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Aruba Youth Hotline, sheposited that youth should havea voice in the laws that governthem by giving them the voteat the age of twelve. "The samearguments brought againstyouth having the vote are thosethat were presented againstwomen having the vote," shereminded the audience.

The morning's sessions fi -nished with a presentation byDr. Sue Morter, internationallyknown authority on bridgingscience, spirit and human pos-sibility. She literally broughtthe gathering to their feet asshe encouraged them to moveand reach "deep into their core,the seat of wisdom" and droptheir inhibitions and let theirspirits shine.

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government, compared to only11% in the Netherlands.

The author of a series ofchildren's books that are para-bles for world issues such aspreserving the environmentand tolerance, she particularlyfocused on the need for en-abling youth, both genders, butparticularly girls, to insure sus-tainability for the next genera-tion.

Her comments were verymuch in line with the con-tention of Dr. Hellen van derWal, who believes that youthare dismissed and discrimi-nated against by a mentally shecalls "adultism." This practiceis believed by psychologists tobe just as damaging as racismor sexism, and equally dis-criminatory. Founder of the

Those attending 2nd ArubaWomen's Day Conferencewould heartily agree it was adiverse and inspiring day tar-geting each women's indivi -dual sense of empowerment,and community. A diversity ofsubjects were addressed, notonly focusing how eachwomen could be her best, buthow to support and encouragethe next generation of girls andyoung women to fully realizetheir enormous potential.

Aruba's Minister of Eco-nomic & Social Affairs andCulture, Michelle Hooyboer-Winklaar, officially welcomedover 600 women, and somemen, including Aruba Gover-nor Fredis Refunjol, to theday's presentation. The officialtheme of this year's event"Strong Women, Strong Lead-ership, Strong World."

An impressive roster ofstrong women were the invitedspeakers. They included HRHPrincess Laurentien of theNetherlands, with a long re -cord of battling illiteracy in theNetherlands. She comparedAruba's impressive record ofwomen occupying 44% ofleadership positions in island

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South American independencehero Simon Bolivar on hismentor's wooden casket as fo -reign dignitaries applauded.

Several Latin Americanleaders, including Cuban Pre -sident Raul Castro, then stoodaround the coffin, which wasclosed and covered in the yel-low, blue and red colors ofVenezuela, in an honor guard.

Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad and Belarussianstrongman Alexander Luka -shenko were next, the two ofthem standing on either side oftheir ally, who used petrodollarsto form an anti-American bloc.

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CARACAS(AFP) - LatinAmerican leaders and US foespaid tribute to Venezuelanleader Hugo Chavez yesterdayas he lay in state in a flag-draped coffin during a lavishstate funeral before the nationswears-in an interim president.

Venezuelan conductor andLos Angeles Philharmonicmaestro Gustavo Dudamel ledan orchestra's rendition of thenational anthem to open theceremony for the man whosesocialist rule earned him friendsand foes at home and abroad.

Chavez's political heir,Nicolas Maduro, placed areplica of the golden sword of

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Minister Hooyboer-Winklaar and this year's theme

Dr. Sue Morter

tions will no longer exist.Next year we will be doingmore to bring our finances inorder, but that will not haveany consequences for Aruba.We have made agreementswith the Dutch Ca ribbeanand we intend to comply withthem.”

Henis-Plasschaert believesthat the presence of DutchMarines in the DutchCaribbean is very important.Their tasks are important notonly for military assistance,but also for the fight against

all sorts of criminality. Thisweek, the Minister will bevisiting the other islands.Dutch Commander of theArmed Forces, Tom Midde-dorp will be accompanyingthe Minister on her vests toBonaire, and Curacao. Withrespect to the Coast Guard,Director of the Coast Guardfor the Caribbean Region,General Dick Swijgman, in-dicated that the role of theCoast Guard is to guaranteesecurity in the region.

Dutch Minister of Defense,Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaertrecently paid Aruba a work-ing visit. On her first dayhere, she visited Aruba Gov-ernor Fredis Refunjol as wellas Prime Mi nister MikeEman. This was followed bya visit to the Marine Camp inSavaneta. Hennis-Plasschaertwas very im - pressed withwhat she saw at the Camp.She remarked... “The troopsare in excellent condition andare well trained. Remarkableis that everyone are so enthu-siastic here.” The Ministerexpressed too, that she is con-vinced that our marines areprepared for any task theymay have to confront afterobserving several tactical ex-ercises and encounters withthe ‘enemy.’

After witnessing their pre-paredness and training at theMarines Camp, she declaredthat the Camp must remainopen and that this is not partof the enormous reorganiza-tion taking place in Dutch de-fense. The Minister indicatedthat, “indeed, 12000 func-

Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaertvery impressed with Aruba

grown locally.According to Stan

Kuiperi, what stand out inthis particular Barrio arethe names of the streets.They are a group of ratherpeculiar names. All arenames of trees and flow-ers and a few are thenames of herbal medi-cines.

There are names like:Bini Bini, Franse Bloem,Cane bloem, Seida and alot more. He decided touse these names to createdesigns to paint on thehouses, creating a specialidentify for the Barriowith flowers and treestypical of Aruba. Everyhouse will get the floweror tree to correspond withthe name of his street. For

this Barrio, Stan designed tendesigns.

Stan Kuiperi indicated thatthey always discuss the designwith the residents of the Barriobefore proceeding. He said,when they did this with Jabu -ribari everyone reacted sponta-neously and positively, they allloved the idea very much.

The tedious job of paintingthe 62 homes have begun andvery soon we will be able tosee the beauty of the designswith their colorful appeal.

Artist Stan Kuiperi is the oneresponsible for the art work onthe homes in the "Pinta Bo-Bario" painting projects. Be-fore he decides on a design, hedrives around to see what arethe characteristics of the Bar-rio. What stands out more andwith this in mind he comes upwith a design which is laterpainted on the homes. It is al-ways a challenge. For this Bar-rio he has chosen to use thenames of the streets which arethe names of fruits and flowers

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tics show in a world where in-tellect is the leading factor insuccess, it would appear "menare falling behind." She urgedthat on this women's day, withall the information being pre-sented at the conference, theaudience should always keepin mind the advancement bothgenders. "All deserve to suc-ceed equally in today's world,as well as tomorrow's."

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Women's Power for a StrongerCommunity. Pointing out whatan important percentagewomen contribute to the GDP,she was supported by startlingfigures from one of the day'smajor sponsors, CMB Bank.Emily Arends of CMB pointedout that of 372 "children ofCMB" women number 185and that among the 78 leader-ship positions in the bank,women occupy 46 of them.She made the point that statis-

nary Women. Finally, actress and human-

itarian Maria Bello talked ofher experiences and frustra-tions in attempting to help theisland of Haiti and what droveher to establish the foundation“We Advance,” which is aboutsupporting each other to moveforward. This grassrootsmovement and NGO based outof Cite Soleil, Haiti organizesadvocates for woman through-out this country, moving to-wards their having a voice inpolitics, economic self-suffi-ciency and social participation.

