Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The year 2013 has been offi-cially declared "The Year ofPapiamento" by Aruba's Min-istry of Culture. FundacionLanta Papiamento, (FLP)which has promoted the elo-quent use of the language inthe arts and encourages itsdevelopment and elevation,has been conducting monthlyevents to enlighten the publicof its use in the arts.

A very successful culturalevening was conducted atAruba's public library inOranjestad at the Don BoscoClub in Noord as part of themonthly events celebrating2013, "The Year of Papia-mento." FLP President JoycePeriera announced that this inone week, on Wednesday,May 22, a symposium mark-ing ten years as a recognizedlanguage will take place atthe Centro di Bario Noord. Itwas on May 21, 2003 thatlaw was enacted to declarePapiamento an official lan-guage of Aruba. On May 22,2009, the FLP was founded.The evening will include fea-

ture recitations by poetessCaresse Issings and entertain-ing story telling in Papia-

mento with actress EmeritaEmerencia.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

A night of culture in Papiamentofrom Fundacion Lanta

Papiamento

See story inside on pg 3

Monarch cruise line receives majestic welcometo Aruba

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheWhite House was confrontedby the ghost of disgraced for-mer president Richard Nixonon Tuesday, as it battled tostem a tide of scandal thatthreatens to swamp BarackObama's second term agenda.

After four years of largelydodging the grubby contro-versies that often dog USpresidents, Obama is underattack from Republicans benton making political hay froma trio of controversies tied toalleged abuses of executivepower.

Obama's foes demandedanswers on claims that the In-ternal Revenue Service -- thegovernment's tax collectionagency -- had targeted con-servative grassroots groupscritical of his White House.

They also took aim atObama's handling of the at-tack on the US mission inBenghazi -- pushing claimsof a cover-up and shruggingoff the president's complaintthat issue has become a parti-san "circus."

And Monday's bombshellrevelation that the Justice De-partment had seized thephone records of AssociatedPress reporters stirred thefebrile atmosphere that en-velops Washington in timesof scandal.

Add for good measure ajust exposed Cold-War stylespy standoff with Russia, andthe shady 1970s vibe is com-plete.

Republicans, smartingfrom Obama's re-election tri-umph and seeking to box himin politically with an eye onfuture elections, hope to di-rectly implicate Obama insome or all of the scandals.

"Benghazi and IRS (are)hurting them, but on this one(AP records) I want to hearthe justification," Republican

senator John McCain toldAFP.

McCain alluded to the leg-endary hard ball politics andabuses of power during theadministrations of Nixon andLyndon Johnson: "Wethought that era has passed.Apparently, that's not thecase."

Another Republican, Sen-ator Orrin Hatch, also sawominous echoes in the IRSdrama. "I've never seen any-thing quite like this, except inthe past during the Nixonyears," he said.

The White House dis-missed comparisons betweenNixon -- forced from office in1974 for covering up a bur-glary in Democratic Partyheadquarters and for using in-come tax audits and returnsagainst political enemies --and Obama.

"People who make thosekind of comparisons need tocheck their history," saidWhite House spokesman JayCarney.

White House:

Obama is noNixon

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All through the rest of theyear, FLP will be conductingmonthly events dedicated toAruba's official language, Pa-piamento, in various neigh-borhoods around the island.The message is to not onlytake pride in the language,but also improve it. Lessonscan be arranges through FPLto improve the spoken andwritten use of Papiamento.

Coming events include:

June 23; Zumba in Papia-mento

June 25; Celebration ofDera Gay

July 1: Art Expositionmarking 150 years since theabolition of slavery

September: Marking 60years since UNESCO recog-nized the significance of"Mother Tongues"

September 30: Celebrat-ing 35 years of the Depart-

ment of CultureNovember: Eastern

Caribbean Island CulturesConference "Island in Be-tween"

November 22: Festival ofcomposition in Papiamento

December: Close of the"Year of Papiamento" withfinal of the writing contest

Several of the events willinclude screening of suchclassic films in Papiamentoas "Zuleika," "Almacita Des-olato," by noted filmmakersNorman de Palm and Felix deRooi, as well as the award-winning "Awa Brak," and"10 Ave Maria," by youngAruban filmmakers.

The event on May 22 willbe from 7:30 to 10:30 PM.Admission is 5 Arubianflorins, which assists the FLPin their efforts to elevate theusage of Papiamento.

By Rosalie Klein

A night of culture in Papiamento from Fundacion

Lanta Papiamento

Continued from pg 1ORANJESTAD –The Department ofEducation, sectionStudy Facility andGuidance, invites allstudents who appliedin time for a Govern-ment study loan andhas complied withall the necessary re-quirements, to passat said office to claim theirletter for granting of a studentloan.

The letters will be issuedMay 15 to May 17 between8:00 a.m. and 12 noon and1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the of-fices of Study Facility and

Guidance at Cumana 69,Codemsa Building, 1st floor.

For any information,please contact the Depart-ment of Education, sectionStudy Facility and Guidanceat tel. 588-7600 or via fax588-7601, e-mail [email protected]

Important notice for all studentswho applied for a student loan2013-2014

ORANJESTAD – The TaxDepartment announces that,due to electricity interruptionin Paradera, the Tax Office insaid district will be closedtoday, May 15, the wholeday. There will be no cashierservices.

Because of this the Santa

Cruz tax Office will be morebusy than normal.

The Tax Department asksits client to instead go to theTax Department’s main of-fices at Camacuri, wherethere a many cashiers avail-able.

Due to electricity interruption:

No cash register service atthe Paradera Tax Officetoday

FLP President Joyce Periera

Caresse Issings

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In one year Pullmanturbrought more cruise passen-gers to Aruba than they havein 4 years!

During the welcome cere-mony of the first call of theMonarch vessel, the ArubaMinister of Tourism re-marked about Aruba's longsuccessful history with RoyalCaribbean. He remindedabout the discussions aboutthe possibility to bring newships to Aruba especially dur-ing or so-called low seasons.This, according to the Minis-

ter was followed by the goodnews from Pullmantur thatthey will be calling on Arubaduring the entire year, as wellas into the next year!

The Minister of Tourismproudly announced to thegroup of visitors and ship ex-ecutives that..."you will bepart of the history of Aruba,because for the first time wewill pass the 700 thousandthcruise passenger to visitAruba. We want to thank youfor your business, and alsofor the opportunity to open

doors to the world." The Min-ister expressed praise andgratitude to the Pullmanturgroup, ATA, APA andMaduro & Son for the oppor-tunity to mark the beginningof our low 'high; cruisetourism season.

All invitees, to includeATA CEO Ronella TjinAsjoe-Croes and representa-tives of APA and Maduro &Son received a royal tour ofthe vessel. Commercial Di-rector of Pullmantur for LatinAmerica, Jose Manuel Mar-

tin reported that for this par-ticular cruise they broughttravel agents and Latin Amer-ican and European reportersso that they can become ac-quainted with these destina-tions including Aruba. JoseManuel Martin has beencoming to the Caribbeanhimself for the past 22 years.

According to ManuelMartin more than 130 thou-sand persons have visited ourisland via Pullmantur duringthe past four seasons. Theyexpect to see some 180 pas-

sengers to get on boardMonarch from Aruba on aweekly basis of a total of 52calls. This, he claims will bein addition to the 2600 pas-sengers who will be visitingAruba weekly during theyear. This means that in a sin-gle season a total of 140 thou-sand persons will visit ourisland.

Following the discoursesthey exchanged gifts. Laterthe ship invited all to enjoytypical Aruban dance per-formances by The SuperDancers.

