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VENICE, Italy — The movie business: What’s love got to do with it? For director Drake Doremus, everything.

The American filmmaker behind troubled-love stories “Like Crazy” and “Breathe In” is back with “Equals,” a science-fiction romance that puts Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult into a future society where emotions — messy, disruptive things — have been genetically suppressed for the good of humanity.

Their characters, Nia and Silas, develop feelings which blossom into a secret love that shakes their identities and endangers their lives.

Doremus — a self-declared romantic — says the film grew from wanting to explore “a world where love is not essential to human beings ... and whether love will always find a way or whether it won’t.”

“Cynically finding my way to hope, really,” the director said Saturday at the Venice Film Festival, where “Equals” is one of 21 films competing for the top Golden Lion prize.

Stewart shares her director’s passion for feelings,

and thinks the film’s anti-emotional society isn’t too far from our own.

“There are aspects of our world that are entirely subdued,” Stewart said during an interview a few hours before the film’s red-carpet world premiere. “Why can’t we be a little f------ crazy some of the time? Why can’t we just feel unabashedly?

“Even if you’re a little bit crazy, even if you make mistakes, OK, fine — at least you’re living.”

Even so, Stewart acknowledges making this film was “daunting.” She and Hoult are onscreen much of the time, often in close-up, and must bare their emotions with subtle conviction.

“I was really scared of it,” she said. The story “was so simple and so basic that it could have been absolute trite, messy nothing — or it could be everything. It could be the most moving emotional experience.”

“Equals” has a screenplay by Nathan Parker — who also wrote low-budget lunar hit “Moon” — and is the first film Doremus has shot from a finished script rather than developed through improvisation.

He rehearsed the actors for a week before film-ing, an experience Hoult said he found liberating. “Often in a script you’ll see (that) your character cries,” the actor said. “And you turn up on the set that day and you think, everyone knows I’m meant to cry now. And it’s suddenly so much pressure.

“Drake doesn’t do any of those things. He’s like, just be — and be vulnerable and honest.”

The result is a sleek, subdued film that won praise from some viewers in Venice but left others cold. (ap)

She also pulled more than ever from her Destiny’s Child catalog, interpolated inspirational words from Maya Angelou and UFC fighter Ronda Rousey and told the feverish audience near the end of her 90-minute set : “I am so, so happy to celebrate my birthday with y’all.”

Beyoncé, who turned 34 on Friday, headlined the first night of her hus-band’s two-day music festival held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Though Jay Z didn’t join the pop diva onstage Saturday night, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams’ presence was felt.

Sporting a light pink leotard and red knee-high boots, Beyonce kicked off her set with a slow rendition of “Crazy In Love.” It eventually hit its normal tempo, but later she wove in “Bootylicious.” And throughout her set,

the audience watched her energetically perform “Say My Name,” ‘’Jumpin’ Jumpin’” and dance slickly to lyrics from “Independent Women Part I.”

“Where my survivors at?” she yelled before performing “Survivor.”

“Shout-out to my girl Kelly, I love you. My girl Michelle, I love you,” she said. “If you survived bad relationships, if you survived illnesses. When it gets tough, that’s when you work harder.”

Beyonce offered words of encour-agement and empowerment, per usual, to the crowd of screaming fans. She took it to a new level when a back-ground dancer moved beautifully to the words of Angelou’s classic “Phenom-enal Woman” in between songs, and the audience screamed loudly as recent words from Rousey blasted from the speakers about girls who fall under the category of “do-nothing chicks.”

“The kind of chick that just tries to be pretty and be taken care of by someone else. That’s why I think it’s hilarious if my body looks masculine or something like that. Listen, just because my body was developed for a purpose other than (sleeping with) millionaires doesn’t mean it’s masculine,” said Rousey , who also appeared on the large screen. “There’s not a single muscle on my body that isn’t for a purpose, because I’m not a do-nothing (chick).”

Beyonce also performed hits like “7/11,” ‘’Ring the Alarm,” ‘’Run the World (Girls),” ‘’Flawless,” ‘’Halo,” ‘’Love on Top” and “Drunk In Love.” She changed into a bedazzled Phila-delphia Sixers shirt before singing “Feeling Myself,” and she closed her set with the upbeat “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It).”

Other performers at the Made In America on Saturday included Mod-est Mouse, Nick Jonas and Meek Mill. The Weeknd will headline the festival Sunday. (ap)

Beyonce offers female empowerment themes at Philly show

PHILADELPHIA — Beyoncé sang her usual hits, changed multiple times and hit high notes at the Budweiser Made In America music festival in Philadelphia.

John Shearer/Invision/AP, File

Kristen Stewart, Nicholas Hoult get emotional in ‘Equals’

Kristen Stewart poses for photographers at the pho-to call for the film Equals

at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in

Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015.

BRUSSELS - Germany and France would take nearly half of the 120,000 refu-gees to be relocated from frontline states under a plan by European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, a European source said Monday.

According to Juncker’s proposal for mandato-ry quotas for EU states which is set to be unveiled Wednesday, Germany would take 31,443 and France 24,031, to relieve the burden on Greece, Italy and Hungary, the source told AFP.

Spain would take 14,931 under the plan, the source said. French President Francois Hollande confirmed in a press conference on Monday that France would take 24,000 refugees over two years.

Europe has been spurred into action by public outrage over pictures of the body of Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi, who drowned with his brother and mother while the family were crossing from Turkey to Greece last week.

Juncker is due to formally announce his plan for the relocation of 120,000 refugees in his EU State of the Union speech on Wednesday.

But many states including Hungary are op-posed to quotas, and an earlier Juncker plan for the mandatory relocation of 40,000 refugees was rejected by EU member states at a summit in June. At the time they agreed to take in 32,000 on a voluntary basis. (afp)

APPARENTLY, President Joko Widodo recently instructed Cabinet

Secretary Pramono Anung to dissemi-nate a circular to all ministries, agencies and lo-cal governments

stating that the disregarding of

particular policies regarding the usage of government budgets will not be libel to criminal prosecution. Many circles have been discussing the pros and cons of this presidential statement aimed at generating capital spending over the next five months.

Basically the circular states that certain things related to public pol-icy, including administrative errors

will be dealt with through adminis-trative processes rather than through the court system. An interesting debate ensued on the topic, during a discussion entitled “Administrative Errors Might Not Be Criminalized” held in Denpasar last week.

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Boosting capital spendingPresidential instruction

sparks debate

EU sets new quotas for states for asylum-seekers

Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP

In this Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015 photo refugees, children, women, men, who have arrived by train from Salzburg, Austria, wait on a platform at the central station in Munich, Germany. More than 10000 migrants have arrived in Germany over the past weekend.

2 Koreas start talks to prepare for family reunions

Suspect in Bangkok bombing tells police he’s ‘guilty’

Dutch defeats leave nation wondering what went wrong

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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Saturday, September 12, 7 PM, Opening “111” exhibition by Aboedt ArtTuesday, September 14, 8 PM, Movie screening of Old Bali’s movie by Aboedt ArtThursday, September 17, 8 PM, Movie screening entitled “Nga ben Dulu dan Sekarang” by Aboedt ArtSaturday, September 19, 7.30 PM, Nusantara live musicTuesday, September 22, 7 PM, Human is Alien video projections on Bamboo installation with live music by Planet BambooThursday, September 24, Movie screening entitled “Bali Sehar ian, Dulu dan Sekarang” by Aboedt ArtSaturday, September 26, Movie screening entitled “Upacara Yadnya Bali, Dulu dan Sekarang” by Aboedt ArtSunday, September 27, Opening of Painting and Artwork Interior 2015 Exhibition with culinary bazaar.Monday, September 28, Sketches painting and interior product exhibitionTuesday, September 29, Talkshow guided by Wayan Suardika (Bali Arts) followed by sketches demoWednesday, September 30, Sketches painting by Budiana and interior painting exhibitionThursday, October 1, Sketches painting and interior painting exhibitionFriday, October 2, Sketches painting and interior painting exhibitionSaturday, October 3, Closing ceremony of Sketches painting and interior product exhibition

Wifi Corner is a program by Telkom Indonesia throughout cities in Indonesia as the form in educating their market for the need of high speed internet and Berry Biz Hotel was being offered to be one of the WiFi corner spots. Though Berry Biz also known for its free WiFi Service, with various package choices from IDR 5,000 per day, IDR 50,000 per month or IDR 99,000 for 90 days Wifi Corner is beneficial for those who are looking for high speed internet access for their business and personal requirement.

Getting a chance to be appoint-ed as one of the place accessible

for WiFI Corner also established Berry Biz Hotel’s reputation as a trendy and comfortable place to either work and hangout because Wifi Corner usually are installed on the area with high crowd flow such as Malls and Restaurants.

With this new facility, Brown and Butter, the 24 hours coffee shop as well as a Co-working space can also be more beneficial for the business guests and the coffee lovers crave for fast inter-net access and comfortable place anytime of the day.

“Other facility offered by Berry Biz Hotel is Virtual Office, suit-able for new entrepreneurs who

still do not have any offices and in the need of having address for business activity and document delivery,” explains DiahSuryan-dari, Hotel Manager of Berry Biz Hotel.

With affordable price, they can also get other additional benefits such as discount for food and beverage, room and meeting pods. Hopefully with these new services, community will be much more aware about Brown and Butter and Berry Biz Hotels and its services. Not only as a hotel, but also to differ Berry Biz as the first creative business hotel in Bali. (kmb)

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Berry Biz as virtual officeKUTA - Berry Biz Hotel as the First Creative Business Hotel in Kuta always strive to give the

best in facilities and service for the guests to work in the best condition away from their usual office so with this spirit, Berry Biz is introducing their new facilities, Wifi Corner and Virtual Office.

There has been a general impression that many regional leaders are scared to implement their programs out of fear that corruption may become involved. According to the central government’s evaluations, the majority of regional leaders dare not take important actions in the development process of programs that are supported by allot-ted budgets.

“In fact it is the legislative branch of the House of representatives that should be ashamed - not regional leaders. Supposedly, the House should be reprimanding regional leaders who do not implement programs that have been defined in the regional budgets. So, here the function of control

Chairman of the Bali Corruption Watch (BCW), Putu Wirata Dwikora, said that the emergence of this circu-lar amid increasing public demands to strengthen efforts to eradicate corruption, makes for an interesting study. Dwikora suspects that behind President Jokowi’s circular, are the President’s concerns about low bud-getary uptakes or capital expenditure in a number of areas this year. The fiscal year has only reached its first semester yet the budgetary uptake has only reached 50 percent of projec-tions, thus giving the impression of an unparalleled situation.

“Has the budgetary uptake has been very low, because they (budget users—Ed) are afraid of spending the budget or because of other factors? This should also be looked into. We should not assume that it is due to fear of using budgetary funds,” he criticized.

Wirata Dwikora who is also ac-tive in the Hindu Dharma Parishad of Indonesia (PHDI) said they had themselves experienced budget-ary problems when the PHDI Bali received social assistance from the the government of Bali worth IDR 1 billion.

Board members of the PHDI want-ed this amount to be used throughout he year, to support dharma wacana (sermon activities) or to be donated to people visited. However the terms of the budget state that use of the social assistance fund expired at the end of December. “Considering that the PHDI only had about two months to spend the budget, it chooses to refund it to the provincial government of Bali provincial, because they could not see what kind of program could be imple-mented in such a short time. So, rather than having to face legal problems, the board of the PHDI administra-tors decided not to use the fund and instead return it to the government of Bali,” he explained.

Reflecting on this case, Wirata Dwikora said the level low budget-ary uptake is not necessarily due to budget users being afraid to use the money, but might be because -ac-cording to their predictions, there is not enough time to realize the project for which the budget has been given. Rather than risking a legal case, many might consider it wiser not to use the budgetary funds.

“Such conditions can give rise to inaccuracies in the budgeting process, including time constraints in the real-ization of projects or activities and so

forth. If there are no programs worth IDR 1 billion that can be completed in one or two months, there is no use in trying to force things,” he stated.

He added fictitious programs could be created in order to account for the budgetary spending, but that would be breaking the law and is a risky proposition. “In my opinion the prob-lem of low levels of budget uptake, is not caused by the fear of criminal prosecution because of administra-tive errors, but is in fact caused by problems with planning or the fact that the funds being disbursed do not take into consideration the ability of the institutions in question to mange such funds - particularly in regards to the amount of time given to the insti-tutions for the spending the allotted budget,” he said.

He also mentioned that similar situations are likely faced by other institutions, which would in fact cause the average governmental budget uptake levels to be very low.

If it is in fact true that the president has issued such a circular, Wirata Dwikora said that the circular should serve as an appeal to institutions within the authority of concerned officials. He added that any circular opposing higher laws should be ig-nored. Referring to Law No.37/2008, article 1 paragraph 3 which states that the term ‘maladministration’ includes unlawful actions, actions exceeding the authority or the official using the authority for purposes beyond what it should be. Negligence and neglect of legal obligations in the public service performed by state apparatus can also be categorized as maladministration.

“On that account, not all admin-istrative errors can necessarily be criminalized. Obviously, I hope law enforcement officials are not subject to upholding such a circular. Conversely, the circular should be withdrawn or invalidated because it absolutely allows for a tendency towards abuse rather than protecting the officials that the circular seeks to support, in the hope that the budgetary uptakes will be faster”.

Actually, he added, the low level of budgetary uptakes are not caused by budget users being afraid of legal repercussions. It is more likely that that it is caused by errors in planning budgetary disbursements, followed by laziness on the part of bureaucrats, who deliberately wait until the last minute to disburse the funds so that they do not need to go through tender processes and so on. (ian)

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I Made Suardana

Serving as an encouragement

In reference to the circular that President Joko Widodo ordered the Secretary of the Cabinet to issue to all regional leaders regarding the perfoming of their duties, Lawyer, I Made Suardana, said that Law No. 30/2014 mentions that ‘administration’ consists of governance and decision making, either orally or in writing.

or supervision is not being implemented. In my mind, this circular serves as a form of encourage-ment on the part of the central government, for regional leaders to do their work,” said Director of the LABHI Bali.

According to Suardana, this circular should be studied in terms of its essence and substance. If it encourages regional leaders to work, it should be appreciated. However, it should be noted that the circular should not be used by officers to free them from legal implications. The Corruption Law explicitly states that in the event of an abuse of authority harming the state finances, legal action is is order.

“Thus, this law cannot be su-perseded by a circular. The modus operandi of corruption crimes under the guise of administrative errors, should not be allowed given any leeway. For example, the pro-curement of goods and services has clear legal provisions and can-not use the process of designation but must be done through auctions and tenders. Similarly, budgetary mark-ups are forbidden as is the inappropriate designation of bud-getary usage. Although related to administrative processes, abuses are still categorized as crimes. Areas other that purely adminis-trative, should also not be exempt from legal prosecution,” he said.

Suardana added that adminis-trative violations that cannot be criminalized, are violations related to electrical errors such mistyping, or in the case of money that is not recorded but remains available in the local treasury or if there has clearly been no intuition to steal it. He reiterated that the presidential circular will not be able to become a fortress of protection for any kind of administrative errors.

“The circular is not included in the hierarchy of legislation. Thus, it is impossible for people to survive with the circular stipulations alone, including the Presidential Decree. When people have violated a law, then they are subject to legal reper-cussions,” he said. (ian)

3Tuesday, September 8, 201514 InternationalInternational Bali NewsScience Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Danish astronaut Andreas Mo-gensen, accompanied by Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov from Kazakh-stan, had taken 26 custom-made figurines from Danish toymaker Lego on the ride to the station.

The trio blasted off aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur

cosmodrome on Wednesday but the trip lasted two days instead of the usual fast-track six hours after the ISS raised its orbit to avoid space debris.

They joined six astronauts al-ready in space, bringing the total number of people on the ISS to nine, for the first time since 2013,

according to the European Space Agency.

Volkov is expected to remain in orbit until March 2016, along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and US astronaut Scott Kelly who are already aboard the ISS.

Accompanied by veteran Rus-

FLAGSTAFF , Arizona — Stephanie Leco hit a paleontol-ogy jackpot this summer with the discovery of a jaw bone from a long-snouted fish at Petrified For-est known to exist more than 220 million years ago.

