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Van der Sloot, 24, admittedguilt in a hearing Wednesday,opening the way to an accele -rated trial and the possibility ofreduced time behind bars.

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LIMA - Dutchman Joran vander Sloot, a key suspect in thedisappearance of a US teen in2005, received a 28-year sen-tence yesterday after pleadingguilty to the murder of a Peru-vian woman in 2010.

The prosecution accusedthe Dutchman of killingStephany Flores, 21, "with cru-elty and ferocity" in a Limahotel on May 30, 2010 afterthey met playing poker in acasino. She was found deadafter being beaten and stran-gled.

The Peruvian judges yester-day also ordered Van der Slootto pay 200,000 soles (around$74,000) in civil damages.

Prosecutors had sought a30-year jail term for murderand theft.

energy think tank, which es-tablished a new precedent byopening a branch on Aruba inOctober of 2011 and Techno -logy University of Delft.

“When one speaks of “sus-tainable development,” it goeswell beyond social, economicand environmental issues,” as-serted Dr. Peterson. The focuswill be on the integration andbalance of energy questions,sustainable energy and greenenergy, but also looking at en-vironment and climate change,one of the most silent evolu-tions, and its impact on an is-land economy…”

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ously recognizing that qualityof life is inextricably con-nected to the quality of envi-ronment,” he explained. Withthis in mind, when Aruba’sPrime Minster Mike Emanspoke at Harvard last year, herecognized the opportunity towelcome some of the greatestminds on the subject to the is-land to observe the progressmade in this direction, and tocontribute their valuable input.Those attending the first twodays of closed sessions will in-clude island ministers, legisla-tors and administrators fromvarious ministries as well asexperts from TNO Holland, an

A three-day environment/en-ergy conference with sevenvisiting professors from Har-vard University will begin onMonday, January 16 here at theDr. Edward Cheung Innova-tion Center in Oranjestad. Dr.Ryan Peterson, a professor andformer dean at the Universityof Aruba, UNESCO Chair ofSustainable Development insmall island states and Presi-dent of the Aruba NationalCouncil for Innovation &Competitiveness, met with se-lect members of the press todiscuss the purpose and rami-fications of such a conferencefor Aruba, its people, and theenvironmental/energy visionand the prospect of sustainabledevelopment of the island’spresent administration.

“These professors eachbring their own area of exper -tise to the conference and areall strategic in their own spe-cial areas,” responded Dr. Pe-terson to the question of whichhe considered would have thegreatest importance to thesymposium. “They all con-tribute to the aspect of “sus-tainable development:” it isalso about the community, en-vironment, bio-diversity, ecol-ogy - pushing that policyagenda forward, in terms ofpublic policies and public in-frastructures, to facilitate theexecution of a sustainable de-velopment and towards the fu-ture.”

“The government of Arubafor the past couple of years hasbeen focusing explicitly onsustainable development, witha number of projects… obvi-

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Dr. Ryan Peterson on the importanceof “Confronting the Climate-EnergyChallenge”

Joran van der Sloot

sentenced to 28 years

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Joran van der Sloot

Dr. Ryan Peterson

the organization to realize itssuccess.

The are: Ling & Sons;Fundacion Pa Nos Comu-nidad; Graphix & Beyond;Blizz FM; Galactica FM; ERAGroup; Casa Haime; Ca -ribbean Mercantile Bank N.V.;Natalia de Windt; Animagic;Romar Trading; 7 West; PosterUno; Andy Lacle; Cool FM; ERegalo; and Cayena Depot.

Rotaract members had theimmense pleasure of handinga beautiful Christmas basketto these families. Volunteerswarmly thank everyone whohelped them achieve thisgoal. Once more the Arubancommunity demonstrated itsgenerosity and readiness toalways help those in need.

Rotaract members alsothank the sponsors of theproject and all who helped

Rotaract Members andvolunteers worked dilligentlyduring the Christmas Seasonto encourage food donationsin cooperation with Ling &Sons Supermarket customerspurchasing one item forthemselves and another forthe less fortunate. Rotaractwas able to help no less than120 underprivileged familiesand provide for them duringChristmas Season.

Zwembond & Synchro andAruba Triathlon Association.

The Commission is allow-ing the other federations onelast opportunity to present theirnominee(s) for the Excellencein Sports 2011 Award. Thefinal date to submit nomineesis January 16th at Centro De-portivo Guillermo Trinidadcomplex in Dakota. For moreinformation, call 567-2875.

This will be an excellentopportunity to show apprecia-tion and recognition to our ath-letes for their outstandingperformances during the pastyear.

all the nominees to finallychoose the athlete of the year.The winner is then celebratedduring a special event.

With the help of informa-tion provided by the federa-tions and local sport reportersthey select those who excelledin athletics both on the localfront as well as those who ex-celled in international athleticcompetitions.

Thus far, the federationsthat have submitted nomineesare: Aruba Softball Bond;Arubaanse Atletiek Bond;Aruba Sailing Association;Aruba Schiet Bond; Arubaanse

Every year the government ofAruba presents to our athletesthe opportunity to qualify forthe prestigious Excellence inSports Award. This is an awardwhich recognizes those whoexcelled in their area of sportduring the year. It is a tremen-dous show of gratitude, recog-nition and stimulation that theisland demonstrates to thosewho excelled in athletics onthe island.

The process of selecting thewinner is very impartial wherethe various sport groups andthe local press in an organizedfashion do a careful review of

Call for nominees for Exellence inSports for 2011

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nounce their end of the yearproject, UN P’AMI – UNP’E – One For Me, One ForYou was a total success.

The Rotaract Club of Aruba,a group of young profession-als dedicated to communityservice, is pleased to an-

Rotaract thanks everyone who colaborated withits ‘Un P’ami- Un P’e’ project

question will be tackle in a dueway. We may change our laws,but how do we change our be-havior and beliefs to that phi-losophy of sustainable? We allknow we shouldn’t be drivingthrough the red light, and yet,we still see it. We need to re-mind the community day afterday, not only explaining whatand how we are doing things,but the why of it. This requiresa lot of information and com-munication, and from my per-spective, education. Not onlytowards the new generation,which appears to already be in-stilled with an awareness”

“It is about taking actions,but how can these actions betaken in a coherent, well-com-municated and integrated fash-ion, so that we really becomethat “Green Pearl” that we as-pire to be.”

by Rosalie Klein

lic is encouraged to attend thisfree lecture.

