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VP President Natapeitakes backseat

Page 3

UMP's patience pays

off as party

remains solidPage 2

Cowan brings

United to win

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PVTCW photo pagePage 4

Thai mystery: seven

tourists die after fallig illPage 9

Page 5

MP Samsen joinsLabour Party

By Thompson MarangoMeMberof ParliaMentfor

Santo Rural, Samson Samsen,

ofcially confrmed his aflia-

tion to Labour Party o Deputy

Prime Minister, Joshua Kal-

sakau, yesterday aternoon.

MP Samsen made this move

less than a week ater he andthree other MPs withdrew

rom the Vanuatu Republican

Party.

In a short ceremony

between Samsen and the

Labour Party, Deputy Prime

Minister and Minister or Pub-

lic Utilities and Inrastructure,

who is also President o the

Labour Party welcomed the

Santo MP into his party.

The ceremony was wit-

nessed by Minster or Justice,

Ioane Simon, who had earlier

on sided with Labour.

The inclusion now boosts

Labour Party to a total o threeMPs with two holding Minis-

terial portolios in the current

Union o Moderate Parties- led

coalition.

MP Samsen is not new to

the party since we have talked

in the past and I acknowledge

his own decision and trust to

support this government, the

Labour President said.

The Labour head who has

reached one o the highest

positions through the cur-

rent government both as an

MP and or his party has also

pointed out the signiicance

o having an MP rom Santo,which is a big constituency.

Meanwhile MP Samsen

who was elected with the

highest number o votes dur-

ing the last election through

the Vanuatu Republican Party

in the Santo Rural constitu-

ency said his decision ollows

the decision o his people who

wish or him to always be on

the government side.

There will always be polit-

ical ights between political

leaders but remaining with

the government means serv-

ices to the people will contin-

ue to be delivered, said theSanto Rural MP.

The reason why I decid-

ed to join the Labour Party is

because I believe in the Dep-

uty Prime Ministers leader-

ship and how he responded

to issues o national inter-

est.

By Len GaraethirtywoMensgrouPs

in Port Vila have elected the

Director o Best or Wom-

ens Centre, Lily Hanghang-

kon the new President o

Port Vila Town Council o

Women(PVTCW) and Daisy

Warsal her Deputy yester-

day without any challenge

because they were the only

two nominated or the top

posts.

The election took place in

the Ball Room o Le Lagon

Hotel ater a daylong work-

shop to review the Vanuatu

National Council o Women

Constitution on Monday.

The women reviewed the

Constitution or the frst time

ater 31 years and VNCW

Admin ist ra tor; Mar yanne

Bani said she has yet to trav-

el to organize workshops or

members in the remaining

Provinces o Taea, Malampa,

Penama and Torba beore the

National Conerence to electthe President o the VNCW in

July this year.

Meanwhile Hanghang-

kons election is welcomed as

a breakthrough to allow the

PVTCW the opportunity to be

reborn.

The Administrator said

the ormer council became

ineective about three years

ago.

Even though one or two

wom en tri ed to cha lle nge

the organizers o the elec-

tion saying there were prop-

er procedures to ollow, the

Administrator said with high-

ly important events such asthe Womens National Con-

erence coming up in July

and an international coner-

ence destined to be held in

November this year , it was

vital that they ormed the

PVTCW now.

o To Pge 2

Women

electnew

President

MP Samsen conrming his afliation with Deputy PM Kalsakau, and Minister Ioan Simon

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[ 2 ]vanuatu Daily Post | Wednesday April 27, 2011

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By Royson WillieThe Unionof ModeraTeParties (UMP) leader, Serge

Vohor, has played his cards well

in a strategy that has not only

resulted in the party securing

the post o prime minster but

also it is expected to have apositive eect or his political

group in the general election

next year.

Among the big political par-

ties, UMP is the only party that

has no visible division among

its leaders.

The party secured eight

members o parliament in the

2008 general election, secondhighest rom Vanuaaku Party.

These eight MPs were

secured in our out o Vanuatus

six provinces.

But UMPs coalition partner,

VP, has been riddled with politi-

cal dierences which caused its

numbers to reduce to the same

level as the party led by Vohor.

UMP on the other hand hasmaintained its number o MPs.

One o the plus sides o UMP

through the leadership o Vohor

is that the older party leaders

have allowed or young lead-

ers to be elected into the party

executive.

This issue o executive lead-

ership is the main reason

behind the split in VanuaakuParty.

Another bi g par ty, th e

Vanuatu Republican Party o

Maxime Carlot Korman and the

National United Party o Ham

Lini have been through similar

dierences o political opinion

that saw the parties split.

But as a single political bloc,

UMPs eight MPs remainedsolid.

And the strong backing o

Vohor as UMP leader by his

young MPs paid o when VP

leader, Edward Natapei, who

recently aced a motion o no

trust when he was PM, gave his

vote o condence or Vohor to

be the next prime minister ol-

lowing UMPs commitment inthe past or Natapeis leader-

ship.

UMPs patience pays offas party remains solid

o From Front Page

I we dont do something

now to revive the Councilthen who is going to do it and

when is that going to be?, she

asked.

The new President is the

ounder and Director o Best

or Womens Centre which

has successully galvanised

over 1,000 women in Port

Vila to join the highly popu-

lar organisation.

She surprised the public and

even the Minister o Finance

at the time, Moana Carcass-

es when she donated Vt200,

000 to him on behal o Best

or Womens Centre to help the

Government host the Provincial

Games in Torba this year.The Deputy President o

PVTCW, Daisy Warsal is already

employed in the Administra-

tion o VNCW.

PVTCW has no oce o its

own which is why it is current-

ly operating out o the VNCW

Oces.

But the Port Vila Munici-

pal Council sent an observer

to witness the election with an

understanding that the Council

would be willing to provide a

desk or them in their premis-

es.

Women elect new

President

By Len Garaefive yoUngand faMoUs,yeT humble Fijian siblingsrom Pacic Harbour glided in

on Eagles Wings to land qui-

etly in Port Vila last Decem-

ber without the knowledge othe media.

But as sure as the sun rises

each morning, they started

to an the environment with

their spiritual, soothing voices

so successully that they are

bombarded with gits rom

their ni Vanuatu ans wherev-

er they perorm.

Eagles Wings is made up o

our sisters and one brother.

They continue to make a dra-

matic impact with their songs

and perormances on the lives

o their ans in the Paciic

including Vanuatu ater seven

albums and 8 DVDs.

Their latest album wasreleased only last month here

in Port Vila by Bistaveos Stu-

dios.

Daily Post met one o them

called Marama Bulamaibau by

chance who kindly answered

our questions.

She said the ive singers

are all siblings o a pastor. In

act in all there are ve sisters

and three brothers and we

grew up singing all our lives

and that is why we are here

in Vanuatu, she said with a

smile.

One o them, a sister has

already returned to Suva and

the group is inally heading

home on Sunday ater a our

months tour.

Ask ed wha t denom ina -

tion they belong to, she

explained that i they see

themselves as belonging to

one particular denomina-

tion, they would be build-

ing a wall around them to

restrict them rom reaching

out to touch the wider com-

munity with their message.

Asked abou t thei r expe -

rience in the country, she

said the people are kind and

respectul. Wherever we goon tour, the people always

want to leave us w ith gits

and that is how we got these

island dresses in Luganville.

When the people arewelled

us at the airport, they also

presented us with our island

dresses, she said showing the

dress she had on.

The group joined a Fiji

Meke Group rom Australia to

entertain during the election

o the Port Vila Town Council

o Women at Le Lagon Hotel

yesterday.

