed and toppled overvehicles underneath. “Fortunately, the incident did not claim any casual-ties. However, it hit the roof of a vehicle,” he said.

When asked for his confirmation separately, the Landscaping Divi-sion Head at the DKP Denpasar, I.B. Ekajayana,acknowledged

that some street lights in Denpasar burned out.Some people have re-ported the condition of the street lights having burned out. Improve-ment efforts are underway. Due to many street lights, they cannot be handled at the same time. “We’re repairing their panels. Other than on Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai, simi-lar condition also occurred at other locations pursuant to the incom-ing public reports,” he explained. (kmb12)

Tawan was recently met in workshop on the roadside of Candidasa -Tenganan Pegringsingan, Tawan where he was busy working. Welding various pieces of iron that he salvages from the local junkyard into household furniture, Tawan fills his orders, he is assisted by his wife Ni Nengah Sudartini and their three small children.

Tawan, who graduated from STM Reka-yasa Denpasar, explained that he designed the EEG robot to move his left hand mostly out of junk, including discarded motocycle parts and electronics.

Tawan’s left hand has been paralysed since he suffered a light stroke six months ago. Doctors said tgat they were surprised by his illness because Tawan is still young and in goos health with normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Tawan consulted a medium who said that he had been “attacked by black magic”.

Tawan graduated from SMPN 1 Manggis junior high school at Ulakan and then moved to Denpasar becauae his family couls not af-ford to pay for his education. Tawan’s father Ketut Putra is also paralyzed, having fallen from a palm tree tha he was tapping for palm sap over ten years ago. gMy father’s condi-tion has gotten worse over the years. He used to be able to walk very slowly but my brother told him to be careful because it is dangerous for him to walk on his own,” he said.

Armed with an SMP certificate with good scores, he studied at STM Rekayasa while taking odd jobs to pay his way. He once worked as a night watchman at a workshop and even a janitor.

After graduating from STM, he applied for job at BaliTV. Yet his destiny determined differently. He continued working odd jobs in various companies and worked for PLN an electrical installer from his village and installed electricity in Nusa Penida for about two years.

For some 1.5 years, he worked as a teacher at SMK Manggis at the intersection of

Antiga-Padangbai. Tawan says that although he delivered his decree if internship to the Karangasem parliament, his certificate was declared illegal so he could not become a civil servant.

Then, about six months ago, Tawan fell ill. First he just had a stomach ache, but then while he was lying on the couch resting, he lost feel-ing in his left hand. He called to his wife for help. She was confused because Tawan said that he could not find his left hand.

Tawan was stressed about having suffered a light stroke that left him partly paralysed be-cause he had to provide for his small children and wife who does not work. Nevertheless, he tried to pick himself up, armed with hsi electronics skills. He started looking online for robot designs that could help him move

his left hand.After trying out several designs, Tawan

was finally able to create an EEG type robot. gThis device is not perfect, but it does help me. Without this device, I would be com-pletely unable to use my left hand. However, with the assistance of this robot, I can even lift heavy loads. With this device, the strength is much greaterh he said.

Tawan demonstrated his robot by lifting a 10 kg car rim. If he only used his right hand it would be much more challenging.

“However, when using this robot, my brain signal gets drained. I must concentrate to think of what object to take or what to do. Without focusing, I have alot of trouble. So, it is necessary to focus the brain to instruct the robot,h he said.

Tawan, Sudartini and their three children, Made Astra Bintang Putra, Ketut Erlangga Putra and Putu Titan Putra, live in the back of the rented workshop on cardboard mats. Although Tawan is poor and lame, he is often visited by many people. Unfortunately some unfeeing people reported him to the police under the pretext that he was disturbing the area, deapite the fact that Tawan has paid his levies to the village. gDespite being treated in such a way, I remain steadfast. I always pray to God in order to be always blessed with protection. Besides, I also attempt to help others that are poor and elderly although I frequently run out of money. It happens because I spend my income for the school tu-ition of my children and medical treatment,h he said. (013)

On Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai Complained, some street lights burned out

Tawan, human robot from TaumanI Wayan Sumardana alias Sutawan

alias Tawan, 31, from Tauman ham-let, is also known in Nyuhtebel and surrounding areas in Karangasem as the human robot. Sumardana, whose hand is paralysed, designed a robot that moves his left hand for him, thus allowing him to be able to qork and provide for his family.

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I Wayan Sumardana alias Sutawan alias Tawan

There was personal antagonism between the men and Putin and members of his administration had motives for killing him, the inquiry said. The Kremlin has always denied any involvement.

