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His name immediately became a top trending topic online — #Alway-sInOurHeartsZaynMalik — as the band announced it would continue its world tour, “On the Road Again,” without Malik. Plans also remained in place for the now-foursome to record an album later this year.

“For kids now, it’s truly the equiva-lent of if one of the Beatles would have left at the height of their success,” said Rolling Stone Senior Writer Brian Hiatt of Malik’s departure.

One middle-school teacher said the day was among the toughest in her career as tween girls ran out of class in tears.

But while it may be sad news for Malik’s fans, his departure isn’t nec-essarily bad for the band — at least not immediately. The remaining four members have concert dates scheduled

through October and they promise a future for the group.

Unlike Van Halen, which started over when it replaced Roth with a new lead singer (Sammy Hagar); or Oasis, which essentially disbanded when Gallagher left, One Direction is all vocalists, making it easier to absorb a loss.

The band’s only choice now is to continue with four, Hiatt said: “I can’t imagine, under any circumstances, them replacing him.”

One Direction formed in 2010 after five teenagers — Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Malik — auditioned individually for the British TV talent show “The X Factor.” Simon Cowell had the idea of putting them together as a boy band.

They didn’t win the competition, but they went on to score hits and win

young hearts around the world with their perky pop and cheeky personali-ties. Each member has his own follow-ing, with Styles and Malik arguably the most popular.

Cowell said in a statement Wednes-day that One Direction fans “can rest assured that Niall, Liam, Harry and Louis are hugely excited about the future of the band.”

Another British boy band faced a similar challenge in the 1990s, with unsettled results. Take That started as a singing, dancing group of five. When one of its members left, the band finished its world tour, released a single, then broke up. It reunited as a foursome almost a decade later and found new success. The fifth member briefly returned, then left again, fol-lowed by another member’s departure. The group now records and tours as a trio and just released a single this month. It’s too soon to say which way One Direction, or Malik, might go, but making a clean split was a good first step, writes Jason Lipshutz, an associ-ate editor at Billboard.

“Zayn’s exit from One Direction is painful because it means some-thing has ended, but it would have been vastly more painful to approach the next few months with a sense of unsteadiness,” he says. “Now, Zayn is gone, and One Direction can move on.” (ap)

Puspa Negara agreed that the regulation should consider all levels of society, not just those function-ing on a large scale. According to Negara, the regulation should be reviewed or revised. “If it remains in place, the small scale business

sector of wooden crafts will be threatened with bankruptcy, making the regulation irrelevant,” he said.

Wood craftsman, Ketut Sugi-ana, revealed, that as long as the verification system can improve the competitiveness of small and

medium industries (SMI) wanting to export, it is not a problem. How-ever, the government must bear all the costs of licensing and make the process easy to go through.

If the verification system and timber legality is intended to reduce

illegal logging, Sugiana considers it inappropriate because the issue of illegal logging needs to be ad-dressed though permits for forest concessions. “If the government wants to deal with this problem by having craftsmen prove compli-ance of the verification system and timber legality, either the licensing procedure needs to be simplified or the cost of the procedure needs to be covered, so that export values are not disrupted,” said the owner of CV Wahyu Dewata.

It should be noted that most

SMEs in Bali that are involved in this sector, use raw materials that come from Borneo, Sumatra, Su-lawesi and Papua. So if the intention of the new regulation is to prevent illegal logging, supervision should be focused and carried out at the level of forest management. (rah)

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A craftsman showed his products that made from wood in his workshop, recently. Revisions to P.59/2014 by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, have emerged as Regulation No. 43/2014, which makes it mandatory for all timber producers and related industries to pass the verification system and timber legality (SVLK).

Verifying timber legality

Small craftsmen threatened with bankruptcyDENPASAR - Revisions to P.59/2014 by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, have

emerged as Regulation No. 43/2014, which makes it mandatory for all timber producers and related industries to pass the verification system and timber legality (SVLK). This impacts nega-tively on craftsmen, especially small scale craftsmen who do not hold a trading business licenses nor permits of business premises, making it impossible for them to acquire SVLK status. “So, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry’s new regulation threatens the existence and growth of our craft businesses” said former Badung legislator, Wayan Puspa Negara.

PARIS - “Mad Max: Fury Road”, the fourth film in the dystopian cult saga by director George Miller, will screen on May 14 at the Cannes Film Festival, the organisers confirmed Wednesday.

Thirty years after he first rode on

to cinema screens across the globe, “Mad” Max Rockatansky returns in the shape of English actor Tom Hardy, who replaces Mel Gibson, the star of the previous instalments.

In the new movie -- once again set in a post-apocalyptic universe where

biker gangs fight for petrol and water -- Mad Max meets Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron, as she flees across the wasteland.

The film is due for global release immediately after its out-of-competi-tion screening preview in Cannes, the

festival said.The announcement marks the long-

awaited return of Australian director George Miller, 70, whose first “Mad Max” film became an instant world-wide hit in 1979.

He went on to film “Mad Max

2: The Road Warrior” (1981) and “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome” (1985).

The 68th Cannes Film Festival will take place between May 13 and 24, with US filmmakers Joel and Ethan Cohen presiding over the jury. (afp)

NEW YORK — Felicity Jones laughs and says “absolutely” when asked if she’s coming up with vari-ous ways to say she can’t talk about her starring role in the “Star Wars” spin-off “Rogue One.”

“I can’t talk about it. It’s really, really exciting but I can’t talk about it,” she said in a recent interview.

The film was confirmed by Disney’s Bob Iger at a sharehold-ers meeting in San Francisco ear-lier this month. Gareth Edwards (“Godzilla) will begin directing this summer. The movie is scheduled for a Dec. 16, 2016, release.

Jones, 31, said she has had “a fantastic, fantastic few months.” She was nominated for a best-actress Oscar for her role as Jane Hawking in “The Theory of Ev-erything,” and she says all the women nominated in that category supported each other.

“It felt very uncompetitive which was really nice,” she said. “It felt like we were all supporting each other.” (Julianne Moore won for “Still Alice.”)

“Along the way you just bump into the same people,” Jones said of the awards show circuit. “And for all the women in the category we all became really good friends by the end of it. You’d be like, ‘Hey, how are you?’ I did feel like there was a lot of camaraderie between us which was really nice.”

She said it is also nice doing publicity for other projects. “I had a fantastic time with (‘The Theory of Everything’) and it was a very,

very special project to be a part of so I didn’t mind speaking about it endlessly, but I do have to say it’s nice to be talking about something else. Definitely.”

Her next film, “True Story,” star-ring James Franco and Jonah Hill, is a true crime drama. It will be in theaters April 17.

She’s completed the thriller “Autobahn” with Nicholas Holt and a drama “The Monster Calls” with Liam Neeson.

Jones will also co-star with Tom Hanks in the “Da Vinci Code” sequel, “Inferno,” directed by Ron Howard. (ap)

“Mad Max” to make long-awaited comeback at Cannes

Felicity Jones says ‘Stars Wars’ role is

‘really exciting’

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Which way will One Direction go after Malik’s departure?

LOS ANGELES — David Lee Roth and Van Halen. Noel Gallagher and Oasis. And now Zayn Malik and One Direction. Malik said Wednesday he is leaving the chart-topping British boy band “to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight.”

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British band One Direction

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

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is 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, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, 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.

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cal destination where you can raft dramatic rivers, shop for bargains in vibrant local markets, enjoy cultural performances of Hindu dance epics, cycle through gently swaying fields of rice, visit ancient kingdoms and mystical water palaces, climb mighty volcanoes or dive into an exotic world of psychedelic fish. Marriage

As a General Manager of Grand Whiz Hotel Kuta, Widya Wiryawan had made preparation to attract Chi-nese, Asian and Australian market. It was intended to balance the com-position of hotel guests that were currently dominated by domestic travelers. “We will attempt to draw Chinese travelers to this hotel,” said the man from Semarang.

In terms of hotel occupancy reach-ing 70-80 percent, 80 percent of them was domestic travelers. Meanwhile, the remaining was foreign travelers. They were travelers from various regions in Indonesia, including from Jakarta, Semarang, Bandung and some towns on the Island of Sumatra. “During the operation for two years, approximately 50-60 percent of the guests of Grand Whiz Hotel Kuta were repeaters,” said the alumnus of the tourism school.

Then, to reach the target market, the man having a wealth of experience

in the world of tourism admit-ted that all would be set up by extending excellent services to every guest. Friendliness of each employee would be well maintained, so it could create an atmosphere like at their own home. “On that ac-count, guests will be willing to come back here. And it has been proved,” he said.

Moreover, location of Grand Whiz is representative in the center of Kuta tourist resort. It i s ve ry c lose to beach tour-i s t a rea and t o N g u r a h Rai Airport D e n p a s a r . “Rooms are very n ice . And when

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Candi Beach CottagesAMLAPUrA - Candi Beach Cottage located in peaceful east Bali. Escape from the hustle and bustle,

and embrace the tranquility. Its enchanting and intimate 4-star resort rests amid swaying palm trees within the quiet and natural environs of the beautiful Mendira Bay, Candidasa in the royal Balinese regency of Karangasem.

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Widya WiryawanReady to attract Chinese travelers

compared to the other three-star hotel rooms here, it is very con-venient because i t has complete facili-ties,” he concluded. (kmb)

proposals are proffered and accepted. This welcome oasis is where the dream begins.

DENPASAR - Hindu people in Bali are waiting for the Bali Police to perform their duties in relation to the handling of NIM’s contempt of Nyepi case. Two days after the case was reported to Bali Police, on Wednesday (Mar. 25), Chair-man of the Alliance of Community Welfare Observer (Apisemar) I Nyoman Pasek, checked the prog-ress of the case report.

“I’m really disappointed be-cause there has been no develop-ment at all. This case is handled by the Cyber Crime Unit, Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of the Bali Police,” said Pasek.

He is worried about the fate of the case report based on the poor handling of cases in the past. What makes him even more disap-pointed is that the officers asked the complainant (Balinese Hindu NGO) to look for evidence. “It is a criminal case not a civil case. If the performance (of police—Ed) is like this, we will complain to the Indonesian Police Headquarters. Why is the complainant being asked to look for evidence?” he said.

Pasek reminded the Bali Po-lice that Bali has becomes the barometer of many things, either in tourism, security, harmony or other sectors. If the condition of Bali is worsened, Indonesia as a whole will reap the aftermath. “If our report is ignored, we will take action. Two days is long enough to handle a case like this, the Bali Police has advanced cyber tools,” said the man from Karangasem.

Pasek emphasized that the matter of investigation and col-lection of evidence is not his responsibility. This case is very delicate due to the humiliation of the Hindus celebrating Nyepi. “Is there prolonged publication? Moreover, the Hindus have often been harmed and insulted like this,” added Pasek.

If police are not serious, do not blame the people of Bali if they take action themselves. Moreover, the humiliation on Facebook was not only read by people in Indonesia. “Actually, there is no shortage of evidence.

I question the quality of cyber crime officers,” he said.

Academic, Anak Agung Gde Putra Arjawa, also said that he is disappointed with the per-formance of the police. Police should act quickly because the case has an impact on the disrup-tion of social order and threatens religious harmony in Bali. In addition, the Hindus will feel shamed in the eyes of the world because they have been insulted like that.

“Do not let unfortunate things happen due to this incident. I hope that the Bali Police can take immediate measures to handle the case report,” he said.

Arjawa does not believe that police have not been able to ar-rest NIM so short a time. If the case is left too long, the Hindus will become increasingly restless. “If the perpetrator is not handled, such people will appear in num-bers because there is no deterrent effect” said Arjawa.

Spokesman of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, when asked for his confirmation acknowledged that no progress has been made in this case. According to Wiyanto, the report of the Hindu NGO had just been received and is still be-ing explored by the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation. “There has been no progress,” he said briefly.

As reported, the alliance of Hindu mass organizations and representatives of Balinese Hindu reported NIM the owner of the Facebook account in question, to Bali Police on Monday (Mar. 23). They asserted the deed of NIM on the social media site is an insult and an affront to the Hindu religion and is a provocation. The report is related to violations against the Information and Elec-tronic Transactions (ITE).

Therefore, Bali Police are asked to immediately arrest NIM. The names of organizations involved in the mass report are: Love Bali Forum, Cakrawayu and Apisemar. They refer to them-selves as the lovers of Hinduism and Balinese culture. (rah)

According to Ketut Widnyana, Chief of Munduk Tegal Lantang subgroup, Subak Karang Dalem, the mouse attack had been ongo-ing since the rice plants were two months old, around December 2014. The problem was reported to the Badung Agriculture, Horticul-ture and Forestry Agency (DP2K) at the time. “We were helped by being provided with mouse poi-son” he said.

Unfortunately, the problem hasn’t stopped and the mouse attack is even more widespread. Currently, many 60 day old rice plant stems have broken. Approxi-mately 15 hectares of the total 36 hectares of rice fields at the local subak area have been damaged. Other than mice, numerous water

hyacinths are also taking over the paddy fields.

Due to mouse attack, farmers are suffering substantial losses because the losses per hectare can reach as much as IDR 5 million. The total losses for all farmers in the area amount to at least tens of millions of rupiahs. Most money is lost to production costs, such as the purchase of seeds, fertilizer, plant-ing costs and tractor rentals.

Widnyana added that similar problems are also experienced by other regions including Taman vil-lage, Abiansemal subdistrict. For this reason, they hope the govern-ment can provide a solution to deal with the losses suffered by farmers, in the form of subsidies or other forms of assistance to farmers.

When contacted about this matter, the Head of Badung Agri-culture, Horticulture and Forestry Agency, I GAK Sudaratmaja, said his agency had attempted to deal with the mouse attack at Subak Karang Dalem. However, as mice can move quickly, the attacks kept happening. “So, we expect that after the harvest farmers will do a serious cleanup of their fields, so that the mice do not return,” he said.

As for the assistance to farmers, especially agricultural insurance, Sudaratmaja cannot provide any certainty. According to him, the program has been launched by the central government, but until now there is no clarity about the techni-cal matters. (kmb25)

Nyepi insulter case No progress, NGO threatens to report to police

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The damage rice field at Subak Karang Dalem, Selat village, Abiansemal subdistrict.

Mouse attack at Subak Karang Dalem

Dozens of hectares of paddy plants damaged

MANGUPUrA - Farmers at Subak Karang Dalem, Selat village, Abiansemal subdistrict, are bewildered. Approximately 15 hectares of their rice plants have been damaged by mice. As a result, farmers suffer great losses amounting to tens of millions of rupiahs.

3Friday, March 27, 2015 14 InternationalInternational Bali NewsFashion Friday, March 27, 2015

TOKYO - Feminine glamour may turn the most heads at fashion weeks in New York or Paris, but in Tokyo it is the style-conscious men who set the sartorial trends.

From sharp futurism to wool-and-denim casuals, the finale of Tokyo Fashion Week put the spotlight largely on menswear, aiming to promote the most dynamic area of Japanese clothes design.

“What happens here is probably the future of men’s fashion,” said Antonio Cristaudo from Pitti Immagine, a collection of fashion industry events in Italy.

“There’s individuality, they want to be different,” he told AFP. “It’s important for all the fashion world to see what’s happening in Japan.”

Such innovation is nowhere more evident than on the streets of Tokyo, from the vintage and skater styles of Ura-Hara to the slick suits of the Marunouchi business district.

With sharp tailoring and eye-catch-ing accessories, from hats and bags to shiny shoes, the get-up of Tokyo gents is striking to the first-time visitor.

“The menswear is just so much more exciting than womenswear here,” said Misha Janette, an American fashion journalist based in Tokyo, who suggested the tendency for women to cover up meant their clothes could be “a bit shapeless”.

For the men, meanwhile, “it’s ok to do your hair, be into fashion, use skincare,” Janette said. “They like to be proper in Japan.”

Although Tokyo’s dandies shine at home and start trends that travel abroad, the success of Japan’s own designers has been limited overseas.

The industry is now trying to change that with the new Tokyo Fash-ion Awards, backed by the city govern-

The singer, songwriter and record producer was singled out for the Fashion Icon Award, to be bestowed June 1 at Lincoln Center, as some-body whose individual style has made a significant impact on popular culture on an international scale.

“If cool was a person, it would be Pharrell, not just for his looks and sense of style but for his kind-ness and openness. I cannot imagine anyone not seduced by him,” said Diane von Furstenberg, president of the CFDA, in a statement released

Wednesday.Last year’s recipient was Rihan-

na, who wore a see-through dress to collect her award. Johnny Depp, Lady Gaga, Iman, Kate Moss and Nicole Kidman are among past winners.

In addition to music, Pharrell co-founded the clothing brands Bil-lionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream Footwear. He has a New York City boutique and has co-designed jewelry and eyeglasses for Louis Vuitton. (ap)

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Male models display designers creation during Tokyo Fashion Week’s 2015-16 Autumn/Winter collection in Tokyo, recently.

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Pharrell Williams chosen as fashion icon of the year

NEW YORK — Pharrell Williams, fond of high hats and fabulous shoes, will be honored as a fashion icon by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Tokyo men stay one step ahead in style

ment, which push homegrown brands to emulate their leading lights such as Junya Watanabe and Rei Kawakubo, founder of Comme des Garcons.

The awards jury chose six brands, predominantly menswear-focused, which were seen to have international potential. The winners held a show-room at Paris Fashion Week this year and presented their autumn/winter collections in Tokyo on Saturday.

They ranged from the “sheep boy” theme of the brand Factotum, designed by Koji Udo and inspired by a Haruki Murakami novel, to the futuristic colour-popped creations of John Lawrence Sullivan, a label by Arashi Yanagawa named after the 19th century American boxer.