“Consciousness is rising onAruba regarding sustainabledevelopment, but I think weare not there yet,” maintainsDr. Peterson. “The messagedoesn’t always trickle down aswell as we would like; let’s behonest, the world has been dis-cussing “Sustainable Develop-ment” for over sixty years andyet there are decisions made ona global level that bewildermany of us. It is a continuouseffort; we have come a longway, but we are not there yet.Sustainable Development doesnot have an end station; therewill be no moment in timewhen a country, an island, a so-ciety can say “ok, now we aresustainable.” It is a continuouseffort, environments are con-tinually changing, and climatechange will not stop. All these

that implies regarding assets,infrastructure, education-laws,there are so many assets in-volved in sustainable develop-ment from a broad perspective.The question is not “if” thequestion is “when,” in regardsto policy actions that should betaken and when they should betaken to realize our objectives.This is, indeed a ‘big’ effort,but in these times we live in, itis no longer sufficient to justfine tune the left or right, anddo it in a fragmented way. ”

The third day, Wednesday,January 18, the University ofAruba will host a public ses-sion with Dr. Daniel Schrag,Sturgis Hooper Professor ofGeology at Harvard and Direc-tor of Harvard University Cen-ter for the Environment. Hispresentation “Confronting theClimate-Energy Challenge”begins at 7:00 PM and the pub-

take in creating that sustain-able future in an integratedfashion. Environmental lawsare expected to be a key prior-ity. “It isn’t only about thelegal aspect, but the executionof coherent programs.”

Dr. Peterson acknowledgedanother aspect of such a con-ference is bringing an aware-ness of Aruba’s policies andactions to important partiesthat could prove vital towardsthe advancement of the ulti-mate goal of fossil fuel inde-pendence, being a leader in theregion, possibly the world, inthe development of renewableenergy technology, and the re-alization of this last aspect as anew and strong pillar of the is-land’s economy. “What subse-quent steps could be made andshould be made to realize thatvision we have of Aruba as a‘Green Gateway,” and what

“What is also important arequestions of community andsocietal impact of climatechange…how changes will im-pact the Aruban communityalong with changes in energypolicies …in order to movethat coherent policy –and I em-phasis coherent- looking at thebalance and integration of eco-nomic, social and environmen-tal policies in an integratedfashion in mind of mid-termand long-term perspective.”

The effects of climate arealso radically felt in theworld’s oceans and seas, andas an island community sur-rounded by water, this is ofparticular concern; this and theother questions mentioned willbe of particular focus over thefirst two days of the confe -rence. “Aruba has made somesteps in some areas, but thereis obviously more we need to

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sausage and carrots. Thomas reports he har-

vests the cacti himself, fromthe nearby cuncucu and thatthe Erwtensoep soup recipewas born in his childhoodhome-kitchen!

An intuitive chef, Thomasalso works wonders with Os-trich meat which finds itsway into Ostrich Carpaccio,Ostrich Sate, OstrichShoarma, Ostrich Steak, andJerk Ostrich, besideOmelets, Burgers and Orien-tal Stir-Fries.

At the end of our tastylunch Chef Thomas took hiswhite jacket and toque offand toured us at the farm in-troducing us to several Os-trich pairs, now at thebeginning of the breedingseason. It was a National Ge-ographic moment when oncue Mr Ostrich flapped hiswings excitedly and pokedaround the ground with hisbill, triggering Mrs Ostrichwho ran around in circles,flapped her wings and alsopoked around, before col-lapsing on the ground in aheap of feathers, allowing

him to mount her,shaking, windingand spiraling hishead in all direction!

Mr Ostrich con-cluded his unex-pected performancewith a loud honking,his eyes rolling, thengot up in a huff tononchalantly strutaway, lea ving hiswife and the scru -tiny of our cameras.

It was a surprisereality TV moment,and not usually in-cluded in the regularprogram. Feedingthe Ostriches ishowever always onthe program, andthey are eternallyhungry, and fun!

Marjan Walhain,the farm’s General

Manager reports the farm isavailable for special events,birthdays and anniversaries,and with the Ostriches incharge of the entertainmentand Thomas in charge of thekitchen, a success produc-tion is guaranteed.

For more information goto the website: www.ArubaOstrichFarm.com

Tours are available dailyevery half hour from 9 –4pm. No reservations neededfor small groups.

Hotel transfer are avail-able!

Matt Boland, theExecutive Chef ofthe Westin ArubaResort.

Chef Thomas,Matt’s handsomeson, first headed tothe kitchen at theage of four, when hemade breakfast forhis two other sib-lings. He distinctlyremembers findinghis vocation rightthere and then, mak-ing irresistiblebacon and eggs, re-alizing that cookingis in his blood.

As the kitchenartist at the OstrichFarm, Thomas intro-duced a few of hisown favorite mealsto the lunch menusuch as braised shortribs, slow cookedpork shoulder andthe island’s longestsandwich, a deli-cious 23” baguette

stuffed with generouslysliced, 3-hour, slow-cooked,braised beef in wine sauce!

The jaw-breaker is es-corted to the table by theenthusiastic chef, servedon a giant platter, au jus,with French mustard onthe side.

We devoured half ofthat sandwich, and tookthe other half home, in abox, and it tasted equallygreat in the evening, fordinner.

The family-style sand-wich was paired with fam-ily style Dutch pea soup,served in a cactus bowl,brimming with Ham,

One of the most entertainingvacation activities is a visitto the Ostrich Farm, a popu-lar stopover on most islandjeep tours.

Locals and visitors enjoylunch at the farm, as the Sa-vana Lodge Bar & Restau-rant serves a memorableAfrican/ Dutch menu, andfeatures a well-stockedAfrican Art Boutique.

The highlight of the visitis always the fun interactionwith the resident ostrichesand emus, including a trip tothe incubators and the birdkindergarten, housing babyostriches, baby emus, babygoats, baby geese, and evena cute baby pot-bellied pig!

Some members of thelocal press were recently in-vited to meet the farm’s lat-est recruit, Chef ThomasBoland whose pedigreeboasts direct, genetic lineageto one of Aruba most-deco-rated and beloved chefs:


The Ostrich Farm proudly presents

Chef Thomas Boland

There is no love sincerer

than the love of food.

~George Bernard Shaw, "The Revolutionist's Handbook,"

Man and Superman

with extorting $25,000 fromHolloway's grieving motherBeth Holloway in exchangefor information about the loca-tion of Natalee's body. Afterreceving the money, van derSloot admitted lying aboutwhere the girl's body wasburied.

"We anticipate that U.S. au-thorities will move quickly tobring him to Alabama to facepending federal charges and toanswer for his past conduct inAruba," Kelly had said prior tothe sentencing.

Joran van der Sloot was sen-tenced yesterday to 28 years ina Peruvian prison for stran-gling a woman there, andAmerican officials are now ex-pected to bring him to Ala-bama to face charges inconnnection with the disap-pearance of Natalee Holloway.

The attorney for Holloway'smother, John Q. Kelly, saidafter yesterday's sentencingthat he hopes van der Slootwill be extradited to the U.S.within "a couple of months."

Van der Sloot is charged

month of Janaury, Hence,around mid Janaury, nextweek, all public servants willreceive their salaries alongwith the Afls.140 of the costof living adjustment andother benefits accorded bythe union. Likewise all gov-ernment retired employees,pensioners, will also receivethis same amount in theirpension receipts as of January2012.

salaries and pension receipts.In last week’s meeting with

the government, OPPA wasassured that their memberswill receive the “indexering”(cost of living adjustment),however, only as an additionalallowance (“toeslag”) and notas part of the general fund.

