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JAKARTA - Liberal ex-generalSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono wassworn in as Indonesia’s president onTuesday after winning a second five-year term with promises of eco-nomic growth and political reform.

The softly-spoken leader swore onthe Koran, Islam’s holy book, to up-hold the constitution during a cer-emony in the national assembly inJakarta that was broadcast around thearchipelago of 234 million people.

“By Allah I swear I will adhereto the constitution as faithfully aspossible, and will commit myselfto the country and the people,”Yudhoyono said.

A massive security blanket de-scended on the centre of the capi-

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, left, shakes hands withIndonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, at thepresidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia,Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009.

Indonesia’s Yudhoyonosworn in for second term

The film shooting was continued by tak-ing the scene in Ubud market on Tuesday,October 20th 2009. The shooting was tightlyguarded by the security officers. No oneallowed to take pictures and recorded thesituation on the set.

The reporters and journalists also cannot take a closer look on the shooting. Sev-eral sellers in the market took part in theshooting. They were very excited to meetand play in the same movie with Julia Rob-erts. In Indonesia, Julia Roberts is a famousHollywood actress that played in severalgreat movies.

The sellers were having difficulties inthe shooting because it was the first timefor them to play in a movie. The scene mustbe taken several times and the director mustgive many directions again and again. Theshooting in the market was the most tiringfor Julia Roberts because it took long time.

In the movie “Eat, Pray, Love” Julia isseen wondering around in the market andinteract with the seller. The movie crewsprepared a replacement actress for Julia toprevent the actress become too tired.

AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

Hollywood actress Julia Roberts gestures as she walks towards the sets of her film“Eat, Pray, Love” in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.

Acting with Julia Roberts

Sellers in Ubud market excited

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Gianyar, DenPost

The shooting of the movie entitled“Eat, Pray, Love” which is starringby Julia Roberts has been started inseveral areas in Gianyar. The firststage of the shooting started inBentuyung village on Thursday, Oc-tober 15th, followed in Pejengaji vil-lage through Monday, October 19th.

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tal, with about 20,000 police backedby armoured vehicles on hand tosecure the inauguration.

The event was attended by the lead-ers of Australia, Brunei, East Timor,Malaysia and Singapore, as well assenior officials from around the world.

Yudhoyono, 60, trounced formerpresident Megawati Sukarnoputri in2004 to become the mainly Muslimcountry’s first directly elected headof state since the fall of late militarystrongman Suharto in 1998.

He did it again in July, easilydefeating Democratic Party ofStruggle (PDI-P) chief Megawati aswell as his vice president, theGolkar Party’s Jusuf Kalla, to be-come the first Indonesian leader tobe democratically re-elected.

Campaign to stopmass animalsacrifice in Nepal

Artificial reefsplaced in Nusa Dua

U2 concert to bestreamed live onYouTube

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The visit was led by the Head of Commis-sion B, Eko Supriyadi, and received in personby the Head of DKP, I Wayan Wisada. Unfortu-nately, the visit committed by such commissionspecializing in economic and development af-fairs asked more questions about the matter ofrubbish. Actually, Commission D specializingin health and educational services should handlethis matter. However, in the dialogue transpir-ing at the office of DKP, representatives incharge at Commission B described the matterson rubbish and its handling in years to come.

Aside from rubbish, some members of Com-mission B also put into question about the planof billboard re-arrangement on Jalan Teuku Umarmade into a pilot project. They judged the planwas very good to do because untidy billboardshave engulfed the look of Denpasar City. There-fore, it then looked ugly. “Up to these days, thereare some installations of billboard looking so un-tidy. This condition can make the look of cityunattractive,” said Suadi Putra, a member ofCommission B.

Denpasar (Bali Post)—It is scheduled that from Monday (Oct

19), continued vaccination for anti-rabiesvaccination (VAR) was removed to Poli-clinic of Sanglah Hospital could not berealized. It aimed at diminishing the num-ber of patients coming to EmergencyRoom so that it would not disturb the ser-vices at emergency room. In reality,myriad of patients even stood in line atEmergency Room of Sanglah Hospital.

From the morning, both patients bittenby dog and those asking for continued vac-cination flocked the information counter.As consequence, they should be willingto stand in line until outside informationcounter of Emergency Room.

One of the patients, Wayan Suardikafrom Timpag, Tabanan, even admitted thathe did not asked for VAR at Tabanan Hos-pital, but right away to Sanglah Hospital.Actually, Tabanan Hospital poses one ofthe rabies centers in Bali that also providesVAR. “Every time I asked for VAR inTabanan, I was always referred or its VARran out. Therefore, for this third VAR Icome right away to Sanglah Hospital andnot to Tabanan Hospital,” said Suardika.

On asking confirmation about that mat-ter, Section Head of Outpatient Medical

Denpasar (Bali Post)—The current dry season thoroughly

makes condition of rivers in Bali run dry.Out of 165 existing rivers, 73 rivers ofthem have run dry. Meanwhile, other 92rivers remain to have water but its debittends to diminish and be polluted by waste.Most drying rivers are located in WestBuleleng, East Buleleng, Kubu andSeraya. In the meantime, debit of riversin Tabanan, Badung and Denpasar has di-minished and they have been polluted byrubbish and waste of garment factory.

Division Head of Bali Public Works, IGusti Nyoman Sura Adnyana, last Mon-day (Oct 19), stated that difficulty of wa-ter encountered by critical regions wereparticularly caused by their condition situ-ating on hills or mountainous ranges,while springs located at lower area. Toovercome the water shortage, he said, in-deed could not be committed immediately.Originally, there was a plan to take ad-vantage of discarded water from UndaRiver and estuarial dam II, but it neededexpensive cost. On that account, it wasthen selected the closer rivers to Badung,Denpasar and Gianyar. For that purpose,it has now been established a rubber damat Penet River (at border of Badung andTabanan). It was scheduled to take the

VAR Demand at SanglahHospital Increasing

Services of Sanglah Hospital, KenWirasandhi, explained that continued vac-cination for VAR was indeed provided atPoliclinic. However, due to some ob-stacles, chiefly related to billing systemwhose connection needed arranging,caused the services could not be providedat Policlinic. Registration service and VARadministration have run fluently. The prob-lems lay on the connection of data of re-peated patients to their billing system thatwas not arranged yet. “On that account,VAR services at Policlinic could not beundertaken today,” explained Ken onMonday (Oct 19).

Still, based on information, continuedvaccination services would be committedat Policlinic starting from Tuesday (Oct20). As planned, vaccination would takeplace at one of the parts in Ratna Room.Though until Monday the VAR serviceswas undertaken in Emergency Room, butfor continued vaccination stayed to beserved at working hours namely from 8a.m. through 12 a.m. Local Time.

Up to 1 p.m. Local Time last Monday,the number VAR spent at Sanglah Hospi-tal amounted to 150 vials and stock atEmergency Room remained to some 100vials. (kmb24)

Seventy-Three Riversin Bali Run Dry

water with debit some 300-500 liters persecond for drinking water in Denpasar andSouth Badung.

The taking of water at Penet River istaken at the lower course of subak point.In other words, the water is no more re-quired for the interest of subak. Mean-while, water shortage at eastern parts likeDenpasar, Sanur until Nusa Dua and a partof Gianyar would be covered by a dammade at Petanu River, Gianyar in 2010.Estimated, the debit of water taken forclean water would reach 300-500 liters persecond.

CandidasaDrought of rivers also occurs at

Candidasa. A member of KarangasemHouse, I Nyoman Sadra, asserted that theriver at Nyuh Tebel area has run dry. For-merly, when the water supply was enough,tens of hectares of rice field in the northof Candidasa before the T-junction toTenganan remained to produce rice. Even,during prolonged dry season, irrigationfrom the river diminished. However, farm-ers along with subak system were able toplant their rice and second crops one afteranother. However, today when the river randry, rice field vanished and farmers couldno more plant their rice. (029/013)

Untidy, Installation ofUntidy, Installation ofUntidy, Installation ofUntidy, Installation ofUntidy, Installation ofBillboards in DenpasarBillboards in DenpasarBillboards in DenpasarBillboards in DenpasarBillboards in DenpasarDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Now, installation of billboards in Denpasar looks disorganized, so it is very ur-gent to be re-arranged. Even, this urge was also delivered by the circle of Commis-sion B, Denpasar House on making a visit to the office of Sanitation and Landscap-ing Services (DKP) of Denpasar City.

Another member, Ketut Resmiyasa, expectedthat within one block should be made a single bill-board stand. Therefore, it could look well arrangedand nice. Now, his party saw the installation ofbillboards by respective owners did not pay atten-tion to aesthetic elements.

On responding this matter, Wisada assured thatthe installation of billboards on Jalan Teuku Umarwould combine the element of aesthetics and ac-quisition of Locally Generated Revenue (PAD).His party no more focused on PAD only, but shouldalso notice the aesthetical aspect so the look ofDenpasar could be tidier. “Re-arrangement onJalan Teuku Umar poses a pilot project that wouldbe resumed with other strategic areas,” said formerAssistant II of Denpasar City Government.

Concerning with the revenue of advertisementtax, Wisada said that up to that month it has ex-ceeded the target stipulated namely IDR 6.8 bil-lion. In its realization, DKP has collected IDR 7.4billion. “On that account, in the upcoming year2010 we are targeting the revenue to reach IDR7.5 billion,” explained Wisada. (kmb12)

Vehicle passed the advertising billboard at Denpasar. The Denpasar’s govern-ment is structuring the advertising billboard around Denpasar to beautify theface of Bali’s capital city.

3Wednesday, October 21, 2009International Bali News

Residents putting on middlecustomary attires came into Head-quarter of Buleleng Resort Policeabout 9 a.m. Local Time. Theywanted to meet in person withChief of Buleleng Resort Police,Istiyono. Since the Chief was inHeadquarter of Bali Police, resi-dents were suggested to wait atwantilan hall. Having felt to waitfor so long, they looked impatientso it was often heard the expres-sion stating their dissatisfaction tothe performance of police.

Since there was a tense situa-tion between residents and policeofficers, Deputy Chief of BulelengResort Police, Mulyadi, finallywent out from his room and gath-ered the residents at square in frontof Headquarter of Police Resort.When gathering at the square, thesituation once turned more emo-tional. At that time, mutual push-ing action occurred because trig-gered by touchiness of a policeofficer by one of residents judgedto have discredited the Chief ofResort Police. However, the mat-ter could be calmed down afterDeputy Chief allowed the repre-

Denpasar (Bali Post)—A number of 1,500 turtle hatchlings

were released at the area of Nusa DuaBeach in relation to the Nusa Dua Fi-esta (NDF) 2009. Managing Directorof Bali Tourism Development Corpo-ration (BTDC), I Made Mandra, led therelease of the animal in person lastMonday (Oct 19).

Release of such turtle hatchlingswas committed by components of tour-ism, such as hotel, marine environmen-talists, primary school students exist-ing in such international tourist resortand foreign tourists who happened tospend holiday in Bali.