The afternoon ended withthe World Premiere of the doc-umentary "Femme-WomenHealing the World" byFrench/US filmmaker Em-manuel Itier.

While officially opening theevent, Minister Hooyboer-Winklaar spoke on Harvesting

lents for communica-tion and empathy.

Elizabeth Gore hasaddressed the UN andfounded the grassrootsmovement Girl's Up,seeking to assist young womenaround the globe who are op-pressed within their society.She manages partnerships withFortune 100 com panies andthe Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation. In 2008, Mrs.Gore was named by People asone of the Top 100 Extraordi-

She explained her holistic ap-proach to physical and spiritualhealth, and how they are inex-orably intertwined.

Following a brief lunchbreak, the audience heard fromMichelle Brooks of Aruba re-garding countries and busi-nesses fully utilizing theirfemale workforce and re-sources. She cited large com-panies are increasing tapinginto this, placing women intoresponsible position and takingadvantage of their natural ta -

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Princess Laurentien, Minister Hooyboer-Winklaar, Gover-nor Refunjol and Spouse Claret

Dr. Hellen A. van der Wal

Aruba's First Lady Doina Eman, Dr. Sue Morter and Pres-ident of Parliament Paul Croes

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a press conference will takepalce to explain more in detailwhat the course of action willbe.

For more informationplease visit the Arikok Na-tional Park website: www.arubanationalpark.org.

Everyone is encouraged toparticipate in this NationalBird Count.

Aruba Postal Services is alsogiving a helping hand. Theforms have to be handed inafter the count at schools, butcan also be handed in at thepost offices.

There is currently an in-structional video in develop-ment in both Papiamento andEnglish which will be pub-lished on YouTube. Next week

handed out to high schools allaround Aruba by the Depart-ment of Education with a peti-tion to have the schoolchildrenparticipate.

The bird count is organizedby Arikok National Park withsupport from the Central Bu-reau of Statistics, and ArubaBirdlife Conservation. The

ORANJESTAD -- On March18, our National Flag and An-them Day, the second nationalbird count of Aruba is plannedto take place. The motto for thebird count this day is: “ Abotambe ta conta!” which means:You also count!

On March 18, from 7:00 to9:00 am, everyone is encour-

vitamin C than an orange,which helps to prevent damageto cells that can become can-cerous.

- It contains copper whichhelps to maintain our thyroidshealthy.

- It is rich in vitamin Bwhich helps to maintain thewell functioning of our brain.

- It promotes fertility inwomen.

- It contains a high amountof vitamin A which keeps oureye sight in good condition.

- The leaves of the Guavatree can be boiled and dranklike a tea to combat the com-mon cold and stomach upsets.

The Guava tree, like manyother trees and seeds are avai -lable at Santa Rosa. They alsohave bulletins with informa-tion. Their service staff is al-ways ready to assist customerswith all their questions andother queries.

aged to participate to identifybirds occurring in their garden.This year 16 different speciesof bird have been pre-selectedfor the count, but there is spaceon the forms for more observa-tions. There are also extraquestions, i.e. the ocurrence ofBoa constrictor in the vicinity.

14.000 forms will be

PIEDRA PLAT -- At SantaRosa, department of agricul-ture, livestock and fishery, itis not just a job. It is a hobby,a passion and a wonderful giftleft behind by our forefathers.It is a way of life and a wayto keep our families healthy.

Santa Rosa understandsthe importance that fruit, veg-etables and fresh meat havefor our health and we want toshare this with the commu-nity. Their goal is to create anAruba with farms full of ani-mals and trees, somewhat likeit was in the past. They wouldlike to see plantations full oforganic produce free of pesti-cides that would also alleviatethe high cost of living.

We have good fertile soilaround our homes and weshould be making good use ofthis to plant.

One very easy plant to plantis the Guava fruit. This is a de-licious fruit high in vitaminsand nutrients, hence the reasonit is called the “superfood thatnature has blessed us with.”

The benefits of the Guavafruit are many, among themare:

- Regulates hypertensionand cholesterol. One Guavacontains more potassium thana banana.

- It minimizes the absorp-tion of sugar in the blood,making the fruit the ideal fruitfor diabetics.

- It contains a high amountof fiber which prevents dia-betes type 2 and helps to stopdiarrhea.

- It contains 4 times more


Guava: Nature’s Blessing”

Second bird count on Aruba’s national day, March 18,

CARACAS -- Vice PresidentNicolas Maduro was sworn inas acting president last night,the same day a state funeral isheld for Hugo Chavez.

Upon construction of Arti-cle 233 of the Constitution, asrequested by lawyer OtonielPautt on Thursday, the Consti-tutional Court, Supreme Tribu-nal of Justice, found that thesecond person in the govern-ment's hierarchy (the vice-president) shall step downfrom his current position totake office as acting president.In other words, Article 229 ofthe Constitution, which bansthe executive vice-presidentfrom being elected as presi-dent, is by no means an obsta-cle to run for president.

The government saidMaduro would both be actingpresident and the presidentialcandidate of the governingparty. Without stepping down,Venezuelan Acting PresidentNicolás Maduro may run forpresident in the next election tobe held in the weeks ahead.

Chávez loyalists and hisregime leaders face thedilemma of inheriting a gov-ernment whose strength is duelargely to love for Chávez, notthe regime. Now that Chávezis dead after 14 years in office,Maduro will have to convinceChávez's supporters that he iscapable of carrying Chavismobeyond its personality cultfoundation.

"Maduro would probablylose right now between 40%and 50% of the people whovoted for Chávez in the Octo-ber presidential elections,'' saidTarek Yorde, a Caracas-basedpolitical consultant, prior to thedeath announcement. "He's apresident in training."

and improved reconnaissanceand surveillance capabilities ofpartner nations in theCaribbean Basin.

With the Organization ofAmerican State’s small islandstrategy, the Treaty of San Joseand the new Joint EU-Caribbean strategy all underdiscussion, the conferencepromises to foster interest andincrease momentum for ad-dressing the regional maritimechallenges that are shaping theregion’s future.

strumental in their support toCABSEC 13. On Tuesday,March 12, the Dutch Cari -bbean Coast Guard will con-duct a live demonstration forthe conference guests with anexercise anticipating a fastboat carrying illicit contra-band, similar to the CoastGuard’s recent seizure.

CABSEC 13 aims to ener-gize the wider collective effortto promote regional andhemis pheric maritime securitythrough enhanced cooperation,

ments in the region should becautious about the anticipatedincrease in sea trade as a result.