As of April 2013, this shipcarries some 2.744 passen-gers. Her name was changedto Monarch and is beingmanaged by a Spanish oper-ative which operates theRoyal Caribbean Cruise Line,namely, Pullmantur Cruises.On April 29th the ship sailedinto our harbor under rhyth-mic steel pan music.

Pullmantur is implement-ing the practice of interport-ing in our region - theSouthern Caribbean region.This practice is contrary tothe turn-around where thecruise line brings passengersto board at a destination andreturns them to the same des-tination to then board an air-line. Pullmantur is nowoffering passengers the op-portunity to chose multipleembarcation ports for theirnew port calls.

These itinerary interportsare: Aruba, La Guaira, Cura-cao, Colon and Cartagena deIndias. On this voyage pas-

sengers could have chosenany one of these ports toboard the ship for an 8 dayand 7 night voyage accrossthe Southern Caribbean.

This practice was histori-cally used by Europeancruise lines and is slowly be-coming popular now in the

Caribbean region. RoyalCaribbean Cruise Lines, themother company of Pullman-tur has similar practices forother ports and other vesselswith the objective of attract-ing clients from the SouthernCaribbean.

Pullmantur praised for successful contributionto Aruba's Cruise Industry


ORANJESTAD: Aruba Air-port Authority N.V. (AAA)was proud unveil to the sleeknew website for the ReinaBeatrix International Airport:www.airportaruba.com onMonday evening, in thesculpture garden of the air-port.

This new website has afresh, contemporary look andfeel, "in accord with all therecent renovations and ex-pansions at the airport. Thenew website is very easy fortravelers to use and informa-tion can be found quicklywithout having to navigatethrough the entire website,"explained the site's develop-ers, Power Systems.

Additional exciting fea-tures that have been added tothe new website include“Flight Tracking”, “FlightSearch”, “Live Arrivals andDeparture Updates with SMSnotification” among manyothers. The new website isalso very interactive; users cancontact the airport through the“Contact Us” form and alsovia the “Lost & Found” formto report lost items.

The new website has acomplete new look and feel.At first glance, the user willencounter a very peaceful, re-laxing and modern interface.Users will recognize the var-ious materials and texturesused in the new refurbish-

ments of the airport building.“Aruba Airport is a very

unique airport in many waysand the old website didn’t re-flect this. I’m sure that thenew website, with its attrac-tive design layout and addi-tional features will provideusers a much better previewof our airport,” said PeterSteinmetz, AAA’s CEO.

In the days ahead AAAwill provide more informationon each new feature of thewebsite. Airport executivesencourage travelers to visitwww.airportaruba.com to ex-perience it for themselves.

By Rosalie Klein

Aruba Airport proudly launched its new website

Land on the new www.airportaruba.com


Photo shows the manymembers of Parliamentduring the farewell to themurdered politicalleader, Helmin Wiels yes-terday morning. The fu-neral procession leftaround 10:30 under po-lice escort from the fu-neral home. At its arrival

at the Parliament build-ing, officers carried thecoffin to the door wheresix politicians took thenthe coffin. After emo-tional speeches by Presi-dent of Parliament MikeFranco and outgoingPrime Minister DanielHodge, the leaders ofeach Parliament factionshad the opportunity toexpress themselves.

Present were all themembers of Parliament,

the Government of Cura-cao, Dutch MinisterRonald Plasterk, Gover-nor of Curacao, Adelevan der Pluijm-Vredeand Aruba Prime Minis-ter, Mike Eman.

Afterwards the fu-neral procession thencontinued to the SportCenter where the com-munity of Curacao hadthe opportunity to bidfarewell to the politicalleader.

Emotional farewell for Helmin Wiels


WASHINGTON (AFP) -Plans to convene a new peaceconference on Syria weregathering pace Tuesday amida round of intense diplomacy,as US officials said the Syr-ian regime appeared ready totake part.

US Secretary of StateJohn Kerry urged SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assadnot to squander the opportu-nity to come to the table fornegotiations, insisting "enor-mous plans are being laid"for what has been dubbedGeneva II.

In a possible sign ofprogress, Russian ForeignMinister Sergei Lavrov hadalso told the US chief diplo-mat that Assad had "alreadygiven him the names of peo-ple who will negotiate,"Kerry said.

Kerry and Lavrov havebeen working in tandem

since announcing in Moscowlast week plans for a newconference aimed at mappinga path towards a politicaltransition in Syria and endingthe bloody conflict now in itsthird year.

The two top diplomats wereto meet for the second time ina week late Tuesday on thesidelines of talks on the Arcticin Sweden, as they grope for asolution based on a deal agreedin June last year in Geneva.

Exactly who will attendthe conference, where it willbe held and when, has yet tobe determined, State Depart-ment spokesman Patrick Ven-trell said.

Kerry warned earlier how-ever in a press conference inStockholm that if Assadmakes another "gross miscal-culation" and decides not toattend then it was "clear theopposition will be receiving

additional support."There has been a flurry of

diplomatic activity sinceKerry's Moscow talks lastweek, with foreign ministersbeating a path to the Russiancapital to discuss the conflictin which an estimated 94,000people have now died.

However, Syrian Informa-tion Minister Omran al-Zohbi told the Hezbollah'sAl-Manar television thatDamascus wanted more de-tails of the proposal beforedeciding whether to attend,saying Assad's departure wasnot up for discussion.

Syria peace conferencetaking shape

Caracas (AFP) - A renowned journalist critical of Venezuela'sgovernment turned down an offer to head the GlobovisionTV channel on Tuesday after the lone opposition networkwas sold amid doubts about its future editorial line.

Vladimir Villegas, who held top government jobs in thegovernment of late president Hugo Chavez before becomingone of its critics, said he could not resolve differences withthe news channel over conditions that "were not in tune withmy role as a journalist."

"The journalism that I dream about is free, autonomous,"Villegas said on Union Radio, a station in which he managesa program.

Globovision has been on the air since 1994 and has facedgovernment fines, but the Zuloaga family sold it off and thenew management said the channel's editorial line would veerto the center.

The channel was bought by Juan Domingo Cordero, a for-mer president of the Caracas stock exchange, and two busi-nessmen with no media experience, Raul Gorrin and GustavoPerdomo.

Villegas had been named as a co-director along withLeopoldo Castillo, one of Globovision's star journalists. Aformer diplomat and deputy minister under Chavez, he is thebrother of Information Minister Ernesto Villegas.

Journalist rejects job at soldVenezuela opposition TV

WASHINGTON (AFP) -Giant retailer Walmart an-nounced Tuesday that itwould conduct in-depthsafety inspections of all 279of its Bangladesh suppliers,in the wake of the buildingcollapse that killed more than1,100 people.

The US retailer said itwould release publicly thenames and inspection infor-mation on each of the facto-ries, and meanwhile alsoissued a list of more than 200factories that are blacklistedfor failing to meet its stan-dards for suppliers.

"The company will imme-diately order its productionstopped at facilities where ur-gent safety issues are identi-fied, notify the factory ownerand government authoritiesof the need to take action, andrequire remediation," Wal-mart said in a statement.

"As a result, workers inthese facilities can be assuredof safer working conditions,and the entire market will belifted to a new standard."

The company did not say

however if it would join aprotocol agreed by a numberof other major buyers ofclothes made in Bangladesh,the "Accord on Fire andBuilding Safety" endorsed byBenetton, Mango, Marks &Spencer, Inditex and H&M.

