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But the opposition leaders heldfirm to a demand the governmentrejects: that President HosniMubarak step down immediately.And the source of the opposition’ssudden power — the youthful pro-testers filling Cairo’s main square— said they weren’t even repre-sented at the talks and won’t ne-gotiate until Mubarak is gone.

“None of those who attended rep-

Associated Press Writer

ARLINGTON, Texas – Chris-tina Aguilera flubbed a line as shebelted out the national anthem atthe start of the Super Bowl Sun-day night. When she was supposedto sing the line “O’er the rampartswe watched, were so gallantlystreaming,” she instead repeated anearlier line, with a slight variation.

She sang “What so proudly wewatched at the twilight’s lastgleaming,” which is the same linefrom earlier in the song but withthe word `watched’ instead of the AFP PHOTO/TIMOTHY A. CLARY

Aguilera repeats line of national anthemword `hailed.’ The mistake imme-diately set social networks abuzzwith people commenting on theerror.

Aguilera’s representative didnot immediately return a call ande-mail seeking comment. She’s notthe first person to mess up the linesof “The Star-Spangled Banner.” In

2001, Macy Gray was famouslybooed for her off-kilter rendition ofthe national anthem.

She garbled the words at the ProFootball Hall of Fame exhibitiongame in Canton, Ohio, her homestate. She later told The AssociatedPress: “That was definitely life’smost embarrassing moment.”

Singer Cristina Aguilera sings the national anthem beforethe start of the Super Bowl between the G4reen Bay

Packersa and the Pittsburgh Steelers on February 6, 2011 atCowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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Anti-government protesters sit down in front of Egyptian Army tanks to prevent them from moving, as one climbs on the tankto chant and fly the Egyptian flag before being ordered down by a soldier, at the protest site opposite the Egyptian Museumnear Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011.

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CAIRO – Egypt’s vice president met with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and otheropposition groups for the first time Sunday and offered sweeping concessions, including grantingpress freedom and rolling back police powers in the government’s latest attempt to try to endnearly two weeks of upheaval.

resent us,” said Khaled Abdul-Hamid,one leader of a new coalition repre-senting at least five youth movementsthat organized the 13-day-old protests.“We are determined to press on untilour number one demand is met” —the ouster of Mubarak.

“The regime is retreating,”Abdul-Hamid told The AssociatedPress. “It is making more conces-sions every day.” At the same time,

there were signs that the paralysisgripping the country since the cri-sis began was easing Sunday, thefirst day of Egypt’s work week.Some schools reopened for the firsttime in more than a week, and sodid banks — though for only threehours, with long lines outside. Anight curfew remains, and tankscontinue to ring the city’s centralsquare and guard government build-

ings, embassies and other importantinstitutions.

Since protests began Jan. 25, the82-year-old Mubarak has pledgednot to seek another term in electionsto be held in September. The gov-ernment promised that his sonGamal, who had widely been ex-pected to succeed him, will not doso. Mubarak appointed a vice presi-dent — Omar Suleiman — for thefirst time since he took office threedecades ago. He sacked his Cabi-net, named a new one and promisedreforms. And on Saturday, the topleaders of the ruling party, includ-ing Gamal Mubarak, were purged.

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The survivor I Komang Giur,45, was fairly lucky because hewas at the farthest location fromthe avalanche of cliff hoard. Hewas crushed and buried under theavalanche of the material, but itwas not so severe. He succeededto go out from the pile of stonesand sand. In the hematoma andtottering condition, he attemptedto escape from the pile and thenlooked for help to local residentsto dig out three other victimswho were no other than his fam-ily.

Giur had to walk about 1 kmto the settlement of residents toinform about the disaster afflict-ing him and his family. Whenresidents came to evacuate thethree other buried victims, theyhad been found dead. The threevictims died horribly with he-matoma wound and broken bodyand bones.

The witness-victim Giur saidthat four of them left for the lo-cation of illegal sand mining atUntalan on last Sunday at around08:00 a.m. Local Time by bring-ing shovels and hoes. They ex-pected to get sand to be sold fortheir daily bread and butter.When they just dug around for anhour, unexpectedly the cliff ofmore than 10 meters high ava-

Semarapura (Bali Post)—Watu Klotok Beach is not only

visited by devotees for Melasti pro-cession, purificatory rite and otherceremonial activities, but also by col-lectors of mosaic stone coming to thebeach every day. Even, the challeng-ing waves of the beach have attracteda dozen of foreign tourists who lovesurfing. They come from Sweden,Germany, Canada, Japan and severalother countries. Unfortunately, thereare no public facilities available yet.Similarly, condition of the beach isalso dirty, mainly due to plasticwaste. It kindles some complaints oftourists.

As the observation made on theWatu Klotok, Sunday (Feb 6), a num-ber of tourists looked to walk alongthe beach after enjoying the wavesby surfing. Four of them were Eric,40, and Christian, 40, from Sweden,while Matzo Gilla, 32, from Ger-many and Sara, 25, from Canada.“We have surfed for many times onthe Watu Klotok Beach,” admittedChristian. Eric had been living in Bali(Sanur) for three months. Accordingto him, he had tried surfing at somelocations in Bali such as Sanur, NusaDua and Kuta.

“The waves on the Watu KlotokBeach are no less challenging thanin other places I have visited,” hesaid. Even, according to him, WatuKlotok had its advantage if comparedto Sanur, Nusa Dua and Kuta. Otherthan having a temple (Watu KlotokTemple) with a beautiful view, thesurrounding nature also remainedpristine along with its agriculturalland.

“Moreover, the surfing peoplehere are not as many as on the other

Semarapura (Bali Post) –Tojan-Watu Klotok route,

Klungkung, has been the localgovernment’s own routine agenda.Not yet a year, it’s been damagedagain with holes around disturb-ing vehicles and causing trafficjam. Moreover the route is mostlyused by heavy carrier trucks.

A number of Tojan people feelsad about it. One of them, KetutRengkug, last Sunday (6/2) statedhis disappointment, “They shouldhave prioritized quality when re-pairing it so it won’t damageagain.”

The condition now also affects

Landslide at UntalanLandslide at UntalanLandslide at UntalanLandslide at UntalanLandslide at UntalanThree people diedAmlapura (Bali Post)—

Illegal sand mining activities in Karangasem killed more victims as buried dead by the ava-lanche of mining cliff in the region of Untalan Hamlet, Jungutan Village, Bebandem Subdistrict,Karangasem, Sunday (Feb 6) morning. Of the four miners, the three dead victims consisted of ahigh school student in Karangasem I Ketut Sudita, 17, I Ketut Landep, 43, Ni Komang Pasmi,50, and Kadek Sudita, 43.

lanched and befell the four ofthem. Admittedly, he did not thinkif the cliff would avalanche be-cause it looked quite strong. Ad-ditionally, it was sunny and didnot rain on that day.

However, the fate said differ-ently. Evacuation of the three bod-ies of victims was performed byhundreds of Untalan residents ledby I Wayan Santa, the hamletchief. It was also directly moni-tored by the Chief of KarangasemPolice, Ketut Onik Suirawan. Al-legedly, the incident was causedby negligence of the victims. Theydug illegally or without permis-sion at the former location of sandmining without reclamation or re-habilitation.

Formerly, the sand location wasexcavated by investors fromChina living in Denpasar namedA-Shian. In addition, the locationhad been abandoned by two inves-tors with the reason of losses.Meanwhile, the Hamlet ChiefWayan Santa said the avalanchewas alleged to be caused by un-stable condition of the cliff. Thesandy land was unstable, espe-cially in the rainy season. He saidit was indeed not raining then.But, the previous torrential rainflushed and caused the local landwet and heavy so that it was un-

stable or prone to landslides.Moreover, it kept on vibrating dueto the hit of hoes belonging tothose illegal sand miners. In themeantime, the bodies of three vic-tims were directly buried in thecemetery of Untalan customaryvillage on that afternoon.

Both licensed and illegal sandmining in Karangasem continuedto kill lives as buried by the ava-lanche of the excavation cliff. Noless than a dozen of miners hadbeen killed and injured. However,the miners were never deterrent toearn a livelihood for their survival.

As in the Karangasem territory,condition of the sand mining inBebandem was extremely deso-late. The sand mining site in op-eration or former excavation siteabandoned by previous investorswere then taken advantage tradi-tionally by illegal sand minersconsisting of local residents. Itactually harmed the surroundingenvironment. It then turned to acliff or gaping ravine and was dif-ficult to be planted as without landrehabilitation and prone to land-slides or flash floods. Addition-ally, the location of excavationwas the foot or slope of the MountAgung or the hills range denotingthe territory of rainwater catch-ment. (013)

Melasti Route Heavily DamagedVehicles Jammed

for the coming melasti ceremonyfor Nyepi (5th March) as it is theway to Watu Klotok Beach, “Thatneeds to be reassessed by the gov-ernment. During melasti ceremony,this route will get more crowded.So are there possibilities to divertvehicles.”

When asked for confirmation,Head of Transportation, Communi-cation and Information Agency,Nengah Sukasta, admitted to havethought of waus to anticipate traf-fic jams during melasti ceremony.Yet for diversions it has to be coor-dinated with the police remember-ing Gelgel route that can be the di-

version is also damaged, “We willtry to cut truck routes in TukadUnda to go to By-Pass Tihingan orother routes. We have to coordinatefirst.” He stated that it is not pos-sible to divert it permanently re-membering Watu Klotok route is theonly route arranged for heavy ve-hicles.

Head of Public Works Agency, IBAdnyana did not decline the condi-tion of Watu Klotok route yet appar-ently the Budget from KlungkungGovernment could not completelyfix it, “We just repair it lightly. Therepair done every year was tarringholes on the road.” (kmb20)

IBP/Bali Putra

Tourists enjoy their time in Watu Klotok Beach.

Tourists complain aboutplastic waste at Watu Klotok

beaches. Therefore, we can surf heremore freely and conveniently,” headded and confirmed by Erick,Matzo and Sara.

However, according to Sara, theWatu Klotok Beach was dirty. A lotof plastic waste scattered every-where. Ideally, she said, the authori-ties should pay serious attention tothe matter. The Watu Klotok actuallywas very potential as an alternativeof surfing site for tourists. “It is sup-ported by sufficient parking lot. Then,it just needs a better arrangement.Most importantly, please do not dis-pose plastic waste as it seems the big-gest problem for Bali in general,” saidthe woman who had been in Bali fortwo years (settled in Ubud).

