Loud moaning sounds were also heard from the cockpit throughout the Lion Air flight, with one passen-ger left so shocked that he lodged a complaint about improper behav-iour with the transport ministry.

The passenger, Lambertus Maeng-kom, said that as the plane took off late from Java island, the co-pilot jokingly announced over the PA sys-tem that he was offering a female, di-

vorced flight attendant to passengers to make up for the delay.

“We want to ask whether it is standard procedure, applied by [au-thorities], to make Lion Air pilots offer a divorced flight attendant to passengers, repeatedly, over the microphone?” Maengkom said in his complaint.

The co-pilot, who has not been named, also loudly wished one of

the other crew members “happy birthday” over the PA system during the flight on Saturday, it said.

“It was not funny at all, it was dangerous,” Maengkom said, adding that angry passengers had questioned whether the co-pilot was sober and unsuccessfully sought to confront him when the plane landed.

The incident sparked widespread media coverage in Indonesia and prompted Lion Air, the country’s biggest low-cost carrier, to launch an internal inquiry.

Reporting the results of an initial

probe late Wednesday, Lion Air announced the co-pilot was being grounded, and investigations were continuing.

“The co-pilot has been grounded and banned from flying,” Lion Air general affairs director Edward Sirait said in a statement.

He did not comment on the air hostess allegation in his statement but insisted the co-pilot was not intoxicated, and that the sounds coming from the cockpit were noth-ing untoward.

“The co-pilot sounded like he

was panting, that’s how he normally talks. The mic was too close to his lips so when he breathed or talked, it sounded like moaning,” Sirait said. (afp)

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NEW YORK — Carly Simon says the second verse of her in-famous song “You’re So Vain” is about Warren Beatty. The 70-year-old singer tells People magazine that she’s “confirmed that the second verse is Warren.” She adds that Beatty “thinks the whole thing is about him!”

Simon will release the memoir, “Boys in the Trees,” on Nov. 24.

The subjects behind “You’re So Vain,” released in 1972, have been a matter of speculation for years.

The singer said the No. 1 hit is about three men, including Beatty, though she isn’t naming the others.

Simon was married to James Taylor, and People says she has been linked to Mick Jagger, Kris Kristofferson, Jack Nicholson and Cat Stevens. (ap)

It’s an enviable place to be in a celebrity-soaked world.

“As a musician, I love the fact that the success was on the music,” she said. “I always say that fame and success are two very different things. ... I had a choice — and not a lot of people have this choice — of whether to seek fame with this music or whether to stay back behind the music and let the music speak for it-

self. And, really, that’s what I did.”Enya’s music re-enters the spot-

light on Friday, with the release of “Dark Sky Island.” It debuts the same day another one-named pow-erhouse comes out with her new album — Adele with her “25.”

The music industry will be watching to see in this era of stream-ing and sharing if Enya can replicate past success. Nielsen Music says

she’s sold 23.8 million albums in the United States alone.

However, there is reason for added excitement: Enya fans are being teased with the possibility that the 54-year-old singer, who rarely sings in public, may actually be ready to take the stage.

“Performing is something I enjoy,” she said. “The way we put an album together is very much a performance feel. We’re trying to capture that live performance and that’s why I would know it would work on stage, and I would love to perform it.”

So why hasn’t she done so in the past?

“Time,” she said. (ap)

NAPLES, Florida — “The West Wing” actor Martin Sheen says he wishes he had the courage of his son Charlie Sheen, who has revealed he’s HIV-positive.

Sheen spoke Tuesday during an event at The Ritz-Carlton resort in Naples, Florida, hours after his son’s appearance on NBC’s “Today.”

According to the Naples Daily News, Sheen said his 50-year-old son had been working up to the

announcement for months with his family’s encouragement.

Sheen said that as he watched his son reveal “his deepest, darkest secret, I couldn’t believe the level of courage I was witnessing, and that it was my son.”

Sheen encouraged support for people struggling with drug and alcohol addictions.

He said he hoped the announce-ment was “the first day of the rest of Charlie’s life as a free man.” (ap)

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Enya returns with ethereal style she’s made her own

NEW YORK — The Irish singer Eithne Ni Bhraonain — known to the world as Enya — has essentially created her own style of music and sold some 80 million CDs in three decades. Yet when she leaves a hotel after talking about her first new work in seven years, chances are she will walk Manhattan streets unnoticed.

TOURISM in Candidasa has been declining in recent years due to lack of attention to basic infrastructure. This despite the fact that this area of Karangasem is a favoured destination of many tourists looking for something a little more low key than the type of tourism found in South Bali.

Tourists from various countries in Europe as well as Austalia, China and Japan often choose to come

t o Candi Dasa so that they can trekk along the path that runs from Tenganan and Kastala to Tirtagangga. They also come here to go snorkelling, do yoga and learn Balinese cooking. But for the moment hotel occupancy rates are as low as 50% which is 10 to 20% lower thet what is considered sustainable.

According to Secretary of the Indonesia Hotel and Res-taurant Association (PHRI) for Karangasem, Wayan Kariasa, Candidasa needs to have a distinct tourism icon to draw in more visitors, and perhaps more importantly, basic facilities need to be improved as does promotion of this location both locally and overseas. “It is not enough to just have a row of hotels an a few restaurants,” he said.

Kariasa however pointed out that in the last year an increasing number of investors have been putting money into renovating vacant hotel buildings in the area, although the outcome is not yet clear. One thing is for sure: many tourism investors have their eyes on East Bali as an alternative destination to the over-crowding of South of Bali.

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JAKARTA - An Indonesian airline has grounded a pilot after he allegedly offered an air hostess to passengers as compensation for a delay on a flight to the resort island of Bali.

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Tourism in Candidasa has been declining in recent years due to lack of attention to basic infrastructure. This despite the fact that this area of Karangasem is a favoured destination of many tourists looking for something a little more low key than the type of tourism found in South Bali.

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

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

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

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

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SEMINyAK - Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort was recently recognised at three major hospitality industry ceremonies, receiving four prestigious awards, reaffirming the re-sort’s dedication to creating distinctive and authentic travel experiences for the luxury traveller.

At the 22nd Annual World Travel Awards – “The Oscars of the Travel Industry”, Anantara Seminyak was lauded twice, first as Indone-sia’s Leading Spa Resort, and second, with the Penthouse at Anantara Seminyak being named Bali’s Leading Suite. Renowned as the most prestigious and comprehensive awards in the travel and tourism industry, over 650,000 votes were cast by travel pro-fessionals and high-end tourism consumers to determine the winners.

A third award was gained at the 2015 Luxury Travel Guide Global Awards, where the resort came first in the Luxury Resort & Spa category. And at the esteemed World Luxury Hotel Awards, Anantara Seminyak General Manager, Mr. Clinton Lovell was recognised as the Best General Manager in Indonesia.

Mr. Lovell commented on these numerous distinctions: “We are deeply honoured to receive these noteworthy accolades, having already proudly received the 2015 World Luxury Spa Award and 2015 Bali Tourism

Awards, as well as a TripAdvisor award for our outstanding guest reviews. With seven awards for this year alone, Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort is setting an indus-try benchmark for luxury and exceptional guest experiences not only in Indonesia, but worldwide.”

Since 2001, Anantara has been creating hospitality experiences with the mission of bringing back the sense of excitement and anticipation that was once inherent to international travel – the true source of a glo-betrotting lifestyle, exceptional experiences and self-discovery. Anantara has bloomed into an extensive collection of unique luxury hotels in both resort and city settings, with indigenous-infused luxuries delivered by a team of passionately dedicated hosts to dis-cerning, curious travellers.

Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort boasts a coveted location along Seminyak Beach, renowned for its pristine sands, rolling surf and stunning sunsets, surrounded by chic restaurants, trendy nightlife, and international shopping. The award-winning resort wel-comes guests in 59 suites and 1 penthouse, immersing them in the authentic riches of the island. With highly acclaimed spa and dining journeys, guests indulge in distinctive sig-nature experiences while discovering Bali’s unique natural and cultural appeals.

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CANdIdASA is a seaside town in eastern Bali that rests on the edge of a fresh water lagoon. It is popular tourist stop and is often described as a more sedate and laid back beach alternative to the teeming, nightclub filled Kuta area or the large, mani-cured resorts at Nusa Dua.

Most sources say a fishing vil-lage was founded on the site by the 12th century and before the modern name of Candidasa was adopted it was known as both Teluk Kehen (“Bay of Fire”) and Cilidasa. There is a temple near the lagoon, with a statue of the fertility goddess Hariti surrounded by a group of children, and cilidasa translates from Ba-linese as “ten children”, so many Balinese who want to have children go on pilgrimage to this place. The modern name is thought to be a corruption of this older name. The town began to catch on as a tourist destination in the 1970s, since there is good snorkelling and diving in the area and the town provides easy access to other destinations in eastern Bali.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the area received a large amount of invest-ment in tourism and a construction boom. To fuel the construction of beach bungalows, new homes and restaurants, the offshore reef was mined for lime to make cement and other construction materials. This removed the coastal barrier that had

protected the beach which was un-dermined and washed away. Local hotel owners constructed a series of t-shaped groins jutting out into the water in an attempt to preserve the beach, with mixed results.

Candidasa is situated at the cen-ter of all the famous dive sites of Bali. Within one hour of Candidasa you will find the famous shipwreck USAT Liberty (Tulamben), Amed, Seraya (especially for muck-diving) and the nearby Padang Bai area. Along the front coast of Candidasa are located the small islands of Biaha, Tepekong and Mimpang, with beautiful coral gardens and the chance of seeing pelagics and a high possibility to see the famous Mola Mola (Oceanic Sunfish) in season. They offer superb but de-manding diving which is only really suitable for more experienced div-ers. Currents here can sometimes be surprising. There is some excellent muck-diving also, especially at the Jetty, Jepun, Blue Lagoon between Candidasa and Padang Bai. From Padang Bai harbour (20 minutes by car from Candidasa) you can reach the Islands of Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan (30 minute boat trip). Here you will find amaz-ing coral gardens and challenging drift dives. At Manta point Bali has Giant Mantas all year around, and in the season from August until October you could see the famous

Mola Mola at Crystal Bay and at Mimpang/Tepekong.

To RelaxMost people now visit Candi-

dasa to relax or for use as a base to explore the rest of East Bali. The main attractions are all outside of town and will require some form of transport to get to. The primary demographic of the tourists visiting Candi Dasa tends towards package tourists and families booking their accommodation in advance, mean-ing that the cheapest losmen style guesthouses are sometimes difficult to come by, especially in peak seasons, but generally speaking Candi Dasa has a comprehensive range of hotels and guesthouses to choose from. In low season, mas-sive discounts are easily available. Nightlife is also rather limited — well non-existent really.

The main “town” is basically one long road that runs the length of the bay and whose beach side is lined by most of the hotels and guesthouses. The road forms a sec-tion of the main around-Bali-road so traffic noise is an issue — while you may notice it less during the day, in the evening and especially early morning it is a bit annoying to be awoken by thundering trucks rolling through town, so try to get a room as close to the water as pos-sible — better to be woken by the

waves than the number 42 bus.The town is split by an especially

pretty lagoon that sits between the main temple in Candidasa and the sea. Lotus filled, with a small islet it is lovely in the early morning and late afternoon and it empties out onto a slither of sand where a handful of fishing boats are pulled up. You’ll find more fishing boats on any bit of beach they can fit them onto.

This same road is lined by most of the restaurants in Candi Dasa. While there are a couple of close-to or on-the-beach eating options, most are on the far side of the road meaning you get to observe the traffic rather than the water. One of the excep-tions to this (and one of the cheapest places in Candidasa to eat) is the seaside warungs towards the start of town — the tremendous sunsets are free! There are a couple of fancier options available as well.

Despite most of the beach being gone, the coastal views over the Amuk Bay are still very scenic. Off-shore you can see the three offshore (uninhabited) islets of Gili Biaha, Gili Kambing and Gili Mimpang, with Nusa Penida and Nusa Lem-bongan further in the distance, while to the southwest you can see Padang Bai. The closer islands form one of the main activities in Candi Dasa — snorkelling. You can hire a jukung for the trip out and back allowing

for a couple of hours snorkelling (or diving). It certainly isn’t world class, a lot of the coral is quite badly banged up, but there are plenty of fish — some quite big.

The second main claim to fame for Candi Dasa is the Bali Aga village of Tenganan which lies a fifteen minute drive inland from Candi Dasa. They’re well regarded for their traditional beliefs and handicrafts. The village can be visited as a part of an organised trip from Candidasa, or, if you have your own transport, you can drive up there yourself.

Lastly, while much of the beach in town has washed away, there is an exceptional strip of sand a twenty minute drive north of Candi Dasa. White Sand Beach (Pantai Putih) really does have close to white sand and makes for a great half or full day trip. While no ac-commodation is available, there are a bunch of seafood eateries to choose from along with deck chairs and umbrellas.

Shifting sands aside, Candidasa is a pleasant place to visit for a few days, whether you plan to simply relax or explore sites further afield. (kmb31)

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Head of the Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Purna, agrees that more intensive promo-tion of the area needs to be done and added that his agency is working on creating a pleasant boulevard for strolling that should be ready next year.

The good news for tourism in Candidasa is that a new new species of coral has been discovered in the waters nearby. Networking Program Manager of the KKP Bali, Conser-vation International Indonesia (CII), I Made Iwan Dewantama explained that this endemic deep sea coral has been named Euphyllia baliensis but is more often reffered to as ‘frangi-pani coral’ by divers, because of its startling resemblance to this land locked flower.

Many are hoping that this rare coral can serve as an icon for Can-didasa and help to draw in more than the 2,000 or so odd tourists that visited Candidasa this year. (kmb31)

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Candidasa is a seaside town in eastern Bali that rests on the edge of a fresh water lagoon. It is popular tourist stop and is often described as a more sedate and laid back beach alternative to the teeming, nightclub filled Kuta area or the large, manicured resorts at Nusa Dua.

Candidasa, a seaside town in easter Bali

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Luxury Resort and Spa Award from Luxury Travel Guide Global Awards 2015

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The President Director, Mr. Djoni Hasjim on behalf of Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort Received Two Awards at 2015 World Travel Awards in Hong Kong.

Anantara Seminyak Bali received four

prestigious awards

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And though van Herpen’s name may not be well-known to the average fashion-loving consumer, fashion-forward sing-ers like Lady Gaga, Bjork and Beyonce have all worn her cre-ations.

“Iris van Herpen: Transform-ing Fashion,” a new exhibition opening Saturday at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, features 45 pieces pulled from 15 of the Dutch artist’s collections designed between 2008 and this year. Organized chronologically, it gives visitors insight into the evolution of the young designer’s career.

Many of the couture pieces look like costumes from a fu-turistic science fiction movie, with dramatic flourishes created from unexpected materials and

contrasting textures.The pieces are displayed on

custom mannequins in such a way that visitors can walk around and see them from every angle be-cause they are as much sculpture as clothing, said High curator of decorative arts and design Sarah Schleuning.

Van Herpen, 31, said people sometimes assume she is inspired by technology, but that is not the case. Rather she sees technology as a tool to help her achieve the physical representation of ideas in her head, she said.

“Often my inspiration doesn’t come from something visual,” she said. “Often I’m inspired by things that are invisible to us, like magnetic motion or electricity.”

Her creative process often in-cludes collaborations with other

artists, designers, architects and scientists. Once she has an idea in her head she experiments to see whether it can best be executed by hand or using more high-tech methods, like 3-D printing.

The first 3-D printed piece she sent down a runway was from a collection called Crystallization in July 2010 and was inspired by the way limestone deposits harden. The cream-colored poly-amide material extends out from the torso in ridged loops, and thin strips of acrylic stick out from the waist of a matching short leather skirt in a way that mimics water squirting out from a fountain.

