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Judge orders 3 totrial in Anna Nicoledrug case

Bali Governor‘jealous’ of Malay-sia ability to attractforeign tourists

Thousands marchin Taipei for gaymarriage

Dewa Gede Putra Amerta, the head of Gianyar Animal Department, said that theinfected dog was found in Blahbatuh district in Gianyar. The case was found on Friday,October 30th 2009 and it already being handled by the department.

Approximately, 30 dogs were eliminated in the area where the positive rabies case wasfound. The dog which was positive from suffering rabies owned by IB Mahardika and wasbrought from Tabanan. There is great possibility that the dog was infected in Tabanan

While in Sukawati, three people were bitten by dogs. The victims were Mrs. Reki,Santo, and Rumi had been rushed to the hospital. The dogs bite them also had beencaptured and currently being examined in the lab.

Dog infected withrabies found in GianyarTenth of dogs eliminatedGianyar (Bali Post)-

A dog had been tested positively suffered from rabies in Gianyar. The testwas conducted on the dogs which were suspected to suffer from the disease.The government acted promptly and eliminated tenth of dogs in the area.

A worker ispassing bay inthe alley filledwith fruits andvegetablessellers inBadung market.The traditionalmarket inDenpasar is oneof the area thatbeing developedin the city tourprogram but thelack of fundmade theprogram notworking prop-erly.

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Denpasar - Some 18 monkey han-dlers have been recruited to preventmonkeys in the “Monkey Forest”in Ubud, Gianyar district, Bali, frominterfering in the shooting of certainepisodes of the “Eat, Pray, Love”film starring Julia Roberts.

“We don’t have any confirma-

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Hundreds of dogs were given vaccines on Sun-day, October 1st 2009.

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Monkey handlers recruitedIn smoothing Julia Roberts Film Shooting

tion about the schedule of the filmshooting activity here but prepa-rations have been made, such asassignment of security personneland monkey handlers so that theshooting can be conducted safely,”Made Dana, a community figure ofPadang Tegal village, Ubud, saidhere on Saturday.

He said it had been agreed with

the film producer that the MonkeyForest which is one of Ubud’s tour-ist attractions would not be closedduring the film shootings.

“But it all depends on furtherdevelopments, If it is not possibleto keep the forest open to the pub-lic, then perhaps there will be a tem-porary closure,” he said.

If the forest had to be closed tem-

porarily, the forest’s caretakerswould make a prior announcementto be understood by all parties, hesaid. In addition, local indigenousparties were also prepared to con-duct a small ceremony at PuraDalem Agung in Padang Tegal areaso that all the film shootings can runsmoothly.

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Bali News

He said that it needed motivationfrom all components in order thelearner had high interest to learn. Bydoing so, the program of illiteracyeradication could run as expected.According to him, the illiteracy eradi-cation today was performed in coop-eration with existing PKBM. Every10 learners were provided with a tu-tor. Eradication of basic illiteracy in2009 got fund allocation from cen-tral government (National Budget)for 25,000 illiterates. Meanwhile, theprogram for eradication of indepen-dent illiteracy targeted 1,500 partici-pants of which fund originated inNational Budget and a number of3,777 participants got a fund origi-nating in Bali Regional Budget.

Those who previously once attendedbasic level of literacy, later on would

Amlapura (Bali Post)—The nature of Karangasem truly becomes “a

game” of the officials in such lava land. Just imag-ine, forest area mentioned in regional legislationfunctioning as reserve area could be used for villabuilding. Even, the villa has obtained a buildingpermit and issued by related institution inKarangasem.

The latest example is the development of VillaCandidasa on the west slope of Gumang Hill,Karangasem. Such two-floored villa in fact has hadbuilding permit (IMB). Whereas, Gumang Hill, in-cluding its slopes, belongs to reserve area pursuantto Regional Legislation on Detailed Plan of SpatialLayout No.8/2003 and Regional Legislation onRegional Spatial Layout Plan No.11/2000.

Those facts were pursuant to the findings of teamof Karangasem Agency for Regional Development(Bappeda) making site inspection to Villa Candidasaon the west slope of Gumang Hill, Samuh Hamlet,Bugbug, Karangasem. Division Head of SpatialArrangement and Regional Infrastructure, KetutSedana Merta led the team. The villa owned byDutch investor, Hans van Hamer, has had buildingpermit (IMB) NO.90/2008 dated September 15,2008 under the name of submitter I Wayan Gunarsa,a resident of Samuh Hamlet. The Head of PublicWorks Services, I Wayan Arnawa, signed the per-mit. At that time, IMB was issued by Public WorksServices, not handled by Integrated Permit Services(KP2T). “I was surprised when one of the workerspresented its laminated IMB,” said one of the teammembers.

He admitted to be surprised because after re-checking in both Regional Legislations, in fact, itbelonged to the area with reserve function. The mapof spatial layout, denoting attachment or integralunity that was inseparable from the Regional Leg-

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Though the apparatus of West

Denpasar Sector Police has frequentlyinspected the Bung Tomo complex,Jalan Bung Tomo, Denpasar, teens ofprostitutes remained to operate at lo-cation. Seemingly, their existence madelocal residents restless and reported thecondition to police station.

Led in person by Chief Agus Nugroho,the Bung Tomo complex was frisked, lastFriday (Oct 29) night. A number of 20 per-sonnel of Criminal Researcher, Traffic Pa-trol and Preparedness Service were as-signed to commit the frisking. As a result,13 prostitutes of old face could be arrested.

According to Chief Agus Nugroho, thefrisking was performed in relation to theexistence of Justiciary Operation. Simi-larly, it was also meant to respond the re-port of community where they felt rest-less due to the existence of Bung Tomocomplex. “We started the operation from10 p.m.,” said former Deputy Chief ofTraffic Services of Denpasar Metro Po-lice, last Friday (Oct 30).

Such frisking process ran flourishingly.

Bali Still HasBali Still HasBali Still HasBali Still HasBali Still Has402.523 Illiterates402.523 Illiterates402.523 Illiterates402.523 Illiterates402.523 IlliteratesDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Based on statistical data 2008, the number of illiterates in Bali re-mained around 302,523 from 15 years old to old age. Meanwhile, thedata owned by Bali Educational and Sport Services (Disdikpora) showedthat in 2006 that illiterate of productive ages (15-44) was recorded76,006. Thus was stated by the Head of Disdikpora of Bali, I WayanSuasta, accompanied by Section Head of Non-formal and InformalEducation (PNFI), Gusti Made Jelantik, last Friday (Oct 30).

be involved in independent literacy pro-gram leading to vocational skill addedwith the learning of reading, writing andcalculating. “By doing so, their memoryon reading, writing and calculatingwould become permanent,” he said.

This eradication of illiteracy wascommitted with PKBM, involving tu-tors, namely an academic tutor andskill tutor. They were from teachersof senior high school and graduatesof Open University of Indonesia.Within a week, it organizes two meet-ings. Every meeting lasts for twohours. “The program of basic illit-eracy eradication take place for 6months, while independent literacytook place for three months,” he saidwhile mentioning the committingtheir svadharma (own task), tutors gotenough salary. (08)

Bung Tomo FriskedTeens of Prostitutes Arrested

Prior to entering the area of complex, po-lice officer has encircled from every cor-ner. Several officers entered and performedthe attack toward the hawkers of raw flesh.As soon as they knew the coming of po-lice officers, without mature thinking, theyran away.

Nevertheless, they could not escape be-cause police officers have guarded everycorner of the area and 13 prostitutes werearrested without resistance. The thirteenprostitutes were Sug (29) from Madura,Wat (30) from Jember, Mar (42) fromBondowoso, Niw (32) from Bondowoso,San (30) from Lombok and Sri (38) fromLombok.

More than that, other prostitutes ar-rested by police were Mil (27) fromPasuruan, Sum (46) from Banyuwangi,Sit (51) from Pamekasan, Dep (30) fromBanyuwangi, Mus (41) from East Java,Ida (29) from East Java, and Sumi (46)from East Java, too. “We have carriedout the probe. Having completed thepreparation of the probe document, wewill hand over the case to DenpasarCourt,” he said. (kmb21)

Dutch Investor Had Building PermitGumang Hill Act as Reserve Area

islation on Detailed Plan of Spatial Layout ofCandidasa tourist resort, included the slopes ofGumang Hill. The map also mentioned that GumangHill posed an area functioning as a reserve. “But,how could investor obtain such building permit? Itis our big question,” said one of the team membersin surprise.

The team also stated that in the building permitwas mentioned that the location was categorized intobarren land, not functioning as reserve area. Actu-ally, the area functioning as reserve was defined asan area or territory functioning as reserve in bothregional legislations and not only forest but areaprotecting other areas, both as maintainer of naturescape or mountainous or hill ranges that should beconserved. Functioning as reserve can also be inter-preted that the area could not undergo any transferof function, moreover into location of physical build-ing like house or hotel. Functioning as reserve couldbe also meant to protect the lower area as water ab-sorption or to protect against landslide.

Head of Bappeda Karangasem, I Wayan ArthaDipa, contacted via phone in Jakarta also felt sur-prised that investor of Villa Candidasa has had build-ing permit. He confessed to have not known howthe process of issuing such permit was. Addition-ally, he stated that he never gave any recommenda-tion. Similarly, he was never involved and askedabout any consideration both in written and oral re-lated to the issuance of building permit.

Public Relations and Protocol Officer ofKarangasem Government, I Nyoman Suarjana, alsomade site inspection to the villa on last Friday. Hewas assigned to prepare some documentation.Suarjana once met I Wayan Gunarsa. At that time,Gunarsa said that the 0.6 hectare of land where thevilla was established belonged to the property ofBugbubg Village. (013)

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In order to anticipate the spread of bird flu, the officers from Denpasar Animal Depart-ment, give free cages to the seller in Payuk Market on Friday, October 30th 2009.

3Monday, November 2, 2009International Bali News

Based on observation of Bali Post,a number of buildings looked dam-aged and filled with the shits of fruitbats. People that originally would liketo harness the place for unwinding intheir long journey became reluctantto stop there. In the past time, it wasonce used as art market and restau-rant, but they could not last longer asthe location was tranquil and facingthe attack of fruit bats.

Minimal lighting and silent situa-tion made people reluctant to passthrough the area. One of Mendoyoresidents, Wayan Sukadi, frequentlylooking for grass around the area ad-mitted that he often saw filthy scenesat such rest area. Even, personnel ofcivil servant (PNS) repeatedly en-gaged and alleged to commit filthyscenes at that rest area.

According to confession of Sukadi,his party did not know the identity ofthose people. However, when com-mitting the filthy deed they still worntheir uniform. The girl rode a motor-bike, while the man drove black

Bali just hosted the 31st meeting of International Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) in Nusa Dua closed on last Thursday (Oct 29). The meeting inaugu-rated by Director of IPCC, Mr. Rajendra Pachauri, has yielded the fifth Assess-ment Report becoming reference for the upcoming meeting of UNFCCC inCopenhagen, Denmark, December 2009. What is implication of the meetingon Bali?