Meanwhile, Matzo also suggestedthe community to put a care. Teach-ing children to avoid littering, espe-cially into the river, at early age wasa good start. “Bali is a good islandinhabited by friendly community.Supposedly, littering behavior shouldbe eliminated. I often see people dis-posing their trash directly into theriver,” said Matzo. Additionally, thetoilets and changing rooms were notyet available, either. It was com-plained by tourists.

“Yes, there are tourists cominghere every day. They just enjoy thebeach or do surfing,” said a perma-nent trader in the parking area ofWatu Klotok Beach, Ni KetutSumariati. She also added there wereno changing rooms or toilets thatcould be functioned for the sake ofcomfort of tourists visiting the WatuKlotok. As a matter of fact, the bath-room had already existed but couldnot be functioned and the water wasnot available. (kmb20)

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A shocking incident happened on 11 am lo-cal time last Sunday (6/2) at Sanglah Hospitalarea as the roof of Kimia Farma Pharmacy frontbuilding suddenly collapsed. Even there wereno casualties, but it really surprised peoplepassing by and a dark blue Feroza car withnumber DK 917 YC which parked in front ofthe pharmacy was severely damaged as the

When met last Sunday (5/2), Budiartiniadmitted that the hotel she works in knowsof her departure and what’s more they havehelped her way home knowing the condi-tion and situation in Cairo, Egypt has beenburning. Gusti Ngurah Komang Sirwa, fa-ther of Budiartini, was touched of her ar-rival.

She went by an airplane from Cairo, tran-sited in Dubai and Singapore, then head toNgurah Rai International Airport, Bali. Shehas also contacted the BP3TKI in Denpasar.Her contract there is actually until March,but due to the condition the hotel permittedher to go, “I worked in the spa and I couldn’tcontinue it anymore.”

She said she lives in an apartment 10

Gianyar (Bali Post)—Recently, natural disasters continue to

afflict the people all over Bali, particularlythe Gianyar Regency. A series of thosecatastrophic incidents get serious attentionfrom the Shiva-Buddha higher priests ofGianyar coalesced into the DharmaGhosana Gianyar. Some efforts to mini-mize the disasters begin to be prepared.One of them is through the implementa-tion of Bendu Piduka or purificatory ritualthat will be held by Ida Dang HyangDwijendra in Besakih Temple, Tuesday(Feb 8).

Significance of the ritual first held inBali, according to the Chief of DharmaGhosana Gianyar, Ida Pedanda WayahanBun, from Griya Sanur Pejeng,Tampaksiring, Gianyar, as well as theoriginator of the idea, was responding tothe rampant natural occurrences such asdiseases to human beings, epidemic to ani-mals and plant disease occurred recentlytouched his heart as a higher priest to pro-vide something for the salvation of theuniverse.

It referred to the story on the pilgrimageof Dang Hyang Dwijendra as a higher priestin which most of his devotion was intendedfor social activities. One of them was whenresolving the epidemic in Gading Wani Vil-lage hit by contagious disease. “I want theduty of a higher priest is not only officiat-ing ritual, but should also be poised withsocial services,” he said.

Amlapura (Bali Post) –Cow breeder of Karangasem lately been dis-

advantaged as local beef meat price have gonedown due to being unsold according to a super-vising done at Datah Village, Abang,Karangasem, last Sunday (6/2).

A farmer also cow breeder, Nyoman Renas,stated that there were people buying his beef butin a cheaper price. Due to economy needs, so hesells it so, yet these merchants ran away frompaying it, “After sold cheaply, they don’t want topay. When actually we the whole family haveworked hard for years in breeding these cows.”

Public Figure from Selumbung Village,Manggis, Karangasem, Ketut Toya, stated thedifficulties during the Bali Governor, MadeMangku Pastika, visitation to Karangasem. Toya

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At last a worker from Jembrana, Ni Gusti Ayu Ketut Budiartini, came toher home at Mendoyo Village, Dauh Tukad after being trapped in Egypt.She was one from four workers from Jembrana working in Egypt, otherthree are Desak Nyoman Sumiati (31) from Taman Baruna Cempaka Street35/A, Negara, Jembrana, Ni Made Sasri (39) from Banjar Tunjung DauhMarga, Delod Berawah Mendoyo Village and Suci Ariani (36) from BanjarPageh, Tuwed Village, Melaya.

minutes away by walk from her work place.Yet as there were huge demonstrations, thehotel told its employees to stay in the hotel.The hotel was also attacked by demonstra-tors once, but no casualties. Her work placewas secured well even when she was goinghome they really give attention and com-pensated her trip.

She admitted to have liked working thereas it is very different from other countries shehas worked in such as Turkey for three yearsand Arab Saudi for 2 years. After 7 months inEgypt, she learnt a lot, firstly on the very in-teresting culture being visited by many re-searchers and historians. It is hard for her toleave yet with the unstable condition, shecouldn’t do anything but to go home. (120)

To minimize disasters

Purificatory ritual heldin Besakih Temple

In the next implementation, the BenduPiduka ritual participated by all Buddha-Shiva higher priests across Gianyar Re-gency would be held by saying sincereprayers to Supreme God in order He wouldbe pleased to cope with the natural disas-ters afflicting Bali incessantly. With thepower of sincere prayers, it would be ableto overcome all obstacles happening, headded.

Expectedly, the purificatory ritual couldbe followed by devotees throughout Bali,so that Bali could be completely kept awayfrom natural disasters. Especially, Gianyarwas admitted to have advantage comparedto other regions since the pre-historic, an-cient Bali and modern times.

Evidently, the pilgrimage of RishiMarkandeya, Dang Hyang Dwijendra andMpu Kuturan were always started fromGianyar. In addition, a number of SadKahyangan temples existed in Gianyar, in-cluding the Penataran Sasih and PuseringJagat Temple. “Hopefully, this trailblazingactivity can be used as an example through-out Bali,” he hoped.

Further, Ida Pedanda Wayahan Bunhoped that all higher priests should not onlyfocus on chairing rituals, but should alsobalance it with social activities, so the mean-ing of Loka Pala Sraya could be expanded,not only chairing rituals. By such activities,the role of higher priests would be discern-ible in providing and invoking for salvationfor the entire Island of Bali. (kmb)

Sanglah HospitalPharmacy Roof Collapse

IBP/Wira

The roof which collapse in Sanglah Hospital and damaged a car.

front window broke. The car was said to beowned one of the hospital’s worker, Ni WayanSumawati.

According to a worker statement, the build-ing where the pharmacy is has gone old. Dueto the rain lately it is suspected causing roofsdecayed and collapsed. The remains of the col-lapse roofs were then cleaned up. (san)

Duty Free Entry Imported BeefLocal Beef Unsold

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The beef which will be sent to the market.

asked government to pay attention to cow breed-ers in Bali especially Karangasem, moreover theGovernor did programmed in buying femalecows with interesting prices, “I hope village farmproducts can be given a way for its marketing asthese farmers are mostly in poverty, don’t letpoverty grow again because their beef productswere unsold or price decreased.”

In other hand, Mangku Pastika stated the maincauser of decreasing price on local beef was dueto import beefs are coming in and duty free en-try. He said his side will state this to the centralgovernment which is the Trading Ministry tohave local farm products protected, “There is aself-supporting program from central, withoutprotection the local farmers will be and feel dis-advantaged.” (013)

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But Thai government spokesmanPanitan Wattanayagorn rejected theaccusation that his country was theaggressor, saying: “Thailand hasclear policy that we will not invadeany country.” Thai army spokesmanColonel Sunsern Kaewkumnerdsaid Sunday’s unrest was “more se-rious” than the previous two daysof violence. He said about ten sol-diers were injured, but that therewere no reports of new deaths.

The ancient Preah Vihear temple,which is surrounded by disputedterritory, was damaged by Thai ar-tillery fire, according to Cambodia,which said one wing of the build-ing had “collapsed” as a result. Tiesbetween the neighbours have been

Agence France Presse

LONDON – On June 22, 1948,the ship Empire Windrush dockedjust outside London loaded withhundreds of men from the WestIndies, marking a sea change inBritish culture — the start of massimmigration. More than half a cen-tury on and after successive wavesof arrivals from across the world,Britain is struggling more than everwith the vexed question of how tointegrate the newcomers.

Prime Minister DavidCameron has now reignited thedebate by claiming in a speech onSaturday that the long-standingpolicy of multiculturalism is afailure and in part to blame forfostering Islamic extremism.Multiculturalism — generallyunderstood as meaning no singleculture or set of values should bepromoted above any other — wasencouraging different cultures tolive separate lives, said Cameron.

Young Muslims felt drawn toviolent ideology because theyfound no strong collective iden-tity in Britain, he added in thespeech at the Munich Security


DHAKA – Police fired tear gasat protesters in northwesternBangladesh on Monday as minorclashes broke out across the coun-try during a paralysing nationwidestrike called by the main opposi-tion party. In Rajshahi town, 150miles (200 kilometres) northwestof Dhaka, hundreds ofBangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) activists threw rocks atpolice and vandalised vehicles,prompting police to react with teargas and baton charges.

“At least 15 strike supporterswere arrested,” deputy commis-sioner of Rajshahi police AnwarulMorshed Khan told AFP. Thou-sands of riot police patrolled

AFP/File/Munir Uz Zaman

Activists from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party clash with riot policeduring a nationwide strike in Dhaka.

Clashes break out during Bangladesh strikethrough Dhaka and other key cities asthe strike brought much of the coun-try to a standstill, with all shops, busi-nesses and schools shut, and majorroads across the country deserted.

The BNP, led by two times ex-pre-mier Khaleda Zia, called the strike toprotest against controversial plans fora new airport, rocketing food prices anda stock market crash that has hit thou-sands of small investors. Dhaka’sbenchmark DGEN share index hasshed nearly 30 percent from its peakearly in December. Groups of investorsjoined the strike after the index sank5.7 percent on Sunday, triggering pro-tests by small traders in central Dhaka.The market lost 3.5 percent in the firstfive minutes of trade on Monday.

Eight buses were set on fire over-night in the capital just hours before

the strike was enforced, police said.“At least 8,500 police have beendeployed in Dhaka. Security istight,” the deputy commissioner ofDhaka police, Habibur Rahman,told AFP. BNP officials and sup-porters held small protest marches,chanting slogans against the gov-ernment.

The party’s head office was cor-doned off by scores of riot police,who had a water cannon ready tobreak up protests. An autorickshawwas set on fire outside the office,with police arresting one activist.