In the same collection is a water-inspired dress. A simple ir-idescent beige leather sheath with columns of ruffles and draped in metal chains is accented by a giant plastic collar that makes it look as if someone came up and threw a bucket of water on the model and that splash is frozen in time.

One of the most remarkable pieces in the exhibition, which the High recently acquired, is from van Herpen’s spring 2015 collection, Magnetic Motion. It looks like a delicately carved ice sculpture. The structures are so fine and delicate that the techni-cians at the company that printed it for her initially didn’t think it would be possible to create with a 3-D printer using the transparent resin she wanted.

The result is a stunning short strapless dress that hinges open along one side and snaps onto the model. Like many of the other pieces in the exhibition, it’s hard to imagine how it looks on a human body. Luckily, a video in a side gallery showcases six of her runway shows so visitors can see the outfits on models and watch the extraordinary way they move.

Made from materials that

include woven metal gauze, the metal ribs of children’s umbrel-las, leather, laser-cut acrylic, foil, stones, cotton and more, the dresses scream to be touched, and the High is happy to oblige. There are samples of six materi-als from outfits in the exhibition, including the ice dress and water dress, both of which are made from hard, unforgiving plastic, as well as a rubber material that feels like the skin of a Halloween mask, a fine wire mesh that is surprisingly flexible and a mat of fastened-together umbrella ribs.

The show debuts Saturday at the High, where it ends May 15, and then will travel to the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Michigan (fall 2016), the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas (spring 2017), the Cincinnati Museum of Art in Ohio (fall 2017) and the Phoenix Art Museum in Arizona (spring 2018). (ap)

Dutch fashion designer melds the traditional and high-tech

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Dresses from the Refinery Smoke collection by designer Iris van Herpen are displayed at the High Museum’s new exhibit, “Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion”, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta.

ATLANTA — Drawing inspiration from sources including art, architecture, the movement of the human body and science, Iris van Herpen creates cutting-edge fashion using a combina-tion of traditional craftsmanship and innovative technology.

DENPASAR - The government has sponsored tourism promotions in three cities in Saudi Ara-bia, in a bid to increase the number of foreigners vacationing in Indonesia, including Bali. “The interest among foreigners in the Middle East who want to enjoy beautiful and peaceful Bali is quite large,” said tourism observer Dewa Nyoman Putra.

This enthusiasm is proven by the increasing numbers each month of foreigners from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran and many Middle East countries to come to Bali.

As recorded in Bali Government Tourism Office, through September 2015, visits from Middle Eastern citizens reached 22,657. The number is higher than last year visits, which only reached 21.586 tourists.

The foreigners are mostly come from 22 countries, including Saudi Arabia, with 5,499 tourist from Janu-ary to September 2015, followed by Turkey, with 3,639

tourists.Meanwhile, Egyptian tourists made up 2,972 people

during the first nine months of 2015 who came to Bali. People from Iran recorded as many as 2,417 and Kuwait brought 1,416 tourists.

Nyoman Putra added, with only limited promotions in these countries, it exceed the expectations that foreigners would spend their holidays in Bali. They believe that promotions will pull more people to come.

The government initiative is quite impressive. Putra said the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism is cooperating with the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh to hold tourism promotions in three Saudi cities. Meanwhile, tourism organizations that joined the promotion are Sun Island Bali group, Discovery Hotel Kartika Plaza, and Samabe Bali Suites & Villas, Nira Travel and Bali intercontinental Resort, and the Department of Culture and Tourism of West Nusa Tenggara province. Also invited to participate were tourism industry actors with tourism businesses in Saudi Arabia. (ant)

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Tourists visited Taman Ayun Temple in Badung Regency, Bali Island. The government has sponsored tourism promotions in three cities in Saudi Arabia, in a bid to increase the number of foreigners vacationing in Indonesia, including Bali.

Government seeks to expand foreign

tourist to Bali

DENPASAR - The new Gunung Agung market has been built and its inauguration ceremony has taken place. However merchants have yet to be relocated because as Manag-ing Director of PD Pasar Denpasar, I Made Westra, from the mayors office recently said: “we have not been able to move the vendors to the new location because we are still waiting for the new bukidng to be officially handed over to the Spatial Planning and Housign Agency (DTRP)”.

Vendors from the flea market have also agreed to be moved, but PD Pasar Denpasar who is in charge of the operation is still looking for

a suitable location. “The idea to move the vendors

form both these markets was borne out to the fact that there is a school nearby and Jalan Gungung Agung tends to be quite busy, so to avoid congestion here, the markets are being relocated,” said Westra.

There are two potential locations to serve as the location for the new fleas market, on of them is located on Jalan Pidada and the other on Jalan Buluh Indah where the land is large enough to accommodate new buildings part form the ones that are already there. PD Pasar Denpasar will announce their decision as soon as it is made. (kmb12)

New location for Gunung Agung market

Green algae to be used as compost

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Green algae at Lake Buyan. Pancasari village community leader, Wayan Sumadra, said that he has been coordinating with the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Forestry in order to create a program of processing the green algae that has been growing in Lake Buyan.

SINGARAJA - Pancasari vil-lage community leader, Wayan Sumadra, said that he has been coordinating with the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Forestry in order to create a program of processing the green algae that has been growing in Lake Buyan, into compost to be used as fertilizer. “We are happy to see young people in the village collaborating with researchers in developing a way to compost green algae. This is a great program and should be encouraged,” he said.

Lecturer and researcher in

the Faculty of Agriculture at Udayana University, Dr. Kar-tini, added that the Lake Bu-nyan youth group called Bulian Amertha Sari group was formed from a number of youth groups that came together in collabora-tion with research that she was carrying out regarding the green algae. “This research involves various stages, including mixing the algae in the lab with other fluids so that it will ferment and can be used as fertilizer instead of simply being discarded,” she added. (dgk)

--- He was Christophe Lellouche to some, Chris Kelevra to others, and “Moke” online — a commu-nications worker, musician, and soccer fan site provocateur. And he was at the Bataclan when the attackers stormed in.

Lellouche, 33, was a guitarist and backup vocalist in an indie pop band, Olivier, and he had composed music for “Jung Forever,” a 2014 Belgian short film about a therapist and a despondent, cancer-stricken woman.

He and director Jean-Sebastien Lopez had barely met, but Lel-louche immediately grasped the film’s nuances, and he and another musician quickly created exactly what Lopez was looking for, the di-rector wrote on his Facebook page in a tribute to Lellouche. Lellouche had an instinct “that captured all of what I was feeling and that transformed all of it into notes and melody,” he wrote.

Lellouche was also an all-in soccer fan — his beloved team, Olympique de Marseille, tweeted that he would “always be among us.” Under Moke and other aliases, he was a piquant commentator on fan sites including the satirical Horsjeu. But while he was sharp-tongued online, he was anything but in real life, friends said.

“You — during the time I knew you, the too few times I saw you — gave the impression of being a good guy, serene, at ease with himself and, above all, happy with what life had to offer him,” friend Guillaume Duhamel wrote in an essay on the political and cultural site Le Nouveau Cenacle.

--- Veronique Geoffroy de Bo-urgies, 54, was out to dinner with friends who were visiting from

out of town when attackers began shooting at La Belle Equipe, a restaurant near her home that she and her husband had recently dis-covered.

Her husband, photographer Stephane de Bourgies, who was in China for work when the attack happened, had lost his parents in an accident three decades ago, and he and his wife had spoken to their children about death. They talked about the importance of letting people know you love them because that love can carry you through when something terrible happens.

The pair had adopted their daughter Melissa, 14, and their son, 12, both from Madagascar. Shortly after Melissa’s adoption they decided to do something to help other children from that coun-try off the coast of southeast Africa. They founded Zazakely Sambatry, a humanitarian organization whose name means “happy children” in

the Malagasy language, according to the organization’s website.

“She was the one who did every-thing. I supported her in this project, but she was really the one who threw herself into it,” Stephane de Bourgies told French television sta-tion TF1, adding that it was impor-tant to his wife to help the children learn and grow up able to support themselves so they would stay and help improve the country.

As soon as he got the call that his wife had been killed, Stephane de Bourgies began the trip home to be with the couple’s children, who were being cared for by the friends who had been with his wife when she died.

“They were doing surprisingly well, almost better than me,” de Bourgies said in the interview with TF1. “I fell apart and it was them who made me feel better.”

Veronique Geoffroy de Bourgies was very funny and had a tremen-

dous energy and strong personality, her husband said.

“If she didn’t like something, she didn’t hesitate to say it,” he told the television station. “But that was a fault that often became a positive trait.”

The couple lived relatively close to the scene of the Charlie Hebdo attack earlier this year, so terrorism wasn’t a foreign notion to them.

“We had talked about it like everyone talks about it,” he said. “We know it happens, but we didn’t imagine it would happen to us.”

--- Chloe Boissinot, 25, had stopped in at a Paris restaurant with her boyfriend when the terrorists at-tacked. He survived; she didn’t.

Boissinot came to Paris two years ago to be with him and be-gan working in a pub, according to the “7 in Poitiers” news website. Friends and family poured out their grief on social media.

“Chloe was full of life and

health. I want everyone to remem-ber her that way,” her sister Jenny posted on Facebook. Her mother, Babette, wrote parting thoughts to her departed daughter: “You will stay my little one always. You won’t grow old. You won’t get cancer.”

Others were angry and defiant. One family friend wrote to the attackers: “Terrorist, does my free-dom of thought bother you? I’m a woman, French, I wear a skirt, put on high heels, drink wine. Look at me: I think, speak, spit my hatred in your eye. I am diversity. I am tolerance. Look at me: you won’t make me tremble.”

At Chateau-Larcher in western France, where Boissinot went to school, residents observed a moment of silence. Writing in a guestbook, according to the news website Francebleu, one friend called Boissinot “a beautiful flower ripped from the ground by terrorism.”(ap)

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RABAT, Morocco — Seven journalists and activists are facing trial in Morocco in a case widely criticized by human rights groups as politically motivated.

Five of the activists face charges of

“threatening national security” in Thurs-day’s trial, including Maati Monjib, a historian who went on hunger strike twice this year in protest of a travel ban.

Authorities made some reforms to ap-

pease a protest movement known as the Feb. 20 movement in the wake of Arab Spring uprisings in nearby countries, but in recent years have been cracking down on critics, including independent journal-

ists, Feb. 20 activists and independent non-governmental organizations, especially those with foreign funding. The Moroccan government did not respond to requests for comment on the trial. (ap)

Journalists, activists face controversial trial in Morocco

Stories of those who died in the Paris attacks

They were artists and stu-dents, music lovers, parents and newlyweds. The victims of last week’s attacks in Paris had varied backgrounds and interests. Among the 129 killed in the attacks, here are some of their stories:

AP Photo/Peter Dejong

This undated photo provided by Mathilde Mayet shows La-mia Mondeguer and pictures of victims are put on make-shift memorials outside the Bataclan concert hall, the site of one of the six coordinated attacks which claimed the most victims in Paris, Tues-day, Nov. 17, 2015.

BANGLI - Pengotan village in Bangli has taken measures to pre-serve its wildlife by banning hunt-ing. Chief of Pengotan customary village Jro Wayan Kopok explained that hunting has been banned in his village for some time, but sanctions have been made more severe, in order to protect the animals- par-ticularly birds in Pengotan -some of which are already endangered. Those found to be in violation of the ban are subject to fines of some IDR 200, 000 but also to customary penalties. “We protect all kinds of birds, but are especially concerned about those that are endangered including the black-winged star-ling, peaceful dove, yellow-vented bulbul and others,” said Jro Wayan Kopok on Wednesday (Nov. 18).

Junglefowl have a great signifi-

cance for the people of Pengotan who use this bird as part of the ritual celebrations of the anniver-sary (Piodalan) of their Pura Bale Agung. “We are very serious about the ban,” he emphasised. Any hunter found to be in violation of the ban not only has to perform a guru piduka or apologetic ritual, but they are also “subject to customary sanctions that involve being denied access to customary services for six months,” he said . If for example, the perpetrator wants to hold a cremation ceremony, he or she will not be served in the making of sekah or symbolic corpse, or in the case of a wedding ceremony, his or her notice will be rejected or only honoured once the sanction has expired,” said the village headman. (kmb40)

However Headman of Timpag, I Gusti W. Sukewahana, explained on Tuesday (Nov. 17), that al-though there is lots of water, many farmers in the area still cannot plant their paddy fields because the irrigation channel at Melil-

ing is still under repair. “Official reports say that the repairs will be finished by late November but that the cannal will only become operational on December 17th,” he said.

Farmers from Subak Melil-

ing are requesting that water be drained to irrigation channels as soon as possible so that they can start planting in November.

Sukewahana also explained that “because of the severity of the drought this year, an extra large amount of water will be needed to render the land plantable again, it cannot be done in one shot”. He also pointed out that planting in other areas such as West Tabanan

can only start if it rains for at least a week, but so far this has not been the case.

Therefore once the irrigation channel has been opened planting will be done in rotation as differ-ent areas gain access to the water in the dam.

The construction of Telaga Tun-jung dam is intended to provide irrigation to agricultural lands in Tabanan as well as provide clean

water to residents there. The dam 33 meters deep with a maximum capacity of 1,260,000 cubic me-ters of water. Telaga Tunjung dam will provide water for the irriga-tion of three subak areas: 570 hectares in Meliling, 485 hectares in Gadungan, and 430 hectares in Sungsang). Water from the dam will also be accessed by the mu-nicipal waterworks (PDAM) of Kerambitan. (kmb24)

SINGARAJA - The Celukan Bawang Harbor Police and Judicial team carried out a raid on sus-pected sex workers on Tuesday (Nov. 17). Out of the 17 people netted in the raid, 1 tested positive for HIV/AIDS. This alleged sex worker was given an ARV injection and and has been repatriated to her region of origin, outside Bali. West Buleleng authorities have become increasingly concerned about the area known as Kampoeng Malvinas where the sex workers were found, and plan to shut down the area in the near future.

The day after the raid, Deputy Regent of Bule-leng who also serves as Chairman of the Buleleng AIDS Mitigation Commission (KPAD), Nyoman Sutjidra, revealed that blood tests were conducted at the health center of Gerokgak following the Harbour Police raid. Data related to the area of Ger-orkgak shows an especially high incidents of HIV/AIDS which is one of the reasons that the raid was

conducted. “Other raids will follow” he said.Following the findings of prostitutes having

been tested positive for HIV/AIDS, Deputy Regent Sutjidra ordered the village and district authorities to repatriate the sex worker that was found to be carrying the HIV/AIDS virus and the village and district officials have been forbidden from issuing temporary residence permit to migrants seeking to come to Pengulon, as way to stop sex workers form setting up shop here.

“Many migrant sex workers pose as food stall operators, and this is harmful to public safety,” added Sutjidra.

There will be continued government efforts to clean up the area, he said and added that: “the shut-ting down of “Kampong Malvinas” was scheduled for August but because of certain conditions in the field the date for the shut down has been pushed up”. (kmb38)

Pengotan village bans huntingSex worker tested

positive for HIV/AIDS

Telaga Tunjung Dam

Telaga Tunjung dam filled, but water has yet to flow to paddy fields

TABANAN - Rain has finally started to fall in Tabanan and the Telaga Tunjung dam at Timpag has been filled to maximum capacity -in fact some of the spill over has yet to be channeled.

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TOKYO — Japan racked up a trade surplus last month as exports of cars, com-puters and other goods grew, while imports dipped on falling oil prices.

Government data released Thursday showed that the trade surplus totaled 111.5 billion yen ($903 million) in October.

