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huge lines of cars and ofpedestrians with jerrycans atgas stations.

"This is not a step that wetake lightly," Bloomberg told apress conference, noting thatmeasures to ease the flow offuel supplies had not workedwell enough.

"Only 25 percent of our gasstations we estimate are open,"he added. "Frustrations are onlygrowing and it now appearsthere will be shortages for pos-sibly another couple weeks.

Police officers will patrol allcity gas stations to enforce therationing order, the mayor said.

NEW YORK (AFP) - NewYork City rationed gasolineyesterday in response to per-sistent shortages in the wake ofsuperstorm Sandy.

Mayor Michael Bloombergsaid that from 6:00 am ( today,only cars with license platesending in odd numbers wouldbe allowed to fill up on odd-numbered dates. Cars withplates ending in an even num-ber or a zero will be eligible oneven-numbered days.

The rationing scheme wasearlier implemented in neigh-boring New Jersey because ofa fuel crisis that has resulted in

time 1700 airline seats wouldhave been available. FromOctober 29 to 31, all Jet Blueand Delta flights were can-celled, and the United/Conti-nental plane reminded on theground in Aruba, with theirpassengers stranded here.

While these figures are ofinterest to Aruba’s economy,Minister Oduber and the ATACEO reminds islanders thatpeople in the northeast aredealing with an extreme situ-ation, and Aruba is inquiringas to how they island cancontribute positively to raisemoral.

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expectations for the final fig-ures, due to advanced book-ings for the prime weeks. Thehotels still remain fullybooked; if Sandy will actuallydeter travel and still causecancellations has yet to beseen. The Minister remindedisland media that much is de-pending on how quickly in-surance companies can assessthe damage to people’shomes, how quickly they re-ceive their settlements, and ifthey are sufficient to not re-quire cash layout on the partof would be travelers.

Minister Odbuer assuresvendors relying on touristbusiness that his ministry, theATA and the Aruba Hotel andTourism Association(AHATA) are workingsteadily on a plan to maketravel to Aruba as attractive aspossible, and are exploringredirecting promotional fundsto areas unaffected by Sandy.

Arrivals for the month ofSeptember had gone beyondexpectations, with a 9.4% in-crease over 2011, of which7.8% consisted of arrivalsfrom the U.S. During the first28 days of October, themonth showed 4.8% growthover the previous year. Can-celled flights due to Sandyprevented more than 1400travelers from arriving on is-land. It could have possiblybeen more, as during that

Hurricane Sandy has been awake up call for many, on anindividual, community, city,state and global level. Whilesome people in New Jerseyand New York are still hud-dling around their fireplaces,(if they are fortunate to haveone) waiting for power to getto their neighborhoods,Aruba, far away and dry, isalso confronted with the im-pact of this storm.

Tourism is the principalpillar of Aruba’s economy,and the Tri-State area ac-counts for more than half ofthe island’s prime market.The advent of Sandy hasbeen a low blow to the opti-mistically projected numbersexpected for 2012, presentedto the public by the Ministerof Tourism, Transport &Labor, Otmar Oduber, andCEO of the ATA, RonellaTjin Asjoe-Croes, in July ofthis year.

On Wednesday morning,the minister and Ms. TjinAsjoe-Croes welcomedmedia to revise those projec-tions, and report the impact ofSandy, during the storm, andadvise the uncertainty forwhat is the busiest time ofyear for resorts, restaurantsand activities. Aruba was ex-periencing very positivegrowth, and there were high

Friday, November 9, 2012

Minister of Tourism Oduber explains

the impact of Hurricane Sandy on

Aruba’s arrivals

New York City rations

gasoline purchases

Ronella Tjin Asjoe CroesCEO of ATA

Minister of Tourism OtmarOduber

L.-r. mr. Frederick Nuboer, drs. Ling Wong, Prof. J.Saleh, Mrs. Jenny Croes RA M Sc and ARA PresidentGabriel Werleman.

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all traffic today, November 9,at 7:00 p.m. until tomorrow,November 10 at 12 noon.There will be traffic signs andbarricades indicating the clo-sure of the crossing.

Dow kindly asks all mo-torists to please NOT useabovementioned road duringthe weekend.

DOW also thanks motoristsfor their patience and under-standing and apologizes forany inconvenience this maycause.

ORANJESTAD -- The Depart-ment of Public Works – DOW- informs the public and mo-torists in particular that begin-ning todaym the crossing ofKruisweg/Caya Betico Croes is be closed for renovation.The Department will excavateand install a tube across theroad in the main street.

The road will be closed for

hospital chose to use onlyprofessionally trained peopleto work with patients internedin our hospital.”

The profile of volunteersmust be of persons wanting todo humanitarian work, andpersons committed to helpingothers in need. These personscannot have any kind of ante-cident or criminal record andmust not be job seekers in thehospital. After the recruitingprocess, all applicants will beduly screened and carefullyselected.

The Hospital will be intro-ducing this service very cau-tiously and carefully to gua -

rantee the safety and care ofour patients.

Persons interested in join-ing the Hospital’s volunteercrew; if you want to help oth-ers in this significant way con-tact the Hospital for moreinformation.

After the selection of acrew, there will be an informa-tion session where everyonewill meet each other and re-ceive all relevant information.There will also be the signingof a formal contract.

For more information,please contact Rachelle Roosof the Facilitation Departmentat telephone: 527-4750 or viaemail at [email protected].

vice contributes enormously tothe general welfare of patients.John Fun reported on his re-cent trip to Baptist Hospital inthe USA where they have asmany as 400 volunteers assist-ing nurses in their 500 bed hos-pital. According to Fun, thathospital cannot imagine func-tioning without their volunteercrew.

Medical director of Aruba’sHospital, Dr. Jaime Falconi,emphasized that this systemwill function perfectly inAruba, with certain precau-tions. Falconi said... “the ideaof volunteers in our Hospital issomething relatively new forAruba. In the past, for securityreasons and out of fear, our

Head Facilitator of Aruba’sDr. Horacio Oduber Hospital,John Fun, has been workingon a project to incorporatevolunteers into the hospital’scare service. This project, re-portedly, has now finallyreached its implementationstage.

The Hospital reports thatthe volunteer staff will not bereplacing their nurses. Theywill come alongside of nursesas support staff and carry outcertain daily chores and sodoing provide better serviceand additional attention to pa-tients. The Hospital is alreadyusing volunteers, for exam-ple, in the Library, the Pastoralteam who go to pray or accom-pany patients. Now they wantto expand that service to pa-tients. The volunteer team willbe engaged in activities suchas: taking patients for dailywalks outside for fresh air, doerrands, fetch newspapers,help take patients to laborato-ries for tests, and help withpassing around meals. Hence,tasks not medically relatedwhich do not require a nursestraining. In Holland they callthese, “low complex tasks.”

The use of volunteers in thehospital is something very nor-mal and is practiced in the besthospitals around the world. Ithas been proven that this ser -

Aruba’s Hospital to recruit volunteers:

a standard intl. practice

John Fun with Dr. Jaime Falconi,

Aruba’s tourism entitiesare meeting frequently withtheir tourism partners servic-ing the New York Tri-Statearea to work out a viable planto compensate for the effectsof Sandy. A major tourismevent schedule for New Yorkis still going to take place andAruba will be there.