IMPORTANT issue resounding again in the 31st IPCC was the global warm-ing driving the melting of ice in polar area. Of course, its implication is the riseof seawater’s surface so that there would be a part of land vanishing. Even,many tiny islands in the world, including in Indonesia, have sunk. Director ofWisnu Foundation, I Made Suarnatha, reminded that tiny islands in the world,including Bali are vulnerable to sink as the impact of climate change. Thiswarning was exposed in a seminar entitled “Adaptation toward Climate Changeon the Islands and Coastal Territory” held in Sanur coincided with the 31st

IPCC in Nusa Dua.Quoting the Report of Climate Change Convention (UNFCC) 2005, the

rise of sea surface of one meter will cause Maldives sink. In Grenada, the riceof 50 cm will sink 60 percent of its beaches. Similarly, small islands in Indone-sia are under threat of sinking. “In Bali, Nusa Penida is predicted to sink,” saidSuarnatha.

Has Been PerceivedBefore such disaster ensue, the impact of global warming and climate change

has been perceived in Bali. Climate and season turned uncertain. Few days go,for instance, heavy rain and flood occurred in Gianyar and Jemberana. How-ever, at the same time, extreme heat grilled southern Bali, especially Jimbaran,Pecatu and Nusa Dua.

Condition of uncertain season definitely disturbed the planting pattern offarmers, chiefly farmers of cistern rice field, vegetable and crops. Insufficientwater supply can cause their plants get sufferings before harvest season ar-rives. It excludes other impact of climate change bringing insects to farmers’plant.

In tourism sector, tourists usually basking at Kuta Beach could not helpbeing stifling hot of the sun. A number of foreign tourists met separately (MichaelLois from Australia and Jeans from Canada) admitted that matter. They couldnot help feeling the heat of beach sand spreading along 12 km turning hot aswell.

Division Head of Data and Information of Meteorology, Geophysical andClimatologic Agency (BMKG) of Regional III Denpasar, Endro Cahyono, re-vealed that the rise of temperature in Bali actually has occurred since the midst

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Jembrana Rest Area UsedJembrana Rest Area UsedJembrana Rest Area UsedJembrana Rest Area UsedJembrana Rest Area Usedfor Indecent Activitiesfor Indecent Activitiesfor Indecent Activitiesfor Indecent Activitiesfor Indecent ActivitiesNegara (Bali Post)—

One of the assets of Bali Province in Jemberana is the rest area located at Rambut Siwi, Mendoyo.Up to now, it is left unmanaged. Condition of building has been damaged and rarely passedthrough by vehicles. On that account, it is ideal to be used for filthy activities.

Avanza vehicle.He admitted to have informed the

immoral incident to village apparatus.However, it did not give any responsesand follow up on for that matter.

At noon, fingers could count the

number of couples engaging at loca-tion. However, at night, particularly onSaturday night, it would be morecrowded, chiefly those of youngsters.Residents around the rest area alsogave similar comments. (sur)

Impact of Climate Change on BaliTourists Reluctant to Bask

of October 2009. The current tempera-ture of Bali reached optimum heat of33-34oCelcius.

Hendro said the rise of tempera-ture in Bali was caused by positionof the sun that was right over BaliIsland, right 10o Southern Latitude.He predicted the hot temperatureexceeding that of regular days wouldlast up to November together withother part of Bali entering the transi-tional season.

In different occasion, Yos WKAmertha from the Indonesia Associa-tion of Marine Tourism Entrepreneur(Gahawisri) confessed the scraping ofbeach and rise of seawater became aserious threat to marine tourism busi-ness. Moreover, the damage of coralreef was followed by extinction of anumber of marine biota—becomingmainstay of marine tourism.

On the other hand, pursuant to theproject of Ministry of Environmen-tal Affairs, deficit of water in Bali hasoccurred since 1995, namely 1.5 bil-lion m3 per year. Such deficit in-creased to 7.5 billion m3 per year in2000. Afterward, it was estimated thatin 2015, deficit of water in Bali wouldbecome 27.6 billion m3 per year. Byobserving several impacts of such cli-mate change, there was no otherchoice but paying attention to the ap-peal of the 31st IPCC in Nusa Dua.Government, industrial communityand community should unite to slowdown the rate of global warming. Itcould be committed by maintainingforest, planting trees, saving water,reducing the use of inorganic sub-stances and others. (gre)

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The rest area in Rambut Siwi is often being used as a place toconduct improper activities.

International4 Monday, November 2, 2009 News

Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan’s YukioHatoyama has revealed he dislikeswhale meat, a newspaper reportedSaturday, in an unusual confession forthe prime minister of a country thatdefies Western criticism of whaling.

“I hate whale meat,” Hatoyamasaid during a meeting with his vis-iting Dutch counterpart Jan PeterBalkenende on Monday at theprime minister’s office, the SankeiShimbun reported.

The Netherlands is one of severalanti-whaling countries that allows theradical environmental group SeaShepherd Conservation Society toregister a vessel in the country.

The group’s activists have re-peatedly harassed Japanese whal-ing vessels in Antarctic waters.During the last hunt a Sea Shepherd vessel collided with a whalingship, sparking allegations that the group was behaving irresponsibly.

Despite Hatoyama’s reported dislike of whale meat, however, he urgedBalkenende to take action against the group over its attacks on Japa-nese whalers in the Antarctic, government officials said.

Japan hunts whales by using a loophole in the 1986 moratorium oncommercial whaling that allows “lethal research” on the creatures, butmakes no secret of the fact that the meat often ends up on dining tables.

Tokyo often accuses Western critics of insensitivity toward its cul-ture and heritage. Hatoyama’s centre-left government, which took of-fice in October, has deviated little from the pro-whaling policies adoptedby the previous administration, which had traditionally close ties withfarmers and fishermen.


MILAN - Italian Prime Minis-ter Silvio Berlusconi will standtrial on corruption charges, au-thorities said Saturday, as the pre-mier defiantly insisted he wouldnot step down even if found guilty.

A trial date was set of Novem-ber 27 for the corruption trial, ju-dicial sources said, following a topcourt’s decision earlier this monthto strip Berlusconi of his immu-nity from prosecution.

But the scandal-plagued pre-mier, whose political career hasbeen marked by repeated battleswith the law, said a convictionwould only toughen his resolve tocling to office, in comments pub-lished Saturday.

“I still have confidence in theexistence of serious magistrateswho issue serious sentences, basedon facts,” Berlusconi said, accord-ing to extracts of interviews hegave to journalist Bruno Vespa fora book.

“If there is a conviction at trial,we would be confronted with sucha subversion of the truth that Iwould all the more feel the dutyto resist (and stay) at my post todefend democracy and rule oflaw,” he said.

“We will go to court and wewill win,” added Piero Longo, oneof Berlusconi’s lawyers.

His corruption trial was sus-

Premier Manmohan Singh andGandhi’s daughter-in-law Sonia,leader of the ruling Congress party,who cradled Indira in her arms asshe was dying, were among thosewho marked the occasion at memo-rial sites around New Delhi.

Indira Gandhi’s “contribution tonation building and national integra-tion is unparalleled,” said Singh in aspeech.

Sonia Gandhi’s son Rahul, a keyforce in the Congress party and aman touted as a potential prime min-ister, solemnly sprinkled flower pet-als on a monument dedicated to hisgrandmother, where multi-faithprayers also took place.

Visitors queued up to visit IndiraGandhi’s sprawling white bungalowresidence, which was turned into amuseum after the leader, known asIndia’s “Iron Lady,” was gunneddown by her Sikh bodyguards in1984.

“In our country there is no onelike her,” one man told the CNN-IBN network.

“She worked so hard but had tosuffer,” said another visitor.

Congress asked members to ob-serve two minutes’ silence to markthe death of Indira Gandhi, onemember of the Nehru-Gandhi politi-cal dynasty that has dominated In-dian politics for much of the timesince India gained its independencein 1947.

Deadly anti-Sikh riots followedGandhi’s assassination, which wascarried out in revenge for her deci-sion to send the army in to evict Sikhseparatists from the religion’s holi-est site, the Golden Temple, inPunjab. The state was racked by aviolent insurgency at the time.

Indira’s son Rajiv Gandhi, whowas himself slain by a Tamil Tigerbomber in 1991, was widelycriticised for seeming to downplaythe violence when he said: “Thereare always tremors when a great tree


LA PAZ - Bolivia’s Catholicchurch has called on the faithfulto stop using human skulls at spe-cial Mass celebrations, a practicethey link to occult powers.

The Bolivian Episcopal Confer-ence on Friday asked the over-whelmingly Catholic nation to castaside the “growing” trend of seek-ing protection from bad luck by

Bolivian Catholics asked to forget human skullsmaking offerings of coca, cigarsor drinks to human crania.

As much of the world cel-ebrates Halloween and Mexicoprepares for its Day of the Dead,Bolivian bishops had another fes-tival on their minds, the Day ofSkulls, which falls on November8.

Known locally as Natitas, thefestival, which is believed to bepre-Colombian, sees families

adorn skulls, sometimes those ofrelatives, with flowers, hats,candles and other decoration.

La Paz’s Archbishop EdmundoAbastoflor warned many of theskulls in fact belonged to “un-known people, obtained by graverobbing and later conserved, do-nated or even sold.”

Abastaflor urged practitionersof the Andean ritual to “let themrest in piece.”

‘I hate whale meat,’Japan’s PM confides

AFP PHOTO/POOL/DAI KUROKAWA

Japanese Prime Minister YukioHatoyama.

Berlusconi to stand trial,vows to cling to power

pended last year after Italy’s par-liament passed legislation givingthe premier immunity.

But the Constitutional Courtstruck down the law on October 7,paving the way for legal casesagainst the 73-year-old premier tostart up again. After the ruling,Berlusconi lamented he was “theperson the most persecuted by thejudiciary of all times, in all history.”

In the corruption case,Berlusconi is accused of paying hisBritish former tax lawyer, DavidMills, 600,000 dollars (400,000euros) to give false evidence in twotrials in the 1990s.

Mills, who was tried separately,was sentenced to four-and-a-halfyears in jail over the case in Feb-ruary. The estranged husband ofBritish Olympics Minister TessaJowell, Mills once admitted receiv-ing the money from Berlusconi butsaid it had been “in recognition”for his work.

He later withdrew the statementand said the money was paid to himby Italian shipbuilder DiegoAttanasio. Berlusconi is also fac-ing another, less high-profile courtcase which is due to start on No-vember 16.

It involves allegations that histelevision empire Mediaset over-charged for television broadcastingrights, which prosecutors say ledto a loss of revenue for Italian taxauthorities.

AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN

President of the All India Congress Party and United Progressive Al-liance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi (C) with her son and All IndiaCongress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi (L) payhomage to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 25th deathanniversary at her memorial in New Delhi on October 31, 2009.

India marks 25 years sinceIndia marks 25 years sinceIndia marks 25 years sinceIndia marks 25 years sinceIndia marks 25 years sinceIndira Gandhi assassinationIndira Gandhi assassinationIndira Gandhi assassinationIndira Gandhi assassinationIndira Gandhi assassinationAgence France-Presse

NEW DELHI - India paid trib-ute to former prime ministerIndira Gandhi on Saturday, the25th anniversary of her assassina-tion, with politicians and ordinarycitizens marking the occasion.

falls.”Only a handful of police officials

have been punished and none of theCongress leaders accused of incit-ing the mobs has been successfullyprosecuted.

