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limit.The salary embargo for

child support (alimony) willremain unchanged. The newlaw they want to introducewill allow for an embargo ofno more than Afls.150 permonth on the minimum wagesalary of an employee.

The government is con-vinced that it is not easy for afamily to have 1/3 of theirsalary under an embargo.This creates an unjust situa-tion for a family and makes itimpossible for them to sur-vive. Hence the reason for in-troducing a new limitation toprotect the basic salary of theemployee.

The Prime Minister ex-plained that this new lawmust be introduced in ourCivil Code. He intends topresent this proposition in thenext Social Dialogue. Ac-cording to the Prime Minis-ter, the right of a collector torequest an embargo on anemployee’s salary will con-tinue to exist, except therewill be a new limitation as tohow much can be levied. Thisway the salaries of familiesearning minimum wages willbe better protected.

The government whishesto propose a reduction in thepercentage of an eventualembargo that can be levied ofno more than 25% in general.And with respect to mini-mum wages, to reduce thepercen tage of an embargo tono more than 10%. The newlaw they want to introducewill specify that 90% of theminimum wage salary of aperson must be protectedfrom an embargo. In Dutch,this is referred to as the“beslagvrije voet” (the em-bargo limit). In Holland, theyalso have such an embargo

ORANJESTAD -- TheAruba government is con-templating a change in thelaw to offer better protectionof basic salary of families.

Currently the law allows acourt order to deduct as muchas 30% from the net incomeof an employee to cover anoutstanding debt. In the eventof a person earning minimumwages this amounts to almostAfls.500 that would be de-ducted in a court order. Thegovernment wants to limitthe percentage that canlegally be deducted to protectthe basic income of a family.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Government intent on reducingembargo on salaries

AFP combination photo, made on June 14, 2012 shows

seven file pictures (L to R, top to bottom) taken in 2005,

2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 of US cyclist

Lance Armstrong posing on the podium on the Champs-

Elysees in Paris after winning the Tour de France cylc-

ing race and a picture taken in 2005 showing seven

fingers (meaning seven victories) during the 92nd Tour

de France.

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Arm-

strong yesterday was stripped of his record seven Tour

de France titles and given a life ban, as cycling's world

governing body said the US rider should be permanently

erased from the sport's history for doping.

Armstrong's best finish on the Tour de France will

now go down as 36th place after he was stripped of all

results since 1998. He finished 36th overall in the world's

biggest bike race in 1995 but was diagnosed with cancer

the following year.

See story on pg 16

Cycling chiefs cast out Armstrongas ban confirmed

Representative of the UEAUnion, Coby Geerman re-marked that it was the firsttime in history that they agreedon a new CWA even before thecurrent CWA had expired,which he said can serve as anexample for other unions.

Director of N.V. ELMAR,Henriquez, emphasized thatthe vision of ELMAR. is im-portant when taking decisionsand always bearing in mindthat the company’s primaryobjective is to serve the com-munity with excellent service.N.V. ELMAR, he said, mustcontinue to be the leader in thedistribution of reliable electri -city at an affordable price.They must do this well andcreate sustainable value forclients, employees, the com-munity and their stakeholders.

Management ofN.V. ELMAR andthe board of theUEA Union lastweek reached agree-ment on the collec-tive workingagreement for em-ployees of our na-tional electricitydistribution com-pany. The terms ofthe current CWAwould have expiredin April 2013. Theparties have agreedto extend the CWA to April2016. With this new CWA, thecompany and union can expect3 years of labor tranquilityamong employees working forN.V. ELMAR. Last Monday,the new contract was signed inthe presence of UEA board, themanagement of N.V. ELMARand the supervisory board ofN.V. ELMAR

After the signing of theCWA, Director of ELMAR,Ing. Robert Henriquez re-marked that it took the input ofall parties to have achieved thefinal product. Henriquez alsoindicated that they are lookingtoward the future, diversifyingtheir portfolio as a companyand that they are depending ontheir employees who will playan essential role in their futureendeavors.

N.V. Elmar and the UEa

Union sign collective

working agreement

miere Dutch paper has beenpart of the community, startingwith a small office on the CayaBetico Croes. They took upresidence on the Vondellaan afew years ago, and expandedto online editions. The paperalso publishes and distributes aBonaire edition.

Ms. Hammelburg recited abrief history of the paper in herofficial welcome. A special50th anniversary issue was dis-tributed with extensive articlesby noted island journalistsDilma Arends, Tito Lacle and“Speed” Andrade, of the vitalrole Amigoe has played inkeeping islands informed.

The newspaper conducted acelebration contest where de -dicated readers were requiredto answer some very challeng-ing questions, resulting in fivewinners of a top of the line An-droid phone, an iPad and one-year and six-month sub -scriptions to the newspaper.

Staff and management ofTHE MORNING NEWS havea rousing “PABIEN!” for alltheir colleagues at AmigoeAruba, may you have another50 successful years of inform-ing the community.

Rosalie Klein

Paper Manager SigridHammelburg and Sales Con-sultant Jan-Willem de Grootwelcomed friends and col-leagues of the paper along withisland dignitaries for an ele-gant soiree at Aruba SurfsideMarina Resort. Aruba’s pre-

The Dutch newspaper Amigoe,originally published and dis-tributed in Curacao over 100years ago, is likely the longestestablished newspaper in theregion. On Saturday evening,October 20, it officially cele-brated 50 years on Aruba.

2 Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Aruba’s Amigoe celebrates a golden

anniversary

Mgr Sigrid Hammelburg and Jan Willem de Groot

Andin Bikker checks out

the anniversary issue

Amigoe reporting and editorial staff

maica on Wednesday. Ja-maica and Haiti are currentlyon a tropical storm watch andare expecting heavy rains andpossible mud slides.

As Sandy strengthenedinto a tropical storm in theCaribbean, a tropical depres-sion formed far away in theAtlantic. It does not pose anythreat to land, but could be-come a named storm. If itdoes, it would be Tony.

MIAMI — Tropical StormSandy developed south of Ja-maica yesterday, becomingthe 18th named storm of abusy Atlantic season that hasseen only two hurricanesmake landfall.

Sandy currently has maxi-mum sustained winds of 40mph and is stationary severalhundred miles south of Ja-maica.

This storm is expected toslowly move north toward Ja-

received two third place tro-phies for their ensembledances “Little Things Out ofMy Head” and “Progressionby Number - nr1”. SofiaGreenbaum, received her sec-ond gold medal, for her out-standing performances in anew work choreographed byLeonid Kozlov, “Impulse”and technical feats in “Diana& Acteon Pas de Deux.”

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time island resident donatinghis time to train islanddancers and put on holidayproductions. He was grati-fied to see the young dancersof Club di Movimientoawarded medals from an im-partial panel of judges,along with Sofia Green-baum, a frequent visitor toAruba, who has performedfor island audiences duringthe recitals staged by Mr.Kozlov.