Deputy Head of Organizing Com-mittee of NDF 2009, I Gusti KetutPurnaya, said that the turtle hatchlingrelease aimed at conserving the envi-ronment, especially marine environ-ment. They should be preserved as theirexistence turned into extinction. “Wehave responsibility to preserve this ani-mal because their existence near limitof extinction. As a nation having con-cern with the environment, it is the timeto do something for the environment,”said Purnaya.

As a tourist destination, Bali shouldmaintain its environment. By doing so,both domestic and foreign touristswould be stay interested to visit BaliIsland. Release of these turtlehatchlings truly related to the themehighlighted on NDF 2009, namelygreen tourism with subtheme culturalpreservation and coastal area. “Impactof turtle hatchlings release as balancer

Kintamanian dog has been re-nowned to foreign countries. Widespread of rabies in Bangli makes thebreeding of Kintamanian dog threat-ened. Breeders felt worried if theirdogs would be infected by rabies.What should they be committed tomake Kintamanian dog becoming themascot of Kintamani remain safe?

SPREADS of rabies virus atSembung Hamlet, Bebalang Village,Bangli shocked local residents. Beingfear of rabies due to bite of mad dog,hunting team of wild dogs establishedby government kept on eliminatingwild dog at a number of locations inBangli, last Monday (Oct 19).

Behind the elimination of suchwild dogs, Deputy Head of BangliHouse, I Nyoman Basma, requestedgovernment to protect Kintamaniandogs in order they could be free fromrabies. According to him, the breed-ing of Kintamanian dog gave highrevenue to local residents.

“Kintamanian dog becoming oneof the mascots of Bangli should besecured,” he said. He positively ap-preciated if Village and Hamlet Headswould be rendered an understandingon the hazard of rabies and the mea-sures to manage it, Tuesday (Oct 20).

Basma reminded the Bangli Gov-

Being Unsatisfied with Police’s Performance

Again, Lemukih ResidentsAgain, Lemukih ResidentsAgain, Lemukih ResidentsAgain, Lemukih ResidentsAgain, Lemukih ResidentsCome to Police HQCome to Police HQCome to Police HQCome to Police HQCome to Police HQSingaraja (Bali Post)—

Regarding to land dispute, hundreds of resident of Lemukih Customary Village, Sawan sub-district came to Headquarter of Buleleng Resort Police for the umpteenth time, last Monday (Oct19). Their coming was to urge police department in order it could resolve the case regarding topolice personnel reported to have pushed the customary apparatus of Lemukih during the tensewhen the officer of Land Registry Services (KP) of Buleleng would like to measure the land objectput into disputes on last August 26.

sentatives of residents to delivertheir aspiration.

A figure of Lemukih customaryvillage, Minten, expressed his as-piration one after another. In es-sence, residents put into questionthe report made by Lemukih Cus-tomary Village regarding to thefollow up of the case was judgedto be slow. One of the reports wasabout Gede Widarta, the Secretaryof Lemukih Customary Villagewho reported the police personnel,Ketut Parta pushing him when theofficers of KP would like to mea-sure the land in disputes atLemukih Village on last August26. “Symbol of our customary in-stitution was pushed until fallingdown by such police personnel.We strongly demand that such per-sonnel is given firm actionpromptly,” Minten said. To re-spond that matter, Deputy ChiefMulyadi answered that his partyhas followed up the case by sum-moning some witnesses.

Similarly, other case reportedby Lemukih Customary Villageneeded prompt response. To pro-cess the case, the police have sum-

moned some witnesses. “Result ofinvestigation could be known fromadvocate and we remain to processthe case transparently and objec-tively,” he said.

To House of RepresentativesHaving committed a demo at

Headquarter of Resort Police,those residents resumed their ac-tion to Buleleng House. There,residents requested the House tourge KP of Singaraja to re-measurethe land object in disputes. DeputyHead of the House, DharmaWijaya, and other members receiv-ing the residents stated that theywere ready to help resolve theproblem.

As frequently published, the landdispute between Lemukih Custom-ary Village and a number of localresidents holding the certificate ofthe land in disputes were gettingmore emotional when KP ofSingaraja would like to measure theland object at Lemukih on last Au-gust 26. At that time, the certificateholder impeded the officers thatwould like to measure the land sothe intention finally failed. (kmb15)

NDF to Release 1,500Turtle Hatchlings

of marine biota would be felt by nextgeneration in twenty years to come be-cause development of this animal isslower than any others,” addedPurnaya.

Other than turtle hatchling release,a metropolitan artist, Dik Doank,guided the event named Bag PaintingCompetition and painting on largeshopping bag. This event was intendedto reduce plastic-made products, as theycould harm the environment. Apprecia-tion of children was high enough toparticipate in the program guided inperson by Dik Doank. In that competi-tion, a participant named I MadeLanang Adi N finally became the firstwinner through his works entitled“Save Our Sea.”

Meanwhile, the Kids Drum Bandalso jazzed up the third day of the 13th

Nusa Dua Fiesta (NDF). It was orga-nized at Peninsula, Nusa Dua with par-ticipants consisting of SD 2Muhammadiyah Denpasar, SD 3Muhammadiyah, SD 2 SaraswatiDenpasar, SD 3 Saraswati and SDKuncup Mekar Denpasar.

The Kids Drum Band once drew theattention of spectators filling in the stageof NDF. Organizer of this Kids DrumBand from Audi Event, Elisabeth Ivo,said that the activity was meant to de-velop the mental of young generationso they could behave disciplined andpatriotic. In the meantime, winner ofthe competition would obtain a trophyfrom Managing Director of BTDC,Made Mandra. (056)

When Rabies Reaches BangliPopulation of KintamanianDog Needs Protecting

ernment, chiefly Animal HusbandryServices, in order it would not take lateaction. “Never consider that Bangli issafe from rabies. The Regent shouldtake prompt action by vaccination andelimination of wild dogs,” he said.

It was mentioned that data collec-tion of dog population should be car-ried out. Without the intention to ex-aggerate, it has existed and should bealerted. Moreover, rabies disease wasvery dangerous, and population ofwild dog in Bangli was relatively high.Other than sensitive to disease, itwould be very risky for the safety ofmotorbike’s riders. For that purpose,owners should put their dog in a cageso that its healthy was under good con-trol. To detect such dogs, it could nobe performed by common people. Itrequired a synergy of Health Servicesand Animal Husbandry Services sothat the transmission of virus could beprevented.

Acknowledged, the emergence ofrabies in Bangli of course became athreat to dog population of localKintamanian race. “Hopefully, localresidents should be careful of wild andfierce dogs. If pierce, it would be bet-ter to be eliminated, who knows if ithas been infected by rabies virus,” heinvoked. (bal)

BP/kmb15

Police officers talk to the protesters in Buleleng Police Department headquarters. The protest-ers wanted to meet the head of Buleleng Police Department.

International4 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 News

Agence France-Presse

KABUL - President HamidKarzai will accept final results duelater Tuesday from Afghanistan’schaotic election, officials said af-ter frantic Western lobbying toresolve two months of politicalparalysis.

The announcement fromKarzai’s beleaguered camp cameafter a UN-backed investigationconfirmed staggering levels offraud in the August 20 vote, de-claring more than one million bal-lots suspect — a quarter of thetotal cast.

It was the first public statementfrom Karzai’s campaign team thatthe president would respect thelaw, and implied he would accepta second-round vote against chiefrival Abdullah Abdullah if elec-

Agence France-Presse

HANOI - After nearly a monthat the Danish embassy, nine NorthKorean asylum-seekers flew outof Vietnam on Tuesday minutesbefore the South Korean presidentarrived for a state visit, sourcessaid.

“All of them left Vietnam al-ready,” an airport official said,declining to be named.

The group had spent almostfour weeks living in a garage andan attached blue tent on the em-bassy compound.

Thousands of other North Ko-reans have made similar journeysand been taken in by South Ko-rea.

The refugees flee the impover-ished and isolated North on an“underground railroad” of illegalborder crossings and safe housesthat usually leads via China toMongolia or Southeast Asia.

A Vietnamese diplomaticsource said the nine, most of themwomen, would fly out at 0630GMT, just over 30 minutes before

More than 1,700 officers were de-ployed in northern Rio de Janeiro,scene of weekend clashes betweendrug gangs and police that authoritiessaid left 22 dead. Three of those killedwere policemen in a helicopterbrought down on Saturday as it sur-veyed a turf war between rival gangsin the Morro dos Macacos slum.

The incident triggered a massiveground confrontation between policeand gangs on Saturday and Sunday thatleft at least 14 residents dead. Police

Agence France-Presse

HONG KONG - A Hong Kongdeveloper who sold an apartment fora world record price was Tuesdaycondemned for selectively number-ing the floors on a 46-storey build-ing as a ploy to attract Chinese buy-ers.

Henderson Land Developmentsparked a debate over developers’ethical standards with its latestproject, “39 Conduit Road,” when itnumbered the top two floors of thebuilding 68 and 88, both lucky num-bers for Chinese people.

The number “eight” sounds like“fortune” in Mandarin and

AP Photo/Felipe Dana

Police officers patrol during an operation at the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009.Police in Rio de Janeiro say they found two more bodies in a slum wracked by violence just two weeksafter the city won the 2016 Olympic games.

Rio hunts chopper attackers,Rio hunts chopper attackers,Rio hunts chopper attackers,Rio hunts chopper attackers,Rio hunts chopper attackers,fears for Olympic imagefears for Olympic imagefears for Olympic imagefears for Olympic imagefears for Olympic imageAgence France-Presse

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil’s president pledged to spend 60 milliondollars on security and prove the country could successfully host the2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics after drugs gangs shot downa helicopter.

said most were suspected gang mem-bers, though at least three appeared tobe civilians caught in the crossfire.

A spokesman, Major OderleiSantos, told Globo television theanti-gang operation was open-ended and “the military police willwork tirelessly to track down andcapture these criminals.”

President Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva, speaking on a visit to SaoPaulo, on Monday condemned theweekend violence and said he of-

fered Rio state governor SergioCabral “any help he needs, includ-ing the National Guard.”

The Wall Street Journal reportedTuesday that Lula promised to allo-cated 60 million dollars in aid toRio, amid fears over whether the citywould be ready to host the 2014World Cup and 2016 Olympics.

Lula has said his government istackling the endemic violence in thecity’s slums and “clean the dirt”marring Rio’s image.

Around a third of Rio’s popula-tion of six million live in the 1,000slums nestled in the coastal city.Known as favelas, the shantytownsin some cases abut the popular tour-ist beach areas of Ipanema andCopacabana.

AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File

Afghan President Hamid Karzai .

Legislators slam Hong Kongdeveloper’s tall storeys

Cantonese. Chinese people like thenumber “88” as it symbolises“double fortune” and “68” as itsounds like “continuing fortune.”

Albert Ho, chairman of theDemocratic Party, said the govern-ment would encourage unscrupu-lous property marketing practices ifit did not intervene.

