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Agence France-Presse

Snow blanketed eastern Turkey Thursday, complicating rescue efforts and bringing more misery for the thousands left homeless by a devastating earthquake as the death toll surged past 500.

Ninety-one hours after disaster struck in the eastern province of Van, rescuers pulled a 19-year-old from the rubble in the town of Ercis but the prospects of finding more people alive were fading fast.

After the government acknowl-edged failings in the initial rescue efforts, help from abroad was beginning to arrive, including an aid plane from Israel.

But in a sign of the disillu-

sionment with the help they had received so far, some families who had been staying in tents began returning to their homes despite warnings that they were still at risk of collapse from aftershocks.

Many families have been forced to sleep in overcrowded tents or even out in the open around fires as the temperatures drop to below freezing. In its latest damage as-sessment bulletin, the prime min-ister’s emergency unit said that 523 people were now known to have died after the 7.2 magnitude quake struck. A further 1,650 had been injured in the disaster, it added.

A total of 185 people had been pulled out of the wreckage, of-ficials said.

The latest survivor to have beaten

the odds, a student named Moham-med, was rescued from the rubble of a five-storey building, the NTV news channel reported. He was rescued by an emergency crew who travelled to Ercis from Malatya, a distance of around 570 kilometres.

But with the hopes of finding more survivors receding, atten-tions were focusing increasingly on how to help those who had lost their homes.

The arrival of an Israeli plane carrying five pre-fabricated homes to provide shelter was a powerful symbol of the change of heart by the government which had initially refused help from abroad.

Relations between Turkey and Israel have been toxic in recent months in the wake of a deadly

raid by Israeli commandos last year on an aid vessel bound for the Gaza Strip.

“Three more planes loaded with aid supplies will come to Turkey within two days,” Nizar Amer, an official from the Israeli embassy in Ankara, told the Ana-tolia news agency.

A 150-person rescue team from Azerbaijan was already in the quake zone, becoming the first foreign group to show up in the earthquake region in eastern part of the country.

“Turkey’s pain is our pain. We are very sad with what we have seen here,” said 24-year old Ramil Aliyev from the Azerbaijani fire-fighter team.

A number of security points at the entrance to the Island of Bali were examined together with Jembrana Chief Police, Gr. Com. Adj. of Police (PGCA) Irfing Jaya. Similarly, the examination was also made at ID card inspection counter. They had time to chat with motorcycle taxi riders who hung out in the exit area as well as hawkers in the harbor. The commander judged there were still potential gaps of crimes as many hawkers operated in the harbor area. His party requested to find out a win-win solution so their existence did not disturb the security and they were still able to make a living. Commander also asked the motorcycle taxi riders not to take passengers without passing through the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of inspection. Both the identity and luggage of the motorcycle taxi users should undergo an inspection. It was intended to anticipate the possibility of passengers carrying hazardous items.

Security readiness for ASEAN Summit

Military commander and police chief of Bali check GilimanukBali Post

NEGARA - By the ASEAN Summit held in Bali next November, two higher officials of Bali security commander checked in person the entrance at Gilimanuk Harbor. The Udayana Military Commander Maj. Gen. Leonard Louk with Bali Police Chief Insp. Gen. of Police Totoy H. Indra made site inspection to know security condition at Gilimanuk Harbor, Wednesday afternoon (Oct 26).

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By the ASEAN Summit held in Bali next November, two higher officials of Bali security commander checked in person the entrance at Gilimanuk Harbor. The Udayana Military Commander Maj. Gen. Leonard Louk with Bali Police Chief Insp. Gen. of Police Totoy H. Indra made site inspection to know security condition at Gilimanuk Harbor

Snowfall in quake-hit Turkey as toll passes 500

InternationalFriday, October 28, 20112

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Denpasar (Bali Post) –The attack happening at Kubu Gunung Street, Tegal Jaya, Dalung,

North Kuta last Wednesday (26/10) early morning caused I Wayan Karmawan (20) and Adi Suedana (17) severely wounded with Adi died from it. It is not known who have done it and the reasoning of it yet information stated there are two slaughters.

North Kuta Police Head, APC Michael Risakota, stated the beginning of the incident happened when victims were on their motorcycle around crime scene with Adi driving. All of a sudden two people attacked them around 00.30 am local time causing Karmawan jumped from the bike.

the time he got there, his friend was unconscious,” Risakota explained.After getting help and brought to the hospital, sadly in hours Adi

can’t be helped. Adi died at 2 pm local time. “We are still chasing

concluded. (kmb21)

Rainy season,

onto road bodySemarapura (Bali Post)—

The rubbish piled up in the gutter next to the road shoulder. Then, such abundant rubbish was washed away by rainwater and the accumulated

the road. “Yes, every rainy season,

this area (Satria—Ed) is always overwhelmed by rubbish because local people often throw their rubbish into the gutter” said one of the local residents, Ni Komang Ariani.

Of course, the existence of rub-

bish along with the stagnant water was very dangerous to public health. The rubbish itself would exude bad smell and invite diseases, especially dengue fever through transmission of mosquitoes. (kmb20)

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The garbage pilled up on one of the street in Klungkung.

Denpasar (Bali Post) –After three times robbing Vila

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was then captured by Kuta Police Criminal Research troop last Tues-

Police after targeting Singaporean, Pablo (40) since August 2011.

Villa Manager, Wayan Mudi-atna (21), felt uncomfortable of the incidents and so he grouped up the whole villa employees. Yet

accused, who works as the villa’s gardener, was never there, as stated by Kuta Head Police APC I Gede Ganefo last Wednesday (26/10).

The suspicion grew on accused and so Mudiatna went to his liv-ing place at Mahendradata Street, Padangsambian to interrogate internally. Accused admitted to have done it yet evidences have been sent to his origin. Accused was then handed over to the police to be legally processed. It is found

accused have robber victim three times, August 2011 by taking a cell phone, September 2011 tak-ing a handy cam and October 2011

took it because he has no money to use daily as his work salary as gardener did not fulfill it. “The modus used was using key to the villa. When owner is out, the key was brought by accused and so accused used the time to do so,” Ganefo concluded. (kmb21)

Mangupura (Bali Post) Public are demanding government to clearly shut the prostitution

complex of Aseman and Gunung Lawu, Benoa, South Kuta as they think the complex have damaged moral and tourism image of Nusa

public felt disadvantaged with these immoral places existing, causing confusion being it a general secret although government never did anything to tackle it happening moreover they know about it as seen

zero survey to Aseman and Gunung Lawu. Sudarsa alias Dator asked

clear action in closing these places including cancelling individuals

don’t want to be called as a sickness nest which is damaging the im-age of Nusa Dua,” Sudarsa stated.

Meanwhile Secretary of LPM Benoa, I Wayan Sumantra, also asked government to do a disciplinary straight away as these two complexes clearly existed and damaging Nusa Dua’s image. The LPM have sent letters to the land owners on the complex and agreed no locals can facilitate illegal activities like this. “Since a long time we complained and asked government to take action,” Sumantra

Captured, robber in foreigner villas

Government urged to shut Prostitution

Complex at South Kuta

House burnt when being leftBangli (Bali Post) –

A house owned by Made Kawi (42) at Banjar Kuta Dalem, Su-kawana Village, Kintamani, have been burnt completely last Tuesday

incident have caused IDR 100 million loss as sated by Head of Bangli Police Public Relation Section, APC Ida I Dewa Nyoman Rai, last Wednesday (26/10).

