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DENPASAR - Bali Hotel Asso-ciation (BHA) requires the hotel in-dustry to utilize alternative energy such as wind energy or solar energy to reduce the energy consumption. The industrial sector is recorded to use the largest energy with the growth of 39.6 percent in 1990 to 51.86 percent in 2009. The figure is more than half of the total national energy consumption.

BHA Executive Director, Dji-naldi Gosana, said that most com-

ponents of Bali tourism continued to actively reduce the energy usage in their respective work-ing environment, through energy conservation program.

“We require the hoteliers par-ticularly the BHA members to utilize alternative energy. Of the 103 hotels belonging to BHA, 30 percent have done the efficiency,” said Djinaldi in Denpasar.

According to him, Bali as the leading tourist destination in Indone-sia was in great need of energy sup-ply to operate. “So far, large hotels

have always been made a scapegoat wasting the largest amount of energy. Therefore, we will drive out the hotel owners who do not want to make savings,” he threatened.

Meanwhile, Co-Team Leader of Energy Efficiency in Industrial, Commercial and Public Sector (EIN-COPS), Melany Tedja, said that In-donesia received a grant worth USD 10 million from the government of Denmark to explore the potential of energy efficiency in various indus-tries and communities.

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vided the assistance without expect-ing anything in return because the most important thing for them is that Indonesia can do various efforts for improving the energy efficiency in several sectors,” she said.

She said that Danish gov-ernment strongly supported the program of Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources having ambition to curb the energy con-sumption in 2025 amounting to 33.85 percent pursuant to the Business-as-Usual scenario.

The Custom officers show the metham-phetaminethat confis-cated from Nikolaos when he arrived in Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali Island on Monday (3/10) night.

The Head of Ngurah Rai Custom, I Made Wijaya, said that the man who works as a bus driver was arrested on Monday, October 3, 2011. At first, the officers were suspicious with the man coming from Qtar Airways QR 0638.

After the examination using x-ray, the officers interviewed him and checked his luggage. During the inspection, the custom officers found something suspicious on the wall of his briefcase. “After thorough inspec-tion, we found crystal hidden on the wall

of his briefcase. We suspected that it was narcotics,” Wijaya said.

Then, the officer carried out KIT test and the result was positive, the crystal is meth-amphetamine with the value up to 10 billion rupiah. For the criminal act, Nikolaos is violating the law number 113 no 35 in 2009 about drugs.

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Grant, who suspects his mobile phone messages have been intercepted by tab-loid journalists, earlier met Cameron to press his case for reform in the light of a scandal that has shaken the British establishment.

“We had a sort of charm-off really,” joked Grant, who played the role of prime minister in the movie “Love Actually,” when asked about the meeting with Cam-eron at the Conservative Party’s annual conference in Manchester.

Cameron has appointed judge Brian Leveson to head an independent inquiry

into the media, its recommendations due to come in a year.

“He did make all the right noises. Will he still be making the right noises when Leveson reports?” Grant added at a packed public meeting on the sidelines of the conference. “Nice man, but we’ll see.”

Cameron’s reputation has been tar-nished by the phone-hacking scandal involving the now-defunct News of the World tabloid, part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

Cameron has been criticised for his

decision to hire former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his com-munications chief in 2007 -- accepting his assurances that he knew nothing of phone-hacking that occurred under his editorship.

Coulson resigned as an aide to Cam-eron in January and police arrested him in July on suspicion of corruption and trying to intercept communications. He was freed on bail.

Associated Press Writer

SIRTE, Libya — Families flowed out of Moammar Gadhafi’s besieged hometown Tuesday, exhausted and battered by weeks of hiding from shelling and gunbattles with no meat or vegetables or electricity — but unbowed in their deep distrust of the revolutionaries trying to crush this bastion of the old regime.

The fleeing residents were a sign of how resistance to Libya’s new rulers remains entrenched among those who benefited from Gadhafi’s nearly 42-year rule. Many of those fleeing Sirte said that the stiff de-fense against revolutionary fighters who have been trying to battle their way into Sirte for three weeks is coming not from Gadhafi’s military units but from residents themselves, volunteering to take up arms.

“This so-called revolution is not worth it,” said Moussa Ahmed, 31,

who sat in a line of cars waiting to go through a checkpoint of fighters searching those exiting the city. “But we can’t say anything now; when we meet the revolutionaries we have to hide our feelings.”

The battle for Sirte, on the Mediter-ranean coast 250 miles (400 kilome-ters) southeast of Tripoli, has become the focal point of the campaign by Libya’s new rulers to break the last remnants of Gadhafi’s rule. More than six weeks after the then-rebels swept into Tripoli and ousted the longtime leader, Gadhafi remains on the run, his whereabouts unknown, and his supporters remain in control not only of Sirte but also the city of Bani Walid and parts of the desert south.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Pa-netta said Tuesday that the NATO air mission over Libya can’t end and the political process can’t begin until Sirte is taken. Libya’s de facto Prime Minis-ter Mahmoud Jibril said Monday that

Sirte must fall before the transitional leadership can declare victory and set a timeline for elections.

The fight has been grueling. After three weeks, revolutionary forces have managed to get just over a mile (two kilometers) into the city. Heav-ily armed Gadhafi loyalists are holed up in the Ouagadougou Conference Center, a grandiose hall built by Gad-hafi in the city center for international summits, and in the city hospital, revolutionary commanders said.

On Tuesday, fighters eased shell-ing to allow residents to escape, and hundreds of cars filled with men, women and children lined up at checkpoints at Sirte’s eastern exit. Mothers carrying babies in blankets stood by the side of the road, their children clutching their robes, as revolutionary fighters rifled through their cars, searching through mat-tresses, clothes and other belong-ings for hidden weapons.

Reuters

NEW YORK - One person died and four others were injured when a helicopter crashed into New York City’s East River on Tuesday, set-ting off a rescue effort in the choppy, murky waters, police said.