Leco was part of the first dig for citizens held last month at the national park near Holbrook that routinely turns up fossils from the dawning age of dinosaurs and has vast expanses of rainbow-colored desert.

The fossil about the size of a pinky fingernail was unearthed from the site of what was a lake or

pond during the Late Triassic period when the fish were thought to be extinct in North America. Scientists knew closely related fish were pres-ent around the world in the Early Triassic period, about 10 million years earlier, but the fossils were found only in China in the Late Triassic, said park paleontologist Bill Parker.

“People who actually study this group of fish might start setting their sights in our direction now,” he said.

Leco already had several small teeth in her collection and was marveling at the tibia of a plant

lizard that another participant found before coming across the jaw bone. Not knowing what it was, she handed over the fossil that had broken teeth to Matt Smith, the park’s lead fossil preparer, and asked what it was.

“I don’t know, that’s why it’s cool,” he responded.

They wrapped up the jaw bone, placed it in a tin and took it to the lab, looking at it more closely under a microscope, she said. The park later emailed her to say it was a fish closely related to the genus Saurichthys.

Leco, 26, said she’s since devel-

oped an even deeper fascination with paleontology and bought a couple of books on the Triassic period so that she can speak with authority about her find. The period, which started about 250 million years ago and lasted 50 million years, followed the largest extinc-tion of life on Earth when the land mass was a single continent and had the first dinosaurs.

The full jaw of the fish would be about three to four times longer than the fossil Leco discovered, Parker said. He said other fossils of the fish might also be found on the East Coast and on the Colorado Plateau

where similar rock is exposed.Ben Kligman, a senior at the

University of California, Berkley, has been studying the pond site pre-served in a layer of rock. He plans to return to Petrified Forest next summer to look for a full fossil of the fish to determine whether or not it’s a new species. What he didn’t know before Leco found the jaw bone is that he already had smaller pieces of the fish that he couldn’t identify as such, he said.

“Although it’s probably a new species, we can’t say that it is yet because we don’t have enough specimens,” Kligman said. (ap)

First Dane in space arrives at ISSMOSCOW - The first Dane in space arrived on Friday at the International Space Station

(ISS) as part of a three-man team after an unusually long voyage from Earth, the Russian space agency said.

sian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, first-time flyers Aimbetov and Mogensen will return to Earth next week after 10 days on the station.

Aimbetov, who replaced Brit-ish singer Sarah Brightman after she pulled out of the mission in June, is the third astronaut from Kazakhstan, which hosts Russia’s cosmodrome.

The trio led by Padalka, who has been in orbit since June, are

set to leave the orbiting space sta-tion on September 12.

Upon his return to Earth, Padal-ka will have spent 878 days -- or roughly 2.5 years -- in space, setting a record for spending the longest time in space.

Russia is the only country still sending its own craft to the ISS after NASA ended its space shuttle programme in 2011 and turned to private firms to fly supply mis-sions there. (afp)

National Park Service via AP

In this photo taken Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015 and released by the National Parks Service, a group of citizens digs for fossils at Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook, Ariz. One of the amateur paleontologists discovered a jaw bone from a long-snouted fish that lived more than 220 million years ago.

Amateur paleontologist finds rare fossil of fish in Arizona

The large numbers of tourists -especially surfers, are a windfall to members of the surrounding community of Medewi Beach and surrounding area. Manurahman a 36 year old owns of Rock Surf Rental and a tourist inn, said on Sunday (Sep. 6) that the number of tourist arrival on Medewi Beach has had a positive impact on business. Manu who contracts a piece of land on the edge of the driveway leading to the beach, admitted that on most days he rents out all 25 of his surf boards to either beginner surfers, intermediate or professionals. “We rented our boards for IDR 80,000 a day. Now, it is in high season and the waves are friendly,” he added.

Based on his experience of many years, there tends to be the most visitors between July and October. The rest of the year there are far fewer visitors.

Though the beach is rocky, the clusters of long waves have become a favoured attraction amongst surfing enthusiasts. In ad-dition to professional surfers, beginners also feel safe enough to learn on this beach. Over the past few years, local residents have become increasingly involved in surfing since the establishment of the Medewi Board Rider (MBR) tourism awareness group. This community helps to develop surf tourism making things comfortable for travellers. Some of the community members also offer surf lessons for beginners and charge about IDR 300,000 for a two hour lesson- surf board included. Along with Medewi Beach, Yeh Sumbul and Pulukan beaches have also been draw-ing the interest of surf lovers. A number of inns have also been established in the area. (kmb26)

GIANYAR - Due to the large number of people committing traffic violations by circulating without a driver’s license, the Gianyar Police Traffic Affairs are seeking to improve conditions offering mobile driver’s license extension services at car-free day (CFD) in the Ciung Wanara urban park, Gianyar. They plan to hold this activity every Sunday morn-ing to provide services for community.

Chief of the Gianyar Police Traffic Affairs Unit, Kristiyan BM, said on Sunday (Sep. 6) that there is currently quite a high rate of traffic violations in the territory that falls under the jurisdiction of the Gianyar Police, as discovered through road-blocks conducted at certain intersections. “Every time we implement a roadblock, we found people in violation either because their driver’s licence is out of date or because they do not have one at all,” he said.

Therefore the Gianyar Police have taken the initiative by improving public services, by opening mobile driving license services during the imple-mentation of car-free day in Gianyar every Sunday morning. “So, people do not have to worry about spending time extending their driver’s licenses on weekdays, instead they can now do it while relax-ing on Sunday morning,” he said.

He emphasized that such a service is only intend-ed for extending driving licenses. Whereas people applying for applications for new drivers licenses still need to go through a number of traffic tests at the Gianyar Police Headquarters. “New driver’s license applicants are required to pass driving tests. These tests are intended to help to reduce the num-ber of traffic accidents,” he explained. (kmb35)

More and more surfers visit Medewi Beach

NEGARA – As the holiday season nears, there are increasing numbers of visitors to Medewi Beach. For the last month, there have been visitors from Europe and Australia every day who have come to enjoy the rocky beach.

IBP/Suryadharma

As the holiday season nears, there are increasing numbers of visitors to Medewi Beach. For the last month, there have been visitors from Europe and Australia every day who have come to enjoy the rocky beach.

Police provide driving license services on CFD

IBP/Manik Astajaya

Due to the large number of people committing traffic violations by circulating without a driver’s license, the Gianyar Police Traffic Affairs are seeking to improve conditions offering mobile driver’s license extension services at car-free day (CFD) in the Ciung Wanara urban park, Gianyar.

Bali News International4 Tuesday, September 8, 2015 Tuesday, September 8, 2015 13International RLDW

The talks among the rivals’ Red Cross officials at Panmunjom were made possible after they struck a deal earlier this month that eased animosi-ty that saw them threatening war. The standoff flared after a mine explosion blamed on Pyongyang maimed two South Korean soldiers.

The highly emotional reunions have not happened since early last year. Most applicants are in their 70s or older and desperate to see their loved ones before they die.

Many Koreans don’t even know whether relatives on the other side of the border are still alive because their governments mostly ban the

exchange of letters, phone calls or emails.

The planned reunions are not a sure thing. The rivals have a long history of failing to follow through on reconciliation efforts.

Some foreign analysts remain skeptical about inter-Korean ties because of speculation that North Korea will fire what it calls a satel-lite to celebrate next month’s 70th birthday of its ruling party. Similar past launches triggered an interna-tional standoff as South Korea and other neighboring countries called them disguised tests for long-range missiles.

About 22,500 Koreans had par-ticipated in brief reunions — 18,800 in person and the others by video — during a period of detente. None were given a second chance to meet their relatives, according to South Korea’s Red Cross.

South Korean officials have long called for holding reunions more regularly and expanding the number of people taking part. North Korea is seen as worrying that doing so could open the country to influence from more affluent South Korea and threaten the ruling party’s grip on power.

The two Koreas remain divided along the world’s most heavily fortified border since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armi-stice, not a peace treaty. (ap)

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — “Future spouses, best friends, our next soul mate.” That’s how an Icelandic author is describing refugees seeking European shores, in a Facebook campaign that has helped to spark a surge of support for welcoming migrants in her remote North Atlantic island.

As much of Europe hesitates, Iceland — which has just in recent years emerged from the effects of a devastating economic meltdown — seems to be warming to the idea of taking in Syrians fleeing their war-torn homeland. It’s a historic shift for an island that has long been reluctant to take in foreigners.

A grassroots movement in support of migrants making the perilous journey to Europe is already having an impact on government policy, with officials reaching out to the United Nations refugee agency to say Iceland is willing to accept more refugees.

Even small towns are involved, with the northern Iceland town of Akureyri expressing an interest in adding Syrian refugees to its popula-tion of 17,000 hardy residents.

“I think most Icelanders are very interested in helping refugees have a better life,” said Akureyri town council chairman Gudmundur Baldvin Gudmundsson. “We have a society that is very good for them and we have experience in taking refugees.”

The government said in July that it would take in 50 Syrian refu-gees over the next two years, but that meager figure — consistent with a policy that has seen just 549 refugees accepted since 1956 — is expected to rise in the face of public pressure. Officials already are making plans to accept more and some citizens are calling for up to 5,000 to be admitted.

The movement started before a photograph of a drowned 3-year-old Syrian boy who washed up on a Turkish beach sparked worldwide concern about the fate of the migrants trying to reach Europe. The generous spirit is remarkable because Iceland suffered a disastrous 2008 financial meltdown that saw the collapse of its major banks and a steep fall in living standards.

One driver of the grassroots movement is the “Syria Calling” Fa-cebook page launched last week by Icelandic author and professor Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir. Some 15,000 people have “liked” the page in an apparent endorsement of her call for Minister of Social Affairs Eyglo Hardardottir to let more refugees live legally in Iceland.

“Refugees are human resources, experience and skills,” Bjorgvin-sdottir wrote. “Refugees are our future spouses, best friends, our next soul mate, the drummer in our children’s band, our next colleague, Miss Iceland 2022, the carpenter who finally fixes our bathroom, the chef in the cafeteria, the fireman, the hacker and the television host. People who we’ll never be able to say to: ‘Your life is worth less than mine.’” (ap)

PARIS — France wants to hold a meeting among the leaders of Rus-sia, Ukraine and Germany in the coming weeks to resolve tensions around eastern Ukraine, in hopes of eventually lifting EU sanctions.

French President Francois Hol-lande said Monday that he will pro-

pose such a meeting in Paris ahead of the U.N. General Assembly later this month. He said there has been prog-ress in recent weeks in implementing a troubled February peace deal, and said if that continues, “then I will argue for lifting the sanctions.” EU sanctions and a subsequent Russian

embargo have hurt many French and European companies.

Ukraine’s president is pushing to devolve some powers to the regions despite internal opposition. Russia firmly denies that it has sent troops and equipment to separatists in eastern Ukraine. (ap)

Icelandic people tell gov’t to take more refugees from Syria

AP Photo/Frank Augstein, FileFILE - In this Friday Sept. 4, 2015 file photo, migrants walk out of Budapest, Hungary. As much of Europe hesitates, Iceland, which has just in recent years emerged from the effects of a devastating economic meltdown, seems to be warming to the idea of taking in Syrians fleeing their war-torn homeland.

France wants top-level Ukraine talks, hopes to end sanctions

The Unification Ministry via APIn this photo provided by South Korea’s Unification Ministry, South Korea’s chief delegate Lee Deok-haeng, second from right, shakes hands with North Korean counterpart Pak Yong Il, second from left, before the Inter-Korean Red Cross working level meeting at the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015.

2 Koreas start talks to prepare for family reunions

SEOUL — North and South Korea started talks at a border village Monday on resuming the reunions of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s, Seoul officials said.

DENPASAR - Modus operandi of drug traffickers seemed endless. This time they are aggressively selling drugs of saving packages for targeting middle class con-sumers. Without exception, they also target young children having limited budget.

“In Bali, drug trafficking is rife. When we arrest, for example, eight packages in once raid, maximal amount collected will just come to zero point so gram. With such saving package, the traffickers can have broader reach, so that one person may use it together with its group. Just like a root, they only have single tap root, but many fiber roots,” said Director of the Bali Po-lice Narcotic Investigation, Raden Purwadi, recently.

He added that saving packages can become a job opportunity for the unemployed people. Suppose they can buy a package, then it can be divided into ten packages. For instance, the price of one package is IDR 1.8 million, so the profits obtained can reach IDR 400,000 per package.

“This is happening today be-cause not all the users are from the have. Some of them are laborers

wishing to get fit stamina while working in the fields or perhaps in building project. Sometimes they consume it to get strong stamina, but their effect in the long run is addiction,” he explained.

The Head of the National Nar-cotic Agency (BNNP) of Bali, I Putu Gede Suastawa, said that saving package is a new strategy implemented by drug traffickers to target young people having limited budget. According to him, this must become parents’ concern because young people especially students are the most potential target for them.

“So, with this saving package, the drug users can join together with five to six people with a small budget of IDR 50,000. It is very hazardous and must be prevented through the understanding to the whole community, the agencies, private sector, teachers and oth-ers that this modus operandi will be done more effectively and efficiently because they consider such people’s capability,” he said while adding that it will be very hazardous if younger generation has begun to be affected with drugs since childhood. (kmb32)

DENPASAR - The eradication team the National Narcotic Agency (BNNP) of Bali conducted a search of Kesiman Kertalangu village, East Denpasar, on Friday (Sep. 4). Three drug abusers with the initials EG, JL and the AS were arrested. During the arrest AS was discovered to be in possession of 17 tablets suspected of being counterfeit ecstasy.

“We will take the evidence (a total of 17 tablets—Ed) to the forensic laboratory to ascertain whether it is ecstasy or not,” said Acting Division Head of Eradication of the BNNP Bali, Made Pakris, with permission from the Head of the BNNP Bali, Putu Gede Suastawa, Sunday (Sep. 6).

The joint operation, said Pakris, that involved officials from Kesiman Kertalangu village and the East Denpasar Police started at 7:30 p.m. and needed at 11p.m. The target of the raid included regional migrants, drug abusers and traffickers of illicit goods. Police officers arrested EG and JL at a boarding house on Jalan Sekar Jepun, where they also seized a package allegedly containing 0.5 grams of crystal meth as well as a pipe for smoking the substance. Both of these drug users worked at an electronics store.

Meahwhile, at a boarding house on Jalan Tunjung Kun-ing, East Denpasar, officers arrested AS, a construction laborer who attempted to discard a plastic bag containing 17 pills alleged to be ecstasy. “We are not convinced that they are ecstasy because the pills do not look like the ones we usually encounter. We take the three culprits to the BNN office for further assessment process,” affirmed Pakris. (kmb36)

IBP/Yudi karnaediThe tourists are walking on Peninsula Beach in Nuda Dua. The area is one of the favorite place for the tourists to stay during their time in Bali

Target young people and middle-lower class

Addicts allegedly circulating counterfeit drugs

IBP/FileThe ilegal drugs evidences is showed by the police officers.

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ANKARA — The world’s 20 leading econo-mies have launched a new grouping aimed at boosting the role of women in global economic growth.

The W-20 — a grouping of female leaders — was launched on Sunday in the Turkish capital Ankara, where finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 were meeting for talks on the global economy. The group aims to work toward empowering women and ensuring their participation in economic growth.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said women’s participation was paramount to economic growth and said one of the best indica-tors for the prosperity of a country was the smile on the face of its women. Davutoglu said: “If the women are smiling ... you can be sure that their country is happy.” (ap)

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde addresses the

W20, a grouping of women leaders, as the world’s 20 leading economies launch a

new grouping aimed at boosting the role of women in global economic growth, Ankara,

Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015.

The new number remains the lowest since 1990, when growth plummeted to 3.9 percent. Global stock markets have been pum-melled by concerns over slowing growth in the nation, a key driver of the world economy.

The National Bureau of Statis-tics said on its website it reduced the gross domestic product (GDP) growth figure from the 7.4 percent announced in January after a “pre-liminary confirmation”. A final confirmation could come in January 2016, it added.

After decades of double-digit expansion, authorities are trying to pull off a tricky rebalanc-ing -- from an investment- and export-led economic model to one where domestic consumer demand

drives slower but more sustainable growth.