“The developer has crossed theline. This is a classic incident toshow how powerful big developersare in Hong Kong,” he said, addingthat he would meet officialsWednesday to discuss the issue.

Another legislator, Miriam Lau,said it was important that buyerswere not misled by developers’

floor-numbering systems.Last week, the supposed 68th

floor of the luxury duplex (a com-bination of the 43rd and 44th floors,according to media reports) was soldfor a world record of 88,000 HongKong dollars (11,300 US dollars)per square foot.

Henderson said they were hop-ing to charge 100,000 Hong Kongdollars per square foot for the 88thfloor unit (on the 45th and 46thfloors, reports said), which has notyet been placed on the market.

“We are not the only developerusing this marketing ploy. It is noth-ing special,” a spokeswoman forHenderson told AFP.

North Koreans leave Denmark’sHanoi embassy for Seoul

South Korean President LeeMyung-Bak landed at the same air-port.

They were to stop in Singaporebefore continuing to Seoul, said thesource who declined to be named.

A Danish diplomat declined tocomment when asked about thecase.

The South Korean foreign min-istry and other agencies also de-clined, which is their usual posi-tion on North Korean refugeesabroad.

The nine entered the Danishcompound on September 24 hop-ing to reach South Korea, KimSang-Hun, an activist who said hisgroup helped them reach the em-bassy, told AFP earlier.

They included a doctor and hiswife, a mother and her 13-year-olddaughter, and a woman who hadworked as a “virtual slave” in aChinese karaoke club, said the ac-tivist group.

They were the latest in a seriesof North Korean escapees whohave sought asylum at variousHanoi embassies in recent years.

Karzai ‘to accept voteruling’ to avert chaos

toral authorities order one.After weeks of controversy at a

time when Western forces are striv-ing to pacify a bloody Taliban in-surgency, Afghanistan’s Indepen-dent Election Commission (IEC)said it would announce the finalresults later Tuesday.

“Our commissioners are cur-rently in a meeting and when themeeting is finished we will makeour announcement of the final re-sults,” spokesman NoorMohammad Noor told AFP.

Karzai spokesman WaheedOmar said: “We have to wait forthe final announcement throughlegal channels, which is the Inde-pendent Election Commission.

“And once the IEC announcesthe results then we are bound to ac-cept it, based on the law,” Omarsaid.

General Info Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5International

Denpasar

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

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

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

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

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

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

Badung

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

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

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

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

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

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

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

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For two days, the tiny village ofBariyapur near Nepal’s border withIndia flows with blood as thousandsof Hindu devotees flock to thetemple to take part in whatorganisers believe is the world’sbiggest ritual slaughter.

Many travel from neighbouringIndia for the festival, which hasbeen running uninterrupted foraround three centuries and is dueto take place on November 24 and25.

But this year, a group of animalrights activists is campaigning tostop what it says is senseless cru-elty to innocent creatures — pittingthemselves against Hindu devoteesin this deeply religious nation.

“We launched our campaign toput a stop to the gruesome killingof animals in the name of God,”said Pramada Shah, director ofcampaign group Animal Nepalwhich has launched an online peti-tion demanding the festival be can-celled.

“Even in the 21st century, inno-cent animals are facing cruel treat-ment due to people’s superstition.”

The campaign received a localboost when it won the support ofRam Bahadur Bomjam, a youngNepalese man believed by follow-ers to be a reincarnation of Buddhaafter supporters said he could sur-vive without water, food or sleep.

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KATHMANDU - Every five years a temple in southern Nepal plays host to an extraordinaryreligious festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed to the Hindu goddess ofpower Gadhimai.

Bomjam, dubbed “Buddha Boy”by Nepalese media, has spent thepast year meditating in the junglenear Bariyapur, but last week brokehis silence to condemn the festival.

“Human beings have turned bru-tal by offering animal sacrifices tothe goddess. This practice must bestopped now,” he reportedly told lo-cal media.

Bomjam’s supporters haveorganised their own campaign to puta stop to the festival, distributingpamphlets in the area and in Indiantowns on the border urging peoplenot to take part.

One reason for the event’s hugepopularity is its proximity to India,where some states have now bannedsacrificial slaughter.

“In India today there is greaterawareness about animal sacrificeand suffering, so people and rightsactivists are against it,” said N.G.Jayasimha, campaign manager forPeople for the Ethical Treatment ofAnimals in India.

“Some states have banned animalslaughter even for religious pur-poses — including Karnataka,Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. So allthese factors contribute to the num-bers going to Nepal.”

But animal rights campaignersface an uphill struggle in Nepal,where Hindus make up 80 percentof the population and where ritual

sacrifice is a part of everyday life.Local authorities said they would

increase security surrounding thefestival, which begins with the sac-rifice of two wild rats, a rooster, apig, a goat and a lamb before thetemple’s statue of Gadhimai.

Devotees can then bring theiranimals into the temple for ritualpurification before taking them intothe grounds where they will havetheir throats slit. The meat is dis-tributed and eaten.

Nepal’s government has alreadypledged 4.5 million rupees (60,000dollars) in funding for the festivaland authorities say they have nopower to stop it going ahead.

The temple’s head priest, MangalChaudhary Tharu, told AFP 800,000people attended the festival in 2004,when about 400,000 sacrifices weremade, and he said he expected morepeople to come this year.

“Nepal’s security situation hasimproved and we are expecting alarger turnout this year,” said Tharu,the fourth generation of his familyto serve as a priest for the festival,whose origins have never beendocumented.

“We are not forcing devotees tosacrifice animals. It is an age-oldpractice and it must continue.

“The festival will lose its charmand become meaningless if webreak with tradition.”

Agence France-Presse

MIAMI - Rick, a powerfulweather system threateningMexico’s west coast, has been down-graded from a hurricane to a tropi-cal storm, the US National HurricaneCenter said Tuesday.

Rick has already caused onedeath and forced the evacuation ofsome of Los Cabos’ tourist beaches.

But the Miami-based NationalHurricane Center said early Tuesdaymorning that Mexico’s governmenthad discontinued a hurricane watchand Rick had been downgraded to atropical storm.

On Monday, Mexican authoritiessaid Mexican Miguel Barraza, 38,had been swept out to sea by hugewaves caused by Rick.

He “was devoured by fiercewaves and we couldn’t do anything

The movie shoot in Ubud mar-ket was handled by the head ofGianyar regency, Tjokorda OkaArtha Ardhana Sukawati alias CokAce. Agung Maharani, a sellertook part in the shooting, said thatshe was very happy taking part inthe movie. The shooting was noteasy and tiring but she didn’t mind.

Cementing his place as the fig-urehead of the post-Suharto reformera, Yudhoyono’s centrist Demo-cratic Party won the most seats inparliament in April general elec-tions just eight years after it wasfounded.

He has promised to crack downon corruption, boost infrastructurespending and continue structuralreforms to improve governanceand accountability.

As leader of the world’s thirdlargest democracy, he also intendsto wield greater international influ-ence in areas such as the Group of20 and global talks on climatechange.

“Indonesia will continue to beon the frontline of creating a bet-ter world order,” Yudhoyono said.

The doctor of agricultural stud-ies — who likes to write love songsin his spare time — has alsopledged to maintain strong growthin Southeast Asia’s biggesteconomy despite the global down-turn.

“In the middle of the economiccrisis, Indonesia can still growpositively. But we cannot stay idle,as our tasks are far from over,” hesaid.

“Just like a ship moving for-ward, we will head through anocean full of waves and storms,”he warned, referring to volatilecrude oil prices.

The government has predictedgrowth of 4.0-4.5 percent this year,

Rick downgraded to tropicalstorm off Mexico’s coast

to save his life,” said the head of lo-cal rescue services, Francisco CotaMarquez, adding that the death oc-curred on Sunday.

At 0300 GMT on Tuesday, Rickwas 290 miles (465 kilometers)south-southwest of Cabo San Lucasand moving north near eight miles (13kilometers) per hour, the NHC said.

The center of the storm, whichwas still packing maximum sus-tained winds of 70 miles (110 kilo-meters) per hour, was forecast to passnear the southern tip of Baja Cali-fornia late Tuesday or early Wednes-day, the NHC added.

Rick was the seventh hurricane ofthe eastern north Pacific 2009 sea-son.

Baja California also was batteredin early September by HurricaneJimena, which caused floods thatkilled at least one person.

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The similar statement also impliedby Yudi, a handicraft seller in Ubudmarket. He is very proud to have adialog with Julia Roberts.

After finishing in the market,the movie shoot will be continuedin Padang-Padang beach andUluwatu temple in Badungregency.(yul)

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third only to China and India in theG20 club of rich and developingcountries. The economy grew 6.1percent in 2008.

The local stock market hassoared almost 80 percent this yearbut about half the population con-tinues to live on less than two dol-lars a day, according to the AsianDevelopment Bank.

All eyes now turn to the an-nouncement of the new cabinet onWednesday.

After months of political horse-trading, the new executive is ex-pected to be a broad coalition ofsecular and Islamic parties com-bining party-political appointeeswith trusted technocrats.

Economists have already ap-plauded Yudhoyono’s decision toreplace Kalla with US-educatedeconomist and former centralbank chief Boediono as vice presi-dent.

The markets are also hoping tosee Finance Minister Sri MulyaniIndrawati and Trade Minister MariPangestu — considered two ofAsia’s most powerful women —keep their hands on the economiclevers in the new cabinet.

But with 34 seats to fill, there isplenty of room for Yudhoyono —who cannot be elected to a thirdterm — to offer places to politicalappointees to shore up party loy-alties, analysts said.

The PDI-P is likely to remainthe main force in the opposition.

AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA/FILES

(FILES) In this picture taken on Septembe 27, 2009, Nepalese soldiers prepare to sacrifice buffa-loes and goats on the ninth day of The Hindu Dashain Festival in Kathmandu.

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PALEMBANG - In a short time the Palembangcity administration with the help from Japan In-ternational Cooperation Agency (JICA) will over-come any issues ranging from household garbageto landfills (TPA).

The Assistant Economic Affairs and Develop-ment of Palembang city administration, Apriadi SBusri, in Palembang, Tuesday said that JICA hascome to Palembang and expressed their willing-ness to assist the management of waste with thenew system.

Waste management starts from the householdlevel by applying the “reduce, reuse, recycle” inwhich waste is processed starting from the house,then used as fertilizer to more high economic value

A mine worker and a driver werewounded after the bus they were driv-ing in was shot at around 9:30 am onthe road to the Grasberg mine, Papuapolice spokesman Agus Rianto toldAFP.

“A convoy of buses carrying mineworkers was shot by unknown people,”Rianto said.

“A driver, Rudi Palanding, was shotin his finger and a passenger, Kristian,was shot in his right elbow and upperright hip. The police are chasing after(the shooters),” he added.

The attack is the latest in a string ofmysterious ambushes on the road link-ing the mine with the coastal city ofTimika over the last three months.

