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Brazil’s players celebrate on the podium with the trophy after winning their Confederations Cup final soccer match against Spain at the Estadio Maracana in Rio de Janeiro June 30, 2013 and top, Sapin Captain, Iker Casillas can only watch.
Brazil’s World Cup promise undeniable after win Reuters
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RIO DE JANEIRO - Any doubts that Brazil are serious contenders for next year’s World Cup were swept away by a majestic 3-0 victory over world champions Spain as they won the Confederations Cup in front of an ecstatic crowd at the Maracana Stadium on Sunday. Inspired by Neymar and Fred in attack, David Luiz at the back and the indefatigable Paulinho thundering around the midfield, Brazil ended Spain’s record run of 29 unbeaten competitive matches and brought back memories of their glory days with their fifth straight win of the tournament. They began with a scrappy goal from Fred after some shocking Spanish defending in the second minute, went 2-0 ahead when Neymar lashed an unstoppable angled left-foot shot past Iker Casillas a minute before halftime, and wrapped up the match and the title when Fred plundered a third with another angled shot two minutes after the re-start. A crucial stop from Luiz after 41 minutes
was vital to the victory, however. With Brazil 1-0 ahead and Spain beginning to finally make an impact, the world champions looked set to equalise with a Pedro shot that had beaten goalkeeper Julio Cesar. But with the ball about to cross the line, Luiz sprinted from nowhere, stuck out a leg, and diverted it away for a memorable clearance. “I owed that one to Julio Cesar after giving away the penalty against Uruguay,” he told reporters. “I managed to pay back the debt and help the team.” Three minutes later Neymar scored at the other end and Spain were on their way to their first competitive defeat for three years. Continued on page 6
Brazil won the Confederations Cup for the third successive tournament following their previous wins over Argentina in 2005 and the United States in 2009. They also won it in 1997 and their four wins in the competition are a record. They are also unbeaten in it for 13 matches since losing a group game to Mexico in Germany in 2005. Brazil stretched their unbeaten run in competitive matches at the Maracana Stadium to 23 games since losing the 1950 World Cup decider 2-1 to Uruguay. In all they have played 28 competitive matches at the stadium, won 21, drawn six and lost one. In all, Brazil have played 57 home competitive matches in various cit-
ies since last losing. Their last home competitive defeat was to Peru in Belo Horizonte in a Copa America qualifier in February 1975. Spain’s record unbeaten run of 29 competitive matches ended. Their previous loss was to Switzerland, who beat them 1-0 in their opening match at the 2010 World Cup. It was Spain’s heaviest defeat in a competitive match since Wales beat them 3-0 in a World Cup qualifier in April 1985. Fred’s second minute goal was the fastest Spain had conceded since Joe Jordan of Scotland scored against them in the first minute of a European qualifier in Valencia in February 1975.
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Bali News Traders protest against discipline at freight terminal of Anyar Market Singaraja (Bali Post)—
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Pudut Island which is treathen by the plan of reclamation in Benoa.
Residents of Sawangan reject dredging Mangupura (Bali Post)—
The sand dredging plan on Sawangan Beach for the benefit of Benoa Bay reclamation reaped refusal from local community. Aside from remaining trauma due to previous dredging, residents of Sawangan also worried if the dredging would have an impact on the existence of temple located near the beach. Chief of Sawangan hamlet, Benoa village, I Wayan Jabut, when contacted on Sunday (Jun 30) said the dredging of sand on Sawangan Beach few years ago still left trauma in the local community. The dredging used for the reclamation on Kuta Beach had caused a polemic in society. It then peaked and almost led to a conflict. Furthermore, he said, about two months ago the residents were visited by dozens of people claiming a team of researcher from the Udayana
University and Warmadewa University. The team intended to disseminate and investigate the depth of sand. However, people were eventually suspicious because the research was less convincing. The team was mentioned to hold a research just for one day. Not only that, the team was limited to taking samples of the sand on the seashore. The pretext of sand depth research was doubted. Even, the residents suspected there was a hidden purpose behind the
research. Moreover, so far the results of research were never delivered. Jabut re-affirmed that Sawangan residents objected if the Sawangan Beach sand would be re- dredged. Residents did not want if the environment would be getting more damaged. Currently, the residents had felt the impact of the previous dredging. Tidal waves would be very easy to reach the mainland because the formerly sloping shoreline had turned steep. (kmb25)
Problem of traders in the area of Anyar Market I Singaraja seems to happen endlessly. The traders are increasingly desperate to peddle on the road body even though it has been banned by the government. Ironically, the traders claimed to peddle on the road because they have paid levies collected by the authorities in their selling area. It occurs at freight terminal on Jalan Semangka, Banjar Bali village, Buleleng. More than a half of the terminal area is used for selling by traders. Even, they set up a semi-permanent shanty roofed with zinc or tarpaulin. As a result, vehicles are difficult to unload their freights and finally parked at road side. It aggravates the condition because the market visitors are passing in the area. Utilization of the freight terminal blocked for the place of selling was immediately addressed by the management of PD Pasar Buleleng with the public order officers (Satpol PP). The officers had approached and reminded the traders if the location was forbidden to sell. The officers instructed to immediately dismantle the shanties or plastic sheeting mounted transversely. If the reprimand was not heeded, the officers would forcibly dismantle their shanties. Apparently, the reprimand was quite effective and the traders were willing to dismantle their shanties and plastic sheeting. However, there were some traders still selling at the forbidden location. One of the traders, Nyoman Rediaka, said on Sunday (Jun 30) that he had occupied the selling location at the freight terminal from about ten years ago. He dared to occupy the location because the area belonged to Banjar Bali customary village and not belong to the area of Anyar Market I Singaraja. Formerly, it was said to be managed by Banjar Bali customary village. He admitted to have
paid daily sanitation fee at IDR 1,500 and daily levy to PD Pasar Buleleng at IDR 3,000. “Since we have already paid and it has been charged by the officer, so that I dare to do selling at this location. Many friends also do selling here and it is indeed allowed,” he said. Meanwhile, Director of PD Pasar Buleleng, Putu Gede Satwikayadnya, accompanied by its Director of Operations Made Agus Yudiarsana said the traders peddling at the freight terminal had long taken place. PD Pasar did not discipline them because they occupied the terminal area, not the market area. This condition should be communicated with relevant parties such as the public order officer and Transportation Agency. “We do not allow them. Since it lies outside the market area and belongs to different authority, so that any discipline should involve the relevant agencies,” he explained.According to Satwikayadnya, the officers of PD Pasar charged daily levy because the traders peddling in the freight terminal also enjoyed the hustle impact of the activities at the Anyar Market I Singaraja. Meanwhile, the sanitation levy was collected because many trader activities left garbage and it was dumped around the market area. “Pursuant to the provisions of the 100 meter radius of the crowd, we collect daily levy because they (traders) are also enjoying the crowds generated by the activities in the market,” he explained. Chief of Public Order Officer of Buleleng County, Putu Hartana, said that his party was only asked for the help to discipline and supervise the traders violating the selling location. For handling the traders located on Jalan Semangka, his party had assigned the officers to control. When found any violation made by the traders, they would take decisive action. Meanwhile, regarding the management, his party had made coordination with the officials of Banjar Bali village. (kmb)
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The officers are giving warning to the seller that violate the regulation by using a part of the road.
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Tourist accommodation increasingly deviates from Balinese style Bali Post
GIANYAR - Bali and Gianyar in particular emphasizing the cultural tourism development is now experiencing a problem regarding the development of tourist accommodation deviating from the nuance of Bali. Numerous tourist accommodations such as villas and hotels within the Ubud tourist area tend to adopt modern minimalist style.
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Bali is now experiencing a problem regarding the development of tourist accommodation deviating from the nuance of Bali. umerous tourist accommodations such as villas and hotels tend to adopt modern minimalist style.