Litvinenko, 43, an outspoken critic of Putin who fled Russia six years before his murder, died after drinking green tea laced with the rare radioactive isotope polonium-210 at a London hotel.

The poisoners were former KGB bodyguard turned lawmaker Andrei Lugovoy and fellow Russian Dmitry Kovtun, the report by senior judge Robert Owen said. Both men have denied involvement.

Lawyers for the police and Lit-vinenko’s family, who have called his death “a nuclear attack on the streets of London”, say Russian involvement is the only credible explanation.

The public inquiry, much of which was held in secret, is likely to reach a similar conclusion. Its chairman previ-ously said that, at first sight, there was a case for pointing the finger at the Russian state.

Russia has repeatedly rejected accusations of involvement in Lit-vinenko’s death and has dismissed the inquiry as politically motivated.

Moscow has declined to take part in proceedings as have Andrei Lugo-voy and Dmitry Kovtun, the two Rus-sian men Britain accuses of actually carrying out the murder.

They agree they met Litvinenko a number of times in London including at the Millenium Hotel where Kovtun recalled he gulped down two cups of tea without asking. They deny any involvement in his death and Russia has refused to extradite them.

“It is most expectable that Russia will be connected somehow to this crime,” Igor Sutyagin from London’s Royal United Service Institute told Reuters. The death of Litvinenko marked a post-Cold War low point in Anglo-Russian relations, and ties have never recovered, marred further by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

British newspapers said Prime Minister David Cameron would

chair a meeting of security chiefs ahead of publication of the report to consider what if any action Britain should take. Sutyagin said he expected Britain would consider the report itself as sending out a message to the Kremlin.

“Everything which blames or is seen as an accusation against Russia is perceived in a very personal way by Vladimir Putin,” he said. “He will react in a very angry way which will not help to improve relations with the UK.”

DEATH IN LONDONRichard Horwell, the lawyer acting

for London police, told the inquiry the Russian state might have wanted Litvinenko dead for many reasons, including his defection to Britain, his accusations of Kremlin corruption, his sympathy for Chechen separatists and his claims about Putin’s lifestyle.

Ben Emmerson, the lawyer for Litvinenko’s widow Marina, called Putin a “tinpot despot” at the inquiry and said Russia had a history of politi-cal assassinations.

The inquiry was told the former Russian agent was working for British security services and had produced reports for western companies linking Putin and his associates to criminal

gangs which had led to deals being cancelled.

Experts also said 97 per cent of the world’s production of polonium was made in Russia’s Avangard nuclear facility while Emmerson said Lit-vinenko was also planning to help Spanish intelligence expose alleged Kremlin links to the Russian organised crime groups.

Emmerson said scientific evidence linking Kovtun and Lugovoy to traces of polonium detected around London had proved beyond doubt that they were responsible. They deny involve-ment. The inquiry was told traces of polonium were found across London where the pair had been, including offices, hotels, planes and the Arsenal soccer stadium.(rtr)

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TOKYO — Japan’s economy minister has been accused in a popular magazine of accepting bribes, but he has denied any wrongdoing and promised an investigation.

The Weekly Bunshun magazine reported Thursday that Economy and Fiscal Minister Akira Amari and his aides allegedly accepted 12 million yen ($103,000) in cash and hos-pitality from a construction company near Tokyo over the past three years.

The magazine said the money was in exchange for the Amari office’s help in set-tling a dispute between the company and a housing development organization.

Amari is one of most trusted member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet and served Japan’s top negotiator in the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.

Amari promised an internal investiga-tion in the case. He does not face a criminal investigation.(ap)

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People form a line as they wait to receive food distributed by non-governmental organizations at a refugee camp in the northern Greek village of Idomeni Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. About 1,000 refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq are stranded at Greece’s northern border with Macedonia, after Macedonian authorities stopped letting them through citing problems with transit flows further north on the Balkan route which have caused a chain reaction.

Japan economy minister denies report he ac-cepted bribes

Putin probably approved London murder of Litvinenko - British inquiry

LONDON - President Vladimir Putin probably approved a Russian intelligence operation to murder ex-KBG agent Al-exander Litvinenko, a judge led-British inquiry into the 2006 killing in London concluded.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signs the guests’ book as he visits an exhibition, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of artist Valentin Serov’s birth, at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2016.