“These are brands already very popular in Tokyo but they now have to start going overseas,” said Akiko Shi-noda, director of international affairs at Japan Fashion Week Organisation, who cited a lack of focus on sales and few English-language speakers as bar-riers to success.

Winning designer Udo was frank about Japan’s need to “develop de-signs beyond street fashion”, but he expressed confidence in his clothes’ practical appeal.

“The special feature of men’s fashion in Japan is that it’s actually wearable on the streets, in contrast to fashion coming from American and European fashion houses,” he told AFP after his show.

Motofumi “Poggy” Kogi, a buyer for local retailer United Arrows and a fashion awards judge, said strong col-laboration with craftsmen and textile producers was also a crucial part of Japanese fashion.

“Japan has embraced mass produc-tion but has stayed true to the impor-tance of small details,” Kogi said.

That attention to detail was praised by international buyers visiting Tokyo, who said the city’s pioneering styles were becoming all the more important as men worldwide take greater interest in dress and grooming.

Eric Jennings, vice president and fashion director in menswear, home and beauty at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York, said there had been “un-precedented growth” in the sector in the United States.

“For the first time probably ever, men are embracing fashion, upgrad-ing their wardrobes. They’re now outperforming woman consistently coming out of the recession,” he said on his first visit to Tokyo.

“The trends start in Japan and then they migrate to Europe and then the US. So this is getting one step ahead for me.” (afp)

Headman of Tegal Mengkeb, Dewa Made Widarma, explained that so far a total of 17 harvester groups have been established in his village. Each group has 15 to 20 members. Vil-lage authorities provide assistance in the form of rice harvesting machines or power threshers. “The program has also received attention from the local government who are also providing assistance to the harvester groups at Tegal Mengkeb,” said Widarma.

Widarma explained that the es-tablishment of groups focused on harvesting rice emerged out of the realization that there was a the lack of human resources and technology. “Local rice harvesters in Bali are almost extinct and we want to revive this profession,” he said.

He went on to say that Tegal Meng-keb village is one of the villages that has the widest subak area in Bali. Each season, the price of grain bought from farmers diminishes. Having analyzed the situation, it turned out that this was due to the subterfuge of speculators who would elay the rice harvest of farmers. “If the local harvester groups are revived, the subterfuge involved in

grain prices can be prevented so that the prices can be stabilized at the level of farmers,” he said.

Widarma recognizes that the mem-bers of harvester groups are still predominatly people from the older generation. For this reason, they will continue to encourage young people to get involved in the rice harvesting business. According to Widarman, the revenue potential is quite large. Every four months there is a rice harvest and and Tegal Mengkeb village pays out about IDR 150 million to farmers to harvest the rice.

“Typically these funds are absorbed by labourers from outside Bali. In the future this will be received by local rice harvesters,” he said.

Village authorities project that in 2018 the harvester groups will be able to serve all the needs of the rice harvest at Tegal Mengkeb village themselves. “At the moment, there is still not enough local labour,” he said.

Widarma hopes that in the future the harvester group at Tegal Mengkeb village will develop enough that they can serve the needs of all the subak areas in Bali. (kmb24)

BANGLI - Allocation of the Hotel and Restaurant Tax (PHR) from Badung and Denpasar to Bangli has not been fully utilized. According to the report on the use of the allocation of the hotel and restaurant taxes from Denpasar and Badung for the fiscal year (fourth quarter of 2014), compiled by Finance Division of the Bangli Regional Secre-tariat, the total funds received by Bangli County in 2014 amounted to IDR 17.2 billion. Of that amount, they only used funds amounting to IDR 11.03 billion, with a relatively large amount being left unused - namely IDR 6.7 billion.

The report submitted to the Gov-ernment of Bali, mentions that the disbursement of the funds from the PHR allocation that was received by the county of Bangli, was not only used to fund programs undertaken by the Culture and Tourism Agency but also a number of programs in five other agencies as well. For instance, over IDR 4.7 billion of the allocation funds were used to finance the maintenance of roads and bridges worked on by the Public Works Agency.In addition, over IDR 2.4 billion was used for the procurement and maintenance of sani-tation and landscaping infrastructure as well as the waste management program undertaken by the Urban Planning Agency. Disbursement of the PHR allocation was also used to finance the spatial planning program to the tune of IDR 299 million and handled by the Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda). A total of IDR 420

million was used to finance the waste management development program by the Environment Agency.

Approximately IDR 454 million was used by the Industry and Trade Agency to finance the domestic trade efficiency program with activities such as the construction and renovation of the Kidul Market as well as the devel-opment activities and revitalization of other traditional markets. To finance the program handled by the Culture and Tourism Agency for tourist destination development, management of cultural diversity and the development of cul-tural treasures use approximately IDR 2.6 billion of the funds.

However, in the report there are no details about the locations of each of these programs’ activities. For example, the report mentions the program for the maintenance of roads and bridges car-ried out by the Public Works Agency but does not explicitly give the name or location of the roads that were rehabili-tated. The Division Head of Finance, Ketut Nurjana, said that the details re-garding the location of the activities can only be found within the agencies that carried out the programs. The Finance Division only prepares a report on the general activities of eat agency.

Regarding the causes of the unused PHR funds, Nurjana only said that it will not be returned to the govern-ment of Bali, as it is part of the Silpa or remaining budget that will be used to finance development activities next year. (kmb40)

KUTA - Intense competition in the medium SUV category in Bali on 2014 was won by Toyota with its product Toyota Rush. Toyota managed to control 48 percent market share in the medium SUV. In order to further increase market penetration, Toyota presents New Toyota Rush.

According to Head Branch Au-to2000 Sanur, M. Jainuri on Thursday, the positive response of consumers make Toyota always improve, both in-terior and exterior, of Rush. Since 2006, explained Jainuri, Toyota has released several product improvement of Rush. “In 2015, we carried out repairs in the interior and exterior with the launch of the New Rush. In this new Rush, its ground clearance was changed to 200 mm to provide comfort and driving safety in all fields. This vehicle would be very suitable in Bali,” said Jainuri.

Added Head Branch Auto2000 Tabanan, Triyana Anom, for security, New Rush equipped with airbags for the driver and front passenger. While seatbelt pretensioner and force limiters remains one of the hallmarks of New Rush. For convenience, the New Rush has a roomy cabin and is able to accom-modate up to seven passengers.

Related to sales, Jainuri, Anom, and Head of Branch Auto2000 Gianyar, Wahyu Adhie and Branch Auto2000 Tjokroaminoto, Haris Prasetya, opti-mistic that New Rush to meet 2015’s target. Judging from the sales, along 2014, Rush occupy 48 percent market share of the total medium SUV sold in Bali. In sum, the total medium SUV marketed in Bali reach 1,986 units and Rush successfully sold 953 units.

Even in the period of January and February 2015, said Jainuri, Rush managed to increase market share by 7 percent, from 48 percent to 55 percent. During the two months in early 2015, the medium SUV sold in Bali reached 315 units, with 173 units of which is the Toyota Rush.

With the presence of New Rush, he said, until the end of 2015, Toyota targeted to be in number one position and increased market share from 48 percent in 2014 to 50 percent. For sold units, Jainuri targeted around 110 units per month. “We are optimistic New Rush can achieve these targets as Bali consumers are still very interested in Rush and the improvement that we are offer will definitely boost sales,” said Jainuri. (kmb18)

Toyota masters medium SUV sales in Bali

PHR funds allocated to Bangli, not all used

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Tegal Mengkeb village in the East Selemadeg subdistrict develops sekaa manyi or harvester group that focuses on harvesting rice.

Rice harvesters almost extinct

Tegal Mengkeb village establishes harvester groups

TABANAN - Since rice harvesters are almost extinct in Bali, especially in Tabanan, farmers end up relying heavily on labourers from outside the region in order to harvest the crops. Conse-quently, other than the high cost of hiring labourers for the harvest, farmers are also subject to the potential of speculators playing with the price of grain bought directly from farmers. To deal with such conditions, Tegal Mengkeb village in East Selemadeg subdistrict has developed sekaa manyi or harvester groups that focus on harvesting rice.

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Deputy Prime Minister Sok An presided over the ceremony, which was attended by representatives from the United Nations and a U.N.-backed tribunal trying former Khmer Rouge officials.

He said the 6-meter (20-foot) -high memorial, designed like a Buddhist stupa, will “serve as an educational tool for the next genera-tions to remember and prevent the return of such a dark regime.” An estimated 1.7 million people died as a result of the Khmer Rouge’s radi-cal policies from 1975 to 1979.

Tuol Sleng was one of a number of torture and execution centers. The tribunal has identified 12,272 victims who passed through its

gates, but the actual number is believed to be around 16,000. Virtually all were taken away after torture and killed elsewhere. Only a handful survived.

The memorial replaces a similar one that disintegrated inside the Tuol Sleng complex and is part of a renovation of the museum that began in 2010.

Sok An rejected criticism from human rights groups that the gov-ernment is interfering in the Khmer Rouge tribunal. “I wish to reiter-ate that the government will not intervene, will not interfere with the internal affairs of the court,” he said.

Prime Minister Hun Sen warned

recently that adding new defendants could incite former Khmer Rouge members to start a civil war, and that the court’s investigations had “almost gone beyond the limit.” He has made similar comments on many occasions.

Earlier this month, the tribunal indicted two more suspects — for-mer Khmer Rouge navy chief Meas Muth and former district command-er Im Chaem. They were charged with homicide and crimes against humanity, including enslavement and persecution on political and ethnic grounds. Two of the group’s top surviving leaders received life sentences last August for crimes against humanity. (ap)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran entered a critical phase on Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meeting his Iranian counterpart less than a week away from an end-of-month deadline to secure the outline of a deal.

With the clock ticking, Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mo-hammad Javad Zarif and their teams huddled Thursday in the Swiss resort town of Lausanne on Lake Geneva trying to overcome still significant gaps after nearly two years of negotiations between Iran and the five permanent mem-bers of the U.N. Security Council and Germany. The top diplomats from Britain, China, France, Ger-many and Russia are expected to join the talks if the U.S. and Iran are close to an agreement.

U.S. officials say the March 31 deadline is achievable but remains uncertain. En route to Switzerland with Kerry on Wednesday, one official said the American side “can see a path forward to get to agreement” by the end of March as the last round of talks produced more progress than many previ-ous rounds. The official was not authorized to discuss the talks by name and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The Iranian side was more up-beat. Ali Akbar Salehi, Tehran’s top nuclear official, told Iran’s IRNA news agency that the talks have already reached a “common understanding” on technical is-sues. Salehi, who also is at the talks, added he was optimistic that a comprehensive deal also was

within reach.The pressure is high. The seven

nations have set themselves a March 31 deadline for the outline of a final accord they hope to seal by the end of June. Both President Barack Obama and Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have spoken against what would be a third extension of the talks.

And, looming over this round of talks are the crises in Yemen, where U.S. allies, including Saudi Arabia, have launched air strikes against Iranian-backed Shiite rebels that toppled the government, and Iraq, where the U.S. is now providing air support to the Iraqi government’s Iranian-backed offensive to retake the city of Tikrit from Islamic State group militants.

At the opening session of Thurs-day’s talks neither Kerry nor Zarif responded to reporters’ questions about whether the situation in Ye-men would be discussed.

Opponents of a nuclear deal, among them wary American allies in the Middle East and hardliners in Iran and in Congress, stand ready to complicate the process if negotia-tors cannot reach a breakthrough in the next six days. American lawmakers have threatened new sanctions on Iran as well as the establishment of a process which would allow them to vote down any final accord.

The United States and its part-ners are trying to get Iran to cut the number of centrifuges it uses to enrich uranium, material that can be used in warheads, and agree to other restrictions on what the Islamic Re-public insists is a peaceful nuclear program. (ap)

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A view from barbed wire to Memorial during its opening ceremony in Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, March 26, 2015. The memorial built at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum to remember at least 12,000 people tortured and killed there during the radical Khmer Rouge regime, has been official inaugurated Thursday.

Cambodia inaugurates memorial at Khmer Rouge

genocide museumPHNOM PENH — Cambodian officials inaugurated a memorial at the Tuol Sleng Genocide

Museum on Thursday to remember more than 12,000 people tortured at the site when it was a Khmer Rouge prison. Buddhist monks chanted prayers at a ceremony at the museum, a former high school that the Khmer Rouge converted into a prison after taking power in 1975.

US, Iran nuke talks enter critical round ahead of deadline

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Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi waits on an elevator before talks with US officials at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne on Thursday, March 26, 2015 during negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program.

Such condition have caused mer-

chants at the m a r k e t

com-

plain to the Bangli Urban Planning Agency. Yudi Sutha claimed to be disappointed with the sluggish per-formance of market janitor under the auspices of the Bangli Industry and Trade Agency.

According to field observations, the piles of waste can be found

all around the market. On any given day, janitors are rarely

seen and merchants are frustrated because

the waste is not transported

a w a y and is

left to rot.

Sutha explained that her Agency cannot bear to see the untidiness of Kidul Market. She said that the market is supposed to be clean and comfortable, but in fact it resembles a landfill. Moreover, the location of the Kidul Market, in the town center should be taken into account regard-ing general sanitary conditions. She therefor deployed dozens of officers to transport the piles of waste. Armed with equipment, the officers struggled to transport the stinking waste.

It was much deplored that during the cleaning up of the market not a single janitor could be found. This made Yudi Sutha increasingly furious and occasionally she looked quite emotional. During the cleanup, Sutha also provided guidance for merchants so as to help maintain the sanitation of the market. However, the traders argued that they have to pay a sanita-tion levy. Such statements made also made her angry and she rebuked the comments of the stubborn merchants

saying that if they did not want to contribute to the sanitation of

the market that they should not be selling at Kudil

Market “If the trad-ers do not want

to keep the m a r -

ket clean, it is better that they not sell here,” she said.

Furthermore, related to market sanitation, Yudi Sutha admitted that she had already coordinated with the Industry and Trade Agency who operates the market, but it turns out that the officers appointed to the task of maintaining the cleanliness of the market, just don’t do their job. At the time of the market clean-up Sutha said to Trade Agency representatives: “if possible, please call the janitors and give them some coaching,” she said.

As for the sanitation levy that the merchants pay, Sutha responded firmly saying that although there is a sanitation levy, all the traders are still required to maintain the sanitation of the market, and must not leave it entirely to the market janitors. She also warned the merchants and the Industry and Trade Agency that her party came down this once to help handle the market sanitation crisis, but that the market sanitation is now fully back on the shoulders of the lo-cal janitors. “We just help this once, next time we will not help again,” she said.

Market Sanitation Supervisor of the Urban Planning Agency, Nyoman Ardana, confirmed that the market janitors are very rarely seen. He ac-cused some of the officers of taking a blind salary because their rights

and obligations are unbalanced. “Performance of the officers is not maximal, the waste is rarely trans-ported,” he said.

Section Head of the Commerce Business Development, Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, Ketut Ngayum, recognized that the jani-tors are not working optimally. Nevertheless, his party admitted to have provided guidance for the merchants every day. “Every day I have appealed to traders to keep the market clean,” he said.

Similar statements were also disclosed by the Head of Industry and Trade Agency, IGP Wahyuda who said that previously, some mer-chants at Kidul Market admitted to have lost customers because of the market environment being rundown. It is said that buyers prefer to shop outside the market because it is more

convenient. (kmb45)

DENPASAR - A commotion occurred at the home of a 57 year old Australian tourist with the ini-tials PW, on Jalan Tunggak Bingin, Sanur Kauh, South Denpasar, on Sunday (Mar. 22). PW beat up AD, 33, who is suspected of having an affair with his wife. Allegedly AD wanted to meet up with the wife of PW but was caught before he could reach her.

Chief of South Denpasar Po-

lice, Nanang Prihasmoko, said on Wednesday (Mar. 25) that at ap-proximately 9:30 p.m. AD came into the courtyard of PW’s house through the back door. But on ar-rival in the backyard, he was caught by PW. “PW immediately caught the surprised perpetrator. But the perpetrator tried to flee and a fight broke out,” the police chief added.

Based on the explanation that PW’s child, DW, 11, gave to the

police officer, at the time of the incident, he was studying in the room. Suddenly DW heard noises in the back of the house. DW im-mediately came out of the house and saw his father fighting with the perpetrator.

“The witness (DW—Ed) wanted to help his father. He picked up a bottle and was going to hit the perpetrator on the head,” said the former Chief of Detainee and Evi-

dence Unit of Denpasar Police.The child’s intention was pre-

vented by his mother. DW was immediately pulled by his mother and told to get back in his room “The incident indicates a suspicion that the mother of DW was having an affair with the perpetrator,” he said.

Once captured, the tourist from Australia reported the incident to South Denpasar Police. After

receiving the report, the officers immediately came down to the scene and upon arrival immediately arrested the man from Ambon and brought him to police station.

“Based on the results of the ex-amination, the perpetrator is alleged to have a very close relationship with the victim’s wife (PW—Ed). The perpetrator recklessly met the victim’s wife but was caught and a fight broke,” he said. (kmb36)

Australian citizen beats up wife’s alleged lover

Waste piles up at Kidul Market

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The Kidul Market

BANGLI - Mounting waste at Kidul Market, Wednesday (Mar. 25), that show the lack of responsibility of the local janitors makes the Head of Bangli Urban Plan-

ning Agency, Ida Ayu Yudi Sutha, furious. Especially, because of the stench that garbage emitted after having been left

for days.

