Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Thousands of costumeddancers wended their waythrough the streets of SanNicolas and Oranjestad in theculmination of events thatcomprise Aruba’s Carnival,the Grand Parades. The spec-tacular finish to the carnivalseason is when all the groupspull out all the stops. Tens ofthousands lined the streets towatch the procession of fab-ulous outfits, fantasticalmake-up, sumptuous floatsand road pieces, whichgroups keep “under wraps”until these last demonstra-tions of carnival artistry.

No matter what has pre-ceded during the season, thefinal events still amaze, andCarnival 59, when most ex-pected the groups to holdback a bit in anticipation ofnext year’s landmark event,Carnival 60, was every bit asbreathtaking as grand paradesof previous years.

Aruba’s 59th CarnivalQueen, Samantha Robert and

her group, Royal CarnivalGroup, led the parade fol-lowed by Champagne, T.O.B,Los Laga Bai, Pleasers andTeasers, Dushi CarnivalGroup, OPC, with Majesticand X-Lanz group bringingup the rear of this six hourshow by more than 2000 par-

ticipants. Some heavy showers on

Sunday in the late afternoondid not douse the enthusiasmfor carnival by group mem-bers, bands or their audiencein the slightest!(more photo coverage on pg 4

By Rosalie Klein

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Carnival 59 finishes with a flourishwith the Grand Parades in San

Nicolas & Oranjestad

VATICAN CITY (AFP) -Pope Benedict XVI an-nounced on Monday he willresign due to old age, becom-ing the first pontiff in 700years to step down becausehe could no longer fulfil hisduties, in a move that stunnedthe world.

The German-born leaderof the world's 1.1 billionCatholics said he would re-sign on February 28 after just

eight years as pope, makinghis one of the shortest pontif-icates in modern history.

The 85-year old pontiffmade the announcement in aspeech in Latin at a meetingwith world cardinals in hisresidence in the ApostolicPalace, dressed in red vest-ments and with his voicebarely audible as he read awritten text.

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Pope Benedict XVIto resign in

historic move

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This year, the Aruba BeachClub is celebrating 35 yearshosting island visitors, andcelebrating along with themis a family that was one of the

first to purchase timesharingon Aruba, and has visited theisland annually ever since theABC opened its doors.

Warren and Dr. Sandra

Drewes of St. Charles Illinoisfirst discovered the island in1974, spending a week at theDivi Resort, which theyfound “absolutely delightful.”

Two years later, Dr. Drewes,a respected anesthesiologist,returned to the Divi Resort fora medical convention.

“I was with my partner inour practice, and we noticedthey had cleared the land next

to the resort, so we went toinvestigate,” recalls Sandra,known as “Sam” to all herfamily and friends. “We metFrank Conroy, and he intro-duced us to the concept oftimesharing.

Continued on pg 3

They don’t seek any titles, but the Drewes family membersare true Aruban Ambassadors of Goodwill

$19.95

Warren and Sam with their treasures,Payton and Luke First Installment of family and friends

The stalwart group of islandvisitors who comprise theFriends of the HandicappedFoundation are again con-ducting their annual fundrais-ing Valentine’s DaySweethearts Dinner Dance at

the Radisson Resort. Thisbargain-priced evening ofwine, fine food, an eleganthappy hour and fun galore istaking place Thursday nightand is only $90 per person,which includes a one-hourhappy hour prior to dinnerwith a full bar.

The Friends of the Hand-icapped have been conduct-ing fundraising eventsannually for 26 years, distrib-uting all proceeds to Arubanfoundations that perform im-portant work for the mentallyand physically challenges.

Continued on pg 5

The perfect Valentine’s Day withyour lover: Fundraising Sweetheart’s

Dinner Dance

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3

“What the heck is time-sharing?” was what wethought.”

Sam could not ignorethat very attractive $2,500price tag and the option tocancel if she had secondthoughts, so reserved aweek in mid-January, agood time to escapeChicago’s bitter winters.She brought the contracthome to her husband, areal estate banking execu-tive, for his army oflawyers to look over.“None of Warren’s 90lawyers had the remotestidea regarding timeshar-ing or what it was, but wefigured it was worth a try. Wealready know we lovedAruba. We enjoyed our firstweek at the Beach Club lessthan a month after it officiallyopened.”

Nine months after that,their first daughter, Casey,was born. (It was carnivaltime after all; not an uncom-mon occurrence.) Eventually,the Drewes acquired 13weeks at the ABC, of whichsix they use personally towinter in Aruba. Their sec-ond daughter, Dyan, has beencoming to the island annuallysince she was one month old.“Now that we are retired, wetravel quite a bit, all over theworld, but Aruba is our placefor the family to be together,”

explains Sam. “Our daugh-ters now live far away fromus, one in Texas and the otherFlorida, but we have twoweeks for each of them, sowe can all be together hereand relax. The other weeksgo to friends and family, sowe are just one big happygroup for around four of theweeks we stay here duringthe winter.” They figure theyhave had as many as 24 gath-ered around the pool duringthose weeks.

The Drewes have their fa-vorite restaurants, and everyTuesday and Thursday forsunset you will find them alltaking a sailing trip on the

Octopus trimaran. It wason the boat where Dyanfirst learned to snorkel,eventually to make herliving as a scuba instruc-tor in the Florida Keys.For fifteen years, War-ren’s father, Wayne, wasa regular fixture at theABC and on the boat,beloved by all. When hepassed on, it was on theOctopus that Warrenspread his ashes at sea,as Wayne had wished.

