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Eileen Brennan of ‘Private Benjamin,’ ‘Clue’ dies Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Whether she was issuing orders as an Army captain in “Private Benjamin,” rambling as a real-life rendition of Mrs. Peacock from “Clue” or blasting an immortal monster with a shotgun as a crazy cat lady in “Jeepers Creepers,” actress Eileen Brennan injected perfectly timed comedy into each of her roles. Brennan died Sunday at home in Burbank, California, after a battle with bladder cancer, said her managers, Jessica Moresco and Al Onorato. She was 80. “Our world has lost a rare human,” said Brennan’s “Private Benjamin” co-star Goldie Hawn in a statement Tuesday . “Eileen was a brilliant comedian, a powerful dramatic actress and had the voice of an angel. I will

miss my old friend.” Brennan achieved her first major role on the New York stage in “Little Mary Sunshine,” a musical comedy that won her the 1960 Obie award for best actress, as well as the attention of director Peter Bogdanovich,, who cast her as a weary waitress who inherits the cafe where she works in 1971’s “The Last Picture Show.” Brennan went on to capture several sharptongued roles that won her fans on television and in movies, including gruff Army Capt. Doreen Lewis in 1980’s “Private Benjamin,” aloof Mrs. Peacock in 1985’s “Clue,” and cruel orphanage superintendent Miss Bannister in 1988’s “The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking.” “I love meanies, and this goes back to Capt. Lewis in ‘Private Benjamin,’” Brennan said

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a 1988 interview with The Associated Press. “You know why? Because they have no sense of humor. People who are mean or unkind or rigid — think about it — cannot laugh at themselves. If we can’t laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we’re going to be mean.” “Private Benjamin” brought her a supporting actress nomination for an Oscar. She also won an Emmy for reprising her “Private Benjamin” role in the television version and was nominated six other times for guest roles on such shows as “Newhart,” ‘’thirtysomething,” ‘’Taxi” and “Will & Grace,” in which she played an over-the-top acting coach. “Eileen Brennan was a brilliant actress, a tough and tender woman and a comic angel,” tweeted “Clue” co-star Michael McKean. Brennan’s “Private Benjamin” role led to an enduring friendship with Hawn.

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FILE - This March 20, 1982 file photo shows actress Eileen Brennan in Los Angeles. Brennan’s manager, Kim Vasilakis, says Brennan, who is best known for playing Capt.

‘Wolverine’ claws past ghosts to claim weekend box office crown Reuters

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK - “The Wolverine,” starring Hugh Jackman as Marvel Comics’ sharp- clawed superhero, slashed its way to $55 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales to claim the box office crown in a summer that hasn’t been kind to some other bigbudget action films. “The Conjuring,” the low-budget horror film that led last weekend’s box office, slipped to second place with $22.1 million in domestic sales from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates. The film has generated nearly $84 million in overall ticket sales, a surprisingly strong showing for a film that cost just under $20 million to make. The animated film “Despicable Me 2,” featuring the voice of comic actor Steve Carell, finished third with $16 million in ticket sales in its fourth week in movie theaters. The film was made by Universal Pictures and has collected more than $660 million in ticket sales around the world. Animated film “Turbo,” about a superspeedy snail with dreams of racing in the Indy 500, took the No. 4 slot with sales of $13.3 million. Ryan Reynolds provides the voice for the title character in the film produced by “Shrek” creator DreamWorks Animation. “The Wolverine” fell short of Hollywood insiders’ $72 million weekend estimates, the latest in a string of bigbudget action films that failed to meet expectations, though it performed strongly overseas. In recent weeks “R.I.P.D.,” “Pacific Rim,” “The Lone Ranger,” and “White House Down” all fizzled at the box office. “We’re incredibly happy with

this result,” said Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution for 20th Century Fox, which distributed “The Wolverine.” “It’s good news on a global scale, and this is a global business,” Aronson said. The film took in more than $86 million internationally, for a total worldwide gross of $141 million. “The Wolverine,” which cost an estimated $120 million to make, stars Jackman in his sixth film as the ageless mutant, which is also featured in the “X-Men” movies. Those six films have generated $1.9 billion in worldwide ticket sales, according to the movie site Box Office Mojo. The latest chapter was the lowest opening film in the “X-Men” franchise since

the first film opened with $54.5 million in 2000, and fell far short of the $85 million take for the first Wolverine film, 2009’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Reviews were mixed to solid on “Wolverine,” with a 68 percent positive rating on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes and the film received an A-minus CinemaScore rating based on moviegoers’ input. Ticket site Fandango said the film grabbed 51 percent of advance sales, with 73 percent saying they would not want to see the film without Jackman in the lead role. Aronson also pointed to the importance of the star as a huge draw at the worldwide box office. “We’re going to be phenomenally successful at the end of the day,” he said.

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The photo shows Mount Batur that located in Bangli Regency, Bali Island. All this time, the process of development in Bali is considered imbalanced and Bangli is never involved Bangli in discussing about development issues whereas Bangli is one of the counties of the Bali Province.

Uneven development in Bali

Bangli feels to be treated as ‘stepchild’ Bali Post

BANGLI - The discourse of government that will build an airport in Buleleng County gets a response from a number of circles, without exception for the figures in Bangli County. All this time, the process of development in Bali is considered imbalanced and Bangli is never involved Bangli in discussing about development issues whereas Bangli is one of the counties of the Bali Province.

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This publicity photo released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine in a scene from the film, “The Wolverine.”

A community leader of Songan village, Kintamani, Gelgel Wisnawa, said that so far Bangli seemed to be treated as a ‘stepchild’ in the development process of Bali. “As a community member of Bangli, we feel to have been treated as a stepchild in the development process,” he said. According to him, the local leaders should be thinking of Bali, not of

Buleleng alone. At least, the airport development should also be enjoyed by the public of Bangli. “Suppose the airport is established in Kubutambahan, we can also surely get the impact. I support it will be better to be built in Kubutambahan,” expected Gelgel Wisnawa. He supposed if only the airport would be established in Kubutambahan subdistrict, then the access of

Bangli to the airport could be closer. Thus, the construction of the airport in Buleleng would not only be enjoyed by the people of Buleleng alone, but could also be enjoyed by the people of Bangli, Karangasem, Klungkung and Gianyar. He added if the airport would be built in the area of Sumberkima, only two counties that would be able to enjoy the closer access.

Thus, the impact was judged incomparable if the airport would be built in Kubutambahan subdistrict. “For instance, it will not be preferable for the people from Karangasem to go to Sumberkima village or from Bangli to Sumberkima, but they will surely prefer to Ngurah Rai Airport. So, the airport development is useless, as being incomparable to the benefits obtained by wider community,” explained the Chief of PKPI of Bangli County. Other than Wisnawa, the support of the airport development in Kubutambahan subdistrict was also given by Chairman of Golkar

Faction in the Bangli House, Koyan Eka Putra. “We agreed if the airport development is directed to the location in Kubutambahan subdistict,” said Koyan Eka Putra. According to Koyan, the hope to the airport development in Kubutambahan appeared considering the development at the location would have an impact on wider community. In addition, said Koyan, another breakthrough for the equitable development that could be done was by making a toll road from Batubulan to Kubutambahan through Bangli and Karangasem. “Thus, people in the region could be more empowered,” he said. (ina)

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Second week of Curriculum 2013 implementation

Teachers still fettered by old pattern Bangli (Bali Post)—

One of the big hotel in Jimbaran area.

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PHRI deplores statement of Governor Mangku Pastika

THE Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) deplored the statement of Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, who argued that the Island of the Gods had excessive hotel rooms. “Talking about the occupancy rate must be careful. It’s our party having the data. So far, the tourist arrival could only fill in averagely 62 percent of the occupancy rate,” said Deputy Chairman of the PHRI Bali, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Suryawijaya, Tuesday (Jul 30). According to him, when observing one or two hotels, it could be fully occupied, but the number of hotel room in Bali today reached more than 80,000 and this year the target of tourist arrivals to the island reached 3.1 million. “We consider it uncomfortable if the hotel occupancy rate in Bali is said to be fully occupied all the time and the number of hotel are still lacking. When an international activity is held, it can possibly be fully occupied, but most international events only last for a week, whereas there are 365 days a year,” said the man doubling as Chairman of the PHRI Badung. He added that Bali actually had excessive supply of room so that it had an impact on the low occupancy rates and ultimately kindled a price war. To draw tourists, some hotel managements sold off their room at very cheap rates. “Averagely, the increase in tourist arrival is only nine percent, while the number of room increases 20 percent per year. So, it is not balanced and finally results in price war,” he said. As a result, with an average occupancy rate of 62 percent, it was difficult for employers to

benefit the hotel, while the situation was exacerbated by the increase in electricity tariff, fuel price, employee wage increases and food price. “Moreover, the length of stay of foreign tourists in Bali is also getting shorter to 5.5 days and the average spending comes to USD 100 dollars per day. Let us (the government) think positive and not be confused with the different data delivery,” he said. His party expected the government to make synergy with the PHRI to advance and promote tourism in Bali so that it would be getting more developed and increased the tourist arrivals. “Please, if the government wants to pass the Benoa Bay reclamation in Badung, it’s none of our business. However, please do not state if our data are incorrect. If the government wants to add more tourist accommodations, please go on because it is the domain of the government,” he said. He also mentioned that the Australian tourist market that so far dominated the tourist arrival in Bali had turned to Europe and the United States, while Bali had not been making any addition to the market segmentation. (kmb/ant)