Eagles Wings are amous

throughout the Pacic. They

are a rare example o how adedicated pastor and ather

and his wie have worked

tirelessly to mould their chil-

dren into powerul Eagles

Wings. They will continue to

soar over the Islands to pro-

mote spiritual nourishment

in the hearts o young gen-

erations o conused young

people or many more years

to come.

For those in search o a

spiritually satisying album,

do not hesitate to buy one

rom Bistaveos. Bon voyage!

The Eagles have landed

L-r standing are Dikata Bulamaibau, Charlie Bulamaibau and Marama Bulamaibau with

Christine Bulamaibau in front (one member has already gone home)

Newly elected PVTCW President Lily Hanghangkon (left) and her Deputy Daisy Warsal


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vanuatu Daily Post | Wednesday April 27, 2011 [ 3 ]

By Ricky BinihivanUaakU PaTiTUrnedanew page in its history on

Easter Sunday when its Presi-

dent allowed his young Mem-

bers o Parliament assume

ministerial portolios whilethe President became an ordi-

nary government backbench-

er.

Former PM Natapei, who

was stabbed in the back by

deposed Prime Minister Sato

Kilman had every reason to

see Mr Kilman ousted because

Mr Kilman allegedly betrayed

the trust Natapei accorded

him as Deputy Prime Minister

during his term at the helm.

Natape i wa i ted ourmonths beore he nally got

his revenge last Sunday, April

24.

The Vanuaaku Pati pres-

ident had been tipped to

become the Minister o Trades

in the new government.

Instead he decided to be a

government backbencher just

beore Prime Minister Rialuth

Serge Vohor appointed his

members o cabinet.

His Vice President MP JoeNatuman resumed his ormer

ministerial portolio o Foreign

Aairs, the VP Secretary Gen-

eral MP Sela Molisa became

the Minister o Trades, VP

Treasurer MP Bakoa Kaltongga

was appointed Finance Minis-

ter, and VP executive mem-

ber MP Thomas Isom held the

Ministry o Youth and Sports.

The action o the VP Presi-

dent last Sunday was unprec-

edented.When the late Father Walter

Lini was president o the VP he

was prime minister o Vanuatu

rom 1980 to 1991.

Ea te l eader Dona ld

Kalpokas was elected Vanuatu

PM two times because he was

President o VP in 1991 and

1998. The incumbent VP Pres-

ident also served as Vanuatu

PM in 2001 and again in 2008.

During those times when the

VP was in government a sen-ior ministerial portolio would

be always allocated to the VP

President.

But last Sunday Natapei

decided that the old VP lead-

ers should start empowering

their young successors by rec-

ognising them with ministeri-

al portolios.

Natapei as President o VP

ended the tradition where

the VP President always gets

a senior ministry in govern-ment last Sunday.

But critics say Natapeis

noble decision was made

to assure the unity o the PM

Vohors government because

the numbers were ragile.

VP President Natapei takes backseat

By Royson Williea rePresenTaTiveofyoUThsin Port Vila has said young

people are tired o political

instability.

Eugene Melep who lives in

Fresh Wota said young people

are not happy to see the con-

stant change o government

and political instability.

It seems politicians are

constantly ghting or power

or their own personal inter-

ests.

We are tired o seeing

such politics because it has

existed since 1980.

Our leaders are not por-

traying a good example to

young peopl e who want to

enter politics in the uture.

They should let a gov-

ernment complete its ull

term because public unds

are wasted when there are

constant changes in govern-

ment.The money does not

belong to politicians but the

people o Vanuatu.

The more they waste pub-

lic unds less service delivery

will reach the grassroots, he

said.

Melep said the rate o

crime has increased and lead-

ers oten ask why this is so.

He said it is because serv-

ice delivery is not reaching

everyone in Vanuatu.

The youth representa-

tive said the country recent-

ly went through a national

census and the population o

Vanuatu has been recordedan increase.

But instead o ensuring

public und is used to cater

or this increase in terms o

service delivery, it is wast-

ed instead on the constant

changes o government,

Melep said.

Youths wantstability

By MCSN ChristopherFarrington, PacicPartnership 2011 PublicAffairsserviceMeMbersaTTached

to Destroyer Squadron 23

(DESRON 23), embarkedaboard HMNZS Canter-

bury, took part in an Austral-

ian New Zealand Army Core

(ANZAC) Day ceremony in

Port Vila, Vanuatu, April 26,

2011.

It is truly an honor to

lead the irst group o U.S.

Navy sailors ever to par-

ticipate here in Port Vila,

Vanuatu or the 96th Anni-

ver sary ANZ AC Day cer e-

mony. Standing next to our

Australian and New Zealand

partners or the dawn cere-

mony with our Vanuatu host

will be a t reasured memo-

ry o mine, said Capt. JesseA. Wilson, Command er o

Destroyer Squadron 23 and

the mission commander o

Pacic Partnership 2011.

During the past ve years,

Paciic Partnership has pro-

vided medical, dental, edu-

cational, and preventive

medicine services to more

than 300,000 people and

completed more than 130

engineering projects in 13

countries. This is the irst

year Vanuatu has served as

a host-nation or Pacic Part-nership.

Last week Commodore

Jesse Wilson, the mission

commander or Pacic Part-

nership moved his pennant

lag and several U.S. sail-

ors to the New Zealand ship

HMNZS Canterbury to ride

her to Port Vila. The pen-

nant shit to a New Zealand

vessel was a rst or the U.S.

Navy and underscores the

interoperability that the mis-

sion o Pacic Partnership is

all about.

This is also the rst time

that the U.S. Navy has par-

ticipated in ANZAC Dayin Port Vila. The ceremo-

ny was punctuated by rais-

ing o partner lags and the

laying o memorial wreaths

and service members at ull

attention in dress uniorms

rom the Vanuatu Mobile

Force (VMF), the New Zea-

land, Australian, French and

United States armed orces

and many proud local Veter-

ans. A junior member o the

VMF, David Amos, stated it

was an honor to participate

in the ceremony and raise theAmerican fag. I even met a

U.S. sailor Captain or the

irst time and he gave me a

special coin rom Pacic Part-

nership and thanked me. It

was a great day, one I wont

orget.

Its great to see dier-

ent cultures come together to

honor those who have given

their lives in the line o serv-

ice. Although, we are rom

dierent nations, we all share

the act that we have chosen

to serve and put our lives on

the line every day, said Lead-

ing Marine Technician Logan

McRae, a member o theCANTERBURY crew.

Coming together and

sharing the United States

support or our partner

nations culture and history

is what Pacic Partnership is

all about. Today was another

in a series o rst or our visit

to Vanuatu, said Wilson. In

Santo, LCDR Casey Mahon,

Pacic Partnership Advanced

Liaison Team lead Vanuatu

and Timor Leste, led the U.S.

contingent in observing the

ANZAC Day celebrations orthe irst time in that loca-

tion.

Many Americans may

not know about ANZAC, but

those who have served along

side ANZAC(s) partners know

o their bravery and valor.

Those ortunate to participate

or the rst time in Monday's

ceremony will have a great

story to tell their riends and

amily at their next Memori-

al Day celebration. ANZAC

day is a yearly celebration o

those who have given their

lives in the line o duty. Cer-

emonies are held the whole

day throughout New Zealandand Australia. Contingents o

members rom each service

also go to the original battle

site o WWI in Gallipoli, Tur-

key and other places where

ANZACS have ought.

Canterbury is currently

participating in Pacic Part-

nership 2011, the U.S. Pacic

Commands annual deploy-

ment designed to improve

interoperability with partner

and host nations or humani-

tarian aid and disaster relie.

The United States USS Cleve-land (LPD 7) is the lead ves-

sel or the our-month Pacic

Partnership mission. The

Cleveland will visit Tonga,

Vanuatu, Papua-New Guin-

ea, Timor-Leste and the Fed-

erated States o Micronesia

and will be in Santo, Vanuatu

rom April 28th May 10th

worki ng on several impor-

tant inrastructure projects

including new schools, water

catchment projects and med-

ical clinics.

