Friday, September 7, 2012

Delegate Renee Watson wears a campaign decoratedcowboy hat.

Jennifer Minich of Kent, WA wears a homemade hat ofthe state of Washington.

same day as the public. Valerohas projected a deadline for thecompletion of the downsizingto approximately November.or the end of the year, a timewhen no worker wants to beout of a job. A majority of thegroup have worked at the re-finery for five years or more,some twenty years or better.The attorneys told press theyhave achieved salary levelsthey cannot possibly matchwithin Aruba’s tourism indus-try, or other fields, and are na -turally concerned about beingable to meet their monthly fi-nancial obligations.

Valero stated in their offi-cial announcement that for em-ployees that would not stay on,the company would “provideresources to assist in their tran-sition to other employment.”

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dent Oil Workers Union ofAruba, or IOWUA, but around150, who had advanced be-yond line jobs to middle ma -nagement, are not. “This wasone of the stipulations of ac-cepting a management posi-tion,” explained a concernedemployee, “we had to give upour union affiliation.”

Non-union workers fromthe refinery met with media atthe Rum Reef snack bar lateWednesday afternoon to ex-press their concerns and posi-tion. They have returned to thelaw firm of Faarup and Figaroato represent them, unsure oftheir rights under Aruba’s laborlaw, which does guarantee a“social packet” in such a situ-ation.

Attorneys Sven Farrup andHose Figaroa explained theworkers’ agitation at learningof the company’s plans the

On Monday, September 3,Valero Energy Corporation,VLO, officially announced itsintention to convert its Arubarefinery into a terminal station.The refinery suspended opera-tion in March of this year, butemployees have been kept onsalary and the facility in a stateof readiness for a restart.

The announcement camefrom VLO CEO Bill Klesseout of San Antonio, Texas, andthe work force of nearly 700on island were first informedof the change via e-mail, thesame day. For months prior,there was talk of negationswith PetroChina; workers werecontinuing in their jobs with noreal idea of what would becoming.

The recent boom in U.S.domestic oil production, alongwith stagnant fuel demand, hasmade offshore refining lessprofitable. The U.S. marketswhere Aruba normally shippedfuel are oversupplied, and thisis not the only Caribbean refi -nery run by U.S. companiesfacing this dilemma.

VLO announced theywould begin meeting with em-ployees this week, explainingthe downsizing process, asonly 10% of the current staffare required. They also pro -mised a “fair and reasonablearrangement will be presentedto those employees not se-lected.”

A majority of the workersare members of the Indepen -

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Non-union workers of Valero express

concerns over changeover

Middle Management in a precarious position

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ID of the person not attendingschool to the Department ofSocial Affairs in Oranjestad.This also applies to those whomay have changed from a dayschool to a night school.

For any further information,please contact the Departmentat Tel. 582-1100 and ask forthe welfare section.

have not submitted the schooldeclaration will not receive theAfls.200,00 stipend per monthsince there is no proof that thechild(ren) is attending a dayschool

The Department of SocialAffairs wants to remind allparents attending school orwho have children in schooland who have not submittedthe declaration, to come by theoffice in Oranjestad before thewelfare payment date for Sep-tember 2012 to avoid gettingthis payment blocked.

In order to be able to collectthe welfare check, you mustsubmit the school declaration(if you are still attendingschool). In the event you oryour child is not attendingschool, you must bring a valid

ORANJESTAD -- The De-partment of Social Affairs hasrecently announced to all par-ents on welfare that the ulti-mate date for turning in thedeclaration for school was 30August 2012, and that that datehas passed.

For those who did not sub-mit this school declaration andhave children attending school,this can have the followingconsequences:

- They will not receivepayment for school articles inthe upcoming payment (Sep-tember)

- Will not receive anyportion of the school contribu-tion that parents need to paythe school for the child or forthemselves

- Also, parents who

with the CHS company. Theconstruction of the project willbegin at the end of the year andis expected to be finished assoon as possible. The solarpanels, in addition to generat-ing green energy will also serveas shade for the vehicles parkedon the parking lot. Oskomerawill construct the park and alsomanage it for 25 years.

During the upcoming GreenAruba III Conference, the solarpark project will be officiallylaunched. Aruba appears to bemoving ahead in becoming atotally “green” island!

of ELMAR said, “this is an op-portunity, yet somewhatstrange for ELMAR to pro-duce her own energy in such aPPP (Public Private Partner-ship)...this is a new technologyfor ELMAR, but we are hea -ding in the right direction. It isa nice project.”

According to Mr. Gieselaar,who expressed gratitude for af-fording them the opportunity todo this project here, the pro jectcould not have been rea lizedwithout the help of “The ArubaGrowth Fund,” which is one oftheir partners in Aruba together

ORANJESTAD -- This weekthe New American FoundationPeter Boyd and Patrick Do-herty made a presentation inthe presence of friends andguests in the Dr. Edward Che-ung Center for Innovation ofthe solar panel park project.

The two partners receivedthe contract to build a SolarPark at the airport. Said con-tract was signed by the directorof ELMAR NV, Mr. Hen-riquez, Prime Minister Emanand the director of the twocompanies who won the bid-ding, namely, Mr. Gieselaar ofOskomera Solar Power Solu-tions BV.

The solar park will be con-structed on the parking lot ofthe airport. According to thegovernment, this solar parkwill be sufficient to generateenough electricity for 1500homes on an annual basis andwill enable the government toreach a total of 3.3 megawattsof energy for the island fromthis park.

