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“We will not fire on our people,”the armed forces commander, Gen-eral Romeo Vasquez, told SundayHonduran broadcaster RadioGlobo, one of the few media out-

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - Two astro-nauts will venture into open spaceagain Monday on a fifth and finalspacewalk of the shuttleEndeavour’s mission to completethe International Space Station.

Chris Cassidy and TomMarshburn spent the final hoursleading up to their task preparingtheir spacesuits and tools and re-viewing procedures, NationalAeronautics and Space Adminis-tration (NASA) officials said.

AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco

Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya try to overturn a car brought by a man whom they believed to be an under-cover police agent during funeral services for Pedro Magdiel Munoz in El Durazno, Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Thebody of Munoz was found near where protests were taking place Saturday, prompting Zelaya supporters to accuse securityforces of killing him. Police officials, however, deny that claim.

Honduran military repositionsas Zelaya seeks sanctionsAgence France-Presse

OCOTAL - The head of the Honduran military has promised not to use deadly force againstsupporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya as the deposed leader spent a third day acrossthe border in Nicaragua plotting his return.

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lets critical of the interim govern-ment headed by Robert Micheletti.

Vasquez was a key figure in theJune 28 ouster of Zelaya and hasdefended the expulsion, but has

said he was only enforcing a Su-preme Court ruling.

“The armed forces are not theones responsible for this internaldivision,” Vasquez said on the ra-

dio show, during which he alsotalked with Zelaya’s wife XiomaraCastro, who remained in Hondurasand has been prevented from reach-ing the border.

Vasquez’s comments were an-other sign that the Honduran mili-tary may be seeking to retreat fromthe turmoil created by Zelaya’s sud-den ouster.

In this photo provided by NASA, Astronauts Tom Marshburn(left) and Christopher Cassidy, mission specialists for STS-127,share duties on the fourth spacewalk of Endeavour’s currentmission and its crew’s joint activities with the space station.

Astronauts to perform finalspacewalk of Endeavour mission

The final spacewalk is expectedto run about six and a half hours.

During their fourth walk on Fri-day, Marshburn and Cassidy in-stalled new batteries on one of theoldest of the four solar arrays thatpower the space station 350 kilo-meters (215 miles) above Earth.

The six newly fitted batteries“function as expected,” the US spaceagency said, noting that the old bat-teries were stored on a cargo carrierthat will be placed in Endeavour’scargo barrier later in the day.

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And with Mark Webber takingthird place to cut into Brawn’s everdecreasing championship advan-tage, Button is now very worriedabout the state of affairs.

When asked by AUTOSPORT ifhis 18.5 points advantage was com-fortable, Button said: “For sure, not. Ihave lost 15 points to Webber over thepast three races, and that is massive.

“It’s five points per race. Itmeans he will be in front of me infour races time, and there are sevenraces left. So it is for sure not com-fortable, but I cannot do anythingabout it at the moment except wejust need to go through the data,which is annoying as we have towait for two weeks [because of thefactory shutdown].” He added: “Wehave to sort it out because we areleading the championship, but it isinevitable they are going to over-take us if the Brawns keep goinglike they are. It is like wearing the

Donington - Jorge Lorenzosays he will learn from the mis-take that ended his British GrandPrix. The Spaniard is now 25points behind his Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi in the cham-pionship following today’s crashat a slippery Donington Park.

“I was feeling quite comfortablein the lead,” said Lorenzo. “Unfor-tunately on the final corner of theninth lap I made a small mistake,got my line wrong and touched the

AP Photo/Gero Breloer

Brawn GP driver Jenson Button of Britain is seen in his race car during the practice session atthe Hungaroring circuit near Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, July 25, 2009. The Hungarian For-mula One Grand Prix will be held here on Sunday, July 26, 2009.

Button fears forchampionship lead

Jenson Button fears that his world championship lead willbe wiped out in only a few races unless his Brawn GP team getsto the bottom of why it is struggling at the moment. The Britonhad hoped that the tight Hungaroring track and the warmweather of the weekend would help him fight back against theresurgent Red Bull Racing outfit, but tyre woes again left himon the back foot and he struggled home seventh.

yellow jersey [in the Tour deFrance], knowing that when you getto the mountains you are going tobe useless and overtaken.

“It is nice leading the champion-ship, but it won’t be the case in thenext three or four races if we have theperformances like we have had in thelast few. Valencia I say is going to behot, but then here we thought it wouldbe in the 30s. But if you look at theweather forecast, it has been 34-35Call week, and the weekend was 24-25C and then it is going back up againfrom Monday. So, maybe someone istrying to make the racing more inter-esting this year - they don’t want uswalking away with it. So they are do-ing their job very well.”

Button says his team has no answersat the moment as to why its early sea-son dominance has come to a halt –but he has faith that the team will comeup with the answers he needs to keephis title challenge on course.

Lorenzo vows to learn from crashwhite line and there was nothing Icould do; it was very slippery. I wasokay and wanted to carry on but mybike was too badly damaged. Ofcourse I’m sad and disappointed butthis is racing and these feelings don’thelp, you just have to learn from amistake like this and look forwards.”

Rossi also fell later in the race, butwas able to rejoin and take fifth. Al-though Lorenzo admitted that hecould have gained ground in thepoints race had he stayed upright, he

insisted that he does not regard him-self as a title contender this year.

“Today was a great opportunityto win some points, but it was theopposite. We lost quite a lot,” hesaid. “For sure Valentino’s crashhelped us a little bit. But I keepthinking that my goal is not to winthe championship. If we are sec-ond or third in the champonship,that would be good enough for us.If we can win, it would be unbe-lievable, but it’s not our goal.”

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Fiat Yamaha Team’s Spanish MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo slides on the track after fallingfrom his machine near Goddards during the MotoGP Grand Prix at the British MotorcycleGrand Prix at the Donington Circuit, Donington, England, Sunday, July 26, 2009.

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The 54-year-old was whisked to hospital by he-licopter Sunday after he fainted while jogging inthe wooded parkland around the Versailles Palacenear his weekend retreat outside Paris.

Sarkozy’s supermodel wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozyraced to his side on a police motorbike, a witnesssaid, but doctors pronounced his illness a minor ner-vous complaint brought on by effort and predicted afull recovery.

He was expected to leave the Val de Grace mili-tary hospital later Monday.

Around 30 journalists were gathered at metalbarricades outside the building, sharpshooters wereposted on the roof and government cars with tintedwindows were coming and going regularly.

In the meantime, Sarkozy’s supporters were fu-riously working the media to protect his reputationas a dynamic leader.

“The news from the doctors is good. He’ll be outtoday,” promised Patrick Devedjian, the ministercharged with overseeing Sarkozy’s plan to revivethe failing French economy, on RTL radio.

“It’s not in his nature to hold himself back. Heputs it like this: ‘Sometimes people criticise me, say-ing I do too much. Me, I think I don’t do enough’,”he added.

“He takes a lot onto himself. He’s hyperactive,everyone can see that.”

Officials said Sunday that Sarkozy had suffereda vasvagal syncope — a nerve condition in whichexhaustion and dehydration can lead to a loss ofblood pressure — as he ran under a blazing summersun.

The condition is not considered dangerous andmost patients make a full recovery, and thepresident’s entourage were keen to point out that he


MANILA - Hundreds of pro-testers marched on the PhilippinesCongress Monday as PresidentGloria Arroyo prepared to defendher record in her last state of thenation address before electionsnext year.

Arroyo, who came to power in2001 following the ouster of Jo-seph Estrada, was expected to usethe speech to outline her accom-plishments during her tumultuoustenure, which has been marked byscandal and failed coup attempts.

Activists waving red flags and

Sarkozy to leave hospital afterSarkozy to leave hospital afterSarkozy to leave hospital afterSarkozy to leave hospital afterSarkozy to leave hospital afterjogging collapsejogging collapsejogging collapsejogging collapsejogging collapseAgence France-Presse

PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy was due to leave hospital on Monday after col-lapsing while jogging, as the French leader’s aides scrambled to defend his image as aman of action.

never lost consciousness despite 45 minutes of hardphysical exercise.

“The doctors are taking about an illness broughton by excess effort,” a source in Sarkozy’s officetold AFP.

But, while the president is likely to make a fullphysical recovery and quickly resume his gruellingschedule, there may be more lasting damage to hiscarefully crafted image as a young, thrusting leader.

Former president Francois Mitterrand left officeaged 78 and concealed a case of prostrate cancer formore than a decade. Sarkozy’s predecessor JacquesChirac left office aged 76 and once spent a week inhospital.

By contrast to his often frail seeming forebears,Sarkozy has played up his vigour, and is regularlyphotographed jogging and cycling in his trademarkNYPD T-shirt, sometimes with famous sportsmen.

While running for office he promised to makehis annual health checkups public, although in facthe only did so once and was last year caught out forhaving concealed minor throat surgery from thepublic.

So Sunday’s incident in the woods may havepolitical consequences.

Writing in the regional newspaper CharenteLibre, Dominique Garraud said voters have no wayof knowing if this was Sarkozy’s first medical prob-lem.

“No-one can know for sure, as long as transpar-ency about the president’s health remains a taboo,”he argued.

Patrice Chabanet of the Journal de la Haute-Marne urged the president to ease up: “NicolasSarkozy can no longer allow himself to push hislimits, and to expose himself to a new accident. Then

AP Photo/Jacques Brinon

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right,escorted by his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy,leaves the Val-de-Grace military hospital,in Paris Monday, July 27, 2009.

the risk would become political.”And Jean-Claude Kiefer of Dernieres Nouvelles

d’Alsace said the incident showed the risks of con-centrating so much power in the hands of one leader.

“The jog of Sunday July 26 in Versailles parkshould not be without consequences,” he urged,calling for France to re-examine its constitution.

Sarkozy’s office promised an official updateon the president’s health when he leaves hospitallater Monday.

Ma Ying-jeouTAIPEI - Taiwanese

President Ma Ying-jeouis elected chairman ofthe ruling NationalistParty, a position thatwill shore up hiscontrol over the paceof reconciliation andeconomic cooperationwith rival China.

Oppositionleader

YANGON,Myanmar - The trialof Myanmardemocracy leaderAung San Suu Kyienters its final phase,with the prosecutionscheduled to deliverits closing arguments,a government officialsays.

Humantrafficking

KUALA LUMPUR -A Malaysianimmigration official ischarged with sellingan illegal immigrantfrom Myanmar tohuman traffickers atthe country’s borderwith Thailand, hislawyer says.

Protest in Philippines ahead of Arroyo speechanti-Arroyo banners began theirmarch before dawn to the congressbuilding, as riot police erected barbedwire barricades and blocked accessroads with trucks and shipping con-tainers.

Thousands of riot police, armedwith shields and truncheons, were fer-ried into the capital Manila by trucksand bomb-sniffing dogs checked thebuilding for explosives ahead ofArroyo’s speech, due to begin at 0700GMT.

Police have said they expect about25,000 protesters to convene at theCongress. Schools in the capital wereshut down.

Critics charge Arroyo, whoseterm expires next year, is seekingto amend the constitution so thatshe can remain in power. Theyhave also accused her of cheatingto win the 2004 presidential elec-tion.

The Philippines leader, plaguedby a series of corruption allega-tions against her and his politicalallies, has survived several im-peachment attempts.

She has surrounded herself withdozens of retired police and mili-tary generals who occupy seniorgovernment posts.

In her first state of the nation ad-

dress, Arroyo outlined her visionfor the Philippines based on em-ployment, education, housing andfood security for all Filipinos.

In subsequent addresses, shepromised to win the fight againstpoverty, eradicate corruption andpredicted the Philippines willjoin the ranks of the world’s richcountries within 20 years.

But her government has pro-duced very little to back up thosepromises, with poverty on the risein the country of 92 millionpeople and the economy proppedup by billions of dollars sent homeby Filipino workers overseas.

The crowd of 42,531 leaned toward ACMilan, and the fans were quieted in the fourthminute when Milito chased the ball down to theleft of the goal and left-footed it off goalkeeperZeljko Kalac and inside the near post. He gaveInter a 2-0 lead in the 75th minute on a 2-on-1break with Dejan Stankovic, who passed toMilito for a shot that bounced off and over thekeeper into the net.

The clubs last played outside of Italy whenthey met at Yankee Stadium in 1969; before that,it was a match in Chiasso, Switzerland, in 1908.“For me, there’s no such thing as a friendlygame,” said defender Oguchi Onyewu, the firstAmerican ever to play for Milan. “I don’t goout there hoping to lose, or expecting to lose. Igo out there trying to give it my all.”

Milan and Chelsea sold out the 71,000-seathome stadium of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravenson Friday night. But Sunday’s match on a warmNew England afternoon was played with theupper deck half-closed and the lower bowlempty at one end because the seats were ob-structed by the enormous stage for Tuesdaynight’s AC/DC concert. (Also obstructed wasthe press box, forcing the media to be relocatedinto luxury suites.)

But Sunday’s crowd wasn’t concerned

(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Inter Milan’s Paolo Orlandoni (22) celebrates his goal in front of AC Milangoalie Zeljko Kalacin, left, and Thiago Silva in the first half of a World FootballChallenge soccer match, Sunday, July 26, 2009, in Foxborough, Mass.

Agence France - Presse

ROME - Inter Milan president MassimoMoratti has explained his reason for selling ZlatanIbrahimovic, claiming the Swede wanted to joinBarcelona. Ibrahimovic has been Inter’s bestplayer since joining the club in 2006 and manyfans were dismayed that the Italian championswould let the top goalscorer in last season’s SerieA leave the club.

But in return Inter have signed Cameroonstriker Samuel Eto’o, brought Alexander Hleb inon loan and scooped 50 million euros from Barca.And Moratti insists that it was Ibrahimovic’s ownwish to go. “Several times over the last few monthshe expressed his desire to change clubs,” he toldMonday’s Gazzetta dello Sport.

“He wasn’t forced, he had said that he sawhis career developping elsewhere. We’re talkingabout someone rather indifferent on a sentimentallevel, a professional.” Last week Inter coach JoseMourinho described this deal as the transfer of thesummer, claiming that Eto’o is as good asIbrahimovic and that the Italians had done well to


ROME - Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’oarrived in Milan on Monday ahead of hisInter Milan medical and stated he wants towin the Champions League. Eto’o has twicealready been on a Champions League win-ning team with Barcelona, scoring againstArsenal in the 2006 final in a 2-1 victoryand again against Manchester United inMay in a 2-0 success.

“I’m very happy to be here atInter. I’ve come here to work hardand win the Champions League,”said Eto’o. The 28-year-old willundergo a medical at Inter be-fore putting his name to a five-year deal with the Italianchampions.

He is part of a swap deal thatwill see Sweden forward ZlatanIbrahimovic head to Catalonia while Inter willalso pocket 50 million euros and take Belaruswinger Alexander Hleb on loan for a year.

Eto’o said few words to the hoards ofwaiting press and photographers at Milan’sLinate airport upon his arrival but he didcongratulate his new team-mates on havingbeaten city rivals AC Milan 2-0 in a friendlyin the United States on Sunday.

He also had a word of thanks for Interpresident Massimo Moratti: “He has a bigheart,” said Eto’o. Eto’o arrived with hisagent Jose Maria Mesalles, who last weekagreed personal terms with Inter.

Two Goals from Milito, Inter Defeataed MilanTwo Goals from Milito, Inter Defeataed MilanTwo Goals from Milito, Inter Defeataed MilanTwo Goals from Milito, Inter Defeataed MilanTwo Goals from Milito, Inter Defeataed MilanAssociated Press Writer

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – They were 3,800 miles from foggy San Siro, and that’snot all that was different for Inter Milan and AC Milan when they met outside ofItaly for just the third time in 101 years. “Certainly the focus will be on leagueplay,” Inter striker Diego Milito said Sunday after leading the Italian League cham-pions to a 2-0 victory over AC Milan in an exhibition known as the World FootballChallenge. “But I want to help the team do well, and to honor the shirt that wearingevery time I put it on.”

about the headbanging of AC/DC as much asthe head-passing of AC Milan. And the homestadium of NFL genius Bill Belichick, whoguided the New England Patriots to an 18-0record before losing the 2008 Super Bowl,proved to be a fitting host for Inter coach JoseMourinho, the self-proclaimed “Special One”who guided Inter to its fourth straight ItalianSerie A title after losing in the first knockoutround of the Champions League.

Meanwhile Diego Milito feels proud ofhis two goals. “A striker always likes scor-ing, even if it’s in a friendly match,” said theArgentine, “but today’s was still a derby andfrom my celebration you could see how happyI was to have given my contribution on thepitch. It’s easy to play in this Inter. It’s themerit of the group, of the great championswho have given us newcomers a very warmwelcome and have made us feel importantsince day one.”

In Inter’s next matches Milito could havea new team-mate who shares his ‘habit’ ofscoring. “Eto’o is a great striker who has livedmany experiences,” said Diego. “He is veryfast and he will make a great contribution tothe team. As for me, I will always try to adaptto my strike partner when I’m on the pitch.”

I’m here to win the ChampionsLegaue, says Eto’o

(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o ofCameroon waves as he arrives atLinate airport in Milan, Italy, Monday,July 27, 2009. Eto’o arrived in Milanfor a medical that would complete adeal that would send the striker toItalian champions Inter Milan.

Inter and Barca have also agreed termsbut the deal will only go through onceIbrahimovic completes his move, whichshould happen early this week.

Barcelona’s newsigning ZlatanIbrahimovic ofSweden gesturesduring his arrivalat the club’s officein Barcelona,Spain, Sunday,July 26, 2009.

Zlantan wanted to leave, says Morattibank so much money in the swap.

And Moratti claimed that he too was pleasedwith the deal. “For Inter this is a positive affair,also from an economic perspective,” he said. Youhave to bear in mind that Eto’o’s value as a playeris not that of his low transfer value.” Eto’o hadonly one year left on his Barca contract and theCatalans openly wanted rid of him, thus reducinggreatly his market value.

Ibrahimovic, meanwhile, was tied into a long-term deal at Inter, who did not want to sell him.Having won four Serie A titles in a row, Inter areunder pressure this season to produce the goods inEurope. In the last three seasons they have crashedout in the first knock-out round and the Champi-ons League has become something of an albatrosaround the club’s collective neck.

Inter don’t seem capable of performing in Eu-rope as they do at home and Moratti is aware of notallowing the quest for European glory to become aburden. “I don’t want the Champions League tobecome an obsession. The championship is our pri-mary goal and then we can tackle Europe with muchcourage,” he said.

(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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“It is because I love Alaska thismuch, sir, that I feel it is my duty toavoid the unproductive, typical poli-tics-as-usual lame duck session inone’s last year in office,” said Palin,who was the state’s youngest gover-nor and first female governor.

“With this decision now I will beable to fight even harder for you, forwhat is right and for truth. And I havenever felt you need a title to do allthat,” Palin told a cheering crowd ata state picnic.

But her farewell address inFairbanks, Alaska, Sunday, less thana month after she abruptly announcedher resignation on July 3, providedlittle insight into her plans upon leav-ing office.

In the weeks since her shock an-nouncement, she has citing a varietyof reasons for the decision, includ-ing what she said were financial con-straints caused by a slew of lawsuitsand ethics complaints she has fought.

The former vice presidential can-didate, who shot to national and in-ternational prominence after SenatorJohn McCain picked her as his run-ning mate last year, is expected towrite a book.

Palin, 45, has also said she willtravel the country campaigning forcandidates who share her politicalideology.

Her speech on Sunday included a


TAIPEI - Taiwan PresidentMa Ying-jeou on Monday re-ceived a congratulatory messagefrom his Chinese counterpart HuJintao after being elected leaderof the island’s rulingKuomintang, party officialssaid.

Outgoing KMT chairman WuPoh-hsiung said party officialswould reveal the contents of thebrief message from Hu later inthe day.

Analysts say Ma’s election asparty leader on Sunday couldpave the way for a first meetingbetween the presidents of Tai-wan and China.

Wu met China’s Hu on themainland last year in the high-

AP Photo/Al Grillo

Gov. Sean Parnell, second left goes to hug his wife Sandy, right, holding the Bible after he wassworn in as governor by Alaska Supreme Court Justice Daniel Winfee, left, during a ceremony inFairbanks, Alaska Sunday, July 26, 2009, where Gov. Sarah Palin stepped down and handed overpower to Parnell. Former Gov. Sarah Palin, center back, watches with her daughter Piper, left,back, and husband Todd, right back.


CAIRO - Egypt has decided ona security court trial for 26 men ac-cused of plotting attacks on touristresorts and on ships in the Suez Ca-nal on behalf of Lebanon’sHezbollah, the public prosecutorsaid on Sunday.

Charges include conspiracy tomurder, spying for a foreignorganisation with the intent of con-ducting terrorist attacks and weap-ons possession, prosecutor AbdelMagid Mahmud said in a statement.

State security courts were set upunder Egypt’s emergency laws andhave been in place since 1981 andtheir verdicts are final. The date ofthe trial has yet to be set.

Four of the accused men are onthe run, including Lebanese al-leged mastermind MohammedQubyan who is believed to haveleft Egypt. The others are hidingin the Sinai Peninsula’s mountains,a security official said.

The prosecution says the menhave confessed to buying rifles, ex-plosives and rocket propelled gre-nades and to storing bags and beltsfilled with powerful plastic explo-sives.

They also confessed to buildingtunnels to Gaza, monitoring tour-ist resorts in the Sinai and settingup front businesses, state newsagency MENA reported.

The prosecutor said in April that49 men were suspected of plottingattacks against Sinai tourist resortsand ships in the Suez Canal on theorders of the militant Shiite groupHezbollah.

The suspects include two Leba-nese alleged Hezbollah ringlead-ers, five Palestinians, a Sudaneseman and Egyptians.

Hezbollah chief HassanNasrallah admitted in April thatone of the captured men,

Palin’s future mysterious asPalin’s future mysterious asPalin’s future mysterious asPalin’s future mysterious asPalin’s future mysterious asAlaska governor says goodbyeAlaska governor says goodbyeAlaska governor says goodbyeAlaska governor says goodbyeAlaska governor says goodbyeAgence France-Presse

ANCHORAGE - With a challenge to the media and Washington, and a list of her achievementsfor the state, Sarah Palin has stepped down as Alaska governor, but gave few clues about whereshe is headed.

recap of her time as governor andstruck many of her customary notes,including praise for her fellow Alas-kans and the military.

She also issued challenges to themedia, who she told to “quit makingthings up,” and to those she said are“hellbent, maybe, on tearing downour nation.”