Finance minister Lou Jiwei told a G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Anka-ra at the weekend that the economy had entered a “new normal”.

Growth was “expected to remain at around seven percent and the situation may sustain for four to five years”, he said.

Chinese growth slowed in the first two quarters of this year, reach-ing 7.0 percent in both periods.

Nomura International analyst Wendy Chen said Monday’s GDP correction was largely related to service sectors, which were key to the overall transition but had lower growth than earlier figures showed.

“This means China’s economic structure did not improve as well as expected”, she told AFP.

At the same time Chinese stocks have plummeted nearly 40 percent since mid-June, after soaring more than 150 percent in the previous 12 months in a spectacular debt-fuelled rally encouraged by authorities.

Official interventions costing hundreds of billions of dollars failed to stop the declines, the country’s worst market rout in almost two decades.

The central bank governor and market regulator admitted at the weekend that there had been “bub-bles” on the exchanges, but said the turmoil was almost over.

“Bubbles continued to build up until mid-June,” People’s Bank of China (PBoC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said at the meeting in Ankara, according to a statement on the PBoC website.

“The correction in the stock mar-

ket has now come close to an end,” Zhou said, refraining from using the word “burst” and adding the Chinese economy was not “much affected” by the rout.

The National Development and Reform Commission, China’s top economic planning agency, played down growth concerns, saying electricity consumption and railway cargo transport -- two of the indicators Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reportedly refers to when gauging the health of the economy -- improved in August.

Property prices and transac-tion volumes also rose, it said in a statement Monday, predicting the economy was “able to achieve the full-year expansion target” of around seven percent.

China last month reduced inter-est rates for the fifth time since November and cut the amount of money banks must hold in reserve, to try to bolster its economy and

restore market confidence.Data showing an official gauge

of Chinese manufacturing at a three-year low sent world markets into a tailspin last week, as investors gave vent to worries the economy is headed for a “hard landing”.

Investors have also been alarmed by the authorities’ surprise move last month, lowering the yuan cur-rency’s central rate against the US dollar by nearly five percent in a single week.

The Shanghai bourse ended the morning session in positive terri-tory on Monday, up 0.87 percent or 27.65 points at 3,187.82, although it trimmed earlier gains following the GDP announcement.

“The GDP figure correction for last year has little impact on the market,” Shenwan Hongyuan Group analyst Qian Qimin told AFP. “It was the figure for last year and everyone knows the economy is not good anyway.” (afp)

China cuts 2014 GDP growthBEIJING - China on Monday lowered last year’s economic growth

figure to 7.3 percent after concerns about slowing expansion caused global market havoc, but said its own stock exchanges are stabilising following “bubbles” and painful corrections.

G-20 members launch new grouping to empower women

AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici

GIANYAR - After being having been banned, a new cigarette ad billboard has been installed at the intersection of Batubulan and Sasih. The billboard is quite striking because it is quite large and is located in a strategic area near the border of Gianyar County and the city of Denpasar.

According to local people, LA Bold cigarette billboard was installed less than a week ago. “How can there be a billboard with acigarette ad here? It’s the main road that must be free from cigarette advertise-ments,” said one local residents.

When confirming this matter, the Divi-sion Head of Data and Licensing Develop-ment, the Gianyar Integrated Licensing Office (BPPT), Komang Alit Adnyana, did not deny the existence of the cigarette advertisement billboard. But according to him, it is not a new billboard but an old

one that had its image replaced. He explained that the LA Bold bill-

board is using the license of previous cigarette advertisement that falls under the same brand, name: Djarum. LA Bold itself is a new variant of Djarum mild cigarette. So, the permit for the installa-tion of the LA Bold billboard can still use the old permit.

“We no longer issue new permits for such ads. The advertisement is using an old permit but has replaced the actual ad,” he explained.

So, why is the cigarette advertisement still allowed to be up? Alit Adnyana said that the permit for the billboard advertise-ment is still valid and the permit along with the tax of the billboard will expire in September. “The permit was issued in September last year. The permit is valid for one year, so that it will soon expire,” he said.

He added that his party has received a confirmation from Djarum regarding the fate of the billboard. In essence, the owner is ready to dismantle the billboard once the validity of permit has expired. (kmb25)

BANGLI - Tangerine crate artisans at Suter vil-lage, Kintamani, have had more and more trouble finding materials over the last few years as the price of timber has sky rocketed. Demands for the creates remain very high.

Crafter, Wayan Mertayasa, said on Sunday (Sep. 6) that the availability of raw material has now become one of the major challenges for his business. For the most part he only uses timber from Kintamani. Ironically the lack of timber is due to the fact that increasing numbers of farmers have stopped planting trees for timber in favour of growing tangerines, explained Mertayawa. He added that because so many people are currently cultivating tangerine orders for crates have increase with daily orders averaging 500 crates. “We get numerous orders. Unfortunately we have trouble finding timber to make the crates, and as a result we cannot fill all the orders,” he said.

He also explained that because timber has become scares, prices have gone up. Previsouly, albizia and erythrina timber sold for IDR 1.8 million per truck. Now, it costs IDR 2.2 million. To avoid losses, Mertayasa was forced to raise the price of his crates to IDR 3,500 from IDR 3,300 per piece. “I do not dare to raise the price too high. We have many competitors and so we are afraid of loosing customers,” he said.

Head of the Bangli Agriculture and Forestry Agency, AAN Shamba, confirmed the fact that many people in the area who had been growing timber are now growing tangerines, explaining that the timber tended to be at-tacked by pest and disease. He also conveyed that: “the price of timber is pretty good. We will continue to do treatments against the disease,” he said. (kmb45)

Lack of timber, high demand for tangerine crates

IBP/SosiawanThe tangerine crates maker in Kintamani, Bangli is having diffculty to find the timber for their materials.

Despite ban, cigarette ads re-emerge in Batubulan

The damage road leading to Tempek Bar-ong, Landih Village, Bangli is seen in the pciture. The raod was only fixed a year ago but now it damage againIBP/Swasrina

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The dead were mostly men, with one toddler on board, the maritime agency’s search and rescue director, Robert Teh, told Reuters. Only 20 people are believed to have survived Thursday’s disaster.

“If no more bodies are found today, we may call off the search and rescue operations tomorrow,” Teh said.

The boat is believed to have overturned due to overloading and bad weather as immigrants were making the journey home for the Eid al-Adha holiday, officials told reporters on Thursday.

One of the victims, Asminah, was making her first trip home in three years. Her eldest son, Yan Iqbar, told Reuters that only he had been told of her visit.

“She wanted to give the family a surprise,” he said.

Most of Malaysia’s estimated six million legal and illegal migrant workers are from Indonesia, work-ing on construction sites, planta-tions, in factories and in domestic service.

Southeast Asia had a huge mi-grant crisis in May after boats carrying thousands of people from Myanmar and Bangladesh were left at sea following a Thai crackdown on people-smuggling gangs.

Last week’s tragedy occurred at a time when Europe is facing its biggest refugee crisis with thou-sands of Middle Eastern refugees making their way by boat across the Mediterranean. Hundreds have died. (rtr)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo has appointed Willem Rampangilei as new chief of the National Disaster Mitigation Agen-cy (BNPB) to replace Syamsul Maarif.

“Mr Willem will be installed as the new BNPB chief,” Minister/State Secretary Pratikno noted at the presi-dential palace complex on Monday.

Rampangilei is one of the depu-ties of the Coordinating Minister for Empowerment of Women and

Culture. He is in charge of environ-mental affairs and social insecurity coordination.

Pratikno remarked that Maarif was relieved of his responsibilities as he had been holding the post since a long time, while Ram-pangilei was appointed due to his competency and experience.

“It is just a routine rotation and normal because Mr Syamsul has been the BNPB chief for a long time,” the minister clarified. (ant)

PALEMBANG - South Su-matra Governor Alex Noerdin is expected to call plantation managers, including those from Ogan Komering Ilir, to address the issue of forest and plantation fires in the province. The meeting would discuss the causes of and solutions to the fires, the gover-nor stated on Monday.

The provincial authorities have been intensifying efforts to put out the fires through land and air operations. Water bombing has been conducted over areas being razed down by fires, the governor stated.

In response to the press’ ques-tions, the governor remarked that he would consider the revocation of plantation business permits.

However, Noerdin said he would first study whether the authority lies in the hands of the governor or district heads.

In the meantime, President

Joko Widodo has ordered securi-ty agencies to take action against companies, which have burnt down fields that have caused haze in six provinces.

“I have ordered the national police chief to take the sternest possible action on companies that violate the laws,” he said while inspecting the forest fire in Pu-lau Geronggang village in Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra, on Sunday.

President Widodo has remind-ed all ministries/institutions, TNI (military)/police, and related of-fices that prevention is the best policy.

He emphasized that companies violating the law must be held responsible, adding that he had on several earlier occasions cau-tioned many plantation compa-nies that harsh actions would be taken against those found guilty of setting fires to their fields.

The head of state affirmed that companies must also be responsible for the areas around their fields.

“I have ordered the forestry minister to revoke the concession rights of companies that break the law, and if a criminal case is involved, it will be processed by the police chief,” he remarked.

President Widodo noted that he had mobilized several people to conduct monitoring to control and tackle fires that have broken out since April.

“Do not act after the fires become big. I have said that I do not want to talk about what has caused the fires as well as their solutions. Everybody knows what they have to do,” he said.

President Widodo has called for immediate extinguishing the current fires, emphasizing that prevention must be the priority for next year. (ant)

Indonesia migrant boat death toll rises to 61

KUALA LUMPUR - Sixty-one bodies have been recovered from an overloaded wooden boat which sank off Malaysia car-rying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants, maritime officials said on Monday.

President appoints Willem Rampangilei as new BNPB chief

REUTERS/YT Haryono

Firefighters from the Ministry of Forestry spray water on a burnt peatland forest area at Rimbo Panjang Village in Kampar, in Indonesia’s Riau province, September 6, 2015.

Governor to call plantation managers regarding forest fires

The suspect, identified Monday as Yusufu Mierili, responded through a translator: “Guilty.” Authorities have previously released a variety of spellings of his name, including Mi-eraili Yusufu and Yusufu Meerailee. It was not clear whether the apparent confession would carry legal weight in a court. Mierili, who was arrested last Tuesday near the Thai-Cambodia border, has not yet been formally charged.

Police say they found his DNA or fingerprints in two apartments that were raided a week ago by police on the outskirts of Bangkok, including a container of gunpowder. Police say both apartments contained bomb-making materials, and one had more than 200 fake Turkish passports.

The Aug. 17 blast at the Erawan Shrine killed 20 people and injured more than 120 in one of the most dev-astating acts of violence in Bangkok in decades.

Thai authorities have suggested

that at least two of the suspects are possibly Turkish, boosting a theory that the bombing was to avenge Thai-land’s forced repatriation of more than 100 ethnic Uighurs to China in July. Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs) are related to Turks, and Turkey is home to a large Uighur community.

Merili’s nationality has not been confirmed, but police say he was carrying a Chinese passport that indi-cated he was from the western region of Xinjiang, home to the Turkish-speaking Uighurs.

Police said last week that Mierili was suspected of being a conspira-tor rather than the bomber, who was seen in security videos placing a knapsack at the open-air shrine and then leaving.

Another suspect, who was arrested Aug. 29 at one of the two apartments police raided, was in possession of a fake Turkish passport when arrested, police say. That man, whom police have identified as Adem Karadak,

was transferred to police custody Friday after nearly a week in military custody.

Thai authorities have said they would turn over the two passports to the relevant embassies to confirm their authenticity once forensics testing is completed. Authorities have so far issued 11 arrest warrants for suspects related to the blast, including two on Monday.

One of Monday’s warrants was for a man identified as Abdullah Abdul-lahman of unknown nationality on charges of conspiracy to possess unau-thorized explosives and unauthorized war materials. A police sketch showed a young man with short brown hair, with a light mustache and beard.

The other warrant issued Monday for the same charges was for “a foreign man” whose name and nationality were unknown. Police released a pic-ture from security camera footage that showed a blurry man with no defining characteristics. (ap)

LONDON — Researchers have discovered evidence of standing stones believed to be the remnants of a major prehistoric stone monument near the Stone-henge ruins.

University of Bradford re-searchers said Monday the monu-ment is thought to have been built around 4,500 years ago.

The Stonehenge Hidden Land-scapes Project used remote sens-ing technologies to discover evi-dence that up to 100 stones formed

the monument some 2 miles (3 kilometers) from Stonehenge. The evidence was found beneath three feet (one meter) of earth near the Durrington Walls.

No excavation was needed dur-ing the investigation and none of the stones have been uncovered and removed.

Some of the stones are thought to have stood 15 feet tall before they were toppled. Researcher Vince Gaffney said the immense scale of the monument is unique. (ap)

JERUSALEM — The U.N. envoy to the Middle East expressed concern Monday that Israel has not yet apprehended Jewish extremists suspected in a July arson attack on a Palestinian family’s home that claimed the lives of a toddler and his parents.

The remarks by Nickolay Mlad-enov came after the toddler’s mother died of wounds suffered in the blaze, becoming the third family member to die from the attack. Rihan Dawabsheh died in an Israeli hospital early Mon-day, a day after her 27th birthday.

On July 31, assailants hurled fire-bombs into a bedroom of the Dawab-sheh family’s home in the West Bank village of Duma in a pre-dawn attack, and sprayed graffiti of a Jewish star of David and the word “revenge” on the walls. Rihan’s 18-month-old son Ali was burned to death in the attack, and her husband Saad died last month after being treated for burn wounds in an Israeli hospital.

The last remaining family member is the couple’s 4-year-old son Ahmad, who is still undergoing treatment for severe burns at an Israeli hospital. A relative of the family, Amjad Dawab-sheh, told Israeli Army Radio on Monday that relatives have not told the boy what happened to the rest of his family. “How can we tell him,

‘Your father and mother and brother died?’” he said.

The attack drew widespread con-demnation and Israel pledged to get tougher on Jewish extremists in the West Bank suspected in attacks on Palestinians and their property.

Israel’s Cabinet approved harsh measures to fight what Israeli leaders have called “Jewish terrorism,” and three young settler activists were jailed for six months without charge, a mea-sure used regularly against Palestinian detainees but rarely on Israelis.

Still, Israeli authorities have not an-nounced arrests or identified suspects in the July arson attack. Israel has imposed a gag order on publishing details of the investigation into the arson attack. Mladenov called for “justice” in a statement released after reports of Rihan’s death.

“Acknowledging the wide con-demnations issued at the time of the incident by Israeli and Palestinian leaders, I am nevertheless concerned by the lack of progress in identifying and prosecuting the perpetrators of this outrage,” Mladenov said.

Israeli human rights groups say few police investigations into alleged Israeli settler crimes against Palestin-ians in recent years have resulted in indictments. (ap)

AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

Police officers escort the bombing suspect, center, arrested last week near the border with Cambodia and identified as Yusufu Meerailee or Mieraili Yusufu with his nationality remained unconfirmed, as they transfer him from military to police custody at the metropolitan police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015.

Suspect in Bangkok bombing tells police he’s ‘guilty’

BANGKOK — A key suspect in last month’s deadly Bangkok bombing was transferred Mon-day to police custody after a week of military interrogation, and was asked to acknowledge the charge against him before police and the media. As flashbulbs went off, police introduced an unusual twist to the routine by asking the suspect whether or not he was guilty of the charge of co-possession of illegal explosives, as stated in his arrest warrant.

UN envoy concerned over lack of arrests in West Bank arson

Hidden prehistoric monument discovered near Stonehenge

AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File

FILE - In this Tuesday Dec. 17, 2013 file photo, visitors take photographs of the world heritage site of Stonehenge, England. Researchers have discovered evidence of standing stones believed to be the remnants of a major prehistoric stone monu-ment near the Stonehenge ruins.

The left-rear tyres of Hamilton’s and team-mate Nico Rosberg’s cars were both found to be below the pressure stipulated by F1 supplier Pirelli for the Monza weekend - by 0.3psi in race winner Hamilton’s case and 1.1psi on Rosberg’s car.

