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The British singer announced Thursday that she will play venues in Britain and Europe starting Feb. 29 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Adele has previously said she finds touring lonely. But in a video on Facebook, the 27-year-old said she was “relieved to finally tell you I am of course coming on tour and I can’t wait to see all of

you there.”The album sold a record 2.4

million copies in its first four days in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. In Britain, it sold 737,000 copies in its first week.

The first single, “Hello,” is a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

One reason for the astro-nomical sales may be that Adele

declined to make her album avail-able through music-streaming services including Apple Music and Spotify, forcing listeners to buy it either digitally and at stores.

It can be heard via U.S.-based online radio company Pandora Music Inc., which announced this week that it was playing all the songs on “25.” Pandora is not an on-demand service, though, so listeners can’t choose which tracks they hear. (ap)

Jennifer Aniston is ru-mored to believe that her failed mar-riage to Brad Pitt is being exploited in the film he made with Angelina Jolie.

“By The Sea” is about a couple’s troubled marriage and they go on va-cation in an effort to save it. Angelina portrays a woman depressed about not having any children following two miscarriages.

KDrama Stars reports that sources claim Jennifer “freaked out” after hearing about the storyline of “By the Sea.” She thought it was too similar to her marriage to Brad just before they divorced.

There was even word that Jennifer wanted to have the movie pulled from theaters. Apparently, even Brad thought the movie’s plot hit a little too close to home regarding his marriage to Jennifer.

Other reports state that Angelina is “rolling her eyes” at Jennifer’s anger and Brad’s anxiety over the film.

As Gossip Cop reports, this whole rumor of Jennifer Aniston being upset about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie filming “By the Sea” started over a report published by Life & Style magazine.

A source told L&S: “Jen feels like Angelina’s script took dead aim at

her. It’s sparked a war between Jen and Brad.”

Jennifer supposedly believes that Angelina’s character is inspired by her. Interestingly, Angelina wrote the film’s screenplay. The tabloid report explained that although Angelina wrote the screenplay, Aniston is “plac-ing the blame squarely on Brad,” because she allegedly believes that her ex-husband “must have betrayed intimate details of their marriage.”

Gossip Cop goes on to reveal that a rep for Aniston insisted that these rumors are “100 percent untrue” and that she hasn’t even seen the film.

Brad and Angelina enjoyed mak-ing “By the Sea” and it’s the first time they’ve reunited to make a film together since starring in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” back in 2005.

There were a few obstacles along the way when Brad and Angelina made the film. “When we first worked together it was very different because we didn’t really know each other and we were young and, it was really a fun film, so we thought, maybe ‘By the Sea’ was going to be that kind of fun, but realized very quickly that it wasn’t,” Jolie told The Telegraph. “Then we joked that this is what happens after 10 years of marriage.” (starpulse)

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This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Brad Pitt, left, as Roland comforting Angelina Jolie Pitt as Vanessa in a scene from the film “By the Sea,” directed by Jolie Pitt. Jennifer Aniston is rumored to believe that her failed marriage to Brad Pitt is being exploited in the film he made with Angelina Jolie.

Aniston thinks ‘By The Sea’ exploits her marriage to Pitt

Adele announces first tour in

five years for new album ‘25’

LONDON — Adele has announced her first tour since 2011, with a string of European dates in support of her record-breaking new album, “25.”

“Now, security is being increased following an instruction from the central government that has decided to raise the alert status from green to yellow,” the co-general manager of PT Angkasa Pura I that operates the airport, I Gusti Ngurah Ardita, said on Saturday.

Met at the integrated security command post of the airport, he

said coordination and synergy with other security agencies had been increased.

The joint forces that have been assigned to the security at the airport include forces from the bomb defus-ing unit of the Mobile Brigade of the Bali Regional Police Command, the air force, the airport police command, and the airport security personnel,

apart from the “Pecalang” (Balinese traditional security personnel).

“We have increased monitoring and surveillance along with the po-lice, the TNI (military), and Pecalang, as well as our own security person-nel,” he said.

The joint security forces would regularly patrol the airport as well as areas around the airport, Ardita said.

Patrol activities, however, would not be carried out overly depending upon the situation and condition to assure humane service to visitors and

passengers at the airport, he said.Besides optimizing cooperation

between security personnel, security equipment at the airport has also been revamped.

There are more than 500 CCTV cameras planted around the airport and the number would be increased next year, he explained.

Security has been stepped up at airports across Indonesia follow-ing ISIS attacks in Paris, France, recently.

Terrorist threats have been re-

ceived by a number of countries as well as airline companies across the world, and therefore the Indonesian government has raised the alert level, he said. (ant)

DesPite be-ing the world’s largest palm oil producer and supplier, Indo-nesia is still un-

able to control the price of crude palm

oil (CPO). So, the palm oil industry must be supported as it produces a strategic commodity, which can bring significant foreign exchange earnings, Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman stated.

During the 11th Indonesian Palm Oil Conference (IPOC) that held

in Nusa Dua, Bali on Friday, Sulai-man said that palm oil is a strategic commodity, so it must be supported. In 2014 alone, palm oil contributed Rp250 trillion to foreign exchange earnings. Therefore, he affirmed that Indonesia must strive to control the global CPO prices, so that the amount

of earnings from the commodity can be larger.

“As the world’s main CPO export-er, Indonesia must be able to control the global CPO prices in the same way as wheat exporters are able to control the prices of wheat sold to importers, including Indonesia,” he said.

He called on all palm oil producers in Indonesia and Malaysia to work closely, particularly after they formed the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) to improve the living standard of palm oil growers.

Palm oil industry bring forex earnings

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Security personnel patrolled in Domestic Arrival Terminal of Ngurah Rai International Airport on Saturday. Ngurah Rai Airport tightening its security following the government’s decision to step up security levels at all airports as a precaution against the ISIS.

Ngurah Rai Airport’s security tightened over Paris attack

News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http://globalfmbali.listen2my-

radio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http://ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

KUTA - Ngurah Rai International Airport is tightening its security following the government’s decision to step up security levels at all airports as a precaution against the ISIS.

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Monday, November 30, 2015Monday, November 30, 2015

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

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

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and some-times 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, car-rying 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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Palm oil plays an important role in improving the living standard of nearly 20 million people cultivating four million hectares of palm oil plantations, he stated.

“I am sorry this does not mean that we do not care about the environment,” he remarked.

Indonesia and Malaysia must cooperate in fulfilling the global demand for CPO and strive to control the global CPO prices, he emphasized.

He forecast that Indonesia’s CPO production this year may reach 30 million tons, of which 6.8 million tons will be used to support the domestic biodiesel program.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla also realized the highly valuable of palm oil industry. He men-tioned palm oil is precious as it is one of the largest sources of “oil and fat” in the world. “The palm oil industry is valuable and precious as it is one of the largest sources of oil and fat in the world,” the vice president affirmed.

According to Kalla, Indone-sia is the world’s largest palm oil producer. “The palm oil sector provides income and is the second-largest source of livelihood for the people next only to rice production, and therefore, it is very important for the nation’s economy and the people’s income,” he re-marked.

The vice president further added that the ups and downs as well as the success of the palm oil industry have had a significant influence on the society and the nation’s income. (ant)

“We welcome the initiative as it would accelerate cooperation be-tween the two palm oil producing countries both as G (Government) to G and B (business) to B,” GAPKI chairman Joko Supriyono.

Joko said CPOPC would make it easier coordination and coopera-tion in the development of palm oil industry and to strengthen position of Indonesia and Malaysia in as the largest palm oil producers in the

world.Together the two countries could

sustain control of the palm oil mar-ket, Joko said.

The government, could harmo-nize and promote sustainable palm oil industrial development scheme, he added.

He said he also appreciated the government policy in slapping

levy on crude palm oil and deriva-tives as an instrument in boosting development of domestic palm oil processing industry. “Indeed, in short term the policy would cut the income of the farmers and planta-tion companies, but in mid and long term the policy would bring about gain,” he said.

The benefit of the policy is an increase in CPO domestic consump-tion and a cut in supply to interna-tional market resulting in an increase in CPO price, he said.

Increase in the production of CPO-based fuel (BBN) would reduce dependence on imports for crude oil - another benefit from the policy, he added.

Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s top two palm oil producers, signed an agreement Saturday (Nov 21) to set up a council for palm oil producing countries in a bid to ensure price stability by managing production and stock in the global market.

Officials said the Jakarta-based council will be a body similar to that of OPEC for oil producers. In-donesian Resources Minister Rizal Ramli said the council will be a “game changer” for an industry un-der pressure from falling prices and unsustainable farming practices.

The two countries account for 85 percent of the world’s palm oil production, and the plunge in prices have hurt their economies.

Boost competitivenessRizal said the council will address

impediments to trade to boost com-

petitiveness in the world market, and promote green and sustainable farm-ing. It will also aim to improve the livelihoods of more than 4 million oil palm smallholders in Indonesia and some 500,000 in Malaysia, he said.

“It will be a game changer for the palm oil industry in many ways,” Rizal said after a signing ceremony to establish the council.

Malaysian Plantation, Industries and Commodities Minister Amar Douglas Unggah Embas said the council will not fix the price of palm oil, but will seek to ensure a sustainable price by organizing and harmonizing stock management.

He said membership will be extended to other producers such as Brazil, Colombia, Thailand, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Uganda.

Rizal said the council will de-velop a framework for sustainable palm oil. By pushing for high stan-dards of sustainable farming, he said it will help to prevent the burning of forests to clear land for agriculture in Indonesia that has caused a thick dusty haze across the region every year.

“We know we still have to work hard to minimize the impact” of haze, he said.

The two countries will each con-tribute $5 million to the council’s operations and operational details are still being ironed out, officials said.

Palm oil is commonly used in food, fuel and other products. (ant/ap)

“It is very delighted to announce the in-auguration of our new office at Seminyak, Bali. This two-storey office located on Jalan Kunti within the same complex as the Bali Deli Supermarket is expected to be able to serve clients better,” said Ketut Kanten, CEO of the BVP and AHM. Inauguration of the new office, started by blessing ceremony and partner gathering attended by partners, own-ers of the properties managed by BVP and AHM, bank, travel agencies, representative of all property units and the staff.

According to Erik Mahayasa, Operational Director BVP and AHM, in the ninth year of its business operation, the company has showed significant growth. “The expansion of the office is meant to answer the demand of the company’s growth. The new office will accommodate more teams in line with the increasing number of staff and team members that handle more properties,” he added.

Meanwhile Wayan Supandi Managing Di-rector of BVP and AHM said that the office is specifically intended for regular meetings and trainings of staff and new team so that they can implement the hospitality concepts of the company known as WISE (World class, Inti-mate, Service, Experience). Besides, all the teams and staff are expected to interpret and implement the company’s vision based on the

Tri Hita Karana (three sources of happiness) and Tat Tvam Asi (social harmony).

“Till this year, BVP and AHM have been handling a number of villas and hotels under four different brand categories. Luxury collection brand villas and five-star resorts include The Seiryu Villas, The Wolas Villas and Samaja Villas Group as in the list man-aged by AHM brand covers four-star hotels (Ossotel Legian). Litus Hotel brand manages three-star hotels such as Litus Nesa Sanur, Litus Brawa Canggu, Litus Mesten Nusa Dua and Litus Tirta Seminyak as in the list economic class hotel uses the brand BnB Style Hotel-vstandlng for Best End Budget style hotels (BnB Style Seminyak),” Gufron Director Of Sales and Marketing BVP and AHM stated.

Ketut Kanten ensure that in December this year, the management will inaugurate some new properties, such as Suarti Boutique Vil-lage (Ubud), Royal Samaja Villas (Seminyak) and Abia Villas (Legian).

On this occasion, he also expressed his sincere gratitude for all the property owners, business partners and colleagues for the co-operation and support so the companies can grow together harmoniously in providing the best services for guests in particular, and ad-vancing tourism of Bali in general. (kmb)

ANTARA FOTO/Nyoman Budhiana

Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman give remarks during the 11th Indonesian Palm Oil Conference (IPOC) that held in Nusa Dua, Bali on Friday.

Gapki appreciates government initiative in forming CPOPC

ANTARA FOTO/Nyoman Budhiana

Dancers performed Palm Oil Dance during the opening ceremony of the 11th Indonesian Palm Oil Conference (IPOC) that held in Nusa Dua, Bali on Thursday. The Association of Palm Oil Companies (GAPKI) said it appreciates the government’s initiative in forming Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) together with Malaysia.

THE ASSOCIATION of Palm Oil Companies (GAPKI) said it appreciates the government’s initiative in forming Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) together with Malaysia.

IBP/kmb

BVP and ARM inaugurate new office

SEMINyAK - Bali villa Properties (BvP) and Alpha Hotel Management (AHM), Bali’s foremost villas & Hotels Management group, BvP and its sister company AHM have a story of serving clients and partners for virtually nine years through the management of villa and hotel properties.

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Eagle Brand or Cap Lang is a pharmaceutical company that has been famous for its medi-cated oil product until the age

of 80 years in November 2015. Peak of the 80th anniversary celebration was centered on the Island of the Gods by inviting almost 200 foreign business partners from Hong Kong, Cambodia, the United States, Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea and Brunei as well as 33 prov-inces in Indonesia.

Managing Director of the Borden

Company Pte. Ltd., Christopher Yeo Yong Kian, who met in the sidelines of the celebration, said that the endless hard work through generations is able to prove that the Eagle Brand products have the quality qualifying for the

expectations of consumers. In keeping with the rapid growth of health sector (pharmacology), the green medicated oil with its distinctive bottle has never changed since it was first produced and it keeps developing.

He added that Indonesia is a very

good market for the Eagle Brand. Currently he hoped that what has been built by the first generation will be con-tinued. He wanted to build a stronger foundation with the help of distributors and deeper penetration in Indonesia and the world. “Our commitment as the third generation is to continuously develop this business,” he said.

CEO of PT Eagle Indo Pharma,

Edy H Tjugito added that the progress or success having been achieved to date is inseparable from the contribu-

tion of all the stakeholders that have helped build the Eagle Brand. “Other than consumers, distributors and sup-pliers that market the Eagle Brand products play very important role in achieving this success,” he said.

Currently, the factory in Singapore

and Indonesia has grown very rapidly whose marketing has spread over the world with some lines of products under the Cap Lang brand such as eucalyptus oil, balm, kid healthcare oil, massage oil and others.

SCM Director of PT. Eagle Indo

Pharma, Susanti Halim, said that for Bali itself the Cap Lang has very well known. Moreover, Bali as an international tourist destination is possible to introduce the products to foreign travelers. “Bali as an inter-

national tourist destination, through penetration of distributors in Bali, is possible to bring the Cap Lang and Eagle Brand to foreign countries. So, this can strengthen the foundation of Eagle Brand that was established 80 years ago,” she said.

For product development, she ad-

mitted to always follow the changing of times and consumers’ need. In this case, there is a research development

division that always pays attention to the development and consumers’ need. Thus, it does not only market the product, but also observes the needs of Indonesian people and the world community in general. “To meet the market demand and consumer needs, we will continuously innovate and maintain the mission for 80 years. So, in the future it can even be stronger and develop together,” explained Susanti. (kmb23)

Eagle Brand celebrates its 80th anniversary in Bali

3International Bali News Monday, November 30, 2015

Often touted as the birthplace of dim sum, Guangzhou takes its Cantonese cuisine seriously. Head west to the historic Liwan district to stroll through the shop- and restaurant-lined Shangxiajiu Pe-destrian Street. Pick up a traditional mooncake filled with lotus seed paste at Lianxiang Lou or try the delectable dim sum at the popular Guangzhou Restaurant.

Just off the main strip are side

streets brimming with tasty food stalls and bustling markets selling fresh produce and traditional rem-edies such as live scorpions and dried snakes.

If you’re overwhelmed by Guangzhou’s copious culinary choices, book a local guide though Eating Adventures Food Tour and tackle this foodie’s paradise like a pro.

Canton Tower is one of Guang-

zhou’s top tourist attractions and for good reason. At 1,968 feet (600 meters), the modern monolith offers panoramic views of the cityscape and winding Pearl River. It also features rotating restaurants and, for thrill-seekers, a 100-foot (30-meter) free fall ride. Opted for the leisurely bubble tram and snapped the stunning sunset views while slowly rotating in a glass pod on a track atop the tower.

