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SEAL book raises questions about bin Laden’s death Associated Press Write

WASHINGTON — A firsthand account of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials, raising questions as to whether the terror mastermind presented a clear threat when SEALs first fired upon him. Bin Laden apparently was shot in the head when he looked out of his bedroom door into the top-floor hallway of his compound as SEALs rushed up a narrow stairwell in his

direction, according to former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette, writing under the pseudonym Mark Owen in “No Easy Day.” The book is to be published next week by Penguin Group (USA)’s Dutton imprint. Bissonnette says he was directly behind a point man going up the stairs in the pitch black hallway. Near the top, he said, he heard two shots, but the book doesn’t make it clear who fired them. He wrote that the point man had seen a man peeking out of a door on the right side of the hallway. The author writes that the man

ducked back into his bedroom and the SEALs followed, only to find the man crumpled on the floor in a pool of blood with a hole visible on the right side of his head and two women wailing over his body. Bissonnette says the point man pulled the two women out of the way and shoved them into a corner. He and the other SEALs trained their guns’ laser sights on bin Laden’s still-twitching body, shooting him several times until he lay motionless. Only when they wiped the blood off his face, were they certain it was bin

Laden. The SEALs later found two weapons stored by the doorway, untouched, the author said. Administration officials briefing reporters in the days after the May 2011 raid in Pakistan said the SEALs shot bin Laden only after he ducked back into the bedroom because they assumed he might be reaching for a weapon. National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor would not comment on the apparent contradiction late Tuesday. But he said in an email Wednesday, “As Presi-

dent Obama said on the night that justice was brought to Osama bin Laden, ‘We give thanks for the men who carried out this operation, for they exemplify the professionalism, patriotism and unparalleled courage of those who serve our country.’” “No Easy Day” was due out Sept. 11, but Dutton announced the book would be available a week early, Sept. 4, because of a surge of orders due to advance publicity that drove the book to the top of the Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. com best-seller lists.

Jackson family in Gary to mark pop star’s birthday

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GARY, Ind. — The scene outside the childhood home of Michael Jackson resembled a party as fans joined members of the pop star’s family for a vigil Wednesday, which would have been his 54th birthday. Fans danced to Jackson’s music prior to the arrival of his children and mother at the house at 2300 Jackson St., where the King of Pop, his siblings and their parents lived until 1969. In the days after Jackson’s death in 2009, the singer’s admirers piled stuffed animals, flowers and photos outside the tiny home in Gary.

Among those at the Wednesday night vigil was Andrei Tejada, 32, a Chicago veterinary technician student who said she was pleased that Jackson’s relatives were attending the event. “They still remember where they started, and it shows they appreciate where they started. It’s a humbling

experience to know they are here,” said Tejada, who said she visits the Jackson childhood home once a month. Other events planned by the family in Gary include a dinner Friday and a concert Saturday. Before the vigil, Jackson’s children, 14-year-old Paris and 15-year-old Prince Michael, were given blue “Team Gary” T-shirts by Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson as they posed for pictures at a casino overlooking Lake Michigan. “We just want you to know how much he meant to us and the city of Gary,” the mayor said.

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Aimless Bali development

Pursuing economic growth, ignore equity

Every year, the economic growth of Bali increases. Unfortunately, the growth is predominantly supported by foreign investment so that it is more enjoyed by people from outside while Balinese people are just spectators. According to an economic analyst, Gusti Viraguna Bagus Oka, the economic development of Bali was aimless and Bali had not owned the economic development master plan focused on the interests and needs of local communities. “Bali’s economic growth does not lead to prosperity of local residents. The orientation is only focused on the growth regardless of the equity. Such a growth should give space for the growth of opportunities for local components,” he said. Furthermore, Viraguna cited the data of Bank Indonesia of Region III for Bali-Nusra which recorded the Bali’s economic growth for the second quarter of 2012 rising 6.76 percent compared to the same period in the previous year reaching only 6.09 percent. The increasing economic growth was caused by investment acceleration supported by the rise of private investment in the form of tourist accommodation

development. However, continued the former Head of Bank Indonesia Denpasar, an interesting point to observe was the increasing Bali’s economic growth each year that also resulted in more profound economic gap. It was indicated by the data of Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali in March 2012 showing the increase of rural poverty rate to 77,400 from 73,300 in the same period last year, an increase from 4.65 percent to 4.79 percent. Viraguna assessed the increasing poverty in rural areas showed AP PHOTO/Firdia Lisnawati that Bali so far only focused on the economic growth at the expense This Aug. 25, 2012 photo shows cranes next to a traditional Balinese statue called Dewa Ruci of economic equality and welfare at the site of road construction in Kuta Bali, Indonesia. Every year, the economic growth of Bali increases. Unfortunately, the growth is predominantly supported by foreign investment so that of the common people. it is more enjoyed by people from outside while Balinese people are just spectators. Continued on page 6

100-year-old driver hits 11 near LA school Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A 100-year-old man backed his car on to a sidewalk and hit 11 people, including nine children, across from an elementary school in South Los Angeles just after classes had ended Wednesday, authorities said. Four of the children were in critical condition when firefighters arrived but they were stabilized and were in serious condition at a hospital, city fire Capt. Jaime Moore said. Everyone was expected to survive, he said.

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Prince, left, and Paris Jackson, son and daughter to the late pop icon Michael Jackson, display T-shirts given to them by Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Gary, Ind.

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Preston Carter, left, 100, talks with police officers after police say his car went onto a sidewalk and plowed into a group of parents and children outside a South Los Angeles elementary school, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Los Angeles. Nine children and two adults were injured in the wreck.

The powder blue Cadillac backed slowly into the group of parents and children buying snacks from a sidewalk vendor, and the crowd banged on his windows and screamed for him to stop, but not before some of the children were trapped under the car, witnesses said. Children’s backpacks, shoes, candy and loose change were strewn about the scene behind a discount grocery store across from Main Street Elementary. Police identified the driver as Preston Carter and said he was being very cooperative. Carter talked to television reporters after the crash some five miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles. He said he has a driver’s license and will be 101 years old Sept. 5. “My brakes failed. It was out of control,” Carter told KCAL-TV. Asked about hitting the children, Preston said: “You know I’m sorry about that. I wouldn’t do that for nothing on earth. My sympathies for them.” Continued on page 6

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To avoid land clearing, Miss Earth event moved

Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Polemic on the land acquisition at Wangaya Gede village, Penebel, ultimately has an impact on the Miss Earth contest next October. Worrying about the land clearing, the Tabanan Government will move the prestigious event. The new alternative locations will be Tanah Lot, Bedugul and Jatiluwih. Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti, affirmed that her party did not agree if the Miss Earth event would be followed by land clearing. On that account, to avoid such an action, venue of the activity was planned to be held at Tanah Lot. “Miss Earth event has been confirmed in Tabanan. However, we are going to move the venue to Tanah Lot,” she said on Monday (Aug 27). Previously, the Miss Earth 2012 event would be held at Wangaya Gede village, Penebel. However, it later emerged a polemic related to land use in the region. Miss Earth event, said the regent, was very beneficial for Tabanan Government as it would be attended by representatives from at least 120 countries. In accordance with the program, the selection of the Queen of Environment would not perform deforestation and environmental destruction. “This international event does not destroy the nature at all. Even, it will save the environment,” she explained. Similar opinion was disclosed

by Deputy Regent of Tabanan, Komang Gede Sanjaya, who had just attended the meeting of Miss Earth in Manila, the Philippines. According to him, the results of meeting attended by the representatives of Miss Earth in the Philippines had agreed to choose Tabanan as the venue of selection of the world’s Queen of Environment. Related to resignation of PT Indojaya Kreasindo Graha (IKG) from the event, Sanjaya ensured if the organization did not have anything to do with the Miss Earth event. “Essentially, the Miss Earth will remain to be held in Tabanan,” he said. In the meantime, one of the managers of PT. IKG, Ketut Arsana Yasa, re-affirmed that his party performed no land clearing activity around the Batur Salahan Temple at Wangaya Gede village. He said his party indeed had a plan to make a parking lot for the Miss Earth event. It was about 2 hectares plus location of the stage situated 300 meters from the temple location. “So, we from PT IKG only

planned to use the land, not to clear the land,” he said. However, the plan was eventually canceled after PT. IKG seceded from the Miss Earth event. Cancellation of the land use plan had also been socialized to the people and headman of Wangaya Gede. Although the land use near the temple was cancelled, the man familiarly called Sadam said that his party would remain to do reforestation in the region at the end of September. His party had prepared totally 5,000 trees consisting of various types, ranging from mangosteen, white champak, yellow champak and others. As reported previously, residents of Wangaya Gede were hit by unrest following the land acquisition projects at the local village whose designation was considered vague. Such complaint was revealed by headman of Wangaya Gede, Ketut Suriastra. This official complained as the land acquisition process did not involve the village authorities. Even, the socialization did not target the entire residents. (kmb30)

Room request in Sanglah Hospital reaches 198 per day Denpasar (Bali Post)—

People’s need for inpatient care in a Sanglah Hospital is quite high. It can be seen from the high room request in Sanglah Hospital every day. Based on the data, the room request in June reached 4,370 while in July reached about 3,870. According to Spokesperson of Sanglah Hospital, Kadek Nariyantha, when met on Monday (Aug 27) said the daily room request averagely reached 198. In details, the room request in July amounted to 3,870 where the patients came from the emergency room and polyclinic. For emergency room, the most inpatient came from medical triage (611 patients), obstetric and gynecological triage (378), surgery triage (264), children

triage (69), neurological triage (61) and cardiac triage (31). Meanwhile, polyclinic patients were mostly from surgery polyclinic (219), obstetric and gynecological polyclinic (79), ENT polyclinic (66), baby polyclinic (64), internal polyclinic (63), children polyclinic (52), cardiac polyclinic (10), VCT (9), neurological polyclinic (7), tyrotoxic heart disease (PJT) as well as dermatological polyclinic and in vitro fertilization (IVF) respectively one patient. Such large room request, according to Nariyantha, was always endeavored by Sanglah Hospital to be provided within a day so there would be no room waiting list for days. “We attempt to meet the room request in a

day. For that purpose, an admission team is on duty to meet the request,” said Kadek. Handling process to get a room in Sanglah Hospital, according to Nariyantha, highly depended on the patient checking out. Sanglah Hospital had a capacity of 680 beds. Such amount of bed should be managed to meet the daily room request. If the bed was not available, according to Nariyantha, patients sometimes should be commended in the hallway while waiting for the room available. “It also depends on the patient’s condition. If patient still requires observation and scrutiny, it will remain to be commended in emergency room until the room is available,” said Nariyantha. (san)

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The beautiful underwater scenery of Tulamben in Karangasem Regency

Optimize the potential of marine tourism Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy will seriously work on marine tourism to attract more foreign tourists to Indonesia. The underwater scenery of Indonesia is worth making one of the tourist attractions. “We will work on marine tourism to bring in tourists to Indonesia. Several attempts have been made to support the optimization of these special interests,” said Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Mari Elka Pangestu, when chairing the working meeting related to the infrastructure preparation ahead of the APEC Summit recently. Mari said that Indonesia had a myriad of potentials that could be used as marine tourism attraction aside from segmented tourism such as spiritual and sports tourism. “I’ve dived in some spots such as Tulamben, Bali. In fact, there are many wonderful things I could see there,” she said. According to her, special interest tourism would likely to make the natural resources as well as the existing human resources productive. It was a great

potential that should be worked on and optimized for people’s welfare through tourism and creative economy. On that occasion, Mari Elka also said that she would increase the tourism facilities and infrastructure, especially ahead of the APEC Summit taking place in the Bali International Convention Center (BICC) and Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC) in October 2013. “Let us offer the best and most beautiful so that it can become a promotion for Bali tourism,” she said. She mentioned that to succeed the APEC Summit, the government had performed various breakthroughs. Among others, it had carried out the expansion of the Ngurah Rai Airport expected to be completed around June or July 2013 and construction of highways over the waters and the underpass at Dewa Ruci intersection that would be final in August 2013. “As a host, Indonesia must provide and display the best to enhance the image before the international community,” she said. (kmb27)

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Flag raising ceremony in Pengalusan

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KUTA - In the early morning of August 17th 2012, representatives from the Bali Dynasty Resort attended the East Bali Poverty Project’s flag raising ceremony and annual Independence Day event in the remote mountain hamlet of Desa Ban in North Eastern Bali where EBPP’s 6 schools and local villagers converged in the dry river bed to celebrate Indonesia’s 67th Independence Day, all organized by the East Bali Poverty Project. The Bali Dynasty Resort, every year since 2002 in the same location for all of the children in the 6 remote schools, as in previous years, sponsored the Hygiene kits for each of all students and tutors of the 6 schools which consisted of towels, soap, toothbrush and toothpaste as well as fresh fruit to remind the villagers of the importance of good personal hygiene and healthy nutritional eating. The children of EBPP’s schools prepared great performances from Balinese dances to drama and music. There were fun games organized for the kids such as krupuk eating contests and sack races making it a joyous occasion for all. This event was also the perfect occasion to hand over a brand new camera

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to I. Wayan Lias, the young and talented artist from the village Cegi whom the Bali Dynasty Resort has been supporting in his further education at the Fine Art Faculty in Singaraja since May 2012. The camera was given to support a photography segment in his studies where Lias will be required to make a photo exhibition. “I am very grateful, now I am able to practise and develop my photographic skills”, Lias said. He also pointed out to the young children in the village to keep doing their best as this will bring results and a better future. A selection of Lias’ art is being displayed in the resort as well as being posted on the hotels website. The paintings are for sale and 50% of the money raised will directly go to supporting his education.

