Word: denpasar
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...severity of the problem comes to light, the island is gearing up for a mass dog vaccination this weekend to help prevent the virus from spreading beyond the districts of Denpasar and Badung, where the first cases were reported in November. Since then, more than 6,200 dogs have been vaccinated and more than 280 stray dogs put to sleep. Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika has closed the island's borders to all dog traffic from outside, where the virus is believed to have originated...
...compulsively groomed resort areas, garbage grows in small piles on the side of streets on the island's growing urban areas, festering in the tropical sun. Much of what is collected finds its way to the TPA Suwung landfill, about 10 km outside the sprawling provincial capital of Denpasar. Every day trucks add up to 800 metric tons of waste to quivering piles of tattered cloth, leftover food and the ubiquitous plastic water bottles. Virtually the only waste management at Suwung comes in the form of scavengers who brave the heat to comb through the mountains of trash for anything...
...SENTENCED. Abdul Aziz, 31, Dwi Widiarto, 34, and Mohammad Cholili, 29, to eight to 18 years in prison for their roles in the October 2005 suicide bombings in Bali, Indonesia, which killed 20 people and injured over 100; in Denpasar. Aziz reportedly harbored Jemaah Islamiah plotter Nurdin Mohammed Top and designed websites for the terror organization, while Widiarto helped film the bombers' farewell tapes. Both received eight-year sentences. Cholili, a former mobile-phone vendor who assembled circuitry for the bombs, was sentenced to 18 years in jail...
...SENTENCED. ANDREW CHAN, 22, and MYURAN SUKUMARAN, 24, convicted of leading a drug-trafficking ring dubbed the "Bali Nine" by the Australian press; to death; by the Denpasar District Court; in Bali. The nine Australians?some as young as 19 at the time?were arrested last year on suspicion of plotting to smuggle 8.3 kg of heroin from the Indonesian island to Australia. While one woman and six men received life sentences for their roles as drug mules, Chan (pictured) and Sukumaran face death by firing squad, a punishment Australia has vigorously opposed. They plan to appeal their convictions...
...Bali's capital Denpasar, Sanglah Hospital was filled with the wounded and the dead. Irzalisa Irsjafri, a 31-year-old Indonesian patient covered in cuts and bruises, says she was eating with 13 friends on the beach when there was a huge noise: "I got up and saw bodies all around, not moving. I'm sure they were dead." Her husband suffered abdominal injuries and remains in intensive care. Outside the hospital, young Indonesian men light candles for the victims. White cloth banners are strung along a fence, reflecting the anger and despair the attacks have generated among Balinese. "Kill...