Craving a creative boost? Head to the Tianhe District for the Red-tory Art and Design Factory. This sprawling canning factory-turned-sleepy artists’ village boasts a bevy of contemporary galleries, exhibits and restaurants. Pick up a milk tea from one of the trendy cafes and

peruse the small shops of artsy handicrafts, clothing, books and accessories. Redtory is similar to Beijing’s 798 Art Zone, but not yet quite as developed. Still, you can easily lose a few hours in this off-the-beaten path cultural com-pound.

Cross off your entire shopping list with a visit to OneLink Inter-national Plaza. This massive whole-sale mall off of Haizhu Square is a winding, multi-floor maze of toys, home goods, electronics, clothing and accessories.

If you can overcome the lan-

guage barrier, taxis are affordable and abundant in Guangzhou. But you can beating the traffic and hopping on the metro. The subway is clean, quiet, air-conditioned and cheap (single ride tokens are 32 cents and day passes are $3.15). It’s also easy to navigate with most maps, and the announcements are in English. Keep in mind the Chinese government blocks thousands of websites including Facebook and Google. You’ll need a virtual pri-vate network, or VPN, if Google Maps is your go-to navigation tool. (ap)

A taste of Cantonese cultureGUANGZHOU, China — The southern Chinese city of

Guangzhou offers all the hustle, bustle, culture and commerce of other major Asian metropolises minus the massive tourist crowds. But that could change as more travelers are lured to the modern port city by affordable flights and a 72-hour visa-free transit policy. Just a two-hour train ride from Hong Kong, Guangzhou is an easy weekend getaway.

AP Photo/Nicole Evatt

This Oct. 14, 2015 photo was taken inside the bubble tram atop the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, China.The southern port city is an easy weekend getaway from Hong Kong or long layover for international travelers.

AP Photo/Nicole Evatt

This Oct. 14, 2015 shows Canton Tower lit up at night in Guangzhou, China.

AP Photo/Nicole Evatt

This Oct. 15, 2015 photo shows roasted goose from a food stall in Guangzhou, China.

AP Photo/Nicole Evatt

This Oct. 14, 2015 photo shows the many floors of OneLink International Plaza in Guangzhou, China.

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He’s lived all his 70 years in a tile-roofed home in a clan village, surrounded by people who share his connection to an illustrious ancestor from centuries ago. Other clan vil-lages in South Korea are dominated by Hwangs, Yuns and many other names.

“This is the house where my fa-ther, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather lived,” Kim said, walking down a small hill dotted with his ancestors’ tombs and gravestones. “I’ve never wanted to abandon my hometown.”

Modernization is turning the vil-lages into a fading tradition. Dozens with at least 100 clan members re-main, but there were once hundreds. The others have been lost to the frenzy of construction across much of the country, and to young people leaving small-town life for bigger opportunities in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Ancestry does not have the pull it once did for some, perhaps be-cause some Koreans generations ago gained their prestigious surnames by buying them, not through birth. For Kim, however, ancient family ties remain as tangible as the large earthen tombs behind his house.

As a direct descendant of 17th-century Confucian scholar Kim Jang-saeng, the 70-year-old holds about 15 memorial services per year for his ancestors at his home, a responsibility he calls his “destiny.

“I don’t mind living near the tombs,” said Kim Sun Won, a retired local civil servant in the city of Nonsan who now teaches filial piety, the life of Kim Jang-saeng and local history at a traditional Confucian school. “I feel secure here because I have the support of all my family clan members here.”

Clan villages thrived under Con-fucian, traditional value systems that prize family connections, filial duty, respect for ancestors and regional ties. In Kim’s Yeonsan village there are now about 130 households associated with his family clan, but there are many more non-Kim households. A generation ago, Kim said there were about up to 300 clan households, mostly extended families.

Clan villages are usually made up of people who share prominent an-cestors: royal princes, top officials, revered scholars. The villages pre-serve ancestral shrines and regularly hold memorial services by burning incense, offering food and liquor at altars and deeply bowing.

In Paju, a city near the North Ko-rean border, two villages are home to dozens of people with the surname Hwang who claim as an ancestor Hwang Hui, a 15th-century prime minister renowned for his moral in-tegrity and righteousness. “He’s like our religion,” said Hwang You Yeon, a 69-year-old resident in one of the

two villages where Hwang Hui spent most of his post-retirement years. “He’s our pride.”

Last spring, the Hwangs made headlines when they confronted a ruling-party lawmaker who alleged Hwang Hui took bribes and commit-ted adultery. The lawmaker apolo-gized after the Hwangs threatened to campaign against him.

These days, it’s largely the elderly who live in villages associated with their clans. Young people migrate to cities, and while some eventually re-turn, others with different surnames have moved in too. In some cases high-rise apartments have changed the character of once-rural villages.

In a nearby Paju village, seven out of 10 households were once as-sociated with a Yun family. Now the number is about three in 10.

“In those times, there was less individual action. Young people today are spoiled. Aren’t they?” said Yun Hoon Duk, a resident in the Yun village. “We had grown up with our grandfathers, uncles and nephews ... so we naturally learned the rules of etiquette.”

The clan clusters reveal a fasci-nating feature of South Korea, where a handful of surnames far outweighs the rest in popularity. More than 20 percent of the country’s 50 million people are Kims, from two former South Korean presidents to the South’s only Olympic figure skating gold medalist.

All Kims do not belong to the same clan. They are divided among about 350 “bongwans” that are asso-ciated with particular locations. Kim Sun Won, for instance, is a Gwang-

san Kim, named after a southern town where his first ancestor is be-lieved to have settled. Government surveys in 2000, the most recent census data available, showed there were 286 South Korean surnames and 4,179 bongwans.

The dominance of a few surnames is closely linked to Korea’s feudal and Confucian history and the legacy of Japan’s colonization of the Korean Peninsula from 1910-1945. Surnames were usually reserved for nobility and royalty until the 18th century, when some bankrupt aristocrats allowed commoners to be added to their ge-nealogical books, called “jokbo,” in return for money.

There are no official records on how many commoners got sur-names, but it’s believed to be signifi-cant because rampant poverty and the lack of efficient state surveillance systems made the forgery of jokbos widespread. During the Joseon Dynasty, which ruled from 1392 to 1910, the aristocracy grew from less than 10 percent of the population to as much as 70 percent, in large part because of forged jokbos, said Park HongGab, an expert on Korean surnames at the state-run National Institute of Korean History.

When Japan colonized the Ko-rean Peninsula in the early 20th cen-tury, it forced every Korean to have a surname. Slaves took their masters’ surnames and the poor often picked ones used by high-level aristocrats: Kim, Lee and Park. “There were slaves, many slaves in the past. But now there’s no one who says they are the descendant of slaves,” said Kim Jin Woo, a specialist on Korean

surnames. “This is why many people don’t trust jokbos.”

Those who want a prominent lineage can still hire jokbo brokers to fabricate genealogical books. The forgery of the books is linked to Korea’s traditional reverence for family background, which has long determined business, social and marital success. More prominent ancestors boost status.

Some records, however, would be quite difficult to fake. Historic clan villages keep centuries-old ge-nealogical books that they say have been handed down from generation to generation. The Hwangs in Paju have a two-volume book written in 1723; the Yun family in Paju keeps woodblocks used to publish its fam-ily tree from 1630 to 1863; and Kim Sun Won has a modern version of genealogical books at his home.

The role of ancestral ties in North Korean life is minimal compared to that in the South, though the coun-tries share similar surnames. The North, founded as a socialist repub-lic, has tried to abolish clan systems it calls the legacy of feudalism.

Even so, the system’s legacy remains. During a landmark 2000 summit between then-South Ko-rean President Kim Dae-jung and then-North Korean leader Kim Jong Il — father of current leader Kim Jong Un — the two Kims joked about their shared surname but dif-ferent clans.

“We’re really from the same family and we’ve finally met each other,” Kim Jong Il was quoted as saying in North Korean state media. (ap)

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

In this Oct. 14, 2015, Kim Sun Won, left, and his relative Kim Yong Won walk through the large earthen tombs of his ancestors located behind his traditional tile-roofed home where the 70-year-old has lived his whole life in Nonsan, South Korea.

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

In this Oct. 13, 2015 photo, Hwang You Yeon, left, points at his family’s two-volume gemological book written in 1723 at a museum commemorating one of his prominent ancestors in Paju, South Korea.

In S. Korea, a town of Kims _ and an unusual shared history

NONSAN, South Korea — Many of his students are Kims. So are his fellow teachers, an elementary school alumnus and the owners of restaurants and pubs that he patronizes in his small farming village. Lots of Kims in his neighborhood, too. Such is everyday life for Kim Sun Won, who, obviously, is a Kim too.

SINGARAJA - Gusti Made Mangku Laksana, a temple priest of Pura Se-gara Rupek, assessed that the problem of plastic waste and former instant noodles package gathered and dropped by along the white sandy beach in the forest area near the West Bali National Park (TNBB). “The waste problem is clearly unsightly. It is marine debris from Java undersea and then drifting. This should become a concern and a shared responsibility,” he said.

According to him, such marine debris has long happened, and most of them moved to-ward the coastal area. As a result, the coastal area becomes polluted. Moreover, in the area of protected forest there are no janitors. Simi-larly, he also worried that many forest animals are eating food from the waste piles.

“In the past, we made cooperation with tourism stakeholders. We also did beach cleanup through mutual cooperation with the resort in the Gerokgak area, but now it is no longer active in environmental cleanup. This cannot be done alone. Cleaning up the waste will require the cooperation of various parties in the community,” he concluded. (kmb34)

SEMARAPURA - In 2016 schools in Klungkung District will face a challenge to meet the computer needs for national exam through computer-based test (CBT). Considering the exam will be held online, schools require a number of computers that can be used by all the national exam par-ticipants at school. So far, almost all the schools in Klungkung are constrained by the lack of comput-ers. On the other hand, the budget-

ary constraint faced by Klungkung District makes the Education Agency unable to help the short-age of computer experienced by a number of schools.

One of the schools experiencing the shortage of computers is the SMAN 2 Semarapura high school. The school implementing Curricu-lum 2013 has a computer lab with 50 computers for the whole class-es. With a total of 250 students par-ticipating in the national exam, the

number of computers owned by the school stays inadequate. Ideally the SMAN 2 Semarapura has to prepare 80 computers considering that one computer can be used by three students in rotation.

Principal of the SMAN 2 Se-marapura, I Gusti Lanang Made Puji, revealed the shortage of 30 computers will be attempted to be met before 2016. According to him, to meet the computer needs, his office put priority on the as-

sistance from other parties. This school continuing to develop its network to overseas also gets computer assistance of volunteers from the Netherlands. “Necessar-ily the computer must have been completed in January 2016 for the training and preparation of students because the computers will be used in April,” he said, recently.

According to him, several cri-teria must be met by school to carry out the online national exam

including the availability of com-puter and internet. His authority is still awaiting verification from central government related to the feasibility of school to implement the online national exam. Then, to meet the shortage of computer, the SMAN 2 Semarapura starts promoting a domestic and inter-national networking. It is done to improve the quality of educa-tion, including the infrastructure. (dwa)

DENPASAR - Not all foreign citizens having been treated at Sanglah Hospital make their pay-ment in full. A few foreigners were going home with suspension. As a result, they become a burden on the hospital.

However, it is not the same as the former German consul to Indonesia, Reinhold Jantzen. On Friday (Nov. 27), the former German consul with his son came to the Managing Director of Sanglah Hospital, A.A. Sri Saraswati, to settle the receiv-ables. “We are visited by German consul related to the settlement of

receivables at Sanglah Hospital,” said A.A. Sri Saraswati, Managing Director of Sanglah Hospital.

Actually it happened 3.5 years ago. At that time, a female patient from Germany went to Sanglah Hospital and was still in arrears. After confirming the family and German government regarding the matter, the German govern-ment was indeed unable to settle the receivables. “We are always in contact with the German consulate and seek the settlement of the re-ceivables,” he said. The receivables amounting to IDR 88 million are

paid by the former German consul with his personal money.

“So on this occasion, I appreci-ate to the former German consul although it happened 3.5 years ago. However, it is still remembered by the consul and he has good intention to pay off. I hope that no patients are in arrears. If they are, hopefully the consulate can still help,” she said.

There are so many foreign trav-elers and expats living in Bali, not only the Germans. If they are sick and the family and their govern-ment cannot afford, then it is the consulate that will be responsible

for the receivables. “We do hope they can do what has been done by the former German consul,” she added.

For handling foreign patients going home with suspension, the Sanglah Hospital usually asks for help to consulate in order to resolve the problem and she said that not all the cases can be resolved. “Most of them cannot help. Maximally they may help contact to the family only. If their family can afford to pay, it will be paid. Otherwise, it will be left in debt at Sanglah Hospital,” she said.

Reinhold Jantzen, the former German consul, said that the fund used to pay off the receivables is his personal fund because he does not want to owe to Sanglah Hospital. In addition, for 27 years as a German consul to Indonesia, he has established a good relation-ship with Sanglah Hospital. “I still remember to have one case here and it has not been paid, while the German government does not want to pay, either. I say I do not want to have a debt so that I pay it by my personal account,” he explained. (kmb42)

Former German consul settles receivables, Managing Director of Sanglah Hospital appreciates

Face computer-based test 2016Schools in Klungkung shortage of computer

Marine debris from Java Sea pollutes TNBB forest area

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The debris is pilling up on the West Bali National Park (TNBB)

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The IMF executive board is scheduled to meet Monday to

decide on the recommendation by staff experts earlier in November

to include the yuan, also known as the renminbi, alongside the US dol-lar, euro, Japanese yen and British pound in the grouping.

While not a freely traded cur-rency, the SDR (special drawing right) is important as an interna-

tional reserve asset, and because the IMF issues its crisis loans -- crucial to struggling economies like Greece -- valued in SDRs.

China, now the world’s second-largest economy, asked last year for the yuan to be added to the grouping of world reserve currencies, but until recently it was considered too tightly controlled to qualify.

It is extremely rare that the executive board, which represents the IMF’s 188 member nations, opposes the recommendation of its own experts. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in mid-November that she supported the experts’ finding that the yuan had met the requirements to be a ‘freely usable’ currency” -- a key hurdle for SDR status.

If accepted, the decision would not take effect before September 30, 2016, to allow users more time to prepare. The last time the SDR basket was modified was in 2000, when the euro replaced the Ger-man deutschemark and the French franc.

The remaining question is the yuan’s weight in the basket. It could be 10 percent to 16 percent, but the lower estimate is more likely due to the Chinese currency’s limited convertibility.

The basket composition is re-viewed every five years. At the last rebalancing in 2010, the dollar ac-counted for 41.9 percent, the euro 37.4 percent, the pound 11.3 percent

and the yen 9.4 percent.That weighting revision was

based on the value of the exports of goods and services by country or currency zone, and the amount of reserves denominated in the respective currencies held by other IMF members.

The entry of the yuan is, above all, a major diplomatic success for Beijing, which will see its money graduate to the inner circle of the world’s most important curren-cies.

The vote of the United States, the largest IMF stakeholder, will be closely watched, as will US po-litical reactions. US officials have long accused China of keeping the yuan artificially low to gain a trade advantage, making its exports rela-tively cheaper.

The US Treasury Department, in an October 19 report, said that the yuan “remains below its appropriate medium-term valuation.”

Paradoxically, China’s unex-pected devaluation of the yuan last August received good marks from the IMF because it reinforced the currency’s movements with market forces and opened the door to future revaluation.

Beijing on Wednesday an-nounced an initial group of foreign central banks has been allowed to enter the Chinese currency market, which likely will promote further internationalization of the yuan in global trading. (afp)

GENEVA - Air passenger num-bers worldwide are likely to reach seven billion per year within the next two decades, twice what they are now, IATA said on Thursday.

The International Air Transport Association said this was 400 mil-lion fewer than forecast previously because of a global economic slow-down, notably in China.

IATA said it now expects air pas-senger numbers to grow 3.8 percent on average each year through 2034, taking the annual figure to double from the 3.5 billion expected this year.

The Geneva-based organisation

had previously forecast 4.1-percent annual growth in passenger num-bers, but said political changes and “negative developments in the global economy” were expected to dampen demand for air transport.

“Economic and political events over the last year have impacted some of the fundamentals for growth,” IATA chief Tony Tyler explained in a statement.

“As a result, we expect some 400 million fewer people to be travelling in 2034 than we did at this time last year,” he said, pointing out that “air transport is a critical part of the global economy, (and)

policy-makers should take note of its sensitivity.”

In particular, the slow-down in the Chinese economy is impacting global passenger growth outlook.