In the second week of the Curriculum 2013 implementation at school target in Bangli, the teachers seemed to have not showed off the essence of the new curriculum. They remained to be fettered by the old patterned in the teaching and learning process in classroom. Meanwhile, the students looked confused and did not know what to do. “We still have to adapt to the classroom conditions. It’s quite difficult for us to take the students to the learning process in accordance with the demands of the Curriculum 2013,” said I Ketut Dumalada, one of the teachers at SMPN 1 Kintamani junior high school when met on Tuesday (Jul 30). According to the teacher of social sciences, his party realized that to change the old pattern into the new one took time and patience. Therefore, he quite understood about the conditions occurred in the classroom. “Hopefully, the students could get accustomed to the new learning pattern in classroom after passing the process of adaptation for a few weeks,” he said. Principal of the SMPN1 Kintamani, I Wayan Ariana, when asked for his confirma-

tion admitted there were still some obstacles in the implementation of the new curriculum at school. Uneven textbook distribution to students and rudimentary adaptation of teachers caused the implementation of the new curriculum to be unable to run in line with the expectations. Nevertheless, Ariana understood it was a natural thing happening in every implementation of new educational program. “We are confident after a few weeks of learning process it will take place in accordance with the demand of the Curriculum 2013,” he said. As observation at a number of school targets, the implementation of the Curriculum 2013 in Bangli showed that both teachers and students had not indicated a change in the behavior when the learning process took place. Teachers still applied the old patterns that tended to teacher-centered learning. The demands of the Curriculum 2013 in the teaching and learning process should be student-centered with the emphasis on the scientific approach in terms of improving the balance between hard skills and soft skills including the aspects of competency on the attitudes, behavior and knowledge. (kmb)

Getting no indemnification

Residents protest against road widening project at Sumbersari Negara (Bali Post)—

Road widening project at the bend of Denpasar-Gilimanuk road section, precisely at Sumbersari village, Melaya, reaped a protest from the adjacent residents. A number of adjacent residents whose land was affected by the project did not get any compensation. From information on Tuesday (Jul 30), at least two adjacent residents whose land was not given compensation strongly protested because the access to their house was destroyed. Even, since their complaint was ignored, they had brandished a machete to project workers. One of the residents, Ketut Darmayasa, complained about the project because it was not accompanied with a clear agreement. Indeed, the road was intended for public interests, but without permission it had harmed the driveway access whereas it was just made by the land owner. “The residents even got angry while bringing a machete. Fortunately, their anger could be muted,” said a resident. Even, many residents came together to the project base camp to complain about the de-

struction to their driveway access. They asked an agreement so that there were restrictions that might not be violated by counterparties. They worried after the project was completed, there would be no responsibility to restore the driveway access dismantled. At least, it happened to six families on left side and 8 families on right side. They asked for clarity related to the compensation. On the right side, 200 meters of road should be repaired, while 100 meters on the left side. On the other hand, Chairman of Commission C of the Jembrana House, IB Susrama, assessed the project carried out in Jembrana region, whether the funding came from central and provincial level, should make coordination with local government. Project implementer should consider about the aspirations of the adjacent residents and gave socialization to avoid any problem incurred later. On the other hand, when asking for confirmation to the officer of the National Roads Institute through cellular phone, its device seemed active but was not responded. (kmb26)

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Adhi Jaya Hotel

KUTA - Combining the best of both world, Adhi Jaya Hotel is a destination within a destination- the tropical feel of your bali holidays mood with the seductive allure of cuisine that stands out Located in the heart of Kuta shopping scene, five minutes from the Ngurah Rai Airport, a short walk to the famed Kuta Beach and international night life of kuta area all the elements of a tropical holiday on a an island the world defines in one single world paradise. Adhi Jaya Hotel features 75 guest rooms that accentuate the grand presence of tropical ambience with modern amenities and soft lines to tuck you in and the morning sun soak you up. The Adhi Jaya Hotel is peaceful enclave tucked away in the heart of Kuta, a prime up market area on Bali’s southwestern coast, just a five minutes’ drive from the international airport and convenient for all of the main shops, shopping malls, tourist attractions and vibrant nightspot. The property is only a few minutes’ walk from a wide choice of internationally acclaimed restaurants in kuta, together with a varied collection of chic designer boutiques. It also just footsteps away from Waterbom and the sweeping kuta beach, renowned for its world – class surf breaks, panoramic coastline view and legendary sunsets. Easily accessible sporting amenities include a choice of spectacular championship 18 lane bowling center, golf course and tennis courts.

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Calendar Event for July 10 through August 10, 2013

10 Jul Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan - Pulasari Peninjauan Tembuku Bangli Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba Kaba Tabanan Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah Buleleng Pura Desa Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Pura Agung Gunung Raung Tarokaja Taro Tegallalang 17 Jul Buda Paing Wayang Pura Dang Khayangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli 20 Jul Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit Jembrana Bathara Ratu Gede Celuk Sukawati Bathara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar Bathara Ratu Allit lan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pura Pedarman Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarman Kaba Kaba Besakih Pura Pedarman Dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegatepan Gelgel klungkung Pura Pemerajan Agung Sulang Dawan Klungkung Pura Padharman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih ( Dalem Klungkung ) Pura Penataran dan Pasraman Kuta Rejo , Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuwangi Pura Jala Sidhi Amerta Juanda Surabaya 22 Jul Purnama Sasih Kasa Aci-aci Penaung Taluh Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Tirta Besakih Pura Purnama Cemangon Sukawati Pura Amrta Jati Kompleks ALRI Pangkalan Jati Jakarta Selatan Pura Jagatnatha Kota Singaraja Pura Dang Hyang Tulus Dewa Desa ApuanSusut-Bangli Pura Jagatdhita Selong-Lombok Timur Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Gobleg-Banjar

Buleleng Pura Puseh Batur Kintamani Pr. Asah (Alas Harum) Dusun Batur Kintamani Pura Dalem Kedewatan Celuk-Sukawati Pura Agung Mandara Giri Gunung Semeru- Lumajang Jawa Timur Pura Pengubengan Besakih Pura Penataran Agung Sukawati Pura Bukit Mentik Gunung Lebah-Batur Kintamani Mr. Agung Puser Jagat Meranting Batu Kanding-Nusa Penida Pura Luhur Candi Narmada Tanah Kilap Desa PemogaN Denpasar Selatan Pura Panca Tirta Sido Luhur Bakanheni Lampung Selatan Pura Ponjok Batu Tejakula Buleleng 24 Jul Buda Wage Kelawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Cemenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida Pura Pasek Pengembungan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Banjar Jawa Banjar Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Penataran Batupelang Kamasan klungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Kedonganan Kuta Pura Guwa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Odalan Ida Ratu Pucak Pameneh/Bukit Kiwa Tengen Penataran Agung Besakih Pura Jati Ubud Pura Melanting Ubud Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida Pura Sad Kahyangan Penida Desa Sakti Nusa Penida

Pura Penataran Agung Anyar Liligundi Bebandem Karangasem 30 Jul Anggar Kasih Dukut Pura Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Dalem Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Undagi Timpag Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Desa/ Pura Pucak Banjar Taman Bedulu Gianyar Pura Puser Jagat,Dalem Dukut, Puri Sukun Nusa Penida Pura Dalem Purwa Banjar Kawan Bangli Pura Desa Ketewel Sukawati 31 Jul Buda Umanis Dukut Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Sibangkaja Abiansemal Pura Dalem Samprangan Gianyar Pura Paiobon Dukuh Segening Serongga Kelod Gianyar 4 Aug Redite Kliwon Watugunung Pura Penataran Agung Mahagotra Tirta Harum Srisrengga Desa Nyalian Banjarangkan Klungkung 6 Aug Tilem Sasih Kasa Pura Dalem Seme Jawa Desa Kukuh Marga Tabanan 10 Aug Hari Raya Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas - Gempinis Dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel - Sayan Bongkasa Abiansemal Pura Watugunung Bima Pura Agung Jagat Karana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya - Rawamangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemaksan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Dadia Agung Bendesa Tangkas Kori Agung Pusat Gerih Desa Gerih Abiansemal Badung Pura Kawitan Bendesa Aban Baturning Desa Mambal Abiansemal

Balinese Temple Ceremony 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 sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines. In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

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Team examining Gulf shipwreck finds 2 other wrecks Associated Press Writer

the initial shipwreck site, including musket parts, ceramic cups and dishes, liquor bottles, clothing and even a toothbrush. The artifacts, including china from Britain, ceramics from Mexico and at least one musket from Canada, will help researchers determine the ships’ histories, Hanselmann said. “Nationalities, cultures, all collide in these shipwrecks. We hope to return in the future next year with more work,” he said. Although they weren’t allowed to retrieve artifacts from the two new sites under the terms of their agreement to examine the initial one, the researchers took thousands of photos and closely examined the wreckage of all three ships, which came to rest within five miles (8 kilometers) of one another. Two of the ships were carrying similar items, and researchers believe they may have been privateers, or armed ships that governments would hire, Hanselmann said. The third vessel was loaded with hides and large bricks of tallow, suggesting that it may have been a prize seized by the privateers. The artifacts are headed

Bali News

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Bali continues to be crowded with European tourists Antara

DENPASAR - Foreign tourists from Europe continue to throng to Bali, the country’s tourist island despite the global economic malaise.