“People ask us whywe come back to Arubafor so many weeks everyyear,” explain theDrewes. “We have vis-

ited islands in nearly everysea and ocean in the world,and certainly, most theCaribbean, but really, nonecompare. No where have weever seen such a beautifulbeach as Eagle Beach; youcan walk for miles in themorning and barely see asoul. It is so tranquil, yet,Aruba has something foreveryone. Our big group hasvery diverse interests, butthey are always kept busy.There is golf, the greatbeaches, fabulous restau-rants, excellent SCUBA div-ing, and every water activityimaginable, with new thingsevery year. The lovely, hos-pitable people remain thesame, and we look forward to

seeing the wonderful friendswe and our daughters havemade at the Beach Club. Itreally is “our home awayfrom home.”

Though Warren and Samhave never been named “Dis-tinguished Visitors,” or “Am-

bassadors of Goodwill,” theyhave also never sought it out.“Just being here every yearwith our loved ones, and nowour grandchildren, is morethan enough.”

By Rosalie Klein

Drewes family members are true Aruban Ambassadors of Goodwill...Continued from pg 2

Sam and the apple of her

eye: granddaughter Payton


Oranjestad Grand Carnaval Parade

All who wish to enjoy one lastcelebration of the carnival sea-son can join in a final event atthe Aruba Entertainment Centeron the eastern outskirts of Oran-jestad. All of carnival royalty,the queens and various prinsand panchos will be gather tobid farewell to Carnival 59 withthe burning of “Rey Momo.”

A traditional Caribbean fig-ure that rules over the night andwild revelries, “Rey Momo” isan impressive effigy dressed inregal carnival garb. At the strokeof midnight, he shall be setalight, setting the spirit of Car-nival 59 fully to rest, only to riseagain from the ashes as Carnival

60 season begin. This heralds the commencement of Lent. Festivities, music and presentations begin at 8:00 PM.By Rosalie Klein

Carnival 59 officiallyends tonight withburning of Rey Momo

“Rey Momo”


LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Thecomedy "Identity Thief" de-fied mediocre reviews bycritics and topped the box of-fice in the United States andCanada in its opening week-end, industry figures showedMonday.

The comedy, starringJason Bateman from the TVseries "Arrested Develop-ment" and "Bridesmaids"breakaway star Melissa Mc-Carthy, pulled in $34.6 mil-lion from Friday to Sunday,according to tracking firmExhibitor Relations.

Salon.com said the movie

"reaches impressive heightsof laziness and idiocy;" theToronto Star slammed it as a"sloppily made exercise ofrip-offs and redemption;" andNational Public Radio dis-missed it as an "uninspiredtrudge of a road movie."

It was followed by the ro-mantic zombie comedy"Warm Bodies," based onIsaac Marion's book of thesame name and inspired byShakespeare's "Romeo andJuliet," which earned $11.4million.

Director Steven Soder-bergh's new thriller, "Side Ef-

fects," starring Jude Law andRooney Mara, opened in

third place with $9.3 million.Oscar-nominated roman-

tic comedy "Silver LiningsPlaybook," starring BradleyCooper and JenniferLawrence, was fourth with$6.4 million, followed by"Hansel and Gretel: WitchHunt," a horror movie twiston the classic fairy tale star-ring Jeremy Renner, with$5.8 million.

Horror flick "Mama" fellfrom fourth to sixth placewith $4.2 million, followedby the Oscar-tipped Osamabin Laden manhunt movie"Zero Dark Thirty" with $4

million.Director Ben Affleck's

"Argo," the story of a boldCIA operation to rescue sixUS diplomats trapped by the1979 hostage crisis in Iran,made the eighth spot, pullingin $2.4 million.

It was followed by anotherOscar nominee, QuentinTarantino's blood-soakedspaghetti Western tribute"Django Unchained," with$2.3 million.

Rounding off the list wasSylvester Stallone's latest ac-tion movie, "Bullet to theHead," with $2.1 million.

'Identity Thief' tops N. America box office

They have raised and do-nated over 1.25 million dol-lars to dozens offoundations.

The Valentine’s Day eventis a fun affair and one of theirmost important fundraisers. Itincludes a three-course mealwith wine, as well as the full“get acquainted” happy hourbefore hand with full bar andsnacks. Ladies received a redrose, and there are valuabledoor prizes for quality jew-elry, car rentals, dinners fortwo, activities and other cov-eted items.

The fun begins at 7:00PM, including a night ofdancing to one of the island’smost popular bands. Ticketsare available at the RadissonResort Concierge Desk andthe Executive Offices of theCasa Del Mar Resort, ask forAnoushka or call her at 582-7000.

For more information,contact Art Stark at 567-4102, or Dave at 568-8199.This is a superior way tospend Valentine’s Day withyour significant other whileassisting worthy causes.

After dinner, the winnersof the annual high-stakesraffle will be drawn. Ticketsare an additional $100, andthe grand prize is $2,000cash. Second prize is a 14kWhite gold diamond ringdonated by Noble Jewelers.Many other quality items,such as weeks at PlayaLinda Resort, will be raf-fled. All proceeds of the raf-fle are for charity; contactthe organizers to purchase aticket or buy them at thedinner dance.