TABANAN - Paddy monument as boundary of the Jatiluwih world cultural heritage (WCH) at Ngis Kelod hamlet, Jegu, Penebel whose establishment was planned since at the beginning of 2015 ultimately can stand firmly. The monument serves as boundary sign of the Jatiluwih WCH from direction of Kerambitan subdistrict.

Penebel community leader who is also a legislator of the Tabanan House of Representatives, I Wayan Tamba, said the monument has been standing since the year end 2015. Establishment of the paddy monu-

ment spent as much as IDR 132 million taken from the amended budget 2015.

Tamba further added that the establishment of paddy monument becomes a special boundary of the Jatiluwih WCH in Penebel. gThus, travelers will know theyfve entered the Jatiluwih WCH and are no lon-ger confused,h he said. The next step after establishing the monu-ment is arranging the park to make it look nicer so that can characterize Penebel as an agricultural area and paddy field.

Construction of the Jatiluwih

WCH boundary monument will become the hallmark of entering the Jajar Kemiri of Batukaru fa-mous for its Jatiluwih attraction included in the WCH. The bound-ary in the form of paddy-designed monument will at least help answer the confusion of travelers coming from Kerambitan that do not know the direction to Jatiluwih. So far, travelers or people wishing to go to Jatiluwih through Kerambitan do not know for certain the direction to Jatiluwih attraction. The monu-ment at the boundary is expected to be a guide for travelers heading

for the Jatiluwih WCH. gSo far, there has been no real sign when entering the Penebel subdistrict from the direction of Kerambitan so that many travelers mislead,h he said.

Another consideration for the construction of the paddy monu-ment is that Penebel subdistrict poses an agricultural producer worth making a symbol of agricul-ture in accordance with the belief of local communities, especially as rice producer in Bali. To that end, it is needed media campaign and monument or other structure as the

hallmark of the entrance.The paddy monument is built

on an area of150 square meters of vacant land owned by resident allowed for the establishment of the monument with the borrowing time limit of 30 years. To enhance the beauty of the monument, it will also be decorated with a gar-den. Previously, there was a plan to build three Jatiluwih WCH boundary monuments. However, due to limited funds, finally only one monument could be approved with the financing obtained through regional budget. (kmb24)

Based on data from the Gianyar Health Agency, in early 2016, especially until Janu-ary 18, there have been a total of 81 dengue fever patients. One of them died on January 17 from Tatiapi hamlet, Pejeng Kawan, Tam-paksiring, namely Gusti Putu Darma.

Last year (2015), there were 2,057 dengue fever patients with six death tolls.

Division Head of Prevention, Disease Control and Environmental Health at the Gianyar Health Agency, A.A. Gede Suputra, said that dengue cycle regularly occurs every year, especially ahead of the seasonal transi-tion. This cycle has already been anticipated by mosquito nest eradication movement and fogging by the Health Agency.

Prevention efforts, he said, are not only made when the case spreads, but also carried out simultaneously with the mosquito nest eradication throughout the Gianyar district. Around last October and November, fog-ging by ULV (ultra low volume) was carried out at 22 villages. It was done early in the morning or when the carrier mosquito was still sleeping.

In addition, the Health Agency also regularly provides counseling on mosquito nest eradication and clean lifestyle to each village. Though prevention efforts have been made, especially by the government, the outbreaks of dengue fever remain to happen and even claimed casualties. He emphasized that the outbreak of dengue fever in the region is very likely to hap-pen, especially if people are less sensitive to environmental conditions, especially implementing the movement of eradicating mosquito nest.

gThis probably happens due to low public awareness of keeping the environment clean. Communities may not have implemented the movement of draining, closing open water container and burying used goods regularly,h he said.

To that end, his agency urged people again to be vigilant and always keep the environ-ment clean. Nest and mosquito larvae should

be handled regularly and early in order not to cause an outbreak of dengue.

Related to dengue victim that died at Ta-tiapi, he claimed to have received a report. His agency already checked directly to the location on Monday. A number of actions were taken according to standard operating procedure for handling dengue fever.

Prior to fogging, he said that the dengue

response team has searched for the cause of the dengue outbreaks by checking the number of larvae around the scene. Examination was carried out within a radius of 100 meters from the victimfs home. If found the number of larvae amounting more than five percent, it will be immediately responded by carrying out fogging and mosquito nest eradication. (kmb25)

Establishment of Jatiluwih WCH boundaryHelp travelers find location

Early year, dengue case claims fatality in Gianyar

GIANYAR - Although prevention effort has been made, the outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) still cannot be avoided. At the beginning of this year, the dengue has claimed one fatality.