It was said the source was from the kitchen’s traditional stove. When about to be left, it seemed owner forgot to turn it off. Witness

can see smokes above the kitchen. Victim said yes and went back to

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International4 Friday, October 28, 2011 News

The poll found 55 percent of respon-dents think David Cameron’s coalition government has done a bad job of manag-ing the economy while 36 percent feel it has done well.

Over three-quarters, 77 percent, said the government had done badly in keeping un-employment down and just 15 percent said it had done a good job. Britain’s unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent in the three months to August, its highest level in 15 years.

Six in 10 respondents disapproved of the government’s performance on taxa-tion and public expenditure while half, or 51 percent, said the government ha done poorly in protecting British interests in the global recession.

The findings compare unfavourably with Tony Blair’s first year in office after his 1997 election when most people felt

his government was doing a good job on managing the economy and keeping unem-ployment down. Blair, however, enjoyed far more benign economic conditions.

But while the government scored badly, just 20 percent think that a Labour govern-ment with current leader Miliband as prime minister and Balls as Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) would do a better job of managing the economy.

Economic optimism has fallen to its lowest point since December 2008. Just 16 percent believe the economic condition of the country will improve in the next 12 months, while 57 percent think it will get worse, giving an Economic Optimism Index score of minus 41.

The last time the Economic Optimism Index was lower was in December 2009 when it was minus 48.

Agence France Presse

Taiwan’s security chief called Wednesday for improved defences of a group of islands in the South China Sea, reacting to reports that rival claimants to the disputed waters are building up their arms.

“The Spratly Islands are our terri-tory ... We should upgrade our defence capabilities and replace some ageing equipment,” Tsai De-sheng, head of the national security bureau, said in parliament.

Tsai’s comments came after defence minister Kao Hua-chu endorsed a plan proposed by lawmakers to deploy ad-vanced missiles in the contested waters over concerns that Taiwan’s coastguards were vulnerable.

The Taiwanese coastguard currently

has a 130-strong garrison on Taiping, the biggest island in the Spratlys ar-chipelago.

Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei, China, Malaysia, and the Philippines claim all or part of the Spratlys, which could lie on top of large oil reserves.

All claimants except Brunei have troops based on the archipelago of more than 100 islets, reefs and atolls, which have a total land mass of less than five square kilometres (two square miles).

Taiwan’s navy in July took a group of academics to the disputed islands, de-spite a flare-up of regional tensions over rival claims for the contested waters.

Tensions in the decades-old dispute escalated this year amid accusations from the Philippines and Vietnam that China was becoming increasingly ag-gressive in staking its claims.

Agence France Presse

Pakistan’s former leader Pervez Musharraf warned Wednesday that his country’s spies will need to take “counter-measures” in Afghanistan if US troops leave it unstable or it becomes too close to India.

On a visit to Washington, Musharraf described relations between the United States and Pakistan as “terrible” but defended the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency that American officials have accused of supporting extremists.

Musharraf, who has lived in exile since step-ping down in 2008 but hopes to launch a political comeback next year, insisted that his country’s historic rival India was working to turn Afghani-stan against Pakistan.

“Since our independence, Afghanistan always has been anti-Pakistan because the Soviet Union and India have very good relations in Afghani-stan,” Musharraf said at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

“We must not allow this to continue,” he said. “We must not begrudge if Pakistan orders ISI to take counter-measures to protect its own interests.”

Musharraf said Afghanistan could plunge into conflict along ethnic lines after 2014, when the United States plans to withdraw its combat troops from Afghanistan, ending more than a decade of war.

“Are you leaving a stable Afghanistan or an unstable Afghanistan? Because based on that, I in Pakistan will have to take my own counter-measures,” Musharraf said.

The “adverse impact will be on Pakistan, so any leader in Pakistan must think of securing

Pakistan’s interests,” he added.Pakistan helped create the Taliban and was

the main supporter of the hardline movement’s former regime. Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup, switched sides and allied with the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Coalition seen weak on economy, Labour no better: Reuters poll

Reuters

LONDON - Most Britons think the government has done a bad job with the economy since it was elected in May last year but few think opposition Labour’s Ed Miliband and Ed Balls would do better, according to a Reuters/Ipsos MORI poll on Thursday.

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Prime Minister Cameron arrives at an European Union summit in Brussels

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An aerial photo shows Thitu Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in the South China Sea located off the coast of western Philippines, July 2011.

Taiwan urges better South China Sea defence

Pakistan needs Afghan ‘counter-measures’: Musharraf

AP Photo/Danny Johnston

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf speaks at a University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service lecture in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Oct.20, 2011.

Activities Friday, October 28, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for October 11 through October 29, 2011

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

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

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony

11 Oct Purnama Kapat Bhatara Tiga Sakti (Padmasana) Penataran Agung BesakihMeru Cakra LombokLempuyang Madya KarangasemPenerejon Temple KintamaniPulaki Temple BulelengTirta Emupul Tampak SiringPuseh, Village T, Penataran, Luhuring Akasa, Bhatara Hyang Basukih Cemenggoan SukawatiTirta Temple Negari SingapaduPuseh-Pr. Desa. Penataran Tangsub SukawatiPenataran Agung TegalalangmDesa Denjalan BatubulanPuseh Temple Singakerta UbudNataran Sanding TampaksiringBakung Temple Ceningan Nusa PenidaPasek Getas Kawan Kedewatan UbudAgung Dukuh Sakti Pangku/Subamia BrabanPasek Gelgel Carik Selemadeg TabananPasek Gelgel Klating Dukuh KerambitanPasek Bendesa Mas Gadungan SelemadengAgung Pasek Temple Tohjiwa Wanasari SelemadegPr. Penataran Pasek Kayu Putih Bandem KarangsemPuseh Werdi Agung emoga Bolang Mangondow SulutDukuh Segening Wangsiang KarangasemDalem Kahyangan Arya Gajahpare SukaluwihTejakula BulelengPasraman Suci Temple Renon DenpasarPenaratan Agung Kertabumi T. M. I. I. Jakarta TimurPuru Luwur Waisnawa, Asah Badung-Sepang BulelengUlun Danu Batur Songan KintamaniAgung Surya Bhuwana Skyline JayaPapuaDalem Bengkel Temple Ubung DenpasarMerajan Suci Geriya Penataran Gemeh DenpasarPejenggali Temple TegalalangPasek Bendesa Gadungan Selemadeg TabananPanti Pasek Gelgel Meliling KerambitanPajenengan Dukuh Ogan Sangkan Gunung Rendang KarangasemDadia Dukuh Segening Lampung Tengah

Dukuh Sakti Blatung Kuruh KerambitanGumang (bukit Juru) Bugbug KarangasemKawitan Arya Samping Banjar Langon KapalPejenengan Pulasari Desa Dukuh Sidemen KarangasemSegara Penimbangan Bakti Segara BulelengPuseh Yeh Ulakan Suana Nusa PenidaPr. Mentik Ring Gunung Lebah Batur KintamaniPasek Tangkas Kori Agung Kuruh KerambitanPr. Penataran UbudLuhur Giri Kusuma Daun Peken Blahkiuh AbiansemalPemerajan Agung Jambe Guwang Busungbiu BulelengDalem Puri Temple Batuan SukawatiDalem Temple Kediri Silakarang SingapaduDalem Temple SukawatiDalem Temple Singakerta Ubud

