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On Tuesday morning, March26, the conference sponsoredby Aruba's Chamber of Com-merce, (KvK) dedicated toconfronting the issue of whatto do about the now abandonedrefinery, presented five spea -kers with viable, innovativeideas.

First to the podium was thePresident of the Board of theKvK, Mr. Jamal MahawatKhan, who urged the audience,and those listening at home vialive broadcast, to consider andface the realities of the refineryand the future of San Nicolas.

Mr. Khan's presentationwas titled "Our Destiny is inour Hands." The essential mes-sage: rather than waiting forthe government to solve thesituation, islanders, both indi-viduals and business entities,can take the steps, with the co-operation of legislators, to turnaround this facility and revita -lize the eastern end of Aruba.Following his presentation wasa suggestion of a practical ap-plication almost immediatelyavailable, researched byDanny Brete, who worked inthe San Nicolas port for yearsas a port pilot, and captain ofthe tug that moved the gianttankers to their berths.

Mr. Khan holds a degree asan Engineer of Business Sci-ence from the University ofTwente, in the Netherlands,and has been a prominent fi -gure on the Aruba businesslandscape for 20 years. He firstexamined the realities of there-finery at present, including thefact that Valero, though usingthe port of San Nicolas as atransshipment station, has ter-minated all contracts regardingthe refinery. A settlement wasreached in 2010 citing a han-dover of the refinery to theAruban government threeyears from termination of op-eration, though whether thiswill be from March 2012,

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Chamber of Commerce Conference:

Aruba Without the Refinery

Jamal Mahawat Khan: "Our Destiny is in OUR Hands"

Area of refinery harbor immediately available forcontainer ships

Presently unused docks are double Barcadera capacity

Picture above gives an im-pression of the changes beforeand after the ‘Earth Hour’, afascinating view to see an im-portant landmark in Arubacontribute to such a noblecause. Around the world citiesturned off their landmarklights, Renaissance Aruba Re-sort & Casino also contributedto this worldwide event ‘EarthHour.’

This year our community hasshown much more interest inthe ‘Earth Hour’ and we arevery happy to have been ableto turn off the main lights ofour resort and the area aroundour premises to contribute tothis important cause,” this ac-cording to marketing execu-tives of the company; ZugheilaLindeborg, Edalitza Weller yTirzane Williams.

This is the second consecutiveyear that Renaissance ArubaResort & Casino contributes to‘Earth Hour’ which is anworldwide event organizedonce a year by World WideFund of Nature (WWF). Thegoal of this event is to encou -rage households and busines -ses to take action on climatechange and global movementby turning off lights for onehour. Renaissance Aruba Re-sort & Casino also joined inthis event and contributed tothe ‘Earth Hour’

Last Saturday from 8:30 pmtill 9:30 pm RenaissanceAruba Resort & Casino turnedoff the lights of the parking lotin front of the government of-fices, all common light poles,parts of the Renaissance Ma-rina Hotel façade, RenaissanceMarketplace exterior lights,Renaissance Mall exteriorlights, Seaport Casino exteriorlights and signs and also theCrystal Casino tower. “Renais-sance Aruba Resort constantlysupports activities that createawareness on importance ofprotecting our environment.

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Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casinoalso contributed to ‘Earth Hour’

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the number plates to the TaxDepartment before the begin-ning of the quarter.

2. The number plates haveremained at the Tax Depart-ment for more than one quarterduring the year.Submitting number plates:

The client may submitnumber plates either at themain office in Oranjestad or atone of the auxiliary govern-ment offices in the districts.

Continued on page 5

ORANJESTAD -- The govern-ment has issued a bulletin re-minding all motorists thattoday, March 28th is the lastday to turn in any unused num-ber plates for 2013, for vehicleno longer in use.

In order to be free of havingto pay taxes for one or morequarters for a vehicle not in useor for a vehicle that will not bein use for some time, the par-ticular conditions are:

1. The client has submitted

two areas, City center of Oran-jestad up to Madiki and thehigh-rise hotel area, will re-main permanently designatedfor these preventive bodysearches. Citizens must bear inmind that the Police may con-duct arbitrary searches in theseareas for drugs or firearms.

The first Police action willtake place on Sunday March31st in the high-rise hotel areafrom MooMba Beach up to theWestin Hotel.

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On March 22, the govern-ment officials met to discussthis matter, and they decidedthat the following areas will bedesignated for conducting pre-ventive body searches:

1. The area of the high risehotels from MooMba Beach tothe Westin Hotel (from thecoast to Sasakiweg, includingthe shops and festive centersnorth of L.G. Smith Boulevardin front of the hotels)

2. The city center of Oran-jestad up to Madiki (as of Wil-helmina Park to the cruiseterminal and Madiki, inclu dingHendrikstraat, Caya BeticoCroes, Steenweg, Wilhelmi-nastraat, Zoutmanstraat, La-goenweg and Arendsstraat).

Characteristic of these twoareas is the mayor disturbancein relation to drug dealings andthe use of drugs.

The Police are authorized todo body searches in these areasfor as long as 12 hours. These

ORANJESTAD -- The Prose-cutor’s Office has recently is-sued a bulletin regarding theGovernment Decree on drugs,which is a new article (article10:3). This bulletin states thatin conjunction with the Minis-ter of Justice and the Chief ofPolice, they can delineate aparticular area in which pre-ventive body searches for thepossession of drugs may beconducted.

The law on firearms con-tains a similar article on thepossession of firearms. In thepast the Police have conductedbody searches for firearms.The last such search took placeduring the weekend of thegrand Carnival parade.

Along with preventive bodysearches for firearms, the Po-lice are authorized to stopeveryone and do a body searchfor the possession of drugs inthe area designated by theProsecutor.