As Paciic Partnership

2011 strengthens relation-

ships and builds new ones,

this mission demonstratesthe United States commit-

ment to the Paciic region

and we are eager to arrive

in Santo and complete the

many sustainability projects

wi th th e su pp or t o ou r

Van ua tu pa rt ne rs , sa id

Wilson.

Melep says youths are tired

of political instability

U.S. Navy sailors participate in ANZAC Day ceremony in Port Vila

CANTERBURY and Mission CDR at ANZAC Cenotaph

ANZAC Day Vila 25 April '11 US Captain Jesse Wilson, Mission Commander for Pacic Partnership 2011


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[4 ]vanuatu Daily Post| Wednesday April 27, 2011

PVTCW election pictures by Len Garae

Members register

Members attending

Newly appointed President of PVTCW, Lily Hanghangkon and her daughter with a victory sign for her mother

Touring Fijian group Called Eagles Wings

Seated up front are VNCW Administrator and organizer Maryanne Bani and Elizabeth Fei

Fiji Meke dancers in performance


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vanuatu Daily Post| Wednesday April 27, 2011 [ 5 ]

SeanTurnell, anaSSociaTeprofeSSorin economics at Macquarie University

and a global authority on Burma, told

Radio Australia's Connect Asia that the

United States were already consider-

ing ways to set up a process to make

changes in policy towards Burma, to

respond to changes within the nation.

"In terms o just looking at whichsanctions are important, which ones are

less important, which ones are more

eective, which ones are less eective

and so on, I think is part o that proc-

ess," he said.

The United States has the greatest

range o sanctions on Burma in the

world and is one o the most important

actors on the country.

The vast range o sanctions include

those on investment and broad eco-

nomic activity, or example no Burmese

imports are allowed to enter the Unit-

ed States, in addition to very highly tar-

getted sanctions.

Burma's neighbours

But Burma is increasingly becom-

ing an important economic partnerwith many o its neighbours, especial-

ly China.

A new gas pipeline to pump gas rom

the Bay o Bengal right across Burma

and up into China's Yunnan province

will lead Burma to become a signifcant

exporter o energy to China.

Meanwhile, Burma is a signiicant

market or cheap consumer goods pro-

duced in China's western provinces.

These new ties have meant that

sanctions imposed by the United States

have carried less weight.

However, there are still some stick-

ing points.

Targetted sanctions

Mr Turnell says the targetted sanc-tions, that name particular oicials

within Burma's regime or leading busi-

ness crony fgures, remain very eec-

tive.

"I think they are very eective,

because what they do is that they deny

access to the US fnancial system and to

US dollar transactions more broadly to

those individuals.

"And that sends a pretty strong mes-

sage more or less to the right people,"

he said.

He says these people usually hold

a large amount o money and want

access to US fnancial markets.

"They also want access to the US or

another reason, a very particular per-

sonal reason as well is that they reallywant to send their kids to US colleg -

es and to western universities and the

like," Mr Turnell said.

"Because there are visa bans in place

rom the US, as well as these very tight-

ly targeted inancial sanctions, that's

quite eective in actually denying am-

ily members to these leading igures

access to the US, and to the things that

the regime fgures and cronies actual-

ly do want."

He believes that over time the Unit-

ed States will alleviate some o the

broader economic sanctions on Burma,

with the targetted fnancial sanctions

remaining in place.

"I suspect some sort o targettedfnancial sanctions against particular

individuals until we really see change

underway, and really see I think a

change o the governing relationship

there in Burma."

Open communication

When Barack Obama came into

oice in 2009 he signalled to Burma

that the United States had reopened

the lines o communication and were

open to change.

Mr Turnell says Burma has eective-

ly ignored that invitation.

"The Americans sent some high level

teams to Burma, they sent very much a

signal that the Burmese regime would

fnd a dialogue partner in the US i the

Burmese regime was willing to talk andwilling to engage in reorm and so on,"

he said.

"And that really never happened."

ASEAN opportunity

But Burma will have to make chang-

es i it wants to take up a position shar-

ing ASEAN, a tender currently objected

to by the United States.

Mr Turnell says Burma is desperate

to take the chair, which has come due

again or them in 2014.

"They've already missed it once

beore because o international objec-

tions to them, and ASEAN sensitivity to

international opinion," he said.

I Burma does not get the ASEAN

chair this time it will be more than adecade beore the chance comes again.

Mr Turnell says he is hopeul that

Burma will undergo change to become

the chair o ASEAN.

"I think the interesting thing will be

will they actually do something to allay

international opinion to allow them to

take up that chairman role," he said.

He believes the issue o political pris-

oners stands in Burma's way to a posi-

tion sharing ASEAN and a reduction in

sanctions placed by the United States.

"There's thousands, certainly over

2000, that we know o political prison-

ers in Burma and that really needs to be

the frst change I think to take place,"

he said.

"I it is genuinely the case that this isa new government and that it is about

not being a military government, it's

about being a civilian government with

pretensions towards moving to democ-

racy, then really the whole idea that

there are thousands o political prison-

ers is really just untenable."

Radio Australia

Targetted sanctions on BurmaA key Burma policy expert says the United States would ease broad economic sanctions on Burma but maintain

targeted restrictions against particular Burmese ofcials if the repressed nation took steps towards change.

New parliament under construction: The military looks set to re main the dominant political force even after handing power to a civilian government after elections in November 2010. [Reuters]


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[6] VANUATUDAILYPOSTWednesday April 27 2011

ARIES(Mar. 21- April 20)You should be doing something

special with children. Don't avoid

your true feelings.

TAURUS(Apr. 21- may 21)You need to get involved in groups

that offer physical activities. Make

decisions about your professionalobjectives.

GEMINI (May 22-June21)Include friends and family

members in your redecorating plans.

CANCER(June22-July22)Your high energy must be directed

into productive goals, or frustrations

will occur.

LEO(July 23-Aug22)Older relatives may be a burden.

Your high energy and discipline will

enable you to complete anyseemingly insurmountable tasks.

VIRGO(Aug. 23-Sept. 23)Involve yourself in group endeavors.

You will find good buys and you will

lift your spirits.

LIBRA(Sept. 24 -Oct. 23)Your willingness to help others can

and will lead to fatigue if you don't

learn to say no.

SCORPIO(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)Joint ventures might prove to be

unfavorable. Things have been

moving so quickly that you need todo something physical to release

your tension.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 23-Dec. 21)You may blow situations out of

proportion when dealing with the

one you love.

CAPRICORN(Dec 22.- Jan. 20)Confusion is apparent and you'll

need some sound advice if you want

to do the right thing.

AQUARIUS(Jan. 21-Feb. 19)Changes in your residence will be

favorable in the long haul. Proceed

with caution if operating equipmentor vehicles.

PISCES(Feb. 20-Mar. 20)Ask those in key positions to help

you overcome the delays and to

support your concerns in order to

move on.

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Allow me to reflect on a good arti-

cle by VANGO in DP issue no 3218.

In addition to the democratic legit-

imacy of Vanuatu's WTO accession

process, there is the question of insti-

tutional legitimacy of WTO itself. The

Doha round of negotiations started in

2001 and are to conclude in 2011.

The Doha round of negotiations

are at an impasse because the EU and

the US have increased their agricul-

tural subsidies instead of reducing the

same.

With the crisis in Europe and the

USA, there is little if any prospect that

EU or USA will commit to reducing

agricultural subsidies.

Furthermore, with political reali-

ties where the US Congress is oppos-

ing President Obama's every move,

there is hardly any chance of the

President of the USA offering unilat-

eral cuts to agricultural subsidy.

