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LONDON - Monochrome dresses competed with intricately embroidered gowns on the red carpet of Brit-ain’s biggest film awards on Sunday, with Hollywood stars braving the London winter in an array of luxurious dresses.

This year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards brought out lots of black, white and bold red from top designers.

Kate Winslet, who won the supporting actress category for “Steve Jobs” wore a black one-shouldered, asymmetric Antonio Berardi gown while “Fifty Shades of Grey” star Dakota Johnson and “Game of Thrones” actress Emilia Clarke both opted for red.

Last year’s winner Julianne Moore dressed in a white and black Giorgio Armani gown and “The Great Gatsby” actress Isla Fisher sought simple elegance in a white fitted Stella McCartney frock.

However sparkles also featured heavily, with double BAFTA nominee Alicia Vikander wearing a black leather Louis Vuitton dress with shiny crystal detailing and “Brooklyn” actress Saoirse Ronan choosing a shiny floral gown.

“Carol” star Cate Blanchett, who like Vikander lost in the leading actress category to Brie Larson, also wore a richly- embellished Alexander McQueen dress. (rtr)

The movie earned five British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards, including for cin-ematography and sound, at a ceremony in London, two weeks before it vies for Hollywood’s top honours, the Oscars.

In the film, which has already picked up several trophies in this awards season and leads Oscar nominations, DiCaprio portrays fur-trapper Hugh Glass, who after being attacked by a bear, is left for dead by his companions during an 1820s expedition. He survives in harsh winter conditions and sets out for revenge.

DiCaprio is heavily favoured to win the best actor Academy Award on Feb. 28, which would be his first in five Oscar acting nominations. In collecting his first BAFTA, he paid tribute to his mother and listed actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman and Peter O’Toole among his inspirations.

“All of this was not expected tonight ... Often we have talked about how dif-ficult this movie was to make, and it was, but we are so proud,” he told reporters.

Inarritu, the Mexican director whose film “Birdman” won last year’s best

picture Oscar, said the prizes were “overwhelming”.

Continuing a winning streak for the portrayal of a young mother held captive with her son in “Room”, Brie Larson prevailed in the leading actress category and is also favoured to win the Oscar.

Kate Winslet won the supporting ac-tress category for her portrayal in “Steve Jobs” of the late Apple co-founder’s colleague Joanna Hoffman, while Mark Rylance was named best supporting actor for his Soviet spy role in “Bridge of Spies”.

Action adventure “Mad Max: Fury Road” was the second biggest winner on the night with four prizes in editing, makeup and hair, costume design and production design. (rtr)

From simple to sparkly, frocks vie for style stakes at BAFTAs

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Actor Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso arrive at the British Academy of Film and Tele-vision Arts (BAFTA) Awards at the Royal Opera House in London, February 14, 2016.

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The sound engineers of The Revenant pose after winning their awards for best sound at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards at the Royal Opera House in London, February 14, 2016.

‘The Revenant’ wins big in Britain’s BAFTA awards

LONDON - Survival drama “The Revenant” was the top winner at Britain’s biggest movie awards on Sunday, taking the best film prize and honours for leading actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Ale-jandro G. Inarritu.

GIANYAR-The issuance of a policy that opens the opportunity for foreigners to own 100 percent of a given investment in the tourism

sector is not appropriate for Bali., said Chairman of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Associa-

tion (PHRI) of Bali, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati Currently, Bali is overloaded with tourist accommodations with occupancy rates at less than 40 percent. If the government really wants to boost tourism, infrastructure should be worked on.

“This policy is inappropriate. We already have an oversupply of hotel rooms and and this policy will clearly attract foreign companies who will built more hotels. For other regions like Lom-bok, perhaps this policy is necessary but not for Bali” he said when contacted on Monday (Feb. 15).

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100 percent foreign ownership policyUnsuitable for Bali

Taylor Swift wins top Grammy Award,

Kendrick Lamar wins 5LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift’s official switch from country to

pop with her multi-hit, best-selling “1989” album brought the singer her second Grammy Award win for album of the year.

Swift was shocked when she won the night’s top prize, beating out Kendrick Lamar, Chris Stapleton, Alabama Shakes and the Weeknd. Swift used her speech to encourage young women who feel defeated at times or discouraged by others.

“There will be people along the way that will try to undercut your success or take credit for your ac-complishments or your fame. You just focus on the work and don’t let those people sidetrack you,” she said.

Her speech could be directed partly to Kanye West, who re-cently said in a new song that he made Swift famous after he stole her microphone at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

Beyonce also seemed to make a statement when she presented the final award for the night, record of the year.

“Art is the unapolo-

getic celebration of culture through self-expression. It can impact people in a variety of ways for different reasons at different times. Some will react. Some will respond. And some will be moved,” she said, seem-ing to speak to those who were critical of her Super Bowl performance of the anthem, “Formation.”

Swift, who won the album of the year Grammy for “Fearless” in 2009, walked away Monday with three awards, including best pop vocal album and music video for “Bad Blood,” at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Alabama Shakes also won three awards, though Lamar was the night’s big winner with five.

He won best rap album for “To Pimp a But-terfly” as well as rap performance, rap song, rap/sung performance and music video. Along with his wins, Lamar also had a show-stopping moment when he took the stage.

He started as he appeared beaten, in hand-cuffs, with chains around his hands and a bruise on his eyes. He went on to fuse rap, jazz, reggae and African sounds for a commanding performance as he rapped “The Blacker the Berry” and the Grammy-nominated “Alright” passionately. He ended with a map of Africa,

and the city of Compton imprinted in it.“Hip-hop, Ice Cube, this for hip-hop, this

for Snoop Dogg ...this for Nas. We will live forever, believe that,” said Lamar onstage when he won best rap album.

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars won two awards for “Uptown Funk,” including record of the year. Ronson gave a shout-out to Prince, James Brown and George Clinton for being leaders in funk. “This is dedicated to the fans right here,” Mars added.

Mars introduced Adele, who sang “All I Ask,” which they wrote together for her new album “25.” She was accompanied with a piano behind her, but the audio sounded off and appeared to throw off her performance.

“The piano mics fell onto the piano strings, that’s what the guitar sound was. It made it sound out of tune,” Adele tweeted. “(Exple-tive) happens.”

A spokesperson for CBS, where the Gram-mys aired, said “there was a brief 5-8 second technical issue that was out of our control.”

Tjokorda Oka Artha Ard-hana Sukawati added that if foreign companies with large capital are allowed to domi-nate tourism in Bali, they will quickly eliminate local tourism sector businesses- especially in hospitality. “If foreigners with large capital are given the freedom to build more hotels in Bali, it is similar to committing suicide for us” said this figure from Ubud Palace serving as chairman of the PHRI Bali for a third term.

Sukawati emphasized that the the current government in-deed wants to improve tourism in Bali, it would be advisable to first fix the infrastructure such as the airports, roads, central park and other infra-structures that support tourism. “In my opinion, before increas-ing the number of rooms or investment in tourist accom-modations, we must improve the infrastructur. Even though we do large-scale tourism pro-motion overseas, without the support of infrastructure, such promotion is in vain” he said adding that Ubud’s appeal as a cultural destination has been dwarfed by problems like nar-row streets. “Indeed Ubud has cultural appeal as a destination but the local community can no longer freely carry out cul-tural activities such as piodalan (temple anniversaries) because of the congestion of the narrow roads. We have to improve the infrastructure”, he concluded. (kmb35)

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

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

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

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Gianyar – Valentine’s Day is a day traditionally set aside to express love and affection for those we hold dear, which, for the folks at the Bali Safari and Ma-rine Park, also includes the many animals that make their home at the 40-hectare facility. Not unsurprisingly, there was plenty of tender fondness to go around on Valentine’s day, February 14, 2016, when children from “Mifta-ful Falah” orphanages were invited to attend a special birthday party for “Valentine” – a “birthday girl” who is also an attractive 7-year-old Sumatran elephant.

Adding to the birthday fes-tivities, the educational team at the Park arranged a fun-filled day for the children that included a vehicular tour through the animal kingdoms of Indonesia, India and Africa via the Safari Journey; a search for delectable fresh fruits surrounding the Inca Maya Exhibit; the fashioning of the harvested fruits into wonderful gifts; and attendance at the entertaining and

educational Elephant Show that culminated at a special birthday party with Valentine.

Delighted with all the attention showered upon her on her birthday, Valentine literally devoured the gifts of fruit lovingly prepared ear-lier in the day by the children.

William Santoso, General Man-ager of the Bali Safari and Marine Park took special delight in wit-nessing the large group of orphans visiting and enjoying the many wonders on offer at the Park. “Who can’t help but be affected by the absolute joy and delight written on the face of these children? We hope that the chance to spend a day at our Park and join in Valentine’s birthday party the children will help form a special connection with the animal kingdom, transforming these kids into a coming generation that has a genuine care and con-cern for the world’s animals,” said Santoso.

Valentine is a female Sumatran elephant that was born at the Bali Safari and Marine Park on February

14, 2009, the offspring of her proud parents: Suciana and David. The successful breeding of endangered Asian Elephants forms part of a wide-ranging program of conserva-tion and rare-species propagation undertaken by the Park with a number of species, including Asian elephants, orangutans, binturong, Sumatran tigers, Bali Starlings and others.

A Chance to Win a Stay at the Mara River Lodge

The celebration of Valentine’s birthday continues with the chance to win an overnight stay at the Mara River Safari Lodge, located inside the Park, by participating in the “Valentine Story Social Media Competition.” Simply follow, comment and share your valentine story

on Instagram @balisafari and Twitter @BaliSafari between the dates of February 14 and March 1, 2016, and win a chance to sleep in the Mara River Lodge surrounded Wild animal from Africa grazing just outside your window.

My Funny Valentine at the Bali Safari and Marine Park

A Sumatran Elephant Celebrates her

Birthday with Local Kids

“This award is very important and valuable for us in Buleleng because foreign people are very appreciative of what the Pemuteran community has done. The award conferment ceremony was wit-nessed by thousands of people in Madrid. This achievement should give added energy to conserva-tion efforts in Buleleng” said the regent, accompanied by Deputy Regent Nyoman Sutjidra, Regional Secretariat of Buleleng Dewa Ketut Puspaka, Chief of Buleleng Development Planning Board Gde Dharmaja and Chief of the Bule-leng Tourism Office, Gede Suyasa in a press conference on Monday (Feb.15).

The UNWTO presentations were made on Monday (Jan. 18) at the Palacio Neptuno in Madrid, Spain. Regent Suradnyana accompanied by Chairman of Yayasan Karang Les-tari, I Gusti Agung Prana, attended the event that was opened by the

Director of the Executive Secretary, Member Relations of the UNWTO, Mr. Carlos Vogeler. UNWTO final-ists for the category of NGO in-novations gave their presentations, assisted by the moderator and Direc-tor of UNWTO Affiliate Members Program Ms. Yolanda Perdoma. The four finalists were; The Childsafe Movement by Friends International, Cambodia (Ms. Emmanuelle Wer-ner), Coral Reef Reborn by Yayasan Karang Lestari, Indonesia (I Gusti Agung Prana), Sisterhood of Survi-vors (SOS) Program by Samrakshak Samuha, Nepal (Mr. Shyam Kumar Pokharel), and Children in the Wil-derness by South Africa (Ms. Sue Van Winson).

The presentation session was closed by Ms. Ana Larranaga, Director of IFEMA/Feria Interna-cional de Turismo Madrid and by Mr. Carios Vogeler, Director of Executive Secretary for Member Relations of the UNWTO.

In the conferment ceremony that was held on Wednesday (Jan. 20), the first prize in the category of innovations by non-governmental organizations went to The Sister-hood of Survivors (SOS) Program from Samrakshak Samuha Ne-pal (Sasane), represented by Mr. Shyam Kumar Pokharel from Ne-pal. Yayasan Karang Lestari from Buleleng won as runner-up, beating out the competitors from Cambodia and South Africa.

“The development of conserva-tion at Pemuteran is also accom-panied with the study of biorock. Pemuteran village has already won five national and interna-tional awards for their coral reef conservation efforts. It is expected that Bueleng’s ocean will become increasingly popular as a marine tourism destination and has already drawn the attneitn of the wider community”, added Chief of the Buleleng Fishery and Maritime Affairs Agency, Nyoman Sutrisna.

To note, the award for innovation in enterprises was given to by Tree-top Walking Path--Anyksciai Re-gional Park Direction (Ms. Simona Stasiuniene) from Lithuania. For the category of innovation in public

policy and governance the award went to the Culture and Tourism Board of the Government of Banyu-wangi District, represented by Mr. Mohamad Yanuarto Bramuda. Fi-nally, for the category of innovation in research and technology Itaipu Touristic Complex--FUNDACAO Parque Technologico Itaipu, Brazil, represented by Ms. Maria Jurema de Cordova Fernandes took home the first prize.

“We were examined through a presentation about what we have done at Pemuteran. At the begin-ning of January 2016, we received three awards, one from the media, one from the Ministry of Tourism and one from the UNWTO. All our achievements gave been obtained through hard work together on the part of all stakeholders, and through the spirit of awareness within the Pemuteran community that has been growing since these efforts started” said Agung Prana.

The regent and his entourage also made a comparative study trip to Mi-lan (Italy) between January 21rst to the 24th to have a closer look at road infrastructure, railways, tourism and the process of tourism supervisory management.(kmb34)

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Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati

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The coral reef in Pemuteran received award from UNWTO

Coral reef preservation in Buleleng wins UNWTO Award

SinGaraJa - regent of Buleleng, Putu agus Suradnyana, attended the 12th UnWTO awards for Excellence and in-novation in Tourism along with other UNWTO finalists from indonesia, indonesia, Cambodia, nepal, South africa, Brazil, Spain, Lithuania, Switzerland, Colombia, Kenya, Croatia and Korea.

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The tower, being built by Israel-based Megalim Solar Power, whose shareholders include General Elec-tric, will be taller than other solar towers, enabling it to generate up to 121 megawatts of power.

Due to be completed late next year at a cost of 3 billion shekels ($773 million), the facility will provide around 1 percent of Israel’s electricity under an agreement with the Israeli government, which aims for 10 percent of the country’s energy needs to be provided by renewables by 2020.

Most solar power in the world is generated by photovoltaic (PV) panels, which can be installed anywhere from a roof to a back-yard. In contrast, towers that use concentrated solar power, known as CSP, require a lot of land and are only cost-efficient in large-scale projects.

For that reason they have seen limited deployment, and mainly in the United States and Europe.

Megalim’s tower in the Negev desert, which stands out for miles around, is surrounded by 50,000

computer-controlled mirrors, to project the sun’s rays. They are bigger than in previous projects and controlled over a dedicated Wifi network, rather than with expensive cables used in the past, Megalim says.

The tower is privately funded but when completed the Israeli govern-ment has guaranteed to buy the power from it at an above-market price.

That means it will be effectively subsidised, but Megalim says it is working to further reduce costs. Shareholders including power tower pioneer Brightsource Energy as well as General Electric, which will pro-vide the turbine, want to build more such towers around the world. (rtr)

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A man holds a piece of iron ore in front of a remote-controlled truck in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, in this Decem-ber 2, 2013 file photo. New technology is helping miners cut costs to survive the worst downturn in commodity prices in nearly two decades, which is good news for companies that might otherwise have gone to the wall, not so good for an industry drowning in overcapacity.

