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NEW YORK — Miley Cyrus and late-night talk show host Andy Cohen were recognized Tuesday in New York at amfAR’s sixth annual Inspiration Gala for their work in the fight against AIDS.

“It’s really fun to be in the company of Miley Cyrus,” said Cohen, the host of Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live.” ‘’Our names have never been spoken in the same sentence so I’m honored tonight. She’s an original and she’s a fighter and she speaks to a whole, new generation.”

The 22-year-old Cyrus is an outspoken advocate for the LGBTQ community and has said she has had relationships with men and women.

She’s also launched a new campaign on Instagram where she posts photos of people across the gender spectrum. She brands the photos with the hashtag #InstaPride.

Transgender model Andreja Pejic applauded Cyrus for her work.

“I think she is using her celebrity in a positive way and to ... create some change,” Pejic said. “It’s nice to see and I don’t think a lot of celebrities do that. ... She’s a very genuine person and you can definitely see that she’s very excited for this opportunity and the charity and so it’s really amazing to see.”

Cyrus arrived at the red carpet with photographer, poet and former contestant on Oxygen’s “The Glee Project,” Tyler Ford. She posted a photo of Ford on Instagram prior to the event saying, “Tyler is a queer, biracial, agender person, whose pronouns are they/them/theirs.”

The Inspiration Gala included a runway show, awards presenta-tion and performance by Mary J. Blige.

amFAR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research and HIV prevention and education. (ap)

MIAMI - Entertainer Jennifer Lopez is no longer from the block, but British rocker Phil Collins is. He snapped up a Miami Beach mansion she once called home for a cool $33 million.

“It’s true, Mr. Collins purchased this house,” Mathieu Rochette at Barclay’s Real Estate Group, who represented Collins in the transac-tion, told AFP on Tuesday.

The vintage late 1920s home sits on a large, one-acre plot with sweeping views of Biscayne Bay and the downtown Miami skyline

“It’s amazing, one of the best houses in Miami,” Rochette said. The home also boasts its own boat slip, pool and koi pond.

The house was sold to Collins by business-man Mark Gainor. Gainor in turn bought it from Lopez, in 2005, for $13.5 million before renovating it from top to bottom.

Collins, the realtor said, also likes that his Miami home has

quite a bit of tree cover. One of his neighbors

will be Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, accord-ing to the South Florida Business Journal.

Now 64, Collins -- the former Genesis

member who turned solo pop superstar -- is a song-writer, producer, actor and

author. (afp)

LONDON - The Beatles’ re-cording sessions in London’s Abbey Road Studios are being turned into a stage show at the city’s Royal Al-bert Hall, the producers announced on Tuesday.

“The Sessions at Abbey Road” will see the legendary British band’s studio work recreated live at the Vic-torian concert hall on April 1, 2016.

The performance will span their recording career from 1962 to 1969,

and use 39 musicians and eight singers to cover all the overdubs, plus period equipment.

The show will be a “musical doc-umentary”, said executive producer Stig Edgren, “giving audiences an honest, respectful and accurate recreation of how musical history was made”.

Abbey Road’s Studio Two will be recreated in its exact dimensions (18 by 11.5 metres, 60 by 40 feet) on the

floor of the circular Royal Albert Hall, complete with a mixing booth.

The show’s creative consultant is The Beatles’ studio engineer Geoff Emerick and is inspired by his recollections of how lead guitarist George Harrison, rhythm guitarist John Lennon, bassist Paul McCart-ney and drummer Ringo Starr made their famous records.

Producer Jef Hanlon said an “incredible amount” of research had

gone into the show in a bid to make it as realistic as possible.

“All instrumentation, arrange-ments and vocals will be performed identically to the original record-ings. There will even be eight singers to recreate the multi-tracked vocals pioneered by The Beatles.

“This show does not seek to be a look-a-like show, but rather a sound-a-like, with the singers being the best Beatles imitators in

the world.”Kim Gavin, the show’s director,

said: “The performance will be a technical ballet, a constant flow of movement of cast and musicians.

“We are trying to create the look, feel and atmosphere of those famous sessions in Abbey Road.”

Ticket prices start at £55 ($85, 75 euros). More dates will be announced in future, the show’s website said. (afp)

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Honoree Miley Cyrus, right, arrives with friend Tyler Ford at the 6th Annual amfAR New York Inspiration Gala at Spring Studios on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in New York.

Beatles’ Abbey Road recording sessions to hit the stage

Miley Cyrus brings agender date

to amfAR gala

Phil Collins snaps up

Miami pad J-Lo called home

The Gianyar Tourism Office data revealed Goa Gajah ranks second most popular roust attrac-tion after Tirta Empul, with an average of 19,321 visitors each month. Gunung Kawi follows, with an average of 9,381 visitors per month, the Gunung Kawi Sebatu with an average of 1,781 visitors per month and Yeh Pulu

Bedulu with an average of 450 visitors per month.

According to the Gianyar Tour-ism Office’s secretary, Ngakan Ketut Jati Ambarsika, the Tirta Empul tourist attraction is still doing well in terms of the number of tourist visits -both domestic and foreign and remains stable compared to the same period in

previous years. “Apart from being on the way

to Kintamani from South Bali, Tirta Empul is also attractive for its holy water shower and is ad-jacent to the Tampaksiring State Place. These are the reasons why so many travelers are interested in visiting,” he said on Wednesday.

As of the quite small number of tourist visits to other attrac-tions such as Sidan stage, he argued that the attraction, which relies on natural beauty, has only just started to be promoted. The tourism office is still looking for

the best or most effective way of promoting this destination so as to increase the number of visitors to the new tourist destination.

Aside from lack of promotion, a number of renovations are still being done on the toilets and sani-tation system, and improvements in the quality of service are also being worked on. “Formerly the Sidan stage was used for art perfor-mances. Today, we are re-assessing how to best take advantage of the possibilities of this site,” he said.

Meanwhile for privately run tourist attractions, such as mu-

seums, bird parks, rafting and others have also become popular tourist attractions, some of which are more successful than the government-run tourist attrac-tions. (kmb25)

Tirta Empul remains a leading tourist destination

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Until May 2015, the total tourist arrival to attractions in Gianyar reached 361,630 people. Of this number, Tirta Empul in Tampaksiring becomes the most fa-vorite with the average number of visit reaching 163,406 people each month.

GIANYAR - The first five months of 2015 saw a total of 361,630 visitors to various tourist attractions in Gianyar. Tirta Empul in Tampasiring is a favorite destination and for the same period saw 163, 406 visitors. Sidan stage by comparison has an average of 22 visitors per month.

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Bali News Thursday, June 18, 2015

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Ana Dewi Permana, General Manager of L Hotel Seminyak, said that guests can look for-ward to an array of special daily

promotions and enjoy signature menus whilst tantalizing their senses after dark. From Happy Hour and Ladies Night to Vodka

Night and Teppanyaki Night, there are indulgences to entice absolutely everyone.

“Luna Roof Bar promises a

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Luna Roof Bar’s introduces “Unique Nightly Affair”

SEMINyAK - Designed as a lively social venue for sophisticated night owls, Luna roof Bar at L Hotel Seminyak introduces “Unique Nightly Affair”.

unique experience every eve-ning of the week with sensa-tional food, great music and an extensive selection of creative cocktails. It is an evening of in-timate wining and dining that no discerning traveller should miss when they are in the Seminyak area,” she said.

Elevated to capture views of Bali’s skyline, Luna Roof Bar ac-commodates up to 100 guests and overlooks Seminyak’s rice fields and a beautiful stretch of sunset beach. The venue incorporates three private dining areas, each with its own distinct identity and style.

Kitano serves authentic Japa-nese Teppanyaki and Labu seats 12 guests in a space that is high-lighted by decorative Balinese ornaments. 1908 is an uber-chic room with a wooden dining table as its focal point together with lavishly embroidered chairs for the comfort of six to eight guests.

Luna Roof Bar is the ultimate

spot to chill out in true style and indulge in a full-flavoured menu of small epicurean bites from Asia and beyond. An innovative culinary team is led by Swiss chef and F&B honcho, Toni Foerg.

“He is receiving rave reviews for his innovative cocktails in-fused with premium ingredients and local spices. Everything is prepared with precision for a sensory experience covering taste, aroma and visual appeal,” she said.

For the next three months since 29 May onwards, patrons will be treated to electrifying music every Friday by Indone-sia’s dynamic duo DJ Anastasia & DJ Dexa.

The pace moves into high gear from 8pmonwards with drinks such as Vojitos Family and Bour-bon Affection priced at just IDR 100 nett. This is a chance to party the night away with the thrills of an exotic fire dancer and other heart pumping entertainment,’ Ana Dewi Permana Said.

TABANAN - Once again the ranks of the judicial team of the government of Tabanan managed to crack down on villa’s operating without a license in Selemadeg. Of seven locations targeted in the operation reffered to as “sadhu artha”, one villa and four sawmill businesses were unable to present their permits.

“The owners have been sum-moned to the municipal police office, next Monday (Jun. 22),”, explained Chief of the Tabanan Municipal Police, Wayan Sarba on Tuesday (Jul. 16).

With the addition of these busi-nesses and investors operating illegally, Tabanan County appears to be rife with such operations. Sarba promised to continue inten-sify inspection of and guidance to such businesses. Based on general observations, it would appear that there are still many villas operating without permits. “This definitely poses a problem in terms onleak-age of our regionally generated revenue,” he said.

“The scope of our operations will be broader with the application of four operating patterns named sadhu artha targeting completeness of business permits, while the tar-una jaya operation seeks out illegal

migrants and promiscuity, opera-tion Tabanan rainbow town seeks to check street vendors and public order, and operation Tabanan rice barns seeks out violations of land use,” he explained.

By applying the four patterns of operation, Serba is optimistic that their supervision of illegal activities in Tabanan will be more effective than previously.

In addition to the application of the four patterns of operation, hu-man resources and infrastructure are being put to maximum use in order to support these law enforcement activities. Many allegedly illegal villas have appeared in coastal ar-eas. “We will continue inspections and coaching in addition to regular operations that have been carried out by the ranks of the municipal police,” he added.

Related to the many businesses found with infractions, Wayan Sarba said that he thinks that it is a real shame that so many inves-tors have a careless attitude and do not want to comply with the rules prevailing in Tabanan County, es-pecially regarding the completeness of permits.

By all means, such behaviour is detrimental to Tabanan because the regionally generated revenue

Spokesman for Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, confirmed that the suspect Agus is being detained in the provost cell.

Placing him in a separate de-tention cell is meant to prevent him from communicating with other prisoners. However, the spokesman did not specify what he meant by ‘other prisoners’. The suspect Margariet is also being detained at the detention center of the Bali Police head-quarters but Wiyanto simply said that he has been separated: “so,

he will not interact with nor be affected by the other prisoners”.

In the meantime, according to Margariet’s lawyer, Tedi Raharjo, who met with the press outside of the Directorate of General Criminal Investigation Unit at Bali Police in the evening the examination of his client began at one o’clock in the afternoon and still ongoing. The questioning of his client is centered around Margariet with Angeline’s daily activities on Jalan Sedap Malam, East Denpasar. “Questions about

who accompanies of Angeline to school, whether Angeline re-ally feds chicken and other such enquiries, including whether Angeline goes to school on foot,” said Tedi.

According to Raharjo, the police questioning has yet to touch on the relationship between Margarietand Agus. So far, the lie detector has not been used in the questioning of Margariet “May-be tomorrow (Wednesday—Ed) she will be examined using the lie detector,” he added.

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One of the villas in Tabanan is inspected by the police regarding the permit.

Murderer suspect in Angeline case detained in separate cell

DENPASAr - Since Agustinus Tae rambled about the promise of being paid IDr 2 billion to murder Angeline, on Saturday (Jun. 13), he has been in the custody of the Denpasar Police. Furthermore, the suspect from NTT was placed in a special detention cell, namely in the Provost of Bali Police with extra tight security.

Since 2013, said Raharjo, Mar-gariet has been raising chickens. Starting with just two chickens, through breeding has ended up with many, and she also raises cats and dogs. Agus was alleg-edly assigned to take care of the animal, while Angeline, only fed the chickens once in a while. “This according to the state-ments made by Mrs. Margariet,” he said.

Allegedly, when Margariet went to Jakarta, her cousin named Rohana was told to drop off and pick up Angeline from school. “While my client was in Jakarta on business, Angeline’s teacher found that Angeline was not showering. As for Margariets’

profession, I cannot reveal it now,” added Raharjo as he rushed away saying that he had to get some food.

According to Ali Sadikin, an-other one of Margariet’s lawyers, his client’s husband, Douglas, died in Singapore in 2008. How-ever, he did not explain about the cause of the death because he was still accompanying Margariet.

Meanwhile, a pecaruan cer-emony (psychical purification) was held by local hamlet residents on Tuesday afternoon in front of the crime scene. According to information obtained on site, it was a ceremony called pecaruan panca satacentered at the village intersection. (kmb36)

Reprimanded, illegal villas and businesses in Selemadeg(PAD) that can be used for the development activities in Tabanan such as improvement of infrastruc-ture and public welfare is sapped away by these shady businesses. “Please respect the laws and rules

prevailing here if you wish to run a business in Tabanan,” he said.

Serba added that he hopes that there will be more awareness on the part of both entrepreneurs and related companies about documents

that are required to complement their business license. “There tends to be an increase in the volume of permit applications after we con-duct these kinds of inspections,” he said. (kmb28)

3Thursday, June 18, 2015 14 InternationalInternational Bali NewsHealth Thursday, June 18, 2015

Scientists in Britain looked at data from nearly 21,000 people who filled out questionnaires about their lifestyle, and had their health monitored for more than 11 years.

Their average daily consumption was seven grams (0.25 ounces) of chocolate, ranging from none to 100g.

The top fifth of chocolate-eaters were 12 percent less likely to develop heart disease and 23 percent less likely to suffer a stroke compared to the bottom fifth of consumers, the researchers found.

The study, published in the British journal Heart, noted that most consumers of the confectionary ate milk chocolate, not dark chocolate which famously has a higher percentage of protective molecules called flavonoids.

“This may indicate that not only flavonoids, but also other compounds, possibly related to milk constituents, such as calcium and fatty acids, may provide an explana-tion for the observed association,” it said.

The team, headed by Phyo Myint of the Univer-sity of Aberdeen in Scotland, admitted the probe had limitations.

The study was observational, meaning it could not show cause and effect, merely an association which may be circumstantial.

Another question mark was to be found in “reverse causation”: participants who knew they had cardiovas-cular problems may have followed a healthier diet and eaten less chocolate.

The team also did a review of other published studies, covering more than 130,000 people in total, and said they had found a similarly beneficial association with regular chocolate consumption.

“Cumulative evidence suggests that higher chocolate intake is associated with a lower risk of future cardiovas-cular events,” it said.

“There does not appear to be any evidence to say that chocolate should be avoided in those who are concerned about cardiovascular risk.”

A couple of squares of chocolate are around 16g, and

WASHINGTON - Smoking is responsible for nearly half of deaths due to certain types of cancers in 2011, a US study said Monday.

Some 48.5 percent of nearly 346,000 deaths attributed to one of the 12 types of cancer known to be caused by smoking were due to cigarette use, according to the study published online in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The large number of deaths comes despite concerted efforts to reduce cig-arette use across the United States.

“Continued progress in reducing cancer mortality, as well as deaths from many other serious diseases, will require more comprehensive

tobacco control, including targeted cessation support,” the report con-cluded, referencing programs that help people quit smoking.

Smoking prevalence has dropped in the US from 23.2 percent in 2000 to 18.1 percent in 2012, research-ers said.

Of the lung, bronchus and trachea cancer deaths studied, some 80 per-cent were attributed to smoking.

About 77 percent of larynx can-cer deaths studied were connected to smoking, the study said.

The researchers noted limitations in their data, including lack of racial diver-sity and that that non-cigarette tobacco exposure was not included. (afp)

PARIS - One of the commonest surgical procedures in gynaecol-ogy greatly increases the risk that a woman will give birth prematurely in later pregnancies, a study said Tuesday.

Dilation and curettage -- D&C -- is routinely used by doctors after miscarriage or pregnancy termination, but researchers found it upped the risk of very premature births by nearly 70 percent.

The procedure entails dilating the cervix and removing any tissue remaining in the womb to prevent infection.

Generally considered safe and easy to preform, the 15-minute operation is

being rivalled by less invasive meth-ods but remains common.

In a review of 21 studies covering two million women, Dutch researchers found that D&C increased the risk of premature birth -- when a baby is born before 37 weeks -- in a subsequent pregnancy by 29 percent.

The risk of very premature birth -- before 32 weeks -- rose by 69 percent however. At this young age, a baby is at risk of medical complications, most require oxygen to help them breathe, and many need to be fed intravenously.

In the general population, the risk of pre-term delivery without a D&C is about six percent, the research found.

The additional risk from the operation brings the figure to 7.6 percent.

The results “warrant caution in the use of D&C after miscarriage and induced abortion,” said Pim Ankum of the Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam.

Dilation may impair anti-microbial defences, causing genital tract infec-tion, or weaken cervical tightening, both known factors for premature birth, suggested Ankum.

The research was unveiled in Lisbon at the annual conference of the European Society of Hu-man Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), the organisation said in a press release. (afp)

Smoking behind half of major cancer deaths: study

Minor operation greatly boosts risks of very premature births

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New research has added to tentative evidence that eating chocolate in modest quantities may be good for the heart, its investigators said on Tuesday.

Chocolate may be good for your heart, study suggests

PARIS - New research has added to tenta-tive evidence that eating chocolate in mod-est quantities may be good for the heart, its investigators said on Tuesday.

an average bar of chocolate about 50g.commentators not involved in the research

were cautious, noting too much chocolate can lead to weight gain, which is bad for the heart.

“You can’t draw a medical conclusion from

this study,” said Arnaud Cocaul, a nutritionist at the Pitie Salpetriere Hospital in Paris.

“People who refrain from eating chocolate are not necessarily those who eat the most balanced diet.”