Knowing that Presidential elec-

tions in the USA are in 2012, the

chance of the Doha Round of Nego-

tiations being extended to next year

is next to nil.

Without reduction in agricultural

subsidies by the USA and the EU, we

might as well be the first to pro-

nounce that "the Doha Round is

Dead."

Wouldn't it be ironic if Minister

Ralph Regenvanu's question to the

last National Consultation on WTO

Accession in 2010 were proven to be

prophetic.

At that time then MP Regenvanu

asked " Is Vanuatu jumping onto a

sinking ship by joining the WTO?"

John Salong

Vanuatu joining a sinking ship called the WTO

Dear Editor,

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small comment blong mi ia long

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mi we i stap long Torres, folem serv-

ices blong Air vanuatu long pekoa

Airport i stap mekem, especially

blong stap delay blong sendem ol

cargo blong mifala long Torres we i

stap kam long Vila mo ikam stap

long Pekoa Airport for about a

month before mifala i just resivim.

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goods insaet long Parcel ino gud finis

mo sam rat i kakai finis.

Mi stap raet olsem from mi bin

stap sendem parcel fulap time finis

iko long ol family blong mi long Tor-

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up parcel long Pekoa and at the

moment mi bin putum sam parcel

iko long last manis finis and i stak i

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a month now.

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down finis be ol parcel ia i neva

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vanuatu Daily Post| Wednesday April 27 , 2011 [ 7 ]

Today in

history April 27

1521

Portuguese explorerFerdinand Magellanwas killed in a fght withnatives o the Philippines.1805

The U.S. Marinescaptured Derna, on theshores o Tripoli.1865

The worst steamshipdisaster in the historyo the United States

occurred when there wasan explosion aboard theSultana; more than 1,400people were killed.1956

Rocky Marciano retiredas undeeated worldheavyweight boxingchampion.1961

Sierra Leone gainedindependence rom GreatBritain.1983

Pitcher Nolan Ryansurpassed WalterJohnsons strikeoutrecordone that had held

since 1927.1993

Eritrea declared itselindependent.

Solution to your Sudoku puzzle

Samoa

PNG

Australia

Solomon Is

The AusTrAl iAn Prime

Minister, Julia Gillard, hasarrived in China or talks with

the countrys top leaders.

Ms Gillard says she believes

she can balance a strate-

gic alliance with the United

states, and a strong relation-

ship with China.

She will hold talks with

Premier Wen Jiabo and Presi-

dent Hu Jintao during her

our-day stay.

While there is concern

in the region about Chinas

growing power, Ms Gillard

believes she can maintain

strong riendships with China

and the US.

This is not an either orquestion, she said.

We can have our strong

long-standing riendship

and alliance with the United

States, based as it is on shared

values, as well as have a posi-tive, constructive engagement

with China.

China is the most diplo-

matically challenging stop

during the prime ministers

current overseas trip, and

Ms Gillards biggest oreign

policy test to date.

Ms Gillard says she will

raise human rights concerns

with the Chinese Gov ern -

ment.

Well raise them in the

context o seeking an assur-

ance that China is not taking

a backward step, she said.

Business is a key ocus

o the visit, with Ms Gillardscheduled to meet senior Chi-

nese and Australian captains

o industry.

There will be a ceremonial

welcome or Ms Gill ard at

the Great Hall o the Peopleon Tuesday.

Carbon emissions

Meanwhile, Australias

opposition is calling on the

prime minister to be honest

about Chinas climate poli-

cies while in the country this

week.

Opposition Climate Change

spokesman, Greg Hunt, says

China is increasing carbon

emissions.

While she is there she

should be honest with the

Australian people, that China

ar rom reducing emissions,

is going through the astest

growth o emissions, and theastest growth o coal con-

sumption in human history,

he said.

Radio Australia

Australian PM inChina for talks

T h e P A r l i A m e n T A r y

Opposition Leader, Dr. Derek

Sikua, makes a second call on

the government to consider

building a national university

or the country.

Dr Sikua in a media report

said the potential to cut back

on cost or the government

is having Solomon Islands

students studying at the USP

Solomon Islands Campus.

He urged the Minister

o Education and Human

Resource Development, Dick

Haamori, to explain this to the

people because we had a dele-

gation rom the University and

the ADB that had some good

news, in terms o unding.

I urge the NCRA govern-

ment to take the necessarysteps in taking that proposal

orward because the unding

is there, unlike what we were

aced with beore, Dr. Sikua

said.

He said the NCRA govern-

ment must push or the und-

ing to be made available this

year as it would be a hall-

mark o a University in the

Solomons.

Dr Sikua said that the Uni-versity can be established in

Honiara and, later, satellite

campuses in all the provinc-

es, so that our people do not

have to come to Honiara.

I urge the government to

look careully into this and

implement it because it can

only be good or us and ater

all, the money is available, or

is going to be made available,

i we take the frst step in theright direction.

Dr Sikua said the ocus

as a government should be

to normalize governance so

that quality services are pro-

vided consistently to people

throughout the country.

Solomon Star

dr Sikua: We neeown university

sAmoAhAsbeenvoTedThebest value destination in the

South Pacifc and is ranked

number 2 in the world

according to the twice year-

ly Expedia-compiled HiFX

oreign exchange Index.

A co ns ul ta nt at Hi FX ,

Nick Brain, says the strong

Aust rali an dol lar has con -tributed to the high ranking,

appreciating by almost 20

percent against the Samoa

Tala.

He says while it retains its

strength against the US dol-

lar, its likely to continue to

help make Australians over-

seas trips even more aord-able.

However , Pe ter Ser -

eno rom Samoa Tourism

Authority in Austra lia says

he believes the value gained

in the destination exceeds

the dollar actor.

RNZI

Samoa tops South Pacicvalue-for-money survey

heAlThofficiAlsinPAPuAnew

Guineas New Ireland prov-

ince are advising people to

take precautions to ensure

theres no spread o cholera

in the province.

Cholera has aected halo PNGs provinces over the

past two years with more

than 600 deaths, with New

Ireland recording its frst case

last month.

Alphonse Wena o the chol-

era prevention task orce says

the only recorded case was at

the Lihir gold mine and they

hope their measures will

ensure no more occurrences.

We have a ban on ast

ood [street sellers] and have

advised people on the pre-

ventive measures o washingtheir hands, washing ood

and boiling water - basically

personal hygiene measures

and we have advised people

to restrict unnecessary move-

ments to and ro.

RNZI

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Cambodia accuses Thailand ofdamaging temples

Cambodias Deence Ministry is accusing Thai

orces o damaging ancient jungle temples at the

centre o their latest border dispute. Seven

Cambodian and fve Thai troops have died in theviolence. Another Cambodian soldier has been

missing since Friday. Around 20,000 civilians have

sought reuge in 16 camps on the Thai side o the

border while around 17,000 have been evacuated

rom Cambodian villages. The United States is urging

restraint and the Secretary o State, Hillary Clinton,

says Washington is engaging directly with ofcials

rom both sides. She has welcomed mediation by

Indonesia, in its role as chair o the Association o

South East Asian Nations. Cheang Sokha, a Phnom

Penh Post journalist, is at a small village just 8

kilometres rom the temples. He has told Radio

Australias Connect Asia a solider has confrmed the

temples did sustain damage.

Radio Australia

UN head lacks power to order Sri

Lanka probeThe ormer United States President Jimmy Carter

has arrived in North Korea to assess the country's

worsening ood shortages. He is joined by three other

ormer world leaders in visiting Pyongyang, but they

are yet to secure a meeting with the leader Kim Jong

Il. Mr Carter says he will be looking at ways to ease

sanctions against North Korea, which have

aggravated a serious ood crisis. He says the average

North Korean is getting less than a third o the

recommended daily intake o ood. "The distribution o

ood to the people in North Korea has been dropped

rom 1,400 calories per day to about 700 calories per

day, and that's an average, so it's a horrible situation

there that we hope to help induce other countries to

alleviate, including South Korea which has cut o all

supplies," he said.