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Fogging, one of the effort to prevent the spread of dengue fever

14 InternationalFashionFriday, January 22, 2016 3International Bali News Friday, January 22, 2016

MILAN — The worlds of music, fashion and art continued their long collaboration on the menswear runways of Milan Fashion Week on Sunday.

Missoni creative director Angela Missoni says collaborations be-tween the art world and fashion, which her father pioneered decades ago, have become ever more natural.

“There are fewer taboos between art and fashion. Today there is a mingling of all that is contemporary,” Missoni said last week at an event marking the closure of show at a contemporary art museum in nearby Gallarate, where the family business was born, exploring her parents’ artistic inspiration throughout the decades.

Angela Missoni trekked metaphorically into the Himalayas on her global search for menswear inspiration, returning with a backpack full of energy-enhancing tassels, contemplative mirrors and colors ranging from orangey sunsets to deep sky blues.

Missoni, creative director of the family-run fashion house, said the looks interpret the 1970s rock star who sought meaning in the world’s highest mountains. Models trampled dried leaves on the frigid, wind-swept outdoor runway, while the fashion crowd gratefully wrapped themselves in felt blankets left expressly on their seats.

The looks featured the fashion house’s famed knitwear adorned with tassels and mirrored details, creating a breastplate effect. The pieces were layered with heavier sweaters, sweeping blanket coats or anoraks, and worn chiefly with cargo pants, often in practical knit.

Motifs included padded circular patterns on both tops and matching trousers, creating both warmth and harmony. Backpacks and garment bags created for Missoni by Porter, the Japanese luggage and accesso-ries maker, while Italian footwear manufacturer customized its classic hiking boot with Missoni patterns.

FerragamoColor and pattern also enliven Ferragamo menswear looks for the

next cold weather season. Creative director Massimiliano Giornetti made traditional houndstooth, chevron, check and plaid prints the bedrock of the collection — with black and white evolving into tech-nicolor, not unlike the film industry of yesteryear.

He then deconstructed the patterns, and popped them with color — bold reds, oranges, russet and blues — and clashed them with modern graphic motifs, such as swimming fish, a candlestick or an arrow-pierced heart.

Scarves were the accessory of choice, worn bandanna-like over sweaters for a casual effect or knotted at the neck under a shirt collar for a more sophisticated look.

Ferragamo’s suits, double- and single-breasts, were worn with printed silken shirts with a tie out cut from the same cloth, creating a dressy camouflage. The look was sometimes finished with a contrast-ing silken scarf peeking from beneath the collar. The silk was so fine and the colors so calming that it never looked busy.

Overcoats were enriched with fur, shearling or velvet collars. Pants are slim and taper at the ankle to reveal the Andy Warhol-inspired paint-spattered shoe. (ap)

MIuccIA PrAdA is taking fashion on a sea voyage back in time to explore the human condi-tion, contemplating such present-day crises as the unrelenting flows of migrants arriving in Europe by sea.

Prada’s looks for next season are seafaring, but nothing of the jolly mariner. The mood was somber and melancholy, and also deeply romantic, as the designer said she wanted “to reflect what is happen-ing now with what is happening in history. To see if we have something to learn.”

For the venue, her theater was

transformed into a sort of town square, where people of all walks of life meet, she said.

Sturdy coats and capes, in black, navy, tan and white, had weather-worn collars and lapels, which were deconstructed and then detached.

Trousers were cropped and cuffed, footwear had leather fringe. Prada lightened the mood with printed shirts — one showing Nina Simone dancing with a Medieval knight while a Roman senator wrestles a friar, while another fea-tured fantastical animals.

Prada topped the looks with sailor caps, and hung clusters of

keys on chains at the waist and neat little square boxed purses tucked in their pockets.

As she has done in recent sea-sons, Prada mixed in female looks, including a few serious numbers that suggest reluctantly mourning sea widows: a snug wrapped black dress worn with argyle tights, and a calf-length dark velvet frock with a plunging neckline.

“Sometimes you feel that the history didn’t change so much, if you are pessimistic,” Prada said backstage. “I am not pessimistic. There is something to think about, something about the past.” (ap)

The three environmentalists consisting of Russell Maier from Canada as well as A.A. Made Sutama and I Gusti Ngurah Merta from Bali exposed the hazards of plastic waste discharged into the ground or burned. In his presenta-tion, Russell Maier having spoken Indonesian fluently said that plastic waste burned or discharged into the ground or water will be over time destroyed by the sun into tiny particles that can contaminate soil, water and air.