MELBOURNE - New technol-ogy is helping miners cut costs to survive the worst downturn in com-modity prices in nearly two decades, which is good news for companies that might otherwise have gone to the wall, not so good for an industry drowning in overcapacity.

Commodity prices from coal to zinc are down in some case as much as 80 percent from record highs a few years ago, caused in part by slowing economic growth in China - for years the world’s biggest user of raw materials - which shows little signs of abating.

Global resource-based com-panies have adapted to the fall in revenue by adopting new technolo-gies enabling, for example, real-time tracking of operations, which helps reduce down time, saves fuel, improves safety and boosts production.

Despite the collapse in prices,

Australian mining companies have suffered only a 20 percent fall in profits in the most recent financial year relative to 2012, according to government data.

That means mines that would have been doomed in past down-turns are proving far more resilient, prolonging oversupply and keeping downward pressure on prices.

“You’re getting more output for a lower price. It’s just one issue that’s making production a bit stickier than you would expect,” said Ric Ronge, a portfolio manager of Pen-gana Global Resources Fund.

At a new gold mine in north-ern Canada, huge fans switch on to suck dust and diesel fumes out of shafts 650 metres un-derground when equipment or workers approach the area, and switch off when they leave, not wasting energy spinning all day long. (rtr)

Technology helps keep miners

afloat but prices under water

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Construction workers use a vacuum lifter and crane to move heliostat mirrors during the con-struction of a 240 meter (787 feet) solar-power tower in Israel’s southern Negev Desert, February 8, 2016. The world’s tallest solar-power tower is being built off a highway in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, its backers hoping the technology will gain a foothold in the solar market even if it remains a small player for now. Picture taken February 8, 2016.

Solar tower in desert promotes

Israel’s renewable energy drive

ASHALIM - In a vast expanse of open desert in southern Israel a 787-foot tower (240 metres) is taking shape that its builders hope will help make solar energy much more cost effective.

Secretary of the Gianyar De-velopment Plan Board (Bappeda), A.A. Gde Budiarta, said that the proposals being discussed and pri-oritized were from seven different villages in Ubud. The proposals were recapitulated in accordance with their respective field and then discussed by each group be-fore being prioritized. There were other villages that also submitted proposals however these were not included in the process, as they did not meet the requirements of the guidelines. “There are always proposals submitted to the district and province that in fact fall under the jurisdiction of the villages themselves. This is probably due to differeing interpretations within the village or a lack of human re-sources.” explained Budiarta, who added that each village should have prepared their respective proposals with regards to specific fields so that

time is not wasted hearing about other issues. These proposals, he explained, will be accommodated by relevant agencies and used as a reference in preparing the regional budget for 2017.

The development plan meeting for the subdistrict of Ubud, was at-tended by legislators from Ubud’s constituency, Chief of the Motivator Team of PKK Gianyar, Ida Ayu Surya Adnyani Mahayastra, relevant agen-cies, headmen and village envoys and was opened by Ubud’s subdistrict head, Ida Bagus Putu Suamba. The meeting went on until 15:00 with many participants reluctant to leave the room because they wanted to make sure that their proposals were listed and would be accommodated by relevant agencies.

The meeting participants were divided into groups according to priority for each proposal, but dur-ing the discussion session, traffic

congestion in Ubud emerged as a common issue from each group. Most communities proposed to immediately find a solution for the congestion in Ubud. “This proves that handling the problem of con-gestion is one of Ubud’s priorities” said Budiarta.

Similar opinion was disclosed by headman of Sayan, I Dewa Gede Agung, who added that the meeting went smoothly and that the issue of congestion was discussed by each group. The smoothness of the dis-cussion is attributed to the fact that villages no longer have to scramble to get subdistrict funds. Proposals for projects that fall under the au-thority of the villages are funded thorough village budgets that have been allocated anywhere form IDR 2 million to IDR 3 billion. Propos-als that were discussed during the development plan meeting were all related to projects that fall under the authority of the district, provincial and central governments.

“Hopefully, the next subdistrict development meeting can be more focused with less attention put on exposes about unrelated issues”, said Agung. (kmb25)

DENPASAR — Bali’s provin-cial government will be conducting studies related to the distribution of traditional alcoholic bever-ages including its adverse affects on public order. During the sixth plenary session with the agenda of discussing the gubernorial response to general perspectives held in the main courtroom of the Bali House of Representatives on Febuary 15th, Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika said: “We will first assess the distribution of traditional alco-holic beverage”. Pastika also stated that he agrees with the parliament’s proposal to establish a joint venture company that would manage tradi-tional alcoholic beverage producers. “I agree to facilitate the guidance and supervision of the production and circulation of these beverages” he added.

Aside from alcoholic beverage, Pastika also spoke about the ad-ditional investments in PT Penja-minan Kredit Daerah Provinsi Bali (PT Jamkrida). He appreciated the suggestion of the PDI-P Faction that a regional budget by-law should be prepared before allocating part of the budget.

“Similarly, it is suggested that every equity capital must be exam-ined in terms of its purpose for re-gional investment as set forth in the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs No. 52/2012 on Chapter II, Article 2 and 3, namely the use of the regional budget should be for

the maximal benefit of the people” he said.

Pastika also responded to other opinions and suggestions of the parliament including the agree-ment to organize and foster mass organization in Bali and suppress drug trafficking in Bali. Pastika also agreed about the need for studies to be done related to the creation of labor regulations in face of the competition that arises from the enactment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

“However, theses regulations must always be adapted to local wisdom in order to protect the cul-ture of Bali” he affirmed. Further-more, Pastika said that he will ex-amine more closely at suggestions about establishing an Energy and Mineral Resources Agency given that the management of a region should be done in accordance with Law No. 23/2014 -though so far the implementation of this has not been set by the government.

At the same meeting, Chairman of the Bali House of Representa-tives, I Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, submitted a recommendation to the Governor of Bali, for a revi-sion of Law No.33/2004 on the financial balance between the central government and regional government as well as Law No. 64/1958 on the establishment of the Province of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara. (kmb32)

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Traffic congestion in Ubud emerged as a common issue.

Congestion, Main focus of Ubud

subdistict development plan meeting

Provincial govt will assess traditional

alcoholic beverages and other issues

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Bali’s provincial government will be conducting studies related to the distribution of traditional alcoholic beverages including its adverse affects on public order.

GIANYAR — During the Ubud subdistrict development plan meeting held on Monday (Feb 15) at the subdistrict head meeting hall, it was revealed that the proposals submitted by villages and respective agencies from throughout Ginayar in Febuary 2016, all shared a common concern, namely: traffic congestion in Ubud.

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BOSTON - The northeastern United States on Friday faced a cold snap so severe that even world-class ski jumpers preparing for a night-time competition at Boston’s Fenway Park worried about the frigid weather.

Forecasters warned that temperatures would plummet below 0 de-grees Fahrenheit (-17.8 C) in Boston over the weekend and wind chill warnings were in effect over much of seven states, from New York to Maine, with winds forecast to gust up to 45 miles per hour (72 kph).

At Boston’s historic Fenway Park, ski jumpers were practicing their tricks on a 140-foot-high (42.7 m high) ski jump covered in artificial snow that towered over the stadium’s famed “Green Monster” left field wall.

Some competitors fretted that the 21 degree Fahrenheit (-6°C) temperatures forecast for the evening would harden the snow make their landings tougher than normal.

“Some of us would have liked it to be a little bit warmer,” said Keri Herman, 33, of Breckenridge, Colorado. “The snow is pretty bulletproof.”

The storm had officials throughout the region scrambling to prepare shelters for the homeless and urging their residents not to spend too long outdoors when the weekend low temperatures set in.

“Extremely low temperatures present challenges for our city,” said Boston Mayor Martin Walsh. “I ask each and every single Boston resident to stay safe and to look after their neighbors.”

National Weather Service meteorologists said the conditions would be the coldest seen in the region this year.

“It hasn’t been this cold this winter,” said meteorologist Alan Dun-ham. “The wind chill temperatures will be getting more extreme.”

The forecast was so daunting that organizers of New York City’s annual Central Park Ice Festival canceled the event, citing “extreme temperatures.”

The cold snap follows several weeks of unseasonably warm weather, which caused the organizers of an annual dog sled race in New Hamp-shire to cancel their event for lack of snow while the course for Maine’s U.S. National Toboggan Championships, which draws hundreds of competitors, was shortened last weekend because of thin ice on the pond where racers finish their high-speed runs. (rtr)

Obama, who leaves office next year, has championed a foreign policy pivot to Asia during his presidency and is determined to present the United States as a Pa-cific power.

His meeting with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was aimed at cementing that legacy.

“This reflects my personal com-mitment, and the national com-mitment of the United States, to a strong and enduring partnership with your 10 nations,” he said at the start of the two-day summit at Sunnylands, a California resort.

The meeting, at the same location where Obama once hosted Chinese

President Xi Jinping, was designed to demonstrate Washington’s role as a counterweight to Beijing and as an eager trading partner with ASEAN members.

White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice told reporters U.S. companies had more than doubled investment in the region since 2008.

On Monday the leaders were slated to focus on economic issues, including discussion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, which includes four ASEAN members: Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia. Others are interested in joining, and the White House wants to make sure the pact takes effect.

On Tuesday, the leaders will dis-cuss maritime issues, particularly the South China Sea, where China and several Southeast Asian states have conflicting and overlapping claims.

White House officials have said Obama would deliver a tough mes-sage to China that disputes over the South China Sea must be resolved peacefully and not by bullying.

“Here at this summit, we can advance our shared vision of a regional order where international rules and norms, including free-dom of navigation, are upheld and where disputes are resolved through peaceful, legal means,” Obama said.

The challenge may be to get all ASEAN countries to agree on a strong statement on the issue. Of-ficials say China has put pressure on countries such as Cambodia and Laos not to sign. (rtr)

U.S. northeast prepares for most severe cold snap of year

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An employee at the care centre for sea turtles at the Rochelle (CESTM - centre de soins pour tortues marines) measures a Caouanne turtle at the aquarium in La Rochelle, France, February 12, 2016. Sea turtles, recovered on the Atlantic beaches after winter storms, are cared for by staff at the CESTM where they are weighed, measured and brought back to health before being returned to the ocean.

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U.S. President Barack Obama greets Indonesian President Joko Widodo upon his arrival for the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit held at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California February 15, 2016. Obama will press leaders from Southeast Asia to boost trade and back a common stance on the South China Sea this summit that the White House hopes will solidify U.S. influence in the region.

Obama, Southeast Asia leaders eye China and trade at California summit

RANCHO MIRAGE - President Barack Obama gathered with leaders from Southeast Asia on Monday to strengthen trade ties and form a common stance over the South China Sea in a summit that the White House hopes will solidify U.S. influence in the region.

TABANAN — Having handled waste independently for eight years, Pandak Gede village in Kediri has a quite vital problem. Main facilities in the garbage truck are out of order. As a result, the waste disposal service within the four past days has not been running optimally so that it resulted in the accumula-tion of garbage in front of people’s houses. Certainly it is disturbing sights, especially Pandak Gede village, included in one of the villages passed through by travelers to Tanah Lot.

Headman of Pandak Gede, I Gede Putu Suci Arta, said on Monday (Feb. 15) that the problem to the garbage truck owned by the village frequently happens. “Every month there are always problems, so that the trans-port of waste cannot be done maximally,” he said.

Every day, the garbage truck is capable of transporting five cubic meters of waste in once trip. To clean up the garbage at Pandak Gede village with 1,000 house-holds, the truck has to carry it two times. This means that the total waste generated each day by local residents reaches 10 cubic meters.

He continued that the operating cost of the waste management exceeds the monthly levies per household. Each household will be charged at IDR 10,000 per month. Sometimes not all residents pay because the truck cannot serve to the fullest. On the other hand, since it is often out of order, every month the village must spend money at least IDR 5 million to repair it and it does not include the salary of a driver and two transport staff.

“Monthly revenues reach IDR 10 million. However, the operating costs are more than that. It can even reach IDR 15 million per month,” he said.

One of the measures taken to overcome this problem is struggling to get district

special financial aid or BKK fund. Village authorities have submitted a proposal to add the garbage transport facilities at the local village. “If the BKK fund can be obtained, it will be used to increase the waste transportation facilities at the vil-

lage,” he said.Suci Arta hoped the government can pro-

vide a help in the waste handling at Pandak Gede village. Though the village belongs to tourism lines, it is not covered by the service of the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency

(DKP). On that account, his authority handles the waste independently though it just trans-ports to Mandung landfill. “So far, we have not sorted and processed the waste, but just help dispose of it to Mandung landfill,” he said. (kmb24)

The prosecutor before the judges led by Dewa Suardhita declared that defendant Sayeb Mohammed Said was arrested at the Ngurah Rai Airport after smuggling drugs from Bangkok, Thailand to Bali. The man having profession as a sailor, Sayeb Mohammed Said, was found guilty of violating the provisions of Article 113 paragraph 2 of Law No. 35/2009 on narcotics. The defen-

dant was rated to import non-plant narcotics of first category weighing not more than 5 grams without per-mission of the authorities.

While Rudy Supriyanto and Agus Supriyadi were proved guilty in accordance with Article 114 paragraph 2 of Law No.35/2009 on narcotics. They accepted the delivery or became a courier of narcotics.

Prosecutors in their incriminating consideration as presented before the trial stated that the defendant Sayeb Mohammed did not support the government programs and tar-nished the image of Bali as a tourist destination. Especially for Agus Supriyadi, the incriminating aspect is that he has ever been punished. While the alleviating aspect for the defendant Sayeb Mohammed Said and Rudy Suprianto is that they have never been punished.

Hearing the demands, the de-fendant Sayeb Mohammed Said accompanied by his legal counsel, HM Rifan with M Ali Sadikin and Daniar Trisasongko, will deliver a plea next week.

For the defendant Agus Su-priyadi and Rudy Supriyanto, in

addition to getting 20 years impris-onment, they were also convicted with a fine worth IDR 1 billion with a substitute punishment of six months in jail. Through his legal counsel, Benny, the defen-dant will deliver a plea or defense next week.

Just a reminder, the defendant Sayeb Mohammed Said was arrest-ed at the Ngurah Rai International Airport, Saturday (Sep. 5, 2015). She was arrested while taking lug-gage after traveling from Bangkok, Thailand, by Air Asia with flight number QZ 521 of the Bangkok-Denpasar route, arriving around 18:00. The defendant was then taken to the Ngurah Rai Airport customs office for further inspec-tion, and then handed over to Bali

Police. When probed in subsequent investigation by police officers of the Bali Police Narcotic Unit, it is known if the crystal meth will be circulated in Bali and packages of the crystal meth would be picked up by someone when the defendant has arrived at the Hotel Puri Nusantara, Jalan Raya Tuban, Badung, where he was staying.