The price of oil is a key factor in Japan’s trade figures as the country has few natural resources and imports almost all its oil, and with most nuclear power plants shut down since the March 2011 disaster, energy im-ports had been soaring.

That means the trade deficits the world’s third-largest economy has marked in recent years were in contrast to its past decades-long, often criticized reputation as a giant exporter.

Despite the growth in car and computer exports, Japan’s overall exports fell 2.1 per-cent in October from the previous year, but that drop was overshadowed by a decline in imports of 13.4 percent, according to the Finance Ministry’s preliminary report. Ex-ports to the U.S. grew, but fell to China, as that economy’s growth gradually slowed.

Junichi Makino, chief economist at SMBC Nikko in Tokyo, believes, in the long term, the main factor that will put Japan’s trade balance into the black is the U.S. economy.

The U.S. recovery appears to be on a solid footing now that seven years have passed since the Lehman Brothers collapse, which greatly hurt the economy, Makino said. Japan is thriving as an exporter of various goods to China, which in turn makes products that get exported to the U.S., he said in a report.

Progress on trade deals that Japan is working on with the U.S. and other nations may boost both imports and exports in the future.

The October surplus comes after Japan recorded a half year of deficits. Earlier this week, the government released data that showed the economy had contracted for July-September, sending Japan into a tech-nical recession. The Bank of Japan policy board is meeting this week, but opinion is divided on whether further stimulus action will be taken. (ap)

TOKYO — A compromise struck by the United States, Japan and other major nations will restrict export financing to build coal power plants overseas, but not eliminate it completely.

The agreement reached earlier this week is an important step that sends a strong political message ahead of upcoming climate change negotiations in Paris, an American official and environmentalists said.

The Obama administration announced in 2013 that it would end U.S. financing for overseas coal plants, and has been pressuring others to join. Japan was among those opposed, arguing that its high-efficiency power plant technology is the best option for developing countries that need afford-able energy.

Under the agreement, which takes effect in 2017, financing would still be allowed for the most advanced “ultra-supercritical” plants, and for some other plants in poor countries. It was worked out by the Organization for Economic Coopera-tion and Development, a Paris-based group of 34 countries including most of Europe and other key economies.

“It’s been a very hard-fought compromise,” a senior Obama administration official said on a con-ference call. “We regard it as a major step forward coming just less than two weeks before the start of the (climate talks) in Paris on Nov. 30.”

A Japan-based network of groups fighting climate change welcomed the agreement, but said it was only a first step. “Even the highest-efficiency coal power plants emit a lot of CO2,” said Kimiko Hirata, the international director of the Kiko Network.

Officials in Australia, a major exporter of coal, were supportive. Josh Frydenberg, the minister for resources, energy and Northern Australia, said, “This agreement supports the development of new technology while also recognizing the important role that coal will continue to play in providing affordable electricity to the world.” (ap)

Falling oil prices trigger Japan trade surplus for October

OECD countries to limit overseas financing for coal plants

AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File

In this Feb. 24, 2015 file photo, workers lay cement to build a concrete structure at the under-construction coal-fired power plant, partially financed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, in Kudgi, India. A compro-mise struck by the United States, Japan and other major nations will restrict export financing to build coal power plants overseas, but not eliminate it completely.

DENPASAR - The Denpasar Police conducted several raids between Novemebr 14th-16th as part of “Operation Social Disease” 2016.

Deputy Chief of Denpasar Police, Nyo-man Artana, said on Wednesday (Nov. 18) that they mostly targeted the dominant alcoholic beverage circulating in Bali: arrack. Most of the evidence secured in the raid came from a bar on Jalan Popies 2 Kuta, where 402 litters of arrack were seized. 74 bottles of illegal important liquor was also seized in raids on Jalan Dewi Sri, Kuta and in several nightclubs and restaurants on Denpasar.

“We also busted cases of gambling, arresting 14 suspected ceki gamblers and three suspected toto gamblers. Evidence secured from the gamblers included money, handphone, ATM cards, money transfers and other evidence,” said Ar-tana.

In another operation headed by Ganefo of the Denpaar Police led to the arrest of nine suspected drug traffickers on Jalan Buana Raya Gang Bunga, West Denpasar. Evidence seized in this raid consisted of tens of grams of crystal meth and ecstasy.

“We appeal to the public to be alert and keep their environment clear of drugs as they are harmful and especially damaging to the younger generation. We will con-tinue to take actions in order to decrease drug offenses,” he said. (kmb36)

BANGLI - Rabies cases oc-curred so far in some areas in Bali adequately affected the sales of Kintamani dog. Since the outbreak of rabies, the sales of Kintamani dog slumps when compared to the previous period. Such condition is perceived by one of the breeders of Kintamani dog at Sukawana, Ketut Nonog.

Not long ago, Nonog, who is also the headman of Sukawana, admitted that rabies cases have quite significant impact on the sales of Kintamani dog. As a result of the deadly disease, the price of Kinta-mani dog slightly dropped. This happened because the demand for Kintamani dogs decreased.

“The demand slightly declines because many people are afraid to buy. Probably they worry about rabies cases. Actually I have made sure that Kintamani dog is free from rabies,” he explained.

He said when compared to previous condition, the sales of Kintamani dog was good enough. The demand was not only from Bali region, but also from outside Bali, such as Surabaya and other regions. By dog lovers, the Kin-tamani dog having dense fur on neck and tail is usually included in a dog contest.

Nonog said that so far the Kin-tamani puppies have been sold by breeders of Sukawana village for prices ranging from IDR 500,000 to IDR 1.5 million per head de-pending on the weight and quality of the dog. He did not deny that a few dog breeders sell theirs at low prices because there is no standard price. Related to this, he hoped the government to make a standard price including helping the breeders by declaring that Kintamani dog at Sukawana village is free from rabies. (kmb40)

IBP/File

The owner of Kintamani Dog gather during an event.

Kintamani dog sales sluggish

The illegal liquor confiscated from several places in Denpasar.

Denpasar Police seize hundreds of bottles of alcohol and arrest drug traffickers and gamblers

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Indonesia has executed 14 drug offenders this year, straining relations with Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands and Nigeria, which all had citizens among those shot by firing squad. The last executions took place in April.

“We haven’t thought about executing a death penalty with the

economic conditions like this,” co-ordinating security minister Luhut Pandjaitan told reporters. He didn’t elaborate.

Indonesia’s economy expanded 4.73 percent in the third quarter, slightly faster than the six-year low of 4.67 percent reached in the

previous quarter.Shortly after taking office in

October 2014, Indonesian President Joko Widodo signed off on the ex-ecution of more than 60 prisoners.

Pandjaitan did not say when the next round of executions would take place.

Indonesia has harsh punishments for drug crimes but imposed an informal moratorium on the death penalty for five years before resum-ing them in 2013. (rtr)

“Terrorism hit France not because of what it is doing in Iraq and Syria ... but for what it is,” Valls told the lower house of Parliament. He added, “We know that there could also be a risk of chemical or biological weapons.” Valls did not say there was a specific threat involving such weapons.

In neighboring Belgium, where many of the Paris attackers lived, Prime Minister Charles Michel on Thursday announced a package of additional anti-terror measures, and said 400 million euros ($427 mil-lion) would be earmarked to expand the fight.

He told lawmakers that security personnel will be increased and spe-cial attention will be paid to eradicat-ing messages of hate. He also called for more international cooperation, and said he wants to amend the Belgian constitution to extend the length of time terror suspects can be held by police without charge. “All democratic forces have to work together to strengthen our security,” Michel said.

The French Interior Ministry and Paris prosecutor’s office, meanwhile, said it still remains unclear whether the suspected mastermind of last week’s attacks, in which 129 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded, has been killed or is still at large.

Officials said authorities are work-

ing on determining whether 27-year-old Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud was among those killed in a chaotic and bloody raid on an apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis on Wednesday. Police launched the operation after receiving information from tapped phone calls, surveillance and tipoffs suggesting that Abaaoud was holed up there.

Paris Prosecutor Francois Mo-lins said the identities of the dead are still being investigated, but that neither Abaaoud nor another fugi-tive, Salah Abdeslam, is in custody. In Belgium, authorities launched six raids in the Brussels region Thursday linked to Bilal Hadfi, one of the three suicide bombers who blew themselves up outside the Stade de France.

An official in the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office told The Associ-ated Press the raids were taking place in the suburb of Molenbeek and other areas of Brussels. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continu-ing, said the actions were focusing on Hadfi’s “entourage.”

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius urged the international com-munity to do more to eradicate the Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility for last Friday’s attacks on a rock concert, Parisian cafes and the national stadium. Fabius, speak-

ing on France-Inter radio, said the group “is a monster. But if all the countries in the world aren’t capable of fighting against 30,000 people (IS members), it’s incomprehensible.”

France has stepped up its airstrikes against extremists in Syria since the attack, and French President Francois Hollande is going to Washington and Moscow next week to push for a stronger international coalition against IS. Speaking after the seven-hour siege in Saint-Denis, Hollande said that France was “at war” with the Islamic State group.

In its English-language magazine, Islamic State said it will continue its violence and “retaliate with fire and bloodshed” for insults against the Prophet Muhammad and “the mul-titudes killed and injured in crusader airstrikes.”

Paris prosecutor Molins said Wednesday that investigators found a cell phone in a garbage can outside the Bataclan concert hall in eastern Paris where 89 of the victims of Fri-day’s carnage died. It contained a text message sent about 20 minutes after the massacre began. “We’re off, it’s started,” it read. Molins said investi-gators were still trying to identify the recipient of the message.

French authorities have said most of the Friday attackers — five have been identified so far — were un-known to them. But two U.S. of-ficials said that many, though not all, of those identified were on the U.S. no-fly list. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the issue publicly.

A Spanish security official said French authorities had sent a bulletin to police across Europe asking them to watch out for a Citroen Xsara car that could be carrying Salah Abdeslam, whose brother, Brahim, was among the attackers who blew themselves up.

French authorities declared a state of emergency after the attacks, and security forces have conducted 414 raids, making 60 arrests and seizing 75 weapons, including 11 military-style firearms, the Interior Ministry said. Parliament was expected to vote by the end of the week to extend the state of emergency.

The state of emergency expands police powers to carry out arrests and searches, and allows authorities to forbid the movement of persons and vehicles at specific times and places. (ap)

BRUSSELS — Belgium’s prime minister vowed on Thursday called for changes to the country’s con-stitution to combat extremists, and promised hundreds of millions of euros to boost the security forces.

Addressing the federal parlia-ment as security forces were con-ducting raids around the capital Brussels, Charles Michel pledged to use changes to the constitution to triple preventive detention times for suspects.

He also affirmed that Belgium would move forward alone on a system of airline passenger in-formation sharing that European Union nations have been incapable of agreeing in four years.

“The risk before us is the col-lapse of the entire European project if we don’t take our responsibili-ties,” he told the lawmakers. “All democratic forces have to work together to strengthen our security,” he said.

Michel said 400 million euros

($427 million) would be earmarked to boost the security forces, and said special attention would be paid to eradicating messages of hate inspir-ing young people to fight in places like Syria and Iraq, or back at home later in Europe. “For jihadis who return, their place is in prison,” said Michel.

He dismissed criticism of Bel-gian police, saying they had pro-vided vital information that led to a major police raid in the northern Paris suburb of Saint Denis on Wednesday.

Some 500 people are on Bel-gium’s list of “radicalized” people, and about 30 people are known to have traveled to Syria as potential foreign fighters in the Molenbeek neighborhood, a major source of extremists.

Michel said he would introduce a system for people considered a threat that would “impose the wearing of an electronic brace-let.” (ap)

LONDON — British police have arrested a Libyan man in his 50s on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in the 1984 killing of Lon-don policewoman Yvonne Fletcher. They said it is “the first significant arrest” in the investigation into the killing of the 25-year-old police-woman more than 30 years ago.

Fletcher was killed and 10 others injured when a gunman opened fire

on police and protesters from inside the Libyan embassy in London.

The killing led Britain to break diplomatic relations and helped seal Libya’s reputation as a rogue state.

Police said Thursday they had also arrested a man and a woman as part of a money-laundering investigation dealing with the slay-ing. (ap)

AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza

A girl takes a picture from the banks of the River Seine of the illuminated Eiffel Tower in the French national colors red, white and blue in honor of the victims of the terrorist attacks last Friday, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015.

French leader: Extremists may strike with chemical, bio arms

PARIS — With France still reeling from last week’s deadly attacks in Paris, Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned Thursday that Islamic extremists might at some point use chemical or biological weapons, and urged lawmakers to extend a national state of emergency by three months.

British police arrest man in 1984 killing

of policewoman

AP Photo/Virginia Mayo

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, center, addresses Bel-gian Federal Parliament in Brussels Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. Michel, while addressing parliament on Thursday, said he wants to amend the constitution to extend the length of time terror suspects can be held by police without charge.

Belgium vows extremism crackdown, boosts security forces

REUTERS/Mast Irham/Pool

Indonesia’s Vice President Jusuf Kalla (L) is greeted by Philippine President Benigno Aquino as he arrives for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders meeting in Manila, Philippines, November 19, 2015.

JAKARTA - Tourism Minister Arief Yahya expressed optimism that the National Press Day com-memoration to be held in Febru-ary 2016 in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province, would help to promote the country’s halal tourism.

The promotion of halal tourism in NTB is expected to help the na-tion achieve its target of attracting 20 million tourists by 2019, he stated on Wednesday.

The minister recently held a meeting with the leadership of the Indonesian Journalist Association (PWI), which is the organizer of the Press Day commemoration.

Among those present in the meet-ing were PWI Chairman Margiono and member of the PWI’s Advisory

Board, Sofyan Lubis.He urged the PWI to support the

decision to designate NTB as a halal and maritime tourism destination.

The government’s visa-free fa-cility to some 90 countries is aimed at attracting more cruise liners to visit Indonesia’s islands, including NTB, he noted.

Margiono said the PWI and tour-ism ministry are planning to imple-ment some programs to increase awareness among journalists and editors of tourism publications.

He said the media will support the government’s target to attract 20 million foreign tourists.

“Promoting our country’s beauti-ful panoramas to the world is also our moral task and responsibility,” Margiono stated. (ant)

PAPUA - A high-profile Papuan separatist leader was released from prison Thursday after more than a decade behind bars, a fresh sign that Indonesia may be easing its tight grip on the restive eastern region.

Filep Karma, the most prominent of Papua’s political prisoners and convicted of raising a pro-indepen-dence flag, walked free from jail to an emotional welcome by hundreds of cheering supporters.

His release had been held up for months after he refused to admit guilt in line with demands from the government. In the end, authorities agreed to grant him a sentence re-mission for good behaviour, accord-ing to Human Rights Watch.

“Thank you Lord, he is in very good health and he was welcomed very well by Papuans, this is what Papuans want,” his spokeswoman Ruth Ogetay told AFP after Karma was freed from prison on the out-skirts of Jayapura, the capital of Papua province.

“Hundreds of people were here to welcome him, everybody is so happy he has been released.”

The move came after Indonesian President Joko Widodo pledged to improve livelihoods in the poor region, where security forces have long faced accusations of rights abuses against the local population in the name of anti-rebel opera-

tions.A low-level insurgency has sim-

mered for decades in Papua, where poorly armed fighters are battling against rule from Jakarta, and the region has a heavy military and police presence.

Dozens of separatists are in jail for committing treason for acts such as raising the pro-independence “Morning Star” flag and taking part in anti-government protests.

Karma, 56, was the most high-profile of the separatist detainees. He was found guilty of treason and jailed in 2004 after raising the banned flag at a rally.

