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Sugar makers having troublemarketing the productsSemarapura (Bali Post)

Approximately 250 sugar makers in the center of sugar area in Besan village, Dawan,Klungkung, explained that they are having trouble in marketing their products. Currently,there are no certain markets for the product but in fact the sugar from Besan is demanded bythe customers.

ducing machine which is donatedby Klungkung Government in 2008is broken and can not be used.

Besan village is known as the

center of sugar production inKlungkung. Almost every houseproduces the red sugar taken fromthe water of “aren” tree. In order to

increase the quality of the sugar, thepeople in Besan village created anassociation called KoperasiGimertam Widya Lestari.

The association is handling theproduction through the marketingprocess. The government supportedthe idea to develop the productionof sugar and donate a sugar pro-ducer machine.Continued on page 6

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Tourists are surfing on Kuta beach. The contropversi of the movie Cowboys in Paradise doesn’t effect tourists visitation toKuta beach.

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TAIXING, China – A knife-wielding man attacked a kindergar-ten class of 4-year-olds in easternChina on Thursday, slashing 28children in what an expert said wasa copycat rampage of two otherepisodes at Chinese schools in thepast month. A 47-year-old joblessman, Xu Yuyuan, burst into a class-room at the Zhongxin Kindergar-ten early Thursday, waving aneight-inch (20-centimeter) knifeand stabbing a security guard who Continued on page 6

Man stabs 28 children at kindergarten in Chinatried to stop him, the official XinhuaNews Agency reported.

Five students were in criticalcondition following the attack inJiangsu province’s Taixing city andtwo teachers and the security guardwere injured, said Zhu Guiming, anofficial with the Taixing propa-ganda department.

A series of school attacks inChina in recent years have mostlybeen blamed on people with per-sonal grudges or suffering frommental illness, leading to calls forimproved security.

China’s inadequate mental healthnetwork has left millions of unstablepeople without the help they need.Many otherwise healthy Chinesealso feel frustrated and powerlessbecause they aren’t able to adapt tothe constant social upheaval and be-cause they believe the changes favorthe corrupt. That kind of anger hasoccasionally erupted in mass vio-lence and in isolated attacks. It is notknown why schools are targeted.

On Wednesday, a teacher on sickleave due to mental illness brokeinto a primary school in Guangdong

province’s Leizhou city in southernChina and wounded 15 students anda teacher in a knife attack. That at-tack came on the same day a manwas executed for killing eight chil-dren last month in stabbings thatshocked China. It was not knownif Xu knew about the previous day’sattack in Guangdong, but ZhouXiaozheng, a sociology professorat Renmin University in Beijing,said these sorts of violent attacksoften happen in clusters becauseone may trigger copycat attacks.

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Denpasar (Bali Post) -Rape cases against under age

children now fretting the Denpasarresidents is seriously addressed byGreat Indonesia Faction (FIR) ofDenpasar House. The faction con-sisting of four political parties ex-pected the perpetrators could be sen-tenced to the maximum. Because,other than making a prolongedtrauma on the victims, the case alsoraised community unrest.

This was confirmed by all mem-bers of FIR in the Denpasar Housewhen organizing a meeting with theChief of South Denpasar Police IGede Ganefo, last Wednesday (Apr28). The four members making avisit to Headquarters of SouthDenpasar Police were the Head ofthe FIR, I Ketut Resmiyasa, togetherwith some members namely KadekAri Sucita, Wayan Tamayasa, andAA Gede Ardana Anom.

Before the Chief of SouthDenpasar Police, those legislatorsreally appreciated the quick mea-sures of South Denpasar Police of-ficers who had arrested one of the

Division Head of Logistic Pro-curement of the Denpasar ElectoralCommission Ni Made Bhakti saidso far her side had checked all ex-isting logistics. Any shortcomingsof the existing damage had been re-printed. Logistics of mayoral elec-tion distributed consisted of bal-lots, stationeries, pillows as punch-ing base, keys, sticker and inks putinto a ballot box. ?To minimize theerror in distributing the logistics,Electoral Commission will packand distribute them based on theexisting districts,? Bakti said lastWednesday.

Denpasar Electoral Commissionprinted 420,073 ballots forDenpasar mayoral election, whilethe number of permanent voters list

Gianyar (Bali Post) -Residents of Pegesangan Ham-

let, Temesi Village, Gianyar, coin-cided with full moon day, lastWednesday (Apr 28), was madeshocked by the emergence of springaround the Penataran Temple lo-cated on the border between thePande Hamlet and PegesanganHamlet, Temesi Village. As a result,local residents flocked to locationand instantly took the water whileputting some offerings.

Based on monitoring at location,it could be seen one by one localresident went to location after hear-ing that a spring emanated in thenorth of the temple. Those who be-lieved the water as holy one took itby a jerry and plastic tube to bringhome. It was unknown for sureabout the spring. Obviously, thewater flowing stagnantly has ema-nated since about 14 days ago.

Such spring was first found byMrs. Pande Natih. At around 6:00

Denpasar (Bali Post) -Director of General Criminal

Agency of Bali Police, last Wednes-day (Apr 28), was filed pretrial atDenpasar District Court. The rappor-teur Jeanne Gijsje Kanter accompa-nied by legal counsel Armain ZulAziz, filed a pretrial petition for ter-mination of enquiry conducted byBali Police. The hearing was led bya single judge Puji Harian.

In the lawsuit, it was revealed thecase began when the rapporteur whowas also a petitioner, reported thecrime of letters counterfeiting withthe reported Wayan Gita. Tostrengthen the police report NumberPol.LP/295/VII/2009/Dit Reskrim,the rapporteur subsequently filed evi-dences in the form of three copies offamily registration card alleged to becounterfeited by the reported to en-quiry agent of Bali Police. In addi-tion, the rapporteur also submitted thenames of witnesses knowing aboutthe forgery. According to enquiryagent, all witnesses filed by the rap-porteur have been questioned.

Logistics ofLogistics ofLogistics ofLogistics ofLogistics ofmayoral election setmayoral election setmayoral election setmayoral election setmayoral election setto be distributedto be distributedto be distributedto be distributedto be distributedDenpasar (Bali Post) -

Logistics of Denpasar mayoral election set to be distributed last Wednesday (Apr 28) to eachsubdistrict. The first target was West Denpasar Subdistrict. Logistics of mayoral election hasengaged in the printing process since the beginning of this April. They consisted of ballots, votercards and forms C1-C9. Other logistics of mayoral election were distributed to subdistrict elec-toral committee (PPK) on Thursday. Such distribution was carried out after passing through thechecking process on their details both in terms of quality and quantity used in the upcomingmayoral election on May 4, 2010.

(DPT) reached 405.839. Bhakti saidthe process of logistics distributionwas based on the number of perma-nent voters in each subdistrictwithin the city of Denpasar. EastDenpasar Subdistrict had 156 poll-ing stations with 73,612 permanentvoters, West Denpasar had 120 poll-ing stations and 343,253 permanentvoters, South Denpasar had 202polling stations and 113,004 perma-nent voters and North Denpasar had194 polling stations and 98,880 per-manent voters. Logistics distribu-tion of the mayoral election to poll-ing stations at every village wouldbe held one day before the election.For security reason of the logistics,the authority of electoral commis-sion had been working closely with

the police to maintain its securityin each district.

Chairman of West DenpasarElectoral Committee, Gatot AbdulRahap, said all ballots would beimmediately distributed to everyvillage. It was based on the con-sideration there was no storage oflogistics in the subdistrict. In themeantime, for supervisory aspect,his party would deploy the ele-ments of mass protection agency(Linmas) and non-commissionedmilitary officers assigned to vil-lages (Babinsa). ?We will alsocheck the completeness of the lo-gistics for mayoral election beforebeing handed over to each poll-ing stat ion,? said Gatot lastWednesday. (kmb12)

Residents place offering at new springam Local Time, when she wassweeping in front of his home shewas suddenly shocked by the seep-age of water coming out from be-hind the wall of temple. The incidentwas originally ignored consideringnot far from the location lay a pipe-line belonging to Municipal Water-works (PDAM) having leaked sincemore than a month. However, thespring seemed to disturb Mrs. Natihand her family consequently thoughtabout it. The water coming out neversubsided. If associated with the leakypipe, the distance was far and acrossthe temple. Meanwhile, the watercoming out emanated from themiddle of the temple?s compoundwall which thereon grew a frangi-pani tree of hundreds of years old.The incident was subsequently no-tified to the supporting devotees ofthe Penataran Temple. Having beenchecked thoroughly, one by onedevotee came and took the water.

One of the residents at location,

Pande Oka Dwi Artana, who couldtaste the water admitted that it wasrather a sweet as the water existingat several parks on the location. Inaddition, the emanating water wastoo cold. Since many residents in-tended to take the water, Wayan Adiartathen installed a pipe to facilitate it.

In the meantime, the templepriest, Mangku Istri Sedani, whowas met said that before the waterwas known to come out, at the pre-vious night she dreamed of a priestwith a golden wand. ?The priest toldthat he has already come out since aweek before. Mangku, where haveyou been, I did not see you?? shenarrated her dream.

Within this week, the templepriest was not in good condition.Consequently, she had not time tocheck around the temple. But, re-garding to the existence of spring,she would organize a meeting andceremony with supporting devoteesof the temple. (kmb16)

FIR requests the rapistsof children to be chargedwith severe sentence

rapists of under age children. Toavoid similar cases happening again,the legislators asked the officials oflaw enforcement to impose severepenalties. ?If possible, the perpetra-tors must be sentenced severely be-cause the victims undergo a pro-longed trauma,? explained AriSucita.

Against the request, ChiefGanefo admitted that his rankswere still committing examinationto the suspect. Except for regularexamination, the suspect shouldalso undergo a psychiatric test.?Last Wednesday, we also social-ized the picking up identity cardin schools,? said Chief of SouthDenpasar Police.

In addition, other preventive ef-fort executed by the ranks of SouthDenpasar Police was by disseminat-ing calls for vigilance. Each schoolwas considered vulnerable to crimeso a policeman has been assigned tomonitor the relevant school. ?We?vebeen doing a lot of preventive mea-sures,? explained Chief Ganefo lastWednesday. (kmb12)

Pretrial against Bali Policedue to ending investigation

After checking the case for a fewtimes, the rapporteur even got surpris-ing information. An enquiry agentnamed Sang Ayu Putu Alit suggestedthe rapporteur reconciling with thereported and the reported would pro-vide compensation if the petitionerwould like to revoke the report. Rap-porteur felt an objection because itwas impossible to do so because alloriginal letters were in the hand ofthe reported.

More surprisingly, the enquiryagent that should have the authorityto seize the evidence even chargedit to the rapporteur. Being unable tofile genuine evidence, on February19, 2010, the petitioner got a copyof notice of the enquiry termination(SP.3).