Added Tim Chico, a cardiologist at the

University of Sheffield in northern England: “I would not advise my patients to increase their chocolate intake based on this research, particularly if they are overweight,” in remarks to Britain’s Science Media Centre (SMC). (afp)

DENPASAR - Sanur Village Fes-tival is a success as an independent tourism promotion effort that preserves and improves Sanur community ecol-ogy, economy, social cultural and creativity.

Chairman of Yayasan Pembangunan Sanur (YPS) Ida Bagus Gede Sidharta Putra claims the three parties that have worked closely together during the decade of festival are Sanur commu-nity, Denpasar government with Bali province government, and the private sector.

“The festival is community driven and celebrates the society, therefore it has always been an icon people look forward to every year,” says Sidharta, better known as Gusde during the launching of “Dasa Warsa Sanur Vil-lage Festival” , set from 26-30 August 2015. The 10 anniversary will be big-ger and more festive with new and old programs loved by all the visitors.

Aside from the celebrations, One Decade of Sanur Village Festival should be a momentum to strengthen efforts in environment preservation, since many tourism activities tend to neglect ideals and philosophy practices by the Sanur community.

Gusde invites all stakeholders to look back in time to the first festival bask in 2006 which was a respond to the slowing of tourism post second Bali bombing (2005), which was still struggling from the first incident back in 2002. The following year, SVF II

(2007) was launched with the theme “The New Spirit of Heritage” to give new spirit to the cultural ancestral heri-tage that preserved the coastal areas, environment and art creativity, and sustainable economy.

Afterwards the festival set themes in line with actual developing is-sues during the 9 years. These nine year records will be Sanur’s basis for opening opportunities and facing future challenges. This destination competitiveness with its resources will encounter ASEAN economic society that demands consequence and high competency levels.

Gusde in his capacity as Chair of Perhimpunan Hotel dan Restoran Indo-nesia (PHRI) Denpasar was optimistic that communities already familiar with foreign tourists will easily be able to be competitive. The festival can help facilitate learning process and reflect future challenges.

He also considers the festival a place for showcasing innovation from carious sectors directly and indirectly linked to tourism, and massively promote it. This annual event has proven its benefit to improve Sanur and surrounding area economy.

Sanur Village Festival among them will have cleaning the beach, reforesta-tion, baby turtle release, surfing com-petition, fun run, jukung competition, food festival, fruit and ice carving, cultural parade, international kite festi-val, fishing tournament, body painting,

However, the capacity of parking space available is very minimal so that not all tourist buses can be accom-modated. In addition to the school holidays, the lack of parking space is also strongly felt when the number of foreign tourist arrival increases.

Limited capacity of the parking space causes student groups visiting the Kertha Gosa to park their buses in front of the office of the Klungkung regent. This kind of atmosphere frequently happens when tourist visit soars. At least about ten large-size buses must be parked outside the parking lot provided. In the meantime, the ample park-ing space in the east of Kertha Gosa has been filled with mini-buses carrying travelers to the tourist attraction.

Such condition causes the comfort of travelers to be disturbed. On the other hand, the parking space becomes disorderly. Unfortunately, so far there has been no con-crete measure to overcome the restricted parking space at the Kertha Gosa object.

The Head of the Klungkung Culture Agency, I Wayan Sujana, recognized the current number of tourist visits to Kertha Gosa showing an increase. During the period of January to May 2015, the number of tourist visit reached 13,528 people consisting of 11,967 foreign travelers, while domestic traveler reached 1,105 people. “In June and May the visit is dominated by foreign travelers. While during this holiday season many domestic travelers, mostly students, visit this destination,” he explained.

Increasing number of tourist visit has been felt since the school holidays starting June 13, 2015 until the end of this month. Kertha Gosa attraction has become one of the destinations in East Bali mostly visited by students. As field observation last Tuesday, the travelers visiting this object consisted of elementary school students. Kamasan classical paintings on the walls of the Bale Kambang and Bale Kertha Gosa became the major attention of the visitors.

Kertha Gosa poses a historical attraction originating in the Kingdom of Klungkung in the eighteenth century located in the middle of Semarapura town. During the Dutch colonial era, Kertha Gosa was used as court room. Aside from having historical values, Kertha Gosa was chosen for the student visit because it offers educational element, chiefly the story of Kamasan puppet painting.

The Kamasan puppet painting on the wall of Kertha Gosa pavilion tells about Ramayana, Atma Prasangsya (after-life penalty) and Tantric story. The stories have a high philosophy and good for students. This attraction applies edutainment concept namely providing lessons while entertaining right on vacation. Thus, it is an ap-propriate destination to visit because it offers educational elements. (dwa)

Kertha Gosa tourist visit rises

SEMARAPURA - The number of tourist visit to Kertha Gosa attraction shows an increase during school holidays. The current visit is dominated by school students carrying out a study tour.

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Artists performed during the closing ceremony of Sanur Village Festival of 2014. To mark a decade of this event, SVF will be held on 26-30 August 2015 at Maisonette area in Inna Grand Bali Beach, Sanur.

SVF celebrates one decade with bigger, festive programs

photo competition, golf tourna-ment, and musical performances. SME Bazaar and other creative products will be displayed during the Sanur Kreatif Expo.

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Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan told a news conference about 12 hours after the collapse that there was “no indication of criminal activity or criminal intent.” Authorities said they were investi-gating a number of factors, includ-ing the structural integrity of the balcony and whether alcohol may have played a role. Meehan said police had received a complaint of a loud party at the residence less than an hour before the tragedy.

Thirteen people were on the small balcony when it gave way, plunging 40 feet (12 meters) to the street below, with some victims landing on top of one another, of-ficials said. Three men and three women died, and the seven others remained hospitalized on Tuesday. Berkeley police spokeswoman Jen-nifer Coats described the injuries as “very serious and potentially life-threatening.”

Pictures from the scene showed the fallen deck pancaked onto a third-story balcony beneath it at the Library Gardens apartment complex, about two blocks from the

UC Berkeley campus across the bay from San Francisco.

The balcony, slightly wider than the double-doors leading out to it and no more than 5 feet (1.5 meters)

deep, had been rated to safely carry a maximum weight of 60 pounds per square foot (293 kg per sq me-ter), a city spokesman said, adding there was no requirement for the building owners to post a limit for the number of people it could hold. Splintered wooden beams and torn insulating material were left vis-ible from where the balcony deck detached from the building’s outer wall and fell onto the balcony on the floor below.

No one was on the third-floor balcony at the time, and no one on the ground was hurt, police said.

Following the collapse, authorities declared all similar balconies in the complex off-limits as a precau-tion.

Phil Grant, the San Francisco-based Irish consul for the U.S. West Coast, said news of the accident had left citizens all over Ireland “frozen in shock and disbelief.” “It’s deeply, deeply tragic, and it touches every family in Ireland,” he said.

‘APPALLING TRAGEDY’Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny

issued a statement of condolence to the victims’ families, saying, “My

heart breaks for the parents who lost children this morning.” Speaking to Irish national broadcaster RTE, Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan called the incident “an appalling tragedy ... a party, a 21st birthday party, turning into tragedy in a moment.”

The dead were identified as Ash-ley Donohoe, 22, the lone American in the group, from Rohnert Park, 50 miles (80 km) north of San Francisco; along with two Irish women - Olivia Burke and Eimear Walsh, both 21; and three Irish men - Eoghan Culligan, Niccolai Shuster, and Lorcan Miller, all 21. Grant said most of the students were from the Dublin area. The injured were not publicly identified.

The victims were among the thousands of students from Irish universities who travel to the United States on temporary working visas every summer before returning home to complete their studies. Coats said callers first reported the collapse in the downtown area of the college town at around 12:45 a.m.

Neighbor Jason Biswas, 16, a high school student who lives in the building, said the collapse woke up his parents. “They thought it was an earthquake until we all looked out the window and realized what hap-pened,” he told Reuters, adding that he saw “a bunch of bodies on the ground, most of them not respond-ing.” Bystanders later left flowers outside the building in memory of those killed. (rtr)

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hun-gary’s foreign minister says the government is considering build-ing a 4-meter-high (13-foot-high) fence along border with Serbia to stop the flow of migrants reaching the country. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Wednesday that the government asked Interior Minister Sandor Pinter to prepare the plan by next week.

Szijjarto says the fence won’t contravene any of Hungary’s in-ternational obligations. Since the second half of 2014, the number of migrants and asylum seekers entering Hungary, mostly across the southern border with Serbia, has risen markedly.

So far this year, more than 53,000 people have requested asylum in Hungary, up from under 43,000 in 2014 and 2,150 in 2012. (ap)

JERUSALEM — Israeli defense officials have announced a series of goodwill gestures to the Palestinians ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Cogat, the Israeli defense body in charge of Palestinian civilian affairs, said late Tuesday that it will allow 800 resi-dents of the blockaded Gaza Strip to attend Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Ramadan begins Thursday. It is also allowing 200 Gaza residents to visit relatives in the West Bank, and permitting 300 families from abroad to enter Gaza to visit relatives.

The agency says it will coordinate special shuttle buses to allow West Bank residents to pray in Jerusalem.

With Mideast peace efforts on hold, Israel has taken a series of steps meant to improve the daily lives of Palestinians and to reduce tensions. (ap)

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, left, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gesture during a signing ceremony in the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, June 5, 2015. El-Sissi is staying on a two-day visit in Hungary.

Israel makes goodwill gestures

to Palestinians for Ramadan

Hungary considering border fence to keep out migrants

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A woman leaves flowers at a makeshift memorial for victims of a balcony that collapsed in Berke-ley, Calif., Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Berkeley police said several people were killed and others injured after a balcony fell shortly before 1 a.m., near the University of California, Berkeley.

Balcony collapse kills 6, most of them Irish students, in California

BERKELEY, Calif - An apartment balcony crowded with birthday revelers collapsed early on Tuesday near the University of California at Berkeley, hurling five Irish college students and an American friend to their deaths and injuring seven others, authorities said. The victims, most of whom were working in the San Francisco Bay area on temporary visas for the summer vacation, had been celebrating a friend’s 21st birthday on the fourth-floor balcony when the accident occurred, according to local police and Irish government officials.

One of the inspectors, Ni Wayan Koriani, confirmed the summon last Tuesday. The parties questioned including the principal, chairman

of the school committee, unit head, Division Head of Basic Education to local hamlet chief.

After being clarified, they were

asked to make a statement regard-ing what has really happened until the emergence of the incident. “Currently it remains under pro-cess. Tomorrow we will be able to tell who are subject to disciplinary penalty,” he added.

Previously, some parties have also been summoned by the Commission A of the Jembrana House to give detail informa-tion that leads to emergence of

inappropriate photos between the dancer and the e lemen-tary school children. The photos spreading in social media il-lustrate the farewell ceremony of the sixth grade students on Saturday (Jun. 13). Principal of the SDN 5 Tukadaya, Theresia Suryatni, admitted to have made negligence. Performance of the joged rindik in the farewell event was donation of the school

committee member.Chairman of the Commission

A of the Jembrana House, Made Sri Sutharmi, said that such en-tertainment can harm the moral of children. Moreover, the joged performance is not appropriate for children. This legislator also requested the Education Agency to conduct a study and take firm action according to the committed mistakes. (kmb28)

DENPASAR - Chief of Den-pasar Police Narcotic Unit, Gede Ganefo, together with his personnel continues to hunt down drug traf-fickers taking action in Denpasar and Badung. During the period of June 7-12, 2015 his party arrested eight suspects with the profession starting from laborer to chef.

Gede Ganefo, Tuesday (Jun. 16), admitted to feel concern with the increasingly widespread distribu-tion of drugs having entered into the lower levels of society. “People of lower level have been infiltrated by this illicit business. Without taking action, the condition will be getting more severe,” he said.

He explained that the eight suspects are identified as ARY, 30, arrested on Jalan Yudisthira, Kuta, with the evidence of one package of crystal meth weighing 97.48 grams. Subsequently the suspect UAS, 32, a driver, was arrested at a boarding house on Jalan Bisma Bualu, South Kuta. From the suspect living on Jalan Pulau Batanta, Denpasar his personnel managed to secure five packages of crystal meth weighing 5.24 grams. “The evidence is ready for distribution. Then, we have foiled it,” said Ganefo.

In addition, the officers also ar-rested the suspect HER, 38, working as chef, at his rented room on Jalan Bisma Bualu, South Kuta, around four o’clock in the afternoon. Related to the case, the officers secured a package of crystal meth weighing 0.04 gram. “The suspect HER was arrested along with UAS. They belong to the same syndicate and traffic drugs in the region,” said this officer from Buleleng.

In the meantime, the suspect WID, 34, working as a taxi driver, was picked up on Jalan Gelogor Carik, Pemogan Denpasar. The sus-pect living on Jalan Merta Sari, Jim-baran, Badung, was arrested when crossing the crime scene around

three o’clock in the afternoon. From the suspect, police can secure two packages of crystal meth weighing 3.8 grams. “Allegedly at that time the suspect just made a transaction. Disclosure of this case was based on information given by society. Hav-ing been explored, in fact the suspect is truly a drug dealer,” he said.

A computer technician, HELL, 34, takes a side job as drug traffick-er. The arrest of the suspect living on Jalam Imam Bonjol, Denpasar, is the result of investigation made by the officers for few days. The evidence secured is pretty much namely six packages of crystal

meth weighing 6.26 grams. The suspect cannot escape and without resistance is escorted to Denpasar Police headquarters.

The suspect LFM, 22, having profession as a trader living on Jalan Gunung Lebah, Denpasar, was arrested by the team members of Ganefo. He was arrested when crossing on Jalan Tukad Pancoran, Denpasar because they get involved in drug cases. Result of the search is a package of crystal meth weigh-ing 0.84 gram. “This indicates that lower-class community member wants to make money instantly, even though breaking the rules. If

this happens (being caught—Ed) family will be made difficult,” said Ganefo.

A project laborer living on Jalan Teuku Umar Barat, Denpasar, is also involved in drug trafficking. Although as a laborer, he is entrusted by drug dealer to distribute. As a re-sult of his action, MUS was arrested while trying to make transaction on Jalan Sumatra, Denpasar. After that, his room is searched. Total evidence secured reaches 17 packages of crystal meth weighing 12.37 grams, an electric scale, a bundle of plastic clip, a glass pipe, one notebook, and one translucent tape. SUD, 29, work-

ing as a driver was arrested by police on Jalan Kerta Rahayu, Denpasar. Actually, the suspect has long been hunted but can only be arrested on Thursday (Jun. 11) approximately at six o’clock in the afternoon. The evidence seized includes nine pack-ages of crystal meth weighing 1.16 grams.

“We have detained them all. Now, they just need to wait for further legal process. We will not stop chasing drug traffickers so that their number is not growing. Besides, this measure is also poised with dissemination on the hazards of drugs,” he said. (kmb36)

Performed Joged at elementary school’s farewell party

Inspectorate summons principal and hamlet chief

NEGARA - A number of parties knowing the joged rindik performance giving impression of nudity at the SD Negeri 5 Tukadaya elementary school, Melaya are summoned by the Regional Inspectorate of Jembrana, Tuesday (Jun. 16). They are interrogated in relation to the joged rindik entertainment resulting in some photos giving a nudity impression involving the elementary school students.

As selling drugs, laborer to chef arrested

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The drug dealer suspects which are arrested by Denpasar Police

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CANBERRA - Australia and China signed a landmark trade deal Wednesday after a decade of talks, providing a boon for growth and jobs by abolishing tariffs across a raft of sectors.

Trade Minister Andrew Robb and visiting Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng formally inked the document in Canberra, ending years of often difficult and protracted negotiations.

“The leaders of our two countries have attached great importance to the signing of this document,” said Gao. “It is a milestone in bilateral relations.”

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called it “a momentous and historic day for our two coun-tries”.

“It will change our countries for the better, it will change our region for the better, it will change our world for the better,” he said. “This agreement will give our na-tions unprecedented access to each other’s markets.”

China is Australia’s biggest trading partner, with the two-way flow exceeding Aus$160 billion (US$123 billion) annually.

Under the deal more than 85 percent of Australian goods enter-ing the country will carry no pen-alty, rising to 95 percent in coming years.

With Australia having already sealed similar pacts with Japan and South Korea, a large percentage of Australian exports will soon be tariff-free.

Australian businesses currently

face charges of up to 40 percent on goods sent to China, but under the deal penalties on virtually all resources and energy products -- a key plank in the trade relationship and among Australia’s top exports -- will be abolished.

Duties will also be lifted on ag-ricultural exports including wine, meat, seafood, and dairy products to feed China’s growing middle class.

In return, Australia will remove the existing five percent tariff on Chinese electronics and white-goods, meaning cheaper goods for Australian consumers but some reduction in revenue.

China also won concessions on foreign investment, with the threshold for government review to be lifted in most areas apart from agricultural land and agribusiness.

In a statement, the Chinese com-merce ministry said the pact would help facilitate the China-driven FTAAP, or Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific.

Beijing has embraced the broad-er FTAAP, which is seen as a rival to the proposed Trans-Pacific Part-nership pushed by the United States but which excludes China.

Robb said that, together with the Japanese and South Korean pacts, the Chinese deal would underpin Australia’s prosperity for years to come.

“Given what’s going on in the region, the extraordinary explosion of people going into the middle class, this is a landmark set of agreements,” he said. (afp)

Fair Trade Commission head Jeong Jae-Chan told a parliamen-tary hearing that JP Morgan and five other international lenders have been under investigation.

“We are closely looking into how (their) foreign currency price fix-ing has affected local businesses,” he said.

He provided no further details but South Korean newspapers said the six banks under investigation in-cluded Barclays, Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS.

The commission is probing wheth-

er manipulation of the price of US dollars and euros, and of derivatives markets, damaged South Korean financial institutions and firms, the Seoul Economic Daily reported.

Last month US and British regu-lators fined six major banks -- Bar-clays, JPMorgan Chase, Citicorp, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS and Bank of America -- a total of nearly $6 billion between them for rigging foreign exchange market and Libor interest rates.

Also in May South Africa’s competition watchdog opened an investigation into foreign currency

price fixing by Citigroup, Barclays, and other banks.

Investigators have accused the banks of creating “The Cartel” and of using an online chat room to work with each other to set rates and sidetrack any competition.

