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Arubans ended their 2012 Carnaval festivities with the ritual Burning of Rey Momo atthe stroke of midnight this past Tuesday, auguring Ash Wednesday and the somber, con-templative period of Lent. According to folklore, Rey Momo is a pagan figure, the sonof nightmares and the dark of night. He presides over the feast of lunatics, and is themaster of cruel satire, sarcasm, and merciless irony. He is also the protector of thosewho give in to a life of excesses and festivities. In today’s terms, Rey Momo is the kingof party animals, and Aruba’s Carnaval is the ultimate party!

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with the local department ofeducation they have definedfour different realms of con-cern: coral reefs, wetlands,endangered species, and whathe feels is of particular inter-est, water and energy. Uponinvestigation of existing con-ditions and attitudes on the is-land, he was “pleased to learnof the commitment on Arubato renewable energy; at thehighest level of governmentthere was genuine interestand understanding of the im-portance of the environmentand the use of renewable en-ergy.” The consequences ofusing other sources of energyare substantial and becomingmore apparent daily on aplanetary level, according toDr. Murphy.

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foun ded by Cousteau’sson Jean Michael,developed theprogram. Is-land mediahad the op-portunityto meetDr. Mur-phy, whospoke dur-ing a pressconferenceattended byPrime Mi nisterEman, Marriott In-ternational Chairmanand CEO Bill Marriott andAruba’s Minister of Tourism,Transport & Labor, OtmarOduber, among local and in-ternational Marriott execu-tives at the Marriott Resortyesterday morning, February22.

“I welcome the opportu-nity to collaborate with thePrime Minister and an organ-ization such as the Ritz-Carl-ton in the development ofeducation mo dules for theyoung people of Aruba,”stated Dr. Murphy. “Havingworked with the Cousteausfor over 40 years, it is nice tohave an opportunity to prac-tice what we preach and tofind colleagues and partnerswho really care and I believereally understand the impor-tance of the environment, howit affects our lives, and howdependent we are upon it.”

He went on to explain that

As was reported in yester-day’s paper, Marriott Interna-tional officially announcedtheir support of Prime Minis-ter Mike Eman and his ad-ministration’s policy of a“Green Aruba” by financingthe development of an envi-ronmental education programfor Aruba’s primary schools,targeting the 5th and 6thgraders.

The program is particu-larly concerned with the ma-rine environment, so biologistDr. Richard Murphy, whoworked for a number of yearswith Jacque Costeau and withthe Ocean Future’s Society,

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Another speaker who alsohas much to share with womenis Beth Brooke. Beth Brooke isthe Global Vice Chair of Ernst& Young. Beth delights inusing her leadership positionas one of the highest officers atErnst & Young to make a dif-ference in the world. Brookestrongly believes that leader-ship in the 21st century is notlimited to creating wealth, butespecially to make a differ-ence. She is convinced thatwomen must be empoweredeconomically and she speaksto the world regarding the im-portance of the promotion ofwomen in business and in thesociety.

Aruba will be privy to someof the world’s outstandingspeakers on women’s issues.This promises to be a very in-teresting and informative eventfor everyone, but particularlyfor the women of Aruba.

ment received included,scales, professional tapes,height measure - ments, bio-impedance scales, and tablesfor medical examinations.

The new equipment re-ceived is part of a Pan-Amer-ican Health Organization(PAHO) project. The materialis given in an effort to facili-tate the investigation of thehealth of our adolescents.Said investigation is slated tobegin at the end of Februaryat our secon dary schools.

Aruba has a working rela-tionship with PAHO andother organizations.

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ORANJESTAD -- Just re-cently, the Minister of PublicHealth presented theJeugdgezondheidszorg (JGZ)(Youth Health Care) sectionof the Department of PublicHealth various new equip-ment and instruments. TheManagement Team of thePublic Health Departmentand the interim Director ofJGZ, Dr. Helle Moreta andher team were all present atthe occasion.

The new equipment andinstruments will increase thecapability for doing investi-gation and analysis amongour children and youth on theisland. Some of the equip-

ORANJESTAD -- March 8,2012 is international Women’sDay, and people around theworld will stop long enugh tocelebrate women’s day. Arubahas also planned to observethis special day with a spectac-ular event. During a recentpress conference the govern-ment informed that Aruba hasplanned a workshop in whichdifferent women of the regionhave been invited to come anddiscuss, interchange, informand inspire Aruban women.

The most important areasrelevant to women’s issues onAruba are: violence againstwomen, leadership and parti -

cipation, economicauthority, planning,national budgets andhuman rights.

These and othertopics affect womenon Aruba. Hence,these are among thetopics to be dis-cussed during thisyear’s Women’sDay workshop.

One of the spea -kers invited is thewell known formerPrime Minister ofthe Netherlands An-tilles, Emily deJongh-Elhage, whois currently a mem-ber of the Council ofWomen World

Leaders. On various ocassionde Jongh-Elhage has visitedAruba during her official func-tion as Prime Minister. She iswell known also for her exem-plary life and intent on work-ing towards the betterment ofher country.

The Council of WomenWorld Leaders is an interna-tional organization of femaleheads of government currentlyin office or recent past heads ofgovernment whose mission isto mobilize the highest level offemales globally to collectiveaction on issues of critical im-portance to women, and for theequal development of women.

Former Prime Minister of Netherlands

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ances so enhanced the enjoy -ment of Carnaval 58.

Finally, at 12:01 AM, ReyMomo burst into flame, pro-viding an impressive confla-gration that ended with a finalspurt of fireworks, and thespirit of Carnaval 58 was offi-cially laid to rest, only to riseagain, like a phoenix, from theashes, in November as Car-naval 59, to once more holdsway over the Aruba.

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Pre sident of the Stichting Aru -baanse Carnaval, or SAC, thegoverning body of all the re-lated events, delivered the“Proclamation of Rey Momo.”She thanked the ma ny organi-zations who made this year’sCarnaval again a success, in-cluding support services suchas the Red Cross, IMSAN, is-land police force, SERLI-MAR, as well as all thequeens, kings, princes and pan-chos whose sparkling perform-

TBS Brass Band and D’Li-cious Band provided the fuelfor one final night of revels,while this year’s musical roy-alty, Tumba King ChendellBeaumont, Calypso King Va -lentino King, and RoadmarchKing Drewin Kemp, with the Youth X-treme Band, deliv-ered a full evening of enter-tainment in anticipation of theculmination of seven weeks ofunbridled bacchanalia.

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growth, with the little son wax-ing nostalgic about the natureand protecting the environ-ment…and we did come to aconclusion based on the bal-ance we seek. The right answeris not in any book; we have tosearch deeply our souls andconscience when we have tomake decisions that have argu-ments on both sides.”

“We realized we will haveto work together for progresson Aruba, but to insure it isprogress and translate it to thewell being of the citizens ofAruba and protection of every-thing we love that is Aruba,”recalled PM Eman. He ex-pressed great pride this re-sulted in the inauguration of aproject “that gives value to thedecisions we made on thatday.”