After affixing his signatureto the document, the director

Aruba to get first solar panel park!

about the Delivery Room. Onthe second day of the ses-sions they will share informa-tion about the MaternityDepartment, breast feedingand a tour of the Deli veryRoom and the Maternity De-partment. Every month theyinvite a different speaker toshare information with theyoung parents to be.

Every mother is invited,fathers and family membersas well. Come and take ad-vantage of this opportunity tobe well informed as futureparents. Contact the secretaryof the Delivery Room to bepart of a group for the follow-ing sessions on the 12th and14th of September. Call: tel.527-4412. Call between 8:00in the mor ning to 2:00 in theafternoon.

ORANJESTAD -- The ArubaHospital has for some timenow been offering informa-tive guidance sessions for fu-ture moms and dads. Thesesessions are being offered bythe Maternity and DeliveryDepartment of the Hospital.Held in their Conference Hallfrom 7:00 in the evening, allsessions are completely gratisto all. This month the ses-sions are scheduled to be heldon the 12th and 14th of Sep-tember. The focus this monthwill be on birth delivery andbreast feeding. Participantswill also get a tour of the de-partment in question...andmuch more.

During the first sessionthey will focus on a normalpregnancy and on complica-tions which may occur. Theywill also give information

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tions can be made by calling593-4135 or 593-4606, or e-mail: cwba@je aruba.com.For full info and pricing visittheir website: http://www.cw-baruba.com/ and for exciting

Thursday he did a live broad-cast from Aruba of “Rod’sPod” Internet show via satel-lite from their host resort, Hol-iday Inn.

Wrestling legends to beseen in the ring this weekendinclude Sean "X-Pac" Walt-man, Billy Gunn, Divas An-gelina Love & Velvet Sky,Scott Steiner, Cody Hall andRhino, and another Hall ofFame legend, Jerry “The

Tonight, Kevin Nash’s“Caribbean Wrestling Bash –The Legend Tour” begins atthe Joe Laveist Ballpark inSan Nicolas, with a comedynight and a meet and greetwith the stars. Arriving onWednesday evening withKevin Nash was the headlinerfor tonight, WWE Hall ofFamer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper,who is also well known as anactor and comedian. On

King” Lawler.Kevin Nash, also well

known on the silver screenand television as an actor, is adri ving force behind thisunique event. He and RoddyPiper were met at the ReinaBeatrix International Airportby local promoters JonathanTromp and Howard IanLejuez, and from the U.S.,Rev Prochnow.

Nearly unrecognizablefrom his recent screen appea -rances as “Tarzan” in “MagicMike,” or as Tom Cruise’sbad, biker bodyguard in “Rockof Ages,” Kevin is sporting hisnatural look, but the well-mus-cled seven-footer stands out inany crowd.

Ticket holders for theweekend event can expectsome great wrestling actionalong with a chance to meettheir heroes from the ring.Tickets are now on sale atValero Essoville and Boulvardstations, the Fun Miles mainoffice and Ma nuelito’s Sports-bar in Oranjestad. There isVIP and VIP Platinum seatingalong with General Admis-sion; inquiries and reserva-

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Wrestling icons Kevin Nash, Roddy Piper arrive on Aruba for

“Caribbean Wrestling Bash – The Legend Tour”

Roddy Piper with local promoters Jonathan and Ian

Kevin Nash and Roddy Piper arrive on Aruba

sell representing theManchebo Beach Resort.

together with Ms. LidiaHaley and Mrs. Debbie Has-

Arubafrom the concierges deskof the Occidental Grand

Also recently, the ArubaTourism Authority honoredbestowed special honoringMs. Carole Terry from NewRochelle NY. as Distin-guished Visitor of Aruba.

Carol has been visistingthe island for more than 10consecutive years and is aloyal guest of the Man -chebo Beach Resort.

According the her whasshe likes most of Aruba isthe friendly people, thenice climate and the beau-the beautiful beach at theManchebo.,

The certificate was pre-sented to her by Mr. ErnestGiel representing theAruba Tourism Authority

favour the stimulus measurespromoted by France's SocialistPresident Francois Hollande.

But the PvdA, less radicalthan the Maoist-rooted SP, areperceived as being much morelikely to compromise and be-come part of government, Vanden Braak said.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - Al-though dismissed at the start ofthe election race, the pro-Euro-pean Dutch Labour party hassurged back in the polls aheadof Wednesday's vote despitethe campaign being dominatedby euroscepticism.

The Labour (PvdA) partyhas now overtaken the morehard-left Socialists (SP), them-selves rising stars just twoweeks ago, thanks to the per-formance of charismatic leaderDiederik Samsom, 41, in tele-vised debates.

Both parties are still trailingthe Liberal PVV but in theNetherlands it is never just oneparty that forms a governmentand tough negotiations willbegin after election day to ham-mer out a coalition.

"Samsom is very relaxedduring televised debates, no-tably because he knows histopics extremely well," Bertvan den Braak, political analystat Leiden University, said.

Andre Krouwel, political sci-entist at Amsterdam University,said: "Samsom managed to givethe impression of a potentialprime minister, someone able tolead a coalition government."

Both the PvdA and SP areopposed to further austeritymeasures to get Europe out ofits sovereign debt crisis and

Recently, the Aruba Tou -rism Authority had thegreat pleasure of honoringa friendly couple at the Oc-cidental Grand ArubaBeach Resort, as Distin-guished Visitors of Aruba.The honorees are Mr. Davidand Mrs. Patricia Hill fromNew York.

The couple has beenvisiting Aruba for 10 con-secutive years and havestayed at several hotels,but now found their homeat the Occidental Grand forthe last two years.