Moreover, the Bali Police man-aged to uncover that the defendant is controlled from two different prisons, namely the Nusa Kam-bangan and Singaraja Prison. This is in line with the Bali Police Nar-cotic Unit having arrested two new suspects namely Rudy Supriyanto and Agus Supriyadi. Half of the evidence was about to be sent to Surabaya. (kmb37)

Drugs smuggled

Indian citizen and his couriers charged with 20 years in prison

DENPASAR — Alleged to have smuggled crystal meth weigh-ing 1.516 grams gross, the man from India, Sayeb Mohammed Said, 29, was sentenced to 20 years in prison plus fine worth IDR 1 billion by prosecutor Eddy Artha Wijaya, Monday (Feb. 15). In addition, two other people alleged to get involved in this case (as courier), namely Agus Supriyadi and Rudy Supriyanto, were equally sentenced to 20 years in prison and fully deducted with his detention period.

Garbage truck out of order, garbage piles up at Pandak Gede

IBP/file

The waste disposal service within the four past days has not been running optimally in Pandak Gede village in Kediri, so that it resulted in the accumulation of garbage in front of people’s houses.

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BUSINESS

KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s bench-mark Nikkei 225 index added 0.2 percent to 16,054.43 after soaring 7.2 percent the day before, which was its biggest daily gain since September. South Korea’s Kospi rose 1.4 percent to 1,887.05 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 1.3 percent to 19,159.76. The Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China gained 3 percent to 2,827.84 and Austra-lia’s S&P/ASX 200 was up 1.4 percent to 4,810.00. Benchmarks in Taiwan and most of Southeast Asia also rose.

STIMULUS HOPES: With U.S. mar-kets closed for a holiday and therefore providing no guidance in either direc-tion, the global stock rally extended into a second day. Investor sentiment remained positive that central banks would continue to ease monetary policy thanks to comments from the head of the European Central Bank. With the ECB

set to discuss policy measures on March 10, Mario Draghi told the European Parliament on Monday that the bank has a range of instruments it can deploy if it decides more stimulus is needed. Earlier, a disappointing report on Japanese eco-nomic growth also raised hopes for more policy easing.

RENMINBI RELIEF: China’s strengthening currency also helped boost sentiment. The yuan hovered near its strongest level so far this year a day after the central bank guided the currency, also known as the renminbi, sharply higher. Meanwhile, new yuan loans jumped 71 percent in January, the official Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, sug-gesting solid demand in the world’s No. 2 economy.

ANALYST’S TAKE: “Since the start of January everything went south and we really needed some positive news,”

said Jackson Wong, associate director at Huarong International Securities. “Fac-tors that were affecting the markets nega-tively have turned positive now: the yen is weaker, the renminbi is stronger, global markets like the U.S. are stabilizing. All the negative catalysts from January are turning better.”

ENERGY: Oil futures bounced higher, with benchmark U.S. crude rising $1.28, or 4.4 percent, to $30.72 a barrel in elec-tronic trading on the New York Mercan-tile Exchange. The contract rose $3.23 to settle at $29.44 a barrel on Friday. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, added $1.38 to $34.77 a barrel in London.

EUROPE JUMP: Britain’s FTSE 100 closed 2 percent higher on Monday at 5,824.28 and Germany’s DAX gained 2.7 percent to 9,206.84. France’s CAC 40 rose 3 percent to close at 4,115.25.

CURRENCIES: The dollar strength-ened to 114.59 yen from 114.54 yen in Monday’s trading. The euro slipped to $1.1155 from $1.1167.(ap)

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia handed in its application for EU membership Monday, hoping to catch up with its neighbors on the EU path but confronting the reality that many in the country have grown tired of waiting for jobs and prosperity and are already voting with their feet.

President Dragan Covic submitted the application to the Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister, Bert Koenders, in Brussels. The Netherlands currently holds the EU presidency.

“There is no way back for Bosnia-Herzegovina, we must catch up with our neighbors,” Covic said. He said the country will speed up the required reforms in the expectation that the EU will grant the country candidate status in 2017.

Bosnia first knocked on the EU door in 2008 when it signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the bloc, 13 years after the end of the bloody conflict that left the country ethnically divided. But unresolved wartime quarrels have hindered the necessary reforms as Bosnian Serbs feared for their autonomy within Bosnia. This frustrated the Muslim Bosniaks and some Bosnian Croats, who felt they were hostages to the Serb lack of will to reform the country at least enough to attract foreign investments that would kickstart the economy.

The stalemate has produced an unemployment rate over 40 percent and a general feeling of apathy among Bosnians. Every year, tens of thousands decide to leave the country.

In 2014, about 68,000 Bosnians, mostly aged be-tween 25 and 40, permanently left the country of 3.8 million. For 2015, the figure will be 20 to 30 percent higher, parliamentarian Senad Sepic told the AP. “The very substance that should be building this country is leaving,” he said.

Things only started moving with the EU application in 2014, when Bosnian Serbs split their votes between two blocks — one that favors the reforms and one that continues to pursue a separate Serb state. Pro-EU Serb officials managed to push for the required reforms, enabling Bosnia to submit Monday’s application.

“It is a day of celebration for all of us: only 20 years ago, it was in the Balkans where one of the most awful pages of European history was written,” said a joint statement from the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, and EU Enlargement Commis-sioner Johannes Hahn.

But the recent progress comes too late for many. They are choosing to run toward the EU rather than limp there with Bosnia.

“Just from the town of Livno, 60 whole families left in January 2016 alone,” Sepic said. Livno is a town in the south of the country with 9,000 residents.

Germany is looking for 40,000 medical workers alone each year so in the past two years the number of applicants for German-language courses at the Goethe Institute in Sarajevo has doubled, and it keeps growing.

Amer Cekic, 20, a student of political science, at-tends the course because he believes it will help him find a job in Germany. “I feel I have no future here,” he said.(ap)

TOLEDO — A computer glitch led to a brief price war between two gas stations in northwest Ohio, allowing some drivers to fill their tanks for pen-nies per gallon.

WTOL-TV reports that a computer malfunction dropped prices at one north

Toledo gas station, and another across the street lowered its prices to stay competi-tive early Sunday.

Customer Taylor Kline told the station he filled his empty tank for just 26 cents. The extra-low pricing lasted at least three hours before returning to normal.

Ohio’s average price for a gallon of regular gas was $1.55 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That’s down from $2.29 a year ago. The national average Monday for regular gas was $1.70.

Bosnia applies for EU membership, hoping to make up ground

Ohio gas station glitch lets drivers fill up for pennies

Asian stocks rise again on stimulus hopes, yuan’s gain

A man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 at a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. Asian stocks rose for a second day Tues-day as rising hopes for more central bank stimulus and a jump in crude oil prices gave inves-tors relief from the mauling that mar-kets have suffered so far this year.

HONG KONG — Asian stocks rose for a second day Tuesday as a strengthening yuan and hopes for more central bank stimulus gave inves-tors relief from the mauling that markets have suffered so far this year.

AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko

The maritime border issue was discussed during a bilateral meeting between Presi-dent Joko Widodo and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung here, Monday, prior to the ASEAN-US Summit.

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi stated at a press confer-ence held after the bilateral meeting that the

maritime border dispute between the two countries had existed since long. “We have held seven meetings, so far, and the last one was in December 2015,” she noted.

Seeking solutions to border disputes have become a priority agenda of Indone-sias international politics, she added.

“Therefore, we are trying to deal with

all border problems. It happens that with Vietnam, there is an EEZ issue that has not been solved, and the president has given an instruction to address it immediately,” she noted.

During the bilateral meeting, the two leaders agreed to speed up the solution to the maritime border dispute, she added.

Vietnam and Indonesia held the seventh Technical Meeting on the Delimitation of the EEZ in Hanoi on December 15-17 last year.(ap)

JAKARTA - Indonesia will not bow to foreign pressure in addressing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issue. “We will not bow to foreign pressure in handling the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issue,” Coordinating Political, legal and Secu-rity Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said when visiting Muhammadiyah office here Monday.

Indonesia will not follow Brazil that has le-galized same-sex marriage (LGBT) even though Brazil is predominantly Catholic. “We do not want that. Therefore, we should be concerned about it properly,” the minister said. LGBT issues could not be ruled out. Therefore, the minister will conduct a number of meetings with various religious institutions, including Muhammadiyah to formulate appropriate poli-cies to address the issue.

“We should minimize the impact of LGBT people in Indonesia through a policy,” he re-marked. However, in the LGBT community are also Indonesian citizens who should be protected, he said. Muhammadiyah chair-man Haedar Nashir condemned the LGBT behavior. He also stated that the increase in LGBT cannot be protected under human rights.

The government should not worry over foreign pressure in relation to the LGBT is-sue, Nashir said. “Every government leader should preserve the sovereignty of the na-tion,” he remarked. Earlier, a member of the House of Representatives Commission I Ahmad Zainuddin urged the government to block internet-based applications contain-ing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) themes.

“The government should be proactive in response to internet-based applications contain-ing LGBT themes,” Ahmad Zainuddin noted in a press release received here Sunday. The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician stated that the government should issue a policy or a campaign on the LGBT ban.

In addition, the lawmaker lauded the Com-munications and Information Ministrys efforts in response to the publics criticism to LGBT content in smartphone messaging applications, such as Line and WhatsApp. “It is a matter of morals. WhatsApp and Facebook will place stickers bearing LGBT themes,” he pointed out.

The government should be as concerned about LGBT as other social crises such as por-nography and terrorism since it is a threat to the younger generation. “LGBT can endanger the generations of mankind. Therefore, all religions should reject LGBT,” he affirmed.

Being LGBT is not a question of freedom and human rights. Freedom still needs rules, and it is limited by other values, such as religion, culture, and public order, Zainuddin stated.

However, Zainuddin also called on the government and society to adopt a humane approach while handling LGBT people as they could be the victims of deviant sexual orienta-tion. “We should denounce the movement but should think of the LGBT people. We should also treat LGBT people wisely,” he emphasized.(ant)

PADANG - Indonesia will host the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) 2016 in the waters of Padang of West Sumatra Province on April 12-16, 2016, to strengthen maritime cooperation in the humanitarian sector.

“Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy Admiral Ade Supandi has planned to open the Final Planning Conference of MNEK tomorrow and will visit several zones of MNEK training,” Head of the MNEK 2016 Task Force First Admiral Hutabarat stated

here on Monday. Several delegations from foreign countries will attend the conference to finalize the plan to host a joint exercise by giving suggestions, Hutabarat added.

According to Hutabarat, the commit-tee noted that until now, 22 ships from 16 countries had confirmed their participation in the event. He believes that the total number of participants will increase in the coming days.

Hutabarat explained that the task force had cooperated with the West Sumatra

provincial administration, Padang city administration, and the Mentawai Islands administration to ensure the success of the joint exercise.

The MNEK 2016 is the second joint exercise to be held by the Indonesian Navy. The first MNEK was held in Batam Island, Anambas Islands, and Natuna Island.

According to Hutabarat, the MNEK will focus on non-war fighting exercise that pri-oritizes humanitarian aid and sharing knowl-edge on maritime security efforts.(ant)

Indonesia will not bow to foreign pressure regarding LGBT

Indonesia to host multilateral naval exercise to strengthen maritime cooperation

REUTERS/Mike Blake

Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia listens to U.S. President Barack Obama speak during a 10-nation Associa-tion of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Rancho Mirage, California February 15, 2016. Obama will press leaders from Southeast Asia to boost trade and back a common stance on the South China Sea.

Indonesia, Vietnam agree to expedite solution to maritime border dispute

CALIFORNIA - The Indonesian and Vietnamese governments have agreed to accelerate efforts to find a solution to the maritime border dispute involving the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between both nations.

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Justin Bieber started “Love Your-self” on guitar in good form, but ended with a vocal struggle. Little Big Town and Demi Lovato, however, had shining moments during their performances, hitting impressive and smooth high notes.

But Bieber also had a shining mo-ment: He won his first Grammy on Monday night for best dance recording for “Where Are U Now” with Skrillex and Diplo. The Grammys also marked first-time wins for Alabama Shakes, the Weeknd, Stapleton, Pitbull and Ed Sheeran, who won song of the year for “Thinking out Loud.”

“We wrote it on a couch in my

house,” he said of his hit song he wrote with Amy Wadge, which also won him best pop solo performance.

Alabama Shakes’ three wins in-cluded best alternative music album for “Sound & Color,” as well as rock song and rock performance for “Don’t Wanna Fight,” which they performed. “My heart is beating a mile a minute,” said frontwoman Brittany Howard. “I promise we’re going to keep going.”

The Weeknd, who won two awards, performed in a cube that was brightly lit for “Can’t Feel My Face” until he switched to a piano-tinged version of his upbeat hit “In the Night.” Staple-ton, who has written for dozens of country acts, won best country solo performance and country album for “Traveller.”(ap)

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The carnage occurred as Rus-sian-backed Syrian troops intensi-fied their push toward the rebel stronghold of Aleppo.

Fourteen people were killed in the town of Azaz near the Turkish border when missiles slammed into a school sheltering families flee-ing the offensive and a children’s hospital, two residents and a medic said.

Bombs also hit another refugee shelter south of the town and a convoy of trucks, another resident said.

“We have been moving scores of screaming children from the hospi-tal,” medic Juma Rahal said.

At least two children were killed

and scores of people injured, he said.

Activists posted video online purporting to show the damaged hospital. Three crying babies lay in incubators in a ward littered with broken medical equipment. Reuters could not independently verify the video.

In a separate incident, missiles hit another hospital in the town of Marat Numan in Idlib province, in northwestern Syria, said the French president of the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) charity, which was support-ing the hospital.

“There were at least seven deaths among the personnel and

the patients, and at least eight MSF personnel have disappeared, and we don’t know if they are alive,” Mego Terzian told Reuters.

“The author of the strike is clearly...either the government or Russia,” he said, adding that it was not the first time MSF facilities in Syria had been at-tacked.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks violence across the country, said one male nurse was killed and five female nurses, a doctor and one male nurse are believed to be under the rubble in the MSF hospital.

Also in Marat Numan, another strike hit the National Hospital on the north edge of town, kill-ing two nurses, the Observatory said. (rtr)

SEOUL - South Korean President Park Geun-hye pledged on Tuesday further “strong” measures against North Korea, after suspending opera-tions at a jointly run industrial park as punishment for the North’s recent long-range rocket launch and nuclear test.

It was time to face the “uncomfort-able truth” that the North would not change, Park said in comments that mark a significant reversal for a leader whose policy on Pyongyang had been based on what she’d described as “trustpolitik” that she hoped would lay the ground for eventual unification.

Park said past efforts at engage-ment had not worked. “It has become clear that the existing approach and goodwill are not going to break the North Korean regime’s nuclear devel-opment drive,” she told parliament.

Washington and Seoul are seeking support from Beijing, Pyongyang’s main ally, for tougher sanctions against North Korea for the Feb. 7 rocket launch and January’s nuclear test.

“The premise of ‘trustpolitik’ was that the North was a partner. The presi-dent’s comments in effect mean that

premise was wrong. It is a complete turnabout in North Korea policy,” said Hong Sung-gul, a political science professor at Kookmin University.

South Korea last week suspended the operation of the Kaesong industrial zone, which had been run jointly with the North for more than a decade. The industrial park was a key source of hard currency for the impoverished North.

Seoul also agreed to enter talks with Washington for deploying a mis-sile defence system in South Korea, which China strongly opposes.

