March 10, 2012

Saturday, March 10, 2012

In a last meeting here inAruba with Brasil’s Ministerof Energy, Mr. Lobao, hepromised that he would makean effort to inform Petrobrasthat their government consid-ers it important for Petrobrasto take a second look at thepossibilities to join forceswith Aruba in the areas of therefinery, energy and the ex-ploration of gas.

At this stage in theprocess, the Aruba govern-ment has removed all possi-ble obstacles that hindered a

possible deal with Petrobras.Today, they would like to ex-plore what possibilities thereare in this new context. Oneof the obstacles of the pastwas the BBO on exportation,but this has since been elimi-nated. Likewise, the govern-ment has changed the fiscalregimen of profit taxes; theyalso settled the old fiscal dis-pute with Valero, which wasone of the concerns of Petro-bras back then.

Petrobras has informed theAruba government that be-cause of the positive atmos-phere that reigns nowbetween the government andValero, that they are willingto participate in a meetingwhere everyone can put alltheir cards on the table oncemore.

The Aruba government isvery pleased with the newopenness of Petrobras andwith their willingness to comeback to the table and look atall the options anew and inthe most ample context possi-ble. This they are prepared todo, obviously, without mak-ing any commitment or offer-ing any expectations. Theyare open to evaluate whatAruba has to offer.

According to Prime Min-ister Eman, the governmentwill continue to work on thismatter in earnest in the hopesthat we can succeed in find-ing two or three partners withValero or to find a buyer totake over the refinery. In anyevent they will not cease untila solution is found for theAruba Valero Refinery.

Petrobras interested intaking a non-committedsecond look at Valero

(FILES) This file photo taken on January 27, 2012 shows Japanese housewife YukoSugimoto (R) posing with her five-year-old son Raito (R) in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefec-ture, at left: Sugimoto was photographed covered with a blanket on March 13, 2011while looking for her son after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Twelve monthson, Yuko Sugimoto and her family are reunited and living in a temporary home, but thescars from the catastrophe still remain. (AFP PHOTO) see more coverage pg 12

One year after...

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A personal invite fromTheo Knevel:

Everybody is very wel-come to join us and buy, ortake your previously pur-chased copy of Aruba Aribawith you, so I can write adedication in your book. Ifyou like to give Aruba Aribaas a present, I can personal-ize your book with the recip-ient's name or a shortmessage upon your request.

This Saturday morning(March 10th) - 09:00 am till12:00 pm.- in the TamarijnAruba hotel lobby.

We hope to see you! The book ‘Aruba Ariba’ byTheo Knevel, has a contem-porary look with many illus-trative photographs. Eachpage features aerial portraits

of the island accompanied bysmaller detailed photographswith descriptions and inter-esting local anecdotes.

Theo explained his “maingoal was to present Aruba as itis in everyday life, includingthe refineries and rum shops. Idid not search for extremes,but focused on the beautifulnature and authenticity ofAruba. I have had the chanceto visit Aruba frequently overthe past 20 years, hence, as anexperienced ‘Aruba tourist’ Ibelieve I know all the placesthat give Aruba its uniquecharacter.”

‘Aruba Ariba’ is also forsale at all Van Dorp & De Witlocations and at variouskiosks and newsstands foundin most of the island’s resorts.

Book signing ‘ArubaAriba’ today at Tamarijn

Aruba Hotel lobby

Security personnel armedwith M16s and machine gunsmanned roadblocks and de-tained dozens of young menas part of a crackdown in aJamaican ghetto where a 13-year-old girl, two elderly menand three others were killedduring reported shootouts be-

tween police and gunmen, itwas reported yesterday.

Residents of the DenhamTown slum in West Kingstonblame officers for Monday’skillings and the area has beenunder curfew amid an ongo-ing security operation to seizeillegal guns and fugitives.

Human rights groups ac-cused police of trigger-happy tactics across Jamaicathat have caused 45 deaths injust the first 10 weeks of theyear.

A total of 21 people werekilled by police in the first sixdays of March.

Jamaica outraged by police killings

Recently the Aruba TourismAuthority had the great pleas-ure of honoring a big groupof loyal and friendly Visitors,at the Divi Village ArubaBeach Resort, as Distin-guished Visitors and Ambas-sadors of Goodwill of Aruba.The symbolic honorary titlesare presented in the name ofthe Minister of Tourism as atoken of appreciation toguests who visit Aruba for 10

to 19 consecutive years and20 or more consecutive years.

The honorees are Mr.Thomas Randall and Mrs.Janet laing, Mr. Warren andMrs. Bonnie Niceley, Mr.Walter and Mrs. Pat Kordas,Mr. Donald and Mrs. JoyceTurnbull; they received theDistinguished Visitor certifi-cate. Mr. Bill and Mrs. An-drea Walden received theAmbassador of Goodwill cer-

tificate.All the honorees have one

thing in common; they loveAruba very much, the people,the beaches, restaurants, casi-nos, in one word “every-thing” Aruba has to offer toits visitors.

The certificates were pre-sented by Mr. Ernest Gielrepresenting the ArubaTourism Authority togetherwith General Manager Mr.Gerrith Griffith General andstaff members from the activ-ities desk of the Divi VillageAruba Beach Resort.

Group honoring at the Divi VillageAruba Beach resort

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AIFF Executive Producerand Co-founder announcedon Tuesday, March 6, that the3Rd edition of the Aruba In-ternational Film Festival willtake place June 22-28, 2012.Very special guest during thepress conference at the homeof the AIFF, The Cinemas inPaseo Herencia, was world-renowned DJ Chuckie, who

stated he was thrilled to be apart of this outstanding event.

This year, the Festival hasthe honor of partnering withinternational music superstarDJ/ Artist/Producer Chuckie,who will be celebrating hisbirthday weekend by staging

a concert with his world tour-ing brand Dirty Dutch on Sat-urday, June 23. "We considerthis a very special addition tothe opening weekend of theFilm Festival," said Mr.Vieira, "and AIFF is proud toconsider Chuckie as an Am-bassador to the FestivalWeekend Concert series,which he will also headline.

This new element tothe festival's socialevents is in line withour plan of bringingthe after parties andcelebrity-to-guest in-teraction to anotherlevel."

Chuckie, who wasborn Clyde SergioNarain in Suriname,made a name as one ofthe most successfulDJ’s and producers inHolland and beyond.His energetic mixingskills coupled with hisability to effortlesslycross over into various

musical styles, along with hisinstinctual ability to work acrowd, has extended his pop-ularity well beyond Europe.

