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merman he had set May 29 asthe date for a hearing for hisarraignment when he will beformally read the charges andwill be allowed to apply forbail. Speaking just once, Zim-merman answered simply "yes,sir" when Herr asked him if hewas making his first appear-ance in the case and if he wasrepresented by lawyer MarkO'Mara.

After a weeks-long investi-gation, prosecutors have un-veiled charges of second-degree murder against Zimmer-man, who is of Hispanic origin.

"I can tell you, we did notcome to this decision lightly,"Florida state attorney AngelaCorey said Wednesday.

SANFORD (AFP) - A neigh-borhood watch guard chargedwith second-degree murder inthe controversial killing of anunarmed US black teenager ap-peared briefly in court for thefirst time yesterday.

It was George Zimmerman'sfirst public appearance since hefatally shot 17-year-old Tray -von Martin in late Februarywhile the teenager was walkingthrough a gated Florida com-munity, in the town of Sanford.

The killing has triggered anationwide debate aboutracism and criminal justice inthe United States, and led toprotests in various US cities at-tended by thousands of people.

Judge Mark Herr told Zim-

very active in the communityas President of the Board ofMAMBO, the main street mer-chant’s association of Oranjes-tad, as well as founder of theAdopt-an-Addict program,which funds sending islandsubstance abusers to rehab pro-grams in Santo Domingo.

Leo expressed the beliefthat there are a number of vi-able solutions for the propertyand port in San Nicolas, as theprospect of the refinery finallyclosing permanently after somany years becomes a distinctpossibility, given the volatilityof the oil industry.

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raised in San Nico-las, graduated fromthe Wharton Schoolof Business, andwas Senior Partnerand Vice Chairmanat Goldman Sachsuntil the end of2011. He is nowManaging DirectorAruba/NY of theAruba GrowthFund, an invest-ment fund createdto provide the mostappropriate vehicleto generate localeconomic value andgrowth from withinthe island commu-nity, with privateequity to invest inAruban companiesand institutions.

Harold Malmberg has areputation as a savvy entrepre-neur and has been a tourism vi-sionary on Aruba for over 3decades. As the CEO of DePalm Tours, he took it from asmall tour bus company to thelargest multi-service activitiesoperator on the island.

Audrey Croes-Lacle tookthe helm of Maggy’s Empo-rium to expand their inventory,locations, and services, alsomaking it one of the largestbeauty and skincare retailerson Aruba, along with full ser -vice salons and spas. She is

Director of the Aruba Chamberof Commerce, Leo Maduro,met with press on Wednesdayafternoon to announce thespeakers and theme of their up-coming Annual Business Din-ner Meeting at the RenaissanceConvention Center :“Aruba’sFuture without the Refinery?”The Chamber has been survey-ing a number of business peo-ple and islanders, and severalideas have emerged for puttingthe assets of the refinery in SanNicolas to good use, one ofthem being to relocate the con-tainer harbor in Oranjestad totheir port, rather than Bar-cadera, a choice which is felt

will be far more beneficial tothe ecology and the nationalbudget.

This year’s dinner is sche -duled for Friday, May 11th,much earlier than the usual au-tumn date, as they feel the sub-ject is very topical and a matterweighing on the minds ofmany: how to fill the void thatwould be left by the shutdownof the refinery, which has beenan important economic factorto the island’s prosperity sincethe 1930’s?

Guest speakers will be Mil-ton Berlinski, Harold Malm-berg and Audrey Croes-Lacle.Milton Berlinski was born and

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announced statistics and

upcoming Annual Business Dinner

Head of Info and Support Sonia Velt -huizen

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Morris Kong has had anextensive movie career, hewas in the opening circusscene in "Houdini" starringTony Curtis, he was also astunt double for Mighty JoeYoung, but it wasn't until hisfirst "Three Stooges" short

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100 Aruban florins (as op-posed to the usual $100) perperson, in the expectation thiswill make the event more ac-cessible to small entrepreneursand all those interested in thesubject matter. They can bepurchased at the KvK officeson Irausquin Boulevard from8:00 AM to 4:15 PM. Theevening will end with enter-tainment and dancing tosingers Ofo Escudero andSashah Figaroa.

For more information, visitthe Chamber of Commercewebsite: http://www.arubachamber.com/

by Rosalie Klein

During the announcement ofthe upcoming business dinner,statistics for the establishmentof new businesses in 2011were presented. 1,159 registra-tions at the Chamber of Com-merce were recorded for lastyear, which is in keeping witha steady increase of around1,000 new businesses annuallyfor the past few years. The ma-jority of new enterprises are inthe construction industry, withrestaurants following second,and clothing and souvenirshops a close third.

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on the beach, but make use ofthe trash bins ensuring a cleanand durable future for all localsof Aruba!

problem are WE, you and me,we all together, island localsand tourists alike.

Do not “forget” your trash

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Last Tuesday the two binshave been placed and officiallyput into use in the presence ofMr. Ludwig Estrada and Mr.Herdy ten Lohuis of MillerLite/Pepia Est NV., Mr. StanleyBrown of Clean Master and thevolunteers of Turtugaruba.

The two “Island Locals” binsare an addition to the 15 trashbins placed earlier by CleanMaster this week at Eagle beach,sponsored by TPEF (TourismProduct Enhancement Fund).Turtugaruba would applause ifmore local businesses/organiza-tions follow this action of plac-ing trash bins including theservice to clean them.

But the most responsibleplayers in solving the pollution

support that would benefit all“Island Locals”, human andsea turtle alike.

One of the biggest threatsnowadays to men but also tosea turtles is pollution. Manyanimals die because they mis-take plastics for food. TheLeatherback Sea Turtle for ex-ample feeds on jellyfish. Youcan imagine what a plastic baglooks like, drifting in the sea

So we have to make sure nopollution will go into the sea.It is a great pleasure for Turtu-garuba to know that Miller Litewill sponsor two trash-bins,daily service included, for theperiod of one year at EagleBeach, the nesting habitat ofthe Leatherback Sea Turtle.