Calendar Event for August 1 through August 31, 2012 1 Aug T umpek Uduh/Pengatag Pura Puseh/Pura Desa Batuan Sukawati Pura Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi Pura Manik Mas Besakih. 2 Aug P urnama Karo Aci-aci Pengenteg Jagat Pura Gelap Besakih Pura Dangkahyangan Pengukur-ukur Pejeng Merajan Gerya Kebon Tabanan Pura Candi Goro Tianyar-Kubu Karangasem Pura Ponjok Batu Tejakula-Buleleng. 4 Aug T umpek Uduh/Pengatag Pura Puseh/Pura Desa Batuan Sukawati Pura Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi Pura Manik Mas Besakih 8 Aug B uda Wage Warigadean Pura Kepisah Sumerta Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Gerih Abiansemal Badung Pura Puncaksari Penarukan Peninjoan Bangli Pura Bangun Sakti Besakih Pura Antegsari Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan Pura Pesimpangan Batur Pande Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan. 10 Aug Sukra Umanis Warigadean. Odalan Ida Ratu Penataran Agung Besakih Odalan Ida Ratu Puraus Merajan Salonding Besakih. 12 Aug Redite Pon Julungwangi Pura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar Singaraja. 14 Aug Anggar Kasih Julungwangi Pura Tirtaharum Tegalwangi Bangli Pura Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pura Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Bendesa Sangsit Buleleng Pura Dalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang Pura Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Tulikup Pura manik Bingin Sidemen 15 Aug Buda Umanis Julungwangi. Pura Penetaran Gana Bebalang Bangli Pura Dalem Gede Banjar Pande Bangli

Pura Puncaksari Pdi Sangeh Abiansemal Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi Sidan Gianyar Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Jakatebel Merajan Pasek Prateka Batusesa Mr. Jeroan Dauh Cemenggon Cemenggon Pr. Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja. 23 Aug W raspati Wage Sungsang Pura Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Pr. Siang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Petemon Merajan Pasek Gelgel Melinggih Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih 29 Aug B uda Keliwon Dunggulan Pura Wakika Kupang, NTT Pura Agung Girinatha Sumbawa Besar NTB Pura Dukuh Sakti Dukuh Kediri-Tabanan Pura Atambuananta Kutamba NTT Pura Webananta Kupang, NTT Pura Giripati Mulawarman Pontianak Pura Mustika Dharma Cijantung I Jakarta Timur Pura Mustika Dharma Kompleks Kopassus Cijantung Jakarta Timur. 30 Aug Wraspati Umanis Dunggulan Pura Watukaru Tabanan Pura Lempuyang Luhur Karangasem Pura Kentel Gumi Klungkung Pura Pasek Gaduh Umadesa Kediri Tabanan Pura Pasek Kubayan Wangaya Gede Penebel Tabanan Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Tiyingan Merajan Pasek Gaduh Umadesa. 31 Aug S ukra Paing Dunggulan Pura Ulun Suwi Jimbaran, Badung Pura Luhur Cemenggon, Sukawati Pura Pasek Ubung Denpasar 31 Aug P urnama Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok. Pura Pauman Bhujangga Tonja Denpasar Pura Kawitan Arya Gajah Para Tianyar Karangasem Pura Pedarman Arya Telabah Besakih. Pura Bukit Mentik, Gunung Lebah Batur Kintamani

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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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Regretted, some villages have no electricity and clean water

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company (PLN). Profits obtained by the PLN from tourist resort such as Lovina, Kuta and Sanur should be brought for the procurement of electrical connections to villages. “Never consider that connecting electricity to villages is less profitable, and then leave villages without electricity,” said Englan, a village leader of Banyuatis who had successfully developed the typical Banyuatis coffee in Bali. In addition, every village should be considered in order to have a health center. To realize it, according to him, it was required honest leaders who always kept the togetherness with the community. “What we need today is an honest leader that can keep togetherness,” he said. Meanwhile, a humanist of Buleleng, Gede Darna, said the leaders holding the authority in the Bali Province seemed to ignore the former capital of the Lesser Sunda, namely Singaraja. For a long time, there had been a discourse to build a road section breaking the hill, but it never came to reality. “In vernacular saying, talk more until the saliva is seeping, but nothing results in,” he said. According to him, imbalance of the development throughout the regencies in Bali happened because it was determined by investors, not by government. For instance, investors came passionately to build in

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The drought which happen in Seraya Village, Karangasem

West Buleleng, but they only made money in Buleleng. Afterward, they built elsewhere. “The government was also deceived by investors and it should consequently equalize the development,” he said. Meanwhile, an observer from the Graduate Program of Undiksha, Dr. I Nyoman Tika, highlighted the chaos of transportation system that had become one of the obstacles in equalizing the development to all regencies. According to him, the problems of Bali were traffic congestion, gap of the rich and the poor as well as severe environmen-

tal burden. Root of the congestion was the large number of vehicles concentrated in one location, namely in Denpasar, Badung and surrounding areas. To that end, the development should be spread out so that the traffic would not accumulate in one place. For example, the education was centered in Buleleng and the health in Bangli. According to him, aside from intended as an educational center, Buleleng also had a large potential to be developed and could bring in investment. Buleleng had cloves,

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clove oil and seaweed. However, no single industry wanted to build marine industry and the agricultural industry. “It must be considered,” he said. When talking about transportation, Ketut Englan even said that government should think lightly. At the moment, it had been built the Jalan Bypass Ida Bagus Mantra. “If thinking modestly, just connect the bypass road to Karangasem, then to Buleleng and Jembrana. Therefore, it is unnecessary to think about railway that surrounds Bali,” he said. (kmb15)

Galungan and Kuningan holidays

As slow-moving tropical storm Isaac moved away from New Orleans, some surrounding areas of Louisiana will see almost two feet of rain by the end of the week causing more dangerous floods. The rising waters from rain and flooding has already left locals scrambling up to attics and onto roofs. The main parishes that are an area of concern are those that sit around Lake Pontchartrain. With another four to seven inches of rain expected, many officials are worried about the rising waters. Officials in LaPlace, La., about 25 miles northwest of New Orleans , in St. John the Baptist Parish said the situation is dire. Parish President Layton Ricks told ABC News late Wednesday night, “I’m afraid the tide is really going to catch some of us off guard tonight.”