The action comes in thewake of the April 24 collapseof a nine-story building out-side Dhaka housing multiplegarment factories, includingsome which reportedly sup-plied Walmart, killing 1,127in the worst disaster ever inthe global textile industry.

In November 111 workerswere killed in a fire at a gar-ment factory in Bangladeshthat also supplied Walmart,among other global names inthe clothing industry.

Walmart said it was hiringglobal inspections group Bu-reau Veritas to conduct fire-safety training for all workersin its Bangladesh suppliers.

It will also contract LaborVoices, a company thatworks with workers to under-stand their issues, to helpWalmart maintain its factorystandards.

Walmart to inspect allBangladesh factories

NEW YORK (AFP) - Thetweaked version of Mi-crosoft's operating systemnicknamed Windows Bluewill be previewed on June 26and will be a free update forusers as Windows 8.1, thecompany said Tuesday.

The update comes amid alukewarm reception for Win-dows 8, an operating systemreleased last year to help thesoftware giant transition frompersonal computers to tabletsand other mobile devices.

The move is part of a goal"of delivering continual up-dates to create a richer expe-rience for Windowscustomers," a Microsoft blog

post said.Microsoft's Brandon

LeBlanc said a public pre-view of Windows 8.1 will beavailable starting on June 26,timed with the Microsoft de-veloper conference in SanFrancisco.

Microsoft said recently ithad sold than 100 million li-censes for Windows 8 butthat the update was plannedafter listening to customers.

Some analysts say Mi-crosoft was forced to act be-cause of slow adoption ofWindows 8, which madesome radical changes to thedesign of the desktop.

With Windows 8, Mi-crosoft was trying to create asystem that could be used onmobile touch screen deviceswhile also serving the usersof traditional PCs.

Microsoft launched Win-dows 8 last October, revamp-ing its flagship system in aneffort to make inroads in thefast-growing mobile seg-ment. At the same time, itlaunched its Surface tabletcomputer.

Windows 'Blue' set topreview June 26

payment in cash."I withdrew the money from

Lebanon, because it's the onlycountry where you can get thatamount without encounteringobstacles," Feraoun explained.

"We took a small plane andthrew the money onto theship," he said, adding that "Al-geria didn't pay a single dinar."

Algeria has a policy of notnegotiating with hostage-tak-ers and has asked the UN Gen-eral Assembly to criminalise

ALGIERS (AFP) - The Saudiowner of an Algerian cargoship whose crew were held bySomali pirates for 10 monthsadmitted paying $2.6 millionto free them in November2011, an Algerian paper re-ported Tuesday.

The MV Blida, carrying 17Algerians, six Ukrainians, twoFilipinos, one Jordanian andone Indonesian, was capturedby a gang of heavily armed pi-rates on January 1, 2011, on itsway from Oman to Tanzania.

Two of hostages were re-leased for health reasons inOctober that year, with the restfreed the following monthwhen a bag full of cash wasparachuted from a plane.

"The pirates demanded aransom of $2.6 million (twomillion euros) to free thesailors and the ship. The Alger-ian government refused to ne-gotiate or pay a ransom,"owner Ghaith Rashad Feraountold Arabic daily Ennahar.

"I thought of the sailors. Ihad no interest in freeing thebulk carrier and cement onboard, as it was 100 percent in-sured and the insurance com-panies were going toreimburse me," he said.

"I negotiated through a mancalled Abu Ali or Abu Ahmed.After agreeing with the pirateson the amount, I paid a one off


ransom payments to pirates.When the MV Blida's crew

were released, the foreign min-istry confirmed that Algiershad not provided any money tofree them.

After the ordeal, some crewmembers told AFP that theysuffered "psychological tor-ture," enduring death threatsand being deprived of food andclean drinking water as theywatched their Somali captorsgetting drunk.

Saudi ship owner paid pirates$2.6 mn ransom: report

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sum of money and means forchanging a person's appear-ance".

The statement added that"recently, the US intelligenceservice has made repeated at-tempts to recruit the staff ofRussian law enforcementagencies and special services".

In a video that RT said wasprovided by the FSB, Fogle isseen sitting down as a man,presumably a Russian securityofficer, tells the suspect abouthis alleged crime.

He is then accused of offer-ing $100,000 for espionage toa security service employeewho is involved in counterin-surgency work in the RussianNorth Caucasus.

The incident comes amid anew downturn in Russian-USrelations sparked by the Syriancrisis and concern in Washing-ton over what it sees as Presi-dent Vladimir Putin'scrackdown on all dissent.

The last major spy row be-tween the two former ColdWar rivals involved the glam-ourous Anna Chapman and 10other Russian spies arrested inthe United States in 2010.

Meanwhile Russia orderedthe expulsion of the allegedAmerican CIA agent.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia onTuesday said it had detained analleged American CIA agentworking undercover at the USembassy who was discoveredwith a large stash of moneytrying to recruit a Russianagent.

Russia's Federal SecurityService (FSB, ex-KGB) iden-tified the man as Ryan C.Fogle -- third secretary of thepolitical section of Washing-ton's embassy in Moscow --and said he had been handedback to the embassy after hisdetention.

The foreign ministry said itwas summoning US ambassa-dor Michael McFaul today foran explanation and slammedWashington for what it de-scribed as "provocative acts inthe spirit of the Cold War".

In a complete contrast to thejoint pledges for intelligencecooperation after the Bostonbombings, it declared Fogle tobe persona non grata and saidhe must return to the UnitedStates "as soon as possible".

The FSB said in a statementcarried by Russian news agen-cies that Fogle was carrying"special technical equipment,written instructions for recruit-ing a Russian citizen, a large

Russia catches'American CIA agent'in Moscow

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Asingle meal at a North Ameri-can restaurant may containmore than half the calories theaverage person needs for thewhole day, according to re-search.

Researchers from the Uni-versity of Toronto sampledhundreds of meals at 19 chainsit-down restaurants and foundthat average breakfast, lunchand dinner meals contained1,128 calories, or 56 percent ofthe daily 2,000 calorie recom-mendation.

They also contained loads ofsalt -- 2,269 milligrams or 151percent of the recommendedamount for most adults, whichis 1,500 milligrams per day --and 89 percent of the dailyvalue for fat.

The meals contained on av-erage 83 percent of the dailyvalue for saturated fat, andmore than 60 percent of thedaily value for cholesterol.

A second study in JAMA fo-cused on dishes available at 33small independent and smallchain restaurants in the Bostonarea, and found that the aver-age meal contained two-thirdsof daily calorie requirements.

Samples were taken fromMexican, American, Chinese,Italian, Japanese, Thai, Indian,Greek and Vietnamese restau-rants.

"On average, the meals stud-ied contained 1,327 calories,which significantly exceedsthe estimated energy needs ofan individual adult at a singlemeal," said senior authorSusan Roberts.

"Meals from all restauranttypes provided substantiallymore energy than is needed forweight maintenance," saidRoberts, director of the EnergyMetabolism Laboratory at theHuman Nutrition ResearchCenter on Aging at Tufts Uni-versity.

Pali Lehohla told AFP, unveil-ing data that point to a dra-matic drop in AIDS-relateddeaths.

Average life expectancy hasalso increased to 59.6 years,from just 51.6 in 2005.

But the scale of the problemis huge, with 5.3 million peo-ple living with HIV out of apopulation of nearly 53 mil-lion.

The state had 1.9 millionpeople on treatment in Aprilthis year.

Statistics South Africa re-leased its last mid-year esti-mates, which uses modelledfigures, in 2011.

The country's populationgrowth rate is just over onepercent.