As monitoring on Sunday (Jun 30), a number of new tourist accommodation developments existing in Ubud tourist resort, such as villa development at Tebongkang and Ubud, shifted to leave the distinctive ornament of Balinese style. Actually, the applicable regulation such as the Regional Bylaw (Perda) has governed the development with Balinese architectural style. Such condition has become a concern of tourism components and hoteliers in Gianyar. The change in the Balinese nuance occurred in tourist accommodation facilities are also questioned by foreign tourists having made a visit to Bali previously. They complain about many changes on the Balinese style in a few buildings in Bali. Obviously, such a change is not in accordance with the concept of cultural tourism echoed all this time. The Head of Gianyar Tourism Agency, Anak Agung
Ari Brahmanta, said the indifference of Balinese style in the construction of tourist accommodation in Gianyar occurred due to changing mindset of the people, especially the investors toward the development undertaken. Nevertheless, the county government constantly reminded every investor that would build a tourist accommodation in Gianyar. Sometimes what they proposed was different from the implementation in the field. Aside from emphasizing on the preservation of Balinese style, the Gianyar Tourism Agency had also called on people and tourism businesspeople in order the tourism development paid attention to local wisdom for survival of the cultural tourism in Bali. Responding to the tourist accommodation facilities deviating from Balinese style, he would coordinate it with relevant agencies in the matter of controlling, he said. (kmb16)
PLN Bali prepares 10 electric vehicle charging stations for APEC Bali Post
DENPASAR - Ahead of the APEC Summit event, the State Electricity Company (PLN) of Bali Distribution is currently building 10 electric vehicle charging stations. Each unit will have the charging capacity reaching 50 kWh. General Manager of PT PLN Bali, Ida Bagus Mardawa, when met amidst the gathering recently said that all the transports operated in the APEC Summit within the BTDC Nusa Dua area will be using electric power. “Everything is going to be built in the area of the BTDC Nusa Bali as the central venue of the APEC Summit implementation,” he said. Further, he explained that ten units were considered adequate to serve the electric vehicles that would be used during the upcoming APEC Summit. Even, said Mardawa, the PLN Bali had got permission from the BTDC especially about the location for the establishment of the electric vehicle charging stations. “The charging stations will be permanently established and planned to continue to be used for the other
electric car program,” he said. Not only that, Mardawa also asserted that for such program the PLN Bali had made coordination with several state-owned enterprises as the party providing the electric vehicles. According to him, the PLN Bali had received the assurance that in the venue of the APEC Summit would only be operated the electric vehicles. “We were just told to prepare it. While for the whole financing will be made by central government,” he explained. Nevertheless, so far he admitted to have not been informed how many units of electric vehicles would be used during the APEC Summit. Related to the price, the PLN would set up the non-subsidized price and the charging would be designed in such a way so as not to be charged at their home. “If they plug at their own home, then the price of electricity will be the subsidized one. When carried out at the electric vehicle charging station, the applicable tariff is the non-subsidized price or the price the industry,” he explained. For the electric vehicle, Mardawa
added the entire design was made at home and there were only a few parts remaining to be brought in from overseas. He claimed that all the equipment would be designed
and assembled in Bali and it was the second location in Indonesia after Jakarta. “We expect this electric vehicle will be booming in Bali. If the trans-
portation system in Indonesia has been developed and so has in Bali, the charging stations would be built by the PLN at every bus stop and so on,” he concluded. (kmb28)
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Ahead of the APEC Summit event, the State Electricity Company (PLN) of Bali Distribution is currently building 10 electric vehicle charging stations. Each unit will have the charging capacity reaching 50 kWh.
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Oongan Dam, a haunted place in East Denpasar OONGAN Dam a Haunted Place in East DenpasarOongan Dam is a favorite tourist object for Balinese people in the 1980s. Every holiday such as Galungan, Kuningan, Ngembak Geni, New Year and other holidays, the dam area is visited by sea of people. Therefore, this tourist object was once equipped with water attraction such as swimming pool. Unfortunately, the object located at Oongan village, East Denpasar subdistrict retains an unresolved mystery until these days. Many people are missing and sank to die there. Causes of the accidents are unclear so that the swimming pool was then transformed into an elite housing complex. Local community as well as other people believes if the Oongan Dam is relatively haunted. The location is believed to be inhabited by supernatural creatures such as gamang, memedi and others. On that account, no one will dare do bad deed or contaminate the place. If violating it, the guardian creatures of the Oongan Dam will get angry and not hesitate to harm. Chief of Oongan customary village, I Nyoman Meja, said the Oongan Dam had long been known to be haunted. Many mysterious incidents happened at the location. Once there was a visitor taking a bath delightfully. For no reason, the man then plunged himself into the river in a long time. His friends were confused because the man did not appear. “Such an incident often occurred. Even, a man getting absorbed in fishing was suddenly reported to have died because of drowning,” he said. According to him, there was also a myth where people were not allowed to be dating there. Violating the myth would make their relationship not last long. Many local residents told that a male motorist once stopped to urinate arbitrary on the spot. On the following day, he went back and put a canang oblation containing a candy because he was disturbed by a dream if he was visited by a guardian of the dam. Nyoman Meja added that it was formerly a tourist object visited by many local tourists. Even, many passing motorists stopped to take photos. In contrast to the present, the object was rarely visited by the public since the pool around the dam was buried and fenced. Then, people only passed it through. To preserve and honor the guardian at the location, explained Meja, on holy days such as full moon, new moon and kajeng Kliwon, the villagers of Oongan put canang sari oblation. It was intended to give tribute to invisible residents of the Oongan Dam. Similarly, people also held a piodalan or temple anniversary in the Bugbuban Temple located on the east of the Oongan Dam every full moon of the fourth month in Balinese calendar (around October),” he added.
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The farmers are trying to get rid of mouse from their ricefield in Karangasem
Total harvest failure, thousands of Ababi farmers hunt mouse Amlapura (Bali Post)— At least 1,200 residents of Ababi customary village, Karangasem, teenagers and the elders came down to rice field at local village on Sunday (Jun 30). They hunted mice that so far had become a great pest and caused harvest failure to their rice and other crops within a period of more than five years. The mouse hunt en masse was held by the Ababi village. Last Sunday, all the residents were getting involved in the mouse hunt led by the headman Made Sudiarta and other village apparatus including the public figures such as the former subdistrict head of Karangasem Nyoman Kuta. Such mice hunting, said Sudiarsa, was also in relation to the cremation of mice with the peak on September 29. Sudiarsa said the residents getting involved at least 1,200 people consisting of village youth club, five subak organizations and plantation organization as well as residents from five hamlets. After the kulkul (wooden split drum) of local village was hit, under leadership of Jero Mangku Dalem, thousands of residents said prayers and invoked clear way in relation to the hunt of jero ketut (euphemism for mouse). Before completing the worship, the residents were impatient to plunge into the rice fields. They simultaneously hunted and chased after the mice coming out of
their hole. Aside from bringing crowbar and stick, one of the residents of Bias hamlet, Ketut Sumadiasa, even brought along a mouse hunting dog. Sudiarsa and Nyoman Kuta delivered that within the past 10 years the mouse pest had been rampant. Indeed, its population experienced the ups and down, but it was very detrimental to farmers. Even, said Sudiarsa, all the farmers including the sharecroppers of land belonging to local village cried out because their harvest totally failed. In the past, some plots of rice field could produce up to 12 sacks of dry unhusked rice, while last week a local resident could only get two bags of unhusked rice, while another only got two cans of unhusked rice. Sudiarsa and other Ababi residents considered the mouse attack was very strange. Aside from being in large number, small mice with whitish fur even attacked the rice at day time. Even, they came in large number to gnaw the rice. Most of the rice