Newspapers carried advertise-ments and ran retrospectives recall-ing Gandhi, India’s only femaleprime minister, who spent morethan 15 years in office.

“A grateful nation will never for-get your sacrifice,” declared an adplaced by the petroleum ministry,one of several government depart-ments that funded notices

honouring Gandhi.The Times of India ran an ad

placed by Congress, quoting Gandhias she spoke of her own demise.

“If I die a violent death as somefear and a few are plotting, I knowthe violence will be in the thoughtand the action of the assassin, not inmy dying,” she said.

“No hate is dark enough to over-shadow the extent of my love for mypeople and my country.”

Editorials debated Gandhi’s ten-ure, with most contrasting her au-thoritarian tendencies with her roleas a respected stateswoman.

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Denpasar

There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners -Denpasar General Hospital(RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongayaand Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private)Jl. Sudirman No 50, DenpasarPhone : 227 560, 234 824

In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medicalevacuation company, thatis:AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah RaiNo. 24X, Kuta 80361.Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that theBlood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh)Negative blood.

Badung

Bali Medical ClinicsThere are some medical clinics that are well known by for-eigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and oper-ated :

Bali International Medical Center (BIMC)Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excel-lent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Servicesfor tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance& Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone: 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta,Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com

International SOS Clinic BaliOpened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visi-tors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-houremergency medical service.Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - IndonesiaPhone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919E-mail : [email protected] ://www.sos-bali.com

Bali Nusa Dua Emergency ClinicJl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

Dental ClinicDr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, DenpasarPhone : 222 445, 234 375

DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324

Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4ABr. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Australian Consulate GeneralJalan Tantular 32 Renon DenpasarPhone: +62 361 241118Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

The Czech RepublicJalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.286 465

France Consulate AgencyJalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.285 485

The Federal Republic of GermanyJalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.288 535

The Republic of HungaryJalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.287 701

Italian ConsulateJalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 005

Honorary Consulate of MexicoJalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.223 266

Honorary Consulate of The NetherlandsJalan Raya Kuta 127, BaliPhone +62.361.761 506

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The island’s seventh annual GayPride Parade, with an estimated turnoutof 25,000, also attracted supporters fromneighbouring Hong Kong, Japan andSouth East Asian countries, they said.

“We urge the government to betterprotect gay human rights includingsame-sex unions so we can have thesame legal rights as heterosexualcouples,” said chief organiser TungChu-chu.

Rainbow flags, balloons and plac-ards were in abundance as participantsgathered in a square outside the presi-dential office, with dress varying fromperiod costumes to swimming trunks.

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RIYADH - Saudi Arabia’s topcleric has warned againstpoliticising the hajj amid a war ofwords between Riyadh and Tehranover the annual pilgrimage to theholy city of Mecca, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat reported on Saturday.

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Azizal-Sheikh told the Saudi-controlledregional daily that making falseclaims about the hajj only confusespilgrims and is sinful.

“Those who want to use the pil-grimage and spread falsehoods andpropaganda for their personal goalsand needs, doing this to take advan-tage of the occasion, are doing some-


TAIPEI - Thousands of people from Taiwan’s gay and lesbian community marched through thestreets of Taipei on Saturday to demand recognition of same-sex marriage and equal rights,organisers said.

“I hope the government will notonly legalise same-sex unions but alsoallow us to adopt children,” said NancyChen, who pushed a stroller to high-light her call.

But Chen admitted that “it wouldtake a few more years” for the generalpublic to accept the idea before the leg-islation process can begin.

“Even though Taiwan is becomingmore open-minded towards gays,many still think that gay people canhave romantic relationships but notsomething as serious as starting fami-lies,” she said.

Taiwan’s cabinet in 2003 drafted a

controversial bill to legalise same-sexmarriages and recognise the rights ofhomosexual couples to adopt children,the first in Asia to do so.

However, the law has yet to bepassed and some gay groups havecriticised the bill as a ploy to woovoters.

Some marchers, meanwhile, saidthey were here to enjoy the carnivalmood and festivities.

“I think Taiwan is more liberal. Theparade here is much more interestingand colourful,” said John Lee fromHong Kong as he posed for picturesin a ball gown.

Top Saudi cleric warns against politicising hajjthing forbidden by Islam,” he told thenewspaper.

Earlier this month, Iranian Presi-dent Mahmud Ahmadinejad and Su-preme Leader Ayatollah AliKhamenei alleged that Saudi Arabia,a predominantly Sunni Muslim coun-try, might abuse the mainly ShiiteMuslim pilgrims from Iran during thehajj, which begins in mid-November.

On Monday, Ahmadinejad warnedthat Tehran would “take the appro-priate measures” if Iranian pilgrimsare restricted, while Khamenei raisedthe issue of alleged “insults and mis-treatment against some Shiite Mus-lims,” saying “the Saudi governmentmust take action against such acts.”

After those remarks, Saudi Hajj

Minister Fuad al-Farsi said Iran“should not take advantage of thepilgrimage for political purposes andits own agenda.”

Regional rivals Saudi Arabia andIran are regularly at odds over Iran’sclaims of mistreatment of Shiite pil-grims to Mecca.

Several times during the 1980s,Iranian pilgrims mounted demon-strations in the holy city in westernSaudi Arabia, and in 1987 Iranianpilgrims rioted, leading to more than400 deaths.

The pilgrimage to Mecca is oneof the five pillars of Islam, which theKoran holds as a once-in-a-lifetimeobligation for every able bodiedMuslim who can afford it.

AP Photo/Wally Santana

Men dressed in drag attend the seventh annual gay pride parade in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday,Oct. 31, 2009.

Putra Amerta said that Gianyargovernment had anticipated thespread of rabies by giving vaccine tothe pets and eliminated the wild dogs.The government had given 3,000 vac-

Julia Roberts who arrived in Balilast October 15 was scheduled tostay on the “Island of Gods” for amonth.

Some of the locations used for thefilm’s making are Ubud, Padang-padang Beach, Pecatu, Ungasan in


MANILA - Typhoon Mirinaesmashed through the Philippinesovernight, killing eleven people andworsening floods in areas that werestruggling to recover from recentdeadly storms, officials said Satur-day.

The typhoon, packing winds of upto 185 kilometres (115 miles) anhour, was the third major storm tohit the Philippines’ main island ofLuzon in just five weeks, with theprevious two claiming more than1,100 lives.

In Manila, areas that have beenflooded since Tropical StormKetsana struck in late Septemberwere hit with more heavy rain, whileresidents in other districts wereforced onto their roofs to escape ris-ing waters.

“We need help because the wa-ters have risen. We need rubber boatsand choppers,” Ariel Magcales, themayor of Santa Cruz town onManila’s outskirts, said in a radiointerview.

“Some people are on the roofs oftheir houses.”

Military and police rescue boatsworked to save people who weretrapped by a flash flood, officials said.

One man was found dead and hisone-year-old baby was missing af-ter they were washed away while try-ing to cross an overflowing creek ina rural area on the outskirts of Ma-nila, the military said.

Three people were reported deadand five others were missing in La-guna province just south of Manila,the local disaster monitoring officesaid.

Seven people died in the Bicolregion, south of Manila, mostly fromflash floods, local disaster monitor-ing officials said.

Another man was missing from aManila slum district after his hut waswashed away, while two others weremissing in Batangas province southof Manila after their car fell into ariver when a bridge collapsed, saidcivil defence spokesman ErnestoTorres.

Tropical Storm Ketsana, whichstruck on September 26, caused mas-sive flooding in Manila.

Typhoon smashesstorm-weary Philippines

Even before Mirinae hit, outlyingdistricts that are home to more thana million people were expected toremain flooded into the New Year,raising concern among health ex-perts of an outbreak of deadly dis-ease.

Navy and coast guard boats hadbeen sent to Santa Cruz to rescuepeople, according to Torres, whosaid Defence Secretary GilbertoTeodoro was heading to the area tocheck on the extent of flooding anddamage.

“The waters were really high. Itwas like a flash flood. It was waistdeep in our area but in other areas itwent as high as the rooftops,” saidtraffic director Marlon Albay.

The highway to the town was cov-ered by knee-high waters, prevent-ing smaller vehicles from reachingit and prompting the military to sendhuge trucks to help residents, accord-ing to an AFP photographer.

Hundreds of residents in theseareas were seen wading through thedirty waters.

Other towns in Laguna reportedflooding, along with areas in theBicol region further to the south,Torres said.

However, more than 115,000people had been evacuated from vul-nerable regions before the typhoonhit, which likely prevented moredeaths, Torres said.

The typhoon caused power out-ages and knocked down trees acrossmany areas of Manila, a sprawlingcity of 12 million people.

It also forced flights to be sus-pended on Saturday morning fromManila’s international airport.

Ferries, a popular form of trans-port in the Southeast Asian archi-pelago, were also cancelled, ruiningtravel plans for many who were hop-ing to head to their hometowns forthe All Saints’ Day long-weekendpublic holiday.

As of 5:00 pm (0900 GMT), thetyphoon had left Luzon and wascharted 670 kilometres west of Ma-nila, moving away from the countryat 20 kilometres per hour, the gov-ernment weather station said.

“The worst is over for MetroManila,” said weather forecasterNathaniel Cruz.

Dog infected...From page 1 cines to Gianyar government and half

of them were already being used.As one of the tourism area in Bali,

Gianyar should anticipate the spreadof rabies because it could affectedall aspects such as helath, security,and social.(kmb16)

In smoothing...From page 1 Kuta Selatan village and Badung dis-

trict.During the shooting, security was

very tight at the shooting site. Jour-nalists and the public have difficultyto take pictures when Julia Robertsand other players were in action, in-cluding difficulty to get statementsfrom the film crew

Monday, November 2, 2009 7Indonesia TodayInternational

The president, re-elected in Julyon the back of promises to stampout rampant graft in one of theworld’s most corrupt countries, alsoordered his police chief to publiclyexplain the arrests.

Yudhoyono entered the fray af-ter Industry Minister MohammadSuleman Hidayat warned that thescandal could hurt the country’sdrive to attract foreign invest-ment.

“If anyone wants to break up theKPK I will be on the frontline tofight them,” Yudhoyono said in arare press conference, referring tothe Corruption Eradication Com-mission (KPK).

He said it was important to re-solve public “misperceptions” abouta conflict between the police, pros-ecutors and the anti-corruptionagency, but stressed that he couldnot interfere in the legal process.

The liberal ex-general earliersummoned ministers and officials todiscuss the arrests Thursday of KPKinvestigators Bibit Samad Riyantoand Chandra Hamzah.

They have been under investiga-tion for a range of alleged crimesincluding bribery and abuse of


KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian manfaces the death sentence after beingcharged with the murder of his Indonesianmaid who was severely beaten and lockedin a toilet, officials said Friday.

In the latest of a series of maid abusecases that have prompted Indonesia to tem-porarily ban domestic workers from com-ing here, 36-year-old Mautik Hani fromSurabaya died from her injuries in hospi-tal, a week after being rescued.

Her employer, 35-year-old market ven-dor A. Murugan, his wife and mother werearrested but only Murugan was brought tocourt Friday to face a murder charge.

