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NEW YORK — The Dream-Works sequel “How to Train Your Dragon 2” topped the 42nd Annie Awards, taking best feature at the annual honors for animation.

In the Saturday night cer-emony hosted at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, “How to Train Your Dragon” won five awards in all. It also took best director for Dean DeBlois, as well as prizes for feature character design,

storyboarding and music.“Dragon” bested Disney’s

top contender, the superhero tale “Big Hero 6.” But the film that preceded “Hero” in theaters, “Feast,” won best short film.

Warner Bros.’ acclaimed but Oscar-snubbed “The Lego Movie” won the Annie for best feature writing.

“How to Train Your Dragon 2” will head to the Feb. 22 Os-cars as the best animated feature film favorite. (ap)

The 30-year-old star performed a brief duet with rock legend Lenny Kravitz, and the pair sung “I Kissed A Girl,” one of Perry’s first big hits in 2008, during a brief but raunchy performance.

The crowd cheered during the next segment that saw Perry perform on a desert island set -- complete with palm trees, dancers dressed up to look like goofy sharks and beach balls, as the star sang “California Gurls.”

The Super Bowl’s halftime show has be-come a must-see event in the middle of the NFL’s championship extravaganza.

Halftime performances generate massive ratings and, sometimes, unexpected contro-versy such as when Janet Jackson inadver-tently suffered a “wardrobe malfunction” that saw much of her breast exposed in 2004, or Prince’s 2007 show that featured a strangely shaped guitar that cast a phallus-shaped shadow.

Perry’s 12.5-minute performance did not generate any such controversy and the reac-tion on social media appeared overwhelm-ingly positive, with many users praising her live singing, her dancers and her three quick costume changes. Actress Anna Kendrick hailed the pop star’s performance, sending her compliments via Twitter.

“It’s official. Katy Perry is magic,” she wrote.

“All jokes aside, @katyperry your voice tonight was actually unreal.”

Rapper Snoop Dogg chimed in too, tweet-ing: “If you were wondering that was me in tha Shark costume!!”

Missy Elliott was the star guest of the per-formance, making a foggy entrance to sing hits including “Get Ur Freak On” and “Work It.” The newly-svelte rap diva’s high-energy number “Lose Control” was a crowd pleaser.

Perry’s grand finale was a spectacular

rendition of her huge hit “Firework.”

She climbed onto a star-shaped platform and elevat-ed above the football field, cruising around the stadium as fireworks burst around her, to enthusiastic cheers and applause from the crowd.

The New England Patriots de-feated Seattle 28-24 at this year’s Super Bowl 49, denying the Sea-hawks a second consecutive title in the NFL championship spectacular.

The Super Bowl was expected to draw a whopping 15 million viewers -- or about one third of all Americans -- many of whom look forward to the highly-anticipated half-time show and much-buzzed about commercials. (afp)

AP Photo/DreamWorks Animation, File

This file image released by DreamWorks Animation shows a scene from “How To Train Your Dragon 2.”

‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ tops Annie Awards

Katy Perry dazzles at Super Bowl halftime show

GLENDALE, United States - Singer Katy Perry dazzled at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show in a spectacular performance featuring dancing sharks, a prowling metallic lion and a levitating star that shot fireworks into the night sky. Perry stalked into the University of Phoenix Stadium field in Glendale, Arizona riding the huge, fiery-eyed lion as she sang her megahit “Roar” while wearing a flame-festooned dress.

Singer Katy Perry performs during halftime of NFL Super Bowl XLIX

football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in

Glendale, Ariz. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

The Head of Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency, I Wayan Purna, revealed that Besakih tourist attrac-tion had the highest residual unmet target. Besakih tourist attraction could only generated IDR 1,332 bil-lion with the specified target of IDR 1,485 billion. It meant the remaining unmet target reached IDR 119 mil-

lion. “Many factors affect the target achievement. Complaints of visitors due to blackmail by local individual tourist guide greatly affect the num-ber of tourist visits,” he explained.

Appeal of the visit to Besakih tour-ist attraction was surpassed by the vis-its to Ujung Park. In accordance with the data on tourist visits to attractions

in 2014, the Ujung Park was visited by 176,784 tourists dominated by foreign travelers. Meanwhile, Besakih Temple was only visited by 119,654 travelers. Such condition was very much deplored considering Besakih had become the famous destination in Bali and known as a leading tourist attraction.

According to Wayan Purna, the largest number of tourists visiting the Ujung Park happened due to professional management. The park was managed by a governing body that could handle various matters such as in terms of sanitation, ar-rangement until services extended to visiting travelers. This condition enabled visitors to comfortably

enjoy the beauty of the Sukasada Park denoting the heritage of Karangasem royal palace.

Currently, the Culture and Tourism Agency has prepared the establish-ment of a governing body at Besakih. His party claimed to have made coor-dination with the arrangement team of Besakih including local customary village to realize the governing body. “No later than this year, the governing body will surely be able to operate,” he explained while adding that his party with relevant agencies would make comparative study to Tanah Lot Tabanan regarding the tourist destina-tion management.

Now, his party begins to focus on generating more tourist arriv-

als at Besakih considering the nuance of spiritual tourism owned by Besakih increasingly faded due to blackmail case by unscrupulous individuals. On the other hand, there were four tourist attractions experiencing near-death condition due to the absence of tourist visits. They include Iseh, Sibetan, Putung and Bukit Jambul. (dwa)

At Besakih Temple

Tourist visit minimal, revenue unable to reach target

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Regionally generated revenue (PAD) obtained from tourism sector in 2014 was unable to reach the target. The small number of tourist visits became the main factor causing some tourist attractions to be unable to yield the regionally generated revenue as expected.

AMLAPURA - Regionally generated revenue (PAD) obtained from tourism sector in 2014 was unable to reach the target. The small number of tourist visits became the main factor causing some tourist attractions to be unable to yield the regionally generated revenue as expected. Among the 15 tourist attrac-tions, Besakih Temple had the most remaining unmet targets. In total there were five tourist attractions that have not met the target where the total number was only IDR 3.3 billion.

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SEMINYAK - The results of the International Hotel Awards 2014 have been revealed, with Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa, Bali winning the prestigious five star award for Small Hotel in Indonesia in the Asia Pacific region.

The International Hotel Awards recognises and rewards excellence in the hospitality industry and is the only organisa-tion to bestow five star accolades at an international level. Award contenders must first prove they are the best nationally, before competing against other top scoring hotels from across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Americas, Arabia, Africa and the UK, un-der the extensive scrutiny of the judging panel, chaired by Sir David Michells.

Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa was hailed the cream of the crop amidst stiff competition, proudly receiving the Small Ho-tel five star award for Indonesia in the Asia Pacific region. The luxury boutique retreat capital-ises on its stunning setting along sought after Seminyak Beach with a shoreline infinity pool, rooftop Anantara Spa and rooftop MoonLite Kitchen and Bar all

overlooking the Indian Ocean’s rolling surf and spectacular sun-sets. 59 contemporary Balinese suites, some with ocean views, are accompanied by a one of a kind Penthouse of uncompromis-ing luxury, boasting a private pool, spacious outdoor deck with barbeque facilities, a hydro tub and panoramic coastal views.

The 2014 International Hotel Awards’ national and world’s best hotel winners were re-vealed at a gala presentation dinner at London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square on Monday 26th January 2015, attended by Clinton Lovell, General Manager of Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa and Djoni Hasjim, an Own-ing Company representative.

Clinton Lovell comments – “We are honoured that Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa’s five star offering of impressive facili-ties, luxurious accommodation and impeccable, personalised service has been rewarded with such a prestigious accolade. As we strive to provide the ultimate Anantara experience on the beau-tiful island of Bali, we are proud to offer our guests journeys of rich discovery at an award win-ning resort.” (r)

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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ONE of the hotels which looked very excited along Sunset Road with various activities conducted every day and every week and will look to continue that way, it is Adhi Jaya Sunset Hotel. A three star hotel in it’s third years is in-creasingly showing its existence in the intense competition between hotels lately, especially in the ar-eas along the sunset road.

Mr. Deni Kusuma, General Manager of Adhi Jaya Sunset Ho-tel, the man that you would never see without that welcoming smile and the warm hand shake when you come or visiting Adhi Jaya Sunset Hotel. On one occasion he said “The essential thing to make us survive in this hard competition is to keep the Excellent Service as the prime priority to all of our guests in addition of the quality of products and facilities we have.”

Deni Kusuma believe that all the guests who come and stay at Adhi Jaya Sunset Hotel either for business or leisure, in dire need of good service from the start they came, during the stay and until

they left the hotel with a special impression.

It’s need some efforts to realize the integrated excellent service to all the guests that supported by reliable human resources. “On this stage, I trust that the strength of the hotel is derived from the strength of the individuals that face the guests every day and every minute,” he added.

Treat them as a colleagues, not

“staff” or anything else. We need to trust that all of these individuals are equal, because they sure have the equal opportunity to help or hinder our efforts toward success. To be hospitable is the only way to be successful in the hospitality in-dustry. And always treat your col-leagues with respect and dignity to make them stay comfortable so as to deliver sincere service without pressure.

Since Adhi Jaya Sunset Hotel maximize the chances to get MICE Business in addition to the regular event is also in desperate need of individual who are very resilient. Loyalty is what makes all this things happen. Loyalty to hotel, management, managers and team mates. “It is always a good feeling when I involved to help them in preparation of any event, to feel the passion and the spirit of loyalty and and we are excited when seeing all the guests we serve feel very satis-fied. I am proud to realize on that way they can assist me in building great business,” he proudly said. (kmb)

Anantara Seminyak Bali scoops five star international hotel Awards

Deni KusumaMy team my pride

On Sunday (Feb 1), the Head of Gianyar Industry and Trade Agency, Wayan Suamba, admitted there had been a circular related to the imported apple from the Ministry of Commerce. Having tested the samples of the imported apples, it would be coordinated by the Regional Secretary related to the circular from the Ministry of Trade, in this case, the Director General of the Consumer Protection Standards. “Currently, we are still awaiting the test results from the BPOM. It will be submitted to Gianyar government around Wednesday,” he said.

Associated with the circular on the sale prohibition of the imported apples, probably general public and employers, in this case the owner of the shops, had widely known about it because media had reported. “We urge the public to be aware of it,” he said.

Related to the official appeal to the stores and minimarkets in Gian-

yar, Suamba admitted that his party was still waiting for the laboratory test results and the instructions from relevant leadership. “Tomorrow (Monday) we will discuss about the circular from the Ministry of Trade to determine the next steps,” he said.

Meanwhile, in the Circular of the Directorate General of Standardiza-tion and Consumer Protection, the Ministry of Trade, was affirmed that for the sake of consumer protection from negative impacts of the apples mentioned above, and while waiting for the search results by the Ministry of Agriculture, all the heads of trade agency were appealed to undertake measures such as the prohibition from trading apples of Gala Apple Big B, Granny’s Best and Granny Smith Apple produced by Bidart Bros, Bakersfield, CA 93312 as well as the product of Gala and Granny Smith produced by Bidart Bros, Ba-kersfield, CA 93312. (kmb16)

Flair Competition of Bali Travel NewsDiscover the talent of teenage bartenders

LIKE a professional bartender, the teenage students attractively played and threw shaker and bottle into the air. Accompanied by music, they synchronized the movement of their legs and hands beautifully. After that, one by one of the mixed drinks, fruit, mint and soda were blended into a mocktail creation.

It was the appearance showed off by vocational school (SMK) students of Badung and Denpasar in the Mocktail Break Flair Compe-tition, Saturday (Jan 31). The event carrying the slogan “Be Profes-sional Bartender, Are You Ready?” was organized by Bali Travel News (BTN) in the K. Nadha Bali Press Building, Bali TV.

It was the first Flair Competition organized by the BTN to facilitate the creativity of young generation

of Bali so as to show off their tal-ent before the public. Besides, the event was also meant to appreci-ate and improve their talent and expertise, especially in the art of bartending.

The competition was assessed by three judges who were expert in their field. Among others, there were academicians such as lectur-ers from Triatma Jaya Tourism College and Firman Sinaga; while from professional circles included Putu Endra Mulana Jaya as well as the Chairman of the Indonesian Bartenders Association of Bali, I Ketut Darmayasa. The event was also attended by Ricky Putra, Gov-ernment Relations Director of the Bali Hotel Association (BHA) and General Affairs & Event Manager, Andy E. Soetjahyo.

The competition was divided into two rounds. The first round posed the allowance in which the participants performed within 5 minutes to mix a mocktail drink. While the second round was the fi-nal in which participants performed within 7 minutes to mix two kinds of mocktail.

Happiness was reflected on the face of the winners coupled with applause. The winners included I Gede Aldi Suardana (SMKN 4 Denpasar) as the first winner, Putu Angga Kusuma (SMK Kertha Wisata) as the runner-up, Robert Hendrika VR (SMK Kertha Wisata) as the third winner, I Gede Pande Adnyana (SMK Prada Dalung) as the fourth winner and I Kadek Juni Kusuma Dewa as the winner of The Best Mocktail.

On that occasion, Government Relations Director of the BHA, Ricky Putra, conveyed that such an event was very positive to sup-port the creativity development of young generation in order to constantly improve the quality and credibility in addition to accom-modating their hobby.

Similar comment was also deliv-ered by the juries I Ketut Darmayasa and Firman Sinaga. According to them, most of the participants were already indicating a professional capability while some others still needed to learn. Their expertise could seen based on the assessment criteria.

Meanwhile, General Manager of Bali Travel News, Gde Palgunadi, added that participants of the Flair Competition should continue to

improve their capabilities. “We’d like to express our gratitude for your participation. Hopefully, this event can be used as a reference and passion to become a professional bartender,” he said.

Besides, the event was also enlivened by DJ Performance by Agus son Mahendra. It was finally concluded with a special appear-ance by one of the guest stars dou-bling as jury, namely Putu Endra Mulana Jaya. He was a finalist of the International Open of Bagus Bartender Championship 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, finalist of the Asia Bar Pro Flair Challenge in Phuket Thailand 2013 and the first runner-up of the Flair in Horror Indonesia Open Bartender Competition 2013 Bali and many other achievements. (ocha)

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Even though there has been a circular from Directorate General of Standardization and Con-sumer Protection, the Ministry of Trade of the RI on the prohibition of the imported apples after the discovery of poisoning case related to bacteria-containing apple in the United States recently, such apples are still circulated in a number of shops and mini market in Gianyar.

Imported apples still widely circulateGIANYAr - Even though there has been a circular from Di-

rectorate General of Standardization and Consumer Protection, the Ministry of Trade of the rI on the prohibition of the imported apples after the discovery of poisoning case related to bacteria-containing apple in the United States recently, such apples are still circulated in a number of shops and mini market in Gianyar. So far, the Gianyar Industry and Trade Agency has not taken ac-tion but still awaits the sample test results of the imported apple made by the National Agency of Food and Drug Control (BPOM) some time ago.

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PARIS - Urban heatwaves have become more frequent over the last 40 years, scientists reported on Friday. A weather database of cities around the world reveals “significant” increases in periods of extremely hot days and falls in the number of cold days, they found.

Previous research found that, in the four decades covered in the study, man-made global warming stepped up a gear. But, in urban heatwaves, additional factors can

play a role, the authors cautioned.These include local climate

variability, the design and spread of a city, and land cover beyond it. “Over half of the world’s popula-tion now live in urban areas,” lead author Vimal Mishra, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, said.

“It is particularly important to understand how the climate and climate extremes, in particular, are changing in these areas.”

The data trawl covered around 650 cities, defined as areas with a population greater than 250,000, with weather stations that reported to a US-run meteorological report called Global Summary of the Day (GSOD). The researchers were left with 217 cities for which there were complete records for 1973–2012.

Heatwaves were defined as peri-ods lasting six days consecutively or more -- their daily maximum had

to be greater than 99 percent of the temperatures recorded at that time of the year, as measured over the whole 40 years. From 1973-2012, the number of heatwaves per urban area rose by 0.3 of an event, a “sta-tistically significant” increase, the researchers said.

Of the five years with the most heatwaves, four occurred in the most recent years -- 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Over the 40 years, more than half of the weather sta-

tions reported an increase in the number of individual extreme hot days.

And almost two-thirds showed significant increases in the number of individual extreme hot nights.

The five years with the largest number of cold waves were towards the start of the study period -- 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981 and 1983.

The new study appears in a British journal, Environmental Research Letters. (afp)

The international research team led by Britain’s University of Cam-bridge and the Fitzwilliam Museum uncovered new evidence linking the two nude works to Michelangelo, whose famed works include the paint-ed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Standing at a metre tall, the sculptures are of a young man and an older man riding panthers, and if confirmed the discovery would make them only surviving Michel-

angelo bronzes in the world.“It has been fantastically excit-

ing to have been able to participate in this ground-breaking project,” said Victoria Avery, Keeper of the Applied Arts Department of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

“The bronzes are exceptionally powerful and compelling works of art that deserve close-up study – we hope the public will come and examine them for themselves, and

engage with this ongoing debate.”The pieces were attributed to

Michelangelo in their first recording in the 19th century, but this was dis-missed over the last 120 years as they were undocumented and unsigned.

However, last autumn University of Cambridge Emeritus Professor of Art History Paul Joannides made a discovery that overturned this thinking.

Joannides found a drawing of

a muscular youth riding a panther in a student’s copy of lost sketches by Michelangelo, indicating that the artist was planning the unusual design for a sculpture.