Rosalie Klein

A principal ATA office inWeehawken, N.J. was hardhit, and contact with Aruba’srepresentative there, or evenin his home, was impossiblethe first few days. Despitethis setback, advance book-ings and confirmations oftravel indicate the island willend the year with an overallgrowth of 3%.

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Aruba Court of Audit participateat second annual symposiumof the High Councils of State

with her family celebrating herbirthday, and how that im-pacted her life.

“Winston Churchill said:“We make a living by what weget, but we make a life by whatwe give.”, and that’s whatChantal lives for.

“Chantal’s vision is to en-sure that her work is helpingpeople make changes in theirlives to broaden their experi-ence and deepen their connec-tion with themselves andothers. In essence, she stronglybelieves that every single per-son as well as large groups ofpeople in our community canbe calibrated for their energylevels and taken to a higherlevel of frequency vibration.

“With the Global shift tak-ing place right now the mes-sage for the citizens of this“One Happy Island” is moretimely and relevant than ever;empowering and igniting theirpath for a better Aruba! Each ofus has the capacity to fulfill adeeper purpose to make a con-tribution to our Island and tohelp our guests enjoy a memo-rable stay on Aruba!

Bernard Simon“Living with Passion”November 5, 2012

training for the Hospitality In-dustry to reach out and “touch”somebody with the “ArubaOne Happy Island Experience”which became our trademarkfor many years and is spiralingout of control. Chantal clarifiesthat becoming a top Sales/Mar-keting person is dependentupon becoming a communica-tive, caring, compassionate andconvincing individual. She notonly sets you straight on theright and wrong human ap-proach, she also presents youwith a foolproof method forliving and communicating withpeople in general. Specificways of creating a positive rap-port with people was presentedso they become intrigued withthe Island of Aruba. The DiviExperience was shared apply-ing the “one Happy Island” ap-proach; showing empathy,compassion, and that we careabout the customer’s desires,tastes and needs.

“With her sense of humorand encouragement she tea chesyou how to live a joyful andsuccessful life at home and atwork, by the manner in whichwe communicate with people.

“She shared her everlastingrich experience at a Hotel whilevacationing in Italy as a student

wants to belong, we all like tofeel special, the 80%/20% for-mula. Then came the little de-tails that could leave a lastingimpression like what the guestsees, feels, hears, smells, tastesand how they were treated, “youcan never make a last impres-sion twice”;, all the above com-municates and leaves a lastingimpression. Volunteers wereasked to role play the WeaverCommunication Model with alot of fun and laughter after see-ing the end result.

“Divi’s Vision/ Mission andValues statements werebrought to the forefront and atthe end the 4 Hospitality Rules.Chantal’s method offers a newrevolutionary and inspired

Alhambra Casino ballroom andwere greeted cordially by Miss.Chantal Beke HR/TrainingManager Divi Aruba, and yesshe is an Aruban.

“We were there to be intro-duced to “Inspired Hospitality”“Nos ta Calidad training”.Chantal covered the Divi His-tory and its credibility in theHospitality Industry in theCaribbean and Divi’s goalwhich is 100% guest satisfac-tion. “So many islands….somuch fun.

“The importance of the Serv-ice Profit Chain was also cov-ered from the bottom up, and thedifference between ‘involve-ment and ‘commitment. Nextcame “Human Truths” everyone

Recently, The Morning Newsreceived an e-mail fromBernard Simon with the fol-lowing message which hehopes would be a great inspi-ration to the youth of Aruba,especially the up and comingfemale professionals.

“I was rather skeptical attend-ing a 3 hour mandatory courseand would have tried to avoidit as much as possible. (Withthe thought “I know all thatstuff. And, “Because of past ex-perience I had with incompe-tent over-paid trainers fromabroad and teachers that boredme to death during my collegedays who conveyed their lackof Passion in their dreary pre-sentations”). Except that mostof our team that had taken thecourse returned very excitedand motivated.

“I will never forget the im-mediate transformation and il-lumination that I saw on thefaces and in the behavior ofthose that attended previously,and I was, to say the least, veryamazed.

“On Friday November 1st,2012 at 1 o’clock to be exactour group gathered (we werepart of the last group to attendas you might imagine) at the

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Aruba’s got real talents!

security features have beenenhanced, the ECB said.

The new banknotes wouldhave the same colours andsames denominations as thethe current ones -- five, 10,20, 50, 100, 200 and 500euros -- but would be "easy todistinguish from the first se-ries."

They would be introducedin ascending order, so thatafter the five-euro note, the10-euro bank would follow.

Initially, the first serieswould circulate alongside thenew banknotes, but old noteswill gradually be withdrawnand eventually cease to belegal tender.

The date for this would beannounced "well in advance."

However, the banknotes ofthe first series would retaintheir value indefinitely andcan be exchanged at the eu-rosystem national centralbanks at any time.

The new five-euro noteswould be unveiled in full onJanuary 10 2013 and bankswould start to issue the newnotes over the counter or viacash dispensers in May nextyear, the ECB said.

FRANKFURT (AFP) - TheEuropean Central Bank an-nounced yesterday that it willlaunch a new series of eurobanknotes gradually over thecoming years, starting with anew five-euro note in May2013.

ECB chief Mario Draghitold a news conference herethat the current notes,launched on January 1, 2002,would be gradually with-drawn from circulation.

"The European CentralBank and the national centralbanks of the eurosystem areto introduce a second seriesof euro banknotes. Called the'Europa' series, it will includea portrait of Europa -- a fig-ure from Greek mythologyand the origin of the name ofour continent -- in the water-mark and the hologram.

"The new banknotes willbe introduced gradually overseveral years, starting withthe five-euro banknote inMay 2013," Draghi said.

The new series would ben-efit from advances in ban-knote technology since thefirst series was introducedmore than ten years ago. Its

ECB unveils launch of new

euro banknotes in May

principle of good governance,the principle of transparencyand the matter of integrity ofour government, society andthe public and private sector.”He also alluded to the guaran-tee which has to be given bythe Kingdom governmentabout the matter of good gov-ernance in the DutchCaribbean. The High Councilsof State are the offices of theOmbudsman, the Council ofAdvice and the General AuditChamber.

Among those invited to theevent were the Council ofMinisters, the Parliament, civilservants and the heads of var-ious foundations of the islandof St. Maarten.

derstand what good gover-nance means. It is for this rea-son that the High Councils ofState are talking to communi-ties regarding changing themindset of the society. “If wehave regulations and laws andwe don’t comply with them, orenforce these laws, then it isnot worthwhile to have thelaws. This is because we dowith us not having them in ourmindset. That is where youstart, with educating the peo-ple to let them know,” Profes-sor Saleh passionately asserts.

