March 9, 2012

Friday, March 9, 2012

“Today is about celebratingall we have accomplishedand achieved, so far,”Aruba’s Minister of Social &Economic Affairs and Cul-ture, Michelle Hooyboer-Winklaar told the audience ofmore than 600 who came toattend a full day of lecturesand panel discussions atAruba’s Women’s Day Con-ference in the RenaissanceConvention Center, to ob-serve International Women’sDay 2012, “then we can rec-ognize the areas in which westill have some way to go.”

The first of seven womenspeakers for March 8, Minis-ter Hoeyboer-Winklaar thenelaborated on both topics.Her presentation outlinedwhere Aruban women standwithin their society, and theadvancements and setbacksthey have faced, much of itbased on information fromthe Central Bureau of Statis-tics and records from herministries.

Some encouraging facts:Aruban women outnumbermen in attending the higherlevels of education-57women to 47 men, as of2010, however the numbersobtaining diplomas are nearlyequal, with men edging out

women by 1. Between theyears 2000 and 2010, when

an island and world widecensus took place, life ex-pectancy for woman in-creased, for men as well, thegap between increased be-came great in that timethough, with women livingsix years longer, on the aver-age.

In regards to economicparticipation, there has beena marked increase of womenentering the workforce, witha drastic change from 1960,when only 26.7% of the fe-male population was workingto 60.5% in 2010, with manyadvancing to extremely highpositions never before attain-able.

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“Connecting Girls-Inspiring Futures”

Aruba celebrates the “gentle”gender on International

Women’s Day

JERUSALEM (AFP) - PrimeMinister Benjamin Ne-tanyahu reiterated on Thurs-day that Israel will nottolerate a nuclear-armed Iran,after returning from WhiteHouse talks centred onTehran's nuclear programme.

"We cannot accept thatIran has nuclear weapons be-cause that would represent adanger to the existence of ourcountry," the premier said inan interview on private Chan-nel 10 television.

"We have the right, butalso the duty to defend our-selves."

Western powers and Israelbelieve that Tehran's nuclearprogramme is aimed at ac-quiring an atomic bomb, butIran insists its activities arepeaceful.

Asked if he were preparedto let international sanctions

against Iran work before at-tacking Iran, he replied: "Idon't operate with a stopwatch in my hand."

"We would be very happyif everything were resolved ina peaceful fashion, if Iran re-nounced its nuclear pro-gramme, dismantled itsinstallations, especially inQoms, and stopped enrichinguranium," he said.

"If the sanctions work, allthe better, but we don't know."

Netanyahu, who met withPresident Barack Obama onMonday and Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton onTuesday, put the world on no-tice that his patience waswearing thin and that, if nec-essary, he would launch uni-lateral strikes.

The Obama administrationsays it does not believe Iranhas taken a decision to developa nuclear weapon, or that thetime is right for military ac-tion, preferring to give bitingnew sanctions time to work.

But Israel claims the Is-lamic Republic may be on thecusp of "breakout" capability-- when it could quickly builda nuclear weapon.

Netanyahu reiteratesobjection to Irannuclear arms

Minister Michelle Hooyboer-Winklaar opens theconference

Former PM Emily de Jongh-Elhage, Doina Eman andLainda Kemp Westerhof parliamentarian

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However, there is a persistentdiscrepancy in the “equalwork, equal pay” concept andstudies have shown menmaking as much as 700 Aru-bian florins ($400) per monthmore than women who per-form equivalent work.

It appears Aruban womenalso have to deal with thesexualization of their self-image, often exploited in ad-vertising and media and in

the society, some-times from a veryyoung age. Anec-dotal information in-dicates possiblesubstance abuse alsointerfering with theability to cope or ad-vance, this the stresscaused by womentaking on too manyresponsibilities: wor-king, parenting, andcommunity con-

tributing; Minister Hooyboer-Winklaar indicted much moreresearch is needed to accu-rately assess this situation.Social Services reported thatof those coming to their of-fices for helping 2011, andoverview reveals 28% weremen and 72% women. “Thiscould just indicate thatwomen are better at askingfor help than men,” shepointed out, “it requires farmore research to fully under-stand its meaning.”

Finalizing her presenta-tion, she suggested variousmethods for improvement,foremost relating to thetheme of this year’s Interna-tional Women’s Day, “Edu-cating Girls-InspiringFutures,” but she also re-minded the audience it is notonly for females “we have toeducate boys and enlist menin the program as well, tomake it work.”

Another area in whichAruba has been lacking fe-male participation and equal-ity is politics; the first womanin Aruban politics was LauraWernet-Paskel in 1949. As ofthe last elections in 2009,there has been a marked clos-ing of the gap between maleand female parliamentarians,but still, Minister Hooyboer-Winklaar is only the 5thwoman to head a ministry outof the 6 elections conductedsince Aruba achieved elec-toral autonomy.

On that note, the followingspeaker was particularly sig-nificant. Prime MinisterEmily de Jongh-Elhage wasthe last Prime Minister of theNetherlands Antilles from 26March 2006 until their disso-lution on 10 October 2010.She is now a member of theCouncil of Women WorldLeaders, an International net-work of current and formerwomen presidents and prime

ministers whose mission is tomobilize the highest-levelwomen leaders globally forcollective action on issues ofcritical importance to womenand equitable developmentand is leader of the Party forthe Restructured Antilles.

The morning session waspunctuated by the short film“By Her Hand” by RebeccaRoos, the first woman onAruba to establish a majordocumentary production com-pany. The film profiles Arubanwomen who are dynamic rolemodels for young islandwomen, in a variety of roles,such as President of the Cen-tral Bank of Aruba, JaneSemeleer, artist and commu-nity activist Giolina Hen-riquez, and EstherOffringa-Williams, mother ofworld-champion windsurferSarah-Quita Offringa, who lefther work to support her chil-dren in their pursuit of success.

Other speakers for the dayincluded Beth Brooks, Global

Vice-Chair of Ernst & Young,principal sponsors of the con-ference, motivational speak-ers Crystal Andrus and singerNatalie Hughes, and in the af-ternoon, Keynote Speaker,Dr. Jean Houston, consideredone of the foremost visionarythinkers and doers of ourtime and one of the principalfounders of the Human Po-tential Movement.

The conference ends todayat the YMCA in the Dakotasection of Oranjestad begin-ning at 9:00 PM. It is specialprogram conducted byCEDEHM, sponsored by TheWomen’s Club of Aruba, inwhich they will be launchinga Domestic Violence Interac-tive workshop. CEDEHM, anorganization which assistswomen with counseling, jobtraining and other services, iscelebrating their foundingone year prior, which markedAruba’s observation of Inter-national Women’s Day 2011.