Further study of the bronzes found them to be very similar in style and anatomy to Michelan-gelo’s works of 1500 to 1510, the period in which scientific analysis indicates the statues were made.

Though the Italian artist is known to have completed several statues in bronze, it has long been thought none of them survived.

Michelangelo made a two-thirds size version of his famous marble statue David, but it disappeared dur-ing the French Revolution.

A twice life-size bronze statue of Pope Julius II was melted down for artillery less than three years after Michelangelo completed it.

The sculptures of the men riding panthers will be on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge from Tuesday until August. Re-search is continuing, and the final conclusions will be announced in July. (afp)

NEW YORK — Long ago, humans left their evolutionary cradle in Africa and passed through the Middle East on their way to Europe. Now scientists have found the first fossil remains that appear to document that journey, a partial skull from an Israeli cave.

The skull dates from around 55,000 years ago, fitting into the period when scientists had thought the migrants inhabited the area. And details of its anatomy resemble ancient skulls from Europe, Israel Hershkovitz of Tel Aviv University in Israel wrote in an email.

He and others present the finding in a paper released Wednes-day by the journal Nature. The skull, which lacks facial features and its base, was found in Manot Cave in the Galilee region of northern Israel.

The migrants are called modern humans because of their anatomy. The earliest remains of modern humans in Europe date to about 45,000 years ago.

Experts not connected with the work were impressed. “This is the first evidence we have of the humans who made this journey,” apart from some ancient tools, said Eric Delson of Lehman College and the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Although finding a fossil that fits so well with what was believed about the ancient migration might be expected, “we didn’t have it before,” he said.

“We could predict theoretically what we would find. They’ve found it. ... Up until now, that was a ghost.”

Katerina Harvati of the University of Tuebingin in Germany said the skull gives clues about the anatomy of the migrants. Since Neanderthals were already known to inhabit the area, the skull also documents that they and modern humans co-existed there, as suspected, Harvati said.

That supports the idea that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred there, experts said. Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London wrote in an email that the skull is the first fossil of a modern human from western Asia that is well-dated to the estimated time of the interbreeding, some 50,000 to 60,000 years ago. (ap)

Urban heatwaves getting worse, study confirms

Bronze statues may be last remaining by Michelangelo

LONDON - Two sculptures that languished in obscurity for more than a century may be the only surviving bronze works by Michelangelo, researchers announced in Britain on Monday.

Ancient Israeli skull may document migration from Africa

AP Photo/Dan Balilty

This Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 photo shows the interior of a cave near the Israeli northern city of Nahariya where an ancient skull was found inside. Humans left their evolutionary cradle in Africa and passed through the Middle East on their way to colonizing Europe.

As disclosed by Chief of Den-pasar Police, Djoko Hariutomo, not long ago that drug trafficking in Bali was not only controlled by inmates, but also by warden. As evidence, a Kerobokan Prison war-den, Julia Edi Syahputra, was ar-rested by Narcotic Unit on Tuesday (Dec 30) and alleged to have been a drug dealer for long time. The

suspect seized drugs that would be smuggled by visitors. Then, he col-lected the drug findings in prison. After that, it was sold both inside and outside prison. His case was revealed after he was arrested on Jalan Gunung Tangkuban Perahu, Denpasar, with the evidence of 11 packages of crystal meth weighing 24.93 grams, 15 ecstasy pills and

0.46 gram of heroin.Meanwhile, an inmate who was

serving parole with initial Su, 30, was arrested by Denpasar Police Narcotic Unit at Pesanggaran re-gion, South Denpasar, Tuesday (Jan 27), due to a transaction of a pack-age of crystal meth weighing 0.50 gram and two ecstasy pills. He had been in parole status since August

2014 until February 2015. Previ-ously, the suspect was arrested in 2013 and sentenced to 18 months.

“Something like this would make it difficult (to combat drug—Ed). But we should not give up and the eradication and prevention should be increased,” said Chief of National Narcotic Agency (BNNP) of Bali Chapter, I Gusti Ketut Bu-diartha.

Various efforts should be made where one of them was by termi-nation of their syndicates. It was intended to mitigate the circulation of drugs in Bali. “Otherwise, the circulation will be more severe.

Enforcement and prevention efforts must also continue to be intensi-fied,” he said.

He admitted the BNN could not work independently in addressing this crucial problem. Moreover, it con-cerned with the fate of the next gen-eration. On that account, Budiartha hoped all the elements of society and relevant agencies to move together in fighting against drug abuse.

“All government agencies and all elements of the community must collectively make prevention and eradication against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking,” said this general from Tabanan. (rah)

SINGARAJA - Aling-aling waterfall tourist attraction at Sam-bangan village, Sukasada subdistrict, can become an alternative family weekend destination. Location of the Aling-aling Waterfall is quite easy to

reach or approximately 6 kilometers from the center of Singaraja. When arriving at the location, visitors will be presented with a magnificent view of green paddy fields accompanied with typical rural atmosphere being

so comfortable.Footpaths and the overlay of pad-

dy fields passed through by number of visitors lead to tens of stairs to get down to the Aling-aling waterfall. Local villagers repeatedly offer the

assistance as local guide providing information about the waterfall at the Sambangan village. The waterfall is estimated to have the height of some 35 meters. Natural atmosphere with cool scenery around the waterfall becomes its own value for nature travelers. “I often visit this location on holidays and weekend with fam-ily and partner to enjoy the beauty of nature and the cool waterfall,” said Arik S, a resident of Singaraja.

Headman of Sambangan, Nyo-man Selamat Arya, explained that many domestic and foreign travel-ers had visited the waterfall since 2013. It was managed by the local tourism awareness group (Darwis). As a result, the admission fee of visitors was then used to help man-age the waterfall attraction. “We manage the attraction with the com-munity and the incomes are used for the development of the waterfall. Since it has been well known and developed, a group of Japanese travelers once made film shooting at the object in 2014. It really helps our revenue and the management in the future,” he explained.

He added the arrangement of a number of waterfalls at Samban-gan village obtained the assistance from central government through the PNPM Tourism used in the ar-rangement process. The number of funds in 2011 was estimated to reach IDR 80 million and in 2012

reached around IDR 85 million. The funds were used for the making of gazebo, toilet, cabins as well as the arrangement in other waterfalls at Sambangan village. “A number of waterfalls have become the pride of Sambangan villagers such as the Al-ing-aling, Dedari, Cemara, Canging, Klanting, Kroya and Pucuk. Many foreign travelers often enjoy wild nature with the beautiful waterfall. We do hope the government can as-sist the management of Sambangan waterfall,” he concluded. (kmb34)

DENPASAR — An Indonesian court decided Monday to go ahead with the trials of an American couple charged with murdering the woman’s mother while vacation-ing on the resort island of Bali last year.

The three-judge panel overruled defense arguments that the indict-ment submitted by prosecutors had inaccuracies and should be annulled. Hearings will resume Wednesday at Denpasar District Court in the provincial capital of Bali.

“The indictment is fully quali-

fied both formally and materi-ally according to the law,” said presiding judges Made Suweda. “Therefore, the defense objections are rejected.”

The badly beaten body of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62, was found in a suitcase in the trunk of a taxi out-side an upscale hotel in August.

Heather Mack, 19, and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer, 21, both from Chicago, are being tried separately with the same judges and prosecutors. They are charged with premeditated murder and face

a maximum penalty of death by firing squad if found guilty.

Their lawyers argued earlier that inaccuracies in the indictment could lead to multiple interpretations of the suspects’ activities and the crime scene, raising questions of whether other people had entered the victim’s room and killed her.

They also objected to the citing of communications between the de-fendants on cellphones as evidence of premeditated murder, arguing that cellphone communications are prone to manipulation. Prosecutors

have alleged that the couple sent text messages about their initial plan to disguise a murder as suicide on the beach.

Both defendants sat quietly as the decision to proceed with the tri-als was read out by judges. Unlike previous hearings, Schaefer didn’t shed tears.

In their indictment, prosecutors said the couple plotted the murder because von Wiese-Mack did not endorse their relationship, and that Mack once suggested that Schaefer hire someone to kill her mother for

$50,000 before their visit to Bali.It said that an argument over the

hotel bill made Mack’s mother angry and she scolded Schaefer, using a ra-cial slur, and Schaefer then battered her with a fruit bowl handle.

Mack, who is seven months’ pregnant, helped stuff her mother’s body in the suitcase by sitting on it to enable Schaefer to close it, the indictment said. They then hired a taxi and placed the suitcase in the trunk and told the driver they were going to check out of the hotel and would return, but never did. (ap)

Drug onslaught increasingly aggressiveDENPASAR - More and more drug traffickers are arrested and sent to prison. Public is get-

ting more pessimistic whether the circulation of such illicit items can be suppressed. Even, it is getting more rampant where inmates can also run their illicit business more safely from prison. Unscrupulous prison guards and inmates with parole status are arrested for selling drugs. Maybe these are only some of what can be revealed. Meanwhile, some of the suspects arrested by police claimed if they were asked to buy drugs from inmates at Kerobokan Prison.

Trial of US couple charged with murder in Indonesia proceeds

Aling-aling waterfall, an alternative weekend destination

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Aling-aling waterfall tourist attraction at Sambangan village, Sukasada subdistrict, can become an alternative family weekend destination.

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AMLAPURA - The impact of drought is alleged to have caused the decline in snakefruit production at Sibetan village and surrounding areas in Karangasem. Other than declining production, it also faced decline in price. From observation on Sunday (Feb 1), the price of snakefruit was IDR 4,000 per kg.

A number of snakefruit orchard owners at Sibetan village conveyed that the decline in snakefruit produc-tion was alleged to be kindled by long dry season last year. One of the snake-fruit orchard owners met last Sunday, Mangku Krisna, from Kalanganyar, Sibetan, said the small ovary wrapped in petals was thought to be still good. However, when it was opened as they still looked not to develop, in fact, they already perished.

Krisna said that his snakefruit late flowered. It happened because the dry season lasted too long. As soon as it rained, it even continued to rain heav-ily, so that the ovary would wrinkle and perish.

Supposedly, said another farmer, Wayan Dira, snakefruit harvest started in December and peaked in January and February. But this time there was

a little bit of snakefruits available in the market, except for those coming from Java or the pondoh snakefruit. “Necessarily along these months abundant of snakefruit has flooded the traditional markets such as the snakefruit market at Telaga, Beban-dem and Karangsokong as well as the West and East Amlapura market. By and large, the most famous one is the Porong snakefruit, having large size and broken skin. It tastes very distinc-tive and sweet. But this time if there are local fruits, they are very small and even wrinkle,” said Krisna.

Other than harvest failure of snake-fruit, the other local fruits such as wani (Magnifera caesia) tasting very sweet also flowered too late. Cur-rently, Mangku Krisna said that wani should have been mature and some farmers had harvested. But in reality, it just flowered. The flowers were es-timated not to be able to grow well as having entered rainy season so that its pollination would become difficult.

On the other hand, the Head of Karangasem Forestry and Plantation Agency, Komang Subratayasa, when met after attending the agency regular meeting on Friday (Jan 30) said the

production of snakefruit this year slumped dramatically. According to him, it was not caused by pests and diseases but by the influence of climate or long dry season. “The snakefruit orchard is safe and there is no significant pest and disease attack. However, the decline in production this year was probably caused by the influence of climate and last drought,” he said.

Related to the reality in which the snakefruit farmers as well as other farmers having difficulties, a member of the Commission IV of the Karan-gasem House, I Gede Dana, asked the executive in charge of social welfare in Karangasem to pay attention to the fate of farmers. According to this Chairman of the PDI-P Faction in the Karangasem House, it was needed a study to society about what actually needed to be done in order to help the difficulties of farmers due to crop failure. Is it necessary to disburse livestock assistance such as pigs or piglets? At the moment people were in difficulty where in the rainy season farmers could ideally rely on harvest-ing fruits such as snakefruit, but they failed to harvest. (013)

Meanwhile, the price of ordinary anchovy remains at IDR 60,000 per kg. It was revealed by one of the traders, Jro Nyoman Sutari, when asked about the price of salted fish at the local market, Sunday (Feb 1).

According to her, the increase in the price of mustached thryssa and SE anchovy happened due to shortage of supply. Meanwhile, the anchovy was usually in abundant supply. “The matter of price highly depends on supply. When the sup-ply runs thin, the price is surely expensive, but when it increases, the price will be stable,” she said.

She added that the proceeds were not influenced by the price increase. Likewise, consumers absolutely never complained. She said there was no increase in the sales and everything was still stable. “The results of sales remain the same and stable, while no consumers complained,” she said.

Some time ago, when entering the peak of rainy season, greengro-

cers dithered. From the information gathered at the local market, it was mentioned that the highest increase occurred in the price of peanuts reaching 100 percent. In addition, the price of vegetables like mustard also increased to the range of IDR 1,000.

One of the local market traders, Dewa Ayu Mariani, said that the current price of peanut showed the highest increase. “Ordinarily it is only sold for IDR 10,000, but now can reach IDR 20,000 per kilogram,” she explained.

Mariani added that aside from peanuts and mustard, the price of carrots also rose. For local carrot, the price was previously around IDR 10,000, but it then increased to IDR 18,000. In the meantime, the price of imported carrot was about IDR 12,000 and then reached IDR 20,000. “In rainy season, veg-etables are easily perishable so the stock easily runs thin. As a result, it makes the price change,” she explained. (sos)

Rainy season, price of anchovy remains stable

BANGLI - In the middle of rainy season, the price of some fish increased, not to mention dried or salted fish. The sales of salted fish at Kidul market in Bangli increased, but it was only valid for salted fish belonging to mustached thryssa. Selling price of this fish is usually around IDR 30,000 then it rises to IDR 35,000 per kg. Not only that, the price of SE anchovy also increases in the same price range as the salted mustached thryssa, namely from IDR 70,000 to IDR 75,000 per kg.

IBP/Eka AdhiyasaIn the middle of rainy season, the price of some fish increased, not to mention dried or salted fish. The sales of salted fish at Kidul market in Bangli increased, but it was only valid for salted fish belonging to mustached thryssa.

Drought impact, snakefruit production in Karangasem slumps

IBP/File PhotoThe impact of drought is alleged to have caused the decline in snakefruit production at Sibetan village and surrounding areas in Karangasem. Other than declining production, it also faced decline in price.

Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, 32-year-old mother and activist, was killed while taking part in a peaceful protest on Jan. 24 in Cairo. Her death was captured in social media footage, including a clip showing two masked policemen pointing their rifles in her direction, followed by sounds of gunshots. She was wounded by birdshot and died at the scene. Activ-ists and witnesses at the rally blame the police for her death.

Both private and state-owned papers on Monday quoted el-Sissi as saying he views Egyptian men and women as his own children. El-Sabbagh “is my daughter ... no one should doubt that,” he said. Despite the outcry over el-Sabbagh’s death, el-Sissi has resisted growing calls for abrogating a draconian law adopted in 2013 that bans street protests without prior government approval, a key activist demand.

“I offer my condolences to the

family of the martyr and every Egyptian pained by her death,” el-Sissi said. “An individual’s mistake should not be used to undermine an entire institution (police),” he added, speaking at a meeting Sunday with army and po-lice commanders, top politicians, religious leaders and prominent media figues.

At the meeting , el-Sissi also urged Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, to uncover “the truth be-hind” el-Sabbagh’s death. Ibrahim has said he would personally hand over any policeman found to have been involved in the killing.

However, a senior ministry of-ficial, Gamal Mukhtar, last week insisted el-Sabbagh was killed by a type of bullet not used by the police. He also claimed the footage of her death may have been fabricated by the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.(ap)

BEIJING — China and India reaffirmed their warming ties Monday following President Barack Obama’s visit to New Delhi that under-scored Beijing’s complicated relationship with both countries.

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to Beijing and said he expected greater de-velopments in ties between the two Asian giants this year. Swaraj is attending a forum in Beijing among China, India and Russia.

“The positive side of China-India relations has been growing, the momentum of our cooperation has been strengthening,” Xi told Swaraj at the start of their meeting in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. “I have full confidence in the future of China-India relations and I believe that real progress will be achieved in growing this bilateral relationship on this new year.”

Obama’s visit to India last month was seen in China as an attempt to deepen American influence in countries on China’s periphery. He’s the first U.S. president to visit India twice while in office, and was the first to be honored as the chief guest at India’s annual Republic Day parade.

Obama and Modi agreed to extend a 10-year defense pact that the White House said would allow for deeper military-to-military engage-ment and increase maritime cooperation.

China’s government said it hoped closer U.S.-India relations would be a positive force for the region, but the state-run news agency Xinhua dismissed Obama’s visit as “more symbolic than pragmatic, given the long-standing division between the two giants, which may be as huge as the distance between them.”

Beijing’s own relations with New Delhi received a big boost from Xi’s visit to the country in September, although the sides still differ over their disputed border, unequal trade and China’s attempts to expand its influence into the Indian Ocean.(ap)

AP Photo/MENA, Mohammed SamahaIn this Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 photo provided by Egypt’s state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, speaks during a meeting with top police and army generals, politicians and religious leaders in Cairo, Egypt.

In a first, Egyptian president speaks about killed protester

CAIRO — The Egyptian president has spoken publicly for the first time about the recent shooting death of a female protester, calling her a “martyr” and offering condolences to her family and all Egyptians “pained” by her death, newspapers reported Monday. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s comments reflected a nod to activists enraged by a killing they see as a cold-blooded murder of a colleague and the latest example of the use of excessive force by police at a time when el-Sissi’s government is accused of suppressing freedoms and tram-pling on human rights.