Since November last yearSABMiller is sponsoringWIDECAST (Wider Ca rib beanSea Turtle Conservation Net-work). With more than 40Caribbean States and territories,this network aims to protect allsix endangered sea turtlespecies in the region. ThroughTurtugaruba, the non-profitFoundation that protects the seaturtles locally, also Aruba is aproud member of WIDECAST

Not only at a regional scale,but also locally the sea turtles– “Island Locals” for a longtime– can count on support ofMiller Beer. The distributor ofMiller Lite on Aruba, Pepia EstNV contacted Turtugaruba,and together they focused on a

Sea Turtles in the Wider Caribbean Region do have a newsupporter: Miller Beer

some activity in the family,etc.

Santa Rosa is calling ameeting with all livestockfarmers. This meeting isscheduled for April 14th at7:00pm at Club San Martinin Santa Cruz (directly be-hind the Catholic Church inSanta Cruz). Panelists in thisgathering will include repre-sentatives from the ParkeNacional Arikok, SantaRosa and most probably arepresentative from DIP.

Santa Rosa is interested inlistening to our livestock

PIEDRA PLAT -- In recenttimes there has been a grow-ing interest from the commu-nity for getting involved inlivestock farming. This isparticularly so among youngpeople in our community.Santa Rosa is also very keenon motiva ting our people tocontinue or to begin cultivat-ing agriculture, livestockand/or fisheries. Farmingbrings a great deal of bene-fits, such as producing one’sown produce, reducing thecost of food, getting more ex-ercise, and creating a whole-

effective long term planningsuch information is cruciallyimportant.

The tentative agenda is asfollows:

* Opening and introduc-tion of the panelist

* Explanation regardingthe registration of livestockfarmers

* Situation of lease land* Situation regarding

goats in the Parke* Santa Rosa’s action plan

for the livestock sector* Free word

grow this sector of our com-munity. This meeting is aneffort to establish a closer re-lationship with all livestockfarmers. There are a numberof important matters to bediscussed; hence Santa Rosais appealing to all livestockfarmers to plan on attendingthis important mee - ting.

One item of much impor-tance to be dealt with duringthis meeting is the registra-

tion of all livestock farmers.Santa Rosa currently has nostatistics on our livestockfarmers. In order to do more

farmers …what are their de-sires, comments, preoccupa-tions, so that they can worktogether with them to help

The Aruba Hotel and SecurityFoundation (AH&SF) is or-ganizing the Fourth CaribbeanTourism Security Conferenceon June 5 and 6, 2012. Dr. TomMarrs is one of the speakers atthe conference.

Dr. Tom Marrs is an expertin the use of applied psycho-logy. With expertise in socialand behavioral psychology andpsychopathology, Marrs hasworked for over 5 years withthe Texas based Tourism &More team to use psychologyas a tool for understandingtourism security issues. In ad-dition to his knowledge of ap-plied psychology, Marrs is aformer coach of the US Na-tional Olympic DevelopmentTeam for Sport Shooting. anda licensed psychologist.

Marrs received his Ph.D.from Texas A&M University,where he currently providesservices to over 10,000 di-verse faculty and staff. In thiscapacity, Marrs also consultsand conducts individual vio-lence risk assessments and fa-cilitates responses. He alsoconducts training in areas suchas Dealing With Difficult Be-haviors, Conflict Resolution,Managing Anger, and Drugand Alcohol Issues. Marrs ex-tensive travels in Africa, Ocea-nia, Europe, and the Americaspermits him to combine thebest of psychology withtourism security.


Dr. Tom Marrs,speaker at the4th CaribbeanTourismSecurityConference

Santa Rosa invites livestock farmers for info meeting

Recently, Eaglet Bowling Club Aruba (E.B.C.A.) took partin a 3-day bowling camp prepared by Kegel TrainingCenter, at Lake Wales, Orlando. The group consistedyoungsters 16 years of age. At Lake Wales, the Arubadelegation handed to Kegel representative an ArubanFlag, a demonstration of this tiny delegations presenceat the Kegel bowling training camp, in appreciation forthe warm welcome and expert coaching. It is the hopethat with this gesture the Eaglet Bowling Club ArubaE.B.C.A will establish contacts with other bowlinggroups worldwide


Recently, the Aruba Tourism Authority had the great pleasure of honoring a very spe-cial Family from New York, as Distinguished Visitors of Aruba. The honorees are theSherry Family, consisting of Mr. Gerard and Mrs. Rose Marie Sherry and their two sonsTyler Louis Sherry and Cameron Joseph Sherry. The Sherrys are loyal members ofthe Marriott Vacation Club and are very much in love with the Island, because of thefriendly people, the climate, beaches, restaurants and all other activities that the islandhas to offer. According to them they are always looking forward for the next year’s visitas it It has become a family tradition to visit Aruba every year since 19 years ago. Thesymbolic honorary title was presented by Mr. Ernest Giel representing the ArubaTourism Authority in presence of Mrs. Gail Sahit and Mr. Joseph Goldbourne repre-senting the Marriott Vacation Club.

The Sherry Family honored by ATA at

the Marriott Vacation Club

Aruba’s Flag officiallyhanded over to Kegel

itself "The True Religion" saysit seeks to pass out 25 millionGerman-language copies of theKoran on the streets of Ger-many, Austria and Switzerlandand via the Internet in a bid toconvert non-Muslims.

The Central Council ofMuslims has criticised the cam-paign, saying the Koran is theword of God and "not a PRbrochure or leaflet that is dis-tributed as a mass product".

Under public pressure, thepublishing house working withthe Salafists said Thursday ithad stopped printing the bookswhile it reviews its cooperationwith the group.