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Aruba celebrates the “gentle” gender on International Women’s DayContinued from pg 1

CEDEHM staff

Minister Michelle HooyboerWinklaar and Evelyn WeverCroes

First Lady Doina Eman andDr. Jean Houston

Minister with Rebecca Roos and Women of In Her Hand

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This week Aruba was pleasedto receive the good newsfrom AVIANCA airlines, thatthey are confirming an addi-tional 700 airline seats permonth from Bogota toAruba!

This actually means 150additional seats per week!This is made possible due tothe fact that they recentlychanged the type of aircraftthey were flying. The A319aircraft has been replaced bya A320 aircraft which hasmore seating capacity. Thischange has been in effectsince last month February.Five times per week they willfly the A320 and twiceweekly the A319 carrier.

Last Wednesday the gov-ernment met with AVIANCAexecutives and ATA to dis-cuss various matters of com-mon interest. In this meetingit was obvious, according toobservers, that this airline hasgreat confidence in Aruba.

Present at this encounterwith AVIANCA were Adri-ana Hurtado, Director ofRoute Planning forAVIANCA; AVIANCA Sta-tion Manager in Aruba,Avelino Contreras; Directorof ATA Latin America; SanjuDaryanani, CMO of ATA;Maria Victoria Galan of ATAColombia; Ana Ostrower ofATA Brasil and MarcosSydor of ATA Argentine.

Good News from AVIANCA

700 additional seats fromBogota!

SEROE BLANCO -- ArubaTelecommunication com-pany, SETAR N.V., an-nounces to its Cable Digitalclients, particularly Wrestlingfans, they now can watch theyear’s biggest event, theWrestle Mania XXVII, viaPay Per View (PPV).

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Wrestle Mania XXVIII isthe forthcoming twenty-eighth annual Wrestle Maniaprofessional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event pro-duced by WWE. It isscheduled to take place onApril 1, 2012 at Sun Life Sta-dium in Miami Gardens,Florida.

The main event headinginto Wrestle Mania XXVIII

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The other four bouts onprogram include:

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Hyatt Regency Resort &Casino has added on “Spa” tothe end of their name, andrightly so, as what a spa it is.$5 million in renovations andattention to detail is evidentin every aspect of the facility,located just right of the mainreception desk, includingtheir choice of featuring a

special line of Dinah Veerisskin and body care productswhich incorporate many ofthe natural, healing herbs andplants indigenous to theCaribbean. “ZoiA” is derivedfrom a Papiamento wordmeaning “balance,” or“poise.”

Spa Director KarenCofino is a veteran manager

of such facilities on Aruba,which is luxurious, com-prised of 8 treatment rooms,including 2 couple rooms,one with its own 2-personwhirlpool bath and privateterrace overlooking the sea.Many have private bath-rooms for patrons takinglengthy treatments, so one

does not need to leave thetranquil environment of thetreatment room. The com-munity relaxation room al-lows for socializing and isstocked with complimentarybeverages, healthy snacks ofnuts and dried fruits, and willoffer muffins and otherfreshly baked treats duringthe day.

ZoiA deploys a number ofwell-known lines from theU.S. and Europe, Naturo-pathica and Kerstin Florian,but they are particularlyproud of the Dinah Veeriscustom-designed all-naturaltreatments based on the fourkey Caribbean elements, sun,sand, sea and love. These ad-dress the various aspects forwhich patrons indulge in aspa, and are also color-keyedto the Aruban flag in yellow,white, blue and red. The en-ergizing ‘sun’ treatment isyellow, the white ‘sand’ ispurity, the blue ‘sea’ providesserenity and relaxations andthe ‘red,’ signifying love, de-votion and commitment, in-fuses a sense of well-being.

Dinah Veeris, based out ofCuracao, has been a pioneerin the production and promo-tion of treatments incorporat-ing locally grown

ingredients, such as aloe, cal-endula, datu, kalbas and otherlesser known plants whichhave been reliable, traditional

remedies for centuries. Theyhave also taken the naturaltheme through to their décor,which uses recyled materialsin the flooring, mirror framesand artwork.

“The new spa will offer anidyllic location for serenity

and tranquility,” commentedHyatt General Manager, FredHoffman, when welcomingisland media for a tour during

the official opening. “We areexcited to introduce currentand future guest to our newZoiA concept.”

Open from 8:00 AM to8:00 PM daily, the luxuriousZoiA Spa offers a full menuof individual treatments andpackages dedicated to pam-pering the body and restoringthe spirit as well salon serv-ices, and make-up specialistsfor brides. Contact them at586-1234 to reserve a treat-ment; take a virtual tour anperuse their list of services at:http://aruba.hyatt.com/hyatt/pure/spas/about/features.jsp

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ZoiA, a stunning new day spa, unveiled at theHyatt Regency Resort & Casino

A toast to the new Zoia Day spa Karen show private shower for after body scrubs (L), whirlpool bath for two

Exclusive line of Dinah Veerah holistic treatments

Island media in the relaxation room

private terraces to relax and commune with nature

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The Council of Ministers hasrecently approved spending 6million Florins from the FDAcoffers to upgrade 5 of ourbeaches. Initially the inten-tion was to upgrade 3 of ourbeaches. However, the Minis-ter of Tourism, together withFDA, the Department of Eco-nomic Affairs, DOW and theTourism Enhancement Fund(TPEF), decided to include 2more beaches to be upgraded.

Very soon a Public Tenderwill be issued for improvingthe facilities at the beachesfor the benefit of both ourlocal citizens and our visitors.The initial 3 beaches thatwere approved for upgradingwere Arashi, Baby Beach andMangel Halto. The beach atZeewijk, in San Nicolaas andthe beach above Havana havebeen added, making it 5beaches that will be upgradedand made more attractive foreveryone.

All necessary facilitieswill be placed at thesebeaches, while at the beachnear Havana they will build aramp to lower boats.

There will be an invest-ment of 6 million Florins forthe 5 beaches from the FDAfunds. An additional 1 mil-lion Florins will be dedicatedto a Life Guard project forBaby Beach as well as singposts and solar lighting, andwaste baskets. This extramoney will come from theTPEF fund.

Hence, the total invest-ment in the upgrading andbeautification of our beacheswill amount to 7 millionFlorins. This, according tothe Minister of Tourism, willdefinitely improve the localand visitor experience at ourbeaches and improve thequality of our tourism facili-ties, our Aruba Product.

Aruba beaches to getexpensive facelift!

After 20 years of marriage, Jayna and David Shelton, fromPhoenix Arizona, say “I Still Do!” to each other on Bucuti’spowder-white beaches.

The vow renewal ceremony was performed by DianeKeijzer, who has been in contact with the couple for weeks,personalizing their special vows.