India, China reaffirm ties following Obama’s New Delhi trip

AP Photo/Rolex Dela Pena, PoolIndian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, Feb. 2, 2015.

WASHINGTON — There’s a good reason the U.S. economy is im-pressing the world right now despite a slowdown in the final three months of 2014: In a word, steadiness.

Companies have been hiring at healthy rates for the past year. Lay-offs hover near historic lows. Auto sales are strong. Gas prices have sunk. Congressional budget fights have faded. Americans are increas-ingly confident. All that fed a surge of consumer spending last quarter, offsetting weaker business spending caused in part by a pullback by oil drillers and a frail global economy.

The U.S. economy as a whole expanded at a 2.6 percent annual rate, the government said Friday, down from a sizzling 5 percent gain the pre-vious quarter. Yet consumers signaled their optimism by spending at the fastest rate in nearly nine years.

“This hasn’t changed my picture on the strength and resilience of the U.S. economy,” said Scott Ander-son, chief economist at the Bank of the West. “Almost all the drivers of consumer spending are pointing in the right direction.”

Nearly six years into the recov-ery from the Great Recession, the economy has finally gone from straining just to grow to posting con-sistently solid gains. The gains have come even though many households continue to struggle without much of a financial cushion. Nearly half say they spend all their income, go into debt or use savings to meet their expenses, a new analysis by the Pew

Charitable Trusts has found.In addition, a surging dollar is

denting the earnings of U.S. com-panies that operate overseas. And energy firms have been hurt by plummeting oil prices, and as a result companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index are expected to report weak profit growth.

But collectively, consumers and investors are showing renewed faith in the economy.

On Friday, the University of Michigan said its sentiment index found that U.S. consumers are more confident than they’ve been since 2004. Also Friday, the government said wages and benefits are ticking up, a sign that steady job gains may be compelling employers to pay a bit more. Most indicators suggest that the economy has surpassed a psy-chological threshold that has made businesses more comfortable with hiring and infused consumers with more enthusiasm.

“Psychology has been a big con-tributor to the improved level of per-formance in the United States,” said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist at the bank Northern Trust.

At a time when Europe, Asia and South America face deep anxieties, the U.S. economy’s greatest strength might be its remarkable sturdiness.

The consensus expectation is that the U.S. economy will expand a solid 3 percent this year, well above the recovery’s 2.2 percent annual aver-age. This has made U.S. stocks and Treasurys comparably attractive —

havens from the risks from Europe’s prolonged slump, collapsing oil prices, China’s slowdown and Japan’s struggles to stave off recession.

Yet the U.S. economy still has ad-ditional room to continue expanding. In current dollars, the median house-hold income of $54,417 remains about $1,800 below its late 2007 levels, according to Sentier Research. More than 5 million households owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, according to the real estate data firm CoreLogic.

Because the U.S. economy is rebuilding its core without relying

heavily on mortgages, credit cards and other debt, it has avoided the sharp swings and shocks that can tip an economy into recession.

“You’re getting solid consistent growth,” said John Canally, chief eco-nomic strategist at LPL Financial. “If you have a slow recovery, you don’t build up the excesses that ultimately cause a recession.”

The gourmet hamburger chain BurgerFi plans to nearly double in size from its more than 60 restau-rants this year. More consumers are upgrading from fast food, and the chain can choose from towns and

cities “where the economic train has been rolling along at a pretty rapid pace,” said Corey Winograd, CEO of the Florida-based chain.

If all goes as planned, BurgerFi will account for 2,000 new jobs this year.

Investors are still trying to adjust for this newfound steadiness. The rush of foreign money into U.S. Treasurys has cut the yield on 10-year note to about 1.67 percent from 2.9 percent a year ago. A result is that it’s now cheaper for companies and homebuyers to borrow in ways that nurture growth. (ap)

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In Tokyo afternoon trade, the dollar edged up to 117.63 yen from 117.59 yen in New York.

The euro rose to $1.1303 from $1.1284, and to 132.97 yen from 132.70 yen in US trade.

The US Commerce Department said Friday that the world’s top economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter,

well below the 5.0 percent in the previous three months.

The disappointment was com-pounded by news that prices in the eurozone fell by a record 0.6 per-cent in January, fanning concerns that the currency bloc is facing years of deflation.

Traders were also reacting Mon-day to news that China’s official

purchasing managers index (PMI) of manufacturing activity unexpect-edly retreated last month for the first time in more than two years.

Data Sunday showed its PMI at 49.8 last month, against 50.1 in De-cember. Anything below 50 points to contraction and anything above indicates growth.

“Market sentiment is turning risk-averse after both the US growth figures and the Chinese manufactur-ing data fell short of estimates,” Atsushi Hirano, head of FX sales in Japan at Royal Bank of Scotland,

told Bloomberg News. “There’s a growing risk the yen

could climb to the mid-115 level versus the dollar by the middle of this week.” Currency traders tend to move into the yen during times of uncertainty or turmoil.

The euro had earlier faced selling pressure after Greece’s new anti-austerity Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said despite warnings that Athens would shortly run out of money, the far-left Syriza-led government preferred to do without fresh cash, and instead renegotiate

its entire bailout.At a strained press conference

with Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijssel-bloem, Varoufakis said Greece was willing to negotiate with its lenders but not with an international troika of creditors -- the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Athens has been promised 7.2 billion euros in funds from the troika if it completes specified re-forms by February 28. The dollar was mostly stronger against other Asia-Pacific currencies. (afp)

Dollar struggles after disappointing US, China data

TOKYO - The dollar struggled against the yen and euro Monday as US and Chinese data disappointed markets, while the euro recovered slightly after falling on fears about the new Greek government’s testy talks with international creditors.

US consumers are in a mood to spend

AP Photo/Wilfredo LeeIn this Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 photo, BurgerFi restaurant employee Nathali Dorvil calls out an order as Elia Carranza, rear, mans the grill at the Aventura, Fla., restaurant. The company plans to nearly double in size from their existing 65 restaurants this year.

Sweet sauced spinach is spinach vegetable using a simple Balinese typical seasoning. This kind of vegetable is usually served as a menu on mutual assistance event involving many people, like devotional works in the temple, help others (social works), fixing the building up to mutual assistance by farmers in their fields.

The sweet sauced spinach tastes good and is relatively inexpensive. Housewife is easy to get the ingredients. It can be picked up at the home courtyard, obtained in traditional markets as well as in the modern market. So, do not be surprised, if this sweet sauced spinach can become daily menu in the list of food in Balinese society.

This green vegetable has remarkable properties for health and contains vitamin A which is very good for the eyesight. Besides, it also contains fiber that can prevent cancer in the body, main-tain a healthy heart and brain as well as improve memory and is able to strengthen all bones.

Other than can be prepared immediately, the spinach vegetable is served with spices consisting

of garlic, aromatic ginger, chili, shrimp paste, salt, brown sugar and coconut. How to prepare it? First of all, boil the spinach with boiling water until cooked. After that, all ingredients are finely pulverized. Next add enough salt or to taste. Subtle seasoning is then further mixed with grated coconut and steamed.

Once cooked, take out the seasoning. Spinach is boiled and then placed onto a container. Then, sprinkle the seasoning and stir until getting blended thoroughly. Ultimately, it is ready to be served. When you want to taste better and faster way, the seasoning is not need to be boiled. Typi-cally, this type of seasoning is the most favored because it offers a distinctive taste.

How to make it? Firstly, grill the flesh of coco-nut until it smells fragrance. Then, it is shredded finely. All the ingredients are finely pulverized. Next add salt or to taste. Subtle seasoning and shredded coconut that have been roasted are then blended. Furthermore, sprinkle over the spinach and stir until getting blended. Then, it is ready to eat. (kmb)

“The Musica has set a target to promote the Indonesian badminton and help develop the young athletes such as Fajar, Marcus, Jonatan, and Simon,” the Musica Champion team manager Effendy Widjaja said.

In the men’s team final round, Simon Santoso from Djarum Kudus lost to the South Korean Son Wan Ho 21-16, 9-21, and 17-21 in an hour and five minutes.

Previously on Jan 31 the Jaya

Raya women`s team of Jakarta won the Djarum Superliga 2015 badmin-ton tournament after defeating the Japanese team of Renesas 3-1 on Saturday.

“This tournament gave our young players the chance to play against top-ranking athletes as the games were played in teams, which gave them more opportunities to

compete,” Team Manager of Jaya Raya, Imelda Gunawan, told the press after the match, which took place at Lila Bhuana sports hall. According to Gunawan, the young players of Jaya Raya were also able to interact with foreign athletes, especially those from Thailand, dur-ing the course of the tournament.

Even though Jaya Raya won the

tournament, along with US$200 thousand, Coach Bambang Su-priyanto remarked that his team still needed to improve its perfor-mance in doubles matches. Fur-thermore, doubles player of Jaya Raya women`s team Greysia Polii admitted that her side got back on track after nearly losing to USM Blibli. (ant)

Taste sweet sauced spinach

Musica champion men’s team win Superliga 2015

The Musica Cham-pion Kudus men’s team won the Djar-um Superliga 2015 badminton tourna-ment after defeating the Djarum Kudus men’s team on Sun-day evening.

DENPASAR - The Musica Champion Kudus men’s team won the Djarum Superliga 2015 badminton tournament after defeating the Djarum Kudus men’s team on Sunday evening.

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JAKARTA - The government proposed to the Parliament a cut in volume of subsidized oil fuel to 19.9 million kiloliters from 46.79 million kiloliters in 2014.

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said in a working meeting with the Com-mission VII of the Parliament said the proposed cut followed the abolition of subsidy on Pre-mium gasoline as a result of oil price fall.

The government did not change the volume of subsidized lique-fied petroleum gas (LPG) in its proposal from the level of 5.76 million tons in 2014.

“I think the volume is the same, therefore, no need for additional volume,” Sudirman said.

However, there is a significant increase in the subsidy on biofuel proposed for 2015, he said.

“The subsidy on biodiesel is raised from Rp15,000 to Rp5,000 per liter in 2015 and that on bio-ethanol from Rp2,000 to Rp3,000 per liter,” he added. (ant)

Inflation rose 6.96 percent year-on-year, slowing from an 8.36 percent rise in December, according to data from the national statistics agency.

The rate had accelerated in re-cent months after the new govern-ment reduced huge subsidies on

petrol and diesel, pushing up the cost of transportation and deliver-ing goods.

But after the price of oil fell dramatically, the government de-cided to scrap the subsidy regime for petrol entirely, and put a fixed subsidy on diesel.

Due to lower global oil prices -- the oil market has lost more than half its value since June last year -- letting fuel float with the market actually reduced costs, which has fed through to lower inflation, analysts said.

Lower fuel prices have led to a reduction in the cost of land and air

transport, and food, according to the statistics agency.

From a month earlier, the price of goods and services fell by 0.24 percent, the agency said.

Interest rates are at 7.75 percent but economists played down the possibility that the central bank would move quickly to make a cut, given they are still battling a large current account deficit and a

weakening rupiah. Gundy Cahyadi, an economist with

Singapore’s DBS Bank, said that “it remains to be seen if the central bank wants to move at this juncture”.

In more good news, the trade balance swung to a $186.8 million surplus in December from a $425.5 million deficit the previous month due to higher exports, according to official data. (afp)

LONDON - Britain’s senior dip-lomat in Bali has been suspended, the Foreign Office confirmed Sun-day, after a report of an affair with a drugs prisoner.

The Mail on Sunday newspaper reported that Alys Harahap was suspended over a relationship with Julian Ponder, a Briton serving time in the Indonesian island’s notorious

Kerobokan prison for possession of cocaine.

“We can confirm that a member of staff has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation into these allegations, which we take ex-tremely seriously,” a spokesman for the Foreign Office in London said, declining to comment further.

The news comes amid growing

concern over another British pris-oner in Bali, Lindsay Sandiford, a 58-year-old grandmother sentenced to death in 2013 after being caught trying to smuggle cocaine on to the island.

Despite his image as a reform-ist, Indonesia’s new President Joko Widodo has been a vocal supporter of capital punishment for drug of-

fenders.The attorney-general’s office

said last week it was ready to ex-ecute seven foreign drug convicts on death row after their appeals for presidential clemency were rejected.

Human rights group Amnesty International has urged clemency for Sandiford. It also wants Indo-

nesia to commute all existing death sentences and impose a moratorium on executions.

Kate Allen, director of Amnesty UK, said: “Indonesia must stop the killing spree.

“Placing a middle-aged woman in front of a firing squad for carrying drugs -- apparently under coercion -- is simple brutality.” (afp)

Indonesia inflation eases on lower fuel pricesJAKARTA - Indonesia’s inflation rate slowed in January, official data showed Monday, after

the cost of fuel in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy fell on the back of lower oil prices.

UK’s top Bali diplomat suspended after prisoner affair claim

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A worker finished a kiosk for selling retail oil fuel at his workshop in Jakarta on Monday, February 2. The government proposed to the Parliament a cut in volume of subsidized oil fuel to 19.9 million kiloliters from 46.79 million kiloliters in 2014.

Government proposes cut in volume of subsidized oil fuels

The trials in Liberia are taking place after smaller studies determined that the vaccines were safe for human use. By comparing them now with a placebo shot, scientists hope to learn whether they can prevent people from contracting the ghastly virus that has killed some 60 percent of those hos-pitalized with the disease.

Yet despite the trials’ promise, authorities still must combat fear and suspicion that people could become infected by taking part. Each vac-cine uses a different virus to carry non-infectious Ebola genetic material into the body and spark an immune response. On Sunday in one densely populated neighborhood of Monrovia,

musicians sang songs explaining the purpose and intent of the trial in a bid to dispel fears.

B. Emmanuel Lansana, 43, a physician’s assistant, was the first to receive doses on Monday. Two shots were administered at different points on his right arm. His wife had expressed apprehension about the vaccine trial, but Lansana said he still wanted to take part.

“From the counselling, all of the reservations I have were explained, my doubts were cleared,” he said in a room where he was being observed for 30 minutes afterward. Up to 600 volunteers are taking part in the first phase, and trial organizers have said

eventually as many as 27,000 people could take part.

“We are targeting about 12 persons for today and hopefully the number will increase as we go alone,” Wissedi Sio Njoh, director of operation with the vaccination campaign, told The Associated Press.

The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has infected more than 22,000 people and claimed more than 8,800 lives over the past year. Without a vaccine, officials have fought the outbreak with old-fashioned public health measures, including isolating the sick, tracking and quarantining those who had con-tact with them, and setting up teams to safely bury bodies.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said that both experimental vaccines showed promise in first-stage human safety tests. One was developed by the Na-tional Institutes of Health and is being manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline. The other was developed by Canadian health officials and is licensed to two U.S. companies, NewLink Genetics and Merck.

The vaccine trials come as the three most affected countries — Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia — appear to be making strides against the Ebola epidemic first identified last March. The U.N. health agency said last week that the countries had reported fewer than 100 cases in the past week, for the first time since June.(ap)

SEOUL, South Korea — The former Korean Air executive on trial after an inflight tantrum over a serving of nuts defended her actions as the result of devotion to work in the final day of testimony. Cho Hyun-ah told a Seoul court Monday her behavior was “wrong” but she still believes cabin crew in first class did not follow proper proce-dures by offering macadamia nuts in a bag instead of on a dish.

“I think this case happened be-cause of devotion to my work and because I could not be considerate to other people,” she said. Cho or-dered the chief flight attendant off the Dec. 5 flight after a confronta-tion with cabin crew, forcing the plane to return to the gate at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.

Cho, the daughter of Korean Air’s chairman, has pleaded not guilty to charges of violating avia-tion safety law. Cho said she did not realize the chief flight attendant has law enforcement authority during the flight and that ordering him off the plane was consequently a risk to safety. The “final call” about returning to the gate was made by the captain, she said.

Her behavior, dubbed nut rage,

caused an uproar in South Korea. The incident touched a nerve in a country where the economy is dominated by family-run conglom-erates known as chaebol that often act above the law.

Last week, cabin crew told the court they were pressured by Korean Air executives to cover up the incident and to lie to investiga-tors from South Korea’s transport ministry.

Lawyers for Cho have not dis-puted the major elements of the prosecutor’s account of events. Instead, they have focused on a technical rebuttal of the charges. That has included trying to demon-strate flight attendants didn’t know proper service procedures.

On the most serious charge of changing a flight’s route, they argued events fell short of that definition because the plane was only meters from the gate when it turned back.

Cho has been in custody since Dec. 30 and could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty of all four charges against her. The three trial judges are expected to announce their verdict before Lunar New Year holidays in February. (ap)

LONDON — You can’t exactly call it a reunion — the four surviv-ing Magna Cartas had never before been in the same place. So the Brit-ish Library called it a “unification event” Monday when the priceless documents were put on display to-gether for the first time. The event marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, which established the timeless principle that no indi-vidual, even a monarch, is above the law.

In 1215, 40 rebellious barons came together to declare their rights to King John, and he reluc-tantly consented to their demands in an attempt to avoid civil war. It included acknowledgements that taxes cannot be arbitrary, that free men cannot be imprisoned without

first being judged by their peers or the law and that justice cannot be denied or delayed. But within weeks, the pope voided the agree-ment, and England was thrown into war.

The original Magna Carta manu-scripts were written and sealed in late June and early July 1215, and sent individually throughout the country, making Monday’s unifica-tion unique.