GALVESTON, Texas — Marine archaeologists made a thrilling discovery this week while examining a well-preserved shipwreck deep in the Gulf of Mexico — two other sunken vessels that likely went down with it during an early 19th century storm. Much isn’t known about the ships, including the flag or flags they sailed under and the year they sank about 170 miles (273 kilometers) southeast of Galveston. They came to rest 4,360 feet (1,300 meters), or nearly three-quarters of a mile, below the surface, making them the deepest Gulf or North American shipwrecks to have been systematically investigated by archaeologists, the researchers said. “What you’re going to see and hear I hope will blow your mind. Because it has ours,” lead investigator Fritz Hanselmann told reporters at a Thursday news conference in which the team revealed its initial findings. “We went out with a lot of questions and we returned with even more. The big question we’re all asking is: What is the shipwreck? And the answer is we still don’t know,” said Hanselmann, a researcher from Texas State University in San Marcos’ Meadows Center for Water and the Environment. During eight days of exploration that ended Wednesday, the scientists used remote-controlled machines to recover more than 60 artifacts from

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This photo provided by the NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program shows oxidized copper hull sheathing and possible draft marks visible on the bow of a wrecked ship in the Gulf of Mexico about 170 miles from Galveston, Texas. for preservation work at a Texas A&M University research facility. “For now, there’s lot of conjecture, lots of hypotheses,” said Jim Delgado, the director of the Maritime Heritage Program for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “We may have answered some questions,

but we have a large number of new questions. But that’s archaeology.” Delgado said the ships likely went down during the first two decades of the 1800s, which was a time of great upheaval in the Gulf region and in the New World, in general. “Empires were falling, Spain

“Bali remains crowded with tourists from Europe. Significant increase of 10 percent onyear was recorded in the number of tourists from Russia, France and Germany in the first half of the year,” tourism observer Nyoman Sumada said here on Wednesday. A decline slightly was recorded only in the numbers of tourist from Britain and the Netherlands, Nyoman added. The number of visitors from Europe to Bali totaled 301,735 in the January-June period this year. Europeans made up 20.21 percent of the total number of foreign visitors to Bali in the six months period. Nyoman said there were 1.5 million foreign visitors to Bali flying in directly from their respective countries in the period. He said the increase in the number of visitors from the crisis hit Europe gave greater optimism that the target of 3 million in the number of foreign visitors to Bali this year would be reached.

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Tourists arrived at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali Island. Foreign tourists from Europe continue to throng to Bali, the country’s tourist island despite the global economic malaise.

SAR team evacuated dead body of Slovenian tourist

was losing its grip, France was selling what it has, Mexico becomes independent, Texas independent, Latin America becomes independent and the U.S. is beginning to make a foothold in the Gulf,” he said. “So these wrecks are all tied to that, we are sure.”

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Monogamy may sound sweet, but why it evolved isn’t Associated Press Writer

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FILE - This Aug. 29, 2008 file photo shows a yellow-cheeked crested gibbon sitting in a cage at Cambodia’s Phnom Tamau Zoo in Takeo province, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

WASHINGTON — Only a few species of mammals are monogamous, and now dueling scientific teams think they have figured out why they got that way. But their answers are not exactly romantic. The answers are not even the same. One team looked just at primates, the animal group that includes apes and monkeys. The researchers said the exclusive pairing of a male and a female evolved as a way to let fathers defend their young against being killed by other males. The other scientific team got a different answer after examining about 2,000 species of non-human mammals. They concluded that mammals became monogamous because females had spread out geographically, and so males had to stick close by to fend off the competition. So it is not about romance, said researcher Dieter Lukas of the University of Cambridge, lead author of the mammals study. “It’s just really the best he can do.” The differing conclusions apparently arose because the two teams used different methods

and sample sizes, the researchers said. But both teams discounted a long-standing explanation for monogamy, that it provides two parents rather than one for rearing offspring. That’s just a side benefit, they said. “Romance obviously came after” monogamy, said Christopher “Kit” Opie, an anthropology researcher at the University College London, who was the lead author of the primate study The studies are published online Monday in the journals Science and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The mammal paper in Science excluded humans while the primate analysis in PNAS counted people both as monogamous and not, because that differs around the world. Researchers said they hesitated to apply their conclusions to humans, and they acknowledged that their results aren’t exactly the stuff of Valentine’s Day. Less than 9 percent of mammal species pair up socially. Among primates, about 25 percent of the species are socially monogamous, Opie said. Some, like gibbons, are highly monogamous while others, like chimps, are on the other end of the spectrum, Opie said.

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Firefighters try to extinguish a mock fire as police officers stand guard at Kerobokan prison during a security drill in Bali, Indonesia, recently. Indonesian military and police officer held the drill against prison riots.

DENPASAR - A search and rescue team from the Denpasar agency has evacuated the body of Slovenian tourist Alexander who died after he was swept away high waves in Sawangan beach, South Kuta, Badung district on Saturday (July 27). The member of the SAR Denpasar agency Amtarama said here on Tuesday his team initially received a report from someone who was fishing in the beach and saw the body of the victim. “Shortly after receiving the report, the SAR team began its search efforts,” he said. The SAR team, who began its search four days ago, had to search from the south coast near Mulia Hotel. SAR officers began to evacuate the body since at 08.00 a.m Central Indonesia Time (WITA) and took it to the beach. The body of the dead tourist was found floating 20 minutes later in the area within one mile from the site of accident or around Geger temple. The evacuation process went smoothly because waves at that time were not too big. The body of the victim then was taken to the Sanglah Center Hospital in Denpasar to be examined further. Previously, on Saturday (July 27), Alexander was traveling with his friend Ananda Mirsik on the beach near Nikko Hotel, but he was suddenly swept by high waves into the sea and disappeared. The beach security officer, who received the report about the incident conducted search for the body of the victim with team members from the SAR Denpasar agency, SAR from the Bali Police, Bali Beach Lifeguards (Balawista) and Bali Disaster Mitigation Agency.

Bali News

Thursday, August 1, 2013

International

Tower-related case, investor given deadline for 2 weeks

RLD

The complaints related to cellular tower at Belanban hamlet, Petiga village, Marga subdistrict, has found a solution. As soon as it was at issue, the investor came down to meet the customary villagers. As a result, the investor was given a time limit for two weeks to resolve the people’s demands. Otherwise, villagers would hold another meeting to determine the next measure.

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Bali Police Chief leads readiness rally ahead of Eid Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Ahead of the Eid celebration, the Bali Police implemented a consolidation rally or readiness of special and main equipment used for the Ketupat Agung Operation 2013 in order to secure the Eid holiday 2013 on Monday (Jul 29). The rally was held in the parking lot of the Petitenget Beach Monitoring Police Station, Northern Kuta. It was led in person by Chief of Bali Police, Arif Wachyunadi, accompanied by key officials of Bali Police, Chief of Badung Police and Chief of Detachment B of Bali Police Mobile Brigade. Participants of the rally amounted to 280 people consisting of the personnel of the Badung Police, Detachment B Pioneer of Mengwi Badung, Transportation Agency, Public Order Officer and the Badung Health Agency. All participants attended the rally solemnly. Meanwhile, two-wheeled, fourwheeled and six-wheeled vehicles were functioned to check the readi-

ness of personnel as well as special and main equipment used when carrying out the security of the Ketupat Agung Operation 2013. Bali Police Chief Arif affirmed that the rally was held in the preparation for the Eid al-Fitr celebration having been around the corner. After checking, the Police Chief gave emphasis to the rally participants with the ranks of Badung Police to hold the analysis, evaluation as well as the learning on the anatomy of security, safety and the smoothness of traffic in 2011 and 2012. In the Ketupat Agung Operation 2013, the Bali Police Chief targeted to avoid any traffic accident at the same location, time and mode. He also hoped to avoid congestion, especially on the main roads such as in the border of Denpasar, Badung to Tabanan. “Execution of the operation is expected to prevent any incidence of criminal acts such as the case at the same place and time as the experience in the Ketupat Agung Operation a year ago,” affirmed Arif. (kmb21/dgk)