An AFP photographer at thescene saw police use batons againstprotesters. The strike was the thirdthat the BNP has called since suf-fering a crushing defeat in Decem-ber 2008 elections.

Cambodiansoldiers look at aburned site nearthe Preah Viheartemple in PreahVihear province,some 500 kilome-ters northwest ofPhnom Penh onFebruary 5, 2011.Thailand andCambodia onFebruary 5, 2011agreed a ceasefireto halt fightingnear a disputedtemple that left atleast five peopledead, but bordertensions remainedhigh.

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PHNOM PENH – Cambodia has accused Thailand of damaging an 11th-century temple in military attacksand has appealed to the United Nations to halt the “aggression” amid fresh bouts of cross-border fighting.Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the United Nations Security Council to hold an urgent meeting “soas to stop Thailand’s aggression” which has “gravely threatened peace and stability in the region”.

strained since Preah Vihear wasgranted UN World Heritage status inJuly 2008. Thailand and Cambodiahave each accused the other of start-ing the ongoing clashes.

Violence erupted on the border forthe third day in a row on Sundayevening, ending a ceasefire agreed af-ter earlier fighting left at least fivepeople dead. Hun Sen said “many”artillery shells had been fired intoPreah Vihear temple on Sunday, in astatement addressed to the currentpresident of the UN Security Council.

He said some shells fired by Thai-land had landed around 20 kilometres(12 miles) inside Cambodian territory.As the fighting raged on and spreadto other border areas, Thai army

spokesman Sunsern said both sideswere in talks to negotiate a ceasefire.

Thai television showed images ofbloodied soldiers and people beingevacuated clutching blankets. Thou-sands of people fled their homes asvillages were evacuated on both sidesof the frontier after the fighting firsterupted on Friday. Observers say thetemple dispute had been used as arallying point to stir nationalist sen-timent in Thailand and Cambodia.

The World Court ruled in 1962that Preah Vihear itself belonged toCambodia, although its main en-trance lies in Thailand and the 4.6-square-kilometre (1.8-square-mile)area around the temple is claimedby both sides.

AP Photo/Munich Security Conference, Kai Moerk

Photo provided by Munich Security Conference shows Britain’sPrime Minister David Cameron delivering a speech at the Interna-tional Conference on Security Policy in Munich, southern Germany,Saturday, Feb 5, 2011.

British PM reignitesmulticulturalism debate

Conference on Saturday. “If we areto defeat this threat, I believe it’stime to turn the page on the failedpolicies of the past,” he said.

His frank remarks came at atime when the issue of home-grown Islamic militancy is fresh inthe minds of many here, almosttwo months after a botched suicideattack in Stockholm by a man al-legedly radicalised in Britain. Theywere also sure to remind listenersin Britain of the attacks on theLondon transport network in 2005by four home-grown suicidebombers, which killed 52 people.

While the speech was swiftlycondemned by Muslim groups andopposition politicians, the furoremasked the fact that this is just thelatest problem Britain has facedwith integrating outsiders. Jewishimmigrants faced hostility for cen-turies and it was not until the late19th century that they enjoyedfreedom in every walk of life.

Now there are countless ex-amples of Jewish people at the high-est level in every profession in Brit-ain, such as leader of the main op-position Labour party Ed Miliband,the son of Jewish refugees.

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Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for February 1 through March 2, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annualCeremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Ba-linese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine whicheach family possesses. Because of this practically every fewdays a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in someVillage in Bali. There are also times when the entire islandcelebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan,Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day,Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is consid-ered its birth day and celebration always takes place on thesame day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When newmoon is used then the celebration always happens on new moonor full moon. The day of course can differ the religious cel-ebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some templecelebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakihtemple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and mostof the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importanceof the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed withpieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, deco-rations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold andChinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the fourcorners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, whiteor black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped inthe shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrel-las soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, longflags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. Infront of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles,decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, riceand other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are thegirls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangementsof all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Everyvisitor admires the grace with which the carry their load ontheir heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

1 FebruaryAnggarKasih Tambir

Dalem Puri Temple in Batuan - SukawatiDalem Kediri Silakarang in Silakarang -Singapadu - GianyarDalem Temple in Sukawati Village - GianyarDalem Temple in Singakerta Village - Ubud -GianyarDalem Lemben in Ketewel - Sukawati -GianyarPaibon Pasek Tangkas in Peliatan - UbudPuseh ngukuhin in Keramas - GianyarPemerajan Agung Ki Telabah in Tuakilang -TabananKarang Buncing in Blahbatuh - GianyarDalem Bubunan in Seririt - BulelengDesa Badung Temple in DenpasarMerajan Pasek Gelgel Gobleg in Turupinghe -Banjar - BulelengLuwur Pedengenan Bedha in Bongan -TabananMerajan Dukuh Sebudi in Keramas - GianyarMerajan Pasek Ngukuhin in Keramas - GianyarPucak Payongan in Kedewatan - Ubud -GianyarTanah Kilap “ Griya Anyar” in Suwung Kawuh- Denpasar SelatanSelukat Temple in Keramas - Blahbatuh -GianyarDalem Tampuagan in tembuku - BangliDalem Waturenggong in Desa Taro - GianyarDalem Bentuyung in Ubud - GianyarPuseh Temple in Ubud - GianyarDalem Temple Peliatan Ubud - Gianyar

2 FebruaryBuda Umanis Tambir, Tilem Kawulu

Sari Bankar Titih Kapal - BadungUlun Kulkul (Aci Sarin Tahun) Besakih -KarangasemDalem Yang Taluh Sidemen -Karangasem

Dalem Kangin Sidemen - Karangasem.

16 FebruaryBuda Keliwon Matal

Puseh & Desa Temple Sukawati Village - GianyarMerajan Agung Batuyang - batubulanPasek Gelgel Bebetin Sawan - BulelengMaspahit Temple Sesetan - South DenpasarPasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran -TegalalangPanti Pasek Gaduh Sesetan - South DenpasarMerajan Pasek Kubayan Wangaya GedePedarman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih -Karangasem

17 FebruaryPurnama Kesanga

Penataran sasih Temple Pejeng - GianyarBukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Batur VillageKintamani - bangli

26 FebruaryTumpek Kandang Day

Puseh Temple Gianyar CityLuhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - TabananMerajan Pasek Gelge Tegal Gede - Badung

2 MarchBuda Wage Menail

Dalem Tarukan LinggihCemenggaon Sukawati -GianyarPasek Dangke Bambang - BangliPenataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Pejeng Kaja -GianyarPuseh Menakaji Peninjoan - BangliMerajan Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh - GianyarKawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga BlahbatuhGianyarKawitan Gusti Celuk Celuk - Sukawati - GianyarBaler Sada Temple Banjar Pemebatan, KapalMengwi

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LEGIAN - Fire prevention is in-tended to reduce sources of Ignitionalso included teaching people how toavoid causing fire. This is what AllSeasons Legian did recently in orderto train and practice all the teams onhow to react to a building fire andmaximize passive fire protection ofbuildings.

Conducted by All Seasons LegianEngineering department, explainedbriefly on the Fire pattern, causes offire, impact and the fire equipmentused also give direction for the escaperoute and access for the emergencyexit in case fires happened. This isthe essential information should beknown by the teams so that they couldtake any precaution to prevent fires.

This training was also attended bythe hotels in our neighborhood.

FireDrillTraining

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“Unfortunately it appears that wehave lost 41 houses at this stage to-tally, and 19 partially damaged,”said fire chief Craig Hynes. “Thatnumber could increase,” he added asdamage assessment teams fannedout. Hynes said there had been noserious injuries or fatalities at thisstage but cautioned that authoritieswere yet to bring the fires under con-trol.

Both were burning in heavilyvegetated areas on the city outskirtsin rugged terrain that was difficultto access except by air. “We’re stillcalling both fires uncontrolled andwe won’t be able to let people backinto the areas due to safety rea-sons,” he said.

“We are very concerned about

Reuters

ROME – The Italian government’swebsite came under attack from com-puter hackers on Sunday, police said,after opponents of Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi said they would tar-get the site to protest against curbs tomedia freedom. The action was the lat-est against Berlusconi, who has facedprotests since prosecutors opened an in-vestigation last month into wild partiesat his Milan villa, accusing him of ille-gally paying for sex from a prostitutewho was under 18.

Access to the websitewww.governo.it appeared to beblocked briefly during the afternoon,although it was working normally byevening.

The hackers, calling themselvesAnonymous Italy, criticized a numberof Italian government policies and saidthey were responding to a cable leakedby anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks fromthe U.S. embassy in Rome. In the cable


SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean au-thorities evacuated passengers andcrew from an Iberia airline flight toMadrid, Spain, following a bombthreat Sunday. Police said later theyarrested a Chilean woman in the case.Authorities said a team from Chile’s

AP Photo/FESA, Evan Collis

In this Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, photo provided by the Fire and Emergency Services Authority ofWestern Australia, Gosnell bushfire brigade battles a fire at the rear of a house in the Perth,suburb of Roleystone, Australia.

Wildfires wreck 41Wildfires wreck 41Wildfires wreck 41Wildfires wreck 41Wildfires wreck 41Australian homesAustralian homesAustralian homesAustralian homesAustralian homesAgence France Presse

PERTH, Australia – Wildfires in western Australia have destroyed at least 41 homes, officialssaid Monday, stressing that the number could rise with the flames roaring out of control. Heat andhigh winds triggered by last week’s ferocious Cyclone Yasi fed two major blazes in the west coastcity of Perth at the weekend, with strong gusts grounding water bombing aircraft and creatingfast and erratic flames.

the safety of the fire grounds and weare doing our best to make sure thatthere are no injuries. Life is our pri-ority.” One firefighter was in hos-pital with injuries sustained whilehe was trying to defend propertiesbut his condition was not serious.

Hynes said emergency officialshad readied themselves for “remark-able” winds as Yasi, a top-categorystorm that ripped into Australia’snortheast coast Thursday, moved to-ward the west coast as a low pres-sure system. Stretched crews wouldget some reprieve as the winds, surg-ing at top speeds of 75 kilometres(47 miles) an hour, eased Mondayafternoon, though Hynes said east-erly gusts would “remain a con-cern”.

The weather bureau said Yasiwas expected to cross into WesternAustralia state later Monday,drenching the red desert centre withintense rains. Hundreds of homeswere flattened and at least Aus$500million of crops wiped out whenYasi made landfall near the touristcity of Cairns last Thursday, thesecond tropical cyclone to batternortheastern Australia in a week.