was not eaten, but was only picked and amassed on the dike or under rice stalk near their hole. “Apparently, those mice were not only enough to eat the rice, but also deliberately damaged it,” said Sudiarsa. The mouse cremation was scheduled in the upcoming September. Since ancient times, the village had a tradition of cremating mouse. The cremation was held when the mice proliferated and were very detrimental to farmers at local village. Its procession was almost the same as the cremation for human, including the making of a raised platform (pavilion in human cremation). “It is the belief of Ababi villagers. Mouse pest control by physical and chemical method assisted by the government has been constantly repeated but it does not cause any decrease, it even increases a lot. Physical and scientific control does not work, now it remains the spiritual control, namely by the cremation of jero ketut that has not been carried out for a long time. Since it costs too expensive, it can just be held ten years after the previous one. In essence, cremation ceremony for the mice aims at returning them to their origin and hopefully they will no longer be born as mouse in the next rebirth, but ascend to a higher level than the pest life,” explained Sudiarsa. (013)
Alleged to be ATM burglar
A traveler from Jakarta arrested at Gilimanuk Negara (Bali Post)— Due to quick information, the ranks of Gilimanuk Marine Police managed to secure a traveler from Bekasi alleged to break in an ATM within the jurisdiction of West Denpasar Police on Sunday morning (Jun 30). Together with the group of two vehicles, the culprit that was about to get out of Bali on Sunday afternoon was handed over to West Denpasar
Police. Information collected in the Post I at Gilimanuk on Sunday, the officers in charge at the harbor entrance checkpoint received information about the target in the form of vehicle and personal identity. About three hours after receiving the information, the officers regularly making inspection to vehicle and papers found a Toyota sedan with the color and type as specified. It was a Toyota Avanza but
having come in earlier and bought a ticket. However, the officers got swindled because the license plate of the sedan was different from the information received. Suspicion of the officer was getting stronger to the driver on the most-wanted list (DPO) specified after checking the identity. To the officer, the domestic traveler with initial SH, 48, claimed to have just traveled to Bali and was about to cross back to Jakarta. The officer
then asked the perpetrator and the vehicle entourage that had entered the Gilimanuk Harbor to the office of the Gilimanuk Marine Police for further examination. Chief of Gilimanuk Marine Police, Made Prihenjagat, with permission from the Jembrana Police Chief Komang Sandi Arsana when asked for his confirmation on Sunday justified the arrest made in the first post. Due to quick information from the West Denpasar Police, the
officers at the harbor entrance could take immediate action and alert. “We received information at 00:00 p.m. including the initials, characteristics and vehicle of the perpetrator alleged to have committed a crime in the ATM and we could stop him,” he explained. Since the place of incident was in the jurisdiction of the West Denpasar Police, the culprit and his vehicle were handed over to West Denpasar Police for further development. (kmb26)
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Cable excavation chaotic
Traffic jam increasingly serious Bali Post MANGUPURA - Cable excavation project of the PLN is blamed for the increasingly severe congestion on Jalan Pratama, Tanjung Benoa. Aside from narrowing the road body, the excavation project at some points of Jalan Pratama also looks chaotic.
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Cable excavation project of the PLN is blamed for the increasingly severe congestion on Jalan Pratama, Tanjung Benoa. Aside from narrowing the road body, the excavation project at some points of Jalan Pratama also looks chaotic.
From the observation on Sunday (Jun 30), there were a number of points of the ongoing excavation project. The project looked chaotic because many materials remained to scatter around the former excavation. Additionally, the project sign was not set maximally. Even, some pits were not filled with protector so that they were pretty hazardous for road users. One of the water sport business owners, Made Kusnadi Yasa Putra, said the relatively narrow Jalan Pratama was actually incomparable to the number of vehicles. Congestion often occurred especially in the school holiday season like these days. The recent congestion was getting worse with the presence of cable excavation project at some points. Peak of the congestion occurred on Saturday (Jun 29). From the end of Jalan Pratama around the BTDC to his business premise located less than two kilometers took him for two hours. Due to severe traffic jam, many tourists complained
and canceled their intention to Tanjung Benoa. Tourist arrivals reduced by about 20 percent due to such problem. “I ask the government to widen the entrance road to Tanjung Benoa. Additionally, the PLN should also promptly accomplish its cable excavation so as not to interfere with the traffic convenience on Jalan Pratama,” he said. When asked for his confirmation on the matter, the Division Head of Roads and Bridges, Badung Highways and Irrigation, IB Surya Suamba, admitted the PLN cable excavation project was in shambles. From observation of his party, many holes were not piled up and lacked of project signs. On addressing the problem, Surya Suamba claimed to have sent a reprimand to the project owner. His party had asked the project to be implemented according to the initial commitment namely without interfere with the utility, and had to maintain the cleanliness and safety of road users. (kmb25)
River overflows, Pasut Beach flooded by garbage Bali Post TABANAN - The overflowing river seems to always be followed by garbage flooding on coastal areas. Such occurrence happened to coastal areas at Pasut, Tibubiu village, Kerambitan, on Sunday (Jun 30). Overlay of the garbage filled the beach in the Southern Tabanan. Due to large amount of garbage, the coastal face was covered. People could only saw piles of garbage dominated by pieces of wood. Such flooding of garbage piles has occurred since heavy rain flushing Tabanan within the past few days. As a result, the river overflowed and carried garbage material into the sea. At the same time, huge waves raged. So, the garbage was slammed to mainland and coastal areas. “It is the most severe. Virtually the entire shoreline is filled with garbage,” said Suarti, 50, one of the residents. According to him, it was the garbage carried by floodwaters from the upstream. Due to overflowing, the garbage materials piled up at
the estuary. As soon as crashed by waves, the garbage was thrown back to the mainland. “The waves are indeed ferocious, so that the garbage floating off into the sea was carried back to the shore,” she said. It did not only disturb the vista, the presence of litter was also quite hazardous to residents because many pieces of the wood scattered were pointed. People should be extra careful when passing. As filled with garbage, the Pasut Beach no longer looked beautiful. Even, it also spread strong odors. Typically, said Suarti, the garbage was cleaned up by villa attendants around the location. Meanwhile, there were some people taking advantage of the garbage to earn a livelihood as she did. She amassed coconuts floating off with a pile of garbage. “Not bad, within a day I can amass 25 pieces. It will be used for making coconut oil,” she said. Collecting the coconut was not effortless. This woman should hold the violent crushing of the waves. Not to mention, her feet infrequently stepped on thorny sticks. Other
than coconut, the other people also picked up tree twigs that could be used for firewood. According to Suarti, the marine debris always
gave new job for residents, while the unusable garbage was usually burned. She said the garbage flood had become a regular catastrophe
when the river overflowed. The garbage came from the upstream area taken away by river flows and met at the sea estuary. (kmb30)
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The overflowing river seems to always be followed by garbage flooding on coastal areas. Such occurrence happened to coastal areas at Pasut, Tibubiu village, Kerambitan, on Sunday (Jun 30).
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Car hits crowd, injures 17, at car show in Poland Associated Press Writer
WARSAW, Poland - Authorities say a luxury sports car skidded into the crowd during a car show in Poland, injuring 17 people. The Provincial Governor’s Office in Poznan, western Poland, said in a statement Sunday that four people are in serious condition but their injuries are not life-threatening. Two children are among the injured. The statement said the driver lost control on a straight stretch of road, broke through a barrier and hit the crowd. Prosecutors are investigating. Polish agency PAP said the driver was Norwegian. The car was from Swedish specialty automaker Koenigsegg. The accident took place during the ninth Gran Turismo Polonia show, in which drivers show off their rare sports cars.
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A wildfire burns homes in the Glenn Ilah area near Yarnell, Ariz. on Sunday, June 30, 2013. An Arizona fire chief says the wildfire that killed 19 members of his crew near the town was moving fast and fueled by hot, dry conditions. The fire started with a lightning strike on Friday and spread to 2,000 acres on Sunday amid triple-digit temperatures.