Chuckie’s ‘Dirty Dutch’branded club concept hasevolved over the years froma solid urban event for 6,000people into a massive housemusic night for 30,000, annu-ally, and consistently sells

out Amsterdam’s RAI sta-dium in record time. Havinglanded a multi album artistdeal with Atlantic Records inthe USA, Chuckie has spent

2010 and 2011 working onhis own material in the studioalongside megastars such asT-Pain, Tinie Tempah, Kesha,Alexis Jordan, P Diddy, 50Cent, Lil Jon, and Akon.

“I have been the DJat many A-list events,making friends withsome great folks wholove to dance and partyto my “Dirty Dutch”sound,” confidedChuckie. “When Iheard about the AIFFfrom some buddies, wefigured it would be aterrific place to party.When I told some ofmy celebrity friends Iwas on Aruba, theythought it was greatand all wanted to comedown here and partywith me. I have a phonefull of numbers ofsome impressivenames, so I thought

now would be the time to putit to use. I look forward tohaving the best birthday everwhile here at the AIFF. ”

Rosalie Klein

Aruba International Film Festival will host a stellar birthday

celebration on Aruba for renowned celebrity DJ Chuckie

Chuckie with Jonathan Vieira, Neme Bros and Sanju

Jonathan with Paseo GMValerie and Marketing MgrCandy

I would like to hereby re-quest that the Aruba gov-ernment investigate thepossibility of designatingL.G. Smith Blvd. from thetraffic circle entering theMarriott Resort until theCalifornia Lighthouse as ascenic highway with a ma -ximum posted speed of 40km/h.

This is a residential roadwhich connects the hotelarea with Fisherman Huts,Tierra del Sol, Arashi andthe California Lighthouseand it is used by both localsand island visitors to accessthe north coast beaches,restaurants and tourist at-tractions. This scenic roadis also used daily to show-case our island to our visi-tors whether by tour bus,jeep, rental car or on footand it is a premier locationto watch a beautiful Arubansunset.

Finally, after 5:00 pm,this road becomes a havenfor walkers, joggers, run-ners and bikers. Many ofAruba’s long distance run-ners utilize this road fortheir fitness training includ-ing one of our finest run-ners, Luis Laclé, who isvisually impaired and trainsdaily on this road.

Presently the postedspeed is 80 km/h and manycars and taxis exceed thislimit ma king it dangerousfor everyone. Let us dosomething now before wesuffer a tragedy. Let usslow down and enjoy theviews of our beautiful is-land and make it a saferplace for our walkers, run-ners and bikers.

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A Proposalfrom aConcernedCitizen

the country towns of Con-dobolin and Narrandera werebracing for the coming floodsand people in the Victoria townof Nathalia were hoping theirlevee would hold.

Elsewhere, such as in NewSouth Wales's biggest inlandcity of Wagga Wagga, emer-gency officials began the mas-sive clean-up as flood watersbegan to subside. But residentswere still faced with water-logged homes and farms.

Hundreds of fire and emer-gency workers were hosing outhomes, businesses and schoolsand clearing roads, DeputyState Emergency OperationsController Assistant Commis-sioner Mark Murdoch said.

So far two people have diedin the floods, after they at-tempted to cross waterways incars.

group that made it shouldbe doing more to help inUganda.

"Invisible children hasbrought it into bedrooms,into sitting rooms andplaces, but we would liketo see them do somethingtangible, on the ground, inUganda," Bigombe toldAFP on the sidelines of aUN meeting.

"It has increased awarenessin the world, with youth, witheverybody," Bigombe,Uganda's minister for waterresources, said.

The hashtag "#stopkony,"about the fugitive LRA headhas surged on Twitter since therelease of the 30-minute videoby Invisible Children, a Cali-fornia-based advocacy group,which has been viewed by

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -A Ugandan minister who ne-gotiated with rebels at the cen-ter of an Internet videocontroversy on Friday backedthe video on their leaderJoseph Kony that has becomea social media sensation.

But Betty Bigombe, whotwice tried to negotiate peacedeals with Kony's Lord's Re-sistance Army, said the US


over 40 million people in threedays.

"I remember when I cameto the US and the media said,'Well these kind of topics doesnot appeal to our kind of audi-ence,'" Bigombe said.

As state minister for north-ern Uganda in the 1990s,Bigombe tried to negotiate apeace deal with Kony follow-ing the failure of army effortsto defeat the rebel group. Shelaunched a new attempt in2004-05. The LRA backed outof each effort.

The US presidency and astring of celebrities have backedthe Invisible Children. But thegroup has been criticized forusing funds raised -- some 70percent or more by some ac-counts -- for salaries, travel ex-penses and filmmaking.

Ugandan negotiator withrebels backs viral video

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia'sflood crisis was set to cost inexcess of Aus$500 million(US$530 million) in NewSouth Wales alone and morerain was on the way, the stategovernment said Friday.

Eastern Australia has en-dured torrential rainfall formore than a week, leavinghundreds of homes flooded,damaging roads and bridgesand soaking farmland inQueensland, New South Walesand Victoria states.

"We have a damages bill atthe moment that my guys aretelling me is heading waynorth of $500 million," NewSouth Wales Roads MinisterDuncan Gay told ABC radio,adding that the state had been"horrendously hurt".

"The weather forecastersare telling me that April will bethe worst that we've faced yet,"

due to a weather patternknown as "La Nina".

La Nina conditions typi-cally bring higher-than-normalrainfall with Sydney on Thurs-day feeling the force of naturewith an estimated 119 millime-tres (more than four and a halfinches) falling on the city -- thehighest daily total since 2007.

As the waters eased in someareas across NSW, communi-ties downstream from thefloods were bracing for thesurging torrents yet to pourthrough the Murrumbidgee,Lachlan and Hawkesbury riversystems.

In Sydney, where heavyrain Thursday swept away carsand flooded railway lines, res-idents on the city's northwest-ern outskirts were being urgedto prepare to evacuate theirhomes.

Further inland, residents of

Australia flood bill mounts and more

rain forecast

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eral family values in veiledreferences to homosexualmarriage and adoptions bygay couples, and the CatholicChurch often condemnscountries that recognise gayrights.

The pope's fears that thetraditional family is at riskare likely to be the focal pointof the World Meeting ofFamilies 2012 in Italy inJune.

From Europe to the UnitedStates and Mexico, gay rightsgroups pushing for marriageand child adoption reformsare winning growing support,marking a change in publicopinion which worries theVatican.

The issue has sparkedheated exchanges betweenChurch leaders and politi-cians.