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BUSINESS

Europe is the world’s biggest economy, but despite its 500 million potential consumers, in many ways it remains a divided continent of 28 distinct econo-mies, especially when it comes to media and the Internet.

Across the EU, digital services like music streaming site Spotify or shopping behemoth Amazon, often remain confined to national borders, with separate accounts required from one country to another.

“Let us do away with all those fences and walls that block us online,” Andrus Ansip, the Com-mission’s vice president for the digital single market, said in a statement.

The push to make all online media -- whether music, film or TV -- available across the EU is just one of several proposals that

the EU will officially unveil in a policy package on May 6.

But already Ansip said the road to implement the plan will be arduous, despite being a top ambition of European Commis-sion head Jean-Claude Juncker who has promised to put all his energy into creating a single digital economy in Europe during his mandate.

“I am under no illusions: it will be an uphill struggle,” Ansip told journalists.

The biggest block to the plan is its sheer ambition, almost certain to draw a dizzying array of opponents from digital power-houses -- such as Google or Apple -- to filmmakers and shopkeep-ers afraid for the livelihood and revenue streams.

Probably the thorniest issue to resolve are copyright and trade-

mark laws that vary hugely across the EU and are the key barrier to blocking content mobility in Europe.

“Today the situation is lose-lose, People are ready to pay, but we are not accepting their money,” Ansip said.

“We would like to create win-win,” he said, adding that a more “modern” attitude to copyright could help ween users away from illegal downloads.

Ansip also unveiled mea-sures to encourage cross border online shopping. Today, only 15 percent of consumers shop online from another country, the EU said.

“According to entrepreneurs, the price of parcel delivery and lack of transparency is main obstacle for (cross border) e-commerce,” Ansip said. (afp)

DENPASAR - Lakhwinder Wadali, world-acclaimed singer, specializing in Sufi songs and music as well as popular music, enthralled the capacity-packed audiences in Makassar, South Sulawesi and Denpasar, Bali, in eastern Indonesia. The Indian singer received repeated rounds of applause from his near-hysterical audiences at both places culminating in standing ovations and thunderous applause at conclusion of events.

The singer performed, along with a 10-member troupe, at the Univer-sitas Negeri Makassar (UNM) and Bali Art Centre in Denpasar on 23 March and 24 March 2015, respectively. The troupe included musicians playing traditional musical instruments as well as co-singers, who gave outstanding performances at both venues.

The Sufi music performances were organized and facilitated by the Consulate General of India in Bali, in close collaboration with the UNM in Makassar and the Provincial Government of Bali in Denpasar.

In Denpasar, the performance was held at the Ksirarnawa Auditorium in Bali Art Centre, with presence of a large number of members of the Indian as well as Balinese and expatriate communities. Members of the diplomatic corps, officials of the Provincial and City Administrations, the Bali Office of the Ministry of Religious Affairs attended the event. Noted art writer, Jean Couteau and an eminent Balinese painter, Mario Blanco, were also present with their spouses and families, besides office-bearers of the Indian Association in Bali (IAB).

The rendering of soulful Sufi music with their deep meaning lyrics and music left the entire audience spell-bound and mesmerized, applauding the artistes repeatedly throughout the performance. At the conclusion, the audience gave a standing ovation to Lakhwinder Wadali and his troupe.

Lakhwinder Wadali belongs to Patiala Gharana and sixth generation of musicians given to singing the messages of Sufi Saints. He has been extensively trained in the art of singing under the tutorship of his father, Padamshri Ustad Puran Chand Wadali, and uncle, Ustad Piyarelal Wadali. Lakhwinder Wadali’s style of singing is unique and has fine blend of classical and contemporary music. Lakhwinder Wadali has performed extensively in cultural programmes in India and abroad. (r)

GIANYAR - Development of Ubud as an international tourist destination has an impact on the surrounding villages. Beauty of the village and its tourist attraction are not far appealing compared to those in Ubud. Customs, culture and hospitality of the people re-main intense inspired by the tradi-tion of Hinduism. The surrounding villages are such as Mas, Pejeng, Kemenuh and Blahbatuh.

Batuan village retains various kinds of uniqueness and char-acteristics, so it has become a famous tourism village with the art appeals. At this village, people can still find an ancient Balinese house with interesting art activities of the society. There are people working as a painter, sculptor and mask carver.

Meanwhile, the ancient Balinese house is located at Penida hamlet, Batuan. Layout, building elements, entrance gates and structures look very ancient like an antiquity. Along the road at the village, the artists look absorbing in painting on canvas and eggshells. Some other traditions it has are the mask

carving, wood carving, making sculptures and other crafts.

Village Temple of Batuan is also a unique and famous tourist attrac-tion. Carving style, cockfighting and mapeed (parade) tradition have been already well-known in the eyes of foreign travelers. The village also has a mask, Rejang and ancient Gambuh art troupes.

Blahbatuh village has spread its charm so that many travelers come to visit it. Blahbatuh Grand Palace is known as ancient royal palace with its own charm. This palace retains a Balinese architectural design divided into three zones namely the outermost courtyard, middle courtyard and innermost courtyard in accordance with the Kosala Kosali concept.

This palace has a sacred relic in the form of Gajah Mada mask, a weapon known as Ki Tunjung Tutur in the form of large blowpipe and gambuh (ancient operetta) puppet making the palace have sa-cred vibration. Various traditional arts like the gamelan, dance and vocals are still sustainable. Local traditional market also becomes

an attraction to foreign travelers. The famous handicraft products at Blahbatuh village are bamboo chair, table and lamp trinkets. In harmony with the tourism develop-ment, many Batuan residents rely on their life in the service sector.

Mas village has almost the same condition and charms as Ubud. It is the center of wood carving handi-crafts. Even, it has been known as a producer of sculpture and mask long before the development of tourism. On that account, along the way travelers can see the art shops displaying their handicraft products like sculpture and wood carvings. Besides, its design has also developed from traditional to the abstract and modern style.

Similarly, this village is also often chosen as an appropriate ac-commodation by world travelers. People’s houses with star-rated hotel standards are often chosen as a place of residence. On that account, the friendly Mas residents can become their friends when unwinding and relaxing. Another comparably interesting village to Ubud is Pejeng village. This vil-

lage offers spiritual tourist centers. Among them, there are Kebo Edan Temple, Pusering Jagat Temple, Penataran Sasih Temple and Garba Temple.

Penataran Sasih Temple is very famous because it has a bronze kettledrum with the length of 186.5 cm also known as the ‘Moon of Pejeng.’ It is said that the moon fell from the sky at the village. Besides, there are also relics of giant statues, Brahma statue, Gane-sha statue and statues of the other gods. Local beautiful nature is often taken advantage by travelers for trekking and cycling. Rice field landscape and friendly community can be an appeal while crossing at the village. Such an atmosphere is also visible at Payangan village. With the natural beauty of the vil-lage, lately the Payangan village is besieged by investors to build tourist accommodation facilities.

?Kemenuh village also becomes a tourist attraction. The village inhabited by 1,056 people has sculpture handicrafts, Tegenun-gan Waterfall attraction as well as the arts and culture becoming

local distinctive appeal. The vil-lage offers beautiful views of rice fields and tourist accommodation like hotels and villas. The accom-modation is owned and managed by local people. Kemenuh village is located in Sukawati subdistrict, very close to Ubud area. The vil-lage has market tourism in the form of gallery currently amounting to 50 units. The potential of exotic nature makes the village a center of trekking activities. Hotel guests staying in Ubud area often take advantage of the tourist facilities located at the edge of Petanu River. Likewise, there are many villas and houses of expatriates work-ing as environmental and health observers.

Kemenuh is also rich in culinary treasures. Many stalls and restau-rants offer Balinese traditional cuisines at the village. Similarly, there is Bale Budaya, a resident’s house which prepares a variety of typical foods. A unique tradition drawing the interest of travelers is ngedeblag, a ceremonial proces-sion as repellent of disasters and plagues. (kmb)

Tourism villages in Ubud and beyond

IBP/Courtesy of India Consulate

Lakhwinder Wadali, world-acclaimed singer, specializing in Sufi songs and music as well as popular music enthralled the capacity-packed audiences in Bali.

Sufi Singer Lakhwinder Wadali rocks eastern Indonesia

NEW YORK — Wall Street’s deal-making renaissance shows no sign of ending. Heinz’s $45 billion acquisition Kraft Foods, announced Wednesday, has helped maintain the momentum in the market for mergers and acquisitions.

So far this year companies glob-ally have struck deals worth $802 billion, according to data provider Dealogic. That compares with $733 billion in the first quarter of 2014 and makes it the best first quarter for deal-making in at least five years.

Other big deals in the works in-clude Simon Property’s bid to buy rival Macerich, which owns and operates shopping malls, and Ab-bVie’s deal to buy Pharmacyclics, a maker of cancer drugs.

Rising confidence among top-level executives about the outlook for the economy is key to the surging number of deals, says Neil Dhar, U.S. Capital Markets Leader at PwC.

In the immediate aftermath of the recession, companies concen-trated on cutting costs, focusing on survival rather than expansion. That focus, combined with an improving economy, helped them build up huge cash piles.

Now, as the unemployment rate has fallen and growth has picked up, executives have become more optimistic about the future and want to think about growth. Corporate leaders are also getting more pres-sure from shareholders to boost

growth.Financial markets are helping

too. A six-year rally in stocks since the end of the recession is boost-ing confidence and with interest rates remaining low, acquirers can borrow money cheaply to finance deals.

“Generally speaking that land-scape seems to be ... pretty posi-tive,” says Dhar, an expert on deals. “When you see that, people are more ambitious, they get pushed more by their boards, and by their shareholders, on how they’re going to grow.”

One of the quickest ways of growing, of course, is acquiring one of your rivals.

The number of deals has been increasing steadily since the end of the recession, reaching $3.6 trillion globally last year, the third-highest on record after 2007 and 2006.

The stronger dollar should also lead to more U.S. companies mak-ing acquisitions overseas, says Rich Jeanneret, Americas Vice Chair of Transaction Advisory Services at consultant EY. The dollar has surged against most major cur-rencies in the last six months. The U.S. currency has gained 14 percent against the euro in that period, and 9 percent against the Japanese yen.

The rising dollar “creates buying opportunities for companies from the United States in other parts of the world, particularly Europe,” says Jeanneret. (ap)

TOKYO - The dollar fell against the yen and euro Thurs-day after poor US data dented confidence in the world’s top economy and threw into question the timeline for a long-awaited Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

In Tokyo, the greenback slid to 118.99 yen, from 119.43 yen in New York and 119.62 yen in Asia earlier Wednesday.

The euro rose to $1.0986 from $1.0973 after an upbeat German business confidence report, but the unit eased to 130.75 yen from 131.05 yen.

On Wednesday, the US Com-merce Department reported an unexpected drop in orders for durable goods, such as cars and appliances, hinting at weakness

in the economy.The downbeat will likely put

back the Fed’s timeline on when to raise interest rates. The green-back, which has rallied strongly this year, was already facing sell-ing pressure after the bank last week cut its projections for inter-est rates and economic growth.

“The dollar bull run is starting to turn,” said Dominic Bunning, a senior currency strategist at HSBC in Hong Kong.

“It’s already clear that US data is underperforming expectations and has been for the past couple of months,” which may keep the Fed on a very slow path to raising rates, he told Bloomberg News.

Mark McCormick, a foreign-exchange strategist at Credit Agricole, added: “The dollar

is vulnerable to US economic data surprises, and soft prints are likely to keep it on the back foot.”

The Fed has kept its target borrowing rate at near-zero since December 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis.

In other trading, the euro won support from the closely watched Ifo economic institute index on German business confidence, which rose in March to its highest level in eight months. Germany is Europe’s biggest economy.

The report followed another key report Tuesday that showed eurozone business activity near a four-year high in March.

The dollar was mostly stronger against other Asia-Pacific curren-cies. (afp)

Dollar slips against euro, yen after weak US data

EU unveils ambitious overhaul of digital economyBRUSSELS - The EU unveiled an ambitious plan to overhaul Europe’s fragmented digital

landscape on Wednesday that would allow Europeans traveling in other bloc countries to get their Netflix film fix or watch BBC iPlayer even when abroad.

Merger momentum keeps on rolling with Heinz deal for Kraft

AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File

This Wednesday, March 2, 2011, file photo, shows containers of Heinz ketchup on the shelf of a market, in Barre, Vt. H.J. Heinz Co. is buying Kraft Foods Group Inc., creating what the companies say will be the third-largest food and bever-age company in North America, the companies announced Wednesday, March 25, 2015.

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Toyota Motor will invest $1.6 billion while Suzuki Motor will increase its planned investment by $1 billion, Franky Sibarani, chairman of the Investment Co-

ordinating Board, said in a press release on Thursday, without giving a timeline.

Southeast Asia’s largest economy also attracted $3 billion in Japanese commit-

ments for other industries including tex-tiles, steel, fisheries and power, Sibarani said, adding that the commitments will be realised this year. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesian militants believed to have returned from fighting with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria are suspected of being behind an attempted chlorine bomb attack in a shopping mall last month, police said Wednesday.

The homemade device -- made up of several bottles and a detonator -- was discovered in the mall south of Jakarta after it failed to go off properly. Police said it was the first such attack ever attempted in Indonesia. National Police Inspector Gen-eral, Tito Karnavian, said the use of the chlorine resembled tactics employed by IS jihadists, who have taken over a vast swathe of territory in Syria and Iraq.

“It really surprised us,” said the former commander of the police’s elite counter-terror unit.

“This is a signature of ISIS,” he added, referring to the jihadists by an alternative name. “It is connected to a group likely already returned from Syria.”

He said police were pursuing “very good leads” into the bomb attempt but would not reveal further details. Exposure to chlorine gas causes intense irritation to the eyes, skin and airways, and can be deadly.

IS has been accused of using chlorine, notably in a Janu-ary 23 car bomb attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq. The Syrian regime has also been accused of carrying out chlorine gas attacks. Indonesia, a hotbed of extremist violence in the past, has largely dismantled the Islamic militant networks respon-sible for a string of deadly attacks throughout the country in the early 2000s.

But the rise of IS poses a new threat, with nearly 160 In-donesians confirmed by police as having left to join IS, and authorities worried about the potential for radicals to revive extremist groups on their return.

Indonesian anti-terror police this week arrested five men who allegedly arranged for a group of mostly women and children to try and enter Syria to join IS. (afp)

JAKARTA/BENGALURU - Indone-sia’s big, state-run banks are counting on government-led infrastructure projects to revive flagging loan growth as they reduce credit lines to the risky commodi-ties sector and as local businesses delay expansion plans.

A more cautious approach to lending since last year cut overall loan growth to 11.5 percent in January, the smallest year-on-year gain in almost five years, the latest central bank data shows. The lend-ing slowdown lowered 2014 profit growth to 4.5 percent, the weakest pace in nine years, according to a Thomson Reuters analysis of 15 banks including PT Bank Mandiri Tbk, PT Bank Central Asia Tbk and PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk.

The government’s planned infrastruc-ture projects will help lift loan growth in the second half of 2015, analysts say. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has identified improving Indonesia’s dilapi-dated infrastructure as a priority. He is in Japan and China this week partly to drum up investor interest to help build badly needed ports, power plants and toll roads in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. But if the projects are delayed or cancelled, “our worry is that loan growth this year will not even reach 14 percent,” said Teguh Hartanto, a banking analyst at Jakarta-based Bahana Securities.

Growth in outstanding loans slowed to 11.6 percent last year, compared with a 12.3 percent increase in third-party funds

including bank deposits. Loan growth has slowed since the central bank in late 2013 ordered banks to curb lending, concerned about over-heating. Loan growth had outpaced deposit growth by 7 percentage points a year over the previous 10 years, according to a Standard Chartered report in April 2014.

Indonesian banks have reduced their exposure to commodity firms as Chinese demand for resources from coal to palm oil has slowed. Many local businesses have also put their expansion plans on hold due to the slowing economy and the rupiah’s plunge against the dollar, cutting demand for corporate loans. Non-performing loans are still relatively low at 2.23 percent in January. (rtr)

Syria returnees likely behind Indonesia chlorine bomb

Japan plans to invest $5.6 bln in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Japanese companies will invest $5.6 billion in Indonesia, following President Joko Widodo’s visit to Tokyo, the head of Indonesia’s investment board said.

Indonesia’s big banks hang hopes on infrastructure projects

REUTERS/Beawiharta

A woman holds Indonesian rupiah notes at money changer in Jakarta, March 23, 2015. Indonesia’s big, state-run banks are counting on government-led infrastructure projects to revive flagging loan growth as they reduce credit lines to the risky commodities sector and as local businesses delay expansion plans.

“One was in the cockpit and the other wasn’t,” Christoph Kumpa at the prosecutors’ office in Duesseldorf told Reuters by telephone, adding that the information came from investigators in France.

Kumpa said he did not know whether it was the captain or the co-pilot who was in the cockpit. Neither Germanwings nor parent company Lufthansa has released the identity of the two pilots.

Investigators were still studying the voice recordings from one of the “black boxes” for answers on Thurs-day while the search continued for a second in the ravine where the plane crashed, 100 km (65 miles) from the Riviera city of Nice.

The recordings did not make clear why the pilot left the cockpit or why he could not regain entry as the plane op-erated by budget airline Germanwings steadily descended toward a mountain range in a remote area of the French Alps on Tuesday.

“The guy outside is knocking lightly on the door and there is no answer,” an investigator described

only as a senior French military of-ficial told the New York Times, citing the recordings. “And then he hits the door stronger and no answer. There is never an answer.” “You can hear he is trying to smash the door down,” the investigator added.

