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THE HAGUE — The government will pay compensation and apologize to relatives of men killed by Dutch troops in a notorious 1947 massacre of villagers during Indonesia’s bitter struggle for in-dependence, their lawyer said Monday.

Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal said that the apology “does justice to the grav-ity of what happened in Rawagedeh,” the village on Java island where up to 430 men were rounded up and summarily executed.

“I hope it helps the relatives find closure for this exceptionally difficult episode in their lives and look to the future,” Rosenthal said.

The Dutch ambassador to Indonesia, Tjeerd de Zwaan, will offer the apology during the annual commemoration of the massacre in the village, now called Balongsari, on Dec. 9. Nine relatives of men shot in the massacre won a landmark court case earlier this year, when judges ruled that the Dutch state was responsible for the massacre.

The Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) IV will be held on 8 - 9 De-cember 2011 at Bali International Convention Center (BICC), Nusa Dua, Bali, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

In the evening, upon his arrival

in Nusa Dua, Bali, the head of state is scheduled to receive sepa-rate courtesy calls from special envoys respectively of Papua New Guinea and the Japanese prime minister, and later hold a meeting with a Bangladeshi delegation.

During the meetings, the presi-dent will be accompanied by Co-ordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Ra-jasa, Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi, Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam, Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa, Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan and the foreign ministry`s Director General for Asia, the Pacific and Africa TM

Hamzah Thayeb.Yudhoyono will officially kick off

the Fourth Bali Democracy Forum on Thursday. The Forum`s theme this year is “Enhancing Democratic Participation in Changing World: Responding to Democratic Voices.”

Following the opening ceremo-ny, the president will host a lunch for heads of state/government and foreign delegations participating in the forum.

AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File

In this Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 file photo, a student examines a relief sculpture depicting Rawagedeh massacre where hundred of villagers were round-ed up and summarily executed by Dutch troops in Rawagedeh, now also known as Balongsari, West Java, Indonesia.

Dutch state to apologize for Indonesia massacre

AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

Workers raise the flags of countries participating in the Bali Democracy Forum in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Indonesia will co-host the Fourth Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) with Bangladesh for December 8-9.

President leaves for Bali to open democracy forum

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JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono here on Wednesday left for Bali to officially open the Fourth Bali Democracy Forum.

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Central has been totally demolished after some parts collapsed due to the latest earth-quake. The gate is projected to be constructed again by 2012 as stated by Head of Badung Secretary Public Relation and Protocol, Wayan Weda Dharmaja last Tuesday (6/12).

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3International Bali News Thursday, December 8, 2011

Singaraja (Bali Post)—The wine produced in Buleleng

seems to receive special attention fromthirty ambassadors from the WesternEurope who made a visit to Bulelengon Tuesday (Dec 6). They hoped thewine produced from the native grapesto Buleleng could be produced mas-sively so that it could be exported toEurope.

In the visit, a number of ambassadorslooked to pay great attention to localbottled wine exhibited in the officelobby of the Buleleng Regent. Someof them seemed to notice the wine seri-ously and then purchased it.

Director of Western Europe, DewaMade Juniarta, said the visit was intend-ed to introduce the potential of Bulelengto European countries. By seeing theexisting potential in Buleleng, his partypromised to bridge the investment inan effort to develop the products ofagriculture and plantation of Buleleng.“Some European countries expressed

their commitment to make directcooperation. Greek Ambassador, forinstance, was interested in developingthe wine production, not just purchasingbut also helping Buleleng develop theproduction itself,” he said.

The Regent of Buleleng, Putu Bagia-da, when welcoming the ambassadorssaid that some sectors of the infra-structure and proceeds of the plantationwould be developed more seriously,including the wine of grapes. In addi-tion, another potential enthused by thegroup of West European ambassadorsin the visit was the development ofCelukan Bawang Harbor in GerokgakSubdistrict. In the future, the harbordevelopment would be made a gatewayof export and import activities. “Fromthe visit of Western European ambassa-dors, some sectors get special attentionand have potential to be developed.Hopefully, this meeting can facilitatethe investment with those Europeancountries,” he said. (kmb)

In terms of price, Sapta said, manythings in Indonesia were accessible bytourists from any countries. Sapta ex-pected such realities could become oneof the attractions and make the Indone-sian tourism more prospective amid theslowing down of the world’s economicconditions. “So, though in the crisis,tourists coming to Indonesia can still doshopping despite their expenditure maydecline,” he said.

His party targeted the number of tour-ist visit to Indonesia in 2012 could reacheight million until this yearend with therevenue of foreign exchange worth USD8.98 billion. That figure increased if com-pared to the target in 2011 amounting to7.7 million tourists compared to 2011 withthe foreign exchange earnings worth USD8.47 billion.

He projected the growth of tourismsector in 2012 would reach 7.35 percentcompared to the previous year. This year,the estimation of tourism sector wouldgrow by 6.42 percent. “We will concern inthe market of ASEAN and Asia includingChina, South Korea and Taiwan. Similarly,we will also aim other markets like Aus-tralia and Middle East,” he said.

Meanwhile, the classical problem re-lated to low frequency of direct flightsto Indonesia, Sapta said that governmentwould work together with private sectorchiefly the airline companies to expandtheir point-to-point routes to potentialtourist market becoming the focusingcountry. “One of them is that governmentwill invite Lion Air to open point-to-pointflight service to a number of countries,”he said. (010)

Negara (Bali Post)—

the Pangkung Languan to Pangkung LanguanMekar, Yeh Sumbul Village, Mendoyo Sub-district, was damaged. The concrete road caston bridge was submerged by river water toresult in collapse. As consequence, the roadaccess was disconnected.

Such concrete bridge was worked on bylocal villagers through the National Programfor Community Empowerment (PNPM).Some residents encountered said the bridgerupture occurred on Thursday (Nov 30).The bridge collapsed after being struck by

part of the bridge, whereas the bridge itselfwas just accomplished less than a year ago.

also triggered by low quality of the leveeconstruction. One of the local residents,Ahmat, 40, said that safeguarding levee ofthe bridge did not contain concrete and itscement mixture looked brittle. It indicated

collapsed. Temporarily, the local residentsinstalled some bamboo to connect the road

access and could only be passed through bypedestrians.

The broken-off road access had causedsome 90 families from Pangkung LanguanMekar to be unable to cross the main access.Alternatively, they should take another routewith a distance of tens of kilometers to go outof the hamlet. Meanwhile, Hadijah, anotherresident, claimed to be pity with the studentsfrom Pangkung Languan Mekar that had tocover a distance up to tens of kilometers toreach their school. She expected that govern-ment could promptly repair the bridge so thatit could be used again.

Headman ofYeh Sumbul, Komang Dentra,

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water was soaking the bridge. The incidenthad been reported to the regency govern-

PNPM project and concurrently functionedas a road. (kmb26)

Singaraja (Bali Post)-Even though Buleleng Government have

stated three Health Community Centers asthose accepting hospitalised patients stillseemed not maximal as no doctors standbymoreover only few medics placed there caus-ing residents not willing to be hospitalisedthere. This was questioned during BulelengHouse of Representatives in a meeting ofBuleleng Planned Budget and Expenses atthe House of Representatives trial room lastTuesday (6/12).

Comission D member Putu Suarjana statedthe condition was evidenced by the facilityand medicine stocks shortage moreover alsoon the doctors for example only a dentistwas on one of the health community centers.“How can the public get treatment from thehealth community center if the medicines

were not enough and only a dentist wasthere,” Suarjana exclaimed.