He added that “in anydemocratic system nothingshould be taken for granted.People must know “how tofollow the rule of law, the

ORANJESTAD – Recently, aCourt of Audit delegation par-ticipated at the second annualsymposium of the High Coun-cils of State in Sint Maarten.The theme was “Thoughts onGood Governance.” ProfessorJaime Saleh, Minister of Stateand former Governor of theNetherlands Antilles, ad-dressed more than 250 invi-tees on what is goodgovernance, how is it workingand the important roles theHigh Councils of State play.Professor Saleh said that al-though several laws, regula-tions and the Constitution mayin theory be part of the coun-try’s legal structures, they willonly be applied if people un-


Aruba Court of Audit participated at secondannual symposium of the High Councilsof State in Sint Maarten

will be upgraded with amore modern computersystem. the departmentwill get 50 new comput-ers and 2 servers. theservers will come withthe latest in softwaretechnology and enor-mous capacity, enablingthe department to givebetter service to the pub-lic.Besides inspecting alltypes of vehicles, the dtIis also in charge of thelabor and technical secu-rity of citizens, compa-nies and businesses.the automation project isin the expert hands of

dIa - under the guidance ofstuart Willems, Carl dijkhoff,Bsc, suzette Ling, Msc andHoon Ying Chai, Bsc, andfrom dtI - Ing. dominco Wer-leman, Ing. enrique Maduro,Ing. edwin Kock, and Ing.sylvio Werleman.a special ‘thank you’ goes tothe following parties involved,

Oranjestad – the Man-agement of Information andautomation (dIa), which op-erates under the Ministry ofGeneral affairs, and the tech-nical Inspection department(dtI), under the Ministry ofjustice and education, informthe public that the technical In-spection department’s services

Ing. Carlos Bermudez, dtI di-rector, Ing. dominco Werle-man, project members of boththe dIa and dtI departmentand all employees of the dtIfor their cooperation. Last, butnot least, special ‘thank you’

goes to Luciano Boekhoudt ofthe department of Infrastruc-ture and Planning (dIP) for hiscontribution with the Geo-graphic information system(GIs) works.

who helped with this project:the aruban Government, inparticular, Minister of justiceand education, arthur dowers- who took care for the financ-ing and speedy approval.thanks also go to dIa director,

Technical Inspection Department being upgraded

"We have had tremendoussuccess over the last two yearsand we continue to see poten-tial for more growth," notesCroes. "the new office allowsus to build the market, promotethe Fofoti brand and providevisitors with a new level ofservice that Fofoti is known forin the local and internationalmarkets."

showcasing Fofoti’s pro -ducts and services in a real-world environment, the newoffice features full access to itstransfer, tour, and partner prod-ucts, such as sailing trips andmuch more.

Fofoti Tours & Transfers

Address:

j.e.Irausquin Blvd 370, suite #2noord, arubatelephone: (+297)-280-3636Fax: (+297)-280-41411-800-482-2140 (toll free)[email protected]: sharlise Croes

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Oranjestad - Fofoti tours& transfers is proud to estab-lish its presence in the area ofPalm Beach with the openingof its new office. Convenientlylocated across the south Beachmall in the heart of the high-rise hotel area. the informa-tion center aims to providecustomer service, booking andreservations opportunities andfunction as an overall informa-tion point for passsers by. Withthe rapid growth in demandfrom both local partners andvisitors alike in two shortyears, the creation of this of-fice was the right thing to do.

"the new office representsour commitment to growingour business and competingsoundly by setting a higherstandard, providing exceptionalservice and at a great price. Weare excited!" says sharliseCroes, Managing director.

scheduled to officially openending of november 2012,opening hours will be from9:00 am – 5:00 pm for the firstfew weeks of operation andhereafter the office will extendits opening hours to eveningsuntil 10:00 pm.


Fofoti Tours & Transfers with

New Office in Palm BeachCentral location will better serve our customers

customers following thosewho had lost power due toSandy, the U.S. Department ofEnergy said.

The Nor'Easter bearingdown on New EnglandWednesday has been given thename "Athena" by the folks atThe Weather Channel -- the in-augural name on the list ofwinter storm names the chan-nel created this season.

emergency management chief,Steven Kuhr, for sending go -vernment workers to Kuhr'sLong Island home to clear atree toppled by Sandy, accor -ding to media reports.

Some 715,000 homes andbusinesses in the region werewithout power, an increase ofnearly 43,000 from Wednes-day night after the nor'easterknocked power out to more

NEW YORK - New York Cityand much of the U.S. North-east yesterday dug out from asnowstorm that hammered aregion still struggling to re-cover from the devastation ofSuperstorm Sandy.

The unseasonably earlywinter storm dumped morethan a foot of snow on parts ofConnecticut and slapped theregion with 50 mph winds,plunging hundreds of thou-sands of homes and businessesback into darkness and creat-ing a new commuting night-mare for a region whosetransportation system was al-ready under repair.

Bitter cold, rain, snow andpowerful winds added to themisery of disaster victimswhose homes were destroyedor power was knocked out bySandy, which smashed ashoreon October 29 and causedwidespread flooding.

New York Governor An-drew Cuomo fired the state's

2013, and possibly shieldManning from being convictedon more serious federal of-fenses related to computerfraud and the Espionage Act.

Manning had the option ofbeing tried by a military jurybut he informed the court hepreferred to be tried by a judgeonly, according to Coombs.

Arrested in May 2010 whileserving as an army intelligenceanalyst near Baghdad, Man-ning is charged with leakingclassified military intelligencefiles on Iraq and Afghanistanand about 260,000 cables fromthe State Department.

The publication of the sen-sitive files by the secret-spilling WikiLeaks websitecaused huge embarrassment toWashington and angered USallies.

have to decide if they wouldcontinue to pursue all thecharges against Manning, hesaid.

"PFC Manning is not sub-mitting a plea as part of anagreement or deal with theGovernment," Coombs added.

The defense relayed theoffer to a military judge at pre-trial hearings held at FortMeade, Maryland on Wednes-day and yesterday.

By making the offer, Man-ning indicated he was ready toplead guilty to passing govern-ment information to Wik-iLeaks, though it was unclearif he would admit to passing allthe files cited by prosecutors.

If the plea is deemed legalby the court, it could poten-tially simplify the trial, whichis due to start on February 4,

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A USsoldier accused of leaking atrove of secret files to Wiki -Leaks has offered to pleadguilty to some but not all of thecharges he faces in a pendingcourt-martial, his defenselawyer said.

Bradley Manning, 24, "isnot pleading guilty to the spe -cifications as charged by theGovernment," his attorney,David Coombs wrote on hisblog on Wednesday.

"Rather, PFC (Private FirstClass) Manning is attemptingto accept responsibility for of-fenses that are encapsulatedwithin, or are a subset of, thecharged offenses," he wrote.

It was up to a military courtto rule whether his plea was"legally permissible," and thengovernment prosecutors would

WikiLeaks suspect offers guilty plea onsome charges

victims gave emotional testi-mony before Loughner wassentenced.

"You took away my life, mylove, my reason for living,"said Mavanell Stoddard,whose 76-year-old husbandDorwan died trying to shieldher from the bullets.

"I felt his body give.. I washolding him as he died," shesaid, but told Loughner: "I for-give you. I don't hate you. Ihate the act," according totweets by KVOA.

"You forgot to shoot your-self," she added, cited by NBCNews.

Both KVOA and TucsonNews Now initially reportedthat he was given six life sen-tences, but updated the sen-tence a short time later.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Thegunman who shot US con-gresswoman Gabrielle Gif-fords in a massacre that left sixothers dead in Arizona wasgiven seven life sentences plus140 years in jail yesterday,local media reported.