“The investigation showed he had sub-jected her to a lot of abuse and there weremany injuries on her body,” prosecutor ManojKurup told AFP, adding that Murugan facesdeath by hanging if convicted.

“We are not charging the wife and themother,” he added, but declined to say whyor give further details.

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JAKARTA - National environmental stake-holders such as academics, entrepreneurs andactivists have suggested four ways to tackle thenegative impact of climate change, an officialsaid.

The suggestions were presented during a dis-cussion on mitigation of climate change held aspart of the National Summit 2009 at the PacificPlace, Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

“We are suggesting four ideas, namely bet-terment of forest management, promoting re-newable energy, allocate funds to support greenprograms and create good cooperation betweenthe government and people in handling the is-sue,” the discussion’s facilitator, Agus Purnomo,said here on Friday.

Purnomo, who is chief of the National Boardfor Climate Change’s secretariat, said the imple-mentation of better forest management can helpreduce carbon emissions, one of the factors inclimate change in the world.

Oxygen produced by Indonesia’s forests can

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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono


JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonovowed Friday to defend the country’s anti-graft agency after the ar-rest of two senior investigators, amid growing doubts about his war oncorruption.

power, but police have said that theywere only taken into custody to pre-vent them talking to the media.

Police Chief Bambang HendarsoDanuri denied there was a conspiracyagainst the KPK.

“I will take action against my per-sonnel if they were involved in try-ing to engineer the investigation,” hetold a press conference.

The case against the two officialshas been front-page news for weeks,along with the ongoing trial ofsacked KPK chief Antasari Azhar forallegedly masterminding the murderof a businessman earlier this year.

All the KPK officials deny anywrongdoing and Azhar, a formerprosecutor, has angrily complainedthat he is being framed.

Industry minister Hidayat said thelatest police action against the KPKraised questions about legal certaintyin Southeast Asia’s biggest economyand needed to be resolved quickly.

“I am worried that this could af-fect the investment climate amid thegovernment’s efforts to increase in-vestment,” he was quoted as sayingby Dow Jones Newswires.

The Indonesian media has beenfull of speculation that the police and

the Attorney General’s Office aretrying to cripple the KPK, which hashad success in rooting out high-levelcorruption since it was set up in2004.

“The police and the AttorneyGeneral’s Office have denied thatthey are trying to cripple the KPKbut the facts say the opposite,” saidDanang Widoyoko, coordinator ofthe independent Indonesian Corrup-tion Watch.

“The police arrested the sus-pended leaders of the KPK based onweak evidence... They arrest themfirst and find the evidence later.”

Until now, Yudhoyono, 60, hasavoided making any comment on theunfolding drama, except to back thelegal process.

But the president was forced torespond when he was mentioned insecretly taped phone conversationsinvolving prosecutors and the rela-tive of a corruption suspect.

One of the people in the tapes re-portedly cites Yudhoyono as support-ing a plot to sabotage the anti-graftcommission.

The authenticity of the tapes,which have been widely reported inthe local media, has not been con-firmed but Yudhoyono has called foran investigation.

After the tapes were made publicthe Attorney General’s Office rec-ommended dropping the case againstthe two KPK investigators, but po-lice arrested them two days later.

National stakeholders suggest fourways to tackle climate change

play an important role in reducing excessivecarbon gas emissions into the air.

“However, several matters, namely the cleardefinition of the forests’ function, preventiveaction against forest fires and clearer measure-ment of borders with land owned by localpeople need to be accomplished first to makethe gas emission reduction program a success,”said Agus.

As to the promotion of renewable energyamong the people, Agus stated all partcipantsin the discussion suggested that the govern-ment provide a budget to support the program.

The government opened the 3-day NationalSummit 2009 on October 29 with the partici-pants consisting of all national stakeholders inthe government and society to discuss a 2010-2014 national roadmap.

The meeting has three main topics, namelyeconomy, people’s welfare and law and bureau-cratic reforms. The summit is expected to pro-duce recommendations to accelerate infra-structure development across the country overthe next five years.

Malaysian man faces death penaltyfor Indonesian maid murder

Hani was discovered at her employers’home last week, found by another Indone-sian cleaner hired to replace her who no-ticed a foul smell coming from a lockedbathroom. Police said when she was found,her arms and legs were bound and she hadbruises all over her body. Among her inju-ries was a serious wound to her right legthrough which the bone could be seen.

Local papers reported Hani had beenabused by her employers almost daily dur-ing the two months she worked at theirhome. One of Asia’s largest importers oflabour, Malaysia depends heavily on do-mestic workers, mainly from Indonesia, buthas been criticised for its lack of action toprotect their rights and regulate their work-ing conditions.

Indonesian maids typically work sevendays a week for as little as 400 ringgit (113dollars) a month.

In May, Kuala Lumpur announced plansfor new laws to protect domestic workersfrom sexual harassment, non-payment ofwages and poor working conditions.

8 InternationaMonday, November 2, 2009

Bali Today

Bali which was much more fa-mous internationally had just seta target of attracting two millionforeign tourists in 2009, Pastikasaid at a workshop themed “Ter-rorism Prevention in Bali Tour-ism Environment”.

The Island of Gods as atourist destination that is quitepopular to the international com-munity actually had many placesof interest in addition to itsunique society and culture.

Bali Island which wassometimes called “heaven” by

Antara

DENPASAR – Bali Govern-ment design water electrical powerplant or micro hydro and solar cell.I Gusti Nyoman Sura Adnyana, thehead of Bali Public Work Depart-ment, said “the plan is one of themethods to anticipate the need ofelectricity in Bali.”

In addition to anticipate theelectrical crisis, the power plants arealso needed to supply electricity toremote area in Bali. There are sev-eral remote hamlets that haven’t re-ceived the luxury of electricity at thismoment.

Sura Adnyana said that in or-der to develop the micro hydropower plants, the department al-ready analyzed and studied severalrivers and dams in Bali such asTelaga Waja River, Ayung River, andTelaga Tunjung dam.

“The rivers and dams in Baliare possible to develop the microhydro power. However, we are stillhaving trouble in funding of theproject,” he added. There is anotherproblem occur in the developmentplan. The rivers or dams are avail-able in the area where electricity isabundant and the remote hamletsdidn’t have any access to the elec-tricity source.

If the possibility of powerplants is able to be developed, then

Antara

DENPASAR - More than onethousand yogis from India andother countries are to attend the sec-ond International Bali-India YogaFestival here next December 3-10during which they will contributeideas to deal with global warming,the event’s organizer said.

“The Yogis’ solutions are ex-pected to prepare mankind for theimpact of the global warming thatis to happening now,” said DrSomvir, chairman of the Bali-IndiaFoundation in Denpasar.

He said the yogis were ex-pected in their own way to con-tribute ideas for application by ev-erybody to minimize fatalitiescaused by the impact of globalwarming.

Beside the yogis, every-body according to their professionsand skills must actively participatein the efforts to find the best solu-tion in dealing with global warm-ing, he said.

Some 1,500 yoga practitio-ners were expected to attend the

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DENPASAR - Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika admitted he was “jealous” of Malaysiabecause the neighboring country was able to attract up to 22 million foreign tourists in 2008.

the international community hadbeaches, mountains, lakes andeven rivers which provide beau-tiful panoramas, Pastika said.

But despite these assets,Bali was not able to draw morethan or the same number of for-eign tourists as Malaysia, he said.

Malaysia’s success in at-tracting foreign tourists in largequantities was thanks to its (ca-pable) human resources, guaran-teed security and good infrastruc-ture, according to Pastika.

The governor who is a

former Bali police chief prom-ised to prioritize development inthree important areas in Bali,namely human resources, educa-tion and people’s health.

The security issue must alsobe tackled so that the safety andcomfortable condition of Bali willbecome an attraction for the in-ternational community to visitthis area, he said, adding that in-frastructure construction shouldbe accelerated, so that it can at-tract more than ten million foreigntourists in the years to come.

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The photo shows tourist watching a ritual ceremony that being held in one of the temples in Bali.Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika admitted he was “jealous” of Malaysia because the neigh-boring country was able to attract up to 22 million foreign tourists in 2008. Bali which was muchmore famous internationally had just set a target of attracting two million foreign tourists in 2009

Over thousand Yogis todiscuss Global Warming in Bali

second International Bali-India YogaFestival in Bali, Somvir said.

One of the topics to be dis-cussed at the meeting was globalwarming and what could be doneby man to mitigate its impact.

The festival’s venue would bein Banjar Gunung Sari, TegalLinggah village, Sukasada sub-dis-trict, Buleleng district, North Bali,80 km north of Denpasar.

Dr. Somvir who relinquishedhis Indian citizenship to become anIndonesian citizen and has been liv-ing in Bali ever since warned thatmankind must respect MotherEarth.

Efforts must be made to pre-serve the environment, a greeningmovement should be set up, andconstruction of high-rise buildingsshould be stopped, he said.

Every inch of land should beplanted with trees that could pro-vide benefits for human life, andsave the world and its contents.

Sustainable forest areas in anideal limitation would be able toprevent floods, landslides anddroughts, said Dr. Somvir.

Bali design micro hydro andsolar power plants

the problem of the lack of powercould be solved but the remote areais still having difficulties in gettingthe electricity.

The hamlets usually located inthe mountain areas so it is very diffi-cult to place electricity poles. For thearea that didn’t have any rivers orwater, the government plan to buildsolar power. The area such asKarangasem is very difficult to de-velop micro hydro power so the needof solar power is crucial.

Sura Adnyana said that the so-lar powers will not only being devel-oped in Karangasem but also inBuleleng and Nusa Penida. “BaliGovernment had placed 695 solarpanels which are the support from In-donesian Government and 45 panelsfrom the government. The availabil-ity of electricity will help to increasethe welfare of the people in the vil-lage because most of the people workas craftsmen,” he added.

There is great hope that the de-velopment of power plants will af-fect tourism in Bali. The need of elec-tricity for hotels and other tourism fa-cilities can be fulfilled. Based o thedata from Bali Electrical Company(PLN), 45 villages in Bali didn’t re-ceive electricity yet and the waitinglists for the electricity are 40,000people. PLN planed that in 2010, thewaiting lists will be around 10,000people.

Balinese Culture

Monday, November 2, 2009 9al

When the rice in the field has turned yellow, it is

time to harvest. Before harvesting the farmers will

prepare an offering called byukukung, the last ritual on

the rice field for the grain. One of the cakes that may

be considered to be a compulsory one for this offering

is timus.

The main ingredients of this cake are half-cooked

rice flour and palm sugar. Simple method of making

this cake is as follows. Make sugar sauce of palm

sugar and rice flour. Pour boiling water onto the rice

flour. Add sugar sauce to flour batter then wrap in

banana leaf. Steam until well done and the cake will be

brown and white. (BTN/029)

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DENPASAR - The chairman ofBali’s Parisada Hindu Dharma Indo-nesia (PHDI), I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana,hopes the making of a film starringJulia Roberts in Bali will not disturbthe sanctity of the region’s religiousshrines.

“During the shooting of the film‘Eat, Pray, Love’ for almost two weeksin Bali, PHDI and I were never invitedto meet with the producer, or evenasked to coordinate,” Sudiana said inDenpasar.

He also said he had not receivedany report from regional PHDI offi-cials about where the film shootingwas taking place.