According to Suarjana, these centers canbe optimised so it can cut Buleleng Hospital’sburden. Meanwhile, Head of Buleleng HealthAgency, dr. Made Sukarmini explained thethree centers are at Tejakula, Banjar alsoGerokgak which she admitted the centershaven’t been optimal due to medics and medi-cines shortage also the center at Tejakula isstill just building and about to be completedwith its need. Sukarmini added there will be

such as surgeon that are already civil serviceworkers which will be placed on the centers.“We have tried taking from Bali temporary

get it from temporary surgeons,” Sukarminiexplained.(kmb)

In terms of rate, Indonesian tourism increasingly competitiveJakarta (Bali Post)—

The tourism of Indonesia stays prospective and in terms of price it is in-creasingly competitive. Such reality can be made an effective strategy in theslowing down of the global economic conditions today. “Our competitivenessin the matter of price is relatively competitive as we apply the concept ‘valuefor money,’ if we do not call it cheap,” said Deputy Minister of Tourism andCreative Economy, Sapta Nirwandar, after the closing of the National Confer-ence on Tourism in Jakarta (Dec 6).

Wine produced in Buleleng draws attention of West European ambassadors

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A woman is trying to pass through the temporary bridge in Yeh Sumbul, Jembrana.

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News International4 Thursday, December 8, 2011

The navy should “accelerate its transformation and modernisation in a sturdy way, and make extended preparations for military combat in order to make greater contributions to safeguard national security,” he said.

Addressing the powerful Central Military Commission, Hu said: “Our work must closely encircle the main theme of national defence and military building.”

His comments, which were posted in a statement on a govern-

ment website, come as the United States and Beijing’s neighbours have expressed concerns over its naval ambitions, particularly in the South China Sea.

Several Asian nations have com-peting claims over parts of the South China Sea, believed to encompass huge oil and gas reserves, while China claims it all. One-third of global seaborne trade passes through the region.

Vietnam and the Philippines have accused Chinese forces of increas-

ing aggression there.In a translation of Hu’s com-

ments, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the president as say-ing China’s navy should “make ex-tended preparations for warfare.”

The Pentagon however down-played Hu’s speech, saying that Beijing had the right to develop its military, although it should do so transparently.

“They have a right to develop military capabilities and to plan, just as we do,” said Pentagon spokesman George Little, but he added, “We have repeatedly called for transparency from the Chinese and that’s part of the relationship we’re continuing to build with the

Reuters

MOGADISHU/NAIROBI - A suicide bomber struck the Somali capital on Tuesday, the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in Mogadi-shu, and dozens of Islamist rebels and Somali government troops have been killed in fighting in the south. The car bomb exploded 50 meters from the recently reopened Turkish embassy, near to the Kilometre 4 (K4) junction, a busy intersection in Mogadishu’s administrative district. A health official said at least three people were killed by the blast.

The suicide attack piles yet more pressure on a Western-backed government that relies on African Union troops to prop it up and fight an insurgency by Is-lamist militants who control virtu-ally all of Somalia outside Moga-dishu. Witnesses told Reuters that the security forces stopped the vehicle earlier, before moving the car to a quieter sideroad.

“The troops tried to question the driver and take photographs when the suicide bomber deto-nated his bomb,” Abdiweli Elmi,

a policeman on patrol at the junc-tion said. Two policemen and one civilian were killed, Elmi said.

A Reuters witness said human body parts could be seen around the ripped-apart car and security forces fired into the air to disperse the crowds. There was no imme-diate claim of responsibility for the attack. Suspicion is likely to fall on al Shabaab rebels.

The al Qaeda-linked militants, who have fought the government since 2007, have intensified the frequency of suicide attacks in Mogadishu since withdrawing from most of their bases in the capital in August. A Turkish gov-ernment official said the target of the attack was unknown. None of Turkey’s embassy staff hurt.

Turkey was the first state from outside the immediate region to open an embassy in Mogadishu. Its interests have been the target of violent incidents since Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visited Mogadishu in August. Erdogan was the first leader from outside Africa to visit the capital for nearly two decades.

Reuters

CAIRO - Egypt’s new prime minister said on Tuesday the ruling army would grant him extra powers, and appointed a finance minister along with most other cabinet members, state media reported. Kamal al-Ganzouri has been struggling to put together a cabinet since Egypt’s military rulers brought him out of retire-ment to lead a new interim government nearly two weeks ago.

State television on Tuesday confirmed Ganzouri’s appointment of Mumtaz al-Saeed as finance minister, but said two

portfolios, including the powerful interior ministry, had yet to be filled. The new interior minister would be announced when the cabinet takes the oath of office on Wednesday, it said.

Ganzouri told a news conference the army would issue a decree “this evening or tomorrow” to hand the premier presi-dential powers “except those concerning the judiciary and armed forces.” He gave no further detail. The appointment of Gan-zouri, 78, has been criticized by protesters seeking a full purge of the system because he served as prime minister in the 1990s under ousted Hosni Mubarak.

The military itself has jealously shield-ed its own broad interests from civilian oversight. But, under pressure from protests, the army has said it would cede power to civilians in mid-2012 after a presidential vote, sooner than it had planned.

REUTERS/Jason Reed

China’s President Hu Jintao arrives on stage to participate in the APEC CEO Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii November 12, 2011.

Agence France Presse

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urged the navy to prepare for military combat, amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power.

REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

An Egyptian soldier stands guard as members of the election committee

sit in a bus with ballot boxes after voting closed, outside a voting center

during the second day of the parlia-mentary run-off elections in Cairo

December 6, 2011.

REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Somali police evacuate an injured colleague from the scene of a suicide car bomb near the KM4 building in Hodan district, south of the capital Mogadishu December 6, 2011.

Activities Thursday, December 8, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for December 3 through 28, 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

3 Dec Tumpek Landep Pasek Gelgel Temple Pedungan Denpasar Selatan Agung Pasek Temple Tangun Titi kaler Tabanan Agung Pasek Temple Silamadeg Tabanan Pasek Tangkas Temple Kediri Tabanan Kerta Temple Banyuning Barat Buleleng Dalem Tenggaling Temple Sengguan Singapadu Kawitan Arya Wang Bang Pinatih Peguyangan

Singaraja Bhujangga Weisnawa Tegalcangkring Jembrana Taman Desa Temple Bubunan Seririt Buleleng Penataran Pande Batur Jati Banjar Pandean Mengwi Dalem Pingit Temple Taro Kaje Tegalalang dadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Selat Sukasada

Buleleng Batur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo Sudimara Tabanan Ida ratu Pande Temple Besakih Mr. Pasek Temple Toh Jiwa Tangungtiti Penataran Pande Temple Kusamba Klungkung Penataran Agung Pinatih Tulikup Gianyar

4 Dec Redite Umanis Ukir Sangah Gede Dukuh Segening Tegal Tugu Gianyar

7 Dec Buda Wage Uki Pasar Agung Temple Besakih Pasek Bendesa Pasar Badung Legian Kuta Gede Gunung Agung Dukuh Munggu Badung Hyang Agung Ibuwanasari Tegal Puseh/ Desa Temple Bebalang Bangli Dalem Temple Perancak Badung Pasek Bendesa Hyang Selat Kerobokan Badung Kekeran Langit Sading Mengwi

10 Dec Purnama Kenam Kiduling Kereteg Besakih Lingsar Temple Lombok Bebengan Tanjung Lombok Pasek Gelgel Kekeran Mengwi Dalem Putra Belingkang Benawah Gianyar Prajapati Temple Balikpapan

13 Dec Anggar Kasih Kulantir Penataran Tangkas Sukawati Dalem Lagan Temple Bebalang Bangli Puseh Lembeng Ketewel Sukawati Pasek Gelgel Penulisan Kerambitan Tabanan Gaduh Temple Sanding Dalem Gandamayu Klungkung Sanghyang Tegal Banjar Taro Kaja Tegalalang

14 Dec Buda Umanis Kulantir Pasek Tangkas Temple kaler Tabanan Gaduh Benoh Temple Ubung Denpasar

18 Dec Redite Keliwon Tolu Dalem Alas Harum Kaba-kaba Kediri Tabanan.

19 Dec Soma Umanis Tolu Puseh/Balai Agung Ubung Kupang Penebel Tabanan Kawitan Sakula Gotra Tegal Kepuh Kaba-kaba Kediri

Tabanan Bhujangga Rsi-Tambak Bayuh Paibon Tangkas Kori Agung Lembongan Nusa Penida Batu Madeg Temple Besakih Penataran Agung Penatih Banjar Saba Penatih

21 Dec Buda Pon Tolu Catur, Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring

22 Dec Wraspati Wage Tolu Peninjoan Temple Besakih

28 Dec Buda Keliwon Gumbreg Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg Tabanan Puseh/ Desa Guwang Sukawati Merajan Pasek Ketewel Ketewel Merajan Pangeran Tangkas Kuro Agung Jeroan

Sading Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana

Nusa Penida

Meliá Bali carried out community involvement solidarity activity in conjunction with the Cel-ebration of Universal Children’s Day on Sunday, November 20, 2011.