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new standard of luxury accom-modations to the island, whichwas touched upon when dis-cussing the hospitality fran-chise’s commitment to Aruba.Mr. Marriott concluded bythanking and complimentingthe Aruban government fortheir efforts in improving theoverall visitor experience, in-cluding the improvements tothe infrastructure of downtownOranjestad, and the island’songoing commitment to pro-vide the best vacation possiblefor visitors.

Prime Minister Eman, inturn, extended his gratitude forthe hospitality company’s sup-port; he likened the conversa-tions shared with Mr. Marriottjust at the time he took office,to that of a father with long ex-perience advising a young son“the value of progress and

He cited the new programwill “spread awareness ofAruba’s rich eco-systems forgenerations to come.” Duringthe Q & A, Sue Stephenson,Vice President of CommunityFootprints for Ritz Carleton,confirmed it was intended forthe program to become a per-manent part of Aruba’s schoolcurriculum, the first such ini-tiative for Marriott Interna-tional, but if proven a success,will hopefully be establishedon other islands where theyhave a presence. “Education isan extremely valuable tool inprotecting the island’s naturalresources, so they can be cher-ished by locals and visitors foryears to come,” commentedMr. Marriott.

Marriott International plansto open a Ritz Carlton in late2013; they feel will bring a

Aruba. Being a hotel operatorbrings with it an obliga-

tion to be a good com-munity partner and anenvironmental stew-ard; our environ-mental vision is toshow that respon-sible hospitalitymanagement canbe a very positive

force for the environ-ment, while we also

create economic oppor-tunity and jobs… We ap-

plaud Prime Minister MikeEman’s vision for a “GreenAruba” and his plan to positionthe island as a “Green Gate-way” to the Caribbean.Through his efforts, this nationwill set an example for the restof the region of creative solu-tions for challenging energyand climate issues.”

Mr. Marriott reiterated a num-ber of the social programs tobe nefit Aruba, particularlyyouth, that is policy to theirpresence on the island, andhow proud Marriott is to oper-ate on “this beautiful island of

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proper weight and a betterfunctioning body overall. Thegovernment is convincedthat…”together we can stopthe epidemic of obesity.”

diabetes, cardiac diseases andcertain types of cancer.

It has been proven thatphysical activity improves thequality of life. Also, a balanceddaily diet helps in maintaining

This relationship enables us tohave access to top level spe-cialists and scientists whocome to the island to exchangeinformation and knowledgewith our own local experts.

In the investigation amongour adolescents much attentionwill be given to the matter ofobesity. Obesity happens to beone of our greatest concerns asit relates to diabetes and otherchronic diseases causing deathamong our population.

The government of Aruba isappealing to everyone to con-tribute to solving the problemof obesity, especially obesityamong our children and youngpeople and of the entire island.It is necessary to eat a balancedmeal every day and to becomephysically active, which willhelp ward off such diseases as

fascination with the island andwere very grateful. These areimportant contacts for Arubaand certainly important re-views of Aruba.

The Aruba invitation stirreda great deal of positive reac-tions from the Americanmedia. Multiple TV channelscovered the news of Aruba’sinvitation to the Patriots, toname a few, CNN, CBS andFox News. Some 25 televisionshows like CNN AmericanMorning, Good Day NY, Fox-Detroit, Good Day Dallas,ABC Houston, Fox BusinessNews, Good Morning SanDiego, and Good DayChicago, to mention just a few.The total audience for theseshows numbers over 1.1 mil-lion viewers.

The Wall Street Journalpublished this news twice up tolast week Tuesday. This publi-cation alone reached more than2 million persons. On Twitterthe announcement captured theattention of at least 254.674persons!

This ingenious move byATA has captured in all morethan 11 million persons!Hence, we are certain that thiswill result in being very fruit-ful for Aruba, putting Aruba onthe map in an extremely posi-tive light.

The accompanying photoshows the ad which appearedin different media in the USand the different headlineswhich appeared on the inter-net. Several positive messageswere received here from differ-ent US sources, such as fromDirector of Time Warner, con-gratulating Aruba for their cre-ative and innovative move.

ORANJESTAD -- In the re-cent Super Bowl the New YorkGiants and the New EnglandPatriots faced off with the NewYork Giants winning thatgame. The Super Bowl is thebiggest sport event in the US.The Giants will be travelling toa popular destination as part ofa gift customarily given everyyear to the winning team. ThePatriots, on the other hand, hasbeen offered a splendid vaca-tion on Aruba by the ArubaTourism Authority. This weunderstand was a tremendoussurprise to the Patriots whichcaptured a great deal of atten-tion from the media and raisedthe name of Aruba to newheights. This offer from ATAhas been described as simply“ingenious” of Aruba!

According to ATA CEO,Ronella Tjin Asjoe: …”wewant to recognize and cele-brate the hard work and dedi-cation of the team even thoughthey did not win the game. Webelieve that Aruba is the verybest place to recuperate fromtheir loss, and of course, it isthe perfect place for them tocelebrate the fact that they arewinners who got to the SuperBowl.”

An official invitation hasbeen sent to the owners of thePatriots. ATA has also placedads in the Boston Globe,Boston AM, and in USAToday. Coaches and playershave visited Aruba and whoare planning to visit soon.These are all celebrities in theUS. This allows Aruba toshowcase what we have tothese influential people in theUS. Those who have visited usthus far have indicated their

workshops for society in gen-eral and for special groups likeprisoners, drug addicts etc. TheArt of Living programs havealready benefited more than300 million people across theworld from all walks of life.

“An inner transformationto last a lifetime.” Existenceis a Fact - Living is an Art

Art of Living Foundation:Founded in 1981 by Sri Sri

Ravi Shankar, The Art of Li -ving Foundation is an educa-tional and humanitarian NGO(Non-Governmental Organisa-tion) engaged in stress-man-agement and service initiatives.The organisation operates glob-ally in 151 countries. The Artof Living offers stress-elimina-tion programs which includebreathing techniques, medita-tion and yoga. The Foundationhas spread peace across com-munities through diverse hu-manitarian projects, includingconflict resolution, disaster re-lief, empowerment of women,prisoner rehabilitation, educa-tion for all, and environmentalsustainability.

The Art of Living Course isoffered worldwide and is apractical program of experi-ence and knowledge designedto develop the full potential oflife. The course gives practicalexperience on all levels of ex-istence: body, breath, mind, in-tellect, memory, ego and theself. The Breathing Techniquesalso have been subjected topublished international resear -ches claiming physical, mentaland emotional benefits. Someof the reported benefits in-clude:

• Reduced Stress• Enhanced Health and Well

Being• More Joy and Enthusiasm • Improved Relationships• Benefit to the Immune

SystemYMCA has taken the lead

in organizing this powerfulseminar on Sunday, the 26thFebruary at YMCA, SANNICOLAS from 4:30 to 6:30p.m. The participation in theseminar is FREE. Please regis-ter by calling at tel. 562-4722or 737 3743 or by email at [email protected].

“Stress Free Mind, DiseaseFree Body, Inhibition FreeIntellect, Trauma Free Me -mory and a Sorrow Free Soul– is a birth right of everyhuman being.”

