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Human Rights Watch Sunday called on Indonesia to drop trea-son charges against five peaceful protesters, a day ahead of their expected trial in the remote prov-ince of Papua.
The New York-based rights watchdog said Indonesian secu-rity forces in October had used “excessive force” including ba-
tons and firearms to break up a pro-independence assembly in the provincial capital Jayapura, killing at least three people and injuring more than 90.
Eight police officers were let off with written warnings for disciplinary infractions but five Papuan leaders were charged with treason -- and are expected to stand trial on Monday, it added.
“The Indonesian government
should show its commitment to peaceful expression by dropping the charges against these five Papuan activists,” the group’s Asia deputy director Elaine Pearson said in a statement.
“It’s appalling that a modern democratic nation like Indonesia continues to lock up people for organising a demonstration and expressing controversial views,” she added.
Pursuing the trial would “only deepen the resentment that many Papuans feel against the govern-ment”, Pearson said.
HRW also urged Indonesia to release at least 15 other Papuans, including independence leader Filep Karma, and about 60 other people mostly Maluku activists, over “peaceful acts of free expres-sion”.
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Data Division Head of Me-teorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of Region III Denpasar, Nyoman Gede Wiryajaya, said on Saturday (Jan 28) that such condition would consistently occur within a week to come. He added that such con-
dition was the impact of Tropical Cyclone Iggy taking place in the Indian Ocean.
He said the tropical cyclone had been already under way since January 26 in the waters of the Indian Ocean south of Java Island. The cyclone indirectly had an
impact on some parts of Indonesia including Bali in the presence of strong winds, high waves, extreme weather, heavy rain, thunder and lightning. These conditions were estimated to still strike Bali within three days to one week to come.
However, he affirmed the Trop-ical Cyclone Iggy would not get to Indonesia, especially Bali. “The conditions occurred recently will not potentially become a storm. The tropical cyclone will not be going to get to Bali because of
our position is away. However, the impact indeed gets to Bali with a condition as occurred these days,” he said.
He added the Cyclone Iggy was now continuing to move closer to mainland Australia. It was com-mon during the rainy season and strengthened when it reached the ocean but would fall back after reaching the mainland. Explained, the cyclone was going to follow the path of the sun.
Indonesia urges to drop charges against Papuans
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The bad weather condition happens in Bali for the last few days causing flood and toppling trees. Data Division Head of Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of Region III Denpasar, Nyoman Gede Wiryajaya, said on Saturday (Jan 28) that such condition would consistently occur within a week to come.
Bali hit by heavy rain and strong wind
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DENPASAR - Within the past few days, the very high intensity rainfall was accompanied by strong winds and lightning.
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One of the sampian sellers in Kapal area
prosperity to Kapal peopleMangupura (Bali Post)-
Galungan day brought itself prosperity for the public especially those selling penjor (a tall, curved bamboo pole decorated with coconut leaves) accssories such as at Kapal Village, Mengwi, which on the coming Galungan days always had overloading orders. Kadek Karyana, one of the sellers, stated that the locals have used this dayas a seasonal business remembering needs of penjor accessories such as sampian (penjor part at the top tip) has high demand not only for individual needs but also those buying in bulk in order to sell it again. In the normal days Karyana sells pelangkiran (smaller shrines to be placed in rooms) and wood based material shrines.
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The farmer is trying to scare the bird. The ricefield is now sur-rounded by buildings almost in all regencies in Bali (kmb12)
3International Bali News Monday, January 30, 2012
Denpasar (Bali Post)—Seasonal traders seemed to overwhelm the
traditional markets in the city of Denpasar ahead
Market, one of the largest traditional markets in the region, Friday (Jan 27). Based on the record of the PD Pasar Denpasar, the number of new seasonal trader reached 15-20 percent.
the peaks, namely three and two days before
“Currently, the number of seasonal trader just reached 20 percent. Probably, three or two days
considering this moment is also very eagerly awaited by people who want to get a blessing on the feast day,” said Director of PD Pasar Denpasar, I Made Westra.
-ber of trader was estimated to reach about 100 people, but at this time it reached 120 traders. By ordinary, these seasonal traders came from all regions in Bali.
traders in the market, seasonal traders cannot do selling at arbitrary locations, but they can only sell at a predetermined location, namely around the courtyard area of the market,” he
Though the time of peddling was not restrict-
ed, Westra said the seasonal traders could only operate for three hours on normal days. “They usually prefer to peddle in the morning because more buyers visited the traditional market in the morning. Probably, it only lasts for three hours and after selling out their merchandise they will go home,” he said. They usually sold a variety of supplies for prayers and rituals, ranging from young coconut leaf, ritual paraphernalia, food and fruits.
peak operations of seasonal traders,” he said. Meanwhile, condition of the biggest market downtown looked very crowded with visitors who thronged various locations selling necessi-ties of life. Hundreds of motorcycles and dozens of cars looked to be parked around the area of Badung Market.
“During the holiday season, the volume of vehicles entering the Badung and Kumbasari
include the vehicles parked outside or around the two traditional markets,” he said. Regarding the revenue of PD Pasar, particularly from the seasonal traders peddling in the market courtyard, Westra was unable to give any details because his party had not made the calculation.
-larly from the seasonal traders, but we do not know for sure the details,” he said. (bit)
Collapse of the parapet was practically followed by the movement of land on the parapet. When the land moved, part of the
ruins of the collapsed parapet could be seen from the ship docking on the LCM pier. Persistent bad weather lately was feared to
“The land on this parapet is still sandy land and unstable. It can col-lapse any time, let alone be pounded
chamber shrine of the temple was also under threat of abrasion if it was not immediately addressed because the edge of parapet and the chamber shrine only stayed three meters.
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the parapet was caused by the waves and winds ensuing within the past week. Be-sides, it was also the impact of pressure of the vessel’s propeller running aground
-ter hitting the parapet was getting harder.
claimed to have reported it to customary apparatus and headman.
to have received the report and checked the collapsed parapet and compound
him, the village officer had reported the matter to the regent. He hoped it could be soon addressed so the Segara Temple would not be eroded, too. (kmb26)
out since Tuesday afternoon (Jan 24) at Suka Raharja Hamlet, Sidowaluyo Village, Sidomulyo Subdistrict, South Lampung Regency, the residents no lon-ger slept in the moor. They did not dare to dwell in their house for two days though personnel of Mobile Brigade Police and
home, including the young couple Ko-
had to give birth to a premature baby.
scene. The aid of a tent for each family enabled them to stay at home near the debris of their house burned and razed to the ground.
Some residents were still living in
most residents have dared to go home, in-cluding the young couple Komang Merta
Puseh Temple, Jro Mangku Made Karuna. Jro Mangku who is also a teacher of reli-
school denied if the young couple gave birth to their baby in the refuge.
“The baby was born in their house, but
to the moor made the birth of baby pre-
seen cleaning up the debris of their house. They were quite busy re-arranging the burned goods scattered around the house. Hands of most residents were stained by dust and charcoal. “I am sorry, my hands are dirty,” said the resident when taken to shake hands.
Three housewives consisting of Mrs.