Children from Bali Kids orphanage and repeater guests along with the resort’s team for join the event. The event was started from 09.30 until 13.00 hours at Puri Bali. While making new friends, all the children learned the positive power of team work during games, drawing lesson, singing, playground activities and face painting. An interesting balloon release added more excitement.

“This Celebration Day is a wonderful ideas, I enjoyed joining in with the children and learning with them, and watching the way the staff interact with them. It was a really memorable day. And a unique opportunity to witness Bali’s younger gen-eration exploring options for their futures” said one of the participating guests. (BTN/015)

Thursday, December 8, 2011 6 News International

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Reports said MansorAlmaribe,45, was detained in the city ofMedina on November 14 whilemaking the hajj pilgrimage andaccused of insulting companionsof the prophet Mohammed.

Australia’s Department ofForeign Affairs and Trade saidhe was sentenced on Tuesday andCanberra’s ambassador in SaudiArabia had been in touch with au-thorities to plead for leniency.

“The Australian ambassadorhas been in touch with Saudiauthorities after a 45-year-oldAustralian man was sentencedby a court in Saudi Arabia to oneyear in jail and 500 lashes,” aDFAT spokeswoman said.

A consular official attendedthe sentencing, where Almaribewas initially slapped with a two-year jail term which was sub-sequently reduced, the spokes-

woman added.The Melbourne Age has pre-

viously said the father-of-five,who could not afford a lawyer,suffers from diabetes and heartdisease, with grave fears for hishealth.

His eldest son, Jamal, toldthe newspaper this week that hisfather had been reading and pray-ing in a group when accosted byreligious police and arrested.

Associated Press Writer

LONDON — A Polish womanhas told a British jury how she usedher engagement ring to free herselfafter her boyfriend tried to bury heralive.

Michelina Lewandowska accusesher partner of attacking her with a

Taser at their home, binding her withtape, and putting her in a cardboardbox that he buried in the woods.

Her partner, 25-year-old MarcinKasprzak, is on trial with anotherman charged with attempted mur-der.

-day she used her ring to cut the tape

from her legs, then tore apart thebox, which she said was buried inabout 10 centimeters (4 inches) ofsoil.

She said she managed to escape

took her home.The trial at Leeds Crown Court

was adjourned until Wednesday.

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A general view shows the Saudi capital Riyadh. An Australian man has been sentenced to 500 lashes and a year in jail by a Saudi Arabian court after being found guilty of blasphemy, Canberra said on Wednesday

Australian sentenced to 500 lashes in Saudi ArabiaAgence France Presse

An Australian man has been sentenced to 500 lashes and a year in jail by a Saudi Arabiancourt after being found guilty of blasphemy, Canberra said on Wednesday.

UK woman tells of escape after being buried alive

The relatives’ lawyer, LiesbethZegveld, says they are pleased withthe Dutch apology. She added thatthe state also will pay each of thenine relatives €20,000 ($27,000)compensation.

“It is good that the relatives cannow close the case,” she said. “Ithappened 64 years ago and therewas a tough ruling from the courtnecessary, but the relatives are verygrateful that the state is not going toappeal and will apologize.”

The Dutch government hasnever prosecuted any soldiers forthe massacre, despite a United Na-tions report condemning the attackas “deliberate and ruthless” as earlyas 1948.

A 1968 Dutch report acknowl-edged “violent excesses” in Indo-nesia but argued that Dutch troops

were carrying out a “police action”often incited by guerrilla warfareand terror attacks.

Former Foreign Minister BenBot expressed deep regret for of-fenses by Dutch forces throughoutIndonesia in 1947, but the govern-ment has never before formallyapologized to relatives in Raw-agedeh.

It remains to be seen if theRawagedeh ruling will open the

claims from relatives of peoplekilled during the fight to retaincontrol over the Dutch East Indies,which became Indonesia in 1949.

TheSeptember rulinghadaverynarrow focus, saying widows ofmen killed deserved compensationbecause they suffered directly fromthe slaying.

He is also scheduled to holdseparate bilateral talks respectivelywith the Qatari prime minister,Sri Lankan President MahindaRajapaksa, the prime minister ofTimor Leste, the prime minister ofMongolia, thedeputyprimeministerof Turkey, and the vice president ofthe Philippines.

The forum will focus on ef-forts towards enhanced peopleparticipation by way of respondingto democratic voices, and relevantissues involved in the process.

It is expected that 15 Head ofStates would attend the event,with 54 participating countries

66 countries and internationalorganizations that would attendas observers.

During the meeting, leadersand experts are expected to dis-cuss sub-themes on “The Abilityof State to Respond to the Voiceof Democracy”, and “EnsuringDemocratic Space for Civil SocietyParticipation”.

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Associated Press Writer

MOSCOW — Russian authorities should annul the parliamen-tary vote results and hold a new election, ex-Soviet leader MikhailGorbachev urged Wednesday as popular indignation grew overwidespread reports of alleged election fraud. Thousands of Rus-sians have rallied in Moscow and St. Petersburg in the last twodays, facing off against tens of thousands of police and InteriorMinistry troops. Hundreds of protesters have been detained inboth cities.

Gorbachev told the Interfax news agency that authorities musthold a fresh election or deal with a rising tide of discontent. PrimeMinister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won less than 50percent of Sunday’s vote, a steep fall from its earlier two-thirds ma-jority, according to preliminary results. But opposition parties andinternational observers said the vote was marred by vote-rigging,

“More and more people are starting to believe that the electionresults are not fair,” he told Interfax. “I believe that ignoring publicopinion discredits the authorities and destabilizes the situation.”Gorbachev added that authorities “must admit that there have been

Sunday’s parliamentary vote suggested Russians are tiring ofPutin and his United Russia party, which has dominated all otherpolitical forces in Russia for the past dozen years and earned a

Wednesday to run for the presidency in March, but the unusuallysustained protests of the past two days suggested his drive to re-take the job he held from 2000-2008 may not go as smoothly ashe had expected.

Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a new vote in Russia

Thursday, December 8, 2011 7Indonesia Today International

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JAKARTA - Indonesia is likely to see a significant increase in foreign investment after it has reached “in-vestment grade” which is expected to happen three to six months from now, the head of a businessmen`s group said.

“According to our calculations, and information from analysts and researchers, Indonesia will reach ̀ in-vestment grade` three to six months from now,” Airlangga Hartarto, chairman of the Indonesian Issu-ers Association (AEI), said here on Tuesday.

However, the benefits of the in-vestment grade status would be much reduced by the business climate in Europe and the US which could obstruct the flow of investment to Indonesia.

“With Indonesia having invest-ment grade status, investors would assume the risks of investment in Indonesia to be good. But unfortu-nately, the business climate in Europe and the US next year will probably still be bad,” he said.

Airlangga was confident Indone-sia would earn the investment grade qualification in the near future. “Thus

it will significantly increase foreign investment, and then we will get out of the crisis,” he said.

Meanwhile, international rating agency Fitch Ratings said it would consider raising Indonesia`s rank to “investment grade” over a period of at least 12 months because the required calculations were quite complex.

“We are still considering raising Indonesia to ̀ investment grade` status over a period of 12-18 months. That`s because the `credit rating` requires quite complicated calculations, not just one factor alone. There are several factors to consider for Indonesia,” said Head of Sovereign Ratings Asia Pacific Fitch Andrew Colquhoun.