YMCA Aruba whose motto is‘Sprit, Mind & Body’ takes greatpleasure in organising a seminarfrom Mr. Dushyant Savadia, In-ternational teacher from the Artof Living Foundation. Mr.Dushyant is settled in U.K. andis currently travelling across theCaribbean. He has been teachingArt of Living courses for the last11 years. He started the activitiesof the Foundation here in Arubain November 2011 and has heldArt of Breathing courses inAruba for all age groups includ-ing children, youth and adults.Mr. Dushyant was once addictedto alcohol and smoking with avery angry personality and wastransformed completely throughthese courses and has since ded-icated his life to the Foundationto bring this knowledge to peo-ple across the world.

As a larger contribution tothe Caribbean Islands, Art ofLiving is also offering diverse


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physically challenged, theelderly, terminal patients re-ceiving home hospice care,and hungry children.

Their final fundraiser, anevening of bingo at the Ren-aissance Convention Centerin Oranjestad, is a popular af-fair offering not only the sat-isfaction of knowing you arehelping several worthycauses, but can possible win,and win BIG!

A sheet of six cards costs$12.00 or 20 Aruban florins,and there are ten games withascending cash prizes begin-

by a group of dedicatedisland vi sitors whoformed a foundationnearly 25 years ago to as-sist Aruban charities, theFriends of the Handi-capped, or FOTH. Dur-ing the months theywinter on Aruba theyhave raised over 1.2 mil-lion dollars over theyears, volunteering theirtime and effort, all ofwhich is donated to anumber of local founda-

tions that perform importantservices for the mentally and

It is time again for the annualfundraising bingo organized

ning at 250 Aruban florins($143.) and finishing with awhopping 5000 Aruban florins($2,850.) for a full card. Thereare also a wealth of door prizesawarded for neat stuff donatedby various vendors like din-ners for two, sailboat cruisesand much more.

So if you are a bingo fa-natic, or just enjoy a congen-ial evening while assistingthe less fortunate, join theFriends of the Handicappedtomorrow evening; doorsopen at 5:00 PM and gamesbegin at 8:00 PM.

SAN NICOLAS -- EveryThursday evening, islandersflock to San Nicolas to enjoythe fabulous bargains and en-tertainment of the CarubbianFestival, a mix of Aruban andCaribbean traditions kept aliveby the multi-cultural make upof Aruba’s “Sunrise City.”

Originally populated by thethousands that came from allover the Caribbean to work atthe refinery, the town has sa-vored and preserved the food,music and dance that manybrought with them from theirvarious regions. The festivalrevels in the diverse back-ground of San Nicolas, offer-ing unique dishes and be v e -rages, along with a full eve -ning of island entertainment.

This week, dance group‘Masiduri’ specializing in folk-loric music opens the showfrom 6:30 to 8:00 PM. A fullroster of some of Aruba’sfinest criollo entertainers fol-lows including the Super-dancers, Quincy Hasham;Limbo and Carnival end theevening, and this is only on themain stage!

Scattered throughout themain street of San Nicolas areperformance areas surround byseating where you can settle inwith an island snack or dinner,including steelpan music withNico Connor and Bito and theBoys.

Island visitors can enjoy theCarubbian festival as part of acomplete package available atall De Palm and conciergedesks, which include trans-portation. You can customizeyou evening by purchasingwith or without food and re-freshments. A variety of localhandicrafts are offered for saleand the event guarantees agood time for all, with an au-thentic introduction to the is-land experience.


Don’t miss theCarubbianFestivalthis comingThursday

Friends of the Handicapped fundraising bingo this Friday

TEHRAN (AFP) -- A fruitlessvisit to Iran by UN nuclear in-spectors raised tensions yester-day, with Russia warning of"catastrophic" consequences ifit leads to a military attack onits Middle East ally.

France said Iran's refusal toallow the inspectors to see akey military site used for sus-pected atomic weapons re-search was a "missed oppor -tunity" that could underminechances of reviving wider talksbetween Tehran and worldpowers.

Iran's supreme leader, Aya-tollah Ali Khamenei, was defi-ant, however.

He made no mention at all

of the failed bid by the Interna-tional Atomic Energy Agencyinspectors. Instead he reite -rated the assertion that "theIranian nation has never beenseeking an atomic weapon andnever will be."

Possessing a nuclear bomb,he said, "constitutes a majorsin," he told a group of nuclearscientists.

But nuclear energy, he said,"is in Iran's national interest."

Khamenei added: "Pres-sure, sanctions, threats and as-sassinations will not bear anyfruit and Iran will continue itspath of nuclear scientific de-velopment."

the US embassy in Kabul wentinto lockdown.

Afghanistan is a deeply re-ligious country where slightsagainst Islam have frequentlyprovoked violent protests andAfghans were incensed thatany Western troops could be soinsensitive, 10 years after the2001 US-led invasion.

The US commander inAfghanistan, General JohnAllen, apologised and orderedan investigation, admitting thatreligious materials, includingKorans "were inadvertently ta -ken to an incineration facility."

Allen and US Deputy De-fense Secretary Ashton Cartercalled on Afghan PresidentHamid Karzai yesterday toapologise again for the incident.

KABUL (AFP) - At least ninedemonstrators were shot deadand dozens wounded yesterdayin violent protests acrossAfghanistan over the burningof the Koran at a US-run mili-tary base, officials said.

The Afghan interior mi -nistry blamed at least one ofthe deaths on "foreign guardsof Camp Phoenix", a US mili-tary base in eastern Kabul at-tacked by protesters, but mostwere attributed by local offi-cials to clashes with police.

The ministry said it wouldinvestigate all the deaths, blam-ing some of them on "securityguards" at unnamed fo reignbases. A spokesman said it wasnot known whether the guardswere Afghans or foreigners.

In Kabul and in provincesto the east, north and south ofthe capital, furious Afghanstook to the streets screaming"Death to America," throwingrocks and setting fire to shopsand vehicles as gunshots rangout.

In the city of Jalalabad, stu-dents set fire to an effigy ofPresident Barack Obama, and

European Union foreign pol-icy chief Catherine Ashton de-scribed the killings as criminal.

David Cameron paid tribute toColvin, saying her death inSyria showed the risks journal-ists face in exposing the truth.

Britain summoned the Syr-ian ambassador to the foreignministry to lodge a protest overthe deaths.

Russia, which has opposedWestern efforts to rein in theSyrian regime, also condemnedthe deaths.The foreign ministrysaid "Moscow resolutely con-demns and is seriously con-cerned" by the killings.

PARIS (AFP) - Western pow-ers condemned Syria for thekilling of two foreign journal-ists yesterday, with Washing-ton slamming the regime's"shameless brutality" and Parisholding Syrian authorities re-sponsible.

US war correspondentMarie Colvin of Britain's Sun-day Times and French free-lance photojournalist RemiOchlik were killed in the cityof Homs in what activists saidwas shelling by PresidentBashar al-Assad's forces.

Three other Western jour-nalists were wounded in the at-tack on a makeshift mediacenter in the Baba Amr district,including Colvin's British pho-tographer colleague Paul Con-roy and French reporter EdithBouvier of Le Figaro.

In Washington, US StateDepartment spokeswomanVictoria Nuland condemnedthe "tragic incident" as anotherexample of the "shamelessbrutality" of the Assad regime.

