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and battles against what shecalls the "Islamisation" ofFrance.

Estimates released by poll-ster CSA after voting endedput the Socialists and theirGreen allies at around 40 per-cent, well ahead of the 35-per-cent score of ex-presidentNicolas Sarkozy's right-wingUMP party.

PARIS (AFP) - French Presi-dent Francois Hollande's So-cialists and allies were headedfor the absolute majority theyneed for tax-and-spend re-forms after a first round of par-liamentary elections yesterday,exit polls said.

The election also saw asurge in support for Marine LePen's far-right National Front,which wants to ditch the euro

MEXICO, Guadalajara : Naked cyclists take part in theWorld Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) to protest against cars,gas emissions from cars and agressive drivers, inGuadalajara, Mexico on June 9, 2012. The WNBR is aworld event in which cyclists protest against car cultureand oil dependency. (AFP PHOTO)

charge of the different areasare:

1. Sports medicineDr. Christian Mejia

2. Prevention of lesionsDr. Mejia and Dr.

Sandy Roga3. Chiropractics

Dr. Sandy Roga4. Physiotherapy

Dora Castellanos5. Sport Psychology

Lic. Edmundo Josiah6. Sports Nutrition

Dora Castellanos7. Psychometric Evalua-

tion, relax massage, reflexo -logy Manyela Solano

8. Functional tests (car-diac, respiratory, acid lactic,etc) Nolly Becker yWinston Ras

9. Sports massageNolly Becker y Winston Ras

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techniques of sports medicineto help improve sports results

The services ofCEMEDAR will include ex-pert care by professionals andspecialists in their respectiveareas of expertise. Those in

Last Thursday evening was agrand occasion for the worldof Aruban sports and forthose who labored long to seethe results of their planningand preparation become a re-ality. During a seminar heldin the ballroom of the WestinResort, where all the athleticfederations affiliated with theAruba Olympic Committee(COA) and their invitedguests met together, the brandnew Centro Medico De-portivo Arubano(CEMEDAR) was intro-duced.

Minister of Public Health,

Richard Vissers, who spokeat the occasion, indicatedhow pleased the governmentwas for the establishment ofthis new center and how im-portant it is for the sportsworld on Aruba. Mr. Josiah,who is the coordinator of thecenter, introducedCEMEDAR to the audience,and Dr. Mejia, the appointeddirector of CEMEDAR gavea detailed explanation of howthe center will function.

The Centro Medico De-portivo Arubano (ArubaSports Medical Center)CEMEDAR, will have thefollowing objectives:

1. Create a system ofhealth care for sports

2. Guarantee physical,mental, and social health forour athletes

3. Apply methods and

Monday, June 11, 2012

Aruba has its own SportsMedical Center

Hollande's Socialists take lead

in French parliamentary poll

here, she has a long-standingrelationship with the specialathletes, and personally enjoysspending time with them andsharing in their triumphs andcelebrations.

by Rosalie Klein

The week ofawareness and train-ing consisted of sev-eral sporting eventsallowing the athletesto hone their skills intrack and field, bad-minton, soccer andtable tennis, four ofthe sports in whichthey traditionallycompete. On themorning of the finalday of the week theyenjoyed Zumba fit-ness training, but thenight was a time torelax and enjoy thesocial aspect of beingpart of the team.

Special guests forthe closing party wereRemko van der Veldt, GM ofDigicel Aruba, which is the of-ficial sponsors of the island’sspecial athletes, and Ministerof Social and Economic Af-fairs and Culture, MichelleHooyboer-Winklaar. As a for-mer GM of Digicel on Arubawhen they began operations

ercise and events are heldthrough the year to keep spe-cial athletes in shape and en-thused about the competitions.

Aruba Special OlympicsAwareness Week ended on Fri-day evening, June 8 with a fes-tive party at their trainingcenter within the Man Na Obrafacility for adult mentally chal-lenged. Director Elvira Trompwelcomed Special OlympicsCommittee President ArturoWerlemen, Director of theFoundation for the MentallyChallenged and his Gal Friday,Committee Vice-PresidentNetty Williams, Head of Vol-unteers.

Aruba’s special athleteshave consistently returned withgold, silver and bronze medalsfrom the World Games inwhich they have participatedover the last twelve years. Justlike regular Olympic Games,the international games attractmore than 7000 athletes andcoaches from over 130 nationsto the designated host country,every four years.

mittee conducts their nationalgames, but various training ex-

October is the month whenAruba Special Olympics Com-

2 Monday, June 11, 2012

Special Olympics Awareness Week ends with

a jubilant celebration

Minister Winklaar and Digical CEO Remco with Athletes and volunteers

Enjoying a dance with athlete Jeffrey

Croes

Arturo Werleman, Minister Winklaar and Netty Williams

Minister Winklaar with her favorite people

HOLDS ME BACK) (Coun-try: the Netherlands/Curaçao /Director: Catrien Ariëns)(Caribbean Premiere)

BALLPLAYER:PELOTERO (Country:USA/Dominic Republic / Di-rector: Ross Finkel, TrevorMartin and Jon Paley) (Inter-national Premiere)

CSS Special Screenings(Not in Competition)

BALLROOMDANCER (Country: Denmark/ Director: Andreas Koefoedand Christian Bonke)(Caribbean Premiere)

Continued on page 4

Chris Browne) NOCHI NO KE

LAGAMI BAI (THE NIGHT

miere) GHETT’A LIFE

(Country: Jamaica/ Director:

selected by Producer of theCSS Aaron Hosé and the CSScommittee. AIFF Artistic Di-rector Claudio Masenza andthe founder of AIFF JonathanViera proudly announced en-tries for the CSS 2012 andAruba Flavor:

CSS Films in Competition

AMERICA (Country:Puerto Rico/ Director: SoniaFritz)

CHANCE (Country:U.S. Virgin Islands/ Director:Evan Kaufmann)

CHILDREN OF THEWIND (Country:USA/Bonaire / Director:Daphne Schmon) (World Pre-

AIFF created the CaribbeanSpotlight Series as a sidebarplatform (complete with an of-ficial competition, jury award,and an audience award) toshowcase movies from Arubanand Caribbean filmmakers.