CAPE TOWN (AFP) - One inten South Africans is HIV pos-itive but AIDS-related deathsare falling as ramped-up treat-ment begins to have an impact,the country's official statisticsagency said Tuesday.

After years of dragging itsheels on the HIV/AIDS crisis,since 2004 South Africa hasdeveloped the world's largestHIV treatment programme.

New data indicate that driveis working. The disease will beresponsible for 32 percent ofall deaths this year.

While still high, that is adramatic fall from 48 percentin 2005.

"Medicine has advanced andpeople are living with HIV andAIDS," statistician-general


One in 10 S.AfricansHIV positive

NEW DELH (AFP) - Indianscientists Tuesday announced alow-cost vaccine against adeadly diarrhoea-causing virusthat kills some 100,000 childrenin th country every year.

Rotavirus, which causes se-vere diarrhoea, is globally re-sponsible for some 453,000deaths annually and is particu-larly dangerous in the develop-ing world where swift healthcare is often out of reach.

K. Vijaraghavan, secretaryof India's Department ofBiotechnology which led thequest for an affordable vaccine,said it was a product of interna-tional cooperation although ithas yet to be approved by In-dian drug authorities.

While international pharma-ceutical giants GlaxoSmithK-line and Merck produce similarvaccines, each dose costsaround 1,000 rupees ($18), saidSushmita Malaviya of PATH,an international health care or-ganisation.

Rotavirus causes up to884,000 hospitalisations inIndia a year, at a cost to thecountry of 3.4 billion rupees($72 million), and kills around100,000 small children annu-

ally in the country, the govern-ment says.

The Indian vaccine namedRotavac will be made by Hy-derabad-based Bharat Biotech,which has said it has the capac-ity to mass-produce tens of mil-lions of doses after clearance isgiven, expected in eight or ninemonths.

Rotavac vaccination con-sists of three doses.

Sheela Panicker, a BharatBiotech spokeswoman, said thedrops will be used in India andin other developing countries.

India has been a powerhousein developing cheap medicinesto treat diseases such as cancer,tuberculosis and AIDS for thosewho cannot afford expensivebranded versions across the de-veloping world.

The government said thethird and final round of clinicaltrials involving 6,799 infantsbegan in March 2011 and wasmonitored by private and statehealth agencies.

Public health researcherNita Bhandari, who was part ofa 400-member team involved inthe large-scale trial, said thehealth officials operated underthe "strictest ethical guide-lines" set by the government.

India unveils vaccinefor deadly diarrhoeavirus

Health

likely to rupture as otherbrands, and more than 7,000women registered as plaintiffsin the case.

One of the plaintiffs, JoelleManighetti, said no sentencewould be harsh enough for themany victims.

News of the faulty implantsin 2011 sparked fears world-wide, but health officials invarious countries have saidthey were not toxic and did notincrease the risk of breast can-cer.

More than 4,000 womenhave reported ruptures in theimplants and in France alone15,000 have had the PIP im-plants replaced.

Hundreds of the victims, aswell as some 300 lawyers, at-tended the trial in the southernport city of Marseille, nearPIP's former headquarters.

Mas, a former travellingsalesman who got his start inthe medical business by sellingpharmaceuticals, founded PIPin 1991 to take advantage ofthe booming market for cos-metic implants.

He built the company intothe third-largest global supplierof implants, but came under thespotlight when plastic surgeonsbegan reporting an unusualnumber of ruptures in his prod-ucts.

Health authorities later dis-covered he was saving millionsof euros by allegedly using in-dustrial-grade gel in 75 percentof the implants. PIP's implantswere banned and the companyeventually liquidated.

MARSEILLE(AFP) - AFrench prosecutor on Tuesdaycalled for the founder of a firmwhose faulty breast implantssparked a global health scareto be given a four-year prisonsentence on fraud charges.

In closing arguments at thetrial in Marseille, prosecutorJacques Dallest also called forPIP founder Jean-Claude Masto pay a 100,000 euro($130,000) fine and to bebanned from working in med-ical services or from running acompany.

The defence is to present itsclosing arguments fromWednesday to Friday, after amonth-long trial that wasamong the biggest ever held inFrance.

Deputy prosecutor LudovicLeclerc urged the court to holdthe defendants to account.

Five PIP executives are ontrial in the case including the73-year-old Mas, charged withaggravated fraud for using in-dustrial-grade silicone in im-plants.

The others on trial are PIP'sformer general managerClaude Couty, quality controldirector Hannelore Font, tech-nical director Loic Gossart andproduct director ThierryBrinon.

The prosecutor called forprison terms of between sixmonths and two years for theother defendants.

An estimated 300,000women in 65 countries are be-lieved to have received the im-plants, which are twice as

Prosecutor urges 4-yearsentence for faultybreast implants

Restaurantmeals packcaloriepunch

tein a day, some 28.5 tonswhen dried.

A smaller unit has been de-veloped for rural areas wheresmall scale animal owners canrecycle their waste.

The firm has had interestfrom nearly 30 countries want-ing to license the technology,said Drew.

tiative of the United NationsEconomic Commission forAfrica and the African Innova-tion Foundation.

The prize was awarded inCape Town last week, andmore than 900 applicationswere received from 45 coun-tries.

A large-scale fly factory pro-duces 90 to 100 tonnes of pro-

their ideal conditions."We take their eggs out, we

put the eggs onto that wasteand at the end of 72 hours, onekilo of eggs turns into about380 kilos of larvae," saidDrew.

The dried larvae have thesame composition as fishmeal,commonly used in feeds anddrawn from the sea.

The initiative signals a wayto use discarded waste whilefinding a new source of pro-tein, said Drew.

"We take food from foodfactories, we take blood andguts from slaughter house, wetake animal poo from concen-trated farming operations andwe use different species of flyto eat and combine thosewastes," said Drew.

Citing the concept as"Mother Nature's invention",Drew said the firm had spentthe past five to six years work-ing out how to get billions oftop egg-laying flies and larvaeto work together.

The factory won the Innova-tion Prize for Africa, a joint ini-


Sci-Tech

PARIS (AFP) - Using a simplesmartphone application tophotograph one's meals is auseful slimming aid for theoverweight, according to anexperiment reported .

The app, designed byBritish doctors, aims at pro-moting "food memory" so thatpeople recall what they haveeaten and are encouraged notto snack on high-calorie treats.

The app has three parts:-- before eating food or

drinking a beverage, the usersnaps a picture of what isabout to be consumed.

-- after finishing the meal ordrink, the user then looks atthe picture that was taken, andanswers questions about theconsumption experience: "Didyou finish it all?" and "Howfull are you now?"

-- before further meals,users also look back at the fileof pictures that have beentaken in the course of the day,and get a text message urgingthem to remind themselves ofwhat they have already eaten.

The researchers recruited12 overweight or obese menand women and monitoredthem over four weeks in asmall-scale pilot study. Thevolunteers accessed the appmore than five times a day onaverage, and recorded 2.7daily "episodes" of eating anddrinking.

Over the study period, theparticipants lost 1.5 kilos (3.3pounds) on average.

Six lost a kilo (2.2 pounds)or more and four lost betweenzero and one kilo (2.2pounds), although the othertwo gained weight, by 100 and400 grammes (3.5 ounces and14 ounces) respectively.

"Raising awareness of eat-ing and weight loss achievedsuggest this approach could befruitful," said University ofLiverpool investigator EricRobinson."

The work was unveiled atthe European Congress onObesity in Liverpool, north-western England.