The storms followed severeflooding which swamped tens ofthousands of homes and killed morethan 30 people in the region. Theextreme weather has been linked toan extremely strong La Nina cli-mate pattern, usually characterisedby increased flooding and cyclonesfor the vast southern continent.

Airliner evacuated in Chile after bomb threatcivil aviation agency searched the air-liner and found no explosives.

A police official, Alfred Chiang,said Sunday that investigators ar-rested a woman who had droppedoff a passenger at the terminal. Hesaid police were still trying to de-termine a motive for the call, whichwas made minutes before the air-

liner was to take off.The civil aviation agency said

312 people were removed from theplane after the police communicationcenter received the threat.

Officials said passengers weretaken to a nearby hotel and would beput on a new flight to Madrid onMonday.

Anti-Berlusconi hackers blockItaly government website

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

A demonstrator wears a mock mask of Italian Premier SilvioBerlusconi, left, during a demonstration in Arcore, Italy, Sun-day, Feb. 6, 2011, to demand Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s resig-nation following allegations he paid for sex with a 17-year-oldgirl and used his office to cover it up.

Sunday brought another concessionthat would have been unimaginable justa month ago in this tightly controlledcountry: Suleiman’s meeting with op-position groups including the funda-mentalist Muslim Brotherhood, whichhas been outlawed since 1954 but is theruling party’s largest rival.

Egypt’s opposition — essentiallybanned by the government for decades— has long been hampered by a lackof cohesiveness. Sunday’s talks couldbe a sign the government is trying todivide and conquer as it tries to placate

dated a year ago, U.S. diplomats de-scribed a new Italian media law as“troubling, as it appears to have beenwritten to give the government enoughleeway to block or censor any Internetcontent.”

“The bill also appears to favor PMBerlusconi’s Mediaset television ser-vice, while disadvantaging Sky, one ofits major competitors.” Computer hack-ers using the name Anonymous haveacted in recent weeks on behalf ofWikiLeaks, which infuriated the UnitedStates by releasing U.S. military anddiplomatic documents in the past year.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assangesaid in an Italian television interviewon Sunday that in coming weeksWikileaks would publish new, sensitivedocuments about Italy’s government.

A weekend of protests againstBerlusconi continued on Sunday whendemonstrators gathered outside hisvilla. Italian television reported that sixpeople suffered slight injuries whenmarchers tussled with police.

From page 1Egypt... protesters without giving in to their

chief demand.Mubarak is insisting he cannot stand

down now or it would only deepen thechaos in his country. The protesters,skeptical of a regime they blame forrepression, corruption and widespreadpoverty, vow to maintain their pressureuntil Mubarak leaves. The United Statesgave key backing to the regime’sgradual changes on Saturday, afterPresident Barack Obama signaled morestrongly that it was time for Mubarakto leave. On Sunday, speaking to FoxNews ahead of the Super Bowl foot-ball broadcast, Obama said he wouldnot be drawn into predicting whenMubarak would leave office.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

AFP PHOTO

Supporters of a minority sect lie on beds at a hospital in Pandeglang, Banten province on February 6, 2011 aftertheir group clashed with Indonesian Muslims. State-run news agency Antara reported that six people werekilled in the clash which was sparked after a sect follower stabbed a resident. The police confirmed three dead.

Antara

JAKARTA - The government is predictedto reshuffle some of its ministers, HouseDeputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso saidhere Sunday.

“I learnt about it from friends of theDemocratic Party,” he said.

According to him, President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono was considering theministers‘ performance, so may have con-ducted a reshuffle of the cabinet.

In one year of the administration, headded, some of the ministers who did notshow good work and many did not see pro-grams some ministers had carried out.

“Frankly speaking, some ministers failedto show good performance in the past year,”he said. Priyo, one of Golkar Party‘s centralexecutive board heads, added, because of theproblem last year, President Yudhoyono hadto deal with the problems himself.

Furthermore, he said, it was thePresident‘s right to keep or discharge a min-ister. “Golkar Party noted that several min-isters had done their best, but it was mainlyfor the Head of State to decide. Let`s waitwhat the President will do,” he said.

“The attack on members of theAhmadiyah community that leftthree people dead is a violation oflaw and human rights, and thereforeit should be legally accounted forand thoroughly investigated,” theminister said here on Monday.

Patrialis said that in the imple-mentation of human rights in Indo-nesia, there were restrictions andconditions that should not be vio-lated but be respected by all parties.

“The human rights of every indi-vidual as stipulated in the article 28of 1945 Constitution should not beviolated,” Patrialis said, adding thatthat the implementation of humanrights in moral and religious values,public orders, and security shouldnot be violated.

Asked about the bloody attack onthe members of Ahmadiyah commu-nity in Padeglang on Sunday, thehuman rights minister said it wasbeyond his authority to comment onit any further.

“The government`s stance in re-lation to the attack on Ahmadiyahmembers will be officially conveyedby Religious Affairs MinisterSuradharma Ali,” Patrialis said.

On Sunday, a machete-wieldingmob of Muslims attacked the homeof a minority sect leader in central In-

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA – Indonesia’s gross domestic product grew 6.1 per-cent last year, officials said Monday as Southeast Asia’s biggesteconomy confirmed its position among the top ranks of emergingmarkets.

Central Statistics Agency chairman Rusman Heriawan told re-porters that the resource-rich country of 240 million people posted6.9 percent growth in the fourth quarter compared with 5.8 percent ayear earlier. The figures made it among the best performers in theGroup of 20 rich and developing countries.

The full-year growth figure compared with 4.5 percent in 2009and was in line with expectations, putting Indonesia on course toreach its target of 6.0-6.5 percent growth in 2011.

The country’s stock market saw a slight uptick on the data, withthe benchmark index 0.1 percent firmer at 3,499.613 at midday.

The market soared around 40 percent last year but has shed morethan five percent so far in 2011 due to concerns about rising infla-tion, on top of persistent infrastructure bottlenecks and endemic cor-ruption.

Heriawan said Indonesia could look forward to stronger growththis year, in line with the broader recovery of the global economyfrom the 2008-2009 financial crisis.

“If the global economic recovery continues, I’m pretty sure thatwe’ll be able to reach higher economic growth in 2011,” Heriawansaid.

The statistics agency said exports in the fourth quarter increased16.1 percent, a sign of the appetite for Indonesian resources fromChina and India.

Investment climbed 8.7 percent and government spending rose7.3 percent.

Indonesia posts 6.1% GDP growth in 2010Household consumption increased 4.4 percent, a key figure given

that some 60 percent of Indonesia’s gross domestic product is attrib-uted to domestic demand.

The government under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono lastyear announced a massive overhaul of the country’s decrepit infra-structure worth $140 billion to 2015, $90 billion of which has tocome from the private sector.

Standard Chartered Bank economist Fauzi Ikhsan said new andimproved ports, roads, bridges and railways were essential toIndonesia’s ambitions to become a regional economic powerhouse.

“The economic growth was supported by high commodities priceswhich raised the country’s export income. Foreign direct investmentand public consumption also helped the growth,” he told AFP.

“In the near future, the government should push infrastructuredevelopment as this is important to attract private investment.”

Indonesia needed to be rescued from bankruptcy a little over adecade ago when it was hit hard by the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998, leading to the fall of autocratic strongman Suharto after 32years in power.

Since then it has won plaudits for rebuilding its foreign currencyreserves, restoring confidence to its banking system and managingthe macroeconomic levers of the economy with a steady hand.

It recently won upgrades from Fitch and Moody’s ratings agen-cies, lifting its sovereign debt to one below investment grade.

But with interest rates rising this month for the first time since2008 in the face of inflation above seven percent, analysts warn theeconomy is still vulnerable.

Sharp outflows of speculative foreign capital, which poured intothe country last year, pose another threat to stability, along with op-position to further economic reform from politically entrenchedvested interests, they say.

Cabinet reshuffleimminent

Attack on Ahmadiyah Must BeAttack on Ahmadiyah Must BeAttack on Ahmadiyah Must BeAttack on Ahmadiyah Must BeAttack on Ahmadiyah Must BeLegally Accounted ForLegally Accounted ForLegally Accounted ForLegally Accounted ForLegally Accounted ForAntara/Associated Press

SEMARANG/JAKARTA - Law and Human Rights MinisterPatrialis Akbar said Sunday‘s bloody attack on Ahmadiyan membersin Pandeglang, Banten Province, should be legally accounted for.

donesia, killing three and woundingsix others, police and witnesses said.

Local police Chief Lt. Col. AlexFauzy Rasyad said about 1,500people — many with machetes,sticks and rocks — attacked about 20members of the Ahmadiyah Muslimsect who were visiting their leaderin his house in Banten province onIndonesia’s main island of Java.

He said the crowd demanded thatthe sect members stop their activi-ties, but the request was rejected. Asa result, the crowd stabbed to deathat least three men, destroyed thehouse and set fire to their cars andmotorbikes.

Six others were hospitalized, fourwith critical injuries.

The police were called, “but theattackers came faster,” Rasyad said.

The attack was the latest target-ing the Ahmadiyah sect in Indone-sia, the world’s most populous Mus-lim nation. Many Muslims see fol-lowers of Ahmadiyah as holdingheretical beliefs.

Indonesia is a secular country witha long history of religious tolerance.But in recent years a hard-line fringehas grown louder and the government— which relies on the support of Is-lamic parties in Parliament — hasbeen accused of caving in to it.

The Islamic Defenders Frontpressured local authorities late lastyear to shutter a Christian churchlocated in a densely populated Mus-lim area, and assailants stabbedChristian worshipper and beat a min-ister in the head with a wooden plankas they headed to prayers.

The Setara Institute for Peace andDemocracy, a human rights group,says attacks on religious freedom byhard-liners are steadily increasing.

It says in 2010 there were 64 in-cidents, ranging from physical abuseto preventing groups from perform-ing prayers and burning houses of

worship, up from 18 in 2009 and 17in 2008.

Ahmadiyah, believed to have200,000 followers in Indonesia, is con-sidered deviant by most Muslims andbanned in many Islamic countries be-cause of its belief that Muhammad wasnot the final prophet.

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Bali Today

“The target is far higher than theproduction in 2010 which was only324,000 tons,” Head of Bali`s Mari-time and Fishery Service, I GustiPutu Nuriatha said.

He said that the regional govern-ment however expected that Baliwould be able to achieve the target.For this, it would encourage farm-ers to take part in the freshwater fish

Antara

DENPASAR – Bali’s importduring October through Decem-ber 2010 period was $46.92 mil-lion, decreased 6% compare tothe similar period in 2009 whichwas $49.94 million. The head ofBali Statistics Department, IGede Suarsa, said Monday “thedecreasing number of importshowed that we can save ourmoney while our non-oil andgas export increase.”