By Rosalie Klein

The perfect Valentine’sDay with your lover:

FundraisingSweetheart’sDinner Dance

Continued from pg 2


"I have come to the certaintythat my strengths, due to anadvanced age, are no longersuited to an adequate exerciseof the Petrine ministry," hesaid.

As tributes poured in fromacross the world, the Vaticanemphasised that the formerJoseph Ratzinger was not re-signing due to any illness,following speculation overhis frail appearance at recentceremonies.

Vatican spokesman Fed-erico Lombardi said he ex-pected a conclave ofcardinals to be held in Marchwithin 15 or 20 days of theresignation and a new popeelected before Easter Sundayon March 31.

"The pope caught us a bitby surprise," Lombardi saidat a hastily-arranged pressconference.

Benedict's brother GeorgRatzinger told AFP he hadknown "for a few months"that he was planning to resignand was "feeling the burdenof his age."

"It is a positive thing thathe is handing over the officeto younger hands," he added.

Some faithful said theyhoped the move would signala major change for the Churchafter a conservative pontifi-cate that has been marred byscandals including most no-tably clerical child abuse.

Vatican observers have al-ready begun speculating overwho could succeed Benedict,with online betters tipping anAfrican pope as the most likely.

But some say the numberof cardinals from Europe andNorth America who can votefor a new pope -- 76 out of118 -- could sway the choiceto a Western state.

German Chancellor An-gela Merkel led tributes frompolitical and religious leadersacross the globe, hailingBenedict as "one of the mostsignificant religious thinkersof our time".

US President BarackObama offered "our appreci-ation and prayers" on behalfof all Americans.

Justin Welby, leader of theworld's Anglicans, said heunderstood "with a heavyheart" Benedict's decision,and that he had held his officewith "great dignity, insightand courage".

The Ashkenazi ChiefRabbi of Israel said BenedictXVI had improved ties be-tween the two religions andwhich helped reduce anti-Semitism around the world.

Benedict, who succeededthe late pope John Paul II in2005 and is known as adiehard traditionalist and alightning rod for controversy,will retire to a monasterywithin the Vatican walls.

He said his "strength ofmind and body... has deterio-rated in me to the extent thatI have had to recognise myincapacity to adequately fulfilthe ministry entrusted to me."

He said he would be step-ping down at 8:00 pm (1900GMT) on February 28,adding that he was "wellaware of the seriousness ofthis act".

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheSenate Armed Services Com-mittee will meet today toconsider the nomination ofChuck Hagel to be the newUS defense secretary, an aideto the committee chairmansaid.

Ex-senator Hagel has en-countered stiff oppositionfrom fellow Republicans whoexpressed concern about hispositions on Iran, Israel andthe US surge of troops duringthe Iraq war.

Last week committeechairman Senator Carl Levinpostponed a committee voteon the nomination after Re-publican members demandedmore information fromHagel, including the sourcesof payments for speeches hegave in recent years.

But Levin's office an-nounced in an email Mondaythat he will now convene acommittee meeting to considerHagel's nomination on Tues-day at 2:30 pm (1930 GMT).

Hagel confirmation hearing setfor Tuesday: aide

CARACAS (AFP) - Vene-zuela congratulated Iran Mon-day on the 34th anniversary ofthe Islamic revolution that top-pled the country's last shah,and reaffirmed its close tieswith Tehran.

A foreign ministry state-ment underscored Vene-zuela's "commitment" with thegovernment of President Mah-moud Ahmadinejad "to con-tinue working together tobuild a multipolar world withno hegemony of any kind."

Venezuela and Iran bothpursue anti-US foreign poli-cies, and in recent years havesigned five billion dollars inagreements to build inVenezuela cement factories,satellites, processed foods,tractors and bicycles.

President Hugo Chavez,who is convalescing from can-cer surgery in Cuba, has made13 visits to Iran since 1999.

Venezuela congratulates

Iran on revolutionanniversary

Cruise ship with 4,200 aboard adrift WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US cruise ship with more than

4,200 people aboard was adrift for a second day Monday off

the coast of Mexico after an engine room fire crippled it, the

US Coast Guard confirmed. The Carnival Triumph was op-

erating on reserve power 240 kilometers (150 miles) off the

Yucatan peninsula, and awaiting a tow vessel to pull it back

to port at Progreso, Mexico, Carnival said. None of the 3,143

passengers and 1,086 crew aboard the 272 meter (893 foot)

ship were injured in the fire. Carnaval said passengers were

being provided food and drink and that the ship was receiving

provisions from a second Carnival vessel on the scene.

After the stampede, IndianPrime Minister ManmohanSingh issued a statement sayingthat he was "deeply shocked tolearn of the unfortunate inci-dent" while Railways MinisterPawan Kumar Bansal headed toAllahabad to investigate.

Bansal denied that this hadbeen the cause, PTI reported,saying that overcrowding onthe platforms may have led tothe stampede. But relatives ofthe victims blamed police forcausing a panic which led to theaccident.

The Kumbh Mela, whichbegan last month and ends inMarch, takes place every 12years in the northern city of Al-lahabad. Smaller, similar events

ALLAHABAD (AFP) - - Atleast 36 people died in a terrify-ing stampede as pilgrimsheaded home from India'sKumbh Mela religious festival,which drew a record 30 millionpeople to the banks of theGanges.