Radio Australia

Security warning for UK royalwedding

Britains Secret Service is warning that an attack

by Irish terrorists is highly likely on the day o the royal

wedding. The intelligence service believes a bomb is

most likely to be planted in Belast or Londonderry. It

is thought that terror groups like the Irish Republican

Army are not capable o launching an attack on the

capital. Meanwhile, Buckingham Palace has been

accused o being anti-Labour ater both ormer prime

ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were let o

the guest list or the royal wedding. By contrast, both

surviving ormer Tory prime ministers Margaret

Thatcher and Sir John Major have been invited. The

Met Ofce is orecasting heavy showers on Friday,

suggesting that the million or so people expected to

line the streets o London to see the royal weddingwill get drenched.

Radio Australia

Australia threatens tougher asylumlaws

The Australian Government says it plans to

introduce tougher laws to crack down on asylum

seekers involved in violent protests while in

immigration detention. There has been growing

tension within the immigration network over the past

ew months, with violent protests at a number o

centres. Buildings at the Christmas Island and

Villawood Detention Centres have been destroyed in

riots. The Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen, says the

government will introduce new laws so that anyone

involved in criminal action while in immigration

detention would ail the so-called character test. Hesays ailing the test will make it harder or asylum

seekers to get a permanent protection visa. The

government also plans to increase the penalty or

detainees involved in making or using weapons. It

says the new laws will send a strong message to

asylum seekers about unacceptable behaviour.

Radio Australia

Its taken th e lIves of

seven tourists, all o whom

ell ill rom a mystery illness in

Chiang Mai, Thailand this year.

Now two young New

Zealanders have spoken out or

the irst time about their har-

rowing story o alling sick at

Chiang Mais Downtown Innhotel with the illness that killed

their riend Sarah Carter.

Emma Langlands and

Amanda Elia son, both 23,

shared their story on the

website thailandtraveltrage-

dies.com, set up by Miss Carters

ather Richard, who believed

Thai authorities covered up

details relating to his daughters

death.

Miss Langlands and Miss

Eliason wrote that they arrived

in Chiang Mai early in the

evening o February 2 and

took a taxi to the Downtown

Inn, which seemed clean and

comortable.

They visited the night bazaar,

eating at an indoor ood court.

Amanda ate a chicken pita

kebab, and Emma and Sarah

ate red pork curry. Both Amanda

and Sarah drank a passion-

ruit shake. Later at the hotel,

we drank the bottled drinking

water provided or us.

We woke up early on 3

February, and within hal an

hour o each other, all ell ill.

We called a doctor to our room

mid-morning.

They improved in the ater-

noon and ate some ood the

hotel provided, but took a turn

or the worse that evening and

were admitted to hospital aboutmidnight.

Hotel manager Thanthep

Bunkaew has previously told o

seeing the girls vomiting in their

room, and arranging a doctor

to visit and hook up an intrave-

nous drip.

The manager o the hotel

was very attentive when he

ound out we were ill, and he

later visited us in hospital.

During the day we spent in

the hotel room, we were aware

that people were concerned

about a guest in the room next

to ours, and were attempting to

enter that room. On one o his

visits to hospital, the manag-er told us that the person had

passed away.

Miss Carter, 23, died in

Chiang Mai Ram Hospital as

Miss Eliason lay in the bed next

to her, recovering rom emer-

gency heart surgery.

Early reports suggested Miss

Carters death was caused by

toxic seaweed she had eaten,

but ood-poisoning tests were

inconclusive.A re po rt in Ma rc h by

Thailands Department o

Disease Control ound Miss

Carter was one o three peo-

ple to die rom myocarditis

heart inammation between

January 9 and February 4.

Three more travellers stay-

ing at the Downtown Inn

died in similar circumstances.

Chiang Mai governor Pannada

Disakul said their deaths were a

coincidence.

Miss Langlands and Miss

Eliason said they had provided

inormation and samples or the

continuing investigation, and

hoped that process could giveanswers.

Since his daughters death,

Mr Carter created thailan-

dtraveltragedies.com to raise

awareness o the dangers tour-

ists can ace in the country.

Easter had been a diicult

time or the Carters, as it would

have been Miss Carters irst

visit home to Auckland since the

Thai trip. The Victoria University

graduate was working at BDOSpicer in Wellington.

Fortunately weve had a lot

o amily around, which has

been comorting, but it has been

very hard, Mr Carter said.

He was pleased his daughters

companions had allowed him to

share their story. Thailand was

being wrongly touted as a haven

or young tourists, but its not

its a Third World country.

I wed known then what we

know now, we would have dis-

couraged Sarah rom going.

He still believed it was a toxin

or a poison, rather than a virus,

that made the women ill. The

amily was awaiting test resultsrom Japan and the United

States and hoped they would

provide conclusive evidence.

A report by Tha il and s

Department o Disease Control

in mid-March identiied a

Frenchwoman aged between

23 and 33 as the third person

to die o myocarditis between

January 9 and February 4 in

Chiang Mai.

A Ca li orn ian, MariamSoraya Vorster, 33, who was

working as a guide in Chiang

Mai, died on January 11, just

over three weeks beore Miss

Carters death.

Ms Vorsters husband said

his wie was in excellent health

beore she came down with

symptoms o ood poisoning

and died.

Canadian Bill Mah, 59, died

on January 26. He had used the

acilities o the Downtown Inn.

Thai ofcials put three other

deaths in similar circumstances

down to coincidence.

Thai local Waraporn

Pungmahisiranon died twodays beore Miss Carter, and

British couple George and

Eileen Everitt died less than two

weeks later.

All were sta yin g at the

Downtown Inn, the same

hotel as Miss Carter.

The Dominion Post

Thai mystery:

seven tourists dieafter falling ill

Happier times ... Amanda Eliason, Emma Langlands and Sarah Carter.

Died after falling ill ... Sarah Carter.


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[ 10 ] vanuatu Daily Post| Wednesday April 27, 2011

France/Etaly

Nigeria UN

French President nicolas

Sarkozy is due to meet

Italian Prime Minister Silvio

Berlusconi to discuss tensions

over migrants rom North

Arica.

Italy has angered France

by granting visas to thou-

sands o migrants, allowing

them to travel across Europes

border-ree Schengen zone.

Abo ut 25 ,00 0 mig ran ts

have arrived in southern

Italy so ar this year. Rome

has called or EU help withtheir care.

Many o the migrants are

Tunisian and want to join rel-

atives in France.

Earlier this month the two

countries agreed to joint sea

and air patrols to try to stop

Ari can mig rant s reac hing

Europe.

The unrest in North Arica

has triggered a huge move-

ment o migrants to Europe.

Many head rst to the Italian

island o Lampedusa, which

lies about 120km (75 miles)

o the Tunisian coast.

France promised to honour

the temporary visas Italy has

granted the migrants but has

said it will turn away thosewho canno t support them-

selves nancially.

Last week, French gen-

darmes sent back Tunisian

migrants trying to cross the

border rom Italy.

There are reports that o-

cials rom both countries

have reached agreement

on amending the Schengen

treaty so that national border

checks can be reintroduced.

The 1995 Schengen treaty

allows legal residents o most

EU countries, Switzerland,

Norway and Iceland to trav-

el across the zone without

visas.

Mr S a r koz y a n d Mr

Berlusconi are also due todiscuss French takeovers

o Italian irms and the two

countries response to the

unrest in Libya.