19 Oct Buda Keliwon Ugu Dalem Tarukan Temple Peninjoan Tembuku - BangliPasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba - TabananPemayun Temple Banyuning Tengah - BulelengDesa Kayangan Tiga Bubunan Seririt - BulelengAgung Gunung Raung Taro Kaja Taro - TegalalangMerajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan

29 Oct Tumpek Wayang Majapahit Temple JembranaOdalan Betara ratu Gede Celuk SukawatiOdalan Betara Ratu Wedyadari Camenggaon SukawatiPanti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan DenpasarBetara Ratu Alit dan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta UbudPedarmaan Dalem Sukawati BesakihPedarmaan Mengwi BesakihPedarmaan Kaba-kaba BesakihPedarmaan dalem Bakas BesakihDadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegatepan Gelgel KlungkungMerajan Pasek Bendesa Kori Agung PengatepanPedarmaan Dinasti dalem sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Temple Besakih (Dalem Klungkung)Penataran Giri Purwa & PesramanKendal Rejo Tegal Delimo BanyuangiPemrajan Agung Temple Sulang Kec Dawan Klungkung

IBP

SEMINYAK - The Coca Cola Indonesian Surfing Championship Tour will end its 2011 season on the 28th of October with a formal 2011 Awards Presentation and After Party presented by the world renown W Retreat and Spa in Bali’s upscale Seminyak area.

A formal dress code invitation-only dinner will start off the evening, with a specially prepared menu and drinks and a photo/video montage of images and scenes from this year’s surfing competition events, held across Indonesia from Rote Island in West Timor to the Mentawai Islands of Sumatra.

The 2011 Awards Presentation will follow at 9:30 pm, where In-donesia’s surfing champions will be honored for their outstanding competitive performance and commitment during the 2011 season and receive their trophies and winner’s checks.

In addition to the crowning of the champions, other awards and recognition will be given to those individuals, event sponsors, and supporters of the Coca-Cola ISC tour that have made outstanding contributions to the sport of surfing in Indonesia.

Following the close of the Awards Presentation will be the Awards After Party that will commence at the Woo Bar starting at 11 pm. All are invited to join in and party with Indonesia’s pro surfers, together with the industries and people that support them.

W Retreat and S a in Seminya

In the ID card inspection coun-ter, the Military Commander offi-cial also asked about the person-nel of Armed Forces and NationalPolice who were in charge inthe post. Commander requestedthere should be no easiness at theentrance to Bali. Inspection ofgoods in Post II and examinationof document in the ID Card Posthad to be equally tight.

Meanwhile, the inspectionwas then resumed to securitydoor at post II (inspection ofgoods). The military commanderassessed there was still a leeway.On the right and left side of thepost remained loose as there wasno guard and this could enablepassengers to escape without

inspection. Hopefully, relevantparties could close the gap. Be-sides, the Commander also askedto examine every single incomingpassenger without discrimina-tion even they were in militaryuniform. If necessary, militarypolice would be assigned at thatpoint.

Having monitored the lo-cation, Bali Police Chief andMilitary Commander said themonitoring was intended tocheck the security condition atGilimanuk Harbor. Peacekeepingwas not just undertaken ahead ofthe summit meeting itself. It wasalso aimed as anticipation againstany disturbance to the defenseand security of Bali.

Furthermore, results of themonitoring would be evalu-ated immediately. Any leewayenabling passengers to escapefrom the inspection at entranceand exit would be evaluated.When alluding about the instal-lation of X-Ray device, his partywas still seeking it. Other thanrequiring the device, Gilimanukalso needed additional person-nel for a maximal security. Hesaid that tight security was notonly enforced at Gilimanuk, butalso at some other entrances toBali, including the sea port ofPadangbai, Karangasem. As aninternational tourist destination,Bali still needed to improve thesecurity. (kmb26)

Friday, October 28, 2011 6 News International

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Thai capital warned “massive” water on the wayReuters

AN - loods swamped a new area of Thailand’s capital on ednesday as some shopsrationed food and angkok’s governor warned of massive water on the way that could putmany parts of the sprawling city in danger y the end of the week.

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on hursday, he said.hai and’s worst f ooding in

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Friday, October 28, 2011 7Indonesia Today International

Associated Press

JAKARTA — A radical Islamic cleric accused of setting up a terror training camp in western Indonesia had his prison sentence slashed from 15 years to nine years, an appeals court said Wednesday. No reason was given for the decision.

Abu Bakar Bashir, known as the spiritual leader of al-Qaida-linked

militants blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, was accused of

providing key support for the camp that

brought togeth-er men from almost every k n ow n e x -tremist group in the predomi-

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The new regulator, to be known as the OJK, will take over the supervision of banks, brokerages and insurance firms from the central bank and capital market watchdog Bapepam-LK starting from 2013.

OJK, or Otoritas Jasa Keuangan, translates into Financial Services Authority and is mod-elled after UK’s FSA.

The move to create the OJK came about to avoid a repeat of the 1997/98 financial crisis which resulted in the collapse of many Indonesian banks.

Analysts say Bank Indonesia (BI) has improved banking supervision in recent years, and some were skeptical whether the OJK could do a better job at a time of global economic uncertainty caused by the festering

euro zone and U.S. debt crisis.“The banking sector is confused on why

the OJK should be founded because Bank Indonesia’s supervision is good...Our banks have the strongest financial indicators in Southeast Asia due to Bank Indonesia’s role,” said Juniman, an economist at Bank Interna-sional Indonesia (BII) in Jakarta.

“This is a political decision.”In the 2008 credit crisis, Indonesia’s banks

were well capitalised and mostly escaped unscathed, though the government bailed out one small lender over fraud, creating a political storm that later brought down the then-finance minister.

Indonesia is currently the only emerging market in Asia with almost no ownership

limits on banks. It is one of Asia’s most frag-mented banking markets, and foreign lend-ers control about a quarter of the country’s outstanding loans.

The bill creating the OJK was meant to be approved last year, but lawmakers had been wrangling over the composition of its nine-member board of commissioners.

They agreed last week that one board seat will be allocated for both the central bank and the finance ministry, while seven other seats require parliamentary approval, according to the draft of the bill.

The commissioners, who will have a five-year term, should not hold other posts in financial institutions or political parties to ensure independency, according to a draft of the bill seen by Reuters.

“The OJK is outside the government, which means the OJK is not under the government’s authority,” finance minister Agus Martowardo-jo told parliament in a speech on Thursday.

The bill stipulates the creation of a forum

to manage a crisis, whose members would include the finance minister, the central bank governor and OJK’s head of commis-sioners.

Bank Indonesia has been reluctant to relinquish its supervisory role over com-mercial banks on fears this will reduce its effectiveness in policy making, especially at times of crisis.

“What’s important is for the supervision of systemically important banks -- if possible we won’t need to ask for permission from the OJK to do this,” said central bank spokesman Difi A. Johansyah.

The OJK will also be responsible for grant banking licenses, currently authorised by the central bank, according to the draft.