“They might not be involved aswell, but I hope there is supervisionby the Pakraman village administra-tion to maintain the sanctity of all theshrines and other holy sites,” he said.

He assumed the movie’s producerhad no understanding of conditions inBali, but because they had not con-tacted PHDI, if anything happened, itwould be their own responsibility.

Sudiana said if the scene of an epi-sode of the film was a holy location,the producer should coordinate with

Succulence ofkangkung or waterspinach vegetable maytempt everyone’sappetite. Possibly, youneed to taste it oneday on visiting Bali.Water spinach is oneof the delicious andpopular vegetables in Bali. Since almost cultivatedacross this island all year around, it is available at anaffordable price. Just have a look at the serombotan, thenative delicacy of Klungkung in Eastern Bali. It alsomakes use of water spinach as its ingredient along withothers like sprout, long bean, eggplant and fried peanut.However, some may prefer to use that of the Lombokvariety, offering a larger and softer stem.

Plecing kangkung is another variant of this vegetable.It is commonly served together with other dish like grilledseafood. Or it could be served independently along withgood-tasting rice if one prefers not to consume meat.

Ingredients: 3 strings of water spinach, 2 tbsp friedpeanut

Spices: 2 cloves garlic; 3 small chillies; 2 medium-sizetomato; 2 large chillies; 1 tsp palm sugar; ½ tsp grilledshrimp paste; ½ tsp salt; few drops of squeezed lime.

Method: 1. Wash the water spinach and remove any hard

stem. Halve them lengthwise. 2. Boil them until convenient to eat or to taste. Take

out and drain. 3. All spices (garlic, small and large chilli and

tomato) are steamed until the skin of tomato gettingmoderately peeled off and then take out. Having addedpalm sugar, shrimp paste, salt and squeeze of lime tothe tomato, pound them finely.

4. When already cool, the water spinach is mixedwith the spices above. Later, sprinkle it with friedpeanuts. Now, it’s ready to serve! (BTN/029)

Timus Cake for the Rice

Mouth-watering PlecingKangkung

Julia Roberts’ film producer warnednot disturb shrines’ sanctity

PHDI while at other locations, the lo-cal authorities and community shouldkeep a watch on the filming activity.

“Do not let foreigners in Bali makemembers of the local community feeluncomfortable in their own land,”Sudiana said.

A number of film shooting activi-ties in the movie are still associatedwith the religious life of Hindu soci-ety in Bali.

For example when in Ungasan,Kuta Selatan sub-district, Badung re-gency where they were shooting in afield. The movie team built a two-storey house with two months ofpreparation before the shooting be-gan, with the atmosphere of a large

banyan tree and a shrine.When the shooting is done, the house

would be demolished and the site wouldbe restored to its original condition. Thisis because the place is used for localcommunity prayers every day.

“If in such a condition, then atleast the shrine’s pengempon (guard-ian) or Pakraman village and the lo-cal PDHI should watch the activityso it does not disturb the shrine’ssanctity,” Sudiana said.

According to him, Julia Roberts’movie-making is different from previ-ous film-making activity in Bali whenthe PHDI was always involved to pro-vide knowledge of what can and cannot be done during film shooting in Bali.

Hollywood actress JuliaRoberts (R) accompanied byher guard during the filming ofthe movie “Eat, Pray, Love” atUbud art market on the resortisland of Bali October 20, 2009.The chairman of Bali’s ParisadaHindu Dharma Indonesia(PHDI), I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana,hopes the making of a filmstarring Julia Roberts in Baliwill not disturb the sanctity ofthe region’s religious shrines.REUTERS/Murdani Usman

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Taman Sukasada or Sukasada Park is a beau-tiful park with big fish pond surrounds the oldKarangasem Empire heritage building which isused by the Karangasem’s King for day relax-ation or meeting place in their era. It is locatedin Ujung Countryside about 5 Km fromAmlapura town. This park is originally met onepool only which is very Ghostlike and very se-cret called by Di Dirah and this pool at the pe-riod of I Gusti Gede Putu King (1849-1893)governance with his brother of Gde Oka (1849-1890) that the around of this pool is functionedas place of exile for the man who alleged to runthe black magic (leak). At the period of I GustiBagus Jelantik governance which start to leadthe Karangasem Kingdom in the year 1909, thispool area is extended and developed by somepools and also luxury building Bale Gili withEuropean style (modern style), later then it isgiven the name called Taman Sukasada/Sukasada Park Ujung Karangasem, that is esti-mate made in the year of twentieth.

This park is strategically located in the coastalside, south part of Karangasem town and foundinga lot of wellspring around the area. If seen fromthe history aspect, most of all omissions fromKarangasem Empire both for Lombok Island andalso exist in Bali, altogether area consisted by thehttp://1nd1r4.files.wordpress.com

Taman Sukasada Ujung Karangasempool and Gili building which is exist in the middleof pool like Mayura and Narmada Park which areexisting in west part of Lombok Island. We cansay that this Sukasada Park as a mascot of touristdestinations in east part of Bali because SukasadaPark has been recognized until foreign countriessince twenty’s year and more famous again in theyear of thirtieth when all foreign tourist start to paya visit to Bali. King of Karangasem I Gusti BagusJelantik who is known as Anak Agung AnglurahKetut Karangasem is a Statesman, Man of lettersas well as an architect. He has created a lot of build-ing not even in the form of park but he also donesome building which are exist in Puri AgungKarangasem (Karangasem Palace) like gatewaywhich is looking like pagoda.Location

It is located in Ujung Countryside, south partof Karangasem regency or about 2, hours fromBali’s International Airport. From DenpasarTown, we have to take the highway of Ida BagusMatra’s Street and go to the east part of Baliuntil arrive at Karangasem town. The journeywill take about 2 hours and turn right to the southpart of Karangasem town. Taman Sukasada isright located in the costal side with beautiful oldbuilding and the right place to visit during yourvacation in Bali. (www.balistarisland.com)

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BUSINESS

Anhui Anke Biotechnology(Group) Ltd. was the biggestgainer, up more than 256 percentfrom its initial public offeringprice of 17.00 yuan at 60.53.

Movie production houseHuayi Brothers Media Corp.soared 167.32 percent from itsIPO price of 28.58 yuan at 76.40.All shares were up at least 45 per-cent at one point in the session.

“The wild ride was expectedjust as it happened on the open-ing day of the Nasdaq,” said WuDazhong, a Shenzhen-based ana-lyst at Shenyin Wanguo Securi-ties.

“These companies need tofind their real values on the newmarket — I don’t think the up-ward momentum will be sustainedtoo long into the future.”

ChiNext is expected to givesmall- and medium-sized compa-nies access to financing and en-courage private equity firms andventure capitalists to back start-ups.

Regulators hope the newmarket will help fuel young com-panies and other firms with high-growth potential in the world’sthird-largest economy, followingthe example of Wall Street’sNasdaq.

But there have also been wor-ries that the new board may di-vert funds from the main boardsand drag down stock prices.

The Shanghai bourse was upnearly two percent in afternoontrade Friday.

Fed policymakers were ex-pected to hold the base lending rateat near-zero and maintain a trillion-plus dollar program to underpin therecovery at the conclusion of theirtwo-day meeting Wednesday.

Economists and traders will beporing over the Federal Open Mar-ket Committee statement releasedafter the meeting in search of sig-nals for the direction of monetarypolicy.

“The Federal Open MarketCommittee will use its post-meetingstatement to acknowledge the reces-sion has ended and revise its near-term forecast to reflect the bettertone of the data,” said JosephBrusuelas of Moody’sEconomy.com.

The FOMC meeting comes af-ter official data showed last week theeconomy grew for the first time in a

Fed unlikely to change tack as recession endsFed unlikely to change tack as recession endsFed unlikely to change tack as recession endsFed unlikely to change tack as recession endsFed unlikely to change tack as recession endsAgence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise key interest rates this week orunwind emergency support as the economy starts a tough recovery from recession, analysts say.

year in the third quarter, ending theworst recession in decades.

The stronger-than-expected3.5-percent expansion in gross do-mestic product (GDP) likely willslow in the fourth quarter as gov-ernment support measures winddown and unemployment continuesto rise, economists say.

With nearly 10 percent of thelabor force out of work, consumerspending — the main driver of theUS economy and key to a sustain-able recovery — remains chal-lenged.

The FOMC has held its federalfunds rate target at zero to 0.25 per-cent since last December in a bid tohelp kick-start the economy out ofthe worst downturn since the GreatDepression.

Fed chairman Ben Bernanke re-cently signaled there was no hurry

to tighten monetary policy, sayingaction would be taken “when theeconomic outlook has improved suf-ficiently.”

The Fed often waits at least sev-eral months after unemployment, alagging indicator of recovery, peaksbefore beginning to raise rates.

“The markets will undoubtedlylook beyond the actual interest rateannouncement, and focus instead onthe tone and wording of the actualcommunique,” said Millan Mulraine,analyst at TD Bank Financial Group.

“In this regard, we expect theeconomic outlook to remain largelyintact, with the Fed reiterating the im-proved outlook for the US economy,reflecting in part the encouragingtone in the recent economic reports,and in particular the policy-inducedsurge in GDP in Q3,” he said.

Economists underscored that

inflation continued to be tame amidthe fragile recovery, well within theFed’s comfort zone.

“The inflation outlook shouldalso remain unchanged, with thecommittee noting that it expects in-flation to remain ‘subdued,’ on ac-count of the ‘substantial resourceslack’ and stable longer-term infla-tion expectations,” Mulraine said.

The unemployment rate hit a 26-year high of 9.8 percent in Septem-ber, according to the latest officialdata, and is expected to reach doubledigits in the coming months. Thegovernment reports October labordata Friday, with most analysts ex-pecting the jobless rate to rise to 9.9percent.

A Fed staff projection used bypolicymakers at the September 22-23 FOMC meeting showed unem-ployment holding as high as 9.25 per-cent by the end of 2010 and then fall-ing to about 8.0 percent by the end of2011.

Moody’s Brusuelas predictedthe FOMC statement would conclude

that conditions will likely “warrant ex-ceptionally low levels of the federalfunds rate for an extended period,” aphrase he noted had been in everystatement since March.

“But the Fed may be ready totweak it soon, which would be sig-nificant,” he said. “We will be watch-ing to see if the Fed adjusts its com-mitment to keeping rates low for an‘extended period,’ which may signalthe central bank will remove somemonetary stimulus earlier than antici-pated.”

Such a minor change to the Fedpolicy outlook could provide supportto the depreciating dollar, while ap-peasing inflation hawks, he said.

Some central banks have begunraising interest rates, such as Austra-lia and Norway in October, putting ad-ditional pressure on the dollar.

“So far, I am reluctant to assumethat the Fed will raise policy rates inresponse to this pressure. The magni-tude of imported inflation, while notminimal, is small,” said DonaldRatajczak at Morgan Keenan.

Trade opens on China’s Nasdaq-style boardTrading opened Friday

on China’s long-awaited

Nasdaq-style board,

ChiNext, with all 28 listed

small and medium-sized

firms rocketing in early

trade on fevered interest

from investors. Trading in

all shares on the board

in the southern

boomtown of Shenzhen

was suspended at least

once in the morning

session as market cir-

cuit-breakers in place to

curb rampant specula-

tion were tripped.