Without being realized, these plastic particles can enter into hu-man or animal body. It will be very hazardous for living organisms because plastic particles coming into the body can lead to cancer

as plastic is made from harmful chemicals to living creatures. To that end, Russell and his friends have found a solution to reduce pollution by plastic waste.

Russell also showed off the re-sults of his innovation in the form of eco-brick made of used plastic bottles having been maximally filled with hardened plastic waste. Once the bottle is full and hardened, the bottle can be assembled with glue and molded into chairs, tables and even can be used to make a brick. Russell said that he and his friends had been able to make a home, garden, table and chairs in the Philippines.

All participants attending the presentation have brought bottles

and plastic waste and directly practiced the making of eco-brick without exception for the Regent Suwirta. He said that Klungkung district will be the first district that will perform the utilization of plastic waste in this way. “It’s so easy and a child can even do this. We will simultaneously practice this eco-brick making to-gether with residents and school students at Sente landfill. We will become the first district in Bali or perhaps in Indonesia that will apply this method,” said Regent Suwirta.

This kind of innovative method in the utilization of plastic waste is needed by district government at this time in the effort to combat litter. Moreover, this method is in line with the program of the En-vironment Agency initiating the action entitled “Goodbye Plastic Waste.” This contributes to the ac-tion of Gema Santi program being encouraged to make the Klungkung district polite and innovative com-munity. (dwa)

dENPASAr - Officials of Customs and Excise of Denpasar chapter’s office in Bali confiscated a hundred grams of methamphet-amine which was being smuggled in two postal parcels sent from abroad, an official stated.

Head of the Supervisory and Services division of Denpasar Cus-toms and Excises office, Mohamad Saptari made the remarks, adding that his office did not make revela-tions about the catch to the press for

four months.“Nobody came to claim the

parcels containing methamphet-amine even as authorities waited for the stipulated period,” Saptari stated.

According to him, the case was disclosed to the press on Tuesday (Jan 19), four months after the con-traband was caught. The confiscated drugs have been submitted to the Bali Police for further investigation, he added. (ant)

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Police officers checked motorcyclists at a security check point in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Se-curity at resort island of Bali has been increased after the Jakarta attack, which was the first major assault by militants in Indonesia since 2009.

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Models wear creations for Prada men’s Fall-Winter 2016-2017 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016.

A Mariner’s tale

Missoni, Ferragamo splash color during Milan Fashion Week

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Model wear creation for Salvatore Ferragamo men’s Fall-Winter 2016-2017 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016.

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Officials of Customs and Excise of Denpasar chapter’s office in Bali confiscated a hundred grams of Methamphetamine which was being smuggled in two postal parcels sent from abroad.

Customs confiscated methamphetamine in postal parcels

Taking advantage of plastic waste for building materials

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Three environmentalists applied the system in front of the regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, Head of Environment Agency, Ketut Sujana, Head of the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Anak Agung Kirana and the other agency heads, recently.

SEMArAPurA - Not all the plastic-based waste can be re-cycled so that its presence often pollutes the environment. This condition inspires creative people to take advantage of it into building materials or more useful products. Three environmen-talists applied the system in front of the regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, Head of Environment Agency, Ketut Sujana, Head of the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Anak Agung Kirana and the other agency heads, recently.

He acknowledged that LPD as custom-based financial institution can become a major driver of the Bali’s economy ifit has been man-aged professionally. However, it does notnecessarily mean to become a professional agency by transforming it into a company. LPD should remain a customary authority with customary law approaches.

Responding to this, the Bali House of Representative admitted to be revis-ing the Regional Bylaw No. 4/2012 on the LPD.Moreover, the revision will become a priority this year because the position of LPD is slightly threatened by the issuance of the Law No.1/2013. There are concerns if the LPD will be subject to the laws governing the Mi-cro Finance Institutions (LKM). With the enactment of the Law No.1/2013, there are components of society feeling worried, lest the LPD can be

audited by the OJK.To overcome these concerns, Chair-

man of the Bali House of Representa-tives, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, added that revision of the Regional Bylaw on the LPD will become one of thepar-liamentary initiatives. According to him, it needs to makean adjustment of terms that can result in problems. For instance, credit and deposit are similar to that of bankingterms, including the naming of the LPD that contains the termof credit in it.