Dozens more were injured inthe crush on Sunday evening ata railway station, marking atragic end to the most auspi-cious day of the 55-day Hindufestival in northern India, theworld's largest gathering of hu-manity.

Local officials said the rail-ings on a bridge at the stationhad given way under the pres-sure of the mass of people,while witnesses said that policehad baton-charged the crowd,triggering panic.

Injured people werestretchered away on ambu-lances from Allahabad station,but relatives said emergencyservices took hours to reach thescene. At least 10 corpseswrapped in white sheets couldbe seen on a platform severalhours later.

Amit Malviya, a spokesmanfor the northern and central rail-way, told AFP on Monday that20 bodies had been identifiedand authorities were waiting forrelatives to come forward toclaim another 16.

Of the identified dead, 14were female and six were men,with the youngest victim aneight-year-old girl and the old-est a 75-year-old man, he said.

Hindus believe a dip in thesacred waters of the riverGanges cleanses them of theirsins. This year's Mela is enor-mous even by previous stan-dards, with astrologers saying aplanetary alignment seen onceevery 147 years made it partic-ularly auspicious for some pil-grims.

Police had been stretched incontrolling the vast crowds, toplocal official DeveshChaturvedi admitted earlierSunday as the ongoing festivalreached its peak, with one per-son dying for unknown reasons.


are held every three years inother locations around India.

Crushes are a constant men-ace at religious events in India,where policing and crowd con-trol are often inadequate.

At the Kumbh Mela on Sun-day, 30,000 volunteers and7,000 police were on duty, urg-ing pilgrims to take one shortbath and then leave the watersto make space for the flow ofhumanity which stretched forkilometres (miles).

The event has its origins inHindu mythology, which de-scribes how a few drops of thenectar of immortality fell on thefour places that host the festival-- Allahabad, Nasik, Ujjain andHaridwar.

36 killed as stampede marsIndia's Kumbh festival

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But Obama "believes thatwe can make pretty radical re-ductions -- and save a lot ofmoney -- without compromis-ing American security in thesecond term. And the JointChiefs have signed off on thatconcept," the Times quotedone official as saying.

However, the White Houseis loath to negotiate an entirelynew treaty with Russia, whichwould lead to Russian de-mands for restrictions on USand NATO missile-defensesystems in Europe and wouldrevive a major fight with Re-publicans in the Senate overratification, the paper said.

Instead, Obama is weighinghow to reach an informalagreement with Russian Presi-dent Vladimir Putin for mutualcuts within the framework ofthe new START treaty, butwithout the need for ratifica-tion, The Times said.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - USPresident Barack Obama willuse his State of the Union ad-dress on Tuesday to call fordramatic cuts in nuclear arse-nals around the world, TheNew York Times reported.

Quoting unnamed adminis-tration officials, the newspapersaid that in recent monthsObama had secured agreementwith the US military that itsnuclear force can be cut byroughly a third.

In his speech Obama is un-likely to discuss specific num-bers but White House officialsare looking at a cut that wouldtake the arsenal of deployedweapons to just above 1,000,the report said.

Currently, the Unites Stateshas about 1,700 nuclearweapons, and the new strategicarms reduction treaty withRussia that passed the Senateat the end of 2009 calls for alimit of roughly 1,550 by 2018.

Obama to proposedeep nuclear armscuts: report

Twenty-four schools and aclinic also were among thestructures damaged by thequake, which registered 7.0on the moment magnitudescale and 6.9 on the Richterscale.

Its epicenter was nearPasto, Colombia, a city of400,000 that lies in theshadow of the Galeras vol-cano in the southwesternprovince of Narino.

The quake was felt as faraway as Bogota and Quito,Ecuador.

BOGOTA (AFP) - A strongearthquake that shookColombia over the weekenddestroyed 100 houses anddamaged nearly 2,000 others,authorities said Sunday. Only15 people were injured, noneseriously, they said.

The National Risk Man-agement Unit said all areasaffected by Saturday's quakehad been reached, and the tollwas definitive.

"A total of 15 people in-jured, 100 houses destroyed,1,896 houses damaged," theagency said via Twitter.

Colombia quake damaged 100 houses,injured 15

PARIS (AFP) - The NJOY"cigarette" is electronic -- itstip lights up with the help ofan LED and what appears tobe smoke is actually watervapour.

The actor is not smoking,but "vaping".

"Cigarettes, you have metyour match," proclaims the adfor a product that claims tomimic "the look, feel andflavour of the real thing" --minus the tar, ash, smoke andmost toxins.

NJOY is one of a flurry ofe-cigs entering the market astobacco prices skyrocket andsmokers become ever moreconcerned about the toxinsthey inhale.

But the jury is still out onwhether the gadgets are safe

have doubled in the UnitedStates every year since 2008,to reach $1 billion (about750,000 euros) in 2013.

The company would notcomment on the health as-pects.

According to Nitzkin, thehazard posed by traditional to-bacco cigarettes is about 100times higher than today'ssmokeless tobacco alterna-tives.

Nicotine can be harmful tochildren, pregnant women andadults with heart disease.