Qiu Yanying, a Shanghai-based analyst at TX InvestmentConsulting, said he expected tosee a pullback on ChiNext onceinvestors calmed down.

“When the speculative trad-ing ebbs, the market will fall intoa correction. It’s too early to talkabout when the correction willcome — it depends on how longthe enthusiasm can last,” Qiu said.

The first 28 companies to liston the board, ranging from soft-ware to medical equipment mak-ers, raised about 16 billion yuan(2.3 billion dollars) in their IPOs— more than double initial fore-casts.

The China Securities Regu-latory Commission is due to meetMonday to consider IPO applica-tions from three more companies.

Commission chairman ShangFulin said at a launch ceremonylast week that the opening ofChiNext was an “important steptowards implementing the na-tional strategy on promoting in-novation”.

But he also cautioned inves-tors to trade on the new board ina “rational” way, recognising thatstart-up stocks have potential forstrong growth but are alsocharacterised by unstable finan-cial results.

“The growth enterprise mar-ket faces relatively higher risks ofirrational and speculative tradingand market manipulation,” hesaid.

The bourse on Friday reiter-

ated trading rules — if the pricesmove up or down 80 percent dur-ing the first day, trading will besuspended until the final threeminutes of the session.

Two other debut-day circuit-breakers were in place, underwhich trading is suspended for 30minutes if shares in a companymove up or down 20 percent fromthe opening price, and then an-other 30 minutes for a 50-percentshift.

ChiNext has said the restric-tions will help curb risks, main-tain market stability and protectinvestors.

AFP PHOTO

Chinese company representatives with IPOs ring the bell during thelaunch of trading at the Nasdaq-style board, ChiNext, in Shenzhen, insouthern China’s Guangdong province on October 30, 2009.

Neil Katkov, senior vice presi-dent for Asia at global financialconsultancy Celent in Tokyo, saidChiNext could have a troubled start,but success in the long run.

“In the short run, the ventureboard is going to be a bumpy ride —good for traders that thrive on vola-tility, but scary for buy and hold in-vestors,” Katkov said.

“In the long run, the fundamen-tals of China’s growth economy meanthe exchange stands a good chance offulfilling its stated purpose of driv-ing the development of new economysectors such as infotech and biotech-nology.” (Agence France-Presse)

Entertainment InternationalMonday, November 2, 200912

A judge who heard sometimesshocking testimony about the floodof drugs provided to Smith ruledFriday there was sufficient evidenceto try the defendants on charges ofconspiring to give Smith sedativesand opiates.

Defense lawyers had argued thatlawyer Howard K. Stern, Dr.Sandeep Kapoor and psychiatristDr. Khristine Eroshevich tried des-perately to save the doomed modelin her waning years, including aperiod when she gave birth to adaughter and lost her grown son toa drug overdose.

One of the last pieces of pros-ecution evidence introduced was a

Agence France Presse

LONDON-Irish boyband Boyzone will record a new al-bum as a tribute to band member Stephen Gately who diedearlier this month aged 33, they said Sunday. Gately died ofnatural causes after suffering fluid on his lungs on October10 at his holiday home on the Spanish island of Majorca.

Fellow Boyzone singer Ronan Keating told Sky Newstelevision: “We’re going to make the next album forStephen... we have a couple of songs with Stephen’s vocalon it so that’s a saving grace.

“Thank God we have that — that’s very important to allof us and we know the fans would really appreciate that too.”

Boyzone came together in 1993 and enjoyed huge suc-cess with six number one singles in Britain including “NoMatter What”, but split up in 2000 before reuniting sevenyears later.


PARIS- Roman Polanski will file a new request before a Swiss courtto be released from jail while the Oscar-winning director awaits a deci-sion on a US extradition request, his French attorney said Sunday.

“We will draw up a new request on Monday,” Herve Temime toldAFP.

The new request will offer “adequate guarantees” to reassure Swissauthorities that the Franco-Polish film director, who faces three-decade-old child sex charges in the United States, will not flee the country if heis released, Temime said.

The Swiss Federal Justice Office turned down Polanski’s last appealon Friday, saying the risk that Polanski would escape the country was“still too high.”

Switzerland’s top criminal court rejected a similar request from the76-year-old film-maker on October 20.

The court also found that Polanski’s bail offer of his chalet in theSwiss ski resort of Gstaad was not in line with requirements set by thelaw. It then told Polanski that he could make a renewed bail offer to theJustice Office.

The director of “Rosemary’s Baby”, “Chinatown” and “The Pianist”has been regarded as a fugitive by US authorities since he fled the UnitedStates in 1978 after admitting to having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

He was detained by Swiss police acting on a US extradition warrantwhen he went to Zurich to collect an award at the city’s film festival lastmonth. The United States has since formally asked Switzerland to extra-dite Polanski.


LONDON- British singerand pianist Elton John has post-poned a string of concert datesdue to a serious infection andflu, his official website saidSunday.

John, 62, has now delayedthree concerts with Billy Joel inthe US next month as well asthe final few dates of his RedPiano world tour in Britain andIreland which had previouslybeen put on hold.

Promoters “were informedby management that Elton hasbeen advised by his doctor topostpone these performancesdue to a serious case of e-colibacterial infection and influ-enza,” his website said.

The gigs affected are on November 4 and 7 in Seattle and November10 in Portland but it is hoped that these will be rescheduled.

John has reportedly spent a couple of days at an exclusive Londonhospital where his partner David Furnish told the Mail on Sunday news-paper: “He’s OK — he’s fine.”

REUTERS/Chris Kleponis

Anna Nicole Smith arrives with her lawyer Howard Stern for her hearing at the Supreme Court in Washing-ton, in this February 28, 2006 file photo.

Judge orders 3 to trial inJudge orders 3 to trial inJudge orders 3 to trial inJudge orders 3 to trial inJudge orders 3 to trial inAnna Nicole drug caseAnna Nicole drug caseAnna Nicole drug caseAnna Nicole drug caseAnna Nicole drug caseAssociated Press

LOS ANGELES – Three key players in the troubled world of Play-boy model Anna Nicole Smith have been ordered to stand trial after ahearing that plumbed the drug-fueled depths of her final years andthe alleged roles of her boyfriend and two doctors in feeding her ad-diction to prescription drugs.

transcript of an investigator’s inter-view of a Smith friend who said shesaw Stern placing pills in her mouth.

“He poured them in her mouthlike you would a bird,” Gina Shelleysaid in the interview.

Superior Court Judge Robert J.Perry stressed that his ruling re-quired only minimal proof thatwould cause a reasonable person tosuspect the defendants committedthe crimes. He dropped one chargethat Eroshevich gave Smith place-bos, finding there was not sufficientevidence.

With attorneys battling overwhether Smith was addicted, thejudge proclaimed, “I think you’ve

proven (Smith is) an addict.”All three defendants pleaded not

guilty, If convicted they each couldface more than five years in prison.A Dec. 11 arraignment was set.

Eroshevich was the only defen-dant to comment after the hearing.

“I understand that I have to gothrough this process,” she said.

Smith died of an accidental over-dose of at least nine medications inFebruary 2007 at a Florida hotel. Thedefendants were not charged withcausing her death but were accusedof conspiring to illegally provide herwith controlled substances and sup-plying drugs to an addict.

Defense attorneys contended theirclients did not know Smith was anaddict and were trying to help her.

“Criminalizing a doctor’s efforts tohelp a difficult patient is problematic,”Kapoor’s attorney, Ellyn Garofalo,told the judge before his ruling. “Adoctor’s even poor judgment is notcriminal. Good faith is involved.”

Boyzone to record new album after singer’s death

Ronan KeatingRoman Polanski

Polanski to makeanother bail bid: lawyer

Sick Elton John post-pones US gigs with Joel

Sir Elton John

International Monday, November 2, 2009 13Life Style

Haruna Ai, 37, beat off stiff com-petition from 20 other glamorouscontestants at the Miss InternationalQueen 2009 who came to the Thaibeach resort of Pattaya from as faras Brazil and the United States.

“I am very, very, very happy,” atearful Ai told AFP minutes after theprevious title holder carefully placeda faux-diamond tiara on her head.

“I want contests like this to showeveryone that they should love eachother and live freely. The way of lifein Japan is more traditional andtranssexuals cannot live freely, butin Thailand they can do what theywant,” she said.

The contest, which was called offlast year because of political turmoilin Thailand, is taken just as seriouslyas more traditional pageants in anation famed for its sexual tolerance.

A HUSBAND and wife team of paleontologists has discovered anewfound species of armored dinosaur that lived 112 million years agoin what is now Montana.

The duo, Bill and Kris Parsons of the Buffalo Museum of Science inNew York, spotted the dinosaur’s skull on the surface of a hillside inMontana in 1997. Over the next few years, they retrieved more of thenow nearly complete skull along with skin plates, rib fragments, a verte-bra and a possible limb bone from the dinosaur species.

Now called Tatankacephalus cooneyorum, the beast is a type ofankylosaur, or a group of plant-eating dinosaurs that resembled nature’sarmored tanks as they walked about on four limbs and their bodies werecovered with bony armor that may have been covered with a colorfulkeratinous sheathing (same as the stuff in bird beaks and turtle shells).

“These were big dinosaur versions of a Sherman tank,” Bill Parsonssaid. “They were armored and they withstood whatever came at them,and they just kept going.” T. cooneyorum was about 15 to 20 feet (4.5 to6 meters) in length.

And this dinosaur had its share of protection, with two sets of stubbyhorns, one on the cheeks and the other around its eyes, two thick domesat the back of the skull and thickened areas around the nasal region.

Bill Parsons suspects T. cooneyorum was covered with hundreds oreven thousands of bony plates equipped with spikes and a tail tippedwith a club, similar to other ankylosaurs. Such protection, along with aswinging clubbed tail, would have kept at bay any of the small dino-saurs around at the time, Parsons said.

To stay safe from the bigger brutes around, the ankylosaur may haveflattened its body on the ground and pulled in its head, where head hornscould protect the animal from a nasty neck bite, Parsons said.

But say a giant meat-eating dinosaur did pick a fight? Since carni-vores like Acrocanthosaurus were bipedal, a hit to a single leg could dothem in, the researchers suspect.

“If you hit a tyrannosaur or any big meat-eater in the knee or leg andyou cripple one leg with the hit of a tail club, I have a feeling it has a fewminutes before it topples over and its friends start eating it,” Bill Par-sons told LiveScience.

Reuters

What do Jigsaw from “Saw,” Freddy Krueger, andJason from “Friday the 13th” all have in common, be-sides serial killing? Videogames, if the horror stars’ lat-est round of promotions are to be believed.

Horror videogames are having a record year as zom-bies, monsters, demons, and chain-saw wieldingpsychos fight against the consoles, making videogamesthe new home of horror for some.

Michael Pachter, video-game analyst for WedbushMorgan Securities, said about $147 million worth ofhorror videogames have sold in the United States alonethis year through September compared to $131 millionin total for all of 2008.

Actor Kane Hodder, best known as the man behindJason’s mask in the “Friday the 13th” movies, believesscary games have an advantage over horror movies asdisillusionment sets in with horror movie remakes andrecycling old horror themes.