Earlier this month,Britain's Cardinal KeithO'Brien told Prime MinisterDavid Cameron that same-sex unions were "madness"and a "grotesque subversionof a universally acceptedhuman right".

VATICAN CITY (AFP) -Pope Benedict XVI on Fridaycondemned gay marriage in aspeech to bishops from theUnited States after Marylandlast week became the eighthUS state to legalise same-sexunions.

"Sexual differences cannotbe dismissed as irrelevant tothe definition of marriage,"the pope said, warningagainst "the powerful politi-cal and cultural currents seek-ing to alter the legaldefinition of marriage".

"Marriage and the familyare institutions that must bepromoted and defended fromevery possible misrepresenta-tion of their true nature."

He also said bishops couldnot overlook "the serious pas-toral problem presented bythe widespread practice ofcohabitation".

"The contemporary crisisof marriage and the family...has led to grave societal prob-lems bearing an immensehuman and economic cost,"he added.

Benedict XVI has fre-quently warned against lib-

Pope condemns gaymarriage in speech toUS bishops

SPAIN, Gerri de la Sal : Smoke billows above one of thefour wildfires that have so far ravaged 1,200 hectares(3,000 acres) of land, in the northeastern region of Cat-alonia, near the northern Spain village of Gerri de la Salon March 9, 2012. Emergency services workers evacu-ated about 200 people from their homes on March 8 be-cause of the risk from the flames but the majority havealready been allowed to return to their homes. Spain isstruggling through its driest winter since the 1940s, ac-cording to the national weather office. AFP PHOTO

ANKARA (AFP) - Four gen-erals who had defected fromthe Syrian army arrived inTurkey Friday, Anatolia newsagency reported, citing localTurkish sources.

The four were among some10 high-ranking army officersstationed in cities includingDamascus, Homs and Latakia,who crossed the border intoTurkey's southern province ofHatay to join the Syrian rebels,the state-run Turkish agencysaid.

Fahd al-Masri, an advisorfor Syrian opposition groupthe Higher RevolutionaryCouncil, told AFP that sixbrigadier-generals had de-fected in the last 48 hoursalong with four colonels, a alieutenant colonel, a major anda female lieutenant.

He said they were from theprovince of Idlib near theTurkish border, where Syriantroops have been reportedbeen massing this week, aheadof an expected large-scale of-fensive.

Israel, in which no casualtieswere reported.

The military said that dur-ing the course of the day a totalof 16 rockets and mortarrounds from Gaza slammedinto southern Israel.

Both the PRC and the AlAqsa Martyrs Brigades, anarmed offshoot of Palestinianpresident Mahmud Abbas'sFatah movement, issued state-ments claiming to have firedrockets into Israel on Friday.

The Israeli military saidQaisi "was among the leaderswho planned, funded and di-rected" a deadly cross-borderattack into southern Israel fromEgypt's Sinai last August.

In that incident, gunmencarried out a coordinated seriesof shooting ambushes on busesand cars on Route 12, whichruns along the Egyptian bordersome 20 kilometres (12 miles)north of the Red Sea resort ofEilat.

The shootings took place

GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeliair strikes on the Gaza StripFriday killed four Palestinianmilitants, including the head ofa radical group, while mortarand rocket fire from Gazapounded the Jewish state.

One strike, on a car travel-ling in the Tel El-Hawa neigh-bourhood west of Gaza City,killed the head of the militantPopular Resistance Commit-tees, Zohair al-Qaisi, and fel-low-member Mahmud Hanani,the group said.

A second air raid, on theeast side of the city, killedObeid al-Gharabli and Mo-hammed Harara, of the AlQuds Brigades, the militaryarm of Islamic Jihad, that or-ganisation said in a statement.

A third strike, on Zeitoun,east of the city, caused no ca-sualties, Palestinian securitysources said.

The two strikes came in re-sponse to Palestinian mortarand rocket attacks on southern

Italian authorities seeking dataon Martelly's nationality.

On Wednesday, the commit-tee published a partial reportstating that three cabinet offi-cials were found holding a US,Spanish and Canadian pass-port, respectively.

On March 1, Martelly askedForeign Minister LaurentLamothe to become primeminister after Garry Conille re-signed as prime minister onFebruary 24, after just fourmonths in office, amid tensionover the dual nationality issue.

Martelly's administration istrying to ramp up stalled re-construction efforts followingthe devastating January 2010earthquake that flattened largeparts of Port-au-Prince anddamaged much of the south ofthe country.

sion.Also at the event was Ken-

neth Merten, the US ambassa-dor to Haiti, who vouched forthe Haitian leader.

"I can say that PresidentMartelly is not a US citizen --he is a Haitian," Merten said.Senior Haitian governmentmembers at the event ap-plauded the statement.

Martelly showed eight pass-ports -- all Haitian -- to reli-gious leaders from the group"Religion for Peace."

In Haiti, when a person'spassport expires, the originaldoes not have to be returned.

For the past three months, aHaitian senate committee hasbeen investigating Martelly'snationality and that of his gov-ernment ministers. The com-mittee has written to US and

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) -Seeking to end rumors that heis a US citizen, PresidentMichel Martelly on Thursdayshowed his Haitian passporton national television.

Haiti's constitution does notallow dual nationality, andcharges that he has foreignpassports -- raised by his oppo-nents -- has been a thorn inMartelly's side for months.

Martelly lived in the UnitedStates for some time and ob-tained a US residency card,which he said he surrenderedupon being elected to office.

"I am a native Haitian. I,Joseph Michel Martelly, havenever lied," the president saidduring a meeting with reli-gious leaders at the presiden-tial palace which wasbroadcast on national televi-


over several hours, leavingeight dead and more than 25wounded.

The military statement saidQaisi was also involved in a2008 attack on a terminal forpumping fuel from Israel intothe Gaza Strip, in which twoIsraeli civilians were killed.

The statement added thatboth the dead men were "re-sponsible for planning a com-bined terror attack that was totake place via Sinai in the com-ing days."

It said that the other twostrikes were aimed at menabout to fire rockets into Israel.

Hamas, which rules theGaza Strip, has maintained atacit truce with Israel, but otherarmed Palestinian groups reg-ularly fire rockets and mortarsacross the border, which canspark air strikes in response.

The relatively small Popu-lar Resistance Committees isone of the most active, and itpledged to avenge its men'sdeaths.

Israeli strikes kill four in Gaza

Haiti president shows passportto end controversy

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The military buildup hasprompted concerns that Idlibcould suffer the same fate asthe Baba Amr neighbourhoodof the central city of Homs,which was stormed by govern-ment troops on March 1 after amonth of shelling.