“The government will take strong and effective measures for the North to come to the bone-numbing realisa-tion that nuclear development will not help its survival but rather it will only speed up the collapse of the regime,” Park said.

She did not specify what the mea-sures would involve.

Seoul and Washington have said the rocket launch was in fact a long-range missile test that violated U.N. Security Council resolutions. The North said the launch was part of its scientific programme designed to launch satellites into space. (rtr)

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People gather near what is said to be a hospital damaged by missile attacks in Azaz, Aleppo, Syria, February 15, 2016 in this still image taken from a video on a social media website. Seven Russian missiles struck a hospital in the northern Syrian town of Azaz on Monday, a Turkish security official said, adding the civilian death toll to rise above 14.

Missiles in Syria kill 50 as schools,

hospitals hit; Turkey accuses Russia

BEIRUT- About 50 civilians were killed when missiles hit five medical centres and two schools in rebel-held Syrian towns on Monday, the United Nations and residents said.

South Korea’s Park, in reversal, vows hard

line with N.Korea

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South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers her speech during a plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, February 16, 2016.

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TOKYO - The return of Masayo Imura, known as the “mother” of Japanese synchro-nised swimming, has bolstered the country’s hopes ahead of this year’s Olympic Games to such an extent the team will be considered “fail-ures” if they return from Rio without a medal.

Japan won bronze when the team event was added to the programme at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and took silver in Sydney and in Athens four years later. They also won duet bronze from 1984 to 1992 and silver in 2000 and 2004. At the Beijing Games in 2008, Japan took bronze in the duet but failed to medal in the team event, while China, under Imura’s guidance, finished third.

The Chinese then went one better in Lon-don with silver while Japan failed to make the podium in either category.

Imura’s role in China’s success prompted

scathing criticism on social media for her “betrayal” of her homeland.

However, Imura returned home to take over as head coach in 2014 and the switch reaped immediate dividends. The Japanese took bronze at the World Championships in both team and duet events last year -- success which captain Yukiko Inui said had jacked up expectations for Rio.

“Now we’re in a position where if we don’t take a medal, we’ve failed,” Inui told reporters poolside after a recent practice session.

“So we’re under a lot of pressure. The Olympics will be even tougher.”

To prepare for Olympic preliminaries in Rio this March, the team -- which usually train and compete indoors -- underwent rigorous training in Guam to acclimatise to an outdoor pool for Rio. (rtr)

A run to the final at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy ensured that Bencic, 18, became the first woman aged under 20 to enter the top 10 since Caroline Wozniacki in 2009.

“As a small kid, everyone is dreaming to one day become top 10,” Bencic, who won two titles in 2015, said in a statement.

“I now realise that all the hard work paid off. Until now, I didn’t know if I would make it. But this is an amazing moment for me and just... my dream. My goal is reached.”

A sport that was once the domain of teenage champions, with players such as Steffi Graf, Mon-ica Seles, Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario and Martina Hingis winning grand slam titles before turning 20, has seen a shift in recent years.

Maria Sharapova’s triumph at the 2006 U.S. Open was the last time a teenaged player won a slam, while last year’s four majors were all won by 30-something women as Serena Williams and Fla-via Pennetta walked away with the spoils. (rtr)

Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic celebrates after winning her third round match

against Ukraine’s Kateryna Bondarenko at the Australian Open tennis tourna-

ment at Melbourne Park, Australia, Janu-ary 22, 2016. Bencic became the first

teenager in seven years to reach the top 10 of the WTA rankings after she climbed

to ninth in the world on Monday.

Bencic becomes first teenager since 2009 to crack WTA top 10

LONDON - Switzerland’s Belinda Ben-cic became the first teenager in seven years to reach the top 10 of the WTA rankings after she climbed to ninth in the world on Monday.

REUTERS/Jason Reed

Imura return boosts Japan’s synchro hopes

Members of Japan’s synchronised swimming team perform during a training session at a pool at the Japan Institute of Sport Science in Tokyo, Japan, Febru-ary 12, 2016. The return of Masayo Imura, known as the “mother” of Japanese synchronised swimming, has bolstered the country’s hopes ahead of this year’s Olympic Games to such an extent the team will be considered “failures” if they return from Rio without a medal. Picture taken February 12, 2016.

REUTERS/Thomas Peter

NUSA PENIDA - Bali gives many beautiful beaches that has uniqueness. One of them is Pasih Uug Beach. Pasih Uug Beach (Broken Beach) Nusa Penida Island is a tourist area that is very unique. From the name itself ‘Pasih Uug Beach’ (Balinese language) is defined as damaged beach. Although interpreted thus, this would be a tourist area that is truly unique and attractive.

Pasih Uug Beach (Broken Beach) Nusa Penida may not be much different as Uluwatu tourism area in Bali. However, in mentioning no Pasih Beach attractions like temples or apes. However, in view Pasih Uug Beach (Broken Beach) is not less beautiful with Uluwatu. In addition, Pasih Uug Beach much more quiet and comfortable because of the remoteness of the settlements.

Pasih Uug Beach located in Banjar Sumpang, Village Flower Blooms, precisely in NusaPenida to the west. To reach this place, we must be willing to pass the trail by foot or bicycle. That’s because the road to get there, not yet fully reached into the location Pasih Uug Beach. (IBP/net)

Pasih Uug Beach

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Ronaldo is the competition’s leading marksman this season with 11 goals, a record for the group phase. Zidane, a Champions League winner playing for Real in 2002, said Ronaldo was on top of his game after the Portuguese scored twice in Saturday’s 4-2 Liga win over Athletic Bilbao.

“Cristiano is very important on the wing because when he at-tacks one-on-one he’s very good... he’s very hard to defend against,” Zidane added before the game at the Stadio Olimpico. “That’s how we scored the first goal (against Athletic).”

Left back Marcelo has recov-ered faster than expected from a shoulder injury that forced him to miss Saturday’s home game, was back in training on Monday and named in the match squad. “We have to be especially wary of the speed of (Roma’s) players because that could hurt us,” Real striker Karim Benzema was quoted as saying in Mundo Deportivo.

“They’re going to play to win because it’s a very important game for them at home. We must win too because we know that to qualify the key is the first leg... If we’re at our best we’ll win.”

Isco looks certain to play in central midfield with Zidane saying he gave Mateo Kovacic a game against Athletic to rest the Spaniard, who has been a regular alongside Toni Kroos and Luka Modric under the Frenchman.

The match pits two recently appointed coaches against each other after Zidane and Luciano Spalletti took charge last month. Spalletti returned for a second spell at Roma, who are on a run of four wins in Serie A, to replace Rudi Garcia.

Spalletti will have been pleased to see striker Edin Dzeko end his three-month scoring drought with a goal in Roma’s 3-1 win at Carpi on Friday, although the man Real must especially guard against is winger Mohamed Salah, who also netted.

Garcia’s tenure effectively ended with the 6-1 drubbing by Barcelona at the Nou Camp in the

Champions League group stage, a result they will want to put firmly behind them on Wednesday. (rtr)

FRISCO — The U.S. wom-en’s soccer team’s younger reserves not only didn’t disap-point in their Group A finale in CONCACAF qualifying for the Rio Olympics, they delivered a record performance.

Crystal Dunn, one of only three regulars to start, tied a national team record with five goals and the U.S. routed Puerto Rico 10-0 Monday night to win the group.

“I’d like to think this is a special moment,” said Dunn, who couldn’t recall another five-goal game during her entire soccer career, “but I’d love to think there’s more to come.”

“Crystal worked real hard tonight,” U.S. coach Jill Ellis said. “She was in a good posi-tion in central; I think that’s probably her most comfortable position. Obviously, got a lot of service from her teammates. It’s tremendous for her and for her confidence.”

The top-ranked Americans scored three times within 1:56 during the second half and outshot Puerto Rico 32-1.

The U.S. can clinch one of the 12 slots in Brazil with a win in its CONCACAF semifinal

game Friday in Houston. It will face the runner-up of Group B, which will finish play Tuesday. Canada is expected to win that group with Guyana or Trinidad & Tobago finishing second.

The U.S. remained unbeaten in all-time CONCACAF quali-fying play at 16-0-1, having scored 91 goals and allowing four.

The tou rnamen t i s t he Americans’ first competitive play since winning last sum-mer’s World Cup in Canada. They have won three straight Olympic titles and four of the five that have been staged in women’s soccer.

Group A’s other semifinal-ist is Costa Rica, which edged Mexico 2-1 in Monday’s first game at Toyota Stadium.

Dunn’s scores came in the sixth, 21st, 62nd, 85th and 87th minutes. She had five career goals going into the game and became the seventh U.S. woman to score five in a match.

The other five goals came from Carli Lloyd (on a penalty kick), Kelley O’Hara, Christen Press, Samantha Mewis (her first career score) and on an own goal. (ap)

ChelSea manager Guus Hiddink has reminded Eden Haz-ard of his priorities, asking the midfielder to focus on improving his form and fitness rather than contemplating a potential move at the end of the season.

Ahead of Tuesday’s Champi-ons League clash with Paris St Germain (PSG), Hazard left the door open on a move to Span-ish giants Real Madrid or the French club to fulfil his ambi-tion of winning the Champions League.

The 25-year-old told Le Pa-risien he would find it “hard to say no” if PSG bid for him at the end of the campaign, but Hiddink suggested the player would be

better off proving his worth in England.

Hazard, Chelsea’s player of the year last season, signed a new five-year contract last year, but scored his only club goal of the season so far from the penalty spot against second-tier side Mil-ton Keynes Dons in the FA Cup on Jan. 31.

“Well, he has a contract that he extended but first he must get fit and show he is a top player and then for Chelsea, which is a top club, he can be of huge value,” Hiddink told reporters when asked if Hazard would stay in England.

“PSG have big targets to win the Champions League and,

step by step, they have gathered a reputation and are very seri-ous about becoming one of the biggest teams in Europe, so this challenge, I can understand.

“(But) for me, I think big, big, big players always like to be in the biggest league, which is the Premier League, La Liga and also the Bundesliga.”

Chelsea’s chances of playing in the Champions League next season rest almost solely on them winning the competition as they are 12th in the Premier League, 14 points behind fourth-placed Manchester City who occupy the final qualifying spot. The second leg with PSG is at Stamford Bridge on March 9. (rtr)

lONDON — Sheikh Salman’s cre-dentials to run FIFA were questioned by the head of the English Football Association on Monday ahead of next week’s election. The Asian Football Confederation president is a leading candidate to succeed Sepp Blatter but remains under scrutiny over his role in Bahrain’s Arab Spring uprising in 2011.

Last week another candidate, Prince Ali of Jordan, publicly ques-tioned whether Sheikh Salman protected Bahrain players who al-leged abuses after pro-democracy protests. Sheikh Salman, a member of Bahrain’s royal family who was president of the Bahrain Football As-sociation at the time, has strongly and repeatedly denied wrongdoing. Later Monday, the sheikh was praised by former presidential hopeful Michel Platini.

Platini, the suspended UEFA presi-dent, said his own general secretary, Gianni Infantino, and Sheikh Salman were the two front-runners in the five-candidate election.

“There are two favorites,” Platini said at FIFA after an appeal hearing against his eight-year ban. “I have two people I really like.” But English Football Association chairman Greg Dyke said there remains “an issue about Bahrain.”

“No one denies that there were violations of human rights involving sportsmen and footballers that went on four years ago,” Dyke told the BBC. “No one denies that. The denial is over

whether or not he was involved.“The question is: Does it matter

whether or not he was involved, or is it the fact, can you have someone from Bahrain running world football, in charge of world football, given what happened there four years ago? I personally have my doubts.”

Sheikh Salman has often said gov-ernment issues are not the responsibil-ity of sports leaders and accused critics of creating “nasty lies about something they want to use for their purpose.”

England is yet to publicly back a candidate, but hosted a campaign event for UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino. Salman and Infantino are competing against South African businessman Tokyo Sexwale, former FIFA official Jerome Champagne and Prince Ali.

Although Salman has the backing of the Asian and African confedera-tion executive committees, Infantino has more public endorsements from individual federations who vote on Feb. 26. Infantino has been backed so far by at least 65 of FIFA’s 209 member nations.

“Gianni, he’s a person I trained a little over these last few years. I explained to him certain things,” said Platini, whose campaign was backed by Sheikh Salman before FIFA sus-pended then banned him. “Salman, my friend, who announced he supported me from the start.

“It’s difficult to really choose be-tween one and the other,” Platini said. “It’s a bit complicated.” (ap)

SaO PaUlO — Brazilian authorities have blocked as-sets of Barcelona star Neymar, including a yacht, a jet and several properties worth almost $50 million.

A Sao Paulo federal court rejected an appeal from the Brazilian striker last week and started issuing warrants to freeze the assets worth 192 million reals (almost $50 million), Brazilian media reported on Monday.

Last year, Neymar, his fam-ily and related businesses were found guilty of evading 63 mil-lion reals in taxes (almost $16 million) between 2011 and 2013 when he was playing for Brazil-ian club Santos. He has denied any wrongdoing.

The 23-year-old Neymar used the jet to travel to Brazil for

World Cup qualifying matches and holidays. Iagaro Jung Mar-tins, an auditor with Brazil’s federal tax agency, told The As-sociated Press that Neymar isn’t likely to go to jail if he pays what regulators say he owes.

“He can still appeal that deci-sion, but it is a step forward,” Martins told the AP. “Nothing changed to what was in place last year: if he pays what he owes, the case is closed. Our legislation isn’t too harsh.”

The assets seizure is the latest in a streak of bad news for the Brazilian star off the pitch.

On Feb. 2 Neymar and his father were questioned for three hours in a Madrid court about the player’s transfer to Barcelona. The case was brought by Grupo Sonda, which invested in Ney-

mar early in his career and was allegedly entitled to 40 percent of the total transfer amount.

Barcelona maintains the deal cost the club 57.1 million euros (then $74 million). Santos offi-cially received a payment of 17.1 million euros ($18.5 million), with the remaining 40 million euros ($55.5 million) going to a company owned by Neymar’s fa-ther, Neymar Santos. But inves-tigations in Spain later showed that Barcelona spent nearly 83.3 million euros ($90 million) to acquire Neymar.

Former and current Barcelona presidents and representatives of Santos were also questioned. The Brazilian club also claims to have been hurt by the transfers. All parties denied any wrongdo-ing. (ap)

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

United States forward Crystal Dunn (16) scores her fifth goal of the game on a shot past Puerto Rico defender Mirianee Zaragoza (16) during the second half at Toyota Stadium. The United States shuts out Puerto Rico 10-0.

Dunn’s 5 goals for US highlight 10-0 rout of Puerto Rico

REUTERS/Andrea Comas

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates a goal.

Ronaldo back on Champions League goal trail at Roma

AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, file

FILE - In this Thursday, April 30, 2015 file photo, Asian Football Confederation President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa leaves the AFC Congress in Manama, Bahrain. The Confederation of African Football said Friday it is backing Sheikh Salman of Bahrain in this month’s FIFA presidential election.

English FA head doubts Salman’s

suitability to lead FIFA

Brazil court freezes Neymar assets, including yacht and jet

Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Couldridge

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard applauds fans after the game

Chelsea’s Hiddink wants Hazard to focus on form, not PSG

Real MaDRID coach Zinedine Zidane reckons Cristiano Ronaldo is on top form as the Por-tuguese looks to increase his Champions League goals tally when they visit AS Roma in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday.