Next week the commandersof navies and coast guards inthe Caribbean Basin, togetherwith international organiza-tions, and ambassadors fromthe US and Europe will meet atthe CABSEC 13 conference inCuraçao. The Prime Ministerof Curaçao, the Hon. D. Hodgewill give an opening address,on behalf of the Curaçao go -vernment who have been in-

WILLEMSTAD -- The DutchCaribbean Coast Guard seized1453 kg of cocaine this weekfollowing the pursuit of a “go-fast” boat on the Caribbeanhigh seas. An operational suc-cess for the Coast Guard, butthe incident also underscoresthe Caribbean Basin’s growingdrug smuggling problem.Against the backdrop of theunprecedented expansion ofthe Panama Canal, which isdue to be completed next year,port authorities and govern-


Caribbean Basin Coastal Surveillance and Maritime

Security Summit March 12-14 March in Curacao

NicolasMaduro

sworn in asVenezuela’s

acting president

lion).The heist gripped the

Netherlands and the art worldas police apparently struggledto piece the crime together, de-spite putting 25 officers on thecase. Six Romanians have sofar been charged in connectionwith the heist.

The works stolen includePicasso's "Tete d'Arlequin",Monet's "Waterloo Bridge"and Lucian Freud's "Womanwith Eyes Closed".

It is not clear what has hap-pened to the paintings eventhough a suitcase allegedlyused to store them has beenfound in Romania.

BUCHAREST (AFP) - Ro-manian police said yesterdaythey had made another arrestlinked to the spectacular 2012art heist at Rotterdam's Kunst -hal museum, detaining themother of one of the male sus-pects.

Judicial sources said OlgaDogaru, whose son Radu Dog-aru was arrested in January fordirect involvement in the rob-bery, was arrested on suspicionof complicity in the theft ofseven paintings by Picasso,Gauguin, Matisse and Monet.

Experts have estimated thepaintings' value at more than100 million euros ($130 mil-

Chavez support. The barracksis now being converted into aMuseum of the Revolution.

It was there that Chavezhad spearheaded what provedto be a failed coup againstthen-President Carlos AndresPerez on February 4, 1992. Hisarrest turned him into a hero,leading to his first of manyelection victories in 1998.

But Maduro suggested thatChavez may one day be movedelsewhere, a nod to popularpressure for him to be taken tothe national pantheon to liealongside Latin American in-dependence hero Simon Boli-var.

Maduro, 50, has now takenon the leadership of Chavismo,a leftist movement that pouredthe nation's oil riches into so-cial programs.

He will likely face off inelections against oppositionleader Henrique Capriles, wholost to Chavez in presidentialvoting in October of last year.

"Europe's last dictator" by theUnited States, smiled andpumped his left fist at the crowd.

Castro, whose nation'seconomy relies on cheapVenezuelan oil shipments tostay afloat, waved both handsand then held them together.

Chavez's mother, ElenaFrias, raised her arms towardthe cheering crowd, crying andwiping her tears with a whitehandkerchief.

Leaders from Africa and theCaribbean attended the funeralbut European nations sentlower-level delegations whilethe United States was repre-sented by its charge d'affairesand two Democratic Partypoliticians.

Spain sent the heir to thethrone, Prince Felipe, whileRussian President VladimirPutin, a close Chavez ally, dis-patched his foreign minister,Sergei Lavrov.

Maduro said Thursday thebody will be taken to the"Mountain Barracks" in theJanuary 23, a public housingproject that was a bastion of

Chavez had also built friend-ships with some Hollywoodstars, including Sean Penn,who attended the funeral.

Venezuela has given a longfarewell to Chavez, with hun-dreds of thousands of peoplefiling past his open casket non-stop since Wednesday. Thoughpopular among the nation'spoor, his policies alienated theupper-middle class.

Chavez's body will lie instate for seven more days andofficials said his body will beembalmed and preserved "likeLenin" to rest in a glass casketin the military barracks wherehe plotted a failed coup in1992.

Foreign Minister Elias Jauaand a crowd of flag-wavingChavez supporters greetedleaders as they arrived at themilitary academy. The crowdchanted "Chavez lives, thestruggle goes on!"

Ahmadinejad, lookingemotional, hugged Jaua andpumped both fists in the air to-ward the Chavez loyalists.

Lukashenko, once dubbed

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ther Francois "Papa Doc" Du-valier in 1971 aged only 19,and continued to rule the poor-est country in the Americas inhis father's brutal style until hewas ousted in a popular revoltin 1986.

He fled to exile in France,only to return a quarter-of-a-century later and take up resi-dence in a well-to-do Port-au-Prince district, where he isoften to be seen driving him-self around in a luxury SUV.

Lawyers representinghuman rights groups, allegedvictims of torture and relativesof opponents who were killedunder his rule have attemptedto bring charges of crimesagainst humanity, murder andcorruption.

A court initially ruled thatthe most serious of the chargeswere protected by a statute oflimitations, but the plaintiffshave appealed that decisionand a judge is holding a seriesof hearings before ruling ontheir claim.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) -Witnesses testified Thursdayagainst an absent Jean-ClaudeDuvalier, in a hearing aimed atdetermining whether the for-mer Haitian dictator will standtrial for crimes against human-ity.

"Baby Doc," who ruledHaiti with an iron fist from1971 to 1986, has been unwellsince appearing at a rowdyfive-hour hearing on February28.

His lawyer, Aurelian Jeanty,explained that the former"president for life" would notappear in court on Thursday"because he is still hospital-ized."

The 61-year-old's suppor -ters say he suffers from cervi-cal osteoarthritis, a degene -ration of the spinal column inthe neck area.

On Thursday, several of hisalleged victims testified thatDuvalier had ordered their ar-bitrary detention and torture.

Duvalier succeeded his fa-


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Witnesses claim torture underHaiti ex-dictator 'Baby Doc'

Romanian police arrest motherof Dutch art heist suspect

Brennan sworn in on Washington'sdraft of Constitution

WASHINGTON (AFP) - New CIA director John Brennanwas sworn into office Friday, using an original draft copy ofthe US Constitution, marked up by George Washington, in ashow of commitment to the rule of law. Brennan made the ges-ture as scrutiny swirls around the CIA over the legality of in-terrogation techniques previously used on terror suspects andof the US drone war, which is partly conducted by the agency.The swearing-in ceremony, conducted by VP Joe Biden, tookplace in the White House and was closed to the press.

Ibrahim had been initiallychosen "because of the incred-ible bravery and courage shedisplayed at the time of theTahrir Square protests," StateDepartment spokeswomanVictoria Nuland said.

She acknowledged the de-partment "became aware verylate in the process aboutSamira Ibrahim's alleged com-ments."

"After careful considerationwe've decide that we shoulddefer presenting this award toMs Ibrahim this year so thatwe have a chance to look fur-ther into these statements," shetold journalists.

The rightwing Weekly Stan-dard said Ibrahim, who is pro-lific on Twitter, had written inAugust: "An explosion on abus carrying Israelis in Burgas

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Inan embarrassing about-turn,the US Thursday said it woulddelay giving a prestigiousaward to an Egyptian activistto check reports she had madeanti-American and anti-Se-mitic remarks.

Samira Ibrahim was to havebeen honored Friday alongwith nine other women withthe International Women ofCourage Award at a glitteringevent to be hosted by top USdiplomat John Kerry and FirstLady Michelle Obama.

The annual award markingInternational Women's Day isgiven to women for "excep-tional courage and leadershipin advocating for women'srights and empowerment, oftenat great personal risk," accord-ing to the State Department.


airport in Bulgaria on theBlack Sea. Today is a verysweet day with a lot of verysweet news."