There has been speculation that foreign exchange market rigging impacted local euro and dollar trade as well as various derivatives, resulting in losses for South Korean firms and financial institutions, Yonhap news agency said.

It quoted market watchers as saying that domestic firms, which applied for “knock-in, knock-out” options, may have lost money because rigging caused exchange rates to fluctuate beyond pre-set barriers. (afp)

Australia and China sign bumper

free trade deal

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Asian Development Bank says Asia has made huge strides in developing clean energy but must boost investment and use of available technology to meet ris-ing demand and cope with climate change.

ADB Vice President Bindu Lohani said Wednesday that renew-able energy has become cheaper as technology progresses.

He said governments must seize

the opportunity of low oil prices present to eliminate costly fuel subsidies and level the playing field for renewables.

He told a regional forum on clean energy that despite a leap in investments in renewable energy including solar, wind and geother-mal power, the ADB sees coal use in Asia rising fifty percent by 2035 from 2010 levels.

Coal is cheap but highly pollut-ing. (ap)

ADB: Asia must boost investment in clean energy

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

A man wears a mask as a precaution against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) as he passes by an advertisement showing a bank’s interest rates in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 11, 2015. South Korea’s anti-trust watchdog said Wednesday it has opened an investiga-tion to see whether alleged foreign-exchange market rigging by six global banks fined in a US and Europe forex probe hurt local firms.

South Korea probes forex market rigging by global banks

SEOUL - South Korea’s anti-trust watchdog said Wednesday it has opened an investigation to see whether alleged foreign-exchange market rigging by six global banks fined in a US and Europe forex probe hurt local firms.

SINGARAJA - Residents of the four Dalem Tamblingan customary villages; Munduk, Gobleg, Gesing and Uma Jero in the subdistrict of Banjar, have all maintained a particular part of their customary heritage. It is known as megangsing or spinning top games. The top spinning games are commonly organized as a competition among villages and serve to express their gratitude for the success of the clove or coffee harvests in these four villages.

In line with development, the spinning top games have started to be presented as in other con-texts, such as last weekend’s Twin Lakes Festival. During the event, hundreds of people from the four villages thronged the shores of Lake Tamblingan at Munduk village. They came to watch the spinning top competition that was held in a special arena on the shores of the Lake.According to the local residents, spinning top game are a form of thanksgiving for the annual harvest. But lately, the games are held not only at every coffee harvest but also for other special events. What’s more, this traditional game is ginning such popularity that it has inspired local people to estab-lish spinning top group in the four villages.

Chief of Munduk customary village, Jro Putu Ardana, said that the development of spinning top groups in the four Dalem Tamblin-gan villages is a positive thing and evidence that the traditional games of the ancestral heritage remain

sustainable and should be protected from being snuffed out by modern games. With this intention the game has been packaged as a tourist attraction. Moreover, the annual event held by the county govern-ment has become an opportunity for promoting top spinning to the public, especially to travelers.

“The number of existing groups indicates that the younger genera-tion cares to preserve this heritage. Currently the government is also serious in promoting this heritage,” he said.

Ardana added that the rules of the spinning top game are very simple. All the players have to bring their own spinning top that they have brought from home. First a single player strikes a spinning top into the middle of the arena. Then the second player does the same. The second player must attempt to have their spinning top hit the first spinning top in such a way that it goes flying out of bounds. “The rules are simple, if the spinning top goes out of the lines, the player automatically loses. Otherwise, the winners are determined by whose top spins for the longest time,” he said.

During the recent Twin Lakes Festival, the spinning top group from Munduk village won first prize the second prize went to the group from Gobleg village, and the place winner was the Gesing village group. All the winners re-ceived prizes from the committee in the form of cash, certificates and trophies. (mud)

Chairman of the Indonesian Fishermen Association (HNSI) of Tabanan, Ketut ‘Sadam’ Arsana Yasa, said that based on his observa-tions at sea, a vessel with circum-ferential nets of approximately 20 crews, and an overall vessel size of 30 GT was spotted.

According to the rules, large vessels can only operate at least four nautical miles from shore, whereas this vessel is clearly daring to poach fish from local fishermen, as close as one nautical mile from shore. Sadam said that in principle, every fisherman has the right to catch fish anywhere, however large vessels have designated zones of operation and must not violate these restrictions.

“Because I kept seeing the vessel near the coast line, I went to sea to conduct surveillance. In fact, my prediction was correct. Of course this vessel must be arrested in order to deter other from following suite,” he said.

Sadam also expressed his regret about the fact that such incidents occur frequently. He said that de-spite having reported such cases to the authorities, so far there have been no actions taken or arrests made. “When the authorities will not protect the fishermen and I am very disappointed,” he said.

He also requested that relevant institutions, in this case the Water Police, enforce discipline in the operation lines of large vessels and

that when necessary, they should arrest those who are proven to be in violation of prescribed fishing grounds. “Do not leave it up to our local fishermen to wage war against large fishing vessels,” he added.

Sadam also said that ssh poach-ing should not be allowed to con-tinue, because if it does, Tabanan fishermen will go bankrupt. “Before our efforts to fight for the fate of fishermen by requesting that the government review the Regulation of the Ministery of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries regarding the catch-ing of lobsters have been a success, this new problem has emerged. It is impossible for fishermen to carry out their job vivaciously,” he con-cluded. (kmb28)

IBP/Mudiarta

Residents of the four Dalem Tamblingan customary villages including the Munduk, Gobleg, Gesing and Uma Jero in Banjar subdistrict have one of the game heritages remaining to be pre-served so far. It is known as megangsing or spinning top.

PPlaying spinning top, expression of gratitude

for abundant crops

Violating fishing grounds, large 30 GT vessel ‘haunts’ Tabanan fishermen

TABANAN - Fishermen in Tabanan have been complaining lately about the presence of a fishing vessel with a capacity of over 30 gross tons -from outside the region, catching fish in the fishing grounds of Tabanan fishermen. Although the mega-vessel has been reported to the au-thorities, unfortunately so far there have been no attempts made to arrest the the poachers.

IBP/bit

Fishermen in Tabanan have been complaining lately about the presence of a fishing vessel with a capacity of over 30 gross tons -from outside the region, catching fish in the fishing grounds of Tabanan fishermen.

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JAKARTA - A popular motorbike-hailing app is putting a new, two-wheeled spin on smartphone taxi services in the Indonesian capital, with thousands of motorcyclists in distinctive green jackets and helmets offering commuters an escape from Jakarta’s notori-ous traffic gridlock.

Go-Jek is an Indonesian start-up that has won widespread praise, as well as triggering aggressive competition from other businesses already fighting for a stake in the market.

Like app-based taxi service Uber, which made its debut in Indonesia in August, Go-Jek is a smartphone-based service. But instead of allowing users to hail a car, it lets them book a personal motorcycle driver.

The service takes its name from Jakarta’s ubiquitous motorbike taxis, known as “ojeks”, which have been occupying street corners in the capital for decades but always operated informally with no safety standards or pricing guidelines.

It is proving popular as a means of getting Jakartans more rapidly through jams than taxis, on bikes that are newer and more reliable than standard “ojeks”, which are often shabby and neglected. It is also a much needed addition to the city’s scant public transport options, such as spluttering old buses and auto-rickshaws.

Jakarta is the largest city in the world without a subway or mass rapid transit system -- although one is under con-struction -- causing havoc in a sprawl-ing metropolis with poor infrastructure where millions commute by road every day from nearby satellite cities.

Go-Jek’s founder and chief execu-

tive Nadiem Makarim admits his business isn’t a panacea for the city’s intractable gridlock, rated the worst in the world in one study this year, but hopes it can go some way to helping.

“We’re basically giving Jakarta customers an option to opt out,” he told AFP.

Go-Jek first launched in 2011 but re-vamped itself in January with a new-look mobile app. It has seen exponential growth in the past six months in the tech-savvy city of 10 million, where even the shortest journey by car can result in hours wasted in traffic snarls.

The number of drivers has jumped from 1,000 six months ago to 10,000 today and the app has been downloaded almost 400,000 times, making it currently the most popular app in Indonesia on both Apple and Android handsets, according to Makarim.

Unlike the informal “ojek” sector -- where passengers must seek out drivers and negoti-ate a rate on the spot -- Go-Jek informs the passenger of the price upfront and provides the driver’s name, contact number and a photo.

“With Go-Jek, you just put in your desti-nation and where you are and boom –- you know the fare, and it’s definitely cheaper,” 33-year-old corporate worker Dina Denso, who has just started using the service, told AFP.

But in an echo of the problems that Uber has faced in many countries, the success of the start-up is agitating traditional drivers who cannot compete on price and are feeling the pinch as distinctive bikers clad in green Go-Jek branding swarm the city.

The service was forced to release a state-ment this month condemning threats of violence made against its drivers while Ja-

karta’s governor has been criticised for publicly throwing his support behind the venture.

It also faces challenges from other companies.

Southeast Asian outfit GrabTaxi launched a motorcycle service Grab-Bike in May, offering free rides for an initial period and with drivers sporting bright green uniforms similar to those worn by Go-Jek motorcyclists.

Makarim is all too aware of Grab-Bike -- “copied us to a tee” -- but is prepared for a fight. Go-Jek launched a food delivery service in April, throw-ing its hat into an already crowded ring, and also offers a courier service delivering everything from shopping to medicine. (afp)

JAKARTA - The Medical Emergency Rescue Com-mittee (MER-C) has requested President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to inaugurate the Indonesian hospital in Gaza, Palestine, stated a MER-C official.

“We have requested the president to inaugurate the hos-pital in Gaza at any time that is suitable to him,” MER-C Presidium Dr Joserizal Jurnalis stated after meeting Jokowi at the Merdeka Palace on Wednesday.

Joserizal reveals that the president will ask Minister/State Secretary Pratikno to adjust his schedule to inaugurate the hospital in Gaza.

According to Joserizal, the Indonesian hospital is cur-rently ready for a soft launch, so that it can be started, and the people in Gaza can avail its facilities.

Further, he noted that the hospital, which has been built using the contributions received from the Indonesian com-munity, will later be donated to the Palestinians for further management.

“Therefore we have requested the president to inaugu-rate it,” Joserizal noted in the company of other MER-C officials.

He explained that the hospital, equipped with modern equipment, was built on a 1.6-hectare plot of land at a cost of Rp120 billion and has 100 beds and ten ICU beds.

Once operational, the hospital will function to treat trau-matized war victims in emergency situations, and it will also treat patients with common diseases during peace time.

In the meantime, Presidential Communication Team spokesman Teten Masduki noted in a press statement that President Jokowi has informed MER-C to be patient while waiting for the Egyptian government’s permission to enter Palestine via Rafah.

Teten stated that the president is optimistic that the pres-ence of the Indonesian hospital in Gaza would strengthen friendship between the people of Indonesia and Palestine. (ant)

West Timor police also claim that the 65 asylum-seekers and six Indonesian crew were placed onto two wooden boats for the return trip, with one running out of fuel and the other crashing on a reef before mak-ing land.

“We have given you the evidence,” General Endang Sunjaya told the Sydney Morning Herald, which ran a front page image of him displaying a photograph of US$100 notes.

“It’s now up to you and other or-ganisations to demand an answer from the Australian government.”

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is facing intense pressure over the alleged payments, which he has refused to confirm or deny, saying he does not comment on operational matters.

Senior government minister Scott Morrison said he did not feel the need to respond to the allegations.

“We’ve always done things lawful-ly and we will continue to do that,” the former immigration minister said.

But Indonesia has pushed for answers, with Vice President Jusuf Kalla warning Monday that paying

people-smugglers would amount to “bribery”.

Reports on Wednesday said that the people-smuggling boat at the centre of the allegations left West Java for New Zealand in early May carrying 65 mostly Sri Lankan asylum-seekers.

The Australian Broadcasting Cor-poration said according to the Indone-sian police’s initial findings, the boat was intercepted twice by Australian authorities.

The first time they were warned not to cross into Australian waters but were allowed to continue on

Indonesian police say Australia paid people-smugglers: reports

SYDNEY - Indonesian police insist Australian authorities paid the crew of a people-smuggling boat US$31,000 to turn back, displaying thousands of US dollars as proof, reports said Wednesday.

their way. The second time they were de-

tained, with the Indonesian captain Yohanis Humiang allegedly taken on-board an Australian Customs ship and told his boat was not in good enough condition to reach New Zealand.

According to the police findings, a deal was then struck under which the asylum-seeker boat would return to Indonesia, with the captain paid US$6,000 and the five crew US$5,000 each, the ABC said.

After being anchored at Australia’s Ashmore Reef for two days, the 65 asylum-seekers were allegedly placed in two other wooden boats, along with three Indonesian crew in each,

life-jackets, food, a map and direc-tions to Indonesia’s Rote Island, the ABC said.

But approaching the island, about eight hours away, one boat ran out of fuel -- so all 71 people ended up on the other vessel, which later ran aground near the island off West Timor.

Villagers helped rescue the asylum-seekers and notified the Indonesian police, leading to the arrest of the six crew who remain in custody after questioning, reports said.

“We believe the payments hap-pened,” Endang told the Herald. “They all said the same thing: they were paid by Australian officials to return to Indonesia.” (afp)

President asked to inaugurate Gaza hospital

Motorbike-hailing app revs up in traffic-choked Jakarta

REUTERS/Beawiharta

A Gojek driver rides his motorcycle through a business district street in Jakarta, June 9, 2015. Jakarta’s traffic jams are a constant vexation for the city’s 10 million residents.

Prince Charles leads a host of dignitaries Wednesday to kick off four days of commemora-tions Wednesday of the battle that changed the course of his-tory 200 years ago Thursday. Napoleon’s defeat in the half-day battle against an overwhelming international coalition ended France’s supremacy in the world and opened the British century with the biggest of bangs.

Little wonder the French are still gnashing their teeth two centuries later. “It is not easy for them — psychologically speak-ing,” said military historian Pro-fessor Luc De Vos. Earlier this year, the Belgians wanted to mint a commemorative Battle of Wa-terloo euro coin which many of the belligerents in the fight now share. Paris blocked the idea.

Belgium promptly turned them into commemorative coins that do not need approval from other eurozone nations before minting. But France’s bruised ego over Waterloo has healed somewhat.

Descendants of Napoleon and the French ambassador will show up during the four days of Waterloo commemorations just south of Brussels.

On the battlegrounds them-selves, kept intact down to the lush wheat that s tands near full ripeness this time of year, everything has been prepared for official ceremonies and re-enactments.

At the heart of the battle was the pivotal French assault on Hougoumont Farm, on whose wooden gate, in the Duke of Wel-lington’s words, the outcome of the entire world hinged. Once the smoke lifted, France’s Grande Armee was in retreat and 26 years of Napoleonic warfare to unite Europe under French rule had ended. On the small battlefield, over 10,000 soldiers lay dead — and as many horses.

On Wednesday, Prince Charles will be at the lovingly restored Hougoumont farm again to sur-vey the batt lefield with the

descendants of the troop lead-ers — the Duke of Wellington, Prince Nikolaus von Bluecher of Prussia and Prince Charles Bonaparte of France.

Through Saturday, some 5,000 re-enactors will roll the drums, fire the guns and cannons and walk through the gunpowder smoke, only to come to the same result: Napoleon lost.

Napoleon “was 46, but in bad health. Wellington was fit. His staff was not functioning well. There was hesitation. At the end of the battle, he only had 70,000 men and his opponents had nearly double,” said De Vos. So off went Napoleon, eventually to die in exile in Saint Helena, a speck of an island in the south Atlantic.

Instead of France, Britain came to rule the waves of the 19th century, reaping a rich harvest in colonies around the globe and firing the furnaces of the industrial revolution in Europe. (ap)

SEOUL — North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage to agriculture. The official Korean Central News Agency said the drought has caused about 30 percent of its rice paddies to dry up. Rice plants normally need to be partially submerged in water during the early summer.

“Water level of reservoirs stands at the lowest, while riv-ers and streams (are) getting dry,” it said in a report Tuesday. An official from South Korea’s Unification Ministry, who asked not to be identified because of office rules, said precipitation in North Korea was abnormally low in May. Its production of rice and potatoes could decline by as

much as 20 percent compared to average years if the shortage of rainfall extends to early July, he said. The official couldn’t confirm North Korea’s claim that it was experiencing its worst drought in a century.

KCNA said other crops were being planted in paddy fields in an attempt to reduce the agricultural shortfall. North Korea suffered a devastating famine during the 1990s that is believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of people. The famine is also believed to have loosened the authoritarian state’s control over the economy by damaging its public food dis-tribution system and paving the way for private economic activity in unofficial markets. (ap)

BAUCHI, Nigeria — Civilian self-defense fighters say a sack of home-made bombs found at an abandoned Boko Haram camp exploded, killing 63 people in northeast Nigeria.

Witness Haruna Bukar says the civilians were patrolling when they came across the bag of metallic objects and carried them to the nearby town of Monguno, where they exploded on Tuesday.

He says many curious people

had gathered to inspect the ob-jects when they detonated. Nige-ria’s homegrown extremists rou-tinely use improvised explosive devices in their attacks.

Boko Haram had taken con-trol of a large swath of northeast Nigeria until a multinational force this year forced them out of towns and villages. Nigeria’s military says the extremists are confined to the Sambisa Forest. Bombings and hit-and-run at-tacks continue, however. (ap)

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In this June 16, 2007, file photo, actors dressed as soldiers pull a cannon during a re-enactment of the Battle of Waterloo in Braine-l’Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium. The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battle, as his defeat put a final end to his rule as Emperor of France.

World changed forever 200 years ago at Battle of Waterloo

WATERLOO, Belgium — To the victor go the spoils: So Waterloo became synonymous with Napoleon’s demise, even if the worst of the battle never happened there. Ignoring the bloodied grounds of nearby towns, the victorious Duke of Wellington picked the name of the battle as the place where he slept after it was all over. And nothing has been the same since for the once-sleepy village — or for the world.

Bombs found at Boko Haram camp kill 63 in Nigeria

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FILE - In this June 22, 2012 file photo, rice plants grow from the cracked and dry earth in Ryongchon-ri in North Korea’s Hwangju County. North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage to agriculture.