This year’s CSS jury is ledby last year’s Audience Awardwinner, Bahamian filmmakerKareem Mortimer, and will berounded out with members ofthe international film industryand local press. They arecharged with evaluating andselecting the competition win-ner and bestowing the Festi-val’s competition award.Winners of the CSS awardswill receive cash prizes.

The official films have been

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Aruba International Film Festival announce contenders in the

Caribbean Spotlight Series and Aruba Flavor competition

Children of the Wind

to guarantee the Aruban com-munity and our athletes thebest of results and quality; andto prepare each athlete for thebest possible performance forevery competitive eventaround the world. The reactionto this new organization wasvery favorable from the diffe -rent sports federations present,they responded positively tothe creation of CEMEDARand appear confident that thiswill result in Aruba’s sportsrising to the very top!

CEMEDAR will maintain aworking relationship with theTechnical and Medical com-mittees of COA. This will benecessary because the choiceof the athletes underCEMEDAR will be in thehands of the Technical Com-mittee of COA. CEMEDARwill also work in consortiumwith the attending physician ofeach athlete. They will guideeach athlete professionallyproviding them with periodicinformation.

CRMEDAR is committed

roster rounds out with an in-triguing mix of narrative dra-mas, “Castigate” by LeonardoAguirre and “Maybe She Dieslike this” by Jo Henriquez.Aruba Flavor entries will beshown in conjunction with theCSS screenings.

The Aruba Flavor segmentof the AIFF has provided aplatform for local filmmakers,who have proven they are ca-pable of producing creativefilms that have won interna-

tional acclaim. Producers ofthe series urge the island pop-ulation to attend and supporttheir local artists, as well as as-piring Aruban filmmakers tolearn and be inspired. Checkthe AIFF website for fullschedule; http://www.arubain-ternationalfilmfestival.com/aiff_2012 ticket can purchased atthe box office at The Cinemasat Paseo Herencia.

by Rosalie Klein

proved to bean extremelypo pular addi-tion, with soldout seating atevery screen-ing. This year,CSS ProducerAaron Hose ispleased to an-nounce morethan doublethe entries tothe competi-

tion over lastyear, includingthe festival’sfirst animatedshort, “WakeUp,” by KenWolff.

The provoca-tive line-up ofshorts by localfilmmakers in-clude: “AnnaSpeaks” byn e w c o m e rAdam Steinfeld,and “AwaBreak” in Papiamento withEnglish subtitles, by FranciscoPardo and Ryan Oduber, whodelivered two impressive en-tries to last year’s festival,which went on to win awardsat other film festivals as well.

Noted vocalist and per-former Percy Jeandor has sub-mitted the musical video“Beautiful,” and Ryan Oduberhas also entered the experi-mental “Kima Momo 58.” The

BY HER HAND(Country: Aruba / Director:Rebecca Roos) (World Pre-miere)

PARRADOX (Coun-try: the Netherlands/Suriname/ Director: In-Soo Radstake)(Caribbean Premiere)

PEACE: MEMORIESOF ANTON DE KOM (Coun-try: the Netherland/Suriname /Director: Ida Does) (WorldPremiere)

PINK RIBBONS,INC. (Country: Canada / Di-rector: Léa Pool) (CaribbeanPremiere)

SENIOR MOMENTS(Country: Aruba / Director:Aaron Hosé) (InternationalPremiere)

WAN PIPEL (One People)(Country: Suriname / Director:Pim de la Parra)

The Aruba Flavor FilmCompetition, introduced dur-ing the 2011 AIFF as part ofthe Caribbean Spotlight Series,

Friday, June 8, was a special day as The Morning News’Manager, Ingrid Does, celebrated her 60th birthday. TMNteam celebrated the happy day with her at the Queensrestaurant. There the birthday girl was happily surprisedwith a birthday quesillo with candle and all. Photos givean impression of the happy occasion.

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Hiep hiep hooray for

Ingrid Does

Aruba International Film Festivalannounce contenders...Continued from page 3

Aruba has its own Sports

Medical CenterContinued from page 1

Pelotero

Anna Speak

items, and one can consumeevery kind imaginable untilclosing time.

Most definitely worth avisit for sushi fanatics, E-SushiShop is open for lunch and din-ner from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PMand from 4:30 to 10:30 PM.Take out and delivery availableand you can peruse the menuat http://www.esushishap.com/

by Rosalie Klein

salmon, amongother ingredi-ents, which heflames anddrizzles with abit of eel sauce.He is consider-ing a contest toname it andcustomers arewelcome tooffer their suggestions.