Idlib is considered impor-tant because of the presence ofa large number of Free SyrianArmy members, particularly inthe Japal al-Zawiya area.

Frightened by the possibilityof an operation in Idlib, manySyrians have fled across theborder.

With the latest wave of ar-rivals on Friday, the number ofSyrians entering Turkey in onesingle day reached 234, Anato-lia said, citing Yusuf Guler, thedistrict governor of Hatay'sReyhanli village.

The arriving refugees arebeing placed in tent camps inHatay, where members of therebel Free Syrian Army, madeup of deserters from the Syriansecurity forces, are also based.

Four Syrian generalsdefect, arrive inTurkey: report

tional complacency." In the countries most af-

fected, malnutrition rates are atbetween 10-15 percent andmore than one million childrenare at risk of severe acute mal-nutrition.

The group said that in north-ern Mali, clashes between thearmy and Tuareg rebels haveforced tens of thousands ofpeople to flee their homes,adding extra pressure for re-sources in surrounding coun-tries. Oxfam wants to raise $37million (28 million euros) toprovide food and support toabout one million people.

AIDS programme division'sdeputy executive directorPaul De Lay.

"UNAIDS encourages allcountries and communities toachieve high coverage of an-tiretroviral therapy, both forthe benefit of people livingwith HIV and for the commu-nities in which they live,"said De Lay.

The research on data col-lected from eastern SouthAfrica's KwaZulu-Natalprovince found that in areaswhere antiretroviral therapyuptake is above 30 percent,uninfected people are 38 per-cent less likely to acquire thehuman immunodeficiencyvirus.

"It is the first time that wehave been able to show suchresults in a population setting-- an important finding whichwill help guide the AIDS re-sponse," said Frank Tanserfrom the research centre inthe University of KwaZulu-Natal.

(AFP) - A new study showsthat people living in areaswhere uptake of HIV treat-ment is high are less likely toacquire the virus than inplaces where few are givencare, UNAIDS said Thurs-day.

The research by the AfricaCentre for Health and Popu-lation Studies marks the firsttime that the positive impactof antiretroviral therapy oninfection rates has beenproven for a community, saidthe UN agency.

"These findings are ex-tremely important," said UN-

group said. In Chad, the situation al-

ready is so bad that some vil-lagers are digging into ant hillsto collect grain the insectshave stored.

"All signs point to a droughtbecoming a catastrophe ifnothing is done soon," saidMamadou Biteye, Oxfam's re-gional director for west Africa."A concerted aid effort isneeded to stop tens of thou-sands dying due to interna-

(AFP) - About 13 million peo-ple living in west and centralAfrica face a major food crisisunless immediate action istaken, humanitarian groupOxfam warned Thursday.

A dangerous combination ofdrought, high food prices, re-duced harvests, poverty andconflict are driving an emerg-ing crisis across several na-tions including Chad, BurkinaFaso, Mali, Mauritania, Nigerand northern Senegal, the


Health & Living

13 million people threatenedby food crisis: Oxfam

a report from European foodsafety agencies published.

The report found that casesof Campylobacter rose byseven percent to 212,064 in2010 -- the last year for whichsuch data is available and thefifth consecutive year of in-creases in reported cases of thebacteria in humans.

The European Food SafetyAuthority (EFSA) in Italy andthe European Centre for Dis-ease Prevention and Control(ECDC) in Sweden said intheir report that the reasons forthe increase were "not com-pletely understood."

The report also said thatcases of another type of bacte-ria, Salmonella, fell to 99,020in 2010 compared to 108,618in 2009. Human infections ofListeria also decreased slightlyto 1,601 from 1,654 in 2009.

But the report found thathuman cases of Shiga toxin-verotoxin, which produces Es-cherichia coli, also known asE.coli, increased to 4,000 in2010 from 3,573 in 2009 withparticularly high rises in Ger-many and the Netherlands.

The report said 25 peopledied as a result of illnessesfrom food or animals in 2010including 16 from Salmonellaand four from Listeria. Thehighest number of reporteddeaths -- seven -- was in Spainfollowed by five in Britain.

(AFP) - A type of bacteriamostly found in raw chickenmeat that can cause diarrhoeaand fever is on the rise in theEuropean Union, according to

Raw chicken bacteriaon the rise in Europe:study

HIV infection rates lower inhigh treatment areas: study


(AFP) - Facebook co-founderChris Hughes, who left thesocial network to work on theonline arm of BarackObama's 2008 White Housecampaign, has bought a ma-jority stake in The New Re-public magazine.

Hughes, 28, who wasFacebook chief executiveMark Zuckerberg's roommateat Harvard University, an-nounced the move in an on-line letter to readers of thepublication, a nearly century-old bastion of liberal politicalthought.

Terms of the deal were notdisclosed. The magazine isowned by an investor groupthat includes long-time editor-in-chief Martin Peretz.

"Technology's disruptionof traditional forms of mediahas led many to believe thatindependent, thoughtfulmedia institutions are on thedecline and that there are notenough readers to support se-rious reporting and analysis,"Hughes said.

"When few people are in-vesting in media institutionswith such bold aims as 'en-lightenment to the problemsof the nation,' I believe wemust," he said.

Hughes, who is assumingthe titles of publisher and ed-itor-in-chief, said the Web"has introduced a competi-tive, and some might arguehostile, landscape for long, in-depth, resource-intensivejournalism.

"But as we've seen withthe rise of tablets and mobile

reading devices, it is an ever-shifting landscape -- one thatI believe now offers opportu-nities to reinvigorate theforms of journalism that ex-amine the challenges of ourtime in all their complexity,"he said.

Hughes said the New Re-public "will aggressivelyadapt to the newest informa-tion technologies without sac-rificing our commitment toserious journalism.

"We will look to tell themost important stories in pol-itics and the arts and providethe type of rigorous analysisthat The New Republic hasbeen known for," he said,adding that the magazine "willremain a journal of progres-sive values."

Hughes left Facebook in2007 to join the Obama cam-paign and was notably respon-sible for creating the Obamacampaign website,My.BarackObama.com.

He launched a new ven-ture, Jumo, in 2010 to pro-mote charitable causes. Jumomerged with a similar organi-zation, GOOD, in August oflast year.

Facebook co-founderbuys The New Republic

PARIS - Women who havejust finished ovulating are bet-ter at detecting snakes than atother times of their menstrualcycle, according to an unusualstudy that sheds light on in-built reflexes for survival.

Nobuo Masataka of Japan'sKyoto University tested 60healthy women of child-bear-ing age at three differentphases of their cycle.

They were simultaneouslyshown nine pictures, one ofwhich was a snake amongflowers while the others wereonly of flowers.