North Korea says it has been hit by worst drought in 100 years

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The air is cool and comfortable as being free from pollution.

Along the country road leading to the ham-

let, we can see the neat court-yard, while

the neigh-borhood

is clean enough. Each telajakan (public area) is planted with flowers so that butterflies and birds can play and dance intimately in a peaceful rural atmosphere. Afternoon atmo-sphere will be comfortable. Small animals such as dog-day cicadas give a nuance of beautiful vil-lage. ‘Arrogant’ crows of roosters make our journey more comfort-able. Then, familiar smile of the

locals

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Pinge hamlet is about 1 km from the center of Tua village of-fice, about 8 km from the Marga subdistrict town or 18 km from Ta-banan town. The village is located at an altitude of 500-750 meters

above sea level with a relatively flat

t o p o g r a p h y and fe r t i l e land suitable f o r f a r m -ing rice and vegetables. It has

a number of unique cultural poten-tial. There is Natar Jemeng temple that stores some objects of the archaeological heritage in the form of Ganesha statue, lingam-yoni and Kiranti with the status as cultural heritage. At this hamlet lie some temples such as the Subak Pinge temple, Puseh temple, Penataran temple, Melanting temple and Dalem temple. This reflects if the hamlet has had high civilization. It is said, the Jemeng temple was the origin of Pinge hamlet.

House of local residents is built in a row

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Pinge Hamlet

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CLEVELAND — LeBron James pulled off his sunglasses, and there was no hiding the hurt in his eyes. He had given everything he had, the best player turning into a better teammate, and it wasn’t enough. “If I could have gave more, I would have done it, but I gave everything I had,” he said Tuesday after Cleveland’s 105-97 loss to Golden State in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

And that’s more than just points, rebounds and assists. Throughout the year had proven what it meant not just to be the star but to be the leader, even more during the NBA Finals.

“What’s evident to everyone is what a spectacular basketball player that LeBron is. But he has become a great leader of his team,” coach David Blatt said. “He’s become a guy that has evolved in terms of his role within the team and within the whole concept of what it is that we want to be about.”

James believed he could will Cleveland to a championship, with a confidence that turned almost defiance. Even as the Golden State Warriors had asserted themselves as the series went on, James said he didn’t doubt the Cavaliers could win until the clock reached zero. James finished with 32 points, 18

rebounds and nine assists in another tremendous individual effort, but his outmanned Cavaliers lost the final three games.

His fourth loss in six NBA Finals trips left him wondering briefly if he’d be better off just missing the playoffs entirely, so it would hurt less. “I didn’t win a championship,” he said, “but I’ve done a lot of good things in this first year back and hopefully I can continue it.”

He couldn’t end Cleveland pro sports’ lengthy title drought, a 51-year stretch that’s been so tough even some local fans believe in the so-called Cleveland Curse. (ap)

“To be able to hold this trophy and all the hard work we’ve put into it this season, this is special,” Curry said. “We’re definitely a great team and a team that should go down in history as one of the best teams from top to bottom.” The Warriors overcame James’ best efforts in the series and fol-lowed their 67-win regular season with a title despite none of their players having had any previous NBA Finals experience entering the series.

James finished with 32 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists, fall-ing just shy of what would have been a record third triple-double in the series. “Doesn’t matter if I’m playing in Miami or playing in Cleveland or playing on Mars,” he said. “You lose in the finals, it’s disappointing.”

He simply did not have enough support from an injury-stricken Cavaliers roster, and a half-centu-ry-long title drought in Cleveland continues, with no team from the city having won a title in the top level of U.S. pro sports since the Cleveland Browns NFL team in 1964. Draymond Green recorded a triple-double for the Warriors, and for the first time since Gerald Ford was President, disco was in vogue and Rick Barry was flicking in free throws under-handed, the best pro basketball team resides in the Bay Area.

After falling behind by two

points early in the third quarter, the Warriors took control with Curry and Iguodala leading the way. They outscored the Cavaliers 28-18 in the third quarter, quieting a rocking Cleveland crowd and opening a lead even the brilliant James couldn’t overcome. Golden State, having pushed its lead out to 15 points in the closing stages, allowed the Cavaliers to creep back within four points in the final min-ute and a remarkable comeback

momentarily seemed possible, but the Warriors hung on.

James returned from Miami to Cleveland this season to deliver a title to his home region, but the 30-year-old, left to do most of the work by himself after All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were injured in the postseason, came two wins shy. James was superbly dominant during the se-ries, showing why he’s the world’s best player, but the Warriors were simply the better team. “We ran out of talent,” said James, who sat facing his locker with a towel over his head for nearly an hour after the game. “We gave everything we had.”

Iguodala had the unenviable task of guarding James but did it so well — and contributed strongly to offense — that he was nominated

as the player of the series. “This has been a long ride,” Iguodala said. “It’s been a great season.”

This series, which opened with two overtime games in Oakland, flipped when coach Steve Kerr em-ployed a small lineup in the fourth quarter of Game 3 and the Warriors nearly overcame a 20-point deficit before losing.

Kerr stuck with revamped lineup in Game 4, giving Ig-uodala his first start this season, switching Green to center and benching the ineffective Andrew Bogut. The move was as golden as the Warriors, who finished with 83 wins, the third-highest single-season total in history. Only the 1995-96 and 1996-97 Bulls won more, and Kerr was on both of those teams. The fact that Iguodala, their sixth man,

took MVP honors perhaps sums up the Warriors best.

“I always said Andre’s a pro’s pro,” Green said. “He’s a profes-sional guy and it showed, and that’s why he’s MVP of the series and that’s what we’re champions.”

While Golden State had some solid teams in the past — the “Run TMC” version coached by Don Nelson and featuring Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond among them — the franchise has been undermined by dysfunction. Along with long playoff gaps, there were bad trades, poor drafts and numerous coaching changes.

Those days are gone, washed away by Curry and Thompson — the “Splash Brothers” — and a roster of selfless players who bonded under Kerr and have re-turned basketball glory to Oakland. “I remember coming to Oracle as a player year after year playing against lousy teams,” Kerr said. “I could not be happier for our fan base.”

Kerr molded them. Hired last summer after spurning an offer from the Knicks, he won three of his five titles as Michael Jordan’s teammate in Chicago and two playing for Gregg Popovich in San Antonio.

With Curry, the team’s first MVP since Wilt Chamberlain, leading them, the Warriors out-gunned everyone in the rugged Western Conference and entered the postseason as a No. 1 seed. They swept New Orleans, ral-lied from a 2-1 deficit to beat Memphis and then blew through Houston in five games to make the finals for the first time since ‘75. They then held off James and the Cavs, who just didn’t have enough. (ap)

Cleveland Cavaliers for-ward LeBron

James (23) shakes hands

with Golden State War-

riors guard Stephen Curry (30) during the fourth quarter of game six of

the NBA Finals at Quicken

Loans Arena. Warriors won

105-97.

LeBron can’t deliver title to Cleveland despite great effort

Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports

AP Photo/Paul Sancya

The members of the Golden State Warriors celebrate after winning the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. The Warriors defeated the Cava-liers 105-97 to win the best-of-seven game series 4-2.

Warriors win NBA title, beat Cavaliers 105-97

CLEVELAND — The Golden State Warriors clinched their first NBA championship since 1975 by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 in Game 6 on Tuesday, extending Cleveland’s even-longer title drought and denying LeBron James the fairytale finish to his homecoming season. League MVP Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala — named as an unlikely Finals MVP — each had 25 points for the Warriors, who won the final three games after Cleveland had led the Finals series 2-1.

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Argentina coach Gerardo Mar-tino was banished to the stands for arguing with the match of-ficials after just half an hour of a stormy encounter which fre-quently threatened to boil over. The result left Argentina and Paraguay level at the top of Group B with four points each, ahead of Uruguay on three.

Jamaica, who lost 1-0 to Para-guay earlier in the day, are bot-tom without a point ahead of the final round of group matches on Saturday. The Argentines took the game to their opponents from the start and Aguero almost gave them the lead with a header from a Lionel Messi cross after 25 minutes, forcing a fine reflex save from Muslera.

Uruguay made a more cautious start but had their chances too,

Diego Godin heading just over towards the end of the half. The atmosphere was tense and when Martino jumped from the bench to remonstrate with the match officials, the Brazilian referee sent him off. He spent the rest of the match watching through a window, high in the stands.

Eleven minutes after the break, Aguero made the breakthrough. Javier Pastore started the move with some trickery in midfield before threading the ball down the right wing for Zabaleta, who crossed into the box for Aguero to score.

The Uruguayans finally came out of their shell and had their chances to equalise. Striker Diego Rolan squandered their best opportunity on 75 minutes, scooping the ball over from six yards after

goalkeeper Sergio Romero had parried Alvaro Pereira’s stinging shot.

Argentina face Jamaica in their final group match in Vina del Mar on Saturday while defending champi-ons Uruguay stay in La Serena to take on Para-guay in a repeat of the last Copa America final in 2011. (rtr)

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Brazil beat Senegal 5-0 to join Serbia in the final of the Under-20 World Cup and to bury on Wednesday the nascent suspicion football’s great expressionists had embarked on a new, more sober course. After Brazil’s latest match-es against Uruguay and Portugal were scoreless and decided in pen-alty shootouts, speculation grew that a new generation was ushering in a more defensive style.

A theory that Brazil’s 7-1 loss to Germany at least year’s senior World Cup forced a general reap-praisal of its direction — a new emphasis on defense over attack — grew as goals dried up. Brazil

exploded that theory on Wednes-day, striking three times in the first 19 minutes to earn its final place opposite Serbia, which beat Mali 2-1 in extra time.

While Brazil was a team trans-formed, Serbia continued its steady progress to the final; playing sound defense and showing an ability, rare at this tournament, to clinically convert a few scoring chances. An early goal to Andrija Maksimovic set the tone early for an imposing Serbian performance, but Yous-souf Kone’s equalizer helped Mali regain its confidence.

The second half was played at a frantic pace, and Mali had the best of it, but neither side created the

decisive goal. In extra time, Milos Veljkovic’s header found Ivan Saponjic, who headed the ball past Mali goalkeeper Djigui Diarra.

Kone received a second yellow card to all but end 10-man Mali’s hopes of victory, and the African team’s performance dissolved in scenes of petulance and recrimina-tion. Five-time champion Brazil took all of its chances to advance to the final for the ninth time, and to end the remarkable run of first-time qualifier Senegal.

Brazil rushed out to a two-goal lead after seven minutes, before adding a third in the 19th, all but ending Senegal’s challenge. An attack down the right flank by

Joao Pedro was followed by an innocuous pass into the middle which deflected off Senegal de-fender Andelinou Correa’s heel into goal.

Two minutes later, three Brazil players found themselves with an overlap on a fast break and Gabriel Jesus held his nerve while Marcus Guilherme found space and blasted home. Another soft shot a l o n g t h e

ground from the flank was only partially stopped by a sprawling Ibrahima Sy, the Senegalese keeper, directly into the path of Brazil midfielder Boschilia, who scored. Brazil added a fourth in the 35th through Jorge. The second half lost some structure but the South Americans added their fifth after clever interplay allowed Guilherme to tap in his second in the 78th.

As good as Brazil was on at-tack, its defense has been its real strength; it has 8 hours, 22 minutes since it last conceded a goal. Coach Rogerio Micale was relieved, after two penalty shoo-

touts, to see his team win so emphatically. (ap)

BERN, Switzerland — Banks in Switzerland have reported 53 pos-sible acts of money-laundering in the investigation of FIFA’s 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests, the coun-try’s attorney-general said Wednesday. Michael Lauber said the “suspicious bank relations” were filed to comply with Switzerland’s regulations against money laundering.

The federal prosecutor described a “huge and complex” case which targets “criminal mismanagement and money-laundering” in the bidding contests which sent the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 tourna-ment to Qatar. Lauber is prepared for either country to be stripped of the hosting rights if new evidence proves wrongdoing. “I don’t mind if this has some collateral (damage) somewhere else,” he said, addressing the media for the first time since the Swiss investiga-tion into FIFA was announced three weeks ago.

Lauber said he “does not exclude”

interviewing FIFA President Sepp Blatter and secretary-general Jerome Valcke in the future, though they are not currently under suspicion. Blatter is also a target of a separate investiga-tion of bribery and racketeering led by U.S. federal agencies, who are work-ing with Swiss authorities.

The American case alleged that senior FIFA voters received $10 mil-lion in bribes to support South Africa’s successful bid for the 2010 World Cup. Valcke has been linked to transferring the money from a FIFA account on behalf of South African officials.

Lauber would not be drawn on whether the South African case was also within the scope of his investiga-tion. FIFA began the 2018 and 2022 case by filing a criminal complaint against “persons unknown” last November. “This is a dynamic pro-cess,” Lauber said. “It could really go everywhere and that is why I don’t want to tell you which direction I put my focus.” (ap)

SANTIAGO - Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal, top scorer at the Copa America, was arrested on drink-driving charges after crashing his car and being taken to hospital with a neck injury, police said on Wednesday. Chil-ean state television showed pictures of Vidal’s badly damaged red Ferrari and said the Juventus midfielder had crashed 30km south of Santiago at about 10pm on Tuesday after spending the team’s afternoon off at a casino.

It later showed Vidal, who has three goals in the tournament after scoring twice in Chile’s 3-3 draw with Mexico on Monday, leaving the hospital in a police patrol car.

“(Vidal is charged with causing) a traffic accident, with people injured, under the influence of alcohol,” police colonel Ricardo Gonzalez told report-ers, adding the player would have to go before a judge.

Vidal appeared to be in good shape, talking to his agent sitting beside him in the patrol car, while hospital director Sergio Aguilera said three people were hurt including the player, who “had a lightly bruised neck.”

Hosts Chile are top of Group A in the 12-team tournament with four points from two matches, ahead of Bo-livia on goal difference. Mexico have two points and Ecuador none. (rtr)

Swiss AG: 53 possible money-laundering cases in FIFA probe

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Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber speaks during a press conference in Bern, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Lauber said that banks have noted 53 possible money-laun-dering cases in a FIFA probe.

Chile’s Vidal charged with drink-driving after car crash

VANCOUVER — Abby Wam-bach is used to scoring with her head. She’s not sure how she got her latest goal. “I think it was my shin guard, to be quite honest,” she said. “I’m not 100 percent sure.” Doesn’t really matter to Wambach. What does is that she scored, pulling the U.S. national team to a 1-0 victory over Nigeria and into a first-place finish in its group at the Women’s World Cup.

That sends the United States to Edmonton, Alberta, for the opening match of the knockout stage against an undetermined opponent. It was Wambach’s first goal in Canada and her 14th overall in a World Cup, pulling her even with Birgit Prinz for second on the all-time list behind Brazil’s Marta, who has 15.

“Getting that goal right before the half was big for us,” she said. “Not taking too many injuries is also posi-tive, and going out first in our group was absolutely what we set out to do.” Wambach came off the bench for the United States in the team’s last match against Sweden. Tuesday, she started up top with Alex Morgan, who was making her first World Cup start in Canada after working her way back from a bone bruise in her left knee.

The United States, ranked second in the world behind Germany, has two World Cup titles, but hasn’t won since 1999. Four years ago in Germany, the U.S. advanced to the final but fell to Japan on penalty kicks. Nigeria, which has won seven of nine African championships, has been to every World Cup since it started for the women in 1991. The Super Falcons were eliminated after the loss to the United States after playing to a 3-all draw with Sweden in the opener and falling 2-0 to Australia.

Afterward, coach Nigeria coach Edwin Okon would not shake the

LONDON — Chelsea will begin its English Premier League defense against Swansea, while Manchester United hosts Tottenham on the opening weekend in August. The fixtures for the 2015-16 campaign were released on Wednesday, less than a month after Chelsea collected the league trophy.

Chelsea, which is at home on the weekend of Aug. 8-9, routed Swansea 5-0 in their last meeting in January. But on the second week-end, Jose Mourinho’s side travels

to Manchester City, which finished second last month after being de-posed as champion by Chelsea. City starts at West Bromwich Albion.

At United, Louis van Gaal is trying to deliver the team’s first title since 2013 under Alex Ferguson. After hosting Tottenham in its first match, United plays Aston Villa, Newcastle, Swansea, then Liver-pool at Old Trafford on Sept. 12.

Liverpool has an immediate chance to avenge a 6-1 loss at Stoke on the final day of last season, after

being selected to go back to the sta-dium to start the new campaign.

Slaven Bilic’s first match as West Ham manager will be at Arsenal, which finished third last season, while new Newcastle man-ager Steve McClaren opens against Southampton.

Bournemouth starts its first-ever topflight campaign with a home match against Aston Villa. Fellow newcomer Watford is at Everton, and playoff winner Norwich hosts Crystal Palace. (ap)

Chelsea opens EPL defense against Swansea, Man U hosts Spurs

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United States’ Abby Wambach celebrates her goal with team-mate Megan Rapinoe during the first half of a FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer match, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 in Vancouver, New Brunswick, Canada

Wambach’s goal gives US a 1-0 win over Nigeria

hand of U.S. coach Jill Ellis. “We created some good chances, but we didn’t take the chances,” Okon said about his team’s performance. “It is a lesson.” The U.S. opened Group D with a 3-1 victory over No. 10 Aus-tralia, before playing to a 0-0 draw with No. 5 Sweden.

Morgan hadn’t started a match since April. The speedy 25-year-old played 12 minutes as a sub in the draw with Sweden. Wambach also came in as a sub in the match against Sweden last Friday. It was the first time she had played off the bench at a

World Cup since her first in 2003.The 35-year-old veteran, who

didn’t score in the first two U.S. group stage matches, had never gone with-out a goal in the opening round in her four overall World Cup appearances. Wambach said it was important to get a start with Morgan as the team heads to the next round.

“Huge to get Alex minutes, not just for us to get the minutes together, but for her to get minutes in the World Cup, and for her to get her legs under her,” Wambach said. “Because we need Alex Morgan.” (ap)

Brazil to meet Serbia in Under-20 World Cup final

Aguero header gives Argentina win over Uruguay

LA SERENA - Sergio Aguero’s superb diving header gave Argentina a 1-0 victory over River Plate rivals Uruguay at the Copa America on Tuesday. Aguero met a 56th-minute cross from his Manchester City team mate Pablo Zabaleta and buried an unstoppable effort past Uruguayan goalkeeper Fernando Muslera at his front post.