Indonesia’s central bank has temporarily barred takeovers in the banking sector, citing upcoming ownership rules, which sowed uncertainty about the regulatory environment and has already scuttled some cross-border deals.

Indonesia approves new regulator to oversee banksReuters

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s parliament on Thursday approved a long-delayed bill creat-ing a new regulator to oversee a growing financial industry in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, part of global efforts to ward off future bank collapses.

Volcano erupts in central Indonesia, no injuries

Indonesian court slashes radical cleric’s sentence

Associated Press

JAKARTA — A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted, spewing hot smoke and ash thousands of feet into the air. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Mount Lokon, located on northern Sulawesi island, had been dormant for years before rumbling back to life several months ago.

Surono, a government volcanologist who uses only one name, says it unleashed two strong erup-tions at 5:19 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

They were preceded by several smaller blasts hours earlier. Mount Lokon is one of about 129 ac-tive volcanoes in Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 240 million people. Its last major eruption in 1991 killed a Swiss hiker and forced thousands of people to flee their homes.

styled gun attacks on foreigners in the capital, Jakarta, and the assas-sinations of moderate leaders, in-cluding President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

In March, a district court sen-tenced the 72-year-old cleric to 15 years in prison for inciting terror-ism, but his lawyers appealed.

The Jakarta High Court quietly handed down its ruling Oct. 20.

“All I can say right now is that his sentence was reduced to nine years,” Achmad Sobari, a court spokesman, told The Associated Press.

“I do not know exactly what factors were taken into account in the judge’s decision.”

Bashir’s lawyer, Mohammad Mahendradatta, said he was await-ing official notification from the court. He stressed, however, that his client was innocent and should be freed.

Even nine years was an outrage, he said, vowing to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Indonesia, a secular nation of 240 million people, was thrust into the front lines in the battle against terrorism in 2002, when Jemaah Islamiyah, co-founded by Bashir, attacked two crowded nightclubs on the resort island of Bali.

Many of the 202 people killed were Australian tourists. Seven were Americans.

There have been several suicide bombings since then, but all have been less deadly, and the most re-cent was two years ago, something analysts attribute to a security crackdown that has resulted in hun-dreds of arrests and convictions.

Just as it appeared the coun-try’s terror threat was diminishing, however, authorities discovered the jihadi training camp in westernmost Aceh province early last year.

Bashir, a potent symbol for the country’s radical Islamists, spent several previous stints in detention. But efforts to link him to terrorist ac-tivities have repeatedly fallen short.Arrested almost immediately after the Bali blasts, prosecutors were unable to prove direct involvement, and judges sentenced him to 18 months in prison on relatively minor charges of immigration violations.

Soon after his release, he was re-arrested and sentenced to 2 1/2 years, this time for inciting the twin nightclub attacks. That charge was overturned on appeal and he was freed in 2006.

Last year, Bashir was brought in again, this time for his role in the Aceh camp. Captured militants tes-tified that the aging cleric watched a video as they trained and received written reports assuring him the $100,000 he’d helped raised was being used for the struggle to build an Islamic state.

Judges said, however, they didn’t have enough evidence to prove Bashir knew the money was going to be used to buy guns, ammunition and equipment for training, settling just on incitement.

Security analyst Noor Huda Is-mail called the cat-and-mouse game with Bashir “the weakest link” in the war on terrorism.

“First police and prosecutors de-manded he be given life or a death sentence, but there wasn’t adequate evidence, so they gave him 15.

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Bali TodayIn Denpasar

Farmland remains 2,717 hectaresBali Post

D N ASAR - osition as the capital of ali rovince and the center of economic, educa-

very rapid farmland conversion. At present, the area of farmland in Denpasar City remains, hectares of totally , hectares registered. very year, averagely . percent of the

farmland undergoes a conversion from agricultural needs to residential comple es, usiness

hen contacted, S o es erson of the Den asar unici a ity, I Dewa ede ai, did not dismiss if the farm-and throughout Den asar remained , hectares s reading over suba territories. A though the extent

of farm and was re ative y narrow, he was o timistic if Den asar sti had o ortunity to deve o food agri-

Den asar unici a ity was sti ab e to achieve the award from President Susi o ambang udhoyono in the

A though the remaining and is imited, Den asar unici a ity is considered to have been ab e to increase

inse arab e from the efforts of Den asar unici a ity in synergi ing the traditiona farming system and tech-no ogica advances.

According to ai, his arty a so strived to inhibit the rate of farm and conversion in Den asar ta ing acere ative y fast. o ma e the farmers a ways vivacious to cu tivate the remaining farm and, Den asar unici a -ity im osed a o icy of and and ro erty tax P exem tion for active farm and in green be t area. thermeasures underta en in deve o ing the agricu tura sector in Den asar was continuous y roviding re ief tofarmers, either in the form of infrastructure with venture ca ita and im ementation of continuous educationthrough artici ation in the ie d Schoo of Integrated Cro P anting S P . It is one of the strategies

Contacted se arate y, an agricu tura observer from dayana niversity, Dr. I N A it Susanta irya, saidthe im act of and conversion to residentia area was very high which caused the agricu tura sector to be in-

area wou d soar dramatica y. n that account, the traditiona y managed agricu ture wou d c ear y be unab eto fo ow the surge in the ro erty tax to be aid.

So far, the agricu tura tax es ecia y for the and ocated in tourism area is a most e ua to the tax im osedto vi a. If government wants to restrict or revent the farmers from se ing their farm and, at east governmentshou d rovide com ensation or reward for them. ne of them was by eroing the farm and tax and governmentwas a so ob iged to rovide assistance of agricu tura infrastructure and faci ities on a regu ar basis to farmers,

e said the excessive rice im orts were a so feared to affect the sa e of agricu tura roducts during this time.ne of the measures he considered the most a ro riate at this time was by creating an agricu tura organi ation

to he farmers, es ecia y in se ing their agricu tura roducts direct y to ogistics Agency u og so thatfarmers did not se theirs through co ectors. Agricu tura organi ations in a i must be em owered. During

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Position as the capital of Bali Province and the center of economic, educational and other essential activities makes Denpasar City difficult to avoid the phenomenon of very rapid farm-land conversion. At present, the area of farmland in Denpasar City remains 2,717 hectares of totally 12,778 hectares registered.

hen en ors ara herna ia are erected throughout the is and, they

in b ooming heart we coming it with oy. his six month y ce ebrationin a inese ca endar encourages eo e to ma e earnest re arationwho e day and night. It’s time to g orify od and ancestors.

ased on the mytho ogy, a ungan de ineates the trium h ofdharma truth against adharma untruth .According to atwa aya-danawa trans iterated by ade ambar said that edau u ingdomin a i was once ru ed by ayadanawa. e was very owerfu androud of his ower and fee s to have more sovereign ower than that

of gods.his arrogance unti forbids a sub ects to worshi od together

with the ce ebration to g orify a od’s manifestations. he non-existence of freedom to worshi and other re igious activities causedmany sub ects great y suffered where diseases s read and harvestsfai ed. Seeing this condition, ord ahadeva in heaven fee s disa -ointed. aving organi ed an assemb y session with other gods, it is

decided to attac ayadanawa. nder the eadershi of ord Indra,the target can be time y destroyed. In short, the troo s of the godswon the batt e. his does not on y stand for the trium h of the gods,but a so of the who e man ind on earth.

