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MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s government is appealing formore help in its fight against powerful militants who have recently in-tensified their attacks.

President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed said Monday it was unrealisticto expect the forces of an ill-equipped government to battle the al-Qaida-linked group al-Shabab.

Ahmed compared al-Shabab’s attack on a Mogadishu hotel that killedmore than 30 people last week to the violence against governments inIraq, Yemen and Afghanistan.

He said the world must give Somalia’s violence the same priorityaccorded to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which Washington con-siders to be a major threat. Al-Shabab carried out twin bombings inUganda during the World Cup final, killing 76 people.

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Ubud, one of the favorite tourism place in Gianyar. The picture show the women in Ubud before entering a temple

Drop zone, temporarysolution for traffic jam in UbudGianyar (Bali Post)-

Experts are trying to find the solution to overcome the traffic problem in Ubud, Gianyar.Some of them agree that a drop zone is needed to avoid buses and other vehicles to stop anddrop passengers anywhere they like.

regency, Tjok Oka Artha ArdanaSukawati, with all related officersin Gianyar.

The meeting which is held inDalem Puri Ubud, resulted in sev-eral solutions to solve the traffic

problem in Ubud. In addition tomake drop zone, there was also sug-gestion to make the Astina field inUbud as parking area and givingticket to the traffic violators.

Ardana Sukawati also stated he

similar things. He said that thecurrent traffic condition is be-cause the lack of parking space,the lack of discipline, and theneed of stricter rules. He also sug-gested that the sidewalk could bemade equal with the road so thebus can park on the sidewalk. Thehead of the regency also empha-size the need of bus stop so itwon’t drop off passengers any-where they like. kmb16)

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This was conveyed by DenpasarMayor I.B. Rai DharmawijayaMantra in the midst of turtlehatchling release in front of the PuriSantrian Hotel, Sanur, last Sunday(Aug 29). Mayor Rai Mantra as-sessed if it was only handled byhumans, it would not cover the en-tire area. “Hopefully, DKP couldprovide beach cleaner to amass therubbish carried away by water cur-rents,” the mayor told the Head ofDKP Denpasar, I Ketut Wisada.

Not only that, the mayor also ex-pected to perform a general clean-ing at least once a month to keep theSanur Beach clean all the times. Theaction was very important to inspireall people so they cared about envi-ronmental sanitation. Moreover,

Mangupura (Bali Post)—Members of the Badung House

asked the government to facilitatethe provision of parking lot andensure the availability of shuttle busin the area of Jalan Legian and itssurroundings. This would be fol-lowed up by the re-arrangement ofJalan Legian becoming the worldclass infrastructure.

Head of Commission B ofBadung House, Putu Parwata, lastSunday (Aug 29), said that one ofthe constraints of the re-arrange-ment for Jalan Legian was the park-ing problem. If complete re-ar-rangement of the road was under-taken, there would be traffic diver-sion and it would slightly hamperthe economic growth in the localarea.

In the future, if Jalan Legianwould have been well ordered,there should be no more parkingproblems using the road body. “If

DKP requested to useDKP requested to useDKP requested to useDKP requested to useDKP requested to usebeach cleaner for removingbeach cleaner for removingbeach cleaner for removingbeach cleaner for removingbeach cleaner for removingrubbish of Sanur Beachrubbish of Sanur Beachrubbish of Sanur Beachrubbish of Sanur Beachrubbish of Sanur BeachDenpasar (Bali Post)—

One of the tourist destinations owned by the Denpasar is Sanur Beach. The existence of thiswhite sandy beach was categorized into a quite favorite tourist attraction among foreign and do-mestic tourists. Therefore, sanitation of the coastal area stretching in the east of Sanur Villageshould be given special attention. To maintain the sanitation of the beach, Denpasar Sanitation andLandscaping Services (DKP) was asked to use beach cleaner to clean off the rubbish in the area.

tourism businesspeople made thebeach as an invaluable asset to attracttourists. “Please also be scheduled ageneral cleaning, at least once amonth,” the mayor Rai Mantra re-quested.

In response to such request,Wisada confessed to have preparedbeach cleaners especially used on thebeach for collecting trashes on thesand. In the near future, the beachcleaners could be distributed, so thatit could be used on the beach. “Wehave designed a beach cleaner thatcan help expedite the handling of gar-bage on the coastal area,” said Wisadalast Sunday.

In the meantime, the mayor con-sidered the environmental issues, in-cluding the waste had to obtain spe-

cial attention. Moreover, Sanur areabecoming a tourist attraction shouldgive priority to the caring attitude to-wards the environment. Not only gov-ernment that should be active, allcomponents had to get involved in theefforts to preserve the environment.

It was said, Denpasar having asmall region remained to be hauntedby environmental problem. For ex-ample, it encountered the problems ofwaste, garbage and other environmen-tal issues requiring serious attentionbecause the achievement of the devel-opment could not be seen from physi-cal aspect only. “Please do no let thisenvironmental preservation be ne-glected, just because of physical de-velopment,” said the number one manin Denpasar last Sunday. (kmb12)

Denpasar (Bali Post) –Breast cancer is one of the

death causes to female after cer-vical cancer and can be preventedfrom early stage. It can be doneby self checking the breasts atleast once in a month.

The checking, according to dr.Ananto Sidohutomo, MARS,should be done routinely everymonth on the 7th day from the 1st

day of your menstruation or onthe same date for those who aremenopause.

During a seminar event onCervical and Breast CancersEarly Prevention on Sunday (29/8), Ananto explained this check-ing. First step is by standing infront of the mirror half naked.Stand up straight with both handson the sides of the body. Checkthe breasts and its surrounds alsocompare the two, “Normallythere’ll be a slight different size.Breast feeding breasts tends to bebigger. The different size shouldnever change.”

Then see if there’s any lumps,or skin looked swollen, redden,pulled skin, nerve can be seen,spots like orange skin or wounds,“Aerola area or red part aroundthe nipples need to be examinedas well. Is it swollen, its color

Nusa Dua (Bali Post) –Bali Tourist Development Com-

pany (PT. Pengembangan PariwisataBali Persero), or more known asBTDC by other hotels and facilitiesaround Nusa Dua tourism place, lastFriday (27/8) held an activity ofcleaning up especially in Nusa Duabeach area. This is to make “BaliFree from Rubbish 2013 reachingBali Green Province” so can be con-tinued for the future.

BTDC Operational Director,Drs. IGK Purnaya, SH.Msi, who’salso Nusa Dua Tourism area man-ager, said BTDC is very support-ing this program as they committo always protect the environmentfrom the first time.

This was proved by some en-vironment awards being givensuch as Pata Green Leaf fromPATA year 1998 as BTDC com-mits to preserve environment, akalpataru award from the Indone-sian Government year 1999, aGreen Globe 21 from Green Globe

As for plan of Jalan Legian repair,Government should provide parking lot

the road has been planned in goodconcept it will create a beautiful en-vironment and landscape. As conse-quence, it will also make touristscomfortable. However, this can onlyhappen provided that the parkingservice has been well regulated andparking lot along the way is not al-lowed,” he said.

For that purpose, the governmentshould facilitate the provision ofparking lot for Kuta and Legian area.Badung Regency Governmentshould be able to release the land andbuild a multilevel parking lot aroundLegian. Meanwhile, the entrepre-neurs having no parking spacesshould be obliged to take advantageof the parking spaces determined. Torealize it, the regency governmentwas asked to work closely with com-munities and entrepreneurs.

In addition to parking lots,Parwata also urged the governmentto maximize the shuttle bus. It in-

cluded regulating the flow of truckstransporting goods. “It aims to pre-vent the crowdedness of the road,”he said.

Meanwhile, another member ofCommission B, Wayan PuspaNegara, revealed that endeavor tobeautify Jalan Legian had actuallybeen pioneered a long time ago.Studies on the restructuring of JalanLegian had even been made since1997. Currently, the blue print ofJalan Legian had been prepared.“Model of beautification drawing ofJalan Legian has existed. So, we arejust waiting for the implementation,”said I Wayan Puspa Negara.

According to Puspa, breakthroughof Jalan Legian re-arrangementshould not be delayed because it wasworried that conditions of the exist-ing roads would be quite chaotic, bothin terms of infrastructure and aware-ness of road users. Hence, it neededre-arranging completely. (ded)

Avoid Breast CancerApply Self Checking

gone lighter or darker, changingsizes to bigger or narrowing, orthere are wounds and starting tobleed.”

The nipples are also important,is it on a certain direction orpulled in, gives out liquid, bloodand there’s a wound, “Do thesame thing by turning aroundbody to the right and left.”

This checking was then contin-ued with positioning hands on thewaist with chest brought forward.See the curve of the breasts.Bring up the hand above the headand see if the breast is pulled upor not and is there a difference onits skin as stated. Then continueit by positioning the right hand onthe side of the body, while index,middle and ring fingers of the leftgo through the armpit and theright arm to feel if there are anybumps, do the same thing to theleft one as well.

If a bump founded, Ananto sug-gested not all bumps are cancer al-though it will be great to bechecked early, “If it’s still earlystage, it can still be treated and thewomen won’t lose their breasts.”

Not only women, a man cancatch it too which are 1:100.000scale. These kind of thing hap-pened to males due to gene. (san)

Make Bali Free From Rubbish 2013BTDC Held “Beach Clean Up”

Foundation independent institutewho supervises environment prob-lems internationally. Nusa Duatourism area also was the first toget the green globe 21 certificatefor resort category (2004-2009)and Tri Hita Karana Award (2006-2009), “This is an evidence of ourconsistency and seriousness alsoall stakeholder in Nusa Dua areawill always protect the environ-ment and support fully the pro-gram Bali Free from Rubbish.”

To make that program happen,Purnaya explained it wasn’t onlyby cleaning up but also a GreenCamp program in Nusa Dua suchas guiding and socializing to el-ementary schools and people, freefrom plastic shopping bags, ReefClean Up through Save Nusa DuaCoral Reef program, Tree Plant-ing and more, “It is done in thesame time and with the island ofBali’s people realization. This Is-land of Gods is hoped to be BaliGreen Province.” (par)

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Semarapura (Bali Post) -Trophy Adipura Klungkung re-

gency received every year, it hasnot fully impact on the preserva-tion of cleanliness in Klungkung.For example Klungkung market.Trash seems to accumulate inthesouthern markets at the centerof town, Sunday (29 / 8) yesterday.Garbage looks still piling up andnot been handled up to officers at

9:10 pm. This Conditions, invitequestions and complaints from resi-dents of Klungkung. Moreover,notonly garbage, the other problem inthe senggol market was also in theform puddles of water into the nestwiggler,’ said the residents, Susenaas he mentioned it clearly disturb-

This was mentioned by Head ofBadung House of RepresentativeCommision C, I Nyoman Satria. Itwas revealed, last Sunday (29/8),that Badung Representatives are notgoing to correct that fee, “I alreadycounted, and the correction will beno more than IDR 50 Million.”

As its not significant, it becamenot a problem for the Representa-tives that the electricity bill in-creased IDR 4 Billion before themended Budget. Besides thatlegislatives also hoped a left over fee

Denpasar (Bali Post)—The data show that tourism sector

can give contribution to the creation ofjob opportunities amounting to 7 per-cent in Indonesia. Regions having de-veloped tourism indicate that welfareof the people is more likely to increaseif compared to regions of less devel-oped tourism. If poverty is still encoun-tered in tourism regions, never blamethe tourism sector. Additionally, it isnot necessarily to leave tourism. Tomake tourism more beneficial for lo-cal communities, we need to increasethe empowerment process on the qual-ity of human resources and provideopportunities for people to work in thissector—of course should be armedwith adequate skills. Thus, social wel-fare can be increased.