Based on these facts, the rappor-teur invoked the Denpasar DistrictCourt to accept and grant the law-suit of the rapporteur. In addition,the rapporteur also requested in or-der the court ordered the enquiryagent to resume the legal processof the case. (015)

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Denpasar (Bali Post) -Around O8.00 pm on Wednesday

(28 / 4) yesterday Sanglah Hospitalreceived 12 patients with food poi-soning. All these patients are work-ing as a construction worker whichaddressed in Kuta Badung MataramStreet. All ten patients was Yutrisma(27), Sarwo (37), Muhadi Yatno (33),Sumarsono (20) Sutardi (32),Pujianto (29), Yulianto (20), EdiSuwito (39), Haryono (22), JokoWaluyo (20), Eko Supriyanto (17),and Sugiharto (40) who was pickedup with the car and delivered toSanglah Hospital. All had symptomsof nausea, dizziness, and red eyesafter eating a lunch pack for dinner.Sugiharto a patient who came lastdid not want to be treated at SanglahHospital due to fear of an IV.

Based on the information, lunchpack purchased for dinner is avail-able on two side dishes of chickenand the tuna. Workers pack rice-con-suming project that there were about32 people and around 27 of themsuffered poisoning. According to theEdo project, which poisoned the

Densel Kapolsek PPA I GedeGanefo explained, the victim’s bodywas first discovered by one of thepeople who pass around at the scene.The witness suddenly noticed astrange object floating in the Suwungdam. After approaching, it turns out itwas a dead woman’s body. He alsoimmediately notified the discovery toother residents.

Suddenly, after the spread of infor-mation on the discovery of bodies float-ing, people flocked to the location. Notlong after, Densel Police officers andother officers arrived on scene to evacu-ate the body of the victim. ‘’The corpsewas found at 16:00 pm. However, weonly managed to evacuate it at 17:00pm,’’ said the officer who recentlycarved out a number of achievementsin exposing the case.

KARANGASEM- A stealer ofiron logs usually used for diggingat C-class excavation located atPura Hamlet, Selat, Karangasem,Eko Teguh Yulianto, 35, and afence of the iron logs, ImanMasjuki, 30, last Tuesday (Apr27) were confined by officers ofSelat Police. Eko stole somepieces of iron in the form of U-shaped at C-class excavationcompany where he worked. TheU-shaped iron pieces werehanded over to the fence Iman inKarangasem and would be sold atIDR 300,000. Unfortunately, theaction of Eko stealing the ironpieces were seen by witnessesMade Suweca, 60, a driver.

After seeing the deed of per-petrator, the witness reported it toRusniati, 58, the owner of com-pany where the witness worked.Victim also reported the case tohamlet chief and police station.When picked up by police, theperpetrator Eko and Iman couldnot equivocate because the evi-dence in the form of four piecesof iron log could be pointed outby the witness Suweca. Mean-while, Eko could not equivocateand said he had taken four piecesof iron along 50 cm that would besold and the money would be usedto meet his everyday needs.Meanwhile, the perpetrator Imanadmitted to have not known if theiron pieces sold by Eko were sto-len goods. (013)

Residents of Suwung Shocked byResidents of Suwung Shocked byResidents of Suwung Shocked byResidents of Suwung Shocked byResidents of Suwung Shocked byunknown corpse floating in the Damunknown corpse floating in the Damunknown corpse floating in the Damunknown corpse floating in the Damunknown corpse floating in the DamDenpasar (Bali Post) -

Residents who live around Suwung Dam, South Denpasar, on Wednesday (28 / 4) yesterday,were shocked by the finding of a floating human corpse. That the identity of the corpse, who wasidentified to be a woman and wearing full clothing, still unknown. It is not yet known with cer-tainty the cause of death of the victim. Densel Police investigators are still investigating the causeof death and the identity of the victim.

Condition of the victims has beenin the blue, especially since the victimwas found fully clothed. None of theidentifications of the victim were foundon her. However, the police estimatedthat women aged 30 years. ‘’For now,our denotation is still Mrs-X. To findout more, we wait for the results of theautopsy report from the hospital,’’ saidformer Gianyar Police Intel to the crewof the media yesterday.

Further explained, the result tem-porary inspection, no signs of violencefound on the victim’s body. ‘’We alsodo not know yet, when the victim diedand where the initial location. Obvi-ously, in order to reveal all that, weare still investigating. Meanwhile, thebodies of victims have now been takento hospital,’’ he explained.

The latest information, the

woman’s body found floating and rot-ting in Suwung Dam, South Denpasar,was allegedly named Elis Pagau 34.It is said that the woman was ofSulawesi origin and she worked as anemployee at Ngurah Rai Airport inBali. Judging from the condition,strong suspicion on the victim waskilled by strangulation.

This is evident from the woundson the neck of the victim were of en-trapment. Likewise, the victim’stongue stuck out. ‘’From the condi-tion like that, allegedly the victim wasa murder victim. However, to be surethe police are still investigating thecase,’’ said a source whose name wasnot willing to be published.

Concerning the identity of the vic-tim named Elis Pagau, this informa-tion reinforced by one family mem-ber named Malvin Pagau. Accordingto him, the presence of the victims hadsought since the last few days. There-fore, the victims are listed as missingand had even reported to the policestation. (Kmb21)

12 Labours Suffer Food Poisoningworkers began to eat at 21:00 pmuntil 22:00 pm and began poisoninga few hours later. Twelve of themquite serious condition and should betaken to Sanglah Hospital while therest can be treated at home.

One of the victims of poisoning,Muhadi confessed his friends whoexperienced symptoms of poisoningincluding himself at different times.There is one hour after eating, thereare three hours. ‘’If I had just thismorning,’’ said resident of GobroganCentral Java. At first the victims ofsevere poisoning of the earliest wasonly given the drug. But seeing thecondition does not improve and mul-tiply their victims finally brought toSanglah Hospital and arrived ataround 08.00 pm.

According Muhadi, the foodwas purchased in front of wherethey work as usual and a new firstevent like this happens. He and hisfriends were experiencing symp-toms of nausea, dizziness, fever anddiarrhea. Up to noon yesterday the12 victims are still in care at theIRD Sanglah Hospital. (San)

Iron stealer and fencearrested by police

International4 Friday, April 30, 2010 News

The last of three televised con-tests with Conservative leaderDavid Cameron and Liberal Demo-crat leader Nick Clegg focused onthe economy, an issue on whichformer finance minister Browncould be expected to do well.

But the widespread condemna-tion of his remarks Wednesdayabout 66-year-old Gillian Duffy haspiled the pressure on the prime min-ister and his Labour party, alreadytrailing in second and even thirdplace in the polls.

Brown apologised in person toDuffy after being overheard on amicrophone dismissing her as a “big-oted woman” following an appar-ently routine campaign encounter inwhich she asked questions aboutimmigration, tax and the deficit.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown

AFP

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BANGKOK – Thailand’s pro-establishment Yellow Shirt activistsdemanded military action againstanti-government Red Shirt protest-ers Thursday and an end to “anar-chy” in the capital, a day afterclashes turned a busy expresswayinto a deadly battle zone.

The re-emergence of the YellowShirts — best known for shuttingBangkok’s airports for a week in2008 — added to the volatility onthe streets of the Thai capital, wherea seven-week standoff has killed atleast 27 people and wounded nearly1,000.

The Yellow Shirts draw their sup-port from Thailand’s business andbureaucratic elite, whose pervasiveinfluence is deeply resented by theRed Shirts — mostly from the ruraland urban poor, who make up thevast majority of the country’s morethan 60 million people.

The current bout of unrest is theculmination of a four-year politicalstandoff following the 2006 ousterof populist former Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra in a militarycoup. Thaksin is a hero for the RedShirts, but is loathed by the Yellowcamp. The Red Shirts are seekingthe resignation of current PrimeMinister Abhisit Vejjajiva — whosegovernment they viewed as sup-ported by the military and illegiti-mate — and fresh elections.

The crisis has hurt business in thecapital and devastated Thailand’svital tourist industry, which ac-counts for 6 percent of the economy.

AP

Shadows of pro-government supporters are cast, Thursday, April29, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand.

AP

BEIJING – French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy and his wife, CarlaBruni-Sarkozy, walked the centuries-old Great Wall and wandered theimperial Ming Tombs on asightseeing stop Thursday duringtheir visit to China.

Sarkozy’s trip is being billed as areturn to healthy diplomatic relationsbetween the countries after spats overTibet. The French leader is also

Sarkozys see Great Wall, Ming Tombs on China visitpressing Beijing to support further sanc-tions on Iran over its nuclear program.

Hours before Sarkozy’s plannedmeeting with top lawmaker WuBangguo, the French first couple vis-ited the Ming Tombs and a section ofthe Great Wall usually closed to thepublic, said French officials who de-clined to be named according to gov-ernment policy.

The officials would not provide fur-ther details, saying the visit was privateand not open to the media.

On Beijing’s outskirts, the tombswere chosen by 13 of the 16 MingDynasty emperors, who ruled be-tween 1368 and 1644, as their lastresting place.

Sarkozy travels to Shanghai onFriday, where he will attend the open-ing ceremony for the World Expo andvisit France’s stand at the festival.

The couple played touristsWednesday, too, making a stop in thewestern city of Xi’an and visiting thelife-size terracotta warriors at the

famed ancient tomb of China’s firstemperor.

Sarkozy also met Wednesday withChinese President Hu Jintao andstressed the urgency of ongoing effortsto curb Iran’s nuclear activities, say-ing new sanctions must be imposed onTehran if negotiations fail.

The United States and its Westernallies are pressing for quick adoptionof an array of tough sanctions, butRussia and China are still hoping thatdiplomacy will lead Iran to the negoti-

ating table and have indicated they willonly agree to much weaker measuresif Tehran refuses. Iran says it onlywants the technology to producenuclear power. The two leaders saidHu had accepted Sarkozy’s invitationto visit France in the fall.

Relations nose-dived in 2008 afterprotests by exiled Tibetans and otheractivists during the Olympic torch’spassage through Paris and Sarkozy’stalks with Tibet’s exiled spiritualleader, the Dalai Lama.

British PM faces crunchBritish PM faces crunchBritish PM faces crunchBritish PM faces crunchBritish PM faces crunchTV test after ‘bigot’ gaffeTV test after ‘bigot’ gaffeTV test after ‘bigot’ gaffeTV test after ‘bigot’ gaffeTV test after ‘bigot’ gaffeAFP

LONDON (AFP) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown braced for afinal and crucial TV debate Thursday before May 6 elections, reeling froma storm of criticism over his dismissal of an elderly widow as “bigoted”.

But opponents and the presspoured scorn on his reaction, with theleft-wing Guardian describing it as“the political catastrophe of the 2010campaign”.

“This was the authentic GordonBrown — thin-skinned, paranoid andperpetually on the hunt for someoneelse to blame,” blasted the right-wingSun.

Conservative finance spokesmanGeorge Osborne said the comments“spoke for themselves”, adding:“What people will see is the contrastbetween what he was saying publiclyand what he was saying privately.”

The prime minister emailedLabour activists and candidates toapologise for his remarks, andLabour allies rallied round to try tocontain the damage.

“No-one can suggest this wasn’tdamaging. You have to look at howGordon responds. I think Gordonhas dealt with that properly,” HomeSecretary Alan Johnson told BBCradio Thursday.