To Alaskans, she issued a warn-ing: “Stiffen your spine to do what isright for Alaska when the pressuremounts.”

“We can resist enslavement to bigcentral government that crushes hopeand opportunity. Be wary of accept-ing government largesse... Meltinginto Washington’s powerful caretak-ing arms will just suck incentive towork hard and chart our own courseright out of us.”

But Palin’s own course remainsthe biggest unanswered question. Shehas been touted as a possible adver-sary for President Barack Obama in2012, but she has also been plaguedby ethics probes, legal bills, anddoubts about her ability to govern.

And even her husband dodged thequestion when he was asked over theweekend about her plans for the fu-ture.

“We’ll play it by ear,” said ToddPalin told Politico, an Internet news-paper, in a brief interview. “We’ll takea little breather and go from there.”

Palin says she has run up morethan half a million dollars in legalfees stemming from the two dozenethics complaints against her, whichshe calls “political absurdity.”

Her supporters set up a fund tohelp cover the legal costs, but an in-dependent investigator’s preliminaryreport found the fund itself may haveconstituted a state ethics law viola-tion, according to Alaska news re-ports.

Her popularity, while unques-tioned among a portion of Republi-can voters, is less assured in the largerelectorate, with 53 percent of Ameri-cans saying they have an unfavorableview of Palin, in a recent poll.

Only 40 percent see her in posi-tive terms — her lowest approvalrating since McCain tapped her as hisrunning mate, according to a Wash-ington Post-ABC News poll releasedFriday.

Additionally, 57 percent of pollrespondents said she does not under-stand complex issues, with just 37percent saying she does.

And despite her often tough rheto-ric, 54 percent told the pollsters theoutgoing Alaska governor was not astrong leader, while only 40 percentsaid that she was.

Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnellwas sworn in as governor at Palin’sdeparture ceremony.

China’s Hu congratulatesMa on KMT leadership: party

est-level contact since the twosides split in 1949 after a civilwar.

Ma previously headed theparty between July 2005 andFebruary 2007, when he re-signed after being indicted forallegedly misusing his expensefunds as mayor of Taipei. He wascleared of the charges before tak-ing office last year.

Ties with China have im-proved dramatically since Macame to power, with the launchof regular direct flights and thedevelopment of closer tradelinks.

Beijing still regards Taiwan aspart of its territory awaiting re-unification by force if necessaryalthough the island has governeditself since 1949.

‘Hezbollah’ plotters facetrial in Egypt security court

Mohammed Yusef Mansur, identi-fied as Sami Shihab, was aHezbollah agent tasked with smug-gling weapons to militants in Gaza.

Defence lawyer Montasser el-Zayyat complained that the defen-dants will be unable to appeal theverdicts.

“They have no right to appeal.Even if they are found innocent thePresident of Egypt can still over-rule the court’s decision,” Zayyattold AFP.

Zayyat said the defendants hadbeen tortured in detention and in-sisted that any confessions used asevidence in court should be dis-missed.

Security officials said the defen-dants were examined by a doctorwho found no evidence that theyhad been physically abused. Rightsgroups say torture is routine inEgypt.

Hezbollah, a formidable guerrilagroup and political party formed af-ter Israel occupied Lebanon in1982, has limited its attacks in theMiddle East to Israel and Lebanon,from which Israel withdrew in2000.

It fought a month-long war withIsrael in 2006 that killed 1,200Lebanese and more than 160 Israe-lis.

The arrests led to a war of wordsbetween Sunni Egypt andHezbollah’s Shiite Iranian backers,with Egyptian Foreign MinisterAhmed Abul Gheit accusing Iranof using Hezbollah to gain a foot-hold in Egypt.

The alleged plot was one ofthree that Egyptian security ser-vices say they have disrupted sinceFebruary, when a pipe bomb leftunder a concrete bench in a Cairobazaar killed a French tourist.

Security officials said they havearrested members of an Al-Qaedacell that carried out that attack.

The 62-minute win repeatedthe triumph which Ginepri en-joyed four years ago and was thethird title of his career. Ginepri,who missed two months of theseason and lost nearly 15 kilo-grams in weight following appen-dix surgery, had not reached asemi-final before this week sinceLas Vegas in March, 2008.

Querrey has now lost in fi-nals in his last two events aftergoing down a fortnight ago ongrass in Newport to Rajeev Ram.Ginepri out-aced the usually big-hitting Querrey, firing four acesand 13 winners while Querreydropped nine costly double faults.

“This is a special place forme,” said Ginepri after the sixthall-American Indy final in twodecades since the event switchedto hardcourt. “I’ve not been in afinal for a long time and to winagain here is great.” After playingonly 21 matches this season, hewas unsure of his chances of get-ting back into the top 20 where hestood in 2005 after winning Indyfor the first time.

“Without results, you startquestioning your game,” he said.

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Sam Querrey, of the United States, returns a shot against countryman Robby Ginepri in the finals ofthe Indianapolis Tennis Championships in Indianapolis, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Ginepri won 6-2, 6-4.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - Robby Ginepri, who was laidlow by a burst appendix earlier this year, won his second In-dianapolis title on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over thirdseeded compatriot Sam Querrey.

“I haven’t been to final in four years(at Indy). “You question if you canplay at this level any more, it creepsinto back of mind. But this is a trueconfidence boost for the summer. I’llgo to LA from Monday very excited.I feel fit and ready to fight somemore. My ranking will move up andI can get into more tournaments,maybe even a Masters series in Asiaand Europe this autumn.”

The title was Ginepri’s third af-ter Indy 2005 and Newport 2003.He broke serve twice in a 26-minuteopening set, then secured the upsetby coming back from 40-0 down inthe 11th game of the second.

“When I won here in 2005 I wasabout the same ranking,” saidGinepri. “But this one has to be morespecial as I really never expected it Igot the job done. I really had no ex-pectations but I had no pressure ei-ther. It’s funny how things work out.”

Querrey said admitted he wasnervous and his usually reliable bigserve let him down. “I didn’t have arhythm on serve today, it was notthere,” he said. “He’s such good re-turner, he puts a lot of pressure onyou. Robby played well and had veryfew unforced errors.”


LONDON - America’s Loren Roberts wonhis second Senior British Open on Sundaywhen he edged Mark McNulty and Fred Funkin a play-off at Sunningdale. The three had fin-ished the four rounds locked on 12 under parbefore Funk, the halfway leader, was elimi-nated at the first extra hole when he could onlymake par while Roberts and McNulty bothmade birdies.

Roberts and McNulty couldn’t be sepa-rated at the second hole. At the third extra hole,McNulty fired his tee shot into the bushes andhad to take a penalty for an unplayable lie. WithRoberts down the middle McNulty was strug-gling and played a five iron for his third shotwhich ran over the back of the green.

Roberts found the green, 20 feet to theright of the flag and with McNulty unable tohole his long par putt, Roberts had two puttsto win. The American rolled the putt up to afew inches to claim the title for the second timeafter his win in 2006.

“When I won back in ’06 it was probablythe biggest thrill of my life,” said Roberts.“Then to come here, to a golf course I’ve neverseen before, absolutely fell in love with thisgolf course. To be able to pull it out on theback nine is the culmination of a lot of hardwork.” Earlier McNulty’s round of 64 hadgiven him the clubhouse lead.

His inward 31 included a hat-trick of bird-ies from the 13th but it could have been evenbetter - down the closing straight McNulty hadbirdie putts of less than 10 feet on 17 and 18and both missed the hole by the smallest offractions. “I really thought I hit good putts,

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MANCHESTER - Manchester United’sWayne Rooney says he is thirsty for goals inthe Premier League season starting on August15, as the United squad prepare in Germanyfor the pre-season Audi Cup.

The Reds’ striker is relishing being evenmore in the spotlight now his attack partnerCristiano Ronaldo has left for Real Nadrid andaims to increase his goal scoring rate abovethe 20 he bagged in the league last season: “Ihave always said I would like to score moregoals than the previous season so that is whatI am aiming for again this time,” he toldwww.manutd.com as the team returned toEurope after their Asian tour. If I can do that Iwill be really happy,” said the 23-year-old whowas among the scorers in an eight-goal romp

Rooney thirsty for goalsas United return to Europe

over China’s Hanzhou Greentown on Sunday. Manchester United boss Sir Alex

Ferguson says he has “strong options” up frontgoing into the new Premier League season.New signing Michael Owen netted a brace inthe clash against Hangzhou to add to two goalsin Malaysia. Ferguson, chasing a record fourthconsecutive Premier League crown, pairedOwen and Dimitar Berbatov from the start forthe first time in China and both found the netin the opening period.

“We didn’t use Macheda tonight but Ithink it gives us strong options,” he said. “Ithink that Macheda’s development obviouslyas we saw the other night is good for a 17-year-old boy and he’s got the physical attributesto go with it.” With the experience of Berbatovand Owen, and the talent of Rooney, “I thinkwe’re not too bad,” Ferguson said.

ManchesterUnited’s MichaelOwen, right, andWayne Rooney,left, run withtheir teammatesduring a soccertraining sessionin Hangzhou,China, Saturday,July 25, 2009.

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Loren Roberts of the US tees off onthe first play off hole after the finalround of the Senior British OpenChampionship at the Sunningdalegolf course, in Sunningdale, England,Sunday, July 26, 2009.

Roberts wins second Senior British Open

both of them,” he said. “The last one I thoughtwas going to go in and the last one sloweddown and seemed to start turning. Why, I don’tknow.

“I gave it all I had, and just one bad shot.That’s what happens.” American Funk, whohad set record low 18 and 36-hole scores forthe event, raced out the blocks to turn in 32,but the 53-year-old parred all his holes on theback nine. It just wasn’t enough. It’s disap-pointing because I played good,” said Funk.

Overnight leader Greg Norman col-lapsed to a one-over 71 and fell out of con-tention to a tie for sixth. Tom Watson con-tinued his fine form with a three-under-par67 to finish seven under overall, enough fora share of eighth place.

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British actress Joanna Lumley, left, presents a gift to Nepal’s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, at hisoffice in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, July, 27, 2009. Lumley arrived Sunday on her first visit to the Hima-layan nation which is home to the Gurkha soldiers who have for centuries fought for the British army.


TOKYO - Opposition leaderYukio Hatoyama, tipped to be-come prime minister in electionsnext month, said Monday Japanwas “at a historic turning point”as he outlined his party’s plans toremake the nation.

“We are at a historic turningpoint, not only in the sense that wewill end the long-running LDP(Liberal Democratic Party) gov-ernment,” said Hatoyama.

A government change wouldalso “make up for two lost decades”economically and end the rising in-


ARBIL - Iraqi authorities are set onMonday to release preliminary resultsfrom weekend elections in theautomomous Kurdish region after anew opposition party claimed a majorbreakthrough.

The Goran (Change) list said ithad won more than a quarter of seatsin the regional Kurdish parliament


JERUSALEM - The number ofIsraeli settlers in the occupied WestBank now stands at more than300,000 people, according to gov-ernment figures published by theHaaretz newspaper on Monday.

As of June 30, there were304,569 settlers living in the Pal-estinian territory, an increase of2.3 percent since the start of theyear, it said.

The issue of settlements is oneof the main stumbling blocks inthe stalled Israeli-Palestinianpeace process.

The administration of US Presi-

Madhav Kumar Nepal said allNepalese people recognised theachievements of the 63-year-oldstar, who spearheaded a successfulcampaign for Gurkha veterans andtheir families to be allowed to settlein Britain.

“I think the Gurkhas have gotjustice, whether complete or just tosome extent I cannot see,” he toldjournalists after meeting Lumley,famous for her role in the televisionshow “Absolutely Fabulous”.

“We are all rejoicing over whatshe has achieved.”

Lumley, who arrived in Nepal toa rapturous welcome on Sunday, pre-sented the prime minister with a scarffrom Scotland, saying she had heardthat the winters were cold in Nepal.

“We are just so proud to be hereand to have it recognised at such ahigh level,” she told journalists af-ter the meeting.

“It’s just such a tremendousprivilege to be here today consoli-

More than 300,000 Israelisettlers in West Bank: report

dent Barack Obama, who took of-fice in January, has repeatedlypressed Israel to halt all settlementactivity as part of its efforts to re-vive the stalled peace process.

Hawkish Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has so far re-fused to heed the calls, sending ten-sions between the two allies risingto levels unseen in years.

The new figures were publishedamid a US diplomatic push thatwill see three senior officials —Defence Secretary Robert Gates,Middle East envoy GeorgeMitchell and National SecurityAdvisor James Jones — hold talksin Israel this week.

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Yukio Hatoyama.

Japan at ‘historic turning point’fluence of state bureaucrats thatstarted when Japan opened its doorsto the outside world in the late 19thcentury, he said.

“We intend to make the peoplethe main players in politics,” addedthe head of the biggest oppositiongroup, the Democratic Party of Ja-pan (DPJ), which has been lead-ing in opinion polls ahead of theAugust 30 lower house election.

The business-friendly LDP, ledby unpopular Prime Minister TaroAso, has governed Japan continu-ously since the conservative party’sfoundation in 1955, except for one10-month stretch in the early 1990s.

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KATHMANDU - Nepal’s prime minister on Monday thanked JoannaLumley for bringing “justice” to Gurkha soldiers who served in the Brit-ish army, as the glamorous actress was feted on her visit to the country.

dating the bond (between Britainand Nepal).”

Later Monday, Lumley will meetthe country’s president and address arally at Kathmandu City Hall beforelaying a wreath at a Gurkha memo-rial inside the British embassy here.

The blonde actress has beenhailed as a heroine by the Nepaleseformer fighters, who are expected toturn out in their thousands to greether as she travels around the coun-try this week.

Crowds of supporters waitedhours at Kathmandu airport on Sun-day, braving the monsoon rain andcarrying banners that read “Wel-come Joanna, daughter of Nepal”and “Gurkha heroes welcome ourBritish heroes”.

Organisers of her trip said someGurkha veterans living in remote ar-eas have already started walking tothe three towns she is set to visit whilein Nepal, where many people live inrural villages with no road access.

She is accompanied by her fam-ily and by British local governmentrepresentative Peter Carroll, who in2007 persuaded her to join the“Gurkha Justice” campaign that hestarted.

She has said that her father, aBritish major in the 6th GurkhaRifles during World War II, wouldhave been “overwhelmed withshame and fury” at Britain’s treat-ment of Gurkha veterans.

The British government an-nounced in May that all Gurkha vet-erans who had served at least fouryears in the army could apply forresidency after a climbdown in theface of Lumley’s campaign.

Previously, only those who re-tired after 1997 had been eligible toapply. The Indian-born actress, re-nowned as the cocaine-snortingfashionista Patsy in the hit comedy“Absolutely Fabulous”, had becomea rallying voice for the men shecalled the “bravest of the brave”.

The Gurkhas have been part ofthe British army for almost 200years and more than 45,000 havedied in British uniform. Around3,500 currently serve in the Britisharmy, including in Afghanistan.

Opposition set to break Iraqi Kurd strangleholdin Saturday’s legislative election,raising the prospect of a strong op-position for the first time.

The vote was held at a key time inIraq’s transition as regional leaders arelocked in a bitter dispute withBaghdad over land and oil, while lo-cal voters also voiced their increas-ing concerned about corruption.

Incumbent regional presidentMassud Barzani won 70 percent of the

vote in a simultaneous presidential pollpitting him against four other candi-dates, presidential cabinet chief FuadHussein said on Sunday.

A joint list uniting Barzani’sKurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan(PUK) of Iraqi President Jalal Talabaniwon 60 percent of ballots cast in theparliamentary vote, Hussein said.

The two parties have dominated

Iraqi Kurdish politics for half a cen-tury, first as rebels and then as theregion’s effective rulers in the after-math of the 1991 Gulf war overSaddam Hussein’s invasion ofneighbouring Kuwait.

The results would give the KDP-PUK list around 55 seats in the 111-seat parliament, down from 78 seats inthe outgoing assembly elected in 2005.

A senior Goran official told AFP

that his party would win 28 seats, mak-ing it the first credible opposition to thelongstanding KDP-PUK dominance inthe rugged mountainous north of Iraq.

Nearly 80 percent of the region’s2.5 million voters turned out on Sat-urday for what election officials trum-peted as a transparent poll. Final re-sults are not due for several days, asballots must be transported toBaghdad for an official count.

“Climate change has the potentialto affect almost every issue linked topoverty and development in the Pa-cific,” said Oxfam New Zealand ex-ecutive director Barry Coates. With-out immediate action 50 years of de-velopment gains in poor countrieswill be permanently lost,” he said.

Coral atolls are particularly vul-nerable, including countries such asTuvalu, Kiribati and the MarshallIslands, which consist solely ofatolls that often rise only two to threemetres (six to nine feet) above sealevel. Climate change is expected toworsen storm surges, cyclones and


LONDON – Genetically modi-fied crops are being grown in Brit-ain for the first time in 12 monthsafter controversial trials were re-sumed without alerting the public,a newspaper reported Monday.Cultivation of a field of potatoesdesigned to be resistant to pestswas abandoned more than a yearago when environmental protest-ers ripped up the crop, the DailyTelegraph said.

But, without alerting the pub-lic, the project near Tadcaster innorthern England has been re-started, prompting warnings fromgreen groups that local farms andresidents could be put at risk, thenewspaper said. One group ac-cused the government of trying to“slip it under the radar.” The De-partment for the Environment,Food and Rural Affairs said thepotatoes would be grown in a safeenvironment, where there is norisk of contamination. They wouldnot be used for human or animal

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The South Pacific pounding the coastline of Funafuti Atoll. Developed countries need to act urgently tohelp vulnerable Pacific island nations cope with climate change, international aid group Oxfam said

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Many professional women areguilty of multiple fashion faux paswithout realizing it, and their lackof judgment can sometimes lead tobeing passed over for a job or pro-motion. Dressing for success meansbusiness, not pleasure. Read on forour must-avoids.

Too much cleavage: Showing toomuch cleavage at work is the No. 1fashion faux pas on our list. Studiesshow that women who dress in sexyattire in a professional environmentare more often passed over for pro-motions than women who dress


WELLINGTON – Developed countries need to act urgently to help vulnerable Pacific island nations copewith climate change, international aid group Oxfam said Monday. By the year 2050, about 75 million peoplecould be forced to leave their homes due to climate change in the Asia-Pacific region, the Oxfam report said.

high tides. “Scientists have also pro-jected an increase in diseases suchas malaria and dengue fever, to-gether with significant soil andcoastal erosion as a result of climatechange,” Oxfam said.

Unless wealthy, developed countrieslike Australia and New Zealand takeurgent action to curb emissions ofgreenhouse gases, such as carbon di-oxide, some island nations in the Pa-cific could become uninhabitable,Oxfam said. Oxfam estimated thataround 150 billion US dollars wouldbe needed every year to fund adapta-tion and emissions reductions in devel-

oping countries on top of existing aid.Wealthy, polluting countries must

reduce their emissions by at least 40percent by 2020, and at least 95 per-cent by 2050 to prevent potentiallycatastrophic climate change, Oxfamsaid. The report also said Australiaand New Zealand had to be preparedto take refugees from Pacific islands.

Australia, New Zealand and otherdeveloped countries are expected toface renewed calls for more helpover climate change from islandcountries when the 16-nation PacificIslands Forum meets in Cairns, Aus-tralia next week.

What Not to Wear to Workmore conservatively. Bottom line: Ifyou want to get ahead, ditch the low-cut top.

Too-short skirt: Wearing a micro-mini may send the message thatyou’re trying to compensate forskills you lack in other areas. Also,the knee is a visual anchor, saysBarbara Pachter, an etiquette expert.People’s attention will be drawndownward when they approach you,instead of toward your face where itshould be. Save your minis for afteroffice hours and, while it doesn’tneed to be knee length, put on a skirt

that you can sit down in withoutshowing too much thigh.

See-through clothes: Summermaterials such as organza and liq-uid jersey look and feel cool andpretty, but in the light of a staff meet-ing, they can reveal the outlines ofyour legs — and much more. Thebest solution is to check out yourensemble in a bright, naturally litroom before leaving for work. Al-ways wear transparent blouses overcamis or under jackets; transparentdresses and skirts should be layeredover a slip or leggings. Ginger Burr

of Total Image Consultants notesthat buying clothes with lining —especially white pants and skirts —is always a safe choice.

Over-accessorizing: A rule ofthumb when it comes to accessoriesin the workplace: Less is more. Cos-tume jewelry, when worn in bulk,tends to look tacky. The real thing,on the other hand, can come off asgaudy. A boardroom-ready look in-cludes one show stopper plus subtleaccessories. That means if you’regoing to put on a chunky beadednecklace, stick to minimal earrings

and arm candy.Bringing the beach into the of-

fice: Sundresses, spaghetti straps,flip-flops. Nothing makes you lookless professional than coming to theoffice like you’re dressed for thebeach. Having a cover-up like apashmina, neutral blazer or cardi-gan on hand will always make anoutfit look more professional. Truthbe told, however, these summerstaples are best avoided at the of-fice. Trade your tank top for a silkshell and Havaianas for backlessmules.

GM crop trials start againin Britain in ‘secret’: report

consumption, it said.The trial, run by Leeds Univer-

sity, is looking at potatoes that areresistant to a parasite worm thatcosts British farmers millions ofpounds a year in lost and damagedcrops. Genetically-modified cropshave a gene, or genes, inserted intothem in the lab so that they acquiretraits that are useful to farmers.They are widely grown in NorthAmerica, South America andChina.

But in Europe they have run intofierce resistance, led by greengroups who say the crops carryrisks through cross-pollination, po-tentially creating “super-weeds”that are impervious to herbicides.Only a handful of genetically modi-fied crops have been approved forcultivation in the European Union,but of them only MON810, ap-proved in 1998, is so far beinggrown. France this month rejecteda report by the European Union’sfood safety watchdog that said acontroversial strain of genetically-modified corn was safe.

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Ecologists also found that themassive 8.0-magnitude earthquake,which triggered huge landslidesacross the region’s mountainous ter-rain and left nearly 87,000 peopledead or missing, destroyed nearly aquarter of panda habitat close to thetremor’s epicenter.

“It is probable that habitat frag-mentation has separated the giant


GROZNY, Russia - Seven peopledied and four others were woundedSunday in a suicide attack in Russia’sturbulent southern mountain regionof Chechnya, officials said.

Four Chechen police officers aswell as a Georgian and a Turkishman died along with the suicidebomber in the capital Grozny, whenthe attacker detonated a bomb out-side a concert hall around 5:00 pm(1300 GMT), Mariam Nalayeva, thespokeswoman for the investigators’office, told AFP.