These tips were conveyed by theHead of Human Resources Develop-ment Agency, Ministry of Culture andTourism of the RI, Prof. Dr. I GdePitana in the national seminar entitled‘Tourism and Poverty Eradication’ inUdayana University, last Saturday(Aug 28). The seminar was organizedby Faculty of Tourism, Udayana Uni-versity in cooperation with the Minis-try of Culture and Tourism to celebratethe 48th Dies Natalis of Udayana Uni-versity. The event was inaugurated byDeputy Rector III of Udayana Univer-sity, Prof. Dr. I Made Suastra accom-panied by the Dean of Faculty of Tour-ism, I Putu Anom, and resumed withthe book launching entitled PariwisataMengikis Kemiskinan (Tourism Alle-viates Poverty) edited by HengkyHermantoro et al., and a panel discus-sion with four speakers consisting ofHengky Hermantoro (Ministry of Cul-ture and Tourism), I Nyoman DarmaPutra (Faculty of Letters, Udayana Uni-versity), IGA Oka Mahagangga (Fac-ulty of Tourism), and I WayanSuyadnya (doctoral candidate of a uni-versity in Germany). The seminar wasattended by students, faculty and gen-

Badung Central GovernmentBadung Central GovernmentBadung Central GovernmentBadung Central GovernmentBadung Central GovernmentNeeds To Save ElectricityNeeds To Save ElectricityNeeds To Save ElectricityNeeds To Save ElectricityNeeds To Save ElectricityMangupura (Bali Post) –

The Badung Central Government electricity bill has reached IDR 5 Billion in the MendedBadung Regional Budget and Expenses Year 2010 which is hard to be corrected or lessen. Evencorrected, the number is not significant. So to have an efficient fee, the central government hasto save electricity.

can be moved to Silpa (Fee left over,red), “If there’s left we bring it toSilpa.”

Other things to be thought werethe huge mended fee and it’s con-centrated on one fee.

Even forgiving how much is usedfor the electricity bill, yet Satria said,the Representatives are still remind-ing how important it is to save en-ergy. All Regional Work Unit Area(SKPD) in Badung RegionGovernemnet have been “warned”to use electricity as needed.

Meanwhile, Head of BadungGovernment Public Section, INengah Ngarta, mentioned this elec-tricity bill included the whole areaof the central government, startingfrom Regent Office, House of Rep-resentative Office, each SKPD andBadung Government Utility.

As a saving step, Ngarta askedall SKPD to use electricity well,“We already asked each SKPD tosave, if it’s time to go home lightsand AC not needed should beswitched off.” (ded)

Empowerment process required tomake tourism benefits perceivable

eral public of some 250 participants.Meanwhile, Udayana University is

the first university in Indonesia open-ing the doctoral program on TourismStudies. In other campuses, tourismprogram is the concentration offered innon-tourism studies. Sebagai a profes-sor majoring in the field of tourism ofUdayana University, Prof. Pitana en-couraged the doctoral program of Tour-ism to produce academicians and stud-ies on tourism that could help the stateresolve the problems of poverty.

Tourists rise, poverty declinesIn his paper denoting the essence of

the book on pro-people tourism, DarmaPutra submitted the data of ten years,namely 1999-2009. They clearlyshowed that tourist arrival and povertyrates were positively correlated.

“If the number of tourist visit goesup, poverty rates will decline,” saidDarma Putra. To strengthen his argu-ment, he showed the data of foreigntourists and the poverty rates nation-ally, and two of the regions respectivelythe North Sumatra and Bali.

In 1999, the number of foreign tour-ist visits to Indonesia was 4.7 millionand poverty rate was 47.49 million.Meanwhile, in 2009, foreign touristarrivals increased to 6.4 million, whilethe poverty rate decreased to 32.53million.

Similarly, said Darma, comparablecondition happened to Bali, too. In1999, the number of foreign tourist was1.3 million and the poverty rate was257,800 people, while in 2009, thenumber of foreign tourists reached to2.2 million, while the poverty rate de-creased to 181,700 people.

“When the visit of foreign touristsdecreased due to terrorist attacks, thenumber of poverty in Bali rose,” saidDarma, co-author the book entitledTourism, Development and Terrorismin Bali (Ashgate, 2007).

However, Darma immediately re-

minded that it was naive if the declinein poverty was said to have been en-tirely caused by tourism industry, at thesame it was also wrong to ignore thecontribution of tourism to poverty re-duction. “Nationally, tourism could cre-ate job opportunities for about 6.5 mil-lion. It meant that such amount of resi-dents could escape from (extreme) pov-erty,” Darma said.

Darma acknowledged that statisti-cal data issued by the Central Bureauof Statistics and other governmentsources were often considered to beabstract and did not accurately reflectthe reality.

In his presentation, he gave concreteexamples namely the child creativityof a young hawker who sold kites atTanah Lot tourist destination. Within aday, the vendor could sell 10-15 kites,costing at an average of IDR 50 thou-sand. About half (IDR 25 thousand) ofthem was profits. Within a month, to-tal revenues obtained by the kite ven-dor approximately reached IDR 7.5million.

Everyone needs to actively and cre-atively take advantage of the opportu-nities in tourism.

“If several tourists come, but peopleare lazy, not creative and always feelpoor, the growth of tourism will be invain or incapable of reducing or eradi-cate the poverty,” said Darma.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Orga-nizing Committee, I MadeKusumanegara, said that other thanbeing capable of improving the qual-ity of the community, tourism was alsofeared to impoverish the local commu-nities. On that account, it was requireda commitment, seriousness, social re-sponsibility and high moral to developthe tourism in order to improve thequality of community’s life. “Thisseminar turns important in the effortsto produce a variety of thoughts on tour-ism development and poverty eradica-tion,” he said. (08)

Market Rubbish heaping the sights and beauty of the faceof the city.

When asked for confirmation,Head of cleaning and gardeningservices (DKP), Gusti NgurahWiratmaja claimed to have orderedthe officers to carry l market wasteclean up every morning. If it hap-pens buildup until noon, he as-sumed it happened because thetransporter truck full waste. ‘’We(DKP-red) are always trying tomaximal handle the waste. We alsosought to borrow two trucks atPublic Work Service. Letters ve-hicle rental process was alreadyapproved by the regent. Stay fol-low up to the Public Works depart-ment,’ he said. (Kmb20)

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Farmers are seen working on the rice field. The farmers arefacing difficulties because they don’t get any extra benefiton the increase of the rice price on the market

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Meanwhile, a district chief fromeastern Afghanistan was killedMonday by a bomb placed in hiscar that exploded as he was enter-ing a government compound to at-tend a meeting of provincial secu-rity and political leaders.

Insurgents had apparentlyplanned for the bomb that killedSyad Mohammad Palawan to ex-plode inside the governor’s com-pound in Nangarhar province’scapital of Jalalabad, said provincialpolice spokesman Ghafor Khan.Officials were meeting at the com-pound Monday to discuss strategiesfor battling the insurgency and im-proving governance in the volatileprovince. Khan said three of

AP

YANGON, Myanmar – Politi-cal parties challenging Myanmar’sruling junta in the country’s firstelection in two decades said theycan’t afford to compete in everyconstituency because of the exor-bitant fees charged to register can-didates.

All candidates contesting theNov. 7 elections are required topay the Election Commission a feeof 500,000 kyat ($500) by Mon-day — a staggering sum in a coun-try where the averageschoolteacher’s monthly salary is$70.

The junta is portraying the elec-tions as a key step in shifting tocivilian rule after five decades ofmilitary domination, but criticscall them a sham and say the mili-tary shows little sign of relinquish-ing control. The system of regis-tering candidates is one of manythat critics point to as weighted inthe junta’s favor.

The junta announced the elec-tion date on Aug. 13 and gave par-ties just over two weeks to submittheir candidate lists by the end of

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BEIJING – North Korean leaderKim Jong Il appeared Monday to bewinding up a six-day visit to Chinathat fueled speculation he was seek-ing aid and drumming up support fora succession plan involving hisyoungest son.

Reporters have followed a trainand a 35-vehicle motorcade — ap-parently used by the reclusive Kim— around several cities in northeastChina since late Wednesday. Kim, 68,rarely leaves North Korea and whenhe does travels by special train.

South Korea’s Yonhap newsagency and Kyodo news agency fromJapan both said Kim’s train had leftHarbin, apparently for Tumen on theborder with North Korea.

North Korean leader Kim may be headed home

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A train which is believed to carry North Korean leader Kim Jong Ilmoves past Dongjingcheng, Heilongjiang

North Korea never announcesKim’s trips until after he returnshome, and China has refused to sayif he is in the country, even thougha Japanese television station broad-cast a grainy picture of him sur-rounded by security guards.

Kim was reportedly accompaniedby his son, Kim Jong Un, believed tobe in his 20s. Many North Korea watch-ers predict the son will be appointed toa key party position at a ruling Work-ers’ Party meeting early next month —the first such gathering in decades —as part of a succession process.

To pull off the event with sufficientfanfare, North Korea will need Chineseaid, particularly following the devas-tating floods that battered the country’snorthwest this month, analysts said.

Yonhap said Kim briefly stopped in

Mudanjiang on his way to Tumen, cit-ing unidentified sources in the city. Itsaid Kim visited Beishan park to payhis respect to a monument commemo-rating an anti-Japanese movement.The report said the park is also relatedto his father’s anti-Japanese guerrillawarfare but didn’t elaborate.

After staying about one hour,Yonhap said Kim’s train beganheading again to Tumen, where se-curity was high Monday.

A woman at the Jiang Nan Hotel100 yards (meters) from the Tumentrain station said the area was sur-rounded with police officers. Anotherwoman working at the Xin XianluHotel nearby said plainclothes policewere stationed in her hotel. On thestreets “there is a policeman almostevery 5 meters,” she said.

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In this photo taken March. 11, 2006, Myanmar’s top junta leader Se-nior Gen. Than Shwe, center, waves with his second-in-commandGen. Maung Aye, right, and third-ranking Gen. Thura Shwe Mann atYangon international airport, Myanmar.

Myanmar parties complainelection fee too high

the day Monday. Parties com-plained the deadline was too rushedto allow them to enlist potentialcandidates nationwide and that theregistration fee was prohibitivelyexpensive. One petitioned the juntato reduce the registration fee andextend the deadline but was ig-nored.

Candidates are vying for a totalof 1,162 seats, including 498 seatsin Myanmar’s two-chamber UnionParliament and 664 seats spreadamong 14 regional parliaments.

Parties typically pay candidateregistration fees, but, because of alack of funds, many say they havebeen forced to scale back the num-ber of contenders making it impos-sible to effectively challenge tojunta-backed Union Solidarity andDevelopment Party, or USDP,which is fielding a candidate forevery seat available.

The party of detained democ-racy leader Aung San Suu Kyi isboycotting the election, which itsays is undemocratic and unfair.Her National League for Democ-racy party won the last election in1990 by a landslide, but the juntarefused to honor the results.

(FILES)(L-R)Senior Adviser

to the Afghanpresident Dr

Rangin DadfarSpanta, Presi-

dent HamidKarzai and the

IndependentElection Com-mission (IEC)

PresidentAzizullah Lodin

attend a meetingat the Indepen-dent Electoral

Commission(IEC) compound

in Kabul in thisApril 1, 2010 file

photo.

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KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai renewed his criti-cism of coalition strategy in fighting Afghanistan’s stubborn insur-gency, saying it has thus far produced nothing but civilian deaths.

Palawan’s bodyguards werewounded in the attack.

Palawan’s district of Lal Pur lieson the mountainous border with Pa-kistan overlooking infiltration routesfor Arab and other foreign fighterslinked to al-Qaida and aided by Pa-kistani militants.

Karzai’s sharp comments deliv-ered Sunday fit a pattern of greateroutspokenness by the Afghan leaderas he appeals for support among thebeleaguered Afghan public.

In a meeting with visiting Ger-man Parliament speaker NorbertLammert, Karzai said there was a“serious need” to alter strategyagainst the Taliban and other groupslinked to al-Qaida, the presidential

office said.“There should be a review of the

strategy in the fight against terror-ism, because the experience of thelast eight years showed that the fightin the villages of Afghanistan hasbeen ineffective apart from causingcivilian casualties,” Karzai wasquoted as saying.

Karzai’s statements come at atime when the Obama administra-tion is ratcheting up pressure onthe Afghan leader to do more tostamp out corruption. The Afghangovernment maintains that theU.S. should instead focus more onother fronts, including pressuringPakistan to shut down insurgentsanctuaries.