Mrs. Made Sudiadnyana whose house were adjacent also looked busy tidying
home worth IDR 400 million, 2 units of tractor, water pump, grass cutting machine and plow worth up to IDR 40 million per unit could be returned. “Hopefully, my belongings obtained
so can the two of my houses,” hoped
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The destroyed compound wall of Segara Temple in Gilimanuk
Battered by waves
Parapet and compound wall of Segara Temple at Gilimanuk collapseNegara (Bali Post)—
Parapet and compound wall of Segara Temple at Gilimanuk collapsedas battered by waves and strong winds on Friday (Jan 27). As a matter offact, the safety parapet of the Segara Temple had long cracked and almostbroken. Since it was neglected, it now completely collapsed. Based on theinformation gathered on Saturday (Jan 28), the collapsed parapet initiallyoccurred along two meters only. But, when the high winds accompaniedwith big waves ensued last Friday, the length of collapsed parapet increased.Even, it had reached 15 meters.
Badung Market ‘overwhelmed’ by seasonal traders Residents set to clean up
debris of their house
News International4 Monday, January 30, 2012
The arrests spread the scandal over tabloid wrongdoing — which has already shut down one Murdoch paper, the News of the World — to Britain’s best-selling newspaper. London police said two men aged 48 and one aged 56 were arrested on suspicion of corruption early in
the morning at homes in and around London. A 42-year-old man was detained later at a London police station.
Murdoch’s News Corp. con-firmed that all four were current or former Sun employees. The BBC and other British media identified
them as former managing editor Graham Dudman, former deputy editor Fergus Shanahan, current head of news Chris Pharo and crime editor Mike Sullivan.
A fifth man, a 29-year-old police officer, was arrested at the London station where he works. Officers searched the men’s homes and the east London headquarters of the media mogul’s British newspapers for evidence. The investigation into whether reporters illegally paid police for information is running parallel to a police inquiry into phone hacking by Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World.
Reuters
DAWEI, Myanmar - Myan-mar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for changes to the military-drafted constitution in her first political trip since ending a boycott of the country’s political system last year and announcing plans to run for parliament.
Thousands of people lined the roads shouting “Long live mother Suu” as her motorcade moved through the rural coastal region of Dawei about 615 km (380 miles) south of her home city, Yangon, the main business centre.
The trip, only her fourth out-side Yangon since her release from years of house arrest in November 2010, demonstrates the increasingly central role of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate as the Southeast Asian state emerges from half a century of isolation.
“There are certain laws which are obstacles to the freedom of the people and we will strive to abolish these laws within the
framework of the parliament,” Suu Kyi said to cheers from sup-porters after meeting officials of her National League for Democ-racy (NLD) party in Dawei.
The NLD, though well known in the country, has had limited real political experience. It won by a landslide a 1990 election, a year after Suu Kyi began a lengthy period of incarceration, but the then regime ignored the result and detained many party members and supporters.
The NLD boycotted the next election, held in 2010 and won by a military-backed party after opposition complaints of rigging. Her address on Sunday offered the most extensive detail yet of the policies she would bring to parliament.
In particular, she said she wanted to revise a 2008 army-drafted constitution that gives the military wide-ranging powers, including the ability to appoint key cabinet members, take con-trol of the country in a state of emergency and occupy a quarter of the seats in parliament.
Associated Press Writer
LIMA, Peru — A fire swept through a two-story private reha-bilitation center for addicts in a poor part of Peru’s capital Saturday, kill-ing 27 people and critically injuring five as firefighters punched holes through walls to rescue residents locked inside.
The “Christ is Love” center for drug and alcohol addicts was unlicensed and overcrowded and its residents were apparently kept inside “like prisoners,” Health Minister Alberto Tejada told The Associated Press. Authorities said
26 people died at the scene, and prosecutors spokesman Raul San-chez said Saturday night that one of six men hospitalized in critical condition died later.
Peru’s fire chief, Antonio Zavala, said most of the victims died of asphyxiation. All the victims ap-peared to be male. The local police chief, Clever Zegarra, said the cause of the 9 a.m. fire was under investigation.
“There has been talk of the burn-ing of an object, of a mattress, but also of a fight that resulted in a fire. All of this is speculation,” he told the AP. “I’ve been here at the scene
from morning to evening but for the moment the exact cause of the fire is not known.”
One resident of the center on a narrow dead-end street in Lima’s teeming San Juan de Lurigancho district said he was eating breakfast on the second floor of the center when he saw flames coming from the first floor, where the blaze ap-parently began. Gianfranco Huerta told local RPP news radio station that he leaped from a window to safety.
“The doors were locked; there was no way to get out,” he told the station.
AP Photo
The bodies of people who were killed in a fire lie on the ground as firefight-ers try to revive others after removing them from the Christ is Love center for drug and alcohol addicts in Lima, Peru, Saturday Jan. 28, 2012.
Peru: 27 killed in fire at rehabilitation center
REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd R) talks to reporters after receiving the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Award for Democracy from Pakistani President and widower of Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari (L) and his daughter Asifa Bhutto Zardari at Suu Kyi’s home in Yangon January 25, 2012.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi calls for changes to constitution
AP Photo/Sang Tan
A news camera films the offices of News International company headquarters in London, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.
British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probeAssociated Press Writer
LONDON — The criminal investigation into British tabloid skull-duggery turned full force on a second Rupert Murdoch publication Saturday, with the arrest of four current and former journalists from The Sun on suspicion of bribing police. A serving police officer was also held, and authorities searched the newspaper’s offices as part an investigation into illegal payments for information.
Activities Monday, January 30, 2012 5International
Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for January 4 through 26, 2012
EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.
The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered 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, sail-ings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.
In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
Balinese Temple Ceremony
IBP
KUTA - The Bali Dy-nasty Resort will be mak-ing some minor improve-ments to its’ facilities from the 1st of February 2012 with an upgrade of the kids pool and the construction of a new spa.
In order to further en-hance Resort facilities for Kids as well as being con-sidered one of Bali’s Best Family Resorts, Dynasty Resort will be adding a “Kids Water Fun Zone” and refurbishing the kids pool. They will also be building a new spa facility which will provide 10 air conditioned rooms and 16 massage beds.
Bali Dynasty Resort upgrading the kids pool
IBP/Net
1 Feb Buda Keliwon Dunggulan. Pura Wakika Kupang, NTTPura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besar NTBPura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri-TabananPura Atambuananta Kutamba NTTPura Webananta Kupang, NTTPura Giripati Mulawarman Pontianak.Pura Mustika Dharma Cijantung I Jakarta Timur
2 Feb Wraspati Umanis Dunggulan Pura Watukaru TabananPura Lempuyang Luhur KarangasemPura Kentel Gumi KlungkungPasek Gaduh Umadesa Kediri TabananPura Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Penebel TabananMerajan Pasek Tohjiwa TiyinganMerajan Pasek Gaduh Umadesa
3 Feb Sukra Paing DunggulanPura Ulun Suwi JimbaranPura Luhur Cemenggon, Sukawati.Pura Pasek Ubung Denpasar
4 Feb Saniscara Pon DunggulanPura Segara JembranaPura Dalem Gede Losan Klungkung
5 Feb Redite Wage Kuningan Pura Dalem Tegal Tamu Sekarmukti-Balubulan.Pura Kubayan Umagunung Sempidi-Badung
6 Feb Soma Keliwon Kuningan Pura Dasar Gelgel-KlungkungPura Pasek Tohjiwa Sawah/Selemadeg-TabananPura Pemerajan Agung Benawah Kangin GianyarPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Pelapuhan-Busungbiu BulelengPura Kahyangan Tulus Desa Apuan.