Smartphone app helpsfight obesity: study

CAPE TOWN (AFP) - A flyfactory that transforms blood,guts, manure and discardedfood into animal feed haswalked away with a $100,000UN-backed innovation prize.

The Stellenbosch, SouthAfrica-based initiative uses theprolific egg layers to recycleindustry's cast-offs intoreusable protein by mimickingnature and harnessing thewinged insects, usually re-garded as pests.

"We've created the first in-dustrial farming operation for

flies," said Jason Drew ofAgriProtein Technologieswhich devised the concept.

The flies, which are fedhuman grade food, lay eggswhich are collected and addedto the waste where they hatchinto larvae.

The larvae munch throughthe waste and are then har-vested, dried and ground upinto the consistency of corn-flakes and sent to a feed man-ufacturer.

The flies are trained to layeggs in one place by creating

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hoped to find savings else-where to avoid disruptingship-building work.

Under automatic budgetcuts enacted by Congress, thePentagon must slash its fund-ing by roughly $37 billionthrough the end of the currentfiscal year.

US commanders havewarned the reductions will un-dermine military readiness byforcing cuts to training andmaintenance.

Under mounting fiscal pres-sure, the Pentagon has alreadybegun laying off temporaryand contract employees andplans to scale back its civilianworkforce by 5-6 percent overthe next five years, accordingto Deputy Defense SecretaryAsh Carter.

The Defense Departmenthas proposed a budget for2014 that would keep militaryspending steady at $526.6 bil-lion, without taking into ac-count the cost of the war inAfghanistan or the automaticbudget cuts.

But the budget proposalmay never be approved giventhe political stalemate in Con-gress, with both parties dead-locked over how to reduce thedeficit.

The automatic budget re-ductions, or sequestration,were part of a 2011 law de-signed to contain the federalgovernment's growing deficitand national debt.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - ThePentagon plans to place mostof its nearly 800,000 civilianemployees on unpaid leave for11 days through Septemberdue to automatic budget cuts,a US defense official said yes-terday.

The move reflected effortsto avoid or limit the length offurloughs as the Pentagon hadpreviously warned it wouldimpose up to 22 days of un-paid leave, then revised theforecast to 14 days.

Certain categories of em-ployees will be exempt fromthe furloughs and the excep-tions will vary from service toservice, said the defense offi-cial, who spoke on conditionof anonymity.

The exemptions could applyto numerous intelligence offi-cers as well as shipyard work-ers, as senior officers had


Pentagon plans 11days of unpaidleave for civilians

FINANCE

ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey haspaid off all debt owed to theIMF which extended its firstloans more than 50 years ago,and is now set to contribute tothe Fund's operations, owing toeconomic growth that gave apriority to the private sector,Turkish officials said.

The last instalment of $412million was paid Tuesday tothe International MonetaryFund by the Turkish centralbank, bringing to an end a se-ries of loans extended by theIMF since 1958.

Deputy Prime Pinister AliBabacan was quoted by theAnatolia news agency as say-ing that Turkey had also com-mitted to contributing a sum"on the order of five billiondollars" to IMF operations.

The country's public debthas been cut from 46 percentof gross domestic product(GDP) to 36 percent in fouryears, he added.

By way of comparison, Eu-ropean Union members arebound to maintain public debtbelow 60 percent of GDP, butvery few have done so.

Turkey is now in a positionto invest fiscal revenue in in-frastructure, Erdogan said, in-cluding the construction of athird airport for Istanbul, a cityof 15 million inhabitants.

Although its economic ex-pansion eased markedly lastyear, Turkey still postedgrowth of 2.2 percent, downfrom 8.8 percent in 2011.

Turkey terminatesdecades ofIMF debt

Market sources cited byDow Jones Newswire say de-mand has been strong at over$40 billion, or nearly fourtimes the amount sought.

Petrobras wanted to sell offassets to finance its projects,but a lack of buyers has forcedit to take on debt.

It comes ahead of auctionsTuesday and Wednesday ofconcessions by the state to de-velop 289 oil blocks in the un-explored north and northeast ofthe country.

The offering -- with un-tapped reserves estimated at9.1 billion barrels -- has at-tracted dozens of companies,including Petrobras, that hopeto repeat the big oil discoveriesmade in 2008 along the south-eastern coast.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -Brazilian oil giant Petrobrasannounced an $11 billion bondissue Tuesday, a record for anemerging country company.

The state-controlled com-pany, which already carries ahuge debt load, is raising fundsfor its $237 billion five year in-vestment program, includingthe development of deep wateroil fields off the coast of Brazil.

This year alone, Petrobrasplans to take on $20 billion indebt, its financial director saidrecently.

The US dollar bonds arebeing issued with maturity pe-riods of three, five, ten and 30years at both fixed and variablerates. The fixed rates rangefrom 2.14 percent for a threeyear bond to 5.76 percent for athirty year bond.

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lower-cost overseas rivals, thestrength of the yen, and strate-gic mistakes that left Sony's fi-nances in ruins.

Meanwhile, Third Point hasbuilt its Sony stake quietly andis now one of the group'sbiggest single shareholders.

But while such action iscommon in the United States,it is rare for a shareholder tobring public pressure on acompany in Japan, and evenmore so when the investor inquestion is based abroad.

Loeb has suggested thatSony list some of the equity inits media division which in-cludes one of the biggestmovie studios in Hollywoodand music recording withartists such as Alicia Keys,Carrie Underwood, and TaylorSwift, by distributing shares tothose who already have hold-ings in the parent company.

PARIS (AFP) - An importantUS shareholder in Sony hascalled for a break-up of thestruggling Japanese electronicsgroup, a move that could ignitea fire within Japan's tradition-alist business culture, the NewYork Times reported on Tues-day.

Third Point, which is knownas an "activist" investmentfund which now owns around6.5 percent of the shares inSony, is pressing it to focus onits core activities and sell somemedia holdings to sharehold-ers, according to a letter seenby the Times.

Sony told AFP that its mediaactivities "are not for sale."

Third Point founder DanielLoeb, known as a scrappy in-vestor, told Sony chief execu-tive Kazuo Hirai: "While ThirdPoint supports your agenda forchange, we also believe that tosucceed, Sony must focus."

On Thursday, Sony said thatit had booked its first annualnet profit for five years, largelyowing to fluctations in thevalue of the yen and gainsfrom a string of asset sales.

Its television and electronicsbusiness has struggled owingto problems that include slow-ing demand in key export mar-kets, fierce competition from

Sony investor callingfor break-up: report

"Brad was at the Pink LotusBreast Center, where I wastreated, for every minute of thesurgeries," she said, addingthat "we managed to find mo-ments to laugh together."

Jolie said she has only smallscars after the ordeal, withnothing alarming for her chil-dren to see.

"On a personal note, I donot feel any less of a woman. Ifeel empowered that I made astrong choice that in no waydiminishes my femininity."

Jolie, one of the world'shighest-paid performers, saidthe cost of getting tested forBRCA1 and another faultygene, called BRCA2, is morethan $3,000 in the UnitedStates and that this "remainsan obstacle for many women".

She said she hopes womenliving under the threat of can-cer will be able to get tested.

"Life comes with manychallenges. The ones thatshould not scare us are theones we can take on and takecontrol of," Jolie wrote.

British Foreign SecretaryWilliam Hague, who has beenworking with Jolie in the pastfew months in her role as UNspecial envoy for refugee is-sues to highlight the problemof sexual violence in conflict,said she was a "brave lady".

Hague and Jolie visitedRwanda and Democratic Re-public of Congo in March andsuccessfully joined forces at ameeting of G8 finance minis-ters last month to win a pledgeto act against the use of rape asa weapon of war.