The country is today the world’s fastest-increasing market in terms of additional annual passengers, and is forecast to add 758 mil-lion new passengers by 2034 to bring the total to 1.196 billion each year.

The United States is the second fastest-increasing market, with 523 million new annual passengers expected by 2034 for a total of 1.156 billion, followed by India,

Indonesia and Brazil.China is expected to overtake

the United States as the world’s largest passenger market (defined by traffic to, from and within) by 2029, IATA said.

Although China is not add-ing new passengers as quickly as previously projected, it has so far this year seen its annual passenger numbers shoot up 12.5 percent.

Brazil and Russia by contrast are struggling, hit by falling oil and other commodity prices, IATA said, also pointing to the economic sanc-tions against Russia and sky-high

fuel charges in BrazilIn percentage terms, seven of

the 10 fastest-growing markets will meanwhile be in Africa, the organisation said, joined by Serbia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam, with each expected to see passenger numbers swell 7-8 percent each year over the next 20 years and doubling in size each decade.

IATA also said the prospect of more open travel between the rest of the world and Cuba and Iran as economic sanctions against them are gradually expected to be lifted offers “exciting possibilities.” (afp)

IATA expects 7 billion global air passengers by 2034 amid slower growth

IMF poised to put Chinese yuan in elite currency basket

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In this Friday, June 8, 2012 photo, a clerk counts Chinese banknotes at a bank in Huaibei in central China’s Anhui province.

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is ex-pected to approve inclusion of China’s yuan in its SDR basket of elite currencies on Monday, rewarding Beijing’s strong pursuit of the global status.

Chief of Gianyar Police, Far-man, when asked for his con-firmation recently said that the same-sex marriage case occurred at one of the hotels in Ubud has entered phase two and has been transferred by Gianyar Police Criminal Investigation Unit to Gianyar Prosecutor ’s Office. “File of the case is already stated complete. It means that it has now become the authority of

prosecutor and will be heard im-mediately,” he said.

Farman revealed that the num-ber of suspect in this case is only one namely I Nyoman Muliani denoting the sales executive of the hotel that organized the karmic cleansing package. “The suspect is only one because so far Muliani claimed to have provided the kar-mic cleansing package for the gay couple without the knowledge of

her hotel manager,” he explained.He added that if the suspect

I Nyoman Muliani will deliver new recognition in the trial, there is possibility to involve the hotel management especially the hotel manager into a suspect. “Let’s await the trial first. If later in the trial appears new recognition, we will drag anyone getting involved including the hotel manager as the suspect,” he said.

Similar opinion was delivered by Intelligence Section Head of the Gianyar Prosecutor’s Office, Ketut Sudiarta, where based on information of the suspect, in the preparation of the melukat or pu-rificatory rite through the karmic cleansing package for the same-

sex couple, she did it without the knowledge of the hotel manager. “So, the karmic cleansing package is not the first time. Before this case, the package has also been carried out in accordance with the brochure, but only for one person. Well, the recent karmic cleansing package was the only one orga-nized for gay couple, but without being notified to hotel manager,” he explained.

When asked about the brochure of karmic cleansing package, Ketut Sudiarta said that based on the result of investigation the pack-age has long been offered. He also confirmed that the brochure on the karmic cleansing package has been on the knowledge of the hotel man-

ager. “This brochure was indeed distributed by hotel management, and has been known by the man-ager. But the case handled this time is only the same-sex marriage, so that the hotel manager did not get involved,” he said.

After the transfer of the second-stage process of this case, the trial with the suspect I Nyoman Muliani will be held as soon as possible next week. He added although the case file has been complete, the suspect is not detained as the other suspects in corruption cases. “The suspect is still doing her activity as usual. Besides, there is indeed a request from the suspect’s at-torney for not detaining her,” he concluded. (kmb35)

TABANAN - Excerpt of the poem “To be able to enjoy the beauty, every time he has to wear his bad glasses” is one of the poems written by Michael Agustin, a Ger-man poet, read at the poetry night, Friday (Nov. 27). Michael is one of the poets from the five continents who enlivened the International Poetry Festival 2015.

Related to the seven-day festi-

val, on Friday (Nov. 27) was held the poetry night at the residence of the Tabanan poet, I Gusti Putu Bawa Samar Gantang. Previously, the nine poets organized a parade in the Maria Cultural Building leading to Jalan Kenanga, Ta-banan.

Samar Gantang explained at the ceremony on Friday (Nov. 27) that the poets from the five continents

show off their work in a competi-tion. Each poet read its own works. To be understood, the committee has prepared the translated version into English or Indonesian. “This translation will be read by mem-bers of the art studio,” he said. In addition to read out the results of their works, the poets also write a word on a canvas to be followed by other poets.

Other than Michael Agustin, the other poets participating in the Tabanan International Poetry Festival 2015 are Aurelia Las-saque (France), Bastian Boettcher (Germany), Jesus Sepulveda (Chile), Mohammad Haji Saleh (Malaysia), Sujata Bhatt (India), John Mateer (Australia), Vonani Bila (Africa), and Luke Mkuti (Mozambique).

Samar Gantang added that the event was resumed with a poetry reading activity at Ulun Danu Be-ratan and the launch of the book entitled “What’s Poetry Anthology Sweep of the Violi” at his residence on Saturday (Nov. 28). “In the event on Saturday, I will also read the poem Modre accompanied by the appearance of the members of the art studio,” he said. (kmb24)

Investigation on same-sex marriage cases completed

The suspect only a sales executiveGIANYAR - Results of the investigation on same-sex mar-

riage case through a karmic cleansing package have been declared complete. Nevertheless, the case scheduled to stand trial this week only involved one suspect posing the hotel sales executive, I Nyoman Muliani. The other hotel management clearly issuing the brochure of the karmic cleansing package only serves as a witness.

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The parade of the poets is done during the opening of Tabanan International Poetry Festival 2015

Tabanan International Poetry Festival 2015Poets from five continents show off their works

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Indonesian Foreign Affairs Min-ister Retno LP Marsudi told the press on Friday that President Jokowi would convey Indonesia’s views on the climate change during the negotiation process of the Paris Climate Change Conference, early next week.

Jokowi will join 147 state leaders in the conference.

Minister Retno Marsudi said the head of state will deliver a three to five-minute statement. He will among other things express his political support to the success of the negotiation.

He will also explain Indonesia’s strategic position as one of the countries having the world’s largest forest areas.

Geographically, however, Indo-nesia is prone to the impacts of the climate change because it consists of more than 17 thousand islands, and around 70 percent of its total territory is water.

In the meantime, Minister/State Secretary Pratikno said President Jokowi is also scheduled to hold bilateral talks with with some state

leaders on the sidelines of the Paris conference.

The COP21 and the eleventh ses-sion of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) will take place from 30 November to 11 December 2015, in Paris.

The 2015 Paris Climate Confer-ence will, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C. France will play a leading international role in hosting this seminal conference, and COP21 will be one of the larg-est international conferences ever held in the country. (ant)

Now entrepreneurs have fused the age-old love of tonics made from the archipelago’s vast selection of herbs with the younger generation’s desire for a fashionable setting, and come up with beverages that focus on modern-day problems.

And as demand for alternative medicines grows from the Middle East to Africa, Indonesian jamu manufacturers hope the country

can use its expertise in the sector to become a major player in the global herbal medicine industry.

A resurgence in domestic popu-larity is being driven by hangouts such as the Jakarta cafe, which welcomes young professionals and students to a retro setting that mixes old-fashioned furniture with touches of the past, such as black and white prints and vintage bicycles.

“Potent!” exclaims the menu, which features a picture of a beam-ing man wearing a traditionally patterned cap and a smart suit as he promotes a “stamina-boosting aphrodisiac”, named the Ginseng Prakoso Plus.

Next to him is a picture of a woman with her hair meticulously styled into a bun, offering a drink called the “Tight Cavity”, which aims to help improve a couple’s sex life after a woman has given birth.

Other brews at the cafe, named “It’s a long time such we had jamu”, tantalisingly promise to “keep hus-bands at home” and “wives always smiling”.

The cafe, which opened two years ago, also offers a range of lighter, more palatable jamu, such as drinks made from the herb rosella to recharge the immune system, tur-meric to boost stamina, and ginger to fight colds and coughs.

“Initially the bitter taste put me off, but I have grown accustomed to it,” said graphic designer Io Woo, 23, who gets her particular jamu fix at the cafe three to four times a month.

“It’s less dreadful to consume it with friends here, where it’s cosy and comfortable.”

It is not just hipster cafes seek-ing to breathe new life into jamu. Traditional healer Retno Widati has since 2011 been teaching people seeking to open their own busi-nesses how to make jamu ice cream from green beans, rice and galangal, a herb related to ginger common in Indonesia.

“Young people are not taking jamu as often as in the old days, they fear the bitter taste,” she said, adding her aim was to re-introduce

it to people in a “more modern form”.

The “jamu movement” has some high-profile supporters, notably Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who reportedly starts his day with a glass of boiled turmeric and ginger.

The government has thrown its support behind the industry, which currently employs 15 million people and boasts more than 1,000 manu-facturers, including some listed on the Jakarta stock exchange.

Industry Minister Saleh Husin in September urged more exports of jamu products, and said the sec-tor aims to generate revenue of up to 20 trillion rupiah ($1.45 billion) this year, up from 15 trillion rupiah in 2014.

The old waysProducers of jamu products see

great opportunities abroad. Asia remains the stronghold for herbal remedies but their popularity is growing around the world, accord-ing to experts.

But Jamu Entrepreneurs Asso-ciation chairman Charles Saerang said Indonesia, which is home to around 6,000 varieties of herbs, was still punching below its weight and remained a small player in the $50-billion herbal remedy industry, which is dominated by countries including China and India.

He said the sector should focus on exporting good quality, cheap raw ingredients instead of simply ready-made products, as it mainly does now, which could increase annual earnings four fold.

Despite the arrival of hip cafes seen as key in driving jamu’s mod-ernisation, there remains a hardcore of Indonesians who prefer the old ways -- tonics served at streetside stalls, or in unpretentious, inexpen-sive local shops. “Why should I pay five times more for something that’s essentially the same? I’d rather save my money because more money means more jamu to enjoy,” said school handyman Agustinus Mar-tanbaim, 38, who buys his herbal drinks from local vendors. (afp)

Indonesian elixirs get a modern twistTHE TRENDY cafe looks like a typical coffee shop in the Indonesian capital

Jakarta, but in fact it sells herb-infused brews prom-ising to fix every ailment

from coughs to impotence. Indonesians have for genera-tions taken herbal medicine, known locally as “jamu”, as a remedy for common ail-

ments, and many children’s early memories include being forced to gulp down concoc-tions of ingredients such as

ginger and turmeric.

President leaves for Paris to attend COP21

Activists display banners during the Global Climate March in Jakarta, Indone-

sia, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. The march is part of a

global campaign ahead of next week’s U.N. climate

talks in Paris.

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana left on Sunday morning for Paris, France, to attend the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21), which is also known as the Paris Climate Change Conference.

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Many say the vote will be the most democratic in Burkina Faso’s history, because no incumbent is on the ballot and the presidential guard has been dissolved.

“I am happy to vote since there is no outgoing president and the elections bear my hopes of a better future with the president I am going to vote for,” said Tiama Gasse, a 50-year-old trader. He was among those voting at a primary school in Nakebzanga in Burkina Faso’s north. Poll workers dressed in green slowly ushered in new voters.

Abdoulaye Sawadogo, an engi-neer at a road building company, said he hopes the new leader will address issues of employment, health and education.

A popular uprising in October 2014 forced President Blaise Com-paore to resign after a 27-year rule. A transitional government was put in place, though it was soon at odds with Compaore’s elite presidential guard. The presidential guard staged a failed week-long coup in September that caused polls, origi-nally scheduled for October, to be

postponed.Burkina Faso’s new electoral

code bars presidential candidates who supported Compaore’s bid to change the constitution, though the ex-president’s party could have a strong showing in the legislative election. Some 5.5 million people are registered to vote at more than 17,800 polling stations.

A candidate needs more than 50 percent of the vote to win outright and avoid a runoff, which would be held 15 days after first-round results are finalized.

More than 17,000 local and foreign observers are expected to monitor the poll, and 25,000 soldiers and police are being de-ployed. (ap)

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli police officer in Jerusalem on Sunday before being shot dead by security forces, and another Palestinian stabbed a wom-an in the back as she was waiting for a bus, police said, as a two-month wave of violence showed no sign of relenting.

Police spokeswoman Luba Sam-ri said a 38-year-old Palestinian walked past two officers near a gate into the Old City and then yelled “God is greatest” before stabbing one of them in the neck, moder-ately wounding him. Other officers opened fire at the attacker and shot him dead. Another knife was later found on his body.

Hours later, a Palestinian stabbed a woman in the back as she was waiting at a Jerusalem bus stop before escaping, Samri said. The woman, a foreign national, was evacuated to hospital and police fanned out across the city in search of the stabber — a teenager who was later found in a nearby con-struction site.

The violence erupted in mid-September over tensions at a Je-rusalem holy site. Since then, 19 Israelis have been killed in Pales-tinian attacks, mostly stabbings and shootings. At least 97 Palestinians have been killed, including 62 said by Israel to be attackers. The others died in clashes with Israeli forces.

Israel says the violence stems from Palestinian incitement and incendiary videos on social media. Most of the attackers have been young Palestinians in their teens and early 20s. The Palestinians say the violence is rooted in frustration over nearly a half-century of Israeli occupation and lack of hope for obtaining independence.

At his weekly Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netan-yahu said the violence was driven by “opposition to the existence of the state of Israel as the national state of the Jewish people, in any borders whatsoever.” “Added to this opposition is an element of radical Islam that strikes worldwide — in Paris, in London, in Madrid, in Mali — where there are of course no settlements,” he added.

Much of the recent violence has emanated from Hebron, the largest West Bank city, where hundreds of Israeli settlers live in heavily-guarded enclaves surrounded by tens of thousands of Palestinians.

The Israeli military raided a Pal-estinian radio station in Hebron on Sunday and confiscated equipment it said was being used to broadcast calls to attack Israelis. The military said it shut down the “Dream” radio station overnight, marking the third time Israel has closed a Hebron station it accuses of inciting violence. (ap)

ANKARA, Turkey — Several thousand people are attending the funeral of a prominent lawyer and human rights defender who was killed in a shooting along with two policemen.

Tahir Elci, 49, was shot in Diyar-bakir city Saturday while making a press statement. Prime Minister

Ahmet Davutoglu said authorities are investigating whether the attack directly targeted Elci or whether he died in the crossfire during shooting between the assailants and police.

Addressing mourners on Sunday, Pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas said Elci was the victim of a “political murder.” He said the

lawyer dedicated his life to peace, freedoms, and brotherhood.

Elci, who was Kurdish, advo-cated peace between Kurdish rebels and Turkey’s security forces. He was facing a criminal charge for defending the rebels, whom Turkey considers terrorists, during a news program. (ap)

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Israeli police officers secure the stabbing attack site in Ne-tanya, Israel, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. A Palestinian stabbed and wounded a 70-year-old man in northern Israel before being shot by officers, police said Monday just hours after another Palestinian knifed several people, including an 80-year-old woman, in a stabbing spree near Tel Aviv, the latest attacks in more than a month of violence.

Palestinian shot dead after stabbing Israeli police officer

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Burkina Faso presidential candidate from the UPC party Zephirin Diabre, center, holds up his ballot before he casts it during elections in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015.

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popular uprising

Thousands in Turkey attend funeral of human rights lawyer

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Hundreds of voters lined up after morning prayers to vote Sunday in Burkina Faso’s first presidential and legislative elections since a popu-lar uprising toppled the West Africa nation’s longtime leader last year.

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BANGLI - Trunyan village lies at the edge of Lake Batur, to the west of Abrig Hill, Kintamani. Villagers here are “native Balinese” referred to as

“Bali Aga” people. This village with its unique traditions, can be reached by 30 minute boat ride from Kedisan Village across Lake Batur.

The name Trunyan was derived from the word “Taru” and “Menyan”, meaning ‘fragnant trees’ that grow in the village. Local people deem the

trees highly important. The corpses of the dead laid down

in open graves under the trees and are simply covered with white fabrics

and bamboo called “Ancak Saji”, but the faces of the dead are left un-covered. This funeral rite is known as “Mapasah”.

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Leading by 10 points at halftime, the defending champion Warriors opened the third quarter with a 27-8 run that included four 3-pointers by Brandon Rush to build the lead to 29 points. The Kings never got close the rest of the game.