Police to conduct preventive body

searches for drugs

ORANJESTAD –The Aruba Tax Offices reminds all motoriststhat as of tomorrow, March 28, the first half year of the 2013motor vehicle tax must be paid. This means that all thosewho only paid the first quarter of the 2013 motor vehicle taxmust pay the second quarter no later than tomorrow, March28.

Clients who haven’t paid the first quarter of the motor ve-hicle tax as yet must bear in mind that they have to pay thefirst half year plus the number plates expenses.

The Aruba tax Offices management advices everyonewho hasn’t paid his 2013 motor vehicle tax as yet, to do thisas soon as possible to avoid unnecessary overdue debts.

Today, March 28, is the last

day to pay the first half

year of motor vehicle tax

Today is last day to turn in

unused 2013 number plates!

ting with their full bands togive everyone a tremendousshow.

Special priced ticketsThis year Soul Beach Pro-

ductions is giving the localmarket the opportunity toonce again purchase their tick-ets at a special rate of Afls.100 per night. So everyone isadvised to get their ticketsearly as this special is for alimited time!

Tickets are available at:Dragon CD & Electronics

– San Nicolas;Oficina di Fun Miles -

Oranjestad;Insel Air- Oranjestad;Moomba Beach - Palm

Beach;Sopranos Piano Bar - Palm

Beach;Nikky Beach - Oranjestad;Valero: Boulevard, Esso-

ville, Palm Beach, Ponton andSanta Cruz

For more information onticket sales and the latest newsconcerning CLUB SOULBEACH, visit: http://www.soulbeach.net of http://www.aruba.com.

For information about theartists: www.soulbeach.net/2013/index.php/artistsfor .

Follow them on twitterTwitter @SoulBeachMusic orbecome a fan of the 2013 SoulBeach Music Festivalwww.Facebook.com/soul-beachmusic.

Contact person: Mrs.Amayra Boekhoudt at Tel.582-3777 ext. 254.

recording artist NE-YO.There are various hits of thisartist being played on the localradio stations now, the mostpopular being ‘Let Me loveYou.’

Both artists will be presen -

Night’s Carubbian Festival inSan Nicolas. During the daythere will be different beachparties at Moomba Beach andBaby Beach.

Friday, May 24th theComedy Night will take placewith famous ‘All-Star Com-edy headliner’ Sinbad accom-panied by his ‘Funky Band’and Damon Williams on thestage to entertain all comedylovers.

Saturday, May 25th thenight opens with local bandClaudius Phillips y Oreo fol-lowed by Tamia. Climax ofthe night will be the presenta-tion by the main artist,Grammy nominee D’Angelowho will be presenting hismusical collection of dance-pop and R&B.

Sunday, May 26th localband Le Groove opens thenight followed by Elle Varnerto be topped off by winner of3 Grammy Awards Motown

blessed by a ‘full moon’ thatweekend, which makes itmore attractive and unique forthem.

After the successful radiostation tour in Valencia, ATAVenezuela organized a recep-tion. Guests - of which themajority were of the press -got the opportunity to askquestions and exchange ideasto expand the tourist market ofAruba and for the Soul BeachMusic Festival. Soul Beach Music Festival

As it was announced pre -viously, this year Soul BeachMusic Festival will take placeon May 22 -26 on NikkyBeach. The same concept offive days of activities to enter-tain the ‘Soul Beach Follo -wers’ and our locals will bemaintained.

The night of festivities willkick off on Wednesday, May22nd with the opening of theEvent, followed by Thurday

Recently, representative ofAruba Tourism Authority(ATA) Mrs. Amayra Boek -houdt joined by representa-tives of ATA office inVenezuela, Caracas, Mrs.Miriam Dabian and Mrs. Jo-hana Santiago tra velled to Va-lencia on a promotional tour.The goal of this tour was topromote Aruba as a touristicdestination but also to pro-mote the mega event: TheSoul Beach Festival, whichwill take place in the month ofMay. The warm welcomeAruba received at the differentradio stations was tremen-dous. The representativesknew how to stir up a huge in-terest among the Venezuelanswho now want to come toAruba especially for the SoulBeach Festival. Even thoughthe artists have a diffe rentkind of audience in Venezuelathe event which will takeplace on the Beach will be


ATA’s Caracas Office organizes successful promotiontour in Valencia

Miriam Dabian (Director Latin America Tourism Office forAruba) Amaira Boekhoudt (Trade Relations Liaison) andJohana Santiago (Marketing Manager Latin AmericaTourism Office)

as "painful" a court's rulingTuesday that she will be retriedin Italy for the grisly 2007murder of her British house-mate Meredith Kercher.

But her publisher said theruling would not change herbook release plans -- includingthe ABC appearance, the firstmajor sit-down interview sinceshe returned to Seattle.

By yesterday the book hadrisen to number 415 on onlineretailing giant Amazon.com'sbestsellers list, based on pre-orders.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Amanda Knox will keep to aplanned publicity schedule forreleasing a book about her or-deal next month despite anItalian decision to quash hermurder acquittal, her publishersaid yesterday.

HarperCollins is due to re-lease the US student's memoir"Waiting to be Heard" on April30, when she will give her firstinterview to television networkABC's Diane Sawyer in theUnited States.

The 25-year-old described

new Government.Prime Minister Daniel

Hodge declared recently thatthere is no contention be-tween the Government ofprofessionals and the mem-bers of the coalition. He alsodeclared that his Governmentwas appointed for a period ofthree to six months and that itis time for the politicians toappoint an “informateur” tostart the process of forming apolitical cabinet.

“formateur” will also start thescreening process of the can-didate Ministers for the newGovernment.