He explained that the numberof export on the same periodwas $110 million. The numberincrease greatly compare to thesame period in 2009 which was

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DENPASAR – In order to givebenefit for the customers in Feb-ruary, the month which has manyholiday, Telkomsel offer a special50% discount program for inter-national direct call (SLI) VoIP01017 to China, Singapore, HongKong, Malaysia and Taiwan.

The GM Sales & CustomerServices Telkomsel for Bali andNusa Tenggara area, SyaifulBachri, said that the special pro-gram is valid until February 28,

Bali to produce37,000 tonsof fishAntara

DENPASAR - The Indonesian tourist resort province of Balihas set itself a target of producing 37,000 tons of fish in 2011, afishery official said.

culture.It will also encourage the devel-

opment of sea fish cultivation, in-cluding the development ofseaweeds, he said.

Gusti Putu Nuriatha said that Baliwas determined to raise its fishery pro-duction annually to reach 353 percentin 2014 based on the target of the Min-istry of Maritime and Fisheries.

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The Indonesian tourist resort province of Bali has set itself a target of producing 37,000 tons offish in 2011, a fishery official said.

Telkomsel offer 50% SLI discount2011 for kartuHALO, simPATI,and Kartu As users. The custom-ers also can get 50% discount forroaming call service, unlimitedBlackBerry roaming package, andunlimited roaming data package.

The program also apply in thenetwork of five Telkomsel inter-national partners, they are ChinaUnicom (China), SingTel(Singapore), CSL (Hong Kong),Maxis (Malaysia), and TaiwanMobile (Taiwan).

Syaiful said that the program isthe token of appreciation from

Telkomsel to its customers espe-cially those who use various in-ternational services. “We hopethat the customers can enjoy thecheap price of our service duringthe holiday such as Chinese NewYear and Valentines day to com-municate with families, friendsand loved one,” he added.

The customers can enjoy thecheap price of SLI through VoIP01017 and they only have to pay245 rupiah per minute to China,Singapore, and Hong Kong, andonly 440 rupiah per minute to Ma-laysia and Taiwan.

In order to be able to use theprogram, the customer only needto press 01017, for example to callto Singapore, 010176512345678.Special for simPATI and Kartu Asusers who is in China, Singapore,Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Tai-wan, Telkomsel also provideseamless USSD Call Back (UCB)cheap program started from 6,500rupiah per minute to call any num-ber in Indonesia.

The customers can register toobtain the program by writingCALL REG and send SMS to 2662and the tariff is 5,000 rupiah. Forthose who want to use the facili-ties on those five countries at thesame time, there is also unlimitedroaming package which cost75,000 rupiah per day.

There is also similar packagefor BlackBerry users which is theUnlimited BlackBerry Roamingpackage for unlimited pushmail,

chatting, browsing, and social net-working (not including streaming)for 25,000 per day.

Syaful said “the customersmust make sure that theBlackBerry service has been acti-vated in the phone. There is oneday and three days package and itcan be obtain by contacting *266#which is the single browser menufor all our international roaming

service.”In order to enjoy the discount,

the international roaming fixturein the SIM card must be activatedfirst. The customers of simPATIand Kartu As can activate it bytyping IR and send it to 6616.While the kartuHALo users cancontact the call center 111 or cometo the nearest GraPARIcenter.(kmb18)

Bali’s importdecrease 6%

$60 million.Bali’s imports were mostly

electrical and mechanical de-vices, jewelries, weed and opti-cal equipments. The goods werecoming from Germany, Viet-nam, US, Hong Kong, andChina. “It is okay to import pro-duction goods because it willgive positive effect on Bali’s de-velopment and the level of wel-fare in Bali,” Suarsa said.

On the other hand, he doesn’tagree that Bali should importedconsumption products such asfood and drink because it will givebad effect on the local production.It will also take a lot of money toimport those kinds of goods.Courtesy of Telkomsel

One of Telkomsel customers using the Telkomsel data service.

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Klepon:Sweet and Colorful Ball Cakes

Inspired by the back-to-nature movement and

consumption safety, people are encouraged to

prepare a nice-looking and safe cake. It is

implemented as in the making of klepon cake. This is

one of the favorite cakes for Balinese people. In their

tradition, when a family organizes a wedding

ceremony, it will invite customary villagers to come

and bring along with any kind of fresh cake.

By doing so, the family will be unnecessary to make

abundant cakes. On the contrary, when others

organize the same ceremony, the family will do so. In

short, it is the tradition of mutual assistance in the

form of cakes procurement. Aside from such socio-

religious need, this klepon is also good for

accompaniment of drinking coffee or tea or even as

single refreshment.

To make this klepon ball cake is required the

ingredients as follows: 500g white sticky rice flour, 1

cup of palm sugar (sliced thinly for sauce), ½ tsp salt,

a glass of warm water, 1 cup of grated coconut. For

nice natural color, simply use the ½ cup of extract of

suji leaf or dracaena (green) and 100 gram of purple

sweet potato paste.

First of all, steam the flour until half-done and take

out. Gradually mix it with water and add the respective

coloring agent so that results in two kinds of batter.

Take a small portion of the batter and make small

balls with a size of around the quail egg. Do this until

the batter runs out. Then, put sliced palm sugar inside

the balls and close the hole by kneading the batter.

Later, prepare boiling water by pan and put all balls

into the water. When the balls have looked to float,

take them out. Serve them on plate and sprinkle with

grated coconut. (BTN/punia)

Government of Buleleng Re-gency is serious to build a new air-port in the region. Having signedthe MoU, a number of relevant of-ficials in Buleleng began makingvarious efforts, including studies tominimize the negative impacts ofthe project.

Spokesperson of Buleleng Re-gency Government, Made Juniadi,said the airport project was actu-ally a strategic breakthrough forthe government of Buleleng Re-gency to become a developed re-gion. In the future, the airportwould answer the transportationproblem as well as open the acces-sibility of the public in all areas.Even, it would not only be felt bythe Buleleng society but also by

The photo shows theview on Singaraja’sstreet on BulelengRegency. Governmentof Buleleng Regencyis serious to build anew airport in theregion. Having signedthe MoU, a number ofrelevant officials inBuleleng beganmaking variousefforts, includingstudies to minimizethe negative impactsof the project.

Buleleng Regency:

New Airport, New HopeBalinese society in general. Thenew airport would certainly encour-age the new hope for the people ofNorth Bali in order they could keeppace in the economic growth withthe South Bali.

According to Juniadi, construc-tion of the international airportneeded a prior specific in-depthstudy. The study itself did not onlyexamine the economic and agricul-tural impact, but also did it in termsof geological, physical, biological,sociological, economic and culturalaspect.

It was explained that Bulelengwas very appropriate for the devel-opment of international airportsince the land required for theproject reached around 1,000 hect-

ares and Buleleng had about 43,000hectares of dry land or unproduc-tive land for agriculture. Therefore,it was worth using for developmentsector at large.

According to him, the interna-tional airport development wouldinevitably lead to negative risks.However, it was estimated to havea greater positive impact. One ofthem was opening market opportu-nities for local products such as thatof agriculture, small and medium in-dustries, marine and others. “On thataccount, the society should not thinka priori against the risks that mayoccur. But, let realize the securityand public order so that the airportdevelopment plan can be realizedaccordingly,” he said. (BTN/kmb)

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Ubud Monkey Forest is a small rain forest dwelt by some groupof monkeys and other tropical animals. It is strategically located inthe hearth of Ubud Village, precisely located in the region of PadangTegal Village, Ubud Sub district and Gianyar Regency. Monkey For-ests in Balinese language called Wanara Wana are spread out in theisland and Ubud Monkey Forest itself own very important functionof the continuity the monkey habitat in Bali. Meanwhile the localcommunity own important role to keep this forest naturally in orderto all wild animals able to live smoothly.

Ubud Monkey Forest is dwelt by 200 monkeys, pertained to long tailinclusive macaques or macaca fascicularis group which owns the widedisseminating area. Among the amount monkeys living in this forest,there are 23 adult male, 79 adult female and 98 still babies. All the mon-keys in this forest consisted of three groups, dwell certain area and usethe certain place and certain time. However, it also happened that entiregroup can use the forest and whenever two groups exist at same placeand time, they will fight each other. These monkeys are believed as GodsGuard of Dalem Agung Temple, The Hindu Temple exist in the middleof forest. There are three Holy Temples in this monkey forest and thoseare existing surround the forest and it is estimated built in the middle of14 century, in the early governance of Gelgel dynasty. Dalem AgungTemple is located in northwest from the forest represent the existence ofmost important temples. Beside of two others, that are PermandianTemple, in Westside from this forest and Prajapati Temple which is lo-cated in south-east side where the place of Dewa Siwa (Siwa God), oneof the Khayangan Temple in Padang Tegal Village.http://dorian.derobert.free.fr

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BUSINESS

AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO

Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb-ruary 7, 2011. Japan’s central bank chief pressed the government to speed up fiscal reforms toease the industrialised world’s largest debt, after ratings agency Standard & Poor’s cut Japan’scredit rating.

Japan needs to raise its growth po-tential and improve its fiscal health,Bank of Japan Gov. MasaakiShirakawa said Monday at the ForeignCorrespondents’ Club of Japan.

He called on the government to cutexpenditure and boost revenue becauseinflation alone cannot solve budgetproblems. While higher prices couldmean more tax revenue, it could alsolead to higher costs for social securityand public works. Japan is currently ex-periencing persistently falling pricesknown as deflation, but prices are ex-pected to start rising again in the nextfiscal year starting April.

“The country cannot continue to rundeficits forever,” Shirakawa said.“Therefore, society needs a crediblecommitment to fiscal reform.”

His comments come less than twoweeks after Standard & Poor’s cutJapan’s credit rating for the first timein almost nine years. The move re-minded the world of the country’s bal-looning debt, now twice the size ofgross domestic product, and high-lighted questions about Prime Minis-ter Naoto Kan’s ability to stem fiscal

Reuters

WASHINGTON – Mega-banks will have to pay more forU.S. deposit insurance under anew regulation set for final ap-proval on Monday as the gov-ernment advances a boatload offinancial oversight changes.

Other measures to be consid-ered this week include curbingbonus plans at banks that en-courage too much risk-taking,and limiting the role of much-maligned credit ratings.

