Ribuan Warga Melayat ke Rumah Dalang Asep Sunandar Sunarya

duniaberitanasional.blogspot.com — Meninggalnya maestro wayang golek Indonesia, Asep Sunandar Sunarya, mengagetkan seluruh lapisan masyarakat. Hal tersebut terlihat dari antusiasme ribuan warga sekitar Kampung Seni dan Budaya Giri Harja yang memadati rumah duka di Pesantren Budaya Giri Harja, Kelurahan Jelekong, Kecamatan Baleendah, Kabupaten Bandung, Jawa Barat, Senin (31/3/2014).

Dari pantauan Kompas.com, di rumah duka terlihat banyak warga dan pejabat seperti Wakil Bupati Bandung Deden Rumaji dan Rektor Universitas Padjadjaran Ganjar Kurnia datang untuk melayat dan memberikan penghormatan terakhir kepada almarhum.

Di sana, mereka menggelar shalat jenazah ataupun sekadar berdoa di depan jenazah Asep Sunandar Sunarya.

Saking banyaknya warga yang ingin melihat almarhum, tak ayal hal tersebut menimbulkan kemacetan di depan Jalan Siliwangi, Kabupaten Bandung, Jawa Barat.

Tidak aneh jika meninggalnya Dalang Asep Sunandar Sunarya menyita perhatian masyarakat luas. Pasalnya, almarhum merupakan salah satu tokoh dalam dunia seni wayang golek. Almarhum adalah dalang yang memopulerkan salah satu tokoh pewayangan, yaitu Astra Jingga alias cepot.

Maestro wayang golek legendaris Jawa Barat, Asep Sunandar Sunarya, tutup usia, Senin (31/3/2014), akibat serangan jantung. Menurut keterangan dari sekretaris almarhum, Djadjang Rukmana, sang maestro wayang golek itu meninggal dunia sekitar pukul 14.00 WIB.

"Betul, Pak Haji (Asep Sunandar Sunarya) meninggal dunia. Beliau meninggal karena serangan jantung," kata Djadjang saat dihubungi Kompas.com, Senin siang.

Lebih lanjut Djadjang mengatakan, sebelum meninggal, Asep memang sudah sakit-sakitan. "Setiap hari beliau memang pakai oksigen," ujarnya.

Padahal, kata Djadjang, sebelum meninggal dunia dia sempat berbincang-bincang bersama almarhum. Namun, ajal tak dapat ditolak, setelah beberapa jam meninggalkan almarhum, dia langsung menerima kabar duka.

"Sebelumnya sempat dibawa ke rumah sakit dulu. Tapi memang sudah waktunya. Kita doakan beliau mendapat tempat yang mulia di sisi Allah," pungkasnya.

Hasil Lengkap Liga Champions Eropa Tadi Malam: Barcelona Ketar-ketir

 Atletico Madrid berpeluang mengukir sejarah untuk bisa lolos ke final Liga Champions. Anak-anak asuh Diego Simeone tersebut mampu menahan imbang raksasa Catalan,Barcelona di markas mereka, Camp Nou.

Atletico bahkan mencetak gol lebih dulu lewat gol fantastis Diego Ribaspada menit ke-56 sebelum akhirnya dibalas gol Neymar di menit ke-71.

Hasil seri membuat gelandang Xavi Hernandez cemas. Ia bahkan menyebut Barca beruntung bisa membalas. Laga leg kedua akan dilaksanakan di hadapan publik Atletico Madrid di Stadion Vicente Calderon, Rabu (9/4/2014).

Adapun tim yang tengah terluka, Manchester United tampil penuh determinasi di Old Trafford saat menjamu Bayern Muenchen. Meski terus ditekan, MU bisa unggul lebih dulu lewat Nemanja Vidic di menit ke-58 sebelum dibalas gelandang Muenchen, Bastian Schweinsteigerdelapan menit berselang.