The coalition partners arecurrently negotiating the for-mation of a new politicalgovernment with the supportof Pueblo Soberano, PAIS,PNP and Independent Mem-ber of Parliament Glenn Sul-varan.

The parties are currentlytrying to see who they wantto appoint as Ministers in the

WILLEMSTAD – Prime Mi -nister Daniel Hodge yester-day announced that hisGovernment has officially re-signed. Now the Cabinet is ademissionairy Governmentand the process of forming anew Government can start.

A new “formateur” will beappointed. This is done bythe Governor under recom-mendation of Parliament.This “formateur” will thenstart the process of forming apolitical Government. The

The client must fill out andsign a form at the office inwhich he declares having sub-mitted the number plates of hisvehicle. The client must alsostate the reason for turning inthe plates: for example he willbe travelling for a length oftime; vehicle is not in good re-pair, etc.

The department will reservethe client’s number for the cur-rent fiscal year. After the fiscalyear, the client runs the risk oflosing the number in the eventthere is no reaction from theclient.

The dispensation for payingtaxes on the number plates de-pends on how long the clienthas allowed the number to re-main at the Tax Department.For example, if the number re-mained at the Department forone month during the quarter,because that was the length oftime that the vehicle was out offunction; and the client comesto claim his plates, he will berequired to pay taxes for thatquarter.

The dispensation is notbased on how many monthsthe plates remained unclaimed,but on the quarter of the year.And, the dispensation is notretroactive.

Any client who comes toclaim number plates now willbe required to pay for the quar-ter in view of the fact that thequarter has already begun.

Number plates submittednow may fall under the dispen-sation for the second quarter(April to June 2013). A clientwho comes to retrieve platesnow, during the month ofApril, will be required to payfor the entire second quarter.Dispensation does not excludethe cost of the plates. Therewill always be the cost of Afls.20 for the plates.


Today is last dayto turn in

unused 2013number plates!

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Cabinet Hodge resigns, is officially a

demissionairy Government

Amanda Knox to keep USbook promotion schedule

rean military official to hisSouth Korean counterpart justbefore the link was severed.

"Under the situation wherea war may break out any mo-ment, there is no need to keepup North-South military com-munications," the official wasquoted as saying by the officialKorean Central News Agency.

Cutting the hotline was thelatest in a series of threats andactions that have raised ten-sions on the Korean peninsulasince the North's long-rangerocket launch in December andits nuclear test last month.

Both events triggered UNsanctions that infuriated Py-ongyang, which has spent thepast month issuing increas-ingly bellicose statementsabout unleashing an "all-outwar."

State Department actingdeputy spokesman PatrickVentrell said Washington re-mained in close contact withits allies in the region as thesituation unfolds.

WASHINGTON (AFP) -North Korea's severing of amilitary hotline with the Southat a time of heightened tensionwas a provocative step, a USdefense department spokes -man said yesterday.

"This is yet another pro -vocative and unconstructivestep that the North Koreanregime has taken," Pentagonspokesman George Little said.

"It's very important for theregime to focus on what wethink is the right course of ac-tion, and that is peace and sta-bility on the Korean peninsula,and their provocations and bel-licose rhetoric aren't helpful inthe situation."

The decision to sever thelast direct communication linkwith the South coincided withan announcement that theNorth's top leadership wouldmeet in the next few days todiscuss an "important issue"and make a "drastic turn."

The hotline move was re-layed by a senior North Ko-

of marriage equality supporterschanted "Edie! Edie!" asWindsor exited the statelybuilding with her legal teamand told assembled reporters:"I think it was great. I think itwent beautifully."

President Barack Obama'sadministration initially op-posed Windsor's bid to repealDOMA as it progressedthrough the lower courts,where the law has alreadytwice been ruled unconstitu-tional.

But the White House hassince switched sides. Now it iscalling for the law to be over-turned, leaving DOMA to bedefended by a group of Repub-lican lawmakers, along with acoalition of religious and con-servative groups.

Opponents of Windsor'sstance include Republicanlawmakers and Christiangroups.

death of Thea Spyer, her part-ner of more than 40 years. Thecouple had married in Canadain 2007.

Under DOMA, the survi -ving half of a heterosexualcouple would not have facedthe same tax burden.

In an exchange withlawyers arguing the two sidesof the case, Justice Ruth BaderGinsburg suggested DOMArepresented, in her view, twokinds of wedlock -- "full mar-riage and skim milk marriage."

Her colleague Elena Kaganwent further, saying thatDOMA was "infected by ani-mus, fear and dislike."

Justice Anthony Kennedy, aconservative whose swing voteon gay rights could decide theoutcome, said he was "trou-bled" by how the DOMA casewould impact the rights ofeach of the 50 states to set outtheir own marriage laws.

Outside the court, hundreds

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheSupreme Court signalled yes-terday it could throw out a USlaw that defines marriage asstrictly between a man and awoman, in a second day ofhearings on the thorny issue ofsame-sex marriage.

For nearly two hours, thenine justices who make up thenation's highest court grilledlawyers on the constitutional-ity of the Defense of MarriageAct (DOMA) -- with five ofthem appearing to lean in favorof striking it down.

The controversial 1996 lawdenies married gay and lesbiancouples the same federal rightsand benefits that heterosexualcouples take for granted, fromtax breaks and welfare benefitsto access to a hospitalizedspouse.

The plaintiff is Edith Wind-sor, 83, who was ordered topay federal inheritance taxes of$363,000 following the 2009

Sarris cited as the "lack ofsubstantial liquidity and signi -ficant risk of deposits outflow,with possible outcome the col-lapse of the credit institutions"as the reasons for the restric-tions.

He said in the decree thiscould cause "chain effects thatcould lead to systemic instabi -lity of the financial system andhave destabilising consequen -ces on the economy as awhole."