Leonid Kozlov’s careerhas spanned decades asprincipal dancer for theBolshoi, Moscow and NewYork Ballet, as well as aleading role on Broadwayin George Balanchine’s

production of “On YourToes.” He has dedicated thepast 20 years to educatingyoung dancers, sharing hisknowledge and experience,while promoting dance andart in the community.

During this year’s YouthDance Festival, Jillian Odu-ber of Club di Movimientoreceived an IndividualAchievement Award for herper - formance of “FunkJazz”. Club di Movimiento

The Eighth Annual YouthDance Festival of NJ waspleased to recognize the del-egation from Aruba sent byClub di Movimiento duringthe annual competition con-ducted, October 6 and 7.Famed dancer and choreogra-pher Leonid Kozlov, hoststhe Festival each year attract-ing over 120 dancers for aweekend of competition,workshops, and perform-ances.

Mr. Kozlov is also a part

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8th Annual Youth Dance Festival of NJ

awards Aruba’s Club di Movimiento

Tropical Storm Sandy formssouth of Jamaica

Club.Congratulation Terry and

Stacey for your 20th weddinganniversary

Giel representing the ArubaTourism Authority togetherwith Ms. Daniela Richardsonrepresenting the Marriott Surf

Recently, the Aruba TourismAuthority had the great pleas-ure of honoring a very nicecouple as Distinguished Visi-tors of Aruba. The honoreeswere Mr. Terry and Mrs.Stacey Martin from PanamaCity Beach Florida.

According to Terry andStacey, they love Aruba verymuch, the friendly people, thenice warm climate, beautifulbeaches, and this year is veryspecial for them because theycame to Aruba to celebratetheir 20th anniversary.

The certificate was pre-sented to them by Mr. Ernest

Photos show the happywinners at The Casino at theRadisson Aruba Resort, Casino& Spa.

Even thosewho aren’t hit-ting jackpotsare walkingaway with cashwinnings. Afterha ving intro-duced its popu-lar MysteryJackpots, hun-dreds of peoplehave been sur-prised and de-lighted withtheir $250 Mystery Jackpotprize, which can hit at anymoment. All they had to dowas play the slots with theirWinners’ Circle Card insertedin the machines.

Lady Luck is definitely a re -gular at The Casino at theRadisson Aruba Resort, Casino& Spa, where many lucky vi -sitors have been walking awaywith major cash winnings.

The first to hit it big wasIgor Zhivotinsky, who won animpressive jackpot of$1.136,81 playing the Lighten-ing Stacked 7’s slot machine.

Then, Agnes Mattis knewshe was in for a cash windfallafter hitting a Royal Flush onthe Poker slots, netting her acool $ 1.022,50.

By far, the biggest winnerwas Mr. Destefano, who onlyrecently won a whopping$4.000 on a poker slot!

Seasonal cele-brations can bequite a dilemma forparty planners ofsmaller businessventures, where theemployees justdon’t amount to theminimal number re-quired by mostcatering venues.Aqua Grill is beau-tifully outfitted tohand 10 to 24 em-ployees and man-agement. The pri -vate party space hasdelightful islandambiance. AquaGrill’s chef has de-vised three tempt-

ing menus of three-courseholiday dinners or luncheons,which they have labeled “sil-ver, gold and pla tinum,” tomeet various budget require-ments.

Media was treated to someexcellent examples of AquaGrill’s chunky Chesapeake crabcakes, fresh salmon and tunabites with delectable seasoning

and sauces, and hugeskewered shrimp in WestIndian curry sauce. Otherexcellent choices for aholiday meal are SearedChilean Bass, BlackenedCobia or Tripletail Filet,plus a selection of finesteaks or holiday ham andturkey for the landlubbersin the party.

Peggy NaveretteHarms and Solange

Croes are handling theholiday events for AquaGrill. They can be con-tacted at 586-8191 or586-5900 or via [email protected] [email protected] arrange a celebrationthat will tastefully bidfarewell to 2012.

Rosalie Klein

Island media was recently in-vited to sample a very tasty se-lection of special dishescreated for this year’s holidayparties by Aqua Grill. The fa-mous seafood restaurant hasput together some intriguingmenus ideal for smaller com-panies and groups seeking anelegant venue for an end-of-the-year bash.


Aqua Grill is offering tasty

options for a unique

holiday celebration

Party Manager Peggy and Restaurant

Manager Clark

Swordfish steak

Fresh Crab cakes with mushroomsauce

The Casino at the Radisson awards

winners with big jackpots

Igor Zhivotinsky Agnes Mattis

Louis Destefano

Terry and Stacey Martin honored byATA at the Marriott Surf Club

Kerry," who went on to sufferdefeat at the hands of GeorgeW. Bush, she told AFP.

More than 521,000 voteswere cast over the past week,Ellerbee said, a significant re-duction in turnout "becauseNickelodeon fixed it this timeso you couldn't vote more thanonce."

And while there was noway to guarantee that everyonewho voted was under the legalvoting age of 18, "it's safe tosay the majority are kids,"based on anecdotal evidencefrom previous years, she said.

News" have correctly pickedthe winner several weeks be-fore the actual vote.

In grown-up surveys,Obama and Romney have beenrunning neck and neck.

"Obama won big," said"Nick News" anchor Ellerbee,who doubted that Romney'sfailure to join Obama in a"Nick News" election special aweek ago on the Nickelodeancable channel might haveswayed the outcome.

"In 2004, when John Kerryrefused to participate in theshow, the kids still elected

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Theyoungsters of the United Stateshave voted, the results are in -- and it's a landslide victory forBarack Obama. Sixty-five per-cent picked the incumbentpresident, and 35 percent hisRepublican challenger MittRomney, in a bellwether onlinepoll conducted by children'scurrent affairs show "NickNews with Linda Ellerbee."

The outcome, released yes-terday, will raise eyebrows be-cause, for five out of the sixprevious US presidential elec-tions, the viewers of "Nick

Aruba on January 1st at 9pm.Featured performers will in-clude dancers from this USbased Kozlov Dance Interna-tional. Tickets for the per-formances are $20 or 35Aruban florins, and may bepurchased at Cas di Cultura,Van Dorp Book Store (CayaMilio Croes) and at the Occi-dental Grand Aruba. Visit thewebsite www.dance aruba.com. for details and furtherinformation.

Sofia will join Mr. Kozlovand his wife, Prima BallerinaAdriana, this upcoming holi-day season for a full lengthstaging of the famed seasonalclassic “Nutcracker: ballet atAruba’s Cas di Cultura. Per-formances will be on Satur-day, December 29, at 8pmand Sunday, December 30that 4pm.

A special New Year’sGala performance will takeplace at the Occidental Grand


The weekly Bon Bini Festi-val takes place tonight at theFort Zoutman in Wilhelmi-nastraat. Bon Bini Festival isthe only weekly folkloricevent on the island. Comemingle with the locals andenjoy a taste of Aruban cul-ture.

This week the festival willfeature music by the tradi-tional Aruba caha di orgel,folkloric music, dance per-formance and brass band.

During the festival therewill be local food, sweets andtraditional local arts andcrafts on sale.