On the afternoon of the ceremony, the couple actuallystarted to feel a little nervous. To Jayna it felt like they weregetting married again for the first time. A quick trip to thebeach bar and chatting with the officiant and planner seem

to do the trick, and momentslater, Jayna and David

were ready to onceagain walk down the

aisle, this time to-gether hand in hand.

David and Jayna met when David just moved to Memphis, Tennessee.David placed an ad in the newspaper, looking to meet someone who en-

joys pets and travel. Jayna’s best and luckily influential friend Jill told hershe should answer to David’s ad. They met for drinks, fell in love and

one year later the couple was married. When the opportunity for a business trip to Aruba came along, David

chose to extend his stay with a few days of relaxation and romance andstayed in one of Bucuti’s award-winning Superior rooms.

Jayna and David currently live in Arizona with their beloved dog theynamed Memphis.

Photos by Diane Keijzer

Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort hosts the Renewal Ceremonyof Jayna and David

Human Rights, which thisweek put the number of peoplekilled since the uprising begana year ago at almost 8,500.

Abdo Hussameddin, whotook his bachelor's degree inbattered Homs, announced hisresignation in a video postedby activists on YouTube.

"I, the engineer Abdo Hus-sameddin, the deputy oil min-ister ... announce my defectionfrom the regime and my resig-nation,""I am joining the rev-olution of the people whoreject injustice and the brutalcampaign of the regime, whichis seeking to crush the people'sdemand for freedom and dig-nity," he added.

The defection was wel-comed by Syrian oppositionleader Burhan Ghalioun, whotold AFP he expects more gov-ernment officials and politi-cians to do the same.

Washington cautiously wel-comed the news, with StateDepartment spokeswomanVictoria Nuland saying "itwould be very good news,"

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria'sdeputy oil minister resigned onThursday to join an anti-regime revolt, as UN-ArabLeague envoy Kofi Annanurged more diplomacy ratherthan militarisation to end thecrisis in Syria.

Activists said they feared anassault on villages in the Jabalal-Zawiya hill district in thenorthwest, where rebels havebeen active, similar to the onethat devastated the Baba Amrneighbourhood of Homs.

A child was among eightpeople killed in violenceacross the country, said theSyrian Observatory for

NIGERIA, - : This handout video grab released by theNouakchott Information Agency (ANI) and obtained byAFP on December 6, 2011 reportedly shows a kidnappedBritish national Chris McManus surrounded by three al-leged masked and armed members of an Al Qaeda-linkedNigerian group at an unidentified location on an un-known date. McManus and Italian colleague Franco Lam-olinar taken hostage in northern Nigeria were apparentlykilled by their captors before they could be rescued in amilitary operation yesterday, Britain's prime ministersaid. AFP/Photo

concern that money launder-ing related to narcotics traf-ficking, corruption,contraband, and tax evasionoccurs throughout the finan-cial system," the report said.

"It is also believed thatmost money laundering oper-ations in Argentina are con-ducted through transactionsinvolving specific offshorecenters," it said.

In 2010, Curacao became anew autonomous countrywithin the Netherlands, it said.The same year, St Maarten be-came an autonomous entitywithin the Netherlands.

"Curacao is a regional fi-nancial center and a transship-ment point for drugs fromSouth America bound for theUnited States and Europe.Money laundering is prima-rily related to proceeds fromillegal narcotics," it said.

"The combating of drugtrafficking is an ongoing con-cern for St. Maarten. Moneylaundering is primarily relatedto proceeds from illegal nar-cotics," the report said.

"Bulk cash smuggling andtrade based money launderingmay be a problem due to theclose proximity of otherCaribbean islands and theFrench part of the island, SaintMartin, which is a free tradezone," it added


adding that the United Statescould not authenticate theYouTube video

Former UN chief Annantold reporters in Cairo he hadurged "the Syrian oppositionto come together to work withus to find a solution that willrespect the aspirations of theSyrian people."

He also warned against fur-ther militarisation of the crisis,amid a groundswell of interna-tional support for arming therebels. The mostly army de-fectors who make up the FreeSyrian Army are heavily out-gunned by the regime forcesthey are battling in a numberof flashpoint areas.

Annan, who is head toDamascus on Saturday,warned of "the possible impactof Syria on the region if thereis any miscalculation."

After he spoke, Britain an-nounced it was following theUnited States in consideringproviding "non-lethal" help torebel groups.

Syria's deputy oil ministerresigns, joins revolt

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Ar-gentina, Curacao and StMaarten have been designatedas "major money launderingcountries," a State Departmentreport said Thursday, movingthem up a notch on a moneylaundering watchlist.

The annual InternationalNarcotics Control Strategy re-port moved Argentina and thetwo Caribbean island entitiesto the list of "jurisdictions ofprimary concern" from theless acute "jurisdictions ofconcern" category.

Argentina, Curacao and StMaarten join a wide-ranginglist of 66 countries that in-cludes Afghanistan, Australia,Brazil, the Cayman Islands,China, Japan, Russia, theUnited Kingdom, the UnitedStates, Uruguay, and Zim-babwe.

The report said the threehave become "major moneylaundering countries," orthose "whose financial institu-tions engage in currencytransactions involving signif-icant amounts of proceedsfrom international narcoticstrafficking."

As in the previous reports,the March 2012 report hasbeen sent to Congress, StateDepartment officials said.

"Argentine and interna-tional observers express the

US designates Argentina as majormoney launderingcountry

International News

the regional meeting, amidcontroversy over whetherCommunist-ruled Cuba shouldbe invited to the event.

In February, the leftist pres-ident of Ecuador, Rafael Cor-rea, called for leftist LatinAmerican nations belonging tothe ALBA, a Venezuelan-backed regional group, to boy-cott the Summit of theAmericas if Cuba is not in-vited.

the agenda for discussion atthe upcoming meeting, cur-rently scheduled for April 14-15 in Cartagena.

The Summit of the Ameri-cas is an event closely linkedto the Washington-based Or-ganization of American States(OAS), a group that expelledCuba in 1962.

The talks here this weekwere aimed at dissuading left-ist countries from boycotting

WASHINGTON (AFP) -Libya's interim Prime MinisterAbdel Rahim al-Kib on Thurs-day appealed for US help toget the "remnants" of the Kad-hafi regime and finally bring toan end what he called the "warof liberation."

Kib appeared to suggest hewanted members of the oustedregime of slain dictatorMoamer Kadhafi handed overfor justice.

But a senior US State De-partment official told reporterslater that the Libyans are ask-ing Washington to persuadecountries harboring Kadhafifamily members to preventthem from spouting rhetoricchallenging the new govern-ment.