Hasil ini membuat Pep Guardiola cukup puas. Ia menyebut tak mudah melawan Man United meski penampilan Setan Merah tengah menurun musim ini.

Kegalauan justru hadir di benak David Moyes. Ia mewanti-wanti anak asuhnya untuk bisa mencetak gol di kandang Muenchen. Adapun leg kedua akan digelar di Allianz Arena, Muenchen, Rabu (9/4/2014).

Dilansir Eufa.com, berikut hasil dan statistik dua laga leg pertama semifinal Liga Champions yang berlangsung, Rabu (2/4/2014) pagi.

Barcelona 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Gol: Neymar (71) - Diego Ribas (56)
Kartu kuning: Jordi Alba (58), Andres Iniesta (56) -  Francisco Juanfran (52), Koke (19), Arda Turan (44), Gabi (38), Jose Ernesto Sosa (90+2), Diego Ribas (79)
Kartu merah: -
Penguasaan bola: 50 - 50
Tembakan akurat: 11/17 - 3/6
Stadion: Camp Nou
Wasit: Felix Brych (Jerman)

Manchester United 1-1 Bayern Muenchen
Gol: Nemanja Vidic (58) - Bastian Schweinsteiger (66)
Kartu kuning: Antonio Valencia (15) - Javi Martínez  (89), Bastian Schweinsteiger (61), Mario Mandzukic (82)
Kartu merah: Bastian Schweinsteiger (90, kartu kuning kedua)
Penguasaan bola: 30 - 70
Tembakan akurat: 5/6 - 9/15
Stadion: Old Trafford
Wasit: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spanyol)

Arema Suguhkan Kado Manis untuk HUT Kota Malang Rabu

MALANG -- Arema Cronus memetik kemenangan dramatis dengan skor 3-2 pada laga keempat Piala AFC 2014 menjamu tim asal Maladewa, Maziya Sports&Recreation di Stadion Kanjuruhan, Malang, Selasa (1/4) sore. 

Skuat Singo Edan mengunci kemenangan lewat gol telat Cristian Gonzales pada menit 90+1. Kemenangan ini terasa spesial bagi publik Malang karena bertepatan dengan hari ulang tahun kota Malang yang ke-100. 

"Kemenangan ini kami persembahkan untuk kota Malang yang merayakan ulang tahunnya," kata pelatih Arema, Suharno, seperti dilansir situs resmi Arema.

Arema yang tampil di hadapan para pendukungnya, bermain trengginas sejak awal pertandingan. Arema memimpin babak pertama dengan skor 2-0 lewat gol Cristian Gonzales dan Gustavo Lopez. Namun, Maziya yang datang dengan misi balas dendam atas kekalahan pada pertemuan pertama sempat bangkit usai turun minum.  

Maziya sukses menciptakan dua gol balasan melalui gol Amdaan Ali pada menit ke-62 dan gol Abdullah Ibrahim empat menit berselang. 

Arema tak lantas menyerah dan terus memburu kemenangan hingga menit akhir pertandingan. Beruntung bagi Arema, Gustavo Lopez kembali menunjukkan kontribusi besarnya sebagai pengatur serangan. 

Gustavo dengan cermat  mengirimkan umpan silang setelah melihat pergerakan Gonzales di barisan pertahanan. Gonzales langsung menyambut umpan Gustavo dengan sundulan untuk memastikan kemenangan Arema pada menit perpanjangan waktu. 

Berkat kemenangan ini, Arema tetap berhasil mempertahankan posisi di peringkat dua Grup F Piala AFC 2014. Arema mengoleksi tujuh poin hasil dua kemenangan, satu kali imbang, dan satu kali kalah.  

Tsunami emergency in Chile after magnitude 8.2 earthquake

A powerful magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off Chile's northern coast on Tuesday night, causing landslides and sparking a tsunami alert that led to an evacuation of coastal areas.