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JAKARTA - The leaders of a number of neigh-boring countries attended the inauguration ofPresident-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono andvice president-elect Boediono here on Tuesday.

The foreign leaders were Australian Prime Min-ister Kevin Rudd, Malaysian Prime Minister NajibTun Razak, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee HsienLong and Sultan Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah ofBrunei Darussalam.

On arrival at the People’s Consultative Assem-bly (MPR) building each of them was greeted byan MPR deputy chairman.

Prime ministers Rudd and Razak were greetedby MPR Deputy Chairman Lukman HakimSaifuddin of the PPP (United Development Party)Faction, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Lee HsienLong were welcomed by MPR Deputy ChairmanFarhan Hamid of the DPD (Regional Representa-tives Council).

The foreign leaders had been invited to attendthe MPR plenary session at which Yudhoyono and

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JAKARTA - Director General of Fiscal Policy at the Finance Ministry AnggitoAbimanyu said in Jakarta on Monday said that the deficit experienced by theUnited States reaching 1.417 trillion dollars did not affect the Indonesian gov-ernment budget financing target.

“The U.S. government has just announced a deficit in October this year, so Ithink it is safe,” he said after meeting executives at the Coordinating Ministryfor Economic Affairs building.

He added that although the conditions were safe, but there will be side ef-fects of bonds, but the impact would not be too significant.

“The number of Government Bonds, which we have issued are not as manyas those of other countries because the ‘size’ of our bond market is still small sothe impact of the ‘crowding’ is not too significant,” he said.

For 2010, Anggito added that the impact of these conditions has been calcu-lated as the economy has improved due to the possibility of domestic capabili-ties and the ability to affect market liquidity in bond absorption.

“For 2010 is considered that if the economy recovers, things will depend onthe ability of the country, the ability of the existing liquidity the market canabsorb,” he said.

The U.S. government closed the fiscal year 2009 with a record budget deficitof 1.417 trillion US dollars, approximately 962 billion US dollars higher thanthe previous year and 10 percent larger than the gross domestic product (GDP)which reached the highest since 1945.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House budget chiefOrszag Petrus in a joint statement said that the financial deficit in 2009 is largelya product of spending and tax policies which is inherited from the previousadministrations.

“And then exacerbated by the severe recession and financial crisis when thenew administration started,” they said.

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

East Timor’s President Jose Ramos Horta (R) arrives at parliament prior to the inauguration ofIndonesia’s President and Vice President at parliament on October 20, 2009. The leaders of anumber of neighboring countries attended the inauguration of President-elect Susilo BambangYudhoyono and vice president-elect Boediono here on Tuesday.

Neighboring countries’ leadersattend SBY’s inauguration

Boediono would be sworn in as president and vicepresident respectively based on the results of theJuly 2009 presidential election.

President Yudhoyono arrived at the MPR build-ing at 9.43 am and was greeted by MPR ChairmanTaufiq Kiemas and MPR Secretary GeneralRahimullah.

Also present on the occasion were former Presi-dent BJ Habibie, former Vice President M JusufKalla, and former Vice President Try Soetrisno.

Megawati Soekarnoputri, former president andwife of MPR Chairman Taufik Kiemas, was ab-sent from the event.

Meanwhile, South Korean President LeeMyung-bak sent his elder brother, Rep. Lee Sang-deuk, as a special envoy to the inaugural even.

President Barack Obama sent Lisa P. Jackson,administrator of the Environmental ProtectionAgency, as the head of the US delegation to theinauguration ceremony. Members of the US presi-dential delegation included Cameron Hume, USAmbassador to Indonesia, and David N. Merrill,president of the United States-Indonesia Society.

Palembang to cooperatewith JICA in managing waste

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TIMIKA - Two men were wounded Tuesday in the latest shooting ambushnear US company Freeport McMoRan’s massive gold and copper mine inIndonesia’s eastern Papua region, police said.

Australian mine technician DrewGrant was killed in a July 11 attack,while a Freeport security guard and apoliceman were killed the following day.

The attacks were initially blamed bythe military on rebels of the Free PapuaMovement (OPM), but police have saidthere is no evidence that is the case.

The Freeport mine sits on some of theworld’s richest gold reserves and theU.S. company’s local subsidiary is thelargest single taxpayer to the Indonesiangovernment.

Papua, a resource-rich region on thewestern end of New Guinea Island, hasbeen the site of a low-level separatistinsurgency since its incorporation intoIndonesia in the 1960s.

U.S. deficit no harmto RI governmentbudget target

products, such as energy, he said.According to him, JICA has expressed their

willingness to work together to help the manage-ment of waste from households to further process-ing. JICA has also been prepared to provide train-ing for those who interested in a sewage treatmentprograms in the area, he added.

He said that in the early stages JICA will estab-lish cooperation agreements for a five years pe-riod related to waste processing in Palembang.Next the program will continue to be evaluated sothat Palembang free from garbages, he said.

He explained that in the early stages it will setup two locations used as landfill for waste pilot.But first they must make a visit to Japan andSurabaya, which has implemented the waste man-agement system, he said.

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There is great hope that by placing theartificial reefs, the complexity topographycan increased rapidly. It also could becomealternative diving and snorkeling area inorder to relive the pressure on the originalcoral reefs.

“The placement of fish aggregationdevice will attract various kinds of fish andit could increase the number of fish in thearea. This is one of the efforts to preservethe environment especially the sea. Thecoral reefs are often being damaged byhuman act,” Pariama said.

Made Mandra, the main Director ofBTDC, said that all people should concernon the condition of the sea environmentbecause the greatest treasure of Indonesialies in the sea. “We hope that all of thepeople support the activity. Most of thetourists coming to Bali wanted to enjoy thebeautiful view but if it destroyed so whatcan we offer to them,” he added.

While the President of International

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DENPASAR - An interna-tional scale film festival is heldin Bali starting from October 20until October 25, 2009. TheBalinale International Film Fes-tival (BIFF) for the first time washeld in Bali on the year of 2007.

According to KellyMarciano, Creative Director ofBIFF, this event was establishedin 2007 by Bali Film Center toprovide an opportunity for inter-national filmmakers to screenfilms to an Indonesian marketwhile at the same time exposingthe country’s unique culture,rich story ideas, and diverse lo-cations to the international film-making community. The eventprovides Indonesian film profes-sionals an international forum

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NUSA DUA – Two media of artificial reefs placed in the coastal area ofNusa Dua in the effort to preserve the sea live. Pariama Hutasoit, the head ofcoral reef restructure program in Bali Tourism Development Corporation(BTDC), said “we already placed 14 artificial reefs in the coastal area to repairthe damage reefs. We placed the artificial one on October 6th 2009.”

Women’s Association (BIWA), Melly STAnge, said that the association highly sup-ported the activity. “We supported the pres-ervation of coral reefs in the internationalarea. In addition to the complete facilitiesto the tourists, the condition also must besupported with the good environment so thetourists will attract to come to Bali,” sheadded. BIWA adopted 10 coral reefs and theassociation will adopted more in the future.

Two media of artificial reefs placed inthe coastal area of Nusa Dua in theeffort to preserve the sea live.Pariama Hutasoit, the head of coralreef restructure program in BaliTourism Development Corporation(BTDC), said “we already placed 14artificial reefs in the coastal area torepair the damage reefs. We placedthe artificial one on October 6th2009.”

Bali hosting the fivedays event of BIFF

where they can present their workwhile networking with visitingfilmmakers.

Marciano said this year’sfestival will screen 25 interna-tional and Indonesian featurefilms, documenters, shorts, andchildren’s films. There are alsoAudience Choice Awards that willbe presented for best overall film,best feature film, best documen-tary, and best short film. She ex-plained filmmakers already longinspired by Bali. Filmmakersstarted coming to this island in the1930’s producing a classic as“Goona Goona” and “LegongDance of the Virgins”. ‘’In BIFF2008, we presented the world pre-miere of “Chaplin in Bali”, rarefilm footage of Charlie Chaplinvisiting Bali in 1932,” she stated.

On the opening night there

are two films that will be pre-sented; “Coffee and Allah” a 14minutes long movie and “Mary andMax” an 80 minutes movies thatbased on a true story. The “Maryand Max” is the opening film atSundance Festival 2009. The starof this claymation feature film in-clude Eric Bana, Toni Collete,Philip Seymour Hoffman, andBarry Humphries.

On this 5 days event therewill be five films from Indonesiabeing played, which are “Darahdan Dupa”, “Pasangan Baru”,“Blood and Milk”, “Drupadi”, and“Meraih Mimpi”. Other interna-tional films that being showed, 5films from USA, 4 filmsSingapore, 2 from Australia andFrance, 1 from Malaysia, NewZealand, Venezuela, Japan, Spain,Italy, and India.

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DENPASAR - The ForeignMinistry is satisfied about the “to-tal diplomacy” Udayana Univer-sity personnel exercised in thegranting of an award to ForeignMinister Hassan Wirayuda, aspokesman said.

“This is an example of thetotal diplomacy as expected byforeign minister HassanWirayuda. All circles are involvedto show the nation image,” direc-tor general of information andpublic diplomacy at the ForeignAffairs Ministry, Andri Hadi, saidat Udayana University.

Speaking at a luncheonwhich was among others attendedby Foreign Minister HassanWirayuda and Udayana UniversityRector Prof Dr I Made Bhakta,Hadi expressed his appreciationon integration of various partiesin activities which also involvedforeign artists.

“Although the show of to-tal diplomacy takes place atUdayana University, the luncheonwas held by the foreign minister.We work together, support each

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other. Diplomacy is not onlythrough democracy forums or eco-nomic meetings. Let’s continue,Andri Hadi said ....,”

“The core of total diplomacythat was initiated by Foreign Min-ister Hassan Wirajuda, is diplomacywhich involves all components ofthe nation in a synergy and lookedat the substance from the integra-tive issues. This means that all citi-zens play an equally important rolein this concept. The face of the stateis no longer dependent on the abil-ity of career diplomats in the forumsof global diplomacy”, he said.

The luncheon was entertainedby percussion music and creativedance performances featuring 12artists from abroad who were par-ticipating in the training program ofarts and culture, percussion music,dances, and crafts in Bali.

The recognition of culturalarts programs which are funded bythe Indonesian Foreign AffairsMinistry for two and half monthsperiod involved participants fromAustralia, the United States, Laos,Thailand, Fiji, Solomon Islands,South Africa, England and the Phil-ippines.

Balinese Culture

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Overview:

Coconut is readily available and inexpensive in Bali,

so almost any type of meat or seafood is cooked in

coconut-milk gravy; this chicken dish is particularly

good.