The Bell 206 helicopter crashed moments after lifting off from a heliport on 34th Street on the east side of Manhattan. Rescue workers pulled the pilot and three passengers from the river, while a fourth passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it would investigate the cause of the crash, which occurred just before 3:30 p.m. local time. All four adult passengers were tourists.

The privately-owned chopper sank quickly after hitting the dark, cold river just feet away from the helipad. Within minutes, more than a dozen boats along with divers and emergency workers using ladders, flotation devices and buoys descended on the scene in an intense rescue effort, At least two of the passengers were seriously injured in the accident.

Hugh Grant pressures Cameron on hacking

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MANCHESTER, England - Hugh Grant, making a foray into politics, said on Tuesday Prime Minister David Cameron must make good on promises to clean up the press after a phone-hacking scandal centred on Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

Actor Hugh Grant takes part in a fringe meeting arranged by the

pressure group ‘Hacked Off’, during today’s session of the Liberal Demo-

crat party Annual Conference, held in Birmingham, Engalnd, Sunday

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Libyan revolu-tionary fight-ers celebrate after taking Abu Hadi, a village near Sirte, Libya, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011.

One dead in New York helicopter crash

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Search and rescue teams are seen in the East River after a helicop-ter with five people aboard crashed into the East River after taking off from the 34th street helipad in New York October 4, 2011.

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A plane carrying Knox, whogrew up in the close-knit West

both of her divorced parents

Tacoma International Airport

Knox wiped away tears asshe spoke to a throng of report-ers at the airport minutes after

“They are remind ing meto speak in English becauseI’m having trouble with that,”

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A former University of Wash-ington student, Knox thanked“everyone who has believedin me, who has defended me,”

-portant thing to me right now,and I just want to go be with

defense attorney and spokes-woman for Friends of AmandaKnox, said that, according toher family, Knox was lookingforward to having a backyardbarbecue, being outside in thegrass, playing soccer and seeing

“Just normal things that youwould want to do after being inprison for four years for a crime

Knox sobbed on hearing thatthe court had overturned her

Mered i th Kercher, in wha t

prosecutors have said was a

Also cleared was her former

leaving Ivorian drifter RudyGuede as the only person con-victed in a killing which inves-tigators believe was carried out

Kercher’s half-naked body

wounds and a deep gash in herthroat, in the apartment sheshared with Knox in Perugia,

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was an outpouring of sympathyand outrage from many in the

Knox as an innocent girl caughtin the clutches of a medieval

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Amanda Knox, left, is comforted by her sister, Deanna Knox, during a news conference shortly after her arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in Seattle.

Cleared on appeal, Amanda Knox returns home to SeattleReuters

E LE/ ER I - manda no returned home to eattle on uesday one day after anItalian court cleared the 2 -year-old colle e student of murder and freed her from prison

Associated Press Writer

Japan will go ahead with its whaling program in theAntarctic later this year under heightened security to fend off activists

Japan’s whale hunts have become increasingly tense in recent-

confrontations, and it was unclear whether the hunt would be held

would be taken to ensure the whalers’ safety, and that the hunt would

“We intend to carry out the research after enhancing measures to

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Japan’s government claims the research is needed to provide dataon whale populations so that the international ban on commercialwhaling can be re-examined — and, Japan hopes, lifted — based on

Opponents say the program is a guise for keeping Japan’s dwindling

rallying to block the upcoming hunt, has been particularly dogged in

Japan to hold whale hunts despite activist threats

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FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2010 file photo released by the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd’s ship the Bob Barker, right, and the Japanese whaling ship No. 3 Yushin Maru collide in the waters of Antarctica.

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JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led a ceremo-ny to mark the 66th anniversary of Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) at Cilangkap Headquarters, East Jakarta, on Wednesday.

As the inspector of ceremony, the head of state was flanked by TNI Chief Admiral Agus Suhartono, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Pramono Edhie Wibowo, Navy Chief of Staf Admiral Soeparno, and Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal Imam Su-faat.

Also present on the occasion were Vice President Boediono, National Police Chief Gen Timur Pradopo, a number of cabinet min-isters, House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie, People`s

Consultative Assembly chairman Taufik Kiemas, and several repre-sentatives of friendly countries.

The memorial ceremony was led by Colonel Sugiharto Prapto who serves as Wing Commander of Carbolic Air Force Academy (AAU).

The ceremony also displayed a series of weaponry and equipment, and featured performances such as parachuting and martial arts, flyby of five Sukhoi fighter jets and a Hawk fighter jet.

This year`s ceremony to mark the 66th anniversary of TNI is themed, “With Integrity and Professional-ism, TNI With Ntional Components Are Ready to Maintain and Uphold the Sovereignty and Integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKR).”

The Indonesian Peasants Alli-ance (API) said by selecting the right policy for all farmers, espe-cially in educating them to raise their products` competitiveness, Indonesia potentially could became a number one rice exporter in the region.

“Our farmers can competing in local market, but there is still a big question about Indonesia being a

rice exporter, since we are beaten by Vietnam in the terms of quality control,” said Mudzakir, Chairman of the Board of Indonesian Peasant Alliance during a session of ASE-AN Food Security Conference.

Mudzakir said the biggest chal-lenge to aim the dream of being a rice production center in the world is lacks of education to peasants.

“Food security in the community

should be achived by educating the peasants. For instance, they need to know how to maintain crop prices through “wait and see” selling mechanism, so they could gain more profit from the harvest,” he said.

Muzdakir also hoped the gov-ernment would consider a “pro peasant” policy in term of funding and building infrastructures for agriculture, as he reiterating that the government should be more focusing on imbalance of welfare between peasants.

“Traders gather scattered ‘ak-ing’ rice or dried rice. It is sold

Rp1,600kgs in the District of De-mak, Central Java, June 2010. Consuming aking rice is often the habit of poor people in some remote villages as the price of rice or cassava is no longer affordable,” he said.

Previously, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appealed to all farmers to work hand in hand to make Indonesia the world`s rice production center.

“We can increase our rice pro-duction significantly so our dream of turning Indonesia into a rice production center in the country or the world can come into being,” the

president said in August.The President said the gov-

ernment had committed itself to increase budget allocations for the agricultural sector. Hopefully, In-donesia would have a rice surplus of up to 10 million tons in the years to come.

ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) and AMAF Plus Three meetings are being organized here from October 3 to 9, ahead of a major ASEAN Food Security Conference under the theme “Facilitating Food Trade and Investment, Advancing Food Security”.

Antara

MANADO - During the past few days, North Sulawesi`s Mt Lokon`s activity was dominated by shallow volcanic quakes, an officer at the volcano`s observation post said.

On Tuesday (Oct 4), 16 shallow volcanic quakes happened between 00:00 am and 6:00 pm, Yudi, an officer at the mountain`s observa-tion post, said here Tuesday.

Within a 24-hour period on Monday (Oct 3) the observation post recorded three deep volcanic quakes (VA) and 26 shallow volcanic quakes.

Besides, the monitoring post also reported 11 gushing earthquakes occurred and seven distant tectonic earthquakes.

On Tuesday one distant tectonic earthquake with 19 millimeters amplitude and 75 seconds duration was recorded, he said.

Shallow volcanic earthquakes were recorded 16 times with an amplitude of 3-8 millimeters. 75 seconds duration, gushing quakes also

occurred twice with an amplitude 35-45 mil-limeters.

From visual observations, Yudi said , thin, moderate, and thick smoke was spewed from the Tompaluan crater on Mount Lokon to a height of 150-200 meters.

“This activity is still above normal when viewed from its seismicity,” said Yudi.

During the past two days, no eruptions were seen happening from the Tompaluan crater but the Vulcanology and Geological Hazard Mitiga-tion Agency (PVMBG) in Bandung still put the status of Mount Lokon at alert level III.

“The mount`s danger radius has not yet been reduced, the PVMBG still set 2.5 kilometers from the crater, because sudden bursts of in-candescent material could still fall within the ra-dius,” said the Observation Lokon and Mahawu Monitoring post chief Farid Ruskanda Bina.

Under normal circumstances, volcanic earth-quakes recorded up to five times, but after its status was raised to alert level III, seismic activ-ity has not subsided into the normal range.

Antara

KOMODO ISLAND - Former Vice Presi-dent M Jusuf Kalla has called on Indonesian people to send short text messages (SMS) by mobile phones for the inclusion of Komodo Island into the New Seven Wonders of Nature (N7WN) list.

“The chance is still wide open. Around 100 SMS are still needed,” Kalla said here on Tuesday.

Despite the tourism and culture ministry`s decision to withdraw the island from the N7WN competition, the Komodo Island ranked in 24th place in the N7WN list. The text message voting will continue until November 11, 2011. “Vote Komodo for Indonesia. Type `komodo` and send it to 9818 to cast your vote,” Kalla said.

He is optimistic that if the Indonesian people give their support, Komodo Island will win.

“There are 150 million mobile phone users

in Indonesia. We still have 40 days. So, 25 million people sending text messages will be enough,” he said.

During Idul Fitri Muslim Holiday early September 2011, around one billion short text messages of greeting were sent within a week, he said. The inclusion of Komodo Island in the New Seven Wonders would be beneficial economically to Indonesia and Flores Island in particular, he said.

“If it`s successful, Flores will become the second Bali. This region will be famous, ad people will stay in Flores, not on other islands. The whole world will know, and NTT, which is now the poorest region, will improve in term of its people`s welfare,” he said.

Kalla, who has been appointed as the am-bassador of Komodo Island, also called on the media to help promote Komodo Island.

The island is part of Komodo National Park and is especially known for its nativ13:16e Komodo Dragon - the world`s largest living lizard.

President Yudhoyono leads ceremony to observe TNI anniversary

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led a ceremony to mark the 66th anniversary of Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) at Cilangkap Headquarters, East Jakarta, on Wednesday.

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JAKARTA - The gvernment needs to be more selective in its policies on farm seeds in order to make Indonesia a world rice production center, a farmers group said here on Tuesday.

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She claimed that it has becomethe icon event of Ubud. She alsosaid that the Ubud business com-munity had come out in force tosupport the festival, providinggenerous sponsorship in manyforms.

Witning Kaoripan (the originof life), a dance repertoire espe-cially commissioned for the cer-emony, will provide the audience

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GIANYAR - The Oak-ley World Pro Junior Bal im o v e d t o K e r a m a s f o rday three of competi t ion.Bal i ’s famous right-handr e e f b r e a k c h u r n e d o u tclean 5-6 foot (2-2.5 me-ter ) se ts for the remain-ing eight heats of Men’sRound 1.

H a w a i i ’ s K e a n u A s -i ng (Ewa Beach , Oahu )started the day with style,taking off la te and deep,then locked in to a so l idt u b e . “ I c o u l d n ’ t r e l a xunt i l the f inal s i ren,” hesaid here, Tuesday.

The crowd roared as hecame f ly ing out and thejudges awarded him a 9.70( o u t o f a p o s s i b l e 1 0 ) .E igh teen year-o ld As ingleft his two opponents NatYoung (Santa Cruz, USA)a n d To n j o D a r m a p u t r a(IDN) to play catch-up forthe rest of the heat .

Young and Darmaputrarelegated into the suddendeath RD2 heats .

L a t e y e s t e r d a y a f t e r -noon at Canggu American

The beauty of undersea vistawith a rich diversity of biota invitesadmiration of divers from aroundthe world. In fact, the life of coralreefs and various kinds of orna-

of waters is considered underseaheaven.

According to some tourists,biodiversity living under the seaaround Bali in fact has a naturalcharm that is very compelling.Even, they are almost the sameas the charm offered by Bunaken(Manado, North Sulawesi), whichhas been known throughout theworld.

Jemeluk waters for example.According to some tourists, thetourist resort at Purwakerti Beachhas peculiarities that could not befound in waters anywhere in theworld. Coral reefs in this tourist re-sort make tourists to drop their op-tion for diving in this area. Diverseendangered coral reefs belonged toaquapora species and a number ofnew ones could only be found atJemeluk Beach.