A congressional committeewill also weigh the fundingneeds of the Commodity Fu-tures Trading Commission.

The White House was alsoexpected to release next weekproposals for fixing the hous-ing finance system and the gov-ernment-sponsored companiesat its heart, Fannie Mae andFreddie Mac.

On Monday, the Federal De-posit Insurance Corp was ex-pected to approve a rule man-dated by the Dodd-Frank re-forms, enacted in July after the2007-2009 financial crisis thatled to huge taxpayer bailouts ofthe nation’s largest financialfirms.

Bank of America, JPMorganChase and Citigroup combinedwould have to pay about $1 bil-lion more per year under thenew, liabilities-based FDIC in-surance fund assessment for-mula, according to industry es-timates.

Approval of the rule wouldshift some of the burden formaintaining the FDIC’s depositinsurance fund off of smallerbanks, which mostly rode outthe crisis unscathed, and ontolarge institutions that receivedmassive government aid.

Community banks lobbiedfor the change, arguing largebanks pose more risk to the fi-nancial system and so shouldcontribute more to the fund.The Independent CommunityBankers Association estimatedthe change would save bankswith less than $10 billion inassets about $4.5 billion overthree years.

If approved, the rule would

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TOKYO – The head of Japan’s central bank said the country lacks a sense of urgency to tacklethe reforms needed to improve government finances that are in “very bad shape.”

deterioration.Kan has proposed a record 92.4 tril-

lion yen ($1.1 trillion) budget for thenext fiscal year starting April 1. Hecame under fire for his initial responseto the S&P downgrade, which sug-gested that he did not understand whatthe move meant.

Shirakawa declined to comment onKan’s words. But he blamed thecountry’s general complacency on thefact that right now, Japan overall standson relatively sound financial footing.

Japanese companies are still profit-able, and long-term interest rates arenot rising, he said. The yen, a key in-ternational currency, has not depreci-ated, and the country has not seen anycapital flight.

Recent signs suggest Japan isemerging from a temporary “pause”and performing at par with other ad-vanced economies, Shirakawa said.

The country, however, faces loom-ing issues that weigh on its future, suchas a rapidly aging population, lacklus-ter productivity and growing publicdebt. Japanese society, he said, is “los-ing a healthy sense of optimism.”

“Just as excessive optimism can gen-erate an asset bubble, excessive pessi-mism can depress the economy,”Shirakawa said. “What is necessary is astrong will for reform and overcomingexcessive pessimism.”

The Bank of Japan deserves morerecognition for its own efforts to supportJapan’s economy, he said.

Under a “comprehensive monetaryeasing” policy, the central bank in Octo-ber lowered its key interest rate to virtu-ally zero percent and pledges to main-tain the level until prices start risingagain. It also unveiled a temporary 5 tril-lion yen ($61 billion) fund to buy finan-cial assets such as government securi-ties, commercial paper and corporatebonds to help lift the economy and re-verse deflation.

Shirakawa said the central bank couldexpand the operation if the economy“deviates materially” from its projec-tions. The central bank expects Japan’seconomy to return to growth that is mod-erately in tandem with an expanding glo-bal economy. It expects real GDP to ex-pand 3.3 percent this fiscal year throughMarch.

Deposit insurancecosts climbing forbig banks

take effect on April 1, hittingthe big banks’ second-quarterresults.

Citigroup Chief FinancialOfficer John Gerspach told ana-lysts last month that the FDICassessment change was shapingup as the single largest impactfrom Dodd-Frank on the bank.

Dodd-Frank also called forbanning incentive-based payplans at banks that promote ex-cessive risk-taking by execu-tives. The FDIC will considera proposal on the rule, whichcould force some firms to de-fer some executives’ pay.

The proposed rule will re-quire executives at the largestfinancial institutions to havehalf of their bonuses deferredfor at least three years, accord-ing to two people familiar withproposal.

The proposal applies to topexecutives at financial compa-nies with $50 billion or more inassets such as Bank of AmericaCorp, JPMorgan Chase & Co,Goldman Sachs Group Inc andMorgan Stanley.

On Wednesday, the Securi-ties and Exchange Commissionis slated to take up a Dodd-Frank provision with major im-pact for the Big Three creditrating agencies — Moody’sCorp, Standard & Poor’s andFitch Ratings.

The legislation called forfederal agencies to sharply re-duce their reliance on credit rat-ings, widely seen as flawed inthe run-up to the financial cri-sis . The SEC will discusswhether to propose a rule alongthese lines.

The U.S. House of Represen-tatives Agriculture Committeewill hold a hearing on Thursdayon funding for the CFTC, whichmust implement dozens of newDodd-Frank regulations andneeds more staff and resourcesto handle the job.

Some House Republicanswant to restrain spending at theSEC and the CFTC, partly tocombat the federal budget defi-cit and partly to undermine theDodd-Frank reforms that wereopposed last year by most Re-publicans.

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Survey aggregator Rotten Toma-toes said only nine percent of criticsgave the film a thumbs-up. Box of-fice earnings were dented this week-end by the hugely popular SuperBowl American football champion-ship game, due to take place laterSunday. “Sanctum,” which also gottrashed by critics — came in a dis-tant second. The 3-D underwatercave adventure produced by JamesCameron of “Avatar” fame secured$9.2 million in ticket receipts.

Dropping into third was “NoStrings Attached,” a romantic rompstarring Natalie Portman and AshtonKutcher. The Ivan Reitman film


On second thought, maybe Ushershould have been the headliner forthe Super Bowl halftime show. Thesuperstar had only a brief cameo inthe showcase, but his tightly choreo-graphed moves and acrobaticsmarked the brief exhilarating mo-ment of a surprisingly stale medleyfrom the normally frenetic headlin-ers, the Black Eyed Peas.

The Super Bowl performance wasarguably the biggest stage yet for thequirky quartet, whose fusion of pop,dance and hip-hop have made them


HONG KONG – A second JohnWoo gangster classic will be up-dated with South Korean talent. Apublicists’ statement says Woo willproduce the 3-D, English-languageversion of his 1989 crime thriller“The Killer.”

The Lion Rock Productions filmwill be directed by Korean-Ameri-can John H. Lee and star South Ko-rean actor Jung Woo-sung. His cred-its include “Reign of Assassins” and“The Good, the Bad and the Weird.”

The 1989 original starred Chow

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LOS ANGELES – Though shehas been an actor for much of her 29years, Natalie Portman admits therewas a time when she wondered aboutother career choices.

“There were moments when Iquestioned it, when I was thinking,‘What is the purpose of this in ourworld? Is it as meaningful as beinga doctor, being a teacher, or thingsthat I think of as such noble profes-sions?,’” said the daughter of a doc-tor and a teacher.

“But I think I’ve really reconciledmyself with that, and I think art isnot only important but critical to thesoul of a human and the soul of acommunity. Not to be self-importantabout what I do, but I’ve found a lotof meaning in it.”

There’s plenty meaningful aboutPortman’s performance in “BlackSwan,” for which she has earned hersecond Oscar nomination and someof the best reviews of her career.Portman plays a sheltered ballerinanamed Nina who finds her fragilemental state crumbling when she

AP Photo/Sony Pictures, Jaimie Trueblood

In this film publicity image released by Sony Pictures, Minka Kelly, left, and Leighton Meester are shown ina scene from “The Roomate.”

‘The Roommate’ slips‘The Roommate’ slips‘The Roommate’ slips‘The Roommate’ slips‘The Roommate’ slipsinto box office top spotinto box office top spotinto box office top spotinto box office top spotinto box office top spotAgence France Presse

LOS ANGELES – The low-budget and widely panned horror flick “The Roommate” opened at the topof the North American box office during a sluggish weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday. Thepsychological thriller starring Leighton Meester as a deranged college freshman obsessed with her room-mate Minka Kelly grossed $15.6 million in its three days, despite receiving poor reviews.

about casual sex between friendstook in $8.4 million.

British historical drama “TheKing’s Speech” jumped up onenotch to fourth after drawing 12nominations from the Oscars race.It has earned $84.1 million so far in11 weeks of showing.

Action movie “The Green Hornet”got fifth with $6.1 million, pullingahead of Anthony Hopkins exorcismthriller “The Rite.” The horror inspiredby 1970s classic “The Exorcist” cap-tured $5.6 million. Dropping to sev-enth with $5.4 million was “The Me-chanic,” while the Western “True Grit”came in eighth with $4.8 million.

Oscar-winning brothers Joel andEthan Coen’s remake features JeffBridges in the John Wayne role as adrunken, hard-nosed US marshal. Thefilm has earned $155 million in sevenweeks. Vince Vaughn’s relationshipcomedy “The Dilemma,” in its fourthweek in theaters, slipped from seventhto ninth with $3.4 million.

Rounding out the top 10 was“Black Swan,” a gritty ballet-themed thriller starring NataliePortman which earned $3.4 million,for a 10-week total of $95.9 million.

The film was nominated for fiveOscars, including best picture and bestperformance by an actress for Portman.

John Woo’s ‘The Killer’to get 3-D remake

Yun-fat as a hitman who takes a fi-nal job to pay for the surgery of anightclub singer he blinded acciden-tally. A remake of Woo’s 1986 film“A Better Tomorrow” opened inSeptember.

FILE - IN this March 23, 2009 filephoto, South Korean actor Jung

Woo-sung celebrates with thetrophy after winning the Best

Supporting Actor award for hisrole in ‘The Good, the Bad, the

Weird’ at the Asian Film Awardsin Hong Kong. AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File

AP Photo/Dave Martin

The Black Eyed Peas featuringFergie, will.i.am, Taboo andapl.de.ap lower down to the stageto perform during halftime of theNFL football Super Bowl XLV Sun-day, Feb. 6, 2011, in Arlington, Texas.

The Black Eyed Peasunderwhelm Super Bowl halftime

global superstars. But in the mas-sive Cowboys Arena, the groupappeared to be as stiff as frontmanwill.i.am’s plastic hair hat.

It started out with a wow fac-tor: will.i.am, Taboo, Fergie andapl.de.ap descended from atopthe stadium, outfits glittering, be-dazzled outfits, singing (with thehelp of auto-tune) the party an-them “I Gotta Feeling” with hun-dreds of dancers grooving in stepon the field.

But the Peas didn’t match theenergy of the song; they seemedtentative, and tense. It didn’t helpthat Fergie’s mic didn’t kick inuntil she was midway throughher first verse.