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Argentina’s Sergio Aguero celebrates a goal against

Uruguay during their first round Copa America 2015 soccer match at

Estadio La Portada in La Serena, Chile, June 16, 2015.

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Argentina coach Gerardo Mar-tino was banished to the stands for arguing with the match of-ficials after just half an hour of a stormy encounter which fre-quently threatened to boil over. The result left Argentina and Paraguay level at the top of Group B with four points each, ahead of Uruguay on three.

Jamaica, who lost 1-0 to Para-guay earlier in the day, are bot-tom without a point ahead of the final round of group matches on Saturday. The Argentines took the game to their opponents from the start and Aguero almost gave them the lead with a header from a Lionel Messi cross after 25 minutes, forcing a fine reflex save from Muslera.

Uruguay made a more cautious start but had their chances too,

Diego Godin heading just over towards the end of the half. The atmosphere was tense and when Martino jumped from the bench to remonstrate with the match officials, the Brazilian referee sent him off. He spent the rest of the match watching through a window, high in the stands.

Eleven minutes after the break, Aguero made the breakthrough. Javier Pastore started the move with some trickery in midfield before threading the ball down the right wing for Zabaleta, who crossed into the box for Aguero to score.

The Uruguayans finally came out of their shell and had their chances to equalise. Striker Diego Rolan squandered their best opportunity on 75 minutes, scooping the ball over from six yards after

goalkeeper Sergio Romero had parried Alvaro Pereira’s stinging shot.

Argentina face Jamaica in their final group match in Vina del Mar on Saturday while defending champi-ons Uruguay stay in La Serena to take on Para-guay in a repeat of the last Copa America final in 2011. (rtr)

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Brazil beat Senegal 5-0 to join Serbia in the final of the Under-20 World Cup and to bury on Wednesday the nascent suspicion football’s great expressionists had embarked on a new, more sober course. After Brazil’s latest match-es against Uruguay and Portugal were scoreless and decided in pen-alty shootouts, speculation grew that a new generation was ushering in a more defensive style.

A theory that Brazil’s 7-1 loss to Germany at least year’s senior World Cup forced a general reap-praisal of its direction — a new emphasis on defense over attack — grew as goals dried up. Brazil

exploded that theory on Wednes-day, striking three times in the first 19 minutes to earn its final place opposite Serbia, which beat Mali 2-1 in extra time.

While Brazil was a team trans-formed, Serbia continued its steady progress to the final; playing sound defense and showing an ability, rare at this tournament, to clinically convert a few scoring chances. An early goal to Andrija Maksimovic set the tone early for an imposing Serbian performance, but Yous-souf Kone’s equalizer helped Mali regain its confidence.

The second half was played at a frantic pace, and Mali had the best of it, but neither side created the

decisive goal. In extra time, Milos Veljkovic’s header found Ivan Saponjic, who headed the ball past Mali goalkeeper Djigui Diarra.

Kone received a second yellow card to all but end 10-man Mali’s hopes of victory, and the African team’s performance dissolved in scenes of petulance and recrimina-tion. Five-time champion Brazil took all of its chances to advance to the final for the ninth time, and to end the remarkable run of first-time qualifier Senegal.

Brazil rushed out to a two-goal lead after seven minutes, before adding a third in the 19th, all but ending Senegal’s challenge. An attack down the right flank by

Joao Pedro was followed by an innocuous pass into the middle which deflected off Senegal de-fender Andelinou Correa’s heel into goal.

Two minutes later, three Brazil players found themselves with an overlap on a fast break and Gabriel Jesus held his nerve while Marcus Guilherme found space and blasted home. Another soft shot a l o n g t h e

ground from the flank was only partially stopped by a sprawling Ibrahima Sy, the Senegalese keeper, directly into the path of Brazil midfielder Boschilia, who scored. Brazil added a fourth in the 35th through Jorge. The second half lost some structure but the South Americans added their fifth after clever interplay allowed Guilherme to tap in his second in the 78th.

As good as Brazil was on at-tack, its defense has been its real strength; it has 8 hours, 22 minutes since it last conceded a goal. Coach Rogerio Micale was relieved, after two penalty shoo-

touts, to see his team win so emphatically. (ap)

BERN, Switzerland — Banks in Switzerland have reported 53 pos-sible acts of money-laundering in the investigation of FIFA’s 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests, the coun-try’s attorney-general said Wednesday. Michael Lauber said the “suspicious bank relations” were filed to comply with Switzerland’s regulations against money laundering.

The federal prosecutor described a “huge and complex” case which targets “criminal mismanagement and money-laundering” in the bidding contests which sent the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 tourna-ment to Qatar. Lauber is prepared for either country to be stripped of the hosting rights if new evidence proves wrongdoing. “I don’t mind if this has some collateral (damage) somewhere else,” he said, addressing the media for the first time since the Swiss investiga-tion into FIFA was announced three weeks ago.

Lauber said he “does not exclude”

interviewing FIFA President Sepp Blatter and secretary-general Jerome Valcke in the future, though they are not currently under suspicion. Blatter is also a target of a separate investiga-tion of bribery and racketeering led by U.S. federal agencies, who are work-ing with Swiss authorities.

The American case alleged that senior FIFA voters received $10 mil-lion in bribes to support South Africa’s successful bid for the 2010 World Cup. Valcke has been linked to transferring the money from a FIFA account on behalf of South African officials.

Lauber would not be drawn on whether the South African case was also within the scope of his investiga-tion. FIFA began the 2018 and 2022 case by filing a criminal complaint against “persons unknown” last November. “This is a dynamic pro-cess,” Lauber said. “It could really go everywhere and that is why I don’t want to tell you which direction I put my focus.” (ap)

SANTIAGO - Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal, top scorer at the Copa America, was arrested on drink-driving charges after crashing his car and being taken to hospital with a neck injury, police said on Wednesday. Chil-ean state television showed pictures of Vidal’s badly damaged red Ferrari and said the Juventus midfielder had crashed 30km south of Santiago at about 10pm on Tuesday after spending the team’s afternoon off at a casino.

It later showed Vidal, who has three goals in the tournament after scoring twice in Chile’s 3-3 draw with Mexico on Monday, leaving the hospital in a police patrol car.

“(Vidal is charged with causing) a traffic accident, with people injured, under the influence of alcohol,” police colonel Ricardo Gonzalez told report-ers, adding the player would have to go before a judge.

Vidal appeared to be in good shape, talking to his agent sitting beside him in the patrol car, while hospital director Sergio Aguilera said three people were hurt including the player, who “had a lightly bruised neck.”

Hosts Chile are top of Group A in the 12-team tournament with four points from two matches, ahead of Bo-livia on goal difference. Mexico have two points and Ecuador none. (rtr)

Swiss AG: 53 possible money-laundering cases in FIFA probe

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Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber speaks during a press conference in Bern, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Lauber said that banks have noted 53 possible money-laun-dering cases in a FIFA probe.

Chile’s Vidal charged with drink-driving after car crash

VANCOUVER — Abby Wam-bach is used to scoring with her head. She’s not sure how she got her latest goal. “I think it was my shin guard, to be quite honest,” she said. “I’m not 100 percent sure.” Doesn’t really matter to Wambach. What does is that she scored, pulling the U.S. national team to a 1-0 victory over Nigeria and into a first-place finish in its group at the Women’s World Cup.

That sends the United States to Edmonton, Alberta, for the opening match of the knockout stage against an undetermined opponent. It was Wambach’s first goal in Canada and her 14th overall in a World Cup, pulling her even with Birgit Prinz for second on the all-time list behind Brazil’s Marta, who has 15.

“Getting that goal right before the half was big for us,” she said. “Not taking too many injuries is also posi-tive, and going out first in our group was absolutely what we set out to do.” Wambach came off the bench for the United States in the team’s last match against Sweden. Tuesday, she started up top with Alex Morgan, who was making her first World Cup start in Canada after working her way back from a bone bruise in her left knee.

The United States, ranked second in the world behind Germany, has two World Cup titles, but hasn’t won since 1999. Four years ago in Germany, the U.S. advanced to the final but fell to Japan on penalty kicks. Nigeria, which has won seven of nine African championships, has been to every World Cup since it started for the women in 1991. The Super Falcons were eliminated after the loss to the United States after playing to a 3-all draw with Sweden in the opener and falling 2-0 to Australia.

Afterward, coach Nigeria coach Edwin Okon would not shake the

LONDON — Chelsea will begin its English Premier League defense against Swansea, while Manchester United hosts Tottenham on the opening weekend in August. The fixtures for the 2015-16 campaign were released on Wednesday, less than a month after Chelsea collected the league trophy.

Chelsea, which is at home on the weekend of Aug. 8-9, routed Swansea 5-0 in their last meeting in January. But on the second week-end, Jose Mourinho’s side travels

to Manchester City, which finished second last month after being de-posed as champion by Chelsea. City starts at West Bromwich Albion.

At United, Louis van Gaal is trying to deliver the team’s first title since 2013 under Alex Ferguson. After hosting Tottenham in its first match, United plays Aston Villa, Newcastle, Swansea, then Liver-pool at Old Trafford on Sept. 12.

Liverpool has an immediate chance to avenge a 6-1 loss at Stoke on the final day of last season, after

being selected to go back to the sta-dium to start the new campaign.

Slaven Bilic’s first match as West Ham manager will be at Arsenal, which finished third last season, while new Newcastle man-ager Steve McClaren opens against Southampton.

Bournemouth starts its first-ever topflight campaign with a home match against Aston Villa. Fellow newcomer Watford is at Everton, and playoff winner Norwich hosts Crystal Palace. (ap)

Chelsea opens EPL defense against Swansea, Man U hosts Spurs

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United States’ Abby Wambach celebrates her goal with team-mate Megan Rapinoe during the first half of a FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer match, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 in Vancouver, New Brunswick, Canada

Wambach’s goal gives US a 1-0 win over Nigeria

hand of U.S. coach Jill Ellis. “We created some good chances, but we didn’t take the chances,” Okon said about his team’s performance. “It is a lesson.” The U.S. opened Group D with a 3-1 victory over No. 10 Aus-tralia, before playing to a 0-0 draw with No. 5 Sweden.

Morgan hadn’t started a match since April. The speedy 25-year-old played 12 minutes as a sub in the draw with Sweden. Wambach also came in as a sub in the match against Sweden last Friday. It was the first time she had played off the bench at a

World Cup since her first in 2003.The 35-year-old veteran, who

didn’t score in the first two U.S. group stage matches, had never gone with-out a goal in the opening round in her four overall World Cup appearances. Wambach said it was important to get a start with Morgan as the team heads to the next round.

“Huge to get Alex minutes, not just for us to get the minutes together, but for her to get minutes in the World Cup, and for her to get her legs under her,” Wambach said. “Because we need Alex Morgan.” (ap)

Brazil to meet Serbia in Under-20 World Cup final

Aguero header gives Argentina win over Uruguay

LA SERENA - Sergio Aguero’s superb diving header gave Argentina a 1-0 victory over River Plate rivals Uruguay at the Copa America on Tuesday. Aguero met a 56th-minute cross from his Manchester City team mate Pablo Zabaleta and buried an unstoppable effort past Uruguayan goalkeeper Fernando Muslera at his front post.

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Argentina’s Sergio Aguero celebrates a goal against

Uruguay during their first round Copa America 2015 soccer match at

Estadio La Portada in La Serena, Chile, June 16, 2015.

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The air is cool and comfortable as being free from pollution.

Along the country road leading to the ham-

let, we can see the neat court-yard, while

the neigh-borhood

is clean enough. Each telajakan (public area) is planted with flowers so that butterflies and birds can play and dance intimately in a peaceful rural atmosphere. Afternoon atmo-sphere will be comfortable. Small animals such as dog-day cicadas give a nuance of beautiful vil-lage. ‘Arrogant’ crows of roosters make our journey more comfort-able. Then, familiar smile of the

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above sea level with a relatively flat

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CLEVELAND — LeBron James pulled off his sunglasses, and there was no hiding the hurt in his eyes. He had given everything he had, the best player turning into a better teammate, and it wasn’t enough. “If I could have gave more, I would have done it, but I gave everything I had,” he said Tuesday after Cleveland’s 105-97 loss to Golden State in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

And that’s more than just points, rebounds and assists. Throughout the year had proven what it meant not just to be the star but to be the leader, even more during the NBA Finals.

“What’s evident to everyone is what a spectacular basketball player that LeBron is. But he has become a great leader of his team,” coach David Blatt said. “He’s become a guy that has evolved in terms of his role within the team and within the whole concept of what it is that we want to be about.”

James believed he could will Cleveland to a championship, with a confidence that turned almost defiance. Even as the Golden State Warriors had asserted themselves as the series went on, James said he didn’t doubt the Cavaliers could win until the clock reached zero. James finished with 32 points, 18

rebounds and nine assists in another tremendous individual effort, but his outmanned Cavaliers lost the final three games.

His fourth loss in six NBA Finals trips left him wondering briefly if he’d be better off just missing the playoffs entirely, so it would hurt less. “I didn’t win a championship,” he said, “but I’ve done a lot of good things in this first year back and hopefully I can continue it.”

He couldn’t end Cleveland pro sports’ lengthy title drought, a 51-year stretch that’s been so tough even some local fans believe in the so-called Cleveland Curse. (ap)

“To be able to hold this trophy and all the hard work we’ve put into it this season, this is special,” Curry said. “We’re definitely a great team and a team that should go down in history as one of the best teams from top to bottom.” The Warriors overcame James’ best efforts in the series and fol-lowed their 67-win regular season with a title despite none of their players having had any previous NBA Finals experience entering the series.

James finished with 32 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists, fall-ing just shy of what would have been a record third triple-double in the series. “Doesn’t matter if I’m playing in Miami or playing in Cleveland or playing on Mars,” he said. “You lose in the finals, it’s disappointing.”

He simply did not have enough support from an injury-stricken Cavaliers roster, and a half-centu-ry-long title drought in Cleveland continues, with no team from the city having won a title in the top level of U.S. pro sports since the Cleveland Browns NFL team in 1964. Draymond Green recorded a triple-double for the Warriors, and for the first time since Gerald Ford was President, disco was in vogue and Rick Barry was flicking in free throws under-handed, the best pro basketball team resides in the Bay Area.

After falling behind by two

points early in the third quarter, the Warriors took control with Curry and Iguodala leading the way. They outscored the Cavaliers 28-18 in the third quarter, quieting a rocking Cleveland crowd and opening a lead even the brilliant James couldn’t overcome. Golden State, having pushed its lead out to 15 points in the closing stages, allowed the Cavaliers to creep back within four points in the final min-ute and a remarkable comeback

momentarily seemed possible, but the Warriors hung on.

James returned from Miami to Cleveland this season to deliver a title to his home region, but the 30-year-old, left to do most of the work by himself after All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were injured in the postseason, came two wins shy. James was superbly dominant during the se-ries, showing why he’s the world’s best player, but the Warriors were simply the better team. “We ran out of talent,” said James, who sat facing his locker with a towel over his head for nearly an hour after the game. “We gave everything we had.”

Iguodala had the unenviable task of guarding James but did it so well — and contributed strongly to offense — that he was nominated

as the player of the series. “This has been a long ride,” Iguodala said. “It’s been a great season.”

This series, which opened with two overtime games in Oakland, flipped when coach Steve Kerr em-ployed a small lineup in the fourth quarter of Game 3 and the Warriors nearly overcame a 20-point deficit before losing.

Kerr stuck with revamped lineup in Game 4, giving Ig-uodala his first start this season, switching Green to center and benching the ineffective Andrew Bogut. The move was as golden as the Warriors, who finished with 83 wins, the third-highest single-season total in history. Only the 1995-96 and 1996-97 Bulls won more, and Kerr was on both of those teams. The fact that Iguodala, their sixth man,

took MVP honors perhaps sums up the Warriors best.

“I always said Andre’s a pro’s pro,” Green said. “He’s a profes-sional guy and it showed, and that’s why he’s MVP of the series and that’s what we’re champions.”

While Golden State had some solid teams in the past — the “Run TMC” version coached by Don Nelson and featuring Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond among them — the franchise has been undermined by dysfunction. Along with long playoff gaps, there were bad trades, poor drafts and numerous coaching changes.

Those days are gone, washed away by Curry and Thompson — the “Splash Brothers” — and a roster of selfless players who bonded under Kerr and have re-turned basketball glory to Oakland. “I remember coming to Oracle as a player year after year playing against lousy teams,” Kerr said. “I could not be happier for our fan base.”

Kerr molded them. Hired last summer after spurning an offer from the Knicks, he won three of his five titles as Michael Jordan’s teammate in Chicago and two playing for Gregg Popovich in San Antonio.

With Curry, the team’s first MVP since Wilt Chamberlain, leading them, the Warriors out-gunned everyone in the rugged Western Conference and entered the postseason as a No. 1 seed. They swept New Orleans, ral-lied from a 2-1 deficit to beat Memphis and then blew through Houston in five games to make the finals for the first time since ‘75. They then held off James and the Cavs, who just didn’t have enough. (ap)

Cleveland Cavaliers for-ward LeBron

James (23) shakes hands

with Golden State War-

riors guard Stephen Curry (30) during the fourth quarter of game six of

the NBA Finals at Quicken

Loans Arena. Warriors won

105-97.

LeBron can’t deliver title to Cleveland despite great effort

Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports

AP Photo/Paul Sancya

The members of the Golden State Warriors celebrate after winning the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. The Warriors defeated the Cava-liers 105-97 to win the best-of-seven game series 4-2.

Warriors win NBA title, beat Cavaliers 105-97

CLEVELAND — The Golden State Warriors clinched their first NBA championship since 1975 by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 in Game 6 on Tuesday, extending Cleveland’s even-longer title drought and denying LeBron James the fairytale finish to his homecoming season. League MVP Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala — named as an unlikely Finals MVP — each had 25 points for the Warriors, who won the final three games after Cleveland had led the Finals series 2-1.