The domestic intelligenceservice estimates there areabout 2,500 Salafists, who es-pouse an austere form of SunniIslam, in Germany and says ithas them under official obser-vation.

The service said in its mostrecent annual report datingfrom 2010 that Salafism was

BERLIN (AFP) - German offi-cials raised serious concernsThursday about an ultra-con-servative Islamic group's driveto hand out 25 million copies ofthe Koran, calling it an abuse ofthe holy book.

Amid a politically chargeddebate, some lawmakers how-ever admonished critics to re-spect freedom of religion.

Volker Kauder, parliamen-tary group leader of ChancellorAngela Merkel's conservatives,called the free distribution ofmillions of copies of Islamicscripture by ultra-conservativeSalafists a cover for jihadist re-cruiting.

"The Koran is being abusedhere for subversive extremistactivities. Muslim groups inGermany are right in distancingthemselves from this abuse ofreligious liberty. And it wouldvery much interest me to knowwhere the money for these ac-tivities is coming from."

A group of Salafists calling


the fastest growing Islamicmovement in the world and thatit calls for replacing nationallegal frameworks with Sharialaw, often by means of a violentstruggle against the state.

"We are talking about an ex-tremist, Islamist phenomenonbut not a criminal one," a secu-rity source told AFP whenasked about the Koran pro-gramme.

Meanwhile the interior min-istry said a probe had beenlaunched into threats againstjournalists who had reportedcritically on the Koran cam-paign that were posted on theInternet and have since been re-moved.

In the videos, a group de-scribing itself as Salafist tar-geted newspaper reporters,with a voice saying: "We knowwhere you live, we know yourfootball club, we have yourmobile number," Die Weltnewspaper reported.

Uproar in Germany over driveto hand out millions of Korans

She said the United Statesalso supports UN plans to sendan advance team "immediately"to visit Syria to pave the way fordeploying monitors to ensurethe ceasefire is being carriedout.

British Foreign SecretaryWilliam Hague said the declinein violence "is a first fragile steptowards peace that needs to bestrengthened and sustained," ashe urged the Assad regime toimplement fully the peace planit agreed to.

"The opposition must alsoensure that they adhere to theceasefire and work tostrengthen and broaden it,"Hague added.

France has also publiclybacked sending monitors.

German Foreign MinisterGuido Westerwelle called thetruce "a window of opportunitythat should be seized" in orderto promote a broader peace, butnoted the situation was still"very fragile."

He told reporters that West-ern pressure on Russia to influ-ence Syria to stop the violencehad paid off. "We were right notto waver in our efforts to influ-ence Russia," Westerwelle said.

During her press conference,Clinton urged Iran to "credibly"answer international concernsover its suspect nuclear pro-gram during talks Saturday inIstanbul with five of the G8powers, plus China.

These will be the first talkssince a similar meeting brokeup inconclusively more than ayear ago.

The West suspects Iran's ura-nium enrichment programmasks a drive to produce a nu-clear weapon. Iran denies thecharge, insisting its program ispurely peaceful.

Clinton also warned NorthKorea of UN Security Councilaction if it goes ahead with arocket launch that she sayswould use ballistic missile tech-nology.

The North says the Unha-3(Galaxy-3) rocket, ostensiblycarrying a satellite payload,could go up any day betweennow and Monday to coincidewith Sunday's centenary of thebirth of its founding leaderKim Il-Sung.

WASHINGTON (AFP) -World powers on Thursdaycalled the tentative truce inSyria a "fragile" first stepwhile urging Damascus tocarry out a broader peace planand permit international ob-servers to monitor it.

As the Group of Eight in-dustrial powers ended a two-day conference here,Washington also urged Iran to"credibly" answer concernsabout its nuclear aims at week-end talks and warned NorthKorea of UN action if itlaunches a rocket.

It was not immediatelyclear how much Russia --Syria's main military anddiplomatic ally -- supportedthe position of fellow G8members Britain, Canada,France, Germany, Italy, Japanand the United States.

But US Secretary of StateHillary Clinton said: "I wasencouraged that (Russian) For-eign Minister (Sergei) Lavrovagreed with Kofi Annan thatthis fragile first step is onlythat -- a first step."

Clinton met with Lavrov onthe sidelines of the G8 meet-ings in a bid to have Russia useits influence with Syria to end13 months of violence that hasleft thousands dead, althoughMoscow has put the onus onthe opposition to do so.

Annan, the UN and ArabLeague envoy whose missionRussia has backed, said thatSyria's President Bashar al-Assad has not abided by hisplan and called on the UN Se-curity Council to demand thattroops are pulled out of cities.

Not only has Assad failedto withdraw forces from cities,she said, he has yet to permitpeaceful protests, allow accessfor aid workers and journalistsand begin a democratic politi-cal transition, all in line withthe plan.

White House spokesmanJay Carney said it was not justPresident Barack Obama andother US officials who werecalling for full implementa-tion.

The chief US diplomat alsorenewed Washington's calls forAssad to step down.

World powers callSyria ceasefire'fragile' first step

as you move from tooth totooth

-To remove the floss, usethe same back-and-forth mo-tion to bring the floss up andaway from the teeth

Steps To Follow When

Flossing With Braces:

•Use waxed floss (unwaxedfloss is more likely to getcaught and shred in yourbraces), dental tape or a prod-uct specifically designed toclean around your braces.

•Use enough. About 18inches of floss should suffice

•Thread it carefully. Takethe floss and carefully threadit under the main wire of thebraces before passing it be-tween two teeth. Then removethe floss and re-thread it underthe main wire to pass betweenthe next pair of teeth

•Be sure not to snap thefloss-simply move it up anddown gently against the sideof each tooth

Flossing is an essential part ofthe tooth-cleaning process be-cause it removes plaque frombetween teeth and at the gum-line where a toothbrush can’teasily reached and where pe-riodontal disease often begins.