"He'll never have the oppor-tunity to pick up a gun again,"said Judge Larry Burns, ac-cording to Tucson, Arizona'sKVOA TV, as he sentencedJared Lee Loughner.

The sentence, without thepossibility of parole, was partof a deal with prosecutorsunder which the 24-year-oldpleaded guilty in August to theJanuary 2011 attack.

Giffords was in court, al-though she did not speak. Buther astronaut husband MarkKelly addressed Loughner incourt, saying: "Every day is acontinuous struggle to do thethings she was once so verygood at."

"Gabby would trade herown life for one you took onthat day," he said, cited by Tuc-son TV station KVOA.

"You tried to create a worldas dark and evil as your own.Remember this: You failed,"according to the AZ Centralnews website.

Loughner's only wordswere "Yes, sir" when the judgeasked if he had agreed to de-cline comment.

Victims and relatives of


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Media: Giffords shooter

given seven life sentences

Jared Lee Loughner.

Northeast digs out from snow

following hurricane

A woman clears snow from her parked car in N.J.

a key US ally that has a 1994peace treaty with Israel, said"our joint efforts must continueto accomplish this objective."

Jordanians of Palestinianorigin form a significant pro-portion of the kingdom's 6.7million population, accordingto experts.

a second important chance toachieve peace in the MiddleEast," a statement quoted theking as saying in a letter toObama. "The future of theMiddle East hinges on findinga solution to the Palestinian-Is-raeli conflict."

The king, whose country is

AMMAN (AFP) - Jordan'sKing Abdullah II yesterdaycongratulated Barack Obamaon his re-election, telling himthe Middle East's future"hinges on" resolving thePalestinian-Israeli conflict.

"Your re-election gives you

pacity," said de Vido. "We can-not blame the heat wave."

De Vido said the govern-ment was trying to find out"who pulled the switch, whointerrupted power service,"and would file a criminal com-plaint "for the possible com-mission of the crime of apartial or total destruction ofthe electric energy service."

dehydration, would be released.Hailed as the father of

Brazilian architecture, Nieme -yer has been hospitalized se -veral times over the past years.

He is best known for havingdesigned the capital cityBrasilia in 1960, among 600other works around the worldover the course of a storied ca-reer.

He currently has some 20projects underway in severalcountries.

He won the Pritzker prize,considered the Nobel for archi-tecture, in 1988.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -Renown architect Oscar Nie -meyer remains hospitalized ina Rio hospital yesterday withdoctors reporting that the 104-year-old's renal function wor -sened.

Doctor Fernando Gjorup,from Samaritano hospitalwhere Niemeyer was readmit-ted last Friday, said howeverthat the Brazilian icon "is lucidand breathing without a venti-lator."

A hospital statement did notsay when the architect, whowas hospitalized after a bout of

ters that can house 800 people.The earthquake was felt as

far away as El Salvador andMexico City. Thousands ofpeople fled homes, offices andschools in the Mexican capitalwhen the quake hit on Wednes-day morning.

The US Geological Surveysaid the quake struck Wednes-day morning off the Pacificcoast, some 24 kilometerssouth of Champerico and 163kilometers west-southwest ofGuatemala City. The depthwas 41.6 kilometers.

The streets of San Marcos,a town dotted with colonial-style, single-floor homes, werecovered in debris. Older homeswere in pieces but newer oneswithstood the shock.

Several aftershocks rattledresidents, who used lamps tolook for pillows and covers inwhat was left of their homes tokeep warm during the night.

On Wednesday, rescueworkers and residents lookedfor people buried in sand in aquarry.

"We feel powerless in frontof this quantity of sand, whichfell on people, and not beingable to dig them out quickly,"30-year-old social worker Al-fonso told AFP. "You feel likeyour hands won't reach people."

SAN MARCOS (AFP) -Guate malan rescuers searchedyesterday for people trapped inthe ruins of homes after a po -werful earthquake killed 52people and left thousandsspending the cold night out-side.

Twenty-two people werestill missing a day after the 7.4-magnitude quake in the south-western region of San Marcostoppled homes and cut offpower in several towns.

The search had been calledoff during the night for safetyreasons.

Thousands of people in thetown of San Marcos wrappedthemselves in blankets to keepwarm outside overnight as af-tershocks continued to rock themountainous region.

Rescuers found three morebodies in the town of SanCristobal Cucho yesterday andanother one in El Recreo, afirefighters' spokesman said.

President Otto Perez saidyesterday the death toll hadrisen to 52 from 48 the day be-fore. Power was restored in 95percent of homes, he added.

The San Marcos depart-ment, located at the borderwith Mexico and some 250kilometers (155 miles) west ofGuatemala City, bore the bruntof the earthquake, whichcrushed cars and spread debrison roads.

In San Cristobal Cucho, anentire family of 10, includingsix children, died when theirhome was buried in rocks andearth that slid from a hill afterthe earthquake, Mayor PedroCardona said.

"The whole village is inmourning because an entirefamily was taken by God's na-ture," he told local television."What can we do?"

Some 16,000 people wereaffected by the tremblor, whichwas the country's most violentseismic event since 1976,when almost 23,000 peopleperished.

Authorities opened 11 shel-

Guatemala quake toll

rises to 52

power. By yesterday 200,000were still in the dark.

"We have not found a causethat could have justified" theblackout, said Planning Minis-ter Julio de Vido, suggestingthat sabotage may have playeda role.

"The situation was strikingbecause the main power linewas operating at half of its ca-

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Ar-gentine authorities yesterdayscrambled to find the cause ofa blackout that left tens ofthousands of Buenos Airescustomers without power formore than 24 hours.

The blackout, which strucklate Wednesday in the middleof a heat wave, at first left 3.4million customers without


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Brazilian architect Niemeyerhas worsening renal function

No power for tens of thousands in Argentine capital

The announcement wasmade during talks between theLiberian leader and the EU'sdevelopment commissionerAndris Piebalgs.

Around four women dieeach day from childbirth orpregnancy- related conditions,with only 37 percent of deliv-eries in health facilities and 46percent of births attended bytrained personnel.

The funds will be used to re-habilitate health centres, pro-vide medical equipment andtrain staff.

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The Eu-ropean Commission on Thurs-day pledged 42 million eurosto Liberia's president andNobel peace laureate EllenJohnson Sirleaf to help halveone of the world's highest ma-ternal mortality rates.

With 770 women per100,000 dying due to causeslinked to childbirth, Liberiahas the world's seventh worstmaternal mortality rate buthopes to bring it down to 375.Britain in comparison sees 12such deaths per 100,000 and isin 146th place.

EU hands Liberia 42 mn eurosto cut maternal mortality

55.9 percent of voters back thecondom-use proposal.

Last year, California porn

filmmakers were forced to

suspend production temporar-

ily, after an actor tested posi-

tive for HIV, the virus that

causes AIDS, in the latest such

disruption to the industry.

with the requirement for per-formers to use condoms whileengaging in sex acts.

Actors or producers violat-ing the rules will face fines orpossible criminal charges.

The AIDS HealthcareFoundation, one of five groupsthat spearheaded the poll push,welcomed the result that saw

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - USporn film producers vowedWednesday to go to court tochallenge a decision by LosAngeles County voters requir-ing actors in adult movies towear condoms while perform-ing on set.