Saadi Kadhafi, one of Kad-hafi's sons, told Al-Arabiya tel-evision from Niger last monththat a nationwide rebellion isbrewing against the country'snew rulers as he vowed to re-turn to his homeland.

Kadhafi's daughter Aishaangered her Algerian hosts inNovember when she called forthe overthrow of Libya's in-terim government.

"After we get those rem-nants of the past regime, it willbe over," Kib said, referring towhat he called "the war of lib-eration."

He said the US private sec-tor can help rebuild the countrywhile he promised to continuethe country's transition todemocracy.

Clinton praised the progressmade by the interim rulers whoreplaced Kadhafi after he wasoverthrown in August follow-ing a six-month armed rebel-lion that left thousands deadand ended 42 years of iron-fisted rule.

Kib and US officials mean-while played down concernsthat Libya would split intowestern and eastern halves.

terpreted the statement tomean that Washington contin-ues to adamantly opposeCuba's participation at themeeting.

"We all understand thatconsensus in this case meansapproval from Washington,"Rodriguez told reporters.

Colombian President JuanManuel Santos, whose countryis to host the meeting, traveledhere for talks to resolve the

HAVANA (AFP) - Cuba onThursday denounced US op-position to its attendance atnext month's Summit of theAmericas gathering, andthanked host country Colom-bia for its efforts seeking abreakthrough that might haveallowed it to take part.

Havana's Foreign MinisterBruno Rodriguez, upon learn-ing that talks here had failed toreach "consensus," said he in-


dispute.He left Wednesday express-

ing regret at not having beenable to reach an agreement ofthe participants that wouldhave resolved the impasse.

Colombia's Foreign Minis-ter Maria Angela Holguinmeanwhile told reporters inBogota Thursday that the issueof Cuba's participation in fu-ture Summit of the Americasgatherings would be placed on

Cuba blames US for impasse over Americas' summit

Libyan premierwants UShelp on Kadhafibackers

Health Tip:

When Your Child Cries at Night-- Though it's tempting for parents to run to their child at the

slightest cry during the night, experts say that's not always the

best reaction.

The American Academy of

Pediatrics offers these sug-

gestions for when your child

cries at bedtime:

•Wait a few minutes before

responding; if the crying

continues, wait longer each

time before you respond to

the cries.

•Offer reassurance that

you're there, but don't play, linger or turn on a light if you do

enter the room.

•Each time you enter the room, stay a little farther from the

bed; eventually, reassure your child without entering the room.

•When your child calls for you, offer a gentle reminder that it's

time to go to sleep.

Michelle Canham-Chervak ofthe US Army Public HealthCommand, using informationfrom the Army Behavioral In-tegrated Data Environment.

This is a data bank that com-bines several national militarysources, including detailsabout medical consultations,diagnoses and treatment.

The study dissected the fig-ures for 2007 and 2008, andcompared these with previousyears.

It did not include otherbranches of the US military,nor did it examine trends afterPresident Barack Obama's de-cision to pull out of Iraq, anoperation that concluded lastDecember.

1,000 womena day die inchildbirth,says MSF GENEVA(AFP) - About

1000 women die each day in

childbirth or from preventa-

ble complications related to

pregnancy, humanitarian

group Medecins Sans Fron-

tieres (Doctors Without Bor-

ders) said Thursday.

"Worldwide, at any time,

15 percent of pregnancies

incur the risk of a potential

fatal complication," said Kara

Blackburn, responsible for

women's health at MSF in a

statement to mark Interna-

tional Women's Day.

"Women must have access

to quality obstetric care,

whether they live in Sydney,

Port-au-Prince or Mo-

gadishu," said Blackburn.

She said that access should

be the same whether at a

modern hospital in a major

city, in a conflict zone, a

refugee camp or in a shelter

after an earthquake.

A report entitled "Maternal

mortality: a preventable cri-

sis", published in Geneva,

shows how MSF emergency

obstetric care provided in hu-

manitarian crisis situations

can save lives.

The organization believes

the solution lies in imple-

menting programmes, espe-

cially regarding obstetric

complications, the training of

specialised personnel and ac-

cess to appropriate medical

equipment.

MSF provides obstetric

care in nearly 30 countries.

ment of troops to Iraq, in addi-tion to the ongoing operationsin Afghanistan," says thepaper.

Those who died were over-whelmingly male, young,white, in the lower militaryranks and likelier to have hada history of depression andother mental disorders.

The rise mirrored an in-crease in consultations andhospitalisation for mentalhealth. From 2003, these ratesnearly doubled.

"The 2008 rate indicatesthat more than one-fifth of allactive-duty soldiers had anambulatory [walk-in] visit fora mental health disorder, im-plying a prevalent publichealth problem," warns thestudy.

In 2008, nearly a third of thesuicides occurred amongtroops who had never de-ployed, which highlights theneed to provide counselling foryoung soldiers facing pre-combat stress, it adds.

The study was headed by

(AFP) - The number of sui-cides in the US Army rose by80 percent after the UnitedStates launched the war onIraq, American military doc-tors reported on Thursday.

From 1977 to 2003, the tallyof army suicides had trendedslightly downwards, and wasfar below civilian rates.

But it started to curve up-wards in 2004, the year afterthe US-led invasion, accordingto their analysis, published inthe British journal Injury Pre-vention.

In 2008, 140 army person-nel committed suicide, a figure80 percent higher than in 2004when measured in "person-years," a benchmark used byhealth experts, and muchhigher than in civilian society,it found.

"This increase, unprece-dented in over 30 years of USArmy records, suggests that 30percent of suicides that oc-curred in 2008 may be associ-ated with post-2003 eventsfollowing the major commit-


Health & Living

US Army suicides rose 80% afterstart of Iraq War: study

The Chinese Medical Asso-ciation, an official body repre-senting doctors, said in 2007that China would no longertransplant organs from exe-cuted prisoners except for theirimmediate relatives, earlier re-ports said.

In 2009 Huang said therights of death-row inmateswere respected and writtenconsent from prisoners was re-quired before their organscould be harvested, the ChinaDaily said at the time.

But Huang admitted thatexecuted prisoners were "def-initely not a proper source fororgan transplants".

International human rightsgroups have long accusedChina of harvesting organsfrom executed prisoners fortransplant without the consentof the prisoner or their family-- charges the government hasdenied.

Amnesty InternationalChina researcher SarahSchafer said Huang's latestcomments suggested "nothingmuch has changed".

"We feel that this lack ofprogress is quite chilling,"Schafer told AFP. "There's noway a prisoner facing execu-tion can give meaningful con-sent."

BEIJING (AFP) - Executedprisoners were still the mainsource of organs used in trans-plant operations in China dueto the lack of voluntary dona-tions, a top health official wasquoted saying this week.