Plaque can lead to toothdecay and gum disease sodaily flossing is highly recom-mended.

-Starting with about 18inches of floss, wind most ofthe floss around each middlefinger, leaving an inch or twoof floss to work with

-Holding the floss tautlybetween your thumbs andindex fingers, slide it gentlyup-and-down between yourteeth

-Gently curve the flossaround the base of each tooth,making sure you go beneaththe gumline. Never snap orforce the floss, as this may cutor bruise delicate gum tissue

-Use clean sections of floss

BERLIN (AFP) - Plastic sur-gery could be outlawed forunder 18-year-olds unlessmedically necessary under aproposal by lawmakers fromGermany's ruling party, ac-cording to a document seen byAFP Thursday.

The politicians argue thatgoing under the knife forbreast enlargement or nose op-erations should be off thecards for minors, a draft posi-tion paper states.

Behind the bid are officialsdealing with health mattersfrom Chancellor AngelaMerkel's Christian DemocraticUnion and its Bavarian sisterparty, the Christian SocialUnion.

They want the proposedban, revealed earlier by theFrankfurter AllgemeineZeitung, to be wrapped intonew patient-protection legisla-tion. It is due for discussion attoday’s gathering of partyleaders.

The German Society ofPlastic, Reconstructive andAesthetic Surgery (DGPRAC)also basically gave the movethe thumbs up but warned ofthe need for certain caveats.

"With a sweeping banthere's the danger that patientsfor whom interventions arenecessary for psychologicalreasons slip through the net," aspokeswoman said.

The DGPRAC cites figuresfrom 2011 showing thataround 1.2 percent of plasticsurgeries were on under 18-year-olds, mostly for ears thatstick out, followed by enlargedmale breasts and nose jobs.

The politicians also call fora multi-million-euro compen-sation fund to be set up for vic-tims of botched operations toallow them to receive help be-fore the end of any legal pro-ceedings.

And they want a clear defi-nition of cosmetic surgery toprotect patients from unquali-fied practitioners.


Health & Living German MPscall forunder-18 banon cosmeticsurgery

Qnexa, after warning againstits approval in 2010 due tosafety concerns.

The panel voted 20-2 thatthe FDA should allow Qnexaon the market, saying the lat-est overall benefit-risk assess-ment supported its approval,but asking for more data onpotential risks and how toavoid them.

For instance, some peoplewho took high doses of thedrug experienced increasedheart rate. When taken bypregnant women it alsoboosted the risk of having ababy with cleft palate.

Qnexa combines two exist-ing drugs, the appetite sup-pressant phentermine andtopiramate, an anti-convulsantthat can be used in conjunc-tion with other drugs forweight loss.

Some doctors already pre-scribe the combination as anoff-label use for helping pa-tients manage their weight.

Studies have shown dieterscould lose up to 10% of theirweight when taking the drug,along with regular exerciseand following a healthy diet.

The FDA does not have tofollow the advice of the advi-sory panel, though it usuallydoes.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - USregulators will decide in Julywhether to approve Qnexa, thefirst obesity drug in more thana decade, extending the initialdeadline by three months, theCalifornia-based drug-makerVIVUS said.

The extra time is a "stan-dard extension period" offeredby the US Food and Drug Ad-ministration in order to reviewadditional risk managementstrategies that were submittedby the company, said a state-ment issued this week.

An advisory panel to FDAin February urged approval of

US to decide on obesitydrug in July

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Based in a small shoppingcentre in Tel Aviv's outskirts,RadisIN was set up three yearsago to encourage a sense ofunity among the estimated300,000 Israelis of Iranian de-scent.

But it also has another, per-haps more important raison d'e-tre: to send news and viewsfrom Israel directly to Iraniansliving in the Islamic Republicand around the world.

"Our goal is for Iranians toreally know what is happening

(AFP) - From a tiny studio in arundown district of southernTel Aviv, a group of Iranian-Is-raelis beam non-stop music andnews in a bid to reach out totheir former fellow country-men.As the war of words betweenthe leaders of the Jewish stateand the Islamic Republic heatsup over Iran's contested nuclearprogramme, Farsi-languageweb broadcaster, Radio Ra-disIN, is trying to set a differentagenda.


(AFP) - The European SpaceAgency said on Thursday ithad lost contact with Envisat,the biggest Earth-monitoringsatellite in history.

Designed to operate foronly five years, Envisat waslaunched in March 2002, carry-ing 10 instruments to monitorthe planet's oceans, ice, landand atmosphere.

The giant 8.2-tonne, 10.5-metre (34.1-foot) craft carriedon working for a decade, rack-ing up a total of 2.25 billionkilometres (1.4 billion miles),or more than 50,000 orbits,ESA said.

The satellite failed to makea radio call on April 8 as itpassed over a ground station atKiruna in Sweden, the agencysaid.

It has assembled a "recov-

ery team" of engineers, flightdynamics scientists and mis-sion operators in the hope ofrestoring contact with Envisat,which remains in a stable orbit.

Envisat's data has been usedin 4,000 science projects in 70countries, including landmarkresearch into climate change.

Its study of ocean currentswas used last year to simulatedispersal of nuclear pollutionfrom the Fukushima accident,and it gained real-time imagesof the BP oil spill in the Gulf ofMexico in 2010.

It has also been an impor-tant tool in tackling illegal fish-ing.

ESA had hoped to keep En-visat going until its seven re-placements, the so-calledSentinel satellites, start beinglaunched in 2013.

Biggest environmentsatellite goes silent

PARIS (AFP) - The French en-ergy group Areva saidWednesday that it would buildthe biggest concentrated solarpower installation in Asia forReliance Power of India.

Areva Solar is to constructtwo plants using compact lin-ear fresnel reflector (CLFR)technology that would produce250 megawatts (MW) of elec-tricity in Rajasthan, northwest-ern India, a statement said.