Brown’s wife Sarah told theDaily Mirror: “His apology wasfrom the heart.”

With just one week to go beforepolling day, the election remainswide open. Lib Dem leader Clegg’sstrong performance in the TV de-bates has boosted support for histhird party and ensured the resultwill be on a knife-edge.

A daily YouGov tracker poll forThe Sun Thursday showed the Con-servatives were up one point on 34percent, the Lib Dems were up threeon 31 percent and Labour haddropped two points to 27 percent.

A second poll, by ComRes forITV and The Independent, put theTories on 36 percent, compared to29 percent for Labour and 26 per-cent for the Lib Dems.

Thai protesters’ rivalscall for end to ‘anarchy’

The Red Shirts have turned parts ofBangkok’s commercial heart into aprotest camp, forcing the closure ofsome of the city’s ritziest malls andhotels.

The crisis has also spilled intothe diplomatic arena. On Thursday,the foreign minister censured someenvoys for meeting last week withRed Shirt leaders.

“We do not want to see that hap-pening again,” Foreign MinisterKasit Piromya told reporters dur-ing a visit to Jakarta, Indonesia.Kasit said he had earlier met withthe Philippine Ambassador AntonioV. Rodriguez, the dean of theBangkok diplomatic corps, to ex-press his concern.

In a note to diplomats, Rodriguezsaid Kasit accused some ambassa-dors of voicing opposition to the con-stitutional monarchy and criticizingthe government’s handling of the cri-sis. Thailand’s king is nearly univer-sally revered, and laws severely re-strict discussion of him.

In Washington, State Depart-ment spokesman P.J. Crowley toldreporters Wednesday that U.S. dip-lomats are “intensively engaged indiscussions” with Thai governmentofficials and with opposition forces.

“Our message remains what ithas been since this situationevolved, which is to peacefully re-solve the situation,” he said.

A statement from the EuropeanUnion said EU Ambassador DavidLipman met briefly with the pro-testers and called for “constructivedialogue and a negotiated solutionto the current political crisis.”

General Info Friday, April 30, 2010 5International

Denpasar

There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners -Denpasar General Hospital(RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongayaand Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private)Jl. Sudirman No 50, DenpasarPhone : 227 560, 234 824

In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medicalevacuation company, thatis:AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah RaiNo. 24X, Kuta 80361.Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that theBlood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh)Negative blood.

Badung

Bali Medical ClinicsThere are some medical clinics that are well known by for-eigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and oper-ated :

Bali International Medical Center (BIMC)Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excel-lent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Servicesfor tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance& Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone: 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta,Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com

International SOS Clinic BaliOpened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visi-tors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-houremergency medical service.Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - IndonesiaPhone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919E-mail : info@sos-bali.comttp ://www.sos-bali.com

Bali Nusa Dua Emergency ClinicJl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

Dental ClinicDr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, DenpasarPhone : 222 445, 234 375

DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324

Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4ABr. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Australian Consulate GeneralJalan Tantular 32 Renon DenpasarPhone: +62 361 241118Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

The Czech RepublicJalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.286 465

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The Federal Republic of GermanyJalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.288 535

The Republic of HungaryJalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.287 701

Italian ConsulateJalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 005

Honorary Consulate of MexicoJalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.223 266

Honorary Consulate of The NetherlandsJalan Raya Kuta 127, BaliPhone +62.361.761 506

Honorary Consulate of SpainKomplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. JalanPatih Jelantik Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.769 286

USA Consulate AgencyJalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.222 426

Consulate General of JapanJalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.227 628

Honorary Consulate of BritishJalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.270 601

Swiss and Austria ConsulateJalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan IstanaGalleriaPhone +62.361.751 735

Honorary Consulate of BrazilJalan Legian No. 186, BaliPhone +62.361.757 775

Honorary Consulate of ThailandJalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.263 310

Embassy of IndiaJalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 978

Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf FinlandSegara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.282 223

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Bangli General HospitalJl. Kesumayuda 27, BangliPhone : +62 366 91521

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Dramatic footage of the incidentshowed the balloon’s large undercar-riage coming loose from its moor-ings, smashing through a fence andknocking a four-wheel-drive car onits side before coming to rest.

“We were sitting in our car andpreparing to move it out of the wayand we actually were within a foot(30 centimetres) of being wipedout,” a relieved bystander said, onfootage relayed by public broad-caster ABC.

“If it hadn’t been for the othergentleman’s car being there, we’d besomewhere else by now, I think.”

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This April 16 photo shows a giant NASA science balloon being inflated at the launch site nearAlice Springs

AP

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian pros-ecutors say they are considering fil-ing charges against parliament mem-bers who hurled eggs and set offsmoke bombs in the chamber as law-makers ratified a controversialagreement with Russia.

The parliament speaker was bom-barded with eggs and deputiesbrawled Tuesday ahead of a voteratifying an agreement to extend theRussian navy’s lease of a Ukrainianport by 25 years.

Kiev city prosecutors said Thurs-day those who caused the disordercould face charges of hooliganismthat carry a sentence of up to fouryears in jail.

AFP

SYDNEY (AFP) – A giant NASA science balloon crashed during take-off in Australia Thursday,destroying its multi-million-dollar payload, toppling a large car and narrowly missing frightenedobservers.

The balloon, the size of a footballfield when inflated and designed tofloat up to 40 kilometres (25 miles)high, deep in the stratosphere, flut-tered back down to the Alice Springslaunch site after it came loose.

Witnesses said they were asked tomove out of the way before the pay-load, containing expensive scientificinstruments, was suddenly draggedacross the launch site.

“We started moving the cars andjust barely made it out without get-ting smashed,” one witness said.

“(There was) debris flyingthrough the air everywhere,” said

another. “That was it, just an instanceof chaos outside.”

Scientists last week completed asimilar balloon flight to measure X-rays and gamma rays sent out byvarious stars and galaxies from deepin the Earth’s atmosphere.

Ravi Sood, director of the AliceSprings Balloon Launching Centre,said scientists involved in theNASA-sponsored project were ex-tremely disappointed.

“Ballooning, that’s the way it hap-pens on occasions but it is very, verydisappointing. Gut-wrenching actu-ally,” he told ABC.

Prosecutors investigate Ukraine parliament chaos

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However, the machine didn’tbeing use since the beginningand the association collapsed.The problem was the electricityneeded to operate the machine.When the electricity was ad-equate, the machine can not beoperated because the operationcost was far greater than the in-come.

Nengah Sutarma, one of thesugar makers, said that becausethe association collapsed, theproducers return to their oldbusiness and produce sugar ontheir own. “Our sugar also veryhard to sell, maybe it is becausethe lack of promotion,” headded.

All materials to make redsugar must be bought such astuak as the basic material worth

“It’s like suicide, which is an-other type of mental health prob-lem that can spread in a commu-nity,” said Zhou. “Normally,with these kind of violent eventswe hope the media won’t blowthem up too much. Because thattends to make it spread.”

A survey of mental health infour Chinese provinces jointlydone by Chinese and U.S. doc-tors that was published in theLancet in June concluded thatChina likely had about 173 mil-lion adults nationwide with men-tal health disorders and thatmost, 158 million, had nevergotten any professional help fortheir problems.

But state media said ZhengMinsheng, 42, had no history ofmental illness before he ram-paged through a school in Fujianprovince in March, killing eightchildren.

During his trial, Zheng saidhe killed the children because hehad been upset after being jiltedby a woman and treated badly byher wealthy family.

The court also heard thatZheng lived with his 80-year-oldgrandmother in a one-bedroomapartment and slept on the bal-cony in summer and in the liv-ing room in winter. He testifiedthat he had trouble dealing withpeople at work but had not got-ten the help he needed from hisboss, so he quit his job but wasunable to find another one.

Yu Jianrong of the ChineseAcademy of Social Sciences hassaid China’s sweeping socialchanges might be partially toblame for Zheng’s anti-socialrage.

“A social environment lack-ing fairness and justice, in whichthose who abide by the rules

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Sugar makers...

1.500 rupiah per liter.Sutama hoped that the gov-

ernment takes action in helpingthe sugar makers. One of the im-portant steps is to find the mar-ket of company who want to buythe sugar regularly and withfixed prices.

The association in Besanviilage was established basedon the proposal of a consultantunder Bali Industrial Depart-ment. The consultant ensuredthe sugar makers that the pro-duct ion wil l be highly de-manded by the market but inreality the demand keep de-creasing form time to time. Theconsultant run away after thecollapse of the association andi t made the sugar makersdisapinted.(kmb20)

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gain nothing, while those who donot can profit, could bring aboutresistance by the weak againstthe entire society,” Yu wasquoted as saying by the South-ern Weekly newspaper a fewweeks after the attack.

Zheng was executed Wednes-day, just weeks after his crime.Zhou, the Renmin Universityprofessor, said China’s use ofcapital punishment helps fuel thecycle of violence by enforcing abelief in “blood for blood.”

He said China should abolishthe death penalty, improve hu-man rights and make its justicesystem more fair and transpar-ent.

After a 2004 attack at a schoolin Beijing that left nine studentsdead, the central governmentmandated tighter school securitynationwide.

The Ministry of Education didnot immediately respond to a faxThursday asking whether the at-tacks would result in orders tostep up school security.

In Wednesday’s attack, inwhich a teacher stabbed fourthand fifth graders in their heads,backs and arms, Xinhua said thesuspect suffered from mental ill-ness and had been on sick leavefrom another school since Feb-ruary 2006. He is now in policecustody.

None of the victims in thatcase had l ife-threateningwounds, said the director of thecommand center at the LeizhouPublic Security Bureau, whogave his name as Qin.

Two weeks ago, a mentally illman hacked to death a secondgrader and an elderly womanwith a meat cleaver in southernGuangxi, and wounded fiveother people.

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They protested the CorruptionEradication Commission (KPK)’sdecision to question Vice PresidentBoediono about the Bank Centuryscandal at his office instead of sum-moning him to the KPK office.

Boediono was questioned aboutthe Bank Century bailout scandal inhis capacity as the former centralbank (Bank Indonesia) governor.

Besides him, KPK investigatorswere also scheduled to quiz FinanceMinister Sri Mulyani at her office.

Going to the vice presidentialoffice by five metro-mini buses, thedemonstrators displayed a numberof banners criticizing the KPK’s

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Indonesian protesters shout slogans during a protest against Vice President Boediono and Finance Minis-ter Sri Mulyani outside the vice presidential palace in Jakarta on April 29, 2010 as Boediono and Sri Mulyaniare scheduled for questioning.

Antara

BATAM - The implementation ofthe Asean-China Free Trade Agree-ment (ACFTA) is actually beneficialfor the industries on Batam in par-ticular, and on Riau Islands provincein general.

Bank Indonesia Batam branch man-ager Elang Tri said here on Thursdaythat the implementation of ACFTA wasbeneficial because the raw materials forthe industries on Batam and Riau Is-lands were inexpensive.

“The FTA has a positive impacton the industries here because theram materials and capital goods arecheaper,” Elang Tri said here onThursday.