More than 200 people have been rescued from flooded homes in LaPlace and they believe hundreds more are stranded in the midst of the worst flooding the city has seen in 40 years. Housing developments, like the River Forest subdivision where dozens of families were rescued on Wednesday, are under five feet of water. The Louisiana National Guard said they will be out in force Thursday across the St. John the Baptist Parish, assisting in rescue efforts. “It’s our own little Katrina,” said Tania Trege, wife of St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Mike Trege, describing the situation in Laplace, La.

Starting Tuesday (Aug 28) through Sunday (Sep 9), all the students in Bali got holiday in conjunction with the celebration of Galungan and Kuningan. Allocation of the 12 days-off had been consistent with the educational calendar issued by the Bali Education Agency. Hopefully, such long holiday could be made a valuable moment to instill positive things to young Hindu generation intensively. Chairperson of the Lentera Anak Bali, A.A. Sri Wahyuni, accompanied by Ida Ayu

Putu Puniadhi revealed the matter on Monday (Aug 27). Sri Wahyuni expected during the holidays the students could be introduced to customary order and Balinese life. Most importantly, the feast holiday could be used to strengthen the bond of kinship with their colleagues at each hamlet and instill positive values of Balinese indigenous wisdom. Moreover, several younger generations of Balinese lived in diaspora such as in Denpasar. As a result, communication with their colleagues at home village was not so intensive and

seemed to have a distance. “The moment of Galungan and Kuningan holiday can actually be used to take in the distance. At that moment, they can familiarize themselves with their families and relatives (nyama braya) and mingle with other villagers so they would not feel outcast with their environment. “The opportunity to communicate is very rare to get on normal days because children have been very busy with their school activities,” she said. Ida Ayu Putu Puniadhi added the Galungan and Kuningan holiday was also important for children to socialize

and get closer to their parents, relatives and other customary villagers. Not only that, the moment of long holiday could also be used by customary village to roll out certain activities in conjunction with the improvement of faith and devotion, understanding on the customs and Balinese culture as well as other productive activities. “Holiday feast is actually very strategic for the sake of it,” she said. When contacted separately, the Head of Bali Education Agency, A.A. Ngurah Gde Sujaya, said the moment of Galungan and Kuningan also served as spiritual improve-

ment and emotional quotient. This official from Kerobokan, Badung, admitted to completely agree that younger generation took advantage of the Galungan and Kuningan holiday with positive activities. “The moment of Galungan and Kuningan is a perfect medium to reinforce the character values. Children can learn in person about religious traditions such as preparing oblation or setting up the oblation from parents and surrounding community. It’s a form of transformation of cultural and religious values,” he said. (kmb13)

As of 2 a.m. ET, Isaac was 10 miles, south-southwest of Baton Rouge, La., moving northwest at 5 mph. Tropical storms winds extend outward up to 175 miles. Isaac’s maximum sustained winds are at 50 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. A tropical storm warning was still in effect from Cameron, La., to the Mississippi-Alabama state border, according to the Hurricane Center. New Orleans International Airport official reported 10 inches of rain as of 3 a.m. Thursday with more expected to fall. An unofficial rainfall total of 22.5 inches was reported in Arabi, La., near the city’s 9th Ward on Wednesday. An official report from Audubon Park in New Orleans listed 17 inches of rainfall.

SEOUL — Twin typhoons are renewing fears of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea, where poor drainage, widespread deforestation and crumbling infrastructure can turn even a routine rainstorm into a catastrophic flood. Typhoon Bolaven struck the North on Tuesday and Wednesday, submerging houses and roads, ruining thousands of acres of crops and triggering landslides that buried train tracks — scenes that are all too familiar in this disaster-prone nation. A second major storm, Typhoon Tembin, is forecast to dump more rain on the Korean Peninsula on Thursday and Friday. The storms come as North Korea is still recovering from earlier floods that killed more than 170 people and destroyed thousands of homes. That in turn followed a springtime drought that was the worst in a century in some areas. Foreign aid groups contacted Thursday said they are standing by in Pyongyang, but had not received new requests for help from

the North Korean government. They had little information on the extent of damage and were relying on reports from state media. The country’s wariness toward the outside world, as well as a primitive rural road system, means aid may be slow arriving, if it is allowed to come at all. “These fresh storms, coming just a few weeks after the serious flooding — they do raise concerns because we see parts of the countryside battered again that have already been left in a vulnerable state,” said Francis Markus, spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in East Asia. Heavy rains that could be little more than an inconvenience elsewhere can be calamitous in North Korea. Downpours trigger landslides that barrel down the country’s deforested mountains. For years, rural people have felled trees to grow crops and for fuel, leaving the landscape barren and heavily eroded. Rivers overflow, submerging crops, inundating roads and engulfing hamlets.

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In this Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 photo, North Koreans try to rebuild the riverbank by hand which was destroyed by July flooding in Songchon County, North Korea.

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A moment to strengthen brotherhood Denpasar (Bali Post)—

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Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi speaks with China’s Vice President Xi Jinping (not pictured) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing August 29, 2012.

DUBAI - Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi arrived in Tehran on Thursday, the first Egyptian leader to visit Iran since its Islamic revolution in 1979. Iranian state television broadcast live pictures of Mursi’s red-carpet welcome at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport. He was to attend a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement that concludes on Friday. Iran has presented its tenure of the movement as the failure of the

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Twin typhoons raise fears in disaster-prone North Korea Associated Press

LEADERS of Bali should come down to villages so that the development can equally reach every nook and cranny of villages. People must be asked whether they have had electricity and clean water, or whether their traditional market is still crowded. Without it, it is impossible to attain the equity. It will be very unfortunate that there are still villages in Bali having no electricity and clean water. These were revealed in a roundtable discussion in conjunction with the anniversary of Bali Post held in Hotel Bali Taman in Lovina, Singaraja, Saturday (Aug 25). A tourism figure of Buleleng, Ketut Englan, assessed the balance of development between the North and South Bali would take a long time. He admitted to never imagine if an international airport would be built in Buleleng as one of the ways to balance the economy of Buleleng community to other regencies in South Bali. But, he always thought there was an overall improvement to villages. “The improvement should be commenced from villages by degrees and continuously,” said the former chairman of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Buleleng. For example, the officials and community leaders came regularly to villages and asked the people and see the condition in person. Then, they should ask whether the village roads were good and school or kindergarten was available. Similarly, they should also ask whether the village had electricity and clean water. “For instance, Buleleng has 150 villages. If there are 5 villages having no clean water and 10 villages have not been reached out by electricity, they should be given priority first. Do not think about the airport because it is a long term,” he said. According to him, the basic needs of rural communities should be met such as clean water and electricity. Regarding the electricity, the government should be able to suppress the state-owned electricity

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United States to isolate it from the rest of the world, a message its most powerful figure, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will press home in an address to around 35 visiting heads of state on Thursday morning. Diplomatic relations between Cairo and Tehran broke down immediately after Iran’s revolution over Egypt’s support for the overthrown Shah and its peace agreement with Israel. As president, Mursi has so far refused to address the issue of whether ties

would be upgraded with Iran, but has indicated he would pursue a more balanced foreign policy. Analysts say Mursi’s brief visit is designed to avoid any snub to Iran but improving relations with Tehran in the near future would send the wrong message to the United States and Israel. Last week, Mursi spoke of forming a contact group to resolve the crisis in Syria, comprising Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabi and Turkey, an initiative the Iranian leadership is keen to pursue.