Last week, Karzai also criticizedthe U.S. plan to begin withdrawingtroops starting next July and said thewar on terror cannot succeed as longas the Taliban and their allies main-tain safe havens in Pakistan.

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LEGIAN - In celebrating the7th anniversary of Bali NiksomaBoutique Beach Resort, Legian,Bali which falls on 10 Septem-ber 2010 there are some activi-ties have been and being con-ducted.

The activities include but notl imited to sport act ivi t iesamongst the employees and affili-ated companies, celebration ofthe hotel temple ceremony, socialactivities that focusing on char-ity for people under privilege,blood donation and environmen-tal friendly activities such asbeach cleaning, rare tree plantingsuch as Badung tree, cendana(sandal wood) and majegau, andreleasing baby turtle to the sea.

The activities commenced on

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KUTA – Aston at Grand KutaHotel and Residence introduce itsnew team member, Harto Wijaya,who will create and deliver our se-lections of delectable dishes to ourguest.

He will oversee restaurant,lobby lounge, pool bar, in roomdining, spa food and meeting ser-vices. Known for his creativity inthe kitchen, Harto Wijaya joinedthe hotel in early of August 2010as a Sous Chef.

He has been cooking profes-sionally for over 13 years and holdsvarious qualifications, making himan excellent addition to the team.He started his career as a Cook atKJ club Restaurant and CaféSurabaya and moved to Bali tocontinue his career at Seafood La-guna Ramayana Hotel, Bali BeachGolf Course, Gabah RestaurantRamayana Hotel, Executive Chefin Adhijaya Hotel and as a Chef atSILQ Villa prior joining Aston AtGrand Kuta.

His love of culinary makes him

Bali Niksoma BoutiqueBeach Resort Celebratingthe 7th anniversary

24June with purification cer-emony (mecaru) at the hotel andhotel temple festival (pujawali)on 26 June 2010. Sport activitiesinclude futsal amongst the affili-ated companies, namely BaliNiksoma, 5asec Professional DryCleaning and Mozzarella Restau-rant, and badminton involvingemployees of the resort and theaffiliated companies.

On 28 August 2010 employeesof Bali Niksoma representing alldepartments conducted cleaningblitz around Legian village areaand ended-up at the beach in frontof this beachfront boutique resort.The activity was then proceededwith a blood donation programwhere employees of BaliNiksoma donated their blood forthe people in need through theBali Red Cross organization.

More than 45 pockets of blood aredonated of 350cc each.

Meanwhile, the baby turtle re-lease will be done on Fridaymorning, 10 September 2010 atthe beach in front of BaliNiksoma. There are 70 of babyturtles will be released to coin-cide with the 7th anniversary ofthis stylish and chic tropicalbeachfront boutique resort.

“These activities are reflectingthe implementation of Tri HitaKarana at Bali Niksoma; the threebalancing substances that contrib-ute to the harmony relations inour life. They are the harmony re-lation amongst mankind, betweenmankind and the environment andbetween mankind and the Al-mighty God”, explained byNyoman Astama, resident man-ager of Bali Niksoma.

Harto Wijaya

The New Sous Chef of Aston

Temple Ceremony

never stop being creative and ex-ploring the art of food. HartoWijaya will continue to share hisculinary knowledge and enrich theAston at Grand Kuta Hotel andResidence various dishes.

4h – “Tumpek Wayang”, day devoted to“Sanghyang Iswara”, the lord of puppeteers, whenblessing ceremony is given to shadow – puppet playsets for proper function and magical power.

Temple Festival at:- Pr.aspahit, Jembrana.- Pr. Panti Gelgel, Ds. Pangembungan, Sesetan,

Badung.- Pedharman Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan,

Besakih.- Pedharman Dalem Sukawati, Besaih.- Pedharman Kaba-Kaba , Besakih.- Pedharman Dalem Bakas, Besakih.- Pr. Pedharman Mengwi, Besakih.- Pr. Penataran Giri Purwa, Ds. Kutarejo, Tegal

Dalimo, Banyuwangi.

5th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Maospahit, Ds. Gerenceng Denpasar.

8th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Ulun Kulkul, Besakih.- Pr. Melanting, Ds. Camenggaon, Sukawati.- Pr. Penataran Agung, Teluk Padang,Karangasem.- Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Pangembungan,Bongkasa, abiansemal.- Pr. Pasek Bandesa, Ds. Riyang Gede, Penebel

Tabanan.- Pr. Pasek Banjar Jawa, Buleleng.- Pr. Gaduhan Jagat, Ds. Singakerta, Ubud.- Pr. Masceti Tengah, Ds. Mancawarna,

Tampaksiring.- Pr. Penataran Batulepang, Ds. Kamasan,

Klungkung.- Pr. Paibon Pasek Gobleg, Ds. Kedonganan,

Kuta- Pr. Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Songan, Batur,

Calendar of Event (Sep 3- 23 2010)Kintamani.- Pr. Pasanggerahan Agung, Ds. Bebandem,

Karangasem.- Pr. Penataran Dalem Peed, Nusa Penida.- Mr.Pasek Perateka, Ds. Pekandelan,Sidemen, Karangasem.- Mr.Pasek Perateka Taman Sari, Sukasada.- Pr. Kawitan Jero Wenayu, Ds. Wenayu,

Bedulu, Gianyar.- Pr. Jati, Ubud.- Pr. Gua, Besakih.10th _ Temple Festival at:

- Merajan Geriya Kebon – Tabanan.- Pr. Candi Gora, Ds. Tianyar, Karangasem.

14th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Puseh Jagat Dalem Dukut, Nusa Penida.- Pr. Dalem, Ds. Batuyang, Batubulan.- Pr. Pasek Magending, Kediri, Tabanan.- Pr. Pasek Undagi, Ds. Timpag, Kerambitan,

Tabanan.- Pr. Desa + Pura Pucak, Br. Taman Bedulu,

Gianyar.- Mr.Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung, Ds. Sulahan.- Mr.Pasek Padang Rata, Ds. Padang,

Karangasem.- Pr. Telaga Sakti/Dalem Tarukan, Ds.Ambengan, Nusa Penida.- Pr. Dalem, Ds. Padangan, Pupuan, Tabanan.- Pr. Yogha, Br. Teba Jero, Kaba-Kaba, Kediri

Tabanan.- Pr. Dalem Purwa, Br. Kawan, Bangli.

15th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Agung Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Sibang Kaja,

abiansemal.- Pr. Dalem Samprangan, Gianyar.- Pr. Ds. Galiran, Bhakti Seraga, Buleleng.

Gianyar (Bali Post) –

Thousands of Pura (Temple) Dalem Agung, Keramas Village,Blahbatuk Sub district, Gianyar on Sunday (29/8) yesterday followed aprocession of bringing God Pengrajeg Besakih to Pura Dalem Agung.The procession is in preparation of several ceremonies which areMamungkah, Mupuk Pedagingan (both to restore spiritual power of thetemple), Ngenteg Linggih (ensure the stability of the spiritual power ofthe temple), Dirgayusa Gumi, Padudusan Agung and Ngusaba Dalem.

The procession of bringing ida Pengrajeg and nuur Pakuluh in BesakihTemple held since 8 am wita. The procession goes on in Pura PenataranBesakih led by Priests from Geria Kumpul, Geria Ageng Keramas andBesakih Temple. The procession was also accompanied by sacred dancessuch as Rejang Desa and Baris Gede from children of Pura Dalem AgungKeramas.

After that, thousands of the prayers came to welcome the God in thestreets of Keramas Village. The Ceremony Manager, Ida Bagus MadeSuarjana, mentioned the procession is one of the processes which peakwill happen at 14th September 2010. For mapekelem to Gunung Agungand Batur Lake is at 5th September, Mekiis and mepekelem to the sea(6/9), mepada alit (small scale cleansing) (8/9), tawur agung processionand mapedanaan (9/9), Mepada agung (13/9). All the ceremonies willfinish on 2nd October.

This Pura Dalem is one of the pura Dalem Kahyangan Desa fromfour of them in this village. This Pura is lived by 800 Keramas Villageresidents, “They, men and women all come to bring God Pengrajeg.”

The ceremony took the highest level as it’s been planned for a longtime. Actually the last time it’s done has been 60 years ago. This cer-emony, connecting to the renovation done to the temple, had a total feeof reaching IDR 1,8 Billion which was received from each prayers ofthe Pura as much as IDR 1 Million per family, donators and committeecollecting fees. (kmb16)

Nunas tulung siki, AjegBali, Suksme, Thousandof Residents BringingGod Penrajeg Besakih

Tuesday, August 31, 20106 News

Publicist Kristy Fraser-Kirk is su-ing the top-end store and its formerchief, Mark McInnes, over unwel-come advances which allegedly in-cluded placing his hand under herclothes and attempting to kiss her.

The 27-year-old’s lawyers told theFederal Court that six more DavidJones workers had come forward tosupport Fraser-Kirk’s claims and wereexpected to take part in the landmarksuit, in addition to four already in-volved.

Rachel Francois, Fraser-Kirk’slawyer, said three other employees hadalso made complaints against otherDavid Jones staff, while two former

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AP

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Gunmenin Darfur kidnapped two Russianpilots working for a company trans-porting food for international peace-keepers, Sudanese media reportedMonday.

Sudanese military spokesmanSawarmy Khaled said the pilotswere kidnapped on Sunday in Nyala,the provincial capital of SouthDarfur province, and the army hadsurrounded the neighborhood where

AP

MANILA, Philippines – HongKong forensic experts on Mondayinspected the bullet-peppered busin which a hijacker killed eighttourists in Manila last week, as thePhil ippines worked to calmChina’s outrage over the blood-shed.

Anger has been rising in HongKong since the Aug. 23 carnagein which a disgruntled formerPhilippine police officer took thebusload of tourists from the Chi-nese territory hostage in a bid towin his job back. Hong Kongershave blasted a failed rescue opera-tion and botched negotiations thatseemed to enrage the hostagetaker, who was eventually killedby a police sharpshooter.

Organizers said about 80,000people marched in Hong Kong onSunday, denouncing the Philip-pines and demanding justice forthe dead.

President Benigno Aquino IIIhas ordered a thorough investiga-tion into the crisis and the policeresponse, and on Monday the Phil-ippines allowed Hong Kong fo-rensic experts to inspect the bus.

“We want to appease them andshow that we’re not hiding any-thing,” Philippine National Policespokesman Agrimero Cruz said.“This is a show of transparency.”

Guided by Filipino investiga-tors, the Hong Kong team usedflashlights as they looked at thebloodied passenger compartment,taking pictures of bullet holes andshattered windows. Anotherchecked the bus tires shot out by

AFP/File –

Guests prepare to take their seats prior to the start of the David Jones autumn winter 2010fashion show

AFP

SYDNEY (AFP) – Up to 16 women could take part in a 33 million US dollar sexual harassmentcase involving David Jones, Australia’s most exclusive department store, lawyers for the chiefcomplainant said Monday.

staff of McInnes from another com-pany had also come forward, makinga total of 16.

McInnes was not in court but he is-sued a statement shortly after the hear-ing insisting that he would stronglydefend the new claims.

“This is an intolerable position.These new allegations are unstated,unsourced and unsubstantiated,” saidMcInnes.

“My lawyers have advised me thatthe correct place to respond is in thecourtroom and I look forward to de-fending myself vigorously againstthese claims at the appropriate time.”

Fraser-Kirk is seeking 37 million

Australian dollars (33 million US) indamages, making her case Australia’slargest ever sexual harassment claim.

Francois said she wanted somematters in the case, including questionsof morality and community standards,to be assessed by a jury.

The hearing follows a weekend re-port that David Jones had offeredFraser-Kirk an out-of-court settlement.

McInnes resigned in June after ad-mitting behaving “in a manner unbe-coming of a chief executive to a fe-male staff member” at two functionsearlier this year, but said last week hewould vigorously contest Fraser-Kirk’s allegations.

2 Russian pilots kidnapped in Darfurthey are believed to be held.

The kidnapping comes just amonth after another Russian helicop-ter pilot was abducted by janjaweedmilitiamen in Darfur after hishelicpter was forced to land. The pi-lot, who also worked for the jointU.N.-African Union peacekeepers,was eventually recovered.