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JAKARTA - A popular motorbike-hailing app is putting a new, two-wheeled spin on smartphone taxi services in the Indonesian capital, with thousands of motorcyclists in distinctive green jackets and helmets offering commuters an escape from Jakarta’s notori-ous traffic gridlock.

Go-Jek is an Indonesian start-up that has won widespread praise, as well as triggering aggressive competition from other businesses already fighting for a stake in the market.

Like app-based taxi service Uber, which made its debut in Indonesia in August, Go-Jek is a smartphone-based service. But instead of allowing users to hail a car, it lets them book a personal motorcycle driver.

The service takes its name from Jakarta’s ubiquitous motorbike taxis, known as “ojeks”, which have been occupying street corners in the capital for decades but always operated informally with no safety standards or pricing guidelines.

It is proving popular as a means of getting Jakartans more rapidly through jams than taxis, on bikes that are newer and more reliable than standard “ojeks”, which are often shabby and neglected. It is also a much needed addition to the city’s scant public transport options, such as spluttering old buses and auto-rickshaws.

Jakarta is the largest city in the world without a subway or mass rapid transit system -- although one is under con-struction -- causing havoc in a sprawl-ing metropolis with poor infrastructure where millions commute by road every day from nearby satellite cities.

Go-Jek’s founder and chief execu-

tive Nadiem Makarim admits his business isn’t a panacea for the city’s intractable gridlock, rated the worst in the world in one study this year, but hopes it can go some way to helping.

“We’re basically giving Jakarta customers an option to opt out,” he told AFP.

Go-Jek first launched in 2011 but re-vamped itself in January with a new-look mobile app. It has seen exponential growth in the past six months in the tech-savvy city of 10 million, where even the shortest journey by car can result in hours wasted in traffic snarls.

The number of drivers has jumped from 1,000 six months ago to 10,000 today and the app has been downloaded almost 400,000 times, making it currently the most popular app in Indonesia on both Apple and Android handsets, according to Makarim.

Unlike the informal “ojek” sector -- where passengers must seek out drivers and negoti-ate a rate on the spot -- Go-Jek informs the passenger of the price upfront and provides the driver’s name, contact number and a photo.

“With Go-Jek, you just put in your desti-nation and where you are and boom –- you know the fare, and it’s definitely cheaper,” 33-year-old corporate worker Dina Denso, who has just started using the service, told AFP.

But in an echo of the problems that Uber has faced in many countries, the success of the start-up is agitating traditional drivers who cannot compete on price and are feeling the pinch as distinctive bikers clad in green Go-Jek branding swarm the city.

The service was forced to release a state-ment this month condemning threats of violence made against its drivers while Ja-

karta’s governor has been criticised for publicly throwing his support behind the venture.

It also faces challenges from other companies.

Southeast Asian outfit GrabTaxi launched a motorcycle service Grab-Bike in May, offering free rides for an initial period and with drivers sporting bright green uniforms similar to those worn by Go-Jek motorcyclists.

Makarim is all too aware of Grab-Bike -- “copied us to a tee” -- but is prepared for a fight. Go-Jek launched a food delivery service in April, throw-ing its hat into an already crowded ring, and also offers a courier service delivering everything from shopping to medicine. (afp)

JAKARTA - The Medical Emergency Rescue Com-mittee (MER-C) has requested President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to inaugurate the Indonesian hospital in Gaza, Palestine, stated a MER-C official.

“We have requested the president to inaugurate the hos-pital in Gaza at any time that is suitable to him,” MER-C Presidium Dr Joserizal Jurnalis stated after meeting Jokowi at the Merdeka Palace on Wednesday.

Joserizal reveals that the president will ask Minister/State Secretary Pratikno to adjust his schedule to inaugurate the hospital in Gaza.

According to Joserizal, the Indonesian hospital is cur-rently ready for a soft launch, so that it can be started, and the people in Gaza can avail its facilities.

Further, he noted that the hospital, which has been built using the contributions received from the Indonesian com-munity, will later be donated to the Palestinians for further management.

“Therefore we have requested the president to inaugu-rate it,” Joserizal noted in the company of other MER-C officials.

He explained that the hospital, equipped with modern equipment, was built on a 1.6-hectare plot of land at a cost of Rp120 billion and has 100 beds and ten ICU beds.

Once operational, the hospital will function to treat trau-matized war victims in emergency situations, and it will also treat patients with common diseases during peace time.

In the meantime, Presidential Communication Team spokesman Teten Masduki noted in a press statement that President Jokowi has informed MER-C to be patient while waiting for the Egyptian government’s permission to enter Palestine via Rafah.

Teten stated that the president is optimistic that the pres-ence of the Indonesian hospital in Gaza would strengthen friendship between the people of Indonesia and Palestine. (ant)

West Timor police also claim that the 65 asylum-seekers and six Indonesian crew were placed onto two wooden boats for the return trip, with one running out of fuel and the other crashing on a reef before mak-ing land.

“We have given you the evidence,” General Endang Sunjaya told the Sydney Morning Herald, which ran a front page image of him displaying a photograph of US$100 notes.

“It’s now up to you and other or-ganisations to demand an answer from the Australian government.”

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is facing intense pressure over the alleged payments, which he has refused to confirm or deny, saying he does not comment on operational matters.

Senior government minister Scott Morrison said he did not feel the need to respond to the allegations.

“We’ve always done things lawful-ly and we will continue to do that,” the former immigration minister said.

But Indonesia has pushed for answers, with Vice President Jusuf Kalla warning Monday that paying

people-smugglers would amount to “bribery”.

Reports on Wednesday said that the people-smuggling boat at the centre of the allegations left West Java for New Zealand in early May carrying 65 mostly Sri Lankan asylum-seekers.

The Australian Broadcasting Cor-poration said according to the Indone-sian police’s initial findings, the boat was intercepted twice by Australian authorities.

The first time they were warned not to cross into Australian waters but were allowed to continue on

Indonesian police say Australia paid people-smugglers: reports

SYDNEY - Indonesian police insist Australian authorities paid the crew of a people-smuggling boat US$31,000 to turn back, displaying thousands of US dollars as proof, reports said Wednesday.

their way. The second time they were de-

tained, with the Indonesian captain Yohanis Humiang allegedly taken on-board an Australian Customs ship and told his boat was not in good enough condition to reach New Zealand.

According to the police findings, a deal was then struck under which the asylum-seeker boat would return to Indonesia, with the captain paid US$6,000 and the five crew US$5,000 each, the ABC said.

After being anchored at Australia’s Ashmore Reef for two days, the 65 asylum-seekers were allegedly placed in two other wooden boats, along with three Indonesian crew in each,

life-jackets, food, a map and direc-tions to Indonesia’s Rote Island, the ABC said.

But approaching the island, about eight hours away, one boat ran out of fuel -- so all 71 people ended up on the other vessel, which later ran aground near the island off West Timor.

Villagers helped rescue the asylum-seekers and notified the Indonesian police, leading to the arrest of the six crew who remain in custody after questioning, reports said.

“We believe the payments hap-pened,” Endang told the Herald. “They all said the same thing: they were paid by Australian officials to return to Indonesia.” (afp)

President asked to inaugurate Gaza hospital

Motorbike-hailing app revs up in traffic-choked Jakarta

REUTERS/Beawiharta

A Gojek driver rides his motorcycle through a business district street in Jakarta, June 9, 2015. Jakarta’s traffic jams are a constant vexation for the city’s 10 million residents.

Prince Charles leads a host of dignitaries Wednesday to kick off four days of commemora-tions Wednesday of the battle that changed the course of his-tory 200 years ago Thursday. Napoleon’s defeat in the half-day battle against an overwhelming international coalition ended France’s supremacy in the world and opened the British century with the biggest of bangs.

Little wonder the French are still gnashing their teeth two centuries later. “It is not easy for them — psychologically speak-ing,” said military historian Pro-fessor Luc De Vos. Earlier this year, the Belgians wanted to mint a commemorative Battle of Wa-terloo euro coin which many of the belligerents in the fight now share. Paris blocked the idea.

Belgium promptly turned them into commemorative coins that do not need approval from other eurozone nations before minting. But France’s bruised ego over Waterloo has healed somewhat.

Descendants of Napoleon and the French ambassador will show up during the four days of Waterloo commemorations just south of Brussels.

On the battlegrounds them-selves, kept intact down to the lush wheat that s tands near full ripeness this time of year, everything has been prepared for official ceremonies and re-enactments.

At the heart of the battle was the pivotal French assault on Hougoumont Farm, on whose wooden gate, in the Duke of Wel-lington’s words, the outcome of the entire world hinged. Once the smoke lifted, France’s Grande Armee was in retreat and 26 years of Napoleonic warfare to unite Europe under French rule had ended. On the small battlefield, over 10,000 soldiers lay dead — and as many horses.

On Wednesday, Prince Charles will be at the lovingly restored Hougoumont farm again to sur-vey the batt lefield with the

descendants of the troop lead-ers — the Duke of Wellington, Prince Nikolaus von Bluecher of Prussia and Prince Charles Bonaparte of France.

Through Saturday, some 5,000 re-enactors will roll the drums, fire the guns and cannons and walk through the gunpowder smoke, only to come to the same result: Napoleon lost.

Napoleon “was 46, but in bad health. Wellington was fit. His staff was not functioning well. There was hesitation. At the end of the battle, he only had 70,000 men and his opponents had nearly double,” said De Vos. So off went Napoleon, eventually to die in exile in Saint Helena, a speck of an island in the south Atlantic.

Instead of France, Britain came to rule the waves of the 19th century, reaping a rich harvest in colonies around the globe and firing the furnaces of the industrial revolution in Europe. (ap)

SEOUL — North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage to agriculture. The official Korean Central News Agency said the drought has caused about 30 percent of its rice paddies to dry up. Rice plants normally need to be partially submerged in water during the early summer.

“Water level of reservoirs stands at the lowest, while riv-ers and streams (are) getting dry,” it said in a report Tuesday. An official from South Korea’s Unification Ministry, who asked not to be identified because of office rules, said precipitation in North Korea was abnormally low in May. Its production of rice and potatoes could decline by as

much as 20 percent compared to average years if the shortage of rainfall extends to early July, he said. The official couldn’t confirm North Korea’s claim that it was experiencing its worst drought in a century.

KCNA said other crops were being planted in paddy fields in an attempt to reduce the agricultural shortfall. North Korea suffered a devastating famine during the 1990s that is believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of people. The famine is also believed to have loosened the authoritarian state’s control over the economy by damaging its public food dis-tribution system and paving the way for private economic activity in unofficial markets. (ap)

BAUCHI, Nigeria — Civilian self-defense fighters say a sack of home-made bombs found at an abandoned Boko Haram camp exploded, killing 63 people in northeast Nigeria.

Witness Haruna Bukar says the civilians were patrolling when they came across the bag of metallic objects and carried them to the nearby town of Monguno, where they exploded on Tuesday.

He says many curious people

had gathered to inspect the ob-jects when they detonated. Nige-ria’s homegrown extremists rou-tinely use improvised explosive devices in their attacks.

Boko Haram had taken con-trol of a large swath of northeast Nigeria until a multinational force this year forced them out of towns and villages. Nigeria’s military says the extremists are confined to the Sambisa Forest. Bombings and hit-and-run at-tacks continue, however. (ap)

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In this June 16, 2007, file photo, actors dressed as soldiers pull a cannon during a re-enactment of the Battle of Waterloo in Braine-l’Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium. The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battle, as his defeat put a final end to his rule as Emperor of France.

World changed forever 200 years ago at Battle of Waterloo

WATERLOO, Belgium — To the victor go the spoils: So Waterloo became synonymous with Napoleon’s demise, even if the worst of the battle never happened there. Ignoring the bloodied grounds of nearby towns, the victorious Duke of Wellington picked the name of the battle as the place where he slept after it was all over. And nothing has been the same since for the once-sleepy village — or for the world.

Bombs found at Boko Haram camp kill 63 in Nigeria

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FILE - In this June 22, 2012 file photo, rice plants grow from the cracked and dry earth in Ryongchon-ri in North Korea’s Hwangju County. North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage to agriculture.

North Korea says it has been hit by worst drought in 100 years

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CANBERRA - Australia and China signed a landmark trade deal Wednesday after a decade of talks, providing a boon for growth and jobs by abolishing tariffs across a raft of sectors.

Trade Minister Andrew Robb and visiting Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng formally inked the document in Canberra, ending years of often difficult and protracted negotiations.

“The leaders of our two countries have attached great importance to the signing of this document,” said Gao. “It is a milestone in bilateral relations.”

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called it “a momentous and historic day for our two coun-tries”.

“It will change our countries for the better, it will change our region for the better, it will change our world for the better,” he said. “This agreement will give our na-tions unprecedented access to each other’s markets.”

China is Australia’s biggest trading partner, with the two-way flow exceeding Aus$160 billion (US$123 billion) annually.

Under the deal more than 85 percent of Australian goods enter-ing the country will carry no pen-alty, rising to 95 percent in coming years.

With Australia having already sealed similar pacts with Japan and South Korea, a large percentage of Australian exports will soon be tariff-free.

Australian businesses currently

face charges of up to 40 percent on goods sent to China, but under the deal penalties on virtually all resources and energy products -- a key plank in the trade relationship and among Australia’s top exports -- will be abolished.

Duties will also be lifted on ag-ricultural exports including wine, meat, seafood, and dairy products to feed China’s growing middle class.

In return, Australia will remove the existing five percent tariff on Chinese electronics and white-goods, meaning cheaper goods for Australian consumers but some reduction in revenue.

China also won concessions on foreign investment, with the threshold for government review to be lifted in most areas apart from agricultural land and agribusiness.

In a statement, the Chinese com-merce ministry said the pact would help facilitate the China-driven FTAAP, or Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific.

Beijing has embraced the broad-er FTAAP, which is seen as a rival to the proposed Trans-Pacific Part-nership pushed by the United States but which excludes China.

Robb said that, together with the Japanese and South Korean pacts, the Chinese deal would underpin Australia’s prosperity for years to come.

“Given what’s going on in the region, the extraordinary explosion of people going into the middle class, this is a landmark set of agreements,” he said. (afp)

Fair Trade Commission head Jeong Jae-Chan told a parliamen-tary hearing that JP Morgan and five other international lenders have been under investigation.

“We are closely looking into how (their) foreign currency price fix-ing has affected local businesses,” he said.

He provided no further details but South Korean newspapers said the six banks under investigation in-cluded Barclays, Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS.

The commission is probing wheth-

er manipulation of the price of US dollars and euros, and of derivatives markets, damaged South Korean financial institutions and firms, the Seoul Economic Daily reported.

Last month US and British regu-lators fined six major banks -- Bar-clays, JPMorgan Chase, Citicorp, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS and Bank of America -- a total of nearly $6 billion between them for rigging foreign exchange market and Libor interest rates.

Also in May South Africa’s competition watchdog opened an investigation into foreign currency

price fixing by Citigroup, Barclays, and other banks.

Investigators have accused the banks of creating “The Cartel” and of using an online chat room to work with each other to set rates and sidetrack any competition.

There has been speculation that foreign exchange market rigging impacted local euro and dollar trade as well as various derivatives, resulting in losses for South Korean firms and financial institutions, Yonhap news agency said.

It quoted market watchers as saying that domestic firms, which applied for “knock-in, knock-out” options, may have lost money because rigging caused exchange rates to fluctuate beyond pre-set barriers. (afp)

Australia and China sign bumper

free trade deal

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Asian Development Bank says Asia has made huge strides in developing clean energy but must boost investment and use of available technology to meet ris-ing demand and cope with climate change.

ADB Vice President Bindu Lohani said Wednesday that renew-able energy has become cheaper as technology progresses.

He said governments must seize

the opportunity of low oil prices present to eliminate costly fuel subsidies and level the playing field for renewables.

He told a regional forum on clean energy that despite a leap in investments in renewable energy including solar, wind and geother-mal power, the ADB sees coal use in Asia rising fifty percent by 2035 from 2010 levels.

Coal is cheap but highly pollut-ing. (ap)

ADB: Asia must boost investment in clean energy

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A man wears a mask as a precaution against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) as he passes by an advertisement showing a bank’s interest rates in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 11, 2015. South Korea’s anti-trust watchdog said Wednesday it has opened an investiga-tion to see whether alleged foreign-exchange market rigging by six global banks fined in a US and Europe forex probe hurt local firms.

South Korea probes forex market rigging by global banks

SEOUL - South Korea’s anti-trust watchdog said Wednesday it has opened an investigation to see whether alleged foreign-exchange market rigging by six global banks fined in a US and Europe forex probe hurt local firms.

SINGARAJA - Residents of the four Dalem Tamblingan customary villages; Munduk, Gobleg, Gesing and Uma Jero in the subdistrict of Banjar, have all maintained a particular part of their customary heritage. It is known as megangsing or spinning top games. The top spinning games are commonly organized as a competition among villages and serve to express their gratitude for the success of the clove or coffee harvests in these four villages.

In line with development, the spinning top games have started to be presented as in other con-texts, such as last weekend’s Twin Lakes Festival. During the event, hundreds of people from the four villages thronged the shores of Lake Tamblingan at Munduk village. They came to watch the spinning top competition that was held in a special arena on the shores of the Lake.According to the local residents, spinning top game are a form of thanksgiving for the annual harvest. But lately, the games are held not only at every coffee harvest but also for other special events. What’s more, this traditional game is ginning such popularity that it has inspired local people to estab-lish spinning top group in the four villages.

Chief of Munduk customary village, Jro Putu Ardana, said that the development of spinning top groups in the four Dalem Tamblin-gan villages is a positive thing and evidence that the traditional games of the ancestral heritage remain

sustainable and should be protected from being snuffed out by modern games. With this intention the game has been packaged as a tourist attraction. Moreover, the annual event held by the county govern-ment has become an opportunity for promoting top spinning to the public, especially to travelers.

“The number of existing groups indicates that the younger genera-tion cares to preserve this heritage. Currently the government is also serious in promoting this heritage,” he said.