But the stewards determined that the tyres were initially inflated correctly, and had reduced in pres-sure by the time the measurement was taken because they had cooled down due to their warming blankets being unplugged.

F1 must clear up tyre rules - Wolff

“Having heard from the technical delegate, the team representatives and the Pirelli team tyre engineer, the stewards have determined that the pressures in the tyres concerned were at the minimum start pressure recommended by Pirelli when they were fitted to the car,” said an FIA statement.

“In making this determination regarding pressures, the stewards noted that the tyre warming blan-kets had been disconnected from their power source as a normal procedure and the tyres were sig-nificantly below the maximum per-mitted tyre blanket temperature at the time of the FIA’s measurement on the grid and at significantly dif-ferent temperatures from other cars

measured on the grid.“Further the stewards are satis-

fied that the team followed the currently specified procedure, su-pervised by the tyre manufacturer, for the safe operation of the tyres. “Therefore the stewards decide to take no further action.”

Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff underlined that the team had been confident the measurement was legal at the correct time.

“We were exactly on the mini-mum pressures like we should have been when the tyres were put on the car,” he said.

“I don’t know where the discrep-ancy came from, but it was not a mistake done by the team in order to gain an advantage.”

Wolff added that “we need to talk about procedures in the future” and the stewards also suggested a clarifica-tion on how and when pressures are measured. “Nevertheless, the stewards recommend that the tyre manufacturer and the FIA hold further meetings to provide clear guidance to the teams on measurement protocols,” their state-ment concluded.

Tyre pressures were under an intense spotlight at Monza after confusion over how much higher Pirelli’s recommendations could be following the controversy regarding tyre blowouts in the preceding race

at Spa.Had Hamilton been disquali-

fied, Sebastian Vettel would have inherited victory on Ferrari’s home ground - but the German had in-sisted it would not be a satisfying result.

“In principle [lower pressures] could make tyres last longer, but it’s about respect and fairness,” said Vettel. “[Hamilton] did a very good job today and you have to accept that.

“We’re second on the podium

and that’s the emotion I got. I had a great car today, not good enough to win, just to finish second.”

Rosberg retired from third place in the closing stages of the grand prix when his car suffered an engine failure.(ap)

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DENPASAR - In Denpasar, the epicenter of shopping is the river-side Badung Market. It’s a sweaty, multi-storey concrete complex of stores and stalls selling everything from fresh fish, fruit and vegetables to Balinese and Javanese crafts and textiles.

Badung Market is the largest market in Bali and acts as a sort

of clearing house for many island goods. Sarong vendors in Padang-bai may buy their wares at Badung Market. Fruit and vegetable produc-ers from around Bali may bring their goods to market at Badung Market, so the market is humming with activity 24/7.

It is located in a massive four storey building on the banks of

the Badung river in the center of downtown, close to Jl. Gajah Mada. Organized chaos reigns outside, with cars and motorbikes trying to find a place to park, peo-ple carrying bushels of produce of every kind imaginable. Come in the morning and check out the food vendors.

Around the ground floor areas of

Badung Market, especially outside the stairwells, one can observe older Balinese ladies preparing and selling traditional Balinese snack foods, complete with ground chili’s, vegetables and and array of other items. You may not know exactly what you’re eating but it could be a wonderful experience and one that will not break the bank.

Inside the first floor is reserved for meat, fish, fruit and veg. The upper floors for spices and tradi-tional Balinese and Muslim attire, Denpasar has a decent sized Muslim population, and they sell in the mar-ket too, along with Chinese traders. Also sold are Balinese ceremonial equipment such as sarongs, umbrel-las and baskets.

Badung Traditional MarketIBP/File Photo

NEW YORK - Top seed Novak Djokovic was made to work hard by Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut before he posted a 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3 win at the U.S. Open on Sunday, moving him into his 26th consecutive grand slam quarter-final.

After Djokovic won an opening-set groundstroke battle with steady accuracy and well chosen forays to the net, Bautista Agut used his big forehand to come back from 4-2 down in the second and win the next four games to level the match.

The world number one smashed his racquet after losing the second set but made better use of its replacement, winning the third following a service break in the fifth game, before raising his performances in the fourth set to claim victory.

“I was upset with myself,” said Djokovic. “But I managed to regroup. The important thing is that I managed to find a way to win.” The Spaniard unleashed 34 winners, including 22 from the forehand, but came up short in a quest to reach his first grand slam quarter-final.

“I wanted to play a fifth (set),” the 23rd-ranked Bautista Agut said. “I think

I played great tennis and I enjoyed it on the court.

“I think sometimes I felt he was not comfortable on the court. I was moving him a lot and that’s what I wanted before the match.” Djokovic commended him on his play.

“Credit to him for fighting, for mak-ing me work,” said the Serb, winner of this year’s Australian Open and Wimbledon titles. “It was a very physi-cal match. “He made me work for every point.”

Djokovic will meet Spain’s Feliciano Lopez, who beat Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3 7-6(5) 6-1, in the quarter-finals.

Only Jimmy Connors (27) and Roger Federer (36) have registered more consecutive grand slam quarter-final appearances in the Open era than Djokovic.

“I’m proud of the fact that I’ve been able to achieve so much in my career so far and to be able to play my best in the grand slams, which I was always aiming for,” the nine-times grand slam winner said.

“I’m always trying to set up my form, shape, for these events. This is where I want to peak.”(rtr)

Hamilton keeps Italian GP victory after FIA investigation

AP Photo/Antonio CalanniMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, of Britain, celebrates on the podium after winning the Italian Formula One Grand Prix at the Monza racetrack, in Monza, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. ()

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have kept their Italian Grand Prix victory after the Formula 1 stewards ruled no action was necessary over a potential tyre pressure infringement.

Hard work, but Djokovic reaches US Open quarters

REUTERS/Carlo AllegriNovak Djokovic of Serbia hits the ball during his fourth round match against Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 6, 2015.

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The Netherlands lineup that lost to Iceland 1-0 at home on Thursday and then 3-0 at Turkey on Sunday is virtually unchanged from the one that overwhelmingly defeated the defending World Cup champions 5-1 last year in Brazil and ended up finishing third.

“This whole qualification campaign has been incredibly difficult,” Netherlands striker Robin van Persie said after the loss in Turkey. “We still have a chance, but it is no longer in our hands and that is terrible.” These days, the 1988 European champions and three-time World Cup finalists are struggling to find the net against all but the weakest opponents. The team is even more inept at defending its own goal.

A tight defense was the foundation of the Netherlands’ success in Brazil — apart from two penalty shootouts, the team conceded only four goals in seven matches at the World Cup. In eight Euro 2016 qualifiers, the Dutch have already allowed 10 goals. Even Johan Cruyff, a passionate advocate of attacking soccer, has been left lamenting the lack of quality at the back.

In his column in Monday’s edition of Dutch daily De Telegraaf, the former Netherlands great pointed to the penalty given away by defender Gregory van der Wiel that handed Iceland victory in Amsterdam as symptomatic of poor Dutch defending. “Again, a defender who doesn’t think enough about positional play,” Cruyff wrote.

The long-term knee injury that sidelined center back Ron Vlaar has been a key problem in defense, just as Arjen Robben’s injury-hit sea-son undermined attacking options. Both players were standouts of the World Cup campaign. But more than any individual absences, the Nether-lands’ team spirit appears to be missing.

“In Oranje, there are a number of players who are only concerned about themselves,” former Netherlands player Willem van Hane-gem wrote in his Monday column in the Alge-meen Dagblad daily newspaper. He singled out

Memphis for criticism.“He on ly l ay on t he

ground,” Van Hanegem wrote, overlooking the fact that the Manchester United winger supplied a number of crosses from the left that could — should — have led to Dutch goals. The misfiring Memphis, out-of-form Van Persie and often-injured Robben have contributed to a shocking attacking impotence against all but the lowliest teams in Group A.

The Dutch have scored 11 goals in three matches against Kazakhstan and Latvia, but only two in five matches against Iceland, the Czech Republic and Turkey, the teams now above them in the group. Many are blaming the coaching staff.

After his World Cup campaign, Louis van Gaal — known for ruling his teams with an iron fist — moved to Manchester United and was replaced by Guus Hiddink, an experienced and highly successful coach known for a more hands-off relationship with players.

But Hiddink’s approach backfired immediately. In his first match in charge, a friendly against Italy, the Dutch conceded two early goals and lost 2-0, setting the tone for a short and unsuccessful second st int in charge. Hiddink repeatedly saw his team give away early goals and then struggle to recover. His contract was soon terminated.

Danny Blind — with two losses in his first two matches since replac-ing Hiddink — has not been able to overturn the slide. He now has to rely on Turkey dropping points in its last two matches for the Dutch to stand any chance of securing third place in Group A and a playoff berth. (ap)

MANCHESTER, England - Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, beaten in May’s FIFA presidential election by Sepp Blatter, strongly hinted he will stand for the position again while speaking to delegates at the Soccerex business convention on Monday.

Ali, 39, lost by 133-73 votes to in-cumbent Blatter who then announced he was standing down from the posi-tion four days later after FIFA was plunged into its worst crisis following arrests of its officials and others two days before the election.

A fresh presidential election to find a successor to Blatter will be held in February and Ali looks set to become the third major candidate to enter after declarations from UEFA President Michel Platini of France and former FIFA executive committee member and Asian vice-president Chung

Mong-joon of South Korea.Asked by moderator David Davies

if he was a candidate for the presi-dency of FIFA again, Ali replied: “I am talking to national associations, listening to their opinions and what they see for the future and giving my own ideas.

“Right now we need a candidate who is forward thinking and will bring new ideas who is not tainted by the past as well. So what I will say right now is ‘stay tuned’” Davies asked: “Do I need to stay tuned this week, or for a month?” Ali replied with a broad smile: “Not for very long.”

He then expanded on his theme throughout a relaxed 30 minute inter-view when he stressed time and again the need for a new, transparent FIFA, open to change and widespread re-form. And he said that neither Platini, who supported him in May’s election,

CHICAGO — U.S. coach Ju-rgen Klinsmann added Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley to the team that will face Brazil on Tuesday night in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and said Sunday that forward Clint Dempsey will remain with the Seattle Sounders as he recovers from a hamstring injury.

The U.S. beat Peru 2-1 on Friday night in Washington, and Klinsmann is using the exhibitions to decide his roster for the playoff against Mex-ico on Oct. 10 that will determine CONCACAF’s representative at the 2017 Confederations Cup.

“I had a good conversation with Clint,” Klinsmann said. “He’s still not 100 percent and we agreed it’s best to let him stay with Seattle to allow him to continue making prog-ress ahead of next month’s match against Mexico.”

Klinsmann also added Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson and Stanford University forward Jordan Morris, and returned defender Matt Besler to Sporting Kansas City and goalkeeper William Yarbrough to Club Leon.

“We were impressed with Matt Besler this past week,” Klinsmann said. “We definitely saw what we needed to see from him as we pre-pare for the Mexico clash and Sport-ing KC badly wanted him back for Wednesday, so we agreed to send him home.” Brazil beat Costa Rica 1-0 on Saturday in Harrison, New Jersey. (ap)

ZAGREB - Croatia coach Niko Kovac and captain Luka Modric have fallen out after picking up only one point in their last two Euro 2016 qualifiers in Azerbaijan and Norway. Following Sunday’s 2-0 defeat by the Norwegians, Kovac accused his players of producing less than a fully committed performance but Modric was quick to differ with his boss.

“That’s the coach’s opinion but I am totally sure that every player out there left everything on the pitch,” Modric told Croatian media.

“Everyone is entitled to an opin-ion,” he said. “We were poor and our game plan fell apart but we still tried our best. Unfortunately, things went in the wrong direction.”

The first signs of a rift between the two appeared in Friday’s 0-0 draw at Azerbaijan, when Kovac substituted Modric midway through the second half and the Real Madrid playmaker was clearly unhappy with the deci-sion.

The 29-year-old said after the game he had no idea why he came off and added it was a question for Kovac, who has come under strong pressure from local media to step down after a pair of tepid performances.

The results left Croatia’s chances of reaching next year’s 24-team tourna-ment in France in the balance.

They are third in Group H on a pro-visional tally of 15 points from eight games, three adrift of leaders Italy and one behind Norway.

Governing body UEFA had de-ducted a point from Croatia’s tally for a racist incident in June’s 1-1 home draw with Italy, when the Balkan country’s fans carved out a swastika on the pitch with a chemical agent.

Croatia appealed the verdict but if UEFA uphold it at a hearing later this month, they will be reduced to 14 points ahead of their last two quali-fiers at home to Bulgaria and away to Malta.

The top two from each of the nine groups and the best third-placed team qualify automatically along with hosts France, while the other eight third-placed teams enter a two-legged playoff for the remaining four berths. (rtr)

BREMEN, Germany — Peru striker Claudio Pizarro joined Werder Bremen for the third time on Mon-day.

Pizarro signed until the end of the season and will wear his old No. 14 jersey, as per his request, the Bundes-liga club said.

“I’m happy to be here again. It’s a very appealing challenge to be suc-cessful with this team,” Pizarro said. “I hope I can put my experience to best possible use for the team.”

Pizarro, who turns 37 in October, first joined Bremen as a 20-year-old from Alianza Lima in 1999 before leaving after two seasons for Bayern Munich. He left Bayern in 2007 for Chelsea but returned the following season to Bremen, initially on loan. Pizarro rejoined Bayern in 2012, helping the side to the treble in 2103, and was left without a club when his contract expired at the end of last season. Pizarro has made 383 Bundes-liga appearances (159 for Bremen), a

record for a foreign player. He has also scored more goals in the league — 176 (89 for Bremen) — than any other foreign player.

“We’re delighted that Claudio is prepared to join our new path and play his part,” Bremen sporting director Thomas Eichin said. “He knows our philosophy with our many young players and wants to help develop the team in whatever way he can.” Pizarro has made 81 appearances for Peru. (ap)

Peru striker Claudio Pizarro joins Bremen for 3rd time

REUTERS/Phil Noble

FIFA vice president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan ges-tures during a speech on the future of football at the Soccerex convention in Manchester, northern Britain, September 7, 2015.

Prince Ali hints he will stand for FIFA presidency again

or Chung, who lost his executive com-mittee seat as Asian vice-president when Ali beat him in an election in 2011, were ideal future candidates for the FIFA presidency. “I have tre-mendous respect for Mr Platini both as the UEFA president and a former footballer but at the same time there is a difference between UEFA and FIFA,” he continued.

“FIFA is in a crisis and we need a new beginning, and whether anyone likes it or not, Michel Platini’s intro-duction into football governance was as a protege of Sepp Blatter. That’s the reality.

“I have sat down and talked with him, I have listened to his ideas and I think it’s my responsibility to at least guarantee the future is different from the past and therefore I was not very encouraged by Michel Platini.” He was equally dismissive of Chung, who spent 17 years on the FIFA executive committee before losing his seat to Ali four years ago.

“The important thing is to have a new beginning,” said Ali, “and to have new ideas and therefore any candidate who has been in the organisation for a long time is not what is needed at this time.”

Ali confounded many observers by forcing a second round of voting in May’s election by denying Blatter an outright two-thirds winning margin in the first round.

He then conceded defeat before a second ballot took place, but again implied he was considering another bid for the presidency when Davies asked him if he could win the election without the formal, central backing of his own Asian confederation, whose leadership is backing Platini.

“It is a while till we get to the vote in February, but we will see. If the elec-tions are done correctly, cleanly and properly, without interference, then I believe I can win, for sure.” (rtr)

AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

U.S. forward Jozy Altidore (17) celebrates his second goal with teammates forwards Gyasi Zardes (21) and Bobby Wood (18) during the second half of an international friendly soccer match against Peru, Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 at RFK Stadium in Washington.

Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire)

Defenders: Ventura Alvarado (Club America), John Brooks (Her-tha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Greg Garza (Atlas), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Michael Orozco (Club Tijuana), Tim Ream (Fulham), Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City)

Midfielders: Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Joe Corona (Veracruz), Mix Diskerud (New York City FC), Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution), Alfredo Morales (FC In-golstadt), Danny Williams (Reading), DeAndre Yedlin (Tottenham Hotspur)

Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Aron Johannsson (Werd-er Bremen), Jordan Morris (Stanford), Bobby Wood (Union Ber l in) , Andrew Wooten (SV Sandhausen), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)

US adds Bradley for Brazil game; Dempsey stays with Seattle

The roster:

Jeffry Bruma of

the Nether-lands, left,

reacts after they lost 3-0 against Turkey during their Euro 2016 Group A qualifying

soccer match between Turkey

and the Nether-lands at the Buyuk-

sehir Torku Arena Stadium in Konya,

Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015.

Dutch defeats leave nation wondering what went wrong

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The same Netherlands team that humiliated Spain early in last year’s World Cup is fad-ing — and fading fast. After losses to Turkey and Iceland over the last few days, the Dutch are on the brink of missing out on next year’s European Championship in France — a tournament expanded to accommodate 24 teams.

AP Photo

Kovac and Modric at loggerheads after Croatia’s tepid run

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The Netherlands lineup that lost to Iceland 1-0 at home on Thursday and then 3-0 at Turkey on Sunday is virtually unchanged from the one that overwhelmingly defeated the defending World Cup champions 5-1 last year in Brazil and ended up finishing third.

“This whole qualification campaign has been incredibly difficult,” Netherlands striker Robin van Persie said after the loss in Turkey. “We still have a chance, but it is no longer in our hands and that is terrible.” These days, the 1988 European champions and three-time World Cup finalists are struggling to find the net against all but the weakest opponents. The team is even more inept at defending its own goal.

A tight defense was the foundation of the Netherlands’ success in Brazil — apart from two penalty shootouts, the team conceded only four goals in seven matches at the World Cup. In eight Euro 2016 qualifiers, the Dutch have already allowed 10 goals. Even Johan Cruyff, a passionate advocate of attacking soccer, has been left lamenting the lack of quality at the back.

In his column in Monday’s edition of Dutch daily De Telegraaf, the former Netherlands great pointed to the penalty given away by defender Gregory van der Wiel that handed Iceland victory in Amsterdam as symptomatic of poor Dutch defending. “Again, a defender who doesn’t think enough about positional play,” Cruyff wrote.

The long-term knee injury that sidelined center back Ron Vlaar has been a key problem in defense, just as Arjen Robben’s injury-hit sea-son undermined attacking options. Both players were standouts of the World Cup campaign. But more than any individual absences, the Nether-lands’ team spirit appears to be missing.

“In Oranje, there are a number of players who are only concerned about themselves,” former Netherlands player Willem van Hane-gem wrote in his Monday column in the Alge-meen Dagblad daily newspaper. He singled out

Memphis for criticism.“He on ly l ay on t he

ground,” Van Hanegem wrote, overlooking the fact that the Manchester United winger supplied a number of crosses from the left that could — should — have led to Dutch goals. The misfiring Memphis, out-of-form Van Persie and often-injured Robben have contributed to a shocking attacking impotence against all but the lowliest teams in Group A.

The Dutch have scored 11 goals in three matches against Kazakhstan and Latvia, but only two in five matches against Iceland, the Czech Republic and Turkey, the teams now above them in the group. Many are blaming the coaching staff.

After his World Cup campaign, Louis van Gaal — known for ruling his teams with an iron fist — moved to Manchester United and was replaced by Guus Hiddink, an experienced and highly successful coach known for a more hands-off relationship with players.

But Hiddink’s approach backfired immediately. In his first match in charge, a friendly against Italy, the Dutch conceded two early goals and lost 2-0, setting the tone for a short and unsuccessful second st int in charge. Hiddink repeatedly saw his team give away early goals and then struggle to recover. His contract was soon terminated.

Danny Blind — with two losses in his first two matches since replac-ing Hiddink — has not been able to overturn the slide. He now has to rely on Turkey dropping points in its last two matches for the Dutch to stand any chance of securing third place in Group A and a playoff berth. (ap)

MANCHESTER, England - Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, beaten in May’s FIFA presidential election by Sepp Blatter, strongly hinted he will stand for the position again while speaking to delegates at the Soccerex business convention on Monday.

Ali, 39, lost by 133-73 votes to in-cumbent Blatter who then announced he was standing down from the posi-tion four days later after FIFA was plunged into its worst crisis following arrests of its officials and others two days before the election.

A fresh presidential election to find a successor to Blatter will be held in February and Ali looks set to become the third major candidate to enter after declarations from UEFA President Michel Platini of France and former FIFA executive committee member and Asian vice-president Chung

Mong-joon of South Korea.Asked by moderator David Davies

if he was a candidate for the presi-dency of FIFA again, Ali replied: “I am talking to national associations, listening to their opinions and what they see for the future and giving my own ideas.

“Right now we need a candidate who is forward thinking and will bring new ideas who is not tainted by the past as well. So what I will say right now is ‘stay tuned’” Davies asked: “Do I need to stay tuned this week, or for a month?” Ali replied with a broad smile: “Not for very long.”

He then expanded on his theme throughout a relaxed 30 minute inter-view when he stressed time and again the need for a new, transparent FIFA, open to change and widespread re-form. And he said that neither Platini, who supported him in May’s election,

CHICAGO — U.S. coach Ju-rgen Klinsmann added Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley to the team that will face Brazil on Tuesday night in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and said Sunday that forward Clint Dempsey will remain with the Seattle Sounders as he recovers from a hamstring injury.

The U.S. beat Peru 2-1 on Friday night in Washington, and Klinsmann is using the exhibitions to decide his roster for the playoff against Mex-ico on Oct. 10 that will determine CONCACAF’s representative at the 2017 Confederations Cup.

“I had a good conversation with Clint,” Klinsmann said. “He’s still not 100 percent and we agreed it’s best to let him stay with Seattle to allow him to continue making prog-ress ahead of next month’s match against Mexico.”

Klinsmann also added Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson and Stanford University forward Jordan Morris, and returned defender Matt Besler to Sporting Kansas City and goalkeeper William Yarbrough to Club Leon.

“We were impressed with Matt Besler this past week,” Klinsmann said. “We definitely saw what we needed to see from him as we pre-pare for the Mexico clash and Sport-ing KC badly wanted him back for Wednesday, so we agreed to send him home.” Brazil beat Costa Rica 1-0 on Saturday in Harrison, New Jersey. (ap)

ZAGREB - Croatia coach Niko Kovac and captain Luka Modric have fallen out after picking up only one point in their last two Euro 2016 qualifiers in Azerbaijan and Norway. Following Sunday’s 2-0 defeat by the Norwegians, Kovac accused his players of producing less than a fully committed performance but Modric was quick to differ with his boss.

“That’s the coach’s opinion but I am totally sure that every player out there left everything on the pitch,” Modric told Croatian media.

“Everyone is entitled to an opin-ion,” he said. “We were poor and our game plan fell apart but we still tried our best. Unfortunately, things went in the wrong direction.”

The first signs of a rift between the two appeared in Friday’s 0-0 draw at Azerbaijan, when Kovac substituted Modric midway through the second half and the Real Madrid playmaker was clearly unhappy with the deci-sion.

The 29-year-old said after the game he had no idea why he came off and added it was a question for Kovac, who has come under strong pressure from local media to step down after a pair of tepid performances.

The results left Croatia’s chances of reaching next year’s 24-team tourna-ment in France in the balance.

They are third in Group H on a pro-visional tally of 15 points from eight games, three adrift of leaders Italy and one behind Norway.

Governing body UEFA had de-ducted a point from Croatia’s tally for a racist incident in June’s 1-1 home draw with Italy, when the Balkan country’s fans carved out a swastika on the pitch with a chemical agent.

Croatia appealed the verdict but if UEFA uphold it at a hearing later this month, they will be reduced to 14 points ahead of their last two quali-fiers at home to Bulgaria and away to Malta.

The top two from each of the nine groups and the best third-placed team qualify automatically along with hosts France, while the other eight third-placed teams enter a two-legged playoff for the remaining four berths. (rtr)

BREMEN, Germany — Peru striker Claudio Pizarro joined Werder Bremen for the third time on Mon-day.

Pizarro signed until the end of the season and will wear his old No. 14 jersey, as per his request, the Bundes-liga club said.

“I’m happy to be here again. It’s a very appealing challenge to be suc-cessful with this team,” Pizarro said. “I hope I can put my experience to best possible use for the team.”

Pizarro, who turns 37 in October, first joined Bremen as a 20-year-old from Alianza Lima in 1999 before leaving after two seasons for Bayern Munich. He left Bayern in 2007 for Chelsea but returned the following season to Bremen, initially on loan. Pizarro rejoined Bayern in 2012, helping the side to the treble in 2103, and was left without a club when his contract expired at the end of last season. Pizarro has made 383 Bundes-liga appearances (159 for Bremen), a

record for a foreign player. He has also scored more goals in the league — 176 (89 for Bremen) — than any other foreign player.

“We’re delighted that Claudio is prepared to join our new path and play his part,” Bremen sporting director Thomas Eichin said. “He knows our philosophy with our many young players and wants to help develop the team in whatever way he can.” Pizarro has made 81 appearances for Peru. (ap)

Peru striker Claudio Pizarro joins Bremen for 3rd time

REUTERS/Phil Noble

FIFA vice president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan ges-tures during a speech on the future of football at the Soccerex convention in Manchester, northern Britain, September 7, 2015.

Prince Ali hints he will stand for FIFA presidency again

or Chung, who lost his executive com-mittee seat as Asian vice-president when Ali beat him in an election in 2011, were ideal future candidates for the FIFA presidency. “I have tre-mendous respect for Mr Platini both as the UEFA president and a former footballer but at the same time there is a difference between UEFA and FIFA,” he continued.

“FIFA is in a crisis and we need a new beginning, and whether anyone likes it or not, Michel Platini’s intro-duction into football governance was as a protege of Sepp Blatter. That’s the reality.

“I have sat down and talked with him, I have listened to his ideas and I think it’s my responsibility to at least guarantee the future is different from the past and therefore I was not very encouraged by Michel Platini.” He was equally dismissive of Chung, who spent 17 years on the FIFA executive committee before losing his seat to Ali four years ago.

“The important thing is to have a new beginning,” said Ali, “and to have new ideas and therefore any candidate who has been in the organisation for a long time is not what is needed at this time.”

Ali confounded many observers by forcing a second round of voting in May’s election by denying Blatter an outright two-thirds winning margin in the first round.

He then conceded defeat before a second ballot took place, but again implied he was considering another bid for the presidency when Davies asked him if he could win the election without the formal, central backing of his own Asian confederation, whose leadership is backing Platini.

“It is a while till we get to the vote in February, but we will see. If the elec-tions are done correctly, cleanly and properly, without interference, then I believe I can win, for sure.” (rtr)

AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

U.S. forward Jozy Altidore (17) celebrates his second goal with teammates forwards Gyasi Zardes (21) and Bobby Wood (18) during the second half of an international friendly soccer match against Peru, Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 at RFK Stadium in Washington.

Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire)

Defenders: Ventura Alvarado (Club America), John Brooks (Her-tha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Greg Garza (Atlas), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Michael Orozco (Club Tijuana), Tim Ream (Fulham), Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City)

Midfielders: Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Joe Corona (Veracruz), Mix Diskerud (New York City FC), Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution), Alfredo Morales (FC In-golstadt), Danny Williams (Reading), DeAndre Yedlin (Tottenham Hotspur)

Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Aron Johannsson (Werd-er Bremen), Jordan Morris (Stanford), Bobby Wood (Union Ber l in) , Andrew Wooten (SV Sandhausen), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)

US adds Bradley for Brazil game; Dempsey stays with Seattle

The roster:

Jeffry Bruma of

the Nether-lands, left,

reacts after they lost 3-0 against Turkey during their Euro 2016 Group A qualifying

soccer match between Turkey

and the Nether-lands at the Buyuk-

sehir Torku Arena Stadium in Konya,

Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015.

Dutch defeats leave nation wondering what went wrong

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The same Netherlands team that humiliated Spain early in last year’s World Cup is fad-ing — and fading fast. After losses to Turkey and Iceland over the last few days, the Dutch are on the brink of missing out on next year’s European Championship in France — a tournament expanded to accommodate 24 teams.

AP Photo

Kovac and Modric at loggerheads after Croatia’s tepid run

The left-rear tyres of Hamilton’s and team-mate Nico Rosberg’s cars were both found to be below the pressure stipulated by F1 supplier Pirelli for the Monza weekend - by 0.3psi in race winner Hamilton’s case and 1.1psi on Rosberg’s car.

But the stewards determined that the tyres were initially inflated correctly, and had reduced in pres-sure by the time the measurement was taken because they had cooled down due to their warming blankets being unplugged.

F1 must clear up tyre rules - Wolff

“Having heard from the technical delegate, the team representatives and the Pirelli team tyre engineer, the stewards have determined that the pressures in the tyres concerned were at the minimum start pressure recommended by Pirelli when they were fitted to the car,” said an FIA statement.

“In making this determination regarding pressures, the stewards noted that the tyre warming blan-kets had been disconnected from their power source as a normal procedure and the tyres were sig-nificantly below the maximum per-mitted tyre blanket temperature at the time of the FIA’s measurement on the grid and at significantly dif-ferent temperatures from other cars

measured on the grid.“Further the stewards are satis-

fied that the team followed the currently specified procedure, su-pervised by the tyre manufacturer, for the safe operation of the tyres. “Therefore the stewards decide to take no further action.”

Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff underlined that the team had been confident the measurement was legal at the correct time.

“We were exactly on the mini-mum pressures like we should have been when the tyres were put on the car,” he said.

“I don’t know where the discrep-ancy came from, but it was not a mistake done by the team in order to gain an advantage.”

Wolff added that “we need to talk about procedures in the future” and the stewards also suggested a clarifica-tion on how and when pressures are measured. “Nevertheless, the stewards recommend that the tyre manufacturer and the FIA hold further meetings to provide clear guidance to the teams on measurement protocols,” their state-ment concluded.

Tyre pressures were under an intense spotlight at Monza after confusion over how much higher Pirelli’s recommendations could be following the controversy regarding tyre blowouts in the preceding race

at Spa.Had Hamilton been disquali-

fied, Sebastian Vettel would have inherited victory on Ferrari’s home ground - but the German had in-sisted it would not be a satisfying result.

“In principle [lower pressures] could make tyres last longer, but it’s about respect and fairness,” said Vettel. “[Hamilton] did a very good job today and you have to accept that.

“We’re second on the podium

and that’s the emotion I got. I had a great car today, not good enough to win, just to finish second.”

Rosberg retired from third place in the closing stages of the grand prix when his car suffered an engine failure.(ap)

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DENPASAR - In Denpasar, the epicenter of shopping is the river-side Badung Market. It’s a sweaty, multi-storey concrete complex of stores and stalls selling everything from fresh fish, fruit and vegetables to Balinese and Javanese crafts and textiles.

Badung Market is the largest market in Bali and acts as a sort

of clearing house for many island goods. Sarong vendors in Padang-bai may buy their wares at Badung Market. Fruit and vegetable produc-ers from around Bali may bring their goods to market at Badung Market, so the market is humming with activity 24/7.

It is located in a massive four storey building on the banks of

the Badung river in the center of downtown, close to Jl. Gajah Mada. Organized chaos reigns outside, with cars and motorbikes trying to find a place to park, peo-ple carrying bushels of produce of every kind imaginable. Come in the morning and check out the food vendors.

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Badung Market, especially outside the stairwells, one can observe older Balinese ladies preparing and selling traditional Balinese snack foods, complete with ground chili’s, vegetables and and array of other items. You may not know exactly what you’re eating but it could be a wonderful experience and one that will not break the bank.

Inside the first floor is reserved for meat, fish, fruit and veg. The upper floors for spices and tradi-tional Balinese and Muslim attire, Denpasar has a decent sized Muslim population, and they sell in the mar-ket too, along with Chinese traders. Also sold are Balinese ceremonial equipment such as sarongs, umbrel-las and baskets.

Badung Traditional MarketIBP/File Photo

NEW YORK - Top seed Novak Djokovic was made to work hard by Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut before he posted a 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3 win at the U.S. Open on Sunday, moving him into his 26th consecutive grand slam quarter-final.