In terms of its form, they vary.Some species resemble to a form of

unibrand, stingrays, tuna, sharks,and green turtles.

I Gede Suta as one of the tour-ism businesspeople in this regionrevealed that at Jemeluk could befound a Japanese shipwreck ofWorld War II with the size of 14x 10 meters. The ship had beenovergrown by beautiful coral reefs

Ubud Writers and Readers Festival held in UbudIBP

with a visual interpretation of thefestival’s main theme; NandurinKarang Awak (Cultivate the LandWithin). The opening ceremonywill also see two famed poets:Made Adyana Ole from Bali andRodaan Al Galidi from the Neth-erlands recite their best works.

Later in the evening, a spe-cial homage will be held at theWantilan hall of Ubud’s Dalem

temple, some 200 meters westof the palace. The tribute will bededicated to the late Ida PedandaMade Sidemen, known as one ofthe island’s greatest kawi-wiku(poet priest).

S idemen composed manyinfluential pieces on BalineseHinduism, spiritual teachings andliterature.

In his masterpiece “Salampah

Laku”, a long poem in thetraditional form of geguritan,Sidemen put into writing his in-ner conflicts, anguish and, mostimportantly, his determination totread the solitary path of spiri-tual seeker.

He declared his intention tolead a simple life to disciplinehis body and stated that “a manwho doesn’t have a rice field,should strive to cultivate theland within himself”, a line thatinspires the festival’s theme.

Two of the island’s leadingcontemporary composers, I KetutLanus and Made Subandi, com-

posed a special musical repertoire toshow their respect to the great poet.

Initiator of the event, De Neefe,revealed that the festival hadgrown into a majestic celebra-tion of multiculturalism, attract-ing speakers and audience fromnumerous countries and culturalbackgrounds, as well as a livelydiscourse that brought togethercreators from diverse fields, fromwriters, musicians and dramatiststo graphic designers.

The first Ubud Writers andReaders Festival was held in 2004as a peaceful response to the 2002Bali bombings.

Foreign Divers Admire Marine Life of East Bali

and widely favored because ofits beauty. When glancing at thesea from the cliffs, it will be seena beautiful scenery with MountAgung as the background and a vastexpanse of sea.

According to story developingin the local community, the nameJemeluk comes from the word ‘nye-luk’standing for the bay. Therefore,Jemeluk poses a beautiful bay withcalm and not bumpy waves. “Sincethe water is crystal clear, visitorscan see the beauty of coral reefs andmarine biota living in it from the topof the cliff,” said Gede Suta.

In the midst of rapid develop-ment of marine tourism, the issue

on the damage to coral reef isindeed frightening specter for thecircle of marine tourism entre-preneurs. According to Suta, thedamage of existing coral reefs atJemeluk was not solely causedby human activities. The existingdamage was due to residual strayof bomb during the World War II.Nevertheless, such damage startsdiminishing because of the growthof new coral reef.

Meanwhile, various efforts hadbeen made to preserve it. One ofthem was by developing cubical

that had been cultivated since sev-eral years ago. (B N/BB)

Oakley Pro Junior Moved To Keramas

surfer Conner Coffin (USA)f i n i s h e d o f f c o m p e t i t i o nwi th a mass ive upse t , de-f e a t i n g l a s t y e a r ’s O a k -ley World Pro Junior Bal iChampion, Jack Freestone( A U S ) i n a s e e - s a w i n gbat t le .

The l ead changed mul -t iple t imes throughout thehea t , w i th Coff in ge t t i ngthe nod for his powerhousecarves .

The re su l t s aw the 17 -year-old, surfer from SantaBarbara relegate the eventsno .1 seed and ASP wor ldjunior champion, Freestone,into the sudden death RD2heats and progress direct lyinto RD3 of competi t ion.

Austral ia’s Davey Cath-els (North Narrabeen, NSW,AUS) put his year ’s worthof exper ience on the ASPPr ime and S t a r Se r i e s t ogood work when the windchanged and went onshorein the af ternoon.

Cathels left his fellow com-petitors Vasco Ribeiro (PRT)and Matt Banting (AUS) in hiswake, amassing the highestheat total of the day - 17.66(out of a possible 20) .

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Amed is one of the wonderful diving site in the eastern part of Bali

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Aside from retaining a beautiful view and challenging attraction like rafting and splashing, r iver also poses a habitat of various food sources. There are fish, crab, shrimp and snails. Balinese people may call the latter as ungun or r iver snail. This snail has two forms, namely ordinary snail and half snail. The half snail shapes like carapace of tur tle. Its flesh is open and has a piece of thin bone. When boiled, its flesh will easily get released from its carapace, while the ordinary one should be taken out by pin, needle and so on.

When their delicacy is combined with sabrang or Balinese cherry potato, they will have typical flavor. Its shape is much smaller than common potato and its leaf resembles to that of broadleaf thyme (jinten). Apar t from combined with river snail or chicken, this cherry potato is also good if cooked as single vegetable. It is usually sold at traditional market or village stalls.

Ingredients:

2 handful r iver snail, 250gram sabrang or cherry potato (peeled) and 800ml water for gravy.

Ground spices: 6 cloves shallot, 3 cloves garlic, 2 small chilies, 1 candlenut, 2 tbsp grated coconut (ground with other spices), 1 slice turmeric, 1 slice aromatic ginger and 1 slice galangal

Others: 1 pc salam leaf, 1 tbsp palm oil and ½ tsp salt.

Method:

cherry potato and drain.

Add some water and wait until boiling.

together into the pan. Add salt, salam leaf and please wait until the cherry potato is cooked.

(BTN/punia)

Lempog:Sweet side of cassava cake

To get d i f ferent f lavor, cassava can be ser ved in many ways. One of them is by making i t in to lempog cake. In the past , th is cake was popular and of ten ser ved in soc ia l act iv i t ies such as act iv i t ies at r ice f ie ld or

easy to make and i ts raw mater ia l was widely avai lable at rura l area as they cu l t ivated i t .

