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Reuters

MOGADISHU - An explosion out-side government buildings in Mogadi-shu Tuesday killed at least 65 people and wounded 50, the coordinator of the capital’s ambulance service said.

“We have carried 65 dead bodies and 50 injured people,” Ali Muse told Reuters. “Some are still lying there. Most of the people have burns.”

He said students, soldiers and civil-ians were among the dead.

Finance Minister of the RI Agus Martowardojo after the opening speech of the conference said that Indonesia should be able to maintain the security stability and the economic stability. By doing so, the impact of crisis in Europe would not spread up to Indonesia.

“On that account, the good corporate gover-nance would not be affected by the debt crisis en-gulfing the European countries today,” he said.

The crisis occurred in Europe, according to Martowardojo, was a result of inadvertent debt and fiscal management causing the quality dete-rioration in the financial system and the crisis of confidence. Therefore, it was required the good corporate governance.

“Over the past 10 years we have built corporate

governance, not only in private but also in govern-ment sector. I have great confidence if we will not be affected because our trading partners lead to the market of Japan, China, Korea and India and no longer to Europe and the United States,” he said.

Alluding to the ARCG event first held in 1999, he said it denoted a regional forum to share experiences and develop the practice of corporate management by introducing the use of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

“Here we promote policies that can improve the economic conditions and social welfare all over the world. Similarly, it is also to realize the strong, clean and fair world’s economy,” he explained.

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Finance Minister Agus D.W. Martowardojo (right) talks with Secretariat General Deputy of Organisation For Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Richard Boucher during the opening session of Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance at Nusa Dua, Bali.

Indonesia free from impact of European debt crisis

Mangupura (Bali Post)—

By maintaining the security stability and complying with the practices of corporate gov-ernance in accordance with the applicable international standards, Indonesia is believed not to be affected by the debt crisis happening in the European countries. It was revealed in the 2011 Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance (ARCG) organized in Nusa Dua, Monday (Oct 3). This event involved 34 countries and was supported by 2,500 staff.

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Denpasar (Bali Post) –The violation has gone too far in Denpasar in

At least 50 percent have been not kept as a green

of Representatives, Eko Supriadi, when met last

be a clear action from the government in saving what’s left. Moreover Denpasar Housing and Spatial Planning (DTRP) Agency should form a supervision team to prevent another violation happening. “What happened so far, if there’s a

and then it was handover to Peace and Order Agency to take action. This is too much and should be cut,” Supriadi stated.

What’s more to maximise so, Supriadi’s party fraction, PDI-P, hoped that DTRP will add more to who supervises from four to 20 people. With that at least for each sub district there are

government has to be clear and brave in taking action to these violations,” another Commission

In other hand, Head of DTRP Denpasar, Ir.

situation yet he admitted have taken action many time on the public to those who violate. He sated that this can’t be done by only his agency and needs others to involve as well. For the sugges-tions, he agreed well and will apply it in the hope violation will decrease. (kmb12)

Workers then brought a vehicle that removes stones and soils from the East gorge to the border of a rice field, managed to end by 10 am local time. This area is known to have five sensitive landslides point especially

fractured roads could threaten safety with the coming rainy season. Last year a landslide also happened in a rainy day with huge rocks ca using roads covered. (013)

Denpasar (Bali Post) –As agriculture has been positioned in

squashed. Udayana University agriculture expert, Alit Susanta, when contacted by

should be government, private and public

knowing that agriculture lands in cities day by day gone one by one due to changing function such as housing causing high price lands. Farms that have been managed traditionally can’t keep up with the high land tax applied. “All this time the price of farm land tax on tourism areas are the same with villas taxes. At least when they are trying to limit selling its managed land, there should be a compensation or award to them such as 0 percent tax and help them in selling their products with suitable prices. We can’t push them in selling their lands yet its best to give something when they managed to save their land moreover

Changing function should be regulated under awig-awig (traditional laws) and regional ones which could be a step in

many tourists don’t go to hotels and made villas instead. Over imported rice also cause worry. One step that could be right for now is creating an agriculture organisation which has the facility and information that are needed for the farmers which hoped will help them especially in selling their prod-ucts straight to Dolog instead of suppliers. For example agriculture co-operative that supplies infrastructure for rice production to

with PPL and selling facilities for farmers.

strengthen so there’s no more cheating or manipulating as all this time co-operations

and there hasn’t been any agriculture co-operative that is effective even though there are subak but that’s especially in irrigation,” Alit concluded. (bit)

Landslide at Tirtagangga

Amlapura-Singarajaroute jammed four hoursAmlapura (Bali Post) –

The gorge on the north of Tirtagangga, Abang, Karangasem last Monday (3/10) around 6 am local time collapsed covering a road causing Amlapura-Singaraja route closed for four hours. Luckily no casualties

Padangkerta to the west towards Ababi or through Pandan route that goes through Ababi.

Weak agriculture organisations ignored The Green Zone violation which happen in Denpasar area.

Green Zone violation reached 50 percent

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—

still largely contributed by theprice hike of rice.

-arsa, said in Denpasar on Monday

0.2505 percent of the rise in food

to 158.58. “Increase in the riceprice poses the triggering factor

the results of monitoring at anumber of traditional markets likeat Badung and Kereneng Market

64 (Ratu) for IDR 8,500 per kg,”

he said.

occurred due to price hike shown

goods and service group suchas food, cigarettes, and tobacco

health (0.02 percent), and educa-tion, sports and recreation (0.04percent). Meanwhile, the groups

foodstuff (0.54 percent) as wellas transportation, communica-

percent).

that other than rice, the rate of

the price hike of a number of-

tember such as the cooking oil, redsnapper, red chili, water spinach,

spinach, sweet bread, cigarettes,air transportation and gold. Mean-

-ing decline in price were chickenmeat, eggs, garlic, onion, smallchili, intra-city transportationservice and cell phones. “Other

rate was 4.40 percent,” he said. If

then Denpasar ranked 44th of 45

the lowest occurred in Bogor(0.01 percent). In the meantime,

(bit)

However, it is time for Bali tothink about the development of Mass

Astaman accompanied by Nyoman

Wirata when making a visit to BaliTV

makeshiftlandtransportationinfrastruc-turewouldofcoursegraduallyerodethe

riding motorcycle would throng abouton the pavement, while the congestionoccurred would be more severe andmore tortured along with the increas-ing waste of fuel and valuable time.Any measure would always be in shortterm and did not side with the public.“Based on comparison to a number ofmajor cities in the world along with ananalytical attitude and Bali visionaryperspective on the prosperous Bali in25 to 50 years to come, then there is noalternativebut thepolicymakersofBalishoulddaretotakeadrasticdecisionbutsidewith thepublicnamelybybuilding

-tion are very feasible to be developed

dried up since last June. The water discharge usually above200 centimeters has now been almost zero and cannot irrigatetens of subak territories at Banyubiru, Baluk and Tegal BadengVillage.

II at the frontier of Baluk Village, the height of water only in-

100-150 centimeters. In addition, the iron sluice on the right andleft side had already broken as it had rusted. When the river wasflooding the water level could reach 250 centimeters. Accord-ing to the guard officer of Banyubiru Dam II, Made Riasa, thecondition had taken place since last June or five months. Water

covering 42 hectares, but since last May it had no longer grownrice because there was no water.

-out water at all. Today is still somewhat better though the water

channel was under repair because the revetment was previouslybroken. When it flooded the water overflowed onto the land andsettlements on the edge of Banyubiru Dam II. Meanwhile, thebroken sluice would be repaired in the near future.

According to him, at the area of Banyubiru, Kaliakah and-

of dry season. As a result, farmers chose not to grow rice, buta few of them were desperate to take advantage of water fromartesian well.

The water discharge originating from Banyubiru River had also

no springs. We just get water from the rain-fed rivers. When thewater overflowed, it could reach 220 centimeters, but now less

III, Nyoman Budi Ardika. He added that in May the water wasstill abundant but it was intentionally discarded because many

because the dam was dry.Actually the floodgates on the dam had been damaged due to

age, but a few weeks ago had been replaced. “The floodgateshere were replaced coinciding with the revetment construc-tion project of the Banyubiru Dam II,” said Budi Ardika. In

some others faced drought following the dry season this year.However, some dams having the water source such as Jero

water discharge. (kmb26)

Makeshift transport policy

It’s time for Bali to think of subwayDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Badung,Tabanan,GianyarandKlung-kung,” he said.