The certificate was pre -sented to them by Mr.Ernest Giel representingthe Aruba Tourism Author-ity together with Ms.Joanna and Ms. Njurely


David and Patricia Hill honored at the

Occidental Grand Aruba

Europhile Labour surgesin Dutch vote at Socialists'expense

Carol Terry honored at the Manchebo

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as a referee. Cortez became one of Ne-

vada and New York's pre-ferred boxing referees forworld title fights. He has ref-ereed over 170 world titlebouts. These include the firstOscar De La Hoya-JulioCésar Chávez bout, EvanderHolyfield and RiddickBowe's first title fight and thematch that saw 45-year-oldGeorge Foreman become theoldest World HeavyweightChampion in history.

He also appears in the film“Rocky Balboa” as the ref-eree in the exhibition bout be-tween Balboa and thefictional champion Mason"The Line" Dixon. In 2011 hewas inducted into the BoxingHall of Fame along withMike Tyson.

President of the Aruba Box-ing Commission, JesseBeukenboom, was proud towelcome veteran referee JoeCortez, who arrived at theReina Beatrix Airport onWednesday evening, Septem-ber 5. Mr. Cortez is on Arubato conduct a seminar andtraining sessions for regionalboxing referees over theweekend. The program beganyesterday afternoon and willlast through Sunday.

Born in Puerto Rico, Mr.Cortez enjoyed a successfultime as an amateur boxer,winning Golden Gloves titlesfrom 1960 through 62. Heturned professional at 18. Hehad eighteen wins and onlyone defeat, but lost hischance at a world title shot.Soon after, he began to work

Islanders welcome boxing

legend Joe Cortez for

weekend training seminar

Welcoming famed boxing referee Joe Cortez

Joe Cortez in the ring

and architects of the Aruba fa-cility, for the facility to be aterminal where smaller laketankers from Maracaibo couldtransfer their loads to thelarger, ocean going super-tankers, rather than one of thelargest refineries in the world.

by Rosalie Klein

of their families. Aruba hasweathered the world’s turbu-lent economic waters quitewell since the downturn in2008, but is now feeling the ef-fects with the transition of therefinery into a trans-shipmentterminal.

Ironically, it was the origi-nal intention of the builders

Attorney Figaroa expressed“many of these workers haveparticular skill sets and there isnothing on Aruba that will de-ploy their years of training andexperience. It is likely theywill have to look elsewhere foremployment. There is alwaysthe possibility of opening theirown business, but this is hardto plan when they have no ideawhat their settlement will be.Hopefully, it will be somethingthey can take to the bank to ac-quire seed money. If not, whatcan they expect to see themthrough their relocation or jobhunt?”

The attorneys stated theyknow the company is in nego-tiations at present withIOWUA; but non-union wor -kers have received no informa-tion or response to inquiries.They are understandably ner -vous, and hope to sit withValero soon to make provi-sions for their future and that

Non-union workers of Valero . . .Continued from page 1

Attorneys Farrup and Figaroa

MONTREAL (AFP) - TheCanadian accused of openingfire at a Quebec separatist elec-tion victory rally, killing oneperson and wounding another,was charged yesterday withfirst degree murder and at-tempted murder.

Richard Henry Bain, 61,appeared briefly at a Montrealcourt where the chargesagainst him were read and ahearing was set for October 11.

Bain is alleged to haveopened fire outside a Montrealconcert venue late Tuesdaywhere Quebec's premier-electPauline Marois was celebra -ting her separatist Parti Quebe-cois' victory in provincialelections.

A bystander was killed andanother wounded before theshooter, who was captured onvideo dressed in a balaclavaand bathrobe and was shoutinganti-French slogans, was sub-dued by a police officer.

Prosecutor Eliane Perrault

said the three counts of at-tempted murder involved twocivilians, including the onewounded in the incident, andthe police officer who stoppedthe rampage.

Neither the suspect'slawyer, Elfriede Duclervil, northe prosecution requested thatBain undergo psychiatric eval-uation and he was deemed insuffiently good health to ap-pear in court.

In all, 16 charges were filedagainst Bain, the English-speaking owner of a huntingand fishing business in MontTremblant, 150 kilometers (90miles) north of Montreal.

Most of the charges werefor illegal weapons posses-sions, including two weaponsfound on him at the time of theshooting, three others in hisparked car, and more in hishome. He also was chargedwith arson.Bain was in posses-sion of 22 registered and un-registered firearms.

Montreal shooter charged

with first-degree murder

deputy spokesman Patrick Ven-trell said.

Obama ordered Democratson Wednesday to reinsert refer-ences to God and Jerusalem tothe party platform, amendingthe document which had beenadopted just 24 hours earlier.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheUS State Department yesterdayrefused to specify the ca pital ofIsrael, despite President BarackObama's insistence that a refer-ence to Jerusalem be restored tothe Democratic party platform.

"Long-standing administra-

tion policy, both in this admi -nistration and in previous ad-ministrations across bothparties, is that the status ofJerusalem is an issue thatshould be resolved in final sta-tus negotiations between Is-raelis and Palestinians," acting

US State Dept at odds with Obamaon Jerusalem

HAVANA (AFP) - Colombia'sFARC rebel group will seek aceasefire in Latin America'soldest armed conflict whenpeace talks begin next monthwith the government, the toprebel negotiator said yesterday.

"We will propose a cease-fire as soon as we sit down atthe negotiating table," Mauri-cio Jaramillo said at a newsconference here.