Green had 13 points, 11 re-bounds and 12 assists, becoming the first Warriors player with back-to-back triple-doubles since Wilt Chamberlain in 1964. A night ear-lier, he had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 135-116 win at Phoenix. Rush had 16 points and Klay Thompson added 15 for the Warriors. Rudy Gay scored 20 points for Sacramento.

“They’re on a magic carpet ride right now. They’re playing great,” Gay said. “They’re just playing well right now. They’re moving the ball and everybody’s shooting the ball. Their defense is great. You hate to be on the losing side of it, but it’s impressive.”

The Warriors’ 22nd straight reg-ular-season victory — a streak that

includes four wins at the end of last season — tied the 2007-08 Houston Rockets for the third-longest such streak in NBA history, trailing only the 33 straight by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers and 27 in a row by the 2012-13 Miami Heat.

Elsewhere, LeBron James made a running hook shot with a second left and scored 26 points, giving Cleveland a 90-88 victory over Brooklyn.

After Joe Johnson’s three foul shots tied it with 15.2 seconds left, the Cavaliers called timeout and took the ball at midcourt. James took the inbounds pass, dribbled to the top of the key before cutting to the right of the lane and hitting a hook shot over Brook Lopez.

James scored 10 points and added a key steal late in the game to help Cleveland remain unbeaten at home in nine games. Kevin Love also scored 26 points for Cleveland. Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points as San Antonio won its fifth straight, holding the Atlanta to several sea-

son lows offensively in a 108-88 win.

San Antonio matched a season high with nine 3-pointers in win-ning its 18th consecutive home game against Atlanta and 10th straight overall against the Hawks. Atlanta had season lows for points in any quarter (12 in the second) and first-half points (37) and matched a season low for total points. The Hawks’ starters finished with 38 points.

In Washington, Cory Joseph made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Toronto past Washington 84-82.

Joseph took DeMar DeRozan’s pass in the corner and nailed the winning shot. He finished with 12 points as Toronto won its fourth straight despite tying a season high with 22 turnovers Kyle Lowry scored 27 points for the Raptors.

Portland’s Damian Lillard scored 29 points as the Trail Blazers hand-ed the Los Angeles Lakers their fifth straight loss, 108-96.

Dallas’ Deron Williams scored 22 points and Zaza Pachulia added 16 points and 12 rebounds as the Mavericks beat Denver 92-81 to end a three-game losing streak. Alec Burks scored 21 points as Utah beat New Orleans 101-87. (ap)

GHENT, Belgium - Britain’s Andy Murray levelled the Davis Cup final at 1-1 with a comfortable defeat of Ruben Bemelmans after David Goffin had escaped from two sets down to give Belgium the lead at the Flanders Expo on Friday.

The 28-year-old world number two Murray, who has almost single-handedly put Britain on the brink of their first title since 1936, duly delivered another point, beating 108th-ranked Bemelmans 6-3 6-2 7-5 on the indoor claycourt.

His win left the tie poised at 1-1 ahead of Saturday’s doubles when he will partner brother Jamie, although Britain would already be virtually home and dry had debutant Kyle Edmund finished off world number 16 Goffin.

The opening singles of the tie, which was a “must-win” rubber for Belgium as they try to land their first title, was turning into a humili-ation for Goffin when he trailed the world number 100 by two sets.

However, roared on by the ma-jority of the 13,000 crowd packed into an arena built inside a charm-less warehouse on the edge of medi-eval Ghent, the 24-year-old hit back from two sets down for the first time to win 3-6 1-6 6-2 6-1 6-0.

The final began with a 12-minute game in which Goffin wasted two break points, shanking one forehand into the roof girders, then saw him completely overwhelmed for more than an hour by a free-swinging 20-year-old with a thunderbolt forehand.

Goffin finally recovered his senses to put a tiring Edmund in his

place, but it was a mighty scare.“The pressure was more on my

shoulders because we needed this point against Kyle,” Goffin told reporters. “I was a little bit worried because Kyle was playing unbeliev-able. He just had nothing to lose.

“Kyle was really heavy with ev-ery forehand. It was tough to man-age but I stayed calm and waited for my chance.”

NO ERRORWith Murray enjoying such a

magnificent unbeaten Davis Cup record this year, having a hand in eight of Britain’s nine points won over three ties, Belgium have no margin for error.

Defeat for Goffin would have left Belgium’s dreams in tatters and the pressure seemed to freeze the 24-year-old as his game disin-tegrated in the face of Edmund’s withering power.

Edmund was in complete control for more than an hour and looked set to become the first debutant to win a live rubber in the Davis Cup final when he took the second set in 25 minutes with a run of six succes-sive games.

A stunned Goffin finally got a foothold when he broke the Ed-mund serve to open a 3-1 lead in the third set and the momentum quickly swung his way.

With the spring back in legs that seemed set in concrete earlier, and his shoulders released, Goffin began to feed off the energy of the 13,000 crowd and Edmund wilted. After levelling the match, Goffin knocked off the last six games in quick time. (rtr)

Murray levels Davis final as Goffin survives scare

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Great Britain’s Andy Murray celebrates during his match against Belgium’s Ruben Bemelmans

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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) reacts after guard Klay Thompson, right, hit a three-point shot against Sacramento Kings forward Rudy Gay, center, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, in Oakland, Calif.

Curry scores 19 as Warriors beat Kings to improve to 18-0

OAKLAND, California — Stephen Curry scored 17 of his 19 points in the first quarter and Draymond Green had his second straight triple-double as the Golden State Warriors extended their NBA record to 18 straight wins at the start of a season Saturday with a 120-101 victory over the Sacramento Kings.

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Neymar opened the scoring mid-way through the first half from a pass by Dani Alves, who also set up Suarez for the defending champions’ second just before halftime. Neymar took his competition-high tally to 14 soon after the interval as he extended his scoring streak to four straight league matches.

With the result beyond doubt, Neymar and Suarez went to pains to try and set up their strike partner Messi, who went close three times and struck the upright before he got his goal to round off the rout in stoppage time. He has scored three times in three appearances since returning from a two-month injury layoff.

“It comes naturally for them. They look out for one another and aren’t happy unless all three score,” Barce-lona coach Luis Enrique said.

Suarez, meanwhile, has scored in six consecutive rounds, and remained second in the league with 12 goals.

Second-place Atletico Madrid remained four points behind Barce-lona after edging Espanyol 1-0 in the capital. Antoine Griezmann scored his third goal in his last two games early in the match, and Espanyol never threatened to rally.

The victory was costly, how-ever, as Atletico lost midfielder Tiago

Mendes to a fractured right leg in the first half.

“Griezmann continues to grow. He is a young man who listens and executes,” said Atletico coach Di-ego Simeone, who added that Saul Niguez would likely take Tiago’s place while he recovers.

Fourth-place Celta Vigo climbed level on points with Real Madrid in third after beating Sporting Gijon 2-1 from goals by Fabian Orellana and Manuel “Nolito” Agudo, whose eight goals equal the haul of Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Deportivo La Coruna rose to sit fifth overnight with a 2-0 win at Las Palmas that was sealed by Lucas Perez’s ninth goal of the season. Barcelona was unstoppable for the third time in eight days after hum-bling Madrid 4-0 in last weekend’s clasico and obliterating Roma 6-1 in the Champions League.

Luis Enrique’s team has won nine of its last 10 games to go with one draw in the Copa del Rey that it played with reserve players. When asked if his team provoked fear among its opponents, Luis Enrique said: “That’s a question for our rivals.”

Coached by former Barcelona player and assistant manager Eusebio Sacristan, Sociedad tried to disrupt

Barcelona’s possession by pressur-ing far up the pitch. But that only left Neymar, Suarez and Messi with more room to romp.

Andres Iniesta headed Suarez’s pass off the post early on. Barcelona kept arriving on both flanks and Dani Alves was played through by Messi to square the ball for Neymar, who beat his marker and stabbed Bar-celona’s first goal into the top of the net.

“We expected them to pressure us,” Neymar said. “The victory was important for the difficulties they created for us and how we overcame them.”

Dani Alves was again the assist-giver for Suarez when Iniesta sent him clear on the right side with a long ball. Suarez made a tough strike look easy as he drove in the cross with an acrobatic kick. Barcelona’s third came from an incursion by left back Jeremy Mathieu, who ran onto Iniesta’s pass and crossed for the unmarked Neymar to tap in.

Messi, likewise, faced little re-sistance when Neymar spotted him in injury time. At the bottom of the table, Granada scored twice in the last eight minutes to rally for a 2-2 draw at 10-man Malaga, for which Fernando Tissone was sent off mid-way through the second half with two bookings.

Malaga, which has scored in only three of 13 matches this season, rose into second-to-last place ahead of new bottom side Levante. (ap)

LEICESTER, England — Jamie Vardy wheeled away in celebration, pointing repeatedly to his chest, shouting out loud and taking in the adulation of the crowd before getting mobbed by teammates. The Leicester striker had just made English Premier League history.

Vardy became the first player to score in 11 straight Premier League games when he netted the opening goal in Leicester’s 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United on Saturday. Bastian Schweinsteiger equalized for United, ensuring Leicester slipped from its surprising position at the league summit, but that was just a foot-note on a memorable day for Vardy.

Four seasons ago, he was playing non-league football for tiny northern team Fleetwood Town. Now, at 28, he is the hottest forward in the English game and a record-breaker.

“It’s unbelievable — I think I got a bit carried away with myself,” Vardy said about his celebration. “I’ve just been keeping my head down this week, not letting it sink in my head, and just concentrate. It was just another game we tried to get three points from.”

The record-breaking goal was typi-cal Vardy. Racing in behind the defense and one-on-one with the goalkeeper, it was a position the pacey striker had found himself in plenty of times in his recent scoring spree — and the result wound up being the same.

He took a touch from Christian Fuchs’ perfectly delivered through-ball in the 24th, composed himself, and shot powerfully past goalkeeper David de Gea. The King Power Sta-dium rocked to the tune of Vardy’s 14th goal of a breakthrough campaign,

and former United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was no longer the owner of the record.

“Well done vardy7!” Van Nistel-rooy, who scored in 10 straight Pre-mier League games in 2003, posted on Twitter soon after Vardy’s goal. “You’re number one now and you deserved it.” Vardy is a throwback, an old-school striker who never stops run-ning and preys on the shoulder of the last defender. Things seem to happen whenever he is on the ball.

There was excitement whenever Vardy received possession on Saturday, inside or outside the penalty box, but he didn’t seem burdened by the weight of the occasion when he was given his big chance. His finish was powerful and unerring — gone are the days when he was viewed as a raw, erratic striker.

“We wanted to win today, but also we wanted to help Jamie achieve the record,” Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri said. “Well done to my players for helping Jamie Vardy to score. “We want to keep him here for a long time. I hope Vardy continues these very good performances.”

But Vardy’s latest goal wasn’t enough to keep Leicester top of the league. Schweinsteiger lost his marker, Shinji Okazaki, at a corner in first-half injury time and headed in Daley Blind’s cross for his first goal for United after his summer move from Bayern Munich.

Leonardo Ulloa squandered Leic-ester’s best chance of a winner, when his weak shot at the end of a rapid counterattack was saved by De Gea’s right foot in the 66th. Leicester slipped to second place, behind Manchester City on goal difference. (ap)

ROME — Forward M’Baye Niang ended his AC Milan scor-ing drought in style, netting twice and setting up one in a 4-1 win over Sampdoria on Saturday. The 20-year-old Niang hadn’t scored in 35 previous Serie A appear-ances for Milan.

After providing the cross for

Giacomo Bonaventura’s opener, Niang converted a penalty before halftime then intercepted a pass from Sampdoria’s goalkeeper for another score after the interval.

Luiz Adriano added another with a beautiful chest control and volley, and Eder converted a penalty for Sampdoria near

the end for his 10th goal of the season, drawing him level with Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain atop the scoring chart.

Milan moved into fifth, seven points behind leader and city ri-val Inter Milan, as coach Sinisa Mihajlovic got the better of his former club. (ap)

DUESSELDORF, Germany — Thomas Mueller scored again as Bayern Munich defeated Hertha Berlin 2-0 to provisionally extend its Bundesliga lead to 11 points on Saturday.

Mueller broke the deadlock with his 13th goal of the season in the 34th minute, seven minutes before Kingsley Coman scored after a bril-liant move involving Javi Martinez and Jerome Boateng.

“There’s no need for shame,” Hertha coach Pal Dardai said. “The positioning and performance was perfect, but Bayern are twice as fast as we are and a couple of classes above.”

Unbeaten Bayern, with 13 wins from 14 games, will be guaranteed the lead going into the winter break if Borussia Dortmund doesn’t beat Stuttgart on Sunday. Bayern’s 40

points is a league record after 14 games. The club joked on Twitter that it was nearly safe from relega-tion for another season.

Hamburger SV defeated Werder Bremen 3-1 away in the Bundes-liga’s 103rd northern derby, and U.S. international Fabian Johnson scored twice for Borussia Mo-enchengladbach to salvage a 3-3 draw at Hoffenheim.

Hannover routed visiting In-golstadt 4-0 and Mainz defeated 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 at home in another derby. Kickoff had been delayed due to increased security measures.

Hertha, which is exceeding expectations in fourth place, was expected to play a defensive game as the previous seven visiting sides across all competitions each conceded four goals or more in

Munich.The side lined up with five at the

back but couldn’t prevent Robert Lewandowski striking the post in the ninth minute. Mueller scored when he was in the right place to redirect Mehdi Benatia’s header from a corner. “You never know against Hertha, when it’s 0-0 they can defend well,” Mueller said.

Bayern’s second goal had coach Pep Guardiola applauding on the sideline. Boateng, who impressed in midfield, sent the ball to Mar-tinez, who volleyed with his heel toward the far post, where Coman guided it home.

“He was very, very good,” Guar-diola said of Martinez, who appears to be over his injury troubles. “We often missed him, he’s back now. He has a great mentality.”

Johnson seems to be enjoying the

form of his life since he was openly criticized by U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann. The American, who also scored for ‘Gladbach against Sevilla on Wednesday, opened the scoring at Hoffenheim in the fifth minute when he fired in off the far post after a brilliant through ball from Mahmoud Dahoud.

But Steven Zuber equalized with a header from a corner in the 11th and Eugen Polanski put the home side ahead with a deflected shot in the 34th. Nadiem Amiri, who set up both of Hoffenheim’s goals, made it 3-1 with his first Bundesliga goal after a mistake from Lars Stindl in the 47th, before Stindl atoned by setting up Josip Drmic eight minutes later.

Johnson equalized in the 87th with a brilliant solo effort that left two Hoffenheim defenders stranded

before he fired to the roof of the net. “The team threw everything into it in order to turn it around,” said ‘Gladbach coach Andre Schubert, who remains unbeaten in the league after nine games.

Ivo Ilicevic got Hamburg off to a fine start in Bremen when he curled a wonderful strike from a difficult angle inside the top far corner in the third minute, and Michael Grego-ritsch made it 2-0 with a deflected free kick in the 27th.

Anthony Ujah pulled one back in the 62nd but Nicolai Mueller sealed the derby win six minutes later when he finished off a counter-attack after a Bremen corner.

“It’s great for the players, the fans and also me as coach,” Ham-burg’s Bruno Labbadia said of the morale boost the derby victory gives his side. (ap)

MADRID — Atletico Ma-drid says Portugal midfielder Tiago Mendes has fractured his right leg. Tiago was car-ried from the Vicente Calderon pitch on a stretcher in the first half of Saturday’s 1-0 win over Espanyol when he injured his

leg by kicking Marco Asensio in the back.

He was taken to hospital and the club says tests re-vealed the fracture. The 34-year-old Tiago has been a key member of Atletico’s team for the past seven seasons, help-

ing it win the Spanish league t i t le in 2014 among other trophies.

Atletico is in second place, four points behind Barcelona through 13 rounds, and it has qualified for the round of 16 in the Champions League. (ap)

Vardy breaks scoring record, Leicester holds United 1-1

AP Photo/Rui Vieira

Leicester’s Jamie Vardy celebrates after scoring against Manchester United during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Manchester United at the King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015.

Niang scores 2, sets up 1 in AC Milan’s 4-1 win over Samp

Atletico midfielder Tiago Mendes fractures leg

AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

AC Milan’s Mbaye Niang celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match be-tween AC Milan and Sampdoria at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 28 , 2015.