Afterwards, a ungan then can be re-ce ebrated after the trium hof Indra. any sub ects fe t to regain their en ightenment as they wereab e to ractice their re igious ife. his festivity asts for ten days andends in the day ca ed uningan.Aside from aying homage at vi agetem e, it is a so intended to a reciate the ancestors at fami y shrine.Simi ar y, devotees than for the ros erity bestowed and maintainthe re ationshi with their ancestors. hough they have eft for thebeyond, ho efu y they cou d i uminate their descendants.

Another version about a ungan is mentioned by the manuscri t ayaasunu. It is said that the ing aya asunu AD , meditated he d

dewasraya to invo eguidance. is rob emwas thatnotoneofhis rede-cessors cou d ru e onger. hrough his so emn meditation he was ins iredthat he shou d re-organi e re igious activities, such as a ungan.

No matter what the version is, the essence of these mytho ogies im-ies that a devotee or creation shou d maintain their ersistent contact to

his Creator. he tman dwe ing within the human se f shou d maintainhis contact to rahman, the Creator. y doing so, humans can continu-ous y obtain the i umination to wa in the ath of dharma.

As manifestation of gratitude, devotees ex ress it through wor-

given ros erity is a so offered an ob ation, inc uding the means oftrans ortation. If you ha en to ta e an excursion on that day you

ara herna ia.

mar ed with grandiose ob ation, assorted de icious food or uxuriousara herna ia. A the times it shou d he the s iritua deve o ment.

Anything achieved in this ife either tangib e or intangib e entities,shou d not ma e us arrogant. Sometimes, when having abundance ofwea th or higher educationa bac ground, a human fee s su erior or

im rove his devotion to od. It’s here where the achievement dragshuman to s uggish condition or gorge of destruction. i e ayadana-wa, he forgot that there is a vast s y above him. is ower has ed himto his disso ution. If we do not want to become the next ayadanawa,consistent devotion must be estab ished. N unia

Mayadanawa: Feeling Superiority Results in

Destruction

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AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

Danish drug smuggling suspect Tina Rasmussen, right, walks into a courtroom prior to her trial at a district court in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. Indonesian judges sentenced Rasmussen to five years in prison for smuggling 23 capsules of hashish by swallowing them.

Wajik(Rice Flour Cake with Palm Sugar)

Overview:There are a couple of variations on this popular cake,

which can be stored in the refrigerator for several days. It is normally served at room temperature, but can also be served warm topped with coconut milk. Another variations are to add ripe diced jackfruits (or substitute with sultanas) after the rice is partially cooked.

Ingredients:1 cup glutinous white rice1 cup water1 pandan leaf½ cup palm sugar syrup¼ cup thick coconut milkPinch of salt

Preparation:Rinse rice very well under running water for 2

minutes and soak for 4 hours. Rinse again until water becomes clear. Place rice, 1 cup of water and pandan leaf in rice cooker or steamer and cook for approx 20 minutes, or until liquid has evaporated.

Add palm sugar syrup, coconut milk and salt, and steam for 15 minutes. Spread rice evenly 2.5 cm thick on tray and allow to cool to room temperature. Wet a sharp knife with warm and cut into even squares to serve.

Helpful hint:to speed up the soaking process, pour boiling water

over the rice and let stand for 1 hour. Drain, then add another lot of boiling water and soak for another 30 minutes. If you are using a steamer to cook the rice, line the bottom with a wet cloth to prevent the rice grains from falling through. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Sate Lilit(Minced Seafood Satay)

Overview:This probably the most delicious satay you will ever

encounter. The delicate flavors of the shrimp and fish are greatly improved if you can find spears of fresh lemongrass to use as skewers, and if you can cook them over a fire of coconut husks rather than charcoal. Nonetheless, even with wooden skewers and a standard charcoal grill, you will have people coming back more.

Ingredients:600 gr skinned boneless snapper fillet1 cup freshly grated coconut or1½ cups moistened desiccated coconut½ cup seafood spice paste5 fragrant lime leaves, chopped1 tsp black peppercorns, finely crushed1 tsp salt3-5 bird’s eye chilies, very finely chopped2 tbsp palm sugarLemon grass or satay skewers

Preparation:1. Mince fish fillet very finely in a food processor or

with a chopper.2. Add all other ingredients & mix well.3. Mould a heaped tablespoon full of this mixture

around a wooden skewer or over trimmed stalks of lemon grass and grill over charcoal until golden brown.

Note: This recipe won’t work with frozen fish. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Friday, October 28, 201110 InternationalDestinations

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Margarana Battle Museum was opened in 1986 by the for-mer Governor of Bali, Mr Ida Bagus Mantra. It is managed by the “Kebaktian Pejuang Daerah Bali” foundation. Beside the museum you will find the freedom fight monument. The mu-seum is also collecting historical items, such as weapons, old communication tools, items used in the freedom fight and civil costumes used by the hero I Gusti Ngurah Rai The Margarana (“Battle of Marga”) memorial park honors a regiment of guerilla fighters killed by a Dutch ground attack and aerial bombardment shortly after World War II ended. This monument is located in Marga, 15 km northeast of Tabanan.

The Balinese whom were armed only with sharpened bam-boo poles far outnumbered the Dutch but the great spirit of independence led them to the victory. The aristocratic leader of this futile last stand was Lt. Col. I Gusti Ngurah Rai. His name is now commemorated on street signs all over the island and Bali’s main international airport is named in his honor. In the middle of this monument is a 17 meter tall, 8 roofed monument shaped like a Javanese candi, it symbolized the unity of the fallen revolutionaries in their fight for freedom.It’s not just a regular tourist stop, it’s worth a visit for its reverential atmosphere.

MargaranaBattle Museum

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BUSINESSInternational

After months of dawdlingand half-baked solutions, theleaders had been under immensepressure to finalize their plan toprevent the crisis from pushingEurope and much of the devel-oped world back into recessionand to protect their currencyunion from unraveling.

The euro surged on the newsof the full plan — an early signthat investors may welcome it.

“We have reached an agree-ment, which I believe lets usgive a credible and ambitiousand overall response to the Greekcrisis,” French President NicolasSarkozy told reporters after themeeting broke Thursday morn-ing. “Because of the complexityof the issues at stake, it tookus a full night. But the resultswill be a source of huge reliefworldwide.”

The strategy unveiled after 10hours of negotiations hit uponthe three points expected forweeks. These include a signifi-cant reduction of Greece’s debts,a shoring up of the continent’sbanks, partially so they couldsustain losses on Greek bonds,and a reinforcement of a bailoutfund so it can serve as a euro1trillion ($1.39 trillion) firewallto prevent larger economieslike Italy and Spain from beingdragged into the crisis.

After several missed opportu-nities, the hashing out of a planwas a success for the eurozone,but the strategy’s effectivenesswill depend on the details, whichwill have to be finalized in thecoming days and weeks.

“Will the sound of 1 trillioneuros do the trick and ‘wow’the markets or will the marketsperceive this as smoke and mir-rors?” Heather Conley, directorof Europe program for the Centerfor Strategic and InternationalStudies, asked before the officialannouncement of the plan. “Ifthe past two years has told usanything, it never appears to besufficient.”