As is customary everyyear, the Aruba governmentpays the salaries of all civilservants very early in the

ORANJESTAD -- The or-ganization representing gov-ernment pensioners, theOPPA, has been grantedequal cost of living adjuste-ment after a lenghty discus-sion over this matter with thegovernment. Hence, thismonth all civil servants andall 3000 plus governmentpensioners will receive theAfls.140 cost of living adjust-ment in their upcoming


Civil Servants and Pensioners to receive

Cost of Living Adjustmentin early salary payments next week

Joran vander Sloot...Continued from page 1

His 28-year sentence is due toend on June 20, 2038, takinginto account the time he hasspent in jail.

The trial attracted wide-spread attention in the UnitedStates, as Van der Sloot is aprime suspect in the unsolveddisappearance of US collegestudent Natalee Holloway onAruba in 2005.

The Dutchman was twicearrested in the Holloway caseand spent three months in jailbut never was formallycharged. Holloway's body hasnot been found. The Lima trialprovided no insights into theHolloway case.

The Peru trial was post-poned last week after Van derSloot admitted guilt but askedfor time to decide how to plead.

Van der Sloot's lawyer how-ever at one point mentioned the"extreme psychological shock"suffered by his client due to nu-merous articles slandering theDutchman on the fifth anniver-sary of Holloway's disappear-ance, in May 2010.

The victim's father, RicardoFlores, complained after theverdict that Van der Sloot wasenjoying favorable conditionsin a Lima prison, where he hasbeen living apart from the gen-eral population and foreignerswith money can buy superiortreatment.

"A jail isn't a 5-star hotel,"Ricardo Flores told reporters."Let's hope the authorities takethat into account and not just inour case."

"Since the first day we'vebeen complaining about the ex-cessive privileges" that Van derSloot allegedly enjoyed in jail,he said.

Flores said he would pre -sent evidence of this at a newsconference on Monday. Un-confirmed news reports deniedby penal authorities say Vander Sloot has also had a televi-sion and video gaming console.

Van der Sloot gets 28 yearsin Peru, now U.S. wants him

OSLO(AFP) - An Oslo courtyesterday ordered a new psy-chiatric evaluation of AndersBehring Breivik, who killed 77people in July, after an earlierand widely contested testfound him criminally insane.

Two new experts, were toevaluate the 32-year-old right -wing extremist's sanity and areset to hand over their findings"before the beginning of (his)trial" on April 16.

The new evaluation risksbeing complicated by the factthat Behring Breivik has alreadyrefused through his lawyer tocooperate with the probe.

To simplify the task and by-pass his unwillingness to inter-act, the self-confessed killercould be moved from the Ilahigh-security prison near Oslo,where he is currently beingheld, to a psychiatric institu-tion for observation.

Bulletin website on Thursdaythat the Chariot had taken a di-rect course for the port of Tar-tus where Russia has a navalbase.

He added that the ship'sprecise current location couldnot be determined because ithad switched off its interna-tional tracking device abouthalf way between Cyprus andSyria.

Moscow has defended Syr-ian strongman Bashar al-Assadagainst global pressure and hasargued that its ongoing armssales were permitted under in-ternational law and would con-tinue.

A Russian military sourcesaid on December 1 thatMoscow had delivered super-sonic cruise missiles to Syriathat protect the Arab state'sshoreline against a naval at-tack.

nation point.But the vessel's Saint Pe-

tersburg-based operator West-berg Ltd said the Chariotdecided to keep to its originalschedule after leaving theCyprus port.

"It was classified as a dan-gerous cargo, but that could re-ally mean anything. We are notresponsible for knowing whatwas inside the crates," a sourceat the shipping company toldAFP.

The source refused to con-firm a Russian state media re-port saying the cargo wasbeing shipped by the state armsexport agency Rosoboronex-port through a freight companycalled Balchart.

Both Rosoboronexport andBalchart declined to commentwhen contacted by AFP.

But the respected Russianshipping analyst MikhailVoitenko said on his Maritime

SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP)- A Russian ship carrying a"dangerous cargo" has sailedfor Syria after a brief stopoverin Cyprus, despite a pledge re-portedly given to Cypriot au-thorities, the vessel's ownersaid yesterday.

An independent Russianmilitary analyst separately re-ported that the ship was likelyto dock at the Syrian port ofTartus with what media saidmay be up to 60 tons of ammu-nition supplied by the stateRussian arms exporter.

The Cypriot foreign mi -nistry said Wednesday theSaint Vincent-flagged cargoship was allowed to refuel andset sail from the port of Limas-sol after its Russian ownersagreed to change the destina-tion from Syria.

Cyprus inspectors said theship's documents showedTurkey as an alternative desti-

Russian ship heads to Syria with

'dangerous cargo'

Geneva Conventions, whichprovide that the remains ofenemy fighters be treated withdignity.

Investigators will also beseeking to identify and ques-tion others who might havebeen involved with the graphicacts, including the person whofilmed the scene, who wasmost likely a fellow service-man, another US military offi-cial said.

He said military authoritieswill also seek to question themanagers of the units in-volved, and that if commandflaws are determined to haveencouraged or led to the im-proper behavior of the troops,then those commanders will bepunished.

said.The online video showed

four US troops urinating onthree bloodied corpses, and oneof the men, apparently awarehe was being filmed, saying:"Have a great day, buddy," re-ferring to one of the dead.

The footage has angeredAfghan President HamidKarzai and embarrassed thePentagon, with US DefenseSecretary Leon Panetta andSecretary of State Hillary Clin-ton condemning the acts as de-plorable and vowing that theculprits would be found andpunished.

The soldiers in the videocould face a court-martial forviolating the Uniform Code ofMilitary Justice as well as the

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Allfour US Marines seen in an on-line video urinating on thecorpses of militants inAfghanistan have been identi-fied and two of them havebeen questioned, Americanmilitary officials said yester-day.

The official said the twomen "have been questioned"by the Naval Criminal Inves-tigative Service over the dis-turbing footage but are "not incustody."

The official, who asked notto be named because of the on-going probe, confirmed theMarines seen in the graphicfootage are from a sniper unitin the 3rd Battalion, 2ndMarines based at Camp Leje-une in North Carolina, and thatthe two men questioned areboth on active duty.

Tracking down the othertwo Marines took longer, ap-parently because they had beentransferred from Camp Leje-une, said the official.

But the US military con-firmed all four men have nowbeen identified.