The talks are due to beginin Oslo next month and thenmove to Havana, the first at-tempt in a decade to reach anegotiated end to an armedconflict that began in 1964with the founding of the Re -volutionary Armed Forces of

Colombia.Jaramillo said the rebels

also would demand that SimonTrinidad, a FARC leader im-prisoned in the United States,be allowed to join the negotia-tions.

Trinidad, whose real nameis Juvenal Ovidio RicardoPalmera Pineda, was arrestedin Quito in November 2004and extradited to the UnitedStates where he is serving a60-year sentence for drug traf-ficking and money laundering.

Jaramillo denied the FARCwas involved in drug traffick-ing and also declared that theguerrilla group was no longerin the business of kidnapping.

Rebels to seek ceasefire in

Colombia peace talks


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lieved to be Hilli's daughterZeena, survived the attack bycrouching beneath her mo -ther's corpse and was notfound until eight hours afterauthorities first arrived at thecrime scene. Her older sisterZainab, who suffered serioushead injuries in the attack, hasbeen placed in an inducedcoma ahead of further surgeryin a hospital in Grenoble.

four people were killed includ-ing a cyclist who was passingby.

French police sources yes-terday named one of the vic-tims as Saad al-Hilli, a50-year-old Iraqi-born busi-nessman who lived with hisfamily in the leafy Claygatedistrict of Esher in Surrey,southeast England.

A four-year-old girl, be-

LONDON (AFP) - FrenchPresident Francois Hollandevowed yesterday to find thekillers who brutally shot deada British-Iraqi family in theircar while they were on holidayin the French Alps.

The president said Francestood "in solidarity" with theBritish people over the attackon Wednesday near the Frenchvillage of Chevaline, in which

mated to be between 19 and 50.After a spike at the start of

the last decade, successful pi-rate attacks on commercialvessels sailing off the Horn ofAfrica have declined.

Twenty-eight attacks wererecorded in the first half of2011, three in the second halfand five since January, accor -ding to recent figures from theEuropean Union Naval ForceSomalia, Operation Atalanta.

Other European countriesand the United States haveprosecuted Somali defendantsbut Germany had not seen a pi-rate trial for more than 400

530 nautical miles (950 kilo-metres) off the Somali coast inApril 2010.

The Taipan's 15-membercrew managed to evade cap-ture by the pirates by takingrefuge in a so-called "panicroom" hidden within the ship.

The defendants have beenon trial since November 2010.

Under German law, thecourt can impose sentences ofup to 15 years. It is not yetclear when a verdict can be ex-pected.

The trial has been marred bycomplications, not least confu-sion over the Somalis' fullnames and exact ages, esti-

HAMBURG (AFP) - Prosecu-tors in Germany's first piracytrial in four centuries de-manded lengthy prison sen-tences for 10 Somalis accusedof hijacking a German-flaggedship off the Horn of Africa.

"The public prosecutor's of-fice called for sentences offour to 12 years," courtspokesman Conrad Mueller-Horn said, nearly two yearsinto the case in the northernport city of Hamburg.

The group was arrested bythe Dutch navy some three anda half hours after they al-legedly took over the Germancontainer ship Taipan some

Jail terms sought in first German

piracy trial in 400 years

fense (DOD) is consideringpursuing legal remediesagainst the author," it said.

At the end of his book, theauthor appeals to readers todonate to charities that helpveterans and their families,listing three that focus on theelite SEAL units, includingthe Navy SEAL Foundationbased in Virginia Beach, Vir-ginia.

Bissonnette's book hasshot to the top of best-sellerlists amid an avalanche ofpublicity, but his decision topublish his first-hand accounthas angered many fellowSEALs, including the com-mander of the elite units, whosay he has betrayed the ethosof the special operators to be"quiet professionals."

The Pentagon has accusedthe author of revealing classi-fied information and violat-ing non-disclosure agree -ments he signed while in uni-form, which it says requirehim to submit any manuscriptto the defense officials beforepublication.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Acharity for US Navy SEALssays it will refuse any pro-ceeds from a book by an ex-commando who took part inthe raid that killed Osama binLaden, after the Pentagonthreatened legal actionagainst the author.

The former Navy SEALwho wrote "No Easy Day,"Matt Bissonnette, has pro -mised to donate a majority ofhis profits to charities, butone of the non-profit groupshe touted -- the Navy SEALFoundation -- has ruled outaccepting his donations.

"The Navy SEAL Founda-tion is committed to provid-ing immediate and ongoingsupport and assistance to theNaval Special Warfare com-munity and their families.

"With this principled mis-sion in mind, the Foundationwill not be accepting any do-nations that are generatedfrom the book or any relatedactivities," the group said in astatement on its website.

"The Department of De-


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Hollande vows to find killers in Frenchgun attack

"Every day, 275 childrendie in Afghanistan, most ofthem before their fifth birthdayand due to preventable ill-nesses. Often, malnutritionwas the underlying cause ofthis."

She called for a broad andcomprehensive response to ed-ucate parents on how best tofeed their babies in a countrywhere many give them tea andbread only.

But she voiced concern thatthe phased transition of secu-rity control to Afghan forces asNATO combat troops leave by2014 could negatively impactefforts.

"Nutrition services have notbeen funded and prioritised fora long time. This is beginningto change, but we are con-cerned that in the midst of thecomplicated transitionprocess, this challenge will notget the attention it needs," shesaid.

security mean aid organisa-tions have a lighter footprint inthe south and healthcare is lessaccessible than in other partsof the country.

A 30 percent rate of severemalnutrition among children isone condition for a famine, al-though Afghanistan does notmeet the other criteria for mor-tality and hunger for a UNfamine declaration.

The lowest incidence ofmalnutrition -- around 13 per-cent -- was found in the centreof the country, where the Tal-iban have little influence.