By nature, i t is made f rom boi led cassava. Wi th addi t ional ingredients l ike pa lm sugar and sa l t , they are pounded together in the mor tar or p last ic base. By doing so, i t w i l l be eas ier to turn each s ide of the bat ter in order i t w i l l be tender evenly. When the bat ter has been complete ly tender, i t can be s l iced in to var ious shapes as your taste. To ser ve i t , do not forget to spr ink le wi th grated coconut . Ul t imate ly, have a n ice f lavor ! (BTN/punia)

River snail served with Balinese cherry potato

IT is not an easy matter to allevi-ate the poverty in Bali. Though BaliGovernment has put the poverty

Bali development, the line of poorpeople is still quite long. Currently,Bali Province is still ‘collecting’174,000 poor people. If comparedto the total population of Bali reach-ing 3.8 million, the percentage ofpoor people reaches 4.88 percent.

When met not long ago, theRector of Udayana University,Prof. Dr. I Made Bakta, admittedthat government at all levels hadbeen undertaking various povertyalleviation programs. However,he hoped the programs could runsustainably or did not only work for

cannot be carried out instantly. Forinstance, poverty alleviation at avillage should at least take fiveyears and be conducted sustain-ably,” he said.

Bakta also urged the regionalgovernment to promptly map thepoverty areas in Bali and recordedthe economic potential that couldpossibly be developed to boost theregional economy. Having knowneach potential, government hadto develop a sustainable programcommenced by provision of lifeskill training pursuant to the exist-ing potential. “If the village haspotential in handicraft industry, theskill training provided to the ruralpoor community must be in thehandicraft sector. It must be given

Poverty alleviation program must continue

be really skilled to create products,”he said.

When they had been skilled,

government should provide themwith the assistance of workingequipment and working capital.Without that help, the skills at handwere feared to be redundant be-cause without working equipmentand working capital they could donothing. If the skills were used to

if they could be wholly absorbedin the job market considering thecompetition was very strict. “In thiscontext, government must preparethem to become a self-employeebeing capable of creating jobs atleast for themselves. It is urgent forgovernment to help them with theequipment and working capital,”

he suggested.Having been able to create handi-

craftproductswithaneconomicvalue,said Bakta, government then hadan obligation to open up the marketaccess for their products. Withoutthe help, it was feared the productsyielded could not be absorbed by themarketbecausetheydidnotknowhowto market the products. “Therefore,government should not only providethem with skill training, equipmentandworkingcapitalassistance.Marketaccess for themshouldalsobeopened.Otherwise, the business initiated willgo bankrupt before having time to de-velop. Similar measure must be doneby government for the empowermentof poor community in other sectorssuch as in agriculture, plantation,livestock, food service and so on,”

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One of the poor family still living in a damage house in Bali

Thursday, October 6, 201110 InternationalDestinations

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Tirta Gangga is a beautiful park with the huge water fountain and wide pond located at Abang Sub-district, Karangasem Regency in east part of Bali. Tirta Gangga Park is built in the year of 1948 by the Karangasem King of Anak Agung Agung Angluerah Ketut Karangasem. Before this park is found, there is big wellspring found in this area which the lo-cal society believe that this water come from the land is holy spring therefore they call this place is Embukan means wellspring. Ac-cording to the local believe that this wellspring functioning as a bath place for the god and also used as drinking water for the local community from the nearest

Tirta Gangga Park, unique tourism site in Karangasem

village. Therefore this wellspring is sacrificed by local people and keeps the park naturally. The King of Karangasem has got an idea to improve this park into a good looking and nowadays, it becomes one of the famous tourist destinations in east part of Bali.

Tirta Gangga Park is also featured by the wide public pool with the cool and clean water where it can be used by everyone who visiting this place. It is situ-ated on the foot Abang Hill with cool temperature in particular night time or morning time. The lush tropical garden are well sur-round the park and big fish ponds are running away at another ponds to give the impression for every tourist who pay a visit to this beautiful park. Some build-ings and other decorations are intentionally made as according to the spirit from Puri Agung Karangasem (Agung Karangasem Palace), so it can be said that between Tirta Gangga Park and Sukasada Park (Taman Sukasada) which is located at Ujung coun-tryside is a union.

Tirta Gangga is strategically located beside of the main strait from Karangasem to Singaraja Town and it is just 20 minutes from the local town or 2 hours and 15 minutes from Denpasar Town. You may also join the ex-citing tour to the east part of Bali that we call it by Karangasem Tour and you will discover many places of interest in east part of Bali including Tirta Gangga.

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BUSINESSInternational

Citing anemic employment,-

cial risks from Europe, Bernankeurged lawmakers not to cut spend-ing too quickly in the short termeven as they grapple with trim-

central bank’s policy committee

well under control and given highunemployment, would be ready toease monetary conditions furtherfollowing the launch of a new

“The Committee will continueto closely monitor economic de-velopments and is prepared totake further action as appropriateto promote a stronger economicrecovery in the context of pricestability,” Bernanke told theJoint Economic Committee of

Associated Press

SEOUL —i t wil l f i le court injunct ionsin France and Italy seekingto block the sale of Apple’sla tes t iPhone amid an inten-sifying patent f ight between

said Wednesday i t p lans tof i le prel iminary injunct ionsi n Pa r i s and Mi l an a sk ingt h a t c o u r t s b l o c k A p p l e ’s

in France and I ta ly, a l l eg -ing pa ten t in f r ingement o fwireless telecommunications

The move comes one day

U.S. “close to faltering,” Fed ready to actReuters

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to help an economythat is “close to faltering,” Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday in his bleakest assess-ment yet of the fragile U.S. recovery.

the policy-setting Federal OpenMarket Committee’s statementless than two weeks ago, when theFed said it would monitor the out-look and was “prepared to employ

the outcome of the euro zone’ssovereign debt crisis has under-

confidence and helped to slow

cycle monitoring group ECRI last

Asked whether another roundof bond purchases, known asquantitative easing, was in store,

“We never take anything offthe table because we don’t know

We have no immediate plans to do

The prospect of further Fed sup-

stocks though, after the marketsaw selling early in the day, push-

Andrew Tilton, economist at

from the European crisis is a se-rious risk, threatening to tightencredit availability in the United

been mixed after a dismal August,with a key manufacturing surveyshowing an unexpected improve-ment, but the slightly better tone