The controls also impose alimit of 5,000 euros a month incredit or debit card purchaseswhile out of the country.

Non-cash payments ormoney transfers outsideCyprus are prohibited, withsome narrowly defined excep-tions such as paying by parentsof tuition fees and accommo-dation for children studying inschools and universitiesabroad.

NICOSIA (AFP) - Cyprus Fi-nance Minister Michalis Sarrisimposed temporary capitalcontrols yesterday followingthe island's EU-IMF bailout,stipulating a maximum cashwithdrawal of 300 euros a day.

The decree carried on statemedia also bans people fromtaking more than 1,000 euros($1,300) in cash out of theMediterranean island, withcustoms officers authorised tocheck people, and prohibits thecashing of cheques.

The controls were imposedahead of the reopening ofCyprus banks today. They havebeen closed since March 16while the country negotiated aeurozone rescue package.

At least two shipping con-tainers reportedly filled withcash were delivered to the cen-tral bank in Nicosia onWednesday night, an AFP jour-nalist said.


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Cyprus imposes controls,withdrawals only 300

euros a day

US top court signals it could nix gay

marriage law

US: N. Korea cutting ofmilitary hotline 'provocative'

tion built into fabrics fromwhich they are made.

Stay cool*Water, concrete, and sand

all reflect the sun’s harmfulrays and exposure can be in-tensified by them. Take a breakindoors or in a shaded areawhen outside for extended pe-riods of time.

*Staying hydrated is a keycomponent in staying cool inthe sun. It cools the body’stemperature and helps avoidheat stroke. Try drinking lightjuices or sports drinks andavoid caffeinated beverages.

*A tepid shower or a quickswim can be refreshing and re-laxing ways to cool off fromthe scorching sun.

skin, even for infants under 6months old.

*Look for products contain-ing avobenzone, oxybenzone,titanium, or zinc oxide. Zincand titanium based sunscreenstend to be better for those withsensitive skin.

*For those with thin hair,applying sunscreen to partlines or exposed skin can helpavoid uncomfortable burns onthe scalp.

Wear protective clothing* Wear loose fitting clothing

that is tightly woven to protectthe arms and legs.

*Hats with a brim of fourinches or more provide opti-mal protection and should beworn as much as possiblewhile outside.

*Wearing a T-shirt whileswimming only protects fromthe sun’s rays if sunscreen hasbeen applied under the T-shirt.Clothing options andswimwear are now availablethat have SFP and sun protec

search shows that experi-encing just one sunburncan more than double yourrisk of developingmelanoma.

Use sunscreen regu-larly (applied 30 minutesbefore sun exposure)

*A broad spectrumUVA/UVB sunscreen witha sun protection factor(SPF) of at least 30 willprovide adequate protec-tion if you’re spendingminimal amounts of timein the sun, such as runningerrands or going to andfrom work, while an SPFof 45 is appropriate ifspending more than 30

minutes outside.*A sunscreen with an SPF

between 30 and 50 can be usedfor children. For infants, pro-tective clothing and keepingthem out of the sun are best,but it is still safe and necessaryto apply sunscreen to exposed

--Many people love the warmsun.But exposure to sun causesmany of the wrinkles and agespots on our faces and is thenumber one cause of skin can-cer.Sunburn has been definitivelylinked to melanoma, a deadlytype of skin cancer. Some re-

Sun Protection Tips

The CDC study found thatfrom 2000 to 2009, cancerdeath rates decreased by 1.8percent per year among menand by 1.4 percent per yearamong women.

Cancer kills more than1,500 people a day in theUnited States -- a total of301,820 men and 275,370women in 2012, according tothe latest estimates by theAmerican Cancer Society.

About 1.6 million Ameri-cans are diagnosed with can-cer every year.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Thenumber of Americans whohave survived cancer is on therise and is expected to reach18 million people in the nextdecade, according to a reportreleased Wednesday.

That would be a 30 percentincrease over the latest figuresin January 2012, whichshowed 13.7 million people inthe United States had survivedsome form of cancer, accord-ing to the American Associa-tion for Cancer Research.

The forecasted increase ismainly due to the aging popu-lation, with two thirds of can-cer survivors expected to be 65or older by 2020, said thestudy.

The AACR's report showsthat women with breast canceraccount for 22 percent of sur-vivors, while men withprostate cancer make up 20percent.

However, those with lungcancer make up a slim threepercent of all US survivors.

"For patients with prostatecancer, we have a nearly 100percent five-year survival rate,and breast cancer has madetremendous strides as well,with five-year survival risingfrom 75 percent in 1975 to al-most 89 percent in 2012," saidRowland.

A report by the US Centersfor Disease Control and Pre-vention released in Januaryshowed that fewer peoplewere dying from cancer in theUnited States, continuing atrend that began in the early1990s.

Number of US cancersurvivors is on therise


Health & Living

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -Facebook chief Mark Zucker-berg is helping form a group tolobby for US political reformin areas such as education andimmigration policy, accordingto US media reports spreadingonline.

The San Francisco Chroni-cle, Politico, and the WallStreet Journal were among out-lets reporting that the 28-year-old co-founder of the world'sleading social network washelping unite technology in-dustry in a political actiongroup.

The group, which had yet tobe named, reportedly set a goalof raising about $50 million,with significant contributionsalready provided by Zucker-berg and other technology in-dustry executives.

Silicon Valley's long crusadeto break open doors to Americafor foreigners with key tech-nology skills hinges on a polit-ical battle in Washington overbroader immigration reform.

lions of people even as theysurfed sites unrelated toSpamhaus or CloudFlare."

Prince noted that these at-tacks used tactics different thanthe "botnets" -- these camefrom so-called "open re-solvers" which "are typicallyrunning on big servers with fatpipes."