SCHWYZ - A century and aquarter after a master cutler set outto supply Swiss soldiers with a sur-vival tool, the iconic Swiss Armyknife still adjusts gun sights, cutscheese and opens cans.

But deep in Switzerland’s ruralAlpine heartland, Karl Elsener’sdescendants at Victorinox, the lastfirm in the country that still makesthe pocket knives, have been forcedto adapt to the urban jungle.

Apart from the hallmark blades,the corkscrew — originally sold toofficers only — tweezers, andscrewdrivers, the nowadays 100-strong range includes a “cyber tool”to fix computers, a USB key and ablunt-tipped children’s knife.


RIYADH - A Saudi man hasdied after being struck down byswine flu, the first death from thedisease in the kingdom, the healthministry said on Monday.

The 30-year-old man was admit-ted to a private hospital inDammam in eastern Saudi Arabiaon Wednesday with a fever andpneumonia. He died on Saturdayfrom A(H1N1) despite the applica-tion of antibiotics and the anti-fludrug Tamiflu, the ministry said.

The number of cases in SaudiArabia now tops 300, adding toworries over the expected influx ofsome two million foreigners under-taking the hajj pilgrimage to theMuslim holy cities of Mecca andMedina later this year.

At an emergency meeting in

Saudi Arabia reports firstdeath from swine flu

Cairo last week, Arab health min-isters recommended that childrenunder 12 and people over 65 bebanned from the hajj this year toreduce the risk.

Saudi health ministry spokesmanKhaled Marghlani said on Saturdaythat Riyadh was likely to adopt thismeasure, and that it would press forpilgrims to be vaccinated againstA(H1N1) if a vaccine is proven andavailable ahead of the hajj period,beginning in November.

He added that the age restric-tions would not affect the countryquotas set for the number of peoplegoing on the hajj.

“This will not touch on the quo-tas, the percentage of pilgrims” al-located to each country, he toldAFP.

“When we implement the newlaw, it will stay as it is.”

Swiss Army knifemorphs with age

Former rival and now subsidiaryWenger recently added the foldingnail clipper to the nail file, whileLondon’s Bond Street, New York’sSoho and Tokyo’s Ginza rival armybarracks around the world as out-lets.

Victorinox president CarlElsener is eyeing a Bluetooth-equipped remote controller forbusiness presentations next, andeven fingerprint ID to secure datastored on the computer memorykey.

“We always try to be very closeto the market and get new ideas,”said Elsener junior, great-grandsonof the company’s founder.

Although the modern discourseis imbued with marketing speak,Elsener says the family firm has

poured “a lot of soul” formore than 125 years intodeveloping the legendaryred tool.

“The Swiss Army knifebecame the reliable com-panion for many expedi-tions, to the North Pole, theSouth Pole, in the Amazon,to Mount Everest, even of-ficial equipment of thespace shuttle crews,” saidElsener with pride.

“Powerful presidentshave been using the SwissArmy knife as a gift fortheir visitors to the WhiteHouse,” he added, also re-calling that it was once usedto perform an in-flightemergency tracheotomyhigh above the Philippines.

An exhibition at theSwiss National Museum inSchwyz, near the firm’sheadquarters, retraces theevolution of pocket knives“from tool to icon”, reveal-ing the far more ruralflavour of the early models.

Seven dead in Chechnya suicide bombingThe Turkish national was work-

ing in the Caucasus republic’s build-ing industry, she said, but did notgive details about the other civilian.

The identity of the suicidebomber was not immediatelyknown. Chechen President RamzanKadyrov said the attack showed aviolent campaign waged againstRussian rule by Islamist rebels wasin its “death throes.”

The Kremlin-backed leader toldnews agency Interfax: “It is an at-tempt to make our forces pull backfrom the area where a special op-eration is being carried out, an at-

tempt to make us stop working todestroy the rebels.”

“We will not stop until we haveeliminated all the rebels who targetpeaceful citizens, the securityforces, the military and members ofreligious orders.”

Chechnya has been the site ofseveral bloody attacks since Aprilwhen Moscow ended its controver-sial “anti-terror operation” whichlasted more than a decade.

The North Caucasus republics ofIngushetia and Dagestan, whichborder Chechnya, are also regularlyrocked by militant attacks.

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WASHINGTON - More than 60 percent of the wild giant pandapopulation in China’s Sichuan province was affected by the powerfulquake that rocked the region and killed thousands in May 2008, astudy said Monday.

panda population inhabiting this re-gion, which could be as low as 35individuals,” said Weihua Xu of theChinese Academy of Sciences inBeijing, the lead author of the studypublished in Frontiers in Ecologyand the Environment.

“This kind of isolation increasestheir risk of extinction in the wild,due in part to a higher likelihood of

inbreeding.”Sichuan is designated as one of

25 global biodiversity conservationhotspots. The province, which con-tains more than half of the Earth’swild giant panda population, is hometo over 12,000 plan species and 1,122vertebrate species, noted Xu.

The researchers’ analyses —which involved satellite imagestaken before and after the quake inthe South Minshan region close tothe earthquake’s center — revealedthat over 354 kilometers (220miles), or 23 percent, of the pandas’habitat had become bare land.

Much of the remaining habitatareas were also found to have beenfragmented into smaller, discon-nected patches, which Xu said wasjust as harmful as the habitat beingdestroyed.

To produce its estimates, thestudy had used criteria that makeforests suitable for pandas, such asthe presence of bamboo — the pan-das’ main food source — elevationand slope incline.

In order to encourage pandas tomove between the disconnectedpatches, the study recommendedthat specially protected corridors bebuilt and that some areas outside ofnature reserves also be protected.

The earthquake caused twicemore damage to panda habitat out-side than inside the reserves. Theresearchers also proposed thatpanda habitat be taken into consid-eration during the relocation of af-fected towns after the quake.

“It is vital to the survival of thisspecies that measures are taken toprotect panda habitat outside naturereserves,” Xu said.

“Giant pandas in this region aremore vulnerable than ever to humandisturbance, including post-earth-quake reconstruction and tourism.When coupled with these increas-ing human activities, natural disas-ters create unprecedented chal-lenges for biodiversity conserva-tion.”

Some 600 giant pandas are stillliving in the wild, according to esti-mates.

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Modern Swiss Army Knifes line up un-der the portrait founder Karl Elsener dur-ing an exhibition at the Swiss Historicmuseum in Schwyz on May 14, 2009.

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This file photo taken on May 23, 2008 shows Chinese paramilitarysoliders carrying a giant panda during a transfer operation at the ChinaConservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, asmall town about 30 kilometres from the epicentre of the magnitude8.0 earthquake, in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. Morethan 60 percent of the wild giant panda population in China’s Sichuanprovince was affected by the powerful quake that rocked the regionand killed thousands in May 2008, a study said on July 27, 2009.

Speculation heightened afterLopez was spotted dining out withAmerican Idol host Ryan Seacrest,who himself has just negotiated ahuge pay rise for the new series.Lopez was reportedly set to be an-nounced as the new judge later thisyear in time for the eighth seasonof the popular singing contest.

But the star’s representative hasrefuted the reports, dismissing themas “completely false”. The spokes-person says, “The rumor of Jenni-fer Lopez throwing herself in thering to take over for Paula Abdul iscompletely false. Jennifer loves Idolbut just as a fan. “She just wrappedthe feature film “The Back-UpPlan,” due out January 2010, andwill release an album then as well.”

Kate Hudson has confirmed she is dating baseball hunk AlexRodriguez - by smooching the star in front of snappers at the New YorkYankees annual picnic.

The actress has tried to keep her romance with Rodriguez quiet, buthas failed to see off public interest in the relationship after she followedthe sportsman to every game as his team tours the U.S.

Hudson has now taken their romance public - by passionately kissingRodriguez in front of the paparazzi on Saturday. The pair has reportedlybeen dating since last November, and have been pictured spending qual-ity time together with their respective kids, Rodriguez’s daughters Ellaand Natasha and Hudson’s son Ryder. Rodriguez was last year rumoredto have dated Madonna following her split from Guy Ritchie.

Meanwhile Baseball player Alex Rodriguez had a furious bust-up witha pal of Kate Hudson - after she smashed up his car. A-Rod has beenromantically linked to the You, Me and Dupree actress since they werespotted enjoying a romantic night out in New York earlier this month.She was also seen cheering him on during several of his New York Yan-kees games, surround by close friends.

However, Rodriguezhad a falling out with oneof Hudson’s pals aftershe reportedly dented hiscar as she gave Hudsona ride. A source tellsRadarOnline.com, “KateHudson’s girlfriend, theone she is seen with atYankee games, has beendriving his Suburbanwith Kate every morn-ing, bright and early, toget coffee. A short timelater the friend pulledaround the car for Alex.As soon as he saw therear of the vehicle andthe damage done, he hadher get out of the car andstarted talking about herreckless driving. He wasvisibly upset. The crashwas so bad the licenseplate was obscured. Hewas ranting and ravingwhile she stood theresheepishly.”

Justin Timberlake celebrated the opening ofhis renovated, environmentally friendly golfcourse in style on the 10th tee — by smackinghis drive 291 yards. singer and actor smiledSaturday after the tee-off, saying “nobody’shappier about this course” than he is.

Timberlake was the first to play a round athis Mirimichi golf course near Memphis, Tenn.,after he spent $16 million renovating the courseto make it more eco-friendly.

Timberlake drew a crowd of about 50 on-lookers after starting an early round of 18 holesat 7:30 a.m. He played Saturday with hismother, stepfather and an old family friend fromTennessee. The Memphis native got the idea tobuy the course from his dad back in 2007.

Denzel Washington was de-lighted when movie bosses orderedhim to fatten up for his latest movierole - because he thoroughly enjoyedstuffing his face with junk food.

The actor appears in The Takingof Pelham 123, alongside JohnTravolta, playing an overweightcharacter - and the slim star had togain a staggering 40 pounds. Hesays, “Getting there was such fun.Milkshakes, hamburgers... middleofthe night a little Haagen Daz. Any-thing I wanted just eat, eat, eat.”

The American Gangster star re-turned to his toned physique aftershooting the film, but admits his wifequite enjoyed his fuller figure. Hesays, “She was OK with it, I thinkevery wife wants their husband to beplump and fatten them up. Shedoesn’t eat, she cooks all this foodfor me, but she doesn’t it eat.”

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The baby, almost three monthsold, was baptised “Henrik CarlJoachim Alain” in a church in thevillage of Moegeltoender, wherehis parents were married.

The prince, seventh in line tothe Danish throne, was born onMay 4 and is the third son ofPrince Joachim, 40, who is the sonof Denmark’s Queen Margrethe.

The youngster’s mother Prin-cess Marie, 33, is French-born buttook Danish nationality when shewed Joachim.

The young Henrik takes hisname from his grandfatherFrench-born Prince Henrik, whois Queen Margrethe’s husband.

Joachim is the second son ofMargrethe and Henrik.

Denmark’sDenmark’sDenmark’sDenmark’sDenmark’snewest princenewest princenewest princenewest princenewest princechristened Henrikchristened Henrikchristened Henrikchristened Henrikchristened HenrikAgence France-Presse

COPENHAGEN - The name of Denmark’s newest prince was revealed as Henrik during hischristening ceremony on Sunday, ending a long wait for royal family watchers.

In April 2005, Joachim di-vorced Princess Alexandra, origi-nally from Hong Kong, afteraround 10 years of marriage.

The couple had two sons, nine-year-old Nikolai and seven-year-old Felix.

Joachim has a residence inMoegeltoender, a small village insouthwest Denmark close to theGerman border.

Danish television channel TV2caused controversy when it decidedto broadcast the final stage of theTour de France cycling competitioninstead of the christening.

This meant station DR1 was forthe first time the only channel show-ing the event.

The announcement of the baby’s

name was the lead story onDenmark’s main news websites,however, ahead of the Tour deFrance.

Danish media also made mentionon Sunday of the confusion causedby a German magazine dedicated toroyalty, called Freizeit Royal.

The publication believed it hadcome across a major scoop with therevelation the prince would becalled “Farvel”.

This was the word PrincessMarie uttered as she left the mater-nity unit, and the magazine wasconvinced this was the new prince’sname.

But just one minor problem:“Farvel” means “goodbye” inDanish.

On Wednesday, NASA had or-dered spacewalking astronauts backinto the space station 30 minutesearly after a spacesuit was found tobe working improperly.

Higher than normal carbon diox-ide levels were found in Cassidy’sspacesuit due to a problem with itslithium hydroxide canister, the USspace agency said, adding he had notbeen in any danger.

The carbon dioxide removal unitcontinued to operate in manual modeSunday.

Cassidy and his partner DaveWolf managed to replace only twoof the six batteries, so part ofFriday’s outing was to install the re-maining four.

Each ISS battery measures 40inches by 36 inches by 18 inches(101 centimeters by 90 centimetersby 45 centimeters), weighs 375pounds (170 kilos) and is designedto last 6.5 years.

Endeavour took off from CapeCanaveral, Florida on July 15 for a16-day mission with a crew of sixAmericans and one Canadian to helpcomplete construction of the ISS.

On the second Endeavourspacewalk July 19, the astronauts

A statement posted on the Hondu-ran military’s website expressed “un-restricted support” for Costa Rica-mediated talks between Zelaya andMicheletti representatives, and said themilitary hoped to see a resolution “inthe framework of the San Jose Ac-cord.”

The accord, proposed by CostaRican President Oscar Arias, includesa call for Zelaya’s restoration to powerin Honduras, with various limits.Micheletti and his government how-ever have rejected the deal.

The New York Times reported Sun-day that the Honduran military com-munique, dated Friday, was drafted inWashington after days of talks be-tween mid-level Honduran officersand US congressional aides, and was“significant” because it was the firstsign of support for the San Jose Ac-cord by a powerful sector of the in-terim government.

Meanwhile tension remained highon the border between Nicaragua andHonduras, with some 3,000 Hondu-ran soldiers and police deployed in thearea with orders to arrest Zelaya oncharges of treason if he enters thecountry.

“We are organizing the resistance,”Zelaya declared, saying he had set upcamp some 100 meters (yards) fromthe border with his country, but insideNicaragua near the Las Manos bordercrossing.

Zelaya set up his base in the Nica-raguan town of Ocotal, some 20 kilo-meters (12 miles) from Las Manos,and planned to spend the night there.

In Honduras, the Micheletti gov-ernment said they were extending thecurfew in the border area until 6:00am (1200 GMT) Monday. The curfewbegan at midday (1800 GMT) Friday.

Honduran military...From page 1 Saturday, the body of a 23-year-old

Zelaya supporter was found next to acoffee field, bearing knife gashes andsigns he had been beaten. Supportersof the ousted president accuse Hon-duran police of murdering the man.

Munoz was buried in Tegucigalpaon Sunday, as activists chanted,“Blood of martyrs, seeds of freedom!”

Zelaya, a former rancher whoveered to the left after taking office,was ousted amid fears he sought toextend his rule.

Aides would not confirm whetherhe would again attempt to cross intoHonduras. He briefly stepped acrossthe border Friday, but returned to Nica-ragua and has been there since.

Zelaya denied reports that US Sec-retary of State Hillary Clinton invitedhim to Washington.

In Washington, the Honduran em-bassy announced that Zelaya hadasked President Barack Obama to banbank transactions and cancel the USvisas of individuals “directly respon-sible for my abduction and the inter-ruption of constitutional order in mycountry.”

The list includes Micheletti, Attor-ney General Luis Alberto Rubi, pub-lic prosecutor Rosa America Miranda,and the top Honduran military brass.

“We believe that the measures thatwe are asking the US administrationto take will exercise direct pressure onthe perpetrators of the coup withoutcausing any sort of negative impact onthe people of Honduras,” said EnriqueReina, Zelaya’s new ambassador-des-ignate in Washington.

However, two Republican mem-bers of the US Congress — Represen-tatives Brian Bilbray of California andConnie Mack of Florida — showedup in Tegucigalpa Saturday in a dis-play of support for the Micheletti re-gime.

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moved equipment from Endeavouronto the ISS and repaired a malfunc-tioning toilet on the orbiting station.

During a first spacewalk July18, astronauts completed construc-tion of the Japanese Kibo sciencelab during an outing that lasted fiveand a half hours.

The ISS should be completed in2010, which also is the target datefor the retirement of the US fleet ofthree space shuttles.

Endeavour is expected to landback on Earth on July 31. The launchof the next shuttle, Discovery, to theISS is planned for August 18 at 4:25am (0825 GMT).

Meanwhile, in yet another deft ma-neuver Sunday, the space shuttle roboticarm grabbed the Japanese ExposedSection cargo carrier from the spacestation robotic arm, NASA reported.

Endeavour Commander MarkPolansky and Mission SpecialistJulie Payette then used the shuttlearm to place the cargo carrier backinto the shuttle payload bay.

The cargo carrier was launchedwith two science experiments and acommunication system that weretransferred to the Kibo Exposed Fa-cility earlier in the mission.

Reuters

GENEVA - The sharp tradecontraction during the economiccrisis, closely matching the trendin the 1930s, has triggered wide-spread fears that the world couldsuffer a re-run of the destructiveprotectionism of that era.

Policy-makers have said mea-sures to curtail imports to save jobsat home could spark a repeat of theGreat Depression, and politicalleaders have pledged not to restricttrade even as their governmentsraise tariffs and subsidies.

The ghosts of U.S. SenatorSmoot and Representative Hawley,whose 1930 Tariff Act prompted awave of tit-for-tat trade retaliationthat fueled the tensions leading toWorld War Two, stalk many anewspaper article and economicconference.

But economists are increas-ingly arguing that measures takenin the crisis do not herald a waveof protectionism.

“I do think that there are anumber of countries that haveflirted a bit with protectionism butI don’t see in many countries any-thing like what was happening inthe 1930s and certainly not in theUnited States,” said CraigVanGrasstek, who teaches tradepolicy at Harvard and Georgetownuniversities.

Trade no longer plays a bigpart in the U.S. public debate andPresident Barack Obama did not

An analysis by the Journalshowed the total loans held by 15large US banks shrank by 2.8 percentin the second quarter, and that morethan half of the loan volume in Apriland May came from refinancingmortgages and renewing credit tobusinesses and not fresh loans.

The banks surveyed include fi-nancial giants such as J.P. MorganChase, Bank of America andCitigroup as well as regional bankssuch as Fifth Third Bancorp, basedin Cincinnati, and Regions FinancialCorp. of Birmingham, Alabama.

The 15 banks hold 47 percentof federally insured deposits and got182.5 billion dollars in taxpayer-funded capital infusions through theTroubled Asset Relief Program, thereport said.

As of June 30, the banks had 4.2trillion dollars of loans on their bal-


BERLIN - The majority ofGerman businesses believe the fi-nancial crisis is over and the stateof Europe’s top economy will im-prove in the next 12 months, ac-cording to a new study to be pub-lished on Monday.

Two out of three firms in Ger-many see the economy brighten-ing in 2010 with nearly eight outof 10 seeing an improvement by2011, according to the Ernst andYoung survey to appear inMonday’s edition of daily DieWelt.

Moreover, 54 percent of thebusinesses polled said that Ger-many was likely to emergestronger after the crisis than it

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This May 24, 2009 photo shows the sign for a Wells Fargobank in Woodbury, Minnesota. Leading US banks are slow-ing lending as bankers and borrowers refrain from takingrisks in the uncertain economy, The Wall Street Journal re-ported late Sunday.

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WASHINGTON - Leading US banks are slowing lending as bankers and borrowers refrainfrom taking risks in the uncertain economy, The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday.

ance sheets, down from 4.3 trilliondollars on March 31.

Loan portfolios shrank at 13 ofthe big banks, with the steepest de-cline at Comerica Inc., Dallas, wherethe loan total was down 4.3 percentto 46.6 billion dollars in the latestquarter, the paper noted.

Bank of America reported itsloan portfolio slipped 3.6 percent to942.2 billion dollars in the secondquarter, the report said.

A spokesman for the largest USbank by assets said the decrease re-flected higher loan losses and lowerloan demand as borrowers pay offoutstanding debts.

“There were fewer opportunitiesto make high-quality loans becauseof the recession,” he said.

The 15 banks reported about 803billion dollars in loan volume in thesecond quarter, up 12.7 percent from

the first quarter, The Journal said. But nearly 60 percent of the in-

crease in April and May came fromrefinancing mortgages and renewingbusiness loans, according to the re-port. In contrast, new home pur-chases accounted for just 23 percentof all mortgage loans.

On a year-to-year basis, totalloans held by the 15 big banks rose17 percent from 3.6 trillion dollarsin the second quarter of last year, thepaper reported.

But the increase was skewed bythe impact of acquisitions that in-cluded J.P. Morgan’s takeover of thebanking operations of WashingtonMutual and Wachovia’s purchase byWells Fargo Bank, it said.

Excluding purchases, loan port-folios shrank by about 10 percent asof June 30 from a year earlier, ac-cording to the report.

Protectionism: the dog that barked but didn’t bite?view it as an election winner, hetold a meeting of the Agency forInternational Trade Informationand Cooperation (AITIC) inGeneva on July 21.

The number of requests foranti-dumping measures — dutiesto compensate for unfairly pricedimports — sought by U.S. busi-nesses is likely to fall to 12 in the2009 fiscal year ending September30, he said. That is half the 24 re-quests made in fiscal 2008 and aquarter of the average in the 1980s.

The U.S. Congress has enactedsome protectionism measures,such as a ban on Chinese poultryimports, now the subject of a dis-pute at the World Trade Organiza-tion (WTO), and reversing permis-sion for Mexican truckers to trans-port goods within the UnitedStates.

But this does not represent abig increase in this kind of activ-ity from Congress, VanGrassteksaid.

“If you look at what’s happen-ing in the United States today wehave less evidence for protectionnow than I have seen in previousrecessions,” he said.

Roberta Piermartini, one of theauthors of a WTO report on tradesafety valves like anti-dumping,said further increases in such mea-sures could be expected.

But so far the number of con-tingency measures is running at afar lower rate than in 2000-2002in the aftermath of the Asia crisis,

she said at the Geneva launch ofthe report on July 22.

Such measures are on the rise,but the rise is moderate, saidOlivier Cadot, a professor of tradepolicy at the University ofLausanne. He noted most measuresin the current crisis had been takenby developing countries againstother developing countries, espe-cially China.