In its account of Sunday’s kidnap-ping, the Sudanese daily al-Sahafa saidthree pilots were kidnapped as they leftthe Nyala airport heading for down-town.

Darfur has been in turmoil sinceFebruary 2003, when ethnic Africanrebels took up arms against the Arab-dominated Sudanese government inKhartoum, claiming discriminationand neglect.

Khartoum is accused of retaliatingby arming local nomadic Arab tribesand unleashing militias known as thejanjaweed on civilian populations —a charge the government denies.

The U.N. estimates 300,000 peoplehave died and 2.5 million have beendisplaced by the conflict.

Hong Kong policeinspect Manilahostage bus

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Members of the special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team taketheir position as a body lies on the steps of the bus during theassault on a bus with tourists being held hostage at QuirinoGrandstand in Manila August 23, 2010.

police to prevent the hostage-takerfrom moving out of a police cor-don.

The Hong Kong investigatorsrefused to talk to a throng of Chi-nese and Filipino journalists.

Justice Secretary Leila de Limamet Hong Kong officials Mondayto discuss the protocol for their in-vest igation in Manila, whilestressing that the Philippines stillwas in charge of the probe.

Philippine investigators plan toquestion Manila Mayor AlfredoLim, who helped oversee the hos-tage negotiations, as well as jour-nalists who interviewed hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza by phoneduring the drama, de Lima said.They may also travel to HongKong to talk to survivors of thenearly 12-hour standoff.

The investigation will take twoto three weeks to complete, anduntil then those involved will notbe allowed to comment publicly,de Lima said.

Still it is unclear if that will beenough to stem the anger in HongKong, which has discouraged itsresidents from traveling to thePhilippines. About 140,000 HongKong tourists visit the Philippinesyearly and hundreds have can-celed planned trips.

Concerns have also been raisedabout a possible backlash on themore than 100,000 Fil ipinosworking in the territory, mostly asmaids.

Also Monday, Filipino anti-crime activists placed flowers at thesite of the carnage in a Manila park.One carried a wooden cross bear-ing the names of the slain hostages.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7Indonesia TodayInternational

AFP PHOTO / ATAR

Indonesian residents wearing masks evacuate a village in the town of Tanah Karo in North Sumatra asMount Sinabung erupts for a second straight day on August 30, 2010. Airlines were warned to avoid remoteMount Sinabung in northern Sumatra as the volcano spewed a vast cloud of smoke and ash high into theair for a second day after springing to life for the first time in four centuries on August 29.

Airlines were warned to avoid re-mote Mount Sinabung in northernSumatra as it erupted for a second dayafter springing to life for the first timein four centuries.

“It erupted again at 6:30 am (2330GMT) and lasted about 15 minutes.The smoke and ash reached at least2,000 metres (6,600 feet),” governmentvolcanologist Agus Budianto said.

The eruption was bigger thanSunday’s when 2,460-metre (8,100-foot) Sinabung rumbled into action forthe first time since 1600, adding itsname to the list of 69 active volcanoesin the sprawling Southeast Asian archi-pelago. Another 3,000 people arrivedat temporary shelters on Monday,bringing the total in government careto 21,000, disaster management offi-cial Andes Mbaga said.

Sixteen shelters have been set up toaccommodate people who evacuatedtheir villages as ash and stones fellaround the fertile farming area earlySunday.

Witnesses said a strong smell ofsulphur filled the air and many peoplefled their homes on foot before receiv-ing the order to evacuate. Authoritieshave ordered everyone within a six-kilometre (3.7-mile) “danger zone” toleave. Marsita Sembiring, a vegetablefarmer, said she fled Sukanalu village

Antara

SAMARINDA - Malaysia hasdeported at least 144 Indonesianmigrant workers amid the two coun-tries’ soured relationship in the af-termath of the 13 August incident.

Chief of Nunukan district’s portsecurity Adjunct CommissionerBenny Catur Waluyo said here overthe weekend that the deported mi-grant workers had arrived in the EastKalimantan port of Tunon Taka onAugust 26.

Among the deportees were 26women and four children, he saidadding that the deportation had noth-ing to do with the two countries’strained relationship.

“They were deported becausethey had no legal working docu-ments and passports. This is only aroutine deportation,” he said.

Indonesia and Malaysia’s bilat-eral ties are currently in a difficultsituation after a Malaysian policeboat trespassed on Indonesian wa-ters on August 13.

The Malaysian police had evenarrested and kidnapped three Indo-nesian officers who were escortingsome fishing boats belonging to

Antara

BIAK - Investors fromSingapore are invited to invest inthe fisheries and tourism sectorsin Biak Numfor district, PapuaProvince.

The invitation was conveyed byBiak Numfor District Head YusufMelianus to visiting Singaporeanambassador to Indonesia, AshokKumar Mirpuri, at a bilateralmeeting here on Monday.

After the meeting, AshokKumar said he was still exploringcooperation possibilities withBiak Numfor district in the fieldof fisheries, agriculture, and tour-ism.

“I will find out which businessis promising before telling the in-vestors in my country where toinvest,” the Singaporean envoysaid about his meeting with YusufMelianus.

Concerning the fishery sectoroffered to Singapore’s investors,Ashok Kumar said the offer wasattractive because Singapore hadno fisheries and agriculture sec-tors.

He admitted that his short visitto Biak was to meet with the dis-

Malaysia deports hundredsof Indonesian workers

seven Malaysian fishermen whowere caught red handed whilepoaching in Tanjung Berakit waters,Riau Islands Province.

Malaysia is one of the main des-tinations of Indonesian job seekers.In the neighboring country, morethan a million Indonesians are work-ing in such sectors as constructionprojects and plantations.

The Indonesian workers in Ma-laysia are not always treated hu-manely. Instead, some have report-edly been treated badly, not paid,and even become victims of humantrafficking.

The Indonesian Migrant WorkersUnion (SBMI) - East Java chapter,reported recently 18,641 Indone-sians had become victims of humantrafficking last year.

“Almost every day, our migrantworkers have become victim of hu-man traffickers due to the East Javaprovincial government’s weakmonitoring,” SBMI-East Javachapter’s Chairman MohammadCholily said.

East Java was noted as the big-gest sender of migrant workers toother countries, including Malaysia.

More than 18 thousands of those

workers became victim of humantraffickers as a result of the work-ers’ poor knowledge about overseasjob placement procedures.

The victims of this human traf-ficking ring were usually equippedwith fake documents so that theSBMI activists got difficulties inhandling their cases, he said.

In July, a human trafficking casewith five Balinese students as thevictims had been disclosed to thepublic. Before their return to Bali onMonday, the girls were forced towork at an electric company in theMalaysian city of Penang since theirarrival in April with low wages.

According to the IndonesianEmbassy’s Labor Attache AgusTrianto, the students were indeedvictims of human trafficking activi-ties. They arrived in Malaysia lastApril under a working contract be-tween their school and a local em-ployment recruiting official, namedSamuel. They were promised intern-ship at five-star hotels.

Instead of being placed at thepromised five-star hotels, they werebrought to Penang from KualaLumpur to be employed at an elec-tronic factory there, he said.

Singapore investorsinvited to Biak

trict head, in addition to inspect-ing a satellite, operated at the

National Institute of Aeronau-tics and Space (Lapan) complexas part of a cooperation programwith India.

“In general, our visit to Biak isto obtain first hand informationabout investment cooperation op-portunities in the fisheries, agri-culture, and tourism sectors,” saidthe Singaporean envoy.

Ashok Kumar and his entou-rage arrived at Frans Kaisiepo air-port here on Monday morning fora one-day working visit.

He then had a bilateral meet-ing with Yusuf Melianus at thelatter’s office on Majapahit street,and on Monday evening Yusufwould host a dinner for AshokKumar.

After the meeting, theSingaporean envoy took a few mo-ments of his time to visit a Japa-nese cave, Paray Monument, andAir Force National Air Defense(Hanundas) radar site at Oridek inTanjung Barari. On Tuesdaymorning Ashok Kumar and his en-tourage will leave Biak forPapua’s provincial city ofJayapora for a similar purpose.

Thousands flee as Indonesian volcano eruptsThousands flee as Indonesian volcano eruptsThousands flee as Indonesian volcano eruptsThousands flee as Indonesian volcano eruptsThousands flee as Indonesian volcano eruptsAgence France-Presse

KABANJAHE - An Indonesian volcano spewed a vast cloud of smokeand ash high into the air on Monday, disrupting flights and sendingthousands more people into temporary shelters, officials said.

— which is about four kilometres fromthe volcano — with her husband andfour children on Sunday.

They spent the day at a shelter inthe town of Kabanjahe, 20 kilometresfrom Sinabung, but returned to the vil-lage for the night to protect their homefrom looters.

“We were in the shelter yesterdaybut came back late in the afternoon toour village because we were afraid thatsomebody would steal our belongings,”she said.

“It also rained last night and we weresure that the volcano would becomecalmer, so we decided to stay overnightin our house.”

But fresh eruptions Monday con-vinced her to take her family to safetyagain, she said.

“This morning it erupted again. Wepanicked as the smoke was rising veryhigh. I’m so worried that the smoke ispoisonous,” the 41-year-old womansaid.

Aircraft were ordered to avoid thearea and travellers to North Sumatraprovince were warned of possible de-lays, transport ministry spokesmanBambang Ervan said.

“It may affect flight traffic to andfrom the province. It all depends on thedirection of the wind,” he told AFP.Several domestic flights had to be can-

celled on Sunday due to the smoke, hesaid.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ringof Fire”, where the meeting of conti-nental plates causes high volcanic andseismic activity. It has more active vol-canoes than any other country.

Television footage showed blacksmoke shooting up into the sky and lavaoverflowing from the crater as residents

fled the area in pickup trucks and cars.Disaster Management Agency

spokesman Priyadi Kardono said manyresidents in four affected villages fledon foot.

“Many had left their homes evenbefore they were evacuated. They saidthe volcano was spewing thick blacksmoke, small stones and sulphur,”Kardono said on Sunday.

“There’s little data on MountSinabung. The eruption took the expertsby surprise. We don’t know when itmight erupt again so, it’s best for peopleto stay away until the experts can de-termine when it’s safe to go home.”

Earlier this month four people wentmissing after the 1,784-metre MountKarangetang erupted on the island ofSiau, North Sulawesi province.

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Bali Today

I Wayan Puspanegara, the mem-ber of Badung House of Represen-tative, said “the road will be ar-ranged starting from the crossroadof Melasti and Legian to the southuntil the Bemo Corners.”

The arrangements will includedrainage improvement on the sidesof the road, and the installment ofunderground utility pipe for phonelines, fiber optic, and electrical lines.

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DENPASAR - The Bali pro-vincial administration kept on kill-ing stray dog despite internationalprotests, spokesman for the ad-ministration I Ketut Teneng said

Teneng added that the decisionto maintain the stray dog elimi-nation policy was aimed at pre-venting the spread of rabiesspread by these dogs. Apart fromkilling the dogs, he argued, theBali authorities had also vacci-nated pet dogs.

Up till now some 977,461stray dogs had been killed, and348,069 dogs vaccinated.

Cases of dog bite in Bali sincethe rabies outbreak had reached25,531 in 2008. The number ofdog bite cases had raised demandfor anti-rabies vaccines. Up tillnow, Bali province had spent23,031 vials of the vaccines, andstill has 15,582 more availableready for use.

Silayukti Temple situated atPadangbai Village, Manggis,Karangasem, is categorized intokahyangan jagat or universaltemple. This temple is dedicated fora place of worship to all Hindudevotees in Bali and outside Bali.According to the book/proposal is-sued by the restoration committeeof the temple, the temple nestled onthe hilltop in the north of PadangbaiHarbor serves as a sanctum for theworship of Ida Sang Hyang Widhior Supreme God in His manifesta-tion as Sang Hyang Jagat Karanabecoming the source of reassuringthe world. Based on purana or ex-isting lontar manuscript, it is fromthis location Mpu Kuturan invokedinstruction on how to realize thesocial life of Balinese society tobecome peaceful and prosperousthrough his yoga since his arrivalin Bali.