The cockpit audio had showed “very smooth, very cool” conversation between the pilots in the early part of the flight. “We don’t know yet the reason why one of the guys went out,” the official said. “But what is sure is that at the very end of the flight, the other pilot is alone and does not open the door.”

A spokesman for Germanwings’ owner Lufthansa said: “We have no information from the authorities that confirms this report and we are seeking more information. We will not take part in speculation on the causes of the crash.” It confirmed that the main pilot had over 6,000 hours of flying time, while the more junior co-pilot had just 630 hours and had been with Germanwings since September 2013.

In France, the interior and defence

ministries said they had no information on the newspaper report. The prosecu-tor of the city of Marseille handling the legal side of the investigation was due to give a news conference at 1130 GMT, and Lufthansa also announced a briefing for later in the day.

France’s BEA air investigation bureau was not available for comment on the report. On Wednesday, it said it was too early to draw meaningful conclusions on why the plane went down.

“We have not yet been able to study and to establish an exact timing for all the sounds and words heard on this file,” BEA director Remi Jouty told a news conference.

Jouty expected the first basic analysis in days but warned that the read-out could be subject to errors and that more work would be needed for a full interpretation.

Although he said “words” had been heard on the tape, Jouty would not confirm whether that meant the Airbus A320’s pilots were conscious, and he gave no details of the record-ings. (rtr)

HUDSON, Florida — A 13-year-old Florida boy shot his brothers during an argument over food, killing a 6-year-old and wounding a 16-year-old before fatally shooting himself inside their home.

Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco says the Wednesday eve-ning shooting occurred while their mother was at work and an 18-year-old brother was not at a their home in a mobile park

north of Tampa. “This is a hor-rific scene,” Nocco said. “This is a nightmare.”

He said the teen retrieved a gun during the argument and started shooting. The 16-year-old called deputies for help at 6:19 p.m. The teen’s wounds were not thought to be life-threatening. He was being treated at an area hospital late Wednesday. Nocco said it wasn’t clear who owned the gun. (ap)

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ top diplomat says China has been rushing construc-tion projects including massive land reclamations in the disputed South China Sea in hopes of forestalling any legal moves against its vast ter-ritorial claims.

Foreign Secretary Albert del Ro-sario told a news forum on Thursday that the Chinese construction boom aims to bolster its territorial claims and control to virtually the entire South China Sea.

Del Rosario says China’s territo-rial claims are invalid and excessive and is in violation of international law.

The Philippines has filed an ar-bitration case and protested China’s reclamations in submerged reefs, which are also claimed by Manila and China’s other neighbors.

The Chinese Embassy did not immediately comment but in the past, Beijing has asserted its right to undertake any activity in territories it has claimed. (ap)

Just one pilot in cockpit at time of French Alps crash

SEYNE-LES-ALPES/PARIS - Just one of the two pilots of the Germanwings airliner that crashed in the French Alps was in the cockpit at the time it went down, a German state pros-ecutor said on Thursday. The statement came after the New York Times reported that “black box” recordings showed one of the pilots had left the cockpit and could not get back in before the plane crashed, killing all 150 onboard.

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A rescue helicopter from the French Gendarmerie lands behind a media satellite dish seen during operations near the crash site of an Airbus A320, in Seyne-les-Alpes, March 26, 2015.

Philippines says China rushing construction in disputed sea

Sheriff: Florida teen kills 1 brother, wounds another

KOLKATA — Police arrested two suspects Thursday in the gang rape of an elderly nun in a Catholic missionary school this month in a crime that focused attention on the scourge of sexual violence in India despite tough anti-rape laws introduced two years ago. The suspects were arrested after a nationwide hunt, one of them was found hiding in the western city of Mumbai and the second from West Bengal state, said a police officer said who spoke on condition of ano-nymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

The nun, in her 70s, was hospi-talized in serious condition. She has since recovered and left the hospital. Christian leaders say a series of attacks on churches since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing Hindu gov-ernment came to power in May have created a sense of fear in the community. Christians comprise 2 percent of India’s more than 1.2 billion people.

Police also are looking for oth-er suspects who attacked the Con-vent of Jesus and Mary School in eastern India’s West Bengal state on March 14, ransacked the

chapel, destroyed religious items and stole cash.

The attackers tied the school’s security guards with ropes and entered the nuns’ room, where the women were sleeping. They took the elderly nun to another room when she tried to block their way and then raped her, police said. One of the suspects, Mohammad Salim Shaikh, denied the rape charge, but acknowledged that he was part of the gang which attacked the school in Nadia district, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of the West Bengal state capital of Kolkata, the officer said Thursday.

India has a long history of tolerance for sexual violence, but the December 2012 fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman aboard a moving bus in New Delhi caused outrage across the nation.

The outcry led the federal government to rush legislation doubling prison terms for rapists to 20 years and criminalizing voyeurism, stalking and the traf-ficking of women. The law also makes it a crime for officers to refuse to open cases when com-plaints are made. (ap)

Indian police arrest 2 suspects in gang rape of elderly nun

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With an injured hand, he missed the next race at Termas de Rio Hondo and eventually scored a single podium at Aragon on his way to 13th in the points, eight places behind team-mate Andrea Doviz-ioso. After agreeing to terminate his two-year deal early, he has moved to the satellite Honda outfit.

“Of course, but that isn’t down to the team or the bike that I was riding,” Crutchlow told AUTOS-PORT, when asked if he felt 2014 had hurt his momentum.

“I was going well at Texas then had probably one of the biggest crashes of my career, and never really recovered from it as well as I should have. “It became difficult after that because Andrea was rid-ing really well and getting a lot of support from Ducati, whereas I was riding injured and trying to ride around it.

“It was a little bit of a down-

ward spiral in the middle of the season, but I proved by the end of the season that I was still able to be competitive, and challenge the guys at the front. “Riding when you’re injured is never good in MotoGP, but I feel ready now. I feel good enough on the bike to be competitive, there’s no doubt about that.”

Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone, Crutchlow’s replacement, topped the final pre-season test in Qatar for Ducati, which last won a grand prix in 2010 with Casey Stoner. Crutchlow was seventh-fastest on the opening two days, before the final session was rained out.

“I believe that we’ve taken the right steps to improve in me riding the Honda,” the 29-year-old, who is on his third different bike in as many seasons, said. “Understand-ing the bike’s very difficult, but that’s part of MotoGP - if it was

easy, everyone would be doing it.“The Yamaha was really strong

with its corner speed, but then I jumped on the Ducati and it wasn’t as good there, so you had to work out where the positives were, and now it’s the same with the Honda. “You have to ride it a little bit differently, but you figure it out. “I know how the other guys on Hondas ride fast, but doing it’s another thing.

“Marc [Marquez] is now on his third season and has probably done 30,000 kilometres on the bike, Dani [Pedrosa]’s on his 10th sea-son and has maybe done a hundred thousand kilometres.

“You only learn through do-ing more laps, more time riding the motorcycle. I feel OK at the minute, I don’t feel phenomenal, I don’t feel bad. “But with time and experience of riding the Honda I’ll feel more comfortable.” (net)

MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Kyrie Irving scored 24 points, and Kevin Love added 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 111-89 vic-tory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. LeBron James finished with 20 points, Timofey Mozgov added 14 and J.R. Smith 13 to help Cleveland win its fourth straight and eighth in nine. Cleveland shot 51 percent and was 14 of 34 from 3-point range.

Marc Gasol led Memphis with 18 points, while Beno Udrih had 15. Houston’s James Harden had 25 points and 10 assists, and Dwight Howard had seven rebounds and a block on Anthony Davis in his return from a two-month absence as the Rockets handed the New Orleans Pelicans its fourth straight loss 95-93.

Davis had 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Pelicans, but uncharacteristically missed eight free throws, including one that could have pulled New Orleans to 94-93 with 7 seconds left.

In San Antonio, Tony Parker had 21 points and six assists as

the Spurs downed the Thunder 130-91 to stop Oklahoma City’s four-game winning streak. Boris Diaw scored 19 points, and Tim Duncan had 16, and Kawhi Leon-ard 14 points in the Spurs’ high-est scoring game of the season. They have won 11 of 13.

The Atlanta Hawks ended a three-game losing streak as Paul Millsap had 25 points and 11 rebounds in a 95-83 win over the Orlando Magic. Jeff Teague added 16 points, despite sprain-ing his left ankle in the first quarter. The Hawks trailed by 13 in the first half, but outscored the Magic 27-12 in the fourth quarter.

Elfrid Payton led the Magic with 19 points and nine rebounds. The Chicago Bulls downed the Toronto Raptors 116-103 after Jimmy Butler scored 23 points and Pau Gasol had 18.

Tony Snell scored 17 points to help the Bulls move 1 1/2 games ahead of the Raptors for third place in the Eastern Conference. Aaron Brooks had 16 points, and Nikola Mirotic finished with 15. (ap)

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love (0) sets a pick against Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley, center, as Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving drives toward the basket in the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn.

Irving scores 24 to lead Cavaliers past Grizzlies 111-89

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Cal Crutchlow wants MotoGP career momentum back with LCR Honda move

CAL CRUtCHLow is looking to regain the momentum his MotoGP career lost during an injury-disrupted season with Ducati, following his 2015 switch to LCR Honda. The Brit finished fifth in the 2013 standings on a Tech 3 Yamaha, claiming two pole positions and four podiums, but a crash during 2014’s second round at Austin marred the remainder of his campaign.

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“It was a bit frustrating that we had to leave the field empty-handed, especially because we lost in the last minute,” U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “A tie would have been a fair result.” Denmark had the game’s first chance in the 15th minute when Bendtner narrowly missed after being picked out by Michael Krohn-Dehli.

However, the United States was still making the better start and Altidore put the visitors ahead with his 27th goal in 79 games, a left-foot shot follow-ing a long cross. Denmark leveled in the 33rd when Jakob Poulsen’s cross missed Lasse Vibe — but was pounced on by Bendtner. The Danes controlled much of the game after the equalizer but struggled to find a finishing touch despite enjoying plenty of possession.

At the other end, though Altidore had a hard time getting free of the close marking by defender Simon Kjaer, the United States was still able to restore its lead in the 66th minute. Michael Bradley passed to Altidore, who got behind Daniel Wass and calmly sent over a cross for Johannsson to score on his old home turf.

The AZ Alkmaar striker started his professional career with AGF in Aarhus in 2010, scoring 23

goals in 65 appearances. The Danish club plays at the NRGi Park stadium in Denmark’s second largest city.

Bendtner came to the Danes’ rescue with an equal-izer in the 83rd minute and then powered the winner past goalkeeper Nick Rimando in the first minute of stoppage time, to the joy of the 10,505 fans. Ahead of the friendly, Klinsmann had ruled out team captain Clint Dempsey, who has a right hamstring strain.

Wednesday’s game was the first of several friendlies for the U.S. ahead of the 2015 CONCA-CAF Gold Cup. The team later will play Switzerland, the Netherlands and World Cup holder Germany. It was Denmark’s first game of the year, before facing Euro 2016 host France in another friendly on Sunday in Saint-Etienne. (ap)

KAISERSLAUTERN - Lukas Podolski has been out of favour since joining Inter Milan on loan in Janu-ary but the former Arsenal forward could afford a smile after becoming Germany’s third highest goalscorer on Wednesday. Just when the world champions looked to be heading for a surprise defeat in their friendly against Australia, up popped substitute Pod-olski to grab an 81st-minute equaliser that allowed his side to escape with a 2-2 draw.

The 29-year-old now has 48 inter-national goals, behind only Miroslav Klose (71) and Gerd Mueller (68). “Lukas has great qualities and I know it,” said Germany coach Joachim Loew this week as he defended his decision to call up the experienced player. “He is always capable of mak-

ing use of his potential. We are behind him.” Podolski has spent a lot of time on Inter’s bench and was also a fringe player at Arsenal for the first half of the season.

Loew picked him for Wednesday’s game and Sunday’s Euro 2016 quali-fier in Georgia but hinted his patience would not last long, saying the forward needed more playing time. It was only fitting that Podolski bailed out Germany in the stadium where he played the first of his 122 internationals in 2004.

The substitute struck from close range with his favoured left foot after captain Mile Jedinak had given Aus-tralia a 2-1 lead with a curling free kick from 20 metres. Earlier, Marco Reus put the Germans in front before James Troisi levelled with a bullet header. (ap)

LONDON - Southampton will be more motivated than ever to stay “miserly” at the back after losing England goalkeeper Fraser Forster to a knee injury for the rest of the season, the Premier League club’s director of football said.

Still pushing for an improbable Champions League spot, the loss of Forster is a major blow to the south coast club sitting sixth in the standings.

Saints have conceded just 21 goals all season, fewer

than any club in the top four flights of

English soccer, thanks in large part to the 2.01

metre frame of stopper Forster.But the 27-year-old damaged

his left patellar tendon in Satur-day’s win over Burnley, leaving Southampton to rely on veteran goalkeeper Kelvin Davis for the run-in.

Davis came on for Forster against Burnley, in what was his first appearance in more than a year.

“No one will be any sadder than Kelvin Davis, who did an outstanding job replacing Fraser in such circumstances,” director of football Les Reed said of the 38-year-old.

“Nobody could be better to step into the fray in terms of experi-

NYON, Switzerland — UEFA has fined Napoli and Trabzon-spor a total of 100,000 euros ($110,000) after fans caused fires in the stands during a Europa League match.

Small fires were started at Napoli’s San Paolo Stadium by fans throwing lit fireworks during the Round of 32 match on Feb. 26. UEFA says its disciplinary panel ordered Napoli to pay 60,000 euros ($66,000) and Trabzonspor 40,000 euros ($44,000).

UEFA President Michel Platini this week called for longer stadium bans to help curb fans as hooligan incidents increase across Europe. Napoli advanced to the Round of 16. The Italian club plays Wolfsburg next month in the quarterfinals. (ap)

ROME - Marco Verratti is ready to take advantage of an injury to Andrea Pirlo and show Italy boss Antonio Conte he can fill the void in the Azzurri midfield when the Juventus talisman eventually retires. The Paris St Germain midfielder is expected to start in the Euro 2016 qualifier against Bulgaria in Sofia on Saturday with 35-year-old Pirlo ruled out due to a calf problem.

“It’s very difficult to replace someone like Pirlo,” Verratti told reporters. “He’s a true champion and

once he’s ready to comeback it won’t be a tragedy if I go back to sitting on the bench. Even though we could play together at times.”

Conte believes the fixture is a big opportunity for the 22-year old cen-tral midfielder, who played alongside Pirlo at the World Cup last year, to showcase his talents. Verratti, though, is not worried by the expectation. “I don’t feel any pressure,” he said. “I like pressure. When you’re with the national team every match is an exam.

“I know what the boss wants from me. I’ve learnt a lot by spending time with him and from a tactical point of view he’s the best manager I’ve ever had.”

Italy have won three matches and drawn one to sit second on 10 points in Group H, behind Croatia on goal difference. After facing Bulgaria, Italy host England in Turin three days later in a friendly.

Verratti, who moved to France in 2012, said being out of the spotlight meant he had been able to make mis-

takes and learn from them without feeling the pressure he would have experienced if he had stayed in Italy. “You’re not given these opportunities in Italy,” Verratti added.

“If a young player makes mistakes in a couple of games he won’t be given a third chance. This is the main difference with other countries.” Verratti’s form has attracted reported interest from many of Europe’s top clubs but he hinted that his future remains in the French capital.

“When important teams come

looking for you it’s always a source of pride. A great future stems from a great present and my present is Paris,” he added. PSG are top of Ligue 1 and have qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals where they will face Barcelona.

Veratti was eyeing a showdown against Pirlo and Italian champions Juventus in the final of Europe’s premier club tournament. “I’d love to play the final against Juventus, in this way either I win or friends of mine will.” (rtr)

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Southampton’s Fraser Forster lies injured as referee Roger East looks on.

Forster loss motivates Saints to tighten up further

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Australia’s Luke DeVere, right, and Germany’s Lukas Podolski, left, challenge for the ball during a soccer friendly match between Germany and Australia in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.

Landmark 48th goal by Podolski saves day for Germany

Napoli, Trabzonspor fined for fires at Europa

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ence and ability.“I am sure the team will now be

even more motivated to ensure we stay miserly in front of our goal and ruthless at the other end.”

The club said its medical staff were confident Forster will make a full recovery. However injuries of this type can generally take up

to a year to heal fully.Davis told local media he cred-

its Southampton’s goalkeeping coach with keeping him in top shape, and that despite being out of action for so long he would be ready to “flick the switch”.

It is what Southampton need, being unable to recall their former

number one choice goalkeeper Artur Boruc. The Pole is on loan at Championship (second tier) lead-ers and south coast neighbours Bournemouth.

With eight matches remaining, Southampton trail fourth-placed Manchester United by six points and leaders Chelsea by 14. (rtr)

Italy’s Verratti ready to fill Pirlo void against Bulgaria

Timothy Chandler from the US, left, and Christian Eriksen from Denmark in

action during a friendly soccer match at NRGI Stadium in Aarhus, Denmark,

Wednesday March 25, 2015.

Bendtner gets hat trick as D e n m a r k beats US 3-2 in friendly

AARHUS, Denmark — Nicklas Bendtner completed his first international hat trick with an injury-time win-ner as Denmark beat the United States 3-2 in a friendly on Wednesday. Bendtner had equalized twice to cancel out Jozy Altidore’s opener in the 19th minute and Aron Johannsson’s strike in the second half before driving home Denmark’s third goal in added time.