The government reported five deaths and several serious injuries. Landslides blocked roads in some areas, power failed for thousands, an airport was damaged and several businesses caught fire. Thousands of people were spending the night sleeping rough in the hills and a tsunami advisory was issued for Hawaii out in the Pacific Ocean as waves fanned out from the epicentre.

About 300 inmates escaped from a women's prison in the city of Iquique and officials said Chile's military was sending a planeload of special forces to guard against looting.

In the city of Arica the mayor reported homes were destroyed. The quake shook modern buildings in nearby Peru and in Bolivia's high altitude capital of La Paz.

The Iquique governor, Gonzalo Prieto, told Radio Cooperativa that two people were known to have died after the quake hit at 8.46pm and several others had serious injuries. The mayor of Tarapaca attributed the deaths to heart attacks.

Hours later tsunami warnings or watches remained in effect for the coasts of Peru and Chile but were lifted for elsewhere, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. "We regard the coast line of Chile as still dangerous, so we're maintaining the warning," geophysicist Gerard Fryer told the Associated Press.

Chilean authorities said their warning would stay in force through the night.

The US geological survey initially reported the quake at 8.0 but later upgraded the magnitude. It said the quake struck 61 miles (99km) north-west of the Chilean city of Iquique at 8.46pm, hitting a region that has been rocked by numerous quakes over the past two weeks.

The quake was so strong that Bolivia's capital felt the equivalent of a 4.5 magnitude tremor despite the epicentre being about 290 miles away.

At least eight strong aftershocks followed in the first few hours, including one measuring 6.2. More aftershocks and even a larger quake could not be ruled out, said seismologist Mario Pardo at the University of Chile.

Some roads in northern Chile were reportedly blocked by landslides, causing traffic jams among people leaving the coast. Coastal residents of northern Chile evacuated calmly as waves measuring almost two metres (six and a half feet) struck their cities ahead of a tsunami that was expected to come ashore later.

Evacuations were ordered in Peru where waves two metres above normal forced about 200 people to leave the seaside town of Boca del Rio. There were no injuries or major damage, said Colonel Enrique Blanco, the regional police chief in Tacna, a Peruvian city of 300,000 near the Chilean border. "The lights went out briefly but were re-established," Blanco said.

A tsunami alert was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre for all of Latin America's Pacific coast, and Chile's emergency office warned that a large tsunami wave was expected to hit Robinson Crusoe island and others in the Juan Fernandez archipelago, hundreds of miles off Chile's central coast, just before midnight local time.

Authorities in the US state of Hawaii were on alert but no tsunami watch was issued. The tsunami centre said any higher waves would hit Hawaii starting at 3.24am Hawaiian time.

Chile is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. A magnitude 8.8 quake and ensuing tsunami in central Chile in 2010 killed more than 500 people, destroyed 220,000 homes and washed away docks, riverfronts and seaside resorts.

The strongest earthquake ever recorded on Earth also happened in Chile – a magnitude 9.5 event in 1960 that killed more than 5,000 people.

Hundreds of earthquakes have shaken Chile's far-northern coast in the past two weeks, keeping people on edge as scientists said there was no way to tell if the unusual string of tremors was a harbinger of an impending disaster.

The unnerving activity began with a strong magnitude 6.7 quake on 16 March that caused more than 100,000 people to briefly evacuate low-lying areas, although no tsunami happened and there was little physical damage from the shaking.

Barcelona 1-1 Atletico Madrid: Neymar bails out Blaugrana after thunderbolt from Diego

Neymar's composed finish cancelled out Diego's wondergoal as Barcelona rescued a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.

It appeared as though the visitors would take a slender lead from the quarter-final encounter at Camp Nou on Tuesday after the Brazilian struck.

Diego had started on the bench, but was called upon in the first half when Diego Costa – who overcame a knee injury to start the match – had to exit play.

And he duly lit up a match that proved every bit as tight as their respective positions in La Liga suggested with a rasping drive from 25 yards.