After Djokovic won an opening-set groundstroke battle with steady accuracy and well chosen forays to the net, Bautista Agut used his big forehand to come back from 4-2 down in the second and win the next four games to level the match.

The world number one smashed his racquet after losing the second set but made better use of its replacement, winning the third following a service break in the fifth game, before raising his performances in the fourth set to claim victory.

“I was upset with myself,” said Djokovic. “But I managed to regroup. The important thing is that I managed to find a way to win.” The Spaniard unleashed 34 winners, including 22 from the forehand, but came up short in a quest to reach his first grand slam quarter-final.

“I wanted to play a fifth (set),” the 23rd-ranked Bautista Agut said. “I think

I played great tennis and I enjoyed it on the court.

“I think sometimes I felt he was not comfortable on the court. I was moving him a lot and that’s what I wanted before the match.” Djokovic commended him on his play.

“Credit to him for fighting, for mak-ing me work,” said the Serb, winner of this year’s Australian Open and Wimbledon titles. “It was a very physi-cal match. “He made me work for every point.”

Djokovic will meet Spain’s Feliciano Lopez, who beat Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3 7-6(5) 6-1, in the quarter-finals.

Only Jimmy Connors (27) and Roger Federer (36) have registered more consecutive grand slam quarter-final appearances in the Open era than Djokovic.

“I’m proud of the fact that I’ve been able to achieve so much in my career so far and to be able to play my best in the grand slams, which I was always aiming for,” the nine-times grand slam winner said.

“I’m always trying to set up my form, shape, for these events. This is where I want to peak.”(rtr)

Hamilton keeps Italian GP victory after FIA investigation

AP Photo/Antonio CalanniMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, of Britain, celebrates on the podium after winning the Italian Formula One Grand Prix at the Monza racetrack, in Monza, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. ()

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have kept their Italian Grand Prix victory after the Formula 1 stewards ruled no action was necessary over a potential tyre pressure infringement.

Hard work, but Djokovic reaches US Open quarters

REUTERS/Carlo AllegriNovak Djokovic of Serbia hits the ball during his fourth round match against Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 6, 2015.

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The dead were mostly men, with one toddler on board, the maritime agency’s search and rescue director, Robert Teh, told Reuters. Only 20 people are believed to have survived Thursday’s disaster.

“If no more bodies are found today, we may call off the search and rescue operations tomorrow,” Teh said.

The boat is believed to have overturned due to overloading and bad weather as immigrants were making the journey home for the Eid al-Adha holiday, officials told reporters on Thursday.

One of the victims, Asminah, was making her first trip home in three years. Her eldest son, Yan Iqbar, told Reuters that only he had been told of her visit.

“She wanted to give the family a surprise,” he said.

Most of Malaysia’s estimated six million legal and illegal migrant workers are from Indonesia, work-ing on construction sites, planta-tions, in factories and in domestic service.

Southeast Asia had a huge mi-grant crisis in May after boats carrying thousands of people from Myanmar and Bangladesh were left at sea following a Thai crackdown on people-smuggling gangs.

Last week’s tragedy occurred at a time when Europe is facing its biggest refugee crisis with thou-sands of Middle Eastern refugees making their way by boat across the Mediterranean. Hundreds have died. (rtr)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo has appointed Willem Rampangilei as new chief of the National Disaster Mitigation Agen-cy (BNPB) to replace Syamsul Maarif.

“Mr Willem will be installed as the new BNPB chief,” Minister/State Secretary Pratikno noted at the presi-dential palace complex on Monday.

Rampangilei is one of the depu-ties of the Coordinating Minister for Empowerment of Women and

Culture. He is in charge of environ-mental affairs and social insecurity coordination.

Pratikno remarked that Maarif was relieved of his responsibilities as he had been holding the post since a long time, while Ram-pangilei was appointed due to his competency and experience.

“It is just a routine rotation and normal because Mr Syamsul has been the BNPB chief for a long time,” the minister clarified. (ant)

PALEMBANG - South Su-matra Governor Alex Noerdin is expected to call plantation managers, including those from Ogan Komering Ilir, to address the issue of forest and plantation fires in the province. The meeting would discuss the causes of and solutions to the fires, the gover-nor stated on Monday.

The provincial authorities have been intensifying efforts to put out the fires through land and air operations. Water bombing has been conducted over areas being razed down by fires, the governor stated.

In response to the press’ ques-tions, the governor remarked that he would consider the revocation of plantation business permits.

However, Noerdin said he would first study whether the authority lies in the hands of the governor or district heads.

In the meantime, President

Joko Widodo has ordered securi-ty agencies to take action against companies, which have burnt down fields that have caused haze in six provinces.

“I have ordered the national police chief to take the sternest possible action on companies that violate the laws,” he said while inspecting the forest fire in Pu-lau Geronggang village in Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra, on Sunday.

President Widodo has remind-ed all ministries/institutions, TNI (military)/police, and related of-fices that prevention is the best policy.

He emphasized that companies violating the law must be held responsible, adding that he had on several earlier occasions cau-tioned many plantation compa-nies that harsh actions would be taken against those found guilty of setting fires to their fields.

The head of state affirmed that companies must also be responsible for the areas around their fields.

“I have ordered the forestry minister to revoke the concession rights of companies that break the law, and if a criminal case is involved, it will be processed by the police chief,” he remarked.

President Widodo noted that he had mobilized several people to conduct monitoring to control and tackle fires that have broken out since April.

“Do not act after the fires become big. I have said that I do not want to talk about what has caused the fires as well as their solutions. Everybody knows what they have to do,” he said.

President Widodo has called for immediate extinguishing the current fires, emphasizing that prevention must be the priority for next year. (ant)

Indonesia migrant boat death toll rises to 61

KUALA LUMPUR - Sixty-one bodies have been recovered from an overloaded wooden boat which sank off Malaysia car-rying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants, maritime officials said on Monday.

President appoints Willem Rampangilei as new BNPB chief

REUTERS/YT Haryono

Firefighters from the Ministry of Forestry spray water on a burnt peatland forest area at Rimbo Panjang Village in Kampar, in Indonesia’s Riau province, September 6, 2015.

Governor to call plantation managers regarding forest fires

The suspect, identified Monday as Yusufu Mierili, responded through a translator: “Guilty.” Authorities have previously released a variety of spellings of his name, including Mi-eraili Yusufu and Yusufu Meerailee. It was not clear whether the apparent confession would carry legal weight in a court. Mierili, who was arrested last Tuesday near the Thai-Cambodia border, has not yet been formally charged.

Police say they found his DNA or fingerprints in two apartments that were raided a week ago by police on the outskirts of Bangkok, including a container of gunpowder. Police say both apartments contained bomb-making materials, and one had more than 200 fake Turkish passports.

The Aug. 17 blast at the Erawan Shrine killed 20 people and injured more than 120 in one of the most dev-astating acts of violence in Bangkok in decades.

Thai authorities have suggested

that at least two of the suspects are possibly Turkish, boosting a theory that the bombing was to avenge Thai-land’s forced repatriation of more than 100 ethnic Uighurs to China in July. Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs) are related to Turks, and Turkey is home to a large Uighur community.

Merili’s nationality has not been confirmed, but police say he was carrying a Chinese passport that indi-cated he was from the western region of Xinjiang, home to the Turkish-speaking Uighurs.

Police said last week that Mierili was suspected of being a conspira-tor rather than the bomber, who was seen in security videos placing a knapsack at the open-air shrine and then leaving.

Another suspect, who was arrested Aug. 29 at one of the two apartments police raided, was in possession of a fake Turkish passport when arrested, police say. That man, whom police have identified as Adem Karadak,

was transferred to police custody Friday after nearly a week in military custody.

Thai authorities have said they would turn over the two passports to the relevant embassies to confirm their authenticity once forensics testing is completed. Authorities have so far issued 11 arrest warrants for suspects related to the blast, including two on Monday.

One of Monday’s warrants was for a man identified as Abdullah Abdul-lahman of unknown nationality on charges of conspiracy to possess unau-thorized explosives and unauthorized war materials. A police sketch showed a young man with short brown hair, with a light mustache and beard.

The other warrant issued Monday for the same charges was for “a foreign man” whose name and nationality were unknown. Police released a pic-ture from security camera footage that showed a blurry man with no defining characteristics. (ap)

LONDON — Researchers have discovered evidence of standing stones believed to be the remnants of a major prehistoric stone monument near the Stone-henge ruins.

University of Bradford re-searchers said Monday the monu-ment is thought to have been built around 4,500 years ago.

The Stonehenge Hidden Land-scapes Project used remote sens-ing technologies to discover evi-dence that up to 100 stones formed

the monument some 2 miles (3 kilometers) from Stonehenge. The evidence was found beneath three feet (one meter) of earth near the Durrington Walls.

No excavation was needed dur-ing the investigation and none of the stones have been uncovered and removed.

Some of the stones are thought to have stood 15 feet tall before they were toppled. Researcher Vince Gaffney said the immense scale of the monument is unique. (ap)

JERUSALEM — The U.N. envoy to the Middle East expressed concern Monday that Israel has not yet apprehended Jewish extremists suspected in a July arson attack on a Palestinian family’s home that claimed the lives of a toddler and his parents.

The remarks by Nickolay Mlad-enov came after the toddler’s mother died of wounds suffered in the blaze, becoming the third family member to die from the attack. Rihan Dawabsheh died in an Israeli hospital early Mon-day, a day after her 27th birthday.

On July 31, assailants hurled fire-bombs into a bedroom of the Dawab-sheh family’s home in the West Bank village of Duma in a pre-dawn attack, and sprayed graffiti of a Jewish star of David and the word “revenge” on the walls. Rihan’s 18-month-old son Ali was burned to death in the attack, and her husband Saad died last month after being treated for burn wounds in an Israeli hospital.

The last remaining family member is the couple’s 4-year-old son Ahmad, who is still undergoing treatment for severe burns at an Israeli hospital. A relative of the family, Amjad Dawab-sheh, told Israeli Army Radio on Monday that relatives have not told the boy what happened to the rest of his family. “How can we tell him,

‘Your father and mother and brother died?’” he said.

The attack drew widespread con-demnation and Israel pledged to get tougher on Jewish extremists in the West Bank suspected in attacks on Palestinians and their property.

Israel’s Cabinet approved harsh measures to fight what Israeli leaders have called “Jewish terrorism,” and three young settler activists were jailed for six months without charge, a mea-sure used regularly against Palestinian detainees but rarely on Israelis.

Still, Israeli authorities have not an-nounced arrests or identified suspects in the July arson attack. Israel has imposed a gag order on publishing details of the investigation into the arson attack. Mladenov called for “justice” in a statement released after reports of Rihan’s death.

“Acknowledging the wide con-demnations issued at the time of the incident by Israeli and Palestinian leaders, I am nevertheless concerned by the lack of progress in identifying and prosecuting the perpetrators of this outrage,” Mladenov said.

Israeli human rights groups say few police investigations into alleged Israeli settler crimes against Palestin-ians in recent years have resulted in indictments. (ap)

AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

Police officers escort the bombing suspect, center, arrested last week near the border with Cambodia and identified as Yusufu Meerailee or Mieraili Yusufu with his nationality remained unconfirmed, as they transfer him from military to police custody at the metropolitan police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015.

Suspect in Bangkok bombing tells police he’s ‘guilty’

BANGKOK — A key suspect in last month’s deadly Bangkok bombing was transferred Mon-day to police custody after a week of military interrogation, and was asked to acknowledge the charge against him before police and the media. As flashbulbs went off, police introduced an unusual twist to the routine by asking the suspect whether or not he was guilty of the charge of co-possession of illegal explosives, as stated in his arrest warrant.

UN envoy concerned over lack of arrests in West Bank arson

Hidden prehistoric monument discovered near Stonehenge

AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File

FILE - In this Tuesday Dec. 17, 2013 file photo, visitors take photographs of the world heritage site of Stonehenge, England. Researchers have discovered evidence of standing stones believed to be the remnants of a major prehistoric stone monu-ment near the Stonehenge ruins.

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ANKARA — The world’s 20 leading econo-mies have launched a new grouping aimed at boosting the role of women in global economic growth.

The W-20 — a grouping of female leaders — was launched on Sunday in the Turkish capital Ankara, where finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 were meeting for talks on the global economy. The group aims to work toward empowering women and ensuring their participation in economic growth.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said women’s participation was paramount to economic growth and said one of the best indica-tors for the prosperity of a country was the smile on the face of its women. Davutoglu said: “If the women are smiling ... you can be sure that their country is happy.” (ap)

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde addresses the

W20, a grouping of women leaders, as the world’s 20 leading economies launch a

new grouping aimed at boosting the role of women in global economic growth, Ankara,

Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015.

The new number remains the lowest since 1990, when growth plummeted to 3.9 percent. Global stock markets have been pum-melled by concerns over slowing growth in the nation, a key driver of the world economy.

The National Bureau of Statis-tics said on its website it reduced the gross domestic product (GDP) growth figure from the 7.4 percent announced in January after a “pre-liminary confirmation”. A final confirmation could come in January 2016, it added.

After decades of double-digit expansion, authorities are trying to pull off a tricky rebalanc-ing -- from an investment- and export-led economic model to one where domestic consumer demand

drives slower but more sustainable growth.

Finance minister Lou Jiwei told a G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Anka-ra at the weekend that the economy had entered a “new normal”.

Growth was “expected to remain at around seven percent and the situation may sustain for four to five years”, he said.

Chinese growth slowed in the first two quarters of this year, reach-ing 7.0 percent in both periods.

Nomura International analyst Wendy Chen said Monday’s GDP correction was largely related to service sectors, which were key to the overall transition but had lower growth than earlier figures showed.

“This means China’s economic structure did not improve as well as expected”, she told AFP.

At the same time Chinese stocks have plummeted nearly 40 percent since mid-June, after soaring more than 150 percent in the previous 12 months in a spectacular debt-fuelled rally encouraged by authorities.

Official interventions costing hundreds of billions of dollars failed to stop the declines, the country’s worst market rout in almost two decades.

The central bank governor and market regulator admitted at the weekend that there had been “bub-bles” on the exchanges, but said the turmoil was almost over.

“Bubbles continued to build up until mid-June,” People’s Bank of China (PBoC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said at the meeting in Ankara, according to a statement on the PBoC website.

“The correction in the stock mar-

ket has now come close to an end,” Zhou said, refraining from using the word “burst” and adding the Chinese economy was not “much affected” by the rout.

The National Development and Reform Commission, China’s top economic planning agency, played down growth concerns, saying electricity consumption and railway cargo transport -- two of the indicators Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reportedly refers to when gauging the health of the economy -- improved in August.

Property prices and transac-tion volumes also rose, it said in a statement Monday, predicting the economy was “able to achieve the full-year expansion target” of around seven percent.

China last month reduced inter-est rates for the fifth time since November and cut the amount of money banks must hold in reserve, to try to bolster its economy and

restore market confidence.Data showing an official gauge

of Chinese manufacturing at a three-year low sent world markets into a tailspin last week, as investors gave vent to worries the economy is headed for a “hard landing”.

Investors have also been alarmed by the authorities’ surprise move last month, lowering the yuan cur-rency’s central rate against the US dollar by nearly five percent in a single week.

The Shanghai bourse ended the morning session in positive terri-tory on Monday, up 0.87 percent or 27.65 points at 3,187.82, although it trimmed earlier gains following the GDP announcement.

“The GDP figure correction for last year has little impact on the market,” Shenwan Hongyuan Group analyst Qian Qimin told AFP. “It was the figure for last year and everyone knows the economy is not good anyway.” (afp)

China cuts 2014 GDP growthBEIJING - China on Monday lowered last year’s economic growth

figure to 7.3 percent after concerns about slowing expansion caused global market havoc, but said its own stock exchanges are stabilising following “bubbles” and painful corrections.

G-20 members launch new grouping to empower women

AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici

GIANYAR - After being having been banned, a new cigarette ad billboard has been installed at the intersection of Batubulan and Sasih. The billboard is quite striking because it is quite large and is located in a strategic area near the border of Gianyar County and the city of Denpasar.