She also allegedly wrote onSeptember 11 "Today is theanniversary of 9/11. Mayevery year come with Americaburning," the Standard said.

Ibrahim has told the StateDepartment that her accountwas hacked.

Among the nine womenwho will be honored Fridayare the Indian student whodied after being gang-raped ina bus in Delhi in December;Tsering Woeser, a Tibetan poetand blogger; Malalai Ba-haduri, a first sergeant andsenior instructor with theAfghan National InterdictionUnit, and a Syrian humanrights lawyer, Razan Zeitunah.

US delays award for Egyptianwoman over Twitter remarks

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Italy's Angelo Scola, the Arch-bishop of Milan, is the man tolead the Church, and otherswho would prefer a non-Italianin charge.

Among the other names onthe rumour mill are CanadianMarc Ouellet, Ghanaian PeterTurkson, US cardinal Sean O'-Malley and Luis AntonioTagle, the Archbishop ofManila.

In the run-up to the con-clave, the Princes of theChurch have seized the rarechance of being able to air theirgrievances against the Vatican,with no new pope to defer toand no old pope to mourn.

The meetings of cardinalsthat began on Monday are nor-mally something of a formalitybefore the conclave to elect anew pope but this time aroundthey have taken a revolutionaryturn.

The closed-door talks areprotected by an oath of secrecy,but the voices calling forchange have been growinglouder after the first papal res-ignation since the Middle Ages.

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Car-dinals from around the globewill hold a conclave in the Sis-tine Chapel from next Tuesdayto elect a new leader of theworld's 1.2 billion Catholics,after "pope emeritus" BenedictXVI's historic resignation.

Cardinals will first celebratea "Pro Eligendo Romano Pon-tifice" mass in St Peter's Basil-ica after which they will fileinto the chapel under the fa-mous frescoes of Michelangelofor a centuries-old ritual boundby a vow of secrecy.

On the eve of the event, the115 "cardinal electors" are ex-pected to move into a specialresidence within the walls ofthe Vatican, where they will becut off from the world.

Each cardinal has to swearnot to reveal details of the con-clave on pain of excommunica-tion. The cardinals will spendthe weekend and Monday inlast-minute debates over who isthe best candidate.

Vatican watchers have sug-gested the cardinals are splitroughly into two groups, be-tween those who think that

Conclave to elect newpope begins Tuesday

KABUL AFP) - New US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagellanded in Afghanistan on Friday on an unannouncedvisit nine days after he was sworn into office, vowing toensure a successful withdrawal of international troops.Hagel arrived in Kabul as the US-led military coalitionprepares to pull out by the end of next year and leaveAfghan security forces to battle the Taliban insurgencythat has raged across the south and east of the country.A total of 100,000 international troops are currently de-ployed in Afghanistan, with all combat forces due to exitby the end of 2014.

of between four and 12 yearsin jail.

The charges related to threedecrees the Peronist formerpresident signed for shipmentsmade in the early 1990s.

Menem has admitted sign-ing the decrees, but insists thetransactions were legal be-cause the weapons -- rifles, ar-tillery, mortars, anti-tankrockets and ammunition --were being sent to countries atpeace.

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) -Former Argentine presidentCarlos Menem was convictedon Friday of orchestrating armssmuggling while in office.

The Appeals Court issued aguilty verdict against the 82-year-old Menem, who ruledfrom 1989-1999, and his thendefense minister, OscarCamilion, for the smugglingof 6,500 tons of weapons andammunition to Croatia andEcuador.

Sentencing was to takeplace in a different court.Menem was initially acquittedof the charges in 2011 alongwith more than a dozen otherdefendants, but prosecutorsappealed.

Menem was not present inthe courtroom, because ofhealth problems.

Ten other defendants werealso convicted besides himand the ex-minister, includinga former army colonel turnedarms trafficker.

Sentencing will be done bythe lower court which first ac-quitted Menem. Aggravatedsmuggling carries a sentence

The weapons were labeledas being destined for Panamaand Venezuela, but this was ul-timately deemed a maneuverto dodge weapons embargoesthe in force against Croatiaand Ecuador.

Menem is now a senatorand thus in theory has immu-nity from imprisonment. Buthe could be incarcerated afterhis term ends in 2014, or iflawmakers strip him of thislegal shield.

Argentine ex-president Menem convictedfor arms smuggling

School before doing her pedi-atric residency at Columbia-Presbyterian.

Persaud was a medical stu-dent at NYU in 1985 when thefirst cases of HIV were beingidentified in young, gay men.During her residency at Co-lumbia Presbyterian, shestarted seeing infants present-ing with the same type ofpneumonia.

In 1997, she was hired byJohn Hopkins and by 2005 hadwon the Elizabeth Glaser Sci-entist Award. The award,which funds AIDS research,gave her $700,000 for fiveyears to better understanddrug-resistant HIV in childrenboth in the United States andabroad.

Today, eight years later, Per-saud not only fulfilled thismission but could have helpedfind a cure for HIV in children,a historical achievement.

Her career highlights in-clude the Aaron Diamond Fel-low, NYU, the Doris DukeClinical Research Fellow,JHUSOM and the ElizabethGlaser Scientist Award.

She is married to WilliamMoss, M.D., M.P.H, pediatricinfectious diseases specialistand has three children: Taylor,10; Ian, 8; Soraya, 6.

Asked what people shouldknow about her she told TheDOME, a John Hopkins pub-lication: “I am the Americandream.”

in the blood. Test forHIV-specific anti-bodies—the stan-dard clinicalindicator of HIV in-fection—also re-mained negativethroughout.

“Our next step isto find out if this is ahighly unusual re-sponse to very earlyanti-retroviral ther-apy or something wecan actually replicatein other high-risknewborns,” Persaudsays.

Persaud was the lead authoron the report, and Universityof Massachusetts MedicalSchool immunologist Kather-ine Luzuriaga, headed a teamof laboratory investigators. Pe-diatric HIV specialist HannahGay, M.D., associate professorof pediatrics at the Universityof Mississippi Medical Center,provided treatment to thebaby.

Persaud was born on Aug.23, 1960 in Guyana, SouthAmerica and migrated to theU.S. at age 16. Her parents haddivorced, and when she was10, her mother went to Amer-ica to find work. Six yearslater, Persaud and her threesiblings joined her in Bush-wick, Brooklyn, N.Y.

She went on to earn a B.A.,York College (CUNY) and anM.D. from NYU Medical

term viral remission withoutlifelong treatment and stan-dard clinical tests fail to detectHIV replication in the blood.

The child described in thecurrent report was born to anHIV-infected mother and re-ceived combination antiretro-viral treatment beginning 30hours after birth. A series oftests showed progressively di-minishing viral presence in theinfant’s blood, until it reachedundetectable levels 29 daysafter birth. The infant re-mained on anti-virals until 18months of age, at which pointthe child was lost to follow-upfor a while and, the re-searchers say, stopped treat-ment. Ten months afterdiscontinuation of treatment,the child underwent repeatedstandard blood tests, none ofwhich detected HIV presence

sponsible for reigniting theinfection in most HIV pa-tients within weeks of stop-ping therapy.