The tower machine which is complained by the loclas in Petiga Village, Marga, Tabanan

when the compensation would be disbursed whereas, he said, many people were questioning about the legality of the cellular tower. “Essentially, we are waiting for the time limit from the investor to keep its promise,” he concluded. He hoped the investor would not disappoint the customary villagers. Moreover, the tower built had been in operation. As reported previously, the cellular tower project at Belanban hamlet was complained by residents. The 52-meter high tower was allegedly unlicensed. The authority of customary village had never been involved in the coordination related to the project. Another complaint was that the tower had been in

operation for more than two months. Illegality of the tower project was also justified by the headman of Petiga, Made Kertayasa. This official stated that his party only issued a recommendation for the permit proposal and tower construction project. Such recommendation, he said, was based on the approval of the adjacent residents. Since then, the village authority had never signed any permit, including the building permit (IMB). Meanwhile, the Head of Tabanan Investment and Licensing Office (BPMPD), Gusti Nyoman Arya Wardana, promised to come down to check the project, while ensuring the document. (kmb30)

A pickup truck crashes into stall at Sebual

Negara (Bali Post)—

A pickup truck hauling agricultural products crashed into a stall and a motorcycle parked in front of a stall at Sebual hamlet, Dangin Tukadaya village, Tuesday (Jul 30). There were no fatalities in the accident caused by the sleepy driver. However, the front part of the car and motorcycle wrecked. A number of witnesses met at the scene after the occurrence revealed that the vehicle from Denpasar direction sped fast. Arriving on Jalan Hayam Wuruk, precisely in the east of the Dangin Tukadaya Bridge, the vehicle suddenly deviated to left side without being braked. The trader of the stall, Ni Putu Purnamawati, 33, was sitting in front of the stall after serving a buyer. Meanwhile, the Supra motorcycle was parked in front of the stall, right on the edge of the sidewalk. “Suddenly, I wanted to sit down in front and a vehicle with license plate P 8239 VG deviated to come to stall. So, I jumped up and heard a violent crash,” said Purnamawati. After crashing into a tree to the ground, the vehicle also hit the Supra motorcycle with license plate DK 5243 WR to be dragged about five meters. The vehicle just stopped in front of the store selling bike seat. The frangipani

trunk toppled down the roof of the stall to collapse. Mother of Purnamawati, Ni Ketut Manis, admitted that she was in the back of her stall when the incident occurred. The motorcycle owned by her husband’s friend was parked in front of the stall. “Agus (motorcycle owner) has not had time to sit in the house, suddenly he heard the sound of collision,” she explained. Fortunately, at the incident there were no children playing at the location. Every time they usually played there and the stall owner put the bottles of gasoline for her stall. The driver was estimated to have no time to brake because he was sleepy. His vehicle just stopped after hitting a motorcycle and dragged it under the vehicle. Afterward, the vehicle was towed from the location in wrecked condition at the front. The pick-up driver, Heri, 25, from Banyuwangi suffered abrasions, while the conductor, Hendi, injured on the left hand. Based on the confession of the driver, they wanted to go back to Java after selling vegetables in Denpasar. Before crashing, they actually had time to have a break at the Sebual petrol station, not far from the location. However, he suddenly continued the journey and finally crashed. (kmb26)

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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 19, 2013 file image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, meets with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt.

Morsi gets a visit, but Egypt crisis stalemated Associated Press Writer

CAIRO - Egypt’s military gave the ousted president his first contact with the outside world since removing him from office, allowing Europe’s top diplomat Tuesday to meet with Mohammed Morsi in his secret detention. She emerged from her two-hour talks with him urging all sides to move on toward a peaceful transition. Despite the military’s gesture, two days of efforts by the EU’s Catherine Ashton to find a solution to Egypt’s crisis hit a brick wall. Some voices in the military-backed government, including Vice President Mohammed ElBaradei, have arisen hoping to avert a security crackdown on Morsi’s supporters, but neither side has budged in their positions, which leave no visible room for compromise. Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood and his Islamist allies say the only solution is for Egypt’s first freely elected president to be restored to office, and they have vowed to continue their street rallies until that happens. Tuesday evening, they

held new marches in Cairo outside the military intelligence offices, and in other cities around the country. The military and interim government, in turn, have rejected releasing Morsi or other detained Brotherhood leaders, a step the Europeans have called for and that Islamists have said could improve the atmosphere. Instead, they appear determined to prosecute detained Brotherhood members for crimes purportedly committed during Morsi’s presidency and for violence after his fall. Looming over the deadlock is the possibility of security forces acting to clear the main pro-Morsi sit-in in Cairo, where a crowd of his support-

ers have been camped out for nearly a month - a move that would almost certainly bring bloodshed. Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, was invited by several parties in the standoff, including ElBaradei, in what appeared to be a last ditch attempt to use her good offices with the Brotherhood to find a way to avert a showdown. The invite came after at least 80 protesters, mostly Morsi supporters, were killed Saturday in clashes with security forces in one of the worst single crackdowns on a protest in Egypt’s nearly three years of turbulence. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke by phone with the head of Egypt’s military, Gen. AbdelFattah el-Sissi, on Tuesday to “urge restraint by Egyptian security forces in dealing with ongoing protests,” the Defense Department said. Secretary of State John Kerry also spoke to Ashton by phone and backed her call for an “inclusive political process.”

Cambodian opposition claims election majority

Associated Press Writer

Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Chief of Petiga customary village, Made Gunawan, said the investor had showed its good will to meet the customary villagers. “Representative of the investor has met with us. It promised to propose the demand to Jakarta. We provide it with a two-week deadline,” said Gunawan, Tuesday (Jul 30). As the agreement, the investor agreed to pay compensation worth IDR 25 million to Petiga customary village. U n f o r t u n a t e l y, s a i d G u nawan, there was no certainty,

Thursday, August 1, 2013

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Cambodia’s opposition party escalated its challenge to the country’s election results Wednesday, claiming it had actually won a majority of National Assembly seats. The action suggests that the opposition is digging in for a protracted battle over the results against the longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen. Hun Sen meanwhile made his first public appearance since Sunday’s election, speaking briefly at the opening of a flyover bridge in the capital. He struck a conciliatory tone, saying that he would send two of his close party colleagues to hold talks with the opposition leaders. He did not otherwise commit to any course of action. Yim Sovann, spokesman for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, said that based on reports from party workers and election observers, his party had won at least 63 of the assembly’s 123 seats. Party leader Sam Rainsy made a similar claim late Tuesday to a small group of reporters. Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s

Party earlier claimed it had won 68 seats to the opposition’s 55 in the election. Provisional official results support the ruling party’s projection. The opposition has already called for an investigation of voting irregularities, including registration problems that could have disenfranchised more than a million people. There have also been accounts of people voting who were not entitled to. Hun Sen said Wednesday that he would support establishing such a body if the state National Election Committee approved it. The government-appointed body, criticized for failing to address registration problems before the election, has not appeared inclined to endorse such an action. Hun Sen said he did not wish the people to be upset by the conduct of the election. His appearance came after rumors had circulated earlier that he had resigned or fled the country. The opposition’s complaints have been supported by a number of nonpartisan Cambodian and foreign groups.

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President of National Rescue Party Sam Rainsy gives a speech during a public forum on the topic of the election of July 28, at the party’s office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2013.

Panama uncovers fighter jet engines from seized North Korea ship Reuters

COLON, Panama - Panamanian investigators unloading the cargo of a seized North Korean ship carrying arms from Cuba under sacks of brown sugar on Tuesday found 12 engines for MiG-21 fighter jets and five military vehicles that officials said resembled missile control centers.

Investigators earlier this month had found two MiG-21 fighter jets and two missile radar systems on board the Chong Chon Gang, which was bound for North Korea when it was stopped by officials. Panamanian Security Minister Jose Mulino said the cargo appeared to fall within what Cuba had said was a range of “obsolete” arms being sent to North Korea for repair.

Panama asked the United Nations to delay the arrival of investigators by a week until August 12, because the process of unloading cargo found under 100,000 tons of sugar has taken longer than expected. About 25 percent of the sugar has been removed so far, Mulino said. Investigators have gone through most of two storage houses in the 155-meter (510 foot) vessel, Mulino

said, but three more warehouses remain. The process has involved about 500 police since June 15 when Panamanian law enforcement discovered the military equipment. They initially pulled over the Chong Chon Gang after receiving a tip it was carrying drugs, Panamanian law enforcement have said. Cuban officials told Panama the cargo was a donation of sugar for

the people of North Korea. Officials have found most of the weapons Havana said were on board, including the two fighter jets, originally produced by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s, and two missile radar systems. No missiles have been found, and though officials originally feared one container held explosive material, none was discovered.