One reason economists aremore optimistic is that policy-mak-ers have learnt from the errors ofthe 1930s, and the trading systembuilt up after World War Two, em-bodied in the WTO and its bind-ing agreements, restricts countries’ability to raise tariffs and choke offtrade.

Another reason is that tradeflows, forecast by the WTO to con-tract a real 10 percent this yearfrom $15.78 trillion in 2008, arealready showing the first signs ofrecovery.

The World Bank has been oneof the loudest voices warningagainst the dangers of protection-ism.

“It’s a potential danger... andone has to watch quite carefully tomake sure things don’t spin out ofcontrol,” said Richard Newfarmer,World Bank representative inGeneva.

The monitoring of trade mea-sures by institutions like the WTOand World Bank is putting thequestion of protectionism high onthe international agenda and has

restrained countries from takingmore such measures, he toldReuters.

But Newfarmer said the worldwas entering a dangerous periodwhen an incipient economic recov-ery is helping trade recover, so thatimports pick up as jobs continueto be cut.

“That’s a potentially noxiousmixture that has to be watchedcarefully,” he said.

The WTO believes the worst isstill to come in the crisis as unem-ployment rises further, Deputy Di-rector-General Alejandro Jara saidat the launch of the trade measuresreport.

“We’ve looked at the trends butwe also can tell that the pressureswill still be there for some time tocome, so I don’t think that in theWTO we are crying wolf or exag-gerating too much.”

German firms eyebrighter future: survey

was before. The poll appears to reflect a

growing optimism in Germany’sbusiness community that thecountry’s worst economic down-turn since 1945 will be relativelyshort-lived.

On Friday, a closely-watchedsurvey by the Ifo institute, measur-ing the mood among German firms,rose for the fourth month runningin July.

Nevertheless, the governmentsees Germany — one of the world’stop exporters — shrinking by arecord six percent this year.

The Ernst and Young report sur-veyed mainly small and medium-sized firms in Germany — widelyseen as the backbone of theeconomy.

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Danish Prince Joachim and French born Princess Marie and their son during his Christening inMoegeltoender Church, in Southern Jutland, on Sunday, July 26 , 2009. The little prince wasbaptised: Henrik Carl Joachim Alain.

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WASHINGTON - The United States and China on Monday open their mostin-depth talks since the election of President Barack Obama, with the US sideseeking far-reaching cooperation on the global economic crisis and beyond.

economies.With China increasingly uneasy about

its massive exposure to the US economy,Secretary of State Hillary Clinton andTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithnermade a joint appeal to Beijing to worktogether to spur global growth.

“Simply put, few global problems canbe solved by the US or China alone. Andfew can be solved without the US andChina together,” Geithner and Clintonwrote in an article published Monday inThe Wall Street Journal.

The duo, who will lead the US side inthe talks, argued that measures by Wash-

ington and Beijing to create and save jobshelped the world at large weather its worsteconomic turmoil since the Great Depres-sion.

“The success of the world’s majoreconomies in blunting the force of the glo-bal recession and setting the stage for re-covery is due in substantial measure to thebold steps our two nations have taken,”they said.

No major announcements were ex-pected in the Washington talks but a flurryof press briefings could shed some lighton the sometimes fraught relationship ofthe two intertwined goliaths.

State Councillor Dai Bingguo and VicePremier Wang Qishan are heading theChinese delegation to the “Strategic andEconomic Dialogue,” which broadenstalks with China on the economy set upunder former president George W. Bush.

Customers buy ice cream at aMcDonald’s outlet in Beijing, China,Monday, July 27, 2009. With the globaleconomy mired in recession, theUnited States and China begin talksMonday to seek a solution togetherdespite tensions over currencies, theU.S. budget deficit and the huge U.S.trade gap with China.AP Photo/Andy Wong

It is believed to be the first timeworkers at the mine have been de-tained in connection with the attacks.

The Australian, a technical ex-pert employed at the giant Grasbergmine, was killed earlier this monthand a security guard died and oth-ers were wounded in subsequentshootings.

The mine, about 3,400 km (2,100miles) east of Indonesia’s capital ofJakarta, has been a frequent sourceof friction over its environmentalimpact, the share of revenues goingto Papua and the legality of pay-ments to Indonesian security forceswho help guard the site.

Papua police spokesmanNurhaberi said two Freeport min-ers, Amon Yawame, 30, andDominikus Beanal, 25, were amongthe seven detained as suspects.

“They are suspected of shootingat police officers and there is also a

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Some 1,000 stranded workers of US mining company Freeport McMoRan in Papua leave the compound onJuly 26, 2009 after they were confined since July 11 due to a series of deadly ambushes by unknown gunmenalong the Timika-Tembagapura that killed three people this month, including an Australian mine technician.


JAKARTA - The return of deadlysuicide bombings to Indonesia’s capi-tal after years of quiet has turned at-tention on a complex web of schoolsand marriages that provide militantswith succour and recruits.

Authorities have been under pres-sure to explain how suspected Islam-ists linked to the radical JemaahIslamiyah (JI) network managed un-detected to carry out double suicidebombings in Jakarta hotels that killedseven people, the first major attacksince 2005.

Most astounding has been howclose police appeared to be to catch-ing Noordin Mohammed Top, theMalaysian extremist who leads a vio-lent JI splinter faction believed to bebehind the bombings.

A raid on a reported Noordin hide-out in a bucolic Javanese village justdays before the attacks turned up

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JAKARTA - Influenza A(H1N1) virus has affected 400people in 15 out of Indonesia’s 33provinces, the health ministry said.

The provinces were Bali,Banten, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, WestJava, Central Java, East Java, SouthKalimantan, Riau Islands, NorthSulawesi, South Sumatra, NorthSumatra, East Kalimantan, SouthSulawesi and Jambi, the ministry’spublic communication center saidin a press statement on Monday.

The ministry’s director generalof disease control and environmenthealth, Tjandra Yoga Aditama saidthe disease spread quickly from hu-man to human among others

H1N1 virus spreading in 15 provincesthrough coughing and sneezing.

Tjandra said the disease mightlead to death but globally, it had a lowdeath rate, namely 0.4 percent. InIndonesia, only one out of 400 peopleinfected with H1N1 virus had died.

He said people could prevent them-selves from being infected with theH1N1 virus by leading a clean andhealthy life such as washing hands withsoap or antiseptic and covering themouth when coughing or sneezing.

“When you feel influenza symp-toms, take body temperature lower-ing medicine, wear a face mass, avoidtravel, and take a rest for two days.And if you don’t recover in two days’time, go to the doctor,” he said.

He said the government had madeconcerted efforts to prevent the spread

of the disease by monitoring H1N1flu cases through port health ser-vices, preparing reference hospitalsand anti virus medicines, intensify-ing surveillance against influenza-typed diseases, preparing laborato-ries and increasing campaign in dis-ease prevention.

The ministry said last Friday 21new cases of H1N1 virus werefound in Jakarta, West Java,Banten, Riau Islands, Bali,Yogyakarta, North Sumatra, EastJava, East Kalimantan and SouthKalimantan.

The patients including some for-eigners mostly had a history of trav-eling to infected countries such asMalaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Ja-pan, Hong Kong and South Korea.

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JAKARTA - Two workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & GoldInc’s (FCX.N) mine in Indonesia’s Papua province are among sevendetained on suspicion of involvement in recent attacks in which anAustralian man died, police said on Monday.

link to the shooting of the Austra-lian,” Nurhaberi said in a telephonetext message to Reuters. He did notelaborate on what the link was.

The five other suspects are resi-dents of nearby town Timika and oneof them was caught carrying withhundreds of bullets, the Indonesiannewspaper, Tempo, reported onMonday.

Nurhaberi confirmed the report.“It’s clear there is plenty of evi-

dence,” he said, but declined to saywhat other evidence police had re-covered.

Freeport spokesman MindoPangaribuan declined to comment onthe detention of the two Freeportworkers but said the mine was oper-ating as normal on Monday.

The Grasberg mine has theworld’s largest recoverable reservesof copper and the largest gold re-serves.

Married life and schools a refuge for Indonesia bombersbombs “identical” to those used inJakarta, police have said.

The raid also turned up somethingless usual for one of Asia’s mostwanted men: a new wife and twoyoung children, they said.

Noordin’s married life on the runis typical of how JI is held togetherby strong social bonds forged largelythrough schools and marriage, Inter-national Crisis Group analyst SidneyJones said.

These bonds mean militants inNoordin’s network can evade capture,despite the fact that the majority ofJI disapprove of spectacular andbloody militant attacks on foreigners,Jones said.

“I think there has always been asense that family alliances are a keyelement that preserves the unity of thenetwork,” she said.

“There is no question that whenyou marry into a family you add an-other layer of protection.”

There are around 50 schools inIndonesia with some link to JI, Jonessaid, providing a pool of recruits —as well as the husbands and wives thathave kept generations of JI familiestogether.

The most famous of these schools,the al-Mukmin Islamic boardingschool in the Central Java city ofSolo, was visited by police withindays of the latest attacks on the JWMarriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels.

Nur Hasbi, a close associate ofNoordin being sought by police overthe bombings, is a member of theschool’s infamous class of 1995,Jones said.

Asmar Latin Sani, who blew him-self up in a 2003 attack on the Marriottalso allegedly planned by Noordin,was a member of the class. So wasMuhammad Rais, who was jailed overthe first Marriott attack and whose sis-ter is Noordin’s first wife.

The school’s co-founder, firebrand

cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, continuesto preach hatred for the West anddenies any link between the schooland the latest attack.

“It was a deed of the CIA. As withthe Bali bombs, the CIA rode on thebacks of holy warriors who plannedfor jihad,” he told AFP.

Former JI militant Nasir Abas saidthat even if Bashir’s school was nowclosely watched by police, many oth-ers with JI links were available toprovide refuge — and young recruits— to Noordin.

“Almost all schools have a smallpart, a small percentage, of peoplewho agree with Noordin, so this ishow he moves around,” Abas said.

One of the two unidentified sui-cide bombers, who police estimateis 16-17 years old, was likely re-cruited by Noordin from the alumniof a JI-linked school, Abas said.

“I belive he is not recruiting in-side the schools, but is recruiting

from graduates of the schools,” saidAbas, whose brother-in-law Mukhlaswas one of three JI members executedlast year for 2002 bombings on Balithat killed 202 people.

“I think this suicide bomber was ayoung person in high spirits who fol-lowed someone who called him amujahid (holy warrior).”

The government has won praise forarresting hundreds of dangerous JImembers and using “deradicalisation”programmes to convince others to re-ject violence.

But al-Mukmin alumnus NoorHuda Ismail said this approach coulddo nothing to break kinship bonds andthe “culture of protection” that allowshardcore extremists like Noordin tocontinue to wreak havoc.

“In Islam there is an obligation (fora guest), even though they have donesomething wrong, they have to be pro-tected for three days,” said a formerJI militant, who refused to be named.

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1/2 cup spice pastefor seafood

1 stalk lemon grass, bruised 2 salam leaves 1 tablespoon oil 48 canned snails, washed and drained 1 teaspoon salt freshly ground black pepper fried shallots to garnish

Peel the papaya, cut in half lengthwise and removethe seeds, then cut it lengthwise in 4 or 6 slices. Cutcrosswise into slices about 0.5 cm (1/4 in) thick.Combine stock, spice paste, lemon grass, salam leavesand oil in a large pot. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 5minutes. Add the papaya and simmer until almosttender. Add the snails and continue cooking until thepapaya softens. Season with salt and pepper to tasteand garnish with fried shallots.

Helpful hint: If you do not care for snails, you cansubstitute 12 dried black Chinese mushrooms, washedand soaked in warm water for 20 minutes. Add themtogether with the papaya to ensure they will be tenderby the time the papaya is cooked. (http://www.99bali.com)

“Even tough the bomb explosion sur-prising the businessmen but it didn’t affectthe business greatly. The one that we mustaware is the global financial crisis,” headded. The financial crisis made the num-ber of tourists visited Bali decreased sincefew months ago.

Kuhn said, “after the incident, therewere small number of tourists shortenedtheir visitation in Bali and return to theirnative countries but there were no morecancellation after that. It means that thereare no the following effects of the bombblast.”

Based on the data from Bali StatisticsDepartment, the number of tourists whichdecreased during January through May2009 period was from Taiwan, South Ko-rea, Germany, Japan, and England.

While there was also increased in thenumber of tourists visited Bali during thesame period. The number of tourists fromChina increased 55%, from France increase

Antara

SINGARAJA – Bali’s Government will builda freeway connecting Denpasar with Singaraja inorder to develop tourism in northern Bali espe-cially in Buleleng regency. Bali’s Governor, MadeMangku Pastika in an open house in Buleleng, said“the freeway will make the time needed to reachBuleleng shorter. Hopefully more tourists will visitthe regency if the freeway already done.”

The governor said that the freeway will startedto be built in 2010 and will be finish in 2013. Thefreeway will also assist in balancing the develop-ment in Bali. Currently, the development mostlyhappened in southern Bali and the northern partrarely touched by the development.

The governor determined that in the future,the development must happened throughout Baliand he hope that the society in Bali supported theidea.

“The freeway will force the government tobuilt tunnel as long as 2 kilometers and we willsocialize the plan first. We don’t want the peopleof Bali to disagree because we always consideredthe nature and the holiness of the island.

Pastika explained that there are three targetsof Bali’s development; they are education, health,and economy. In health, the government prepared90 billion rupiah of health fund in 2010. The peopleof Bali who wanted health services don’t have topay as long as they have identification card.

In education, the government committed thatthe people of Bali at least must study until seniorhigh school. For that program, Bali’s Governmentprepared 800 billion rupiah and 500 billion rupiahcame from the Indonesian Government.

The Governor went to Buleleng to find outwhat the local people say about the develop-ment of Bali. Many people in the open house

The knowledge is significant for life, but itcannot be misused. The Balinese Hindu possessof specific way to eulogize knowledge. Every sixmonth, according to Hindu’s calendar, the Ba-linese celebrates Saraswati Holy Day, the revealof knowledge.

Saraswati Holy Day or also called withPiodalan Sang HyangAji Saraswati that be fellon Saturday (Saniscara Umanis Watu Gunung),which this year will fall on 1 August 2009. Howlucky for you who are on a vacation in Bali to seethe Balinese activities in eulogizing the knowl-edge as a process to be a judicious figure.

The praying will be centered in schools andalso in Jagatnatha Temple, in the center ofDenpasar city.

Saraswati means something possessed withflowing character, knowing resource and pru-dence. The series of the Sarawati ritual will be-gin on Sunday (26 July 2009) with the succes-sion of samadi (meditation) or praying.

On the pitch day of Saraswati, all books,lontar, or other holy documents will be attachedwith the offerings of banten saraswati, then pro-ceed with praying to adore Goddess Saraswati,the God’s manifestation as the creator and pro-tector of knowledge.

The adoration and all things related with bratasaraswati (important things) are carried out in themorning or dawn but not passed daytime. If itdoes pass the day, we will only adore for worth-less letters not the divine power of Sang Hyang

Nature is so kind to its dwellers,namely plants, animal and human. Ithas provided all things or sustenancerequired for the survival around theclock. All require the presence of oneanother. However, human being is themost determining elements amongthe three because he is the only crea-ture bestowed with the capability ofthinking.

One of the basic principles inHinduism is the belief in the soul. Allcreatures are brought to life by vitalenergy or soul (atman). It representsthe fragment of God (Brahman). Sincematerial body bonds them, they couldnot identify their pure self. Humanbeing endowed with power, words andmind has dominant role in maintain-ing the relations. He considers Goddwells inside all creatures. On that ac-count, he respects them all as equalcreation.

Animal particularly cattle, for in-stance, has helped human being in liv-ing their life. Cow has provided himwith the power to plough his soil inthe rice field or garden, milk for chil-dren and adult, and its dung for fertil-izing the soil. Meanwhile, other cattlegive human some eggs or fleshes.

As a means of thanksgiving,Hindu devotees in Bali celebrate a dayin 210 days as special ceremony to

The emphatic flavour oftuna marries well with thetangy seasonings in thisrecipe. You can substitutefresh tuna with cannedtuna chunks; season thetuna as directed but do notattempt to fry it.

4 fresh tuna steaks,weighing 100 g (3,5 oz)each


1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black

peppercorns, crushed 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice 2 tablespoons oil 1 cup Sambel Matah salt and pepper to taste fried

shallots to garnish

Season fresh tuna steaks with seafood spice paste,salt, pepper and lime juice. Heat oil in flying pan andcook tuna steaks for 3 minutes on each side over highheat. Do not overcook. Set aside and allow to cooldown, then break the tuna into small chunks. Place insalad bowl, add Sambel Matah and mix well. Season totaste with salt and pepper and garnish with friedshallots. Serve at room temperature with steamed rice.

Helpful hint: Any other firm, well-flavoured fresh fish,such as snapper, sea bass or salmon, can besubstituted for tuna. (http://www.99bali.com)The crisis effect isThe crisis effect isThe crisis effect isThe crisis effect isThe crisis effect is

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Bali Post/Eka

Tourists were enjoying their time at Kuta Beach on Saturday, July 25, 2009.Eventhough there were two bombs blasted at Jakarta on July 17, 2009, tour-ists still visiting Bali. The head of Indonesian Businessman Association(Apindo) Bali, Panudiana Kuhn, said that the effect of Bomb Blasts in Jakartaon July 17 2009 is not influencing the business situation in Bali.

Antara

DENPASAR – The head of Indonesian Businessman Association (Apindo)Bali, Panudiana Kuhn, said that the effect of Bomb Blasts in Jakarta on July17 2009 is not influencing the business situation in Bali.

36%, from Australia 34%, from Malaysiaincreased 25%, and from Russia increased5%.

Kuhn reminded that everyone shouldbe aware of the crisis and work together toovercome it. Generally, the total numberof tourists visited Bali increased comparedto last year but the people must kep work-ing hard to increase and develop tourismin Bali.

“Our economics is determined by tour-ism sector and we hope that the number oftourists visited Bali will be stable and evenincrease. If that condition happen, the busi-ness and culture will not affected by thecrisis,” added Mr. Kuhn.

Kang Dharma Wijaya, a businessman,said that the financial crisis that made manybusiness fainted can be handled soon. “Ob-viously we all hope that the crisis can goaway as soon as possible because it affectedmany things including the number of tour-ists visited Bali,” he added.

BTN/Doc

Bali’s Government will build a freeway con-necting Denpasar with Singaraja in orderto develop tourism in northern Bali espe-cially in Buleleng regency. Bali’s Governor,Made Mangku Pastika in an open housein Buleleng, said “the freeway will makethe time needed to reach Buleleng shorter.Hopefully more tourists will visit the re-gency if the freeway already done.”

Denpasar - Singaraja freeway will be built

ask the governor or give their opinion or sug-gestion during the event. The governor was ac-companied by the Vice Governor A.A.Puspayoga, the head of Buleleng, Putu Bagiada,and his vice Made Arga Pinatih.

Saraswati Holy Day in BaliHow Balinese Eulogize Knowledge

Aji Saraswati. Before the adoration of Saraswati is executed

and before passing daytime, it is not allowed toread or write mantra, aksara suci (holy letters),and any literatures. For those who actualize a fullbrata saraswati by conducting a meditation, yoga,samadi, are not allowed to read or write for 24hours.

In learning any kind of knowledge should bebased with the pure heart, full of homage serviceto Sang Hyang Aji Saraswati including maintain-ing our own library.

After the praying is over, when the sun is set,and into the night, many events will be held bythe sekaa pesantian or krama banjar (villagers)such as reading the holy inscriptions, dharma tula(religious discussion), or dharma wacana (reli-gious talkative).

The reading of mabebasan, makidung ormepapawosan is truly interesting, because the per-son who reads the books is not only able to in-spire the meaning inside, but recite a melodiousvoice as well.

A day after Saraswati holyday is calledBanyu Pinaruh, which is on Sunday Paing wukuSinta (2 August 2009). On that day, Hindus devo-tees will in crowds take a bath at the beach andalso with kumkuman water (a scent flower wa-ter) and end with nunas (bid for) yellowish rice,which means that the knowledge will be settledinside our pure soul so it will useful formankind’s life. (BTN/*)

Three Indigenous Wisdomsin Human-Animal Relation

their cattle. It is called TumpekKandang falling on Saturday KliwonWuku Uye. The Hindus in Bali willcelebrate it by presenting some obla-tions showing a deep gratitude for be-ing given with the energy assistance,healthy drink or delicious food. Thesame respect is given to cultivatedplants that are honored throughTumpek Pengatag or Bubuh (SaturdayKliwon Wariga) and human itself hasbirthday (otonan) celebrated once in210 days on the same day as his birth,not birthdate (on the same date). Fromthe morning, girls or household moth-ers will be busy preparing everythingfor the ritual. It would be a great chanceif you could see the Balinese performthe procession.

Since human being has a mind,there is an opportunity for him to getreunion with God because he canthink and learn about God. This de-notes another belief of Hinduism,namely moksha. Meanwhile, animaland plant do not have this opportu-nity. However, human being can pro-vide help for this purpose in order thesoul of animal and plant can reachhigher level in their next life.

Dharma Caruban manuscript de-scribes the correct way to slaughteranimals and to take plants for the useof rituals. Before slaughtering them,

they are given particular mantra in thehope they could reach higher level oflife in the next reincarnation. This treat-ment is equally given to any plants, fish(ekapada), fowl (dwipada) and four-legged animals (catur pada).

Regarding to this human-animalrelation, there is another manuscript,namely Darmaning Pemaculan or ShriTattwa, describing about spiritual farm-ing-related activities, ranging from howto build different sizes of dam, land cul-tivation and plant’s disease eradicationto rituals held in each phase of the ac-tivity. In handling plant’s disease, localfarmers remain to say prayers in orderGod or His manifestation keeps the ani-mal properly, not disturb the plants. Asthe compensation for the animals, devo-tees will present proper food (lelabaan).Otherwise, the farmers will set up trapor natural poison.

When getting in touch with hu-man life, all animals are treated asGod’s creation and communicationmaintained. Human offers thanksgiv-ing oblation for the help extended; in-vocation for better life when animalsare in use for rituals ingredients; ac-knowledgment and repressive actionto plant diseases if they attack humanplants. In short, he remains to giveproper treatment as equal God’s cre-ation. (BTN/punia)

Sambel Be Tongkol(Tuna Salad)

Jukut Kakul(Snail Soup)

Balinese CultureTuesday, July 28, 2009 98 InternationalTuesday, July 28, 2009

Bali Today

C.035-ibp

The French aren’t theonly ones to have a likingfor snails. The Balinesegather snails in the ricefields, but you can use thecanned variety. Cucumber,zucchini or any othersummer squash can beused instead of greenpapaya.