According to local people, LA Bold cigarette billboard was installed less than a week ago. “How can there be a billboard with acigarette ad here? It’s the main road that must be free from cigarette advertise-ments,” said one local residents.

When confirming this matter, the Divi-sion Head of Data and Licensing Develop-ment, the Gianyar Integrated Licensing Office (BPPT), Komang Alit Adnyana, did not deny the existence of the cigarette advertisement billboard. But according to him, it is not a new billboard but an old

one that had its image replaced. He explained that the LA Bold bill-

board is using the license of previous cigarette advertisement that falls under the same brand, name: Djarum. LA Bold itself is a new variant of Djarum mild cigarette. So, the permit for the installa-tion of the LA Bold billboard can still use the old permit.

“We no longer issue new permits for such ads. The advertisement is using an old permit but has replaced the actual ad,” he explained.

So, why is the cigarette advertisement still allowed to be up? Alit Adnyana said that the permit for the billboard advertise-ment is still valid and the permit along with the tax of the billboard will expire in September. “The permit was issued in September last year. The permit is valid for one year, so that it will soon expire,” he said.

He added that his party has received a confirmation from Djarum regarding the fate of the billboard. In essence, the owner is ready to dismantle the billboard once the validity of permit has expired. (kmb25)

BANGLI - Tangerine crate artisans at Suter vil-lage, Kintamani, have had more and more trouble finding materials over the last few years as the price of timber has sky rocketed. Demands for the creates remain very high.

Crafter, Wayan Mertayasa, said on Sunday (Sep. 6) that the availability of raw material has now become one of the major challenges for his business. For the most part he only uses timber from Kintamani. Ironically the lack of timber is due to the fact that increasing numbers of farmers have stopped planting trees for timber in favour of growing tangerines, explained Mertayawa. He added that because so many people are currently cultivating tangerine orders for crates have increase with daily orders averaging 500 crates. “We get numerous orders. Unfortunately we have trouble finding timber to make the crates, and as a result we cannot fill all the orders,” he said.

He also explained that because timber has become scares, prices have gone up. Previsouly, albizia and erythrina timber sold for IDR 1.8 million per truck. Now, it costs IDR 2.2 million. To avoid losses, Mertayasa was forced to raise the price of his crates to IDR 3,500 from IDR 3,300 per piece. “I do not dare to raise the price too high. We have many competitors and so we are afraid of loosing customers,” he said.

Head of the Bangli Agriculture and Forestry Agency, AAN Shamba, confirmed the fact that many people in the area who had been growing timber are now growing tangerines, explaining that the timber tended to be at-tacked by pest and disease. He also conveyed that: “the price of timber is pretty good. We will continue to do treatments against the disease,” he said. (kmb45)

Lack of timber, high demand for tangerine crates

IBP/SosiawanThe tangerine crates maker in Kintamani, Bangli is having diffculty to find the timber for their materials.

Despite ban, cigarette ads re-emerge in Batubulan

The damage road leading to Tempek Bar-ong, Landih Village, Bangli is seen in the pciture. The raod was only fixed a year ago but now it damage againIBP/Swasrina

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The talks among the rivals’ Red Cross officials at Panmunjom were made possible after they struck a deal earlier this month that eased animosi-ty that saw them threatening war. The standoff flared after a mine explosion blamed on Pyongyang maimed two South Korean soldiers.

The highly emotional reunions have not happened since early last year. Most applicants are in their 70s or older and desperate to see their loved ones before they die.

Many Koreans don’t even know whether relatives on the other side of the border are still alive because their governments mostly ban the

exchange of letters, phone calls or emails.

The planned reunions are not a sure thing. The rivals have a long history of failing to follow through on reconciliation efforts.

Some foreign analysts remain skeptical about inter-Korean ties because of speculation that North Korea will fire what it calls a satel-lite to celebrate next month’s 70th birthday of its ruling party. Similar past launches triggered an interna-tional standoff as South Korea and other neighboring countries called them disguised tests for long-range missiles.

About 22,500 Koreans had par-ticipated in brief reunions — 18,800 in person and the others by video — during a period of detente. None were given a second chance to meet their relatives, according to South Korea’s Red Cross.

South Korean officials have long called for holding reunions more regularly and expanding the number of people taking part. North Korea is seen as worrying that doing so could open the country to influence from more affluent South Korea and threaten the ruling party’s grip on power.

The two Koreas remain divided along the world’s most heavily fortified border since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armi-stice, not a peace treaty. (ap)

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — “Future spouses, best friends, our next soul mate.” That’s how an Icelandic author is describing refugees seeking European shores, in a Facebook campaign that has helped to spark a surge of support for welcoming migrants in her remote North Atlantic island.

As much of Europe hesitates, Iceland — which has just in recent years emerged from the effects of a devastating economic meltdown — seems to be warming to the idea of taking in Syrians fleeing their war-torn homeland. It’s a historic shift for an island that has long been reluctant to take in foreigners.

A grassroots movement in support of migrants making the perilous journey to Europe is already having an impact on government policy, with officials reaching out to the United Nations refugee agency to say Iceland is willing to accept more refugees.

Even small towns are involved, with the northern Iceland town of Akureyri expressing an interest in adding Syrian refugees to its popula-tion of 17,000 hardy residents.

“I think most Icelanders are very interested in helping refugees have a better life,” said Akureyri town council chairman Gudmundur Baldvin Gudmundsson. “We have a society that is very good for them and we have experience in taking refugees.”

The government said in July that it would take in 50 Syrian refu-gees over the next two years, but that meager figure — consistent with a policy that has seen just 549 refugees accepted since 1956 — is expected to rise in the face of public pressure. Officials already are making plans to accept more and some citizens are calling for up to 5,000 to be admitted.

The movement started before a photograph of a drowned 3-year-old Syrian boy who washed up on a Turkish beach sparked worldwide concern about the fate of the migrants trying to reach Europe. The generous spirit is remarkable because Iceland suffered a disastrous 2008 financial meltdown that saw the collapse of its major banks and a steep fall in living standards.

One driver of the grassroots movement is the “Syria Calling” Fa-cebook page launched last week by Icelandic author and professor Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir. Some 15,000 people have “liked” the page in an apparent endorsement of her call for Minister of Social Affairs Eyglo Hardardottir to let more refugees live legally in Iceland.

“Refugees are human resources, experience and skills,” Bjorgvin-sdottir wrote. “Refugees are our future spouses, best friends, our next soul mate, the drummer in our children’s band, our next colleague, Miss Iceland 2022, the carpenter who finally fixes our bathroom, the chef in the cafeteria, the fireman, the hacker and the television host. People who we’ll never be able to say to: ‘Your life is worth less than mine.’” (ap)

PARIS — France wants to hold a meeting among the leaders of Rus-sia, Ukraine and Germany in the coming weeks to resolve tensions around eastern Ukraine, in hopes of eventually lifting EU sanctions.

French President Francois Hol-lande said Monday that he will pro-

pose such a meeting in Paris ahead of the U.N. General Assembly later this month. He said there has been prog-ress in recent weeks in implementing a troubled February peace deal, and said if that continues, “then I will argue for lifting the sanctions.” EU sanctions and a subsequent Russian

embargo have hurt many French and European companies.

Ukraine’s president is pushing to devolve some powers to the regions despite internal opposition. Russia firmly denies that it has sent troops and equipment to separatists in eastern Ukraine. (ap)

Icelandic people tell gov’t to take more refugees from Syria

AP Photo/Frank Augstein, FileFILE - In this Friday Sept. 4, 2015 file photo, migrants walk out of Budapest, Hungary. As much of Europe hesitates, Iceland, which has just in recent years emerged from the effects of a devastating economic meltdown, seems to be warming to the idea of taking in Syrians fleeing their war-torn homeland.

France wants top-level Ukraine talks, hopes to end sanctions

The Unification Ministry via APIn this photo provided by South Korea’s Unification Ministry, South Korea’s chief delegate Lee Deok-haeng, second from right, shakes hands with North Korean counterpart Pak Yong Il, second from left, before the Inter-Korean Red Cross working level meeting at the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015.

2 Koreas start talks to prepare for family reunions

SEOUL — North and South Korea started talks at a border village Monday on resuming the reunions of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s, Seoul officials said.

DENPASAR - Modus operandi of drug traffickers seemed endless. This time they are aggressively selling drugs of saving packages for targeting middle class con-sumers. Without exception, they also target young children having limited budget.

“In Bali, drug trafficking is rife. When we arrest, for example, eight packages in once raid, maximal amount collected will just come to zero point so gram. With such saving package, the traffickers can have broader reach, so that one person may use it together with its group. Just like a root, they only have single tap root, but many fiber roots,” said Director of the Bali Po-lice Narcotic Investigation, Raden Purwadi, recently.

He added that saving packages can become a job opportunity for the unemployed people. Suppose they can buy a package, then it can be divided into ten packages. For instance, the price of one package is IDR 1.8 million, so the profits obtained can reach IDR 400,000 per package.

“This is happening today be-cause not all the users are from the have. Some of them are laborers

wishing to get fit stamina while working in the fields or perhaps in building project. Sometimes they consume it to get strong stamina, but their effect in the long run is addiction,” he explained.

The Head of the National Nar-cotic Agency (BNNP) of Bali, I Putu Gede Suastawa, said that saving package is a new strategy implemented by drug traffickers to target young people having limited budget. According to him, this must become parents’ concern because young people especially students are the most potential target for them.

“So, with this saving package, the drug users can join together with five to six people with a small budget of IDR 50,000. It is very hazardous and must be prevented through the understanding to the whole community, the agencies, private sector, teachers and oth-ers that this modus operandi will be done more effectively and efficiently because they consider such people’s capability,” he said while adding that it will be very hazardous if younger generation has begun to be affected with drugs since childhood. (kmb32)

DENPASAR - The eradication team the National Narcotic Agency (BNNP) of Bali conducted a search of Kesiman Kertalangu village, East Denpasar, on Friday (Sep. 4). Three drug abusers with the initials EG, JL and the AS were arrested. During the arrest AS was discovered to be in possession of 17 tablets suspected of being counterfeit ecstasy.

“We will take the evidence (a total of 17 tablets—Ed) to the forensic laboratory to ascertain whether it is ecstasy or not,” said Acting Division Head of Eradication of the BNNP Bali, Made Pakris, with permission from the Head of the BNNP Bali, Putu Gede Suastawa, Sunday (Sep. 6).

The joint operation, said Pakris, that involved officials from Kesiman Kertalangu village and the East Denpasar Police started at 7:30 p.m. and needed at 11p.m. The target of the raid included regional migrants, drug abusers and traffickers of illicit goods. Police officers arrested EG and JL at a boarding house on Jalan Sekar Jepun, where they also seized a package allegedly containing 0.5 grams of crystal meth as well as a pipe for smoking the substance. Both of these drug users worked at an electronics store.

Meahwhile, at a boarding house on Jalan Tunjung Kun-ing, East Denpasar, officers arrested AS, a construction laborer who attempted to discard a plastic bag containing 17 pills alleged to be ecstasy. “We are not convinced that they are ecstasy because the pills do not look like the ones we usually encounter. We take the three culprits to the BNN office for further assessment process,” affirmed Pakris. (kmb36)

IBP/Yudi karnaediThe tourists are walking on Peninsula Beach in Nuda Dua. The area is one of the favorite place for the tourists to stay during their time in Bali

Target young people and middle-lower class

Addicts allegedly circulating counterfeit drugs

IBP/FileThe ilegal drugs evidences is showed by the police officers.

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Danish astronaut Andreas Mo-gensen, accompanied by Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov from Kazakh-stan, had taken 26 custom-made figurines from Danish toymaker Lego on the ride to the station.

The trio blasted off aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur

cosmodrome on Wednesday but the trip lasted two days instead of the usual fast-track six hours after the ISS raised its orbit to avoid space debris.

They joined six astronauts al-ready in space, bringing the total number of people on the ISS to nine, for the first time since 2013,

according to the European Space Agency.

Volkov is expected to remain in orbit until March 2016, along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and US astronaut Scott Kelly who are already aboard the ISS.

Accompanied by veteran Rus-

FLAGSTAFF , Arizona — Stephanie Leco hit a paleontol-ogy jackpot this summer with the discovery of a jaw bone from a long-snouted fish at Petrified For-est known to exist more than 220 million years ago.

Leco was part of the first dig for citizens held last month at the national park near Holbrook that routinely turns up fossils from the dawning age of dinosaurs and has vast expanses of rainbow-colored desert.

The fossil about the size of a pinky fingernail was unearthed from the site of what was a lake or

pond during the Late Triassic period when the fish were thought to be extinct in North America. Scientists knew closely related fish were pres-ent around the world in the Early Triassic period, about 10 million years earlier, but the fossils were found only in China in the Late Triassic, said park paleontologist Bill Parker.

“People who actually study this group of fish might start setting their sights in our direction now,” he said.

Leco already had several small teeth in her collection and was marveling at the tibia of a plant

lizard that another participant found before coming across the jaw bone. Not knowing what it was, she handed over the fossil that had broken teeth to Matt Smith, the park’s lead fossil preparer, and asked what it was.

“I don’t know, that’s why it’s cool,” he responded.

They wrapped up the jaw bone, placed it in a tin and took it to the lab, looking at it more closely under a microscope, she said. The park later emailed her to say it was a fish closely related to the genus Saurichthys.

Leco, 26, said she’s since devel-

oped an even deeper fascination with paleontology and bought a couple of books on the Triassic period so that she can speak with authority about her find. The period, which started about 250 million years ago and lasted 50 million years, followed the largest extinc-tion of life on Earth when the land mass was a single continent and had the first dinosaurs.

The full jaw of the fish would be about three to four times longer than the fossil Leco discovered, Parker said. He said other fossils of the fish might also be found on the East Coast and on the Colorado Plateau

where similar rock is exposed.Ben Kligman, a senior at the

University of California, Berkley, has been studying the pond site pre-served in a layer of rock. He plans to return to Petrified Forest next summer to look for a full fossil of the fish to determine whether or not it’s a new species. What he didn’t know before Leco found the jaw bone is that he already had smaller pieces of the fish that he couldn’t identify as such, he said.

“Although it’s probably a new species, we can’t say that it is yet because we don’t have enough specimens,” Kligman said. (ap)

First Dane in space arrives at ISSMOSCOW - The first Dane in space arrived on Friday at the International Space Station

(ISS) as part of a three-man team after an unusually long voyage from Earth, the Russian space agency said.

sian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, first-time flyers Aimbetov and Mogensen will return to Earth next week after 10 days on the station.

Aimbetov, who replaced Brit-ish singer Sarah Brightman after she pulled out of the mission in June, is the third astronaut from Kazakhstan, which hosts Russia’s cosmodrome.

The trio led by Padalka, who has been in orbit since June, are

set to leave the orbiting space sta-tion on September 12.

Upon his return to Earth, Padal-ka will have spent 878 days -- or roughly 2.5 years -- in space, setting a record for spending the longest time in space.

Russia is the only country still sending its own craft to the ISS after NASA ended its space shuttle programme in 2011 and turned to private firms to fly supply mis-sions there. (afp)

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In this photo taken Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015 and released by the National Parks Service, a group of citizens digs for fossils at Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook, Ariz. One of the amateur paleontologists discovered a jaw bone from a long-snouted fish that lived more than 220 million years ago.

Amateur paleontologist finds rare fossil of fish in Arizona

The large numbers of tourists -especially surfers, are a windfall to members of the surrounding community of Medewi Beach and surrounding area. Manurahman a 36 year old owns of Rock Surf Rental and a tourist inn, said on Sunday (Sep. 6) that the number of tourist arrival on Medewi Beach has had a positive impact on business. Manu who contracts a piece of land on the edge of the driveway leading to the beach, admitted that on most days he rents out all 25 of his surf boards to either beginner surfers, intermediate or professionals. “We rented our boards for IDR 80,000 a day. Now, it is in high season and the waves are friendly,” he added.

Based on his experience of many years, there tends to be the most visitors between July and October. The rest of the year there are far fewer visitors.