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“It was a bit frustrating that we had to leave the field empty-handed, especially because we lost in the last minute,” U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “A tie would have been a fair result.” Denmark had the game’s first chance in the 15th minute when Bendtner narrowly missed after being picked out by Michael Krohn-Dehli.

However, the United States was still making the better start and Altidore put the visitors ahead with his 27th goal in 79 games, a left-foot shot follow-ing a long cross. Denmark leveled in the 33rd when Jakob Poulsen’s cross missed Lasse Vibe — but was pounced on by Bendtner. The Danes controlled much of the game after the equalizer but struggled to find a finishing touch despite enjoying plenty of possession.

At the other end, though Altidore had a hard time getting free of the close marking by defender Simon Kjaer, the United States was still able to restore its lead in the 66th minute. Michael Bradley passed to Altidore, who got behind Daniel Wass and calmly sent over a cross for Johannsson to score on his old home turf.

The AZ Alkmaar striker started his professional career with AGF in Aarhus in 2010, scoring 23

goals in 65 appearances. The Danish club plays at the NRGi Park stadium in Denmark’s second largest city.

Bendtner came to the Danes’ rescue with an equal-izer in the 83rd minute and then powered the winner past goalkeeper Nick Rimando in the first minute of stoppage time, to the joy of the 10,505 fans. Ahead of the friendly, Klinsmann had ruled out team captain Clint Dempsey, who has a right hamstring strain.

Wednesday’s game was the first of several friendlies for the U.S. ahead of the 2015 CONCA-CAF Gold Cup. The team later will play Switzerland, the Netherlands and World Cup holder Germany. It was Denmark’s first game of the year, before facing Euro 2016 host France in another friendly on Sunday in Saint-Etienne. (ap)

KAISERSLAUTERN - Lukas Podolski has been out of favour since joining Inter Milan on loan in Janu-ary but the former Arsenal forward could afford a smile after becoming Germany’s third highest goalscorer on Wednesday. Just when the world champions looked to be heading for a surprise defeat in their friendly against Australia, up popped substitute Pod-olski to grab an 81st-minute equaliser that allowed his side to escape with a 2-2 draw.

The 29-year-old now has 48 inter-national goals, behind only Miroslav Klose (71) and Gerd Mueller (68). “Lukas has great qualities and I know it,” said Germany coach Joachim Loew this week as he defended his decision to call up the experienced player. “He is always capable of mak-

ing use of his potential. We are behind him.” Podolski has spent a lot of time on Inter’s bench and was also a fringe player at Arsenal for the first half of the season.

Loew picked him for Wednesday’s game and Sunday’s Euro 2016 quali-fier in Georgia but hinted his patience would not last long, saying the forward needed more playing time. It was only fitting that Podolski bailed out Germany in the stadium where he played the first of his 122 internationals in 2004.

The substitute struck from close range with his favoured left foot after captain Mile Jedinak had given Aus-tralia a 2-1 lead with a curling free kick from 20 metres. Earlier, Marco Reus put the Germans in front before James Troisi levelled with a bullet header. (ap)

LONDON - Southampton will be more motivated than ever to stay “miserly” at the back after losing England goalkeeper Fraser Forster to a knee injury for the rest of the season, the Premier League club’s director of football said.

Still pushing for an improbable Champions League spot, the loss of Forster is a major blow to the south coast club sitting sixth in the standings.

Saints have conceded just 21 goals all season, fewer

than any club in the top four flights of

English soccer, thanks in large part to the 2.01

metre frame of stopper Forster.But the 27-year-old damaged

his left patellar tendon in Satur-day’s win over Burnley, leaving Southampton to rely on veteran goalkeeper Kelvin Davis for the run-in.

Davis came on for Forster against Burnley, in what was his first appearance in more than a year.

“No one will be any sadder than Kelvin Davis, who did an outstanding job replacing Fraser in such circumstances,” director of football Les Reed said of the 38-year-old.

“Nobody could be better to step into the fray in terms of experi-

NYON, Switzerland — UEFA has fined Napoli and Trabzon-spor a total of 100,000 euros ($110,000) after fans caused fires in the stands during a Europa League match.

Small fires were started at Napoli’s San Paolo Stadium by fans throwing lit fireworks during the Round of 32 match on Feb. 26. UEFA says its disciplinary panel ordered Napoli to pay 60,000 euros ($66,000) and Trabzonspor 40,000 euros ($44,000).

UEFA President Michel Platini this week called for longer stadium bans to help curb fans as hooligan incidents increase across Europe. Napoli advanced to the Round of 16. The Italian club plays Wolfsburg next month in the quarterfinals. (ap)

ROME - Marco Verratti is ready to take advantage of an injury to Andrea Pirlo and show Italy boss Antonio Conte he can fill the void in the Azzurri midfield when the Juventus talisman eventually retires. The Paris St Germain midfielder is expected to start in the Euro 2016 qualifier against Bulgaria in Sofia on Saturday with 35-year-old Pirlo ruled out due to a calf problem.

“It’s very difficult to replace someone like Pirlo,” Verratti told reporters. “He’s a true champion and

once he’s ready to comeback it won’t be a tragedy if I go back to sitting on the bench. Even though we could play together at times.”

Conte believes the fixture is a big opportunity for the 22-year old cen-tral midfielder, who played alongside Pirlo at the World Cup last year, to showcase his talents. Verratti, though, is not worried by the expectation. “I don’t feel any pressure,” he said. “I like pressure. When you’re with the national team every match is an exam.

“I know what the boss wants from me. I’ve learnt a lot by spending time with him and from a tactical point of view he’s the best manager I’ve ever had.”

Italy have won three matches and drawn one to sit second on 10 points in Group H, behind Croatia on goal difference. After facing Bulgaria, Italy host England in Turin three days later in a friendly.

Verratti, who moved to France in 2012, said being out of the spotlight meant he had been able to make mis-

takes and learn from them without feeling the pressure he would have experienced if he had stayed in Italy. “You’re not given these opportunities in Italy,” Verratti added.

“If a young player makes mistakes in a couple of games he won’t be given a third chance. This is the main difference with other countries.” Verratti’s form has attracted reported interest from many of Europe’s top clubs but he hinted that his future remains in the French capital.

“When important teams come

looking for you it’s always a source of pride. A great future stems from a great present and my present is Paris,” he added. PSG are top of Ligue 1 and have qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals where they will face Barcelona.

Veratti was eyeing a showdown against Pirlo and Italian champions Juventus in the final of Europe’s premier club tournament. “I’d love to play the final against Juventus, in this way either I win or friends of mine will.” (rtr)

Action Images/Tony O’Brien

Southampton’s Fraser Forster lies injured as referee Roger East looks on.

Forster loss motivates Saints to tighten up further

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Australia’s Luke DeVere, right, and Germany’s Lukas Podolski, left, challenge for the ball during a soccer friendly match between Germany and Australia in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.

Landmark 48th goal by Podolski saves day for Germany

Napoli, Trabzonspor fined for fires at Europa

League match

ence and ability.“I am sure the team will now be

even more motivated to ensure we stay miserly in front of our goal and ruthless at the other end.”

The club said its medical staff were confident Forster will make a full recovery. However injuries of this type can generally take up

to a year to heal fully.Davis told local media he cred-

its Southampton’s goalkeeping coach with keeping him in top shape, and that despite being out of action for so long he would be ready to “flick the switch”.

It is what Southampton need, being unable to recall their former

number one choice goalkeeper Artur Boruc. The Pole is on loan at Championship (second tier) lead-ers and south coast neighbours Bournemouth.

With eight matches remaining, Southampton trail fourth-placed Manchester United by six points and leaders Chelsea by 14. (rtr)

Italy’s Verratti ready to fill Pirlo void against Bulgaria

Timothy Chandler from the US, left, and Christian Eriksen from Denmark in

action during a friendly soccer match at NRGI Stadium in Aarhus, Denmark,

Wednesday March 25, 2015.

Bendtner gets hat trick as D e n m a r k beats US 3-2 in friendly

AARHUS, Denmark — Nicklas Bendtner completed his first international hat trick with an injury-time win-ner as Denmark beat the United States 3-2 in a friendly on Wednesday. Bendtner had equalized twice to cancel out Jozy Altidore’s opener in the 19th minute and Aron Johannsson’s strike in the second half before driving home Denmark’s third goal in added time.

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With an injured hand, he missed the next race at Termas de Rio Hondo and eventually scored a single podium at Aragon on his way to 13th in the points, eight places behind team-mate Andrea Doviz-ioso. After agreeing to terminate his two-year deal early, he has moved to the satellite Honda outfit.

“Of course, but that isn’t down to the team or the bike that I was riding,” Crutchlow told AUTOS-PORT, when asked if he felt 2014 had hurt his momentum.

“I was going well at Texas then had probably one of the biggest crashes of my career, and never really recovered from it as well as I should have. “It became difficult after that because Andrea was rid-ing really well and getting a lot of support from Ducati, whereas I was riding injured and trying to ride around it.

“It was a little bit of a down-

ward spiral in the middle of the season, but I proved by the end of the season that I was still able to be competitive, and challenge the guys at the front. “Riding when you’re injured is never good in MotoGP, but I feel ready now. I feel good enough on the bike to be competitive, there’s no doubt about that.”

Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone, Crutchlow’s replacement, topped the final pre-season test in Qatar for Ducati, which last won a grand prix in 2010 with Casey Stoner. Crutchlow was seventh-fastest on the opening two days, before the final session was rained out.

“I believe that we’ve taken the right steps to improve in me riding the Honda,” the 29-year-old, who is on his third different bike in as many seasons, said. “Understand-ing the bike’s very difficult, but that’s part of MotoGP - if it was

easy, everyone would be doing it.“The Yamaha was really strong

with its corner speed, but then I jumped on the Ducati and it wasn’t as good there, so you had to work out where the positives were, and now it’s the same with the Honda. “You have to ride it a little bit differently, but you figure it out. “I know how the other guys on Hondas ride fast, but doing it’s another thing.

“Marc [Marquez] is now on his third season and has probably done 30,000 kilometres on the bike, Dani [Pedrosa]’s on his 10th sea-son and has maybe done a hundred thousand kilometres.

“You only learn through do-ing more laps, more time riding the motorcycle. I feel OK at the minute, I don’t feel phenomenal, I don’t feel bad. “But with time and experience of riding the Honda I’ll feel more comfortable.” (net)

MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Kyrie Irving scored 24 points, and Kevin Love added 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 111-89 vic-tory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. LeBron James finished with 20 points, Timofey Mozgov added 14 and J.R. Smith 13 to help Cleveland win its fourth straight and eighth in nine. Cleveland shot 51 percent and was 14 of 34 from 3-point range.

Marc Gasol led Memphis with 18 points, while Beno Udrih had 15. Houston’s James Harden had 25 points and 10 assists, and Dwight Howard had seven rebounds and a block on Anthony Davis in his return from a two-month absence as the Rockets handed the New Orleans Pelicans its fourth straight loss 95-93.

Davis had 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Pelicans, but uncharacteristically missed eight free throws, including one that could have pulled New Orleans to 94-93 with 7 seconds left.

In San Antonio, Tony Parker had 21 points and six assists as

the Spurs downed the Thunder 130-91 to stop Oklahoma City’s four-game winning streak. Boris Diaw scored 19 points, and Tim Duncan had 16, and Kawhi Leon-ard 14 points in the Spurs’ high-est scoring game of the season. They have won 11 of 13.

The Atlanta Hawks ended a three-game losing streak as Paul Millsap had 25 points and 11 rebounds in a 95-83 win over the Orlando Magic. Jeff Teague added 16 points, despite sprain-ing his left ankle in the first quarter. The Hawks trailed by 13 in the first half, but outscored the Magic 27-12 in the fourth quarter.

Elfrid Payton led the Magic with 19 points and nine rebounds. The Chicago Bulls downed the Toronto Raptors 116-103 after Jimmy Butler scored 23 points and Pau Gasol had 18.

Tony Snell scored 17 points to help the Bulls move 1 1/2 games ahead of the Raptors for third place in the Eastern Conference. Aaron Brooks had 16 points, and Nikola Mirotic finished with 15. (ap)

AP Photo/Brandon Dill

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love (0) sets a pick against Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley, center, as Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving drives toward the basket in the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn.

Irving scores 24 to lead Cavaliers past Grizzlies 111-89

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Cal Crutchlow wants MotoGP career momentum back with LCR Honda move

CAL CRUtCHLow is looking to regain the momentum his MotoGP career lost during an injury-disrupted season with Ducati, following his 2015 switch to LCR Honda. The Brit finished fifth in the 2013 standings on a Tech 3 Yamaha, claiming two pole positions and four podiums, but a crash during 2014’s second round at Austin marred the remainder of his campaign.

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Toyota Motor will invest $1.6 billion while Suzuki Motor will increase its planned investment by $1 billion, Franky Sibarani, chairman of the Investment Co-

ordinating Board, said in a press release on Thursday, without giving a timeline.

Southeast Asia’s largest economy also attracted $3 billion in Japanese commit-

ments for other industries including tex-tiles, steel, fisheries and power, Sibarani said, adding that the commitments will be realised this year. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesian militants believed to have returned from fighting with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria are suspected of being behind an attempted chlorine bomb attack in a shopping mall last month, police said Wednesday.

The homemade device -- made up of several bottles and a detonator -- was discovered in the mall south of Jakarta after it failed to go off properly. Police said it was the first such attack ever attempted in Indonesia. National Police Inspector Gen-eral, Tito Karnavian, said the use of the chlorine resembled tactics employed by IS jihadists, who have taken over a vast swathe of territory in Syria and Iraq.

“It really surprised us,” said the former commander of the police’s elite counter-terror unit.

“This is a signature of ISIS,” he added, referring to the jihadists by an alternative name. “It is connected to a group likely already returned from Syria.”

He said police were pursuing “very good leads” into the bomb attempt but would not reveal further details. Exposure to chlorine gas causes intense irritation to the eyes, skin and airways, and can be deadly.

IS has been accused of using chlorine, notably in a Janu-ary 23 car bomb attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq. The Syrian regime has also been accused of carrying out chlorine gas attacks. Indonesia, a hotbed of extremist violence in the past, has largely dismantled the Islamic militant networks respon-sible for a string of deadly attacks throughout the country in the early 2000s.

But the rise of IS poses a new threat, with nearly 160 In-donesians confirmed by police as having left to join IS, and authorities worried about the potential for radicals to revive extremist groups on their return.

Indonesian anti-terror police this week arrested five men who allegedly arranged for a group of mostly women and children to try and enter Syria to join IS. (afp)

JAKARTA/BENGALURU - Indone-sia’s big, state-run banks are counting on government-led infrastructure projects to revive flagging loan growth as they reduce credit lines to the risky commodi-ties sector and as local businesses delay expansion plans.

A more cautious approach to lending since last year cut overall loan growth to 11.5 percent in January, the smallest year-on-year gain in almost five years, the latest central bank data shows. The lend-ing slowdown lowered 2014 profit growth to 4.5 percent, the weakest pace in nine years, according to a Thomson Reuters analysis of 15 banks including PT Bank Mandiri Tbk, PT Bank Central Asia Tbk and PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk.

The government’s planned infrastruc-ture projects will help lift loan growth in the second half of 2015, analysts say. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has identified improving Indonesia’s dilapi-dated infrastructure as a priority. He is in Japan and China this week partly to drum up investor interest to help build badly needed ports, power plants and toll roads in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. But if the projects are delayed or cancelled, “our worry is that loan growth this year will not even reach 14 percent,” said Teguh Hartanto, a banking analyst at Jakarta-based Bahana Securities.

Growth in outstanding loans slowed to 11.6 percent last year, compared with a 12.3 percent increase in third-party funds

including bank deposits. Loan growth has slowed since the central bank in late 2013 ordered banks to curb lending, concerned about over-heating. Loan growth had outpaced deposit growth by 7 percentage points a year over the previous 10 years, according to a Standard Chartered report in April 2014.

Indonesian banks have reduced their exposure to commodity firms as Chinese demand for resources from coal to palm oil has slowed. Many local businesses have also put their expansion plans on hold due to the slowing economy and the rupiah’s plunge against the dollar, cutting demand for corporate loans. Non-performing loans are still relatively low at 2.23 percent in January. (rtr)

Syria returnees likely behind Indonesia chlorine bomb

Japan plans to invest $5.6 bln in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Japanese companies will invest $5.6 billion in Indonesia, following President Joko Widodo’s visit to Tokyo, the head of Indonesia’s investment board said.

Indonesia’s big banks hang hopes on infrastructure projects

REUTERS/Beawiharta

A woman holds Indonesian rupiah notes at money changer in Jakarta, March 23, 2015. Indonesia’s big, state-run banks are counting on government-led infrastructure projects to revive flagging loan growth as they reduce credit lines to the risky commodities sector and as local businesses delay expansion plans.

“One was in the cockpit and the other wasn’t,” Christoph Kumpa at the prosecutors’ office in Duesseldorf told Reuters by telephone, adding that the information came from investigators in France.

Kumpa said he did not know whether it was the captain or the co-pilot who was in the cockpit. Neither Germanwings nor parent company Lufthansa has released the identity of the two pilots.

Investigators were still studying the voice recordings from one of the “black boxes” for answers on Thurs-day while the search continued for a second in the ravine where the plane crashed, 100 km (65 miles) from the Riviera city of Nice.

The recordings did not make clear why the pilot left the cockpit or why he could not regain entry as the plane op-erated by budget airline Germanwings steadily descended toward a mountain range in a remote area of the French Alps on Tuesday.