If therehadbeensubwayinBali,hesaid, peoplewouldchoose themodeofsubway transit to depart and go homeform location of activities.To that end,the use of cars and motorcycles onasphalt would not increase, but would

it shouldbecomea topprioritybecause

factory workers, students, young pro-fessionalsandmiddletolowerpeopletoleave and come home from workplaceor study in a location or the nearest

is the infrastructure favoring to peopleandalongtermsolution. It isnot for thesake of people driving a car or uppermiddle strata,” he said.

Short term

would probably not get priority inthe state budget and there was nocapability for the regional budget tofund. Nevertheless, this transporta-tion infrastructure was very likely tobe funded by private parties trusted

-

tions based on a rigorous business

The project could be realized in theform of working contract with theBali Government and supported bythe people of Bali represented by theBali House. “If there is possibility toget soft loan, the subway construc-tion should be an option that must beprioritized,” he said.

-tion mode launched by Bali Govern-

affirmed the solution to parse the

term solution. Adding the bus wouldautomatically increase the numberof vehicles jostling for space on theroad. Moreover, if the increasingrate of vehicle in Bali could not be

Balinese community would be ‘per-secuted’ because most of their time

congestion. As consequence, the fuelconsumption turned lavish and it waspotential to result in stress. “It is timefor Bali to think of subway as the best

However, it can be realized if there ispoliticalwill fromthe leadersofBali torealize the idea,” he said. (kmb13)

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The dried dam is seen at Banyubiru, Jembrana

Three dams at Banyubiru have dried up

Associated Press Writer

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says that following the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, President Obama owes the George W. Bush administration an apology.

Cheney, speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, offered support for the tar-geted killing by drone strike last week of the Yemeni-American radical cleric al-Awlaki, but he said that Obama now needs to reverse his past criticism of how the Bush adminis-tration interrogated suspected terrorists.

The Obama administration “in effect had said that we had walked away from our ideals or taken policy contrary to our ideals when we had enhanced interrogation techniques,” the former vice president said. Al-Awlaki’s death indicates that members of the Obama administration “clearly have moved in the direction of taking robust action when they feel it’s justified,” Cheney said.

“You’d like an apology, it sounds like?” host Candy Crowley asked the former vice president.

“Well I would,” Cheney responded, “I think that would be a--not for me--but I think for the Bush administration.”

Watch the video below:“I think it was a very good strike. I think

it was justified,” Cheney added regarding the strike against al-Awlaki, CNN reports. But Cheney added, “I’m waiting for the adminis-tration to go back and correct something they said two years ago when they criticized us for ‘overreacting’ to the events of 9/11.”

The Obama administration has been

criticized by civil liberties groups and others, including Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, for authorizing the killing of al-Awlaki. These critics argue that, as an American, al-Awlaki had a right to due process.

The Justice Department reportedly is-sued approval for the CIA to kill al-Awlaki by concluding in a memo that he was not entitled to due process because he was a war combatant.

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Putin said the new union would build on an existing Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan which from next year will remove all barriers to trade, capital and labor movement between the three countries.

“We are not going to stop there and are setting an ambitious goal -- to achieve an even higher integra-tion level in the Eurasian Union,” Putin wrote in an article which will be published in Izvestia newspaper on October 4.

Putin said last month he would run in the March 2012 presidential election and his current public ap-proval ratings show that he is set to win.

Putin’s initiative comes as Rus-

sia nears the end of its 18-year-old negotiations to join the World Trade Organization. In the article Putin made no secret of his skepticism about the global trade watchdog.

“The process of finding new post-crisis global development models is moving forward with difficulty. For example, the Doha round (of international trade talks) has practically stopped. There are objective difficulties inside the WTO,” he wrote.

In 2009, Putin threw Russia’s bid to join the WTO into disarray, saying Russia would instead form the Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan. The new initiative will have to be explained to WTO members.

Agence France Presse

South Pacific islands face a drought set to create food shortages in the region, officials in Wellington warned after a second com-munity declared a state of emergency due to lack of water.

Tokelau, a New Zealand-administered territory of about 1,400 people, had less than a week’s drinking water after a long drought blamed on a La Nina weather pat-tern, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said on Tuesday.

McCully said Tokelau declared a state of emergency late Monday, following a similar move in neighbouring Tuvalu, where a New Zea-land air force plane landed on Monday carrying containers of water and desalination units.

“There’s been a state of emergency

declared in Tokelau as well, where there are three islands, (they are) New Zealand citizens and they’re down to less than a week’s drinking water there too,” he told Radio New Zealand.

McCully said other islands in the South Pacific were also reporting water shortages and New Zealand was carrying out a regional assessment amid fears the drought could lead to crop failures and food shortages.

“We’re now doing an assessment, not just in Tuvalu but also in other areas of the Pacific that are affected by the shortage of rainfall, making sure we deal with the drink-ing water issue most urgently,” he said.

“There are going to be some flow-on effects here, clearly this is having a severe impact on crops, so there’s likely to be a food shortage as well.”

Russia’s Putin says wants to build “Eurasian Union”Reuters

MOSCOW - Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he wants to bring ex-Soviet states into a “Eurasian Union” in an article which outlined his first foreign policy initiative as he prepares to return to the Kremlin as the country’s next president.

AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Upper House Speaker Valentina Matviyenko in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011.

Cheney says Obama should apologize to Bush administration

AP Photo/David McNew

Former Vice President Dick Cheney shows his heart pump while discussing his newly published book, “In My Time-a Personal and Political Memoir” on Tuesday Sept. 20, 2011 in Simi Valley, California.

In this file photo, villagers are seen unloading goods from a barge in Nukunonu atoll, Tokelau. Toke-lau, a New Zealand-administered territory of about 1,400 people, has less than a week’s drinking water after a long drought blamed on a La Nina weather pattern, according to N.Z. Foreign Minister Murray McCully

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in drought emergency

Activities Wednesday, October 5, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for August 31 through October 5, 2011

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

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

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sail-ings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

31 Aug Buda Umanis Tambir Sari Bankar Titih Temple Kapal

12 Sep Purnama Ketiga Gunung Sari Temple LombokPauman Bhujangga Tonja DenpasarKawitan Arya Gajah Para Tianyar KarangasemPedarman Arya Telabah BesakihBukit Mentik TempleGunung Lebah Batur Kintamani

14 Sep Buda Keliwon Matal Village Temple SukawatiMerajan Agung Batuyang - batubulanPasek Gelgel Bebetin Temple Sawan - bulelengMaspahit Temple Sesetan - Denpasar SelatanPasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran - TegalalangPanti Pasek Gaduh Temple SesetanMerajan Pasek Kubayan Wangaya GedePedarman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih

24 Sep Tumpek Kandang Puseh Temple GianyarLuhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - TabananMerajan Pasek GelgelTegal Gede Badung

27 Sep Tilem Ketiga Ulun Kulkul TempleUlun Kulkul Besakih

28 Sep Buda Wage Menail Tarukan Temple Cemenggaon SukawatiMr. Pasek Dangke Bambang - BangliPenataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja - GianyarPuseh Menakaji Temple Peninjoan - BangliMerajan Agung Temple Blangsinga - BlahbatuhKawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh GianyarKawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal Mengwi

4 Ock Anggar Kasih Perangbakat Bukit Buluh Temple Gunaksa - KlungkungTirta Sudamala Temple Bebalang - BangliPaibon Pasek Bendesa Sangsit - sawan - BulelengPasek Gelgel Temple Pangi Dawan - KlungkungGunung Tengsong LombokDalem Benawah Temple Benawah - GianyarDalem Temple Bitra - GianyarDalem Temple Banyuning Timur - BulelengDalem Pauman Batan Getas Pauman Batan Getas Titih DenpasarTengah Padang TegalalangMerajan Pasek Gelgel Desa Sande - Pupuan TabananKawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Adat Pagan DenpasarHyangaluh/Jenggala BesakihMerajan Pasek Lurah Tutuan GunaksaMr. Pasek Gelgel SelulungMerajan Pasek Subrata MedahanMerajan Pasek Munggu MungguTengkulak Temple Tulikup - GianyarPenataran Badung Ogang Sidemen

5 Ock Buda Umanis Perangbakat Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak SiringRambut Siwi Temple JembranaBatu Bolong Temple Canggu - KutaPasek Marga Klaci Temple TabananAgung Pasek Temple Dauh Waru JembranaRatu Pasek Temple Sangsit Sawan - BulelengPasek Tangkas Darma R. TabananVillage Temple Banyuning BulelengSrijon Temple TabananMr. Pasek Gelgel Lebah PangkungMerajan Pasek Gelgel PatemonTirta Anom Padang Sigi Sading - Tampak SiringDadi Agung Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Manuaba TegalalangPedarmaan Batursari Ngilis Jegu Penebel TabananPuncak Mundi Nusa Penida

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Wednesday, October 5, 20116 News International

From page 1

“ ometimes we get the feeling perhaps thatouth Africa, or rather I must be frank and say

perhaps outh African authorities, do not supportthe struggle for democracy and human rights asenthusiastically as, for e ample, individuals likearchbishop Desmond Tutu,” uu Kyi said in a videolink interview at the niversity of Johannesburg.

outh Africa has dithered on deciding whetherto allow the e iled Tibetan spiritual leader to visitthe country for anti-apartheid luminary Tutu’s 80thbirthday this week.