Specialists say the find-ing offers exciting clues forhow to eliminate HIV in-fection in children.“Maybe we’ll be able toblock this reservoir seed-ing,” Persaud said.

The finding, the investi-gators say, may help pavethe way to eliminating HIVinfection in children.

A report on the case waspresented Sunday at the20th Conference on Retro-viruses and Opportunistic In-fections (CROI) in Atlanta.

“Prompt antiviral therapy innewborns that begins withindays of exposure may help in-fants clear the virus andachieve long-term remissionwithout lifelong treatment bypreventing such viral hideoutsfrom forming in the firstplace,” Persaud said.

The researchers say they be-lieve this is precisely whathappened in the child de-scribed in the report. That in-fant is now deemed“functionally cured,” a condi-tion that occurs when a patientachieves and maintains long-

BALTIMORE, : The “cure” ofa baby from the dreaded dis-ease HIV made news globallybut missing from the story isthe fact that a Caribbean-borndoctor of Johns Hopkins’ Chil-dren’s Center in Baltimore ledthe team of researchers whofound the “treatment.”

Guyana-born Dr. DeborahPersaud, a virologist at JohnsHopkins University in Balti-more, said in a news confer-ence at the Conference onRetroviruses and OpportunisticInfections in Atlanta on Sun-day, that the child from Missis-sippi was born with HIVtwo-and-a-half-years ago butnow appears to be AIDS free.

The child, a little girl, hasbeen off medication for abouta year with no signs of infec-tion. If the child remains freeof HIV, it would mark only theworld’s second known cure.The infant described in the re-port underwent remission ofHIV infection after receivingantiretroviral therapy within30 hours of birth.

The investigators say theprompt administration of an-tiviral treatment likely led tothis infant’s cure by halting theformation of hard-to-treat viralreservoirs—dormant cells re-

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chronic bronchitis and overfour million lost working dayseach year.

When Croatia, Serbia andTurkey too are taken into ac-count, mortality rises to23,000 premature deaths, withthe bill at 54.7 billion euros.

"The findings are particu-larly worrying given that theuse of coal is now rising afteryears of decline," said GenonJensen, who heads the envi-ronmental network.

Germany, which along withPoland and Romania, accountfor almost half the health bill,is relaunching coal-firedplants following its decision toshut down nuclear reactors.

"The startlingly high coststo human health should triggera major rethink on EU energypolicy," Jensen said.

Jean-Paul Sculier of the Eu-ropean Respiratory Societysaid that "addressing air pollu-tion from coal power plantsalone has the potential to yieldsignificant savings to healthbudgets, especially given thatan average coal power plantoperates for at least fortyyears."

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Emis-sions from coal-fired powerplants in the European Unioncontribute to over 18,000 pre-mature deaths a year and costan annual 42.8 billion euros, areport from the Health and En-vironment Alliance (HEAL)said.

The 46-page report titled"The Unpaid Health Bill",says such power plants are akey contributor to air pollu-tion, dubbed an "invisiblekiller" and a major publichealth threat by medical ex-perts.

Figures published in the re-port blame the plants for morethan 18,200 premature deaths,some 8,500 new cases of

Coal-fired power plantsmaking Europeans sick:report

Deborah Persaud

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands;

you need to be able to throw something back.

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GENEVA (AFP) - Huge enginepower and speed records remainthe name of the game for themany luxury vehicles on promi-nent display at the InternationalGeneva Motor Show this week.

"In super-luxury, there is stilla tendency to try to reach newspeed records," explained Ger-man car specialist Stefan Bratzel.

Judging from the models un-veiled in Geneva, horsepowerwars still have plenty of roadahead of them.

Italian Lamborghini, celebrat-ing its 50th anniversary, unveiledits Veneno (Spanish for poison)model -- a name that hints at thewarrior nature of the sleek ma-chine.

With 750-horse power underthe hood and a whopping price-tag, the car turned more than afew heads at the show.

Only three models of thisbundle of concentrated technol-ogy have been made, and eachhas already been snapped up fora staggering 3.0 million euros($3.9 million).

Accelerating from 0 to 100kilometres an hour in just 2.8seconds, and with a top speed of355 kilometres (220 miles) anhour, the car is the fastest non-racer ever built by Lamborghini,company chief Stephan Winkel-mann said.

Ferrari's brand new hybrid su-

percar, LaFerrari, is another bigattraction at the show.

Car enthusiasts need a fairdose of patience to catch a mereglimpse of the dream machine,made by Italy's Fiat.

But once through the crowd,the firy red descendant of Fer-rari's famous Enzo is a heart-stopper, especially with itspromise to go from 0 to 200 kilo-metres an hour in less than 8.5seconds.

It has two engines: one elec-tric and one a thermic 12-cylin-der, allowing it to boast 963horsepower at short distances.

The 499 LaFerraris madehave already found buyers, eachwilling to pay more than onemillion euros to call the luxuryspeed dream their own.

LaFerrari's biggest rival on thefloor is called P1. The bright yel-low model with butterfly doorswas built by British McLaren,and is sold for the same price asits Italian competitor.

The symbol of refinement,Rolls-Royce, owned by GermanBMW, meanwhile unveiled anew four-seat coupe, the Wraith.

Boasting 633 horsepower, itaims for high-speed performanceand is clearly aimed to take onBentley's Continental GT.

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The euro zone may needhigher inflation in countrieslike Germany and lower in-terest rates across the bloc toensure a sustained economicrecovery brings palpable ben-efits, the head of the IMF saidyesterday.

Speaking during a visit tobailed-out Ireland, ChristineLagarde said while Europehad come a long way sincelast summer and financialanxieties have eased some-what, more needed to be doneto deal with "depressingly fa-miliar" underlying issues.

Average to new all-time highsafter three straight days ofrecord-breaking closes.

The dollar immediatelygained more than one centagainst the euro, trading ataround $1.2980 to the euro-zone currency, and jumped to125.0 yen.

The private sector lastmonth once again drove jobsgrowth, adding 246,000 posts,led by gains in professionaland business services, con-struction and health care.

The government shed10,000 jobs, continuing cut-backs that could deepen afterthe March 1 launch of drastic"sequester" spending cutsaimed at reducing the govern-ment's deficit and debt due toa budget impasse in Congress.

The $85 billion in sequestercuts required over the nextseven months require govern-ment agencies to reduce tem-porary hiring and contracting,and that could begin showingup in March's employmentnumbers.

The unemployment ratewas the lowest since Decem-ber 2008, when it stood at 7.3percent as the rate was climb-ing in the depths of the GreatRecession.

The numbers were muchbetter than analysts expected.The average estimate was forthe jobless rate to stay stuck at7.9 percent for the secondmonth in a row and additionaljobs to total only 165,000.

But the January jobs growthnumber was revised down to119,000 jobs from an initial es-timate of 157,000.