“It’s a real moment in history,” said Julian Harrison, the library’s curator of medieval manuscripts. “Magna Carta has significance not just in England but worldwide. Many people regard it as the foun-dation of the rule of law. It estab-lished key principles which have resonated worldwide.”

The Magna Carta influenced not only Thomas Jefferson when he helped draft the Declaration of Independence, but also the writers of the French constitution and the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, who cited it in his famous speech in his own defense at the Rivonia trial in 1964, Harrison said. “This is a typical example of a statesman, as he later became, using Magna Carta as establishing civil rights as a universal touchstone,” Harrison said.

Officials said the three-day unification will give some lucky members of the public as well as constitutional scholars and medi-eval manuscript experts a chance to scrutinize and compare the docu-ments. (ap)

4 surviving Magna Cartas brought together for first time

Ebola vaccines trial starts in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia — A large-scale human trial of two potential Ebola vaccines got under way in Liberia’s capital Monday, part of a global effort to prevent a repeat of the epidemic that has now claimed nearly 9,000 lives in West Africa.

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FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 file photo, Cho Hyun-ah, who was head of cabin service at Korean Air and the oldest child of Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho, speaks to the media upon her arrival for questioning at the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board office of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Seoul, South Korea.

Nut rage exec says cabin crew erred as

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A health care worker assists a collegue inside a USAID, funded Ebola clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. The World Health Organization says officials are now focused on ending the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak rather than just slow-ing the virus’ spread.

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NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored 18 of his 31 points in the third quarter as the New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 92-80 on Sunday. With Kobe Bryant out for the season and both teams among the worst in the NBA, it was anything but a Super Sunday in New York, where the national TV audience that was originally scheduled to see it missed the Lakers shooting 35.5 percent from the field.

Anthony stood out above the ugliness, soaring to dunk an alley-oop pass in the second quarter before turning mostly to his jumper in the third to help New York pull away. He shot 13 of 25 and grabbed eight rebounds. Langston Galloway added 13 points for the Knicks, who have won five of seven and did it easily, building their first 20-point lead since they were up 21 in a victory over Philadelphia on Nov. 22.

Carlos Boozer had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers, who lost for the 10th time in 11 games. Jordan Clarkson also scored 19 points.

Miami’s Hassan Whiteside scored half of his 20 points during a dominant stretch spanning the third and fourth quarters as the Heat held off the Boston Celtics 83-75 to end a two-game losing streak.

Whiteside also had nine rebounds and blocked three shots. Chris Bosh added 18 points, and Tyler Johnson had 13, helping overcome the absences of Dwyane Wade and Luol Deng. Wade missed his second game in a row with a strained right hamstring, while Deng sat out his third straight with a strained calf. Avery Bradley and Tyler Zeller led the Celtics with 17 points apiece. (ap)

Nice segue. Murray — to set the record straight — had just lost an Australian Open final for the fourth time, including three at the hands of Djokovic. Murray won the U.S. Open in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013 to end decades-long droughts at the majors for British men, but was clearly upset at his inability to crack it in Melbourne after this 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0 defeat.

“I wish you a wonderful wedding and many kids,” Djokovic said, kick-ing off his trophy acceptance speech. Murray smiled. His fiancee, Kim Sears, applauded from her seat in the crowd. She’d already drawn attention for her shirt that was emblazoned with the words “Parental Advisory Explicit Content” — a humorous reaction to being caught on camera apparently using expletives during Murray’s semifinal. “It’s slightly different thinking for me now since I became a father and a husband,” Djokovic explained. “I apologize for changing the subject.”

His outlook on life had changed between his two most recent trips to Australia. He married long-time part-ner, Jelena, and the couple had a son, Stefan, in late October. He said his first Grand Slam title since his marriage and the birth of his son had a “deeper meaning, more intrinsic value.”

“Getting married and becoming a father was definitely something that gave me a new energy, something that

I never felt before,” he said. “And right now everything has been going in such a positive direction in my life. I’m so grateful for that. So I try to live these moments with all my heart.”

Djokovic now has eight major titles, including his five in Australia, where he won his first Grand Slam title in 2008 and then won three straight from 2011 before losing in the quarter-finals last year to Stan Wawrinka. The 27-year-old Serbian is now second on the list of all-time Australian Open winners — behind only Roy Emerson, who won six titles in the 1960s and who was in the crowd Sunday.

After two tough first sets decided in tiebreakers, when there was eight breaks of serve and plenty of tension, Djokovic broke open the match after the sixth game of the third set and won 12 of the last 13 games. In the first set, he tumbled to the court, lunging to reach a volley, and needed treat-ment on his right thumb — shaking his right hand repeatedly. The second set was disrupted for five minutes by a political protester running onto the court, causing a lockdown of sorts, and another momentum shift. In the third set, it was fatigue, with Djokovic ap-pearing to be struggling badly.

“I was just weak. I went through the physical crisis in the matter of 20 minutes and, honestly, didn’t feel that too many times in my career,” Djokovic said. “But knowing in the back of my mind that it was a similar

situation two years ago in Australian Open final, where two sets went over two hours, was a similar battle. Then I felt that I had some physical edge over him in that match. That was in back of my mind. That was some-thing that kept me going.” After the match, Djokovic had plenty left in his legs, able to high-five a long line of ballboys after the presentation.

“Novak has won five times here now, there’s no disgrace in losing to him,” said Murray, who now trails 16-8 in career head-to-head matches. Murray and Djokovic have known each other since their early junior days, and often hit against each other for practice. Seeing Djokovic in pain apparently unnerved Murray.

“The third set was frustrating be-cause I got a bit distracted when he, like, fell on the ground after a couple of shots,” Murray said. “It appeared that he was cramping, and then I let that distract me a little bit. That’s what I’m most disappointed about, not so much the fourth set because I think, especially at the end of it, he was just going for everything, and it was going in. But the third set was more frustrating for me.

“Obviously had opportunities in the first three sets. Then the fourth set ... he was just ripping everything. Once he got up a break, he just loos-ened up and was just going for his shots. I couldn’t recover.”

Djokovic’s win on Sunday fol-lowed up on top-ranked Serena Williams’ win in the women’s final Saturday night against Maria Sharapova, giving the 33-year-old American a sixth Australian and 19th Grand Slam title. (ap)

AP Photo/Seth WenigNew York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony, left, fouls Los Angeles Lak-ers’ Wesley Johnson during the second half of the NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 in New York. The Knicks defeated the Lakers 92-80.

Anthony scores 31 points as Knicks rout Lakers 92-80

Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds the trophy after defeating Andy Murray of Britain in the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015.

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A bunch of 5: Djokovic wins another Australian Open title

MELBOURNE, Australia — This was one occasion where Novak Djokovic couldn’t really empathize with Andy Murray, his long-time friend. As he prepared to receive the trophy for the Australian Open winner for a fifth time in five trips to the final at Melbourne Park, Djokovic turned to Murray late Sunday and offered his congratula-tions on his friend’s recent engagement.

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“With those guys up front, it can’t get any better,” said midfielder Rafina, who took full advantage of a rare start to score Barcelona’s other goal. Villar-real’s Denis Cheryshev struck on the half-hour mark to start the free-scoring match at Camp Nou. Neymar made it 1-1 just before halftime, only for Luciano Vietto to finish off another Villarreal counterattack in the 51st.

But Barcelona hit back, and this time delivered a quick and decisive double blow. Rafina pulled the hosts level for a sec-ond time in the 53rd, and two minutes later Messi fired home a long-range shot — his 32nd goal in 30 games in all competitions this season. Villarreal, however, didn’t fade and both sides pro-vided a thrilling second half of back-and-forth action that bodes well for their Copa del Rey semi-final starting in two weeks.

Barcelona has won eight in a row and stayed one point behind leader Real Madrid, which has a game in hand against Sevilla on Wednesday. “This shows this team is prepared for any adverse situation, as it did the other day (at Atletico Madrid)

in the Calderon and now today against a great Villarreal side,” said Luis Enrique, whose team is back to its best — less than a month after his job was rumored to be at risk.

Elsewhere, Sevilla striker Iago Aspas scored with one minute left to snatch a 3-2 win over 10-man Espanyol, taking some measure of vengeance for its elimination from the Copa del Rey as it rose into a provisional fourth place. Aritz Aduriz scored twice in the second half to give Athletic Bilbao a 2-0 victory at bottom side Levante and end its seven-round winless streak.

Almeria also edged Getafe 1-0 for its first win in 10 home games this season to move out of the relegation zone in a match both ended with 10 men. Barce-lona dominated possession and the scoring chances early, with Messi’s incisive passing leading the way. But it was another frus-trating night for Luis Suarez, who saw goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo save his volley before he fired wide when the ball fell to him near the penalty spot. “He isn’t having luck, but he is close to scoring. He will score important goals this

season,” Luis Enrique said.Villarreal had yet to threaten

until it launched a counterattack that ended with Cheryshev deftly redirecting Mario Gaspar’s off-target strike toward the net where it slipped past Claudio Bravo.

Vietto forced Bravo to save his header as Villarreal again pressed on the break, but the match swung Barcelona’s way just before half-time when Neymar stabbed in the rebound following an effort by Rafina after Messi had set him up inside the box.

Former Barcelona player Giovani Dos Santos briefly put Villarreal in front again when he pounced on Gerard Pique’s poor control and sprinted to the goal line, where he drew Bravo to him before laying off for Vietto to score.

But Rafina quickly blasted Barcelona’s second equalizer into the top of the net after An-dres Iniesta unlocked the defense and the ball eventually reached him in the area. Villarreal then made the crucial mistake of giv-ing Messi enough time to size up Asenjo and curl a strike into the top corner of the net for the winner. (ap)

SEOUL, South Korea — When South Korea returned home after col-lecting just one point at last year’s World Cup, fans in Seoul heckled the players and offered the local insult of pelting them with candy. On Sunday evening, just 24 hours after losing a thrilling Asian Cup final 2-1 to Aus-tralia in Sydney, South Korea’s play-ers arrived back at the same Incheon International Airport to be greeted in a much friendlier fashion after local media called for flowers and not candy - two words that rhyme in Korean - to be thrown.

“It has been tough for the players since the World Cup so this was nec-essary,” coach Uli Stielike said. “The most important point about this tour-nament is that it has restored Korea’s standing in Asia and recovered the Ko-rean spirit ... through this tournament, we can have a new start. We didn’t win but we tried our best.”

After reaching the final without con-ceding a goal, South Korea could have taken the trophy back to Seoul for the first time since 1960. For periods in the final in Sydney, the Taeguk Warriors were on top. After falling behind to a Massimo Luonga goal after 44 min-utes, Son Heung-min equalized in the 91st. With a penalty shootout looming, James Troisi scored the winning goal for Australia in extra time.

Few in Seoul would have imagined that the team could have recovered its position in the nation’s affections quite so quickly, but South Korea won plenty of friends at home and elsewhere in

Asia. Former West Germany inter-national Stielike has delivered since being appointed in September to a generally underwhelming response, although at least expectations were low after the poor showing at the World Cup.

In Brazil, the performances were worse than the results suggested. Coach Hong Myung-bo resigned and was replaced by Stielike, who, as well as introducing defensive discipline, has given his star players a foundation to shine. The 22-yrear-old forward Son Heung-min confirmed his place as one of the biggest names in Asian soccer, scoring three goals at the Asian Cup.

“It’s frustrating to miss the chance to win in our first final for 28 years,” Son said. “It was good to score goals in the tournament but the most important thing was winning the title.”

The Bayer Leverkusen star, recently linked with big money moves to Eng-lish Premier League giants Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, admitted that South Korea was not at their best early in the tournament.

“We started slowly in the first couple of games,” Son said. “We were nervous and playing with the burden of pressure, but as our condition started to improve, we started to play better football too.”

Son was one of four South Koreans, along with midfielder Ki Sung-yeung and defenders Kwak Tae-hwi and Cha Du-ri, to be named in the official tour-nament “Dream Team” by the Asian Football Confederation. (ap)

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea — Wilfried Bony scored two goals Sunday to help give the Ivory Coast a 3-1 win over Algeria and a spot in the semifinals of the African Cup of Nations.Bony headed in a cross from Max Gradel in the 26th minute after being left completely alone at the far post. The Manchester City forward scored another in the 68th, nodding in a free kick taken by club teammate Yaya Toure.

Gervinho, who was back after serv-ing a two-match suspension, added a third in injury time as the Algerians pushed forward in a desperate attempt to equalize. Hilal Soudani scored Alge-ria’s goal in the 51st, taking a pass from Riyad Mahrez that trickled through a weak Ivory Coast defense and beating goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo.

The Ivorians, who won their only African Cup title in 1992, will next face Congo on Wednesday in Bata. With Toure and Bony but without Didier Drogba, the Ivorians came into the tournament as a big favorite.

They drew their opening two matches against Mali and Guinea, but beat Cameroon to win a tough Group D.

Although they are playing without Drogba, Ivory Coast still has plenty of quality throughout its squad. And it was Gradel, a midfielder who plays for Saint-Etienne, who provided some key goals in the group stage. He came on as a substitute and scored a late equalizer against Mali, and then the winner against Cameroon a few days later.

On Sunday, it was all about Bony, who recently completed a move from Swansea to Man City shortly before the African Cup started. “I think the Ivory Coast team is very lucky,” Ivory Coast coach Herve Renard said. “He was the best scorer in England in 2014. I think when you just said that, you can explain everything.”

With Drogba, the Ivorians twice reached the African Cup final, but both times lost on penalties. The last time was in 2012, when Renard led Zambia to a surprising title. (ap)

GENEVA — Three men re-main in contention to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presi-dency. FIFA’s election oversight panel confirmed Monday that Blatter and three rivals — Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, Michael van Praag of the Neth-erlands and former Portugal great Luis Figo — are now being vet-ted to become formal candidates after the close of nominations.

A potential fifth contender, former FIFA official Jerome Champagne, failed to secure the required five nominations. He said only three of FIFA’s 209 member federations nominated him by last Thursday’s deadline. The four contenders will now un-dergo integrity checks by FIFA’s ethics committee, and have their nomination papers scrutinized by the oversight panel.

The election panel expects to “formally admit and declare the candidates who are eligible for the office of FIFA President” in

about two weeks. The election will be held May 29 at FIFA’s congress in Zurich. Blatter, who will turn 79 before election day, is seeking a fifth term in office to extend his 17-year reign.

The veteran Swiss official, who has worked for FIFA since 1975, is strongly favored to win. UEFA, which has 53 voting members, is the only one among six continental bodies actively opposing Blatter. The campaign kicks off largely as Blatter vs. European interests. Prince Ali and Figo have been encouraged to run by UEFA and its president, Michel Platini, while Van Praag is a member of UEFA’s executive committee.

Champagne criticized Platini, who decided last August not to run against former mentor Blatter. “The script of the next few weeks and months calls for proxy candidates to wage the battles that others did not have the courage to fight,” said Cham-

pagne, whose departure as FIFA international relations director in 2010 was forced in part by Platini. Of the four contenders, only Van Praag has so far set out specific ideas.

The 67-year-old Dutch federa-tion president has called for ex-panding the 32-team World Cup to include more non-European teams, and has promised to serve just a single four-year term to modernize FIFA.

Van Praag has asked Blatter to step aside and has offered him an advisory role, including running a charitable foundation to give less privileged children opportunities in football.

Prince Ali, the FIFA vice president for Asia, is uncertain of widespread support in his home region. The Asian Football Confederation has long stated its support for Blatter. The prince is scheduled to host a campaign launch in London this week. (ap)

BASEL, Switzerland — Cham-pion League contender Basel has sold two international midfielders to Bundesliga clubs two weeks before

playing in the last-16 round.Basel says Geoffroy Serey Die,

who is with Ivory Coast prepar-ing for the African Cup of Nations

semifinals, has joined Stuttgart. In another sale to Germany, Marcelo Diaz of Chile has joined Hamburger SV. Basel did not reveal financial

details of the transfers.The Swiss champion says Serey

Die’s deal runs through June 2017 and Diaz has a contract through

June 2016.Basel hosts Porto in a last-16, first-

leg match on Feb. 18. The return is in Portugal on March 10. (ap)

AP Photo/Siu Wu

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, from Argentine, right, Neymar, from Brazil, center, and Luis Suarez, from Uruguay, celebrate after scoring against Atletico Madrid during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015.

Messi, Neymar lead Barca to 3-2 comeback

win over VillarrealBARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi and Neymar both scored to help Barcelona

come from behind twice to beat Villarreal 3-2 and stay in the hunt for the Spanish league title on Sunday. Messi and Neymar netted their 22nd and 15th league goals of the season respectively as Luis Enrique’s Barcelona never lost its nerve, and answered sixth-place Villarreal goal for goal to end the visitor’s club record run of 18 games without a loss.

AP Photo/Quentin Jones

Australia’s Jason Davidson, center, and South Korea’s Lee Keun Ho scramble for the ball during the AFC Asian Cup final soccer match between South Korea and Australia in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. Australia beat South Korea 2-1.

S Korea returns to friendly reception after

Asian Cup final

Basel sells 2 players ahead of Champions League last 16

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FILE - In this Monday, May 26, 2014.file photo Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA, left, is greeted by FIFA Vice President, Jordan’s Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein, right, prior to their meeting on the first day of Blatter’s regional tour to Jordan, the Palestinian territories and Israel, in Amman, Jordan.

FIFA confirms 4 contenders for presidential election race

Bony scores as Ivory Coast reaches

African Cup semifinals

AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

Ivory Coast’s soccer players celebrates after their African Cup of Nations quarter final soccer match with Algeria at the Estadio De Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015.