“The guy outside is knocking lightly on the door and there is no answer,” an investigator described

only as a senior French military of-ficial told the New York Times, citing the recordings. “And then he hits the door stronger and no answer. There is never an answer.” “You can hear he is trying to smash the door down,” the investigator added.

The cockpit audio had showed “very smooth, very cool” conversation between the pilots in the early part of the flight. “We don’t know yet the reason why one of the guys went out,” the official said. “But what is sure is that at the very end of the flight, the other pilot is alone and does not open the door.”

A spokesman for Germanwings’ owner Lufthansa said: “We have no information from the authorities that confirms this report and we are seeking more information. We will not take part in speculation on the causes of the crash.” It confirmed that the main pilot had over 6,000 hours of flying time, while the more junior co-pilot had just 630 hours and had been with Germanwings since September 2013.

In France, the interior and defence

ministries said they had no information on the newspaper report. The prosecu-tor of the city of Marseille handling the legal side of the investigation was due to give a news conference at 1130 GMT, and Lufthansa also announced a briefing for later in the day.

France’s BEA air investigation bureau was not available for comment on the report. On Wednesday, it said it was too early to draw meaningful conclusions on why the plane went down.

“We have not yet been able to study and to establish an exact timing for all the sounds and words heard on this file,” BEA director Remi Jouty told a news conference.

Jouty expected the first basic analysis in days but warned that the read-out could be subject to errors and that more work would be needed for a full interpretation.

Although he said “words” had been heard on the tape, Jouty would not confirm whether that meant the Airbus A320’s pilots were conscious, and he gave no details of the record-ings. (rtr)

HUDSON, Florida — A 13-year-old Florida boy shot his brothers during an argument over food, killing a 6-year-old and wounding a 16-year-old before fatally shooting himself inside their home.

Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco says the Wednesday eve-ning shooting occurred while their mother was at work and an 18-year-old brother was not at a their home in a mobile park

north of Tampa. “This is a hor-rific scene,” Nocco said. “This is a nightmare.”

He said the teen retrieved a gun during the argument and started shooting. The 16-year-old called deputies for help at 6:19 p.m. The teen’s wounds were not thought to be life-threatening. He was being treated at an area hospital late Wednesday. Nocco said it wasn’t clear who owned the gun. (ap)

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ top diplomat says China has been rushing construc-tion projects including massive land reclamations in the disputed South China Sea in hopes of forestalling any legal moves against its vast ter-ritorial claims.

Foreign Secretary Albert del Ro-sario told a news forum on Thursday that the Chinese construction boom aims to bolster its territorial claims and control to virtually the entire South China Sea.

Del Rosario says China’s territo-rial claims are invalid and excessive and is in violation of international law.

The Philippines has filed an ar-bitration case and protested China’s reclamations in submerged reefs, which are also claimed by Manila and China’s other neighbors.

The Chinese Embassy did not immediately comment but in the past, Beijing has asserted its right to undertake any activity in territories it has claimed. (ap)

Just one pilot in cockpit at time of French Alps crash

SEYNE-LES-ALPES/PARIS - Just one of the two pilots of the Germanwings airliner that crashed in the French Alps was in the cockpit at the time it went down, a German state pros-ecutor said on Thursday. The statement came after the New York Times reported that “black box” recordings showed one of the pilots had left the cockpit and could not get back in before the plane crashed, killing all 150 onboard.

REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

A rescue helicopter from the French Gendarmerie lands behind a media satellite dish seen during operations near the crash site of an Airbus A320, in Seyne-les-Alpes, March 26, 2015.

Philippines says China rushing construction in disputed sea

Sheriff: Florida teen kills 1 brother, wounds another

KOLKATA — Police arrested two suspects Thursday in the gang rape of an elderly nun in a Catholic missionary school this month in a crime that focused attention on the scourge of sexual violence in India despite tough anti-rape laws introduced two years ago. The suspects were arrested after a nationwide hunt, one of them was found hiding in the western city of Mumbai and the second from West Bengal state, said a police officer said who spoke on condition of ano-nymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

The nun, in her 70s, was hospi-talized in serious condition. She has since recovered and left the hospital. Christian leaders say a series of attacks on churches since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing Hindu gov-ernment came to power in May have created a sense of fear in the community. Christians comprise 2 percent of India’s more than 1.2 billion people.

Police also are looking for oth-er suspects who attacked the Con-vent of Jesus and Mary School in eastern India’s West Bengal state on March 14, ransacked the

chapel, destroyed religious items and stole cash.

The attackers tied the school’s security guards with ropes and entered the nuns’ room, where the women were sleeping. They took the elderly nun to another room when she tried to block their way and then raped her, police said. One of the suspects, Mohammad Salim Shaikh, denied the rape charge, but acknowledged that he was part of the gang which attacked the school in Nadia district, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of the West Bengal state capital of Kolkata, the officer said Thursday.

India has a long history of tolerance for sexual violence, but the December 2012 fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman aboard a moving bus in New Delhi caused outrage across the nation.

The outcry led the federal government to rush legislation doubling prison terms for rapists to 20 years and criminalizing voyeurism, stalking and the traf-ficking of women. The law also makes it a crime for officers to refuse to open cases when com-plaints are made. (ap)

Indian police arrest 2 suspects in gang rape of elderly nun

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Europe is the world’s biggest economy, but despite its 500 million potential consumers, in many ways it remains a divided continent of 28 distinct econo-mies, especially when it comes to media and the Internet.

Across the EU, digital services like music streaming site Spotify or shopping behemoth Amazon, often remain confined to national borders, with separate accounts required from one country to another.

“Let us do away with all those fences and walls that block us online,” Andrus Ansip, the Com-mission’s vice president for the digital single market, said in a statement.

The push to make all online media -- whether music, film or TV -- available across the EU is just one of several proposals that

the EU will officially unveil in a policy package on May 6.

But already Ansip said the road to implement the plan will be arduous, despite being a top ambition of European Commis-sion head Jean-Claude Juncker who has promised to put all his energy into creating a single digital economy in Europe during his mandate.

“I am under no illusions: it will be an uphill struggle,” Ansip told journalists.

The biggest block to the plan is its sheer ambition, almost certain to draw a dizzying array of opponents from digital power-houses -- such as Google or Apple -- to filmmakers and shopkeep-ers afraid for the livelihood and revenue streams.

Probably the thorniest issue to resolve are copyright and trade-

mark laws that vary hugely across the EU and are the key barrier to blocking content mobility in Europe.

“Today the situation is lose-lose, People are ready to pay, but we are not accepting their money,” Ansip said.

“We would like to create win-win,” he said, adding that a more “modern” attitude to copyright could help ween users away from illegal downloads.

Ansip also unveiled mea-sures to encourage cross border online shopping. Today, only 15 percent of consumers shop online from another country, the EU said.

“According to entrepreneurs, the price of parcel delivery and lack of transparency is main obstacle for (cross border) e-commerce,” Ansip said. (afp)

DENPASAR - Lakhwinder Wadali, world-acclaimed singer, specializing in Sufi songs and music as well as popular music, enthralled the capacity-packed audiences in Makassar, South Sulawesi and Denpasar, Bali, in eastern Indonesia. The Indian singer received repeated rounds of applause from his near-hysterical audiences at both places culminating in standing ovations and thunderous applause at conclusion of events.

The singer performed, along with a 10-member troupe, at the Univer-sitas Negeri Makassar (UNM) and Bali Art Centre in Denpasar on 23 March and 24 March 2015, respectively. The troupe included musicians playing traditional musical instruments as well as co-singers, who gave outstanding performances at both venues.

The Sufi music performances were organized and facilitated by the Consulate General of India in Bali, in close collaboration with the UNM in Makassar and the Provincial Government of Bali in Denpasar.

In Denpasar, the performance was held at the Ksirarnawa Auditorium in Bali Art Centre, with presence of a large number of members of the Indian as well as Balinese and expatriate communities. Members of the diplomatic corps, officials of the Provincial and City Administrations, the Bali Office of the Ministry of Religious Affairs attended the event. Noted art writer, Jean Couteau and an eminent Balinese painter, Mario Blanco, were also present with their spouses and families, besides office-bearers of the Indian Association in Bali (IAB).

The rendering of soulful Sufi music with their deep meaning lyrics and music left the entire audience spell-bound and mesmerized, applauding the artistes repeatedly throughout the performance. At the conclusion, the audience gave a standing ovation to Lakhwinder Wadali and his troupe.

Lakhwinder Wadali belongs to Patiala Gharana and sixth generation of musicians given to singing the messages of Sufi Saints. He has been extensively trained in the art of singing under the tutorship of his father, Padamshri Ustad Puran Chand Wadali, and uncle, Ustad Piyarelal Wadali. Lakhwinder Wadali’s style of singing is unique and has fine blend of classical and contemporary music. Lakhwinder Wadali has performed extensively in cultural programmes in India and abroad. (r)

GIANYAR - Development of Ubud as an international tourist destination has an impact on the surrounding villages. Beauty of the village and its tourist attraction are not far appealing compared to those in Ubud. Customs, culture and hospitality of the people re-main intense inspired by the tradi-tion of Hinduism. The surrounding villages are such as Mas, Pejeng, Kemenuh and Blahbatuh.

Batuan village retains various kinds of uniqueness and char-acteristics, so it has become a famous tourism village with the art appeals. At this village, people can still find an ancient Balinese house with interesting art activities of the society. There are people working as a painter, sculptor and mask carver.

Meanwhile, the ancient Balinese house is located at Penida hamlet, Batuan. Layout, building elements, entrance gates and structures look very ancient like an antiquity. Along the road at the village, the artists look absorbing in painting on canvas and eggshells. Some other traditions it has are the mask

carving, wood carving, making sculptures and other crafts.

Village Temple of Batuan is also a unique and famous tourist attrac-tion. Carving style, cockfighting and mapeed (parade) tradition have been already well-known in the eyes of foreign travelers. The village also has a mask, Rejang and ancient Gambuh art troupes.

Blahbatuh village has spread its charm so that many travelers come to visit it. Blahbatuh Grand Palace is known as ancient royal palace with its own charm. This palace retains a Balinese architectural design divided into three zones namely the outermost courtyard, middle courtyard and innermost courtyard in accordance with the Kosala Kosali concept.

This palace has a sacred relic in the form of Gajah Mada mask, a weapon known as Ki Tunjung Tutur in the form of large blowpipe and gambuh (ancient operetta) puppet making the palace have sa-cred vibration. Various traditional arts like the gamelan, dance and vocals are still sustainable. Local traditional market also becomes

an attraction to foreign travelers. The famous handicraft products at Blahbatuh village are bamboo chair, table and lamp trinkets. In harmony with the tourism develop-ment, many Batuan residents rely on their life in the service sector.

Mas village has almost the same condition and charms as Ubud. It is the center of wood carving handi-crafts. Even, it has been known as a producer of sculpture and mask long before the development of tourism. On that account, along the way travelers can see the art shops displaying their handicraft products like sculpture and wood carvings. Besides, its design has also developed from traditional to the abstract and modern style.

Similarly, this village is also often chosen as an appropriate ac-commodation by world travelers. People’s houses with star-rated hotel standards are often chosen as a place of residence. On that account, the friendly Mas residents can become their friends when unwinding and relaxing. Another comparably interesting village to Ubud is Pejeng village. This vil-

lage offers spiritual tourist centers. Among them, there are Kebo Edan Temple, Pusering Jagat Temple, Penataran Sasih Temple and Garba Temple.

Penataran Sasih Temple is very famous because it has a bronze kettledrum with the length of 186.5 cm also known as the ‘Moon of Pejeng.’ It is said that the moon fell from the sky at the village. Besides, there are also relics of giant statues, Brahma statue, Gane-sha statue and statues of the other gods. Local beautiful nature is often taken advantage by travelers for trekking and cycling. Rice field landscape and friendly community can be an appeal while crossing at the village. Such an atmosphere is also visible at Payangan village. With the natural beauty of the vil-lage, lately the Payangan village is besieged by investors to build tourist accommodation facilities.

?Kemenuh village also becomes a tourist attraction. The village inhabited by 1,056 people has sculpture handicrafts, Tegenun-gan Waterfall attraction as well as the arts and culture becoming

local distinctive appeal. The vil-lage offers beautiful views of rice fields and tourist accommodation like hotels and villas. The accom-modation is owned and managed by local people. Kemenuh village is located in Sukawati subdistrict, very close to Ubud area. The vil-lage has market tourism in the form of gallery currently amounting to 50 units. The potential of exotic nature makes the village a center of trekking activities. Hotel guests staying in Ubud area often take advantage of the tourist facilities located at the edge of Petanu River. Likewise, there are many villas and houses of expatriates work-ing as environmental and health observers.

Kemenuh is also rich in culinary treasures. Many stalls and restau-rants offer Balinese traditional cuisines at the village. Similarly, there is Bale Budaya, a resident’s house which prepares a variety of typical foods. A unique tradition drawing the interest of travelers is ngedeblag, a ceremonial proces-sion as repellent of disasters and plagues. (kmb)

Tourism villages in Ubud and beyond

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Lakhwinder Wadali, world-acclaimed singer, specializing in Sufi songs and music as well as popular music enthralled the capacity-packed audiences in Bali.

Sufi Singer Lakhwinder Wadali rocks eastern Indonesia

NEW YORK — Wall Street’s deal-making renaissance shows no sign of ending. Heinz’s $45 billion acquisition Kraft Foods, announced Wednesday, has helped maintain the momentum in the market for mergers and acquisitions.

So far this year companies glob-ally have struck deals worth $802 billion, according to data provider Dealogic. That compares with $733 billion in the first quarter of 2014 and makes it the best first quarter for deal-making in at least five years.

Other big deals in the works in-clude Simon Property’s bid to buy rival Macerich, which owns and operates shopping malls, and Ab-bVie’s deal to buy Pharmacyclics, a maker of cancer drugs.

Rising confidence among top-level executives about the outlook for the economy is key to the surging number of deals, says Neil Dhar, U.S. Capital Markets Leader at PwC.

In the immediate aftermath of the recession, companies concen-trated on cutting costs, focusing on survival rather than expansion. That focus, combined with an improving economy, helped them build up huge cash piles.

Now, as the unemployment rate has fallen and growth has picked up, executives have become more optimistic about the future and want to think about growth. Corporate leaders are also getting more pres-sure from shareholders to boost

growth.Financial markets are helping

too. A six-year rally in stocks since the end of the recession is boost-ing confidence and with interest rates remaining low, acquirers can borrow money cheaply to finance deals.

“Generally speaking that land-scape seems to be ... pretty posi-tive,” says Dhar, an expert on deals. “When you see that, people are more ambitious, they get pushed more by their boards, and by their shareholders, on how they’re going to grow.”

One of the quickest ways of growing, of course, is acquiring one of your rivals.

The number of deals has been increasing steadily since the end of the recession, reaching $3.6 trillion globally last year, the third-highest on record after 2007 and 2006.

The stronger dollar should also lead to more U.S. companies mak-ing acquisitions overseas, says Rich Jeanneret, Americas Vice Chair of Transaction Advisory Services at consultant EY. The dollar has surged against most major cur-rencies in the last six months. The U.S. currency has gained 14 percent against the euro in that period, and 9 percent against the Japanese yen.

The rising dollar “creates buying opportunities for companies from the United States in other parts of the world, particularly Europe,” says Jeanneret. (ap)

TOKYO - The dollar fell against the yen and euro Thurs-day after poor US data dented confidence in the world’s top economy and threw into question the timeline for a long-awaited Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

In Tokyo, the greenback slid to 118.99 yen, from 119.43 yen in New York and 119.62 yen in Asia earlier Wednesday.

The euro rose to $1.0986 from $1.0973 after an upbeat German business confidence report, but the unit eased to 130.75 yen from 131.05 yen.

On Wednesday, the US Com-merce Department reported an unexpected drop in orders for durable goods, such as cars and appliances, hinting at weakness

in the economy.The downbeat will likely put

back the Fed’s timeline on when to raise interest rates. The green-back, which has rallied strongly this year, was already facing sell-ing pressure after the bank last week cut its projections for inter-est rates and economic growth.

“The dollar bull run is starting to turn,” said Dominic Bunning, a senior currency strategist at HSBC in Hong Kong.

“It’s already clear that US data is underperforming expectations and has been for the past couple of months,” which may keep the Fed on a very slow path to raising rates, he told Bloomberg News.

Mark McCormick, a foreign-exchange strategist at Credit Agricole, added: “The dollar

is vulnerable to US economic data surprises, and soft prints are likely to keep it on the back foot.”

The Fed has kept its target borrowing rate at near-zero since December 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis.

In other trading, the euro won support from the closely watched Ifo economic institute index on German business confidence, which rose in March to its highest level in eight months. Germany is Europe’s biggest economy.

The report followed another key report Tuesday that showed eurozone business activity near a four-year high in March.

The dollar was mostly stronger against other Asia-Pacific curren-cies. (afp)

Dollar slips against euro, yen after weak US data

EU unveils ambitious overhaul of digital economyBRUSSELS - The EU unveiled an ambitious plan to overhaul Europe’s fragmented digital

landscape on Wednesday that would allow Europeans traveling in other bloc countries to get their Netflix film fix or watch BBC iPlayer even when abroad.

Merger momentum keeps on rolling with Heinz deal for Kraft

AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File

This Wednesday, March 2, 2011, file photo, shows containers of Heinz ketchup on the shelf of a market, in Barre, Vt. H.J. Heinz Co. is buying Kraft Foods Group Inc., creating what the companies say will be the third-largest food and bever-age company in North America, the companies announced Wednesday, March 25, 2015.

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Deputy Prime Minister Sok An presided over the ceremony, which was attended by representatives from the United Nations and a U.N.-backed tribunal trying former Khmer Rouge officials.