If the explanation for thePeas’ flatness was nerves, thosenerves never settled, as theyplodded through such songs as“Pump It” and “Boom BoomPow.” Technically, they were fine— Fergie’s voice soared, the rapswere performed right. Theydidn’t excite. Even former Guns`N Roses guitarist Slash seemedbored as he joined Fergie for ashort snippet of “Sweet Child O’Mine,” an unnecessary cameothat failed to add any sizzle tothe set.

So it fell to Usher to breathesome life into the halftime show,and he didn’t disappoint as he ap-peared in all white with a flankof dancers. Although Usherseemed to dance more of his No.1 hit “OMG” with will.i.am thansing it, his syncopated moves andflips provided the energy jolt thatthe Peas lacked.

Natalie Portman finally“reconciled” with career

lands the dual roles of the inno-cent White Swan and the sensualBlack Swan in her company’sproduction of “Swan Lake.”

Kevin Winter/Getty Images for DGA/AFP

Presenter Natalie Portmanonstage at the 63rd Annual Di-rectors Guild Of AmericaAwards held at the Grand Ball-room at Hollywood & Highlandon January 29, 2011 in Holly-wood, California.

International Tuesday, February 8, 2011 13Science

The dinosaur, dubbedTitanoceratops ouranos, lived in theAmerican southwest during the lateCretaceous period around 74 millionyears ago. The horned dinosaur rep-resents the earliest member of theTriceratops lineage, called theTriceratopsini, suggesting the groupevolved its large size more than 5million years earlier than previouslythought, according to Yale Universitypaleontologist Nicholas Longrich,who made the discovery, which willbe detailed in an upcoming issue ofthe journal Cretaceous Research.

Until now, the oldest knownmember of the Triceratopsini wasthe 68-million-year-oldEotriceratops xerinsularis found inAlberta.

Longrich made the discoverywhile searching through scientificpapers. He came across a descrip-tion of a partial skeleton of a dino-saur discovered in New Mexico in1941, which went untouched until1995 when it was identified asPentaceratops sternbergi. When themissing part of its frill, a signaturefeature of the horned dinosaurs, was


ARBOIS, France – An amateur winegroup paid a record 57,000 euros ($77,000)Saturday for a 237-year-old bottle of winefrom France’s eastern Jura region at a lo-cal wine festival auction. “Finally, yellowwine has hit the big leagues,” said wine fes-tival founder Bernard Badoz of Jura’s trade-mark beverage.


WASHINGTON – Pharmaceuti-cals, pesticides, chemical run-offfrom highways and many other pol-lutants infiltrate the giant aquiferunder Mexico’s “Riviera Maya,” anew study shows. The report pub-lished in the journal EnvironmentalPollution argues that the waste con-taminates a vast labyrinth of water-filled caves under the popular tour-ist destination on the Yucatan Pen-insula.

The polluted water flows throughthe caves and into the Caribbean

Triceraaatooops, I Am Your FaaatherTriceraaatooops, I Am Your FaaatherTriceraaatooops, I Am Your FaaatherTriceraaatooops, I Am Your FaaatherTriceraaatooops, I Am Your FaaatherAn enormous horned dinosaur, weighing as much as an African elephant

with a skull extending about 8 feet (2.4 meters), was recently discovered bya paleontologist - within the pages of a scientific journal article.

reconstructed for display in the SamNoble Oklahoma Museum of Natu-ral History, it was modeled afterPentaceratops.

“When I looked at the skeletonmore closely, I realized it was justtoo different from the other knownPentaceratops to be a member of thespecies,” Longrich said, adding thatthe specimen’s size indicated it likelyweighed about twice as much as anadult Pentaceratops.

The new species is very similarto Triceratops, but with a thinner frill,longer nose and slightly biggerhorns, Longrich said.

Longrich thinks Titanoceratops isthe ancestor of both Triceratops andTorosaurus, and that the latter twosplit several millions years afterTitanoceratops evolved. “This skel-eton is exactly what you would ex-pect their ancestor to look like,”Longrich said.

Next, Longrich hopes other pale-ontologists will find fossil skeletonsof Titanoceratops that include intactfrills to help confirm the differencesbetween Titanoceratops andPentaceratops.

Pollutants may threaten Mexico’s coast: studySea. This pollution may have con-tributed to the loss since 1990 ofup to 50 percent of corals on thereefs off the region’s coast, the re-port said. And, with a 10-fold in-crease in population through 2030expected, the problems are likely toworsen, the study noted.

“These findings clearly under-line the need for monitoring sys-tems to pin-point where these aqui-fer pollutants are coming from,”said Chris Metcalfe, senior researchfellow of the United NationsUniversity’s Canadian-based Insti-tute for Water, Environment and

Health.“As well, prevention and mitiga-

tion measures are needed to ensurethat expanding development does notdamage the marine environment andhuman health and, in turn, theregion’s tourism-based economy,”Metcalfe added.

This image obtained from theAmerican Association for the

Advancement of Science shows asinkhole in Mexico’s Yucatan

Peninsula. AFP/HO/Hanneke van Lavieren

AFP/Jeff Pachoud

Bottle of 1773 Frenchwine fetches record price

“To sell a bottle for 57,000 euros is notcrazy,” he said of the 1773 bottle that camefrom a Louis XV-era vine and grapes har-vested during the reign of Louis XVI. Swissaficionado Pierre Chevrier, who bought thebottle on behalf of an amateur wine group,did not appear stunned by the price.

“My passion is to open bottles and I amdelighted to have bought this bottle of yel-low wine, which I will drink,” he said. A typeof sherry-like white wine, Jura’s yellow winegets its colour from its maturation in a bar-rel under a layer of yeast.

The wine festival at Arbois, in the Juraregion, is also offering tastings of its 2004vintage for the 50,000 people expected toattend this weekend.

A bottle of Vin Jaune (Yellow Wine) from1774 is presented in Arbois, easternFrance, before being auctioned.

Tuesday, February 8, 201114 InternationalSport

The Spaniard believesLiverpool are a club in transi-t ion and he jumped at thechance to join Chelsea becausehe sees the Blues as seriouscontenders for silverware. As aAnfield legend who has wonevery major trophy during histime as a player and manager onMerseyside, Dalglish was in-evitably frustrated to see Torreslose faith with Liverpool.

The Reds boss could easilyhave gloried in the way his tac-t ical gameplan frustratedTorres, leading to the striker’s66th-minute substition follow-ing a lacklustre display on Sun-day.

But instead Dalglish insistedhis team were just focused oncontinuing their recent resur-


MADRID – Real Madrid re-sponded in style to Barcelona’srecord breaking, 16th consecutiveleague victory with CristianoRonaldo leading the way in a 4-1win over Real Sociedad on Sun-day. Ronaldo was charged up forthe game after being criticised fornot scoring in four matches andhaving seen Lionel Messi hit ahat-trick in Barcelona’s 3-0 winover Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

That victory saw PepGuardiola’s side surpass the runof 15 victories set by Alfredo DiStefano’s Real Madrid team of1960-1961 and put them tenpoints clear at the top. “I have al-ready said that even if Ronaldo’sseason ended now it would stillhave been fantastic. He alwaysworks hard and gives everythingfor the team,” said Real coachJose Mourinho after his side cutthe gap to Barcelona back toseven points.

“It is more difficult for play-ers up against him because theyare afraid to tackle in case theydon’t get the ball. They kick himbut he is strong and can cope withit.” Real, with EmmanuelAdebayor given a starting placeafter his goal in the Copa del Reyagainst Sevilla in midweek,pressed forward from the startwith the visitors encamped intheir own penalty area.

Sociedad were nervous in pos-

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Chelsea’s Spanish striker Fernando Torres (R) vies with Liverpool’s English midfielder StevenGerrard (L) during their English Premier League football match against Liverpool at StamfordBridge in London, England on February 6, 2011.

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LONDON – Kenny Dalglish refused to revel in revenge over Fernando Torres as Liverpoolspoiled the Chelsea striker’s debut with a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge. Torres ignored Dalglish’spleas to remain at Anfield as he handed in a transfer request in a successful attempt to forcethrough a British record 50 million pound transfer last week.

gence rather than stopping Torres.“The players approached it profes-sionally. I don’t think it was anyincentive, whatever someone elsewants to do with their life is en-tirely their choice,” Dalglish said.

“I came here to get three points,whether Carlo Ancelotti was play-ing up front or anyone else doesn’tmatter. “He (Torres) had one shoton target when Jamie Carragherdid a fantastic block tackle but I’mnot here to talk any somebodyelse’s players.

“I’ve always said the most im-portant people to me are the peopleat Liverpool Football Club. We’vegot four clean-sheets in a row and12 points, so I think anyone whois a Liverpool fan is very happy atthe moment.” Just 10 days ago,Liverpool’s future looked gloomy

as Torres agitated for a move be-fore the transfer deadline. But sud-denly things are looking up forDalglish and company.

Wins over Stoke and Chelseahave lifted Liverpool to within sixpoints of the top four and newsignings Luis Suarez and AndyCarroll, drafted in to replaceTorres, have yet to start for theReds.

Dalglish is confident Liverpoolfans, who taunted Torres merci-lessly throughout the match, haveevery reason to be optimistic af-ter 18 months of turmoil atAnfield.

“We had a busy Monday and ithas been a great week. The play-ers were fantastic in their deter-mination to win this match,”Dalglish said.

AFP PHOTO/ PEDRO ARMESTRE

Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo cel-ebrates a scoring during the Spanish league football matchReal Madrid CF vs Real Sociedad on February 6, 2011 at theSantiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid.

Ronaldo doubleas Real keep onBarcelona trail

session and a poor clearance fromGorka Elustondo fell to Kaka andthe Brazilian slotted the ball intothe corner after just seven min-utes.

Ronaldo was toying with theSociedad defence and showinghis full repertoire of flicks andback-heels. He turned his man onthe edge of the area and was giventime to find his spot with his leftfoot to add to the lead. Beforehalf-time he powered home aheader from a corner to notch uphis 25th goal of the season andretake the lead in the goal-scor-ing charts from Messi.

Kaka hit the post and Adebayormiskicked in front of goal as Realcontinued to pressure but it wasSociedad who pulled a goal backwith a rare foray forward. RaulTamudo’s shot was blocked bykeeper Iker Casillas but the re-bound cannoned off AlvaroArbeloa into the goal.

Adebayor had the last say forReal with a cool finish in the fi-nal minutes. “It is important thatwe do not give away the title,”added Mourinho. “I have only fin-ished second once and that wasin my third season with Chelseabut if we finish second then it isnot a problem.”