France demanded access tothe victims of the attack andsummoned Syria's envoy toParis, "to remind him of the in-tolerable nature of the Syriangovernment's behaviour," Fo -reign Minister Alain Juppe saidin a statement.

He added that the Syriangovernment must immediatelystop the attacks.

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West slams Syria over killing of

journalists

Nine killed in Afghan protestsover Koran burning

Nuclear talks failure

heightens Iran tensions

AFP combination photo shows (at L) US-born journalistMarie Colvin and (at R) freelance French photojournalistRemi Ochlik. Colvin was a renowned reporter who hadcovered countless conflicts over 30 years and wore a dis-tinctive eye patch after she was wounded in Sri Lanka.She was voted Foreign Correspondent of the Year in the2010 British Press Awards. Ochlik was a 28-year-old pho-tographer represented by the IP3 agency, which he co-founded in Paris, who quit his studies aged 20 to reporton Haiti and has since covered many of the recent up-heavals in the Arab world.

quiry said earlier he would beissued with a summons to ap-pear before the investigatingmagistrates either to be inter-viewed under caution as awitness or to face chargeslinked to prostitution and cor-ruption.

LILLE (AFP) - Former IMFchief Dominique Strauss-Kahnwalked free from a French po-lice station yesterday after twodays of questioning about a se-ries of sex parties.

Prosecutors said thatStrauss-Kahn, once consideredthe front-runner to become thenext president of France,would be summoned to appearbefore magistrates in March.

His lawyer Frederique Bau -lieu said his client was "verysatisfied to have been heard"by investigators who ques-tioned him on charges of "abet-ting aggravated pimping by anorganised gang" and "misuseof company funds".

A source close to the in-

had suffered multiple fracturesand abrasions.

At least 30 people weretrapped in the twisted wreck-age of the first and second carsof the train, Alberto Crescenti,the head of the city's emer-gency services office, said.

Transportation SecretaryJuan Pablo Schiavi said thetrain entered the station at aspeed of 20 kilometers (12miles) an hour, and failed tostop, crashing into a retainingwall at the end of the track.

"It was a very serious acci-dent," he said at a news confer-ence. "Cars piled up on top ofeach other and one them wentsix meters inside another car."

Firefighters and rescueworkers had to break throughskylights in the train's roofs toopen a path to those trapped in-side.

arriving at a station on thewestern outskirts of BuenosAires.

The toll surpassed the city'slast major rail disaster just fivemonths ago when two trainsand bus collided during rushhour, killing 11 people and in-juring more than 200.

A dozen ambulances weredispatched to the scene, andofficials said many passengers

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Apacked commuter trainslammed into a retaining wallat a railway terminus in Bue -nos Aires during rush hour yes-terday, leaving at least 49 dead,550 injured, and dozenstrapped in the wreckage.

"The train was full and theimpact was tremendous," apassenger identified only asEzequiel told local television,adding that medics at the sceneappeared overwhelmed by thescale of the disaster.

Witnesses said passengerswere hurled on top of eachother and knocked to the floor"in the blink of an eye," somelosing consciousness and oth-ers seriously injured.

"Unfortunately, we must re-port that there are 49 dead inthe accident," including achild, police spokesman Nes -tor Rodriguez told a news con-ference.

Civil defense officials saidat least 550 people were in-jured in the crash, which wit-nesses said occurred after thetrain's brakes failed as it was

49 dead, hundreds injured in Buenos

Aires train crash

Costa Crociere was aware ofthe scale of the disaster earlyon, but the company has indi-cated that he had deliberatelymisled executives.

Schettino -- dubbed "Cap-tain Coward" by the tabloidpress for his quick exit from

the ship -- called Ferrarinise veral times as the

tragedy unfolded.Schettino and

Ambrosio arebeing investi-gated oncharges ofmanslaugh-ter, caus-ing ashipwreckand aban-d o n i n gship beforeall passen-

gers wereevacuated.

I t a l i a nc o n s u m e r

group Codacons,which is a plaintiff

in the inquiry and issuing for damages, has calledfor Costa Crociere's chief ex-ecutive Pier Luigi Foschi andfor all the ship's officers to beput under investigation.

Meanwhile, divers foundeight badly decomposed bo diesin the submerged part of thegiant liner, including that offive-year-old Dayana Arlotti.

All eight were found ondeck four of the ship close tothe lifeboats, some of whichfailed to deploy during thechaotic night-time evacuation.

Dozens of survivors havelaunched lawsuits againstCosta Crociere and its US par-ent company Carnival Corp inFrance, Germany and theUnited States.

In a lawsuit in Carnival'shome state of Florida, 39 sur-vivors are seeking more thanhalf a billion dollars in da -mages.

ROME (AFP) - Europe's big -gest cruise ship operator wascaught up yesterday in theprobe into the Costa Concordiatragedy as eight more bodies in-cluding a five-year-old Ita liangirl were found in the wreck.

Three mana gers of CostaCro -ciere received formal no-tifications that they wereunder investigationalong with four of-ficers from theliner, joiningcap tain Fran -ces co Schet-tino and firstofficer CiroAm brosio assuspects.

"We haver e c e i v e dseven formalnotifications --four for offi-cers on board,three for com-pany employeeson land," CostaCrociere spokesmanDavide Barbano told AFP,without revealing the names ofthose being investigated.

Italian news agency ANSAreported that the three CostaCrociere executives were thecompany's vice president Man-fred Ursprunger, the head ofthe company's crisis unitRoberto Ferrarini and fleet su-perintendent Paolo Parodi.

Italian media reports saidthe seven face charges ofmanslaughter, causing a ship-wreck and failing to communi-cate with maritime authorities.

The giant luxury ship hitrocks off the Italian island ofGiglio and keeled over with4,229 passengers and crewfrom 60 countries on board onthe night of January 13. Thirty-two people are believed tohave died in the tragedy.

According to leaked tran-scripts of his questioning byinvestigators, Schettino said

Cruise operator caught upin Italy shipwreck probe


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A view of the front of a commuter train that crashed into

the Once train station during rush hour.

French police free Strauss-Kahn in sex probe

ical effectiveness of the bileand the cruel manner in whichit is extracted from livingbears.

According to a Guizhentangspokeswoman surnamedWang, Chinese journalistsbegan visiting one of the com-pany's bear farms on Wednes-day as part of attempts toaddress the controversy.

She said they were promisedfull "transparency" to inspectthe premise, but the state-runBeijing News reported thatjournalists would not be al-lowed to ask questions duringthe visit.

The company refused toallow AFP journalists to takepart in the tour, saying theevent was not open to foreignreporters.

Photos posted on popularweb portal 163.com by re-porters allowed into the farmshowed a large enclosure

BEIJING (AFP) - A traditionalChinese medicine company atthe heart of an angry Internetcampaign accusing it of cru-elty to animals opened one ofits controversial bear bilefarms to journalists.

Bear bile has long been usedin China to treat various healthproblems, despite skepticismover its effectiveness and out-rage over the bile extractionprocess, which animal rightsgroup say is excruciatinglypainful for bears.

The Guizhentang pharma-ceutical company in the south-eastern province of Fujian lastyear announced plans to raisemillions of dollars through astock exchange listing in orderto increase production of thebile.