Fresh clarity on the state ofthe economy will come on Fri-day, when the Labor Department

releases monthly employment

in his testimony offered little hope

“Recent indicators, includingnew claims for unemploymentinsurance and surveys of hiringplans, point to the likelihood ofmore sluggish job growth in the pe-riod ahead,” he told the Joint Eco-

Bernanke said government belt-tightening was likely to prove asignificant drag on the world’slargest economy, which averaged

growth in the first half of the

“An important objective is toavoid fiscal actions that couldimpede the ongoing economicrecovery,” he said,

earlier in the year had not becomeingrained in the economy, Ber-nanke argued price pressures willremain subdued for the foresee-

That backdrop made it easierfor the Fed to launch its latest

-tember, when it announced it

short-term Treasuries and usingthe proceeds to buy longer-dated

Bernanke estimated the newpolicy would lower long-term

-centage point which he saidwas roughly equivalent to a halfpercentage point reduction in the

yields are at multi-year lows of-

gage and corporate borrowing

“We think this is a meaningfulbut not an enormous support to

some additional monetary accom-modation, it should help somewhat

particularly important now theeconomy is close -- the recoveryis close -- to faltering,” Bernanke

“We need to make sure that therecovery continues and doesn’tdrop back and the unemployment

Samsung seeking to block sale of new iPhone 4S

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phone from Japan, decl ined

cour t in Apr i l c la iming i t sGalaxy l ine of smartphonesand tablets copy the iPhone

Employees of Sam-sung Electronics work at its show-

room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept.

23, 2011.AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

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UNHCR sources told Reuters they expected her to be named Special Representative on the Afghan refugee situation, to help resolve the fate of 2.7 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran. But a representative for the actress said there was no final agreement. Jolie, who has served for 10 years as goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Com-missioner for Refugees, and donated $5 million to its aid operations, declined to be specific, telling reporters: “We are looking at a few countries in the world. “We’re hoping to discuss it in the next few weeks but we want to research it properly and do it well,” she said after addressing a meeting of UNHCR’s Executive Committee in Geneva.

Antonio Guterres, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said Jolie would become “our special envoy mainly for the most dramatic refugee situations that require a lot of advo-cacy” and help mobilize strong international support. “We will be asking you to do more and more in this regard,” he said.

The UNHCR later issued a statement say-ing that her expanded role had not yet been finalized. “A number of countries are under consideration and discussions are ongoing with relevant authorities regarding Ms. Jolie’s ad-

ditional role,” it said. The U.S.-based Endeavor Group, which represents Jolie, told Reuters: “There is no agreement. Nothing is final.”

“VULNERABLE YET RESILIENT” REFUGEES

The Oscar-winning Jolie said refugees whom she had met during her 40 field mis-sions for UNHCR in hotspots from Pakistan to Kenya were “among the most vulnerable and yet the most resilient people in the world.” “My personal experiences with UNHCR have been moving, sometimes heartbreaking, but always rewarding and unforgettable,” she said.

Jolie, who makes her directorial debut with the Bosnian wartime romance film “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” due to be released in Decem-ber, has six children. On recent UNHCR missions to Malta and Tunisia, she met families who had fled their native Somalia only to be uprooted again by fresh conflict in Libya, she said.

“I tried to imagine what it must have been like for a mother with children. To risk her life at sea trying to get to Europe from North Africa,” she said, noting that some smugglers had been known to throw women and children overboard.

Reuters

LOS ANGELES - Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett said he would release his tax return if News Corp. Chair-man Rupert Murdoch did so, too. Speaking at a Fortune magazine conference in Laguna Niguel, Calif., on Tuesday, the respected financier was asked about his proposal to tax the super-rich, which has attracted criticism from conservative circles.

One of the critics was the Wall Street Journal, which in an editorial has called on Buffett to make public his tax return. “Ask the Journal’s boss Rupert Murdoch,” Buffett shot back to the question from Fortune editor Carol Loomis, saying he would release his return if Murdoch released his.

“He and I will meet at Fortune... I’m ready tomorrow morning.” Buffett continued to defend his proposal to increase taxes on the

super-rich -- the so-called “Buf-fett Rule” -- joking that he always “dreamed of having a tax named after me.” He said that the increased tax rate would apply to those who make millions from dividends and capital gains -- that income is taxed at 15 percent -- and not those who make outsized salaries.

He said it was a matter of fairness and logic. “To exclude a few of the super-rich who can contribute $20 billion extra is a terrible, terrible mistake,” he said. Turning to the European financial crisis, Buffett said its outcome will depend on the Eu-ropean Union’s ability to find a political leader who is “willing and able to act in a big way.”

He said that the turmoil in Europe is due to lack of political leadership, and the ability of the Continent to emerge unscathed will depend on that. “Markets are stronger than government,” he said. “How effectively they get through it in the next 12 months will depend on a unified structure at the top that is willing and able to act in big way.

He also derided Europe’s decision to unify their currency into the Euro, saying, ‘If you have ability to print own money, don’t let anyone take that away from you.”

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — “Finding Nemo,” ‘’The Little Mermaid” and two other animated Walt Disney tales are follow-ing “The Lion King” into 3-D mode on the big-screen.

Disney announced Tuesday that the 3-D reissues will begin Jan. 13 with 1991’s “Beauty and the Beast,” the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards.

The studio will follow with 3-D re-re-leases of 2003’s “Finding Nemo” on Sept. 14 of next year, 2001’s “Monsters, Inc.” on Jan. 18, 2013, and 1989’s “The Little Mermaid” on Sept. 13, 2013. “Monsters University,” a 3-D prequel to “Monsters Inc.,” comes out June 21, 2013.

Disney’s 1994 hit “The Lion King” far exceeded the studio’s expectations in a 3-D theatrical reissue, pulling in $80 million domestically since debut-ing Sept. 16.