"The data add to evidencethat momentum in the labormarket has strengthened fur-ther," said Jim O'Sullivan,chief US economist at HighFrequency Economics.

"Even without any furtheracceleration, the trend in jobgrowth has been strong enoughto keep unemployment comingdown."

The welcome news liftedthe dollar and sent stock mar-kets higher, pushing the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheFebruary US jobs report deli -vered an encouraging surpriseyesterday, with the unemploy-ment rate slipping to a four-year low and jobs growthpicking up in the world'slargest economy.

The jobless rate fell to 7.7percent, from 7.9 percent inJanuary, and the US gained anet 236,000 jobs, the LaborDepartment said.

The uncertainty has notbeen reflected on stock marketsuntil now, but should Italy slipback into the debt mire it couldhave a knock-on effect on othervulnerable countries in the eu-rozone.

Italy's borrowing costs roseslightly to 4.599 percent on 10-year government bonds from4.596 percent just beforeFitch's announcement.

Fitch also noted that Italy'songoing recession "is one ofthe deepest in Europe," andwarned that "the increased po-litical uncertainty and non-con-ducive backdrop for furtherstructural reform measuresconstitute a further adverseshock to the real economy."

The agency also forecastthat Italy's public debt, one ofthe eurozone's biggest, wouldpeak this year at close to 130percent of GDP (gross domes-tic product), worse than Fitch'sprevious estimate of 125 per-cent.

It added that the economywas likely to shrink by 1.8 per-cent this year, in the wake of a2.4 percent contraction in 2012,and said that "a weak govern-ment could be slower and lessable to respond to domestic orexternal economic shocks."

Fitch's "BBB+" ratingnonetheless leaves Italian debtin the investment grade cate-gory, and on the bright side, itunderscored the country's "rel-atively wealthy, high value-added and diverse economywith moderate levels of privatesector indebtedness."

Rome has also made con-siderable progress with fiscalconsolidation in the past twoyears, the agency noted, esti-mating that Italy's public debtwould fall to around 2.5 per-cent of GDP this year.

ROME, March (AFP) - The in-ternational ratings agency Fitchsaid yeterday it had down-graded Italy's sovereign debtrating by one notch to "BBB+"from "A-" and added that theoutlook was negative.

Fitch pointed in particular to"the inconclusive results of theItalian parliamentary electionson 24-25 February" which"make it unlikely that a stablenew government can be formedin the next few weeks."

Italy's vote left the countryin a political deadlock, with noparty or coalition able to forma government on its own, andparty leaders have made littleprogress in talks so far.

While the centre-left coali-tion won in the lower house, itsfailure to take the Senate hasleft leader Pier Luigi Bersaniscrabbling to reach an agree-ment with the anti-establish-ment Five Star Movement(M5S) to form a minority go -vernment.

Bersani's refusal to form analliance with Silvio Berlus-coni's centre-right party --which came a close second inthe election -- has also leftmany analysts fearing thecountry may be forced to returnto the polls before long.


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Mexico ended 2012 withan inflation of 3.57 percent.For this year the goal isaround 3 percent. As of Feb-ruary it was running at an an-nual rate of 3.55 percent.

The world economy conti -nues to show signs of weak-ness and short term risks forMexico include the impact ofdeep cuts in governmentspending by the UnitedStates, where $85 billion inautomatic cuts go into effectthis fiscal year, the bank said.

The Mexican centralbank's benchmark rate hadbeen at 4.5 percent since July2009.

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Me -xico's central bank loweredits benchmark lending rate by50 basis points yesterday to4.0 percent in the first suchadjustment in nearly fouryears.

It did so because inflationis under control and the bankwants to adjust to a scenarioof lower economic growth,the bank said.

The reduction of the ratethat the bank charges com-mercial banks on overnightloans does not, however, sig-nal the start of a cycle of cutsin this rate, the Bank of Mex-ico said in a statement.

Mexico cuts key interestrate for first time since 2009

Tokyo, Japan -- AFP photo shows container trucksleaving a container yard at the international cargo termi-nal in Tokyo. Japan posted its third straight current ac-count deficit in January, as trade losses swelled on theweakening yen and strong energy imports, the govern-ment said.

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physical integrity of the indi-vidual but you also have a facethat is peaceful, beautiful andfit for viewing," he said.

There were strong suspi-cions, though, that the pre-served bodies of some Russiancommunist leaders were regu-larly switched to be restoredand freshened up, the scientistadded.

Russia boasts specialists onembalming who have workedon preserving the body ofLenin in the last decades butalso helped embalm leadersfrom the former Communistbloc who died in Soviet times.

Lenin’s body was em-balmed after his death in 1924and placed in the purpose-builtmausoleum on Red Squarewhere it still resides to thisday, although the mausoleumis closed for restoration.

His successor Stalin wasalso embalmed when he diedon March 5, 1953 -– ironicallythe same date as Chavez -– al-though his body was laterburied at the Kremlin wallswhen the Soviet Union recog-nised the extent of his crimes.

As well as Soviet bloc lead-ers, Russian specialists em-balmed the likes of BulgarianCommunist leader GeorgiDimitrov in 1949, Ho ChiMinh in 1969 and North Ko-rean leader Kim who died in1994.

HANOI (AFP) - Short, pot-bellied policemen will bebanned from traffic duty in Vietnam's capital Hanoi andgiven office jobs in a bid to improve the force's publicimage, police said. Details of the new height and weightrestrictions were not available but the head of Hanoi'straffic police said they were working on a list of copswho didn't measure up and would be redeployed out ofsight. Vietnam's traffic police -- which were voted the"most corrupt" institution in the communist country ac-cording to a recent World Bank-funded survey -- havelong been dogged by a poor public image. In 2011, au-thorities banned traffic police from wearing sunglasseson duty and warned them not to hide behind trees to am-bush motorists to extract fines.

Vietnam to ban short, fat traffic police in Hanoi

MADRID, March 08, 2013(AFP) - Hugh Chavez willenter a waxy afterlife when heis embalmed and put on per-manent display in Venezuela,giving his backers a powerfulpropaganda tool to ensure hispopulist movement surviveshis death.

Preserving Chavez's bodyand fixing his face in an eter-nally serene gaze will fill a po-litical void, analysts said, as itdid for earlier revolutionariessuch as Russia's Joseph Stalin,Vietnam's Ho Chin Minh orChina's Mao Zedong.

It is a way of ensuring"Chavismo" survives Chavez.

Importantly, it was Chavez'political heir, Vice PresidentNicolas Maduro, who an-nounced the decision to em-balm his leader, "like Ho ChinMinh, Lenin and Mao".

The body of the Venezuelananti-American firebrand, whodied Tuesday at the age of 58after a losing struggle againstcancer, will be preserved andkept in a glass casket to beseen "for eternity", he said.

"Chavismo wants to conferon him a kind of immortality,"said Juan Carlos Trivino, po-litical science researcher at thePompeu Fabra University inBarcelona.

Chavez's charismatic pres-ence filled the lives ofVenezuelans "for better or forworse," Trivino said.