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Ronaldo is the competition’s leading marksman this season with 11 goals, a record for the group phase. Zidane, a Champions League winner playing for Real in 2002, said Ronaldo was on top of his game after the Portuguese scored twice in Saturday’s 4-2 Liga win over Athletic Bilbao.

“Cristiano is very important on the wing because when he at-tacks one-on-one he’s very good... he’s very hard to defend against,” Zidane added before the game at the Stadio Olimpico. “That’s how we scored the first goal (against Athletic).”

Left back Marcelo has recov-ered faster than expected from a shoulder injury that forced him to miss Saturday’s home game, was back in training on Monday and named in the match squad. “We have to be especially wary of the speed of (Roma’s) players because that could hurt us,” Real striker Karim Benzema was quoted as saying in Mundo Deportivo.

“They’re going to play to win because it’s a very important game for them at home. We must win too because we know that to qualify the key is the first leg... If we’re at our best we’ll win.”

Isco looks certain to play in central midfield with Zidane saying he gave Mateo Kovacic a game against Athletic to rest the Spaniard, who has been a regular alongside Toni Kroos and Luka Modric under the Frenchman.

The match pits two recently appointed coaches against each other after Zidane and Luciano Spalletti took charge last month. Spalletti returned for a second spell at Roma, who are on a run of four wins in Serie A, to replace Rudi Garcia.

Spalletti will have been pleased to see striker Edin Dzeko end his three-month scoring drought with a goal in Roma’s 3-1 win at Carpi on Friday, although the man Real must especially guard against is winger Mohamed Salah, who also netted.

Garcia’s tenure effectively ended with the 6-1 drubbing by Barcelona at the Nou Camp in the

Champions League group stage, a result they will want to put firmly behind them on Wednesday. (rtr)

FRISCO — The U.S. wom-en’s soccer team’s younger reserves not only didn’t disap-point in their Group A finale in CONCACAF qualifying for the Rio Olympics, they delivered a record performance.

Crystal Dunn, one of only three regulars to start, tied a national team record with five goals and the U.S. routed Puerto Rico 10-0 Monday night to win the group.

“I’d like to think this is a special moment,” said Dunn, who couldn’t recall another five-goal game during her entire soccer career, “but I’d love to think there’s more to come.”

“Crystal worked real hard tonight,” U.S. coach Jill Ellis said. “She was in a good posi-tion in central; I think that’s probably her most comfortable position. Obviously, got a lot of service from her teammates. It’s tremendous for her and for her confidence.”

The top-ranked Americans scored three times within 1:56 during the second half and outshot Puerto Rico 32-1.

The U.S. can clinch one of the 12 slots in Brazil with a win in its CONCACAF semifinal

game Friday in Houston. It will face the runner-up of Group B, which will finish play Tuesday. Canada is expected to win that group with Guyana or Trinidad & Tobago finishing second.

The U.S. remained unbeaten in all-time CONCACAF quali-fying play at 16-0-1, having scored 91 goals and allowing four.

The tou rnamen t i s t he Americans’ first competitive play since winning last sum-mer’s World Cup in Canada. They have won three straight Olympic titles and four of the five that have been staged in women’s soccer.

Group A’s other semifinal-ist is Costa Rica, which edged Mexico 2-1 in Monday’s first game at Toyota Stadium.

Dunn’s scores came in the sixth, 21st, 62nd, 85th and 87th minutes. She had five career goals going into the game and became the seventh U.S. woman to score five in a match.

The other five goals came from Carli Lloyd (on a penalty kick), Kelley O’Hara, Christen Press, Samantha Mewis (her first career score) and on an own goal. (ap)

ChelSea manager Guus Hiddink has reminded Eden Haz-ard of his priorities, asking the midfielder to focus on improving his form and fitness rather than contemplating a potential move at the end of the season.

Ahead of Tuesday’s Champi-ons League clash with Paris St Germain (PSG), Hazard left the door open on a move to Span-ish giants Real Madrid or the French club to fulfil his ambi-tion of winning the Champions League.

The 25-year-old told Le Pa-risien he would find it “hard to say no” if PSG bid for him at the end of the campaign, but Hiddink suggested the player would be

better off proving his worth in England.

Hazard, Chelsea’s player of the year last season, signed a new five-year contract last year, but scored his only club goal of the season so far from the penalty spot against second-tier side Mil-ton Keynes Dons in the FA Cup on Jan. 31.

“Well, he has a contract that he extended but first he must get fit and show he is a top player and then for Chelsea, which is a top club, he can be of huge value,” Hiddink told reporters when asked if Hazard would stay in England.

“PSG have big targets to win the Champions League and,

step by step, they have gathered a reputation and are very seri-ous about becoming one of the biggest teams in Europe, so this challenge, I can understand.

“(But) for me, I think big, big, big players always like to be in the biggest league, which is the Premier League, La Liga and also the Bundesliga.”

Chelsea’s chances of playing in the Champions League next season rest almost solely on them winning the competition as they are 12th in the Premier League, 14 points behind fourth-placed Manchester City who occupy the final qualifying spot. The second leg with PSG is at Stamford Bridge on March 9. (rtr)

lONDON — Sheikh Salman’s cre-dentials to run FIFA were questioned by the head of the English Football Association on Monday ahead of next week’s election. The Asian Football Confederation president is a leading candidate to succeed Sepp Blatter but remains under scrutiny over his role in Bahrain’s Arab Spring uprising in 2011.

Last week another candidate, Prince Ali of Jordan, publicly ques-tioned whether Sheikh Salman protected Bahrain players who al-leged abuses after pro-democracy protests. Sheikh Salman, a member of Bahrain’s royal family who was president of the Bahrain Football As-sociation at the time, has strongly and repeatedly denied wrongdoing. Later Monday, the sheikh was praised by former presidential hopeful Michel Platini.

Platini, the suspended UEFA presi-dent, said his own general secretary, Gianni Infantino, and Sheikh Salman were the two front-runners in the five-candidate election.

“There are two favorites,” Platini said at FIFA after an appeal hearing against his eight-year ban. “I have two people I really like.” But English Football Association chairman Greg Dyke said there remains “an issue about Bahrain.”

“No one denies that there were violations of human rights involving sportsmen and footballers that went on four years ago,” Dyke told the BBC. “No one denies that. The denial is over

whether or not he was involved.“The question is: Does it matter

whether or not he was involved, or is it the fact, can you have someone from Bahrain running world football, in charge of world football, given what happened there four years ago? I personally have my doubts.”

Sheikh Salman has often said gov-ernment issues are not the responsibil-ity of sports leaders and accused critics of creating “nasty lies about something they want to use for their purpose.”

England is yet to publicly back a candidate, but hosted a campaign event for UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino. Salman and Infantino are competing against South African businessman Tokyo Sexwale, former FIFA official Jerome Champagne and Prince Ali.

Although Salman has the backing of the Asian and African confedera-tion executive committees, Infantino has more public endorsements from individual federations who vote on Feb. 26. Infantino has been backed so far by at least 65 of FIFA’s 209 member nations.

“Gianni, he’s a person I trained a little over these last few years. I explained to him certain things,” said Platini, whose campaign was backed by Sheikh Salman before FIFA sus-pended then banned him. “Salman, my friend, who announced he supported me from the start.

“It’s difficult to really choose be-tween one and the other,” Platini said. “It’s a bit complicated.” (ap)

SaO PaUlO — Brazilian authorities have blocked as-sets of Barcelona star Neymar, including a yacht, a jet and several properties worth almost $50 million.

A Sao Paulo federal court rejected an appeal from the Brazilian striker last week and started issuing warrants to freeze the assets worth 192 million reals (almost $50 million), Brazilian media reported on Monday.

Last year, Neymar, his fam-ily and related businesses were found guilty of evading 63 mil-lion reals in taxes (almost $16 million) between 2011 and 2013 when he was playing for Brazil-ian club Santos. He has denied any wrongdoing.

The 23-year-old Neymar used the jet to travel to Brazil for

World Cup qualifying matches and holidays. Iagaro Jung Mar-tins, an auditor with Brazil’s federal tax agency, told The As-sociated Press that Neymar isn’t likely to go to jail if he pays what regulators say he owes.

“He can still appeal that deci-sion, but it is a step forward,” Martins told the AP. “Nothing changed to what was in place last year: if he pays what he owes, the case is closed. Our legislation isn’t too harsh.”

The assets seizure is the latest in a streak of bad news for the Brazilian star off the pitch.

On Feb. 2 Neymar and his father were questioned for three hours in a Madrid court about the player’s transfer to Barcelona. The case was brought by Grupo Sonda, which invested in Ney-

mar early in his career and was allegedly entitled to 40 percent of the total transfer amount.

Barcelona maintains the deal cost the club 57.1 million euros (then $74 million). Santos offi-cially received a payment of 17.1 million euros ($18.5 million), with the remaining 40 million euros ($55.5 million) going to a company owned by Neymar’s fa-ther, Neymar Santos. But inves-tigations in Spain later showed that Barcelona spent nearly 83.3 million euros ($90 million) to acquire Neymar.

Former and current Barcelona presidents and representatives of Santos were also questioned. The Brazilian club also claims to have been hurt by the transfers. All parties denied any wrongdo-ing. (ap)

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

United States forward Crystal Dunn (16) scores her fifth goal of the game on a shot past Puerto Rico defender Mirianee Zaragoza (16) during the second half at Toyota Stadium. The United States shuts out Puerto Rico 10-0.

Dunn’s 5 goals for US highlight 10-0 rout of Puerto Rico

REUTERS/Andrea Comas

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates a goal.

Ronaldo back on Champions League goal trail at Roma

AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, file

FILE - In this Thursday, April 30, 2015 file photo, Asian Football Confederation President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa leaves the AFC Congress in Manama, Bahrain. The Confederation of African Football said Friday it is backing Sheikh Salman of Bahrain in this month’s FIFA presidential election.

English FA head doubts Salman’s

suitability to lead FIFA

Brazil court freezes Neymar assets, including yacht and jet

Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Couldridge

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard applauds fans after the game

Chelsea’s Hiddink wants Hazard to focus on form, not PSG

Real MaDRID coach Zinedine Zidane reckons Cristiano Ronaldo is on top form as the Por-tuguese looks to increase his Champions League goals tally when they visit AS Roma in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday.

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TOKYO - The return of Masayo Imura, known as the “mother” of Japanese synchro-nised swimming, has bolstered the country’s hopes ahead of this year’s Olympic Games to such an extent the team will be considered “fail-ures” if they return from Rio without a medal.

Japan won bronze when the team event was added to the programme at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and took silver in Sydney and in Athens four years later. They also won duet bronze from 1984 to 1992 and silver in 2000 and 2004. At the Beijing Games in 2008, Japan took bronze in the duet but failed to medal in the team event, while China, under Imura’s guidance, finished third.

The Chinese then went one better in Lon-don with silver while Japan failed to make the podium in either category.

Imura’s role in China’s success prompted

scathing criticism on social media for her “betrayal” of her homeland.

However, Imura returned home to take over as head coach in 2014 and the switch reaped immediate dividends. The Japanese took bronze at the World Championships in both team and duet events last year -- success which captain Yukiko Inui said had jacked up expectations for Rio.

“Now we’re in a position where if we don’t take a medal, we’ve failed,” Inui told reporters poolside after a recent practice session.

“So we’re under a lot of pressure. The Olympics will be even tougher.”

To prepare for Olympic preliminaries in Rio this March, the team -- which usually train and compete indoors -- underwent rigorous training in Guam to acclimatise to an outdoor pool for Rio. (rtr)

A run to the final at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy ensured that Bencic, 18, became the first woman aged under 20 to enter the top 10 since Caroline Wozniacki in 2009.

“As a small kid, everyone is dreaming to one day become top 10,” Bencic, who won two titles in 2015, said in a statement.

“I now realise that all the hard work paid off. Until now, I didn’t know if I would make it. But this is an amazing moment for me and just... my dream. My goal is reached.”

A sport that was once the domain of teenage champions, with players such as Steffi Graf, Mon-ica Seles, Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario and Martina Hingis winning grand slam titles before turning 20, has seen a shift in recent years.

Maria Sharapova’s triumph at the 2006 U.S. Open was the last time a teenaged player won a slam, while last year’s four majors were all won by 30-something women as Serena Williams and Fla-via Pennetta walked away with the spoils. (rtr)

Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic celebrates after winning her third round match

against Ukraine’s Kateryna Bondarenko at the Australian Open tennis tourna-

ment at Melbourne Park, Australia, Janu-ary 22, 2016. Bencic became the first

teenager in seven years to reach the top 10 of the WTA rankings after she climbed

to ninth in the world on Monday.

Bencic becomes first teenager since 2009 to crack WTA top 10

LONDON - Switzerland’s Belinda Ben-cic became the first teenager in seven years to reach the top 10 of the WTA rankings after she climbed to ninth in the world on Monday.

REUTERS/Jason Reed

Imura return boosts Japan’s synchro hopes

Members of Japan’s synchronised swimming team perform during a training session at a pool at the Japan Institute of Sport Science in Tokyo, Japan, Febru-ary 12, 2016. The return of Masayo Imura, known as the “mother” of Japanese synchronised swimming, has bolstered the country’s hopes ahead of this year’s Olympic Games to such an extent the team will be considered “failures” if they return from Rio without a medal. Picture taken February 12, 2016.

REUTERS/Thomas Peter

NUSA PENIDA - Bali gives many beautiful beaches that has uniqueness. One of them is Pasih Uug Beach. Pasih Uug Beach (Broken Beach) Nusa Penida Island is a tourist area that is very unique. From the name itself ‘Pasih Uug Beach’ (Balinese language) is defined as damaged beach. Although interpreted thus, this would be a tourist area that is truly unique and attractive.

Pasih Uug Beach (Broken Beach) Nusa Penida may not be much different as Uluwatu tourism area in Bali. However, in mentioning no Pasih Beach attractions like temples or apes. However, in view Pasih Uug Beach (Broken Beach) is not less beautiful with Uluwatu. In addition, Pasih Uug Beach much more quiet and comfortable because of the remoteness of the settlements.

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Justin Bieber started “Love Your-self” on guitar in good form, but ended with a vocal struggle. Little Big Town and Demi Lovato, however, had shining moments during their performances, hitting impressive and smooth high notes.

But Bieber also had a shining mo-ment: He won his first Grammy on Monday night for best dance recording for “Where Are U Now” with Skrillex and Diplo. The Grammys also marked first-time wins for Alabama Shakes, the Weeknd, Stapleton, Pitbull and Ed Sheeran, who won song of the year for “Thinking out Loud.”

“We wrote it on a couch in my

house,” he said of his hit song he wrote with Amy Wadge, which also won him best pop solo performance.

Alabama Shakes’ three wins in-cluded best alternative music album for “Sound & Color,” as well as rock song and rock performance for “Don’t Wanna Fight,” which they performed. “My heart is beating a mile a minute,” said frontwoman Brittany Howard. “I promise we’re going to keep going.”