China in 2003 as an alterna-tive to tobacco, which killsnearly six million people eachyear.

Just like their predecessorsin the 1950s and 60s, elec-tronic cigarettes are being ad-vertised with attractivewomen and rugged, virilemen -- hinting at a better,more popular you.

It's a strategy that seems towork.

NJOY chief executiveCraig Weiss told AFP that in-dustry predictions are for elec-tronic cigarette sales, which


Health &Living

LONDON (AFP) - A British

resident has been diagnosed

with a potentially fatal SARS-

like virus, British health au-

thorities said, in the 10th

confirmed case worldwide.

The Health Protection

Agency said the person, who

recently travelled to the Mid-

dle East and Pakistan, was

being treated at an intensive

care unit at a hospital in Man-

chester, northwest England,

after contracting novel coron-

avirus.

Travellers who develop se-

vere breathing difficulties

within 10 days of returning

from the region should seek

medical advice, said Watson.

This is the second case to hit

Britain after a 49-year-old

Qatari man was treated at a

London hospital in September

for the virus.

The HPA said five patients

had died worldwide as a result

of the disease.

Five cases have been con-

firmed in Saudi Arabia result-

ing in three deaths, while two

patients treated in Jordan have

died, the agency said. A pa-

tient from Qatar was treated

for the virus in Germany and

given the all-clear.

Coronaviruses cause most

common colds but can also

cause SARS (severe acute res-

piratory syndrome).

The SARS epidemic killed

more than 800 people when it

swept out of China in 2003,

sparking a major international

health scare.

Briton is 10th

case of SARS-

like virus:

health agency

or not.There are concerns that

these battery-driven alterna-tives, officially called elec-tronic nicotine deliverysystems (ENDS), may posehealth hazards we are noteven aware of yet -- just likecigarettes before their ill-ef-fects became clear.

The UN's health organ saidsome testing "suggests thepresence of other toxic chem-icals, aside from nicotine",and "strongly advised" con-sumers not to use them.

E-cigs first emerged in

Smoking out tobacco: The rise of the e-cig

Southern Mississippi, authori-ties said.

A spokeswoman for the Al-abama Emergency Manage-ment Agency (AEMA) saidthat while the area was hit bybad weather on Sunday it hadso far received no reports ofinjuries.

The National Weather Serv-ice said flooding and flashflooding will become a con-cern if rainfall continues toadd up across the lower Mis-sissippi valley.

PARIS (AFP) - World solar power capacity passed the100 gigawatt mark for the first time to 101 GW, the Euro-pean Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA)said."This global capacity to harness the power of thesun produces as much electricity energy in a year as 16coal power plants or nuclear reactors of one GW each,"the association said in a statement An unprecedented 30GW was added to the world grid in 2012 alone, EPIAadded.


THE HAGUE (AFP) - Theheirs of a Dutch Internet inven-tor are suing Facebook for al-legedly infringing his patentswith the US social networkingsite's "like" and "share" but-tons, court documents seen onMonday said.

The family of Jos Van DerMeer, a computer scientist,programmer and inventor whodied in 2004, is bieng repre-sented by patent-holding com-pany Rembrandt in the suitbrought before a US court inVirginia on February 14.

The suit for unspecifieddamages claims Facebook's in-fringement of two relatedpatents filed by Van Der Meer,who is described as "a pioneerin the development of user-friendly web-based technolo-gies", in 1998.

One patent "claimed a noveltechnology that gave ordinarypeople... the ability to createand use what Van Der Meercalled a personal diary," courtpapers said.

The system allowed peopleto "collect personal informa-tion and third-party content, or-ganise the information

chronologically on a person-alised web page and share theinformation with a selectedgroup of people, such as theuser's friends, through the useof user-settable privacy lev-els."

The second patent is fortechnology that enables "theautomatic transfer, at a user'srequest, of third-party contentfrom a content provider's web-site to the user's personal diarypage" -- akin to Facebook's"share" or "like" buttons.

Van Der Meer set up a com-pany to commercialise his in-ventions, Aduna, registered thesurfbook.com website, andlaunched a pilot system, butdied in 2004.

The inventor's family, in-cluding his widow, enlisted thehelp of Rembrandt, which saysit works to help inventors andpatent owners enforce theirfights against companies thatuse their inventions withoutpaying for them.

The suit notes that one ofFacebook's own patents citedone of Van Der Meer's patentsand so the company was awareof the infringement.

Dutch family suesFacebook over 'like'button patent

Sci-Tech

MIAMI (AFP) - Several pow-erful tornadoes ripped throughthe southern US states of Mis-sissippi and Alabama injuringat least 60 people and destroy-ing hundreds of homes at theweekend, emergency officialssaid Monday.

The city of Hattiesburg inMississippi's Forrest Countybore the brunt of the storms,with heavy rain continuing tolash the region and create a

risk of flooding."Two people were critically

hurt in Lemar County rightnext to Hattiesburg, but nodeaths have been reported atthis stage," Greg Flynn, aspokesman for the MississippiEmergency ManagementAgency (MEMA), told AFP.

The bad weather, however,destroyed hundreds of homesand caused damage to thecampus of the University of

US tornadoes strike southern states,60 injured


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NEW YORK (AFP) - US con-sumer goods giant Colgate-Palmolive said Monday itwould take a significant loss inthe current quarter fromVenezuela's 32 percent cur-rency devaluation announcedlast week.