The United Nations had con-demned his detention as “arbitrary”, while Amnesty International had designated him a prisoner of con-science.

Karma’s release came after five political prisoners were freed in May at a ceremony attended by Widodo. The president also pledged to end decades-old reporting restrictions for foreigners in Papua, although rights groups say the government continues to block access.

There are still regular flare-ups of violence in Papua, which con-sists of two provinces, Papua and West Papua. Jakarta took control of the region, which forms half of the island of New Guinea, in 1963 from former colonial power the Netherlands. (afp)

Indonesia releases prominent Papuan

independence leader

Press Day commemoration to promote halal tourism

Indonesia’s economic slowdown provides death row reprieve

JAKARTA - Indonesia is putting off executions due to the slowdown in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, the chief security minister said on Thursday, without explaining the connection.

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The Blazers dropped their sev-enth straight, their worst losing streak since closing 2012-13 on a 13-game skid. Damian Lillard led Portland with 23 points. San Antonio’s Tony Parker scored a season-high 25 points as the Spurs never trailed in beating the Denver Nuggets 109-98 for their sixth straight victory.

Kawhi Leonard added 20 points, Tim Duncan had 12 and LaMarcus Aldridge 11 for the Spurs, undefeat-ed at home after five games. Patty

Mills was 3 for 6 on 3-pointers in scoring a season-high 17 points.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points for Dallas and Wesley Matthews had 18 as the Mavericks erased an 18-point, first-half deficit to defeat the Boston Celtics Boston 106-102 for their fifth consecutive win. Zaza Pachulia had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Mavericks. Deron Williams added 16 points, including consecutive key baskets.

Isaiah Thomas led Boston with 19 points. In Philadelphia, Paul George scored 34 points and C.J. Miles added 20 to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 112-85 rout of the win-less 76ers.

T.J. McConnell scored 16 points for Philadelphia, which dropped to 0-12 while setting a season high with 31 turnovers.

The 76ers are within five losses of matching last season’s franchise-worst start and six defeats from ty-

ing the NBA record, set by the 2009 Nets, for longest losing streak to begin a season. Philadelphia opens a six-game road trip on Friday in Charlotte.

It was the 76ers’ 22nd loss in a row dating to last season, four from equaling the NBA record they already share with Cleveland. The Chicago Bulls downed the Phoenix Suns 103-97 for their fourth victory after Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 32 points.

Pau Gasol added 17 points and eight rebounds, and Kirk Hinrich scored 14 as former Phoenix guard Aaron Brooks had 12 points as Chicago ended the Suns’ three-game winning streak. Bulls guard Derrick Rose sat out with a sore left ankle.

In other games, Paul Millsap scored 23 points as the Atlanta Hawks held off the Sacramento Kings 103-97, the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the New Orleans Pelicans 110-103, the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Brooklyn Nets 116-111, the Orlando Magic had a 104-101 overtime win over the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Utah Jazz downed the Toronto Raptors 93-89. (ap)

Honda prevented its MotoGP riders from speaking at a recent event in Italy because it still fears a backlash towards Marc Marquez after the controversial end to the season. Marquez clashed with Valentino Rossi at Sepang, and was then accused of protecting Jorge Lorenzo in the championship decider at Valencia.

Prior to the season finale, there was an altercation at Marquez’s house with an Ital-ian television crew.

Team principal Livio Suppo said he instructed Marquez and team-mate Dani Pedrosa not to talk at a Honda presentation in Milan this week because he is still worried about possible reactions.

“Yes, of course, we told them not to speak,” Suppo told Gazzetta dello Sport. “By now I can expect anything, the only thing missing is someone spitting on Marc.

“I don’t know if Valentino will shake the hand Marc has held out to him, and I don’t know if Marc will carry on holding it out ei-

ther. “I can say that it has gone much beyond what’s acceptable. I would like people to go back using their heads.

“I admit I made a mistake in not interven-ing immediately after Valentino’s accusa-tions at the Sepang press conference.”

Suppo added that Marquez’s conscience is clear over the Valencia race and suggested the riders would have behaved differently had they been trying to fix the result.

“If Marc, Dani and Jorge really wanted to fix the result at Valencia, they would have overtaken each other 300 times and then they would have given the victory to whoever they wanted.

“They were aware that, by doing what happened in the end, they would be buried by accusations. “Marc has always stayed calm because his conscience is fine.

“Let me add, however, that after what had happened in Sepang, I don’t know how Valentino could expect any help from him.” (rtr)

Harden, Rockets pull out OT win after firing McHale

HOUSTON — James Harden scored 45 points, including all nine for Houston in overtime, as the Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 108-103 on Wednesday after firing coach Kevin McHale earlier in the day. Corey Brewer made an off-balance 3-pointer to force overtime and Harden took over from there, finishing with 11 assists, eight rebounds and five steals as the Rockets capped an emotional day at the Toyota Center.

AP Photo/Pat Sullivan

Houston Rockets’ James Harden (13) drives the ball past Port-land Trail Blazers’ Allen Crabbe (23) in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, in Houston. The Rockets won 108-103 in overtime.

Honda still fears Marquez backlash After Rossi MotoGP controversy

REUTERS/Heino Kalis

Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain smiles before the second qualify-ing session ahead of the Valencia Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Ricardo Tormo racetrack in Cheste, near Valencia, Spain, November 6, 2015.

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At a special security meeting prompted by last week’s events in France, officials declared the league match between the rivals a high-risk event and announced they will double the police pres-ence at the game in Madrid.

Spain’s secretary of state for security said after Wednesday’s meeting that the measures will be “more than enough” to guarantee the safety of all of those involved in the game at Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

Francisco Martinez said fans should “trust” the local police forces and the security measures that will be in place, and should plan on attending the match with “normality” and “tranquility.”

“We want to make sure the fans can enjoy this event with safety,” Martinez said. “We will do what’s necessary to make sure nobody can try to promote terror or try to change the way we live our lives.”

It’s not uncommon for the high-profile clasico to be labeled a high-risk game, but usually it happens because of threats of fan

violence, not terrorism.The extraordinary meeting

in Madrid happened only two days after the cancellation of Spain’s friendly against Belgium in Brussels because of security concerns, and a day after the friendly between Germany and the Netherlands was called off because local government of-ficials said there was a serious threat of a bomb at the stadium in Hannover.

Spanish officials said that for now there was no reason to consider cancelling the highly anticipated league game, which marks the first encounter by the two sides this season.

“There will be an operation without any precedents when it comes to sporting events,” Martinez said. “We have to maintain normality, but without forgetting the situation in which we are in.”

Full details of the security operation were not immediately made available, and its full scope would only be discussed in an-other meeting on Thursday, but

officials said that nearly 1,500 private security agents will be working during the game, as well as least 1,000 national police of-ficers — double of what would normally be available for other similar high-risk games. Several security zones will be imple-mented outside of the Bernabeu, keeping those without tickets or credentials away from the 81,000-capacity venue.

“The measures will be enough, more than enough,” Martinez said. “We will have all the needed measures in place to guarantee the absolute normality for this event.”

Officials said fans do need to plan on arriving at the stadium well in advance, as the added security measures are expected to cause unusual delays. The fixture at the Bernabeu has been targeted by extremists in the past.

In May 2002, an ETA bomb exploded near the venue hours before a Champions League semifinal against Barcelona, slightly injuring 17 people. In 2004, the stadium had to be emptied because of a bomb threat late into a Spanish league game against Real Sociedad, forcing its postponement to a later date. (ap)

Louis van GaaL does “noth-ing” as Manchester United manager but earns a lot because the most im-portant job for a top-level coach is delegating responsibilities to his staff. Speaking at the League Managers As-sociation (LMA) annual management conference on Wednesday, Van Gaal touched upon his philosophy, describ-ing himself as an innovator who pio-neered modern coaching methods.

“Feedback is very important... But I have to say that because when I don’t say that then I’m arrogant,” Van Gaal was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph.

“I am also an innovator and I have changed a lot in terms of preparing for games. I was the first coach who was with a notebook. Now everybody is with a notebook. I was the first coach who used video,” he added. “I’m from a time where you (the manager) did everything. Now I’m the manager and I have a sports science department, I have a scouting department, I have a medical department, I have assistant managers, I have assistant coaches.

“I don’t do anything... nothing! I delegate. I delegate and I earn a lot of money.” Former United midfielder Paul Scholes has been one of Van Gaal’s most vocal critics this sea-son, accusing the team of lacking creativity and playing “boring” football.

United are fourth in the table, two points adrift of leaders Manchester City, and went through a run of three back-to-back goalless

draws in October. They have scored fewer league goals (17) than any side in the top six but also boast the meanest defence, having conceded just eight in the league.

Van Gaal defended himself against claims that his team cannot play attack-ing football, citing his time in charge of Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam as proof that his teams learn how to attack once they absorb the basic tenets of his philosophy.

“We (Ajax) won everything with very attacking football. I don’t say it too much because otherwise Mr Sc-holes will be very angry!” the Dutch-man said with a laugh. “When you see my press conferences, I’m discussing a lot my philosophy.

“It takes always a little bit of time to transfer the message. I’m training in the brain -- a lot of things in the brain -- because football is not a sport of legs, it is a sport of brain, and tactics. So, that takes a lot of

time.” (rtr)

isTanBuL — Galatasaray says it has parted company with head coach Hamza Hamzaoglu. Hamzaoglu led the club to the league and cup double last season and started the current campaign by winning the Turkish Super Cup.

“Galatasaray football team and Hamza Hamzaoglu have

mutually agreed to terminate his contract. We want to thank our former manager for his services to the club and wish him all the best in the future,” a club

statement read Wednesday.Hamzaoglu took over tem-

porarily following Cesare Pran-delli’s exit in November 2014 but was rewarded with a long-term contract extension after guiding the club to the domestic double.

His departure follows back-to-back defeats against Benfica in the Champions League and a 4-3 loss away to Rizespor in its last league outing.

“I thank the Galatasaray com-munity for their support and confidence they showed me from the first day. After my playing

career to serve this community as a coach, I had the honor of winning with considerable suc-cess. Tomorrow is a new day for everyone. I wish Galatasaray to be full of new successes from tomorrow,” Hamzaoglu said in a statement published on the club’s official website.

The club’s goalkeeping coach and former Galatasaray player Claudio Taffarel will take charge of Saturday’s game at home to Antalyaspor. Gala is currently third in the standings, five points adrift of leaders Besiktas. (ap)

ZuRiCH — Too many FIFA member federations are secretive about what they do and how they spend money, according to an anti-corruption monitor’s study. A total of 168 of the 209 FIFA members fail to make financial reports publicly avail-able, Transparency International said in research published Thursday.

“The risk of corruption at too many football associations around the world is high,” TI managing director Cobus de Swardt said in a statement. “This problem is made worse by the lack of information such as audited financial statements by many associations.”

The research follows criminal investigations of FIFA and senior officials launched by federal pros-ecutors in the United States and Switzerland.

Greater scrutiny of finances should be a key part of changing the culture of FIFA and its members, Transpar-ency International suggested. “This lack of transparency and account-ability is unfortunately not limited to FIFA’s headquarters,” the document said. “Any reform of FIFA will have to make that a priority.”

Only 14 members — including England, Italy and all three Scan-dinavian federations — publish the minimum amount of information suggested by TI. Just three of the 14 were outside Europe: Canada, Japan and New Zealand.

More than one in five of the 209 national soccer bodies had no web-site to explain their work, and 178 did not publish an annual activity report. Only two of FIFA’s six con-tinental confederations — European body UEFA and Africa’s CAF — revealed their annual accounts, the

not-for-profit group stated in its 16-page document.

The front cover is the photograph of FIFA President Sepp Blatter being showered with dollar bills during a stunt by a British television come-dian in July.

Each of FIFA’s 209 members got at least $2.05 million from central funds during a four-year financial cy-cle tied to 2014 World Cup income. The six confederations shared $102 million from FIFA in that time.

“Other than a partial accounting on the FIFA web site, there is no clear way to track what the (members) did with all that money,” the report said. It noted that some soccer bodies claimed they were not required by national laws to reveal their work.

Four measures were set by TI as minimum steps to being transparent: Publishing audited financial accounts, an annual activity report, a code of conduct and organizational statutes.

A total 87 national federations scored zero in the transparency test, including the home bodies of four FIFA Executive Committee mem-bers: Congo, Cyprus, Kuwait and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Russia, the 2018 World Cup host, met two of the four requirements and 2022 host Qatar scored zero. Neither federation published finan-cial accounts.

The U.S. Soccer Federation pub-lished its financial accounts and stat-utes, but no activity report or code of conduct, the TI report noted.

“Any incoming president of FIFA must make it a priority to create more accountable governance throughout the organizations from the bottom, as well as from the top,” De Swardt said. (ap)

nYon — UEFA says all 40 matches in the Champions League and Europa League next week are scheduled to go ahead as planned. UEFA confirmed its plans following the deadly attacks in Paris and the cancel-lation of international friendly matches in Belgium and Ger-many because of security alerts.

The governing body says no clubs have contacted UEFA about potential changes to matches scheduled next Tuesday through Thursday.

Still, UEFA is “working close-ly with the home clubs and local authorities to ensure all neces-sary measures are implement-ed to guarantee safety.” Paris

Saint-Germain plays away next Wednesday at Swedish champion Malmo.

UEFA says it “has not is-sued directives about travelling fans.” Monaco and Anderlecht have agreed to a ban on the Brussels club’s fans traveling for a Europa League match on Thursday. (ap)

ManCHesTeR CiTY midfielder Samir Nasri has ruled himself out of action for three months due to a ham-string injury but insists he will return “better than ever”.

Nasri strained his hamstring in City’s 5-1 over Bournemouth on Oct. 17 and has not played for the club since, though manager Manuel Pellegrini was hopeful he would recover in t ime for Saturday’s Premier League clash at home to

Liverpool.In addition to the Liverpool game,

Nasri is set to miss several other impor-tant league matches, including against Southampton on Nov. 28 and Arsenal on Dec. 21.

“What doesn’t kill you make you stronger. I will be back better than ever see you in 3 months,” the 28-year-old said on Twitter on Wednesday, while a picture on his Instagram account showed him on crutches. (rtr)

UEFA: Champions League schedule stays despite Paris attacks

AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

Galatasaray’s coach Hamza Hamzaoglu gives instructions to his players during the Champions League Group C soccer match between Galatasaray and Benfica at Turk Telekom Arena Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015.

Hamza Hamzaoglu leaves Galatasaray coaching role

I do ‘nothing’ at Man Utd, but I earn

a lot - Van Gaal

Manchester U n i t e d ’ s manager L o u i s van Gaal leaves the p i t c h a t the end of the Champi-ons League G r o u p B s o c c e r m a t c h between M a n -chester U n i t e d and CSKA Moskva at Old Trafford Stadium, Man-chester, England, Tues-day, Nov. 3, 2015.

Man City’s Nasri rules himself out for

three months

Anti-corruption group study says FIFA

members too secretive

AP Photo/Paul White

A group of people visit Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. The attack by extremists in Paris have prompted Spanish authorities to schedule an extraordinary meeting to discuss security measures for the biggest game of the season Real Madrid vs. Barcelona on Saturday.

Unprecedented security measures in place for Madrid vs Barca

MADRID — Spanish officials are promising unprec-edented security measures for Saturday’s soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona following the attacks in Paris.

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Sp rt

At a special security meeting prompted by last week’s events in France, officials declared the league match between the rivals a high-risk event and announced they will double the police pres-ence at the game in Madrid.

Spain’s secretary of state for security said after Wednesday’s meeting that the measures will be “more than enough” to guarantee the safety of all of those involved in the game at Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

Francisco Martinez said fans should “trust” the local police forces and the security measures that will be in place, and should plan on attending the match with “normality” and “tranquility.”