The Weeknd, who won two awards, performed in a cube that was brightly lit for “Can’t Feel My Face” until he switched to a piano-tinged version of his upbeat hit “In the Night.” Staple-ton, who has written for dozens of country acts, won best country solo performance and country album for “Traveller.”(ap)

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The carnage occurred as Rus-sian-backed Syrian troops intensi-fied their push toward the rebel stronghold of Aleppo.

Fourteen people were killed in the town of Azaz near the Turkish border when missiles slammed into a school sheltering families flee-ing the offensive and a children’s hospital, two residents and a medic said.

Bombs also hit another refugee shelter south of the town and a convoy of trucks, another resident said.

“We have been moving scores of screaming children from the hospi-tal,” medic Juma Rahal said.

At least two children were killed

and scores of people injured, he said.

Activists posted video online purporting to show the damaged hospital. Three crying babies lay in incubators in a ward littered with broken medical equipment. Reuters could not independently verify the video.

In a separate incident, missiles hit another hospital in the town of Marat Numan in Idlib province, in northwestern Syria, said the French president of the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) charity, which was support-ing the hospital.

“There were at least seven deaths among the personnel and

the patients, and at least eight MSF personnel have disappeared, and we don’t know if they are alive,” Mego Terzian told Reuters.

“The author of the strike is clearly...either the government or Russia,” he said, adding that it was not the first time MSF facilities in Syria had been at-tacked.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks violence across the country, said one male nurse was killed and five female nurses, a doctor and one male nurse are believed to be under the rubble in the MSF hospital.

Also in Marat Numan, another strike hit the National Hospital on the north edge of town, kill-ing two nurses, the Observatory said. (rtr)

SEOUL - South Korean President Park Geun-hye pledged on Tuesday further “strong” measures against North Korea, after suspending opera-tions at a jointly run industrial park as punishment for the North’s recent long-range rocket launch and nuclear test.

It was time to face the “uncomfort-able truth” that the North would not change, Park said in comments that mark a significant reversal for a leader whose policy on Pyongyang had been based on what she’d described as “trustpolitik” that she hoped would lay the ground for eventual unification.

Park said past efforts at engage-ment had not worked. “It has become clear that the existing approach and goodwill are not going to break the North Korean regime’s nuclear devel-opment drive,” she told parliament.

Washington and Seoul are seeking support from Beijing, Pyongyang’s main ally, for tougher sanctions against North Korea for the Feb. 7 rocket launch and January’s nuclear test.

“The premise of ‘trustpolitik’ was that the North was a partner. The presi-dent’s comments in effect mean that

premise was wrong. It is a complete turnabout in North Korea policy,” said Hong Sung-gul, a political science professor at Kookmin University.

South Korea last week suspended the operation of the Kaesong industrial zone, which had been run jointly with the North for more than a decade. The industrial park was a key source of hard currency for the impoverished North.

Seoul also agreed to enter talks with Washington for deploying a mis-sile defence system in South Korea, which China strongly opposes.

“The government will take strong and effective measures for the North to come to the bone-numbing realisa-tion that nuclear development will not help its survival but rather it will only speed up the collapse of the regime,” Park said.

She did not specify what the mea-sures would involve.

Seoul and Washington have said the rocket launch was in fact a long-range missile test that violated U.N. Security Council resolutions. The North said the launch was part of its scientific programme designed to launch satellites into space. (rtr)

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People gather near what is said to be a hospital damaged by missile attacks in Azaz, Aleppo, Syria, February 15, 2016 in this still image taken from a video on a social media website. Seven Russian missiles struck a hospital in the northern Syrian town of Azaz on Monday, a Turkish security official said, adding the civilian death toll to rise above 14.

Missiles in Syria kill 50 as schools,

hospitals hit; Turkey accuses Russia

BEIRUT- About 50 civilians were killed when missiles hit five medical centres and two schools in rebel-held Syrian towns on Monday, the United Nations and residents said.

South Korea’s Park, in reversal, vows hard

line with N.Korea

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South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers her speech during a plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, February 16, 2016.

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BUSINESS

KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s bench-mark Nikkei 225 index added 0.2 percent to 16,054.43 after soaring 7.2 percent the day before, which was its biggest daily gain since September. South Korea’s Kospi rose 1.4 percent to 1,887.05 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 1.3 percent to 19,159.76. The Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China gained 3 percent to 2,827.84 and Austra-lia’s S&P/ASX 200 was up 1.4 percent to 4,810.00. Benchmarks in Taiwan and most of Southeast Asia also rose.

STIMULUS HOPES: With U.S. mar-kets closed for a holiday and therefore providing no guidance in either direc-tion, the global stock rally extended into a second day. Investor sentiment remained positive that central banks would continue to ease monetary policy thanks to comments from the head of the European Central Bank. With the ECB

set to discuss policy measures on March 10, Mario Draghi told the European Parliament on Monday that the bank has a range of instruments it can deploy if it decides more stimulus is needed. Earlier, a disappointing report on Japanese eco-nomic growth also raised hopes for more policy easing.

RENMINBI RELIEF: China’s strengthening currency also helped boost sentiment. The yuan hovered near its strongest level so far this year a day after the central bank guided the currency, also known as the renminbi, sharply higher. Meanwhile, new yuan loans jumped 71 percent in January, the official Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, sug-gesting solid demand in the world’s No. 2 economy.

ANALYST’S TAKE: “Since the start of January everything went south and we really needed some positive news,”

said Jackson Wong, associate director at Huarong International Securities. “Fac-tors that were affecting the markets nega-tively have turned positive now: the yen is weaker, the renminbi is stronger, global markets like the U.S. are stabilizing. All the negative catalysts from January are turning better.”

ENERGY: Oil futures bounced higher, with benchmark U.S. crude rising $1.28, or 4.4 percent, to $30.72 a barrel in elec-tronic trading on the New York Mercan-tile Exchange. The contract rose $3.23 to settle at $29.44 a barrel on Friday. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, added $1.38 to $34.77 a barrel in London.

EUROPE JUMP: Britain’s FTSE 100 closed 2 percent higher on Monday at 5,824.28 and Germany’s DAX gained 2.7 percent to 9,206.84. France’s CAC 40 rose 3 percent to close at 4,115.25.

CURRENCIES: The dollar strength-ened to 114.59 yen from 114.54 yen in Monday’s trading. The euro slipped to $1.1155 from $1.1167.(ap)

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia handed in its application for EU membership Monday, hoping to catch up with its neighbors on the EU path but confronting the reality that many in the country have grown tired of waiting for jobs and prosperity and are already voting with their feet.

President Dragan Covic submitted the application to the Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister, Bert Koenders, in Brussels. The Netherlands currently holds the EU presidency.

“There is no way back for Bosnia-Herzegovina, we must catch up with our neighbors,” Covic said. He said the country will speed up the required reforms in the expectation that the EU will grant the country candidate status in 2017.

Bosnia first knocked on the EU door in 2008 when it signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the bloc, 13 years after the end of the bloody conflict that left the country ethnically divided. But unresolved wartime quarrels have hindered the necessary reforms as Bosnian Serbs feared for their autonomy within Bosnia. This frustrated the Muslim Bosniaks and some Bosnian Croats, who felt they were hostages to the Serb lack of will to reform the country at least enough to attract foreign investments that would kickstart the economy.

The stalemate has produced an unemployment rate over 40 percent and a general feeling of apathy among Bosnians. Every year, tens of thousands decide to leave the country.

In 2014, about 68,000 Bosnians, mostly aged be-tween 25 and 40, permanently left the country of 3.8 million. For 2015, the figure will be 20 to 30 percent higher, parliamentarian Senad Sepic told the AP. “The very substance that should be building this country is leaving,” he said.

Things only started moving with the EU application in 2014, when Bosnian Serbs split their votes between two blocks — one that favors the reforms and one that continues to pursue a separate Serb state. Pro-EU Serb officials managed to push for the required reforms, enabling Bosnia to submit Monday’s application.

“It is a day of celebration for all of us: only 20 years ago, it was in the Balkans where one of the most awful pages of European history was written,” said a joint statement from the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, and EU Enlargement Commis-sioner Johannes Hahn.

But the recent progress comes too late for many. They are choosing to run toward the EU rather than limp there with Bosnia.

“Just from the town of Livno, 60 whole families left in January 2016 alone,” Sepic said. Livno is a town in the south of the country with 9,000 residents.

Germany is looking for 40,000 medical workers alone each year so in the past two years the number of applicants for German-language courses at the Goethe Institute in Sarajevo has doubled, and it keeps growing.

Amer Cekic, 20, a student of political science, at-tends the course because he believes it will help him find a job in Germany. “I feel I have no future here,” he said.(ap)

TOLEDO — A computer glitch led to a brief price war between two gas stations in northwest Ohio, allowing some drivers to fill their tanks for pen-nies per gallon.

WTOL-TV reports that a computer malfunction dropped prices at one north

Toledo gas station, and another across the street lowered its prices to stay competi-tive early Sunday.

Customer Taylor Kline told the station he filled his empty tank for just 26 cents. The extra-low pricing lasted at least three hours before returning to normal.

Ohio’s average price for a gallon of regular gas was $1.55 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That’s down from $2.29 a year ago. The national average Monday for regular gas was $1.70.

Bosnia applies for EU membership, hoping to make up ground

Ohio gas station glitch lets drivers fill up for pennies

Asian stocks rise again on stimulus hopes, yuan’s gain

A man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 at a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. Asian stocks rose for a second day Tues-day as rising hopes for more central bank stimulus and a jump in crude oil prices gave inves-tors relief from the mauling that mar-kets have suffered so far this year.

HONG KONG — Asian stocks rose for a second day Tuesday as a strengthening yuan and hopes for more central bank stimulus gave inves-tors relief from the mauling that markets have suffered so far this year.

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The maritime border issue was discussed during a bilateral meeting between Presi-dent Joko Widodo and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung here, Monday, prior to the ASEAN-US Summit.

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi stated at a press confer-ence held after the bilateral meeting that the

maritime border dispute between the two countries had existed since long. “We have held seven meetings, so far, and the last one was in December 2015,” she noted.

Seeking solutions to border disputes have become a priority agenda of Indone-sias international politics, she added.

“Therefore, we are trying to deal with

all border problems. It happens that with Vietnam, there is an EEZ issue that has not been solved, and the president has given an instruction to address it immediately,” she noted.

During the bilateral meeting, the two leaders agreed to speed up the solution to the maritime border dispute, she added.

Vietnam and Indonesia held the seventh Technical Meeting on the Delimitation of the EEZ in Hanoi on December 15-17 last year.(ap)

JAKARTA - Indonesia will not bow to foreign pressure in addressing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issue. “We will not bow to foreign pressure in handling the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issue,” Coordinating Political, legal and Secu-rity Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said when visiting Muhammadiyah office here Monday.

Indonesia will not follow Brazil that has le-galized same-sex marriage (LGBT) even though Brazil is predominantly Catholic. “We do not want that. Therefore, we should be concerned about it properly,” the minister said. LGBT issues could not be ruled out. Therefore, the minister will conduct a number of meetings with various religious institutions, including Muhammadiyah to formulate appropriate poli-cies to address the issue.

“We should minimize the impact of LGBT people in Indonesia through a policy,” he re-marked. However, in the LGBT community are also Indonesian citizens who should be protected, he said. Muhammadiyah chair-man Haedar Nashir condemned the LGBT behavior. He also stated that the increase in LGBT cannot be protected under human rights.

The government should not worry over foreign pressure in relation to the LGBT is-sue, Nashir said. “Every government leader should preserve the sovereignty of the na-tion,” he remarked. Earlier, a member of the House of Representatives Commission I Ahmad Zainuddin urged the government to block internet-based applications contain-ing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) themes.

“The government should be proactive in response to internet-based applications contain-ing LGBT themes,” Ahmad Zainuddin noted in a press release received here Sunday. The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician stated that the government should issue a policy or a campaign on the LGBT ban.

In addition, the lawmaker lauded the Com-munications and Information Ministrys efforts in response to the publics criticism to LGBT content in smartphone messaging applications, such as Line and WhatsApp. “It is a matter of morals. WhatsApp and Facebook will place stickers bearing LGBT themes,” he pointed out.

The government should be as concerned about LGBT as other social crises such as por-nography and terrorism since it is a threat to the younger generation. “LGBT can endanger the generations of mankind. Therefore, all religions should reject LGBT,” he affirmed.

Being LGBT is not a question of freedom and human rights. Freedom still needs rules, and it is limited by other values, such as religion, culture, and public order, Zainuddin stated.

However, Zainuddin also called on the government and society to adopt a humane approach while handling LGBT people as they could be the victims of deviant sexual orienta-tion. “We should denounce the movement but should think of the LGBT people. We should also treat LGBT people wisely,” he emphasized.(ant)

PADANG - Indonesia will host the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) 2016 in the waters of Padang of West Sumatra Province on April 12-16, 2016, to strengthen maritime cooperation in the humanitarian sector.

“Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy Admiral Ade Supandi has planned to open the Final Planning Conference of MNEK tomorrow and will visit several zones of MNEK training,” Head of the MNEK 2016 Task Force First Admiral Hutabarat stated

here on Monday. Several delegations from foreign countries will attend the conference to finalize the plan to host a joint exercise by giving suggestions, Hutabarat added.

According to Hutabarat, the commit-tee noted that until now, 22 ships from 16 countries had confirmed their participation in the event. He believes that the total number of participants will increase in the coming days.

Hutabarat explained that the task force had cooperated with the West Sumatra

provincial administration, Padang city administration, and the Mentawai Islands administration to ensure the success of the joint exercise.

The MNEK 2016 is the second joint exercise to be held by the Indonesian Navy. The first MNEK was held in Batam Island, Anambas Islands, and Natuna Island.

According to Hutabarat, the MNEK will focus on non-war fighting exercise that pri-oritizes humanitarian aid and sharing knowl-edge on maritime security efforts.(ant)

Indonesia will not bow to foreign pressure regarding LGBT

Indonesia to host multilateral naval exercise to strengthen maritime cooperation

REUTERS/Mike Blake

Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia listens to U.S. President Barack Obama speak during a 10-nation Associa-tion of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Rancho Mirage, California February 15, 2016. Obama will press leaders from Southeast Asia to boost trade and back a common stance on the South China Sea.

Indonesia, Vietnam agree to expedite solution to maritime border dispute

CALIFORNIA - The Indonesian and Vietnamese governments have agreed to accelerate efforts to find a solution to the maritime border dispute involving the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between both nations.

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BOSTON - The northeastern United States on Friday faced a cold snap so severe that even world-class ski jumpers preparing for a night-time competition at Boston’s Fenway Park worried about the frigid weather.

Forecasters warned that temperatures would plummet below 0 de-grees Fahrenheit (-17.8 C) in Boston over the weekend and wind chill warnings were in effect over much of seven states, from New York to Maine, with winds forecast to gust up to 45 miles per hour (72 kph).

At Boston’s historic Fenway Park, ski jumpers were practicing their tricks on a 140-foot-high (42.7 m high) ski jump covered in artificial snow that towered over the stadium’s famed “Green Monster” left field wall.

Some competitors fretted that the 21 degree Fahrenheit (-6°C) temperatures forecast for the evening would harden the snow make their landings tougher than normal.