International

Thursday, August 1, 2013

BUSINESS

Chinese workers strike over takeover of US firm Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - Nearly 5,000 Chinese workers at a Sino-US joint venture tyre manufacturer are on strike in protest at the American parent company’s $2.5 billion takeover by an Indian firm, a union leader said Wednesday. Cooper Tire and Rubber announced last month that it would be taken over by Apollo Tyres of India, making the combined group the seventh-largest such firm in the world. But thousands of staff at Cooper Chengshan, a joint venture in the eastern province of Shandong, have walked out in protest. They say the takeover cost could endanger their jobs, and express concern about cultural problems with future Indian bosses. Their union wants to block the transaction, which saw Cooper shares leap on the New York stock exchange. Yue Chunxue, director of the Cooper Chengshan union branch, accepted that the ambitious demand might not be achievable. “But at least we can express our unease and demands and we hope we can draw the support of the media to successfully block this deal,” he told AFP. “If we succeed, we will be very happy,” Yue added. “If we fail, we hope at least we can negotiate with them and win more benefits and safeguards.” Employees have become increasingly vocal in China, with numerous labour disputes occurring in recent years. But the cause of the Cooper Chengshan strike is unusual, with protests normally focusing on pay and working conditions. It is the latest incident to hit a foreign joint venture after Chinese workers held an American factory executive hostage for nearly a week in late June over a plan by his USbased medical supply company to lay off 30 workers. The strike began on July 13, Yue said, because workers were concerned Apollo Tyres will be unable to repay debt taken on in the highly leveraged acquisition, so that their interests could be at risk. “We oppose this purchase, first of all because Apollo does not have sufficient strength,” he said, adding the $2.5 billion cost was mostly being funded through bank loans with annual interest of $100 million-$200 million. As a result worker wages and benefits could not be guaranteed after the purchase, Yue said. He also expressed worries about potential conflicts with new Indian bosses. “In the future because of cultural differences there will be difficulties faced in adapting to management,” he said. “We are very concerned about this point.” The dispute comes as China and India have vowed to increase trade. Premier Li Keqiang visited India in May and promised to open China’s market wider to India and forge a “dynamic trade balance” to deepen economic ties and ease political tensions. Cooper holds 65 percent of the joint venture while China’s Chengshan Group has the remainder. “I cannot imagine what the company will become after it is taken over by the Indian company,” Cooper Chengshan worker Ma Rufu said, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday.Zhang Huaqian, another employee, said: “We shall fight to the end with anyone who allows us to lose our jobs.”

AP Photo/Wally Santana

Student protesters shout slogans against Taiwan’s latest trade pact agreement with China outside of the legislature, in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. The pact, signed between the sides on June 21, allows each to invest in the other’s service sectors, including banking. Signs read “Occupy the Legislature” and “Reclaim our future!”

Scuffles erupt over Taiwan-China trade pact

Associated Press

TAIPEI — Dozens of Taiwanese scuffled with police Wednesday in the rowdiest demonstration yet against a new trade agreement with China. Signed on June 21, the pact allows each side to invest in the other’s service sectors, including banking. Its approval by Taiwan’s legislature is considered to be a foregone conclusion because President Ma Ying-jeou’s Nationalist Party enjoys a substantial majority in the 113-member body. During the fracas outside the island’s legislature, some of the demonstrators breached a police line and climbed over the fence of the legislative building. They briefly protest inside the compound before being dispersed. No arrests were reported.

The pact is the latest in a series of China trade agreements promoted by Ma. The Taiwanese leader believes that unless Taiwan tightens its economic links with the mainland, the island’s standard of living will suffer, particularly as neighboring Asian countries pursue their own commercial preferential arrangements with Beijing. The demonstrators reject this, insisting that the pact will increase Taiwan’s already considerable dependence on the mainland and enable China to dictate political conditions to the point where Taiwan’s hard-won democratic freedoms will eventually be imperiled. Taiwan and the mainland split amid civil war in 1949. Beijing considers the island of 23 million people to be part of its territory and says it will bring it back into the fold, by persuasion if possible, by force if necessary.

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Bali News

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Foreign investors uninterested in agricultural sector of Bali Bali Post

DENPASAR - The agricultural sector is increasingly excluded from the list of investments in Bali. Foreign investors are more interested to invest in trade, hotel and restaurant than in the sector currently cultivated by most communities of Bali Island. Even, none of the foreigners is willing to invest in the sector with total realization of foreign and domestic investment reaching IDR 2,049,128,201,728.00 in the first quarter of 2013. “Most investment is in the tertiary sector, namely the trade, hotel and restaurant, housing, transportation and others. During the period of January-March, we noted there were 68 projects in the sector, 10 projects in the secondary sector, while none in the primary sector,” said the Division Head of Bali Investment Data and Licensing Agency, IB Adi Laksana, in Denpasar. According to him, the realization of foreign investment in that period reached IDR 1,945,502,951,728.00 and domestic investment reached USD 11,142,500. They were spread across nine counties and a municipality in Bali. The investors investing in Bali were from Denmark, Singapore, Australia, Spain, Belgium, PRC, Germany, Japan, the United States, Taiwan, India, England, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, South Korea and France. “There are also investors denoting a combination of some countries investing in Bali. A total of 25 projects existed in the first quarter of 2013 with the total investment of USD 2,317,500,” he explained. Adi Laksana targeted the growth of investment in Bali in 2014 would reach IDR 11.16 trillion with the number of foreign and domestic investment projects reached 4,180 investors. On the other hand, according to the economist of Bali, Prof. Dr. Ketut Rahyuda, the high growth of investment in Bali was still dominated by investors from outside Bali and overseas. As a result, the economic growth of Bali averagely over six percent was dominantly enjoyed by outsiders. “The contribution of foreign investors to the environment, village and customary villagers in Bali must be clear, but provincial and county/municipal government has not set it. On that account, their presence does not give any multiplier effect at all,” he said. He said that Balinese people did not have to reject the presence of foreign or outside investors wishing to invest in Bali. However, the government needed to regulate their contribution to Bali; it was not only in terms of taxes, but also in terms of the alignments to surrounding community. “We cannot just rely on local investors because their capability has not reached the large-scale investment,” he said. However, he said the government was required to make a decisive rule against the investors that invested in Bali. For example, it had to set the distribution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the labor absorbed, so that Bali would not only get the very small friction from their presence here. Investment inequality focused on the tertiary sector was also evident from the diminishing agricultural land, mostly functioned for tourism facilities such as hotels, restaurants, villas, and residential development, office, industrial and others. Even, according to Chairman of the Indonesian Farmers Union (HKTI) Bali, Prof. Nyoman Suparta, each farmer family should ideally work on the land area of 2 hectares, but in reality they only did 0.35 hectares. “Structural policy and shifting of socio-economic values have resulted in a necessity for farmers to sell their farmlands,” he said. In addition, the excessive development of tourism sector, industry, trade, and the others had given a great contribution over the compulsion. Moreover, the selling value of tax object (NJOP) increasingly higher was beyond the ability of farmers to pay. “That’s why the remaining farmers are only the part-timers that are constantly lamenting their poverty,” he said. (kmb27)

IBP/Olo

Despite having got a reprimand and even protected with revetment on Yehembang Beach assisted the Indonesian Army (TNI AD), the action of sea sand theft remains rampant in the region. Even, the culprits seem to challenge the residents caring for the environment.

Sea sand theft at Yehembang stays rampant

Bali Post

NEGARA - Despite having got a reprimand and even protected with revetment on Yehembang Beach assisted the Indonesian Army (TNI AD), the action of sea sand theft remains rampant in the region. Even, the culprits seem to challenge the residents caring for the environment. Last week, dozens of army personnel from three Military Regional Commands (Koramil) in Jembrana helped through mutual cooperation with local residents to anticipate the coastal abrasion by installing safeguarding levee so that the abrasion would not have a wider impact. However, the measures taken by residents and military personnel were ignored by the culprit that remaining to dredge the sea sand. A number of residents having a concern with the coastal condition deeply regretted the action of

the culprits on Monday (Jul 29). They got difficulty because the culprits also involved local residents. “It is no use to make any levees painstakingly if the sand dredging still continues. After all, the abrasion persists,” said one of the local residents. The residents claimed to have often seen the theft of sea sand on the beach after mutual assistance. Unmitigatedly, the culprits were desperate to bring along their pickup truck down to the beach at low tide. At least, three trucks and two vans were still being actively operated every night to take sea sand. Aside from bringing vehicle frankly, some other people took it by a motorbike. If such an action was not immediately addressed by the apparatus, the effort of the apparatus and community to create a safeguarding levee would be in vain. Residents

believed the impact would be felt in a few years to come. Residents urged the administrative and customary village officials to actively make decision that banned the theft of sea sand. If necessary, any residents caught red-handedly when they were taking the sea sand should be imposed with a customary sanction. The Headman of Yehembang, I Made Semadi, said the village had tried to approach the culprits of local residents by give them guidance. However, the culprits seemed not to pay attention to the efforts made by the village and remained to take the sea sand. In the near future, the administrative village would try to coordinate the matter with customary village to stop the action of the culprit by making a mutual agreement. (kmb26)

Thursday, August 1, 2013

RLD

International

Power back in Philippine province with $93M bill

Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File

FILE - In this July 23, 2013 file photo, smoke rising from the crater of the Popocatepetl volcano is carried away by wind, next to dormant Iztaccihuatl volcano, front right, seen from a Mexican Navy aircraft on a volcano monitoring mission in Mexico.