However, Brazil international Neymar ensured Gerardo Martino's would not head into the return leg at Vicente Calderon with a deficit when he curled past the otherwise excellent Thibaut Courtois with just under 20 minutes remaining.

Diego Simeone's men will still have the advantage of an away goal in that fixture, but the tie remains nicely poised after the first encounter.

The visitors showed no signs of being fazed by a boisterous home crowd in the opening exchanges, home goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto showing the biggest display of nerves, but former Barca man David Villa failed to punish his weak clearance, inexplicably missing the target from eight yards after being found by Arda Turan.

Centre-back Gerard Pique was forced off in the 10th minute after falling heavily in an aerial challenge, with Marc Bartra replacing the Spain international in defence.

Despite the setback, Barcelona started showing glimpses of their free-flowing best and Lionel Messi showed superb footwork to escape Miranda before his throughball was collected by Andres Iniesta who was denied by a great block from Diego Godin.

Atleti were hit with an injury blow of their own as Costa limped off and a subsequent lack of physical presence in their attack helped Barcelona dictate the tempo, but Messi’s tame five-yard header was the closest they went before the break.

Indeed, Martino's men were almost caught on the counter, Villa's curling effort from the edge of the box forcing Pinto into a smart low save on the stroke of half-time.

Barcelona were met with a dogged Atleti display in the second half, and their tenacity paid dividends in the 56th minute.

Diego skipped cleverly past Iniesta before drilling an unstoppable drive that swerved past Pinto and into the top right-hand corner.

Barcelona sought a quick response, and Sergio Busquets' well-controlled volley from 20 yards almost provided one shortly after the hour mark, but Courtois was equal to the task.

However, there was nothing the Belgian could to stop Neymar levelling matters in the 71st minute. Iniesta's exquisite outside-of-the-foot through-ball found the 22-year-old on the left-hand side of the area and he curled a fine strike past a despairing Courtois.

The equaliser buoyed Barcelona, and the visitors had Courtois to thank for ensuring a fourth draw of the season between the two sides, the Chelsea loanee making impressive saves from Iniesta and Messi, the latter of which was a fine diving stop to keep out the Argentina international's superb free kick.

Rabu, 02/04/2014 06:04 WIB Jelang GP Bahrain Williams Bidik Podium di Bahrain

Kuala Lumpur - Williams akan menyambangi GP Bahrain pada akhir pekan dengan optimisme tinggi. Kendatipun belum meraih hasil memuaskan di dua seri awal, Williams kini langsung membidik podium.

Dalam tes pramusim di Bahrain lalu, Williams terlihat amat kompetitif, meskipun setelah itu sesi-sesi kualifikasi basah dan sejumlah masalah di dua balapan awal membuat dua pebalapnya, Felipe Massa dan Valtteri Bottas, bahkan belum bisa menembus posisi finis empat besar.

Namun demikian, Williams yakin peruntungan mereka akan berubah pada seri ketiga di Bahrain nanti. "Sudah pasti. Sudah pasti itu target kami," sahut Rod Nelson selaku teknisi pendukung dan penguji untuk Williams saat ditanya diESPN F1 apakah timnya mencanangkan podium untuk balapan nanti.

Menurut Nelson, sirkuit Bahrain International Circuit di Sakhir akan lebih pas buat karakteristik Williams, sebagaimana yang terlihat dalam tes pramusim lalu.

"Saya pikir (tahun ini) akan bergantung pada sirkuitnya. Saya cukup optimistis untuk Bahrain, kami sudah banyak mencatatkan laju di sana (dalam tes pramusim) dan kai memiliki gambaran yang amat jelas di mana posisi kami di Bahrain, walaupun Red Bull, misalnya, juga terlihat lebih tangguh."

"Pekan lalu (di Malaysia) saya akan katakan McLaren dan Ferrari juga terlihat lebih tangguh dibandingkan di tes pramusim. Jika kualifikasi di Malaysia berjalan kering kami mungkin akan ada di posisi tiga atau empat," ulas Nelson.