Previously, Balinese people en-countered depression, among oth-ers, caused by differences of viewand interpretation of the faith diver-sity. King of Bali UdayanaW a r m a d e w a - S r iGunapriyadarmapattni designatedMpu Kuturan to re-organize theBalinese socio-religious life. Fromthis point, the Balinese was unifiedand its tranquility was re-organizedinto an autonomous village admin-istrative system known as DesaPakraman based on three-pillaredharmonic concept, namely Ida SangHyang Widhi Wasa (God), humansand the earth (environment).

It was emphasized that relation-ship of the three should be harmo-nious. Harmony would happen ifmen as perpetrators and executors

Legian Kuta road toadopt Frankfurt Square

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DENPASAR - Kuta area in Bali will be developed along with the development of tourism inthe island. The 1.5 kilometers of Legian road will be developed similar to the roads in FrankfurtSquare, Germany.

“With the new development, thereis great hope that the area will be-come a comfortable place for pedes-trian, especially for tourists,” headded.

The government uses the road onFrankfurt Square as a model. Theroad will use the best road materialwhich is the combination of graniteand natural stones, and also willadded with beautiful road lamps and

garden benches.Puspanegara also said that the

road on ground zero or the bombexplosion site will also replace withthe new one.

In order to avoid traffic jam, theproject will be done after theDenpasar Sewerage DevelopmentProject (DSDP) program finish. “Wedon’t want to destroy the beautifulface of Kuta,” he said.

Bali continueseliminating straydog amid protest

Teneng said the Baliadministration’s action in dealingwith stray dogs may eliminate ra-bies there in 2012.

The Bali provincial adminis-tration has allocated Rp16.07 bil-lion from its own budget for ra-bies eradication this year.

The funds are channeledthrough the regional animal hus-bandry and animal health offices,and other activities. Of the totalof Rp16.07 billion, Rp3.38 billionwould be used for operational ac-tivities, health care and preven-tion of infectious diseases.

Despite mass dog culls aimedat preventing rabies outbreaksthreatening the tourist industry inBali, the incidence of canine dis-ease on the resort island has con-tinuously increased.

Since August 2009, the numberof districts affected by the poten-tially fatal disease had more thantripled after first appearing in twodistricts in November last year.

Bali Island;From Silayukti Temple to reassure the world

could maintain the six sources ofwelfare called sad kertih. They com-prised atma kertih (soul), wana kertih(forest), danu kertih (lake), segarakertih (sea), jagat kertih (universe)and jana kertih (human). It was theimplementation of the three causesof harmony, namely the Tri HitaKarana concept. The question, couldwe still have maintained the sadkertih rigidly and correctly based onclear concepts (silayukti)?

Concept of Mpu Kuturan remainedrelevant to the present time in Bali andeven possibly throughout the ages.Nowadays, Bali ha been knownthroughout the world. Among others, itis caused by good architecture, socialorganization and environment based onthe concept of Tri Hita Karana.

The concept on Ida Sang HyangWidhi Wasa in the Hindu teaching,according the book of restorationcommittee, has single existence.Vedic scripture calls it Brahman or Tator Sat standing for the essence. Oneof the Vedic slokas or couplet of San-skrit verse mentions Indram mitramvarunam vadantyagnim ahur athodivyah sasupamo garutman, ekam sadvipra bahudha yaman vadantyagnimyaman matarsvanam ahuh ekamevaadvutyam Brahman. It means thatthe wise calls Indra, Mitra, Varunaand he lit the Aghni garutman with abeautiful wing. There is only one Godbut wise men call him by many el-egant names such as Aghni, Yama andMatariswam. He is the only God andsecond to none. (BP)

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In countrysidelife, manyvegetables grow atthe surroundings.Some arecultivated, whilesome others growwildly. At a glance,life looks easier asmany ingredientscan be obtainedwithout necessity tospend money. For instance, candung or bijou taro is aspecies of taro ordinarily growing wet land anduncultivated. Size of its leaf is small and has purplestalk. Its leaf can be made into vegetable serving addedwith peanut and winged bean (kecipir). This one is apast treasure of Balinese food rarely known by currentgeneration.

Ingredients: 1 handful candung leaf, 100gr peanutand 3 pieces of winged bean (cut short crosswise)

Spices: 6 cloves shallot, 3 cloves garlic, 1 small chili,2 candlenut, 1 slice ginger, 1 slice turmeric, 1 slicearomatic ginger, 1 stalk lemongrass (finely sliced),

Others: 1 tsp water of tamarind paste, 1 tsp salt and 2tbsp grated coconut, 1000ml water

Method:· Cleanse the candung leaf and drain well.· All spices are ground finely. Then, boil the water

and put the whole candung leaf into the water along withpeanut and winged bean. Wait until they are half- done.

· Add the ground spices, salt and water oftamarind paste and stir it constantly. Wait until thecandung leaf turning tender and the peanut cooked.

· Take out and serve while it stays warm. (BTN/punia)

People reading Balinese manu-scripts known as lontar occasionallyfind slight difficulties especially in thematter of lexicons. This happens be-cause the manuscripts often use syn-onyms and they do not belong to com-mon words. Nevertheless, such diffi-culty may not become a hindrance tolearn the ancient heritages being richin knowledge.

There is always a solution to resolvethe problem. As other languages, Ba-linese language also has thesaurusknown as Dasa Nama. One of thebooks carrying about it is a simple 67-page book written by I Made Gambarwho deeply involves in Balinese an-cient manuscripts. Based on lexiconsobtained from several lontars he suc-cessfully classified the field into sixcategories such as name of birds, nameof trees, things or animals, homograph,Old Javanese and ingredients of ritual.

As a matter of fact, the book re-sembles to a thesaurus, though not ar-ranged alphabetically. It is a Balinese-Balinese word equivalence that doesnot give the meaning with explanation.Uniquely, it tends to provide equiva-lent meaning belonging to uncommonvocabularies usually found in vernacu-lar language.

For readers who would like to learnmore about Balinese herbal, this the-saurus will be very helpful. In addi-tion, it can enrich the Balinese vocabu-lary. For instance, in Balinese herbalmanuscript, there is a word lenge (redrice). It is not common to daily Ba-linese language that usually uses baasbarak. Secondly, equivalences of hi-biscus (pucuk—common word) arewirakusuma, landa para, sumara,jakusuma, tundapala, raktajuma,warangbang, waribang, wangewarih

INGREDIENTS:

175 gr shallots, peeled and chopped

150 gr cloves garlic, peeled & chopped

450 gr laos, peeled and thinly sliced

4 tsp coriander seeds

175 gr fresh turmeric, peeled and sliced

250 gr large red chilies, seeded & chopped

40 gr bird’s-eye chilies

100 gr kencur roots, peeled and chopped

5 tsp dried shrimp paste

150 ml Coconut oil

1 tsp salt

1¼ tsp black pepper ground

4 ea salam leaf, whole

3 ea stalk lemon grass, bruised

PREPARATION:1. Combine all ingredients except salam leafs and

Lemon grass, salt and water in food processor and grind

coarsely.

2. Place ground ingredients in heavy saucepan, add

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Hopefully, this book could helpyoung generation or whoever wishingto learn more about Balinese ancientmanuscripts. They actually cover manyaspects of life ranging from herbal heal-ing (Taru Pramana, Rukmini Tattwaetc.), architecture (Asta Kosala Kosali),agriculture (Shri Tattwa/DarmaningPemaculan), astrology (Wariga

Dewasa), afterlife (Atma Prasangsa),medical code of ethic (UsadaKalimosada) and many more.

As the treasure of indigenous wis-dom, the lontar manuscripts haveprovided rich inspirations to spatreatment especially in terms ofboreh ingredients, Balinese massageas well as elegant design to villa andhotel properties. By learning moreancient manuscripts, it will be ob-tained more and more inspirationsand if combined with modern scienceand technique will engender uniqueand elegant products. Last but notleast, let’s preserve and learn them.Do not let them be obsolete in keep-ing with the times without an oppor-tunity to learn them! (BTN/punia)

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Gitgit Waterfall is a beautiful tourist destination in north part of Bali.Gitgit waterfall is located in the plateau area with the height about 35 metersand it is surrounded by tropical tree and emits the constantly natural waterdebit during the year. Waterfall voice around the charming nature wasamazing and it was the separate attraction which can be enjoyed by eachvisitor who comes to visit. There are some plantations protecting the rainforest around the waterfall and in this place we often met the wild monkeyto get the water from this waterfall.

Gitgit Waterfall is one of the famous tourist destinations in Bali whichis located in Gitgit countryside, Sukasada sub district and about 10 Kmfrom Singaraja Town or about 70 Km from Denpasar. It is set at heightland about 300 meters above sea level. Beside of Gitgit, there is anotherimportant spot point like the monument for hero struggle of Singaraja resi-dent who dead on the battle against the Dutch colonialist. This monumentis called Bhuwana Pangkung Bangka. This Monument is extant monumentand idol of people struggle action against the Dutch colonization. Thismonument is located in Gitgit countryside and Sukasada sub district andabout 17 Km from Singaraja Town . It is situated on the hill bank. Thefacilities are available at Gitgit Waterfall is consisted of the parking area,restaurant and art shop. It is not far from the waterfall place, there is aplace for taking a rest while enjoy the beauty panorama of rice terrace andBuleleng Beach. In order to visit the Gitgit waterfall, all visitors will fol-low the walkway down until the spot point. This road is one of the omis-sions in Dutch era where the local resident uses it to access other regions.On 1975, this waterfall is opened as tourist destinations in north part ofBali . Since it is appointed as a tourist destination in Bali, many touristsfrom domestic and foreign countries visits this waterfall and Bali SingarajaLovina Tour is one of the famous tours in Bali visit this place.

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BUSINESS

Agence France-Presse

SINGAPORE - Singapore onMonday announced fresh anti-specu-lation measures to cool its private prop-erty market as the city-state’s double-digit economic growth keeps upwardpressure on demand.

Owners who sell houses and apart-ments less than three years after buy-ing them will have to pay a duty of threepercent of the resale value — a mea-sure previously applicable to transac-tions within one year of the purchase.

For buyers with at least one out-standing loan, the minimum cash downpayment was raised from five to 10percent of valuation, while the maxi-mum amount a bank can lend wascapped at 70 percent, down from 80percent.

The balance of the purchase pricecan be taken from pension savings.

The measures, which take immedi-ate effect, are designed to discourage“flipping” — buying properties on easycredit with low cash down payments,and then reselling them quickly forprofit.

They were announced as a tradi-tional lull in the property market in Au-gust was about to come to an end.

“The government’s objective is toensure a stable and sustainable prop-erty market where prices move in linewith economic fundamentals,” said ajoint statement from the central bankand ministries of finance and nationaldevelopment.

Properties in land-scarce Singaporeare now among the most expensive inAsia, boosted in large part by the build-ing of two massive casino complexes

The package will be financed byreserve funds, Prime Minister NaotoKan said, but he added that the gov-ernment would consider compiling anadditional budget if necessary.

“We decided on the basic plan (ofthe stimulus) comprising employment,investment, education” and regulatoryreform, Kan said.

The package would be given finalapproval on September 10, he said,before being implemented later thatmonth.

The announcement followed theBank of Japan’s move on Monday toextend a multi-billion-dollar loanprogramme in a bid to curb the strengthof the yen, but the currency movedhigher, with markets unimpressed.

The decision came after an emer-gency meeting called in response tostrong pressure from officials to curbthe yen’s rise and support an economymired in deflation, after the unit hit a15-year high against the dollar lastweek.

Fears for the health of the globaleconomy have increased in recentweeks, and US Federal Reserve chiefBen Bernanke on Friday vowed to actif “unexpected developments” furtherthreaten the shaky US recovery.

BoJ governor Masaaki Shirakawareturned to Tokyo on Sunday after cut-ting short a trip to the United States by

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - PresidentBarack Obama said Sunday hewants to “keep on pushing” theeconomy to keep a fragile recoveryon track but also pay more attentionto getting debt and deficits undercontrol.

In an interview with NBC News,Obama said the sluggish economycombined with heavy debt will force“some very tough decisions” for hisadministration.