200 g (6 1/2 oz)unripe green papaya

1 litre (4 cups)chicken stock


1 stalk lemon grass, bruised 2 salam leaves 1 tablespoon oil 48 canned snails, washed and drained 1 teaspoon salt freshly ground black pepper fried shallots to garnish

Peel the papaya, cut in half lengthwise and removethe seeds, then cut it lengthwise in 4 or 6 slices. Cutcrosswise into slices about 0.5 cm (1/4 in) thick.Combine stock, spice paste, lemon grass, salam leavesand oil in a large pot. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 5minutes. Add the papaya and simmer until almosttender. Add the snails and continue cooking until thepapaya softens. Season with salt and pepper to tasteand garnish with fried shallots.

Helpful hint: If you do not care for snails, you cansubstitute 12 dried black Chinese mushrooms, washedand soaked in warm water for 20 minutes. Add themtogether with the papaya to ensure they will be tenderby the time the papaya is cooked. (http://www.99bali.com)

“Even tough the bomb explosion sur-prising the businessmen but it didn’t affectthe business greatly. The one that we mustaware is the global financial crisis,” headded. The financial crisis made the num-ber of tourists visited Bali decreased sincefew months ago.

Kuhn said, “after the incident, therewere small number of tourists shortenedtheir visitation in Bali and return to theirnative countries but there were no morecancellation after that. It means that thereare no the following effects of the bombblast.”

Based on the data from Bali StatisticsDepartment, the number of tourists whichdecreased during January through May2009 period was from Taiwan, South Ko-rea, Germany, Japan, and England.

While there was also increased in thenumber of tourists visited Bali during thesame period. The number of tourists fromChina increased 55%, from France increase

Antara

SINGARAJA – Bali’s Government will builda freeway connecting Denpasar with Singaraja inorder to develop tourism in northern Bali espe-cially in Buleleng regency. Bali’s Governor, MadeMangku Pastika in an open house in Buleleng, said“the freeway will make the time needed to reachBuleleng shorter. Hopefully more tourists will visitthe regency if the freeway already done.”

The governor said that the freeway will startedto be built in 2010 and will be finish in 2013. Thefreeway will also assist in balancing the develop-ment in Bali. Currently, the development mostlyhappened in southern Bali and the northern partrarely touched by the development.

The governor determined that in the future,the development must happened throughout Baliand he hope that the society in Bali supported theidea.

“The freeway will force the government tobuilt tunnel as long as 2 kilometers and we willsocialize the plan first. We don’t want the peopleof Bali to disagree because we always consideredthe nature and the holiness of the island.

Pastika explained that there are three targetsof Bali’s development; they are education, health,and economy. In health, the government prepared90 billion rupiah of health fund in 2010. The peopleof Bali who wanted health services don’t have topay as long as they have identification card.

In education, the government committed thatthe people of Bali at least must study until seniorhigh school. For that program, Bali’s Governmentprepared 800 billion rupiah and 500 billion rupiahcame from the Indonesian Government.

The Governor went to Buleleng to find outwhat the local people say about the develop-ment of Bali. Many people in the open house

The knowledge is significant for life, but itcannot be misused. The Balinese Hindu possessof specific way to eulogize knowledge. Every sixmonth, according to Hindu’s calendar, the Ba-linese celebrates Saraswati Holy Day, the revealof knowledge.

Saraswati Holy Day or also called withPiodalan Sang HyangAji Saraswati that be fellon Saturday (Saniscara Umanis Watu Gunung),which this year will fall on 1 August 2009. Howlucky for you who are on a vacation in Bali to seethe Balinese activities in eulogizing the knowl-edge as a process to be a judicious figure.

The praying will be centered in schools andalso in Jagatnatha Temple, in the center ofDenpasar city.

Saraswati means something possessed withflowing character, knowing resource and pru-dence. The series of the Sarawati ritual will be-gin on Sunday (26 July 2009) with the succes-sion of samadi (meditation) or praying.

On the pitch day of Saraswati, all books,lontar, or other holy documents will be attachedwith the offerings of banten saraswati, then pro-ceed with praying to adore Goddess Saraswati,the God’s manifestation as the creator and pro-tector of knowledge.

The adoration and all things related with bratasaraswati (important things) are carried out in themorning or dawn but not passed daytime. If itdoes pass the day, we will only adore for worth-less letters not the divine power of Sang Hyang

Nature is so kind to its dwellers,namely plants, animal and human. Ithas provided all things or sustenancerequired for the survival around theclock. All require the presence of oneanother. However, human being is themost determining elements amongthe three because he is the only crea-ture bestowed with the capability ofthinking.

One of the basic principles inHinduism is the belief in the soul. Allcreatures are brought to life by vitalenergy or soul (atman). It representsthe fragment of God (Brahman). Sincematerial body bonds them, they couldnot identify their pure self. Humanbeing endowed with power, words andmind has dominant role in maintain-ing the relations. He considers Goddwells inside all creatures. On that ac-count, he respects them all as equalcreation.

Animal particularly cattle, for in-stance, has helped human being in liv-ing their life. Cow has provided himwith the power to plough his soil inthe rice field or garden, milk for chil-dren and adult, and its dung for fertil-izing the soil. Meanwhile, other cattlegive human some eggs or fleshes.

As a means of thanksgiving,Hindu devotees in Bali celebrate a dayin 210 days as special ceremony to

The emphatic flavour oftuna marries well with thetangy seasonings in thisrecipe. You can substitutefresh tuna with cannedtuna chunks; season thetuna as directed but do notattempt to fry it.

4 fresh tuna steaks,weighing 100 g (3,5 oz)each


1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black

peppercorns, crushed 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice 2 tablespoons oil 1 cup Sambel Matah salt and pepper to taste fried

shallots to garnish

Season fresh tuna steaks with seafood spice paste,salt, pepper and lime juice. Heat oil in flying pan andcook tuna steaks for 3 minutes on each side over highheat. Do not overcook. Set aside and allow to cooldown, then break the tuna into small chunks. Place insalad bowl, add Sambel Matah and mix well. Season totaste with salt and pepper and garnish with friedshallots. Serve at room temperature with steamed rice.

Helpful hint: Any other firm, well-flavoured fresh fish,such as snapper, sea bass or salmon, can besubstituted for tuna. (http://www.99bali.com)The crisis effect isThe crisis effect isThe crisis effect isThe crisis effect isThe crisis effect is

bigger than Jakartabigger than Jakartabigger than Jakartabigger than Jakartabigger than Jakartabomb blastbomb blastbomb blastbomb blastbomb blast

Bali Post/Eka

Tourists were enjoying their time at Kuta Beach on Saturday, July 25, 2009.Eventhough there were two bombs blasted at Jakarta on July 17, 2009, tour-ists still visiting Bali. The head of Indonesian Businessman Association(Apindo) Bali, Panudiana Kuhn, said that the effect of Bomb Blasts in Jakartaon July 17 2009 is not influencing the business situation in Bali.

Antara

DENPASAR – The head of Indonesian Businessman Association (Apindo)Bali, Panudiana Kuhn, said that the effect of Bomb Blasts in Jakarta on July17 2009 is not influencing the business situation in Bali.

36%, from Australia 34%, from Malaysiaincreased 25%, and from Russia increased5%.

Kuhn reminded that everyone shouldbe aware of the crisis and work together toovercome it. Generally, the total numberof tourists visited Bali increased comparedto last year but the people must kep work-ing hard to increase and develop tourismin Bali.

“Our economics is determined by tour-ism sector and we hope that the number oftourists visited Bali will be stable and evenincrease. If that condition happen, the busi-ness and culture will not affected by thecrisis,” added Mr. Kuhn.

Kang Dharma Wijaya, a businessman,said that the financial crisis that made manybusiness fainted can be handled soon. “Ob-viously we all hope that the crisis can goaway as soon as possible because it affectedmany things including the number of tour-ists visited Bali,” he added.

BTN/Doc

Bali’s Government will build a freeway con-necting Denpasar with Singaraja in orderto develop tourism in northern Bali espe-cially in Buleleng regency. Bali’s Governor,Made Mangku Pastika in an open housein Buleleng, said “the freeway will makethe time needed to reach Buleleng shorter.Hopefully more tourists will visit the re-gency if the freeway already done.”

Denpasar - Singaraja freeway will be built

ask the governor or give their opinion or sug-gestion during the event. The governor was ac-companied by the Vice Governor A.A.Puspayoga, the head of Buleleng, Putu Bagiada,and his vice Made Arga Pinatih.

Saraswati Holy Day in BaliHow Balinese Eulogize Knowledge

Aji Saraswati. Before the adoration of Saraswati is executed

and before passing daytime, it is not allowed toread or write mantra, aksara suci (holy letters),and any literatures. For those who actualize a fullbrata saraswati by conducting a meditation, yoga,samadi, are not allowed to read or write for 24hours.

In learning any kind of knowledge should bebased with the pure heart, full of homage serviceto Sang Hyang Aji Saraswati including maintain-ing our own library.

After the praying is over, when the sun is set,and into the night, many events will be held bythe sekaa pesantian or krama banjar (villagers)such as reading the holy inscriptions, dharma tula(religious discussion), or dharma wacana (reli-gious talkative).

The reading of mabebasan, makidung ormepapawosan is truly interesting, because the per-son who reads the books is not only able to in-spire the meaning inside, but recite a melodiousvoice as well.

A day after Saraswati holyday is calledBanyu Pinaruh, which is on Sunday Paing wukuSinta (2 August 2009). On that day, Hindus devo-tees will in crowds take a bath at the beach andalso with kumkuman water (a scent flower wa-ter) and end with nunas (bid for) yellowish rice,which means that the knowledge will be settledinside our pure soul so it will useful formankind’s life. (BTN/*)

Three Indigenous Wisdomsin Human-Animal Relation

their cattle. It is called TumpekKandang falling on Saturday KliwonWuku Uye. The Hindus in Bali willcelebrate it by presenting some obla-tions showing a deep gratitude for be-ing given with the energy assistance,healthy drink or delicious food. Thesame respect is given to cultivatedplants that are honored throughTumpek Pengatag or Bubuh (SaturdayKliwon Wariga) and human itself hasbirthday (otonan) celebrated once in210 days on the same day as his birth,not birthdate (on the same date). Fromthe morning, girls or household moth-ers will be busy preparing everythingfor the ritual. It would be a great chanceif you could see the Balinese performthe procession.

Since human being has a mind,there is an opportunity for him to getreunion with God because he canthink and learn about God. This de-notes another belief of Hinduism,namely moksha. Meanwhile, animaland plant do not have this opportu-nity. However, human being can pro-vide help for this purpose in order thesoul of animal and plant can reachhigher level in their next life.

Dharma Caruban manuscript de-scribes the correct way to slaughteranimals and to take plants for the useof rituals. Before slaughtering them,

they are given particular mantra in thehope they could reach higher level oflife in the next reincarnation. This treat-ment is equally given to any plants, fish(ekapada), fowl (dwipada) and four-legged animals (catur pada).

Regarding to this human-animalrelation, there is another manuscript,namely Darmaning Pemaculan or ShriTattwa, describing about spiritual farm-ing-related activities, ranging from howto build different sizes of dam, land cul-tivation and plant’s disease eradicationto rituals held in each phase of the ac-tivity. In handling plant’s disease, localfarmers remain to say prayers in orderGod or His manifestation keeps the ani-mal properly, not disturb the plants. Asthe compensation for the animals, devo-tees will present proper food (lelabaan).Otherwise, the farmers will set up trapor natural poison.

When getting in touch with hu-man life, all animals are treated asGod’s creation and communicationmaintained. Human offers thanksgiv-ing oblation for the help extended; in-vocation for better life when animalsare in use for rituals ingredients; ac-knowledgment and repressive actionto plant diseases if they attack humanplants. In short, he remains to giveproper treatment as equal God’s cre-ation. (BTN/punia)

Sambel Be Tongkol(Tuna Salad)

Jukut Kakul(Snail Soup)

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WASHINGTON - The United States and China on Monday open their mostin-depth talks since the election of President Barack Obama, with the US sideseeking far-reaching cooperation on the global economic crisis and beyond.

economies.With China increasingly uneasy about

its massive exposure to the US economy,Secretary of State Hillary Clinton andTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithnermade a joint appeal to Beijing to worktogether to spur global growth.

“Simply put, few global problems canbe solved by the US or China alone. Andfew can be solved without the US andChina together,” Geithner and Clintonwrote in an article published Monday inThe Wall Street Journal.

The duo, who will lead the US side inthe talks, argued that measures by Wash-

ington and Beijing to create and save jobshelped the world at large weather its worsteconomic turmoil since the Great Depres-sion.

“The success of the world’s majoreconomies in blunting the force of the glo-bal recession and setting the stage for re-covery is due in substantial measure to thebold steps our two nations have taken,”they said.

No major announcements were ex-pected in the Washington talks but a flurryof press briefings could shed some lighton the sometimes fraught relationship ofthe two intertwined goliaths.

State Councillor Dai Bingguo and VicePremier Wang Qishan are heading theChinese delegation to the “Strategic andEconomic Dialogue,” which broadenstalks with China on the economy set upunder former president George W. Bush.

Customers buy ice cream at aMcDonald’s outlet in Beijing, China,Monday, July 27, 2009. With the globaleconomy mired in recession, theUnited States and China begin talksMonday to seek a solution togetherdespite tensions over currencies, theU.S. budget deficit and the huge U.S.trade gap with China.AP Photo/Andy Wong

It is believed to be the first timeworkers at the mine have been de-tained in connection with the attacks.

The Australian, a technical ex-pert employed at the giant Grasbergmine, was killed earlier this monthand a security guard died and oth-ers were wounded in subsequentshootings.

The mine, about 3,400 km (2,100miles) east of Indonesia’s capital ofJakarta, has been a frequent sourceof friction over its environmentalimpact, the share of revenues goingto Papua and the legality of pay-ments to Indonesian security forceswho help guard the site.

Papua police spokesmanNurhaberi said two Freeport min-ers, Amon Yawame, 30, andDominikus Beanal, 25, were amongthe seven detained as suspects.

“They are suspected of shootingat police officers and there is also a

AFP PHOTO / TJAHJO ERANIUS

Some 1,000 stranded workers of US mining company Freeport McMoRan in Papua leave the compound onJuly 26, 2009 after they were confined since July 11 due to a series of deadly ambushes by unknown gunmenalong the Timika-Tembagapura that killed three people this month, including an Australian mine technician.


JAKARTA - The return of deadlysuicide bombings to Indonesia’s capi-tal after years of quiet has turned at-tention on a complex web of schoolsand marriages that provide militantswith succour and recruits.

Authorities have been under pres-sure to explain how suspected Islam-ists linked to the radical JemaahIslamiyah (JI) network managed un-detected to carry out double suicidebombings in Jakarta hotels that killedseven people, the first major attacksince 2005.

Most astounding has been howclose police appeared to be to catch-ing Noordin Mohammed Top, theMalaysian extremist who leads a vio-lent JI splinter faction believed to bebehind the bombings.

A raid on a reported Noordin hide-out in a bucolic Javanese village justdays before the attacks turned up

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JAKARTA - Influenza A(H1N1) virus has affected 400people in 15 out of Indonesia’s 33provinces, the health ministry said.

The provinces were Bali,Banten, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, WestJava, Central Java, East Java, SouthKalimantan, Riau Islands, NorthSulawesi, South Sumatra, NorthSumatra, East Kalimantan, SouthSulawesi and Jambi, the ministry’spublic communication center saidin a press statement on Monday.

The ministry’s director generalof disease control and environmenthealth, Tjandra Yoga Aditama saidthe disease spread quickly from hu-man to human among others

H1N1 virus spreading in 15 provincesthrough coughing and sneezing.

Tjandra said the disease mightlead to death but globally, it had a lowdeath rate, namely 0.4 percent. InIndonesia, only one out of 400 peopleinfected with H1N1 virus had died.

He said people could prevent them-selves from being infected with theH1N1 virus by leading a clean andhealthy life such as washing hands withsoap or antiseptic and covering themouth when coughing or sneezing.

“When you feel influenza symp-toms, take body temperature lower-ing medicine, wear a face mass, avoidtravel, and take a rest for two days.And if you don’t recover in two days’time, go to the doctor,” he said.

He said the government had madeconcerted efforts to prevent the spread

of the disease by monitoring H1N1flu cases through port health ser-vices, preparing reference hospitalsand anti virus medicines, intensify-ing surveillance against influenza-typed diseases, preparing laborato-ries and increasing campaign in dis-ease prevention.

The ministry said last Friday 21new cases of H1N1 virus werefound in Jakarta, West Java,Banten, Riau Islands, Bali,Yogyakarta, North Sumatra, EastJava, East Kalimantan and SouthKalimantan.

The patients including some for-eigners mostly had a history of trav-eling to infected countries such asMalaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Ja-pan, Hong Kong and South Korea.

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JAKARTA - Two workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & GoldInc’s (FCX.N) mine in Indonesia’s Papua province are among sevendetained on suspicion of involvement in recent attacks in which anAustralian man died, police said on Monday.

link to the shooting of the Austra-lian,” Nurhaberi said in a telephonetext message to Reuters. He did notelaborate on what the link was.

The five other suspects are resi-dents of nearby town Timika and oneof them was caught carrying withhundreds of bullets, the Indonesiannewspaper, Tempo, reported onMonday.

Nurhaberi confirmed the report.“It’s clear there is plenty of evi-

dence,” he said, but declined to saywhat other evidence police had re-covered.

Freeport spokesman MindoPangaribuan declined to comment onthe detention of the two Freeportworkers but said the mine was oper-ating as normal on Monday.

The Grasberg mine has theworld’s largest recoverable reservesof copper and the largest gold re-serves.

Married life and schools a refuge for Indonesia bombersbombs “identical” to those used inJakarta, police have said.

The raid also turned up somethingless usual for one of Asia’s mostwanted men: a new wife and twoyoung children, they said.

Noordin’s married life on the runis typical of how JI is held togetherby strong social bonds forged largelythrough schools and marriage, Inter-national Crisis Group analyst SidneyJones said.

These bonds mean militants inNoordin’s network can evade capture,despite the fact that the majority ofJI disapprove of spectacular andbloody militant attacks on foreigners,Jones said.

“I think there has always been asense that family alliances are a keyelement that preserves the unity of thenetwork,” she said.

“There is no question that whenyou marry into a family you add an-other layer of protection.”

There are around 50 schools inIndonesia with some link to JI, Jonessaid, providing a pool of recruits —as well as the husbands and wives thathave kept generations of JI familiestogether.

The most famous of these schools,the al-Mukmin Islamic boardingschool in the Central Java city ofSolo, was visited by police withindays of the latest attacks on the JWMarriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels.

Nur Hasbi, a close associate ofNoordin being sought by police overthe bombings, is a member of theschool’s infamous class of 1995,Jones said.

Asmar Latin Sani, who blew him-self up in a 2003 attack on the Marriottalso allegedly planned by Noordin,was a member of the class. So wasMuhammad Rais, who was jailed overthe first Marriott attack and whose sis-ter is Noordin’s first wife.

The school’s co-founder, firebrand

cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, continuesto preach hatred for the West anddenies any link between the schooland the latest attack.

“It was a deed of the CIA. As withthe Bali bombs, the CIA rode on thebacks of holy warriors who plannedfor jihad,” he told AFP.

Former JI militant Nasir Abas saidthat even if Bashir’s school was nowclosely watched by police, many oth-ers with JI links were available toprovide refuge — and young recruits— to Noordin.

“Almost all schools have a smallpart, a small percentage, of peoplewho agree with Noordin, so this ishow he moves around,” Abas said.

One of the two unidentified sui-cide bombers, who police estimateis 16-17 years old, was likely re-cruited by Noordin from the alumniof a JI-linked school, Abas said.

“I belive he is not recruiting in-side the schools, but is recruiting

from graduates of the schools,” saidAbas, whose brother-in-law Mukhlaswas one of three JI members executedlast year for 2002 bombings on Balithat killed 202 people.

“I think this suicide bomber was ayoung person in high spirits who fol-lowed someone who called him amujahid (holy warrior).”

The government has won praise forarresting hundreds of dangerous JImembers and using “deradicalisation”programmes to convince others to re-ject violence.

But al-Mukmin alumnus NoorHuda Ismail said this approach coulddo nothing to break kinship bonds andthe “culture of protection” that allowshardcore extremists like Noordin tocontinue to wreak havoc.

“In Islam there is an obligation (fora guest), even though they have donesomething wrong, they have to be pro-tected for three days,” said a formerJI militant, who refused to be named.

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The baby, almost three monthsold, was baptised “Henrik CarlJoachim Alain” in a church in thevillage of Moegeltoender, wherehis parents were married.

The prince, seventh in line tothe Danish throne, was born onMay 4 and is the third son ofPrince Joachim, 40, who is the sonof Denmark’s Queen Margrethe.

The youngster’s mother Prin-cess Marie, 33, is French-born buttook Danish nationality when shewed Joachim.

The young Henrik takes hisname from his grandfatherFrench-born Prince Henrik, whois Queen Margrethe’s husband.

Joachim is the second son ofMargrethe and Henrik.

Denmark’sDenmark’sDenmark’sDenmark’sDenmark’snewest princenewest princenewest princenewest princenewest princechristened Henrikchristened Henrikchristened Henrikchristened Henrikchristened HenrikAgence France-Presse

COPENHAGEN - The name of Denmark’s newest prince was revealed as Henrik during hischristening ceremony on Sunday, ending a long wait for royal family watchers.

In April 2005, Joachim di-vorced Princess Alexandra, origi-nally from Hong Kong, afteraround 10 years of marriage.

The couple had two sons, nine-year-old Nikolai and seven-year-old Felix.

Joachim has a residence inMoegeltoender, a small village insouthwest Denmark close to theGerman border.

Danish television channel TV2caused controversy when it decidedto broadcast the final stage of theTour de France cycling competitioninstead of the christening.

This meant station DR1 was forthe first time the only channel show-ing the event.

The announcement of the baby’s

name was the lead story onDenmark’s main news websites,however, ahead of the Tour deFrance.

Danish media also made mentionon Sunday of the confusion causedby a German magazine dedicated toroyalty, called Freizeit Royal.

The publication believed it hadcome across a major scoop with therevelation the prince would becalled “Farvel”.