“Some of us would have liked it to be a little bit warmer,” said Keri Herman, 33, of Breckenridge, Colorado. “The snow is pretty bulletproof.”

The storm had officials throughout the region scrambling to prepare shelters for the homeless and urging their residents not to spend too long outdoors when the weekend low temperatures set in.

“Extremely low temperatures present challenges for our city,” said Boston Mayor Martin Walsh. “I ask each and every single Boston resident to stay safe and to look after their neighbors.”

National Weather Service meteorologists said the conditions would be the coldest seen in the region this year.

“It hasn’t been this cold this winter,” said meteorologist Alan Dun-ham. “The wind chill temperatures will be getting more extreme.”

The forecast was so daunting that organizers of New York City’s annual Central Park Ice Festival canceled the event, citing “extreme temperatures.”

The cold snap follows several weeks of unseasonably warm weather, which caused the organizers of an annual dog sled race in New Hamp-shire to cancel their event for lack of snow while the course for Maine’s U.S. National Toboggan Championships, which draws hundreds of competitors, was shortened last weekend because of thin ice on the pond where racers finish their high-speed runs. (rtr)

Obama, who leaves office next year, has championed a foreign policy pivot to Asia during his presidency and is determined to present the United States as a Pa-cific power.

His meeting with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was aimed at cementing that legacy.

“This reflects my personal com-mitment, and the national com-mitment of the United States, to a strong and enduring partnership with your 10 nations,” he said at the start of the two-day summit at Sunnylands, a California resort.

The meeting, at the same location where Obama once hosted Chinese

President Xi Jinping, was designed to demonstrate Washington’s role as a counterweight to Beijing and as an eager trading partner with ASEAN members.

White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice told reporters U.S. companies had more than doubled investment in the region since 2008.

On Monday the leaders were slated to focus on economic issues, including discussion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, which includes four ASEAN members: Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia. Others are interested in joining, and the White House wants to make sure the pact takes effect.

On Tuesday, the leaders will dis-cuss maritime issues, particularly the South China Sea, where China and several Southeast Asian states have conflicting and overlapping claims.

White House officials have said Obama would deliver a tough mes-sage to China that disputes over the South China Sea must be resolved peacefully and not by bullying.

“Here at this summit, we can advance our shared vision of a regional order where international rules and norms, including free-dom of navigation, are upheld and where disputes are resolved through peaceful, legal means,” Obama said.

The challenge may be to get all ASEAN countries to agree on a strong statement on the issue. Of-ficials say China has put pressure on countries such as Cambodia and Laos not to sign. (rtr)

U.S. northeast prepares for most severe cold snap of year

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An employee at the care centre for sea turtles at the Rochelle (CESTM - centre de soins pour tortues marines) measures a Caouanne turtle at the aquarium in La Rochelle, France, February 12, 2016. Sea turtles, recovered on the Atlantic beaches after winter storms, are cared for by staff at the CESTM where they are weighed, measured and brought back to health before being returned to the ocean.

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U.S. President Barack Obama greets Indonesian President Joko Widodo upon his arrival for the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit held at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California February 15, 2016. Obama will press leaders from Southeast Asia to boost trade and back a common stance on the South China Sea this summit that the White House hopes will solidify U.S. influence in the region.

Obama, Southeast Asia leaders eye China and trade at California summit

RANCHO MIRAGE - President Barack Obama gathered with leaders from Southeast Asia on Monday to strengthen trade ties and form a common stance over the South China Sea in a summit that the White House hopes will solidify U.S. influence in the region.

TABANAN — Having handled waste independently for eight years, Pandak Gede village in Kediri has a quite vital problem. Main facilities in the garbage truck are out of order. As a result, the waste disposal service within the four past days has not been running optimally so that it resulted in the accumula-tion of garbage in front of people’s houses. Certainly it is disturbing sights, especially Pandak Gede village, included in one of the villages passed through by travelers to Tanah Lot.

Headman of Pandak Gede, I Gede Putu Suci Arta, said on Monday (Feb. 15) that the problem to the garbage truck owned by the village frequently happens. “Every month there are always problems, so that the trans-port of waste cannot be done maximally,” he said.

Every day, the garbage truck is capable of transporting five cubic meters of waste in once trip. To clean up the garbage at Pandak Gede village with 1,000 house-holds, the truck has to carry it two times. This means that the total waste generated each day by local residents reaches 10 cubic meters.

He continued that the operating cost of the waste management exceeds the monthly levies per household. Each household will be charged at IDR 10,000 per month. Sometimes not all residents pay because the truck cannot serve to the fullest. On the other hand, since it is often out of order, every month the village must spend money at least IDR 5 million to repair it and it does not include the salary of a driver and two transport staff.

“Monthly revenues reach IDR 10 million. However, the operating costs are more than that. It can even reach IDR 15 million per month,” he said.

One of the measures taken to overcome this problem is struggling to get district

special financial aid or BKK fund. Village authorities have submitted a proposal to add the garbage transport facilities at the local village. “If the BKK fund can be obtained, it will be used to increase the waste transportation facilities at the vil-

lage,” he said.Suci Arta hoped the government can pro-

vide a help in the waste handling at Pandak Gede village. Though the village belongs to tourism lines, it is not covered by the service of the Sanitation and Landscaping Agency

(DKP). On that account, his authority handles the waste independently though it just trans-ports to Mandung landfill. “So far, we have not sorted and processed the waste, but just help dispose of it to Mandung landfill,” he said. (kmb24)

The prosecutor before the judges led by Dewa Suardhita declared that defendant Sayeb Mohammed Said was arrested at the Ngurah Rai Airport after smuggling drugs from Bangkok, Thailand to Bali. The man having profession as a sailor, Sayeb Mohammed Said, was found guilty of violating the provisions of Article 113 paragraph 2 of Law No. 35/2009 on narcotics. The defen-

dant was rated to import non-plant narcotics of first category weighing not more than 5 grams without per-mission of the authorities.

While Rudy Supriyanto and Agus Supriyadi were proved guilty in accordance with Article 114 paragraph 2 of Law No.35/2009 on narcotics. They accepted the delivery or became a courier of narcotics.

Prosecutors in their incriminating consideration as presented before the trial stated that the defendant Sayeb Mohammed did not support the government programs and tar-nished the image of Bali as a tourist destination. Especially for Agus Supriyadi, the incriminating aspect is that he has ever been punished. While the alleviating aspect for the defendant Sayeb Mohammed Said and Rudy Suprianto is that they have never been punished.

Hearing the demands, the de-fendant Sayeb Mohammed Said accompanied by his legal counsel, HM Rifan with M Ali Sadikin and Daniar Trisasongko, will deliver a plea next week.

For the defendant Agus Su-priyadi and Rudy Supriyanto, in

addition to getting 20 years impris-onment, they were also convicted with a fine worth IDR 1 billion with a substitute punishment of six months in jail. Through his legal counsel, Benny, the defen-dant will deliver a plea or defense next week.

Just a reminder, the defendant Sayeb Mohammed Said was arrest-ed at the Ngurah Rai International Airport, Saturday (Sep. 5, 2015). She was arrested while taking lug-gage after traveling from Bangkok, Thailand, by Air Asia with flight number QZ 521 of the Bangkok-Denpasar route, arriving around 18:00. The defendant was then taken to the Ngurah Rai Airport customs office for further inspec-tion, and then handed over to Bali

Police. When probed in subsequent investigation by police officers of the Bali Police Narcotic Unit, it is known if the crystal meth will be circulated in Bali and packages of the crystal meth would be picked up by someone when the defendant has arrived at the Hotel Puri Nusantara, Jalan Raya Tuban, Badung, where he was staying.

Moreover, the Bali Police man-aged to uncover that the defendant is controlled from two different prisons, namely the Nusa Kam-bangan and Singaraja Prison. This is in line with the Bali Police Nar-cotic Unit having arrested two new suspects namely Rudy Supriyanto and Agus Supriyadi. Half of the evidence was about to be sent to Surabaya. (kmb37)

Drugs smuggled

Indian citizen and his couriers charged with 20 years in prison

DENPASAR — Alleged to have smuggled crystal meth weigh-ing 1.516 grams gross, the man from India, Sayeb Mohammed Said, 29, was sentenced to 20 years in prison plus fine worth IDR 1 billion by prosecutor Eddy Artha Wijaya, Monday (Feb. 15). In addition, two other people alleged to get involved in this case (as courier), namely Agus Supriyadi and Rudy Supriyanto, were equally sentenced to 20 years in prison and fully deducted with his detention period.

Garbage truck out of order, garbage piles up at Pandak Gede

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The waste disposal service within the four past days has not been running optimally in Pandak Gede village in Kediri, so that it resulted in the accumulation of garbage in front of people’s houses.

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The tower, being built by Israel-based Megalim Solar Power, whose shareholders include General Elec-tric, will be taller than other solar towers, enabling it to generate up to 121 megawatts of power.

Due to be completed late next year at a cost of 3 billion shekels ($773 million), the facility will provide around 1 percent of Israel’s electricity under an agreement with the Israeli government, which aims for 10 percent of the country’s energy needs to be provided by renewables by 2020.

Most solar power in the world is generated by photovoltaic (PV) panels, which can be installed anywhere from a roof to a back-yard. In contrast, towers that use concentrated solar power, known as CSP, require a lot of land and are only cost-efficient in large-scale projects.

For that reason they have seen limited deployment, and mainly in the United States and Europe.

Megalim’s tower in the Negev desert, which stands out for miles around, is surrounded by 50,000

computer-controlled mirrors, to project the sun’s rays. They are bigger than in previous projects and controlled over a dedicated Wifi network, rather than with expensive cables used in the past, Megalim says.

The tower is privately funded but when completed the Israeli govern-ment has guaranteed to buy the power from it at an above-market price.

That means it will be effectively subsidised, but Megalim says it is working to further reduce costs. Shareholders including power tower pioneer Brightsource Energy as well as General Electric, which will pro-vide the turbine, want to build more such towers around the world. (rtr)

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A man holds a piece of iron ore in front of a remote-controlled truck in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, in this Decem-ber 2, 2013 file photo. New technology is helping miners cut costs to survive the worst downturn in commodity prices in nearly two decades, which is good news for companies that might otherwise have gone to the wall, not so good for an industry drowning in overcapacity.

MELBOURNE - New technol-ogy is helping miners cut costs to survive the worst downturn in com-modity prices in nearly two decades, which is good news for companies that might otherwise have gone to the wall, not so good for an industry drowning in overcapacity.

Commodity prices from coal to zinc are down in some case as much as 80 percent from record highs a few years ago, caused in part by slowing economic growth in China - for years the world’s biggest user of raw materials - which shows little signs of abating.

Global resource-based com-panies have adapted to the fall in revenue by adopting new technolo-gies enabling, for example, real-time tracking of operations, which helps reduce down time, saves fuel, improves safety and boosts production.

Despite the collapse in prices,

Australian mining companies have suffered only a 20 percent fall in profits in the most recent financial year relative to 2012, according to government data.

That means mines that would have been doomed in past down-turns are proving far more resilient, prolonging oversupply and keeping downward pressure on prices.

“You’re getting more output for a lower price. It’s just one issue that’s making production a bit stickier than you would expect,” said Ric Ronge, a portfolio manager of Pen-gana Global Resources Fund.

At a new gold mine in north-ern Canada, huge fans switch on to suck dust and diesel fumes out of shafts 650 metres un-derground when equipment or workers approach the area, and switch off when they leave, not wasting energy spinning all day long. (rtr)

Technology helps keep miners

afloat but prices under water

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Construction workers use a vacuum lifter and crane to move heliostat mirrors during the con-struction of a 240 meter (787 feet) solar-power tower in Israel’s southern Negev Desert, February 8, 2016. The world’s tallest solar-power tower is being built off a highway in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, its backers hoping the technology will gain a foothold in the solar market even if it remains a small player for now. Picture taken February 8, 2016.

Solar tower in desert promotes

Israel’s renewable energy drive

ASHALIM - In a vast expanse of open desert in southern Israel a 787-foot tower (240 metres) is taking shape that its builders hope will help make solar energy much more cost effective.

Secretary of the Gianyar De-velopment Plan Board (Bappeda), A.A. Gde Budiarta, said that the proposals being discussed and pri-oritized were from seven different villages in Ubud. The proposals were recapitulated in accordance with their respective field and then discussed by each group be-fore being prioritized. There were other villages that also submitted proposals however these were not included in the process, as they did not meet the requirements of the guidelines. “There are always proposals submitted to the district and province that in fact fall under the jurisdiction of the villages themselves. This is probably due to differeing interpretations within the village or a lack of human re-sources.” explained Budiarta, who added that each village should have prepared their respective proposals with regards to specific fields so that

time is not wasted hearing about other issues. These proposals, he explained, will be accommodated by relevant agencies and used as a reference in preparing the regional budget for 2017.

The development plan meeting for the subdistrict of Ubud, was at-tended by legislators from Ubud’s constituency, Chief of the Motivator Team of PKK Gianyar, Ida Ayu Surya Adnyani Mahayastra, relevant agen-cies, headmen and village envoys and was opened by Ubud’s subdistrict head, Ida Bagus Putu Suamba. The meeting went on until 15:00 with many participants reluctant to leave the room because they wanted to make sure that their proposals were listed and would be accommodated by relevant agencies.

The meeting participants were divided into groups according to priority for each proposal, but dur-ing the discussion session, traffic

congestion in Ubud emerged as a common issue from each group. Most communities proposed to immediately find a solution for the congestion in Ubud. “This proves that handling the problem of con-gestion is one of Ubud’s priorities” said Budiarta.

Similar opinion was disclosed by headman of Sayan, I Dewa Gede Agung, who added that the meeting went smoothly and that the issue of congestion was discussed by each group. The smoothness of the dis-cussion is attributed to the fact that villages no longer have to scramble to get subdistrict funds. Proposals for projects that fall under the au-thority of the villages are funded thorough village budgets that have been allocated anywhere form IDR 2 million to IDR 3 billion. Propos-als that were discussed during the development plan meeting were all related to projects that fall under the authority of the district, provincial and central governments.

“Hopefully, the next subdistrict development meeting can be more focused with less attention put on exposes about unrelated issues”, said Agung. (kmb25)

DENPASAR — Bali’s provin-cial government will be conducting studies related to the distribution of traditional alcoholic bever-ages including its adverse affects on public order. During the sixth plenary session with the agenda of discussing the gubernorial response to general perspectives held in the main courtroom of the Bali House of Representatives on Febuary 15th, Governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika said: “We will first assess the distribution of traditional alco-holic beverage”. Pastika also stated that he agrees with the parliament’s proposal to establish a joint venture company that would manage tradi-tional alcoholic beverage producers. “I agree to facilitate the guidance and supervision of the production and circulation of these beverages” he added.

Aside from alcoholic beverage, Pastika also spoke about the ad-ditional investments in PT Penja-minan Kredit Daerah Provinsi Bali (PT Jamkrida). He appreciated the suggestion of the PDI-P Faction that a regional budget by-law should be prepared before allocating part of the budget.

“Similarly, it is suggested that every equity capital must be exam-ined in terms of its purpose for re-gional investment as set forth in the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs No. 52/2012 on Chapter II, Article 2 and 3, namely the use of the regional budget should be for

the maximal benefit of the people” he said.