"Venezuelans are losing avery powerful presence withhis departure. The idea of em-balming allows you to con-serve that material andtangible presence," he added.

Chavez's body, which lay instate will be taken to the"Mountain Barracks", which isbeing converted into a Mu-seum of the Revolution,Maduro said.

But there is popular pres-sure for Chavez one day to liealongside Latin American in-dependence hero Simon Boli-

var, who inspired his revolu-tionary, socialist movementthat promised to help the poorby redistributing the country'shuge oil wealth.

Authoritarian regimes typi-cally use personality cults tomaintain legitimacy, and em-balming allows them to pro-long the cult beyond death,said Joseph Cheng, a profes-sor of politics at Hong Kong'sCity University.

"With a personality cult,you can create a lot of mythsto strengthen people's supportfor the existing regime and theexisting policies of theregime," Cheng said. "It helpsto mystify politics to the ad-vantage of the regime."

In North Korea, for exam-ple, the body of Kim Il-Sung,the country's "Great Leader",remains under a spotlight inan enormous glass-enclosedtomb at his presidential palaceon the outskirts of the capital,Pyongyang.

The embalming process it-self is not simple, saidPhilippe Charlier, Frenchforensic scientist, anthropolo-gist and historian.

"The body is pretty muchcompletely preserved with aninjection of formalin, disinfec-tant and dehydration products,and the body is then coveredin wax," Charlier said.

"Then you can preserve the

Chavez follows Stalin, Mao, to waxyafterlife

CHANGSHA (AFP) - : This picture taken on March 7, 2013shows people on a pillow fight game to celebrate thecoming International Women's Day in Changsha, south-west China's Hunan province. The organizers said theywould like to ease the stress in daily life of both femaleand male citizens.

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from an extensive menuthey also have daily specialsmade from whatever is inseason and Mama Luisa is inthe mood to prepare, so don’tforget to ask about what isn’ton the menu!

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One of the distinctions ofAruban cuisine is incorporat-ing unique indigenous ingre-dients such as in WildCucumber Stew and a partic-ular light fish chowder ac-companied by the localspecialties pan bati (cornmeal pancake) and funchi(the local version of polenta.)

Seafood main courses ofCatch of the Day ArubanStyle to shrimp and a mixedseafood platter with shrimp,fish, squid, scallops and mus-sels. Meat dishes such asBBQ Chicken and Ribs or

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They pay particular attentionto their Women’s Departmentspecializing in over-sizedgarments, stocking largersizes exhibiting distinctivedash and style.

For travelers who haveperhaps lost their luggage,they can offer a quick fix forall the family which won’tbreak your budget, includingsome very stylish new suit-cases.

A visit to La Linda and pe-rusal of their interesting col-lection will make anyoneunderstand why it has re-mained successful all thesedecades, and is still Aruba’sfavorite place to shop!

renovate and enlarge whathad been only the men’s storeand warehouse in the past.Normally closed for a 2hour lunch/siesta in the oldisland way, shoppers willsoon find it open daily forthe entire day, from 9:30AM to 6:30 PM, as they areon Saturday’s, with abright, charming eatery in-stalled on the top floor.

La Linda is continuallyexpanding their inventory,with their acquisitions depart-ment continually seeking outinteresting, unique, and mo -derately priced goods fromall over the world, alwayswith an eye towards quality.

particularly known for itshuge fabrics and notions de-partment, the first destinationfor many on an island wheremaking your own clothes isstill an everyday practice.Without question, the storeoffers the greatest diversity ofselection in nearly every de-partment, and they have nowconsolidated them all intoone store; four floors contain-ing a wealth of choices inclothing for men, women andchildren, house wares, bed-ding, sporting goods, lug-gage, shoes, jewelry, deco -rative items and more.

“The present store is awork in progress,” assertsJaIme, as they continue to

started with Calman Hoch -man, a Jewish Polish immi-grant who opened his firstsmall shop with his Arubanwife Anna, carrying “a littlebit of everything that anyonecould need.” This was be-fore WWII, when the pres-ent head of the company,Jaime, hadn’t even beenborn yet. Many of their saleshelp have also been with thestore for over two decades,and “it is very much likefamily here,” he admits.Their loyal patrons also lookforward to being helped byshop girls who have become

friends, knowing they willget great and honest service.

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Though Aruba has its shareof designer brand stores andshopping malls, ask almostany islander where theyshop, and they will likely tellyou “La Linda.” Spread outover several specialty storeson the Caya Betico Croes, LaLinda was Aruba’s first andforemost department stores,where, for decades, onecould find anything andeverything, and after morethan 70 years, still can makethat claim.

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RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AFP) - Argentina's AndersRomero fired his second consecutive seven-under par65 on Friday to grab a one-stroke lead after the secondround of the $3.5 million US PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open.Romero, whose only PGA title came in 2008 at New Or-leans, was on 14-under 130 after 36 holes, one shotahead of American Scott Brown with US rivals Peter Uih-lein and Steve LeBrun on 132 and Argentina's FabianGomez fifth on 133. With 65 of the tour's top players atthe World Golf Championships event at Doral in Miamithis week, the Puerto Rico event offers a title chance tosome of the PGA's unheralded standouts. Romero, whoshared the lead with Australian Cameron Percy when theday began, birdied the par-5 second, par-4 third and par-5 fifth holes but a double bogey at the par-3 eighth senthim tumbling back down the leaderboard. The 31-year-old South American responded with starting the backnine with back-to-back birdies, added another at 13, thenhad back-to-back birdies at the par-5 15th and par-3 16thbefore closing with a birdie at the par-5 18th. Brownbirdied three of the last four holes after a bogey at 14 tofire a 63 and move into second place. He birdied the sec-ond and fifth, then eagled the par-4 seventh before start-ing a run of three birdies in a row at the eighth. Percyfired a 70 to stand five strokes off the pace.

Sagan attacked from well backand reeled in Andre Greipel toclaim the victory.

Race leader Cavendish lefthis attack too late while a fad-ing Greipel took third on thestage.

Sagan praised his team's

visie, the organization of thesecond soccer league in theNetherlands, to Xinhua.

Dutch basketball is one ofthe front-runners in Dutchsport in terms of possible co-operation with gambling par-ties. The Federation EredivisieBasketball (FEB), which or-ganises the top league, offersthe national league matchesthrough online streaming tobetting companies worldwide.

Jeroen van Veen, director ofcommercial affairs of the FEB,acknowledges that the combi-nation of a small sports organ-ization and large amounts ofgambling money could betricky.

Van Veen is aware of thedangers, but focuses on thepossible positive aspects, likerising revenues. The onlyquestion is how much revenueit would bring.

"Maybe 50 to 100 euros perbetting operator per match.But with a multitude of opera-tors and competitions it can bevery lucrative, because there islittle or no investment at-tached. We can offer 200matches, with for example 50euros per match and 100 oper-ators to deliver the images,"stated Van Veen.

Small federations, smallclubs struggle to survive amidthe financial crisis.