“We’re going to be have to do twothings at once. We’ve got to keep onpushing to grow the economy. Butwe’ve also on the medium term andthe long term have to get control ofour deficit,” Obama said.

“And it would be ideal where wedidn’t have to worry about one andcould just focus on the other. But,you know, this generation, it’s fallen

A busi-nessmanwalks infront of theBank ofJapanheadquar-ters inTokyo onAugust 30,2010.

Japan announces 920 billionJapan announces 920 billionJapan announces 920 billionJapan announces 920 billionJapan announces 920 billionyen stimulus packageyen stimulus packageyen stimulus packageyen stimulus packageyen stimulus packageAgence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan on Monday announced plans for a stimulus package worth around 920 billionyen (11 billion dollars) as it looks to safeguard a fragile recovery and curb the impact of a strong yen.

one day for the hastily convened gath-ering.

In its second loan expansion sinceMarch, the bank said it would offer 10trillion yen (118 billion dollars) in six-month low interest loans in addition to20 trillion yen from December’s three-month loan scheme.

Domestic financial institutions willtherefore be able to borrow a total of30 trillion yen from the central bankfor maximum of six months againstpooled collateral, at the rate of 0.1 per-cent.

The move would help lower inter-est rates in the market place with a viewto easing the yen’s strength, said thebank, which left its key rate unchangedat 0.1 percent.

With the government due to outlinea new stimulus package on Tuesday,“the bank believes that the monetaryeasing measure, together with thegovernment’s efforts, will be effectivein further ensuring Japan’s economicrecovery.”

However, markets took a dim viewof the widely expected steps, with theyen strengthening to below 85 againstthe dollar and the Nikkei index paringback earlier three percent gains to closeup 1.76 percent.

The economic impact of the deci-sion will be “close to zero,” MacquarieBank economist Richard Jerram told

Dow Jones Newswires. “It’s largely acharade.”

“Investors had completely factored inthe announced steps”, said RuiXue Xu,rates strategist at RBS Securities Japan.

Shirakawa said that Monday’semergency meeting was held because“weak US economic indicators havecontinued, which led to the yen’sstrength and falls in share prices.”

However, analysts say the BoJ,which has kept rates at 0.1 percentsince the height of the financial cri-sis, has little room for manoeuvre.

Japan has long relied on its exportsector for economic growth, but thestrong yen poses a threat to the over-seas profits.

The country remains under pres-sure to safeguard its fragile recovery,with weak gross domestic productgrowth of an annualised 0.4 percentin the second quarter pointing to aslowdown.

And dreary consumer price dataFriday cast a darker shadow over thegovernment’s goal of ending deflationin the fiscal year starting April 2011.

Core consumer prices eased 1.1percent in July, the 17th consecutivemonthly fall.

Persistent deflation prompts con-sumers to defer purchases in the hopeof further price falls and deters cor-porate capital spending.

AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA

Obama wants to ‘keeppushing’ on economy

on our shoulders to make some verytough decisions.”

His comments came days afterofficial figures showed US economicgrowth slowed to a pace of 1.6 per-cent in the second quarter, suggest-ing the recovery was sputtering.

“We anticipated that the recoverywas slowing,” Obama said.

“The economy is still growing,but it’s not growing as fast as it needsto. I’ve got things right now in —before Congress that we shouldmove immediately... We should bepassing legislation that helps smallbusinesses get credit that eliminatescapital gains taxes so that they havemore incentive to invest right now.”

The president said there are “awhole host of measures we couldtake, no single element of which isa magic bullet but cumulatively canstart continuing to build momentumfor the recovery.”

Singapore ramps up measuresto cool property market

that opened this year.A typical three-bedroom suburban

apartment of around 100 square metres(1,076 square feet) that will be readyfor occupancy in only two or three yearsnow costs at least a million US dollars.

Latest available government datashowed property prices rose 5.3 per-cent quarter-on-quarter in the April-June period, albeit slower than the 5.6percent jump in the March quarter.

Even during the recession lastyear, private property prices rose 1.8percent despite government measuresto dampen the market.

Analysts expect the property mar-ket to stay strong in light of theeconomy’s projected expansion of13-15 percent for 2010, which wouldmake Singapore the world’s fastestgrowing major economy this year.

The credit environment, withlending rates on home loans belowone percent in some cases, is anotherfactor boosting buyer sentiment.

The government said the latest an-nouncement was necessary to averta potential property meltdown shouldthe global economic recovery stall,which would have an impact onSingapore’s trade-dependenteconomy.

If growth falters and the marketcorrects, “Property buyers could facecapital losses, with implications ontheir own finances and the economyas a whole,” the government said.

Chua Yang Liang, head of re-gional research with Jones LangLaSalle, expects property prices torise two to three percent on a quar-terly basis with the introduction ofthe new measures.

Entertainment InternationalTuesday, August 31, 201012

“Modern Family,” which makesfun of the everyday life of three Ameri-can families, emerged as the top win-ner for outstanding comedy series.

Television movie “TempleGrandin,” about a woman who tri-umphed over autism, also did well,boosting the standing of its producer,the Home Box Office cable televisionnetwork. The movie swept threeprizes: Claire Danes won for lead ac-tress in a movie or miniseries; JuliaOrmond won supporting actress; andDavid Strathairn won the supportingactor award. Hollywood’s glitteratiwere out in force Sunday to fetetelevision’s finest performances, with

Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES - New release“The Last Exorcism,” a gruesomedocumentary-style horror movie,beat out competitors for the NorthAmerican box office top spot thisweekend, preliminary figuresshowed Sunday. The movie, di-rected by Daniel Stamm and co-produced by Eli Roth, a directorknown for his bloody thrillers, fol-lows a disillusioned minister sup-posedly filming his last exorcismfor a documentary.

The new release took 21.3 mil-lion dollars in its first weekend inUS and Canadian theaters, accord-ing to preliminary figures fromExhibor Relations, beating outanother newcomer “Takers.”

The crime action, starringHayden Christensen, singers ChrisBrown and T.I., and Idris Elba,follows the exploits of a group ofprofessional thieves who take onone last job. It took 21 million dol-lars in box office receipts over theweekend, pushing last week’snumber one move, old school ac-tion flick “The Expendables” tothe number three spot.

“Expendables,” SylvesterStallone’s film about a group ofweathered mercenaries out totopple a South American dictator,earned 9.5 million dollars in itsthird week in theaters.

Down one spot to number fourwas “Eat, Pray, Love,” RyanMurphy’s adaptation of ElizabethGilbert’s novel about a divorcee’s

Agence France Presse

CAPE TOWN - Pop superstar Madonna will not allow a manwho claims to be the biological father of her adopted Malawiandaughter to see the four-year-old, a South African newspaper re-ported on Sunday. James Kambewa, 26, who is working as a waiterin Durban, had hoped to meet Mercy whom the wealthy staradopted last year but Madonna’s spokeswoman Barbara Charonesaid the child’s father was not known.

“The extended family members had no knowledge of a father.The village leadership had no knowledge of a father... the motherwas raped and left,” the Sunday Times quoted Charone as saying.

Mercy was controversially adopted from an orphanage by the52-year-old pop star after the Supreme Court of Appeal overturneda lower court that blocked the placement. She is Madonna’s sec-

Madonna rejects Malawian’s bidto see adopted girl: media

ond adopted Malawian child. “There was a three-week windowbetween the oral arguments (in court) and the decision, when theman could have made his claim. Again nothing,” said Charone.

“Moreover, the Ministry of Gender has recommended that itwould be in the child’s best interest not to engage with anyoneclaiming to be a parent or guardian.”

The court listed Mercy’s biological father as unknown and saidthat she was born in January 2006 to a 14-year-old mother whodied days after giving birth.

Kambewa vowed last year to fight the adoption bid, sayingmedia reports had alerted him to the child whom he thought hadalso died with her mother, with whom he said he had a relation-ship. The age of consent in Malawi is 14. He told the SundayTimes earlier this month that he was happy the star was lookingafter Mercy but hoped to meet her one day.

‘Last Exorcism’ comes firstat North American box office

jaunt to Italy, Indonesia and India,starring Julia Roberts. It earnedseven million dollars in its thirdweek of release.

Staying put at number five was“The Other Guys,” the latest WillFerrell slapstick comedy, about twomismatched police officers pairedon a high-profile crime investiga-tion. It earned an estimated 6.6 mil-lion dollars.

Down four places to number sixwas “Vampires Suck,” a send-up ofthe “Twilight” series of heart throb-meets-horror films, which took 5.3million dollars after debuting lastweek at the number two spot. Afterspending last week at ninth place,blockbuster “Inception” jumpedback up two places to numberseven, showing the movie’s stayingpower with audiences.

The mindbending flick, starringLeonardo DiCaprio as an expert in-filtrator of people’s dreams, took5.1 million dollars over the week-end to bring its seven week earn-ings to 270.7 million dollars.

“Nanny McPhee Returns,” the se-quel to a popular kid’s film starringBritish actress Emma Thompson inthe title role, stayed put at numbereight, earning 4.7 million dollars,while Jennifer Aniston’s latest roman-tic comedy “The Switch” slipped twospots to number nine with earningsof 4.65 million dollars.

Rounding out the top 10 wassummer horror spoof “Piranha 3D,”which slipped four places after de-buting last week and took in 4.3million dollars.

AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

Cast members from the comedy “Mad Men” pose inthe press room after the show won outstanding

comedy series during the 62nd Primetime EmmyAwards Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, in Los Angeles.

Drama series ‘Mad Men’Drama series ‘Mad Men’Drama series ‘Mad Men’Drama series ‘Mad Men’Drama series ‘Mad Men’wins at Emmy awardswins at Emmy awardswins at Emmy awardswins at Emmy awardswins at Emmy awardsAgence France Presse

LOS ANGELES - The television series “Mad Men” won the bestdrama series award at the 62nd annual Emmy Awards late Sundaywhile “Modern Family” dethroned “30 Rock” as the best comedy show.“Mad Men,” which tells the story of an advertising agency in the 1960s,won the outstanding drama series award for the third year in a row.

actress Edie Falco nabbing one of thefirst coveted statuettes of the evening.

The evening at Los Angeles’Nokia Theater got underway withFalco, an alumna of the hit show“The Sopranos” winning away topacting honors for her starring turnin the show “Nurse Jackie,” a darkcomedy in which she depicts a drug-abusing hospital worker.

“This is just the most ridiculousthing that has ever happened in thehistory of this ceremony,” a flabber-gasted Falco told the audience. “I’mnot funny!” As the comedy “Mod-ern Family” won the top prize in thegenre, Ryan Murphy scooped an

Emmy for directing “Glee,” anotherpopular situation comedy show.

“Glee,” which entered the awardseason with 19 nominations, pickedup a total of only two statuettes. Inaddition to Murphy, Jane Lynchwon for supporting actress for play-ing in the show a supercompetitivecheerleading coach.

Producer Tom Hanks’ and StevenSpielberg’s epic World War IIminiseries “The Pacific” got theprize for outstanding mini-series.The production made the HBOcable television network the mostprominent in the event, with 101nominations this year.

The show covers the exploits ofyoung American soldiers proudly de-fending their nation after Japan’s sur-prise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.Kyra Sedgwick won her first Emmy,for actress in a drama series, playinga tough Los Angeles policewoman inTNT’s drama series “The Closer.”

International Tuesday, August 31, 2010 13Life Style

The determined youngsters, pay-ing scant attention to the bikini-cladgirls frolicking on the sand, insteadheaded straight for a bronze statue thatdepicts Kanichi and Omiya, a couplefrom an old love story set in Atami.

The focus of the men’s attention— and of their smartphone cameras— was a tiny black and whitesquare, a two-dimensional barcodethat, thanks to “augmented reality”(AR) software, brought to life theobject of their desire.

“Look, it’s like I’m in a snapshotwith her,” said Shu Watanabe, 23, ashe showed off his iPhone display, fea-turing himself next to the image of adoe-eyed cartoon character namedRinko, a smiling high school girl.