The first factor to consider was the inflation rate until the end of the year. According to Andrew, Bank Indonesia should be able to hold the inflation steady.

Besides, infrastructure must also be a concern because it referred to government policies requiring im-mediate action.

“Foreign participation in the bond market also needs to be based on considerations of Indonesia`s performance during the 2008 crisis. Indonesia was quite strong in dealing with the crisis,” said Andrew.

Negotiated in the 1990s, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty specified that the 44 countries

with nuclear power or research reac-tors at the time needed to give formal approval before it could take effect.

With the endorsement by In-donesia’s parliament, the treaty is now only awaiting ratification from the United States, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, North Korea and Pakistan.

Indonesian lawmaker Mahfudz Siddiq urged the remaining countries

— especially the U.S. and Israel — to get off the bench and sign.

In a statement, the White House urged all states to sign and ratify the agreement, calling it a critical element of the international effort to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons.

The United States remains fully committed to pursuing ratification of the treaty and will continue to engage lawmakers on its importance for U.S. security, it said.

Indonesia, a nation of 240 mil-lion, has three research atomic reactors.

Associated Press

JAKARTA — First Indonesian police were angry about a young cop’s YouTube lip-synching antics. Then they championed him for softening the image of an unloved force. Now, after he put stardom aspirations over his job, he’s been fired.

National police spokesman Saud Usman Nasution says Norman Kamaru was dishonorably discharged Tuesday after failing to show up at work for two

months.A video of Kamaru trying to lift the spirits of a

heartbroken colleague by shimmying and lip-synching to the Bollywood hit “Chaiyya Chaiyya” went viral in April.

Initially, the top brass was furious. But their tune changed after the public rallied to Kamaru’s support.

With a $100,000 record deal in his pocket, he recently told his bosses he wanted out. They said no. And Ka-maru stopped coming to work.

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

Residents queue up for clean water at a slum in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.

Lip-synching Indonesia cop

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Associated Press

JAKARTA — Indonesia ratified Tuesday a global treaty banning nuclear test explosions, a move welcomed by the United States.

8 InternationalThursday, December 8, 2011

Bali Today

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Investment climate in Bali

shows a l i t t le developmentcompared to the other regions.However, investment in thetertiary sector, particularly tour-ism sector, remains an excellentfield, even it reaches 82 percent.Meanwhile, investment in theagricultural sector reaches lessthan 1 percent, whereas this sec-tor stays open widely and has notbeen maximally cultivated.

It was disclosed by an agricul-turalist from Warmadewa Univer-sity, Dr. I Gusti Bagus Udayana,when encountered by Bali Poston Tuesday (Dec 6). Investmentin the field of agriculture shouldbe encouraged by performing re-search and development to knowthe rate of productivity. It wasimportant because capital own-ers would be interested to investin the agricultural sector if theyknew the level of productivity.

“The more productive, themore results will be obtained.Clearly, it remains to have great

She said that the Bali MediaForum is being held in BaliDinast i Resort , Badung onDecember 8 and 9, 2011. “Theplace is not the same with theBali Democracy Forum which isbeing held in Bali International

Convention Center, Westin,Nusa Dua. However, we hopethat the result of the declarationof the forum can be adopted inBDF,” she added.

Last year, the declaration inBali Media Forum is adopted.

Bali Media Forum held in connection with BDFAntara

Nusa Dua - Bali Media Forum as the forum to give thethought about democracy from media point of view is beingheld in connection with the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF)IV. “In this forum will be present the component from PressCouncil, printed and electronic media press from many coun-tries,” said Christiana Chelsia Chan, representative from thePress Council, in Nusa Dua, on Wednesday.

Agriculturalinvestment in Bali Great opportunity, less involvement of government

opportunities provided that allthe elements such as government,stakeholders, universities andcertainly farmers must have com-mitment and be solid,” he said.

According to him, the com-mon problems faced by theagricultural sector were theperishable nature of farming,so it was required a packagingtechnology and transportationto overcome the problems. Inaddition, most agricultural prod-ucts were seasonal and greatlyinfluenced by condition so thecontinuity aspect of the agro-industrial products turned to beunguaranteed.

“Quality of the agriculturaland agro-industrial products isgenerally still low, so it willhave difficulty in the marketcompetition both at home andoverseas. Additionally, most ofthe small-scale industries imple-ment a low technology and itbecomes an obstacle to promotethe sector including the invest-ment,” he explained.

Bagus Udayana said there weretwo ways to resolve the problemsin the agricultural sector, namelyby efficiency in the productionprocess and prioritizing the devel-opment of local-resource-basedagro-industry. By doing so, theprospect would be very clear inthe globalization era enabling itto become a leading sector.

“The role of government asa bridge connecting farmers torelevant institution in the matterof production process rangingfrom the raw materials, process-ing, marketing and finance is veryimportant. On that account, gov-ernment relations, stakeholders,universities and farmers shouldmake a synergy,” he said.

The Investment CoordinatingBoard (BKPM) of Indonesia in ageneral study held in the Facultyof Economics, Udayana Universityalso said that Bali had an extraor-dinary agricultural potential to be

to promote the agriculture of Baliprovided that all stakeholders were

out the effective solutions.In the meantime, the Dean of

Faculty of Economics, Warmade-wa University (Unwar), I WayanArjana, said that governmentshould make concrete measures tosave the agriculture. Maintainingthe farmland posed an urgent prob-lem that should be addressed by BaliGovernment through the programspromoting the agricultural sector.

“So far, the endeavor of govern-ment to promote the agriculturalsector remains in the matter of dis-course. Until now, there has been noprogram promoting the sector. Then,the conversion of land function hascaused more extensive impact,” heconcluded.

Arjana asserted that capital own-ers that would invest in Bali shouldbe led to another sector. Duringthis time, they only focused onthe tourism sector, while the agri-cultural sector and SMEs had notbeen touched. Consequently, it wasrequired a shared idea of investor,government, society related to thedevelopment of agricultural sectorand SMEs in order they can growtogether. “So far, both sectors arealmost getting no attention in de-veloping their business. Access tomarketing for the local products isalmost closed,” he said. (par)

Tourists tast-

ing tropical

products on

an Eco-farm

in Bali, like

vanilla, tea,

hot choco-

late, and also

civet coffee

famously

known as kopi

Luwak

Balinese Culture

9International Thursday, December 8, 2011

NASI GORENG(Fried Rice)

OVERVIEW:There are about as many different ways of preparing

Nasi Goreng in Bali, as there are cooks. The only constant ingredient is rice; everything else is determined by the cook’s taste or the availability of ingredients. Please be certain to use only cold rice, as warm rice will stick to the wok.

INGREDIENTS:6 tbsp oil6 shallots, peeled, halves length wise and sliced6 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced200 gr (6 ½ oz) chicken meat, sliced150 gr (5 oz) medium size shrimp, peeled¼ small white cabbage, shredded4 eggs, beaten2 tbsp sambal tomat700 gr (1 ½ lb) cold cooked rice2 tsp salt1 tsp sliced bird’s eye chilies2 tbsp fried shallot

PREPARATION:1. Heat vegetable oil in wok or heavy fry pan until

very hot.2. Add shallots and garlic and fry for 1 minute until

golden yellow.3. Add chicken and shrimp and fry for 1 minute, and

then add cabbage and fry for 1 minute. Add sambal and mix well.

4. Add eggs and continuously stir for 30 seconds before adding rice and salt. Increase to very high heat and fry for 3 more minute, stir continuously.

5. Add chilies, mix well and serve immediately, garnished with fried shallots.

Note: Throughout Bali there are as many different ways of preparing Nasi Goreng as there are ingredients of chef’s.

Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - Suecapura,Gelgel, Klungkung, as the center ofancient Bali kingdom governmentkeeps many relics of the ancient his-tory and human civilization. On thataccount, it is natural at Suwecapuraand surrounding areas are the centerof clan temples in Bali. Many authorswrite that Klungkung poses the ori-gin of kingdom, government’s orderand social strata. One of the ancienttemples known to retain the civiliza-tion history is the Dalem PemereganTemple at Galiran Hamlet, Klung-kung.This temple is precisely locatedeast of Kemoning and Budaga.