E-Sushi Shap prices are re -latively inexpensive comparedto most island eateries featu -ring sushi. Within a few weeks,they are going to offer an “Allyou can Eat” Sunday special,for around 75 Aruban florins,($42) the price is not set yet,which will include any sushion the menu patrons care toorder, it will not be limited toonly the traditionally cheap

ing, went through some exten-sive training, and has now re-alized his personal dream withthe opening of the simple,clean little store in the newshopping mall in Tanki Leen-dert. A very large and diversemenu has many of the staplesone expects, plus the more el-egant items including such ex-otica as Gunkan Sushi“Battleship Sushi,” Hosomaki“Thin Rolls,” Toriniku andGyuniku Maki and HakoSushi, or “Box Sushi.” If thathas sparked your curiosity,than you have to just stop bythe Shap and try them out.

Adriani has added quite offew personal touches to hissushi recipes, and treated islandmedia on his opening night, Fri-day, June 8, to a no-name sushimade with avocado and fresh

There is always a little jokein Aruba about sushi, thegreat Japanese gourmettreat, because “sushi” in Pa-piamento means “garbage.”Well, the offerings at thenewly opened sushi spe-cialty SHAP (and yes, wemean SHAP not SHOP) isanything but.

Owner/Chef AdrianiGeerman is a sushi fanatic,and has been so every sincethe first time he tasted thesebite-sized blends of fresh in-gredients, tantalizingly tai-lored to be mini-works ofart, a treat for the eyes aswell as taste buds.

Adriani found his call-


E-Sushi Shap-affordable sushi with a local touch

Adriani shows how it is done

A sampling of sushi

Name this sushi

Sushi and Saki the perfect combination

A toast to E Sushi Shap

camels for information on Sec-retary of State Hillary Clinton.

An audio statement posted on jihadist websites purpor -tedly from Al-Shabaab jeerednews that the United States isoffering millions of dollars forinformation on seven keymembers of al-Shabaabthrough its Rewards for Justiceprogram

The United States offers mil-lions for information leading tothe capture of the world's mostwanted terrorists.

A Somali militant group haspurportedly countered with anoffer of camels for U.S. offi-cials.

Al-Shabaab has placed abounty of 10 camels for Presi-dent Barack Obama and two

gested that Libi remainsalive.

"Soon, a video message bysheikh Abu Yahya al-Libi,may Allah protect him," readthe message posted by Al-Qaeda's Sahab media arm onboth sites, one of which wasput online on around 1500GMT yesterday.

The United States saidTuesday that Al-Qaeda'snumber two was killed in adrone strike, in the mostweighty blow to the organisa-tion since the killing of itsfounder Osama bin Laden.

Pakistani authorities spokeof a pre-dawn CIA dronestrike on Monday on a com-pound in North Waziristan,near the Afghan border whileUS officials did not disclosedetails of the attack.

A trusted lieutenant of binLaden, Libi appeared incountless Al-Qaeda videosand was considered the chiefarchitect of its global propa-ganda machine.

leader Abu Yahya al-Libi,whom Washington claimedlast week to have killed. Themessages posted by Ansarand Alfidaa websites sug-

DUBAI (AFP) - Two web-sites linked to Al-Qaeda an-nounced yesterday that theywill air a new video featuringthe jihadist network's deputy

SPAIN, TEGUISE : AFP photo shows cocks fighting in acockfighting match in Teguise on the Spanish Canaryisland of Lanzarote, on June 9, 2012. Cockfighting isgenerally illegal in Spain with the exception of the Ca-nary Islands, where it is considered traditional. The Ca-nary Islands has 24 associations or "galleras" whosupport this practice and are constantly criticized by en-vironmentalists or defenders of animals.

television network that thequake also caused materialdamage but no details wereimmediately available.

Oludeniz, a resort popularwith British tourists, looks outat the brilliant turquoise watersof the Aegean Sea. Turkey iscrossed by se veral fault lines.

A powerful quake shookeastern Turkey on October 23last year, killing more than 600people. It was followed on No-vember 12 by a 5.6-magnitudetremor that killed another 40people in the same area.

In 1999, two strong quakesin heavily populated and in-dustrialised parts of northwestTurkey killed 20,000 people.

cal trauma."From the information

we've gathered, 59 Turkish ci -tizens are in hospital after theearthquake, including 54 inFethiye," Tekin was quoted assaying by the Anatolia newsagency.

One person suffered a se-vere head injury jumping froma window out of fright, Tekinsaid, adding that two peoplesuffered heart attacks.

Tekin had earlier put thenumber of injured at six toseven people, saying: "Theyjumped in panic from bal-conies or windows."

Oludeniz mayor KeramettinYilmaz told the private NTV

ANKARA (AFP) - A strongearthquake hit off the south-west coast of Turkey yesterdaynear a popular tourist resort,putting dozens of people inhospital, including some whojumped from buildings inpanic, officials said.

The 6.0 magnitude quakestruck off Oludeniz, a smallAegean Sea holiday resort nearthe city of Fethiye which ispopular particularly withBritons.

No-one was killed, accor -ding to the national disastermanagement center, but pro -vincial health director CihanTekin said 59 people were hos-pitalised, most for psychologi-


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hits near Turkish resort

Qaeda websites suggest Libi alive, promisenew video

Somali Islamists offer 10camels as bounty forObama

rity with tra vellers.The european planemaker

is to begin building a380wings without the defectusing a new type of alu-minium in 2013 which meansaircraft delivered from 2014onwards.

airbus has said it willcover the cost of the repairsbut will not pay any compen-sation for lost revenue duringthe work.

The a380, which enteredservice in 2007, is the world'sbiggest passenger jet and akey product in airbus's line-up as it battles its main rivalUS giant Boeing for the topspot in the world civil airlinerindustry.