With cheaper raw materials, hesaid production cost was also lower

Antara

JAKARTA - Finance MinisterSri Mulyani was quizzed by Cor-ruption Eradication Commission(KPK) investigators at her officehere Thursday about the BankCentury bailout scandal.

The Finance Ministry’s Inspec-tor General Hekinus Manao toldnewsmen that Mulyani was just ac-companied by the ministry’s legalbureau staff during the question-ing session.

The legal bureau staff assisted herwith data and documents neededduring the questioning, he said.

In preparing for the quiz, SriMulyani had again studied the pa-pers that she presented before theHouse of Representatives’ (DPR)Bank Century scandal committeemembers a few months ago, hesaid.

“I did not see her make specialpreparations for the KPK ques-tioning. What she did was againlooking at the materials that shehad presented to the House com-mittee,” Manao said.

Due to her questioning, SriMulyani could not attend a cabi-net meeting regularly held at thepresidential palace on Thursday.

Besides Sri Mulyani, on thesame day, KPK investigators werealso scheduled to quiz former cen-

IBP

JAKARTA - PT XL AxiataTbk. (XL) reported 1Q10 perfor-mance with net profit of Rp. 598billion, an 18 percent increasecompared to 4Q09. XL also re-ported total revenues of Rp. 4.2trillion and EBITDA of Rp. 2.1trillion. In addition, XL’s RevenueGenerating Base (RGB) subscrib-ers grew by 5% to 32.9 million in1Q10 from 31.4 million in De-cember 2009.

XL launched various innova-tive tariff plans and pioneered the“Combo” package which allowssubscribers to enjoy limited bo-nus SMS and data access aftercertain usage of voice or SMSwithout daily registration. Thevarious price plan options fromwhich subscribers can choose ac-cording to their needs increasedthe usage of voice, SMS, and dataservices. In 1Q10, outgoing min-utes of usage increased by 17%YoY to 23.3 billion minutes,while SMS increased by 235%YoY to 32.2 billion SMS. Thehigher usage improved blendedARPU to Rp35,000, a 21% in-crease YoY.

Hasnul Suhaimi, the PresidentDirector of XL said, “Data revenueincreased by 349% compared to1Q09, which contributed 7% to the

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JAKARTA - About a hundred members of the People’s Solidarityfor Anti-Corruption (SORAK) staged a rally in front of the vice presi-dential office here Thursday.

decision to question Boediono andSri Mulyani at their offices.

The protesters accused the KPKof giving Boediono and Sri Mulyaniprivileges by sending its investiga-tors to their offices.

By doing so, the anti-corruptioncommission had ignored the principlesof equality before the law and equal-ity under the law, a demonstrator said.

“Why does this happen? Why isBoediono questioned at the vicepresidential palace. Before the law,every citizen’s position is the same.Why then is Boediono treated dif-ferently?” he asked.

Tens of policemen safeguarded

the rally but none of them wasequipped with the anti-riot shields.

Boediono and Sri Mulyani wereamong those named by several partyfactions in the House’s Bank Cen-tury Inquiry Committee as respon-sible for the Bank Century scandal.

Last March, the House of Repre-sentatives’ plenary session of theBank Century bailout scandal con-cluded that the bailout policy hadcovered up irregularities, violationsof banking regulations and criminallaws, instances of corruption andmoney laundering.

The House’s final conclusion wassupported by the Prosperous JusticeParty (PKS), Golkar Party, the Indo-nesian Democratic Party of Struggle(PDIP), the United DevelopmentParty (PPP), the Great IndonesianMovement Party (Gerindra), and thePeople’s Conscience Party (Hanura).

XL net incomeincreased 18 percent

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Sri Mulyani questionedover Bank Century scandal

tral bank (Bank Indonesia) gover-nor who is now Vice PresidentBoediono.

Boediono and Sri Mulyani wereamong those named by severalparty factions in the House’s BankCentury Inquiry Committee as re-sponsible for the Bank Centuryscandal.

Last March, the House of Rep-resentatives’ plenary session of theBank Century bailout scandal con-cluded that the bailout policy hadcovered up irregularities, violationsof banking regulations and crimi-nal laws, instances of corruptionand money laundering.

The House’s final conclusionwas supported by the ProsperousJustice Party (PKS), Golkar Party,the Indonesian Democratic Party ofStruggle (PDIP), the United Devel-opment Party (PPP), the Great In-donesian Movement Party(Gerindra), and the People’s Con-science Party (Hanura).

The central government’s deci-sion to rescue failed Bank Centurywith a total of Rp6.7 trillion in bail-out funds had also triggered pro-tests from various elements in thesociety.

President Susilo BambangYudhoyono maintained SriMulyani in his cabinet despite pub-lic pressure for her dismissal fromthe cabinet.

total revenue in 1Q10 with 12.4million subscribers. The rapidgrowth is driven by the popularityof social networking applicationsuch as Facebook and instant mes-saging as well as availability of af-fordable smart phones.”

To further stimulate usage fromthe data services adoption, XL al-locates 25% of its CapEx for dataservices this year. XL launchedvarious other affordable data ser-vices. For BlackBerry users, XLintroduced “BB Gaul” package, anaffordable limited BlackBerry ser-vices excluding web browser andpush mail. While for non-smartphone users, XL introduced “SMSFacebook”, where subscribers cando the various popular activities inFacebook and receive unlimitedupdates from their Facebookfriends, for an affordable subscrip-tion fee.

Hasnul Suhaimi added “For2010, we are committed to furtherimprove quality of service whichwill maximize our customers’ ex-perience in utilizing XL services.All of our services are launchedwith that commitment in mind.”

At the end of March 2010, XLhad 19,904 BTS (Base TransceiverStation, 2G/3G) covering morethan 90% of Indonesian populationwhich shows XL’s commitment toimprove the quality of service.

and the prices would be even morecompetitive.

In addition, he said improvementin cooperation with China would even-tually enlarge Riau Island province’sexport market in the country fromSingapore’s domination.

Meanwhile, Trade Minister MariElka Pangestu in Jakarta said the gov-ernment had chosen the option of“special talks” with China on theACFTA because renegotiating the ac-cord will lead to payment of hugecompensations and involvement ofother Asean member countries.

Speaking at a meeting with theHouse Commission VI on Monday theminister said the government hadmade various efforts to reduce publicworries that ACFTA would cause na-tional industrial products to lose the

competition in domestic markets, in-cluding conducting special talks withthe Chinese government.

She admitted that there were op-tions of postponing the implementa-tion of ACFTA and renegotiating par-ticularly the 228 tariff items on whichIndonesia feared it would lose thecompetition with Chinese products.

“But finally the option was hold-ing special talks with the Chinesegovernment because renegotiatingthe agreement will be costly becauseIndonesia must then pay hugeamounts of compensation and alsoinvolve other Asean member coun-tries,” she said.

Special talks would be more com-prehensive and not only limited to thequestion of 228 tarif items and so it wasconsidered more beneficial, she said.

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Bali Today

Andi received the visit from28 participants of DevelopmentInformation Media which was ledby I Putu Suardhika, the head ofPublic Relation division in Bali’sGovernment.

Actually, the cooperation ofboth provinces had been done be-fore the Bali Bombing tragedy onOctober 12th 2002. After the trag-edy, the tourism in Indonesia de-creased rapidly.

A few years forward, tourismin Bali is developing but TanahToraja can not recuperate andgain tourists. Every year, 2.3 mil-lion tourists come to Bali andthere is great hope some of thetourists will also visited TanahToraja.

“Tanah Toraja has unique cul-ture and beautiful nature. It canbe compared with Bali,” Andi

IBP DENPASAR – Telkomsel

held a cellular expo in Bali whichis being held in Bali Mal Kutastarted today, April 30th throughMay 2nd 2010. Syaiful Bachri, theGM Sales and Customer ServiceTelkomsel for Bali and NusaTenggara, explained that the big-gest cellular expo exhibited appli-cations and the latest communica-tion solution such as iPhone 3GS,BlackBerry service, TelkomselFlash, T-Cash, and Mobile SchoolTelkomsel.

There is also bundlinghand phone package with specialprices including for students.Bachri said that the exhibition isthe second expo held in Bali. Thepurpose of the event is to give thedirect experience to the people onthe benefit of the communicationservices which support the mobilelifestyle.

“‘’Telkomsel M-LifestyleExpo is held to give the chance to

Antara

DENPASAR - Bali nowranks 15th among Indonesia’s33 provinces in terms of HumanDevelopment Index (HDI),which among others measureseducation, healthcare, purchas-ing power and environmentalconservation.

“The Bali provincial ad-ministration is making variousbreakthroughs to improve itsHDI in pursuit of being one oftop ten provinces with the high-est HDI,” Bali provincial ad-ministration spokesman I PutuSuardhika said.

He said the sectors whichdetermine HDI currently toppedthe list of the province’s devel-opment priorities among theseven key programs Bali Gov-ernor Made Mangku Pastika andDeputy Governor AANPuspayoga had launched.

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DENPASAR – Southern Sulawesi Province will soon cooper-ate with Bali in order to develop tourism in Tanah Toraja. H.Andi Muallim, the secretary of Southern Sulawesi Province, said“the letter of agreement will soon be signed because both prov-inces are ready to cooperate.”

said. The agreement which will besigned in May 2010 could developtourism in Tanah Toraja.

The government of SouthernSulawesi has prepared the facili-ties to develop tourism, one ofthem by developing HasanudinAirport.

One of the interesting sitethat can be visit by tourists

on Tanah Toraja, SouthSulawesi. Southern SulawesiProvince will soon cooperatewith Bali in order to develop

tourism in Tanah Toraja. H.Andi Muallim, the secretary of

Southern Sulawesi Province,said “the letter of agreementwill soon be signed becauseboth provinces are ready to

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Bali ranks 15th for HDI In the education sector, the

province had allocated Rp125billion to implement a 12-yearcompulsory education program.The fund was taken from the2010 regional budget, he said.

To ensure the success ofthe program, the budget alloca-tions for the education programincluded scholarships for stu-dents of unable parents, he said.

Putu Suardhika said theprovincial government also hadallocated Rp127 billion in fundsfor the development of thehealth sector. The funds wouldbe used among others to financea free health service program forthe entire community under theso-called Bali Mandara HealthGuarantee (JKBM) program.

The JKBM program in-volved 130 public health serviceposts, eight regional hospitals,Indera hospital, Bangli insane asy-lum and Sanglah hospital, he said.

Courtesy by Telkomsel

Syaiful Bachri, the GM Salesand Customer ServiceTelkomsel for Bali and NusaTenggara

Today, Telkomselheld M-Lifestyle Expo

the people to try the innovationfrom Telkomsel,” he added.Bachri also added that the mobilelifestyle that can be tried by thecustomers is the micro paymentTelkomsel Cash or T-Cash. Sinceit being launched two years agoin Indonesia, the users and thenumber of transaction is increas-ing significantly. The number ofmerchants that receive the T-Cashservice in increasing rapidly. Cur-rently, there are 90 spots of T-Cash transaction in Bali.

To commemorate Indone-sian Education Day, Telkomselwill launch Telkomsel MobileSchool. The service is given tosupport the School AdministrationProgram (PAS) from IndonesiaEducation Department.