The Dalai Lama has paid three visits to outhAfrica, but in 200 he was denied a visa, with thegovernment saying it did not want to alienate itsbiggest trade partner China.

uu Kyi’s National League for Democracy(NLD) looked on outh Africans “as soulmates,our brothers and sisters who went through thesame kind of struggles that we are going throughnow.”

“But it would be so good if those who havesuccessfully overcome their problems were to re-member those who are still struggling to overcometheirs,” she added.

The university will award uu Kyi an honor-ary doctorate in absentia on Tuesday for her pro-democracy fight.

Her NLD party won a 1 0 election but wasnever allowed to take power by the then-rulingmilitary junta.

Agence France Presse

Chinese province of ichuan on Monday while holding a photograph ofthe Dalai Lama,AsiaNews said, citing sources in theTibetan governmentin e ile in India.

the town of Ngaba, ichuan rovince,” the Catholic missionary newsagency said.

“As he burned, Kalsang, 1 or 18 years old, was holding a photographof the Dalai Lama and calling for rights and religious freedom in Tibet.

Kirti are still unknown,” it added.

rule in 1 5 . He later founded the government in e ile in Dharamshalaafter being offered refuge by India.

he insists his sole focus is a peaceful campaign for greater autonomy forhis homeland.

said tephanie Bridgen, director of Free Tibet to AsiaNews.“A growing number of Tibetans clearly feel that this is the only way

that they can be heard. This is an e tremely worrying and absolutelyunprecedented trend that we hope will end,” Bridgen said.

“The international community must help stop this shocking trend byshowingTibetans that there is a determination to protect and promote therights of Tibetans in Tibet and a road map for doing so.”

Many Tibetans in China are angry about what they view as increasingdomination by the country’s majority Han ethnic group.

China, however, says thatTibetan living standardshave improvedwithbillions in Chinese investment.

South Africa drags feet in democracy struggle: Suu Kyi

AP Photo/Khin Maung Win

Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and Labor and Social Welfare Minister Aung Kyi smile during a press conference after their meeting at Seinlekhanthar government guest house Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 in Yangon, Myanmar.

Agence France Presse

Myanmar s democracy iconAun an uu Kyi on Monday criticised outhA rica or stallin

else here

Another Tibetan monk sets

The forum was held annually and attended by policy makers, prac-titioners and the e pert in the corporate governance system, OECDcountries and other relevant international organizations. ARCG spe-

policies and practices of the corporate governance, as well as raisedthe awareness of various developments and challenges.

“Additionally, it will evaluate the implementation and enforcementas well as discuss and analyze various policy options in order to supportthe reform of corporate governance,” he said.

He said that in 200 the forum participants had agreed an actionplan to improve the corporate governance. ince then, various workingplan and initiatives had been prepared, including the review of e ist-ing regulations, adoption of international accounting standards andother initiatives. “The meeting at this time is also discussing about thefuture action plan which typically will include a variety of challengesin corporate governance practices in Asia,” he added. (par)

Indonesia...

AP Photo/Gurinder Osan

Tibetan exiles with their bodies painted raise pro-Tibet slogans at the end of a cycle rally in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. The cycle rally commemorated the September 1987 pro-Tibet uprising in Lhasa by monks of the Drepung Monastary.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7Indonesia Today International

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JAKARTA - A South Korean actor who is also a navy member, Hyun Bin, is to receive an Honorary Marine Brevet from the Indonesian Navy for his services, an Indonesian Marine Corps official said.

Major General M Alfan Baharu-din, commander of the Indonesian Marine Corps, said here on Monday the awarding of the honorary brevet to Hyun Bin was a symbol of the strong and good relations between the navies of the two countries.

Hyun Bin is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia on Tuesday (Oct 4). During his stay in Indonesia, Hyun who has named South Korea`s de-fense industry ambassador, would join a training program at the

Marine Corps Headquarters in Ci-landak, South Jakarta.

“The training will include op-erating the LVT amphibious tank, diving in an artificial lake, shoot-ing and rapid attack techniques,” Alfan said.

Indonesia and South Korea have developed good relations in the defense sector over the past few years. This year, both countries will begin cooperation in developing jet fighters in a program called the Korean-Indonesia Fighter experi-ment project.

Indonesia and South Korea are also holding talks to make aircraft purchase and sale deals. Indonesia wants to buy South Korean T-50 Golden Eagle trainers and offering to sell CN-235 cargo planes.

Governor Fauzi acknowledged the ASEAN Secretariat`s contribu-tion as a valued partner of Jakarta and underscored the importance of the Secretariat`s strategic position in connecting between ASEAN Member States and Dialogue Part-ners and Jakarta as gateway of In-donesia, the Jakarta-based ASEAN Secretariat said in a press statement

here on Tuesday.Bagas reminded his counterpart,

Dr Fauzi, who also attended the ASEAN Lecture on the inspiring remarks made by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in August. On 8 August this year, during the ASE-AN Day celebrations, the President noted that over the years, ASEAN Secretariat has been a major factor

in evolution of ASEAN. ASEC has been one of the most successful organizations in the world.

Earlier in January, the Governor had stated that “in chairing ASEAN, Indonesia is also giving huge lever-age for Jakarta to foster its image as center of diplomacy”. He added that “we will do anything within our power to prove ourselves as an extraordinary host”.

He pointed out how the presence of international organisations, had brought about significant economic and political benefits to their host country.

“We should take a fresh look on how we can accommodate both

ASEAN and non-ASEAN citizens who work to sustain the centrality of ASEAN”, said Bagas, who fur-ther pointed out how the economy of Brussels is strongly benefiting from the European Union, while New York, Nairobi and Bangkok have drawn on the presence of the United Nations.

He added that to support the Indonesian Government`s mission to make Jakarta “the diplomatic capital city of the region”, there is an urgent need to expand the size of the ASEAN Secretariat`s premises.

Dr Fauzi responded that his of-fice is still intensively discussing

with other Indonesian line agen-cies, on the utilisation of the former South Jakarta mayor`s office for the ASEAN Secretariat.

Both officials were in agreement that the establishment of the ASE-AN Community in 2015 requires a strengthened Secretariat, with better facilities to support its mission.

Bagas also conveyed an invi-tation letter from the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, to Dr Fauzi to officially launch the ASEAN Rickshaw Run on 16 October. The organisers had held similar events in London over the past three years.

Associated Press

JAKARTA — Authorities are warning tourists and fisher-men to stay more than a mile (two kilometers) from a smok-ing Indonesian volcano known as “Child of Krakatoa.”

The volcano in the Sunda Strait, 80 miles (130 kilome-ters) west of the capital, Jakarta, was created by the same tectonic forces that led to the 1883 Krakatoa eruption that killed tens of thousands of people.

Its “child,” growing five yards (meters) a year, is now 1,320 feet (400 meters) tall and popular among hikers.

Gede Suantika of the Center for Volcanology says the mountain’s alert level was raised to the second-highest level last week after the number of volcanic tremors soared from 200 a day to 7,200.

Suantika said Tuesday that he worries a powerful burst could shoot incandescent rocks down its slopes and far into the ocean.

Antara

JAKARTA - The Jakarta city admin-istration plans to build a huge dike to overcome flood problem that the city always faces every year, a city adminis-tration official said here on Monday.

A c h m a d H a r j a d i , t h e c i t y administration`s deputy for environ-ment and spatial management, said the feasibility study on the Jakarta Coastal Defense Strategy (JCDS) to overcome floods that includes the dike project had already been finished.