Official: 19 firefighters die battling Ariz. fire Associated Press Writer
YARNELL, Ariz. — Gusty, hot winds blew an Arizona blaze out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years. The “hotshot” firefighters were forced to deploy their emergency fire shelters — tent-like structures meant to shield firefighters from flames and heat — when they were caught near the central Arizona town of Yarnell, state forestry spokesman Art Morrison told The Associated Press. The flames lit up the night sky in the forest above the town, and smoke from the blaze could be smelled for miles. The fire started after a lightning strike on Friday and spread to 2,000 acres on Sunday amid triple-digit temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. Officials ordered the evacuations of 50 homes in several communities, and later Sunday afternoon, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office expanded the order
to include more residents in Yarnell, a town of about 700 residents about 85 miles northwest of Phoenix. Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said that the 19 firefighters were a part of the city’s fire department. “We grieve for the family. We grieve for the department. We grieve for the city,” he said at a news conference Sunday evening. “We’re devastated. We just lost 19 of the finest people you’ll ever meet.” Hot shot crews are elite firefighters who often hike for miles into the wilderness with chain saws and backpacks filled with heavy gear to build lines of protection between people and fires. They remove brush, trees and anything that might burn in the direction of homes and cities.
The crew killed in the blaze had worked other wildfires in recent weeks in New Mexico and Arizona, Fraijo said. “By the time they got there, it was moving very quickly,” Fraijo told the AP of Sunday’s fire. He added that the firefighters had to deploy the emergency shelters when “something drastic” occurred. “One of the last fail safe methods that a firefighter can do under those conditions is literally to dig as much as they can down and cover themselves with a protective — kinda looks like a foil type — fireresistant material — with the desire, the hope at least, is that the fire will burn over the top of them and they can survive it,” Fraijo said.
Spain, who have dominated the world scene for the past five years with two European titles and the World Cup, were swept aside. They suffered their biggest competitive defeat since losing 3-0 to Wales in a European qualifier 37 years ago. Sergio Ramos, who scored in the semi-final penalty shootout victory over Italy on Thursday, fired wide with a poor penalty after 54 minutes. Worse was to follow when fellow defender Gerard Pique was sent off for a lunge on his new Barcelona team mate Neymar who again stole the show and was named Player of the Tournament. RIGHT MAN
Brazil went into the tournament with an indifferent set of results following the re-appointment of 2002 World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari last November, with just two wins, four draws and a defeat from his opening seven matches. The debate had already began over whether he was the right man for the job but his team provided an endorsement with wins over Japan, Mexico, Italy, Uruguay and now Spain. Sunday’s performance was the best of them all, with Fred’s secondminute goal lifting the crowd and Neymar’s strike raising them higher still. After Fred scored his second of the night and his fifth of the competition in the 47th minute, sheer joy descended on the Maracana as Brazil chalked up a third successive win in the competition that FIFA use as a test event for the following year’s World Cup. Although the performance was spellbinding, Neymar, among other players, stressed that Brazil still had a long way to go before securing an unprecedented sixth world title. “Let’s keep calm, let’s keep our feet on the ground,” he said. “We did very well and we are on the right track. “We needed this time to train, we get to know each other and to work together and we are much better than we were.” Julio Cesar added: “There is a lot still to happen, there’s a year to go until the World Cup, but I really wish that this was the World Cup. But we’re delighted and it was an amazing experience.” One explanation for Spain’s poor performance was their exhaustion after the gruelling, energy-sapping semi-final win over Italy in the heat of Fortaleza on Thursday. And while it is too early to make Brazil World Cup favourites it is also too early to write Spain off. “We had a bad night,” Casillas said. “But anyone thinking this team is finished should think again.”
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Guess who? Djokovic, Murray and Serena lead unfamiliar cast Reuters LONDON - Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Serena Williams will head a cast of fresh-faced hopefuls on Monday as Wimbledon heads into the second week which will be a Federer-free zone for the first time in 11 years.
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Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns to Jeremy Chardy of France in their Men’s singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, June 29, 2013.
A second week which had promised back-to-back blockbuster matches after Murray, seven-times champion Roger Federer and 2008 and 2010 winner Rafa Nadal had been thrown together in the same half of the draw, will instead have a distinctly unfamiliar look to it following an unforgettable week of shocks. Gone are Federer, Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka all former world number ones, all grand slam champions and who between them own 35 major trophies. Instead, the second week line-up includes an array of characters who had turned up at the All England Club expecting to play a supporting role but have been thrust into the limelight of a last-16 appearance. French duo Kenny de Schepper
and Adrian Mannarino, Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz, Italy’s Karin Knapp and Puerto Rican Monica Puig are ranked outside the world’s top 20, have never won a main-tour title and had never previously reached the fourth round of a major. Yet they all stand to pocket the biggest cheques of their lives - at least $159,000 - after a trail of destruction decimated the field at the grasscourt major. “It’s good for change in a way because top players are always expected to reach the final stages of major events. When it doesn’t happen, it’s a big surprise,” Djokovic told reporters. “It’s a bit (of a) strange feeling not to have Federer or Nadal at the second week of a major. In the last 10 years, it was always one of them.
But there’s some (other) players who have been playing great tennis. I think it’s interesting also to see new faces for the crowd, for (the) tennis world in general.” Nowhere is that more evident than in the bottom half of the draw where the highest seed world number two Murray can face before a hotly anticipated final against top-ranked Djokovic is his next opponent - Russian oddball and 20th seed Mikhail Youzhny. The Russian is not averse to seeking outside help when things are not going his way as 12 months ago while he was being thrashed by Federer he went over to Centre Court’s Royal Box and asked American great Andre Agassi how to beat the Swiss. If he was to repeat the cheeky request to any of the 15,000 fans who will be packed into Centre Court on Monday, it will fall on deaf years as he will be playing the man Britain expects to end the host nation’s 77-year search for a men’s champion.
Bakelants rides his luck to win second stage Reuters AJACCIO, France - Belgian Jan Bakelants, a last-minute inclusion on the RadioShack-Leopard Tour de France roster, rode his luck to win the second stage by one second and take the overall leader’s yellow jersey on Sunday. Bakelants powered away from a six-man late breakaway group with just over one kilometre to go on the 156 kms hilly ride from Bastia and crossed the line with the bunch breathing down his neck. Slovakian Peter Sagan finished second and Polish champion Michal Kwiatowski took third place. “It’s the best day of my cycling career,” said Bakelants. “It’s hard to believe after all the problems I had this year and the previous years. “I had opportunities earlier in my career but I lacked a bit of luck. I had it today.” It was the first professional win for the 27-year-old, whose previous victory came in 2008 when he claimed the prestigious Tour de l’Avenir. “This year I had knee surgery and on my comeback at the Tour de Romandie (in April) I suffered from a knee inflammation,” Bakelants said.
“I had to quit and could not take part in the Criterium du Dauphine (this month). But after I did well at the Tour du Luxembourg (third overall), the team took a gamble and took me to the Tour.” RadioShack sports director Kim Andersen told reporters Bakelants had often been injured and had made a bad start to the season. QUIET DAY “He was happy to be on the Tour and his mission was to win the second or the third stage,” Anderson said. After a chaotic opening day on Saturday, the peloton had a relatively quiet day in Corsica. There was some excitement as pre-race favorite Chris Froome attacked near the top of the brutal one-km climb to the Cote du Salario, some 12 kms from the finish. The Briton, however, was caught and finished in the peloton with double champion Alberto Contador who looked fine after taking a tumble on Saturday. “With that little climb about 10 kms from the finish, I knew the descent was tricky and dangerous. I was on the front with Richie (Porte) and I thought it might be a good time, just to push on a little bit, get
ahead and take the descent at my own pace and stay out of trouble,” said Froome. “It’s always good to
keep people on their toes.” The riders also narrowly collided with a small dog on the
loose but the pet escaped from the fast-approaching peloton with four kms to go.
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Jan Bakelants of Belgium crosses the finish line to win the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 156 kilometers (97.5 miles) with start in Bastia and finish in Ajaccio, Corsica island, France, Sunday June 30, 2013.
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Italy’s goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon saves a penalty by Uruguay’s Walter Gargano (not in picture) to win the penalty shootout of their Confederations Cup third-place playoff soccer match at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador June 30, 2013.