Christine Roehrs, a spokes-woman for Save the Children,told AFP that malnutrition hasbeen ignored for too long byboth donors and the Afghangovernment, calling it one ofthe biggest challenges for thefuture of the country.

Roehrs said malnutritioncontributes to a third of allchild deaths.

KABUL (AFP) - Around athird of young children insouthern Afghanistan areacutely malnourished, accord-ing to a UN-backed govern-ment survey.

The figures show there hasbeen little improvement intackling malnutrition, despitethe billions of dollars of aidmoney pumped into the war-torn country since a 2001 US-led invasion brought down theTaliban.

According to the MultipleIndicator Cluster Survey, 18percent of children -- aboutone million -- suffer from mal-nutrition across the country.

The south, which has beenthe most violent and least de-veloped part of the country, isthe worst hit with acute malnu-trition at 29.5 percent amongunder fives, according to thesurvey conducted from Octo-ber 2010 to May 2011.

Widespread poverty and in-


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The research, which ap-peared in the ScandinavianJournal of Public Health andsurveyed 1,000 people aged18 to 59, concluded that"restaurant workers com-prise a high-risk group withrespect to drinking."

Some 600 people in the in-dustry took part in the study,and around 400 in other sec-tors. The results were basedon respondents' answers ontheir drinking habits in aquestionnaire.

Young women betweenthe ages of 18 and 29 were at

greatest risk, with 82 percentof them drinking hazardousamounts, compared to 72 per-cent of men in the same agerange.

The results were not a sur-prise, one of the authors of thestudy, Swedish sociologistThor Norstroem, told AFP.

"Previous studies pointedin this direction," he said, cit-ing research done in theUnited States and Norway.

A union representative forthe bar and restaurant work-ers, Stefan Eriksson, toldSwedish news agency TT thenumbers were "tragic".

"We can only talk to theowners, they are responsible,and make sure they have pro-grammes against (excessiveconsumption of) alcohol, thatthey want to change the cul-ture and that they have a strictattitude and clear rules. Theydon't, in a lot of cases," hesaid.

The phenomenon has twoplausible explanations, au-thors said.

Either the bar and restau-rant industry attracts peoplewho have a high alcohol in-take from the outset, or thatthe stressful work environ-ment and availability of alco-hol are conducive to extensivealcohol consumption.

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Barand restaurant workers in Swe-den run a higher risk of alco-holism than the rest of thepopulation, with youngwomen at greatest risk, a studypublished this week showed.

Greater alcoholism risk forbar, eatery staff: Swedishstudy

Third of children in Afghan southacutely malnourished

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LONDON (AFP) - Tim Bern-ers-Lee, the British inventor ofthe World Wide Web, warnedgovernments that attempts toblock the Internet weredoomed to failure due to itsscattered structure.

Speaking at the launch of aleague table showing whichcountries use the web most ef-fectively, Berners-Lee said thelack of a global internet "off-switch" meant authoritarianregimes could not stem the in-flux of digital information.

"The way the Internet is de-signed is very much as a de-centralised system," heexplained at the Londonlaunch.

"At the moment, becausecountries connect to eachother in lots of different ways,there is no one off switch,there is no central place whereyou can turn it off.

"In order to be able to turnthe whole thing off or reallyblock, suppress one particularidea then the countries andgovernments would have to

get together and agree and co-ordinate and turn it from a de-centralised system to being acentralised system.

"And if that does happen itis really important that every-body fights against that sort ofdirection."

Sweden came out on top ofthe global league table, whichwas calculated by the WorldWide Web Foundation usingindicators such as the political,economic and social impact ofthe web, connectivity and use.

The US came in second,ahead of Britain, Canada andFinland. France came in at14th place. Yemen ranked bot-tom, closely followed by Zim-babwe, Burkina Faso andBenin.

Berners-Lee, who was hon-oured during the LondonOlympics opening ceremony,launched the first web page onChristmas Day 1990.

He is credited with creatingthe World Wide Web, which en-ables users to store and accessinformation via the internet.

Internet has no 'offswitch', says webinventor

Sci-Tech

MADRID (AFP) - Bullfightsreturned to Spanish public tel-evision on Wednesday after asix-year suspension, sparkingwarnings of legal action fromanimal rights activists.

State-financed broadcasterRTVE screened live a bull-fight in north-central Val-ladolid featuring star matadors"El Juli" Julian Lopez Esco-bar, Jose Maria Manzanaresand Alejandro Talavante.

Its main channel TVE hadstopped showing the fights in2006, blaming the high priceof broadcasting rights, a dwin-dling audience, and the factthat they usually take placeduring children's viewinghours.

RTVE's manual had previ-ously said that bullfights wereviolent acts that should not beshown when children arewatching television.

But a new RTVE board, ap-pointed after a conservativePopular Party governmenttook power last December,changed the rules, removingbullfights from the category of"violence against animals".

Bullfighting fans held upsigns in the stands that read

"Yes to bulls on TVE and toyouth at bullfights" and"Thank you TVE. Yes to bull-fighting".

"It was a very special bull-fight," Talavante told reportersafter the bullfight.

"When I started to like bull-fighting it was thanks to mygrandfather who recentlypassed away and also for thebroadcasts on Spanish publictelevision."

Animal rights politicalgroup PACMA vowed to chal-lenge the renewed broadcasts.

"For PACMA, bullfightsare a spectacle in which spec-tators see the agony and deathof a bleeding animal, real ani-mal abuse. This content can inno way be proper to show inchildren's time."