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Sea row set aside as China, ASEAN seek trade boost

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SIEM REAP - China and Southeast Asian nations pledged Wednesday to strive for closer economic ties, setting aside regional tensions over a territorial row in the resource-rich South China Sea. Trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) jumped to over $200 billion in the first seven months of 2012, up nine percent year-on-year, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said during a meeting with regional economic ministers in the Cambodian tourist hub of Siem Reap. The business relationship between ASEAN and China was “particularly important” amid global economic gloom, he said, adding that both sides have “a solid basis for cooperation” and “bright prospects”. China is ASEAN’s largest trading partner, while the 10nation bloc last year overtook Japan as Beijing’s third-biggest trading partner. “China is willing to be ASEAN’s good neighbour, good friend and good partner,” Chen said in his opening remarks. This week’s talks between regional economic ministers

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mark the first high-level gathering of ASEAN members since a foreign ministers’ meeting in July ended in acrimony over how to deal with a dispute in the South China Sea, exposing deep divisions within the bloc. The tension that hung over those meetings appeared absent from the cordial gathering in Siem Reap, suggesting that ASEAN members do not want the maritime row to hurt business. “It’s a completely different ballgame,” said Southeast Asia expert Carl Thayer, emeritus professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia. The foreign and economic ministers have “completely different agendas”, he added. Friction within ASEAN also eased significantly after Indonesia got the bloc to agree on six key points on the South China Sea following intense diplomatic efforts in the days after the failed ASEAN summit, Thayer said.

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Balinese women carry offering for their god during Hindu festival of Galungan, celebrating the triumph of good over evil at a temple in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.

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A woman walks a banner advertising Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. South Korea’s current account surplus rose to a new record in July as falling world oil prices pushed down the value of imports, the central bank said Wednesday.

South Korea current account surplus hits new record Agence France-Presse

SEOUL - South Korea’s current account surplus rose to a new record in July as falling world oil prices pushed down the value of imports, the central bank said Wednesday. The surplus in the account, the broadest measure of trade, was $6.10 billion last month. The previous monthly record, a revised $5.88 bil-

lion, was set in June this year. The goods account showed a surplus of $5.32 billion in July, up from June’s revised $5.05 billion. Exports and imports declined in July compared to a year earlier and also compared to the previous month. Overseas shipments fell 4.1 percent year-on-year to $46.58 billion and imports dropped 5.8 percent to $41.27 billion.

The service account, which includes spending by South Koreans on overseas trips, saw a surplus of $579.2 million last month compared to $170.1 million in June. The primary income account, which records wages for foreign workers and dividend payments overseas, had a surplus of $401.9 million in July, down from $901.8 million in June.

Carrefour to pull out of Singapore

SINGAPORE - Carrefour said on Tuesday that it was pulling out of Singapore with the closure of its two existing outlets in the city-state by the end of this year. The French retail giant was the first to introduce the hypermarket concept in Singapore with the opening of its first store in 1997. But Carrefour has found it tough to penetrate Singapore’s market of 5.2 million people largely because other rivals are better entrenched with a wider network of branches,

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many of them strategically located within or near high-density residential districts. Carrefour’s stores are located in the city-state’s main shopping and business district. “Carrefour Singapore announces the decision to close its Suntec and Plaza Singapura stores before end of 2012, since expansion and growth perspectives do not allow reaching a leadership position in the medium and long term,” the retailer said in a statement. It gave no other details, but a senior executive with an Asian

electronics company that supplies appliances to Carrefour said the decision to withdraw from Singapore came as no surprise. “There was a lot of talk (of closing) from the internal staff and they have been clearing stock for the last two months,” the executive, who declined to be named, told AFP. “They were just not competitive enough.” Carrefour, the world’s second biggest retailer behind US group Walmart, reported in March that its 2011 profit dropped by 14.3 percent to 371 million euros ($463

million) amid weaker economic conditions. Song Seng Wun, a regional economist with Malaysian bank CIMB, said high operating costs, including rentals, could have contributed to Carrefour’s decision. “The bottomline is Singapore is not the biggest market (in Asia) and it’s very competitive. It’s not the cheapest place to do business in as well,” Song told AFP. He said Carrefour’s rivals seem to have a better feel of the market, locating their stores in densely populated residential districts,

where rents are also cheaper. “These guys (rival retailers) are much better in reading the local market... Carrefour is right smack in the city area where the rents are far higher than everywhere else,” Song said. Carrefour in 2010 sold its outlets in Thailand to a rival. It has operations in China and India, among other places in Asia. But the company said in July it has put on hold its expansion plan for wholesale stores in India due to the global downturn.

DENPASAR - Thirty-four-year-old Japanese tourist Ai Tanaka, who went missing after diving at Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida, Bali, was found dead on Monday. “Her body was found at a depth of 43 metres at the diving location on Monday at 5:40 pm local time,” said Ketut Ardana, a Denpasar Search and Rescue (SAR) Operation team member, here on Tuesday. Tanaka’s body was floating when it was spotted by a diver from the Denpasar SAR Operation team. Her remains were later sent to Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar. Tanaka was reported missing some time after she went diving, with 13 other tourists, in the Nusa Penida waters on Sunday (August 26) at around 12:30 am local time. However, everybody except her returned to the boat.

MICE tourists start to get interest in Central Badung Bali Post

MANGUPURA - SO far the MICE events were usually held in South Badung. However, such impression will soon disappear because Central Badung has equal potential to consider. Evidently, on the upcoming September 4-8, 2012, the Badung Regency will host the Fourth East Asia Conference. The meeting attended by 14 Asian countries will be centered in Furama Villas & Spa Bali located at Bindu hamlet, Mekar Bhuana village, Abiansemal subdistrict. To ensure the readiness of the conference, Regent of Badung, AA Gde Agung, accompanied by a number of related regional working unit heads made a site inspection to Furama Villas & Spa Bali. In the inspection, the regent was received in person by General Manager of Furama Villas & Spa, Ramia Adnyana, and the Furama team. Ramia Adnyana revealed the conference attended by the East Asia Vision Group (EAVG) II was a follow-up meeting of the previous one held in Japan. The conference would be attended by ministers and officials of those countries. For smooth implementation of the event, his party had better prepared everything from the welcoming ceremony, meeting venue, menu to

the accommodation facilities. “In general, we have been ready. We’re just waiting for the final check by the event organizer and secretariat,” he added. Meanwhile, the Regent of Badung AA Gde Agung appreciated the readiness of Furama Villas & Spa hosting such a pretty big event. The regent also suggested keeping in touch and coordinating well with the village, subdistrict, Badung Regency and police department. Similarly, his party welcomed if MICE tourism could also be held in Central Badung. Hopefully, such organization could help the development in Badung to reach equity and raise the welfare of people in Central Badung. “We support the implementation of East Asia Conference in Furama. Aside from presenting the concept of eco-tourism, the participants will also get a new atmosphere and tranquility because they stay away from the crowds,” said the regent.