The 3rd Battalion 2ndMarines was deployed insouth western Afghanistan'sHelmand province from Marchto September last year, and thevideo "potentially" was shotduring that period, the official


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US Marines questioned over urination video

Lagos --aFP photo shows people standing on a bus pasta bonfire set up on Ikorodu Road in Lagos as labour andcivil society protest over fuel prices, in Lagos, Nigeriayesterday. Nigerian police fired tear gas and shot into theair as thousands of protesters converged on the gover-nor's office in the northern city of Kano. Nigerian unionsannounced yesterday that a national strike over fuelprices that has paralysed the country for five days wouldbe suspended over the weekend.

Nigerian strike to pause astalks seek to avert oil shutdown

Norway gunmangets newpsychiatric exam

Iranian nuclear scientist, thecondemning to death of anIranian-American man for spy-ing, Iran's threats to close oiltraffic in the vital Straight ofHormuz, and the start of ura-nium enrichment.

When directly asked howIran would confront an ex-panding economic embargo,Ahmadinejad avoided goinginto details and instead bor-rowed from the leftist rhetoricof his Latin American hosts.

Iran has done a raft of dealsin Latin America nations rang-ing from housing constructionagreements with Venezuela tofinancing for Cuba's purchasesof Iranian-made train cars.

But operational problemsand delays have plagued manyof those projects, and criticsdismiss them as diplomaticallymotivated white elephantsrather than productive enter-prises.

"anti-imperialist" credentialsand showering Ahmadinejadwith praise, the bloc of social-ist allies offered few signs theycan help Iran undercut sanc-tions with cash or fuel.

"It's a diplomatic show ofsorts, doing the rounds of hispartners in the region, it's a re-minder to anyone who's watch-ing that Iran continues to haverelationships with countries inLatin America," said RisaGrais-Targow from the EurasiaGroup political risk consul-tancy.

Ahmadinejad received thewarmest welcome fromChavez, who mocked accusa-tions that Iran is building a nu-clear weapon, and he latervisited Nicaragua's Daniel Or-tega, Cuba's Raul Castro andEcuador's Rafael Correa.

But Ahmadinejad waslargely silent on key issues in-cluding the bomb attack inTehran this week that killed an

QUITO - Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad yes-terday wrapped up a four-na-tion tour of Latin America thatyielded kind words from ideo-logical allies but no clear offersto help ease Western sanctionsagainst its nuclear program.

The limited results from histour of Venezuela, Nicaragua,Cuba and Ecuador reinforcethe view that Iran will need torely on diplomatic heavy-weights like China or Russia tohelp stave off sanctions that forthe first time threaten its oil in-come.

Latin America's mostprominent left-wing presi-dents, led by Venezuela's HugoChavez, have defended Iran'sright to develop nuclear energyand slammed tightened meas-ures by Washington.

But while burnishing their

aleXanDria : Us First lady Michelle obama dances

onstage during "random Dancing" with cast members

of the nickelodeon television show iCarly, including Mi-

randa Cosgrove (l), who plays Carly shay, and Jennette

McCurdy (r), who plays sam Puckett, during a screen-

ing of an episode of the show featuring obama at Hay-

field secondary school in alexandria, Virginia, on

January 13, 2012. Mrs. obama appears on an episode

honoring military families and kids which will air on the

children's cable network January 16. on the show, the

character of Carly shay is the daughter of an air Force

Colonel serving overseas in the military. (aFP PHoto)

closures, which will be in ef-fect until next week, officialssaid.

The last time Valdezschools shut down because oftoo much snow was in the1989-90 academic year, al-though there was a high-windclosure earlier this winter,Valdez School SuperintendentJacob Jensen said.

Valdez, a seaside town fa-mous for big snow dumps eachwinter, is on pace to break itsseason record of 560.7 inches,said Bob Hopkins, meteorolo-gist in charge at the NationalWeather Service's Anchorageoffice.

Across Prince WilliamSound in Cordova, schools re-mained closed for similarsnow-load concerns, officialssaid. Students had been sched-uled to return to classes fromwinter break on Monday, buthave not been able to attendschool at all since 2012 began.

ANCHORAGE - Alaska'srecord-breaking winter snow-storms have achieved a newmilestone -- school closures inValdez, a snow-tough PrinceWilliam Sound port that is onpace to beat its own seasonsnowfall record.

This winter marks the firsttime in decades that Valdezschools have closed because ofsnow volumes, city and schooldistrict officials said. Poten-tially dangerous loads of snowon school roofs prompted the

ready accredited to PRIME Fi-nance, said Golden.

Based at the Hague, arbitra-tors may hold hearings at thePeace Palace, where the Inter-national Court of Justice is lo-cated.

But this new tribunal willalso be flexible and could holdhearings anywhere in the worldif necessary, said Golden.

PRIME Finance will be fi-nanced by the Dutch govern-ment and the city of the Haguein its first two years.

It will then be self-financedthanks to contributions fromdisputing parties which arealso expected to accept its rul-ings.

THE HAGUE,The Nether-lands (AFP) - An internationaltribunal speciali-sing in arbi-trating financial disputeswould launch its ser vicesMonday at the Hague, thechairman of the foundationcreated to run the expert bodysaid.

"This tribunal will help set-tle disputes involving complexfinancial issues," said JefferyGolden, chairman of the foun-dation overseeing the Panel ofRecognised International Mar-ket Experts in Finance(PRIME Finance).

"When you read the news-paper, you would think that theonly way forward is bettermarket regulation, that's whatwe call preventive medicine.But there will be accidents,and by analogy, we will be thehospital," he added.

In October 2010, 60 finan-cial experts who were meetingat the Hague decided that itwas necessary to create a tribu-nal to rule on complex finan-cial disputes brought by states,local governments and privatecompanies.

Besides providing arbitra-tion services, PRIME Financewill also offer judicial trainingprograms.

About 82 experts fromaround the world, judges, ad-ministrators of private firmsand legal practitioners are al-


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Record-breaking snows

strain even hardy Alaskans

Iranian leader ends lackluster Latin

America tour

go to bed, complete the fol-lowing statements: “I amthankful for ______Today I

accomplished ________38. Remember you are

too blessed to bestressed.

39. Enjoy the ride. Re-member this is not Dis-ney World and youcertainly don’t want afast pass. You only haveone ride through life somake the most of it andenjoy the ride.

40. May your troubles

be less, May your bless-

ings be more, May nothing

but happiness come through

your door! It just doesn’t hap-

pen though on it’s own YOU

NEED to stop thinking nega-

tive thoughts and focus on

wishing good things in your

lives and everyone around

you!

isn’t useful, beautiful, or joy-ful.

32. Envy is a waste of time.

You already have all youneed.

33. The best is yet to come.34. No matter how you

feel, get up, dress up, andshow up.

35. Do the right thing!36. Call your family often..

(Or email them to death!)37. Each night before you


Health & Living

lot from kids!9. Dream morewhile you are

awake.10. Eat more

foods thatgrow on treesand plants.Eat less foodthat is manu-factured inplants!

11. Drinkgreen tea and

plenty of water.12. Try to

make at least 3people smile each

day.13. Clean clutter from

your house, your car, yourdesk, and let new and flowingenergy into your life.