Arubus has regular bussesfrom all hotels areas to Oran-jestrad Central Terminal,which is only a short walkfrom Fort Zoutman. Roundtrip bus fare is $2.30. Thefestival is from 6:30 pm to8:30 pm. Entrance fee is $5.

Come and experience ataste of our ‘dushi’ Aruba

Bon BiniFestival istonight

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Obama wins by a landslide in US kid's poll

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russiahas prepared a report on re-spect for human rights in theUnited States -- often criticalof Moscow's record -- andfound that the situation wasnot a "happy" one, the Russ-ian foreign ministry said yes-terday.

A hearing on the problemsof US human rights tookplace yesterday in the Duma,lower house of parliament,with reprsentatives of theRussian diplomatic corps, theministry's statement said.

The diplomats stressedthat "Washington's preten-tions of being a leader in thedefence of human rights anddemocratic values were notjustified, especially takinginto account the fact that thesituation in this domain in theUnited States is far frombeing a happy one."

The ministry pointed tosocial inequality, racial, eth-nic and religious discrimina-tion, and the use of torture assome of the problems thediplomats listed.

liance of European Conserva-tives and Reformists -- areplanning to go on the visit,originally agreed in July, an of-ficial said last week.

The team will be headed bythe president of the EuropeanParliament-Iran group, FinlandGreens MEP Tarja Cronberg.

The official said there wasa "sharp" discussion onwhether to go ahead with thevisit but that leaders of the par-liament's political groups fi-nally had voted in favour.

The European Union lastweek imposed a tough packageof sanctions against Iran, aim-ing to push global talks withTehran on its contested nuclearprogram.

Both the parliament and thebloc are constant critics of thecountry's human rights record.

ment head Martin Schulz andparty leaders.

"Moreover, such a visitwould bring disgrace not onlyon the delegation, but on theinstitution of the EuropeanParliament itself," Kantorwrote.

The planned official parlia-mentary mission to Iran fromOctober 27 to November 2 hassparked strong opposition,coming after a new package ofeven tougher EU sanctions onTehran over its disputed nu-clear program.

Iran would use such a visit"to show that the EuropeanUnion is not serious in its po -licy of maintaining Iran as apariah state," Kantor said.

Nine MEPs from all but oneof the parliament's groups --the eurosceptic right-wing al-

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The headof the European Jewish Con-gress Moshe Kantor calledyesterday for European Parlia-ment members to cancel a visitto Iran which he suggestedwould bring "disgrace" to theEU, this year's Nobel PeacePrize laureate.

The visit "would send trou-bling messages to those groupsinside and outside Iran who arerisking so much in their fightfor democracy, the rights ofwomen and those of ethnic andreligious minorities in Iran,"Kantor said in a letter to parlia-

European Jewish leader wants MEP

Iran trip cancelled

their lives when the gunmanentered the Azana spa, policesaid.

Clients stood dumbfoundedin the parking lot in their whitespa robes outside the locked-down crime scene, as policespent hours combing the largebuilding, which had manysmall treatment rooms.

Police said Haughton's wifeapparently wanted a divorceand he had slashed her car tiresthis month, prompting her totake out a restraining orderagainst him.

The suspect's father, Rad-cliffe Haughton Sr., told TMJ4News: "This is not the way Iraised my son... My son is fac-ing a domestic problem.Things happen, and some peo-ple cannot take it."

CHICAGO (AFP) - The es-tranged wife of a gunman whoburst into a day spa and startedshooting was among the threewomen he killed, officials saidyesterday.

The suspect -- identified as45-year-old RadcliffeHaughton -- was later founddead of a self-inflicted gunshotwound at the scene in Brook-field, a suburb of the city ofMilwaukee, police said.

The Waukesha Countymedical examiner's officeidentified Zina Haughton, 42,as being among the dead. Alsokilled were Cary Robuck, 35,and Maelyn Lind, 38.

Four other people were in-jured in Sunday's shooting.

Women who were trying torelax by getting massages andnail treatments instead ran for


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

CUBA, Habana: Picture released yesterday on the inter-net site of Cubadebate shows Cuban revolutionaryleader Fidel Castro holding the October 19 edition of thenewspaper Granma in Habana. Fidel Castro has reap-peared in public, meeting on October 21 at a Havanahotel with a Venezuelan politician -- quashing swirlingrumors that the former leader was on his death bed. Cas-tro, 86, who left power in a health crisis in 2006 after al-most five decades at Cuba's helm, said US andinternational media had reported "the most singulargarbage" about his health."I can't recall when I last hada headache," he claimed. (AFP)

Gunman's wife among victims of US spa shooting

sador, said the 15-memberbody could not intervene inwhat was a legal dispute be-tween two countries.

"I explained to the foreignminister, and he knows that theSecurity Council is concernedwith the maintenance of globalpeace and security and that thiscase is not exactly threateningworld peace," said Rosenthal.

Timerman went on to meet-ings with Ban, UN General As-sembly president Vuk Jeremicand other reporters, handingover documents setting out Ar-gentina's case that the shipseizure was "completely ille-gal".

The three-masted tall ship,which has a crew of 300, hasbeen held near Accra since aGhanian court backed an ordersought by a Cayman Islandsinvestment fund which says itis owed more than $370 mil-lion by the Argentine govern-ment.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -Argentina's foreign ministeryesterday called on the UnitedNations to help free a navysailing ship seized in Ghanaover an unpaid debt.

Foreign Minister HectorTimerman sought help fromthe UN Security Council andSecretary General Ban Ki-moon over the case of theARA Libertad, a ship used fortraining and goodwill visitswhich has been held in aGhana since October 2.

"Seizing a warship that hasimmunity under the law of thesea is a serious risk to all mili-tary ships sailing on oceansaround the world," Timermantold reporters after his meet-ings.

"Ghana is smashing a lawthat guarantees the operationof military navigation," theminister added.

But the acting SecurityCouncil president, Gert Rosen-thal, Guatemala's UN ambas-

Argentina calls for UN

help over seized ship

Russia

criticises

US over

human rights

bance" at the campaign rally at4:40 pm. "The man did not be-have aggressively," it said.

Katainen, the country'sprime minister since June lastyear and a staunch defender ofthe euro, had been discussingtaxes on diesel and taxes paidby the elderly before the inci-dent.

Finns will be going to thepolls on Sunday to vote in mu-nicipal elections. Campaigninghas focused on unemployment,healthcare and taxes.

HELSINKI (AFP) - A manwielding a knife in front ofFinnish Prime Minister JyrkiKatainen was detained yester-day, the prime minister's officesaid in a statement.

"Prime Minister JyrkiKatainen is unharmed after hissecurity personnel detained aperson who brought a knife toKatainen's campaign event inTurku," said the statement.

Finnish police said in astatement that a man in his latetwenties "caused a distur-

of jobs more than 100 milesfrom the quake-ravagedcapital of Port-au-Prince.(aFP)

luminaries at the openingof the new Caracol Indus-trial Park, which is pro-jected to create thousands

political solution to the crisisbased on respecting Syria'ssovereignty and rejecting anyforeign interference."