That would provide energyfor around 300,000 people inEurope according to a sectorestimation.

CLFR technology uses re-flected sunlight to heat liquid-filled tubes which generate

high-pressure steam that pro-duces electricity via turbines.

Financial details were notdisclosed, but the statementsaid the installation "will be-come the largest in all of Asia"and would contribute to an In-dian goal of adding 20,000MW of solar energy capacityby 2022.

The project, which has al-ready begun its first phasewould represent a reduction ofaround 557,000 tons of CO2emissions annually comparedwith a coal-fired plant, Arevaadded.

It set a target date of May2013 for the operationallaunch of the first plant.

French group Arevato build big Indiansolar power plant

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here in Israel, and also athome," broadcaster KamiItzhakyan told AFP. "TheTehran regime hides the truthfrom them."

Born in Iran, Itzhakyan im-migrated to Israel 25 years agoand today is one of the station's35 presenters and journalists,who provide a 24-hour diet ofpopular and classical Iranianmusic, cultural programmes,and political news and analysis.

"In Iran, all of the newswhich is broadcast is a lie.There is no truth in it," he says."I want our listeners in Iran toknow the real truth."

RadisIN, a contraction of"radio" and "Iran," broadcastson the Internet mainly becausethe Iranian regime is not able tointerfere with the US-ownedIntelsat Galaxy 15 satellitethrough which its programmesare transmitted.

The programmes are alsorebroadcast by several freecable and satellite stations, thestation says.

Good morning Tehran! Israelbeams a message to Iran

studies social media content,just 12 percent of 201,000 rel-evant Twitter mentions of thetakeover were positive. Tenpercent registered "disgust"with Facebook and another 10percent promised to quit Insta-gram.

Why the outcry? Facebook is wildly popular

and has the same basic mis-sion as Instagram -- encourag-ing people to build virtualnetworks on which to sharetheir lives.

But for Instagram's 30 mil-lion users, the cult-status app

(AFP) - Facebook's $1 billiongobbling up of Instagram hassent disgruntled fans of thequirky photo-sharing app tothe delete button.

Twitter and other onlineplatforms buzzed Wednesdaywith depictions of Facebook asa corporate monster tramplingover a defenseless communityof creative, free-spirited types.

"Guess it's time to deletemy instagram app before Face-book ruins it," Twitter userCharlie Robinson griped.

According to analysts atCrimson Hexagon, which

has a very different identity tothe mass market Facebook.

Unlike Facebook, there isno advertising, and certainlyno selling of users' personaldetails to advertisers. It's sin-gle-minded, pure.

Sure, the main point is toshare snaps, which can bemade to look cool with filters,but Instagram's mobile-to-mo-bile traffic is seen as safe fromthe privacy problems said toplague Facebook's advertiser-friendly pages.

"The sale of Instagrambrings a harsh reality intofocus, the realization that thesecret rooms or private spacesonline where we can share,chit-chat and hang out with ourfriends are fading. The fewsafe havens that do exist arequickly being encroachedupon or are next on the shop-ping list for a company likeGoogle, Apple or Facebook."

New York magazine com-pared Facebook to an alienspaceship and said that for"some users, this looks like asellout. And that's because itis."

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namic economy appears to begrowing more slowly in 2012,"said the WTO.

In 2011 developed coun-tries actually exceeded exportexpectations with growth of4.7 percent, driven by a 7.2percent rise in exports from theUnited States.

But the 5.4 percent growthrate recorded among develo -ping countries was lower thananticipated as they were hit byan interruption in oil suppliesduring the Libyan conflict andthe Japanese earthquake dis-rupted supply chains.

"The flooding in Thailandthrew even more sand in thegears of global supply chains,"Lamy told a news conferenceat the WTO headquarters.

"But many of the shocksthat hit developing countrieslast year were one-off events.Growth in these countriesshould normally bounce back."

Asia was the region thatrecorded the strongest growthin exports (6.6 percent), thanksto a leap of 16.1 percent inIndia and 9.3 percent in China,though this was considerablydown on the 2010 Beijing fig-ure of 28.4 percent.

In 2011 the dollar value ofworld merchandise trade in-creased 19 percent to $18.2trillion, surpassing a 2008 peakof $16.1 trillion but owingmainly to higher commodityprices.

GENEVA (AFP) - Global tradegrowth, already weaker thanpredicted in 2011, will furtherslow this year as the EU fightsrecession and even China's dy-namic growth loses pace, theWorld Trade Organization saidyesterday.

Economic shocks like theeurozone debt crisis are behindan expected slowdown ingrowth to 3.7 percent, from 5.0percent in 2011, the trade bodysaid.

"Multiple setbacks" lastyear dampened trade growthmore than forecast, accordingto economists who predictedgrowth of 5.8 percent for 2011in September.

In addition to the eurozonecrisis, the WTO cited the ef-fects of the Japanese earth-quake and tsumani and severeflooding in Thailand.

A year ago, the Geneva-based body had predicted 6.5percent growth for 2011 after arebound of 13.8 percent in 2010following the financial crisis.

The WTO expects trade torecover somewhat by 2013 andresult in additional growth of5.6 percent.

"More than three years havepassed since the trade collapseof 2008-09, but the worldeconomy and trade remainfragile," WTO chief PascalLamy warned.

"The further slowing oftrade expected in 2012 showsthat the downside risks remainhigh. We are not yet out of thewoods," he said.

The latest WTO forecast as-sumes growth in global pro-duction this year of 2.1 percent(down from 2.4 percent in2011) but there are some riskfactors, such as a steeper thanexpected downturn in Europeand rapidly rising oil prices,that could impact on trade evenfurther, it said.

"Recent production datasuggests that the EuropeanUnion may already be in reces-sion, and even China's dy-

On Cuba's exclusion fromthe summit, Harper's spokes -man Andrew MacDougall tolda briefing: "This is a meetingof democracies."