“We want to make sure the fans can enjoy this event with safety,” Martinez said. “We will do what’s necessary to make sure nobody can try to promote terror or try to change the way we live our lives.”

It’s not uncommon for the high-profile clasico to be labeled a high-risk game, but usually it happens because of threats of fan

violence, not terrorism.The extraordinary meeting

in Madrid happened only two days after the cancellation of Spain’s friendly against Belgium in Brussels because of security concerns, and a day after the friendly between Germany and the Netherlands was called off because local government of-ficials said there was a serious threat of a bomb at the stadium in Hannover.

Spanish officials said that for now there was no reason to consider cancelling the highly anticipated league game, which marks the first encounter by the two sides this season.

“There will be an operation without any precedents when it comes to sporting events,” Martinez said. “We have to maintain normality, but without forgetting the situation in which we are in.”

Full details of the security operation were not immediately made available, and its full scope would only be discussed in an-other meeting on Thursday, but

officials said that nearly 1,500 private security agents will be working during the game, as well as least 1,000 national police of-ficers — double of what would normally be available for other similar high-risk games. Several security zones will be imple-mented outside of the Bernabeu, keeping those without tickets or credentials away from the 81,000-capacity venue.

“The measures will be enough, more than enough,” Martinez said. “We will have all the needed measures in place to guarantee the absolute normality for this event.”

Officials said fans do need to plan on arriving at the stadium well in advance, as the added security measures are expected to cause unusual delays. The fixture at the Bernabeu has been targeted by extremists in the past.

In May 2002, an ETA bomb exploded near the venue hours before a Champions League semifinal against Barcelona, slightly injuring 17 people. In 2004, the stadium had to be emptied because of a bomb threat late into a Spanish league game against Real Sociedad, forcing its postponement to a later date. (ap)

Louis van GaaL does “noth-ing” as Manchester United manager but earns a lot because the most im-portant job for a top-level coach is delegating responsibilities to his staff. Speaking at the League Managers As-sociation (LMA) annual management conference on Wednesday, Van Gaal touched upon his philosophy, describ-ing himself as an innovator who pio-neered modern coaching methods.

“Feedback is very important... But I have to say that because when I don’t say that then I’m arrogant,” Van Gaal was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph.

“I am also an innovator and I have changed a lot in terms of preparing for games. I was the first coach who was with a notebook. Now everybody is with a notebook. I was the first coach who used video,” he added. “I’m from a time where you (the manager) did everything. Now I’m the manager and I have a sports science department, I have a scouting department, I have a medical department, I have assistant managers, I have assistant coaches.

“I don’t do anything... nothing! I delegate. I delegate and I earn a lot of money.” Former United midfielder Paul Scholes has been one of Van Gaal’s most vocal critics this sea-son, accusing the team of lacking creativity and playing “boring” football.

United are fourth in the table, two points adrift of leaders Manchester City, and went through a run of three back-to-back goalless

draws in October. They have scored fewer league goals (17) than any side in the top six but also boast the meanest defence, having conceded just eight in the league.

Van Gaal defended himself against claims that his team cannot play attack-ing football, citing his time in charge of Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam as proof that his teams learn how to attack once they absorb the basic tenets of his philosophy.

“We (Ajax) won everything with very attacking football. I don’t say it too much because otherwise Mr Sc-holes will be very angry!” the Dutch-man said with a laugh. “When you see my press conferences, I’m discussing a lot my philosophy.

“It takes always a little bit of time to transfer the message. I’m training in the brain -- a lot of things in the brain -- because football is not a sport of legs, it is a sport of brain, and tactics. So, that takes a lot of

time.” (rtr)

isTanBuL — Galatasaray says it has parted company with head coach Hamza Hamzaoglu. Hamzaoglu led the club to the league and cup double last season and started the current campaign by winning the Turkish Super Cup.

“Galatasaray football team and Hamza Hamzaoglu have

mutually agreed to terminate his contract. We want to thank our former manager for his services to the club and wish him all the best in the future,” a club

statement read Wednesday.Hamzaoglu took over tem-

porarily following Cesare Pran-delli’s exit in November 2014 but was rewarded with a long-term contract extension after guiding the club to the domestic double.

His departure follows back-to-back defeats against Benfica in the Champions League and a 4-3 loss away to Rizespor in its last league outing.

“I thank the Galatasaray com-munity for their support and confidence they showed me from the first day. After my playing

career to serve this community as a coach, I had the honor of winning with considerable suc-cess. Tomorrow is a new day for everyone. I wish Galatasaray to be full of new successes from tomorrow,” Hamzaoglu said in a statement published on the club’s official website.

The club’s goalkeeping coach and former Galatasaray player Claudio Taffarel will take charge of Saturday’s game at home to Antalyaspor. Gala is currently third in the standings, five points adrift of leaders Besiktas. (ap)

ZuRiCH — Too many FIFA member federations are secretive about what they do and how they spend money, according to an anti-corruption monitor’s study. A total of 168 of the 209 FIFA members fail to make financial reports publicly avail-able, Transparency International said in research published Thursday.

“The risk of corruption at too many football associations around the world is high,” TI managing director Cobus de Swardt said in a statement. “This problem is made worse by the lack of information such as audited financial statements by many associations.”

The research follows criminal investigations of FIFA and senior officials launched by federal pros-ecutors in the United States and Switzerland.

Greater scrutiny of finances should be a key part of changing the culture of FIFA and its members, Transpar-ency International suggested. “This lack of transparency and account-ability is unfortunately not limited to FIFA’s headquarters,” the document said. “Any reform of FIFA will have to make that a priority.”

Only 14 members — including England, Italy and all three Scan-dinavian federations — publish the minimum amount of information suggested by TI. Just three of the 14 were outside Europe: Canada, Japan and New Zealand.

More than one in five of the 209 national soccer bodies had no web-site to explain their work, and 178 did not publish an annual activity report. Only two of FIFA’s six con-tinental confederations — European body UEFA and Africa’s CAF — revealed their annual accounts, the

not-for-profit group stated in its 16-page document.

The front cover is the photograph of FIFA President Sepp Blatter being showered with dollar bills during a stunt by a British television come-dian in July.

Each of FIFA’s 209 members got at least $2.05 million from central funds during a four-year financial cy-cle tied to 2014 World Cup income. The six confederations shared $102 million from FIFA in that time.

“Other than a partial accounting on the FIFA web site, there is no clear way to track what the (members) did with all that money,” the report said. It noted that some soccer bodies claimed they were not required by national laws to reveal their work.

Four measures were set by TI as minimum steps to being transparent: Publishing audited financial accounts, an annual activity report, a code of conduct and organizational statutes.

A total 87 national federations scored zero in the transparency test, including the home bodies of four FIFA Executive Committee mem-bers: Congo, Cyprus, Kuwait and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Russia, the 2018 World Cup host, met two of the four requirements and 2022 host Qatar scored zero. Neither federation published finan-cial accounts.

The U.S. Soccer Federation pub-lished its financial accounts and stat-utes, but no activity report or code of conduct, the TI report noted.

“Any incoming president of FIFA must make it a priority to create more accountable governance throughout the organizations from the bottom, as well as from the top,” De Swardt said. (ap)

nYon — UEFA says all 40 matches in the Champions League and Europa League next week are scheduled to go ahead as planned. UEFA confirmed its plans following the deadly attacks in Paris and the cancel-lation of international friendly matches in Belgium and Ger-many because of security alerts.

The governing body says no clubs have contacted UEFA about potential changes to matches scheduled next Tuesday through Thursday.

Still, UEFA is “working close-ly with the home clubs and local authorities to ensure all neces-sary measures are implement-ed to guarantee safety.” Paris

Saint-Germain plays away next Wednesday at Swedish champion Malmo.

UEFA says it “has not is-sued directives about travelling fans.” Monaco and Anderlecht have agreed to a ban on the Brussels club’s fans traveling for a Europa League match on Thursday. (ap)

ManCHesTeR CiTY midfielder Samir Nasri has ruled himself out of action for three months due to a ham-string injury but insists he will return “better than ever”.

Nasri strained his hamstring in City’s 5-1 over Bournemouth on Oct. 17 and has not played for the club since, though manager Manuel Pellegrini was hopeful he would recover in t ime for Saturday’s Premier League clash at home to

Liverpool.In addition to the Liverpool game,

Nasri is set to miss several other impor-tant league matches, including against Southampton on Nov. 28 and Arsenal on Dec. 21.

“What doesn’t kill you make you stronger. I will be back better than ever see you in 3 months,” the 28-year-old said on Twitter on Wednesday, while a picture on his Instagram account showed him on crutches. (rtr)

UEFA: Champions League schedule stays despite Paris attacks

AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

Galatasaray’s coach Hamza Hamzaoglu gives instructions to his players during the Champions League Group C soccer match between Galatasaray and Benfica at Turk Telekom Arena Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015.

Hamza Hamzaoglu leaves Galatasaray coaching role

I do ‘nothing’ at Man Utd, but I earn

a lot - Van Gaal

Manchester U n i t e d ’ s manager L o u i s van Gaal leaves the p i t c h a t the end of the Champi-ons League G r o u p B s o c c e r m a t c h between M a n -chester U n i t e d and CSKA Moskva at Old Trafford Stadium, Man-chester, England, Tues-day, Nov. 3, 2015.

Man City’s Nasri rules himself out for

three months

Anti-corruption group study says FIFA

members too secretive

AP Photo/Paul White

A group of people visit Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. The attack by extremists in Paris have prompted Spanish authorities to schedule an extraordinary meeting to discuss security measures for the biggest game of the season Real Madrid vs. Barcelona on Saturday.

Unprecedented security measures in place for Madrid vs Barca

MADRID — Spanish officials are promising unprec-edented security measures for Saturday’s soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona following the attacks in Paris.

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It almost ended with a fifth straight loss before Brewer made his shot with 0.9 seconds remain-ing in regulation to tie the game at 99. Just hours after McHale was fired, the Rockets played much of the game with sloppy mistakes and dreadful shooting. Interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff, son of longtime NBA coach Bernie Bickerstaff, served in his first game as head coach.

The Blazers dropped their sev-enth straight, their worst losing streak since closing 2012-13 on a 13-game skid. Damian Lillard led Portland with 23 points. San Antonio’s Tony Parker scored a season-high 25 points as the Spurs never trailed in beating the Denver Nuggets 109-98 for their sixth straight victory.

Kawhi Leonard added 20 points, Tim Duncan had 12 and LaMarcus Aldridge 11 for the Spurs, undefeat-ed at home after five games. Patty

Mills was 3 for 6 on 3-pointers in scoring a season-high 17 points.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points for Dallas and Wesley Matthews had 18 as the Mavericks erased an 18-point, first-half deficit to defeat the Boston Celtics Boston 106-102 for their fifth consecutive win. Zaza Pachulia had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Mavericks. Deron Williams added 16 points, including consecutive key baskets.

Isaiah Thomas led Boston with 19 points. In Philadelphia, Paul George scored 34 points and C.J. Miles added 20 to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 112-85 rout of the win-less 76ers.

T.J. McConnell scored 16 points for Philadelphia, which dropped to 0-12 while setting a season high with 31 turnovers.

The 76ers are within five losses of matching last season’s franchise-worst start and six defeats from ty-

ing the NBA record, set by the 2009 Nets, for longest losing streak to begin a season. Philadelphia opens a six-game road trip on Friday in Charlotte.

It was the 76ers’ 22nd loss in a row dating to last season, four from equaling the NBA record they already share with Cleveland. The Chicago Bulls downed the Phoenix Suns 103-97 for their fourth victory after Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 32 points.

Pau Gasol added 17 points and eight rebounds, and Kirk Hinrich scored 14 as former Phoenix guard Aaron Brooks had 12 points as Chicago ended the Suns’ three-game winning streak. Bulls guard Derrick Rose sat out with a sore left ankle.

In other games, Paul Millsap scored 23 points as the Atlanta Hawks held off the Sacramento Kings 103-97, the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the New Orleans Pelicans 110-103, the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Brooklyn Nets 116-111, the Orlando Magic had a 104-101 overtime win over the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Utah Jazz downed the Toronto Raptors 93-89. (ap)

Honda prevented its MotoGP riders from speaking at a recent event in Italy because it still fears a backlash towards Marc Marquez after the controversial end to the season. Marquez clashed with Valentino Rossi at Sepang, and was then accused of protecting Jorge Lorenzo in the championship decider at Valencia.

Prior to the season finale, there was an altercation at Marquez’s house with an Ital-ian television crew.

Team principal Livio Suppo said he instructed Marquez and team-mate Dani Pedrosa not to talk at a Honda presentation in Milan this week because he is still worried about possible reactions.

“Yes, of course, we told them not to speak,” Suppo told Gazzetta dello Sport. “By now I can expect anything, the only thing missing is someone spitting on Marc.

“I don’t know if Valentino will shake the hand Marc has held out to him, and I don’t know if Marc will carry on holding it out ei-

ther. “I can say that it has gone much beyond what’s acceptable. I would like people to go back using their heads.

“I admit I made a mistake in not interven-ing immediately after Valentino’s accusa-tions at the Sepang press conference.”

Suppo added that Marquez’s conscience is clear over the Valencia race and suggested the riders would have behaved differently had they been trying to fix the result.

“If Marc, Dani and Jorge really wanted to fix the result at Valencia, they would have overtaken each other 300 times and then they would have given the victory to whoever they wanted.

“They were aware that, by doing what happened in the end, they would be buried by accusations. “Marc has always stayed calm because his conscience is fine.

“Let me add, however, that after what had happened in Sepang, I don’t know how Valentino could expect any help from him.” (rtr)

Harden, Rockets pull out OT win after firing McHale

HOUSTON — James Harden scored 45 points, including all nine for Houston in overtime, as the Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 108-103 on Wednesday after firing coach Kevin McHale earlier in the day. Corey Brewer made an off-balance 3-pointer to force overtime and Harden took over from there, finishing with 11 assists, eight rebounds and five steals as the Rockets capped an emotional day at the Toyota Center.

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Houston Rockets’ James Harden (13) drives the ball past Port-land Trail Blazers’ Allen Crabbe (23) in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, in Houston. The Rockets won 108-103 in overtime.

Honda still fears Marquez backlash After Rossi MotoGP controversy

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Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain smiles before the second qualify-ing session ahead of the Valencia Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Ricardo Tormo racetrack in Cheste, near Valencia, Spain, November 6, 2015.

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Indonesia has executed 14 drug offenders this year, straining relations with Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands and Nigeria, which all had citizens among those shot by firing squad. The last executions took place in April.

“We haven’t thought about executing a death penalty with the

economic conditions like this,” co-ordinating security minister Luhut Pandjaitan told reporters. He didn’t elaborate.

Indonesia’s economy expanded 4.73 percent in the third quarter, slightly faster than the six-year low of 4.67 percent reached in the

previous quarter.Shortly after taking office in

October 2014, Indonesian President Joko Widodo signed off on the ex-ecution of more than 60 prisoners.

Pandjaitan did not say when the next round of executions would take place.

Indonesia has harsh punishments for drug crimes but imposed an informal moratorium on the death penalty for five years before resum-ing them in 2013. (rtr)

“Terrorism hit France not because of what it is doing in Iraq and Syria ... but for what it is,” Valls told the lower house of Parliament. He added, “We know that there could also be a risk of chemical or biological weapons.” Valls did not say there was a specific threat involving such weapons.

In neighboring Belgium, where many of the Paris attackers lived, Prime Minister Charles Michel on Thursday announced a package of additional anti-terror measures, and said 400 million euros ($427 mil-lion) would be earmarked to expand the fight.