PariS (aFP) - repairingtiny cracks in the wings ofairbus's flagship a380 super-jumbo will take eight weeksfor each aircraft if the work isdone in one go, aviation mag-azine Flightglobal reportedyesterday.

an airbus spokesman toldaFP that the repairs "wouldtake weeks" but declined toconfirm the eight-week time-frame, equivalent to 30,000hours labour, reported byFlightglobal.

The repairs would be equi -valent to the "heavy checks"carried out on planes aftertwo, four and six years offlight, the spokesman said.

"it's up to the customer todecide if they want to do therepairs in one go or in severalstops. They choose whateverbest fits their operations andneeds," the spokesman said.

airbus, the main sub-sidiary of aerospace gianteaDS, has said the hairlinecracks were found on somewing rib-skin attachments ona limited number of double-decker a380 aircraft.

it said they posed nosafety threat and had notdamaged the plane's popula -

SaNTiagO (aFP) - Hun-dreds of protesters clashedwith police in the streets of theChilean capital yesterday toprotest a ceremony centeredaround a new documentaryhonoring the late dictator au-gusto Pinochet.

"Murderer, Murderer!"chanted the demonstrators atTeatro Caupolican, ahead ofthe screening of "Pinochet,"which celebrates the general's1973-1990 military dictator-ship.

Police responded by firingtear gas and water cannons atdemonstrators to prevent theiradvance toward the theater,which was hosting more than athousand Pinochet supportersfor the tribute.

"The police are limiting ouractivity in order to allow acti -vities in honor of the dictator.This is paying tribute to acriminal," Mireya garcia,vice-president of the associa-tion of relatives of Detainedand Disappeared (aFDD), told

CNN Chile."Pinochet" examines the

political circumstances thatpreceded the US-supportedcoup against then-socialistpresident Salvador allende onSeptember 11, 1973.

The event has triggered afirestorm of controversy, pit-ting Pinochet supporters claim-ing the right to free speechagainst relatives of regime vic-tims who would like to see theevent banned.

"in a democracy, we haveevery right to present this do -cumentary," said Juan gonza-lez, a former military officerwho leads the pro-PinochetSeptember 11 Corporation.

The government of Sebas -tian Pinera, Chile's first right-wing president since Pinochetleft office, has said that it doesnot support the tribute but re-spected its right to take place.

a judge has also thrown outa bid to ban the event.

The tribute is an extraordi-nary event in Chile, wheremore than 350 cases of disap-pearances, torture, illegal de-tention and conspiracy underthe dictatorship remain open.

More than 3,200 peoplewere killed or disappeared dur-ing Pinochet's rule, and re-searchers have documentedsome 37,000 cases of tortureand illegal detention.

Pinochet died in 2006, aged91. He was never sentenced forrights abuses during hisregime.

Chile clashes over Pinochet tribute

abuh emmanuel said."The church building col-

lapsed entirely due to the in-tensity of the bombing."

a reporter at the scene saidthat Christian youths had as-saulted local Muslims follow-ing the bombing.

The second attack killed atleast one person and woundedseveral when gunmen openedfire during a service in thenortheastern town of Biu,Samson Bukar, the local Chris-tian association of Nigeriachairman told aFP.

"One female worshipperwas killed while several otherswere wounded, two of themcritically. The gunmen escapedafter the attack."

Boko Haram's insurgencyhas killed more than 1,000people since mid-2009, espe-cially in Nigeria's Muslim-dominated north.

its attacks have grown in-creasingly sophisticated andhave affected a wider area,spreading from their base inthe northeast across the widernorth and down to the capitalabuja, in the center of thecountry.

Nigeria (aFP) - a suicidebomber drove his car at achurch in central Nigeria whilegunmen opened fire on anotherchurch in the northeast yester-day, killing at least three andwounding dozens, officialssaid.

The assaults were the latestin a series targeting churchesin africa's most populous na-tion and largest oil producer,with many of the previous at-tacks claimed by islamistgroup Boko Haram.

Witnesses and a rescue of-ficial said a suicide bomberdrove his car towards a churchin the central Nigerian city ofJos. although he did not man-age to get inside the church,the force of the blast causedthe building to collapse, policesaid.

"Forty-one wounded, thebomber and two others died ...The wounded were receivingtreatment at evangel Hospital,Jos," local government spokes -man Pam ayuba told aFP.

"The suicide bomber didnot drive into the church be-fore the explosion. He was infront of it," police spokesman


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TOKYO (AFP) - Japaneseresearchers have created afunctioning human liver fromstemcells, a report said thispast weekend, raising hopesfor the manufacture of artifi-cial organs for those in needof transplants.

A team of scientists trans-planted induced pluripotentstem (iPS) cells into the bodyof a mouse, where it grewinto a small, but working,human liver, the YomiuriShimbun said.

Stemcells are frequentlyharvested from embryos,which are then discarded, apractice some people findmorally objectionable. But

iPS cells -- which have thepotential to develop into anybody tissue -- can be takenfrom adults.

A team led by professorHideki Taniguchi at Yoko-hama City University devel-oped human iPS cells into"precursor cells", which theythen transplanted into amouse's head to take advan-tage of increased blood flow.

The cells grew into ahuman liver 5 millimetres(0.2 inches) in size that wascapable of generating humanproteins and breaking downdrugs, the Yomiuri reported.

The breakthrough opensthe door to the artificial cre-

ation of human organs, a keybattleground for doctors whoconstantly face a shortage oftransplant donors.