"They are like bazookas andthe events of the last weekhave shown the damage theycan cause," he said. "What'stroubling is that, comparedwith what is possible, this at-tack may prove to be relativelymodest."

A spokesman for the net-work security firm Akamaimeanwhile told AFP that basedon the published data, "the at-tack was likely the largest pub-licly acknowledged attack onrecord."


Sci-Tech

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheInternet may have been slowedby one of the largest cyber at-tacks ever seen, which targeteda European group that patrolsthe Web for spam, security ex-perts said Wednesday.

The attacks targetedSpamhaus, a Geneva-basedvolunteer group that publishesspam blacklists which are usedby networks to filter out un-wanted email, and led to cyber-space congestion which mayhave affected the overall Inter-net, according to MatthewPrince of the US security firmCloudFlare.

The attacks began last week,according to Spamhaus, after itplaced on its blacklist theDutch-based Web hosting siteCyberbunker, which claimed itwas unfairly labeled as a havenfor cybercrime and spam.

While the origin of the at-tacks has not been identified,some experts pointed the fin-ger at Cyberbunker, possiblyin coordination with EasternEuropean cyber-criminals.

CloudFlare, which wascalled for assistance bySpamhaus, said the attackerschanged tactics after the firstlayer of protection was imple-mented last week.

Prince said the so-called de-nial of service attack, whichessentially bombards siteswith traffic in an effort to dis-rupt, was "one of the largestever reported."

Over the last few days, headded, "we've seen congestionacross several major Tier 1(networks), primarily in Eu-rope where most of the attackswere concentrated, that wouldhave affected hundreds of mil-

'Bazooka' attacks slowing Internet:security experts

For more than a decade, thetech sector has been strugglingto get more visas and greencards for immigrants with en-gineering, math or scienceskills.

Now, analysts say Republi-cans and Democrats appear tobe looking at a comprehensivemeasure that deals with high-skilled workers and the mil-lions of undocumented aliens.

Improving the ranks ofstudying science, math and en-gineering in US schools alongwith the caliber of courses arealso issues dear to Silicon Val-ley, along with policies thatencourage research and devel-opment to foster innovations.

Zuckerberg has demon-strated a previous penchant forpolitics. In January, Facebookconfirmed that Zuckerberg in-tended to host a fundraiser forNew Jersey Governor ChrisChristie early this year.

The event at Zuckerberg'shome in the California city ofPalo Alto was to support there-election bid of high-profileRepublican Christie, who isseen as a possible future con-tender for US president.

Zuckerberg's relationshipwith Christie dates back to2010, when the native of NewYork State made a $100 mil-lion grant to the troubled NewJersey public school system.

Facebook chief Zuckerbergtackling politics: report

around Guantanamo, houses in-mates who pose no particularthreat and have no special valuein the eyes of US authorities.

Earnest referred to reportsthat a Red Cross team washeading to Guantanamo as partof a routine agreement to in-spect conditions at the prison.

"We give them full access sothat they can take a look atwhat's happening at the prisonthere," he said.

Obama promised to close thecamp in one of the first acts ofhis presidency in 2009, but hisefforts have been frustrated byopposition to moving inmatesto the US mainland in Congressand the difficulty of finding na-tions willing to accept detaineeswho are freed.

Thorny legal issues sur-rounding trials for prisonersconsidered to be the most dan-gerous inmates have also ham-pered Obama's efforts.


WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheWhite House said Wednesday itwas closely monitoring a grow-ing hunger strike among in-mates at Guantanamo Bay andreiterated President BarackObama's vow to close theprison facility.

Officials also noted that theInternational Committee of theRed Cross was sending a dele-gation to check conditions atthe US military prison, a visitbrought forward by the hungerstrike.

More than two dozen de-tainees have been refusing foodto protest at their indefinite de-tention, amid what defenselawyers have described asmounting despair inside theprison.

"I can tell you that the WhiteHouse and the president's teamis closely monitoring thehunger strikers at GuantanamoBay," said Josh Earnest, a

White House spokesman."The administration remains

committed to closing the deten-tion facility."

David Remes, an attorneyfor 15 Guantanamo detaineestold AFP last week that thehunger strike in its seventhweek was unprecedented in itsscope, duration and determina-tion.

As of Friday, 26 detaineeswere on hunger strike -- nearlydouble the number from a weekearlier -- with feeding tubes ad-ministered to eight, accordingto military authorities at the USnaval base.

The strike was launched atCamp 6 in Guantanamo onFebruary 6, when a "routine"inmate search took place. De-tainees said guards had in-spected their Korans, whichthey perceived as "religiousdesecration."

Camp 6, built on the hills

White House monitoring Guantanamohunger strike

LONDON (AFP) - Like manyBritish teenagers, NickD'Aloisio has a hole in theknee of his jeans and gets introuble when his bedroom isuntidy. Unlike most, the 17-year-old has just sold an app toYahoo! for tens of millions ofpounds.

The US tech giant an-nounced on Monday that it isbuying D'Aloisio's news-con-densing mobile app Summlyfor an undisclosed figure re-ported to be around £20 mil-lion ($30 million) -- makingthe London schoolboy one ofthe youngest self-made multi-millionaires on the planet.

D'Aloisio dreamed upSummly while revising for ahistory exam when he was 15-- but two years later he speaksof market share and intellec-tual property with the self-as-surance of a CEO three timeshis age.

"Yahoo! is one of theseclassic, well-known Internetcompanies," he told AFP in aninterview at the office of hisLondon publicist, sprawled ina chair in maroon jeans and at-shirt.

The tousle-haired teenhopes the Yahoo! deal will seethe technology behindSummly -- whose financialbackers have included USactor Ashton Kutcher andJapanese artist Yoko Ono --reach an audience of "hun-dreds of millions of potentialusers".