"She's a courageous lady, avery professional lady. She'sdone a lot of work with me inrecent months and travelledwith me through some difficultplaces in the Congo," Haguetold Sky News television.

"She gave no sign that shewas undergoing such treat-ment. She's a very brave ladynot only to carry on with herwork so well during such treat-ment, also to write about itnow and talk about it. She's abrave lady and will be an in-spiration to many."


WASHINGTON (AFP) - An-gelina Jolie revealed Tuesdaythat she has undergone a dou-ble mastectomy to reduce herhigh risk of breast cancer, say-ing she is speaking out to en-courage women to addressthreats to their health.

Jolie, whose mother died ofcancer at the age of 56, saidshe had managed to keep theissue quiet and continue work-ing. Her medical proceduresended late last month. "But Iam writing about it now be-cause I hope that other womencan benefit from my experi-ence," she said.

The 37-year-old Americanactress wrote in an opinionpiece entitled "My MedicalChoice" in The New YorkTimes that she had chosen theprocedure because she carriesa faulty gene that increases herrisk of both breast and ovariancancer.

Jolie, one of Hollywood'sbest-known faces and the part-ner of actor Brad Pitt, said thatbecause of this gene, known asBRCA1, her doctors estimatedshe had an 87 percent risk ofbreast cancer and a 50 percentrisk of ovarian cancer.

"Once I knew that this wasmy reality, I decided to beproactive and to minimize therisk as much I could. I made adecision to have a preventivedouble mastectomy," shewrote.

"I started with the breasts,

as my risk of breast cancer ishigher than my risk of ovariancancer, and the surgery is morecomplex," Jolie wrote.

She said that on April 27she completed the threemonths of medical proceduresthat the mastectomies in-volved.

Jolie said her chances of de-veloping breast cancer arenow down to five percent.

Jolie and Pitt have threeadopted and three biologicalchildren.

"I can tell my children theydon't need to fear they willlose me to breast cancer," Joliesaid.

Jolie described a several-stage surgical process, themain one of which is an oper-ation that can take up to eighthours as the breast tissue is re-moved and temporary fillersare put in place.

"You wake up with draintubes and expanders in yourbreasts. It does feel like ascene out of a science fictionfilm. But days after surgeryyou can be back to a normallife," Jolie wrote.

The final phase of theprocess involved reconstruc-tion of the breasts with im-plants, she said, adding:"There have been many ad-vances in this procedure in thelast few years and the resultscan be beautiful."

Jolie said Pitt has been ahuge source of support.

Angelina Jolie: I had double mastectomy

Shelly from Ohio, reports shehad been all over the islandlooking for just such a store,and walked out with a bigsmile and two new bikinis.She has the good fortune tohave a fantastic figure, but themisfortune of always findingbikini tops never quite fitwhen the bottom was justright. This is not an uncom-mon complaint. "We havenothing like this back where Ilive," she reports, "Banana

Moon is a real find. I willcertainly be

back formore

b a t h i n gsuits next year."

The shop also features acomplete inventory of the ex-clusive, but moderately priced"Arubiana" sandals, whichhave a diverse selection thatwill produce at least one pairto perfectly color coordinateto your swim selection. Ba-nana Moon also producesvery attractive lines of beachtunics and wraparounds.Smart beach bags andadorable hats will completethe ensemble, for a perfectlyfitting fashion statement onAruba's fine white sands.

Banana Moon is opendaily, Monday through Satur-day, nonstop from 9:00 AMuntil 6:00 PM. Visit them forthat dream bikini that fits per-fectly in all places!

A store that finally under-stands the uniqueness of everywoman's body has recentlyopened its doors on theHavenstraat in Oranjestad,just behind the Royal PlazaMall.

Banana Moon is a well-known brand of swim andbeach wear, manufactured inMonaco, so quality is insured.Their unique claim to fame isthat bikinis and tankinis aresold as separates, so stylishwomen can mix andmatch to

produce thecombination of their

choice, as well as being as-sured a perfect fit, both topand bottom. Prices are veryrea sonable for designer swim -wear.

Owner Selma was inspiredto seek out a brand that an-swered her own frustrations atfinding a proper fitting twopiece swimsuit, and discov-ered the stylish and well-madeproduct. The shop is quietnew, and they report they areexpecting a shipment of themost recent collection at anymoment.

Presently, however, theirwalls are lined with anadorable selection, in a rain-bow of colors to suit any taste.

Have your bikini your

way at Banana Moon

Angelina with mom Marcheline Bertrand, a French actresswhich died of breast cancer aged 56 in 2007.

self breast exam

They are open daily,from 11:00 am to 11:00pm,Telf: 5860606 andemail :saus [email protected], offering in-door and outdoor dining. Asidefrom an extensive menu theyalso have daily specials madefrom whatever is in season andMama Luisa is in the mood toprepare, so don’t forget to askabout what isn’t on the menu!

each including a choice of 2side dishes; all quite yummyand bargain-priced to boot!

The Queen’s is located onthe second level of PalmBeach Plaza, tucked into acozy corner at the front of themall. If you have a mind to trythe real deal in Aruban food,without a doubt, this is the wayto truly eat like a local.

that are handy that day, all in-cased in a thick skin of meltedGouda. It was very satisfyingand particularly memorablepaired with The Queen’s garlicbread and very special Pica, amix of chopped onions and thefamous local hot pepper,Madame Janette. Not overlyspicy, it lends that perfect bit oftang to this deliciously pictur-esque meal.

One of the distinctions ofAruban cuisine is incorporat-ing unique indigenous ingredi-ents such as in Wild CucumberStew and a particular light fishchowder accompanied by thelocal specialties pan bati (cornmeal pancake) and funchi (thelocal version of polenta.)

Seafood main courses forCatch of the Day Aruban Styleto shrimp and a mixed seafoodplatter with shrimp, fish, squid,scallops and mussels. Meatdishes such as BBQ Chickenand Ribs or Grilled Tenderloin,


least is the future value of theinvestment. To further en-hance this, Gold Coast man-agement have inaugurated anumber of in-house servicesand have recently become af-filiated Interval International,the world’s largest network ofvacation ownership propertieswhich provides an unlimitedinternational pool of investorsto tap for ownership and rentalprospects. Property exchangefor a vacation in another desti-nation is also availablethrough the Interval Interna-tional affiliation. Gold Coast’sown rental services have alsoproven highly successful in as-sisting owners in renting theirvillas; 24-hour security andmaintenance services also tipthe scales when it is time tomake a decision. Aside fromall this, housekeeping, childcare, catering services , carrental through its partnershipwith AVIS car rental are alsoavailable as well as pre-shop-ping services so cupboardsand refrigerators are stockedupon arrival, which can alsobe arranged through theirproperty management depart-ment. Personnel are also avail-able to assist in arrangingrestaurant reservations and is-land activities.

Visit their website: www.goldcoastaruba.com formore details and availabilityor call 586-2200 to arrange apersonal tour.

demand for Aruba and facili-ties such as those at GoldCoast, make it easy for someowners to see a valuable returnon their investment.

The design of the resi-dences and public areas isopen, airy and spacious, takingfull advantage of the island en-vironment, with quality con-struction and finishingavailable. Partnering with twoof Aruba’s top providers ofkitchens and bathrooms en-ables developers to offer cus-tom options allowing buyersto individualize their homes.An elegant and chic furniturepackage is available or islanddesigners will assist owners infinishing the décor to theirspecific tastes.