“Whenever horror movies do well, Hollywood al-ways rushes more into theaters and people get a littleburned out on them,” said Hodder, who has worked inthe videogame industry.

“But with games, there are fewer choices in the genreand they tend to be spaced out better.”

With Halloween this week, movies like “Saw VI,”“Paranormal State” and “Zombieland” are luring audi-ences seeking a scare to the movie theaters.

Haunted attractions have also risen across the UnitedStates, with these increasingly high-tech venues doing ev-erything possible to make a scary scenario seem real, whichincludes hiring actors to jump out at people and using theat-rical sets. But actor Robert Englund, who played FreddyKrueger in the “Nightmare on Elm Street” films, saidvideogames gave horror-seekers a different experience.

“Halloween gives fans the chance to dress up in cos-tumes and celebrate horror, but videogames are the bestway for fans to actually participate in these worlds,” he

Transsexual MissTranssexual MissTranssexual MissTranssexual MissTranssexual MissWorld contest aimsWorld contest aimsWorld contest aimsWorld contest aimsWorld contest aimsto boost awarenessto boost awarenessto boost awarenessto boost awarenessto boost awarenessAgence France Presse

PATTAYA, Thailand - Shimmering in a tight gold evening gown, a Japa-nese television host wept and called for greater tolerance as she wascrowned the world’s most beautiful transsexual at a pageant in Thailand.

Millions of Thais watched live ontelevision late Saturday as the statu-esque beauties — all of them bornmen — strutted their stuff at Tiffany’sShow Pattaya, billed as the world’slargest transsexual cabaret.

The first round saw them in kitschynational dress, with a US contestantresplendent in a feathered nativeAmerican costume and a British en-trant donning a Beefeater outfit withblack satin leggings and Busby hat.

The lights then sank low as thecontestants paraded elegant eveninggowns and later modelled pink swim-suits, while giant fluorescent kitessoared over the stage.

Japan’s Ai won 10,000 dollars, ayear’s stay at a Pattaya hotel and a500-dollar surgical voucher afterjudges picked her over runners-upKarngsadal Wongdusadeekul from

Thailand and Daniela Marques ofBrazil.

While the audience may havewhooped and cheered raucously,contestants and organisers saidthere was a serious side to the pag-eant — boosting public awarenessof transgender issues.

“An event like this for us issomething I can only hope for inthe United States,” said US contes-tant Sunny Dee-Lite, 32, a partypromoter from New York City whowon the best evening gown gong.

Many participants had stories ofdiscrimination.

Maggie Gao, from China, ear-lier this year won Miss WorldShenzhen, a women’s beauty pag-eant in the southern Chinese city— but it then emerged that she wasa man and the organisers withdrewher title.

Camilia Dzelma, 22, fromSingapore, said her Muslim fam-ily had accepted her as she is andcalled for more transgender beautypageants.

New Dinosaur BuiltLike a Sherman Tank

Horror videogames scare up record salestold Reuters. For those looking for virtual scares thisHalloween, there are some new options. Konami Digi-tal Entertainment and Zombie Studios just released“Saw” on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in tandem withthe new movie that features killer Jigsaw putting hisvictims in deadly contraptions to torture them.

“The game, itself, is very “Saw”-like because youget to make a bunch of different choices,” explained actorTobin Bell, who plays Jigsaw in the new game and thesix films in the series.

“Of course, the choices have consequences, which isvery much like the films. What’s interesting for fans isthat the game is set between the first and second films,so it will be a new experience for them.”

However the monster of the horror videogame genreremains Capcom’s “Resident Evil 5,” which waslaunched on Friday, March 13, this year.Video-gametracking firm the NPD Group said Capcom has sold 1.94million copies of “Resident Evil 5” to date.

Michael Pachter, video-game analyst for WedbushMorgan Securities, said about $147 million worth ofhorror videogames have sold in the United Statesalone this year through September compared to $131million in total for all of 2008.

AP Photo/David Longstreath

Japan’s Haruna Ai smiles after being crowned Miss International Queen2009 in Pattaya, Thailand. Ai won the event beating out Thailand’sKangsadal Wongducsadeekul for the crown.

Monday, November 2, 200914 InternationalSport

Venus, the world number seven,defeated Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in her semi-final onSunday while 2001 championSerena, the new world number one,went through when CarolineWozniacki was forced to retire.

Danish teenager Wozniacki,who came into the tournament car-rying a left thigh strain, and whohad struggled with cramps in theround-robin stage, was 4-6, 1-0when a stomach strain forced to herto quit.

“Caroline is a great fighterand a new face on the tour,” saidSerena, who has now won all fourmatches here including a three-setgroup win over her sister.

“I wasn’t playing great. I thinkit’s hard to play well against a playerwho’s injured and is so nice.”

Serena and Venus, who werelater defeated in the doubles semi-finals in three sets by Spain’s NuriaLlagostera Vives and Maria Jose


BASEL, Switzerland- RogerFederer returns after six weeks offresting and easing into his new roleas a father of twin girls when heheadlines at his home event, theSwiss Indoors, starting on Monday.

The world number one optedout of the recent ATP Asian sojournafter a gruelling mid-season, wherehe re-established ATP superioritywith titles at Paris and Wimbledonplus a US Open final appearance.

The St Jakobshalle will miss outon a possible re-run of the US Openfinal, after ailing New York winnerJuan Martin Del Potro withdrewwith a lingering wrist injury.

The Argentine has not been thesame player since he beat Federerfor the trophy in September but theTour continues apace, with Basel,the Paris Masters and the year-endWorld Tour Finals in London fromNovember 22 to come as the 2009campaign draws to a close.

Federer’s record 15 Grand Slamtitles will be feted in suitablly high-class style on Monday’s opening day,with a ceremony featuring a perfor-mance by Spanish sopranoMontserrat Caballe.

The Catalan opera singer willbe accompanied by the Opera Choirof the Theater Basel and the BaselFestival Orchestra, before Federer’sopening match against a qualifier.

“I’ve been back practising andtraining now for some time and allis going well,” Federer said in therun-up to the event he has won forthe last three years.

“I feel much better. I’m look-ing forward to playing my home-town tournament.”

Federer made his last appear-ance on court in a Davis Cup win

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DOHA- Defending champion Venus Williams and sister Serena will clash for the 23rd timein their careers on Sunday in the final of the 4.55 million dollar WTA Championships.

Martinez Sanchez, will be far fromfresh.

Serena played her semi-finalwith a tightly-bandaged left thigh -as did Wozniakci - while Venusneeded treatment on her sore left kneein the first set of her clash againstJankovic. With fitness worries on hermind, Serena earlier on Saturdaypulled out of next weekend’s Fed Cupfinal between the US and Italy.

Wozniacki, a US Open semi-fi-nalist, admitted it was a match too far.

“I felt pain in my stomachmuscle. I also had problems serv-ing. But today after a while, theserve went over and also when Iwas hitting just regulargroundstrokes, I started feeling it,”she said.

“So it was just too much forme to keep playing.”

For the 29-year-old Venus, it’sbeen a remarkable tournament.She only squeezed into the last fourhaving lost two of her three group

games and arrived in the semi-fi-nals having spent five hours moreon court than her Serbian oppo-nent.

She was also forced into afourth successive three-setter.

“It’s my last tournament of theyear, so I am trying to give a thou-sand percent,” said world numberseven Williams.

“I wasn’t feeling the ball verywell in the first set, but I came backand had to make sure I played wellagainst such a consistent playerlike Jelena.”

Venus believes playing hersister, who took her Wimbledontitle in the summer, is the perfectway to end the season.

“It’s wonderful. I’m so ex-cited. It’s the way I wanted to endthe year,” said the American whodropped an early break, recoveredto 3-3 in the opener beforeJankovic broke in the 11th game tolay the foundation for the first set.

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Serena Williams,left, and Venus Williams of the United Statesduring their doubles match against Maria Jose Martinez Sanchezand Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain at the WTA Tennis Champi-onships, in Doha. They also will clash in single final.

Family man Federer returnsto headline at home


SAN ANTONIO- Tony Parker scored 24points and Manu Ginobili added 13 points and aHalloween holiday treat for Spurs fans Sunday as

Roger Federer

over Italy the weekend after losingthe US Open final.

Beijing champion and Shang-hai semi-finalist Novak Djokovicmakes his debut at the tournamentin the main draw as second seed,with German Andreas Beck his firstopponent.

Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez, afamiliar face in Basel after taking the2005 title and two runner-up spots,is seeded third, with a first-roundmatch against American John Isner.

Croatian Marin Cilic takes thefourth seeding on a wild card afterDel Potro’s pullout while CzechRadek Stepanek is seeded fifth aheadof Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka.

American James Blake willplay as the seventh seed after an in-different two events in Asia.

Parker, Ginobili andSpurs bat Kings aside

AP Photo/Darren Abate

San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, right,of Argentina, charges past Sacramento Kingsforward Andres Nocioni, also of Argentina,during the first half of an NBA basketball gamein San Antonio.

San Antonio notched a 113-94 NBA victory overSacramento.

The Spurs, coming off a disappointing loss toChicago, got a big night from Parker, who alsocontributed seven assists.

“We wanted to bounce back,” Parker said.“The Bulls outplayed us last game. So we wantedto make sure we came out tonight with a lot ofenergy. And that’s what we did.”

San Antonio led by 16 at the half, andstretched that lead to 21 with one quarter remain-ing thanks in large part to Parker’s eight points inthe third period.

But Ginobili was the talk of the night. Hescored 13 points off the bench, but his most im-pressive feat was catching a bat that swooped to-ward the court and disrupted the game.

“That was amazing,” Parker said. “The leg-end continues with Manu. Unbelievable. ... He’salways doing crazy stuff.”

The bat appeared late in the first quarter. Asplayers dodged out of the way, officials halted playbefore the bat circled away.

When it returned, Ginobili swatted it downwith his hand, then carried it off the court.

The crowd cheered, and even a few Kingsplayers clapped.

“When you can’t dunk anymore, you have tofind a way to make i t into the news,” saidArgentina’s Ginobili, who was limited last seasonby an ankle injury. “So that’s what I did. I grabbeda bat. I didn’t think it was a big deal.”

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich called it a clas-sic Ginobili moment.

“He never ceases to amaze me and he just didit again,” Popovich said. “The legend grows. It’sincredible on Halloween night. You would callsomeone a liar if they told you that story.”

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Marco Borriello scored a brace asimproving AC Milan moved up tofourth with a 2-0 defeat of newly-pro-moted Parma, who dropped to sixth.

Having scored two injury-timegoals to earn a 2-2 draw at home toMilan on Wednesday, Napoli producedanother dramatic and ultimately evenmore successful comeback. MarekHansik scored a brace while substituteJesus Datolo scored one and createdone as Napoli moved up to fifth whilesecond-placed Juve remain four pointsbehind Inter.

Ferrara could not hide his disap-pointment. “This defeat is like a punchin the face which hurts, it hurts a lot,”he said.

“Already in the first half we tooka lot of risks. After we went in frontwe didn’t play with the right inten-sity against a team like Napoli whonever give up.