But the announcementsparked a noisy Internet cam-paign against the listing thatbrought into question the med-

A bears is seen at one of the traditional Chinese medicinecompany Guizhentang's controversial bear bile farms inHui'an, southeast China's Fujian province.

where dozens of bears roamedaround, some climbing onmetallic structures, in whatwas called a "breeding centre."

Other photos show the blackbears in small, narrow cages,and employees wearing surgi-cal masks, hats and gloves,sticking draining tubes in theanimals' gall bladders and ayellow liquid flowing into aglass.

The cages are raised highabove the ground so that em-ployees can access the bearseasily.

Animals Asia, which since1988 has been campaigningagainst the practice, on Tues-day published a report andvideo exposing what it saidwas the "brutal truth" behindbile extractions, in anticipationof the visit.

It said that around 7,000bears still languish in bilefarms across China, but manymore could be used in illegalestablishments.

Bear bile is used in Chinaand other Asian countries totreat fevers, liver disease, eyeproblems and other healthproblems, but activists havefor years tried to stop the prac-tice, citing it as a form of tor-ture for the bears.

Guizhentang farmed 470bears last year, and had de-cided to list to increase thenumber to 1,200 in order tostep up annual production ofbile to 4,000 tonnes.


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WASHINGTON (AFP) - UShealth authorities said Tuesdaythey will import a drug to treatovarian, bone marrow andAIDS-related skin cancerfrom India in order to ward offa worrying shortage.

"Lipodox will be importedas an alternative to Doxil," theUS Food and Drug Adminis-tration said in a statement, not-ing that a temporary deal hasbeen made with Sun PharmaGlobal FZE in India to supplyUS patients with the drug.

"Temporary importation ofunapproved foreign drugs isconsidered in rare cases whenthere is a shortage of an ap-proved drug that is critical topatients and the shortage can-not be resolved in a timelyfashion with FDA-approveddrugs."

Another drug that has beenin short supply, methotrexate -- needed for treating a varietyof cancers including childrenwith leukemia -- was ap-proved in preservative-freegeneric form for maker APPPharmaceuticals in Illinois andshould be available by March,the FDA said.

In the meantime, a ship-ment of 31,000 vials, or onemonth's supply, is being sentright away to hundreds of UShospitals and treatment centersby Hospira, the agency added.

Prescription drug shortagesin the United States nearlytripled from 2005 to 2010, ac-cording to the Department of

Health and Human Services.Many drugs are falling out

of production because drug-makers cannot profit whenmedications go generic andcarry extremely low pricetags. Profit-incentive for doc-tors to prescribe more expen-sive cancer meds has alsocontributed to the problem.

In October 2011, US Presi-dent Barack Obama signed anexecutive order directing ac-tion to head off shortages inlife-saving prescription drugs.

Obama's order strengthenedthe FDA's power to predictand tackle potential shortagesof prescription drugs and tohalt illegal price gouging oflife-saving medicines duringsupply shortfalls.

Since then, the FDA hasbeen able to ward off 114 drugshortages, compared to a totalof 195 drug shortages pre-vented in 2011, the agencysaid.

The change is mostly due toa six-fold increase in compa-nies complying with a requestto give early warning to theFDA if they foresee a short-age, so that health authoritiescan seek other suppliers.

The FDA on Tuesday also"issued draft guidance to in-dustry on detailed require-ments for both mandatory andvoluntary notifications to theagency of issues that could re-sult in a drug shortage or sup-ply disruption," it said.

US to import short-supply cancer drugfrom India

MEHSANA, India : Employees work on solar panels placedover the Narmada Canal near Chandrasan village ofMehsana district, some 60 kms from Ahmedabad, on Feb-ruary 15, 2012. The Gujarat State Electricity CorporationLimited (GSECL), with the expertise of US-based SunEdi-son, is laying out solar panels in a pilot project along a one-kilometre length of the Narmada canal to produce 1MW ofpower. AFP PHOTO


(AFP) - A Chinese computermaker on Wednesday asked aShanghai court to bar the saleof Apple's iconic iPad in thecommercial metropolis in along-running trademark dis-pute.

Proview Technology(Shenzhen) says it owns theChinese rights to the "iPad"name and is seeking legalbacking to force the US tech-nology giant to stop selling itstrendy tablet computer in thecity, where Apple has threestores.

It is very rare for a Chineseenterprise to accuse an over-seas firm of trademarkbreaches -- although foreigncompanies frequently com-plain of intellectual propertyrights violations in China.

In a half-day hearing at thePudong District People's

Court, lawyers for both firmsexchanged evidence and force-fully presented their cases,prompting the chief judge tointerrupt several times, specta-tors said.

The district court will de-cide whether the case shouldproceed to formal trial, a courtofficial told AFP.

The Shanghai case marksthe latest round in a lengthyand multi-pronged legal battlebetween Apple and debt-ladenProview, which has been badlyhit by the financial crisis, overthe rights to the iPad name.

The Taiwan affiliate ofProview Technology (Shen-zhen) registered "iPad" as atrademark in several countriesincluding China as early as2000 -- years before Applebegan selling its product.

The US titan subsequently

bought the rights for the globaltrademark, but Proview Tech-nology (Shenzhen) claims theTaiwanese affiliate had noright to sell the Chinese rights.

Speaking after the hearingWednesday, Proview's lawyer,Xie Xianghui, said he hopedthe Shanghai court wouldmake a decision soon to movethe case forward.

Apple last year took thefirm to a Chinese court, claim-ing trademark infringement,but the court ruled the UScompany lacked "supportingfacts and evidence" for itsclaim -- even though a HongKong court had previouslysided with Apple.

Apple is now appealing thatcase but Proview, which makescomputer monitors, has itselffiled trademark lawsuitsagainst Apple in China and isthreatening to sue the technol-ogy giant in the United Statesfor $2 billion.

But Xie said Wednesdaythat a settlement was possible.

Apple's law firm this weekwarned Proview of possiblelegal action over "defamatorystatements and unlawful ac-tions" aimed at interfering withApple's business, according toa letter seen by AFP.

There was little sign the dis-pute was having an impact onApple sales in Shanghai withthe Apple store in the city's fi-nancial district reporting briskbusiness.

China computer maker seeksShanghai iPad sale ban

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was a sufferer.Takahashi said at the time of

the implant about 35 percent ofthe stem cells had alreadygrown into dopamine neuroncells, with around 10 percentstill alive after a year.

He said he wants to improvethe effectiveness of the treat-ment by increasing the survivalrate of dopamine neuron cellsto 70 percent.

Takahashi said so far he hadused embryonic stem cells,which are harvested from foe-tuses, but would likely switchto Induced Pluripotent Stemcells, which are created fromhuman skin, for the clinicaltrial.

Scientists say the use ofhuman embryonic stem cellsas a treatment for cancer andother diseases holds greatpromise, but the process hasdrawn fire from religious con-servatives, among others.

Opponents say harvestingthe cells, which have the po-tential to become any cell inthe human body, is unethicalbecause it involves the destruc-tion of an embryo.

The Japanese governmentcurrently has no guidelines onthe use of human stem cells inclinical research.