The company said that in apreliminary assessment of theimpact of the devaluation ofthe bolivar, it would take aone-time after-tax loss of $120million, or $0.25 per share, inthe 2013 first quarter, "relatedto the re-measurement of thelocal balance sheet at the dateof the devaluation."

There would also be an on-going impact of five to sevencents a share each quarter in2013 related to adjusting localVenezuela financial statementsto the new currency regime,Colgate said.

However, it added, "The de-valuation will not have any im-pact on the company's 2012results of operations or finan-cial position."

In a long-awaited move, onFriday Caracas announced itwould devalue the bolivar by32 percent, effective Wednes-day, on the orders of cancer-stricken President HugoChavez.

The bolivar will move fromfrom 4.3 to the dollar to 6.3, atthe official exchange rate.

Shares of Colgate, themaker of global consumergoods, including Colgatetoothpaste, Palmolive soap,Ajax cleaner and Sanex skinproducts, were down 0.1 per-cent at $108.43 after losing 1.5percent Friday on the devalua-tion announcement.

LONDON (AFP) - Oil pricesfell in London on Monday asdealers took profits from re-cent gains, but the market re-bounded in New York as theeuro strengthened against thedollar after supportive com-ments from the Bundesbank.

Brent North Sea crude fordelivery in March fell 42 centsto $118.48 per barrel in Lon-don late afternoon deals.

The contract on Fridayscaled a nine-month peak at$119.17 a barrel on healthyeconomic data -- and owing togeopolitical concerns aftercrude producer Iran rejected aUS offer on nuclear talks,traders said.

Meanwhile on Monday,New York's main contract,light sweet crude for March orWest Texas Intermediate(WTI), rebounded by $1.02 to$96.74 a barrel, clawing backearlier losses.

The weaker greenbackmakes dollar-priced crudecheaper for buyers usingstronger currencies. In turn,that tends to stimulate oil de-mand and prices.

Meanwhile, analysts saidoptimism over stronger energydemand sparked by robust USand Chinese trade data shouldkeep prices supported.

The US Commerce Depart-ment reported last Friday thatthe trade deficit shrank morethan expected in December to$38.5 billion, its lowest levelsince January 2010, from a re-vised $48.6 billion in Novem-ber.

Oil prices divergeafter recent highs

Colgate to take hitfrom Venezuela devaluation


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PARIS (AFP) - Wind farmsadded a record 44.7 gigawattsof electricity production lastyear, increasing capacity 19percent to 282.5 gigawatts,the Global Wind EnergyCouncil said Monday.

The trade body said theUnited States had a recordyear, adding more than 13 gi-gawatts of wind capacity dueto tax incentives, helping itnearly tie China wheregrowth in the construction ofwind turbines slowed.

"While China paused forbreath, both the US and Eu-ropean markets had excep-tionally strong years," said

Steve Sawyer, SecretaryGeneral of the Global WindEnergy Council.

"Asia still led global mar-kets, but with North Americaa close second, and Europenot far behind," he added in astatement.

China added 13.2 gi-gawatts of wind generationcapacity last year, while Indiaadded 2.3 gigawatts, but theGWEC said it expected a re-bound and Asia to once againdominate the market.

In terms of installed capac-ity, the EU is still top with37.5 percent of the total at282.5 gigawatts.

China follows with 26.8percent of installed capacity,then the United States at 21.2percent.

India has 6.5 percent of in-stalled wind capacity andCanada 2.2 percent.

Europe also remains top inoffshore wind farms with 90percent of the 1.3 gigawattsinstalled last year.

With each wind turbineproducing about 2 megawattsof electricity, around 22,350were installed last year, ac-cording to AFP calculations.

Wind farms turn inrecord growth in2012: trade body

Not only was "SomebodyThat I Used to Know" one ofthe biggest-selling singles oflast year, it has also scorednearly 400 million views onYouTube, demonstrating theadvertising power of the Inter-net platform.

Australian Prime MinisterJulia Gillard said Gotye was"an outstanding example ofthe quality of the artistic tal-ent in Australia today".

Taylor Swift opened theshow as a ringmaster in whitehot pants and a spangly tophat, with a circus-themedperformance of her hit "WeAre Never Ever Getting BackTogether."

On a night when perform-ers and presenters werewarned not to show too muchskin, Jennifer Lopez pro-vided the first fashion mo-ment of the telecast, baring atoned leg and shoulder in anasymmetrical black AnthonyVaccarello gown.

"As you can see, I read thememo!" she joked when shecame on stage to present thefirst award of the night withPitbull, referring to theleaked letter from broadcast-ers CBS about the dress code.

British songstress Adele --who scored a clean sweep withsix Grammys last year -- wonthat first prize, for best soloperformance for a live rendi-tion of her hit "Set Fire to theRain."

"My good luck charm, J-Lo," she said as she acceptedthe award from Lopez. "This isamazing. I wanted to comeand be part of the night. Iloved it last year, obviously."

Other highlights of thethree-and-a-half hour show in-cluded a rousing tribute toMarley, featuring Sting, BrunoMars, Rihanna and Ziggy,Stephen and Damian Marley.