Telkomsel had lunch theSMS service package in SMAN 2Amlapura in Karangasem regencyand also donated one unit fingerprint absences machine to theschool. (kmb18)

Balinese Culture

Friday, April 30, 2010 9al

OVERVIEW:Although native

to Indonesia, thenutmeg is notoften used incooking. Oneexception is thebraised meat dishknown as Semur,which is generallymade with beef.This Balineseversion uses oxtongue andpartners theinimitable fragrance of nutmeg with sweet soy sauce.

INGREDIENTS:2,5 lt (10 cups) water600 gr (1 ¼ lb) ox tongue, washed well1 cup beef stock4 tbsp sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)2 tbsp thin soy sauce¾ tsp ground black pepper¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg4 ea salam leaves3 fragrant lime leaves3 tbsp fried shallots3 medium size potatoes, peeled and cutin 2 cm (3/4 in dice)Fried shallots to garnish

PREPARATION:1. Bring water to boil in a heavy stockpot, add beef

spice paste and salam leaves, whole ox tongue andbring back to boil.

2. Reduce heat and simmer for approximately 3 hoursor until tongue is cooked and very tender.

3. Plunge ox tongue into ice water and cool for 5minutes. Peel skin off with a sharp knife.

4. Slice ox tongue in thin even slices and place insaucepan.

5. Fill up with beef stock and add all remainingingredients. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10minutes.

6. Add potatoes and continue to simmer until potatoesare cooked.

7. Garnish with fried shallots. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Indone-sia will host the 8th WorldChoir Games taking place inthe upcoming year 2014. “TheIndonesian government hassubmitted the intention to theInkultur Foundation, Germany.Meanwhile, the venue selectedfor the proposed the 8th WorldChoir Games will be in Bali,”said the Director General ofTourism Destination Develop-ment, Ministry of Culture andTourism, Firmansyah Rahim,when receiving the XXII Com-mittee of ITB Choir Festivaland the 1st ITB InternationalChoir Competition 2010 inJakarta, Wednesday (Apr 28).

According to Firman,Bali was chosen as the hostbased on the consideration that

INGREDIENTS:2 cups freshly grated coconut, or1½ cups desiccated coconut moistened with warm

milk1/3 cup glutinous rice flour1/3 cup plain rice flour¼ cup white sugar½ tsp salt

PREPARATION:Combine all ingredients in a deep bowl and knead

well for 3 minutes, until the dough is smooth and doesnot stick. Dust a cake tin with a little rice flour and pressthe dough into it. Bake in moderate oven (180 degreeCelsius/ 350 degree F) for approximately 35 minutes, oruntil the top is golden brown. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Bali to host WorldChoir Games

it had adequate facilities and in-frastructure. In addition, Bali be-came one of the main tourist des-tinations visited by domestic andforeign tourists and was famousfor the richness in diversity andcultural potential.

By becoming the host of the8th World Choir Games, saidFirman, the image of Indonesia ininternational forum would furtherincrease. Additionally, the eventwould pose a promotional eventin drawing more foreign touriststo Indonesia.

Firman added the WorldChoir Games was the largest choircompetition in the world, wherein every execution it was followedby no less than 250,000 partici-pants consisting of choir partici-pants, facilitators and other sup-porting elements.

Meanwhile, Chairman of

the XXII ITB Choir FestivalCommittee and 1st ITB Interna-tional Choir Competition 2010,Therecia Saktiana PutriSihombing, said it was the firsttime for Bandung Institute ofTechnology (ITB) to hold theInternational Choir Competition(ICC). Of course, she expectedmany overseas part icipantswould participate. “We want ourchoir could compete againstoverseas choirs,” she said whileadding the festival would beheld on July 24-29, 2010.

In short, said Therecia,her party was committed to sup-porting the government pro-grams to bring in more tourists,especially to Bandung, consid-ering Bandung denoted a desti-nation that was no less attrac-tive compared to other destina-tions in the country. (010)

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TAMAN Ayun Temple is a RoyalTemple of Mengwi Empire and it is locatedin Mengwi Village, Mengwi sub district,Badung regency and about 18 Km northside of Denpasar town. It is strategicallylocated beside of major roadway betweenDenpasar to Singaraja. It is set on the landwhich is surrounded by the big fish pondand look like a drift on the water. It ownsthe beautiful temple building withmultistoried roof and Balinese Architec-ture. The wide beautiful landscape gardenin front courtyard to welcome all visitorswho come and visit this temple. It is a beau-tiful place to visit on your vacation in Bali.

Pursuant to Papyrus Chronicle of theMengwi (Lontar Babad Mengwi), the templewhich is now referred by Taman AyunTemple that it had been newly sanctified inthe year 1634 M and it is named with TamanAhyun Temple. The word of Ahyun is com-ing from from the root word Hyun meaninga temple is founded in the park (pool withthe beautiful garden) which can fulfill thedesire. The word Ahyun is then changed intoAyun word. Taman Ayun Temple is one ofHindu Temples in Bali become tourist desti-nation which has been visited by many tour-ists from local and foreign.

The function of Taman Ayun Temple isa place to pray the god in their manifesta- http://www.greenholiday.com.sg

Taman Ayuntion. It is according to the content of BabadMengwi and the existence of temple build-ing structure, especially the temple that islocated in third area (Jeroan). Accordingto Astadewata, the special God is wor-shiped in Taman Ayun Temple is the Godin manifestation as a Wisnu God which hispalace located in top of Mangu mount. Inpapyrus of Usana Bali mentioning that oneof Dewa Catur Lokapalas carry through itsworship is Meru Pucak Pangelengan thatis a temple building with 9 multistoriedroofs. Pitara God is a holy soul deity ofancestor who is also referred as the othernames of Hyang Pitara or Dewa Hyang.Pitara God is obliged to be worshiped byclan heir (Prati Sentana) in the form oftemple ceremony which the same mean-ing as by the ceremony to the god. Theworshiping existence to Pitara God inTaman Ayun Temple can be searched andproved by pursuant to the existence oftemple building which lay in byconsecution in east which is called Paibonthat is representing Special Temple. TamanAyun Temple in capacities or its status asspecial altar for the King family of MengwiPalace or as a Merajan Agung fromMengwi King Families specially for thefounder of Mengwi Empire that is I GustiAgung Putu. (www.balistarisland.com)

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The IMF urged regional leadersto return to “more normal” monetarypolicies after the global financialcrisis, and increase the flexibility oftheir exchange rates to counterspeculative funds flowing into theireconomies.

“For China, like in othereconomies in the region, the risk isto ensure that the boom we see inasset flows does not, like in the past,lead to a cycle of boom and bust,”Anoop Singh, director of the IMF’sAsia-Pacific department, told a newsconference.

In its latest report on the re-gional outlook, the IMF said brightereconomic growth prospects and wid-ening interest rate differentials withdeveloped economies “are likely toattract more capital to the region”.

“This could lead to overheatingin some economies and increase theirvulnerability to credit and asset pricebooms with the risk of subsequentabrupt reversals,” the report said.

The IMF raised its growthforecasts for Asia to 7.1 percent for

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - The US FederalReserve kept borrowing costs ultra-lowWednesday, despite its verdict that thejob market is finally starting to improve.

Pointing to a slightly quickeningeconomic recovery, the Fed said laborand housing markets showed glimmersof improvement and spending hadticked up.

“Economic activity has continuedto strengthen and... the labor market isbeginning to improve,” the FederalOpen Market Committee said.

The Fed observed that housingbuilding had edged up, but — like lastmonth — was still at a depressed level.

In a closing statement which is ex-amined forensically by investors, thecentral bank warned “the pace of eco-nomic recovery is likely to be moder-ate for a time.”

So its 10-member rate-setting panelvowed to keep historically low interestrates of zero to 0.25 percent for an “ex-tended period.”

“Growth in household spending haspicked up recently but remains con-strained by high unemployment, mod-est income growth, lower housingwealth, and tight credit.”

After a brutal economic downturn,one in 10 US workers is still unem-ployed, causing a drag on everythingfrom consumer spending to housingprices.

Nine of the 10 members of the topcommittee said that interest rates shouldbe kept at “exceptionally low levels”for an extended period in order to stimu-late the economy.

Describing inflation trends as “sub-dued,” the committee saw few price

AFP PHOTO/ LIU Jin

Workers cross the road opposite the construction sites of urban villas in Beijing on April 29, 2010.

IMF warns Asian economiesIMF warns Asian economiesIMF warns Asian economiesIMF warns Asian economiesIMF warns Asian economiesof overheating risksof overheating risksof overheating risksof overheating risksof overheating risksAgence France-Presse

SHANGHAI - The International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Asian economieswere at risk of overheating as strong capital inflows fan inflationary pressures and raise the riskof damaging bubbles.

both 2010 and 2011, higher than itsprediction last week when it esti-mated regional economies wouldexpand an average 6.9 percent thisyear and 7.0 percent next.

But the Fund warned export-driven Asia remained vulnerable toa slower-than-expected recovery inthe West, and urged governments toreduce their reliance on overseasshipments and boost domestic con-sumption.

“It will be important to imple-ment reforms that boost the produc-tivity and the competitiveness of theservices sector,” IMF senior econo-mist Olaf Unteroberdoerster toldreporters.

The IMF said Asianpolicymakers need to safeguardagainst the build-up of imbalancesin asset and housing markets causedby “excess liquidity”, and one wayto do this was to adopt more flex-ible exchange rates.

“Letting the exchange rate ap-preciate can forestall short-term in-flows,” the Fund said, without spe-

cifically referring to China. “Without more currency ap-

preciation, the pressure to sterilisethe impact on money supply willcontinue.”

But stronger currencies alonewere not going to rebalance theeconomies in China and other coun-tries in the region, said Singh.

Governments needed to reducehousehold “precautionary savings”and very high corporate savings inChina and elsewhere.

“It’s very important that thispackage of measures is not viewedas based on one policy, which is theexchange rate,” Singh said.

The IMF said last week a stron-ger yuan was “essential” for both theChinese and world economies, heap-ing more pressure on Beijing to re-value the currency, which has beeneffectively pegged at 6.8 to the dol-lar since mid-2008.

Critics say the policy has givenChinese manufacturers an unfairadvantage by making their exportscheaper.

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SINGAPORE - Oil prices slippedslightly in Asian trade Thursday, los-ing some of their steam from Wednes-day as investors awaited further newson Europe’s debt crisis and its impacton the commodity.

New York’s main contract, lightsweet crude for June, eased nine centsto 83.13 dollars a barrel.

Brent North Sea crude for June de-livery was down nine cents to 86.07dollars per barrel.

Traders were eagerly watchingEurope’s reaction to Greece’s mount-ing difficulties as debt markets increas-ingly punish Athens, dealers said.

“It’s pretty quiet in terms of news atthe moment. When... there is some newdevelopment in the Greece situation,then the market could go either way,”Clarence Chu, a Singapore-based traderwith Hudson Capital Energy told AFP.

Upbeat Fed keepsborrowing rates on hold

risks in keeping rates so low.The head of the Kansas Federal Re-

serve Bank, Thomas Hoenig, again dis-sented, warning the expectation of lowrates for “an extended period” could bedamaging and restrict the Fed’s abilityto maneuver.