This temple isnowthrongedby theHindu descendants of Arya Pemcutbecause it is going to organize a gran-diose ceremony named Mamungkah,MacaruBalikSumpah,MendemPed-agingan and PadudusanAgung.

An interesting point can be foundin the outermost courtyard of thistemple is theancientchariotbelongingto royal palace of Klungkung (DalemKetut and Dalem Waturenggong).This chariot is made sacred and evenhas been made a miniature becausethe descendant ofArya Pemcut was afaithful royal charioteer.

Other than the chariot, accordingto the templepriest JroMangkuLoka,the shrines in the outermost courtyardconsisted of the main chamber, RatuAnglurah,MenjanganSeluang,Grand

Shrine, Dalem Puri Shrine, SaptaPathala, two-tiered and three-tieredmeru shrine, tajuk and Gelang MasCari shrine.Meanwhile, in themiddlecourtyard sat two shrines namelythe guardian shrine and gamelanpavilion.

In the temple inscription compiledby Made Djirna and Ketut WijayaKusuma, Pan Jumu, Dibia Adnyana,Nengah Cepug, Made Candera, Sas-tera, Cariana, Made Ratip and KetutJena is mentioned that Arya Pemcutwas from Majapahit (East Java). Hewas born by the descendant of PrinceLinga Sampurna from the marriageof Dalem Manguri (Keling King-dom) marrying the daughter of EmpuBharadahnamedEmpuWathi.PrinceLinga Sampurna was also known astheAryanUlungorLuwihservingasacoachmanandhandlingthehorsecare.Prince Linga Sampurna surrenderedalong with horse and chariot to theMajapahit Kingdom during the reignof Sri Kala Gemet. On that account,since that time he was appointed thecharioteer of Majapahit Kingdom.

Prince Linga Sampurna had foursons named Aryan Pemuat placed bytheking toMadura,AryaPadengen inPasuruan, Sayu Guna Wathi in Sum-bawa and Arya Pemcut in Bali. TheKing Dalem Ketut awarded a chariotgift and cemetery south of Gelgelwhich is now named Dalem SaluangTemple. Even, Arya Pemcut wasgiven a region by the king consisting

of the Tista, Culik, Timbrah, Perasi,Tumbu, Seraya, Tulamben, Tianyar,Ponjok Batu, Penuktukan, Banyuatis,Jembrana, Kekeran, Pesanggrahanand Kesiman.

After the death of Arya Pemcut,the position of royal charioteer washanded over to his only son, AryaPanguregan. The skill to serve asroyal charioteer was undertaken untilthe reign of Dalem Waturenggong.Later on, the name Arya Pangureganwas immortalized for the name ofPemeregan Temple. He had two sonsnamely Aryan Panguregan (as hisfather’s name) and Arya Pemcut (ashis grandfather’s name).

Relocation of the kingdom fromSuecapura, Gelgel to Semarapuraalsocausedhisdescendants to spread,but it remained to base at the DalemPemeregan Temple. Natural disasterof volcanic eruption also causedhis descendants to spread to Mand-uang, Selisihan, Buleleng, Jembrana,Karangasem, Kesiman, Rangkan andSukawati. From Kesiman, it spreadto Tegalwangi Sesetan, Pecatu wellas other areas.

In the Dalem Pameregan Templeis kept the royal chariot.Additionally,

Meanwhile, the belongings of the lateArya Pemcut and Arya Pangureganlike a whip and kris dagger are nowstored in the Pemeregan RangkanTemple, Ketewel.

Dalem Pameregan Temple storing Royal Chariot of Klungkung

Thursday, December 8, 201110 InternationalDestinations

IBP

Strategically located in Major Wisnu Street in Denpasar Bali and it is find it due to the location is in the heart town. In the north side there are glorious temple of Jagatnatha, meanwhile in front of it the Pupu-tan Badung (Badung Courtyard) and four face statue (Catur Muka Statue) are located. The develop-ment of Bali Museum is begun by the existence of initiative how to vitally the heritage of Balinese culture and taking care of, preserve and maintaining. The initiative is based on the existence of feeling to worry, that there is symptom a kind of culture erosion, so that the cultural heritage become totally disappeared, lose, what omit only photograph and documentations.

Bali Museum save the Balinese culture heritage, emerge the found-ing plan a museum which afterward becomes the Bali Museum:

The early planning of Bali Mu-seum founding was Governmental

functionary of Dutch, Bali King, Society Prominent, all artists like: WFJ Kroon (assistant of Dutch Resident), Curt Grundler (a Ger-many Architect), I Gusti Alit Ngu-rah (Bestuurder Penegara Badung), I Gusti Bagus Jelantik (King of Karangasem), I Gusti Ketut Djelan-tik (King of Buleleng), King of Tabanan, and all artists like I Gusti Ketut Kandel, I Gusti Ketut Rai. The Planning is happened in year 1910 with the elementary concept Bali Museum building structure that was solidarity of the structure between temple building (Sanctum) and Palace (Keraton).

After agreed on the concept of the museum building structure, hence founded a mains building which deflect finished in year 1925. Because of the ancient object col-lection which had been collected is not yet adequate and then during 7 years (1925-1932), the mains building stood functioned for the exhibition purpose. All meritorious experts in checking object taken as

collection of Bali Museum for ex-ample: DR.W.F. Stutterheim, G.I. Graider, G.M. Hendrikss, DR.R. Goris, and artist of Walter Spies

Bali Museum in the beginning is handled by an institution that is called Bali Museum Institution and opened officially on 8 Decem-ber 1932 with the name of Bali Museum

The management hereinafter by institution of Bali Museum has been reverted to Government of Indonesia since 5 January 1966.

The object collections which are kept in Bali Museum can be classified become the prehistoric object collection like: the Grave Petrify (sarkopag), the object collection coming from history era like: stupika clay containing superstitious formula Ye Te, the bronze statues (Hindu and Budha statues) and ethnography object collection like Keris, Endek Cloth, and religious ceremony equip-ments (Sangku, Cecepan and Sidakarya mask). IBP/Net

Bali Museum

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BUSINESSInternational

Associated Press

FRANKFURT — U.S. Trea-sury Secretary Timothy Geithneris darting across Europe with astark message: The continent’sleaders must act quickly andconvincingly to defuse a debt cri-sis that is threatening the globaleconomy.

His visit this week comes onthe eve of a summit of Europeanleaders Friday that could yield aplan for resolving the crisis. Opti-mists hope a deal would persuadeinvestors to lend to countries, likeItaly and Spain, that are strainingunder crushing debt burdens.

-pean cities is the most visiblepart of a broader drive the UnitedStates has been making, publiclyand privately, to nudge Europe toresolve its crisis.

The United States has plentyat stake.

A still-fragile U.S. economy-

cial contagion that might erupt inEurope. If banks that are sittingon piles of European governmentdebt cut off lending, the global

of U.S. exports would slow. Apanic could send stocks tumblingworldwide.

And with Obama facing re-election in less than a year, theoutcome of Europe’s crisis carriesrisks for the president personally.

Speaking Tuesday in Berlin,Geithner said: “I am here in Eu-rope to emphasize how importantit is for the United States and theglobal economy as a whole thatGermany and France succeed,alongside the other nations, inbuilding a stronger Europe.”

Analysts say the administrationis arguing that Europe must unitebehind a single solution that leavesno eurozone nation behind.

German Chancellor AngelaMerkel and French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy have called forchanging the European Uniontreaty to centralize spending andborrowing decisions for the 17countries that use the euro.

Many analysts say the Euro-pean Central Bank or the IMFmust then respond by providing

particular, has opposed more aidwithout a guarantee that all euro-zone nations will adopt bindingbudgetary limits

“The Americans are doing to

the Europeans, and especiallythe Germans, what the Germansare doing to the Greeks and theItalians — that is, holding their

something,” said Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, a senior director atthe German Marshall Fund inWashington.