He told lawmakers that security personnel will be increased and spe-cial attention will be paid to eradicat-ing messages of hate. He also called for more international cooperation, and said he wants to amend the Belgian constitution to extend the length of time terror suspects can be held by police without charge. “All democratic forces have to work together to strengthen our security,” Michel said.

The French Interior Ministry and Paris prosecutor’s office, meanwhile, said it still remains unclear whether the suspected mastermind of last week’s attacks, in which 129 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded, has been killed or is still at large.

Officials said authorities are work-

ing on determining whether 27-year-old Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud was among those killed in a chaotic and bloody raid on an apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis on Wednesday. Police launched the operation after receiving information from tapped phone calls, surveillance and tipoffs suggesting that Abaaoud was holed up there.

Paris Prosecutor Francois Mo-lins said the identities of the dead are still being investigated, but that neither Abaaoud nor another fugi-tive, Salah Abdeslam, is in custody. In Belgium, authorities launched six raids in the Brussels region Thursday linked to Bilal Hadfi, one of the three suicide bombers who blew themselves up outside the Stade de France.

An official in the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office told The Associ-ated Press the raids were taking place in the suburb of Molenbeek and other areas of Brussels. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continu-ing, said the actions were focusing on Hadfi’s “entourage.”

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius urged the international com-munity to do more to eradicate the Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility for last Friday’s attacks on a rock concert, Parisian cafes and the national stadium. Fabius, speak-

ing on France-Inter radio, said the group “is a monster. But if all the countries in the world aren’t capable of fighting against 30,000 people (IS members), it’s incomprehensible.”

France has stepped up its airstrikes against extremists in Syria since the attack, and French President Francois Hollande is going to Washington and Moscow next week to push for a stronger international coalition against IS. Speaking after the seven-hour siege in Saint-Denis, Hollande said that France was “at war” with the Islamic State group.

In its English-language magazine, Islamic State said it will continue its violence and “retaliate with fire and bloodshed” for insults against the Prophet Muhammad and “the mul-titudes killed and injured in crusader airstrikes.”

Paris prosecutor Molins said Wednesday that investigators found a cell phone in a garbage can outside the Bataclan concert hall in eastern Paris where 89 of the victims of Fri-day’s carnage died. It contained a text message sent about 20 minutes after the massacre began. “We’re off, it’s started,” it read. Molins said investi-gators were still trying to identify the recipient of the message.

French authorities have said most of the Friday attackers — five have been identified so far — were un-known to them. But two U.S. of-ficials said that many, though not all, of those identified were on the U.S. no-fly list. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the issue publicly.

A Spanish security official said French authorities had sent a bulletin to police across Europe asking them to watch out for a Citroen Xsara car that could be carrying Salah Abdeslam, whose brother, Brahim, was among the attackers who blew themselves up.

French authorities declared a state of emergency after the attacks, and security forces have conducted 414 raids, making 60 arrests and seizing 75 weapons, including 11 military-style firearms, the Interior Ministry said. Parliament was expected to vote by the end of the week to extend the state of emergency.

The state of emergency expands police powers to carry out arrests and searches, and allows authorities to forbid the movement of persons and vehicles at specific times and places. (ap)

BRUSSELS — Belgium’s prime minister vowed on Thursday called for changes to the country’s con-stitution to combat extremists, and promised hundreds of millions of euros to boost the security forces.

Addressing the federal parlia-ment as security forces were con-ducting raids around the capital Brussels, Charles Michel pledged to use changes to the constitution to triple preventive detention times for suspects.

He also affirmed that Belgium would move forward alone on a system of airline passenger in-formation sharing that European Union nations have been incapable of agreeing in four years.

“The risk before us is the col-lapse of the entire European project if we don’t take our responsibili-ties,” he told the lawmakers. “All democratic forces have to work together to strengthen our security,” he said.

Michel said 400 million euros

($427 million) would be earmarked to boost the security forces, and said special attention would be paid to eradicating messages of hate inspir-ing young people to fight in places like Syria and Iraq, or back at home later in Europe. “For jihadis who return, their place is in prison,” said Michel.

He dismissed criticism of Bel-gian police, saying they had pro-vided vital information that led to a major police raid in the northern Paris suburb of Saint Denis on Wednesday.

Some 500 people are on Bel-gium’s list of “radicalized” people, and about 30 people are known to have traveled to Syria as potential foreign fighters in the Molenbeek neighborhood, a major source of extremists.

Michel said he would introduce a system for people considered a threat that would “impose the wearing of an electronic brace-let.” (ap)

LONDON — British police have arrested a Libyan man in his 50s on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in the 1984 killing of Lon-don policewoman Yvonne Fletcher. They said it is “the first significant arrest” in the investigation into the killing of the 25-year-old police-woman more than 30 years ago.

Fletcher was killed and 10 others injured when a gunman opened fire

on police and protesters from inside the Libyan embassy in London.

The killing led Britain to break diplomatic relations and helped seal Libya’s reputation as a rogue state.

Police said Thursday they had also arrested a man and a woman as part of a money-laundering investigation dealing with the slay-ing. (ap)

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A girl takes a picture from the banks of the River Seine of the illuminated Eiffel Tower in the French national colors red, white and blue in honor of the victims of the terrorist attacks last Friday, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015.

French leader: Extremists may strike with chemical, bio arms

PARIS — With France still reeling from last week’s deadly attacks in Paris, Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned Thursday that Islamic extremists might at some point use chemical or biological weapons, and urged lawmakers to extend a national state of emergency by three months.

British police arrest man in 1984 killing

of policewoman

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Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, center, addresses Bel-gian Federal Parliament in Brussels Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. Michel, while addressing parliament on Thursday, said he wants to amend the constitution to extend the length of time terror suspects can be held by police without charge.

Belgium vows extremism crackdown, boosts security forces

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Indonesia’s Vice President Jusuf Kalla (L) is greeted by Philippine President Benigno Aquino as he arrives for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders meeting in Manila, Philippines, November 19, 2015.

JAKARTA - Tourism Minister Arief Yahya expressed optimism that the National Press Day com-memoration to be held in Febru-ary 2016 in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province, would help to promote the country’s halal tourism.

The promotion of halal tourism in NTB is expected to help the na-tion achieve its target of attracting 20 million tourists by 2019, he stated on Wednesday.

The minister recently held a meeting with the leadership of the Indonesian Journalist Association (PWI), which is the organizer of the Press Day commemoration.

Among those present in the meet-ing were PWI Chairman Margiono and member of the PWI’s Advisory

Board, Sofyan Lubis.He urged the PWI to support the

decision to designate NTB as a halal and maritime tourism destination.

The government’s visa-free fa-cility to some 90 countries is aimed at attracting more cruise liners to visit Indonesia’s islands, including NTB, he noted.

Margiono said the PWI and tour-ism ministry are planning to imple-ment some programs to increase awareness among journalists and editors of tourism publications.

He said the media will support the government’s target to attract 20 million foreign tourists.

“Promoting our country’s beauti-ful panoramas to the world is also our moral task and responsibility,” Margiono stated. (ant)

PAPUA - A high-profile Papuan separatist leader was released from prison Thursday after more than a decade behind bars, a fresh sign that Indonesia may be easing its tight grip on the restive eastern region.

Filep Karma, the most prominent of Papua’s political prisoners and convicted of raising a pro-indepen-dence flag, walked free from jail to an emotional welcome by hundreds of cheering supporters.

His release had been held up for months after he refused to admit guilt in line with demands from the government. In the end, authorities agreed to grant him a sentence re-mission for good behaviour, accord-ing to Human Rights Watch.

“Thank you Lord, he is in very good health and he was welcomed very well by Papuans, this is what Papuans want,” his spokeswoman Ruth Ogetay told AFP after Karma was freed from prison on the out-skirts of Jayapura, the capital of Papua province.

“Hundreds of people were here to welcome him, everybody is so happy he has been released.”

The move came after Indonesian President Joko Widodo pledged to improve livelihoods in the poor region, where security forces have long faced accusations of rights abuses against the local population in the name of anti-rebel opera-

tions.A low-level insurgency has sim-

mered for decades in Papua, where poorly armed fighters are battling against rule from Jakarta, and the region has a heavy military and police presence.

Dozens of separatists are in jail for committing treason for acts such as raising the pro-independence “Morning Star” flag and taking part in anti-government protests.

Karma, 56, was the most high-profile of the separatist detainees. He was found guilty of treason and jailed in 2004 after raising the banned flag at a rally.

The United Nations had con-demned his detention as “arbitrary”, while Amnesty International had designated him a prisoner of con-science.

Karma’s release came after five political prisoners were freed in May at a ceremony attended by Widodo. The president also pledged to end decades-old reporting restrictions for foreigners in Papua, although rights groups say the government continues to block access.

There are still regular flare-ups of violence in Papua, which con-sists of two provinces, Papua and West Papua. Jakarta took control of the region, which forms half of the island of New Guinea, in 1963 from former colonial power the Netherlands. (afp)

Indonesia releases prominent Papuan

independence leader

Press Day commemoration to promote halal tourism

Indonesia’s economic slowdown provides death row reprieve

JAKARTA - Indonesia is putting off executions due to the slowdown in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, the chief security minister said on Thursday, without explaining the connection.

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TOKYO — Japan racked up a trade surplus last month as exports of cars, com-puters and other goods grew, while imports dipped on falling oil prices.

Government data released Thursday showed that the trade surplus totaled 111.5 billion yen ($903 million) in October.

The price of oil is a key factor in Japan’s trade figures as the country has few natural resources and imports almost all its oil, and with most nuclear power plants shut down since the March 2011 disaster, energy im-ports had been soaring.

That means the trade deficits the world’s third-largest economy has marked in recent years were in contrast to its past decades-long, often criticized reputation as a giant exporter.

Despite the growth in car and computer exports, Japan’s overall exports fell 2.1 per-cent in October from the previous year, but that drop was overshadowed by a decline in imports of 13.4 percent, according to the Finance Ministry’s preliminary report. Ex-ports to the U.S. grew, but fell to China, as that economy’s growth gradually slowed.

Junichi Makino, chief economist at SMBC Nikko in Tokyo, believes, in the long term, the main factor that will put Japan’s trade balance into the black is the U.S. economy.

The U.S. recovery appears to be on a solid footing now that seven years have passed since the Lehman Brothers collapse, which greatly hurt the economy, Makino said. Japan is thriving as an exporter of various goods to China, which in turn makes products that get exported to the U.S., he said in a report.

Progress on trade deals that Japan is working on with the U.S. and other nations may boost both imports and exports in the future.

The October surplus comes after Japan recorded a half year of deficits. Earlier this week, the government released data that showed the economy had contracted for July-September, sending Japan into a tech-nical recession. The Bank of Japan policy board is meeting this week, but opinion is divided on whether further stimulus action will be taken. (ap)

TOKYO — A compromise struck by the United States, Japan and other major nations will restrict export financing to build coal power plants overseas, but not eliminate it completely.

The agreement reached earlier this week is an important step that sends a strong political message ahead of upcoming climate change negotiations in Paris, an American official and environmentalists said.

The Obama administration announced in 2013 that it would end U.S. financing for overseas coal plants, and has been pressuring others to join. Japan was among those opposed, arguing that its high-efficiency power plant technology is the best option for developing countries that need afford-able energy.

Under the agreement, which takes effect in 2017, financing would still be allowed for the most advanced “ultra-supercritical” plants, and for some other plants in poor countries. It was worked out by the Organization for Economic Coopera-tion and Development, a Paris-based group of 34 countries including most of Europe and other key economies.

“It’s been a very hard-fought compromise,” a senior Obama administration official said on a con-ference call. “We regard it as a major step forward coming just less than two weeks before the start of the (climate talks) in Paris on Nov. 30.”

A Japan-based network of groups fighting climate change welcomed the agreement, but said it was only a first step. “Even the highest-efficiency coal power plants emit a lot of CO2,” said Kimiko Hirata, the international director of the Kiko Network.

Officials in Australia, a major exporter of coal, were supportive. Josh Frydenberg, the minister for resources, energy and Northern Australia, said, “This agreement supports the development of new technology while also recognizing the important role that coal will continue to play in providing affordable electricity to the world.” (ap)

Falling oil prices trigger Japan trade surplus for October

OECD countries to limit overseas financing for coal plants

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In this Feb. 24, 2015 file photo, workers lay cement to build a concrete structure at the under-construction coal-fired power plant, partially financed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, in Kudgi, India. A compro-mise struck by the United States, Japan and other major nations will restrict export financing to build coal power plants overseas, but not eliminate it completely.

DENPASAR - The Denpasar Police conducted several raids between Novemebr 14th-16th as part of “Operation Social Disease” 2016.

Deputy Chief of Denpasar Police, Nyo-man Artana, said on Wednesday (Nov. 18) that they mostly targeted the dominant alcoholic beverage circulating in Bali: arrack. Most of the evidence secured in the raid came from a bar on Jalan Popies 2 Kuta, where 402 litters of arrack were seized. 74 bottles of illegal important liquor was also seized in raids on Jalan Dewi Sri, Kuta and in several nightclubs and restaurants on Denpasar.

“We also busted cases of gambling, arresting 14 suspected ceki gamblers and three suspected toto gamblers. Evidence secured from the gamblers included money, handphone, ATM cards, money transfers and other evidence,” said Ar-tana.

In another operation headed by Ganefo of the Denpaar Police led to the arrest of nine suspected drug traffickers on Jalan Buana Raya Gang Bunga, West Denpasar. Evidence seized in this raid consisted of tens of grams of crystal meth and ecstasy.

“We appeal to the public to be alert and keep their environment clear of drugs as they are harmful and especially damaging to the younger generation. We will con-tinue to take actions in order to decrease drug offenses,” he said. (kmb36)

BANGLI - Rabies cases oc-curred so far in some areas in Bali adequately affected the sales of Kintamani dog. Since the outbreak of rabies, the sales of Kintamani dog slumps when compared to the previous period. Such condition is perceived by one of the breeders of Kintamani dog at Sukawana, Ketut Nonog.

Not long ago, Nonog, who is also the headman of Sukawana, admitted that rabies cases have quite significant impact on the sales of Kintamani dog. As a result of the deadly disease, the price of Kinta-mani dog slightly dropped. This happened because the demand for Kintamani dogs decreased.

“The demand slightly declines because many people are afraid to buy. Probably they worry about rabies cases. Actually I have made sure that Kintamani dog is free from rabies,” he explained.

He said when compared to previous condition, the sales of Kintamani dog was good enough. The demand was not only from Bali region, but also from outside Bali, such as Surabaya and other regions. By dog lovers, the Kin-tamani dog having dense fur on neck and tail is usually included in a dog contest.

Nonog said that so far the Kin-tamani puppies have been sold by breeders of Sukawana village for prices ranging from IDR 500,000 to IDR 1.5 million per head de-pending on the weight and quality of the dog. He did not deny that a few dog breeders sell theirs at low prices because there is no standard price. Related to this, he hoped the government to make a standard price including helping the breeders by declaring that Kintamani dog at Sukawana village is free from rabies. (kmb40)

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The owner of Kintamani Dog gather during an event.

Kintamani dog sales sluggish

The illegal liquor confiscated from several places in Denpasar.

Denpasar Police seize hundreds of bottles of alcohol and arrest drug traffickers and gamblers

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--- He was Christophe Lellouche to some, Chris Kelevra to others, and “Moke” online — a commu-nications worker, musician, and soccer fan site provocateur. And he was at the Bataclan when the attackers stormed in.

Lellouche, 33, was a guitarist and backup vocalist in an indie pop band, Olivier, and he had composed music for “Jung Forever,” a 2014 Belgian short film about a therapist and a despondent, cancer-stricken woman.