Ingredients:

2 tbsp coconut oil

1 cup chicken spice paste

1 stalk lemon grass, bruised

1 salam leaf

600 gr chicken boneless, cubed

1 tsp salt

½ tsp black peppercorns, crushed

1 ½ cups chicken stock

1 ½ cups coconut milk, light

Fried shallots to garnish

Preparation:

Heat oil in heavy saucepan. Add spice paste and

sauté for 2 minutes over low heat. Add lemon grass,

salam leaf and chicken pieces and continue to sauté for

2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Pour in chicken stock, bring to boil and simmer for

one minute. Add coconut milk, bring to boil, and simmer

until chicken is cooked and sauce thickens. If sauce

becomes too thick, add a little chicken stock. Serve with

Nasi Kuning or steamed rice.

Helpful hints:

Do not cover the pan during cooking, this to prevent

the coconut milk from curdling. If you are worried about

cholesterol, discard the chicken skin before cooking.

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DENPASAR – The art of“Ngelawang” or traveling through-out the village is fading away espe-cially in Denpasar. In order to bringthe art back to live, Denpasar gov-ernment will conducted the“ngelawang” procession on Octo-ber 21st 2009.

Ida Bagus Rai DharmawijayaMantra, the head of Denpasar re-gency, said “10 art groups or sekaawill take part in the ngelawang pro-cession. The art that will be per-formed are bondres and barong.”

The procession contains moralteaching, behavior, social ethic, andalso as the promotion for rare reli-gious arts. “There is great hope thatby conducting the ngelawang pro-cession, the people in Bali could be-come more creative especially interm of art,” he added.

Rai Mantra hopes that the“ngelawang” tradition will havespecial place in the heart of Ba-linese. In order to prevent the ex-tinction of the art, the governmentwill carry out the tradition onceagain. The increasing number oftraffic and development is affectingthe “ngelawang” procession

The art groups will spread inseveral points throughout the city.

”Ngelawang” festival holds in Denpasar

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The art of “Ngelawang” or traveling throughout the village isfading away especially in Denpasar. In order to bring the artback to live, Denpasar government will conducted the“ngelawang” procession on October 21st 2009.

Before the procession start, the par-ticipants will pray in Jagatnathatemple. The art group will conductedthe procession in four districts inDenpasar such as art group fromBanjar Lebah will perform in BanjarKayumas, and Werdhi Gita Sancayaart group will perform in banjar

Abian Kapas and so on. The procession will start on 2

pm local time and several roads willbe closed during the performances.“We are terribly sorry for the incon-venience caused during the perfor-mance but we already prepared somealternative routes,” Rai Mantra said.

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SUBAK Museum is a museumcolleting the Balinese traditional agricul-ture tools and old documentation to remindall young generation about Subak Organi-zation which has famous in the world. It islocated in Sanggulan countryside, Kedirisub district and Tabanan regency precisely20 Km west part of Denpasar town. Thismuseum is opened for public and to be oneof tourist destinations in Tabanan regency,west part of Bali. It is strategically locatedin Tabanan town and close with other tour-ist destinations in this regency.

Tabanan regency is one of the regen-cies in Bali own the widest rice field, sothat frequently this regency is called bythe Rice Barn of Bali Island. Sanggulancountryside has been choose as a place ofSubak Museum because considering thatSubak Rijasa in this regency that in year1979 have reached the National Cham-pion in Intensification Program that lift-ing Bali’s name in the national level. Be-side of that Tabanan regency owns moreSubak Organization if it is compared withother regencies. The development ofSubak Museum is inspirited by intentionhttp://farm3.static.flickr.com

Subak Museumof all Balinese culture lovers. This museumis expected to preserve Subak as a localcultural asset which have meritorious indeveloping and improving agricultural ricefield production, especially rice and tradi-tional irrigation system. This system is veryfamous in foreign countries because ownthe similar irrigating system like Fai inThailand and Zangera in Philippine withthe chasm and its specification do not likeSubak which is existing in Bali. Subak iswet farm farmer organization to get thewater irrigation from the sources.What to See in Subak Museum ?

Subak Museum is consisted of the closedand opened building. The closed buildingis consisted of the exhibition stand wherewe can meet the demonstration of the ob-ject related to farmer work, visual audiobuilding narrating the Subak activities in itsbearing with the water irrigation manage-ment, library and office. Open building isthe visualization of Subak demonstration inmini form which is consisted of a pool asrelocation place of irrigation, a tunnel toflow the water from pool to the water relo-cation. The objects and farmer equipments

are displayed in the exhibition building isthe equipments and object are arranged ina such manner from the equipment for theopening of agriculture farm, making theirrigation items, farm processing, cropconservation, harvesting, making rice andkitchen equipments. It is not different fromother museums in Bali that Subak Mu-seum in Sanggulan countryside has the fol-lowing function:

As a center of the erudite investiga-tion and documentationAs a place of science channelingCultural acquaintanceship placeMedium place to introspect thehuman beingPlace of mirroring the human beinghistoryPlace to enjoy the art and cultureobject generally

In tourism effort, this time can be formas a tourist destination, especially for in-coming tourist from the big countries likeAmerica , Europe, Japan , etc that this mu-seum as a unique place of interest in Bali.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11

BUSINESS

AFTER weeks of a rising euro,while both the dollar and the yuanhave fallen, a shadow has been castover a tentative export-led Europeanrecovery since the summer — forc-ing euro policy leaders to adopt adual strategy.

Eurogroup chief Jean-ClaudeJuncker said he, European CentralBank boss Jean-Claude Trichet andEU economic and monetary affairscommissioner Joaquin Almuniawould now turn their sights onBeijing before the year is out.

“We spent quite a long timediscussing exchange rates tonight,it’s a problem which has us wor-ried,” Luxembourg Prime MinisterJuncker told reporters after a meet-ing of finance ministers from the 16countries that use the euro.

In New York, the dollar againtraded lower late Monday, the eurorising to 1.4958 dollars at 2100GMT from 1.4903 dollars late inNew York on Friday.

The United States, meanwhile,

Japan faces a “significant” bud-get deficit for the current fiscal yearthrough March 2010, Fujii told anews conference, blaming the fall-out from the global economic down-turn.

In such a situation, Tokyo“should not hesitate to issue newbonds” to cover the deficit, he added.

Japan’s centre-left government,which took office last month, hasmade a number of ambitious fiscalpledges, including expandedchildcare allowances and free highschool tuition.

It is freezing spending of about2.93 trillion yen (32 billion dollars)from its predecessor’s extra budgetof 14.7 trillion yen for this year aspart of its war on waste in the pub-lic sector.

But analysts say the govern-ment will need to borrow more

SINGAPORE - Singapore haspassed a law aimed at tightening thescrews on cross-border tax cheatsand complying with stricter stan-dards for world banking centres, thefinance ministry said Tuesday.

The move is the latest measureby Southeast Asia’s financial capi-tal, which denies being a haven fortax evaders, to get itself off a “greylist” of countries that have not fullyimplemented the standards.

A bill amending Singapore’stax laws was passed by parliamentMonday and the government ex-pects to sign enough bilateral agree-ments to be upgraded to the “whitelist” of compliant countries by theend of the year, the ministry said.

The standards refer to a set ofprinciples drawn up by theOrganisation for Economic Coop-eration and Development (OECD)outlining how countries should ad-dress international tax evasionthrough information sharing.

“The changes we are enact-ing are fully in keeping withSingapore’s status and reputationas a trusted and responsible busi-ness and financial hub committedto the international efforts to com-bat cross-border tax evasion,” Fi-nance Minister Tharman

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Japanese FinanceMinister Hirohisa Fujiigestures as he deliv-ers a speech at apress conference inTokyo on October 20,2009. Fujii said thegovernment mayissue more bondsthan the tax revenuefor the first time inmore than six de-cades.

Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - Japan’s govern-ment is ready to add to thecountry’s already sky-highpublic debt in the face ofslumping tax revenues, Fi-nance Minister Hirohisa Fujiisaid Tuesday.

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money if it is to meet its campaigngoals, adding to Japan’s mountainof public debt — already the high-est among major industrialised na-tions.

In an interview with the Nikkeipublished Tuesday, Fujii saidJapan’s new bond issuance may top50 trillion yen (552 billion dollars)for the first time ever in the currentfiscal year.

Tax revenue may fall below 40trillion yen for the first since fiscal1985, he indicated.

It would be the first time bondissuance has exceeded tax incomesince 1946, when Japan was rebuild-ing from the ashes of World War II,the Nikkei said.

The Japanese government hadearlier estimated that this fiscalyear’s new bond issuance would beworth around 44 trillion yen, alreadya record for the debt-ridden nation,which has launched a series of eco-nomic stimulus measures.

Stimulus spending measuresare expected to push Japan’s publicdebt up to about 200 percent of GDPin 2010, The Organisation for Eco-nomic Cooperation and Develop-ment said last month.

Japan’s crawled out of a year-long recession in the second quarterof 2009, but exports and factory out-put are much lower than before theglobal financial crisis began and un-employment is close to a record high.

Singapore tightensscrews on internationaltax cheats: govt

Shanmugaratnam told parliamentMonday.

He said the city-state hadreached agreements with 20 juris-dictions to incorporate the OECD’sglobal standards, which were en-dorsed by a United Nations com-mittee on tax cooperation last year.

Singapore has formally signedAvoidance of Double TaxationAgreements (DTAs) with 11 of the20 countries and territories andneeds only to ink its 12th accord toget out of the OECD gray list,Shanmugaratnam said.

“We are confident that we willformally conclude more than 12agreements before the end of thisyear,” the finance minister said.

Despite passing the amendedlaw, Shanmugaratnam assured de-positors that there will be no indis-criminate prying into taxpayers’ ac-counts.

“Spurious or frivolous requestsfor information will not be accededto. Further, it (the amended law)does not allow for ‘fishing expedi-tions,’” he said.

This means that requests for in-formation must be “specific, de-tailed and relevant to the tax affairsof a given taxpayer,” the ministeradded.

Euro chiefs express ‘worries’ over US,China export squeezeThe men who run

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has itself attacked China for a “lackof flexibility” in its yuan currency,which has depreciated 6.9 percentagainst the dollar since February.

Trichet said it was the trio’s“common position” that the “exces-sive volatility” of currency move-ments had clearly “negative impli-cations for the economic and finan-cial stability” of Europe’s economyas a whole.

Despite repeated attempts atcajoling Washington into backing its‘strong dollar’ mantra with concretesigns of rising value, analysts andtraders have said the value of theeuro could yet regain its all-timehigh of 1.60 dollars.

Meantime, the falling yuan —not to mention the pound, with Brit-ain the other major buyer ofeurozone goods and services — fur-ther threatens European prospects ata time when leaders are still pump-ing billions of stimulus funding intotheir economies.

“It is foreseen that the three of

us will travel to China before the endof this year and discuss the exchangerate policy,” said Juncker, withoutgiving any detail as to what messagethey would carry.

Experts have warned that thespluttering economic recovery inEurope is endangered by a dive inthe value of the dollar which ana-lysts say Washington covets in or-der to lower debts to China and boostexports.

There is concern in Europe thatWashington is seeking a short-termboost to its own exports and a long-term reduction in the value of gov-ernment and private debts, much ofwhich is held in China.