14. Don’t waste your pre-cious energy on gossip, or is-sues of the past, negativethoughts or things you cannotcontrol. Instead invest yourenergy in the positive presentmoment.

15. Realize that life is aschool and you are here tolearn. Problems are simplypart of the curriculum that ap-pear and fade away like alge-

bra class but thelessons you

learn will lasta lifetime.

16. Eatb r e a k -fast likea king,l u n c hlike aprince,

and din-ner like a

college kidwith a maxed

out credit card.17. Smile and

laugh more. It will keep theNEGATIVE BLUES away.

18. Life isn’t fair, but it’sstill good.

19. Life is too short towaste time hating anyone.

20. Don’t take yourself soseriously. No one else does.

21. You don’t have to winevery argument. Agree to dis-agree.

Here are some greatsteps to improveyour life in2012.

1. Take a1 0 - 3 0m i n u t ewalk everyday, andwhile youw a l k ,smile. It isthe ultimateantidepres-sant.

2. Sit in si-lence for at least10 minutes eachday. I like to take this10 minutes (sadly some-times just 5 minutes ifpressed for time) to think ofeverything that is goingRIGHT and not wrong and togive thanks for what I dohave…so many people haveit worse.

3. Buy a DVR and recordyour late night shows and getmore sleep.

4. When you wake up inthe morning complete the fol-lowing statement, “My pur-pose is to _______ today.”

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22. Make peace with yourpast so it won’t spoil the pres-ent.

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25. Frame every so-called disaster withthese words: “In fiveyears, will this matter?”

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(AFP) - Apple said Friday itwas suspending sales of thenew iPhone at its China storesafter fans desperate to get theirhands on it fought with secu-rity and threw eggs at an offi-cial outlet.

Police detained at least twopeople outside the Beijingshop on Friday when angrycrowds who had queued forhours in freezing temperaturesfor the Chinese launch of theiPhone 4S were left furiousafter being refused entry.

An AFP reporter outsidethe store in the upmarket San-litun district saw frustratedshoppers attack a securityguard after police with mega-

phones shouted at the 1,000-strong crowd to go home andsaid the gadget would not goon sale.

Apple said its other main-land China stores -- another inBeijing and three in Shanghai-- had sold out of the new de-vice within hours.

"The demand for iPhone 4Shas been incredible," saidspokeswoman Carolyn Wu.

"Unfortunately we were un-able to open our store at Sanli-tun due to the large crowd, andto ensure the safety of our cus-tomers and employees,iPhones will not be available inour retail stores in Beijing andShanghai for the time being."

Apple said customers couldstill order iPhones online andat other authorised retailers inChina.

A worker at a small, down-town China Unicom shop said80 iPhone 4S models had soldout in four hours.

Some of the people gath-ered outside the Sanlitun store

from the early hours on Fridaytold AFP they had been prom-ised 100 yuan (almost $16)each by touts to stand in lineand wait for the doors to open.

Reselling is a major indus-try in China, where the newiPhone has been on sale formonths at a premium on theblack market, after beingsmuggled in from neighbour-ing countries and from HongKong.

The new model, which fea-tures a high-definition videocamera and a quick-witted ar-tificial intelligence "personalassistant" named Siri, had itsglobal launch in October.

Die-hard fans in China,which has the world's largestonline population with morethan 500 million users, havebeen known to line up for daysto get their hands on the latestApple products.

But Apple's popularity hasalso brought problems, withwidespread counterfeiting andillegal smuggling of its prod-ucts.

Apple suspends iPhone salesat China stores

THE HAGUE (AFP) - ADutch marine rescue centrefor baby seals said Fridaymore than 100 of the seamammal pups had washed upalong the country's northerncoastline after recent storms.

The large numbers -- whichthe centre blamed in part onrising environmental pressuresthat leave the young sealsweak -- had stretched the cen-tre's capacity, forcing it to putup an extra tent and pool.

"In the last 10 days, as a re-sult of storms, we have res-cued more than 100 sealswashed up, with the total num-ber at the centre shooting up to365," said Zeehondencreche(Seal Nursery) director Leniet'Hart.

Usually the centre rescuesabout 150 seals a year, shesaid.

Although stormy weatherin the Wadden Sea -- an inter-tidal zone spanning the coastand the Wadden Islands in thenorthern Netherlands -- playeda role, t'Hart said growingnumbers washing up, espe-cially pups, showed the Dutchseal population is under in-creasing pressure.

"In the last two or threeyears, we have seen more andmore seals wash up too weakto look after themselves," shetold AFP.

"This is a result of commer-cial overfishing as well asseals getting sick from eating

fish with toxins as a result ofpollution."

Especially vulnerable wereseal pups under one year old.

"These pups eat small fish,but even in protected areas,they cannot find food becausethere are no more small fishleft," she said.

When a pup arrives at thecreche, it is washed, given flu-ids "as many are severely de-hydrated", and fed a"porridge" of ground herringand water.

They are then placed in aspecial pen to recuperate.

Because of the large num-bers, an extra tent with poolsand pens had to be set up, andthe nursery asked other marineinstitutions for help, t'Hartsaid.

She said most seals recoversufficiently to be releasedback into the Wadden Sea orthe North Sea within threemonths.

Partly declared a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site in 2009,the Wadden Sea consists ofsalt marshes, tidal and perma-nently flooded flats, sandbanks and channels.

It is shared between theNetherlands and Germany andis a popular destination forwater sports and nature lovers,with whom seal sight-seeingtrips remain popular, accord-ing to the Wadden Sea WorldHeritage website.

More than 100 babyseals rescued onDutch coast

Sci-Tech

LONDON (AFP) - A Britishstudent who created a websiteallowing people to watch filmsand TV shows for free can beextradited to the the US to an-swer copyright infringement

allegations, a court ruled Fri-day.

Richard O'Dwyer, 23, al-legedly earned thousands ofpounds (dollars) through ad-vertising on the TVShack web-site before it was closed downby US authorities.

He faces jail if found guiltyof the charges, which werebrought after a crackdown bythe US Immigration and Cus-toms Enforcement agency.

O'Dwyer's lawyer BenCooper indicated during thehearing at Westminster Magis-trates Court in London that hewould appeal.

The lawyer said the websitedid not store copyright mate-

rial itself and merely directedusers to other sites, making itsimilar to Google.

Cooper also argued that hisclient -- who would be the firstBritish citizen to be extraditedfor such an offence -- wasbeing used as a "guinea pig"for copyright law in the UnitedStates.

But District Judge QuentinPurdy ruled the extraditioncould go ahead.

His mother Julia O'Dwyer,from Chesterfield in northernEngland, has described themoves by US authorities as"beyond belief" and describedBritain's extradition treaty withthe United States as "rotten".

British student can be extradited to US over website

British student Richard O'D-wyer arrives at WestminsterMagistrates Court.


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many, Luxembourg and theNetherlands among the six eu-rozone nations with a AAA rat-ing. The source was unable tosay what S&P decided to dowith the two others, Austriaand Finland.