Cuba, which was expelledfrom the OAS in 1962 at theheight of the Cold War, hasnever taken part in a summit ofthe Americas. The expulsionwas rescinded in 2009, butCuba has refused to return.

To rejoin the group, Cuba'sone-party communist regimewould have to accept the OAScharter, which states that "rep-resentative democracy is indis-pensable for the stability,peace, and development of theregion," and that one of theOAS's purposes "is to promoteand consolidate representativedemocracy."

At the summit some CentralAmerican leaders, reeling from20,000 murders linked to co-caine cartels in their region lastyear, plan to push for drug de-criminalization. Ottawa, how-ever, opposes decriminali -zation.

After the summit, Harperwill stop in Chile, where he isexpected to announce the re-newal of his "Americas Strat-egy" launched in 2007 to boosttrade and investment ties.

The sixth Summit of theAmericas, which brings toge -ther leaders of the 34 membersof the Organization of Ame -rican States (OAS), is beingheld in Colombia's Ca ribbeanresort city of Cartagena.

The April 14-15 meeting isto focus on regional integrationas well as the fight againstpoverty. But a 50-year-old UStrade embargo on Cuba and thedevastating effects of cocainetrafficking will also be high onthe agenda.

OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada'sprime minister yesterdaycalled for more free trade inLatin America ahead of ameeting with regional leadersat a summit in Colombia thisweekend.

"Given the fragile state ofthe global economy, it is im-perative that real progress beachieved on trade and invest-ment liberalization in theAmericas and beyond," PrimeMinister Stephen Harper saidin a statement.


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and drummer Matt Sorum --have joined with ex-StoneTemple Pilots singer ScottWeiland to form the band Vel-vet Revolver.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Guns N' Roses star Axl Rosesays he will not attend a week-end ceremony to be inductedinto the Rock and Roll Hall ofFame -- even if the music pan-theon insists it will admit himanyway.

In an open letter publishedWednesday, Rose said hedoesn't want to be admitted tothe prestigious club, either inperson or in absentia, alongwith former bandmates andother acts at the Hall of Fame'sannual ceremony Saturday.

In the lengthy missive to theLos Angeles Times musicblog, he cited the various line-ups of the hard rock band overthe years, saying he did not op-pose other ex-members turn-ing up to the Hall of Fameshow in Cleveland, Ohio.

Guns N' Roses reigned overthe hard rock scene from 1987to 1993, selling close to 100million albums with its potentmix of metal and nihilisticpunk showcased in epic an-thems "Welcome to the Jun-gle" and "Sweet Child O'Mine."

The band's last album oforiginal material was releasedin 1994. Rose is the only re-maining original member ofthe group, which was formedin Los Angeles in 1985.

The Rock and Roll Hall ofFame announced its inducteesin February, including Guns N'Roses, the Red Hot Chili Pep-pers, the Beastie Boys andDonovan, all of whom are ex-pected to be at Saturday'sshow.

A spokeswoman for theHall of Fame said: "We aresorry Axl will not be able toaccept his induction in per-son," but added that "he willstill be acknowledged in theinduction ceremony -- he justwon't be present.

Other former G N' R mem-bers -- including guitaristSlash, bassist Duff McKagan


Axl Rose snubs rockers'Hall of Fame honor

The fear of Friday the 13this called friggatriskaideka-phobia - "Frigg" is theNorse goddess whom Fri-day is named after and"triskaidekaphobia" meansthe fear of "13". It's alsoknown as paraskevidekatri-aphobia, partly from theGreek word Friday. It is areal fear - some people whohave this disorder are eventoo afraid to say the words“Friday the 13th”. Othersavoid flying on a plane,going to work, or even get-ting out of bed. According tothe Stress Management Cen-ter and Phobia Institute inAsheville, North Carolina,millions of Americans areafraid of Friday the 13th.Symptoms of this fear rangefrom mild anxiety and a nag-ging sense of doom to full-blown panic attacks.Friday the 13th occurs 3times in 2012:

January 13April 13July 13The fear of Friday the

13th stems from two separatefears -- the fear of the number13 and the fear of Fridays.Both fears have deep roots inWestern culture, most no-tably in Christian theology.

Thirteen is significant toChristians because it is the

number of people who werepresent at the Last Supper(Jesus and his 12 apostles).Judas, the apostle who be-trayed Jesus, was the 13thmember of the party to ar-rive.

Christians have tradition-ally been wary of Fridays be-cause Jesus was crucified ona Friday. Additionally, sometheologians hold that Adamand Eve ate from the forbid-den fruit on a Friday, and thatthe Great Flood began on aFriday. In the past, manyChristians would never beginany new project or trip on aFriday, fearing they would bedoomed from the start.

The number 13 could alsohave been considered paganbecause there are 13 monthsin the pagan lunar calendar.The lunar calendar also cor-responds to the human men-strual cycle, connecting thenumber to femininity.

The Christian perspectiveon Friday and 13 is the mostrelevant today, but it's onlyone part of the Friday the13th tradition.

Some trace the infamy ofthe number 13 back to an-cient Norse culture. In Norsemythology, the beloved heroBalder was killed at a ban-quet by the mischievous godLoki, who crashed the partyof twelve, bringing the groupto 13. This story, as well asthe story of the Last Supper,led to one of the most en-trenched 13-related beliefs:You should never sit down toa meal in a group of 13.

In Scotland, there is nogate 13 in any airport, in-stead there is a gate 12B.

Inside of a Lufthansaplane with row numbersgoing straight from 12 to 14.

Some airplanes skip arow 13, going straight from12 to 14.

Some tall buildings haveresorted to skipping the"thirteenth floor", either bynumbering it "14" or as"12a".

Some streets do not con-tain a house number 13.

In some forms of motorsport, for example FormulaOne, there is no number 13car.