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“With those guys up front, it can’t get any better,” said midfielder Rafina, who took full advantage of a rare start to score Barcelona’s other goal. Villar-real’s Denis Cheryshev struck on the half-hour mark to start the free-scoring match at Camp Nou. Neymar made it 1-1 just before halftime, only for Luciano Vietto to finish off another Villarreal counterattack in the 51st.

But Barcelona hit back, and this time delivered a quick and decisive double blow. Rafina pulled the hosts level for a sec-ond time in the 53rd, and two minutes later Messi fired home a long-range shot — his 32nd goal in 30 games in all competitions this season. Villarreal, however, didn’t fade and both sides pro-vided a thrilling second half of back-and-forth action that bodes well for their Copa del Rey semi-final starting in two weeks.

Barcelona has won eight in a row and stayed one point behind leader Real Madrid, which has a game in hand against Sevilla on Wednesday. “This shows this team is prepared for any adverse situation, as it did the other day (at Atletico Madrid)

in the Calderon and now today against a great Villarreal side,” said Luis Enrique, whose team is back to its best — less than a month after his job was rumored to be at risk.

Elsewhere, Sevilla striker Iago Aspas scored with one minute left to snatch a 3-2 win over 10-man Espanyol, taking some measure of vengeance for its elimination from the Copa del Rey as it rose into a provisional fourth place. Aritz Aduriz scored twice in the second half to give Athletic Bilbao a 2-0 victory at bottom side Levante and end its seven-round winless streak.

Almeria also edged Getafe 1-0 for its first win in 10 home games this season to move out of the relegation zone in a match both ended with 10 men. Barce-lona dominated possession and the scoring chances early, with Messi’s incisive passing leading the way. But it was another frus-trating night for Luis Suarez, who saw goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo save his volley before he fired wide when the ball fell to him near the penalty spot. “He isn’t having luck, but he is close to scoring. He will score important goals this

season,” Luis Enrique said.Villarreal had yet to threaten

until it launched a counterattack that ended with Cheryshev deftly redirecting Mario Gaspar’s off-target strike toward the net where it slipped past Claudio Bravo.

Vietto forced Bravo to save his header as Villarreal again pressed on the break, but the match swung Barcelona’s way just before half-time when Neymar stabbed in the rebound following an effort by Rafina after Messi had set him up inside the box.

Former Barcelona player Giovani Dos Santos briefly put Villarreal in front again when he pounced on Gerard Pique’s poor control and sprinted to the goal line, where he drew Bravo to him before laying off for Vietto to score.

But Rafina quickly blasted Barcelona’s second equalizer into the top of the net after An-dres Iniesta unlocked the defense and the ball eventually reached him in the area. Villarreal then made the crucial mistake of giv-ing Messi enough time to size up Asenjo and curl a strike into the top corner of the net for the winner. (ap)

SEOUL, South Korea — When South Korea returned home after col-lecting just one point at last year’s World Cup, fans in Seoul heckled the players and offered the local insult of pelting them with candy. On Sunday evening, just 24 hours after losing a thrilling Asian Cup final 2-1 to Aus-tralia in Sydney, South Korea’s play-ers arrived back at the same Incheon International Airport to be greeted in a much friendlier fashion after local media called for flowers and not candy - two words that rhyme in Korean - to be thrown.

“It has been tough for the players since the World Cup so this was nec-essary,” coach Uli Stielike said. “The most important point about this tour-nament is that it has restored Korea’s standing in Asia and recovered the Ko-rean spirit ... through this tournament, we can have a new start. We didn’t win but we tried our best.”

After reaching the final without con-ceding a goal, South Korea could have taken the trophy back to Seoul for the first time since 1960. For periods in the final in Sydney, the Taeguk Warriors were on top. After falling behind to a Massimo Luonga goal after 44 min-utes, Son Heung-min equalized in the 91st. With a penalty shootout looming, James Troisi scored the winning goal for Australia in extra time.

Few in Seoul would have imagined that the team could have recovered its position in the nation’s affections quite so quickly, but South Korea won plenty of friends at home and elsewhere in

Asia. Former West Germany inter-national Stielike has delivered since being appointed in September to a generally underwhelming response, although at least expectations were low after the poor showing at the World Cup.

In Brazil, the performances were worse than the results suggested. Coach Hong Myung-bo resigned and was replaced by Stielike, who, as well as introducing defensive discipline, has given his star players a foundation to shine. The 22-yrear-old forward Son Heung-min confirmed his place as one of the biggest names in Asian soccer, scoring three goals at the Asian Cup.

“It’s frustrating to miss the chance to win in our first final for 28 years,” Son said. “It was good to score goals in the tournament but the most important thing was winning the title.”

The Bayer Leverkusen star, recently linked with big money moves to Eng-lish Premier League giants Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, admitted that South Korea was not at their best early in the tournament.

“We started slowly in the first couple of games,” Son said. “We were nervous and playing with the burden of pressure, but as our condition started to improve, we started to play better football too.”

Son was one of four South Koreans, along with midfielder Ki Sung-yeung and defenders Kwak Tae-hwi and Cha Du-ri, to be named in the official tour-nament “Dream Team” by the Asian Football Confederation. (ap)

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea — Wilfried Bony scored two goals Sunday to help give the Ivory Coast a 3-1 win over Algeria and a spot in the semifinals of the African Cup of Nations.Bony headed in a cross from Max Gradel in the 26th minute after being left completely alone at the far post. The Manchester City forward scored another in the 68th, nodding in a free kick taken by club teammate Yaya Toure.

Gervinho, who was back after serv-ing a two-match suspension, added a third in injury time as the Algerians pushed forward in a desperate attempt to equalize. Hilal Soudani scored Alge-ria’s goal in the 51st, taking a pass from Riyad Mahrez that trickled through a weak Ivory Coast defense and beating goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo.

The Ivorians, who won their only African Cup title in 1992, will next face Congo on Wednesday in Bata. With Toure and Bony but without Didier Drogba, the Ivorians came into the tournament as a big favorite.

They drew their opening two matches against Mali and Guinea, but beat Cameroon to win a tough Group D.

Although they are playing without Drogba, Ivory Coast still has plenty of quality throughout its squad. And it was Gradel, a midfielder who plays for Saint-Etienne, who provided some key goals in the group stage. He came on as a substitute and scored a late equalizer against Mali, and then the winner against Cameroon a few days later.

On Sunday, it was all about Bony, who recently completed a move from Swansea to Man City shortly before the African Cup started. “I think the Ivory Coast team is very lucky,” Ivory Coast coach Herve Renard said. “He was the best scorer in England in 2014. I think when you just said that, you can explain everything.”

With Drogba, the Ivorians twice reached the African Cup final, but both times lost on penalties. The last time was in 2012, when Renard led Zambia to a surprising title. (ap)

GENEVA — Three men re-main in contention to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presi-dency. FIFA’s election oversight panel confirmed Monday that Blatter and three rivals — Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, Michael van Praag of the Neth-erlands and former Portugal great Luis Figo — are now being vet-ted to become formal candidates after the close of nominations.

A potential fifth contender, former FIFA official Jerome Champagne, failed to secure the required five nominations. He said only three of FIFA’s 209 member federations nominated him by last Thursday’s deadline. The four contenders will now un-dergo integrity checks by FIFA’s ethics committee, and have their nomination papers scrutinized by the oversight panel.

The election panel expects to “formally admit and declare the candidates who are eligible for the office of FIFA President” in

about two weeks. The election will be held May 29 at FIFA’s congress in Zurich. Blatter, who will turn 79 before election day, is seeking a fifth term in office to extend his 17-year reign.

The veteran Swiss official, who has worked for FIFA since 1975, is strongly favored to win. UEFA, which has 53 voting members, is the only one among six continental bodies actively opposing Blatter. The campaign kicks off largely as Blatter vs. European interests. Prince Ali and Figo have been encouraged to run by UEFA and its president, Michel Platini, while Van Praag is a member of UEFA’s executive committee.

Champagne criticized Platini, who decided last August not to run against former mentor Blatter. “The script of the next few weeks and months calls for proxy candidates to wage the battles that others did not have the courage to fight,” said Cham-

pagne, whose departure as FIFA international relations director in 2010 was forced in part by Platini. Of the four contenders, only Van Praag has so far set out specific ideas.

The 67-year-old Dutch federa-tion president has called for ex-panding the 32-team World Cup to include more non-European teams, and has promised to serve just a single four-year term to modernize FIFA.

Van Praag has asked Blatter to step aside and has offered him an advisory role, including running a charitable foundation to give less privileged children opportunities in football.

Prince Ali, the FIFA vice president for Asia, is uncertain of widespread support in his home region. The Asian Football Confederation has long stated its support for Blatter. The prince is scheduled to host a campaign launch in London this week. (ap)

BASEL, Switzerland — Cham-pion League contender Basel has sold two international midfielders to Bundesliga clubs two weeks before

playing in the last-16 round.Basel says Geoffroy Serey Die,

who is with Ivory Coast prepar-ing for the African Cup of Nations

semifinals, has joined Stuttgart. In another sale to Germany, Marcelo Diaz of Chile has joined Hamburger SV. Basel did not reveal financial

details of the transfers.The Swiss champion says Serey

Die’s deal runs through June 2017 and Diaz has a contract through

June 2016.Basel hosts Porto in a last-16, first-

leg match on Feb. 18. The return is in Portugal on March 10. (ap)

AP Photo/Siu Wu

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, from Argentine, right, Neymar, from Brazil, center, and Luis Suarez, from Uruguay, celebrate after scoring against Atletico Madrid during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015.

Messi, Neymar lead Barca to 3-2 comeback

win over VillarrealBARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi and Neymar both scored to help Barcelona

come from behind twice to beat Villarreal 3-2 and stay in the hunt for the Spanish league title on Sunday. Messi and Neymar netted their 22nd and 15th league goals of the season respectively as Luis Enrique’s Barcelona never lost its nerve, and answered sixth-place Villarreal goal for goal to end the visitor’s club record run of 18 games without a loss.

AP Photo/Quentin Jones

Australia’s Jason Davidson, center, and South Korea’s Lee Keun Ho scramble for the ball during the AFC Asian Cup final soccer match between South Korea and Australia in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. Australia beat South Korea 2-1.

S Korea returns to friendly reception after

Asian Cup final

Basel sells 2 players ahead of Champions League last 16

AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File

FILE - In this Monday, May 26, 2014.file photo Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA, left, is greeted by FIFA Vice President, Jordan’s Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein, right, prior to their meeting on the first day of Blatter’s regional tour to Jordan, the Palestinian territories and Israel, in Amman, Jordan.

FIFA confirms 4 contenders for presidential election race

Bony scores as Ivory Coast reaches

African Cup semifinals

AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

Ivory Coast’s soccer players celebrates after their African Cup of Nations quarter final soccer match with Algeria at the Estadio De Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015.

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NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored 18 of his 31 points in the third quarter as the New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 92-80 on Sunday. With Kobe Bryant out for the season and both teams among the worst in the NBA, it was anything but a Super Sunday in New York, where the national TV audience that was originally scheduled to see it missed the Lakers shooting 35.5 percent from the field.

Anthony stood out above the ugliness, soaring to dunk an alley-oop pass in the second quarter before turning mostly to his jumper in the third to help New York pull away. He shot 13 of 25 and grabbed eight rebounds. Langston Galloway added 13 points for the Knicks, who have won five of seven and did it easily, building their first 20-point lead since they were up 21 in a victory over Philadelphia on Nov. 22.

Carlos Boozer had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers, who lost for the 10th time in 11 games. Jordan Clarkson also scored 19 points.

Miami’s Hassan Whiteside scored half of his 20 points during a dominant stretch spanning the third and fourth quarters as the Heat held off the Boston Celtics 83-75 to end a two-game losing streak.

Whiteside also had nine rebounds and blocked three shots. Chris Bosh added 18 points, and Tyler Johnson had 13, helping overcome the absences of Dwyane Wade and Luol Deng. Wade missed his second game in a row with a strained right hamstring, while Deng sat out his third straight with a strained calf. Avery Bradley and Tyler Zeller led the Celtics with 17 points apiece. (ap)

Nice segue. Murray — to set the record straight — had just lost an Australian Open final for the fourth time, including three at the hands of Djokovic. Murray won the U.S. Open in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013 to end decades-long droughts at the majors for British men, but was clearly upset at his inability to crack it in Melbourne after this 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0 defeat.

“I wish you a wonderful wedding and many kids,” Djokovic said, kick-ing off his trophy acceptance speech. Murray smiled. His fiancee, Kim Sears, applauded from her seat in the crowd. She’d already drawn attention for her shirt that was emblazoned with the words “Parental Advisory Explicit Content” — a humorous reaction to being caught on camera apparently using expletives during Murray’s semifinal. “It’s slightly different thinking for me now since I became a father and a husband,” Djokovic explained. “I apologize for changing the subject.”

His outlook on life had changed between his two most recent trips to Australia. He married long-time part-ner, Jelena, and the couple had a son, Stefan, in late October. He said his first Grand Slam title since his marriage and the birth of his son had a “deeper meaning, more intrinsic value.”

“Getting married and becoming a father was definitely something that gave me a new energy, something that

I never felt before,” he said. “And right now everything has been going in such a positive direction in my life. I’m so grateful for that. So I try to live these moments with all my heart.”

Djokovic now has eight major titles, including his five in Australia, where he won his first Grand Slam title in 2008 and then won three straight from 2011 before losing in the quarter-finals last year to Stan Wawrinka. The 27-year-old Serbian is now second on the list of all-time Australian Open winners — behind only Roy Emerson, who won six titles in the 1960s and who was in the crowd Sunday.

After two tough first sets decided in tiebreakers, when there was eight breaks of serve and plenty of tension, Djokovic broke open the match after the sixth game of the third set and won 12 of the last 13 games. In the first set, he tumbled to the court, lunging to reach a volley, and needed treat-ment on his right thumb — shaking his right hand repeatedly. The second set was disrupted for five minutes by a political protester running onto the court, causing a lockdown of sorts, and another momentum shift. In the third set, it was fatigue, with Djokovic ap-pearing to be struggling badly.

“I was just weak. I went through the physical crisis in the matter of 20 minutes and, honestly, didn’t feel that too many times in my career,” Djokovic said. “But knowing in the back of my mind that it was a similar

situation two years ago in Australian Open final, where two sets went over two hours, was a similar battle. Then I felt that I had some physical edge over him in that match. That was in back of my mind. That was some-thing that kept me going.” After the match, Djokovic had plenty left in his legs, able to high-five a long line of ballboys after the presentation.

“Novak has won five times here now, there’s no disgrace in losing to him,” said Murray, who now trails 16-8 in career head-to-head matches. Murray and Djokovic have known each other since their early junior days, and often hit against each other for practice. Seeing Djokovic in pain apparently unnerved Murray.

“The third set was frustrating be-cause I got a bit distracted when he, like, fell on the ground after a couple of shots,” Murray said. “It appeared that he was cramping, and then I let that distract me a little bit. That’s what I’m most disappointed about, not so much the fourth set because I think, especially at the end of it, he was just going for everything, and it was going in. But the third set was more frustrating for me.

“Obviously had opportunities in the first three sets. Then the fourth set ... he was just ripping everything. Once he got up a break, he just loos-ened up and was just going for his shots. I couldn’t recover.”

Djokovic’s win on Sunday fol-lowed up on top-ranked Serena Williams’ win in the women’s final Saturday night against Maria Sharapova, giving the 33-year-old American a sixth Australian and 19th Grand Slam title. (ap)

AP Photo/Seth WenigNew York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony, left, fouls Los Angeles Lak-ers’ Wesley Johnson during the second half of the NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 in New York. The Knicks defeated the Lakers 92-80.

Anthony scores 31 points as Knicks rout Lakers 92-80

Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds the trophy after defeating Andy Murray of Britain in the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015.

AP Photo/Vincent Thian

A bunch of 5: Djokovic wins another Australian Open title

MELBOURNE, Australia — This was one occasion where Novak Djokovic couldn’t really empathize with Andy Murray, his long-time friend. As he prepared to receive the trophy for the Australian Open winner for a fifth time in five trips to the final at Melbourne Park, Djokovic turned to Murray late Sunday and offered his congratula-tions on his friend’s recent engagement.

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JAKARTA - The government proposed to the Parliament a cut in volume of subsidized oil fuel to 19.9 million kiloliters from 46.79 million kiloliters in 2014.

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said in a working meeting with the Com-mission VII of the Parliament said the proposed cut followed the abolition of subsidy on Pre-mium gasoline as a result of oil price fall.

The government did not change the volume of subsidized lique-fied petroleum gas (LPG) in its proposal from the level of 5.76 million tons in 2014.

“I think the volume is the same, therefore, no need for additional volume,” Sudirman said.

However, there is a significant increase in the subsidy on biofuel proposed for 2015, he said.

“The subsidy on biodiesel is raised from Rp15,000 to Rp5,000 per liter in 2015 and that on bio-ethanol from Rp2,000 to Rp3,000 per liter,” he added. (ant)

Inflation rose 6.96 percent year-on-year, slowing from an 8.36 percent rise in December, according to data from the national statistics agency.

The rate had accelerated in re-cent months after the new govern-ment reduced huge subsidies on

petrol and diesel, pushing up the cost of transportation and deliver-ing goods.

But after the price of oil fell dramatically, the government de-cided to scrap the subsidy regime for petrol entirely, and put a fixed subsidy on diesel.