There are many aspects topurchasing property; not the

complete will be a communityof 260 town homes, villas andcondominiums with a stunningclubhouse complemented bytwo additional communitypool areas , The Clubhouse isabout to start construction andwill offer to the communityhomeowners and visitors 2tennis courts, full service spaand fitness center as well as astunning pool area and is ex-pected to be complete by early2013. It will also house arestaurant and mini-market.

Owners who purchasedupon the groundbreaking onlya few short years ago, are al-ready enjoying a nearly 50%appreciation on their invest-ment, particularly those takingadvantage of the on site man-agement’s rental services pro-gram. There is always a great

away; we are very pleased bythe response to our concept.”

Fito, with his sister Mayrinand brother Rudy operate CasBon, which has been con-structing homes and buildingdevelopments for all budgetsfor nearly twenty years. “GoldCoast Aruba is the jewel in ourcrown,” observes Fito. “Wewere very excited about thisproject and the scope of actualand planned facilities andamenities. We have spoken tocountless island visitors to findout what they would reallywant in a permanent residenceon Aruba, and took fromthere.”

Input from frequent vaca-tioners who have dreamed oftheir own home in Aruba con-tributed to the realization ofGold Coast Aruba which when

-- Management of Gold CoastAruba, the island’s newest andmost innovative gated com-munity, reports that sales havebeen very good and encourag-ing as the global economy re-covers and people looking topurchase vacation homes havefound that Gold Coast is anoutstanding investment value.Director of Sales, Fito Croeshas noticed a surprising per-centage of owners in reality donot spend a great amount oftime personally to use the vil-las or town homes they pur-chase, but are takingadvantage of Gold Coast’srental services to turn their in-vestment into ready income.

“The greater portion ofhome owners are using their“home away from home” inAruba to escape the wintermonths, or spend holidayswith the family on the island,”he remarked, “but I am grati-fied by how many are buyingbecause they felt secure withreal estate investment onAruba. They really study thehistory and economy of the is-land and are impressed withthe political stability and con-tinually increasing value ofprime locations. Gold Coast isin the heart of Malmok, con-sidered Aruba’s most exclu-sive community where thevalue of properties has only in-creased over time. It is onlyminutes to the best beachesand all the action, and yet of-fers a quiet and secluded get-

Gold Coast Aruba: This is the time to invest

clientele. Varella’s mom,Luisa, is still in the kitchen,conjuring up the deliciousdishes that have been in herfamily for generations, ac-knowledged on the menu withitems such as “Carni Stoba diMamachi”-“Grandma’s BeefStew,” and their Arawak Steak,along with local delicacies likeKeshi Yena -“Full Cheese.”This is a tasty, filling stew ofchicken, with other ingredients

An elegant décor with a breezyterrace overlooking PalmBeach welcomes guests toVarella Innocencia’s very pop-ular restaurant showcasing au-thentic local cuisine:

The Queen’s.They may have moved

from Oranjestad to hipper newdigs in Palm Beach Plaza, butthe food and prices are strictlynative, which is what first wonthis charming eatery their loyal

Eat like a local at The Queen’s restaurant at Palm Beach Plaza

Varella, Luisa and the next generation of chef

Grandma’s clasic Stew beef with Rice and Potato salad

of brothers Vitali or WladimirKlitschko, who hold all of therecognised world titles in theheavyweight division.

"I apologise to Manuel Charrand to everybody involvedwith the promotion. But mostof all I want to say sorry to thethousands of fans who boughttickets to the fight. I felt it wasimportant to let them knowabout the cancellation as soonas possible, so they can nowmake other plans. the chapionsaid in a statement.

"As soon as I am told I canresume full training, my loyalfans will be the first to know."

Haye pulled out of a plannedbout with Wladimir Klitschkowith a back complaint in 2009and when they did meet twoyears Haye infamously cited atoe injury as the reason whythe Ukrainian cruised to aunanimous decision win inHamburg.

LONDON (AFP) - DavidHaye's hopes of re-establishinghimself as a heavyweight titlecontender suffered a setbackon Tuesday after the formerWBA champion withdrewTuesday from a bout nextmonth with Manuel Charr be-cause of a hand injury.

British boxer Haye was setto fight for the first time innearly a year at the ManchesterArena in northern England onJune 29 against an opponentwhose only professional losscame when he was controver-sially stopped because of a cutto his right eye in the fourthround by WBC champion Vi-tali Klitschko last year.

But after injuring his lefthand on Sunday, the 32-year-old announced Tuesday thatthe contest had been post-poned.

This setback damagedHaye's hopes facing either one

Boxing: Injured Haye pullsout of comeback fight


roMe (afP) : uS Serena Williams celebrates her victoryover British player Laura robson at the end of theirrome Wta tennis open. Serena bt Laura robson (GBr)6-2, 6-2

NEW YORK (AFP) - TheUnited States, Iran and Russiaon Tuesday forged an unlikelyheavyweight alliance to keepthe ancient sport of wrestling inthe Olympic Games.

While political differencesbetween the three are deep, thenational teams from the threewrestling superpowers willgrapple with each other in NewYork's Grand Central Stationrailway terminal on Wednes-day to back the campaign.

Wrestling has been in shocksince the International OlympicCommittee announced in Feb-ruary that it wanted the sportejected for the 2020 Games.

There were complaints thatthe sport, where a broken noseor a cauliflower ear can be abadge of honor, is too macho,too complicated and not attrac-tive to television audiences.

But after initial hungerstrikes by coaches andOlympic champions sendingback their medals in protest,wrestling is fighting back.

The bouts between the US,Iranian and Russian teams inNew York on Wednesday andSunday in Los Angeles are partof a new offensive to make thesport more attractive.

Russia's President VladimirPutin has said he will raise thecase. But leaders of the interna-tional wrestling federation,FILA, admit they are in a des-perate battle to make sure thatthe 2016 Rio de Janeiro Gamesare not the last for one of theoriginal Olympic sports.

Christakis Alexandridis,Russia's Olympic wrestlingcoach, said that when wrestlingwas included in AncientGreece Olympics "it featuredthe beauty of the athletic body,willpower and determination."

Nenad Lalovic, expected tobe elected the FILA presidentat a congress in Moscow thisweekend, said, however, thatwrestling has been living on itspast for too long.

The IOC decision in Febru-ary was a "terrible shock",Lalovic told AFP on the side-lines of a press conference atthe UN headquarters.

Wrestling:US, Russia,Iran uniteto saveOlympicwrestling

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But now the focus shifts tothe Indianapolis Motor Speed-way and Saturday's pole dayqualifying on the famed 2 1/2-mile (4km) oval where a 33-car field will compete over 200laps in the 97th Indy 500 onMay 26.

This year, Sato wants thatone last lap and a checkeredflag finish.

And Sato says he will not beany less likely to make anotherrisky move on the last lap ifthere is a chance to take thelead again this year.

INDIANAPOLIS (AFP) -Japan's Takuma Sato, a last-lapcrash victim while battling forthe lead in last year's Indi-anapolis 500, comes back thisyear with a historic victory andthe IndyCar season points lead.

Sato became the first Japan-ese driver to win an IndyCarrace when he captured the titlelast month at Long Beach andthe former Formula One racerfinished second earlier thismonth at Brazil to seize theseason points lead.