The most difficult piece ofthe puzzle proved to be Greece,

Europe crafts debt deal as banks take Greek losses

Associated Press

BRUSSELS — European leaders clinched a deal Thursday they hope will mark a turningpoint in their two-year debt crisis, agreeing after a night of tense negotiations to have banks takebigger losses on Greece’s debts and to boost the region’s weapons against the market turmoil.

whose debts, the leaders vowed,would fall to 120 percent of itsGDP by 2020. Under currentconditions, they would have bal-looned to 180 percent.

To achieve the reduction, pri-vate creditors will be asked toaccept 50 percent losses on thebonds they hold. The Instituteof International Finance, whichhas been negotiating on behalfof the banks, said in a statementthat it was committed to workingout an agreement based on that“haircut,” but the challenge nowwill be to ensure that all privatebondholders fall in line.

It said the 50 percent cutequals a contribution of euro100billion ($139 billion) to a secondrescue for Greece, although theeurozone promised to spendsome euro30 billion ($42 billion)on guaranteeing the remainingvalue of the new bonds.

The full program is expected-

ber and investors are supposedto swap their bonds in January,at which point Greece is likely to

to be rated at default on its debt.“We can claim that a new

day has come for Greece, andnot only for Greece but also forEurope,” said Greek Prime Min-ister George Papandreou, whosecountry’s troubles touched offthe crisis two years ago. “Let’shope the worst is over.”

Since May 2010, Greece hasbeen surviving on rescue loansworth euro110 billion ($150 bil-lion) from the 17 countries thatuse the euro and the InternationalMonetary Fund since it can’t af-ford to borrow money directly

from markets.In July, those creditors agreed

to extend another euro109 bil-lion — but that plan was widelypanned as not doing enough toright Greece’s finances and weanit from the bailout.

Now, in addition to euro30billion in bond guarantees, theeurozone leaders and IMF saidthey will give Greece euro100billion in new loans.

With the banks being askedto shoulder more of the burden,though, there were concernsthey needed more money in theirrainy-day funds to cushion theirlosses. So European leaders haveasked them to raise euro106 bil-lion ($148 billion) by June.

The last piece in the compli-

cated plan was to increase thefirepower of the continent’sbailout fund to ensure that othercountries — like Italy and Spain— don’t get dragged into the cri-sis. The third- and fourth-largesteconomies of the eurozone aretoo large to bail out.

To that end, the euro440 bil-lion ($610 billion) EuropeanFinancial Stability Facility willbe used to insure part of thepotential losses on the debt ofwobbly eurozone countries likeItaly and Spain, rendering itsfirepower equivalent to aroundeuro1 trillion ($1.39 trillion).

That should have the effect ofmaking those countries’ bondsmore attractive investments andthus lowering borrowing costsfor their governments.

“These are exceptional mea-sures for exceptional times. Eu-

situation again,” European Com-mission President Jose Manuel

Barroso said after the meetings.In addition to acting as a direct

insurer of bond issues, the EFSFinsurance scheme is also supposedto entice big institutional inves-tors to contribute to a special fundthat could be used to buy govern-ment bonds but also to help statesrecapitalize weak banks.

Such outside help may be nec-essary for Italy and Spain, whosebanks were facing some of thebiggest capital shortfalls.

Using the insurance promise,the eurozone also hopes to at-tract big institutional investorsfrom outside the eurozone, suchas sovereign wealth funds, tocontribute to a separate fund thatwould back up the EFSF.

Sarkozy was due to speak toChinese President Hu Jintao laterThursday. On Friday, the headof the EFSF Klaus Regling willtravel to China, which has hugecash reserves, to detail the insur-ance set-up.

From left, German Chan-cellor Angela Merkel, Irish

Prime Minister Enda Kenny and British Prime Minister

David Cameron share a word during a round table at an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

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Coroner Suzanne Greenaway gave a verdict of “death by misadventure,” saying Wednesday the singer suffered accidental alcohol poisoning when she resumed drinking after weeks of abstinence. “The unintended conse-quence of such potentially fatal levels (of alcohol) was her sudden and unex-pected death,” Greenaway said.

The 27-year-old Winehouse had fought a very public battle with drug and alcohol abuse for years, and there had been much speculation that she

died from a drug overdose. But a pa-thologist said the small amount of a drug prescribed to help her cope with the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal had nothing to do with her death.

Instead, a resumption of heavy drinking killed the singer, best-known for her tall beehive hairdos and Grammy-winning album “Back to Black.” A security guard found Winehouse dead in bed at her London home on July 23.

“She’s made tremendous efforts over

the years,” said Dr. Christina Romete, who had treated Winehouse. But “she had her own way and was very deter-mined to do everything her way.”

Winehouse gave up illicit drugs in 2008, but had swerved between heavy alcohol use and abstinence for a long time, Romete said. The singer had re-sumed drinking in the days before her death after staying away from alcohol for most of July, she said.

Romete said she warned Wine-house of the dangers of alcoholism. “The advice I had given to Amy over a long period of time was verbal and in written form about all the effects al-cohol can have on the system, includ-ing respiratory depression and death, heart problems, fertility problems and liver problems,” she said.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Ethan Coen has another set of one-act plays on the way. The Atlantic Theater Company said Wednesday that the Academy Award winner — best known in the film world as half of the prolific Coen brothers — will present the world premiere next month of “Happy Hour,” his new play made up of three short comedies.

Previews will begin Nov. 16, with an official opening set for Dec. 5. The show, which closes Jan. 1, will be seen at the Signa-ture Theatre Company’s Peter Norton Space while the Atlantic’s main stage is being renovated.

Directed by Neil Pepe, the ensemble cast will feature Cassie Beck, Aya Cash, Clark Gregg, Susan Hyon, Rock Kohli, Gordon MacDonald, Amanda Quaid, Ana Reeder, Joey Slotnick and Lenny Venito.

According to producers, the new work explores three stories: an embittered bar fly, a lonely couple who can’t see how right each is for the other and a business traveler who wants to end it all.

Coen, twice the au thor o f three previously compiled short plays — “Almost an Evening” and “Offices,” which both presented by the Atlantic Theater Compa-ny — has penned one-third of “Rel-atively Speaking,” three one-acts now on Broadway that also includes works by Woody Allen and Elaine May.

Coen has made 15 movies with his brother Joel, including “No Country for Old Men,” ‘’Fargo,” ‘ ’ O B r o t h e r , Where Art Thou” and “The Big Lebowski.”

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — It may have taken some time, but Kelly Clarkson seems to finally be re-leasing an album without any drama on the side. “Everything is good, everything is happy,” she said, laughing brightly during a recent interview to promote “Stronger,” released this week.

It’s a different scenario than her last two albums: She went through public disputes with legendary executive and mogul Clive Davis over her third album and with OneRepublic singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder after her last album was released.

They were typical of the bold stances she’s taken that proved her to be more than the passive,

malleable product of a hit TV competition, estab-lishing her as an artist instead of just a voice.

“I’ve been a fighter since I started walking,” she said, adding casually and genuinely a line that could be lifted from one of her inspirational songs: “We get one life. You want to make sure that you’re living it how you want to live it.”