Taniguchi's research couldbe "an important bridge be-tween basic research andclinical application" but facesvarious challenges before itcan be put into medical prac-tice, the Yomiuri said.

An abstract of Taniguchi'sresearch was delivered to re-generative medicine re-searchers ahead of anacademic conference nextweek, but Taniguchi declinedto comment to AFP beforethe meeting.

Japan team create liver from stemcells: report

PARIS (AFP) - Scientists onSunday said they had found akey piece in the puzzle as towhy a tiny minority of indi-viduals infected with HIVhave a natural ability to fightoff the deadly AIDS virus.

In a study they said holdspromise for an HIV vaccine,researchers from four coun-tries reported the secret liesnot in the number of infec-tion-killing cells a personhas, but in how well theywork.

Only about one person in300 has the ability to controlthe human immunodefi-ciency virus (HIV) withoutdrugs, using a strain of"killer" cells called cytotoxicT lymphocyte (CTL) cells,previous research has found.

Taking that discovery fur-ther, scientists from theUnited States, Canada, Japanand Germany reported thatthe strain has moleculescalled receptors that are betterable to identify HIV-infectedwhite blood cells for attack.

Until now, it was wellknown that people with HIV"have tonnes of these killercells," Bruce Walker, an in-fectious diseases expert at theRagon Institute in Massachu-setts, told AFP.

The study looked at 10 in-

fected people, of whom fivetook antiretroviral drugs tokeep HIV under controlwhile five were so-calledelite controllers who re-mained naturally healthy.

HIV kills a type of whiteblood cell called CD4, leavingpeople with AIDS wide opento other, opportunistic and po-tentially deadly infections.

"What we found was thatthe way the killer cells areable to see infected cells andengage them was different,"said Walker.

"It is not just that you needa killer cell, what you need isa killer cell with a (T cell) re-ceptor that is particularlygood at recognising the in-fected cell. This gives us away to understand what it isthat makes a really goodkiller cell."

Walker said attempts atcreating vaccines had so farfailed because the T cell re-ceptors they generated werenot the efficient type.

But while the research hasshowed scientists how to findand measure the good cells,they still do not yet knowhow to generate them.

"Each secret that HIV re-veals is putting us in a betterposition to ultimately make avaccine to control the virus."

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den and stabilize it around 50%of GDP in the coming coupleof years. (In its calculation ofgross debt, Standard & Poor'sexcludes central governmentdebt that public sector pensionand social welfare plans hold.)

The rating could fall ifslower economic growth andthe prolonged suspension ofthe refinery results in a higherdebt burden. The closure of therefinery could also negativelyimpact exports more than im-ports, possibly contributing toa fall in foreign exchange re-serves and an increase in thecountry's net external liabilityposition.

single private-sector employer.A potential closure of the refin-ery would, absent substantialfiscal adjustment, hinder thegovernment's intent to reduceits fiscal deficit towards 3% ofGDP in 2014 (one year laterthan originally planned) froman estimated 6.8% of GDP thisyear. A potential closure wouldalso weaken external liquidity.

It is expected that the com-bination of the reopening of theoil refinery, favorable growthprospects in the coming year,and various other minor fiscalmeasures are likely to restrainthe recent rise in the generalgovernment's gross debt bur-

Central Bank and IMF finish areview of the situation and aformal accord will then besigned, he said.

There were no policy con-ditions attached to the aid, hestressed.

Earlier yesterday, SpanishPrime Minister Mariano Rajoydescribed the deal as a victoryfor his country and for Europe,bolstering the credibility of thesingle euro currency and theEuropean Union as a whole.

Rajoy had pressed for anaccord covering only the banksso as to avoid a full-blownstate bailout, as was needed forGreece, Ireland and neighbourPortugal.

He argued that Madrid hadalready put in place the toughausterity measures and reformsasked for by Brussels.

-- On June 8, 2012, Standard &Poor's Ratings Services af-firmed its 'A-/A-2' sovereigncredit rating on Aruba. Theoutlook on the ratings is stable. Standard & Poor's 'A-' transferand convertibility assessmentremains unchanged.

Aruba's prosperous eco -nomy with per capita GDP ofabout $25,000, stable democ-racy, high level of social devel-opment, and strong govern -ment balance sheet support itscreditworthiness. A narroweconomic base, limited mone-tary and external flexibility,and a sizeable gross generalgovernment debt burden(which is more than offset bypublic sector pension assets)are credit constraints.

The Aruban economy hadbeen recovering rapidly sincethe recession of 2009 and2010, with growth approach-ing 9% in real terms last year.The recent decision by Valero,the owner of the island's oil re-finery, to suspend operationswas a setback to the economyand to the government's fiscalplans to reduce its deficit incoming years. The refinery,which directly and indirectlyemploys about 5% of the is-land's workforce, is the largest

"It is a very clear signal tothe market, to the public thatthe euro (area) is ready to takedecisive action in order to calmdown market turbulence andcontagion," Rehn said.

He said Spain would makea formal request for the aid ofup to 100 billion euros ($125billion) at the next eurozone fi-nance ministers meeting whichis scheduled for June 21 inpreparation for a full EU sum-mit on June 28-29.

Spain's banks need 40 bil-lion euros in fresh capital, ac-cording to the InternationalMonetary Fund, to cover theirlosses in Spain's collapsedproperty market. But that sumcould be much higher, Rehnsaid in a televised address.