The European Commissionreckons that appreciation in eurovalue against the dollar of 10 per-cent in real terms would see exportsfall by around 2.5 percent within twoyears.

After US Federal Reserve chiefBen Bernanke reiterated the US pub-lic stance backing a strong dollar,

Trichet said the European trio sharedthe same “appreciation” ofBernanke’s remarks.

At a G20 summit in Pittsburghlast month, world leaders unveiled anew vision for economic gover-nance, with bold plans to fix globalimbalances and give more clout toemerging giants such as China andIndia.

However, Juncker said Fridaythat “if the euro’s direction were tocontinue to move along the lines ofrecent weeks, there is a risk... that itcould slow economic recovery in Eu-rope.”

France’s Finance MinisterChristine Lagarde added afterMonday’s late-night talks in Luxem-bourg: “We repeated together that wewanted a strong dollar, that we neededa strong dollar.”

European Union finance minis-ters will meet later Tuesday with dis-agreements over when to implementexit strategies still dividing their num-ber. (Agence France-Presse)

Entertainment InternationalWednesday, October 21, 200912

“Fans often travel long distances to come to see U2 — this time U2 cango to them, globally,” he said. YouTube said Sunday’s concert will bestreamed live on the U2 channel at the video-sharing site. It can be watchedlive in 16 countries: Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, France, India, Ire-land, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, SouthKorea, Spain and the United States.

“YouTube is thrilled to be able to provide our global audience with a livestreaming performance from one of the world’s greatest bands,” Chris Maxcy,director of YouTube partner development, said in a blog post. YouTube hasbeen experimenting with more live events as Google seeks ways to turn thevideo-sharing site it purchased for 1.65 billion dollars in 2006 into a money-making venture.

R&B star Beyonce Knowleshas postponed a planned concert inMalaysia, the event’s organizer saidMonday, following accusations byIslamic conservatives that the showwould be immoral. Knowles,known for her provocative clothesand choreography, had been sched-uled to perform at a Kuala Lumpurstadium Oct. 25. The show “hasbeen postponed to a future date tobe announced shortly,” Malaysianentertainment companyMarctensia said in a statement.

“The postponement is solely(the) decision of the artist and hasnothing to do with other externalreasons,” the statement said. AMarctensia representative de-clined to say whether the decisionwas prompted by criticism fromthe Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party,the country’s largest oppositiongroup, which has called for theshow to be scrapped because it

would promote “Western sexy performances.”Knowles also canceled a planned performance in Malaysia in 2007

following protest threats by the opposition Islamic party. At the time,her talent agency said the show was called off due to a schedulingconflict. Instead, Knowles went to Indonesia, also a largely Muslimcountry, which has less stringent rules about how performers shoulddress and behave. Female artists at Malaysian concerts are requiredby government rules to cover up from the shoulders to knees, with nocleavage showing.

Last month, Marctensia addressed concerns that Knowles mightwear inappropriate outfits, saying “all parties have come to an ami-cable understanding” about stage costumes. Other female pop starssuch as Avril Lavigne and Gwen Stefani have performed in Malaysiadespite similar protest threats by conservative Muslims. Both singerswore clothes that revealed little skin. Some entertainment industryofficials say the strict regulations and frequent controversies have dis-couraged many international artists from visiting Malaysia.

Agence France - Presse

TOKYO - Japan’s Astro Boy and other comic heroes by late mangalegend Osamu Tezuka will soon appear on iPhones and iPods in the UnitedStates, Japanese companies said Tuesday. The English-language “WeeklyAstro Boy Magazine” will be available for iPhone and iPod touch users asearly as this month in volumes of about 100 pages each, said Tezuka Pro-ductions Co. and D-Arc Inc.

The first large-volume manga service for mobile devices entirely inEnglish comes after the release this weekend of a modern 3D computeranimation take on “Astro Boy” in the United States and China. Firstsketched by Tezuka in the 1950s, the “Astro Boy” series charmed chil-dren across the globe with its tale of a powerful little robot boy built by ascientist in the image of his deceased son.

A number of versions of the story have been produced since, mostfamously the 1960s series which heralded the rise of the influential Japa-nese “anime” style of cartoons used in television and film. The first mo-bile-device trial volume is free, and the companies aim for one milliondownloads, said Yoshihide Kinokawa, a director at D-Arc, who was be-hind the development of the English-language cartoon delivery for iPhones.

Each volume afterwards will sell at 99 US cents per weekly. Readerscan see the whole page on the screen and zoom in for close-ups of indi-vidual cartoon cells. “I hope people who saw the movie will want to readthe original,” Kinokawa said. The companies plan to expand the serviceto other countries gradually. The digital weekly will also carry “Phoenix,”“Black Jack” and other works by the late “God of Manga.”

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Bono, lead singer U2, speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York. Bono onOctober 18, 2009 praised Barack Obama for helping “re-brand” the United States as a leading force in combatingthe world’s most pressing problems, and deemed the president’s controversial Nobel Peace prize deserved.

Irish rock megastars U2 announced Monday that their upcomingconcert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California will be streamed liveon YouTube. “The band has wanted to do something like this for a longtime,” U2 manager Paul McGuinness said in a statement on the band’swebsite.

Beyonce PostponesMalyasia Show Dueto Muslim Criticism

AP Photo/Koji Sasahara

Beyonce smiles during a specialreception by Japanese bagmaker Samantha Thavasa in To-kyo, Japan, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009.

Astro Boy manga to hit US iPhones

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Actors Freddie Highmore, left, andBill Nighy arrive at the premiere ofthe feature animated film “AstroBoy” in Los Angeles, Monday, Oct.19, 2009.

GEORGE Clooney has followedthrough on his pledge to take re-venge on pal Matt Damon follow-ing a public gay joke - he convincedthe actor he was gaining weightwhen he was on a strict diet. TheBourne Identity star recently admit-ted he fueled gossip Clooney wassecretly in love with another man,by telling a reporter that the coupleplanned to marry.

Clooney vowed to get his ownback on the 39 year old for the prank- and he was given the perfect op-portunity when the Damon family

George Clooney GetsRevenge On Matt Damon

visited his Italian villa over the sum-mer. Damon was attempting to getback in shape after he piled on 30pounds for his role in The Informant!,and was eating nothing but salad andworking out daily in the gym.

But Clooney had secretly em-ployed a woman to take in the waist-band of all Damon’s trousers everyday by an eighth of an inch - con-vincing him that his hard work wasall in vain. He says, “He couldn’tunderstand how he seemed to begaining weight while he was tryingso hard to lose it.”

International Wednesday, October 21, 2009 13Life Style

A new study finds no differencesin blood mercury levels betweenchildren who are developing nor-mally and those diagnosed with au-tism or autism spectrum disorders.The findings, appearing online Oct.19 in the journal EnvironmentalHealth Perspectives, may quell someof the debate surrounding mercuryand autism. The researchers did not,for instance, look at whether mer-cury might play a causal role in thisgroup of developmental disorders.

“This is an excellent study thathas addressed a very importantquestion for many families aboutthe role of mercury [in autism],”said Dr. Patricia Manning-Courtney, medical director of TheKelly O’Leary Center for AutismSpectrum Disorders at CincinnatiChildren’s Hospital Medical Cen-ter. “It’s a very clear study [in] thatno differences in mercury wereseen. Is it going to put the ques-tions to rest? I think no. It’s an-other important contribution to thelarge body of knowledge on thistopic, but I think it will still be anarea of great controversy.”

Previous studies have shownhigher blood mercury levels inpeople with autism, but the results,along with the quality of the stud-ies, have been inconsistent.

One of the biggest controversiesclaims that vaccines containing thepreservative thimerosal, whichcontains mercury, might cause au-tism. But thimerosal is no longerused routinely in children’s vac-cines and, earlier this year, a U.S.court ruled that there is no scien-tific evidence that childhood vac-cines such as the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine caused autism inchildren of parents seeking com-pensation from a federal fund.

The authors of this studywanted to fill one gap in the re-search: a lack of good evidencecomparing mercury levels in chil-dren with autism and childrenwithout autism. The authorslooked at 452 children aged 2 to 5,

Associated Press Writer

KEY LARGO, Fla. – The Over-seas Highway, which stretches over127 miles in the Florida Keys, hasbeen named an All-American Road.Completed in 1938, the OverseasHighway incorporates 42 bridgesover the waters of the AtlanticOcean, Florida Bay and the Gulf ofMexico. The All-American Roaddesignation is the highest recogni-tion possible under the National Sce-nic Byways program.

Only 30 other U.S. roadwayshave earned the prestigious title.Keys officials expect the accoladewill lead to increased tourism andadditional highway funding. “TheAll-American Road designation willbring status to us with international

Fla.’s Overseas Highway now an All-American Roadand domestic visitors, so that theyknow driving U.S. 1 from Key Largoto Key West is a one-of-a-kind driv-ing experience,” said Judy Hull,president of the Florida Keys Sce-nic Corridor Alliance, which spear-headed a multiyear effort to achievethe distinction. “It should help uswith tourism and future highwaygrant funding.”

The Overseas Highway followsa trail originally blazed in 1912when Standard Oil millionaireHenry Flagler completed the exten-sion of his Florida East Coast Rail-road from Miami to Key West. Con-struction of the highway began af-ter the railroad ceased operating fol-lowing a 1935 hurricane. In 1982,37 of the original bridges includingthe Seven Mile Bridge were replaced

with wider spans. Most of the his-toric bridges still stand alongside thenewer ones and now serve as fish-ing piers for anglers.

Along with the Overseas High-way, officials announced four otherAll-American Roads. They are His-toric Route 66 in Arizona, Maine’sAcadia All-American Road TrentonExtension, the Harriet Tubman Un-derground Railroad Byway in Mary-land and Michigan’s Woodward Av-enue (M-1) Automotive HeritageTrail. Three other Florida roads wererecognized as new National ScenicByways, including the Florida BlackBear Scenic Byway in the state’snorth central region, the Ormond Sce-nic Loop & Trail in the central eastpart of the state and the Big BendScenic Byway in the Panhandle.

In this April 17, 2009, photo,released by the Florida KeysNews Bureau, vehicular trafficrolls on the Seven Mile Bridgenear Marathon, Fla., in theFlorida Keys. Federal transpor-tation officials announcedFriday, Oct. 16, 2009, that theFlorida Keys Overseas High-way road, with 42 bridges overwater, was one of five highwaysto receive the prestigious All-American Road designation.Thus far, 31 American roadsare designated as ‘All-Ameri-can’ by the National ScenicByways program, directed bythe Federal Highway Adminis-tration. The span on the right ishistoric and no longer used fortraffic.

AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman

Mercury Levels NotAbnormal in Autistic Children

who either had autism/autism spec-trum disorder, developmental de-lays other than autism (such asDown syndrome), or who weredeveloping normally. Bloodsamples were taken from the chil-dren while mothers answered ques-tions about different possible ex-posures to mercury, such as diet,dental amalgams, thimerosal-con-taining vaccines and even personal-care products such as earwax re-moval systems and nasal sprays.