TOKYO (AFP) - Monkeyssuffering from Parkinson's dis-ease show a marked improve-ment when human embryonicstem cells are implanted intheir brains, in what a Japaneseresearcher said was a worldfirst.

A team of scientists trans-planted the stem cells into fourprimates that were sufferingfrom the debilitating disease.

The monkeys all had violentshaking in their limbs -- a clas-sic symptom of Parkinson'sdisease -- and were unable tocontrol their bodies, but beganto show improvements in theirmotor control after about threemonths, Kyoto University as-sociate professor Jun Taka-hashi told AFP.

About six months after thetransplant, the creatures wereable to walk around theircages, he said.

Parkinson's disease is a pro-gressive neurological illnesslinked to a decrease indopamine production in thebrain. There is currently nomedical solution to this dropoff in a key neurotransmitter.

The condition, which gener-ally affects older people,gained wider public recogni-tion when Hollywood actorMichael J. Fox revealed he

Stem cell implantsboost monkeys withParkinson's


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"It is the first time thatLVMH has gone into red winein China," a companyspokesman said, adding that itwould be of very high qualityand ready to drink within fouror five years.

China's rapid growth hasmade it key market luxurygoods makers in recent years.

PARIS (AFP) - Moet Hen-nessy, the wine and spirits armof France's LVMH luxurygroup, said yesterday it willmake red wine in China wherea taste for the better things inlife has boomed along with theeconomy.

Moet Hennessy said it hadjoined forces with VATS, aChinese wine firm, to developa vineyard of 30 hectares (74

broadening revenues to be a defacto tax hike.

President Obama has al-ready demanded reform of theindividual tax code so that mil-lionaires pay at least 30 per-cent tax.

The White House said itwould welcome a dual trackapproach, but added that grid-lock in Congress meant a cor-porate-only deal was morefeasible. "There is no reasonwhy Congress couldn't takethis up," said White Housespokesman Jay Carney.

The plan could presentsparticular personal problem forRepublican White Househopeful Mitt Romney, who hasan effective tax rate of around15 percent, despite beingworth around $250 billion.

The administration is ex-pected to meet senior Demo-cratic and Republican law -makers in the coming weeks topush the plan.

The White House is alsogirding for tough fight from in-dustry lobbyists who will fighthard to keep breaks worth bil-lions of dollars the administra-tion.

"You can call them tax pref-erences, tax expenditures, taxloopholes, tax incentives or taxbenefits, but whatever you callthem they are subsidies," saidTreasury Secretary TimothyGeithner, who helped roll outthe plan.

promotes job creation righthere at home."

The plan -- which is in em-bryonic form -- stands littlechance of passing a dividedCongress this election year, butpresents a stiff challenge toRepublicans whose oppositionto these cuts could be paintedas opposition to any cuts.

Among those industries tar-geted for tougher treatment areoil and gas companies andhedge funds. Big Oil's tax sub-sidies alone are thought to beworth around $4 billion dollarsa year.

While the plan would lowertaxes for manufacturing firms-- which would see an effective25 percent rate -- it would alsointroduce a minimum levy onforeign earnings.

Under current rules USfirms pay tax on foreign sub-sidiaries only when profits aresent back to the United States.

Those rules have helpedfirms like General Electric togarner annual profits of $14billion while paying no corpo-rate tax.

"It is time to stop rewardingbusinesses that ship jobs over-seas, and start rewarding com-panies that create jobs righthere in America," Obama said.

All of the Republicans hop-ing to wrest the Oval Officefrom Obama in Novemberhave advocated lower taxes forbusiness, but they consider

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pre -sident Barack Obama yester-day unveiled plans to cut thetop corporate tax rate to 28percent and choke off lucrativeloopholes, an election-yeargambit that tests Republicans'pro-business credo.

Obama, doubling down onhis pledge to build an economythat gives everyone a "fairshot," rolled out a plan to slashthe nominal tax rate from 35percent, while raking in morerevenue by scraping dozens ofcherished industry tax breaks.

"Our current corporate taxsystem is outdated, unfair, andinefficient," Obama said in astatement.

"That's why my administra-tion released a framework forreform that simplifies the taxcode, eliminates dozens of taxloopholes and subsidies, and

The Syrian pound hasplunged to a series of recordlows in black market tradingsince anti-regime protest brokedown last month, and been hitby mounting economic woes.

The embattled regime ofPresident Bashar al-Assad isalso being squeezed by Euro-pean Union oil and arms em-bargoes and the EU is cur -rently planning a fresh set ofpenalties.

The United States andCanada have also imposedsanctions, while Arab nationshave banned transactions withthe Syrian government andcentral bank and frozen Syriangovernment assets in Arabcountries.

LONDON (AFP) - Syria willexhaust its foreign currency re-serves in three to five months,sparking crisis in an economyreeling from sanctions over itscrackdown on protests, a Wes -tern diplomat said yesterday.

"Foreign reserves are down,probably haemorrhaging up to$3 billion (2.3 billion euros) amonth," the diplomat told re-porters in London.

"We think the reserves willprobably be exhausted in threeto five months," he said, addingthat this was his go vernment's"best estimate" at a time ofscant reliable data on the Syr-ian economy. "There will be apoint at which their currencywill collapse," he said.

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(AFP) - A nationalist politicianprompted fury in Ukraine onWednesday with racist remarksabout a singer of African originwho will represent the countryat this year's Eurovision songcontest.

dermine her incredibleachievement in winning ournight's biggest award, that topsoff what's been an incredibleyear for her."

Speaking to reporters back-stage, the singer explained: "Iflipped the finger but it wasn'tto my fans. I'm sorry if I of-fended anyone but it was thesuits that offended me.

"Thank you all very muchand thanks to my fans. I don'twant them to think I was swear-ing at them."

In her brief acceptancespeech, which followed her firstperformance in Britain sinceundergoing throat surgery lastyear, Adele said she was "soproud to be British and to beflying the flag".

But as she stood on stagelate Tuesday to collect her BritAward for best album, havingreceiving the best British fe-male solo award earlier in thenight, she barely had time fora few thank-yous before shewas cut off.

The presenter, comic actorJames Corden, apologised forstepping in, explaining thatBlur were waiting to play a set,but Adele lifted her middle fin-ger to the crowd.

"We regret this happenedand we send our deepestapologies to Adele that her bigmoment was cut short due tothe live show over running,"the organisers said in a state-ment after the event.

"We don't want this to un-

LONDON (AFP) - The BritAwards apologised Wednesdayfor cutting off Adele's speechas she accepted the main prizeof the ceremony, a move whichprompted the British singer toraise her middle finger at thecrowd.

Adele said the gesture wasnot aimed at her fans but wasan indication of her frustrationat the "suits" who ran Britain'stop music awards, held at Lon-don's O2 Arena.

The 23-year-old's success atthe Brits capped an incredibleyear, which has seen her sec-ond album "21" top the chartsaround the world and saw herwin six Grammys at Los Ange-les last week -- a haul matchedonly by Beyonce.


Brit Award organisers apologise forcutting off Adele

Born in Kiev to a Congolesefather and a Ukrainian mother,she lived in the Republic ofCongo as a young child beforemoving to Ukraine, where shebecame a famous singer, mostlyperforming in Ukrainian.