Pastika also responded to other opinions and suggestions of the parliament including the agree-ment to organize and foster mass organization in Bali and suppress drug trafficking in Bali. Pastika also agreed about the need for studies to be done related to the creation of labor regulations in face of the competition that arises from the enactment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

“However, theses regulations must always be adapted to local wisdom in order to protect the cul-ture of Bali” he affirmed. Further-more, Pastika said that he will ex-amine more closely at suggestions about establishing an Energy and Mineral Resources Agency given that the management of a region should be done in accordance with Law No. 23/2014 -though so far the implementation of this has not been set by the government.

At the same meeting, Chairman of the Bali House of Representa-tives, I Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, submitted a recommendation to the Governor of Bali, for a revi-sion of Law No.33/2004 on the financial balance between the central government and regional government as well as Law No. 64/1958 on the establishment of the Province of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara. (kmb32)

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Traffic congestion in Ubud emerged as a common issue.

Congestion, Main focus of Ubud

subdistict development plan meeting

Provincial govt will assess traditional

alcoholic beverages and other issues

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Bali’s provincial government will be conducting studies related to the distribution of traditional alcoholic beverages including its adverse affects on public order.

GIANYAR — During the Ubud subdistrict development plan meeting held on Monday (Feb 15) at the subdistrict head meeting hall, it was revealed that the proposals submitted by villages and respective agencies from throughout Ginayar in Febuary 2016, all shared a common concern, namely: traffic congestion in Ubud.

Tjokorda Oka Artha Ard-hana Sukawati added that if foreign companies with large capital are allowed to domi-nate tourism in Bali, they will quickly eliminate local tourism sector businesses- especially in hospitality. “If foreigners with large capital are given the freedom to build more hotels in Bali, it is similar to committing suicide for us” said this figure from Ubud Palace serving as chairman of the PHRI Bali for a third term.

Sukawati emphasized that the the current government in-deed wants to improve tourism in Bali, it would be advisable to first fix the infrastructure such as the airports, roads, central park and other infra-structures that support tourism. “In my opinion, before increas-ing the number of rooms or investment in tourist accom-modations, we must improve the infrastructur. Even though we do large-scale tourism pro-motion overseas, without the support of infrastructure, such promotion is in vain” he said adding that Ubud’s appeal as a cultural destination has been dwarfed by problems like nar-row streets. “Indeed Ubud has cultural appeal as a destination but the local community can no longer freely carry out cul-tural activities such as piodalan (temple anniversaries) because of the congestion of the narrow roads. We have to improve the infrastructure”, he concluded. (kmb35)

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

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

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

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Gianyar – Valentine’s Day is a day traditionally set aside to express love and affection for those we hold dear, which, for the folks at the Bali Safari and Ma-rine Park, also includes the many animals that make their home at the 40-hectare facility. Not unsurprisingly, there was plenty of tender fondness to go around on Valentine’s day, February 14, 2016, when children from “Mifta-ful Falah” orphanages were invited to attend a special birthday party for “Valentine” – a “birthday girl” who is also an attractive 7-year-old Sumatran elephant.

Adding to the birthday fes-tivities, the educational team at the Park arranged a fun-filled day for the children that included a vehicular tour through the animal kingdoms of Indonesia, India and Africa via the Safari Journey; a search for delectable fresh fruits surrounding the Inca Maya Exhibit; the fashioning of the harvested fruits into wonderful gifts; and attendance at the entertaining and

educational Elephant Show that culminated at a special birthday party with Valentine.

Delighted with all the attention showered upon her on her birthday, Valentine literally devoured the gifts of fruit lovingly prepared ear-lier in the day by the children.

William Santoso, General Man-ager of the Bali Safari and Marine Park took special delight in wit-nessing the large group of orphans visiting and enjoying the many wonders on offer at the Park. “Who can’t help but be affected by the absolute joy and delight written on the face of these children? We hope that the chance to spend a day at our Park and join in Valentine’s birthday party the children will help form a special connection with the animal kingdom, transforming these kids into a coming generation that has a genuine care and con-cern for the world’s animals,” said Santoso.

Valentine is a female Sumatran elephant that was born at the Bali Safari and Marine Park on February

14, 2009, the offspring of her proud parents: Suciana and David. The successful breeding of endangered Asian Elephants forms part of a wide-ranging program of conserva-tion and rare-species propagation undertaken by the Park with a number of species, including Asian elephants, orangutans, binturong, Sumatran tigers, Bali Starlings and others.

A Chance to Win a Stay at the Mara River Lodge

The celebration of Valentine’s birthday continues with the chance to win an overnight stay at the Mara River Safari Lodge, located inside the Park, by participating in the “Valentine Story Social Media Competition.” Simply follow, comment and share your valentine story

on Instagram @balisafari and Twitter @BaliSafari between the dates of February 14 and March 1, 2016, and win a chance to sleep in the Mara River Lodge surrounded Wild animal from Africa grazing just outside your window.

My Funny Valentine at the Bali Safari and Marine Park

A Sumatran Elephant Celebrates her

Birthday with Local Kids

“This award is very important and valuable for us in Buleleng because foreign people are very appreciative of what the Pemuteran community has done. The award conferment ceremony was wit-nessed by thousands of people in Madrid. This achievement should give added energy to conserva-tion efforts in Buleleng” said the regent, accompanied by Deputy Regent Nyoman Sutjidra, Regional Secretariat of Buleleng Dewa Ketut Puspaka, Chief of Buleleng Development Planning Board Gde Dharmaja and Chief of the Bule-leng Tourism Office, Gede Suyasa in a press conference on Monday (Feb.15).

The UNWTO presentations were made on Monday (Jan. 18) at the Palacio Neptuno in Madrid, Spain. Regent Suradnyana accompanied by Chairman of Yayasan Karang Les-tari, I Gusti Agung Prana, attended the event that was opened by the

Director of the Executive Secretary, Member Relations of the UNWTO, Mr. Carlos Vogeler. UNWTO final-ists for the category of NGO in-novations gave their presentations, assisted by the moderator and Direc-tor of UNWTO Affiliate Members Program Ms. Yolanda Perdoma. The four finalists were; The Childsafe Movement by Friends International, Cambodia (Ms. Emmanuelle Wer-ner), Coral Reef Reborn by Yayasan Karang Lestari, Indonesia (I Gusti Agung Prana), Sisterhood of Survi-vors (SOS) Program by Samrakshak Samuha, Nepal (Mr. Shyam Kumar Pokharel), and Children in the Wil-derness by South Africa (Ms. Sue Van Winson).

The presentation session was closed by Ms. Ana Larranaga, Director of IFEMA/Feria Interna-cional de Turismo Madrid and by Mr. Carios Vogeler, Director of Executive Secretary for Member Relations of the UNWTO.

In the conferment ceremony that was held on Wednesday (Jan. 20), the first prize in the category of innovations by non-governmental organizations went to The Sister-hood of Survivors (SOS) Program from Samrakshak Samuha Ne-pal (Sasane), represented by Mr. Shyam Kumar Pokharel from Ne-pal. Yayasan Karang Lestari from Buleleng won as runner-up, beating out the competitors from Cambodia and South Africa.

“The development of conserva-tion at Pemuteran is also accom-panied with the study of biorock. Pemuteran village has already won five national and interna-tional awards for their coral reef conservation efforts. It is expected that Bueleng’s ocean will become increasingly popular as a marine tourism destination and has already drawn the attneitn of the wider community”, added Chief of the Buleleng Fishery and Maritime Affairs Agency, Nyoman Sutrisna.

To note, the award for innovation in enterprises was given to by Tree-top Walking Path--Anyksciai Re-gional Park Direction (Ms. Simona Stasiuniene) from Lithuania. For the category of innovation in public

policy and governance the award went to the Culture and Tourism Board of the Government of Banyu-wangi District, represented by Mr. Mohamad Yanuarto Bramuda. Fi-nally, for the category of innovation in research and technology Itaipu Touristic Complex--FUNDACAO Parque Technologico Itaipu, Brazil, represented by Ms. Maria Jurema de Cordova Fernandes took home the first prize.

“We were examined through a presentation about what we have done at Pemuteran. At the begin-ning of January 2016, we received three awards, one from the media, one from the Ministry of Tourism and one from the UNWTO. All our achievements gave been obtained through hard work together on the part of all stakeholders, and through the spirit of awareness within the Pemuteran community that has been growing since these efforts started” said Agung Prana.

The regent and his entourage also made a comparative study trip to Mi-lan (Italy) between January 21rst to the 24th to have a closer look at road infrastructure, railways, tourism and the process of tourism supervisory management.(kmb34)

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Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati

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Coral reef preservation in Buleleng wins UNWTO Award

SinGaraJa - regent of Buleleng, Putu agus Suradnyana, attended the 12th UnWTO awards for Excellence and in-novation in Tourism along with other UNWTO finalists from indonesia, indonesia, Cambodia, nepal, South africa, Brazil, Spain, Lithuania, Switzerland, Colombia, Kenya, Croatia and Korea.

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LONDON - Monochrome dresses competed with intricately embroidered gowns on the red carpet of Brit-ain’s biggest film awards on Sunday, with Hollywood stars braving the London winter in an array of luxurious dresses.

This year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards brought out lots of black, white and bold red from top designers.

Kate Winslet, who won the supporting actress category for “Steve Jobs” wore a black one-shouldered, asymmetric Antonio Berardi gown while “Fifty Shades of Grey” star Dakota Johnson and “Game of Thrones” actress Emilia Clarke both opted for red.

Last year’s winner Julianne Moore dressed in a white and black Giorgio Armani gown and “The Great Gatsby” actress Isla Fisher sought simple elegance in a white fitted Stella McCartney frock.

However sparkles also featured heavily, with double BAFTA nominee Alicia Vikander wearing a black leather Louis Vuitton dress with shiny crystal detailing and “Brooklyn” actress Saoirse Ronan choosing a shiny floral gown.

“Carol” star Cate Blanchett, who like Vikander lost in the leading actress category to Brie Larson, also wore a richly- embellished Alexander McQueen dress. (rtr)

The movie earned five British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards, including for cin-ematography and sound, at a ceremony in London, two weeks before it vies for Hollywood’s top honours, the Oscars.

In the film, which has already picked up several trophies in this awards season and leads Oscar nominations, DiCaprio portrays fur-trapper Hugh Glass, who after being attacked by a bear, is left for dead by his companions during an 1820s expedition. He survives in harsh winter conditions and sets out for revenge.

DiCaprio is heavily favoured to win the best actor Academy Award on Feb. 28, which would be his first in five Oscar acting nominations. In collecting his first BAFTA, he paid tribute to his mother and listed actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman and Peter O’Toole among his inspirations.

“All of this was not expected tonight ... Often we have talked about how dif-ficult this movie was to make, and it was, but we are so proud,” he told reporters.

Inarritu, the Mexican director whose film “Birdman” won last year’s best

picture Oscar, said the prizes were “overwhelming”.

Continuing a winning streak for the portrayal of a young mother held captive with her son in “Room”, Brie Larson prevailed in the leading actress category and is also favoured to win the Oscar.

Kate Winslet won the supporting ac-tress category for her portrayal in “Steve Jobs” of the late Apple co-founder’s colleague Joanna Hoffman, while Mark Rylance was named best supporting actor for his Soviet spy role in “Bridge of Spies”.

Action adventure “Mad Max: Fury Road” was the second biggest winner on the night with four prizes in editing, makeup and hair, costume design and production design. (rtr)

From simple to sparkly, frocks vie for style stakes at BAFTAs

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Actor Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso arrive at the British Academy of Film and Tele-vision Arts (BAFTA) Awards at the Royal Opera House in London, February 14, 2016.

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The sound engineers of The Revenant pose after winning their awards for best sound at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards at the Royal Opera House in London, February 14, 2016.

‘The Revenant’ wins big in Britain’s BAFTA awards

LONDON - Survival drama “The Revenant” was the top winner at Britain’s biggest movie awards on Sunday, taking the best film prize and honours for leading actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Ale-jandro G. Inarritu.

GIANYAR-The issuance of a policy that opens the opportunity for foreigners to own 100 percent of a given investment in the tourism

sector is not appropriate for Bali., said Chairman of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Associa-

tion (PHRI) of Bali, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati Currently, Bali is overloaded with tourist accommodations with occupancy rates at less than 40 percent. If the government really wants to boost tourism, infrastructure should be worked on.

“This policy is inappropriate. We already have an oversupply of hotel rooms and and this policy will clearly attract foreign companies who will built more hotels. For other regions like Lom-bok, perhaps this policy is necessary but not for Bali” he said when contacted on Monday (Feb. 15).

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100 percent foreign ownership policyUnsuitable for Bali

Taylor Swift wins top Grammy Award,

Kendrick Lamar wins 5LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift’s official switch from country to

pop with her multi-hit, best-selling “1989” album brought the singer her second Grammy Award win for album of the year.

Swift was shocked when she won the night’s top prize, beating out Kendrick Lamar, Chris Stapleton, Alabama Shakes and the Weeknd. Swift used her speech to encourage young women who feel defeated at times or discouraged by others.

“There will be people along the way that will try to undercut your success or take credit for your ac-complishments or your fame. You just focus on the work and don’t let those people sidetrack you,” she said.

Her speech could be directed partly to Kanye West, who re-cently said in a new song that he made Swift famous after he stole her microphone at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

Beyonce also seemed to make a statement when she presented the final award for the night, record of the year.

“Art is the unapolo-

getic celebration of culture through self-expression. It can impact people in a variety of ways for different reasons at different times. Some will react. Some will respond. And some will be moved,” she said, seem-ing to speak to those who were critical of her Super Bowl performance of the anthem, “Formation.”

Swift, who won the album of the year Grammy for “Fearless” in 2009, walked away Monday with three awards, including best pop vocal album and music video for “Bad Blood,” at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Alabama Shakes also won three awards, though Lamar was the night’s big winner with five.

He won best rap album for “To Pimp a But-terfly” as well as rap performance, rap song, rap/sung performance and music video. Along with his wins, Lamar also had a show-stopping moment when he took the stage.

He started as he appeared beaten, in hand-cuffs, with chains around his hands and a bruise on his eyes. He went on to fuse rap, jazz, reggae and African sounds for a commanding performance as he rapped “The Blacker the Berry” and the Grammy-nominated “Alright” passionately. He ended with a map of Africa,

and the city of Compton imprinted in it.“Hip-hop, Ice Cube, this for hip-hop, this

for Snoop Dogg ...this for Nas. We will live forever, believe that,” said Lamar onstage when he won best rap album.

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars won two awards for “Uptown Funk,” including record of the year. Ronson gave a shout-out to Prince, James Brown and George Clinton for being leaders in funk. “This is dedicated to the fans right here,” Mars added.

Mars introduced Adele, who sang “All I Ask,” which they wrote together for her new album “25.” She was accompanied with a piano behind her, but the audio sounded off and appeared to throw off her performance.

“The piano mics fell onto the piano strings, that’s what the guitar sound was. It made it sound out of tune,” Adele tweeted. “(Exple-tive) happens.”

A spokesperson for CBS, where the Gram-mys aired, said “there was a brief 5-8 second technical issue that was out of our control.”