Mexico keeps constant eye on Popocatepetl volcano Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY — In a clean, hushed room in the south of Mexico City, cameras, computer screens and scrawling needles track the symptoms of a special patient, as they have every second of every day for the past two decades. The monitors indicate that “Don Goyo” is breathing normally, even as he spews hot rock, steam and ash. That kind of activity isn’t unusual for the 15,000-foot (4,500-meter) volcano, Mexico’s second-highest, whose formal name is Popocatepetl, or “Smoking Mountain” in the Aztec language Nahuatl. But this volcano, personified first as a warrior in Aztec legend and now as an old man grumbling with discontent, is in the middle of two metro areas, where his every spurt can put 20 million people on edge. Mexico’s National Disaster Prevention Center laboratory keeps a round-the-clock watch on Popocatepetl, with anywhere from six to 15 technicians analyzing data for signs of a full-scale eruption, which they can never fully anticipate. Though lava or glowing rock would only travel so far, an explosion could be deadly for 11,000 people in three farming villages within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of the base because of landslides and hot gas. A spectacular plume of ash could also wreak havoc on one of the world’s largest metro areas, much as it did in 2003, when the sky over Mexico City more than 40 miles (65 kilometers) away nearly went dark in the middle of

the afternoon. The neighboring city of Puebla on the other side of the volcano from the capital would also be clouded over. “The volcano is like a patient, and we observe the different aspects,” said the center’s technical director Gilberto Castelan. “Here we receive over 60 indicators in real time.” The 20-by-30-foot (6-by-9meter) laboratory resembles those that once housed old giant supercomputers, everything plain white with a server at one end and screens all around. Five remote-controlled cameras positioned on the side of the mountain emit real-time images, while sensors feed data to the constantly scrolling seismographs as the crew and volcanologists analyze the concentration of gases and changes in the shape of the mountain. The loudest laboratory sound is a regular ping that alerts technicians to every seismic shift, at least a half dozen an hour. The data helps set the “volcano stoplight,” a three-color system in which green means little activity, yellow means warning and red starts the evacuation process —

something that has occurred only twice since 1994, when the volcano awoke again after sitting dormant for seven decades. “It’s one of the most advanced laboratories of its kind in the world, and the scientists in charge are using the best methods,” said Michael Sheridan, a volcanologist at the University of Buffalo in New York who has studied Popocatepetl. “It is very difficult to predict the behavior of a volcano that has not had an eruption in recent history.” Earlier this month, Popocatepetl released ash that grounded plane flights and dusted cars, but it quieted down enough last week for the warning to drop from yellow-3 to yellow-2. The Mexican government has designated evacuation routes and shelter locations in the case of a bigger explosion. Popocatepetl, nicknamed Popo or Don Goyo, is a stratovolcano, a steep conical formation built from layers of thick, slow-moving lava and ash — the same type as Mount St. Helens in Washington state, scene of a 1980 eruption that was the most deadly in the U.S., killing 57 people.

MANILA, Philippines - Electricity was restored Wednesday to most of a Philippine province that was entirely cut off for more than 24 hours when the national power grid operator stopped its supply due to $93 million in unpaid bills, officials said. Shops had been closed and hospitals had been running on generators since Tuesday morning in Albay, a province of 1.2 million people southeast of Manila. Even the provincial governor’s office was not spared from the power outage. The Department of Energy said a disconnection notice was served to the Albay Electric Cooperative because it failed to settle a debt of nearly 4 billion pesos ($93 million) over 15 years. Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla said power was restored as of 5 p.m. Wednesday on the conditions that the top 100 delinquent customers - most of them business establishments - remain disconnected and that the electric cooperative pay its current outstanding bill of 59 million pesos ($1.3 million). He said that as of midday Wednesday, roughly 40 million pesos ($922,000) had been paid, and the mayor of Legazpi, the provincial capital, promised to settle the balance soon even if it would mean declaring a state of emergency in the city to allow the quick disbursement of funds. “It’s really dark at night. Since it is also rainy here, it is like during a typhoon,” health insurance company employee Cristie Recebido said earlier Wednesday. She said shops in Legazpi closed early and hospitals and offices were running on generators. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said he was worried about the economic impact. Albay is an agricultural province and the country’s third largest source of geothermal power. The active Mayon volcano overlooking Legazpi is one of the region’s top tourist attractions. Salceda said that the Energy Department laid down two conditions for restoring electricity, including keeping the top 100 non-paying customers off the grid and putting in place a rehabilitation plan to pay off the debt.

Edward Snowden’s father thankful to Putin Associated Press Writer

MOSCOW - The father of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden said on Russian television that he is grateful to the Kremlin for protecting his son. Speaking on state Rossiya 24 television in remarks broadcast Wednesday, Lon Snowden of Allentown, Pennsylvania, thanked President Vladimir Putin and his government for the “courage” they have shown in keeping his son safe. Addressing his son, Lon Snowden said that “your family is well and we love you.” He added that “I hope to see you soon, but most of all I want you to be safe.” The younger Snowden has been stuck in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport since arriving from Hong Kong on June 23. Russia is considering his request for temporary asylum. Snowden’s lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told the Vesti-FM radio station on Wednesday that he is arranging for Snowden’s father to visit Russia. Kucherena said that he would send Lon Snowden a letter of invitation to Russia later on Wednesday. Kucherena said that Snowden asked him to get in touch with his father because “he needs moral support.” This publicity image released by NBC shows Lon Snowden, father of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on the “Today,” show AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

INDONESIA Landslides, flooding kill 10 in eastern Indonesia

Associated Press

AMBON — Rescuers pulled 10 bodies from mounds of mud Tuesday after flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains in eastern Indonesia sent thousands fleeing for safety and left four others missing, a disaster official said. The corpses were retrieved from five hamlets devastated by landslides and floods in Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, while more than 870 houses were flooded by an overflowing river, said Harmensyah, director of emergency relief at the Disaster Mitigation Agency. Authorities struggled to get tractors and bulldozers over washed-out roads. Television footage showed hundreds of police, soldiers and residents digging through debris with their hands, shovels and hoes. Harmensyah, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said two young children were among the dead, while 28 people were rushed to hospitals with injuries. About 4,300 people fled to temporary shelters. Rescuers were still searching for four others reportedly missing and believed to be buried under tons of debris. “Lack of equipment and bad weather hampered our rescue efforts for those who are still missing and feared dead,” said Harmensyah. He said rivers bloated by days of rain burst their banks in Way Ela hamlet last Thursday, forcing people to flee their flooded homes. Witnesses said water levels were more than a yard (meter) high in places when mud and rocks suddenly cascaded down hills early Tuesday. Seasonal rains and high tides in recent days have caused widespread flooding across much of Indonesia, home for 240 million people, many of whom live in mountainous regions and near fertile flood plains near rivers.

ANTARA FOTO/Embong Salampessy

Residents searching for their belongin in the ruin at Ambon, Maluku. Five hamlets devastated by landslides and floods in Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, while more than 870 houses were flooded by an overflowing river, said Harmensyah, director of emergency relief at the Disaster Mitigation Agency.

Nazaruddin pledges drag more officials in big corruption cases

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JAKARTA - A convict in high profile graft case Muhammad Nazaruddin pledged to unveil more big corruption cases involving a number of government officials in the corruption infested country. “I promise to the Indonesian people, I will reveal all cases I know in big projects,” Nazaruddin, a former treasurer of the ruling Democratic Party, now serving a jail term for corruption in the construction of a sport facility in Palembang said on Wednesday. Two former top leaders of the ruling party have been implicated by Nazaruddin, who came to the Corruption Eradication Commission on Wednesday for questioning in money laundering case in which he is a suspect. Former sports minister Andi Malarangeng and former general chairman of the ruling party Anas Urbaningrum have been named suspects by

KPK in the Hambalang sport center project case. “I will bring all to the open . Many officials have claimed to be clean but I know they are all big thieves,” Nazaruddin said. He said he already told his lawyers details of his allegation including projects involving trillions of rupiahs in state funds, but he gave no names. He said he had evidence to back up his allegations, adding he would support KPK in its investigations. Nazaruddin and his company the Permai Group, are involved in a number of corruption and graft cases including projects of the Education Ministry, Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry, Health Ministry and Religious Affairs Ministry. Earlier KPK said it was investigating allegations against Nazaruddin over involvement in corruption cases in projects valued at Rp6.037 trillion.