In many cultures, gettingmarried on any day of theweek that falls under number13 is highly discouraged.There is a superstition thatshould thirteen sit at a tableto dine, one will die in thenext year. This prompted theformation of The ThirteenClub to debunk it.

The Apollo 13 spacecraftmalfunctioned after beinglaunched on April 11th at13:13 CST, forcing it to re-turn to Earth without a land-ing on the moon andimperiling its crew.

Ultimately, the complexfolklore of Friday the 13thdoesn't have much to do withpeople's fears today. The fearhas much more to do withpersonal experience. Peoplelearn at a young age that Fri-day the 13th is supposed tobe unlucky, for whatever rea-son, and then they look forevidence that the legend istrue. The evidence isn't hardto come by, of course. If youget in a car wreck on one Fri-day the 13th, lose your wal-let, or even spill your coffee,that day will probably staywith you. But if you thinkabout it, bad things, big andsmall, happen all the time. Ifyou're looking for bad luckon Friday the 13th, you'llprobably find it.

Friday the 13th


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“The greater portion ofhome owners are using their“home away from home” inAruba to escape the wintermonths, or spend holidayswith the family on the is-land,” noted Gold Coast de-veloper Fito Croes. To assistin the demand for more com-plete facilities for groupsand fa mi- lies, famed hote-lier Ed Ma-lone has beenplaced in charge of the rentalprogram.

Staying at Gold Coast is avery attractive proposition forthose traveling with groupsthat would require multiplehotel rooms. Two and threebedroom Villas or TownHomes accommodate largenumbers and offer extensiveamenities along with a finalcost resulting in considerablesavings. The community isminutes to the best beachesand all the casino action, andoffers a quiet and secludedgetaway with two swimmingpools and specialized serviceswith more on the way, such asa fitness room, tennis courtsand mini-mall. Ed canarrange maid service, babysit-ters, caterers, airline pick-up

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Expatriates from Boston,Massachusetts,residingon Aruba, Aaron andRosie Walisever are liv-ing their dream: a homeon paradise while wel-coming all and sundry totheir proud undertaking,5 Burgers Aruba. Somemay be quite well ac-quainted with a nation-ally known U.S franchisebearing the name “5”,and patrons can expectthe same great qualitybetween the buns, but anexpanded menu andRosie and Aaron’s fanat-ical dedication to givingtheir customers whatthey really want has re-sulted in a unique menu.

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Prices vary only slightlybetween regular and small(basically 2 patties or 1) withspecialty items such as GoudaBurger, Farmer’s Burger, ManBurger (almost 12 ounces ofchoice beef), and a WesternBurger with crispy onionrings and BBQ sauce. All ofthese can be personalizedwith an incredible array oftoppings, (mushrooms,jalapeño peppers, bacon,cheese, lettuce, tomato…whatever the list goes on) atabsolutely no extra cost.

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Khan in both the seventh and12th rounds for pushing.

Peterson, 28, won 113-112on two judges' scorecardswhile the other had Khan a115-110 winner. Without thedeductions, Khan would havekept the titles.

But Peterson told the BBC:"He'll do what he always does,he always fights the same.

"He's either straight for-ward or straight back. That'sthe way he fights, he's notgoing to change it."

Peterson added: "He's stillout there saying he's thechamp, but he's not. He's allover the place. Really, I don'tknow what to make of him."

Veteran official Joe Cortez,who has a reputation for pre-venting inside fighting, iswidely expected to take chargeof the rematch, BBC reported,something that might affectPeterson's punching ability atclose-quarters.

"His strategy (in the firstfight) was to hit and move andI didn't allow him to do it. Itwon't be any different thistime. He'll hit and move andI'll stay close and smotherhim," the 28-year-old Petersonsaid.

5,000 in this nation of 38 mil-lion, Polish authorities werestung into action after lastMay's violence-marred CupFinal.

Beyond hooliganism, otherconcerns remain.

In Ukraine, Platini lashedout at "bandits and crooks"amid a furore over sky-highaccommodation costs fansface there.

Asked about the situation inPoland, Platini said: "I com-plained in Ukraine. In Polandit's about right."

Euro 2012 marks the quad-rennial tournament's first edi-tion behind the former IronCurtain, with Poland andUkraine dogged by doubterssince pipping favorites Italy inthe hosting race in April 2007.

They have faced vast infra-structure challenges, but withless than two months beforethe 16-nation championshipskick off, Platini was sanguine.

PZPN chief Grzegorz Lato- like Frenchman Platini a for-mer international footballer -echoed that.

"Everything is under con-trol," he said.

own countries' troublemakersare.

To help keep the peace inthe stadiums, meanwhile,Poland's PZPN football asso-ciation has trained over 7,600stewards.

Platini, who arrived inPoland earlier Thursday aftera visiting Ukraine, underlinedthat UEFA and the host na-tions' authorities alike bear theresponsibility for ensuringfans can watch matches safely.

Long accused of failing todo enough to tackle a hardcoreestimated by police at up to

WARSAW (AFP) - The threatof hooliganism remains a keyconcern ahead of Euro 2012 inPoland and Ukraine, UEFAchief Michel Platini warnedon Thursday.

"I foresee a great Euro. I al-ways see a glass half full, nothalf empty. I see all the won-derful things linked to foot-ball, such as the greatatmosphere there's going to bein Poland and Ukraine," Pla-tini told reporters in the Polishcapital Warsaw.

"But we all know that theworld isn't as nice as I'd like itto be, so of course we need se-curity, people to protect thestadiums, to look out for thehooligans who'll come, andthat's why the Polish govern-ment has a security system inplace," he added.

Poland's interior ministryon Thursday said that over9,000 officers would be de-ployed specifically to ensuresecurity, and not just in thefour host cities.

Besides Warsaw, matcheswill also take place in theBaltic port of Gdansk, Poznanin the west and Wroclaw inthe southwest.