BBC

France and Italy seek to defuse

Schengen migration row

Many Tunisian migrants arriving in Italy are heading to France where they have relatives

FourbombshaveexPloded

in Maiduguri in north-eastern

Nigeria, killing at least three

people.

Two blasts went o at a hotel

and one at a transport hub on

Sunday night. There was a

ourth blast at a cattle market

on Monday morning.

Similar attacks have been

blamed on the Islamist Boko

Haram sect which has been bat-

tling security services in the city.

The latest bombings come

ahead o polls on Tuesday or

the governors o Nigerias 36

states.

Unres t swept ac ros s

Nigerias north ollowing apresidential election on 16

April , whi ch was won by

incumbent Goodluck Jonathan,

a southerner. Hundreds o peo-

ple are believed to have been

killed and tens o thousands

fed their homes.

Police said the bombs bore

all hallmarks o Boko Haram,

which has mounted almost

daily attacks and killings in the

city in recent months.

Correspondents say Boko

Harams grievances are entire-

ly separate to the post-elec-

tion violence, but there are

also suspicions that the group

has been used locally by poli-ticians to attack and to intimi-

date voters.

Warning

Police say three people died,

including a police ocer, at the

explosions at the Tudu Palace

hotels bar and 14 people were

wounded.T h e B B C s B i l k i s u

Babangida, in Maiduguri,

says a police oicer was also

wounded in the expl osio n

at the citys cattle market on

Monday morning.

On Sunday, a three-page

statement rom Boko Haram,

a group which is opposed to

Western education and wants

to see Islamic law imposed

across Nigeria, was let outside

o a newspaper oce in the city

warning o urther attacks, our

correspondent says.

We will never accept any

system o governance apart

rom the one described by Islambecause that is the only way

Muslims can be liberated, it

said.

We do not respect the

Nigerian government because

it is illegal. We will continue

to ght its military and police

because they are not protect-ing Islam.

There were two explosions

in Maiduguri ahead o presi-

dential polls, although no inju-

ries were reported at the time.

Violence has also marred

the election campaign in Borno

state, including the assassina-

tion in January o the opposi-

tion All Nigeria Peoples Party

(ANPP) candidate.

But our reporter says the

latest bombings come as a sur-

prise, as security is tight in the

city because o the elections

or governor.

From all indications, this is

the handiwork o Boko Haram,which has carried out similar

attacks in the past, police

spokesman Mai Mamm told

AFP news agency.

Clashes in Maiduguri

between Boko Haram and the

police in July 2009 let hun-

dreds o people dead, mainlymember o the sect.

For the past six months, sect

members have been ghting a

guerrilla war, killing police-

men and people they believe

helped the security services in

the ght against them.

Jibrin Ibrahim, politi-

cal analyst at the Centre or

Democracy and Development

in Abuja, says Boko Haram has

been arming itsel or some

time and is consciously trying

to disrupt the polls.

Elections are a demon-

stration o Western moder-

nity which it is against, Mr

Ibrahim told the BBCs Focuson Arica programme.

Secondly it holds certain

members o the political class

responsible or the attempt

to wipe them out a couple o

years ago.

BBC

Boko Haram blamed forMaiduguri bombings

People clear up the debris at the Tudu Palace hotel complex where three people died on Sunday night

the un i t e d na t i on s

Secretary-General, Ban Ki-

moon, says he lacks the

authority to personally order

a probe into alleged war

crimes committed during Sri

Lankas civil war.

Mr Ban was responding

to a new report released on

Monday, on the inal stag-

es o the conlict between

September 2008 and May

2009.

A panel, appointed by Mr

Ban, says it has evidence both

the Sri Lankan Government

and the Tamil Tigers are

guilty o war crimes.

I t recommends those

crimes are investigated and

suspects prosecuted.

The panel urges the UN

chie to set up an independ-

ent mechanism or that

purpose.

Mr Ban says he cannot ol-

low the recommendation on

his own because it requires

Sri Lankas consent or a deci-

sion by UN members.

Sri Lankas Government

has rejected the report as

biased and raudulent.

According to UN estimates,

at least 7,000 civilians died in

the nal push by government

troops against the separatist

Liberation Tigers o Tamil

Eelam (LTTE) who were

deeated in May 2009.

Radio Australia

UN head lacks power toorder Sri Lanka probe

the nucleardisaster in

Japan has persuaded some

countries to look towards

green alternatives such as

bio-energy.

A current project in China

involves deriving oil rom

the poisonous ja-tropa tree.

The shrubby tree hailed a

miracle bio-uel, was tradi-

tionally used to prevent soil

erosion.

Overseas companies in

India and Brazil are start-

ing to cash in on what they

eel may be the next bigthing, because the ja-tropa

won' t ha ve the prob le ms

that plague the rst gener-

ation o bio uels like corn

and soy-bean.

China, the worlds largest

consumer o energy, is con-

stantly looking at ways to

meet its needs. While most

o its energy is still sup-

plied by ossil uels, there

is a push towards renewa-

ble energy.

Ja-tropa oil is yet to hit

the s treets because the

plants low-productivity

hasnt made it commercial-

ly viable.

Global publ ic i ty sur-

rounding uel used by this

wee d is mos tl y lim ited to

research and a number o

test fights rom companieslike boeing.

One o these test lights

wi ll ta ke pl ac e in a e w

months rom China, when

a plane will take to the air

powered by the jo-tropa.

Radio Australia

Chinas miracle bio-fuel projectChina


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Rugby

[ 14 ]vanuatu Daily Post|Wednesday, April 27 2011

Serevi- The new face of

American rugbyThenewfaceof americanrugby is unscarred bronze,

has all its teeth, unblemished

ears and a straight, unbroken

nose.

Trouble is, its unfamiliar

to all but a few Americans

outside of a sport thats grow-

ing in popularity.

Waisale Serevi, regularly

mobbed worldwide as the

king of rugby sevens the

scaled-down, amped-up ver-

sion of the 15-a-side game generates no more than a

grateful thank you when he

opens a door for two teenag-

ers burdened with sagging

cases of bottled water at a

Bellevue strip mall.

No double-take. No auto-

graph request. Not even a

glimmer of recognition. Ser-

evi, who late last year moved

family members to Seattle

from his home nation of Fiji,

shrugs.

When we go to buy things

in Fiji, when I go to shops

from here to there, it takes

nearly two hours to arrive.

Stops everyone on the road,

he says.

Australia, New Zealand

rugby places they always

recognize me. It is good. But

it is good, too, to just calm

down for a while, have time

on your own.

The charismatic Serevi, 42,

and retired as a player, says

hes here for the next five to

10 years as the Pied Piper of

rugby in the U.S., with Seat-

tle the hoped-for epicenter of

the sport.

Yet he is her e not onl y

to boost his sport, but for a

fresh start of his own after

leaving behind accusations

and a parting apology in hishomeland.

Backed by area business

people, including Chris Pren-

tice, president of Old Puget

Sound Beach Rugby Club,

Serevi is the draw behind

Serevi Nation.

The Seattle-based com-

pany was launched in Janu-

ary to spread the gospel of

the game in a land where the

NFL and youth soccer rule.

Rugby wont compete

wit h tho se gia nts. But as

a niche sport, it has lots

of room to g row here .

The Pied Piper has his pitch

down cold.

Football players, you

have not been selected to

play for your team? Serevi

asks. Dont worry. Because

rugby is here. Come in. You

are most welcome to come

and join.

Rugby got a boost of legit-

imacy over its fast-growth

competition, like lacrosse,

when it was adopted into theOlympics, along with golf,

starting in 2016. Rugby was

last played in the Games in

1924, when the U.S. won

gold.