They segued from Hawai-ian-born Mars' hit "Locked outof Heaven" into ex-Policefrontman Sting's reggae-rhythmed "Walking on the


ings of the music world'syounger and older genera-tions: Stinga singing a tribute

to reggae pioneer Bob Mar-ley; Elton John with fellowBrit Ed Sheeran; and Princehanding a prize to Gotye.

Overall The Black Keyswon the most Grammys, withfour -- best rock performance,best rock song and best rockalbum for the band, and pro-ducer of the year, non-classical,for singer Dan Auerbach.

Gotye took home three tro-phies -- Record of the Year,best pop duo/group perform-ance and best alternative album-- as did Jay-Z and KanyeWest, who triumphed for bestrap performance, rap/sung col-laboration and rap song.

Moon," before breaking intoMarley's classic "Could YouBe Loved?"

Heartthrob Justin Timber-lake also brought the housedown with a couple of songsfrom his new album "The20/20 Experience," startingwith "Suit and Tie" -- in whichhe was suitably attired.

As the telecast went brieflyblack and white, he was joinedby Jay-Z to sing "PusherLover Girl."

In a two-hour pre-telecastshow, Paul McCartney wonfor best traditional pop vocalalbum for "Kisses on the Bot-tom," while Beyonce won besttraditional R&B performancefor "Love on Top."

A frail-looking Beach BoyBrian Wilson was honored forbest historical album and lateIndian sitar legend RaviShankar won best world musicalbum for "The Living RoomSessions Part 1."

In the main Grammy show'straditional In Memoriam seg-ment, John, Mumford & Sonsand others paid tribute toLevon Helm, the late drummerand singer with The Band.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Indie pop band fun., rockersThe Black Keys and Aus-tralian-Belgian singer Gotyeshared the top prizes at theGrammys on Sunday, in aneclectic year for the music in-dustry's biggest awards show.

New York-based fun. wonSong of the Year for "We AreYoung" as well as best newartist at the 55th GrammyAwards held at the StaplesCenter.

British rockers Mumford &Sons took Album of the Yearwith "Babel," while Gotyewon Record of the Year for"Somebody That I Used toKnow," featuring Kimbra.

"I feel like it's my 21stbirthday," said fun. frontmanNate Ruess, noting that he was

actually 30 years old and thatthe band had been going for12 years, but had nothing

against being named best newartist.

The night saw several pair-

Grammys shared among many on music's big night

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VINA DEL MAR (AFP) - Argentine Horacio Zeballos (L)celebrates his victory over Spanish tennis player RafaelNadal (R).

-Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal returns the ball toArgentine Horacio Zeballos at the ATP Vina del Mar tour-nament final singles match, in Vina del Mar, about 120km northwest of Santiago - Chile, on February 10, 2013.Zeballos won 6-7 (2/6), 7-6 (8/6) and 6-4.

the packed Schladming arena,acknowledged he had beenunder pressure from an expec-tant host nation.

"I heard the stadium speakerand he was screaming 'you're insecond position' and the crowdwas screaming... it was reallyclose but luck was on my sideand I'm very happy about it."

SCHLADMING, Austria(AFP) - - Ted Ligety's super-combined gold here Mondaywas his third world title, buteach one has been in a differentdiscipline and that's how theAmerican all-rounder likes it.

The 28-year-old last weekwon the men's super-G eventto add to his 2011 giant slalomtitle, before he raced ahead offavourite Ivica Kostelic onMonday to snatch the super-combined title as well.

His only win so far in thisdiscipline had been at theOlympics in Turin in 2006.

With such versatility, it wasonly natural Ligety should suc-ceed in the super-combined,which is decided on the aggre-gate times from one downhilland one slalom run, requiringboth technical skill and speed.

Sixth after the downhill, heovercame a 0.72sec deficit toproduce a stunning second-fastest slalom run for an aggre-gate time of 2min 56.96sec.

"The downhill performancefor me is what I'm really proudof," he said.

Silver medallist Kostelic ad-mitted he was bested by hisUS rival.

Austrian Romed Baumann,whose surprise third place wasgreeted with deafening noise in

Alpine skiing: All-rounder

Ligety greets 'surreal' win


Sport

Tennis: Nadal remains fifth

in rankings after final

defeat

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) -Nigeria coach Stephen Keshitold a South African radio sta-tion Monday that he had re-signed after leading hiscountry to the 2013 AfricaCup of Nations title.

"I gave the national footballfederation my letter of resigna-tion immediately after thefinal, but I have not heardfrom them," Keshi admitted topublic broadcaster SABC.

Keshi dropped hints lastweek of his unhappiness withNigerian football bofficialsduring a media conference inDurban before the semi-finaldrubbing of Mali, saying he

would "pack his bags andleave" if unwanted.

"If, back home, they do notlike what I am doing, well,you cannot force someone tolike you," said only the secondNations Cup-winning coachafter the late Egyptian Mah-moud El Gohary to alsoachieve the feat as a player.

Keshi captained Nigeria tovictory over Zambia in the1994 final and guided hiscountry to a 1-0 win overBurkina Faso Sunday in aSoweto final settled by a Sun-day Mba goal five minutes be-fore half-time.

Football: Keshi says hehas quit as Nigeria coach

Defending championHunter Mahan, ranked 26th,will also be in the field for theevent, which begins nextWednesday with 32 first-roundmatches at Dove Mountain.