China has long vowed to re-duce its reliance on death-rowinmates for organs, but highdemand and a chronic short-age of donations meant theyremained a key source, theLegal Daily quoted ViceHealth Minister Huang Jiefuas saying.

Huang reportedly made theremarks on the sidelines of thecountry's annual parliamentarysession in Beijing where about3,000 delegates from acrossthe country have gathered for10 days of meetings.

China banned the trade inhuman organs in 2007 and twoyears later began rolling out anationwide donation system,but demand for organ trans-plants still far exceeds supplyin the country of 1.3 billionpeople.

About 10,000 transplantsare carried out annually, but anestimated 1.3 million peopleare waiting for transplants,state media said previously,opening the door to the illegalsale of organs and forced do-nations.

Death-row inmatesmain source of organsin China: report

This NASA image released March 8, 2012, taken in ultra-violet, visible and red light by Hubble's Wide Field Cam-era 3, spans about 100 light-years. The nebula is closeenough to Earth that Hubble can resolve individual stars,giving astronomers important information about thestars' birth and evolution. This massive, young stellargrouping, called R136, is only a few million years old andresides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbulent star-birthregion in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxyof the Milky Way. There is no known star-forming regionin the Milky Way Galaxy as large or as prolific as 30 Do-radus.Many of the diamond-like icy blue stars are amongthe most massive stars known. Several of them are 100times more massive than our sun. These hefty stars aredestined to pop off, like a string of firecrackers, as su-pernovas in a few million years.These observations weretaken October 20-27, 2009. The blue color is light fromthe hottest, most massive stars; the green from the glowof oxygen; the red from fluorescing hydrogen.

AFP PHOTO


This March 8, 2012 NASA

Solar and Heliospheric

O b s e r v a t o r y ( S O H O )

shows giant sunspots

AR1429(Upper-L) and

AR1430(Upper-R) on the

face of the Sun. Sunspot

region (AR1429) un-

leashed an X5 class flare

(the second largest of

this solar cycle) late on

March 6, 2012. The bright

flash of the flare (along

with several smaller

flashes) was associated

with a large coronal mass

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of the rest of the world -- onethat can hold back scientificprogress."

Alda is a founding memberof the Center for Communi-cating Science based in theSchool of Journalism at StonyBrook University in NewYork, where he is also a visit-ing professor.

The contest is being run bythe center, and has already re-ceived 100 entries in its open-ing days since March 2,including some from Brazil,New Zealand, Australia,Britain, Saudi Arabia, Indiaand Lebanon, a spokeswomantold AFP.

Contest entries can comefrom anywhere in the world,and university staff is workingwith US teachers to form ajudging panel of 10,000 USkids.

Entries can be written, onvideo, or in graphic form. Thedeadline to enter is April 2,2012.

The winner will get a T-shirt and free VIP passes to theWorld Science Festival inNew York in June.

"So here I am -- I'm 11years old and looking up atyou with the wide eyes of cu-riosity. What is a flame?What's going on in there?What will you tell me?" Aldawrote in Science.

The university said it hopesto hold another such contestnext year, and that it will askthe children who participate asjudges to pick the next bigquestion.

WASHINGTON AFP) -American actor Alan Alda re-members the disappointmentof being 11 and asking ateacher about the flame at theend of a candle, only to bebrushed off with the answer:"It's oxidation."

So decades later, thecelebrity who rose to fame onthe 1970s-80s television seriesM*A*S*H has launched aninternational science contestto seek answers to that veryquestion, with 11-year-oldkids acting as the judges.

"We're asking scientists toanswer the question -- 'Whatis a flame?' -- in a way that an11-year-old would find intelli-gible and maybe even fun,"said the contest website atflamechallenge.org.

Of course, Alda is not onlyjust looking for the answer tohis long-ago question, he isalso trying to promote betterscience communication in allrealms of life.

In an editorial in Sciencemagazine last week, the now76-year-old Alda wrote abouthis memories of that interac-tion, and the realization he hascome to as an adult that poorcommunication can have dan-gerous consequences.

"That was a discouragingmoment for me personally, butdecades later I see the failureto communicate science withclarity as far more serious forsociety," he wrote.

"Scientists have recognizedfor some time that there is aharmful gap in understandingbetween their work and much

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According to Ronald vanTrigt, ATIA president, thesigning of an MOU with theBrazilian commercial organ-ization FIESP symbolizes avery powerful partnership be-tween Aruba and Brasil. VanTrigt considers their missionto Brasil as very successful.

FIESP represents almost40% of the economy ofBrasil, with a majority of thecommercial organizationsbeing members. Van Trigt be-lieves that the singing of theMOU indicates that Brasil isvery willing to assist Aruba infinding ways to better our co-operation.

According to the ATIAPresident, the MOU positionsATIA in the position to beable to offer their member-ship new opportunities. TheBrazilian economy is already

the fifth largest econ-omy in the world and arelationship with Brasil,with FIESP, givesAruba an opportunity todiversify, to introducenew products, to createbusinesses in Aruba andto come up with ideasto expand our position,according to van Trigt.

Van Trigt was espe-cially pleased with thepresence of the PrimeMinister. He believesthat the PM’s presenceat this mission con-firmed the seriousnessof the Arubans in theirquest to do businesswith Brasil and to cre-

ate a working alliance withnew economies. According tothe ATIA President, severalof those who went on thismission have already re-ceived business offers fromBrasil, from FIESP. Plans arein the works to bring a dele-gation from Brasil to Arubato see what Aruba can offerthem.

Brasil is also a very inter-esting place touristically.ATIA is also contemplatingplans to explore this aspect ofBrasil. FIESP promised toput Aruba into contact withthe various airline compa-nies.

“We are attempting to de-velop permanent contactswith Sao Paulo. We are talk-ing about many positive mat-ters that we expect tocrystallize very soon,” saysvan Trigt.


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NEW YORK (AFP) - Worldoil prices rose strongly onThursday as the euro gainedon hopes Greece's debt swapwould be successful, withtensions over Iran also sup-porting the crude market, an-alysts said.

New York's main contract,light sweet crude for deliveryin April, added 42 cents tosettle at $106.58 a barrel.

Brent North Sea crude forApril closed up $1.32 to$125.44 a barrel in Londontrade.

As the crude markets wereclosing Greece had racked upenough commitments fromprivate creditors to supportthe debt-swap deal, which in-volves a 107 billion euro($140 billion) writedown of

the country's debt.More than 75 percent of

private holders of Greek debt-- the minimum threshold --had indicated they plan toparticipate in the debt swap,a government source saidhours ahead of the 2000GMT deadline for the deal.

"Crude oil prices extended

gains, as the euro reboundedstrongly above $1.32 amidhopes for a positive result" inthe Greek debt deal, said Suc-den analyst Myrto Sokou.