Europe, with its potentially vastimpact on the U.S. economy, isa political wild card for Obama.He could face voters with thehighest unemployment of a sittingpresident seeking election sinceWorld War II. Unemployment,now at 8.6 percent, was 7.8 per-

January 2009.Those calls have gone mainly

to Merkel and Sarkozy, heads ofthe biggest economies in Europeand the largest in the eurozone.They follow meetings Obamahas held with European leaders atvarious summits and at the WhiteHouse.

OnTuesday, Geithner met with-

gang Schauble, and was to speakwith French President NikolasSarkozy in Paris on Wednesday.

He is also to meet Wednesdaywith Spanish Prime Minister-electMariano Rajoy Brey and end histrip with a stop in Italy for talkswith its new prime minister, MarioMonti. This week, Monti unveileda tough spending plan designed

Italy’s ability to ease its budgetwoes.

Though Europe’s crisis re-mains beyond Obama’s directcontrol, the White House says hisrole in trying to shape the outcomehas been an assertive one.

One senior administration of-

with Merkel and Sarkozy said thepresident has offered ideas basedon his experience dealing withtroubled assets, bank recapitaliza-tion and government interventions

The official added that Obamahas stopped short of dictating asolution.

-rized to discuss Obama’s privateconversations with leaders, spokeon condition of anonymity.

“The European crisis has got tobe one of the frustrating scenariosfor the president,” said HeatherConley, a European expert at theCenter for Strategic and Interna-tional Studies.

The biggest worry for many isan abrupt order for foreign workersand their employers to start payingup to 40 percent of their wages forpensions and other welfare. Auto-makers face a possible tax hike,while tax authorities are testing asystem to collect dues for China’sumbrella labor group from compa-nies without union workers.

The changes come against abackdrop of critical coverage bystate media of product safety andother complaints against high-

Mart Stores Inc. and energy giantConocoPhillips Co. Companies alsoare uneasily awaiting the release ofnew patent and copyright rules theyworry might push them to hand overtechnology.

The pension and medical chargestook effect Oct. 15, less than sixmonths after they were announced.Companies scrambled to come upwith the money while employeeswonder whether they will ever be

The cost “may make the differ-ence for some companies between

year,” said Adam Dunnett, deputymanaging director of the Beijingoffice of consulting firm APCOWorldwide.

The changes have promptedquestions about whether Beijing’sattitude toward foreign companiesthat invested $105 billion in Chinalast year and employ nearly 10 mil-lion Chinese workers is souring.

The communist governmentneeds their investment and skills todevelop its computer, auto, energy,telecoms and other industries butsees them as rivals to Chinese com-panies it wants to build into globalcompetitors.

“China’s enthusiasm for foreigncompanies is certainly waning,”said James Zimmerman, a partner in

Mullin Richter & Hampton whohas worked in China for 14 years.“The government has become moreselective in the types of investmentspermitted market access and morecritical of those investors that are

either out of favor or perceived astroublemakers.”

Those hit hardest by the social

international schools for foreignchildren and others with big foreignstaffs that account for up to 70 per-cent of their costs. The impact onmanufacturers should be limitedbecause foreign employees are asmall share of their workforces.

“This year we are probably goingto just have to absorb it, which willprobably cause us to show a loss,”said Tim McDonald, headmasterof the International Academy ofBeijing, which has 260 students and45 foreign employees.

It is unclear whether the changesare related but they come at acomplex time for the communistleadership both financially andpolitically.

Beijing needs to raise revenue to

and health care for China’s poormajority. That comes as Commu-nist Party factions wrangle overnext year’s handover of power toyounger leaders — a politicallytense period when looking sym-pathetic to foreign companies can

The changes add to pressure onforeign companies just as China’srapid economic growth slows. Iteased to 9.1 percent in the threemonths ending in September fromthe previous quarter’s 9.5 percent— the result of a clampdown tocool the overheated economy.Growth is expected to wane fur-ther as Europe’s debt crisis anda sluggish U.S. economy erodedemand for exports.

Business groups have longcomplained that Beijing hampersaccess to banking, constructionand other industries in violationof free-trade principles. More re-cently, they say it might be tryingto push foreign competitors out

energy.Washington’s ambassador to

the WTO complained in a Nov.30 speech that Beijing is retreat-ing from free trade and increasing

its role in the economy despiteits pledges to allow free competi-tion.

Chinese officials argue thecharges for pensions, unemploy-ment and health benefits willprovide a safety net for foreignworkers and are similar to thoseimposed in Europe, the U.S. orJapan. But the speed of the rolloutcaught companies unprepared af-ter they already had made annualbudgets.

“They are struggling to cope,”said Dunnett. “Costs will go upand companies will have to maketough decisions on hiring as aresult.”

There were an es t imated590,000 foreign nationals livingin China last year and 231,700 hadwork visas, according to govern-ment data. Foreign companies inChina employed 9.8 million peo-ple in 2009, the last year for which

The social welfare charges varyby city. In Beijing, they will costforeign workers and their employ-ers a total of up to 3,780 yuan($590) a month for pensions andmedical insurance. It is unclearhow foreign workers can collect

because those who retire or losetheir job usually lose the visa thatallows them to stay in China.

The measure to collect uniondues follows a multiyear cam-paign by China’s umbrella laborgroup, the All-China Federationof Trade Unions, to set up unionsin foreign companies.

Under a pilot project, tax bu-reaus in some districts of the Chi-nese capital have begun chargingforeign companies the equivalentof 2 percent of workers’ wagesto pay for activities by ACFTU-affiliated unions, according toZimmerman.

If a union is formed, the gov-ernment will refund 60 percent ofthe dues to pay for labor activities.But if no union is formed, the taxbureau keeps the money. There isno indication whether the systemwill be rolled out nationwide.

Foreigners in China squeezed by pensions, taxesAssociated Press

BEIJING — Foreign companies that are looking to China to shore up wilting global saleshave been hit by higher payroll taxes, surcharges to subsidize unions and other changes that aremaking conditions tougher just as economic growth slows.

US prods Europe on crisis, publicly and privately

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The attraction, based on the Warner Bros. movies about the boy wizard in J.K. Rowling’s novels, will create more than 1,000 jobs at Universal and even more indirectly from an expected boost in tourism, officials said.

At the same time, Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter will get an expansion. Since the Harry Potter attraction opened in Florida in June of last year, compa-ny executives have said attendance has jumped by about 50 percent, but did not give raw figures.

“It was a game changer for us and frankly for Orlando,” Univer-sal Studios president Ron Meyer told reporters after an announce-ment at the Universal Studios Hollywood. “The expansion in Orlando will make it that much more of a must-see, and we’ll have the same experience here.”

Executives did not immedi-ately detail their plans for the Hollywood park, but Meyer said there was enough room to expand. “We’re not landlocked,”

Meyer said. “We’re (on) 400 acres on this lot and 200 of them are still not developed.”

Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said he was told that a live concert venue, Gibson Amphitheatre, would be scrapped to make way for the attraction. He said it would open around 2014, but officials did not give a date.

The widely expected an-nouncement happened in typi-cally dressed-up Hollywood style, complete with staff wearing scarves representing the various houses of the fictional wizard’s school, Hogwarts, beneath a the-ater marquee that said, “Hogwarts is coming to Hollywood.”

James and Oliver Phelps, who play the twins Fred and George Weasley in the movies, were pres-ent, as was California Gov. Jerry Brown. The governor appeared a day after he proposed raising taxes to help make up for the state’s projected shortfall. “Yeah, we have some tough times, but the movie in-dustry keeps hope alive,” he said.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Alec Baldwin says he was kicked off a plane Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport after having words with a flight attendant over an “addicting” word game he was playing on his cellphone. The “30 Rock” actor was asked to get off a New York City-bound flight for playing “Words with Friends” while the plane idled at a gate Tuesday, said Baldwin’s spokesman, Matthew Hiltzik.