He said it takes eight months to finish the study with assistance from the Dutch government that has allocated four mil-lion euro worth of grant for it.

The complete master plan is now be-ing made and the Dutch government has also pledged to help the reconstruction, he said. He said members of the JCDS team who had been assigned to conduct the feasibility study were from the con-sortium of Dutch consultants, experts from the public works ministry and the Bandung Institute of Technology.

Floods have always happened in the city due to land subsidence and the hike in sea water level.

A number of options have been of-fered to overcome the problem such as strengthening and raising the dike at coast line locations, and extending “blue space” as a retention pond which has now become part of the plan.

The second option is integrating the sea dike with development of reclaimed areas while retaining the main river flows such as from Cengkareng Drain and West and East Flood Control Canals to the sea.

The third option meanwhile is build-ing a dam to receive all water that comes from all rivers passing through the city for pumping out into the sea.

He said the city administration tends to choose the third option with an addi-tion of Option 1 and 2 modifications.

He said the flood control dike would be designed also for a toll road. The multi-purpose dike will also function as a toll road or a railway to help overcome traffic problems in the city, he added.

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

Indonesian workers handle steel rods at the construction site of a bridge in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tues-day, Oct. 4, 2011.

South Korean actor to receive RI honorary marine brevet

Jakarta, ASEAN secretariat agree to boost cooperation Antara

JAKARTA - Jakarta Governor Dr Fauzi Bowo and Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs Bagas Hap-soro in a meeting recently agreed to boost activities that would benefit for both the Secretariat and the Office of the Jakarta Governor.

Indonesia tells tourists to stay clear of volcano

Jakarta to build huge dike

8 InternationalWednesday, October 5, 2011

Bali Today

“On the thousands of islands inIndonesia, we e pect one islandhas at least one veterinarian. Butthe fact is that many remote is-lands in the country don’t have aveterinarian at all,” said rabowoin Denpasar, Wednesday.

Antara

CANGG - ome 66 profes-sional junior surfers from severalcountries will vie for the worldchampionship at the OakleyWorld ro Junior 2011 whichtakes place at a Bali beach from

Indonesia needs 6,000 Veterinarians moreAntara

EN A AR - The a riculture ministry s irector eneral o Livestock and Animal ealthrabo o Res atio Caturroso said Indonesia is still short o 6, veterinarians, re orts Antara

ne s a encyHe made the statement on

World Rabies Day at Ksirar-nawa Building, Cultural ark,Denpasar.

rabowo said the presenceof a veterinarian on each islandis very important to prevent the

spread of animal diseases.“We are afraid that if each of

the islands is not protected by asecurity system of animal health,animal diseases could occur andspread easily in the islands,” Hesaid.

He said Indonesia has only2 2 animal health clinics, whilein fact every sub-district shouldhave one veterinarian clinic.

“But many animal health clin-ics nowadays are not functioningwell because the veterinarianshad left, especially in remoteregions due to the lack of fa-cilities and infrastructure,” said

rabowo.He added, Indonesia only has

6,000 veterinarians from the

least ideally above 20 thousand oreven 60 thousand veterinarians.

“The 6,000 veterinarians can atleast be used to meet the needs ofthe islands,” He said.

rabowo said fresh graduates ofveterinary faculties seem to preferworking in the private sector in-stead of with the government.

“In the future, we plan to givean incentive to veterinarians inthe regions to support them,” hesaid.

ntara

World junior professional surfers compete in Bali In this photo provided by the Association of Surfing Professionals,

Quincy Davis, of Montauk, N.Y., competes in the Oakley World Pro Juniors surfing competition in Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.

October through 14, 2011.“We are proud to become

part of the world class profes-sional junior surfing evolutionby again conducting the worldjunior surfing competition as aseries of the World Junior ro-fessional urfing Association,”

Oakley ports Marketing Man-ager Ronny Nelson said beforethe opening of the competitionat Bali provincial arerenanBeach, Canggu, Badung districton Monday.

The participants of the juniorsurfing competition comprising

48 male junior surfers and 18 fe-male ones under 20 years of agefrom the nited tates, Europe,Africa, Hawaii and Japan.

In addition, nine Wildcardholding surfers will also takepart in the competition, Nelsonsaid, adding that two of the nine

wildcard holders namely Darmautra Tunjung and IB amarai

are hailing from Bali.According to Nelson, in last

year s junior surfing champi-onship two Australians namelyJack Freestone and Tyker Wrigthbecame champions.

AP Photo/ASP, Steve Robertson

Balinese Culture

9International Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Each reg ion in Indonesia has d i f ferent de l icacy pursuant to surrounding env i ronment prov id ing the ingredients and t rad i t ion mainta ined. Bal i , for instance, has lawar. I t has been renowned and tasted by the tongue of fore ign tour is ts. Hot sp ices suppor ted by a var ie ty o f tubers and th in ly-chopped vegetables l ike the young coconut shel l , s t r ing bean, grated coconut or young papaya wi l l k ind le the appet i te f rom the beginning unt i l the end. Then, chopped meat such as pork, beef, ch icken, duck or o thers are used as the main ingredient , and i t g ives the name of the lawar i tse l f. Th is lawar de l icacy is over and over again in t roduced in ever y occasion of t rad i t ional cu l inar y event .

At v i l lages, the ngelawar (preparat ion of lawar) t rad i t ion is begun by togetherness. V i l lagers usual ly s laughter a p ig or the l ike and prepare the d ishes co l lect ive ly for spec ia l occas ions such as personal l i fe-cyc le r i tua ls or temple anniversar y. From ear ly in the morn ing, they have been ready to go by br ing ing a long wi th a shar p kn i fe. Few moments la ter, the chopping boards turn crowded sounding tek. . . tek…tek…tek and goes on. Some prepare sp ices and vegetables, whi le the others s l ice th in ly the meat in use. In essence, the pebat or k i tchen depar tment is ver y busy.

Meanwhi le, when ce lebrat ing the Galungan and Kuningan fest iv i ty, Bal inese people (Hindu) may jo in the co l lect ive s laughter known as mepatung whi le food preparat ion is under taken ind iv idual ly. Th is has someth ing to do wi th s l ight ly d i f ferent tastes and in terests. The food is prepared for f i l l ing some oblat ions other than for consumpt ion. Thei r food habi tua l ly cons is t o f lawar, satay, komoh (c lear soup) , urutan (sausage) , sk in crackers, tum (chopped meat mix wi th sp ices and then s teamed) and so for th .

Other t rad i t ion remains to be mainta ined is ngejot or present ing food g i f t to ne ighbor and re la t ives. Though they equal ly have the same del icacy, i t is in tended to mainta in soc ia l re la t ionship and exchange the food as the i rs may have d i f ferent tastes. S imi lar ly, fami ly members wi l l a lso v is i t re la t ives where parent or grandparent comes f rom. To share the happiness wi th the ancest ra l souls, a t least fami ly wi l l a lso br ing a long sagi o f fer ing and be presented to them in the home p lat form shr ine at ba le dangin or eastern pav i l ion.

Today, probably many people are ver y busy as they must be in charge to work. However, there are a lways people of fer ing the i r ser v ices by prov id ing ready- to-ser ve lawar. I t is var ied ly packed in n ice bamboo basket conta in ing par t icu lar number of satay, lawar and serapah (grated coconut wi th meat) . On that account , people wi l l not be busy to prepare i t in case of organiz ing an event or soc io- re l ig ious act iv i ty.

When making a v is i t to Bal i , i t a lso a good oppor tun i ty for you t r y these del icac ies. At least , t r y the lawar as i t has been ident ica l to Bal inese cu is ine. Seemingly, your v is i t to Bal i would be incomplete wi thout ‘pamper ing ’ your tongue by th is de l icacy. Of course, i t w i l l enr ich your cu l inar y adventure, too! (BTN/punia)

Bali Post

INGARAJA - Bali has a vari-ety of distinctive rituals to invokesafety of the farmer-owned plants.In the Badung and Tabanan region,local farmers often organize Nan-gluk Merana or pest prevention andmouse Ngaben cremation. Mean-while, at the Giri Mas CustomaryVillage, awan ubdistrict, peoplealso hold a unique and matchlessritual in the so-called Ngusaba maor better known as the Bukakakprocession.