Belgium has an AA rating,which is two notches belowthe top score.

S&P warned last month thatthe credit ratings of 15 of theeurozone's 17 member stateswere at risk of a downgradedue to the ongoing debt crisis.

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Standard& Poor's has decided to down-grade France's top-notch creditrating but will spare Germany,Belgium, Luxembourg and theNetherlands, an EU govern-ment source told AFP yester-day.

"France loses its triple-Arating," the source said on con-dition of anonymity, addingthat the credit ratings agency,one of the world's top three,has notified the governmentsof its decision.

France was along with Ger-

about 100 billion euros ($127billion) from Athens' massiveburden and avoid a full-blowndefault.

"Under the circumstances,discussions with Greece andthe official sector are pausedfor reflection on the benefits ofa voluntary approach," the IIFsaid, in a statement issued inWashington.

Any further downgrades toeurozone countries, especiallyones of the likes of France andGermany would be a devastat-ing blow for European leadersahead of the European summitat the end of the month.

European leaders are due tomeet in Brussels on January 30to nail down details of a fiscalpact designed to reassure bondmarkets that their deficit re-duction plans are on courseand their debts safe.

back to $1.2638, a 16-monthlow, while London's FTSE 100closed down 0.46 percent,Frankfurt's DAX closed down0.58 percent and in Paris theCAC 40 dropped 0.11 percentby the end of trading.

American stocks also fell onopening. And there was furtherbad news from debt-wrackedeurozone minnow Greece,when a group representingmajor private lenders said theyhad failed to reach an agree-ment to slash its debt burden.

Talks on a Greek write-down have "not produced aconstructive consolidated re-sponse by all parties," the In-stitute of International Financesaid.

The proposed deal wouldhave seen banks taking a 50-percent "haircut" on Greekdebt, which would remove

PARIS (AFP) - Efforts to savethe eurozone economies suf-fered a double blow yesterdayas major player France lost itstriple-A debt rating and talks toagree a Greek debt writedowncollapsed.

The single currencyplunged to 16-month lows, andEuropean stock markets slidback sharply after opening upon what proved a grim Friday13th for EU policy makers, inparticular France's PresidentNicolas Sarkozy.

In Brussels, EU govern-ment sources told AFP Stan-dard and Poor's had warned thebloc that France would bedowngraded by one notch,while fellow top-line creditorsGermany, Luxembourg, Fin-land and the Netherlandswould be spared.

The single currency fell

lower than the average in si -milar economies, Fitch said.

"High unemployment al-ready fosters widespread cri -minal violence and detersforeign investment," Fitch saidin a statememt. "Over time itcould also threaten social andpolitical stability, damaging theinvestment climate further."

But Fitch said that SouthAfrica's BBB+ foreign creditrating was still supported by thestrength of its courts, regulatorsand government autho rities,which has fostered a solid cor-porate and financial sector.

"This inability has not onlyconstrained growth and keptthe tax base narrow but hasalso caused public finances tobecome increasingly redistri -butive in an effort to addressthe lack of social mobility,"she said.

"The resultant narrowing offiscal space undermines a keysupport to South Africa's cre -ditworthiness."

South Africa's unemploy-ment rate is mired around 25percent, while its economicgrowth has averaged 2.7 per-cent over the last five years --

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) -Ratings agency Fitch yester-day revised South Africa's out-look from stable to negative,citing the country's failure tocreate enough jobs and tospeed up economic growth.

"Not least of the problemsthat require urgent attention isthe economy's inability to cre-ate sufficient jobs for its labourforce," said Purvi Harlalka, di-rector in Fitch's Sovereignsgroup.


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French downgrade looms

BEIJING, China -- Police try to seal off the area as thou-sands of customers queue up outside an Apple store inBeijing's upmarket Sanlitun shopping district, in Beijingearly morning on January 13, 2012. Thousands of Chi-nese tech fans queued in freezing temperatures on Jan-uary 13 as the new iPhone 4S went on sale, sparkingviolent scenes when staff at the Beijing Apple store re-fused to open its doors. (AFP PHOTO)

(China), "In the Land ofBlood and Honey" (UnitedStates/Serbo-Croatian), "TheKid with Bike" (Belgium),"A Separation" (Iran), "TheSkin I Live In" (Spain).

- best original score: "TheArtist," "The Girl With theDragon Tattoo," "Hugo,""W.E.," "War Horse."

- best original song:"Hello Hello" from "Gnomeoand Juliet" by Elton John,"The Keeper" from "MachineGun Preacher" by Chris Cor-nell, "Lay Your Head Down"from "Albert Nobbs" byBrian Byrne and GlennClose, "The Living Proof"from "The Help" by Mary J.Blige, "Masterpiece" from"W.E." by Madonna.

"The Help," Janet McTeer in"Albert Nobbs," OctaviaSpencer in "The Help," Shai-lene Woodley in "The De-scendants."

- best supporting actor:Kenneth Branagh in "MyWeek With Marilyn," AlbertBrooks in "Drive," Jonah Hillin "Moneyball," ViggoMortensen in "A DangerousMethod," Christopher Plum-mer in "Beginners."

- best animated feature:"The Adventures of Tintin,""Arthur Christmas," "Cars 2,""Puss 'n Boots," "Rango."

- best screenplay: "TheArtist," "The Descendants,""The Ides of March," "Mid-night in Paris," "Moneyball."

- best foreign languagefilm: "The Flowers of War"

"Shame," Leonardo DiCaprioin "J. Edgar."

- best actress, drama:Glenn Close in "AlbertNobbs," Viola Davis in "TheHelp," Rooney Mara in "TheGirl With the Dragon Tattoo,"Meryl Streep in "The IronLady," Tilda Swinton in "WeNeed to Talk About Kevin."

- best director: WoodyAllen for "Midnight in Paris,"George Clooney for "TheIdes of March," MichaelHazavicius for "The Artist,"Alexander Payne for "TheDescendants," Martin Scors-ese for "Hugo."

- best actor, comedy ormusical: Jean Dujardin in"The Artist," Brendan Glee-son in "The Guard," JosephGordon-Levitt in "50/50,"Ryan Gosling in "Crazy, Stu-pid, Love," Owen Wilson in"Midnight in Paris."

- best actress, comedy ormusical: Jodie Foster in"Carnage," Charlize Theronin "Young Adult," KristenWiig in "Bridesmaids,"Michelle Williams in "MyWeek with Marilyn," KateWinslet in "Carnage."

- best supporting actress:Berenice Bejo in "TheArtist," Jessica Chastain in

Horse."- best film, comedy or mu-

sical: "50/50," "The Artist,""Bridesmaids," "Carnage,""Midnight in Paris," "MyWeek With Marilyn."