Mueller scores as Bayern beats Hertha 2-0 in Bundesliga

Neymar, Suarez, Messi score as Barca beats Sociedad 4-0

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

FC Barcelona’s Luis Suarez, left, reacts after scoring against Real Sociedad during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015.

BARCELONA — Neymar netted twice while Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi also scored as Barcelona earned another lopsided win by beating Real Sociedad 4-0 to protect its lead of the Spanish league on Saturday.

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Neymar opened the scoring mid-way through the first half from a pass by Dani Alves, who also set up Suarez for the defending champions’ second just before halftime. Neymar took his competition-high tally to 14 soon after the interval as he extended his scoring streak to four straight league matches.

With the result beyond doubt, Neymar and Suarez went to pains to try and set up their strike partner Messi, who went close three times and struck the upright before he got his goal to round off the rout in stoppage time. He has scored three times in three appearances since returning from a two-month injury layoff.

“It comes naturally for them. They look out for one another and aren’t happy unless all three score,” Barce-lona coach Luis Enrique said.

Suarez, meanwhile, has scored in six consecutive rounds, and remained second in the league with 12 goals.

Second-place Atletico Madrid remained four points behind Barce-lona after edging Espanyol 1-0 in the capital. Antoine Griezmann scored his third goal in his last two games early in the match, and Espanyol never threatened to rally.

The victory was costly, how-ever, as Atletico lost midfielder Tiago

Mendes to a fractured right leg in the first half.

“Griezmann continues to grow. He is a young man who listens and executes,” said Atletico coach Di-ego Simeone, who added that Saul Niguez would likely take Tiago’s place while he recovers.

Fourth-place Celta Vigo climbed level on points with Real Madrid in third after beating Sporting Gijon 2-1 from goals by Fabian Orellana and Manuel “Nolito” Agudo, whose eight goals equal the haul of Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Deportivo La Coruna rose to sit fifth overnight with a 2-0 win at Las Palmas that was sealed by Lucas Perez’s ninth goal of the season. Barcelona was unstoppable for the third time in eight days after hum-bling Madrid 4-0 in last weekend’s clasico and obliterating Roma 6-1 in the Champions League.

Luis Enrique’s team has won nine of its last 10 games to go with one draw in the Copa del Rey that it played with reserve players. When asked if his team provoked fear among its opponents, Luis Enrique said: “That’s a question for our rivals.”

Coached by former Barcelona player and assistant manager Eusebio Sacristan, Sociedad tried to disrupt

Barcelona’s possession by pressur-ing far up the pitch. But that only left Neymar, Suarez and Messi with more room to romp.

Andres Iniesta headed Suarez’s pass off the post early on. Barcelona kept arriving on both flanks and Dani Alves was played through by Messi to square the ball for Neymar, who beat his marker and stabbed Bar-celona’s first goal into the top of the net.

“We expected them to pressure us,” Neymar said. “The victory was important for the difficulties they created for us and how we overcame them.”

Dani Alves was again the assist-giver for Suarez when Iniesta sent him clear on the right side with a long ball. Suarez made a tough strike look easy as he drove in the cross with an acrobatic kick. Barcelona’s third came from an incursion by left back Jeremy Mathieu, who ran onto Iniesta’s pass and crossed for the unmarked Neymar to tap in.

Messi, likewise, faced little re-sistance when Neymar spotted him in injury time. At the bottom of the table, Granada scored twice in the last eight minutes to rally for a 2-2 draw at 10-man Malaga, for which Fernando Tissone was sent off mid-way through the second half with two bookings.

Malaga, which has scored in only three of 13 matches this season, rose into second-to-last place ahead of new bottom side Levante. (ap)

LEICESTER, England — Jamie Vardy wheeled away in celebration, pointing repeatedly to his chest, shouting out loud and taking in the adulation of the crowd before getting mobbed by teammates. The Leicester striker had just made English Premier League history.

Vardy became the first player to score in 11 straight Premier League games when he netted the opening goal in Leicester’s 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United on Saturday. Bastian Schweinsteiger equalized for United, ensuring Leicester slipped from its surprising position at the league summit, but that was just a foot-note on a memorable day for Vardy.

Four seasons ago, he was playing non-league football for tiny northern team Fleetwood Town. Now, at 28, he is the hottest forward in the English game and a record-breaker.

“It’s unbelievable — I think I got a bit carried away with myself,” Vardy said about his celebration. “I’ve just been keeping my head down this week, not letting it sink in my head, and just concentrate. It was just another game we tried to get three points from.”

The record-breaking goal was typi-cal Vardy. Racing in behind the defense and one-on-one with the goalkeeper, it was a position the pacey striker had found himself in plenty of times in his recent scoring spree — and the result wound up being the same.

He took a touch from Christian Fuchs’ perfectly delivered through-ball in the 24th, composed himself, and shot powerfully past goalkeeper David de Gea. The King Power Sta-dium rocked to the tune of Vardy’s 14th goal of a breakthrough campaign,

and former United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was no longer the owner of the record.

“Well done vardy7!” Van Nistel-rooy, who scored in 10 straight Pre-mier League games in 2003, posted on Twitter soon after Vardy’s goal. “You’re number one now and you deserved it.” Vardy is a throwback, an old-school striker who never stops run-ning and preys on the shoulder of the last defender. Things seem to happen whenever he is on the ball.

There was excitement whenever Vardy received possession on Saturday, inside or outside the penalty box, but he didn’t seem burdened by the weight of the occasion when he was given his big chance. His finish was powerful and unerring — gone are the days when he was viewed as a raw, erratic striker.

“We wanted to win today, but also we wanted to help Jamie achieve the record,” Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri said. “Well done to my players for helping Jamie Vardy to score. “We want to keep him here for a long time. I hope Vardy continues these very good performances.”

But Vardy’s latest goal wasn’t enough to keep Leicester top of the league. Schweinsteiger lost his marker, Shinji Okazaki, at a corner in first-half injury time and headed in Daley Blind’s cross for his first goal for United after his summer move from Bayern Munich.

Leonardo Ulloa squandered Leic-ester’s best chance of a winner, when his weak shot at the end of a rapid counterattack was saved by De Gea’s right foot in the 66th. Leicester slipped to second place, behind Manchester City on goal difference. (ap)

ROME — Forward M’Baye Niang ended his AC Milan scor-ing drought in style, netting twice and setting up one in a 4-1 win over Sampdoria on Saturday. The 20-year-old Niang hadn’t scored in 35 previous Serie A appear-ances for Milan.

After providing the cross for

Giacomo Bonaventura’s opener, Niang converted a penalty before halftime then intercepted a pass from Sampdoria’s goalkeeper for another score after the interval.

Luiz Adriano added another with a beautiful chest control and volley, and Eder converted a penalty for Sampdoria near

the end for his 10th goal of the season, drawing him level with Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain atop the scoring chart.

Milan moved into fifth, seven points behind leader and city ri-val Inter Milan, as coach Sinisa Mihajlovic got the better of his former club. (ap)

DUESSELDORF, Germany — Thomas Mueller scored again as Bayern Munich defeated Hertha Berlin 2-0 to provisionally extend its Bundesliga lead to 11 points on Saturday.

Mueller broke the deadlock with his 13th goal of the season in the 34th minute, seven minutes before Kingsley Coman scored after a bril-liant move involving Javi Martinez and Jerome Boateng.

“There’s no need for shame,” Hertha coach Pal Dardai said. “The positioning and performance was perfect, but Bayern are twice as fast as we are and a couple of classes above.”

Unbeaten Bayern, with 13 wins from 14 games, will be guaranteed the lead going into the winter break if Borussia Dortmund doesn’t beat Stuttgart on Sunday. Bayern’s 40

points is a league record after 14 games. The club joked on Twitter that it was nearly safe from relega-tion for another season.

Hamburger SV defeated Werder Bremen 3-1 away in the Bundes-liga’s 103rd northern derby, and U.S. international Fabian Johnson scored twice for Borussia Mo-enchengladbach to salvage a 3-3 draw at Hoffenheim.

Hannover routed visiting In-golstadt 4-0 and Mainz defeated 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 at home in another derby. Kickoff had been delayed due to increased security measures.

Hertha, which is exceeding expectations in fourth place, was expected to play a defensive game as the previous seven visiting sides across all competitions each conceded four goals or more in

Munich.The side lined up with five at the

back but couldn’t prevent Robert Lewandowski striking the post in the ninth minute. Mueller scored when he was in the right place to redirect Mehdi Benatia’s header from a corner. “You never know against Hertha, when it’s 0-0 they can defend well,” Mueller said.

Bayern’s second goal had coach Pep Guardiola applauding on the sideline. Boateng, who impressed in midfield, sent the ball to Mar-tinez, who volleyed with his heel toward the far post, where Coman guided it home.

“He was very, very good,” Guar-diola said of Martinez, who appears to be over his injury troubles. “We often missed him, he’s back now. He has a great mentality.”

Johnson seems to be enjoying the

form of his life since he was openly criticized by U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann. The American, who also scored for ‘Gladbach against Sevilla on Wednesday, opened the scoring at Hoffenheim in the fifth minute when he fired in off the far post after a brilliant through ball from Mahmoud Dahoud.

But Steven Zuber equalized with a header from a corner in the 11th and Eugen Polanski put the home side ahead with a deflected shot in the 34th. Nadiem Amiri, who set up both of Hoffenheim’s goals, made it 3-1 with his first Bundesliga goal after a mistake from Lars Stindl in the 47th, before Stindl atoned by setting up Josip Drmic eight minutes later.

Johnson equalized in the 87th with a brilliant solo effort that left two Hoffenheim defenders stranded

before he fired to the roof of the net. “The team threw everything into it in order to turn it around,” said ‘Gladbach coach Andre Schubert, who remains unbeaten in the league after nine games.

Ivo Ilicevic got Hamburg off to a fine start in Bremen when he curled a wonderful strike from a difficult angle inside the top far corner in the third minute, and Michael Grego-ritsch made it 2-0 with a deflected free kick in the 27th.

Anthony Ujah pulled one back in the 62nd but Nicolai Mueller sealed the derby win six minutes later when he finished off a counter-attack after a Bremen corner.

“It’s great for the players, the fans and also me as coach,” Ham-burg’s Bruno Labbadia said of the morale boost the derby victory gives his side. (ap)

MADRID — Atletico Ma-drid says Portugal midfielder Tiago Mendes has fractured his right leg. Tiago was car-ried from the Vicente Calderon pitch on a stretcher in the first half of Saturday’s 1-0 win over Espanyol when he injured his

leg by kicking Marco Asensio in the back.

He was taken to hospital and the club says tests re-vealed the fracture. The 34-year-old Tiago has been a key member of Atletico’s team for the past seven seasons, help-

ing it win the Spanish league t i t le in 2014 among other trophies.

Atletico is in second place, four points behind Barcelona through 13 rounds, and it has qualified for the round of 16 in the Champions League. (ap)

Vardy breaks scoring record, Leicester holds United 1-1

AP Photo/Rui Vieira

Leicester’s Jamie Vardy celebrates after scoring against Manchester United during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Manchester United at the King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015.

Niang scores 2, sets up 1 in AC Milan’s 4-1 win over Samp

Atletico midfielder Tiago Mendes fractures leg

AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

AC Milan’s Mbaye Niang celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match be-tween AC Milan and Sampdoria at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 28 , 2015.

Mueller scores as Bayern beats Hertha 2-0 in Bundesliga

Neymar, Suarez, Messi score as Barca beats Sociedad 4-0

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

FC Barcelona’s Luis Suarez, left, reacts after scoring against Real Sociedad during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015.

BARCELONA — Neymar netted twice while Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi also scored as Barcelona earned another lopsided win by beating Real Sociedad 4-0 to protect its lead of the Spanish league on Saturday.

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BANGLI - Trunyan village lies at the edge of Lake Batur, to the west of Abrig Hill, Kintamani. Villagers here are “native Balinese” referred to as

“Bali Aga” people. This village with its unique traditions, can be reached by 30 minute boat ride from Kedisan Village across Lake Batur.

The name Trunyan was derived from the word “Taru” and “Menyan”, meaning ‘fragnant trees’ that grow in the village. Local people deem the

trees highly important. The corpses of the dead laid down

in open graves under the trees and are simply covered with white fabrics

and bamboo called “Ancak Saji”, but the faces of the dead are left un-covered. This funeral rite is known as “Mapasah”.

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Leading by 10 points at halftime, the defending champion Warriors opened the third quarter with a 27-8 run that included four 3-pointers by Brandon Rush to build the lead to 29 points. The Kings never got close the rest of the game.

Green had 13 points, 11 re-bounds and 12 assists, becoming the first Warriors player with back-to-back triple-doubles since Wilt Chamberlain in 1964. A night ear-lier, he had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 135-116 win at Phoenix. Rush had 16 points and Klay Thompson added 15 for the Warriors. Rudy Gay scored 20 points for Sacramento.

“They’re on a magic carpet ride right now. They’re playing great,” Gay said. “They’re just playing well right now. They’re moving the ball and everybody’s shooting the ball. Their defense is great. You hate to be on the losing side of it, but it’s impressive.”

The Warriors’ 22nd straight reg-ular-season victory — a streak that

includes four wins at the end of last season — tied the 2007-08 Houston Rockets for the third-longest such streak in NBA history, trailing only the 33 straight by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers and 27 in a row by the 2012-13 Miami Heat.

Elsewhere, LeBron James made a running hook shot with a second left and scored 26 points, giving Cleveland a 90-88 victory over Brooklyn.

After Joe Johnson’s three foul shots tied it with 15.2 seconds left, the Cavaliers called timeout and took the ball at midcourt. James took the inbounds pass, dribbled to the top of the key before cutting to the right of the lane and hitting a hook shot over Brook Lopez.

James scored 10 points and added a key steal late in the game to help Cleveland remain unbeaten at home in nine games. Kevin Love also scored 26 points for Cleveland. Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points as San Antonio won its fifth straight, holding the Atlanta to several sea-

son lows offensively in a 108-88 win.

San Antonio matched a season high with nine 3-pointers in win-ning its 18th consecutive home game against Atlanta and 10th straight overall against the Hawks. Atlanta had season lows for points in any quarter (12 in the second) and first-half points (37) and matched a season low for total points. The Hawks’ starters finished with 38 points.

In Washington, Cory Joseph made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Toronto past Washington 84-82.

Joseph took DeMar DeRozan’s pass in the corner and nailed the winning shot. He finished with 12 points as Toronto won its fourth straight despite tying a season high with 22 turnovers Kyle Lowry scored 27 points for the Raptors.

Portland’s Damian Lillard scored 29 points as the Trail Blazers hand-ed the Los Angeles Lakers their fifth straight loss, 108-96.

Dallas’ Deron Williams scored 22 points and Zaza Pachulia added 16 points and 12 rebounds as the Mavericks beat Denver 92-81 to end a three-game losing streak. Alec Burks scored 21 points as Utah beat New Orleans 101-87. (ap)

GHENT, Belgium - Britain’s Andy Murray levelled the Davis Cup final at 1-1 with a comfortable defeat of Ruben Bemelmans after David Goffin had escaped from two sets down to give Belgium the lead at the Flanders Expo on Friday.

The 28-year-old world number two Murray, who has almost single-handedly put Britain on the brink of their first title since 1936, duly delivered another point, beating 108th-ranked Bemelmans 6-3 6-2 7-5 on the indoor claycourt.

His win left the tie poised at 1-1 ahead of Saturday’s doubles when he will partner brother Jamie, although Britain would already be virtually home and dry had debutant Kyle Edmund finished off world number 16 Goffin.

The opening singles of the tie, which was a “must-win” rubber for Belgium as they try to land their first title, was turning into a humili-ation for Goffin when he trailed the world number 100 by two sets.

However, roared on by the ma-jority of the 13,000 crowd packed into an arena built inside a charm-less warehouse on the edge of medi-eval Ghent, the 24-year-old hit back from two sets down for the first time to win 3-6 1-6 6-2 6-1 6-0.

The final began with a 12-minute game in which Goffin wasted two break points, shanking one forehand into the roof girders, then saw him completely overwhelmed for more than an hour by a free-swinging 20-year-old with a thunderbolt forehand.

Goffin finally recovered his senses to put a tiring Edmund in his

place, but it was a mighty scare.“The pressure was more on my

shoulders because we needed this point against Kyle,” Goffin told reporters. “I was a little bit worried because Kyle was playing unbeliev-able. He just had nothing to lose.

“Kyle was really heavy with ev-ery forehand. It was tough to man-age but I stayed calm and waited for my chance.”