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SALVADOR - Gianluigi Buffon saved three out of five Uruguayan attempts in the shootout as Italy beat the South Americans 3-2 on penalties to finish third in the Confederations Cup on Sunday after the two sides defied energy-sapping heat in a 2-2 draw. Italy, who had Riccardo Montolivo sent off 10 minutes from the end of extra time for a second bookable offence, twice led only for Edinson Cavani to pull Uruguay level each time. Cavani missed two chances to complete a hat-trick and win the match for the Copa America champions deep into extra time. Italy finished the match utterly exhausted after playing extra time in tropical conditions for the second time in four days, following their semi-final defeat by Spain on penalties in Fortaleza on Thursday. To make matters worse, Sunday’s match kicked off at 1300 local time with most of the pitch bathed in sun. It was so hot that most of the seats in the sun were left empty with fans only taking their places after they had moved into the shade. “It wasn’t easy to give all they had when they were running on empty,” Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said in a
touchline interview. Several matches at next year’s World Cup will also be played at 1300 in tropical venues, although governing body FIFA has rejected criticism and said that conditions are suitable for football. Buffon, who saved penalties from Diego Forlan, Martin Caceres and Walter Gargano, added: “We have shown great character because today it’s been really tough.” GREAT TOURNAMENT
Ironically, Italy and Uruguay may have inadvertently lent weight to FIFA’s argument by serving up an attractive, attacking game. Italy took the lead in the 24th minute when Alessandro Diamanti’s venomous free kick sailed over goalkeeper Fernando Muslera, hit the post and then rebounded off Muslera’s back to Davide Astori, who tapped it over the line.
Uruguay got a deserved equaliser after 58 minutes when Gargano picked up the ball on the halfway line and laid it off to Cavani whose perfect side-footed finish evaded the diving Buffon. Despite struggling, Italy went back in front against the run of play in the 73rd minute with a beautifully struck Diamanti free kick from 25 metres. Not to be outdone, Cavani replied with another free kick five minutes later which Buffon flapped at and missed. The Napoli forward could have won the match for Uruguay when he fired wide late in extra time, then slashed his shot across the face of goal after Buffon had parried Gargano’s long-range shot. “It was a great tournament but unfortunately, against Brazil and today, we didn’t quite have enough,” Uruguayan captain Diego Lugano, whose side were beaten 2-1 by the hosts in the semi-finals, said in a touchline interview.
Gomis blamed as Lyon on sell Martial to Monaco co Reuters
etimbi PARIS - Olympique Lyon blamed France striker Bafetimbi Gomis’s refusal to accept a transfer offer for forcing them to sell exciting youngster Anthony Martial to Monaco for five million euros ($6.5 million) on Sunday. Lyon, the only Ligue 1 club listed on the Paris stock exchange, hange, had to sell at least one player by Sunday to be able to report balanced yearly results. “Having not been able to complete the move of any player approached for a transfer by June 30, notably Bafetimbi Gomis, the club considered Monaco’s offer for Anthony Martial,”” Lyon said in a statement. “The club completed Anthony Martial’s move for five million euros plus an important share on a future transfer,” they added, again taking aim at Gomis who “has not left yet”. President Jean-Michel Aulas said this week he had agreed greed with three clubs, including Premier League sides Swanseaa and Cardiff, over a transfer for Gomis but the player, Lyon’ss top scorer last season, had turned them down. Martial, a 17-year-old forward, has played only 50 minutes inutes in three league games so far but has long been tipped forr great things following good performances with the youth teams. ms.
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Party outweighs protest after Brazil Confederations Cup victory
Keep calm says Player of the Tournament Neymar
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RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian striker Neymar mar was named as the best player of the Confederations ons Cup after his fourth goal of the tournament helped Brazil seal a 3-0 win over world champions Spain in the final at the Maracana Stadium on Sunday. Neymar, who has joined Barcelona from Santos for 57 million euros ($74.09 million) won the Golden Ball, awarded to the best player in the competition tion after a vote among the media. Andres Iniesta of Spain ain and PauPauulinho from Brazil were second and third respectively. ectively. The 21-year-old Neymar, however, urged a word of caution caaution to his compatriots among the celebrations following wing Brazil’s Brazil’’s demolition of the world and European champions. “Lets keep calm, let’s keep our feet on the ground,” he he said as Brazil emerged as serious contenders to win the World orld Cup onn home soil in a year’s time. “We did very well and we are on the right track. traack. “We needed this time to train, we get to know now each other otther and to work together and we are much better than we were. re. We won the title and that was a great end to a great tournament.” Neymar ar began the tournament with a brilliant strike against Japan, added goals against gainst Mexico Mexiico and Italy then ended it with another superb goal against Spain ain when he he lashed the ball past keeper Iker Casillas just before halftime. Spain’s Fernando Torres, who scored five goals and was waas joint top scorer along with Fred of Brazil, won the Golden Boot oot for having havinng an assist in his four matches, while Fred had one assist but played layed one more more match. Brazil’s Julio Cesar collected the Golden Glove for thee best goalkeeper while Spain took the FIFA Fair Play Trophy. AP Photo/Bruno Magalhaes
Brazil’s Neymar holds the golden ball trophy after Brazil won the soccer Confederations Cup final between Brazil and d Spain at at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 30, 2013.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Small skirmishes between police and protesters did little to disrupt the festive atmosphere around the close of a major international soccer tournament that has been the backdrop for the biggest mass demonstrations to sweep Brazil in 20 years. Police clashed with a few belligerent protesters during a small demonstration outside Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã stadium late Sunday. Inside, Brazil’s national team, cheered on by a thunderous hometown crowd, shut out world champions Spain 3-0. The surprise victory marked a celebratory end to the Confederations Cup, a two-week tournament that has otherwise been overshadowed by the rapid and unexpected wave of recent discontent in Latin America’s biggest country. The Confederations Cup is considered a warmup to the much-bigger World Cup, which Brazil will host next year. Authorities deployed about 10,000 police and other security forces for the game after big demonstrations disrupted some matches during the tournament. Though uneventful marches proceeded peacefully earlier in the day, police officers fired teargas Sunday evening to disperse a small group of protesters. At least two police officers were injured, one burned by a Molotov cocktail in the leg, the other by a blow to the head. Six protesters also suffered minor injuries, local media reported. Sunday’s tensions were the latest in a series of protests unfolding as Brazil confronts problems following a near decade-long economic boom. Brazilians have taken to the streets in recent weeks to protest poor public services, inflation, rising crime and a host of other ills. The marches, which drew over 1 million protesters in more than 100 cities at their peak this month, have used the ongoing soccer tournament as a stage from which to vent their grievances. Many Brazilians are outraged that the country is spending about $14 billion to host the World Cup at a time when schools, hospitals, roads and public security are in dire need of investment.
Del Bosque says 3-0 Brazil loss ‘deserved defeat’ Associated Press Writer Assoc
RIO DE JANEIRO — Vicente del Bosque called his team’s resounding 3-0 loss to Brazil in the Confederations Cup final a “deserved defeat.” defeat. Del Bosque sought to play down Sunday’s lop-sided lop-side match, saying the World Cup winners two-time defending European champions and two might be benefit from the loss in front of a partisan Brazilian Brazilia crowd of 73,000 at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Maraca stadium. The loss left Spain without the only major title it has failed to win in a five-year span in which f it has dominated the game. “Once in a while it is convenient to lose because we don’t think we con unbeatable,” Del Bosque said. “Today they are un had more m energy and certainly kept their shape better bette than we did.” AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko
Spain head coach Vicente Del Bosque reacts during the soccer Confederations Cup final between Brazil and Spain at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 30, 2013.