First results showed that chil-dren with autism actually hadmuch lower levels of mercury intheir blood, but this was explainedby the fact that these children ateless fish. When the results wereadjusted for this and other vari-ables, mercury levels came outabout the same between the autismgroup and the control group. “Notonly do we not see differences, butthe values are pretty close to na-tional averages,” said study authorIrva Hertz-Picciotto, chief of en-vironmental and occupationalhealth and a faculty member at theMIND Institute at the Universityof California, Davis.

Overall, children with develop-mental delays other than autism hadlower blood mercury concentra-tions. Children who had mercury-based dental fillings who groundtheir teeth or chewed gum had bloodconcentrations of the metal. Andthose few children who had had amercury-containing vaccine did notshow elevations in their blood lev-els. “The relationship between[mercury] intake to blood levelsseems to follow the pattern that weexpect and it’s well known that mostof the mercury in the body doescome from fish consumption,”Hertz-Picciotto said. “There reallywere very few children who hadvaccines that would have or couldhave contained thimerosal.”

Most of the children in the studyhad received vaccines after thime-rosal was removed from vaccines,she said.

Six of the newly found planets areseveral times bigger than Earth, in-creasing the population of so-calledsuper-Earths by more than 30 per-cent. Most planets discovered so farare far bigger, Jupiter-sized or evenlarger.

Two of the newly discoveredplanets were as small as five timesthe size of Earth and one was up tofive times larger than Jupiter.

Astronomer Stephane Udry of theUniversity of Geneva said the resultssupport the theory that planet forma-tion is common, especially around themost common types of stars.

“I’m pretty confident that there areEarth-like planets everywhere,” Udry

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Europeans find 32 newEuropeans find 32 newEuropeans find 32 newEuropeans find 32 newEuropeans find 32 newplanets outside solar systemplanets outside solar systemplanets outside solar systemplanets outside solar systemplanets outside solar systemAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – European astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidenceto the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop. Scientists using the European SouthernObservatory telescope didn’t find any planets quite the size of Earth or any that seemed habitable or even unusual.But their announcement increased the number of planets discovered outside the solar system to more than 400.

said in a Web-based news briefingfrom a conference in Portugal. “Na-ture doesn’t like a vacuum. If there isspace to put a planet there, there willbe a planet there.”

What astronomers said is espe-cially exciting is that about 40 per-cent of sun-like stars have planets thatare closer to being Earth-sized thanthe size of Jupiter. Jupiter’s mass ismore than 300 times that of Earth’s.

Depending on definitions of thesize of super-Earths, the discoverysuggests that planets that have amass similar to Earth’s are “extraor-dinarily commonplace,” said AlanBoss, an astronomer at the CarnegieInstitution of Washington. He was

not part of the European team. “Theuniverse must indeed be crowdedwith habitable worlds.”

Boss said finding 32 planets atonce is a record “and it really showsthat the Europeans have taken thelead” in finding planets outside thesolar system.

The discoveries were made by theHigh Accuracy Radial VelocityPlanet Searcher, which is an attach-ment to the European observatorytelescope in Chile that looks forslight wobbles in a star’s move-ments. Those changes would bemade by the tug of a planet’s grav-ity on the star. There are no photosof these planets.

An artist’s renderingimage released toReuters on October 19,2009 shows anexoplanet 6 times theEarth-size circulatingaround its low-masshost star at a distanceequal to 1/20th of theEarth-Sun distance. Thehost star is a companionto two other low-massstars, which are seenhere in the distance (L).European astronomersannounced they hadfound 32 new planetsorbiting stars outsideour solar system andsaid on Monday theybelieve their find meansthat 40 percent or moreof Sun-like stars havesuch planets.

Wednesday, October 21, 200914 InternationalSport

After flying into the Swedishcapital from the Shanghai Mastersat the weekend, Soderling, provi-sional number nine in the eight-man chase for the World Tour Fi-nals starting on November 22 hasbeen re-acquainting himself withthe temple of Swedish tennis, theKungligahallen.

Soderling has establishedhimself as a top player since hisFrench Open breakthrough, wherehe beat Rafael Nadal in the fourth-round to end his four year reign,then lost the final to RogerFederer. The Swede continuedto thrust himself into year-endcontention for one of three re-maining spots in the eight-manfield with a Wimbledon fourthround defeat by Federer and aNew York quarter-final, where hewas beaten by the Swiss again.

In the race to London’s final,Soderling stands behind Spain’sFernando Verdasco, who is look-ing at property in Las Vegas and

Agence France - Presse

LONDON - Nikolay Valuev is used to the looks andsniggers that his huge size has attracted over the years, butthe comments from his latest challenger have been particu-larly caustic. David Haye, Britain’s former undisputed worldcruiserweight champion, has declared he is only just get-ting warmed up after calling Valuev “a circus freak” aheadof their fight in Nuremberg on November 7 for Valuev’sWBA heavyweight title.

At 7ft 2inches tall and 23 stone, Valuev is the biggestworld heavyweight champion in history and will tower overhis opponent when he gets into the ring to face Haye, whois 6ft 2in and does not expect to be over 16 stones for thefight. Haye’s trash talk might be particularly dirty, but itdoes not seem to be unsettling the Russian champion.

Valuev has heard all the insults before after being com-pared to Shrek and billed earlier in his career as ‘The Beastfrom the East’. “I am not a circus show,” said Valuev. “Iam a normal human being. People sometimes do not treatme like a human being because of my size and make me asensation. I try to not take it personally because they do notknow me as a person. My name is Nikolay Valuev, notsomething else.”

But Valuev’s Germany-based promoter KalleSauerland believes Haye’s comments have riled the cham-pion. “Niko has laughed at what Haye has been saying buthe didn’t like the image of Haye punching his head off acardboard cut out of himself,” Sauerland told AFP. “Hepromised me that he’s going to knock Haye out, which hedoesn’t normally say about opponents. I think Haye hasgot to him a little bit. I don’t think he appreciates beingcalled some of the things Haye has said. He has lost justonce in 51 fights and fought everyone out there available,

Agence France - Presse

MOSCOW - Home favourite andthird-seed Mikhail Youzhny cruisedinto the ATP Kremlin Cup secondround with a straight-set win overHoracio Zeballos of Argentina hereon Monday. The 27-year-old Rus-sian, 30th in the ATP rankings, camethrough his first ever meeting withZeballos 6-1, 7-6 (7/5). Youzhnystarted confidently producing threebreaks in the opening set which hetook in 26 minutes.

In the second set Zeballos,ranked 54th in the world, broke earlyto clinch a 3-1 lead but Youzhnybroke back in the sixth to level at 3-3. In the tiebreak Youzhny’s greateraccuracy prevailed as he won the setand the match in one hour 26 min-utes. “In the first set I was confidentand fresh, while he (Zeballos) madetoo many mistakes,” Youzhny said.

“I took seven consecutivegames but then lost my concentra-tion for a while and lost a serve,while he was serving and returningmuch better. But it was my only mis-take in the match and I managed towin the tiebreak.” Fifth seed PabloCuevas of Uruguay, 52nd in the ATP

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Robin Soderling of Sweden returns the ball agianst Feliciano Lopez of Spain during their singlesquarterfinal match of Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament at Qizhong Stadium Friday,Oct. 16, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Lopez won 7-6, 6-3.

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STOCKHOLM - Roland Garros finalist Robin Soderling willhave to wait until Wednesday to start this week’s campaign fora place in the ATP year-end event, with a match against quali-fying lucky loser Giovanni Lapentti his first task at theStockholm Open. Lapentti, 224th-ranked younger brother ofEcuadornian pro Nicolas Lapentti, will be playing at the ATPlevel for only the second time this season.

training for the next fortnight withGil Reyes, former fitness guru ofAndre Agassi. Even a Stockholmvictory on Sunday would not beenough to put Soderling ahead of theinactive Verdasco, though it willclose the points gap between the pair.“I know that if I play well, I have achance, but this tournament won’tdecide who’s going to play in Lon-don,” said the Swede. “There’s stilla lot of tennis to be played this year.

“There’s a couple of big tour-naments coming up (one is the ParisMasters to end the regular season). Ihave to keep on doing well the restof the year.” Fellow Swede JoachimJohansson showed the winning waywith 21 aces in a 7-5, 6-2 defeat ofAustralian Peter Luczak. Wild cardJohansson, troubled for years byshoulder problems and often flirtingwith retirement, was making only hissecond ATP appearance of the yearafter testing his form with a defeatof Lleyton Hewitt in Kuala Lumpurthree weeks ago.

Home favourites Youzhny,Petrova, make Moscow progress

rankings, also advanced into the sec-ond round beating Yen-Hsun Lu ofChinese Taipei 6-4, 6-2. In the WTAsection local favourite and fifth seedNadia Petrova ousted unheralded 17-year-old compatriot Yana Buchina,who is 949th in the world, 6-2, 6-0in their first ever meeting.

Monte Carlo resident Petrova,27, looked in command from thestart breaking wild card Buchina’sserve twice in the opening set after31 minutes on court. In the secondset Petrova underlined her domina-tion on the hardcourts of Moscow’sOlympic indoor stadium breakingher opponent for a 48-minute win.“The match was so short and she(Buchina) was so nervous that shewasn’t going her way,” said Petrova,who finished runner-up here in 2006.

“For me the event’s openingmatch is usually uneasy and I alsocommitted too many own mistakestoday. I need to keep myself concen-trated throughout the match to gainsuccess here.” In the second roundPetrova will face unseededUkraine’s Alona Bondarenko, whosaw off 2006 champion AnnaChakvetadze of Russia, in straightsets 6-4, 6-3 in one hour 17 minutes.

NikolayValuev isused to thelooks andsniggers thathis huge sizehas attractedover theyears, but thecommentsfrom hislatest chal-lenger havebeen particu-larly caustic

Valuev, heavyweight sledgehammer with poet’s heartso if he is a circus act like Haye says he is, I want to go thecircus.”

Haye admits he thinks Valuev is “cold” and fittinglythe Russian’s favourite pastime is hunting. However, thereis a gentler side to the giant who appeared in the 2008 Rus-sian film ‘Stonehead’ and who is said to enjoy reading clas-sics by Leo Tolstoy, Agatha Christie and Arthur ConanDoyle. “Niko is a humble guy, an introvert and very intelli-gent,” added Sauerland. And rather incongruously for aheavyweight boxer, Valuev even wrote his own poems towoo his 5ft 2in wife ten years ago.

“The poems were written for Galina,” said Valuev.“They are personal and I don’t like to discuss them. I’m aboxer, not a poet.” Valuev even admits he is surprisedhimself that he has ended up as a top boxer, considering hisnature. “Boxing is something I don’t really do with a pas-sion,” he has said.

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The Spanish capital hosts a match-up between the two most successfulclubs in European history with Realboasting a record nine European Cupsto Milan’s seven. Both sides can pointto illustrious histories but at presentthey are looking to restore their repu-tations as European superpowers withReal failing to get past the quarter-fi-nals of the competition since 2004which was the year Milan last wontheir domestic title.