Since Clarkson became the first “American Idol” a decade ago, she’s established herself as one of pop’s most formidable, and successful sing-ers. She’s sold over 20 million albums worldwide and landed seven singles in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10, including “Breakaway,” ‘’My Life Would Suck Without You,” “Miss Independent,” and per-haps her biggest hit, “Since U Been Gone.”

debut 3 new one-act

AP Photo/Francois Mori, file

FILE- This May 19, 2007 file photo shows director Ethan Coen during a press con-ference for the film “No Country For Old Men,” at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France. Coen is ex-tending his streak of one-act plays.

Clarkson finally at ease

Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch, center and his part-ner Jane, right, arrive at St Pancras Coroner’s Court for a hearing into the singer’s death in London, Wednes-day, Oct. 26, 2011.

AP Photo/Matt Dunham

Coroner: Amy

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — Amy Winehouse drank herself to death. That was the ruling of a coroner’s inquest into the death of the Grammy-winning soul singer, who died with empty vodka bottles in her room and lethal amounts of alcohol in her blood — more than five times the British drunk driving limit.

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The 1642 painting was commis-sioned for one of Amsterdam’s citizen militias and is officially titled “The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch,” the two most prominent and central of 34 figures depicted on the large canvas.

Museum director Wim Pijbes said Wednesday the painting — widely considered Rembrandt’s greatest masterpiece for its composition, dy-namic motion, and use of light, color and shadow — may in fact only have

acquired the “Night Watch” title because of a dark varnish that was removed decades ago.

“It’s a reasonably dark painting, and with aging it’s gotten darker,” Pijbes said. “It’s not certain that it’s a night scene and the story goes that some of the militiamen complained from the start that they would have liked to have had more light on them.”

The new LED lighting system custom designed for the work by

lighting giant Philips mimics day-light, helping return the work closer to its original appearance and bring-ing out, for instance, greenish stone arches in the background.

Previously, the painting had been under halogen spotlights that had the disadvantage of warming the canvas by more than one degree Centigrade (1.8 degree Fahrenheit) while they were turned on. The new LED lights that beam down from above illumi-nate the canvas more evenly and emit only a fraction of the heat.

Philips lighting expert Rogier van der Heide said the project took about three months. The light used was a “very complex spectrum” of carefully chosen white light, per-haps comparable to the sunlight in the afternoon while facing West.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — What did giant plant-munching dinosaurs do when they couldn’t find enough to eat in the parched American West? They hit the road. An analy-sis of fossilized teeth adds further evidence that the long-necked dinosaurs called sauropods — the largest land creatures — went on road trips to fill their gargantuan appetites.

Scientists have long theorized that sauropods foraged for pre-cious resources during droughts because of their preserved tracks and long limbs that were “ideal moving machines” and allowed them to cover long distances, said paleobiologist Matthew Bonnan of Western Illinois University.

The latest study is the best evidence yet that at least one kind of sauropod “took to the hills in search of food when times got tough in the lowlands,” said pale-ontologist Kristi Curry Rogers at Macalester College in Minnesota. The new work, published online Wednesday by the journal Nature, was led by geologist Henry Fricke of Colorado College.

The researchers analyzed 32 sauropod teeth collected in Wyo-ming and Utah. The teeth came

from massive plant-eaters that roamed a semi-arid basin in the American West during the late Jurassic period about 150 million years ago.

The largest sauropods weighed 100 tons and were 120 feet long. The type in the study was smaller — about 60 feet in length and weighing 25 tons. Scientists can get a glimpse into the source of the dinosaurs’ drinking water by comparing the oxygen preserved in the tooth enamel to that found in ancient sediment.

A chemical analysis showed differences in the teeth and the basin where the dinosaurs were buried, meaning they must have wandered hundreds of miles from the flood plains to the highlands for food and water.

Fricke said the movement appeared to be tied to changing seasons. Sauropods left the basin in the summer for higher eleva-tions — a trek that took about five months — and returned in the winter.

In lush times, sauropods would have feasted on a diversity of plants including ferns, horsetails, conifers and moss, said John Foster, a curator at the Museum of Western Colorado, who had no part in the research.

Agence France Presse

Video game makers are breaking out the big guns and hitting players with a barrage of dynamite titles that will compete for their devotion and entertainment dollars this holiday season. Bethesda Softwork’s freshly released “Rage” blends brilliant graphics with fast-paced combat on foot and in vehicles in an expansive vision of an Earth rendered waste-land by an asteroid strike.

“Resistance 3,” crafted by In-

somniac Studios exclusively for Sony PlayStation 3, builds on the shooter franchise’s notorious arsenals to arm players in a fierce last-ditch quest to save humanity from alien invaders. “Battlefield 3” launched Tuesday, getting a head start on eagerly-awaited shooter rival “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,” which hits the market in early November.

Those who prefer to duel with their wits can play the famed Dark Knight from comic book lore in

“Batman: Arkham City,” a sequel that arrived this month to rave reviews. Electronic Arts has mean-while added a new pet-themed ver-sion to its cult hit Sims videogame franchise.

“This is the most crowded re-lease schedule I’ve ever seen,” video game industry analyst Mi-chael Pachter, of Wedbush Morgan Securities, told AFP on Wednes-day. “They are all going to make money,” he predicted. “And this is the season to make money.”

Video game makers prepare barrage of blockbusters

AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno

A model demonstrates a 3D videogame content for PlayStation 3 videogame console at the Tokyo Game Show.

Teeth study shows big dinosaurs trekked for food

AP Photo/ Henry Fricke,/Colorado College

An undated photo released by Henry Fricke shows a sampling of dinosaur teeth from the Dinosaur National Monument in Utah.

AP Photo/Peter Dejong

security guard stands next to Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” painting, illumintaed by newly installed LED lights in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011.

New lights turn Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ to dayAssociated Press Writer

AMSTERDAM — Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” may need a different nickname after the painting was put under new lighting on Wednesday that makes it look like a day scene. The change at the national Rijks-museum in Amsterdam is startling, as characters once barely visible or relegated to the background now stand out in vivid color.

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Inter Milan goalkeeper Luca Castellazzi, left, saves a penalty kick during a Serie A soccer match against Atalanta in Bergamo, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011.

Inter struggle to overcome penalty curseReuters

MILAN - Struggling Inter Milan are praying their penalty curse does not strike again whenthey face Serie A leaders Juventus on Saturday. Roma, who like Inter have made a stutteringstart, host resurgent champions AC Milan in the weekend’s other top match.

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Free-scoring Man City

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Manchester City’s Adam Johnson reacts after being substitut-ed by manager Roberto Mancini during his team’s Champions League Group A soccer match against Villarreal at The Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011.

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Wozniacki lost6-24-66-3 toRussianVera Zvonareva but with Sharapovaalready packing her bags for home, theloss in her second round-robin match inthe Sinan Erdem Dome did nothing toweaken her grip on the top ranking shehas enjoyed for 36 weeks.

World number two Sharapova,who began the day as the onlyplayer still able to topple the Danein the rankings, quit after losing 7-6

6-4 to China’s Li Na in the WhiteGroup. Wozniacki, 21, now facesWimbledon champion Petra Kvi-tova on Thursday needing victory tohave a chance of reaching the semi-

Wednesday though was al labout the rankings and she couldshrug off the defeat to Zvonarevawith a smile. “I like to play longmatches,” the world number one

told reporters after a presentationby the WTA. “I like to give thecrowd a little bit for their money.