D'Aloisio's journey to techsuper-stardom began at the ageof "nine or ten" when his par-ents, a lawyer and a banker,bought him his first laptop.

He taught himself how tovideo edit and before longmoved on to programming --spending school holidaysbuilding apps at his home inleafy Wimbledon, south Lon-don, as "a hobby".

He launched his first iPhoneapp, a "workout for fingers"called Finger Mill, when hewas 12. Others followed, in-cluding music app SongStum-blr and Facemood, whichattempted to predict a user's

mood based on their Facebookstatus updates.

The big breakthrough camein 2011 when D'Aloisiolaunched Summly's forerunnerTrimit, which cut down longweb articles to tweet-lengthsummaries.

The app received positivereviews from several techblogs and quickly racked uptens of thousands of down-loads.

Then, out of the blue, theteenager was contacted by rep-resentatives of Asia's richestman -- Hong Kong billionaireLi Ka-shing.

"They cold-emailed me,"said D'Aloisio.

Li was the first investor tocontact him and, not knowingwhat to do, the teenager ig-nored the message.

Two days later he was"stunned" when Li's peopleapproached him again, andthis time D'Aloisio agreed to aphone call.

"They didn't know I was a15-year-old, so I had to ex-plain that," he said with asmile.

"It was frightening. It was ahobby, I didn't expect this tohappen. But at the same time,I had nothing to lose -- I was a15-year-old."

Li invested $300,000 inTrimit. D'Aloisio used thecash to develop the algorithmthe app used to identify thekey topics in a news article,working with scientists atStanford University amongothers.

Summly officially launchedin November last year, onD'Aloisio's 17th birthday --and the rest is history.

D'Aloisio will take up a jobin Yahoo!'s London office inthe next few weeks.

He insisted that he will con-tinue to live at home, resistingtemptation to splash out on ateen bachelor pad.

His parents are "very enthu-siastic" about his success, hesaid -- but are keen to keeptheir son's feet on the ground.

"I still get in trouble if I don'thave my room tidy," he said.

From bedroom to

boardroom: UK teen

turns tech millionaire

Valero is using a number ofpiers within the San Nicolasharbor at present, but an entirearea on the west side of the port,which alone is more than doublethe size of Barcadera Harbor, isidle, and already available forreceiving container ships. Acomparison chart showed SanNicolas Harbor is, in every way,superior to Barcadera as a con-tainer harbor, with capabilitiesof receiving larger ships requir-ing greater drafts and widerbeams. San Nicolas harbor hastwo entrances, like Oranjestadharbor, as opposed to Bar-cadera's single entrance, ma kingit easier for ships to access thepiers of either end.

Mr. Khan and Mr. Bretewere only the first two spea kerspresenting exciting ideas forSan Nicolas that would makeintelligent use of the large areanow occupied by the refinery, aswell as stimulating the economyof the surroun ding community.The propo sals and presentationsof the other three speakers,Patrick Newton of KPMG, Ver-non Huerta of Ernst & Youngand Michael van Romondt ofDeloite will be recounted in thiscontinuing series.

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ernment. Following Mr. Khan, Daniel

Brete explained his reason forurging the Aruban go vernmentto abandon their plan to movethe container harbor fromOranjestad to Barcadera, andseriously consider San NicolasHarbor instead. While planninghis thesis for his Master's De-gree from the University ofLiverpool, Mr. Brete studiedthe issue as his subject.

The plan for Barcadera tobecome Aruba's new containerharbor has been in place foryears, even before this currentadministration came into of-fice. This was formulated at atime when it was thought therefinery would continue to op-erate, with no end in sight.Now that it is abandoned, it istime for the island to seriouslyexamine the port facility avai -lable behind the refinery walls.The expense that would be re-quired to dredge and refit Bar-cadera that would enable it tohandle the super-sized con-tainer ships that will dominatecommercial shipping in thenear future, has already beenspent on the San Nicolas termi-nal, which can accommodatesupertankers.

ment Authority N.V., orSNDA, as the developer andinvestor of a "structured, welldesigned and synergy based in-dustrial and research center."Funds will be acquired by sell-ing shares in the SDNA, for aprojected 100 Aruban florins ashare. "If we can sell ten bil-lions shares, we will have thebillion Aruban florins needed."he advised. The shares willhave strict clauses about ow -nership, transferability, votingrights, and penalties for non-compliance. Share types wouldalso vary to protect against hos-tile takeover and control by asmall group or a collaborationof companies.

Shares would be sold withpriority to Aruban citizens,pension funds, Aruban banksand Aruban companies. Pro -jects they have already consi -dered feasible for the refineryarea is crude and clean storage,blending and transshipment, asexists today, a container harbor,ship bunkering and sophisti-cated repair services, dry dockservices for larger vessels, a re-search center for green technol-ogy, and an industrial fishingcenter. This area would also bea major freezone, ma kingAruba the European/LatinAmerican/Caribbean hub thatis a principal ambition of thecurrent government.

Reclaiming the land wouldtake an estimated one year for80% of the facility, and perhapstwo years for the remaining20%, which is the refineryproper. Certain areas whichhave absorbed toxic substancescould be reclaimed by coveringwith geo textile and fresh sand.

In closing, Mr. Khan ex-plained the key players in rea -lizing such a plan would beValero, Aruba's Government,legislators of the Parliament inpassing the laws and appro vingthe transfer, and the SNDA, asthe developer/investor of theproject. He, and the KvK, feelthere would only be winners insuch a an option, for the peopleof Aruba, Valero, and the gov-

Mr. Khan noted that Valerotried for some years to sell therefinery, which would indicatea strong desire to leave Aruba,but other actions and invest-ments, such as a proposed part-nership with Aruba for an LNGterminal, would suggest differ-ently. At this time, Valero's fu-ture involvement with theisland of Aruba is a big questionmark. "We must assume that alloptions are on the table."