The World Cup winners were beaten in every phase of the game, a fact Del Bosque conceded. Brazil scored early and late in the first half — Fred and Neymar doing the damage — with Fred scoring early in the second to seal the victory. The last goal prompted jubilant Brazil fans to begin chanting: “You want to play, you want to play. Brazil will teach you how.” In the 68th when defender Gerard Pique was sent off on a straight red card, the crowd began chanting the name of his girlfriend — pop singer Shakira — who was sitting in the stands. It was that kind of night for Spain, which started poorly and never recovered after Fred’s goal in the second minute. “The first minutes and the last minutes of the halves are critical,” Spain defender Cesar Azpilicueta said “And they scored their three goals at the beginning and ends of the halves, which is the worst time. Those are the most demoralizing moments.” The victory ended Spain’s unbeaten string of 26 games, but the Spanish coach played down any need to re-build his team with next year’s World Cup in Brazil just a year away. Spain has yet to qualify, but is almost certain to. “We are happy with what we have done over the last few years,” Del Bosque said. “But one loss — you
have to look at it, but not overreact to it. We are not content with the loss. But when a team is superior, you have to accept it. It was a deserved defeat.” Midfielders Andreas Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez were ineffective in the match, usually beaten to loose balls by the quicker Brazilian, who were playing with an extra day of rest. Spain looked jaded after a tough extra-time victory on Thursday over Italy, 7-6 on penalties. “We knew we were going to encounter a physical game with lots of fouling,” Iniesta said. “We lost to a very strong team and the small details lets us down.” As the match began, hundreds of police and soldiers barely 100 yards (meters) from the stadium let off volleys of tear gas, attempting to disperse protesters as they marched on the venue. Protesters have demonstrated at almost every match in the two-week Confederations Cup, complaining about $13 billion being spent on next year’s World Cup in country that has notoriously poor hospitals, schools and social services. Del Bosque was asked about the violence outside the stadium. “This is the first I’ve heard of it,” he said. “We have been treated well here and impressed by our hosts.”
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Turtle Breeding at Deluang Sari IBP Deluang Sari, a little delta overgrown by mangrove forests with coastal white sand and calm waves, is situated overlooking the sea recreation center of Benoa Harbor. Since it has an intact ecological system, clean beaches and lush mangrove forests, this place was then developed for breeding sea turtles. At low tide, we can
get there on foot in the sidelines of the mangrove trees off Tanjung Benoa, while to cross T j B hil at high hi h tides id we have h by boat from Benoa Harbor for about 10 minutes. Aside from seeing turtle breeding, visitors coming here can also see different types of ďŹ ghting cocks, animals and wild birds as well as a small temple, As a tourist destination, this small island has also been equipped with restaurants, souvenir shops and animal attractions.
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In 2014 Election
President asks Polri to be neutral Antara
DEPOK - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the National Police (Polri) to be neutral in maintaining security during the 2014 general elections. “I hope Polri will prevent the violation of law from happening, ensure the security during election campaigns and the elections, and remain neutral,” President Yudhoyono said in his address to mark the 67th anniversary of Indonesian Police, commonly known ans Bhayangkara Day. The Bhayangkara Day was commemorated nationwide with president Yudhoyono leading the national ceremony held at the Mobile Brigade Headquarters in Kelapa Dua, Depok in West Java on Monday. In his speech, Yudhoyono reminded the entire nation’s police force to improve their overall performance and capabilities in order
to ensure security and order during the election campaigns. He said the police should act as patron, community protector, and preserver of security and public order. “Take the lesson from 2004 and 2009 elections and be ready to act professionally and proportionally in the upcoming 2014 general elections,” the president said. Besides, the head of state also called on all people to support the police to maintain security, peace, and order in the elections. “The peaceful election in 2014 is our common responsibility and therefore we have to support the police to ensure security and order,” the president noted.
Thousands of children suffer respiratory infection Antara
PEKANBARU - At least 3,160 children under five years old suffered respiratory infection due to haze coming from forest and plantation fires in Riau Province. The number of people suffering respiratory infection has increased to 6,321 since the past ten days,” Yohanes, the head of the Riau health service, said here on Monday. “Around 50 percent of the patients are children under five years old,” he said. The number of respiratory infection patients increases by 20 to 50 percent a day at the average, as haze has been hitting the province since June 18, 2013. Riau’s children are risky to suffer from lung cancer if the province’s air is continuously
polluted, according to him. “A person could suffer from lung cancer if she or he inhales smog for a long period. However, it depends on one’s immunity,” he said. Most of the respiratory infection sufferers are found in fireaffected districts such as Rokan Hilir, Bengkalis, Pelalawan and Dumai. The haze has also caused 674 people to suffer from pneumonia, 527 from asthma, 669 from skin irritation, and 369 from eye irritation. The Riau authorities have distributed 120,000 face masks to people living in and around fire-hit areas. During the emergency situation due to the fires, those patients are free to get medical services.
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A fisherman drags a shark at a fishing port in Brondong, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, June 30, 2013. Indonesia’s exports in May dropped 4.49 percent to US$16.07 billion compared to the same period last year.
Exports in May down 4.49 percent year on year Antara
JAKARTA - Indonesia’s exports in May dropped 4.49 percent to US$16.07 billion compared to the same period last year. “The drop was caused by a decline in exports of oil and gas by 22.98 percent but non-oil/gas exports were up 0.77 percent,” Head of the National Statistics Agency (BPS) Suryamin said in a statistical exposition here on Monday. He said compared to April exports in May however rose 8.9 percent due to an increase in exports of non-oil/gas commodities that reached US$13.21 billion or by 7.28 percent. Suryamin said cumulatively national exports from January to May
2013 reached US$76.25 billion or were down 6.46 percent compared to the same period of last year. Non-oil/gas exports in the period reached US$62.78 billion or declined by 2.28 percent. “The biggest rise in non-oil/ gas exports in May was recorded by fat and animal/vegetable oils reaching US$311.9 million while the biggest drop was suffered by non-iron and steel products by US$21.5 million,” he said. He said exports of non-oil/gas commodities to China in May reached the highest record at US$1.72 billion, followed by Japan at US$1.44 billion and India at US$1.32 billion. The three countries contributed 33.94 percent of total non-oil/gas
exports. Exports to the European Union (27 countries) were recorded at US$1.44 billion, he said. Based on sectors Indonesia’s exports of industrial products from January to May this year were down 1.55 percent year on year while exports of mining products by 5.63 percent but exports of agricultural products rose 3.49 percent. Suryamin said the country’s imports in May were down 2.19 percent year on year to US$16.66 billion due to a drop in imports of oil and gas by 5.29 percent. “Non-oil/gas imports however rose 3.06 percent. In general imports in May were down 2.19 percent year on year,” he said.
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BUSINESS Publishers Random House, Penguin complete merger Associated Press BERLIN — Random House Inc. and Penguin Group have completed a planned merger that creates the world’s largest publisher of consumer books. Parent companies Bertelsmann and Pearson said they signed the final contracts on Monday to combine the global activities of the two publishers and create Penguin Random House. Random House parent Bertelsmann will hold 53 percent of the new company and Penguin owner Pearson 47 percent. Penguin Random House will include top-selling authors such as Dan Brown and Ken Follett and a vast back catalog ranging from John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” to Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man.” AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File Random House chief executive Markus Dohle This March 13, 2003 file photo shows an outside view of the German media giant Bertelsmann in Guetersloh, Germany. Par- becomes CEO of the privately held new group, ent companies Bertelsmann and Pearson announced Monday, June 3, 2013, that the merger between Random House Inc. and based in New York. Penguin’s CEO John Makinson Penguin Group has been cleared by anti-trust authorities in China, among the last countries to give approval. will be the chairman of its board of directors.
Japan manufacturer sentiment jumps Agence France-Presse TOKYO - Business confidence among Japan’s biggest manufacturers surged in the past three months, a closely watched central bank survey showed Monday, in the latest sign of an uptick in the world’s number three economy. In the first reading since the government and Bank of Japan embarked on a huge spending drive to spur growth, the quarterly Tankan study jumped to “plus four” from “minus eight” in the previous three months. The result -- which removes the percentage of firms saying business conditions are good from those saying they are bad -- is the first time the survey has been in positive territory since September 2011. Monday’s news comes days after data showed Japanese factory output outperformed expectations in May, a further indication that Abe’s robust economic policy -- dubbed Abenomics -- is taking hold. The results provide a boost to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just weeks ahead of parliamentary elections his party is expected to win,
solidifying his power base. “I don’t know if I should credit this to ‘Abenomics’ or not, but I think the fundamentals of the Japanese economy are improving,” said Taro Saito, senior economist at NLI Research Institute. The survey, which comes ahead of a BoJ policy meeting next week, also showed firms expect to boost their capital spending by 5.5 percent in the year to March 2014, underscoring a jump in confidence among producers. “Companies’ sentiment is improving, profits are improving, so that was a plus for the index,” said Mizuho Research Institute economist Haruka Kazama. The mood at small and mediumsized manufacturers also improved, although their Tankan readings remained in negative territory, while non-manfacturing firms saw an uptick across the board. The survey polled a total of 10,623 Japanese firms. Japanese companies, hit hard by the 2008 financial crisis and the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster, have seen their prospects improve as Tokyo’s prescription for big government spending and monetary easing helped send the value of the
yen tumbling. A weaker yen boosts Japanese exporters by making them more competitive overseas while inflating the value of repatriated foreign income. “For 2013, there are hopes that a weaker yen will help boost exports,
and that domestic demand would also be firm,” Kazama told Dow Jones Newswires. “Those bright signs are helping end that putting-off trend,” she added, referring to companies holding off new investment.