Everyones dreamed of

playing in the Olympics,

said Alipate Tuilevuka, Old

Puget Sound Beach player,

who with teamm ate Nu u

Punimata play on the Eagles,

the U.S. national team from

which the Olympic team will

be chosen.

The exposure it will give

rugby in the U.S. its going

to be huge. Its going to bring

the sport to another level.

According to the Sporting

Goods Manufacturers Asso-

ciation, rugby is one of the

nations fastest growing sports.

More people play than ever

before 1.13 million in 2010,

up from 750,000 the year

before and nearly doubling the

617,000 in 2007.

Olympic officials picked

rugby sevens, not the full ver-sion, because it will play well

on TV. Its a faster, more wide-

open game than traditional

15s with a premium on speed

and agility over strength.

t features seven players a side

on a regulation rugby field

longer and wider than a

football field and two seven-

minute halves, meaning unpre-

dictable results.

One mistake, and youre

gone, said Serevi.

The move to the U.S. rep-

resents a fresh start for Ser-

evi, who has been plagued

with financial and personal

problems. The troubles, which

allegedly included excessive

drinking, prompted an apology

to the people of Fiji last sum-

mer and a promise to change

his behavior after he was fired

from two coaching positions.

Serevi did not fight the fir-

ing, admitting he breached

the conduct code in his con-

tract.

He does not elaborate onhis past, but when asked

about a Bible verse he has

written in ink on his palm, he

said he looks to the words for

strength.

No better place to come

to have a good start, Serevi

said of America.

Its the land of opportu-

nity. They always say it. Im

really excited and I always

thank God for being with me

all the time.

Serev i Rugby Nat ion

debuted earlier this month

with the first of two week-

long rugby camps for youths.

The company also plans play-

er-development programs for

all ages and skill levels, alongwith c oaching camp s, and

apparel featuring the Serevi

logo his name topped by a

royal crown.

More than 40 kids, ages 7

to 18, attended Serevis first

weeklong camp in early April

at Robinswood Park in Bel-

levue.

Campers included Serevis

son, 10-year-old Junior. All

three of Serevis children,

including Juniors two teen-

age sisters, attend public

school here. (Serevi said his

wife will join the family in

the U.S. later.)

At the camp, Serevi jumps

in on drills, talking around

the whistle in his mouth and

encouraging youngsters with

his rapid-fire, clipped Eng-

lish. Short and muscular, the

5-foot-7 Serevi looks as fit as

in his playing days.

Hes great with kids,

said camper Tino Hola, 17,

of White Center. He loves to

teach people.

Most of the kids dont

know theyre playing with

a rugby icon, someone who

led tiny Fiji to two World

Cup sevens titles, and seven

World Cup tournaments

overall, including three in

the traditional full-side ver-sion, over 21 years of inter-

national play.

Those that do have seen

the YouTube clips of Serevis

magician touch on passes,

and ability to juke defenders,

not just with his speed but

his trademark goose-step,

a straight-leg fake that left

opponents flat-footed.

Even before the company

was born, Serevi was laying

the groundwork here. Since

last year, Serevi has been the

sevens coach for the OPSB

club, helping it to its fifth

national sevens title, the

clubs first since 1992.

It would be equal to

Michael Jordan coming hereto coach rec-league basket-

ball, said the clubs Kevin

Graham.

The Central Washing-

ton University club team

made the weekly drive over

a mountain pass last winter

for the chance to train with

Serevi and OPSB coach Evan

Haigh. When training was

over, theyd pile back into

their van and drive 2 hours

through the night back to

Ellensburg.

That training helped CWU

solidify its reputation as the

top collegiate club in the

Pacific Northwest when it

won the NBC-televi sed Col-

legiate Rugby Championship

(CRC) qualifier in Las Vegas

in February. Central will play

in the CRC in June in Phila-

delphia, trying to topple tra-

ditional rugby powers like

California and Dartmouth.

Were kind of like the Boise

State of rugby, Pacheco said.

Were crashing the party.

Seattle is more rugby savvy

than most cities.

Last month, Microsoft was

announced as a sponsor of

the 2011 Rugby World Cup,

the sports biggest event,

scheduled for Sept. 9 to Oct.

23 in New Zealand. The tour-nament is expected to draw

1.6 million spectators and a

TV audience of more than 4

billion people in 200 coun-

tries.

The Seattle Times

Bosn i a s T r i k e r ed i n

Dzekos first Premier League

soccer goal gave Manchester

City a 1-0 win at struggling

Blackburn Rovers to keepalive their hopes of a top-

three finish.

Dzeko, bought for around

30 million pounds (NZ$61.8

million) from VfL Wolfsburg

in January, pounced on a

loose ball in the penalty area

after 75 minutes to leave City

on 59 points from 33 match-

es, five points behind third-

placed Arsenal with a game

in hand.

This seasons FA Cup final-ists also pulled four points

clear of fifth-placed Totten-

ham Hotspur who, like City,

have played 33 games, and

the relief on Dzekos face

after notching his first Pre-

mier League goal was clear

to see after the match.

Im not the first one who

hasnt made the best of him-

self, he said, referring to

Chelseas January signing

Fernando Torres who scoredhis first goal for the London

club on Saturday.

Im happy also for him. I

know what the pressure is,

Dzeko told Sky Sports.

The visitors started at

a frenzied pace and could

have scored inside three

minutes when David Silva

cracked a left-footed volley

on to the post.

After weat heri ng Black-

burn pressure in the sec-ond half, City struck when

Silvas shot was diverted

into Dzekos path and he

finished clinically although

television replays suggested

fellow striker Mario Balotel-

li was offside and impeding

goalkeeper Paul Robinson.

Keeper Joe Hart pro-

duced a smart save from

Blackburns Martin Olsson

late on, leaving City man-

ager Roberto Mancini witha big grin on his face after

the game.

Midfielder Nigel de Jong

said Mancinis team, who

also play Stoke City in next

months FA Cup final at

Wembley, were looking to

end the season in style.

We have to aim at the

highest possible place in

the league. We have to

keep focused and maybe we

can come third, you neverknow, said De Jong.

Blackburn are in a relega-

tion battle, one point ahead

of 18th-placed Wigan Ath-

letic and only three in front

of bottom club West Ham

United.

Reuters

Football

Edin Dzeko off the mark for victorious Man City


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S p o r t s N e w svanuatu Daily Post|Wednesday, April 27 2011 [ 15]

Football

Cowan brings United to winThe more adam cowan

gets to display his gymnas-

tic abilities the better TrustHouse Wairarapa United will

like it in the 2011 Central

League football competition.

Cowan celebrated the

scoring of the second of his

two goals in the upset 3-1

defeat of defending champi-

ons Olympic on Sunday week

with a se ries of impres sive

backward flips and he was at

it again when he netted the

only goal in Wairarapa Unit-

eds 1-0 win over Napier City

Rovers on Good Friday.

Whereas Cowans brace of

goals against Olympic came

in the first half of a game

which Wairarapa United led3-0 at halftime that against

Napier City Rovers was

scored just a couple of min-

utes before the fulltime whis-

tle and saved the home team

from what would have been

a disappointing draw.

Disappointing not only

because they had the morti-

fication of missing a penalty

late in the match but because

of the grief given by a Napier

City Rovers side, whose in

your face a pproach oft en

caused panic stations in the

Wairarapa United camp, and

consequent loss of possession

through rushed and inaccu-

rate passing.

That Wairarapa United will

have to react better to tactics

of that sort as the season goes

along goes without saying.

After all there wouldnt be

an opposing team in the Cen-

tral League series who doesnt

recognise them as potentially

the best attacking side in the

competition.

They know that allowing

them to dictate the way the

game is played would be ask-

ing for trouble with a capital

T and so the importance of

shutting them down throughclose marking will be con-

tinually stressed in any pre-

match planning.