It means Napoli coach WalterMazzarri is unbeaten in four matchessince taking over from former Italyboss Roberto Donadoni. “Right now

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MADRID-Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuainscored twice for 10-man Real Madrid in a 2-0home win over Getafe on Sunday that eased thepressure on coach Manuel Pellegrini.

Real have 22 points from nine games and areone point behind La Liga leaders Barcelona afterthe champions were held to a 1-1 draw at Osasuna,Gerard Pique scoring in his own net in the lastminute.


LONDON- Liverpool manager RafaBenitez admits he has plenty of thinking to doafter an already troubled season took anotherturn for the worse with a 3-1 defeat by Fulhamhere at Craven Cottage.

Sunday’s setback was Liverpool’s fifthreverse in just 11 Premier League fixtures andthey trail leaders Chelsea by nine points, withchampions Manchester United, Arsenal andTottenham all ahead of them in the table.

Benitez also has Champions League qualifi-cation to secure and cannot afford another defeaton Wednesday away to French club Lyon, whoearlier in the competition won 2-1 at Anfield.Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, the undis-puted top talents in his squad, are both strugglingfor fitness so Benitez is not short of problems.

“In football you have to keep calm and tryto find solutions,” the Spaniard insisted. “Wehave to think about what we have to do now.We have too many injuries and I have to analysehow many players I have available.”

Torres netted a fine equaliser to cancel outBobby Zamora’s opener for the home side butwas taken off after 65 minutes with the score at1-1. Not long afterwards substitute ErikNevland put Fulham back ahead with a cheekyback-heel and Liverpool found themselvesdown to nine men after first Philipp Degen andthen captain Jamie Carragher were shownstraight red cards. United States internationalClint Dempsey wrapped up the scoring late on.

Benitez attempted to justify his decisionto rest Torres on the grounds a similar policy

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ROME- Napoli fought back from a two-goal deficit for the second time in three days to shockJuventus 3-2 in Turin on Sunday and prevent Ciro Ferrara’s team from closing the gap on lead-ers Inter Milan.

I already want to start thinking aboutour next game against Catania, throwwater on the fire, but we’ll still enjoythis victory, we did very well,” he said.

Napoli’s German Denis, thesubstitute hero on Wednesday with agoal deep into injury time, quicklyturned to villain for the southerners.Four times in the first 22 minutes hewas presented with goalscoringchances but three times he headedwide from close range and with thefourth he failed to even make contact.

Juve goalkeeper GianluigiBuffon also had to make a fingertipsave to divert a dipping SalvatoreAronica shot over the bar as Napolidominated. Finally Juve started to ex-ert some pressure themselves andFelipe Melo shot inches wide afterDiego teed him up.

The hosts then took the lead outof the blue as Zdenek Grygera cut infrom the right onto his left foot andsent a delightful inswinging cross forveteran French forward DavidTrezeguet, who made an expert run

across the line and headed home ascentre-back Hugo Campagnaro wasguilty of ball-watching.

Juve doubled their lead on 54minafter more poor defending from Napolias Matteo Contini inexplicably headeda Trezeguet cross down to SebastienGiovinco, unmarked on the edge of thesix yard box, who gratefully acceptedthe gift.

Napoli did not let their heads drop,though, and were quickly back in thegame as Hamsik rifled home at the backpost from Datolo’s cross on 59min. AndDatolo equalised five minutes later asDenis won another header at a corner -finally directing one on target - withBuffon palming the ball away andDatolo sweeping home the rebound.

The winner came from a lightningcounter attack with Ezequiel Lavezzirunning at the heart of Juve’s back-pedalling defence and feeding theoverlapping Datolo out on the left andafter Tiago failed to clear his cross,Hamsik followed up to fire high intothe top corner from 12 yards.

Higuain leads Real tovictory as Barca are held

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Real Madrid’s Argentinian forwardGonzalo Higuain celebrates after scor-ing his second goal against Getafeduring a Spanish league football matchat the Santiago Bernabeu stadium inMadrid.

Benitez on backfoot afterReds flop at Fulham

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Liverpool’s Spanish Manager RafaelBenitez gestures during the EnglishPremier League football match be-tween Fulham and Liverpool at CravenCottage, west London..had worked last week against ManchesterUnited, when he scored the first goal in a 2-0victory. “We decided to play Fernando againstUnited and that was difficult because he wasnot 100 percent fit. Afterwards he needed fourdays to recover,” explained the manager.

Benitez also made it clear he would ap-peal against both red cards, with Degen havingbeen found guilty of a reckless lunge atDempsey and Carragher hauling Zamora downto prevent him going clear.

“We will have to appeal. The first one was,for me, a yellow card and the other one it wasclear that ‘Carra’ was kicking the ball. I saw iton a replay. Two incidents in a few minuteswhen we were losing was difficult to take.”

Sevilla are third with 19 points after seeing offstruggling neighbours Xerez 2-0. Alvaro Negredoopened the scoring with a fine individual effortbefore the break and Luis Fabiano secured thepoints at the end.

Pellegrini’s position was called into questionafter Real’s embarrassing 4-0 defeat by third-tierAlcorcon in the King’s Cup in midweek made itthree games without a win. The impatient crowd,who had been whistling their own players, swungbehind their team and Real improved with 10 men.Marcelo crossed from the left in the 53rd minuteand Higuain controlled on his chest before firinginto the top corner. Three minutes later Getafewere caught in possession in midfield and on aswift counter-attack Higuain doubled the lead.

The 21-year-old Higuain, whose chances havebeen limited with all the recent arrivals at Real,was denied his hat-trick by the woodwork beforebeing given a standing ovation when he was sub-stituted near the end.

Barca became bogged down in the face ofOsasuna’s pressing game at the Reyno de Navarraand they failed to break out of their straitjacketuntil late in the second half.

With the hosts tiring, Barca finally worked anopening when Lionel Messi fed Carles Puyol onthe right of the area and the defender crossed lowfor Seydou Keita to slot in from close range after72 minutes. The tireless Mali midfielder, whobagged a hat-trick against Real Zaragoza lastweekend, has now scored six goals in La Ligathis season.

Barca appeared to be cruising to victory but inthe last move of the game Osasuna’s JavierCamunas crossed from the left and Pique giftedthe home side a well-deserved point.

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The Spanish team confirmed Senna’s place in theteam in a statement on Sunday.

Senna, runner-up in the 2008 GP2 series, said hewas very happy to secure finally a drive in FormulaOne after months of speculation and weeks of talks.

He confirmed the news in a brief statement in whichhe said: “I want to thank everyone. After weeks of ne-gotiations, we were finally able to close a deal.

“I am very content and want to share my happinesswith the fans. It’s time to put my head down and pre-pare for next year. There is a lot of work ahead of me.”

Campos Meta chief executive officer EnriqueRodriguez de Castro said: “For Campos Meta, it is an

extraordinary honour to return the name of Sennato Formula One.

“The deal with Senna confirms and re-enforces our prime objective of being notonly the first Spanish Formula 1 team, butrather the first Iberian-American F1 team.

“The 2014 World Cup, the 2016 Olympics, andthree drivers in F1 - it’s clear that Brazil is coming up!”

Ayrton Senna, who won the drivers world title threetimes, was killed in an accident at the 1994 San MarinoGrand Prix.

Bruno Senna added: “I’m absolutely delighted tofulfil a lifetime dream. Now it is time to set new tar-gets. The project that Campos Meta 1 developed is de-signed to succeed both on and off the track.”

De Castro said he was surprised at the progress Sennahad made from single-seater racing as a junior only afew years ago to reaching Formula One.

He added: “We have followed him closely since hisearly days in minor series and testified how quickly hedeveloped his speed and skills at GP2 to become one

of the most promising up-and-coming drivers of hisgeneration.

“It is astonishing how fast he is entering the F1scenario after just a few years in motor racing.”

Abu Dhabi - GiancarloFisichella has not ruled out thepossibility of returning to ForceIndia next season, ahead of discus-sions with his Ferrari team aboutracing opportunities in 2010.

Although Fisichella’s only con-firmed plans for next year are asreserve driver for Ferrari, the Ital-ian openly said that he would beinterested in a chance to carry onracing as well.

Speaking in Abu Dhabi ahead oflast grand prix for Ferrari, Fisichellasaid that he would sit down with hisbosses after the season to look at what is on offer for 2010.

“After this race we will see what the possibilities are,” said Fisichella.“We are now just talking about this race.

“So far, I am not thinking of racing with a new team. But if there isa good possibility to race with a team that has experience from the pastthen I prefer that. But to start from the beginning, like Force India lastyear, I think is difficult.”

When asked if there was a chance of him returning to his old ForceIndia team, Fisichella said: “Why not? It is open. It could be ForceIndia. There are a lot of teams without drivers so far.”

Fisichella’s move to Ferrari from the Italian Grand Prix has notdelivered the results that he or the team had hoped for, and he admittedthat he would be far from pleased if he ended the season having notscored a single point for the Maranello outfit.

“It is a bit frustrating,” he said. “I would be disappointed, but I amdoing my best. It is not easy to jump from Force India and jump to theFerrari car, which has completely different handling and completelydifferent behaviour.

“I have driven for 14 years in F1 how I want and now I need tochange, in braking and downshifting, my style of driving. I am doingmy best. In the last couple of races, the race pace was good, the prob-lem was the qualifying session. Here in the long runs I had the samepace as Kimi.”

Tokyo - Colin Edwards reviews the2009 season overall and looks forwardto working alongside MotoGP new-comer Ben Spies next year.

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 riderColin Edwards’ season has been animpressive one to date, with theTexan close to equalling his second-best championship finish as the fi-nal round of the 2009 season ap-proaches at Valencia.

Locked in a battle for fifth spotwith Andrea Dovizioso, whom hefinished second behind at Doningtonthis year, Edwards could match his2004 championship finish with theright result on November 8th.

This year’s campaign is one the35 year-old feels has been a consis-tent one, with six top-five finishes onhis satellite YZR-M1 paving the way for a potentiallysimilar placement in the overall standings.

“I’d say the 2009 season has gone on a pretty evenkeel for me,” said Edwards. “We’ve made a couple ofmistakes, I think in Japan we had an electrical issue go-ing on. The rain that happened at Donington was kindof a spike. Everything else I think has been pretty even;

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Senna name backin Formula One

I seem to have qualified fifth and fin-ished the race in fifth lots! The fourguys out front at the moment are onanother planet. But we’re still work-ing and are trying to keep up withthem.”

He continued, “Donington wasactually one of those races you wishyou don’t ever have to race, becauseit was raining basically the wholetime and we were on dry tyres. Wechanged tyres right on the grid for asoft front and soft rear that I hadn’tused all weekend. We also madechanges to the suspension of thebike on the grid, but it’s a bike wehadn’t run all weekend, so it waskind of a case of throw the dice andsee what happens. Anyway, I got agood feel for the bike and it was

close. Dovizioso was just a little bit out there in frontof me and a couple more laps and I might have had it.”

Edwards admitted he had anticipated more podiumsthis year than the single one he has so far enjoyed atDonington, but believes the introduction of Bridgestoneas sole tyre manufacturer has helped increase the com-petition between riders.


ABU DHABI- The Senna family name will re-turn to Formula One next season when BrunoSenna, nephew of the late three-times world cham-pion Ayrton, races with the Campos Meta team.

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