Chief of the LPD cooperation coun-cil (BKS-LPD), Nyoman Cendeki-awan, previously described that the asset owned by the LPDs in Bali until the end of November 2015 reached IDR14.2 trillion. In Bali, there are currently 1,433 LPDs.Among them, about 100 LPDs are problematic. A total of 10LPDs manage the assets of above IDR 200 billion, while the rest have an average of IDR 50 billion.

Currently, the LPD is a rural finan-cial institution under the management of customary village and set forth

in the Regional Bylaw No.4/2012 and the Gubernatorial Regulation

No. 11/2013 on the LPD operations. Besides, the institution is regulated in

the awig-awig or customary village bylaws. (dir/rin)

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Friday, January 22, 2016Friday, January 22, 2016

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 considered 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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This was expressed by Chairman of Widya Kerthi Foundation,Dr. AAN. Gede Sadiaratha, Wednesday (Jan. 20). This academician from the Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi) said that LPD empowerment as customary financial institution-has great potential to open access for the establishment of an indepen-dent Balinese human resources and competitiveness. At least, he said, the LPD can make breakthrough by positioning itself as an institu-tion that is ready to be a facilitator for the interest of strengthening the profession and skills of Balinese young generation. “LPD may not focus on the pursuit of profit, but must make a breakthrough that canmake human resources and rural economic system rise. The

regulation all this time adopting banking system must be corrected,” he said.

He also asked the legislative and provincial government to correct the regional bylaws requiring the LKPD to deposit 5 percent of its profit for the sake of coaching. This fund must be returned to customary village. Thus, the allocation of LPD profit for the customary village development will becomelarger. “LPD has to make a real break-through. The funds collected must not be saved, but must be returned to the community. Requirements of the loan application at the LPD must also be made easier,” he advised.

Moreover, in the context of LPD empowerment, he asked the

headmen to save the village fund allocation (ADD). With this ad-ditional capital fund, the LPD can make business development in rural areas more competitive.

Chief of LPD Kedonganan, Ketut Madra, said that LPD as an important asset of Bali may not be managed individually. LPD should be ready to become an inspirer and facilitator to move the space of Bali younger generation and economic players as a real commitment to support the extraordinary step inbuilding the competitiveness of Bali human resources. He saidthe LPD management should make a synergy. In other words, since the working scope of the LPD is customary village, of course, struc-turally the owner is the customary village, administrators of the LPD and the supervisory board or cus-tomary apparatuses. These three elements must get united to build the LPD.

The three elements, said Ketut Madra, should have the same con-cept and vision in developing the LPD. “The LPD mustalso really

create a product for the sake of cus-tomaryvillagers, either credit, saving or the others,” he said. Allproducts and services launched should be oriented to the interests of customary villagers, so that the benefits can be enjoyed by customary villagers and really become a motivation for the LPD development.

He said although the LPD origi-nates in local wisdom to support Balinese customs and culture, in reality the LPD playsan important role in addressing the nation’s problems atvillage level, such as opening easier financial access for rural residents so that they can be empowered economically.Besides, the LPD also helps rural communi-ties overcome theirfundamental problem, namely education and health.“Currently many LPDs in Bali have expanded their business economically and have given em-powerment to communities through innovative products in encouraging the development of education and health,” he said.

In education for example, a num-ber of LPDs in Bali haveprovided

education fund for rural communi-ties. It is an effort to educate the public to prepare education financ-ing for their children tending to be increasingly expensive. By doing so, it can prevent the dropout rate at the village. This product isbeyond the regular scholarship for the educa-tion of studentsoriginating in poor families. “In health sector, a number of LPDs in Bali also offer health fund product for rural communities. Simi-lar products continue to be developed to address other problems faced by rural communities,” he said.

On that account, the LPD is an asset and the importantpotential of the nation needing to be maintained. It does not only mean to ensure the preservation of Balinese customary, cultural and social life, but also to strengthen the development and independence of the nation. “What needed is not merely the attempt to maintain the LPD, but also the commitment and genuine policy to further strengthen its position. By doing so, it will be able to maximize the role in nation building,” he said. (dir/par)

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LPD as custom-based financial institution can become a major driver of the Bali’s economy ifit has been managed professionally.

Building Bali’s economy through LPD

Revise regulation, return empowerment fund to customs

rEGULATION inhibiting the management optimization ofvillage credit agency (LPD) as traditional financial institu-tionmust be revised. Empowerment fund allocation reaching 5 percent of its profit should be returned to customary village.In addition to encouraging the strengthening of customary village-based economy, the LPD loan interest may not strangle. The system should also provide facilities of financial access for customary villagers.