7 Feb Purnama Kawulu Pura dalem Batur - BangliPura Pasek/Ida Ratu Pasek BesakihNgusaba Ngeed Banua Kawan - Besakih
Pura Dalem Suci Sidemen - Karangasem
11 Feb Saniscara Keliwon Kuningan. Pura Taman Pule Mas-UbudPura Ularan Takmung-Klungkung.Pura Bukitjati Gulingan-Kawan BangliPura Dalem Tegehe TegehePura Dalem Tahak TahakPura Dalem Batuaji. BatuajiPura Dalem Tegaljaya BatubulanPura Jenengan Maspahit Cemenggaon-SukawatiPura Dalem Guwang-SukawatiPura Sadha KapalPura Sakenan SeranganPura Pekendungan Keiri-TabananPura Pasek Gaduh Grokgak Gede TabananPura Dalem Sanding TampaksiringPura Dalem Purnajati Tanjung Puri Tanjung Periuk JakartaPura Dalem Tenggaling Guliang-BangliMr. Dukuh Tetek Peguyangan-DenpasarPura Agung Blambangan BanyuwangiPura Dalem Agung Sri Nararya Kresna Kepakisan Gelgel -KlungkungPura Panti Paksebali Klungkung (Perang Jempana)Pura Penataran Agung Margowening Desa Balonggarut, Sidoarjo, Jawa Timur
12 Feb Redite Umanis LangkirPr. Sakenan Serangan Denpasar SelatanPr. Batuaji Ubung Ubung-Tengah Denpasar BaratPura Dalem Pahuman Bhujangga Penatih DenpasaMr. Pasek Gianyar KerobokanPr. Alas Harum Batur Kintamani,Pr. Alas Angker KintamaniKawitan Dalem Empuaji Aan-Klungkung.
15 Feb Buda Wage Langkir Pura Tanah Lot Kediri TabananPura Bucabe Mas UbudPura Puseh Desa Ganggang-Canggi BatuanPura Pasek Pertukangan Kediri-TabananPura Pasek Bendesa Gulingan Mengwi
Monday, January 30, 2012 6 News
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International
Two people were killed in Chand-pur, southeast of the capital andanother in a town further south asthousands of BNP workers took tothe streets, chanting demands for theouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Ha-sina and her government, witnessessaid. Mohammad Shahidullah,police superintendent of Chandpur,
least one by gunshots.“The situation is now under
control but still very tense,” he saidby telephone. Police on Saturdaybanned proposed demonstrations inthe capital and other main cities bythe BNPand its allies because of fear
Hasina’s Awami League also calledfor a rally in the capital, Dhaka, onSunday.
The two parties, which have
face off again in an election due
next year, both announced plans fordemonstrations on Monday.
“We are bracing for a toughertime ahead,” said senior Dhaka po-
said security forces were also deter-mined to thwart attempts by Islamistradicals to disrupt the peace.
The military said a coup attemptin December was mounted by serv-
have links with radical Islamists.
Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran — The head of Iran’s state oil company saidSunday that the price of crude will reach $120 to $150 per barrel,as officials in Tehran prepare to discuss a ban on crude sales toEuropean Union countries in retaliation for an EU embargo. Headof the National Iranian Oil Company Ahmad Qalehbani also saidthat Tehran would expand its capacity to refine crude domesti-cally, instead of selling it on international markets.
The EU announced an embargo on Iranian oil last week to pres-sure Tehran on its controversial nuclear program. The embargo isset to go into effect in the summer, but Iran says that it may cutthe flow of crude to Europe early. Iran says the EU accounts foronly 18 percent of its output and that it can find new customers.It says the embargo will hurt the West more than Iran, in part bycausing a spike in prices.
“It seems we will witness prices from $120 to $150 in thefuture,” Qalehbani was quoted as saying by IRNA. He did notgive a time frame for the prediction, nor any other details. Theprice of benchmark U.S. crude on Friday was around $99.56 perbarrel.
Qalehbani also said that Iran could find other customers forits crude in the short term, while in the longer term expanding itsrefining capacity to turn the crude into other petroleum products.“The sale of some 18 percent of Iranian oil, to a market other thanthe EU, is quite possible. But our long term idea is to increaserefining capacities to produce valuable products,” he said.
Qalehbani’s statement came as Iranian oil officials prepare todebate a ban on crude sales to European Union countries. ManyIranian lawmakers and officials have called for an immediate banon oil exports to the European bloc before the EU’s ban fullygoes into effect in July. They say this will hurt Europe before itcan find alternative suppliers.
Associated Press Writer
GIGLIO, Italy — Rough seas offItaly’s Tuscan coast forced a delayin the planned Saturday start of theoperationtoremoveahalf-milliongal-lons of fuel from the grounded Costa
may now not begin until midweek.Recoveryoperationscontinued,how-ever, and on Saturday yielded a 17thbody: The woman who wasn’t wear-ingalife jacketwasfoundbydiverson
The Concordia ran aground onJan. 13 off the port of the island ofGiglio port after the captain deviatedfrom his planned route and gashedthe hull of the ship on a reef. Some4,200 passengers and crew endured apanickedevacuationafter theabandonship alarm didn’t sound until the ship
boats couldn’t be lowered.Some 16 people remain unac-
counted for and are presumed dead.On Saturday, the body found on the
as Erika Soria Molina, 25, of Peru
by Doris Sotomayor, Peru’s consulgeneral in Florence.
Sotomayor told The AssociatedPress that the body was found in asubmerged part of the deck. Soria,who was wearing a service uniform,studied tourism in Peru and was born
of Lima.The removal of the fuel aboard
the Concordia is a key concern sincethe seas around Giglio form part of aprotected marine sanctuary and are afavorite destination for scuba divers.So far, no leakage has been detected.
REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
Commuters ride on the roof of a train as they come back to the city after attending the final prayer of Biswa Ijtema in Dhaka January 22, 2012. Thousands of Muslims joined the Akheri Munajat, the final supplication as the second phase of the Muslims congregation concluded by seeking forgiveness and blessings for mankind on Sunday, local media reported.
Three dead, over 100 hurt, in Bangladesh violenceReuters
D A A - Three people were killed and more than 100 in ured on Sunday in clashes betweenBangladeshi police and activists of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) trying
Cruise ship fuel removal stalled due to rough seas
Iran says oil could reach $120 to $150 per barrel
Right groups accuse Indonesia of gross human rights abusesin Papua, a Melanesian-majority region rich in natural resourceswhere poorly armed rebels have been fighting for independencefor decades.
Jakarta denies the allegations but refuses to allow foreignmedia or aid workers into the remote eastern province to conductindependent inquiries.
When it rained, the sun’s position was in the south of theequator so the temperature in the south of the equator increased,resulted in low air pressure and then triggered many patterns oflow pressure. Further, he said the low pressure was the seed fortropical cyclone. If the air pressure was below 1,000 and thewind speed at least 30 knots, it would enable the occurrence oftropical cyclone.
“Right now, there is a low pressure near the Carsentaria Bay,Australia. If it turns to a tropical cyclone, it will kindle a greaterimpact than the cyclone happening now. We continue to monitorthe development and the possibility to occur is still far,” he said.