AP Photo/Pixar Animation Studios, File

FILE - In this promotional photo released by Disney Pixar Animation, Dory, lower left, and Marlin, lower right, face an ocean full of perils in their efforts to rescue Nemo in this scene from Pixar Animation Studios :Finding Nemo.”

‘Nemo,’ ‘Mermaid,’ ‘Beast’ and ‘Monsters’ go 3-D

Warren Buffett defends his proposal to tax “super-rich”

REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett wanders the com-pany trade show before his company’s annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska April 30, 2011.

Jolie to take on new U.N. refugee role

REUTERS/Jason Tanner/UNHCR/Handout

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie presents the Nansen prize to Yemen’s Society for Humanitarian Soli-darity and its founder, Nasser Salim Ali Al-Hamairy (not pictured) at a ceremony in Geneva October 3, 2011.

Reuters

GENEVA - Angelina Jolie will be taking on a new role in the world’s most acute refugee crises, the American actress and United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.

International Thursday, October 6, 2011 13Science

The controversial UN-led Co-penhagen summit in 2009 agreed to limit global warming to 2.0 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, a goal some environmentalists say is al-ready too timid.

At the latest UN talks underway in Panama City, the Climate Action Tracker, which aims to keep track of countries’ efforts, found a yawning gap between governments’ pledges and their track records when added together. A study by the group found that the world at current rates would emit 54 billion tonnes

of carbon dioxide or its equivalent in 2020, a gap of 10 to 14 billion tonnes with what is needed to meet the goals.

The planet is “very, very far away” from meeting the 2.0-degree goal, said co-author Bill Hare, a lead writer of the major 2007 UN scientific report on climate change and director at Potsdam-based research group Climate Analytics. “We are heading towards a warming of well over 3.0 degrees at present unless there are major improve-ments in the pledges,” Hare, who has advised environmental group

Greenpeace, told a news confer-ence.

Hare said that while even 2.0-degree warming is problematic, the higher rate puts the world at risk to major problems such as more frequent wildfires and ris-ing sea levels -- a top concern for low-lying nations. “The warming levels that we’re heading towards -- 3.0 degrees -- could easily result in massive damage to vulnerable ecosystems from one end of the planet to another,” Hare said.

“We would see, particularly in Africa, very dangerous threats to food production and availability if present agricultural practices don’t change fast enough,” he said. The week-long talks in Panama aim to prepare for the upcoming confer-ence of the UN Framework Conven-tion on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa, where governments will face hard questions on future climate action.

Associated Press Writer

CUPERTINO, California — The most closely kept secret about the iP-hone 5? There isn’t one — yet.

The new iPhone is faster, has a better camera and allows you to sync content without needing a computer. It includes a futuristic, voice-activated service

that responds to spoken commands and questions such as “Do I need an um-brella today?” It will now be available to Sprint customers as well as those from AT&T and Verizon Wireless.

But there’s a catch. Apple named it 4S when most people were expect-ing the iPhone 5. Immediately, tech bloggers and Apple fans alike began to wonder if this new iPhone was not as cool as they had hoped. Investors were disappointed, too. Apple’s stock fell more than 5 percent before getting a late bump.

If Tuesday’s unveiling seemed like a

letdown, it was because Apple didn’t do a good job of managing expectations. That’s a familiar problem for Apple, whose penchant for secrecy invites hyperbolic speculation between its product announcements.

Given that it had been 16 months since the previous iPhone hit the mar-ket, imaginations had even more time to run wild this time.

“This is the typical Apple scenario: People keep wanting it to do the im-possible,” said Tim Bajarin, a Creative Strategies analyst who has been follow-ing the company for decades.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Venture capitalist Alan Walton has trekked to the North Pole, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and skydived over Mount Everest. A hop into space to enjoy a few minutes of weightless-ness would have been the ultimate adventure. After waiting seven years to fly aboard Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceline, Walton gave up on the dream and asked for a $200,000 ticket refund on his 75th birthday this past spring.

Walton, who was among the first 100 customers to sign up, is not as spry as he used to be, and he’s concerned about the project delays. “This was a decision I wish I didn’t have to make,” he said recently. But “it was time.”

Promises of space travel for the masses reached a euphoric pitch in 2004 when the experimental SpaceShipOne air-launched over the Mojave Desert and became the first privately financed, manned spacecraft to dash into space. It won the $10 million Ansari X Prize on Oct. 4, 2004, for accomplishing the feat twice in two weeks.

The flights were hailed by space enthusiasts as a leap to-

ward opening the final frontier to civilians. Virgin Galactic, which licensed the SpaceShipOne tech-nology, began taking reservations before a commercial version was even built. Branson predicted back then that the maiden passenger flight would take off in 2007.

Other private rocketeers hun-kered down in their hangars and sketched out designs to compete with Virgin Galactic. Soon a cot-tage industry rose. While there’s been progress made — most are in the testing stage — there’s still no launch date. “It’s tough,” said Erika Wagner of the X Prize Foundation, which sponsored the 2004 contest. “We’ve seen slower progress than a lot of people would have liked.”

Human spaceflight so far has been restricted to governments and a handful of wealthy thrill-seekers who have plunked down millions of dollars to hitch rides aboard Russian rockets to the International Space Station, which circles the Earth 250 miles high.

Instead of flying all the way to orbit, current space tourism efforts are focused on suborbital trips using vehicles designed to rocket up to the edge of space then immediately de-scend rather than circle the Earth.

Apple gets no love from Wall Street for new iPhone

AP Photo/Paul Sakuma

Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures during an announcement at Apple headquar-ters in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011.

AFP Photo/Frederic J. Brown

A man fishes from a canal in east Beijing in 2010. The world remains far away from meeting UN-backed goals on holding back climate change, setting the stage for major damage without more ambitious efforts to cut emissions, a study said Tuesday.

Agence France Presse

The world remains far away from meeting UN-backed goals on holding back climate change, setting the stage for major damage without more ambitious efforts to cut emissions, a study said Tuesday. Scientists who support climate action said that China, the largest source of carbon blamed for rising temperatures, is on track to sur-pass its own targets but warned that its overall emissions are growing more quickly than thought.