Due to lower global oil prices -- the oil market has lost more than half its value since June last year -- letting fuel float with the market actually reduced costs, which has fed through to lower inflation, analysts said.

Lower fuel prices have led to a reduction in the cost of land and air

transport, and food, according to the statistics agency.

From a month earlier, the price of goods and services fell by 0.24 percent, the agency said.

Interest rates are at 7.75 percent but economists played down the possibility that the central bank would move quickly to make a cut, given they are still battling a large current account deficit and a

weakening rupiah. Gundy Cahyadi, an economist with

Singapore’s DBS Bank, said that “it remains to be seen if the central bank wants to move at this juncture”.

In more good news, the trade balance swung to a $186.8 million surplus in December from a $425.5 million deficit the previous month due to higher exports, according to official data. (afp)

LONDON - Britain’s senior dip-lomat in Bali has been suspended, the Foreign Office confirmed Sun-day, after a report of an affair with a drugs prisoner.

The Mail on Sunday newspaper reported that Alys Harahap was suspended over a relationship with Julian Ponder, a Briton serving time in the Indonesian island’s notorious

Kerobokan prison for possession of cocaine.

“We can confirm that a member of staff has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation into these allegations, which we take ex-tremely seriously,” a spokesman for the Foreign Office in London said, declining to comment further.

The news comes amid growing

concern over another British pris-oner in Bali, Lindsay Sandiford, a 58-year-old grandmother sentenced to death in 2013 after being caught trying to smuggle cocaine on to the island.

Despite his image as a reform-ist, Indonesia’s new President Joko Widodo has been a vocal supporter of capital punishment for drug of-

fenders.The attorney-general’s office

said last week it was ready to ex-ecute seven foreign drug convicts on death row after their appeals for presidential clemency were rejected.

Human rights group Amnesty International has urged clemency for Sandiford. It also wants Indo-

nesia to commute all existing death sentences and impose a moratorium on executions.

Kate Allen, director of Amnesty UK, said: “Indonesia must stop the killing spree.

“Placing a middle-aged woman in front of a firing squad for carrying drugs -- apparently under coercion -- is simple brutality.” (afp)

Indonesia inflation eases on lower fuel pricesJAKARTA - Indonesia’s inflation rate slowed in January, official data showed Monday, after

the cost of fuel in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy fell on the back of lower oil prices.

UK’s top Bali diplomat suspended after prisoner affair claim

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A worker finished a kiosk for selling retail oil fuel at his workshop in Jakarta on Monday, February 2. The government proposed to the Parliament a cut in volume of subsidized oil fuel to 19.9 million kiloliters from 46.79 million kiloliters in 2014.

Government proposes cut in volume of subsidized oil fuels

The trials in Liberia are taking place after smaller studies determined that the vaccines were safe for human use. By comparing them now with a placebo shot, scientists hope to learn whether they can prevent people from contracting the ghastly virus that has killed some 60 percent of those hos-pitalized with the disease.

Yet despite the trials’ promise, authorities still must combat fear and suspicion that people could become infected by taking part. Each vac-cine uses a different virus to carry non-infectious Ebola genetic material into the body and spark an immune response. On Sunday in one densely populated neighborhood of Monrovia,

musicians sang songs explaining the purpose and intent of the trial in a bid to dispel fears.

B. Emmanuel Lansana, 43, a physician’s assistant, was the first to receive doses on Monday. Two shots were administered at different points on his right arm. His wife had expressed apprehension about the vaccine trial, but Lansana said he still wanted to take part.

“From the counselling, all of the reservations I have were explained, my doubts were cleared,” he said in a room where he was being observed for 30 minutes afterward. Up to 600 volunteers are taking part in the first phase, and trial organizers have said

eventually as many as 27,000 people could take part.

“We are targeting about 12 persons for today and hopefully the number will increase as we go alone,” Wissedi Sio Njoh, director of operation with the vaccination campaign, told The Associated Press.

The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic has infected more than 22,000 people and claimed more than 8,800 lives over the past year. Without a vaccine, officials have fought the outbreak with old-fashioned public health measures, including isolating the sick, tracking and quarantining those who had con-tact with them, and setting up teams to safely bury bodies.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said that both experimental vaccines showed promise in first-stage human safety tests. One was developed by the Na-tional Institutes of Health and is being manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline. The other was developed by Canadian health officials and is licensed to two U.S. companies, NewLink Genetics and Merck.

The vaccine trials come as the three most affected countries — Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia — appear to be making strides against the Ebola epidemic first identified last March. The U.N. health agency said last week that the countries had reported fewer than 100 cases in the past week, for the first time since June.(ap)

SEOUL, South Korea — The former Korean Air executive on trial after an inflight tantrum over a serving of nuts defended her actions as the result of devotion to work in the final day of testimony. Cho Hyun-ah told a Seoul court Monday her behavior was “wrong” but she still believes cabin crew in first class did not follow proper proce-dures by offering macadamia nuts in a bag instead of on a dish.

“I think this case happened be-cause of devotion to my work and because I could not be considerate to other people,” she said. Cho or-dered the chief flight attendant off the Dec. 5 flight after a confronta-tion with cabin crew, forcing the plane to return to the gate at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.

Cho, the daughter of Korean Air’s chairman, has pleaded not guilty to charges of violating avia-tion safety law. Cho said she did not realize the chief flight attendant has law enforcement authority during the flight and that ordering him off the plane was consequently a risk to safety. The “final call” about returning to the gate was made by the captain, she said.

Her behavior, dubbed nut rage,

caused an uproar in South Korea. The incident touched a nerve in a country where the economy is dominated by family-run conglom-erates known as chaebol that often act above the law.

Last week, cabin crew told the court they were pressured by Korean Air executives to cover up the incident and to lie to investiga-tors from South Korea’s transport ministry.

Lawyers for Cho have not dis-puted the major elements of the prosecutor’s account of events. Instead, they have focused on a technical rebuttal of the charges. That has included trying to demon-strate flight attendants didn’t know proper service procedures.

On the most serious charge of changing a flight’s route, they argued events fell short of that definition because the plane was only meters from the gate when it turned back.

Cho has been in custody since Dec. 30 and could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty of all four charges against her. The three trial judges are expected to announce their verdict before Lunar New Year holidays in February. (ap)

LONDON — You can’t exactly call it a reunion — the four surviv-ing Magna Cartas had never before been in the same place. So the Brit-ish Library called it a “unification event” Monday when the priceless documents were put on display to-gether for the first time. The event marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, which established the timeless principle that no indi-vidual, even a monarch, is above the law.

In 1215, 40 rebellious barons came together to declare their rights to King John, and he reluc-tantly consented to their demands in an attempt to avoid civil war. It included acknowledgements that taxes cannot be arbitrary, that free men cannot be imprisoned without

first being judged by their peers or the law and that justice cannot be denied or delayed. But within weeks, the pope voided the agree-ment, and England was thrown into war.

The original Magna Carta manu-scripts were written and sealed in late June and early July 1215, and sent individually throughout the country, making Monday’s unifica-tion unique.

“It’s a real moment in history,” said Julian Harrison, the library’s curator of medieval manuscripts. “Magna Carta has significance not just in England but worldwide. Many people regard it as the foun-dation of the rule of law. It estab-lished key principles which have resonated worldwide.”

The Magna Carta influenced not only Thomas Jefferson when he helped draft the Declaration of Independence, but also the writers of the French constitution and the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, who cited it in his famous speech in his own defense at the Rivonia trial in 1964, Harrison said. “This is a typical example of a statesman, as he later became, using Magna Carta as establishing civil rights as a universal touchstone,” Harrison said.

Officials said the three-day unification will give some lucky members of the public as well as constitutional scholars and medi-eval manuscript experts a chance to scrutinize and compare the docu-ments. (ap)

4 surviving Magna Cartas brought together for first time

Ebola vaccines trial starts in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia — A large-scale human trial of two potential Ebola vaccines got under way in Liberia’s capital Monday, part of a global effort to prevent a repeat of the epidemic that has now claimed nearly 9,000 lives in West Africa.

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 file photo, Cho Hyun-ah, who was head of cabin service at Korean Air and the oldest child of Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho, speaks to the media upon her arrival for questioning at the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board office of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Seoul, South Korea.

Nut rage exec says cabin crew erred as

trial nears endAP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh

A health care worker assists a collegue inside a USAID, funded Ebola clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. The World Health Organization says officials are now focused on ending the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak rather than just slow-ing the virus’ spread.

WASHINGTON — There’s a good reason the U.S. economy is im-pressing the world right now despite a slowdown in the final three months of 2014: In a word, steadiness.

Companies have been hiring at healthy rates for the past year. Lay-offs hover near historic lows. Auto sales are strong. Gas prices have sunk. Congressional budget fights have faded. Americans are increas-ingly confident. All that fed a surge of consumer spending last quarter, offsetting weaker business spending caused in part by a pullback by oil drillers and a frail global economy.

The U.S. economy as a whole expanded at a 2.6 percent annual rate, the government said Friday, down from a sizzling 5 percent gain the pre-vious quarter. Yet consumers signaled their optimism by spending at the fastest rate in nearly nine years.

“This hasn’t changed my picture on the strength and resilience of the U.S. economy,” said Scott Ander-son, chief economist at the Bank of the West. “Almost all the drivers of consumer spending are pointing in the right direction.”

Nearly six years into the recov-ery from the Great Recession, the economy has finally gone from straining just to grow to posting con-sistently solid gains. The gains have come even though many households continue to struggle without much of a financial cushion. Nearly half say they spend all their income, go into debt or use savings to meet their expenses, a new analysis by the Pew

Charitable Trusts has found.In addition, a surging dollar is

denting the earnings of U.S. com-panies that operate overseas. And energy firms have been hurt by plummeting oil prices, and as a result companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index are expected to report weak profit growth.

But collectively, consumers and investors are showing renewed faith in the economy.

On Friday, the University of Michigan said its sentiment index found that U.S. consumers are more confident than they’ve been since 2004. Also Friday, the government said wages and benefits are ticking up, a sign that steady job gains may be compelling employers to pay a bit more. Most indicators suggest that the economy has surpassed a psy-chological threshold that has made businesses more comfortable with hiring and infused consumers with more enthusiasm.

“Psychology has been a big con-tributor to the improved level of per-formance in the United States,” said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist at the bank Northern Trust.

At a time when Europe, Asia and South America face deep anxieties, the U.S. economy’s greatest strength might be its remarkable sturdiness.

The consensus expectation is that the U.S. economy will expand a solid 3 percent this year, well above the recovery’s 2.2 percent annual aver-age. This has made U.S. stocks and Treasurys comparably attractive —

havens from the risks from Europe’s prolonged slump, collapsing oil prices, China’s slowdown and Japan’s struggles to stave off recession.

Yet the U.S. economy still has ad-ditional room to continue expanding. In current dollars, the median house-hold income of $54,417 remains about $1,800 below its late 2007 levels, according to Sentier Research. More than 5 million households owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, according to the real estate data firm CoreLogic.

Because the U.S. economy is rebuilding its core without relying

heavily on mortgages, credit cards and other debt, it has avoided the sharp swings and shocks that can tip an economy into recession.

“You’re getting solid consistent growth,” said John Canally, chief eco-nomic strategist at LPL Financial. “If you have a slow recovery, you don’t build up the excesses that ultimately cause a recession.”

The gourmet hamburger chain BurgerFi plans to nearly double in size from its more than 60 restau-rants this year. More consumers are upgrading from fast food, and the chain can choose from towns and

cities “where the economic train has been rolling along at a pretty rapid pace,” said Corey Winograd, CEO of the Florida-based chain.

If all goes as planned, BurgerFi will account for 2,000 new jobs this year.

Investors are still trying to adjust for this newfound steadiness. The rush of foreign money into U.S. Treasurys has cut the yield on 10-year note to about 1.67 percent from 2.9 percent a year ago. A result is that it’s now cheaper for companies and homebuyers to borrow in ways that nurture growth. (ap)

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In Tokyo afternoon trade, the dollar edged up to 117.63 yen from 117.59 yen in New York.

The euro rose to $1.1303 from $1.1284, and to 132.97 yen from 132.70 yen in US trade.

The US Commerce Department said Friday that the world’s top economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter,

well below the 5.0 percent in the previous three months.

The disappointment was com-pounded by news that prices in the eurozone fell by a record 0.6 per-cent in January, fanning concerns that the currency bloc is facing years of deflation.

Traders were also reacting Mon-day to news that China’s official

purchasing managers index (PMI) of manufacturing activity unexpect-edly retreated last month for the first time in more than two years.

Data Sunday showed its PMI at 49.8 last month, against 50.1 in De-cember. Anything below 50 points to contraction and anything above indicates growth.

“Market sentiment is turning risk-averse after both the US growth figures and the Chinese manufactur-ing data fell short of estimates,” Atsushi Hirano, head of FX sales in Japan at Royal Bank of Scotland,

told Bloomberg News. “There’s a growing risk the yen

could climb to the mid-115 level versus the dollar by the middle of this week.” Currency traders tend to move into the yen during times of uncertainty or turmoil.

The euro had earlier faced selling pressure after Greece’s new anti-austerity Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said despite warnings that Athens would shortly run out of money, the far-left Syriza-led government preferred to do without fresh cash, and instead renegotiate

its entire bailout.At a strained press conference

with Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijssel-bloem, Varoufakis said Greece was willing to negotiate with its lenders but not with an international troika of creditors -- the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Athens has been promised 7.2 billion euros in funds from the troika if it completes specified re-forms by February 28. The dollar was mostly stronger against other Asia-Pacific currencies. (afp)

Dollar struggles after disappointing US, China data

TOKYO - The dollar struggled against the yen and euro Monday as US and Chinese data disappointed markets, while the euro recovered slightly after falling on fears about the new Greek government’s testy talks with international creditors.

US consumers are in a mood to spend

AP Photo/Wilfredo LeeIn this Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 photo, BurgerFi restaurant employee Nathali Dorvil calls out an order as Elia Carranza, rear, mans the grill at the Aventura, Fla., restaurant. The company plans to nearly double in size from their existing 65 restaurants this year.

Sweet sauced spinach is spinach vegetable using a simple Balinese typical seasoning. This kind of vegetable is usually served as a menu on mutual assistance event involving many people, like devotional works in the temple, help others (social works), fixing the building up to mutual assistance by farmers in their fields.

The sweet sauced spinach tastes good and is relatively inexpensive. Housewife is easy to get the ingredients. It can be picked up at the home courtyard, obtained in traditional markets as well as in the modern market. So, do not be surprised, if this sweet sauced spinach can become daily menu in the list of food in Balinese society.

This green vegetable has remarkable properties for health and contains vitamin A which is very good for the eyesight. Besides, it also contains fiber that can prevent cancer in the body, main-tain a healthy heart and brain as well as improve memory and is able to strengthen all bones.

Other than can be prepared immediately, the spinach vegetable is served with spices consisting

of garlic, aromatic ginger, chili, shrimp paste, salt, brown sugar and coconut. How to prepare it? First of all, boil the spinach with boiling water until cooked. After that, all ingredients are finely pulverized. Next add enough salt or to taste. Subtle seasoning is then further mixed with grated coconut and steamed.

Once cooked, take out the seasoning. Spinach is boiled and then placed onto a container. Then, sprinkle the seasoning and stir until getting blended thoroughly. Ultimately, it is ready to be served. When you want to taste better and faster way, the seasoning is not need to be boiled. Typi-cally, this type of seasoning is the most favored because it offers a distinctive taste.

How to make it? Firstly, grill the flesh of coco-nut until it smells fragrance. Then, it is shredded finely. All the ingredients are finely pulverized. Next add salt or to taste. Subtle seasoning and shredded coconut that have been roasted are then blended. Furthermore, sprinkle over the spinach and stir until getting blended. Then, it is ready to eat. (kmb)

“The Musica has set a target to promote the Indonesian badminton and help develop the young athletes such as Fajar, Marcus, Jonatan, and Simon,” the Musica Champion team manager Effendy Widjaja said.

In the men’s team final round, Simon Santoso from Djarum Kudus lost to the South Korean Son Wan Ho 21-16, 9-21, and 17-21 in an hour and five minutes.

Previously on Jan 31 the Jaya

Raya women`s team of Jakarta won the Djarum Superliga 2015 badmin-ton tournament after defeating the Japanese team of Renesas 3-1 on Saturday.

“This tournament gave our young players the chance to play against top-ranking athletes as the games were played in teams, which gave them more opportunities to

compete,” Team Manager of Jaya Raya, Imelda Gunawan, told the press after the match, which took place at Lila Bhuana sports hall. According to Gunawan, the young players of Jaya Raya were also able to interact with foreign athletes, especially those from Thailand, dur-ing the course of the tournament.

Even though Jaya Raya won the

tournament, along with US$200 thousand, Coach Bambang Su-priyanto remarked that his team still needed to improve its perfor-mance in doubles matches. Fur-thermore, doubles player of Jaya Raya women`s team Greysia Polii admitted that her side got back on track after nearly losing to USM Blibli. (ant)

Taste sweet sauced spinach

Musica champion men’s team win Superliga 2015

The Musica Cham-pion Kudus men’s team won the Djar-um Superliga 2015 badminton tourna-ment after defeating the Djarum Kudus men’s team on Sun-day evening.

DENPASAR - The Musica Champion Kudus men’s team won the Djarum Superliga 2015 badminton tournament after defeating the Djarum Kudus men’s team on Sunday evening.