Even if Valero sells the re-finery, there is likelihood of itbeing divided into the refineryarea, to be turned over to thegovernment, and the terminalarea, to be kept by Valero andturned over to the buyer. Mr.Khan feels that the refineryarea should be scrapped anddeveloped. Having studied thesituation, it has been calculatedthat the money earned by fin -ding a buyer for the scrappedmaterials would amply coverthe cost of dismantling the re-finery, with the strong possibi -lity of even a surplus.

According to Mr. Khan, theAruban Government, however,does not have the personnel tomanage such a project, nor thefunds to pay those who must behired to do it, so the foun dingof what he termed the "ultimatePPP (Public/Private Partner-ship) take place, with islanders"taking our destiny into ourhands."

His proposal: the foundingof the San Nicolas Develop-

However, at some date in 2015,Valero will no longer have anyinvolvement with the refinery,unless an agreement is reachedfor their continued use of theport as a transshipment station,loading crude oil from smalllake tankers co ming fromMaracaibo, into supertankersthat cannot access Maracaibodirectly.

Valero Oil Company stillhas a strong presence on Aruba,despite the closing of the refin-ery. They provide all the gaso-line pumped at gas stations, nomatter what name it is under.They also provide all ofAruba's fuel for the WEBpower plant, and the jet fuelneeded at the airport, suppor -ting the island's principal eco-nomic pillar at this time:tourism.

Mr. Khan raised the ques-tion: when Valero does fullydepart Aruba, will they do it ina financially sound, gracefulethical, and corporate sociallyresponsible manner? He pro-posed they have generallyshown to be concerned withthose issues in the past, thoughthe workers who lost their jobsin November of 2012, somehaving worked at the refineryfor over 20 years, might beg todiffer.

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BERLIN (AFP) - A property developer removed more of the Berlin Wall on Wednesdayin a surprise dawn move amid a bitter running protest over the dismantling of the once-detested Cold War division. Some 250 police were dispatched to the site. Opponentshave organised a rally for Thursday after several protests along the 1.3-kilometre(nearly one mile) stretch of Wall, known as the East Side Gallery, since the beginningof March when a first panel was taken away. Investment group Living Bauhaus, whichis building a residential development behind the Wall, said Wednesday's removal wastemporary to provide access to the construction site. Since 1990, the outdoor galleryhas been covered in brightly coloured graffiti murals, including the famous "FraternalKiss" depicting Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East Germany's Erich Honeckerlocked in an embrace. The 3.6-metre high stretch is a tourist magnet and a must-seefor history buffs retracing the dark chapter of Berlin's 28-year-long division who areotherwise hard pressed to find remnants of the Wall to photograph.

OSLO (AFP) - Norway's firstwoman pastor to enter into asame-sex civil union will quither ministry to protest againstthe discrimination gays andlesbians face within theLutheran Church, she said inan interview publishedWednesday.

"It has become untenablefor me to represent a Churchwhere parts of it are still quiteexclusionary," Hilde Raastadtold the daily Aftenposten.

In 1997, she became thefirst woman pastor in Nor-way to tie the knot in a civilpartnership with anotherwoman.

Ten years later, the churchofficially authorised the ordi-nation of gays, but gave bish-ops and clerical authorities incharge of recruitment theright to refuse a ministry to aperson living in a same-sexcivil union.

Raastad said she had beenrefused several positionseven though she was some-times the only candidate, andsaid she had sent a letter toOslo Bishop Ole Christian

Kvarme asking him to annulher ordination.

"I consider homophobia asin," she told Aftenposten.

"A local church can't pickpeople by the colour of theirskin or their ethnicity. In thesame way it can't exclude orjudge people by their sexualorientation," she said.

"It has been a burden tofeel the disapproval of my su-periors, to see that they con-sider my love a theologicalproblem and that I live a lifethat would lead to sin andperdition," she added.

Questioned by the paper,the bishop, a conservativewho is known for his opposi-tion to the employment of ho-mosexuals in the Church,refused to comment on thecontents of the letter whichhe said he had yet to read.

He said he would likelymeet with Raastad in personto discuss her complaints.

Norway has allowed gaysto marry in church since2009. Church and state wereofficially separated last year.

Norway's first lesbianpastor throws in thetowel


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reach the round of 16.In doing so, the Fort Myers

college in only its second yearof tournament eligibility pro-duced a TV-highlight slamdunk, a one-handed pass fromBrett Comer to Chase Fieler,who leapt high, grabbed theball in his right hand and in onemotion jammed it into thehoop.

The roster includes three in-ternational players -- Swissjunior guard ChristopheVaridel, German freshmanguard Alexander Blessig andCroatian sophomore forwardFilip Cvjeticanin.

LaSalle's Explorers, a 13thseed, will face ninth seed Wi-chita State, aptly named theShockers, in a game betweentwo other NCAA surprisepackets as other games will beplayed this weekend in Indi-anapolis, Washington and LosAngeles.

But having Florida GulfCoast hanging around this latewould be like having an FACup in England where LeagueTwo sides like AFC Wimble-don or Accrington Stanleywent deep into the last matchesagainst the likes of ManchesterUnited, Chelsea or Tottenham.

"Dunk City is coming," Ea-gles sophomore guard BernardThompson said. "So everybodybe ready."

WASHINGTON (AFP) -Florida Gulf Coast University'sEagles, the high-leapingspeedy squad nicknamed"Dunk City", are the unlikeliest"Sweet 16" club in the historyof the US national college bas-ketball tournament.