“Five hours of tennis in twodays, that’s perfect. It’s good con-ditioning. I need to keep in shapebecause when I go on holiday Iprobably won’t do too much,”added Wozniacki who beat closefriend Agnieszka Radwanska inthree sets on Tuesday.

Wozniacki secures No. 1 ranking as Sharapova pulls outReuters

ISTANBUL- Caroline Wozniacki celebrated in defeat on Wednesday after injured Russian MariaSharapova’s withdrawal from the season-ending WTA Championships made sure the Dane wouldend the year as world number one.

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Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki returns to Russia’s Vera Zvonareva, during the WTA championship finals in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011.

Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS — Floyd May-weather Jr. was acquitted Wednesdayof misdemeanor harassment chargesalleging he threatened the lives oftwo homeowner association securityguards in an argument about parkingtickets outside the boxer’s Las Vegashome.

testify during the Las Vegas Jus-tice Court trial. His attor-ney called the encounterbetween Mayweatherand the guards a“trivial matter,” andsaid the case hingedon the boxer’s ce-lebrity.

Las Vegas Jus-tice of the PeaceDiana Sul l ivansaid she wasn’tconvinced that theguards feared any

threat would be carried out. Even

by Wright they would have preferrednot to take the case to trial.

“If this wasn’t Floyd Mayweather,we wouldn’t have been in court,” at-torney Richard Wright said outsidethe downtown Clark County RegionalJustice Center. “Any other case wouldhave resolved with an offer of anapology and a handshake.”

The not guilty finding wasa victory for the undefeat-

ed prizefighter, whoselegal problems havemounted in the pastyear. The most seriouscharges— stemmingfrom a domesticdispute with his ex-girlfriend and twoof their children in

October 2010—couldput him in prison for

34 years if he’sconvicted.

The case heard Wednesday wasover an Oct. 4, 2010 encounter be-tween Mayweather and two securityguards at the Southern Highlandscommunity where he lives in a

home.

has been a frequent source of frictionin the gated and patrolled communityis about 10 miles south of the LasVegas Strip.

Mayweather found tickets on hiscars, berated the guards for touch-ing the vehicles, removed a ticketfrom one vehicle and stuck it on thewindshield of their security patrol ve-hicle, the guards, 23-year-old MiguelBurgos and 24-year-old Aaron Ryan,told police.

Burgos said Mayweather toldthem, “my homies have guns, if youwant me to call them they’d comeover here and take care of you.” Thetwo guards feared for their safety,prosecutor Lisa Luzaich said.

Agence France Presse

World number two Lee West-wood and US Open championRory McIlroy are headlining a

-gest winner’s cheque in golfat the Lake Malaren ShanghaiMasters starting Thursday.

The glitzy competition is thelatest exhibition in China to at-tract some of the game’s biggestnames but as an unsanctionedevent it carries no rankings pointsfor the players, leading to criti-cism of “vanity” projects.

Englishman Westwood andMcIlroy, from Northern Ireland,

-ner’s cheque at the inauguraltournament along with Masterschampion Charl Schwartzeland PGA Championship winnerKeegan Bradley.

Three-time Major winner Pad-raig Harrington of Ireland and

Gallery of stars vie for huge golf prize in China

South Africa’s two-time Majorchampion Retief Goosen will alsomake the trip toChina toplayon theJack Nicklaus-designed course.

The tournament also featuresEngland’s Ian Poulter, Scottishveteran Colin Montgomerie andChina’s Zhang Lian-wei, all

purse. K.J. Choi heads a three-strong Korean contingent.

“This week we have every-

great course and organisation anda great city. It is a perfect setting,a world class course for a world

The huge winner’s purse, cur-rently the biggest in the game,has raised eyebrows amongestablished tours, anxious suchexhibition events, including therecent made-for-TV Shui OnLand China Golf Challenge,are undermining the game’sstructure.

Mayweather not guilty in Vegas harassment case

Boxer Floyd Mayweath-er, Jr. stands in court during his misde-meanor harassment case at the Clark County Regional Justice Center on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011.

AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jeff Scheid

Friday, October 28, 201116 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

The lavish F1 roadshow rolls into Greater Noida, a bur-geoning satellite of New Delhi, where India will hope to erase memories of last year’s chaotic Commonwealth Games with a seamless first race on Buddh International Circuit.

India’s first Formula One grand prix also comes after this month’s tragic, mid-race deaths of IndyCar driver Dan Whel-don, 33, and rising MotoGP star Marco Simoncelli, 24, left fellow racers in shock.

“R.I.P Marco A special tal-ent that will be missed... Think-ing of your loved ones, and all the motogp paddock,” tweeted Red Bull’s Mark Webber.

And Sunday’s race will be closely watched in the United States, where New Jersey an-nounced it was joining the For-mula One circuit in 2013 along with Austin, Texas, which will debut next year.

Formula One’s seventh and possibly most ambitious Asian stop is in Jaypee Greens Sports

City, a 2,500-acre (1,000 hect-ares) development which will meld housing, business and entertainment venues with stadiums and golf courses.

The undulating, 5.14 kilo-metre (3.19 miles) track, named after Lord Buddha, is known to most drivers only through their hi-tech simulators but it is expected to be challenging with top speeds of around 330 kilometres per hour.

India’s Narain Karthikeyan will be given a rare drive by his team, HRT, for the occasion, although Lotus pulled the plug on plans to let Karun Chandhok stand in for either Heikki Kova-lainen or Jarno Trulli.

“Driving in front of the home crowd cheering on is going to be a surreal experi-ence. A once-in-a-lifetime experience and I feel extremely fortunate,” Karthikeyan said.

“There is a huge buzz around the grand prix already and I?m sure that it?ll be a resounding success that will motivate more youngsters towards the sport and give us the future F1 drivers.”

With both the drivers’ and team titles wrapped up by Se-bastian Vettel and his Red Bull outfit, all eyes are on India’s hosting of the event as Formula One and its sponsors seek to tap the billion-strong, rapidly growing market.

AP Photo/Luca Bruno

A traditional indian three wheels is seen ahead of Sunday’s Indian Formula One Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011.

JENSON Button believes the layout of the Buddh International Circuit could play into McLaren’s hands and boost its chances of victory at the weekend. Button said the circuit’s design was most akin to Spa-Fran-corchamps and Suzuka, high speed circuits on which McLaren has made big improve-ments. Button qualified 0.009s off pole and won at Suzuka earlier this month.

“In terms of the way you set the car up, I’d say it’s more like Spa and Suzuka rather than Singapore or Korea,” Button explained. “Our car seems to work well on this type of circuit, so I’m looking forward to getting out there.

“[In Korea] the Red Bulls did have the

edge I would say, but the low speed exits and straight line traction is where they are very strong. The high speed circuits are where we have really improved.

“In Korea we also struggled with under-steer, which for us was a big issue. I think Lewis had rubber affecting his front wing and I had a stone embeeded, which losy us a lot of downforce. It’s happened before but it is very unusual, and the team is looking at ways to prevent it.”

Button said that he was happy with the direction the team had taken following initial simulator laps of the circuit, and that touring the track for the first time left him excited about the weekend.

All eyes on India for grand F1 debut

India makes its grand debut on the glitzy Formula One circuit this week under pressure to deliver a smooth and safe event after twin deaths rocked the world of motorsports.

Button believes Buddh International Circuit will suit McLaren

Jenson Button