The final figure will beknown after the EU, European

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Spain'sbank rescue deal is a very clearsignal the eurozone is ready totake action to calm the finan-cial markets and limit debtcontagion, EU Economic Af-fairs Commissioner Olli Rehnsaid yesterday.

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185.40

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RAWAlpiNdi: Activists of pakistan Muslim leagueNawaz (pMl-N) march during a rally in Rawalpindi onJune 10, 2012. pMl-N organised a protest rallies inRawalpindi against unscheduled power outages and theprice hikes after the budget announced by government.(AFp pHOTO)

NEW YORK - An anonymous bidder won lunch with bil-lionaire investor Warren Buffett for a record $3,456,789,a charity that works to fight poverty said. Glide, a charitybased in San Francisco, said 10 active bidders kept theprice of lunch with Buffett rising during an eBay auctionthat began last Sunday. There were more than 110 in-quiries before the bidding closed at 10:30 p.m. Friday.


It's official: Matthew Mc-Conaughey and his abs areoff the market. People mag-azine confirmed the actortied the knot Saturdayevening to Camila Alves,his girlfriend of six yearsand mother of his two chil-dren.

The two said "I do" in aprivate ceremony in Texas,where the couple hasresided since earlier thisyear. Word has it the 120+guests were invited to staythe night in air conditioned,state of the art tents follow-ing the ceremony and recep-tion. It’s said the nuptialsincluded lots and lots ofcandles.

The actor, 42, andBrazilian model, 29, havebeen engaged since Christ-mas Day 2011. They met ata bar in L.A. in 2006 andhave been going strongsince. They have a son,Levi, who will turn fournext month, and a 2-year-old daughter. ApparentlyAlves will take her newhusband's last name.

McConaugheyand CamilaAlves areMarried!

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -"Madagascar 3: Europe'sMost Wanted" and"Prometheus" leapfrogged afairy tale to take the top spotsin the North American boxoffice charts over the week-end, industry estimatesshowed Sunday.

The animated "Madagas-car 3," the third installment inthe wildly popular franchisestarring Ben Stiller about es-caped New York zoo ani-mals, opened with abigger-than-expected $60.4million debut, according toExhibitor Relations.

Ridley Scott's hotly antic-ipated sci-fi adventure"Prometheus" also had ahuge debut, taking secondplace with an opening take of$50 million, the box office

Continuation WeekendBox Office....

Next was the big-budgetbut critically panned "Bat-tleship," with $2.3 millionin box office receipts.

In ninth was comedianSacha Baron Cohen's "TheDictator," at $2.15 million.

Tenth place went to WesAnderson's "MoonriseKingdom" starring BillMurray and Edward Nor-ton, about young lovers onthe run, with $1.6 millionin ticket sales.

tracker said.The pair bumped "Snow

White and the Huntsman,"which was fairest of them alllast weekend, off the top ofthe charts into third place.

The film starring CharlizeTheron and Kristen Stewartof "Twilight" fame, which of-fers a new twist on the classicfairy tale, brought in $23 mil-lion. It has total takings of$98.5 million so far.

The reunion of Will Smithand Tommy Lee Jones as se-cret agents battling aliens liv-ing on Earth in the sci-ficomedy sequel "Men inBlack 3" brought $13.5 mil-lion for fourth spot.

In fifth place was comicbook superhero blockbuster"The Avengers," pocketing$10.8 million, which has so farraked in more than $570 mil-lion in North America alone.

"The Best ExoticMarigold Hotel," a comedicdrama about British retireesin India, took in $3.2 millionfor sixth place.

Keeping its seventh placewas romantic comedy "Whatto Expect When You're Ex-pecting," about five intercon-nected couples sharing theexperience of having a baby,with $2.7 million.

'Madagascar 3' tops N.America box office

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - It'sa good thing that J.R. Ewingonly shot himself in a mirrorin the final episode of "Dal-las" back in 1991. Now hecan rejoin the rest of the gangfor a revival of the cult TVseries.

Larry Hagman, 80, whoportrayed the greedy Texasoil baron from the outset,stars in the freshly-mintedepisodes that will start goingout Wednesday on the TNTcable television channel.

And he's not alone --Linda Gray, 71, is returningto play his alcoholic wife SueEllen, and Patrick Duffy, 63,

will reprise his role as Bobby,J.R.'s altruistic kid brother.

"The bitter rivalries andfamily power struggleswithin a Texas oil and cattle-ranching dynasty" remain atthe heart of "Dallas" in itsnew incarnation, TNT said.

But fans can look forwardto a new generation to keepup the drama.

John Ross Ewing, everybit as Machiavellian as his fa-ther, will be portrayed byJosh Henderson, while JesseMetcalfe has the role ofChristopher Ewing, theadopted son of Bobby and hiswife Pamela.

'Dallas' makes a comeback

Larry Hagman,Linda Gray, Patrick Duffy and Brenda

Strong


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Gold Coast accommoda-tions are elegant and spa-cious, offering privacy forparents or a few couples.

Beautifully appointedkitchens and bathrooms graceeach abode; barbecues andlounges are provided forfriendly cookouts and trulysavoring the island life. Allhomes come with cable TV,

high-speed fiber-optic Inter-net connection, individualwasher/dryer, and are fullyair-conditioned. Cribs, highchairs and hair dryers areavailable for a modest fee.Concierge ser vices to arrange

rental cars, spa appointments,activities and restaurant reser-vations are all part of thepackage.