Sato has 136 points, 13ahead of US racer Marco An-dretti with Brazil's Helio Cas-troneves 20 points back and

Auto Racing: Sato setsIndyCar points pace as500 looms

BALTIMORE (AFP) - Kentucky Derby winner Orb made

a spirited walk along the shedrow at Pimlico on Tuesday

ahead of Saturday's 138th Preakness, the second leg in

American flat racing's Triple Crown series. Orb trainer

Shug McGaughey brought the horse from New York's

Belmont Park to Baltimore on Monday ahead of the 1

3/16ths-mile showdown, the shortest race in the treble

that began with his May 4 Derby victory at Churchill

Downs. So far, McGaughey likes what he sees from Orb

as the horse tries to become the first to sweep the Triple

Crown races since Affirmed in 1978, a feat that requires

a Preakness victory and a Belmont Stakes triumph on

June 8.

NEW YORK CITY (AFP) - Portland Trail Blazers guard

Damian Lillard, the unanimous selection as NBA Rookie

of the Year, was named to the 2012-2013 season NBA All-

Rookie Team announced by the league on Tuesday. Lil-

lard was also the only unanimous selection to the honor

squad, which also includes Washington guard Bradley

Beal, New Orleans forward Anthony Davis, Cleveland

guard Dion Waiters and Golden State forward Harrison

Barnes. Lillard received 58 points in voting from the

NBA's 30 coaches, none of whom could vote for a player

on their own club. Davis and Beal each had 57 votes

while Waiters had 50 and Barnes garnered 47. Selected

sixth overall in last year's NBA Draft, Lillard was the

NBA's top rookie scorer with 19 points a game and also

led newcomers in assists with 6.5 a game.


of-eight.Kevin Durant finished with

27 points, seven rebounds andseven assists for the Thunderwho shot just 33 percent fromthe field after halftime.

Kevin Martin had 18 pointsin the loss.

Durant, who was theleague's second-leading scorerin the regular season, finishedrunner-up to LeBron James inMVP voting this season.

The Thunder have a hugetask now. The defending West-ern Conference champions areone win away from elimina-tion without one of their bestoffensive weapons, all-starRussell Westbrook, who in-jured his knee and is done forthe season.

MEMPHIS (AFP) - MikeConley scored a team-high 24points as Memphis ralliedfrom a 17-point deficit to beatOklahoma City 103-97 inovertime in game four of theirsecond round playoff seriesMonday.

All-star Zach Randolph had23 points and 12 rebounds andMarc Gasol finished with 23points and 11 rebounds forMemphis who took a 3-1 se-ries lead to put themselves onthe brink of their first appear-ance in the NBA playoff semi-finals.

The Grizzlies, who startedout in the league as the Van-couver Grizzlies before mov-ing to Memphis in 2001, can

wrap up the series in gamefive Wednesday in OklahomaCity.

This marked the fifth con-secutive playoff win for Mem-phis at home and they are now19-1 at the FedExForum in thelast three months.

Two years ago, Memphisgave up an 18-point leadagainst the Thunder in gamefour of the second round andwound up losing in triple-overtime. They blew a 2-1 se-ries lead and eventually lost inseven games.

Oklahoma City had fiveplayers score in double figuresfor the first time in the series.

But their offense struggledat times, especially in over-time when they shot just one-

NBA: Grizzlies beat Thunder

to seize control of series

NBA: Portland's Lillardleads All-Rookie squad

When checking his luggageat the airport, Guerrero noti-fied authorities he had an un-loaded gun in a locked safebox in his luggage.

Guerrero, who had no am-munition with him, only had alicense for the gun in Califor-nia, but did not have one al-lowing him to possess thefirearm in New York.

Guerrero lost 117-111 on allthree judges' scorecards toMayweather on May 4 at LasVegas. That ended a 15-fightGuerrero win streak dating to2005 as he fell to 31-2 withone drawn.

Mayweather improved to44-0 and kept his World Box-ing Council welterweight title.

NEW YORK CITY (AFP) -Boxer Robert Guerrero, com-ing off a loss 10 days ago tounbeaten Floyd Mayweather,had all firearm possessioncharges against him droppedon Tuesday in a New YorkState Supreme Court hearing.

Guerrero was arrestedMarch 28 for allegedly tryingto take a handgun on a plane toLas Vegas at John F. KennedyAirport.

At the hearing, Guerreropleaded guilty to disorderlyconduct and was fined $250 aswell as ordered to perform 50hours of community service,which he will be allowed to doin his home state of California.

Boxing: Guerrero firearmpossession chargedropped

Racing: Derby winnerOrb arrives for Preakness

Valls said.

Paris police commissioner

Bernard Boucault said that

given the disturbances, PSG

would never be granted "a

public celebratory parade

again".

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was bought two years ago by

Qatar Sports Investments and

earlier this year signed football

legend David Beckham, has

struggled with fan violence in

the past, especially in the

1980s and 1990s.

hooligans."Foreign Minister

Laurent Fabius said.Interior Minister Valls

meanwhile said a ceremony tohand the trophy over to thechampions in front of Pariscity hall had been cancelled aswell as all public events linkedto the club.

"Several hundred 'ultras' --some of whom have beenbanned from stadiums, hooli-gans, young and drunken -- at-tacked people and journalistsand smashed shop windowsand cars for several hours,"


made following the distur-

bances.

A PSG players' cruise on the

river Seine was cancelled and

the team members hastily left

the podium at the Place du

Trocadero without addressing

the crowd. They ended up fet-

ing the evening by eating pizza

in a hotel, according to French

media reports.

"Basically I am furious and

disgusted like many people.

We must be very firm, very

hard with these

PARIS (AFP) - Paris's image,

already tarnished by alarm

over recent tourist muggings,

has taken a further bashing

after violence during a trophy

parade to mark Paris Saint-

Germain's first French League

win in 19 years.

The shock violence occurred

late Monday after up to 15,000

PSG fans, who had thronged

the esplanade at Trocadero by

the iconic Eiffel Tower to

mark the victory, turned un-

ruly and attacked tourists and

others in the heart of the city.

The unrest came amid in-

creasing reports of thefts

against tourists and a strikes.

Smoke bombs were thrown,

bars and restaurants were

damaged and at least one

tourist bus was attacked and a

scooter burnt during an hours-

long confrontation between an

800-strong police presence

and hardline PSG supporters

known as "ultras".

In all 32 people suffered in-

juries and 39 arrests were

French capital's image tarnished by PSG fan violence

ROME (AFP) - Two-tmeRome masters championNovak Djokovic began hiscampaign for a hat-trick trophywith a 70-minute, 6-2, 6-3 winover Albert Montanes whichwas wrapped up with an ace.

The Serb was all smiles ashe got the job done in his sec-ond-round start after a byeafter losing a week ago in hisopening match in Madrid toGrigor Dimitrov.

The Bulgarian threat wasknocked out earlier by Frenchninth seed Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4.

Rafael Nadal began buildingfor what he hopes will be alucky seventh title at the ForoItalico after winning Madrid,his fifth title of a season whichonly began for him in Februaryas he returned following sevenmonths of knee injury absence.

Frenchman Julien Ben-neteau defeated 12th seedNicolas Almagro 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 while Russian MikhailYouzhny surprised Germannumber 13 Tommy Haas 6-4,6-3.

The 35-year-old Haas wonthe Munich clay title littlemore than a week ago andreached the third round inMadrid.

Madrid finalist and 15thseed Stanislas Wawrinkastaged a fightback to overcomeCarlos Berlocq 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.

Spain's Fernando Verdascobeat Argentina's Horacio Ze-ballos in three sets, whileFrenchman Jeremy Chardyalso needed three sets beforebeating Spaniard FelicianoLopez 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/4).

Argentine seventh seed JuanMartin del Potro was makinghis return to action after avirus, taking on Russian An-drey Kuznetsov.

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