KPK asks state officials not asking “THR”

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has urged state officials in the country not to ask for gifts in connection with the Islamic day of “Lebaran” often called “THR” or holiday allowance. “Being state officials is different because he or she will be watched by the public and so state officials must not develop a tradition that gives signals to their offices’ business partners to give something in the form of goods or facilities (in connection with the holiday),” he said at KPK Building here on Wednesday. Regarding the facilities he referred to services for overseas or out-of-town trips for an example. “So, the circular that we have distributed is actually aimed at safeguarding the honor of state officials and therefore must be responded by their institutions,” he said. This means, he added, government institutions

also must discourage their officials from using office cars for traveling home or “mudik” in a local term. “Using office cars for mudik is not right. Cars are intended for serving the public not state officials’ personal interests,” he said. With regard to parcels, Busryo said they are also given to state officials because of their positions. “If they are not in their present position they will certainly not receive them. Therefore those who give them must have a special interest,” he said. Busryo said that giving a parcel to an official is actually insulting the recipient, adding that it is better to give and to take. “It would be more respectful to give charity than awaiting parcels,” he said. Busryo said that before KPK had already reprimanded state institutions that received parcels ahead of the post-fasting holidya of Lebaran.

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Tampak Siring Temple IBP Tirta Empul Temple or Tampak Siring Temple is a holy spring water temple located in Tampak Siring Village, Gianyar regency and it is about 39 km eastwards from Denpasar town. It is set in the dale and encircled by the hill. In the west side of this temple, there is an Indonesian President palace which has been built by the first president, Soekarno. The name of Tirta Empul is loaded in a inscription which is kept at Sakenan Temple, Manukaya village, Sub district of Tampak Siring, about 3 km from Tirta Empul Temple. In this inscription, the Tirta Empul was named Tirta Ri Air Hampul and then the name has changed into Tirta Hampul and finally become Tirta Empul. Tirta Ri air hampul is meaning the water emerge or the holy pool (Petirthan) which is the water emerge from the ground. The wellspring emerges from the ground is believed that it is the infinite creation. According to the history, this water source is arranged and sanctified by king Indrajayasinghawarmadewa in the year 882 Saka (960 M). He has given name the place with Tirta ri air hampul. The data is loaded in the inscription that is located at Sakenan Temple. Besides of the above epigraphy data, in Tirta Empul Temple is also found the archaeology omission like Colossus Yoni,

Arca Lion, Tepasana and Tirta Empul Pool. According to papyrus of Usana Bali, Tirta Empul was created by Bhatara Indra (Sun Deity) when fighting against the king whose palace located in Bedahulu Countryside. He known as a very miraculous king, named Mayadenawa. Because of its miracle, he becomes arrogance and calls himself God. The Mayadenawa King owns assistant (Patih) called Kalawong. Mayadenawa prohibit people to pray to God. That’s why in his kingdom, ill fated accidents occurred, such as natural disaster, disease epidemic, agriculture fail and finally miserable life society. Betara Indra (one of Hindu God) fights Mayadenawa in Tampak Siring and Mayadenawa gone to the wall and disappeared. King Mayadenawa also created poisonous pools which make Bathara Indra’s soldiers die and faint after drinking this water. Then, Bathara Indra sticking the weapon to ground and finally the water is emerging that called Tirta Empul. It is passed to the dead and faint soldiers that made them back to live. Therefore at the moment, pool of water is sanctified by Hindu society in Bali. They believe that this water source can heal various diseases, hence every day this place is visited by Hindu people to do ritual and sanctify them self. This place has been opened for public and becomes famous tourist destination in Bali. IBP/File Photo

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Ledecky the brightest star in Americans galaxy Reuters

BARCELONA - American teenager Katie Ledecky smashed the world record in the women’s 1,500 metres freestyle final by more than six seconds during a glittering session for the United States at the world championships on Tuesday. The 16-year-old from Bethesda, who also won the 400 freestyle gold medal on Sunday, powered away from defending champion Lotte Friis of Denmark in the final stages to break the previous best of 15:42.54 set by compatriot Kate Ziegler in 2007. It was the second world record of the championships in the specially constructed pool at the hilltop Palau Sant Jordi after Ruta Meilutyte’s mark in qualifying for the 100 metres breaststroke on Monday. Lithuanian Meilutyte, born two days after Ledecky in March 1997, went on to claim a first world championship gold for the tiny Baltic nation when she triumphed in Tuesday’s final. She was unable to better Monday’s effort but still produced the second-fastest time ever of 1:04.42, just seven hundredths slower than her record 1:04.35. Ledecky’s team mate Missy Franklin, who won four gold medals and one bronze in last year’s London Olympics, secured her second gold of the week with victory in the 100 metres breaststroke and Matt Grevers claimed the 100 metres backstroke title. Ryan Lochte, the second-most decorated men’s world championship medallist after compatriot Michael Phelps, provided a rare moment of disappointment for the U.S. team when he could manage only fourth in the

200 metres freestyle final. Frenchman Yannick Agnel followed up on his triumph at last year’s London Olympics to take gold and Conor Dwyer salvaged some pride for the U.S. with silver. “We’ve had an absolutely incredible evening,” an excited Franklin, who is swimming eight events in Barcelona, told reporters. Ledecky sat on the shoulder of Friis for much of their two-horse race but the Dane was left trailing by a powerful late charge from the Olympic 800 metres champion and finished with silver in 15:38.88, also inside Ziegler’s mark. Lauren Boyle of New Zealand was third in 15:44.71 ahead of Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia in 15:58.83. “It was really tough, my hardest race ever,” Ledecky told reporters. “I knew we were going pretty fast and I figured that whoever came out on top was probably going to get the world record. “I had to be careful not to push it too early or push it too late and just touch the wall first. Around the last 200 I knew I could take off.”

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Yamaha still hopeful Crutchlow will stay Yamaha remains hopeful of retaining Cal Crutchlow for the 2014 MotoGP championship, and expects the Briton to make a decision on his future before the Indianapolis round in mid-August. The 27-year-old Briton has starred in 2013, claiming a maiden pole at Assen and collecting four podiums from the opening nine races. He is currently the top satellite rider in the championship, just one point behind Yamaha works rider Valentino Rossi and 47 in arrears to overall leader Marc Marquez. Despite such success the Briton remains the only Yamaha rider without a deal for 2014, and has previously spoken of his desire to land a factory ride. Lin Jarvis, managing director of the Yamaha Factory Racing, accepts he cannot offer Crutchlow a factory role, but still hopes he can persuade the Briton to stay with the Japanese marque. “We would love to see Cal stay with us next year, but we realise that his performances are extremely good and that, therefore, he is very hot property and our competitors are also interested in his services,” Jarvis told motogp.com. “I am hoping he will stay with Tech 3 Yamaha. That will probably all be sorted before the next race - that is what I am expecting. “We have a situation where Cal has evolved in Tech 3 and, normally, Tech 3 is our team where young or developing riders will come on and then maybe step up into the factory team. “Cal is at the prime moment to step up, but we are full. We have Valentino

[Rossi] and Jorge [Lorenzo] on two-year contracts so, right now, we have no place at the Yamaha Factory team. “It is a difficult circumstance.” Ducati, with whom Crutchlow held talks for a 2013 ride, recently confirmed it would split with Nicky Hayden at the end of the current season.

Cal Crutchlow MotoGP 2013Asked is he was aware of rivals’ interest in Crutchlow, Jarvis said: “Yes, we are pretty aware of that. Two strong alternatives - and maybe both companies have more money than us at the moment, shall we say. “Ducati especially have a different situation, so maybe they have more possibilities.”

Monster Yamaha MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow of Britain competes in the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring circuit, near the eastern German town of Hohenstein-Ernsthal, July 14, 2013.

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Indian Grand Prix dropped from Formula 1 in 2014, but back for 2015

The Indian Grand Prix has been dropped from next year’s Formula 1 calendar - but is set to return at the start of 2015. After intense speculation about the future of the event amid tax issues with Indian authorities, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone confirmed on Tuesday that the race was off. But rather than being dropped because of the tax matters, he says that its private owner Jaypee has shied away from a 2014 grand prix because of calendar issues. Dieter Rencken: F1’s calendar convolutions It wants to move the race to a March slot to fit in with other flyaway events – and reckons having two races within the space of six months does not make sense. Ecclestone told the Indian news agency IANS: “When we signed the five-year deal with Jaypee, we were keen on going to India in the first half and Jaypee wanted it to be in October. “We gave in at that time, but now it looks we will have the race early 2015. It was too close. “Therefore, after speaking to promoters, we think it is best not to have a race in 2014 and have one in 2015.” The ditching of the Indian GP clears the way for Ecclestone to slot in the Russian Grand Prix in October next year.

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Beckham to release picture book in October

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FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, center, challenges for the ball during their friendly game with Lechia Gdansk in Gdansk, Poland, Tuesday, July 30, 2013.