Though the beach is rocky, the clusters of long waves have become a favoured attraction amongst surfing enthusiasts. In ad-dition to professional surfers, beginners also feel safe enough to learn on this beach. Over the past few years, local residents have become increasingly involved in surfing since the establishment of the Medewi Board Rider (MBR) tourism awareness group. This community helps to develop surf tourism making things comfortable for travellers. Some of the community members also offer surf lessons for beginners and charge about IDR 300,000 for a two hour lesson- surf board included. Along with Medewi Beach, Yeh Sumbul and Pulukan beaches have also been draw-ing the interest of surf lovers. A number of inns have also been established in the area. (kmb26)

GIANYAR - Due to the large number of people committing traffic violations by circulating without a driver’s license, the Gianyar Police Traffic Affairs are seeking to improve conditions offering mobile driver’s license extension services at car-free day (CFD) in the Ciung Wanara urban park, Gianyar. They plan to hold this activity every Sunday morn-ing to provide services for community.

Chief of the Gianyar Police Traffic Affairs Unit, Kristiyan BM, said on Sunday (Sep. 6) that there is currently quite a high rate of traffic violations in the territory that falls under the jurisdiction of the Gianyar Police, as discovered through road-blocks conducted at certain intersections. “Every time we implement a roadblock, we found people in violation either because their driver’s licence is out of date or because they do not have one at all,” he said.

Therefore the Gianyar Police have taken the initiative by improving public services, by opening mobile driving license services during the imple-mentation of car-free day in Gianyar every Sunday morning. “So, people do not have to worry about spending time extending their driver’s licenses on weekdays, instead they can now do it while relax-ing on Sunday morning,” he said.

He emphasized that such a service is only intend-ed for extending driving licenses. Whereas people applying for applications for new drivers licenses still need to go through a number of traffic tests at the Gianyar Police Headquarters. “New driver’s license applicants are required to pass driving tests. These tests are intended to help to reduce the num-ber of traffic accidents,” he explained. (kmb35)

More and more surfers visit Medewi Beach

NEGARA – As the holiday season nears, there are increasing numbers of visitors to Medewi Beach. For the last month, there have been visitors from Europe and Australia every day who have come to enjoy the rocky beach.

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As the holiday season nears, there are increasing numbers of visitors to Medewi Beach. For the last month, there have been visitors from Europe and Australia every day who have come to enjoy the rocky beach.

Police provide driving license services on CFD

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Due to the large number of people committing traffic violations by circulating without a driver’s license, the Gianyar Police Traffic Affairs are seeking to improve conditions offering mobile driver’s license extension services at car-free day (CFD) in the Ciung Wanara urban park, Gianyar.

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

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

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

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

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Wifi Corner is a program by Telkom Indonesia throughout cities in Indonesia as the form in educating their market for the need of high speed internet and Berry Biz Hotel was being offered to be one of the WiFi corner spots. Though Berry Biz also known for its free WiFi Service, with various package choices from IDR 5,000 per day, IDR 50,000 per month or IDR 99,000 for 90 days Wifi Corner is beneficial for those who are looking for high speed internet access for their business and personal requirement.

Getting a chance to be appoint-ed as one of the place accessible

for WiFI Corner also established Berry Biz Hotel’s reputation as a trendy and comfortable place to either work and hangout because Wifi Corner usually are installed on the area with high crowd flow such as Malls and Restaurants.

With this new facility, Brown and Butter, the 24 hours coffee shop as well as a Co-working space can also be more beneficial for the business guests and the coffee lovers crave for fast inter-net access and comfortable place anytime of the day.

“Other facility offered by Berry Biz Hotel is Virtual Office, suit-able for new entrepreneurs who

still do not have any offices and in the need of having address for business activity and document delivery,” explains DiahSuryan-dari, Hotel Manager of Berry Biz Hotel.

With affordable price, they can also get other additional benefits such as discount for food and beverage, room and meeting pods. Hopefully with these new services, community will be much more aware about Brown and Butter and Berry Biz Hotels and its services. Not only as a hotel, but also to differ Berry Biz as the first creative business hotel in Bali. (kmb)

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Berry Biz as virtual officeKUTA - Berry Biz Hotel as the First Creative Business Hotel in Kuta always strive to give the

best in facilities and service for the guests to work in the best condition away from their usual office so with this spirit, Berry Biz is introducing their new facilities, Wifi Corner and Virtual Office.

There has been a general impression that many regional leaders are scared to implement their programs out of fear that corruption may become involved. According to the central government’s evaluations, the majority of regional leaders dare not take important actions in the development process of programs that are supported by allot-ted budgets.

“In fact it is the legislative branch of the House of representatives that should be ashamed - not regional leaders. Supposedly, the House should be reprimanding regional leaders who do not implement programs that have been defined in the regional budgets. So, here the function of control

Chairman of the Bali Corruption Watch (BCW), Putu Wirata Dwikora, said that the emergence of this circu-lar amid increasing public demands to strengthen efforts to eradicate corruption, makes for an interesting study. Dwikora suspects that behind President Jokowi’s circular, are the President’s concerns about low bud-getary uptakes or capital expenditure in a number of areas this year. The fiscal year has only reached its first semester yet the budgetary uptake has only reached 50 percent of projec-tions, thus giving the impression of an unparalleled situation.

“Has the budgetary uptake has been very low, because they (budget users—Ed) are afraid of spending the budget or because of other factors? This should also be looked into. We should not assume that it is due to fear of using budgetary funds,” he criticized.

Wirata Dwikora who is also ac-tive in the Hindu Dharma Parishad of Indonesia (PHDI) said they had themselves experienced budget-ary problems when the PHDI Bali received social assistance from the the government of Bali worth IDR 1 billion.

Board members of the PHDI want-ed this amount to be used throughout he year, to support dharma wacana (sermon activities) or to be donated to people visited. However the terms of the budget state that use of the social assistance fund expired at the end of December. “Considering that the PHDI only had about two months to spend the budget, it chooses to refund it to the provincial government of Bali provincial, because they could not see what kind of program could be imple-mented in such a short time. So, rather than having to face legal problems, the board of the PHDI administra-tors decided not to use the fund and instead return it to the government of Bali,” he explained.

Reflecting on this case, Wirata Dwikora said the level low budget-ary uptake is not necessarily due to budget users being afraid to use the money, but might be because -ac-cording to their predictions, there is not enough time to realize the project for which the budget has been given. Rather than risking a legal case, many might consider it wiser not to use the budgetary funds.

“Such conditions can give rise to inaccuracies in the budgeting process, including time constraints in the real-ization of projects or activities and so

forth. If there are no programs worth IDR 1 billion that can be completed in one or two months, there is no use in trying to force things,” he stated.

He added fictitious programs could be created in order to account for the budgetary spending, but that would be breaking the law and is a risky proposition. “In my opinion the prob-lem of low levels of budget uptake, is not caused by the fear of criminal prosecution because of administra-tive errors, but is in fact caused by problems with planning or the fact that the funds being disbursed do not take into consideration the ability of the institutions in question to mange such funds - particularly in regards to the amount of time given to the insti-tutions for the spending the allotted budget,” he said.

He also mentioned that similar situations are likely faced by other institutions, which would in fact cause the average governmental budget uptake levels to be very low.

If it is in fact true that the president has issued such a circular, Wirata Dwikora said that the circular should serve as an appeal to institutions within the authority of concerned officials. He added that any circular opposing higher laws should be ig-nored. Referring to Law No.37/2008, article 1 paragraph 3 which states that the term ‘maladministration’ includes unlawful actions, actions exceeding the authority or the official using the authority for purposes beyond what it should be. Negligence and neglect of legal obligations in the public service performed by state apparatus can also be categorized as maladministration.

“On that account, not all admin-istrative errors can necessarily be criminalized. Obviously, I hope law enforcement officials are not subject to upholding such a circular. Conversely, the circular should be withdrawn or invalidated because it absolutely allows for a tendency towards abuse rather than protecting the officials that the circular seeks to support, in the hope that the budgetary uptakes will be faster”.

Actually, he added, the low level of budgetary uptakes are not caused by budget users being afraid of legal repercussions. It is more likely that that it is caused by errors in planning budgetary disbursements, followed by laziness on the part of bureaucrats, who deliberately wait until the last minute to disburse the funds so that they do not need to go through tender processes and so on. (ian)

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I Made Suardana

Serving as an encouragement

In reference to the circular that President Joko Widodo ordered the Secretary of the Cabinet to issue to all regional leaders regarding the perfoming of their duties, Lawyer, I Made Suardana, said that Law No. 30/2014 mentions that ‘administration’ consists of governance and decision making, either orally or in writing.

or supervision is not being implemented. In my mind, this circular serves as a form of encourage-ment on the part of the central government, for regional leaders to do their work,” said Director of the LABHI Bali.

According to Suardana, this circular should be studied in terms of its essence and substance. If it encourages regional leaders to work, it should be appreciated. However, it should be noted that the circular should not be used by officers to free them from legal implications. The Corruption Law explicitly states that in the event of an abuse of authority harming the state finances, legal action is is order.

“Thus, this law cannot be su-perseded by a circular. The modus operandi of corruption crimes under the guise of administrative errors, should not be allowed given any leeway. For example, the pro-curement of goods and services has clear legal provisions and can-not use the process of designation but must be done through auctions and tenders. Similarly, budgetary mark-ups are forbidden as is the inappropriate designation of bud-getary usage. Although related to administrative processes, abuses are still categorized as crimes. Areas other that purely adminis-trative, should also not be exempt from legal prosecution,” he said.

Suardana added that adminis-trative violations that cannot be criminalized, are violations related to electrical errors such mistyping, or in the case of money that is not recorded but remains available in the local treasury or if there has clearly been no intuition to steal it. He reiterated that the presidential circular will not be able to become a fortress of protection for any kind of administrative errors.

“The circular is not included in the hierarchy of legislation. Thus, it is impossible for people to survive with the circular stipulations alone, including the Presidential Decree. When people have violated a law, then they are subject to legal reper-cussions,” he said. (ian)

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VENICE, Italy — The movie business: What’s love got to do with it? For director Drake Doremus, everything.

The American filmmaker behind troubled-love stories “Like Crazy” and “Breathe In” is back with “Equals,” a science-fiction romance that puts Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult into a future society where emotions — messy, disruptive things — have been genetically suppressed for the good of humanity.

Their characters, Nia and Silas, develop feelings which blossom into a secret love that shakes their identities and endangers their lives.

Doremus — a self-declared romantic — says the film grew from wanting to explore “a world where love is not essential to human beings ... and whether love will always find a way or whether it won’t.”

“Cynically finding my way to hope, really,” the director said Saturday at the Venice Film Festival, where “Equals” is one of 21 films competing for the top Golden Lion prize.

Stewart shares her director’s passion for feelings,

and thinks the film’s anti-emotional society isn’t too far from our own.

“There are aspects of our world that are entirely subdued,” Stewart said during an interview a few hours before the film’s red-carpet world premiere. “Why can’t we be a little f------ crazy some of the time? Why can’t we just feel unabashedly?

“Even if you’re a little bit crazy, even if you make mistakes, OK, fine — at least you’re living.”

Even so, Stewart acknowledges making this film was “daunting.” She and Hoult are onscreen much of the time, often in close-up, and must bare their emotions with subtle conviction.

“I was really scared of it,” she said. The story “was so simple and so basic that it could have been absolute trite, messy nothing — or it could be everything. It could be the most moving emotional experience.”

“Equals” has a screenplay by Nathan Parker — who also wrote low-budget lunar hit “Moon” — and is the first film Doremus has shot from a finished script rather than developed through improvisation.

He rehearsed the actors for a week before film-ing, an experience Hoult said he found liberating. “Often in a script you’ll see (that) your character cries,” the actor said. “And you turn up on the set that day and you think, everyone knows I’m meant to cry now. And it’s suddenly so much pressure.

“Drake doesn’t do any of those things. He’s like, just be — and be vulnerable and honest.”

The result is a sleek, subdued film that won praise from some viewers in Venice but left others cold. (ap)

She also pulled more than ever from her Destiny’s Child catalog, interpolated inspirational words from Maya Angelou and UFC fighter Ronda Rousey and told the feverish audience near the end of her 90-minute set : “I am so, so happy to celebrate my birthday with y’all.”

Beyoncé, who turned 34 on Friday, headlined the first night of her hus-band’s two-day music festival held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Though Jay Z didn’t join the pop diva onstage Saturday night, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams’ presence was felt.

Sporting a light pink leotard and red knee-high boots, Beyonce kicked off her set with a slow rendition of “Crazy In Love.” It eventually hit its normal tempo, but later she wove in “Bootylicious.” And throughout her set,

the audience watched her energetically perform “Say My Name,” ‘’Jumpin’ Jumpin’” and dance slickly to lyrics from “Independent Women Part I.”

“Where my survivors at?” she yelled before performing “Survivor.”

“Shout-out to my girl Kelly, I love you. My girl Michelle, I love you,” she said. “If you survived bad relationships, if you survived illnesses. When it gets tough, that’s when you work harder.”

Beyonce offered words of encour-agement and empowerment, per usual, to the crowd of screaming fans. She took it to a new level when a back-ground dancer moved beautifully to the words of Angelou’s classic “Phenom-enal Woman” in between songs, and the audience screamed loudly as recent words from Rousey blasted from the speakers about girls who fall under the category of “do-nothing chicks.”

“The kind of chick that just tries to be pretty and be taken care of by someone else. That’s why I think it’s hilarious if my body looks masculine or something like that. Listen, just because my body was developed for a purpose other than (sleeping with) millionaires doesn’t mean it’s masculine,” said Rousey , who also appeared on the large screen. “There’s not a single muscle on my body that isn’t for a purpose, because I’m not a do-nothing (chick).”

Beyonce also performed hits like “7/11,” ‘’Ring the Alarm,” ‘’Run the World (Girls),” ‘’Flawless,” ‘’Halo,” ‘’Love on Top” and “Drunk In Love.” She changed into a bedazzled Phila-delphia Sixers shirt before singing “Feeling Myself,” and she closed her set with the upbeat “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It).”

Other performers at the Made In America on Saturday included Mod-est Mouse, Nick Jonas and Meek Mill. The Weeknd will headline the festival Sunday. (ap)

Beyonce offers female empowerment themes at Philly show

PHILADELPHIA — Beyoncé sang her usual hits, changed multiple times and hit high notes at the Budweiser Made In America music festival in Philadelphia.

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Kristen Stewart, Nicholas Hoult get emotional in ‘Equals’

Kristen Stewart poses for photographers at the pho-to call for the film Equals

at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in

Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015.

BRUSSELS - Germany and France would take nearly half of the 120,000 refu-gees to be relocated from frontline states under a plan by European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, a European source said Monday.

According to Juncker’s proposal for mandato-ry quotas for EU states which is set to be unveiled Wednesday, Germany would take 31,443 and France 24,031, to relieve the burden on Greece, Italy and Hungary, the source told AFP.

Spain would take 14,931 under the plan, the source said. French President Francois Hollande confirmed in a press conference on Monday that France would take 24,000 refugees over two years.

Europe has been spurred into action by public outrage over pictures of the body of Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi, who drowned with his brother and mother while the family were crossing from Turkey to Greece last week.

Juncker is due to formally announce his plan for the relocation of 120,000 refugees in his EU State of the Union speech on Wednesday.

But many states including Hungary are op-posed to quotas, and an earlier Juncker plan for the mandatory relocation of 40,000 refugees was rejected by EU member states at a summit in June. At the time they agreed to take in 32,000 on a voluntary basis. (afp)

APPARENTLY, President Joko Widodo recently instructed Cabinet

Secretary Pramono Anung to dissemi-nate a circular to all ministries, agencies and lo-cal governments

stating that the disregarding of

particular policies regarding the usage of government budgets will not be libel to criminal prosecution. Many circles have been discussing the pros and cons of this presidential statement aimed at generating capital spending over the next five months.

Basically the circular states that certain things related to public pol-icy, including administrative errors

will be dealt with through adminis-trative processes rather than through the court system. An interesting debate ensued on the topic, during a discussion entitled “Administrative Errors Might Not Be Criminalized” held in Denpasar last week.

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In this Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015 photo refugees, children, women, men, who have arrived by train from Salzburg, Austria, wait on a platform at the central station in Munich, Germany. More than 10000 migrants have arrived in Germany over the past weekend.

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