As they met a bomb attackon Bab Touma, the mainChristian quarter of Damas-cus, killed 13 people.

Assad's ruling party'smouthpiece, Al-Baath news-paper, said this was the rebelresponse to Brahimi's appealfor a truce.

In neighbouring Lebanon,fresh sectarian fightingerupted yesterday between op-ponents and supporters of theSyrian regime after Friday'skilling of a top security offi-cial in a massive Beirut carbombing blamed on the Dam-ascus government.

And on the Jordan border,a Jordanian soldier was killedbefore dawn in a clash withmilitants trying to enter Syria,Amman's information minis-ter Samih Maaytah told AFP.

Brahimi has warned thatthe 19-month Syria conflictcould spill over and set the re-gion ablaze if no solution isfound.

implementing the truce duringEid al-Adha is slim so far," hetold AFP .

"The signs, both on theground and by the govern-ment... do not point to thepresence of any real will" toimplement a truce.

In Damascus, two bombsexploded yesterday eveningafter a day of pitched battlesbetween troops and rebels onthe edge of the capital, in thenorthern city of Aleppo and inthe northwestern rebel-heldtown of Maaret al-Numan.

The Syrian Observatory forHuman Rights said at least 84people, including 22 civilians,were killed across the country,adding to a toll of more than34,000 people killed since theanti-regime revolt erupted inMarch last year.

Brahimi said a temporarytruce could be the first step toa more permanent peace, andhas called on "every Syrian"to embrace a truce.

President Bashar al-Assadmet Brahimi on Sunday andsaid he was "open to any sin-cere efforts seeking to find a

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Hopesof a truce being implementedin war-torn Syria during thisweek's Muslim Eid holidaysare "slim," the Arab Leaguesaid yesterday, as rebels andtroops engaged in fierceclashes in Damascus and onnorthern battlefields.

But the United Nationsheld on to the hope that thetwo warring sides will observea truce during the four-day Eidal-Adha holiday which beginson Friday, saying it had plansto assemble a peacekeepingforce if a ceasefire takes hold.

"We are getting ourselvesready to act if it is necessaryand a mandate is approved,"UN peacekeeping chief HerveLadsous said in New York.

He warned, however, thatthe plans would need the ap-proval of the 15-nation Secu-rity Council which has beendivided on the 19-month con-flict.

UN-Arab League peaceenvoy Lakhdar Brahimi saidhe contacted political opposi-tion leaders inside and outsideSyria and armed groups in thecountry and "found them to bevery favourable" to the idea ofa truce.

But Arab League deputysecretary general Ahmed BenHelli dashed those hopes.

"Unfortunately, hope for

'Slim' hope of truce as fighting rages

on Syria battlefields

off Somalia, ensuring thesecriminals are removed beforethey can threaten ships," theIMB's director, Captain Potten-gal Mukundan, said in a state-ment.

"It's good news that hijack-ings are down, but there can beno room for complacency:these waters are still extremelyhigh-risk and the naval pre -sence must be maintained," hesaid.

Worldwide so far this year,pirates have killed at least sixcrew and taken 448 peoplehostage, the report said. TheIMB recorded that 125 vesselswere boarded, 24 hijacked and26 fired upon.

The group noted that as ofSeptember 30, suspected So-mali pirates were holding 11vessels and 167 crew membershostage.

The report said that pirateattacks were rising in the Gulfof Guinea, with attacks push-ing westward from Benin toneighbouring Togo, which re-ported more attacks this yearthan in the previous five yearscombined.

It also noted that Indonesiarecorded 51 incidents in thefirst nine months of 2012, upfrom an annual total of 46 forlast year.

PARIS (AFP) - Sea piracy hasfallen to its lowest level since2008 as robust internationalaction deters attacks from So-mali pirates, but Somalia's wa-ters remain extremelyhigh-risk, a maritime watch-dog said yesterday.

Acts of piracy and armedrobbery at sea were downglobally to 233 incidents so farthis year, the lowest third-quar-ter total since 2008, the Inter-national Maritime Bureau(IMB) said in a report.

The number of ships signa -ling attacks by Somali pirateshad also fallen to its lowestlevel since 2009, the reportsaid, with only 70 attacks inthe first nine months of theyear, compared with 199 forthe same period in 2011.

From July to September,only one ship reported an at-tempted attack by Somali pi-rates, compared with 36 in -cidents in the same threemonths of 2011.

The IMB said policing op-erations by international naviesand boosting security onboardships were increasingly deter-ring pirates.

"We welcome the success-ful robust targeting of PirateAction Groups by internationalnavies in the high-risk waters


INTErNaTIoNal NEWS

Report: World piracy downas Somali attacks fall

CaraCol actor SeanPenn (l) listens at an in-vestors' luncheon beforethe grand opening cere-mony of the new CaracolIndustrial Park in Caracol,Haiti, yesterday.

Secretary of StateHillary rodham Clinton en-couraged foreigners to in-vest in Haiti as she and herhusband Bill led a star-studded delegation gath-ered yesterday to inau gu-rate a new industrial parkat the center of U.S. effortsto help the country rebuildafter the 2010 earthquake.

actors Sean Penn andBill Stiller, fashion designerDonna Karan and Britishbusiness magnate richardBranson were among the

Clintons in Haiti to showcase industrial park

Finnish PM unharmed byknife-wielding man at rally

"All parents need to knowwhether their sons are matur-ing within the contemporaryage range, but, until now, thishas not been known for USboys," said Richard Wasser-man, director of the AAP'spractice-based research net-work.

The study, to be printed innext month's edition of thejournal "Pediatrics" was putonline Saturday to coincidewith an AAP conference inNew Orleans.

just under 10 and a half.The ages were calculated

based on when the pediatri-cians saw "stage two genitaland pubic hair growth."

"Following changes ingrowth and development is animportant part of assessing thehealth of the nation's chil-dren," said study author Mar-cia Herman-Giddens in astatement.

But this kind of data, layingout the ages that boys hit pu-berty in modern America, hadpreviously been unavailable.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Boysin the US are hitting puberty asmuch as two years earlier thanin previous decades, accordingto a new study out Saturdayfrom the American Academyof Pediatrics.

The study suggests a well-documented trend seeing girlshit adolescence earlier thantheir historic counterparts hasbeen mirrored among boys.However, the authors said thecauses of change, or what itcould mean for public health,remain unclear.

African-American boyswere generally the earliest tostart puberty, with boys asyoung as nine years old show-ing signs of maturation, ac-cording to data on more than4,000 boys in 41 states, pro-vided by their pediatricians'offices.

Non-Hispanic whites werenext, with the average age ofpuberty onset coming at justover 10 years old, while His-panic boys hit puberty on av-erage a few months later, at

Boys hitting puberty up to twoyears earlier: study

ican society at large.In Mexico, 30 percent of

adults are obese compared to33.8 percent in world leaderthe United States, accordingto the Organization for Eco-nomic Co-operation and De-velopment (OECD).