- best actor, drama:George Clooney in "The De-scendants," Brad Pitt in"Moneyball," Ryan Goslingin "The Ides of March,"Michael Fassbender in

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Here is a list of nominees inall movie categories for the2012 Golden Globe awards,to be announced Sunday inBeverly Hills in a showhosted by British comicRicky Gervais.

- best film, drama: "TheDescendants," "The Help,""Hugo," "The Ides ofMarch," "Moneyball," "War

LONDON - David Jacobs, senior conservator at theBritish Library, poses for photographers with one of theoldest known copies of the Koran (8th century), at theBritish Museum in central London on January 13, 2012,to mark the launch of a new major exhibition "Hajj: Jour-ney to the Heart of Islam" which opens to the public onJanuary 26. AFP PHOTO


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centage points behind Presi-dent Nicolas Sarkozy less thanfour months before the elec-tion here, also said that shewas not happy with Qatar'stakeover of Paris Saint-Ger-main last year.

"It does actually bother methat Qatar bought Paris Saint-Germain," she said at a pressconference at the EuropeanAmerican Press Club in Paris.

Qatar's Crown PrinceSheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani is owner of the clubthrough Qatar Sports Invest-ments.

Le Pen said that in generalQatar was "playing a doublegame" by presenting itself asan "enlightened" country whileat the same time supporting Is-lamist groups in the MiddleEast and North Africa.

Gas-rich Qatar is a tradi-tional French ally and pro-vided vital Arab support toFrench and British-led effortsto get a UN mandate for mili-

PARIS (AFP) - Far-right pres-idential candidate Marine LePen on Friday lashed out atQatar for investing in "Mus-lim" areas of French cities andfor taking over Paris Saint-Germain football club.

"The massive investmentswhich it has made in suburbsare made because of the veryhigh proportion of Muslimswho are in the French sub-urbs," the leader of the anti-immigrant National Front(FN) told reporters.

"I think this situation couldbe very dangerous," she said."We are letting a foreign coun-try choose its investments withregard to the religion of this orthat part of the French popula-tion or of French territory."

The tiny but very wealthyGulf state of Qatar late lastyear set up a 50-million-euro($67-million) fund for entre-preneurs from France's often-deprived suburbs to foundbusinesses.

Le Pen, who is just two per-

France's far-right National Front (FN) party candidate for the2012 presidential election, Marine Le Pen.

ruary 3, with a further one mil-lion 'contingency' tickets dueto go on sale in May.

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Earlier this month LOCOGsuffered the embarrassment ofadmitting they had mistakenlyoversold tickets for synchro-nised swimming sessions andwere forced to offer peopleplaces at other events.

Last year hundreds of thou-sands of British fans missedout on tickets for the Games ina lottery, amid massive de-mand.

solution has been found to en-able the ticket resale platformto reopen next week."

The resale site was de-signed to allow fans to sell un-wanted tickets, with othersable to buy them on a first-come, first-served basis.

But many would-be pur-chasers were left frustrated astheir attempts to buy ticketsfailed, with the site -- hoursafter they logged on -- showedthe same tickets were availableyet unable to be bought.

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The resale window hadbeen due to be open until Feb-

tary action to protect civiliansduring the eight-month upris-ing in Libya.

Qatar also gave militarysupport to NATO-led opera-tions in Libya, including de-ploying troops on the ground.

Qatar Holding, the invest-ment arm of Qatar's sovereignwealth fund, said this month itwanted a seat on the board ofFrench media group Lagardereand may increase its stake fur-ther than the 10 percent levelthe fund holds.

An IFOP opinion poll onThursday showed that in thefirst round of the French elec-tion in April, Socialist candi-date Francois Hollande wouldtake 27 percent of the vote,followed by Sarkozy at 23.5percent and Le Pen at 21.5 per-cent.

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FOOTBALL: Le Pen slams Qatarfor investing in 'Muslim' suburbs

LONDON (AFP) - The crisis-hit London 2012 Olympicticket re-sale website is set toreopen next week, organiserssaid Friday.

It has already been downfor a week since being unableto cope with the vast demand,since when under-pressureagents Ticketmaster have beentrying to get it back up andrunning.

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who have now lost fivestraight and fallen to 2-9.

Silas said his starters have"just kind of given up now."

"I tell my players, we'vegot to learn from our losses,"he added. "That doesn't seemto be coming very quickly."

ATLANTA (AFP) - The At-lanta Hawks, rocked by newsthat injured center Al Horfordwill miss at least three months,regrouped for a convincing111-81 NBA victory over theCharlotte Bobcats on Thurs-day.

The Hawks learned Thurs-day that Horford will missthree to four months with tornpectoral muscle, the left shoul-der injury that forced him outof Wednesday's game at Indi-ana.

The news was a blow for ateam with Eastern Conferenceplayoff hopes, but coach LarryDrew was pleased with howthe Hawks responded.

"We had a few lapses de-fensively but our energy levelwas high," Drew said. "Whenwe play with that type of en-ergy and get up the floor andfly around, we are a prettygood club."

The Hawks out-reboundedthe Bobcats 55-30. Josh Smithled Atlanta with 30 points and13 rebounds. Joe Johnsonadded 23 points and eight as-sists.

"We took care of the bas-ketball, we executed very welland we moved the ball," Drewsaid. "I thought we playedoverall a really solid game."

Charlotte coach Paul Silas,meanwhile, could find littlepositive to say about his team,

face Aston Villa on Saturday,has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract for a reportedfee of one million pounds, ris-ing to two million on appear-ances.

A product of the Unitedyouth team, Gibson hasscored 10 goals in 60 appear-ances for the English champi-ons since breaking into thefirst team in the 2005/06 sea-son.

Born in Northern Ireland,Gibson has played 17 timesfor the Republic and scoredone goal.

However, he has onlyplayed twice for United thisseason and Gibson said heknew his time at Old Traffordwas up when Ferguson re-

LIVERPOOL (AFP) - DarronGibson has revealed he joinedEverton from ManchesterUnited after advice fromWayne Rooney, the Englandstriker who moved in the op-posite direction.

A lack of first teamchances at Old Trafford --summed up when the mid-fielder was overlooked for theFA Cup win over ManchesterCity when the United man-ager recalled 37-year-old PaulScholes from retirement in-stead -- persuaded Republicof Ireland international Gib-son it was time to move on.

"I was speaking to Wayneabout it a bit and after that andcoming to see the facilities itwas an easy decision," saidthe 24-year-old Gibson, whoalso talked to Everton's Aus-tralia international Tim Cahilland another United old boy inToffees captain Phil Nevillebefore making his move.

"He (Rooney) told me itwas a great club and he reallyenjoyed his time and the peo-ple here," Gibson added.

"Having a word with himand people like Tim Cahilland Phil Neville convincedme to come."

Gibson, in the squad to


called Scholes for the 3-2 vic-tory over City last weekend.

"I was very frustrated (atManchester United). WhenScholesy came back the man-ager told me I was free to go.

"Everton had shown someinterest a month before handand the gaffer (David Moyes)wanted me in so it went fromthere.