The group said its lawyerswould complain to the statesecretary for telecommunica-tions on Thursday, allegingthat RTVE is breaching a self-regulatory code on televisioncontent for children.

RTVE said it had decidedto show the fight after all in-volved, including the bullranch and matadors, agreed towaive broadcasting fees.

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Bernanke has said is cause for“grave concern.” Stocks ral-lied after the figures and asEuropean Central Bank policymakers agreed to an unlimitedbond-purchase program toease the region’s debt crisis.

The economy of the 17-member euro area contractedin the second quarter as con-sumers cut spending and cor-porate investment slumped.Gross domestic product fell0.2 percent from the firstquarter, the European Union’sstatistics office said, confirm-ing an initial estimate pub-lished on Aug. 14.

Unemployment claims inthe U.S. were forecast to de-cline to 370,000, according tothe median estimate of 48eco nomists surveyed byBloom berg. The Labor De-partment revised the previousweek’s figure up to 377,000,from an initially reported374,000.

by economists in a Bloombergsurvey.

The ECB’s bond-buyingprogram “will enable us to ad-dress severe distortions” ingovernment debt markets,President Mario Draghi saidat a press conference after thecentral bank held its bench-mark rate at a record low of0.75 percent

Another report showingU.S. services expanded at afaster pace boosted the out-look one day before the LaborDepartment releases data on ajob market that Federal Re-serve Chairman Ben S.

Claims for unemploymentbenefits fell to the lowest levelin a month and Americancompanies added more work-ers than forecast, easing con-cern the labor market may bestagnating.

Jobless claims decreasedby 12,000 to 365,000 in theweek ended Sept. 1, the LaborDepartment reported yester-day in Washington. Privateemplo yers expanded payrollsby 201,000 in August, accord-ing to figures from Roseland,New Jersey-based ADP Em-ployer Services, exceeding the140,000 median gain forecast

surance company, AIG wasdeeply involved in the riskyderivatives at the center of the2008-2009 financial crisis.

The Federal Reserve andthe US Treasury rescued itfrom bankruptcy with a record$182 billion bailout.

AIG has sold off assets as itrestructured itself back to apath of profitability, raisingmoney to repay the rescue.

In June, the Fed announcedit had been repaid.

The Treasury still holds a53 percent stake in AIG andplans to gradually sell itsshares in an effort to recoverthe $24.2 billion remaining inits investment.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Ameri-can International Group, thegiant insurer bailed out by theUS government, yesterdaylaunched the sale of $2 billionin shares in its former Asianunit AIA.

AIG said the sale, underway in Hong Kong, was aimedat partly funding a $5 billionshare buyback from the USTreasury.

AIG's board of directors ap-proved the share buyback,which "is limited to repur-chases from the United StatesDepartment of the Treasury,"the New York-based companysaid in a statement.

Once the world's largest in-

the euro.Draghi said the central bank

would buy unlimited volumesof bonds from the secondarymarket with maturity of up tothree years, in an effort to pulldown the borrowing rates forstruggling governments.

"We will do whatever ittakes" to keep the eurozone to-gether, Draghi said, adding thathe would seek the IMF's in-volvement in setting country-specific conditions for theprogram as well as help inmonitoring.

growth in the euro area," shesaid.

"Decisive implementationof the new intervention pro-gram will help repair monetarytransmission, and supportcountries' efforts to secure fi-nance at a reasonable costwhile they undertake sustainedmacroeconomic adjustment."

"The IMF stands ready tocooperate within our frame-works," she added.

Earlier ECB presidentMario Draghi unveiled thebond-buying program in awidely-anticipated bid to save

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheInternational Monetary Fundyesterday cheered the Euro-pean Central Bank's new so -vereign bond buying programand said it would lend its sup-port within its own rules.

"We strongly welcome theECB's new framework" for in-tervening to buy bonds issuedby heavily indebted eurozonecountries, IMF managing di-rector Christine Lagarde saidin a statement.

"We see the ECB's action asan important step towardstrengthening stability and

IMF to back ECB bond program'within frameworks'

"I would never dare tochange a mission as powerfuland clear as end poverty andboost prosperity, that's a won-derful mission to have," hesaid. "We just need to figureout a way to be the most effec-tive organisation we can be inending poverty and boostingprosperity," he added.

Meanwhile South AfricanFinance Minister Pravin Gord-han warned no country wasimmune to the repercussionsof the eurozone crisis.

"We still reiterate our ownconcerns as South Africa andas many African countries thatthis crisis is going on for toolong," he said.

Apart from sorting outbanking and debt issues, thefocus needed to be on return-ing Europe to growth and itsrole as an engine of growth asthe world's second biggest col-lective economy.

"Otherwise we are on a pathof increasing decline ingrowth, increasing the numberof jobless people around theglobe, and increasing socialtensions both within the Euro-pean environment but possiblyelsewhere as well," Gordhanwarned.

South Africa, which makes40 percent of the Africa's econ-omy, has felt the crisis in theeurozone, which is its biggesttrade partner, particularlyacutely.

PRETORIA (AFP) - TheWorld Bank's role is not to in-ject cash into the crisis-hit eu-rozone but it is ready to offeradvice to struggling developedcountries if asked, new presi-dent Jim Yong Kim said yes-terday.

"We have very specifictechnical expertise that may beof use and we have offered toprovide that technical assis-tance if the European countriesare interested," Kim told re-porters after meeting SouthAfrican leaders.

"Our role is not to infuselarge amounts of cash into theEuropean economy, this is notour role, our sister organisationInternational Monetary Fund ismuch more involved in thatarea."