The BoJ in April set an ambitious target of reaching two percent inflation in as many years -- aimed at conquering deflation -- while also unveiling a huge bond-buying programme similar to that used by the US Federal Reserve.
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People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, July 1, 2013. Global stocks swung between gains and losses Monday after China’s manufacturing weakened in June amid a credit crunch. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.3 percent to 13,852.50.
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Obama, Bush heading to the same African city Associated Press Writer
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Eg Egyptian protesters shout slogans and wave national flags during a demonstration against Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Monday, July 1, 2013. Is
Egypt: Protesters storm Muslim Brotherhood HQ Associated Press Writer CAIRO — Protesters stormed and ransacked the Cairo headquarters of President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood group early Monday, in an attack that could spark more violence as demonstrators gear up for a second day of mass rallies aimed at forcing the Islamist leader from power. An Associated Press journalist at the scene said protesters managed to breach the compound’s defenses and storm the six-story building, and later carted off furniture, files, rugs, blankets, air conditioning units and portraits of Morsi. One protester emerged with a pistol and handed it over to a policeman outside. Footage on local TV networks showed smashed windows, blackened walls and smoke billowing out of the fortified villa. A fire was still raging on one floor hours after the building was stormed. One protester tore down the Muslim Brotherhood sign from the building’s front wall, while another hoisted Egypt’s red, black and white flag out an upper-story window and waved it in the air in triumph. The Brotherhood’s headquarters, located in the eastern district of Cairo of Muqatam, had been the scene of clashes since Sunday evening between armed Morsi supporters bar-
ricaded inside the building and young protesters pelting it with firebombs and rocks. Security officials said at least eight protesters were killed in the violence. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. It was not immediately clear whether the Brotherhood supporters holed up inside who had been battling the protesters late Sunday fled the building overnight. Morsi’s critics view the Brotherhood headquarters as the seat of real power in Egypt, consistently claiming that the Islamist group’s spiritual leader, Mohammed Badie and his powerful deputy, Khairat el-Shater, were the ones actually calling the shots in the country, not the president. The Brotherhood has in recent weeks fortified the building’s walls in anticipation of the massive opposition protests in which millions took part on Sunday in a display of anger and
frustration with the Islamist leader on the anniversary of his inauguration. At least 15 people were killed in clashes Sunday, including the eight in front of the Brotherhood’s Cairo headquarters, and hundreds injured. Egypt’s state television put the death toll at 16. There was no immediate explanation for the discrepancy. On Monday, anti-Morsi protesters were gearing up for a second day of demonstrations. Some protesters spent the night in dozens of tents pitched in the capital’s central Tahrir Square and in front of the president’s Ittihadiya Palace. They have vowed to stay there until Morsi resigns. The president’s supporters, meanwhile, continued their sit-in in front of a major mosque in another part of Cairo. The anti-Morsi demonstrators are calling for widespread labor strikes to start Monday in an attempt to ratchet up the pressure on the president, but it was not immediately clear whether unions would respond to the call. Organizers are also calling for sit-ins at the Cabinet building, interim parliament, and another presidential place where Morsi has been working since late last week.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush are planning to be in the same city a world away from home, but the question is whether they will get together. The Democratic president was to fly Monday into Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the last stop on a weeklong tour of Africa that wraps up Tuesday. His Republican predecessor coincidentally also plans to be there for a conference on African women organized by the George W. Bush Institute. Their wives plan to team up at the conference Tuesday for a joint discussion on promoting women’s education, health and economic empowerment. President Bush plans to be in attendance, before delivering his own speech there the following day, after the Obamas will have left. Initially aides said the men had no plans to meet, but Obama foreign policy adviser Ben Rhodes indicated Sunday that could change. “There may be something,” Rhodes said. Having both presidents in town “sends a very positive message that both political parties in the United States share a commitment to this continent,” Rhodes said. During his African visit, Obama has credited Bush with helping save millions of lives by creating
the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. “The United States has really done wonderful work through the PEPFAR program, started under my predecessor, President Bush, and continued through our administration,” Obama said Sunday during a visit to the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Center in Cape Town. Bush’s accomplishment in fighting AIDS was one of his signature foreign policy successes, while Obama has not been so focused on Africa despite his roots there and only now is making a major presidential trip to sub-Saharan Africa. Obama’s only previous visit as president was a brief visit to Ghana his first summer in office, although he traveled to Africa several times previously and has vowed to come back. Obama told reporters earlier in the trip that finances and politics play a role in preventing him from doing more. “Given the budget constraints, for us to try to get the kind of money that President Bush was able to get out of the Republican House for massively scaled new foreign aid programs is very difficult,” Obama said. “We could do even more with more resources. But if we’re working smarter, the amount of good that we can bring about over the next decade is tremendous.”
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U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama sign a guest book during a tour of Robben Island on Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Robben Island, South Africa.
Death toll in Pakistan attacks climbs to 52 Associated Press Writer ISLAMABAD - Police officials say the death toll from several weekend bombings in Pakistan has climbed to 52 after three victims died overnight from their wounds.
Senior police officer Fayaz Sumbal said two people wounded in an attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque in the southwestern city of Quetta Sunday died Monday, raising the death toll from that incident to 30.
The militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which has carried out many attacks against Shiites in recent years, claimed responsibility. In the northwestern city of Peshawar, police officer Abid Khan said one person
wounded in an attack on a paramilitary convoy Sunday died in the hospital, raising that death toll to 18. In the third Sunday incident, four Pakistani soldiers died when a roadside bomb hit their convoy.
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New NSA spying allegations rile European allies Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration faced a breakdown in confidence Sunday from key foreign allies who threatened investigations and sanctions against the U.S. over secret surveillance programs that reportedly installed covert listening devices in European Union offices.
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In this picture, taken Saturday June 29, 2013, a demonstrator protests with a poster against NSA in Hanover, Germany. Germany’s top justice official says reports that U.S. intelligence bugged European Union offices remind her of “the methods used by enemies during the Cold War.”
U.S. intelligence officials said they will directly discuss with EU officials the new allegations, reported in Sunday’s editions of the German news weekly Der Spiegel. But the former head of the CIA and National Security Agency urged the White House to make the spy programs more transparent to calm public fears about the American government’s snooping. It was the latest backlash in a nearly monthlong global debate over the reach of U.S. surveillance that aims to prevent terror attacks. The two programs, both run by the NSA, pick up millions of telephone and Internet records that are routed through American networks each day. They have raised sharp concerns about whether they violate public privacy rights at home and abroad. Several European officials — including in Germany, Italy, France, Luxembourg and the EU government itself — said the new revelations could scuttle ongoing negotiations on a trans-Atlantic trade treaty that, ultimately, seeks to create jobs and boost commerce by billions annually in what would be the world’s largest free trade area. “Partners do not spy on each other,” said EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding. “We cannot negotiate over a big trans-Atlantic market if there is the slightest doubt that our partners are carrying out spying activities on the offices of our negotiators. The American authorities should eliminate any such doubt swiftly.” European Parliament President
Martin Schulz said he was “deeply worried and shocked about the allegations of U.S. authorities spying on EU offices.” And Luxembourg Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Jean Asselborn said he had no reason to doubt the Der Spiegel report and rejected the notion that security concerns trump the broad U.S. surveillance authorities. “We have to re-establish immediately confidence on the highest level of the European Union and the United States,” Asselborn told The Associated Press. According to Der Spiegel, the NSA planted bugs in the EU’s diplomatic offices in Washington and infiltrated the building’s computer network. Similar measures were taken at the EU’s mission to the United Nations in New York, the magazine said. It also reported that the NSA used secure facilities at NATO headquarters in Brussels to dial into telephone maintenance systems that would have allowed it to intercept senior officials’ calls and Internet traffic at a key EU office nearby. The Spiegel report cited classified U.S. documents taken by NSA leaker and former contractor Edward Snowden that the magazine said it had partly seen. It did not publish the alleged NSA documents it cited nor say how it obtained access to them. But one of the report’s authors is Laura Poitras, an award-winning documentary filmmaker who interviewed Snowden while he was holed up in Hong Kong.