Large numbers of fans arealso expected to show up inthe southern city of Krakow,where England, Holland andItaly will set up their trainingcamps.

Polish police also plan towork with foreign law en-forcement authorities' liaisonofficers who know who their


Football: Hooliganism a worryfor Euro 2012, says Platini

LONDON2 (AFP) - Britishboxer Amir Khan is too one-dimensional to change hisgameplan for the May re-match against Lamont Peter-son in Las Vegas, theAmerican fighter said Thurs-day.

The 25-year-old English-man will face Peterson on May19 in Las Vegas for the Inter-national Boxing Federationand World Boxing Associationlight-welterweight titles afterlosing them in controversialmanner to the American lastDecember in Washington.

Once a homeless youth onthe streets of Washington, Pe-terson completed a fairytalewith a split decision triumphover Khan marred by refereeJoe Cooper taking a point from

Khan too one-dimensional,says Peterson

England's football hooligans

SPORTS

The Knicks improved to 30-28, and moved two gamesahead of Milwaukee for theeighth and final playoff spot inthe Eastern Conference witheight games remaining.

The Knicks are one game be-hind seventh-placed Philadel-phia in the Eastern Conference

boosting their NBA post-seasonhopes with a victory over theirclosest pursuers in the playoffrace.

Carmelo Anthony led theKnicks with 32 points. TysonChandler added 19 and J.R.Smith delivered the go-aheadthree-pointer with 1:04 to play.

sixth win in eight games.The Lakers stayed 1 1/2

games in front of cross-town ri-vals the Clippers at the top ofthe Pacific Division.

The Clippers edged WesternConference leaders OklahomaCity 100-98 on Wednesday.

The Spurs, assured of a play-off berth, remain a game behindOklahoma City in the West asthey suffered a second straightdefeat in the wake of their 11-game winning streak.

Danny Green led the Spurswith 22 points. Tim Duncanadded 14 points and two re-bounds, but Tony Parker waslimited to just four points, mak-ing a disappointing 2-of-12from the floor.

The Lakers are now 4 1/2games behind the Spurs for sec-ond place in the West. The twoteams are scheduled to meetagain in Los Angeles on April17 and in San Antonio on April20.

Meanwhile The New YorkKnicks held off the MilwaukeeBucks 111-107 on Wednesday,

SAN ANTONIO (AFP) - TheLos Angeles Lakers did notneed superstar Kobe Bryant tobeat the San Antonio Spurs 98-84 on Wednesday in the first ofthree games between the West-ern Conference rivals in 10days.

Metta World Peace -- theplayer formerly known as RonArtest -- scored 25 points andAndrew Bynum added 16points and an astonishing 30 re-bounds as Bryant, the league'sleading scorer, missed his thirdstraight game with a sore leftshin.

Pau Gasol added 21 pointsand 11 rebounds for the Lakers,who had six players score indouble figures and notched their

Loul Deng #9 of the Chicago Bulls rebounds betweenIman Shumpert #21 and J.R. Smith #8 of the New YorkKnicks

and four games behind Bostonin the Atlantic Division.

Both the 76ers and theCeltics won on Wednesday --Philadelphia beating Toronto93-75 and the Celtics edgingAtlanta 88-86 in over-time.

The Knicks have a difficultremaining schedule that in-cludes home games againstMiami, Boston and the Los An-geles Clippers as well as a roadgame in Atlanta.

Philadelphia have just threegames left against teams withwinning records, but the 76ersend the season on a five-gameroad trip.

Chandler said the Knickswouldn't worry about what the76ers, Celtics or Bucks aredoing as the lockout-shortenedregular season hurtles to a close.

Monta Ellis had 35 pointsand 10 assists for Milwaukee.Brandon Jennings added 22points and Mike Dunleavychipped in 19, but the Buckscouldn't hold on to an eight-point fourth-quarter advantage.


NBA: Lakers beat Spurs in first of three whileKnicks hold off Bucks to boost playoff hopes


(AFP) - Top seed CarolineWozniacki won her 12thmatch in 12 career outings atthe Copenhagen Open on

Thursday as she movedcloser to a third title with a6-2, 6-1 second round rout ofFrance's Pauline Parmentier.

The home star's win wasin contrast to her openinground struggle past Poland'sUrszula Radwanska.

Wozniacki is now 12-0 atthis event and has won 17straight sets, the second setof her 2010 semi-final tri-umph over Anna Chakve-tadze being the last one shelost.

Second seed AngeliqueKerber of Germany had amuch tougher path to thequarters, beating Britain'sAnna Keothavong, 4-6, 6-3,6-3, and will face compatriotMona Barthel in the lasteight.

Third-seeded JelenaJankovic defeated Russia'sYulia Putintseva 6-3, 6-1while her fellow Serb Bo-jana Jovanovski pulled offthe day's lone upset, defeat-ing fourth-seeded RomanianMonica Niculescu, 6-7 (6/7),6-4, 6-1.

Jankovic will square offwith Kaia Kanepi in today’squarter-finals, while Jo-vanovski will take on PetraMartic.

Wozniacki makes it perfecttwelve in Copenhagen

(AFP)- Lewis Hamilton'shopes of winning a firstgrand prix of the seasontook a big hit on Thursdaywhen he was slapped witha five-place grid penaltyfor a change of gearbox.

It means that theMcLaren driver, who hascut a frustrated figure afterfinishing third in the firsttwo races of the season de-spite starting on pole, willbegin Sunday's race nohigher than sixth.

"Gearbox issue," was allthe 2008 world champion

would say initially.Prompted for more infor-mation, he smiled.

But asked by journalistsonce again for more de-tails, Hamilton, who wonin Shanghai last year, said:"They (the team) onlyfound out (the transmis-sion problem) in the last 48hours.

"There's an issue some-where and I don't know allthe details. But that's rac-ing. It doesn't alter my ap-proach."

Formula One driverHamilton hit by gridpenalty

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