"The Asian and Europeanequity markets posted freshgains while most commodityprices... climbed higher."

The weaker greenbackmakes dollar-priced crudecheaper for buyers usingstronger currencies, therebystimulating demand.

Meanwhile ExxonMobilsaid it expected that its pro-duction would drop three per-cent in 2012, but that itslonger-term goal of boostingproduction by one percentannually through 2016 wouldnot be impacted.

The oil giant said it wouldbe spending $37 billion ayear on investment throughthen as well.

"An unprecedented levelof investment will be neededto develop new energy tech-nologies to expand supply oftraditional fuels and advancenew energy sources," saidchief executive Rex Tillerson.

"We are developing a di-verse portfolio of high-qual-ity opportunities across allresource types and geogra-phies."

Oil prices rally on hopes of Greekdebt swap deal

ATIA’s President Ronaldvan Trigt

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Despite their work,these women "face theworst of inequalitieswhen it comes to ac-cess to social servicesand land ownership,"Bachelet said.

Four out of five landowners are men, ac-cording to the Foodand Agriculture Organ-isation, a UN body.

"Ensuring thatwomen receive pay,along with the right toown property and ob-tain credit would allowfor a reduction in thenumber of childrensuffering from malnu-trition," Bachelet

added.She also criticized the lim-

ited number of women in posi-tions of responsility ingovernment and business,along with "violence in all itsforms" against them.

Navi Pillay, from SouthAfrica, the UN's High Com-missioner for Human Rights,said for her part that the exclu-sion of women from politicsand the economy remained thenorm around the world.

Official statistics show thatwomen held just 19.3 percentof parliamentary seats aroundthe world last year, she said.

And on the economic front,just 12 of the world's top 500businesses are led by women,she added.

The European Union com-missioner for home affairs, Ce-cilia Malmstrom from Sweden,criticized the low number ofwomen in European govern-ments, while French euro-MPSylvie Goulard complainedthat all European Central Bank

RABAT (AFP) - UN womenleaders on Thursday called forgreater equality between thesexes on the occasion of Inter-national Women's Day amiddemonstrations and marchesfor female rights.

Speaking in Rabat, MicheleBachelet, a former president ofChile who now heads UNWomen, called for greaterequality, especially in thecountryside where inequalitybetween men and women is"most marked".

"It's in rural areas thatwomen and girl face most dis-parities and barriers," she toldreporters during a trip to Mo-rocco.

"One person in four world-wide is a woman or girl livingin the countryside, and work-ing long hours for low wagesor no wages," according toBachelet who was appointedlast year to head the newly-cre-ated United Nations Entity forGender Equality and the Em-powerment of Women.

The head of the United NationsWomen, Michelle Bachelet, speaksduring a press conference in Rabaton March 8, 2012 during the Interna-tional Women's Day.

"I'm doing that for my five-year-old niece so that she won'tbe forced later to wear a veil. Iwant her to be as free as I havebeen," she said.

Parliament has started to dis-cuss the new Constitution amidcalls by some Islamist partiesfor it to be based on religiousSharia law.

Several thousand womenalso demonstrated across Gazaand the West Bank to call forthe release of a female prisoner-- Hanaa al-Shalabi -- onhunger strike in an Israeli jail.

UN rightschief wantsto see morewomen inleadership

GENEVA (AFP) - UNhuman rights chief Navi Pil-lay on Thursday called forwomen to play a greater rolein global leadership, warn-ing that failure to tap theirimmense potential comes "atour own peril".

"I call on governments,community leaders andheads of families around theworld to recognise, ac-knowledge and tap into theenormous potential ofwomen to positively impactthe world around them," saidPillay in a statement mark-ing International Women'sDay.

High Commissioner forHuman Rights Pillay citedUN statistics showing that asof last year, women heldonly 19.3 per cent of seats insingle or lower houses ofparliament worldwide.

She noted that only 12 ofthe Fortune 500 companieshave women at the top.

At the same time, she saidwomen in rural areas pro-duce 60 to 80 per cent of thefood in developing coun-tries, while rarely havingrights to the land they culti-vate.

Pillay quoted UN Foodand Agriculture Organisa-tion figures showing that forevery 100 land owners glob-ally, only 20 are women.

"With too few womenleaders in politics, and woe-fully insufficient numbers ofwomen leaders in industry,women are not taking part indecisive discussions on howto respond to global crises,"said Pillay.

"Such exclusion is at ourown peril -- the refusal toembrace gender equality hasled to many scourges, onetragic example being the fe-rocious spread ofHIV/AIDS," she warned.

directors were men."Equality between men and

women in the EU is just as im-portant as balanced budgets,"she said against a backgroundof roaring public deficits thathave threatened the stability ofthe euro.

In Europe, three women areheads of government -- in Ger-many, Denmark, and Slovakia-- while men hold two thirds ofthe seats in the European par-liament.

In national parliaments,Sweden has most women --44.7 percent -- while Hungaryhas just 8.8 percent.

Several hundred womendemonstrated in Sarajevo infavour of greater female repre-sentation in politics.

Quotas say women shouldhold at least 40 percent ofelected posts in Bosnia, but thefigure is just 17 percent, ac-cording to the demonstrators.

In Spain, trade unions andwomen's organisations ex-pressed concern that the currenteconomic crisis, associatedwith forced savings in publicspending, was having a nega-tive impact on equal pay forwomen.

The federation of progres-sive women said equalityshould not be "an extra" whenthe country fell on hard times.

In Tunis, several thousandwomen demonstrated outsideparliament to warn against anyattempt by the new Islamist-dominated government to cur-tail their rights.

"I've come to tell our electedleaders that the rights ofTunisian women must be writ-ten into the Constitution," saidJelila Bellalouna, a religiousteacher.


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take that away from him. Asfar as Venable goes, he saidwhat he felt like he had tosay. And now we move on."

As far as Darvish and hisfirst taste of being hit bymajor league batters, Wash-ington said, "He showedsome confidence in himselfand that's a good thing."

Darvish, a former star withJapan's Nippon Ham Fight-ers, took the experience instride.

"Major league hitters havemore power but Japanese hit-ters are very good at makingcontact," he said. "I don't likeeither."

double by Will Venable offthe centerfield wall.

"I didn't really feel like hegot me," Darvish said.

Venable was shockedwhen told of that response,possibly coming from a mix-up in translation.

"He was lucky that it did-n't go out," Venable said."Maybe his perception of re-ality isn't right on."

Washington was fine withDarvish saying the blast wasno big deal.

"I would like for Yu to beYu," Washington said. "Ifthat's Yu and that's what hefeels, say it. I'm not going to

who transforms every matchinto a show, and takes criti-cism for the days he does notshine."