On his debut trip as WorldBank leader, Kim said that hehad faith in the bank's exper -tise in areas like social expen-diture and creating goodbusiness environments thatcould be of use to high-incomecountries hit by the crisis.

"Of course, we have to beasked before we go in andoffer advice and I simplywanted to make clear that westand ready to offer that ad-vice," he said.

After taking the helm of thebank in July, Kim said that hedid not plan to introduce amajor shift in direction for thebank.

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KOLKATA : A nun belonging to the order of the Mission-aries of Charity kisses a picture of Mother Teresa duringa mass service to commemorate the 15th death anniver-sary of Mother Teresa at the Missionaries of Charityhouse in Kolkata on September 5, 2012. Mother Teresa,the "Angel of Mercy," a Nobel peace prize winner andRoman Catholic saint-in-waiting, died on September 5,1997 in eastern Indian city of Kolkata earlier known asCalcutta .

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Scientologistsdeny auditioningfor Tom Cruisebride LOS ANGELES (AFP) -The Church of Scientol-ogy denounced as "hog-wash" Wednesday areport that it auditionedcandidates to be TomCruise's girlfriend, whilethe star's lawyer brandedthe claims "tired old lies."

Vanity Fair quotedsources as saying thecontroversial churchtested actresses as poten-tial brides in 2004, afterhis split from Nicole Kid-man and before he metand married Katie Holmes,who recently divorcedhim.

The report included de-tails of a failed match withan Iranian-born actress,who was allegedly dis-missed after failing toshow enough public affec-tion for the Hollywood A-lister, who is the Church'smost high-profile member.

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pigs," Rovio said in a state-ment.

The "Angry Birds" gameinvolves using slingshots tolaunch little birds at fortressesbuilt by green pigs -- an absur-dist, addictive game thatquickly became the most suc-cessful mobile game in history,and which spawned an entirefranchise of merchandise andmedia tie-ins."Bad Piggies gives you the

chance to play as the second-most-loved characters in theAngry Birds universe, and ex-plore this rich world throughtheir green eyes," Rovio said.

The new game will belaunched on iOS, Android andMac on September 27, andversions for Windows Phone,Windows 8 and PCs will fol-low at a later date, the com-pany said. "Angry Birds" reached

more than one billion down-loads in May, according toRovio. The company published a

net profit of 48 million euros($60 million) on sales of 75.4million euros for 2011, and hassaid it aims to seek a stockmarket listing by the end of2013.

"Bad Piggies" on September27, the company announced.

"This innovative gameturns the franchise on its headby letting the fans play as the

NEW YORK (AFP) - Rovio,the Finnish makers of theworld's most-downloaded mo-bile app, "Angry Birds", willlaunch a new game called


After 'Angry Birds' success, Rovio tolaunch 'Bad Piggies'


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Gold Coast Aruba:Great savings for large familieson holiday rentals

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London Paralympics 2012 . . . . .

Peacock, a single leg am-

putee trained by Dan Pfaff

who coached Canada's Dono-

van Bailey to Olympic 100m

glory in 1996, signalled his in-

tent in Thursday's heats by

equalling the Paralympic

record of 11.08sec.

Pistorius, the T44 100m,

200m and 400m champion in

Beijing, had warned that he

was not favourite for the

straight sprint, as he was a

one-lap specialist.

The Games' most high-pro-

file athlete, who became the

first double-amputee to run in

the Olympics last month, had

been keen to let his running do

the talking after becoming em-

broiled in a row over artifical

blade length.

British wheelchair racer

David Weir provided the

warm-up for the sprint kings

by retaining his T54 800m title

after successfully defending

his 1,500m crown and winning

gold in the 5,000m.

Weir's team-mate Hannah

Cockroft doubled up after win-

ning the T34 100m to take the

200m, while France's Assia El

Hannouni won the T12 200m

title for blind and visually im-

paired runners for the third

consecutive Games.

Earlier in the day, Britain's

Sarah Storey clinched her

fourth gold of the Games and

the 11th in her career by win-

ning the women's individual

C4/5 road race over 64km at

the Brands Hatch motor racing

circuit in southeast England.

The 34-year-old cyclist has

now won 11 golds in her

Games career -- a joint record

for a British female Para-

lympian.

South African Pistorius, 25,was just out of the medals infourth, clocking 11.17sec be-hind compatriot Arnu Fourie,who took bronze in 11.08secand US sprinter RichardBrowne, who won silver in11.03sec.

Organisers had billed theT44 race for single and doublebelow-the-knee amputees asthe race of the Games, predict-ing that all eight finalists couldgo under 11sec for the firsttime.

LONDON (AFP) - Britain'sJonnie Peacock yesterdaysprinted to glory in the Para-lympics' showpiece final,stripping "Blade Runner"Oscar Pistorius of another titlewith a lightning-quick 100m.

The 19-year-old, who holdsthe world record of 10.85sec inthe straight sprint, againproved he is the fastest am-putee runner in the world bytaking gold at the OlympicStadium in east London in10.90sec.


Pistorius loses 'Battle of

the Blade Runners'

Britain's Jonnie Peacock (2L) crosses the line first to winahead of (L-R) South Africa's Arnu Fourie, US athlete RichardBrown and South Africa's Oscar Pistorius in the men's 100mT44 final . Peacock won gold, Brown the second and Fouriethe bronze with Pistorius fourth and Oliveira seventh.

Britain's David Weir (R) celebrates winning gold ahead ofSwitzerland's Marcel Hug (L) in the men's 800m T54 finalduring the athletics competition.