He and director Jean-Sebastien Lopez had barely met, but Lel-louche immediately grasped the film’s nuances, and he and another musician quickly created exactly what Lopez was looking for, the di-rector wrote on his Facebook page in a tribute to Lellouche. Lellouche had an instinct “that captured all of what I was feeling and that transformed all of it into notes and melody,” he wrote.

Lellouche was also an all-in soccer fan — his beloved team, Olympique de Marseille, tweeted that he would “always be among us.” Under Moke and other aliases, he was a piquant commentator on fan sites including the satirical Horsjeu. But while he was sharp-tongued online, he was anything but in real life, friends said.

“You — during the time I knew you, the too few times I saw you — gave the impression of being a good guy, serene, at ease with himself and, above all, happy with what life had to offer him,” friend Guillaume Duhamel wrote in an essay on the political and cultural site Le Nouveau Cenacle.

--- Veronique Geoffroy de Bo-urgies, 54, was out to dinner with friends who were visiting from

out of town when attackers began shooting at La Belle Equipe, a restaurant near her home that she and her husband had recently dis-covered.

Her husband, photographer Stephane de Bourgies, who was in China for work when the attack happened, had lost his parents in an accident three decades ago, and he and his wife had spoken to their children about death. They talked about the importance of letting people know you love them because that love can carry you through when something terrible happens.

The pair had adopted their daughter Melissa, 14, and their son, 12, both from Madagascar. Shortly after Melissa’s adoption they decided to do something to help other children from that coun-try off the coast of southeast Africa. They founded Zazakely Sambatry, a humanitarian organization whose name means “happy children” in

the Malagasy language, according to the organization’s website.

“She was the one who did every-thing. I supported her in this project, but she was really the one who threw herself into it,” Stephane de Bourgies told French television sta-tion TF1, adding that it was impor-tant to his wife to help the children learn and grow up able to support themselves so they would stay and help improve the country.

As soon as he got the call that his wife had been killed, Stephane de Bourgies began the trip home to be with the couple’s children, who were being cared for by the friends who had been with his wife when she died.

“They were doing surprisingly well, almost better than me,” de Bourgies said in the interview with TF1. “I fell apart and it was them who made me feel better.”

Veronique Geoffroy de Bourgies was very funny and had a tremen-

dous energy and strong personality, her husband said.

“If she didn’t like something, she didn’t hesitate to say it,” he told the television station. “But that was a fault that often became a positive trait.”

The couple lived relatively close to the scene of the Charlie Hebdo attack earlier this year, so terrorism wasn’t a foreign notion to them.

“We had talked about it like everyone talks about it,” he said. “We know it happens, but we didn’t imagine it would happen to us.”

--- Chloe Boissinot, 25, had stopped in at a Paris restaurant with her boyfriend when the terrorists at-tacked. He survived; she didn’t.

Boissinot came to Paris two years ago to be with him and be-gan working in a pub, according to the “7 in Poitiers” news website. Friends and family poured out their grief on social media.

“Chloe was full of life and

health. I want everyone to remem-ber her that way,” her sister Jenny posted on Facebook. Her mother, Babette, wrote parting thoughts to her departed daughter: “You will stay my little one always. You won’t grow old. You won’t get cancer.”

Others were angry and defiant. One family friend wrote to the attackers: “Terrorist, does my free-dom of thought bother you? I’m a woman, French, I wear a skirt, put on high heels, drink wine. Look at me: I think, speak, spit my hatred in your eye. I am diversity. I am tolerance. Look at me: you won’t make me tremble.”

At Chateau-Larcher in western France, where Boissinot went to school, residents observed a moment of silence. Writing in a guestbook, according to the news website Francebleu, one friend called Boissinot “a beautiful flower ripped from the ground by terrorism.”(ap)

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RABAT, Morocco — Seven journalists and activists are facing trial in Morocco in a case widely criticized by human rights groups as politically motivated.

Five of the activists face charges of

“threatening national security” in Thurs-day’s trial, including Maati Monjib, a historian who went on hunger strike twice this year in protest of a travel ban.

Authorities made some reforms to ap-

pease a protest movement known as the Feb. 20 movement in the wake of Arab Spring uprisings in nearby countries, but in recent years have been cracking down on critics, including independent journal-

ists, Feb. 20 activists and independent non-governmental organizations, especially those with foreign funding. The Moroccan government did not respond to requests for comment on the trial. (ap)

Journalists, activists face controversial trial in Morocco

Stories of those who died in the Paris attacks

They were artists and stu-dents, music lovers, parents and newlyweds. The victims of last week’s attacks in Paris had varied backgrounds and interests. Among the 129 killed in the attacks, here are some of their stories:

AP Photo/Peter Dejong

This undated photo provided by Mathilde Mayet shows La-mia Mondeguer and pictures of victims are put on make-shift memorials outside the Bataclan concert hall, the site of one of the six coordinated attacks which claimed the most victims in Paris, Tues-day, Nov. 17, 2015.

BANGLI - Pengotan village in Bangli has taken measures to pre-serve its wildlife by banning hunt-ing. Chief of Pengotan customary village Jro Wayan Kopok explained that hunting has been banned in his village for some time, but sanctions have been made more severe, in order to protect the animals- par-ticularly birds in Pengotan -some of which are already endangered. Those found to be in violation of the ban are subject to fines of some IDR 200, 000 but also to customary penalties. “We protect all kinds of birds, but are especially concerned about those that are endangered including the black-winged star-ling, peaceful dove, yellow-vented bulbul and others,” said Jro Wayan Kopok on Wednesday (Nov. 18).

Junglefowl have a great signifi-

cance for the people of Pengotan who use this bird as part of the ritual celebrations of the anniver-sary (Piodalan) of their Pura Bale Agung. “We are very serious about the ban,” he emphasised. Any hunter found to be in violation of the ban not only has to perform a guru piduka or apologetic ritual, but they are also “subject to customary sanctions that involve being denied access to customary services for six months,” he said . If for example, the perpetrator wants to hold a cremation ceremony, he or she will not be served in the making of sekah or symbolic corpse, or in the case of a wedding ceremony, his or her notice will be rejected or only honoured once the sanction has expired,” said the village headman. (kmb40)

However Headman of Timpag, I Gusti W. Sukewahana, explained on Tuesday (Nov. 17), that al-though there is lots of water, many farmers in the area still cannot plant their paddy fields because the irrigation channel at Melil-

ing is still under repair. “Official reports say that the repairs will be finished by late November but that the cannal will only become operational on December 17th,” he said.

Farmers from Subak Melil-

ing are requesting that water be drained to irrigation channels as soon as possible so that they can start planting in November.

Sukewahana also explained that “because of the severity of the drought this year, an extra large amount of water will be needed to render the land plantable again, it cannot be done in one shot”. He also pointed out that planting in other areas such as West Tabanan

can only start if it rains for at least a week, but so far this has not been the case.

Therefore once the irrigation channel has been opened planting will be done in rotation as differ-ent areas gain access to the water in the dam.

The construction of Telaga Tun-jung dam is intended to provide irrigation to agricultural lands in Tabanan as well as provide clean

water to residents there. The dam 33 meters deep with a maximum capacity of 1,260,000 cubic me-ters of water. Telaga Tunjung dam will provide water for the irriga-tion of three subak areas: 570 hectares in Meliling, 485 hectares in Gadungan, and 430 hectares in Sungsang). Water from the dam will also be accessed by the mu-nicipal waterworks (PDAM) of Kerambitan. (kmb24)

SINGARAJA - The Celukan Bawang Harbor Police and Judicial team carried out a raid on sus-pected sex workers on Tuesday (Nov. 17). Out of the 17 people netted in the raid, 1 tested positive for HIV/AIDS. This alleged sex worker was given an ARV injection and and has been repatriated to her region of origin, outside Bali. West Buleleng authorities have become increasingly concerned about the area known as Kampoeng Malvinas where the sex workers were found, and plan to shut down the area in the near future.

The day after the raid, Deputy Regent of Bule-leng who also serves as Chairman of the Buleleng AIDS Mitigation Commission (KPAD), Nyoman Sutjidra, revealed that blood tests were conducted at the health center of Gerokgak following the Harbour Police raid. Data related to the area of Ger-orkgak shows an especially high incidents of HIV/AIDS which is one of the reasons that the raid was

conducted. “Other raids will follow” he said.Following the findings of prostitutes having

been tested positive for HIV/AIDS, Deputy Regent Sutjidra ordered the village and district authorities to repatriate the sex worker that was found to be carrying the HIV/AIDS virus and the village and district officials have been forbidden from issuing temporary residence permit to migrants seeking to come to Pengulon, as way to stop sex workers form setting up shop here.

“Many migrant sex workers pose as food stall operators, and this is harmful to public safety,” added Sutjidra.

There will be continued government efforts to clean up the area, he said and added that: “the shut-ting down of “Kampong Malvinas” was scheduled for August but because of certain conditions in the field the date for the shut down has been pushed up”. (kmb38)

Pengotan village bans huntingSex worker tested

positive for HIV/AIDS

Telaga Tunjung Dam

Telaga Tunjung dam filled, but water has yet to flow to paddy fields

TABANAN - Rain has finally started to fall in Tabanan and the Telaga Tunjung dam at Timpag has been filled to maximum capacity -in fact some of the spill over has yet to be channeled.

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314 InternationalInternational Bali NewsFashion Friday, November 20, 2015Friday, November 20, 2015

And though van Herpen’s name may not be well-known to the average fashion-loving consumer, fashion-forward sing-ers like Lady Gaga, Bjork and Beyonce have all worn her cre-ations.

“Iris van Herpen: Transform-ing Fashion,” a new exhibition opening Saturday at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, features 45 pieces pulled from 15 of the Dutch artist’s collections designed between 2008 and this year. Organized chronologically, it gives visitors insight into the evolution of the young designer’s career.

Many of the couture pieces look like costumes from a fu-turistic science fiction movie, with dramatic flourishes created from unexpected materials and

contrasting textures.The pieces are displayed on

custom mannequins in such a way that visitors can walk around and see them from every angle be-cause they are as much sculpture as clothing, said High curator of decorative arts and design Sarah Schleuning.

Van Herpen, 31, said people sometimes assume she is inspired by technology, but that is not the case. Rather she sees technology as a tool to help her achieve the physical representation of ideas in her head, she said.

“Often my inspiration doesn’t come from something visual,” she said. “Often I’m inspired by things that are invisible to us, like magnetic motion or electricity.”

Her creative process often in-cludes collaborations with other

artists, designers, architects and scientists. Once she has an idea in her head she experiments to see whether it can best be executed by hand or using more high-tech methods, like 3-D printing.

The first 3-D printed piece she sent down a runway was from a collection called Crystallization in July 2010 and was inspired by the way limestone deposits harden. The cream-colored poly-amide material extends out from the torso in ridged loops, and thin strips of acrylic stick out from the waist of a matching short leather skirt in a way that mimics water squirting out from a fountain.

In the same collection is a water-inspired dress. A simple ir-idescent beige leather sheath with columns of ruffles and draped in metal chains is accented by a giant plastic collar that makes it look as if someone came up and threw a bucket of water on the model and that splash is frozen in time.

One of the most remarkable pieces in the exhibition, which the High recently acquired, is from van Herpen’s spring 2015 collection, Magnetic Motion. It looks like a delicately carved ice sculpture. The structures are so fine and delicate that the techni-cians at the company that printed it for her initially didn’t think it would be possible to create with a 3-D printer using the transparent resin she wanted.

The result is a stunning short strapless dress that hinges open along one side and snaps onto the model. Like many of the other pieces in the exhibition, it’s hard to imagine how it looks on a human body. Luckily, a video in a side gallery showcases six of her runway shows so visitors can see the outfits on models and watch the extraordinary way they move.

Made from materials that

include woven metal gauze, the metal ribs of children’s umbrel-las, leather, laser-cut acrylic, foil, stones, cotton and more, the dresses scream to be touched, and the High is happy to oblige. There are samples of six materi-als from outfits in the exhibition, including the ice dress and water dress, both of which are made from hard, unforgiving plastic, as well as a rubber material that feels like the skin of a Halloween mask, a fine wire mesh that is surprisingly flexible and a mat of fastened-together umbrella ribs.

The show debuts Saturday at the High, where it ends May 15, and then will travel to the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Michigan (fall 2016), the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas (spring 2017), the Cincinnati Museum of Art in Ohio (fall 2017) and the Phoenix Art Museum in Arizona (spring 2018). (ap)

Dutch fashion designer melds the traditional and high-tech

AP Photo/Branden Camp

Dresses from the Refinery Smoke collection by designer Iris van Herpen are displayed at the High Museum’s new exhibit, “Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion”, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Atlanta.

ATLANTA — Drawing inspiration from sources including art, architecture, the movement of the human body and science, Iris van Herpen creates cutting-edge fashion using a combina-tion of traditional craftsmanship and innovative technology.

DENPASAR - The government has sponsored tourism promotions in three cities in Saudi Ara-bia, in a bid to increase the number of foreigners vacationing in Indonesia, including Bali. “The interest among foreigners in the Middle East who want to enjoy beautiful and peaceful Bali is quite large,” said tourism observer Dewa Nyoman Putra.

This enthusiasm is proven by the increasing numbers each month of foreigners from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran and many Middle East countries to come to Bali.

As recorded in Bali Government Tourism Office, through September 2015, visits from Middle Eastern citizens reached 22,657. The number is higher than last year visits, which only reached 21.586 tourists.

The foreigners are mostly come from 22 countries, including Saudi Arabia, with 5,499 tourist from Janu-ary to September 2015, followed by Turkey, with 3,639

tourists.Meanwhile, Egyptian tourists made up 2,972 people

during the first nine months of 2015 who came to Bali. People from Iran recorded as many as 2,417 and Kuwait brought 1,416 tourists.

Nyoman Putra added, with only limited promotions in these countries, it exceed the expectations that foreigners would spend their holidays in Bali. They believe that promotions will pull more people to come.

The government initiative is quite impressive. Putra said the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism is cooperating with the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh to hold tourism promotions in three Saudi cities. Meanwhile, tourism organizations that joined the promotion are Sun Island Bali group, Discovery Hotel Kartika Plaza, and Samabe Bali Suites & Villas, Nira Travel and Bali intercontinental Resort, and the Department of Culture and Tourism of West Nusa Tenggara province. Also invited to participate were tourism industry actors with tourism businesses in Saudi Arabia. (ant)

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Tourists visited Taman Ayun Temple in Badung Regency, Bali Island. The government has sponsored tourism promotions in three cities in Saudi Arabia, in a bid to increase the number of foreigners vacationing in Indonesia, including Bali.

Government seeks to expand foreign

tourist to Bali

DENPASAR - The new Gunung Agung market has been built and its inauguration ceremony has taken place. However merchants have yet to be relocated because as Manag-ing Director of PD Pasar Denpasar, I Made Westra, from the mayors office recently said: “we have not been able to move the vendors to the new location because we are still waiting for the new bukidng to be officially handed over to the Spatial Planning and Housign Agency (DTRP)”.

Vendors from the flea market have also agreed to be moved, but PD Pasar Denpasar who is in charge of the operation is still looking for

a suitable location. “The idea to move the vendors

form both these markets was borne out to the fact that there is a school nearby and Jalan Gungung Agung tends to be quite busy, so to avoid congestion here, the markets are being relocated,” said Westra.