Rinko may only be digital, buttry telling that to Watanabe or thelegions of other fans of “Love Plus”,a dating sim or simulation game thatis played on handheld Nintendo DSconsoles and also boasts AR appli-cations for iPhones. Its creators,Konami Digital Entertainment, havelong thrilled young men obsessed

Agence France Presse

VENICE, Italy- Rwanda, afirst-time presence at the Venicearchitectural Biennale, is shiningthe spotlight on the use of tradi-tional techniques and materials indesign and architecture. The strat-egy is seen as an essential way tosafeguard traditional culture andnational identity in the nation trau-matized by the 1994 genocide.

Rwanda’s modest exhibition atthe Biennale opening Sunday showshow centuries-old weaving tech-niques and natural fibers can be usedto create necklaces or shoes, how ashand cow dung can decorate modernwalls and how alternatives to papercan be used in handmade books.

“Today, before we throw awayvegetable fibers we have to thinkagain,” Josephie Malonza of theKigali Institute of Science andTechnology told a seminar Satur-day at Rwanda’s pavilion.

The featured speaker at theseminar, prominent Burkina Fasoarchitects Francis Kere, accusedthe North of “putting us underpressure by saying that what wehave is primitive.”

Africans have alternatives toair-conditioning, and mud is amaterial that is perfectly adaptedto the African situation, he said.“There’s no insurance (againstdamage or destruction). People

Agence France Presse

LISBON – Many parents givetheir children too large or frequentdoses of non-prescription medicinesfor fever, coughs and colds, puttingtheir health at risk, according to anAustralian study released Monday.

“Many children are being put at

Child health at risk from non-prescription drugs: studyrisk by parents? over-use of widely-available over the counter medicinesfor fever, coughs and colds,” con-cluded the study by University ofSydney researchers presented at aconference of the International Phar-maceutical Federation.

“We were surprised and con-cerned to find that some people

thought that medicines must be safebecause you can buy them withoutprescription”, said Rebekah Moles,who headed up the study of 97 par-ents and day care centre employees.

“Taking all the scenarios together,44 percent of participants wouldhave given an incorrect dose, andonly 64 percent were able to mea-sure accurately the dose they in-tended to give”, said Moles. Only 14percent managed the fever scenariocorrectly.

The noted that 48 percent of callsin 2008 to the New South Wales Poi-

sons Information Centre, which re-ceives all out of hours calls fromaround Australia, concerned acci-dental overdose in children, with 15percent needing hospitalisation.

Australia is unlikely to be a spe-cial case, the researchers said, andthey believe that the inappropriateuse of children’s medicines is wide-spread throughout the world. “It isvital that parents worldwide shouldunderstand the proper usage ofmedicines so that they do not con-tinue to put their children’s healthat risk,” said Moles.

Many parents give their children too large or frequent doses of non-prescription medicines for fever, coughs and colds, putting theirhealth at risk, according to an Australian study released Monday.AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller

AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO

A visitor admires “Natural Architecture”, an exhibition at the Czechand Slovakian pavilion at the Biennale Giardini in Venice on August27, 2010 during the opening of the 12th Architecture Biennale whosetheme is “People Meet in Architecture”.

In Venice, traditional materialsunite architectural worlds

just band together and in sevendays they will rebuild” a mudstructure ruined by rain, Kere said.

While Rwanda wants to pre-serve natural building techniques,Czech architect Martin Rajniswants to import them from poorcountries, picking up ideas fromtravels to the “third and even thefourth world, among the nativepeople untouched by civilization.”

Rajnis has developed a visiondubbed Natural Architecture basedon the natural world of indigenouspeoples, plants and animals. Hemasterminded the Czech and Slo-vak pavilion, which draws the visi-tor in under a canopy of randomlyarranged pine planks.

Inside is an installation entirelyin unfinished wood taking the visi-tor along walkways and past multi-layered creations, some twisting intospirals, others formed into cones anddomes inspired by natural forms.

Claiming that “architecture isundergoing a crisis,” Rajnis saysmodern buildings “no longer sat-isfy people. It is necessary to startto create differently: instead of de-sign and aesthetics to take inspira-tion from the deeper laws of na-ture.” Light years away from natu-ral building materials is the acrylicmeshwork fitted with microproces-sors and sensors that the Biennalevisitor will find at Canada’s pavil-ion.

In a combo ofpictures taken onAugust 21, 2010 aman stands (L) nextto a tiny black andwhite panel to havehis picture takenand displayedincluding theanimated image of agirl through aniPhone applicationat the famous spotof Kanichi andOmiya in Atami,southwest of Tokyoand the resultingimage is showed(R) on the screen ofan iPhone

AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI

Japan resort a hot spot forJapan resort a hot spot forJapan resort a hot spot forJapan resort a hot spot forJapan resort a hot spot formen with virtual girlfriendsmen with virtual girlfriendsmen with virtual girlfriendsmen with virtual girlfriendsmen with virtual girlfriendsAgence France Presse

ATAMI, Japan - Long a favourite of lovers and honeymooners, a Japanese beach town with fading sparklehas found a new tourism niche in the wired age by drawing young men and their virtual girlfriends. One recentsweltering summer’s day, a tour bus from Tokyo pulled up at a sun-kissed beach at Atami, a Pacific coast resortsouthwest of the metropolis, and disgorged more than a dozen excited, iPhone-clutching young men.

with high-tech, manga and anime,known as “otaku”, by letting themchase virtual girls in the alternativeuniverse of their digital dreams.

The hit videogame made head-lines when a 27-year-old Japaneseman known only as “Sal 9000”staged a tuxedo wedding late lastyear, which was watched by thou-sands online, with his favourite car-toon girl, Nene Anegasaki.

But in the latest edition, game mak-ers have gone a step further and teamedup with the very real city of Atami, anonsen or hot spring town 100 kilometres(60 miles) southwest of the Japanesecapital. They have selected 13 roman-tic locations which can be overlaid withimages of Rinko or her teenage friendsManaka and Nene, who have allswapped their usual sailor-style schooluniforms for casual summer wear.

Local souvenir shops in the resorttown have caught on and capitalisedon the love-struck new clientele, sell-ing Love Plus-themed souvenirs,from good-luck charms to steamedbuns and fish sausages.

The local Ohnoya hotel even of-fers traditional rooms to the unusualcouples, which feature two sets offuton beds and another barcode panelthat allows the men to visualise theirgirlfriends in a flattering summer ki-mono. Love Plus, released only on theJapanese market, has become thecountry’s most popular dating gamesince its release last September, sell-ing nearly 430,000 copies, accordingto research firm Enterbrain.

The secret is that the dating gamegoes a step beyond the genre’s usualboy-meets-girl script and asks play-ers to build long-term relationships.

“In conventional love games, youwent up stages to make a virtual girlfall in love with you, so that shewould accept you as a boyfriend orexpress her love for you,” saidKonami spokesman Kunio Ishihara.

“But players of Love Plus are ina scenario where they are a highschool boy who is already dating oneof the virtual girls. The goal is to seehow good you can be to her and tobuild a relationship.”

Tuesday, August 31, 201014 InternationalSport

Last season’s seventh-placedfinish and missing out on theChampions League sent fearthrough Juve’s bosses, who re-sponded by opening the cheque-book. Nine new players,amongst them five I talyinternationals, were testamentto new coach Luigi Delneri’s in-tent and yet the team that wasdefeated 1-0 at Bari appeared tohave made no progress sincelast season.

Juve began with seven Italyinternationals in their startingline-up but their modest oppo-nents dominated from the off.Abdelkader Ghezzal had a one-on-one with Juve goalkeeperMarco Stoari as Juve’s static,flat defence failed to cope withthe run from deep.

Stoari saved but he could donothing about MassimoDonati’s spectacular curler twominutes from the break. Baricame the closer to scoring afterthe restart with Donati againhitting an effort from distance

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MADRID - Jose Mourinho’s RealMadrid career began on a low note witha disappointing 0-0 draw at RealMallorca that did little to suggest histeam can dethrone current championsBarcelona. Portuguese coach Mourinhoand his proven track record haveMadrid fans excited about winning sil-verware after a two-year barren spellbut his team failed to convince, lack-ing cohesion and creativity.

Mourinho gave five players theirReal debuts in his first match at the helmbut they could not break down a reso-lute Mallorca side managed by Real oldboy Michael Laudrup.

Real scored 102 goals last seasonunder Manuel Pellegrini but they couldnot muster one for Mourinho in hismanagerial bow, with Argentine strikerGonzalo Higuain missing three goodchances. “It is important to defend welland score when you are not at your bestand we are far from our best,” explainedMourinho. “We defended well butdidn’t score despite having five or sixclear chances and that was decisive.”

Madrid trail Barcelona, who crushedRacing Santander 3-0 on Sunday, bytwo points, putting more pressure onthe first home match of the seasonagainst Osasuna when the SantiagoBernabeu will expect a more polisheddisplay.

Spain World Cup star David Villahad a much more enjoyable debut thanMourinho, scoring a fine goal asBarcelona began their title defence witha resounding 3-0 win at RacingSantander. “He (Villa) is happy becausehe hadn’t scored at El Sardinero(Racing’s stadium) and really wantedto,” said goalkeeper Victor Valdes. “Itis always good to start with three pointsand will help to calm us.”

Former Inter coach Mourinhogave debuts to Argentine wingerAngel di Maria — a 25 million-eurocapture from Benfica — teenagerSergio Canales and veteran Portu-guese defender Ricardo Carvalho.

Up front Mourinho deployedHiguain as a lone striker with

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AC Milan’s Brazilian forward Pato (C) shoots and score his second goal during their Serie Afootball match AC Milan vs Lecce at San Siro Stadium, in Milan on August 29, 2010.

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ROME - It was a mixed bag on the opening weekend of the Serie A season for two of Italy’sgiants as Juventus were shocked by Bari while AC Milan crushed Lecce 4-0. Coming into thisseason on the back of their worst ever campaign, Juventus have spent big in their bid to get backto the top of Serie A.

that this time went just the wrongside of the upright.

It wasn’t just that Juve lost,their first opening day reverse in28 years, but they were clearlysecond best, not that Delneri sawit that way. “We’re just starting thechampionship, we had some dif-ficulties but we also created somegood things,” he said. “We needto get Amauri and (Vincenzo)Iaquinta back, they’re players whogive us more of a physical pres-ence in attack.

“But for sure we need to improveour play and our concentration.Their goal came from a quickly-taken free-kick and an experiencedteam can’t be surprised in this way.”It was quite another story for Milanwho enjoyed a stroll against theirpromoted visitors.

Pato opened the scoring on 16minutes with a finely-taken crossshot and Thiago Silva proddedhome a scramble in the box at acorner soon afterwards.Ronaldinho teed up Pato for thethird before the half-hour mark,

the Brazilian youngster beatingthe offside trap, rounding AntonioRosati and slotting into the emptynet. Veteran Filippo Inzaghi’s lastminute fourth was merely the ic-ing on the cake.

However, the pressure is nowon for Milan, who completed agreat weekend following the sign-ing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Clubpresident Silvio Berlusconi, theItaly Prime Minister, has toldcoach Massimiliano Allegri thathe must win the title. “We’vesigned a great player and of coursethat means we’ve taken a big stepforwards,” said Allegri. “It’s nor-mal that now our aim is to win thescudetto, but it was before as well.It’s a good thing he’s arrived.”

If there was a down side forMilan, though, it was that strikerMarco Borriello, whose first teamplace is certain to be taken byIbrahimovic, couldn’t hide hispersonal disappointment. “I’llhave to evaluate my future, I’mgetting squeezed out and I’m inthe prime of my career,” he said.

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Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal shoots the ballduring the Spanish La Liga soccer match against Mallorca atthe Iberostar stadium in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on Sunday,Aug. 29, 2010.

Mourinho and Real flopin Mallorca stalemate

Cristiano Ronaldo, di Maria andCanales offering support frommidfield and down the flanks.

Ronaldo, wearing the numberseven shirt following the departureof Raul, almost broke the deadlockon the quarter-hour mark, firing ashot wide after a neat touch from diMaria. On 26 minutes Higuain, topscorer last season, appeared to benudged off balance by Ruben Rochawhen clean through on goal and thestumbling Argentine saw the chancego begging.