NO ERRORWith Murray enjoying such a

magnificent unbeaten Davis Cup record this year, having a hand in eight of Britain’s nine points won over three ties, Belgium have no margin for error.

Defeat for Goffin would have left Belgium’s dreams in tatters and the pressure seemed to freeze the 24-year-old as his game disin-tegrated in the face of Edmund’s withering power.

Edmund was in complete control for more than an hour and looked set to become the first debutant to win a live rubber in the Davis Cup final when he took the second set in 25 minutes with a run of six succes-sive games.

A stunned Goffin finally got a foothold when he broke the Ed-mund serve to open a 3-1 lead in the third set and the momentum quickly swung his way.

With the spring back in legs that seemed set in concrete earlier, and his shoulders released, Goffin began to feed off the energy of the 13,000 crowd and Edmund wilted. After levelling the match, Goffin knocked off the last six games in quick time. (rtr)

Murray levels Davis final as Goffin survives scare

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Great Britain’s Andy Murray celebrates during his match against Belgium’s Ruben Bemelmans

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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) reacts after guard Klay Thompson, right, hit a three-point shot against Sacramento Kings forward Rudy Gay, center, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, in Oakland, Calif.

Curry scores 19 as Warriors beat Kings to improve to 18-0

OAKLAND, California — Stephen Curry scored 17 of his 19 points in the first quarter and Draymond Green had his second straight triple-double as the Golden State Warriors extended their NBA record to 18 straight wins at the start of a season Saturday with a 120-101 victory over the Sacramento Kings.

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Indonesian Foreign Affairs Min-ister Retno LP Marsudi told the press on Friday that President Jokowi would convey Indonesia’s views on the climate change during the negotiation process of the Paris Climate Change Conference, early next week.

Jokowi will join 147 state leaders in the conference.

Minister Retno Marsudi said the head of state will deliver a three to five-minute statement. He will among other things express his political support to the success of the negotiation.

He will also explain Indonesia’s strategic position as one of the countries having the world’s largest forest areas.

Geographically, however, Indo-nesia is prone to the impacts of the climate change because it consists of more than 17 thousand islands, and around 70 percent of its total territory is water.

In the meantime, Minister/State Secretary Pratikno said President Jokowi is also scheduled to hold bilateral talks with with some state

leaders on the sidelines of the Paris conference.

The COP21 and the eleventh ses-sion of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) will take place from 30 November to 11 December 2015, in Paris.

The 2015 Paris Climate Confer-ence will, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C. France will play a leading international role in hosting this seminal conference, and COP21 will be one of the larg-est international conferences ever held in the country. (ant)

Now entrepreneurs have fused the age-old love of tonics made from the archipelago’s vast selection of herbs with the younger generation’s desire for a fashionable setting, and come up with beverages that focus on modern-day problems.

And as demand for alternative medicines grows from the Middle East to Africa, Indonesian jamu manufacturers hope the country

can use its expertise in the sector to become a major player in the global herbal medicine industry.

A resurgence in domestic popu-larity is being driven by hangouts such as the Jakarta cafe, which welcomes young professionals and students to a retro setting that mixes old-fashioned furniture with touches of the past, such as black and white prints and vintage bicycles.

“Potent!” exclaims the menu, which features a picture of a beam-ing man wearing a traditionally patterned cap and a smart suit as he promotes a “stamina-boosting aphrodisiac”, named the Ginseng Prakoso Plus.

Next to him is a picture of a woman with her hair meticulously styled into a bun, offering a drink called the “Tight Cavity”, which aims to help improve a couple’s sex life after a woman has given birth.

Other brews at the cafe, named “It’s a long time such we had jamu”, tantalisingly promise to “keep hus-bands at home” and “wives always smiling”.

The cafe, which opened two years ago, also offers a range of lighter, more palatable jamu, such as drinks made from the herb rosella to recharge the immune system, tur-meric to boost stamina, and ginger to fight colds and coughs.

“Initially the bitter taste put me off, but I have grown accustomed to it,” said graphic designer Io Woo, 23, who gets her particular jamu fix at the cafe three to four times a month.

“It’s less dreadful to consume it with friends here, where it’s cosy and comfortable.”

It is not just hipster cafes seek-ing to breathe new life into jamu. Traditional healer Retno Widati has since 2011 been teaching people seeking to open their own busi-nesses how to make jamu ice cream from green beans, rice and galangal, a herb related to ginger common in Indonesia.

“Young people are not taking jamu as often as in the old days, they fear the bitter taste,” she said, adding her aim was to re-introduce

it to people in a “more modern form”.

The “jamu movement” has some high-profile supporters, notably Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who reportedly starts his day with a glass of boiled turmeric and ginger.

The government has thrown its support behind the industry, which currently employs 15 million people and boasts more than 1,000 manu-facturers, including some listed on the Jakarta stock exchange.

Industry Minister Saleh Husin in September urged more exports of jamu products, and said the sec-tor aims to generate revenue of up to 20 trillion rupiah ($1.45 billion) this year, up from 15 trillion rupiah in 2014.

The old waysProducers of jamu products see

great opportunities abroad. Asia remains the stronghold for herbal remedies but their popularity is growing around the world, accord-ing to experts.

But Jamu Entrepreneurs Asso-ciation chairman Charles Saerang said Indonesia, which is home to around 6,000 varieties of herbs, was still punching below its weight and remained a small player in the $50-billion herbal remedy industry, which is dominated by countries including China and India.

He said the sector should focus on exporting good quality, cheap raw ingredients instead of simply ready-made products, as it mainly does now, which could increase annual earnings four fold.

Despite the arrival of hip cafes seen as key in driving jamu’s mod-ernisation, there remains a hardcore of Indonesians who prefer the old ways -- tonics served at streetside stalls, or in unpretentious, inexpen-sive local shops. “Why should I pay five times more for something that’s essentially the same? I’d rather save my money because more money means more jamu to enjoy,” said school handyman Agustinus Mar-tanbaim, 38, who buys his herbal drinks from local vendors. (afp)

Indonesian elixirs get a modern twistTHE TRENDY cafe looks like a typical coffee shop in the Indonesian capital

Jakarta, but in fact it sells herb-infused brews prom-ising to fix every ailment

from coughs to impotence. Indonesians have for genera-tions taken herbal medicine, known locally as “jamu”, as a remedy for common ail-

ments, and many children’s early memories include being forced to gulp down concoc-tions of ingredients such as

ginger and turmeric.

President leaves for Paris to attend COP21

Activists display banners during the Global Climate March in Jakarta, Indone-

sia, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. The march is part of a

global campaign ahead of next week’s U.N. climate

talks in Paris.

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana left on Sunday morning for Paris, France, to attend the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21), which is also known as the Paris Climate Change Conference.

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Many say the vote will be the most democratic in Burkina Faso’s history, because no incumbent is on the ballot and the presidential guard has been dissolved.

“I am happy to vote since there is no outgoing president and the elections bear my hopes of a better future with the president I am going to vote for,” said Tiama Gasse, a 50-year-old trader. He was among those voting at a primary school in Nakebzanga in Burkina Faso’s north. Poll workers dressed in green slowly ushered in new voters.

Abdoulaye Sawadogo, an engi-neer at a road building company, said he hopes the new leader will address issues of employment, health and education.

A popular uprising in October 2014 forced President Blaise Com-paore to resign after a 27-year rule. A transitional government was put in place, though it was soon at odds with Compaore’s elite presidential guard. The presidential guard staged a failed week-long coup in September that caused polls, origi-nally scheduled for October, to be

postponed.Burkina Faso’s new electoral

code bars presidential candidates who supported Compaore’s bid to change the constitution, though the ex-president’s party could have a strong showing in the legislative election. Some 5.5 million people are registered to vote at more than 17,800 polling stations.

A candidate needs more than 50 percent of the vote to win outright and avoid a runoff, which would be held 15 days after first-round results are finalized.

More than 17,000 local and foreign observers are expected to monitor the poll, and 25,000 soldiers and police are being de-ployed. (ap)

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli police officer in Jerusalem on Sunday before being shot dead by security forces, and another Palestinian stabbed a wom-an in the back as she was waiting for a bus, police said, as a two-month wave of violence showed no sign of relenting.

Police spokeswoman Luba Sam-ri said a 38-year-old Palestinian walked past two officers near a gate into the Old City and then yelled “God is greatest” before stabbing one of them in the neck, moder-ately wounding him. Other officers opened fire at the attacker and shot him dead. Another knife was later found on his body.

Hours later, a Palestinian stabbed a woman in the back as she was waiting at a Jerusalem bus stop before escaping, Samri said. The woman, a foreign national, was evacuated to hospital and police fanned out across the city in search of the stabber — a teenager who was later found in a nearby con-struction site.

The violence erupted in mid-September over tensions at a Je-rusalem holy site. Since then, 19 Israelis have been killed in Pales-tinian attacks, mostly stabbings and shootings. At least 97 Palestinians have been killed, including 62 said by Israel to be attackers. The others died in clashes with Israeli forces.

Israel says the violence stems from Palestinian incitement and incendiary videos on social media. Most of the attackers have been young Palestinians in their teens and early 20s. The Palestinians say the violence is rooted in frustration over nearly a half-century of Israeli occupation and lack of hope for obtaining independence.

At his weekly Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netan-yahu said the violence was driven by “opposition to the existence of the state of Israel as the national state of the Jewish people, in any borders whatsoever.” “Added to this opposition is an element of radical Islam that strikes worldwide — in Paris, in London, in Madrid, in Mali — where there are of course no settlements,” he added.

Much of the recent violence has emanated from Hebron, the largest West Bank city, where hundreds of Israeli settlers live in heavily-guarded enclaves surrounded by tens of thousands of Palestinians.

The Israeli military raided a Pal-estinian radio station in Hebron on Sunday and confiscated equipment it said was being used to broadcast calls to attack Israelis. The military said it shut down the “Dream” radio station overnight, marking the third time Israel has closed a Hebron station it accuses of inciting violence. (ap)

ANKARA, Turkey — Several thousand people are attending the funeral of a prominent lawyer and human rights defender who was killed in a shooting along with two policemen.

Tahir Elci, 49, was shot in Diyar-bakir city Saturday while making a press statement. Prime Minister

Ahmet Davutoglu said authorities are investigating whether the attack directly targeted Elci or whether he died in the crossfire during shooting between the assailants and police.

Addressing mourners on Sunday, Pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas said Elci was the victim of a “political murder.” He said the

lawyer dedicated his life to peace, freedoms, and brotherhood.

Elci, who was Kurdish, advo-cated peace between Kurdish rebels and Turkey’s security forces. He was facing a criminal charge for defending the rebels, whom Turkey considers terrorists, during a news program. (ap)

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Israeli police officers secure the stabbing attack site in Ne-tanya, Israel, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. A Palestinian stabbed and wounded a 70-year-old man in northern Israel before being shot by officers, police said Monday just hours after another Palestinian knifed several people, including an 80-year-old woman, in a stabbing spree near Tel Aviv, the latest attacks in more than a month of violence.

Palestinian shot dead after stabbing Israeli police officer

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Burkina Faso presidential candidate from the UPC party Zephirin Diabre, center, holds up his ballot before he casts it during elections in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015.

Burkina Faso holds 1st vote since

popular uprising

Thousands in Turkey attend funeral of human rights lawyer

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Hundreds of voters lined up after morning prayers to vote Sunday in Burkina Faso’s first presidential and legislative elections since a popu-lar uprising toppled the West Africa nation’s longtime leader last year.

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BUSINESS

The IMF executive board is scheduled to meet Monday to

decide on the recommendation by staff experts earlier in November

to include the yuan, also known as the renminbi, alongside the US dol-lar, euro, Japanese yen and British pound in the grouping.

While not a freely traded cur-rency, the SDR (special drawing right) is important as an interna-

tional reserve asset, and because the IMF issues its crisis loans -- crucial to struggling economies like Greece -- valued in SDRs.

China, now the world’s second-largest economy, asked last year for the yuan to be added to the grouping of world reserve currencies, but until recently it was considered too tightly controlled to qualify.

It is extremely rare that the executive board, which represents the IMF’s 188 member nations, opposes the recommendation of its own experts. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in mid-November that she supported the experts’ finding that the yuan had met the requirements to be a ‘freely usable’ currency” -- a key hurdle for SDR status.

If accepted, the decision would not take effect before September 30, 2016, to allow users more time to prepare. The last time the SDR basket was modified was in 2000, when the euro replaced the Ger-man deutschemark and the French franc.

The remaining question is the yuan’s weight in the basket. It could be 10 percent to 16 percent, but the lower estimate is more likely due to the Chinese currency’s limited convertibility.

The basket composition is re-viewed every five years. At the last rebalancing in 2010, the dollar ac-counted for 41.9 percent, the euro 37.4 percent, the pound 11.3 percent

and the yen 9.4 percent.That weighting revision was

based on the value of the exports of goods and services by country or currency zone, and the amount of reserves denominated in the respective currencies held by other IMF members.

The entry of the yuan is, above all, a major diplomatic success for Beijing, which will see its money graduate to the inner circle of the world’s most important curren-cies.

The vote of the United States, the largest IMF stakeholder, will be closely watched, as will US po-litical reactions. US officials have long accused China of keeping the yuan artificially low to gain a trade advantage, making its exports rela-tively cheaper.

The US Treasury Department, in an October 19 report, said that the yuan “remains below its appropriate medium-term valuation.”

Paradoxically, China’s unex-pected devaluation of the yuan last August received good marks from the IMF because it reinforced the currency’s movements with market forces and opened the door to future revaluation.

Beijing on Wednesday an-nounced an initial group of foreign central banks has been allowed to enter the Chinese currency market, which likely will promote further internationalization of the yuan in global trading. (afp)

GENEVA - Air passenger num-bers worldwide are likely to reach seven billion per year within the next two decades, twice what they are now, IATA said on Thursday.

The International Air Transport Association said this was 400 mil-lion fewer than forecast previously because of a global economic slow-down, notably in China.

IATA said it now expects air pas-senger numbers to grow 3.8 percent on average each year through 2034, taking the annual figure to double from the 3.5 billion expected this year.

The Geneva-based organisation

had previously forecast 4.1-percent annual growth in passenger num-bers, but said political changes and “negative developments in the global economy” were expected to dampen demand for air transport.

“Economic and political events over the last year have impacted some of the fundamentals for growth,” IATA chief Tony Tyler explained in a statement.

“As a result, we expect some 400 million fewer people to be travelling in 2034 than we did at this time last year,” he said, pointing out that “air transport is a critical part of the global economy, (and)

policy-makers should take note of its sensitivity.”

In particular, the slow-down in the Chinese economy is impacting global passenger growth outlook.

The country is today the world’s fastest-increasing market in terms of additional annual passengers, and is forecast to add 758 mil-lion new passengers by 2034 to bring the total to 1.196 billion each year.

The United States is the second fastest-increasing market, with 523 million new annual passengers expected by 2034 for a total of 1.156 billion, followed by India,

Indonesia and Brazil.China is expected to overtake

the United States as the world’s largest passenger market (defined by traffic to, from and within) by 2029, IATA said.

Although China is not add-ing new passengers as quickly as previously projected, it has so far this year seen its annual passenger numbers shoot up 12.5 percent.

Brazil and Russia by contrast are struggling, hit by falling oil and other commodity prices, IATA said, also pointing to the economic sanc-tions against Russia and sky-high

fuel charges in BrazilIn percentage terms, seven of

the 10 fastest-growing markets will meanwhile be in Africa, the organisation said, joined by Serbia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam, with each expected to see passenger numbers swell 7-8 percent each year over the next 20 years and doubling in size each decade.

IATA also said the prospect of more open travel between the rest of the world and Cuba and Iran as economic sanctions against them are gradually expected to be lifted offers “exciting possibilities.” (afp)

IATA expects 7 billion global air passengers by 2034 amid slower growth

IMF poised to put Chinese yuan in elite currency basket

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In this Friday, June 8, 2012 photo, a clerk counts Chinese banknotes at a bank in Huaibei in central China’s Anhui province.

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is ex-pected to approve inclusion of China’s yuan in its SDR basket of elite currencies on Monday, rewarding Beijing’s strong pursuit of the global status.

Chief of Gianyar Police, Far-man, when asked for his con-firmation recently said that the same-sex marriage case occurred at one of the hotels in Ubud has entered phase two and has been transferred by Gianyar Police Criminal Investigation Unit to Gianyar Prosecutor ’s Office. “File of the case is already stated complete. It means that it has now become the authority of

prosecutor and will be heard im-mediately,” he said.