Mexico ranks fourth in theworld in child obesity afterGreece, the United States andItaly, the OECD says, citingthe International Associationfor the Study of Obesity.

The masked and muscularstars from the country's ultra-popular Lucha Libre, or pro-fessional wrestling, circuithave been recruited by thegovernment to help drill neweating habits into people'sconsciousness.

But Education MinisterJose Angel Cordova warnedthat it would take time to re-duce child obesity, stressingthat a "new culture" must beinstilled in families and Mex-

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mex-ico, second in obesity in theworld after the United States,wants its children to cut downon the soft drinks and fattyfoods that have made them thechubbiest kids in Latin Amer-ica.

Worried about the growingwaistlines in schools, the pub-lic education ministry haslaunched a campaign to en-courage youngsters to changetheir eating habits.

Mexicans are the worldchampions in soft drink con-sumption, guzzling down 163liters (43 gallons) of sweetbubbly drinks per capita everyyear, according to ConsumerPower, an independent organ-ization.

Food stands are every-where on Mexican streets,dishing out handfuls of greasytacos for just $1, while ambu-lant vendors wait outsideschools to sell cheap tamalesor tortas (sandwiches) to hun-gry students.

To nutritionist TamaraVera, Mexico suffers from"bad nutrition and bad habitslike a lack of exercise, a lackof water consumption and toomuch grease and sugar."

The education ministry,with the help of various em-bassies, led a campaign called"The Week of Taste" in 124schools this week to teachchildren better eating habits.


Health & Living

child," he warned, adding thatthe milk's quality could also beaffected during its transporta-tion.

The warning follows a re-

port by the online edition of

German news weekly Der

Spiegel and the association's

own research, it said.

It also warned that a new-

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BERLIN (AFP) - German pe-diatricians have warned newparents against obtainingbreast milk to feed their babiesvia social networking sitessuch as Facebook, cautioningthe milk could be harmful.

The Professional Associa-tion of Pediatricians said thatalthough mothers milk wasgenerally the best option for anewborn, mothers unable tobreastfeed should not acquireit over the Internet.

"Donors can be taking med-icines or drugs, have infectiousillnesses like AIDS or Hepati-tis," Wolfram Hartmann, pres-ident of the association, said ina written statement.

"Nobody can check whetherthe unknown mother's milk isharmless for the particular

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-- (AFP) This image obtained on October 22, 2012 showswhat the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellitecaptured in this visible image of Sea Ice off easternGreenland on October 16, 2012


L'AQUILA (AFP) - Six Italianscientists and a governmentofficial were sentenced to sixyears in jail on Monday formultiple manslaughter in awatershed ruling that foundthem guilty of underestimat-ing the risks of a killer earth-quake in 2009.

They were also ordered topay more than nine millioneuros (almost $12 million) indamages to survivors in thedevastated medieval town ofL'Aquila in a case that hassparked outrage in the interna-tional science community.

Seismologists in Italy andbeyond were horrified by theunprecedented sentence andargued that all science wasbeing put on trial.

Under the Italian justicesystem, the seven remain freeuntil they have exhausted twochances to appeal the verdict.

Prosecutor Fabio Picuti hadasked for jail sentences of fouryears for each defendant forfailing to alert the populationof the walled medieval townto the risks, days before the6.3-magnitude quake thatkilled 309 people.

"I am crestfallen, desperate.I thought I would be acquitted.I still don't understand whatI'm accused of," said EnzoBoschi, who was the head ofItaly's national geophysics in-stitute (INGV) at the time.

All seven defendants weremembers of the Major RisksCommittee which met inL'Aquila on March 31, 2009 -- six days before the quakedevastated the region, tearingdown houses and churchesand leaving thousands of peo-ple homeless.

Picuti had slammed the ex-perts for providing "an incom-plete, inept, unsuitable andcriminally mistaken" analysis,which reassured locals and ledmany to stay indoors when thefirst tremors hit.

"This is a historic sentence,above all for the victims," said

lawyer Wania della Vigna,who represents 11 plaintiffs,including the family of an Is-raeli student who died when astudent residence collapsed ontop of him.

Some commentators hadwarned that any convictionswould dissuade other expertsfrom sharing their expertisefor fear of legal retribution.

Italy scientists sentencedto jail in quake trial

Sci-Tech

WASHINGTON (AFP) - USmarine biologists puzzled byhuman-like sounds comingfrom the whale and dolphintank of an aquarium concludedthey were actually comingfrom a whale.

Anecdotal reports of whalessounding like people are notnew. But in this case in SanDiego, California, scientists forthe first time recorded the utter-ances, did an acoustic analysisand were surprised to find arhythm similar to that of humanspeech, Sam Ridgway of theNational Marine MammalFoundation reported Monday.

The sounds marked quite afeat: whales make sounds viatheir nasal tract, unlike people,who use their larynx. So thisparticular white whale had tomake some tricky muscularand blowhole adjustments.

"Such obvious effort sug-gests motivation for contact,"said Ridgway, the main author

of a study featured in the jour-nal Current Biology. "Thesounds we heard were clearlyan example of vocal learningby the white whale."

The whale, named NOC,died five years ago.

Ridgway says that back in1984, he and others startedhearing sounds near the whaleand dolphin enclosure that re-called two people speaking inthe distance, too far away to beunderstood.

The sounds were later tracedto one particular white whalewhen a diver in its tank cameto the surface because hethought he heard colleaguestell him to do so.

NOC had lived among dol-phins and other white whalesand had often been in the pres-ence of humans.

The whale made human-likesounds for around four yearsuntil it reached the age of sex-ual maturity, Ridgway said.

US scientists reportwhale making humanvoice sounds

Nissan is recalling 13,919 new and near-new Altimasedans because some bolts may not be tighten enough,the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration an-nounced. The error in the 2012 and 2013 Altimas couldhave serious consequences. If the nuts loosen and falloff, the vehicle could veer out of control and crash,NHTSA warns in the recall notice. The NHTSA said thatowners of Altima sedans will need to bring their vehiclesto Nissan dealerships so the bolts can be properlytorqued to specifications.

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terest has waned somewhathowever.

In the far north, a regionwatched closely by environ-mental activists, most de-posits are offshore, far fromland and infrastructure. Con-ditions are often extreme,with dark winter months anddrifting icebergs making ex-ploration more expensive anddrilling seasons shorter.

Total has tread carefully,sticking to onshore opera-tions or to ice-free waterssuch as the Barents Sea.

Other companies havebeen more active, includingNorway's Statoil, one of thegroups Rosneft turned to, orthe US group ExxonMobiland Eni of Italy.

The Norwegian firm hasventured into so-called inter-mediate waters, where theycould be faced with driftingice.

Anglo-Dutch giant Shellhas postponed drilling cam-paigns in northern Alaska dueto stringent technological re-quirements prompted by en-vironmental concerns.

OSLO (AFP) - The agree-ment between BP and Russ-ian oil giant Rosneftannounced yesterday is saidto give the British group afirm foothold in the Arctic, aregion often hailed as a newfrontier for oil and gas com-panies.