South Africa's RichardSterne made a major jumpSunday to book a berth in thefield, leaping from 94th to55th in the rankings by virtueof his victory at the JoburgOpen.

Six other players movedfrom outside the top 64 at thestart of the year to crack thelineup for the WGC MatchPlay, including Thailand'sThongchai Jaidee, who was80th to open the year and nowranks 54th.

The group also includes

South African Tim Clark,Scotsman Stephen Gallacher,England's Chris Wood andAmericans Charles Howelland Russell Henley.

Lowry edged Sweden'sFredrik Jacobson for the lastspot in the lineup when PatrickReed sank a 12-foot birdie putton the 18th hole at PebbleBeach to share seventh withJacobson and prevent theSwede from being ranked65th.

At 66, Jacobson is first al-ternate at this stage ahead ofNo. 67 Bernd Wiesberger ofAustria and Dane AndersHansen.

The top 64 in Monday'sworld golf rankings were setfor the showdown near Tuc-son but exact brackets will notbe established until Sunday, inpart because players have untilFriday to commit to play inthe $8.75 million event.

Three-time Masters cham-pion Phil Mickelson, ranked10th, has said he will not playin the event, allowing 65th-ranked Shane Lowry of Ire-land to advance into the fieldand make his first career startin the 64-player event.

If that position holds, Lowrywould open against NorthernIreland's McIlroy, last year'sPGA Championship winner.

McIlroy, Woods, England'sLuke Donald and AmericanBrandt Snedeker, who wonlast week's title at PebbleBeach and last year's US PGAplayoff crown, would be topseeds if their ranking positionholds.


WASHINGTON (AFP) - La-mont Peterson, finally set todefend the title he took fromBritain's Amir Khan in contro-versial fashion 14 months ago,says his long layoff will not bea problem against KendallHolt next week.

Peterson won a controver-sial split decision in Washing-ton over Khan after theEnglishman was twice penal-ized a point for pushing. Aplanned rematch last May wascalled off after Peterson testedpositive for a synthetic testos-terone.

The World Boxing Associa-tion restored its light-welter-weight crown to Khan but theInternational Boxing Federa-

tion accepted an appeal by Pe-terson.

When Zab Judah bowed outas mandatory challenger for an-other bout, Holt had his titlechance and Peterson finally hadan opponent. The two will meeton February 22 in Peterson'shometown of Washington.

Peterson, 30-1-1 with 15knockouts, will be the fighterwho ends an 11-month layoffby Holt, a former World Box-ing Organization light-welter-weight champion who hasbeen out following right shoul-der surgery.

Among Holt's sparring part-ners has been former worldwelterweight champion ShaneMosley.

Boxing: Peterson setto defend crownafter 14-month layoff

MARANA, Arizona (AFP) -World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and14-time major champion TigerWoods lead the qualifiers an-nounced on Monday for nextweek's World Golf Champi-onships Match Play Champi-onship.

Golf: McIlroy, Tiger head fieldfor WGC Match Play

Earl Clark finished with 18points and nine rebounds, andDwight Howard had 15 points andnine rebounds for Los Angeles.

Lakers with 28 points andnine assists as Los Angeleslost for the second time inthree games.

Mario Chalmers had 13points, four rebounds andthree assists in the win.

Kobe Bryant paced the


least 30 points in five consec-utive games.

"You could feel the buzz inthe arena today," said James."We were just happy that wewere able to play our game,weather some of their stormsthat they had and come outwith a win."

Chris Bosh posted a dou-ble-double with 12 points and11 rebounds for the Heat, whohave won five straight.

MIAMI (AFP) - GuardDwyane Wade scored 16 ofhis 30 points in the final quar-ter as the Miami Heat de-feated the Los Angeles Lakers107-97 in a National Basket-ball Association matchupSunday at American AirlinesArena.

Miami star forward LeBronJames finished with 32 pointsand seven rebounds as he seta club record by scoring at

NBA: James sets record as Heat beat Lakers

PHILADELPHIA (AFP) -Michael Vick has agreed to arestructured contract to remainwith the Philadelphia Eaglesbut will have to fight to keephis starting quarterback job,the NFL club announced onMonday.

The deal, reportedly foronly the 2013 season, will giveVick a chance to show newEagles coach Chip Kelly whathe can do with a team thatstruggled to a 4-12 record lastseason, but with rival NickFoles also in the talent mix.

Foles replaced Vick as thestarter late last season afterVick was sidelined by a con-cussion.

Vick has played for the Ea-gles for the past four seasonssince serving a prison term forhis role in a dogfight gamblingring, making 35 starts for theclub that took a chance on the

former Atlanta Falcons star.With the Eagles, Vick has

completed 60.2 percent of hispasses for 51 touchdowns and30 interceptions as well asrunning for 1,597 yards overthe past three seasons. ButVick, 32, also fumbled 12times.

"I've followed Michael'scareer and I understand whata talent he is," Kelly said."Our sole focus and goal isthat we're going to put an of-fense on the field that's goingto score points. Whoever thatis, I don't know. There's no-body ruled in. There's nobodyruled out."

Foles, 24, completed 60.8percent of his passes for sixtouchdowns and five intercep-tions but is more of a typicaldropback passer than the run-pass threat Vick offers.

NFL: Vick agrees tonew deal with Eagles

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