The volunteers were testedon how quickly they spottedthe serpent.

The fastest women werethose who were in the so-called luteal phase of theirmenstrual cycle, or the stagethat immediately follows ovu-lation.

The study strengthens theo-

ries that we have a "fear re-flex," or an innate response tothreat signals such as poten-tially poisonous snakes, Masa-taka believes.

Previous research has foundthis trait among infants agedas young as eight months andeven among non-human pri-mates.

Among women, the reflexseems to be influenced by hor-mone levels at a stage whenthey could be pregnant andthus be more protective to-wards their foetus, the studysuggests.

"It could contribute towomen's ability to increasetheir vigilance towards biolog-ically relevant threateningstimuli around themselvesduring this period of possiblepregnancy," it says.

The paper was published onThursday in the British journalScientific Reports.

Hisss and hers: When women are bestat spotting snakes

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also charged in Britain onTuesday with two counts ofcomputer hacking conspiracy,according to a Scotland Yardstatement.

Ackroyd will appear atLondon's Westminster Magis-trates' Court on March 16while the 17-year-old will ap-pear at West London YouthCourt on March 13.

Martyn, whose screenname was "pwnsauce," alsofaces two counts of computerhacking conspiracy whileO'Cearrbhail, known online as"palladium," faces one countof computer hacking conspir-acy and another of disclosingan unlawfully interceptedphone call which could sendhim to prison for five years.

O'Cearrbhail was specifi-cally charged with accessing,secretly recording and pub-licly releasing a recording of aJanuary 17 conference call be-tween the FBI and ScotlandYard discussing operationsagainst Anonymous.

According to the court pa-pers, O'Cearrbhail found out

(AFP) - Five alleged computerhackers in Britain, Ireland andthe United States were chargedTuesday in high-profile cyber-attacks after a leader of thegroup became an FBI inform-ant.

The charges against allegedmembers of Anonymous, LulzSecurity and other interna-tional hacking groups were un-veiled in indictments unsealedby the US District Court forthe Southern District of NewYork.

The indictments coversome of the most notorioushacking incidents of the pastseveral years including thoseagainst Sony Pictures Enter-tainment, private intelligencefirm Stratfor and computer se-curity firm HBGary.

The defendants were alsoaccused of involvement in at-tacks on videogame makerBethesda Softworks, the Irishpolitical party Fine Gael, theFox Broadcasting Companyand the Public BroadcastingService.

The five charged wereBritons Ryan Ackroyd, 23, ofDoncaster, and Jake Davis, 29,of Lerwick, Shetland Islands;Darren Martyn, 25, of Galway,Ireland; Donncha O'Cearrb-hail, 19, of Birr, Ireland; andJeremy Hammond, 27, ofChicago.

The US authorities also re-vealed that Hector XavierMonsegur, 28, of New York,who was known by the screenname "Sabu," had pleadedguilty to a series of computerhacking crimes which couldland him in prison for 124years.

US law enforcement offi-cials declined to confirm thatMonsegur, a leader of Anony-mous offshoot Lulz Security,or LulzSec, had been cooper-ating with the US authoritiesbut Fox News said he has beensecretly working with the FBIfor months.

According to court papersreleased Tuesday, Monsegurpleaded guilty in August to 12hacking-related charges andadmitted involvement in at-tacks by Anonymous on thewebsites of MasterCard, Pay-Pal and Visa and the Algerian,Tunisian, Yemeni and Zimbab-wean governments.

Ackroyd, who went by thescreen name "kayla," andDavis, known as "topiary,"were both arrested last year inBritain. They each face twocounts of computer hackingconspiracy, which carry amaximum total sentence of 20years in prison.

Ackroyd and an unidenti-fied 17-year-old male were

about the phone call and howto access it by hacking into thepersonal email account of anofficer with Ireland's nationalpolice, the An Garda Siochana,or Garda.

Hammond faces one countof computer hacking conspir-acy, one count of computerhacking, and one count of con-spiracy to commit access de-vice fraud. Each count carriesa maximum sentence of 10years behind bars.

Hammond, who went bythe screen name "Anarchaos,"was accused of hacking intothe computer network of Strat-for in December 2011, stealingcredit card information about60,000 users, account informa-tion about 860,000 Stratforsubscribers or clients andemails from the Texas-basedfirm.

The Stratfor emails werelater turned over to WikiLeaks,which began publishing themlast month, and the credit cardinformation was used to make$700,000 in unauthorized pur-chases, according to the indict-ment.

Members of Anonymousdownplayed the charges onTuesday, saying on Twitterfeed @anonops that "LulzSecwas a group, but Anonymousis a movement. Groups comeand go, ideas remain."

"Anonymous is a hydra, cutoff one head and we grow twoback," the group said on an-other Twitter feed, @YourA-nonNews.

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The acquisition of RBTT Fi-nancial Group by the RoyalBank of Canada was an-nounced in 2008, and onMonday, March 5, Mrs. Har-riet Thornhill, Regional Pres-ident, Personal Banking,Caribbean Banking, RBC,announced the start of formaloperations on Aruba underthe RBC banner. RBC hasnow fully replaced the RBTTretail banking brand. RoyalBank of Canada is the largestin Canada and among thelargest in the world, based onmarket capitalization.

“Today marks a sig-nificant milestone for ourcompany as we bring the his-tory and heritage of RBTTand RBC in the Caribbean to-gether for the benefit of ourclients,” Thornhill com-mented at the Sasaki branch,

headquarters on Aruba,which was attended by sev-eral RBC management exec-utives on island for the event.The unveiling was accompa-nied by a number of charita-ble donations to localfoundations and the entertain-ing staging of a flash mob.

Royal Bank of Canada hashad a presence in theCaribbean since 1882, withoperations spanning 14 is-lands by 1996. The acquisi-tion of RBTT created one ofthe most extensive bankingnetworks in the region, andwith Aruba’s re-branding fol-lowing on the process inSuriname a month ago. Thiswill continue in Curacao,Bonaire, St. Maarten andSaba, with the EasternCaribbean and Barbados tofollow.

The existing RBC opera-tions in the Bahamas, Cay-man Islands, Turks andCaicos, and EasternCaribbean will also take onthe updated brand expressionto present on RBC in theCaribbean.

Ms. Thornhill commentedthat the rebranding leveragedRBC and RBTT’s more than100-year heritage in theCaribbean as the bank puts itsglobal and regional strengthto work for clients.