Some Dutch soccer clubsare also facing financial prob-lems and all are looking fornew sources of income. JelleBeuker of the CooperationEerste Divisie, does not con-sider cooperation with thegambling industry as a solu-tion for financial problems.

"I do not believe that," hesaid. "To be financially healthyshould be achieved throughother areas. We will not get100 million euros or so for theleague, that is an illusion."

THE HAGUE: More andmore sports organisations inEurope are concluding agree-ments with international onlinesports betting operators, withthe Netherlands now also inthe start-up phase of debatingopportunities and threats.

Betting companies are cur-rently familiar names on theshirts of Europe's top soccerclubs, like Spanish giants RealMadrid.

However, with the recentrevelations of Europol onwidespread match-fixing inEuropean soccer still a freshmemory, some Dutch sportsofficials are wary of doingbusiness with betting organisa-tions, including legal ones.The fear of loss of reputationof the sport is great.

During a meeting at theTMC Asser Institute in TheHague, a center for interna-tional and European law, thisweek the advantages and dan-gers of cooperation betweenthe Dutch sports and bettingworld were discussed.

In general the need for newrevenues is great in sports, es-pecially now that the sponsor-ship revenues have declined asa result of the financial crisis.

For this reason, cooperationbetween sports organisationsand online betting operatorsfor sponsoring their organisa-tion or licensing their audiovi-sual rights might be a greatopportunity.

"What does it bring us andwhat not? What can we do andwhat shouldn't we do? Wemust also pay attention to thedark sides, which are match-fixing and gambling addiction.We must talk about that to-gether, for me that's more im-portant than the commercialside. How can we solve or re-duce these issues." said JelleBeuker, operational director ofthe Cooperation Eerste Di-

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ROME (AFP) - Slovakian starPeter Sagan held off sprint aceMark Cavendish to win thethird stage of the Tirreno-Adri-atico over 190km from Indica-tore to Narni Scalo on Friday.

With former world cham-pion Cavendish on his wheel,

tactics on the stage.A series of attacks in the

final 15km in wet conditionsforced up the pace as thesprinters' teams accelerated tocontrol the action.

No-one could get away forvery long and as the stagedrew to a close Greipelseemed ideally placed whileCavendish found himself along way back.

Greipel led until the final50-metres but while Sagantimed his charge to perfection,Cavendish left himself just alittle bit too much to do.

Australian Matthew Goss,who won Thursday's secondstage, could manage only fifthon the day, behind GermanGerald Ciolek in fourth.

Today's fourth stage is alumpy 170km run from NarniScalo to Prati di Tivo.

Cycling: Sagan claims Tirreno-Adriatico 3rd stage

ROME (AFP) - Mario Balotelli grabbed the headlinesagain as 10-man AC Milan consolidated their gripon third place in Serie A with a 2-0 win Friday atlowly Genoa which extended their unbeaten leaguerun to 10 games. Balotelli, who started on thebench, scored the clinching second after his re-placement, Giampaolo Pazzini, had notched theopener. Despite a torrid start to the season, in whichthey lost five of their opening eight league games.Mario Balotelli scored his fifth goal in the five SerieA games for Milan. Milan now occupy a ChampionsLeague qualification spot and lead Spanish giantsBarcelona 2-0 ahead of their last 16, second legclash in that competition at the Camp Nou nextweek.

SILAO (AFP) - Mexican driver Benito Guerra of Benito

Guerra Team during the first day of the FIA World Rally

Championship's in Silao, Guanajuato State, Mexico,

March 8, 2013.


made them work for the vic-tory Thursday unlike their pre-vious four wins where theydominated with an averagemargin of victory of 27.0points.

New York recently finishedoff an undefeated road tripwith wins over Cleveland andDetroit.

The Thunder have now wonthree straight over New Yorkand five of their last six.

The Knicks are among theNational Basketball Associa-tion's best at committing thefewest turnovers. They had 13turnovers compared to 16 forthe Thunder on Thursday.

Football:

Balotelli scores as Milan go 10 unbeaten

NEW YORK (AFP) - KevinDurant hit the go-ahead freethrows with 1:38 remaining tolift Oklahoma City to a 95-94win over the New YorkKnicks, giving the Thundertheir sixth win in their lastseven games.

Durant finished with 34points, eight rebounds and ahalf dozen assists for theThunder in front of a crowd of19,033 at Madison SquareGarden.

After the free throws, Ray-mond Felton turned the ballover on the Knicks' ensuingpossession. JR Smith then fol-lowed by missing a three-pointer.

With the Thunder still

ahead by one, Durant misseda shot with eight seconds leftin the fourth and the Knickscalled a timeout.

After the short break, NewYork worked the ball to Smithwho ran down the clock thenput up a 20-foot jump shotfrom the left side that bouncedoff the rim at the buzzer.

Guard Smith finished witha game-high 36 points, whileFelton and Amare Stoudemirehad 16 points each for theKnicks, who had just 13points in the fourth.

The Thunder have wonthree in a row, but the Knicks

NBA: Durant's Thunder edgeKnicks

TOKYO (AFP) - The Nether-lands stunned Cuba 6-2 in theWorld Baseball Classic's sec-ond round on Friday to moveone win from reaching thetournament's final stage for thefirst time.

Second baseman JonathanSchoop earned four runs to putthe Dutch through to Japan,and leave Cuba's hopes hang-ing by a thread.

The win at Tokyo Dome,against one of the tournamentfavourites and 2006 finalists,was the second big upsetrecorded by the Netherlandsafter they shocked SouthKorea, runners-up in 2009, inthe first round.

The Netherlands have neverreached the final stage before,while Cuba have to go throughrepechage play-offs if they

which equalised the score at 3-3 in the ninth inning at twodowns.

Earlier, Japanese starter At-sushi Nomi gave up one runwith a walk when Taiwan hadoccupied three bases in thebottom of the third inning, andPeng Cheng-min added an-other by hitting a timely singlein the fifth, while WashingtonNationals hurler Wang Chien-ming shut out the first six in-nings.

Cuba and Taiwan will playeach other in a repechage play-off for another chance to reachthe final stage.

see the ball well, and try to putthe ball in play. I feel comfort-able everyday."

While Slugger Sho Nakataearned a game-winning run byhitting a sacrifice fly in anextra inning to give two-timedefending champions Japan a4-3 victory over Taiwan.

The result left Japan to facethe Netherlands on Sunday,the winners over powerhouseCuba .

"My players were reallytenacious at the very last mo-ment," Japan's head coachKoji Yamamoto said of Hi-rokazu Ibata's timely single,

want to make it to the cham-pionship series starting inSan Francisco on March 17.

"It's a great moment forour country. We have the mo-mentum on our side rightnow. The guys are playinggreat. They're scoring first tokeep the pressure off thepitching, they play great de-fence," said Dutch headcoach Hensley Meulens.

"We have to play the betterteam anyway," he said. "Thebest team is going to win thisgame. We have to play goodto beat them."

Schoop said: "Maybe I just


Jonathan Schoop

Baseball: Netherlands stun Cuba, Japan to fight forWBC semis

saturday, march 9, 2013

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