“He loves ‘Words with Friends’ so much that he was willing to leave a plane for it,” said Hiltzik, who added that Baldwin boarded another American Airlines flight to New York. Baldwin, a prolific Twitter user, took to the social media site to vent, saying a “flight at-tendant on American reamed me out 4 playing Words With Friends while we sat at the gate, not moving.”

It wasn’t clear if passengers had been asked to turn off their cellphones, which is typical before a flight backs away from the terminal. American Airlines spokesman Ed Martelle declined comment, citing customer privacy concerns. Airport police Sgt. Belinda Nettles said officers did not respond to the incident.

Baldwin tweeted that it would be his last flight with American, despite the fact that they show “30 Rock” for in-flight entertainment.

He mocked American Airlines flight atten-dants on Twitter, saying the airline is “where Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950’s find jobs as flight attendants.”

Baldwin called “Words With Friends” an “addicting” game. Players compete online to score the most points by building words with tiles on a Scrabble-like game board.

Reuters

LOS ANGELES - Cue the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” or maybe the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter.” Martin Scorsese, whose iconic use of those songs (in “Mean Streets” and in a couple of different films, respec-tively) has made him one of the most rock ‘n’ roll savvy of all directors, has been named recipient of the second Music+Film Award by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

The award will be presented to Scorsese at the Critics Choice Movie Awards on January 12 at the Hollywood Palladium.

The award, according to the BFCA press release, “honors a single filmmaker who has touched audiences through cinematic storytelling, and has heightened the im-pact of films through the brilliant use of source and original music.” The inaugural Music+Film Award was given to Quentin Tarantino in January.

Scorsese, whose latest film is “Hugo,” is well-known for his use of rock songs in films like “Mean Streets,” “GoodFellas” and “The Departed.” He has also directed a string of concert films and rock documen-taries, from “The Last Waltz” and “Shine

a Light” to the Bob Dylan and George Harrison docs “No Direction Home” and “George Harrison: Living in the Material World.”

The 17th annual Critics Choice Movie Awards will air live on VH1. With a voting body of more than 250 television, radio and online critics, the show is often a reliable predictor of Academy Award winners.

Poof! Harry Potter park to appear in HollywoodAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Universal Studios will spend several hun-dred million dollars to build a Harry Potter attraction inside its existing Hollywood theme park in hopes of mimicking the success of a similar park in Orlando, Florida. Executives announced the project Tuesday with much fanfare, spraying confetti and hoisting mugs of the wizardly brew butterbeer.

AP Photo/Jason Redmond

Universal Parks & Resorts announces the Harry Potter attraction is coming to Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.

Alec Baldwin kicked off LA

AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File

FILE - In this April 6, 2011 file photo, actor Alec Baldwin speaks during a news confer-ence on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Scorsese to receive Critics

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“They are monstrous,” Berkeley astro-physicist Chung-Pei Ma told reporters. “We did not expect to find such massive black holes because they are more mas-sive than indicated by their galaxy prop-erties. They’re kind of extraordinary.” The previous black hole record-holder is as large as 6 billion suns.

In research released Monday by the journal Nature, the scientists suggest these black holes may be the leftovers of quasars that crammed the early uni-verse. They are similar in mass to young quasars, they said, and have been well hidden until now. The scientists used

ground-based telescopes as well as the Hubble Space Telescope and Texas super-computers, observing stars near the black holes and measuring the stellar velocities to uncover these vast, invisible regions.

Black holes are objects so dense that nothing, not even light, can escape. Some are formed by the collapse of a super-size star. It’s uncertain how these two newly discovered whoppers originated, said Nicholas McConnell, a Berkeley graduate student who is the study’s lead author. To be so massive now means they must have grown considerably since their formation, he said.

Most if not all galaxies are believed to have black holes at their center. The bigger the galaxy, it seems, the bigger the black hole. Quasars are some of the most ener-gized and distant of galactic centers.

The researchers said their findings suggest differences in the way black holes grow, depending on the size of the galaxy. Ma speculates these two black holes remained hidden for so long be-cause they are living in quiet retirement — much quieter and more boring than their boisterous youth powering quasars billions of years ago.

“For an astronomer, finding these insatiable black holes is like finally en-countering people nine feet tall whose great height had only been inferred from fossilized bones. How did they grow so large?” Ma said in a news release. “This rare find will help us understand whether these black holes had very tall parents or ate a lot of spinach.”

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Dexter’s social calendar this holiday season is chock-full of travel plans, party invites, new clothes, special meals and trips to see Santa Claus.

Highlights for the 3-year-old cocker spaniel and his owner Carol Bryant, of Forty Fort, Pa., include a couple of car trips to look at light displays. A friend drives so Bryant can hold Dexter in the passenger seat as they drive by

the lighted homes. “He especially likes the animation and wags his tail,” she said. Like a lot of pet owners, Bryant makes her holiday plans around her dog.

Bryant, the editorial, social media and public relations director for Fido Friendly Magazine, takes photos galore of Dexter in his holiday finest and uses them on Facebook, Twitter, her blog, and in emails to friends and Christmas cards. Their shopping sprees have already begun. Dexter will host a party. His best friend, a golden cocker named Bailey, will host a party. There will be presents to and from Dexter under the Christmas tree. He knows which ones are his and does his own unwrapping.

Bryant hung Dexter’s personalized stock-ing with care. He’ll spend Christmas Eve in pajamas and a bathrobe with ducks on it. He will look his brown-and-white best because of a holiday trip to the groomer, and he will dine on lean boiled turkey on Christmas Day.

A recent AP-Petside.com poll found that just over half of American pet owners will buy gifts for their pets this holiday season, and they’ll spend an average of $46 on their animals, with toys and treats topping the list. Overall spend-ing in the pet industry (including food, sup-plies, veterinary care, grooming, boarding and pet sitting) was just over $48 billion in 2010, with over $50 billion in spending projected for 2011, according to the American Pet Products Association.

“It seems many pet owners have accepted that their pets are like children and they enjoy indulging their pet more than ever. It is easier for pet owners to spend on their pets than other relationships in their lives because pets have no expectations,” Bob Vetere, president of the American Pet Products Association, said earlier this year.

Agence France Presse

Babies born as early as 23 weeks showed better survival rates and less brain damage if their mothers were given steroids in the days preceding their birth, a US study said Tuesday. The research in the December 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medi-cal Association suggests that preterm babies may benefit sooner than thought from the boost in lung power and organ growth they get from exposure to steroids.

Until now, little was known about the efficacy of giving a pregnant woman ste-roids for a fetus less than 24 weeks old, and some were worried it could raise the risk of infection in the mother. Current guidelines, published in 1995, recommend a two-shot regimen for mothers who go into preterm labor when the fetus is between 24 and 34 weeks of age. A normal full-term pregnancy is between 37 and 42 weeks.

However, even though premature babies

exposed to steroids were twice as likely to survive as those who were not, the research-ers cautioned that overall survival still remained relatively low, at 36 percent.

To determine if steroids could help the youngest babies survive after being born on the edge of viability, doctor Waldemar Carlo of the University of Alabama at Bir-mingham and colleagues looked back at records between 1993 and 2009 at 23 aca-demic perinatal centers in the United States. Data included babies born between 401 grams (14.1 ounces) and 1,000 grams (35.3 ounces) at 22 to 25 weeks’ gestation.

Among babies born at 23 weeks who were exposed to steroids, 83 percent either died or had brain development problems by age 18-22 months. Ninety percent of those who weren’t given steroids either died or showed brain damage. The same advantages were not seen at a statistically significant level in babies aged 22 weeks who were exposed to steroids.

AP Photo/Gemini Observatory, AURA artwork by Lynette Cook via Nature

This undated image provided by the Gemini Observa-tory via the journal Nature shows an artist’s conception of stars moving in the central regions of a giant elliptical galaxy that harbors a supermassive black hole.

Associated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have found the biggest black holes known to exist — each one 10 billion times the mass of our sun. A team led by astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley, discovered the two gigantic black holes in clusters of elliptical galaxies more than 300 million light years away. That’s relatively close on the galactic scale.