Marca noted that Messi wasclose to breaking yet anotherrecord, the 235 goals scored byclub great Cesar Rodriguez :"Seven. Just seven goals sepa-rate 'The Flea' from the biggestscorer in Barca's history, CesarRodriguez.

"Messi is a machine whocrushes everything in hispath."

Meanwhile, Messi's team-mates were also full of praisefor the player, with Spain mid-fielder Xavi Hernandez sayingthe Argentinian had "no equal"in the game.

"Leo is peerless. You (jour-nalists) naturally try to com-pare him to the greatest namesbut Messi is unique. He has noequal," Hernandez told a newsconference in Barcelona, afterbeing asked to compare him toReal Madrid's CristianoRonaldo.

"No one makes a differencelike him and no one gets in-volved as much as him. Evenwhen he doesn't score, hemakes decisive passes. He's alittle marvel," he added.

Messi has scored 48 goalsin all competitions this season,with Ronaldo on 38. In LaLiga, however, the Portugueseis slightly ahead with 30against Messi's 28.

saying that Messi is hard to ex-plain seems unacceptable, butthat is the closest to the truth,"Marca apologised in its matchreport, which listed pastrecords set by the 24-year-old.

Messi's record five goals ina match came after he matchedthe most number of goals inthe Champions League lastseason, with 12.

"And yesterday he had aheadache," noted the Catalandaily Mundo Deportivo.

"The doctor gave him apainkiller, perhaps it was aBayer aspirin, and off he ran,"it joked, recalling that Messihad complained of a headachebefore the clash.

Under the headline "Hurri-cane Messi" the leading dailyEl Pais said: "No-one demandsmore of himself than Messi,

MADRID (AFP) - Spain'spress almost ran out of su-perlatives on Thursday topraise Barcelona superstar Li-onel Messi after he scored arecord five goals against BayerLeverkusen, setting a Champi-ons League record.

"Ave Messi" and "Hurri-cane Messi" the headlinesglowed, after the Argentinianset a new benchmark for thecompetition duringBarcelona's 7-1 demolition ofthe German team.

"The hand of God" head-lined in unison three majorsports papers Marca, MundoDeportivo and Sport, borrow-ing the headline to describeMessi compatriot Maradona'scontroversial 1986 World Cupquarterfinals goal, scored witha handball.

"Starting out an article by

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Football: Spanish press hailsMessi's five-goal triumph

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Japanese right-handedpitcher Yu Darvish receivedsome advice from TexasRangers manager Ron Wash-ington after exchangingwords with a rival batter afterhis Major League Baseballdebut -- just be Yu.

Darvish pitched twoscoreless innings and struckout three for the Rangers inhis first exhibition start forthe reigning AmericanLeague champions as theyfaced the San Diego Padresin Peoria, Arizona.

Darvish surrendered twohits, the biggest of them a

Baseball: Just be Yu advice to Darvish afterexchange

Barcelona : FC Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi(C), Barcelona's midfielder Andres Iniesta (L) andBarcelona's forward Pedro Rodriguez (R) celebrate afterscoring a goal

SPORTS

is the belief of the Board, tak-ing into account the primafacie evidence presented today(Thursday), that Mr CraigWhyte is not considered to bea Fit and Proper person to holda position within AssociationFootball.

person to hold a positionwithin football, paving theway for the disrepute charge.

The findings of the inquiry,led by senior Scottish judgeWilliam Nimmo Smith, wereheard at a special SFA boardmeeting in Glasgow and willnow be referred to a judicialpanel.

SFA chief executive Stew-art Regan said: "Principally, it

LONDON (AFP) - Rangerswere plunged into fresh tur-moil on Thursday after the fi-nancially stricken Glasgowgiants were charged withbringing the game into disre-pute by the Scottish FootballAssociation.

The SFA said in a statementan independent inquiry hadruled Rangers owner CraigWhyte was not a fit and proper

Football: Rangers hit with SFA disrepute charge

San Antonio led by as manyas 24 before the Knicks put to-gether a 14-2 run, a rally thatproved too little too late.

Meanwhile in WashingtonThe Los Angeles Lakerssquandered a 21-point thirdquarter lead also Wednesdayen route to a 106-101 NBAloss to the lowly WashingtonWizards.

Since beating championshipcontenders Miami on Sunday,the Lakers have fallen to twoteams who are not in the play-off picture in the Pistons andthe Wizards.

As in the defeat by Detroit,Lakers star Kobe Bryant strug-gled, shooting 9-of-31 fromthe field. That included just 3-of-18 shooting in the secondhalf, when Washington out-scored Los Angeles by 20points.

The Lakers fell to 6-14 onthe road this season and wrapup their current three-gameroad trip at Minnesota today.

And in Miami LeBronJames and the Miami Heatturned up the temperature inthe third quarter on Wednes-day, rallying from a 10-pointdeficit and going on to beat At-lanta 89-86 and take theirNBA record to 30-9.

James led the way with 31points and 11 rebounds.Dwyane Wade, who missedthe second half of Tuesday'svictory over New Jersey witha sore right ankle, made justone of seven attempts from thefield in the first half, but fin-ished with 18 points, nine re-bounds and six assists for theHeat.

Josh Smith did what hecould, leading the Hawks with23 points. Even the Heat'ssurge late in the third only tiedthe game heading into the finalperiod at 68-68.

Smith capped a 9-0 Hawksspurt with a three-pointer togive Atlanta an 80-77 lead with3:29 to play.

But Miami responded withbaskets by Chris Bosh, Wadeand Udonis Haslem to edgeahead 83-80.

The Heat led 85-81 whenthey gave up a three-pointplay, fouling Hawks guard Jan-nero Pargo as he drove for alayup.

Haslem stretched the advan-tage again, scoring off a passfrom Wade for an 87-84 leadwith 12 seconds remaining.

After a layup by Atlanta'sVladimir Radmanovic, Wadewas fouled with 2.7 secondsremaining. He made both andPargo was unable to convert athree-pointer at the buzzer totie the game.

Manning's release means hecan sign with any time at anytime, but with the NFL freeagency signing window formost players starting nextTuesday, signing Manningahead of that time frame fig-ures to be best for Manningand suitors.

Among those covetingManning are the Miami Dol-phins, whose owner SteveRoss and new coach JoePhilbin already have a solidrusher in Reggie Bush and topreceiver in Brandon Marshall.

NBA stars Dwyane Wadeand LeBron James of theMiami Heat are already mak-ing a push for Peyton to jointhem in South Beach.

Manning has the leverage todictate terms and see whatteams will meet his desires, al-though some performancebonuses could be employed inlight of the injury that side-lined him all of last season.