Farman revealed that the num-ber of suspect in this case is only one namely I Nyoman Muliani denoting the sales executive of the hotel that organized the karmic cleansing package. “The suspect is only one because so far Muliani claimed to have provided the kar-mic cleansing package for the gay couple without the knowledge of

her hotel manager,” he explained.He added that if the suspect

I Nyoman Muliani will deliver new recognition in the trial, there is possibility to involve the hotel management especially the hotel manager into a suspect. “Let’s await the trial first. If later in the trial appears new recognition, we will drag anyone getting involved including the hotel manager as the suspect,” he said.

Similar opinion was delivered by Intelligence Section Head of the Gianyar Prosecutor’s Office, Ketut Sudiarta, where based on information of the suspect, in the preparation of the melukat or pu-rificatory rite through the karmic cleansing package for the same-

sex couple, she did it without the knowledge of the hotel manager. “So, the karmic cleansing package is not the first time. Before this case, the package has also been carried out in accordance with the brochure, but only for one person. Well, the recent karmic cleansing package was the only one orga-nized for gay couple, but without being notified to hotel manager,” he explained.

When asked about the brochure of karmic cleansing package, Ketut Sudiarta said that based on the result of investigation the pack-age has long been offered. He also confirmed that the brochure on the karmic cleansing package has been on the knowledge of the hotel man-

ager. “This brochure was indeed distributed by hotel management, and has been known by the man-ager. But the case handled this time is only the same-sex marriage, so that the hotel manager did not get involved,” he said.

After the transfer of the second-stage process of this case, the trial with the suspect I Nyoman Muliani will be held as soon as possible next week. He added although the case file has been complete, the suspect is not detained as the other suspects in corruption cases. “The suspect is still doing her activity as usual. Besides, there is indeed a request from the suspect’s at-torney for not detaining her,” he concluded. (kmb35)

TABANAN - Excerpt of the poem “To be able to enjoy the beauty, every time he has to wear his bad glasses” is one of the poems written by Michael Agustin, a Ger-man poet, read at the poetry night, Friday (Nov. 27). Michael is one of the poets from the five continents who enlivened the International Poetry Festival 2015.

Related to the seven-day festi-

val, on Friday (Nov. 27) was held the poetry night at the residence of the Tabanan poet, I Gusti Putu Bawa Samar Gantang. Previously, the nine poets organized a parade in the Maria Cultural Building leading to Jalan Kenanga, Ta-banan.

Samar Gantang explained at the ceremony on Friday (Nov. 27) that the poets from the five continents

show off their work in a competi-tion. Each poet read its own works. To be understood, the committee has prepared the translated version into English or Indonesian. “This translation will be read by mem-bers of the art studio,” he said. In addition to read out the results of their works, the poets also write a word on a canvas to be followed by other poets.

Other than Michael Agustin, the other poets participating in the Tabanan International Poetry Festival 2015 are Aurelia Las-saque (France), Bastian Boettcher (Germany), Jesus Sepulveda (Chile), Mohammad Haji Saleh (Malaysia), Sujata Bhatt (India), John Mateer (Australia), Vonani Bila (Africa), and Luke Mkuti (Mozambique).

Samar Gantang added that the event was resumed with a poetry reading activity at Ulun Danu Be-ratan and the launch of the book entitled “What’s Poetry Anthology Sweep of the Violi” at his residence on Saturday (Nov. 28). “In the event on Saturday, I will also read the poem Modre accompanied by the appearance of the members of the art studio,” he said. (kmb24)

Investigation on same-sex marriage cases completed

The suspect only a sales executiveGIANYAR - Results of the investigation on same-sex mar-

riage case through a karmic cleansing package have been declared complete. Nevertheless, the case scheduled to stand trial this week only involved one suspect posing the hotel sales executive, I Nyoman Muliani. The other hotel management clearly issuing the brochure of the karmic cleansing package only serves as a witness.

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The parade of the poets is done during the opening of Tabanan International Poetry Festival 2015

Tabanan International Poetry Festival 2015Poets from five continents show off their works

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He’s lived all his 70 years in a tile-roofed home in a clan village, surrounded by people who share his connection to an illustrious ancestor from centuries ago. Other clan vil-lages in South Korea are dominated by Hwangs, Yuns and many other names.

“This is the house where my fa-ther, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather lived,” Kim said, walking down a small hill dotted with his ancestors’ tombs and gravestones. “I’ve never wanted to abandon my hometown.”

Modernization is turning the vil-lages into a fading tradition. Dozens with at least 100 clan members re-main, but there were once hundreds. The others have been lost to the frenzy of construction across much of the country, and to young people leaving small-town life for bigger opportunities in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Ancestry does not have the pull it once did for some, perhaps be-cause some Koreans generations ago gained their prestigious surnames by buying them, not through birth. For Kim, however, ancient family ties remain as tangible as the large earthen tombs behind his house.

As a direct descendant of 17th-century Confucian scholar Kim Jang-saeng, the 70-year-old holds about 15 memorial services per year for his ancestors at his home, a responsibility he calls his “destiny.

“I don’t mind living near the tombs,” said Kim Sun Won, a retired local civil servant in the city of Nonsan who now teaches filial piety, the life of Kim Jang-saeng and local history at a traditional Confucian school. “I feel secure here because I have the support of all my family clan members here.”

Clan villages thrived under Con-fucian, traditional value systems that prize family connections, filial duty, respect for ancestors and regional ties. In Kim’s Yeonsan village there are now about 130 households associated with his family clan, but there are many more non-Kim households. A generation ago, Kim said there were about up to 300 clan households, mostly extended families.

Clan villages are usually made up of people who share prominent an-cestors: royal princes, top officials, revered scholars. The villages pre-serve ancestral shrines and regularly hold memorial services by burning incense, offering food and liquor at altars and deeply bowing.

In Paju, a city near the North Ko-rean border, two villages are home to dozens of people with the surname Hwang who claim as an ancestor Hwang Hui, a 15th-century prime minister renowned for his moral in-tegrity and righteousness. “He’s like our religion,” said Hwang You Yeon, a 69-year-old resident in one of the

two villages where Hwang Hui spent most of his post-retirement years. “He’s our pride.”

Last spring, the Hwangs made headlines when they confronted a ruling-party lawmaker who alleged Hwang Hui took bribes and commit-ted adultery. The lawmaker apolo-gized after the Hwangs threatened to campaign against him.

These days, it’s largely the elderly who live in villages associated with their clans. Young people migrate to cities, and while some eventually re-turn, others with different surnames have moved in too. In some cases high-rise apartments have changed the character of once-rural villages.

In a nearby Paju village, seven out of 10 households were once as-sociated with a Yun family. Now the number is about three in 10.

“In those times, there was less individual action. Young people today are spoiled. Aren’t they?” said Yun Hoon Duk, a resident in the Yun village. “We had grown up with our grandfathers, uncles and nephews ... so we naturally learned the rules of etiquette.”

The clan clusters reveal a fasci-nating feature of South Korea, where a handful of surnames far outweighs the rest in popularity. More than 20 percent of the country’s 50 million people are Kims, from two former South Korean presidents to the South’s only Olympic figure skating gold medalist.

All Kims do not belong to the same clan. They are divided among about 350 “bongwans” that are asso-ciated with particular locations. Kim Sun Won, for instance, is a Gwang-

san Kim, named after a southern town where his first ancestor is be-lieved to have settled. Government surveys in 2000, the most recent census data available, showed there were 286 South Korean surnames and 4,179 bongwans.

The dominance of a few surnames is closely linked to Korea’s feudal and Confucian history and the legacy of Japan’s colonization of the Korean Peninsula from 1910-1945. Surnames were usually reserved for nobility and royalty until the 18th century, when some bankrupt aristocrats allowed commoners to be added to their ge-nealogical books, called “jokbo,” in return for money.

There are no official records on how many commoners got sur-names, but it’s believed to be signifi-cant because rampant poverty and the lack of efficient state surveillance systems made the forgery of jokbos widespread. During the Joseon Dynasty, which ruled from 1392 to 1910, the aristocracy grew from less than 10 percent of the population to as much as 70 percent, in large part because of forged jokbos, said Park HongGab, an expert on Korean surnames at the state-run National Institute of Korean History.

When Japan colonized the Ko-rean Peninsula in the early 20th cen-tury, it forced every Korean to have a surname. Slaves took their masters’ surnames and the poor often picked ones used by high-level aristocrats: Kim, Lee and Park. “There were slaves, many slaves in the past. But now there’s no one who says they are the descendant of slaves,” said Kim Jin Woo, a specialist on Korean

surnames. “This is why many people don’t trust jokbos.”

Those who want a prominent lineage can still hire jokbo brokers to fabricate genealogical books. The forgery of the books is linked to Korea’s traditional reverence for family background, which has long determined business, social and marital success. More prominent ancestors boost status.

Some records, however, would be quite difficult to fake. Historic clan villages keep centuries-old ge-nealogical books that they say have been handed down from generation to generation. The Hwangs in Paju have a two-volume book written in 1723; the Yun family in Paju keeps woodblocks used to publish its fam-ily tree from 1630 to 1863; and Kim Sun Won has a modern version of genealogical books at his home.

The role of ancestral ties in North Korean life is minimal compared to that in the South, though the coun-tries share similar surnames. The North, founded as a socialist repub-lic, has tried to abolish clan systems it calls the legacy of feudalism.

Even so, the system’s legacy remains. During a landmark 2000 summit between then-South Ko-rean President Kim Dae-jung and then-North Korean leader Kim Jong Il — father of current leader Kim Jong Un — the two Kims joked about their shared surname but dif-ferent clans.

“We’re really from the same family and we’ve finally met each other,” Kim Jong Il was quoted as saying in North Korean state media. (ap)

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

In this Oct. 14, 2015, Kim Sun Won, left, and his relative Kim Yong Won walk through the large earthen tombs of his ancestors located behind his traditional tile-roofed home where the 70-year-old has lived his whole life in Nonsan, South Korea.

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

In this Oct. 13, 2015 photo, Hwang You Yeon, left, points at his family’s two-volume gemological book written in 1723 at a museum commemorating one of his prominent ancestors in Paju, South Korea.

In S. Korea, a town of Kims _ and an unusual shared history

NONSAN, South Korea — Many of his students are Kims. So are his fellow teachers, an elementary school alumnus and the owners of restaurants and pubs that he patronizes in his small farming village. Lots of Kims in his neighborhood, too. Such is everyday life for Kim Sun Won, who, obviously, is a Kim too.

SINGARAJA - Gusti Made Mangku Laksana, a temple priest of Pura Se-gara Rupek, assessed that the problem of plastic waste and former instant noodles package gathered and dropped by along the white sandy beach in the forest area near the West Bali National Park (TNBB). “The waste problem is clearly unsightly. It is marine debris from Java undersea and then drifting. This should become a concern and a shared responsibility,” he said.

According to him, such marine debris has long happened, and most of them moved to-ward the coastal area. As a result, the coastal area becomes polluted. Moreover, in the area of protected forest there are no janitors. Simi-larly, he also worried that many forest animals are eating food from the waste piles.

“In the past, we made cooperation with tourism stakeholders. We also did beach cleanup through mutual cooperation with the resort in the Gerokgak area, but now it is no longer active in environmental cleanup. This cannot be done alone. Cleaning up the waste will require the cooperation of various parties in the community,” he concluded. (kmb34)

SEMARAPURA - In 2016 schools in Klungkung District will face a challenge to meet the computer needs for national exam through computer-based test (CBT). Considering the exam will be held online, schools require a number of computers that can be used by all the national exam par-ticipants at school. So far, almost all the schools in Klungkung are constrained by the lack of comput-ers. On the other hand, the budget-

ary constraint faced by Klungkung District makes the Education Agency unable to help the short-age of computer experienced by a number of schools.

One of the schools experiencing the shortage of computers is the SMAN 2 Semarapura high school. The school implementing Curricu-lum 2013 has a computer lab with 50 computers for the whole class-es. With a total of 250 students par-ticipating in the national exam, the

number of computers owned by the school stays inadequate. Ideally the SMAN 2 Semarapura has to prepare 80 computers considering that one computer can be used by three students in rotation.

Principal of the SMAN 2 Se-marapura, I Gusti Lanang Made Puji, revealed the shortage of 30 computers will be attempted to be met before 2016. According to him, to meet the computer needs, his office put priority on the as-

sistance from other parties. This school continuing to develop its network to overseas also gets computer assistance of volunteers from the Netherlands. “Necessar-ily the computer must have been completed in January 2016 for the training and preparation of students because the computers will be used in April,” he said, recently.

According to him, several cri-teria must be met by school to carry out the online national exam

including the availability of com-puter and internet. His authority is still awaiting verification from central government related to the feasibility of school to implement the online national exam. Then, to meet the shortage of computer, the SMAN 2 Semarapura starts promoting a domestic and inter-national networking. It is done to improve the quality of educa-tion, including the infrastructure. (dwa)

DENPASAR - Not all foreign citizens having been treated at Sanglah Hospital make their pay-ment in full. A few foreigners were going home with suspension. As a result, they become a burden on the hospital.

However, it is not the same as the former German consul to Indonesia, Reinhold Jantzen. On Friday (Nov. 27), the former German consul with his son came to the Managing Director of Sanglah Hospital, A.A. Sri Saraswati, to settle the receiv-ables. “We are visited by German consul related to the settlement of

receivables at Sanglah Hospital,” said A.A. Sri Saraswati, Managing Director of Sanglah Hospital.

Actually it happened 3.5 years ago. At that time, a female patient from Germany went to Sanglah Hospital and was still in arrears. After confirming the family and German government regarding the matter, the German govern-ment was indeed unable to settle the receivables. “We are always in contact with the German consulate and seek the settlement of the re-ceivables,” he said. The receivables amounting to IDR 88 million are

paid by the former German consul with his personal money.

“So on this occasion, I appreci-ate to the former German consul although it happened 3.5 years ago. However, it is still remembered by the consul and he has good intention to pay off. I hope that no patients are in arrears. If they are, hopefully the consulate can still help,” she said.

There are so many foreign trav-elers and expats living in Bali, not only the Germans. If they are sick and the family and their govern-ment cannot afford, then it is the consulate that will be responsible

for the receivables. “We do hope they can do what has been done by the former German consul,” she added.

For handling foreign patients going home with suspension, the Sanglah Hospital usually asks for help to consulate in order to resolve the problem and she said that not all the cases can be resolved. “Most of them cannot help. Maximally they may help contact to the family only. If their family can afford to pay, it will be paid. Otherwise, it will be left in debt at Sanglah Hospital,” she said.

Reinhold Jantzen, the former German consul, said that the fund used to pay off the receivables is his personal fund because he does not want to owe to Sanglah Hospital. In addition, for 27 years as a German consul to Indonesia, he has established a good relation-ship with Sanglah Hospital. “I still remember to have one case here and it has not been paid, while the German government does not want to pay, either. I say I do not want to have a debt so that I pay it by my personal account,” he explained. (kmb42)

Former German consul settles receivables, Managing Director of Sanglah Hospital appreciates

Face computer-based test 2016Schools in Klungkung shortage of computer

Marine debris from Java Sea pollutes TNBB forest area

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The debris is pilling up on the West Bali National Park (TNBB)

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Eagle Brand or Cap Lang is a pharmaceutical company that has been famous for its medi-cated oil product until the age

of 80 years in November 2015. Peak of the 80th anniversary celebration was centered on the Island of the Gods by inviting almost 200 foreign business partners from Hong Kong, Cambodia, the United States, Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea and Brunei as well as 33 prov-inces in Indonesia.

Managing Director of the Borden

Company Pte. Ltd., Christopher Yeo Yong Kian, who met in the sidelines of the celebration, said that the endless hard work through generations is able to prove that the Eagle Brand products have the quality qualifying for the

expectations of consumers. In keeping with the rapid growth of health sector (pharmacology), the green medicated oil with its distinctive bottle has never changed since it was first produced and it keeps developing.

He added that Indonesia is a very

good market for the Eagle Brand. Currently he hoped that what has been built by the first generation will be con-tinued. He wanted to build a stronger foundation with the help of distributors and deeper penetration in Indonesia and the world. “Our commitment as the third generation is to continuously develop this business,” he said.