Otherwise, the recommendations must have been issued at the latest at end ofJanuary 2016 considering there has been quite a lot of inputs and comprehensive materials about it. Other than the meeting results of the Sabha Walaka in October 2015, there are alsorecommendations of the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) of the higher priests (sulinggih) and priests (pemangku) in December 2015.

“We are really concerned to see the higher priests in the Team 9 becoming the target of criticism and misunderstandingamong the Hindus, because after I observed, it is irrelevant to commission higher priests to conduct a study regarding the status of the Benoa Bay area,” said Chairman of the Bali Tourism Community Alliance (AMPB), Dr. Gusti Kade Sutawa, together with se-nior figures of the Love Bali Forum,

A.A. Suryawan Wiranata, PhD., in Denpasar, Wednesday (Jan. 20).

Based on the statute and bylaws of the PHDI he learned, the studies become the tasks of Sabha Walaka. If Sabha Panditaconsiders the input of Sabha Walaka on the Benoa Bay Sacred Area inadequate, it should assign Sabha Walaka to deepen and broaden the studies, instead of form-ing the higher priest team. Now, the Team 9 of higher priests eventually became at issue that sometimes it is inappropriate to be heard because they sluggishly schedule something related to their duties.

“It’s better to return the mandate to Sabha Pandita throughDharma Adhyaksa. Assign the Sabha Walaka to do the tasks, and when inputs of the Sabha Walaka have been consid-eredadequate, immediately decide it. The Hindus are even waiting for it. They feel to have no parents regard-

ing the sacred struggle to defend the Benoa Bay sacred area. Indeed there have been recommendations of the higher priests and priestsin the FGD of the Love Bali Forum et al, that the Benoa Bayis a sacred area. Similarly, the Sabha Walaka has decided that the Benoa Bay belongs to sacred area,” added the man familiarly ad-dressed Gusde.

Similar opinion was also ex-pressed by Made Suryawan, from-Paras Paros Foundation. According to him, the idea is based on the love for the higher priests and the whole Island of Balihaving its own unique-ness with all the Hinduism values. Especially it is meant that higher priests in the Team 9 will no longer be showered with negative issues and criticism.

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NEW YORK — There is a dis-turbance in the force. The release of “Star Wars: Episode VIII” has been delayed from May 2017 to Dec. 15, 2017, the Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday. The date change post-pones the next “Star Wars” install-ment set to follow the box-office hit “The Force Awakens.”

Though “Star Wars” was once synonymous with the summer blockbuster, the date change means that the franchise will again look to dominate movie theaters in the holi-day season. It has proven a lucrative match for “The Force Awakens,” which has made a record $861 mil-lion domestically and $1.88 billion globally in five weeks of release.

Disney offered no reason for the delay, but rumors have recently

swirled that writer-director Rian Johnson (“Looper”), who is taking over for J.J. Abrams, is rewriting the script. Production is set to begin next month in London.

In the interim, Gareth Edwards’ “Star Wars” spin-off “Rogue One” is due out Dec. 16 this year.

With prominent release dates now staked out by studios years in advance for their largest franchises, the impact of the switch immedi-ately caused ripples.

The new date sets up a potential but unlikely head-to-head between “Star Wars” and “Avatar.” James Cameron’s “Avatar 2” had been planned for Christmas 2017, though few expect 20th Century Fox to hit that date with the much-delayed “Avatar” sequel. A spokesman for

Fox didn’t immediately respond to an email Wednesday.

One movie definitely affected is Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One,” a science-fiction release for Warner Bros. It’s scheduled for the same Dec. 15 weekend in 2017.

Disney moved one of its other billion-dollar franchises, “Pirates of the Caribbean,” to May 26, 2017. The Johnny Depp series returns with “Dead Men Tell No Tales.”

At the same time, Sony Pictures moved two of its biggest movies into summer 2017. The next “Spi-der-Man,” starring Tom Holland and directed by Jon Watts, shifted up three weeks to July 28, 2017. Jake Kasdan’s “Jumanji” remake shifted from Christmas 2016 to July 28, 2017. (ap)

And admirers likely will do a happy dance to the Fox TV drama’s eerie theme music as it returns with a six-episode limited run.

The two-part opener is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. EST Sunday, imme-diately after the end of the NFL’s NFC championship game on Fox, and at 8 p.m. EST Monday. Subsequent epi-sodes also air at 8 p.m. Monday EST.