For Wairarapa United then

the challenge will be to show

greater patience in the build-

ing of their attacks without,

at the same time, complete-

ly smothering the flair and

inventiveness of players such

as Seule Soromon, Camp-

bell Banks, Pita Rabo, Dale

Higham and Cowan.

How successful they are in

meeting that challenge is sure

to have a big say as to where

they sit on the points table at

the seasons end.It will be interesting too

to see whether Wairarapa

United can find an answer to

their penalty-taking woes.

The miss by Scott Robson

against Napier City Rovers

followed a similar miss by

Seule Soromon in the season

opener against Lower Hutt

City.

The latter came very late inthe match and allowed Lower

Hutt City to cling on to a 2-1

advantage.

Since then, of course,

Wairarapa United have

strung together three succes-

sive wins but one cant help

wondering how vita l those

two points for the draw,

which went begging against

LHC, will prove in the final

analysis.

How they cope away from

home will also play a big part

in Wairarapa Uniteds for-

tunes.

Counting todays encoun-

ter against Petone at QueenElizabeth Park Oval Waira-

rapa United will have played

four of their first five games

on home turf, which already

guarantees some tough away

assignments will confront

them in second round play.

Wairarapa Time Age

Flippin Awesome: Scott Robson looks on as Adam Cowan back flips after scoring the winning goal against Napier City Rovers on Good

Friday.Photo / Chris Kilford

Rugby

The fiji rugBy unionwill

play host to almost all Pacific

Nations Cup matches, the

International Rugby Board

confirms in a statement

released today.

This is the wake of an 8.9

magntitude earthquake and

tsunami which devastated

Japan last month.

The decision, taken joint-

ly with the Japan Rugby

Football Union (JRFU), theIRB statement read, follows

a detailed review of the

logistical, administrative

and operational require-

ments for hosting four

international teams and six

Test matches and will now

enable the JRFU to fully

focus on its core business

and Rugby World Cup 2011

preparations as Japan starts

the extensive rebuilding

process.

The dates will remain

the same with the opening

round taking place on July

2, the second round on July

9 and the final round of

matches on July 13.

All matche s wil l be relo-

cated to Lautoka and Suvaexcept for the Japan versus

Samoa match on July 2 which

will remain in Tokyo.

The Fiji Rugby Union suc-

cessfully hosted the IRB Pacif-

ic Nations Cup in 2009 and is

working in collaboration with

the IRB and JRFU to deliver a

successful event.

We have all been shocked

by the devastating scenes in

Japan. In hosting this tourna-

ment we will extend the hand

of friendship and support to

the Japan Rugby Football

Union and the entire Japan

Rugby community, said FRU

Chief Executive Officer Keni

Dakuidreketi.

We are committed to this

tournament being a symbolof solidarity for our friends

in Japan and a showcase

of Pacific Rugby talent. We

look forward to welcoming

the Japan team and all other

participating teams to our

shores.

Fijilive

Fiji to co-host 2011Pacific Nations Cup

Boxing

jonah lomu is readyTo

become the next rugby star

to turn to boxing and for

his debut bout, he wants to

fight Sonny Bill Williams.

T h e S t a r - T i m e s h a s

learned the All Blacks living

legend is likely to be named

as the headline act in a

resuscitated Fight for Life.

The charity boxing night

hasnt been staged for five

years, but it is understood it

will r eturn in ear ly Decem-

ber at a venue in Auckland.

And Lomu, a longstanding

boxing fan, was keen to pull

on the gloves. He has been

playing lower-division rugbyin France, but is already in

boxing training and des-

perate to take on Williams,

who has already had three

fights in his fledgling box-

ing career and ready for a

fourth.

While its understood

Lomu doesnt figure on Wil-

liams radar, it hasnt dis-

suaded the 63-cap All Black

nominating him as his pre-

ferred opponent.

But if Williams wont

front then Lomu is likely

to fight one of the tough-

est league players of recent

times, former Kangaroosbackrower Gorden Tallis.

Former K iw i s l eague

international Dean Lonergan

ran the Fight for Life pro-

motion for seven years until

2007, raising a reported $4

million for charity, and one

show, featuring Buck Shel-

ford against Mark Graham

rating among top-10 New

Zealand television audienc-

es of all time.

Sources in the rugby

league community said Lon-

ergan and David Higgins,

who promoted the David

Tua-Shane Cameron fight,

would be co-promot ing the

night under their new Mam-

moth Events banner. Both

men refused to comment.But the Star-Times has

learned the night will be

promoted as a rugby versus

league battle, appealing to

the parochialism of the two

codes followers. Lonergan

has been pursuing a list

of recently-retired greats

from both codes with repu-

tations for toughness.

As well as Lomu and Tal-

lis, among those lined up

to fight are former Kiwis

Joe Vagana, Awen Gutten-

beil and Monty Betham,

dual-code Australian inter-

national Wendell Sailor

and even French rugby

star Sebastien Chabal. Top

amateur boxing prospect

Joseph Parker , who ledthe New Zealand Com-

monwealth Games boxing

team, could also feature.

But Lomu would be the

big scalp and a deal with

him could be signed off as

early as this week.

Stuff.co.nz

Jonah v Sonny Bill Williamsin boxing sensation

TOE-TO-TOE?: Former All Black Jonah Lomu (right) is interested boxing against current star

Sonny Bill Williams.


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Rugby

The spiraling invesTiga-

tion into Indias troubled

Commonwealth Games has

landed its chief organis-er and two more officials

behind bars - a long-antici-

pated arrest after months of

allegations and cries of cor-

ruption over the event.

India had hoped the two-

week international sporting

competition in October would

highlight its rapid develop-

ment and boost its role on

the world stage. Instead, it

was deep ly embarrassed by

whispers of gra ft, de lays in

construction and cost over-

runs as the event budget

ballooned by billions of dol-

lars beyond the US$412 mil-

lion (NZ514 million) pricetag organizers had initially

estimated.

Reports about filthy ath-

letes accommodations, unfin-

ished construction projects

and security woes further bat-

tered the countrys image and

organizing committee chief,

Suresh Kalmadi, who had

promised a spectacle to rival

the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Just weeks before the

Games, the government

placed several ministers on

Kalmadis organizing com-

mittee after an audit body

identified concerns over ten-

der procedures and inflat-

ed costs. And within days of

the Oct. 14 closing ceremo-

ny, officials launched a labo-

rious investigation with raids

on committee members offic-

es and homes.

There have since been

numerous arrests, and a gov-

ernment report last month

said delays, inefficiency and

waste had cost the country$355 million.

On Monday, the Central

Bureau of Investigation - the

Indian equivalent to the FBI -

took Kalmadi himself into cus-

tody after questioning him at

its headquarters. The arrest

mounting inquiry, during which

Kalmadi was fired as parliamen-

tary secretary for the governing

Congress Party. He had kept hisorganizing committee job while

the investigation continued,

but on Monday was suspend-

ed from Congress itself as the

party sought to limit damage

from his arrest.

Let there be no ambigu-

ity, Congress spokesman

Manish Tewari said, appro-

priate, demonstrable and vis-

ible action will be taken.

Investigators said the

67-year-old Kalmadi - the

highest-ranking official

arrested in the probe - has

been charged with conspir-

acy for allegedly favoring a

Swiss company in the pur-chase of equipment for tim-

ing and scoring events,

bureau spokeswoman Dharini

Mishra said. His aides Lalit

Bhanot and V.K. Verma were

arrested last month in the

same case.

government was bilked out

of 1.41 billion rupees, paid

to Swiss Timing Ltd. for

equipment available from aSpanish company for less. It

said competition for the con-

tract had been wrongfully

restricted, with no clear crite-

ria for selecting the winning

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