CEO of PT Eagle Indo Pharma,

Edy H Tjugito added that the progress or success having been achieved to date is inseparable from the contribu-

tion of all the stakeholders that have helped build the Eagle Brand. “Other than consumers, distributors and sup-pliers that market the Eagle Brand products play very important role in achieving this success,” he said.

Currently, the factory in Singapore

and Indonesia has grown very rapidly whose marketing has spread over the world with some lines of products under the Cap Lang brand such as eucalyptus oil, balm, kid healthcare oil, massage oil and others.

SCM Director of PT. Eagle Indo

Pharma, Susanti Halim, said that for Bali itself the Cap Lang has very well known. Moreover, Bali as an international tourist destination is possible to introduce the products to foreign travelers. “Bali as an inter-

national tourist destination, through penetration of distributors in Bali, is possible to bring the Cap Lang and Eagle Brand to foreign countries. So, this can strengthen the foundation of Eagle Brand that was established 80 years ago,” she said.

For product development, she ad-

mitted to always follow the changing of times and consumers’ need. In this case, there is a research development

division that always pays attention to the development and consumers’ need. Thus, it does not only market the product, but also observes the needs of Indonesian people and the world community in general. “To meet the market demand and consumer needs, we will continuously innovate and maintain the mission for 80 years. So, in the future it can even be stronger and develop together,” explained Susanti. (kmb23)

Eagle Brand celebrates its 80th anniversary in Bali

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Often touted as the birthplace of dim sum, Guangzhou takes its Cantonese cuisine seriously. Head west to the historic Liwan district to stroll through the shop- and restaurant-lined Shangxiajiu Pe-destrian Street. Pick up a traditional mooncake filled with lotus seed paste at Lianxiang Lou or try the delectable dim sum at the popular Guangzhou Restaurant.

Just off the main strip are side

streets brimming with tasty food stalls and bustling markets selling fresh produce and traditional rem-edies such as live scorpions and dried snakes.

If you’re overwhelmed by Guangzhou’s copious culinary choices, book a local guide though Eating Adventures Food Tour and tackle this foodie’s paradise like a pro.

Canton Tower is one of Guang-

zhou’s top tourist attractions and for good reason. At 1,968 feet (600 meters), the modern monolith offers panoramic views of the cityscape and winding Pearl River. It also features rotating restaurants and, for thrill-seekers, a 100-foot (30-meter) free fall ride. Opted for the leisurely bubble tram and snapped the stunning sunset views while slowly rotating in a glass pod on a track atop the tower.

Craving a creative boost? Head to the Tianhe District for the Red-tory Art and Design Factory. This sprawling canning factory-turned-sleepy artists’ village boasts a bevy of contemporary galleries, exhibits and restaurants. Pick up a milk tea from one of the trendy cafes and

peruse the small shops of artsy handicrafts, clothing, books and accessories. Redtory is similar to Beijing’s 798 Art Zone, but not yet quite as developed. Still, you can easily lose a few hours in this off-the-beaten path cultural com-pound.

Cross off your entire shopping list with a visit to OneLink Inter-national Plaza. This massive whole-sale mall off of Haizhu Square is a winding, multi-floor maze of toys, home goods, electronics, clothing and accessories.

If you can overcome the lan-

guage barrier, taxis are affordable and abundant in Guangzhou. But you can beating the traffic and hopping on the metro. The subway is clean, quiet, air-conditioned and cheap (single ride tokens are 32 cents and day passes are $3.15). It’s also easy to navigate with most maps, and the announcements are in English. Keep in mind the Chinese government blocks thousands of websites including Facebook and Google. You’ll need a virtual pri-vate network, or VPN, if Google Maps is your go-to navigation tool. (ap)

A taste of Cantonese cultureGUANGZHOU, China — The southern Chinese city of

Guangzhou offers all the hustle, bustle, culture and commerce of other major Asian metropolises minus the massive tourist crowds. But that could change as more travelers are lured to the modern port city by affordable flights and a 72-hour visa-free transit policy. Just a two-hour train ride from Hong Kong, Guangzhou is an easy weekend getaway.

AP Photo/Nicole Evatt

This Oct. 14, 2015 photo was taken inside the bubble tram atop the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, China.The southern port city is an easy weekend getaway from Hong Kong or long layover for international travelers.

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This Oct. 14, 2015 shows Canton Tower lit up at night in Guangzhou, China.

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This Oct. 15, 2015 photo shows roasted goose from a food stall in Guangzhou, China.

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This Oct. 14, 2015 photo shows the many floors of OneLink International Plaza in Guangzhou, China.

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

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

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and some-times 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, car-rying 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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Palm oil plays an important role in improving the living standard of nearly 20 million people cultivating four million hectares of palm oil plantations, he stated.

“I am sorry this does not mean that we do not care about the environment,” he remarked.

Indonesia and Malaysia must cooperate in fulfilling the global demand for CPO and strive to control the global CPO prices, he emphasized.

He forecast that Indonesia’s CPO production this year may reach 30 million tons, of which 6.8 million tons will be used to support the domestic biodiesel program.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla also realized the highly valuable of palm oil industry. He men-tioned palm oil is precious as it is one of the largest sources of “oil and fat” in the world. “The palm oil industry is valuable and precious as it is one of the largest sources of oil and fat in the world,” the vice president affirmed.

According to Kalla, Indone-sia is the world’s largest palm oil producer. “The palm oil sector provides income and is the second-largest source of livelihood for the people next only to rice production, and therefore, it is very important for the nation’s economy and the people’s income,” he re-marked.

The vice president further added that the ups and downs as well as the success of the palm oil industry have had a significant influence on the society and the nation’s income. (ant)

“We welcome the initiative as it would accelerate cooperation be-tween the two palm oil producing countries both as G (Government) to G and B (business) to B,” GAPKI chairman Joko Supriyono.

Joko said CPOPC would make it easier coordination and coopera-tion in the development of palm oil industry and to strengthen position of Indonesia and Malaysia in as the largest palm oil producers in the

world.Together the two countries could

sustain control of the palm oil mar-ket, Joko said.

The government, could harmo-nize and promote sustainable palm oil industrial development scheme, he added.

He said he also appreciated the government policy in slapping

levy on crude palm oil and deriva-tives as an instrument in boosting development of domestic palm oil processing industry. “Indeed, in short term the policy would cut the income of the farmers and planta-tion companies, but in mid and long term the policy would bring about gain,” he said.

The benefit of the policy is an increase in CPO domestic consump-tion and a cut in supply to interna-tional market resulting in an increase in CPO price, he said.

Increase in the production of CPO-based fuel (BBN) would reduce dependence on imports for crude oil - another benefit from the policy, he added.

Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s top two palm oil producers, signed an agreement Saturday (Nov 21) to set up a council for palm oil producing countries in a bid to ensure price stability by managing production and stock in the global market.

Officials said the Jakarta-based council will be a body similar to that of OPEC for oil producers. In-donesian Resources Minister Rizal Ramli said the council will be a “game changer” for an industry un-der pressure from falling prices and unsustainable farming practices.

The two countries account for 85 percent of the world’s palm oil production, and the plunge in prices have hurt their economies.

Boost competitivenessRizal said the council will address

impediments to trade to boost com-

petitiveness in the world market, and promote green and sustainable farm-ing. It will also aim to improve the livelihoods of more than 4 million oil palm smallholders in Indonesia and some 500,000 in Malaysia, he said.

“It will be a game changer for the palm oil industry in many ways,” Rizal said after a signing ceremony to establish the council.

Malaysian Plantation, Industries and Commodities Minister Amar Douglas Unggah Embas said the council will not fix the price of palm oil, but will seek to ensure a sustainable price by organizing and harmonizing stock management.

He said membership will be extended to other producers such as Brazil, Colombia, Thailand, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Uganda.

Rizal said the council will de-velop a framework for sustainable palm oil. By pushing for high stan-dards of sustainable farming, he said it will help to prevent the burning of forests to clear land for agriculture in Indonesia that has caused a thick dusty haze across the region every year.

“We know we still have to work hard to minimize the impact” of haze, he said.

The two countries will each con-tribute $5 million to the council’s operations and operational details are still being ironed out, officials said.

Palm oil is commonly used in food, fuel and other products. (ant/ap)

“It is very delighted to announce the in-auguration of our new office at Seminyak, Bali. This two-storey office located on Jalan Kunti within the same complex as the Bali Deli Supermarket is expected to be able to serve clients better,” said Ketut Kanten, CEO of the BVP and AHM. Inauguration of the new office, started by blessing ceremony and partner gathering attended by partners, own-ers of the properties managed by BVP and AHM, bank, travel agencies, representative of all property units and the staff.

According to Erik Mahayasa, Operational Director BVP and AHM, in the ninth year of its business operation, the company has showed significant growth. “The expansion of the office is meant to answer the demand of the company’s growth. The new office will accommodate more teams in line with the increasing number of staff and team members that handle more properties,” he added.

Meanwhile Wayan Supandi Managing Di-rector of BVP and AHM said that the office is specifically intended for regular meetings and trainings of staff and new team so that they can implement the hospitality concepts of the company known as WISE (World class, Inti-mate, Service, Experience). Besides, all the teams and staff are expected to interpret and implement the company’s vision based on the

Tri Hita Karana (three sources of happiness) and Tat Tvam Asi (social harmony).

“Till this year, BVP and AHM have been handling a number of villas and hotels under four different brand categories. Luxury collection brand villas and five-star resorts include The Seiryu Villas, The Wolas Villas and Samaja Villas Group as in the list man-aged by AHM brand covers four-star hotels (Ossotel Legian). Litus Hotel brand manages three-star hotels such as Litus Nesa Sanur, Litus Brawa Canggu, Litus Mesten Nusa Dua and Litus Tirta Seminyak as in the list economic class hotel uses the brand BnB Style Hotel-vstandlng for Best End Budget style hotels (BnB Style Seminyak),” Gufron Director Of Sales and Marketing BVP and AHM stated.

Ketut Kanten ensure that in December this year, the management will inaugurate some new properties, such as Suarti Boutique Vil-lage (Ubud), Royal Samaja Villas (Seminyak) and Abia Villas (Legian).

On this occasion, he also expressed his sincere gratitude for all the property owners, business partners and colleagues for the co-operation and support so the companies can grow together harmoniously in providing the best services for guests in particular, and ad-vancing tourism of Bali in general. (kmb)

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Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman give remarks during the 11th Indonesian Palm Oil Conference (IPOC) that held in Nusa Dua, Bali on Friday.

Gapki appreciates government initiative in forming CPOPC

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Dancers performed Palm Oil Dance during the opening ceremony of the 11th Indonesian Palm Oil Conference (IPOC) that held in Nusa Dua, Bali on Thursday. The Association of Palm Oil Companies (GAPKI) said it appreciates the government’s initiative in forming Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) together with Malaysia.

THE ASSOCIATION of Palm Oil Companies (GAPKI) said it appreciates the government’s initiative in forming Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) together with Malaysia.

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The British singer announced Thursday that she will play venues in Britain and Europe starting Feb. 29 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Adele has previously said she finds touring lonely. But in a video on Facebook, the 27-year-old said she was “relieved to finally tell you I am of course coming on tour and I can’t wait to see all of

you there.”The album sold a record 2.4

million copies in its first four days in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. In Britain, it sold 737,000 copies in its first week.

The first single, “Hello,” is a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

One reason for the astro-nomical sales may be that Adele

declined to make her album avail-able through music-streaming services including Apple Music and Spotify, forcing listeners to buy it either digitally and at stores.

It can be heard via U.S.-based online radio company Pandora Music Inc., which announced this week that it was playing all the songs on “25.” Pandora is not an on-demand service, though, so listeners can’t choose which tracks they hear. (ap)

Jennifer Aniston is ru-mored to believe that her failed mar-riage to Brad Pitt is being exploited in the film he made with Angelina Jolie.

“By The Sea” is about a couple’s troubled marriage and they go on va-cation in an effort to save it. Angelina portrays a woman depressed about not having any children following two miscarriages.

KDrama Stars reports that sources claim Jennifer “freaked out” after hearing about the storyline of “By the Sea.” She thought it was too similar to her marriage to Brad just before they divorced.

There was even word that Jennifer wanted to have the movie pulled from theaters. Apparently, even Brad thought the movie’s plot hit a little too close to home regarding his marriage to Jennifer.

Other reports state that Angelina is “rolling her eyes” at Jennifer’s anger and Brad’s anxiety over the film.

As Gossip Cop reports, this whole rumor of Jennifer Aniston being upset about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie filming “By the Sea” started over a report published by Life & Style magazine.

A source told L&S: “Jen feels like Angelina’s script took dead aim at

her. It’s sparked a war between Jen and Brad.”

Jennifer supposedly believes that Angelina’s character is inspired by her. Interestingly, Angelina wrote the film’s screenplay. The tabloid report explained that although Angelina wrote the screenplay, Aniston is “plac-ing the blame squarely on Brad,” because she allegedly believes that her ex-husband “must have betrayed intimate details of their marriage.”

Gossip Cop goes on to reveal that a rep for Aniston insisted that these rumors are “100 percent untrue” and that she hasn’t even seen the film.

Brad and Angelina enjoyed mak-ing “By the Sea” and it’s the first time they’ve reunited to make a film together since starring in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” back in 2005.

There were a few obstacles along the way when Brad and Angelina made the film. “When we first worked together it was very different because we didn’t really know each other and we were young and, it was really a fun film, so we thought, maybe ‘By the Sea’ was going to be that kind of fun, but realized very quickly that it wasn’t,” Jolie told The Telegraph. “Then we joked that this is what happens after 10 years of marriage.” (starpulse)

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This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Brad Pitt, left, as Roland comforting Angelina Jolie Pitt as Vanessa in a scene from the film “By the Sea,” directed by Jolie Pitt. Jennifer Aniston is rumored to believe that her failed marriage to Brad Pitt is being exploited in the film he made with Angelina Jolie.

Aniston thinks ‘By The Sea’ exploits her marriage to Pitt

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“Now, security is being increased following an instruction from the central government that has decided to raise the alert status from green to yellow,” the co-general manager of PT Angkasa Pura I that operates the airport, I Gusti Ngurah Ardita, said on Saturday.

Met at the integrated security command post of the airport, he

said coordination and synergy with other security agencies had been increased.

The joint forces that have been assigned to the security at the airport include forces from the bomb defus-ing unit of the Mobile Brigade of the Bali Regional Police Command, the air force, the airport police command, and the airport security personnel,

apart from the “Pecalang” (Balinese traditional security personnel).

“We have increased monitoring and surveillance along with the po-lice, the TNI (military), and Pecalang, as well as our own security person-nel,” he said.

The joint security forces would regularly patrol the airport as well as areas around the airport, Ardita said.

Patrol activities, however, would not be carried out overly depending upon the situation and condition to assure humane service to visitors and

passengers at the airport, he said.Besides optimizing cooperation

between security personnel, security equipment at the airport has also been revamped.

There are more than 500 CCTV cameras planted around the airport and the number would be increased next year, he explained.

Security has been stepped up at airports across Indonesia follow-ing ISIS attacks in Paris, France, recently.

Terrorist threats have been re-

ceived by a number of countries as well as airline companies across the world, and therefore the Indonesian government has raised the alert level, he said. (ant)

DesPite be-ing the world’s largest palm oil producer and supplier, Indo-nesia is still un-

able to control the price of crude palm

oil (CPO). So, the palm oil industry must be supported as it produces a strategic commodity, which can bring significant foreign exchange earnings, Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman stated.

During the 11th Indonesian Palm Oil Conference (IPOC) that held

in Nusa Dua, Bali on Friday, Sulai-man said that palm oil is a strategic commodity, so it must be supported. In 2014 alone, palm oil contributed Rp250 trillion to foreign exchange earnings. Therefore, he affirmed that Indonesia must strive to control the global CPO prices, so that the amount

of earnings from the commodity can be larger.

“As the world’s main CPO export-er, Indonesia must be able to control the global CPO prices in the same way as wheat exporters are able to control the prices of wheat sold to importers, including Indonesia,” he said.

He called on all palm oil producers in Indonesia and Malaysia to work closely, particularly after they formed the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) to improve the living standard of palm oil growers.

Palm oil industry bring forex earnings

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Security personnel patrolled in Domestic Arrival Terminal of Ngurah Rai International Airport on Saturday. Ngurah Rai Airport tightening its security following the government’s decision to step up security levels at all airports as a precaution against the ISIS.

Ngurah Rai Airport’s security tightened over Paris attack

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KUTA - Ngurah Rai International Airport is tightening its security following the government’s decision to step up security levels at all airports as a precaution against the ISIS.