Ardana added that the rules of the spinning top game are very simple. All the players have to bring their own spinning top that they have brought from home. First a single player strikes a spinning top into the middle of the arena. Then the second player does the same. The second player must attempt to have their spinning top hit the first spinning top in such a way that it goes flying out of bounds. “The rules are simple, if the spinning top goes out of the lines, the player automatically loses. Otherwise, the winners are determined by whose top spins for the longest time,” he said.

During the recent Twin Lakes Festival, the spinning top group from Munduk village won first prize the second prize went to the group from Gobleg village, and the place winner was the Gesing village group. All the winners re-ceived prizes from the committee in the form of cash, certificates and trophies. (mud)

Chairman of the Indonesian Fishermen Association (HNSI) of Tabanan, Ketut ‘Sadam’ Arsana Yasa, said that based on his observa-tions at sea, a vessel with circum-ferential nets of approximately 20 crews, and an overall vessel size of 30 GT was spotted.

According to the rules, large vessels can only operate at least four nautical miles from shore, whereas this vessel is clearly daring to poach fish from local fishermen, as close as one nautical mile from shore. Sadam said that in principle, every fisherman has the right to catch fish anywhere, however large vessels have designated zones of operation and must not violate these restrictions.

“Because I kept seeing the vessel near the coast line, I went to sea to conduct surveillance. In fact, my prediction was correct. Of course this vessel must be arrested in order to deter other from following suite,” he said.

Sadam also expressed his regret about the fact that such incidents occur frequently. He said that de-spite having reported such cases to the authorities, so far there have been no actions taken or arrests made. “When the authorities will not protect the fishermen and I am very disappointed,” he said.

He also requested that relevant institutions, in this case the Water Police, enforce discipline in the operation lines of large vessels and

that when necessary, they should arrest those who are proven to be in violation of prescribed fishing grounds. “Do not leave it up to our local fishermen to wage war against large fishing vessels,” he added.

Sadam also said that ssh poach-ing should not be allowed to con-tinue, because if it does, Tabanan fishermen will go bankrupt. “Before our efforts to fight for the fate of fishermen by requesting that the government review the Regulation of the Ministery of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries regarding the catch-ing of lobsters have been a success, this new problem has emerged. It is impossible for fishermen to carry out their job vivaciously,” he con-cluded. (kmb28)

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Residents of the four Dalem Tamblingan customary villages including the Munduk, Gobleg, Gesing and Uma Jero in Banjar subdistrict have one of the game heritages remaining to be pre-served so far. It is known as megangsing or spinning top.

PPlaying spinning top, expression of gratitude

for abundant crops

Violating fishing grounds, large 30 GT vessel ‘haunts’ Tabanan fishermen

TABANAN - Fishermen in Tabanan have been complaining lately about the presence of a fishing vessel with a capacity of over 30 gross tons -from outside the region, catching fish in the fishing grounds of Tabanan fishermen. Although the mega-vessel has been reported to the au-thorities, unfortunately so far there have been no attempts made to arrest the the poachers.

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Fishermen in Tabanan have been complaining lately about the presence of a fishing vessel with a capacity of over 30 gross tons -from outside the region, catching fish in the fishing grounds of Tabanan fishermen.

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Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan told a news conference about 12 hours after the collapse that there was “no indication of criminal activity or criminal intent.” Authorities said they were investi-gating a number of factors, includ-ing the structural integrity of the balcony and whether alcohol may have played a role. Meehan said police had received a complaint of a loud party at the residence less than an hour before the tragedy.

Thirteen people were on the small balcony when it gave way, plunging 40 feet (12 meters) to the street below, with some victims landing on top of one another, of-ficials said. Three men and three women died, and the seven others remained hospitalized on Tuesday. Berkeley police spokeswoman Jen-nifer Coats described the injuries as “very serious and potentially life-threatening.”

Pictures from the scene showed the fallen deck pancaked onto a third-story balcony beneath it at the Library Gardens apartment complex, about two blocks from the

UC Berkeley campus across the bay from San Francisco.

The balcony, slightly wider than the double-doors leading out to it and no more than 5 feet (1.5 meters)

deep, had been rated to safely carry a maximum weight of 60 pounds per square foot (293 kg per sq me-ter), a city spokesman said, adding there was no requirement for the building owners to post a limit for the number of people it could hold. Splintered wooden beams and torn insulating material were left vis-ible from where the balcony deck detached from the building’s outer wall and fell onto the balcony on the floor below.

No one was on the third-floor balcony at the time, and no one on the ground was hurt, police said.

Following the collapse, authorities declared all similar balconies in the complex off-limits as a precau-tion.

Phil Grant, the San Francisco-based Irish consul for the U.S. West Coast, said news of the accident had left citizens all over Ireland “frozen in shock and disbelief.” “It’s deeply, deeply tragic, and it touches every family in Ireland,” he said.

‘APPALLING TRAGEDY’Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny

issued a statement of condolence to the victims’ families, saying, “My

heart breaks for the parents who lost children this morning.” Speaking to Irish national broadcaster RTE, Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan called the incident “an appalling tragedy ... a party, a 21st birthday party, turning into tragedy in a moment.”

The dead were identified as Ash-ley Donohoe, 22, the lone American in the group, from Rohnert Park, 50 miles (80 km) north of San Francisco; along with two Irish women - Olivia Burke and Eimear Walsh, both 21; and three Irish men - Eoghan Culligan, Niccolai Shuster, and Lorcan Miller, all 21. Grant said most of the students were from the Dublin area. The injured were not publicly identified.

The victims were among the thousands of students from Irish universities who travel to the United States on temporary working visas every summer before returning home to complete their studies. Coats said callers first reported the collapse in the downtown area of the college town at around 12:45 a.m.

Neighbor Jason Biswas, 16, a high school student who lives in the building, said the collapse woke up his parents. “They thought it was an earthquake until we all looked out the window and realized what hap-pened,” he told Reuters, adding that he saw “a bunch of bodies on the ground, most of them not respond-ing.” Bystanders later left flowers outside the building in memory of those killed. (rtr)

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hun-gary’s foreign minister says the government is considering build-ing a 4-meter-high (13-foot-high) fence along border with Serbia to stop the flow of migrants reaching the country. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Wednesday that the government asked Interior Minister Sandor Pinter to prepare the plan by next week.

Szijjarto says the fence won’t contravene any of Hungary’s in-ternational obligations. Since the second half of 2014, the number of migrants and asylum seekers entering Hungary, mostly across the southern border with Serbia, has risen markedly.

So far this year, more than 53,000 people have requested asylum in Hungary, up from under 43,000 in 2014 and 2,150 in 2012. (ap)

JERUSALEM — Israeli defense officials have announced a series of goodwill gestures to the Palestinians ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Cogat, the Israeli defense body in charge of Palestinian civilian affairs, said late Tuesday that it will allow 800 resi-dents of the blockaded Gaza Strip to attend Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Ramadan begins Thursday. It is also allowing 200 Gaza residents to visit relatives in the West Bank, and permitting 300 families from abroad to enter Gaza to visit relatives.

The agency says it will coordinate special shuttle buses to allow West Bank residents to pray in Jerusalem.

With Mideast peace efforts on hold, Israel has taken a series of steps meant to improve the daily lives of Palestinians and to reduce tensions. (ap)

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, left, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gesture during a signing ceremony in the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, June 5, 2015. El-Sissi is staying on a two-day visit in Hungary.

Israel makes goodwill gestures

to Palestinians for Ramadan

Hungary considering border fence to keep out migrants

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A woman leaves flowers at a makeshift memorial for victims of a balcony that collapsed in Berke-ley, Calif., Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Berkeley police said several people were killed and others injured after a balcony fell shortly before 1 a.m., near the University of California, Berkeley.

Balcony collapse kills 6, most of them Irish students, in California

BERKELEY, Calif - An apartment balcony crowded with birthday revelers collapsed early on Tuesday near the University of California at Berkeley, hurling five Irish college students and an American friend to their deaths and injuring seven others, authorities said. The victims, most of whom were working in the San Francisco Bay area on temporary visas for the summer vacation, had been celebrating a friend’s 21st birthday on the fourth-floor balcony when the accident occurred, according to local police and Irish government officials.

One of the inspectors, Ni Wayan Koriani, confirmed the summon last Tuesday. The parties questioned including the principal, chairman

of the school committee, unit head, Division Head of Basic Education to local hamlet chief.

After being clarified, they were

asked to make a statement regard-ing what has really happened until the emergence of the incident. “Currently it remains under pro-cess. Tomorrow we will be able to tell who are subject to disciplinary penalty,” he added.

Previously, some parties have also been summoned by the Commission A of the Jembrana House to give detail informa-tion that leads to emergence of

inappropriate photos between the dancer and the e lemen-tary school children. The photos spreading in social media il-lustrate the farewell ceremony of the sixth grade students on Saturday (Jun. 13). Principal of the SDN 5 Tukadaya, Theresia Suryatni, admitted to have made negligence. Performance of the joged rindik in the farewell event was donation of the school

committee member.Chairman of the Commission

A of the Jembrana House, Made Sri Sutharmi, said that such en-tertainment can harm the moral of children. Moreover, the joged performance is not appropriate for children. This legislator also requested the Education Agency to conduct a study and take firm action according to the committed mistakes. (kmb28)

DENPASAR - Chief of Den-pasar Police Narcotic Unit, Gede Ganefo, together with his personnel continues to hunt down drug traf-fickers taking action in Denpasar and Badung. During the period of June 7-12, 2015 his party arrested eight suspects with the profession starting from laborer to chef.

Gede Ganefo, Tuesday (Jun. 16), admitted to feel concern with the increasingly widespread distribu-tion of drugs having entered into the lower levels of society. “People of lower level have been infiltrated by this illicit business. Without taking action, the condition will be getting more severe,” he said.

He explained that the eight suspects are identified as ARY, 30, arrested on Jalan Yudisthira, Kuta, with the evidence of one package of crystal meth weighing 97.48 grams. Subsequently the suspect UAS, 32, a driver, was arrested at a boarding house on Jalan Bisma Bualu, South Kuta. From the suspect living on Jalan Pulau Batanta, Denpasar his personnel managed to secure five packages of crystal meth weighing 5.24 grams. “The evidence is ready for distribution. Then, we have foiled it,” said Ganefo.

In addition, the officers also ar-rested the suspect HER, 38, working as chef, at his rented room on Jalan Bisma Bualu, South Kuta, around four o’clock in the afternoon. Related to the case, the officers secured a package of crystal meth weighing 0.04 gram. “The suspect HER was arrested along with UAS. They belong to the same syndicate and traffic drugs in the region,” said this officer from Buleleng.

In the meantime, the suspect WID, 34, working as a taxi driver, was picked up on Jalan Gelogor Carik, Pemogan Denpasar. The sus-pect living on Jalan Merta Sari, Jim-baran, Badung, was arrested when crossing the crime scene around

three o’clock in the afternoon. From the suspect, police can secure two packages of crystal meth weighing 3.8 grams. “Allegedly at that time the suspect just made a transaction. Disclosure of this case was based on information given by society. Hav-ing been explored, in fact the suspect is truly a drug dealer,” he said.

A computer technician, HELL, 34, takes a side job as drug traffick-er. The arrest of the suspect living on Jalam Imam Bonjol, Denpasar, is the result of investigation made by the officers for few days. The evidence secured is pretty much namely six packages of crystal

meth weighing 6.26 grams. The suspect cannot escape and without resistance is escorted to Denpasar Police headquarters.

The suspect LFM, 22, having profession as a trader living on Jalan Gunung Lebah, Denpasar, was arrested by the team members of Ganefo. He was arrested when crossing on Jalan Tukad Pancoran, Denpasar because they get involved in drug cases. Result of the search is a package of crystal meth weigh-ing 0.84 gram. “This indicates that lower-class community member wants to make money instantly, even though breaking the rules. If

this happens (being caught—Ed) family will be made difficult,” said Ganefo.

A project laborer living on Jalan Teuku Umar Barat, Denpasar, is also involved in drug trafficking. Although as a laborer, he is entrusted by drug dealer to distribute. As a re-sult of his action, MUS was arrested while trying to make transaction on Jalan Sumatra, Denpasar. After that, his room is searched. Total evidence secured reaches 17 packages of crystal meth weighing 12.37 grams, an electric scale, a bundle of plastic clip, a glass pipe, one notebook, and one translucent tape. SUD, 29, work-

ing as a driver was arrested by police on Jalan Kerta Rahayu, Denpasar. Actually, the suspect has long been hunted but can only be arrested on Thursday (Jun. 11) approximately at six o’clock in the afternoon. The evidence seized includes nine pack-ages of crystal meth weighing 1.16 grams.

“We have detained them all. Now, they just need to wait for further legal process. We will not stop chasing drug traffickers so that their number is not growing. Besides, this measure is also poised with dissemination on the hazards of drugs,” he said. (kmb36)

Performed Joged at elementary school’s farewell party

Inspectorate summons principal and hamlet chief

NEGARA - A number of parties knowing the joged rindik performance giving impression of nudity at the SD Negeri 5 Tukadaya elementary school, Melaya are summoned by the Regional Inspectorate of Jembrana, Tuesday (Jun. 16). They are interrogated in relation to the joged rindik entertainment resulting in some photos giving a nudity impression involving the elementary school students.

As selling drugs, laborer to chef arrested

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The drug dealer suspects which are arrested by Denpasar Police

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Scientists in Britain looked at data from nearly 21,000 people who filled out questionnaires about their lifestyle, and had their health monitored for more than 11 years.

Their average daily consumption was seven grams (0.25 ounces) of chocolate, ranging from none to 100g.

The top fifth of chocolate-eaters were 12 percent less likely to develop heart disease and 23 percent less likely to suffer a stroke compared to the bottom fifth of consumers, the researchers found.

The study, published in the British journal Heart, noted that most consumers of the confectionary ate milk chocolate, not dark chocolate which famously has a higher percentage of protective molecules called flavonoids.

“This may indicate that not only flavonoids, but also other compounds, possibly related to milk constituents, such as calcium and fatty acids, may provide an explana-tion for the observed association,” it said.

The team, headed by Phyo Myint of the Univer-sity of Aberdeen in Scotland, admitted the probe had limitations.

The study was observational, meaning it could not show cause and effect, merely an association which may be circumstantial.

Another question mark was to be found in “reverse causation”: participants who knew they had cardiovas-cular problems may have followed a healthier diet and eaten less chocolate.

The team also did a review of other published studies, covering more than 130,000 people in total, and said they had found a similarly beneficial association with regular chocolate consumption.

“Cumulative evidence suggests that higher chocolate intake is associated with a lower risk of future cardiovas-cular events,” it said.

“There does not appear to be any evidence to say that chocolate should be avoided in those who are concerned about cardiovascular risk.”

A couple of squares of chocolate are around 16g, and

WASHINGTON - Smoking is responsible for nearly half of deaths due to certain types of cancers in 2011, a US study said Monday.

Some 48.5 percent of nearly 346,000 deaths attributed to one of the 12 types of cancer known to be caused by smoking were due to cigarette use, according to the study published online in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The large number of deaths comes despite concerted efforts to reduce cig-arette use across the United States.

“Continued progress in reducing cancer mortality, as well as deaths from many other serious diseases, will require more comprehensive

tobacco control, including targeted cessation support,” the report con-cluded, referencing programs that help people quit smoking.

Smoking prevalence has dropped in the US from 23.2 percent in 2000 to 18.1 percent in 2012, research-ers said.

Of the lung, bronchus and trachea cancer deaths studied, some 80 per-cent were attributed to smoking.

About 77 percent of larynx can-cer deaths studied were connected to smoking, the study said.

The researchers noted limitations in their data, including lack of racial diver-sity and that that non-cigarette tobacco exposure was not included. (afp)

PARIS - One of the commonest surgical procedures in gynaecol-ogy greatly increases the risk that a woman will give birth prematurely in later pregnancies, a study said Tuesday.

Dilation and curettage -- D&C -- is routinely used by doctors after miscarriage or pregnancy termination, but researchers found it upped the risk of very premature births by nearly 70 percent.

The procedure entails dilating the cervix and removing any tissue remaining in the womb to prevent infection.

Generally considered safe and easy to preform, the 15-minute operation is

being rivalled by less invasive meth-ods but remains common.

In a review of 21 studies covering two million women, Dutch researchers found that D&C increased the risk of premature birth -- when a baby is born before 37 weeks -- in a subsequent pregnancy by 29 percent.

The risk of very premature birth -- before 32 weeks -- rose by 69 percent however. At this young age, a baby is at risk of medical complications, most require oxygen to help them breathe, and many need to be fed intravenously.

In the general population, the risk of pre-term delivery without a D&C is about six percent, the research found.

The additional risk from the operation brings the figure to 7.6 percent.

The results “warrant caution in the use of D&C after miscarriage and induced abortion,” said Pim Ankum of the Academic Medical Centre at the University of Amsterdam.

Dilation may impair anti-microbial defences, causing genital tract infec-tion, or weaken cervical tightening, both known factors for premature birth, suggested Ankum.

The research was unveiled in Lisbon at the annual conference of the European Society of Hu-man Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), the organisation said in a press release. (afp)

Smoking behind half of major cancer deaths: study

Minor operation greatly boosts risks of very premature births

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New research has added to tentative evidence that eating chocolate in modest quantities may be good for the heart, its investigators said on Tuesday.

Chocolate may be good for your heart, study suggests

PARIS - New research has added to tenta-tive evidence that eating chocolate in mod-est quantities may be good for the heart, its investigators said on Tuesday.

an average bar of chocolate about 50g.commentators not involved in the research

were cautious, noting too much chocolate can lead to weight gain, which is bad for the heart.

“You can’t draw a medical conclusion from

this study,” said Arnaud Cocaul, a nutritionist at the Pitie Salpetriere Hospital in Paris.

“People who refrain from eating chocolate are not necessarily those who eat the most balanced diet.”

Added Tim Chico, a cardiologist at the

University of Sheffield in northern England: “I would not advise my patients to increase their chocolate intake based on this research, particularly if they are overweight,” in remarks to Britain’s Science Media Centre (SMC). (afp)

DENPASAR - Sanur Village Fes-tival is a success as an independent tourism promotion effort that preserves and improves Sanur community ecol-ogy, economy, social cultural and creativity.