The Free Speech Coalition,which describes itself as "theadult product and entertain-ment industry's trade associa-tion," said forcing actors towear condoms would makeporn filmmaking "untenable."

The multimillion-dollar USadult movie industry, which islargely based in the San Fer-nando Valley north of Los An-geles, has argued that fewerviewers would want to seeporn films with actors usingcondoms.

The LA County's Depart-ment of Public Health will usethe fees received for permits tofund inspections of film sets toensure actors are complying


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gal were especially discrimi-nated against in employment,according to the study.

A full five percent of highlyqualified foreign nationals liv-ing in Switzerland were unem-ployed, compared to just 1.5percent of Swiss citizens withthe same level of education,the study found.

The CFR called on employ-ers to work to change thattrend, recommending that theytake an "integrated approachof diversity."

Switzerland counts around1.8 million immigrants, whomake up nearly 23 percent ofits 7.95-million strong popula-tion.

GENEVA (AFP) - Immigrantswith advanced education facediscrimination when lookingfor work in Switzerland andare three times more likelythan Swiss nationals to be un-employed, according to astudy released Thursday.

"Some highly qualified im-migrants face discriminationon the Swiss labour market,even when they have a Swisseducation," Switzerland's Fed-eral Commission againstRacism (CFR) lamented in astatement, citing a study con-ducted at the University ofBasel.

People originally fromTurkey, the Balkans and Portu-

Educated migrantsdiscriminated againstfor Swiss jobs

US porn filmmakers contest forcedcondom use

TOKYO (AFP) - Sony saidThursday that music by itsJapanese artists was now avail-able on Apple's iTunes store, inan apparent strategy shift bythe Japanese firm to cash in onsoaring demand for onlinemusic.

Sony, which competes withApple's iPod and iPhone in theportable music player market,said its copyrighted Japanese-language songs had been madeavailable for sale on iTunesfrom this week.

Earlier this year, SonyMusic Entertainment allowedsongs by its Western artists tobe sold on Apple's online store,after reportedly keeping themaway for years.

Some analysts saw the latest

France demands explanation of Iranian blogger's death PARIS (AFP) - France on Thursday called on the Iranian authorities to explain the deathin custody of a blogger who, opposition activists say, was killed by torture for criticisingthe regime on the Internet. A French foreign ministry spokesman said Paris was "pro-foundly shocked" to have learned of the death in custody of 35-year-old Sattar Be-heshti. "We call on the Iranian authorities to shed as much light as possible on thecircumstances of his death." "The repression of peacefully expressed dissident voicesin Iran is unacceptable." According to opposition groups, Beheshti's family were askedon Wednesday to collect his body from the Kahrizak detention centre in Tehran, wherehe had been held since being arrested on October 30. In the last blog he wrote beforehis arrest, Beheshti had said he was being constantly harassed by telephone by mem-bers of the security services. "Yesterday they threatened to tell my mother that shewould soon be wearing black if I did not shut up," he wrote.


TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's Fox-conn has admitted that it can-not meet strong demand forApple's new iPhone 5 due todifficulties in building thegadget, as investors grow con-cerned about the US giant's fu-ture earnings.

They added that the designof the iPhone 5, of which fivemillion were sold over itslaunch weekend in September,has made production difficult,but did not elaborate.

He declined to say whetherFoxconn plans to outsourcesome of the iPhone orders toother makers.

The iPhone has been a hugedriver of Apple's phenomenalprofits, along with the iPad,both of which are made byFoxconn, which also manu-factures products for otherfirms such as Nokia, Intel andSony.

Apple has also faced muchcriticism since the launch ofthe iPhone 5, following a num-ber of problems.

It was forced to apologisesoon after the phone's launchbecause of its glitch-riddenmaps application in the newoperating system, which ledthe firm to urge customers touse rival apps while improve-ments were made.

The company is also under-going a management overhauland last month announced theexecutive in charge of Maps,Siri and other software in theiPhone is leaving as part of ashakeup.

Taiwan-based Foxconn isthe world's largest contractelectronics maker and assem-bles products for Apple, Sonyand Nokia, among others in itsfactories in China.

Foxconn says cannot meetdemand for iPhone 5

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move as part of a shift by Sonyto reverse years of losseslargely tied to its strugglingtelevision division.

But a Sony spokesman saidits Japanese artists' debut oniTunes was held up by pro-tracted contract negotiations,not a strategy to keep its rivalfrom selling Sony-copyrightedmusic.

Sony's once-iconic Walk-man music player outsellsApple's iPod in Japan, but theoverall market is shrinking asmore consumers use smart-phones to play digital music,Mori said.

The iPod has dug into theWalkman's dominant positionas Sony also faces competitionin its videogame division fromrivals including Japan's Nin-tendo and US firm Microsoft,which makes the Xbox.

Sony, which reported asmaller quarterly loss lastweek and said it remained ontrack to eke out a small full-year profit, has struggled witha strong yen, high labour costsand fierce competition fromoverseas rivals.

Apple's iTunes to sell rivalSony's Japanese songs


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dropped slightly by Afl. 1.4million (-0.1 percent), follow-ing declines in consumer creditand commercial loans of, re-spectively, Afl. 4.8 million andAfl. 0.5 million, while housingmortgages expanded by Afl.4.4 million.

The consumer price index(CPI) for August 2012 regis-tered a 2.8 percent decrease,compared to the same monthof 2011. The main contributorsto this drop were housing,clothing & footwear, andhousehold operation. Exclud-ing the effect of food and en-ergy (which partly affects thehousing and transport compo-nents), the core CPI showed a0.7 percent decrease comparedto August 2011, brought aboutby declines in the index cate-gories of clothing, householdoperation and recreation andculture. The 12-month averageinflation rate reached 3.6 per-cent in August 2012, downfrom 4.4 percent in July 2012.

The number of stay-overvisitors totaled 83,721 in Au-gust 2012, 5.4 percent higherthan in August 2011. Thisgrowth was caused by in-creases of 6.3 percent (+2,715visitors) and 9.9 percent(+2,381 visitors) in the numberof visitors from North Americaand Latin America, respec-tively. The growth in the NorthAmerican market resultedfrom hikes in arrivals from theUnited States and Canada of,respectively, 4.3 percent

(+1,805 visitors) and 56.3 per-cent (+910 visitors). The ex-pansion in the Latin Americanmarket segment was attributedmostly to an increase in visi-tors from Venezuela of 13.4percent (+2,217 visitors). Incontrast, the number of visitorsfrom the European market fellby 6.9 percent to 8,309. Thenumber of cruise visitorssurged by 6,244 or 117.6 per-cent to 11,552 in the month ofAugust 2012 compared to thesame month of the previousyear. The number of ship callspicked up slightly from 6 to 7in August 2012 compared toAugust 2011.

In August 2012, registeredtax revenue totaled Afl. 73.9million, an increase of Afl. 7.4million or 11.1 percent, com-pared to the same month of theprevious year. This growth wasassociated mostly with surgesin revenue from profit, incomeand land tax of, respectively,Afl. 7.2 million, Afl. 3.0 mil-lion and Afl. 2.4 million. Incontrast, revenue from wagetax and gambling licenses fellby, respectively, Afl. 4.2 mil-lion and Afl. 2.1 million. For-eign exchange tax andturnover tax (BBO) also noteda slight drop of, respectively,Afl. 0.3 million and Afl. 0.1million. In addition, non-taxrevenue recorded a decline ofAfl. 5.2 million in August 2012compared to the same monthof last year.