Within the Fed a debate continues torage over the pace of tightening, andwhen the bank should offload over a tril-lion dollars in troubled mortgage assets.

According to Brian Bethune, a finan-cial economist with IHS Global Insight,there is little reason for Hoenig’s col-leagues to heed his concerns. “The Fed’sstrategy is working,” Bethune said.

“The Fed is up several touchdownsat half time with the economy experi-encing moderate growth with recedinginflation pressures,” he added. “There isno compelling reason to adjust policy atthis time.”

Other analysts agreed there were fewreasons for rapid change.

Barclays Capital told clients thatwhile there was some good news inWednesday’s statement, “the Fed tem-pered its enthusiasm” with observationsabout employers’ reluctance to add topayrolls. It predicted rates would behiked in September.

That focus on jobs seems set todeepen when President Barack Obamanames Janet Yellen, the president of theSan Francisco Federal Reserve, to theFed’s board of governors on Thursday.

Yellen is considered by many to takean approach to policy that emphasizesemployment over inflation. She is set toreplace the out-going Fed number two,Donald Kohn. Wednesday’s rates deci-sion ended a two-day meeting of thecommittee, which is scheduled to nextmeet again in June.

Oil eases in Asian tradeas Greek debt woes loom

Germany on Wednesday signalledthat it was willing to stop stalling theactivation of a European Union-IMFbailout, with chancellor Angela Merkelsaying rescue talks must be “acceler-ated.”

Germany, the pivotal player in anybailout as Europe’s biggest economy, hassaid it will lend Greece the money itneeds to avoid a crippling default only ifAthens promises to make further bud-get cuts.

Greece faces a May 19 deadline torepay nine billion euros (12 billion dol-lars) in maturing debt, but is unable toaccess private capital following a creditdowngrade by Standard & Poors Tues-day.

Oil had risen sharply late Wednesdayafter a day of being buffeted by the Eu-ropean crisis, and were further boostedon news the US Federal Reserve waskeeping interest rates at ultra-low lev-els, further stimulating the US economy.

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The singer befriended the boyduring his public battle for accep-tance after he was banned from acentral Indiana school at age 13,bringing national attention to HIV/AIDS education and the plight ofchildren with HIV in the 1980s. Johnwas at Riley Children’s Hospitalwhen White died and was a pall-bearer and performed at the funeral.

“It was one of the greatest thingsin my life to meet Ryan’s family, tobe there the last week to try andhelp, and then for that wonderfulmessage that he gave me to changemy life around,” John told The As-sociated Press before the Wednes-day evening benefit. “It was weirdto take stock and think of it — I’m20 years sober this year, and it’s 20years since Ryan died, because I gotsober shortly afterward.”

SANDRA Bullock is dumping her two-timing hus-band and welcoming a new guy into her life — a babyboy she is adopting as a single mother. Divorce paperswere filed Friday in Austin, Texas, where the 45-year-old Oscar-winning actress has a home. The impendingend of her five-year marriage to Jesse James came asno surprise on the heels of reports that the motorcyclemogul had been cheating on her and that the couplehad already separated.

Instead, the bombshell, set off by Bullock in an in-terview with People magazine, published onlineWednesday, was the news that she brought a newbornson home to California earlier this year and has beenraising him unbeknownst to almost anyone. Bullockand James began the adoption process four years ago,according to the People article. They brought 3 1/2-month-old Louis Bardo Bullock home in January butdecided to keep the news to themselves until after theAcademy Awards.

The baby is named after jazz great Louis Armstrong,who had touched Bullock with his signature song,“What a Wonderful World,” she said in the interview.The child was born in New Orleans, a city where Bul-lock and James had both spent time after HurricaneKatrina. The baby became available during “the mediacraziness of the awards season,” she said. Deciding toshield Louis from that turmoil, she kept his arrival hid-den from all but a few trusted associates and loved ones.

“Anything we did with Louis had to be pre-plannedlike a CIA mission,” she said. “Just the doctors’ visitswere filled with decoys and dark cars . ... People that Ihad worked with for years couldn’t understand why Iwouldn’t let them into my house for (Oscar ceremonygown) fittings.” The sleeplessness almost any newmother knows remained a mystery to Bullock’s makeupartist, who wondered why she needed “copious amountof concealer.”

Meanwhile, her husband had been keeping secretsof his own, which spilled out with reports that he hadcheated on Bullock throughout their marriage. Thosecheating allegations became public within days ofBullock’s winning the Oscar on March 7 for best ac-tress for her role in the blockbuster “The Blind Side.”Bullock and James met in 2003 and were married twoyears later. It seemed like an odd pairing — the Holly-wood actress often called “America’s Sweetheart” mar-rying the tattooed biker who had been wed twice be-fore, designed custom motorcycles and starred in real-

JOHN Mayer is preparing to shut down his Twitter.com accountbecause he’s convinced the social networking site has made him a tar-get for “haters.” The singer has attracted more than three million ‘fol-lowers’ with his candid posts, and has hit the headlines for a string ofcontroversial ‘tweets’ published on his page.

But Mayer admits his passion for Twitter is waning - and he wantsto devote his free time to more productive activities. He says, “Withinthe last couple weeks, every night I think about cancelling my Twit-ter account... I just think Twitter, as a form of communication, I thinkit’s over to be honest with you. It (was) really sort of flawed from thebeginning. I can’t tell you how many times I meet people or I’m hav-

ing dinner with peoplewho write stuff and theyget upset they have hat-ers now, like, ‘Why do Iwant to invent more rea-sons to have haters?’ Imight as well spend thattime making a sandwichor building a model shipor something...My chal-lenge going forward isto basically disregardthe need, the obsessiveneed for external valida-tion.”

In February, Mayertook to Twitter to apolo-gize for using the ‘N’word in a Playboy maga-zine interview. Thatsame month, he con-fessed his fear that hislove of social networkinghad cost him a romancewith notoriously privateactress Jennifer Aniston.Mayer follows stars in-cluding Miley Cyrus andChris Brown who havedeleted their Twitterblogs.

Elton John says Ryan White turned his life aroundElton John says Ryan White turned his life aroundElton John says Ryan White turned his life aroundElton John says Ryan White turned his life aroundElton John says Ryan White turned his life aroundELTON John says he’s been sober for 20 years, since shortly after the death of an Indiana teen with AIDS

who the musician credits with inspiring him to turn his life around. John was in Indianapolis on Wednesdayto headline a benefit celebrating the life and legacy of Ryan White. The 18-year-old died on April 8, 1990,about five years after contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, through a tainted blood transfusion totreat his hemophilia.

Proceeds from the event, which wasbeing hosted by Phil Donahue, willbenefit the Elton John AIDS Founda-tion and the Indianapolis Children’sMuseum’s “Power of Children” ex-hibit, which features White. John es-tablished the foundation two years af-ter White’s death. The organizationfunds innovative HIV prevention andeducation programs, works to elimi-nate stigma and discrimination asso-ciated with HIV/AIDS, and providesdirect care and support services forpatients. The 20-year anniversary ofWhite’s death is an opportunity to re-start a dialogue about AIDS and pushfor educating children about the dis-

ease, John said.“Every 10 years, a new generation

of kids come up, and we see the num-bers go up, because we can’t reallyget to them in school,” John said. “Wenever could. Education about sex andeducation about AIDS was totallyforbidden. That could have saved somany more lives, because childrenare smart. Children will listen. Youdon’t have to threaten children, youjust have to inform them. It took achild to die to make people sit up andnotice,” he added. White’s mother,Jeanne White-Ginder, said John’sreturn to Indianapolis was a bitter-sweet reminder of her son’s last days.

Singer Elton John performs during a benefit commemorating the 20thanniversary of AIDS patient Ryan White’s death in Indianapolis,

Wednesday, April 28, 2010. AP Photo/Darron Cummings

Bullock is divorcing James, adopting babyity shows such as “Monster Garage” and “Jesse JamesIs a Dead Man.”

It was the first marriage for Bullock, who became thedevoted stepmom to James’ kids: Sunny, 6; Jesse Jr., 12;and Chandler, 15. After the cheating scandal broke, Jamespublicly apologized to Bullock and his children. He re-cently returned home after a 30-day stay in a treatmentfacility where he sought help for “personal issues,” Peoplesaid. In a statement posted Wednesday on the Peoplewebsite, James called Bullock “the love of my life, butconsidering the pain and devastation I have caused her, itwould be selfish to not let her go.”

AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File

In this March 7, 2010 file photo, Sandra Bullock andJesse James arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party inWest Hollywood, Calif. Sandra Bullock won the bestactress award for her role in ‘The Blind Side.

John Mayer Is Sick OfThe ‘Haters,’ Considers

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Agence France - Presse

SAN FRANCISCO – Activisionhas a fight on its hands as develop-ers behind “Modern Warfare” ac-

HP and Palm said Palm stock-holders will receive 5.70 dollars incash for each share of Palm com-mon stock they hold at the closingof the merger, a premium of 23 per-cent over Palm’s closing price onWednesday in New York.

“Palm’s innovative operatingsystem provides an ideal platformto expand HP’s mobility strategyand create a unique HP experiencespanning multiple mobile con-nected devices,” HP executive vicepresident Todd Bradley said. “Thesmartphone market is large, profit-able and rapidly growing, and com-panies that can provide an inte-grated device and experience com-mand a higher share,” Bradley saidin a statement.

“Advances in mobility are offer-ing significant opportunities, andHP intends to be a leader in thismarket,” he added. In a conferencecall with financial analysts, Brad-ley said the “smartphone market isover 100 billion dollars and grow-ing over 20 percent annually.” Hesaid the widely praised PalmwebOS mobile operating systemwould allow HP to expand “ourbreadth of products” fromsmartphones to netbooks to “slate,”or tablet, computers. Apple releasedits own tablet computer, the iPad,this month and has reported strongsales of the touchscreen multi-me-dia device.

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NEW YORK – US computer giant Hewlett-Packard, in a bid tobecome a player in the fast-growing smartphone market, said Wednes-day it was buying struggling US mobile phone maker Palm for 1.2billion dollars.

HP currently has a small presencein the mobile phone market with adevice called the HP iPaq which runson Microsoft’s Windows Mobileoperating system. HP and Palm saidthat the acquisition has been ap-proved by the boards of directors ofboth firms and was expected to closeduring HP’s fiscal quarter endingJuly 31, 2010. They said Palm’s cur-rent chairman and chief executiveJon Rubinstein is expected to remainwith the company.

“We look forward to workingwith HP to continue to deliver indus-try-leading mobile experiences toour customers and business part-ners,” Rubinstein said. “We’rethrilled by HP’s vote of confidencein Palm’s technological leadership,which delivered Palm webOS andiconic products such as the PalmPre,” he said. Palm’s touchscreenPalm Pre smartphone, powered bythe Palm webOS mobile operatingsystem, won “Best in Show” at theannual gadget fair in Las Vegas inJanuary of last year, but posted dis-appointing sales.