“Aruba has long antici-pated this day and we areproud indeed to begin servingthe community under theRBC banner,” stated PierreRafini, Area Vice President,Business Banking. “Today’srebranding signals our confi-dence in the future anddemonstrates, beyond theshadow of a doubt, thestrength, heritage and stabil-ity of RBC to all our stake-holders and our continuedcommitment to our invalu-able clients, as well as thebanking sector.”

In keeping with RBCcommitment to the commu-nity, Ms. Thornhill and Mr.Rafini handed out checks tothe representatives of theSpecial Olympics CommitteeAruba, attending with a num-ber of special athletes, ArubaReef Care Project, whichconducts an annual clean upof our beaches and marineenvironment, and Art RulesAruba, a summer program inthe arts for island youth.

RBC celebrated the offi-cial unveiling with celebra-tions at all branchesthroughout the day; Bank pa-trons enjoyed musical per-formances and treats and aspecial party for corporateclients was conducted in theevening.


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(AFP )-- President BarackObama declared Friday thatAmerica "will thrive again"as another encouraging reporton jobs growth delivered anew boost to his campaignfor a second term.

Obama traveled to a RollsRoyce engineering plant inthe general election swingstate of Virginia to fete the re-bound in manufacturing andargue that his oft-criticizedeconomic policies had under-pinned the recovery.

"We will thrive again. Wewill get to where we need togo, and we will leave behindan economy that is built tolast," Obama said, injecting anote of pure politics into whathad been billed as a routineofficial event.

Perceptions of a strength-ening recovery were fueledby Labor Department figuresshowing the economy createda net 227,000 jobs in Febru-ary. The jobless rate wassteady at 8.3 percent.

Obama welcomespositive jobs data

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Thehead of the Institute of Inter-national Finance, CharlesDallara, warned Fridayagainst any more eurozonesovereign debt restructuringin the wake of Greece's hugewriteoff deal.

"I would strongly discour-age other governments, otherpeoples of Europe fromgoing this route," Dallara, theIIF managing director wholed the private-sector negoti-ations with the Greek govern-ment, told CNBC television.

On Thursday the world'sbiggest debt restructuring in his-tory was completed, accepted

by an overwhelming majority ofGreece's private creditors.

But it has led to questionsas to whether Portugal or Ire-land, currently undergoingEU-International MonetaryFund bailouts like Greece,would follow suit to lowertheir debt service costs.

Asked why he would dis-courage this Dallara said:"Because it has been extraor-dinarily painful for the citi-zens of Greece, for theleaders of Greece, and for theentire eurozone: it just cast acloud over the eurozone thathas hung there for monthsand months," he said.

Banks caution Europe againstnew debt swap

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Zuckerberg.In a jump-

cut video set toa thumpingbeat, Peres isshown at alectern askingonline surfersto be his Face-book "friend,"while archivefootage showshim at variouspoints in hislong politicalcareer.

"I am trulyexcited to

write the first post on my wall.I hope to find this page to be aplace where peace dreamersand believers speak up andshare their stories and experi-ences with me," he wrote.

Asked about joining Face-book at an event in BeverlyHills on Thursday night, Peressaid that the Jewish peoplewere a "people of the book,"but that they had now becomea "people of the Facebook."

The Israeli statesman trav-eled to California after accom-panying Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu earlierthis week to Washington,where the Israeli premier metPresident Barack Obama inthe White House.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Jewsare the people of the Book butalso the "people of the Face-book," Israeli President Shi-mon Peres joked Thursdayabout his flashy new page --complete with electro-popvideo -- on the site.

"You have to speak the lan-guage of the young people,"the 88-year-old Nobel PeacePrize winner laughed, whenasked about the eye-popping"Be my Friend, for Peace,"video on the social network.

The former Israeli premierand foreign minister launchedhis Facebook account earlierthis week at the company'sSilicon Valley headquarters,alongside the web giant'sfounder and boss Mark

so sudden, you may feel thatperson is still there. I don't be-lieve in ghosts but I can under-stand why the town is rife withrumours."

One taxi driver, who did notwant to give his name, toldAFP of his unwillingness tostop in parts of the city thatwere all but wiped out by theenormous waves, because heworries that his customer willbe a spirit.

A woman who lives in thecity said she had heard storiesof queues of people who canbe seen rushing towards thehills as they try again andagain to escape the waves, anendless replay of their last,fruitless minutes.

Counsellors and academicssay a widespread belief inghosts is fairly normal in theaftermath of a major tragedyand forms a part of the healingprocess in a society.

Cultural anthropologistTakeo Funabiki said it wasonly "natural" that stories ofthe supernatural abounded fol-lowing such an event.

"Human beings find it verydifficult to accept death,whether they are inclined bynature to superstition or arevery scientifically minded," hetold AFP.

"A sudden or abnormal

ISHINOMAKI (AFP) - A yearafter whole neighbourhoodsfull of people were killed bythe Japanese tsunami, rumoursof ghosts swirl in Ishinomakias the city struggles to come toterms with the awful tragedy.

One reconstruction projectappears stalled because offears the undead spirits ofthose who perished last Marchwill bring bad luck.

"I heard people working torepair the store became sickbecause of ghosts," SatoshiAbe, 64, said, gesturing to ahalf-repaired supermarket.

"People died everywhere,here and there. The city is fullof such stories," he said.

In some parts of this oncevibrant fishing port, signs oflife are returning -- houses arebeing rebuilt, businesses arere-opening and children areback at school.

But with around a fifth ofthe 19,000 who died across thenortheast having lost theirlives in this small city alone,few think it can ever be normalagain.

Shinichi Sasaki said thememory of March 11, 2011never leaves and it is this per-sistent memory that creates the"ghosts".

"If you know someone whowas killed, and the death was

This file photo taken on March 21, 2011 shows a cemeterylittered with cars deposited by the tsunami in Ishinomakiin Miyagi prefecture.

death, anything other thansomeone dying in bed of oldage, is particularly difficult forpeople to comprehend.

"When there are things thatmany people find difficult toaccept, they can find expres-sion in the form of rumours orrituals for the dead, amongstother things.

For some of those who lostloved ones, the traditions thatusually accompany death inJapan have served their pur-pose.

Shinto priests have beencalled upon to console thesouls of the dead and ease theirpassage into the next world be-fore they purify the placeswhere their bodies were found.

At the Buddhist festival ofObon in midsummer, offeringswere made at altars as thoseleft behind readied to welcomeback the spirits of lost lovedones they believed would re-turn to this world to visit for afew days.

But other people havestruggled to make sense oftheir loss.

Koji Ikeda, a therapist andlecturer at the Academy ofCounsellors Japan, said "sur-vivors have various complexemotions -- fear, anxiety, sor-row or desire for the return ofdeceased people".