But the allure has fadedwith the rise of cheaper en-ergy sources such as shalegas.

BP plans to sell its share inthe Russian joint ventureTNK-BP to Rosneft in returnfor $17.1 billion and an addi-tional 12.84 percent stake inRosneft, a state-owned firm.

Analysts said the dealwould allow the British oilmajor to revive its stalled ef-forts in the Arctic, after a tie-up with Rosneft last year wasblocked by BP's Russianpartners in TNK-BP.

Interest in the regionsurged in 2008, when the USGeological Survey (USGS)estimated that it could hold22 percent of the world'sundiscovered oil and naturalgas resources. Since then, in-

2011, along with US agree-ments with Colombia andSouth Korea.

The one with Panama hadbeen due to take effect at thestart of the month, but washeld up until Panama promul-gated the intellectual propertyprotection and other laws.

The accord, originally ne-gotiated in 2007, will allow USproducts such as rice and sugarto enter the Panamanian mar-ket with gradually reduced tar-iffs. This has alarmed Pana -manian producers of thesegoods.

Panama is attractive to theUnited States because of itsstrategic location and the on-going enlargement of thePanama Canal, through whichtwo-thirds of US trade passes.

Sales of US goods toPanama in 2010 totaled morethan $8.2 billion. Under thenew accord, the United Statessees this figure rising to morethan $20 billion.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Afree trade accord between theUnited States and Panama willtake effect at the end of thismonth, the countries an-nounced yesterday.

They exchanged formal no-tices, which was the last re-quirement for the agreement tokick in.

"Under this comprehensiveagreement, Panama will eli -minate tariffs and other barri-ers to US exports, which willpromote economic growth, andexpand trade between our twocountries," US Trade Repre-sentative Ron Kirk said.

The announcement camejust weeks after PanamanianPresident Ricardo Martinellisigned law into legislation thatprotects intellectual propertyand patents and creates con-flict-resolution mechanisms.These were necessary for thereto be a free-trade accord withthe United States.

The US Congress approvedthe accord back in October


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US-Panama free accord inforce end of October NEW YORK (AFP) - FedEx, a

leading US package deliverycompany, said yesterday itwould hire 20,000 temporaryworkers to help handle surgingshipments during the year-endholiday season.

FedEx Corp. predicted itsbiggest day of the year wouldbe December 10, when theyexpect to handle a record 19million shipments, up 10 per-cent from a year ago, driven byonline orders.

For the overall holiday sea-son between Thanksgiving andChristmas, FedEx forecasted itwould handle more than 280million shipments worldwide,13 percent more than in thesame period in 2011.

The company, based inMemphis, Tennessee, has aglobal workforce of more than300,000 employees.

On October 10 Fedex an-nounced it was planning to cut"several thousand" peoplefrom its workforce via a volun-tary departure program begin-ning early next year.

The cuts are part of a cost-reduction plan aimed at boost-ing profits by $1.7 billion by2016.

FedEx to hire20,000 tempsfor holidayseason Arctic allure fades for oil

companies

SYDNEY - Yesterday, Australia cut its growth and budgetsurplus forecasts as worsening global conditions hurtrevenues in the mining-driven economy. TreasurerWayne Swan said real GDP was forecast to grow ataround 3.0 per cent in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 financialyears - a downgrade of 0.25 of a percentage point for fis-cal 2012-13 since budget figures were released in May.Mr Swan said Australia, which avoided recession duringthe global financial crisis, remained on track to return toa modest surplus ahead of all the other major advancedeconomies.

The "economy in general" ranks No. 1 on Gallup's Most Important Problem list in Oc-tober. More than one in three Americans (37%) name the "economy in general" as themost important problem facing the country. Seventy-two percent cite at least one eco-nomic issue -- on par with the 69% prior to the 2008 election.

Economy is dominant issue for Americans

as election nears

Pippa Middletonlaunches book,says attention'startling'

LONDON (AFP) - Kate Mid-dleton's younger sister Pippadescribes her stardom -- andthe attention paid to her be-hind -- after last year's royalwedding as "startling", in abook to be released thismonth.

"It is a bit startling toachieve global recognition (ifthat's the right word) beforethe age of 30 on account ofyour sister, your brother-in-law and your bottom," PippaMiddleton wrote in extractsreleased to the press.

The 29-year-old partyplanner, sister of Kate, who isknown since her marriage toPrince William as Catherine,Duchess of Cambridge, willprovide a "comprehensiveguide to home entertaining"in "Celebrate: A Year ofBritish Festivities for Fami-lies and Friends".

The book is inspired byMiddleton's experience withher family's party planningcompany, and her work witha London-based events com-pany.

Last year it was reportedthat Middleton, who has pre-viously written the onlinenewsletter for her family'scompany, secured a £400,000($640,000, 490,000 euro)deal for the home entertain-ing book with a publisher.

Photographs from herbook show Pippa alongsideseasonal Halloween recipes,like a lollipop-studded pump-kin and a worm-ridden jellybowl.

not just in terms of people butrather sectors of society."

Still, Lula praised Chavez'sperformance, saying bothVenezuela and South Americahave gained a lot thanks tohim.

Lula was in Argentina formeetings with PresidentCristina Kirchner and to attenda business conference.


One of the distinctions ofAruban cuisine is incorporat-ing unique indigenous ingredi-ents such as in Wild CucumberStew and a particular light fishchowder accompanied by thelocal specialties pan bati (cornmeal pancake) and funchi (thelocal version of polenta.)

.Seafood main courses forCatch of the Day Aruban Styleto shrimp and a mixedseafood platter with shrimp,fish, squid, scallops and mus-sels. Meat dishes such as BBQChicken and Ribs or GrilledTenderloin, each including achoice of 2 side dishes; allquite yummy and bargain-priced to boot!

The Queen’s is located onthe second level of PalmBeach Plaza, tucked into acozy corner at the front of themall. If you have a mind to trythe real deal in Aruban food,without a doubt, this is theway to truly eat like a local.They are open from 11:00 AMto 11:00 PM, daily, offering in-door and outdoor dining.Aside from an extensive menuthey also have daily specialsmade from whatever is in sea-son and Mama Luisa is in themood to prepare, so don’t for-get to ask about what isn’t onthe menu!

An elegant décor with abreezy terrace overlookingPalm Beach welcomes gueststo Varella Innocencia’s verypopular restaurant showcasingauthentic local cuisine:

The Queen’s.They may have moved

from Oranjestad to hipper newdigs in Palm Beach Plaza, butthe food and prices are strictlynative, which is what first wonthis charming eatery theirloyal clientele. Varella’s mom,Luisa, is still in the kitchen,conjuring up the deliciousdishes that have been in herfamily for generations, ac-knowledged on the menu withitems such as “Carni Stoba diMamachi”-“Grandma’s BeefStew,” and their ArawakSteak, along with local delica-cies like Keshi Yena -“FullCheese.” This is a tasty, fillingstew of chicken, with other in-gredients that are handy thatday, all incased in a thick skinof melted Gouda. It was verysatisfying and particularlymemorable paired with TheQueen’s garlic bread and veryspecial Pica, a mix of choppedonions and the famous localhot pepper, Madame Janette.Not overly spicy, it lends thatperfect bit of tang to this deli-ciously picturesque meal.