An opposition party led byWBC heavyweight boxingchampion Vitali Klitschkoslammed the comments bySirotnyuk, a senior official in anationalist party that does nothave any parliamentary seats.

Ukraine's state televisioncalled on the Svoboda party toapologise.

"The show's millions ofviewers will see Ukraine rep-resented by someone who doesnot belong to our race, andthey will think Ukraine is lo-cated somewhere in Africa,"Yury Sirotnyuk of the Svoboda(Freedom) party told localmedia.

On Saturday a vote by aprofessional jury and televi-sion viewers selected 32-year-old pop singer Gaitana and hersong "Be My Guest" asUkraine's entry to the annualpop extravaganza to be held inMay in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Kourtney Kardashian,the 32-year-old reality star - who al-ready has a two-year-old son Mason - says she andboyfriend Scott Disick, 28 are expecting a baby girl. Theirsecond child is due in the late spring. The reality star an-nounced her pregnancy in November; it was also hinted aton the most recent season of Kourtney and Kim Take NewYork. This will be the second child for Kardashian and Dis-ick, whose son Mason celebrated his second birthday in De-cember. Kardashian told E! News, “We feel so blessed tobe having a little girl and to be able to share this new expe-rience with Mason.”

Ukraine's Eurovision entry stirsracism row

ROME, Italy : A handout picture taken and released on February 22, 2012 by theVatican Press Office shows the Pope Benedict XVI (L) receiving ashes during theMass for Ash Wednesday in Rome's Santa Sabina church on February 22, 2012.The ceremony opens Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence and deprivation forthe Christians, before the Holy Week and Easter. AFP PHOTO


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Munich were facing one oftheir future players as Basel's20-year-old attacking mid-fielder Xerdan Shaqiri joinstheir ranks on July 1 and hefound space to exploit theguests' defence on several oc-casions.

Bayern were missing Ger-many star Bastian Schwein-steiger, who is out withdamaged ankle ligaments, buthis replacement in Munich'smidfield David Alaba testedSommer with a curling shot on30 minutes.

Basel captain MarcoStreller squandered a goodchance on 48 minutes when heheaded straight at Neuer.

Bayern controlled posses-sion after the break while thehosts seemed to run out ofsteam and sat back on somesolid defence with the timerunning out.

Mueller came on for Riberywith 20 minutes left to injectsome life into the Germans' at-tack, but failed to break thehosts' solid defence.

With time almost up, thewinner came when Stockerwas found at the back post byCameroon forward JacquesZoua and the 22-year-old firedhome low beyond Neuer tosend the home crowd wild.

The defeat compoundedBayern's flagging confidenceahead of the return leg onMarch 13 at their AllianzArena, which also hosts thefinal on May 19.

While Basel are flying highat the top of the Swiss league,Bayern have won just three oftheir seven games since Christ-mas and were held to a goal-less draw at bottom sideFreiburg last Saturday to leavethem third in the Bundesliga.

They have now also gone240 minutes without a goal.

In Basel, Bayern coachJupp Heynckes started withToni Kroos in the central at-tacking midfielder position,flanked by France wingFranck Ribery and DutchWorld Cup finalist ArjenRobben.

It meant no place in thestarting line-up for ThomasMueller, the top scorer at thelast World Cup, while Ger-many striker Mario Gomezwas the lone striker.

Ribery tested Basel goal-keeper Yann Sommer twiceearly on, but the home side al-most took the lead in the 15thminute when defender Alek-sandar Dragovic forced goal-keeper Manuel Neuer into areflex save.

the unmarked Stocker insidethe box and he made no mis-take sliding the ball betweenNeuer's legs.

Marseille and Inter enjoyeda quieter first-half, thoughMarseille 'keeper Steve Man-danda did have to tip over aclose range Diego Forlan ef-fort.

Goals looked even lesslikely from the visitors in thesecond-half as Ranieri sent onYuto Nagatomo for Maicon athalf-time -- the substitute likehis fellow outfield players onthe pitch having failed to findthe net this year.

However, they should havetaken the lead but DejanStankovic failed to get a goodtouch on the ball from only afew yards out and Mandandawas able to gather cleanly.

They were left to rue thatmiss as Ayew headed home inthe third minute of injury-timeto give the 1993 championssome breathing space whenthey travel to Milan.

header looked to be headingfor the back of the net only forGerman number one ManuelNeuer to pull off a miraculousstop which still saw the ballbounce along the line but itwas hacked clear.

It was the turn of veteranformer Swiss internationalstriker Alexander Frei to beleft frustrated a minute later ashe turned smartly inside thebox but while his shot beatNeuer it cannoned off the bar.

Sommer was then calledinto action twice in the latterstages of the second-half sav-ing smartly from impressive19-year-old Austrian DavidAlaba and then Ribery.

Sommer pulled off a greatsave midway through the sec-ond-half as he tipped over thebar a fierce long range effortby Bayern's experienced Ger-man fullback Phillipp Lahm.

However, the deadlock wasbroken as the match entered itsclosing stages after JacquesZoua threaded a superb ball to

PARIS (AFP) - A goal deep ininjury time by Ghanaian starAndre Ayew gave Marseille a1-0 win over 2010 championsInter Milan in their ChampionsLeague last 16 first leg andcast further doubt over ClaudioRanieri's future on Wednesday.

There was also a late goal inthe night's other tie as substi-tute Valentin Stocker's 86thminute effort gave unheraldedSwiss side Basel a shock 1-0home win over German giantsBayern Munich.

Basel had the better of theopening 20 minutes after Bay-ern's French star FranckRibery had given them awake-up call when he brokethe offside trap but his shotwas turned round the post bythe Swiss side's goalkeeperYann Sommer.

Basel, though, stormedback after that let-off andtwice went agonisingly closeto breaking the deadlock in amatter of minutes.

First Aleksandar Dragovic's


Football: Late goals see Basel andMarseille prevail

BASEL(AFP) - FC Baselboosted their chances of aplace in the ChampionsLeague quarter-finals with ashock 1-0 win over BayernMunich in the last 16 first-legtie on Wednesday.

Having beaten ManchesterUnited 2-1 in Basel last De-cember, the hosts pulled offanother stunning victory whenmidfielder Valentin Stockerfound the target in the 86thminute.

Football: United slayers Basel stunBayern Munich

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ilenko, a former top 20 Russ-ian, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) despite los-ing a three-point lead andtrailing 3-4 in the tie-break.

Agnieszka Radwanska, thefifth seeded Pole who over-came the Israeli Shahar Peer 7-5, 6-4 on a strictly monitoredoutside court, had a differentinterpretation of the casualtylist which has left her one ofthe three most likely players towin the title.

Radwanska now playsSabine Lisicki, the Wimbledonsemi-finalist from Germany.

Meanwhile Peer, who in2010 here became the first fe-male Israeli athlete to competein the UAE, departed celebrat-ing another diplomatic successfor her and the ground-break-ing Dubai Open.

Although she still had tolive with tight security in sep-arate facilities from all theother players, it was regardedappropriate to allow the Israelisightseeing for the first time inher three visits to Dubai.

missing with a bad back, andVera Zvonareva, the formerWimbledon finalist from Rus-sia, absent with a hip problem,the draw has opened up for herinvitingly.