Chairman of Yayasan Pembangunan Sanur (YPS) Ida Bagus Gede Sidharta Putra claims the three parties that have worked closely together during the decade of festival are Sanur commu-nity, Denpasar government with Bali province government, and the private sector.

“The festival is community driven and celebrates the society, therefore it has always been an icon people look forward to every year,” says Sidharta, better known as Gusde during the launching of “Dasa Warsa Sanur Vil-lage Festival” , set from 26-30 August 2015. The 10 anniversary will be big-ger and more festive with new and old programs loved by all the visitors.

Aside from the celebrations, One Decade of Sanur Village Festival should be a momentum to strengthen efforts in environment preservation, since many tourism activities tend to neglect ideals and philosophy practices by the Sanur community.

Gusde invites all stakeholders to look back in time to the first festival bask in 2006 which was a respond to the slowing of tourism post second Bali bombing (2005), which was still struggling from the first incident back in 2002. The following year, SVF II

(2007) was launched with the theme “The New Spirit of Heritage” to give new spirit to the cultural ancestral heri-tage that preserved the coastal areas, environment and art creativity, and sustainable economy.

Afterwards the festival set themes in line with actual developing is-sues during the 9 years. These nine year records will be Sanur’s basis for opening opportunities and facing future challenges. This destination competitiveness with its resources will encounter ASEAN economic society that demands consequence and high competency levels.

Gusde in his capacity as Chair of Perhimpunan Hotel dan Restoran Indo-nesia (PHRI) Denpasar was optimistic that communities already familiar with foreign tourists will easily be able to be competitive. The festival can help facilitate learning process and reflect future challenges.

He also considers the festival a place for showcasing innovation from carious sectors directly and indirectly linked to tourism, and massively promote it. This annual event has proven its benefit to improve Sanur and surrounding area economy.

Sanur Village Festival among them will have cleaning the beach, reforesta-tion, baby turtle release, surfing com-petition, fun run, jukung competition, food festival, fruit and ice carving, cultural parade, international kite festi-val, fishing tournament, body painting,

However, the capacity of parking space available is very minimal so that not all tourist buses can be accom-modated. In addition to the school holidays, the lack of parking space is also strongly felt when the number of foreign tourist arrival increases.

Limited capacity of the parking space causes student groups visiting the Kertha Gosa to park their buses in front of the office of the Klungkung regent. This kind of atmosphere frequently happens when tourist visit soars. At least about ten large-size buses must be parked outside the parking lot provided. In the meantime, the ample park-ing space in the east of Kertha Gosa has been filled with mini-buses carrying travelers to the tourist attraction.

Such condition causes the comfort of travelers to be disturbed. On the other hand, the parking space becomes disorderly. Unfortunately, so far there has been no con-crete measure to overcome the restricted parking space at the Kertha Gosa object.

The Head of the Klungkung Culture Agency, I Wayan Sujana, recognized the current number of tourist visits to Kertha Gosa showing an increase. During the period of January to May 2015, the number of tourist visit reached 13,528 people consisting of 11,967 foreign travelers, while domestic traveler reached 1,105 people. “In June and May the visit is dominated by foreign travelers. While during this holiday season many domestic travelers, mostly students, visit this destination,” he explained.

Increasing number of tourist visit has been felt since the school holidays starting June 13, 2015 until the end of this month. Kertha Gosa attraction has become one of the destinations in East Bali mostly visited by students. As field observation last Tuesday, the travelers visiting this object consisted of elementary school students. Kamasan classical paintings on the walls of the Bale Kambang and Bale Kertha Gosa became the major attention of the visitors.

Kertha Gosa poses a historical attraction originating in the Kingdom of Klungkung in the eighteenth century located in the middle of Semarapura town. During the Dutch colonial era, Kertha Gosa was used as court room. Aside from having historical values, Kertha Gosa was chosen for the student visit because it offers educational element, chiefly the story of Kamasan puppet painting.

The Kamasan puppet painting on the wall of Kertha Gosa pavilion tells about Ramayana, Atma Prasangsya (after-life penalty) and Tantric story. The stories have a high philosophy and good for students. This attraction applies edutainment concept namely providing lessons while entertaining right on vacation. Thus, it is an ap-propriate destination to visit because it offers educational elements. (dwa)

Kertha Gosa tourist visit rises

SEMARAPURA - The number of tourist visit to Kertha Gosa attraction shows an increase during school holidays. The current visit is dominated by school students carrying out a study tour.

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Artists performed during the closing ceremony of Sanur Village Festival of 2014. To mark a decade of this event, SVF will be held on 26-30 August 2015 at Maisonette area in Inna Grand Bali Beach, Sanur.

SVF celebrates one decade with bigger, festive programs

photo competition, golf tourna-ment, and musical performances. SME Bazaar and other creative products will be displayed during the Sanur Kreatif Expo.

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

Ana Dewi Permana, General Manager of L Hotel Seminyak, said that guests can look for-ward to an array of special daily

promotions and enjoy signature menus whilst tantalizing their senses after dark. From Happy Hour and Ladies Night to Vodka

Night and Teppanyaki Night, there are indulgences to entice absolutely everyone.

“Luna Roof Bar promises a

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Luna Roof Bar’s introduces “Unique Nightly Affair”

SEMINyAK - Designed as a lively social venue for sophisticated night owls, Luna roof Bar at L Hotel Seminyak introduces “Unique Nightly Affair”.

unique experience every eve-ning of the week with sensa-tional food, great music and an extensive selection of creative cocktails. It is an evening of in-timate wining and dining that no discerning traveller should miss when they are in the Seminyak area,” she said.

Elevated to capture views of Bali’s skyline, Luna Roof Bar ac-commodates up to 100 guests and overlooks Seminyak’s rice fields and a beautiful stretch of sunset beach. The venue incorporates three private dining areas, each with its own distinct identity and style.

Kitano serves authentic Japa-nese Teppanyaki and Labu seats 12 guests in a space that is high-lighted by decorative Balinese ornaments. 1908 is an uber-chic room with a wooden dining table as its focal point together with lavishly embroidered chairs for the comfort of six to eight guests.

Luna Roof Bar is the ultimate

spot to chill out in true style and indulge in a full-flavoured menu of small epicurean bites from Asia and beyond. An innovative culinary team is led by Swiss chef and F&B honcho, Toni Foerg.

“He is receiving rave reviews for his innovative cocktails in-fused with premium ingredients and local spices. Everything is prepared with precision for a sensory experience covering taste, aroma and visual appeal,” she said.

For the next three months since 29 May onwards, patrons will be treated to electrifying music every Friday by Indone-sia’s dynamic duo DJ Anastasia & DJ Dexa.

The pace moves into high gear from 8pmonwards with drinks such as Vojitos Family and Bour-bon Affection priced at just IDR 100 nett. This is a chance to party the night away with the thrills of an exotic fire dancer and other heart pumping entertainment,’ Ana Dewi Permana Said.

TABANAN - Once again the ranks of the judicial team of the government of Tabanan managed to crack down on villa’s operating without a license in Selemadeg. Of seven locations targeted in the operation reffered to as “sadhu artha”, one villa and four sawmill businesses were unable to present their permits.

“The owners have been sum-moned to the municipal police office, next Monday (Jun. 22),”, explained Chief of the Tabanan Municipal Police, Wayan Sarba on Tuesday (Jul. 16).

With the addition of these busi-nesses and investors operating illegally, Tabanan County appears to be rife with such operations. Sarba promised to continue inten-sify inspection of and guidance to such businesses. Based on general observations, it would appear that there are still many villas operating without permits. “This definitely poses a problem in terms onleak-age of our regionally generated revenue,” he said.

“The scope of our operations will be broader with the application of four operating patterns named sadhu artha targeting completeness of business permits, while the tar-una jaya operation seeks out illegal

migrants and promiscuity, opera-tion Tabanan rainbow town seeks to check street vendors and public order, and operation Tabanan rice barns seeks out violations of land use,” he explained.

By applying the four patterns of operation, Serba is optimistic that their supervision of illegal activities in Tabanan will be more effective than previously.

In addition to the application of the four patterns of operation, hu-man resources and infrastructure are being put to maximum use in order to support these law enforcement activities. Many allegedly illegal villas have appeared in coastal ar-eas. “We will continue inspections and coaching in addition to regular operations that have been carried out by the ranks of the municipal police,” he added.

Related to the many businesses found with infractions, Wayan Sarba said that he thinks that it is a real shame that so many inves-tors have a careless attitude and do not want to comply with the rules prevailing in Tabanan County, es-pecially regarding the completeness of permits.

By all means, such behaviour is detrimental to Tabanan because the regionally generated revenue

Spokesman for Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, confirmed that the suspect Agus is being detained in the provost cell.

Placing him in a separate de-tention cell is meant to prevent him from communicating with other prisoners. However, the spokesman did not specify what he meant by ‘other prisoners’. The suspect Margariet is also being detained at the detention center of the Bali Police head-quarters but Wiyanto simply said that he has been separated: “so,

he will not interact with nor be affected by the other prisoners”.

In the meantime, according to Margariet’s lawyer, Tedi Raharjo, who met with the press outside of the Directorate of General Criminal Investigation Unit at Bali Police in the evening the examination of his client began at one o’clock in the afternoon and still ongoing. The questioning of his client is centered around Margariet with Angeline’s daily activities on Jalan Sedap Malam, East Denpasar. “Questions about

who accompanies of Angeline to school, whether Angeline re-ally feds chicken and other such enquiries, including whether Angeline goes to school on foot,” said Tedi.

According to Raharjo, the police questioning has yet to touch on the relationship between Margarietand Agus. So far, the lie detector has not been used in the questioning of Margariet “May-be tomorrow (Wednesday—Ed) she will be examined using the lie detector,” he added.

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One of the villas in Tabanan is inspected by the police regarding the permit.

Murderer suspect in Angeline case detained in separate cell

DENPASAr - Since Agustinus Tae rambled about the promise of being paid IDr 2 billion to murder Angeline, on Saturday (Jun. 13), he has been in the custody of the Denpasar Police. Furthermore, the suspect from NTT was placed in a special detention cell, namely in the Provost of Bali Police with extra tight security.

Since 2013, said Raharjo, Mar-gariet has been raising chickens. Starting with just two chickens, through breeding has ended up with many, and she also raises cats and dogs. Agus was alleg-edly assigned to take care of the animal, while Angeline, only fed the chickens once in a while. “This according to the state-ments made by Mrs. Margariet,” he said.

Allegedly, when Margariet went to Jakarta, her cousin named Rohana was told to drop off and pick up Angeline from school. “While my client was in Jakarta on business, Angeline’s teacher found that Angeline was not showering. As for Margariets’

profession, I cannot reveal it now,” added Raharjo as he rushed away saying that he had to get some food.

According to Ali Sadikin, an-other one of Margariet’s lawyers, his client’s husband, Douglas, died in Singapore in 2008. How-ever, he did not explain about the cause of the death because he was still accompanying Margariet.

Meanwhile, a pecaruan cer-emony (psychical purification) was held by local hamlet residents on Tuesday afternoon in front of the crime scene. According to information obtained on site, it was a ceremony called pecaruan panca satacentered at the village intersection. (kmb36)

Reprimanded, illegal villas and businesses in Selemadeg(PAD) that can be used for the development activities in Tabanan such as improvement of infrastruc-ture and public welfare is sapped away by these shady businesses. “Please respect the laws and rules

prevailing here if you wish to run a business in Tabanan,” he said.

Serba added that he hopes that there will be more awareness on the part of both entrepreneurs and related companies about documents

that are required to complement their business license. “There tends to be an increase in the volume of permit applications after we con-duct these kinds of inspections,” he said. (kmb28)

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NEW YORK — Miley Cyrus and late-night talk show host Andy Cohen were recognized Tuesday in New York at amfAR’s sixth annual Inspiration Gala for their work in the fight against AIDS.

“It’s really fun to be in the company of Miley Cyrus,” said Cohen, the host of Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live.” ‘’Our names have never been spoken in the same sentence so I’m honored tonight. She’s an original and she’s a fighter and she speaks to a whole, new generation.”

The 22-year-old Cyrus is an outspoken advocate for the LGBTQ community and has said she has had relationships with men and women.

She’s also launched a new campaign on Instagram where she posts photos of people across the gender spectrum. She brands the photos with the hashtag #InstaPride.

Transgender model Andreja Pejic applauded Cyrus for her work.

“I think she is using her celebrity in a positive way and to ... create some change,” Pejic said. “It’s nice to see and I don’t think a lot of celebrities do that. ... She’s a very genuine person and you can definitely see that she’s very excited for this opportunity and the charity and so it’s really amazing to see.”

Cyrus arrived at the red carpet with photographer, poet and former contestant on Oxygen’s “The Glee Project,” Tyler Ford. She posted a photo of Ford on Instagram prior to the event saying, “Tyler is a queer, biracial, agender person, whose pronouns are they/them/theirs.”

The Inspiration Gala included a runway show, awards presenta-tion and performance by Mary J. Blige.

amFAR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research and HIV prevention and education. (ap)

MIAMI - Entertainer Jennifer Lopez is no longer from the block, but British rocker Phil Collins is. He snapped up a Miami Beach mansion she once called home for a cool $33 million.

“It’s true, Mr. Collins purchased this house,” Mathieu Rochette at Barclay’s Real Estate Group, who represented Collins in the transac-tion, told AFP on Tuesday.

The vintage late 1920s home sits on a large, one-acre plot with sweeping views of Biscayne Bay and the downtown Miami skyline

“It’s amazing, one of the best houses in Miami,” Rochette said. The home also boasts its own boat slip, pool and koi pond.

The house was sold to Collins by business-man Mark Gainor. Gainor in turn bought it from Lopez, in 2005, for $13.5 million before renovating it from top to bottom.

Collins, the realtor said, also likes that his Miami home has

quite a bit of tree cover. One of his neighbors

will be Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, accord-ing to the South Florida Business Journal.

Now 64, Collins -- the former Genesis

member who turned solo pop superstar -- is a song-writer, producer, actor and

author. (afp)

LONDON - The Beatles’ re-cording sessions in London’s Abbey Road Studios are being turned into a stage show at the city’s Royal Al-bert Hall, the producers announced on Tuesday.

“The Sessions at Abbey Road” will see the legendary British band’s studio work recreated live at the Vic-torian concert hall on April 1, 2016.

The performance will span their recording career from 1962 to 1969,

and use 39 musicians and eight singers to cover all the overdubs, plus period equipment.

The show will be a “musical doc-umentary”, said executive producer Stig Edgren, “giving audiences an honest, respectful and accurate recreation of how musical history was made”.

Abbey Road’s Studio Two will be recreated in its exact dimensions (18 by 11.5 metres, 60 by 40 feet) on the

floor of the circular Royal Albert Hall, complete with a mixing booth.

The show’s creative consultant is The Beatles’ studio engineer Geoff Emerick and is inspired by his recollections of how lead guitarist George Harrison, rhythm guitarist John Lennon, bassist Paul McCart-ney and drummer Ringo Starr made their famous records.

Producer Jef Hanlon said an “incredible amount” of research had

gone into the show in a bid to make it as realistic as possible.

“All instrumentation, arrange-ments and vocals will be performed identically to the original record-ings. There will even be eight singers to recreate the multi-tracked vocals pioneered by The Beatles.

“This show does not seek to be a look-a-like show, but rather a sound-a-like, with the singers being the best Beatles imitators in

the world.”Kim Gavin, the show’s director,

said: “The performance will be a technical ballet, a constant flow of movement of cast and musicians.

“We are trying to create the look, feel and atmosphere of those famous sessions in Abbey Road.”

Ticket prices start at £55 ($85, 75 euros). More dates will be announced in future, the show’s website said. (afp)

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Honoree Miley Cyrus, right, arrives with friend Tyler Ford at the 6th Annual amfAR New York Inspiration Gala at Spring Studios on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in New York.

Beatles’ Abbey Road recording sessions to hit the stage

Miley Cyrus brings agender date

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Phil Collins snaps up

Miami pad J-Lo called home

The Gianyar Tourism Office data revealed Goa Gajah ranks second most popular roust attrac-tion after Tirta Empul, with an average of 19,321 visitors each month. Gunung Kawi follows, with an average of 9,381 visitors per month, the Gunung Kawi Sebatu with an average of 1,781 visitors per month and Yeh Pulu

Bedulu with an average of 450 visitors per month.

According to the Gianyar Tour-ism Office’s secretary, Ngakan Ketut Jati Ambarsika, the Tirta Empul tourist attraction is still doing well in terms of the number of tourist visits -both domestic and foreign and remains stable compared to the same period in

previous years. “Apart from being on the way

to Kintamani from South Bali, Tirta Empul is also attractive for its holy water shower and is ad-jacent to the Tampaksiring State Place. These are the reasons why so many travelers are interested in visiting,” he said on Wednesday.

As of the quite small number of tourist visits to other attrac-tions such as Sidan stage, he argued that the attraction, which relies on natural beauty, has only just started to be promoted. The tourism office is still looking for

the best or most effective way of promoting this destination so as to increase the number of visitors to the new tourist destination.

Aside from lack of promotion, a number of renovations are still being done on the toilets and sani-tation system, and improvements in the quality of service are also being worked on. “Formerly the Sidan stage was used for art perfor-mances. Today, we are re-assessing how to best take advantage of the possibilities of this site,” he said.

Meanwhile for privately run tourist attractions, such as mu-

seums, bird parks, rafting and others have also become popular tourist attractions, some of which are more successful than the government-run tourist attrac-tions. (kmb25)

Tirta Empul remains a leading tourist destination

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Until May 2015, the total tourist arrival to attractions in Gianyar reached 361,630 people. Of this number, Tirta Empul in Tampaksiring becomes the most fa-vorite with the average number of visit reaching 163,406 people each month.

GIANYAR - The first five months of 2015 saw a total of 361,630 visitors to various tourist attractions in Gianyar. Tirta Empul in Tampasiring is a favorite destination and for the same period saw 163, 406 visitors. Sidan stage by comparison has an average of 22 visitors per month.

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