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This Aug. 25, 2012 photo shows tourists relaxing on Kuta beach, South Badung, Bali, Indonesia. SO far the MICE events were usually held in South Badung. However, such impression will soon disappear because Central Badung has equal potential to consider.

Besides, the regent also asked in order the Sekar Jepun Dance as the mascot of Badung Regency could be presented to participants

in the welcome drink session and provision of a venue to display the handicraft products of Badung. For the preparation, he also instructed

relevant agencies to undertake clean-up activities to drainage and road section leading to the meeting venue. (kmb)

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SYDNEY — Australia on Thursday mourned the deaths of five of its soldiers in Afghanistan, three killed by an Afghan army colleague, in the nation’s deadliest hours of combat since the Vietnam War. The Australians were killed in two separate incidents just hours apart late Wednesday and early Thursday. The first incident took place at a base in Uruzgan province, when a man in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on Australian soldiers, killing three and wounding two, according to Air Marshal Mark Binskin, vice chief of the Australian Defense Force. Hours later, two Australian soldiers died and a crew member was wounded when their helicopter rolled over while landing in Helmand province. “In a war of so many losses, this is our single worst day in Afghanistan,” Prime Minister Julia Gillard said. “Indeed, I believe this is the most losses in combat since the days of the Vietnam War and the Battle of Long Tan. This is news so truly shocking that it’s going to feel for many Australians like a physical blow.” Eighteen Australian soldiers were killed in the Battle of Long Tan in 1966. Tom Vasey, a spokesman for the Australian War Memorial, said five Australian soldiers were killed in a 14-hour period in 1971 during the Battle of Nui Le, making that the last time so many died so quickly in a combat zone.

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The Dalai Lama greets Tibetan students after receiving an honorary doctorate at London Metropolitan University on May 20, 2008.

Thousands face expulsion as university loses visa status Agence France Presse

The government has stripped a London university of its right to sponsor visas for overseas students, leaving thousands of students facing possible deportation. London Metropolitan University had its Highly Trusted Status -- which allowed it to sponsor visas for students from outside the European Union -- revoked by the UK Border Agency on Wednesday night over alleged failings in its procedures. The move means current overseas students have 60 days to enrol on a course elsewhere, with more than 2,000 students facing deportation if they fail to find another university, according to the National Union of Students (NUS). The union warned of “catastrophic” effects on Britain’s industry for educating people from overseas, which was estimated last year to be worth £14 billion and in which almost 300,000 non-EU foreign students were enrolled in 2010-11. The university said on its website: “The implications of the revocation are hugely significant and far-reaching... Our ABSOLUTE PRIORITY is to our students, both current and prospective, and the University will meet

all its obligations to them.” Immigration minister Damian Green told BBC radio Thursday that after an audit lasting six months, the border agency found “a serious systemic failure where it appears that the university doesn’t have the capacity to be a proper sponsor”. He said that a quarter of students there lacked permission to stay in the country, while there was insufficient evidence that students spoke English and no proof that half of those enrolled had been attending lectures. But he sought to reassure prospective students that “this will not be replicated across the university sector”. The government had formed a task force to assist current students whose visas are set to be revoked, he added. The

NUS labelled the move political, linking it with promised immigration quotas brought in by Prime Minister David Cameron’s government. It said it had contacted Cameron to “express anger at the way decisions have been made in recent weeks and to reiterate the potentially catastrophic effects on higher education... as an export industry”. A Border Agency spokesman said: “The latest audit revealed problems with 61 percent of files randomly sampled. Allowing London Metropolitan University to continue to sponsor and teach international students was not an option. “These are problems with one university, not the whole sector.”

100-year-old... From page 1 Carter was pulling out of the grocery store parking lot, but instead of backing into the street, he backed onto the sidewalk, police Capt. George Rodriguez said. “I think it was a miscalculation on his part. The gentleman is elderly,” Rodriguez said. “Obviously he is going to have some impairment on his decision making.” Older drivers have been involved in other tragedies. In 2003, an 86-yearold man mistakenly stepped on the gas pedal of his car instead of the brake and then panicked, plowing into an open-air market in Santa Monica. Ten people were killed and 63 injured. According to California’s Department of Motor Vehicles, people over age 70 must renew their driver’s license in person, rather than via the Internet or by mail. Older drivers can also be required to take a supplemental driving test if they fail a vision exam, or if a police officer, a physician, or a family member raises questions about their ability to drive.Rodriguez said the collision was being investigated as an accident, and Carter was not under arrest. He has a valid driver’s license, Rodriguez said.

Pursuing... From page 1 According to him, the economic growth in Bali was nearly 80 percent caused by the external factors such as the high investment and speculation rate predominantly controlled by outsiders. Such condition triggered a considerable gap between the growth caused by external factors and reality in Bali where the rural economic gap was getting deeper. Further, he said it was time to make a fundamental and strategic reform in order to create the economic equality of Bali as a strong and firm commitment of the leaders of Bali to set back the political, economic, social, and cultural policies in a comprehensive blueprint to tackle the poverty in rural and urban areas and provide wider opportunities for the involvement of local residents. Then, it should be followed by stipulation of strategic and systematic measures to safeguard the Bali’s development pursuant to the Tri Hita Karana concept. Similarly, it should also be attempted a struggle at national level to prevent the threat of destruction by providing opportunities for self-governed Bali based on uniqueness of the art, culture, customs and nature with a kind of special autonomy for the uniqueness. This teaching staff of the University of Indonesia added that investment business, speculation up to money laundering through business and illegal money transactions were alleged to have invaded Bali within the past three years considering there was no adequate legal instrument pursuant to the Act to detect the source of funds or illegal money coming to Bali. “If the funding source is not properly dammed by the Act, it will be very dangerous and threaten the legal, political, economic, social, customary and cultural aspect of life. Therefore, it should get serious concern from the future leaders of Bali,” he said. (kmb29)

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In this July 29, 2012 file photo, asylum seekers who were rescued from a troubled boat adrift in heavy seas off Java while trying to reach Australia, are escorted by police officers upon arrival at a local marine police station in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. AP Photo/Trisnadi, File