Thousands of residents, rangingfrom farmers to employees andofficials organized the Bukakakritual procession along the villageand subak road. Most residentsconsisted of supporting devotees ofubak Temple and Giri Mas Dangin

Yeh customary villagers, awanubdistrict. The procession drew

e tensive attention of residents inBuleleng so that many residentsfrom outside the Giri Mas Custom-ary Village were also present toenliven the festive ceremony.

From the morning, thousands ofpeople had come down to the streetsof the village. They were prepar-ing themselves to carry the ritualparaphernalia called Bukakak. Theprocession of parading the Bukakakwas really awaited by citizens,both those getting involved in theprocession and those who onlywatched the procession. Bukakakwas made from materials such as

bamboo and young palm leaves.The Bukakak paraphernalia con-tained oblation and roasted sucklingpig. The ingredients themselveswere then carried hilariously bylocal youth and followed by othercitizens. Before carrying the ritualparaphernalia, teenagers and othervillagers attended a purificatoryritual in order they could run thebiennial procession successfully.

Bukakak procession is indeed atradition celebrated in a solemnityand delight through generations.It is conducted as a form of devo-tional offerings to Goddess ri forthe safety handed down to subakmembers and customary villagersof Mas Giri.As an agrarian society,the ceremony is certainly aimed atpleading for crops especially therice plant that supports the life oflocal residents and those of othervillage could survive from the at-tack of pests and diseases. “Webelieve, by organizing this offeringour rice and other crops can survivefrom the dangers of disease,” saidJero Mangku ubrata.

To hold the ceremony, supportingdevotees estimated to reach morethan a thousand families paid a do-nation. reparation of the ceremonyhad been made since last week. Asother ceremonies, the Bukakak ritualwas also preceded by a Melasti pro-cession and then resumed with Ngu-saba ma, ngembang and picking upthe deities. After the procession, itwas held the Ngusaba Dalem egara

and peak of the ritual right on the fullmoon in the tenth month of Balinesecalendar and the procession endedwith the implementation of Bukakakprocession on unday.

rocession of the ritual waspreceded by fetching the deitiesabiding in Gunung ekar Temple.It is about 100 meters to the eastof the ubak Temple.All parapher-nalia including the Bukakak wereparaded from the ubak Templeto Gunung ekar Temple. Fromthe Gunung ekar the parapher-nalia were then paraded back to anumber of temples in the awansubdistrict such angsit VillageTemple, Beji Temple and BetenBekul Temple.

In the meantime, the local resi-

would survive from plant diseaseas their regions had been passedthrough by the Bukakak procession.“Local villagers here believe thatcrops in the areas traversed by theprocession would be fertile, so thatmany residents requested in ordertheir plants could be trampled by theyouth carrying the Bukakak,” saidJro Mangku ubrata.

As the end of the series of Ngu-saba ma ritual, it was resumed withthe closing ceremony on unday(Mar 20) evening. In the closing ritu-al, residents danced while deliveringplaus oblation as an e pression ofdevotion because they had success-fully implemented the whole seriesof ceremony. (BTN kmb)

Bukakak Ritual to Invoke Safety of PlantsNgelawar:From Togetherness with Love to Flavor

IBP

Bali is a bijou island, but the content of traditional values, arts, history and culture is not as small as the area. Artistic heritage, his-tory and culture almost spread throughout the nine regencies and city existing on the Island of the

Gods. The search on the heritage, arts and cultural relics of this time is to Yeh Pulu Relief.

Relief of the ancient rock stone is located at the Bedulu (Bedahulu) Village, Blahbatuh Subdistrict, Gianyar Regency. Location to Tampaksiring and Kintamani is only about 40 minutes drive from

Denpasar City. The entrance to the tourist attraction of holy water is not far from the main road east of Goa Gajah Temple, to the right, into the village street. Visitors should be careful because there are many road junctions without a clue heading for the object of Yeh Pulu Relief, or ask the way to local residents.

The monument in the form of re-lief becoming the main attraction to tourists, especially foreign tourists, was discovered in 1925 by a courtier or Ubud Royal family. The name was taken from the barrel (or container of rice in the past) located at the central axis of purified water nestling in the west of the relief. The word yeh in Balinese language means water and pulu means a barrel.

The appeal of this monument is not only because of the uniqueness of relief sculpture immortalized on the rock stone wall of the hill, but also due to the spread of rice field view along the two-hundred-

meters and the sound of clinking water on the left-right path to loca-tion is always neatly trimmed and maintained sustainably, emanating a natural beauty.

With such a natural atmosphere, the clear and the sharpness of splashing water are always flow-ing along the trench making the ambience around this object really peaceful and enchanting. On that account, it is not mistaken if the niches (caves) in southern relief suspected as the hermitage of the last Balinese ancient King before the collapse of Bali to Majapahit administration in 1343.

Relief with magical nuance and meaningful is 25 meters long and 2 meters high. Many researches conducted by experts from home and overseas to recognize the im-plicit meaning behind the wall relief of the rock cliffs on the hills. As consequence, it drove many com-mentaries and analysis to uncover

the mystery behind the veil of the true meaning of the relief. Overall, the theme of this story recounts the life in the forest atmosphere and daily life in the ancient kingdom of Bali. In addition to the Balinese classical carvings, this monument also has niches of Bedahulu Royal Hermitage before his death against the army of the Majapahit kingdom in 1343 AD.

Yeh Pulu Relief poses one of the many historical classical monu-ments of Bali originating in ancient Bali (14th century AD) retaining full knowledge of art, which until now is still sustainable and be cared by the members of Subak, as one of the classical organizations that in particular organizes farmers and manage all aspects of rice field cultivation. For tourists who would like to visit this object first should purchase admission ticket of the object, at IDR 6,000 for adult and IDR 3,000 for child.

Wednesday, October 5, 201110 InternationalDestinationsYeh Pulu Relief:

Description of Life in Bali Ancient Kingdom

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BUSINESSInternational

Associated Press

ETROIT . . buyersshruggedoff economicworries andsnapped up Vs and pickups lastmonth, surprising the auto industryandraisinghopes thatabumpyyearwill end on a high note.

Big trucks typically sell whenthe housing market and construc-tion industry are strong, gas prices

is high. None of those was true ineptember. The economy remains

-lon of gas prices cost nearly 1 permore than in eptember 2010.

But other factors boosted trucksales. mall businesses must even-

trucks, and auto companies offeredsome good deals to clear out 2011model trucks. They also steppedup theirmarketing.Andconsumersare learning to live with economicuncertainty.

“We see consumers being morecomfortable with buying cars in acontinuouslyvolatileenvironment,”said Jesse Toprak, vice presidentof industry trends and insights forthe car pricing site TrueCar.com.“Traditionally, they would havepostponed making the purchasedecision.”

. . vehicle sales rose 10 per-cent fromlast eptember,accordingto Autodata Corp. eptember sawthe fastest sales pace since April,and automakers e pect that pace tostay steady for the rest of this year.

Nearly 54 percent of vehiclessold were trucks and Vs, thehighest percentage this year. That’sgood news for automakers, which

and Vs. Truck sales at GeneralMotors Co., Chrysler Group LLCand Ford Motor Co. grew in thedouble digits, outpacing cars. EvenHonda Motor Co., which normallygets the bulk of its sales from cars,sold ,000 more trucks than cars.

A shortage of cars is anotherreason truck and V sales werestrong.Analystshade pectedmoreJapanese cars to fill showroomsafter months of shortages related toMarch’s earthquake and tsunami.

ButHondaandToyotacontinuedto struggle with product shortages.Toyota’s eptember sales weredown 1 .5 percent, while Honda’sfell 8 percent.

Truckloads of new Honda ve-hicles arrived at dealerships lastweek, and Toyota Motor Corp.’snew Camry sedan recently went

on sale, but they were too late inboth cases togive eptember totals

Bob Carter, Toyota’s . . saleschief, said October should be aturning point. With all of its plantsnow running, the automaker e -pects its Toyota division to post its

since April and it e pects to postsales increases through the fourthquarter and beyond.

Many buyers were replacingtrucks in eptember because theyhad to. The average truck on theroad is now around 10.1 yearsold, according to R.L. olk andAssociates.