But on Friday, the littleschool that was rejected whenit sought a pre-season scrim-mage against the University ofFlorida will finally take thecourt against the Gators to de-cide a quarter-final spot in"March Madness."

The National Collegiate Ath-letic Association (NCAA)men's tourmanent sparks mil-lions of people in the UnitedStates to create brackets pre-dicting how every team willfare all the way through to theApril 8 championship game.

With millions of dollars intelevision rights paymentsgoing to schools and sportsfans across the nation trans-fixed to the games, the tourna-ment shows off future NBAstars and gives unfancied sidesa chance to face iconic ones.

That's where Florida GulfCoast comes in. The Eagleswere a 15th seed, next to thebottom of the draw, but theyupset second seed Georgetownin their opener and knocked outSan Diego State as well, be-coming the first 15th seed to

Basketball: "Dunk City"living hoop dream inMarch Madness


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22nd seed Jelena Jankovic andItalian 15th seed RobertaVinci.

Sharapova, coming off atitle at Indian Wells, has neverwon the Miami crown in fourtrips to the final, losing to KimClijsters in 2005, SvetlanaKuznetsova in 2006, VictoriaAzarenka in 2011 and Ag-nieszka Radwanska last year -- all in straight sets.

If she does reach the finalagain she would face either arematch with Radwanska, thefourth seed from Poland, orworld No.1 Serena Williams,who seeks her sixth Miamititle.

On the men's side, Spanishthird seed David Ferrer andAustrian Jurgen Melzer wereset to meet later in the firstquarter-final with FrenchmanGilles Simon and Germany'sTommy Haas, who oustedworld No.1 Novak Djokovic,playing at night.

MIAMI (AFP) - Russian thirdseed Maria Sharapova ad-vanced to the semi-finals ofthe WTA and ATP MiamiMasters hardcourt tournamentwith a 7-5, 7-5 victory overItalian eighth seed Sara Erranion Wednesday.

Sharapova fired six aces butmade 14 double faults beforesaving a break point in the10th game of the second set.

She then broke Errani in thepenultimate game and held

serve to end it on a forehandwinner after just under 2 1/2hours.

Errani connected on 84 per-cent of her first serves but wononly 47 of those 87 points asSharapova broke her threetimes in each set for the tri-umph.

Four-time Grand Slamchampion Sharapova will playfor a spot in the final againstthe winner of a match laterWednesday between Serbian

Tennis: Sharapova outlasts Errani toreach Miami semis

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KAOHSIUNG (AFP) - For-mer Boston Red Sox sluggerManny Ramirez left a capacitycrowd of 20,000 fans disap-pointed on his debut in Taiwanon Wednesday as his team

were edged 9-8 in extra-in-nings.

Ramirez joined the newlyfounded baseball team EDARhinos earlier this month, be-coming the best known formerMajor League Baseball(MLB) heavyweight to play inTaiwan's Chinese ProfessionalBaseball League.

The Dominican-bornplayer went two from six atthe plate, hitting two singleswhich failed to have any sig-nificent impact on the game'sconclusion.

With the loss, the Rhinosremained winless after thefirst two games of the springseason. Ramirez did not playin the team's first game heldon Monday.

He hit a fly ball to center-field in the first inning of thegame held in the southern cityof Kaohsiung with the Ele-phants leading by four runs atthe time.

In the second inning, theRhinos scored five runs with-out the help of Ramirez eventhough he, as the designatedhitter, singled. He singledagain in the fourth and wasstruck out in the seventh.

The Elephants beat the Rhi-nos 9-8 in a game that lastedfive hours.

When asked about his firstgame with the team at the endof the competition, Ramirezsaid: "I feel great, but theyplayed better, they pitchedbetter."

Baseball: Red Sox star

Ramirez loses on debut

in Taiwan


case the Maracana or any ofthe other five venues for theConfederations Cup are notready in time.

Known locally as "Engen-hao" due to its location in theEngenho de Dentro neighbor-hood, the Joao Havelange sta-dium stadium opened in 2007for the PanAm Games and atthe time was considered one ofthe most modern sporting ven-ues in Latin America.

It has the capacity to hold47,000 people, with authoritiesplanning to increase that num-ber for the Olympics.

The 2016 Summer Gameswill be held in Rio de JaneiroAugust 5-21, 2016.

The development of masstransit projects, the moderniza-tion of the city's port area andthe construction of theOlympic village are all viewedas a source of concern as theclock ticks down.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -Brazil's preparations for theWorld Cup and OlympicGames have run into furthertrouble after the authorities in-definitely closed a Rio deJaneiro stadium because ofroof problems, the city's mayorannounced.

The Joao Havelange sta-dium, home to the Botafogofootball club and due to hostthe track and field competitionduring the 2016 Games, willbe shut down until the matteris resolved, mayor EduardoPaes said.

"Today, we cannot say whenit may reopen. We are going tolook into what solution can befound," said ArmandoQeiroga, a top official ofRIOURBE, the city's urbanplanning firm.

After being informed of theproblems by the companyworking on the structure, Paes

said he asked if they repre-sented a risk for fans.

"The answer was yes," Paessaid in remarks quoted by theO Globo newspaper. "We can-not play around with an issuelike this."

He said it was not necessaryto destroy the entire stadium

The stadium will not beused for the ConfederationsCup in June or the 2014 WorldCup. Still, Botafogo and otherRio clubs who currently usethe venue have been informedof the situation and asked tolook for alternative locations.

Word of the closure comesas Rio's iconic Maracana sta-dium, which hosted the final ofthe 1950 World Cup, is under-going a makeover amid con-cern that reconstruction wasfalling behind schedule.

Earlier this month, FIFASecretary General Jerome Val-cke said "there is no plan B" in

Brazil Olympics stadium shuts overroof problems

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