"It is possible that a wholelot of emotions that peoplecannot fully cope with lead to'projections' of spirits" he said.

"Pent-up emotions need tobe expressed in order for peo-ple to be able to adapt to thenew reality and move forwardwith their grief."

While few in the city willtalk openly of actually havingseen a ghost, many are pre-pared to accept spirits couldstalk the deserted streets.

Yuko Sugimoto says she isnot particularly superstitiousand has not seen any ghosts.But still she has no doubt theycould be there among theshadows.


One year on, 'ghosts' stalkJapan's tsunami city

Vehicles move among fishing vessels that were carried from Kesennuma port by theMarch 11 tsunami, at the Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture.

Jews are 'people of theFacebook,' Peres jokes

A picture provided by the Israeli GovernmentPress Office shows Israeli President ShimonPeres (L) and Facebook founder Mark Zucker-berg during the launch of Peres' new page onthe social networking site.

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for anyone involved but themost important objective in allof this process has been toachieve an outcome that willhelp save the club.

"There are a small numberof matters still to be dealt withover the weekend but we donot believe these will be insur-mountable in the completionof an agreement.

"This has been a difficultweek for everyone at the cluband we are pleased that we cannow move forward and focuson the next steps in the recov-ery process."

Administrators were calledin on February 14 after Britishtax authorities went to court toseek payment of an unpaid billof £9 million ($14m) built upsince owner Craig Whyte tookcharge at Ibrox in May.

Administration meant theScottish champions weredocked 10 points -- a movethat effectively handed thisseason's Scottish PremierLeague title to arch Glasgowrivals Celtic.

He explained that playershave agreed cuts ranging from25-75 percent while coachingstaff have also accepted reduc-tions and midfielders MervanCelik and Gregg Wylde havevoluntarily left the club.

The statement continued:"The agreement on very sub-stantial wage reductions andvoluntary departures from theclub represents a major sacri-fice by the Rangers players.

"The discussions have beenlengthy and by no means easy

GLASGOW (AFP) - Playersat crisis-hit Rangers on Fridayaccepted pay cuts of between25 and 75 percent, with admin-istrators insisting that thewage-reduction deal has se-cured jobs at the club.

In a statement, joint admin-istrator Paul Clark said: "Weare pleased to announce todaya package of cost-cuttingmeasures has been agreed withthe Rangers playing staff thatenables the club to move for-ward."

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"Every team has a chance

and we're hoping, too, that

"Of course we can have theconfidence to say that our aimis to go to the quarter-finals."

France's Laurent Blanc,meanwhile, said his favouriteswere Spain, Germany andHolland.

Ireland's Italian manager,Giovanni Trappatoni, alsoagreed that the Spanish weretop of the tree but warned thatsurprises could not be ruledout.

"There's a team that's verystrong, a famous team, andthat is Spain, but then alsoEngland, Holland, Germany.Usually these four. But I re-member when Greece won(Euro 2004). So in football, allis possible," Trappatoni said.

"I think every manager,every country, has the possi-bility to dream," he added.

Croatia's Slaven Bilicechoed Trappatoni that Spainwere the favourites.

"But in my view, there'salso Germany, Holland andother countries with a big tra-dition, such as Italy or Eng-

an ace on the infamous par-three 16th hole at the TPCScottsdale.

His debut year on theUSPGA Tour was 2007 and hehas kept his card for the lastthree consecutive years.

Lyle's managerTony Bouffler saidthe player wasthrilled at theprospect of being afather because he hadfeared chemotherapyas a teenager wouldmake him infertile.

"He's of goodcountry stock and he'spretty resilient," saidBouffler.

"He's really excited aboutthe baby."

Bouffler described anotherround of chemotherapy as"overwhelming".

Allenby, a close friend ofLyle's who revealed the diag-nosis on Twitter, was shockedand described developmentsas "a complete tragedy".

Allenby said he told Lylethat because he had beatencancer before, he could do itagain.

"My heart goes out to mymate, great golfer Jarrod Lyle,new baby coming tomorro &big fight at cancer again!!" Al-lenby tweeted.

Lyle matched his best finishon the US PGA Tour threeweeks ago at Riviera in Cali-fornia where he missed a play-off by two shots and tied forfifth. He went to Mexico andtied for 37th.

Perhaps his greatest fame inAmerica came last year at thePhoenix Open, when he made

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australiangolfer Jarrod Lyle has been di-agnosed with a recurrence ofleukaemia and will begin treat-ment next week, just days afterthe induced birth of his firstchild.

Lyle, 30, a member of theUSPGA Tour, was revealed byfellow professional and coun-tryman Robert Allenby on Fri-day to be preparing for asecond fight against cancerafter overcoming acutemyeloid leukemia as a 17-year-old.

The shock diagnosis wasdelivered when Lyle soughttreatment from his local doctorfor an infection from an insectbite he sustained in Mexico.Blood tests revealedleukaemia had returned.

His wife Briony was ex-pected to be induced on Fridaynight or early today so Lylecould be at the birth beforetravelling to Melbourne tostart chemotherapy on Mon-day morning.


Golf: Aussie Lyle battling cancer

WARSAW (AFP) - Fellowmanagers on Friday tipped de-fending European championsSpain and Euro 2008 second-placers Germany as hot fa-vorites to win this year'stournament.

After wrapping up a two-day meeting of all 16 Euro2012 qualifier nations in tour-nament co-hosts Poland, man-agers were pressed byreporters to give their forecastsfor the final outcome.

"I think everyone knowswho the favorites are. For me,they are Germany and Spain,"Poland manager FranciszekSmuda said.

Even Germany bossJoachim Loew said the 2008victors were the team to beat.

"It's Spain, in any event.The other nations come intheir wake," Loew said,adding: "Our own minimumtarget is to clear the firstround. Then we will see. Ourgroup is very difficult ofcourse, with Portugal, theNetherlands and Denmark.

Football: Euro 2012 managers tip Spain,Germany

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Football: Rangers stars acceptpay cuts up to 75 percent

NBA victory over Chicago thatsnapped the Bulls' eight-gamewinning streak.

Dwight Howard finishedwith 29 points, 18 reboundsand three blocks -- all game-highs.

CHICAGO (AFP) - The Or-lando Magic let a nine-pointfourth-quarter lead evaporatebut toughened up in the wan-ing minutes to claim a 99-94

Orlando Magic forward Glen Davis (11) tosses a full-courtpass over the leaping Chicago Bulls forward Carlos Boozer(5), during NBA basketball game Thursday, March 8, 2012,in Chicago.