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AMLAPURA - The impact of drought is alleged to have caused the decline in snakefruit production at Sibetan village and surrounding areas in Karangasem. Other than declining production, it also faced decline in price. From observation on Sunday (Feb 1), the price of snakefruit was IDR 4,000 per kg.

A number of snakefruit orchard owners at Sibetan village conveyed that the decline in snakefruit produc-tion was alleged to be kindled by long dry season last year. One of the snake-fruit orchard owners met last Sunday, Mangku Krisna, from Kalanganyar, Sibetan, said the small ovary wrapped in petals was thought to be still good. However, when it was opened as they still looked not to develop, in fact, they already perished.

Krisna said that his snakefruit late flowered. It happened because the dry season lasted too long. As soon as it rained, it even continued to rain heav-ily, so that the ovary would wrinkle and perish.

Supposedly, said another farmer, Wayan Dira, snakefruit harvest started in December and peaked in January and February. But this time there was

a little bit of snakefruits available in the market, except for those coming from Java or the pondoh snakefruit. “Necessarily along these months abundant of snakefruit has flooded the traditional markets such as the snakefruit market at Telaga, Beban-dem and Karangsokong as well as the West and East Amlapura market. By and large, the most famous one is the Porong snakefruit, having large size and broken skin. It tastes very distinc-tive and sweet. But this time if there are local fruits, they are very small and even wrinkle,” said Krisna.

Other than harvest failure of snake-fruit, the other local fruits such as wani (Magnifera caesia) tasting very sweet also flowered too late. Cur-rently, Mangku Krisna said that wani should have been mature and some farmers had harvested. But in reality, it just flowered. The flowers were es-timated not to be able to grow well as having entered rainy season so that its pollination would become difficult.

On the other hand, the Head of Karangasem Forestry and Plantation Agency, Komang Subratayasa, when met after attending the agency regular meeting on Friday (Jan 30) said the

production of snakefruit this year slumped dramatically. According to him, it was not caused by pests and diseases but by the influence of climate or long dry season. “The snakefruit orchard is safe and there is no significant pest and disease attack. However, the decline in production this year was probably caused by the influence of climate and last drought,” he said.

Related to the reality in which the snakefruit farmers as well as other farmers having difficulties, a member of the Commission IV of the Karan-gasem House, I Gede Dana, asked the executive in charge of social welfare in Karangasem to pay attention to the fate of farmers. According to this Chairman of the PDI-P Faction in the Karangasem House, it was needed a study to society about what actually needed to be done in order to help the difficulties of farmers due to crop failure. Is it necessary to disburse livestock assistance such as pigs or piglets? At the moment people were in difficulty where in the rainy season farmers could ideally rely on harvest-ing fruits such as snakefruit, but they failed to harvest. (013)

Meanwhile, the price of ordinary anchovy remains at IDR 60,000 per kg. It was revealed by one of the traders, Jro Nyoman Sutari, when asked about the price of salted fish at the local market, Sunday (Feb 1).

According to her, the increase in the price of mustached thryssa and SE anchovy happened due to shortage of supply. Meanwhile, the anchovy was usually in abundant supply. “The matter of price highly depends on supply. When the sup-ply runs thin, the price is surely expensive, but when it increases, the price will be stable,” she said.

She added that the proceeds were not influenced by the price increase. Likewise, consumers absolutely never complained. She said there was no increase in the sales and everything was still stable. “The results of sales remain the same and stable, while no consumers complained,” she said.

Some time ago, when entering the peak of rainy season, greengro-

cers dithered. From the information gathered at the local market, it was mentioned that the highest increase occurred in the price of peanuts reaching 100 percent. In addition, the price of vegetables like mustard also increased to the range of IDR 1,000.

One of the local market traders, Dewa Ayu Mariani, said that the current price of peanut showed the highest increase. “Ordinarily it is only sold for IDR 10,000, but now can reach IDR 20,000 per kilogram,” she explained.

Mariani added that aside from peanuts and mustard, the price of carrots also rose. For local carrot, the price was previously around IDR 10,000, but it then increased to IDR 18,000. In the meantime, the price of imported carrot was about IDR 12,000 and then reached IDR 20,000. “In rainy season, veg-etables are easily perishable so the stock easily runs thin. As a result, it makes the price change,” she explained. (sos)

Rainy season, price of anchovy remains stable

BANGLI - In the middle of rainy season, the price of some fish increased, not to mention dried or salted fish. The sales of salted fish at Kidul market in Bangli increased, but it was only valid for salted fish belonging to mustached thryssa. Selling price of this fish is usually around IDR 30,000 then it rises to IDR 35,000 per kg. Not only that, the price of SE anchovy also increases in the same price range as the salted mustached thryssa, namely from IDR 70,000 to IDR 75,000 per kg.

IBP/Eka AdhiyasaIn the middle of rainy season, the price of some fish increased, not to mention dried or salted fish. The sales of salted fish at Kidul market in Bangli increased, but it was only valid for salted fish belonging to mustached thryssa.

Drought impact, snakefruit production in Karangasem slumps

IBP/File PhotoThe impact of drought is alleged to have caused the decline in snakefruit production at Sibetan village and surrounding areas in Karangasem. Other than declining production, it also faced decline in price.

Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, 32-year-old mother and activist, was killed while taking part in a peaceful protest on Jan. 24 in Cairo. Her death was captured in social media footage, including a clip showing two masked policemen pointing their rifles in her direction, followed by sounds of gunshots. She was wounded by birdshot and died at the scene. Activ-ists and witnesses at the rally blame the police for her death.

Both private and state-owned papers on Monday quoted el-Sissi as saying he views Egyptian men and women as his own children. El-Sabbagh “is my daughter ... no one should doubt that,” he said. Despite the outcry over el-Sabbagh’s death, el-Sissi has resisted growing calls for abrogating a draconian law adopted in 2013 that bans street protests without prior government approval, a key activist demand.

“I offer my condolences to the

family of the martyr and every Egyptian pained by her death,” el-Sissi said. “An individual’s mistake should not be used to undermine an entire institution (police),” he added, speaking at a meeting Sunday with army and po-lice commanders, top politicians, religious leaders and prominent media figues.

At the meeting , el-Sissi also urged Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, to uncover “the truth be-hind” el-Sabbagh’s death. Ibrahim has said he would personally hand over any policeman found to have been involved in the killing.

However, a senior ministry of-ficial, Gamal Mukhtar, last week insisted el-Sabbagh was killed by a type of bullet not used by the police. He also claimed the footage of her death may have been fabricated by the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.(ap)

BEIJING — China and India reaffirmed their warming ties Monday following President Barack Obama’s visit to New Delhi that under-scored Beijing’s complicated relationship with both countries.

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to Beijing and said he expected greater de-velopments in ties between the two Asian giants this year. Swaraj is attending a forum in Beijing among China, India and Russia.

“The positive side of China-India relations has been growing, the momentum of our cooperation has been strengthening,” Xi told Swaraj at the start of their meeting in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. “I have full confidence in the future of China-India relations and I believe that real progress will be achieved in growing this bilateral relationship on this new year.”

Obama’s visit to India last month was seen in China as an attempt to deepen American influence in countries on China’s periphery. He’s the first U.S. president to visit India twice while in office, and was the first to be honored as the chief guest at India’s annual Republic Day parade.

Obama and Modi agreed to extend a 10-year defense pact that the White House said would allow for deeper military-to-military engage-ment and increase maritime cooperation.

China’s government said it hoped closer U.S.-India relations would be a positive force for the region, but the state-run news agency Xinhua dismissed Obama’s visit as “more symbolic than pragmatic, given the long-standing division between the two giants, which may be as huge as the distance between them.”

Beijing’s own relations with New Delhi received a big boost from Xi’s visit to the country in September, although the sides still differ over their disputed border, unequal trade and China’s attempts to expand its influence into the Indian Ocean.(ap)

AP Photo/MENA, Mohammed SamahaIn this Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 photo provided by Egypt’s state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, speaks during a meeting with top police and army generals, politicians and religious leaders in Cairo, Egypt.

In a first, Egyptian president speaks about killed protester

CAIRO — The Egyptian president has spoken publicly for the first time about the recent shooting death of a female protester, calling her a “martyr” and offering condolences to her family and all Egyptians “pained” by her death, newspapers reported Monday. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s comments reflected a nod to activists enraged by a killing they see as a cold-blooded murder of a colleague and the latest example of the use of excessive force by police at a time when el-Sissi’s government is accused of suppressing freedoms and tram-pling on human rights.

India, China reaffirm ties following Obama’s New Delhi trip

AP Photo/Rolex Dela Pena, PoolIndian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, Feb. 2, 2015.

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PARIS - Urban heatwaves have become more frequent over the last 40 years, scientists reported on Friday. A weather database of cities around the world reveals “significant” increases in periods of extremely hot days and falls in the number of cold days, they found.

Previous research found that, in the four decades covered in the study, man-made global warming stepped up a gear. But, in urban heatwaves, additional factors can

play a role, the authors cautioned.These include local climate

variability, the design and spread of a city, and land cover beyond it. “Over half of the world’s popula-tion now live in urban areas,” lead author Vimal Mishra, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, said.

“It is particularly important to understand how the climate and climate extremes, in particular, are changing in these areas.”

The data trawl covered around 650 cities, defined as areas with a population greater than 250,000, with weather stations that reported to a US-run meteorological report called Global Summary of the Day (GSOD). The researchers were left with 217 cities for which there were complete records for 1973–2012.

Heatwaves were defined as peri-ods lasting six days consecutively or more -- their daily maximum had

to be greater than 99 percent of the temperatures recorded at that time of the year, as measured over the whole 40 years. From 1973-2012, the number of heatwaves per urban area rose by 0.3 of an event, a “sta-tistically significant” increase, the researchers said.

Of the five years with the most heatwaves, four occurred in the most recent years -- 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Over the 40 years, more than half of the weather sta-

tions reported an increase in the number of individual extreme hot days.

And almost two-thirds showed significant increases in the number of individual extreme hot nights.

The five years with the largest number of cold waves were towards the start of the study period -- 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981 and 1983.

The new study appears in a British journal, Environmental Research Letters. (afp)

The international research team led by Britain’s University of Cam-bridge and the Fitzwilliam Museum uncovered new evidence linking the two nude works to Michelangelo, whose famed works include the paint-ed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Standing at a metre tall, the sculptures are of a young man and an older man riding panthers, and if confirmed the discovery would make them only surviving Michel-

angelo bronzes in the world.“It has been fantastically excit-

ing to have been able to participate in this ground-breaking project,” said Victoria Avery, Keeper of the Applied Arts Department of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

“The bronzes are exceptionally powerful and compelling works of art that deserve close-up study – we hope the public will come and examine them for themselves, and

engage with this ongoing debate.”The pieces were attributed to

Michelangelo in their first recording in the 19th century, but this was dis-missed over the last 120 years as they were undocumented and unsigned.

However, last autumn University of Cambridge Emeritus Professor of Art History Paul Joannides made a discovery that overturned this thinking.

Joannides found a drawing of

a muscular youth riding a panther in a student’s copy of lost sketches by Michelangelo, indicating that the artist was planning the unusual design for a sculpture.

Further study of the bronzes found them to be very similar in style and anatomy to Michelan-gelo’s works of 1500 to 1510, the period in which scientific analysis indicates the statues were made.

Though the Italian artist is known to have completed several statues in bronze, it has long been thought none of them survived.

Michelangelo made a two-thirds size version of his famous marble statue David, but it disappeared dur-ing the French Revolution.

A twice life-size bronze statue of Pope Julius II was melted down for artillery less than three years after Michelangelo completed it.

The sculptures of the men riding panthers will be on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge from Tuesday until August. Re-search is continuing, and the final conclusions will be announced in July. (afp)

NEW YORK — Long ago, humans left their evolutionary cradle in Africa and passed through the Middle East on their way to Europe. Now scientists have found the first fossil remains that appear to document that journey, a partial skull from an Israeli cave.

The skull dates from around 55,000 years ago, fitting into the period when scientists had thought the migrants inhabited the area. And details of its anatomy resemble ancient skulls from Europe, Israel Hershkovitz of Tel Aviv University in Israel wrote in an email.

He and others present the finding in a paper released Wednes-day by the journal Nature. The skull, which lacks facial features and its base, was found in Manot Cave in the Galilee region of northern Israel.

The migrants are called modern humans because of their anatomy. The earliest remains of modern humans in Europe date to about 45,000 years ago.

Experts not connected with the work were impressed. “This is the first evidence we have of the humans who made this journey,” apart from some ancient tools, said Eric Delson of Lehman College and the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Although finding a fossil that fits so well with what was believed about the ancient migration might be expected, “we didn’t have it before,” he said.

“We could predict theoretically what we would find. They’ve found it. ... Up until now, that was a ghost.”

Katerina Harvati of the University of Tuebingin in Germany said the skull gives clues about the anatomy of the migrants. Since Neanderthals were already known to inhabit the area, the skull also documents that they and modern humans co-existed there, as suspected, Harvati said.

That supports the idea that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred there, experts said. Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London wrote in an email that the skull is the first fossil of a modern human from western Asia that is well-dated to the estimated time of the interbreeding, some 50,000 to 60,000 years ago. (ap)

Urban heatwaves getting worse, study confirms

Bronze statues may be last remaining by Michelangelo

LONDON - Two sculptures that languished in obscurity for more than a century may be the only surviving bronze works by Michelangelo, researchers announced in Britain on Monday.

Ancient Israeli skull may document migration from Africa

AP Photo/Dan Balilty

This Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 photo shows the interior of a cave near the Israeli northern city of Nahariya where an ancient skull was found inside. Humans left their evolutionary cradle in Africa and passed through the Middle East on their way to colonizing Europe.

As disclosed by Chief of Den-pasar Police, Djoko Hariutomo, not long ago that drug trafficking in Bali was not only controlled by inmates, but also by warden. As evidence, a Kerobokan Prison war-den, Julia Edi Syahputra, was ar-rested by Narcotic Unit on Tuesday (Dec 30) and alleged to have been a drug dealer for long time. The

suspect seized drugs that would be smuggled by visitors. Then, he col-lected the drug findings in prison. After that, it was sold both inside and outside prison. His case was revealed after he was arrested on Jalan Gunung Tangkuban Perahu, Denpasar, with the evidence of 11 packages of crystal meth weighing 24.93 grams, 15 ecstasy pills and

0.46 gram of heroin.Meanwhile, an inmate who was

serving parole with initial Su, 30, was arrested by Denpasar Police Narcotic Unit at Pesanggaran re-gion, South Denpasar, Tuesday (Jan 27), due to a transaction of a pack-age of crystal meth weighing 0.50 gram and two ecstasy pills. He had been in parole status since August

2014 until February 2015. Previ-ously, the suspect was arrested in 2013 and sentenced to 18 months.

“Something like this would make it difficult (to combat drug—Ed). But we should not give up and the eradication and prevention should be increased,” said Chief of National Narcotic Agency (BNNP) of Bali Chapter, I Gusti Ketut Bu-diartha.

Various efforts should be made where one of them was by termi-nation of their syndicates. It was intended to mitigate the circulation of drugs in Bali. “Otherwise, the circulation will be more severe.

Enforcement and prevention efforts must also continue to be intensi-fied,” he said.

He admitted the BNN could not work independently in addressing this crucial problem. Moreover, it con-cerned with the fate of the next gen-eration. On that account, Budiartha hoped all the elements of society and relevant agencies to move together in fighting against drug abuse.

“All government agencies and all elements of the community must collectively make prevention and eradication against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking,” said this general from Tabanan. (rah)

SINGARAJA - Aling-aling waterfall tourist attraction at Sam-bangan village, Sukasada subdistrict, can become an alternative family weekend destination. Location of the Aling-aling Waterfall is quite easy to

reach or approximately 6 kilometers from the center of Singaraja. When arriving at the location, visitors will be presented with a magnificent view of green paddy fields accompanied with typical rural atmosphere being

so comfortable.Footpaths and the overlay of pad-

dy fields passed through by number of visitors lead to tens of stairs to get down to the Aling-aling waterfall. Local villagers repeatedly offer the

assistance as local guide providing information about the waterfall at the Sambangan village. The waterfall is estimated to have the height of some 35 meters. Natural atmosphere with cool scenery around the waterfall becomes its own value for nature travelers. “I often visit this location on holidays and weekend with fam-ily and partner to enjoy the beauty of nature and the cool waterfall,” said Arik S, a resident of Singaraja.

Headman of Sambangan, Nyo-man Selamat Arya, explained that many domestic and foreign travel-ers had visited the waterfall since 2013. It was managed by the local tourism awareness group (Darwis). As a result, the admission fee of visitors was then used to help man-age the waterfall attraction. “We manage the attraction with the com-munity and the incomes are used for the development of the waterfall. Since it has been well known and developed, a group of Japanese travelers once made film shooting at the object in 2014. It really helps our revenue and the management in the future,” he explained.

He added the arrangement of a number of waterfalls at Samban-gan village obtained the assistance from central government through the PNPM Tourism used in the ar-rangement process. The number of funds in 2011 was estimated to reach IDR 80 million and in 2012

reached around IDR 85 million. The funds were used for the making of gazebo, toilet, cabins as well as the arrangement in other waterfalls at Sambangan village. “A number of waterfalls have become the pride of Sambangan villagers such as the Al-ing-aling, Dedari, Cemara, Canging, Klanting, Kroya and Pucuk. Many foreign travelers often enjoy wild nature with the beautiful waterfall. We do hope the government can as-sist the management of Sambangan waterfall,” he concluded. (kmb34)

DENPASAR — An Indonesian court decided Monday to go ahead with the trials of an American couple charged with murdering the woman’s mother while vacation-ing on the resort island of Bali last year.