"I think it was the righttime for me to move on andI'm looking forward to mytime here," explained Gibson,who has left second-placedEnglish champions United foran Everton side who are 11thin the Premier League table.

Meanwhile Fergusonwished his former player well,saying Gibson could followthe example of both Nevilleand goalkeeper Tim Howardin making a successful switchfrom United to Everton.

"I think it's a good movefor him," said Ferguson.

"He has to get on with hiscareer. He's got terrific ability,Darron, but he knew he wasn'tgoing to be a first-team regu-lar here all the time."

Ferguson added Gibsonwould be a welcome boost toEverton manager Moyes's in-jury-hit squad.

Football: Rooney tip gets Gibson toGoodison

NBA: Depleted Hawks

beat Bobcats

New York is one of the hottestteams in the league coming offthree emotional wins. "We'regoing to win. One-hundredpercent we're going to win, be-cause we're the best," Giantsdefensive end Jason Pierre-Paul said.

Green Bay is also dealingwith the tragic death of the 21-year-old son of offensive co-ordinator Joe Philbin. MichaelPhilbin's body was pulledfrom the Fox River on Mon-day.

Denver quarterback TimTebow doesn't have a SuperBowl ring to his credit but hedoes have the magic touch latein games this season.

Tebow will try to continuehis late-game heroics Saturdayagainst the Patriots, who haveone of the league's worst passdefences.

But in their regular seasoncontest, the Patriots romped toa 41-23 win and are heavilyfavoured in this one.

The Ravens will hope to usehome field advantage to beatHouston in the first of twoplayoff games on Sunday.

Baltimore is 18-1 in theirlast 19 games at home but theRavens won the regular seasongame 29-14.

Meanwhile Tim Tebow, oneof America's hottest newsports heroes, will help pay fora children's hospital in thepoverty-stricken Philippineswhere he was born, his charitypartners said Friday.

The $3 million, 30-bed fa-cility will open in the southerncity of Davao in mid-2013, theUS-based charity CURE saidin a statement on its websitewhere a video message fromthe Denver Broncos quarter-back was also posted.

"I've always had a a specialplace in my heart for the coun-try in which I was born andI'm very excited about thisproject," Tebow said in themessage as he appealed for thepublic to join him in donatingto the hospital's fund.

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biggest test of the season sofar for the Saints. The 49erswere first in the NFC, hold-ing the opponent's quarter-backs to just 57.5 completionpercentage.

The defending championPackers went 15-1 in the reg-ular season with the offenceaveraging a league-best 35points per game. Offsettingthat, however, is a sloppy de-fence that allowed 6,585yards compared to the 6,482yards gained by the offence.

If the Packers do repeat,they would be the first cham-pions with the league's worstranked defence.

The Packers will be meet-ing the New York Giants forthe second time this season.In the first contest on Decem-ber 4, Green Bay kicked alate field goal to win 38-35.

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"This is one of thosematchups when you lookfrom last year to this year interms of a confidence stand-point and they're playing witha lot of confidence."

The outdoor contest is theonly game in the divisionalplayoffs that isn't a rematchof a regular season game. TheSaints beat the 49ers 25-22the last time they met in Sep-tember of 2010.

New Orleans has an 11-1record this year in gamesplayed indoors and are just 3-2 when they play outdoors,losing in Green Bay andTampa.

"We look at it as anothergame, whether it’s indoors,outdoors, west coast, north,east, west. If there's elementsto be dealt with, we keepthose in mind," Brees said.

San Francisco will be the

Green Bay Packers' AaronRodgers are all trying to addto their legacy by winninganother championship ring inSuper Bowl 46.

Brees brings the NFL's No.1 offence to San Francisco ina National Conference divi-sional contest on Saturday,facing a 49ers team whosedefence ranks near the top ofthe league.

The Saints' high-octane of-fence is led by the 32-year-old Brees who set a singleseason passing record thisyear. New Orleans was firstin the league in passing (344yards per game) and comple-tion percentage (71 percent).

"They're the number oneteam against the run," Breessaid of the 49ers. "They'redoing everything defensivelythat you would preach toyour guys.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Fourex-Super Bowl Most Valu-able Player quarterbacks willbe showcasing their talentsthis weekend in the secondround of the National Foot-ball League playoffs.

The New England Patriots'Tom Brady, New York Gi-ants' Eli Manning, New Or-leans Saints' Drew Brees and


WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheWorld Boxing Association onFriday ordered a rematchwithin 180 days of the contro-versial light-welterweightworld title fight betweenBritain's Amir Khan andAmerican Lamont Peterson.

The move comes in thewake of a much debated split-decision victory by Petersonover the Englishman lastmonth in Washington, Peter-son's hometown, and after aformal appeal by Golden BoyPromotions to the WBA onbehalf of Khan.

"I'm pleased that justicehas been done and the WBAhas ordered an immediate re-match," Khan said. "All weask as sportsmen is for a fairand level playing field whenwe compete.

"Lamont Peterson provedin our fight that he is a greatcompetitor. I hope a secondbout will be just as exciting. Iwant to prove without doubtthat I'm the best in the 140-pound division by taking careof business in the rematch."

Referee Joe Cooper de-ducted points from Khan inthe seventh and 12th roundsfor pushing, a rare call, anddid not credit Khan with whatshould have been a knock-down in the first round, ac-cording to the WBA.

The sanctioning body saidCooper's moves impacted theoutcome of the fight. HadKhan not been docked thepoint in the final round, judgesscores would have made thefight a draw and Khan wouldhave kept his titles.

Instead, Peterson took theWBA and International Box-ing Federation crowns, im-proving to 30-1-1 with 15knockouts. Khan fell to 26-2with 18 knockouts.

Peterson, mentioned as apossible next foe for MannyPacquiao, could vacate theWBA crown rather than fighta rematch with Khan and evenkeep a share of the title, de-pending on what happens innext week's IBF hearing on

the fight."Unfortunately, we are in

this process of dealing withthese unfounded protests,"said Barry Hunter, Peterson'smanager and trainer.

"Khan blames everyoneand everything but his per-formance and lack of ability tomake adjustments in the ringfor his loss.

"It would be an understate-ment to characterize Lamontas being disappointed in theunprofessional manner inwhich Khan is attempting todiscredit his performance inthe ring and victory."

"I'm thrilled about the deci-sion and hope that we can startnegotiations and get the re-match done," Golden Boychief executive RichardSchaefer said.

"Both Amir and Lamontare terrific young men andathletes who fought theirhearts out in Washington lastDecember. I am sure that fightfans from around the worldapplaud the WBA's decision."

The WBA also pointed toan unauthorized person, IBF-credentialed Mustafa Ameen,handling the official scoringslips used by judges during thebout then posing with Peter-son for pictures after the fight.

Hunter, who turned down arematch offer worth $1 mil-lion immediately after theKhan fight, said Ameen is notconnected to Peterson or theircamp.

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