LONDON - Former England soccer captain David Beckham will release a picture book in October featuring images from his playing career in a deal with a UK publishing unit of French media company Lagardere. The ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder, who retired from football in May after a brief spell with French club Paris St Germain, is expected to release the book on Oct. 31 with Lagardere’s UK-based Headline Publishing Group. Headline’s non-fiction publishing director, Jonathan Taylor, bought the world rights in a deal with the 38-year-old’s management company XIX Entertainment for a book the publisher said will be a personal celebration of his playing days. “David Beckham is, without a doubt, the most universally recognised and popular sports person on the planet, and this gorgeous book will be a superb way for his millions of fans around the world to celebrate David’s remarkable achievements within football,” Taylor said in a statement. Beckham earned 115 caps for England, a record for an outfield player, and won the Champions League, six Premier League titles and two FA Cups with Manchester United. He also won league titles with Real Madrid in Spain, LA Galaxy in the United States and PSG in France. His new book is just one part of the post-retirement plans for Britain’s richest sportsman, whose easy charm and image as a family man should ensure the Beckham brand continues to prosper. Managed by the XIX Entertainment group which has British motor racing driver Lewis Hamilton and Wimbledon tennis champion Andy Murray on its books, Beckham has capitalised on his film-star looks and athlete’s body to market underwear for Swedish fashion chain H&M and luxury watches for Swiss manufacturer Breitling. He is married to former Spice Girl-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham, with whom he has four children. Lagardere posted a 2.3 percent rise in first-quarter sales in May, driven by the publishing success of the “Fifty Shades” bestsellers and a biography of Sweden international soccer player, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Substitute Neymar denied victory on Barcelona debut

day that their former goalkeeper Antoni Ramallets had died at the age of 89. Ramallets made 473 appearances for the Catalan club between 1946 and 1961 and won six La Liga titles and five Spanish Cups. He was awarded the Zamora trophy for the top goalkeeper in La Liga five times and was part of the Spain squad that finished fourth at the 1950 World Cup in Brazil.

Ecuador plans tribute to player who died in Qatar Associated Press Writer

QUITO, Ecuador — Officials were preparing Tuesday to repatriate the body of Ecuadorean soccer star Christian Benitez, who died in Qatar a day after playing a game for local soccer team El Jaish. Autopsy results have not been released, but Ecuadorean soccer chief Luis Chiriboga said he was told the 27-year-old was taken to a hospital with sharp stomach pains, developed peritonitis and died Monday of cardiorespiratory arrest. Efforts to repatriate Benitez’s body to his homeland were being held up by paperwork Tuesday, but soccer officials said the funeral for the star was planned for Thursday in Quito and that a tribute would be held in the General Ruminahui coliseum, which holds 16,000 people. “The burial will be Thursday in the Monte Olivo cemetery, near the home of our National Team,” said Francisco Acosta, secretary for the Ecuadorean Soccer Federation. Chiriboga had earlier said the federation was planning to fly the chief doctor for Ecuador’s national team as well as Benitez’s father and mother to Qatar to accompany the remains. Christian Benitez led the Mexican soccer league in scoring last season and helped his club America win the championship last season. He had just played his first game for his new Qatari club when he died. El Jaish played Qatar Sports in the Sheik Jassim Cup, a warmup tournament for the upcoming season. The club said Benitez did not complain about his health on Sunday. The game was played in hot and humid conditions typical of the Persian Gulf this time of year. Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup and the searing heat has prompted many in soccer to call for the tournament to be moved to winter. Ermen Benitez told Futbolizados radio station in Ecuador on Monday that his daughterin-law told him the soccer star “had pain in his stomach and took a pill. They took him to a hospital and later came the news that we have all heard.” “We are destroyed,” he said. Benitez left behind three children.

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Barcelona’s new signing Neymar was denied a win on his debut when the Brazil forward came on as a second-half substitute in a 2-2 draw in a friendly at Polish side Lechia Gdansk on Tuesday. and was welcomed with a series of robust challenges from the home players. New coach Gerardo Martino did not make the trip to Poland and will make his debut on the bench when Barca host Neymar’s former club in a friendly at the Nou Camp on Friday. A minute’s silence was held before the match in Gdansk after Barca announced earlier on Tues-

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Mourners attend the Mass in honor of Christian Benitez in Mexico City, Monday, July 29, 2013. Benitez, a soccer star from Ecuador who led the Mexican league in scoring last season, died Monday a day after playing in a game for his club in Qatar.

Bayern chief Hoeness charged with tax evasion

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The standout performer in his nation’s triumph at last month’s Confederations Cup, Neymar joined up with his new team mates on Monday and made the trip to Poland to feature in a Barca squad for the first time since joining from Santos. He replaced Chile forward Alexis Sanchez in the 78th minute, just after World Player of the Year Lionel Messi had been substituted,

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Former soccer player David Beckham speaks during a meet and greet session with students from the Guardian Academy and the Singapore Association of the Deaf’s affiliated schools at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore July 7, 2013.

MUNICH - Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness was charged with tax evasion on Tuesday after months of investigations into the high-profile affair were concluded, a Munich court said. Hoeness, the face of Bayern Munich for many years, stunned Germany in April by saying he had voluntarily alerted tax authorities in January to a Swiss bank account he held, throwing the former West Germany international’s future into doubt. “A charge has been lifted against Ulrich H. for tax evasion,” Munich regional court spokeswoman Andrea Titz told Reuters Television. “The defendant has now four weeks time to respond to this charge which was handed personally to him today,” she said. She said it was now up to the court to decide whether to accept the charges and set a date for a trial. Hoeness, who could face a jail sentence but hopes for leniency after naming himself as a tax

evader, has said the account had nothing to do with Bayern. He said it was a personal account, created for his stock market trading. He admitted to gambling bigger and bigger amounts and taking a major hit as the dotcom bubble burst. The 61-year-old told reporters last week, after weeks of silence, that he was optimistic the matter would have a “relatively good end.” Bayern, who enjoyed their greatest success by winning the treble amid the furore of the affair this year, have stuck with their president, turning down an offer from Hoeness to step down. Hoeness, who had his villa on a Bavarian lake searched by authorities in March, has been at Bayern for more than 40 years, having served as a player during the 1970s, a period of great success. A World Cup and European championship winner with Germany, Hoeness, who also won three European Cups as a player at Bayern, spent 30 years as the team’s general manager before being elected president of the Bundesliga’s richest and most successful club.

Johannsson asks for switch from Iceland to US

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CHICAGO — The U.S. Soccer Federation says forward Aron Johannsson wants to switch his national team from Iceland to the United States. Johannsson, a 22-year-old Mobile, Alabama native, grew up in Iceland and scored one goal in 11 appearances for Iceland’s under-21 team. He appeared in eight qualifiers for the 2012 UEFA Under-21 Championship, which means he can’t switch affiliations without FIFA’s approval. The USSF submitted an application for Johannsson to world football’s ruling body on Tuesday. “We are excited that Aron has chosen to pursue his international career with the United States,” U.S. national coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “He is a great young talent with a bright future, and we look forward to introducing him to our team as soon as possible.” Johannsson played for Fjolnir in Iceland from 2008-10, before moving to Aarhus in Belgium. He joined AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands in January.

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Beckham to release picture book in October

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FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, center, challenges for the ball during their friendly game with Lechia Gdansk in Gdansk, Poland, Tuesday, July 30, 2013.

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Ecuador plans tribute to player who died in Qatar Associated Press Writer

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Bayern chief Hoeness charged with tax evasion

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Indian Grand Prix dropped from Formula 1 in 2014, but back for 2015

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Power back in Philippine province with $93M bill

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INDONESIA Landslides, flooding kill 10 in eastern Indonesia

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Nazaruddin pledges drag more officials in big corruption cases

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KPK asks state officials not asking “THR”

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Chinese workers strike over takeover of US firm Agence France-Presse

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Scuffles erupt over Taiwan-China trade pact

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Foreign investors uninterested in agricultural sector of Bali Bali Post

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Morsi gets a visit, but Egypt crisis stalemated Associated Press Writer

Cambodian opposition claims election majority

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President of National Rescue Party Sam Rainsy gives a speech during a public forum on the topic of the election of July 28, at the party’s office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2013.

Panama uncovers fighter jet engines from seized North Korea ship Reuters

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DENPASAR - Foreign tourists from Europe continue to throng to Bali, the country’s tourist island despite the global economic malaise.

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Tourists arrived at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali Island. Foreign tourists from Europe continue to throng to Bali, the country’s tourist island despite the global economic malaise.

SAR team evacuated dead body of Slovenian tourist

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Monogamy may sound sweet, but why it evolved isn’t Associated Press Writer

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FILE - This Aug. 29, 2008 file photo shows a yellow-cheeked crested gibbon sitting in a cage at Cambodia’s Phnom Tamau Zoo in Takeo province, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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