“A commercial owner cannotafford to have their vehicle out ofservice,” said Don Johnson, GM’svice president of . . sales.

romotions also helped. GM-

ing for 60 months and 1,000 cashon the 2011 Chevrolet ilverado1500 pickup. But Edmunds.comsaid incentive spending was onlyup percent from August, to anaverage of 2,45 per vehicle,and was actually down from lasteptember.

aulBallew, a formerGMchiefeconomist who now works for Na-tionwide Insurance, said deals willprobably get more generous in thelast part of this year. Japanese au-tomakers will have to offer rebatesand other incentives to get backmarket share lost to GM, HyundaiMotor Co. and other competitors.Detroit automakers will probablyoffer discounts on trucks becauseof high inventories, he said.

“It’ll probably be a pretty goodtime to buy a vehicle,” he said.“Consumers have proved theywill respond selectively whenprodded.”

Automakers don’t e pect thepace of sales to slow for the rest ofthe year. GM stuck with its forecastforfull-yearsalesofaround12.8mil-lioncarsandtrucks,whichwouldbeup 10 percent from last year.

But some analysts say ep-tember’s boost will be short-livedbecause economic worries couldstill dampen sales. Edmunds.comlastweek reduced its full-year salesforecast from12. millionvehiclesto 12.6 million vehicles.

GM’s eptember sales rose 20percent, led by a 4 percent risein sales of full-size pickups and

Vs. Chrysler’s sales rose 2percent, while Ford’s were uppercent.

Commodities from crude to cornhave slid in the last quarter, with manyshowing the most dramatic losses since2008,whenLehmanBrotherscollapsed.The turnaround follows sharp gains

commodities on signs of strengtheningeconomies.

Asian countries such as India andChina sawdemandsuffer little fromthe

now that softer prices will only whetthe appetites of swelling populations,growingbetteroffafteryearsofdramaticeconomic growth.

“They are still more worried about

matter aren’t coming down,” said RicDeverell,headofcommoditiesresearchat Credit uisse.

many countries in the region and Brentoil prices are still up nearly percentthisyearwhilecornisaveraging 6.4 abushel this year, up from 5 in 2010.

Both India and China are showingenviableratesofgrowthatleastsi timesthat of the nited tates, even if e pan-sion has slowed. Domestic demand isdriving much of the growth, rather thane ports to the developed world.

Both countries have populationsalready in e cess of one billion andin India’s case, it is adding nearly anAustralia of people every year, with agrowing middle class that wants moreand has more to spend.

“Rising incomes and populations indeveloping Asia will continue to drivedemand for agricultural commoditiesand changing dietary habits will furtherincrease these pressures,” said Rajiv

IH Global Insight.E ports from China, dubbed the

world’s factory, are still important tomaintain its growth of close to 10 per-cent but the economy is now mainlydriven by domestic investment andconsumption.

Domesticconcernshavejustprompt-ed Indonesia, southeast Asia’s largesteconomy and the world’s top producerof palm oil, to hike ta es on crude palm

-ing industry.

It is also e pecting its domesticmar-

Reuters

NE EL I - Anyone ho in that recent alls in commodity rices ould rovide a boost too erhouse Asian economies and hel li t the develo ed orld out o recessionary dan er ill

ketforbiofuelstohelpitweatheranyfallin e ports of the product because of theglobal slowdown.

The resulting boost to domesticagriculturalindustrieswouldbea“bless-ing in disguise,” Agriculture Ministeruswono says.

Asian countries are also increasingtrade with each other, moving furtherawayfromthe nited tatesandEurope,just as those economies look to them topower recovery.

“Development of trade relationsmean (Asian) countries rely less on the

. . and Europe than three years ago.China is the fastest growing tradingpartner for India,” said lrich Bartsch,senior economist at the World Bank.“Asia is increasingly becoming its owngrowth pole.”

The difference in the impact of thefall in oil prices on both growth and

of thediscrepancybetweenAsiaandtheWestern economies.

For many Asian energy consumers,the impact of this quarter’s 8.6 percentfall in Brent crude is minimal becauseenergy prices are subsidized or set bythe government.

or boost surpluses but do little to putready cash back in the hands of drivers.

In China, the world’s second-largestoilimporter,thedrophasnotbroughtanyrelief at the pump, where retail gasolineprices are still at record highs.

And with winter just around thecorner, the government is likely to keep

-ers to ensure they produce enough tofeed energy-guzzling heaters and coaltrucks.

Ontheothersideoftheglobe,cheapergasoline is “like a ta cut” to . . con-sumers, says arahEmerson,directorofEnergy ecurityAnalysis Inc.

“Maybe they’ll buy another pairof shoes or splurge on steak instead ofchicken for dinner. This is the directstimulus they’re getting from lowerprices for gasoline and auto-diesel,”she added.

ForAsianeconomies,anyonebuyingmore meat is more of a headache thana helper.

China is grappling with record pork

priceswhichtheInternationalMonetaryFund (IMF) has said will delay its es-

above target and near three-year highsof 6.5 percent.

orkandpoultryprices inChinaarelikelytobefueledfurtherbystubbornlyhigh soybean and corn prices. o theworld’ssecond-largestcornconsumerisfocusingonraisingdomesticproductionandtamingboomingdemand,butisstillfacing the need for rising imports.

“I can’t see China cranking growth.

Credit uisse’s Deverell said.There are other agricultural prices,

most notably rice, which are importantto Asia and have not fallen with othercommodities, said Frederic Neumann,co-headofAsianeconomicsresearchatH BC in Hong Kong.

Ricepricesareon the risedue todo-mesticpoliticsintope porterThailand.TheThai governmentplans to raise theprice itpayfarmers for their rice,whichwill keep more supplies at home anddrive up the e port price.

“Rice prices ... risk pushing up

outheastAsia,” Neumann said.Countries across the region, where

rice is a staple for the poor, are scram-bling to avoid a price surge.

Asian policy makers will be warilywatching developments in the ricemarket,whosepotentialcontribution to

any boon conferred by falling grainprices.

With currencies in the region alsodepreciating against the dollar, whichis used topricemanyglobal commodi-ties,what little relief there is fromlowerimport costs is reduced.

And the developed world shouldcount its blessings at the temporaryrelief in prices as it pins its hopes onAsia to pull it out of recession. In theend,Asia’s precipitous growth is likelyto drive those prices back up.

“Thedownturnincommodityprices... is takingplaceagainstamegatrendofshifting economic power from West toEast,” said Biswas.

“The riseofChinaand India isdriv-ingalonger-termuptrendincommodityprices.”

Entertainment InternationalWednesday, October 5, 201112

A horribly predictable mash-up of “Rocky,” ‘’The Champ” and Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, “Real Steel” puts director Shawn Levy (the “Night at the Museum” movies) in contention with fellow robot handler Michael Bay for the title of worst blockbuster filmmaker in show business.

With a team of executive produc-ers that includes Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, Levy has all the resources a director could ever want. It all goes toward punishing noise and machine mayhem, the fight scenes stitched together by the humdrum drama of an annoying deadbeat dad connecting with his annoying young son.

Jackman’s Charlie Kenton is an ex-boxer scraping by in the near future as a promoter of brawling robots, which have taken over the sport from human fighters. Charlie’s on the seedy side of boxing, his secondhand ‘bots trading punches at fairgrounds and other unsanctioned

venues while the big boys duke it out in televised league fights at huge arenas.

A sleazebag who’s built a life on skipping out on his debts and responsibilities, Charlie suddenly finds himself on the road with his 11-year-old son, Max (Dakota Goyo), after the boy’s mother dies.

Short on cash and needing a new robot, Charlie heads to the junkyard to pilfer parts so he can piece together a new fighter. There, Max stumbles on Atom, an outdated sparring robot that turns out to be a diamond in the rough, a scrappy machine that becomes a sensation on the fight circuit.

From there, the drama as devel-oped by screenwriter John Gatins and two others who share story credit goes just where you expect it to, without a ripple of surprise or originality. Father and son squawk and fight, find common ground and gradually make their way toward becoming a family, while Atom gets

an underdog shot against the world champion.

It’s pretty nauseating, though not as nauseating as some of the images of Jackman shadow boxing outside the ring during the climactic match. He looks quite the fool doing

it, capping an uneven performance in which Jackman generally is out-acted by the robots. Jackman is overly eager at the start to show how slimy Charlie is, and that makes the guy’s abrupt transformation into father-of-the-year material all the

more unconvincing.Goyo overdoes it, too, his ear-

nestness growing tiresome and eventually cloying by the time Max becomes a ringside idol himself for his dance routines alongside Atom.