AP Photo/PetSmart, Diane Bondareff

In this Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, photo courtesy of Diane Bondareff for PetSmart, Maci, an American Staffordshire Terrier puppy, par-ticipates in PetSmart’s annual Santa Claws event in New York. Photos with Santa are just one way you can make the holiday season special for you and your pet.

Babies born as early as 23

weeks showed better survival rates and less brain damage if their moth-

ers were given steroids in the

days preced-ing their birth,

a US study said Tuesday.

AFP Photo/Frederick Florin

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The Greeks ended thegroup stage on nine points,just one behind the French.Arsenal had secured topspot and progression beforeTuesday’s game. “I thoughtoverall Olympiakos de-served to win the game but,unfortunately for them, it’snot enough because theywill not qualify for theChampions League. Mar-seille made a super result,”Arsenal manager ArseneWenger told reporters.

“They missed the firstgame at home against Mar-

to get that back. Olympia-kos deserved a better place.They paid a heavy pricefor not starting the cham-

game.” After a bright open-ing by both sides, Olympia-kos took the lead in the 16thminute when the Arsenaldefence failed to cut out athrough ball from David

latched on to the pass toround Lukasz Fabianskiand score.

Fabianski was injured a

few minutes later in a colli-sion with Djebbour and VitoMannone took over in goalbut was soon picking theball out of the net after hisfailed clearance in the 36thminute landed at the feetof Fuster, whose weak shottrickled over the line.

Arsenal reduced the ar-rears in the second halfwhen Marouane Chamakhchested the ball down for

a volley in the 57th min-ute. The under-strengthLondoners were unable to

the injury-ravaged Greeksand Olympiakos clincheda third in the 89th minutewhen Francois Modestoscrambled home from acorner.

It seemed like the Greekswere going through untilnews came from Dortmund,leaving Olympiakos playersshaking their heads in a sud-denly quiet stadium. Theywill now have to settle for aplace in the Europa Leaguelast 32 with the draw dueon Dec. 16.

AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis

Olympiakos’ Jose Holebas, left, jumps for the ball with Arsenal’s Sebastien Squillaci during their Champions League Group F soccer match at the Kara-iskaki stadium in the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.

Olympiakos beat Arsenal 3-1 but enter Europa LeagueReuters

ATHENS - Olympiakos Piraeus went from ec-stasy to utter despair after their 3-1 win over Arse-nal looked to be sending them into the ChampionsLeague last 16 only for Olympique Marseille to pipthe Greeks at the death. Marseille’s two late goalsin a 3-2 victory at Borussia Dortmund in the other

Olympiakos had to settle for third place and theEuropa League.

Reuters

TOKYO - Lionel Messi and his team matesare unlikely be quaking in their signaturedboots but Tunisia’s Esperance plan to giveBarcelona a torrid time at the Club World Cup

the weekend before launching an attemptedambush of Barca in Yokohama on Dec. 15.

But Ghana defender Harrison Afful, whoscored a thumping left-foot rocket to win theCAF Champions League for Esperance last

month, said the team feared no one. “Nothingis impossible. I keep on watching my goalover and over again on my computer,” saidthe full-back, recalling his screamer againstWydad Casablanca.

“I can hardly recognise myself because I’mnot used to scoring goals. I’m more of a pro-vider. “I never get tired of watching my teammates congratulate me and hearing the Tunisian

Sadd are likely to provide stubborn opposition

of Ghana’s World Cup squad last year, believes

Esperance could go far in Japan.“We want to go to Japan and put in some

good performances,” said the 25-year-old,whose goal made Esperance kings of Africa

triumph. “It won’t be easy for us, but with theability we’ve got, I can tell you, we’re capableof going a long way in this competition.”

of-the-table ‘Clasico’ showdown with bitterrivals Real Madrid at the weekend but arestill favourites to win the seven-team ClubWorld Cup.

Esperance plan Afful fright for Barca

Champions LeagueResult and Standings

Group E

Chelsea 3 Valencia 0

Racing Genk 1 Bayer Leverkusen 1

Standings P W D L F A Pts

Chelsea* 6 3 2 1 13 4 11

BayerLeverkusen* 6 3 1 2 8 8 10

Valencia+ 6 2 2 2 12 7 8

Racing Genk 6 0 3 3 2 16 3

Group F

Standings P W D L F A Pts

Group G

Standings P W D L F A Pts

6 1 2 3 6 8 5

Group H

Standings P W D L F A PTS

Barcelona * 6 5 1 0 20 4 16

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Villas-Boashits back at Chelsea criticsAgence France Presse

Andre Villas-Boas slammed the snipers who have criticised his Chelsea reign after the Blues sweptinto the Champions League last 16 with a 3-0 victory over Valencia.

Miller feels ‘pretty secure’ in Miami future

ESPN reporter Andrews sues man for peephole videos

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Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone had extended the deadline given to the Austin organisers after they were unable

to sort their contract issues in time.The Bahrain Grand Prix, also in doubt

because of the continued unrest in the

country, is included in the 20-event schedule too.

Bahrain was withdrawn from the 2011 calendar following months of uncertainty because of the problems in the country.

The 2012 season will kick off in Aus-tralia on 18 March and will finish again in Brazil on 25 November.

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, Williams’s other driver this year, is out of contract but hoping to stay on for his 20th season in the sport despite having strong rivals for the seat. Force India, who are expected to confirm Britain’s Paul Di Resta and Germany’s Nico Hulkenberg, also left empty spaces along with HRT and Toro Rosso. Spanish-owned HRT have already announced Spanish veteran Pe-dro de la Rosa as one of their drivers, but his name did not appear on the initial list either. The Formula One sporting regulations decree the International Automobile Federation (FIA) must publish the list on or before Nov. 30 but teams are under no obliga-tion to decide their drivers by that date.

Lotus, formerly the Renault F1 team, had only 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen listed after announcing on Tuesday that the Finn would be

making a comeback with them. Russian Vitaly Petrov, Frenchman Romain Grosjean and Brazil-ian Bruno Senna have all been linked to the team’s second position. Petrov, who has a contract and has raced for the past two seasons, and his man-ager were meeting Lotus bosses on Wednesday to discuss his future with the team. Lotus have now also become a British team after Renault, despite their team factory being in central England, had competed under the French flag.

Despite eight of the 12 teams being British-based, including champions Red Bull, only three (McLaren, Williams and Lotus) will compete with British licences next year. Virgin Racing will become Russian-registered Marussia F1 while Caterham, formerly Team Lotus, compete under the Malaysian flag.

AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano

Red Bull driver and two-time champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany, left, leads at the start of the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix followed by Red Bull teammate Mark Webber of Australia at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday Nov. 27, 2011.

AP Photo/Nelson Antoine

Williams driver Rubens Barrichello of Brazil, steers his car during the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at the Interlagos racetrack in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday Nov. 27, 2011.

Williams leave blank spaces on entry listReuters

LONDON - Williams and Force India were among four teams to have no drivers named on an entry list for next year’s Formula One world championship published by the governing FIA on Wednesday. Williams had been expected to include at least well-funded Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado as one of their drivers but the former champions left both spaces blank, with names to be confirmed at a later date.

2012 Formula 1 calendar

18 March Australian GP25 March Malaysian GP15 April Chinese GP22 April Bahrain GP13 May Spanish GP27 May Monaco GP10 June Canada GP24 June European GP8 July British GP22 July German GP29 July Hungarian GP2 September Belgian GP9 September Italian GP23 September Singapore GP7 October Japanese GP14 October Korean GP28 October Indian GP4 November Abu Dhabi GP18 November US GP25 November Brazilian GP

schedule too.Bahrain was withdrawn from the 2011

calendar following months of uncertainty

20-race 2012 calendarFormula 1’s ruling body, the FIA, has confirmed the 2012 calendar,

with no changes compared to the 20-race version unveiled in August. The calendar includes the race in Austin, Texas, despite doubts about the construction of the circuit.