This was the word PrincessMarie uttered as she left the mater-nity unit, and the magazine wasconvinced this was the new prince’sname.

But just one minor problem:“Farvel” means “goodbye” inDanish.

On Wednesday, NASA had or-dered spacewalking astronauts backinto the space station 30 minutesearly after a spacesuit was found tobe working improperly.

Higher than normal carbon diox-ide levels were found in Cassidy’sspacesuit due to a problem with itslithium hydroxide canister, the USspace agency said, adding he had notbeen in any danger.

The carbon dioxide removal unitcontinued to operate in manual modeSunday.

Cassidy and his partner DaveWolf managed to replace only twoof the six batteries, so part ofFriday’s outing was to install the re-maining four.

Each ISS battery measures 40inches by 36 inches by 18 inches(101 centimeters by 90 centimetersby 45 centimeters), weighs 375pounds (170 kilos) and is designedto last 6.5 years.

Endeavour took off from CapeCanaveral, Florida on July 15 for a16-day mission with a crew of sixAmericans and one Canadian to helpcomplete construction of the ISS.

On the second Endeavourspacewalk July 19, the astronauts

A statement posted on the Hondu-ran military’s website expressed “un-restricted support” for Costa Rica-mediated talks between Zelaya andMicheletti representatives, and said themilitary hoped to see a resolution “inthe framework of the San Jose Ac-cord.”

The accord, proposed by CostaRican President Oscar Arias, includesa call for Zelaya’s restoration to powerin Honduras, with various limits.Micheletti and his government how-ever have rejected the deal.

The New York Times reported Sun-day that the Honduran military com-munique, dated Friday, was drafted inWashington after days of talks be-tween mid-level Honduran officersand US congressional aides, and was“significant” because it was the firstsign of support for the San Jose Ac-cord by a powerful sector of the in-terim government.

Meanwhile tension remained highon the border between Nicaragua andHonduras, with some 3,000 Hondu-ran soldiers and police deployed in thearea with orders to arrest Zelaya oncharges of treason if he enters thecountry.

“We are organizing the resistance,”Zelaya declared, saying he had set upcamp some 100 meters (yards) fromthe border with his country, but insideNicaragua near the Las Manos bordercrossing.

Zelaya set up his base in the Nica-raguan town of Ocotal, some 20 kilo-meters (12 miles) from Las Manos,and planned to spend the night there.

In Honduras, the Micheletti gov-ernment said they were extending thecurfew in the border area until 6:00am (1200 GMT) Monday. The curfewbegan at midday (1800 GMT) Friday.

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Zelaya supporter was found next to acoffee field, bearing knife gashes andsigns he had been beaten. Supportersof the ousted president accuse Hon-duran police of murdering the man.

Munoz was buried in Tegucigalpaon Sunday, as activists chanted,“Blood of martyrs, seeds of freedom!”

Zelaya, a former rancher whoveered to the left after taking office,was ousted amid fears he sought toextend his rule.

Aides would not confirm whetherhe would again attempt to cross intoHonduras. He briefly stepped acrossthe border Friday, but returned to Nica-ragua and has been there since.

Zelaya denied reports that US Sec-retary of State Hillary Clinton invitedhim to Washington.

In Washington, the Honduran em-bassy announced that Zelaya hadasked President Barack Obama to banbank transactions and cancel the USvisas of individuals “directly respon-sible for my abduction and the inter-ruption of constitutional order in mycountry.”

The list includes Micheletti, Attor-ney General Luis Alberto Rubi, pub-lic prosecutor Rosa America Miranda,and the top Honduran military brass.

“We believe that the measures thatwe are asking the US administrationto take will exercise direct pressure onthe perpetrators of the coup withoutcausing any sort of negative impact onthe people of Honduras,” said EnriqueReina, Zelaya’s new ambassador-des-ignate in Washington.

However, two Republican mem-bers of the US Congress — Represen-tatives Brian Bilbray of California andConnie Mack of Florida — showedup in Tegucigalpa Saturday in a dis-play of support for the Micheletti re-gime.

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moved equipment from Endeavouronto the ISS and repaired a malfunc-tioning toilet on the orbiting station.

During a first spacewalk July18, astronauts completed construc-tion of the Japanese Kibo sciencelab during an outing that lasted fiveand a half hours.

The ISS should be completed in2010, which also is the target datefor the retirement of the US fleet ofthree space shuttles.

Endeavour is expected to landback on Earth on July 31. The launchof the next shuttle, Discovery, to theISS is planned for August 18 at 4:25am (0825 GMT).

Meanwhile, in yet another deft ma-neuver Sunday, the space shuttle roboticarm grabbed the Japanese ExposedSection cargo carrier from the spacestation robotic arm, NASA reported.

Endeavour Commander MarkPolansky and Mission SpecialistJulie Payette then used the shuttlearm to place the cargo carrier backinto the shuttle payload bay.

The cargo carrier was launchedwith two science experiments and acommunication system that weretransferred to the Kibo Exposed Fa-cility earlier in the mission.

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GENEVA - The sharp tradecontraction during the economiccrisis, closely matching the trendin the 1930s, has triggered wide-spread fears that the world couldsuffer a re-run of the destructiveprotectionism of that era.

Policy-makers have said mea-sures to curtail imports to save jobsat home could spark a repeat of theGreat Depression, and politicalleaders have pledged not to restricttrade even as their governmentsraise tariffs and subsidies.

The ghosts of U.S. SenatorSmoot and Representative Hawley,whose 1930 Tariff Act prompted awave of tit-for-tat trade retaliationthat fueled the tensions leading toWorld War Two, stalk many anewspaper article and economicconference.

But economists are increas-ingly arguing that measures takenin the crisis do not herald a waveof protectionism.

“I do think that there are anumber of countries that haveflirted a bit with protectionism butI don’t see in many countries any-thing like what was happening inthe 1930s and certainly not in theUnited States,” said CraigVanGrasstek, who teaches tradepolicy at Harvard and Georgetownuniversities.

Trade no longer plays a bigpart in the U.S. public debate andPresident Barack Obama did not

An analysis by the Journalshowed the total loans held by 15large US banks shrank by 2.8 percentin the second quarter, and that morethan half of the loan volume in Apriland May came from refinancingmortgages and renewing credit tobusinesses and not fresh loans.

The banks surveyed include fi-nancial giants such as J.P. MorganChase, Bank of America andCitigroup as well as regional bankssuch as Fifth Third Bancorp, basedin Cincinnati, and Regions FinancialCorp. of Birmingham, Alabama.

The 15 banks hold 47 percentof federally insured deposits and got182.5 billion dollars in taxpayer-funded capital infusions through theTroubled Asset Relief Program, thereport said.

As of June 30, the banks had 4.2trillion dollars of loans on their bal-


BERLIN - The majority ofGerman businesses believe the fi-nancial crisis is over and the stateof Europe’s top economy will im-prove in the next 12 months, ac-cording to a new study to be pub-lished on Monday.

Two out of three firms in Ger-many see the economy brighten-ing in 2010 with nearly eight outof 10 seeing an improvement by2011, according to the Ernst andYoung survey to appear inMonday’s edition of daily DieWelt.

Moreover, 54 percent of thebusinesses polled said that Ger-many was likely to emergestronger after the crisis than it

AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER

This May 24, 2009 photo shows the sign for a Wells Fargobank in Woodbury, Minnesota. Leading US banks are slow-ing lending as bankers and borrowers refrain from takingrisks in the uncertain economy, The Wall Street Journal re-ported late Sunday.

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WASHINGTON - Leading US banks are slowing lending as bankers and borrowers refrainfrom taking risks in the uncertain economy, The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday.

ance sheets, down from 4.3 trilliondollars on March 31.

Loan portfolios shrank at 13 ofthe big banks, with the steepest de-cline at Comerica Inc., Dallas, wherethe loan total was down 4.3 percentto 46.6 billion dollars in the latestquarter, the paper noted.

Bank of America reported itsloan portfolio slipped 3.6 percent to942.2 billion dollars in the secondquarter, the report said.

A spokesman for the largest USbank by assets said the decrease re-flected higher loan losses and lowerloan demand as borrowers pay offoutstanding debts.

“There were fewer opportunitiesto make high-quality loans becauseof the recession,” he said.

The 15 banks reported about 803billion dollars in loan volume in thesecond quarter, up 12.7 percent from

the first quarter, The Journal said. But nearly 60 percent of the in-

crease in April and May came fromrefinancing mortgages and renewingbusiness loans, according to the re-port. In contrast, new home pur-chases accounted for just 23 percentof all mortgage loans.

On a year-to-year basis, totalloans held by the 15 big banks rose17 percent from 3.6 trillion dollarsin the second quarter of last year, thepaper reported.

But the increase was skewed bythe impact of acquisitions that in-cluded J.P. Morgan’s takeover of thebanking operations of WashingtonMutual and Wachovia’s purchase byWells Fargo Bank, it said.

Excluding purchases, loan port-folios shrank by about 10 percent asof June 30 from a year earlier, ac-cording to the report.

Protectionism: the dog that barked but didn’t bite?view it as an election winner, hetold a meeting of the Agency forInternational Trade Informationand Cooperation (AITIC) inGeneva on July 21.

The number of requests foranti-dumping measures — dutiesto compensate for unfairly pricedimports — sought by U.S. busi-nesses is likely to fall to 12 in the2009 fiscal year ending September30, he said. That is half the 24 re-quests made in fiscal 2008 and aquarter of the average in the 1980s.

The U.S. Congress has enactedsome protectionism measures,such as a ban on Chinese poultryimports, now the subject of a dis-pute at the World Trade Organiza-tion (WTO), and reversing permis-sion for Mexican truckers to trans-port goods within the UnitedStates.

But this does not represent abig increase in this kind of activ-ity from Congress, VanGrassteksaid.

“If you look at what’s happen-ing in the United States today wehave less evidence for protectionnow than I have seen in previousrecessions,” he said.

Roberta Piermartini, one of theauthors of a WTO report on tradesafety valves like anti-dumping,said further increases in such mea-sures could be expected.

But so far the number of con-tingency measures is running at afar lower rate than in 2000-2002in the aftermath of the Asia crisis,

she said at the Geneva launch ofthe report on July 22.

Such measures are on the rise,but the rise is moderate, saidOlivier Cadot, a professor of tradepolicy at the University ofLausanne. He noted most measuresin the current crisis had been takenby developing countries againstother developing countries, espe-cially China.

One reason economists aremore optimistic is that policy-mak-ers have learnt from the errors ofthe 1930s, and the trading systembuilt up after World War Two, em-bodied in the WTO and its bind-ing agreements, restricts countries’ability to raise tariffs and choke offtrade.

Another reason is that tradeflows, forecast by the WTO to con-tract a real 10 percent this yearfrom $15.78 trillion in 2008, arealready showing the first signs ofrecovery.

The World Bank has been oneof the loudest voices warningagainst the dangers of protection-ism.

“It’s a potential danger... andone has to watch quite carefully tomake sure things don’t spin out ofcontrol,” said Richard Newfarmer,World Bank representative inGeneva.

The monitoring of trade mea-sures by institutions like the WTOand World Bank is putting thequestion of protectionism high onthe international agenda and has

restrained countries from takingmore such measures, he toldReuters.

But Newfarmer said the worldwas entering a dangerous periodwhen an incipient economic recov-ery is helping trade recover, so thatimports pick up as jobs continueto be cut.

“That’s a potentially noxiousmixture that has to be watchedcarefully,” he said.

The WTO believes the worst isstill to come in the crisis as unem-ployment rises further, Deputy Di-rector-General Alejandro Jara saidat the launch of the trade measuresreport.

“We’ve looked at the trends butwe also can tell that the pressureswill still be there for some time tocome, so I don’t think that in theWTO we are crying wolf or exag-gerating too much.”

German firms eyebrighter future: survey

was before. The poll appears to reflect a

growing optimism in Germany’sbusiness community that thecountry’s worst economic down-turn since 1945 will be relativelyshort-lived.

On Friday, a closely-watchedsurvey by the Ifo institute, measur-ing the mood among German firms,rose for the fourth month runningin July.

Nevertheless, the governmentsees Germany — one of the world’stop exporters — shrinking by arecord six percent this year.

The Ernst and Young report sur-veyed mainly small and medium-sized firms in Germany — widelyseen as the backbone of theeconomy.

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Danish Prince Joachim and French born Princess Marie and their son during his Christening inMoegeltoender Church, in Southern Jutland, on Sunday, July 26 , 2009. The little prince wasbaptised: Henrik Carl Joachim Alain.

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Ecologists also found that themassive 8.0-magnitude earthquake,which triggered huge landslidesacross the region’s mountainous ter-rain and left nearly 87,000 peopledead or missing, destroyed nearly aquarter of panda habitat close to thetremor’s epicenter.

“It is probable that habitat frag-mentation has separated the giant


GROZNY, Russia - Seven peopledied and four others were woundedSunday in a suicide attack in Russia’sturbulent southern mountain regionof Chechnya, officials said.

Four Chechen police officers aswell as a Georgian and a Turkishman died along with the suicidebomber in the capital Grozny, whenthe attacker detonated a bomb out-side a concert hall around 5:00 pm(1300 GMT), Mariam Nalayeva, thespokeswoman for the investigators’office, told AFP.


SCHWYZ - A century and aquarter after a master cutler set outto supply Swiss soldiers with a sur-vival tool, the iconic Swiss Armyknife still adjusts gun sights, cutscheese and opens cans.

But deep in Switzerland’s ruralAlpine heartland, Karl Elsener’sdescendants at Victorinox, the lastfirm in the country that still makesthe pocket knives, have been forcedto adapt to the urban jungle.

Apart from the hallmark blades,the corkscrew — originally sold toofficers only — tweezers, andscrewdrivers, the nowadays 100-strong range includes a “cyber tool”to fix computers, a USB key and ablunt-tipped children’s knife.


RIYADH - A Saudi man hasdied after being struck down byswine flu, the first death from thedisease in the kingdom, the healthministry said on Monday.

The 30-year-old man was admit-ted to a private hospital inDammam in eastern Saudi Arabiaon Wednesday with a fever andpneumonia. He died on Saturdayfrom A(H1N1) despite the applica-tion of antibiotics and the anti-fludrug Tamiflu, the ministry said.

The number of cases in SaudiArabia now tops 300, adding toworries over the expected influx ofsome two million foreigners under-taking the hajj pilgrimage to theMuslim holy cities of Mecca andMedina later this year.

At an emergency meeting in

Saudi Arabia reports firstdeath from swine flu

Cairo last week, Arab health min-isters recommended that childrenunder 12 and people over 65 bebanned from the hajj this year toreduce the risk.

Saudi health ministry spokesmanKhaled Marghlani said on Saturdaythat Riyadh was likely to adopt thismeasure, and that it would press forpilgrims to be vaccinated againstA(H1N1) if a vaccine is proven andavailable ahead of the hajj period,beginning in November.

He added that the age restric-tions would not affect the countryquotas set for the number of peoplegoing on the hajj.

“This will not touch on the quo-tas, the percentage of pilgrims” al-located to each country, he toldAFP.

“When we implement the newlaw, it will stay as it is.”

Swiss Army knifemorphs with age

Former rival and now subsidiaryWenger recently added the foldingnail clipper to the nail file, whileLondon’s Bond Street, New York’sSoho and Tokyo’s Ginza rival armybarracks around the world as out-lets.

Victorinox president CarlElsener is eyeing a Bluetooth-equipped remote controller forbusiness presentations next, andeven fingerprint ID to secure datastored on the computer memorykey.

“We always try to be very closeto the market and get new ideas,”said Elsener junior, great-grandsonof the company’s founder.

Although the modern discourseis imbued with marketing speak,Elsener says the family firm has

poured “a lot of soul” formore than 125 years intodeveloping the legendaryred tool.

“The Swiss Army knifebecame the reliable com-panion for many expedi-tions, to the North Pole, theSouth Pole, in the Amazon,to Mount Everest, even of-ficial equipment of thespace shuttle crews,” saidElsener with pride.

“Powerful presidentshave been using the SwissArmy knife as a gift fortheir visitors to the WhiteHouse,” he added, also re-calling that it was once usedto perform an in-flightemergency tracheotomyhigh above the Philippines.

An exhibition at theSwiss National Museum inSchwyz, near the firm’sheadquarters, retraces theevolution of pocket knives“from tool to icon”, reveal-ing the far more ruralflavour of the early models.

Seven dead in Chechnya suicide bombingThe Turkish national was work-

ing in the Caucasus republic’s build-ing industry, she said, but did notgive details about the other civilian.

The identity of the suicidebomber was not immediatelyknown. Chechen President RamzanKadyrov said the attack showed aviolent campaign waged againstRussian rule by Islamist rebels wasin its “death throes.”

The Kremlin-backed leader toldnews agency Interfax: “It is an at-tempt to make our forces pull backfrom the area where a special op-eration is being carried out, an at-

tempt to make us stop working todestroy the rebels.”

“We will not stop until we haveeliminated all the rebels who targetpeaceful citizens, the securityforces, the military and members ofreligious orders.”

Chechnya has been the site ofseveral bloody attacks since Aprilwhen Moscow ended its controver-sial “anti-terror operation” whichlasted more than a decade.

The North Caucasus republics ofIngushetia and Dagestan, whichborder Chechnya, are also regularlyrocked by militant attacks.

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WASHINGTON - More than 60 percent of the wild giant pandapopulation in China’s Sichuan province was affected by the powerfulquake that rocked the region and killed thousands in May 2008, astudy said Monday.

panda population inhabiting this re-gion, which could be as low as 35individuals,” said Weihua Xu of theChinese Academy of Sciences inBeijing, the lead author of the studypublished in Frontiers in Ecologyand the Environment.

“This kind of isolation increasestheir risk of extinction in the wild,due in part to a higher likelihood of

inbreeding.”Sichuan is designated as one of

25 global biodiversity conservationhotspots. The province, which con-tains more than half of the Earth’swild giant panda population, is hometo over 12,000 plan species and 1,122vertebrate species, noted Xu.

The researchers’ analyses —which involved satellite imagestaken before and after the quake inthe South Minshan region close tothe earthquake’s center — revealedthat over 354 kilometers (220miles), or 23 percent, of the pandas’habitat had become bare land.

Much of the remaining habitatareas were also found to have beenfragmented into smaller, discon-nected patches, which Xu said wasjust as harmful as the habitat beingdestroyed.

To produce its estimates, thestudy had used criteria that makeforests suitable for pandas, such asthe presence of bamboo — the pan-das’ main food source — elevationand slope incline.

In order to encourage pandas tomove between the disconnectedpatches, the study recommendedthat specially protected corridors bebuilt and that some areas outside ofnature reserves also be protected.

The earthquake caused twicemore damage to panda habitat out-side than inside the reserves. Theresearchers also proposed thatpanda habitat be taken into consid-eration during the relocation of af-fected towns after the quake.

“It is vital to the survival of thisspecies that measures are taken toprotect panda habitat outside naturereserves,” Xu said.

“Giant pandas in this region aremore vulnerable than ever to humandisturbance, including post-earth-quake reconstruction and tourism.When coupled with these increas-ing human activities, natural disas-ters create unprecedented chal-lenges for biodiversity conserva-tion.”

Some 600 giant pandas are stillliving in the wild, according to esti-mates.

AFP PHOTO / Nicholas RATZENBOECK

Modern Swiss Army Knifes line up un-der the portrait founder Karl Elsener dur-ing an exhibition at the Swiss Historicmuseum in Schwyz on May 14, 2009.

AFP PHOTO / FILES / LIU Jin

This file photo taken on May 23, 2008 shows Chinese paramilitarysoliders carrying a giant panda during a transfer operation at the ChinaConservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, asmall town about 30 kilometres from the epicentre of the magnitude8.0 earthquake, in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. Morethan 60 percent of the wild giant panda population in China’s Sichuanprovince was affected by the powerful quake that rocked the regionand killed thousands in May 2008, a study said on July 27, 2009.

Speculation heightened afterLopez was spotted dining out withAmerican Idol host Ryan Seacrest,who himself has just negotiated ahuge pay rise for the new series.Lopez was reportedly set to be an-nounced as the new judge later thisyear in time for the eighth seasonof the popular singing contest.

But the star’s representative hasrefuted the reports, dismissing themas “completely false”. The spokes-person says, “The rumor of Jenni-fer Lopez throwing herself in thering to take over for Paula Abdul iscompletely false. Jennifer loves Idolbut just as a fan. “She just wrappedthe feature film “The Back-UpPlan,” due out January 2010, andwill release an album then as well.”

Kate Hudson has confirmed she is dating baseball hunk AlexRodriguez - by smooching the star in front of snappers at the New YorkYankees annual picnic.

The actress has tried to keep her romance with Rodriguez quiet, buthas failed to see off public interest in the relationship after she followedthe sportsman to every game as his team tours the U.S.

Hudson has now taken their romance public - by passionately kissingRodriguez in front of the paparazzi on Saturday. The pair has reportedlybeen dating since last November, and have been pictured spending qual-ity time together with their respective kids, Rodriguez’s daughters Ellaand Natasha and Hudson’s son Ryder. Rodriguez was last year rumoredto have dated Madonna following her split from Guy Ritchie.

Meanwhile Baseball player Alex Rodriguez had a furious bust-up witha pal of Kate Hudson - after she smashed up his car. A-Rod has beenromantically linked to the You, Me and Dupree actress since they werespotted enjoying a romantic night out in New York earlier this month.She was also seen cheering him on during several of his New York Yan-kees games, surround by close friends.

However, Rodriguezhad a falling out with oneof Hudson’s pals aftershe reportedly dented hiscar as she gave Hudsona ride. A source tellsRadarOnline.com, “KateHudson’s girlfriend, theone she is seen with atYankee games, has beendriving his Suburbanwith Kate every morn-ing, bright and early, toget coffee. A short timelater the friend pulledaround the car for Alex.As soon as he saw therear of the vehicle andthe damage done, he hadher get out of the car andstarted talking about herreckless driving. He wasvisibly upset. The crashwas so bad the licenseplate was obscured. Hewas ranting and ravingwhile she stood theresheepishly.”

Justin Timberlake celebrated the opening ofhis renovated, environmentally friendly golfcourse in style on the 10th tee — by smackinghis drive 291 yards. singer and actor smiledSaturday after the tee-off, saying “nobody’shappier about this course” than he is.

Timberlake was the first to play a round athis Mirimichi golf course near Memphis, Tenn.,after he spent $16 million renovating the courseto make it more eco-friendly.