Facebook is pulling ads from racy, violent pages Associated Press Writer
MENLO PARK, California — Facebook is pulling ads from pages that contain violence or sexual content. The social network said that on Monday, it will expand its definition of pages and groups that are too controversial to carry advertisements. Facebook has sought to strike a balance between giving its 1.1 billion users the freedom to post what they want and providing advertisers with space to sell their products. In May, Facebook Inc. lost more than a dozen advertisers, at least temporarily, after the activist group Women, Action and the Media urged an advertising boy-
cott to protest hate speech on the Facebook site. The controversial content included grisly photos and mottos that encouraged rape, abuse and other violence against women. The company said then that it would review its guidelines, update training for employees and increase accountability for those who post such matter. It also said it would work more closely with women’s groups. Some of the companies that initially pulled their ads — including automaker Nissan and the car-sharing service Zipcar — said then that they were pleased with Facebook’s response. Facebook had already banned ads on certain pages. The new pol-
icy will expand on the categories affected by the ban. In the past, a company selling adult-theme products could have ads running on the right side of the page, for instance. Those pages will be adfree starting Monday. “We recognize we need to do more to prevent situations where ads are displayed alongside controversial Pages and Groups,” the company said in a statement Friday. “So we are taking action.” Facebook will continue to remove entire pages if they are deemed to violate its terms of service. The new policy covers pages that are permitted, but controversial. Facebook said the new restrictions won’t have a meaningful impact on its business.
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In this June 19, 2013 photo, an Indonesian youth browse his Facebook page at an internet cafe in Jakarta, Indonesia. The use of social networking to groom potential attackers is posing a new challenge to authorities in the world’s most populous Muslim country that has been struggling to eradicate militant groups.
Activities
International
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
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Barista Master Class IBP
Archipelago International and Italy’s iconic illy coffee conducted a Barista master class for aspiring coffee professionals from Archipelago’s 14 Bali hotels and villas. Held in the recently opened Hotel NEO Legian - Jelantik, the master class was conducted by illy Barista Bali’s M. Tito Lahat and focused on classic coffee specialists such as Espresso, Cappuccino and Café Latte and other beverages using coffee as base ingredient. From choosing the right milk at the right temperature for producing silky milk foam to making the perfect cup of espresso which is the base for most coffee beverages, Baristas from Ubud, Sanur, Seminyak and Kuta learned that making coffee up to the highest European standards is a science by itself requiring skills and passion. “Our customers are becoming more and more knowledge and passionate about their coffee so we have chosen illy, which is Italy’s very best, as our standard coffee in all our hotel, regardless if a 5 star Kamuela villa , a 4 star Aston or a more basic select service favehotel. We are on a mission to elevate standards across our hotels with the goal to become the best on the island” said Budi Haryanto, Regional Chef Archipelago International.
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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 SemeruLumajang 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.
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
Entertainment
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Timberlake, Wilson, Monae shine at BET Awards Associated Press Writer Who won video of the year again? The BET Awards were barely about the awards as wild performances stole the night. And Don Cheadle dedicated the night to the ailing Nelson Mandela. “We want to take a moment and send our prayers and thoughts to a man who literally changed the world,” he said. “This evening we would like to offer prayers and support and hope to the extraordinary Nelson Mandela and his family.” Janelle Monae ended the event with a
top-notch performance of “Q.U.E.E.N.” alongside Erykah Badu, who brought a white poodle onstage. It was one of the night’s best performances, which also featured a seductive Ciara, a slick Miguel, a random — but welcomed — reggae set and a playful Justin Timberlake with an even more playful Charlie Wilson. Timberlake took a backseat to the soul singer, joining Wilson onstage for a medley of his solo and Gap Band hits. Stevie Wonder, Jamie Foxx, Pharrell, Snoop Dogg and India.Arie were also part of the tribute to 60-year-old Wilson, who earned the lifetime achievement award.
“Charlie Wilson is soul music. His impact colors the work of many artists, which is basically my nice way of saying I and a lot of other artists have stolen from him,” Timberlake said when presenting Wilson the award. Wilson’s lively stage presence was arguably the night’s top moment, though others were on fire. Ciara echoed Janet Jackson when she danced and sang her R&B hit “Body Party,” while Dawn Penn, Chaka Pliers, Beenie Man and Elephant Man electrified the audience when they gave a colorful performance of reggae classics.
‘Monsters’ tops female cop comedy ‘The Heat’ at box office Reuters
Animated prequel “Monsters University” took home its second U.S. and Canadian box office title with $46.2 million in ticket sales over the weekend, fending off a red-hot debut from Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in female buddy comedy “The Heat.” Outpacing industry projections, “The Heat” nabbed $40 million from Friday through Sunday and finished in second place, according to studio estimates. Big-budget, explosion-filled “White House Down” fell short of expectations with $25.7 million in its first three days, finishing the weekend in fourth place. Hollywood forecasters had predicted each of the new films would haul in at least $30 million over the weekend. Zombie thriller “World War Z,” starring Brad Pitt as an ex-U.N. crisis specialist fighting the undead, slipped just
one notch to third in its second week in release, earning $29.8 million over the weekend domestically. That brought its global total to $259 million. Family crowds kept “Monsters University” at the top of the charts following a big debut a week earlier, when it became 14th consecutive film from Walt Disney Co’s Pixar unit to open at No. 1 on North American (U.S. and Canadian) charts. Combined with global sales, the movie’s tally through Sunday crossed the $300 million mark, Disney said. The prequel to 2001 blockbuster
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Billy Crystal arrives at the world premiere of “Monsters University” at the El Capitan Theatre on Monday, June 17, 2013, in Los Angeles.
“Monsters Inc.” features the voices of Billy Crystal and John Goodman as monsters who flunk out of the college’s scare program. Adult comedy “The Heat” offered an alternative to the summer’s family fare and male-oriented action flicks. The film stars Bullock as an uptight FBI agent who is paired with a loud and aggressive cop, played by McCarthy, on a mission to bring down a drug lord. The movie was produced for a modest sum in the low-$40 millions. Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution for 20th Century Fox, which released the film, credited “a very, very effective marketing campaign aimed almost exclusively at women” for the film’s impressive box office haul. “When we moved this to summer, we felt we could stand out being a femaleevent movie,” Aronson said, also crediting the “likeable star pairing” of Bullock and McCarthy. “White House Down” stars Channing Tatum as an aspiring Secret Service agent who finds himself protecting the president, played by Jamie Foxx, as Washington comes under attack. The White House, U.S. Capitol and Air Force One wind up in flames in the $150 million production from “Independence Day” director Roland Emmerich. The film’s plot was similar to the storyline of March release “Olympus Has Fallen.” Sony Pictures, the Sony Corp unit that released the film, said the $25.7 million take was short of expectations but it was confident that strong exit polls and word of mouth from people who had seen it would fuel the box office going into the lucrative July 4 holiday weekend. “Audiences really love this movie,” said Rory Bruer, Sony Pictures’ president of worldwide distribution.
Robin Thicke performs at the BET Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Los Angeles.
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