Six found alive from missing Indonesia asylum boat Agence France-Presse

Six people were plucked alive from the ocean by a cargo ship Thursday after an asylum-seeker boat went missing off the Indonesian coast, but there was no sign of up to 144 others on board. The recovery of the survivors by the APL Bahrain, after nearly a day in the water, came after Indonesian rescuers abandoned their search. “We have had confirmation that six survivors have been rescued by a merchant vessel,” an Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) spokeswoman told AFP, adding that it was not clear if more people were in the sea. “There are no other confirmed survivors so far. The person who called in the distress call said there were 150 people on board and it had engine trouble.” Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) received an alert from AMSA early Wednesday that a boat was in distress between Java and Sumatra, 220 nautical miles from the Australian territory of Christmas Island. Basarnas sent two police rescue boats and two helicopters but found nothing and returned to base, only for AMSA to task the Bahrain, which responded to an earlier broadcast to shipping, to attend a broader search area. The captain of the Bahrain said screams and whistles alerted his crew as it scoured the Sunda

Strait in darkness. “We were doing scheduled searching. At the last moment when I was thinking to abort, I heard some noises, and we spotted them in the water,” Captain Manuel Nistorescu told the Sydney Morning Herald’s website. “I (sent) a crew to get them and it was not easy... It was dark.” He said the rescued men appeared to be in good condition, adding that they claimed the pump on their boat failed and the vessel began taking on water. “They had an engine break and the water was coming, and the pump for pumping out the water was not working and the boat sinks. This is what I understand from them,” he said. Australian Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare confirmed six people had been rescued and said there were serious concerns for those still missing, who include women and children. “We have grave fears for a lot more,” he said, adding that the survivors would likely be taken to Indonesia. “Don’t underestimate how hard it is to find people in the middle of the sea,” he added. AMSA said three merchant vessels were now on the scene

while two Indonesian search vessels were also heading to the area. Australian naval vessel HMAS Maitland was expected to arrive later in the day and two Australian P3 Orion aircraft would also join the operation. Australia is facing a steady influx of asylum-seekers arriving by boat, many of whom use Indonesia as a transit hub, paying people smugglers for passage on leaky wooden vessels after fleeing their home countries. Canberra this month said 300 boatpeople had died en route to the country this year, with vessels being intercepted by the Australian navy on almost a daily basis. Two weeks ago, Canberra announced its intention to transfer asylum-seekers to Nauru and Papua New Guinea in the Pacific as part of a tough new policy to deter them from making the dangerous sea voyage. But more than 1,000 boatpeople have arrived since the policy was adopted. “My message to them is, don’t get on the boat,” said Clare. “What we’ve seen today is there is a real risk people will die... that people will end up at the bottom of the sea.”

Hillary Clinton to visit Indonesia on September Antara

JAKARTA - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Indonesia on September 3, to discuss with senior Indonesian officials about the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership and respective engagements on regional global issues. The visit to Indonesia will be part of her trips that will also take her to the Cook Islands, China, Timor-Leste, Brunei, and Russia starting August 30, the US embassy said on its official website here Wednesday. “In the Cook Islands, Secretary Clinton will attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Post Forum Dialogue on August 31 as part of our intensive engagement and ongoing collaboration with the Pacific Islands,” the US embassy said in the statement. Her visit will emphasize the depth and breadth of American engagement across economic, people to people, strategic, environmental, and security interests. The visit also represents a concerted effort to strengthen regional multilateral institutions, develop bilateral partnerships, and build on alliances - three core elements of U.S. strategy toward the Asia-Pacific. She will lead the highest-level U.S. interagency delegation in the 41-year history of the Forum with senior officials from the Departments of State, Defense, and Interior. In Beijing September 4-5, Sec-

retary Clinton will meet with senior Chinese leaders. Discussions are expected to cover a wide range of issues of importance in the U.S.-China relationship as part of our efforts to build a cooperative partnership, including preparations for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and other upcoming multilateral meetings and numerous bilateral, regional, and global issues. On September 6, Secretary Clinton will be the first Secretary of State to travel to Dili, where she will emphasize U.S. support for the young democracy of Timor-Leste in her meetings with senior officials. In Brunei, Secretary Clinton will meet with senior officials to emphasize the importance of the increasingly vibrant U.S.-Brunei relationship. She will also highlight the U.S.-Brunei ASEAN English Language initiative and discuss Brunei`s 2013 chairmanship of ASEAN. The final stop on Secretary Clinton`s trip will be Vladivostok, where she will lead the U.S. delegation to the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting September 8-9. The Secretary will discuss trade liberalization, food security, and green growth including initiatives to fight wildlife trafficking, with heads of state and other regional leaders, including business representatives. She will engage on many areas of bilateral cooperation with Russia including with Foreign Minister Lavrov.

Indonesia needs 12 submarines to secure territories Antara

JAKARTA - Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Wednesday that as a country made up of islands, Indonesia needs at least 12 submarines by 2024 to achieve a minimum essential force (MEF) for securing its maritime areas. “Two-thirds of Indonesia`s total geographical area is covered by sea and we need submarines to monitor it. We need more than 10 submarines,” the defense minister said. At present, Indonesia is building three submarines in collaboration with South Korea. One is being built by South Korea and another by state-shipbuilding firm PT Pal in cooperation with South Korea, Yusgiantoro stated. “Once these three are completed, they will add to Indonesia’s existing submarine fleet of five,” he added. The construction of additional submarines can be carried out in Indonesia, and the existing ones can also be overhauled here, Yusgiantoro noted. “We hope that PT Pal is able to design the required components for the submarine on its own, so that in future it can assemble as well as build a submarine itself,” the minister said. The Commander of the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) Admiral Agus Suhartono expressed his hope that the requirement for 12 submarines is met even before 2024. It is essential for Indonesia to secure and maintain peace in its naval territories, the TNI chief said.

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Real storm back to take Super Cup from Barca Reuters

MADRID - Real Madrid claimed their first Spanish Super Cup in four years and a morale-boosting success against their arch-rivals when Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo struck in a 2-1 win against 10-man Barcelona on Wednesday. The victory over error-prone Barca, who had Adriano sent off in the 28th minute, meant the tie finished 4-4 on aggregate after the Catalans won last week’s first leg 3-2 at the Nou Camp and Real took the trophy on the away goals rule. It was a much-needed success for Jose Mourinho’s side after they failed to win in their opening three matches of the season and crashed to a shock 2-1 defeat at city rivals Getafe in La Liga on Sunday. Mourinho had warned his players he wanted a vast improvement and they responded with two goals inside 20 minutes thanks to poor Barca defending that allowed first Higuain on 11 minutes and Ronaldo eight minutes later to burst free and score. Lionel Messi gave Barca a chance of pulling off an unlikely comeback when he curled in a spectacular free kick from 30 metres moments before the break. Pedro drew a brilliant save from Iker Casillas and both sides had chances in a frenetic ending but Real held firm to end Barca’s three-year grip on the trophy. The second-leg victory also broke Barca’s seven-match unbeaten streak at the Bernabeu and was Real’s

first home win in a “Clasico” since May 2008. “At the Nou Camp they had a chance for a fourth goal and in the next move we scored the one that kept us in with a chance,” Casillas said in an interview with Spanish television. “We dominated the first half and the match in general, although we had to suffer a bit at the end,” he added. “We were on a poor run and we owed this to the fans. We haven’t

started the season well but some days you have good luck and some you don’t.”