Associated Press Writer

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Leonard Nimoy has attended his final “Star Trek” convention. The 80-year-old actor, best-known for playing Mr. Spock in the original TV series that began in September 1966, formed four fingers into a V for Vulcan sign and intoned to fans Spock’s most famous phrase: “Live long and prosper.”

Nimoy has said the convention in suburban Chicago celebrating the 45th anniversary of “Star Trek” would be his last.

He spoke for an hour about his life and career, and thanked fans for their support over the years. Some held signs saying: “We love you Leonard! Live long & prosper.”

Creation Enter-tainment organizes the “Star Trek” con-ventions. Company CEO Adam Malin says the company has toured and collabo-rated with Nimoy for nearly three decades and that Nimoy “will be missed.”

Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA — Rapper T.I. has joined country star Taylor Swift in a surprise duet at her concert in Atlanta.

Toward the end of Swift’s set on Sunday night, she introduced T.I. by singing the opening chorus of his hit

song “Live Your Life.” The packed house at Philips Arena screamed once he stepped onstage for the un-announced appearance and started to rap.

The two Grammy winners stood side-by-side as he rapped and she sang a vocal part originally handled by Rihanna. Swift has featured guests

ranging from Justin Bieber to Nicki Minaj onstage during her tour. The Sunday show was a makeup perfor-mance for a postponed July show.

T.I. has made several appear-ances since his release from a halfway house last month following 10 months in federal prison on a probation vio-lation.

Review: Jackman’s ‘Real Steel’ is scrap metalAssociated Press Writer

“Real Steel” dresses up a bad idea — robots boxing — with all the computer effects and heavy-metal action that Hollywood can buy. But that doesn’t cover up the fact that it’s a bad idea. Really bad. And “Real Steel” is a really bad movie, with some embarrassingly awful moments for Hugh Jackman, whose silly Wolverine whiskers in the “X-Men” flicks seem quite distinguished compared to the outlandish trappings here.

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In this image released by Disney/DreamWorks II, Hugh Jackman, left, and Dakota Goyo are shown in a scene from “Real Steel”

Spock attends his last ‘Star Trek’ convention

FILE - In this April 30, 2009 file photo, Leonard Nimoy arrives at the premiere of “Star Trek” in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File

T.I., Taylor Swift perform surprise duet in Ga.

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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2011 photo, Rapper T.I. performs during the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta.

International Wednesday, October 5, 2011 13Science

“This year’s Nobel laureates have revolutionised our under-standing of the immune system by discovering key principles for its activation,” the jury said in a state-ment. The three were lauded for their work on the body’s complex defence system in which signalling molecules unleash antibodies and killer cells to respond to invading microbes.

Understanding this throws open the door to new drugs and also tackling immune disorders, such as asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease, in which the body mysteriously attacks itself. “Their work has opened up new avenues for the development of prevention and therapy against infections, cancer and inflammatory diseases,” the jury said.

The Nobel jury was caught off guard though when it discovered hours after announcing the prize that Steinman had died of pancre-atic cancer on Friday the age of 68. Prize regulations stipulate the award cannot be given posthumously.

However the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute that awards the prize held a meeting late Mon-day to discuss how to handle the situation, deciding ultimately that Steinman would remain a Nobel laureate given the “unique” situa-tion. “We just got the information. What we can do now is only to regret that he could not experi-ence the joy,” he head of the Nobel Assembly, Goeran Hansson told Swedish news agency TT.

Agence France Presse

A top Iranian environment of-ficial said on Monday Tehran and Baghdad will jointly pay $1.2 billion in a project to reduce the number of sand dunes in a bid to cut the number of sandstorms from Iraq.

“In order to reduce gravel lev-els we have signed an agreement with a foreign company worth $1.2 billion to cover a million hectares (2.47 million acres) of Iraqi soil in the next five years,” the official IRNA news agency quoted the head of Iran’s Environ-mental Protection Organisation as saying.

The name of the foreign firm was not given. “This initiative began with 500 hectares and in our negotiations (with Iraq) it was decided to either use fossil materials (petroleum products) or biological ones to stabilise the dunes,” Mohammad Javad

Mohammadi-Zadeh added.Media and some local officials

have blamed sandstorms on coun-tries west of the Islamic republic, particularly Iraq which has been hit by desertification and defor-estation because of dam construc-tion and declining agriculture.

In mid-April, 20 of Iran’s 31 provinces had to close schools and government offices, and flights to and from some western cities were cancelled because of sandstorms mostly originating in neighbour-ing Iraq.

The problem of sandstorms from Iraq has been blamed on two decades of on-off wars, with officials there saying the number of palm trees has fallen by two thirds from around 36 million to just 12 million.

In September 2010, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Qatar and Turkey signed an accord in Tehran aimed at tackling the sandstorms problem over the next five years.

Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. is unveiling a new, more pow-erful version of its wildly popular smartphone — more than a year after it launched the iPhone 4.

Last week, Apple Inc. e-mailed invitations to a media event at its headquarters in Cupertino on Tues-day morning. The invite says “let’s talk iPhone,” implying the secretive company intends to show off the latest version of the device.

The first iPhone came out in 2007, and the phone’s signature slick looks, high-resolution screen and intuitive software has gained millions of fans over the years. There were 39 million iPhones

sold just between January and the end of June.

Beyond the iPhone itself, the Tuesday event is anticipated as Apple’s first major product unveil-ing in years that won’t be led by Steve Jobs, who resigned from the CEO post in August after being out on indefinite medical leave since January. The Apple co-founder is now its executive chairman. And though Jobs did emerge from medical leave twice this year to present Apple’s innovations — most recently in June to show off its new mobile software and iCloud content storage service — his successor, Tim Cook, is expected to take the lead this time.

Though not nearly as recog-

nizable as Jobs, Cook, formerly Apple’s chief operating officer, has been running Apple since January. For years, he has been in charge of Apple’s day-to-day operations, and he has long been seen as the natural successor. He also served as Apple’s leader for two months in 2004 while Jobs battled cancer and again for five-and-a-half months in 2009 when Jobs received a liver transplant.

Perhaps more important to Apple fans than who is presenting is what the company will reveal on Tuesday. A new iPhone is expected to have a number of changes, the biggest of which will likely be under the hood: the inclusion of Apple’s latest iOS mobile software, iOS 5, which has been slated for release this fall.

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In this Aug. 25, 2011 photo, customers stand outside the Apple flag-ship store on Fifth Ave., in New York.

New iPhone expected from Apple on Tuesday

Iran, Iraq pay $1.2 bn to battle sandstorms

AFP Photo/Mohammad Reza Dehdari

Iranians cross a street as a heavy sand storm hits the city of Ahvaz in April 2011.

Undated handout image of Canadian Ralph Stein-man from Rockefeller University in New York. Steinman, Bruce Beutler of the US, Jules Hoffmann of Luxembourg won the Nobel Medicine Prize for work on the immune sys-tem, but in a surprising twist the jury learned that Steinman had died just days before.

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Scientists win Nobel Prize for immune system studiesAgence France Presse

Three scientists won the Nobel Medicine Prize for work on the immune system, but in a surprising twist the jury learned that one of the winners of the award had died just days before. The new laureates were Bruce Beutler of the United States, Luxembourg-born French-man Jules Hoffmann, and Ralph Steinman of Canada, who it was discovered Monday had died on September 30.

Wednesday, October 5, 201114 InternationalSport

The three were part of the24-man squad named by coachLaurent Blanc last week but freshinjuries while on club duty meanFrance will be stretched as they

-land. “MRI scans...have shownthat all three are unable to play inthe matches,” a federation state-ment said.

France lead Group D by a pointfrom Bosnia with just the two

Yoann Gourcuff, Abou Diaby andGuillaume Hoarau were alreadyout with long-standing injuries and

out after breaking his leg playingforArsenal, leading to a call-up forMathieu Debuchy.

Real Madrid striker Benzema issuffering from an abductor muscleproblem, Bayern Munich winger

is struggling with thigh trouble.Defenders EricAbidal and LaurentKoscielny remain in the squad butare doubtful with knocks.

“It is part of the job of nationalcoach,” Blanc earlier told reporters

-ers are subjected to quite a toughregime with (club) matches every

three or four days and muscleinjuries can multiply. Eric is veryimportant to us. I really hope he

A decision on possible replace-ments for the injured trio has notyet been made and depends onwhether Blanc sticks to his usualplan of having one man up front orswitches to 4-4-2 given that Alba-nia are likely to play defensivelyon Friday.

