[Nasional-e] AP: Queen Joins Bali Memorial Service

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Queen Joins Bali Memorial Service 
1 hour, 26 minutes ago
By THOMAS WAGNER, Associated Press Writer 

LONDON (AP) - The nightclub bombings in Bali have left
Australians brokenhearted but not weakened, the
nation's ambassador said Friday at a memorial service
for the nearly 200 victims, many of whom were
Australian. 

  

Hundreds of people attended the service in St. Paul's
Cathedral, including Queen Elizabeth II (news - web
sites), Prince Philip and Prince Charles. 


The days since the Oct. 12 terrorist attacks have been
for Australians a "dark night of the soul, said High
Commissioner Michael L'Estrange. 


He said "shock and disbelief at the scale of this
tragedy have given way to pain and grief." 


The attack has "left us brokenhearted, but it has not
broken our spirit. We have been saddened beyond
belief, but we have been drawn together beyond
measure," L'Estrange said. 


Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey condemned
terrorism, saying it attacks the very roots of
civilization. 


"Our enemy is not Islam ... but is that which uses
religious and cultural identity as a mask for its
design to intimidate," the archbishop said. "It will
fail. It will not succeed if we stand together." 


Dressed in black, the queen sat at the front of the
cathedral. Most of the mourners were Australian, many
having waited on line outside the cathedral to attend
the service. 


Craig Grimshaw, a 36-year-old Sydney resident who
works in London, said his brother and family had only
narrowly escaped being caught up in the blasts. "My
brother's family left (Bali) the day before so..." he
said, trailing off. "I'm just here to provide some
support." 


Earlier Friday, university experts in Britain said one
in five workers in Bali could lose their jobs as
tourists shun the Indonesian island after the attacks.



Employment figures could drop as much as 22 percent
the next 12 months, according to research conducted by
The University of Nottingham's Tourism and Travel
Research Institute. 

An assessment based on an economic model developed at
the university's business school says that Bali's
gross domestic product, which is heavily dependent on
tourism, could decrease by as much as 10.5 percent
during the next year, 6.2 percent the year after and a
further 2.1 percent the following year. 

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On the Net: 

Tourism and Travel Research Institute,
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ttri/ 



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