Timberlake drew a crowd of about 50 on-lookers after starting an early round of 18 holesat 7:30 a.m. He played Saturday with hismother, stepfather and an old family friend fromTennessee. The Memphis native got the idea tobuy the course from his dad back in 2007.

Denzel Washington was de-lighted when movie bosses orderedhim to fatten up for his latest movierole - because he thoroughly enjoyedstuffing his face with junk food.

The actor appears in The Takingof Pelham 123, alongside JohnTravolta, playing an overweightcharacter - and the slim star had togain a staggering 40 pounds. Hesays, “Getting there was such fun.Milkshakes, hamburgers... middleofthe night a little Haagen Daz. Any-thing I wanted just eat, eat, eat.”

The American Gangster star re-turned to his toned physique aftershooting the film, but admits his wifequite enjoyed his fuller figure. Hesays, “She was OK with it, I thinkevery wife wants their husband to beplump and fatten them up. Shedoesn’t eat, she cooks all this foodfor me, but she doesn’t it eat.”

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British actress Joanna Lumley, left, presents a gift to Nepal’s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, at hisoffice in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, July, 27, 2009. Lumley arrived Sunday on her first visit to the Hima-layan nation which is home to the Gurkha soldiers who have for centuries fought for the British army.


TOKYO - Opposition leaderYukio Hatoyama, tipped to be-come prime minister in electionsnext month, said Monday Japanwas “at a historic turning point”as he outlined his party’s plans toremake the nation.

“We are at a historic turningpoint, not only in the sense that wewill end the long-running LDP(Liberal Democratic Party) gov-ernment,” said Hatoyama.

A government change wouldalso “make up for two lost decades”economically and end the rising in-


ARBIL - Iraqi authorities are set onMonday to release preliminary resultsfrom weekend elections in theautomomous Kurdish region after anew opposition party claimed a majorbreakthrough.

The Goran (Change) list said ithad won more than a quarter of seatsin the regional Kurdish parliament


JERUSALEM - The number ofIsraeli settlers in the occupied WestBank now stands at more than300,000 people, according to gov-ernment figures published by theHaaretz newspaper on Monday.

As of June 30, there were304,569 settlers living in the Pal-estinian territory, an increase of2.3 percent since the start of theyear, it said.

The issue of settlements is oneof the main stumbling blocks inthe stalled Israeli-Palestinianpeace process.

The administration of US Presi-

Madhav Kumar Nepal said allNepalese people recognised theachievements of the 63-year-oldstar, who spearheaded a successfulcampaign for Gurkha veterans andtheir families to be allowed to settlein Britain.

“I think the Gurkhas have gotjustice, whether complete or just tosome extent I cannot see,” he toldjournalists after meeting Lumley,famous for her role in the televisionshow “Absolutely Fabulous”.

“We are all rejoicing over whatshe has achieved.”

Lumley, who arrived in Nepal toa rapturous welcome on Sunday, pre-sented the prime minister with a scarffrom Scotland, saying she had heardthat the winters were cold in Nepal.

“We are just so proud to be hereand to have it recognised at such ahigh level,” she told journalists af-ter the meeting.

“It’s just such a tremendousprivilege to be here today consoli-

More than 300,000 Israelisettlers in West Bank: report

dent Barack Obama, who took of-fice in January, has repeatedlypressed Israel to halt all settlementactivity as part of its efforts to re-vive the stalled peace process.

Hawkish Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has so far re-fused to heed the calls, sending ten-sions between the two allies risingto levels unseen in years.

The new figures were publishedamid a US diplomatic push thatwill see three senior officials —Defence Secretary Robert Gates,Middle East envoy GeorgeMitchell and National SecurityAdvisor James Jones — hold talksin Israel this week.

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Yukio Hatoyama.

Japan at ‘historic turning point’fluence of state bureaucrats thatstarted when Japan opened its doorsto the outside world in the late 19thcentury, he said.

“We intend to make the peoplethe main players in politics,” addedthe head of the biggest oppositiongroup, the Democratic Party of Ja-pan (DPJ), which has been lead-ing in opinion polls ahead of theAugust 30 lower house election.

The business-friendly LDP, ledby unpopular Prime Minister TaroAso, has governed Japan continu-ously since the conservative party’sfoundation in 1955, except for one10-month stretch in the early 1990s.

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KATHMANDU - Nepal’s prime minister on Monday thanked JoannaLumley for bringing “justice” to Gurkha soldiers who served in the Brit-ish army, as the glamorous actress was feted on her visit to the country.

dating the bond (between Britainand Nepal).”

Later Monday, Lumley will meetthe country’s president and address arally at Kathmandu City Hall beforelaying a wreath at a Gurkha memo-rial inside the British embassy here.

The blonde actress has beenhailed as a heroine by the Nepaleseformer fighters, who are expected toturn out in their thousands to greether as she travels around the coun-try this week.

Crowds of supporters waitedhours at Kathmandu airport on Sun-day, braving the monsoon rain andcarrying banners that read “Wel-come Joanna, daughter of Nepal”and “Gurkha heroes welcome ourBritish heroes”.

Organisers of her trip said someGurkha veterans living in remote ar-eas have already started walking tothe three towns she is set to visit whilein Nepal, where many people live inrural villages with no road access.

She is accompanied by her fam-ily and by British local governmentrepresentative Peter Carroll, who in2007 persuaded her to join the“Gurkha Justice” campaign that hestarted.

She has said that her father, aBritish major in the 6th GurkhaRifles during World War II, wouldhave been “overwhelmed withshame and fury” at Britain’s treat-ment of Gurkha veterans.

The British government an-nounced in May that all Gurkha vet-erans who had served at least fouryears in the army could apply forresidency after a climbdown in theface of Lumley’s campaign.

Previously, only those who re-tired after 1997 had been eligible toapply. The Indian-born actress, re-nowned as the cocaine-snortingfashionista Patsy in the hit comedy“Absolutely Fabulous”, had becomea rallying voice for the men shecalled the “bravest of the brave”.

The Gurkhas have been part ofthe British army for almost 200years and more than 45,000 havedied in British uniform. Around3,500 currently serve in the Britisharmy, including in Afghanistan.

Opposition set to break Iraqi Kurd strangleholdin Saturday’s legislative election,raising the prospect of a strong op-position for the first time.

The vote was held at a key time inIraq’s transition as regional leaders arelocked in a bitter dispute withBaghdad over land and oil, while lo-cal voters also voiced their increas-ing concerned about corruption.

Incumbent regional presidentMassud Barzani won 70 percent of the

vote in a simultaneous presidential pollpitting him against four other candi-dates, presidential cabinet chief FuadHussein said on Sunday.

A joint list uniting Barzani’sKurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan(PUK) of Iraqi President Jalal Talabaniwon 60 percent of ballots cast in theparliamentary vote, Hussein said.

The two parties have dominated

Iraqi Kurdish politics for half a cen-tury, first as rebels and then as theregion’s effective rulers in the after-math of the 1991 Gulf war overSaddam Hussein’s invasion ofneighbouring Kuwait.

The results would give the KDP-PUK list around 55 seats in the 111-seat parliament, down from 78 seats inthe outgoing assembly elected in 2005.

A senior Goran official told AFP

that his party would win 28 seats, mak-ing it the first credible opposition to thelongstanding KDP-PUK dominance inthe rugged mountainous north of Iraq.

Nearly 80 percent of the region’s2.5 million voters turned out on Sat-urday for what election officials trum-peted as a transparent poll. Final re-sults are not due for several days, asballots must be transported toBaghdad for an official count.

“Climate change has the potentialto affect almost every issue linked topoverty and development in the Pa-cific,” said Oxfam New Zealand ex-ecutive director Barry Coates. With-out immediate action 50 years of de-velopment gains in poor countrieswill be permanently lost,” he said.

Coral atolls are particularly vul-nerable, including countries such asTuvalu, Kiribati and the MarshallIslands, which consist solely ofatolls that often rise only two to threemetres (six to nine feet) above sealevel. Climate change is expected toworsen storm surges, cyclones and


LONDON – Genetically modi-fied crops are being grown in Brit-ain for the first time in 12 monthsafter controversial trials were re-sumed without alerting the public,a newspaper reported Monday.Cultivation of a field of potatoesdesigned to be resistant to pestswas abandoned more than a yearago when environmental protest-ers ripped up the crop, the DailyTelegraph said.

But, without alerting the pub-lic, the project near Tadcaster innorthern England has been re-started, prompting warnings fromgreen groups that local farms andresidents could be put at risk, thenewspaper said. One group ac-cused the government of trying to“slip it under the radar.” The De-partment for the Environment,Food and Rural Affairs said thepotatoes would be grown in a safeenvironment, where there is norisk of contamination. They wouldnot be used for human or animal

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The South Pacific pounding the coastline of Funafuti Atoll. Developed countries need to act urgently tohelp vulnerable Pacific island nations cope with climate change, international aid group Oxfam said

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Many professional women areguilty of multiple fashion faux paswithout realizing it, and their lackof judgment can sometimes lead tobeing passed over for a job or pro-motion. Dressing for success meansbusiness, not pleasure. Read on forour must-avoids.

Too much cleavage: Showing toomuch cleavage at work is the No. 1fashion faux pas on our list. Studiesshow that women who dress in sexyattire in a professional environmentare more often passed over for pro-motions than women who dress


WELLINGTON – Developed countries need to act urgently to help vulnerable Pacific island nations copewith climate change, international aid group Oxfam said Monday. By the year 2050, about 75 million peoplecould be forced to leave their homes due to climate change in the Asia-Pacific region, the Oxfam report said.

high tides. “Scientists have also pro-jected an increase in diseases suchas malaria and dengue fever, to-gether with significant soil andcoastal erosion as a result of climatechange,” Oxfam said.

Unless wealthy, developed countrieslike Australia and New Zealand takeurgent action to curb emissions ofgreenhouse gases, such as carbon di-oxide, some island nations in the Pa-cific could become uninhabitable,Oxfam said. Oxfam estimated thataround 150 billion US dollars wouldbe needed every year to fund adapta-tion and emissions reductions in devel-

oping countries on top of existing aid.Wealthy, polluting countries must

reduce their emissions by at least 40percent by 2020, and at least 95 per-cent by 2050 to prevent potentiallycatastrophic climate change, Oxfamsaid. The report also said Australiaand New Zealand had to be preparedto take refugees from Pacific islands.

Australia, New Zealand and otherdeveloped countries are expected toface renewed calls for more helpover climate change from islandcountries when the 16-nation PacificIslands Forum meets in Cairns, Aus-tralia next week.

What Not to Wear to Workmore conservatively. Bottom line: Ifyou want to get ahead, ditch the low-cut top.

Too-short skirt: Wearing a micro-mini may send the message thatyou’re trying to compensate forskills you lack in other areas. Also,the knee is a visual anchor, saysBarbara Pachter, an etiquette expert.People’s attention will be drawndownward when they approach you,instead of toward your face where itshould be. Save your minis for afteroffice hours and, while it doesn’tneed to be knee length, put on a skirt

that you can sit down in withoutshowing too much thigh.

See-through clothes: Summermaterials such as organza and liq-uid jersey look and feel cool andpretty, but in the light of a staff meet-ing, they can reveal the outlines ofyour legs — and much more. Thebest solution is to check out yourensemble in a bright, naturally litroom before leaving for work. Al-ways wear transparent blouses overcamis or under jackets; transparentdresses and skirts should be layeredover a slip or leggings. Ginger Burr

of Total Image Consultants notesthat buying clothes with lining —especially white pants and skirts —is always a safe choice.

Over-accessorizing: A rule ofthumb when it comes to accessoriesin the workplace: Less is more. Cos-tume jewelry, when worn in bulk,tends to look tacky. The real thing,on the other hand, can come off asgaudy. A boardroom-ready look in-cludes one show stopper plus subtleaccessories. That means if you’regoing to put on a chunky beadednecklace, stick to minimal earrings

and arm candy.Bringing the beach into the of-

fice: Sundresses, spaghetti straps,flip-flops. Nothing makes you lookless professional than coming to theoffice like you’re dressed for thebeach. Having a cover-up like apashmina, neutral blazer or cardi-gan on hand will always make anoutfit look more professional. Truthbe told, however, these summerstaples are best avoided at the of-fice. Trade your tank top for a silkshell and Havaianas for backlessmules.

GM crop trials start againin Britain in ‘secret’: report

consumption, it said.The trial, run by Leeds Univer-

sity, is looking at potatoes that areresistant to a parasite worm thatcosts British farmers millions ofpounds a year in lost and damagedcrops. Genetically-modified cropshave a gene, or genes, inserted intothem in the lab so that they acquiretraits that are useful to farmers.They are widely grown in NorthAmerica, South America andChina.

But in Europe they have run intofierce resistance, led by greengroups who say the crops carryrisks through cross-pollination, po-tentially creating “super-weeds”that are impervious to herbicides.Only a handful of genetically modi-fied crops have been approved forcultivation in the European Union,but of them only MON810, ap-proved in 1998, is so far beinggrown. France this month rejecteda report by the European Union’sfood safety watchdog that said acontroversial strain of genetically-modified corn was safe.

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“It is because I love Alaska thismuch, sir, that I feel it is my duty toavoid the unproductive, typical poli-tics-as-usual lame duck session inone’s last year in office,” said Palin,who was the state’s youngest gover-nor and first female governor.

“With this decision now I will beable to fight even harder for you, forwhat is right and for truth. And I havenever felt you need a title to do allthat,” Palin told a cheering crowd ata state picnic.

But her farewell address inFairbanks, Alaska, Sunday, less thana month after she abruptly announcedher resignation on July 3, providedlittle insight into her plans upon leav-ing office.

In the weeks since her shock an-nouncement, she has citing a varietyof reasons for the decision, includ-ing what she said were financial con-straints caused by a slew of lawsuitsand ethics complaints she has fought.

The former vice presidential can-didate, who shot to national and in-ternational prominence after SenatorJohn McCain picked her as his run-ning mate last year, is expected towrite a book.

Palin, 45, has also said she willtravel the country campaigning forcandidates who share her politicalideology.

Her speech on Sunday included a


TAIPEI - Taiwan PresidentMa Ying-jeou on Monday re-ceived a congratulatory messagefrom his Chinese counterpart HuJintao after being elected leaderof the island’s rulingKuomintang, party officialssaid.

Outgoing KMT chairman WuPoh-hsiung said party officialswould reveal the contents of thebrief message from Hu later inthe day.

Analysts say Ma’s election asparty leader on Sunday couldpave the way for a first meetingbetween the presidents of Tai-wan and China.

Wu met China’s Hu on themainland last year in the high-

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Gov. Sean Parnell, second left goes to hug his wife Sandy, right, holding the Bible after he wassworn in as governor by Alaska Supreme Court Justice Daniel Winfee, left, during a ceremony inFairbanks, Alaska Sunday, July 26, 2009, where Gov. Sarah Palin stepped down and handed overpower to Parnell. Former Gov. Sarah Palin, center back, watches with her daughter Piper, left,back, and husband Todd, right back.


CAIRO - Egypt has decided ona security court trial for 26 men ac-cused of plotting attacks on touristresorts and on ships in the Suez Ca-nal on behalf of Lebanon’sHezbollah, the public prosecutorsaid on Sunday.

Charges include conspiracy tomurder, spying for a foreignorganisation with the intent of con-ducting terrorist attacks and weap-ons possession, prosecutor AbdelMagid Mahmud said in a statement.

State security courts were set upunder Egypt’s emergency laws andhave been in place since 1981 andtheir verdicts are final. The date ofthe trial has yet to be set.

Four of the accused men are onthe run, including Lebanese al-leged mastermind MohammedQubyan who is believed to haveleft Egypt. The others are hidingin the Sinai Peninsula’s mountains,a security official said.

The prosecution says the menhave confessed to buying rifles, ex-plosives and rocket propelled gre-nades and to storing bags and beltsfilled with powerful plastic explo-sives.

They also confessed to buildingtunnels to Gaza, monitoring tour-ist resorts in the Sinai and settingup front businesses, state newsagency MENA reported.

The prosecutor said in April that49 men were suspected of plottingattacks against Sinai tourist resortsand ships in the Suez Canal on theorders of the militant Shiite groupHezbollah.

The suspects include two Leba-nese alleged Hezbollah ringlead-ers, five Palestinians, a Sudaneseman and Egyptians.

Hezbollah chief HassanNasrallah admitted in April thatone of the captured men,

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ANCHORAGE - With a challenge to the media and Washington, and a list of her achievementsfor the state, Sarah Palin has stepped down as Alaska governor, but gave few clues about whereshe is headed.

recap of her time as governor andstruck many of her customary notes,including praise for her fellow Alas-kans and the military.

She also issued challenges to themedia, who she told to “quit makingthings up,” and to those she said are“hellbent, maybe, on tearing downour nation.”

To Alaskans, she issued a warn-ing: “Stiffen your spine to do what isright for Alaska when the pressuremounts.”

“We can resist enslavement to bigcentral government that crushes hopeand opportunity. Be wary of accept-ing government largesse... Meltinginto Washington’s powerful caretak-ing arms will just suck incentive towork hard and chart our own courseright out of us.”

But Palin’s own course remainsthe biggest unanswered question. Shehas been touted as a possible adver-sary for President Barack Obama in2012, but she has also been plaguedby ethics probes, legal bills, anddoubts about her ability to govern.

And even her husband dodged thequestion when he was asked over theweekend about her plans for the fu-ture.

“We’ll play it by ear,” said ToddPalin told Politico, an Internet news-paper, in a brief interview. “We’ll takea little breather and go from there.”

Palin says she has run up morethan half a million dollars in legalfees stemming from the two dozenethics complaints against her, whichshe calls “political absurdity.”

Her supporters set up a fund tohelp cover the legal costs, but an in-dependent investigator’s preliminaryreport found the fund itself may haveconstituted a state ethics law viola-tion, according to Alaska news re-ports.

Her popularity, while unques-tioned among a portion of Republi-can voters, is less assured in the largerelectorate, with 53 percent of Ameri-cans saying they have an unfavorableview of Palin, in a recent poll.

Only 40 percent see her in posi-tive terms — her lowest approvalrating since McCain tapped her as hisrunning mate, according to a Wash-ington Post-ABC News poll releasedFriday.

Additionally, 57 percent of pollrespondents said she does not under-stand complex issues, with just 37percent saying she does.

And despite her often tough rheto-ric, 54 percent told the pollsters theoutgoing Alaska governor was not astrong leader, while only 40 percentsaid that she was.

Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnellwas sworn in as governor at Palin’sdeparture ceremony.

China’s Hu congratulatesMa on KMT leadership: party

est-level contact since the twosides split in 1949 after a civilwar.

Ma previously headed theparty between July 2005 andFebruary 2007, when he re-signed after being indicted forallegedly misusing his expensefunds as mayor of Taipei. He wascleared of the charges before tak-ing office last year.

Ties with China have im-proved dramatically since Macame to power, with the launchof regular direct flights and thedevelopment of closer tradelinks.

Beijing still regards Taiwan aspart of its territory awaiting re-unification by force if necessaryalthough the island has governeditself since 1949.

‘Hezbollah’ plotters facetrial in Egypt security court

Mohammed Yusef Mansur, identi-fied as Sami Shihab, was aHezbollah agent tasked with smug-gling weapons to militants in Gaza.

Defence lawyer Montasser el-Zayyat complained that the defen-dants will be unable to appeal theverdicts.

“They have no right to appeal.Even if they are found innocent thePresident of Egypt can still over-rule the court’s decision,” Zayyattold AFP.

Zayyat said the defendants hadbeen tortured in detention and in-sisted that any confessions used asevidence in court should be dis-missed.

Security officials said the defen-dants were examined by a doctorwho found no evidence that theyhad been physically abused. Rightsgroups say torture is routine inEgypt.

Hezbollah, a formidable guerrilagroup and political party formed af-ter Israel occupied Lebanon in1982, has limited its attacks in theMiddle East to Israel and Lebanon,from which Israel withdrew in2000.

It fought a month-long war withIsrael in 2006 that killed 1,200Lebanese and more than 160 Israe-lis.

The arrests led to a war of wordsbetween Sunni Egypt andHezbollah’s Shiite Iranian backers,with Egyptian Foreign MinisterAhmed Abul Gheit accusing Iranof using Hezbollah to gain a foot-hold in Egypt.

The alleged plot was one ofthree that Egyptian security ser-vices say they have disrupted sinceFebruary, when a pipe bomb leftunder a concrete bench in a Cairobazaar killed a French tourist.

Security officials said they havearrested members of an Al-Qaedacell that carried out that attack.

The 62-minute win repeatedthe triumph which Ginepri en-joyed four years ago and was thethird title of his career. Ginepri,who missed two months of theseason and lost nearly 15 kilo-grams in weight following appen-dix surgery, had not reached asemi-final before this week sinceLas Vegas in March, 2008.

Querrey has now lost in fi-nals in his last two events aftergoing down a fortnight ago ongrass in Newport to Rajeev Ram.Ginepri out-aced the usually big-hitting Querrey, firing four acesand 13 winners while Querreydropped nine costly double faults.

“This is a special place forme,” said Ginepri after the sixthall-American Indy final in twodecades since the event switchedto hardcourt. “I’ve not been in afinal for a long time and to winagain here is great.” After playingonly 21 matches this season, hewas unsure of his chances of get-ting back into the top 20 where hestood in 2005 after winning Indyfor the first time.

“Without results, you startquestioning your game,” he said.

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Sam Querrey, of the United States, returns a shot against countryman Robby Ginepri in the finals ofthe Indianapolis Tennis Championships in Indianapolis, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Ginepri won 6-2, 6-4.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - Robby Ginepri, who was laidlow by a burst appendix earlier this year, won his second In-dianapolis title on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over thirdseeded compatriot Sam Querrey.

“I haven’t been to final in four years(at Indy). “You question if you canplay at this level any more, it creepsinto back of mind. But this is a trueconfidence boost for the summer. I’llgo to LA from Monday very excited.I feel fit and ready to fight somemore. My ranking will move up andI can get into more tournaments,maybe even a Masters series in Asiaand Europe this autumn.”

The title was Ginepri’s third af-ter Indy 2005 and Newport 2003.He broke serve twice in a 26-minuteopening set, then secured the upsetby coming back from 40-0 down inthe 11th game of the second.

“When I won here in 2005 I wasabout the same ranking,” saidGinepri. “But this one has to be morespecial as I really never expected it Igot the job done. I really had no ex-pectations but I had no pressure ei-ther. It’s funny how things work out.”