He said the 6-meter (20-foot) -high memorial, designed like a Buddhist stupa, will “serve as an educational tool for the next genera-tions to remember and prevent the return of such a dark regime.” An estimated 1.7 million people died as a result of the Khmer Rouge’s radi-cal policies from 1975 to 1979.

Tuol Sleng was one of a number of torture and execution centers. The tribunal has identified 12,272 victims who passed through its

gates, but the actual number is believed to be around 16,000. Virtually all were taken away after torture and killed elsewhere. Only a handful survived.

The memorial replaces a similar one that disintegrated inside the Tuol Sleng complex and is part of a renovation of the museum that began in 2010.

Sok An rejected criticism from human rights groups that the gov-ernment is interfering in the Khmer Rouge tribunal. “I wish to reiter-ate that the government will not intervene, will not interfere with the internal affairs of the court,” he said.

Prime Minister Hun Sen warned

recently that adding new defendants could incite former Khmer Rouge members to start a civil war, and that the court’s investigations had “almost gone beyond the limit.” He has made similar comments on many occasions.

Earlier this month, the tribunal indicted two more suspects — for-mer Khmer Rouge navy chief Meas Muth and former district command-er Im Chaem. They were charged with homicide and crimes against humanity, including enslavement and persecution on political and ethnic grounds. Two of the group’s top surviving leaders received life sentences last August for crimes against humanity. (ap)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran entered a critical phase on Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meeting his Iranian counterpart less than a week away from an end-of-month deadline to secure the outline of a deal.

With the clock ticking, Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mo-hammad Javad Zarif and their teams huddled Thursday in the Swiss resort town of Lausanne on Lake Geneva trying to overcome still significant gaps after nearly two years of negotiations between Iran and the five permanent mem-bers of the U.N. Security Council and Germany. The top diplomats from Britain, China, France, Ger-many and Russia are expected to join the talks if the U.S. and Iran are close to an agreement.

U.S. officials say the March 31 deadline is achievable but remains uncertain. En route to Switzerland with Kerry on Wednesday, one official said the American side “can see a path forward to get to agreement” by the end of March as the last round of talks produced more progress than many previ-ous rounds. The official was not authorized to discuss the talks by name and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The Iranian side was more up-beat. Ali Akbar Salehi, Tehran’s top nuclear official, told Iran’s IRNA news agency that the talks have already reached a “common understanding” on technical is-sues. Salehi, who also is at the talks, added he was optimistic that a comprehensive deal also was

within reach.The pressure is high. The seven

nations have set themselves a March 31 deadline for the outline of a final accord they hope to seal by the end of June. Both President Barack Obama and Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have spoken against what would be a third extension of the talks.

And, looming over this round of talks are the crises in Yemen, where U.S. allies, including Saudi Arabia, have launched air strikes against Iranian-backed Shiite rebels that toppled the government, and Iraq, where the U.S. is now providing air support to the Iraqi government’s Iranian-backed offensive to retake the city of Tikrit from Islamic State group militants.

At the opening session of Thurs-day’s talks neither Kerry nor Zarif responded to reporters’ questions about whether the situation in Ye-men would be discussed.

Opponents of a nuclear deal, among them wary American allies in the Middle East and hardliners in Iran and in Congress, stand ready to complicate the process if negotia-tors cannot reach a breakthrough in the next six days. American lawmakers have threatened new sanctions on Iran as well as the establishment of a process which would allow them to vote down any final accord.

The United States and its part-ners are trying to get Iran to cut the number of centrifuges it uses to enrich uranium, material that can be used in warheads, and agree to other restrictions on what the Islamic Re-public insists is a peaceful nuclear program. (ap)

AP Photo/Heng Sinith

A view from barbed wire to Memorial during its opening ceremony in Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, March 26, 2015. The memorial built at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum to remember at least 12,000 people tortured and killed there during the radical Khmer Rouge regime, has been official inaugurated Thursday.

Cambodia inaugurates memorial at Khmer Rouge

genocide museumPHNOM PENH — Cambodian officials inaugurated a memorial at the Tuol Sleng Genocide

Museum on Thursday to remember more than 12,000 people tortured at the site when it was a Khmer Rouge prison. Buddhist monks chanted prayers at a ceremony at the museum, a former high school that the Khmer Rouge converted into a prison after taking power in 1975.

US, Iran nuke talks enter critical round ahead of deadline

AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool

Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi waits on an elevator before talks with US officials at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne on Thursday, March 26, 2015 during negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program.

Such condition have caused mer-

chants at the m a r k e t

com-

plain to the Bangli Urban Planning Agency. Yudi Sutha claimed to be disappointed with the sluggish per-formance of market janitor under the auspices of the Bangli Industry and Trade Agency.

According to field observations, the piles of waste can be found

all around the market. On any given day, janitors are rarely

seen and merchants are frustrated because

the waste is not transported

a w a y and is

left to rot.

Sutha explained that her Agency cannot bear to see the untidiness of Kidul Market. She said that the market is supposed to be clean and comfortable, but in fact it resembles a landfill. Moreover, the location of the Kidul Market, in the town center should be taken into account regard-ing general sanitary conditions. She therefor deployed dozens of officers to transport the piles of waste. Armed with equipment, the officers struggled to transport the stinking waste.

It was much deplored that during the cleaning up of the market not a single janitor could be found. This made Yudi Sutha increasingly furious and occasionally she looked quite emotional. During the cleanup, Sutha also provided guidance for merchants so as to help maintain the sanitation of the market. However, the traders argued that they have to pay a sanita-tion levy. Such statements made also made her angry and she rebuked the comments of the stubborn merchants

saying that if they did not want to contribute to the sanitation of

the market that they should not be selling at Kudil

Market “If the trad-ers do not want

to keep the m a r -

ket clean, it is better that they not sell here,” she said.

Furthermore, related to market sanitation, Yudi Sutha admitted that she had already coordinated with the Industry and Trade Agency who operates the market, but it turns out that the officers appointed to the task of maintaining the cleanliness of the market, just don’t do their job. At the time of the market clean-up Sutha said to Trade Agency representatives: “if possible, please call the janitors and give them some coaching,” she said.

As for the sanitation levy that the merchants pay, Sutha responded firmly saying that although there is a sanitation levy, all the traders are still required to maintain the sanitation of the market, and must not leave it entirely to the market janitors. She also warned the merchants and the Industry and Trade Agency that her party came down this once to help handle the market sanitation crisis, but that the market sanitation is now fully back on the shoulders of the lo-cal janitors. “We just help this once, next time we will not help again,” she said.

Market Sanitation Supervisor of the Urban Planning Agency, Nyoman Ardana, confirmed that the market janitors are very rarely seen. He ac-cused some of the officers of taking a blind salary because their rights

and obligations are unbalanced. “Performance of the officers is not maximal, the waste is rarely trans-ported,” he said.

Section Head of the Commerce Business Development, Bangli Industry and Trade Agency, Ketut Ngayum, recognized that the jani-tors are not working optimally. Nevertheless, his party admitted to have provided guidance for the merchants every day. “Every day I have appealed to traders to keep the market clean,” he said.

Similar statements were also disclosed by the Head of Industry and Trade Agency, IGP Wahyuda who said that previously, some mer-chants at Kidul Market admitted to have lost customers because of the market environment being rundown. It is said that buyers prefer to shop outside the market because it is more

convenient. (kmb45)

DENPASAR - A commotion occurred at the home of a 57 year old Australian tourist with the ini-tials PW, on Jalan Tunggak Bingin, Sanur Kauh, South Denpasar, on Sunday (Mar. 22). PW beat up AD, 33, who is suspected of having an affair with his wife. Allegedly AD wanted to meet up with the wife of PW but was caught before he could reach her.

Chief of South Denpasar Po-

lice, Nanang Prihasmoko, said on Wednesday (Mar. 25) that at ap-proximately 9:30 p.m. AD came into the courtyard of PW’s house through the back door. But on ar-rival in the backyard, he was caught by PW. “PW immediately caught the surprised perpetrator. But the perpetrator tried to flee and a fight broke out,” the police chief added.

Based on the explanation that PW’s child, DW, 11, gave to the

police officer, at the time of the incident, he was studying in the room. Suddenly DW heard noises in the back of the house. DW im-mediately came out of the house and saw his father fighting with the perpetrator.

“The witness (DW—Ed) wanted to help his father. He picked up a bottle and was going to hit the perpetrator on the head,” said the former Chief of Detainee and Evi-

dence Unit of Denpasar Police.The child’s intention was pre-

vented by his mother. DW was immediately pulled by his mother and told to get back in his room “The incident indicates a suspicion that the mother of DW was having an affair with the perpetrator,” he said.

Once captured, the tourist from Australia reported the incident to South Denpasar Police. After

receiving the report, the officers immediately came down to the scene and upon arrival immediately arrested the man from Ambon and brought him to police station.

“Based on the results of the ex-amination, the perpetrator is alleged to have a very close relationship with the victim’s wife (PW—Ed). The perpetrator recklessly met the victim’s wife but was caught and a fight broke,” he said. (kmb36)

Australian citizen beats up wife’s alleged lover

Waste piles up at Kidul Market

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The Kidul Market

BANGLI - Mounting waste at Kidul Market, Wednesday (Mar. 25), that show the lack of responsibility of the local janitors makes the Head of Bangli Urban Plan-

ning Agency, Ida Ayu Yudi Sutha, furious. Especially, because of the stench that garbage emitted after having been left

for days.

3Friday, March 27, 2015 14 InternationalInternational Bali NewsFashion Friday, March 27, 2015

TOKYO - Feminine glamour may turn the most heads at fashion weeks in New York or Paris, but in Tokyo it is the style-conscious men who set the sartorial trends.

From sharp futurism to wool-and-denim casuals, the finale of Tokyo Fashion Week put the spotlight largely on menswear, aiming to promote the most dynamic area of Japanese clothes design.

“What happens here is probably the future of men’s fashion,” said Antonio Cristaudo from Pitti Immagine, a collection of fashion industry events in Italy.

“There’s individuality, they want to be different,” he told AFP. “It’s important for all the fashion world to see what’s happening in Japan.”

Such innovation is nowhere more evident than on the streets of Tokyo, from the vintage and skater styles of Ura-Hara to the slick suits of the Marunouchi business district.

With sharp tailoring and eye-catch-ing accessories, from hats and bags to shiny shoes, the get-up of Tokyo gents is striking to the first-time visitor.

“The menswear is just so much more exciting than womenswear here,” said Misha Janette, an American fashion journalist based in Tokyo, who suggested the tendency for women to cover up meant their clothes could be “a bit shapeless”.

For the men, meanwhile, “it’s ok to do your hair, be into fashion, use skincare,” Janette said. “They like to be proper in Japan.”

Although Tokyo’s dandies shine at home and start trends that travel abroad, the success of Japan’s own designers has been limited overseas.

The industry is now trying to change that with the new Tokyo Fash-ion Awards, backed by the city govern-

The singer, songwriter and record producer was singled out for the Fashion Icon Award, to be bestowed June 1 at Lincoln Center, as some-body whose individual style has made a significant impact on popular culture on an international scale.

“If cool was a person, it would be Pharrell, not just for his looks and sense of style but for his kind-ness and openness. I cannot imagine anyone not seduced by him,” said Diane von Furstenberg, president of the CFDA, in a statement released

Wednesday.Last year’s recipient was Rihan-

na, who wore a see-through dress to collect her award. Johnny Depp, Lady Gaga, Iman, Kate Moss and Nicole Kidman are among past winners.

In addition to music, Pharrell co-founded the clothing brands Bil-lionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream Footwear. He has a New York City boutique and has co-designed jewelry and eyeglasses for Louis Vuitton. (ap)

AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA/Yoshikazu TSUNO

Male models display designers creation during Tokyo Fashion Week’s 2015-16 Autumn/Winter collection in Tokyo, recently.

AP Photo/Michel Euler, File

Pharrell Williams chosen as fashion icon of the year

NEW YORK — Pharrell Williams, fond of high hats and fabulous shoes, will be honored as a fashion icon by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Tokyo men stay one step ahead in style

ment, which push homegrown brands to emulate their leading lights such as Junya Watanabe and Rei Kawakubo, founder of Comme des Garcons.

The awards jury chose six brands, predominantly menswear-focused, which were seen to have international potential. The winners held a show-room at Paris Fashion Week this year and presented their autumn/winter collections in Tokyo on Saturday.

They ranged from the “sheep boy” theme of the brand Factotum, designed by Koji Udo and inspired by a Haruki Murakami novel, to the futuristic colour-popped creations of John Lawrence Sullivan, a label by Arashi Yanagawa named after the 19th century American boxer.

“These are brands already very popular in Tokyo but they now have to start going overseas,” said Akiko Shi-noda, director of international affairs at Japan Fashion Week Organisation, who cited a lack of focus on sales and few English-language speakers as bar-riers to success.

Winning designer Udo was frank about Japan’s need to “develop de-signs beyond street fashion”, but he expressed confidence in his clothes’ practical appeal.

“The special feature of men’s fashion in Japan is that it’s actually wearable on the streets, in contrast to fashion coming from American and European fashion houses,” he told AFP after his show.

Motofumi “Poggy” Kogi, a buyer for local retailer United Arrows and a fashion awards judge, said strong col-laboration with craftsmen and textile producers was also a crucial part of Japanese fashion.

“Japan has embraced mass produc-tion but has stayed true to the impor-tance of small details,” Kogi said.

That attention to detail was praised by international buyers visiting Tokyo, who said the city’s pioneering styles were becoming all the more important as men worldwide take greater interest in dress and grooming.

Eric Jennings, vice president and fashion director in menswear, home and beauty at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York, said there had been “un-precedented growth” in the sector in the United States.

“For the first time probably ever, men are embracing fashion, upgrad-ing their wardrobes. They’re now outperforming woman consistently coming out of the recession,” he said on his first visit to Tokyo.

“The trends start in Japan and then they migrate to Europe and then the US. So this is getting one step ahead for me.” (afp)

Headman of Tegal Mengkeb, Dewa Made Widarma, explained that so far a total of 17 harvester groups have been established in his village. Each group has 15 to 20 members. Vil-lage authorities provide assistance in the form of rice harvesting machines or power threshers. “The program has also received attention from the local government who are also providing assistance to the harvester groups at Tegal Mengkeb,” said Widarma.

Widarma explained that the es-tablishment of groups focused on harvesting rice emerged out of the realization that there was a the lack of human resources and technology. “Local rice harvesters in Bali are almost extinct and we want to revive this profession,” he said.

He went on to say that Tegal Meng-keb village is one of the villages that has the widest subak area in Bali. Each season, the price of grain bought from farmers diminishes. Having analyzed the situation, it turned out that this was due to the subterfuge of speculators who would elay the rice harvest of farmers. “If the local harvester groups are revived, the subterfuge involved in

grain prices can be prevented so that the prices can be stabilized at the level of farmers,” he said.

Widarma recognizes that the mem-bers of harvester groups are still predominatly people from the older generation. For this reason, they will continue to encourage young people to get involved in the rice harvesting business. According to Widarman, the revenue potential is quite large. Every four months there is a rice harvest and and Tegal Mengkeb village pays out about IDR 150 million to farmers to harvest the rice.

“Typically these funds are absorbed by labourers from outside Bali. In the future this will be received by local rice harvesters,” he said.

Village authorities project that in 2018 the harvester groups will be able to serve all the needs of the rice harvest at Tegal Mengkeb village themselves. “At the moment, there is still not enough local labour,” he said.

Widarma hopes that in the future the harvester group at Tegal Mengkeb village will develop enough that they can serve the needs of all the subak areas in Bali. (kmb24)

BANGLI - Allocation of the Hotel and Restaurant Tax (PHR) from Badung and Denpasar to Bangli has not been fully utilized. According to the report on the use of the allocation of the hotel and restaurant taxes from Denpasar and Badung for the fiscal year (fourth quarter of 2014), compiled by Finance Division of the Bangli Regional Secre-tariat, the total funds received by Bangli County in 2014 amounted to IDR 17.2 billion. Of that amount, they only used funds amounting to IDR 11.03 billion, with a relatively large amount being left unused - namely IDR 6.7 billion.

The report submitted to the Gov-ernment of Bali, mentions that the disbursement of the funds from the PHR allocation that was received by the county of Bangli, was not only used to fund programs undertaken by the Culture and Tourism Agency but also a number of programs in five other agencies as well. For instance, over IDR 4.7 billion of the allocation funds were used to finance the maintenance of roads and bridges worked on by the Public Works Agency.In addition, over IDR 2.4 billion was used for the procurement and maintenance of sani-tation and landscaping infrastructure as well as the waste management program undertaken by the Urban Planning Agency. Disbursement of the PHR allocation was also used to finance the spatial planning program to the tune of IDR 299 million and handled by the Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda). A total of IDR 420

million was used to finance the waste management development program by the Environment Agency.

Approximately IDR 454 million was used by the Industry and Trade Agency to finance the domestic trade efficiency program with activities such as the construction and renovation of the Kidul Market as well as the devel-opment activities and revitalization of other traditional markets. To finance the program handled by the Culture and Tourism Agency for tourist destination development, management of cultural diversity and the development of cul-tural treasures use approximately IDR 2.6 billion of the funds.

However, in the report there are no details about the locations of each of these programs’ activities. For example, the report mentions the program for the maintenance of roads and bridges car-ried out by the Public Works Agency but does not explicitly give the name or location of the roads that were rehabili-tated. The Division Head of Finance, Ketut Nurjana, said that the details re-garding the location of the activities can only be found within the agencies that carried out the programs. The Finance Division only prepares a report on the general activities of eat agency.