ORANJESTAD -- The Cen-trale Bank van Aruba (CBA)concludes in its Monthly Bul-letin of August 2012 that broadmoney contracted by Afl. 24.3million to Afl. 3,136.9 million,resulting from an Afl. 33.4 mil-lion drop in net foreign assets(excluding revaluation differ-ences of gold and foreign ex-change holdings) to Afl.1,041.8 million. This decreasewas partially offset by an Afl.9.1 million rise in net domesticassets to Afl. 2,095.1 million atthe end of August 2012. Thedecline in net foreign assetswas caused by net outflows re-lated to both current and capi-tal transactions. Currenttransactions resulted in an Afl.17.2 million net outflow of for-eign funds, due mainly to pay-ments for the import of goodsand services, and interest pay-ments, which were partiallyoffset by gross tourism re-ceipts. Capital transactionsrecorded a net outflow of for-eign funds of Afl. 16.2 million,attributed mostly to net trans-fers to foreign accounts of res-ident companies. The increasein the domestic component ofthe money supply was associ-ated with an Afl. 22.7 milliongrowth in domestic credit andan Afl. 13.6 million decline innon-credit related balancesheet items. Domestic creditgrew as a result of an Afl. 24.1million rise in the net liabilityof the public sector to thebanking sector, attributed todecreases in government’s de-posits and develop - ment fundsof, respectively, Afl. 17.4 mil-lion and Afl. 6.7 million. Incontrast, claims of the bankingsector on the private sector

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program and the launch of theESM, had eased some finan-cial stress in the eurozone.

"Financial markets have ex-perienced welcome respite re-cently and there are signs thatthe pace of activity has pickedup relative to the second quar-ter," it said in the briefing forGroup of 20 finance ministers.

"Nonetheless, the globaleconomy remains vulnerableto new setbacks," it said, men-tioning political battles overfiscal adjustment in the UnitedStates and Japan.

"While downside risks mayhave diminished somewhatlately, they still appear muchhigher than half a year ago, itsaid.

In Europe, it said, if finan-cial stress surges again, pres-sure would mount on govern -ments to expand austerity op-erations to keep their budgetsunder control, "resulting inlarger GDP losses and signifi-cant spillovers on other econo -mies."

The warning came asGreece in particular seeks aneasing of the targets of its aus-terity program and its debtterms to reverse a deep reces-sion.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheInternational Monetary Fundhas warned that austerity pro-grams in Europe's most trou-bled economies could havepolitical limits, as resistancegrows in Greece and Portugalover their bailout terms.

In a briefing made for theNovember 4-5 meeting of G20leading economies in Mexicoand released yesterday inWashington, the IMF said thatfinancial conditions in the eu-rozone "remain fragile" andthere are risks that countriesasking for support will be un-able to fulfill adjustment de-mands made on them.

It said that troubled coun-tries may be prevented by "po-litical economy factors" frommoving in a timely fashion torequest needed support fromthe European Stability Mecha-nism and the European CentralBank's new OMT bond-buyingsupport operations.

"Another risk is that auster-ity may become politically andsocially untenable in peripherycountries, as structural and fis-cal reforms will still take yearsto complete," the IMF reportsaid.

The IMF said that recentpolicy actions, like the OMT


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DAMASCUS (AFP) - A defiantPresident Bashar al-Assad re-jected on Thursday calls he seeka safe exit, vowing he would"live in Syria and die in Syria,"as fighting raged in Damascus. "Iam not a puppet. I was not madeby the West to go to the West orto any other country," Assad saidin English in an interview withRussian state-backed RT televi-sion."I am Syrian, I was made inSyria, I have to live in Syria anddie in Syria," he said, according to transcripts posted on RT'swebsite. On Tuesday, British Prime Minister David Cameronfloated the idea of granting Assad safe passage from the country,saying it "could be arranged," although he wanted the Syrianleader to face international justice.Assad also warned against aforeign intervention in Syria's escalating conflict, saying such amove would have global consequences and shake regional sta-bility. "We are the last stronghold of secularism and stability inthe region... it will have a domino effect that will affect the worldfrom the Atlantic to the Pacific," the transcript said. Many inSyria's opposition, including rebels waging fierce battles withpro-regime forces, have urged world powers to intervene to stopthe escalating bloodshed. The Observatory says more than37,000 people have died since the uprising against Assad eruptedin March 2011, first as a protest movement and then an armedrebellion after the regime cracked down on demonstrations.

2008.Rebels have asked for fel-

low FARC member SimonTrinidad, serving a 60-year-sentence in the US for thesame kidnappings, to be par-doned so he can participate inthe talks.

On Wednesday, the dayafter President BarackObama's re-election for a sec-ond term, the rebels appealedto him directly for Trinidad'srelease. The US has so far re-fused.

The inclusion of Nijmeijer -- the rebels' only known Euro-pean recruit -- among thepeace talk delegates was alsocontroversial. It was seen bythe government side as an at-tempt by FARC to curry favorin Europe and bolster its inter-national image.

FARC is classified as a ter-rorist organization by theUnited States and the Euro-pean Union.

She dismissed Colombia'sallegations against her.

"All these legal excusesdon't stand up -- they're all po-litical. It makes them mad thata foreigner is involved in theconflict and speaks positivelyabout the FARC," she said.

Asked about her privatelife, the young woman de-flected, saying "it's been 10years since I got married to thethe people's army, and that'sfine with me."

Founded in 1964 and LatinAmerica's largest rebel groupwith 9,200 armed fighters, theFARC may be ready for peaceafter a long string of setbacks.

In recent years, the grouphas suffered the capture andkilling of some of its top lead-ers, and the depletion of itsranks to half what they were attheir peak in the 1990s.

These are to be the firstpeace negotiations in a decadeafter three previous failed at-tempts.

SOFIA — Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed atrove of gold objects from the late fourth or early thirdcentury BC in the northeast of the country, the team chiefsaid Thursday. The objects found near the village ofSveshtari included a gold tiara engraved with a lion'shead and other animals, bracelets, a ring and gold horsetack ornaments, and were dug up overnight, she said.They most likely belonged to the Getes tribe of the Thra-cians, skilled goldsmiths who inhabited lands extendingfrom the Caucasus to southwest Europe and who are stillveiled in mystery. The Getes inhabited the region fromthe second millennium BC to the third century AD. A lav-ish tomb of the tribe discovered in 1982 in Sveshtari islisted as a UNESCO world heritage site.


HAVANA (AFP) - Tanja Ni-jmeijer, a Dutch woman whofights alongside Colombia'sFARC rebels, hopes to seepeace and social justice in thecountry thanks to peace talksset to begin next week.

"We have a lot of hope thatat last the Colombian govern-ment will consent to the re-forms the country needs andthat at last, peace can reign,"Nijmeijer told AFP in an ex-clusive interview the day afterher arrival in Cuba, where sheis to participate in the negotia-tions opening November 15.