Querrey said admitted he wasnervous and his usually reliable bigserve let him down. “I didn’t have arhythm on serve today, it was notthere,” he said. “He’s such good re-turner, he puts a lot of pressure onyou. Robby played well and had veryfew unforced errors.”


LONDON - America’s Loren Roberts wonhis second Senior British Open on Sundaywhen he edged Mark McNulty and Fred Funkin a play-off at Sunningdale. The three had fin-ished the four rounds locked on 12 under parbefore Funk, the halfway leader, was elimi-nated at the first extra hole when he could onlymake par while Roberts and McNulty bothmade birdies.

Roberts and McNulty couldn’t be sepa-rated at the second hole. At the third extra hole,McNulty fired his tee shot into the bushes andhad to take a penalty for an unplayable lie. WithRoberts down the middle McNulty was strug-gling and played a five iron for his third shotwhich ran over the back of the green.

Roberts found the green, 20 feet to theright of the flag and with McNulty unable tohole his long par putt, Roberts had two puttsto win. The American rolled the putt up to afew inches to claim the title for the second timeafter his win in 2006.

“When I won back in ’06 it was probablythe biggest thrill of my life,” said Roberts.“Then to come here, to a golf course I’ve neverseen before, absolutely fell in love with thisgolf course. To be able to pull it out on theback nine is the culmination of a lot of hardwork.” Earlier McNulty’s round of 64 hadgiven him the clubhouse lead.

His inward 31 included a hat-trick of bird-ies from the 13th but it could have been evenbetter - down the closing straight McNulty hadbirdie putts of less than 10 feet on 17 and 18and both missed the hole by the smallest offractions. “I really thought I hit good putts,

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MANCHESTER - Manchester United’sWayne Rooney says he is thirsty for goals inthe Premier League season starting on August15, as the United squad prepare in Germanyfor the pre-season Audi Cup.

The Reds’ striker is relishing being evenmore in the spotlight now his attack partnerCristiano Ronaldo has left for Real Nadrid andaims to increase his goal scoring rate abovethe 20 he bagged in the league last season: “Ihave always said I would like to score moregoals than the previous season so that is whatI am aiming for again this time,” he toldwww.manutd.com as the team returned toEurope after their Asian tour. If I can do that Iwill be really happy,” said the 23-year-old whowas among the scorers in an eight-goal romp

Rooney thirsty for goalsas United return to Europe

over China’s Hanzhou Greentown on Sunday. Manchester United boss Sir Alex

Ferguson says he has “strong options” up frontgoing into the new Premier League season.New signing Michael Owen netted a brace inthe clash against Hangzhou to add to two goalsin Malaysia. Ferguson, chasing a record fourthconsecutive Premier League crown, pairedOwen and Dimitar Berbatov from the start forthe first time in China and both found the netin the opening period.

“We didn’t use Macheda tonight but Ithink it gives us strong options,” he said. “Ithink that Macheda’s development obviouslyas we saw the other night is good for a 17-year-old boy and he’s got the physical attributesto go with it.” With the experience of Berbatovand Owen, and the talent of Rooney, “I thinkwe’re not too bad,” Ferguson said.

ManchesterUnited’s MichaelOwen, right, andWayne Rooney,left, run withtheir teammatesduring a soccertraining sessionin Hangzhou,China, Saturday,July 25, 2009.

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Loren Roberts of the US tees off onthe first play off hole after the finalround of the Senior British OpenChampionship at the Sunningdalegolf course, in Sunningdale, England,Sunday, July 26, 2009.

Roberts wins second Senior British Open

both of them,” he said. “The last one I thoughtwas going to go in and the last one sloweddown and seemed to start turning. Why, I don’tknow.

“I gave it all I had, and just one bad shot.That’s what happens.” American Funk, whohad set record low 18 and 36-hole scores forthe event, raced out the blocks to turn in 32,but the 53-year-old parred all his holes on theback nine. It just wasn’t enough. It’s disap-pointing because I played good,” said Funk.

Overnight leader Greg Norman col-lapsed to a one-over 71 and fell out of con-tention to a tie for sixth. Tom Watson con-tinued his fine form with a three-under-par67 to finish seven under overall, enough fora share of eighth place.

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The 54-year-old was whisked to hospital by he-licopter Sunday after he fainted while jogging inthe wooded parkland around the Versailles Palacenear his weekend retreat outside Paris.

Sarkozy’s supermodel wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozyraced to his side on a police motorbike, a witnesssaid, but doctors pronounced his illness a minor ner-vous complaint brought on by effort and predicted afull recovery.

He was expected to leave the Val de Grace mili-tary hospital later Monday.

Around 30 journalists were gathered at metalbarricades outside the building, sharpshooters wereposted on the roof and government cars with tintedwindows were coming and going regularly.

In the meantime, Sarkozy’s supporters were fu-riously working the media to protect his reputationas a dynamic leader.

“The news from the doctors is good. He’ll be outtoday,” promised Patrick Devedjian, the ministercharged with overseeing Sarkozy’s plan to revivethe failing French economy, on RTL radio.

“It’s not in his nature to hold himself back. Heputs it like this: ‘Sometimes people criticise me, say-ing I do too much. Me, I think I don’t do enough’,”he added.

“He takes a lot onto himself. He’s hyperactive,everyone can see that.”

Officials said Sunday that Sarkozy had suffereda vasvagal syncope — a nerve condition in whichexhaustion and dehydration can lead to a loss ofblood pressure — as he ran under a blazing summersun.

The condition is not considered dangerous andmost patients make a full recovery, and thepresident’s entourage were keen to point out that he


MANILA - Hundreds of pro-testers marched on the PhilippinesCongress Monday as PresidentGloria Arroyo prepared to defendher record in her last state of thenation address before electionsnext year.

Arroyo, who came to power in2001 following the ouster of Jo-seph Estrada, was expected to usethe speech to outline her accom-plishments during her tumultuoustenure, which has been marked byscandal and failed coup attempts.

Activists waving red flags and

Sarkozy to leave hospital afterSarkozy to leave hospital afterSarkozy to leave hospital afterSarkozy to leave hospital afterSarkozy to leave hospital afterjogging collapsejogging collapsejogging collapsejogging collapsejogging collapseAgence France-Presse

PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy was due to leave hospital on Monday after col-lapsing while jogging, as the French leader’s aides scrambled to defend his image as aman of action.

never lost consciousness despite 45 minutes of hardphysical exercise.

“The doctors are taking about an illness broughton by excess effort,” a source in Sarkozy’s officetold AFP.

But, while the president is likely to make a fullphysical recovery and quickly resume his gruellingschedule, there may be more lasting damage to hiscarefully crafted image as a young, thrusting leader.

Former president Francois Mitterrand left officeaged 78 and concealed a case of prostrate cancer formore than a decade. Sarkozy’s predecessor JacquesChirac left office aged 76 and once spent a week inhospital.

By contrast to his often frail seeming forebears,Sarkozy has played up his vigour, and is regularlyphotographed jogging and cycling in his trademarkNYPD T-shirt, sometimes with famous sportsmen.

While running for office he promised to makehis annual health checkups public, although in facthe only did so once and was last year caught out forhaving concealed minor throat surgery from thepublic.

So Sunday’s incident in the woods may havepolitical consequences.

Writing in the regional newspaper CharenteLibre, Dominique Garraud said voters have no wayof knowing if this was Sarkozy’s first medical prob-lem.

“No-one can know for sure, as long as transpar-ency about the president’s health remains a taboo,”he argued.

Patrice Chabanet of the Journal de la Haute-Marne urged the president to ease up: “NicolasSarkozy can no longer allow himself to push hislimits, and to expose himself to a new accident. Then

AP Photo/Jacques Brinon

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right,escorted by his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy,leaves the Val-de-Grace military hospital,in Paris Monday, July 27, 2009.

the risk would become political.”And Jean-Claude Kiefer of Dernieres Nouvelles

d’Alsace said the incident showed the risks of con-centrating so much power in the hands of one leader.

“The jog of Sunday July 26 in Versailles parkshould not be without consequences,” he urged,calling for France to re-examine its constitution.

Sarkozy’s office promised an official updateon the president’s health when he leaves hospitallater Monday.

Ma Ying-jeouTAIPEI - Taiwanese

President Ma Ying-jeouis elected chairman ofthe ruling NationalistParty, a position thatwill shore up hiscontrol over the paceof reconciliation andeconomic cooperationwith rival China.

Oppositionleader

YANGON,Myanmar - The trialof Myanmardemocracy leaderAung San Suu Kyienters its final phase,with the prosecutionscheduled to deliverits closing arguments,a government officialsays.

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KUALA LUMPUR -A Malaysianimmigration official ischarged with sellingan illegal immigrantfrom Myanmar tohuman traffickers atthe country’s borderwith Thailand, hislawyer says.

Protest in Philippines ahead of Arroyo speechanti-Arroyo banners began theirmarch before dawn to the congressbuilding, as riot police erected barbedwire barricades and blocked accessroads with trucks and shipping con-tainers.

Thousands of riot police, armedwith shields and truncheons, were fer-ried into the capital Manila by trucksand bomb-sniffing dogs checked thebuilding for explosives ahead ofArroyo’s speech, due to begin at 0700GMT.

Police have said they expect about25,000 protesters to convene at theCongress. Schools in the capital wereshut down.

Critics charge Arroyo, whoseterm expires next year, is seekingto amend the constitution so thatshe can remain in power. Theyhave also accused her of cheatingto win the 2004 presidential elec-tion.

The Philippines leader, plaguedby a series of corruption allega-tions against her and his politicalallies, has survived several im-peachment attempts.

She has surrounded herself withdozens of retired police and mili-tary generals who occupy seniorgovernment posts.

In her first state of the nation ad-

dress, Arroyo outlined her visionfor the Philippines based on em-ployment, education, housing andfood security for all Filipinos.

In subsequent addresses, shepromised to win the fight againstpoverty, eradicate corruption andpredicted the Philippines willjoin the ranks of the world’s richcountries within 20 years.

But her government has pro-duced very little to back up thosepromises, with poverty on the risein the country of 92 millionpeople and the economy proppedup by billions of dollars sent homeby Filipino workers overseas.

The crowd of 42,531 leaned toward ACMilan, and the fans were quieted in the fourthminute when Milito chased the ball down to theleft of the goal and left-footed it off goalkeeperZeljko Kalac and inside the near post. He gaveInter a 2-0 lead in the 75th minute on a 2-on-1break with Dejan Stankovic, who passed toMilito for a shot that bounced off and over thekeeper into the net.

The clubs last played outside of Italy whenthey met at Yankee Stadium in 1969; before that,it was a match in Chiasso, Switzerland, in 1908.“For me, there’s no such thing as a friendlygame,” said defender Oguchi Onyewu, the firstAmerican ever to play for Milan. “I don’t goout there hoping to lose, or expecting to lose. Igo out there trying to give it my all.”

Milan and Chelsea sold out the 71,000-seathome stadium of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravenson Friday night. But Sunday’s match on a warmNew England afternoon was played with theupper deck half-closed and the lower bowlempty at one end because the seats were ob-structed by the enormous stage for Tuesdaynight’s AC/DC concert. (Also obstructed wasthe press box, forcing the media to be relocatedinto luxury suites.)

But Sunday’s crowd wasn’t concerned

(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Inter Milan’s Paolo Orlandoni (22) celebrates his goal in front of AC Milangoalie Zeljko Kalacin, left, and Thiago Silva in the first half of a World FootballChallenge soccer match, Sunday, July 26, 2009, in Foxborough, Mass.


ROME - Inter Milan president MassimoMoratti has explained his reason for selling ZlatanIbrahimovic, claiming the Swede wanted to joinBarcelona. Ibrahimovic has been Inter’s bestplayer since joining the club in 2006 and manyfans were dismayed that the Italian championswould let the top goalscorer in last season’s SerieA leave the club.

But in return Inter have signed Cameroonstriker Samuel Eto’o, brought Alexander Hleb inon loan and scooped 50 million euros from Barca.And Moratti insists that it was Ibrahimovic’s ownwish to go. “Several times over the last few monthshe expressed his desire to change clubs,” he toldMonday’s Gazzetta dello Sport.

“He wasn’t forced, he had said that he sawhis career developping elsewhere. We’re talkingabout someone rather indifferent on a sentimentallevel, a professional.” Last week Inter coach JoseMourinho described this deal as the transfer of thesummer, claiming that Eto’o is as good asIbrahimovic and that the Italians had done well to


ROME - Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’oarrived in Milan on Monday ahead of hisInter Milan medical and stated he wants towin the Champions League. Eto’o has twicealready been on a Champions League win-ning team with Barcelona, scoring againstArsenal in the 2006 final in a 2-1 victoryand again against Manchester United inMay in a 2-0 success.

“I’m very happy to be here atInter. I’ve come here to work hardand win the Champions League,”said Eto’o. The 28-year-old willundergo a medical at Inter be-fore putting his name to a five-year deal with the Italianchampions.

He is part of a swap deal thatwill see Sweden forward ZlatanIbrahimovic head to Catalonia while Inter willalso pocket 50 million euros and take Belaruswinger Alexander Hleb on loan for a year.

Eto’o said few words to the hoards ofwaiting press and photographers at Milan’sLinate airport upon his arrival but he didcongratulate his new team-mates on havingbeaten city rivals AC Milan 2-0 in a friendlyin the United States on Sunday.

He also had a word of thanks for Interpresident Massimo Moratti: “He has a bigheart,” said Eto’o. Eto’o arrived with hisagent Jose Maria Mesalles, who last weekagreed personal terms with Inter.

Two Goals from Milito, Inter Defeataed MilanTwo Goals from Milito, Inter Defeataed MilanTwo Goals from Milito, Inter Defeataed MilanTwo Goals from Milito, Inter Defeataed MilanTwo Goals from Milito, Inter Defeataed MilanAssociated Press Writer

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – They were 3,800 miles from foggy San Siro, and that’snot all that was different for Inter Milan and AC Milan when they met outside ofItaly for just the third time in 101 years. “Certainly the focus will be on leagueplay,” Inter striker Diego Milito said Sunday after leading the Italian League cham-pions to a 2-0 victory over AC Milan in an exhibition known as the World FootballChallenge. “But I want to help the team do well, and to honor the shirt that wearingevery time I put it on.”

about the headbanging of AC/DC as much asthe head-passing of AC Milan. And the homestadium of NFL genius Bill Belichick, whoguided the New England Patriots to an 18-0record before losing the 2008 Super Bowl,proved to be a fitting host for Inter coach JoseMourinho, the self-proclaimed “Special One”who guided Inter to its fourth straight ItalianSerie A title after losing in the first knockoutround of the Champions League.

Meanwhile Diego Milito feels proud ofhis two goals. “A striker always likes scor-ing, even if it’s in a friendly match,” said theArgentine, “but today’s was still a derby andfrom my celebration you could see how happyI was to have given my contribution on thepitch. It’s easy to play in this Inter. It’s themerit of the group, of the great championswho have given us newcomers a very warmwelcome and have made us feel importantsince day one.”

In Inter’s next matches Milito could havea new team-mate who shares his ‘habit’ ofscoring. “Eto’o is a great striker who has livedmany experiences,” said Diego. “He is veryfast and he will make a great contribution tothe team. As for me, I will always try to adaptto my strike partner when I’m on the pitch.”

I’m here to win the ChampionsLegaue, says Eto’o

(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o ofCameroon waves as he arrives atLinate airport in Milan, Italy, Monday,July 27, 2009. Eto’o arrived in Milanfor a medical that would complete adeal that would send the striker toItalian champions Inter Milan.

Inter and Barca have also agreed termsbut the deal will only go through onceIbrahimovic completes his move, whichshould happen early this week.

Barcelona’s newsigning ZlatanIbrahimovic ofSweden gesturesduring his arrivalat the club’s officein Barcelona,Spain, Sunday,July 26, 2009.

Zlantan wanted to leave, says Morattibank so much money in the swap.

And Moratti claimed that he too was pleasedwith the deal. “For Inter this is a positive affair,also from an economic perspective,” he said. Youhave to bear in mind that Eto’o’s value as a playeris not that of his low transfer value.” Eto’o hadonly one year left on his Barca contract and theCatalans openly wanted rid of him, thus reducinggreatly his market value.

Ibrahimovic, meanwhile, was tied into a long-term deal at Inter, who did not want to sell him.Having won four Serie A titles in a row, Inter areunder pressure this season to produce the goods inEurope. In the last three seasons they have crashedout in the first knock-out round and the Champi-ons League has become something of an albatrosaround the club’s collective neck.

Inter don’t seem capable of performing in Eu-rope as they do at home and Moratti is aware of notallowing the quest for European glory to become aburden. “I don’t want the Champions League tobecome an obsession. The championship is our pri-mary goal and then we can tackle Europe with muchcourage,” he said.

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“We will not fire on our people,”the armed forces commander, Gen-eral Romeo Vasquez, told SundayHonduran broadcaster RadioGlobo, one of the few media out-


WASHINGTON - Two astro-nauts will venture into open spaceagain Monday on a fifth and finalspacewalk of the shuttleEndeavour’s mission to completethe International Space Station.

Chris Cassidy and TomMarshburn spent the final hoursleading up to their task preparingtheir spacesuits and tools and re-viewing procedures, NationalAeronautics and Space Adminis-tration (NASA) officials said.

AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco

Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya try to overturn a car brought by a man whom they believed to be an under-cover police agent during funeral services for Pedro Magdiel Munoz in El Durazno, Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Thebody of Munoz was found near where protests were taking place Saturday, prompting Zelaya supporters to accuse securityforces of killing him. Police officials, however, deny that claim.

Honduran military repositionsas Zelaya seeks sanctionsAgence France-Presse

OCOTAL - The head of the Honduran military has promised not to use deadly force againstsupporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya as the deposed leader spent a third day acrossthe border in Nicaragua plotting his return.

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lets critical of the interim govern-ment headed by Robert Micheletti.

Vasquez was a key figure in theJune 28 ouster of Zelaya and hasdefended the expulsion, but has

said he was only enforcing a Su-preme Court ruling.

“The armed forces are not theones responsible for this internaldivision,” Vasquez said on the ra-

dio show, during which he alsotalked with Zelaya’s wife XiomaraCastro, who remained in Hondurasand has been prevented from reach-ing the border.

Vasquez’s comments were an-other sign that the Honduran mili-tary may be seeking to retreat fromthe turmoil created by Zelaya’s sud-den ouster.

In this photo provided by NASA, Astronauts Tom Marshburn(left) and Christopher Cassidy, mission specialists for STS-127,share duties on the fourth spacewalk of Endeavour’s currentmission and its crew’s joint activities with the space station.

Astronauts to perform finalspacewalk of Endeavour mission

The final spacewalk is expectedto run about six and a half hours.

During their fourth walk on Fri-day, Marshburn and Cassidy in-stalled new batteries on one of theoldest of the four solar arrays thatpower the space station 350 kilo-meters (215 miles) above Earth.

The six newly fitted batteries“function as expected,” the US spaceagency said, noting that the old bat-teries were stored on a cargo carrierthat will be placed in Endeavour’scargo barrier later in the day.

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And with Mark Webber takingthird place to cut into Brawn’s everdecreasing championship advan-tage, Button is now very worriedabout the state of affairs.

When asked by AUTOSPORT ifhis 18.5 points advantage was com-fortable, Button said: “For sure, not. Ihave lost 15 points to Webber over thepast three races, and that is massive.

“It’s five points per race. Itmeans he will be in front of me infour races time, and there are sevenraces left. So it is for sure not com-fortable, but I cannot do anythingabout it at the moment except wejust need to go through the data,which is annoying as we have towait for two weeks [because of thefactory shutdown].” He added: “Wehave to sort it out because we areleading the championship, but it isinevitable they are going to over-take us if the Brawns keep goinglike they are. It is like wearing the

Donington - Jorge Lorenzosays he will learn from the mis-take that ended his British GrandPrix. The Spaniard is now 25points behind his Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi in the cham-pionship following today’s crashat a slippery Donington Park.

“I was feeling quite comfortablein the lead,” said Lorenzo. “Unfor-tunately on the final corner of theninth lap I made a small mistake,got my line wrong and touched the

AP Photo/Gero Breloer

Brawn GP driver Jenson Button of Britain is seen in his race car during the practice session atthe Hungaroring circuit near Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, July 25, 2009. The Hungarian For-mula One Grand Prix will be held here on Sunday, July 26, 2009.

Button fears forchampionship lead

Jenson Button fears that his world championship lead willbe wiped out in only a few races unless his Brawn GP team getsto the bottom of why it is struggling at the moment. The Britonhad hoped that the tight Hungaroring track and the warmweather of the weekend would help him fight back against theresurgent Red Bull Racing outfit, but tyre woes again left himon the back foot and he struggled home seventh.

yellow jersey [in the Tour deFrance], knowing that when you getto the mountains you are going tobe useless and overtaken.

“It is nice leading the champion-ship, but it won’t be the case in thenext three or four races if we have theperformances like we have had in thelast few. Valencia I say is going to behot, but then here we thought it wouldbe in the 30s. But if you look at theweather forecast, it has been 34-35Call week, and the weekend was 24-25C and then it is going back up againfrom Monday. So, maybe someone istrying to make the racing more inter-esting this year - they don’t want uswalking away with it. So they are do-ing their job very well.”

Button says his team has no answersat the moment as to why its early sea-son dominance has come to a halt –but he has faith that the team will comeup with the answers he needs to keephis title challenge on course.

Lorenzo vows to learn from crashwhite line and there was nothing Icould do; it was very slippery. I wasokay and wanted to carry on but mybike was too badly damaged. Ofcourse I’m sad and disappointed butthis is racing and these feelings don’thelp, you just have to learn from amistake like this and look forwards.”

Rossi also fell later in the race, butwas able to rejoin and take fifth. Al-though Lorenzo admitted that hecould have gained ground in thepoints race had he stayed upright, he

insisted that he does not regard him-self as a title contender this year.

“Today was a great opportunityto win some points, but it was theopposite. We lost quite a lot,” hesaid. “For sure Valentino’s crashhelped us a little bit. But I keepthinking that my goal is not to winthe championship. If we are sec-ond or third in the champonship,that would be good enough for us.If we can win, it would be unbe-lievable, but it’s not our goal.”

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Fiat Yamaha Team’s Spanish MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo slides on the track after fallingfrom his machine near Goddards during the MotoGP Grand Prix at the British MotorcycleGrand Prix at the Donington Circuit, Donington, England, Sunday, July 26, 2009.

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