Sociedad coach Martin Lasarteadmitted his side was well beaten.“It was the right result. We hadsome chances but they had a lotmore and we did not play how weset out to do,” he said.

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Russia had been 2-0 down over-night after Alize Cornet had seen offSvetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.But on Sunday, 19-year-old, worldnumber 14 Pavlyuchenkova de-feated Cornet 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 beforeKuznetsova levelled the WorldGroup I clash by seeing off Razzano6-4, 6-4.

No team had ever overturned a2-0 deficit in the history of theevent, but Pavlyuchenkova ignoredthe record books to partnerKuznetsova to a 7-6, (7/4), 6-0 winover Cornet and Julie Coin in thedecisive doubles. Russia, the 2004,2005, 2007 and 2008 winners, willnow face two-time defending cham-pions Italy at home in the semi-fi-nals in April.

“I found out on Saturday that Iwas playing. At the draw, we decidedto see how it went on the first dayand then we’d decide,” said


BOSTON – Rajon Rondoscored 11 of his 26 points in thethird quarter when the BostonCeltics capitalized on Orlando’scold shooting to take charge andgo on to a 91-80 win over theMagic on Sunday. Boston led 46-43 at halftime and stretched thatto 70-55 with 3:36 left in the thirdquarter. At that point, the Celticshad made 9 of their 10 shots in theperiod while the Magic had hit just4 of 18.

Orlando scored the last sixpoints of the third quarter, cuttingthe lead to 70-61, but the Celticscame right back with a 7-2 run togo ahead 77-63. They led by atleast eight the rest of the way. PaulPierce added 18 points and KevinGarnett had 16 for the Celtics, whoimproved to 23-4 at home. DwightHoward had 28 points and 13 re-bounds for the Magic, who lost forthe fifth time in eight games.

Ray Allen made 2 of 4 3-point-ers and moved within three of theNBA record of 2,560 made 3-pointers held by Reggie Miller.Allen can improve on his total of2,557 at Charlotte on Mondaynight.

The Magic made just 3 of 24shots from 3-point range after en-tering the game ranked ninth in theNBA with a 36.8 percentage.They’ve taken and made the most3-pointers in the league. Overall,they took 30 more field goal at-tempts than the Celtics but madejust two more.

Celtics backup guard MarquisDaniels was taken off the court ona stretcher after he hurt his back

PHOTO / YURI KADOBNOV

Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova (R) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova celebrate their victory overFrench duo Cornet Alize and Julia Coin during their pairs event of the Fed Cup tennis match inMoscow on February 5, 2011. The score of the match was 7-6, 6-0 for Russia. AFP

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PARIS – Teenage star Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova replaced a struggling Maria Sharapova onSunday and inspired four-time champions Russia to an historic 3-2 win over France and a placein the Fed Cup semi-finals. Sharapova, playing her first Fed Cup match in three years, hadcrumbled to a 6-3, 6-4 defeat to Virginie Razzano on Saturday in her opening singles rubber anddid not feature in Moscow on Sunday.

Pavlyuchenkova. Italy completed a4-1 rout of Australia in Hobart withworld number Flavia Pennetta ex-tending her winning streak in thecompetition to 10 matches with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Jarmila Groth.

That followed world number four,and French Open champion,Francesca Schiavone’s 7-6 (7/1), 3-6, 7-5 win over fifth-rankedSamantha Stosur. Roberta Vinci andSara Errani saved two match pointsto fight back and beat the Australiancombination of Rennae Stubbs andAnastasia Rodionova, 2-6, 7-6 (7/1),6-4 in the dead doubles rubber.

“We are really happy about thismatch (result). It was really toughfor everyone here,” Pennetta said.Australian Open champion KimClijsters secured Belgium’s ticketfor the semi-finals thanks to a 6-7(10/12), 6-2, 6-1 victory overBethanie Mattek-Sands in Antwerp

as the home side took an unassail-able 3-0 lead over the United States.

Yanina Wickmayer breezed pastMelanie Oudin 6-2, 6-0 to make it4-0. “I was expecting (a toughmatch) when I came out at thestart,” said Clijsters, who was partof the Belgian side which won theFed Cup a decade ago.

“I played her a few months ago,and she played a really tough match,you know a very high level and shedid that in the first set today aswell.” Belgium will tackle theCzech Republic, who saw offneighbours Slovakia 3-2 inBratislava, for a place in the final.

The Czechs reached their thirdsuccessive semi-final after PetraKvitova, the world number 18,swept aside Daniela Hantuchova6-4, 6-2 in the first of Sunday’sreverse singles to grab the keythird point.

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Teammates gather around Marquis Daniels #8 the Bostonas he is looked after by medical personnel after Daniels col-lided with Gilbert Arenas of the Orlando Magic on February6, 2011 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Danielswas carried off the court on a stretcher.

Rondo scores 26as Celtics beatMagic 91-80

in a collision with Gilbert Arenaswith 11:01 left in the second quar-ter. He was taken to New EnglandBaptist Hospital for examination.

Daniels was hurt after he begandriving to the basket from the rightside of the lane and hit his head onArenas’ left shoulder. Daniels felland lay motionless for a few min-utes with his head facing downwhile surrounded by his coachesand teammates near their bench.Medical personnel put a neck braceon him and strapped him onto astretcher. He gave a thumbs-upsign as he left to the cheers of thecrowd.

Leading by three at halftime,Boston took control by scoring thefirst seven points of the third quar-ter, taking a 53-43 lead. Pierce be-gan the spurt with a 15-footer,Garnett added a baseline jumperand Allen hit his second 3-pointerof the game.

Jason Richardson followed witha 3-pointer for the Magic beforeRondo made two free throws andPierce sank a layup for a 57-46 leadwith 8:23 left in the quarter. It was65-55 before the Celtics ended thequarter with five straight points —a 3-pointer by Rondo and a layupby Garnett.

The Magic had raced to a 12-2lead before the Celtics took theirfirst lead 41-40 with 1:01 left inthe half on two free throws byGarnett.

Boston’s Glen Davis bruised hishead and Orlando’s Jameer Nelsonwas kicked in the ribs when theycollided under the Magic’s basketwith 3:57 left in the first quarter.Both left the game but returned inthe second quarter.

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Kubica underwent a seven-houroperation throughout Sunday after-noon at the Santa Corona Hospital inPietra Ligure to try and save the useof his right hand - and he is said tobe in a ‘stable but serious’ condition.

Doctors also put him into an in-duced coma, but he could be wokenup from it sometime on Mondaymorning depending on his progressthrough the night.

Renault team-mate Vitaly Petrovand his boss Eric Boullier are sched-uled to visit the hospital today to getan update on Kubica’s conditions.

“The news of Robert’s accidentcame as a real shock to the wholeteam,” said Boullier. “All of us, atLotus Renault GP, wish him a quickrecovery.

“We have been really impressedwith the way the doctors looked af-ter him and we would like to thankthe whole team of the Santa CoronaHospital for their professional ap-proach and dedication. “I will be trav-elling to Italy, along with VitalyPetrov, in order to see Robert and tellhim that we are impatiently waitingfor his return.”

Professor Mario Igor Rossello, thehand specialist who worked onKubica, said he was encouraged byhow the operation had gone but ad-mitted it was too early to say howwell the driver would recover.

“It has been a very important anddifficult operation,” he said. “RobertKubica’s right forearm was cut in twoplaces, with significant lesions to the

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Formula One driver RobertKubica, of Poland, is carriedon a stretcher at Santa Co-rona hospital in Pietra Ligure,Italy, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011.

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The wrecked car of Formula One driver Robert Kubica, of Poland, is towed in Andora, Italy,Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011.

WITH the main architecture ofthe 2011 M1 becoming clearer afterthe first Sepang MotoGP test, newFactory Yamaha rider Ben Spies isaiming to push for fast times whenhe returns to Malaysia at the end ofthe month. That might give the im-pression that the former WorldSuperbike champion was well off thepace this week, but in fact he finishedthe three-day test in fifth place, just0.245sec from the best lap byHonda’s Marco Simoncelli!

“The test went really well,” saidSpies. “It’s been the first time work-ing with my full team - some guysweren’t here at Valencia - and it’sbeen good.

“I have a new data guy, who Iworked with in the past. He is bril-liant. The majority of changes theymade to the bike were exactly whatI was asking for. I didn’t need 3-4lap runs. I’d just go out and itworked straight away.”

In terms of technical develop-ments, the main aim for Spies wasto evaluate the two engine optionsprovided by Yamaha. “This test wasbasically to decide which engine togo with and to work with the elec-tronics,” he said. “We had two dif-ferent engine configurations tochose from and go in that direction

Kubica’s condition is ‘stable but serious’Robert Kubica was put into an induced coma last night in a bid to help his recovery from

the serious injuries he suffered in a rally crash on Sunday. The Renault driver was left withmultiple fractures to his right arm and leg, plus severe cuts to his forearm, after crashing outof the Ronde di Andora rally. It is understood the injuries were caused by a length of crash

barrier penetrating the cockpit of his Skoda Fabia and striking him.

bones and the tendons. We did ourbest to rebuild the functions of theforearm.

“It took seven doctors, split intotwo teams and a total of seven hoursto complete the operation. Oneteam was the emergency task forcefrom the hospital of San Paolo(Savona) that is normally appointedto treat this sort of injury, while theother team came from the ortho-paedic department of the SantaCorona Hospital (Pietra Ligure).

Ben Spies: Lap time, next timefor the rest of the year. Me and Jorge[Lorenzo] came to the same conclu-sion on that, which Yamaha willwork further on now.

“Then basically we worked onsome different chassis settings andthe electronics - making fuel con-sumption better for the race, whilestill going fast. We came up with areally good solution. “Now we havea very good base and when we comeback here [for the second test] it willbe the first, for us, ‘real’ test wherewe have to start getting with it andmake sure the speed is there.

“That’s when we’ll look to changethe bike - geometry wise, handlingwise - to get a lap time out of it andmake it faster. But this test we reallydidn’t focus on that. “It’s been suc-cessful. I had a small mishap [crash]on the first day, but came good andI’m happy with everything.

“We didn’t blaze the lap times,but we’re right there where we needto be.” Spies took two podiums andone pole position on his way tosixth, and top rookie, in the 2010MotoGP World Championship forTech 3 Yamaha.

AFP PHOTO/ Saeed Khan

Yamaha Factory Racing US rider Ben Spies powers his bikeduring the MotoGP pre-season test on the Sepang circuit insepang near Kuala Lumpur on February 2, 2011.

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