The three-judge panel overruled defense arguments that the indict-ment submitted by prosecutors had inaccuracies and should be annulled. Hearings will resume Wednesday at Denpasar District Court in the provincial capital of Bali.

“The indictment is fully quali-

fied both formally and materi-ally according to the law,” said presiding judges Made Suweda. “Therefore, the defense objections are rejected.”

The badly beaten body of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62, was found in a suitcase in the trunk of a taxi out-side an upscale hotel in August.

Heather Mack, 19, and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer, 21, both from Chicago, are being tried separately with the same judges and prosecutors. They are charged with premeditated murder and face

a maximum penalty of death by firing squad if found guilty.

Their lawyers argued earlier that inaccuracies in the indictment could lead to multiple interpretations of the suspects’ activities and the crime scene, raising questions of whether other people had entered the victim’s room and killed her.

They also objected to the citing of communications between the de-fendants on cellphones as evidence of premeditated murder, arguing that cellphone communications are prone to manipulation. Prosecutors

have alleged that the couple sent text messages about their initial plan to disguise a murder as suicide on the beach.

Both defendants sat quietly as the decision to proceed with the tri-als was read out by judges. Unlike previous hearings, Schaefer didn’t shed tears.

In their indictment, prosecutors said the couple plotted the murder because von Wiese-Mack did not endorse their relationship, and that Mack once suggested that Schaefer hire someone to kill her mother for

$50,000 before their visit to Bali.It said that an argument over the

hotel bill made Mack’s mother angry and she scolded Schaefer, using a ra-cial slur, and Schaefer then battered her with a fruit bowl handle.

Mack, who is seven months’ pregnant, helped stuff her mother’s body in the suitcase by sitting on it to enable Schaefer to close it, the indictment said. They then hired a taxi and placed the suitcase in the trunk and told the driver they were going to check out of the hotel and would return, but never did. (ap)

Drug onslaught increasingly aggressiveDENPASAR - More and more drug traffickers are arrested and sent to prison. Public is get-

ting more pessimistic whether the circulation of such illicit items can be suppressed. Even, it is getting more rampant where inmates can also run their illicit business more safely from prison. Unscrupulous prison guards and inmates with parole status are arrested for selling drugs. Maybe these are only some of what can be revealed. Meanwhile, some of the suspects arrested by police claimed if they were asked to buy drugs from inmates at Kerobokan Prison.

Trial of US couple charged with murder in Indonesia proceeds

Aling-aling waterfall, an alternative weekend destination

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Aling-aling waterfall tourist attraction at Sambangan village, Sukasada subdistrict, can become an alternative family weekend destination.

SEMINYAK - The results of the International Hotel Awards 2014 have been revealed, with Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa, Bali winning the prestigious five star award for Small Hotel in Indonesia in the Asia Pacific region.

The International Hotel Awards recognises and rewards excellence in the hospitality industry and is the only organisa-tion to bestow five star accolades at an international level. Award contenders must first prove they are the best nationally, before competing against other top scoring hotels from across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Americas, Arabia, Africa and the UK, un-der the extensive scrutiny of the judging panel, chaired by Sir David Michells.

Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa was hailed the cream of the crop amidst stiff competition, proudly receiving the Small Ho-tel five star award for Indonesia in the Asia Pacific region. The luxury boutique retreat capital-ises on its stunning setting along sought after Seminyak Beach with a shoreline infinity pool, rooftop Anantara Spa and rooftop MoonLite Kitchen and Bar all

overlooking the Indian Ocean’s rolling surf and spectacular sun-sets. 59 contemporary Balinese suites, some with ocean views, are accompanied by a one of a kind Penthouse of uncompromis-ing luxury, boasting a private pool, spacious outdoor deck with barbeque facilities, a hydro tub and panoramic coastal views.

The 2014 International Hotel Awards’ national and world’s best hotel winners were re-vealed at a gala presentation dinner at London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square on Monday 26th January 2015, attended by Clinton Lovell, General Manager of Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa and Djoni Hasjim, an Own-ing Company representative.

Clinton Lovell comments – “We are honoured that Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa’s five star offering of impressive facili-ties, luxurious accommodation and impeccable, personalised service has been rewarded with such a prestigious accolade. As we strive to provide the ultimate Anantara experience on the beau-tiful island of Bali, we are proud to offer our guests journeys of rich discovery at an award win-ning resort.” (r)

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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ONE of the hotels which looked very excited along Sunset Road with various activities conducted every day and every week and will look to continue that way, it is Adhi Jaya Sunset Hotel. A three star hotel in it’s third years is in-creasingly showing its existence in the intense competition between hotels lately, especially in the ar-eas along the sunset road.

Mr. Deni Kusuma, General Manager of Adhi Jaya Sunset Ho-tel, the man that you would never see without that welcoming smile and the warm hand shake when you come or visiting Adhi Jaya Sunset Hotel. On one occasion he said “The essential thing to make us survive in this hard competition is to keep the Excellent Service as the prime priority to all of our guests in addition of the quality of products and facilities we have.”

Deni Kusuma believe that all the guests who come and stay at Adhi Jaya Sunset Hotel either for business or leisure, in dire need of good service from the start they came, during the stay and until

they left the hotel with a special impression.

It’s need some efforts to realize the integrated excellent service to all the guests that supported by reliable human resources. “On this stage, I trust that the strength of the hotel is derived from the strength of the individuals that face the guests every day and every minute,” he added.

Treat them as a colleagues, not

“staff” or anything else. We need to trust that all of these individuals are equal, because they sure have the equal opportunity to help or hinder our efforts toward success. To be hospitable is the only way to be successful in the hospitality in-dustry. And always treat your col-leagues with respect and dignity to make them stay comfortable so as to deliver sincere service without pressure.

Since Adhi Jaya Sunset Hotel maximize the chances to get MICE Business in addition to the regular event is also in desperate need of individual who are very resilient. Loyalty is what makes all this things happen. Loyalty to hotel, management, managers and team mates. “It is always a good feeling when I involved to help them in preparation of any event, to feel the passion and the spirit of loyalty and and we are excited when seeing all the guests we serve feel very satis-fied. I am proud to realize on that way they can assist me in building great business,” he proudly said. (kmb)

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On Sunday (Feb 1), the Head of Gianyar Industry and Trade Agency, Wayan Suamba, admitted there had been a circular related to the imported apple from the Ministry of Commerce. Having tested the samples of the imported apples, it would be coordinated by the Regional Secretary related to the circular from the Ministry of Trade, in this case, the Director General of the Consumer Protection Standards. “Currently, we are still awaiting the test results from the BPOM. It will be submitted to Gianyar government around Wednesday,” he said.

Associated with the circular on the sale prohibition of the imported apples, probably general public and employers, in this case the owner of the shops, had widely known about it because media had reported. “We urge the public to be aware of it,” he said.

Related to the official appeal to the stores and minimarkets in Gian-

yar, Suamba admitted that his party was still waiting for the laboratory test results and the instructions from relevant leadership. “Tomorrow (Monday) we will discuss about the circular from the Ministry of Trade to determine the next steps,” he said.

Meanwhile, in the Circular of the Directorate General of Standardiza-tion and Consumer Protection, the Ministry of Trade, was affirmed that for the sake of consumer protection from negative impacts of the apples mentioned above, and while waiting for the search results by the Ministry of Agriculture, all the heads of trade agency were appealed to undertake measures such as the prohibition from trading apples of Gala Apple Big B, Granny’s Best and Granny Smith Apple produced by Bidart Bros, Bakersfield, CA 93312 as well as the product of Gala and Granny Smith produced by Bidart Bros, Ba-kersfield, CA 93312. (kmb16)

Flair Competition of Bali Travel NewsDiscover the talent of teenage bartenders

LIKE a professional bartender, the teenage students attractively played and threw shaker and bottle into the air. Accompanied by music, they synchronized the movement of their legs and hands beautifully. After that, one by one of the mixed drinks, fruit, mint and soda were blended into a mocktail creation.

It was the appearance showed off by vocational school (SMK) students of Badung and Denpasar in the Mocktail Break Flair Compe-tition, Saturday (Jan 31). The event carrying the slogan “Be Profes-sional Bartender, Are You Ready?” was organized by Bali Travel News (BTN) in the K. Nadha Bali Press Building, Bali TV.

It was the first Flair Competition organized by the BTN to facilitate the creativity of young generation

of Bali so as to show off their tal-ent before the public. Besides, the event was also meant to appreci-ate and improve their talent and expertise, especially in the art of bartending.

The competition was assessed by three judges who were expert in their field. Among others, there were academicians such as lectur-ers from Triatma Jaya Tourism College and Firman Sinaga; while from professional circles included Putu Endra Mulana Jaya as well as the Chairman of the Indonesian Bartenders Association of Bali, I Ketut Darmayasa. The event was also attended by Ricky Putra, Gov-ernment Relations Director of the Bali Hotel Association (BHA) and General Affairs & Event Manager, Andy E. Soetjahyo.

The competition was divided into two rounds. The first round posed the allowance in which the participants performed within 5 minutes to mix a mocktail drink. While the second round was the fi-nal in which participants performed within 7 minutes to mix two kinds of mocktail.

Happiness was reflected on the face of the winners coupled with applause. The winners included I Gede Aldi Suardana (SMKN 4 Denpasar) as the first winner, Putu Angga Kusuma (SMK Kertha Wisata) as the runner-up, Robert Hendrika VR (SMK Kertha Wisata) as the third winner, I Gede Pande Adnyana (SMK Prada Dalung) as the fourth winner and I Kadek Juni Kusuma Dewa as the winner of The Best Mocktail.

On that occasion, Government Relations Director of the BHA, Ricky Putra, conveyed that such an event was very positive to sup-port the creativity development of young generation in order to constantly improve the quality and credibility in addition to accom-modating their hobby.

Similar comment was also deliv-ered by the juries I Ketut Darmayasa and Firman Sinaga. According to them, most of the participants were already indicating a professional capability while some others still needed to learn. Their expertise could seen based on the assessment criteria.

Meanwhile, General Manager of Bali Travel News, Gde Palgunadi, added that participants of the Flair Competition should continue to

improve their capabilities. “We’d like to express our gratitude for your participation. Hopefully, this event can be used as a reference and passion to become a professional bartender,” he said.

Besides, the event was also enlivened by DJ Performance by Agus son Mahendra. It was finally concluded with a special appear-ance by one of the guest stars dou-bling as jury, namely Putu Endra Mulana Jaya. He was a finalist of the International Open of Bagus Bartender Championship 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, finalist of the Asia Bar Pro Flair Challenge in Phuket Thailand 2013 and the first runner-up of the Flair in Horror Indonesia Open Bartender Competition 2013 Bali and many other achievements. (ocha)

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Even though there has been a circular from Directorate General of Standardization and Con-sumer Protection, the Ministry of Trade of the RI on the prohibition of the imported apples after the discovery of poisoning case related to bacteria-containing apple in the United States recently, such apples are still circulated in a number of shops and mini market in Gianyar.

Imported apples still widely circulateGIANYAr - Even though there has been a circular from Di-

rectorate General of Standardization and Consumer Protection, the Ministry of Trade of the rI on the prohibition of the imported apples after the discovery of poisoning case related to bacteria-containing apple in the United States recently, such apples are still circulated in a number of shops and mini market in Gianyar. So far, the Gianyar Industry and Trade Agency has not taken ac-tion but still awaits the sample test results of the imported apple made by the National Agency of Food and Drug Control (BPOM) some time ago.

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NEW YORK — The Dream-Works sequel “How to Train Your Dragon 2” topped the 42nd Annie Awards, taking best feature at the annual honors for animation.

In the Saturday night cer-emony hosted at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, “How to Train Your Dragon” won five awards in all. It also took best director for Dean DeBlois, as well as prizes for feature character design,

storyboarding and music.“Dragon” bested Disney’s

top contender, the superhero tale “Big Hero 6.” But the film that preceded “Hero” in theaters, “Feast,” won best short film.

Warner Bros.’ acclaimed but Oscar-snubbed “The Lego Movie” won the Annie for best feature writing.

“How to Train Your Dragon 2” will head to the Feb. 22 Os-cars as the best animated feature film favorite. (ap)

The 30-year-old star performed a brief duet with rock legend Lenny Kravitz, and the pair sung “I Kissed A Girl,” one of Perry’s first big hits in 2008, during a brief but raunchy performance.

The crowd cheered during the next segment that saw Perry perform on a desert island set -- complete with palm trees, dancers dressed up to look like goofy sharks and beach balls, as the star sang “California Gurls.”

The Super Bowl’s halftime show has be-come a must-see event in the middle of the NFL’s championship extravaganza.

Halftime performances generate massive ratings and, sometimes, unexpected contro-versy such as when Janet Jackson inadver-tently suffered a “wardrobe malfunction” that saw much of her breast exposed in 2004, or Prince’s 2007 show that featured a strangely shaped guitar that cast a phallus-shaped shadow.

Perry’s 12.5-minute performance did not generate any such controversy and the reac-tion on social media appeared overwhelm-ingly positive, with many users praising her live singing, her dancers and her three quick costume changes. Actress Anna Kendrick hailed the pop star’s performance, sending her compliments via Twitter.

“It’s official. Katy Perry is magic,” she wrote.

“All jokes aside, @katyperry your voice tonight was actually unreal.”

Rapper Snoop Dogg chimed in too, tweet-ing: “If you were wondering that was me in tha Shark costume!!”

Missy Elliott was the star guest of the per-formance, making a foggy entrance to sing hits including “Get Ur Freak On” and “Work It.” The newly-svelte rap diva’s high-energy number “Lose Control” was a crowd pleaser.

Perry’s grand finale was a spectacular

rendition of her huge hit “Firework.”

She climbed onto a star-shaped platform and elevat-ed above the football field, cruising around the stadium as fireworks burst around her, to enthusiastic cheers and applause from the crowd.

The New England Patriots de-feated Seattle 28-24 at this year’s Super Bowl 49, denying the Sea-hawks a second consecutive title in the NFL championship spectacular.

The Super Bowl was expected to draw a whopping 15 million viewers -- or about one third of all Americans -- many of whom look forward to the highly-anticipated half-time show and much-buzzed about commercials. (afp)

AP Photo/DreamWorks Animation, File

This file image released by DreamWorks Animation shows a scene from “How To Train Your Dragon 2.”

‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ tops Annie Awards

Katy Perry dazzles at Super Bowl halftime show

GLENDALE, United States - Singer Katy Perry dazzled at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show in a spectacular performance featuring dancing sharks, a prowling metallic lion and a levitating star that shot fireworks into the night sky. Perry stalked into the University of Phoenix Stadium field in Glendale, Arizona riding the huge, fiery-eyed lion as she sang her megahit “Roar” while wearing a flame-festooned dress.

Singer Katy Perry performs during halftime of NFL Super Bowl XLIX

football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in

Glendale, Ariz. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

The Head of Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency, I Wayan Purna, revealed that Besakih tourist attrac-tion had the highest residual unmet target. Besakih tourist attraction could only generated IDR 1,332 bil-lion with the specified target of IDR 1,485 billion. It meant the remaining unmet target reached IDR 119 mil-

lion. “Many factors affect the target achievement. Complaints of visitors due to blackmail by local individual tourist guide greatly affect the num-ber of tourist visits,” he explained.

Appeal of the visit to Besakih tour-ist attraction was surpassed by the vis-its to Ujung Park. In accordance with the data on tourist visits to attractions

in 2014, the Ujung Park was visited by 176,784 tourists dominated by foreign travelers. Meanwhile, Besakih Temple was only visited by 119,654 travelers. Such condition was very much deplored considering Besakih had become the famous destination in Bali and known as a leading tourist attraction.

According to Wayan Purna, the largest number of tourists visiting the Ujung Park happened due to professional management. The park was managed by a governing body that could handle various matters such as in terms of sanitation, ar-rangement until services extended to visiting travelers. This condition enabled visitors to comfortably

enjoy the beauty of the Sukasada Park denoting the heritage of Karangasem royal palace.

Currently, the Culture and Tourism Agency has prepared the establish-ment of a governing body at Besakih. His party claimed to have made coor-dination with the arrangement team of Besakih including local customary village to realize the governing body. “No later than this year, the governing body will surely be able to operate,” he explained while adding that his party with relevant agencies would make comparative study to Tanah Lot Tabanan regarding the tourist destina-tion management.

Now, his party begins to focus on generating more tourist arriv-

als at Besakih considering the nuance of spiritual tourism owned by Besakih increasingly faded due to blackmail case by unscrupulous individuals. On the other hand, there were four tourist attractions experiencing near-death condition due to the absence of tourist visits. They include Iseh, Sibetan, Putung and Bukit Jambul. (dwa)

At Besakih Temple

Tourist visit minimal, revenue unable to reach target

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Regionally generated revenue (PAD) obtained from tourism sector in 2014 was unable to reach the target. The small number of tourist visits became the main factor causing some tourist attractions to be unable to yield the regionally generated revenue as expected.

AMLAPURA - Regionally generated revenue (PAD) obtained from tourism sector in 2014 was unable to reach the target. The small number of tourist visits became the main factor causing some tourist attractions to be unable to yield the regionally generated revenue as expected. Among the 15 tourist attrac-tions, Besakih Temple had the most remaining unmet targets. In total there were five tourist attractions that have not met the target where the total number was only IDR 3.3 billion.

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