Milan are under pressure in thegroup after a shock 1-0 home loss tounfancied FC Zurich while Real areperched comfortably at the top with amaximum six points. “It is time to seeReal Madrid’s true colours against anopponent that has won a lot of Euro-pean Cups and who we really respect,”said Real defender Sergio Ramos.

Kaka, who has said he will notcelebrate if he scores, will undoubtedlytake centre stage against his old clubparticuarly as Real’s other world su-perstar Cristiano Ronaldo, is still outwith an ankle injury. It will also be aspecial occasion for 33-year-old Milan

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Real Madrid’s Kaka of Brazil, left dances with Alvaro Arbeloa during a training session in MadridTuesday Oct. 20, 2009. Real Madrid will play AC Milan Wednesday in a Group C champions Leaguesoccer match.

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LONDON - Chelsea managerCarlo Ancelotti will be praying for an-other dose of Champions Leaguemagic from Nicolas Anelka as theBlues bid to erase the memory of theirrecent domestic difficulties.Ancelotti’s side reeled off eight suc-cessive wins at the start of the seasonto widespread acclaim, but the wheelshave come off Chelsea’s bandwagonafter defeats at Wigan and Aston Villa.

The west London club’s 2-1 lossat Villa on Saturday wasn’t as shock-ing as the Wigan embarrassment, butit cost Chelsea their place on top of thePremier League and raised questionsabout Ancelotti’s defence, whoseshoddy marking was exposed at two

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ROME - Juventus will not be un-derestimating group minnows MaccabiHaifa when the Israelis come to Turinin the Champions League on Wednes-day. Maccabi sit bottom of Group Aafter two defeats to Bayern Munich andBordeaux while Juve are only one placeand two points above them after hav-ing drawn against the same two teams.

But despite Haifa’s limited Euro-pean pedigree, Juve centre-backGiorgio Chiellini insisted his team willtreat their opponents like the greats ofEuropean football. Last year Juve beatReal Madrid home and away in thegroup stages before they fell to Chelseain the first knock-out round.

“On Wednesday we have to playwith the same intensity we showed ayear ago against Real,” said Chiellini.“In this match and in the next one inTel Aviv (Haifa’s ground does not meetUEFA standards so they play Champi-ons League matches in Tel Aviv’s na-tional stadium) are matches we have towin at any cost so we can make it to thelast two group games in the best pos-sible health.

“We don’t know much aboutMaccabi, personally I know the striker(Vladimir) Dvalishvili because I cameup against him for the national teamagainst Georgia last month. They’re ateam that must be respected for whatthey did against Bayern Munich and

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MADRID - Real Madrid’s Brazilian superstar Kaka faces oldclub AC Milan for the first time on Wednesday when the twosides do battle at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Champions LeagueGroup C match. Kaka was an icon at Milan after six successfulyears helping the club win the 2007 Champions League crownbut left for Real this summer in a 65 million-euro move which heinsisted was to help Milan with their financial problems.

midfielder Clarence Seedorf who wonthe Champions League in Real coloursback in 1998.

“Real Madrid? No-one scares me,there’s no time to be scared,” saidDutchman Seedorf. A return to theBernabeu will also be memorable forBrazilian Ronaldinho who tormentedReal in his Barcelona days and fa-mously received a standing ovationfrom the Bernabeu crowd in the 2005/06 season after scoring a great solo goalfor Barca in a 3-0 win in ‘El Clasico’.Dutch forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaardidn’t get many standing ovations inhis brief seven months at Real beforebeing let go to Milan and will have apoint to prove if given the chance.

Milan may be a shadow of thegreat side from the 1990s but have out-performed Real in Europe over the lastfive seasons reaching the final twice,losing the first against Liverpool in2005 and then defeating the same op-position in 2007. Real have not reachedthe final since 2002 but hope thatchanges this season especially with theshowpiece final at their stadium.

Juve to treat Haifa likeReal, says Chiellini

Bordeaux when they were only beatenat the end of the games.”

Juve’s overriding problem onWednesday might not be Maccabi butthemselves. After a great start to theseason in which they won their first fourSerie A matches, including successiveaway wins at AS Roma and Lazio, theyhave not won in five matches (four inSerie A and one in the ChampionsLeague).

In fact they have only one win inseven matches in all competitions andthat came at home to rock-bottomLivorno and thanks to a man-of-the-match performance from goalkeeperGianluigi Buffon. That is hardly theform of potential champions, either ofItaly or of Europe.

However, it is a remarkably simi-lar situation to that faced by Juve a yearago when Real were the visitors to Turinat the same stage of the competition.Back then, as now, they had not won infive matches only their situation wasworse as they had lost two of those five— instead of just one this time — andwere struggling in the league with onlynine points and two wins from sevengames.

This time they are third in the tableand only four points behind leaders andchampions Inter Milan. “Then we werealso in a delicate period. In the leaguethings were going worse because wehad already lost twice and we werelower in the table,” added Chiellini.

Ancelotti prays for more Anelka magicset-pieces. Suddenly Chelsea don’t lookquite so all-conquering, but they havea chance to get back on track inWednesday’s European clash againstAtletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge.

Victories over Porto and ApoelNicosia have put Ancelotti’s team topof Group D and three points againstAtletico would all but secure their placein the knockout stages. If Chelsea doget another win it would be little sur-prise if the decisive blow is deliveredby France striker Anelka. The formerReal Madrid star has scored both of theBlues’ match-winning goals in theChampions League this season and hisform in Europe has helped to overcomethe absence of suspended Ivory Coastforward Didier Drogba.

Drogba was banned for three

games by UEFA following his rant atreferee Tom Henning Ovrebo follow-ing their controversial semi-final defeatagainst Barcelona last season. ButAnelka has thrived in Drogba’s absenceand he claims playing alongside adapt-able forwards like Nwankwo Kanu andDennis Bergkamp during his time at Ar-senal has been instrumental in his suc-cess at leading the attack.

“You know when you play withbig players like Bergkamp or Kanu thatyou will learn - I have learned from alot of people that I’ve played with andtried to take a little bit from all of them,”Anelka said. “I am a striker but not atthe top of the team and I’m still in thecentre of the pitch - a bit like the posi-tion Dennis Bergkamp used to play.“He used to play for Arsenal like thatwhen I was there, not like a striker, butnot a number 10 or a midfield playereither. You play between the number10 position and the centre-forward po-sition, that’s nine-and-a-half.”

Atletico, who travel to England onthe back of a dismal 3-0 defeat atOsasuna, are languishing in the lowerreaches of La Liga as well as sitting bot-tom of their European group. Under-pressure boss Abel Resino needs a bigperformance from former ManchesterUnited Diego Forlan - last season’s Eu-ropean golden boot winner. Forlan said:“Things haven’t been going so well andI think we have been playing with a bitof anxiety. “But I’ve got confidence inthe squad we have and I think we canturn it around soon enough.”

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“We don’t play too many games,” Howett told Reuters. “We put onthe table what we can afford and what we think is a serious offer inthe current market. I think genuinely we could work well with him,give him a car that’s quick.”

He added: “We have had very good relationships with Scandina-vian drivers in the rallying times that enjoy life and it works verywell, so we could cope with it as a team.” Raikkonen is yet to decideon his future after agreeing to leave the Ferrari team a year before theend of his contract in order to make way for Fernando Alonso.

The Finn has made it clear that he is only interested in staying inFormula 1 if he can fight for wins straight away. Howett, who hadinsisted it was very unlikely that Jarno Trulli would stay at the teamnext year, said the Italian has an offer from Toyota. He also said theteam is still in talks with Timo Glock. “With both drivers we are stillmaintaining a degree of discussion,” said Howett.

“We have put an offer on the table with Jarno, I think that he him-self is not dissatisfied with the financial offer, the bottom line to someextent is certain issues on the contract and I don’t think they are ne-gotiable from our side. He may well be in the car next year but it’s notat all clear.”

JORGE LORENZO said hewas angry with himself for crash-ing in Australia, but was not down-cast about the points lost as he knewthe title was already unlikely. TheSpaniard’s first lap error at PhillipIsland and title rival ValentinoRossi’s second place has givenRossi a commanding 38 point ad-vantage in the championship withonly two races to go, giving him anexcellent chance of clinching hisseventh MotoGP crown at Sepangnext weekend.

Lorenzo crashed heavily in Aus-tralia after tapping the back of NickyHayden’s Ducati as they braked forthe first corner. “I’m a little bit sadfor this crash, not for the champion-ship but for my mistake,” saidLorenzo. “I didn’t expect this kindof mistake from myself. It was to-tally my fault, I miscalculated thedistance off the line and Nickybraked earlier than I was expectingand I hit him. I thought I could saveit but my front brake was broken andso when I tried to brake for the cor-ner I couldn’t and the rear made abig slide. I want to say sorry to Nickybecause I ruined his race today.”

Before the race Lorenzo had de-clared that he had nothing to lose ashe tried to close Rossi’s previous 18point lead, and he remained calmabout the championship after thecrash. “The title was a long shotanyway and now I just want to lookforward to the final two races,” hesaid. Hayden, who was able to con-tinue to finish 15th with a damagedbike, accepted Lorenzo’s apology.

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Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen, of Finland, speaks during a press conference inSao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. The Brazilian F1 Grand Pix will be held on Oct. 18 inSao Paulo.

Raikkonenhas an offerfrom Toyota

Kimi Raikkonen has an offer from Toyota for the 2010 sea-son, and team president John Howett believes the Finn could fitwell in the Japanese squad.

Lorenzo: Title was a long shot anyway “I got probably the best start I

have had all season but unfortu-nately it proved to be my downfall,”he said. “I’m not sure what hap-pened to Jorge - I saw he got a badstart as I passed him, then the nextthing I know I felt a really hardimpact. It was so hard it tore bothour bikes up and obviously hecouldn’t keep his upright. Thank-fully I did and I got back on trackbut the thing was so damaged I wasjust riding around.”

“Anyway, I can’t blame Jorgebecause he is fighting for the cham-

pionship, he obviously didn’t meanit and I know it is not his style. Thegood thing is that I didn’t get hurt,which could have easily happened inthat corner.” Although he hit theground at high speed in the incident,Lorenzo escaped with only superfi-cial injuries from sliding across thetrack and run-off. I have a bit of dam-age to my nose and my finger but itcould have been a lot worse,” he said.“This is what happens in racing and,although I am disappointed about therace, the most important thing is thatI am not badly injured.”

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Jorge Lorenzo of Spain, Fiat Yamaha Team controls his bike onturn 11 during the second practice session at the 2009 Austra-lian MotoGP on Phillip Island, Australia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. Casey Stoner of Australia, Ducati Marlboro Team qualified fast-est ahead of Valentino Rossi of Italy, Fiat Yamaha Team andDani Pedrosa of Spain, Repsol Honda Team.