Related to the high waves occurring in some waters of Bali,his party had sent a warning to the Port of Benoa, Gilimanukand Padang Bay to be wary. People doing activities in the sea,such as fishermen, were asked to be more alert because the highwaves could reach five meters in the waters south of Bali and thecondition was still going on over the couple of days. His partyalso urged the public to be alert to puddles that could result inflooding in the lowlands and landslides in the highlands.
He affirmed the peak of rainy season was still going on untilnext February and would experience a decrease in March andApril. Meanwhile, most parts of Indonesia would have enteredthe dry season in May. (wid)
Indonesia...
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Monday, January 30, 2012 7Indonesia Today International
AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY
Indonesian Christian worshippers listen during a Sunday mass out-side the presidential palace in Jakarta on January 29, 2012. Hundreds of Christian worshippers held a Sunday mass outside the presidential palace in Jakarta calling President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to allow them the right to worship at their church in Bogor which they claimed had been sealed off by local authorities.
The decision was based on a recommendation from Director General of Mineral and Coal at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Thamrin Sihite and a decision of the Bima district leg-islative body, spokesman of the Bima district administration Aris Gunawan said.
The recommendation dated January 26, 2012 among others suggested that the district head issue a decision stopping the min-eral exploration activities in the subdistricts of Lambu, Sape and Langgudu, he said.
The recommendation came a day after the district legislative
body had issued a decision on January 25, 2012 asking the district government to stop the activities, he said.
Head of the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Mining and Energy Of-fice Eko Bambang Sutedjo said the recommendation from the director general of mineral and coal was not intended to ask the district head to revoke the company`s mining per-mit but to stop its mining activities in the region permanently.
The district head`s decision af-fected 24,980 hectares of mining
area in the subdistricts of Lambu, Sape and Langgudu, he said.
The recommendation of the director general of mineral and coal and the decision of the local legislative body came nearly a month after an angry mob torched the Bima district head`s office late last year in protest against his decision allowing the company to conduct mineral explorations in the region.
During their rally on December 27 last year the demonstrators demanded the revocation of the
district head`s decision and asked suspect AS who had been handed over to the prosecutor`s office to be released.
AS was suspected of having provoked the torching of the Lam-bu sub-district head`s residence on March 10, 2011.
Two people were killed in the Dec 26 rally.
Police have questioned at last 40 of their officers over the violence in the December 26 clash at the Sape ferry port in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara.
Antara
MANADO - Coordinating Minister for the Peopl`s Welfare Agung Laksono said the police should level multiple charges against Apriani Su-santi, the woman whose driving under the alleged influence of drugs killed nine people in Jakarta recently.
He also hoped a court would pass a heavy sentence on her as a warning to all drug users in the country of the hazatds of their habit.
“The law enforcers in this case should take care not to be seen as weak. If necessary, give her the heaviest possible sentence so as to deter other drug users or reckless drivers, “ he said here Saturday. A severe sentence for drug abuse would help to make the public respect law enforcing agencies, he added.
Agung said her had talked with the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and the police about
tackling the threat of drug abuse as had happened in Apriani`s casei.
The tragedy that Apriani had caused was good momentum to revive the public`s awareness about the dangers of marcotic drug consump-tion.
“At present, only 50 percent to 60 percent of Indonesian society are aware of the dangers of narcotic drug consumption. The Apriani case is a momentum to remind the public,” Agung said.
The majority of drug users in Indonesia was in the productive age category , namely 15 to 25 years old.
Apriani last Sunday (January 22) drove a car which also carried three of her friends at high speed and ran down a group of pedestrians in central Ja-karta. Nine of the pedestiarns were insantly killed and three other sustained injuries. Police later said the foursome had consumed ecstasy and alcohol hours before the accident.
Antara
JAKARTA - Indonesia is open to the importa-tion of any goods by foreign firms as long as it is done in accordance with regulations in force in the country, a minister said.
“We welcome and invite investment into Indo-nesia but they must abide by the law, including the law on the environment,” Finance Minister Agus Marto Wardoyo said here on Saturday.
He made the statement during an inspection of 113 containers filled with hazardous and toxic (B3) waste materials from overseas that had been impounded at Tanjung Priok port.
Agus, Environment Minister Balthasar Kam-buaya and customs and excise officials took a look at the 113 containers filled with sleek scrap mixed with a chemical substance that had been shipped from Britain and the Netherlands.
The minister said that Indonesia allowed the importation of scrap steel but the 113 containers
were suspected to have been imported not based on regulations because they were still mixed with chemical substance, waste and soil.
He said the customs and excise office and the office of the environment minister would follow up the finds. The containers will be made evi-dence for a legal process that should be settled immediately because they were hazardous and toxic materials. He said that the importers must account for the importation of the goods but presumption of innocence must be observed.
“It would be seen whether they would be re-exported or be taken to court,” he said.
Wardoyo said that many countries actually knew that certain goods were B3 and were not allowed to enter Indonesia, yet their importers in Indonesia imported them.
He said that Indonesia had signed the Basel Convention which regulated the movement of wastes among nations. Waste entering Indonesia should be equipped with a notification.
Bima Regent issues decision stopping PT SMN`s activitiesAntara
MATARAM - Bima district head Ferry Zulkarnaen on Saturday issued a decision stopping the activities of mining company PT Sumber Mineral Nusantara to conduct mineral explorations in the region.
Minister asks for heavy penalty for multiple death driver
Import anything but heed RI`s regulations
8 InternationalMonday, January 30, 2012
Bali Today
As revealed by Wayan Murya,one of the farmers at Subak Legenaand Subak Aya, Tumbak Bayuh Vil-lage, Badung, the land area of 7,500squaremetersplantedwith rice in fourmonths could only produce IDR 5million. It hadnotbeendeductedwiththe purchase of seeds and other agri-cultural inputs. “It is the net revenuereceivedwhen the season isnice.But,when the season is less friendly, theproduction expenses and income areequal, evenwhen theharvest reaching40 percent due to a bad season andpest attacks we suffered a loss. Ourproduction cost is very high becausewe must pay the cost of labor, too,”he explained.
WayanMuryahaddeeply involvedin the agricultural activities for de-cades. The main constraints experi-enced by farmers today were water
tomanagethe irrigationprocess,whilethe fertili er is relatively expensive
Seeing the fact, farmers were gen-erally lesspassionate tocultivate theirlandbecause the incomeobtainedwasnot comparable to their hard work.The pro-people policy as touted bygovernment so far surely became thefarmers’ hope to still survive. More-over, the government had previouslyplanned to think about the fate of ag-riculture throughoneof theprominentprograms ensuring the availability ofproductionfacilitiesandmarketingtheagricultural products of Bali.
An agricultural observer from theUdayanaUniversity,Prof.Dr. IWayan
Windia, said the profession as a ricefarmerwassynonymouswithpovertybecause their income was unable tomeet their daily needs. It was alsoevidenced by the Exchange Rate ofFarmer always moving in the rangeof 1 percent. In other words, the pricereceived by farmers was very smallcompared to the price that should bepaid by farmers. “Small exchangerate of only around 1 percent, thevalue-added of some IDR 2.5 mil-lion per year as well as the growth ofthe agricultural sector reaching 2.1percent per year have indicated if theagriculture is the smallest among theexisting sector,” he explained.