France may try to attack morethan normal as they need to beatAlbania to guarantee they stay in

showdown with the Balkan sideon Oct. 11.

Reuters

Italy are not scared of the feverish atmosphere they could encoun-

“We don’t have any fears over the game in Belgrade. There will be

picked a strong squad and hopes Manchester City’s temperamental

“I have found him to be a bit calmer. I hope he gives me a selection

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Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema from France, left, scores during the Spanish La Liga soc-cer match against Rayo Vallecano at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011.

France’s Benzema, Ribery and Matuidi ruled outReuters

CLAIREFONTAINE - France trio Karim Benzema, Franck Ribery and Blaise Matuidi have

Italy not scared of Serbia trip, says Prandelli

REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito

Italy’s Mario Balotelli controls the ball during their Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match against Slovenia at the Arte-mio Franchi stadium in Florence September 6, 2011.

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Owners and players will beback Tuesday for a full bargainingsession, knowing if they fail toproduce results, there may not beenough time left to avoid cancelingregular-season games.

“A lot of signs point to tomor-row being a very huge day,” play-ers’ association president DerekFisher of the Lakers said. “Therewill be a lot of pressure on all of usin the room, and we’ll accept thatresponsibility and go in and seewhat we can get worked out.”

The sides met in small groupsMonday for about five hours, asession that Deputy CommissionerAdam Silver said was mainly about“setting the table” for Tuesday.

While careful not to put too muchpressure on Tuesday’s talks, heand Commissioner David Sternmade clear there had to be signsof compromise.

“Each side understands exactlywhat’s at stake and where poten-tially there is movement in order totry to get a deal done,” Silver said.“I mean, we can only say we’re run-ning out of time so many times.

“We both understand that if wedon’t make our best offers in thenext few days, we’re going to beat the point where we’re going tobe causing damage to the game, toourselves, and they’re going to beout paychecks,” he added.

The regular season is scheduled

to open Nov. 1. Players wouldhave reported to training campsMonday, but those were postponedand 43 preseason games scheduledfor Oct. 9-15 were canceled lastmonth.

“We still are in the same posi-tion that we all wish we were start-ing training camp today and weknow a lot of our fans in respectivemarkets feel the same way,” Fishersaid. “So we’re going to continueto work at this until we can eitherfigure it out in a way that will spareus all a lot of collateral damage andgames missed, or not, but we’regoing to put the effort and the timein as we have been doing and see ifwe can come to a resolution.”

Reuters

BEIJING - Sixth seed Andy Roddick was sent packing by South

at the China Open on Monday after an unavailing series of last gaspmatch point saves. “I didn’t serve very well. It was unacceptable,”Roddick told a tense post-match news conference.

The 29-year-oldAmerican then snapped at a Chinese reporter whoasked him if he was considering retiring. “I think you should retire,”he said before abruptly leaving the media room. World number one

tenacious challenge from Lucie Hradecka to open the defence of her

survival inanail-bitingdecideragainst theworldnumber49.“Itwasn’ta pretty match, but I’m through,” she said.

“She’s a player that doesn’t give you any rhythm. She’s serving

for me to start the rallies.” The 21-year-old, who was crowned worldnumber one at this event a year ago but who has struggled for formrecently, said maintaining her top ranking was paramount.

“If you’ve been number one pretty much the whole year, you want

the last few tournaments.”

roundwhen sheovercamePetraCetkovskaof theCzechRepublic 1-66-4 6-2. In the men’s draw, Germany’s Florian Mayer beatAlbert Ra-mos 6-2 6-4 and Croat Marin Cilic trounced China’s Wu Di 6-2 6-0.

Roddick’sexit has left the tournament lowoncrowd-pullingnames

round lossonSundayandthewithdrawalofseveral topplayers, includ-ing world number two Maria Sharapova.

-ovic pulled out two days before the start of the tournament because

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NBA Commissioner David Stern, center, speaks to reporters after a meeting between the NBA Players Association and owners to discuss a new labor deal and possibly avert a lockout, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in New York.

NBA negotiations break, with ‘very huge day’ aheadAssociated Press Writer

NE ORK A ter a lockout that has lasted more than three months, hether the NBA seasonstarts on time could come do n to one very hu e day in labor talks

round of China Open

AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

United States’ Andy Roddick reacts after losing a point to South Africa’s Kevin Anderson during their singles match of the China Open tennis tournament at the Na-tional Stadium court in Beijing, China, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. Anderson defeated Roddick, 6-4, 7-5.

Wednesday, October 5, 201116 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

“Hold Hamilton as much as we can. Destroy his race as much as we can. Come on, boy...,” Smedley told Massa. But Ferrari, speaking through its ‘Horse Whisperer’ col-umn, said on Tuesday that Smedley’s message had been simply blown out of proportion.

The Italian squad admitted the comments were not the “most politically correct”, but insisted they had absolutely nothing to do with the collision that took place between the drivers moments later.

“Words, words, words...Reading some of the English daily papers, it seems the Horse Whisperer is not alone in having his thoughts turn to William Shakespeare when he stumbled across the polemical mountain made out of the molehill that was the phrase delivered by Rob Smedley during the Singapore Grand Prix,” wrote the The Horse Whisperer on Ferrari’s website.

“It’s true that Felipe Massa’s race engineer was caught up in the heat of the moment and chose to use the verb “destroy” at some point. “It might not have been the most politically correct choice of word, but it definitely carried no malicious intent, especially when you take into account that Rob is a Middlesbrough lad, born and bred!

“It is also true that this exhortation to Felipe came at the exit to Turn 5 on lap 11 of the race, at the end of which both the Ferrari man and Hamilton were due to come in to the pits together. In other words, it had nothing to do with the

JAPANESE Grand Prix winner Dani Pedrosa says the MotoGP riders had no qualms about the Motegi race going ahead, though others still hinted at concerns over radiation. There were fears in the MotoGP paddock that it would be unsafe to race at Motegi this year following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March, causing major dam-age to the Fukashima nuclear power plant.

Some leading riders threat-ened to boycott the race, but the whole field attended in the end after various indepedent studies underlined that the radiation hazard was not an issue. “Before coming here, everybody was a bit scared and asking about this and that, ‘how is it here’, about the food and all that,” said Pedrosa.

“Once you’re here, I was quite surprised. Everything went quite well and I think it

was the right thing to do.” But world champion Jorge Lorenzo, who was one of the most vocal in his concerns about Japan, said he felt the effects of any radia-tion present would only be seen in the future.

“We are alright at this mo-ment. Let’s see how we are in some years...” he said. “But at this moment we are okay and the situation seems okay - no radiation, everything is good.” He underlined that he had no issues with the country or its people.

“My view about Japan has always been very, very good,” said Lorenzo. “I love Japan, I love the food, I love the fans. They are always really respect-ful with the riders and very, very happy. “I don’t have any problem with Japan - the op-posite, I always like to be here and that’s it.”

Current points leader Casey Stoner defended the riders’ worries, saying the evidence

about the radiation risk was still uncertain when the boycott was first mooted.

“In my opinion, the riders all got a lot of pressure many months ago when the situation still wasn’t clear,” he said. “We all got our own opinions from people we trust, and the more time that passed the more clear

things became and the easier it was for us to make the deci-sion.

“We can see that everyone seems okay and seems normal. But you don’t see these things, it’s not easy to spot. “But for sure, our trip here has been like normal, like in the past, and next year will be even more clear.”

Leading MotoGP riders content about Motegi race

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Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso heads out of the pits during the qualifying for Sunday’s MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011.

Ferrari denies malice in radio messageFerrari says there was no malicious intent in

Rob Smedley’s comments to Felipe Massa at the Singapore Grand Prix, where the race engineer told the Brazilian to “destroy” Lewis Hamilton’s race. The two drivers made contact at the Marina Bay race, and the controversy was fuelled further when the official highlights video posted on For-mula 1’s official website included Smedley’s radio message to Massa.

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McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain (bottom) takes a curve as Red Bull Formula One driver Mark Webber of Australia crashes with Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil during the Italian F1 Grand Prix at the Monza circuit September 11, 2011.

collision between Felipe and Lewis that happened on the following lap. “It would not have taken much to avoid this misunderstanding, but that’s what happens in the frenetic world of Formula 1. When all is said done, as the Bard of Avon himself might have put it, it was all much ado about nothing.”