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ISLAMABAD (AFP) : Pakistani livestock traders unload

sheep at an animal market set up for the forthcoming

sacrificial Eid Al-Adha festival in Islamabad on October

22, 2012. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, honours

Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael on

the order of God, who according to tradition then pro-

vided a lamb in the boy's place.

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) -Hugo Chavez, in power inVenezuela for nearly 14 yearsand fresh from winning a newterm, should start preparinghis succession, former Brazil-ian president Luiz Inacio Lulada Silva said.

"I have no influence inVenezuela. There was an elec-tion in Venezuela, in whichtwo people ran, and I thoughtChavez would be better forVenezuela," said Lula, the re-spected former leftist presi-

dent of Latin America's largesteconomy, an interview pub-lished in the La Nacion news-paper.

"I also think that my col-league Chavez should begin toprepare his succession," theburly former union leadersaid.

Chavez was re-elected to athird term on October 7 by acomfortable margin.

Lula, who served from2003 to 2010, said "democ-racy means rotating power,

Chavez should start preparing succession:Lula

AMRITSAR (AFP): An Indian girl holds candles duringthe Kanjak Pooja during Navratri at a temple in Amritsaron October 22, 2012. Held at the end of the Navratri fes-tival, Dussehra symbolises the victory of good over evilin Hindu mythology. On the night of Dussehra, fire-crack-ers and stuffed effigies of Ravana are set alight in opengrounds across the country

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Try them the English way-with vinegar, and you’ll won-der how you ever ate frieswithout it. This same 5-starchef also swears by Gouda asthe best topping for the idealgourmet cheeseburger.

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5 Burger portions areENORMOUS! Aaron suggeststhat even their small serving offries is enough to be shared by

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A glance at their burgermenu will certainly tempt youto return for lunch or dinner, tosample their famous specialtyitems such as the Gouda,Farmer’s or Man Burger (al-


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Three climbers die scaling volcanoin Ecuador QUITO (AFP) - Three mountain climbers tumbled to theirdeath while scaling a volcano in Ecuador, authoritiessaid Monday. Two other people also fell in Sunday's ac-cident but survived. The five were climbing the difficultsouthern face of the Illinizas volcano, which peaks at5,248 meters. The fatalities were Ecuadorans ranging inage from 22 to 34, police in the town of Machachi said.Rescuers had to go in on horseback Monday to recoverthe bodies because the terrain is so rough and there wasno much fog on Sunday. The climbers slipped on asnowy slope, according to the official report on the ac-cident.

Tennis:

Federer opensbid for sixthtitle with win BASEL (AFP) - Roger Fed-erer began his bid for a sixthtitle at the Swiss Indoors bybeating substitute opponentBenjamin Becker 7-5, 6-3 onMonday to reach the secondround.

The German ranked 83rdwith one career title had re-placed injured Frenchman Je-remy Chardy as the firstopponent for the Swiss homehero and world number one.

Federer, who has won fiveof the last six editions at theSt Jakobshalle where he gothis start in tennis as a ballboyat the tournament almost twodecades ago, needed to workto get past the persistentBecker, whom he beat in theirlast two meetings, the last in2010.

The winner advanced injust under 90 minutes after afirst set which took an hourand fired 10 aces in victory.

But the Swiss didn't have itall his own way, missing onsix break points in the open-ing set and going down abreak in the second before fi-nally settling in, taking chargeand running out the winner.

Federer's win was his 65thof the season against ninelosses. He owns an ATP-lead-ing six titles in 2012.

Federer is making his 13thappearance in his hometowntournament and now stands44-7 at the event. Besides hisfive titles he also played fi-nals in 2000-01 and 2009.

The winner will await anopponent from BrazilianTomaz Bellucci, finalist at theweekend in Moscow, andJapan's Go Soeda.

FOXBORO (AFP) - The NewEngland Patriots squandered adouble-digit lead but beat theNew York Jets in overtimeSunday to seize the lead in theNFL's AFC East division.

New England's StephenGostkowski booted a fieldgoal in overtime, then de-fender Rob Ninkovich sealed a29-26 win for the Pats when hesacked Jets quarterback MarkSanchez and forced him tofumble.

New England trailed bythree with less than two min-utes remaining in regulation.Superstar quarterback TomBrady connected on fourpasses in a drive capped byGostkowski's 43-yard fieldgoal as time expired, sendingthe contest into overtime.

Brady threw for 259 yardsand two touchdowns. The Pa-triots had led by 10 points afterthree quarters, but Sanchez ledscoring drives on all three ofthe Jets' possessions in thefourth to put them on top.

Sunday's action began withall four AFC East teams --New England, the Jets, Buffaloand Miami -- at 3-3. At the endof the day, New England wereon top.

Buffalo lost a heart-breakerat home, where Tennessee'sMatt Hasselbeck threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to NateWashington on fourth downwith 1:03 left in the game tolift the Titans to a 35-34 vic-tory. Miami were idle.

The Super Bowl championNew York Giants came out ontop in an NFC East divisionclash against Washington.

The Jaguars suffered earlyinjuries to both quarterbackBlaine Gabbert and MauriceJones-Drew.

In Tampa, Drew Breesthrew four touchdown passesin the first half and the NewOrleans Saints held on for a35-28 victory over the Bucca-neers.

In Houston, the Texanspounded Baltimore's injury-depleted defense en route to a43-13 rout of the Ravens.

Aaron Rodgers guidedGreen Bay to a 30-20 victoryover the St. Louis Rams, com-pleting 30-of-37 passes for 342yards and three touchdowns.

In other games, Minnesotabeat Arizona 21-14, Dallasdowned Carolina 19-14, Indi-anapolis beat Cleveland 17-13and Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati24-17.

NFL: Pats edge Jets inovertime to lead division

BERLIN (AFP) - Germanycoach Joachim Loew has ad-mitted making mistakes dur-ing his team's 4-4 draw withSweden in last week's WorldCup qualifier after the Ger-mans threw away a four-goallead.

Germany were 4-0 up atBerlin's Olympic Stadiumwith more than an hour playedbefore the hosts' defencefolded in the final 30 minutesas Sweden roared back toclaim a point last Tuesday.

Midfielder Rasmus Elmwrote himself into Swedishfootball folklore with the dra-matic right-footed equaliser inthe 93rd minute to leave Swe-

den second in Group C, threepoints behind leaders Ger-many, but with a game inhand.

It was the first time in the104-year history of the Ger-man Football Federation(DFB) that a four-goal leadhas been surrendered and thefirst time in three years Ger-many had dropped points in aqualifying match.

Loew, whose team face theNetherlands in a friendly inAmsterdam next month, ad-mits he could have done betterand can understand criticismlevelled at him.

"Of course I can, ab-solutely," Loew said in an in-terview with SID, an AFPsubsidiary. "I also couldn't be-lieve the game was turning."Maybe I could have sent outa signal by making a substitu-tion, with a defensive manwho could have providedsome relief to the team.