Similar opinion was revealed byNyoman aca, the Dean of theAgri-cultural Faculty of Warmadewa Uni-versity.According tohim, theabsenceof integration (linkandmatch)amongvarious parties, especially in connect-ing the vision and mission to increasethe income of farmers in Bali, madethis sector increasingly left behind.Even, a number of programs both inthe form of aid and agricultural subsi-dies launchedbygovernment seemedexcellent, but in reality they couldnot have reached the entire farmers.“Though government provides thesubsidy of fertili er and seed, somefarmers are still unable to receive it.This proves if the program launchedbygovernmenthasnotbeenoptimallyutili ed by our farmers. More thanthat, the budget for agriculture is alsoconsidered inadequate and needsimproving if we want to revive theagriculture,” he explained. (bit)
Antara
DENPASAR - Tourists havebeen banned from swimming in
uta Beach, Bali, caused by thehigh tide reaching 3-4 meters.
“The ban has been imposedfrom Friday at 9 am CentralIndonesian Time indefinitely.Tourists have been banned fromswimming in the beach for awhile, until the weather turnsconducive,” said Coordinator ofWater Tourism Rescue Agency
etut Ipel.The ban was followed by the
removal of the swimming safetynotice at the uta Beach.
The notice board was usedto put in post I to II length 50meters, “We have banned sometourists who used to swim in thearea,” he said.
Meanwhile, the ban did not ap-ply to surfers who want swim inhigh tide under the tight supervi-sion of the Rescue Agency.
“The height of the tide is
getting higher and reached 3-4meters. We do hope this weatherwill pass soon so that the tour-
ists can return to swim in utaBeach,” said etut Ipel.
In the last two days, the sea inBali was not conducive, althoughthe Padang Bai Harbor (Bali)-Lembar Harbor (Lombok Island)was closed.
Meanwhile, the open-closesystem will be imposed on theGilimanuk Harbor (Bali)- eta-pang Harbor (Banyuwangi, EastJava) if the tide is getting higher.
Bad weather in Bali, galewithout rain has destructed trees,houses, buildings, and had fourfatalities in Tabanan region.
AntaraNUSA DUA - The Indonesian
and Malaysian governments havesigned an MoU on sea territorial se-curity in Nusa Dua, Bali, Friday.
The agreement was an effort toprovide protection to the fisher-men of both countries as some ofthem have been operating outsidetheir borders.
FOTO ANTARA/Asep Fathulrahman
Assumption of some people judging the profession as a farmer is synonymous with poverty because their income cannot meet the daily needs seems unmistakable. Evidently, despite having worked hard to produce a favorable outcome, the income of farmers is still minimal because of the high cost of the agricultural production.
Fate of Bali farmers Facing poverty and high cost production Bali Post
DENPASAR - Assumption of some people udging theprofession as a farmer is synonymous with poverty becausetheir income cannot meet the daily needs seems unmistakable.Evidently, despite having worked hard to produce a favorableoutcome, the income of farmers is still minimal because of thehigh cost of the agricultural production.
Indonesia, Malaysia sign sea territorial MoU
Tourists banned from swimming in kuta beach due to high tide
Balinese Culture
9International Monday, January 30, 2012
BE SIAP BASE KALAS(Chicken In Spiced Coconut Milk)
OVERVIEW:
Coconut is readily available and inexpensive
in Bali, so almost any type of meat or seafood is
cooked in coconut-milk gravy; this chicken dish is
particularly good.
INGREDIENTS:
2 tbsp coconut oil
1 cup chicken spice paste
1 stalk lemon grass, bruised
1 salam leaf
600 gr chicken boneless, cubed
1 tsp salt
½ tsp black peppercorns, crushed
1 ½ cups chicken stock
1 ½ cups coconut milk, light
Fried shallots to garnish
PREPARATION:
Heat oil in heavy saucepan. Add spice paste and
sauté for 2 minutes over low heat. Add lemon grass,
salam leaf and chicken pieces and continue to
sauté for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Pour in chicken stock, bring to boil and simmer
for one minute. Add coconut milk, bring to boil, and
simmer until chicken is cooked and sauce thickens.
If sauce becomes too thick, add a little chicken
stock. Serve with Nasi Kuning or steamed rice.
Helpful hints:
Do not cover the pan during cooking, this to
prevent the coconut milk from curdling. If you are
worried about cholesterol, discard the chicken skin
before cooking.
AFP PHOTO/SONNY TUMBELAKA
Balinese pray during a Melasti ceremony prayer at Pandawa beach in Kutuh on the Hindu ma-jority island of Bali on January 28, 2012. The Hindu religious ceremony is traditionally held at water sources aimed at purifying the mind, body and spirit ahead of the new year.
Monday, January 30, 201210 InternationalDestinationsIBP Kehen Temple is a beautiful
Hindu temple located in foothills, south part of Bangli Regency and it is about 45 Km from Denpasar town. Inside of this temple are, there is Panyimpenan Temple building keep 3 inscriptions which is relating to its contents and temple existence. It is strategically located in the high land, so we can see the beautiful view. It is a famous temple in Bali and many visitors from foreign country has visited it.
The existence of the inscription at Kehen Temple can be explained as follows:
Kehen Temple Inscription ‘A’ is mentioning the existence of 3 sanctums those are Hyang Api, Hyang Tanda, and Hyang Karimama
Kehen Temple Inscription ‘B’ from 11 century is mentioning the empire functionary that is the Senapati Kuturan pu Kandara and it elaborate with the anathema words in oath
The Inscription from 13 century (year 1204 M) is mentioning Hyang Kehen and Hyang Wukir. At the mo-ment Hyang Kehen is equal to Kehen Temple and Hyang Wukir is Puncak Bukit Bangli Temple.
It is one of Monarchic Temple,
The temple under the aegis of king while ceremony execution and construction is delivered to local countryside custom
As a sanctum which is used as a altar (oath) for empire functionary who disloyal to his obligation will incur the Sapata or very horrible anathema. The function of Kehen Temple as sanctum in execution of oath ceremony is sup-ported by the existence of a circumloc-utory canister by 4 dragon tails which is called canister Sarpantaka. Nowadays, the canister is placed in a building in form of Gedong
Worshiping supremacy Siwa God in the form of Eka Dasa Rudra utilizes to request the godsend to the good human life and universe for blessing of fertile life, secure, prosperous and peaceful.
The structure of Kehen Temple yard is arranged to have a terrace and it shows the existence of tradition mega-lithic which is continued as a symbol from the existence of mount that is one of the fertility sources. The temple festival can be divided into 2 types those are Piodalan Ceremony which is executed every 6 month, that is on Wednesday Keliwon Sinta (Balinese Calendar) and Ngusaba Ceremony which is executed every 5 years.
Kehen Temple
IBP/Net
Monday, January 30, 2012 11
BUSINESSInternational
Agence France-Presse
DAVOS - Japanese PrimeMinister Yoshihiko Noda urged
quickly with i ts debt cr is ison Saturday, branding it thebiggest threat to the globaleconomy.
“ I t i s i n d e e d t h e m a j o rsource of risks for the globaleconomy,” Noda, speaking viavideolink from Tokyo, told the
should be major steps to al-lev ia te the concerns of the
international community andthe markets.”
Noda sa id Japan “s tandsready to support the Europeanefforts as much as possible”,recall ing that i t contributedt o t he Eu ropean F inanc i a lStability Facility, a warchestdesigned to forestall a defaultin struggling economies.
The prime minister warnedthat European nations wouldface a long struggle to regainmarket credibility. Japan lostits triple A credit rating in 2001and has still to win it back.