Resort and Carlos at the ten-nis courts for their unfailingsupport. She also offersthanks and congratulations toHenry from Queen’s Jewel-ers in Oranjestad for not onlyproviding the beautiful grandprize from the raffle, but forbeing the first place winningteam, receiving a beautifultrophy for their athleticprowess.

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"We had to commit ourwhole team to him," Bullscoach Tom Thibodeau said.

The Magic had led by asmany as 18 in the second quar-ter of Thursday's contest.

But Carlos Boozer's jumpshot gave Chicago a 91-89lead with 2:55 remaining.

Orlando then lost JasonRichardson -- who made fourof their 11 three-point shots --to a sprained left ankle suf-fered in a collision with team-mate Jameer Nelson.

Nelson shrugged off the in-cident to connect with DwightHoward for an alley-oop dunkto knot the score, and forwardRyan Anderson drained athree-pointer to put the Magicup 94-91.

Anderson added two free-throws with 46.7 seconds leftas the Magic finished the gameon a 10-3 scoring run.

The Magic rebounded in abig way from their disappoint-ing loss to NBA stragglersCharlotte on Tuesday, beatinga Bulls team that came into thecontest with the best record inthe league.

"We took the loss (to Char-lotte) hard," Anderson said."This was a big win. Wewanted to show how good weare."

Boozer led the Bulls with 26points. NBA Most ValuablePlayer Derrick Rose added 17for Chicago but shot just 6-of-22 from the field.

telecast package but the dealhas not yet been completed.

Moorad said in January hewas poised to make an all-cash transaction and that cashand the signed documentswere in escrow, but MajorLeague Baseball ownerstabled his application on Jan-uary 12, seeking clarificationon some financial details.

"Jeff is withdrawing hiscontrol transfer application ofthe Padres at this time in orderto focus on completing theclub's local television con-tract," Major League Baseballcommissioner Bud Selig said.

"I'm pleased John and Jeffare working on ensuring thatthe club's games will be tele-vised this season and beyondand I know that they are actingin the best interests of base-ball, the franchise and thegreat fans of San Diego."

In 2010, Moorad increasedhis stake in the Padres from 35percent to 49 percent.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - SanDiego Padres chief executiveJeff Moorad withdrew his ap-plication to Major LeagueBaseball to take ownership ofthe club on Friday to hastenapproval of a new televisiondeal for the Padres.

The National League clubannounced the move, whichstill leaves Moorad two yearsin a five-year deal for him topurchase a controling interestin the Padres as the start of the2012 season looms in lessthan three weeks.

"(Chairman) John Mooresand I believe our top priorityis to ensure that Padres fanswill be able to watch broad-casts of what we believe is anexciting baseball team,"Moorad said.

"I remain fully committedto the San Diego Padres andour fans and am looking for-ward to the 2012 season."

The Padres are expected towork with Fox Sports in a new


NBA: Magic hold on for bigroad win over Bulls

Baseball: Padres chiefexec pulls ownershipbid

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pressed concern over whetherpreparations, such as infra-structure projects and renova-tion or construction ofstadiums, are on track for thefirst World Cup in Brazil since1950.

Valcke said he profoundlyregretted that an incorrect in-terpretation of his commentshad triggered such an angry re-sponse from the host country.

"I would like to present myapologies to everyone whowas offended by my com-ments," said Valcke, a Frenchnational.

He explained that in Frenchthe phrase "se donner un coupde pied aux fesses" (to givesomeone a kick up the back-side) only meant "to pick upthe pace." The translation intoPortuguese used a stronger ex-pression, he added.

meeting between BrazilianPresident Dilma Rousseff andFIFA President Sepp Blatter, aFIFA statement said.

No date has yet been set forthe Rousseff-Blatter meeting.

FIFA has for months ex-

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -Brazilian authorities said Fri-day their dispute with FIFAover its secretary general'scontroversial comments aboutthe slow pace of stadium ren-ovation was a "closed matter."

Nevertheless, football'sworld governing body an-nounced that its secretary gen-eral Jerome Valcke wouldpostpone his planned visit toBrazil.

"This matter is closed. I al-ready said it in a letter," Brazil-ian sports minister AldoRebelo told a press conferencebefore inspecting Rio's leg-endary Maracana stadium tomonitor progress in the reno-vation work.

Valcke, who unleashed afirestorm of protest last weekwhen he said the Brazilian or-ganisers of the 2014 WorldCup showpiece needed a "kickup the backside" because ofthe lagging preparations, putoff a visit to Brazil planned forMonday, the organization said.

FIFA earlier this week apol-ogized for Valcke's remarks,which offended Brazilian au-thorities.

Valcke's trip to monitorprogress in stadium construc-tion work in Recife, Brasiliaand Cuiaba -- three of the 12Brazilian cities that will hostWorld Cup matches -- will be"rescheduled" after a planned


On Saturday, March 4, the in-augural Ms. Canada BeachVolleyball Tournament, or-ganized by Michelle Begin ofOttawa, took place on the LaCabana Beach. “We are over-whelmed and gratified by thewonderful response from theAruban community for ourfundraising efforts,” reportMichelle and her husbandJean, who annually stay onAruba for about 5 weeks dur-ing the winter months, eitherat La Cabana or Tropicana re-sorts.

Michelle is active in vol-unteer and charity work, hav-ing financed and overseenimprovements to a girl’sschool in Tanzania and otherimportant worthwhile proj-ects. “I just love the Arubaand the wonderful peoplehere; they make my time onthe island a delight. I feltcompelled to “give some-thing back.”

Michelle enjoyed the en-thusiastic sponsorship of sev-

eral vendors, who offered raf-fle prizes as well, and shemanaged to recruit 12 teamsto compete in the tourna-ment, which attracted a mobof spectators. The proceedsof snacks and drinks donatedby Senior Frogs and BalashiBrewery went entirely to thefunds to be donated.

The Ms. Canada BeachVolleyball Tournament man-aged to raise over $4500(U.S.) which was dividedamong three local founda-tions, the lion’s share goingto Mi Por, which assists chil-dren ages infant to 18 whohave Cerebral Palsy. CasaCuna Progresso, a part of is-land social services, is a live-in, full care- facility foryoungsters ages infant to 7years from troubled or bro-ken homes, they receivednearly $1,000 worth of dia-pers, formula, toys and othernecessary items.

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First Ms. CanadaBeach VolleyballTournament forcharity a hugesuccess

Donations to Casa Cuna

Brazil views row with FIFA

as 'closed matter'

Michelle and helpers

Fifa secretary general

Jerome Valcke

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