There are two potential locations to serve as the location for the new fleas market, on of them is located on Jalan Pidada and the other on Jalan Buluh Indah where the land is large enough to accommodate new buildings part form the ones that are already there. PD Pasar Denpasar will announce their decision as soon as it is made. (kmb12)

New location for Gunung Agung market

Green algae to be used as compost

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Green algae at Lake Buyan. Pancasari village community leader, Wayan Sumadra, said that he has been coordinating with the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Forestry in order to create a program of processing the green algae that has been growing in Lake Buyan.

SINGARAJA - Pancasari vil-lage community leader, Wayan Sumadra, said that he has been coordinating with the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Forestry in order to create a program of processing the green algae that has been growing in Lake Buyan, into compost to be used as fertilizer. “We are happy to see young people in the village collaborating with researchers in developing a way to compost green algae. This is a great program and should be encouraged,” he said.

Lecturer and researcher in

the Faculty of Agriculture at Udayana University, Dr. Kar-tini, added that the Lake Bu-nyan youth group called Bulian Amertha Sari group was formed from a number of youth groups that came together in collabora-tion with research that she was carrying out regarding the green algae. “This research involves various stages, including mixing the algae in the lab with other fluids so that it will ferment and can be used as fertilizer instead of simply being discarded,” she added. (dgk)

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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SEMINyAK - Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort was recently recognised at three major hospitality industry ceremonies, receiving four prestigious awards, reaffirming the re-sort’s dedication to creating distinctive and authentic travel experiences for the luxury traveller.

At the 22nd Annual World Travel Awards – “The Oscars of the Travel Industry”, Anantara Seminyak was lauded twice, first as Indone-sia’s Leading Spa Resort, and second, with the Penthouse at Anantara Seminyak being named Bali’s Leading Suite. Renowned as the most prestigious and comprehensive awards in the travel and tourism industry, over 650,000 votes were cast by travel pro-fessionals and high-end tourism consumers to determine the winners.

A third award was gained at the 2015 Luxury Travel Guide Global Awards, where the resort came first in the Luxury Resort & Spa category. And at the esteemed World Luxury Hotel Awards, Anantara Seminyak General Manager, Mr. Clinton Lovell was recognised as the Best General Manager in Indonesia.

Mr. Lovell commented on these numerous distinctions: “We are deeply honoured to receive these noteworthy accolades, having already proudly received the 2015 World Luxury Spa Award and 2015 Bali Tourism

Awards, as well as a TripAdvisor award for our outstanding guest reviews. With seven awards for this year alone, Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort is setting an indus-try benchmark for luxury and exceptional guest experiences not only in Indonesia, but worldwide.”

Since 2001, Anantara has been creating hospitality experiences with the mission of bringing back the sense of excitement and anticipation that was once inherent to international travel – the true source of a glo-betrotting lifestyle, exceptional experiences and self-discovery. Anantara has bloomed into an extensive collection of unique luxury hotels in both resort and city settings, with indigenous-infused luxuries delivered by a team of passionately dedicated hosts to dis-cerning, curious travellers.

Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort boasts a coveted location along Seminyak Beach, renowned for its pristine sands, rolling surf and stunning sunsets, surrounded by chic restaurants, trendy nightlife, and international shopping. The award-winning resort wel-comes guests in 59 suites and 1 penthouse, immersing them in the authentic riches of the island. With highly acclaimed spa and dining journeys, guests indulge in distinctive sig-nature experiences while discovering Bali’s unique natural and cultural appeals.

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Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort Infinity Pool

CANdIdASA is a seaside town in eastern Bali that rests on the edge of a fresh water lagoon. It is popular tourist stop and is often described as a more sedate and laid back beach alternative to the teeming, nightclub filled Kuta area or the large, mani-cured resorts at Nusa Dua.

Most sources say a fishing vil-lage was founded on the site by the 12th century and before the modern name of Candidasa was adopted it was known as both Teluk Kehen (“Bay of Fire”) and Cilidasa. There is a temple near the lagoon, with a statue of the fertility goddess Hariti surrounded by a group of children, and cilidasa translates from Ba-linese as “ten children”, so many Balinese who want to have children go on pilgrimage to this place. The modern name is thought to be a corruption of this older name. The town began to catch on as a tourist destination in the 1970s, since there is good snorkelling and diving in the area and the town provides easy access to other destinations in eastern Bali.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the area received a large amount of invest-ment in tourism and a construction boom. To fuel the construction of beach bungalows, new homes and restaurants, the offshore reef was mined for lime to make cement and other construction materials. This removed the coastal barrier that had

protected the beach which was un-dermined and washed away. Local hotel owners constructed a series of t-shaped groins jutting out into the water in an attempt to preserve the beach, with mixed results.

Candidasa is situated at the cen-ter of all the famous dive sites of Bali. Within one hour of Candidasa you will find the famous shipwreck USAT Liberty (Tulamben), Amed, Seraya (especially for muck-diving) and the nearby Padang Bai area. Along the front coast of Candidasa are located the small islands of Biaha, Tepekong and Mimpang, with beautiful coral gardens and the chance of seeing pelagics and a high possibility to see the famous Mola Mola (Oceanic Sunfish) in season. They offer superb but de-manding diving which is only really suitable for more experienced div-ers. Currents here can sometimes be surprising. There is some excellent muck-diving also, especially at the Jetty, Jepun, Blue Lagoon between Candidasa and Padang Bai. From Padang Bai harbour (20 minutes by car from Candidasa) you can reach the Islands of Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan (30 minute boat trip). Here you will find amaz-ing coral gardens and challenging drift dives. At Manta point Bali has Giant Mantas all year around, and in the season from August until October you could see the famous

Mola Mola at Crystal Bay and at Mimpang/Tepekong.

To RelaxMost people now visit Candi-

dasa to relax or for use as a base to explore the rest of East Bali. The main attractions are all outside of town and will require some form of transport to get to. The primary demographic of the tourists visiting Candi Dasa tends towards package tourists and families booking their accommodation in advance, mean-ing that the cheapest losmen style guesthouses are sometimes difficult to come by, especially in peak seasons, but generally speaking Candi Dasa has a comprehensive range of hotels and guesthouses to choose from. In low season, mas-sive discounts are easily available. Nightlife is also rather limited — well non-existent really.

The main “town” is basically one long road that runs the length of the bay and whose beach side is lined by most of the hotels and guesthouses. The road forms a sec-tion of the main around-Bali-road so traffic noise is an issue — while you may notice it less during the day, in the evening and especially early morning it is a bit annoying to be awoken by thundering trucks rolling through town, so try to get a room as close to the water as pos-sible — better to be woken by the

waves than the number 42 bus.The town is split by an especially

pretty lagoon that sits between the main temple in Candidasa and the sea. Lotus filled, with a small islet it is lovely in the early morning and late afternoon and it empties out onto a slither of sand where a handful of fishing boats are pulled up. You’ll find more fishing boats on any bit of beach they can fit them onto.

This same road is lined by most of the restaurants in Candi Dasa. While there are a couple of close-to or on-the-beach eating options, most are on the far side of the road meaning you get to observe the traffic rather than the water. One of the excep-tions to this (and one of the cheapest places in Candidasa to eat) is the seaside warungs towards the start of town — the tremendous sunsets are free! There are a couple of fancier options available as well.

Despite most of the beach being gone, the coastal views over the Amuk Bay are still very scenic. Off-shore you can see the three offshore (uninhabited) islets of Gili Biaha, Gili Kambing and Gili Mimpang, with Nusa Penida and Nusa Lem-bongan further in the distance, while to the southwest you can see Padang Bai. The closer islands form one of the main activities in Candi Dasa — snorkelling. You can hire a jukung for the trip out and back allowing

for a couple of hours snorkelling (or diving). It certainly isn’t world class, a lot of the coral is quite badly banged up, but there are plenty of fish — some quite big.

The second main claim to fame for Candi Dasa is the Bali Aga village of Tenganan which lies a fifteen minute drive inland from Candi Dasa. They’re well regarded for their traditional beliefs and handicrafts. The village can be visited as a part of an organised trip from Candidasa, or, if you have your own transport, you can drive up there yourself.

Lastly, while much of the beach in town has washed away, there is an exceptional strip of sand a twenty minute drive north of Candi Dasa. White Sand Beach (Pantai Putih) really does have close to white sand and makes for a great half or full day trip. While no ac-commodation is available, there are a bunch of seafood eateries to choose from along with deck chairs and umbrellas.

Shifting sands aside, Candidasa is a pleasant place to visit for a few days, whether you plan to simply relax or explore sites further afield. (kmb31)

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Head of the Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Purna, agrees that more intensive promo-tion of the area needs to be done and added that his agency is working on creating a pleasant boulevard for strolling that should be ready next year.

The good news for tourism in Candidasa is that a new new species of coral has been discovered in the waters nearby. Networking Program Manager of the KKP Bali, Conser-vation International Indonesia (CII), I Made Iwan Dewantama explained that this endemic deep sea coral has been named Euphyllia baliensis but is more often reffered to as ‘frangi-pani coral’ by divers, because of its startling resemblance to this land locked flower.

Many are hoping that this rare coral can serve as an icon for Can-didasa and help to draw in more than the 2,000 or so odd tourists that visited Candidasa this year. (kmb31)

IBP/Net

Candidasa is a seaside town in eastern Bali that rests on the edge of a fresh water lagoon. It is popular tourist stop and is often described as a more sedate and laid back beach alternative to the teeming, nightclub filled Kuta area or the large, manicured resorts at Nusa Dua.

Candidasa, a seaside town in easter Bali

IBP/Courtesy of Anantara Seminyak

Luxury Resort and Spa Award from Luxury Travel Guide Global Awards 2015

IBP/Courtesy of Anantara Seminyak

The President Director, Mr. Djoni Hasjim on behalf of Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort Received Two Awards at 2015 World Travel Awards in Hong Kong.

Anantara Seminyak Bali received four

prestigious awards

Loud moaning sounds were also heard from the cockpit throughout the Lion Air flight, with one passen-ger left so shocked that he lodged a complaint about improper behav-iour with the transport ministry.

The passenger, Lambertus Maeng-kom, said that as the plane took off late from Java island, the co-pilot jokingly announced over the PA sys-tem that he was offering a female, di-

vorced flight attendant to passengers to make up for the delay.

“We want to ask whether it is standard procedure, applied by [au-thorities], to make Lion Air pilots offer a divorced flight attendant to passengers, repeatedly, over the microphone?” Maengkom said in his complaint.

The co-pilot, who has not been named, also loudly wished one of

the other crew members “happy birthday” over the PA system during the flight on Saturday, it said.

“It was not funny at all, it was dangerous,” Maengkom said, adding that angry passengers had questioned whether the co-pilot was sober and unsuccessfully sought to confront him when the plane landed.

The incident sparked widespread media coverage in Indonesia and prompted Lion Air, the country’s biggest low-cost carrier, to launch an internal inquiry.

Reporting the results of an initial

probe late Wednesday, Lion Air announced the co-pilot was being grounded, and investigations were continuing.

“The co-pilot has been grounded and banned from flying,” Lion Air general affairs director Edward Sirait said in a statement.

He did not comment on the air hostess allegation in his statement but insisted the co-pilot was not intoxicated, and that the sounds coming from the cockpit were noth-ing untoward.

“The co-pilot sounded like he

was panting, that’s how he normally talks. The mic was too close to his lips so when he breathed or talked, it sounded like moaning,” Sirait said. (afp)

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NEW YORK — Carly Simon says the second verse of her in-famous song “You’re So Vain” is about Warren Beatty. The 70-year-old singer tells People magazine that she’s “confirmed that the second verse is Warren.” She adds that Beatty “thinks the whole thing is about him!”

Simon will release the memoir, “Boys in the Trees,” on Nov. 24.

The subjects behind “You’re So Vain,” released in 1972, have been a matter of speculation for years.

The singer said the No. 1 hit is about three men, including Beatty, though she isn’t naming the others.

Simon was married to James Taylor, and People says she has been linked to Mick Jagger, Kris Kristofferson, Jack Nicholson and Cat Stevens. (ap)

It’s an enviable place to be in a celebrity-soaked world.

“As a musician, I love the fact that the success was on the music,” she said. “I always say that fame and success are two very different things. ... I had a choice — and not a lot of people have this choice — of whether to seek fame with this music or whether to stay back behind the music and let the music speak for it-

self. And, really, that’s what I did.”Enya’s music re-enters the spot-

light on Friday, with the release of “Dark Sky Island.” It debuts the same day another one-named pow-erhouse comes out with her new album — Adele with her “25.”

The music industry will be watching to see in this era of stream-ing and sharing if Enya can replicate past success. Nielsen Music says

she’s sold 23.8 million albums in the United States alone.

However, there is reason for added excitement: Enya fans are being teased with the possibility that the 54-year-old singer, who rarely sings in public, may actually be ready to take the stage.

“Performing is something I enjoy,” she said. “The way we put an album together is very much a performance feel. We’re trying to capture that live performance and that’s why I would know it would work on stage, and I would love to perform it.”

So why hasn’t she done so in the past?

“Time,” she said. (ap)

NAPLES, Florida — “The West Wing” actor Martin Sheen says he wishes he had the courage of his son Charlie Sheen, who has revealed he’s HIV-positive.

Sheen spoke Tuesday during an event at The Ritz-Carlton resort in Naples, Florida, hours after his son’s appearance on NBC’s “Today.”

According to the Naples Daily News, Sheen said his 50-year-old son had been working up to the

announcement for months with his family’s encouragement.

Sheen said that as he watched his son reveal “his deepest, darkest secret, I couldn’t believe the level of courage I was witnessing, and that it was my son.”

Sheen encouraged support for people struggling with drug and alcohol addictions.

He said he hoped the announce-ment was “the first day of the rest of Charlie’s life as a free man.” (ap)

‘West Wing’ actor Martin Sheen praises son Charlie’s courage

Simon says part of ‘You’re So Vain’ is about Warren Beatty

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Enya returns with ethereal style she’s made her own

NEW YORK — The Irish singer Eithne Ni Bhraonain — known to the world as Enya — has essentially created her own style of music and sold some 80 million CDs in three decades. Yet when she leaves a hotel after talking about her first new work in seven years, chances are she will walk Manhattan streets unnoticed.

TOURISM in Candidasa has been declining in recent years due to lack of attention to basic infrastructure. This despite the fact that this area of Karangasem is a favoured destination of many tourists looking for something a little more low key than the type of tourism found in South Bali.

Tourists from various countries in Europe as well as Austalia, China and Japan often choose to come

t o Candi Dasa so that they can trekk along the path that runs from Tenganan and Kastala to Tirtagangga. They also come here to go snorkelling, do yoga and learn Balinese cooking. But for the moment hotel occupancy rates are as low as 50% which is 10 to 20% lower thet what is considered sustainable.

According to Secretary of the Indonesia Hotel and Res-taurant Association (PHRI) for Karangasem, Wayan Kariasa, Candidasa needs to have a distinct tourism icon to draw in more visitors, and perhaps more importantly, basic facilities need to be improved as does promotion of this location both locally and overseas. “It is not enough to just have a row of hotels an a few restaurants,” he said.

Kariasa however pointed out that in the last year an increasing number of investors have been putting money into renovating vacant hotel buildings in the area, although the outcome is not yet clear. One thing is for sure: many tourism investors have their eyes on East Bali as an alternative destination to the over-crowding of South of Bali.

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Pilot grounded for ‘offering hostess as compensation’

JAKARTA - An Indonesian airline has grounded a pilot after he allegedly offered an air hostess to passengers as compensation for a delay on a flight to the resort island of Bali.

IBP/Bagiarta

Tourism in Candidasa has been declining in recent years due to lack of attention to basic infrastructure. This despite the fact that this area of Karangasem is a favoured destination of many tourists looking for something a little more low key than the type of tourism found in South Bali.

Rare Frangipani coral could help revive tourism in Candidasa