“The forces of global finan-
cial markets assail nations re-lentlessly,” he said. “Once thecredibility of a nation is lostthere is no way to get it backeasily. The European debt crisisis a clear case in point.”
He was speaking the day afterthe credit rating agency Fitch
members, including Italy andSpain, citing their poor financesand vulnerability to sharp turnsin market sentiment.
-ond largest economy, lost itsgold-plated triple A rating ear-lier two weeks ago.
Business leaders and bankersat the annual Davos forum werelargely dismissive of attempts tocap or restrict compensation inthe financial services industrythrough regulation.
But they said a combinationof public anger, tighter scrutinyfrom watchdogs, tougher perfor-mance measures and a structuralfall in profitability in banking inthe post-crisis world would curbthe excesses of the past.
“Compared to four years agoits night and day, partially be-cause the regulators are insistingon it...and partly because thesupervisory board of banks havesaid we have got to balance thereward of our senior team withthe reward of our long-termshareholders. And part of it is thebusiness model has changed,” asenior investment banker at amajor Wall Street firm said.
of Scotland, for example, said onSaturday that Chairman PhilipHampton would not pick up ashare-based bonus, amid a back-
drop of public anger over a 1 mil-lion ($1.6 million) stock bonusfor its chief executive.
Compensation consultantsestimate bonuses for 2011 fellby about 30 percent in 2011, withpayouts dropping across majorbanks such as Goldman Sachsand Morgan Stanley.
Year-end bonuses at Bar-clays Plc’s investment bank areexpected to be down about 30percent this year, on average, asource familiar with the mattersaid on Thursday.
“Of course bonuses are fall-ing, so is profitability,” a seniorEuropean banker told Reuters onthe sidelines of the conferenceon Saturday, following a meet-ing on the future of financialservices involving top bankersand regulators.
Several business leaders ,speaking candidly during closedmeetings, pointed to growingsocial inequality and said therewas a need for more effective taxcollection from the best paid.
And while critical of regula-
tory efforts to cap executive re-muneration, some blamed overlygenerous compensation packageson a lack of shareholder engage-ment in the issue.
“It should be up to the boards, notthe regulators. Where are the share-holders of these banks?” the head ofone investment bank told Reuters.Like others who spoke about the is-sue, he declined to be named.
A speaker on a panel on com-pensation at the World EconomicForum meeting in the Swiss Alpssaid: “Institutional investors arenot that interested because theamount of money that is involvedis totally immaterial.”
When asked for a show ofhands on whether executive com-pensation should be regulated,nobody in the audience of nearly100 people raised their hand.
The investment banking headsaid part of the problem was thatmany bankers had come to be-lieve that they alone were respon-sible for the profits generated intheir business, rather than the rolewhich they fulfilled.
Reuters
DAVOS - International Monetary Fund chief Christine
boost its financial firewall, saying “if it is big enough it willnot get used.”
Lagarde, supported by the British finance minister, GeorgeOsborne, said the IMF could boost its support for the euro
the Davos Forum still doubted the viability of the currencyunion.
Countries beyond the 17-country bloc want to see itsmembers stump up more money before they commit addi-tional resources to the IMF, which this month requested anadditional 500 billion euros ($650 billion) in funding.
“Now is the time - there has been a lot of pressure buildingin order to see a solution come about,” Lagarde told a Forum
leaders - most notably Germany - were conspicuously absent.
simple firewall that can operate both to limit the contagion
she said.Lagarde’s comments rounded out a crescendo of calls at
-fenses. The annual five-day conference began with GermanChancellor Angela Merkel deflecting pressure to do so.
In a carefully worded keynote address, Merkel suggested
markets for a time, but warned that if Germany made a promisethat could not be kept, “then Europe is really vulnerable.”
On Friday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithnerpressed Europe to make a “bigger commitment” to boostingits firewall.
Two bankers who attended meetings with Geithner at theForum said on Friday the United States was looking for the
trillion euros. There was no immediate comment from theU.S. Treasury.
Osborne said the currency bloc must beef up its firewallbefore other countries increase their funding to the IMF.
Osborne, the only European minister on Saturday’s paneldiscussion on the global economic outlook in 2012.
“There are not going to be further contributions from G20countries, Britain included, unless we see the color of their
significant increase in available resources.”
Bankers resist regulatory restraint on bonusesReuters
DAVOS - Budding bankers expecting the bumper bonuses of years gone by will have to think
Eurozone crisis biggest threat to world economy: Japan PM
IMF leads global push for euro zone to
Entertainment InternationalMonday, January 30, 201212
“I really love directors. I really have re-spect for directors. So this is really very mov-ing and touching for me,” said Hazanavicius, whose black-and-white silent charmer has cleaned up at earlier Hollywood honors and could emerge as the best-picture favorite at the Feb. 26 Oscars.
The Directors Guild honors are one of the most-accurate forecasts for who might go on to take home an Oscar. Only six times in the 63-year history of the guild awards has the winner failed to win the Oscar for best director. And more often than not, whichever film earns the directing Oscar also wins best picture.
French filmmaker Hazanavicius, whose credits include the spy spoofs “OSS 117:
Cairo, Nest of Spies” and “OSS 117: Lost in Rio,” had been a virtual unknown in Hol-lywood until “The Artist.” His throwback to early cinema centers on a silent-era star whose career crumbles when talking pictures take over in the late 1920s.
First-time nominee Hazanavicius won over a field of guild heavyweights that included past winners Martin Scorsese for “Hugo” and Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris.” Past nominees David Fincher for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and Alexander Payne for “The Descendants” also were in the running.
Accepting his nomination plaque earlier in the ceremony from his stars in “The Artist,”
Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, Hazanavicius recalled his child-hood education in great cinema, including Hollywood classics such as “Red River” and “Rio Bravo.” Hazanavicius said he felt he was be-ing welcomed by the Directors Guild for a language they had in common: cinema.
“Maybe you noticed, but I’m French. I have an accent. I have a name that is very difficult to pro-nounce,” Hazanavicius said. “I’m not American, and I’m not French, actually. I’m a filmmaker. ... I feel like I’m being accepted by you not as Ameri-cans but as filmmakers.”
Associated Press Writer
PARK CITY, Utah — Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana came to the Sundance Film Festival to promote their closing-night film, “The Words.” The two actors play a married couple in the movie, which follows an aspiring writer who gains fame when he finds an old manuscript and passes it off as his own.
The pair avoided any appearance of their reported off-screen romance by staying apart from one another while posing for photos and giving interviews to support the film. Saldana did affectionately touch Cooper as they passed in a hallway, though.
Both had been to Sundance before, where
snow fell throughout the festival and the weather dipped into the teens. Still, Saldana maintained her fashionista edge.
“I did bring warm stuff but I also brought fashion-y stuff. Come on. You’ve got to pay the price, even if it’s too cold,” she said. The 33-year-old actress wore green suede shoes with spiked stiletto heels despite the slushy conditions.
“They’re kind of fabulous. They’re also lethal. So I have to be really careful, and somebody has to be careful not to piss me off,” she said with a smile. “Yeah right. I’m just trying not to fall. It’s like ‘Please don’t fall. Please don’t fall,’ if I’m walking.” Cooper’s first time at the festival was 12 years earlier with the eventual cult comedy hit “Wet Hot American Summer.”
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — A 911 recording revealed frantic efforts by friends of Demi Moore to get help for the actress who was convulsing as they gathered around her and tried to comfort her. Moore was “semi-conscious, barely,” according to a female caller on the re-
cording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials.