The Sunnyvale, California-basedPalm has been the subject of acqui-sition rumors for months. The take-over speculation heightened afterPalm reported a third-quarter net lossof 22 million dollars last month,nearly doubling its loss of the previ-ous quarter. Palm came out withsome of the first personal digital as-

sistants in the 1990s, but in recentyears has been lagging behind rivalsNokia, Apple and Research in Mo-tion. Reaction to HP’s move wasmixed with Forrester Research mo-bile analyst Charles Golvin givingit a thumb’s down.

“The good news is that HP madea strong move toward becoming a

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A Palm Pre Plus phone (L) and a Palm Pixi Plus phone. US computer giant Hewlett-Packard said Wednes-day it has reached an agreement with Palm to buy the mobile phone maker for 1.2 billion dollars.

player in the mobile market,” he said.“The bad news is that it’s the wrongmove. HP doesn’t need the Palmbrand,” Golvin said. “HP needs astrong presence in mobile, but Palmdoesn’t deliver that.” Jon Ogg of247WallSt.com raised the possibilityof another company coming forwardwith a bid for Palm. “There are many

potential buyers here, but the ques-tion will come down to if anyoneis willing to pay up even higher fora company which many feel hasvery little value on its own,” hesaid. HP shares shed 0.83 percentto 52.84 dollars in after-hours elec-tronic trading while trading in Palmwas suspended.

Activision in legal battle with game developers

AFP/HO/Activision, Inc/File

A screengrab shows an Activision video game. A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles has asked a court to ordergaming giant Activision to pay from 75 million to 125 million dollars in promised bonus cash to gamedevelopers and then as much as a half-billion dollars in damages.

cuse the videogame publisher ofholding them “hostage” to completea new installment of the blockbusterfranchise.

A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on

Monday asks the court to orderActivision to pay from 75 million to125 million dollars in promised bo-nus cash and then as much as a half-billion dollars in damages.

The team at Infinity Ward qualifiedqualified for the bonus money by de-livering “Modern Warfare 2” (MW2)in time for a November 2009 launchas Activision had asked, according tothe legal filing. Activision had onlycome across with some of the bonuscash by the time it notified US regu-lators in early March that it was fir-ing Infinity Ward co-founders JasonWest and Vince Zampella. “Activisionpaid them part but kept most of themoney in their own pocket,” said at-torney Bruce Isaacs, who filed the suiton behalf of an Infinity Ward Employ-ees Group comprised of 38 current orformer studio workers.

“They were holding the cash cap-tive to hold the developerscaptive...They wanted people to stayso they would deliver ‘Modern War-fare 3’.” In the wake of the departureby West and Zampella, a flood of de-velopers deserted Infinity Ward to jointhe pair at a new studio called Respawn.“Respawn” is a videogame term for acharacter coming back to life. The law-suit argued that “Activision withheldthe property of the Infinity Ward Em-ployee Group in an attempt to keep theemployees hostage” so that the com-

pany could reap the benefit of“Modern Warfare 3.”

Activision racked up more thana billion dollars in sales of “MW2”in the three months after its release.The videogame was the latest in a“Call of Duty” series with afiercely devoted following.Activision wanted to have the nextversion of the shooter videogameready for release by the end of 2011and was withholding the bonusmoney to get Infinity Ward devel-opers to stick around to meet thatdeadline, Isaacs said. With morethan a quarter of the Infinity Wardteam gone, Activision has report-edly farmed the Modern Warfaresequel job out to other studios.

Isaacs has asked the court to com-bine the Infinity Ward employees casewith a similar civil suit filed by Westand Zampella, who are also seekingbonus money they claim to be due.Southern California-based Activisiondid not return AFP requests for com-ment but was publicly quoted as say-ing that the case is “without merit”and that the company has the right todetermine amounts and timing of bo-nus payments.

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The four-times Roland Garroswinner then held her nerve to takethe set despite a furious protestfrom her German opponent over aline-call which left her remonstrat-ing with the umpire long after thepoint was awarded against her.Henin then only needed exactly 30minutes to take the second set fora 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 victory. “She wasin a position to win the set, I justtried to keep focused,” said a re-lieved Henin who won this tour-nament in 2007.

“I was tired in the first set, butI finally managed to relax and feltbetter on court. “She was on fire inthe first set and was being reallyaggressive. “The court slides a lot,so when your opponent is being ag-

Associated Press Writer

DENVER – Carmelo Anthonygot the help he was begging for, J.R.Smith found his long-range touchand the Denver Nuggets avoidedelimination with a 116-102 victoryover the Utah Jazz on Wednesdaynight. The Nuggets, trying to be-come the first team in four years toovercome a 3-1 deficit in the play-offs, sent the series back to SaltLake City for Game 6 on Fridaynight despite losing center Nene toa sprained left knee in the first half.

“We know it’s going to be atough game up there, tough arena,Utah fans are pretty tough,” Nug-gets acting coach Adrian Dantleysaid. “But we’re glad we did whatwe did tonight.” Anthony had 26points and 11 rebounds, ChaunceyBillups had 21 points, and Smithmade four big 3-pointers amonghis 17 points for Denver, whichwon a game in which it was fac-ing elimination for the first timesince the 1994 Western Confer-ence semifinals against Utah.

The Nuggets had lost eightstraight elimination games, sixsince Anthony joined the team in2003. “Now, we have a chance toreally, I think, put the pressureback on them,” Billups said.“We’ve just got to go in and playthe same way, give it everythingwe got knowing that if we don’twin the season’s over.” After in-fighting and insults dominatedtheir locker room in the aftermathof their two losses at Salt LakeCity, the Nuggets were a muchmore cohesive group even in the

Agence France - Presse

ROME – French number oneJo-Wilfried Tsonga cruised intothe third round of the ATP RomeMasters 1000 at the Foro Italicohere on Wednesday and then saidhe relishes the pressure Frenchplayers come under at RolandGarros. The Rome event is oneof the main warm-up tourna-ments ahead of the French Openand an opportunity for players toimprove their clay game aheadof Roland Garros.

And Tsonga, who is not aknown clay courter, certainlyshowed he is more than capableon the surface as he beat Serbia’sViktor Troicki 6-2, 6-3 in thesecond round, having had a bye

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DENVER - APRIL 28: Ty Lawson #3 of the Denver Nuggets con-trols the ball as Deron Williams #8 of the Utah Jazz defends asreferee Bennett Salvatore oversees the action in Game Five ofthe Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2010 NBA Playoffsat the Pepsi Center on April 28, 2010 in Denver, Colorado. TheNuggets defeated the Jazz 116-102 as the Jazz holds a 3-2 leadin the series.

Anthony gets thehelp he wanted inNuggets’ win

face of another outstanding per-formance by Utah’s Deron Will-iams, who declared aftershootaround that he was the bestpoint guard in the NBA right now.

The Nuggets won’t disagree.After watching him average 27.6points and 12.0 assists over thefirst four games of the series, theNuggets put Billups on Williamsfrom the start instead of AaronAfflalo. Williams said nothingwould change no matter who wasguarding him, and he was right,getting 34 points and 10 assistsbefore fouling out in the finalminute. “We played good defenseon him,” Dantley insisted, “buthe’s just a great basketball player.”

Carlos Boozer had 25 points and16 boards for Utah. But backup bigman Kyrylo Fesenko, who had playedso well in the absence of AndreiKirilenko (calf) and Mehmet Okur(Achilles’ tendon) for the last threegames, all Utah wins, didn’t do sowell Wednesday. He finished withthree points and six rebounds in 20minutes. The Nuggets led 86-81 af-ter three quarters before pouring it onlike they did in Game 1, a 126-113win. The Nuggets have been helplessto curb Williams, who is the firstplayer since Magic Johnson 20 yearsago to register at least 20 points and10 assists in each of the first fourgames of a playoff series. So, theNuggets turned to Billups, who has138 games of playoff experience andwas on one of the eight teams thatovercame 3-1 playoff deficits (Detroitover Orlando in 2003), and also torookie Ty Lawson, who brought su-perior speed to the Nuggets’ lineup.

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STUTTGART, Germany – Former world number one Justine Henin had a tough workout asshe battled past Germany’s Julia Goerges to book her place in the second round of Stuttgart’sWTA tournament on Wednesday. The 27-year-old Belgian, wearing a splint to protect the bro-ken finger she suffered in training last week, needed 53 minutes for the first set after Goergesforced a tie-breaker.

gressive it is not that easy on defenceto come back and win the point. I wasmuch happier in the second set, I wasmuch more aggressive. I was expect-ing a tough first set, as she had noth-ing to lose and went for everything.”

The right-hander broke the littlefinger on her left hand last weekwhile preparing for Belgium’s FedCup win over Estonia and expectsto wear a splint on the injury untilnext month’s French Open. “I hadto change my splint before thematch, but it has been a week sincethe injury, it is getting better even ifthe finger is still pretty blue,” shesaid. In the second round Henin, play-ing on a wildcard entry, will face com-patriot Yanina Wickmayer, who saw offFrancesca Schiavone of Italy 6-3, 6-3.

“We were together a few daysago for the Fed Cup match and I amlooking forward to playing her verymuch,” said Henin, having ended her18-month hiatus from tennis in Janu-ary. Defending champion SvetlanaKuznetsova became the day’s big-gest casualty when the number threeseed was beaten 6-3, 7-5 by China’sNa Li in just 83 minutes in a sec-ond-round game late in the evening.Li will play either Samantha Stosur,who beat France’s Marion Bartoliin her first round game, orRomania’s Alexandra Dulgheru inFriday’s quarter-finals. Earlier,fourth-seed Jelena Jankovic neededjust over an hour to breeze into thesecond-round with a straight setswin over Gisela Dulko.

Tsonga excited by weight of Roland Garros expectationin the first round. But he deniedthat he feels burdened by theweight of expectation to becomethe first homegrown French Openchampion since Yannick Noah in1983.

“For me, if Roland Garros wastomorrow I’d run there. There’s nomore pressure for me if I’m play-ing in France or anywhere else,”said the 25-year-old.

“It’s an opportunity to be theplayer who does well at RolandGarros. I’m one of those playerswho dreams of one day sendingRoland Garros crazy and I’m mak-ing the most of that.” Although thescoreline looked simple againstTroicki, Tsonga was broken twice,including when serving for thematch at 5-2 in the second set, in

an encounter that included eightbreaks of serve out of 17 games. “Idon’t know if it was chaotic, I stilladvanced, it was comfortable,”said the world number 10 and sev-enth seed here.

“The conditions were heavy, itwasn’t as dry as it was in the after-noon. But I played my game, a claygame and I managed it well. I’dnever beaten him before. It’s notthat important but it is something.”

Next up for the Frenchman isColombian qualifier SantiagoGiraldo, who thrashed formerworld number one Juan CarlosFerrero in the first round. “He’s ona good run, I think it’s the best re-sult of his career so he should playwell. He’ll give his all,” saidTsonga.