INDIANAPOLIS (AFP) -NFL star quarterback PeytonManning is likely to make aquick decision about where tocontinue his career after beingreleased by the IndianapolisColts.

The four-time NFL MostValuable Player has reportedlydrawn enough interest fromseven clubs that they contactedhis agent after he was droppedby the Colts on Wednesdayafter 14 years, largely overmoney issues.

Manning, who turns 36 laterthis month, missed all of lastseason following surgeries torepair a neck injury but doctorshave declared him fit to play.

The Colts, however, went 2-14 last season without him toclaim the top pick in April'sNFL Draft, giving them thechance to select college starquarterback Andrew Luck andmake him Manning's replace-ment sooner rather than later.

got 17 from Manu Ginobili inthe Argentine's second gameback after a fortnight out withan abdominal strain.

Carmelo Anthony scored 27points for the Knicks, whowere without injured centerTyson Chandler as well asbackup center Jared Jeffries.

Coach Mike D'Antoni optedto shuffle the players he had,starting Iman Shumpert inplace of Landry Fields, but thenew-look Knicks lineupshowed little of the flair thatsaw them surge before the All-Star break with the emergenceof point guard Jeremy Lin.

But the Knicks have sincegone 3-6 and Anthony com-plained after a defeat at Dallason Tuesday that he wasn't get-ting enough chances to score.

He had his opportunities onWednesday, but the Knickswere hurt by the absence ofChandler on the defensive end.

Lin scored 14 of his 20points in the second half.Amare Stoudemire had 18points and 11 rebounds andD'Antoni said the Knicks needto set aside their frustrationsand find a way to win.

"I understand the frustra-tion," D'Antoni said. "We'vejust got to work through it. It'sa combination of everything.

France's Parker gave theKnicks little time to figure outanything.

He scored 23 points in thefirst half as the hot-shootingSpurs built a 58-41 halftime lead.

SAN ANTONIO (AFP) - TonyParker scored 32 points to leadthe San Antonio Spurs to a118-105 NBA victory overNew York on Wednesday,dealing the Knicks their thirdstraight defeat.

Tim Duncan added 17points for the Spurs, who also


NBA: Spurs hand slumpingKnicks another defeat ....

NFL: Much-sought Manninglikely to make quick pick

Matt Barnes #9 of the Los Angeles Lakers puts up a shotin front of Nick Young #1 of the Washington Wizards duringthe first half at the Verizon Center on Wednesday in Wash-ington, DC.

cluding legends Bjorn Borg,Pete Sampras, John McEnroeand Andre Agassi.

"I was inspired by lots ofgreat tennis players, like MariaBueno and Thomas Koch, twoof the biggest Brazilian tennisplayers, and I have also alwaysgreatly admired Hall ofFamers including Borg,McEnroe, Sampras, andAgassi.

"To be honored in the samecategory as those great playersis amazing."

Kuerten, 35, will be joinedin induction by former Spanishstar Manuel Orantes, adminis-trator and promoter MikeDavies and the late RandySnow from wheelchair tennis.

Kuerten's 1997 triumph inParis was the first Grand Slamtitle by a Brazilian sinceBueno won the 1966 USOpen.

ning the French Open in 1997,2000 and 2001.

"During my career in tennisI was fortunate to have manyvictories, but the Hall of Fameinduction is a special one,"Kuerten said.

Kuerten praised the influen-tial players upon his career, in-

NEWPORT (AFP) - Brazil'sGustavo Kuerten, a three-timeGrand Slam title championand former World No. 1, hasbeen elected to the Interna-tional Tennis Hall of Fame, of-ficials announced onThursday.

Kuerten and others will beinducted into the sports shrineon July 14 during the ATP Hallof Fame Championships afterreceiving at least 75 percentsupport in a vote from an inter-national media panel.

Kuerten, nicknamed"Guga", becomes the secondBrazilian in the Hall of Fameafter Maria Bueno, who wasinducted in 1978.

Spending 43 weeks atop theworld rankings, Kuertenreached his heights on the redclay at Roland Garros, win-


BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazilaccepted FIFA's apologiesover the World Cup 2014'kick up the backside' contro-versy on Thursday, pavingthe way for President DilmaRousseff to meet world foot-ball chief Sepp Blatter.

"The federal governmentaccepts FIFA's apology andexpects that this will not hap-pen again," said a sports min-istry statement.

FIFA general secretaryJerome Valcke had caused amajor rift last week when hesaid the organisers of the2014 showpiece needed a"kick up the backside" to sal-vage various projects that hadfallen behind schedule.

Sports minister Aldo Re-belo said he had sent two let-ters on Thursday to FIFA --one to FIFA president Blatterand the other to Valcke.

In them, it was stated thatPresident Rousseff wouldmeet Blatter, although a datehas yet to be confirmed.

Blatter had personally saidsorry to the Brazilian govern-ment for the affair on Tues-day, one day after Valcke hadbeen similarly contrite.

FIFA have for months ex-pressed concern in varyingdegrees over the extent towhich preparations -- renova-tion or construction of stadi-ums, as well as infrastructureprojects -- are on track for thefirst World Cup in Brazilsince 1950.

Valcke said he profoundlyregretted that an incorrect in-

terpretation of his commentshad triggered such an angryresponse from the host coun-try.

"I would like to presentmy apologies to everyonewho was offended by mycomments," said Valcke, aFrench national.

He explained that inFrench, the phrase "se donnerun coup de pied aux fesses"(to give someone a kick upthe backside) only meant "topick up the pace". The trans-lation into Portuguese used astronger expression, headded.

"I don't understand whythings are not moving. Thestadiums are not on scheduleanymore and why are a lot ofthings late?" Valcke had saidlast Friday.

Meanwhile LegendaryBrazilian striker Ronaldo ad-mitted Wednesday that FIFAchief Jerome Valcke wasright to highlight the prob-lems plaguing organisers ofthe 2014 World Cup in thecountry.

"Valcke has already apol-ogised to the Brazilian peo-ple. The way he made hiscriticisms was regrettable,but that is not to say that hewasn't right," Ronaldo toldBandeirantes TV in SaoPaulo.

"Brazil is late in infra-structure work, there are a lotof things which are behindschedule," added Ronaldo,who is a high-profile memberof the organising committee.

Football: Brazil accepts FIFA 'kick up backside'apology

file-photoGustavo Kuerten (3-Time French Open Champion)

Tennis: Brazil's Kuerten namedto Hall of Fame

Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai (R) and FIFA

President Sepp Blatter (L) arrive for the opening ceremony

of the AFC Challenge Cup 2012 football match, between

Nepal and Palestine, in Kathmandu on March 8, 2012. Pales-

tine won the match 2-0. AFP PHOTO

March 9, 2012

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