Her vision, she said, is formore than an end to fighting:"not only silencing of weapons-- peace with social justice."

The 34-year-old, speaking inperfect Spanish, honed duringher decade in the jungle with theRevolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC), said she wasexcited to be in Cuba, the onlysingle-party communist state inthe Americas.

"I've always wanted to seeCuba," she confessed with a

bright grin. She used her firstday in Havana to tour the oldcity along with other FARCmembers, including FARCnumber two Ivan Marquez.

"Cuba is an example for theworld. Here, one doesn't seepoverty in the street. Peopleare well-dressed, and therearen't beggars," Nijmeijersaid.

Designated a spokeswomanfor the Marxist guerrilla groupduring the negotiations, theDutch woman was the last ofthe rebel delegates to arrive inCuba.

She translates for the rebels,teaches Marxist principles andhelps with public communica-tions.

In Cuba the talks will startwith the thorny issue of ruraldevelopment. Colombia haswide income disparities, withmany rural areas lacking basicservices and infrastructure.

The talks will also addressland distribution. Colombia'scountryside is full of largeplots mostly owned by thewealthy and little land is avail-able to small farmers whowant their own plots.

Land reform was at theheart of a peasant uprising inthe 1960s that saw the forma-tion of FARC. Access to farm-land remains an importantissue in a country where halfthe population lives inpoverty.

The four other main pointson the agenda are the rebels'future role in political life, adefinitive end to hostilities,fighting the illegal drug tradeand the situation of victims.

As with other delegates,Colombia's attorney generalhad to lift arrest warrantspending against Nijmeier.

She is also sought by theUS for the 2003 kidnapping ofthree Americans -- held cap-tive for five years before beingfreed in a daring operation byColombian commandos in

Colombian rebels' Dutch recruit shareshopes for peace

Assad rejects exile, vowsto 'live and die' in Syria

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fought again, was never thesame boxer.

"In all the obvious ways, hewas haunted," Americansportswriter Mark Kriegel, au-thor of a new biography ofMancini titled "The GoodSon," told AFP in a telephoneinterview.

"He also got over it. Thecomplications for Ray havemore to do with the fact that therest of the world didn't get overit and continued using that fightas a kind of reference point forhis life," Kriegel said.

Kriegel's book, and an ac-companying documentary ofthe same name, climax with anemotional reunion in June lastyear between Mancini andKim's family.

Kim's fiancee, Lee Young-Mee, had been pregnant at thetime of the 1982 title fight andseven months later gave birthto a son, Kim Jiwan, now 29.

While being interviewed byKriegel for the book, Jiwan hadsuggested a trip to the UnitedStates to meet with Mancini.

"As full of duty and obliga-tion as Ray was, he wasn'tgoing to turn down a requestfrom the son of the man who,without intention, died at hishands," Kriegel said.

At the meeting in Mancini'shome, Jiwan admitted to the"hatred" he once felt for theboxer, before absolving him ofany blame.

"I think it was not yourfault," he said.

The Kim-Mancini boutproved to be a watershed inboxing, triggering a series ofmajor changes to the sport.

Championship bouts werereduced from 15 to 12 rounds,the standing eight-count wasintroduced and the medicaltests required of boxers beforea fight were overhauled.

On the flight back to SouthKorea, a traumatised KimYoon-Gu locked himself in thetoilet and "cried and cried untilwe landed.

"I thought about quitting thesport entirely. In the end, I de-cided to stick with it, but it wasa very, very difficult time," hesaid at his gym where photosand posters of Kim Duk-Kooadorn the walls.

-- Suicide, depression andredemption --

The consequences of theKim-Mancini bout were far-reaching and tragic in their ownright.

Four months after her son'sdeath, Kim's distraught motherkilled herself by drinking a bot-tle of pesticide.

Four months after that, ref-eree Richard Green also tookhis own life, although therewas no indication that his sui-cide was linked to the outcomeof the fight for which he wasnever held in any way respon-sible.

Mancini, a devout Catholic,endured a prolonged period ofdepression and, although he


NHL:NEW YORK (AFP) - Na-tional Hockey Leagueowners and players werein further negotiationsaimed at securing a newcontract and ending thelockout that has alreadycost hundreds of regular-season games.

Tuesday's seven hoursof talks were followed bymore than five hours ofbargaining on Wednesdayat an undisclosed locationin New York City.

Neither side divulgeddetails of the talks, butsaid they would continue.

Club owners and play-ers have remained dead-locked on how to divide$3.3 billion in revenuessince the old contract ex-pired on September 15.

The league has alreadywiped out the first 326 reg-ular-season gamesthrough November 30 andthe Winter Classic out-door game that had beenscheduled for New Year'sDay as a result of thestalemate.

With 26.5 percent ofgames already scrapped,the latest talks were seenas a hopeful step in tryingto avoid a repeat of the bit-ter 2004-2005 dispute,when an entire seasonwas lost to money issuesfor the only time in NorthAmerican sport history.More games figure to be

wiped out if the sides can-not close out a deal withinthe next two weeks.

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -Thirty years ago this month,South Korean boxer Kim Duk-Koo entered a Las Vegas ringfor a world championship boutthat would end with his death,trigger at least one suicide andchange the sport forever.

For a generation of SouthKoreans, millions of whomwatched live on television, thefight between Kim and worldlightweight champion, Ray"Boom Boom" Mancini, re-mains a powerful memory.

Now a new book and ac-companying documentary thatcoincide with the 30th anniver-sary hope to shed fresh light onthe bout, its tragic aftermathand the impact it had on thelives and families of its twoprotagonists.

For Kim, then 23 and fight-ing for the first time in theUnited States, the glitz of Cae-sar's Palace with its celebrityaudience including the likes ofFrank Sinatra, was a differentuniverse from his impover-ished upbringing in Korea.

"I remember when welanded in Las Vegas for thefight," his trainer, Kim Yoon-Gu, now 56, recalled.

"The city was all lit up atnight. It was like landing on agarden of flowers in the desert.We'd never seen anything likeit," he told AFP at the boxinggym he runs in Seoul.

US boxing commentatorshad pretty much written KimDuk-Koo off before the No-vember 13, 1982 clash withMancini, a powerful 21-year-old from Youngstown, Ohiomaking his second defence ofthe world title.

But Kim was confident. Be-fore leaving Seoul he had a car-penter rig up a mock coffinwhich he said he would use tobring back Mancini after the

fight.Unimpressed with such

bravado, his trainer stomped itto pieces which he then hidunder the ring in Kim's trainingcamp.

-- A brutal fight --The fight when it came was

a particularly brutal one.For 13 rounds, the two men

went toe-to-toe in a sluggingmatch that left both with badlyswollen faces and struggling tosee through bruised, puffed-upeyes.

At the end of the 13th, KimYoon-Gu tried to lift hisfighter, telling him Manciniwas exhausted and exhortinghim to put in one last effort tofinish him off.

"He clenched his teeth, nod-ded and said 'Yes, I'll do that'.And that was it. That was thelast thing he ever said," Kimsaid.

At the beginning of the14th, Mancini connected witha straight right that snappedKim's head back and sent himcrashing to the canvas.

The Korean managed tohaul himself up by the ropes tobeat the count, but refereeRichard Green stepped in tostop the fight.