The woman tells emergency op-erators that Moore, 49, had smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and that she had been “having issues lately.” “Is she breathing normal?” the operator asks.
“No, not so normal. More kind of shak-ing, convulsing, burning up,” the friend says as she hurries to Moore’s side, on the edge of panic. Another woman is next to Moore as the dispatcher asks if she’s responsive. “Demi, can you hear me?” she asks. “Yes, she’s squeezing hands. ... She can’t speak.”
When the operator asks what Moore ingested or smoked, the friend replies, but the answer was redacted. Asked if Moore took the sub-stance intentionally or not, the woman says Moore ingested it on purpose but the reaction was accidental. “Whatever she took, make sure you have it out for the paramedics,” the operator says.
The operator asks the friend if this has happened before. “I don’t know,” she says. “There’s been some stuff recently that we’re all just finding out.”
Hazanavicius wins at Directors Guild for ‘Artist’Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — The Directors Guild of America Awards are the latest Hollywood film honors to go silent. Hollywood’s top filmmakers group presented its feature-film honor Saturday to Michel Hazanavicius for his silent film “The Artist,” giving him the inside track for the best-director prize at the Academy Awards.
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Director Michel Hazanavicius, right, and Berenice Bejo arrive at the 64th Annual
Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.
911 call reveals frantic efforts to help Moore
Actress Zoe Saldana, left, co-writer and co-directorLee Stern-thal, center, and actor Bradley Coo-per pose at the premiere of “The Words” dur-ing the 2012 SundanceFilm Festival in Park City, Utah on Fri-day, Jan. 27, 2012.
Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana celebrate at Sundance
AP Photo/Danny Moloshok
Science Monday, January 30, 2012 13International
Readings of fine particulate matter called PM2.5 reached 1.593 milligrams per cubic meter on the Jan. 22 eve of the holiday, about 100 times worse than the amount considered good for 24-hour exposure, the city’s environmental bureau said.
The reading drew wide publicity in the local media on Sunday. The popular Beijing Youth Daily praised the city government for taking a more criti-cal look at air pollution, while urging residents to consider the environmental
effects of setting off fireworks.By noon on Sunday, as people
headed back to work after the weeklong holiday, the level stood at a relatively good 0.039. Concern has grown over air pollution from automobiles and other sources, prompting the city this month to begin announcing measurements of PM2.5 — particles less than 2.5 mi-crometers in size. That’s about 1/30th the width of an average human hair.
Because of their small size, the par-ticles can lodge deeply in the lungs and
are believed to pose the greatest risk to health. Beijing is frequently cloaked in yellow haze, with buildings a couple of blocks away barely visible.
On particularly bad days, schools cancel outdoor activities due to the risk of respiratory problems and hospitals report increased numbers of people — particularly the elderly — seeking help because they’re having trouble breath-ing. Long-term exposure can cause a range of illnesses, especially to the cardiovascular system.
Associated Press Writer
BANGKOK — A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species. Wildlife of-ficials told The Associated Press that they were alerted to the practice after finding two elephants slaughtered last month in a national park in west-ern Thailand.
“The poachers took away the elephants’ sex organs and trunks ... for human consumption,” Damrong Phidet, director-general of Thailand’s wildlife agency, said in a telephone interview. Some meat was to be consumed without cooking, like “elephant sashimi,” he said.
Poachers typically just remove tusks, which are most commonly found on Asian male elephants and fetch thousands of dollars on the black market. A market for elephant meat, however, could lead to killing of the wider elephant population, Damrong
said. “If you keep hunting elephants for this, then they’ll become extinct,” he said.
Consuming elephant meat is not common in Thailand, but some Asian cultures believe con-suming animals’ reproductive organs can boost sexual prowess. Damrong said the elephant meat was ordered by restaurants in Phuket, a popular travel destination in the country’s south. It wasn’t clear if the diners were foreigners.
The accusation drew a quick rebuttal from Phuket Governor Tri Akradecha, who told Thai media that he had never heard of such restaurants but ordered officials to look into the matter.
Poaching elephants is banned, and trafficking or possessing poached animal parts also is illegal. Elephant tusks are sought in the illegal ivory trade, and baby wild elephants are sometimes poached to be trained for talent shows. “The situation has come to a crisis point. The longer we allow these cruel acts to happen, the sooner they will become extinct,” Damrong said.
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.
It was a stunning role reversal for a youthful company that prides itself in promoting unfettered ex-pression, 140 characters at a time. Twitter insisted its commitment to free speech remains firm, and sought to explain the nuances of its policy, while critics — in a barrage of tweets — proposed a Twitter boycott and demanded that the censorship initia-tive be scrapped.
“This is very bad news,” tweeted
Egyptian activist Mahmoud Salem, who operates under the name Sandmonkey. Later, he wrote, “Is it safe to say that (hash)Twitter is selling us out?”
In China, where activists have embraced Twitter even though it’s blocked inside the country, artist and activist Ai Weiwei tweeted in response to the news: “If Twitter censors, I’ll stop tweeting.” One often-relayed tweet bore the headline of a Forbes magazine technology blog item: “Twitter Commits Social Suicide”
San Francisco-based Twitter, founded in 2006, depicted the new system as a step forward. Previously, when Twitter erased a tweet, it van-ished throughout the world. Under the new policy, a tweet breaking a law in one country can be taken down there and still be seen elsewhere.
Fireworks send Beijing air pollution soaringAssociated Press Writer
BEIJING — Clouds of smoke from Lunar New Year fireworks sent air pollution in Beijing soaring under a new more sensitive measurement system, reports said Sunday.
FILE - In this Monday Jan. 23, 2012 file photo, a man prepares
firecrackers on the Chinese Lunar New Year’s Eve in Beijing, China. AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File
New taste for Thai elephant meat
AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, elephants are fed with fresh sugarcanes at the elephant camp in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand.
Twitter’s new censorship plan rouses global furor
Monday, January 30, 201214 InternationalSport
Barca’s pursuit of a fourthconsecutive league title is now aneven tougher task as they seek tocatch Jose Mourinho’s men afteryet another poor showing on the
defeat has taken it’s toll. Real’s17th win from 20 league gamesleft them top on 52 points, withBarca second on 45. alencia, inthird with 35, visit Racing San-tander on Sunday.
The European and Spanishchampions were down to the barebones at the Madrigal with Pedroa late addition to their growinginjury list that includes the striker
-dres Iniesta. Lionel Messi lobbed
as Barca lacked their usual ipagainst a side who started theday in 17th place having won
weekend.Barca threw men forward near
as a substitute despite him play-ing with a shoulder injury, butthey could not beat home keeperDiego Lope .
The Spanish international de-
nied Messi in a one-on-one inthe closing minutes and with thegoal gaping, Fabregas bootedthe rebound high over the bar tocomplete a bad night for the visi-tors. “The league isn’t over yet,there is still a long way to go,”World Player-of-the-Year Messitold reporters.
“We just lacked a bit of lucktonight. We didn’t play as well aswe can do, but we created chancesand all we lacked was a goal.”
SURPRISE LEAD
surprise early lead at the Bernabeuafter a quickly taken freekickin the 11th minute but thoughts
quickly disappeared. Bra ilianaka squee ed a low shot un-
der Roberto to level in the 32ndminute and Cristiano Ronaldotapped in his 24th league goal ofthe campaign at the start of thesecond half.
passing move in the 56th and thewhistles from home fans against
Mourinho from last weekend, ap-peared long forgotten.