Will the reboot retain the dark magic of the original TV series, which in its 1993-2002 lifespan offered a wildly entertaining blend of govern-ment conspiracies, otherworldly suspense and black comedy that was placed in the hands of two unknown but charismatic actors?

Creator and executive producer Carter offers assurances, but with the caveat that he insisted on more than an

exercise in nostalgia for the franchise that included two big-screen movies.

“Someone said to me, ‘Great, a victory lap,’” when the new project was announced, he said. “That’s the opposite of why we came back. We didn’t want to do something that reworked old material or was just a sequel to what we’d done before. I wanted to make something fresh and original.” Current events and figures proved helpful, Carter said, citing Na-tional Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and eroding personal privacy as examples.

“These are interesting and heady times, and perfect for telling ‘X-Files’ tales,” he said, promising a series more directly topical than the original.

One tricky aspect is balancing the

interests of “X-Files” devotees and potential newcomers.

“We have to be respectful of people who are familiar with the show so we don’t beat them over the head with things they know,” Carter said.

He’s joined in the cause by mem-bers of the creative team that helped make the first series a sensation, with Darin Morgan, Glen Morgan and James Wong splitting writing and directing duties with Carter on the new episodes.

Also back are Mitch Pileggi, who played FBI assistant director Walter Skinner in the original series; William B. Davis as the shadowy Cigarette Smoking Man; and, despite their deaths, the beloved conspiracy-theory geeks known collectively as the Lone Gunmen. “No one is every truly dead on ‘The X-Files,’” Carter said, drolly.

Newcomer Joel McHale is onboard as Tad O’Malley, a news anchor. (ap)

‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ release delayed to Dec. 2017

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This photo provided by Disney/Lucasfilm shows Daisy Ridley, right, as Rey, and BB-8, in a scene from the film, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” directed by J.J. Abrams.

Scully, Mulder, paranoia return in ‘The X-Files’ reboot

LOS ANGELES — “The X-Files” creator Chris Carter is pleased to update the original template with his 21st-century unease. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are glad to be playing opposite each other again as Scully and Mulder.

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Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny laugh during an interview at the season premiere of ‘The X-Files’ at the California Science Center on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in Los Angeles, Calif.

ISSUANCE of the Law No.1/2013 on Micro Finance

Institutions (LKM) provoked debates re-lated to the management of village credit agency (LPD). Some parties worry that LPD becomes an audit object of the Financial Services Authority (OJK) so that its man-agement structuremust be changed. On the other hand, some parties remain torefer to the spirit that LPD is owned by customary village sothat its presence is enough to be regulated by customary bylaw or perarem.

Disagreement with the LPD manage-ment is also recognized by chief of Panjer customary village, Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Budiana, Tuesday (Jan. 19). He said that different perceptions related to the issuance of the Law No.1/2013 must be immediately parsed. “As long as all the elements of so-ciety, including relevant institutions with the LPD management, do not sit together, the different perception is difficult to be melted,” he said. To that end, there must be an open dialogueto make the LPD really

belong to customary authorities.This lecturer of the Undiknas University

said that currently the LPD management is becoming a strategic priority to be resolved. LPD management after the issuance of the Law No.1/2013 shall be custom-based. It does not necessarily have to transform into a banking institution. “We are more inclined that LPD is managed under the customary law, in this case theawig-awig. To that end, we in the customary village generalassembly (MUDP) urge the revision of Regional By-

law (Perda) No.4/2012 and the Gubernatorial Regulation No.11/2013 on the operations of village credit agency. Wewant the LPD remains under customary authority so that whaturgently needed is the LPD arrangement based on thecustomary law. This author-ity has become the exception in theLaw No.1/2013 so that LPD does not become the audit object of the OJK,” he said.

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Assets worth IDR 14.2 trillionLPD must soon be protected by customary law

Benoa Bay

Team 9 of PHDI suggested deactivating

DENPASAR - A number of figures suggest the Team 9 of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) to deactivate and return theirmandate to Sabha Pandita of the PHDI. This has something to do with the tasks of the team led by Ida Mpu Jaya Acharyananda making a recommendation on the status of the Benoa Bay Sacred Area (KSTB).

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Tourists passed a baliho rejecting Benoa Bay reclamation plan. A number of figures suggest the Team 9 of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) to deactivate and return theirmandate to Sabha Pandita of the PHDI. This has something to do with the tasks of the team led by Ida Mpu Jaya Acharyananda making a recommenda-tion on the status of the Benoa Bay Sacred Area (KSTB).