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Real’s opening goal came when Javier Mascherano, playing his 100th game for Barca, failed to clear a long ball from Pepe and Higuain raced clear and fired a shot under Victor Valdes. Mascherano’s central defensive partner Gerard Pique was then at fault for Real’s

second. Ronaldo beat the Spain international to the ball and although the Portuguese forward’s chance appeared to have passed as the defence regrouped he loosed off a shot that flew high into the net off Valdes. Barca were down to 10 men just under 10 minutes later when Adriano hauled Ronaldo down as he homed in on goal and the Brazilian was deservedly shown a straight red card.

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Real Madrid’s players pose with the trophy after beating FC Barcelona in their Spanish Supercup second leg soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.

World Player of the Year Messi lifted Barca with his 45th-minute stunner, leaving Spain captain Casillas flailing at thin air as the ball rocketed past him into the net. The goal put the Argentina international level with former Real striker Raul on 15 goals in “Clasicos” and three short of the record held by Real great Alfredo Di Stefano. After Pedro’s effort was saved by Casillas, Valdes produced perhaps the best of a slew of excellent saves to deny Sami Khedira and Higuain sent a shot spinning away off the outside of a post before Messi had a great chance to win the Cup for Barca in one of the last moves of the match. He drifted across the edge of the area past a crowd of white-clad Real defenders and shot for the corner but saw the ball whistle narrowly past the post. As the Real players and fans celebrated, Barca were left rueing what might have been if a mistake from Valdes had not gifted Angel Di Maria a goal late on in the first leg. “We started the match badly and those two errors cost us,” Xavi told Spanish TV. “But despite that we replied to their two goals even with 10 men and we had two great chances even to win the Cup,” he added. “We lost this title but the most important ones are still up for grabs.” Mourinho gave new signing Luka Modric a runout late in the game, while Alex Song made his debut for Barca.

Kim Clijsters of Belgium looks up after losing to Laura Robson of Great Britain in the second round of play at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in New York.

Career ends for Clijsters with US Open loss

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NEW YORK — Not accustomed to losing the last point at the U.S. Open, Kim Clijsters picked up her bag, waved and bid adieu to the fans in Arthur Ashe Stadium — summoning up a melancholy smile before making her way to the tunnel. Her stay at her last professional tennis tournament ended much earlier than she’d expected. A winner of the last 22 matches she had played at the U.S. Open, Clijsters finally dropped one Wednesday, and with that loss ended a singles career that included four Grand Slam titles and thousands of good memories. “It’s been an incredible journey,” Clijsters said, “and a lot of dreams for me have come true because of tennis.” She fell 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) to 18-year-old Laura Robson of Brit-

ain to finish with a 523-127 record, 41 titles and 20 weeks ranked No. 1, most recently in February 2011. Through the starts and stops of a career that spanned 15 years, Clijsters handled all the wins and losses with class, standing out as someone who could keep up with the powerful games and personalities that took over her sport — and get people to like her while she was doing it. “She was a tremendous athlete, a really good competitor,” said Maria Sharapova, who won her match,

6-1, 6-0 over Lourdes Dominguez Lino. “I think the nicest thing you saw about her was her commitment to the sport, but also wanting to have a great family life, retiring from the sport to start that, and then coming back and achieving the things that she achieved.” Already with a U.S. Open title to her name, Clijsters walked away in 2007, but returned after getting married, having a baby and realizing she hadn’t done everything she’d set out to do in her sport. Now, she is nearing 30, her daughter, Jada, is 4, and it really is time to move on. Earlier this year, she announced her last event would be the U.S. Open, the tournament she won in 2009 — only months into her comeback — and then again in 2010.

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Armstrong says he’s 7-time Tour de France champ Associated Press Writer

MONTREAL — Lance Armstrong introduced himself as a seventime Tour de France champion at a cancer conference Wednesday. “My name is Lance Armstrong. I am a cancer survivor,” he said to open his speech to the World Cancer Congress. “I’m a father of five. And yes, I won the Tour de France seven times.” Armstrong announced last week he would no longer challenge the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s drug charges against him. USADA threw out his competitive victories dating to 1998, which include all seven Tour wins. Armstrong, who has maintained his innocence, focused on his experience as a cancer survivor and the work of his charitable foundation. He said he struggled to get enough information following his diagnosis in 1996. “After I left the doctor’s office, I was grabbing every pamphlet and flyer I could off the wall,” he said. “You know what we did after that? We went to the bookstore — remember those things.” Armstrong also announced his foundation would donate an additional $500,000 to a joint initiative aimed at increasing access to cancer care around the world. Armstrong briefly returned to the doping scandal at the end of his remarks, vowing it wouldn’t impact his charitable work. “I think the real issue here is one of distraction,” he said. “I’m going to tell this to you all as if you’re friends and partners and allies. I’m not going to be distracted from this fight.” Later, hundreds of people joined Armstrong on an hour-long training run up Mount Royal. The runners cheered and tried to pose for photos with Armstrong when he arrived at a park. Shortly after the run, Armstrong tweeted a message to his running partners: “Salut Montreal - Merci/Thanks for the run!! I had a blast.”

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Lance Armstrong speaks to delegates at the World Cancer Congress in Montreal Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.

Injured F1 driver Kubica ‘has test day’ with Ford Agence France Presse

Formula One driver Robert Kubica, seriously injured in a crash in February 2011, spent a day behind the wheel of a rally car on a test track in France last month, reports

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The wrecked car of Formula One driver, Robert Kubica, is loaded onto a tow truck in Andorra, in February last year.

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claim. Kubica drove a Ford Fiesta with the team’s world rally championship drivers Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg also present, British motorsport website www.autosport. com announced. Ford refused to acknowledge that Kubica was at the test, but the team’s technical director Christian Loriaux said that an experienced driver had “put in some very good work”

alongside Latvala and Solberg. Kubica, with the Renault F1 team at the time, suffered life-threatening multiple injuries in an accident at the Ronde di Andora Rally 18 months ago. The 27-year-old’s right-hand was partially severed in the crash in northern Italy when he hit a safety barrier and had to be cut free from his car. He also suffered serious injuries to his shoulder and leg.