Regarding the causes of the unused PHR funds, Nurjana only said that it will not be returned to the govern-ment of Bali, as it is part of the Silpa or remaining budget that will be used to finance development activities next year. (kmb40)

KUTA - Intense competition in the medium SUV category in Bali on 2014 was won by Toyota with its product Toyota Rush. Toyota managed to control 48 percent market share in the medium SUV. In order to further increase market penetration, Toyota presents New Toyota Rush.

According to Head Branch Au-to2000 Sanur, M. Jainuri on Thursday, the positive response of consumers make Toyota always improve, both in-terior and exterior, of Rush. Since 2006, explained Jainuri, Toyota has released several product improvement of Rush. “In 2015, we carried out repairs in the interior and exterior with the launch of the New Rush. In this new Rush, its ground clearance was changed to 200 mm to provide comfort and driving safety in all fields. This vehicle would be very suitable in Bali,” said Jainuri.

Added Head Branch Auto2000 Tabanan, Triyana Anom, for security, New Rush equipped with airbags for the driver and front passenger. While seatbelt pretensioner and force limiters remains one of the hallmarks of New Rush. For convenience, the New Rush has a roomy cabin and is able to accom-modate up to seven passengers.

Related to sales, Jainuri, Anom, and Head of Branch Auto2000 Gianyar, Wahyu Adhie and Branch Auto2000 Tjokroaminoto, Haris Prasetya, opti-mistic that New Rush to meet 2015’s target. Judging from the sales, along 2014, Rush occupy 48 percent market share of the total medium SUV sold in Bali. In sum, the total medium SUV marketed in Bali reach 1,986 units and Rush successfully sold 953 units.

Even in the period of January and February 2015, said Jainuri, Rush managed to increase market share by 7 percent, from 48 percent to 55 percent. During the two months in early 2015, the medium SUV sold in Bali reached 315 units, with 173 units of which is the Toyota Rush.

With the presence of New Rush, he said, until the end of 2015, Toyota targeted to be in number one position and increased market share from 48 percent in 2014 to 50 percent. For sold units, Jainuri targeted around 110 units per month. “We are optimistic New Rush can achieve these targets as Bali consumers are still very interested in Rush and the improvement that we are offer will definitely boost sales,” said Jainuri. (kmb18)

Toyota masters medium SUV sales in Bali

PHR funds allocated to Bangli, not all used

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Tegal Mengkeb village in the East Selemadeg subdistrict develops sekaa manyi or harvester group that focuses on harvesting rice.

Rice harvesters almost extinct

Tegal Mengkeb village establishes harvester groups

TABANAN - Since rice harvesters are almost extinct in Bali, especially in Tabanan, farmers end up relying heavily on labourers from outside the region in order to harvest the crops. Conse-quently, other than the high cost of hiring labourers for the harvest, farmers are also subject to the potential of speculators playing with the price of grain bought directly from farmers. To deal with such conditions, Tegal Mengkeb village in East Selemadeg subdistrict has developed sekaa manyi or harvester groups that focus on harvesting rice.

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

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is 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, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, 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.

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cal destination where you can raft dramatic rivers, shop for bargains in vibrant local markets, enjoy cultural performances of Hindu dance epics, cycle through gently swaying fields of rice, visit ancient kingdoms and mystical water palaces, climb mighty volcanoes or dive into an exotic world of psychedelic fish. Marriage

As a General Manager of Grand Whiz Hotel Kuta, Widya Wiryawan had made preparation to attract Chi-nese, Asian and Australian market. It was intended to balance the com-position of hotel guests that were currently dominated by domestic travelers. “We will attempt to draw Chinese travelers to this hotel,” said the man from Semarang.

In terms of hotel occupancy reach-ing 70-80 percent, 80 percent of them was domestic travelers. Meanwhile, the remaining was foreign travelers. They were travelers from various regions in Indonesia, including from Jakarta, Semarang, Bandung and some towns on the Island of Sumatra. “During the operation for two years, approximately 50-60 percent of the guests of Grand Whiz Hotel Kuta were repeaters,” said the alumnus of the tourism school.

Then, to reach the target market, the man having a wealth of experience

in the world of tourism admit-ted that all would be set up by extending excellent services to every guest. Friendliness of each employee would be well maintained, so it could create an atmosphere like at their own home. “On that ac-count, guests will be willing to come back here. And it has been proved,” he said.

Moreover, location of Grand Whiz is representative in the center of Kuta tourist resort. It i s ve ry c lose to beach tour-i s t a rea and t o N g u r a h Rai Airport D e n p a s a r . “Rooms are very n ice . And when

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Candi Beach CottagesAMLAPUrA - Candi Beach Cottage located in peaceful east Bali. Escape from the hustle and bustle,

and embrace the tranquility. Its enchanting and intimate 4-star resort rests amid swaying palm trees within the quiet and natural environs of the beautiful Mendira Bay, Candidasa in the royal Balinese regency of Karangasem.

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Widya WiryawanReady to attract Chinese travelers

compared to the other three-star hotel rooms here, it is very con-venient because i t has complete facili-ties,” he concluded. (kmb)

proposals are proffered and accepted. This welcome oasis is where the dream begins.

DENPASAR - Hindu people in Bali are waiting for the Bali Police to perform their duties in relation to the handling of NIM’s contempt of Nyepi case. Two days after the case was reported to Bali Police, on Wednesday (Mar. 25), Chair-man of the Alliance of Community Welfare Observer (Apisemar) I Nyoman Pasek, checked the prog-ress of the case report.

“I’m really disappointed be-cause there has been no develop-ment at all. This case is handled by the Cyber Crime Unit, Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of the Bali Police,” said Pasek.

He is worried about the fate of the case report based on the poor handling of cases in the past. What makes him even more disap-pointed is that the officers asked the complainant (Balinese Hindu NGO) to look for evidence. “It is a criminal case not a civil case. If the performance (of police—Ed) is like this, we will complain to the Indonesian Police Headquarters. Why is the complainant being asked to look for evidence?” he said.

Pasek reminded the Bali Po-lice that Bali has becomes the barometer of many things, either in tourism, security, harmony or other sectors. If the condition of Bali is worsened, Indonesia as a whole will reap the aftermath. “If our report is ignored, we will take action. Two days is long enough to handle a case like this, the Bali Police has advanced cyber tools,” said the man from Karangasem.

Pasek emphasized that the matter of investigation and col-lection of evidence is not his responsibility. This case is very delicate due to the humiliation of the Hindus celebrating Nyepi. “Is there prolonged publication? Moreover, the Hindus have often been harmed and insulted like this,” added Pasek.

If police are not serious, do not blame the people of Bali if they take action themselves. Moreover, the humiliation on Facebook was not only read by people in Indonesia. “Actually, there is no shortage of evidence.

I question the quality of cyber crime officers,” he said.

Academic, Anak Agung Gde Putra Arjawa, also said that he is disappointed with the per-formance of the police. Police should act quickly because the case has an impact on the disrup-tion of social order and threatens religious harmony in Bali. In addition, the Hindus will feel shamed in the eyes of the world because they have been insulted like that.

“Do not let unfortunate things happen due to this incident. I hope that the Bali Police can take immediate measures to handle the case report,” he said.

Arjawa does not believe that police have not been able to ar-rest NIM so short a time. If the case is left too long, the Hindus will become increasingly restless. “If the perpetrator is not handled, such people will appear in num-bers because there is no deterrent effect” said Arjawa.

Spokesman of Bali Police, Hery Wiyanto, when asked for his confirmation acknowledged that no progress has been made in this case. According to Wiyanto, the report of the Hindu NGO had just been received and is still be-ing explored by the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation. “There has been no progress,” he said briefly.

As reported, the alliance of Hindu mass organizations and representatives of Balinese Hindu reported NIM the owner of the Facebook account in question, to Bali Police on Monday (Mar. 23). They asserted the deed of NIM on the social media site is an insult and an affront to the Hindu religion and is a provocation. The report is related to violations against the Information and Elec-tronic Transactions (ITE).

Therefore, Bali Police are asked to immediately arrest NIM. The names of organizations involved in the mass report are: Love Bali Forum, Cakrawayu and Apisemar. They refer to them-selves as the lovers of Hinduism and Balinese culture. (rah)

According to Ketut Widnyana, Chief of Munduk Tegal Lantang subgroup, Subak Karang Dalem, the mouse attack had been ongo-ing since the rice plants were two months old, around December 2014. The problem was reported to the Badung Agriculture, Horticul-ture and Forestry Agency (DP2K) at the time. “We were helped by being provided with mouse poi-son” he said.

Unfortunately, the problem hasn’t stopped and the mouse attack is even more widespread. Currently, many 60 day old rice plant stems have broken. Approxi-mately 15 hectares of the total 36 hectares of rice fields at the local subak area have been damaged. Other than mice, numerous water

hyacinths are also taking over the paddy fields.

Due to mouse attack, farmers are suffering substantial losses because the losses per hectare can reach as much as IDR 5 million. The total losses for all farmers in the area amount to at least tens of millions of rupiahs. Most money is lost to production costs, such as the purchase of seeds, fertilizer, plant-ing costs and tractor rentals.

Widnyana added that similar problems are also experienced by other regions including Taman vil-lage, Abiansemal subdistrict. For this reason, they hope the govern-ment can provide a solution to deal with the losses suffered by farmers, in the form of subsidies or other forms of assistance to farmers.

When contacted about this matter, the Head of Badung Agri-culture, Horticulture and Forestry Agency, I GAK Sudaratmaja, said his agency had attempted to deal with the mouse attack at Subak Karang Dalem. However, as mice can move quickly, the attacks kept happening. “So, we expect that after the harvest farmers will do a serious cleanup of their fields, so that the mice do not return,” he said.

As for the assistance to farmers, especially agricultural insurance, Sudaratmaja cannot provide any certainty. According to him, the program has been launched by the central government, but until now there is no clarity about the techni-cal matters. (kmb25)

Nyepi insulter case No progress, NGO threatens to report to police

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The damage rice field at Subak Karang Dalem, Selat village, Abiansemal subdistrict.

Mouse attack at Subak Karang Dalem

Dozens of hectares of paddy plants damaged

MANGUPUrA - Farmers at Subak Karang Dalem, Selat village, Abiansemal subdistrict, are bewildered. Approximately 15 hectares of their rice plants have been damaged by mice. As a result, farmers suffer great losses amounting to tens of millions of rupiahs.

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His name immediately became a top trending topic online — #Alway-sInOurHeartsZaynMalik — as the band announced it would continue its world tour, “On the Road Again,” without Malik. Plans also remained in place for the now-foursome to record an album later this year.

“For kids now, it’s truly the equiva-lent of if one of the Beatles would have left at the height of their success,” said Rolling Stone Senior Writer Brian Hiatt of Malik’s departure.

One middle-school teacher said the day was among the toughest in her career as tween girls ran out of class in tears.

But while it may be sad news for Malik’s fans, his departure isn’t nec-essarily bad for the band — at least not immediately. The remaining four members have concert dates scheduled

through October and they promise a future for the group.

Unlike Van Halen, which started over when it replaced Roth with a new lead singer (Sammy Hagar); or Oasis, which essentially disbanded when Gallagher left, One Direction is all vocalists, making it easier to absorb a loss.

The band’s only choice now is to continue with four, Hiatt said: “I can’t imagine, under any circumstances, them replacing him.”

One Direction formed in 2010 after five teenagers — Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Malik — auditioned individually for the British TV talent show “The X Factor.” Simon Cowell had the idea of putting them together as a boy band.

They didn’t win the competition, but they went on to score hits and win

young hearts around the world with their perky pop and cheeky personali-ties. Each member has his own follow-ing, with Styles and Malik arguably the most popular.

Cowell said in a statement Wednes-day that One Direction fans “can rest assured that Niall, Liam, Harry and Louis are hugely excited about the future of the band.”

Another British boy band faced a similar challenge in the 1990s, with unsettled results. Take That started as a singing, dancing group of five. When one of its members left, the band finished its world tour, released a single, then broke up. It reunited as a foursome almost a decade later and found new success. The fifth member briefly returned, then left again, fol-lowed by another member’s departure. The group now records and tours as a trio and just released a single this month. It’s too soon to say which way One Direction, or Malik, might go, but making a clean split was a good first step, writes Jason Lipshutz, an associ-ate editor at Billboard.

“Zayn’s exit from One Direction is painful because it means some-thing has ended, but it would have been vastly more painful to approach the next few months with a sense of unsteadiness,” he says. “Now, Zayn is gone, and One Direction can move on.” (ap)

Puspa Negara agreed that the regulation should consider all levels of society, not just those function-ing on a large scale. According to Negara, the regulation should be reviewed or revised. “If it remains in place, the small scale business

sector of wooden crafts will be threatened with bankruptcy, making the regulation irrelevant,” he said.

Wood craftsman, Ketut Sugi-ana, revealed, that as long as the verification system can improve the competitiveness of small and

medium industries (SMI) wanting to export, it is not a problem. How-ever, the government must bear all the costs of licensing and make the process easy to go through.

If the verification system and timber legality is intended to reduce

illegal logging, Sugiana considers it inappropriate because the issue of illegal logging needs to be ad-dressed though permits for forest concessions. “If the government wants to deal with this problem by having craftsmen prove compli-ance of the verification system and timber legality, either the licensing procedure needs to be simplified or the cost of the procedure needs to be covered, so that export values are not disrupted,” said the owner of CV Wahyu Dewata.

It should be noted that most

SMEs in Bali that are involved in this sector, use raw materials that come from Borneo, Sumatra, Su-lawesi and Papua. So if the intention of the new regulation is to prevent illegal logging, supervision should be focused and carried out at the level of forest management. (rah)

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A craftsman showed his products that made from wood in his workshop, recently. Revisions to P.59/2014 by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, have emerged as Regulation No. 43/2014, which makes it mandatory for all timber producers and related industries to pass the verification system and timber legality (SVLK).

Verifying timber legality

Small craftsmen threatened with bankruptcyDENPASAR - Revisions to P.59/2014 by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, have

emerged as Regulation No. 43/2014, which makes it mandatory for all timber producers and related industries to pass the verification system and timber legality (SVLK). This impacts nega-tively on craftsmen, especially small scale craftsmen who do not hold a trading business licenses nor permits of business premises, making it impossible for them to acquire SVLK status. “So, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry’s new regulation threatens the existence and growth of our craft businesses” said former Badung legislator, Wayan Puspa Negara.

PARIS - “Mad Max: Fury Road”, the fourth film in the dystopian cult saga by director George Miller, will screen on May 14 at the Cannes Film Festival, the organisers confirmed Wednesday.

Thirty years after he first rode on

to cinema screens across the globe, “Mad” Max Rockatansky returns in the shape of English actor Tom Hardy, who replaces Mel Gibson, the star of the previous instalments.

In the new movie -- once again set in a post-apocalyptic universe where

biker gangs fight for petrol and water -- Mad Max meets Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron, as she flees across the wasteland.

The film is due for global release immediately after its out-of-competi-tion screening preview in Cannes, the

festival said.The announcement marks the long-

awaited return of Australian director George Miller, 70, whose first “Mad Max” film became an instant world-wide hit in 1979.

He went on to film “Mad Max

2: The Road Warrior” (1981) and “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome” (1985).

The 68th Cannes Film Festival will take place between May 13 and 24, with US filmmakers Joel and Ethan Cohen presiding over the jury. (afp)

NEW YORK — Felicity Jones laughs and says “absolutely” when asked if she’s coming up with vari-ous ways to say she can’t talk about her starring role in the “Star Wars” spin-off “Rogue One.”

“I can’t talk about it. It’s really, really exciting but I can’t talk about it,” she said in a recent interview.

The film was confirmed by Disney’s Bob Iger at a sharehold-ers meeting in San Francisco ear-lier this month. Gareth Edwards (“Godzilla) will begin directing this summer. The movie is scheduled for a Dec. 16, 2016, release.

Jones, 31, said she has had “a fantastic, fantastic few months.” She was nominated for a best-actress Oscar for her role as Jane Hawking in “The Theory of Ev-erything,” and she says all the women nominated in that category supported each other.

“It felt very uncompetitive which was really nice,” she said. “It felt like we were all supporting each other.” (Julianne Moore won for “Still Alice.”)

“Along the way you just bump into the same people,” Jones said of the awards show circuit. “And for all the women in the category we all became really good friends by the end of it. You’d be like, ‘Hey, how are you?’ I did feel like there was a lot of camaraderie between us which was really nice.”

She said it is also nice doing publicity for other projects. “I had a fantastic time with (‘The Theory of Everything’) and it was a very,

very special project to be a part of so I didn’t mind speaking about it endlessly, but I do have to say it’s nice to be talking about something else. Definitely.”

Her next film, “True Story,” star-ring James Franco and Jonah Hill, is a true crime drama. It will be in theaters April 17.

She’s completed the thriller “Autobahn” with Nicholas Holt and a drama “The Monster Calls” with Liam Neeson.

Jones will also co-star with Tom Hanks in the “Da Vinci Code” sequel, “Inferno,” directed by Ron Howard. (ap)

“Mad Max” to make long-awaited comeback at Cannes

Felicity Jones says ‘Stars Wars’ role is

‘really exciting’

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Which way will One Direction go after Malik’s departure?

LOS ANGELES — David Lee Roth and Van Halen. Noel Gallagher and Oasis. And now Zayn Malik and One Direction. Malik said Wednesday he is leaving the chart-topping British boy band “to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight.”

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British band One Direction