Belgium's Marieke Vervoort (L) reacts as she crosses thefinish line to win the women's 100m T52 final


Gabriel de Silva's spot-kickwas enough to see Brazilthrough to the another final.

Brazil coach Ramon Pereirade Souza said: "Just becausewe have won the gold twotimes before does not meanthis time should be any lessimportant. This next final ismore important because it ismore difficult to defend thetitle of being gold medallists.

"The final should be a verytough and heated match."

France beat Spain 2-0 intheir semi-final, captain Fred-eric Villeroux's double takingthem through.

Villeroux, who shrugged offan ankle injury that had him oncrutches the day before thematch, scored in each half, thesecond late on as Spain pushedfor an equaliser.

"We've come here to win,"the skipper said.

"We'll take it to anotherlevel against Brazil. We havethe best group of people in thisteam -- we're a strong unit."

Brazil and France playedout a goalless draw in theopening match of the tourna-ment.

France coach ToussaintAkpweh added: "It's our firsttime in the final, and I said theother day that we're capable ofscoring in open play -- andnow we have.

"We want the gold medal."

LONDON (AFP) - Brazil areseeking to rubber-stamp theirdominance of Paralympicblind five-a-side football titlewhen they seek their thirdstraight gold medal in Satur-day's London 2012 finalagainst France.

Brazil have never lost a Par-alympic five-a-side match,having won the inaugural titlein Athens 2004 and retainedtheir crown at Beijing 2008.

And they made it through tothe final at the RiverbankArena thanks to a 1-0 win onpenalties following a goallessdraw with neighbours and ri-vals Argentina on Thursday.

Paralympics: Braziltarget 3rd straightblind football gold

last five matches against Mur-ray, the most recent of whichwas on clay in Monte Carloearlier this year.

Murray is still bidding to be-come Britain's first major win-ner since Fred Perry, who wonin New York in 1936.

Berdych, meanwhile, has en-dured a roller-coaster season,suffering first-round losses inWimbledon and the Olympics,a fourth-round exit at theFrench Open and a run to thequarter-finals of the AustralianOpen.

Federer.That was after Murray had

seen off a choking Marin Cilicon Wednesday afternoon butbefore Berdych ended Fed-erer's proud record of 21 suc-cessive wins in night sessionson Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Berdych has only made oneGrand Slam final in his career-- at Wimbledon in 2010where he lost to Rafael Nadalafter beating Federer in thequarter-finals.

He has also won four of his

NEW YORK (AFP) - AndyMurray admits he has nothingbut respect for Czech power-hitter Tomas Berdych, the manwho stunned five-time cham-pion Roger Federer at Flush-ing Meadows, ahead of theirUS Open semi-final clash.

Berdych's stunning victoryover five-time champion Fed-erer in the quarter-finals con-demned the great Swiss to hisworst defeat in New Yorksince 2003.

The sixth seed will be makinghis semi-final debut on Saturdayagainst the British third seed,who was runner-up to Federer in2008, and will be buoyed by awinning record against the Scotthat stands at 4-2.

"Berdych is a great player.Let's show him some respect,too," said Murray after his pas-sage to the last four for thethird time was followed al-most exclusively about the po-tential dangers posed by

Tennis : US Open ......

lead in the KLM Open onThursday, while Ryder Cupstar Martin Kaymer made atimely return to form.

HILVERSUM (AFP) -Graeme Storm put a lean andemotionally testing spell be-hind him to take the first round

114th in The Race to Dubaiand faces a battle to retain hisEuropean Tour card.

In addition to strugglingfor form he has been forcedto cope with tragedy awayfrom the course, with hisgrandfather passing awayprior to June's BMW Interna-tional Open.

"I've had a tough run andit's all been a bit of a struggle.I've just not been enjoying it,"Storm explained.

"I lost my grandfather onthe Wednesday morning ofGermany and since then Ihave really struggled. I kindof kept it to myself what hap-pened but it hit me really

A fine 63 enabled the tallEnglishman to reach sevenunder, which put him twoshots clear of Kaymer, whoended the day level with Fab-rizio Zanotti of Paraguay andFrenchman RaphaëlJacquelin.

Kaymer's European team-mate Peter Hanson of Swe-den was one of six playerstied for fifth on four under,while Belgium's Nicolas Col-saerts - one of Jose MariaOlazabal's Ryder Cup picks -birdied the last to go round in70.

But leading the way isStorm, who currently lies

hard."You can get punished

round here but I played thebest I have probably playedall year. I'm just happy to geta round like that under mybelt after recent months."

Focussing on the details ofhis opening round, Stormadded: "I made the birdieswhen I gave myself thechances and got up and downwhen I missed the greens.

"The golf course here isfantastic - the best I have everseen it - so you have to hit itstraight and that is what I did.

"There is still a lot of playfor this season. Keeping mycard is the goal. At the start ofthe season it was getting intothe top 60 on The Race toDubai but I'm a long wayfrom that so my goal now isto keep my card."

Kaymer and Jacquelineach benefited from eagles atthe par five 12th en route torounds of 65, although theformer - champion here in2010 - insists there is stillhard work ahead as he seeksto recapture his best form.

"Two years ago when Iwon here was very nice butthat was a period of time Icould have played golf withmy eyes closed," the Germanexplained.

"Now is a different timewhen I need to work and ittakes a lot of energy and a lotof concentration. I reallyneed to focus on the things onthe range. Two years ago itwas more automatic."

Zanotti, who tied for sec-ond when Kaymer triumphedat this venue, managed toavoid any dropped shots,while Simon Dyson - threetimes a winner of this eventand the defending champion- began the week with a 70that featured an eagle on 18.


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