Dream is over for Virgin Galactic space tourist

AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File

FILE - This Oct. 4, 2004 file photo shows SpaceShipOne and X Prize team members posing with a U.S. flag carried aboard the spacecraft after its successful flight into space and landing at Mojave, Calif.

Thursday, October 6, 201114 InternationalSport

Cisse and Mathieu have been drafted in as back-

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Lazio striker Djibril Cisse and Valencia defender Jeremy Mathieu were both called up on Tues-day by France coach Laurent Blanc for two crucial Euro 2012 qualifiers.

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Lazio striker Djibril Cisse and Valencia defender Jeremy Mathieu were both called up on

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Lyon), Steve Mandanda (Marseille),

Cedric Carrasso (Bordeaux)

Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona/ESP), Mathieu Debuchy

(Lille), Adil Rami (Valencia/ESP), Patrice Evra (Manchester

United/ENG), Anthony Reveillere (Lyon), Younes Kaboul

(Tottenham/ENG), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal/ENG), Jeremy

Mathieu (Valencia/ESP)

Alou Diarra (Marseille), Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle/

ENG), Yann Mvila (Rennes), Florent Malouda (Chelsea/ENG),

Jeremy Menez (Paris SG), Samir Nasri (Manchester City/ENG),

Marvin Martin (Sochaux), Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)

Forwards: Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon), Kevin Gameiro (Paris SG),

Loic Remy (Marseille), Djibril Cisse (Lazio/ITA)

Revised France squad

Germany pursue perfection

AP Photo/ Kerstin Joensson

Munich’s Mario Gomez celebrates after scoring during the Group A Champions League soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Manchester City FC in Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday , Sept. 27, 2011.

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Rafael Nadal of Spain follows through on a return shot against Go Soeda of Japan during their first round match at the Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo.

Agence France Presse

The Spanish duo of defending champion Rafael Nadal and former winnerDavid Ferrer crushed local hopes Tuesday to advance to the second roundof the Japan Open. World number two Nadal, playing his first singles tour-nament since finishing as runner-up to Novak Djokovic at last month’s USOpen, opened his bid in style, thumping Go Soeda 6-3, 6-2.

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National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, ap-pears during a news conference following an NBA labor talks meeting between players and owners on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, in New York.

NBA talks break down over money, games in jeopardy

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Ambitious Evans to skip Down Under Tour - report

FORMULA 1 teams are set to be asked once again to approve a tweak to next year’s tyre regulations, so Pirelli do not have to take wasted sets of rubber to every race. Pirelli has made a push to change the tyre allocation numbers for 2012, because after every race weekend each driver is left with an unused set of the harder compound rubber.

With these tyres already having been mounted on hubs pre-event, once they have been removed on Sunday night they have to be destroyed.

As previously reported, teams have been reluctant to accept that change so far - but Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery has vowed to make another effort to convince teams of the need to alter the rules.

“They would like us to take 2,500 tyres around the world all year and not use them...” said Hembery about the teams, when asked by AUTOSPORT on the sta-tus of the 2012 rule change push.

“There is no movement on it yet, and I will have a go with the teams again. We need to go with the team principals and

give them all the facts from the season so far, and say; maybe we can use them on Friday, so teams have an extra set on Friday morning.

“They do a lot of development work on a Friday so maybe that is a way of doing it. I am sure common sense will prevail.”

Pirelli is devoting a lot of effort to thinking about next year’s tyre situation and, with the title fight set to be finished after this weekend’s Japanese GP, Hem-bery has suggested his company may go ultra aggressive with its tyre choice for the rest of the campaign to see what impact it has on the racing.

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He has so far won four races with McLaren, and had been in talks about extending his deal for a while now, with both the McLaren and the driver having made it clear that he was to stay on. On Wednesday, McLaren officially confirmed the news, saying Button has signed a new multi-year deal. The Briton is currently in second place in the standings behind Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel.

“I’ve never felt more at home at a team than I do at Voda-fone McLaren Mercedes,” said Button. “I’ve won four of the greatest races of my life here, I’m currently lying second in the drivers’ world championship, and I feel that I’m driving better than ever.

“You can only achieve that with the right level of support - and I truly believe that the passion and determination to win are stronger here at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes than anywhere else. “As a grand prix driver, those are incredibly powerful feelings to share and be part of, and they’ve only reinforced my desire to commit my long-term future to this team.

“I’ve made no secret of my ambition to continue winning races and world championships, and I fully believe this is the place where I can achieve those aims. “We at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes know how to win, and we’re busy refin-ing an organisation that will enable us to keep on doing that for years to come.”

Team boss Martin Whitmarsh added: “Jenson is a great driver and a great guy. In fact, I can safely say that he’s one of the most capable and respected drivers we’ve ever had, and I’m therefore absolutely delighted that he’ll continue to work with us into the future.

“He’s a considerable credit to this organisation, and I’m proud to be his Team Principal. “I feel sure that he’ll now build on the considerable success he’s already achieved with

Pirelli still seeking rules tweaks for 2012

Button secures new multi-year contract at McLarenJenson Button will stay on at the McLaren team, hav-

ing signed a multi-year contract with the British squad, it was confirmed on Wednesday. The Briton joined McLaren as world champion in 2010, having clinched his first title with the Brawn GP squad back in 2009.

AP Photo/Tim Chong, Pool

McLaren’s Jenson Button of Britain drives away after a pit stop during the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on the Marina Bay City Circuit in Singapore, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011.

us, and will be even more successful with us in years to come.“I think he and Lewis say it better than anyone. Their com-

ments show just how much they respect and trust each other, and they once again continue to prove what we as a team have always known: that Vodafone McLaren Mercedes has the very best driver line-up in all of Formula 1.” Button’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton also welcomed the news.

“It’s great news that Jenson has chosen to stay with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes,” he said. “Jenson has been a great person to work with, and a genuine team-player, from the moment we welcomed him on board. “Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is a team with a unique and successful tradition in Formula 1, which I’m proud to be part of.