Kim Yoon-Gu had beentending to his corner andmissed the actual knockoutblow, but when he saw Kim onthe ground, he knew at oncethat the fight was over.

"He was obviously hurt, butat that time we had no idea itwas so serious," he said.

Back in his corner, Kim col-lapsed and was taken from thering on a stretcher to hospitalwhere he was diagnosed with ablood clot on the brain and un-derwent emergency surgery.

He lapsed into a coma fromwhich he never recovered andfour days later he died.

The tragic title fight that changed boxing

the Bulls score 100 points in ahome victory.

The Bulls were leading Or-lando 99-93 with 3.8 secondsremaining in Tuesday's contestwhen Noah, egged on by thecrowd, fired from three-pointrange and missed.

ESPNChicago reportedWednesday that Bulls coachTom Thibodeau had spoken toNoah about the incident, al-though he declined to divulgewhat was said.

"I talked to him about it, butI'm going to keep that private,"Thibodeau said.

"I regret it a little bit," Noahsaid after the game. "It wasn'ta good shot.

"You have to respect thegame because you never knowwhat can happen in a game,"he added. "I just got caught upin the moment and I was tryingto get the people a Big Mac."

Although Noah scored 20points with nine rebounds andfour assists in the victory, hewas an unlikely candidate todeliver from three-point range.

It was just his fifth three-point attempt since he enteredthe NBA in 2007, and he hasn'thit one yet.

nio with 12 points, while TimDuncan added 10 points andsix rebounds for the Spurs,who had opened the seasonwith four straight victories.

- Chicago Bulls centerJoakim Noah, not known forhis three-point prowess, foundhimself chatting Wednesdaywith his coach over a long-range attempt aimed at satisfy-ing fans hoping for freehamburgers.

Chicago fans can receive afree McDonald's Big Mac if

the Clippers in the secondround of last season's playoffs.

Danny Green led San Anto-


108-79 victory over Detroit onSunday.

Bryant scored the Lakers'final 14 points, but it wasn'tenough for a Lakers team thathave lost four of their first fivegames.

While the re-vamped Lakerscontinued their quest for chem-istry, their cross-town rivalsthe Los Angeles Clippershanded the San Antonio Spurstheir first defeat of the season,106-84.

Blake Griffin scored 22points with 10 rebounds andteam-mates DeAndre Jordanand Chris Paul both registereddouble-doubles as well.

Jordan scored 20 points with11 rebounds and Paul pouredin 10 points with 12 assistsagainst a Spurs team that swept

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah,(AFP) - Randy Foye came offthe bench and scored 17 pointsto lead the Utah Jazz to a 95-86 NBA victory over the star-studded but struggling LosAngeles Lakers on Wednesday.

Foye made four three-point-ers in the fourth quarter, whileAl Jefferson completed a dou-ble-double of 18 points and 10rebounds for Utah, who endeda three-game losing streak.

Lakers superstar KobeBryant scored a game-high 29points and Dwight Howardadded 19 points and nine re-bounds, but the Lakers wereunable to build on their firstwin of the fledgling season, a

NBA: Foye leads Jazz over Lakers, while Noah regretsburger basket attempt

DENVER, Colorado(AFP) - The ColoradoRockies on Wednes-day named formershortstop Walt Weissas the sixth managerin club history. Weissplayed shortstop forthe Rockies from1994-98. He retiredfrom baseball in 2000,and returned to Col-orado as a special as-sistant to the generalmanager from 2002-2008. Overall Weissplayed 14 seasons in Major League Baseball, includingstints with Oakland, Florida, Colorado and Atlanta andcompiled a .258 average with 25 home runs and 386 RBIin 1,495 games. He earned American League Rookie ofthe Year honors 1988 and was a member of four WorldSeries teams, including the 1989 World Series-winningOakland Athletics. He takes over from Jim Tracy, who re-signed on October 7 after more than three seasons guid-ing the team. Weiss will be charged with turning arounda Rockies team that finished a disappointing 64-98 in2012.

Weiss gets nod as Rockiesmanager

The Belarus side trail the toptwo by just three points but ap-pear to have gone off the boil.

United were second best formost of their match with Bragabut having resumed after a sec-ond-half power cut they scoredthree times in the last 10 min-utes to give the scoreline arather unfair look about it butstill a place in the last 16.

That above all was a reliefto Alex Ferguson and his play-ers after they missed out on theknpockout stages last season.

Celtic had been unfortunate

to lose 2-1 to Barcelona a fort-night ago having taken the leadbut they did not make the samemistake on Wednesday morethan holding their own after anearly goal by the outstandingVictor Wanyama.

They sealed the pointsthrough a superbly-taken latesecond from 18-year-old TonyWatt - Lionel Messi grabbed astoppage time consolation goal- prompting wild celebrations.

Congratulations to Celticand their fans. The credit istheirs," Vilanova said.

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Utah Jazz guard Randy Foye (8)


LONDON (AFP) - RogerFederer clinched a place in thesemi-finals of the ATP Tour Fi-nals on Thursday as the de-fending champion ground outa 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) win overSpain's David Ferrer at Lon-don's O2 Arena.

Federer required a straightsets win over the fourth seed toseal his spot in the last fourwith one Group B match tospare and he reached that goaldespite a scrappy performancethat included 39 unforced er-rors.

While Federer was someway from his best, the worldnumber two displayed hispriceless knack of elevatinghis game on the big points asthe 31-year-old extended hiswinning run at the Tour Finalsto 12 matches.

As well as securing his

semi-final berth, Federer also

achieved a notable personal

landmark by recording his

70th match win of the year --

the first time he has done that

since he was at the very peak

of his form in 2006.

It was a familiar story for

Ferrer, who has now lost all 14

of his meetings with Federer,

and the Spaniard will need a

victory over Janko Tipsarevic

in his final match on Saturday

to have any chance of qualify-

ing for the semi-finals.

Going into this match Fer-

rer had won only three of 30

sets against Federer and, al-

though he walked on court on

an 11-match unbeaten run that

brought him titles at the Valen-

cia Open and Paris Masters,

the 30-year-old was soon play-

ing second fiddle to the Swiss

yet again.

Tennis: Federer downs Ferrer to reach semi-finals

AFP) - Manchester United be-came the third club to reachthe Champions League knock-out stages after coming frombehind to beat Braga 3-1 andensure they also top theirgroup on Wednesday.

Another British winner ofEuropean club football's pre-mier competition - defendingchampions Chelsea - kept theirhopes alive of avoiding the hu-miliation of becoming the firstchampions to go out at thegroup stage with a last gasp 3-2 home win over talentedUkrainian side ShakhtarDonetsk.

However, while they top thegroup on goal difference fromShakhtar their fate probably

hangs on their trip to Italianchampions Juventus in a fort-night as their hosts are just apoint behind them having de-molished Nordsjaelland 4-0 inTurin.

The biggest winners of thenight were last season's beatenfinalists Bayern Munich whohumiliated hapless French sideLille 6-1 with Peruvian strikerClaudio Pizarro scoring a hat-trick in the first-half.

Bayern are battling it out onthe same points as Valencia,who also enjoyed an easynight at home beating earlypacesetters BATE Borisov 4-2.

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