Check-in for your holidayescape is conducted in thecomfort of your vacationhome, not while waiting online at check-in desk. In everyway, Gold Coast seeks topamper their guests whileproviding them with the feel-ing of being in a cozy com-munity, not the normallybustling resort, particularlyexperienced during the majorholidays. If you wish an opti-mal vacation experience withgreat savings, visit their web-site: www.goldcoastaruba.com to get acquainted withthe community and the lay-out, details and availability ofaccommodations, or call 586-2200 to talk personally to aGold Coast representative.

Aruba’s newest and most in-novative gated communityhas enjoyed steady sales sincebreaking ground, as many arefinding the secure surround-ings and outstanding ameni-ties are just what they werelooking for before conside -ring purchasing property onthe island. Some owners areusing the villas or townhomes as vacation retreatsrather than full time and aretaking advantage of GoldCoast’s rental services to turntheir investment into ready in-come.

“The greater portion ofhome owners are using their“home away from home” inAruba to escape the wintermonths, or spend holidayswith the family on the is-land,” noted Gold Coast de-veloper Fito Croes. To assistin the demand for more com-plete facilities for groupsand fa mi- lies, famed hote-lier Ed Ma-lone has beenplaced in charge of the rentalprogram.

Staying at Gold Coast is avery attractive proposition forthose traveling with groupsthat would require multiplehotel rooms. Two and threebedroom Villas or TownHomes accommodate largenumbers and offer extensiveamenities along with a finalcost resulting in considerablesavings. The community isminutes to the best beachesand all the casino action, andoffers a quiet and secludedgetaway with two swimmingpools and specialized serviceswith more on the way, such asa fitness room, tennis courtsand mini-mall. Ed canarrange maid service, babysit-ters, caterers, airline pick-up

Gold Coast Aruba:Great savings for large

families

For a few months two clientsof Centro Man na Obra (aday care center for the men-tally challenged on the is-land) have been working asvolunteers at the Aruba Don-key Sanctuary. Jo-AnneKock and D’Angelo Baptisteform part of the team of vol-unteers on Wednesday morn-ings.

Their tasks include keep-ing the grounds clean andkeeping the water troughsfilled under the guidance ofDesiree Eldering, the leader

of the Sanctuary. The twovolunteers are having a lot offun during their workinghours: their laughter can beheard from afar and the don-keys love them. Their pres-ence at the sanctuary ismaking everyone, and mostof all the two Centro Man naObra clients, very happy.

And now we need morevolunteers and ask youwhether joining us might bea fun way to fill your sparetime. You will meet lots ofnew people and visitors ofthe Sanctuary.

The foundation that runsthe Sanctuary is looking forvolunteers for different pur-poses: people who want totake care of the donkeys,people who are good withtheir hands for the technicalmaintenance, people whowant to give information, toshow people around or do PRwork. Actually, the DonkeySanctuary could use every-one. Get acquainted with theother side of Aruba and spendyour spare time in a fun anduseful way.

Be aware, though, thatonce you get to work, it isquite addictive. Most volun-teers stay involved with thefoundation for a long timeand enjoy every moment thatthey are active.

So please consider spend-ing your spare time in a superfun way and make yourselfuseful for the Aruban com-munity.

Call Desiree Eldering forinformation or an appoint-ment with her at 593 2933.Just do it!

New volunteers atAruba DonkeySanctuary

Jo-Anne helping out

D’Angelo hard at work


PARIS (AFP) - Rafael Nadaland Novak Djokovic werelocked in a thrilling FrenchOpen final duel Sunday whenrain caused a suspension untilMonday, only the secondtime in history that the tour-nament has not finished ontime.

Nadal, chasing a recordseventh Roland Garros title,was leading 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 1-

2 when play was halted for asecond and final time at 6:50pm local time (1650GMT)with conditions on PhilippeChatrier Court becoming in-creasingly treacherous.

There had been an earlier40-minute stoppage from5:10 pm (1510GMT) becauseof rain.

The final, already inprogress for three hours, willresume today at 1:00 pmlocal time (1100GMT) withDjokovic in the ascendancyand serving for a 3-1 lead inthe fourth set.

The last time a FrenchOpen men's final failed to becompleted on a Sunday was1973 when it was played onthe following Tuesday withIlie Nastase beating NikiPilic.

Rain halts French Openfinal until Monday

MONTREAL (AFP) - LewisHamilton made it a magnifi-cent record seven differentwinners in seven races thisseason on Sunday when hedrove with speed and perfectcontrol to win the CanadianGrand Prix.

The 28-year-old Britonproduced a superbly judgedrace to wipe away all fearshanging over the event after aweekend of protests and po-lice action in the city to seizehis first win of the year.

Police reported the arrestsof around 30 protesters in thehours before the race asCanadian students rallyingfor months over tuition hikesused the Formula One show-piece to highlight their cause.

Hamilton's triumph comes

five years to the day after hehad claimed his maiden For-mula One victory at the Cir-cuit Gilles Villeneuve and histhird win at what must be oneof his favourite circuits.

It was his 18th career vic-tory and it hoisted him backinto serious contention for thedrivers' title in this year ofunexpected results and un-predictable racing.

He now leads the stand-ings on 88 points ahead ofFernando Alonso on 86 anddefending champion Sebast-ian Vettel on 85.

Frenchman Romain Gros-jean of Lotus came home sec-ond after an equallywell-judged race to finishahead of third-placed Mexi-can Sergio Perez of Sauber.