Mallorca coach Laudrup wasalso enjoying his first game incharge but had to wait until the40th minute before his teamcarved open a decent chance. Aneat passing move ended in Uru-guayan Gonzalo Castro drilling ashot wide of Iker Casillas’s goal.Victor headed over from closerange to give Real a scare in thesecond half and after an hourMourinho introduced KarimBenzema and German midfielderMesut Ozil for his debut.

Higuain was denied by DuduAouate shortly after with theMallorca goalkeeper taking the balloff the Argentine’s toes. Mourinhointroduced a fifth debutant whenGerman international Sami Khediracame on 20 minutes from time inthe final throw of the dice. Higuainwas denied by Aoute again, how-ever, and Mallorca held on to frus-trate Mourinho.

Barcelona were much more con-vincing, with summer signing Villa— a 40 millon-euro purchase fromValencia — heading in his firstleague goal in Barca’s colours.

Argentine Lionel Messi hadopened the scoring on three minuteswith a neat chip for his 131st clubgoal to surpass Brazilian greatRivaldo in Barca’s goalscoring hallof fame.

Andres Iniesta, scorer of Spain’swinning goal in the World Cup fi-nal, scored a sublime second with aside-footed volley before interna-tional team-mate Villa struck.

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Federer begins his quest for aseventh consecutive US Open fi-nal and his sixth title in sevenyears on the Flushing Meadowshardcourts against Argentina’s94th-rated Brian Dabul.

The 29-year-old Swiss super-star lost to another Argentine foe,Juan Martin Del Potro, in lastyear’s US Open final, but DelPotro will not be defending hiscrown due to a wrist injury.

Reigning Australian Openchampion Federer has shruggedoff critics who say he is past hisprime since his run of 23 GrandSlam semi-finals in a row wasstopped at the French Open quar-ter-finals by Robin Soderling, afifth-seeded Swede who couldplay Federer in the US Openquarter-finals.

“At times I took it as a compli-ment,” Federer said. “I was No. 2in the world and winning one ortwo Slams a year and I was on thedownslide. You can’t really take

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IZMIR – Battling Australia,who squeezed past Jordan in theirworld basketball championshipopener, gave world number oneArgentina a mighty fright on Sun-day before being edged out 74-72.After an enthralling first three quar-ters, the two sides went point forpoint in the final period.

Australia were ahead with 6min30sec remaining but when LouisScola (31 points) sunk two freethrows with 8.8sec remaining itlooked over for the Aussies. But Jo-seph Ingles (22 points) was on handto knock in a missed three-pointerby Patrick Mills with 3.5sec re-maining and Australia sensed theyhad a chance.

Argentina failed to clear the ball,giving Australia one shot with3.1sec on the clock. But it was notto be for Australia with the finalshot from Adam Gibson goingastray.

“It has always been an honour toplay against Argentina,” said Aus-tralia coach Brett Brown. “They area well trained team like us. I amvery disappointed to lose the gamebut I am pleased with the perfor-mance of my players.”

Argentina coach SergioHernandez tipped Australia for abig future in the sport. “I believethat Australia will be the next Ar-gentina. They are young and theyhave a very passionate coach. Ex-cept for the last five minutes, Aus-tralia played better than us.”

In the same Group A, Germanycreated the upset of day when theyheld off Serbia in overtime. Aftercruising through their opening vic-tory over Angola on Saturday,Serbia showed few signs of miss-ing captain Nenad Krstic and Mi-los Teodosic, both currently sus-pended for their involvement in abrawl during a warm-up gameagainst Greece. But Sunday was adifferent case as they found them-selves facing a more worthy oppo-nent in Germany.

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Tennis players, from left, Roger Federer, Kim Clijsters and Rafael Nadal participate in ArthurAshe Kids Day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010 inNew York.

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NEW YORK - Defending women’s champion Kim Clijsters, 16-time Grand Slam winner RogerFederer and Venus Williams will provide the first-day fireworks when the US Open begins onMonday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Belgian second seed Clijsters, whose past two US Open appear-ances in 2005 and last year have resulted in her only Grand Slam crowns, will open againstHungary’s 104th-ranked Greta Arn.

it too seriously to be quite honest.“You can’t win 12 tournaments ev-ery season. That’s clear for me. Ispoiled myself by playing so well.If it’s two or four or six it’s still agood season depending on howwell you are feeling, how you areevolving as a player.”

US third seed Will iams, aseven-time Grand Slam championwith US Open titles in 2000 and2001, will open against Italy’s65th-ranked Roberta Vinci. Will-iams won their only prior matchin this year’s third round at Mi-ami.

Will iams’s younger sister,world number one Serena Will-iams, will not be competing dueto a right foot injury that has re-quired surgery. Serena won theAustralian Open and Wimbledontitles but has been nagged all yearby injuries. While Serena Will-iams will not be on the court, theline judge she screamed at lastyear during a profanity-laced ti-

rade, Shino Tsurubuchi, will beback on the sidelines serving as amatch official at this year’s USOpen.

In a semi-final againstClijsters, Serena Williams wascalled for a foot fault that sparkedher to threateningly approachTsurubuchi, who went to the um-pire to report a code violation thatsaw Williams lose on a penaltypoint.

Tsurubuchi will rotate betweenmen’s and women’s matches asany other line judge at the year’sfinal Grand Slam event. The onlyformer US Open men’s championsin this year’s field aside fromFederer will both be in actionMonday as well.

Australian 32nd seed LleytonHewitt, the 2001 winner, will face107th-ranked Frenchman Paul-Heri Mathieu while US ninth seedAndy Roddick, the 2003 cham-pion, will meet France’s 78th-ranked Stephane Robert.

Battling Aussies edged outby mighty Argentina

Both teams held the lead for sig-nificant periods of the game withneither team able to gain significantground over the other. In the end theonly thing that could separate thetwo teams was a period of overtimewith scores tied 69-69 at the full-time buzzer.

The game remained tight in over-time and it was only a missed lay-up in the final five seconds bySerbia that saw Germany prevail82-81, with the jubilation all tooclear on the players’ faces. In GroupC action, China managed to securetheir first victory of the tournamentagainst Ivory Coast, winning 83-73.

Yi Jianlian and Wang Shipengcombined for 51 points as BobDonewald’s team scored timelybaskets to end a number of big runsby Ivory Coast. “We were focusedafter an emotional loss yesterday(89-81 against Greece),” saidDonewald.

“This young team likes to fightand make their country proud. Weare making progress.”Turkey alsocreated something of a surprise re-sult, beating Russia 65-56.

The Russians, who had littleproblem in overcoming PuertoRico on the opening night hadlittle to challenge a powerfulTurkish outfit who were able tobuild on a vocal home crowd. InGroup D, France continued onfrom their upset win over cham-pions Spain by easily overcomingLebanon 86-59.

Spain were also able to recordtheir first victory, defeating NewZealand 101-84. Team USA contin-ued their bid to return to worldglory, with coach Mike Krzyzewskiagain giving his whole squad courttime in their 99-77 victory overSlovenia.

USA team member Kevin Lovesaid that before the game theytalked about how they “needed topressure the guards and pack thepaint. We did it well.” USA’s mainthreat in Pool B play, Brazil, alsocontinued their winning ways, hold-ing off Tunisia 80-65.

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Pedrosa said he was pleased withhis ride and the way he handled thehot temperatures on Sunday. “It wasvery, very warm out there. You know,you didn’t cool down in the 45 min-utes you’re out there,” said Pedrosa.“The track was slippery, the bike al-ways starts to be very greasy. Somany crashes because of the bumpsand the track temperature.

“It was very important to be fo-cused in every corner and make nomistake with the bumps, especiallyat the end when the tires are moredamaged.”

Jorge Lorenzo of Spain, whowon the race here last year, had hisworst finish of the year when heplaced third. Lorenzo, well on hisway to a world championship, fin-ished over 12 seconds behind thewinner in a bid for his eighth vic-tory of the year.

Tragedy struck during the firstrace of the day at the IndianapolisSpeedway when 13-year-old racerPeter Lenz died after crashing and

LEWIS Hamilton declared himself ‘ecstatic’ aftertaking a dominant Belgian Grand Prix win at Spa-Francorchamps.

Pedrosa wins Indy MotoGP, Lorenzo in third

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Dani Pedrosa, of Spain, celebrates with the trophy after win-ning the Indianapolis MotoGP motorcycle race at IndianapolisMotor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010.

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INDIANAPOLIS - Dani Pedrosa seized the lead on the seventh lap and then fended off a fiercechallenge to post his third MotoGP win of the season Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speed-way. Spain’s Pedrosa covered the 28-lap, 118.048km circuit on his Honda in 47 minutes, 31.615seconds while American Ben Spies, who began the race on the pole, finished second in 47:35.190.

being run over by another youngcompetitor.

Lorenzo saw Pedrosa gain someground in the series. With six racesremaining, Lorenzo has accumulated251 points. Pedrosa is second at 183and Italian Andrea Dovizioso is thirdwith 126. Spies, starting on the polefor the first time in his rookie sea-son, held the lead for six laps.

Pedrosa completed an inside passon the front straightaway of lap sevenand slowly pulled away from theAmerican. His biggest advantagewas 5.622 seconds after the 19th lap.

“We can’t complain,” said Spies.“We had a good start and led somelaps. Didn’t set the world on fire, butwe had a good pace. It just wasn’tfast enough.” Sunny skies and a tem-perature of 92 degrees Fahrenheitgreeted the riders at the start of therace. On the opening lap, Doviziosorode his Honda from fourth to sec-ond place with Nicky Hayden drop-ping to third.

Pedrosa passed Hayden on the

next lap. Marco Melandri of Italycrashed on the third lap whenLorenzo, who had started second,slipped to fourth.

Pedrosa passed Dovizioso forsecond in turn one of the fourth lapand from then on he and Spiesbattled for the lead.

The Spaniard trailed Spies by.888 seconds after four laps, cut thedifference on each of the next twolaps before moving ahead. His leadafter seven laps was .015 andsteadily grew on 10 consecutivelaps. He had the fastest lap of therace on lap at one minute, 40.896seconds.

“I must not be disappointed, butI’m not happy with my ride,” saidLorenzo, who had finished first orsecond in every race this year. “Ididn’t feel so good with my physi-cal condition. The third lap I wastired and I was not able to make thesame pace as in practice.” Lorenzoalso discussed the tough track con-ditions.

Hamilton ecstatic after Spa victory

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McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton ofBritain celebrates with his trophy after winningthe Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Sunday, Aug. 29,2010. Red Bull driver Mark Webber of Austra-lia placed second, and Renault driver RobertKubica of Poland finished third.

The McLaren driver won for the third time in 2010,moving himself into a four-point championship leadover Mark Webber, who finished second, after a domi-nant drive in changeable weather conditions.

“I am so happy, so grateful to be in this position,”said Hamilton. “If you have things like that in a racelike that it can be a lottery. “To come out on top, evenfacing a difficult situation - and one I was blessed toget away with, I am so happy, so ecstatic.”

Hamilton said that he had feared the worst when heslid off the track at Rivage on slick tyres on lap 35, justafter a second rain shower of the race had begun.

Fortunately for him, he kept his car moving, just skim-ming the tyre wall on the edge of the gravel trap withoutdoing his McLaren any damage. “The conditions were re-ally tricky when it started to rain,” he added. “I was losingtemperature in the tyres and not knowing how hard to push.I braked late and locked a wheel and went wide in Turn 8.

“I made it all the way out to the wall and just clippedit with the edge of my wing. I was fortunate to get awaywith that, it was so slippery out there - there was noth-ing you could do, just tip-toe around.

“Overall the team did a remarkable job this week-end, constantly pushing. In some places we were not asfast as these guys [Webber and Robert Kubica], but it’sgreat that when we are close we can maximise it. I amso happy to be up here.”

Hamilton had hoped to finish the race behind thesafety car, so as to preserve his lead during the latterstages. He said that the final few laps required a hugeamount of concentration.

“I was hoping the safety car would stay out longer.Fortunately though, it stopped raining and the track gotbetter. “In the end I was nursing car home, bringing ithome in one piece, and just concentrating on keepingsmall gap between myself and Mark. It’s good.”