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Inter will be playing in their firstEuropean Cup final since 1972 whileMourinho will attempt to lead theItalian giants to Europe’s most pres-tigious prize for the first time since1965. “It’s the greatest moment of mycareer,” said Mourinho. “For theplayers, me, the fans, it’s the great-est. “It’s been 38 years since Interplayed in the final. This is not a teamof young players who can wait 15years to make the final - they willnot have another 10 opportunities toplay in one.

“Against Barcelona, it’s difficultwith 11 players but with 10, it’s anhistoric achievement to win like this.It’s the most beautiful defeat of mylife.” Mourinho once again out-thought his counterpart PepGuardiola in a tense, tactical battlewith the Italians having to survive anhour one player down following thefirst half dismissal of Thiago Motta.Barcelona president Joan Laportaappealed to the fans to get behind theteam in their darkest hour. “Today, it

Catalan -Jose Mourinho blasted

Barcelona’s “lack of fair play, onor off the pitch” and called on fansto greet the “heroic” team at theairport. “Leo Messi is Messi. Anincredible talent, from anothergalaxy, but like all the others hedidn’t play to his strengths. Thatshould be quality and fair play, butI saw none of it on or off thepitch,” the Inter Coach told RAI.

“At 4am we couldn’t sleep, asthere were fireworks outside thehotel door. We called the policeat 11pm and they arrived at3.30am. “A player like SamuelEto’o who comes back here everyfew days was harassed by policetoday when told he had to paytaxes not paid in 2005.” Mourinhowas also furious at the red cardwhen Sergio Busquets made themost of a fingertip touch fromThiago Motta after just 28 min-utes.

“I can make a guarantee, thatnext year I’ll be back. I alwaysseem to end up being paired withBarcelona and every time some-thing happens. Thiago Motta’scard was the same as that forDidier Drogba. UnfortunatelyMotta lost his cool for a second. Isaid nothing to him at half-time. Ispoke to the rest of the team toexplain how they should play andadapt. I do not want to judge thereferee. I said beforehand thatwhen the players want to help thereferee, his job is easy, but tonightsome people tried to make life dif-ficult for him.”

The Nerazzurri lost 1-0 on thenight, but have reached their firstEuropean Cup Final since 1972thanks to the 3-1 first leg result.

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Inter Milan’s Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho (R) argues withBarcelona’s goalkeeper Victor Valdes (C) after the UEFA Cham-pions League semi-final second leg football match Barcelonavs Inter Milan on April 28, 2010 at the Camp Nou stadium inBarcelona. Milan reached the Champions League final beatingBarcelona 3-2 on aggregate in their semi-final despite losingthe second leg 1-0.

Mou: ‘No fair playfrom Barca’

“It was a team of heroes, whereeveryone left their blood on thatpitch. I am proud of everyone,those who played and didn’t, ofthe fans who suffered with us hereand at home. Barcelona did theircelebrating beforehand, createdsome controversy and did someincredible things over the past 24hours. Now I ask the fans to wel-come us at the airport, even if it’stough and they have to work to-morrow. They should arrive at theairport to welcome these spec-tacular players, as they’ve earnedit. I can only imagine how they’reenjoying it, as they know how dif-ficult this was. It’s hard againstBarca with 11 men, but with 10it’s extraordinary. This is thegreatest defeat of my life! But myteam deserved to draw 0-0 really.Julio Cesar made it seem as if wewere playing with 11 men.”

At the final whistle Mourinhoran across the pitch with his handraised to the stands, but was heldback by goalkeeper Victor Valdes.“I felt an incredible joy. I have al-ready won the Champions League,but I can say tonight felt betterthan that. Porto won the Final 3-0and I knew half an hour from theend that we had already won,whereas here it was right to theend. Valdes, like the others, ex-pected to win this tie. They had abig surprise at San Siro and whenwe saw the mess they made withthe T-shirts and the people mak-ing noise, it became clear theywere afraid. In the way we wereset out to begin with and all 11players, we could’ve won here.Goran Pandev’s injury forced usto change and Motta’s red cardagain, it was an incredible game.”

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Inter Milan’s Argentinian forward Alberto Milito Diego (L) celebrates after winning the UEFAChampions League semi-final second leg football match Barcelona vs Inter Milan on April 28,2010 at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. Milan reached the Champions League final beatingBarcelona 3-2 on aggregate in their semi-final despite losing the second leg 1-0.

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BARCELONA – Inter Milan reached the Champions League final, beating Barcelona 3-2 onaggregate in their semi-final despite losing the second leg 1-0 and playing an hour of the gamewith 10 men. Jose Mourinho’s Inter, who won the first game 3-1 last week, will face BayernMunich in the final on May 22 in Madrid. Despite Gerard Pique’s 84th-minute goal, defendingchampions Barcelona were unable to find the crucial second goal as 10-man Inter held on, breathinga sigh of relief when Bojan Krkic had a stoppage-time effort chalked off for handball.

was our turn to suffer the cruel sideof football,” said Laporta.

“Now we must recover our mo-rale for La Liga (where Barcelona arebattling Real Madrid for the title).Now, more than ever, we have to sup-port this team.” Guardiola made twochanges to his side from the first-leg,with Yaya Toure and Gabriel Militoreplacing Maxwell and suspendedcaptain Carles Puyol. Gabriel’s selec-tion on the opposing side to DiegoMilito meant brothers were playingin the same Champions Leaguematch for the first time. Mourinhokept faith with the team which wonthe first leg 3-1 last week. Intershowed their game plan from the startas they sat back, an ominous taskagainst a top side and particularly sowith the attacking flair at Barça’s dis-posal.

The explosive atmosphere finallyboiled over when Motta already witha yellow card for an earlier challengeswung an arm at Sergio Busquets, whowas tugging at his shirt. While Motta

was furious with Busquets for whathe saw as an over-reaction, the refereereached straight for the red card andInter were left to battle with ten-menfor the rest of the game. The sendingoff did little to change the match asInter continued to doggedly defy Barçaand it was a telling statistic that at halftime Inter had not had a single shot atgoal. Although not pleasing on the eyeInter were excelling at cutting out thethreat from Barça.

Messi and Ibrahimovic werelargely anonymous with the latter re-placed by Bojan Krkic with half anhour to go. Inter were growing intotheir job while Barça were resortingto shots from distance. Dani Alvesand Toure both tried their luck with-out going close and then the bestchance fell to Bojan who headed widefrom just a few yards. The game ap-peared to be in control for Inter untilPique, now playing as an emergencycentre-forward, turned in the box andtucked the ball into the corner lead-ing to a grandstand finish.

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But he said Ferrari and Renault hadmade a presentation to the rest of theteams that had convinced Williams thatan early reintroduction of KERS wouldbe financially viable. “[Waiting until2013] was our position up to whenFerrari and Renault submitted a pro-posal to FOTA that they could do it forless than a million euros,” Michael said.

“So our position now is we’re do-ing KERS for 2011, and so is theirs.”

Michael is confident that the Ferrari/Renault proposal makes KERS muchmore realistic than it was last season,when all the major teams spent largesums on developing the technology, butfew actually raced it. “I wouldn’t saythat’s incompatible with cost saving,because it’s got to be less than a mil-lion euros, so that’s quite different tospending money on a new engine de-velopment programme, for example,”said Michael

“It’s not like the KERS of old, whenyou were spending 10 to 20 million,or even more. It’s [now] a million eu-ros for the running costs.” He said Wil-liams had always been in favour of theKERS concept, and was only con-cerned about the financial implications.

JARNO Trulli says he has been frustrated by all theproblems that have marred his start to the season withLotus, and the Italian claims it feels as if he has hardlydriven. “Obviously I knew that it wouldn’t be easy, thateverything would be new and we would need time,”Trulli told Autosprint magazine. “However, I had ex-pected at least to drive. Instead, after four races I didnot start once and when I got to the finish, it was be-cause it was decided I should take the chequered flag

Williams technical director Sam Michael says his team is now in favour of Kinetic Energy Re-covery Systems returning to Formula 1 as early as 2011 having been convinced that the de-vices are now cost-effective

Williams favours early KERS returnWilliams technical director Sam Michael says his team is now

in favour of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems returning to For-mula 1 as early as 2011 having been convinced that the devicesare now cost-effective. Amid continuing discussions on the fu-ture of KERS - which remains available in the regulations, butwhich the teams have agreed not to use in 2010 on cost grounds- Michael admitted that Williams had previously preferred towait until the major rules overall due in 2013.

“We’re supportive of KERS at Will-iams, but our [original] position was thatwe would rather it was integrated prop-erly in the 2013 engine,” said Michael.“It’s something F1 can contribute to. Alot of road cars are going with KERSnow, so it makes sense for F1 to have it.We thought ’13 was a better introduc-tion point, but we’ve got to go with theagreement that everyone signed, andthat was if someone proved by the endof March that they could do it for amillion euros, then they can.”

“The attraction from my point ofview is it makes the car go faster. Ifsomeone’s got KERS then you can’tafford not to have it. You’re talking threeor four tenths [per lap]. “It was quicker[to have KERS] by the end of last year.If you look at McLaren, in Ahu Dhabithey were very competitive until theyhad the brake failure, and that was withthe old front tyre as well. Now with thenarrow front tyre it will be even easierto make KERS work.” Michael is happythat the rules are sufficiently restrictiveto prevent KERS turning into a costlydevelopment race. “If you didn’t havepower and energy limits it would be adifferent question, but you do,” he said.

Trulli frustrated by Lotus problems

Jarno Trulli says he has been frustrated by allthe problems that have marred his start to theseason with Lotus, and the Italian claims it feelsas if he has hardly driven

but in far from ideal conditions. Bad luck seems to per-severe on my car, everything happens on my car andmy car only. So, to this day, my expectations have notbeen met.”

“It’s still early days to judge, we need more time fora reliable judgement. I knew it would be tough, but Ipractically haven’t driven yet. I’ll pass judgement at theend of the year,” he added. Trulli’s best finishes so farhave been a couple of 17th places in Bahrain and Ma-laysia, but in both races the Italian was hit by problemsthat meant he was the last classified driver. In contrast,team-mate Heikki Kovalainen has enjoyed a lesstroubled start and has 13th, 14th and 15th-place fin-ishes to date. Trulli admitted his main goal at the mo-ment is to beat the Finn, as he reckons Lotus has had notime to make a competitive car.

“On paper, our team is definitely the best among thenew outfits in F1,” he said. “We operate like a real teamin the top series, but unfortunately we are only at 10%of our potential because of lack of time. There’s no test-ing, and the racing weekend is the only chance to testand oil the structure. For us this is our apprenticeshipyear: we’ll see the potential in 2011, when many struc-tural problems will be behind and we’ll be able to con-centrate on the design of the new car. My aim today isto stay ahead of my team-mate and to lead among thenew teams. The rest is just dreaming: you can think ofgetting into Q2, but you need a disaster to happen, likeit did in Malaysia.”

He added: “The package with Cosworth engine andXtrac gearbox has little influence over the lack of per-formance, I think no more than 10%, so the problemsare elsewhere. The thing Lotus has lacked is time, themain culprit for our difficulties. “Had we had time toprogram everything more in advance, we would havebetter prepared the structure, the car, the gearbox, ourhydraulics system and everything you need to start well.All this work is being done now, race after race.”