Stosur next plays JelenaJankovic, the former worldnumber one from Serbia, whoreached the quarter-finals witha 6-4, 6-2 win over Flavia Pen-netta, last year's conqueror ofAzarenka.

Still playing with a tear inher bandaged left thigh,Jankovic recovered well froman early 1-3 deficit, adopting amore positive approach andfinding a good combination ofaggression with consistency.

Later the defending cham-pion, Caroline Wozniacki, alsoreached the quarter-finals,after outplaying SimonaHalep, a Romanian qualifier,6-2, 6-3.

It earned the Dane a meet-ing with another former worldnumber one, Ana Ivanovic.The Serb beat Maria Kir-

winning form.Safarova, who beat former

world number one CarolineWozniacki in Doha last week,found more chances to flay herleft-handed forehand crosscourt into Stosur's backhand inthe second set.

But in the third Stosur wasable to re-impose her serve,one of the finest in thewomen's game, and with somehelp of some forceful follow-ups, restored the earlier pat-terns of the match.

Stosur's cause may alsohave been significantly aidedby top-seeded Australian Openchampion Victoria Azarenkapulling out shortly before herfirst round match with an ankleinjury.

That follows the pre-tourna-ment absence of the second-seeded Wimbledon championPetra Kvitova. Both playershad been placed in Stosur'shalf.

With Li Na, the FrenchOpen champion from China,

DUBAI (AFP) - SamanthaStosur appears to have her bestchance to win a first title sincethe US Open after reaching thequarter-finals of the DubaiOpen on Wednesday.

It is five months since theAustralian captured the firstGrand Slam title of her careerin New York, but during her 6-1, 6-7 (7/5), 6-1 win overLucie Safarova she showedglimpses of a return to title-

The Reason for the Linsanity",a book by Timothy Dalrymplethat is due to reach bookstoresin May, offering an inside lookat the NBA phenomenon.

Lin, whose parents are fromTaiwan, was an economicsmajor at Harvard who couldnot land an NBA job aftergraduating, going unclaimedin the NBA Draft and cut byGolden State and Houston lastDecember.

The Knicks took a chanceon him but Lin languished onthe bench and only a few daysremained before the Knickswere likely to cut him ratherthan be locked into paying hima full season's salary.

But when Carmelo Anthonywas injured and AmareStoudemire took a week offfollowing the death of hisbrother in a car crash, theKnicks gave Lin his chanceand he responded with thehighest point total by anyplayer in his first five NBAstarts since 1976, sparking theKnicks to a seven-game winstreak.

With prolific scoring feats,last-second game-winningbaskets and even huge num-bers of assists, Lin captivatedKnicks fans and captured theimagination of NBA fansworldwide, becoming the topdraw among Asian NBA fol-lowers since Yao Ming retired,eclipsing China's Yi Jianlian ofthe reigning NBA championDallas Mavericks.

NEW YORK (AFP) - NBAAsian-American sensation Je-remy Lin will not be helpingout in the All-Star Slam DunkContest, but the 23-year-oldNew York Knicks point guardhas become a fixture on USbookshelves.

Injured Knicks guard ImanShumpert pulled out of Satur-day's NBA Slam Dunk Conteston the eve of the league's All-Star Game in Orlando becauseof left knee tendinitis, endingplans for Lin to have a supportrole in his dunks.

Lin will still participate inthe NBA Rising Stars Chal-lenge on the eve of Sunday's61st NBA All-Star Game, theleague having found a way toinclude its hottest high-profilestar in its annual mid-seasonshowcase event.

Utah forward Jeremy Evanswill replace Shumpert in theSlam Dunk Contest, whichalso features Houston's ChaseBudinger, Minnesota's DerrickWilliams and Indiana's PaulGeorge.

While Lin lost one opportu-nity on Wednesday, two moreattention grabbers sprung up,the first being his second con-secutive week as the featuredcover athlete on Sports Illus-trated.

Hachette Book Group alsoannounced on Wednesday thatit will publish "Jeremy Lin:


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me," Pacquiao said ."He was trying to take ad-

vantage of me. It is clear hedidn't want to fight."

Some experts have esti-mated that the pay per viewcould be around $160 million.

Pacquiao and Mayweatherhave tried several times to geta contract signed but it hasbeen scuttled for a variety ofreasons, including disagree-ments over blood testing andthe share of the purse.

"I called Floyd and toldhim that we need to make thisfight happen," Pacquiao saidat The Beverly Hills Hotel. "Isaid he could have whateverhe wants, blood testing, 50/50split and he said 'Oh, well. Iwill give you what you want.'

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Manny Pacquiao says thepieces were falling into placefor a world title fight withFloyd Mayweather until theAmerican boxer tried to low-ball him on the split of thepay-per view revenue.

Pacquiao said he calledMayweather personally to tryto broker a deal for a worldchampionship fight andthought they had an agreementuntil Mayweather brought upthe pay per view.

Mayweather said he wouldgive Pacquiao a $40 millionlump-sum payment if Pac-quiao agreed to let May-weather keep the pay per viewearnings for himself.

"It was embarrassing to

Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr


Then he mentioned the payper view."

For now, Pacquiao and theunbeaten Mayweather havelined up other opponents withspeculation that the mega fightcould happen later in the yearif it comes off at all.

Pacquiao is scheduled toface American TimothyBradley on June 9 at theMGM Grand Hotel andCasino in Las Vegas for Pac-man's World Boxing Organi-zation welterweight belt.

Paquiao's trainer FreddieRoach said they are not takingBradley lightly but it is hardnot to get excited about a pos-sible upcoming mega fightagainst Mayweather.

Bradley was one of severalfighters in the mix as a possi-ble Pacquiao opponent afterMayweather fell through.

Bradley boasts a record of28-0 with 12 knockouts. Pac-quiao, 54-3-2 with 38 knock-outs, hasn't lost since March2005 and is considered thebest pound-for-pound boxeron the planet.

But Pacquiao was less thandominant as he struggled to amajority points decision overJuan Manuel Marquez in No-vember.

Bradley and Pacquiao

kicked off their promotionaltour this week at The BeverlyHills Hotel. They smiled asthey posed for photos togetherand Pacquiao then lightheart-edly borrowed a camera andtook pictures of Bradley in hisboxing pose.

Joking aside, Roach said heexpects Pacquiao to be readyto knock Bradley out.

Roach said Bradley is morethan just a replacement fighterand that they want to hand himthe first loss of his careerwhile he is in his prime.

Bradley, of Palm Springs,California, is coming off aneight-round knockout victoryover ex-world champ JoelCasamayor.

The 28-year-old Bradleysaid he plans to take the fightto Pacquiao. He won't makethe same mistakes as recentPacquiao opponents JoshuaClottey and Shane Moseleywho were booed because theytalked a good fight but didn'tback it up once they got in thering with eight division worldchampion Pacquiao.

Pacquiao will travel toNew York for another newsconference today then fly backto the Philippines where he isa member of Congress.

Pacquiao has also divestedhimself of some bad habits,selling a casino he owned andgetting rid of the roosters hekept for cock fighting in hisnative Philippines.

Pacman 'embarrassed' by Mayweather offer

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