With debate now raging inGermany as to what wentwrong, Loew said he could un-derstand the criticism becausehe was "also stung" by thedraw.

The head coach said he isconvinced Germany willemerge stronger from the ex-perience.

"We will grow from this sit-uation and it won't happenagain, of that I am certain.

"I expect, and I also have tolook at myself, that we workon solutions so that we don'tget into a situation like thatagain."

Football: Germany's Loewadmits mistakes in Swedendraw

who is the actual World Cham-pion in Freestyle. Aruba musttake Bonaire as an example.Bonaire is taking advantage oftheir natural resources to de-velop and create healthy and

competitive youth in wind-surfing. According to Aruba’sMinister of Sports, RichardVisser, this “Freewater Proj-ect” complements the healthyschools concept and he is con-vinced that there is an interestfor learning to windsurf. The“Freewater Project” has re-ceived the green light from thegovernment and will be offi-cially launched very soon.Young people and parentsshould be on the lookout forthe launch of the program sothey can sign up for the firstclasses geared especially tochildren ages 10 to 12 years.


Chris Carpenter #29 of the St. Louis Cardinals pitchesagainst the San Francisco Giants in Game Six -

Marco Scutaro #19 of the San Francisco Giants hits atwo-run double in the second inning - Giants won fromthe Cardinals 6-1 on Sunday.

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rily to children ages 10 to 12years of age who are in the 5thor 6th grade in school. Chil-dren will be able to learn thissport from Jeroen and Mac,who are two professionals of

windsurfing. The windsurfingclasses will be held at theRodgers Beach in San Nicolasand at the Fisher Mans Hut inOranjestad. The hours will beduring the week after school.

The “Freewater Project”will hopefully stimulate chil-dren to become interested inwindsurfing, give them the op-portunity to learn the sport andstimulate them to practice anew sport. This opportunitywill enable our children to di-versify their choice of sports.

Aruba has produced interna-tional athletes like Jeroen Wes-trate and we are currently veryproud of Sarah-Quita Offringa

For decades, the “Windsurf-ing” sport has been consideredan elite sport. To date, it is asport in which only a selectfew participate. This is unfor-tunate when we observe thefact that we are surrounded bywater and a strong breezewhich are excellent conditionsfor the development of thissport. It is in this vein that thegovernment of Aruba heldconversations with the leg-endary Jeroen Westrate. Theintention is to gather a groupof children who may want tolearn windsurfing.

With this in mind the “Free-water Project” was launchedwhich will be directed prima-

“Freewater Project” a projectespecially for children!

Armstrong -- even accepting adonation to cover up a positivedope test. McQuaid on Mon-day said the UCI "absolutelydeny" that Armstrong boughtoff the body.

There were still calls forthe UCI high command toquit, however, most notablyfrom former Spanish riderOscar Pereiro, who won the2006 Tour de France after USrider Floyd Landis, Arm-strong's former team-mate,was disqualified for doping.

Armstrong's remarkablecancer backstory and Tour tri-umphs from 1999 to 2005were seen as key to restoringcycling's tattered image after astring of high-profile dopingscandals in the 1990s.

Armstrong has yet to com-ment directly on the affair,saying only that recent weekshave been "difficult" andstanding down as the head ofthe cancer foundation Live-strong that he set up in 1997and which has raised morethan $500 million.

Meanwhile Dallas insur-ance company SCA Promo-tions is demanding the returnof millions of dollars inbonuses paid to Lance.

SCA was seeking $7.5 mil-lion paid out to Armstrongafter a 2006 arbitration pro-ceeding, which included a $5million bonus as well as legalfees and interest.

of banned substances.Armstrong's sporting repu-

tation as the cancer survivorwho fought back to win cy-cling's most gruelling and cel-ebrated race has beenshattered since the report waspublished.

On Monday, sunglassesmanufacturer Oakley becamethe latest high-profile sponsorto ditch the fallen star.

There have also been fearsof a wider withdrawal of fi-nancial backing for the sportafter Dutch sponsor Rabobanksaid it was ending the sponsor-ship of its professional cyclingteam after a 17-year associa-tion.

The sponsor described pro-fessional cycling as "sick" toits core and unlikely to recoverin the foreseeable future.

The strongly-worded com-ments went to the heart ofclaims of failings at the UCIand in particular to McQuaid,who has been criticised forfailing to see the extent ofdoping within the sport.

Verbruggen, who steppeddown in in 2006 but remainshonorary president, ran theUCI during Armstrong'sgolden era, amid claims thatArmstrong and his team-matesevaded dope tests either byhiding or being tipped off inadvance.

The Dutchman has alsobeen accused of protecting


GENEVA (AFP) - LanceArmstrong was on Mondaystripped of his record sevenTour de France titles and givena life ban, as cycling's worldgoverning body said the USrider should be permanentlyerased from the sport's historyfor doping.

The International CyclingUnion (UCI) said it supportedthe US Anti-Doping Agency(USADA) decision to erasethe rider's entire career afterAugust 1, 1998, as presidentPat McQuaid called the scan-dal "the biggest crisis" thesport had faced.

Cycling federations, raceorganisers and former ridersbroadly welcomed the deci-sion as an inevitable step butthe USADA said more neededto be done to stamp out doping

and restore the sport's credibil-ity.

European cycling federa-tions, race organisers and for-mer riders on Monday broadlywelcomed a decision to banLance Armstrong for life andscrub his record for doping, in-cluding his seven straight Tourde France titles.

Punishing Armstrong andriders who came forward totalk about his activities cannotbe seen as "penance for an eraof pervasive doping", Tygartadded, calling for an inde-pendent truth commission tospur reform and break with thepast.

The UCI earlier rejected apotentially lengthy legal chal-lenge at the Court of Arbritra-tion for Sport to the USADAclaims and punishment against

Armstrong."The UCI will strip him

(Armstrong) of his seven Tourde France wins. Lance Arm-strong has no place in cy-cling... He deserves to beforgotten in cycling," Mc-Quaid told a news conferencein Geneva, saying he was"sickened" by the revelations.

The US body earlier thismonth released a devastatingdossier on Armstrong, detail-ing over 202 pages and withmore than 1,000 pages of sup-porting testimony how he wasat the heart of the biggest dop-ing programme in the historyof sport.

The revelations, includingevidence from 11 of Arm-strong's former team-mates,plunged a sport which hasbeen working hard to rid itselfof its murky doping past intocrisis.

McQuaid succeeded HeinVerbruggen as president ofworld cycling after Arm-strong's seventh and final Tourvictory in 2005 and is creditedwith boosting the body's anti-doping programme, notablywith the pioneering bloodpassport scheme.

The Irishman was underpressure to answer how Arm-strong and his teams managedto dope for so long withoutbeing detected. But he rejectedcalls to quit, vowing to con-tinue his work against the use

Lance Armstrong Stripped of 7 Tour deFrance Titles, Banned for Life

tuesday, october 23, 2012

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