Manolo Jimene ’s side remain
standings with 12 points, and arewithout a win in 13 outings. Es-
both won earlier on Saturday.Espanyol recovered from a
shock midweek ing’s Cup quar-
side Mirandes to beat 10-man RealMallorca 1-0 at home. ladimirWeiss capitalised on an error fromMallorca’s Israeli goalkeeper
in front after 18 minutes, but they
just after the break.Spain striker Fernando Llor-
ente scored a hat-trick as Cup
behind to win 3-2 in a pulsatingencounter at Rayo allecano.
The powerful frontman nod-ded in the equaliser, controlled along ball and turned his marker toput them 2-1 up, and headed thewinner for his 11th league goalthis season.
Reuters
MALABO -
impressive list of freekick goals with a 30 metre effort and his cheeky
in Franceville.-
Sudan for the biggest winning-margin in the tournament.Unfortunately, few fans witnessed the double bill in the remote
favourites Ivory Coast, do not look as if they have fully got into gear.They will, however, be relieved to have avoided the fate of Morocco
and Senegal, surprisingly eliminated already in a tournament which
Libya in Bata on Sunday, began their post-mortem by appealing to theirdirectors not to dismantle the team.
“There is no point in going in that direction, that will just add to er-
Diawara.
win over the critics despite their progress.“I don’t feel any vengeance against me but the people are impatient.
They didn’t really understand we wanted to create a young team thatwould work together and be united,” he said after their stunning 3-2 winover Morocco. “Maybe this result has come at the right time.”
Reuters
LONDON - Liverpool are working closely with Merseyside police in anattempt to identify a man who appeared to have made racist gestures during
Saturday.Police have released a picture of a man, which was circulated on social
networking sites during Liverpool’s 2-1 victory, who seemed to be makingmonkey’gestures.
abusing United’s France fullback Patrice Evra in a Premier League match
Liverpool issued a statement which read: “Following today’s game wewere made aware of an image being circulated on social media relating to
“WearenowworkingcloselywithMerseysidePolice toestablish the factsof what occurred and identify the individual involved.We would urge any ofour supporters with any information to contact either the club or the police.”The police have assigned specialist detectives to the case.
AP Photo/Alberto Saiz
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi from Argentina, right, duels for the ball with Villarreal’s Mateo Musac-chio from Argentina, left, during their La Liga soccer match at Madrigal stadium in Villarreal, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.
Barca draw to leave Real seven clear in La LigaReuters
MADRID - Real Madrid moved seven points clear at the top of La Liga with a comfortable3-1 win over bottom side Real Zaragoza as Barcelona could only draw 0-0 at lowly Villarreal on
exit to arch-rivals Barca and it was Pep Guardiola’s victors who seemed to suffer a hangover.
Police investigate fan gesture at Liverpool Cup tie
Gyan-inspired Ghana win upstaged by Guinea rout
Ghana’s Asa-moah Gyan cel-ebrates his goal during their African Cup of Nations Group D soccer match against Mali at the Stade de Franceville in Franceville, Ga-bon, Saturday Jan. 28, 2012.
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Los Angeles Lakers’ An-drew Goudelock (0) defends
as Milwaukee Bucks’ Bran-don Jennings drives to the
basket during the second half of an NBA basketball
game on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Milwaukee. The
Bucks defeated the Lakers 100-89.
Bucks trample travel-sick LakersReuters
The Milwaukee Bucks, missing key starters, stunned the travel-sick Los Angeles Lakers 100-8Saturday, helped by a herculean effort from Drew Gooden. The Bucks (8-11) were without leadingrebounderAndrew Bogut, who has a broken ankle, while second top scorer Stephen Jackson sat outthe game with suspension.
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Plushenko claims seventh European
Azarenka awarded Order of Motherland in Belarus
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus poses with her trophy on the banks of the Yarra River following her win over Russia’s Maria Sharapova in the women’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012.
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The Brackley-based team announced last year that its 2012 contender would only hit the track at the second test in Barcelona. At the time, it was widely expected other outfits would follow suit because of the extra development time made avail-able by skipping the first test.
However, even though its main rivals in the end stuck to their original plans to get cars out for the opening test in Jerez, Mercedes-Benz vice president of motorsport Norbert Haug is sanguine about his team’s plan.
“If you have half-a-year’s timeframe to develop a car, then 10 days can be crucial,” Haug told AUTOSPORT in an exclusive interview. “That was our decision. We want to test the proper car, finalised in each and every detail. That’s why we need development time.
“It’s important to point out that it was a con-scious decision. I know that all of the other teams will be there with their car [at Jerez] but this is not
unusual. Other teams that have been in a catch-up process have decided to go run first at the second test, so this is not a new event.
“We fully appreciate that the other teams have different plans and are ready at the first test. But we are not delayed, we are just following our pro-cess, and then we will see what the outcome will be.” Pre-season testing is limited to only 12 days, meaning that Mercedes will have just eight days to get on top of its new car before the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Haug added that the team has big ambitions for the first test as well, with its hoping to put mileage on new parts and also get valuable data on Pirelli’s new 2012 tyres.
“We will have a couple of parts to learn from at the first test,” he said. “We can use the new generation of tyres, which is a good way to draw a baseline because you have the data with the old tyres to compare it to. “We need to learn more about the behaviour of the tyres on our car.”
DUCATI will be content just to be within 1.2 seconds of the pace in the first MotoGP test of 2012 next week, according to team boss Vito Guareschi. The Italian squad is starting from a clean sheet with its 2012 bike after a win-less ‘11 season, and Guareschi warned that he is not expecting immediate results. Asked by Gazzetta dello Sport about his expectations for the 31 January-2 February test at Sepang, Guareschi said: “We’ll have to see what our rivals have done: it’s been said they’ve worked hard, especially Honda.
“A good result could be to finish the three-day session within one or 1.2 seconds off the quickest riders. With a completely new bike, that kind of result should not be scorned.”
The Ducati GP12 made its track testing debut at Jerez last week in the hands of Carlos Checa and Franco Battaini, but Guareschi said it was purely a shakedown and would not be drawn on the early indications about the bike’s form.
“I’m not saying anything about the results of that test,” he said. “But in any case the imperative was not to risk anything, since we used the two bikes that then had to be sent to Malaysia. The objec-tive was to understand whether everything was okay, and for that we need to be content, since they ran with no problems.
“Now it’s up to the teams. Jeremy Burgess and Juan Martinez, the two chief technicians, will decide how to set up the programme. We have a completely new bike and we need to work on its complete set-up, for both chassis and electronics.
“The 1000cc bike has more power, but the important thing is to put that power down on the asphalt.”
Mercedes GP adamant test delay will help team with new F1 car
Mercedes GP remains confident that it has made the right decision in opting to delay running of its new car until the second pre-season Formula 1 test, even though it is the only frontrunning outfit to adopt such a tactic.
Ducati plays down
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Ducati Moto GP riders Valentino Rossi of Italy (front) and Nicky Hayden of the U.S. pose on a Ducati Des-mosedici Seater on the snow during the “Wrooom, F1 and MotoGP Press Ski Meeting”, Ducati and Ferrari’s annual media gathering in Madonna di Campiglio in this January 12, 2012 handout.