Hamilton makes it magnificentseven in Montreal

MIAMI (AFP) - LeBronJames scored 31 points andgrabbed 12 rebounds topower Miami over Boston101-88 on Saturday and givethe Heat a berth against theOklahoma City Thunder inthe NBA Finals.

Dwyane Wade added 23points and Chris Bosh con-tributed 19 as, together withJames, the Heat's "Big Three"scored all 28 of Miami'spoints in the fourth quarter,which began with the Celticsand Heat deadlocked at 73-73.

Miami took the best-of-seven Eastern Conferencechampionship series fourgames to three to reach theNBA Finals, which will starton Tuesday in Oklahoma

City. The Thunder beat theSan Antonio Spurs in theWestern Conference final.

"It was good to see uscome together in a very com-petitive series and I havegreat respect for the champi-onship DNA they (Celtics)have," said Heat coach ErikSpoelstra. "We do not take

this for granted. I am happywe got through this. Obvi-ously we have a bigger goalin the next round."

James kept alive his hopesof capturing his first NBAtitle, his main goal when hedeparted the Cleveland Cav-aliers in 2010 to join fellowsuperstars Wade and Bosh inMiami.

The Heat reached lastyear's NBA Finals but lost tothe Dallas Mavericks.Schedule for the best-of-sevenNBA Finals (games five throughseven only played if necessary):Oklahoma v Miami Heat

Game 1 - Tue June 12 Miami at

Oklahoma City

Game 2 - Thu June 14 Miami at

Oklahoma City

Game 3 - Sun June 17 Oklahoma

City at Miami

Game 4 - Tue June 19 Oklahoma

City at Miami

Game 5 - Thu June 21 Oklahoma

City at Miami

Game 6 - Sun June 24 Miami at

Oklahoma City

Game 7 - Tue June 26 Miami at

Oklahoma City

Heat oust Celtics to reach

NBA Finals

Chris Bosh #1 of the MiamiHeat celebrates

16 monday, June 11, 2012

POZNAN, Poland (AFP) -Italy showed great characterafter a traumatic run-in toEuro 2012 by holding de-fending champions Spain to a1-1 draw in their openingGroup C clash on Sunday.

Croatia, though, top thegroup after the 2008 quarter-finalists beat the Republic ofIreland 3-1 in the later matchon a night that Ireland'srecord caps holder ShayGiven will wish to forget.

The 36-year-old had been adoubt coming into the gamebecause of knee and calf wor-ries and the slowness withwhich he reacted to MarioMandzukic's third minuteopener with a header sug-gested all is not well with him.

He could well end upbeing accredited with an owngoal too as Mandzukic'sheader came back off the postand went over the line off thediving Given's head.

It was a disappointingnight for the oldest coachever at the tournament, Gio-vanni Trapattoni, and the 73-year-old will be dearlyhoping that his boys in greenreplicate the spirit shown byone of his former teams Italy.

Beset by another match-fixing scandal back home andby poor form coming into thechampionship proper - in-cluding a 3-0 hammering byRussia - they at times out-played a Spanish side thathad bizarrely started thegame without a recognisedstriker up front.

An inspired substitution byCesare Prandelli saw Antoniodi Natale score just five min-utes after coming on in placeof an ineffective MarioBalotelli only for Cesc Fabre-gas to level three minutes later.

"It was with difficulty thatwe got in front against theworld champions, but wewere there, we wanted toplay," Prandelli said.

"We've given Spain theopportunity to equalise so wehave to improve and that's thementality we need."

His Spanish counterpartVicente Del Bosque praisedthe Italians for their perform-ance but refused to accept hehad got it wrong by leavingstrikers such as Alvaro Ne-gredo and Fernando Torres onthe bench, although the latterwas eventually to come on.

Stoical Italy hold Spain, Croatsoutclass Irish

DONETSK (AFP) - Francecoach Laurent Blanc haspromised that his side will at-tack England in their Euro2012 opener today.

France produced some im-pressive attacking football intheir three warm-up matches,coming from two goals downto beat Iceland 3-2 before acomfortable 2-0 defeat of Ser-bia and a 4-0 rout of Estonia.

England, by contrast,played on the counter-attack intheir two preparatory matches-- a pair of 1-0 successes overNorway and Belgium.

The stage is therefore setfor a clash of styles in theGroup D curtain-raiser atDonetsk's Donbass Arena.

Blanc: “We willattack England”

reSuLTS euro

2012

GrouP A

Poland 1, Greece 1

Russia 4, Czech Rep 1

GrouP B

Denmark 1, Neth. 0

Germany 1, Portugal 0

GrouP C

Spain 1, Italy 1

Croatia 3, Ireland 1

monday’s matches

Group D

France vs. England

(12 noon)

Ukraine vs. Sweden

(2:45 p.m.)

EURO-2012 Standings

W L PTS GF GA D

ruSSIA 1 0 1 4 1 0

GreeCe 0 0 1 1 1 1

PoLAND 0 0 1 1 1 1

CzeCh reP. 0 1 1 1 4 0

GermANy 1 0 1 1 0 0

DeNmArk 1 0 1 1 0 0

NeTherLANDS 0 1 1 0 1 0

PorTuGAL 0 1 1 0 1 0

CroATIA 1 0 3 3 1

SPAIN 0 0 1 1 1

ITALy 0 0 1 1 1

IreLAND 0 1 0 1 3

W: Won - L: Lost - PTS: points - GF: goals for - GA: goals against

D: Draw

A

B

C

Antonio Di Natale of Italycelebrates scoring theirgoal

june 11. 2012

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